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butted and bounded as followeth that is to say southerly part by ye land of the said Thomas Gale and part by the land of James Luwis Junior as allso easterly by ye land of said Thomas Gale and west and north by common highway together wth all houseing out houses orchards gardens well fenceing immunityes advantages hereditte- ments and singular the appurtenances to the said home- stead and ten acres of land belonging or in any maner of ways appertaining reputed taken held or estemed as part parcell or member of ye same as allso five acres of salt meadow lying upon the Long Neck in ye bounds of Jamaica aforesaid bounded southerly by a ditch and Jonathan Whithead north by a creek and ye meadow of John Gale west by ye creek yt said John Gale mill stand upon easterly by ye woods to have and to hold the said land meadow and primises above by these presents men- tioned intended to be hereby granted and every part & parcell thereof unto ye said Thomas Gale and to his heyrs and assigns for and to ye said and only proper use benefit and behoofe of him the said Thomas Gale and to his heyrs and assigns forever and ye said Abell Gale for him- selfe heyrs execs and admins and every of them doth covenant promise and grant to and with ye said Thomas Gale his heyrs and assigns by these presents in maner and form following that is to say that he ye the said Abell · Gale standeth lawfully seized of a good perfect and absolute estate in ye law in ffee simple of and in the Page 203
said parcell of land and meadow grownd above men- tioned and hereby demised and hereby hath in himselfe good and lawfull right and authority to bargaine sell and assure the same ye same to ye said Tho. Gale his heirs and assigns forever according to ye true intent and meaning of these presents and all the said parcell of land and meadow and all other the primises now are & for ever hereafter shall be and continue free and clear dis- charged acquited or otherwise att all times saved and kept harmeless by ye said Abell Gale his heyrs execs or admins from all and singuler from bargaines sales grants
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morgages wills deeds of gifts dowres joynters and from all other charge or incombrances whatsoever had made done or growing by or from the said Abel Gale or by any other person or persons under his or their title or by his or their means or procurment and lastly ye said Abell Gale and his heyrs the said homestead of land meadow and primises with ye appurtenances against him ye said Abell Gale hiyers and assigns and against all and every other person or persons whatsoever lawfully clameling or holding any right title or intrest unto ye said land and primises or any part thereof to ye said Thomas Gale his heyrs and assigns will well and truely warrant and forever by these presents defend in testemony whereof I ye said Abell Gale hath subscribed his hand and affixed my seale this twenty seventh day of November and in ye forth year of His Majties reigne Annoqe Dom. 1717 Signed sealed and delivered ABELL X GALE 0 in the presents of ye mark of JOHN SMITH WILLIAM COUSINE
Then appeared before me John Smith Justise of ye Peace for Queens County ye above mentioned Abell Gale who did acknowledge ye above written conveyaince or instrument of sale to be their free voluntary act and deed- JOHN SMITH-JUS-
A true coppy of ye originall deed entred by me NEHE. SMITH-Cler-
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This Indenture made this tweenty eight day of Jen- ewary in ye first year of the reigne of our soverraigne Lord Gorge over Great Brittain &c King Defender of the Faith &c. and in ye year of our Lord Christ seventeen hundred & fourteen between John Carpenter of Jamaica in Queens County within ye Colloney of New York yeo- man on the one part and Joseph Carpenter of ye same place yeoman on ye other part wittnesseth that the said
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John Carpenter for & in consideration of ye sume of nineteen pounds lawfull money of NewYork to him in hand paid att & before ye ensealing & deliverry of these presents the receipt whereof he doth hereby own and acknowledge and thereof and of & from every part and parcell thereof doe by these presents forever acquit ex- onerate & discharge ye said Joseph Carpenter & his heirs execs and admins have given granted bargained sold alienated conveyed assured and confirmed and ye said John Carpenter doth by these presents give grant bar- gain sell aliene conveye asure and confirme unto ye said . Joseph Carpenter and his heirs & assignes forever a certain peice or parcell of meadow lying & being in the township of Jamaica aforesaid in an neck commonly called the heither east neck bounded north by a way leading by Richard Oldfeild land south by a great creek that parteth the further east neck and the said heither east neck east by William Carpenter meadow and west by meadow now in posesion of Steven Rider lately be- longing unto Hope Carpenter it being a equall third part of tow thirds of a tweenty acors lot of meadow & allso all my share or proposion of in & to a certain hammock lying & being in ye heither east neck afore said on ye said creeck above said in ye meadow of William Carpenter above named together with all ye right title essteate intrest claime property and demand of in & to ye said meadow and my share of said hommock afore said with the reversions and remainders thereof to have and to hold ye said bargained meadow ground & primises unto the said Joseph Carpenter & to his heirs & assigns to ye only and proper use benefit & behoofe of ye said Joseph Carpenter and his heirs & assigns for ever and the said John Carpenter doth for himselfe his heirs execs and admins covenant promise grant and agree to & with ye said Joseph Carpenter his heirs and assigns in maner and form following that is to say that the said John Carpenter at ye time of the ensealing & delivery of these presents had in himselfe good right & full power to
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alienate the said meadow and primises in maner & form afore said and that ye same is free & clear of all manner of incumbrance and trouble whatsoever and further he ye said John Carpenter his heirs execs and admins ye same above granted meadow & said proposion of home- mock unto him ye said Joseph Carpenter and his heirs and assigns against him ye said John Carpenter his heirs and assigns and against all other person & persons what- soever at any time hereafter lawfully claiming ye same or any part or percell thereof shall & will warrant and forever by these presents defend in wittnesseth whereof ye said parteis to these present indentures have hereunto put their hands & seales ye day & year above first written 0
Sealed and delivered in ye presents of us EBENEZER SMITH NEHEMIAH SMITH
JOHN X CARPENTER
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Memorandam October ye 23-1717 then appeared before me John Smith one of His Maigs Justes for ye keeping of ye peace in Queens County ye within named John Carpenter & did acknowledge ye within instrument to be his own vollintary act & deed-
JOHN SMITH
A true coppy of ye orignall deed entered by me NEHEMIAH SMITH-Cler-
This Indenture made this tweenty day of Apprill and in ye ninth year of ye reigne of our soverraigne Lady Ann by the grace of God Queen over Inland Scotland France & Irland Defender of ye Faith &c and in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and ten and betwen Wait Smith & Ebenezer Smith of Jamaica in Quens County on Nasaw Island & in ye Province of New York yeoman of ye one part and Nicolas Everitt of ye same place yeoman of the other part wittnesseth that ye above said Wait Smith & Ebenezer Smith for
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severall causes & good consideration them thereunto moveing but more espacially for ye sume of forty four pounds corrant money of NewYork to them in hand paid at or before ye ensealing or delivery of these presents by ye receipt Nicolas Everit whereof he doth hereby own and acknowledge himselfe therewith satisfied contented Page 206
& paid and thereof and therefrom doe forever exonerate aquitt and discharg ye above said Nicolas Everritt his heirs execs & admins all & every of them from any part or parsill thereof have given granted infeoft releasd asshured quitted claimed sould and made over & doe by these presents free and clearly & absolutely grant give infeoft release asshure quit claime sell & make over unto ye above said Nicolas Everitt his heirs and assigns for ever a certain peice or parcell of upland lying and being in ye bounds of Jamaica afore said being eleven àcors butted and bounded as followeth that is to say east by Nicolas Everitt & south by Jonathan Deane and west by Ebenezer Smith & north by ye high way all which land as above bounded and exsprest together with all and singular ye right title property intrest priviligdes appur- tenances heredittaments emoliments to ye same belonging or any ways appertaining with all ye trees timber trees & improvements there on made to ye above said Nicolas Everitt his heirs & assigns to have and to hold for ever and ye above said Wait Smith & Ebenezer Smith for themselfes their heirs execs admins doe covenant & agree to & with ye above sd Nicolas Everitt his heirs and assigns execs admins that they may both now and at all times forever hereafter have hold occupy poses & injoye ye recited land and primises as his or their own proper right of inheretance in fee simple and that the sd Wait Smith and Ebenezer Smith there heirs or assigns at ye of the confirmation of these presents had full power & lawfull authority for to sell ye above men- tioned land and ye above granted primises & that ye above partty at the time of ye ensealing of these presents was lawfully seized of the above mentioned land &
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primises free & clearly discharged of & from all former gifts grants morgages dowry intails judgment executions or remainders or remainders or any titell incombrance whatsoever had made or commited at any time or times before ye insealing or delivery of these presents with a warrantee to defend ye same from any person or persons whatsoever laying at any just claime to ye same and allso to seale & deliver any other or firmer deed or con- veiance for the primises as the above said Nicolas Everrit shall be advised or procured to be drawn by his counsill larned in law for ye space of seven years next insueing the date hereof in tessmony and confirmation of the primises ye above said Wait & Ebenezer Smith hath bound their heirs and executors and admins by setting to their hands and affixed their seales ye day and date above mentioned WAIT SMITH 0
Signed sealed & delivered
EBENEZER SMITH 0
in ye presents of
NEHEMIAH SMITH
NEHEMIAH X SMITH
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October 20d-1710-then appeared before me ye within named Wait Smith & Ebenezer Smith and did acknowl- edge this above written deed to be their own vollintary act and deed NICOLAS EVERRIT-Justis-
A true coppy of ye origginall deed entred by me NEHEMIAH SMITH-Cler-
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Nicolas Everritt Junior mark being a crop on the near ear and a nick on the uper side of the same
Entred by me NEHEMIAH SMITH Cler-on ye 26 day of Febrewary-Annoqd 1717- .
John Smith Junior mark being a happeny on the uper side of ye near ear and a happeny on the under of the off ear-this being entred Febrewary th-27d 1717 by me pr NEHEMIAH SMITH Cler-
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This Indenture made the fifteenth day of October in ye year of Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and seventeen betwen William Jones of Jamaica in Queens County in ye Colloney of New York yeoman of the one part & Nicolas Everit Junior of ye same place yeoman on ye other part wittnesseth that the said William Jones for & in consideration of ye suni of twelfe pounds currant lawfull money of New York above said to him in hand paid by the said Nicolas Everrit at & before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth hereby own & acknowledge himselfe to be therewith fully satisfied & contented & thereof & of every part thereof doth hereby acquit & clearly dis- charge the said Nicolas Everitt and his heirs execs & admins for ever by these presents have given granted bargained sold enfeofed asshured aliened and confirmed & he the said William Jones doth hereby give grant bar- gain sell enfeof alien assure & confirm unto the said Nicolas Everit & to his heirs and assigns for ever part of a ten acor lott of meadow in ye farther east neck in ye township of Jamaica afore said that is to say ye halfe part of a certain part of a ten acors lott bounded east by ye upland south by William Ludlom west by ye heither east neck creeck and north by a great ditch running on the south side of Andrew Gales meadow the other halfe the said William this day sold unto John Smith of Ja- maica above said all which desended unto William by his father Richard Jones together with all commoditeis advantages heredittaments & appurtenances unto the said halfe part of the said certain part as above bounded of a ten acer lot as afore said the reversions & remainders of the same to have & to hold the said above bargained meadow & primises with the appurtenances unto ye Nicolas Everit and to his heirs and assigns to the only use benefitt & behoof of ye said Nicolas Everit & to his heirs & assigns forever and the said William Jones doth hereby for himselfe his heirs execs & admins covenant promise grant & agree to and with ye said Nicolas Everit & his heirs & assigns that he the said William Jones
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immediately before ye executing of these presents had in himself good free clear absolute & indeazable estate Page 208
of heritance in fee simple of in & to the above bar granted primises with ye appurtenances and allso had good right and lawfull power and authourity to convey and alienate the same in maner and form afore said and allsoe that the same and every part thereof is free & clear from any title trouble or incombrance whatsoever and lastly the said William Jones and his heirs execs and admins the said above mentioned bargained halfe part of the said bounded certain part of a ten acer lott of meadow ground with ye appurtenances unto ye said Nicolas Everrit and to his heirs and assigns against him ye said William Jones & his heirs execs and admins and against all and every other person or persons lawfully claiming ye same shall and will warrant and forever by these presents defend in testemony whereof the said William hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year above first written Sealed & delivered WILLIAM JONES O
in the presents of us
SAMUELL DENTON
J. SMITH
Memorand that on ye date within mentioned ye within named William Jones came before me and did acknowl- edge that he freely executed ye within deed to the uses therein mentioned JOHN SMITH
A true coppy of ye origginall deed entred March ye 20d 1717 by me NEHEMIAH SMITH-Cler-
This Indenture made the first day of May in ye second year of the reigne of our soveraigne Lord Gorge over Great Brittain &c. King Defender of the Faith &c. and in the year of our Lord Christ seventeen hundred and sixteen betwen Nehemiah Galle of Jamaica in Queens County within ye Colloney of New York weaver on ye one part and Nehemiah Smith Saner of the same
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place yeoman of the other part wittnesseth that the said Nehemiah Gall Gale for & in consideration of ye sum of fifty two pounds lawfull money of New York to him in hand paid att and before ye ensealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof he doth hereby own & acknowledge and thereof and of & from every part & parcell thereof doe by these presents forever acquit exonerate and discharge ye said Nehemiah Smith & his heirs execs and admins have given granted bargained sold aliened conveyed assured and confirmed and he ye said Nehemiah Gall doth by these presents give grant bargain sell alien convey assure & confirm unto ye said Nehemiah Smith and his heyes & assigns for ever a cer- - tain peice or parcell of upland sittuate lying and being in ye bounds & limmits of Jamaica afore said lying on ye hills at ye rear of Joseph Smith land all which land being fiftteen acers measured it is butted and bounded as Page 209
followeth that is to say bounded westerly by the land of Nehemiah Smith Junior and northerly by ye line parting Flushing & Jamaica and bounded southerly by a highway or Joseph Smith land and easterly bounded by the land of ye above named Nehemiah Gall ye peice of upland is to be eaqueall in breath at each end with all my right title essteat intrest claime property and demand of in & to ye said land and primises with ye re- versions and remainders thereof with ye timber wood and under woods whether standing or lying to have and to hold ye said bargained land & primises unto ye said Nehemiah Smith and to his heirs and to the only sole and proper use benefit & behoofe of the said Nehemiah Smith & to his heirs & assigns forever and ye said Nehemiah Gall doth for himselfe his heirs execs and admins cove- nant promise grant & agree to and with ye said Nehemiah Smith his & assigns in maner and form following that is to say that ye said Nehemiah Gall at the time of ye ensealing & delivery of these presents had in himselfe good right and full power to alienate ye said land and primises in maner and form afore said and that ye same
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is free and clear of all incumbrance & trouble what- soever and further that he ye said Nehemiah Gall & his heirs execs and admin the same above granted land & primises unto him ye said Nehemiah Smith and his heirs and assigns against him ye said Nehemiah Gall his heirs & assigns and against all other person and persons whatsoever at any time hereafter lawfully claim- ing ye same or any part or percell thereof shall and will warrant and forever by these presents defend in wittness whereof ye said parteis to these presentt indenture have hereunto put their hands & seale the day and year above first written NEHEMIAH GALL O
Sealed & delivered
in ye presents of us
JOSEPH COE
JACAMIAN DENTON
Memorandom that on ye forth day of May 1718 ap- peared before me Anthony Watters of his Maigs Justes for ye keeping of ye peace for Queens County ye within named Nehemiah Gall & did acknowledge ye within instrument to be his own vollintary act and deed
I ANTHONY WATTERS
A true coppy of ye origginall entred by me
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I Joseph Coe doth bind myselfe my heirs execs admins and every of them to give ye leberty to John Tolman his heirs execs admins or assigns that is ye leberty of ye land upon ye farther east neck that is in makeing of stack yards or any other benefits that Wait Smith Sener deceased gave in a deed that John Tolman Senor had for a lot of meadow in ye further east neck in wittness my hand and seale SAMUELL SMITH JOSEPH COE O
HANNAH X SMITH her mark
A true coppy entred by me
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This Indenture made the twenty fifth day of Aprill in ye fifth year of ye reign of our Soveraigne Lord Gorge by the grase of God over Great Brittain Ffrance and Irland King Defender of ye Faith &c. and in the year of man salvation seventeen hundred and nineteen be- tween Thomas Poyer of Jamaica in Queens County within the Province of New York clerk of ye one part and John Smith of ye same place of ye neck yeoman on ye other part wittnesseth that ye said Thomas Poyer for and in consideration of ye sum of tweenty six pounds lawfull money of ye Colloney of New York above said to him in hand paid by the said John Smith at and before the ensealing and delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof the said Thomas Poyer doth hereby acknowledge and himselfe to be therewith fully satisfied contented and paid and thereof and therefrom and of and from all and every part parsell thereof doth by these presents forever acquit exonerate and discharge him the said John Smith and his heirs executors and administrators hath hereby given granted bargained sold aliened en- feofed assured conveyed & confirmed and doth by these presents fully freely and absolutly give grant bargain sell alien enfeofe assure and confirm unto the said John Smith and to his heirs and assigns forever all that cer- tain peice or parcell of upland situate and being in the Township of Jamaica afore said lying at a place com- monly called the Littell Neck and butted and bounded as followeth viz begining at ye land of John Smith afore- said and runing from thence by highway eastward four- teen roods thence southward five roods and a half along ye swamp by ye other land of Samuell Denton deceased thence south east one rood and an half thence south west one rood & twelfe foot and from thence west fourteen roods by ye said Samuell Denton land thence south thirty six roods by the said Samuell Denton thence fifty seven roods westward by ye land of ye said Samuell and Hezeciah Denton north by land of Jonathan Whithead five roods and fore foot east by Thomas Wiggens tweenty one roods and north by said Thomas Wiggens five roods
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east by ye said John Smith thirty six roods and north by ye said John Smith four roods to ye first mentioned station Page 211
containing ten acors & eighty six roods all which above said peice or parcell of land was lately purchased by the said Thomas Poyer from ye said Samuell Denton deceased and Martha his wife by deed dated the tenth day of May in ye year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifteen referrance being had thereunto may fully and amply appear together with all singular the profitts privelidges commodities advantages improvements pas- tureing fenceing wattering herediments and appur- tenancs to the same in any maner of ways belonging or appertaining and the reversions and reversions remainder & remainders rents isues and profitts thereof and of every part or parcell thereof to have and to hold the above mentioned peices or parcells of land and primises with all & every ye appurtenances unto him ye said John Smith and to his heirs and assigns forever to ye onely proper use benefit and behoof of the said John Smith and to his heirs and assigns forever and the said Thomas Poyer for himselfe his heirs execs and admins doth hereby covenant promise grant and agree to and with the said John Smith his heirs & assigns in maner and form following that is to say that he ye said Thomas Poyer immediately before the executing of these presents hath in himselfe a free clear and indefeizable esteat of inheritance in fee simple in and to the afore said granted land & primises with ye appurtenances and hath good right and power to alienate or convey away the same in manner and form afore said and allso that ye same is discharged of all incumbrance and trouble and lastly that he the said Thomas Poyer and his heirs execs and admins the above granted land & primises with ye ap- purtenances unto him ye said John Smith & his heirs and assigns against him the said Thomas Poyer and his heirs and assigns against all and every other person or persons whatsoever at any time hereafter lawfully claimeing the same or any part or parsell thereof shall and will warrant
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and by these presents for ever defend in wittness whereof ye said parties have to these presents set their hands and seale interchangeabley ye year and day above first Page 212
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written Sealed and delivered in the presents of us JOHN SMITH GRADUSS CLOWS
Aprill ye 25d-1719 then appeared before me John Smith Esqe one of His Majestyes Justeses of ye peace for Quens County asigned the within named Thomas Poyer and acknowledged the within written indenture to be his voluntary act and deed- JOHN SMITH
A true copy of ye orrignall deed entered by me NEHEMIAH SMITH-Cler-
These presents testefyeth that John Smith & Hezeciah Denton both of Jamaica in Queens County have made an exchang of land as followeth viz. that ve said John Smith haveing an hundred & four roods part of ye land which the said John Smith had of Mr. Poyer land that was formerly Samuell Denton deceased it is butted and bounded as followeth that is to say north by Thomas Wiggins & east by the above said John Smith & south by ye land of ye abovesaid Hezeciah Denton & west by ye land of Jonathan Whithead all which one hundred and four roods ye above said John Smith doth fully firmly & absolutely sell alien and make over from him- selfe his heirs and assigns unto Hezeciah Denton & to his heirs and assigns to have & to hold poses & injoy as his own proper right forever in consideration of which afore said one hundred and four roods of land ye above said Hezeciah Denton doth give aliene sell and make over unto the above mentioned John Smith a certain peice of upland lying in ye said neck by estemation one hundred and four roods and it is butted and bounded
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as followeth viz that is to say northerly by ye land of ye above said John Smith and east by ye land of the above said Hezeciah Denton and south by ye land of the said Hezeciah Denton and westerly by ye land of the above John Smith all which one hundred & four roods of land the above said Hezeciah Denton doth fully firmly and absolutly sell alien and make over from himselfe his heirs and assigns unto John Smith and to his heirs and assigns to have and to hold poses & injoye as his and their own proper right forever to have and to hold Page 213
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