pounds sterling, to be paid her when she should attain the age of twenty one years, or marriage; and did also by his said will give and devise to his son William Armistead, six hundred pounds sterling, and did direct that the same should be paid by the said John Armistead, his son, when he should arrive at the age of twenty one years. And whereas the said Susanna, intermarried with Moore Fantleroy, of the county of Richmond, who soon after his marriage brought suit against the said John Armistead, the son, in the county court of Gloucester, and obtained a decree against him for the said six hundred pounds sterling, so as aforesaid given to the said Susanna, with interest thereon, from the time of his marriage. And the said John Armistead, the son, not being able to pay off the said decree, the said Moore Fantleroy sued out an attachment thereon, against the body of the said John Armistead, by virtue whereof the sheriff of the said county of Gloucester, took and arrested the body of the said John Armistead, and him in his custody had and detained until he performed the said decree. And the said William Armistead, having obtained his age of twenty one years, hath lately brought a suit in the said county court of Gloucester, against the said John Armistead, the son, for recovery of his legacy. And whereas the said John Armistead the son, hath already sold all the lands whereof he was seised in feesimple; and it will be very much to the disadvantage of the said John Armistead the son, and his posterity, if the slaves given him by his father should be sold to pay the said legacies, which if sufficient for that purpose would render the remainder of his lands of little or no benefit to him, or his posterity, and therefore the said John Armistead the son, applied to a former session of this Assembly for, and obtained an act to impower him to sell certain intailed lands in the county of Essex, for the performance of his father's will, but hath not yet been able to sell the same, nor will the same, when sold, raise near sufficient for that purpose. And whereasthe said Anna Armistead, the tenant in tail, and John Armistead the son, contracted with Littleton Eyre of the said county of Northampton, gentleman, for the sale of the said seven hundred acres of land, for the sum of eight hundred and fifty pounds current money, which was the most that was offered or could be got for the same, and the said Anna Armistead, by her certain indenture of bargain and sale, bearing date the twenty ninth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and fifty four, for the consideration of the said eight hundred and fifty pounds, did grant, bargain, sell, and confirm the said seven hundred acres of land, with the appurtenances, unto the said Littleton Eyre, to hold to the said Littleton Eyre, his heirs and assigns, to the only proper use and behoof of the said Littleton Eyre, his heirs and assigns, for ever, with a covenant for further assuring and confirming the said land to him in fee-simple, as in the said indenture recorded in the general court of this colony, among other things more fully is contained; and the said Littleton Eyre, with the consent, and by the directions of the said Anna Armistead, hath actually paid the said eight hundred and fifty pounds, towards discharging the debts aforesaid, of the said John Armistead the son. And whereas notice hath been published three Sundays successively, in the church of the said parish of Hungar's, that application would be made to this General Assembly, for leave to dock the intail of the said seven hundred acres of land, pursuant to your majesty's instructions. 11. May it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said Anna Armistead, and John Armistead the son, 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 seven hundred acres of land, lying on Cherristone's creek, in the said parish of Hungars, and county of Northampton, so given by the said William Kendall, to his son in law Hancock Lee, and his daughter Mary, the wife of the said Hancock Lee, during their lives, and after their deaths to the said Anna their daughter, shall be, and the same are hereby vested in the said Littleton Eyre, his heirs and assigns, to the only use and behoof of the said Littleton Eyre, his heirs and assigns for ever. 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 deed aforesaid, made by the said William Kendall, all such right, title, estate, interest, claim and demand, as they, every, or any of them, should, could, or might have had or claimed, if this act had never been made. IV. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be suspended until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained. Intail of cer CHAP. VI. An Act for docking the intail of certain lands in the county of Nansemond, and vesting the same in Thompson Swann, in fee-simple, and for settling other lands and slaves of greater value, to the same uses. I. WHEREAS William Thompson, formerly of tain lands in the parish of Suffolk, in the county of Nansemond, Nansemond deceased, was in his life time, and at the time of his docked, and death, seised in fee-simple, of a plantation containing vested in Thompson Swann, in fee. about three hundred acres of land, lying in the said parish and county whereon he lived, and being so seised, made his last will and testament in writing, bearing date the eighteenth day of April, one thousand six hundred and eighty six, and thereby devised the same to his daughter Elizabeth, and the heirs of her body lawfully begotten, for ever, with divers remainders over; who after the death of her father entered into the same, and became thereof seised in fee-tail, and being so seised, intermarried with one Thomas Swann, now also deceased, and had issue by him Thomas Swann, her eldest son and heir at law, who after her death entered into the said three hundred acres of land, and was thereof seised, and being so seised, had issue Thompson Swann, his eldest son and heir at law, who is now seised of the same in fee-tail. And whereas the said Thompson Swann is seised in feesimple, of, and in one tract of land containing three hundred acres, in the parish of Raleigh, and county of Amelia, lately purchased by him from one Joseph Boswell, and hath now on the same six slaves, named Jemmy, Will, Lewis, Moses, Patience, and Patt, being his own proper slaves, and it will be for the benefit and advantage of the heir in tail, and those claiming under the will of the said William Thompson, to dock the intail of the said land in the parish of Suffolk, and county of Nansemond, and to settle the said land in the parish of Raleigh, and county of Amelia, and the said six slaves to be annexed thereto, and being of greater value, to the same uses. And foras much as notice hath been published three Sundays successively, in the several churches in the said parish of Suffolk, that application would be made to this General Assembly, to dock the intail of the said three hundred acres of land in the said parish of Suffolk, 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 Thompson Swann, 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 plantation containing about three hundred acres of land, lying and being in the parish of Suffolk, and county of Nansemond, with all its appurtenances, so as aforesaid devised by the last will and testament of the said William Thompson, to his daughter Elizabeth; and whereof the said Thompson Swann is now seised in feetail, be, and the same is hereby vested in the said Thompson Swann, now scised in fee-tail, be, and the same is hereby vested in the said Thompson Swann, his heirs and assigns for ever; and that the said tract of land purchased of the said Joseph Boswell, by the said Thompson Swann, lying and being in the said parish of Raleigh, and county of Amelia, and all and every the six slaves before named, together with the future increase of the said female slaves, be, and the same are hereby vested in the said Thompson Swann, 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 as the said land in the parish of Suffolk, and county of Nansemond, would have remained and descended by virtue of the before mentioned last will and testament of the said William Thompson, if this act had never been made. III. Provided, That the said Thompson Swann shall cause the names of all the said slaves to be recorded in the court of the said county of Amelia, and that the said slaves so annexed to the said land, and their increase, shall not be liable to be taken in execution, and sold for the satisfying and paying the debts of the said Thompson Swann, or any other person who shall be tenant in tail of the said land, otherwise than the said land before the passing of this act was liable. IV. 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 William Thompson, all such right, title, interest, claim, and demand, as they, every, or any of them, could or might claim, if this act had never been made. V. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and is hereby suspended until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained. tain lands CHAP. VII. An Act to dock the intail of certain lands, whereof Joseph Bridger is seised as tenant in fee-tail, and to sell the same in fee-simple, and lay out the money arising by such sale in slaves, to be annexed to other intailed lands therein mentioned. I. WHEREAS Joseph Bridger, late of the county Intail of cer- of Isle of Wight, deceased, was in his life time, seised in fee-simple of a tract or parcel of land, called White Marsh, containing by estimation, seventeen hundred in Isle of Wight, |