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    3. What was the name? Belaine, Berlaines, Burlane, Burlean, Villaines, etc? Posey, Poschet, Posee, Posay, Pose, Possee, etc? MD Archives Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80. 405 more &c, and in the yeare of our Lord 168o, before mee William Liber W. C. Chandler Sheriffe of Charles County aforesaid, By vertue of an order of a Provinciall Court l1eld att the Citty of St Maryes the ffourteenth day of ffebry Annoq Dominj 1679, Itt was then Ordered by the said Court that Randolph Brandt gentl Deputy Surveyor for this County in the presence of the sheriffe of the County aforesaid, to Lay out Two parcells of Land, The one formerly Surveyed for ffrancis Posey and John Berlaines planters Containing ifoure hun dred and fifty acres and lately in the Tenure and occupa~on of Richard Watson deceased and another parcell of Land called Stump Dale formerly surveyed for Thomas Batchelor Containing ifoure hundred and ffifty acres, By a Jury of the Neighbourhood to goe upon the said Land, and to see the Lines of the said two Tracts of Land runn out by the said Randolph Brandt according to the Evi dence then to be given and the direc~on of the Jury, By vertue of wch said Order of Court Wm Chandler Sheriffe did by the Oathes of, Robert Robins, Samuel Raspin, Jn° Courte senr Jn° Courte Junir, Mevorell Hulse, Hugh Thomas, ffrancis Wyne, Joseph Bullott John Harvey, John Beane, Robert Worrell, & William Hinsey, Together the aforesaid Randolph Brandt Deputy Surveyor goe upon the aforesaid Two Tracts of Land To see the same by the Surveyor Laid out according to the Antient Meets and bounds of the aforesaid Two Tracts of Land, Which Jurors Upon their Oathes sayes That p. 372 they Cannot by any informa~on or Evidence finde out the antient Meets & bounds of that Tract of Land formerly laid out for ffrancis Posey and John Berlaines lately in the Tenure and occupa~on of Richard Watson deed, And Whereas wee could not find the south ermost bound tree of Watsons Land being Nominated in the Cer tificate a bounded white oake, Nor have any possitive Evidence to prove the same, soe that wee could not runn out the antient bounds and meets of the other Tract of Land formerly Surveyed for Thomas Batchelor called Stumpe Dale In Witnesse whereof the Sheriffe abovesaid and the Jurors above written have hereunto sett their hands and Scales The day and yeare above written Wm Chandler Sher (Sealed) Robt Robins(sealed)ffrancis Wyne (sealed) Sam" Raspin(sealed)Joseph Bullett (sealed) John Courte(sealed)John Harvey(sealed) John Courte Junr(sealed) John Bayne (sealed) Mevorell Hulse sealed Robt Worrell (sealed) Hugh Thomas(sealed)Wm Hinsey(sealed) And the said William Sparkes and Philip Lynes by their Attorneys aforesaid Prayed that a New Survey bee Awarded for the better Re survey of the aforesaid Two parce!ls of Land called Watsons land and stumpe Dale the aforesaid Survey being imperfect Whereupon

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