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__ ___ _I _ . . . Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679. 283 Michael Thompson, Michael Rylye Robt Beard W.m Cole John Nevitt Liber C D & W.m Thompson who being already Sworn Say as ffoll.° viz.t And first the Said Jurors on their Oaths Say that the s.d William Evans was in his life time and at the time of his Death Seized of and in one parcell of Land Lying on the East Side of S.t Clements bay Beginning at a marked oake Standing at the head of a branch Called Thompson's branch & bounding on the west with a line drawn north west and by north for the Length of thirty pches to an Oake Standing upon the Side of a branch Called Evans's Branch on the north with a line drawn East north East along the s.d branch p. 231 unto the hills for the Length of five hundred perches untill it Intersect (fol. 283) a paralell line drawn from the Land of the sd William Evans formerly laid out for William Thompson deced and on the South and East with the Said Land and paralell Containing one hundred acres be it more or Less holden of the manno.r of West S.t Marys in free and Common Soccage by fealty only for all Services yeilding and paying therefore yearly unto his Said Lordship the Sume of two Shillings in money Sterling or the value thereof in Such Commodities as his Said Lordship and his heirs Collecto.rs Shall accept in discharge thereof as Relation being had unto the Patent hereof bearing date the Eigth day of November Anno 1652 may more at Large appear And the Jurors aforesaid do upon their Oaths further Say that the Said William Evans dyed Seized of a parcell of Land Lying on the East Side of S.t Clements bay in Potomock River bounding on the west with a Creek of the Sd Bay Called Thompson's Creek by a line drawn north East and by north into the woods over the hill from a marked oake at the head of a ifresh for the Length of one hundred and twenty pches to a marked oake Standing upon y.e hills on the East w.th the S.d Hills on the South with a fresh Run Called S.t Andrews fresh Containing and now Laid out for Two hundred & fifty acres be it more or Less Holden of the manno.r of Little Brittaine in free and Common Soccage by fealty only for all Services Yeilding and paying therefore yearly unto his SA Lordship the Sume of five Shillings in money Sterling or Two Bushells and one half of Good Corn at the Nativity of our Lord as Relation had to the Patent hereof may more at Large appear w.ch Land the S.d William Evans held by assignment from Robert Brooke of Calvert Co.ty in Putuxent River in the province of Maryland Gent who for a valuable Consideration in hand paid by the Said William Evans did fully Clearly and absolutely Give Grant Bargain Sell alien Esfeoff and Confirm unto the Said William Evans his heirs & assigns for Ever all that parcell or tract of Land in this Article before Expressed as Relation had to the assignm.t from the Said Brooke bearing date the thirteenth day of Septemb.r Anno 1677 may more at Large appear which S.d Brooke Claimed the Same by assignm.t of a Patent (fol. 284) |
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