396       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1668.

       LiberFF    sixty five by his Deed of Guift under his hand and Seale for divers
              good Causes Consideracons him thereunto moveing Give and Grant
              unto Mary Conner her heires or assignes all & thy part & parcell of
              his Reall and personall Estate then wthin the said Province of Mary-
              land which he the said Bartholomew Did then possesse and enjoy or
              of Right ought to have possesse or Enjoy wherein the said Bartholo-
              mew Did Oblige himselfe to deliu and possesse the said Mary of the
              same as her owne prop Estate when shee the said Mary should require
              the same
               And whereas alsoe the said Bartholomew the eight day of October
        Anno One thousand six hundred sixty five was possessed with a par-
        200 acre cell of land called by the name of Crany necke lying in the County of
              Ann Arrundell aforesaid conteyning three hundred acres more or lesse
              being interrmarryed with the said Mary & att the tyme of his decease
              the said Mary was in possession of the same
        [p. 715] Your peticoner therefore humbly prayeth the Judgment of this
              honorable Court whether or noe the said Mary being at the tyme of
              the Decease of the said Bartholomew in possession of the said par-
              cell of land, the said deed of Grant be sufficient for her or hen assignes
              to Enjoy the same
               And your peticoner shall pray &c

               Opinion of the Court is that the above Specifyed Deed of Guift
              is not Sufficient in law to Invest the said Mary or her assignes with
              any of the above menconed Estate  Daniel Jenifer

               This Indenture made the Fourteenth day of December in the
              Seaven and Thirtyeth yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius Absolute
       [p. 716]   lord and pprietary of the provinces of Maryland and Avalon lord
              Baron of Baltemore &c annoq domini One thousand six hundred
              sixty eight Betweene Samuel Winslow of New England Marryner
              on the One party and William Lewis of the County of Talbott in the
              Province of Maryland planter on the other party Wittnesseth that
              the said Samuell Winslow for and in Consideracon of Eleaven Thou-
              sand one hundred pounds of tobacco to him in hand paid by the said
              William Lewis the Receipt whereof the said Samuell Winslow doth
              hereby acknowledge and thereof and of efly part and parcell thereof
              doth hereby absolutely and cleerly exoñate acquitt and Discharge the
              said Will Lewis his heires executors Administrators & assignes by
              theis pnts hath given Granted bargained Alyened Sold Enfeoffed and
              Confirmed And doe by theis pnts Give grant bargaine Alien Sell
              enfeoffe and confirme unto him the said William Lewis his heires
              and asss for ever All that parcell of land called Boston Clift lying
              in Talbott County on the North side of Choptancke riu next adjoyn-
              ing to a Tract of land formerly laid out for Daniel Jenifer gent
              beginning at a markt oke by a Marsh standing upon a point and run-
              ning for bredth downe the rift South and by west Three hundred and