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judgment execution remission remainder or any other title or incumbrans whatever had made or comited at any time or times before the insealing or delivery of these presents with a warentee to defend ye same against any person claiming ye same and also to seale & deliver any other or firmer deed or conveians for ye primises as ye said Waite Smith shall be advised or procure to be drawn by his counsill learned in law for ye space of seven years insuing ye date hereof in testamony & confirmation of ye primises ye partys abovesd have bound
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their heirs executors admirs all & every of them by set- ing to their hands & afixing their seales ye day & yeare aforesd
Signed sealed and delivered ABIGAILE X WHITEHEAD O in presents of her mark
· OBADIAH SMITH
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ZACH MILLS Cler
Memorandom that upon ye 9 day of January 1704/5 then apeared before m Edward Bowras Esqr one of Her Majs Justices for ye keeping of ye peace within Queens County ye within named Jonathan Whitehead & Abigaile Whitehead and did acknowlige ye within writ- ten instrument to be their free and volingtary act & deede ED BOWRAS
Know all men by these presents that we whose names are under written being apointed by ye Town of Jamaica at a publick Towne Meeting for to bulk & lay out ye boggs of said Town have laide out to ye persons hereafter mentioned ye severall parsills of boggs following that is to say laide oute to Benjamin Thurstone a 12 acre righte laide oute to ye medow of William Foster late of Jamaica deseast being laid begining at a certain fens which ye.sd Benjamin set up for to fens his land on ye south
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end and soe runing northerly being bounded east by ye Plaine Run and west by ye land of ye sd Benjamin Thurstone and also a five acre righte to Samuell Barkers medow and a ten acre righte to ye medow of Thomas Welling and a ten acre righte to John Fosters medow all which rights are laid oute on ye north end of ye boggs above mentioned as witness our hands this 12th day of February 1704
JOHN OKE WAIT SMITH
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This may sertify all home it may consern that we hose names are under ritten have upon the 12 day of February in the year 1704/5 bulkt and laid oute a sertaine parsill of bogs within the Town of Jamaica lying of each said the Little Plaine Run against Benjamin Thurstons land a four? acre right and halfe to ye sd Benjamin Thurston 3212 akres righte laid oute to Jonathan Whitehead against his own land and a both sides the river as it doth apeare by marked trees next John Oke 1212 acre right as it apears by marked trees next Daniell Smith Waits son 2 acre right lying upon the west side of the Plaine Rune as it apears by marked trees in testamony hereof we have set to our hands the day and year above written
WAITE SMITH JOHN OKE
The boges above laide out to Jonathan Whitehead were purchased 25 acre right from Nathaniell Denton 5 acre right from Zachariah Mills 21/2 acre righte from Speageler
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This Indenture made this twenty second day of February and in ye first yeare of Her Majs reign and in ye year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & two or three & betweene Daniell Mesinger of Norwalk in Fairfield County in ye Colony of Conecticot of ye one party & Abraham Lott of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasau Iland in ye Provinc of New York of ye other part witnesseth that ye abovesd Daniell Mesinger by & with ye consent of Jno. Messinger his brother for and in con- sideration of a valluable sum of mony to him in paid by ye abovesd Abraham Lott before ye insealeing or delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth here- by own & acknowligeth himself to be therewith satisfyed content & paid and thereof and therefrom doth for ever exonirate aquit & discharge ye abovesd Abraham Lott his heirs executors & adminstrators all & every of them from any part or parsill thereof have given granted enfeoft releast quit claimed sould & made over and doe by these presents freely clearly & absolutely give grant enfeofe release quit claim sell & make over unto ye abovsd Abraham Lott his heirs and asignes for ever a certain pece or parsill of upland situate lying and being in the bounds of Jamaica aforsd belonging to a devition comanly called ye west devition containing five acres as it was laid out be it more or less as it was laide buted and bound as followeth that is to say east by ye way that . leades from Jamaica aforesd to ye old Town Neck and west by John Okeys land and north by a lot of land laid out to John Hanson & south by a lot of land laid out to Joseph Thurston late of Jamaica deseasd together with all & singuler ye priveliges apurtinanses heriditaments to ye same belonging or any maner of ways appertaining and all ye estate right title property interest posession claime or demand in & to ye primises to ye abovesd Abraham Lott his heirs & asignes to ye only proper use benifitt & behooff of him ye sd Abraham Lot his heirs & asignes for ever & ye sd Daniell Mesinger with ye consent of John Mesinger as aforesd for himself his heirs execrs
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admirs doe hereby covenant to & with ye said Abraham Lot his heirs & asigns that they now & at all times for ever hereafter have hold ocopy posess & injoy ye above recited land freely & clearly discharged of & from all former gifts sales grants morgages dowrys intaileys judg- ments executions revertions remainders or intangel- ments what soever had made or comited at any time or times before ye insealing or delivery of these presents and also to warant and defend ye same against any person or persons laying claime to ye same lawfully and likewise to seale & deliver any other or firmer deed or conveians for ye primises as ye sd Abraham shall be ad- vised and procure to be drawn by his counsill learned in law for ye space of seven years next after ye date hereof in testamony and confirmation ye partys abovsd hereunto set to their hands and afixed their seals ye day and date abovsd
The words to ye only proper use benifit & behoof of him ye sd Abraham Lott his heirs & and asignes for ever & ye said Daniell Mesinger with ye consent . of John Mesinger as aforesd for himself his heirs executrs admir doe hereby covenant to & with ye sd Abraham Lot his heirs & asigns being inscribed between ye 25 & 26 lines & between ye 26 & 27 & 27 & 28 & 28 & 29 lines are to be recide as here last above mentioned Signed sealed & delivered
DANIELL MESINGER 0 in presents of JOHN OKE ZACH MILLS
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This Indenture made the twenty six day of Aprill in ye third yeare of ye reine or our Soverant Lady Anne by the grace of God Queene over England Scotland Frans and Eyrland Defender of ye Faith and in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and four betwene Daniell Whitehead of Jamaica in Queens County on the
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Island Nassau of the one part and Ebanezer Smith of ye same plase of the other part witnesseth that ye said Daniell Whitehead for and in consideration of a sertain . sum of good and lawfull mony of New York to him in hand paide by ye aforsd Ebanezah Smith at & before ye insealing and delivery of these presents ye resate wherof he doth aknolig and himself to be therewith foully satis- fied contened and paid and therof and of every part and parsiel therof doe for ever aquit & discharge ye abovsd Ebanazer Smith his heirs executors adminstrators from any further claime or demand for any part or parsill theirof have given granted bargined and sold allinattd infeoft released and confirmed and doe by these presents give grant bargin and sell aline infefe relese and confirm from him his heirs executors adminstrators unto ye sd Ebanazer Smith to him his heirs executors administrators and asignes for ever all that a sertain mesage tenament or dwelling house with ye orchard and lot of land situate lying and being within ye Towne of Jamaica aforesd now in the tenor ocopetion of one James Laid being buted and bounded as followeth east and south by ye high streate west by Sammuell Smith north by the land of John Lud- lam a small pease of ground within the said lot belonging unto John Rodes onely exepted together with all and singuler the housis tenaments gardins orchards pastures fensis and inclosures rights priveleges heriditaments and apurtinanses to the same belonging or in any waise ap- ertaing and all ye estate right title claim posesion prop- erty and demand of him ye sd Daniell Whitehead unto ye primises and in and to every partt or parsill thereof to have and to hould ye sd house and lot of land exepting what is before exepted with all and every of their apurtin- anses unto him ye sd Ebenazer Smith his heirs and asigns and to ye onely proper use benifit and behoof of him ye sd Ebenezar Smith his heirs executors adminstrators and asignes for ever free and clearly discharged of and from all former gifts grants morgages jointers intalls or any other entangellment what ever with a warante
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to defend ye same against all persons lawfully claiming ye same and ye sd Daniell Whitehead for himself his heirs executors adminstrators shall from time to time and at all times hereafter during ye space of seven years signe and seale any other deed or conveiance for ye beter confirming of ye above granted primises unto ye sd Ebenezar Smith his heirs and asigns as his or their atorny learned in ye law shall advise provided it be at ye corst of him ye sd Ebenezar Smith his heirs and asignes in testamony hereof ye party to these presents hath set to his hand and seale ye daye and yeare first above writen Signed sealed & delivered DAN11 WHITEHEAD 0 in presents of JNO. HUBBARD SAMLL MILLS
Memorandam that on ye day and yeare within men- tioned ye within specifyed Danll Whitehead appeared before me Joseph Esqr one of Her Majs Justices for ye keeping of ye peace within Queens County asigned & did acknowlige ye within writen conveians to be his free & vollingtary act & deed
Test JOSEPH SMITH
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This Indenture made this twenty second day of Feb- ruary & in ye third year of ye reign of our Sovereign Lady Ann by ye grace of God over England Scotland Franc & Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & four or five and betwene Nathaniell Higbe of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasau Iland & in ye Provins of New York yeoman of ye one party and Capt Jno. Carpinter of ye same place of ye other party wit- neseth that ye abovsd Nathaniell Higbe for severall causes
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& good considerations him thereunto moveing but more especially for and in consideration of ye sum of ten pounds corant mony of New York to him in hand paid before ye insealing or delivery of these presents by ye abovsd John Carpinter ye receipt whereof he doth hereby own & doth acknowlige himself to be therewith satisfyed content & paid & thereof & therefrom doth for ever exonirate aquit & discharg ye abovsd John Carpinter his heirs exects admin's all and every of them from any part or parsill thereof have given granted enfeoft covenanted alinated releast quit claimd sould made over & doe by these presents freely clearly & absolutely give grant enfeofe covenant alinate release quit claime make over & sell unto ye abovsd John Carpinter his heirs executors administrators or asignes for ever a certain pece or parsill of upland situate lying & being in ye bounds of Jamaica aforesd being ye whole right or devition called ye hill devition which was laide out to seventeen acres & halfe of medow buted & bounded as followeth that is to say east by ye land laid out to Daniell Whitehead late of Jamaica deseast & west by ye land of Samll Smith & south by ye high way & north by ye bounds of Flushing all which land as above bounded and exprest together with all & singuler ye trees timber trees woods under woods whether standing or lying being or belonging to ye same with all & singuler ye priveliges apurtinanses heridittaments emoliments profits benifits posesion claime or demand to ye same belonging or any ways apertaining to have and to hould ocopy posess & injoy for ever and ye same to be & remaine to ye only proper use benifit & behoofe of him ye abovsd John Carpinter his heirs & asignes for ever free & clearly discharged of & from all former gifts sales morgages dowry intalarys judg- ments executions revertion remainder or remainders or any other title or incombrans what ever had made or comited at any time or times before ye insealing or delivery of these presents and ve abovsd Nathaniell Higbe doth covenant & agree for himself his heirs execu- tors admnistrators to & with ye abovsd John Carpinter
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his heirs & asigns that they may both now & at all times for ever hereafter have hould ocopy posess & injoy ye above recited land & primises as his or their own land of inheritans in fee simple & ye same will warant and for ever defend agt any claime or demand from any per- son or persons laying any just claime to ye same & also to seale & deliver any other or firmer deed or conveians for ye primmises as ye sd John his heirs or asigns shall be advised or procured to be drawn by his or their counsill learned in law for ye space of ten years next after ye date of these presents in confirmation whereof ye abovsd Nathaniell Higbe hath bound himself his heirs executors admin's by setting to his hand afixed his seale ye day & yeare first above mentioned Sealed & delivered NATHANIELL HIGBE 0 in presents of EBENEZAR SMITH ZACH MILLS
March ye 2d 1704
Then apeared before me Joseph Smith Esqr on of Her Majs Justices for keeping of ye peace for Queens County ye above named Nathaniell Higbe & did acknowlig ye above mentioned deed of sale to be his own volingtary act and deed
Test JOSEPH SMITH
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This Indenture made the eighth day of February in ye year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred three & four between Nehemiah Smith of Jamaica in Queens County on Nassau Island yeoman on ye one part & Daniell Boll of ye same Town County &c aforesd cooper on ye other part witnesseth yt ye sd Nehemiah Smith for & in consideration of ye valuable sum of five . pounds & sixteene shillings corant mony of N. York to
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him in hand paid by ye sd Daniell Boll at & before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowlige & himself to be therwith fully satisfyed contented & paid & thereof & of every part & parsill thereof he doth for ever aquit & discharge ye sd Dan11 Boll his heirs & asigns by these presents hath given granted bargined and sold enfeofed releasd & confirmed & by these presents doth clearly freely & absolutely give grant bargin & sell enfeofe release & confirm to him ye sd Daniell Boll his heirs & asignes for ever all yt a certaine tract pece or parsill of boggy medow & upland adjoyning situat lying & being within ye bounds & Town- ship of Jamaica aforesd containing by estimation fuor acres be it more or less as it was laid out & now lyeth being buted & bounded as followeth northward by a small brook or run westward by a causway southward by a highway & eastward by a lot of land in ye tenour of Samll Smith cordwiner with all ye fensis timber trees wood under-wood being lying or standing thereon to- gether with all & singuler ye rights priveleges & heridita- ments thereunto belonging or in any ways apertaining & all ye estate right title interest property claime posesion & demand of him ye aforsd Nehemiah Smith in & to the primises & in & to any part or parsill thereof to have & to hould ye before recited tract of boggy medow & upland & apurtinances to him ye sd Daniell Boll his heirs & asignes to ye onely proper use benifit & behoof of him ye sd Daniell Boll his heir & asignes for ever & ye sd Nehemiah Smith doth for himself his heirs execu- tors & adminsts covenant & agree to & with ye sd Daniell Boll yt he ye sd Daniell Boll his heirs & asignes shall & may now & at all times for ever hereafter quietly & peacably ocopy posess & enjoy all & every the above named primises as his & their estate of inheritans in fee simple freely & clearly acquited & discharged of & from all other & former gifts grants bargins & sales morgages dowrys intails judgments executions revertion & rever- tions remainder & remainders had made done or comitted at any time or times before ye insealing & delivery of
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these presents & shall also warrant & defend ye above granted primises agt all & every person or persons law- full claiming by from or under him ye sd Nehemiah Smith his heirs executors or adminstrators or any other lawfull claime what ever by these presents & also further to give any other or firmer deed or conveians for ye primises as ye sd Daniell Boll his heirs or asignes shall be advised or procure to be drawn by his or their counsill learned in ye law in testamony whereof ye partys to these presents have set to their hands & fixed their seales ye day & year first above written
Signed sealed & delivered
in presents of JNO. HUBBARD SAMUELL SMITH
NEHEMIAH X SMITH O his mark
Memorandom that on ye 9 day of February in ye year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred three & four ye above named Nehemiah Smith personally apeared before me ye subscriber one of Her Majs Justices for ye keeping ye pece within Queens County aforsd & acknowligd ye above writen conveians to be his free & volingtary act & deed JOSEPH SMITH
Justice
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This Indenture made this first day of March and in ye third yeare of ye reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne by ye grace of God Queen of England Scotland France & Ireland Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & foure and betweene Hope Carpinter of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasau Iland & in ye Provins of New York yeoman of ye one party and John Gaile of ye place yeoman of ye other party witneseth yt ye abovesd Hope Carpinter for severall causes and good considerations him ther-
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unto moving but more especially for & in consideration of ye sum of seven pounds corant mony of New York to him in hand paid by ye abovesd Jno. Gaile at or before ye insealing or delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth hereby owne and doth aknowlige himself satisfyed content & paid and thereof and there- from doth for ever exonirate aquit & discharge ye abovsd John Gaile his heirs execrs adminrs all & every of them from any part or parsill thereof have given granted enfeoft released confirmed ashured quited claimd sould & made over and doe by these presents freely clearly & absolutly give grant enfeefe release and confirm ashure quit claim sell & mak over unto ye abovsd John Gaile his heirs & as- ignes for ever all that pece of upland lying and being in ye bounds of Jamaica aforesd buted & bounded as follow- eth that is to say southest by a certain swamp betweene ye hither east neck & Long Neck and southwest by ye Long Neck fens & northwest by ye way yt leads into ye sd Long Neck and north east by ye land of Jonathan and Thomas Whitehead containing five acres as it was laid oute be it more or less all which parsill or lot of land as above bounded & exprest together with all & singuler ye priveliges apurtinancs heriditaments and emoliments to ye same belonging or any ways apertaining with all ye trees timber trees woods under woods whether standing or lying or any maner of ways apertaining to ye same ye abovsd Hope Carpinter doe acknowlige to have sould as aforesd from him his heirs execrs admirs unto ye abovesd John Gaile his heirs & asignes to have and to hould for ever & ye same & every part & parsill thereof to be & remaine to ye onely proper use benifit & behoofe of him ye sd John Gaile his heirs and asignes to ocopy poses & injoy as his or their owne free land of inheritance in fee simple free & clearly discharged of & from any other or former gift sale morgage intalary dowry judgment execution revertion remainder or remainders or any other intangellment what ever had made or comitted any time or times before ye sealing or delivery of these presents and also that ye abovsd Hope Carpinter had at ye time
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of ye sealing of these presents had full power and lawfull athoraty to sell ye abovsd land and granted primises with a warentee to defend ye same agt any person or persons lawfully claiming ye same and also to seale and deliver any other or firmer deede or conveians for ye primises as ye abovsd Jno. Gaile shall be advised or pro- cure to be drawne by his counsill larned in ye law for ye space of six years nex after ye date of these presents to ye true performans of ye above mentioned primises ye above said Hope Carpinter hath bound himself his heirs by seting to his hand ye day and date abovsd and afixing his seale ye day & deat above mentioned
Signed sealed and delivered HOPE CARPINTER 0
in presents of ZACH MILLS
JONAS WOOD
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This Indenture made this third day of March in ye third year of Her Majs Queen Ann's reign and in ye year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred four & five betweene Nathaniell Higbe of Jamaica in Queens County on ye Island of Nassau and Provins of New- York on ye one part and Issaac Lenoir of ye Town County and Provins aforsd on ye other part witneseth that ye sd Nathaniell Higbe for a valuable and lawfull consideration to me in hand paide at & before ye insealing and delivery hereof wherof and wherewith I acknowlige myself fully satisfyed contented and paid and thereof and every part and parsill thereof doe fully freely and absolutely aquit exonirate and discharge ye said Isaac Lenoir his heirs and asignes for ever have given granted alind bargined sold enfeofed and confirmed and by these presents doe give grant alien bargin sell enfeofe and confirm unto ye said Issaac Lenoir his heirs and asigns thirteene acres and a half right in ye Litle Plaines in Jamaica bounds which said thirteene acres and a half right unto ye said Isaac Lenoir his heirs and asignes to
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have and to hold ye sd thirteene acres and a half right with all and singuler ye rights proffits priveleges heridita- ments and appurtinansis unto him ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs & asignes without any morgages or redemtion use or limitation to recall alter change or make void ye same and ye said Isaac Lenoir his heirs and asignes for ever shall have hold ocoppy posess & enjoy ye sd thirteen acres and a half right without any hindrans molestation or disturbans of me ye sd Nath11 Higbe my heirs execu- tors or admrs or any person or persons whatever from by or under me them or either of them and ye said Nath11 Higbe doth hereby covenant and agree to and with ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs and asignes that he ye sd Nath- aniell Higby att and before ye ensealing and delivery hereof is and standeth seized of of ye sd land and prim- ises of a good pure and perfect estate of inheritans in fee simple and hath good power and lawfull authority to sell and dispose of ye same in maner and form afforsd and ye sd thirteene acres and a half right I ye said Nath- aniell Higbye my heirs and executors and adminstrators aquitt all persons and persons whatever unto ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs and asignes for ever will defend and I doe hereby for my self my heirs execrs and admirs further covenant and agree yt at any time or times hereafter within ye space of seven years at ye reasonable request and at ye cost and charges in ye law of ye sd Isaac Lenoir his heirs or asignes shall & will doe make perform enaict signe seale and acknowlige such further and lawfull act and acts thing and things devices and ashuranses in ye law for ye more perfect and pure making and conveing ye said land and premises as he ye said Isaac Lenoir his heirs or asignes or his or their counsill learned in ye law shall reasonably devise advise or require in wittness whereof I have set herunto my hand and afixed my seale ye day and year above written
Signed sealed and delivered NATHANIELL-HIGBE 0
in sight and presents of us
SAM11 MILLS
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This third day of Aprill in ye 4th year of ye reign of our Sovereign Lady Queene Ann's reign Anoqu Dom: 1705 came before me Jonathan Whitehead one of Her Majs Justices of ye Peace for ye County aforsd Nath !! Higbey party to ye above written deede of sale and did acknowlige ye sd deede of sale to be his act and deede
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