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finally ye Sª John Leverett of Cambridge aforesd for Divers good Causes & Considerations him hereunto moving more especially for & in. Consideration that Colo Spencer Phipps Esq' ye adopted Son & heir of ye Honble Sr William Phipps Knt & Some time Governour in Chief in & over his Majes- tyes Province of ye Massachusetts bay aforesd decd Hath delivered & assigned unto ye sd John Leverett one Certain Deed of Sale made by Madocawando Sachim of Penobscot, unto ye Sª Sr William Phipps & has agreed & Submitted to bear his proportion with others yt Shall be oblidged to pro- cure & obtain any further assurance of ye Native Indian Title which Shall be Deemed Nessasary to be procured & obtained. Hath given granted & assigned one Tenth part of ye Sd tract of land upon ye main & Islands as aforesd unto ye Sª Spencer Phips & to his heirs and assigns forever To- gether with all ye waters Rivers Rivoletts Ponds pools Fish- ings Comoditys advantages woods trees & underwoods Rights Members Profitts Privillages & appurtenances what- soever to ye Sd granted Lands Islands and pmisses belong- ing or any wise appertaining to ye Sª grantees in proportion to their sd Severall & respective grants to have & to hold unto ye Sª Elisha Cook Esqr ye Sd two tenth parts of ye Sd tract of land & Islands with ye appurtenances thereof & to his heirs & assigns & to his & their only poper use benefitt & behoofe forever & to ye Sd Nathaniel Hubbard Esqr one tenth part of ye Sd Tract of land & Islands & to his heirs & assigns & to his & their only proper use benefitt & behoofe forever, & to ye Sª Hannah one tentht part of ye Sª Tract of land on ye main & one twentieth part of ye Islands aforesd with ye appurtenances thereof & to her heirs & assigns & to her & their only poper use benefitt & behoofe forever. & to ye Sª Rebecah one other tenth part of ye Sª Tract of land on ye main & three Twentieth parts of ye Islands aforesd with ye appurtenances thereof. & to her heirs & assigns & to her & their only proper use benefitt & behoofe forever & to ye Sª Sarah one other tenth part of ye Sd Tract of land & Islands with ye appurtenances & to her heirs & assigns & to her & their only proper use benefitt & behoofe forever & to ye Sd John Bradford & Colº Spencer Phips Esq' Two other tenth parts of ye Sd Tract of land & Islands to them & their heirs & assigns & to ye use benefitt & behoofe of. them for- ever, & ye Sd John Leverett doth by these presents Admit & declare ye Sd Elisha Cook Nathaniel Hubbard Hannah Rebecah & Sarah daughters of ye aforesd Govenour Leverett : & ye Sª John Bradford & Colº Spencer Phips associates to & with himself to act dispose & do according to their Re-
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spective Shares & Interest in ye sd Tract of land & Islands Provided alwayes & it is ye Tru Intent & meaning of these presents yt if ye Sª Elisha Cook Nathaniel Hubbard Hannah Davis Rebecah Stoyd Sarah Byfield John Bradford & Spen- cer Phips Shall & do Joyne with ye Sa John Leverett in Signing & executing Such Instrumt or Instruments as Shall be formed for ye associateing Twenty other persons for ye Settlement of Such Towns & upon Such articles as shall be agreed on by & between ye Sd John Leverett Elisha Cook Nathaniel Hubbard Hannah Davis Rebecah Stoyd Sarah Byfield John Bradford & Spencer Phips & ye Twenty per- sons to be associated as aforesd Then these presents & every grant Clause & article theirin Contained to be in full force & effect in ye law forever but otherwise upon ye Deniall or Refusal of the Said Elisha Cook Nathaniel Hubbard Hannah Davis Rebecah Stoyd. Sarah Byfield John Bradford & Spen- cer Phips or either of them Then this present deed & grant & every Clause and paragraph therein Contained is hereby Rovoked disannulled Countermanded Frustrated Repealed & made Void forever to him her or them only who Shall deny or refuse to Sign & execute Such Instrument or In- struments as Shall be Nessasary for ye associateing a num- ber of persons as aforesd for ye Settling sd lands & pmisses any thing afore written to ye Contrary thereof in any wise not withstanding, In Wittness whereof ye Sª John Leverett of Cambridge Esq' hath hereunto Sett his hand & Seal the fourteenth day of August Anno Dom' One Thousand Seven Hundred & nineteen Annogr R Rit Georgis May Britannie yr Sexto
Signed Sealed & Delivered In ye Presence of us
Benjamin Elliot Joseph Marion
John Leverett ( Sall ) Suffolk ss. Boston March 28th 1720 The above Named John Leverett Esq' person- ally appearing acknowledged ye afore Written Instrument to be his free act & Deed
before Me Sam" Lynde. J. Peace Recorded according to ye Origanall Janua ye 17th 1721/2 p Abram Preble Reg
[240] This Present Writing Indented & made ye fifteenty day of august anno Dom' one thousand Seven Hundred & nineteen Annoq' Ri Ris Georgii Maye Britannie yr Sexto by & between John Leverett of Cambridge in ye County of Mid- dlesex Esq' Elisha Cook of Boston in ye County of Suffolk
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Esq' Nathaniel Hubbard of Dorchester in Sd County Esq' Hannah Davis & Rebecah Ltoyd both of Boston aforesd Wid- dows Nathaniel Byfield of Bristol in ye County of Bristol Esgr & Dame Sarah his wife late Sarah Leverett John Brad- ford of Plymoth in ye County of Plymouth Esq' & Spencer Phips of Cambridge aforesd Esqr all within his Majestys Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England on ye one part & Jahleel Brenton of Newport in ye Colony of Rhoad Island Esqr & John Clark of Boston aforesd Esqr Samuel Brown of Salem in ye County Essex in New England Esq" Thomas Fitch & Adam Winthrop of Boston Esqr Samuel Thaxter of Hingham in ye County of Suffolk Esq" Oliver Noyce Stephen Noyce Stephen Minott & Anthony Stoddard all of Boston aforesd Esqrs Thomas Westbrook of Ports- mouth in ye Province of New Hampshire Esq" Thomas Smith John Smith Jose Appleton & Thomas Fairweather Henry Francklin Gilbert Bant & Benjamin Bronsdon William Clark in Common Street Boston John Oulton Jonathan Waldo Cornelius Waldo & John Jeffries all of Boston aforesa Mer- chants of ye other part Wittnesseth, that whereas Certain lands Tenements & Hereditaments in New England aforesd which are Situate Lying & being within or between a place there Commonly Called or known by ye Name of Muscongus towards ye South or South west & a straight line Extending from thence Directly ten Leagues up into ye Main land & Contenant there towards ye great Sea Commonly Called ye South Sea, & ye utmost Limitts of ye Space of Ten Leagues on ye North & Northeast of a River in New England aforest Commonly Called Penobscott towards ye North & Northeast end of ye great Sea Commonly Called ye Westarn Ocean to- wards ye east & a straight & direct line extending from ye most western part & point of ye Sa Straight line Extends from Muscongus aforesd towards ye South Sea to the utter- most Northern Limitts of ye Sª Ten Leagues on ye North Side of ye Sª River of Penobscott Towards ye West Together with all Islands. that ly & be within ye Space of Three Miles of ye Sª Lands & premisses or any of them with ye Soils Rivers Emoluments &c as more fully Expressed in sd Patent were by ye Counsill Established at Plymouth in ye County of Devon for ye Planting Ruling ordering & Govern- ing of New England in America by Patent bareing Date ye Thirteent day of march in yd fifth Year of King Charls ye first Annoqr Dom 1629 with ye Common Seal of ye Sª Coun- sell thereto appendent & Signed R. Warwick. given granted
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Bargained Sold aliened Enfieffed alotted assigned & Con- firmed unto John Beauchamp of London Gent. & Thomas Leverett of Boston in ye County of Lincoln Gent. their heirs Associates & assigns all which lands & pmisses have Since desended unto & become Vested in ye Sd John Leverett as heir at law of ye abovenamed Thomas Leverett ye Surviving Patentee, & whereas ye Sa John Leverett as heir at law did by deed or Instrument of association bareing Date ye four- teenth day of this Inst August Anno Dom' one Thousand Seven hundred & nineteen Annoqr Ri Ris Georgii Magnae Britannie &e Sexto admit & Joyne ye above named Elisha Cook Nathaniel Hubbard Hannah Davis Rebecah Ltoyd Sarah Byfield John Bradford & Spencer Phips Associates to & with himself in ye abovesd land & premisses in manner & form following. That is to Say, that ye Sa John Leverett having Reserved to himself his heirs & assigns two tenth parts of ye sd Tract of land on ye main with two tenth parts of ye Islands within ye space of Three Miles of ye Sd lands or any of them did grant & Convey unto ye Sd Elisha Cook his heirs & assigns Two Tenth parts of ye Sd tract of land on ye main & two tenth parts of ye Islands unto ye Sd Nathaniel Hubbard his heirs & assigns One Tenthpart of ye sd Tract of land on ye Main & one tenth part of ye Islands unto ye Sª Hannah Davis her heirs & assigns One Tenth part of ye Sd Tract of land on ye main & one Twentieth part of ye Islands unto ye Sd Rebecah Ltoyd her heirs & assigns one Tenth part of ye Sd Tract of land on ye main & three Twentieth parts of ye Islands, unto ye Sª Sarah Byfield her heirs & assigns one Tenth part of ye Sª Tract of land on ye main & one Tenth part of ye Islands, unto ye sd John Bradford his heirs & as- signs, one Tenth part of ye sd Tract of land on ye main & one Tenth part of ye Islands, & unto ye sd Spencer Phips his heirs & assigns one Tenth Part of ye Sd Tract of land on ye main & one Tenth part of ye Islands on Certain Conditions Reservations & Limitations as p ye Sd deed Referance thereto being had may more fully & at Large appear Now This In- denture of Agreement Wittnesseth that ye Sd John Leverett of Cambridge Esq" Elisha Cook Nathaniel Hubbard Hannah Davis Rebecah Ltoyd Nathaniel & Sarah Byfield John Bradford & Spence Phips for ye Severall Considerations Con- ditions & Agreements herein after mentioned & Expressed to be made done & performed on ye part & behalfe of ye be- fore Named Jahleel Brenton John Clark Samuel Brown Thomas Fitch, Adam Winthrop Samuel Thaxter Oliver
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Noyes Stephen Minot Anthony Stoddard Thomas Westbrook Thomas Smith John Smith Jose Appleton & Thomas Fair- weather Henry Francklin, Gilbert Bant & Benjamin Brons- don, William Clark, John Oulton Jonathan Waldo Cornelius Waldo & John Jeffries Have declared admitted & allowed & by these Presents do declare admitt & allow ye Sa Jahleel Brenton John Clark Samuel Brown Thomas Fitch Adam Winthrop Samuel Thaxter Oliver Noyes Stephen Minott Anthony Stoddard Thomas Westbrook Thomas Smith John Smith Jose Appleton & Thomas Fairweather Henry Franck- lin Gilbert Bant & Benjamin Bronsdon William Clark John Oulton Jonathan Waldo Cornelius Waldo & John Jeffries to be their assigns & associates in & to ye aforesª Tract of land & Islands as follows, That is to Say to ye Sª Jahleel Brenton John Clark Samuel Brown Thomas Fitch Adam Winthrop Samuel Thaxter Oliver Noyes Stephen Minott Anthony Stod- dard Thomas Westbrook Thomas Smith & John Smith & to each one of them one thirtieth part of ye Sª Traet of land & Islands & to & between Jose appleton & Thomas Fairweather One Thirtieth part of ye Sd Land & Islands To, Henry Francklin One Thirtieth part of ye Sª Lands & Islands & to & between Gilbert Bant & Benjamin Bronsdon One Thirtieth part of ye Sª land & Islands, to William Clark one Thirtieth part of ye Sd land & Islands. To John Oulton Jonathan Waldo Cornelius Waldo & John Jeffries & to each of them One Thirtieth part of ye Sª Land & Islands, To be Holden by them their Severall & Respective heirs & assigns forever in Equill Title or Right with ye Ten Proprieties & owners aforesd in ye Sª Traet of land & Islands ye whole to be Divided into Thirty Equall parts & [241] no more Excepting ye Different Inter- est of Hannah Davis & Rebecah Ltoyd in ye Sª Islands as above Expressed no benefitt or advantage to be received or taken by Right of Survivership It is now Covenanted granted Concluded & fully agreed upon by & between ye Sª Party to these presents that ye Sª Jahleel Brenton John Clark Samuel Brown Thomas Fitch Adam Winthrop Samuel Thaxter Oliver Noyes Stephen Minott Anthony Stoddard Thomas Westbrook, Thomas Smith John Smith Jose Appleton & Thomas Fairweather Henry Franklin Gilbert Bant & Benja- min Bronsdon William Clark John Oulton Jonathan Waldo Cornelius Waldo & John Jeffries assigns & associates as aforesd Shall & will at their own Cost & Charge procure people to plant Settle & Inhabitt two Towns of Eighty fam- ilys each in a Christian manner in & upon ye Sª Tract of
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Land under Such Limitations Conditions & Reservations as is herein after Expressed or that may at any time hereafter be further agreed upon & that within ye Space or Term of Seven Years no Extraordinary providence preventing, and also that ye Sª Twenty assigns & associates at their own proper Charge Shall Sett up Erect & build two Saw Mills in & upon ye Sª Tract of land in ye Most Suitable places So as ye Sª two Towns may be best accomadated which Sª two Saw mills at ye end or Settlement of ye sd two Towns or Expiration of ye Sª Term Shall be & Remain to ye only proper use ben- efit & behoofe of all ye Partyes to this Instrument their heirs & assigns forever and, for ye better ordering & Regulating ye Present affair in ye Designed Settlements, His, Conde- sended Covenanted & agreed to by ye Sd Partys that all Doubts Differences & Disputes that Shall arise in ye man- agement thereof & in dividing ye lots & Settling of them. & in all Things Touching ye Same that ye Major Vote of ye parts presents Shall be a finall Issue & determination & yt no Vote be brought Forward to be Passed without two thirds of ye parts are present at Every Meeting & yt ye Votes be fairly Entred & Ingrossed in a book of Records to be kept for yt Purpose & yt what Townships Shall be as- signed or what grants Shall be made or any Rules or orders agreed on ye Sd Partyes or associates Shall be duly warned to give their attendance either in person or by their Proxey or Representative And that there Shall be but Thirty partners only to act and manage ye whole affair & in Case of the De- mise of any of ye Partners ye Eldest male & in failure of Such Eldest male heir ye Eldest female their Guardian or attorney Shall appear for them & ye minority of ye heir or heirs Shall not frustrate or hinder ye making any Division grant or order for ye good of ye whole Partnership as Shall be determined by ye major part of ye Votes at any Legall meet- ing as before agreed on Provided ye Sª Division or grant be Equill by Lott or otherwise. And it is further agreed by ye Sª Partys That ye two first Towns Shall be each Seven miles & a halfe Square & Sett forth & laid out in a Regular & de- fensible manner upon St Georges River if Convenient & Suitable places Can be found there yt ye manner & method of Effecting ye Settlements of ye Sª two Town be ordered & managed by ye Twenty assigners or associates they bearing ye Charge thereof. And it is mutually agreed by & between
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ye Sª Partys to these Presents that each of ye Sª thirty as- sociates Shall have alott in each Town. To be Holden by them their Severall and Respective heirs & assigns forever And it is further agreed & Concluded by ye Sª Partys here- unto That in all & every Town & Towns that Shall be Set- tled besides ye Lott to be Sett Forth & granted to ye first Settled Minister there Shall be kept & Reserved a Lott for the Ministry & a lott for ye School unalienable And Further it is Concluded & fully agreed upon That Colo Spencer Phips Shall bear his Quota or part of ye Charge with ye Sª Twenty associates in ye further assuering & more Sure makeing & Confirming of ye Indian Title as may be Nessasary It is Cov- enanted agreed & Concluded & declared by ye Sd partys yt a Quantity of ye Land Not Exceeding ye Number of Sixteen Thousand Acres in Each of ye two sª Severall Towns to be Settled as aforesd be & is hereby Reserved & left to ye Sª Twenty assigners & associates by them to be bestowed on & Sett forth to ye Settlers in ye Sª two Towns as they Shall See meet & Convenient And that ye Residue of ye Sª Six- teen Thousand acres of Land if any Such Shall Remain & be Left undisposed of as aforesd ye Same Shall be and be- long to ye whole partnership in proportion to their Severall parts as aforesd And, it is ye True Intent & meaning of these presents & all the Partys thereto that in Case ye Sd assigns shall use there best Endeavours in ye performing their part in ye Erecting ye Settlements as aforesd & Peopleing ye Same with ye Number of Familyes as aforesd & that if it Should So happen ye Same be not fully & Compleatly accomplished within ye Termn of Seven Years before Limitted yt then ye Grantees Shall not have or take any advantage of ye Sa assigns they further Continuing to do their utmost for ye Compleating and Perfecting ye Same designed Settlements within ye Term of two years more which is hereby further allowed & granted unto ye Sª Twenty assigned It is mutu- ally Covenanted & agreed by all ye Partys to these Presents yt ye Sª Twenty assigns or associates who are oblidged to Effect ye Settlements of ye Two first Towns be Enabled to make Such Rules & orders as Shall Subject Such part of their Interest to be Disposed of as Shall be wanting to make good their Mutual Ingagments to each other untill ye Con- ditions in this present Instrument of Setling two Towns & Erecting Two Saw Mills are performed & no longer In Wittness whereof ye Partys to these Presents have hereunto
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InterChangably Sett their hands & Seals ye day & Year first above Written
John Bradford ( Seal )
Spencer Phips ( Seal )
Rebecah Ltoyd ( Seal )
Nathan11 Byfield ( Seal )
Sarah Byfield ( Seal )
Hannah Davis ( Seal )
mark
Suffolk ss. Boston March ye 10th 1720 The within Named Elisha Cook Na- than" Hubbard & Spencer Phips Esqr personally ap- pearing Severally acknowl- edged the within Written Instrument to be their free act & Deed
Suffolk sc. Boston March 28th 1720 The Within Named John Leverett Esq' personally appearing ac- knowledged the within written Instrument to be his free act & Deed
before me Samuel Lynde Justice Peace
Suffolk sc. Boston Jan'y 20th 1720 The within named Hannah Davis and Rebecah Ltoyd personally appearing Severally acknowledged ye within Written Instrument to be their free act and Deed
Before me Samuel Lynde Justice Peace
Bristoll sc. Bristoll Febry 21st 1720 The within Named Nathaniel Byfield Esq' & Sarah Byfield his wife personally appearing Severally acknowledged the within written In- strument to be their free act and Deed
Before me Simon Davis Justice Peace Plymouth ss. Aprill ye 4th 1721 John Bradford Esq" named within appeared & acknowledged the within written Instrument to be his free act & Deed
Before Josiah Cotton Justice of Peace
Recorded According to ye Origanall Jan'y 19th 1721 : p Abram Preble Reg'
MAM
Signed Sealed & Delivered In ye Presence of us Benjamin Eliot Joseph Marion
Signed Sealed & delivered In the Presence of us by ye
within Named Nathaniel Byfield & Sarah Byfield Joshua Baily
William Marks
[242] Signed before me Samuel Lynde Justice Peace Sealed & delivered
In ye Presence of us by the within named John Bradford
Joseph Haay
Caleb Stetson
John Leverett ( Seal
Elisha Cook ( Seal Nathaniel Hubbard ( Seal )
her
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This Present Writing Indented & made ye fifteenth Day of august Anno Dom' One Thousand Seven hundred & Nineteen Annoq' R' Ris Georgis Magnee Brittanniee yr Sexto by & between John Leverett of Cambridge in the County of Middlesex Esqr Elisha Cook of Boston in ye County of Suffolk Esqr Nathaniel Hubbard of Dorchester in sª County Esqr Hannah Davis & Rebecah Ltoyd both of Boston aforesª Widows Nathaniel Byfield of Bristoll in ye County of Bristoll Esqr & Dame Sarah his wife Late Sarah Leverett, John Bradford of Plymouth in ye County of Ply- mouth Esqr Spencer Phips of Cambridge aforesd Esq" all within His Majestyes Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England on ye one part & Jahleel Brentou of Newport in ye Colony of Rhode Island Esqr & John Clark of Boston aforesd Esq' Samuel Brown of Salem in ye County of Essex in New England Esqr Thomas Fitch & Adam Winthrop of Boston Esq's Samuel Thaxter of Hingham in ye County of Suffolk Esq' Oliver Noyes Stephen Minott & Anthony Stod- dard all of Boston aforesd Esqrs Thomas Westbrook of. Portsmouth in the province of New Hampshire Esqr Thomas Smith John Smith Jose Appleton & Thomas Fairweather Henry Francklin Gilbert Bant & Benjamin Bronsdon Wil- liam Clark in Common Street Boston John Oulton Jonathan Waldo Cornelius Waldo & John Jeffries all of Boston aforesd Merchants of ye other part Wittnesseth that whereas Cer- tain lands Teniments & Hereditaments in New England aforesd which are Sittuate lying & being within or between a place there Commonly Called or known by ye name of Muscongeus towards ye South or Southwest & a Streight line Extending from thence directly Ten Leagues up into ye Main land & Continent there Toward ye great Sea Com- monly Called ye South Sea. & ye utmost Limits of ye Space of Ten Leagues on ye North & Northeast of a river in New England aforesª Called Penobscott towards ye North & Northeast. & ye great Sea Commonly Called ye Westarn Ocean towards ye east, & a Straight & direct line Extending from ye Most westarn part & point of ye Sª Straight line which Extends from Muscongus aforesd Towards ye South Sea To ye Uttermost Northern Limits of ye Sª Ten Leagues on ye North Side of ye Sª River of Penobscott towards ye west Together. with all Islands that Ly & be within ye Space of three Miles of ye Sd of land & prm or any of them with ye Soiles Rivers Emoluments &c. as more fully Ex- pressed in sª Patent were by ye Councill Established at Plymouth in ye County of Devon for ye Planting Ruling ordering & governing of New England in America by Patent
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baring Date ye Thirtieth day of march in ye fifth Year of King Charls ye first Annog" Dom' 1629 with ye Common Seal of ye Sª Councill thereto Appendent & Signed. R. War- wiek given granted Bargained Sold aleined Enfieffed Alloted assigned & Confirmed unto John Beauchamp of London gent. & Thomas Leverett of Boston in ye County of Lincoln Gent their heirs associates and assigns al which lands & Premisses have Since decended unto & become Vested in ye Sª John Leverett as heir att Law of ye above named Thomas Leverett ye Surviving Patentee, And whereas the Said John Leverett as heir at law did by Deed or Iustru- ment of asociation baring Date ye fourteenth day. of this Instant August Anno Dom' 1719 Annoq" : Ri Ris : Georgii Mag Brittannee &c. Sexto. Admit & Joyne ye above named Elisha Cook Nathaniell Hubbard Hannah Davis Rebecah Ltoyd Sarah Byfield John Bradford & Spencer Phips as associates to & with himself in ye abovesd land & premisses in manner & form following. That is to Say yt ye Sª John Leverett having Reserved to himself his heir & assigns Two Tenth parts of ye sª Tract of land on ye main with two tenth parts of ye Islands within ye Space of three miles of ye Sª lands or any of them, did grant & Convey unto ye Sa Elisha Cook his heirs & assigns Two Tenth parts of ye Sa Tract of land on ye main & two tenth parts of ye Islands, unto ye Sª Nathaniel Hubbard his heirs & assigns One Tenth part of ye Sd Tract of land on ye Main & one Tenth part of ye Islands unto ye Sª Hannah Davis her heirs & assigns One Tenth part of ye Sª Tract of land on ye Main & one Twen- tieth part of yt Islands. unto ye Sª Rebecah Ltoyd her heirs & assigns One Tenth part of ye Sd Tract of land on ye Main & three Twentieth parts of ye Islands. unto ye Sª Sarah Byfield her heirs & assigns one Tenth part of ye Sd Tract of land on ye Main & one Tenth part of ye Islands, unto ye Sª John Bradford his heirs & assigns One Tenth part of ye Sa Tract of land on ye main & one Tenth part of ye Islands, & unto ye Sd Spencer Phips his heirs & assigns one tenth part of ye Sd Tract of land on ye Main & one Tenth part of ye Islands on Certain Conditions [243] Reservations & Limitations as p ye Sª Deed Referance thereto being had may more fully & at Large appear Now This Indenture of Agreement Wittnesseth. That ye Sª John Leverett of Cam- bridge Esq" Elisha Cook Nathaniel Hubbard Hannah Davis Rebecah Ltoyd Nathaniel & Sarah Byfield John Bradford & Spencer Phips for ye Severall Considerations Conditions & agreements hereinafter mentioned & Expressed to be made
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done and performed on ye part & behalfe of ye beforenamed, Jahleel Brenton JJohn Clark Samuel Brown Thomas Fitch Adam Winthrop Samuel Thaxter Oliver Noyes Stephen Minott Anthony Stoddard Thomas Westbrook Thomas Smith John Smith Jose Appleton & Thomas Fairweather, Henry Francklin Gilbert Bant & Benjamin Bronsdon Wil- liam Clark John Oulton Jonathan Waldo Cornelius Waldo & John Jeffries Have Declared admitted & allowed & by these presents do declare Admitt & allow ye Sª Jahleel Brenton John Clark Samuel Brown Thomas Fitch Adam Winthrop Samuel Thaxter Oliver Noyes Stephen Minott Anthony Stoddard Thomas Westbrook Thomas Smith John Smith Jose Appleton & Thomas Fairweather Henry Franck- lin Gilbert Bant & Benjamin Bronsdon William Clark John Oulton Jonathan Waldo Cornelius Waldo & John Jeffries to be their assignes & associates in & to ye aforesª Tract of land & Islands as follows that is to Say To ye Sª Jahleel Brenton John Clark Samuel Brown Thomas Fitch Adam Winthrop Samuel Thaxter Oliver Noyes Stephen Minotts Anthony Stoddard Thomas Westbrook Thomas Smith & John Smith & Each one of them one Thirtieth part of ye Sª Tract of Land & Islands, & to & between Jose Appleton & Thomas Fair- weather, One Thirtieth part of ye Sª Land & Islands. To Henry Fracklin one Thirtieth part of ye Sª Land & Islands, & to & between Gilbert Bant & Benjamin Bronsdon One Thirtieth part of ye Sª Lands & Islands To William Clark One Thirtieth part of ye sd Land. & Islands. To John Oulton Jonathan Waldo Cornelius Waldo & John Jeffries & to each of them one Thirtieth part of ye Sª Land & Islands To be Holden by them their Severall & Respective heirs & assigns forever in Equal Title or Right with ye Ten Proprietors & owners aforesd in ye Sd Tract of Land & Islands The whole to be Divided into Thirty Equal parts & no more Excepting ye Different Interest of Hannah Davis & Rebecah Ltoyd in ye Sª Islands as above Expressed No benefitt or advantage to be received or taken by Right of Survivourship. It is now Covenanted granted Concluded & fully Agreed upon by & between ye Sd Partys to these presents that the Said Jahleel Brenton John Clark Samuel Brown Thomas Fitch Adam Winthrop Samuel Thaxter Oliver Noyes Stephen Minott Anthony Stoddard Thomas Westbrook Thomas Smith John Smith Jose Appleton & Thomas Fairweather Henry Francklin Gilbert Bant & Benjamin Bonsdon William Clark John Oulton Jonathan Waldo Cornelius Waldo & John Jeffries Assignees and Associates as aforesd Shall &
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