Indenture between Ethel Vincent & Sidney COLLINS and Alice Vincent & William ARMSTRONG; and Mary C and Emily ARBUCKLE (1954), Cecil Co., MD Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Doug Arbuckle Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ********************************************************* Cecil County Land Record Book, Liber RRC, Number 108, Folio 64 THIS DEED, made this 14th day of May, AD 1954, by and between Ethel Vincent Collins and Sidney Collins, her husband, and Alice Vincent Armstrong and William Armstrong, Jr, her husband, all of New Castle County, State of Delaware, parties of the first part, and Mary C Arbuckle, Widow, and Emily Arbuckle, single woman, of Cecil County, State of Maryland, parties of the second part. WITNESSTH that the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) to them in hand paid by the said parties of the second part, at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and for other good and valuable considerations them hereunto moving, have granted, bargained and sold and by these presents do grant, bargain and sell unto the said Mary C Arbuckle and Emily Arbuckle, her daughter, as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, all that certain lot or parcel of land situate on the South side of Stockton Street in the Town of Elkton, in said Cecil County, which is particularly described as follows, that is to say: BEGINNING for the same on the South side of said Stockton Street at a point one hundred four (104) feet in an Easterly direction from the corner formed by the South side of said Stockton Street and the East side of North Street, said place of beginning being the Northeast corner of the land formerly of Thomas W Williams, and running thence from said place of beginning, with the South side of said Stockton Street, South eighty and one half (80 1/2) degrees East forty five (45) feet; thence with land formerly owned by Susan Bratton, South nine and one half (9 1/2) degrees West ninety five (95) feet to the land now or formerly of the heirs of the late Roger Feehly; thence, with the same, North eighty and one half (80 1/2) degrees West forty five (45) feet to the Southwest corner of the whole parcel of land situate on the South side of said Stockton Street, formerly owned by the said Susan Bratton, and from thence North nine and one half (9 1/2) degrees East ninety five (95) feet to the place of beginning: Containing four thousand two hundred seventy five (4,275) square feet of land, more or less: It being the same and all of the same lot or parcel of land which was conveyed to the said Ethel Vincent Collins and Alice Vincent Armstrong by a certain Howard S Vincent, Widower, by his deed dated January 12th, 1951 and recorded among the Land Records of said Cecil County in Liber RRC, No 56, folio 376, etc. The title in said lot having been perfected in the said Ethel Vincent Collins and Alice Vincent Armstrong by the death of said Howard S Vincent on March 29th, 1954. And the right of way separately described in said deed having been merged with the fee simple title in said Ethel Vincent Collins and said Alice Vincent Armstrong. TOGETHER with the improvements thereon erected and all the rights, privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging or in any wise appertaining. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above granted property unto the said Mary C Arbuckle and Emily Arbuckle, the Survivor of them, the said Mary C Arbuckle and Emily Arbuckle, as joint tenants and not as tenants in common. AND the said Ethel Vincent Collins and Sidney Collins, her husband, and Alice Vincent Armstrong and William Armstrong, Jr, her husband, hereby covenant that they will warrant specially the property hereby conveyed; and that they will execute such further assurances of said land as may be requisite. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF the said parties of the first part has hereunto set their hands and seals, the day and year first herein written. Ethel Vincent Collins Sidney Collins WITNESS PRESENT: Eleanor L Skozypic Alice Vincent Armstrong William Armstrong, Jr WITNESS PRESENT: Eleanor L Skozypic State of Maryland, Cecil County, ss: I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 14th day of May, AD 1954, before the subscriber, a notary public of the State of Maryland, residing in Cecil County aforesaid, personally appeared the above named Ethel Vincent Collins and Sidney Collins, her husband, and Alice Vincent Armstrong and did each acknowledge the aforegoing instrument of writing to be their respective act and deed. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal, this 14th day of May, AD 1954. Eleanor L Skozypic, NOTARY PUBLIC State of Delaware, New Castle County, ss: I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 11th day of May, AD 1954, before the subscriber, a notary public of the State of Delaware, residing in New Castle County aforesaid, personally appeared the above named William Armstrong, Jr and did acknowledge the aforegoing instrument of writing to be his act and deed. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal, this 11th day of May, AD 1954. Donald C Armstrong, NOTARY PUBLIC Recorded May 14, 1954 and examined Per Ralph C Crothers, Clerk Delivered to Wm Wilson Bratton, Attorney At Law, Elkton, Maryland, 5/24/54. See the following Web site for more info on Mary C Arbuckle and relatives http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pda