Todd is seised as tenant in tail male, to such person, or persons, for the like estate or interest therein, to whom the said land, on the Dragon swamp, would have descended and gone by virtue of the limitations of the will of the said Thomas Todd, deceased, if this act had never been made.

III. And whereas the bounds of the five hundred acres of land, conveyed by the deed poll from Thomas Todd to William Todd, herein before mentioned, have never been ascertained, which might occasion future disputes in the family, in case the said William Todd should die without issue male, as is probable, he having at present only daughters, who, in case of his death, will succeed to the inheritance of the said five hundred acres, and to none other part of the said intailed lands; to prevent which disputes it hath been agreed, between the said William Todd and the above named Harry Todd, the next remainder man, to settle the bounds of the said five hundred acres of land, as followeth, to wit, beginning at a corner of the land of Mr. Robinson Daingerfield, upon Mattapony run, and running thence down the said run to a corner red oak and ivy, standing on the east side of the forge pond, thence south twenty one degrees forty-five minutes east, one hundred and eighty-six poles to a cedar tree, standing on the west side of the road from the chapel bridge to Todd's warehouse, thence down the said road to a marked corner, near its intersection with the road from the forge, thence south thirty-seven and an half degrees east, thirty five poles, to a wild cherry tree and gum, or the west side of the stop branch, thence up the said branch to the head thereof, and thence north four degrees fifty minutes west, four hundred and thirty-four poles, to the beginning: Be it therefore further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the bounds of the said five hundred acres of land, so conveyed by the said deed poll, from the said Thomas Todd to the said William Todd, the elder, shall, forever hereafter, be held, deemed, and taken to be as the same are, so as aforesaid, particularly described: Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs, and successors, and to all and every other person, and persons, bodies politic and corporate, their respective heirs, and successors, other than the persons claiming under the will or deed poll of the said Thomas Todd, all such right, title, or interest, as they, every, or any of them, could or might have claimed,

if this act had never been made: Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended, until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained.

CHAP. LXIII.

An act to dock the intail of certain lands whereof John Hancock is seised, and for settling other lands and slaves in lieu thereof.

whereof

WHEREAS Anne Scarlett, formerly of the county Intail of cerof Stafford, was seised in fee simple of and in a tract of tain lands land, containing seven hundred and forty acres, situate John Hanthen in the said county of Stafford, but now in the pa- cock is seizrish of Dettingen, in the county of Prince William, and ed, docked. being so seised, she, the said Anne Scarlett, by her deed poll, bearing date the twelfth day of October, one thousand six hundred and ninety-six, did give and grant the said tract of land to her son Joshua Green, and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, and for default of such heirs, to his two sisters Anne and Lettice Green, and the heirs of their bodies lawfully begotten, with other remainders over, as in and by the said deed, recorded in the said county court of Stafford, may more fully appear, by virtue of which deed the said Joshua Green entered into the said lands and premises, and died seised thereof without issue, whereupon the said Anne Green, and Lettice Green, entered into the same lands and premises, and made partition thereof between them, and three hundred and seventy acres, called Deep Hole tract, being thereby allotted to and for the purparty of the said Lettice Green, is descended and come to John Hancock, as great grandson, and heir of the body of the said Lettice. And whereas the said John Hancock, and Margaret his wife, in her right, are seised in fee simple of and in a tract of land, containing four hundred and fifty acres, lying in the county of Amherst, formerly Albemarle, which was purchased by the said Margaret when sole, by the name of Margaret Muschett,

of Robert Rose, clerk, and conveyed by deeds of lease and release, bearing date the sixth and seventh days of February, one thousand seven hundred and forty-four, duly recorded in the said county court of Albemarle, And it is represented to this general assembly, that it will be for the advantage of the said John Hancock, and those claiming in remainder or reversion, to sell the said tract of land, in the county of Prince William, and to settle the said land in the county of Amherst, together with several slaves to be annexed thereto, to the same uses, to which the said Margaret Hancock hath freely and voluntarily consented. And forasmuch as n tice hath been published three Sundays successively in the several churches of the said parish of Dettingen, that application would be made to this present general assembly for an act to dock the intail of the said lands in the county of Prince William, and to settle other lands and slaves to the same uses, pursuant to your majesty's instructions: May it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said John Hancock, and Margaret his wife, that it may be enacted, And be it enacted, by the Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the said tract of land, called Deep Hole, in the county of Prince William, whereof the said John Hancock is seised in fee tail, be, and the same is hereby vested in the said John Hancock, his heirs and assigns forever, to his and their own proper use, and that the said tract of land, in the county of Amherst, so purchased by the said Margaret Hancock, of Robert Rose, together with twelve negro slaves, whereof the said John Hancock is possessed, called and known by the names of Nero, Jacob, Great Peter, Little Peter, Lewis, Daniel, Winny, Rose, Judah, Nan, Chloe, and Maria, with the future increase of the females, be, and the same are hereby vested in the said John Hancock, and the heirs of his body, and in default thereof, shall descend, pass, and go, to such person, or persons, and for such estate and interest therein, as the said lands, in the county of Prince William, would have remained, descended, and gone, by virtue of the limitations in the said deed poll of the said Anne Scarlett, if this act had never been made. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successors, and to all and every other person, or persons, bodies politic and corporate, their respective heirs and

successors, other than the persons claiming under the deed poll of the said Anne Scarlett, all such estate, right, title, and interest, as they, every, or any of them, could or might have claimed if this act had never been made. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained.

CHAP. LXIV.

An act to dock the intail of certain lands whereof Ralph Wormeley, esquire, is seized.

whereof

WHEREAS by an act of assembly, passed in the Intail of cer seventh year of your majesty's reign, intituled An act in lands to vest certain intailed lands in Ralph Wormeley, Ralph quire, in fee simple, and for settling other lands in lieu Wormeley thereof, four thousand acres of land, part of a tract is seized, docked. containing eight thousand and seven acres, lying in the county of Frederick, purchased by the said Ralph Wormeley, of Mann Page, esquire, were vested in the said Ralph Wormeley, and the heirs male of his body, to descend, pass, and go, in lieu of a tract of land, in the county of York, and to the same uses, and under the like limitations, to which the said lands in York were subject, by the will of John Wormeley, esquire, father of the said Ralph. And whereas the said Ralph Wormeley hath not only paid and satisfied large debts and legacies, due from his said father's estate, and thereby preserved the slaves chargeable therewith, but hath also purchased sundry other slaves, great part of which are now working on the intailed lauds, and he intends to devise them to his eldest son and heir apparent, in order to cultivate those lands, but cannot do the same, consistent with justice to his younger sons, without he is allowed to make provision for them out of the said four thousand acres of land, in the county of Frederick, intailed by the said act of assembly. And it is represented to this general assembly, by the said Ralph Wormeley, and the honourable Ralph Worme

ley, esquire, the younger, his eldest son, and apparen: heir male, that it will be for the common benefit of the family if the said four thousand acres of land were vested in the said Ralph Wormeley, the elder, in fee simple, to enable him to make provision thereby, for his younger sons, and to give to his said heir sufficient slaves to work the intailed lands: May it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said Ralph Wormeley, the elder, with the consent of the said Ralph Wormeley, the younger, that it may be enacted, And be it enacted, by the Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the said four thousand acres of land, in the county of Frederick, which, by the said recited act, is vested in the said Ralph Wormeley, the elder, and the heirs male of his body, shall be, and the same is hereby vested in the said Ralph Wormeley, his heirs and assigns, forever, to his and their own proper use, and that so much of the said recited act, as is contrary hereto, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successors, and to all and every other person, and persons, bodies politic and corporate, their respective heirs and successors, other than the persons claiming under the said recited act, all such right, title, and interest, as they, every, or any of them, could or might have if this act had never been made. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained.

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docked.

CHAP. LXV.

An act to dock the intail of certain land whereof Nathaniel West Dandridge is seised.

WHEREAS by an act of the general assembly, passed in the seventh year of his present majesty's reign, intituled An act to vest certain intailed lands in Na