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& on ye north & west by land not laid out which sd eleaven acrees off land as above bounded & exprest w all ye right title interest possession property claim and demand what so ever off mee ye sd Daniel Denton my heires and assignes to have and to hold ye said eleaven acres off land with all and singular the premisses with their & every off their rights and appurtenances what- soever unto ye sd John Okee his heires or assignes and to ye only proper use & behooffe of him ye sd John Okee his heires or assignes for ever and I ye sd Daniel Denton ffor me my heires executors administrators & assignes ye sd land above bargained & sold with ye appurtenances unto ye affore sd John Okee against me my heires & assignes & all & every other person or persons whatsoever claiming by ffrom or under me them or either of them or any pretence whatsoever shall and will warrant & forever by theese presents deffend In witness whear off I have hear unto set my hand & seale this last day off Aprill Annoq Domini 1688 and in ye yeare off ye raigne off our Soveraigne Lord James ye Second by ye Grace off God off England Scotland Ffraince and Ireland King Deffender off the Ffaith &c.
Signd seald & deliverd DANH DENTON Sent 0 HANNAH X DENTON 0
beffore us
DANIELL DENTON Juner
her mark
ABELL X GAELL his marke
This within written deed off seal acknowledged before me this last day of April 1688
JOHN TOWNSEND Sen: Justice of ye Peece: JOHN TOWNSEND
A trew coppie off the origenall by me
EDWARD HARE Clarck
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May 19 1691 Wait Smith and Benjaimin Thurston partted ye salt
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madoe that was formerly Ffulk Davises which Wait Smith bought of William Salierd and Benjamine Thurston bought of John Hinds vidilicet: This afore said con- taining five acrees in ye further East Neck Wait Smith his part lieth on ye north end and so down to an oak tree that stands upon a hamock and so right across to William Ludlums Madoe and Benjamin Thurston hath ye tother end being southward of the afore said oak tree down to ye sea-In conformation of the same we herunto subscrib our nams the day and date above written Testas WAIT SMITH
PHILLIP KETCHAN
BENJAMIN THURSTON
EDWARD HARE
A true coppie taken out of the old Town booke by me EDWARD HARE Clark
Daniell Bayleys mark is a line on ye under side of ye righte eare and a nick on ye uper side of ye left eare Recorded January ye 29 1706
pr ZACh MILLS Cler
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To all Christian people to whom this present in- strument may com sendeth greeting: Know all men by theese that I John Hinds of ye Town of Jamaica in Queen County in ye Provience of New York for good consideration moving me thear unto haveing receved full satisfaction have bartered bargained sold alienated and made over for ever & doe by theese presents barter bargaine sel alien & make over from me my heirs executor administrators & assignes unto Benjamin Thurston of ye aforesd Town County & Provience unto him his heirs executors administrators & assignes the halfe of a five acree lott of Madoe salt madoe in ye further East Neck yt is between Wait Smith & me ye afore sd John Hinds & ye whole five acrees of salt madoe is between ye afore sd Wait Smith & me ye aforesd John Hinds & I ye afore said John Hinds am to devide ye madoe aforesd & ye aforesd Wait Smith is to have his choice- this afore sd five acrees of salt madoe is bounded by
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ye north by yt was Robbart Ashmans madoe on ye south by yt that is William Ludlums & east & west with ye other lotts .I say I ye aforesd John Hinds have absolutely sold & make over ffully and firmly for ever unto Ben- jamin Thurston aforesd to him his heirs executors ad- ministrators & assignes ye afore sd half of ye five acrees of salt madoe bounded by record as will appeer from an oak tree down to ye sea to have and to hold for ever peecable to injoye & posses for ever without any lett or molistation whatsoever and I say I ye aforsd John Hinds doe promise & absolutely ingage for me my heirs executors administrators or assignes unto Benjamin Thurston aforesd to him his heirs executtors administra- tors or assignes good in law and defend ye afore sd Thurston or any from him against any person or persons yt shall lay any claime to any part or parcel of ye afore sd madoe abovesd exsprest & bounded to make it good in law against any yt shall lay any claime to any of ye aforesd madoe by me ye aforesd John Hinds my heirs executors administrators or assignes direcktly or in- direcktly or * any other person whatever * to the true performance of ye premises & every of them to all in- tents & purposses I doe hear unto subscribe my name & ffix my seal ye 28th day of May in ye third year of their Matie: Raigne King William and Queen Mary King of England Scotland Fraince and Ireland Defender of ye Ffaith in ye year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred and nienty one.
Signed sealed
JOHN HINDS O
& delivered in
ye presents of us
DANI WHITEHEAD
WAIT SMITH
This above written deed acnol- edged before me: May the: 30: 1691 by JOHN HAINS DANH WHITEHEAD Justes of ye Pece for Queens County
A true coppy out of ye originall by me EDWARD HARE Clark
*The words or any other person whatever interlined before sineing.
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To all. Christian people to whom theese presents shall come-sendeth greeting-I John Okee of Jamaico in Queens County in ye Provience of New York: Know ye yt I ye said John Okee for a valuable consideration in hand paid or secured to be by Benjaimin Thurston of ye said Town & County & Provience have given granted aliened sold enfeoffed & confirmed & by these presents doe fully and firmly & absolutly give grant bargain sell alien enfeoffe and confirm unto ye sd Benjaimin Thurston his heirs executors administrators or assignes a certaine track of land lying in ye east devision on ye Litle Plain Run seaven acrees and halfe more or les as it was laid out in ye Town bounds afore sd bounded by ye parsnage on ye on sid & ye aforesd Benjamin Thurston on ye other sid ye afore said trak of land numb: thirteen in length with the rest of ye lotts as they ware laid out to ye sd John Okee with all priveledges and appurtenances ffrom me my haires executors administrators and assignes John Okee ffor him ye sd Benjamin. Thurston his heires executors administrators and assignes to have and to hold for ever peecable to injoy and posses for ever with- out any let or molestation whatsoever and I ye sd John Okee for me my heires executors administrators and assignes doe to warant and make good this my deed of sall in law against any person or persons yt shall lay any just claime to any part or parsel of ye afore sd trake of land above sd above sd to defend and maintaine ye above Benjamin and bis against any whatsoever to ye true performance of ye sam I ye above sd John Okee doe set to my hand and fix my seal this twenty on day of April one thousand six hundred and nienty one in ye third yeare of theire Maijesties Raigne King William and Queen Mary. Signed sealed and delivered in presents of us ELIAS DOUGHTY EDWARD HARE
JOHN OKE O June ye 9 sixten hundred . ninety and one appeared . before Daniel Whitehead one of thare Matis: Justice
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of ye Peece for Queens County ye above nameed John Okee and acnoledged the above written deed to be his free and volentary act and deed
DANH WHITEHEAD-
A true coppy by me EDWARD HARE Clark
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To all Christian to whom this presents instrument shall com that wee Wait Smith and Nathaniel Denten both of ye Town of Jamacco in Queens County in ye provience of New York jointly and sevaraly sendeth greeting for us our haires executors administrators and assignes jointly & severaly: Know all men by theese presents yt wee Wait Smith and Nathaniel Denton ffor and in consideration of a some of mony paid by Ben- jaimin Thurston of ye said Town County and Provience have given granted aliened sold enffeoffed & confirmed and by theese presents doe ffully ffirmly and absolutly give grant alien sell enffeoffe & confirme unto Benjamin Thurston his heires executors administrators and assignes a ceartaine parcell of land containing thirty acrees more or less as it was laid out ye said land lying southward of ye Town of Jamacco in two parcells and is bounded as ffolloweth the first parcell containing teen acrees is bounded by ye high way adjoining to ye bogs on ye east and on ye north by a highway and on ye west by highway that goeth to ye mill and on ye south by Hope Carpenders land The other peece of land containing twenty acrees more or less is bounded on ye east by ye mill path on ye south by Wellings path on ye west by ye midle of ye pond of water and on ye north by John Baylies land which said parscells of land as above sd bounded and exspressed togather with ye priviledges of ye timber improvements and apurtinances on or be- longing to ye said land the afore said Wait Smith and Nathaniel Denton jointly and severally for us our heires executors administrators and assignes fully and ab- solutly sell give grant and make over for ever ye afore sd land above bounded unto Benjamin Thurston before
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mentioned for him his heires executors administrators and assignes for ever to have and to hold ffor ever peec- able to injoye and possess for ever without any lett or or molistation whatsoever and wee ye afore sd Wait Smith and Nathanil Denton we our heires executors ad- ministrators and assignes jointly and severally do by these presents promise and ingage to make this our act and deed of sael good in law and free from all other former saels gifts grants morgages leayesses heires joint heires judgments executions rests or any other incum- brances whatsoever by any person or persons laying any claime to any part or parcell of land above sd so bounded and to all true intents and purposes and every of them in conformation of ye same we doe hear unto Page 170
subscribe our nams and fix our saels this 19th day of May in ye third yeare of theire Matis Raigne King William and Queen Mary in ye yeare of our Lord God on thousand six hundred and 91 Signed sealed and WAIT SMITH 0
delivered in presents of us
NATHANIEL DENTON 0
PHILLIP KETCHAM WILLIAM FFOWLER
June ye 9 sixten hundred nienty and one then ap- " peared before Dan11 Whitehead on of there Matis. Justises of ye Peece for Queens County ye within written Nathaniel Denton and did acnoleds the within written to be his free and volentary act and deed and Wait ye same DAN1 WHITEHEAD
A true coppy of the origenall by me
EDWARD HARE Clark
It is to be understood that Benjamin Thirston has sould a pece of meadow to Samuell Carpenter datted in ye bill of sall the thirty one day of March 1696 yeares & that ye sd Benjamin Thirston has the norther part
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of ye meadow beyond the sd meadow sould to ye sd Samuell Carpenter & when ye said Benjamin Thirston shall cut ore mow hay upon his own part of ye said meadow yt the sd Samuell Carpentor shall not hinder or oppoas him for bringing his hay away of ye sd meadow ยท and the sd Benjamin Thirston shall have the sd liberty to him his heires or assigens for ever
Signed seald & dellivered
SAMUELL CARPENTER 0
in presenc of
ANDREW ALLEXANDER A trew copy of ye originall
DANIELL SMITH pr SAMI RUSCOE Clark
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Ariticells of an agreement made & concluded upon Betwixt M' William White of Jamaica in Queens County on ye one party & William Sallier of the same Town & County on the other party this ninetenth day of Novem- ber 1691 wittnesseth as followeth Imprimis that the above sayd Mr William White doath lett & to farme leatt a sartain parcell ore trackt of upland lying and being in ye bounds of Fflushing containing twenty acres more or less this being in part for the wholl I say that I the abovesayd William Whitt doe as aforesaid leatt unto ye above said William Sallver for ye terme of twenty yeares all the above said partt or parcel of up- land the terme begining from Miclemas next for him ye sayd William Sallyer his heares or assignes to ockepy posses during sayd term without leatt or hindrance in concideration wherof ye sayd William Sallyer oath covenant & promis to & with ye sayd M' Willm Whitte his heaiers exceketors administrators & assignes well and trewly to labour & worke & improve ye sayd land to ye beest of his skill & indeavour & to plant an orchyard as soone as can be with convenienty containing four acers at ye least ye sayd Mr Whitt finding trees & to clear att ye least one acer of land yerly yere by year & att ye expieration of sayd term to bound ye sayd land with good sofitiant fencing according to ye order of sayd Town to which ye sayd land belongeth & likewis
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watt buldings orcharyds with all other improvements done upon sayd land to be returned unto sayd Mr. Whitt his heairs or assignes as allsoe ye sayd Mr. Whitt is to putt upon sayd land two cowes ye spring following with calf or calfes by their sides which ye sayd Sallier is to have to ye half & to make devition of ye increas of sayd cowes every three yeares and att exspiration of sayd terme good ye sayd two cowes as good & in like condition as when reseaived and ye sayd Sallier doath promis nott to wast or embaszell or sell any timber of from sayd land nor sufer any by his leave or consent to doe ye same to ye trew performance off all & every partt of ye above mentioned premisses we ye sayd William Whitt & Will Sallyer doe bind our selves our heaires exceketors & assignes firmly by subscribing our names and putting to our seales ye day & year above written ye sayd Sallier rendring & paying yerly upon Miclemas day if demanded one ear of Indien corn to ye sayd Mr. Whitt or his order Signed sealed & delivered WILLIAM WHITT 0
in presence of
WILLIAM X SALLIER 0
SAMUELL RUSCOE
his mark
RICHARD GRIFFIN
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To all Christian peopell to whom thes presents shall come Able Galle of Jamaica in Queens County sendeth greetting Know you that I ye above said Able Gall for seaverrall good reasons & cases me therunto moveing but more esspeatily for a vallewable sume to me ye sayd Able in hand payd or securred to be payd by John Okey of ye same Town & County have covenanted allinatted releassed enffeofed bargined and sould & by thes presents doe acknowledg to have from me my heaires exceketors administrators & assignes covenanted allinatted releassed enfeoffed bargined & sould unto ye above sd John Oakey his heaires exceketors administra- tors & assignes a sartain parcell of upland lying & being in ye bounds of Jamaica aforsayd containing fiveten acers being bounded as followeth on ye west by Chass- mors Island path going to John Oakey & on ye & on ye
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south by ye fresh meadow & on ye north by Thomas Wiggens Seanors lott runing parrellell wth ye sayd Thomas Wiggens lott I say that I the above sayd Able Gall have as above sayd sould as abovesd unto ye above sd John Oakey the abovesayd parcell of upland containing fiveten acres more or less as itt was layd outt with all preveledg profitts & benefitts together with all timber trees woods under woods standing or lying being upon ye same ye same & all & every partt & parcell therof to have and to hould unto him ye sd John Oakey his heaires exceketors administrators & assignes to have & to hould unto him & them as their own free lands of enherritance to ockepy posses & injoy withoutt lett fraud or hindrence either from me my heaires exsicutors administrators & assignes for ever & the same to be & remain to ye only use benifitt & behoff of him ye sd John Oakey his heaires excektt administrators & assignes for ever & doe warrant this my sall good & free from' any former sall gift morgage or any other intanglments whatt ever forrain invation only exceped with a warrant to defend ye same against any claim or demand either from me my heaires exceke- tors administrators & assignes or any person or persons from by or under me or my order to ye trew performance of all & every ye abovesd premisses I doe bind my self as above sd by subscribinge my name & fixeing my sall this 12 day of Ffebrauary in ye fourth yeare of the raign of their Majtes & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ 16915 Signed sealled & dellivered ABL X GALL 0 his mark
in presence of SAMI RUSCOE
WILLIAM CREED
A trew coppy per SAMI RUSCOE Town Clark
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To all Christian people befor whom this present in- strewment may come sendeth greetting Know all men by thes presents that we whos names are here named viz I Sarah Oldfeld widdow & Richard Oldfeld my sone of Jamaica in Queens County in ye Province of New
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York joyntly and severralley for good considerations moveing us there unto for a vallewable sume allredy reseaived or secuored in hand all redy by John Okey of ye aforsayd Town and Province wee say wee ye afor- sayd Sarah Oldfeld and Richard Oldfeld my sonn joyntly & sevarly have bartered bargined g've grantted sould allinatted & enffeoffed & made over for ever from us our heaires exceketors administrators & assignes joyntly & severally unto John Oakee of ye aforsayd Towne County & Province to him his heaires exceketors ad- ministrators & assignes for ever and doe by thes presents barter bargin give grant sell allinatt enffeoff & make over unto John Okee as aforsd a sertain trackt of upland lying & being within the bounds of Jamaica containing five acers more or less as it was layd outt bounded on ye northeast sid of John Okees land lying upon Chasmors Island & on ye west by ye boges and on the other two sids upon Jonathan Millses meadow & we say I Sarah Oldfeld and Richard Oldfeld my sone joynttly & severlly doe from us our heaires exceketors administrators & as- signes doe absoluttly give grant sell allinatt and make over for ever unto John Okee to him his heaires exceketors administrators & assignes for ever to have and to hould for ever peaceably to injoy and posses for ever without any lett or mollestation what so ever with all prevelidge and improvements wth apurtenances that belong ther unto what soe ever to ye aforsd upland & we ye aforsd Sarah Oldfeld & Richard Oldfeld my sone doe promise & ingage joyntly & severally we our heaires exceuutors administrators and assignes unto John Okee as aforsd to him his heaires excecutors administrators and as- signes to make this our ackt & deed of sall good in law against any person or persons what so ever that shall lay any claim of right to any partt or parcell of ye aforsd upland from them or either of them joyntly or severally direcktly or inderickly in confirmation of ye premises to all trew intents & purposes & every of them we have her unto subscribed our names and fixed our seales ye five & twentyeth day of May in ye third year of their
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IVAT _ AMAL
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Majet Raign King William & Queen Mary King of England Scottland France & Irland Deffender of ye Faith in ye yere of our Lord God one thousand six hun- dred & ninty one
Signed sealld & delivered in presence of ELLIAS BAYLES
SARAH X OLDFELD 0
her mark
RICHARD OLDFELD 0
EDWARD HARE
A trew coppy pr
SAM RUSCOE Town Clark
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This Indenture made this second yeare of His May. Raigne Anoq Dominy 1686/7 betwixt Allexander Smith of Quens County on the one party and John Okee & Johanas Williamson in Kings County on the other party wittnesseth that I the aforsaid Allexcander Smith of Jamaica in ye County aforsaid doe covenant allinat bargin and sell and by thes presents doe ffully freely & absolutly covenant allinat bargin and sell from me my heairs execketors administrs & assignes unto John Oakee & Johanas Williamson in ye County aforexprest a sartain parcell or trackt of upland lying & being within ye limits of Jamaica aforsaid containing ten acers sitteuat lying & being on ye west side of ye path goeing to Chasmors Island nor oppist against ye land of ye said John Owkee bought from Sam11 Mathues which said ten acers of upland for above exsprestt & limitted I the above said Allexsander Smith have as above said sould unto ye above said John Owke and Johanas Williamson as aforsaid them their heairs exceketors administrators & assignes to have and to hould forever & doe acknowledg to have reseaived from ye aforsaid John Owkey & Johanas Williamson full sattisfaction for ye same & forever against & discharge them ye said Owkey & Williamson from any further claim or demand for any partt or parcell ther therof for ever to ye trew perforfance wherof I the abovesaid Allexsander Smith doe bind myself & heairs as abovesaid by subscribing my name and setting
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to my seall this second of Febrauary Anno 1686/7 & befor ye signing & delivery herof I the aforsaid Allexsander Smith doe ingage this my sall free from any formor sall givft morgage or any other intanglement what ever & to defend ye same from any claim frome my heairs or any persons whatever forrain invation exsepted
0 Testes ALEXSANDER X SMITH DANIELL WHITTHEAD his marke
SAM11 RUSCOE
A trew coppy of ye orrigenall entered pr
SAMI RUSCOE Town Clark
February ye 3d 1686/7 then apered befor me Daniell Whitthead Justice of ye Peece Allexsander Smith of Jamaica in Queens County & acknowledged this within written bill of sall to be his act & deed
DANIELL WHITTHEAD
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Know all men by thes presents that I Samuell Mathews of Jamaica in Queens County doe covenant bargin & by thes presents doe own to have covenanted allinatted bargined & sould from me my heairs excecutors ad- ministrators & assignes unto John Owke Johanas William- son boath of Fflatbush in Kings County their heairs exceketrs administrators & assignes a a sartain parcell or trackt of upland & meadow as ffolloweth viz my new dwelling howes lying and being at ye south att a place comanly known by Charsmors Island path lying on ye east of ye sayd path nere to ye sayd meadow with five acers of upland therunto belonging together with all timber trees standing or lying gardens orchyards fencings therunto belonging & allso fivety five acers of upland lying & being eastward of ye said path butting westward of ye sayd path: bounded north by John Johnson & so other wais by ye comans as allso my right of ten acers of meadow lying and being at Charsmors Island being bounded eastward by Jonathan Mills and one ye other sid by Benjamin Coe as allso I the aforsaid
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Samuell Mathews doe as abovesaid bargin & sell unto the above said John Owkee & Johanas Williamson as above- said all my right & title afor mentioned in ye howesing upland & meadow with ye priveliges above exsprest to have and to hould to them ye said Owkee & Williamson their heirs exceketors administrators and assignes for ever as allsoe my right & title to ye half of Charsmors Island according as I myself have had it warranting this my sall good in law free from any formor salles givfts morgages or any other intangllments what soe ever & I doe ingage myself as abovesaid to maintain this sall free from any claim or claimes from any person or persons whatsoever it is to be understood that as for ye upland on Charsmors Island I defend it so far forth as the Town ackt alloweth by fencing of meadow & no farther to ye trew performance of all & every the above mentioned I the above said Samuell Mathews doe bind myself as abovesaid by subscribing my name & setting to my seall this elleventh day of Decembr in ye yeare of our Lord God one thousand sixe hundred eaighty & sixe in ye second year of his Majet Raigne James ye Second &c. Tests SAMUELL X MATHEWES O his marke WILLIAM CREED
JOHN BAYLES
A trew coppy of ye orrigenall entered pr me
SAMUELL RUSCOE Town Clarke
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall I Jonathan Wood of Huntingtun in the County of Suffolk send greetting-Now know yea that I the sd Jonathan Wood ffirst in consideration of a sume of money in hand payd to full sattisfaction & agreement by John Owkee & Johanas Williams boath of Jamaica in Queens County have giveen granted allined sould enffeofed & conffirmd & by thes presents doe give grant allin sell enfeoff & confirme unto ye sd John Okee & Johanas Williamson their heairs & assignes a certain track of land lying & being wt in ye bounds of Jamaica.
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containing eaighten acers ffive of which sd eaighten acers lyeth upon ye south side off ye island called Chars- mors Island ye other thirten acers lyeth westward of ye land ye sd John Owkee bought of Samuell Mathews & adjoyning to it which sd eaighten acers of land as above bounded & exsprest together wt all ye right title intrest possession property claim & demand what so ever of me ye sd Jonathan Wood my heairs & assignes to have and to hold ye sd eaighten acers of land wt all and singuler ye premises herby granted & sould or herby meant or intended to be herin & herby granted & bargined and sould with theair & every of their rights & appurtenances what so ever unto ye sd John Owkey & Johanas Williams their heairs & exceketors administrators & assignes & to ye only proper use and be hoofe of them ye sd John Okee & Johanas Williams their heairs & assignes for ever and I the sd Jonathan Wood ffor me my heairs exceketors administrators and assignes ye said land above granted bargained & sould wt ye appurtenances unto ye sd John Okee & Johanas Williams against mee my heirs & assignes & all & every other person or persons what soever claiming by from or under me them or eitheir of them or upon any pretence whatsoever shall & will warrant & for ever by thes presents defend that this is my act and deed I have her unto sett my hand & ffixed my seall this sixtenth day of Aprill Annoqe Domini 1688 and in ye third year of ye Raigne of our Soverraign Lord James ye Second by ye grace of God of England Scottland France & Irland King Defender of Ffaith &c Signed sealed & delivered JONATHAN X WOOD his marke O in ye presence of DANIELL DENTON JOHN WOOD
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