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ffrancis Wanewright (seife)
Signed, sealed, & Delivered/ vpon the 5th day of June In the Presence of us/ John Fabes/ John Wanewright/
1686 : Mr Francis Wane- wright acknowledged this Instrument to bee his act & Deede, before mee/ John Fabes Jus : pe :
vera Copia of this Instrumt transcribed & with originall Compared this 8th day of June 1686 :
p Edw : Rishworth ReCor :
Bee It known unto all men by these Presents, that I John Ryall of North Yarmouth In Cascoe bay, haue with' ye Consent of my brother William Ryall, in the Prouince of Mayne in New England, for in Consideration of a valewable
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sume to mee in hand payd before ye signeing sealeing & delivery of these Presents, by mee John Ryall, for which I acknowledg my selfe, fully satisfyd, payd, & Contented, haue barganed & sould, given granted Enfeoffed, aliened, & Confirmed, & by these Presents I John Ryall do fully Clearely & absolutly bargane, sell, Enfeoffe, & Confirme unto Amos Stephens of Boston, Marriner, a parcell of Land about fiueteene acres bee It more or less, Which is a Small Necke lijng next adioyneing to the sd John Ryall, onely a Cricke parting, & at the vpper end of the sd Cricke, It lyeth bounded by marked trees, South East & by East & North west, & by west, & on the north west side by the Wood land, down to ye Riuer, to a marked Oake tree, & so to the Riuer at low water marke South & by West, with priuiledgs of Com- anidg, with a large Cart way out of the sd Land, all wch land I haue sould, given & granted, Enfeoff & Confirme, unto the sayd Amos Stephens, his heyrs, executors, administrators or Assignes for euer : all the right Title, & interest I haue & might, & out to haue vnto ye sd Land, with all the trees, woods, vnderwoods, with all the priuiledges, benefitts & profetts, of wtsoeuer y'unto is belonging, or any ways apprtajneing ; I the sd John Ryall with ye Consent of my brother William, & Elizabeth my wife, do by these Presents, absolutely bargane, sell, & Enfeoff & Confirme to him the sd Amos Stephens his heyres & Assignes for euer ; To haue & to hould, the hereby barganed Premisses, to the onely uss, & behoofe of him the sayd Amos Stephens his heyres, & Assigns for euer ; And I the sayd John Ryall do Coue- nant & agree to & with the sayd Amos Stephens his heyres, & Assigns yt at ye signeing & delivery of these Presents, the hereby barganed Premisses, is my true right & Interest, & is free, & Cleare, of & from all other bargans, sales, Mor- gages, Gifts incomberances, & intalements of what nature soeuer, made by mee, my Cause, knowledg, or procurement, & I John Ryall do hereby empty my selfe heyres, executors
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& Administrators of, & from all Claime title, & Interest to the aboue mentioned barganed Premisses, or any part yrof, to ye onely vsse of sd Amos Stephens, his heyres & Assigns : Mee John Ryall, my brother William & Elizabeth my wife, my heyres, executors or Assignes, or any other Persons, claimeing from by or under mee, them or any of them shall & will warrant & defend; And In witness of the treuth hereof I John Ryall haue set too my hand & seale this eight day of Nouember, one thousand one thousand six hundred Eighty & too, 1682 : also It is agreed vpon that, before the signeing & sealeing, & delivery hereof, yt If sd Amos Stephens shall see cause not to liue on the sd Land, yt wtsoeuer the sd Stephens shall lay out either in building or otherwise, the sayd John Ryall shall haue ye refuse of it/ Signed sealed & delivered/ The Marke of
In the Presence of us/ The marke of Richd Pows-
John Ryall R (seal
land T
John Ryall came before mee, & did acknowledg this to bee Henery Harwood/ Mathew Paulling/ Nicholas Tredby / act & Deede, unto Amos Stephens of Boston this 9th of Novembr 1682 : befor mee Anthony Brackett Commissioner John Ryall appeared before mee this 16th of March 168g & acknowledged the aboue Instrument to bee his act & Deed before mee
Edw : Ting Jus : pe :
Richd Powsland, & Mathew Paulling made oath that they did see John Ryall signe, seale, & deliver this Instrumet unto Amos Stephens/ Taken vpon oath this first of Octo- ber 1685/ before mee
Edw : Tyng Jus : pe :
A true Coppy of this Instrument aboue written with all ye appendences under written, transcribed out of ye origi- nall, & yr with Compared this 7th of June 1686 :
p Edw : Rishworth Re : Cor :
BOOK IV, FOL. 65, 66.
To all Christian people, to whome this writeing shall come/ Know yee that I Joseph Barnard of the parish of Barwicke, in the Town of Kittery, in the prouince of Mayne, in New England for & in Consideration of the full & iust some of fourty one pounds, & fiue shillings, in Current Money of New England, payd to mee in hand by my brother Benjam : Barnard, of Douer in the prouince of New Hamp- shire, in New England aforesd, wrof & of euery part & Par- cell thereof, I do hereby acquitt, exonerate, & discharge ye sayd Benjam : Barnard, his heyres, executors, & Adminis- trators, for euer, & am there with fully Content, & satisfyd, & do by these Presents, in Consideration there of giue, grant, bargane, sell, Enfeoffe, & Confirme, unto Beniam Barnard, a Certen tract, or Parcell of Land, scituate, & lijng in the parish of Barwicke, & Town of Kittery ye prou- ince of majne aforesd, Contajneing fiuety Acres, with all the Tymber thereon either growing, or lijng, on the sd land with all buidings & fences yron, with all priuiledges & appur- tenances, in any wise there to belonging, as It is bounded by the Land of Ric: Tozier on ye South, the River yt diuids Douer, & Kittery on the West, & the Land of Capt Price, on the North, & ye Comons on the East, as It was bought of Benonj Hodgsden, & by the Deede of sale beareing date June 30th 1681 : more amply appeareth, & now by mee, sd Joseph Barnard, sould unto aforesd Beniam : Barnard, aforesd ; To haue & to hould all the aboue barganed Premisses, with all & [66] singular the appurtenances & priuiledges in any wise there unto belonging, or appertajneing, to him the sd Ben- iamen Barnard, his heyres, executors, Administrators & Assignes for euer, & to his & thejr only proper vss, & be- hoofe for euer/ and the sayd Joseph Barnard do for my selfe, my heyres, executors, and Administrators, Couenant & promiss to & with the sd Beniamen Barnard his heyres, executors, Administrators, & Assigns, that I ye sayd Joseph Barnard haue in my selfe haue good right, full pouer, & law-
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full authority, the abouesayd granted Premisses to sell, & dispose of, & that the same & euery part & Parcell thereof are free, & cleare, & freely & Clearely acquitted & dis- charged, of & from all manner of former Gyfts, grants, lea- ses, morgages, wills Intailes, Judgmts, executions, thirds, & pouer of thirds, and all other Incomberances whatsoeuer, had made done or suffered to bee done, wrby the sayd Beniamen Barnard, his heyres, executors, Administrators, or Assignes, shall or may any ways bee molested, or eiected out of the aboue granted Premisses, or any part yrof by any Person what- soeuer, haueing, claimeing, or Pretending to haue any legall right, to any of the aboue granted Premisses, defending the same against all Persons whatsoeuer, makeing any lawfull Claime thereto (the Lord proprietor onely excepted) In Con- firmation of the treuth hereof, I the abouesd Joseph Barnard, haue here unto set my hand, & seale, this first day of Jan- vary, in the yeare of or Ld god, one thousand six hundred eighty & fiue, & six, 168g & in the first yeare of the Reign of or soueraign Ld James the secund, by the grace of god King of England, Scotland, France, & Ireland Defender of ye faith &c :
Signed, sealed, & deliuerd
in the Presence of us/ Icabod Playstead/
Edw Taylour
his
marke/
Joseph Barnard/ (Sigilii) Prouince of Mayne/
Joseph Barnard acknowledgd this aboue written Deede of sale to bee his free Act & Deede, this 12th day of Janu- ary 1685 before mee
John Wincoll, Jus : pe :
A true Coppy of this Instrument, or bill of sale trans- cribed out of the originall, & yr with Compared this 14th June 1686 : p Edw : Rishworth Re : Cor
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yorke Prouince of Mayne, March first/ 168%
Where as there was a Certen Instrument drawn out beare- ing date, the 19th of Nouember 1684, as a testimoniall of the mind & will (as wee vnderstand) of Mathew Austine Senjor a little before his death, which not so Clearely & Methodi- cally done to ye understanding & satisfaction either of author- ity, & some others of sd Mathew Austines relations, who were most espetially Concern'd therein, uidzt Mary Austine his wife, & Mathew Austine his onely sonn ; The pmisses Considered, do mutually Consent & agree, according to yt Aduise given us by or frejnds, Arther Bragdon, & John Sayword, whom wee haue made Choyce of, to rectify & put into good order, wtsoeuer they shall find a miss in poymt of Method, & to settle It in substance as neare as may bee Con- sonant to the former Instrument, Which is as followeth/
1 : I Mathew Austine Senjor do giue unto my beloued wife Mary Austine, after my decease, the soole vss, Aduan- tage, & benefitt, of one halfe of all my Lands, Arable, & Pasture lands which are now under my Improuemt, with ye vss & benefitt of too thirds of my Oarchard with all the profitts belonging yrto, dureing the full Tearme of her nat- urall life/
2ly I the sd Mathew Austine do further giue & bequeath unto the sd Mary wife, all my moueables, both of quicke stocke, & househould stuffe, with in doores, & with out, for her own proper vss, to bee at her soole disposall, for her own & childrens more Comfortable mantenance dureing her naturall life, & at her death shall haue pouer by these Pres- ents to dispose of wt moueable goods are then remajneing, to whome shee shall Judge most Conuenient /
2 : I do giue & bequeath unto my sonn Mathew Austine all those lands which hee hath already built vpon, being one halfe of my arable & pasture Lands, wch I formerly possessed, & one third part of the orchard, dureing the
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naturall life of my sayd wife Mary Austine ; & at my wifes decease, I do giue & bequeath all my lands barne houseing, Pasturs, Oarchards, gardens, grass plotts, with all priui- ledges y"to apprtajneing, to my sonn Mathew Austine to his heyres & Assignes for euer, as his & yr owne proper Interest, & Inheritance ; always prouided, as I euer intend- ed, It is to bee so understood, that the sd Mathew Austine my sonn is to pay unto his three sisters, Mary, Saraih, & Sebellah Austine, each of them fiue pounds a peece in good, M'chable sufficient pay, with in one Twelph Moenth after hee Enters into the Premisses, if demanded/
I do further giue & bequeath unto my sonn Mathew Aus- tine, my own Loume which I my selfe vsed to work in, with all the wollen, & halfe ye Cotton Tackelling/
I do desire yt my seruant Abra : Place, being newly En- tred into the Trade of a weauer, may bee further Instructed, & brought vp in art of Weaueing/
4 : I do giue & bequeath that fourty Acres of vpland, yt · lyes aboue ye fall Mills, granted to my father Dauis, by the Town of yorke, which lands sd Dauis gaue to mee & be- queath unto my too Elldest daughters, Mary, & Saraih, to bee æqually diuided between them/
5 I do giue and bequeath, a Certen Parcell of Land, lijng aboue yorke bridg Contajneing about Acres of vpland, which was given mee by the Town of yorke unto my daugh- ter Sebellah hir heyres & Assigns for euer/
These Gyfts, legacys, & seuerall bequessts as aboue express'd, were signed & sealed by the aboue sd Mathew Austine Senjor, as his last will & testament, which are freely allowed & Consented too/ Confirmed, & acknowledged by us as or free Act & Deede/ as witness or hands & seals this first day of March 1682 Signed, sealed & Deliuerd in the Presence of/
Arther Bragdon Senjor / John Sayword/
Mary Austine (hele) Mathew Austine (seale)
Before the signeing & sealeing here of, It is mutually agreed
BOOK IV, FOL. 66, 67.
by us Mary Austine, & Mathew Austine wife & sonn to Mathew Austine deceased notwithstanding wtsoeuer is men- tioned in the first & secund articles of this Instrumt aboue written, referring to the sd Mathew Austine Junjor, his haueing the uss of all those arable & pasture lands, which Mathew Austine his father formerly Improued (that the sd Clawse of Mathew A : Junjors, haueing the one halfe of the Arable & pasture Lands, is reuersed) & that ye aforesd Mary Austine wife to Mathew Austine deceased, shall possess & improue wtsoeuer Lands & pastures sd Austine made uss of before his decease, dureing her naturall life, & what Lands Mathew Austine Junjor made uss of before his fathers death, hee is likewise to Inioy & Improue, as witness or hands at the day & yeare aboue written Witness
Arther Bragdon Senjor John Sayword/
Mary Austine/ Mathew Austine/ Mary Austine & Mathew Austine came before mee this first day of March 168g & owned this Instrument aboue written, & the postscript underneath to bee yr free Act & Deede/ Edw : Rishworth Jus : pe :
Wee Jonathan Sayword, & Saraih Austine do own this Instrument aboue written, wrvnto [67] our Mother Mary Austine, & or brother Mathew Austine haue subscribed, to bee our free Act & Deede, & freely do Consent yrunto, owned before mee by Jonathan Sayword, & Sary Austine this 6th day of June 1686 : Edw : Rishworth Jus : pe :
A true Coppy of this Instrumet with in written, & of yr agreement & acknowledgmts yrunto transcribed out of the originall, & y"with Compar'd this 15th June 1686 :
p Edw : Rishworth Re : Cor :
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Humphrey Chadborne aged 25 yeares, & William Play- stead aged 26 yeares, testifyeth yt being desired by Nicholas Frost, to uew the bounds of the late Abraham Conleys Lands, on the West side of his house at Sturgeon Cricke, they found onely one brooke about sixty or seauenty poole westward of the sd house, & the place ye sd Frost shewed them, wr hee sayd yt Major Shapleigh, Richd Nason, James Emery, & Christoph" Banefejld, had lately layd out the sd Conleys Land, vidzt at a place called Greenhams Gutt, there was no appearance of any brooke there, nor runne of water/ & further sayth not/ Taken vpon oath this 18th day of June 1678 : before mee John Wincoll Assõte
vera Copia of the euidences transcribd & with originall Compar'd this 24th day of June 1686 :
p Edw : Rishworth Re : Cor :
The Depositions of Stephen Jenkins aged about 28 yeares, & Jabez Jenkins aged 27 yeares or there abouts, testifyeth, that was there is a difference between Nathan Lawde Senjor, & Nicholas Frost, about a brooke of water, which difference hath Occasioned much trouble between ye sd partys, now wee do hereby testify, yt at the water side of the Ceaders, so called, is an apparent brooke of water, which brooke run- neth betweene a peece of sault Marsh now in the possession of Capt Charles Frost, & that peece of ground comanly known by the name of the Ceaders, & neare ye mouth of the sayd brooke, where it runnes into Sturgeon Cricke, neare the East Corner of Capt Frosts Marsh, there lyes an ould Whitte oake tree blown up by ye rootes, yt hath one ould Cutt on the side of it, like an ould bound marke, & a little vp ye the sd brooke yr grows a pine tree with Antient Markes vpon the sids of it, like an ould bound tree/ And yt
BOOK IV, FOL. 67.
place called Greenhams Gut, is no brooke of water, neither doth any runne yr but by thawes, or greate Raynes/
Taken vpon oath this 29th of May 1682, before mee Charles Frost Jus : pea : A true Coppy of these euidences transcribed, & with ye originall Compared this 24th d : of June 1686 : p Edw : Rishworth ReCor :
Portsmouth Anno Dom: 1680 :
Mr Nathan Bedford is Dr/ Nathan Bedford p Contra is Cr/
Aprill To 40 yards of Onistone at 28 7d 14: p yard. .5:03:4 2 |
June p Cash payd Mr Nicolls
1b & d
mate.
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Ît 6 gross of Gympe buttons at 28 6ª
20th by 28 Quintus 1/2 of Refnge
fish at 98 p Q11
12:16:06
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12: 18:6
silke at.
.03: 05: 00 Dr
.18:06:09
13 yde 1/2 of colourd Keyrsey at 48 6ª
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12:18:06
pyd .03: 00: 09
Ít 38 yd8 1/2 of blew lining at 12d
.01: 18: 06 Due to ballance fish as money,
Ít one Castor hatt at 143
.00:14:00
Advance ¿ to bring it into
Agreed for ye abone Goods to bee £14: 16: 07
payd In fish at Money price |
15 To 7 yde of worsted Camlet at 2s lb s d
Nathan Bedford Dr
To Cash payd Mr John Nicolls 1b s d
his mate
00: 07:0
p yard
.00:14:00
Ît one bagg of silke buttonones at 188 00: 18: 00
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.00: 01: 02 Sept: 11: one gross of buttones
at 3s 6d, Cash 5s.
00:08:6
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.00:09:0
yor ordr to James Harbert. 00:04:09 30 To a new head for an Hodsead pd James Robinson.
.. 00:01:03
June 1b
14: 16: 7
28 It to 12 of Oakum payd wild in Cash 00: 03: 00 03:10:2
02: 05:8 18:06:09
01:04:6
£05:08:03
fish price Current 01: 07: 2 | 6: 15: 32
26 It To § of silke Tabby 3s 6d. .00:03:06
29 To one yd & a quarter of Tabby by
BOOK IV, FOL. 67.
Mr Nathan Bedford is Dr
To sundreys at price Current in fish to six June
5 dozen of Cod lynes at 36s |
.. 10: 16: 00
It Two Hodg's of Molosses.
.08:00:00
Ît 31 yda of broad Cloath at 7s : 6: p yd 11: 12: 06
89:05:10
1t 24 Hodgeds of sault at 12s 6d p H. . 15: 00: 00 P balla received, of Mr Robert
Elliett
25: 03:84
114: 09: 064
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9th It 38 yds of the best Nowells at 2s p yard & Twine. 03:18:06 It 26 yds 1/2 fine locerum at 2s 2d p yd | 2: 19: 05 Ît to Nehemiah Partridge 13 1b | 13:00:00 Ît 15 buslls of peas at 50 p busll : .03: 15:00 It 814 lb of porke at 34 2 p lb. 12: 11: 4 March
10: Itto Too barrells of Macharell at 03: 10: 0 It Tenn Hodgsds of sault at. .07: 00: 00 The with written Accont was Sworne to 11: It to 66 yds of Hall Cloath at .06:12:00 Ít one peece of Searge at 03:07:00 bee a true Accont from the booke by John Hinkes with in named before yo Judg & Assistants in this Court | R: Chamberline Protheni.
006: 15:3 114:09:6
Aprill 7th 1683 : The ballance of this with in Account was Omitted to bee allowed, w" the Comittee sat for want of the Account appeareing, Now It is come to hand wee do allow it, the some being allowed by us of the Committee, 25:03:8ª₫
John Dauess /
vera Copia transcribed out of ye Samll Wheelewright/
originall & yr with Compared
Jonathan Hammonds /
this 16: of July 1686 : Er- rours excepted
p Tho Scottow Recordr
New Hampshire Septembr 26:1683
107:14:3 107:14:03
P Contra is Cr |
P fish in Company with Mr El- 1b & d liett. .36:01: 10 Ît 76 Qinlls of Mount fish at 14s p Q: .53:04:00
To all Christian people to whome this Present writeing shall Come/
Articles of agreement made & Concluded, betweene vs the Select men of the Town of yorke, in behalfe of sd Town, w'unto our hands are subscribed, on ye one Party, & John Sayword an Inhabitant & rescident In the sd Town, on the
BOOK IV, FOL. 67, 68.
other Partie, These Presents withesseth yt Wee the Select men aforesd, according to pouer given vs by the Town, & in there behalfe, do give & grant vnto the sd John Sayword Certen Tracts, & Parcells of Land swamps & Tymber, fitt for sawing, with all the priuiledges there unto belonging, the land excepted, reserued for the Town, as more Prticu- larly are hereafter mentioned, to the sd Sayword his heyres or Assigns for euer, Vpon his Prformance of such Condi- tions, as are in this agreement vnder written, Wee grant & give to him a Certen Parcell of Swampe, & Marsh, com- manly & known & Called by the name of the bell Marsh, lijng & being aboue the head of John Twisdens Marsh Con- tajneing about the quantity of Twenty Acres, bee It more or less /
2 : Secundly wee do give unto him Twenty Acres of Land, neare & Adioyneing to ye brooke, Called by ye name of folly brooke, with soole propriety of the sd Brooke, so fare as the Towns pouer extends, together with ye fall Mill Brooke, that place where the Fall Mill stood, onely excepted, with free lyberty & propriety giuen unto him the sd John Say- word for building & Erecting any Mill or Mills vpon the sd Brooke, or brookes, except any grant granted before by the Town which is layd out, with some sutable quantity of Land adioyneing there unto necessary for bujlding yrof, wrby hee may haue free Egress & Regress for his Accomodations in that Worke, & wee do further grant unto him for his accom- odation of Tymber for sawing, at the sd Mill or Mills, the soole propriety of all pine & Oake Tymber, lijng between Bass Coue Brooke, & the fall Mill brooke with ye same priuiledges of the Comans as other Inhabitants haue/
3 : Thirdly wee do further giue & grant unto the sd John Sayword, all yt Parcell of swampe, & Marsh [68] neare & below Cape Nuttacke Pond, with Twenty acres of vpland, Adioyneing yrunto, with wt other Conveniencys of Tymber y may bee had, If it may bee had vpon the Comans, suta-
BOOK IV, FOL. 68.
ble for sawing or being sawne, which accomodations of Lands, Meddow, Tymber trees, brookes &c : as aboue men- tioned, with all the priuiledges, profitts, & appurtenances there to belonging ; Wee the Select men aforesd do grant & Confirme unto the sd John Sayword, his heyres, executors, administrators & Assignes for euer/ vpon these following Considerations /
1 First that ye sd Sayword shall build or cause to bee built at ye meeteing house at yorke, three sufficient Gallerys, with three Convenient seats in each Gallery & one beanch besids in ye hyest Rowme, in euery gallery If the sd Con- veniency of Rowme will beare it, the fronture seate hee is to make with barresters, & too peyre of stayres to go vp into the Gallerys, one for ye men & another for the wimine/
2 : The sd John Sayword stands Ingag'd, to seate the sd Meeteing house below with Conuenient Seates, too seats to barrestred below, one for men, & ye other for wimine/ & repayreing of ye defects yt are in the ould seates, & by makeing & Adding so many new Seats more, as shall bee necessary for ye full & decent seateing of the whoole house/ Which worke in makeing of Gallerys, & seateing the lower part of the sayd house, is by John Sayword to bee done & finished at his own proper Charge (nayles onely excepted) which the Town is Ingag'd to prouide uery speedily at or before the last of Octobr next Insewing, Anno : Dom : 1681 : as witness or hands the 10th of December 1680 :
Signed sealed & delivered/
in Presence of us/ John Penwill Mathew Austine/
John Dauess/ Richd Bankes/ John Twisden/
A true Coppy of this grant tran- scribed, & with ye originall Com- pared August 2th 1686 : p Tho : Scottow Recordr
BOOK IV, FOL. 68.
Know all men by these Presents that I Richard Cutt of Kittery, in the prouince of Mayne In New England, for & in consideration of fiueteene pounds of Current money of New England, to mee in hand payd by William Scriuine of the sd place, the receipt wrof I do hereby acknowledg, & my selfe y with fully satisfyd & pd & from which sume, & euery part yrof, I do y fore exonerate, acquitt & discharge, the sd william Scriuen his heyres, executors, & Administrators for euer; Haue giuen, granted, sould, barganed alien'd, En- feoffed, & Confirmed, & by these Presents do for my selfe my heyres, executors, administrators, & Assignes, giue, grant, bargane, sell, aliene Enfeoffe & Confirme, vnto the sd William Scriuen, a Certen peece or Parcell of Land, scit- uate & being In ye Town of Kittery aforesd & lijng against spruse Cricke, contajneing by measure Twenty Acres bee It more or less, being bounded on the East by Michell Endles Land, the lyne begining at the Cricke by the bridg ouer against a Hemlocke tree, marked W : S: & R: C: from thence North East to a Hemlocke tree marked W : S : I : on the North East by the Land of John Mogaridg, by a North West, & by West Course, to a branch of Spruse Cricke then West, by the Cricke to a Certen poynt, then by the Cricke West & South West to the head of the sd Cricke, from thence along the Gully by Mary Cutt her Land to a Maple tree M : C : W : S : from thence forth South West & by West, to a bla : Ash marked W : S : & from thence forth South East, by Certen marked trees to a Hemlocke, by the bridg ouer the Cricke marked W : S: R: C: wr the Land first begane : To haue & to hould, all the aboue barganed Premisses, together with all & singular the priuiledges, y"unto belonging, or any ways apprtajneing, unto him the sd william Scriuine, his heyres, executors, Administrators, & Assignes for euer, cleare & Clearely discharged, & acquitted of & from all & all manner of former & other gifts, grants, barganes, leases, Morgages, Joyneturs, deuises, Judgmts,
BOOK IV, FOL. 68.
executions, wills, Entayles forfitures, & of & from all other titles, troubles, Charges, & Incomberances, wtsoeuer, had made, Committed, done, or suffered to bee done by my selfe, or my Assignes, before the Ensealeing, & delivery here of ; And I the sd Richd Cutt, the aboue demised Premisses & app'tenances, & euery part yrof, as is aboue expressd, for my selfe my heyrs executors, Administrators & Assignes unto the sd William Scriuen his heyres executors Adminis- trators & Assigns shall & will warrant & for euer Defend against all Prsons Clajmeing, or too Clajme any right or title y'in, or to any part yrof/
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