Acts. 403

An Act for the Naturalization of Francis Ludolph Bodien of Kent
County Chirurgeon and his Children.

Be it Enacted by the R^t Honble the Lord Prop^r by & with the
Advice & Consent of his Lordships Governeur & the Upper & Lower
houses of Assembly of this province and the Authority of the same
that Francis Ludolph Bodien of Kent County Chirurgeon born under
the Dominion of the Emperor of Germany and his Children already
born Viz. Anne, Eliz^a Henry Augustus, Sophie Sidonia, and Han-
nah Bodien, and those hereafter to be born within this province shall
for ever hereafter be Adjudged Deemed & taken as true Lawfull
freeborn Subjects and be and are hereby Enabled to purchase have
hold & Enjoy any reall Estates of Inheritance in this province and to
hold Maintain & Defend any Action or Actions Reall & Personall
in any his Lordships Courts of Record of this province and to have
hold & Enjoy all previledges and freedoms whatsoever as any his
Majestys naturall born Subjects of this province may or Can have
Challenge or Demand any Law useage or Custom to the Contrary
notwithstanding.

Liber LL, 5
Acts
Acts of 1727,
ch. 12
p. 160
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An Act to make Valid a Deed of bargain & Sale from W^m Rogers &
Mary his wife to Jn^o Tenneson of Charles County when Recorded
John Tenneson of Charles County haveing by his humble pet^t set
forth that in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred &
Twelve he purchased of a Certain Philemon Hemsley and Mary his
wife one hundred & thirty five acres of Land part of an Other Tract
Called Strife for the Valuable Consideration of Twelve thousand
pounds of Tob^o and that tho he often Importuned them to Execute
a Deed for that purpose Drawn & had made severall fruitless

Acts of 1727,
ch. 13

Journys to Annapolis for that End and been at Great Expence &
fatigue yet was allways put of with frivolus Excuses & Delays till
after the Death of the said Philemon and Intermarriage of the said
Mary with M^r William Rogers when being by him again Sollicited
They promised the said Tenneson to Execute a Deed and send the
same Down to him without Occasioning him any further Trouble
or Expence for the fullfilling of which the said Tenneson waited
untill he heard of the Death of M^rs Rogers when again Coming up to
Annapolis on that Occasion he found a Deed had been Executed
in the Life time of the said Mary bearing date the Twenty Sixth
day of October Anno Dom: Seventeen hundred & Twenty three
and he had neither notice Given According to promise or any
Knowledge thereof till that time being May Seventeen hundred &
twenty six whereby the said Tenneson became Intirely Deprived of
the benifit of haveing the same Enrolled according to Law wherefore
the said Tenneson hath in humble Manner Pray'd Leave to bring
in a bill to Supplye the Defect af^d and for that the Truth of the
s^d Tennesons Allegations is made Appear to this Generall Assembly
and the Deed aforemenconed produced Signed & Acknowledged in

p. 161