USA > Maine > York County > York deeds, Book XIV 1730-1732 > Part 61
USA > Maine > York County > York deeds, Book XIV 1730-1732 > Part 61
USA > Maine > York County > York deeds, Book XIV 1730-1732 > Part 61
USA > Maine > York County > York deeds, Book XIV 1730-1732 > Part 61
USA > Maine > York County > York deeds, Book XIV 1730-1732 > Part 61
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BOOK XIV, FOL. 239.
Book may at large appear To have and to hold the said granted & bargained Premisses with all the Apparees privi- ledges & comodities to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to him ye said Elias Perrey his Heirs and As- signs forever to his & their only proper Use Benefit & Be- hoofe forever & I the se Ruth Parsons Excentrix as afore- said for me my Heirs Exeers & Admin's do covent promise & grant to &' with him the said Elias Perrey his Heirs & Assigns that [the sd Elihu Parsons at his Decease was] the true Sole & lawful owner of ye above bargained Premisses & was lawfully siezed & possessed of the same in his own proper Right as a good per [239] feet & absolute Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple And [that I by Virtue of the Power granted me in ye sd Will have] good Right full Power and lawfull Authority to grant bargain sell convey and confirm said bargained Premisses in manner as aforesd and that he the said Elias Perrey his Heirs & Assigns shall & may from time to time & at all times for ever hereafter by Force & Virtue of these Presents lawfully peaceably & quietly have hold Use Occupy possess & enjoy the sd De- mised & bargained Premisses with the Appurees free and clear & freely & clearly acquitted exonerated & discharged of from all & all manner of former or other Gifts Grant. Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Entails Joyntures Dowries Judgments Executions or Incumbrances or what Name or Nature soever that might in any measure or De- gree obstruct or make Void this Present Deed-Further- more I the said Ruth Parsons in the Capacity aforesaid for myself my Heirs Excers and Admin's do covenant & engage the above Demised Premisses to the full Quantity of Twenty Aeres to him the sd Elias Perrey his Heirs & Assigns against ye lawfull Claims or Demands of any pson or psons whatsoever forever hereafter to warrant Secure & Defend by these Presents In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the Thirty First Day of January in ye Fifth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George ye Second Annoq Dom 1731 from ye word [that ] Line 40 to the word [the ] obliterated & ye words [ve sd Elihu Parsons at his Decease was] interlined between 39 & 40 & two words at ve End of Line 42 obliterated & ye words [that I by virtue of ye power granted me] in ye Margin at ye End of Line 42 & ye beginning of Line 43 & ve word [Have] Interlined Line 43 & Two words at the End of Line 53 &
657
Book XIV, FOL. 239.
one word at ye beginning of Line 54 obliterated before sign- ing
her Ex Ruth X Parsons (ªSeal)
mark exu
Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of us Matthew Little Lucy Moody Joseph Moody
York ss/ York Janty 31st 1731 Then appeared Ruth Parsons Executrix to the last will & Testament of Elihu Parsons Deed & acknowledged ve above Instrumt to be her Act & Deed
before me Joseph Moody Jus: Peace A true Copy of the Orig! Reed January 31st 1731
Note the aforewritten Deed by Reason of a great Mistake in the Bounds of the Land was cancelled by Consent of both Parties & therefore is neither examined nor attested Joseph Moody Regt
Know all Men by these Presents y' 1 Joshua Lassel of Arundel in ye County of York in ve Province of
Lassell the Massachusetts Bay in New England Millman
To for & in Consideration of the Sum of Ten Pounds Melcher Money to me in hand paid by Edward Melcher of Arundel in ye County aforesaid Cordwainer the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge & my self therewith fully satisfied and contented & paid Have given granted bar- gained sold aliened conveyed & confirmed & do by these Presents freely fully & absolutely give grant bargain sell aliene convey and confirm unto him ye st Edward Melcher his Heirs & Assigns forever one Messuage or Tract of Land lying & being in Arundel aforesaid containing Ten Acres it being Part of a Fifty Acres which I bought of Samuel Morgain as will appear by a Deed bearing Date JJanty ye gth One Thousand Seven Hundred & Twenty & Six Seven which said Land not being yet laid out the se Melcher hath by these Presents full Power to lay out to him & his Heirs forever any where on the Town Connons in Arundel according to the fore recited Deed
To have and to hold the said granted & bargained Promis- ses with all the Appurres and Priviledges belonging to the same or in any wise appertaining unto him the sa Edward Melcher his Heirs & Assigns forever To his & their proper Use Benelit & Behoof forever and I the sa Joshua Lassell for me my Heirs Execr Admin's do covenant promise to & with the sd Edward Melcher his Heirs and Assigns that I am the true & sole owner of the above granted & bargained
658
BOOK XIV, FOL. 240.
Premisses and have in my self good Right & full Power to dispose of them as abovesd and that the sd Edward Melcher his Ileirs and Assigns may from time to time & at all times for- ever hereafter by Force & Vertue of these Presents Peace- ably & Quietly have hold use occupy possess & enjoy the sd Demised & bargained Premisses with the Appurtes free & dear & elearly acquitted from all & all manner of other Gifts Grants bargains Sales Joyntures Dowries or Thirds of any manner of Ineumbrances whatsoever Furthermore I the sd Joshua Lassel for my self my Heirs Exec's Admin's do covenant & engage ve above Demised Premisses to the sd Edward Melcher his Heirs & Assigns against the lawful Claims or Demands of any pson or Persons whatsoever for ever hereafter to warrant Secure & Defend Io Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my fland & Seal this Four- teenth Day of October One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty
Joshua Lassell (ª Seal)
Signed Sealed & Delivered in psents of us witnesses Benja Downing Jesse Towne Nath" Hendrick [240]
York ss/ Arundale ve 15th 1731 Joshua Lassell psonally appeared and acknowledged the within Instrument or Deed of Sale to be his Free & Voluntary Act & Deed
Cor John Gray Just Pacis
A true Copy of the Orig! Reca Jan'y 13mh 1731 Attest Joseph Moody Regr
Know all Men by these Presents that I Joseph Weare of York in the County of York in the Province of the
Weare Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman in Con- To sideration of Four Pounds in good Bills of Credit to C'ane me in Hand paid by Nicholas Cane of sª York Hus- bandman have given granted & Assigned & hereby do absolutely give grant & Assign unto the sa Nicholas Cane his Heirs and Assigns Three Acres & One Hundred & Twelve Poles of Marsh where he can find it undisposed of in the Township of York it being the Residue not yet laid out of Fifty Acres of Marsh granted to my Hond Grandfather John Davis Esqr Deed at a Legal Town Meet- ing held in York Aprill 19th 1667 as by York Town Book may appear To have and to Hold the sd Three Acres & 112 Poles of Marsh to be laid out occupied possessed & enjoyed by him the sd Nicholas Cane his Heirs & Assigns forever To his & their only proper use benefit & behoof forever And I the sd Joseph Weare for me my Heirs Exec's and
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Book XIV, FOL. 240.
Admin's do hereby covenant to & with the sa Nicholas Cane his Heirs & Assigns that I have good Right to dispose of the Premisses-In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my band & Seal the Thirteenth Day of October in the Fifth Year of his Majtes Reign Annoq Domini 1731
Joseph Weare his X ("Seal ) mark
Signed Seal'd & Delivd in Presence of us Sam" Moody Joseph Moody
York ss/October 13mh 1731 Then Joseph Weare above- named psonally appeared & acknowledged the above Instru- ment to be his Act & Deed
Before me Jos : Moody Jus : Peace
A true Copy of the Original Reed Febry 4th 1731 Attest Joseph Moody Regt
To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greet- ing &e Know ye yt I Ebenezer More of Kittery
Moore in the County of York within his Majtys Province
To of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Mitchell [Shipwright ] for and in Consideration of the Sum of Twenty Two [Pounds & Ten Shilling> ] in good & lawful Money of the Province aforesaid to me in hand before the Ensealing hereof well and truly paid by Sam" Mitchell of Kittery in the County aforest Marrin' the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and my self there- with fully satisfied & contented & thereof & of every Part & Parcell thereof do exonerate acquit and discharged the sd Sam" Mitchell his Heirs Excess Admin's forever by these Presents have given granted bargained sold alien'd convey- ed & confirm'd & by these Presents do fully freely & abso- lutely give grant bargain sell convey and confirm unto him the s' Sam" Mitchell his Heirs and Assigns forever all the Part Portion or Proportion of in & unto the common or un- divided Lands within the Township of Kittery & Berwick that did belong unto Colle Nath" Thomas as likewise my Parte as the same hath been heretofore Stated or proportion together with all such Rights Liberties Immunitys profits priviledges commodities emoluments & Appures as in any kind appertain thereto with the Reversidons & Remainders thereof and all the Estate Right Title Interest Inheritance Property possession Claim & Demand of him the s& Eben- ezer More of in & to the same & every Part thereof To have and to hold all the above granted pmisses with all & singular the Appurces & Priviledges thereof unto the sa Sam"
660
BOOK XIV, FOL. 241.
Mitchell his Heirs & Assigns to his & their own sole proper Use benefit & behoof forever and that the sd Sam' Mitchel his Heirs Exec's Admin's or Assigns shall Aet & have the Voice of the s' Eb : More in ordering settling & Dividing of the s' C'omon Rights as he the sa Eb: More might him- self have done before the Sale hereof & the sa Eb: More doth hereby covenant promise & oblige himself his Heirs Exeers Admin's forever hereafter To warrant & Defend all the above granted puissees & Appurces thereof unto the sd Sam" Mitchell his Heirs & Assigns against the lawful Claims & Demands of all & every pson or psons whomsoever & at any Time or Times hereafter on Demand to give & pass such further & ample Assurance & confirmation of the Premisses unto the sd Sam" Mitchell his Heirs & Assigns forever as in ye law or equity can resonably be devised or required In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal 10th Day of Deer Anno Domini 1731 ye words Enter- lin'd [Shipwright ] & [ Pounds & Ten Shillings] was before Signing & Sealing Eben : Moor (ªseal)
Signed Sealed & Deliva in Presence of Abram Center Timo Gerrish Jun"
York ss/ Deer 10th 1731 Eb : More psonally appeard & ac- knowledge this above Instrumt to be his Free Act and Deed before W" Pepperrell jr J : Peace
[241] A true Copy of the Orig' Reed Febry 5th 1731 Attest Joseph Moody Regr
To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greet- ing Know ve that I John Briant of Biddeford in
Briant the County of York Husbandman for and in Con-
To sideration of the Sum of One Hundred Pounds in Haines
Bills of Credit to me in hand before the Ensealing hereof well & truly paid by Sammel Haiens of Searbroh in the County of York Millwright the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and my self therewith fully satisfied and contented & thereof and of every Part and Parcel thereof do exonerate acquit & discharge him the sd Sam1 Haiens his Heirs Exeers & Admin's forever by these Presents have given granted bargained sold alienated con- vey and confirmed and by these Presents do freely fully & absolutely give grant bargain sell aliene convey & confirm unto him the so Sam" Haiens his Heirs and Assigns for- ever my Part of a certain Tract of Land beginning at a Pitch Pine Tree marked I C E on the middle Line distance from Thomas Roogers Garden Two Miles & Fifty Two Poles
661
BOOK XIV, FOL. 241.
Northwest then running by the Land of the Heirs of Rich- ard Foxwell North East Two Miles to the outside Line of Mr Thomas Luceses & Capt Richard Bonithan Patent bear- ing Date 1629 to a Hemlock Tree marked I C E then Nor- west One Hundred & Forty Eight Poles by the Land of Humphry Seammon & said Haienes to a Pitch Pine marked Four Sides then Southwest by the Land of Hannah Maes Two Miles to a Stake marked then South East One Hundred & Forty Eight Poles to the First Station with all ye Privi- ledge of Timber wood under wood water courses & Falls Mill priviledges To have and to hold the sd granted & bar- gained Premisses with all the Appure's priviledges & como- dities to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to him the said Samuel Haines heirs & Assigns forever to his & their only proper U'se benefit & behoofe forever and the s4 John Briant for me my Heirs Exeers & Admin's do cove- nant Promise & grant to & with the said Sam" Haines his Hleirs & Assigns that before the Enscaling hereof I am the true sole & lawful owner of ye above bargained Premisses and am lawfully siezed & possessed of the same in my own proper Right as a good Right and pfeet & absolute Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple and have in myself good Right full Power & lawful Authority to grant bargain sell convey & confirm ye sd bargained Premisses in manner as aforesaid and yt he the sd Samuel Haiens his Heirs and Assigns shall & may from Time to time and at all times forever hereafter by Force and Vertue of these Presents lawfully peaceably & quietly have hold use occupy possess and enjoy ye same Demised & bargained Premisses with the Appures freely & clearly acquitted exonerated and discharged of trom all and all manner of former or other Gifts Grants bargain- Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Entails JJovntures Dowries Judgments Executions or Ineumbrances of what name or Nature soever that might in any measure or degree obstruct or make void this present Deed Furthermore I the st John Briant for my self my Heirs Exeers & Admin's do covenant & engage ye above Demised pmisses to him the sa Sam" Haiens his Heirs and Assigns against the lawful Claims or Demands of any pson or psons whatsoever forever hereafter to warrant Secure & Defend by these Present & Hannah Briant my Wife in Token of her Relinquisheth of her Right of Dower in the pmisses hath as we hereto put our Hands & Seals ye Sixteenth Day of Deer Anno Domini 1731.
John Briant his Mark X (aseal ) Hannah Briant her mark X (ªSeal)
Witness Signed Sealed & Delivered in psence of us
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BOOK XIV, FOL. 242.
Robert Paterson Thomas Garland Paul Thompson John Gray James Kent Thomas Lord
York ss/ Biddeford December ve 8th 1731 John Briant and Ilannah his wife both psonally appeared before me the subscriber and acknowledged this above Bill of Sale to be their Free & Voluntary Aet and Deed
Cor John Gray Just Pacis A true Copy of ye Orig! Reed Febry 7th 1731 Attest Joseph Moody Regt
To all Christian People Know ye yt I John Harmon of York in the County of York in his Maytys Pro- vince of the Massachusetts Bay in New England
Harmon
'To for divers good causes and considerations mov- Foster ing hath remised released & forever quit claimed & by these psents for himself and his Heirs doth fully clearly & absolutely remise release and forever quit Claim unto JJohn Foster of Billerica in the County of Middlesex in ye Provee aforest Husbandman in his full & Praceable possession & Scizin and to his Heirs and Assigns forever all such right Estate Title interest & demand what- soever as he ye sa John Harmon had or ought to have in or to Fifteen Acres of Land being part of a Thirty Five Acre Lott of Land laid out by Nathan' Parker of York and a Re- turn at large made as may more fully appear in York Town Book for Records which Land lays S. by the Land of Mr Nathan' Donnell W. by the Land of Mr Sedgely N. by the Land of M' W" Grow To have and to hold all the sd parcell of Land with all the priviledges Appurres & Commodities un- to the s' John Foster his Heirs and [242] Assigns forever to the only use & bchoof of the sd John Foster so that neither he the sa John Harmon nor his Heirs nor any other pson or Persons for him or them or in his or their Names shall or will by any way or means hereafter have Claim Challenge or Demand any Estate Right Title or Interest of in or to the pmisses or any part or pareell thereof But from all and every Action Right Estate Title Interest & Demand of in or to the Premisses or any part or parcell thereof they & every of them shall be utterly Excluded & barred forever by these psents. In Witness hereof I have herento set my Hand and Scal this 9th Day of Febry 1731/2 & in the Fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second &c
John Harmon (ªSeal)
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BOOK XIV, FOL. 212.
Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of us Alexander Bulman Mary Bulman Joseph Starr
York ss /York Febry 10th 1731 /2 Then appeared Mr JJohn Harmon & acknowledged the above Instrument to be his Act & Deed
Coram Joseph Moody Jus : Peace A true Copy of ye Original Reed Febry 100 1731 Attest Joseph Moody Regr
To all People to whom these presents shall come Greet- ing &e Know ye That we John Foster of Billerica
Foster & in the County of Middlesex [Husbandman and Spinney Ilannah his Wife] and JJonathan Spinney of Kit-
To tery in his Mayt's Province of the Massachusetts
Harmon Bay in New England Husbandman fand Sarah his wife sº Hannah & Sarah being only Children of Nath' Parker Decd] For and in consideration of the Sum of One Hundred & Four Pounds Ten Shillings curr Money of New England to ns in hand before the Enscaling hereof well truly paid by John Harmon of York aforest Gent The Receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge & our Selves therewith fully Satisfied contented & paid & thereof and of every Part and Parcel thereof do exonerate acquit & dis- charge the sº John Harmon his Heirs & Assigns forever by these psents Have given granted bargained sold alioned conveyed & confirmed and by these Presents do freely fully and absolutely give grant bargain sell aliene convey & con- firm under him the st JJohn Harmon his Heirs & AAssigns forever One Message or Tract of Land situate lying &' being in the Township of York containing by Estimation Nineteen Acres be the same more or less butted & boundeth as follows viz' South East by the Land of Hezekiah Adams which he purchased of [Colo] Johnson Harmon South West by the Highway that Parts between the Land of Thomas Card & the Fence as it now standeth and from thence up Coopers Lane So far as where the white Oak Stake is driven into the Ground & where a fence is speedily to be erected & from thence upon a direct Line to the Fence ot Lt lo- nathan Bane which butteth a few Rods upon the uppermost End of this Lot of Land where the Stakes were driven down into the Ground & where the South East End of the Fence that is to be erected is to begin To Have and To Hold the sd granted & bargained puisses with all the Appures Privi- ledges & commodities and comonages to the Same belonging or in any wise appertaning to him the st John Harmon his
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Book XIV, FOL. 243.
Heirs & Assigns forever to his and their only proper use benefit & beboof forever And we the said John Foster & [Hannah Foster ] Jonathan Spinney [and Sarah Spinney] for our Selves our Heirs Execrs & Admin's do covenant promise & grant to & with the s' John Harmon his Heirs & Assigns that before ye ensealins hereof we are the true Sole & lawful owners of the above bargained pmisses and are lawfully Siezed & possessed of the same in our own proper Right as a good perfect & absolute Estate of Inheritance in Fee simple And have in our Selves good Right full Power & lawful Authority to grant bargain sell convey and confirm said bargained Premisses in manner as aboves® And that the 5º John Harmon his Heirs & Assigns shall & may from time to time and at all times forever hereafter by force & Virtue of these Presents lawfully peacefully & quietly have hold use occupy possess & enjoy the so Demised & bargained pmisses with the Appurces free & clear & freely and clearly ac- quitted exonerated & discharged of from all and all manner of former or other Gifts Grants bargains Sales Leases Mort- gages Wills Entails Joyntures Dowries Judgements Execu- tions Incumbrances & Extents Furthermore we the sa John Foster [& Hannah Foster] Jonathan Spinney [& Sarah Spinney ] for our Selves our Heirs Excers Admin's do jointly & Severaly covenant & engage the above Demised Premisses to him the s' John Harmon his Heirs and Assigns against the lawful Claims or Demands of any pson or psons whatso- over forever hereafter to warrant secure and Defend And we Hannah Foster the wife of st John Foster & Sarah Spinney the wife of the sa Jonathan Spinney do by these Presents freely willingly give yeild up & Surrender all our Rights [of fee Simple as we are the only Children of Nath1 Parker Decd] of in & anto the above Demised pinisses unto him the s' John Harmon his Heirs & AAssigns In Witness whereof we the said John Foster & Hannah his Wife & Jonathan Spinney & Sarah his Wife have hereunto set their Hands & Seals the First Day of October in the Fourth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George yo Second Annoq Domini 1731.
[243] the words [Husbandman & Hannah his wife] Tand Sarah his Wife se Hannab & Sarah being only Children ot Nath1 Parker Deed ] [Hannah Foster] [& Sarah Spinneys on ye first Page and on this Page the following word] [Ilannah Foster] [& Sarah Spinney] [Fee Simple as we are the only Children of Nath Parker Dee'] were Interlined & Six words Line 15 of this Page obliterated before Sealing John Foster (aseal ) Hannah Foster her mark X (ªSeal) Jonathan + Spinneys Mark (^Seal ) Sarah Spinney ("Seal )
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Book XIV, FOL. 243.
Signed Sealed & Delivered in psence of us witnesses to the signing of John Foster Jonathan Spinney & Sarah Spinney Daniel Simpson Joseph Moody Caleb Preble
York ss/October 1 1731 Then prsonally appeared John Foster Jonathan Spinney & Sarah Spinney aforonamed & severally acknowledged the aforegoing Instrument to be their Act & Deed
before me Joseph Moody Jus : Peace
Hannah Foster signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of us Benja Tompson Simon Crosby Jun"
Middx ss /Billerica Febry 3º 1731/2 Hannah Foster per- sonally appeared and acknowledged the foregoing Instru- ment to be her voluntary Act & Deed
before me Oliver Whiting Justice of ye Peace A true Copy of ye Original Received Fobry 10mh 1731 Attest Joseph Moody Regt
To all People to whom these psents shall come Greeting
Know ve that I John Ficket of Portsmouth in the
Ficket Province of New Hampshire in New England Tanner
To for and in Consideration of the Sum of Ten Pounds Ficket in Province Bills to me in hand paid before yo En- sealing hereof by my Brother Thomas Ficket of Kit- tery in the County of York Shipwright in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England aforesaid the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge & my self fully Satisfied therewith & thereof do exonerate & acquit the st Thomas Ficket his Heirs & AAssigns forever by these Presents have given granted sold conveyed & confirmed unto ye 4 Thomas Ficket his Heirs & Assigns forever all the Right Title Claim Interest and Demands whatsoever which I now have or in time past have had or which I my Heirs Excers Admin" or Assigns may have or should have or in any wise ought to have in time to come of in or unto the Estate or Estates of my Grandfather & Grandmother Ficket and of my Father John Ficket Deed consisting of upland Marsh & Meadow lying & being in the Township of Scarborough in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay aforesaid together with all the Priviledges Heriditaments & appurres [thereunto belonging ] or in any wise appertaining To have and to hold the above granted & bargained puisses with their AAppurees comodities and Priviledges whatsoever to him the sd Thomas Ficket his Heirs and Assigns forever
666
BOOK XIV, FOL. 243.
and to his and their Sole Use benefit and behoof forever and I the sd John Ficket do for my self my Heirs Excers and Admin's by these Presents covenant promise and engage to and with the sa Thomas Ficket his Heirs Excers Admin's and Assigns the abovesd given & granted Premisses with their Appurces to him the sd Thomas Ficket his Heirs and Assigns against the lawful Claims and Demands of any Per- son or Persons whatsoever forever hereafter to warrant So- cure and Defend In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Scal this Eight Day of December Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty One-Memorandum that the words [of in or to] and [ thereunto belonging] were Interlined before signing
John Ficket his Mark + ("Seal )
Signed Sealed & Delivered in the Presence of us John Woodman Jun' Samuel Newmarch
Province New Hampshire/ At a Court of Gen" Sessions of the Peace held at Portsmouth the 8th of December 1731 John Ficket came into Court and acknowledged the within Instrument to be his free and voluntary Act and Deed
A true Copy of the Orig! Reed Febry 10mh 1731
H : Sherburne Cler Attest Joseph Moody Regt
To all People to whom these Presents shall come The Honble JJohn Wentworth of Portsmouth in New
Wentworth Hampshire in New England Esqr sendeth Greet- To ing : Know vee that the said John Wentworth Dole Est' for and in Consideration of the Sum of Eighty Pounds Curry Money of New England to him in hand before the Ensealing hereof well and truly paid by Hezekiah Phillips late of Scarborough in the County of York in New England Yeoman now of western Creek alias osotonack Lying Near the dividing Lines of the Govern- ments of New York and the Massachusetts Bay in New Eng- land Yeoman the Receipt whereof to full Satisfaction the sa John Wentworth Esqr doth hereby acknowledge hath by the consent of the sª Hezekiah Phillips given granted bargained sold aliened enffeofed conveyed & confirmed and by these Presents doth freely fully clearly and absolutely give grant convey & confirm unto Nathaniel Dole of Newbury in the County of Essex in the Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman : The one moiety or half Part of all that Tract of Land and Marsh which the st John Wentworth Esqr bought of John Dennison late of Ipswich in the County of Essex
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