584St. Mary s County Land Records, 1663-66.






             Liber B B Wee whose names are under written at the Request of Mr Richard
                    Bankes and Peter Carradine who marryed the Relict of William
                    Wright to devide two hundred acres of Land taken up formerly by
                    Mr Richard Bankes and William Wright lying upon Popplar hill
                    Creeke as by Pattent doth appear Is thus devided from a marked
                    locus post and soe north by a line of marked Trees to the head of a
                    Brooke where the Line trees of the sd two hundred acres of Land
                    was runn to a white Oake marked on four sides in a bottome of the
                    sd Branch or Brooke Mr Richard Bankes part lying on the East-side
                    of the sd land, and Peter Caradines part on the west-side of the sd
                    land and the clear ground to stand as former it was devided by a fence
                    now standing Wittness our handes this 7th of Aprill 1665
                                                  Richard Bankes
                                                  John Lawson
                                                  Peter Carradine
                                                  Randolph Hanson
                                                        mark


                      Wee whose names are here under written at the Request of John
                    Booth Executrs of Thomas Ring and Dorothy Gooddeker Relict of
                    Christopher Goodker deceased to devide a parcell of Land of Thomas
                    Ringes with the sd Christpher Goodeker bought of Thomas Ringe,
                    and the sd Ringe did acknowledge the sale and consideracon for the
                    same in the County-Court of St Maries the devision is as followeth
                      In lew or to countervaile the clear ground of Thomas Ringes from
                    the same clear ground from a marked heckkory on the hill-side near
                    unto the clear ground by a Line runeing near unto North East unto
                    Newtowne path by a marked red-Oake the parcell of ground Runing
                    from the sd line and the two above trees soe that the sd parcell of
               [p. 5401  land all runing downe a poplar hill Creeke by the side of Thomas
                    Ringes clear ground and soe to the new Calfe pasture ifences from
                    the abovesd heckery by a a line of marked trees southerly to William
                    Tenehills land the sd Dorothys land Lying Easterly and John Boothes
                    Westerly of the sd line in Wittness hereof wee have sett our hands
                    this 8th of Aprill 1665       Richard Bankes
                                                  William Tenehills
                                                          marke
                      This above devident we accept of as wittness our hands the said
                    year and day            John Boothes marke
                                            Dorothy Gooddekers marke

                      Memorandum That the now Calfe Pasture which is in John
                    Boothes devident is to be understood that Dorothy Gooddeker or her
                    assignes is to make use of for seven years after the date above writ
                    ten for Calves/