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to the uses hereafter specified viz. to ye onely use benifit & behof of him ye said Joseph Carpenter ye son whatever and ye said John Carpenter ye father shall & will for ever by this deed of gift warrant & defend the same against his heirs execs & admis or any other person or persons lawfully claiming any or all of the above granted primises In testamony whereof the sd John Carpenter the father
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hath set to his hand and afixed his seale this first day of February and in ye eighth year of Her Majs. and in year of our Lord Christ 1709/10 Signed sealed & delivered JOHN X CARPENTER 0
in presents of
his mark
NEHEMIAH X SMITH his mark NEHEMIAH SMITH
A true coppy entred this 9th day of February 1709 pr ZACH MILLS-Cler-
Memorandom that on ye 7th day of February Annoqd 1709/10 ve within mentioned John Carpenter appeared befor Sam". Bayleys Esqr. one of Her Majs. Justices for ye keeping of ye peace for Queens County asigned and did acknowlidg ye within deed to be his volingtary act & deed- Test. SAMLL. BAYLEYS
Entred pr ZACH MILLS-Cler-
To all Christian people to whome these presents shall come John Carpenter of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasaw Iland yeon sendeth greeting Know ye that I ye said John Carpenter for sundry good causes & con- siderations me thereunto moving but more especially my singuler love & afection to my loving son Increase Carpenter yeor have given granted aliened enfeofed released & confirmed & by these presents doe clearly fully & absolutly give grant alienat enfeofe release & confirmed to him ye said Increase my son his heirs & asigns for ever all that a certain tract pece or parcel of upland situat lying & being within ye bounds of Ja- maica aforesaid lying on ye north of ye Litle Plaines the one third part of third part of that clear land which was mine before I gave my son Joseph a deed be ye same more or less buted and bounded as followeth viz. east
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Page 74 by John Carpenter ye father & south by ye plaines & west by William Carpenter & north by ye hight way and also I give ye one third part of that wood-land that was mine before I gave Joseph a deed buted & bounded as followeth viz south by ye hight way and east by John Carpenter ye father & north by Flushing line and west by Samuel Smith all which pice or parcell of upland as in ye primises above mentioned with all timber tree wood under wood lying being or standing thereon fences im- provements thereon made or to be made and all ye right titell priveledges heriditments apurtinances thereon be- longing or any ways appertaining and all ye righte title property posesion claim or demand of him the sd John Carpenter ye father in & to ye primmises & into every part and parcel thereof to have and hold to him ye sd Increas Carpenter his heirs & asignes for ever to ye only proper use benifit & behoof of him ye said Increase Carpenter ye son his heirs & asignes for ever free from all combrances whatsoever & sd John Carpenter shall & will for ever by this deed of gift warrant & defend the same against his heirs execs & admis or any other person or persons lawfully claiming any or all of ye above granted primises in testamony whereof ye sd John Car- penter ye father hath set to his hand and afixed his seale this seventh day of February and in ye eighth year of Her Majs. reigne and in ye year of our Lord 1709/10
Signed sealed and delivered JOHN X CARPENTER 0 in presents of his mark ZACH MILLS NEHEMIAH SMITH
Memorandom on ye 7th day of February Annoqd 1709/10 ye within mentioned John Carpenter appeared before Samll. Bayleys Esqr. one of Her Majs. Justices for ye keeping of peace for Queens County asigned and did acknowlidg ye ye within deed to be his owne volingtary act & deed Test. SAMLL. BAYLEYS
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A true coppy entred & examined this 16th day of February Annoqd 1709
pr ZACH MILLS-Cler-
" Ye mark of Jon Smith at ye Litle Plaines is a halfpeny on ye under side of ye near ear & a slit in ye uper side of ye same ear
Entred pr ZACH MILLS-Cler-
. February ye 1st 1709-
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This Indenture made this seventh day of June and in .ye sixth year of Her Majs. reigne Annoqd 1707 and betweene Richard Rodes of Persyent in Phadelphia County and Pensylvenia Colony yeon of ye one part and Samuel Carpenter of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasaw Iland in ye Province of NewYork yeor of ye other part witnesseth that ye abovesd Richard Rodes for & in consideration of ye sum of twenty pounds corrant mony of New York to him in hand paid by ye abovesd Samuel Carpenter at & before ye ensealing and delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth hereby owne and acknowlidgeth himself to be therewith satisfyed content & paid & thereof & therefrom doe for ever ex- onirat aquit & discharg ye abovesd Samuel Carpenter his heirs execs & adms and every of them from every part & parcel thereof have given granted enfeofed aliened released confirmed ashured quited claimd sold and made over unto ye abovsd Samuel Carpenter his heirs & asignes for ever all that pece parcel or lot of upland situat lying and being in ye bounds of Jamaica abovesd containing by estimation ten acrees be ye same more or less and bounded as followeth that is to say east by ye land of John Smith & Jonathan Deane & north by ye land of Jonathan Dean and west by ye highway or contry rode and south by ye land of John Smith and ye highway all which land as above bounded & exprest together with all and singuler ye trees timber trees woods under woods standing or lying or belonging to ye
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same with all ye fencis improvements priveledges & apurtinancis to ye same belonging or any maner of ways apertaining to ye same of him ye abovsd Richard Rodes his heirs execs or admis to him ye abovsd Samuel Car- penter his heirs and asignes to have and hold for ever and ye same to be and remain to ye only proper use benifit & behoof of him ye Samuel Carpenter execs & admins. for ever and ye same to be and remain only as his own land of inheritance in fee simple and will warrant and for ever defend ye same against himself his heirs execs admis & asignes or any other person or persons claiming ye same by from or under him them or either of them and also will seale & deliver any other or firmer deed or conveience for ye primises as ye said Samuel Carpenter shall be advised or procure to be drawne by his councel learned in ye law for ye space of seven years next after ye date hereof in testamony whereof ye partys above mentioned hath set to their hands and afixed their seals ye day & year first above written RICHARD RODES O
Sealed & delivered
in presents of SAMLL. MILLS ZACH. MILLS
Upon ye 7th day of June in ye yeare of our Lord 1707 came before me Jonathan Whitehead one of Her Majs. Justices for ye keeping of peace within Queens County ye above named Richard Rodes and acknowl- idged ye above riten enstrument to be his free & voling- tary act & deed- Tes. JONATHAN WHITEHEAD
A true coppy of ye orignall deed of sale entred and compared February ye 20th 1709
pr ZACH MILLS-Cler-
Page 76 This Indenture made this eleventh day of May and in ye fiveth yeare of ye reigne of our sovereigne Lady
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Ann by ye grace of God of England Scotland Ffrance & Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & six & between Thomas Everitt of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasaw Iland in ye Province of New York of ye one part and Samuel Carpenter of ye same place of ye other part witnesseth that ye abovsd Thomas Everitt for & in consideration of ye sum of fourty pounds corrant mony of New York to him in hand paid by ye abovsd Samuel Carpenter at or before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth hereby owne and doth hereby acknowlidg himself to be therewith satisfyed content & paid and thereof & therefrom doth for ever exonirat aquit & discharg ye above said Samuel Carpenter his heirs execs admis all & every of them from every part & parcell thereof have given granted enfeofed released confirmed ashured quited claimed sold and made over and doe by these presents freely clearly and abso- lutely give grant enfeofe release confirm ashure quit claim sell & mak over unto ye abovsd Samuel Carpenter his heirs & asignes for ever all that his pece parcel or tract of upland in ye bounds of Jamaica aforesd in a devition commanly called ye midle devition that is to say ye full and just quantaty of twenty acres of land that is to say begining on ye east end of two lots now in ye tenour & ocopation of ye abovsd Thomas Everit and soe to run westward ye full breadgh of ye sd lots untill it comprehendeth ye full quantaty of twenty acrees as aforesd ye two lots of land being bounded as followeth that is to say east by Freemans path & west by a highway and north by ye land of Hezakiah Denton and south by ye land of Nathaniel Higbe all which land as above bounded and exprest together with all & singuler ye priveledges appurtinances heriditaments and emoli- ments to ye same belonging or any maner of ways ap- pertaining with all ye trees timber trees woods under woods whether standing or lying being or any maner of ways appertaining to ye same with all ye estat righte title property claime & demand of him ye sd Thomas
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Everitt his heirs execs & admins to him ye sd Samuel Carpenter his heirs and asignes to have and to hold for ever and ye same to be & remain to ye onely proper use benifit & behoof of him his heirs & asignes for ever and ye said Thomas Everit doth further for himself his heirs execs admins. to & with ye sd Samuel Carpenter his heirs & asignes that he had at ye time of ye ensealing & delivery of these presents full power and lawfull authority for to sell & dispose of ye same in maner and form as aforsd freely & clearly discharged of & from all former gifts seals morgages dowrys intails judgments executions extents or any other title or incumbrance whatever had made or comited at any time or times before ye ensealing or delivery of these presents with a warrantee for to defend ye same agt. any person or per- sons laying any just claim to ye same and also to seale & deliver any other or firmer deed or conveience for ye primises as ye sd Samuel Carpenter his heirs & asignes shall be advised or procure to be drawne by his or their councel learned in ye law for ye space of seven years next after ye date hereof in witness whereof ye abovsd Thomas Everit hath set to his hand & afixed his seale ye day & yeare first abovsd- Signed sealed & delivered
THOMAS EVERIT 0 in presents of
NATHANIEL HIGBE
ZACH MILLS
JOHN EVERITT .
A true coppy entred & com- pared this 23d of February 1709 pr ZACH MILLS-Cler
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February ye 21st 1709
Then laid out to Jonathan Dean four acrees & half of land by estimation for what is wanting in his midle devition bounded east by Thomas Burrows his land & west by Newtown rode & north by ye land of Samuel Higbe Nathan Smith and Wait Smith Juner-
Laid out pr SAMUEL SMITH WAIT SMITH
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A true coppy entred February ye 24th 1709 pr ZACH MILLS Cler-
This Indenture made this twenty first day of February and in ye eighth yeare of ye reigne of our sovereign Lady Ann by ye grace of God of Great Brittain France & Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and nine and between Jonathan Dean of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasaw Iland in ye Province of New- York yeon of ye one part and Thomas Burows of ye same place yeon of ye other part witnesseth that ye abovsd Jonathan Deane for & in consideration of ye sum of six pounds corrant mony of New York to him in hand paid by ye abovsd Thomas Burrows at & before ye ensealing and delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth hereby owne and doth acknowlidg himself to be there- with satisfyed content & paid and thereof & therefrom doe for ever exonirat aquit & discharg ye abovsd Thomas Burrows his heirs execs & admis & every of them from every part & parcel thereof have given granted aliened ashured confirmed quited claimed sold and made over and doe by these presents freely clearly & absolutely give grant alien enfeofe ashure confirm quit claim sell & make over unto ye abovsd Thomas Burows his heirs & asignes for ever all that pece parcel or lot of upland in ye bounds of Jamaica aforesd containing by estema- tion four acres & half be ye same more or less and bounded as followeth that is to say east by ye land of ye abovsd Thomas Burows and west by Newtown rode and north by ye land of Samuel Higbe Nathan Smith & Wait Smith Juner all which sd land as above bounded & exprest together with all priveledges appurtinances heridita- ments and emoliments to ye same belonging or any maner of ways appertaining with all ye trees timber trees woods under woods standing lying or belonging to ye same of him ye said Jonathan Deane to him ye said Thomas Burrows his heirs & asignes to have and to hold for ever and ye same to be & remain to ye onely proper use
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benifitt & behoof of him ye said Thomas Burrows his heirs and asignes for ever and that ye sd Thomas Bur- rows his heirs & assignes shall & may at at all times for ever hereafter have hold ocopy poses & injoy ye above recited land and primises as his or their owne land of inheritance in fee simple and ye abovsd Jonathan Deane doth further covenant promise & agree for him self his heirs that he had at ye time of ye ensealing and delivery of these presents full power and lawfull authority for to sell & dispose of ye same in maner & form as aforesd freely & clearly discharged of & from all former gifts grants sales morgages dowrys entailes execu- Page 78
tions or extents or any other intanglements whatever and also will warrant & for ever defend ye same agt any person or persons laying any just claime to ye same and also will seale & deliver any other or firmer deed or conveience for ye primises as ye said Thomas Burrows his heirs & asignes shall be advised and procure to be drawn by his or their councel learned in ye law for ye space of seven years next ensuing ye date hereof in testamony whereof ye partys first above mentioned hath set to their hands and afixed their seales ye day & yeare first above written JONATHAN DEANE O
Sealed & deliverd in presents of ROBT. READ ZACH MILLS
Memorandom on ye day & yeare above written ye above mentioned Jonathan Dean appeared before Robert Read Esqr. one of Her Majs Justices for ye keeping of ye peace for Queens County asigned and did acknowlidg ye above deed to be his owne volingtary act & deed
Test. ROBT. READ-Justice
A true copy of ye orignall deed entred & compared February ye 24-1709
pr ZACH MILLS-Cler-
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February ye 23d 1709-
Then laid out to Obadiah Wilkins ten acrees and half of land for & lew of what land is wanting in ye lots laid out to Nathaniel Denton John Monfore & William Jones in their midle devition and purchased from ye sd partys by ye said Obadiah Wilkins which sd land is bounded ye souteast corner being a black oak tree thence runing northerly to a wall-nut sapling standing near a hedg fence thence easterly to a black oak sapling thence' southerly to a white oak sapling thence westerly to ye place of begining being bound east by coman land & north by Flushing bounds & west by Newtown bounds witness our hands ye day & year first above written- SAMUEL SMITH WAIT SMITH
A true coppy entred pr ZACH MILLS-Cler-
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This Indenture made this eleventh day of August and in ye third yeare of ye reigne of our sovereigne Lady Anne by ye grace of God Queen of England Scotland France & Ireland Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & four and betweene John Carpenter of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasaw Iland and in ye Province of New York gent. of ye one party and Nehemiah Smith of ye same place yeo" of ye other party witnesseth that ye abovesd John Carpenter for severall causes and good considerations him thereunto moving but more especially for ye sum of sixty pounds corrant mony of New York to him in hand paid at or before ye ensealing or delivery of these presents by ye abovsaid Nehemiah Smith ye receipt whereof he doth hereby owne and acknowlidgeth himself therewith satisfyed content & paid & thereof & therefrom doe for ever exonirat aquit & discharge ye abovsd Nehemiah Smith his heirs execs & admis. all & every of them from any part & parcel thereof have given granted infeoft releast ashured
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quited claimed sold & made over and doe by these pres- ents fre clearly and absolutly grant give infeof releas ashure quit claim sell & mak over unto ye abovesd Ne- hemiah Smith his heirs & asignes for ever a certain pece or parsill of upland lying and being in ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd being nineteene acres of land as it was laid out be it more or less buted and bounded as fol- loweth that is to say east by ye land of John Woolsy and west partly by ye land of Samuel Mills & partly by ye commans and north by ye line between Flushing & Ja- maica and south by ye high way all which land as above bounded & exprest together with all & singuler ye righte title property interest privelidges appurtinances heridita- ments emoliments to ye same belonging or any maner of ways appertaining with all ye trees timber trees woods under woods wher standing or lying being or any ways apertaining to ye said Nehemiah Smith his heirs or asignes to have and to hold for ever and ye abovsd John Car- penter for himself his heirs execs admis doth covenant & agree to & with ye abovsd Nehemiah his heirs execs admis that they may both now & at all times for ever hereafter have hold ocopy posess & injoy ye recited land & primises as his or their owne proper right of inheritance in fee simple and that ye abovsd John Carpenter his heirs or asignes at ye time of ye confirmation of these presents full power & lawfull authority for to sell ye above men- tioned land and ye above granted primises & that ye abovsd party at ye time of ye insealing of these presents was lawfully seized of ye above mentioned land & prim- ises fre & clearly discharged of & from all former gifts grants dowrys intailes judgment execution revertion remainder or remainders or any other title of incumbrance whatever had made or comited at any time or times before ye ensealing and delivery of these presents with a warrantee to defend ye same from any person or per- sons whatever laying any just claim to ye same and to seale & deliver any other or firmer deed or conveience for ye primises as ye abovsd Nehemiah shall be advisd or procure to be drawne by his councel learned in ye law .
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for ye space of seven years next insuing ve date hereof in teste and confirmation of ye primises ye abovsd John Carpenter hath bound his heirs execs adms by seting to his hand & afixing his seale ye day and date above men- tioned JOHN X CARPENTER 0
Signed sealed & delivered in presents of WAIT SMITH ZACH MILLS
his mark
August ye 12th 1704 Then appeared before me ye within named John Carpenter & did acknowlidg this above written d to be his own volingtary act & d Teste JOSEPH SMITH, Justice
A true coppy of ye orignal deed entred & examined this 4th of Aprill Annoqd 17010
pr ZACH MILLS Cler-
: Whereas by ,a ffre gift made by me Edward Higbe to my sone Samuel Higbe together with my son Nathaniel Higbe bearing date the seventh day of May 1688 wherein he was invested with five & twenty acres of upland ye wh he has fully & freelly & absolutly relinquesd to his elder brother Nathaniel Higbe all that his righte in & unto ye aforesd twenty five acrees abovesd now know yea therefor that I ye abovesd Edward Higbe doe fully freelly and absolutely give grant alien enfeofe releas quit claime sett over & confirm unto my son Samuel Higbee aforesd his heirs or asignes a sertain pece or parcel of upland lying & being in ye bounds of Jamaica being in ye midle devition and being a seventeen acree & halfe righte being my right according as it was drawne and layd out as also a ten acre righte being that very ten acree righte that I had of & from Timothy Mills together with all & singuler of their & every of their privelidges & appurtinances timber trees standing or
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lying being upon ye same and the same shall & will for- ever warrant & defend against all former gifts sales or . other conveiences whatever with a warrantee to defend ye same against any claime interest or proporty from me the said Edward Higbe my heirs execs & admis and asignes for ever In confirmation whereof I have here- unto set to my hand and seale this eleventh day of March in ye yeare of our Lord God 1693/4 Signed sealed & delivered EDWARD HIGBE 0
in presents of JOHN STUART
SAMLL. RUSCOE
LYDIA X HIGBE 0 her mark
A true coppy entred & examd
pr ZACH MILLS Cler-
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This Indenture made this thirteenth day of January and in the fiveth yeare of ye reigne of our sovereigne Lady Ann by ye grace of God over England Scotland Ffrance & Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & six or seven and between Theadorus Pole- heamus of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasaw Iland in ye Province of New York of ye one part and Samuel Higbe of ye abovesd Town County Ile & Province of ye other part witnesseth that ye abovsd Theadorus Poleheamus for & in consideration of ye sum of fiveteene pounds corrant mony of New York to him in hand paid by ye abovesd Samuel Higbe at & before ye ensealing and delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth hereby owne and doth acknowlidg himself to be there- with satisfyed content & paid and thereof & therefrom doe for ever exonirat aquit & discharge ye abovsd Samuel Higbe his heirs execs & admins all & every of them from every part & parcel thereof have given granted enfeofd releast confirmed ashured quited claimed sold & made over and doe by these presents freely clearly & absolutely give grant enfeof release confirm ashure quit claim sell
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& make over unto ye abovsd Samuell Higbe his heirs · execs admis & assignes for ever all that his pece parcell or lot of land in ye bounds of Jamaica aforesd being in a devition called ye midle devition containing by estema- tion thirteen acrees & half be ye same more or less bounded as followeth that is to say east by Freemans path & west with ye land of Jonathan Whitehead & south by ye land of Samuel Higbe above named and north by Samuel Carpenters land all which land as above bounded & ex- prest together with all & singuler ye privelidges apurtin- ances heriditaments & emoliments to ye same belonging or any maner of ways appertaining with all ye trees tim- ber trees woods under woods whether standing or lying being or any maner of ways appertaining to ye same to him ye said Samuell Higbee to have and to hold to him his heirs and asignes for ever and ye same to be and remain to ye onely proper use benifit & behoof of him ye said Samuel Higbe & that ye said Samuel Higbe shall & may both him & his heirs execs or asignes at all times for ever hereafter have hold ocupy posess & injoy ye above recited land & granted premises as his or their owne land of inheritance in fee simple freely and clearly discharged of & from all former gifts sales morgages dowrys entails judgments extents executions or any other intanglements whatever with a warrantee to defend ye same against any person or persons whatever laying any just claime to the same and also to seale and deliver any Page 82
other or firmer deed or conveience for ye primises as ye sd Samuel Higbe his heirs or asignes shall be advised and procure to be drawn by his or their councel learned in ye law for ye space of seven years next after ye date hereof in testamony whereof ye abovesd Theadorus Poleheamus hath set to his hand and afixed his seale ye day and yeare above written THEADORUS POLEHEAMUSO Sealed & delivered
in presents of
NATHAN SMITH
ZACH MILLS
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Memorandam on ye day & yeare within mentioned appeared ye within named Theadorus Poleheamus be- fore me Joseph Smith Esqr. one of her Majs. Justices for ye keeping of ye peace for Queens County and did acknowlidg ye within instrument to be his owne volling- tary act & deed- Test JOSEPH SMITH
A true coppy of ye orignell deed entred & compared September 6th 1710
To all Christian people to whome these presents shall come William Creed of Jamaica in Queens County in ye Island of Nasaw sendeth greeting Know yea that I ye abovesd William Creede for severall good reasons & cases me thereunto moving but more especially for a valluable satisfaction to me in hand paid by Samuel Higbe of ye abovesd Towne Iland & County ye receipt whereof I doe hereby owne & before ye ensealing and delivery of these presents doe owne myself to be there- with contented satisfyed & paid have given granted covenanted allinated releast enfeoft quitt claimed made over & sould from me my heirs execs admis and asignes unto ye abovsd Samuel Higbie his heirs execs admis and asignes a sertain pece of upland lying & being within ye bounds of Jamaica abovesd containing ten acrees more or less it being ten acrees of land that I ye said William Creed bought of Mary Davis late of Jamaica and is bounded as followeth viz. bounded east by Free- mans path north by ye personage & south by Doras Poleheamus and runing parallel with ye other lots in that range lying for ten acrees as abovsd all which said pece of land as it is above bounded & exprest with all timber trees woods under woods standing or lying being upon or belonging to ye same together with all ye priv- elidgs profits and benifits with their & every of their Page 83
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