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Chancery Court, Chancery Record, 1671-1712
Volume 748, Page 851   View pdf image
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       in the Ninth Year of her Majestys Reigne &c.a Annoq Dm 1710  Directed to us Viz.t
       Thomas Robins and Thomas Collier of Talbott County afd thereby Nominated and
       Appointed Comissioners to Examine Evidences touching the bounds of a Certain
       Tract of Land lying in Talbott County afd upon Treadhaven Creek called &
       knowne by the Name of Griffith

             Wee doe hereby Certifye
                                                That on the seventh day of November the year abovesaid
       Peter Stoaks and William Willoby two Evidences produced by Nicholas Lowe of Talbott
       County afd Gent on their Corporall Oaths on the holy Evangelist to them administred
       by us in the presence of Foster Turbutt Tenant in Possession of the premises being by
       us Examined touching the bounds of the abovesaid Tract of Land called Griffell  And  
       Interrogated by the afd Foster Turbutt openly did depose and declare as followeth

Viz.t            Peter Stoakes Aged Eightyeen years or thereabouts saith that he was very
       well acquainted with M.r Richard Howard in Virginia before he removed up to Maryland
       to live upon a Tract of Land upon Tradhaven Creeke called Griffell and that some
       years after the said Howard was Remove he this Deponent also remove to live upon
       a Tract of Land to the Southward of the said Howard a Cross a Small Creek then
       belonging to one Cap.t John Tench called long point lying upon Andertons Creek
       and that about forty three or forty four years agoe he this Deponent goeing over
       the Creek to M.r Howards in Company of the said Howard to a Certain point
       described in the plott at the Letter A (whereon stands a bounded Ceder) said there
       to be the beginning of the Land called Griffell The Said Howard carryed him this
       Deponent and then shewed him a bounded oak standing upon the said point about
       fifteen yards North from the said Ceder Respecting a point over the afd Creek
       to the South Easterly called Andertons point whereon stands the bounded Tree
       of the Land called Anderton and the first bounded Tree of Land whereon he this
       Deponent then dwelt and the Said Howard then and there told him this Depon.t
       that that oak shewn as afd was the first bounded Tree of the Land upon w.ch
       he the said Howard then lived and the said Deponent further saith that in those
       times he was frequently at the said Howards house at Merrymakeings & Carrying
       frames for houses part of which was gott upon the af point it then abounding with
                                                                                                                (plenty


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