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56) our Lord One thousand Six hundred Eighty Seven Granted to Marmaduke Simms of Saint Marys County in the Province of Maryland ^af.d^ deceast by whom it was devised unto Anthony Simms his Eldest Son Which Anthony by his last Will & Testament bearing Date the fifteen Day of August One thousand Seven hundred and Eight duly Execute & Proved devised the Same Land by the following Words to wit I Give & bequeath a Certain Tract of Land lying in Cecil County Called by the Name of Simms forrest Containing four hundred Acres more or less to my Loving Children Electious Fidelimus Mary & Bathia to them & their Heirs for Ever to be Equally divided amongst them as by the said Will recorded in the Prerogative Office may appear Which Persons last mentioned by the Names of Marmaduke Simms whose Sister Mary Simms of the whole blood died without Issue being the Daughter of Anthony Simms deceast Electious and Fedelimus Simms Sons of the said Anthony & Bathia Higdon Widdow Daughter of the fores.d Anthony Simms deceast by their Deed of bargain & Sale bearing Date the Twenty first day of July Seventeen hundred thirty & Eight Bargained Sold Enfeoffed and Conveyed and ^Confirmed^ Conf the fores.d Tract of Land unto the said Anthony Simms Party to these Presents as by the said Deed more fully ^may^ appear Which Tract of Land lying in Cecil County af.d is bounded as follows Beginning at a bounded Red Oake Standing by Elk River Road in the Woods near the Land Called the Forrest belonging to William Blankestein of S.t Marys County Gentleman & running thence with the said Road South and by East Two hundred Perches to another bounded red Oak Standing near the said Road thence West & by South with another Parcell of Land belonging to the said William Blankestein three hundred & twenty Perches then North & by West till it intersect the af.d Land Two hundred perches & then with a direct line to the first Tree bounding on the said Land Called Blankestein Forrest Containing & laid out for four hundred Acres of Land More or less according to Certificate of Survey thereof taken & returned into the Land Office at the City of S.t Marys bearing Date the forteen Day of November (sixteen) |
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