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(600) the same time Marget the wife of the said William Howard being Privately Examined by us out of the Hearing of her husband Acknowledged her right of Dower to the within mention Land and Premises to be the right of the within mentioned Francis Spinks his heirs & assigns forever and that she did the same freely & willingly without any threats or Compultion of her husband or fear of gaining his Displeasure Jos.a Beall Christopher Lowndes Recd September 1769 of M.r Francis Spinks two Shillings & two pence Sterling money for an Allienation fine on the within 54 Acres of Land by order & for the use Lord Baltimore W.m T. Wootten Recorded the 30.th Day of September 1769 Ex.d This Indenture the ninth Day of August Seventeen hundred Sixty nine between James 6 sides Smith & Mary Smith boath of Trinity Manner in Saint Marys County and Province of Maryland of the one Part and William Loker of the County & Province aforesaid Planter of the other Part Witnesseth that the said James Smith & Mary Smith for and in Consideration of Six hundred & Fifty pounds Currency well & truly in Hand paid unto the said James and Mary Smith by the said William Loker & the receipt of the same the said James & Mary Smith doth Fully acknowledge at and Before the ensealing & Delivery of these Presents whereof & Wherewith the said James & Mary Smith doth Acknowledge themselves fully satisfied Contented & paid and thereof and every part and parcell thereof doth Clearly acquit Exonerate & Discharge the said William Locker his heirs Ex.s and Assignes And by these Presents hath Bargained Alened Sold and Confirmed & by these Presents do fully clearly & Absolutely Grant Bargain sell & Alien & confirm unto the said William Loker his heirs and Assigns all that Plantation or Tract of Land where one James Smith father of the aforesaid James Smith formerly Lived and bought by him of Gabril Parker of Calvert County the said tract of land Deemed to to be two hundred and Tenn Acres be it more or Less and lying in Trinity Manner in the County aforesaid with al rights members and appurtenances together with all houses Dwelling houses and Improvements whatsoever on the Appertenances thereunto belonging or any ways appertaining to have & to hold the said Land & Tenements and all and Singular the Premises hereby Granted and Sold with every of their Appurtenances whatsoever to the said William Locker his heirs Ex.rs Adm.rs Assignes forever and the said James & Mary Smith for themselves there heirs and Assignes the said and & Tenements & at other the Premises before granted unto him the said William Loker his heirs and Assigns from and against the lawfull Claim of them or either of them the said James Smith and Mary Smith thir heirs Exr.s or Admrs and all other Persons whatsoever (claming) |
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