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will at their Own Cost & Charge procure people to plant Settle & Inhabitt Two Towns of Eighty Familys Each in a Christian manner in & upon ye Sd Tract of. Land under Such limitations Conditions & Reservations as is herein affter Expressed or that may at any time hereafter be fur- ther agreed upon and that within ye Space or Term of Seven Years No Extraordinary Providence preventing and also that ye Sª Twenty Assignees & 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 acommodated with Sd two Saw Mills at ye End or Settlement of ye Sª Two Towns or Expiration of. ye Sª Term Shall be & Remain to ye only proper use benefitt & behoofe of all ye Partyes to this In- struments their heirs & assigns forever. and for ye better ordering & Regulating ye Present affair in ye Designed Set- tlements It is Concluded Covenanted & agreed by ye Sd partys that all Double differances and Disputes yt Shall arise in ye management thereof & in dividing ye Lotts & Settling of them & in all things Touching ye Same that ye Major Vote of ye Parts present Shall be a finall Issue & Determination & that no Vote be brought Forward to be pass'd without Two thirds of ye Parts are present at every meeting & that ye Votes be fairly Entred & Ingrossed in a book of Records to be Kept for that purpose & that what Townships Shall be assigned or what grants Shall be made or any Rules or orders agreed on ye Sª Partys or Associates Shall be duly warned to give their attendance either in per- son or by their Proxey or Representative and that there Shall be but Thirty Partners only to act & mannage ye whole affair & in Case of ye Demise of any of ye Partners ye Eldest Male & in faillure 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 Divition grant or order for ye good of ye whole partnership as Shall be determined by ye Major part of ye Votes at any Legall Meeting as before agreed on Pro- vided ye Sª Divition or grant be equall by Lott or otherwise. and it is further agreed by ye Sª Partys that ye two first Towns Shall be Each Seven miles & an halfe Square & Sett forth & laid out in a Regular & Defensible Manner upon St Georges River if Convenient & Suitable places Can be found there, that ye manner & Method of Effecting ye Settlement of ye Sª Two Towns be ordered & Managed by ye Twenty
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assigns or associates they hearing ye Charge thereof and it is mutually agreed by & between ye Sd Partys to these pres- ents yt each of ye Sª Thirty Associates Shall have a lott in each town To be Holden by them their Severall & Respect- ive heirs & assigns forever and it is further agreed & Con- cluded by ye Sª Partys hereunto that in all & every Town & Towns that Shall be Settled besides ye Lott to be Sett forth & granted to ye first Setled Minister there Shall be kept & Reserved a Lott for ye Ministry & a Lott for ye School unalienable and furthermore [244] it is Concluded & fully agreed upon that Colo Spencer Phips Shall bear his Quota or part of ye Charge with ye Sd Twenty associates in ye further Assureing & more sure ing & Confirming of ye Indian Title as may be Nessasary, It is Covenanted Agreed Concluded & declared by ye Sª Partys that a Quantity of Land not exceeding ye number of Sixteen Thousand Acrees in each of ye sd two sª Severall Towns to be Setled as aforesd be & is hereby Reserved & left to ye Sª Twenty Assigns and & associates by them to be bestowed on & Set forth to ye Setlers in ye Sª Two Towns as they Shall Se meet & Con- venient, and that ye Residue of ye Sª Sixteen Thousand Acres of land if any Such Remain & be left undisposed of as aforesd ye Same Shall be & belong to ye whole Part- nership in proportion to their Severall parts as aforesd : And it is ye true intent & meaning of these presents & all ye Par- tys thereto that in Case ye sd assignees shall use their best Indeavours in performing their part in Erecting ye Settle- ments as aforesd & Peopling ye Same with ye Number of Families as aforesd & yt if it Should - So happen ye Same. be not fully & Compleatly accomplished within ye Term. of Seven Years before Limited That then ye Grantors Shall not have or take any advantage of ye Sª assignees they Further Continuing to do their utmost for ye Compleating & perfect- ing ye Sd Designed Settlements within ye Term of two Years more which is hereby further allowed & granted unto ye Sd Twenty assigns, It is mutually Covenanted & agreed by all ye Partys to these presents that ye Sª Twenty Assignees or associates who are obliged to Effect ye Settlement of ye Two first Towns be enabled to make Such Rules & orders as Shall Subject Such part of them Interest to be Disposed of as Shall be wanting to make good their mutuall Ingagements to each other untill ye Conditions in this present Instrument of Settling two Towns & Erecting Two Saw Mills are per- formed & No Longer. In Wittness whereof ye Partys of
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these Presents have hereunto Interchangably Sett their hands & Seals ye Day & Year first above Written
Wim Clarke ( Seal )
Sam" Thaxter ( Seal )
Jnº Oulton
( Seal )
Oliver Noyes ( Seal )
Jona Waldo
Seal )
Stephen Minott ( Seal )
Cornes Waldo
( Seal )
Antho Stoddard ( Seal ) Thos Westbrook (
Jnº Jeffries Seal )
Seal )
Thos Smith
Seal )
Jahleel Brenton Seal )
John Smith
(
Seal )
John Clark Seal )
Jose Appleton
(Seal )
Thomas Fitch Seal )
H ffrancklin Seal )
Adamı Winthrop ( Seal )
Gilbt Bant
( Seal )
Benja Bronsdon
Suffolk sc. Boston March 17th 1719 The within Named John Clark Thomas Fitch
Signed Sealed & delivered In the Presence of us
Benjamin Eliot Joseph Marion
Signed Sealed & delivered by. ye within named
Jahleel Brenton
In the Presence of us
Nathaniel Kely
William Coddington
Adamı Winthrop Oliver Noyes Stephen Minott & Anthony Stoddard Esqrs John Smith Thomas Smith Thomas Fairweather Gilbert Bant Benjamin Bronsdon Cornelius Waldo John Oulton & Jona- than Waldo personally ap- pearing Severally Acknowl- edged the within Written In- strument to be their free act & Deed
Before me Samuel Lynde Jus Peace The within named William Clark on ye Day & Date above acknowledged the within Instrument to be his free act & Deed
Before me Samuel Lynde Jus Peace The within Named Thomas Westbrook personally appear- ing acknowledged the within Instrument to be his free act & Deed June 3ª 1720
Before me Samuel Lynde Jus Peace Novbr ye 23ª 1720 The Within Named Henry Francklin personally appearing acknowledged ye within Instrument to be his free Act & Deed
Before me Samuel Lynde Jus. Peace November ye 25. 1720 The Within named Samuel Browne personally appearing acknowledged the within Instrument to be his free Act & Deed
Before me Samuel Lynde Jus Peace
Samuel Brown ( Seal )
T fairweather
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December ye 9th 1720 The Within Named Samuel Thax- ter personally appearing acknowledged ye within Instru- ment to be his free Aet & Deed
Before me Samuel Lynde Jus. Peace
This 28th of Januwary 1720 The within named Jose Ap- pleton and John Jeffries personally appearing Severally acknowledged ye within Instrument to be their free Act &. Deed Before me Samuel Lynde Jus Peace
Newport in the Colony of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations in New England ye 16th Day of Februwary 1720 the within Named Jahleel Brenton personally appeared before Me and acknowledged the within Instrument to be his free act & Deed
Samuel Cranston Govr
Recorded according to ye Origanall ye 17th Jan'y 1720. p Abram Preble : Reg™
[245] Be it known unto all men by these present that I Jane Weawick of Gloster in ye County of Essex in New England formerly ye wife but now ye widdow and. adminis- tratrix to ye Estate of my Husband Henry Waewick Some time Resident in Saco within ye Province of Main Know ye that I Jane Warick have & do by these presents, have made & ordained Constituted & appointed & Lawfully athorized my Loving Son John Tinney of Gloster my true & lawfull Attorney in my name to ask Demand Sue for & Recover of Humphrey Scamon of Saco aforesd about Thirty or forty pounds with about two hundred acres of land, be it more or less which was appertaining to ye Estate of my Husband Henry Warick Decd & of any other person or persons all Debts & Sums of money or goods Consisting in what it will in any mans hand whatsoever pertaining to Sd estate, I do Impower my sª attorney Irecoverably to recover unto his own Proper use & in Case any person doth Refuse to make Sattisfaxtion for all things pertaining unto Sª estate to my sª attourney my sd attourney to arest Impeied Imprison any person or all Such persons & again at his pleasure to acquit discharce release & deliver them & for prossecution hereof attourney or attourneys under him at his pleasure to make & to Revoke & all acts & things in & about ye premisses in Lawfull wise to be done as fully & Competently as I my Self in my own person might or Could do, I do Improve & athorise my sª Attourney to do or Cause to be done unto his own proper use benefitt & behoofe for ever & I do by these presents give up & absolutely grant to my Son &
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attourney all my lands within Specified & not mentioned as also all my Debts lands meadow goods whatsoever whether in ye Province of Maine or any other place or places where- soever ye Sª lands meadow Cattle goods Debts & all my De- mands & Dues with all ye Singular ye appurtenances there- unto belonging The Sª Lands meadows & goods To have & to hold to him ye aforesd John Tinney his heirs Executors administrators & assigns forever free & Clear & freely & Clearly acquited & Discharged of & from all Other & Former gifts Grants Intails Mortagages Judgments Joyn- tures or Incumbrances or Mollestations whatsoever & further I ye aforesd Jane Warick do Covenant for my Self my heirs & assigns to & with John Tinney his heirs Executors ad- ministrators & assigns to warrant & defend & ye Peaceable Possesion to give & maintain of all & Singular ye appurte- nances thereunto belonging in Wittness whereof I have here- unto Set my hand & Seal ye Seventeenth day of Jan'y in ye Year of our Lord one Thousand Six Hundred Ninty & two /93 The Mark of Jane Warick & ( Seal )
Signed Sealed & Delivered In ye Presence of us
The words do Covenant written before Signing hereof
The Mark of John Smith
Ezekies Callms
Febry 21st 1693/4 Jane Warrick appeared & owned ye above written Instrument to be her act & Deed before me Thomas Wade Jus Peace
Recorded according to ye origanall Jan'y 19th 1721 p Abram Preble Reg
Benjamin Preble Aged Sixty Three Years or thereabouts testifieth & Saith that he doth well Remember upward of forty years agoe ye fence in ye Dividing Line between ye Land that is now in ye Possession of M' Jonathan Bane in York upon ye Northeast Side of ye highway where he now Liveth & ye land upon ye Southeast of sd Banes Land now in ye Possession of Nathaniel Doniel Sd fence by ye high way was then accounted & allowed by James Sharp then in ye Possession of sª Banes & John Preble Decd in ye Possession of Sª Doniels to be ye Dividing Line between them as sd fence now Standeth & So on a straight Line in & through their whole lands & Banes Land hath been in ye quiatt Pos-
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session of sª Sharpe & Sª Banes Father & Sª Jonathan Bane eversince, & never mollested in sd Possession at any time that ever he heard of
York ss, Jan'y 2ª 1721. Benja Preble above named person- ally appearing made oath to ye above written Affidavitt In Perpetuam Rei Memoriam
before Charls Frost ) Justice Peace S Abra Preble S & Quoram
Recorded According to ye Origanall Jan'y 4th 1721 p Abram Preble Reg
To all Christian People to whom this deed of mortagage my Come Nicholas Cane of york in ye County of york in ye Province of ye Massa Chusetts Bay in New England Labourer Sendeth Greeting Know ye that ye sª Nicholas Cane for & in Consideration of Nineteen pounds money to him in hand well & truly paid by Mr Caleb Spurrier of Sª York Cymester at ye Receipt whereof ye Sª Nicholas Cane doth acknowledge himselfe therewith fully paid Sattisfyed & Contented & doth acquit & Discharge ye Sa Caleb Spurrier of all & every part thereof & hath given granted Bargained Mortgaged Sold & Conveyed & doth by these Presents give grant Mortagage Sell Aliene enffife & Convey & fully & freely & absolutely Establish & Confirm unto ye Sª Caleb Spurrier & his heirs & assigns forever one Certain peice parcell or Tract of land Lying & being within ye Township of Sª York. Containing by Estimation Thirty Acres of land & all his Housen & out housen where ye Sª Came Now Liveth being Situated upon both sides of ye high way yt Leads from Capenedduck River towards Wells & is butted & bounded as followeth Vizt upon ye northward by ye Sea in Breadth forty four pole & Run back from ye Sea Southwest on both sides untill Thirty acres is fully Compleated with allowance for ye High way as p Sª Canes Return upon Record in York Town Book May more at Large & Plainly appear as to ye full boundaries thereof, Together with all ye Rights Titles Privilages & ap- purtenances belonging to Sª land house out houses fences or any other Priviledges belonging to ye Sª premisses unto him ye Sª Caleb Spurrier & his heirs & assigns forever To have & to hold & Quietly & Peaceably to use Occupy & Injoy as a good & Peaceable estate in fee Simple Moreover ye Sd Nicholas Cane [246] doth for himself his heirs Executors & administrators to & with ye sª Caleb Spurrier his heirs Ex- ecutors & assignes Covenant Ingage & Promise ye above
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granted & bargained premisses to be free & Clear & freely & Clearly acquited & Discharged from all former gifts grants Bargains Sales Rents Rates Dowers Mort- Cane Nineteen Pounds Money in full of this Mortgage and doe York March ye 21 : 1722 | 3 then And before Rescaved of Nicholas agages or any other Incumbrances whatsoever as also from all future Claims Challinges Demands A rest Law suites or any other Interuptions whatsoever & fur- thermore ye Sª Nicholas Cane doth bind & oblidge Attest Abram Preble Regr hereby aequit y. Same himself his heirs adminestrators to warrant & Defend unto ye Sª Caleb Spurrier & his heirs & assigns for- ever ye full & every part of ye abovesaid premisses ; The Condition of this beforegoing Deed of Mortagage is Such yt if ye above sª Nicholas Cane his heirs Ex- ecutors or administrators or either of them do well & Truly pay or Cause to be pª unto ye Sª Caleb Spurrier his heirs Executors administrators or assigns ye full & Just Sum of Nineteen pounds Current money of New England at or before ye Eleventh day of Januwary next p me Caleb Spurrier Coming in ye year 1722/3 without fraud Decait or further Delay with ye lawfull Interest of Sª Nineteen pounds from sd Date then this deed of mortagage Shall be null & Void, but, otherways to be in full force & Virtue forever In Wittness hereof ye Sd Nicholas Cane hath hereto Sett his hand & Seal this Eleventh Day of Januwary one Thousand Seven hundred & Twentyone/two In ye Eighth Year of ye Reign of our Sov- eraign Lord George King of Great Brittain &c
Signed Sealed & Delivered
in the Presence of us John Harmon Abram Preble
Nicholas Cane ( Seal ) York ss York Jan'y 11th 1721/2 Nicholas Cane per- sonally appeared & aeknowl- edged this beforegoing Instru- ment to be his free act & Deed
Before me Abram Preble Jus Peace
Recorded according to ye Origanall Jan'y 11th 1721. p Abram Preble Reg™
August 1659 It is agreed between Henry Waddack & James Gibenes yt ye Sª Henry Shall begin his utmost bounds at ye great gutt up above his Corn field Northwest & So Right North to Goose fair path & So to follow ye Path along to Goose fair old wadeing Place which land and meddow between yt Bounds & ye Sea ye Sd Henry Waddock doth take for full Sattisfaction for himseif & Wim Curkeete for all bargains & Sales heretofore uncluded ye Sª Henry waddock
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Shall be free from all Rents and Demands heretofore & here- after paying ye Sª James his heirs & assigns one pepper Corn Yearly upon ye 29th day of August if it be demanded Wittness our hands
Henry Waddock James Gibbins
Wittnesses
Robert Booth Recorder for Saco
Judith Gibbins
Thos Rogers
A true Coppy of ye Town book of Saco Examined this 20th day of March 1720
p me Humphrey Scammon Town Clark for Biddeford Recorded according to Sª Coppy Jan'y 224 1721. p Abram Preble Regr
To all Christian People to whom this Present deed of Sale may Come Josiah Bridges of York in ye County of york in ye Province of ye Massachusett Bay in New England Yea- mon Sendeth Greeting Know ye the sd Josiah Bridges for & in Consideration of. Thirty Nine Pounds to him in hand pd by Joseph Moulton of sd York Yeamon at ye Rect whereof ye Sª Josiah Bridges doth acknowledge himself therewith fully Sattisfyed paid & well Contented & doth by these Presents acquit & Discharge ye Sª Joseph Moulton of all & Every part payment & Demand thereof, & in Consideration thereof as aforesd hath given granted Bargained Sold Aliened Enfieeffed & Conveyed & doth by these Presents give grant Bargaine Sell aliene Enfieffe & Convey & fully freely & absolutely make over & Confirm unto ye Sª Joseph Moulton & his heirs & assigns forever. one Certain Peice Parcell Tenemin or Tract of land both upland & Meddow ground Lying & being within ye Township or precints of Sd York, & is Sittuated upon ye Southwest side of ye high way next upon ye Southeast end of york Bridge So Called ; & is But- ted & bounded as Followeth Vizt Begining upon ye north Corner thereof upon ye Southwest side of Sª high way, next unto Daniel Mackintiers land, formerly James Warrins land, & Runs from thence adjoyning to sd Land upon a South Southwest Line as sd land Runeth Eighty Six pole to a Pine Tree marked on four sides & So is bounded up by ye River as ye upland or fences lyeth by sd River or is Called ye Northwest Branch of York River, unto ye Southward Corner of York Bridge So Called & is bounded from thence by aforesª High way unto ye Place began at or however is or may be Otherwayes Reputed to be bounded Together withall ye Rights Titles Privilidges Properties Emoliments appur-
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tenances & advantages belonging to ye Same or that may ever hereafter Redown thereunto or to any part or parcell thereof unto him ye Sd Joseph Moulton & his heirs & assigns for ever, To have & to hold & quiatly & Peacably to use Improve Occupy & Injoy ye Sd pmisses as a good Clear estate in fee Simple moreover ye Sª Josiah Bridges doth for himself his heirs Executors & Administrators to & with ye Sd Joseph Moulton his heirs & assigns Covenant Ingage & Promise that ye above granted land & meddow ground, which by Estimation Containeth Thirteen acrees be it more or less, is free & Clear & freely & Clearly acquited from all former gifts grants Bargains Sales Rents Rates Mortagages Dowerys Intailes widows Thirds or any other Incumbrances whatsoever as also from all future Claims [247] Challinges arest lawsutes hindrances Mollestations or Interuptions whatsoever & further ye Sd Josiah Brdges doth Declare & avouch himself untill ye Signing & Delivery hereof to be ye Sole true & Proper Owner of ye abovesd pmisses & yt his Right is Just & good in these proceedings & he ye Sd Bridges doth bind himself his heirs Executors and administrators to warrant & Defend sd pmisses unto ye Sª Joseph Moulton & his heirs & assigns forever In Wittness hereof ye aforesd Josiah Bridges hath hereunto Sett his hand & Seal This Tenth day of Januwary in ye Year of our Lord One Thou- sand Seven hundred & Twenty one/2 1721/2 & in ye Eighth Year of ye Reign of our Soveraign Lord George King of Great Brittaine &c
Signed Sealed & Delivered in ye Presence of us Ebenezer Storer Abraham Preble
Josiah Bridges (Seal ) York ss York Janry 10th 1721/2 Josiah Bridges personally ap- peared & acknowledged this above written Instru- ment to be his free act & Deed Before me Abram Preble Jus Peace Recorded According to ye Origanall Jan'y 10th 1721/2 p Abram Preble Regr
To all Christian People to whom this deed of Sale may Come John Addams of Kittery in ye County of York in ye Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England yeamon Sendeth Greeting Know ye ye Sª John Addams for & in Consideration of Six pounds money to him in hand well & truly paid by Josiah Maine of York in ye County & Prov-
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ince abovesd at ye Rect whereof ye Sª John adam doth acknowledge himself therewith fully paid Sattisfyed & well Contented & doth hereby acquit Release Exonerate & Dis- charge ye Sª Josiah Maine of Every part & payment thereof & hath given granted Bargained Sold aliened Enfieffed & Convey & Doth by these presents give grant Bargaine Sell aline Enfieffe & Convey & fully freely & absolutly make over Establish & Confirm unto ye Sª Josiah Maine his heirs & assigns forever one Certain peice parcell or Small Teni- mun of land upland & Swampy land Lying & being within ye Township of Sª York & is Sittuated upon ye Southwest Side of York River upon ye Southeast side of ye land now in ye Possession of Marthous Young where he now Liveth & is within side of sd Maines fence or Inclosure & is butted & bounded as followeth Viz upon ye northwest by sd Josiah Maines fence & ye land of ye Sª Young & upon ye Southwest by ye land of Sª Maine & upon ye Southeast by ye land of Sd Josiah Maine & is in quantity by Estimation being three acres be it more or less or however otherways it is or may be Reputed to be bounded with all ye Rights Titles Emoliments appurtenances Priviledges and advantages be- longing unto ye Sª granted & bargained land & Medow Ground or yt ever may hereafter Redown unto ye Same or any part or pcell thereof unto him ye Sª Josiah Maine & his heirs & assigns forever. To have & to hold and quietly & Peacably to use Occupy Injoy as agood Clear & Raiel estate in fee Simple free & Clear & freely & Clearly acquited & Discharged from all former gifts grants Bargains Sales Rents Leeses Dowerys Executions Widows Thirds Mortagages Intails or any other Incumbrances whatsoever as also from all future Claims Challinges Interuptions or Demands upon any Just grounds or Title of Law whatsoever Moreover ye Sª John Adams doth herby Avouch & Declare himselfe to be ye true Sole Rightfull & Proper owner of ye above granted & Dmised pmises & hath full Power good Right & Lawfull athority to Sell & Dispose of ye Same as is above sett forth untill ye Sealing & Delivery hereof & ye sd John Addams doth for himself his heirs Executors & administrators to & with ye Sª Josiah Maine his heirs & assigns Ingage & Prom- ise to warrant & Defend ye abovesd pmisses & all its appur- tenances from & after this date unto ye Sd Josiah Maine his heirs & assigns forever In Wittness hereof ye S' John Adams hath hereunto Sett his hand & Seal this Twenty ninth day of December in ye Year of our Lord one Thou- sand Seven Hundred & Twenty one & in ye Eighth Year of
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ye Reign of our Soveraing Lord George King of Great Brit- taine &c
Signed Sealed & Delivered
In the Presence of us
Joseph Young Joseph Swett
Nathaniel Whitney
John Adams ( Seal )
York ss York Janry 3d
1721/2 John Adams per-
sonally appeared & ac-
knowledged this above In- strument to be his free act & Deed before me Abram Preble Jus Peace
Recorded according to ye Origanall Jan'y 3th 1721/2
p Abram Preble Regr
To all Christian People to whom this present Deed of Sale may Come Joseph Johnson of Kittery in ye County of York in ye Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New Eng- land husbandman Sendeth Greeting Know ye yt ye Sª Joseph Johnson for & in Consideration of forty pounds of good Cur- rant Passable money of New England to him in hand well & truly paid and Sattisfactorily Secured to be paid by Charles Traffton of york in sd County of york at ye Rect whereof ye Sª Joseph Johnson doth acknowledge himself therewith fully pd Sattisfied & Contented of all & every part parcel & payment thereof & doth hereby acquit exonerate & Dis- charge the Sd Charls Trafton of Ever part & payment thereof & hath given granted bargained Sold aliened En- fieffed & made over & doth by these presents give grant bar- gaine Sell aliene Enfieffe & Convey & fully freely & abso- lutely make over Establish & Confirm unto ye Sª Charls Trafton & his heirs & assigns forever One Certain Peice Par- cell Tract or Tenimun of land Containing by Estimation Eighteen Acres be it more or less Lying & being within ye Township of Sª York & is Sittuated upon ye Southwest sid of Sª York River between ye land of ye Sd Charls Traf- ton & ye land of Josiah Maine ye which sd Land was Form- erly apart of ye Estate of Thomas Trafton late of sd York Deceased [248] The Father of ye Sª Charls Trafton & was Sett of by Divition of sd Thomas Trafton Decd his estate unto his daughter Elizabeth Johnson ye mother of ye Sa Joseph Johnson & given by his Sd mother unto him ye Sd Joseph Johnson as p a Deed well Executed bareing Date ye Eighteenth of October 1721 Referance thereunto being had may Largely & plainly appear ye which Eighteen Acres of
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