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554 9.
one-half-dozen table and half-a-dozen tea-spoons, all of silver;
Area cooking pots and three bangers; To Have and to Hold all
and singular the lands and premises herein before mentioned with
their, and every of their appurtenances, unto him, the said John
Hook, his executors, administrators and assigns, in manner follow-
ing, that is to say: To Have and to Hold the said ten acre lot,
and the other lot on Alice-Anna street for and during all the rest,
residue and remainder of the original terms granted for each re-
spectively; subject to the rents and covenants reserved and con-
tained in the above, in part, recited lease and assignment; and
To Have and to Hold all and singular the household and kitchen
furniture, plate, and negroes, unto him the said John Hook, his
executors, administrators and assigns, forever. Provided always,
and it is the true intent and meaning of these presents, and of the
said parties hereto, that if the said John Hook, his executors, ad-
ministrators or assigns, shall absolutely omit, neglect and refuse to
pay the said recited creditors of the said Anthony Hook their seve-
ral and respective just debts and demands against the said Anthony
Hook, then this indenture, and every matter, clause, and thing,
herein contained, shall cease, determine, and be utterly null and
void to all intents and purposes whatsoever, any thing herein con-
tained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. '
The bill further states, that in June, 1798, Anthony Hook died
intestate leaving five children, John Hook, who took out letters of
administration upon his estate, Margaret Knight, Catherine Orbin,
Barbara Morrow and Ann Barbine, who were all then living, and
were 'the remaining heirs at law of the said Anthony Hook; ' that
in the month of September, 1800, John Hook died intestate, and
letters of administration upon his estate were granted to his widow,
the defendant Barbara, who, in the inventory of her intestate's
estate, returned, as a part of it, the property mentioned in the
deed of the 17th of August; and in the year 1801, she sold the
whole of the ten acre lot at auction; and either herself bought, or
caused to be purchased for herself; and afterwards held the same
accordingly; that shortly after the sale the defendant Barbara
intermarried with the defendant Edward Hagthrop; and they, on
the 12th of February, 1802, rendered their first administration
account to the Orphans Court, in which they charged themselves
with no more than the sum of $3, 342 14, the aggregate valuation
of the inventory; when, in truth, the sales of the ten acre lot
amounted to $5, 275; that afterwards, on the 21st of February,
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