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474 At a Court of Chancery at Annapolis Octob.r 15.° An.o Dom 1704 Present y.e Hon.rble Tho Tench Esq.r Presid.t & Keep.r of y.e great seal Coll John Hamond & Robert Smith Esq.r both of y.e Councell & Justices Causes John Coad sen.r Bill answ.r Replicat & Deposit.ns filed ag.t Giles Hill & Eliz his wife Relict The Court Decreed for y.e Compl.t Coad as followeth Exec.r of Justinian Teneson Decree Whereas heretofore y.t is to say on y.e 29.th day of Nov.r An.o Dom 1700 John Coad of S.t Maries County sen.r gent did by his bill of Complaint to y.e high Court of Chancery exhibited manifest & shew y.t Justinian Teneson Jun.r of y.e s.d County & Elizabeth his wife did by a certain deed dated An Dom 1696 (for divers Considerations in y.e s.d bill expressed) bargain sell enfeof & confirm unto y.e s.d Coad & his heirs & assignes forever all y.t plantation & tract of land scituate near Wicocomico River with y.e houses orchards &c therto belonging bounded with y.e land purchased by Rich.d Forster deceased from Tho Gerard decd water bounded by Wicocomoco & back Creek as by a certain Conveyance dated in May 1667 from y.e s.d Gerard to y.e Father of y.e s.d Teneson & by y.e s.d Fathers will bequeatheding y.e same to y.e s.d Teneson doth appear And y.t together with y.e Originall Conveyance thereof y.e Land afd was by turf and twig decd into y.e possession of y.e s.d Jn Coad by s.d Teneson & wife And also y.t y.e s.d Teneson & wife for y.e reasons afd did promise to acknowledg y.e s.d Deed in open Court But y.t y.e s.d Teneson died before he had so acknowledged y.e Deed afd & after his death one Giles Hill who intermarried with y.e s.d Eliz.th widow of y.e s.d Teneson decd retook y.e possession of y.e Land af.d & together with his s.d wife entred upon y.e same And whereas y.e s.d Jn Coad for want of a legall acknowledgm.t of y.e deed afd could not eject y.e s.d Hill & wife & therefore by his bill afd prayed to be relieved in Equity Therefore y.e s.d Court of Chancery upon hearing y.e s.d bill & Answ.r & y.e s.d Coads Replication thereto read & y.e Cause debated by y.e Councell.rs for both y.e Compl.t & defts doth upon this 15.th day of Octob.r An.o Dom 1702 order & decree That y.e s.d Compl.t Coad his heirs & Assignes forever shall have held possess & generally enjoy y.e s.d Land plantation orchard houses &c in y.e bill afd named according to y.e tenor of y.e deed afd thô it was not acknowledged as y.e Law directs And y.t y.e s.d Deft Hill shall pay to y.e s.d Coad all his Cost and Charges in this Cause laid out & expended being three thousand sixty two pounds of tobacco Compl.ts |
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