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Sealed and delivered
in the presence of us SAMLL SMITH-Junr. JOS. SMITH
JUDITH PEIRSON 0
Jamaica in Queens County 14th January 1742
Then and there Samuel Smith one of ye wittnesses of this instrument came before me Thomas Hicks Esqe Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Queens County and made oath that he saw the above named John Peirson and Judith Peirson seal and deliver the same to the use therein mentioned there being no razours nor interlinia- tions Let this deed be recorded T. HICKS
A true coppey entred and compared
pr SAMLL SMITH-Cle-
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. This Indenture made the sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hun- dred and thirty six between William : Bloodgood of Flushing in Queens County on Nassaw Island in the Province of New York gent & Sussannah his wife of the one part and David Waters of Jamaica in Queens County abovesaid yeoman on the other part wittnesseth that whereas Richard Oldfeild late of Jamaica abovesaid gent deceased (the father of the said Susannah) died seized & possessed in his demese as of fee of several certain lands meadows tenements & hereditaments in the township
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of Jamaica abovesaid all which he did by his last will and testament dated the twenty seventh day of Aprill Anno Dom one thousand seven hundred & twenty seven now remaining in the Prerogative Office of New York abovesaid devise will and bequeath unto his wife Sarah Oldfield his grandchild Joseph Oldfield Poyer & to his children Jane, Hannah, Mary, Deborah, Susannah, & Kesiah in such parts portions & after such maner as in the said last will and testament of the said Richard Oldfield is at large exprest all which said lands meadows tenements and hereditaments were afterwards to witt in Aprill & May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twenty eight surveyed & divided & discribed in a mapp or scheme thereof by David Hum- phreys now in the hands of Jonathan Waters one of the executors unto the said will & testament & whereas by an agreement of the legatees that were then of full age & by the representatives of those that ware under age the said lands perticularly & severally allotted and sheared in such parts & portions to evry legatee as that they might hold each his or her shear and part in severalty and certainty from each other which agreement is now alsoe lodged in the costoty of ye said Jonathan Waters baring date the 25th day of Febry. Anno Dom 1728 by which said said agreement the lands meadows and Page 356
tenements discribed and known in the said abov men- tioned mapp or scheme by Nº 5 fell to the shear of the said Susannah the wife of the said William Blood- good & one of the daughters unto the said Richard Old- field afore said now the said William Bloodgood & Susanah his wife for and in consideration of ye sum of one hundred and forty pounds lawfull money of the Province of New York afore said to them or one of them in hand paid by the said David Waters at and before the ensealing & delivery of these presents the recept whereof they doe hereby own & acknowledge themselves to be therewith fully satisfied contented and paid and thereof & of & frome every part thereof do acquitt & discharge
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the said David Waters and his heirs exes & adm's forever by these presents have given granted bargained sold aliened released conveyed asureed & confirmed and by these presents doe freely and absolutely give grant bar- gain sell aliene release convey assure & confirme unto the said David Waters and to his heirs & assigns forever two certain peices of upland & one percell of meadow all which are scituate in the hithereast neck (soe called) within the Township of Jamaica abovesaid & all known & Discribed by the said No. 5 in the scheme abovesaid the one containing aboute twenty acres three quarters & eleven rodds called Oldfields Pointe joyning to a highway on the east which runs down to the meadows the other piece of upland called the hithereast neck containing eight acres and a quarter the meadow containing eight acres & three quarters adjoyning unto the said above mentioned percell of upland all which said upland and Page 357
meadow are lying and and contiguous unto lands of ye said David Water abovesd together with all and singular the woods under woods fences grazings pond ditches improvements hereditaments and appurtenances there- unto belonging or in any wise appertaining and all the right intrest claime properties & demands of them the said William Bloodgood & Susannah his wife of in or to the same or any part thereof or of any claime or right whatsoever in the said hithereast neck abovesaid & the reversions and remainders thereof to have & to hold the above mentioned and granted severall pieces of upland and meadow together with their and every of their hereditaments & appurtenances and all the rights of land and meadow belonging unto the said William and Susannah Bloodgood within the said hithereast neck unto the said David Waters and to his heirs and assigns to the only use & behoof of ye said David Waters and to his heirs and assigns forever and the said William Blood- good doth hereby for himself his heirs exes & adm's cove- nant pormise & grant to and with the said David Waters & his heirs & assigns in manner following that is to say
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that he the said William Bloodgood & Susannah his said wife or one of them in their or one of their own right or to their or one of their own use now are and standeth lawfully seized of a good pure & perfect and absolute estate in the law in fee simple of and in the said two percels of upland and one percel of meadow & bargained premises with every of there appurtenances and have or one of hath good and lawfull right and authority to bargain sell and assure the same unto the said David Waters & to his heirs and assigns forever according to the true intent and meaning of these presents & further that the same are now free and clear from all mortgages bargains sales dowries joyntures titles & incumbrances whatsoever and moreover that he the said William Bloodgood & Susannah his his said wife at Page 358
all times during the space of seven years next ensuing the above date to these presence at the reasonable request and at the cost & charge of the said David Waters and his heirs & assigns shall and will make knowledge & suffer and cause to be made doun and knowledged & suffered all and singular act & acts thing & things in the law which by the said David Waters his heirs or assigns or .his or their learned counsel in the law shall be law- fully & reasonablely devised or advised for ye further and better assurance & suremaking of all and singular · the premises unto the said David Waters his heirs and assigns for his and their own use absolutely without any condition whatsoever and further lastly that he the said William Bloodgood & his heirs exes & admrs all & singular the said several peices & percels of upland and meadow and premises together with all and singular their ap- purtenances unto the said David Waters and to his heirs and assigns against him the said William Bloodgood & Susannah his said wife & their either & every of their heirs and against all and every other person or persons lawfully claiming the same or any part thereof shall war- rant and by these presents forever defend In testimony whereof the above parties have hereunto interchangably
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put their hands and seals the day and year above first written it is agreed by and between the above perties before signing and sealing of these presents that if any highway shall lye thorough the said lands or meadow in the above deed expresed that the said William Bloodgood and his heirs shall not be obliged to defend ye same
Sealed and delivered-two words raized in the 13th line the word other interlined in ye first sheet and hun- . in presence of us
dred writt in the margen- WILLIAM BLOODGOOD O SUSANNAH X BLOODGOODO her mark
Jos. HINCHMAN GEORGE LITTLE
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October ye 7th 1736
Queens County S.S. Then came the within named William Bloodgood and Susannah his wife personally before me John Messenger Esqe one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County & acknowleded the within written instrument to be their free and volentary act and deed the said Susannah being by me privately exam- ined acknowledged that it was her vollentary act and deed without any threats or compulsion of her said hus- band-I allow this deed to be recorded
JOHN MESSENGER
A true entred & compared pr SAMLL SMITH-Cle-
This Indenture made the twenty seventh day of Aprill in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and twenty nine between William Waters of Jamaica in Queens County on Nassaw Island in the Province of New York yeoman and Mary his wife of the one part and David Waters of Jamaica aforesaid yeoman on the other part whereas Richard Oldfield late of Ja- maica in Queens County above said gent deceased did by his last will and testament dated the twenty seventh day of Aprill Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & twenty seven devise and bequeath all the rest and remaining part of his real estate estate (when Sarah
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Oldfield his wife had out of the same her devident) unto his grandchild Joseph Oldfield Poyer and to his daugters Jane Hannah Mary Deborah Susannah & Kesiah to be eaqually between them to be devided as by the said will fully and at large may appear and whereas by the executors of the said last will and testament with the concurrance and unanimous desire & consent of the said legatees devision of the lands meadows & real estate of the said Richard Oldfield was devided proportioned & allotted to the respective legatees as may alsoe further appear by a figure or scheme thereof made by David Humphries dated Ann Dom one thousand seven hundred and twenty eight in which said proportion devision or scheme one certain lott or percel of salt meadow con- taining five acres in the hither east neck in the said town- ship did fall to the portion or lott of the said Mary and known by the number 3d, and one other five acre lott of meadow in the said neck unto Hannah above said two legatees as above said which said division or scheme is now lodged in the hands of Jonathan Waters & Joseph Smith exes to the said last will & testament and whereas the said William is now intituted to and has the sole right in and of the said two pieces of meadow now this indenture wittnesseth that the said William Waters for and in consideration of the sum of twenty six pounds New York money to him in hand paid by the said David Page 361
Waters Waters at and before the ensealing & delivery of these presents the receipt whereof he doth hereby own and acknowledge to be contente therewith and thereof doth acquitt and release the said William Waters and his heirs exes & admrs by these presents have granted bar- gained sold aliened conveyed assureed & confirmed & by these presents the said William Waters & Mary his said wife doe freely & absolutely grant bargain sell aliene convey assure & confirme unto the said David Waters and to his heirs & assigns forever the said above two recited percells or lottments of meadow given and proportioned
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as above said to the legatees afore said with every and all and singular their heredittaments thereunto belonging & all ye right and intrest of the said William Waters of or in the same to have and to hold the said two five acres lotts of meadow above granted with their and all & singular their heredittaments and appurtenances unto the said David Waters and to his heirs & assigns to the only use & benefit of the said David Waters & his heirs and assigns forever and the said William Waters doth hereby for himselfe his heirs exes & admrs covenant promise and grant to & with the said David Waters and his heirs and assigns that he the said William Waters and Mary his sd wife or one of them had imediately before the executing of these presents in him or her self good right full and legall power & authority to bargain and convey the premises above said with the appurte- nances unto the said David Waters and his assigns in manner aforesaid and further that he the said William Waters and his heirs executors and adm's adm's the Page 362
said two percels of meadow above mentioned to be bargained with all and singular their and every of their appurtenances unto the said David Waters and to his heirs and assigns against him the said William Waters and Mary his said wife and their and either and every of their heirs and against all other person or persons lawfully claiming the same or any part thereof shall warrant and by these presents forever defend In wittness whereof the above parties to these presents have hereunto interchangably put their hands & seals the day and year above first written
Sealed & delivered WILLIAM WATERS 0 MARY X WATERS 0
in the presence of
TIMOTHY WOOD JOS. SMITH
her mark
Queens County-S.S. Memorandim that on the third day of August Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and thirty one came before me John Tollman Esqe
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one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Queens County aforesaid the within named Joseph Smith one of the evidances to the within deed & being sworne on the holy evangalist saith that he saw the within named William Waters & Mary his wife sign seal & exe- cute the within deed & that they did declare that they did same freely to the uses therein mentioned & being no razours or interliniations I do allow of the same to be recorded
Sworn before me the day and year above said
Jos. SMITH JOHN TOLMAN
Entred this 1st of Febuary 1742/3 pr SAMLL SMITH-Cle-
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This Indenture made the thirteenth day of May in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & thirty two between John Bayles of Jamaica in Queens County in the Province of New York yeoman and Jane his wife of the one part and David Waters of the same place yeoman on the other part wittnesseth that the said John Bayles and Jane his his wife for and in con- sideration of the sum of twelve pounds lawfull money to them or one of them in hand paid by the said David Waters at or before ye ensealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof they doe own and acknowl- edge themselves to be therewith fully satisfied and contented & thereof doe exonerate and discharge the said David Waters & his heirs exes and admrs forever by these presents have given granted bargained sold & conveyed and by these presents doe freely & absolutely give grant bargain sell & convey unto the said David Waters and to his heirs and assigns forever one certain lott peice or percell of salt meadow in the hithereast neck in the township of Jamaica aforesaid bounded southerly on lott Nº 1 belonging to Joseph Oldfield Poyer & partly on lott Nº 3 which was ye part of Mary Oldfield easterly by lott Nº 2 and partly by upland Nº 5 being three acres
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& three quarters as fully may appear & discribed by a draft or scheme thereof made by David Humphryes (now in the hands of Jonathan Waters & Joseph Smith) in Aprill & May Anno one thousand seven hundred & twenty eight of and concerning the lands meadows & heredittaments of Richard Oldfield deceased according to the last will and testament & concurrance of the legatees in the same mentioned together with all the right Page 364
right estate right and title whatsoever which the said John Bayles and Jane his wife have had or ought to have of in or to the same above granted premises and every of their appurtenances and allsoe of in or to any other meadows divisions or subdivisions of meadows in the said hither east neck to be derived from the said Richard Oldfield to the said Jane Oldfield and the reversions & remainders thereof except what is given to Sarah Oldfield to have and to hold the above granted meadows ground and premices together with all and singular their appurte- nances unto the said David Waters & to his heirs and assigns to the only use benefit & behoof of the said David Waters and his heirs and assigns forever and the said John Bayles doth hereby for himself his heirs exes and adm's covenant and promise to and with the said David Waters and his heirs exes & adm's that they the said John Bayles & Jane his wife or one of them now hath good right and full power & authority to alienate & convey the above mentioned and discribed meadow to be scituate as above limmited unto the said David Waters and to his heirs & assigns forever as aforesaid and further that he the said John Bayles and his heirs exes and admrs the said above granted meadow & prem- ices with every of their appurtenances unto the said David Waters and to his heirs and assigns agt all just and lawfull claims and demands whatsoever of any per- son or persons whatsoever shall warrant and by these presents forever defend in testamony whereof the above
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parties have here unto interchanably put their hands & seals the day and year above first written Page 365
Sealed and delivered
-one word razed except what is given to Sarah Oldfield first interlined line 22d & 23d-in presence of ROBERT CROSS Jos. SMITH
JOHN BAYLES 0
JANE X BAYLES 0 her mark
Queens County-S.S. Joseph Smith of full age one of the evidences to the within deed came before me John Tallman Esqe Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County & made oath that he saw John Bayles and Jane Bayles his wife execute the within deed and that he heard them say that he did the same freely & volun- taryly & that he saw Robert Cross sign the same as an evidance there being these words interlined line 22: 23 except what is given to Sarah Oldfield I doe allow of the same to be recorded Jos. SMITH
Sworne before me this 16th May 1732
JOHN TOLLMAN
Entred pr SAMLL SMITH-Cle-
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This Indenture made the sixteenth day of September in the sixth year of the reign of our soveraign lord George the Second by the grace of God King over Grate Brittain &c. Annoqe Dom one thousand seven hundred & thirty two between John Cross of Hopewell in the County of Huntordon in West Jersey gent and Deborah his wife of the one part and David Waters of Jamaica in Queens County in the Province of New York yeoman on the other part wittnesseth that the said John Cross and Deborah his said wife for and in consideration of the sum of thirteen pounds currant lawfull money of New York
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aforesaid to them in hand paid by the said David Waters at and before the executting of these presence the receipt whereof they doe hereby own & acknowledge themselves to be therewith fully satisfied and contented & therefrom and from every part thereof doe exonerate and release the said David Waters and his heirs exes and admits for ever by these presence have given granted bargained sold aliened conveyed assured and confirmed and by these presents doe freely and absolutely give grant bargain sell aliene convey assure and confirme unto the said David Waters and to his heirs and assigns for ever one certain piece or percell of meadow in the hither east neck in the township of Jamaica aforesaid bounded north on the upland west by other meadow of said David Waters which he bough of William Waters south by John Carpenter and east on the meadow of Kesiah Old- field being five acres more or less as may more fully Page 367
appear appear by a discription and drauft thereof made by David Humphries (now in the hands of Jonathan Waters and Joseph Smith) in the month of Apprill & May Anno 1728 of and concerning the lands & meadows of Richard Oldfield deceased which said peice or percell of meadow in the said draft is known by Nº 6 together with all the right estate title claime and demand whatso- ever which the said John Cross and Deborah his wife have or ought to have of in or to the same above granted premises with every of their appurtenances & alsoe all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any manner of wise appertain- ing & the reversions & remainders thereof to have & to hold the above granted peice or percell of meadow and bargained premises with every of their appurtenances unto the said David Waters and to his heirs and assigns forever and the said John Cross doth hereby for himself his heirs exes and adm's covenant and agree to and with the said David Waters and his heirs exes & assigns that they the said John Cross and Deborah his wife or one of them now hath good right and full power and authority
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to alienate and convey the above mentioned and discribed meadow and premises to the said David Waters and his heirs and assigns as above said and further that he the said John Cross and Deborah his wife their heirs exes and adm's the same meadow and bargained premices with every of their appurtenances unto the said David Waters and to his heirs and assigns against all just and lawfull claims and demands whatsoever of any person or persons whatsoever shall shall warrant and by these Page 368
presents forever defend in testamony whereof the above parties to these presents have hereunto interchangably put their hands and seals the day and year above first written JOHN CROSS 0
Sealed & delivered
DEBORAH X CROSS 0
in the presence of JONATHAN WATERS ELIAS BAYLES
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Queens Elias Bayles gent one of the wittnesses
County S.S. to the within deed being deposed on the Holy Evangelist did declare that he saw the within named John Cross and Deborah his wife seal and deliver the within instrument to the grantee (David Waters) for the uses herein mentioned and there being no razours or interliniations therin I say it may be recorded
ELIAS BAYLES
Sworne before me John Talman Esqe one of His Maj- esties Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 23d day of May Anno Dom 1734 JOHN TALMAN
Entred & compared pr SAMLL SMITH-Cle-
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This Indenture made the fourteenth day of Febuary being the fourteenth year of His Majesties reign and in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred
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and forty beteen Timothy Roads of Jamaica in Queens County in the Province of New York yeoman and Je- mimah his wife of the one part and Hope Roads of the same place yeoman of the other part wittnesseth that the said Timothy Roads and Jemimah his wife for and in consideration of the sum of five hundred pounds good and lawfull money of the Province of New York afore said to them or to one of them paid or secured to be paid by the said Hope Roades at and before the ensealing and delivery of these presents the recept whereof they do hereby own and acknowledge themselves to be therewith fully satisfied contented and paid and thereof and there- from & of & from every part and percel thereof do acquit and discharge the said Hope Roodes and his heirs execu- tors and administrators forever by these presents have given granted bargained sold aliened enffeoffed conveyed asured and confirmed and they the said Timothy Roodes and Jemima his said wife doth by these presents fully freely clearly and absolutely give grant bargain sell enfeofe convey asure & confirme unto the said Hope Roodes and to his heirs and assigns forever all that cer- tain messuage dwelling house barne orchard tenement and tract of land situate in Jamaica abovesaid containing ninty acres more or less and is bounded as followeth (to wit) bounded southerly by the main road easterly partly by Isaac Roodes and partly by Isaac Vanhook northerly by Derick Brinckerhoff which runs somthing in Flushing bounds and westerly partly by land of Benjamin Crom- well late of Jamaica deceased then southerly by Samuel Smith then again westerly by the said Samuel Smith then southerly by John Messanger then westerly and northerly by said Messanger and by a lane again down to the main Page 370
road road aforesaid and also one certain piece of upland and salt meadow with some fresh meadow & boggs all lying together situate on the hither east neck in Jamaica aforesaid containing in the whole fifteen acres be the same more or less being bounded westerly partly by Long Neck creek and partly by meadow of Waid Smith deceased
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southerly by the creek aforesaid easterly by Hope Roodses meadow and Jonah Roodeses upland and northerly by the grate swamp all which said lands meadow and prem- ises John Roads father of the sd Timothy Roads and Hope Roads parties to these presents died siezed of together with all and singular the houses edifices barns buildings orchards fences pastures woods under woods timber trees swamps ponds ditches ways improvements profits priveledges commodities advantagees heredita- ments and appurtenances whatsoever unto the bargained premises belonging or in any maner of ways appertaining and all the right estate title intrest property claim and demand whatsoever of them the said Timothy Roodes and Jamima his said wife or either of them or of either of their heirs of in or to the same or any part percel or member thereof and the reversions and remainders thereof to have and to hold the herein above granted and bargained lands meadows mesuage & premises with their either and every of their appurtenances unto the said Hope Roodes and to his heirs and assigns to the only use benefit and behoof of the said Hope Roodes and his Page 371
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