418    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.

             Liber B    sugar one quart bottell of strong licuor and a paer of Childerens yel
                   low first hose and the wife of James Lee asked James lee her hous
                   band whether hee had prouided for too Childeren who answeared
                   I hee had and further sayeth not:

                    Whearupon the Plantiue Craued a Jury which was granted whose
                   Names are as followeth Robert Robins Robert Taylor Alexand
                   Smith Cornelius Morkeny James hays William hills George Brad-
                   show Richard sims Richard Roe Thomas Simpson Mathias Obrion
                   Samuell Price who unanimously Concenting braught in this thear
                   verdit by thear forman Robert Robins that as it was a dronken
                   buisnes the Charge shall bee equalie deuided and that Mr Meekes
                   shall acknowledg in open Court that bee hath iniured James Lee by
                   Calling him theefe

                    And ordered according to the verdit of the Jury by the board:

                    Mr Walter Beane desireth the Court to tacke notice that hee was
                   heare all the time of the Court: to fulfill the verdit of Thomas Notley
                   Gent: and Capt: Josias fendall betweene Mr William Marshall and
                   himself: and that no person was heare to Clairne the performance of
                   the same

                    Know all men by thees Presants that I Thomas Allonson of
                   Christian temple in Charleses County doe make ouer from mee my
                   heirs Executors or Assignes a deed of gift of one hundered Acres of
                   Land unto John Broune and Garet Broune to them and theirs for
                   euer the sayd land beeing part of a diuident Called Allonsons folly
                   lung on the East side of Chingamuxon Creeke begining at the south
                   ermost bound tree of the sayd land begining at a marked whit oake
                   in an indian feeld on the west side of a littell Creeke Called St Cath
                   erins Creeke and runing up the Creeke for breath fifty perches and
                   to rune into the wood according as the lines of the sayd land rune
                   as witnes my hand this 4th of Nouember Ao 1663
                   Witnes George Thompson        Thomas Allonson

             [p.205] Alexander White entereth his marke of hogs and Cattell (Viz)
                   Cropt on the Righ Eare and nothing els

                    Caecilius absolute Lord and Proprietarie of the Prouinces of Mari-
                   land and Aualon Lord baron of baltemore &c to all Persons to whom
                   thees Presants shall cum greeting in owr Lord God euer lasting know
                   yea that wee for and in Consideration that John Clarke of this
                   Prouince Gent: hath dew unto him six hundered Acres of land within
                   this Prouince for the transportation of John bought of dandy in
                   1654 mary Shepard in Anno 1647 Mary Joanes in 165o Richard
                   Smith in 165o Roger baught of John halfhead 1646 and 100 Acres
                   more assigned him the sayd John Clarke from Robert Greene Esq