226 MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS

2^d Answer Enfield Chace was not the thing then in dispute, nor doe I
remember any person being there that Said any thing of it at that time,
the then dispute was in the Provincial Court Between Mr Roger Brooke the
owner of Amptill Grange and one Anderson that lived on a part of the
Tract called Essington.

3^d Answer I do not Remember that ever I measured the Distance Be-
tween the tree that Hobbs Swore to and the River but to the best of my
memory and Judgment it is about two hundred yards from the said tree to
the Banke Where Hobbs Swore he marked the Hickory which I took to be
just above the River.

4^th Answer I do not Justly remember the reason for running the lines
[353] of Essington past the tree That Hobbs Swore to till it Struck the
River: But do believe it was done before Hobbs proved the Tree Because
that when he had been Sworn every one Seemed to be fully convinced and
all the lands Depending on that tree was Esteemed to be Governed by it on
his oath, and so continued to do while I was acquainted in the place which
was Severall years

5^th Answer Some time aft Hobbs had made proof to the said Tree (But
how long I cannot remember) M^r Roger Brooke procured a Warrant from
his Lordships land office to Resurvey Amptill Grange which I did as Sur-
veyor \Vcc began at the tree that Hobbs proved and So ran the Course and

Distance I think of the first and second lines. The third I think was ex-
tended further then the Pattent expressed to Reach Patuxent River And
then to the best of my remembrance we ran the Severall Meanders of the
River till we came to the place were Essingtons last line had been Run to
the River and So back to the first Tree, which Hobbs had proved, this I be-
lieve we did because Amptill Grange was Said to bend with the River
September the 19^th 1718 Tho Addison

The above are the Severall answers to the foregoing Interrogatorys made
by the Hon^rble Cot^o Tho^s Addisson upon his Corporall oath by us duly ad-
ministred to him Given under our hands and Seals

James Stoddert [Seale]
Ja Haddock [Seale]

In obedience to a Commission out of his Lordships high Court of
Chancery bearing date the first day of September Anno Dom 1718 directed
to Tho^s Clagott D^r Patrick Hepburne James Stoddert and James Haddock
or any two or three of them to examine evidences in a certain cause depend-
ing on the s^d Court, between Tho^s Wells Jun^r Complainant and Charles
Carroll Esq^r defendant, we have this day examined Robert Tylor Gent and
John Pottenger planter, on their Corporall oaths by us Duly administred,
touching their knowledge in relation to the cause aforesaid who declared the
following Depositions hereunto annexed to be the Sume and Substance of