Land Grant to Hugh and Hannah LEE (1651); Kent County, Maryland

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   Caecilius Absolute Lord and proprietary of the provinces of Maryland and avalon Lord Baron of
Baltemore &c To all persons to whom these presents shall come greeting Know Yee that we for and 
in Consideration that Robert Hewett heretofore of the Isle of Kent within our said Province of
Maryland planter deced was in his Lifetime Lawfully possessed of a Certain Neck or parcell of 
Land upon the said Island called Cronie Neck by a former grant Hereof from us Which grant as we
are Informed is since Lost and that the right to the said Land belongeth to Hannah the Late Widow
and Relict of the said Robert Heuett and now the wife of one Hugh Lee Have by and with the ad-
vice of our Trusty and well beloved William Stone Esqr Our Lieutenant of the said province and
according th the tenor of our Letters under our hand and seal bearing the date at Portsmouth in
the Realm of England the Eighth day of August 1636 Recorded in the secretarys Office of our said
Province Given and granted and by these presents for us and our heirs do give grant and Enfeoff
unto the said Hugh Lee and Hannah his wife all that parcell of Land upon the said Island called
Cronie Neck Bounding on the south with a Creek called Crany Creek, on the west with the bay of 
Chesapeak on the East with a Line drawn North from a Marked Oak standing in a swamp near the 
Comon Path called Kent path for the Length of one hundred perches unto the Land of Edward Cummins
lately deceased On the North with the said Land Containing and now laid out for four hundred
acres more or less And all woods Quarrys Mines (Royall mines Excepted) waters fishings fishing
Places and all other proffitts and Commodities in and upon the same Land Saving to us and our
heirs all Royall Jurisdiction and Signiory as absolute Lords & Proprietarys of the said province
To have and to hold the same to them the said Hugh Lee and Hannah his Wife and the heirs and
assignes of the said Hannah for ever To be holden of us and Our heris as of our Mannor Of West
Saint Mary's in free and Common soccage by fealty only for all services Yeilkding and paying
therefore yearly to us and our heirs at Our usual Receipt upon the said Island Eight shillings
in Money Sterling or four bushells of good Corn at the feast of the Nativity of our Lord Given
at Saint Mary's under the great Seall of our said province of Maryland the sixteenth Day of
October in the Year of Our Lord one thousand six hundred fifty and One
                                    Witness our said Lieutenant
                                                William Stone