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Deed identifying Jane Simpson Shockley and Elizabeth Simpson Lay in connection with William Simpson's 229-acre tract.
Kent County, Delaware, Deed Records, v. S1-T1, deed, John Shockley Jr. and Jane his wife, and Isaac Lay and Elizabeth his wife, to Matthias Davis, 25 November 1768, with acknowledgement by attorney William Killen; "Kent, Delaware, United States records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C37X-ZSH7-Z?view=explore : accessed 26 May 2026), image 125 of 671, continued at image 126 of 671 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C37X-ZSDC-P?view=explore : accessed 26 May 2026); Image Group Number 008577928; citing Kent County Recorder of Deeds.
On 25 November 1768, John Shockley Jr. and Jane his wife, together with Isaac Lay and Elizabeth his wife, conveyed their two-thirds interest in a 229-acre tract in the forest of Mispillion Hundred to Matthias Davis.
The deed recited that William Simpson had devised the tract to his three daughters, Jane, Elizabeth, and Jemima. It identifies Jane and Elizabeth by their married names and confirms the daughters’ interest in land from William’s estate.