one bound tree of the said tract called Whittmarsh Delight
now to be found whereby to ascertain the true bounds
thereof; as by the complaint of the said Weatherley is sett forth:
for which reason he hath prayed, (to prevent any further
disputes) his lordship's speciall warrant to resurvey the said
tract, called Whittmarsh Delight according to the true
intented ancient metes and bounds thereof to be ascertained by
a jury of the Neighbourhood therein well knowne, which
the said Weatherley alledgeth are now living and it was
granted unto him.
" Resurvey therefore, and lay out the said tract called
Whittmarsh Delight, according to the true intented antient
meets and bounds thereof accordingly as you shall be
directed by twelve good and lawful men of the Neighbourhood
therein well knowne, to be by the sheriff of the said county
thereunto impannelled and sworne, which accordingly the
said sheriff is hereby authorised and empowered to doe, as
also to take evidence upon oath of such persons as shall then
and there be produced, and appeare and return your
certificate of resurvey thereof into the land office at the city of St.
Maries with all convenient speed; and for soe doing this
shall be your warrant. Given under the lesser seale of this
province, the fourth day of March in the seventh year of
the dominion of the Rt. Hon'ble Charles, &c. Annoque
Domini 1681.
" Signed per order and appointment of the
Rt. Hon'ble the Lord Proprietary,
" JOHN LLEWELLIN, Reg'r.
" To Vincent Lowe, Esq. Surveyor
Gen'll or his Deputy¾."
LIBER W. C, No. 4, folio 137.
¾¾
John Lyon cert. resurv. 300 Maryland, ss. To the right
ac. Called "Whittmarsh," hon'ble Charles lord Baltimore,
at suit of Jas. lord and prop'ry of this province,
Weatherly. &c. March the 20th, 1681.
By vertue of a special warrant bearing date the fourth
day of March, in the 7th year of the dominion of the right
honourable Charles, &c. Annoque Domini 1681, granted out
of the office for lands unto James Weatherly, of Somerset
county, for the resurveying and laying out of a tract of land
now in the possession of John Lyon, formerly surveyed for
Richard Whittmarsh, called Whittmarsh Delight (by the
direction of a jury, &c.) These are therefore humbly to
certifie, that I, Francis Jenkins, deputy surveyor under the
hon'ble collonel Vincent Lowe, Esq. surveyor general, have (by
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