382 Charles County Court Proceedings, 1671—1674.

         Liber E    devised advised or required, In witness whereof the partyes have
               Sett theyre handes and Seales the day and above written
               Signed Sealed and delivered Geo: Taylor
                in the prsence of         Elinor Taylor
                   Daniell Russell
                             Giles Cole

                 Robt Prouse acknowledges this ensueing Tract of land unto Jno
               Munn cont. 25 acres called the Gift
                This Indenture made the eleventh day of June in the 40th yeare
               of Dominion of Caecilius Annoq Dmi 1672 Betweene Robt Prouse
               of Chingamuxon of Charles County in the Province of Maryland
               of the one part and Jno Munn of the Same County of the other part
               witnesseth tht the aforesaid Robt Prouse for and in consideracon of a
               certaine Sume of tobacco to him in hand payd the receipt whereof
               the said Robt Prouse doth hereby acknowledge & himselfe fully
               Satisfyed and contented and of every part and parcell thereof doe
               clearly accquitt exonerate and discharge the said Jno Munn his heyres
         [fol. 63]  Executors Adminrs And every of them by these prsents hath given
               granted bargained alyened Sold assigned transferd enfeofeed and
               confirmed and by these prsents doth give grant bargaine alyen Sell
               assigne transferr enfeofee and confirm unto the caid John Munn
               his heyres and Assignes forever all that parcell or tract of land lyeing
               Scituate and being in Charles County aforesd called the Gift lyeing
               on the north Side of Piscattaway river upon the South Side of a
               creeke in the said River called Chingamuxon Creeke begining at a
               marked oake Standing by the water Side and runing north east up
               the Creeke for breadth one hundred and fifety pches to a marked
               oake the bound tree of John Hatch bounding on the east with the
               land of the said John Hatch for the lenght of three hundred and
               twenty pches on the South wth a lyne drawne South west from the
               end of the former, for the length of one hundred and fifety pches
               untill it intersect a paralell drawne for the first marked oake on
               the west wth the said paralell, and paralell the river on the North
               wth the Said Creeke one parcell of land formerly by the said Robt
               Prouse Sold to Peter Achilles begining at a bounded red oake on the
               South Side of the said Creeke runing north east up the Creeke for
               the length of twenty five pches to a marked oake the bounded tree
               of John Hatch thence South bounding upon the land of the Said
               John Hatch for the length of three hundred and twenty pches unto
               a bounded oake thence South west twenty five pches untill it com
               to the first bound tree being the value of fifety acres only excepted)
               the land by these prsents bargained and Sold being by estemacon two
               hundred and fifety acres more or less together wth all houses edifices
               buildings orchards Gardens Haukings huntings fishings fowleings
               and all and Singular other appurtenances and priveledges to the Said
               land belonging and apptaineing to have and hold the said land and