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NEHEMIAH SMITH-Clerk
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Recd of John Everitt six pounds New York corrency in part for quit rent due to his Majetty from the town of Jamaica-Wittness my hand this eleventh of Jenewary 1723/4 ARCHABELL CANNADY
Received from Mr. Jonathan Whithead of Jamaica the sum of eighteen pounds thirteen shillings & four pence in full for eight years quitt rent due from the Town of Jamaica for ye years 1713: 1714: 1715: 1716: 1717: 1718: 1719 & 1720 Wittness my hand this 24 day of February Anno: 1720 THOMAS BYERLEY
Jamaica in Queens County-A highway surveyed & laid out by the commisoners undernamed begining at Newtown hay path on the north of John Snedicors house runing through the land of ye said Snedicors adjoying to Garritt Classen untill it comes to a white oak tree markt thence along the land of said Snedicors adjoying to the land of Johanass Williamson untill it comes to ye old road or Brookland hay path soe along the same road till it meet with Flatbush bounds being four rodds in breadth JONAR WHITHEAD GABRILL LUFF Performed by us
the 4d of Febrewary A true coppy entred by me NEHEDİ SMITH Clerk
This Indenture made this tweenty ninth day of Jenew- ary in the tenth year of ye reigne of our Soveraigne Lord King George over Great Brittain France and Irland Defender of ye Faith &c. Annoqe one thoussand seven hundred and tweenty three between Fosster Watters of Jamaica in Queens County on Long Island in ye Colloney of New York cordwider of the one part and Jonathan
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Watters of ye same place weaver on the other part witt- nesseth that the said Fosster Watters for and in con- sideration of ye sum of fifteen pounds corrant lawfull money of New York above said to him in hand paid by ye said Jonathan Watters at and before the ensealing and delivery of these presents the receipt of which the said Fosster Watters doth hereby own & acknowledge himselfe to be therewith satisfied & contented & thereof & of & from every part and parcell thereof doth acquitt & dis- charge ye said Jonathan Watters & his heirs execs and admins forever by these presents hath granted bargained Page 237
sold aliened conveyed assured & confirmed and doth by these presents freely grant bargaine sell alien convey assure & confirm unto unto the said Jonathan Watters & to his heirs heirs and assigns forever a certain peice or parcell of salt meadow ground sittuate & lying in the haw tree neck in the Township of of Jamaica above said con- taining five acors more or less bounded east on Samuell Deane north on meadow of Jonathan Watters west on the hawtree creek and south on the bay which said meadow did formerly belong unto Thomas Watters the father of him the said Fosster together with all and singular the commodities ways profitts advantages hammocks shells banks heredittaments and appurtenances whatsoever unto the said meadow belonging or in any wise appertaining and all the right estate title claime & demand whatsoever of the said Fosster Watters of in or to the same or any part thereof and the reversions & re- mainders thereof to have & to hold ye above granted & bargained parcell of meadow ground and premises with every of their appurtenances unto the said Jona- than Watters and to his heirs & assigns to the onely use benefit and behoofe of the said Jonathan Watters and his heirs and assigns for ever and ye said Fosster Watters immediately before the executing of this indenture had in himselfe good right & full power to alinate & convey the above bargained meadow and primises with every of their appurtenances unto ye said Jonathan Watters
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and his heirs & assigns in manner & form afore said and the same shall remaine be and abide unto him & them a good pure p-fect & absolute estate of inheritance in fee simple and allsoe farther that the above bargained prem- ises & every part thereof are free and clear from any in- cumbrance morgages or intangment whatsoever and lastly the said Fosster Watters and his heirs execs admins the above granted peice or parcell of meadow and prem- ises with every of their appurtenances unto ye said Jona- than Watters and his heirs and assigns against all lawfull claimes & demands of any person or persons whatsoever shall warrant & by these presents forever defend in wittness whereof ye above parties have hereunto set their hands & seales the day & year above written-
Sealed & delivered
in the presents of JOHN TOLMAN J. SMITH
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March ye 10d 1723/4-Then recefed of Nathaniell Denton the town pattins Indians deeds & the other papers which doe belong to the town I say recefed by me NEHEMIAH SMITH
To all Christian people to whome these presents shall come greeting know yee yt I Daniell Smith of Ja- maica in Queens County on ye Island of Nasaw in ye Province of New York yeoman for & in consideration of ye sum of four pounds lawfull money of New York above said to me in hand paid before ye ensealing & delivery hereof by John Fosster yeoman of Hemstead in ye County above sd ye receipt whereof I doe hereby acknowl- edge & my selfe therewith fully satisfied & contented & thereof and of every part & parcell thereof doe execs acquit & discharg ye sd John Fosster his heirs execs
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& admins forever by these presents have given granted bargained sold alinated conveyed and confirmed & by these presents doe freely fully and absolutely give grant bargaine sell alien convey & confirm unto the said John Fosster his heirs & assigns forever one certain messuage & tract of salt meadow ground situate lying & being in the bounds of Jamaica in ye County above said on ye neck known by ye name of ye further east neck & in hoock of ye sd neck being ye forth lot in number in ye said hook bounded as followeth bounded south west by alotment formerly belonging to Joseph Thusstone & now in ye possesion of Hendrickson & south east by the great crick & north east an alotment formerly belonging to Nehemiah Smith & now in ye posesion of ye sd John Fosster of said above sd & north west by ye alotments runing croos ye said hook which said meadow as it butted and bounded as may appear by ye records of ye town above said Jamaiac was lay out to my father Samuell Smith within ye said bounds a fiftteen acor right in ye sd alotment which sd meadow according to ye spesefied in ye record of ye alotments I Daniell Smith abovesd for me my heirs execs admins & doe covenant promise & grant to & with ye sd John Fosster his heirs and assigns yt before ye ensealing hereof I am ye true sole & lawfull owner of ye above bargained primises & am lawfully seized & possesed of ye same in mine own proper right as a good perfect and absolute estate of inheritance & in my selfe good right full power & lawfull authority to grant bargain sell convey & confirm ye sd bargained premises in manner as above sd & that ye sd John Fosster his heirs & assigns shall & may from time to time & at all times forever hereafter by vertue of these presents law- fully peaceably & quitetly have hold use occupy poses & injoye ye said demised & bargained premises with ye appurtenance free & clar & freely & acquitted & discharged of & from all & all maner of former givfts grants bargains sales leases morgages wills entails joynters dowrys or incumbrance whatsoever & I ye sd Daniell Smith doe further covenant & bind my selfe my heirs execs & admins
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firmly by these presents to warrant & defend ye said John Fosster his heirs & assigns in quiet & peasabell posesion of all & singular ye said granted premises against any just & lawfull claim of any person or persons whatsoever in wittness whereof I ye said Daniell Smith have hereunto sett my hand & sale this eight day of May DANIELL SMITH 0
Annoq-Domi: 1722
Signed & sealed & delivered in presents of
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DANIELL DENTON
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Jamaica: 20th Septerber-1723-Then & there the within named Daniell Smith came persoably before me Isaac Hicks Esqe Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Queens County & acknowledged that he had executed this instrument freely & volluntaly to ye uses in the same written ISAAC HICKS
A true copy entred of ye origginall pre by me NEHEMi SMITH Cler --
This Indenture made the eightenth day of November in ye year of our Lord seventeen hundred & tweenty three between Edward Willett of Ffullshing in Queens County of ye one part and Roberd Denton of Jamaica in ye same County on the other part wittnesseth that ye said Edward Willett for & in consideration of ye sum of forty pounds New York money to him in hand paid by ye said Roberd Denton before the sealing & delivery hereof the receipt whereof he doe hereby own & there from doth by these presents forever release ye said Roberd Denton & his execs & admins hath given granted bar- gained sold aliened enfeofed asshured & confirmed and by these presents doth give grant bargaine sell alien en- feofe assure & confirme unto the said Roberd Denton & his heirs & assigns all that certain tract of land situate
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att Jamaica afore said all at a place called Freeman farm containing tenn acors and three quatters of an acors being bounded northerly by a high way that lead towards ye littell plaines & on all other sides by the other land of him ye said Roberd Denton which said tract of land was purchased from Jonathan Whithead by Elbert Willet father of ye said Edward Willet by deed bareing date the forth day of August seventeen hundred & six & of which said tract of land he ye said Elberd Willett dyed seized by whose demse the same devolved to his only son & heire Edward Willet above said together with all & singuler the previledges & all ye right title intrest property claime possesion & demand of him the said Edward Willett of in & to the same premises and and Page 240
ye reversion & remainders thereof to have and to hold the said tract of land & premises with ye appurtenances unto him the said Roberd Denton & heirs to the only use benefitt & behoofe of him ye said Roberd Denton and his heirs and assigns forever and the said Edward Willett for himselfe his heirs execs & administrators doth hereby covenant promise grant and agree to & with the said Roberd Denton & his heirs & assigns that the said granted lands & primises are free & cleare from all man- nor of incumbrances whatsoever and that he the said Edward Willett & his hears execs and admins the said land & premises with all the appurtenances unto him ye said Roberd Denton & his heirs & assigns against all maner of person lawfully claimeing the same or any part thereof shall & will warrant & by these presents forever defend and further conveyances in ye law unto him the said Roberd Denton or his heirs or assigns for ye further & better assuring & sure makeing of ye same land & prem- ises unto him or them as by him the said Roberd Denton or his heirs or assigns or his or their counsill learned in ye law att his or their proper cost shall be advised de- vised or required in wittness whereof the said parties have to these presents interchangabell-ly put their
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hands & seales the day & year therein above first written Sealed & delivered EDWARD WILLETT O in presents of NATHANIELL DENTON JNº CLOWES
Quens County on ye sixteenth day of September seven- tenth hundred & tweenty four the within named Edward Willett came personable before me Isaac Hicks Esqe Judge of ye Court of Common Please in ye County above said and acknowledged this instruement to be his volun- tary act and deed in which same deed there are no rea- sons or interlinenations lett it be recorded
ISAAC HICKS
A true coppy of the originall entered by me NEHEMIAH SMITH-Cler-
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To all Christian people to whome these presents shall come I Nehemiah of Jamaica in Queens County on Long Island in the Colloney of NewYork yeoman doe send greeting Know yee that I ye said Nehemiah Smith for & in consideration of the love good will & affection which I have & doe bear toward my loveing nephew Nehemiah Smith son of brother Waitt Smith of the same place & allsoe for other sufficient good & valuable causes & considerations me thereunto especially moveing have given & granted & by these presents doe freely clearly and absolutely give grant & confirm unto ye said Nehe- miah Smith my nephew his heirs & assigns forever my home lott of land or homestead situate sittuate in Ja- maica above said bounded southerly on John Carpenter land Timothy Denton land & partly by Nehemiah Gales land easterly on land of the said Nehemiah Gales & northerly on land that lately was in possesion of Wait Smith above said and allsoe all my other lands or rights of land meadow boggs or plaines sittuate in Jamaica above said or else where together with all buildings
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orchards fences improvements timber passture feeding woods under woods marshes watters rents reversions and all other the heredittaments easments commodeties profitts & appurtenants to the said homestead or any other part or parcell of my said lands meadow or right of lands belonging or in any wise appertaining or as part parsell or member of or belonging to the said homestead or to any other of my lands meadow or rights of land had taken reputed used occupied or enjoyed wheresoever & to what ever I have at this time any estate of inheri- tance and the reversions & remainders of all & singular the said homestead & of all my other lands or rights of land meadow pastures heredittaments and primises hereby given & granted or mentioned to be hereby given & granted and the rents soner and profitts to them or any of them incident belonging or appertaining and allsoe all my right estate title intrest posession claime & de- mand whatsoever of me the said Nehemiah Smith first above named of in or to the same primeses or of any part or parcell thereof and all and every the deeds charters writtings evidences excepts & muniments whatsoever touching or conserning the said homestead and other the above mentioned parcells of land meadow or rights of lands and premises or part thereof to & to hold the above granted homestead and all other the premises hereby given and granted & every part & parcell thereof with all and singular their and every of their appur -. tenances unto my said nephew Nehemiah Smith and to his heirs & assigns for ever to the only use benefitt & behoofe of him & his heirs forevermore without any condition proviseo' or limittation to allter change or in any wise to frustrate or determinee this my absolute Page 242
gift & grant in wittness whereof I have hereunto freely without any compultion and being sound mind set my hand & seal this tweenty first day of Jenewary in ye tenth year of the reigne of our Soveraigne Lord King
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Gorge over Great Brittain &c. Annoq Domi one thousand seven hundred & tweenty three Signed sealed & delivered NEHEMIAH X SMITH 0 in the presents of us his mark
NEHEMIAH X CARPENTER his mark CALEB SMITH
Queens } Memorandom that on the tweenty ninth
County S.S. day of Jenewary Anno Dom one thousand seven hundred & tweenty three came before me Isaac Hicks Esqe. Judge of the County the within named Nehemiah Smith the grantor and did own & acknowledge that he sealed delivered & executed the within deed freely to the uses therein mentioned
ISAAC HICKS
This being entred by me NEHEMIAH SMITH-Cler-
This Indenture made the tenth day of September in ye tenth year of the reigne of Soverraigne Lord Gorge over Great Brittain &c. and in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & tweenty three between Benjemain Smith of Jamaica in Queens County on Long Island in the Colloney of New York yeoman & Sarah his wife of ye one part and Epherain Smith of the same place son of the said Benjemain and weaver of the other part wittnesseth that the said Benjemain Smith for & in consideration of the sum of two hundred & two pounds corrant lawfull money of New York above said to them or to one of them in hand paid by the said Epheraim Smith at or before the ensealing & delivery of these presents the receipt whereof they doe hereby own & acknowledge themselfes to be therewith sattis- fied & contented & there of & there from & of & from . every part & parsell thereof doe acquitt exonerate & Page 243
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discharge the said Epheraim Smith & his heirs execs & admins forever by these these presents and for other
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good causes & considerations the said Benjemain Smith & Sarah his wife especially moveing have given granted bargained sold aliened enfeofed asured conveyed & con- firmed & doe by these presents clearly and absolutely give grant bargaine sell aliene enfeofe assure convey & con- firme unto the said Epheraim Smith & to his heirs & assigns forever one certain messuage dwelling house and home lot of land sittuate in Jamaica above said bounded west on Joseph Smith land east on Henery Ludlom south & north on high ways being that on which the said Benjemain Smith & Sarah his wife or either of them have or doe posess within the town ship of Jamaica abovesaid and all & singular the hereditaments improvements commodities advantages and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or appertaining and all the right estate claime title property and demand whatsoever of them the said Benjemain Smith & Sarah his wife or either of them of in or to the said above bounded messuage & homestead and of in and to all & singular other the lands & meadow of them the said Benjemain & Sarah or either of them whatsoever in Jamaica afore said & the reversions & remainders thereof to have & to hold all & singular the above granted and bargained mesuages dwelling house and home lott of land and all and singular other the lands and meadows whatsoever of them the said Benjemain Smith & Sarah his wife or of either of them in the township of Jamaica above said and primises with all & singular their & every of their heredittaments and appurtenances to the said Ephraim Smith and his heirs and assigns to the only use benefitt & behoof of the said Epharaim Smith & his heirs & assigns forever and the said Benjemain Smith doth for himselfe and his heirs execs and admins covenant and grant to and with the said Ephraim Smith & his heirs & assigns that they ye said Benjemain Smith and Sarah his wife or one of them in heir or one of their own right now are & standeth law- fully seised of a good & absolute estate in ye law in fee simple of in the said messuage & homelots of land &
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primises with every of their appurtenances and have or one of them hath good and and lawfull right to sell Page 244
or convey the same unto the said Ephraim Smith & his heirs & assigns in maner afore said & allsoe further the said Benjemain Smith and his heirs execs & admins all and singular the said messuage homestead & other lands & meadows which the said Benjemain hath now a right to or in his posesion and all his right to commons and undevided lands in the Township afore said and bargained premises with every of their appurtenances unto the said Ephraim Smith and his heirs & assigns against all just and lawfull claimes & demainds shall warrant & by these presents forever defend in wittness whereof the said above parties have hereunto sett there hands & seales the day & year above first written
Sealed & delivered BENJEMAIN X SMITH 0
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Rich Powers- by BENJEMAIN SMITH J. SMITH
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JOHN MESSINGER
SUSANAH MESSINGER
Memberandom that on the ninth day of October 1723 then came before me Isaac Hicks Esqr. Judge of ye Cort of Commons Pleas of Queens County the within named Benjemain Smith and did acknowledge ye within deed to be his act and deed & at the same time the within named Sarah Smith being privetly exzamened before me did acknowledge that she did execute the within deed without the threats or compulsion of her husband
ISAAC HICKS
A true copy of ye orrignall deed being entered and exsamined by me NEHEMi SMITH -- Cler-
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This Indenture made the sixth day of Apprill and in ye eleventh year of the reigne of our Soverraint Lord Gorge over Great Brittain &c. and in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and tweenty five and between Roberd Smith of Norwark in Colloney Page 245
of Coneticutt copper on the one partie and James Lewis of Jamaca in Queens County and in ye Colloney of New York cordwinder on the other partee wittnesseth that ye said Roberd Smith for & in consideration of ye sum of six pounds corrant lawfull money of New York afore said to him in hand paid by the above said Jame Luwis at or before the insaleing or delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth hereby own and doth acknowledge himselfe to be therewith fully satisfied contented & paid and thereof and therefrom doe forever exonerate aquitt and discharge the said abov James Luwis his heirs execs admins all and every of them from every part and parsill thereof have given granted en- feofed released confirmed asshured quitted claimed sold and made over and doe by these presents fully clarly & absolutely give grant enfeofe releas confirm all that messuage dwelling house and land which he ye said Roberd Smith mother had given her by publick vote in ye limmitts of Jamaica aforesaid lying near the spring soe called be the same more or less with all the primises thereunto belonging to the said dwelling house & land above named with ye appurtenances and heredittaments thereunto ye same dwelling house land and primises with all that thereunto appertain with ye previledges thereunto unto ye said James Luwis his heirs & assigns forever or in any manner of ways appertaining unto him ye said James Luwis and to his heirs execs admins and assigns forever to have and to hold the above granted dwelling house land and primises to only use benefitt and be- Page 246
hoofe of him ye said James Luwis his heirs & assigns for- ever without lett or molesstation in confirmation whereof
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I the above said Roberd Smith hath sett to his hand and affixed his sale ye day & year first above written Sealed and delivered ROBERD SMITH O
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NEHEMIAH SMITH-Jun.
NEHEMIAH SMITH
A true coppy of origginall deed entered and compared by me NEHEMIAH SMITH-Cler-
This Indenture made this eight day of May and in ye forth year of the reigne of our Soverraint Lord Gorge by the grace of God of Great Brittain &c. King Defender of the Faith &c. and of our Lord Christ one thoussand seven hundred & eightteen and between Samuell Mill with Susannah his wife and Epharaim Mill with Susanah his wife in Queens County on Nasaw Island and in the Province of New York yeo- of the one part and John Carman of ye same place County Island & Province afore said saddeler of ye other part wittnesed that the above Samuell Mill senr with Susanah his wife & Epharaim Mill with Susanah his wife for and in consideration of the sum of fourteen pounds corrant money of New York to them in hand paid by the above said John Carman at or before the ensaling & delivery of these presents the receipt whereof he doth hereby own & doth acknowledge themselfes to be therewith satisfyed contented & paid and thereof and therefrom doe forever exonerate and dis- charge the above said John Carman his heirs execs & admins & every of them from every part and parsell Page 247
thereof have given granted alinated enfeofed asshured quitted claimed sold and made and doe by these present freely clarly & absolutely give grant alien enfeofe asshure quitt claime sell & make over unto the above said John Carman his heirs & assigns forever all that certain peice parcell or lot of upland being in the bounds of Jamaica afore said lying upon ye hills near the pond commoly called the swiming pond being a five acors right of land
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that did arise from Zachiriah Mills senr. by exchange with Samuell Mills saner. for land lying in ye neck called Zachariah Mills neck containing by esttimation three acors and a halfe be ye same more or less and buted and bounded as followeth that is to say bounded upon a swamp on the southwest conner by Jeremiah Smith soe runing easterly with strait line to a stak upon ye hill then runing strait to a swamp standing upon in edg of the swamp soe runing northerly by the to a dich upon the north east corner then runing westerly along ye swamp by an old hedge fence across a part of swamp to a black stak standing in ye middill of ye run that run across ye parth toward ye swiming pond pond then runing southerly by ye parth or highway that goeth up to ye hills lots soe along to ye swamp upon the south west corner the begun at all which land as above bounded and exsprest with all ye previledges appurtenances hereditaments & elomiment the same belonging with all ye fences tree timber tree wood under wood whether standing lying or belonging to the same with all the estate right title property & demand of them Samuell Mills & Epheraim Mills their heirs execs admins to him the said John Carman his heirs & assigns to have and to hold forever and ye same to be & remaine to the only proper use benefitt and behoofe of him ye said John Carman his heirs & assigns forever and that the Page 248
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