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SAMLL DEAN
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JOHN DEAN
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DANLL DENTON
JONATHAN BAYLIES
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall cume John Bayles of Jamaica in Queens sendeth greetting Know yea that I the abovesd John Bayles for severall good resons considerations & casses us & either of us therunto moveinge but more esspeatily for a vallewable consideration in hand paid by Hendrick Lott of ye same Towne & County ye reseipt wherof I doe befor ye en- seallinge & dellivery herof own & acknowledg to be ther- with contented sattisfyed & paid have giveen granted covenanted allinatted released quitt claimd enfeofd made over & sould unto ye abovesd Hendrick Lotte his heires exceketors & assignes a sartain pece of up- land lyinge & beinge in ye boundes of Jamaica aforsd & beinge bounded as followeth viz on ye east end therof by Newtown hayh path & on the north by the land of ye abovesd Hendrick Lott & on the west by ye land of George Wollsey & soe from thence threw ye boges to Newtowne hay pathe to a whitt oak tree marked all which sd pece of upland as it is above bounded and exspresd containing ten acers & thre quortors more ore less all which as it was laid out I the abovesd John Bayles doe sell & make over unto ye abovesd Hendrick Lott wth all ye prevelidges profitts & benefitts to have and to hould for ever & the same to be & remain to ye only propr use benefitt & behouff of him ye abovesd Hendrik Lott his heires & assignes to ockepy posses & injoy as his & their free land of inheretance free & frely dis- charged of & from all formor salles givfts morgages ore any other intangellments whatt ever & further the abovesd John Bayles doe for me my heires excecutors & assignes covenant & promis to & with ye abovesd Hendrick Lotte that itt is and shall be lawfull for him his heires & assignes all & every ye landes & premises with their & every of their appurtenances to enter & the same to hould & posses without lett fraud or hindrance & that I the abovesd John Bayles was & is att ye ensealling & dellivey of thes presents invested wth ye wholl tytle intrest & claim belonging therto in fee simple & ye same
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shall defend against any claim or demand from me ye sd John Bayles his heires & assignes for ever in wittnes wherunto I set to my hand & seall this last day of May in ye seventh yeare of His Majs reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ 1695
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Theese presents certifie any person or persons whom it may concern that Wait Smith (husbandman) inhabitant at Jemaica of Queens County upon Long Island be- longing to ye Province off NewYork hath & did for a valuable consideration received to his ffull satisfaction upon ye ffirst day of Ffebruary in ye year one thousand six hundred & eighty three or ffour barter ffully bargain absolutely graunt sell alienate & make over from him his heires executors & administrators ffor ever unto John Carpenter Junr off ye same Town & County his heires assignes executors or administrators a certain homestead within ye Township off Jemaica wt the dwell- ing house housing orchard garden trees fencing libertyes conveniences beneffits comodities & proffits which did then or should affter ye sd terme off time any wayes belong arise or any wayes apertain to ye sd homestead which homestead ye sd Wait Smith bought off Samuell Davis containing about five acres more or less being cituated & now butted & bounded by Nehemiah Smiths lot on ye north by Nathaniell Denton Junior on ye east by Thomas Smith Junior on ye south & ffronting upon ye street or high way west ward which ye sd Carpenter hath now in possession. More over ye sd Wait Smith did in ye year & day above mentioned barter bargain grant ffirmly & absolutely sell alienate & make over upon good considerations ffrom himselff his heires execu- tors & administrators ffor ever unto ye sd John Car- penter Junr. his heires executors or assignes five acres off good moweable meadow being & lying upon ye neck comonly called ye hither east neck part off ye lot wch did fformerly belong to Henry Townsend wt all ye liber-
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ties rights priveledge or beneffits that did then or should at any time or tymes affter ye sd grant bargain & sale pertain or any wayes accrue or belong to ye sd ffive acre right & lot off meadow excepting onely what lands were layd out beffore ye sd grant & bargain the sd medow lying between William Creed & Wait Smith upon ye same lot Know there ffore all men by theese presents that ye abovesd Wait Smith hath & doth ffor himself his heires executors & administrators ffreely & ffully to all intents & purposes ratiffie & conffirm unto ye sd John Carpenter his heires administrators or assignes ye abovesd bargain grant deed & sale wt all & every off ye priv- eledges liberties rights comodities & benefitts therein expressed & warrant ye same ffirm & good in law against all claim or claimes pretence or pretences off any per- son or persons whoever for ye sd Carpenter to have to hold & peaceably to enjoy as his absolute right ffrom mee or mine ffor ever as witnesseth his hand & seale affixed this thirty first day of March in ye year off our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty & seven WAIT SMITH 0
Signd seald & delived
in ye presence off us JOHN PRUDDEN RICHARD RODES
PHEBIE X SMITH her mark
This above written deed of sale was acknowledged beffore mee by Wait Smith & Phebee Smith his wiffe Aprill ye 9 1687 DANLL WHITEHEAD
A true coppy by mee DANLL DENTON
Cler
Sealled & dellivered in presence of HENRY FFILKIN SAM RUSCOE
Page 485 (from 483)
May ye 31 this day appered befor me Daniell Whitthead one of Their Majsts Justices of ye Peace for Queens County ye above named John Bayles & did acknowl-
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A trew coppy edge this above deed of salle to be
of ye orrigonall pr his free & vollentary ackt & deed SAM RUSCOE ye day & yere abovesd
Clark DANIELL WHITTHEAD
ye other partt being in page 483
Whearas their is and hath ben one lott of land laid to Samll Barker latte of Jamaica now deseased and the same hath bene ordered & dissposed of by the overseres or ye above said Samuell Barker unto Willm Creed of the same place for the use & purpose of paying of what deptes as was then dew ore oweinge from ye aforesd Samll Barker and wheras Peter Stringeham was to have ye one half therof now know yea that I the abovesd Peter Stringeham doe for me my heires excecutors & adminess- trators acquitte releas exonoratt & for ever quitte claime & discharge Samuell Barker sone of the abovesd Samuell Barker deseast of & from any further claime ore demand for any part or parcell of sd land abovesd haveinge re- ceived from sd easstatte in land the full quantyty of my abovesd part of land and sould the same to Garrett Classen as by a deed bearringe datte with this may att large appere in confirmation wherof I sett to my hand and seall this 28 day of March 1696 Signed sealld and dellivered PETER STRINGEHAM 0 A trew coppy pr SAMLL RUSCOE in presence of DANLL WHITTHEAD SAMLL RUSCOE Clarke
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To all Christian people to whom theese presents shal come wee Elias Baylie & Thomas Smith Senr both off Jemaica in Queens County send greeting know yee yt wee ye sd Thomas Smith & Elias Baylie for & in considera- tion of full satisffaction in hand payd or secured to bee payd have given granted aliened sold enfeoffed & confirmed & by theese presents doe fully clearly & absolutely give grant bargain sell alien enfeoffe & con- firm unto Garret Johnson & John Sneerika both of ye sd Town & County their heires & assignes a certain tract
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of land lying & being within ye bounds & limits of Je- maica aforesd & lying westward from ye sd Town & sd land containing twenty acres & is bounded on ye east by John Oldfield Senr land & on ye west by Garret John- sons land yt hee bought off Jonathan Baylie & on ye south by a high way & on ye north by Samuell Deans land which sd twenty acres off land together wt all ye right title interest possession property claim & demand whatsoever of us ye sd Thomas Smith & Elias Baylie our heires executors administrators or assignes to have & to hold ye sd twenty acres off land wt all the timber trees improvements priveledges & appurtenances for ym ye sd Garret Johnson & John Sneerika their heires executors or assighnes for ever and wee ye sd Thomas Smith & Elias Baylie for us our heires executors & as- signes ye sd land containing twenty acres as above bounded & exprest before granted bargained & sold wt ye appurtenances unto ye sd Garret Johnson & John Sneerika their heires & assignes ffrom all & every person or persons whatsoever by from or under us or upon any pretence soever claiming any title or interest to ye sd land shall & will warrant ffor ever by theese presents to defend ye same in witness whereoff wee have hereunto set our hands & fixed our seales this sixteenth day off March Annoq Domini 1686/7 and in ye third year off ye raign of our Soveraign Lord James the Second by ye grace off God off England Scotland France & Ireland King Defender off ye Ffaith &c.
Signd seald & deliverd
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HANNAH X DENTON
her mark
THOMAS X SMITH 0
his mark
ELIAS BAYLIE 0
SARAH X BAYLIE 0
her mark PATIENCE SMITH 0
Acknowledged before mee DANLL WHITEHEAD
A true coppy by mee
DANLL DENTON
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Att a Towne Mettinge held June ye 29 1699 Samuell Smith Senor was chosen Constable for this enshuinge yeare-
Att the same Mettinge Jonathan Whithead was chossen Collector for this present year-
Att the same Mettinge Thomas Smith and Joseph Smith was continued Assesors for this present year
Att the same mettinge complaint being made that severall trees beinge left upon the comons for shade are & have been cut down & distroyd to the great damage of ye Town it is herby ordered that hence forth noe per- son or persons shall preshume to cutt down ore disstroy any such shady trees as are left ore shall herafter be left in any comons that shall be clerd ore is allredy clerd or in ye roads ore lands upon penallty of twenty shillings fine to be taken from any person soe offending & put to ye use of the Towne-
Att the same Mettinge Captn John Carpenter Nehemiah Smith & Waitt Smith was chosen Townsmen for this yeare enshuing or till others be choasen in their romes to assist at the place & office of Townsmen-Thes orders entered
pr SAMLL RUSCOE, Clark
Att a Town Mettinge held Novembr 25 1700 Capta Hop Carpenter Leftenant Smith & Nathaniell Denton wear chosen Townsmen for this present year or till others be choasen in romes to ofitiatt the office & place of Townsmen acordinge to ye trust reposed in them-
Att the same Mettinge Thomas Watters & Amos Smith was chosen Assesers for this present yeare or till others be chosen in ther romes-
And Daniell Smith att plaines was choasen Collector and William Creed was likewis chosen Superavizer att ye same Town Mettinge-
Att the same mettinge it was agreed upon that all shepe that shall be pound after the datt of this mettinge ther shall be payed by the owners throf for every score of
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sheep thre pence pr score to the driver & thre pence pr score to the pinter and soe proportionabl for greater & lesser numbers pr SAMLL RUSCOE Clark
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To all Christian people to whom theese presents shall come I Benjamin Coe of Jemaica in Queens County send greeting Know yee yt I ye sd Benjamin Coe ffor. & in consideration of a sum of mony as full satisffaction in hand payd or secured to bee payd by John Monfort off Flatlands have given granted aliened bargained sold enfeoffed & confirmed & by theese presents doe fully clearly & absolutely give grant alien sell enfeoffe & con- firm unto ye sd John. Monfort his heires executors & assignes a certain parcell of medow within ye bounds off Jemaica aforesd lying & being in ye haw tree neck so called containing five acres being salt medow and bounded on ye south by ye bay & on ye east by Chasmores River & on ye west by a creek yt coms to ye pond & on ye north by a pond yt lies by ye creek aforesd together wt all ye priveledge off commons & all such lands to bee devided to a five acre right of meadow according to ye concessions of ye Town from ye seaventeenth day off March last past untill ye present time & hereaffter ffor ever or from ye first day of ye sd March which sd parcell off meadow con- taining five acres wt all my right title interest priv- eledge possession property claim & demand wt all com- mons & devissions off land whatsoever belonging or ap- pertaining to ye sd five acres off medow I ye sd Ben- jamin Coe doe for mee my heires & assignes sell alien & make over unto ye sd John Monfort for him his heires & assignes to have & to hold possess & enjoy for ever to ye onely proper use & behoofe off ye sd John Monfort his heires & assignes and I ye sd Benjamin Coe doe for my selff my heires or executors warrant ys my sale good in law & against any person or persons whatsoever by from or under mee or under any pretence whatever shall & will warrant maintain & defend ye same as witness my hand & seall this seaventh day off March Annoq
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Domini 1686/7 & in ye second year off ye raign off our Soveraign Lord James ye Second off England Scotland France & Ireland King Defender off ye Faith &c. Signd seald & deliverd BENJAMIN COE 0
before us DANLL DENTON
ABIGAIL X COE 0
HENDRICK ONDERDONCK
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It is to bee understood yt ye priveledge of taking up lands wt in mentioned is to bee from ye first of March in ye year 1685 BENJAMIN COE
A true coppy by mee DANLL DENTON
Cleric
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To all Christian peopell to whome thes presents shall cume George Wollsey of Jamaica Juner sendeth grettinge Know yea that I the abovesd George Wollsey with Hanah my wiff for severall good resons considerations & casses us & eaich of us therunto moveinge but more easpeatily for a vallewable sattisfaction to us ye abovesd George & Hanah inpaid by George Phillipes ye reseipt wherof we doe before ye ensealling & dellivery herof owne & acknowledg & therof & therfrom exonorat and discharge the abovesd George Phillipes of & from any further claim ore demand for any part or parcell therof have giveen granted covenanted allinatted enfeofed released quitte claimed bargained and sould and by thes presents doe acknowledge to have from us our heires excecutors and assignes giveen granted covenanted allinatted enfeofed released quitt claimd bargined and sould unto the abovesd George Phillipes his heires exceketors & assignes all that homelott lyinge and beinge in Jamaica abovesd that was formorly in ye tenuer & ockepation of Captn Briant New- town with all howesings gardens orchyards fencis timbers trees standinge or lyinge being upon the same together with the prevelidges of commonage boath for fedinge of creatuers and cuttinge of timber and all other ye rights
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& prevelidges & apurtenances therunto belonginge to have and to hould to ye abovesd George Phillipes his heires & assignes for ever and the same to be & remain to ye only propor us benefitt & behouf of him the abovesd George Phillipes his heires & assignes to ockepy posses & injoy as his & their own free land of inherretance & the same shall & will by thes presents make good and for ever warrent & defend against all formor salles givfts morgages or any other intangellments what ever & from any claim or demand from any person or persons what soe ever with a warrente to defend ye same against any intrest proporty claim or demand from us the abovesd George and Hannah our heires excecutors & assignes for ever in testemony wherof we sett to our hands & seals this first day of Aprill in the seventh yeare of Their Majsts reigne & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thowsand sixe hundred ninty & five-Memorandam the words by George Phillipes enter lyned befor signeinge Signed seald and dellivered GEORGE WOLLSEY 0
in presence of
HANAH WOOLSEY 0
WILLIAM X SALLYER SAM RUSCOE
A trew coppy of ye oregonall ded entered pr SAMLL RUSCOE Town Clark
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To all Christian people to whom theese presents shall com wee George Woolsy Senr. & Benjamin Coe both off Jemaica in Queens County send greeting Now know yee yt wee ye sd George Woolsy & Benjamin Coe ffor & in consideration of ffull satisffaction in hand payd or secured to bee payd by John Monfort off Flatlands have given granted aliened sold enfeoffed and confirmed & by theese presents doe ffully clearly & firmly give grant bargain sell alien enfeoffe & confirm unto ye sd John Monfort & alsoe all ye right title & interest possession property claim & demand what so ever of mee ye sd George Woolsy & Benjamin Coe our heires executors administrators & assignes off & to a parcell off land containing fifty acres as it was layd out by ye surveiors lyng & being in ye
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west bounds off Jemaica & near Newtown hay path the land aforsd being in length one hundred rod & in bredth fourescore rods bounded on ye east wt Newtown hay path that goes to ye south medows & on ye south joyning to ye commons & likewise on ye west & bounded on ye northwest wt Henry Lotts land & on ye north wt ye land off Andrews Onderdonk which sd fifty acres off land as above bounded wt all singular ye premises ye sd Georg Woolsy & Benjamin Coe doe fully & absolutely sell grant alien & make over unto ye sd John Monfort his heires executors administrators & assignes to have & to hold posess & enjoy for ever from us our heires executors & assignes & to ye onely proper use & behoofe off him ye sd John Monfort & wee ye sd George Woolsy & Benjamin Coe doe warrant & maintain this our sale good in law & from any person or persons what soever from by or under us by any pretence whatever laying any claim unto ye sd land wee doe warrant & engage to defend by theese presents in witness whereoff wee have hereunto set our hands & seales y9 seaventh day off March Annoq Domini 1686/7 & in ye second year off ye raign off our Soveraign Lord James ye 2d by ye grace of God off England Scotland France & Ireland King Defender off ye Faith &c. Signd seald & delived
before us JOSEPH SMITH
GEORGE WOOLSY 0 REBECKA WOOLSY 0
her X mark
DANLL DENTON
BENJAMIN COE 0
was present when signd seald ABIGAIL X COE
& delived by George Woolsy
her mark
DANLL DENTON
HENDRICK ONDERDONK present when signd by Benjamin Coe & his wiffe
It is to be understood yt ye land mentioned in ys deed thirty acres off it belongd to George Woolsy & twenty off it to Benjamin Coe
GEORGE WOOLSY BENJAMIN COE
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Page 491 To all Christian peopell to whom thes presents shall cum George Wollsey belonginge to Jamaica in Queens County sendeth greettinge Know yea that I the abovesd George Wollsey Seanor with Rebecah my wife for severall good ressons considerations & casses us therunto moveinge but more easspeatially for a vallewable satisfaction to us in hand paid by Hendricke Lotte belonginge to ye abovesd Towne & County ye receipt wherof we doe herby owne and acknowledg to be therwith contented sattisfyed & payd & doe for ever exonoratt acquitt and discharge the abovesd Hendrick Lotte his heires excecutors and as- signes from any further claim ore demand from ever after ye day of ye datte herof have giveen grantted cove- nanted allinatted made over & sould & by thes presents doe acknowledg to have from us our heires excecutors and assignes giveen grantted covenanted allinatted relleassed confirmed made over & sould unto ye abovesd Hendricke Lotte his heires excecutors & assignes a sar- tain parcell of upland lyinge & beinge in ye boundes and limitts of Jamaica above said containing twenty and two acers more ore less as it was layd out with all ye prev- elidge & appurtenances therunto belonginge & apper- taininge the same to have and to hould for ever and ye same to be and remain to ye only propor use benefitt & behoufe of him the abovesd Hendricke Lott freely dis- charged of and from all & from all formor salles givfts morgages or any intangellments whatt ever & ye same shall & will for ever warrent and by thes presents for ever defend against any intrest claim or demand from me ye abovesd George Wollsey & Rebecka my wiffe our heires exceketors & assignes for ever & from any persons what ever layinge any just claim therto in teste- money wherof we ye abovesd George & Rebecka doe sett to our handes & sealles this thirtieth day of September in ye yeare of our Lord 1695 ye abovesd land is bounde don ye east sid by ye abovesd Hendk. Lotte & west by a pece
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of land formorly belonging to Thomas Wellinge desseased & south by ye boges ye north by Brucklan hay path
Signed seald & dellivered
GEORGE WOLLSEY 0
in presence of REBECKA X WOLLSEY O
GEORGE PHILLIPES
A trew coppy pr
SAMUELL RUSCOE
SAM RUSCOE
Clark
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Recorded -March ye 18: 1685/4
Joseph Thurston land-
Twenty acors of land on the hills bounded on ye south with the highway on ye north with ye comans on ye east with Nicholes Everits land and on ye west with Samuell Smith sixtene acors lying on ye east neck at the south seven of it bounded as foloweth bound by ye northeast with the hay path on ye east neck and on ye northwest bounded with ye cart path of Joseph Smith and Thomas Smith on ye south east on that poynt of midow that was John Baylis Senor seven acors of ye sixtene is thus bounded as aforsaid the other nine acors lying on ye north side of ye swamp eastward bunded neer the boggs laving a suffisant hy way on ye north with ye comans on south west with ye swamp and on ye nor- west with ye comans
Articlels of agreement made and concluded betwen Capta Hope Carpenter & Jonathan Whithead boath of . Jamaica in Queens County for them selves & their heires excecutors administrs & assignes to be & remain for ever as followeth that ye fence as now standes shall be & remaine as perpeatuall bounds betwen us runing from ye highwaye easterly to a sartain crike then northerly with ye sd creke to ye mill river & ye sd Hope Carpenter to maintain forty sixe rod of ye sd fence & ye remander partt be it more ore less ye sd Whithead is to maintain in confirmation of the same we bind ourselves our heires excecutors adminesstrators & assignes by setting to our
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hands & sealls this 11 day of May in ye yeare of our Lord 1699 Signed seald HOPE CARPENTER 0 in presence of JONATHAN WHITHEAD 0
A trew coppy of ye orridgonall pr SAMLL RUSCOE Clark
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Nathaniell Dentons land Juner
Ten acors of land lying eastward of Fremans path th goe to ye south runing fifty six rod southward in lenth north fronting against Jo Smith Nehemi and John Ouldfild
Know all men by thes presents that we underwritten Samuell Smith Seanor & William Creed boath belonging to Jamaica in Queens County have made an exchange of land as followeth viz the said Samuell Smith doath give in exchange a sartain pece or lott of land lying westward of ye Towne aforsd being bounded by the land of Tho. Welling and east by Ffreadrick Hendrickeson and south by Oldfelds land north by the fence with all fences timbers trees as it now is with all emprovements being upon ye same excepting ye corn upon it & what flaxe shall be sown in it- In lew wherof ye said William Creed doth give in exchaing to ye sd Samuell Smith a sartain pece of land lying & being below ye Little Plaines being bounded north by Zacriah Milles & south by George Wollsey with all ye timbers trees standing or lying being upon ye same in confirmation wherof we sett to our hands this 24 day of December 1692
Testes
SAMUELL RUSCOE Clark
SAMUELL SMITH WILLIAM CREED
Page 494 Mr. Nathaniell Dentons land
eight acors of land bound west wt Fremans path that goe to ye south or with his son Nathells land
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William Creed land lies betwixt ye land layd out to Ouldfelds Island which begins against ye haw tree pond & soe runes westward to Newtown hay path & is bounded on ye north wth Johanas Williamson Elderd Lukes & John Fferyman only a highway of ffour rod is to bee threw ye sd land ffrom east to west-this taken out of ye origenall per me SAMUELL RUSCOE
Clark
Att a Towne Mettinge called acordinge to ordore held att Jamaica Aprill ye 3d 1694 then agreed upon & confirmed by a publique voatt of ye inhabetants in genralle that Mr. Phillipes now our present minesster continuinge his liffe time amongst us in ye abovesd Town in ye worke of ye minestrey and shall dye amongst us thatt then their shall be paid unto his widow or relickt left amongst us one years sallerey ye sallerery beinge sixty poundes
Att ye same Towne mettinge it was likewise agreed that ye agreement made betwixt Mr. Phillipes & ye Townsmen shall stand acordinge as it is entered upon record before this
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