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vera Copia of this writeing or Instru- Abra : Preble/ ment transcribed & with Originall Com- pared, this 2 : of March 1688 p Edw : Rishworth Re : Cor :
These Presents may certify all whome It doth or may Concerne, that I Francis Hooke of Kittery of the Prouince of Mayne In New England, for sundrey good causes mee y"unto moueing, & more espetially for yt Conjugall Loue, & affection which I beare vnto my well beloued wife Mary Hooke, & forasmuch as shee is the Proper heyre to an Es- tate, lijng in Barbadoes to the ualew of Two hundred pounds, which sd Estate, I the aforesd Francis Hooke am Interested in virtually, by the Marriage of my aforesd & dearly beloued wife Mary Hooke, for which causes I the abouesd Francis Hooke, do grant & giue Assigne make ouer, & deliuer unto my aforesd & Well beloued wife Mary Hooke, & by these Presents haue granted, given Assigª made ouer, & delivered unto my aforesd beloued wife Mary Hooke, these my too Negros male & female, named Thomas, & Hannah, they being part of ye produce of ye abouesd Estate, of Two hundred pounds the sayd two Negros; To haue & to hould to her the sayd Mary as her owne proper & sub- stantiall, & absolute Estate, for the benefitt of her own at-
BOOK IV, FOL. 53.
tendance & sceruice, granting unto my aforesd, & Well beloued Wife full pouer & lawfull authority, the aforesd too Negroes Thomas & Hannah to Nurture Traine vp Comand aliene, Assigne ouer & dispose of according as shee may see convenient or thinke meete, with out the least hinderance, or deniall of mee the sd ffrancis Hooke, or any other Person or Persons wtsoeuer, disclaimeing my Interest or propriety in the abouesd too Negroe servants Thoms & Hannah euer after this my delivery & disposall to my aforesd & Well beloued wife/ In witness hereof I haue hereunto set my hand, & afixed my seale ys ninth day of February one thousand six hundred eighty & fiue, 1685 : Annoq Regni Regis Jaco- bus secund8 / ffrancis Hooke (Locus)
Signed sealed & delivered/ Capt Francis Hooke came before In the Presence of/
John Harmon his
Marke H
Thymothy Yealls
mee this 16th day of March 168g & did acknowledg this Instrumt to bee his Act & Deede/
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A true Coppy of ys Instrument transcribed out of ye orig- inall & yrwith Compared this 18th of March 168%
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fforasmuch as the tyme Limited in the prouiso, on con- dition of the with in written Deede of Morgage for ye redemption of the Estate therein barganed, & sould, is now fully past, & No part of the Money y'in expressed, payd, I John Broughton the Granter do Confess the sayd Estate to bee truly forfited, & yrfore for the auoyding of further trouble & charges, I haue in ye Presence of the witnesses here vnder named, freely & fully surrendered & delivered possession of all the with in granted Premisses, unto Capt Charles Frost Atturney to ye sayd Capt Samll Seawell, one of the Administrators vnto the Estate of ye late will of
BOOK IV, FOL. 53.
John Hull Esq' The with in named Grantee to haue & to hould the same unto him his heyres, & Assignes as his own proper & absolute estate for euer according to the Tenour of this Deede, this Eleventh day of Novembr Anno Dom 1685 :
John Broughton /
Signed & possession given, & received by ye respec- tiue Prson aboue named / In Presence of us / Stephen Sewell/ Thomas Abbett/ James Emery /
The resignation of this Mor- gage, as surrendered into the possession of Capt Charles ffrost Atturney to Mr Samell Sewell ; I John Broughton do by these Presents, acknowledg to bee my Act & Deede, this 22th of ffebru : 1685 : Before mee Edw : Rishworth Jus : pe
vera Copia of this resignation transcribed out of ye origi- nall & yrwith Compared, this 18th March 168g . p Edw : Rishworth Re : Cor :
To all Christian people to whome this Present Deed of Gyft shall Come/ Rowland young Senjor, with his well beloued wife, Joane young of yorke in ye Prouince of Mayne In New England sendeth Greeting ;
Now Know yee yt I the sd Rowland young, with the Con- sent & Concurrence of my well beloued wife Joane Young, for ye respect, & naturall affection yt wee beare vnto or dutifull sonn Rowland young of the Ysles of shoals the Northermost, haue given granted, & by these Presents, do giue aliene, & Confirme, as a full & free grant in an Inheri- tance of fee symple to him the sayd Rowland young our sonn heyre Male, lawfully begotten of his body, & to him & thejrs for euer, One Certen tract, or parcell of Land, lijng & being on the North side of the River In yorke abouesd, part of which sd Tract of Land, was formerly ye homestall,
BOOK IV, FOL. 53, 54.
& in the possession of or Loueing father, Robert Knight deceased but now lawfully to us Convayed the Present Dowers : The other part a Certen Tract, or remaineing diuission of Land, adioyneing to the former aboue sayd & lijng to the North West of it, or yr abouts, & to carry as much breadth as our father Knights ould ffejld, till It meete with or sonn Roberts grant, & also Adioyneing to a Parcell of Land now in Tenure & possession of my Loueing sonn Robert young, which Wee the abouesd Doners, gaue also to the abouesd Robert Which sd Parcell of Land as abouesd bee It more or less, with all the priuiledges, appurtenances, proprietys, or benefitts, in euery & all respects, as to any part or Parcell there of, Wee freely & Consideratly, giue & grant to our dutifull sonn Rowland & to his as abouesd ; And further Wee the sayd Rowland young & Joane my beloued wife, do thus order yt the sayd Rowland young shall haue a free & Coman out lett through our sonn Robert youngs Land which Wee gaue and granted to him, & lyes adioyneing to ye Present granted Tract, & that ye said [54] out lett shall give full & free passage, and repase, both for man & beast, both to the Mill, & also to ye Comans, in yorke, which passage or way in Common, to the sayd Rowland our sonn, for the Intents abouesd, shall remajne to Perpetuity, with all freedome of egress & Ingress, & regress, to through and from the sd way in euery respect to him the sd Rowland his heyres as abouesd, for euer : with out ye lett suite, deniall, or molestation, of the sd Robert young our son or any suc- ceeding him, for euer; Always prouided yt If it should please almighty god, to take to the earth this our Loueing sonn Rowland by death & our loueing & Dutifull daughter his beloued & espowsed wife susanna should suruiue after him, wee thus order & determine in this our Deed of Gyft, that the sd Susanna, shall in that tyme of her Widdowhood or naturall life, remajneing a Widdow shall inioy the pro- duce profitt, or benefitt, of the growth of ye sd Land, or any priuiledg, or any appurtenance yrto belonging, further
BOOK IV, FOL. 54.
declareing, yt this sayd Tract of Land as abouesd in euery respect, as to any part or Parcell thereof, with all the priui- ledges & appurtenances, is freely & Clearely quitt, & freely & Clearely quitted from all & former gyfts & grants, or from any Incumberance from by or under us the Doners in all respects, & that or dutifull sonn Rowland & his successors, shall & may lawfully Inioy, hould, vsse & possess, the sd Tract of Land as his own proper inheritance in fee symple, to Perpetuity : And wee the sd Rowland young & Joane my beloued wife doners of the abouesd Premisses, will the same warrant & Defend to our beloved sonn abouesd, & the same both to him & his as abouesd, harmeless to keepe from all & Person, laijng any iust Claime, to all to all or any part of the afore mentioned Premises, from by or under us : And further yt Wee Will do any Act, or Acts that may bee for the better Confirmation of the same, as acknowledgmt & for true Prformance of each & euery Article aboue memtioned wee the sd Doners haue here unto sett our hands, & afixed our seales the 25th of August (1685) Annoq Regni Regis Jacobus secundus, Anno Dom : 1685 :
Signed sealed & Deliuerd
Rowland young
In the Presence of/
Samell Mathews
his R marke (seale)
Joane young her
his marke/
marke
her
(seale )
Tymothy Yealles /
Rowland young Senjor & Joane young his wife, came before mee & acknowledged this Instrument to bee yr act & Deede/ this 29th of August 1685 John Dauess Deputy President/
A true Coppy of this Instrument aboue written tran- scribed out of the originall & yrwith Compared this 18th day of March 1688 p Edw : Rishworth Re : Cor :
BOOK IV, FOL. 54.
To all to whom these Presents shall Come/ I John Smith Senjor of Cape Nuttacke in New England in the Prouince of Mayne, husbandman send Greeting &c: Know yee that I the sd John Smith for & in Consideration of the sume of Thirteene pounds, Current pay of New England, to mee in hand payd by Samell Bankes of Cape Nuttacke, in ye Prou- ince of Mayn aforesayd Shipewright, before the Ensealing & delivery hereof, the receipt wrof I the sd John Smith do hereby acknowledg, & my selfe to bee fully satisfyed ; haue for my selfe my heyrs executors, Administrators and As- signes, given, granted barganed, sould, delivered, & Con- firmed, And by these Presents do fully & freely & absolutely giue, grant, bargane, sell, & deliuer Confirme, unto the sayd Sañll Bankes, his heyres, executors, Administrators, & As- signes from mee my heyres, executors, Administrators or Assignes, a Certen Tract of vpland Contajneing about fourty eight Acres, lijng & being in the Riuer of Cape Nuttacke, on the North East side of the sd Riuer, being bounded in manner following, the West bounds begining at a Small Brooke neare ye Mill, & so runnes North Nore West, to the extent of the bounds of the sd Smith : And on East begins at a Great Rocke, or Stumpe, at the vpper end of sd Bankes his Acre of Land, Wrnow his house stands, & from thence Nore north East vnto an Hemlocke tree Marked foure square, & from thence North Nore West to the extent of sayd Smith bounds, which Land as aboue bounded with all Tymber, trees, woods vnder woods, profitts priuiledges Co- moditys & all other appurtenances wtsoeuer yrunto belong- ing, to the sd Land as aboue expressed ; To haue & to hould, the aboue named Tract of Land & Premisses hereby bar- ganed & sould unto the sayd Samell Bankes his executors, administrators & Assignes, as his & yr own goods & proper Estate for euer : & to his & yr own proper vss & behoofe for euermore ; And I the sd John Smith for my selfe, my exec- utors, & Administrators, do Couenant, promiss & graut to & with the sayd Samell Bankes, his heyres, executors, Ad-
BOOK IV, FOL. 54, 55.
ministrators & Assignes, by these Presents yt I the sd John Smith on the day of the Date here of, and at the tyme of the delivery, and Ensealeing hereof, haue in my selfe full pouer, good right, and lawfull athority to giue, grant, bar- gane, sell deliuer & Confirme the sayd Land & Premises, hereby barganed & sould unto the sayd Samell Bankes, his executors, Administrators & assignes for euer more ; In manner and forme aforesd, and also that hee the sayd Sam- ell Bankes, his executors, Administrators & Assignes, shall and lawfully may from tyme to tyme, and at all tymes here- after peaceably, & quietly haue, hould, vss, and Inioy ye sayd Land and Premisses, hereby barganed, & sould, with- out any manner of Lett, Suite, trouble, euiction, Ejection, Molestation, disturbance, Challenge, Clajme, deniall, or de- mand what soeuer, of or by mee the sayd John Smith, my heyres, executors, Administrators, or Assignes or any of them, or of or by any other Person, or Persons whatsoeuer lawfully [55] Clajmeing, or to Claime, from by or vnder mee my Act & title ; In witness whereof I haue here unto put my hand & seale this First day of March, one thousand six hundred eighty fiue & 86 : John Smith his ) Signed, sealed, & delivered /
Senjor F (seale ) In the Presence of us/ Timothy Yealles / George Snell/
Signum John Smith Senjor came & acknowl- edged this Instrumt to bee his Act and Deede, vnto Samll Banks this third day of March 168g
before mee ffrancis Hooke Jus : pe : Mary Smith came before mee, this 14: June 86 : & did acknowledge y8 Instrumt aboue written to bee her Act & Deede/
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vera Copia of this Instrumt aboue written transcribed out of the originall & there with Compared this 19th day of March 168g
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BOOK IV, FOL. 55.
To all Christian people to whome these Presents shall come/ Humphrey Spencer of Kittery In ye County of Yorke shyre in the Massatusetts Jurisdiction in New England sends Greeteing : Now know yee that I Humphrey Spencer, for diuerse good causes & Considerations mee moueing here vnto, more espetially for & In Consideration of the some of nine pounds Sterlg : in hand received of Beniam : Barnard of Water Town in the County of Middlesex, and In the Coloney aforesayd, before ye signeing & sealeing hereof, where with I acknowled my selfe to fully satisfyd, Contented & payd, & of euery part & Parcell thereof, do acquitt, & for euer discharge the sd Benja : Barnard by these Presents, Haue given & Granted, barganed, sould, aliend, Enfeoffed, & Confirmed, & do by these Presents absolutely giue, grant, bargane, sell, alliene, Enfeoff & Confirme unto Benjamen Barnard, his heyres, executors, Administrators, & Assignes, a peece, or Parcell of Land being by measure Thirty Acres, being in the Town of Kittery, & lijng neare Whitts Marsh, being bounded as followeth, with the Land of George Gray on the West, & the Comans next the Riuer of Newgewan- acke on the North, and with the Land of Nicholas Gillison on the East, & the land of the sayd Humphrey Spencer on the South :
To haue & to hould, the abouesayd peece and Parcell of Land with all appurtenances & priuiledges, y'unto belonging, with the wood and Tymber vpon it to him the sayd Benj : Barnard, and his heyres for euer, & the sayd Humphrey Spencer do promiss, Couenant & grant, to and with the sayd Beniamen Barnard, that hee hath in him selfe good right full pouer lawfull authority the same to dispose of, & sell, and yt the same is free & Cleare, and freely and Clearely acquit- ted exonerated, and discharged, of & from all manner of former Gyfts, grants, leases, Morgages, wills Entayles, exe- cutions, pouer of thirds, & all other of Incomberances of what nature and kind souer, had made, done, Committed or suffered to bee done, or Comitted, wrby the sayd Benjamen
BOOK IV, FOL. 55.
Barnard his heyres or assignes, may bee any way Molested in, euicted, or Eiected out of any part or Parcell thereof, by any Person or Prsons whatsouer, haueing Claimeing or Pretending to haue or Claime any right, title or Interest of in, or to any of the aboue giuen granted Premisses/ and further the sayd Humphrey Spencer doth for him selfe, his heyres executors Administrators, & Assignes, Couenant promiss and grant to and with the sayd Benjamen Barnard, his heyres executors Administrators, & Assignes, the aboue mentioned peece or Parcell of Land with all the priuiledges & appurtenances there to belonging, for euer to defend by these Presents ; In witness wrof the sayd Humphrey Spen- cer, hath here unto sett his hand & seale, this Twenteth day of December one thousand six hundred seaventy fiue, 1675 : Signed sealed & Delivered / his marke
In Presence of us/ Humphrey HS Spencer his (seale)
George Broughton/ John Broughton/
Humphrey Spencer appeared before mee & did acknowledg the aboue written Instrumet to bee his Act & Deed, with his hand & seale to It, this twenteth day of December 1675 : John Wincoll Assotiate/
A true Coppy of this Instrument aboue written, tran- scribed, & with the originall Compared this 5th day of Aprill 1686 : p Edw : Rishworth Re : Cor :
Thomas Abbett aged 43 yeares, & James Emery Junjor aged 26 yeares testifyeth that about seaventeene years since, James Emery Senjor, haueing sewed some of the Inhabi- tants for Cutting & Carrijng away of Creeke Thatch, from ye lower end of his house Lott, & recouered a Judgmt against them, the yeare after, John Roberts Senjor of Douer, came & made Challenge of some March, In that which was
BOOK IV, FOL. 55, 56.
Called the fowling Marsh; These Deponents were Calld to go downe to sd Marsh, to see what Marsh sd Roberts Chal- linged, & hee Chalenged from the Poynt of Goodman Greenes Lott, & yr sett down a Stake, & came from thence Southward, to a Poynt of Daniell Gooddines lott, & there set down seuerall stakes, to diuide between the sd Gooddins Land, & his, & then went further Southward so fare as hee thought good, no man oppossing him, & then set down more stakes to diuide between James Emery Senjor, & him selfe, which the sd Emery agreed to, & the sd Emery hath In- ioyed it peaceably euer since, till this yeare John Roberts Junior came & sett vp a fence vpon it/
Prouince of Mayne/ Taken vpon oath this 25th of March 1686 : before mee John Wincoll Jus : pe :
The aboue deponents owned these Depositions In Court 30th March : 86 : Edw : Rishworth ReCor :
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Thomas Abbett aged about 43 years, & Benonie Hodgden aged 38 years testifyeth, yt at the request of James Emery Senjor of Barwicke, & John Roberts Junjor of Douer, went to uew a Prcell of fence, at the lower end of James Emerys house Lott, whither sd fence stood vpon the Marsh Land or not, & haueing uewed the sayd fence as fare as the sd Rob- ets his bounds went : These Deponents found & declared it to ye sd Emery & Roberts, that ye sd fence stoode not [56] vpon any of the Marsh, & then the sd Roberts desired the sd Emery to lett the sayd fence stand seaven Pro- yeares, & hee would then remoue it/ & the sayd uince of Mayne Emery answeared, hee would lett the sd fence stand foure yeares, If the sd Roberts would then .remoue it, but the sd Roberts would not accept of It; And ye sd Emery then warned the sd Roberts not to set any
BOOK IV, FOL. 56.
fence below the bounds that was formerly sett by the sd Roberts his father, but ye sd Roberts answered hee would take no notice of It, & so they parted/ Taken vpon oath this 25th of March 1686 :
before mee John Wincoll, Jus : pe :
The Deponents aboue written owned yr depositions in Court March 30th 1686 : Edw : Rishworth Re : Cor :
vera Copia of these Depositions as ownd In Court, tran- scribed out of ye originall & y with Compared this 6th day of Aprill 1686 : p Edw : Rishworth ReCor :
Daniell Stone aged about 43 years, testifyeth yt sometyme in August last being desired by James Emery Senjor, to go & see what wrong was done to him by John Roberts Junjor of Douer In sd Emerys Marsh, at the lower end of his house lott in Barwicke ; There lay too rafts of Connows, with thatch grass vpon them & sd Roberts comeing towards sd Connows, the sd Emery asked him who It was yt had Cutt that Cricke thatch, there, & ye sd Roberts answeared, yt It was hee & his Company had done It, & yt hee would beare them out in It, & so the sd Roberts & his Company went to Cutting more of it forth with, in this Deponents sight, & It was vpon the same Land, that Ensigne Abbett testifys to bee ye sd Emerys Land, & sayd Emery warned the sd Roberts not to Cutt or carry away any of it, but sd Roberts answeared hee would Cutt & Carry it away In spight of his teeth
Taken vpon oath this 25th of March 1686 : this aboue De- ponent owned this Deposition In Court, March 30th 1686 : Edw : Rishworth ReCor :
Daniell Goodine Junior aged 30: years, testifyes to the treuth of ye aboue written testimony of Daniell Stoone,
BOOK IV, FOL. 56.
being Present with him at the same tyme/ Taken vpon oath this 25th of March 1686 : before mee John Wincoll Jus : pe :
A true Coppy of these too last depositions transcribed out of the original & y'with Compared this 6th day of Aprill 1686 : p Edw : Rishworth ReCor :
Nathan Lawd Junjor aged 29 years
Testifyeth yt about the latter end of summer 1684 : hee hyred a little peece of Cricke thatch, below the End of Goodmā : Emerys house Lott, in Barwicke of John Roberts Junjor of Douer, & ye sd Roberts owned the bounds be- tweene the sd Emerys Land & his, to bee a row of small slabbs, yt stood vpon the hyer part of the Marsh land, & the lower part of sd Marsh hee owned to bee the sd Emerys/ taken vpon oath this 25th of March 1686 : before mee
John Wincoll Jus : pe :
vera Copia of this testimony aboue written transcribed & with originall Compared, this 6th day of Aprill : 1686 : p Edw : Rishworth ReCor :
The testimonys of Abra : Conley & John Whitte/ Being examined made oath that Renald Jenkines bought a Parcell of vpland of John Newgroue, of about six Acres, lijng between Thomas Joanes & Dinnis Downeings Land, w'on the sd Jenkines built a little house, & liued vpon it some Certen tyme/ & further sayth not/ Taken vpon oath this 13th of May : 1674 : before mee Edw : Rishworth Assotite :
A true Coppy transcribed, & with originall Compared this 7th of Aprill : 86 p Edw : Rishworth Re : Cor :
BOOK IV, FOL. 56.
The Deposition of Renald Ginkens aged about 75 yeares /
This Deponent testifyeth yt betweene fourty & fiuety yeares since, this Deponent bought six Acres of Land of John Newgroue, begining at the water side between the Lands of Thomas Joanes, & Joshua Downeing at Kittery, which land I the deponent built an house vpon, & liued in it some Certen tyme, & after that, I gaue or sould It for a small sume, to one Margery wife of William Euerett, some- tyme liueing at Kittery or her Daughter Martha/ & further sayth not/
Taken vpon oath this 23th of June 1683 : before mee John Wincoll Jus : pe :
vera Copia transcribed & Compared with ye originall ys 7th Aprill 1686 : p Edw : Rishworth Re : Cor :
The Deposition of Thoms Turner aged about 73 : years/
This Deponent testifyeth yt about fifteene or sixteen years since, Mr Dinnis Downeing of Kittery, agreed with this Deponent to set vp a Parcell of fence, on that side next Downings land, which is next to a Parcell of Land Comanly Called & known by ye name of Mr William Leightons six Acres, at Kittery, which I the Deponent did, & sd Downe- ing went & shewed mee where I should set it, & as I was at worke about It Major Nicho : Shapleigh came by, & some dayes after, tould mee the Deponent I had done wrong/ I asked him in what/ sd Shapleigh replyed, I was come too fare out with the fence/ I tould him I did as my Imployer had directed mee/ Now this fence which I the Deponent had Sett vp by ye sd Downings order, was a great deale fur- ther out towards ye sd six Acres then any fence had beene before/ & further sayth not/
Taken vpon oath this 23th of June 1683 : before mee
John Wincoll Jus : pe :
vera Copia transcribed, wth ye originall Compared this 7th day of Aprill 1686 : p Edw : Rishworth Re : Cor :
BOOK IV, FOL. 56, 57.
The Deposition of Thomas Hunscume aged about 60 years/
This Deponent testifyeth, that Joshua Downeings fence which is on yt side his feild next the peece of Land (Com- anly Called & known by the name of Mr Leightons six Acres) is further out next ye six acres considerably y" the fence which was there in former tyme stood/ & further sayth not/
Taken vpon oath this 23th July 1683 : before mee
John Wincoll Jus : pe :
vera Copia transcribed y8 8th day of Aprill 86 :
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The Deposition of Martha Lawde ye wife of Nathan Lawd aged 42 years
This Deponent testifys w" shee was little, her mother haueing tenn shillings of her, as the Deponent heard my . mother say, which money the Deponents mother Margarett Euerett layd out for six Acres of Land wch shee bought of Renald Jenkins, which Land this Deponents husband would not accept of, vpon ye refusall wrof the Deponents mother gaue him a steere in lew yrof & her mother sould that six Acres of Land to Mr Witt Leighton/ This six acres of Land lyeth between the Land of Thos Joanes & Joshua Downeing at Kittery, begining at the water side/ & further sayth not/ Taken vpon oath this 23 : of June 1682 : before mee John Wincoll Jus : pe :
A true Coppy transcribed & with originall Compared this 8th of Aprill 1686 : p Edw : Rishworth ReCor :
[57] To all people to whome these Presents shall come/ John Shapleigh of Kittery in the prouince of Mayne In New England sends Greeteing/ Now Know yee yt I the aboue
BOOK IV, FOL. 57.
named John Shapleigh for diuerse good Causes mee yFunto moueing, more especially for & in Consideration of Eighty pounds to mee in hand payd by James Johnsone of Hamp- ton In ye Prouince of New Hampshireght, ye re- ceipt wrof, & euery part & Parcell yrof I acknoledg & yrwith am fully satisfyd Contented & payd ; Haue given granted barganed, sould, aliend Enfeoffed made ouer & Confirmed, & by these Presents for mee my heyres, executors, Admin- istrators, & Assignes, do freely Clearely & absolutely giue, grant, bargane, sell, aliene, Enfeoffe, make ouer, & Con- firme, vnto him the sd James Johnson his heyres, executors, administrators, & Assignes, for euer one quarter part of my saw Mill, & Corne Mill at spruse Cricke, in the Town of Kittery, in the Prouince of Mayne, with all the Implements & necessarys yrunto belonging, as Crows, Doggs, saws & all other Iron Worke, y'unto belonging togeather, with all the one quarter part of all the priuiledges of Tymber belonging to the sd saw Mill ; To haue & to hould the aboue given & granted Premisses, with all ye priuiledges, & appurtenances y'unto belonging or in any wise appertaineing, to him ye sd James Johnson his heyres executors, Administrators, or Assignes for euer, to vss occupy & Improue, to his or yr own proper benefitt, & behoofe with out any Molestation, lett or hinderance, from any Prson or Persons, Clajmeing any title, right or Interest y'unto, from by or vnder mee ; And I the sd John Shapleigh doth Couenant & promiss to & with the sd Johnson, yt at any tyme hereafter vpon the reasonable request of sd Johnson, his heyres, or assignes, to do & Prforme any act or thing, for ye better Confirmeing & sure makeing, of the Prmiss aforesd/ In witness wrof sayd Shapleigh hath here vnto sett his hand & seale, this
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