Provincial Court Proceedings, 1666.     95

      These are to Certifye that I margarite Pickerin the wife of John Liber FF
    Pickerin doth giue free Consent for the sale of Six hundred acres
    of land lying and Scituate in the Prouince of Maryland on the north
    side of a riuer in the sd Bay Called Chester Riuer beginning att a
    marked Caedar tree by a marsh Running North west by the water
    side sold to Walter King or his Assignes, Receiuing lawfull Con-
    sideracon for the said lands in wittnes whereof I haue hereunto put
    my hand and seale this 6th day of Octobr 1665
    Wittnes                  Margarite Pickerin (seale)
         Katherne Thomas
           her X marke
         Tho: Perkins
         John Chaiers
      This Indenture made the 26th day of March in the yeare of Our
    Lord God 1666: Betweene John Peckering of the Citty of Bristoll
    in England salter and Margarita his wife of the One part, And
    walter King of the same place Merchant on the Other part Witt-
    nesseth that the sd John King and Margarite his wife for a ualuable
    Consideraeon in hand allready receiued by them the said John Pick-
    ering and Margarite his wife from the said Walter King, Haue
    Granted Bargained Aliened Sold Enfeoffed and Confirmed, And by
    these prsents for themselues theire heires Executors Administrators
    & Assignes Doe Grant alien Bargaine sell Enfeoffe and Confirnie
    unto the said walter King his heires Executors Admrs and Assignes
    All that parcell of land called Iske lying on the East side of Chese-
    piake Bay And on the North side of a riuer in the sd Bay Called [p. 346]
    Chester Riuer beginning att a marked Caedar tree standing upon a
    point by a Marsh Running North west by the riuer side for breadth
    three hundred perches to a markt Oke upon a point bounding on the
    East by a line drawne south west from the sd Oke for length three
    hundred and twenty perches on the north by a line drawne south
    East from the end of the south west line for breadth three hundred
    perches on the west by a line drawne North East from the end of
    the south east line unto the first marked Caedar on the south by
    the riuer Containing & now laid out for six hundred acres more or
    lesse, with all Edifices howses Proffitts Pattents writeings Comodities
    and Hereditamts to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining
    And all the Estate right title Interest Claime & demand whatsoeuer
    They the said Jn0 Pickering and Margarite his wife haue of in and
    to the said six hundred acres of land aforesaid and any part or
    parcell thereof by uertue of any Grant Bargaine or sale heretofore
    made to them the said John Pickering and Margarite his wife by
    any person or persons whatsoeuer, To hane and to hould the said six
    hundred acres of land and euery part and parcell thereof unto the
    said Walter King his heires Executors Administrators and Assignes,
    To the onely proper Use and behoofe of the said walter King his