302   Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679.





        Liber C D  how & in what manner who hath paid the rent for the Same to whom
               by the Oaths of Cap.t Paul marsh Daniell Haste Robert Hardy,
               William Elgate William Keen, Thomas Giller, Phillip Carter George
               Hill, Phillip Ascue, John Evans, Andrew Jones & Cornelius Johnson
               being duely Sworne upon the holy Evangelists do Say upon their
           p. 246 Oaths as followeth That it appeareth to the Jurors af.d by a Patent
         (fol. 302) under the Great Seal of this Province bearing date the first day of
               Aug.t in the two & fortieth year of the Dominion of Caecilius &c
               Annoq Domini one thousand Six hundred Seventy three was Granted
               to James Jones of the Same County of Sotherset Two hundred acres
               of Land Called Longacre, under the yearly Rent of Seven Shillings
               Sterl p annum, And that by Deed Indented dated the tenth of Aug.t
               1674 the Said two hundred acres of Land was Settled upon David
               Williams als Williamson of the s.d County & his heirs & assigns
               for Ever, at the time of his Death was Legally Vested & Seized of &
               in a parcell of Land Called Longacre, To have and to hold the
               Same to him the Said David Williams ats Williamson his heirs and
               assigns for Ever under the yearly Rent of Seven Shillings Sterl p
               annum and that he being So Seized did in the month of ffebruary
               Annoq Domini 1677 Dye So Seized without makeing any Will
        (fol. 303) that we know of haveing been killed by Indians as the Jurors afores.d
               Conceive & that he hath left no heir in this County of Sommerset
               neither where else as the Jurors aforesd know of & that the sd Tract
               of Land Contains onely two hundred acres & was all the Land that
               they can find the Sd David Williams ats Williamson dyed Seized of
               and that after his Death the possession of the Said Land was held
               by John Covington the Eldest Brother of the Said David Williams
               ats Williamson his wife who deceased at the Same time w.th her
               husband being then killed By an Indian or Indians & now is held by
               Morgan Jones, and Servant of Cap.t Thomas Walker who was put

               into possession of the premisses by the Said John Covington & that
               his Lordship's Rent for the Same was duely paid by the Said David
               Williams als Williamson in his Life time and Since his Decease by
               the af.d John Covington and that the Said Land and all the houses
               upon the Same is worth Seven Shillings by the year In Testimony
               whereof as well the Said Commission.rs as also the Juro.rs afores.d
               have hereunto put their hands and Scales the day and year afores.d
               the Said Two hundred acres of Land is held of the manno.r of
               Somr'set
                                           William Stevens sealed
                                           John Winder sealed
          Paul Marsh         sealedAndrew Jones    sealed
          Edward Hast        sealedThomas Gillis   sealed
         Robert Hardy        sealedGeorge Hill     sealed
         Willtm Elgate       sealedPhillip Ascue   sealed
         William Keene       sealedJohn Evans      scaled
         Phillip Carter      sealedCorne Johnson   sealed