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166) I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this Sixteenth Day of August Anno Domini 1740 Sealed & Delivered Jacob Andrew Minitree seal in the Presence of On the back of the aforegoing Deed was thus Endorst viz.t August 16.th Then Came the within Named Jacob Robert Gordon Andrew Minitree and Acknowledged the within 4 Richard Burdus Deed of Gift to be his Act & Deed for the uses Intents Recorded 18.th Aug.t 1740 and Purposes therein Mentioned Robert Gordon Ex.d Maryland fs.t To all Christian People to whom these Presents shall Come I Jacob Andrew Minitree of Charles County in the Province af.d Carpenter send Greeting in our Lord God Everlasting Know Yee that I the Said Jacob Andrew Minitree as well for and in Consideration of the Naturall affection and fatherly Love I bear unto my well beloved Daughter Elizabeth Minitree as also for divers Other Good Causes & Considerations me hereunto especially moving have Given Granted & Confirmed & by these Presents do give Grant and Confirm unto the said Elizabeth Minitree a Negro Child called Jenny and the first Child that shall be born of the Body of a Negro Woman Called Sue by me given to my Daughter Mary & their future Increase to have & to hold the Said Negroes and their Increase unto the Said Elizabeth Minitree her Heirs Executors Adm.rs & Assignes to & for the Severall Uses Intents and Purposes following that is to Say the Said Negroes to be the Right & Property of the Said Elizabeth Minitree her heirs Ex.rs Adm.rs assignes at her Age of Sixteen years Day of Marriage or the Day of my Death which shall first happen & in Case she shall happen to Dye then the said Negroes to be the Right & Property of Jacob Andrew Minitree Jun.r his heirs Ex.rs Adm.rs and Assignes at his Age of Twenty one years on the Day of my Death which Shall first happen & in Case he shall happen to dye before he attains the Age of Twenty one years on the Day of my Death then the said Negroes & their Increase to be the Right & Property of Mary Minitree her Heirs Ex.rs Adm.rs & Assignes at her Age of Sixteen years Day of Marriage or Day of my Death which shall first happen and in Case of her Death before she Attains the Age of Sixteen Day of her Marriage or Day of my Death then the Said Negroes to be the Sole right & Property of me the Said Jacob Andrew |
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