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and is Called by the name of Coopers Cove and Runs Westerly Down
the said back Creek to a Pint of Land Called by the name of Goose
point and bounded East & West along the said Main Bohemiah back
Creek from the said Coopers Cove unto a Marked Chestnut Tree
which stands on the West side of a Vally att the said Goose Point for
bredth be it what it Will & Runing Equally from the said Coopers
Cove and the said Chestnut Tree up a Long into the Woods for
Length South South East or there abouts three hundred & Twenty
P^s Cont^d in all by Estimation five hundred Acres & that the said
Richard Bermingham Conveyed the same in fee symple by Deeds of
Lease & Release unto a Certain W^m Vanhaesdunk Riddlesdon Late
of the City of Philadelphia as well for the sum of One hundred and
fifty pounds with Interest Payable by the said Riddledon, Gandevitt
and Read unto the s^d Bermingham the sixteenth of July One thou-
sand seven hundred and Twenty three as for Eighty pounds seven
shill^s and three pence paid or secured to be paid by the said Read
unto a Certain Sam^ll Kirk of the said City at the Instance and Re-
quest of the said Riddlesdon on the Account of the said Bermingham
and that the said Riddlesdon soon after his Obtaining the said Deed
of Lease and Release for the Lands af^d from the said Birmingham
Conveyed the same by Deed of Bargain & Sale unto the s^d Gandevit
and Read and their heirs and Assignes for Ever together w^th all

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Other Lands in the Countys of Somerset Queen Ann's & Talbot
(where to the said Riddlesdon pretended to have Right) in Order to
secure them for being bound unto the said Bermingham for the af^d
one hundred and fifty pounds w^th Interest on the behalf of the said
Riddlesdon w^th Condⁿ Nevertheless to be Void on the said Riddlesdon
Paying unto the said Bermingham the s^d sum of One hundred and
fifty pounds with the Interest thereof on the s^d Sixteenth day of
July seventeen hundred and Twenty Three, and whereas also that
the af^d Gandevit and Read by their said Petition Did further set forth
that the said Riddlesdon hath not only neglected Recording the said
Deed of Lease and Release of the af^d Lands Conveyed to him by the
said Bermingham, but alsoe Refused to Acknowledge the Deed of
bargain & Sale made by him to the s^d Gandevit and Read according
to Laws of this Province and that the said Riddleden hath privately
w^th Drawn himself unto parts beyond the Seas without paying the
said Bermingham the af^d One hundred and fifty pounds w^th the
Interest thereof or paying or secureing the Payment of the af^d
Several Sums of Money unto the said Gandevit and Read for which
they stand Engaged on the behalf of the said Riddledon, And there-
fore humbly pray'd that they might be Relieved in the Premises by
this Generall Assembly and that an Act might pass to settle and
Invest them the said Gandevit and Read and their heirs and Assignes
in the af^d Lands in Bohemia Mannor on their proof of the allega-
tions aforesaid And now forasmuch as the af^d Gandevitt and Read

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