332 Assembly Proceedings, September 25-November 2, 1770.

Liber R. G.
1770

or less now known and distinguished by the name of the Manor of
Westbury that the said two Parcells of Land by several Mean Con-
veyances became the right and Estate of a certain Josiah Conant
late of Mansfield in the County of Windham in the Colony of Con-
necticut in New England deceased that the said Josiah Conant did
by Deed bearing Dates on or about the ninth Day of November
Seventeen hundred and forty five and acknowledged in Boston the
Eleventh Day of November Seventeen hundred and forty five for
the Consideration of two thousand nine hundred and fifty Pounds
Boston Money Convey the same Lands unto a certain William
Thornton late of Ann Arundel County Deceased and his heirs that
the said William on or about the fifth Day of September Seventeen
hundred and forty seven by Deed Properly executed acknowledged
and Recorded for the Consideration of ffour hundred and twenty
eight Pounds Eleven Shillings and six pence Sterling conveyed the
same Lands to the said Abraham Barnes the Petitioner and his heirs
That the said Abraham Barnes the Petitioner for about twenty years
past hath been and now is in the Actual and Sole Possession of the
said Lands under and by virtue of the Conveyance aforesaid from
the said William Thornton

p. 69

And whereas it hath been represented to this General Assembly
that the aforesaid Deed from Josiah Conant to William Thornton
was not Acknowledged agreeable to the Act of Assembly of this
Province in such case made and Provided and that the said Abraham
Barnes is apprehensive that his title to the said Lands is therefore
defective by reason whereof it is prayed that an Act may Pass to
remedy such defect in the said Conveyance
Be it therefore Enacted by the right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the Advice and consent of his Lordships Gov-
ernor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the
Authority of the same that the said herein recited Deed of Convey-
ance from the said Josiah Conant to the said William Thornton and
his heirs shall from henceforth and to all intents and Purposes be
deemed and taken to be Effectual and Sufficient in the Law to convey
the estate and interest of the said Josiah Conant of in and to the
said Manor of Westbury and Lands therein mentioned any defect
or defects whatsoever which may be in taking the Acknowledgment
according to the Directions of an Act of Assembly of this Province
or any other matter or thing therein contained to the contrary in any-
wise Notwithstanding

By the Lower House of
Assembly 30.^th October
1770 Read & Assented to
Signed by Order
Jn^o Duckett Cl Lo Ho

On behalf of the right
Honourable the Lord
Proprietary of this Prov-
ince I will this be a Law
Rob.^t Eden

By the Upper House of
Assembly Oct.^r 30. ^th 1770
Read & Assented to
Signed by Order
U Scott Cl. Up. Ho.

the great seal in
wax appendant