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Provincial Court Land Records, 1749-1756
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       James Todd of the Borough of Berwick upon Tweed and Kingdom of Great Britain
       Gentleman maketh Oath that he was Present and did see Benjamin Nicholson by the
       Name and Addition of Benjamin Nicholson of the Borough of Berwick upon Tweed in
       the Kingdom of Great Britain Brewer sign Seal and deliver as his Act and Deed in due
       form of Law the Original Deed poll hereunto Annexed purporting to be a Letter of
       Attorney from the said Benjamin Nicholson and Samuel Nicholson of Stockton upon Tease
       in the County of Durham in the same Kingdom Doctor in Physick to His Excellency
       Samuel Ogle Esq.r Governor of Maryland therein Named to and for the uses Intents and
       Purposes therein mentioned and that Luke Currie was also present at the Execution of the
       said Letter of Attorney by the said Benjamin Nicholson and did see the same duly
       Executed as afs.d And that the Names Luke Currie and James Todd set and Subscribed as
       Witnesses to the Execution thereof by the said Benjamin Nicholson are of the proper
       Hand Writing of the said Luke Currie and of this Deponent Respectively
                                                                                                    James Todd

       To all to whom these Presents shall come I Joseph Watson Esq.r Mayor of the
       Borough of Berwick upon Tweed in the Kingdom of Great Britain in Pursuance of an
       Act of Parliament made and passed in the fifth Year of the Reign of his Present
       Majesty King George the Second intitled an Act for the more Easy Recovery of Debts
       in his Majestys Plantations and Colonies in America do hereby Certifie that on the day
       of the date hereof Personally came and appeared before me James Todd of
       Berwick afs.d Gentleman being a Person well known and worthy of good Credit and
       by Solemn Oath which he then took before me upon the Evangelists of Almighty God
       did Solemnly and Sincerely declare Testify and Depose to be true the several matters
       and things mentioned and Contained in the Original Affidavit above written
       In Faith and Testimony whereof I the said Mayor have caused the Seal of the
       said Borough and Corporation to be hereunto put and Affixed and the Letter of
25  Attorney mentioned and Referred to in and by the said Affidavit to be hereunto also
        annexed Dated at Berwick upon Tweed afs.d the thirteenth day of June in the
        Year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty Nine
        Recorded November the 8.th 1749                                    Jo Watson Mayor    Seal      

Ex.d To all to whom these Presents shall come Benjamin Nicholson of the
       Borough of Berwick upon Tweed in the Kingdom of Great Britain Brewer sendeth
       Greeting ^Whereas^ William Nicholson late of Ann Arundell County in the Province of Maryland
       Merchant deceased Father of the said Benjamin Nicholson by his last Will and
       Testament in Writing duly Executed bearing date on or about the twenty fifth
       day of September which was in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred
       and Nineteen did amongst other things give and Bequeath his part of a Tract of
       Land called Nicholson Mannor lying in Baltimore County Containing about four
       Thousand two hundred Acres to his ^said^ Son Benjamin Nicholson and Samuel Nicholson
       of Stockton upon Tease in the County of Durham in the said Kingdom of Great
       Britain Doctor in Physick (another of the Sons of the said William NicholsoN)
       and Edward Nicholson (another of his Sons since deceased) to be Equally divided
       between them to them and their Heirs for Ever and did thereby further give and
       Bequeath unto the said Benjamin Nicholson and his Heirs for Ever one Lott
       lying in London Town in Ann Arundel County over against the Lott then belonging
       to Mister Turner Wooten Originally taken up by Captain Edward Burgess
       And Whereas the said Edward Nicholson in or about the Month of
                                                                                                 (December)


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