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Whatsoever In confermation of all and every of the premises I doe this day and date above written set to my hand and seale
EDWARD HIGBEE
Signed sealed and delivered in presens of us NATHANIELL DENTON senior
HUGH FORD
This is a true coppy taken out of the originall bill of sale by mee NATHANIELL DENTON Towne Clerck
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Flushing Aprill ye 4th Anno 1681
Edward Greffin Constable of Flushing akcompanied by and with Major Thomas Willet Mest Elias Doughty and John Bounde and Samuell Smith constable of Jemaica akcompanied by and with Thomas Okley John Everit Daniell Whitehed and John Roads juneor accord- ing to former Appointment did meete on the Easte side of the Litle Playnes in the behalfe of the Two Townes of Flushing and Jemaicae to agetate determin marke out and conclude of devisionall boundes to be and Remaine betweene the Land of Flushing and the Land of Jemaicae from time to time and to the end of time, which accord- ingly wee whose names are underwritten have concluded and doe heareby confirme shall begin at a great White oake Tree standing at the north side of the now cart Rode betwene Jemaica and Hempsteade to the easte of the litle plaine, and to run from that as the trees are allredy markt unto a black oake tree, on the north side of the owlde cart Rode betwene Jemaicae and the gredt playnes neare the east side of the litle plaine and from that black oake on a straight lyne to a black oake tree at the foote of the Rocky hill at the south west side of the Path or Rode betweene Flushing and Hempsteade which aforesaide trees are afirmed to be formerly markt and newly Renewed by the Indeans to be the Bounds of Jemaica and now marked by us with I for flush and H for Jemaica and from the black Oake tree at the foot
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of the rocky hill to run on a straight lyne to the owlde marked Walnut tree on the southwest side of the Rode on the top of the Rocky hill and from that to Run tooe and by the southwest side of the Rode unto a younge markt Wallnut Tree which was the last marked tree When the Lynes was Run and the trees marked in the hills for the devideing of the hills which two Wallnut trees wee have marked with I for flush and H for Jemaica and wee doe agree determin and conclude that all the rest of the trees marked in the hills for the devideing trees when the lines was Run shall have the I and H put upon them and the true bounds shall be a straight line to stand and remaine from each plase unto the wheare those trees are marked concluded by us
THOMAS WILLET
ELIAS DOUGHTY
JOHN BOWNE EDWARD GREFFEN
Aproved by the Town sub- scribed by JAMES CLEMENT Clerck A true coppy taken out of the originall by mee NATHANIELL DENTON Clerck
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Jemaica Aprill the 12th Anno 1681
These presents may sertefy any one whome it may any wayse consern that whereas there was a serten trackt of Land soulde unto the Inhabitants of Jemaica by Wamitumpak the predesessor and brother to Manquaup the lyne runing from a great Swamp or river which is the west bounds of Rockaway Neck which maketh Rockaway a Neck on the west side and soe to run betwixt the great playnes and the litle playnes to the hills as the trees was marked by Wametumpak as aforesaide as will apeare by an agreement made the 7th of March 1663 and the trees marked by Wametumpak Rohcouse and Nawhowat wee whose names are here- underwritten doe by these presents owne and akcnoweledg that wee Manquaup and his brother Pahmamond and his sonn Nascawwee Nawnawat or Jakpudden Scunggye
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Kewahquing and Amerhas or Neeshttiper did with Samuell Constable Letd Thomas Okley Samuell Denton and John Everit with some others of the Inhabitants of Jemaica on the first day of Aprill 1681 Run the Lyne aforesaide according as it was run formerly by Wametum- pak for which doeing wee doe hereby owne that wee have received full satesfaction and doe allsoe by these presents fully confirme all the land mentioned in theire sevarall deeds from us and our heirs to the Inhabitants of Jemaica and theire heirs for ever and doe allsoe by these presents fully and freely acquit the Inhabitants of Jemaica of all and demandes for all and every parsell of Land they have bought soe that from this time wee doe Ingage that neither wee nor any for us or by our order shall ever make any more demandes of any pay for any or all the perticular purtchases of any Land they have bought but freely and peaseably Injoye the same for ever, in confermation of the premises wee doe this day and date above written set to our hands one thing to be remembered that noe person is to cut downe any trees wherein eagles doe make theire nests. Signed in presens of
SAMUELL SMITH
MANQUAUP
DANIELL WHITEHED
PAHMAMOND
NICOLAS EVERIT
NASCAWWE
Scriptum per me
NAWNOWAT
NATHANIELL DENTON
Witnesses
Clerck
WEESAWRIK
CARAWHKHOND
TOHPATICK
This is a true coppy taken out of the originall per me NATHANIELL DENTON Clerck
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Jemaica the 12 of May 1679
There being a sertaine quantety of Medow Lying upon the farther Easte Neck soe called it was concluded that it should be devided to every of those heareafter men-
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tioned acordeing to theire quantety of acres of Medow as it was given them by the Towne as an alotment and being it would prove somthing defecult to devide it to every one perticularly by themselvs it was ordered because some had 20 some 15 som ten and some five acres of Medow to theire Lot that they should be soe copeled together that they that had not a twenty acre might have another joyned with him that might make him a twenty acre Lot and soe them two to devide the share acordeing to theire Right
acres
Captain Carpentor 20
Thomas Smith . 20
Henery Townsend. .20
John Rodes senior 20
Nathaniell Denton
20
Joseph Smith .
20
John Everit.
20
Mesr William Hallot
20
Edward Higbee sein.
.20
Nicolas Everit.
20
Daniell Denton
.20
William Ruscoe.
20
Joseph Holsteads
20
Benjamin Coe
20
John Oldfield.
20
Samuell Mathews.
20
John Rowlifsons
20
Robardt Ashmans
20
George Mils.
20
Then these men hereafter named two of them have a right to a twenty acre share Joseph Thurston John
Lynas. .20
William
Foster
John
Man . .20
John Baylis senior Nath Lynas. 20
Moris Smith John Wood. 20 Sam Smith Sam Barker.20 Mest Prudden Alexsander
Smith.
.20
Cap Newton John Baylis juneor 20
Thomas Wiggens senior
and John Speagler. . .. 20 Sam Deine James Hindes20 Wait Smith Zachariah Mils . .20
Henery Foster Rich Jones . 20
Abell Gale Fulk Davis. . 20 Sam Davis Nehemiah Smith. .20
Tho Okley John Hanson. 20 Sam Mills John Ludly .. . 20
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The Medow being devided into soe many parsels as there are 20 acre Lots and numbered by 1 2 and 3 and soe one the Inhabitants did cast Lots where they should be for theire own right and allsoe for what they did purchas of theire neighbours and soe it was that Nathaniell Denton did drawe for his owne Joseph Smiths and John Everits rightse which fell to be in number as followeth
Mesr Coe. .28
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1 and 32 and 34
Mesr Woolsey 13
Capt Newton 20
William Foster. . 2 and 24
John Skidmore
27
Capt Carpentor
16
Thomas Smith
10
Mesr Baylis.
11
Wait Smith .
36
Hen Townsend.
26
Joseph Thurston 3
Ed Higbee. 31
Henery Foster
14
Tho Okley
8
Fulk Davis.
30
Sam Mils .
18
John Rodes
25
John Oldfield
6
Mest Ashman Daniell Whitehed and William Smith number 35
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August ye 18th 1663 Stilo Novo
Knowe all men by these presents that I Rodger Lynas of Rustdorp planter have sould and by these presents doe sell and make over from myself my heirs executors or Assignes unto. Thomas Smith of Hempstead his heirs executors Administrators or Assignes A house and home Lott that was formerly Mes Edward Jissops with all priveledges and Appurtenanses thereunto belonging of fensing Building Medowing and comanage, onely ex- cepteing ten acres of Medowes and the ten acre Lott belonging to the sayd Accomadations I say excepting onely ten Acres of Medows and the ten acre Lott belong-
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William Ruscoe 22
Benjamin Coe. 19
George Mills
15
Moris Smith 12
Sam Mathews. 7
Nicolas Everit.
33
Sam Deine.
29
Samuell Smith
4
Thomas Wiggens
21
Mesr Prudden
17
Sam Davis
5
John Rowlifson.
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ing to the sayde Accomadations or howse that this is my act and deed I testefy by subscribeing my hand the day and date above written Subscribed before
DANIELL DENTON
RODGER X LINAS his marke
WILLIAM FOSTER A true coppy taken out of the originall Bill of Sale written in the owld Towne Booke per me NATHANIELL DENTON Clerck
Jemaica the Sd of March Anno 1682/1
These presents may sertefy any one whome it may consern that whereas there was som deferens betwene John Man and Thomas Smith senior both of Jemaicae in the North Rideing of yorkshire upon Long Iseland conserning a purtchas of Land that was sould by Roger Linas to Thomas Smith which was John Mans predesesor to the end that there may be noe more contraversy aboute the sayde Land it is this day agreed upon that not with- standing whatever the Bill of Sale sayth that John Man shall peaseably and quietly posses and injoye all the priveledges and apurtenanses belonging to his ten acres of medow acordeingly as other Men have for ten acres of Medow onely hee is to alow out of the devision of Lands that is allredy Layde out ten acres of Land which is layde out for the sayde John Man in the Litle Neck soe commanly called and what ever other priveledges either did or shall hereafter belong to the saide ten acres of Medow accordeing to a Towne order exsepting the ten acres of Land aforementioned shall remaine and con- tinue to the aforesaide John Man from mee mine heirs executors administrators or asignes to him his heirs executors administrators or asignes to have and to howld as his owne proper right for ever as witnes our hands this day and date above writne
THOMAS X SMITH
Teste NATHANIELL DENTON senior his mark
THOMAS HICKSE JOHN MAN .
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This is a true coppy taken out of the originall agree- ment per me
NATHANIELL DENTON Clerck
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Jemaicae this 24th of March Anno 1682/1
These presents may sertefy any one whome it may any wayse conserne that I George Mils of Jemaicae in the North Rideing of yorkshire upon Long Iseland being now in perfect health and haveing my perfect under- standing I doe this day upon good consideration promis and ingage that what ever any other writeing sayth to the contrary that my wife Rebeccae shall peaseably and quietly posses and injoye my now dwelling howse and home Lot and ortchard dureing her Life time if it please god that shee should live longer then I and allsoe I doe declare that to the best of my understanding that the oblegation given to mee from my sonn Samuell Mills for the Mowing of hay and cutting of wood or any thing els was to be done for my wife if she shall live longer then I and therefore though the writeing be somwhat short in that perticular I doe exspect that what my sonn Samuell Mills should doe for mee dureing my Life the same to be done for my wife if it please god that shee shall Live Longer then I that this is my act and deede I doe owne and akcnowledge by setting to my hand this day and date above written
Signed in presens of us
NATHANIELL DENTON senior
GEORGE X MILLS his marke
EDWARD HIGBEE JOHN EVERIT
A true coppy taken out of the originall the 25 of March 1682/1 per me NATHANIELL DENTON Clerck
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This writeing made the first day of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundered eighty and two doth testefy of an agreement betweene Jonas Holstead of Hempstead and Richard Harker of oyster bay the one
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party and Peter Stringham of Jemaicae on the other party all on Long Iseland in the North Rideing of new yorkshire the sayde Peter Stringham doth Ingage to pay to the four children of his deseased Wife which is Izabell Abigall Hannah and James the som of twenty five poundse Every one to have an equall proportion to be payed as they come of age and the sayde Peter for the perforemanse thereof doth binde over his now dwell- ing howse and orcharde and Medow belonging to it till it be perforemed as witnes my hand and seale the day and yeare above written. It is to be understood that if either of these children should dye before they come to age that the sayde payment is to be distrebuted to the remayners PETER X STRINGHAM
his marke
Witnes
EDWARD BURROWSE
RANDOLPH EVANS
This entered the 3d day of Aprill 1682
This is a true coppy taken out of the originall agrement per me NATHANIELL DENTON Clerck
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Jemaica this seventh day of Aprill Anno 1682
These presents may sertefy any one whome it may any wayes consern that I Peter Stringham cordewinder now of Jemaicae in the North Rideing of yorkshire upon Long Iseland doe by these presents owne and acknowledge that I have Barganed sould and made over unto Randolph Evans of the same Towne and shire six akres of upland Joyneing to the six Acres that the sayde Evans formerly bought of the sayde Stringham Both Butting against the upper highe way westward from the Towne aforesaide and Joyneing to the Swamp next to Benjamin Coes eastward and I the aforesaide Stringham doe by these presents for my selfe and myne heirs executors or asignes Bargan sell and make over all my Right Title and In- terest unto the sayde six Acres of upland aforesaide
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accordeing to maner and plase unto Randolph Evans of the same Towne and shire for him his heirs and Asignes to have and to howlde as his owne proper Right for ever and allsoe I doe by these presents Ingage to free the sayd Land from all former deeds of gift Bargans Sales Morgages or any Incombranses what soever from any person or persons whatsoever. In confermation of the premises I doe this day and date above written set to my hand and seale
Teste
DANIELL DENTON
JOHN LOWRENS
PETER X STRINGHAM his marke
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Know all men by these presents that I William Hallot senior of hellgat In the Bounds of Newtowne on Long Iseland in the West Rideing of yorkshire have sould and doe by vertue hereof Sell Grant and Make over from Mee and my heirs forever unto Richard Jones of Jemaicae on Long Iseland in the North Rideing of yorkshire a Parsell of Land being and Lyeing in the Towne of Jemaica Afforesaide viz fiftie acres of Land forty allredy Laide out lying neare to Beaver pond being and Lying together Without any Intervaile of any other Lots to sunder it, and ten acres to be Layde out upon the first devision; pertaineing to the Meddow heareafter expressed Ac- cordeing to Towne order, the forty Acres allredy Laid out as abovesaide being bounded by ye High Way to the mill on the eastward South and West on the commans with ten Acres of Medow more or les which ye aforesaide William bought of Mesr Coe being and lying on farthest east neck commanly soe called, bounded with ye causey on ye south with ye river on West and North and East bound with ye upland I say I William Hallot doe by vertue hereof fully and freely clearly and absolutely give grant make over sell and confirm unto Richard Jones his heirs executors administrators or Asignes for ever, these severall parcels of Land as abovesaid with the remainder or Remainders Reversion or reversions with the privi-
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ledges and appurtenanses which doe or shall hearafter belong unto the same fully and freely discharged from all former sales gifts grants Dowers Joynters Leasos Rests Charges Anuities uses Intayles judgments forfei- tures executions Morgages fines Amercements and In- cumbrances what soever had made or committed in writeing wittingly or willingly suffered or done by the sayde William Hallot his heirs or Asignes or by his or theire Means Acts or consents privity or procurement or by any other person or persons whatsoever Lawfully claimeing from by or under him or them or any of them being upon a valuable consideration as is specified in a bill of debt given to mee by the aofresaid Rich Jones In confermation of the premises I the Aforesaid Will Hallot doe seale signe and deliver with my own hand unto the aforesaid Richard Jones this bill of sale this eleventh of May In the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred seventy eight
WILLIAM HALLET
Signed sealed and delivered
in the presence of us JOHN BAYLIS X his mark ELIAS BAYLES
This is a true coppy taken out of originall bill of sale per me NATHANIELL DENTON Aprill the 20th 1682 Clerck
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Jemaica the 20th of Aprill Anno 1682
These presents May sertefy any one Whome it may any wayes consern that I John Man of Jemaica in the North Rideing of yorkshire upon Long Iseland doe by these presents owne and acknowledg that I have Bar- ganed sould and made over all my right Title and In- terest unto a sertaine pese of Land of aboute four acres more or less Lying on the west side of Capt Bryant Newton and on the north side of Daniel Whiteheads Land and on the east side of Mesr John Pruddens Land and on the south side of the highway I say that I John Man aforesaide have for my selfe mine heirs executors or asignes sould and made over all my right Tytell and
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Interest to the foure acres of Land aforesaid soe butted and bounded as aforesaide with all the fensing thereunto belonging, unto Daniell Whitehead of the same Towne and Shire his heirs executors Administrators or asignes to have and to hould as his owne proper righte for ever and allsoe I doe Ingage to make good this my sale in Law freeing it from all former sales gifts grants Morgages or any Incumberanses what soever as witnes my hand this day and date above written
Signed and delivered in JOHN MAN
presens of us
This is a true coppy taken out of
JOHN HINDS the originall bill of sale per me RICHARD DENTON NATHANIELL DENTON Clerck
April ye 21st Anno 1682
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At a Towne Meeteing called the 29 of May Anno 1682 It was then agreed voted and concluded that all the Land that is not as yet Layde out betwene the owlde ten acre Lots West Warde and Mest John Pruddens ten acre Lot that Lyeth next Edwarde Higbees ten acre Lot at the end of the Towne westwarde to lye for comman Land not to be Layde out to any perticular person and allsoe all the Land east warde that is not yet Layde out till wee come to the Land that is Layde out on the easte side of the Rocky hollow to remaine for commanige and what Land is not Layde out northwarde upon the hills as wee goe to flushing by Joseph Thurstons I say all the Land not Layde out betwene the Lots that are allredy Layde out and the bounds betwene us and flushing to be left and to remaine as commanige for sixscore Rod in length east and west that is to say thre- score Rod upon eache side of the path easte and west: and what ever other Land is not Layde out upon any quarter of the Towne to be and remaine unlayde out for aboute threescore Rods from the reare of the Lots that is allredy Layde out that joyneth to the reare of the home lots and allsoe at the west end of the Towne
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what Land is not yet Layde out upon the south side of yorke path till wee come to Samuell Deinse path that goeth to his ten acre Lot westwarde that is all that Land that lyeth betwene Nicolas Everits fivetene acre Lot exsept that ten acres that William Creed had of Sam Ruscoe till you come to Edwarde Burrowses Land that hee bought of Daniell Whitehed and the twoe paths aforesayde all which Land aforesaide is to remaine and continue for comanige for the whole Towne till such time as they shall see cause to fens it or other wise despose of it written by order of the Towne as a Towne acte per me
NATHANIELL DENTON Clerck
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Jemaicae the 13th of June 1682
There being a Towne Meeting called the Towne did then see cause to come to a conclution among themselvs aboute the devideing of theire Lands there being not yet any generall order or recorde made for the devideing of Lands onely some perticular agreements for the present time as they saw cause for the devideing of some parsels of Land for that present time wherefore it is this day Agreed voted and concluded upon that what ever Lands are hereafter Layde out shall be proportioned to every one of the Inhabitants of the Towne that are the true owners of the Land acordeing to the quantety or some of money that they payde to the purchasing of the Land from the Indeans which is the thing that every Inhabitant that is a purchaser his righte to the Land hee doth posses both of medow and upland and not that any one that shall purchas a pese of medow of any person shall have any priveledge thereby to any devisions of Lands Exsept hee purchases a right to other Land with his Medow and soe that taken out of sellers propryety though any person may have some Medow that hee may sell which by good husbandry or any other way is become good sins the Lots was Layde out and yet reserve his Lot whole to himselfe wee say that whoe ever doth buy any
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such Medow shall have noe priveledg thereby to any devitions of Land that shall hereafter be Layde out either for planting or pastureing Land and of these purchasers there is foure sevarall degrese or rangks the first a whole share the second thre quarters of a share the third a halfe share and the fourth a quarter of a share accord- ing to which shares of purchas every one is to have his proportion acording to his right of purchas when the Towne doth unanimously agree upon devideing of theire Lands from time to time and noe otherwise
This recorded by order of the Towne
per me NATHANIELL DENTON Clerck
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Jemaica June the 23d 1682
Samuell Barker had a pese of Land Layde out
Jemaicae the 28 of June Anno domini 1679
Articles of an agreement made betwene Mesr Robardt Coe of Jemaicae in the North Rideing of yorkshire upon Long Iseland and John Smith his sonn In Lawe of the same Towne and shire as followeth viz that the afore- saide Mes Coe shall give unto the aforesaide John Smith foure cowes two oxen and one horse the which the sayde John Smith hath allredy reseived and Likewise to have the howseing and Land which the sayde John Smith by another Instrument and upon another acounte made over to Mesr Coe dureing the sayde Coe and his wives Life time I say to have the sayde Land to make use of at present for his most advantage and after the sayde Coe and his wives desease the howseing and Land to returne to the sayde John Smith againe as his owne proper right upon conditions as followeth that is to say that the aforesaide John Smith shall provide for and Main- tayne the saide Mesr Coe and his wife with good suffi- tient howseald dyat and dringke dureing the sayde Mesr Coe and his wives Life time and if in case that the aforesaide John should hapen to dye without wife
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or childe before the sayde Coe and his wife then what estate or Land the sayde John shall have at his desease shall returne to his mother Misr Jane Coe for her and her husbands use as longe as they live but and if the sayde John Smith should leave a wife then shee shall be Lyable to performe this Ingagement or come to some other agreement with the sayde Coe and his wife, that this is our agrement witnes our hands this day and date above written
Teste NATHANIELL DENTON ABRAHAM SMITH JOHN SMITH
ROBERDT COE
This is a true coppy taken out of the originall agree- . ment per me NATHANIELL DENTON Clercke
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Jemaicae the 29th of June Anno 1682
Noverint uneversi per presentes that I Thomas Okley of Jemaica in the North Rideing of yorkshire upon Long Iseland doe by these presents owne and acknowl- edge that I have for my selfe mine heirs and asignes soulde and made over unto Edwarde White of south- hampton In the East Rideing of the same shire my now dwelling howse and home lot lyeing and being betwene Waite Smiths home lot and the lane that goeth East Warde to hemsteade and haveing on the Easte end of it Waite Smiths Land that hee bought of Cornelius Barnson which did formerly belong to the home lot that which I doe sell in my home lot is three acres with orcharde and all or there aboutse more or les and allsoe ten acres of wood Land haveing Joseph Smiths ten acre on the west side and Nehemiah Smiths on the Easte side front- ing on the owlde highe way that goeth to the Rocky hollow and the reare to the hills and allsoe the halfe of that twenty acres of Medow that was formerly Henery Townsends lyeing and being on the hither easte necke on the easte side of Capt John Carpentors twenty acre Lot of Medowe with all such priveledges as shall heare- after belong to five acres. of Medow or a quarter share acordeing as other men have for such a propriety I say
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that I Thomas Okley aforesaide have for myselfe mine heirs executors administrators or Asignes firmly bar- ganed sould and made over all my right Title and In- terest unto the aforesaide howse and land both wood land and Medow with all the trees standing and lyeing on the sayde Land with the barne or other buildings and all the fensing that doth properly belonge to the sayde Land and all the shelvs and other boardes or glas that is or should have bene nayled to or in the howse unto the aforesaide Edwarde White for him his heirse Executors administrators or asignes to have and to howlde as his owne proper right for ever and allsoe I doe by these presents firmly Ingage my selfe to make good this my sale In Law freeing it from all former sales morgages gifts grants or any other Incombranses or claimes by any person or persons whatsoever forren Invations onely Exsepted as witnes my hand and seale this day and date above written for a valuable considera- tion allready reseived
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