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ment of Writing to said George Williams which was recorded among
the Records of Queen Anns County aforesaid on the sixteenth Day
of November seventeen hundred and fifty seven and is as follows
Viz.^t In the Records of Queen Anns County is contained the follow-
ing Instrument of Writing to wit; Queen Anns County ss.^t Novem-
ber the sixteenth Day Anno Dom. one thousand seven hundred and
fifty seven the following Instrument of Writing was brought to be
recorded viz.^t Know all Men by these Presents that I Henry Wil-
liams of Baltimore County & Province of Maryland now being
settled on Land and Mills with Goods and Chattels at my own free
Choice (wherewith I am well contented) by my Father in Law
George Williams of Cecil County and Province aforesaid, have and
do in Consideration thereof for ever quit Claim and invest on y.^e
said George Williams his Heirs and Assigns for ever all & singular
the Estate of my Father Abraham Williams deceased real & personal
except such Goods and Chattels as now is in my Hands in Baltimore
County and do hereby oblige myself my Heirs Executors & Admrs

Liber R. G.
1771

to sign seal acknowledge and deliver all and every such Conveyances
as the s.^d George Williams or his Attorney learned in the Law may
at their reasonable Request devise or require and I do constitute
and appoint my Father George Williams my lawful Attorney to sue
for, levey and recover as I myself were personally present and proper
Discharge to make or give of in and concerning the Premises above
mentioned or touching all and every Thing or Things Devise or
Devises that have therefrom arisen or may hereafter by any Ways
or Means whatsoever for his own Proper Use but at his own Costs
and Charges and for the true Performance and abiding hereby I do
hereby bind myself my Heirs Exors and Admrs in the just Sum of
five hundred Pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain.
In Witness whereof I do hereunto set my Hand and Seal this
fifth Day of August Anno, Dom 1757, Henry Williams, [Seal].
Signed Sealed and delivered in the Presence of Francis Jenkins

his

Jun.^r, F. Tho.^s Frazer, William W Jones. In Testimony that the

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above is a true Copy I hereto set my Hand and affix the Seal of
Queen Anns County af.^d this 29th Day of October Anno Dom 1771.
R.^d Tilghman Clk. Queen Anns County: That the Consideration
of the said Instrument of Writing was the Exchange of a Parcel of
Land in Baltimore County aforesaid also called Mil ford held by
Lease from the Lord Proprietary, upon which said Parcel of Land
was erected at the Time of the said Exchange a valuable Grist Mill
That the said Instrument of Writing was passed before the Date
of the Bond executed as aforesaid by the said George Williams to
the aforesaid Thomas Bailey & that the said George Williams derives
his Title to the first aforesaid mentioned Tract of Land called Mil-
ford from and under the said Instrument of Writing. That the

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