Indenture between James EWING and George GILLESPE (1750); Cecil County, Maryland

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James Ewing sells land to George Gillespie
Cecil County, Maryland, Deed Book 7, pp. 181-183.

      This Indenture made the seventh day of March in the Year of our Lord one 
thousand seven hundred and fifty Between James Ewing of the County of Cecil in 
the Province of Maryland Planter of the one Part and George Gillespie of the 
same place Planter of the other Part Witness that of said James Ewing for and in 
Consideration of the sum of two hundred and forty one Pounds ten Shillings 
Lawfull money of the Province of Pennsylvania the said James Ewing in hand Paid 
by the sd George Gillespie the Receipt where of he the said James Ewing doth 
hereby Acknowledge Have Given Granted Bargained Sold --------- and Confirmed And 
by these Presents doth Give Grant Bargain Sell ------- and Confirm unto the said 
George Gillespie his heirs and Assigns forever a certain Piece or Parcel of Land 
being Part of a tract of Land which Alexander Ewing father of the said James 
Ewing purchased from a certain William Vestal the same Place also being Part of 
a Tract of Land called the Levell Lying in the said County of Cecil on the East 
side of Susquehana River Beginning on the East and by North Line of the said 
Tract called the Levell at the End of three hundred and forty Perches and 
running from thence North North West one hundred and twenty five Perches thence 
North Sixty five Degrees East one hundred and thirty six Perches Thence South 
South East one hundred and fifty five Perches thence West and by South one 
hundred and thirty six Perches to the Place of Beginning Containing one hundred 
and forty five Acres of Land more or Less only it is hereby Excepted the 
quantity of Seven Acres more or Less Lying within the limits aforesaid which 
said James Ewing Sold to a certain William Husbands lying in the South West 
Corner of the said Granted Premises anything herein mentioned to ye Contrary. 
Notwithstanding to have and to hold the said Granted Premises Except as before 
Excepted with all the Building, Improvements and Appurtenances Whatsoever to the 
same belonging with the Reversions Remainders Yearly Rents and Profits of the 
Premises unto the sd George Gillespie . . . In Witness whereof the parties to 
these Presents have Interchangeably set their hand & seals the day and year 
first above Written.
Sealed &c delivered in the Presence of }
James Porter ___ Ewing ____ Knox }                            James Ewing [Seal]

      Be it Remembered that on the Seventh day of March one thousand seven 
hundred and forty nine [note it is 1750 in the deed and when it is recorded] 
came the within named James Ewing before us the Subscribers two of his Lordships 
Justices of the Peace for Cecil County and did acknowledge the within Conveyance 
to be his Act and his Deed and the Land and Premises therein mentioned to be 
Bargainied and Sold to be the Estate Right Title Interest Properly Claim and 
demand of the within named George Gillespie his heirs and Assigns forever and at 
the same time John Ewing and William Ewing did acknowledge their Assent to the 
within Deed and was fully Satisfied for all their Rights Title claim and Demand 
of the within Deed them and their heirs forever and Likewise Rebeckah Ewing 
Mother of the said James Ewing John Ewing and William Ewing did at the same Time 
Acknowledge all her right of Dower to the within Land and Premises to the said 
Geo Gillespie his heirs and Assigns forever 
                                 Acknowledged before us Benja C---- Nathan Baker
  
Recid 13th June 1750 of George Gillespie five Shillings and Ten pence Sterling 
for one Alienation fine for the within Land for the use of the Lord Property 
Reced --- Alexr Baird 7 1/2 Recorded this fourteenth day of June 1750 and 
Examined 
                                                                   M Bordley Clk