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Signed seald & dellivered DANIELL SMITH (Seal)
in presens of
SAMUEL DARLING
SAMLL RUSCOE
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To all Christian peopell to whome these presents shall cume Timothy Mills of Jamaica in Queens County in ye Island of Nassaw sendeth grettinge Know yea that I the abovesd Timothy Mills for severall good resons and casses me therunto moveinge but more eass- peatily for a vallewable consideration to my sattisfac- tion in hand paid by Daniell Smith Juner sone to Waitt Smith belonginge to Jamaica aforesd ye receipt wherof I doe herby own & acknowledge to be therwith con- tented sattisfyed & paid have covenanted bargined allinatted releassed quitt claimed bartered & excanged & for ever made over and by thes presents doe acknowledg to have from me my heires exceketors & adminestrators covenanted bargined allinatted releast quitt claimd bartered & excainged & made over unto ye abovesd Dan- iell Smith his heires exceketors & adminestrators a cer- tain parcell of land lyinge & beinge in ye bounds of Jamaica beinge two lotts ore devitions containinge a fiveten acer right more ore less as it was layd out beinge in the east devition one the east sid of ye Plain Rune the ten acer right beinge bounded north by the land of David Watters & south by Mr. Whitheads land & east by Fostors River & west by ye highway and ye five acer right lyin and haveing Samll Denton on ye north and Benjamin Coe on ye south bounded east & west as ye other is all which abovesd pece or parcell of land as it is butted and bounded I the abovesd Timothy Mills have as abovesd made over and exchainged with
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and unto the abovesd Daniell Smith his heirs & assignes with all ye prevelidges profitts & benifits with all woods under woods timbers trees woods under woods standing or lyinge being upon ye same to have and to hould for ever & ye same to be & remain to ye only propor use benifit & behoufe of him ye abovesd Daniell Smith his heirs & assignes for ever & ye same shall warrent & de- fend against any claim or demand from any person ore persons what ever wt a warrentee to defend ye same any proporty claim or demand from me ye sd Timothy Mils my heirs excektrs & adminestrators for ever in wittnes wherunto I sett to my hand & seall this eleventh day of Janry in ye year of our Lord 1696
Signed seald & delivered
in presence of
SAMUEL DARLING
TIMOTHY X MILLES (Seal) his mark
& SAMLL RUSCOE
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall cume Peter Whit belonginge to Jamaica in Queens County in ye Island of Nassaw sendeth greettinge Know yea that I ye abovesd Peter White for severall good resons and considerations and casses me therunto moveing but more easspeatily for a vallewable sattisfaction to me in hand payd by Garrett Johnson of ye afor said Towne Island and County to my sattisfaction ye receipt wherof I doe herby own and acknowledge and before ye enseall- inge and dellivery of thes presents own to be therwith contented sattisfyed and payd and therof and ther- from doe acquit exonorat & discharge ye forsd Garrett Johnson his heires excecutors adminesstrators & as- signes from any demand for any part or parcell therof have giveen granted covenanted allinated releast enfeoft quitte claimed and sold and doe by thes presents acknowl- edge to have from me my heires excecutors and ad- minesstrators giveen granted covenanted releast quitt claimed made over and sold unto ye abovesd Garrett Johnson his heires excecutors adminesstrators and as-
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signes a sartain pece of land lyinge & beinge in ye bounds of Jamaica in ye west devition beinge a five acer right of devition & is bounded on ye east by William Fostor & west by ye rune north by ye boges & south by the path which sd pece of land as it is bounded and exsprest I ye aforsd Peter Whitt have as abovesd sould to ye forsd Garrett Johnson his heires & assignes with all & singuler ye prevelidges profits and benifits therunto belonginge or in any wais appertaining with all & timbers trees woods under woods under woods standinge ore lyinge beinge upon ye same to have and to hould ockepy posses and injoy for ever and ye same to be & remain to ye only propor use benifit and behoufe of him ye sd Garrett Johnson his heires excecutors adminestrators & assignes freely and clerly discharged of and from all formor salles givftes morgages ore any other entanglements what ever and ye same shall & by thes presents for ever warrent and defend against any claim or claimes from any person ore persons what ever with a warrente to defend ye same against any intrest proporty claim or demand from me ye sd Peter Whitte my heires excecutors & adminestrators for ever in confirmation wherof I have sett to my hand and affixed my seall this first day of Aprill in ye ninth yeare of His Majesties reigne and in ye yere of our Lord 1697 PETER WHITT O
Signed seald and dellivered
in presence of JOSEPH PLEAS SAM RUSCOE
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SAM RUSCOE Clark
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This Testement datted October ye twentyeth in ye yeare of our Lord one thowsand one thowsand sixe hundreed ninty & eaight showeth viz that William Car- penter inhabetant of Jamaica in Queens County upon the Ile of Nassaw belongeinge to ye Province of New- Yorke (farmor) hath for divers good resons moveinge him therunto but more easspeatily for a vallewable con- sideration in hand reseived to his full sattisfaction bar-
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tered bargined & sould & doth by thes instrument & deed of conveience barter bargine sell allien assigne & make over unto his brother Samuell Carpenter of the same Towne abovesd a small pece parcell ore messuage of upland sittuatt & lyinge within the precenkts of Jamaica abovesd & eastward of ye Towne nere to Fostors Meadow Rune & containinge five acers of land more ore less beinge one sixt part of a thirty acer lott formorly conveied & laid out to his father Carpenter desseased & ye elleventh lott in number accordinge to ye first east devition which said thirty acer lot is bounded by a cer- tain lott which belonged to Allexander Smith on ye north & by ye parsonage lott on ye south butinge upon ye highway west & Underdunks land east that is to say the sixt part of ye aforesd alotment beinge five acers more ore less for ye sd Samuell to have and to holde as his absolut right & proporty with all & every ye prev- elidges profits liberties benifits and conveaniences be- longinge ore that shall belonge therto ore accrew therby after the datte herof to be abide & remaine in ye peacable quiatt possestion of the said Samuell his heires & as- signes for ever without any manore of lett ore mollesta- tion by ye sd William ore his heires & that ye sd William shall and will ever defend this his salle as wittness his hand and seall affixed herunto ye day & yeare above written
Signed sealled & dellivered WILLIAM CARFENTER 0 in presence of
DANIELL SMITH
JOHN PRUDEN SEANOR
JOHN PRUDEN Juner
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall cume Joseph Pleas belongeinge to Jamaica in Queens County on Longe Island allies Nassaw sendeth greettinge Know yea that I Joseph Pleas with Mary my wife for
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severall good reasons & casses us and each of us therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a vallewable and full sattisfaction to us in hand allredy paid by Samuell Carpenter belongeinge to ye abovesd Towne Island and County the receipt wherof we doe herby own and acknowledge to be therwith fully contented sattisfyed and paid and therof and therfrom doe for ever exonoratt and discharge the abovesd Samuell Carpenter his heires excecutors adminestrators and assignes of and from all ore any demand for any part or parsell therof have giveen granted covenanted allinated releast quitt claimed enfeofed made over and sold and by thes presents doe Page 410
acknowledge to have from us our heires excecutors ad- minesstrators fully and absolutly giveen granted cove- nanted allinatted releast quitte claimd enfeofed mad over and sould unto ye abovesd Samuell Carpenter his heires excecutors adminesstrators and assignes all that a sartaine pece ore parcell of upland lyinge and beinge in the boundes of Jamaica containinge ten acers more ore less as it was layd out bounded westward by Nehemiah Smiths lott and northardly by the highway & east by Joseph Oldfelds and south by the highway all which said land as it is above bounded and exsprest together with all & singuler the prevelidges profits & benifits boath of fences improvements & benifits that are and shall belonge to ye same with all timbers trees woods under woods standinge ore lyinge beinge upon ye same to have and to holde for ever & the same to be & remaine to ye only propor use benifit and behouf of him ye abovesd Samuell Carpenter his heires excecutors adminesstrators & assignes free & clerly discharged of & from all formore salles gifts morgages or any other intangellments what ever with a warrente to defend the same from any in- trest proporty claim ore demand from the abovesd Joseph Pleas & Mary my wife our heires & excecutors for ever & from all & every person that shall lay any claime therto in testemony wherof we have sett to our
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hands & sealls this 13 day December in ye 9 year of His Majesties reigne Ano. 1697 Signed sealled and dellivered
in presence of JOHN SMITH RUTH SMITH
SAMLL RUSCOE
JOSEPH PLEAS O MARY X PLEAS 0 her mark
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Know all men by thes presents that I Benjamin Thirston inhabetant in Jamaica in Queens County on Longe Island now called Nassaw belonging to ye Province of New Yorke for severall resons & good casses me therunto moveinge but more espeatily for and in consideration of certain sumes of moneys to me paid or secured by Samuell Carpenter of Jamaica in ye County & Province abovesd wherfor witt ye me I hould my self well content & sattisfyed & therof witt ye mee the sd Benjamin to have sould bargined and by vertew herof doe sell disspoas sell & make over from me my heirs exts & assignes unto ye sd Samuell Carpenter to him his heires exceketors or assignes for ever one pece of meadow on ye further East Neck bounded as ffolloweth fruntinge upon Waitt Smith northward eastward upon William Ludlam southardly upon one little creek cuminge out of the greatt creck & westward by by a lott of meadow that was formorly Robertt Ashmans therfor witt ye me by vertew herof and fully & freley & absoluttly clerly sell & give grant & enfef & confirme unto the aforsd Sam1 Carpenter his heirs exce" ore assignes the the above mentioned premises to have and to hould okepy and poses for ever ye abovesd meadow to enter therwith & have in possestion to ockepy & labor as is his owne herrettage with all all ye appurtenances therunto be- longinge from ye datt herof & I the abovesd Benjamin Thirston doe bind me my heires that it shall be freely & fully discharged & to warrent from all former sales gifts grants doweries joynters anuties jugments forfits
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and morgages or any incumbrances what soever had made ore comitted wittingly or willingly ore willingly suferd or done by ye aforsd Benjamin Thirston his heirs exceketors or adminestrators by his or their means act or consent act or procurment or by other persons or persons what soever lawfully claiminge from by or under them to warrent & make good in law ye abovesd prem- ises & in confirmation of the trew performance of this bill of salle I doe seall signe & delliver with my own hand this bill of sall befor wittneses att Jamaica ye 31 day of March 1696 ANDREW ALLEXANDER BENJAMIN THIRSTON 0
DANIELL SMITH NATHAN SMITH
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Know all men by thes presents that I Ellias Bayles of Jamaica in the Queens County on Long Island & in the Province of New Yorke in America have sould and by thes presents & vertew herof sell & grant and make over from me my heirs excecutors adminestrators ore assignes a sartain pece of meadow lyinge and beinge to ye quantity of thre or four acers more ore less lying on hether east neck in ye boundes of Jamaica unto Samuell Carpenter of ye aforsd Towne his heirs excecu- tors & adminestrators or assignes for ever ye said meadow beinge bounded at ye rear of Nath Dentons lott and cross the lott of now Ellias Bayles eastward upon Capta Car- penter & southward upon ye east neck creek & west- ward upon the widow Thirston to have & to hould for ever ye sd meadow wth all therunto belonginge frely discharged from all formor salles givfts grants doweries joynters dowerys or leases or excecutions or whatt ever incumbrances whatever hrtofor hath benn mad & more espeatily for a certain sume in money allredy received in hand doath make over the same unto Samuell Carpenter his heirs for ever and the sd Ellias Bayles & his heirs excecutors or assignes for ever to warrent ye same against
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any person or persons layinge claim therto & to give him quat posestion of ye same & if need any further con- firmation I herunto sett to my hand & seall & with ye consent of my wiffe Sarah Bayles in ye year of our Lord one thowsand sixe hundred ninty & two & ye 13 day of October & in ye presence of us ELLIAS BAYLES 0
ANDREW ALLEXANDER
DANIELL MATHEWS
SARAH X BAYLES 0 her mark
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SAMLL RUSCOE Clark
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This presents testify that I Nathaniell Denton in- habetant of Jamaica one the Island of Nassau allis Long Island in Queens County have for good considerations me therunto moveinge & more espeatily for full sattis- faction allredy received and more vit ye mee to have giveen granted allinatted sould bargined and made over from my self my heirs excecutrs & assignes unto Samuell Carpenter of ye said place his heirs excecutors & assignes the number of twelve acers of land more ore less as it was layd out bounded on ye west syd by of John Roads on ye south syd by the highway one ye west syd by John Smith one the north syd by the bogges the twelve acers of land more ore less bounded as abovesd with all ye wood and timber standinge and lyinge therunto be- longinge I the said Nathaniell Denton hath fully and freely and absoluttly allinatted sould and made over from him self his heirs & ad minestrators & assignes to have and to houlde poses & injoy for ever & ye sd Nath- aniell Denton doas covenant promis and oblidge him and his heirs to secure & save harmles from all claimes and incumbrancs and from all & every sutte salles leatts and morgages ore what ever forfeitts may hapen ore be to any person or persons what so ever to ore about ye said land that this is my act & deed I testify by setting
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to my hand and seall this twenty eight day of December one thowsand sixe hundred ninty and four yeares Signed and seald
in presents of us NATHANIEL DENTON 0
ANDREW ALLEXANDER
NATHAN SMITH
ANDREW ALLEXANDER
SARAH X DENTON
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Thes presents wittneseth of a mutuall agreemt cove- nant & bargin concluded & made between Nathaniell Denton and Waitt Smith boath inhabetantes of Jamaica in Queens County upon the Island of Nasaw in ye Prov- ince of New Yorke acordinge to ye tenure & datt herof as follwth viz imprs ye abovesd Nathaniell Denton hath & doath by thes presents fully barter bargin ex- chaing allinat & make over from him his heires excecu- tors or adminesstrators to Waitt Smith his heires excecu- tores adminestrators or assigns for ever a certain pece ore parcell of upland sittuatt lyeinge & beinge in the boundes of Jamaica abovesd buted & bounded as fol- loweth that is to say east by the land of Hope Carpenter Page 414
& west by ye land of John Ludlam & south by the high- way or other lottes & north by Flushinge boundes & allsoe belonginge to a divition comonly called ye hill divition beinge laid out to a ten acor right lyeinge in number forty & eight as allso another lott lyeing & beinge in the south woods belongeinge to a divition called the midle divition being the one half of a fiveten acor lott as it was layd out butted & bounded as followeth that is to say east by the land of Samuell Mesenger & west by the highwaye comonly called Freemans path & south by the land of Thomas Smith and north by the land of Thomas Wigens all which lotts of land as they are laid
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out whether they be more or less as above bounded & exsprest with all timbers trees whether standinge ore lyeinge beinge or any ways appertaininge to the same with all rights benifites prevelidges or apurtenancs therunto belongeinge ye abovesd Nathaniell Denton hath fully bargined allinatted & firmly made over by exchaing to ye abovesd Waitt Smith his heires excecutors or assignes to have & to hold poses & ockepy & injoy as his propor and absolut right for ever more over the abovesd Nathaniell Denton doath herby engage to defend & make good in law ye premiss as against all persons what ever
Be itt known allsoe that for & in considerration of ye above written tenur ye abovesd Waitt Smith on the other party hath made & doath by thes presents barter bargin exchainge allinatt & make over from his heirs excecutors adminestrators to ye abovesd Nathaniell Denton his heirs excecutors & adminestrators or asignes for ever as the conditions of the above written premises a certain pece ore parcell of upland sittuatt lying & beinge in the bounds of Jamaica aforsd belongeinge to a divition called the hill divition lyinge in number ninten laid out to a twenty four acer right or therabouts buted and bounded as followeth that is to say west by the land of Nicolos Everitt & east by the parsonage land north by the bondes of Flushinge & south by the land of ye sd Nathaniell Denton & Nicolas Everitt or the highway al which land as it is buted & bounded & exsprest be it more or les with all tres timbers whether standinge or lyeinge or any ways appertaining to ye same with all rights benifits & prevelidges therunto belonginge ye above- sd Wait Smith hath frely bargined alinated & confirmd to ye sd Nathaniell Denton his heirs excecutors to ockepy to hav & to hold poses & injoy as his own propor and absolut right for ever warrent ye abovesd Wait Smith doath herby engage to defend ratefy & make good in law against any person what ever that this above writ- ten bargin covenant & agreement is ther act & deed
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joyntly and respectively ther hands mutely subscribed & ther seals afixed 24 of Sptmbr in ye 12 year of His Majs reigne 1700
In presence of
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Jamaica Janry 16 1700 then apperd before Danll. Whithed one of His Majsts Justices for Queens County for keepinge ye peace ye above named Nath Denton and Wait Smith & did acknowledg the above writen instru- ment & agreement to be ther volontary act & deed DANLL WHITHED
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SAMLL RUSCOE Clark
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall cum John Stewart of Jamaica in Queens County cooper sendeth grettinge in our Lord God everlastinge Know yea that I the abovesd John Stewartt with Ellizabth my wife for severall good resons considerations & casses us & each of us therunto moveinge but more easspeatily for a vallewable sume of moneys to us in hand payd by Nathaniell Denton of Jamaica in ye abovesd County to our sattisfaction ye receip wherof we doe before ye ensealling and dellivery herof own and acknowledg to be therwith contented sattisfyed & paid have giveen granted covenanted allinated enfeofed relest quitte claimed made over & sould & by thes presents doe own and ackknowledge to have from us our heires exceketors and assignes given granted covenanted allinated enfeofed releassed quitt claimed made over and sould unto ye abovesd Nathaniell Denton his heires excecuts assigns a sartain pece of land lying in ye Towne of Jamaica con- taininge one acer & a half more ore less as it now lyeth within fence which sd land is bounded north by ye land of ye abovesd Nathaniell Denton and west by Samuell
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Dein east by ye path or high way leading downe to ye springe & south by ye orchyard fence of ye aforesaid John Stewartt being part of ye lott ore homested formorly bought from John Hainds late of Jamaica aforesd in ye County abovesd together with all ye prevelidges & benifits therunto belongeinge with all orchards freutt trees & fencings therupon ore therunto belonginge ye same to have and to houlde for ever & ye same to be & remaine to the only propor use benifitt & behoufe of him ye abovesd Nathaniell Denton his heires exceketors & assignes to ockepy poses & injoy without let fraud or hindrance ore mollestation from any person or persons what ever & ye same shall warrent & by thes presents for ever defend against any intrest proporty claime ore de- mand from me ye abovesd with Elliszabeth my wife our heires exceketors & assignes & likwis the abovesd Johnt Stewart & Elliszabeth doath own & acknowledg themselves to be at & before ye enseallinge & dellivery of thes presents setld and seaszed of a good and firme tytle of & unto all ye abovesd premises in fea simple cler & clerly discharged from all formor salles givftes morgages or any other entangelments what ever in wittnes & con- firmation of all ye abovesd premises ye abovesd John & Elliszabeth doath bind our selves our heirs & assignes this eaightenth day of May in ye seventh yeare of Their Majsts reigne & in ye year of our Lord Christ one thow- sand sixe hundred ninty & five JOHN STEWARTT 0
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SAMUELL RUSCOE
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Know all men by thes presents that I Richard Roads yeoman in Pessaianke in ye Province of Pensillveanae in ye County of Phillidellphea for severall reassons & casses me therunto moveinge but more esspeatily for a certain sume of money to me in hand payd ore secured by Nathaniell Denton inhabetant of Jamaica in Queens
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County in ye Island of Nassaw in ye Province of New- Yorke wherof I hold me well content and sattisfyed and therof quitte ye sd Richard Roads abovesaid to have bargined and sold and by vertew herof dose sell disspoas allinat and make over from me my heires exceketrs and adminestrators for ever unto ye abovesd Nath Denton to him his heires exceketors and adminesstrators ore assignes for ever his rights it beinge on ten acer right in ye hill devition it being five acers more ore less as it was layd out by ye surveyors in the boundes of Jamaica bounded in south by an highway that gooes under the hills east by Hope Carpenters north by Flushinge boundes with all ye wood & timber theron standinge and lyinge & with all the previledgges therunto belonginge therfor vit ye me Richard Rodes abovesd by vertew herof fully freely absolutly and clerly sell grant alinate and disspoas and confirme unto ye said Nath Denton his heires ex- ceketors & adminestrators with all ye appurtenances to have and to hold keep and posses for ever ye land above- said to ockepy and labour as his proporty from ye datte herof and I the abovesd Richard Rodes doe oblidge & bind me my heires that it shall be free & fully discharged & to warrent it from all formor salles gifts grants dowers leasses joynters anuities intayles judgments morgages or any incumbrances what ever had made ore comitted in writting wittingly or willingly sufered or done by me ye aforsaid Richard Rods or his heires or assignes or by his ore their order or means act or consent privitty or procuerment or by other person or persons whatsoever lawfully claiminge from by or under or other of them to warrent & mak good in law ye abovesd premises in confirmation of ye trew performance of ye above prem- ises I doe signe & deliver wth my own hand this bill of salle befor the wittneses att Jamaica ye nintenth day of November one thowsand sixe hundred ninty & five years Signed sealled RICHARD ROADES O in presence of JOHN LUDLAM ANDREW ALLIXANDER
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Memorandam on ye 19 day of November 1695 apered befor Daniell Whithead one of His Majesties Justices of ye Peace for Queens County ye above named Richard Roades & did acknowledg ye above written deed of salle to be his free & vollentary act & deed
DANLL. WHITTHEAD
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Jamaica in Queens County on Long Island this twenty third of March Anok Dominy 1692 or three Know all men by thes presents that I John Smith of ye place abovesd husbandman have given granted & sould & doe by thes presents fully freely & absolutly for divers good considerrations me therunto moveinge and more easspeatially a certain sume of money allredy in hand reseived allinatt give grant & sell unto Nathaniell Denton of ye same place Towne & County abovesd shoomaker a certain parcell of land containing about eaight acers more or less lying in ye place comonly called ye boggey neck bounded as followeth bounded north & east by ye high- way south and west by Nath11 Denton aforsd which said land wth all improvements theron made & prophitts to be made hens forth to be & remain unto ye propor use benefitt & behouff & dissposs of ye sd Nath11 Denton his heirs excects adminsts and assignes for ever and for ye warrentinge of ye sall ffree from any formor salle or in- cumbrances & that ye sd Nath11 Denton his heirs shall peasably ockepy improve posses & injoy ye same with- out chalenge or mollesstation from me ye sd John Smith abovesd ore any of my heires exceketors adminesstrators or assignes or any other person or persons layinge claim to ye sd land ore any part theroff by any power derrived from me ore any pretence whatever unto all & every of ye premises above written I the abovesd John Smith doe bind my self my heirs ecekets admist & assignes to maintain this my sall against any claim or demand of
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