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63) On the Back of the aforegoing Letter of Attorney was thus Endorsed Viz.t Maryland fs Then came James Maccubbin before me one of his Lordships Justices of the Provincial Court and maketh Oath that he this Deponent was Present and did see William Perkins (by the Name Stile and Title of William Perkins of London Merchant) Sign Seal and as his Act and Deed in due form of Law Execute and deliver the Letter of Attorney for the Uses Intents and Purposes therein mentioned and that in Testimony of such Execution Isaac Johns and Hensey Johns and he this Deponent severally Signed or Subscribed their Names as Witnesses thereto 7 1/2 Sworn to before me May 31 1750 Recorded June 1.st 1750 Robert Gordon Ex.d To His Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq.r Governor of Maryland The Petition of William Maccubbin of Ann Arundel County Humbly Sheweth That a certain Enoch Connelly of Pipe Creek in Prince Georges County together with John Reynolds late of Annapolis Barbar in the Year seventeen hundred and thirty five were Bound by Recognizance in fifty Pounds Current Money each for the said Connelly's appear ^at^ the then next Provincial Court But so it happened may it please your Excellency that the said Connelly by lending his Horses to a Neighbour to Remove near the time when he should have made his appearance the Person carried Off the Horses and did not return them whereby he Neglected to appear (the Distance being near Seventy Miles from the Provincial Court for want of a Horse he being an Ancient Man) so that the Recognizan^c^e became forfeit That the said Connelly Mortgaged One Hundred Acres of Land as a Security to the said Reynolds who became Bound with him whose Widow or the Person that Married her keeps the Mortgage and threatens to Sell the Land under Pretence of suffering by the Recognizance But as the said Reynolds nor his Representatives have suffered the Recognizance not having been Estreated Your Petitioner most humbly Prays Your Excellency out of your known Goodness & Clemency will be Pleased to Remit the forfeiture of the Recognizance afs.d he being a very Poor Man and having nothing but the 100 Acres of Land afs.d to Depend upon (which is greatly Incumbered by means of the Entering into the Recognizance as afs.d) to maintain his Wife and family and he as in Duty Bound will pray &c William Maccubbin At the foot of the aforegoing Petition was thus written Viz.t May 25.th 1748 3 This Petition is granted & the fine Remitted Sam Ogle Recorded June 2.d 1750 Ex.d This Indenture made this 4.th day of June in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and fifty Between William Maccubbin of Ann Arundel County Wheelright on the one part and Charles Carroll of the City of Annapolis Surgeon on the other part Whereas Enoch Conly by Indenture bearing date the nineteenth day of April in the Year of our Lord seventeen hundred forty & eight did Give Grant Bargain Sell Alien Enfeoff and Confirm unto him the said William Maccubbin all that Tract or Parcel of Land called Strawberry Plains Situate lying and being in Baltimore County as by referrence thereunto had more fully may appear now this Indenture Witnesseth that the said William M.cCubbin for and in Consideration of the Sum of thirty one Pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain to him in hand paid by him the said Charles Carroll the Receipt whereof he doth hereby (Acknowledge) |
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