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ceased and Eleanor McClemey his Widow and Relict and sundry
others the just Creditors of the afs^d Woney McClemey that the said
Woney McClemey died indebted unto several of the said Petitioners
and others and left the said Eleanor his Widow and two Infant
Daughters Elizabeth and Mary and was at the time of his Death
Possessed of a small Personal Estate But died Seized in Fee Simple
of and in Two Tracts of Land the one called Manlowes Venture
containing One Hundred Acres the other called Volkans Forge
containing also One Hundred Acres both situated in the said County
of Somerset on the South side of Monokin River and on the North
East side of a Neck of Land known by the Name of Indian Neck
about a Mile in the Woods and also one other Tract or Parcel of
Land called Friends Kindness containing one Hundred Acres lying
in the County aforesaid on the Eastermost side of a Creek of Mono-
kin called Trading Branch and on the South side of the aforesaid
Tract of Land called Volcans Forge which said Tracts of Land are
all Contiguous to each other and contain in the whole three Hundred
Acres and forasmuch as it hath been made appear unto this General
Assembly That the said Administrator hath in a due Course of Ad-
ministration paid away unto some of the just and Legal Creditors
of the deceased to the full amount of the said Personal Estate and
that the said Woney McClemey was at his Death Really and Bona
fide indebted unto the said Petitioners and others in a large amount
of money and Tobacco the greatest Part whereof Running upon
Interest and forasmuch as the said Minors to whom the said Lands
have Descended are very Young by means whereof the Interest
money afs^d by the time such Infants may arrive at full Age will be
a considerable Additional Burthen upon the said Real Estate and it
appearing to this General Assembly not only Consistent with Jus-
tice and Equity that the Creditors aforesaid should be Satisf yed but
likewise as it will be to the Benefit of the afs^d Infants and not any
sort prejudicial to the Widow to make Sale of the aforesaid Lands
Be it therefore Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Gov-
ernor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Au-
thority of the same That from and after the End of this Present Ses-
sion of Assembly it shall and may be Lawfull for Colonel George Gale,
Masters Nehemiah King, Ephraim Wilson, James Polke, Thomas
Jones, Joseph Gillis and Marcey Fountain of Somerset County afore-
said or the Major part of them and they or the Major part of them
are hereby directed and required on or before the first Day of May
next in Public manner to Sell dispose of and Convey all and every
the afs^d Tracts of Land either Jointly or seperately as they or the
Major part of them shall or may think proper in fee Simple in as
full and Ample manner as the same Woney McClemey might or
could have done in his life for the best Price that can be had for the
same the Consideration of which said Sale or Sales they or the

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