Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675. 7

         Thimbleby from all just Claymes in Lawe whatsoever wth the Con- Liber N N
         sent of his said wife Margarett Browne as by the said Patent &
         Assignmt thereof to us now pduced may more att large Appeare, &
         being so Seized & possessed of the lands & prmisses he the said Jno
         Thimbleby made his last Will & Testamt in writing dated the second
         day of Decembr 1659 & therein & thereby amongst other things did
         Devise & Bequeath unto Mary Brown his God Daughter all his
         land & houseing that he had or was possesed of within the said Prov-
         ince & not longe after to witt about Seaventeene yeares since the
         said John Thimbleby dyed without any Issue of his body Lawfully
         begotten or any heyres that the Jurors know of
          And the said Jurors doe upon their Oaths further say That after
         the Decease of the said John Thimbleby the said Wm Browne that had
         the Guardianshipp of her the said Mary dureing the Minority of her
         the said Mary did enter unto & became Seized & possessed of the said
         lands & prmisses & held the same & received the profitts thereof until
         about the last day of ffebruary Annoq Dni 1665 about which tyme
         the said Wm Browne dyed haveing left W John Warren & Mr Edward
         Clarke in his last Will & Testament Guardians of her the said Mary
         Browne, & the said Mr Jno Warren & M' Edward Clarke by vertue
         thereof did Enter into & became possessed & Seized of the said lands
         & prmisses Received the proffits thereof untill such tyme as she the p. 5
         said Mary Intermarryed with Thomas Kertley, & they the said
         Thomas & Mary in Right of her the said Mary held & enjoye the
         prmisses & Receiued the profitts thereof untill the tyme of the death
         of the said Mary who dyed about Eight Months since leaving Issue
         behinde her of her body lawfully begotten by the said Thomas one
         Wm Kertley an Infant under age her Sonn & heyre & after the death
         of the said Mary the said Tho: Kertley Enterred into the lands &
         prmisses & Received the pfi[tts] thereof untill about the last day
         of Septembr last past about which tyme the said Wm Kertley Sonn &
         heyre of the said Mary dyed also to whom the said Thomas was
         ffather & Guardian by Vertue of which he held & Enjoyed the lands
         & prmisses aforesaid after the death of the said Mary And the said
         Jurors doe say that the said Lands & prmisses are now in the possesion
         of the said Thomas Kertley, And that the said Lands & ptmisses as
         the same are now Improued are worth foure hundred pounds of
         Tobacco p Annum over & aboue the said Rent Reserved his Lordpp
         & that of any other lands or Tenemts besides the aforementioned the
         said Jurors say that they never knew any the said Thimbleby ever had
         In Testimony whereof aswell the said Cothissionhs as the Jurors afore-
         said hereunto putt their hands & Seales the day & yeare first above
         written.
           J n° Jourdaine      Seald   •
                             Comission
          J n° w Warren Sealed