Deed from Mark Duvall to John W. Brown, 10/28/1857. Deed from Philip Hill to Albert B. Berry, 1/19/1859 Indenture between Berry, Budd and Berry, 1/5/1858 Land Record, John W. Sansbury 1842 Indenture Sansbury and Ridgely, 3/27/1852 Prince Georges County, Maryland land Records Contributed for use in theUSGenWeb Archives by Susan Wetzl, SAW46@juno.com ************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *************************************************************** Deed from Mark Duvall to John W. Brown, 10/28/1857 THIS DEED made this twenty eighth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and fifty seven by Mark Duvall and Mary Duvall his wife of Prince Georges County in the State of Maryland, WITNESSTH that in consideration of the sum of Fifty dollars current money the said Mark Duvall and Mary his wife do grant unto John W. Brown of the county and state aforesaid all their undivided interest right and title in or unto a certain piece, parcel, or part of a tract of Land, lying and being situate in Prince Georges County and State aforesaid called William and Elizabeth (Deeded by Moses W. Jones to Jacob Miller and recorded in the land records of Prince Georges County in Liber A.B. pages 544,5445,546) in fee simple and the said Mark Duvall and Mary his wife, covenant that they will warrant generally the property hereby conveyed. Witness our hands and seals. Test. Mark Duvall seal E. A. Jones Mary Duvall seal Ninian Beall State of Maryland, Prince Georges County to Wit: I hereby certify that on this day of in the year eighteen hundred and fifty seven, before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Mark Duvall and Mary his wife and did each acknowledge the aforegoing deed to be their respective acts. In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name the day and year above written. E. A. Jones J.P. New York, New Burgh June 6th 1857 Received of John W. Brown the sum of Fifty Dollars it being in full of the purches (sic) money for all my respective right and interest in a certain tract or parcel of land called William and Elizabeth lying in Prince Georges County State of Maryland the same being the land purchased by Jacob Miller from Moses W. Jones. Charlotte Miller Enrolled the 5th day of November 1857 ========================================= Deed from Philip Hill to Albert B. Berry, 1/19/1859. Prince Georges County Land Records. THIS DEED made this nineteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine by Philip Hill Junior and Ann Victoria Hill his wife of Prince Georges County in the State of Maryland Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of Six hundred twenty one dollars current money the said Philip Hill Junior and Anna Victoria his wife do grant unto Albert B. Berry of the same county and State all that part of a tract of Land call "Greenwood Park Enlarged" lying and being in the county aforesaid and contained in the following metes and bounds courses and distances that is to say Beginning at the end of the fourth line allotted to George T. Craufurd in the division of the real estate of Thomas B. Craufurd deceased and running with part of the fifth line East seventy seven perches to a Stone thence South nine degrees forty five minutes east twenty eight perches, thence north seventy degrees forty five minutes west thirty one perches, thence north eighty seven degrees west forty five and one half perches to the road leading from Sansbury's Mill to Z. Berry's Mill then by and with said road north fifteen degrees west nine perches north twenty eight degrees thirty minutes west eight perches to the beginning containing eight and five eighth acres. And the said Philip Hill Junior and Anna Victoria Hill his wife covenant that they will execute such further deeds or assurances as may be requisite. Witness our hands and seals Test. Philip Hill, Jr. seal C.W. Havenner Anna V. Hill seal Thomas C. Donn District of Columbia Washington City to wit: I hereby certify that on this nineteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine before the subscriber Commissioner of deeds for the State of Maryland for the District of Columbia personally appeared Philip Hill, Jr. and Anna Victoria Hill his wife and did each acknowledge the aforegoing deed to be their respective act. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed my official seal on the day and year above written. Enroll: Thomas C. Donn April 9, 1859 Commissioner of Deed for the Stateof Maryland ========================================= Indenture between Berry, Budd and Berry, 1/5/1858. Prince Georges County, Maryland Land Records. THIS INDENTURE made this Fifth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight between Albert B. Berry of Prince Georges County in the State of Maryland of the one part, Jane W. Budd of Washington County in the State aforesaid of the second part, and John E. Berry, Junior of the first named County and State aforesaid of the third part: Whereas a marriage is agreed upon and intended to be shortly had and solemnized between the said Albert B. Berry and the said Jane W. Budd and upon the treaty of said marriage it was agreed by and between the said Albert B. Berry and the said Jane W. Budd that all the real and personal property of or belonging to the said Albert B. Berry of every kind and description or to which he is now, or may hereafter become entitled, either at Law or in Equity, should be conveyed, assigned, settled, and assured to the trusts, upon the trusts, for the intents and purposes and by with under and subject to the power, provisions, declarations, and agreements hereinafter limited, expressed, and declared of and concerning the same respectively: NOW this INDENTURE WITNESSETH: that in pursuance and part performance of said agreement and for and in consideration of the said intended marriage, and for conveying , settling, and assuring, the hereditaments and property hereinafter mentioned to be hereby granted and released or intended so to be, to the uses upon the trusts for the intents and purposes and by, with, under, and subject to the powers, provisions, and agreements hereinafter limited, expressed, and declared of, and concerning the same and for the further consideration of five dollars to the said Albert B. Berry in hand paid by the said John E. Berry at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and for divers other good causes and valuable considerations, the said Albert A. Berry hereunto moving, he the said Albert B. Berry by and with the privity and consent of the said Jane W. Budd, testified by her being a party to and her signing and sealing these presents, hath granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released, and confirmed and by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, and confirm unto the said John E. Berry, Junior and his heirs executors and administrators: All the real and personal estate of every kind and description of which the said Albert B. Berry now or may hereafter become seized or possessed of, or to which he may have acquired any right, title, or interest in or to either at Law or in Equity. TO HAVE and TO HOLD the said property above mentioned or intended so to be, every part and parcel thereof with the appurtetances unto the said John E. Berry, J, his heirs, executors and administrators to the uses upon the trusts, for the intent and purposes and by with under and subject to the powers, provisions, declarations and agreements hereinafter limited. Expressed and declared of and concerning the same that is to say: to and for the use of the said Albert B. Berry, his heirs and assigns, until the said intended marriage shall be had and from and immediately after the solemnization thereof, to the sole and separate powers such as are hereinafter mentioned and contained and from and after the death of said Albert B. Berry to the use of such person or persons as the said Albert B. Berry may by his deed or deeds or last will and testament, executed in due form of Law, appoint and direct either in the lifetime of the said Jane W. Budd or after her death and with such limitations, provisions, and conditions as the said Albert B. Berry may by such deed, or deeds or Will appoint and direct, and in default of any limitation, direction or appointment by the said Albert B. Berry either by deed or deeds or last will and testament. After the death of the said Albert B. Berry, in case the said Jane W. Budd shall survive him, a part of the plantation upon which the said Albert B. Berry now resides not exceeding, two hundred and fifty acres, to embrace the land lying between the dwelling house and main road leading from Bladensburg to Upper Marlboro, with the dwelling house and improvements contiguous thereto, four negro men, four negro women, one girl, and one boy about twelve years of age, carriage and horses, four mules or horses, four steers, six cows, one waggon and one cart, the necessary farming implements to work said Land and all the household and kitchen furniture, the said negroes and stock to be selected by the said Jane W. Budd from those on the plantation at the death of the said Albert B. Berry, to be held by the said John E. Berry, Jun. in trust for the use and benefit of the said Jane W. Budd for and during her widowhood, the rest and residue of the property both real and personal of which the said Albert B. Berry may die seized or possessed shall be divided equally among and between any child or children by his aforesaid contemplated marriage (if any) with the said Jane W. Budd; and in case the said Albert B. Berry shall leave no children by his said contemplated marriage or in case said child or children (if any) shall die before they attain full age or before they are married, then and in that case the said property last mentioned or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be sold for the purpose of raising and paying over the sum of five thousand dollars to each of the unmarried sisters of the said Albert B. Berry, and the rest and residue of said property (if any) to be equally divided among the heirs at law of the said Albert B. Berry share and share alike. And it is further agreed and declared by the parties to these presents that at the death or marriage of the said Jane W. Budd, should she survive the said Albert B. Berry, that all the property to be held as aforesaid by the said John E. Berry, Jun. for her use and benefit during her widowhood shall immediately upon her death or marriage be equally divided among and between the heirs at law of the said Albert B. Berry share and share alike and it is further declared and agreed by and between all of the said parties to these presents and the said Jane W. Budd doth hereby consent and agree to take and accept the provisions hereby made for her in and by these presents for her joint use and in lieu of and full satisfaction of and for all such dower and thirds at law which she could or might have had claimed or been hereafter entitled to out of or from any freehold or personal estate which the said Albert B. Berry now is, or may at any time here after become seized or possessed of, or to which he may have any right or title to either at Law or in Equity. And it is further agreed by the parties to these presents and the said Albert B. Berry doth hereby consent and agree in consideration of the provisions of these presents to relinquish all and every right of courtesy which he could or might have had claimed or been hereafter entitled to out of or from any freehold estate which the said Jane W. Budd now is or may at any time hereafter become seized or possessed of. In testimony whereof the said Albert B. Berry, Jane W. Budd and John E. Berry, Jun. have here unto set their hands and affixed their seals on the day and year first within Written. Signed, sealed and delivered A.B. Berry seal in the presence of me, the words J.W. Budd seal four steers, six cows, one waggon and John E. Berry, Jr. seal one cart on the fourth line of fourth line of fourth pgs having been first inserted. F. R. Brookes State of Maryland Prince Georges County to Wit: I hereby certify that on this Fifth day of January in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty eight before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for said county personally appeared Albert B. Berry, Jane W. Budd and John E. Berry, Jr. the persons named in the foregoing instrument of writing and did each acknowledge the said indenture to be their respective act. Acknowledged before F. R. Brookes J.P. seal Enrolled the 20th April 1858 ========================================= Land Record, Liber J.B.B. No. 2, folio 367, Prince Georges Co., MD John W. Sansbury 1842 WHEREAS William H. Tuck has become surety for John W. Sansbury to James B. Belt for eighty dollars and to to secure the payment thereof he is willing to execute these presents. NOW KNOW all men by these presents that I, John W. Sansbury of Prince Georges County for and in consideration of these premises and of one dollar in hand paid have granted bargained and sold and by these presents do grant bargain and sell unto the said William H. Tuck his executors administrators and assigns one new waggon just purchased from the said James B. Belt & Co. and three horses (all now in my possession) to have and to hold the same unto the said William H. Tuck his executors administrators and assigns provided however that if the said John W. Sansbury shall pay the said James B. Belt the said sum of eighty dollars at the expiration of six months from this date with interest then this indenture to be void and of no effect. Witness my hand and seal this 25th day of October 1842. John W. Sansbury seal Prince Georges County Set. On this 25th October 1842 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace personally appeared John W. Sansbury and acknowledged the forgoing instrument of writing to be his act and deed. J.B. Belt J.P. Enrolled 26th October 1842 ========================================= Indenture Sansbury and Ridgely, 3/27/1852. Land Records Prince Georges County, Maryland, Liber O.N. No. 1, folio 163, THIS INDENTURE made this 27th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two between John H. Sansbury Trustee for Margaret E. Ridgeley of Prince Georges County and the State of Maryland , wife of Greenbury Ridgeley of the one part and Charles Ridgeley, Jr. Trustee as herein after mentioned of the same county and state of the other part. Whereas on the 25th day of September eighteen hundred and forty nine a certain Francis A. Boteler and others by their deed of that date did for and in consideration of the sum of Fifty dollars current money to them in hand paid, grant bargain sell and convey unto the said John H. Sansbury Trustee as aforesaid a certain lot piece or parcel of ground situate lying and being immediately opposite the dwelling house now in the occupation and possession of John B. Brooke Esq. also adjoining a lot formerly owned by John L. Boteler, but now in possession of the said John B. Brooke and adjoining the Town or Village of Upper Marlborough said lot supposed to contain one acre more or less, and being a portion of the same land devised by the late William N. Boteler to his two sons Frank and William but with full power and authority to the said John H. Sansbury Trustee as aforesaid by and with the advice and consent and approbation of the said Margaret E. Ridgeley to sell and dispose of all or any portion of said lot piece or parcel of ground as aforesaid all of which will more fully and at large appear reference being had to a certain deed now of record in the Clerks Office of Prince Georges County in Liber J.B.B. No. 6 folio 104 & 5, one of the land Record Books of said County. And whereas the said John H. Sansbury Trustee as aforesaid by and with the advice consent and approbation of the said Margaret E. Ridgeley aforesaid, good causes and other considerations them thereunto moving have agreed to sell and convey unto the said Charles Ridgeley Junr Trustee as aforesaid all of the aforesaid described lot piece or parcel of ground, all of which agreement and sale is witnessed by her the said Margaret E. Ridgeley's acknowledging and signing these presents: NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that for and in consideration of the sum of Ten dollars current money to us in hand paid by the said Charles Ridgeley, Junr Trustee as aforesaid, the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge have granted bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed, released, conveyed and confirmed and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, release, convey and confirm unto the said Charles Ridgeley Junr. Trustee for the sole seperate and exclusive use of Margaret Anne and Mary Elizabeth Ridgeley daughters of the said Charles and Elizabeth Ridgeley his wife now deceased, subject however to the entire use and control of the said Charles Ridgeley Junr during his natural life with full power and lawful authority to sell and convey the same in fee Simple if he should deem it proper so to do, but in no way liable for his present or future debts. TO HAVE and TO HOLD the said herein lot piece or parcel of ground and premises with its appurtenances thereunto belonging unto the said Charles Ridgeley Junr Trustee aforesaid and to and for no other use, intent, or purpose whatsoever. In Witness whereof the said John H. Sansbury Trustee and the said Margaret E. Ridgeley have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals the day and year first herein before written. Signed Sealed and delivered in John H. Sansbury, Trustee seal the presence of Margaret E. Ridgeley seal Geo W. Wilson D.W. Snowden Maryland Prince Georges County Set. Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that this 27th day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and Fifty two before us the subscribers two Justices of the peace of the State and County aforesaid, John H. Sansbury and Margaret E. Ridgeley acknowledged the within deed or instrument of writing to be their respective act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned and according to the act of assembly in such case made and provided. Acknowledged before George W. Wilson J.P. D. W. Snowden J.P. Received Upper Marlborough 23 July 1852 of Mr. Charles Ridgeley Junr one dollar for stamp duty on the aforegoing deed according to the act of 1846 Chapter 6. Owen Norfolk, Clk Enrolled the 23rd day of July 1852