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216 x.d This Indenture made this third day of January in the Year Seventeen hundred and Sixty Four Between Hutchinson Parker and Alethea his Wife of the one part and James Marshall of the other part Whereas the aforesaid Hutchinson Parker and Alethea his Wife long before the Eleventh day of May seventeen hundred and fifty four had from a decline in their Fortunes which were at first very ample for their handsome support and maintenance become poor and almost destitute of necessary subsistance and from an unhappy disagreement between them had lived seperate for some Time the whole or chiefly all the Estate left of their Original Fortune consisting of the Lands and Appurtenances herein after mentioned lying near Piscataway in Prince Georges County which had been Conveyed to John Smith late of S.t Leonards in Calvert County deceased the Brother of her the Said Alethea Parker in Trust for the Use of her the said Alethea Parker and the heirs of her Body by her said Husband begotten remainder in Fee to the aforesaid John Smith And Whereas the aforesaid John Smith the Brother of her the said Alethea Parker died some TIme in or about the Year seventeen hundred and Fifty three seized of a considerable Real Estate and Possessed of a large personal Estate having first made his Testament and last Will in Writing by which after several Bequests therein he devised and Bequeathed in the following Words Item I leave to my dearest Sister Alethea Parker the Use of my whole Estate after the above Legacies are Complied with during her Life and afterwards in the same Will devised and bequeathed over as well the Lands as the Residue of his Personal Estate upon the Death of her the said Alethea Parker And soon after the Death of the Said John Smith she the said A^l^ethea Parker had actually retained Council Council to file a Bill in Chancery against her said Husband to have Part of the Estate so devised and bequeathed to her by her said Brother assigned for her seperate Use and Maintenance But Before the same was done they the said Hutchinson Parker and Alethea his Wife agreed that he the said Hutchinson Parker should convey one full half |
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