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things relating to the matters herein contained, as if he or they had been expressly named and appointed by this act; and every such instrument and nomination shall, from time to time, be recorded in books of the said directors and trustees.

VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said town shall be called by the name of Colchester.

VI. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons whatsoever, to erect or build, or cause to be erected or built in the said town, any wooden chimney; and if any wooden chimney shall be built contrary to this act, it shall and may be lawful for the sheriff of the said county of Fairfax, and he is hereby required and commanded from time to time to cause all such wooden chimnies to be pulled down and destroyed.

CHAP. XXIV.

An Act to dock the intail of certain lands whereof Gerard Alexander is seised, and for settling other lands and slaves of greater value to the same uses.

I. WHEREAS Robert Alexander, of the county of Stafford, deceased, was in his life time, and at the time Intail of certain lands, in of his death, seised in fee-simple, of, and in one cerFairfax tain tract or parcel of land, containing by estimation whereof six thousand acres, with the appurtenances, lying and Gerard, Alexbeing in the parish of Truro, then in the county of ander is seised, docked. Prince William, but now in the county of Fairfax; and being so seised, did make his last will and testament in writing, bearing date the twenty eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty five, and thereby, among other things, did give and devise unto his son Gerard Alexander the Island in Prince William county, whereon the said Gerard at that time lived, called Holm's Island; also eleven hundred and twenty five acres of

land joining to the said island, being part of the aforesaid tract of six thousand acres, and devised the remainder of the said trcct, and the residue of his whole estate, which consisted of negroes, &c. to be equally divided between his two sons, John and Gerard Alexander, and their heirs for ever; and by a subsequent clause in the said will, the said Robert Alexander did devise, that all the lands and negroes he had devised by the said will, except those negroes specifically given to Gerard Alexander, should be intailed from heir to heir, as by the said will, duly recorded in the county court of Stafford, may more at large appear: And some time after making the said will, the said Robert died, so seised, after whose death the said John and Gerard Alexander, entered into the said lands, and took possession of the said negroes, and having made partition and division thereof, one thousand two hundred and eighty six acres of land, and four negroes, (all which are since dead) were allotted to the said Gerard, as his part of the land and negroes so to be divided; into which the said Gerard entered, and also those other lands particularly devised to him the said Gerard, by Robert the testator, amounting in the whole to two thousand seven hundred and thirteen acres, and became thereof seised in fee-tail. And whereas the said Gerard Alexander is, and stands seised in fee-simple, of, and in two tracts of land, the one lying in the parish of Frederick, in the county of Frederick, granted by the lord proprietor of the northern neck, to the said Gerard, containing by estimation eight hundred and seventy three acres; the other in the parish of Cameron, in the county of Fairfax, containing five hundred and forty acres, and upwards, lately purchased of Nathaniel Smith; upon which said tracts he hath made very considerable improvements, and is also possessed of ten slaves, named Robin, Stire, Nell, Nan, David, Will, Milley, Rose, Solomon, and Joe. all Virginia born, as of his own proper slaves; and it will be for the benefit and advantage of the heir in tail, and those claiming in remainder and reversion under the will of the said Robert, to dock the intail of the said tract or parcel of land in the county of Fairfax, and to settle his said other lands, in the counties of Fairfax and Frederick, with the slaves aforesaid to be annexed thereto, being of greater value to the same uses. And forasmuch as

notice has been published three Sundays successively, in the several churches in the said parish of Truro, that application would be made to this General Assembly, to dock the intail of the said two thousand seven hundred and thirteen acres of land, and to settle other lands and slaves of greater value to the same uses, pursuant to your majesty's instructions.

II. May it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said Gerard Alexander, that it may be enacted, And be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Burgesses of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That the said tract or parcel of land, with the appurtenances, containing two thousand seven hundred and thirteen acres, lying and being in the parish of Truro, and county of Fairfax, so as aforesaid, devised by the last will and testament of the said Robert Alexander, and whereof the said Gerard Alexancer is seised in fee-tail; be, and the same is hereby vested in the said Gerard Alexander, his heirs and assigns, to the only use and behoof of him the said Gerard, his heirs and assigns for ever. And that the said two several tracts or parcels of land herein before mentioned, the one granted by the Lord proprietor of the northern neck, to him the said Gerard; and the other purchased of Nathaniel Smith; and all and every the slaves before named, together with the future increase of the said female slaves, be, and the same are hereby vested in the said Gerard Alexander, and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten; and on failure of such heirs the same shall remain and descend to such person and persons, in the same manner, and under the same limitations and remainders, successively, as the said lands would have remained and descended, by virtue of the said before recited last will and testament of the said Robert Alexander, if this act had never been made.

III. 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 last will and testament of the said Robert Alexander, all such right, title, interest, claim, and demand, as they, every, or any of them, should or might claim, if this act had never been made.

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IV. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and is hereby suspended, until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained.

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CHAP. XXV.

An Act for docking the intail of certain lands in the county of Middlesex, and vesting the same in Robert Chew in feesimple, and for settling other lands and slaves of greater value to the same uses.

I. WHEREAS Richard Perrot late of the county tain lands in of Middlesex, deceased, was, in his lifetime seised in Middlesex, fee-simple, of, and in one certain tract or parcel of vested in Ro land, called Perrot's-neck, containing by estimation bert Chew in fourteen hundred and fifty acres or thereabouts, being fee.

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the plantation whercon he lived, with the appurtenances, lying and being in the parish of Christ Church, in the county of Middlesex, aforesaid; and being so seised, made his last will and testament in writing, bearing date the twentieth day of July, in the year of our lord, one thousand six hundred and eighty six, and thereby, among other things, he did give and devise to his wife Margaret Perrot, the said plantation, with the stock thereunto belonging, to be by her used and enjoyed, during her natural life, in full and ample satisfaction of all dower, and title of dower, due to her by the law; and further he did give and devise unto Henry Perrot the elder, son of his son, Richard Perrot, the said plantation he then lived upon, together with the whole tract or tracts of land thereunto belonging, or adjoining thereunto, with all plantations thereupon, and to the heirs of his body lawfully to be begotten, forever, to be held and enjoyed after the decease of his said wife; and for want of such heirs, to Richard Perrot, the brother of the said Henry Perrot, his grandson, and to the heirs of his body to be lawfully begotten, and for want of such heirs, to descend to his right heirs for ever, as in the said will proved and

recorded in the court of the said county of Middlesex, more fully is contained. And soon after making the said will, the said testator departed this life; after whose death, and the death of his said wife, the said Henry Perrot entered into the said lands with the appurtenances, and died seised thereof without issue, and after his death the said Richard Perrot the grandson, entered into the said lands with the appurtenances, and died thereof scised, leaving issue Henry Perrot, his eldest son, who entered into the same, and died thereof seised, leaving issue Mary Perrot his only child and heir, who hath since intermarried with Robert Chew of the county of Spotsylvania, and the said Rocert Chew, and Mary his wife, in right of the said Mary have entered into, and are now scised of the said lands, with the appurtenances, in fee-tail. And Whereas the said Robert Chew is scised in fec-simple of a certain tract or parcel of land, containing by estimation four hundred acres, lying and being in the parish of Saint George, in the county of Spotsylvania aforesaid, which he purchased of Achilles Bowker, and Martha, his wife; and of one other tract or parcel of land, containing by estimation, seven hundred and thirty seven acres, lying and being in the parish and county last mentioned, lately purchased by him of Thomas Forster and Elizabeth his wife, adjoining to the last mentioned tract; and of another tract or parcei of land, containing six hundred und fifty acres, in the parish and county last mentioned, which descended to him from his mother, Margaret Chew deceased; and was granted to Harry Beverley, gentleman, deceased, by patent bearing date the twenty seventh day of February, one thousand seven hundred aud nineteen; and is also possessed of six slaves, named Captain, Samson, Major, Sarah, Lucy, and Nanny, as of his own proper slaves; which said three tracts of land in the county of Spotsylvania, and six slaves, are of greater value than the said tract of land in the county of Middlesex; and the said Robert Chew, and Mary his wife, are desirous to dock the intail of said land in Middlesex county, and to settle the said lands in Spotsylvania county, with the slaves aforesaid, to be annexed thereto, to the same uses in lieu thereof; which will be to the advantage of the said Robert Chew, and Mary his wife, and of those claiming under the will of the said Richard Perrot the elder. And

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