At the request of Moses THOMPSON and Elizabeth BALDWIN, the following Marriage Contract was Recorded 3 Jan 1812, to wit - Articles of agreement made and concluded the fourteenth of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven between Moses THOMPSON of Montgomery County Maryland of the one part and Elizabeth BALDWIN of Frederick County and state aforesaid of the other part, Witnesseth whereas a marriage is shortly to be had and solemnized between the said Moses THOMPSON and Elizabeth BALDWIN, both of the counties and state aforesaid. It is therefore covenanted and agreed to by the said Moses THOMPSON to and with the said Elizabeth BAWLDWIN that, in case the said intended marriage shall be had and solemnized agreeable to law, that he the said Moses THOMPSON doth covenant and agree to give, grant, settle and assure and do by these presents give, grant, makeover and assure unto the said Elizabeth BALDWIN and the lawfull heirs of her body the following to wit five negroes named SAL, LARA, MILLY, DAVY and SUSANAH together with all the rest, residue and remainder of my property that I possess whether goods or chattles, To Have and To Hold unto her the said Elizabeth BALDWIN during her natural live, and after her decease, then to the children lawfully begotten by the said Moses THOMPSON and said Elizabeth BALDWIN, their heirs forever In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this day and year first above wirten - Moses THOMPSON (seal) - Elizabeth (her X mark) BALDWIN (seal) - Peter BURKHART, Thomas B. JONES On this 14th day of December 1811 before us, two Justices of the peace in & for Frederick County, appears Moses THOMPSON and Elizabeth BALDWIN and aknowledges the within instrument of writing to be the act and deed according to the true intent and meaning thereof and the act of assembly in such case made and provided. Acknowledged Before Peter BURKHART, Thomas B. JONES, State of Maryland, Frederick County. Sst I hereby certify that Peter Burkhart and Thomas B. Jones, Gentleman, before whom the acknowledgement of the within instrument of writing appears to have been made and who have thereto subscribed their names were at the time thereof Justices of the peace in and for the county aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn. In Testimony whereof, I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of Frederick County Court the 14th day of December 1811. - William RITCHIE, Clerk - Frederick County Court
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