204 Assembly Proceedings, May 3-23, 1738.

L. H. J.
Lib. No. 45

of this Province bearing the date the 18^th Day of Feb^ry in the Year
of Our Lord One Thousand six hundred Eighty and Eight did Grant
unto Leonard Wayman of Ann Arundell County in Fee a Tract of
Land called Ovenwood Thicket scituated in Ann Arundell County in
the Fork of Patuxent River containing Two hundred Acres under the
Yearly rent of eight Shillings Steri And the said Tract of Land
after the Death of the said Leonard Wayman descended to Edmund
Wayman Eldest son and Heir of the said Leonard as we are in-
formed by the affirmation of Richard Snowden of Ann Arundell
County, And the said Edmund so thereof seized being, did by his
Deed of Bargain and Sale, in due Form of Law executed and enrolled
bearing date the Ninth Day of March One Thousand Seven Hundred
Thirty and Seven convey the same unto Thomas Rutland of Ann
Arundell County in Fee, and the said Thomas Rutland so thereof
seized being, afterwards by his Deed bearing date the fourth Day
of May One Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty and Eight duly exe-
cuted and enrolled did convey the same to Benjamin Howard the
Petitioner and to his Heirs and Assigns for ever, and Your Com-
mittee further find that the Right Honble the Lord Prop^ry that now
is, by his Letters Pattent bearing date the tenth Day of June Seven-
teen Hundred Thirty and Four Did grant unto John Fowler in Fee
a Tract of land called Fowlers Range scituated in Ann Arundell
County in the Fork of Patuxent River afs^d adjoining to the said
Tract of land called Ovenwood Thicket, containing One hundred
Thirty and Three Acres at the rent of four shillings p hundred
acres, Twenty eight acres of which and also two acres of Land part
of a Tract of Land called Waymans Marsh adjoining to the said
Tract called Ovenwood Thicket, the said John Fowler & Mary his
then wife by their Deed of Bargain and Sale in due form of Law
executed and enrolled bearing date the fourth Day of May in the
year of Our Lord Seventeen Hundred Thirty and Eight did convey
unto the Petitioner Benjamin Howard in Fee by the name of
Howards Addition.

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Your Committee further find by the. affirmation of the said Rich-
ard Snowden of Ann Arundell County that the said Tract of Land
called Ovenwood Thickett containing two hundred acres and also
Thirty acres of Land now called Howards Addition being part of the
other Tract above mentioned called Fowlers Range, are of more
Value by Twenty or Thirty pounds Steri than the Tract of Land
called Roper's Neck, the said Tracts of land called Ovenwood
Thicket and Howards Addition being level, good and well tim-
bered, very convenient for business, a Plantation cleared; one
dwelling house and Quarter, and one new Tobacco House, and
a Young Orchard of about two hundred Apple-trees thereon, and the
Tract of Land called Roper's Neck is most part of it cleared; has no
board Timber and very little fencing Timber: the greatest part of
the Wood thereon being young pines and Eivee on the Hill sides.