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parcel of land on which the bay side Meeting House stands,
the same lot being part of, the tract of land called Ennion's
Range, situate, lying and being in the county aforesaid, and
containing by estimation the like quantity of three acres of
land, more or less; also that they have, peaceably and quietly
held, used and occupied, under and in virtue of a conveyance
deed, made and executed on or about the twenty-fifth day of
the sixth month, commonly called June, in the year seventeen
hundred and five, by John Jadwin, Edward Clark, and Ben-
jamin Parrott, to George Bowes, Abram Morgan, and David
Airey and their heirs, for the use of the Third Haven Monthly
Meeting of Friends aforesaid, agreeably to the metes and
bounds expressed in the said deed, all that lot or parcel of land
on which the Tuckahoe Meeting House stands, the same lot be-
ing part of the tract of land called Parrott's Lott, and situate
in the county aforesaid, near Tuckahoe Creek, and containing
the like quantity of land more or less; also that they have in
like manner peaceably and uninterruptedly held, used and oc-
cupied, under and in virtue of a deed of conveyance made and
executed on or about the twentieth day of March, in the year
seventeen hundred and forty five, by Walter Jenkins, of the
county aforesaid, to William Sharp, Solomon Sharp, Samuel
Sharp, John Dickinson and Henry Dickinson, and their heirs,
for the use and benefit of the Third Haven Monthly Meeting of
Friends aforesaid, agreeably to the metes and bounds express-
ed in the said deed, all that lot or parcel of land on which their
Choptank Meeting-House stands, the same lot being part of
the tract of land called Poughick's Ridge, and situate lying and
being in the county aforesaid, and containing by estimation
one half acre of land, more or less; and that upon examination
they have lately discovered, that not only the original trustees
aforesaid, but also all their heirs, are either dead and extinct,
or cannot now be accurately ascertained, by reason whereof
their title has become somewhat precarious, and they being de-
sirous of making it more secure, have requested that an act of
assembly may be passed, ratifying and confirming their title in
and to the several tots or parcels of land aforesaid, and consti-
tuting certain members of their society a body politic to man-
age and protect the rights and interests of the said Third Ha-
ven Monthly Meeting of Friends, and their successors fore-
Tier; and the facts stated in the said petition appearing to be
true and the application reasonable; Therefore,
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED By the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the title and estate of the members of that
branch of the society of Friends commonly called Quakers,
that is called and known among the Friends, and in Talbot
county by the name and distinction of the Third Haven Month-
ly Meeting of Friends, in and to all and singular the lots of
land aforesaid, contained in the deeds aforesaid, ami the lands
which they have used and occupied as a branch of the society
of Friends, be and the same are hereby fully ratified and con.
firmed, and a fee simple estate in and to the same lots of land
is hereby vested in Robert Moor. John Kemp, Thomas H.
Dawson, James Wainwright, and William W. Moore and
their successors, as trustees for the use and benefit of the said
Third Haven Monthly Meeting of Friends, and their succes-
ors forever.
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Dec. Sess.
1815.
Style—ef-
fect in law.
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