54Kent County Court Proceedings, 1648-1656.





        Liber A Artickles of agreetmt made betwixt Jn° Erickson of the one ptie &
               Edward Tarrent of the other ptie made & Agreed this 22th of Octobr
               1655

                 That the aboue named Erickson & Tarrent doth by theis prsents
               bynd thm selues to stand to the Agreement, deuidinge of the Land
               betwixt thm viz wch is to say, tht the sd Erickson is to haue his halfe
               of the hundred Ackers of Land tht was beetwixt Wm Leeds & the
               afforesd Tarrent upon the Northeast end of the sd Land & tht the
               afforesd doth bind himselfe to doe his Equall share in Cleareinge &
               fencinge ground tht may Containe 3000 Corne holes & 6ooo Tobacoe
               hilles unfenced & lickwise to beare the Equall Charge in buildinge a
               walplate tobaco house of fourtie Foote longe & twentie foote wide
               to bee pformed by the sd Tarrent by the last of March next if nailes
               are then to bee gott, which may not bee any stope to theire sd
               agreement and to which agreement wee the afforesd pties haue Enter
               changably set or hands the day and yeare aboue written
               Wittnessed by  Johen Erickson
                    Jos: Wickes Edward Tarrent
                    Wm Leedes

          [fol. 117] Bee it known unto all men by theise prsents That I Thomas
          12 m Broadnox of the Isle of Kent plantr doe Acknowledge to haue sould

               unto Henery Clay of the same place afforesd plantr his heires
               Executors Admini~ or Asignes one psell of Land formerly graunted
               by pattent unto Thomas Stent the 17th of May 1641 and Assigned
               unto Deuerex Godwin And now Assigned unto mee Thomas Broad
               nox by the sd Godwine And I doe bynd my self e my Heires Executors
               Administ or Assignes, firmly by theise prsents, that the sd Henerie
               Clay shall quietly Enioy the same beeinge bounded by marked trees
               on the south with a Creeck Caled Stents Creeck or branch; on the
               West wth a meridial liene from heade of the branch untill it meet a
               line drawen from Butlers Marsh; on the North with the sd parallell;
               On the East with Coxes bay, Containinge by Estimation & now laide
               out for one hundred Ackers, bee it more or lesse, with all pffitts &
               beneffites upon the same And tht I the sd Thomas Broadnox doe
               bynd my self e my heires Executors Admin~ or Assignes tht the sd
               Clay his Heires Executors Admin or Assignes shall quietly & peace
               ably Enioy the same, without the trouble or molestation of mee my
               Heires Executors or Assignes or any pson or psons whatsoeur; and
               to the true Extent & meaninge heareof I bane heare unto set my
               hand this 7th of May 1653 Thomas Broadnox
               Deliüed in the prsents of us  his signe
                    Tho: Hynson
                              Isa: Iliue