380 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 5
Acts
Acts of 1725,
ch. 18
p. 75

An Act to Enable Jn^o Speak Jun^r of Cha^s County To Confirm a
Tract of Entailed Land Lying in Prince Georges County Called
Plymouth unto the purchasers thereof And to Entaile Certain
Lands in Cha^s County in Lieu Thereof
Whereas John Wheeler of Cha^s County in the province of Mary-
land Gent, by his Certain Deed of Gift in Frank — Marriage bearing
date the Eleventh Day of Aug^t in the year Of Our Lord One Thou-
sand Six hundred and Eighty five Duely Enrolled in the Records of
Cha^s County On Consideration Of the fatherly Love and naturall
Affection which he Did bear to his born Daughter Winifred the wife
of Jn^o Speak of the same County did give Grant & Confirm unto The
said John Speak & Winifred his wife A Certain Tract Of Land
Lying in Cha^s County but since Included within The bounds of Prince
Georges County Called Plymouth Containing Three hundred & fifty
Acres more or Less with the Limitation following.
To have and to hold the said Parcell of Land and all & Singular
the premises before Given granted And Confirmed with Their &
Every of their Rights Members And Appurtenances whatsoever to
the Only Proper Use & behoofe of him the said John Speak and
Winifred his wife & the Heirs of her Body Lawfully begotten
for ever & in Case The heirs of the af^d Winifred wife of the Af^d
Jn^o Speak shall Dye before they Come to age to Enjoy & Pos-
sess the said parcell of Land then the said Parcell of Land & all &
Singular the Premises with the Appurtenances shall return to the
s^d Jn^o Wheeler & his heirs And Whereas John Speak Jun^r of
Cha^s County who is Son and heir att Law of The Af^d Jn^o Speak
and Winifred his wife by his humble petition to this Present Gen-
erall Assembly hath sett forth that On the twenty fourth day of
November in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hun-
dred & Eighteen he sold unto a Certain Joseph Newton of Prince
Georges County Merch^t part of the Af^d Tract of Land Called Ply-
mouth with warrentee & Since the remaining part of the said Tract
to a Certain John Cade of the Same County millwright with war-
rantee Likewise in both which Sales the said petitioners father and
mother Joyned they Haveing a right therein for Life as by the

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before recited paragraph of The Deed af^d appears since which Sales
upon a more narrow Scrutiny into the Afores^d Deed It was found
that the said Land was Entailed On the said Petitioners Mother & the
heirs Of her Body for Ever & that Notwithstanding the petitioner
hath a Bond with Sufficient penalty from Newton One of the Pur-
chasers that he shall be Content with such warranty as is Contained
in the Deed of Sale to him made and not Trouble any of the peti-
tioners heirs in any matter whatsoever touching The premises untill
he or his heirs shall be Interrupted or Hindred in The Lawfull pos-
session of The same Lands by Means or procurement of the petitioner
or his heirs yet for as much as the petitioner is Apprehensive his