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Proceedings of the Court of Chancery, 1669-1679
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                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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