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wise engage to deffend ye sale against any person or persons whatsoever fforreigne invasions onely excepted Signed seald & deliverd WILLIAM X SALLIER
in presence of his mark
SAMI RUSCOE
MERCY X RUSCOE her mark
SARAH X SALLIER her mark
This deed off sale acknowledgd beffore mee Dan 11 Whitehead Just- ice off ye peace ye 15th of Sep- tember 1687
a true coppy by mee
DANH WHITHEAD
DANII DENTON Cler
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To all Christian people to whom these presents shall come I Daniell Whitehead of Jemaica in Quees County send greeting know yee that I the sd Daniell Whitehead for a sum of money in hand payd or secured to be payd by Daniell Denton junior of Jemaica afore sayde have given granted aliened sould enfeoffed & confirmed & by these presents doe fully firmly and absolutely give grant alien sell enfeoffe and confirm from mee my heirs executors administrators and assignes unto Daniell Denton aforesd his heires or asignes a sertaine house and land that I ye saide Daniell Whitehead bought of Mest Robert Coe and is bounden on the south by ye road that leads to Hemstead and on ye west by ye high way and on the north by John Ludloms land and on ye east by Nath Dentons land which saide land contain- ing six acres more or less together with ye house out houssing orchard fences improvements priveledge and appurtenances on or upon the saide land I the sª Daniell Whitehead doe for my selff my heires executors ad- ministrators and assignes fully sell alien and make over unto Daniell Denton afforesaide his heirs or assignes for the sayde Daniell Denton him or them to have and to hold as his & theire proper right for ever and I ye sd Daniell Whitehead for my selfe my heirs executors ad- ministrators or asignes the afforsd houseing & land with
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all its priveledge & appurtenances from any person or persons by from or under mee them or either of them or upon any pretence whatsoever claimeing any interest to the sd land shall & will warrant & for ever by these presents defend That this is my act and deed I testefy by setting too my hand & seale this twenty fift of July Anno Domini 1688 and in the fourth year of the raigne off our Soveraghne Lord James the Second by ye grace of God of Ingland Scotland France and Ireland King deffender of the faith &c
Signd seald &
DANIELL WHITEHEAD 0
deliverd before us
DANIELL DENTON
EDWARDE HIGBEE
A true coppy taken out of ye originall bill of sale per me NATHANIEL DENTON
Clerck
Memorandum on ye 19th day of October in ye yeare of our Lord 1688 appeared before Elias Doughty esqure on of his mates justeses of the pease for Queens County this within mentioned Daniell Whithead and acknowl- edged the within written instrument to be his free and voluntary act and deed Entered January ye 23 Anno 1688/9
teste ELIAS DOUGHTY
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Received off Nathaniell Denton ffor quit rent off ye Town off Jemaica ye summe off two pounds in mony I say received ×2- New Yorke MA: PLOWMAN Collect
Aprill 3d 1688
A true coppy off ye originall receit by mee DAN11: DENTON Clark
Reseived from Captn Daniell Whithead & Captn Thomas Okley the sume of sixeteen pounds & three pence on account of the Quitt Rent of the Town of Jamaica in Queens County this 30th March 1702
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Reseived of Sam11 Baylis of Jamaica sixe pounds it beinge in part of their Quitt Reent dew I say reseived by mee this 20th day of Juley 1697
JOHN HARRISON
a trew copy of boath ye reseipts entered pr mee SAMI RUSCOE Clark
At a town meettinge held Aprill the first 1704. The town did give liberty to John Gall to sett up a grist mill being a tide mill nere to or upon the Greatt Hamock upon the old town neck: he grindinge the towns corne well and att seasonable times fitt for either siftings or boultings and to grind for the twelth part & att all times to use his best skill and endeavor to grind as is above exprest the sd mill is to be sett up upon the crick betwixt the old town neck & the Longe Neck and the sd John Gall is herby oblidged nott to sett up a ffullinge mill upon sd crick :
Entered per order and to grind for ye town SAMII RUSCOE Clark
before strangers & upon refusal of grindings as aforsd then shd stream to returne to ye town & when the sd John hath gott
up ye said mill the the sd John Gall doe bind himself & his heirs to enter into bond to perform the above conditions
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Theese presents testiffy that Wait Smith & John Hanson both of Jemaica in Queens County have made an exchange off land as followeth (viz) The said Wait Smith having six acres off land lying near to ye sd John Hanson & is bounded on ye north by a high way on ye east & south by Benjamin Jones his land & on ye west by Derick Poulsons land which sd six acres off land the sd Wait Smith doth ffully ffirmly & absolutely sell alien & make over ffrom himselff his heires & assignes unto John Hanson his heires & assignes to have & to hold
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posses & enjoy as his & their proper right forever in con- sideration off which afforesd six acres off land the sd John Hanson doth give alien sell & make over unto ye above mentioned Wait Smith all his right to devissions off land belonging to five acers off medow & ye small lot belonging to it according to ye concessions of ye town betwixt Ffosters Medow River & so ffar westward as two devissions off land shall reach that is ffrom ye sd Ffosters River near to ye mill river all which land con- tained wt in ye sd bounds belonging to five acre right off medow wt ye small lot belonging to it the afforesd John Hanson ffor himself his heires & assignes doth give grant sell alien & make over unto ye sd Wait Smith his heires & assighnes ffor him & them to have & to hold ffor his & there proper right ffor ever That this is our mutuall act & agreement wee doe testiffy by setting too our hands this sixth day off March Anno X Domini 1687/8 & ye sª Wait Smith & John Hanson doe by theese presents engage each to other to deffend & maintain this land now ex- changd by this present deed ffree ffrom all claimes and demands morgages fforfeits or incumbrances ffrom any person or persons claiming any interest to ye land above mentioned as witness our hands & seals ye day & year above written
signd beffore us WAIT SMITH seal
& seald :---
JON HANSEN seal
DANII DENTON Clark
HANNA X DENTON her mark
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Knowe all by these presents that wee Nathaniell Denton senior and Nathaniell Denton juneor both of Jemaica in Queense County for good consideration us thereunto moveing and more espesially for a valuable som all redy payde or secured to be payde have from us our heirs executors administrators and asignes covenanted alyenated bargained enfeaffed and soulde unto James Prise of the same Towne and County aforesaide his heirs executors administrators and asignes all our righte title
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and interest of a peese of land layde out for forty-five acres lying and being fronted upon the hyghe way that goeth to Chasmores Iseland commanly soe called and is the easte side of ye bounds haveing John Carpentors lot on the north side and John Okey & Johannes Will- iams on ye south side & ye haugh tree hollowe on ye west side acordeing as the treese was marked by ye survayors I say that wee ye two Nathaniell Dentons aforesaide doe by these presents bargaine sell alyenat & enfeafe ye tract of land above mentioned butted and bounded as above saide for forty five acres more or less from us our heirs executors administrators & asignes to him the aforesaide James Prise his heirs executors administrators and asignes to have and to hould as his own proper righte for ever and ye same to occupy posses & injoye for ever as his or theire proper righte of in- heritans and likewise wee ye above saide Nathaniell Dentons doe by these presents firmly binde and ingage ourselvs to make good our salle free from all former bargans salles morgages or any other incombrances whatsoever and to warrant this our salle against any claime or pretens from us our heirs executors adminis- trators or asignes or any person or persons by or under us to the true performans of all and every of the above mentioned premises wee binde ourselvs as abovesaide by setting to our hands and fixeing our seales this 21 of January 1688/9 and in the fourth yeare of our Soveraigne Lord James his reigne by the grace of God of Ingland Scotland France and Ireland King defender of ye faith &c and wee doe further ingage to defend this our salle against any person or persons whatsoever forreinge invations onely exsepted Signed sealed and
delivered in presens of JOHN MAN JOHN EVERIT
NATHANIEL DENTON 0 NATHANIELL DENTON 0
This is a true coppy of the originall bill of salle per me
NATH DENTON Towne Clercke
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Wheras James Price has reseived a deed of salle bear- ing date January ye 3d 1695/6 for ye pece of land men- tioned in this record from Nath Denton junor from Know ye that I did make void this -- and this record wittnes my hand this 3d day of January 1695
Teste JAMES X PRICE seal JONATHAN WHITEHEAD his marke
SAM RUSCOE Clarke
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To all Christian people to whome these presents shall come I Wait Smith of Jemaica in Queens County send greeting know yee that I the said Wait Smith for and in consideration of a sum of mony in hand paide by Daniell Denton of ye sd Town and County have given granted aliened sold and enfeoffed & confirmed and by these presents doe fully firmly and absolutely give grant sell alien enfeofe & confirm unto Daniell Denton junior aforesaide his heires or assignes a sertain tract of land lying and being in Jemaica afforesaid and bounded on the west by land of Joseph Smith on the north by the hills on ye east by the land of Nehemiah Smith & on ye south by the highway which said tract of land con- taining ten acres more or less as it was layd out together with the timber trees improvements and appurtenances thereupon or thereunto belonging for him ye sd Daniell Denton his heires or assignes to have & to hould from mee ye sd Wait Smith my heires or assignes forever and I the sd Wait Smith for mee my heires executors and assignes the afforesaid ten acres of land as above bounded & exprest from any person or persons by from or under mee them or either of them or upon any pretence what- soever claiming any interest to ye sd land shall and will warrant & for ever by these presents defend that this is my act & deed I ye sd Wait Smith doe testefy by setting too my hand and & seale this 21st day of Feb- ruary Anno Domini 1688 & in ye fourth yeare of ye raigne of our Soveraigne Lord James the Second by ye grace
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of God of Ingland Scotland France and Ireland King defender of ye faith &c Signed seald & delivered WAIT SMITH 0
before us
PHEBE X SMITH
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her marke
NATHANIELL DENTON jun JOHN LUDLUM
A true coppy of the originall bill of sale per me
NATHANIELL DENTON
Clerck
Jemaica Aprill the 14th 1689
Then apeared before mee Daniell Whitehed Justis of the Pease for Queens County Wait Smith and Phebe Smith above mentioned and did acknowledg the above written deed to be theire free act and deed
Teste DANIELL WHITEHEAD
Desember ye 17 1678
Be it knowne unto all men by these presents that I Edward Higbee of Jemaica on Long Iseland in the North Rideing of Yorkshire doe make bargain sell and deliver all my right title and interest from mee and from mee and my heires for ever a ten acre lot eastward joyneing eastward upon Capt Carpentors lot & north- ward upon the hills south upon the commans I the aforesaide Edward Higbee doe sell and deliver as afore- saide unto John Lynas & Daniell Denton of the afore- saide Shire and Rideing the lot aforesaide with the appurtenances thereunto belonging that the afforesaid John and Daniell quietly to posses and enjoye the same forever without truble and molestation In conferma- tion whereof I doe hereunto sett my hand it is to be understood that ye corne upon the land is Edward Higbees Testes EDWARD HIGBEE RICHARD JONES WILLIAM CREED
This is a true coppy of the originall deed per me NATHANIELL DENTON Clerck
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Know all men by theese presents yt I Thomas Darling off Jemaica in Queens County on Long Island (weaver) doe make over sell & confirm unto John Smith ye son off Thomas Smith off ye Town & County aforesd five acres off land more or less which ye afforesd Thomas bought of his father in law Zachariah Mills being & lying in ye Town off Jemaica bounded on ye west by Thomas Wiggins on ye east by ye highway south by a lot off Samuell Denton on ye north by a high way yt goes from ye Town to ye Bever pond I say I Thomas Darling do ffreely & fully clearly & absolutely give grant sell & confirm ffrom mee my heires executors administrators or assignes unto John Smith abovesd his heires executors administrators or assignes to have & to hold for ever freely discharged from all former sales gifts grants dowers leases uses intailes morgages judgments fines or amercia- ments: or any other incumbrances whatsoever had made committed in writing wittingly or willingly suffered or done by ye afforesd Thomas Darling his heires or as- signes or by his or there meanes acts or consents and doe warrant ye same good in law against any lawffully claiming ye same: being in consideration off a certain value or sum as is expressed in a bill off debt dated here- with: In confirmation of ye premises I doe sign wt my seale & deliver wt my one hand this bill off sale this 28th off July Annoque Domini 1688
Signed seald & deliverd in ye presence off us ZACHARIAH X MILLS his mark
RICHARD JONES
ABIGAIL MILLS
THOMAS DARLING 0
September ye 14th 1688 Then appeard before Daniell Whitehead Justice off ye Peace for Queens County Thomas Darling & did acknowledge ye above written deed off sale
DANIELL WHITEHEAD
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These presents testefy an agreement made between Nathaniell Denton juneor and Samuell Denton his
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brother both of Jemaica in Queens County confesing the exchange of som land viz the saide Samuell is to have of his brother Nathaniell ten acres of land lying and being in ye neck commanly called ye litle neck butted and bounded on the west by John Oldfields land on ye north by Thomas Wigans on the easte by the high- way that goeth down to the bottom of ye saide neck on ye south by ye comma in consideration of the saide ten acres of land the aforesaide Nathaniell is to have of the aforesaide Samuell his brother ten acres of land lying and beeing upon the boggy medow neck commanly soe called being butted and bounded upon the west by theire father Nathaniel Dentons land on ye east by the highway on ye south by ye brooke that runs at ye bot- tom of ye neck and on ye north by Alexsander Smiths land that this is our agreement made this 18 day of February Anno 1688/9 wee doe owne and acknowledge by setting to our hands This agreement made NATHANIEL DENTON and signed before SAMUEL DENTON NATHANIELL DENTON senior . SARAH X DENTON her marke
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These presents testefy that I Nathaniell Denton juneor of Jemaica in Queens County have given granted aliened sold enfeoffed & confirmed & by these presents doe fully firmly & absolutely give grant bargain alien sell enfeoffe & confirme unto my brother Samuell Denton of ye sd Towne & County his heires & assighnes a ser- taine tract of land containeing ten acres more or less as it was layde out by ye surveiors lying & being within ye bounds of Jemaica afforsaid & is bounded on ye west by Freemans hay path on ye south by Samuell Mills his land on ye east by the land of Nathaniell Denton seniors & on ye north by a highway which saide ten acres of land with all ye timber trees improvements priveledges & appurtenances ye aforesaide Nathaniel Denton doth fully & absolutely from himselfe his heires executors &
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asignes for a valuable consideration in hand payd by the saide Samuell Denton give grant bargain sell alyen & make over ye saide ten acres of land as above bounded & exprest for ye sª Samuell Denton his heires & assignes to have & to holde as his and their own proper right & for their own proper use and behoofe forever, and I the sd Nathaniell Dento for my self my heires executors administrators and asignes the afforsaide ten acres of land with all and every of their rights & appurtenances from any person or persons by from or under mee them or either of them or upon any pretence whatsoever shall and will warrant & for ever by these presents defend that this is my act and deed I testefy by setting to my hand & seale this ninth day of June Anno Domini 1688 Signd seald & delivered NATHANIELL DENTON before us WAIT SMITH DANIELL DENTON Se
This is a true coppy taken out of ye originall bill of sale per me
Nathaniell Denton apeared before mee this 18 of Feb- ruary 1688/9 and did ack- nowledg this to be his act and deede I say before mee on of His Majestis Justeses of the Pease
NATHANIELL DENTON Clerck JOHN TOWNSEND sen
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Jemaica February ye second Anno 1688/9
Be it knowne unto all men whome these presents may any wayse consern that I Nathaniell Denton senior of Jemaica in Queens County upon Long Island doe by these presents fully freely firmly and absolutely give and grant unto my sonn Richard Denton of Hempstead in the same county five acres of medow lyeing and being upon the Long Neck hee begining at the hummak that is betweene my medow and Daniell Whiteheads medow that hee bought of mest Robardt Coe and soe to run by the upland side till hee commeth to a sertaine white oake tree that standeth at the edge of the medowe and soe from that tree to run westward till the five acres
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of medow be compleated I say that I the aforesaide Nathaniell Denton doe give and grant and confirme from mee my heirs executors administrators and asignes to the afore saide Richard Denton his heirs executors ad- ministrators and asignes the medow before mentioned to have and to hould occupy and improve as theire owne proper right of inheritans forever and likewise I the aforesaide Nathaniell doe give and grant unto the aforesaide Richard two acres of wood land that be- longeth unto mee in that neck for him his heirs and asignes to have and to howlde as theire owne proper right for- ever and in confermation of the premises I doe the day and date above written set to my hand and fixe my seale Teste
NATHANIELL DENTON junior SAMUELL DENTON
NATHANIELL DENTON senior 0
This is a true coppy of ye originall deede of gift per me NATHANIELL DENTON Clerck
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These presents may sertefy any one whome it may any ways conserne that I Richard Denton of Hemp- stead in Queense County upon Long Iseland for and in consideration of a some of money in hand paide by my two brothers Nathaniell & Samuell Denton both of Jemaica in Queens County upon Long Iseland have given granted alyenated solde enfeoffed & confirmed & by these presents doe fully clearely & absolutely give grant bargaine sell alyen enfeoffe & confirme unto the aforesaide Nathaniell and Samuell Denton the five acres of medow which my father Nathaniell Denton gave mee which saide medow lyeth upon the neck of medow commanly called the Long Neck which medow is bounded by the crick that runneth betwene Nathaniell Dentons seniors lot and the medow that was formerly Daniell Denton seniors lot and now in the possetion of Daniell Whiteheade and soe to run by the upland side till hee cometh to sertaine white oake tree that standeth at the
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edge of the medow and soe from that tree to run west warde till the five acres of medow be compleated I say that I the aforesaide Richard Denton doe for my selfe mine heirs executors administrators and asignes fully freely and absolutely bargaine sell alyene enfeoffe and confirme unto the aforesaide Nathaniell and Samuell Dentons the medow above mentioned & two acres of upland that lyeth in the saide neck for them theire heirse executors administrators and asignes to have and to howlde as theire owne proper right for ever and allsoe I doe by these presents firmly binde and ingage my selfe mine heirs or asigns to make good this my salle free from all former sales gifts grants morgages or any other incombrases by from or under mee unto the aforesaide Nathaniell and Samuell Denton for them theire heirs and asignes to have posses and injoye for ever in confermation of the premises I doe this sixth day of March Anno 1688/9 set to my hand and fix my seale
Signed sealed and delivered in presens of
NATHANIELL DENTON senior SARAH X DENTON
her marke
RICHARD DENTON
This is a true coppy of the originall bill of sale per me NATHANIELL DENTON
Clerck
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To all Christian people to whome these presents shall come I Thomas Baylis of Gravse-end in Kings County upon Long Iseland send greeting Know yee yt I ye saide Thomas Baylis for and in consideration of a som of money in hand payde or secured to be paide by Nathaniell Denton juneor of Jemaica in Queens County upon Long Iseland have given granted alyenated sould enfeoffed & confermed & by these presents doe fully clearely & absolutely give grant alien bargan sell enfeoffe & conferme unto Nathaniell Denton junior aforesaide his heires or assignes a sertaine tract of medow lying and being within the bounds of Jemaica aforesaide
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& in ye neck commonly called the hither east neck con- taineing ye halfe parte of a twenty acre lot which saide medow lyeth betwene Capt John Carpentor and Joseph Thurston haveing Capt Carpentor on ye easte side and Joseph Thurston on the west side the which saide medow after there is three acres of mowable medow taken of at the reare of ye whole twenty acre lot of medow the remainder of ye twenty acres to be eqally devided from front to reare both for quantity and quallity and the saide Nathaniell to have ye one halfe of it, and allsoe I doe sell unto ye saide Nathaniel Denton all ye right & priveledge to all devitions of land or medow what- soever that did or shall belong unto a fiveteen acre righte after ye first three devitions of land which was in the whole five acres of land for every acre of medow as is upon recorde & allsoe I ye aforesaide Thomas Baylis doe by these presents bargan sell alyen & make over unto the aforesaide Nathaniell Denton ten acres of up- land more or less lying in ye east field and bounded on ye west with Anthony Waters and on ye east with Der- rick Powlesons land on ye north with ye hills and on ye south with ye highway onely I ye saide Thomas Baylies doe reserve to myselfe ye addition of medow upon ye saide hither easte neck and a fiveteene acre share of ye commans that is layde out by ye Towne for to ly in comman and a fiveteen acre share of the Litle Plaines & allsoe a quarter parte of the wood land that lyeth upon the saide neck that belongeth to a fiveteen acre righte I say that I the aforesaide Thomas Baylies doe for myselfe mine heirs executors administrators and Page 151
asignes sell alyen enfeoffe and conferm all ye medow and land above mentioned with all my right title interest property possetion claime or demandes of mee the saide Thomas Baylis mine heirs and asignes unto the saide Nathaniell Denton for him his heirs executors administrators and asignes to have and to howld posses and enjoye for ever to the onely proper use and behoofe of ye saide Nathaniel Denton his heires and assignes
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for ever and I the saide Thomas Baylies for mee my heires executors administrators & asignes ve sayde land and medow before granted barganed & soulde with all and every the appurtenanses timbre trees fenses & improvements thereupon or thereunto belonging against mee my heirse executors or asignes or any person or persons by from or under mee them or either of them or upon any pretense whatsoever claimeing any interest to the saide land shall and will warrant and for ever by these presents defend as witness my hand and seale this seventh of March Anno 1688/9
Signed sealed and
delivered in presens of us
GEORGE FOWLER DANIEL DENTON juneor
THOMAS BAYLES 0
Jamaica March ye 7th 1688/9
Then apeared before mee Daniell Whitehead Justis of the Pease for Queens County Thomas Bayles and did acknowledge this within written deed of sale to be his free act and deed
DANIELL WHITEHEAD
This is a true coppy taken out of ye original bill of salle per me
NATHANIELL DENTON Clarck
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Know all men whom it may conserne that I Jonas Wood of Jemaica in Queens Countay pertaining to the Province of New York hath and by vertue of these presents doth for a valuable consideration in hand reseived for my self myne heirs and assignes alienated conveyed assigned and made over unto Joseph Philips of the said Town & county his heirs or assignes for ever to have & to hold as his proper right to ye sole use benefit & behoofe of ye said Philips his heires or assignes the sertaine parsell or small lot of medow which he bought of William Creed as expressed in ye within written
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