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563) To hold the Said Lands & Appurtenances (The Two hundred acres Given to his said Son Joseph as af.d Excepted) unto her his said Wife Margarett and to her heirs for ever And Also by his said Testament and Last Will Did Give and Bequeath unto His Said Son Joseph Williams & to the Heirs of his Body lawfully Begotten for Ever Two hundred Acres of the said Tract of Land Called Williams's Range together with the Plantation & Appurtenances thereon then in the Occupation and Possession of his Said Son Joseph Williams and the said two hundred Acres were by the said Testament and Last Will Directed to be held together at that End of the said Tract at which the said Plantation was then Sealed & not Otherwise as by the said Testament & Last will Relation being thereunto had May more fully & at Large appear And Whereas the said Margarett in the said Will Named and Party to these presents after the Death of the said Benjamin Williams her Said Husband and Testator Intermarryed with the Said Edward Geither party to these Presents But before their Intermarriage the Said Edward & Margarett by Articles of Agreement made the Seventeenth Day of August Seventeen hundred & thirty four Reciting that such Marriage was Shortly Intended and that in Order to Invest the said Edward in and with & ^an^ Estate for Life in part of the Lands then the Right & Estate of the said Margarett and in Order that the said Margarett might after Such Marriage had & Solemnized have full Power and Lawfully Authority to Give Grant or Dispose of the Reversion of the Said Lands after the Decease of the said Edward and also that at any time whilst She the said Margarett should be under Coverture with the said Edward She might have full Power and Lawfull Authority to Give Grant and Dispose of Other Parts or parcells of Land & Effects as thereafter were mentioned and which were then the Estate of the said Margarett Therefore the said Edward & Margarett Parties to the said agreement Did thereby Covenant Grant Conclude & Agree with Each Other (amongst other things) that it Should & might be Lawfull to & for the sid Margarett at any Time or Times after there her Intermarriage with the said Edward and during her Coverture with the said Edward Either by her Last will & Testament in Writing or by any Writing purporting to be her Last Will & Testament or by any (other) |
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