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46 1672 W.m Guither for & in consideration of the summe of thirteen thousand pounds of tobacco to him in hand paid by the said John Halfehead before the ensealing & delivery of these presents the receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge and thereof & of every part & parcell thereof doth clearly & absolutely acquitt and discharge the said John Halfehead his heirs execut.rs adm.rs & assignes by these presents & for the Rents and Services hereafter due & reserved & for divers other good causes & Considerations him thereunto moveing hath bargained sold aliened enfeoffed & confirmed & doe by these presents bargaine sell alien enfeoffe and confirme unto the said John Halfehead his heirs execut.rs adm.rs & assignes KPP that tract parcell or Dendent of land called Brushy Neck Begining at Popes Hogg penn maine Runn & runing up the maine branch joyning upon the land now in the possession of Nicholas Guither so farr as the said branch turnes into the woods & from Popes Hogg Penn up the Bay to the Land of Standup Roberts called Drappers Neck & from the head of Popes Hogg pen runing with a line drawne North on the North of Brushy Neck to Stanup Roberts Land as the Certificate of Survey of the said Five thousand seaven hundred acres of land mentioneth be it more or lesse with all & every the Lands Tenements houses buildings Orchards pasture rights members & appurtences to the said parcell of land belonging or any wayes appurteineing together with all patents writeings deed Evidences grants escripts or minuments whatsoever of or concerning the same the said John Halfehead his heirs or assignes paying thereof yearly & every yeare unto the said W.m Guither his heirs execut.rs adm.rs or assignes at the now dwelling house at the Plantation which he the said W.m Guither lives at the rent of five bushells of sound Indian Sheeld Corne on the Feast of S.t Thomas the Apostle And if it shall happen the said yearly Rent of five bushells of Corne or any part or parcell thereof to be behind & unpaid after the said Feast of S.t Thomas on which the same ought to be paid by the space of Forty dayes that then & from thence forth it shall & may be lawfull to & for the said W.m Guither his heirs execut.rs & adm.rs & every or any of them into all & singular the said parcell of land & p.rmisses with the appurtences to enter repossess re enjoy have againe & deteine as in his & their former estate this Indenture or any thing conteined to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding To have and to hold the said Land & premisses to the Only use & behoofe to him the said John Halfehead his heirs & assignes for ever And the said W.m Guither doth hereby for himselfe his heirs execut.rs & adm.rs covenant & agree to & with the said John Halfehead his heirs execut.rs & adm.rs that he the said W.m at the ensealing & delivery of these presents is & does Stand seized off the said Land & p.rmisses with the appurtennces of a firme sure good & indefeasible Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple & that he hath full right good power & lawfull authority to grant bargaine & Sell the same to him the said Jn.o Halfehead and his heirs & that he will for ever warrant & defend the same to him the said John Halfehead his heirs & assignes against all persons whatsoever claimeing by from or under him the said W.m his heirs execut.rs & adm.rs the Rents & services due & payable to the Right Hon.ble the Lord propry & his heirs Lord & Lords of the Fee to be paid by the said W.m Guither his heirs & assignes for ever In wittnes whereof the partyes abovenamed to these p.rsent Indentures interchangeably have sett their hands & seales the day & yeare above written Signed sealed & delivered in the p.rsence of William Guither sealed Ro Ellys Thomas Courtney October the 2.d 1677 John Halfhead sealed The aforegoing Indenture was then in Open Court acknowledged to the intents therein Specified Jn.o Solomfeild Cl Cur Provin |
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