278 Charles County Court Proceedings, 1668—1670.

          Liber D here unto sett his hand & seale this fourteenth of Januar Anno
               Domi 1667                     Thoms Allanson 0
               Signed Sealed & Delivered
                in prsence of
                   Stephen Mountague
                   Jeremiah X Dickenson
                        his mark

                John Lambert his Deed of Gift to Ellen Lambert his Wife
                To all persons to whome these prsnts may concerne know yee tht
               I John Lambert of Charls County in the Province of Mary Land for
               & in Consideracon of certaine goods wch were given unto my Wife
         [p. 75]    Ellen Lambert by her father John Nevill decd Which I the sd John
               Lambert have had & Converted to my owne use doe for & from
               myself my heirs Exectrs & Admtrs give, grant, assigne & sett over
               unto my said Wife Ellen Lambert her heirs and Assigns for ever
               these things here under mentioned tht is to say one pcell or tract of
               land qting one hundred & fifty Acres I the sd John Lambert
               bought of Richd True neere adjoyning to the land whereon I now
               dwell & alsoe one pcell of Land qting one hundred Acres being the
               land whereon I now dwell being butted & bounded as p Pattens
               relation being thereto had may more at large Appeare All wch sd
               parcells of Land wth all & singular their rights members priviledges
               & appurtenances together wth all Deeds writeings or evidences or
               pap touching or concerning the same or any pte or pcell thereof wth
               all my right title intrest ppty claime & demand of in & to the same
               or any pte or pcell thereof To have & to hold to her the sd Ellen
               Lambert her heirs & Assignes for ever Alsoe I give grant & Assigne
               over Four Mares the one being a blackish bay being cropt on the
               left eare, about six years old And. one bay Collour'd haveing a slit
               on the top of the left eare marked wth a lettr B on the neare shoulder
               about six or seven years old & one a dapple gray mare swallow forked
               & a small underkeele on the right eare branded on the right buttock
               wth 3 being two years & an halfe old the other a sorrell mare
               being about one yeare & an half e old being swallow forked & unkeeled
         [p. 76]    on the right eare together wth one sorrell horse wth a Starr in his
               forehead about two years old marked a swallow forke & under-
               keeled on the right eare to have & to hold the foresd Mares & horse
               wth all their future Increase to her the sd Ellen Lambert her heirs &
               Assigns for ever And also I give & grant to her one red Cow comonly
               called by the name of Cherry about six years old one Cow about
               4 years old called by the name of Browning one Cow about 6 years
               old called by the name of Hannykin & one Cow called by the name
               of whiteface about five years old & one comonly called mopus about
               seven years old & one called by the name of fawne about 5 years
               old & one comonly called Betty about seven years old & an heifer