Somerset County Court Proceedings, 1665 1668.     631





     To all whome these presents shall come greetinge &c Knowe Yee Liber B No. 1
   That I Edward Hasard of Manonoakin for the valluable considera
   tion allready recd before the signing & sealing hereof doe hereby
   bargaine & make sale off one black Cowe aboute foure year olld being
   marked as Foll: (vizt) Cropt of the righ ear & a hole in the left ear
   unto Richard Stevens of Wiccocomico To haue and to houlld use
   receiue & Inioy the said Cowe with her Increase for ever unto the
   said Ricr Stevens his heires & assignes freely peaceable & quietly with
   out any mannor of reclaime challenge or Contradiction of me the said
   Edward Hasard my heires executors or assignes or of any other per
   son or persons by my meanes title or pcuremt in any manner or wise,
   & without any accompt reckoning or answer therefore to me or any
   in my name to be given rendred or donne in time to come but from [p. 22]
   all action of righ title Claime Interest use possession & demand
   thereof I the said Edwd Hasard my heires executrs or assignes to be
   utterly excluded & for ever debarred by these presents & I the said Ed
   ward Hasard my heires executrs admrs or assignes the good sale of the
   said Cowe unto the aforesaid Richard Stevens his heires or assignes
   shall warrant & defend by these presents In Wittnes whereof I haue
   hereunto sett my hand & seale this twenty day of May in the year
   of or Lord one thousand six hundred sixty & six
   Signed sealed & delivered       Edward Hasard
    in the Presence of us
        John Winder
        Daniell Hast
        Edmund Beauchamp      Entred the 24th July 1666

     To all people to whome these prsents shall come greeting Know
   yee tht I William Whittfeeld being of a good & perfect minde &
   without fraud & deceipt For divers good Causes & Considerations me
   thereunto moving haue given granted & Confirmed & by these prsents
   doe giue grant & Confirme unto Francis Betts sonne of George Betts
   on the eastearne shore in the pvince of Maryland one black shoote
   with a white face marked as Foll (vizt) overhalfd of both ears &
   a slitt in each ear in the underhalfd with all her increase for ever
   as allso I the said William Whittfeeld doe assigne over my marke of
   Cattle entred upon record the 3d January 1666 vizt being in these
   words; The marke of William Whittfeeld (vizt) overhalfd of both
   ears & a slitt in each ear in the underhalfd recorded the 3d January
   1666 To Haue & to Holde use receiue & inioye the said shoote wth
   her Increase for ever unto the said Francis Betts his heires & assignes
   & to the onely proper use & behoofe of the said Francis Betts his heires
   & assignes for ever; Freely peaceably & quiettly without any mannor
   of reclaime challenge or Contradiction of me the said Wit! Whitt
   feeld my heires executrs or assignes or of any other person or per
   sons by my meanes title or pcuremt & without any accompt reckoning