1580
Somerset County.
"Matapony"
Acres 300 .....................................................
SURVEYED FOR
William Parker
18^th Sept. 1701
Returned ......................................................
Ex'd. and Passed .......................................
Comp. $.........................Pd. .........................
PATENTED TO
George Parker
24^th July 1746
Rec. of Cert. L.G. No. E folio 623             
Rec. of Patent B.T. & B.Y. No. 3 folio 10

Certificate of Survey (In transcription)

Somers^t Co^ty ss
Be it knowne unto all men by these p^rEsents that I Wm Whittington of the Co^ty afores^d for a vallouable Concideraeon to me in hand p^d by Wm Park[er] of the Co^ty afores^d have Given, Granted, Bargained, Solle, and Assigned ov[er] unto the s^d Willi: Parker his heirs & assignes for Ever all my Right title an[d] In trust in & unto Three hundred & ninety ac: of Land on the Seaboard Side [&] three and & fifty acrs whereof being part of a warr^t: granted the 7^th day of July for five hundred and fifty acres on the Seaboard Side the other forty acres being p^t of a warr^t of a warrant granted the 27^th day of November an^o D[omini] 1701 for five hundred acres on S^d Sea Side To have and to holld the saide thre[e] hundred & ninety acres w^th all Right title Bennefitt and privilidgis and unto the Same, w^th the certificate of Survey made by Parker of the saide warrants from me the Said Wm Whittington my heirs Execut^rs & Adm^ns to him the said Willi: Parker & his heirs and assignes for Ever. Wittness my hand and seale this 17^th day of Sept. 1701
Signed Sealed and deliv^d
In the presents of
Wm Whittington
Shrivor Johnson
Robert Johnson

Somerset Co,

W^m Parker his Plott certif^iede
Called Matapony                    
This certificate Containes
but 300 acres which is 90 acres
Less than measur^d examined
by me Clement Hill Senior
Examiner
~
Fee for Peticon & order
to be Secured before Patt^t
is off.                                 
2p Rent

I have Persn Examined thoroughly the
Original tract & have find but thirty [-----]
wanting south acres 360 acres by [-----] order of
[-----] W^m Whittington
Pat^d to George Parker the 24^th 
July 1746 ~                                  
Rent PAid ^amt 6/ Ster^L~              
Ch^d y^e Rent Roll                         
Recor^d on Lib^r LG N^o E fol 623

I have received the sum of four pounds four shillings sterling for fourtean years Rents of the within three hundred Acres to Michs 1746 Patent may therefore issue with his Excellencys Approbation

Benj. Tasker

24 July 1746          T. Blades

Maryland Ss^t To the honble Levin Gale Esq the Lord Proprietary's chief Judge in Land Affairs within this Province
The Petition of George Parker - of Somerset County Millwright - Humbly sheweth~~
That a certain William Parker late of Somerset County had on the 18^th day of September 1701 surveyed and laid out for him a tract or parcel of Land lying on the seaboard side in Somerset County called Mattapany containing 300^a by virtue of an Assignment for that Quantity from William Whittington part of a Warrant for 500^a granted s^d Whittington the 27^th day of November 1701 as apprs in his Laps Land Office but before he sued out his Laps Grant for the same he died and by his Last Will and Testament in Writing bequeathed the same unto his Daughter Scarborough Jackson who also died before she obtained his Laps Grant for the same by which means the same descended unto Nathaniel Jackson as eldest son and heir at Law to the said Scarborough w^ch S^d Nathaniel by his certain Deed In writing duely executed acknowledged and recorded Among the Land of Records of Somerset County in Libr M F N Y fol^o 255 bearing date the 29^th day of September 1741 for the Considerations therein mentioned sell and convey ^{all his Rights & Title to} the S^d Land unto your petitioner he therefore humbly prays his Laps Grant May now issue in his name for the same
        And as in Duly Bound he'll pray &
18^th October 1742   Let Patent issue as prayed upon
To the Clerks of thethe Petitioners making it appear his
     Land Office         Laps Rents have been duely paid

Levin Gale

Somerset County
George Parker Worcest[er]
Petⁿ for Patent
filed 18^th Oct^r
1742
3^1/2 S^ds Afs^d & Petition
Record^d in Lib^r LG N^o E fol 623
"Matapony"

Source:

Somerset County, Maryland, Circuit Court Land Survey, Subdivision, and Condominium Plats, 1704-1975 (MSA no. S1206-1695 p. 1-5 (Certificates, Patented, SO)), patented certificate 1580 of Matapony, George Parker, 300 Acres, 1746; Maryland State Archives, Annapolis.