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Chancery Court, Chancery Record, 1671-1712
Volume 748, Page 346   View pdf image
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       To incumber y.e p.rmisses since the Pattent afd & y.e s.d Sollers
       being satisfyed w.th y.e Comp.lts title Did enter into possession of
       the s.d Land & p.rmisses & became Seized thereof & Sealed the
       Same & made improvem.t thereon & quietly held y.e same
       for Divers years w.thout any the lett or Disturbance of y.e p.lt or
       Lowry or any Claiming by from or under them or either of them
       But So it happend that one Rich.d Smith of Petuxant Gentl
       haveing lately purchased of James Bowling & Mary his
       wife & one Baker Brooks Gentl a pcell of Land called Brookes
       Partition laid out for 1000 acres more or less being an Elder
       Survey to Lowrys Chance afd & finding that y.e s.d Jn.o Sollers
       had Seated built & Cleared w.thin the lines of Brooks Partition
       He y.e s.d Richard Smith in the Year 1688 Did bring his accon of
       Ejectm.t in y.e Prov.ll Co.rt ag.t y.e s.d Jn.o Sollers for the Recovery of
       soe much Land as the s.d Jn.o Sollers had seated upon w.thin y.e
       bounds of the s.d Brookes Partition & for the ascertaining y.e true
       meets & bounds of Brookes Partition & Lowrys Chance & oth.r
       Lands on w.ch y.e s.d Lowrys Chance Did bound upon y.e s.d Court on the
       Second Day of Octob.r 1688 afd Did ord.r a Resurvey thereof according
       to y.e Directions of a Jury of twelve men by y.e Sheriff to be impannelled
       for that purpose to find out the true antient meets & bounds of y.e s.d sev.ral
       Tracts of Land By w.ch Resurvey it appeared that Brookes Partition
       laid out formerly for 1000 Acres was then 1023 acres & y.e Land Called
       Sn.t James at whose bound Tree the s.d Lowrys Chance was said to
       beginn & formerly laid out for 500 acres but by y.t survey came
       to 992 Acres of w.ch there happened to be w.thin the bounds of
       Brookes Partition 679 acres more or less so that in that pcell
       of Land the owner thereof by meanes of y.e Elder Survey wanted
       of his originall quantity 127 acres Lowrys Chance w.ch at first was
       laid out for 300 acres by that Resurvey was found to be 589 acres
       of w.ch 589 acres there was found to be 174 acres w.thin y.e bounds of
       Brookes Partition & 415 acres w.thout the bounds thereof so y.t there was
       115 acres of Land more then was Menconed in y.e Originall grant or
       was Conveyed to him by the Comp.lt & the Comp.lt further shewed
       that aft.r y.e s.d Jn.o Sollers had und.rstood by y.e survey.r & a platt of the
       Lands that Brookes Particon tooke away 174 acres whereon he had
       seated built & Cleared as afd & being afraid y.t if y.e s.d Sollers did agree
       & Compound w.th y.e s.d Smith before the returne of the Resurvey af.d
       or the Court gave Judgm.t thereupon y.t if y.e s.d Smith got Judgm.t by
       Compulsery meanes & should obtaine possession for y.e s.d 174 acres that y.e s.d
       Smith would take y.e same absolutly away from y.e s.d Sollers w.ch would
       be a great p.rjudice to the s.d Sollers or would exact some extraordinary
       great sum from Sollers he Consented to let the s.d Smith have Judgm.t
       by Default & to have a writt of possession w.ch was done accordingly
                                                                                                    And


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