Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.     363

          Edward Swan Constable and Crowner hew Thomas Peeter Liber B
           Lipkis Mr William Marshall Mr John Cage John Wal
           tom Richard Morris Edward Philpot Alexander Smith
           Nicolaus Gros francis wine francis ferenla and Samuell
           Dobson

     Thees Presants Witneseth That whearas William Hatton and [p. 125]
    Thomas Dent boath of the Prouince of Mariland did ioyntly Pur
    chas and buy of Mr Nicholaus Guither of the sayd Prouince a parcell
    of land situate and liing in Auon Als Nangemy Riuer in the aforsaid
    Prouince Containing nine hundered Acres as by Patten assigned and
    acknowledged in Court may appear now know yea to whom thees
    Presants may com that wee william hatton and Thomas Dent hauing
    ioyntly Requested owr good frinds Mr Zachery Waed Mr Joseph
    Harrisson Mr Rendall Handson and Mr William Allen to use the best
    of thear Judgments and knowledg in making a diuident of the sayd
    Parcell of land into too deuisions haue determined and agreed each of
    us for owr selues and owr heirs Executors Administrators or As
    signes to accept of that deuision which by allottment after deuision
    maed shall fall owr shaer and whearas owr sayd frind haue parted
    the sayd land according to the best of thear iudgments and sckill as
    followeth (Viz) from a marked Locus near a branch Commonly
    Called Queensfield Branch lung upon a Creeke Commonly Called
    Burdits Creeke by a line drawn from the sayd Locus runing north
    west westerly as per marked trees will more playnly appear haue
    Concluded Consulted and determined the sayd line to deuid thear
    parts or portions of thear sayd Land Now know yea that the sayd
    deuision beeing maed is by us the sayd William and Thomas ap
    proued and allowed of each for himself his heirs &c twas by lot then
    Cast betwixt us determined the sayd william hatton shoold enioy &
    Poses for his diuident all that Parcell of land lung between the for
    sayd line and the furthermost bound trees of the sayd Land and the
    sayd Thomas Dent to enioy and poses for his diuident of the sd land [p. 126]
    all that Parcell of land lung between the sayd line and the first
    bounded trees of the sayd land the first bounded tree standing on the
    side of a branch or Creeke Called St Josephs Creeke which sayd
    diuidents wee doe hearby ioyntly and seuerally promise Couenant and
    grant that each one of us for owr selues owr heirs Executors Ad
    ministrators or Assignes shall and may from hence forward enioy
    quiatly Poses and Occupy foreuer without any molestation troble or
    Claime each from other their heirs Executors Administrators or
    assignes upon any Pretence whatsoeuer to the truth and performance
    of the forementioned Premisses wee bind owr selues owr heirs Execu
    tors Administrators or Assignes firmly by thees Presants to allow
    Ratifie and Confirme as witnes owr hands and seales in the Presence