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501 Seven hundred & Nine the Above Mentioned Tonge made known the Draught of the said land together with the Manner of the said Edward Greens Dying without known Heirs or Relations as above said unto a certain Mathias Vanbebber of Cecil County in Maryland Merchant who with the said Tonge contrived in a false and forged Manner to Make a Deed for the Said land unto John Scott late of Georges Hundred in the Said County of New Castle Yeoman then Deceased but wast the hand writing of the Said Tonge should Discover the Falshood of the said Deed it being Dated the twenty first Day of May in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand six hundred Ninety and One (which was about Twelve years before the said Tonge came to the contrey) the Said Tonge wrote a Draught of the Deed which was Drawn afterwards by Isaac Vanbebber of Cecil County aforesaid Weaver Brother of the aforesaid Matthias and entered upon the Records of the Roles Office for the Said County of New Castle (as Relation thereunto being had) may fully appear and afterwards the Said Tonge told this Deponent that he had burnt the Said Forged Deed that it might never appear in judgment against him and this Deponent further Declareth that the said Tonge for and in consideration of his assistance and service in the Forgery af.d obtained from the Said Mathias Vanbebber a Bond conditioned for the payment of fifty pounds by him to the said Tonge Geo Dakeyne Taken and Sworn this Twenty Seventh Day of May in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign King George over Great Brittain &c and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred Twenty and three before us the subscribers two of his Majestys Justices of the Peace for the said county of New Castle In Wittness whereof wee have caused the Seal of the Said County to be hereunto affixed John French Seal R Gordon of New Castle County New Castle May 28.th 1723 Being Requested I thought it My Duty to certifie hereby that In the Records of the county of New Castle in Lib.o B fol 201 There stands Registred a certain Deed of Conveyance from Edward Green late of this county merchant |
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