FROM PRINCE GEORGE'S LAND RECORDS 1739-1743 Published by T.L.C. Genealogy Page 113. Deed of Gift. I, John Eversfield of Saint Paul's Parish in PG, Clerk, for the love I have for my son, Edward Eversfield, & for and towards his future support and maintenance, I give him a silver punch bowl with the following coat of arms belonging to the Eversfields family thereon engraved, viz, E Ermine on a bend sable 3 mulletts grand for his crest on a wreath of his colours, a cammelshead or issuing out of a ducall-coronet argent by the name of Eversfield I-, a silver canne with the name Edward Eversfield engraved on the bottom, 6 silver spoons marked E.E., towards payment for the quit rents of his lands, a Negro girl named Rachel, about 1 1/2 years old, a bright bay mare 3 years old, 4 three year old heifers, I new feather bed with appurtenances, 6 leather chairs, I large looking glass, 6 pewter dishes, 12 pewter plates, 6 knives, a large iron pot, a "thea kittle", a pair of tongs, and fire shovel, and lastly, the coat of arms of my family, described in the engraving on the silver punch bowl above, sent me from London by my cousin, Moses Eversfield in 1738. If, however, my son Edward dies before reaching age 21, then the afd plate, money, Negro, mare, household stuff, & coat of arms shall descend to John Eversfield Jr, or, if John Jr dies before age 21, then to the next brother of the whole blood, or for want of such brother, to his next brother of the half blood on his father's side yet living & no[t] otherwise, or if no such brother, to the next sister to the sd John Eversfield Jr of the whole blood, or for want of such sister, to his next sister of the half blood on his father's side yet living & not otherwise. Further, I give to my son, Edward Eversfield & to the several persons in remainder, a gold ring given at his great grandfather, Edward Eversfield's funeral, inscribed EE Obiit IO 'no die Martii A.D. 1709. If sd Edward Eversfield, John Eversfield Jr, and their brothers & sisters of the whole or half blood on their father's side, should all die before age 21, then this deed of gift shall be void. Signed Nov 28, 1739 - John Eversfield. Wit - Thos Owen*, Thos Cresap*. This deed was acknowledged by The Revd John Eversfield. Recorded Nov 28, 1739.