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and injoye ye above recited land and primises as his or their own land of inheritance in fee simple full & clearly discharged of all former grants morgages seales dowrys extents or executions or any other title or incumbrance whatsoever had made or committed at any time or times before ye ensealling or delivery of these presents with a
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warrantee to defend ye same against any person or per- sons laying any just clame to ye same and allso will seale and deliver any other or firmer deed or conveainance for the primises as ye said Increas Carpenter his heirs or assigns or either of them shall be advised or procure to be drawn by his counsill larned in ye law for ye space of seven years next after ye date hereof in testemony whereof ye above said Wait Smith hath set to his hand & affixed his seale the day & year & year above written- Signed seald and delivered WAIT SMITH O
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BEJAMAIN WIGGINS
NEHEMIAH SMITH
Memorandom that on ye three & twenty day of October 1710 the within named Wait Smith appeared before me Samuell Baylis Eqs. one of Her Majt. Justises of ye Peace for Queens County assigned & did acknowledge the within instrument to be his free & volantary act & did SAMUELL BAYLIS
A true coppy of ye origginall entred by me NEHEMIAH SMITH pr Cler-
This Indenture made third day of Aprill in ye tenth year of ye reigne of our sovereigne Lady Anne by the grace of God Queen over Inland Scotland Ffrance & Irland Defender of ye Faith &c. and in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & twelfe and between Ebenezer Smith of Jamaica in Queen County & in the Province of New York cooper of ye one partee & Increas Carpenter of ye same place yeoman of ye other partee witneseth that ye said Ebenezer Smith for & in consideration of a certain sum of good & lawfull money of NewYork to him in paid by the said Increas Car- penter at or before ye insealling & delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth hereby one & ack- Page 182
nowledge himself therewith fully satisfied contented & paid and thereof & therefrom doth for ever exonirate
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acquit & & discharge ye said Increase Carpenter his heirs execs & admins by these presents have given granted bargain & sold enfeofe and release & confirmed and doe by these presents freely clearly & absolutely give grant bargain & sell enfeofe and release & confirm unto the said Increase Carpenter his heirs & assigns for ever all that a certain. peice or percell of upland sittuate lying and being within ye bounds of Jamaica being in the hill devission containing by estemation five acors & a quatter be the same more or less as it was laid out ye surveier buted & bounded as followeth that is to say east by William Carpenter and west by Wait Smith & north by ye line parting Flusshing and Jamaica & south by a highway or Simon Blume land all which land as it is above bounded & exprest together with all ye singuler ye trees timber trees wood under woods standing or lying or belonging together with all ye priviliges appurtin- ances hereditements to ye same belonging or any maner of ways appertaining & all the right title property claim & demand of him the said Ebenezer Smith his heirs execs admins or assigns to him the said Increas Carpenter his heirs & assigns to have and to 'hold for ever and the same to be & remaine to ye onely proper use benifit & hoofe of him ye said Increas Carpenter his heirs execs admin or assigns for ever & the said Increas Carpenter his heirs & assigns shall & may at all times for ever hereafter have hold occupy poses & injoy ye above recited land & primises as his or their own land of inheritance in fee simple freely discharged of & from all former gifts grants morgages seales dowry extents or executions or any other title or incombrance whatsoever had made or commited at any time or times before ye ensealing or delivery of these presents with a warrantee to defend the same against any person or laying claime to ye same and.allso will seale & deliver any other or firmer deed or conveiance for ye primises as ye said Increase Carpenter his heirs or assigns or either of them shall be advised or procured to be drawn by his or their councell larnd in the law for ye space of seven years next insueing the date
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hereof in testemony whereof the above said Ebenezer Smith has set to his hand & afixd his seale ye day & year first above written- Signed sealed & delivered EBENEZER SMITH 0 in ye presents of WAIT SMITH
NEHEMIAH SMITH
Memorandom that on the eleven day of Apprill Anno 1712 appeared before me Richard Oldfeild one of Her Mag. Justese for ye keeping of the peace of Queens County ye within named Ebenezer Smith and did ac- knowledge this within instruement to be his own volin- tary act & deed Tes. RICHARD OLDFEILD
A true coppy of ye orignall deed entred by me NEHEMIAH SMITH pr Cler-
This being ye mark of John Burtoo a crop on the near ear & a happeny on the foreside of the off ear and a nick on the under side of ye same this being entred by NEHEMİ SMITH-Cler- me
This being the mark of John Gall which is a hole in each ear and a slit in ye top of right ear this being entred by me NEHEMIAH SMITH-Cler-
This Indenture made the first of March in ye year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & fourteen between George Muish & Joseph Smith both of Jamaica in Queens County in the Collony of NewYork gent on the one part & Samuell Denton of Jamaica afore said black smith of ye other part wittnesseth that ye said Gorge Muish & Joseph Smith for & in consideration of the sums of thirty eight pounds lawfull money of New- York aforesd to them the hand paid before ye executing of these presents by the said Samuell Denton the receipt whereof they doe & acknowledge and thereof and of
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every part thereof doe forever by these presents acquitt and discharge the said Samuell Denton his heirs execs & admins have granted bargained sold aliened conveyed asured & confirmed they the said Gorge Muish & Joseph Smith doe by these presents grant bargain sell alien con- veyed assured and confirm unto the said Samuell Den- ton and to his heirs & asigns forever a certain messuage Page 184
tenement dwelling house & land scituate lying & being in ye Town of Jamaica afore said bounded north on John Ludlom east party by land of Jeremiah Smith & partly by land of John Rodes south fronting on the main street and said land of said John Rodes west by land of Samuell Smith containing about an acre more or less as contained in the sd bounds together with all the building houses & edifices commodities advantages heredettaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any ways appertaining and ye reversions & re- mainders rents imers & profits of ye same to have and · to hold the said above mentioned granted and bargained mesuage tenement dwelling house and land & primises with every of there appurtenances unto the said Samuell Denton his heirs & assigns to his & their proper and only use & behoofe for ever and the said Gorge Muish and Joseph Smith doe for themselfes their heirs execs and admins. covenant promise grant and agree to & with the said Samuell Denton his heirs & asigns in ye follow- ing maner & form that is to say that the said Gorge Muish & Joseph Smith at the ensealing & delivery of these presents had in themselfes good right & full power to alienate & convey the above mentioned premises with the appurtenances in manner & form as above and allso that the same and every part thereof is free & clear from any incombrance and trouble whatsoever and lastly the said bargained tenement house land and primises with every of their appurtenances unto ye said Samuell Denton his heirs exec3 & admins and assigns against ye said Gorge Muish & Joseph Smith their either and every of their heirs execs & admins & assigns and
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against all person or persons lawfully claiming the same shall and will warrant and forever by these presents defend in testemony whereof ye said Gorge Muish and Joseph Smith have hereunto set their hand & seale ye day & year first above written
Sealed and delivered GORGE MUISH 0
in ye presents of us J. SMITH 0
four words vis his heirs & assigns first interlined
EBENEZER SMITH C. DEAN-Jun.
Memorandam that on ye within date the within named Gorge Muish & Joseph Smith came before me and did acknowledge that they did execute ye within deed freely & vollintarily JONt WHITHEAD
This deed being entered by me
NEHEMIA SMITH pr. Cler
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To all Christian people to whome these presents shall come greeting Know ye Thomas Smith of Jamaica in Queens County in ye Province of New York yeon as well for & in consideration of the sum of tweenty pounds corrant money of New York as for divers causes & con- siderations him thereunto moveing hath remised released and for ever quit claime and make over and by these presents for himselfe & his heirs execs & admins doth fully clearly and absolutly remise release quit claime & make over unto John Smith Juner of ye same weaver in his peasable posesion & tennure being and to his heirs & assigns for ever all such rights title intrest property esteate & demand whatsoever as he ye said Thomas Smith had or ought to have of his & to all that lot of land in ye bounds afore said being in a neck commonly called the boggy neck containing by esstemation ten acors be ye same more or less and bounded as followeth
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north by a highway east ye land of Jonathan Watters west by a lot of land formerly in ye tennure of ye above said John Smith now in the possesion of ye above said Thomas Smith and south by a swamp all which said lot of land as above bounded and exprest with all and singuler ye fence improvements privilidges appurtenances heredetaments & emoliments to have and to hold to him ye said John Smith his heirs and assigns for ever so that nither ye said Thomas Smith or his heirs execs and . admins or any other person or persons whatsoever by from or under him ye said Thomas Smith his heirs or assigns shall or will by any means whatsoever after this date shall have claime challeng or demand any part or percell thereof but from all & every action right esteate or demand of in and to the primises to any part or percell thereof they and every of them shall be utterly excluded and debared by these presents in wittness whereof ye above said Thomas Smith hath to these presents set his hand and affixed his seale this fifth day of Apprill in ye tenth year of Her Majs. reigne and in ye year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & eleven THOMAS X SMITH 0
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Memorandom that on ye forth day of May 1716 appeared before me Anthony Watters one of His Majs. Jussteses for ye keeping ye peace for Queens County ye within named Thomas Smith and did acknowledge ye within 'instruement to be his own vollintary act and deed AN. WATTERS
This deed being entred by me
A true coppy
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To all Christian people to whome these presents shall come Thomas Smith eldest sone & heir to Thomas Smith late of Jamaica in Queens County in the Colloney of
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New York deceased sendeth greeting in our Lord God everlasting Know yee that ye said Thomas Smith for divers good causes and considerations him thereunto moveing hath remised released & for ever quitt claimed and by these presents for himselfe and his heirs doth fully clearly and absolutly remise release and for ever quitt claime unto John Smith of Jamaica afore said weaver in his full & peacable posesion and resine and to his heirs & assigns for ever all such right esteate title intrest and demand whatsoever as he the said Thomas Smith had in ought to have of in or to the full moitie or equall halfe part of a certain ffive acors lott of meadow ground scituate lying & being upon the fure east neck within ye bounds of Jamaica afore said bounded west by ye said Thomas Smith north by John Hanson east by Benja- min Smith and south by the bay or sound and all that a certain peice of meadow ground lying on ye heither east neck with ye bound of the said Town of Jamaica bounded west by a ditch north by ye upland east by Wait Smith and south by another ditch by any ways or means whatsoever to have and to hold all ye before mentioned peices of meadow ground with the appur- tenances unto ye said John Smith his heirs and assigns to ye only use & behoofe of ye said John Smith his heirs and assigns for ever so that neither he the said Thomas . Smith nor his heirs nor any other person or persons for him or them or in his or their names or in the name right or stead of any of them shall or will by any ways or means hereafter have claime challenge or demand any esteate right title or intrest of in or to the primises or any part or percell thereof but from all & every action right essteate title intrest and demand of in or the primises or any part or parcell thereof they and every of them shall be utterly excluded & debarred for ever by these presents and allsoo the said Thomas Smith and his heirs the said peices of meadow ground as before bounded with the appurtenances to the said John Smith his heirs & assigns to his and their owne proper use & uses in manner and form afore specified against his heirs & assigns
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& every of them shall warrant and for ever defend by these presents in wittness whereof ye said Thomas Smith hath hereunto sett his hand & affixed his seale the ffive and tweentyeth day of May in ye eight year of the reigne of our soveraign Lady Anne by ye grace of God Queen of Great Brittain France and Irland Defender of ye Page 187
Faith &c. Annoq Dom. 1709 Sealed & delivered in ye presents of THOMAS X GALL
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his mark ANDREW GIBB
Memorandom that on ye forth of May 1716 appeared before me Anthony Watters one of His Maigs Justese for ye keeping ye peace within Queens County ye within named Thomas Smith and did acknowledge the within instruement to be his own vollintary act and deed- ANTHONY WATTERS
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This Indenture made the sixteenth day of October in ye year of the reigne of our soveraigne Lord King Gorge over Great Brittain &c. and in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and sixteen between Jonathan Whithead of Jamaica in Queens County in the Colloney of New York gent of the one part and John Smith of the same place yeoman on ye other part wittnesseth that ye said Jonathan Whithead for & in consideration of the sum of forty pounds lawfull money of New York above said to him in hand paid by ye said John Smith at or before the ensealling & delivery of these presents by the receipt whereof he doth hereby owne & acknowledge and thereof & in & of & from every
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part & parcell thereof doth acquit exonerate acquitt & discharge the said John Smith and his heirs exes and ad- mins. for ever by these presents have given granted bargained sold enfeofed assured conveyed and confirmed and he the said Jonathan Whithead doth hereby give grant bargain sell enfeof assure convey & confirm unto the said John Smith and to his heirs and assigns for ever a certain parcell of upland lying and being in ye bounds of Jamaica above said containing sixteen acors & one quatter of an acore bounded easterly by land of the said John Smith south by ye road leading from ye little plains to the said Jonathan Whithead mill west by land of ye said Jonathan Whitehead and north by a swamp be ye same more or less together with all and singuler the tim- ber trees woods under wood commodities advantages heredittaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any maners of ways appertaining and the reversions & remainders thereof to have & to hold the said above mentioned granted land and primises with every of their Page 188
appurtenances unto ye said JohnSmith and his heirs and assigns to ye only use benefit profitt & behoofe of ye said John Smith and to his heirs and assigns for ever and the said Jonathan Whithead for himselfe his heirs executors and admins doth hereby covenant promis grant and agree to & with ye said John Smith his heirs & assigns that he the said Jonathan Whithead immedi- atly before the ensealling of this presents indentur had in himselfe a good pure perfect and indefeazable esteate of inheritance in fee simple of in & above mentioned percell of land and primises with ye appurtenances and had good right & full power to alienate and convey the same in maner afore said and further allso that he the Jonathan Whithead his heirs execs and admins the said percell of land and primises with their appurtenances unto ye said John Smith his heirs and assigns against the just & lawfull claime of any person or persons shall and will warrant and forever by these presents defend in
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wittness whereof the parties to these presents indentures have hereunto set their hands & seales the day and year above first written JONAth WHITHEAD 0 Sealed and delivered in the presents of us WILLIAM OLDFEILD J. SMITH
Memorandom that on the above date the above named Jonathan Whithead came before me Anthony Watters Justice and did acknowledge that he executed the above deed volintary ANTHONY WATTERS Justis
. of ye Peace of said County
This deed being entred a true coppy by me
NEH. SMITH -- Cler-
This Indenture made this twenty third of Aprill and in the second year of ye reigne of our soverrait Lord Gorge over Great Brittain &c. King Defender of the Faith &c. and in ye year of our Lord Christ seventeen hundred & sixteen between Anthony Watters of Ja- maica in Queens County within the collony of New York gent on the one part and Wait Smith of the same place yeoman on the other part wittnesseth that ye said An- thony Watters for and in consideration of the sume of sixty five pounds lawfull money of NewYork to him in hand paid at or before ye ensealing & delivery of these Page 189
presents the receipt whereof he doth hereby own and acknowledge and thereof and of and from every part and parcell thereof doe by these presents for ever acquitt exonerate and discharg ye said Wait Smith and his heirs execs admins have given granted bargained sold alened conveyed assured and confirmed and he ye said Anthony Watters doth by these presents give grant bargain sell alien convey assure and confirm unto ye said Wait Smith his heirs and assigns forever a certain peice or parcell of upland lying and being in the Township of Jamaica afore said in a devision commonly called the middell
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devision lying in the number of forty five in ye drauft being laid out for thirty acors be the same more or less it is butted & bounded as followeth viz southerly by ye land of Andrew Onderdonk & bounded northerly by ve land that was formerly Capt. Carpenter now in possesion of Steven Stevenson & westerly by ye land by the of William Jones and easterly by the highway that belong to Freeman parth together with all my right title esteate intreest claime property & demand of in & to the said land & primises with the wood and timber standing or lying or belonging to ye same with the reversions and remainders thereof to have and to hold ye said bargained land and primises unto the said Wait Smith and to his heirs and assigns to ye only sole use & proper benefitt & behoofe of ye said Wait Smith & his heirs and assigns for ever and ye said Anthony Watters doth for himselfe his heirs execs & admins covenant promise grant and agree to and with ye said Wait Smith his heirs & assigns in maner and form following that is to say that ye said Anthony Watters att ye time of ye ensealing & delivery of these presents had in himselfe good right & full power to alienate ye said land and primises in maner and form afore said and the same is free and clear of all maner of incombrance and trouble whatsoever and further that he ye said Anthony Watters his heirs execs & admins ye same above granted land and primises unto him ye said Wait Smith and his heirs and assigns against him ye . said Anthony Watters his heirs & assigns and against all other person or persons whatsoever att any time here- after lawfully claiming the same or any part or percell thereof shall & will warrant and for ever by these presents defend in wittness whereof the said parties to these pres- ents indenture have hereunto put their hand & seale the day and year first written ANTHONY WATTERS O
Sealed and delivered
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Memorandom that upon ye 21 day of September 1716 came before me Justes Jonathan Whithead Esqre one of His Majs. Justices for ye keeping of peace for Queens County that ye above named Anthony Watters did acknowledge this above written instrument to be his free vollintary act & deed JONATHAN WHITHEAD
A true coppy of ye originall entred by me NEHe SMITH Cler-
This Indenture made the third day of Desember in first year of the reigne of our soveraign Lord the King of Great Brittaine &c and in the year of our Lord Christ seventeen hundred and fourteen betwen Samuell Cactham late of Jamaica in Queen County in ye Collony of New- York carpenter of ye one part and Samuel Denton of Jamaica afore said black smith of ye other part wittnesseth that the said Samuell Ketcham for and in consideration of the sum of thirty pounds corrent money of New York afore said to him in hand paid by the said Samuell Denton before the executing of these presents ye receipt whereof I doe own and acknowledge and therefrom and from every part and parcell thereof doe by these presents aquit exonerate release and discharge the said Samuell Denton his heirs execs & admins for ever have given granted bargained sold aliened enfeofd asshurd and con- firmed & by these presents the said Samuell Ketcham doe give grant bargain sell aliene enfeof assure and confirme unto him the said Samuell Denton & to his heirs and assigns for ever a certain messuage or lot of land lying and being in the bounds of Flushing in Queens County afore said bounded north by the land of Coll. Willet east and west by ye land of Samuell Ketcham sanior south upon Jamaica bounds & northerly & westherly by James Lewis containing tweenty acres together with all profits priviledges commodities fenceing imunities rights heriditaments & appurtenances thereunto be- longing or in any maner of ways appertaining or there
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with all used occuped & injoyed or accepted reputed taken or know as part parcle or member thereof & allso the right title intrest claim esteate possesion and demands of him the said Samuell Ketcham of in and to the said lot of land and primises with ye reversions & remainders thereof to have & to hold the said lot of land and prim- ises and every part and member thereof herein before mentioned or intended to be mentioned with all & every ye heriditaments & appurtenances to ye same belonging unto him the said Samuell Denton and to his heirs and assigns to his & their sole use benefit and behoofe for ever and ye said Samuell Ketcham doe for himselfe his Page 191
heirs execs & admins covenant promise grant and agree to and with ye said Samuell Denton his heirs and assigns that before ye ensealing and executing of these presents I am the and lawfull owner of ye above bargained primises and are lawfully sezed and possesed of ye same and have in myselfe good right & full power and lawfull athority to grant bargaine sell & to convey said land and primises in maner as above said and that the said Samuell Denton his heirs and assigns shall and may att all times forever hereafter by vertue of these presents lawfully and peace- ably & quitly have hold use occupy possess and injoy the said demised and bargained premises with appur- tenances clearly acquited and discharged of & from all maner of incombrance and extents whatsoever and lastly do covenant and ingage the above demised primises to him the said Samuell Denton his heirs and assigns against ye lawfull claime or demands of any person or persons whatsoever for ever here after to warrant and defend in wittness whereof the partees to these presents indenture have hereunto interchangably put there hands and seales ye day and year above first written
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Memorandom that on ye 22 day of October 1716 appeared before me John Smith one of His Maigs Justices for the keeping of ye peace in Queens County the within named Samuell Ketcham and did acknowledge ye within instrument to be his own vollintary act and deed-
JOHN SMITH
A true coppy of ye origginall entred by me pr NEHE. SMITH-Cler-
This Indenture made the first day of November in the second year of ye reigne of our soveraign Lord King Gorge of Great Brittain &c. and in the year of our Lord Christ seventeen hundred & fifteen betwen James Lewis of Flusshing in Queens County in the Collony of New- York cordwinder of the one part and Samuell Denton of Jamaica in the County above said blacksmith of the other part wittnesseth that the said James Luwis for and in consideration of the sum of thirty five pounds corrant lawfull money of New York afore said to him in hand paid by ye said Samuell Denton before the executing of the presents ye receipt whereof I doe own and acknowl- edge & there from & from every part & parcell thereof Page 192
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