Acts. 409

An Act Impowering Certain Comm^rs to Vend and Dispose of the
Lands whereof Sam^ll Groome the younger Dyed Seized or was
Mortgagee in fee or Otherwise within this Province as alsoe to
sell and Dispose of so much of the said Land as will Satisfye
Betty Gale and Levin Gale Ex^rs of the Testam^t of Levin Denwood
late of Som^rset County Deced the sume of Eight hundred and
Twenty pounds five shillings and Seven pence Sterling due from
the said Samuel Groome the younger to the said Levin Denwood
and yet unsatisfyed to the said Betty Gale and Levin Gale his
Executors.

Wherein Levin Denwood late of Somerset County Deced had
very Considerable Dealings with Sam^ll Groome the Elder late of
London Merchant deceased insomuch that there remained Due to the
said Denwood a very Considerable Sum of Money at the time of
the Death of the said Samuel Groome.

Liber LL, 5
Acts
Acts of 1727,
ch. 20

And Whereas on the Death of the said Samuel Groome the Elder
great part of his Estate Especially his Dealings fell into the hands
of Samuel Groome the son of the said Samuel Groome the Elder
who Proved Unsuccessfull in his business and broke to the Prejudice
of the said Levin Denwood the Sume of Eight hundred and Twenty
pounds five shillings and Seven pence Sterling whereby the said
Levin Denwood at the time of his Death and his Ex^rs Since that
time remain Unsatisfyed thereof And Whereas it is Represented to
this present Generall Assembly that there is no psonall Estate of the
said Sam^l Groome within this Province to Satisfye the same But for-
asmuch as there are Severall Tracts of Land within this province
whereof the said Samuel the Younger at the time of his breaking
was Seized or was Morgagee in fee or Otherwise which as yet
Remain Unredeemed by the Debtors & Undisposed of by the said
Samuel which will be of Value if Sold to Satisfye the Greatest part
of the said Claim, but at Present Lie Useless to any of the Creditors
of the said Groome and for that the most Expedient way to prevent
the Great Damage and Loss that will Otherwise Accrue to the Estate
of the said Levin Denwood, will be to Appoint Trustees or Com-
missioners to Dispose of so much of the Lands and Tenements
whereof the said Samuel the Younger at the time of his breaking was
Seized or was Mortgagee in fee or otherwise and as yet remain Un-
redeemed by the Debtors and Undisposed off by the said Samuel
as shall be sufficient to reimburse the said Betty Gale and Levin
Gale Executors of the said Levin Denwood the said sume of Eight
hundred and Twenty pounds five shillings and Seven pence Ster-
ling together with the Costs and Charges that must necessarily
accrue about the recovery of the same and for that the Justice of
the Claim hath been fully made Appear and notice hath been Given
in the most Publick Manner that if any of the Ten Tenants had any

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