Acts. 161

And be it Enacted by the Queens most Excellent Maj^ty by and
with the Advice & Consent of her Maj^tys Presid^t Councill and Assem-
bly of this Province & the Authority of the same That the said Mar-
grett Hollingsworth and Katharine Wells be seised of As perfect
an Estate of Joyntenancy in Fee simple of in and unto the s^d Lands
whereon the said Zorobabell At the Time of the makeing said Will
lived, (which are proved to be the Lands Called Forrest Lodge and
Bennetts Addiccon) As if the said Lands had been Expressly devised
in the s^d Will to them and their Heires forever, any defect in said Will
or any Law Statute Usage or Custome to the Contrary thereof
notwithstanding

Liber LL, 4
Acts

An Act to Confirme the last Will and Testam^t of John Courts late
of Charles County Esq^r deced.
Whereas it is Represented to this p^rsent Generall Assembly That
in the last Will and Testam^t of John Courts late of Charles County
Esq^r deced Recorded in the p^rrogative Office of this province there
are some Entire Clauses left out and the probate of the same Will
Omitted to be Recorded and the Originall Will lost by means whereof
the severall Bequests of the said John Courts to his Children are
become Voyd And for that it appeares to this p^rsent Generall Assem-
bly That the following is a true Coppy of the last Will and Testam^t
of the said John Courts (Viz) In the Name of God Amen the
Fifteenth day of March in the Yeare of our Lord Seventeen Hundred
and Two I John Courts of Charles County being of perfect health
of Body and of sound mind and Memory and Calling to mind the
Uncertainty of this Life and that all mankind must die when it shall
please God to Call doe make and Ordaine this my last Will and
Testam^t in manner following revokeing and hereby makeing void All
former Wills and Testam^ts either by Word or Writeing First I
Give my soul unto the hands of Allmighty God That Gave it, Relying
on the death and passion Meritts and Mediacon of my blessed Saviour
Jesus Christ for pardon of all my Sins and Eternall Life Secondly
It is my will That all such debts As I owe to any person in right and

Acts of
Oct. 1712,
ch. 21

Conscience be Justly Satisfied in Convenient Time after my decease
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my well beloved Wife Charity
Courts Ten negroes namely Goose, George, Buckler, Mareeah, Jenny,
Bess, Gundo, Cat, Sue, Duck to her and her Heires and Assignes
forever
Item to my son John Courts I Give & Bequeath A Tract of Land
lyeing on the East side of Puttuxon River Called Chance in Calvert
County Containing One Hundred and Seven Acres or thereabouts to
him the s^d John Courts and the Heire of his body lawfully begotten
And in want of such Heires to my son Henly Courts and the Heires
of his body lawfully begotten for ever. And in want of such Heires
to my sonn Charles Courts and the Heires of his body lawfully

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