Person:Henry Wallis (3)

Henry is assumed to be the father of Samuel based on Samuels inferitance of Henry's property Boothby's Fortune and Samuel's naming his first son Henry.

The humble Petition of Henry Wallice of Kent County Planter sheweth: That whereas the Rt Honerable The Lord Proprietor by his Pattent under his Broad Seale bearing date att the city of St Mary's the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred Eighty Five did give and grant unto Thomas Jackson late of Plimouth in the Kingdom of England Marriner all that tract or Parcell of Land Called Boothbies fortune lying in Talbot County now in Kent County and on the south side of Chester River, on the Western side of the Southern most Maine Branch of the River Called Andover Branch beginning att a Marked Oak Standing near the Branch and runing for breadth West South West two hundred and fifty Perches to a Marked Oak and from the said Oak with a Line drawn South South East for the length three hundred and Twenty Perches and from the end of the Said Line by a Line Drawn East North East Two hundred and fifty perches to the Branch and North North West down the Branch Three hundred and Twenty Perches to the first bounded Tree Conteining and laid out for five hundred Acres of Land more or less According to a Certificate of Survey thereof Returned into the Land Office bearing Date the Second of June one thousand Six hundred Eight five and their remaining upon Record Relation being thereonto had doth and may att Large Appear And whereas afterwords (To Witt) the first day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand six hundred Eight Six the said Thomas Jackson for and in consideration of the sume of Twelve Thousand pounds of Tabbacco to him in hand paid and secured to be paid by Your said Petitioner Henry Wallice did by his Deed Endorse on the back of the aforesaid Pattent for himselfe his heirs Executors and Administrators make over and Assigne unto your Petitioner by the name of Henry Wallice of Talbott County Planter all his Right Title and Interest to the Land mentioned in the aforesaid Pattent to him the said Henry Wallice his heirs Executors and Assignes to have hold occupy and Enjoy for ever which indorsement is Affixed under the hand and Seale of the said Thomas Jackson Dated the Day and Year last mentioned relation being thereunto had it doth and may more fully and att Large approve, And forasmuch as in Some Small time Afterwards and before the said Thomas Jackson could Convey and make the aforesaid Land over to your Petitioner According to Law in that Case made and Provided, the said Thomas Jackson died and left Issue one George Jackson his Son and heire And for that the said George Jackson the Eldest Son and heire of the said Thomas Jackson as aforesaid lives remove from the Province in Parts beyond the Seas to Your Petitioner unknown, so that he Cannot be Compelled to make good the aforesaid Grant according to the true Intent and meaning therof. Your Petitioner therefore humbly Prays the Same may be by an Act of this p'sent Generall Assembly Rattifyed and Confirmed. Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings most Excellent Maty by and with the Advice and Consent of this present Generall Assembly and the Authority of the same That the said Recited Sale or Grant of the said five hundred Acres of Land and Premisses by the said Thomas Jackson to the said Henry Wallice his heirs and Assignes forever so as aforesaid sold and Endorsed on the Pattent aforesaid be and is hereby rattified and Confirmed to all Intents and Purposes According to the Tenor and true meaning therof and that the said Henry Wallice his heirs and Assignes shall and may peaceably and Quietly have hold use Occupy Possess and enjoy the aforesaid five hundred acres of Land and Premisses for ever Against the said Thomas Jackson his heirs and Assignes and against all other Persons whatsoever Claiming or to Claime from by or under him them or any or either of them.

These bills being read the third time were assented to by this house.

Page 438 Ordrd that Mr Philip Haskins Mr Elisha Hall Capt Tho Waughop Mr Jacob Moreland Mr Walter Lane Mr John Leach carry the said bills to his Excy and Council.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Wallis, Samuel. Samuel Wallis Will, Record Number: Folio 8, page 345. (19 Sep 1717).
2.   Archives of Maryland- Proceeding and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland.. (Maryland State Archive, Annapolis, MD www.mdarchives.md.us).
3. ↑ The county boundaries before 1707 were different then they are today. Henry, in his petition to the Maryland legislature in 1699 said Boothbies Fortune was in Talbot County when granted in 1685 but was now in Kent County.