134       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675.

            Liber N N title & demand whatsoever of in or to the prmises or any part thereof
                   We the said John & Jane & our heyres shall be utterly Excluded &
                   barred for ever by these prsents Provided nevertheless & itt is the
                   true intent & meaning of these prsents & the partyes thereunto That
                   this prsent writing of Release nor anything therein conteyned shall
                   in any wise be Construed deemed or taken to barr or Exclude the
               p. 84  said John Half ehead & Jane his wife from quietly And peaceably
                   holding & Enjoying the possession of the lands houses Orchards
                   Gardens and appurtennces thereunto belonging called Halfeheads
                   Hollow & receiving the Rents Issues & proffits thereof for & during
                   all the tyme & terme by the said Indenture of Lease bearing date
                   with these prsents to us the said John & Jane Halfehead Demised
                   sett or to ffarme lett or intended to be Demised sett or to ffarme
                   lett by the same Indenture of Lease, they the said John & Jane per-
                   forming the Rents & Covenants in the same Lease conteyned any
                   thing in these prsents to the contrary hereof notwithstanding In
                   Testimony whereof the said John & Jane Halfhead haue hereunto
                   sett their hands & Seales the nine & Twentieth day of January in the
                   foure & fortieth yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius Absolute Lord
                   & Proprietry of the Provinces of Maryland & Avalon Lord of Balte-
                   more &c Annoq Dni 1676
                                        Jno Halfehead  (Sealed)
                                        Jane 7 Halfehead (sealed)
                                         her marke
                   Sealed & deld after the words Indented in the first line
                   & the words & Jane his wife in the second line were
                   Interlined in prsence of us James Withers
                      his marke     the marke of
                   Bernard Archer Cassandra Warbiton
            On the backside of the aforegoing Release was written Vizt.
                              April 5th 1676.
                    The within written Release was in open Court Acknowledged to
                   be the Act & Deed of the within named John Halfhead & Jane his
                   wife to the uses within specified
                                         Jno Blomfeild Cl Cur Provincial

                   Bee itt knowne unto all men by these prsents That I Margarett Tolly
                   of St Maryes County of Province of Maryland Widdow haue by
                   Vertue of a Letter of Administracon unto me Granted to Administer
                   upon the Estate of my Husband Edward Tolly who dyed without
                   any Will Therefore itt moveth me out of tender & naturall Affeccon
                   unto my Children to make this Deed or Giuft during my Widdow-
                   hood Estate unto my Children as followeth, that is to say I freely
                   & Voluntarily giue unto my Sonn Edward Tolly two Cowes & a
                   Heifer of three yeares old with their female Increase One Sow bigg
                   with piggs with a feather bed & a bolster & one Rugg & one blankett