686               Appendix.




        Liber    P.C.R. couenant & graunt to & Cuthbert ffenwick of Maryland gentn &
                 Thomas mathews of Maryland aforesd Chinurgeon in consideraOn of
                 marriage to bee betweene mee & Mrs Temperance Jay & for her
                 better maintenance after ye sd marriage performed & celebrated be
                 tweene us. That whereas shee ye sd Temperance Jay is possest of
                 right to an Annuity of Twenty pownds per Annü, out of certaine
                 Lands in Virginia appenteyning, or wch haue apperteyned unto
                 Capt George Fueling. That shee ye sd Temperance Jay shall from
                 time to time during her Naturall life & according to her power before
                 marriage wth mee, by her selfe or her assignes haue full power to
                 receaue ye sd annuity, & all pants, parcells & arreares thereof, & to
                 dispose of it, as shee shall like best. And that all receipts or acquit
                 tances gyuen by her or her assignes for ye same or any part of it,
                 shall stand good in Law agst mee, my heyres Executors, Admis
                 trators, or assignes. Wittnes my hand & Seale this day of July
               1651.                             Willm Bretton.
        Sealed & deliuered in prnce of             Se X ale.
                   Giles Brent
                   Marg: Brent
                   John Rookewood
                     The mark of
                     Clouis  maze.

                  To all to whom these presents shall come. Wee George Beckwith
                 of ye Prouince of Maryland in ye County of Petuxt & ffrancis his
                 Wife send greeting. Know yee yt Wee ye sd George & ffrancis
                 Beckwth for a ualuable consideraon to us in hand payd, haue gyuen,
                 graunted, bangayned, sould, assigned, & sett oner unto Richard Keene
                 of ye Prouince and County aforesd Plantn & by these p . . . ents doe
              for us, & eyther of us, our or eyther of Our heyres, fully, freely, &
                 absolutely giue, graunt, bargaine sell, assigne, & sett ouer unto ye sd
                 Richard Keene all our & eyther of our right my tytle, interest, claime,
                 & demand whatsoeur, of, in, and to one Neck of Land commonly
                 called ye Cabbin Creeke Necke: Lying & being in St Josephs mannor
                 ouer agst Poynt Patience on ye South side of Patuxt Riuer; Sur
                 ueyed & layd out for fowrescore Acres more or lesse To haue & to
                 hould ye sd neck of Land all ye Timber, Trees, & all other appur
                 tenances whatsoeuer theneunto belonging. With all our and eyther
                 of Our rights, tytle & interest thereunto unto ye sd Richard Keene
                 his heyres or Assignes for euer. With Warranty agst us the sd
                 George Beckwth & ffrancis Beckwith & our heynes, & all persons
                 Clayming, or yt shall or may claime any right, tytle, interest, by from
                 or under us, or eyther of us, or any other way whatsoeuer. In witt
                 nes whereof wee haue hereunto sett our hands & Seales this 27th
                 day of Aprill 1658.