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252 Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679. Liber C D they believe the S.d Lands & premisses So by the Said William Gwyther Granted to the Said John Halfhead are part of the Said Tract of five thousand Seven hundred acres of Land, And that the S.d John Halfhead by virtue of the Said Indenture became Seized & possessed of the premisses to him Granted as afores.d under the yearly Rent of five Bushells of Corn as af.d and that he being So (fol. 246) Seized did about the Sixth day of January last past dye So Seized without makeing any will that they know of having been acci dentally killed by the fall of a Tree and that he hath left no heir that the Jurors aforesaid know of, And that the s.d Tract of Land Contains onely three hundred acres of Land and was all the Land p.205 they Can find the Said John Halfhead dyed Seized of, and that (fol. 246) after his death the possession of the Said Lands was held by Jane the widow & Relict of the Said John Halfhead dureing her Widow hood & Since by Henry Elliott & Jane his wife Since their Inter marriage & that they are Still in the possession thereof And that the S.d Henry Elliott Since his Intermarriage with the Jane hath paid part of the Tobacco due for the purchase of the Sd Land and Secured to the s.d William Gwyther to be paid by the Said John Halfhead and the S.d Henry & Jane as Admrs of the Said John Halfhead are as the Juro.Ts Conceive Lyable to pay & Satisfie, And they further Say upon their Oaths that they believe the Said John Halfhead paid & Secured to be paid for the purchase of the Said Land being 13000ll Tob.° more than the said Land was Really worth and that the Said John Halfhead in his Lifetime and the Said Henry Since his Death have Laid out in Building and Clearing upon the Same and fenceing about the Same very Considerable Summes of Tobacco to Improve the Same & make it fit & Convenient for a planter to dwell upon the Same & thereout to get a Livelyhood, and that the Said Land and all the houses upon the Same as the Same is now Built upon, fenced, Cleared & Improved if the Same were to be lett is not worth above the Sume of four hundred pounds of Tobacco by the year and the Juro.rs afores.d Say they are Informed that his Lordship Rent for the Said Land hath been paid by the S.d W.m Gwyther, And they do find that the Said Rent Corn hath been paid In Testimony whereof the Said Commissionrs as also the Juro.rs aforesd have hereunto Set their hands and Seales the day and year aforesaid Robert Carvile sealed Walter Hall sealed Elias Beech sealed Robert Large sealed Tho: Griffen sealed Morgan Jones sealed Jn.° Roberts sealed Jn.° Askin sealed Rich.d Chillmansealed Danll Clocker sealed Edwd Horne sealed W.m Gwyther sealed Tho.s Dorsey sealed Abra: Read sealed |
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