Land Patent of John DEARE (1650); Kent County, Maryland

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   Sillious Absolut Proprietr of The Provence of Mary land And Avolon lord Barron of Baltemore
&c To All prsons whom These prsence shall Com greating: Know ye That we for And in Consederation
that John Deare of the Isl of kent Planter Transported himsilfe And his wiffe Into That our sd
Provenc in The yeare 1647 There to Inhabit And Dwell: And That he the sd John Deare may be The
Better inabled To Doe Vs & our heires Acceptable serves in our sd Provence haue by And with The
Advice of our Trusty And well beloued William Stone Esq our livtenent of our sd Provence And
According to the Tener of our letters vnder our hand And seall baering Dayt at Porsmouth in 
The Realme of England The eight Day of August 1636 And Recorded in The secretaries Office of
our sd Provence giuen granted And Enfeefed And by these prsence for vs And our heires Doe giue
And Grant And Enfeefe vnto him The sd John Deare his heires And Assignes: All That percell of
land vpon The sd Island of kent lying on The East sied of Cox Creeke Bounding on The west with
The sd Creeke on The south with The land of Roger Baxter on The North with A lyen Drawne East
from A makt Pine standing neer The sd Creeke To The Length of Two Hundred Perchis: on The East
with A lyen Drawne south from The end of The former lyen vntell it intersect a paralell [ital.]
Drawne from The lyne of Roger Baxter Contening And now layed out for Two hundred Acres more or
lesse: And all woods quarrs Mynes Royell Mynes Exsepted watters fishings fishing placis: And
all other Profits And Commodeties in And Vpon The same land: saueing to Vs And our heires our 
Ryoll Juridiction And signiorie As Absolut Lords And Propreitariers of The sd Provence To haue
And To hould The same To him The sd John Deare his heires And assignes for Ever: To be houlden
of vs And our heires as of our Manner of West st Marys In free And Comon socage by fealy only
for all servesis yealding And paying Therefore yearly at our Vsuall Receipt vpon The sd Iland
fower shilling starlin Monie or Two Bushells of good Corne at The Nativety of our lord given
at st Maries vnder our great seall of our sd Provence of Mary land The Twentieth Day of August
in The yeare of our lord one Thousand six hundred And fifty
                                          Witnes our sd Leivetent
                                                      Will~ Stone
                                                      And seall