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and the heirs & Assigns of Such Survivor shall pay and Satisfy the said Moiety of the person refusing to give such Release and discharge as afore said unto the sd Thomas Creas his Excrs. & Admrs. to & for his & their own proper use & behoof And it is hereby further declared & agreed by & between all & Every of the partys to those presents that if after the death of the sd Mary Creas both of them the sd Daniel Maupin & Gabriel Maupin & their several Excrs. & Admrs. shall refuse to make & Execute Such Release & discharge as above said that those & from thenceforth they the sd William Keith &Patrick Ferguson their heirs & Assigns shall stand & be Seized of and in the said Messuage Lot of Land & premises to the Sole rise and behoof of the sd Thomas Creas his heirs & Assigns forever and to and for no other use or purpose whatsoever Provided always & it is hereby declared & fully agreed by & between all the sd parties to thesse presents that if the said Mary Creas shall happen to Survive the said Thomas Creas & shall at any time after that during her natural life pay or bander unto the sd Wm. Keith & Patrick Ferguson or to either of them their or either of their heirs or Assigns the sum of one Shilling of lawful money the Curransy [sic] of Virginia for the making Void this present Indenture & the Grant to and of and in herein contained that then & from thenceforth this present Indenture to the Grants trusts & uses herein Contained shall cease and be void any thing herein Contained to the Contrary then Notwithstanding In Witness where of the parties first above named as thesse presents interchangeably their hands & Seals have Set the day & year first above written. Sealed & Delivered in presence of
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This attorney certainly wanted to make sure that all the "t's" were crossed and the "i 's" dotted! The examination for right of dower puts the document into the simplest of terms, i.e. Thomas and Mary Creas agreed to sell their property after their deaths to Keith and Ferguson.
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At Court held for York County Janry. the 18th 1724 Thomas Creas & Mary his Wife in open Court presented and acknowledged this their deed of Release of lands in Wmsburgh in this County to William Keith and Patrick Ferguson in trust and the said Mary being privately Examined freely Consented that the Houses & c in the said deed shall be sold to the uses therein mentioned wch. said deed is #######(at the said Keith & Ferguson's motion) admitted to record
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