Land Patent: Ajalon - Miss Rebekat Brooke - 20 Acres - 1753

Last Update: Jan. 6, 2011

Frederick County Patent Certificate No. 257
Surveyed: July 10, 1753
Examined & Passed: July 19, 1753
Patent Issued: July 10, 1753

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Frederick County ss

By virtue of a Special warrant granted out of his Lordship's Land Office of this Province to Isaac Brooke for five hundred acres of land bearing the date by renewment June 20th 1753 and by him twenty acres is assigned to Rebekat Brooke of Prince Georges County-

I therefore certify as Deputy Surveyor under the Honorable Benjamin Tasker, Esq. President of Maryland, that I have carefully laid out for and in the name of her the said Rebekat Brooke all that tract of land called Ajalon beginning at the head of a spring that was commonly made use of by a certain Provy Mounce, being the nearest spring to some improvements which was made by the said Mounce on or near Evitts Creek a Draught of the Potomack River running thence...

1. S 80 perches
2. E 40 perches
3. N 80 perches
4. Then by a straight line to the beginning

Containing and now laid out for twenty acres of land to be hold of Conococheague Manor.

Surveyed July 10th, 1753
Isaac Brooke

The reference to "Provy Mounce" proved problematic and it took some digging to figure it out. I followed a red herring by the name of "Justice Mounce", circa 1763-65, but I don't think he is relevant to the Ajalon patent. I believe "Provy Mounce" is "Providence Mounts". Mounts purchased 100 acres of land from Thomas Cresap in 1761, part of the tract of land known as "The Dispute". It's possible Mounts was squatting on nearby property before the purchase.

The Mounts-Cresap deed mentions a "Royal Mine" on the property which needs further research. You can see the deed here: Page 1 - Page 2

Transcribed by Steve Colby