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time moving hath given granted bargained sold aliened enfeoffed assured conveyed & confirmed and by these presents doth give grant bargain sell alien enfeofe assure convey & confirme unto the said Joost Duerje and to his heirs & assigns forever all that one certain messuage tennement dwelling house barn orchard & tract of land situate at or near old town neck so called in the township of Jamaica aforesaid containing fifty two acres two quarters and ten square rodds exactly bounded easterly by the road leading from Jamaica Town aforesaid down to the said Skidmors mills southerly by lands late of Daniel Whitehead deceased deceased westerly by meadow Page 438
land late also of the said Daniel Whitehead and north- erly by a road or highway which parts betwixt ye land hereby now conveyed & above discribed and the per- sonage lands (excepting & always reserving out of the above bargained lands a road through the same for carting of hay from the meadows lying on the old town neck aforesaid) also one tract or lot of land being partly cleared & partly wood land lying about a quarter of a mile to the northward of the premises above mentioned containing twenty four acres and eleven square rodds which is bounded northerly and southerly by lands late of the before named Daniel Whitehead easterly by the road herein before first mentioned & westerly also by land late of the said Whitehead also a piece or percel of salt meadow land lying near the mill aforesaid containing twenty acres more or less which is bounded westerly by meadow lately belonging to John Dorland northerly by the road which goes on to old town neck aforesaid & easterly & southerly by the creek which parts betwixt old town neck & Long neck also one certain small lot of salt meadow land situate on Long Neck aforesaid near the said mills containing four acres one-quarter and twenty eight square rodds being bounded southeasterly by Samuel & Daniel Dentons meadow and on all the other sids by the mill creeck and also two certain grist water mills (consisting of three stones only) with the houses two
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boulting mills and boulting house ajoyning with all and singular the implements & utensils to the said mills belonging & therewith all commonly used which said mills & houseing are situate on the Old Town neck grate hammock so called in Jamaica aforesaid together Page 439
with all all and singular houses out houses edifices barns buldings orchards gardens fences feedings grass grazings pastures ponds ditches creeks rivars streams runs of water mill ponds mill streams mill dams utensils improve- ments ways easements conveniences advantages heredita- ments priviledges & appurtenances to the said herein above mentioned described premises & every of them belonging or in any wise appertaining and the reversions & remainders thereof & all the right estate title intrest property possession claim & demand whatsoever of him the said Samuel Skidmore & Mary his said wife or of either of them or either of their heirs or assigns of in or to the same or any part or percel thereof to have & to hold all and singular the herein above granted several tracts of land meadow land dwelling houses mills mill houses and all and singular other the bargained premises with each either & every of their appurtenances unto the said Joost Duerje and to his heirs and assigns to the only use benefit and behoof of the said Joost Duerje his heirs and assigns forever more and the said Samuel Skidmore doth by these presents for himself and his heirs executors & administrators & every of them covenant promise grant and agree to and with the said Joost Duerje and his heirs & assigns in manner & forme fol- lowing (that is to say) that he the said Samuel Skid- more and Mary his said wife or one of them immediately before the executing of these presents had in themselves good right full power and lawfull and absolute authority to bargain sell convey & assure all and singular the herein above mentioned bargained premises with each either & every of their appurtenances unto the said Joost Duerje and to his heirs and assingns in manner and forme aforesaid and that the same premises with
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the appurtenances are now free and clear from all and singular former and other gifts grants sales leases mort- gaueges judgments executions wills intails joyntures Page 440
dowers dowers intanglements troubles & incombrances whatsoever and lastly that he the said Samuel Skidmore and his heirs executors & administrators the said herein above granted several tracts lots & percels of land meadow land dwelling houses mills mill houses and all and singular other the bargained premises with each either & every of their appurtenances unto the said Joost Duerje & to his heirs & assigns against all lawfull claims and demands of all & every person & persons whatsoever lawfully claiming the same or any part or percel thereof shall and will warrent and by these presents forever de- fend In witness whereof the said perties to these presents have hereunto interchangably set their hands and seals the day and year above herein first. written
Sealed & delivered SAMLL SKIDMORE 0
(the word premises and word MARY SKIDMORE
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mill being first interlined)
in the presence of us SAMLL CLOWES Junr BENJ. HINCHMAN
Sept ye 22/1748
Benj. Hinchman one of the subscribed witnesses to the within instrument of writting came before me John Willett one of the Judges of the Inferier Court of Com- mon Pleas held for Queens County and made oath on Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that he did see Samll Skidmore and Mary Skidmore the grantors within named seal and deliver the within instrument of writing as each of their voluntary acts and deeds for the uses within mentioned I haveing examined the same do find in it no erasements nor interliniations do allow the same to be recorded
Sworne before me the day above written
JOHN WILLEETT, Jr.
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Septebr 28th 1748
A true copoppey of the origenal entred and compared SAMLL SMITH Junr Cle-
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This Indenture made the fifth day of February in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and forty seven between Peter Smith of Jamaica in Queens County on the Island Nassaw within ye Colony of New York cordwainer and Charity his wife of ye one part and William Lawrence of the same place black smith of the other part witnesseth that the said Peter Smith (by and with the voluntary & free consent of Charity his said wife testified by her signing & sealing as a party hereto) for & in consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds of good & lawfull money of New York to him in hand paid or secured to be paid by the said William Lawrence at or before the ensealing & delivery of these presents the recept whereof the said Peter Smith doth hereby own & acknowledge therewith fully satisfyed contented and paid and thereof & of every part and percel thereof doth by these presents exonerate acquit releas & fully discharge the said William Lawrence his heirs executors & administrators and every of them hath given granted bargained sold aliened enffeofed as- sured conveyed and confirmed and by these presents doth give grant bargain sell allien enfeof assure convey and confirm unto the said William Lawrence all that cer- tain messuage dwelling house tenement barne orchard and tract of land there where the said Peter Smith now liveth situate at the north end of the Bever pond in Jamaica aforesaid being bounded as follows to wit east- erly & northerly by the common buring yard then further northerly again by land lately belonging to the reverend Mr. Robert Cross then again easterly by ve personage land then southerly westerly & northerly by highways or common land all bounded till it comes to ye norwesterly corner of the buring yard above men- tioned containing within the said bounds six acres more
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or less together with all and singular housses edifices barns buldings wells gardings orchards fences pastures commons commodities conveniences improvements priv- iledges hereditements & appurtenances whatsoever to the said bargained premises belonging or in any wise ap- pertaining and all the right estate title interest possession claim & demand whatsoever of them the said Peter Smith & Charity his wife or of either of them or of either of theirs heirs of in or to the same or any part thereof and the reversion & remainders thereof thereof to have Page 442
and to hold ye above granted messuage land & all & singular other ye bargained premises with the appurte- nances unto the said William Lawrence and to his heirs and assigns to the only use and behoof of the said William Lawrence his heirs and assigns forever and the said Peter Smith doth hereby for himself & his heirs executors & administrators covenant promise grant and agree to and with the said William Lawrence and his heirs and assigns & every of them by these presents in manner & forme following (that is to say) that he the said Peter Smith and Charity 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 or be and standeth lawfully seized of a good and perfect and absolute estate in the law in fee simple of and in the said messuage land & bargained premises with every of their appurtenances and have or one of them hath good and lawfull right and authority to bar- gain sell convey & assure the same unto the said William Lawrence his heirs & assigns forever according to the true meaning of these presents and that the said above bargained premices with the appurtenances now are & forever hereafter shall be and continue clear and free from all and singular former & other bargained sals grants estates mortgages bonds dowers & other charges & incombrances whatsoever had made done or growing or to be had made done or growing by or from the said Peter Smith or by any other person or persons under his title or by his means or procurement & of & from the
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joynture & title of dower of Charity his said wife and lastly the said Peter Smith and his heirs executors and administrators the above granted mesuage lands & prem- ices with every of their appurtenances unto the said William Lawrence and to his heirs and assigns against him the said Peter Smith and Charity his said wife and their either & every of their heirs and against all other person & persons lawfully claiming the same or any part or percel thereof shall and will warrant and by these presents forever defend In witness whereof the above parties to these presents have interchangably bly put Page 443
their hands & seals the day and year herein above first written PETER SMITH 0
Sealed and delivered
(the words [of the other part]
in the third line being first interlined) in the presence of us by the said Peter Smith JAMES CEBRA
CHARITY SMITH 0
BENJ. HINCHMAN
and by the said Charity in the presence of us also BENJA. HINCHMAN JAMES CEBRA
Queens
} Jamaica 24 Mayth 1749
County Then and there came before me Thos. Hicks Esq' first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said county assigned Benjamin Hinchman one of the witnesses to this deed who upon oath says that he saw the within named Peter Smith and Charity his wife (according to the best of his remembrance) seal and deliver the within written instrument as their act and deed to the uses therein mentioned there being no razours or interliniations other than these already taken notice of I allow the same to be recorded T. HICKS
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13th July 1749
A true coppy of the original deed and acknowledge- ment entred and compared pr me
SAMLL SMITH Junr Cle --
This Indenture made this thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and forty nine between Jacob Ogden of Jamaica in Queens County in the Province of New York chirrurgeon of the one part and William Lawrence of the same place blacksmith of the other part witnesseth that the said Jacob Ogden Page 444
Ogden for and in consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawfull money of New York aforesaid to him in hand paid by the said William Lawrence at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents whereof he acknowledges the recept and himself therewith satisfyed & paid and therefrom discharges the said William Law- rence and his heirs executors and administrators forever by these presents and for other good causes him moving he the said Jacob Ogdon hath granted bargained sold & confirmed and by these presents doth grant bargain sell and confirm unto the said William Lawrence and to his heirs and assigns for ever one certain one acre right of and in the commonage and undivided land in the Town- ship of Jamaica aforesaid together with the hereditaments thereof to have and to hold the above granted one acre right of commonage and premises with their appurte- nances unto the said William Lawrence his heirs and assigns to the sole & only proper use benefit and behoof of him the said William Lawrence and his heirs & assigns forever In testamony whereof the said Jacob Ogden hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal the day and year herein above first written JACOB OGDEN 0 Sealed and delivered in the presence of us
Two words to wit William Lawrence in line ye twentieth being first interlined
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and two words to wit Jacob Ogden being also first razed in the same line JOHN BAYLES
BENJA HINCHMAN
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:24 May 1749
(Came before me Thomas Hicks Esq' first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Queens County assigned ¡Benja Hinchman one of the witnesses within named & being duly sworn sayeth that he saw the within named Jacob Ogden seal and deliver the within written instru- ment as his voluntary act and deed and there being no prazours or interliniations other than those taken notice of let it be recorded T. HICKS
Attrue coppey of the origenal deed and acknowledge- ment entred this 13. July 1749 pr
SAMLL SMITH Junr-Cle-
This Indenture made the seventeenth day of April iin the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & forty nine between Aladah Smith widdow & relict of Charles Smith late of Jamaica in Queens County on the Island Wassaw within the Province of New York cord- wainder deceased and Peter Smith son of said Charles Smith executors of the last will & testament of the said Charles Smith of the one part; and Jacob Ogden of Jamaica in Queens County aforesaid surgeon of the other part whereas the above named Charles Smith (amongst other lands was actually seized and possessed of & in one certain tract of land, situate on the west side of the Beaver Pond in Jamaica aforesaid being bounded partly by the lane called the New Lane easterly: partly by the school house & partly by the common road leading down to the south meadows; partly by the above named named Peter Smith & partly by land now in the tenure & occupation of the said Aladagh Smith
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southerly; partly by the land late of Richard Oldfield deceased & partly by Daniel Duerje westerly and by the land of the widdow Steed northerly; containing in quantity seven acres (be the same more or less being commonly called & known by the name of Steeds lot, of which premises above described the said Charles Smith dyed siezed And whereas the said Charles Smith in his lifetime, to wit, on the first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty nine did make and duly execute his last will and testament in the presence of 3 sufficient evidences whereby the said Charles Smith did particularly order & will that his Page 446
executors above above named at their discretion should sell the said tract or lot of land & premises herein above particularly described for the discharging of a certain debt due from him unto Queens County Loan Office as by referance to the said last will and testament of the said Charles Smith had, may more fully and amply appear This Indenture therefore witnesseth the above named Aladagh Smith & Peter Smith by vertue of the power & authority in them now being by vertue or means of the said last will and testament of the said Charles Smith for & in consideration of the sum of sixty three pounds good & lawfull mony of New York aforesaid to them or one of them in hand paid or well and suffi- ciently secured to be paid by the said Jacob Ogden at or before the ensealing & delivering these presents (for the paying & discharging the debt aforesaid, the receipt whereof the said Aladagh & Peter do hereby acknowledge & therefrom by these presents do forever exonerate & discharge the said Jacob Ogden his executors & ad- ministrators and for other causes them thereunto moving they the said Aladagh Smith & Peter Smith have given granted bargained sold enfeofed & confirmed and by these presents do give grant bargain sell enfoef & confirm unto the said Jacob Ogden and to his heirs and assigns the above herein mentioned & described tract or lot of land
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& premises with every of their appurtinances to have and to hold the same unto the said Jacob Ogden and his heirs & assigns to the only proper use benefit & behoof of him the said Jacob Ogden and to his heirs & assigns forever and the said Aladagh Smith & Peter Smith for themselves & every of them & every of their heirs ex", & adm's do hereby covenant promise & agree to & with the said Jacob Ogden & his heirs & assigns & every of them in manner & form following to wit) that the lands hereby granted & intended to be granted to be granted, at the time of executing these presences are free & clear from all former or other grants leases mortgages jud- ments or other incumbrances had made done or suffered by the said Charles Smith in his life-time or by any other person by his means or procurement or by the said Aladagh Smith & Peter Smith or either of them since the death of the said Charles Smith and further that they the said Aladagh Smith & Peter Smith and every of them & every of their heirs ext & adm" the said hereby granted & intended to be granted lands & premises with every of their appurtinances unto him the said Jacob Ogden and his his heirs & assigns and every of them against all persons lawfully claiming the same by from or under the said Charles Smith Smith or his heirs or
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assigns or by from or under the said Aladah Smith or Peter Smith or either of them or any or either of their assigns shall & will warrant & by these presents forever defend In witness whereof the parties to these presents have hereunto interchanably put their hands & seals the day and year first above written- Sealed & delivered ALYDA SMITH 0
in the presence of
PETER SMITH 0
CORNELUS SMITH TOMAS POYER
17 April 1749
Rec'd of the within named Jacob Ogden the sum of
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sixty three pounds being the consideration money within mentioned as witness our hands Witness ALYDA SMITH PETER SMITH CORNELUS SMITH
THOMAS POYER
24th May 1749
Persoanally appeared before me Thomas Hicks Esq! first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Queens County assigned Cornelus Smith one of the witnesses to the within deed & being deposed on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God sayeth that he see the above named Alyda Smith & Peter Smith the grantors of this deed seal & deliver the same as their voluntary act and deed to the uses therein mentioned I having perused the same find only the words westerly & late interlined, & one word razed I allow the same to be recorded
T. HICKS
A true coppey of the origenal deed & acknowledgemt entred this 17th May 1751 pr
SAMLL SMITH Junr Cle --
This Indenture made the eighteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & forty eight between William Creed of Jamaica in Queens County in the Province of New York gent of the one part and Jacob Ogden of the same place phisitian of the other part witnesseth that the said William Creed for and in consideration of the sum of thirty six pounds lawfull money of New York to him in hand paid by the said Jacob Ogden at and before the ensealing and delivery hereof the receipt whereof the said William Creed doth hereby own & acknowledge and himselfe therewith fully satisfyed & paid & thereof and of every part & percel thereof doth hereby forever exonerate exonerate Page 448
acquit & discharge the said Jacob Ogden and his heirs executors & administrators & for other lawfull considera-
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tions him the said William Creed now moving hath given granted bargained sold aliened enfeoffed conveyed as- sured & confirmed and by these presents doth give grant bargain sell aliene enfeoff convey assure & con- firme unto the said Jacob Ogden and to his heirs and assigns all that one certain small tract of wood land situate on the hills in Jamaica aforesaid begining at a stake marked standing in the south west corner of Amos Smiths wood lot of land there and runs from thence south eleven degrees east to a post standing in the corner of the fence, and thence east seven degrees north forty eight roods to a stake, thence north eighteen degres west four- teen roods & a half to a stake and thence forty six roods & a quarter to the first station being bounded southerly by Samuel Dean Junr. westerly by the devisees of Daniel Waters deceased and northerly and easterly by Amos Smith above named containing the full quantity of four acres and twenty four square roods with a sufficient road through the other land of the said William Creed to pass & repass to and from the said tract of land hereby granted together with all & singular the timber trees woods under woods fences pasture ways easments improvements hereditaments & apurtenances to the said bargained premises belonging or appertaining & the remainder & reversions therof and all the right estate intrest claim & demand whatsoever of him the said William Creed or his heirs of in or to the same or any part or percel thereof to have and to hold the said tract of land with the liberty of a sufficient road thereunto as aforesaid and all & singular other the bargained premisses with their & every of their appurtenances unto him the Jacob Ogden and to his heirs & assigns to the only proper use benefit & behoof of him the said Jacob Ogden & his heirs & assigns forever and the said William Creed doth hereby for himself his heirs ex's admrs and assigns & every of them covenant promise grant and agree to and with the said Jacob Ogden & his heirs & assigns & every of them in manner & forme following (that is to say) that the said William Creed imediately before the executing of these
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presents had in himself good right full power & absolute authority to grant & convey the above mentioned tract of land and other the bargained premises unto the said Page 449
Jacob Ogden and and his heirs & assigns in manner & forme aforesaid and and further that the same lands and premisses are free & clear from all troubles intanglements & incumbrances whatsoever & lastly that he the said William Creed and his heirs exrs & admrs the said lands & bargained premisses with every of their appurte- nances unto the said Jacob Ogden & to his heirs & assigns against all lawfull claims & demands of all and every person & persons shall and will warrant and by these presents forever defend In witness whereof the said parties to these presents indentures have hereunto inter- changably put their hands & seals the day & year first herein above written WILLM CREED 0
Sealed and delivered in the presence of OBADIAH HINCHMAN BENJa HINCHMAN
18th February 1748
Then recd. of Mr. Jacob Ogden within named thirty six pounds being the consideration money within men- tioned-Witness my hand the date above said Witness WILLM CREED
OBADIAH HINCHMAN BENJa HINCHMAN
24 May 1749
Then appeared before me Thomas Hicks Esq' first Judge of the Court of Comon Pleas for Queens County assigned Benjamin Hinchman one of the subscribing witnesses to the within deed and being duly sworne sayeth that according to the best of his remembrance he saw the within named named William Creed seal and deliver the , within written instrument as his own voluntary act &
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deed to the uses therein mentioned There being no razours or interliniations let it be recorded T. HICKS
A true coppey entred pr me
SAMLL SMITH Junr. Cle-
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Town of At a general Town-meeting held at the Jamaica County Hall in Jamaica 11th December 1753
Samll Smith
Present &c. Hendrick Eldert James Denton
Justices
By the majority of the freeholders of the said Town then and there mett together it was voted and concluded upon (in order to prevent a speedy prosecution by the Kings attorney for the deficiency of £52: s6: occasioned by the insolvency of the late constable and collector of Jamaica James Lewis deceased;) by all the freehold and inhabitance ther present that the above sum of £52: s6 shall be payd and that the assessor chosen by the Town and sworn shall assess the same according to the list in wch the deficiency is found, & yt those men that have not · payd their part of that rate shall pay the same and there part of the deficiencey making in the whole the sum of £52: s6. with ye collectors fees for collecting the same-
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