480        Chancery Court Proceedings, 1676.

        Liber P C  Jeffrey Peterson who held itt after the decease of his ffather onely by
               this note hereunder written being the true Coppy which is all the Title
               he held the Said Land by
                 Know all men by these prsents that I John Browne of New England
               Marriner have Sold & delivered unto Markas Seaverson the fifty
               Acres of land Lying on the point on the North side of Sassafrax
               River bounding On the Creeke of Burlies Land on the One side &
               on Coofings Creeke On the Other side Called by the name of Youngs
            p. 93 Neck with all the priviledges belonging to it for him to possesse his
               heyres or Exects from me my heyres Execrs or Admrs for Ever Soe
               I doe deliver over my whole Right & Title haveing paid all Charges
               for the Pattent & Rent to this prsent Yeare as witnes my hand this
               first of ffebry One Thousand Six hundred Sixty Three
               Testes                           John Browne
                  Elias Stileman  Timothy Worcester
                 As for the Just quantity of the land we find by the Deputy Surveyr
               Joseph Chews Survey on the Two & Twentyeth of November One
               Thousand Six hundred Seaventy Six in the prsence of Us here under
               written to be about Eighty Acres Caecill County Court Land
                                         Augustine Herman Sealed
                                        John:    Sibrey Sealed
               Abraham Wilde    Sealed                Richard R L Leake   Sealed
               W :m WraythSealed his marke
               Roger Lademer Sealed  Andrew PoplesonSealed
               John JamesSealed his x marke
               Edward Beck   Sealed  John   Gibes  Sealed
               Arthur CarltonSealed his marke
               George Warner Sealed  Walter   MeakeSealed
                 the mark of            his Marke
                                     Mounte   Anderson     Sealed

                 Which being Read & heard it is the Judgment of the Court here the
               Nine & Twentyeth of November One Thousand Six hundred Seav-
               enty Six that the Land above Specified belongeth to his LordShipp
               the Lord Proprietary

                 By Vertue of A writt of Mandamus to Us John Boules John
               Douglasse & Robert Doyne or any Two of Us Directed from the
               Right Honble the Lord Propiy of this Province Wee Comand You
               that you Cause Twelve Good and lawfull men of yor Balywick to
               Come before us att the house of Mrs Bridget Legatt Widdow in
               Charles County On Satturday next being the Two & Twentyeth
               day of May Then & There diligently to Enquire what lands John
               Legatt late of Charles County Aforesaid Dyed Seized of att the