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as aforesaid That the said sum of fifty Pounds Sterling Money hath
been paid on the Bond last aforesaid by the said Thomas Hodgkin
in his Lifetime to the said John Brooke and his Legal Representa-
tives That the said Thomas Hodgkin afterwards that is to say on
the twenty ninth Day of March Seventeen hundred and fifty four
did Mortgage the said Tract of Land called Renchers Adventure
(amongst other things) to the said Bartholomew Pomeroy, William
Tower and Joseph Janson as Assignees of John Philpot and John
Hutchinson Merchants for the Consideration of Six hundred and
fifty Pounds eighteen Shillings and five pence sterling the said
Mortgage to be void on the Payment of the said Sum of Six hun-
dred and fifty Pounds Eighteen Shillings and five Pence Sterling
and Interest on/or before the tenth Day of April Seventeen hundred
and fifty five That the said John Brooke is Dead leaving issue John
Brooke his Eldest son and heir and that the said John Brooke the
Son is dead leaving Issue John Brooke his eldest Son and Heir an
infant now about six or Seven Years of Age That the said Joseph
Janson and William Tower are Dead and that no Conveyance hath
been made by the said John Brooke the Obligor or his heirs in Pursu-
ance of his Bond aforesaid whereby the Legal Title of and in the
said Parcel of Land hath descended to and now is in the said John
Brooke the infant aforesaid That the said Parcel of Land in the
Condition of the Bond aforesaid first mentioned was in the Posses-
sion of the said Thomas Hodgkin for many Years before and at
the time of his Death and that after his Death a certain Brian Philpot
Attorney in fact for the said Mortgagees entered upon the said Parcel
of Land and took Possession of the same for them and on their
Behalf and that the said Mortgagees and the said Petitioner Survivor
aforesaid under that entry and Possession have kept and held the
said Parcel of Land without any interruption by persons claiming or
pretending title to the same And that the sum of three hundred and
fifteen Pounds fifteen Shillings and one Penny Sterling Money is now

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due on the said Mortgage exclusive of interest And Whereas the said
Bartholomew Pomeroy hath by his Petition aforesaid Prayed that an
Act of Assembly may Pass to remedy the Defect in his title to the
Land aforesaid for want of a Conveyance thereof from the said John
Brooke the Obligor in Pursuance of his Bond aforesaid and to con-
firm and Secure the same against the heirs of the said John Brooke
and his and their heirs and all claiming under him and them saving
to the said Thomas Hodgkin his heir at Law his right and Equity
of Redemption of in and to the same Land

Be it therefore Enacted by the right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the Advice and consent of his Lordship's Gov-
ernor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Author-
ity of the same That the said John Brooke the infant aforesaid his
heirs and Assigns and all others the heirs and Assigns of the said

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