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Liber LL, 5
Acts
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Eighty One Devised the Same unto Margaret his Sister formerly
Margaret Burgh by the name of his Sister Margaret in these Words,
Item I Do give and bequeath And it is my Will and Desire to give unto
my Sister Margaret a Parcell of Land Lying and Scituate in Patuxent
River in Maryland And Comonly Called by the name of Billingsley
Point Five Hundred Acres Parcell of a Patent of Seven hundred
Acres And the Same for to hold and Enjoy in Manner and wise As
my Other two Sisters Above And that in Case that she Dye without
Heirs begotten of her Body that then the said Five hundred Acres to
Revert unto my said two Sisters as Above the Same to be Equally
Divided betwixt them and their Heirs to hold as aforesaid And it
is my will and desire that when Any of my said Sisters do fail in
Body of Heirs of their Body the longest Liver and her heirs to Enjoy
all my said Lands as above Exprest And Whereas Also the said
Margaret Conceiving her self to have a ffee Simple in the Said
Lands haveing had Issue And liveing in Virginia very remote from
the Land aforesaid About thirty odd years Since Agreed to Sell
the Same unto a Certain Thomas Hollyday late of Prince Georges
County aforesaid deceased and bound herself in a Considerable
Penalty to Convey the said Lands to the said Hollyday in ffee
Simple And Whereas Also the said Margaret Jordan being very
Ancient and a Widdow And the next Heirs of her the said Mar-
garet Jordan (to wit) John Jordan the Only Son of the said Mar-
garet, Martha Whitfield Daughter of the said Margaret and Eliza-
beth Jordan One Other of the daughters of the said Margaret are
very Desirous to have the said Land Conveyed in ffee Simple to the
devisee of the said Thomas Hollyday rather than to Suffer Any Suit
upon the Bond afd As Also to fullfill the Agreement aforesaid And
by their Humble Petition have Signified the Same to this present
Generall Assembly And Also requested the Same Generall Assembly
to Invest the said John Jordan Only Son of the said Margaret with a
ffee Simple Estate in the Said Five hundred Acres of Land with
the Appurtenances as Also to Impower him to make an Absolute
Conveyance unto the said James Hollyday Son and devisee of the
said Thomas Hollyday According to the Covenant and Agreement
aforesaid And whereas Also the said John Jordan has Entered into
a Bond of two hundred and Forty Pounds Sterling to the said James
Hollyday with Condition to Make Over to the Said James Hollyday
Such Estate as the said James shall require in the Said Five hundred
Acres of Land with the Appurtenances And Whereas also the Said
Margaret Jordan John Jordan Martha Whitfield and Elizabeth
Jordan further Set forth by their humble Petition aforesaid that the
fforfeiture of the Penalties aforesaid would be much greater than
Any Benefit they Can propose to Reap from the said Five hundred
Acres of Land aforesaid or Enjoyment of the Same And whereas
Also Thomas Jordan and Elizabeth his wife and Mourning Pettus
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