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this is my act & deed I testefy by setting to my hand & seall this twenty ffiffth day of December 1684 EDWARD HIGBEE
LIDEA X HIGBE 0 her marke
A trew coppy of the orrigenall registered & examined pr SAMI RUSCOE
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Too all Christian peopell to whom thes presents shall come Clemment Sallmon of Jamaica in Queens County sendeth gretting Know yea that I the abovesd Clem- ment Sallmon for severall good reasons & casses mee ther- unto moveing but more easpetially for ye naturall love & respect that I doe with my wiff Johanah bear unto our sonn Samuell give grant covenant allinat releas quitt claim enfeoff confirme & make over & by thes presents doe acknowledg to have ffully freely & absolutly given granted covenanted allined releassed enfeofed quitt claimed & mad over & confirmed unto our aford son Samuell Sallman a sartain pece of land formorly bought of Edward Higbee of ye same Town & County containing ten acers more or less as it was layd outt being bounded on ye south wt ye path or roades that goeth or leads to New Yorke & on ye north with the hills & on ye west with Thomas Wellings land & on ye east with ye land fformorly belonging to Richard Everitt I say that I the abovesd Clemment Sallmon with Johanah my wiff doe ffully & ffreely & absolutly give & grant covenant quitt claim enffeoff & confirm from us our heirs exceketors administrators & assignes unto our afforsaid sone being our only sone now liveing all the abovesd pece of land above spetiffied together with all howsing buldings gardins orchards timber standing or lying with all ffenc- ings prevelidgs profets benefitts improvements therunto belonging or any ways appertaining to him our said sone to have & to hould occepy possess and injoy to him & his heirs exceketors administrators & assignes ffor ever & the same with all & every partt & & parcell theroff
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to be & remain to ye only proper use beneffitt & behoff of him ye sd Samuell without lett ffraud or hindrance or mollestation whatever & doe warrant this our deed of gifft to be good & ffree from all fformor giffts salls mor- gages or intangellments whatt ever & ye same shall & will for ever warrant & defend from & against any claim or demand either from us or any person or persons from by or under us with a warrante to deffend ye same against person or persons being or pretending to be heirs by or ffrom us only our sd sone nott to make salle of ye sd premises from him self duering our lives in testemony wher- of we doe bind ourselves by subscribing our hands & setting to our sealls this fourth day of August in ye fourth yeare of their Majests Raigne in ye year of our Lord Christ 1692 Signed sealed & dellivered CLEMMENT SALLMON 0 0
in presence of
SAMUELL RUSCOE
A true coppy of ye origgenall
WILLIAM WHITT
pr SAMII RUSCOE Clarke
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall cume Samuell Smith of Jamaica in Queens County sendeth greetting Know yea that I Samuell Smith above men- tioned with Mary my wife for severall good considerations and casses us & each of us their unto moveing but more easspeatially for a vallewable sume of good currant sillver money of this Province to us in hand payd & secuered to be paid by John Sneadekar of ye same Town & County the reseipt wherof we doe herby acknowledg and own to be therwith contented sattisfyed & payd have giveen granted covenanted allinatted releassed quitt claimed made over and sould and doe by thes presents from us our heires exceketors administrators and assignes give grant alline enfeof releass quitte claim make over & sell to ye abovesaid John Sneadekar his heires exceketors administrators and assignes a sartain pece of upland lying and being within ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd being the one half of a sartain lott of upland belonging to me the . said Samuell Smith which sd lott or pece of land sould as
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abovesd is bounded as followeth that one half that lyeth next ye land of ye sd John Sneadekar & on ye south by Johanas Williamson and north runinge on ye same side next to him the one half of sd lott I say that I the abovesd Samuell Smith with Mary my wife have as abovesd sould as abovesd unto ye abovesd John Snead- ekor his heirs exceketors & assignes all ye abovesd pece of land according as it is abovesd butted and bounded with all timber trees wood under wood standing or lying being upon ye same together with all and singuler the prevelidges prophitts benifitts and emprovements that are & doath any waise belong or appertain therto to have and to hould to ye aforsaid John Sneadekor his heires and assignes for ever and the same to be and remain to ye only proper use bennifitt & behooff of him ye sd John Sneadekar his heires & assignes ye same & every partt therof to ockepy posses & injoy as his & their own free proper right of inherretance without leatt fraud or hindrance warranting this my salle good and free from all former salles givfts morgages or any other intangellments & the same shall & will for ever warrant and defend against any claim or demands from any person or persons whatever with a warrantee to defend ye same against any property intrest claim or demand from me ye said Samuell Smith & Mary my wiffe our heirs exceks and assignes for ever in confirmation wherof I ye abovesd Samuell Smith with Mary my wiffe doe bind our selvs our heirs exceketors & assignes for ever by setting to our hands hands and . sealles this fivft day of January. Page 192
in ye fourth yeare of their Majsts Raigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand sixe hundreed ninty and two. Signed sealled and dellivered SAMUELL SMITH 0
in presence of
SAMI RUSCOE
ELDERD X LUKAS his mark
MARY X SMITH 0 her mark A trew coppy of ye origenall deed entered & examined pr SAMI RUSCOE Clarke
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall cume Samuell Skidmore belongeinge to Jamaica in Queenes County in the Island of Nassau sendeth greettinge Know yea that I Samuell Skidmore for a vallewable sattisfaction to me in hand paid by Samuell Darlinge belongeinge to Jamaica in the County & Island abovesaid the receipt wherof I doe herby owne and ack- nowledge to bee therwith contented sattisfyed and payed-have giveen granted covenanted allinatted re- leassed made over and enfeoft in exchaing into Samuell Darlinge his heires excecutors & assignes a certaine pece ore parcell of upland lyinge and beinge in ye bounds of Jamaica abovesd beinge in ye midle devitione con- taininge a ten acer right of devition in the late devition called ye midle devition lying on ye west side of ye Plaine Rune & bounded on ye north by Samuell Smith together with all and singuler the ye prelidges & profits therunto belongeinge with all timber trees woods under wood standinge ore lyinge beinge upon the same to have and to hold to the abovesd Samuell Darlinge his heires & assignes for ever and the same to be & remaine to the only proper use benefit and behofe of him the said Samuell Darlinge his heires and assignes to ockepy posess and injoy free and freely discharge of and from all formere salles givfts morgages or any other entangle- ments what ever with a warrantee to defend ye same against any intrest property claime or demand from me the abovesd Samuell Skidmore my heires & assignes for ever in wittnes wherof I sett to my hand & seall this nintenth day of December Anoqe Dominy 1695
Signed sealed and
SAM11 SKIDMORE
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delivered in presence of THOMAS WATTERS
SAMI RUSCOE
A true coppy pr SAMI RUSCOE Clarke
Page 193 To all Christian pepell to whome thes presents shall · come Elderd Lukas of Jamaica sendeth greetting Know
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yea that I the abovesd Elderd Lukas liveing in Queens County for severrall good resons & casses me therunto moveing but more esspetially for a vallewable considera- tion to me ye sd Elderd in hand paid or securred to be paid by Joseph Phillips of Jamaica in ye County afor- said have covenanted allinatted releassed enffeofed bargined & sold & by thes presents doe acknowledg to have from me my heires exceketors administrators & assigns covenanted allinatted relleased enffeoffed bar- gined & sould unto ye abovesd Joseph Phillips his heires exceketors administrators & assignes a sertain pece or parcell of land within ye bounds of Jamaica aforsaid containing eighten acers more or less as it was laid out & marked I say that I the abovesd Elderd Lukas have as abovesd sould as abovesd unto ye abovesd Joseph Phillips ye abovesd pece or parcell of land lying within ye marked trees as aforsd ye same and all & every partt or parcell therof to have and to hould to him ye said Joseph Phillips his heires exceketors administrators & assignes & the same to be & remain to ye only proper use benifitt & behoffe of him ye sd Joseph Phillips his heires & assignes for ever & doe warrant this my salle good in law free from any formor sall givft morgage or any other intanglement what ever & ye same shall & will for ever warrant & defend against any claim or de- mand from me my heires exceketors administrators & assignes for ever or from any other person or persons . either from by or under me or my order in wittnes wher- unto I the sd Elderd Lukas have herunto sett to my hand & seall this fift day of May in ye fourth yeare of their Majsts Reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord one thous- and sixe hundred ninty two Signed sealled & dellivered ELLDERD X LUKAS 0 his marke in presence of SAM11 RUSCOE
WILLIAM X JONSON his marke
? her mark O A trew coppy of ye origenall deed entered in ye register of Jamaica pr SAM11 RUSCOE
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Memorandam that on the 9th of January 1698 appered befor Daniell Whitthead Esqr one of his Majtis Justices of the Peace for Queens County assigned the within named Samuell Skidmore & acknowledged the within written convaiance to be his free vollontary act & deed teste
DANIELL WHITTHEAD
A trew coppy of the acknowledgment of ye deed in page 192 from Sam Skidmore
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Jamaica in Queens County on ye Island of Nassau allis Long Island this nintenth of March Ano Dom: one thousand sixe hundred & ninty five or sixe Know all men by thes presents that I Daniell Whitthead Justice of ye Peace of ye Towne & County above said with the consent of Abigall my wiffe have giveen granted & sould and doe by thes presents fully freely & abso- lutly for severall good casses me therunto moveinge and more easspeatily a cartain sume of money allredy in hand received doe allinatt give grant & sell unto Hendrick Johnson of Fosters Meadow in the bounds of Hemsted in ye County abovesd husbandman: a certain parcell of fresh meadow containinge about one acer & a half more or less lyinge in the bounds of Jamaica upon ye Little Necke on ye east side of the Neck ye Necke beinge knowne by the name of Quarrillsume Neck bounded south by a lott of meadow which ye sd Hendrick abovesd bought of William Smith west by ye upland north by a dich east by ye cricke which is known by name of Simonses River or Rockaway which said meadow with all improve- ments theron mad & profittes to be made from hensforth to be & remain unto ye proper use benefitt & behoofe & dispoase of ye said Hendrick Johnson abovesd his heires excecutors administrators and assignes for ever and for ye warrante of ye salle herof free from any forfor allina- tion sall or incumbrance and that ye sd Hendrick John-
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son abovesd his heires excecutors administrators or as- signes shall peceably occepy improve poses & injoy ye same without lett challenge or mollestation from us ye sd Mr Daniell and Mrs. Abigall Whitthead or any of our heires excecutors administrators or any other person or persons layinge claim to ye said meadow or any partt therof by any power derived from us ore our means or procerment we ye said Mr. Daniell & Mrs. Abigall Whitt- head doe bind our selfes our heires exceutrs administra- tors & assignes firmly by thes presents to defend this our sall in law against any person or persons what ever as wittnes our handes herunto anexed & seals affixed ye day & year above written Signed sealed & dellivered DANIELL WHITTHEAD O
in presence of
ABIGALL X WHITTHEAD 0 her marke
WILL PENNY
JONATHAN WHITTHEAD
A trew coppy pr
SAMI RUSCOE Clarke
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To all Christian people to whome thes presents shall come Samuell Ruscoe of Jamaica sendeth greetting- Know yea that I the abovesd Samuell Ruscoe for severall good caasses and reasons me therunto moveing but more esspeatially for a vallewable sattisfaction to me the sd Samuell in hand paid by Richard Beatts of Newtown in the same County have covenanted allinatted bargined enfeoffed & sould & by thes presents doe acknowledg to have frome me my heires exceketors administrators and assigns covenanted allinatted bargined releassed enfeofed and and sould unto the abovesd Mr. Richard Beats his heires exceketors administrators & assignes a sartain peice or parcell of upland lyinge & being to the west side of Jamaica lying above ye sd land that ye above sd Mr. Richard Beats did bye of me ye sd Samuell & runing eaquall in bredth with the bounds of that land & soe runinge in lentg to ye browe of ye hills I say that
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I the abovesd Samuell Ruscoe have as abovesd sould as abovesd unto ye abovesd Mr. Richard Beats all ye abovesd parcell or trackt of upland lying as abovesd to him the said Richard his heires exceketors administrators and assignes ye same & all & every part & parcell therof to have and to houlde as his & ther own fre proper land of inheretance & ye same shall & will for ever defend against all formor salls givfts or morgages whatsoever & doe warrand ye same good & clere against all claimes or demands from any person or persons whatsoever either from by or under me or my order with a warrante to defend ye same against any claim or demand either from me and my heires for ever in wittnes wherof I the abovesd Samuell Ruscoe have sett to my hand & fixed my seall this 21st day of Aprill in the fourth year of their Majsts Raigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand sixe hundred ninty & two
Signed sealld & delivered SAM11 RUSCOE 0
in presens of us JAMES X KARE his marke
PETER CHOCKE
October ye 4 1692 then apered befor me Samuell Ruscoe and acknowledged this deed of sall to be his act & deed DANII WHITHEAD
A trew coppy of the oridganoll deed of sall exsamed and entered pr me
SAMI RUSCOE Clarke
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To all Christian peopell to whom thes presents shall cum William Creed of Jamaica sendeth greetting Know yea that I William Creed of Jamaica in Queens County for severall good resons & casses me therunto moveing but more esspeatily for a vallewable sume to me in hand paid & seacured to be paid by Garrett Lubbertsen be- longing to the same Town & County have given granted covenanted allinatted bargined quit claimed released.
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enfeoffed made over & sould & doe her by thes presents acknowledg to have from me my heires exceketors ad- ministrators & assignes given granted covenanted allind bargind quitt claimd releast enfeofd & made over & sould unto ye abovesd Garrett Lubbertson his heires exceketors administrators and assignes a sartain pece or parcell of upland lyinge & being within ye bounds of Jamaica lying ner by ye haw tree pond & is bounded on ye north west cornor with a whitt oak tree which is Garrett Lubbertsons bound tree & soe from thence with a direct strait line to a sartain wallnut tree wh is ye southwest cornor & from thence to a thorn bush marked by him ye sd Garrett leaving the high way on ye south sid therof & from that thorne bush to rune wth a straitt line up to ye Garrett Lubbertsons fence all wh sd pece or parcell of upland as it is butted & bounded I the abovesd William doe own & acknowledg to have fully & freely & absolutly sould as. abovesd wth all timber trees woods under woods standing or lying beinge upon ye same to ye abovesd Garrett Lubbertson his heires exceketors administrators & as- signes to have and to hould for ever & ye same wt all & every partt & parsell therof to ockepy possess & injoy as his & their own proper right of inheretance & the same with all & singuler ye prevelidges and appurtenances to be & remain to ye only proper use beniffitt and behoff of him ye sd Garrett Lubbertson his heires & assignes without lett fraud or hindrance from any person or per- sons whatever warranting this my sall good & free from any formor sall gift morgages doweryes or any other intangellment whatever & the same shall & will for ever warrant & defend from any claim or claims from any person or persons laying any just claim therto & with a warrante to defend ye same against any claim either from me or my heires or any person or persons from by or under me or my order in testemony wherof I ye abovesd William Creed wt Sarah my wiff doe joyntly sett to our hands & fixe our sealls this 27 day of October in ye 4 year of their Majes Raigne & in ye year of our Lord Christ 1692
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Signed in presence of SAM RUSCOE MARCY RUSCOE
A trew coppy of ye origenall deed entered pr
SAMII RUSCOE Clark
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This Indenture made this fivetenth day of Aprill & in the second yeare of the Reigne of our Soverraigne Lady Anne by the grace of God Queen of England Scott- land Ffrance & Irland Defender of ye Ffaith &c and in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & three & betwen Hope Carpenter of Jamaica in Queens County on the Island of Nassau in the Province of New York yeoman of ye one partty and Samuell Carpenter of the same plase yeoman of ye other party wittnesseth that the abovesd Hope Carpenter for & in considdera- tion of a vallewable sume of current moneys of New York to him in hand paid by ye abovesd Samuell Car- penter before the enseallinge and dellivery of thes pres- ence ye receipt wherof he doath herby own & acknowledge himself therwith sattisfyed contented & therof & ther- from doath for ever exonorratte acquitte & discharge ye abovesd Samuell Carpenter his heires excecutt & administs all & every of them from any part or parcell therof have giveen granted covenanted releast enfeoft quitte claimed sold & made over unto ye abovesd Samuell Carpenter his heires and assignes for ever a certaine pece or parcell of upland sittuatt leyinge & being in ye boundes of Jamaica aforesd butted & bounded as followeth that is to say east by Ffreemans path and west by a certain way that runeth betwen the sd rainge of lotts & ye lott lattly belongeinge to Samuell Messenger latte of Jamaica deseast and north by a lott layd out to Waitt Smith & south by the land of Theodoros Pollhellmas: all which land beinge ealleven acers & a quartor be it more or less as it wass laid out together with all & singuler the trees woods underwoods whether standinge ore lyeinge beinge ore in any manor of way appertaininge to the same with all the easstate right title property
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claime ore demand to the same with all the preveledges appurtenances herridittements emollementes to the same belongeinge the abovesd Hope Carpentor hath for him self his heires excecutors & administrators sould unto ye abovesd Sam11 Carpenter his heires excecutors admin- istrators & assignes for ever as afforsd & that they may boath now and att all time or times for ever have hold ockepy poses and injoy ye above recitted land & premises for ever fre & clerly discharged of & from any formor givfts salles morgages dowery intaillyrais judg- ments excecutions - remainder ore remainders or any intanglements whatsoever had made made ore committed at any time before the inseallinge & delivery of thes presents and allsoe to warrant and defend ye same against any person or persons lawfully claiminge the same & allsoe to seall and delliver any other formor deed or conveiance for the premises as ye said Samuell shall be advised & procur to be drawne by his counsell lerned in the law for ye space of seven years next enshueinge ye datte herof in testimony & confirmation herof ye abovesd Hope Carpenter hath set to his hand and afixed his seall ye day & datte herof
Signed sealled and dellivered in presence of
ABIGAILL X MILLS her marke ZACHARIAH MILLS
HOPE CARPENTER his O
A true coppy of the orrig- onall deed pr
SAM11 RUSCOE Clarke
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall cume Samuell Smith Seanor of Jamaica in Queens County sendeth greetting Know yea that I the abovesd Samuell Smith wt Mary my wiffe for severall good considerations resons & casses us therunto moveing but more easspea- tilly for a vallewable sume to us in hand paid & secuered to be paid by Elderd Lukass of ye same Town & County ye reseipt wherof we doe herby acknowledg & own to be theirwith contented sattisfyed & paid have given granted covenanted allinatted releassed bargined enfeofed made
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over & sould & doe by thes presents freely & fully ack- nowledg to have from us our heires exceketors adminis- trators & assignes given granted covenanted allinatted releast bargined enfeoft quitt claimed made over & sould unto ye abovesaid Elderd Lukass his heires exceketors administrators & assignes a sartain pece or parcell of upland lying & being within ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd & is bounded as followeth viz-east by John Moford & north by ye land of him ye said Elderd Lukass & south by Theodoros & west by a by a high: I say yt I ye abovesd Sam11 Smith have as abovesd sould as aforsaid all ye above mentioned pece or parcell of land as it is above butted & bounded unto ye abovesd Elderd Lukass his heires & assignes together with all prevelidges & ap- purtenances & timber trees wood under standing or lying being upon ye same & all & every partt therof to have & to hould for ever & the same to be & remain to ye only proper use benefitt & behoof of him ye abovesd Elderd Lukas his heires exceketors & assignes to ockepy possess & injoy as his & their own fre land of inherretance wthout lett fraud or hindrance or mollestation for ever & doe warrant this my salle good & clere & firm in law free from any former salls givfts morgages or any other intangell- ments whatever & ye same shall & will for ever warrant & defend against any claim or claims from any person or persons whatever laying any just claim therto: with a warrante to defend ye same against any claim prop- erty intrest or demand either from me my heires exceketors administrators & assignes or from any person or persons from by or under me or my order & doe further covenant & promis to & with him ye said Elderd Lukass his heires & assignes that it shall & is lawfull for him & them affter ye day of ye datt herof ye sd pece or parcell of land to enter posses & injoy owning & acknowledging him to be in ye trew & lawfull right & possestion of yerof in confirmation wherof I the abovesd Samuell Smith wth Mary my wiffe doe bind ourselves firmly by subscribing our names & setting to our sealls this nintenth day of November in ye fivft year of their Majesties Raign in
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ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand six hundred ninty & two Signed seald & dellivered SAMUELL SMITH 0
in presence of
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SAMUELL RUSCOE
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall come Nathaniell Lynoss of Jamaica in ye Queens County sendeth greetting-Know yea that I the abovesd Nath Lynoss for divers good considerations me therunto move- inge & more esspeatially for a vallewable sume of money to me in hand paid or secured to pe paid doe covenant allinatt bargin sell & make over & by thes presents doe acknowledg to have from me my heires exceketors administrators or assignes covenanted allinated bargined sould & made over unto John Snedekar of Jamaica in ye County abovesd his heires exceketors administrators or assignes a sartain parcell of upland lying & being in ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd containing ten acers more or less as it is layd out which sd land is bounded on ye west side by ye land of ye sd John Snedekor & on ye east by ye land of Mr. Daniell Whitthead & on ye south by ye land of Johanas Williamson & on ye north by ye land of ye said John Sneadekor which said land as it is her exsprest I the said Nathaniell doe acknowledg to have sould as abovesd unto ye said John Sneadekor his heirs exceketors administrators or assignes ye same to have and to hould to him or them as his or their proper right titell & intrest and ye same to be & remain to ye only proper use benefett & behouff of him ye sd John Snedekor his heires execetors administrators or assignes for & I the said Nath Lynoss doe warrant to defend ye same from any formor salles givfts morgages or any other intangell- ments what ever wth a warrante to defend ye same from any claim or demand either from me or my heires or any
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