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    know not the Said Jurors further Say that the Said John Tucker Liber C D
    dyed in the month of march which was in the year of our Lord God
    one thousand Six hundred and Seventy and that one John Burges
    and Amy his wife the Relict of the Said John Tucker the first three
    years after the Death of the Said John Tucker did use Occupy and
    possess the S.d Land and premisses & Receive the issues & profits
    thereof for and dureing the Said three years, And also that the S.d p.211
    John Burges & Amy his wife did receive of one William Harris their (fol. 254)
    Tennant one whole years Rent for the Said Land & premisses the
    Summe of Eight hundred pounds of Tobacco being the fourth year
    after the Death of the Said John Tucker, And the Said Juro.rs
    further Say that one John Athey of the Clifts in the County of
    Calvert planter about four years last past did buy the Said one
    hundred and fifty acres of Land & premisses Called Tucker's un
    fortunate of the Said John Burges & Amy his wife the Relict of the
    S.d John Tucker for a valuable Consideration to them or one of them
    in hand by the Said John Athey well and truely paid & Satisfied
    The Said Jurors further Say that the Said John Burges in his life
    time did Enter into & become Bound unto the Said John Athey in &
    by one Obligation under the hand and Seale of the Said John Burges
    of the penall Summe of Twenty and two thousand pounds of
    Tobacco bearing date the fourteenth day of November one thousand
    Six hundred Seventy and four Conditioned to give unto the Said
    John Athey a Good assureance of a parcell of Land Lying on the
    Clifts in Calvert County Called Tucker's unfortunate Said
    parcell of Land the Said John Athey bought of the Said John
    Burges and Amy his wife as by the Sd Recited Obligacon and Con
    dition thereof relation being thereunto had it doth more at Large
    appear The S.d Jurors further Say that the S.d John Burges & Amy
    his wife the Relict of the Sd John Tucker or one of them have or
    hath Since the Death of the Sd Jn° Tucker Received and had all the
    issues & profits of the Said Land & premisses by the Sale thereof to
    the Said John Athey, And the Said Jurors further Say that the
    Said Lands and premisses are now in the possession of the Said
    John Athey and that the Same land and premisses as the Same now
    are Improved are worth four hundred pounds of Tobacco p annum
    over and above the Rent Reserved to his Lordship And that the
    Said John Athey hath paid the Summe of Seventy and two pounds
    of Tob.° for Rent due to his Lordship for the Said Land and (fol. 255)
    premisses Since the time that he the Said John Athey bought the
    Sd Land & premisses of the Said John Burges and Amy his wife
    unto one Michael Higgen Deputy under Cap.t Henry Darnall high
    Sheriff of the S.d County of Calvert Receiver for his Lordship And
    the S.d Jurors further Say that they Cannot find any heir of the
    Said John Tucker within the Said province of maryland nor Else
    where, In Testimony whereof as well the Said Commission.TB as