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the said Richard Oldfeild did by his said last will & testa- ment devise give and bequeath all the remaining part & residue of his real estate as lands meadows & tennements with all and singular their & every of their appurtenances unto his granechild Joseph Oldfeild Pyer & to his dafters Jane Hannah Mary Deborah Suseana & Kesiah to be equally devided betwix them share & share alike in even portions to have and to hold the reale estate above said with appurtenances unto the said granchild and dafters above named & to their respective heirs and and assigns forever every one to use and injoye his her and their parts & devidends in distintion & severally & their heirs forever as allsoe by the said last will & testement more fully may appear reference being had thereunto and allsoe whereas the said reale estate lands meadows & tennements the remaining part and residue being the widows part were run out surveyed devided preportioned and alotted to each of the said legatees persuant to ye said last will & testament as may fully and plainly appear by a draft & scheme thereof made by David Uumphys dated Aprill & May 1728 which was universally by all the legatess & by those that undertoock for the younger of them agreed accorded & contented unto &
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whereas that part of the said lands which fell or hap- pened unto the said Timothy in right of his said wife one of ye legatees to ye said last will & testament lyes at the rear of the homestead and contains thirty four acers adjoyning to certain lands widow Van Lowe land Hendrick Heagerman land and John Emmons land as the fence now stand and bounded east on other land of ye said William which fell to Mary Oldfeild one of ther legatees and allsoe five acres of meadow ground in the heither east neck which markt or devided together with the above mentioned land by N: 2 lying betwen Nº 3 Page 264
& Nº 6 in the dravft aforesaid now this indenture witt- nesseth that the said Timothy & Hannah his said wife for & in consideration of the sum of two hundred and five pounds corrant lawfull money of the Colloney of New York above said to them or one of them in hand paid by the said William Watters at and before the ensealing of these presents the receipt whereof they doe hereby own & acknowledge themselfes to be therewith satisfied contented & paid and thereof and of and from every part thereof doe acquitt exonerate and discharge ye said William Watters and his heirs execs & admins forever by these presents have given granted bargained sold aliened enfeofed conveyed assured & confirmed and the said Timothy Wood & Hannah his said wife doe fully & absolutely give grant bargaine sell alienate en- feofe convey assure & confirme unto the said William Watters and to his heirs and assigns forever all and singular the said lott or parcell of upland containing thirty four acres and allsoe the said parcell or lott of meadow grown containing five acers as is above & in the said draft excitly decribed & both marcht and discribed by No. 2 together with all and singular the timber trees woods under woods pastures fences feedings improvements ways conveinances profitts commodities heredittemants and appurtenances whatsoever unto the said upland and meadow belonging or in any wise appertaining and all the right estate title claime and demand whatsoever
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of them the said Timothy Wood & Hannah his said wife or of either of them or either of their heirs of in or to ye same or of in or to any devision allotment or proportion that may hereafter happen in case the above mentioned shall not be stood unto abided by or any ways allowed or changed and reversions and reversions remainder & remainders thereof to have & to hold the above granted thirty four acres of upland & five acres of meadow ground above discribed and bargained premises with their & every of their appurtenances unto ye said William Watters and to his heirs & assigns to the only use benefitt and behoofe of the said William Watters and his heirs & assigns forever and the said Timothy Wood doth hereby for himselfe his heirs execs & admins covenant grant & agree to & with the said William Watters and his heirs and assigns and every of them by these presents in manner & form following that is to say that he the said Timothy Wood and Hannah his said wife or one of them in their or one of their own use now are or be & Page 265
standeth lawfully seized of a good & perfect & absolute estate in the law in fee simple of & in the above men- tioned described lands & meadows & premises with every of their appurtenances & have or one of them hath good right & lawfull & absolute power & authority to bargaine sell and assure the same to the said William Watters and to his heirs & assigns forever according to the true mean- ing of these presents & that the same & every part thereof with the appurtenances now are & forever hereafter shall be and continue clear & free discharged & acquited or other wise at all times saved himselfe by the said Timothy Wood his heirs execs or admins of and from all & singuler former bargains grants estate bonds statutes intensions dowers title of dower joyntures writs & other charges and incumbrances whatsoever had made done or growing by or from the said Timothy Wood by any other person or persons whatsoever and of & from the joyn- ture & title of dower of Hannah the said wife of the said Timothy and further that ye said Timothy Wood
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& Hannah his said wife at all times dureing ye space of seven years from hence at the request & costs of ye said William Watters his heirs or assigns shall & will doe make & execute any further or other deed or conveyance for assureing the premises unto the said William Watters & his & assigns as shall be reason- ablely devised & lastly that he ye said Timothy and his heirs execs & admins the above granted lands meadows & premises with every of their appurtenances . unto the said William Watters and to his heirs & assigns against all & every person or persons lawfully claimeing the same or any part thereof shall warrant & by these presents forever defend in wittness whereof the above parties have hereunto interchangablely put their hands & seales the day & year above first written
Sealed & delivered in the presents of NICOLAS EVERIT
TIMOTHY WOOD 0
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EPHRAIM BAYLES
Jos. SMITH
Queens County so be it remembred that on the seventh day of May Annod one thousand seven hundred & tweenty nine came before me John Tolmon Esqe one of His Maijties Judges of ye Corte of Common Pleas in Queens County the within named Timothy Wood & Hannah his wife & did own & acknowledge that they executed ye within deed to William Watters & his heirs & assigns unto his & their only use & benefit forever as within mentioned freely & the said Hannah being privitly examined said she did the same without any compultion or threats and doe alow of deed or instrument to be recorded haveing only in Page 266
the 23 line one word erazed and in the 22d line the word being interlined-A true coppy of the origginall deed compared and intered by me NEHEMIAH SMITH-Clerk
This Indenture made fifth day of Aprill in the eight year of the reigne of our Soverregne Lord King Gorge
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over Great Brittain &c. and in the year of our Lord Christ one thoussand seven hundred & tweenty two between Barne Bloom Gorge Bloom & William Van Borum executors of the last will & testament of Tice Lanin late of Jamaica in Queens County in the Colloney of New York yeoman deseased of the one part & Isaac Van Nuiss of Rarreton in the Province in the of east Jersey yeoman on the other part wittnesseth that the said Barne Bloum Gorge Bloum & William Van Borim according to the tenor & true meaning of the said last will & testament of the said Tice Lanne and by force & vertue there of for and in consideration of ye sum of three hundred and eighty seven pounds ten shillings corrant lawfull money of New York abovesaid to them in hand paid by the said Van Nice at or before ensealing & delivery of these presents the receipt whereof they doe hereby own & acknowledge themselfes satisfied & thereof & of & from every part & parsell thereof doe acquit exonerate and discharge the said Isaan Van Nuiss and his heirs execs and admins for ever by these presents have granted bargained sold conveyed aliened assigned & confirmed and doe by these presents freely clearly & absolutely grant bargaine sell conveye alienate assure and confirme unto the said Isaac Van Nuss & to his heirs & assigns forever one certain messuage tenement & parcell of land sittuate lying & being at a place called Springfeild in Jamaica above said contain one hundred acers more or less bounded eastterly on the highway leading from the plains to the south southerly by Isaac Emberman land westerly on Freeman part and northerly by Elias Bayles land being the same on which the said Tice Lanne lived and deied sezed of and allsoe all the dwelling house out houses banes building orchards gar- dens fences improvements timber woods commodities easments heredittements and appurtenance to the said messuageses tennements belonging or in any manner of ways appertaining to have & to hold all the said messuage
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or tennement and all other the primises with the ap- purtenances unto the said Isaac Van Nuiss and his heirs & assigns to his & their only proper use benefitt & be- hoofe forever and the said Bane Bloem Gorge Bloem & William Van Borim doe hereby for themselfes & their heirs execs admins and every of them covenant promise grant and agree to and with the said Isaac Van Nuiss and heirs & assigns in manner & form following that is to say that they the said Barne Bloem Gorge Bloome & William Van Borrum immediately before the en- saleing & executeing of these presents had in themselfes by force & vertue of the said last will & testament of the said Tice Lanne good right lawfull & absolute power & authority to grant bargaine alienate and convey the above mentioned messuage tenement & bargained premises together with the appurtenances in manner above said and allsoe that the same and every part thereof shall from henceforth forever con & abide to the said Isaac Van Nuiss his heirs or assigns clear & clearly acquitted & discharged or at all times from time to time sufis- siencely seized houre less of & from all and every other chargess bargains seales giftes grants joynters defeces and of all & every other title trouble and incumbrance whatsoever they be had made committed done or agreed unto by the said Tice Lanne in his life time or by us any of us att any time since his desease and lastly the said Barne Bloume Gorge Bloume & William Van Borum and their heirs execs & admins all & singuler the said messuages tennement & parcell of land and bargained premises with their & every of their appurtenances unto the said Isaac Van Nuiss and his heirs & assigns against them the said Barne Bloem Gorge Bloum & William Van Borom and their heirs execs & admins and against the heirs of the said Tice Lanne and all others that shall lawfully claime the same shall & will warrant & by these presents defend forever in wittness whereof the above
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parties to these presents have hereunto interchangablely sett their hands & seales the day & year above first written-
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Sealed & delivered
BARNES X BLUME
in the presents of
GORGE X BLUME WILLIAM BORUM
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covenant razed & the word lawfully fistt interlined
GABRILE LUFF
JONATHAN WATTERS
Memorandom that on the fifth day of Aprill Anno Dom 1722 came before me Jonathan Whithead Esq" one of His Mijtes Justes for Queens County the within named Barne Blume Gorge Blume & William Borum and did own that they freely executed the within deed to the uses therein mentioned JONATHAN WHITHEAD
A true coppy entered by me
NEHEMIAH SMITH-Clerk
Aprill 19th 1731-Then received of Nehemiah Smith late Town Clerk of Jamaica this book page from one to two hundred and sixty eight and one other book paged from one to five hundred hundred and fifty two and another book ninty seven leaves all town books received pr me SAM11 SMITH-Jun. Clarke
This Indenture made the second day of June in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & twenty nine beteen Samuel Mills of Horsaneck in the County of Fairfeild & Colloney of Connecticut yeoman of the one part & Samuel Smith of Jamaica in Queens County in the Collony of New York on the other part wittnesseth that the said Samuel Mills for and in con- sideration of the sum of fifty pounds lawfull money of New York above said to him in hand paid by the said Samuel Smith at and before the ensealing & delivery of these presents the repct recept whereof he doth hereby
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one and acknowledge him selfe to be therewith fully satisfied contented and paid and thereof and therefrom & of & from every part thereof doth exonerate & discharge the said Samuel Smith & his heirs excrs & adm" forever by these presents hath given granted bargained sold aliened enfeefed conveied assured and confirmed and the said Samuel Mills doth by these presents fully freely and absolutely give grant bargain sell aliene enfeof convey assure & confirme unto the said Samuel Smith & to his heirs & assigns forever one equal third part of all and singular two dewelling houses & lott of land situate in the town spot of Jamaica aforesaid lying apposite to the County Hall bounded south on the main street except a small lot of land belonging unto Daniel Smith & small lott belonging to Samuel Dean which lyes within the above bargained land west the land of Samuel Clows and partly by land lately belonging to the old County Hall north by the said Samuel Clows and east by Issa- bella Wiggins & contained in the whole two acres more or less together with all and singular the one equall third part of all the buldings dwelling houses & edifices thereunto belonging or in any manner of ways appertain- ing and all the right estate title claim property & demand whatsoever of him the said Samuel Mills or of his heirs of in or to the same third part of the said dwelling housses land premises and the reversions & remainders thereof to have and to hold the above granted and bargained third part of the said two mentioned dwelling houses land and premises with every of their appertinances unto the said Samuel Smith and to his heirs and assigns to the only use benefit and behoof of the said Samuel Smith and his his heirs and assigns forever and the said Samuel Mills doth for himselvef his heirs execs & admins covenant promise grant and agree by these presents to and Page 270
with to and with the said Samuel Smith and his and as- signs in manner and forme following that is to say that we the said Samuel Mills is now the very true sole per-
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fect & lawfull owner of the said one equall part of the said two dwelling houses & land and bargained premises with every of their appertenances immediately before the executing of these presents in fee and that he the said Samuel Mills now att the ensealing & delivery of these presents is lawfully surely solely indefeazablely seized in fee to the use himselfe and of his heirs and assigns forever and to none other use and that without any condition further limitation or determination of use or uses of & in the said above bargained third part of the said two dwelling houses lands and premises with their appurtin- ances and further that he the said Samuel Mills hath full power good right & lawfull authority to give grant allien- ate & bargain the same to the said Samuel Smith and to his heirs and assigns forever in manner & forme afore said and further that the said bargained one third part of the said two dwelling houses lott of land and granted premises & their appurtenances now are free and clear from any former bargain grant sale mortgage trouble or incumbrance whatsoever and further that he the said Samuel Mills and his heirs execs & admers the above mentioned granted part of the said messuage land and premises with every of their appurtenances unto the said Samuel Smith and to his heirs assigns against alll awfull claims and demands of any person or persons lawfully claiming the same or any part thereof shall warrant and by these presents forever defend in witness whereof the above parties have hereunto interchanablely put their hands & seals the day and year first written
Sealed & delivered
in the presence of CALEB KNAP JONATHAN WATERS
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June the 6th day 1730 Then personally appeared Samll. Mills of Grnwich and acknowledged the above written deed of sale to be his volentary act and deed acknowleged before me JOSHUA KNAPP
Justice of Peace
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A true coppey of the original deed enterred (and compared by NEHEMIAH SMITH and pr me
SAMLL SMITH Jun' Clark
We whose names are under written being commissoners for the Town of Jamaica in Queens County pursuant to an act of Genaral Assembly of the Province of New York do by vertue of said act upon the request of the in- habitants of the sd Town of Jamaica assertain and lay a road or highway of the breath of two Roads through the land of Thomas Whitehead in Jamaica begining at the norwest corner of Abraham Mortemyas feence to runing westwardly over the said Whiteheads land to a certain white oak tree standing near the mill pond with a bulge on the south side near the root and the said road to be on the north side of the said bounderies and from the said white oak tree runing southardly along the said mill pond as near the said pond as to leave a sufficient road as aforesaid and from thence to a certain place where popple paseth over the brook below the mill now in the possession of Samll. Skidmore then west- wardly over the said broock to to the house of said Skid- Page 272
more-performed by us this 31th day of October Anno Dom 1727-
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JONATHAN WHITEHEAD GABRILL LUFF RICHd BETTS-
A true coppey entred by me
SAMLL. SMITH Junr. Clark-
Jamaica July 18th 1732
A publick highwaigh of two rood wide laid out through Benjamin Thustons land and so to the road that leads from Sprinfield to the further east neck begining at a chesnut tree marked on three sids by Freemans path thence eastward to the south side of a pond so along the side of the pond to Luporduses land thence along the south side of sd Luporduses land to his south east corner thence to the southwest corner of said Thustons orcherd
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then as the path now gos to and over the mill dam the sd Thuston having given his consente thereto thence to a large White oak thence to a large chestnut as the stekes now stands to the abovesd road-performed by us the day abovesd
RICH' BETTS SAMLL HIGBIE 1 Commissioners of the Highways
D. WHITEHEAD
A true coppey entred pr me
SAMLL SMITH-Junr. Clark-
Richard Bettses ear mark is a crop & a hole in the near ear-Entre this 8th day of April 1747
pr SAMLL. SMITH-Cle
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It is the opinnion of the major part of the freeholders att this Town Meeting that a road directly up Thustons hill adjoyning to the west side of William Creeds fence is the most convenient road up the said hill towards Flush- ing and it is the desire of the said freeholders that the road may run accordingly provided that the said William Creed do within three months make the said road more passable for waggons then the road formerly laid out there :- This ordered at a Town meting ye 3d day of Aprill 1733-
Entred pr me SAMLL SMITH Jun' Clark
12th May 1733
We underwritten commissioners of highways in the Town of Jamaica in Queens County on Long Island having this day viewed a certain high way which runs from the Town of Jamaica rounding westerly up a certain hill called Thirstons hill towards the Town of Flushing and are of oppinnion the said highway is con- veniant and ought to be altered wherefore we have alterd the same highway in respect of its runing up the said hill and have laid out and for the future do order that the road or highway there shall begin at the south side
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of the said hill called Thirstons hill and runing drectly up the said hill adjoyning William Creeds fence as it now stands and to be fore rods wide so runing in a direct line till it comes unto the former roade that is to say with this provisoe that he who shall keep the land within fence where the old highway runs do keep two good swinging gates one at each ende and no more for people to pase and repass with there team or teams in case they be cause
RICHARD BETTS SAMLL HIGBIE D. WHITEHEAD
A true coppey pr SAMLL. SMITH-Junr-Clerk
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To all Christian people unto whome these presents may come Daniel Bayles of Jamaica in Queens County in Nassaw Island in the Province of New York sendeth greting Know ye that I the said Daniel Bayles for and in consideration of the sum of seven pounds good and lawfull money of New York to me in hand paid by Thomas Hendrickson of Fosters Medow in bounds of Hemstead in the County Island and Province aforesaid before the ensealing and delivering of these presents the recept whereof I do own and acknoledg myselfe to be therewith fully satisfied contented and paid and theirof and their- from and of every part or parcel theirof do for ever exonerate acquit and discharge him ye said Thomas Hendrickson his executors and administrators from any further claim or demand from any part or percel theirof have given granted bargained and sold alienated and confirmed and I do by vertue of these presents more fully clearly and absolutely give grant bargain and sell alienate and confirme unto the said Thomas Hendrick- son his heirs executors or administrators or assigns for ever a certain peice or percel of upland situate lying and being in the bounds of Jamaica aforesaid containing two acres neither more nor less to be laid out att the rear of my land being buted and bounded as followeth
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that is to say east by him the said Hendrickson and west by him the said Bayles and north by the land of Anthony Waters and south by the land of Hendrick Onderdonck together with all and singular previlidges appurtenances and likewise with all woods under woods timber trees as well standing as lying I the abovesaid Daniel Bayles do acknoledge to have sold as aforesaid from my heirs executors and administrators unto the said Thomas Hendrickson his heirs executors or ad- ministrators to have and to hold the same to be and remaine unto the only proper use benefit and behoof of his the said Thomas Hendrickson his his heirs executors or administrators or assigns forever free and clearly discharged of and from all entanglements whatever with a warrent to defend against any person laying just claime unto the same in testamony whereof I have put to my Page 275
hand and seal seal this fifteenth day September the sixth year of Hur Majesties reign in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and seven
Sealed and delivered DANIEL BAYLES 0
WM. CREED
in the presence of ELIAS BAYLES The word beteen ye 25 and 26 THOS. WHITEHEAD line heirs are enterlined in the oregonal
Quens County Febuary 17th 1723-Then came the within named Thomas Whitehead and Elias Bayles witnesses to the within instrement before me Isaac Hicks Judge of this Cort of Common Pleas of Queens County and being duly sworne declareth that that they saw the within Daniel Bayles sign and seal the within deed and declares to be his free volentary act and deed ISAAC HICKS
A true coppey of the oregonal deed and acknoledgment by me SAMLL. SMITH, Junr. Cler-
This Indenture made this twenty fifth day of Aprill and in the forth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord
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George by the grace of God of Grate Brittain &c. King Defender of the Faith &c. and in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and eighteen and beteen Elias Bayles whelewright of Jemaica in Queens County on Nassaw Island and in the province of New York of the one part and Thomas Hendrickson of Hemstead in the same County Island and Province afore said yeon of the other part wittness that the above said Elias Bayles for and in consideration of the sum of six pounds fifteen shillings current money of NewYork to him in hand by the above said Thomas Hendrickson at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof he doth hereby one and doth acknoledge him- selfe to be therewith satisfied contented and paid and thereof and therefrom doe forever exonerate acquitt and Page 276
and discharge the above said Thomas Hendrickson his heirs executors and administrators & and every of them from every part and percel thereof have given granted allienated enfefed ashureed quited claimed sold and made over and do by these presents freely clearly & abso- lutely give grant aline enfeofe assure quit claime sell and make over unto the abovesaid Thomas Hendrickson his heirs and assigns for ever all that certain peice parcel and lot of medow in the bounds of Jamaica afore said being at a neck commonly called the further east neck . containing by estemation one acre and a halfe being the same more or less as it was laid out that is to say the equal halfe part of that lot of medow above exsprest that is being the equal halfe part both in quality and quantity in the above mensoned lot of medow and buted and bounded as followeth that is to say east by a little crick leading into the mouth of the river and west by the widow Demott or the medow that did belong to Jehanus Demot late deceased and north by John Hen- drickson and a stake upon the norwest corner leading easterly to a little crick and south by the bay or rever all which medow as above bounded and exprest with all the previledges appurtenances hereditements emoli-
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