504  Provincial Court Proceedings, 1674/5.



          Liber M M   duke Seemes his heyres & Assignes & euery of them for euer by these
                  prsents Haue Giuen Granted Bargained Sold Enfeoffed & Con
                  firmed And by these prsents doe fully cleerly & Absolutely Giue
                  Graunt Bargaine Sell Alien Enfeoffe & Confirme unto the said
                  Marmaduke Seemes his heyres & Assignes for euer All that tract of
              p.492   land comonly called & knowne by the name of Midle Plantacon
                  scituate lying & being in Chesepeake Bay & on the Eastern side of
                  the said Bay in the County of Cecil & on the bank of a Riuer in the
                  said Bay called Sassafrax Riuer begining att a marked Poplar being
                  one of three Poplars comonly called & knowne by the name of the
                  three Poplars & runing along downe a branch of the head of the
                  Pond Creek North West for breadth One hundred & fifty pches vnto
                  a marked Gumm standing in the said branch bounding on the said
                  Gumm by a line drawne South West for length three hundred &
                  Twenty pches bounding on the South West by a line drawne South
                  East One hundred & fifty pches bounding on the South East by a
                  line drawne North East & unto the firste bounded tree containing &
                  then laid out for three hundred acres more or lesse & now in the
                  tenure & Occupacon of the said Andrew Woodbery his heyres or
                  Assignes Together with all & singuler the hereditamts & Apptenñces
                  whatsoeuer to the said trackt of land now or att any tyme hereto
                  fore belonging or apptaining or therewith now or heretofore occu
                  pyed or Enjoyed or accepted reputed or taken as pte pcell or mem
                  ber thereof or any pte thereof And all & singuler Deeds Evidences
                  Pattents writings Escripts & minumts touching & concerning the
                  before Bargained prmisses & every pte & pcell thereof To haue and
                  to hold the said tract of land & all & singuler other the prmisses with
                  their and euery of their Apptenflces before by these prsents Bar
                  gained & Sold or meant menconed or intended to be hereby Granted
                  Bargained & Sould & euery pte & pcell thereof vnto the said Marma
                  duke Seemes his heyres & Assignes To the only use & behoofe of
                  him the said Marmaduke Seemes his heyres and assignes for euer
                  And the said Andrew Woodbery for himselfe his heyres Exrs &
                  Admrs for euery of them doth Covenant promise & Grant to & with
                  the said Marmaduke Seemes his heyres Exrs Admrs & Assignes by
                  these prsents That the said tract of land & all other the prmisses
              p. 493  aboue by these pTsents menconed to be Granted to be sold And
                  every pte & pcell thereof on the day of the date hereof and from
                  tyme to tyme & att all tymes hereafter for euer shall be remaine &
                  continue to the said Marmaduke Seemes his heyres & Assignes To
                  the one proper use & behoofe of him the said Marmaduke Seemes
                  his heyres & Assignes for euer free & Cleer freely & Cleerly acquitted
                  Exonerated & discharged or otherwise by the said Andrew Wood
                  bery his heyres or Assignes sufficiently saved & kept harmlesse of
                  & from all manner of Bargaines Sales Joynctures and of & from all
                  other Charges titles troubles & Incumbrances wtsoeuer had made