LAND NOTES, 1634-1655.

(Continued from Vol. IX, p 182.)

[Lib. B. No. 3, p. 291, 1657.]

Be it known unto all men by these presents that I Henry Pope of Putuxent in the Province of Maryland planter have bargained and Sold . . . unto Robert Kingsberry of the Same place aforesaid planter the one Moyety or half of my Deauenant of Land, lying and being in Putuxent aforesaid, which Moyety doth lye and adjoyne unto Robert Taylers land . . Witness my hand and Seale the. 17th. day of may in the year of our Lord God 1652.

Signed Sealed & Delivered in the

Henry Pope

Be it knowne unto all men by these presents that I Henry Pope of Putuxent planter have Lawfully Sold unto John Senclare of the Sd Putuxent planter a Seate of Land lying between Edward Basley and Robert Kingsberry on the North Side of Putuxent River, Wittness my hand this Eleventh day of August 1655 Wittness

Witness Cornelius Abraham

Andrew Willcox

Henry Pope

[p. 262] Know all men by these presents that we John Sutton and William Harper . . . do bargaine Sell and Sett over unto Arthur Wright, all & Singular the plantation that we now live upon,

[John Suttons Bond Recorded]

The Condition of this obligation is Such that if the above bound John Sutton & William Harper their Ex

ecutors or Assignes Shall truly pay or Cause to be paid unto Arthur Wright his Executors or Assignes the. full & Just Sume of three thousand pounds of Choice and good Tobacco wthout Ground leaves at or upon the last of November next Ensuing the date of these presents then this obligacon to be of no effect, otherwayes the Same to remaine in full force & Effectuall in Law In Wittness whereof we have hereunto Sett our hands the 24th, of July 1657

Signed and Delivered

in the presence of

Thomas Turner

John B Bagley

John Sutton
William Harper

I Richard Preston doe hereby ingage my Self unto the above named Arthur Wright to See the abovesaid obligation performed, Wittness my hand the day above written

Richard Preston.

[336] Memorandum That I Jane Green the now wife of Thomas Green of Eliz: River, in the County of Lower Norfoulke planter, do here testify freely before the Magistrate, That I the Said Jane was the Lawfull wife and widdow of Nicholas Harvey of Patuxent in the Province of Maryland planter late deceased, And doe freely acknowledge and Confess, that the bargaine and Sale made (by my now husband Greene unto Edward Lloyd of Seaverne in the foresaid Province of Maryland) if my thirds and rights in and to my late Husband Harvies Plantation Commonly called and known by the Name of St. Thomas his point lying and being in Patuxent in the foresaid Province of Maryland, was made and done by my motion and free Consent thereunto Testified and Sworne before me

the 20th day of August 1657

Signum

Jane Greene

Edmond Bouman

[386] To all to whom these presents Shall Come We Henry Hooper of the Province of Maryland and Sarah his wife Send Greeting. Know ye that for a Valuable Consideration to us already paid by John Taylor and William Jones of the Said Province planters, We the Said Henry Hooper and Sarah Hooper... Assigne and Sett over unto the Said John Taylor and William Jones all our and either of our, right, Title, Interest Claim and Demand whatsoever, of in, and to one neck of Land in the tenure or occupation of the Said John Taylor and William Jones, Lying and being upon the North Side of Putuxent River Commonly Called and known by the Name of Toms Point adjoyning unto our own Plantation . . . Wittness whereof we have hereunto Sett our hands and Seales the 6t. of January Anno Domini 1657

Signed Sealed & Delivered

in the presence of

Walter Censerfe

Thomas Turner

Henry Hooper

[408] Capt. Mitchell his Warrt. for Land

Whereas our Trusty & wellbeloved William Mitchell Esq hath Covenanted and undertaken to make his personall repaire with his family to that our Province of Maryland this next Summers Expedicon and to Carry over with him or otherwise to Convey and Send over thither within the Same time at his own Coste and Charges, So many as Shall make his family twenty persons at the least, divers of them being Artificers workmen and other very usefull persons and now Ready to be Transported, And hath also undertaken this Sumers Expedition next after to Cause to be Conveyed or Sent over at his own Coste & Charge, So many persons more as Shall make up the Number he now Carries with him & transports over Thirty persons in the whole, to reside and be with him there, for the making Settling, and Erecting of a Considerable plantacōn in our Said Province of Maryland, and for tht. purpose hath been at great Charges in Provisions, And hath well stored himself with Amunition for the better defence of Such his plantation,

and Consequently of the Said Province, We having good reason to take Speciall Notice of him for the Same and Diverse other Considerable Causes to Esteem of him the Sd. William Mitchell, as a Speciall friend and wellwiller to us and the prosperity of our Colony in the Said Province And being willing to give him Encouragemt. in these his Laudable intentions of transporting himself and family and Such a Number of persons at his own Charge thither as aforesaid, Have thought fitt and do hereby will and require you to Cause a Grant of three Thousand Acres, . . . to be passed under the Great Seale of our Said Province, unto the Said William Mitchell, the Said Land be Erected into a Mann'. . . provided that he the Said William Mitchell, and Every person So to be transported as aforesaid (being of the age of Sixteen yeares or upwards Shall within one month after their Respective arrivalls within our Said Province take the oath of fidelity to us and our heirs which is incerted in our Said Last Conditions of Plantacon for that Province and is usually taken up by all of the age aforesaid for or in respect of whom any land is Granted by Given under our hand and Greater Seale at Armes the first day of January in the Eighteenth year of our Dominion over the Sd. Province Annoq Dom 1649

us

We takeing into Serious Consideration the Good and faithfull Service of our trusty & well beloved Sergt. James Lindsey and Richard Willan done to our Dear brother of Noble memory Leonard Calvert Esq. deceased our late Lieutent. of the Said Province and to us in the late trouble raised there, by that Pyrate Richard Ingle, Wherein they gave great & Eminent Testimony of their Valour & fidelity in defence of our Rights and Dominion there, And they having made humble Suit unto us to bestow upon them the Manno. of Snow Hill within that Province Consisting of 1000 Acres or thereabouts, although (as we are Informed) they have by our Conditions of Plantation Right only to 300 Acres, Which Manno1. as we understand is Escheated or devolved unto us, In Case therefore that the Sd. Mannor be Legally in our power to dispose of, These are to will & require you to Cause a Grant to be passed under

our Great Seale of the Said Province unto the Said James Lindsey and Richard Willan . . . And to incert the Consideration in the Said Grant to be for the faithfull Service done unto our Said Brother, and to us as aforesaid, takeing Notice therein also of their Singular & approved worth Courage and fidelity upon that occasion, to the end a memory of their meritt and of our Sence thereof, many Remain upon Record to the Hono1. of them and their posterity for Ever, for which this shall be your Warrant. Given under my hand and Greater Seale at Armes the 28th, day of August in the 18th. year of our Dominion over the Said Province Annoq Dom 1649

[A warrt. on the behalf of Jarbo & Evans]

Whereas we are informed by a Lre from John Jarbo who Served our Dear brother of noble memory Leonard Calvert Esq our Late Lieut. there in the Late warr for the recovery of our Said Province, That our Said brother in recompence of the faithfull Service then done unto him and us by the Said John Jarbo & Lieut. William Evans did bestow upon them a plantation in the Isle of Kent heretofore belonging unto one John Abbott and forfeited to us by the Rebellion of the Said John Abbott (who as we are informed is Since Dead) and that after our Said brother Death although they had nothing to Shew under our Said brothers hand for the Same, Yet or. Lieutenant then of our Said Province for the time being was it Seems So well Satisfied of the truth thereof That he Granted it unto them upon Condition that they Should take it in Liew of four hundred Acres of Land, which was due otherwise unto them which they accepted and were thereupon possessed thereof, and payd the Rent due for the Same two yeares. Nevertheless as he the Said Jarbo Informeth us there hath been, or is Some intention there to take it away againe from them wch would redound much to our dishonor. and Supposing the premisses to be truely informed, Wherefore in Case you find this Information to be true. We do hereby Authorize and require you to Cause a Grant to be passed in our Name under our Great Seale of the Said Province of the Said plan