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or procure to be drawne by his or their counsill learned in ye law for ye space of seven years next after ye date hereof in testamony whereof ye abovsd Samuell Mills hath set to his hand and afixed his seale ye day & yeare first above mentioned SAMUELL X MILLS O his mark
Sealed & delivered in presents of PETER WHITE ZACH MILLS
Memorandam that on ye twenty seventh day of Feb- ruary in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven · hundred & seven or eighte, apeared ye abovsd Samuell Mills before Joseph Smith Esq' one of Her Majs. Justices
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for ye keeping of ye peace for Queens County asigned and did acknowlidg ye above deed to be his owne volling- tary act & deed- Test. JOSEPH SMITH
A true coppy of ye orignall deed entred Aprill ye 6th 1708 pr ZACH MILLS-Cler
April ye 12-1708
Laid oute to Capt. Hope Carpinter one pece of land for & on ye acount of what was wanting in his west devition lying on ye south east side of ye haw tree path southerly bounded by ye land of Garitt Durland & westerly by Ram Dorlant and east by Eldet Lucas laid out by Wait Smith Towne Surveier and .entred by his order pr ZACH MILLS Cler-
This Indenture made this fourth day of Aprill and in ye seventh yeare of ye reigne of our sovereigne Lady Ann by ye grace of God over England Scotland Frace & Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & eighte and between Thomas Flewelling of Hemstid in Queens County on Nasaw Iland in ye Collony of New York yeom of ye one part and Richard Everitt of ye same place yeon of ye other part witnesseth that ye abovsd Thomas Flewelling for & in consideration of ye sum of five pounds corrant mony of NewYork to Page 42
him in hand paid by ye abovsd Richard Everitt at & before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents ye re- ceipt whereof he doth hereby owne and doth acknowlidg himselfe to be therewith satisfyed content & paid and thereof & therefrom doe for ever exonirat aquit & dis- charge ye abovsd Richard Everitt his heirs execs & admis & every of them from every of them from every part & parsill thereof have given granted enfeofed alliened releast ashured confirmed quited claimd sold and made over and doe by these presents freely clearly and abso- lutly give grant enfeofe alien release ashure confirm quit
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claime sell & make over unto ye abovsd Richard Everit his heirs and asignes for ever all that a pece parsill or lot of medow land in ye bounds of Jamaica & County abovsd lying at a nek called ye further east nek being ye small lot that was laid out to a ten acre righte being laide oute ye righte of Robert Ashman late of Jamaica deseast and bounded as followeth that is to say easterly by ye medow of ye abovsd Richard Everitt northerly by Fosters River and southerly by a by small creek that runs out of ye river abovsd & westerly by a dich contain- ing by estimation three quarters of an acre be ye same more or less all ye sd medow land with al grass herbag improvements creeks ponds belonging to ye abovsd medow of him ye sd Thomas Flewelling to him ye sd Richard Everitt his heirs & asignes to have and to hold for ever and ye same to be and remaine to ye onely proper use benifit & behoof of him ye sd Richard Everitt his heirs & asignes for ever and that ye sd Richard Everitt his heirs & asignes shall & may at all times for ever here- after have hold ocopy posess and injoy ye above recited land and primisis as his or their owne land of inheritance in fee simple and also will warrant & for ever defend ye same against any person or persons whatever laying any just claime to ye same and also will seal and deliver any other or firmer deed or conveience for ye primises as ye said Richard Everitt his heirs or asignes shall be advised or procure to be drawne by his or their counsill learned in ye law for ye space of seven years next after ye date hereof in testemony whereof ye abovsd Thomas Flewelling hath set to his hand and afixed his seale ye day & yeare first above written THOMAS FLEWELLING O Sealed & delivered in presents of NATHANIELL OKLEY ZACH MILLS
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Memorandom that on ye day & yeare above written ye above mentioned Thomas Flewelling apeared before Jonathan Whitehead Esqr. one of Her Majs. Justices
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for ye keeping of ye peace for Queens County asigned & did acknowlidg ye above deed to be his vollingtary act & deed-
Test. JONATHAN WHITEHEAD
A true coppy enterd May ye 6th 1708 pr ZACH MILLS-Cler --
This Indenture made in this tenth yeare of our sover- eigne Lord William ye Third by ye grace of God of Eng- land Scotland Ffrance & Ireland Kinge &c and in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand six hundred ninety & eighte on the twenty seventh day of September of said year between Sarah Oldfield at Jamaica in Queens on Long Iland alias Nasaw widow of John Oldfield late of Jamaica aforsaid deseast & Richard Oldfield of ye same Towne County &c as abovsd son & heir of Jno. Oldfield aforsd yeon & Jane his wife on ye one part & Jno. Ludlam of ye same Towne &c. yeon on ye other part witnesseth that ye sd Sarah Oldfield Richard Oldfield & Jane his wife for & in consideration of ye sum of nine- teene libs good & lawfull mony of this Province to him in hand paide before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents by ye sd John Ludlam ye receipt whereof they doe hereby acknowlidg & themselves to be therewith fully satisfyed contented & paid and thereof & of every part & parsill thereof they doe by these presents for ever aquit & discharge ye sd John Ludlam his heirs execs & admis have given granted bargined & aliened & sould releast & confirmed & doe by these presents freely clearly & absolutely give grant bargin allinate & sell release & confirm unto ye said Jno. Ludlum his heirs & asignes for ever all that a certain tract or parsill of land containing by estimation fiveteene be it more or less being a thirty & one acre righte in ye hill devition as it was laid oute to John Oldfield aforsd situate lying & being in ye bounds of Jamaica northwest of ye Town plan on ye hills bounded westward by ye land laide out for ye parsoneage & by ye land of Nicolas Everitt southward by a field of Nathaniell Denton eastward by ye land that was Henry Fosters
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deseased northward by Flushing line together with all & singuler ye rights priveledges heriditaments & apur- tinances to ye same belonging or in any maner of wise appertaining and all the righte interest claime property Page 44
posesion and demand of them ye said Sarah Oldfield Rich'd. Oldfield & Jane his wife or either of them in & to ye primisis & in & to every part & parsill thereof to have and to hold ye sd tract of land with ye appurtinances to him ye sd John Ludlam his heirs & asignes to ye onely proper use benifitt & behoof of him ye sd John Ludlam his heirs & asignes for ever without any morgage or any other incombrance whatever and further ye aforsaid Sarah Oldfield Richard Oldfield & Jane his wife doe & shall warrant their sale to be good & lawfull & shall defend against all persons or persons claiming or to claime from or under them & they doe hereby engage & bind themselves their heirs execs or admis & they shall & will from time to time & at all times during ye terme of seven years next ensuing ye date hereof on the reasonable request & at ye cost and charges of him ye sd John Ludlam his heirs & asignes make & execute or cause to be done mad & executed & sufered with all and every such singuler & lawfull & reasonable act & acts thing & things conveiences & ashuerences in ye law whatsoever as by the said Jno. Ludlam his heirs or asignes or any of them or his or their counsill learned in ye law shall be reasonnablely devised advised or received for ye further & beter ashuring shure making & confirming of all & singuler ye herin before mentioned granted primises unto ye said Jno. Ludlam his heirs & asignes in testa- mony whereof ye partys to these presents have set their hands & afixed their seals ye yeare & day first above mentioned JANE X OLDFIELD 0
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Wheras it is bounded southerly by a field of Nathanel Dentons there is an high way to be allowed southerd if need be aded before signeing &c-presents in ye margant & one likewise before signeing &c.
A true coppy of ye orignall deed entred & compared May 25th 1708 pr. ZACH. MILLS-Cler
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This Indenture made this twenty eighte day of De- sember in ye third year of ye reigne of our sovereigne Lady Ann by the grace of God of England Scotland Ffrance & Irland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & four between William Carpenter of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasaw Island yeoman & Elizabeth his wife of ye one part and John Ludlum of ye same Towne County &c. yeoman of ye other part witnesseth that they ye sd William Carpenter & Elizabeth his wife for & in consideration of ye valuable sum of one hundred & sixty pounds corrant mony of New York to them in hand paid by him ye sd John Ludlum at & before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof they doe hereby acknowlidg & themselves to be therewith fully satisfyed & contented & paid & thereof & of every part & parsill thereof doe for ever aquit & discharge him ye sd John Ludlum his heirs execs & admi- by these presents have given granted bargined & sould enfeofed released & confirmed & by these presents doe clearly & freely & absolutely give grant bargain & sell enfeofe release & confirm to him ye said John Ludlum his heirs & asignes for ever all that a certain dwelling house barn orchard home lot & lot of upland adjoyning situate lying & being within ye bounds & Towneship of Jamaica aforsd sometim since in ye tenour & ocupation of Capt. John Carpinter latt of Jamaica aforsd deseased containing by estimation fourtene acres be it more or less as it was laid oute & is buted & bounded as fol- loweth on ye north by comman land on ye east partly by ye hom lot of Samuell Smith & partly by an aditional
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lot in ye tenour of sd Samuell Smith adjoyning to his home lot on ye south by ye coman country road or high- way & on ye east by an home lot formerly in ye tenour of John Everitt late of Jamaica deseasd in part & in part by an aditional lot adjoyning to sd home lot together with all & singuler ye mesuages teniments out houses stable barns orchards gardins arable lands pastures fences timber trees wood under wood lying being or standing thereon rights priveledges heriditaments & appurtinances thereunto belonging or in any ways ap- pertaining and all ye estate righte title intrest posesion & demand of them ye sd William Carpenter & Elizabeth his wife or either of them in and to ye primises & in & to any part or parsill thereof to have and to hold ye Page 46
sd dwelling house & barne home lot and lot adjoyning and all & every & other ye before recited primises & ap- purtinances to him ye sd John Ludlum his heirs & asignes to ye only proper use benifit & behoof of him ye sd John Ludlum his heirs & asignes for ever and they ye sd William Carpenter & Elizabeth his wife for themselves their heirs execs & admis do promis covenant & agree to & with him ye sd John Ludlum that he ye sd John Ludlum his heirs & asignes shall & may now & at all times for ever here- after quietly peaceably ocupy posess & enjoy all & every ye above granted primises as his & their inde- seizable estate of inheritance in fee simple freely & clearly aquited & discharged of & from all other & former gifts grants bargins sales morgages dowrys entailes judg- ments executions revertions & revertions remainder and remainders had made done comitted or suferd at any time or times before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents and also to warrant & defend all & every ye above granted primises against all & every person or persons claiming ye same or any part thereof by from or under them ye sd William Carpenter and Elizabeth his wife or either of them their heirs execs or admis or any other person or persons lawfully claiming ye same or any part thereof by these presents & also to give any other
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or firmer deed or conveience for ye primises as he ye sd John Ludlum his heirs or asignes shall be advised & pro- cure to be drawne by his or their counsill learned in ye law in testamony whereof ye partys to these presents have fixt their seals & signed & delivered ye same ye day & year first above written
Signed sealed & delivered WILLIAM CARPENTER 0
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DANIELL SMITH
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This present instrument sheweth that Nathaniel Smith planter of Jamaica in Queens County upon ye Isle of Nasaw belonging to ye Province of New York hath for divers good reasons and considerations him moving thereunto but more especially for a valluable sum of seven pounds to his satisfaction in hand paid or to be reed at ye signeing and sealing hereof barterd bargined sold alinated and asigned and doth by vertue of this deed & instrument of conveience for himself and his heirs execs admis barterd bargine & sell alinat & asigne & make over from him for ever unto his brother Thomas Smith of ye Towne & County abovsd half a ten acre lot of upland under tillag & improvement which was laid out and formerly belonging to his father Smith in ye bounds & limits of Jamaica abovesd. being & lying upon ye neck yt lyes between ye neck commanly known by ye name of ye millars neck and ye bogy medow nek southward of ye Towne abovsd that is to say ye one half and moity of ye whole ten acre lot abovsd by an eaqual devition which doth apertain to ye sd Nathaniell by will and testament of his brother Eaphraim deseast ye which
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lot being bounded by Joseph Smith on ye east and John Smith deseast on ye west fronting upon ye high way northward and rearing upon a parrellel with other lots in ye same neck southward he saith he hath sold as abovsd ye one moity and half by eaquall devition of ye said ten acres with all ye profitts benifits improve- ments priveledges lybertys & conveniences had held or that may any maner of ways be had or held at any time or times pertaining or belonging of right to ye said half allotments as already laid oute by ye sur- veiors for him ye sd Thomas to have and to hold as an absolute righte and property to ye sole use benifitt & behoof of him his heirs execs admi & asignes for ever after ye date hereof as fully firmly & amply as if formally deliverd into his posesion by & exepting only ye crop of corn which is now in & upon ye ground moreover ye sd Nathaniel doth warrant this his sale good & firm in law to all intents and purposes therein exprest and shall defend ye same from and against any just claime yt shall be made or laid by any person or persons whoever as witnesseth his hand and seale anexed hereunto this eighte day of May in ye yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred & ninty five NATHANIELL X SMITH 0
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JOHN PRUDEN SR. SAMUELL HIGBEE
May ye eighte 1695-Then appeared before Danll. Whitehead one of His Majs. Justices Justices of ye for Queens Court ye above named Nathaniel Smith and did acknowlidg ye above written deed to be his free & volingtary act & deed- DANLL. WHITEHEAD
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Jamaica in Queens County on Nasaw Iland in ye Province of New York yeon as well for & in consideration of ve sum of five shillings corrant mony of New York as for divers other good causes and considerations him there- unto moving hath remised releast and for ever quit claimd & by these presents doe for himself his heirs fully clearly & absolutly remise release & for ever quit claime unto Samuell Dento of ye same place blaksmith in his full & peacable posesion & seasure thereof being and to his heirs and asignes for ever all that pece parsill or lot of upland that is now in ye tenour and ocupation of ye sd Samuell Denton within ye Longe Neck fence bounded on ye east by ye land of Nathaniel Higbe and west by ye way that leads into ye said nek further and north by ye land of ye abovesd Nathaniel Denton and south by ye land laid out to Samuel Mills and also all ye land that is without a cross fence which is on ye north side of ye abovsd Samuell Dentons now dwelling house which runeth from ye street fence to Joseph Bartons land all the land that was not given by deed from my father on ye south side of ye abovsd cross fence with all ye priveledges & apurtinances heriditaments to ye abovsd parsills of land belonging or any ways appertaining to have and to hold to him his heirs & asignes for ever soe that ye sd Nathaniel Denton his heirs nor any other persons or persons whatever by from or under them or either of them shall or will by any way or means whatever this de have claime challing or demand any part thereof but from all & every action righte estate title interest & demand of & in and to ye primises or any part or parsill thereof shall or will be uterly excluded & debared by these presents in witness whereof ye abovsd Nathaniel Denton hath to these presents set to his hand and afixed his seale this fifth day of September and in ye sixth yeare of the reigne of our sovereign Lady Ann by ye grace of God over England Scotland France & Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & seven
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Sealed & delivered in presents of JOHN DENTON ZACH MILLS
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This Indenture made the eight & twentyeth day of May in ye fourth yeare of ye reigne of our sovereign Lady Ann by ye grace of God Queen of England Scot- land Ffrance & Ireland Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare of our blesed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ one thousand seven hundred & five between Jonathan Whitehead of Jamaica in Queens County in ye Collony of New York in America gentleman of ye one part & Thomas Smith of ye same place gentleman of ye other part witnesseth that ye said Jonathan Whitehead for & in consideration of a certain thirty acre lot of land situate lying & being on ye east side of ye Plain Run within ye bounds of Jamaica aforsaid by him ye sd Thomas Smith to ye sd Jonathan Whitehead his heirs & asignes for ever at & before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents bargined sold & delivered ye receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowlidg & himselfe to be therewith fully satisfyed contented & paid and thereof & of every part & parsill thereof he doth for ever by these presents aquit exonirat & discharg ye said Thomas Smith his heirs execs & admis hath granted bargined & sold ex- changed releast & confirmed and doth by these presents ffully clearly & absolutly grant bargin & sell exchange release & confirm unto ye said Thomas Smith heirs & asignes for ever all that a certain five acre lot of medow ground situate lying & being on ye hither east nek within ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd bounded northward by ye upland eastward by ye medow late in ye tenour of Samuel Denton deseasd southward by ye creek & westward by ye medow late in ye posesion of John Ca."- penter deseased with ye upland in ye sd neck belonging to ye righte of ye sd medow also all ye upland in ye sd neck belonging to the righte of five acres of midow late in ye
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ocupation of one Jno. Rodes late of Jamaica deseasd acord- ing to ye grants consesions customs of ye sd Towne together with all all singuler ye rightes priveledges heriditaments & appurtinances thereunto belonging or in any wise ap- pertaining and all ye estat righte title posesion property claim & demand of him ye sd Jonathan Whitehead in & to ye primises & in & to every part & parsill thereof to Page 50
have and to hold the said lot of medow rights of upland with their and every of their appurtenances to him ye said Thomas Smith his heirs & asignes to ye only proper use benifit & behoofe of him ye sd Thomas Smith his heirs & asignes for ever and ye sd Jonathan Whitehead for himself his heirs execs & admis & every of them doth hereby covenant & promis to & with ye sd Thomas Smith his heirs & asignes shall & may now & at all times hereafter for ever have hold ocupy posess & injoy ye above granted primises as his & their ffree & indefensable estat of inheritance in ffee simple free & clear & freely & clearly exonirated aquited & discharged of & from all former & other gifts grants bargins sales morgages judg- ments extents executions rents avearrages of rents revertion or revertions remainder or remainders or other title or incumbrance whatsoever and ye same & every part & parsill thereof to ye sd Thomas Smith his heirs & asignes against all persons whatsoever lawfully claim- ing ye same or any part thereof shall & will warrant & for ever defend by these presents In testamony whereof ye partyes to these presents have hereunto set their hands and afixed their seales ye day & yeare first above written before sealing added that by rights & priveledges is not intended or granted any rights of comanage or undevided land exept only in ye hither east neck above mentioned & also in line ye first (eighte) added & (three) bloted out in ye date before sealing
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Memorandom that on ye 29 of November 1705 ap- peared before Joseph Smith Esqr. one of Her Majs. Justices for ye keeping of ye peace within Queens County asigned ye within named Jonathan Whitehead & ack- nowledged ye within written conveience to be his ffree & volingtary act & deed Test-JOSEPH SMITH
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This Indenture made this twentyeth day of June & in ye seventh yeare of ye reigne of our sovereigne Lady Ann by ye grace of God of England Scotland Ffrance & Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & eighte & betweene Thomas Welling of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasaw Iland in ye Province of New- York yeon of ye one part and John Gale of ye same place yeo" of ye other part witnesseth that ye abovsd Thomas Welling for & in consideration of ye sum of fourteene pounds corrant mony of New York to him in hand paid by ye abovsd John Gale at & before ye ensealing & de- livery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth hereby owne and doth acknowlidge himself to be there- with satisfyed content & paide and thereof & therefrom doe for ever exonirat aquit & discharge ye abovsd John Gale his heirs execs & admis & every of them from every part & parsill thereof have given granted aliened en- feofed confirmed ashured quited claimd sold & made over & doe by these presents freely clearly & absolutely give grant alien enfeofe confirm ashure quit claime sell & make over unto ye abovsd John Gaile his heirs & asignes for ever all that pece parsill or tract of land in ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd it being a ten acre righte of land that is to say one halfe part or eaqual moity of a twelve acre lot of land be ye same more or less as it was laid oute being ye quota or proportion of land that was laid out to his ten acre lot of medow in ye old Towne Nek in ye bounds of Jamaica aforesd ye whole twelve acre lot is
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bounded as followeth that is to say west by ye medow & east by ye old towne pond and north by ye land of Hendricas Hagaman and south by ye land of Anthony Watters all which land as above bounded & exsprest together with all & singuler ye tree timber trees woods under woods whether standing or lying or belonging to ye same with all ye priveledges appurtinances heridita- ments and emoliments to ye same belonging with all ye estate righte title claime & demand of him ye sd Thomas Welling his heirs execs & admis to him ye sd John Gale his heirs & asignes to have and to hold for ever and ye same to be & remaine to ye only proper use benifit & behoofe of him ye sd John Gale his heirs & asignes for ever & that ye sd John Gale his heirs & asignes shall & may at all times for ever hereafter have hold ocupy poses & injoy ye above recited land and primises as his or their Page 52
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