USA > Maine > York County > York deeds, Book XIV 1730-1732 > Part 60
USA > Maine > York County > York deeds, Book XIV 1730-1732 > Part 60
USA > Maine > York County > York deeds, Book XIV 1730-1732 > Part 60
USA > Maine > York County > York deeds, Book XIV 1730-1732 > Part 60
USA > Maine > York County > York deeds, Book XIV 1730-1732 > Part 60
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Book XIV, For. 233.
Use possession property claim share portion proportion &' Demand whatsoever of in & unto all such Lands Tenements and hereditaments situate lying & being in Casco Bay afore- said and in Pond Islandwithin the sd County of York which did belong and appertain to my said late Father in his life time and and at the time of his Death and whereof he died siezed in ffee with the reversions & Remainders thereof To Have and to Ilold the sd granted & released Premisses with Appurees unto ye sd Anthony Bracket his Heirs & Assigns To his and their only proper use benefit and Behoof forever So that neither I the sd Elinor Pullen nor my Heirs nor any other person or persons claiming or to claim by from or under me shall or may at an, time or times hereafter have claim challenge or Demand any Estate Right Title or In- terest of in or to ve sa granted & released Premisses with the appurces but therefrom & from every Parts and Parcel thereof I and they shall and will be Debarred & forever Ex- eluded by Force & Virtue of these Presents And 1 the sa Elinor Pullen for myself my Heirs Exeers and Admin's do covent grant & agree to & with the said Anthony Bracket his Exeers Admin's & Assigns to Warrant and Defend the said granted & bargained Premisses with the Appurces unto him & them forever against myself & my heirs & against ve Lawful Claims & Demands of all other Persons claiming or to claim by from or under me In Witness whereof I the said Elinor Pullen have hereunto set my hand & Seal the Eigh- teenth Day of October Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty One and in the Fitth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second King over Great Britain &c
Eliner Pullen ("Seal )
Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of Thos Boylston William Fullarton.
Received on the Day of the Date of this Deed of the afore named Anthony Bracket the Sum of Forty Five £45 Pounds being the consideration Money therein expressed Eliner Pullen
Suffolk se/ The aforenamed Eliner Pullen psonally ap- pearing acknowledged the aforewritten Instrument to be her Aet & Deed Boston October the 12º 1731
( or me Sam" Checkley Just : Pacis A true Copy of ye Original Reed Jan'y 7 1731
Attest Joseph Moody Regr
I Underwritten have Renews the Bounds of a certain Tract of Land that Liv' Jonathan Bean sold unto Livt
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BOOK XIV, FOL. 234.
Francis Littlefield which was laid out by Jeremiah Moulton Esqr Survys of Land baring Date Febry 25th 1724/5
F Little- containing Thirty Acres of Land weh is in ye Town- field ship of York adjoyning to Wells Line Dated at Wells Decr [234] 21st 1731
p Nicholas Cole Surveyr of Land
A true Copy of the Original Reced Jan'y 7th 1731 Attest Joseph Moody Regt
Know all men by these Presents that I John Frost of New Castle in the Provee of New Hampshire in
Frost Engla Esqr have constituted ordained and made
To and in my stead and Place put my Trusty & well Frost beloved Friend Simon Frost of Kittery in the County of York in ve Province of the Massachu- setts Bay in New England aforesaid Gent to be my true Sufficient & lawful Attorney for me & in my Name & Stead to give grant bargain sell convey & confirm unto any Per- son or Persons all that my One Sixth Part of a Tract of Salt Marsh lying & being within the Township of Capepor- pus Alias Arundel conta about Ten Acres more or less which descended to me from my llond Father Charles Frost Esq" formerly of Kittery aforest Deed the other Five Six Parts belonging to the above named Simon Frost my said At- torney as may appear by the Records of the County of York The Bounds of which marsh may appear [described] by a Deed of Sale under ve Hands & Seals JJoseph Bolls & Mary his Wife formerly of Wells Deed baring Date the Third Day of Aprill Anno Domini 1672 Giving & hereby granting un- to my sd Attorney my full & whole Strength Power and Authority in & about the Premisses and in my name and Stead to make Seal & execute & perfect any [lawful] Deed of Sale Lease or other Instrument in writing necessary to or relating to ve Premisses and generally to say do act Transaet Determine accomplish & finish all matters & Things relating to the Premisses as fully amply & effect- ually to all Intents & purposes as I the sd constituant my- self ought or could do personally although the matter should require more Special Authority than is herein comprised I ve sd Constituant Ratifying allowing & confirming & hold- ing Firm and Valid all & whatsoever my sd Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done in & about ye Premisses by Vertue of these Presents In witness whereof I have here- unto set my Hand & Seal ye Tenth Day of May in the Fourth year of his Maytys Reign Annoq Domini 1731.
Jnº ffrost (ªSeal )
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Book XIV, For. 234.
Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of us Charles ffrost Sarah ffrost
Province New Hampshire New Castle May the 10th 1731 John Frost Esqr psonally appeared before me the Subscriber & acknowledge the within written Instrument as his Volun- tary Act & Deed
Before Joseph Simpson J Peace
A true Copy of the Original Received JJanty 7th 1731 Attest Joseph Moody Regt
To all People to whom these Presents shall come William Cotton of Portsmouth in New Hampshire in New
Cotton England sendeth Greeting Know yee that the s'
To W" Cotton for &' in Consideration of the Sum of
Bragdon Five Pounds Curr Money of New England to him in Hand before the Enscaling & Delivery hereof well and truly paid by Arthur Braydon of Scar- borough The Receipt whereof the sa William Cotton doth by these Presents acknowledge & himself therewith fully satisfied contented and Thereof & of every Part & Parcel thereof do exonerate acquit & discharge the s" Arthur Brag- don his Heirs Excers Admin's forever by these Presents do freely fully & absolutely give grant bargain & aliene convey and confirm unto him the said Arthur Bragdon his Heirs & Assigns forever a certain Piece of Marsh lying and being in the Township of Scarborough situated lying on the South West Side of the Mill Creek beginning at a Gutter in the Mill Creek against the Middle of the s' Cottons Island run- ning South west Forty Rod to a Stake then South East down to Blew Point River then along the River Side to the Mill Creek & then up Mill Creek to the first Bounds where it begun
To Have and to Hold the sa granted & bargained Premi- sses with all the Appurtenances priviledges and comodities to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to him the s' Arthur Bragdon his Heirs and Assigns forever from any Person by or under him the s" W" Cotton warranted by the sa Cotton In Witness whereot the st Cotton hath set his Hand & Seal ye 280 of May Anno Domini 1731
W'' C'otton (ascal )
Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of us Thomas Cotton Thoms Lang
Provre of New Hampshire Portsmouth: January ye St 1731/2 Then Ar W" Cotton acknowledged yr above Instru- ment as his Act & Deed
Cor Josh: Peirce Just Pace
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BOOK XIV, FOL. 235.
A true Copy of ye Orig! Reed Janry 13th 1731 Attest Joseph Moody Regr
To all People to whom these Presents shall come Samuel
Harmon Harmon of Scarborough in ye County of York in
New England Yeoman sendeth Greeting Know yee
To that the sd Sam" Harmon for and in Consideration Walker of the Sum of one Hundred & fifty Pounds Currt Money of New England to him in Hand before the Ensealing & Delivery hereof well & truly paid by George Walker of Portsmouth in New Hampshire in New England Gent The Receipt whereof to full Satisfaction the sº Samuel Harmon doth [235] hereby acknowledge hath given grant- ed Bargainº sold aliened enfeofed conveyed & confirmed And by these Presents doth freely fully clearly and abso- lutely give grant bargain sell aliene enfeoffe convey and confirm unto him the sa George Walker his Heirs & As- signs forever One Hundred Acres of Land situate lying & being in Scarborough aforest being butted and bounded as followeth viz' beginning at the Creek called & known by yt Name of the Mill Creek in Scarborough aforesaid & runs on the Northwesterly Side of the Land of Nathaniel Bowl- ter One Hundred Rods & to carry yt same breadth of One Hundred Rods Back Northwesterly from sd Boulters Land Joyning to the Creek afforest One Hundred & Sixty Rods Untill the sd Hundred Acres are fully made up To- gether with all ye Priviledges and Appurers thereof and also the Priviledges for the sd George Walker & his Heirs Excels and Adminis to have a way or passage for Cart horse or Creatures to go & drive down any Thing or on any con- venieney to pass & repass thro the Land of the sa Harmon down to his the s' Harmons landing Place at Donston River not doing any Damage or leaving Gates or Bars open unto the s' George Walker his Heirs & Assigns forever the sa Harmon also excepting & reserving to himself and his Heirs a passage thro this Land for himself Servants Team or Cattle to go to his Saw Mill as long as the said Mill is his & improved by him or his Heis so as that he nor they does any Damage or leave Down Bars or gates open To Have and to Hold all the before granted & bargained Prom- isses together wth all & Singular the Priviledges and Ap- purces thereof ( Excepting the before excepted) unto him ve sd George Walker his Heirs & Assigns forever to his & yr own proper Use & Uses Benetit & behoof from hence
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BOOK XIV, FOL. 235.
forth & forever And the said Sam" Harmon for himself his Heirs Execrs & Admin's doth covent promise & grant to & with ye sd George Walker his Heirs & Assigns in manner &' form following (that is to say) yt at the Time of ve Enseal- ing and Delivery of these Presents he ye se Samuel Harmon is ve true sole & lawful owner of all the afore bargained pmisses & stands lawfully seized thereof in his own proper Right of a good pfeet & Indefeizable E'state of Inheritance in Fee Simple having in himself full Power good Right & lawful Authority to sell & dispose of the same in manner & form aforesaid and that the sd George Walker his Heirs and Assigns shall & may henceforth forever lawfully poaccably & quietly have hold use occupie possess & enjoy the above granted Premisses with ye Appurres y of free & clear & freely & clearly acquitted exonerated & discharged of & from all & all manner of former & other Gifts Grants bar- gains Sales Leases Judgments Executions Titles Troubles Charges or incumbranees whatsoever And further the said Samuel Harmon for himself his Heirs Exeers & Adminis from henceforth & forever hereafter to warrant & Defend all the above granted & bargained Premisses & the Appurces thereof unto the sd George Walker his Heirs & Assigns against ye lawful Claims & Demands of all & every pson &' Person whomsoever Alsoe Merey the wife of the sa Sam1 Harmon doth by these Presents give Yeild up & Surrender all her Right of Dowry & Power of Thirds of in & unto all the before granted & bargained Premisses unto him ve said George Walker his Heirs & Assigns forever In Witness whereof they the sd Sam" Harmon & Mercy his Wife have hereunto set their Hands & Seals the Nineteenth Day of November Anno Domini 1731
het mark
Sam" Harmon (ªSeal) Masey X Hrmon (ªseal )
Sealed & Delivered in Presence of us Joseph Welch James Jetfry
Portsmouth New Hampshire in New England 9r the 20th 1731 Then Sam" Harmon acknowledged the above Instru- ment to be his tree Act & Deed
Cor" Hen : Sherburne Js: Pos
Enoch Davies Edward Stuart York se York Jany the 19th 1731/2 Then Merey Harmon acknowledged the above In. stramt to be her free Act & Deed
Coram Sam" Came J: Pos :
A true Copy of ve Orig! Received Jan'y 19mh 1731 Attest Joseph Moody Regr
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Book XIV, FOL. 236.
To all Christian People to whom these psents shall cone
Shapleigh Greetings &e Know yee that we Nicolas Shap-
Rice & leigh Richard Riee & Sarah Eastwick all of Kit-
tery in the County of York in the Provee of the
Eastwick
Massachusetts Bay in New England for and in
To Consideration of the Sum of One Pound & Ten Deniford Shillings in good Currant Money or Bills of Credit of ve aforesaid Province by Walter Den- iford of ye same Place Husbandman & for Sundry other good Causes & Considerations us thereunto moving have Remised Released & forever Quit Claimed & by [236] these Presents for our Selves our Heirs Excers & Admin's do fully clearly freely & absolutely Remise Release & forever Quit Claim unto the sa Walter Deniford in his full & peaceable possession and Seizin and to his Heirs & Assigns forever All the Estate Right Title Interest Possession Reversion Claim & Demand whatsoever which we the sa Nicholas Shapleigh Richard Rice & Sarah Eastwicke now have may might or ought to have or which we or our Heirs att any time hereafter shall or may have might or ought to have of in or to a certain Tract or Parcel of Land Situate & being in the Township of Kittery aforesaid containing about Eight Acres and a Quarter be it more or less & is Butted & Bounded on the North East End by a a Cove of Water on the Western Side of Spruce Creek commonly called & known by the name of Broad Cove and is about Seventeen Poles & an Half in Breadth by the said Cove & on the South West End by the High Way that goes to York and is in Breadth on the sd South West End about Eight Poles on the South Easterly Side bounded by the Land of Capt William Fernald Deed & Mr Thomas Cutts his Land running in Length about One Hundred & Eight Poles on the North- westerly Side by the Land now in the Possession of One Elwell together with all ye Priviledges and Appurces to the 4 Land belonging or in anywise appertaining To Have & to Hold the said Tract or Parcel of Land with the Appurres & Comodities thereunto belonging unto the s" Walter Deni- ford his Heirs and Assigns to his & their own proper U'se benefit & behoof forever so that neither we the said Nicolas Shapleigh Richard Rice & Sarah Eastwicke nor our Heirs nor any other Person or Persons for us or them or in any of our or there Names or in the name Right or Stead of any of us shall or will by any way or means hereafter have Claim Challenge or Demand any Estate Right Title or In- terest of in or to the Premi-ses or any part or Parcel thereof But from all & every Action Right Estate Title Interest &
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BOOK XIV, FOL. 236.
Demand of in or to the Premisses or any Part or parcell thereof they & every of them shall be utterly excluded & barred forover by these Presents In Witness whereof we have herento set our Hands and Seals this Eleventh Day of June Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Annoq R' Ris Georgii Secundi Tertio Magna Brit- tania &e
Nicholas Shapleigh (ªSeal) Richª Rice (ªSeal )
Signed Sealed and Delivd in ye presence of us John Wood- man Jun Dan" Rice
York ss/March 30th 1731 Capt Nicholas Shapleigh psonally appearing acknowledged this Instrument in writing to be his voluntary Act and Deed
before Jos : Hammond JJ : P
York sc /July 29mh 1731 Richard Rice within named psonally appearing acknowledged this Instrument in writing to be his voluntary Act and Deed
Coram Jos : Hammond j : Pacis A true Copy of the Original Reed Janty 20th 1731 Attest Joseph Moody Regr
To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greet-
ing Know ve that I Joseph Maylem of Boston in
Maylem the County of Suffolk in his Maytys Province of
To the Massachusetts Bay in New England Bricklayer
Bracket For & in Consideration of the Sum of Fifty Pounds in good and lawfull publiek Bills of Credit to me in hand before ye enscaling hereof well & truly paid by Anthony Bracket of Boston in the County aforesaid Ropemaker. The Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and myself therewith fully Satisfied and contented & thereof & of every part & Parcel thereof do exonerate acquit & dis- charge him the said Anthony Brackett his Heirs Excers and Admin's forever by these Presents Have given granted bar- gained Sold aliened conveyed and confirmed and by these Presents do freely fully and absolutely give grant bargain sell aliene convey & confirm unto him the said Anthony Brackett his Heirs and Assigns forever all and Singular my Right Interest Estate Property Claim or Demand which I the st Joseph Maylem now have or onght or might hereafter my Heirs Exeers or Admin's to have any Part or Parts of in or to a certain Farm or Parcel of Land commonly called Bracketts Farm and which formerly belonged to Anthony Brackett Sent late of Falmouth in Casco Bay in the County of York in New England Gent Deceased Together with all
Book XIV 42
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BOOK XIV, FOL. 237.
the Priviledges Comodities & Appurces belonging or apper- taining to ye same with the Reversion and Remainders thereof To Have and To Hold the sd granted & bargained Premisses with all the Appurces Priviledges and comodities to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to him the said Anthony Bracket his Heirs and Assigns forever to his and their only proper Use Benefit & behoof forever And I the sd Joseph Maylem for myself my Heirs Excers Admin's do covent promise grant to and with ye sª Anthony Brackett his Heirs and Assigns that before the Enscaling hereof I am the true Sole and lawful owner of the above bargained puisses and am lawfully seized and possessed of ye same in my own proper Right as a good perfect and absolute Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple & have in my Self good Right full [237] Power and lawful Authority to grant bargain sell convey and confirm sa bargained Premisses in manner as aforesaid And that the said Anthony Brackett his Heirs and Assigns shall and may from time to time and at all times forever hereafter by Force & Virtue of these Presents lawfully peaceably & quietly Have hold use occupie possess & enjoy the said Demised and bargained Premisses with the Appurces free and clear & freely & clearly acquitted ex- onerated and Discharged of from all and all Manner of former or other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Mort- gages Wills Entails Joyntures Dowries Judgments Execu- tions or Incumbrances of what Name or Nature soever that might in any Measure or Degree obstruct or make Void this present Deed. And Kezia my Wife in Testimony of her free Consent to the above granted Deed of Sale doth hereby freely and absolutely Surrender & give up all her Power of claim of Thirds or Dowry of in or to the above Demised Premisses or any Part thereof In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands and Scals the first Day of JJanty in ye Fifth year of his Maytys Reign Anno Dom' 1733
her
Joseph Maylem (ªSeal) Kezia X Maylem (aSeal) mark
Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of us Henery Lee Joseph Wheeler
Boston JJanuary 1st 1731/2 Received of the within named Anthony Brackett Fifty Pounds in Money in full for the within bargained Premisses
p me Joseph Maylem
Suffolk se / Boston January 1st 1731 Joseph Maylem and Kezia his Wife appeared & acknowledged the within Instru- ment to be their Act and Deed
before me Nath" Green Just Peace
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BOOK XIV, FOL. 237.
A true Copy of ye Original Received January 20 1731 Attest Joseph Moody Regt
This Indenture made the Twenty Seventh Day of October Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred &
Tyler Thirty Between Samuel Tyley of Boston in the
To County of Suffolk Gent Clerk to the Proprie- Bromfield tors of a certain Tract of Land containing Eight Miles Square appointed by Major William Phil- lips to be laid out for a Township adjoyning to the Inland Head of the Town of Wells in the County of York of the One Part & Edward Bromfield Iun' of Boston aforesaid Shopkeeper on the other Part
Whereas the said William Phillips in & by a certain Deed or Instrument under his Hand and Seal bearing Date the fifteenth Day of June Anno Domini One Thousand Six Hundred & Seventy Six for the Consideration therein men- tioned did give grant and confirm (among other Things) to Samuel Phillips William Phillips and others to be divided into Nineteen Shares Nineteen Thousand Acres of Land being Part & near One Half of the sª Eight Miles Square which Nineteen Thousand Acres of Land hath been lately laid out by Surveyors and Chain Men under Oath And whereas at a meeting of the Proprietors of the said Nineteen Thousand Acres of Land at the Royal Exchange Tavern in Boston on Tuesday the Twenty Seventh Day of January last Past in Consideration that there was need of raising Money to defrey the Charge necessarily arising to the said Proprietors for laying out the said Nineteen Thousand Acres of Land pursuant to the Direction of the said Deed ve said Proprietors voted unanimously that the said Edward Brom- field Jun' should be admitted and allowed to be a Partner and Proprietor in Comon with the other Proprietors of the said Nineteen Thousand Acres of Land So that the same is to be divided into Twenty Shares and the sa Bromfield is to have a Twentyeth Part thereof Excepting thereout Two Hundred Acre Lotts One for the Minister and another for another for the Ministry and a Commodious Piece of Land for a Meeting House & Forty Hundred Aeres of Land are laid out for Settlements to Forty Persons pursuant to the Note of said Proprietors and their Clerk was directed & im- powered by and in their Name to Execute and Deliver to the said Edward Bromfield an absolute Deed of Sale of a Twentyeth Part of the s' Nineteen Thousand Aeres of Land ( Excepting as aforesaid ) upon his paying One Hundred
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BOOK XIV, FOL. 238.
Pounds for the same (which is the greatest Sum that any of the Proprietors would give) the money to be paid to the Clerk for ye Use of the Proprietors for or towards defrey- ing their Charge in laying out the said Land into Lots for the Proprietors and settlers as by the said Vote (relation thereto being had) will more at large appear
Now this Indenture witnesseth that ye sa Samuel Tyley qualified as aforesª for and in consideration of the Sum of One Hundred Pounds to him in hand well and truly paid at and before ye Delivery of these Psents by the sª Edward Bromfield Junr the Receipt whereof for the Use of the sd Proprietors he the sd Sam" Tyley qualified as aforesaid doth hereby acknowledge flath given granted bargained sold aliened enfeoffs & confirmed [238] and by these Presents pursuant to the Vote of the said Proprietors Especially directing and impowering him thereunto Doth give grant bargain sell aliene enfeoffs convey and confirm unto the sd Edward Bromfield Juin One full Twentieth Part of and in the aforesa Nineteen Thousand Acres of Land the whole into Twenty equal Parts to be divided after the settlers Forty Hundred Aeres and Two Hundred Aere Lots for the Minister and Ministry and a commodious Piece of Land given for a Meeting House are laid according to the Pro- prietors Vote as aforesaid Together with all & singular the Trees Wood waters water Courses Ponds Profits Priviledges and Appurces to ye gd granted Lands belonging or in any wise appertaining And the Reversions and Remainders thereof To have and to hold One full twentieth Part of the sª Nineteen Thousand Acres of Land with the Appurces Ex- cepting the Land given away to the settlers and ordered to be laid out as aforesd) unto him the s' Edward Bromfield Jun' his Heirs & Assigns forever To his & their only sole & proper Use benefit & behoof from henceforth & forever- more So that of and from all right Estate Title Interest re- claim Challenge or Demand whatsoever to be by the se Pro- prietors or any of them had made or claimed of in or to the sd granted Land & pmisses They & each and every of them shall & will be debarred and forever excluded of & from the same by force & Virtue of these Presents In witness where- of the sª Parties have hereunto Set their Hands & Seals the day and year first herein beforewritten.
Samuel Tyley Qualified as afored (ªSeal) Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of us JJnº Wheel- wright Thos Salter.
Suffolk ss/ Boston Sept" 10" 1731 Samuel Tyley quali-
Book XIV, FOL. 238. 655
fied as aforesd acknowledged the aforewritten Instrument to be his Act & Deed
before me Sam? Checkley JJ: Pacis A true Copy of ye Original Indented Received Jan'y 27th 1731
Attest Joseph Moody Regt
To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greet- ing Know yee that I Ruth Parsons of York in the
Parsons County of York in the Province of the Massachu-
To setts Bay in New England Widow & Executrix to Perrey the last Will & Testament of Elihu Parsons late of York aforesaid Yeoman Deceased for and in Con- sideration of the Sum of Sixty Pounds in good Bills of Credit on sª Province to me in hand before the Enscaling well and truly paid by Elias Perrey of York aforesaid La- borer to be imployed for & towards the Payment of the Just Debts of the said Elihu Parsons Decd the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge & myself therewith fully Satisfied and contented & thereof & of every Part and Parcell thereof do exonerate acquit & discharge him the said Elias Perrey his Heirs Exeers and Admin's for ever by these Presents Have given granted bargained sold aliened conveyed con- veyed and confirmed and by these Presents do fully freely and absolutely give grant bargain sell aliene convey & eon- firm unto him the said Elias Perrey his Heirs and Assigns forever a certain Parcel of Land lying in the Township of York on the Southwest Side of York River containing Twenty Acres bounded as followeth viz' beginning at a Iem- lock Tree marked on Four sides at the Westard Corner of James Grants Land & runs from thence South South West Sixty Eight Pole to a little Beech & Maple cach marked four Sides and runs from thence South and by East Twenty Poles to a Pine Tree marked on Four Sides standing by the Bounds of the Land formerly John Parkers now in the Pos- session ot Benjamin Webber & runs from thence by said Bounds North East One Hundred & Sixty Poles to a Hem- lock Tree marked on Four Sides standing at the Head of Micom Macintires House Lott and runs by the Head of said Lot Northwest Twenty Poles to a Lot of Land formerly laid out to John Pearce June fth 1686 & is bounded by said Lot or Land as said Bounds run to the Hemlock Tree first mentioned it being the same Land that was laid out to the Deceased September ye I8th 1716 by Virtue of a Town Grant made to him March 17th 1707/8 as by York Town
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