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ye abovsd Ffredrik Van Lewa his heirs execs and admis doth further covenant promis & agree to and with ye said John Gale his heirs & asignes shall & may and hath full power and lawfull authority for to sell & dispose of ye same in maner & form as aforesd and also will warrant and for ever defend ye same against any person or persons laying any just claim to ye same and lastly that ye said Fredrik Van Lewa or his heirs shall deliver any other or firmer deed or conveyance for ye primises as ye said John Gale his heirs or asignes shall be advised & procure to be drawne by his councel learned in ye law for ye space of seven years nex ensuing-In testamony whereof ye abovsd Fredrik Van Lewa hath to these presents set his hand and afixed his seale ye day & year first above 0 written- FREDRIK X VAN LEW Sealed & delivered his mark
in presents of
NEHEMIAH SMITH
ZACH MILLS
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To all Christian people to whome these presents shall com Nehemiah Smith of Jamaica in Queens County in ye Iland of Nasaw sendeth greeting Know yea that I the abovsd Nehemiah Smith with Elizabeth my wife for severall good reasons & causes us and either of us thereunto moving but more especially for a valluable sum or satisfaction to us in hand paid & done by Jonathan Watters of ye same Town Iland and County ye receipt whereof we doe hereby acknowlidg and doe owne to be therewith contented satisfyed & paid & for ever here- after doe exonirat acquit & discharg ye abovsd Jonathan Waters his heirs execs admis & asignes of & from any further claim or demand for any part or parcel thereof have given granted covenanted aliened released quit claimed enfeofed made over & sould & by these presents
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doe acknowledge to have from us our heirs execs admis & asignes given granted alinated released quitt claimed enfeofed bargined made over and sold unto ye abovsd Jonathan Waters all & singuler my righte title interest claim and demand in & unto my west devition of upland lying lying westward of ye Towne or otherwise going by ye name & title of ye west devition I say that I ye abovsd Nehemiah Smith have sold as abovsd unto ye aforesd Jonathan Waters his heirs &c. all ye above west devition as it was laid out to me the abovsd Nehemiah Smith with all timbers trees woods under woods standing or lying being upon ye same to have and to hold for ever & ye same to be & remain to ye onely proper use benifitt & behoof of him ye abovsd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes for ever & ye same shall & will for ever warrant & by these presents for ever defend against any former sales gifts morgages or any other intanglements what- ever with a warante to defend ye same against any in- terest property righte claim or demand from me ye abovsd Nehemiah & Elizabeth my wife our heirs execs admis and asignes for ever In testamony whereof we set to our hands & seales this nineth day of June in ye fivth year of their Majs reignes and in ye yeare of our Lord Christ 1694 NEHEMIAH SMITH 0
Signed sealed & delivered
ELIZABETH X SMITH 0 her mark
in presents of
SAMUEL SMITH
THOMAS SMITH
SAMUEL SCIDMORE
Jamaica October ye 21-1694
Then appeared before Daniel Whitehead one of their Majs. Justices of ye Peace for Queens County ye above named Nehemiah Smith and did acknowlidg ye abovesaid deed to be his free act & deed DANHI WHITEHEAD
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Page 107 This Indenture made this eleventh day of May in the tenth yeare of the reigne of our Sovereigne Lord William the Third by ye grace of God King of England Scotland Ffrance & Ireland Defender of ye Faith &c. and in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand six hundred ninety & eight bettweene David Lewis of Jamaica in Queens County weaver and Elizabeth his wife of ye one part & Jonathan Waters of ye same place weaver of ye other part witnesseth that David Lewis & Elizabeth his wife for & in consideration of a certain sum of good & lawfull mony of New York to them in hand paid by ye sd Jona- than Waters at & before the ensealing & delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof they doe hereby ack- nowlidge & themselves & each & every of them to be therewith fully satisfyed contented & paid & thereof & of every part & parcel thereof they doe for ever acquit & discharg ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs execs & admis by these presents have given granted bargined & sold enfeofed released & confirmed and doe by these presents freely clearly & absolutly give grant bargain & sell
enfeof release & confirm unto the sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes for ever all that a certain dwelling house orchard home lot & lot of land adjoyning situat lying & being in ye Towne of Jamaica aforesd lat in tenor and ocupation of one Alexander Smith late of Jamaica aforesd deceased containing fiveteen acrees by ye same more or less & bounded by ye high way westward ye land of Zachariah Mills northward & east & south by ye land of one Samuel Denton and all that ye full moity or eaqual half part of one five acree lot of medow as it was laid out upon ye further east neck within ye bounds of Jamaica aforesd bounded by ye meadow of Samuel Denton east & west by ye medows of Richard Oldfield with the priveledgs belonging to ye same with one de- vition of land upon ye hills together with all & singuler mesuages teniments out houses barnes stables orchards gardins pasturs arable lands medows fences timber trees woods under woods rights privelidgs heriditaments
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& apurtinances to ye same belonging or any ways ap- pertaing and all ye estate righte title interest posesion claime property & demand of them ye sd David Lewis & Elizabeth his wife or either of them in & to ye primises & in & to every part & parcel thereof to have and to hold ye sd dwelling house orchard home lot lot of land adjoyning half lot of medow ground & devition of land upon ye hills and all other ye above granted primises to him ye said Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes forever and ye sd David Lewis and Elizabeth his wife for them- Page 108
selves their heyrs execs and admins. doe hereby covenant & agree to & with ye sd Jonathan Waters that he ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes shall & may now & at all times for ever hereafter have hold ocupy posess & enjoy ye above recited house & orchard lands medows with ye apurtinances as his & their free estat of in- heritance in fee simple ffree & clearly & freely & clearly acquited exonirated discharged of & from all former & other gifts grants bargains sales morgages dowrys en- tailes judgments executions revertions & revertions re- mainder & remainders or other title or incumbrance what- soever had made or comited at any time or times before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents as also to war- rant & defend ye same against all persons lawfully claim- ing ye same by from or under them the said David Lewis & Elizabeth his wife their heirs execs & admis or either · and likewise to seale & deliver any other or firmer deed or conveyence for ye primises as ye sd Jonathan Waters shall be advised & procure to be drawn by his and their councel learned in ye law In testamony whereof ye partys to these presents have hereunto set to their hands & affixed their seales the day & yeare first above written DAVID X LEWIS 0
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Memorandom that on ye day & yeare within men- tioned appeared before Daniel Whitehead Esqr. one of His Majs. Justices for ye keeping of ye peace within Queens County asigned the within named David Lewis & Elizabeth his wife & acknowlidged ye within written convayence to be their ffree & volantary act & deed- Test. DANIEL WHITEHEAD
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To all Christian people unto home these presents may come or any ways conserne Samuel Bayleys of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasaw Eyland sendeth greeting Kno yea that I ye sd Samuel Bayleys with ye consent of Hana my wife for difers good reasons us ther- unto moving but more especially for a valuable sum of currant mony of New York to us in hand payed before the Page 109
insealing and delivery of these presents by Jonathan Waters of ye abovsd Towne Eyland and County aforesd ye receipt whereof we doe one and acknowlidg ourselves to be therewith contented and payed and thereof & there- from dow exonirat aquit and discharge ye sd Jonathan Waters his ayers execs admis of and from any claime or demand for any part or parcel from me my ayers execs admis unto ye aforesd Jonathan Waters his heirs execs admis & asignes a sertain pece of upland lying & being in ye bouns of Jamaica aforesd containing seven acres be it more or less as tware laid out with an adition agoyoning to ye same bounded as followeth north by hyway east by William Ludlyes south by ye said Jona- than Waters west by by a lot formerly belonging to Joseph Smith now in the possession of ye abovsaid Waters together with all fencings timber trees woods under woods standing lying being or belonging to ye same with all rights & priveledg thereunto belonging I ye said Samuel Bayleys doe one and acknowlid for to have sold as above exprest from me my heirs execs admis unto ye said Jona- than Waters his heirs execs admis & asignes with all &
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every of there appurtinances to have and to hold ye same unto ye onely proper use benifit & behoof of him ye said Jonathan Waters his heirs execs admis and asignes for ever fre & clearly discharged of & from all givfts grants morgages or any other intanglement whatever with a warrantee for to defend ye same against any person or persons laying any just claime thereunto in confirmation · of ye same we bind our selves our heirs execs admis by seting to our hands and seales this the sevententh day of November in ye eleventh yeare of ye rain of William the Third and in ye yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred ninety & nine SAMLL BAYLEYS 0
Signed sealed & delivered
in presents of
JONATHAN WHITHEAD
BENJAMIN THUSTON
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This Indenture made the twenty sixth day of November in ye twelveth yeare of ye reigne of our Sovereigne William ye Third by ye grace of God of England Scotland Ffrance & Ireland King Defender of ye Faith &c in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred between Joseph Smith Juner of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasaw Island yeon & Mary his wife of ye one part & Jonathan Waters of ye same place wever on ye other part witnesseth that he ye said Joseph Smith & Mary his wife for & in consideration of a valuable sum of good lawfull mony of New York to them in hand paid by ye sd Jonathan Waters at & before ye ensealing & delivery of these ye receipt whereof they doe hereby acknowlidg & themselves & each of them to be therewith fully satis- fyed contented & paid & thereof & of every part & parcel thereof for ever aquit & discharge ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs exes & admis by these presents have given granted bargained & sold enfeofed released & confirmed
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& doe by these presents freely clearly & absolutly give grant bargain & sell enfeof releas confirm to ye sd Jona- than Waters his heirs & asignes for ever all that a cer- tain tract peice or parcell of upland saytuate lying & being within ye bounds of Jamaica aforesd containing by estimation twenty acrees as it was laid out be it more or less being buted & bounded on ye north by a highway to Freemans path on ye east by a lot of land formerly in ye tenour of Jno. Everit deceased now in ye tenour sd Jonathan Waters on ye south by ye land of sd Waters & Capt. Whitehead & westward by the land of Thomas Smith together with all & singuler the timber trees woods fencings pastures arable lands rightes prevelidges heriditaments & appurtinances thereunto belonging or in any ways appertaining & all ye estate righte title interest property posesion claime & demand of them ye sd Joseph Smith & Mary his wife & either of them to ye primises & every part & parcel thereof to have & to hold ye said tract of land & all & other ye above granted premises to him the sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes to ye onely proper use benifit & behoof of him ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes for ever and ye sd Joseph Smith & Mary his wife for their selves their heirs execs & admis doe covenant & agree to & with ye sd Jonathan Waters that he ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes shall & may now & at all times forever hereafter peacably & quietly ocupy posess & injoy ye before recited tract of land with ye appurtinances as his & their free estat of inheritance in fee simple freely & clearly Page 111
aquited & discharged of & from all other & former gifts grants bargins sales morgages dowrys entailes judgments executions revertion & revertions remainder & remainders or any other titles or incumbrances what- soever had made or comited at any time or times before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents as also to warrant and defend ye same against all persons lawfully claiming ye same by from or under them ye sd Joseph Smith & Mary his wife or either of them their heirs execs
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& admis and likewise to seale & deliver any other or firmer deed or conveyence for ye primises as ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs or asignes shall be advised & procure to be drawne by his or their councel learned in ye law-In testamony whereof ve partys to these presents have set their hands & afixed their seales ye day & yeare first above writen JOSEPH SMITH Juner 0 Signed sealed & delivered MARY X SMITH in presents of her mark 0 JOHN HUBERD SAMUEL SMITH
Memorandom that on ye thirteen day of Desember in ye yeare above written appeared before me Joseph Smith Esqr. one of His Majs. Justices for ye keeping of ye peace within Queens County appeared ye above named Joseph Smith & Mary his wife and acknowlidged ye above writen conveyence to be their free & volintary act & deed- Test-JOSEPH SMITH
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This Indenture made the second day of June in ye sixth yeare of ye reigne of our Sovereigne Lady Anne by ye grace Queene of England Scotland Ffrance & Ire- land Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare of our blessed Lord & Saviour Jeses Christ one thousand seven hundred & seven between Thomas Everet of Jamaica in Queens County carpenter of ye one part and Jonathan Waters of ye same place weaver of ye other part wit- nesseth that ye sd Thomas Everitt for & in considera- Page 112
tion of a certain sum of good & lawfull mony of New- York to him in hand paid by ye sd Jonathan Waters at & before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowlidg & him- self to be therewith fully satisfyed contented & paid & thereof & of every part & parcel thereof he doth hereby for ever aquit & discharg ye sd Jonathan Waters
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his heirs execs & admis hath granted bargained & sould aliened released & confirmed and by these presents du fully freely & absolutly grant bargain & sell alien release & confirm unto ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes for ever all that a certain lot of upland situat lying & being over ye bogs within ye bounds of Jamaica aforesd bounded north by ye highway east by ye land of one William Ludlam south & west by ye land of ye sd Jona- than Waters containing seven acres & one half be ye same more or less as it is surveyed & laid out by ye town surveyers together with all & singuler ye rights priveledges heriditaments & appurtinances to ye same belonging or any wise appertaining and all ye estat right title interest property posesion claim & demand of him ye sd Thomas Everitt in & to ye same & in & to every part & parcel thereof to have and to hold ye sd lot of land with ye appurtinanes to him ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes to ye onely proper use benifit & behoof of him ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes for ever and ye sd Thomas Everitt for himself his heirs execs. admins. & every of them doth hereby covenant promise & grant to & with ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes shall & may now and at all times for ever hereafter have hold ocupy poses & injoy ye before granted lot of land with ye appurtinances as his & their free & indevesable estate of inheritance in fee simple free & clear & freely & clearly exonirated aquited & discharged of & from all former & other gifts grants bargain sales morgages dowrys rents taxes judgments executions ex- tents revertion & revertions remainder or remainders or other title or incumbrances whatsoever had made comited or sufered to be done at any time or times before ve en- sealing & delivery of these presents as also ye sd granted primises with ye appurtinances to ye sd Jonathan Waters against all & every other person or persons lawfully claim- ing ye same shall & will warrant & for ever defend by these presents and further that ye sd Thomas Everit
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his heirs execs. & admins. and every of them on ye rea- sonable request and at ye proper cost & charges in ye law of ye sd. Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes shall & will from time to time and at any time within ye term of seven years next ensuing ye date hereof do caus sufer execute & sufer to be done & executed all & singuler such act & acts thing & things device & devices in ye law for ye better ashuring and shure making of ye primises. unto ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes as by his & their councel learned in ye law shall reasonably be advised directed & made in testamony whereof ye partys to these presents have hereunto set their hands and afixed their seales ye day & year first above written- Sealed & delivered THOMAS EVERET O
in presents of MARTHA X MILLS
her mark ZACH MILLS
Memorandom that on ye first day of September anoqd 1708 came befor Joseph Smith Esqr. one of Her Majs. Justices for ye keeping within Queens County asigned ye within named Thomas Everitt and acknowlidged ye within written conveyence to be his free & volintary act & deed- Test. JOSEPH SMITH
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This Indenture made the seventeenth day of March in ye fourteenth yeare of ye reigne of our Sovereigne Lord William the Third by ye grace of England Scotland France & Ireland King Defender of ye Faith &c. & in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & one & two between Daniel Whitehead of Jamaica in Queens County on Nasaw Iland gentleman of ye one part and Jonathan Waters of ye same place weaver of ye other part witnesseth that ye sd Daniel Whitehead for
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& in consideration of a certain valluable sum of lawfull mony of New York to him in hand paid by ye sd Jonathan Waters at & before ye ensealing and delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowlidg & himself therewith to be fully satisfyed contented & paid Page 114
& thereof and of every part & parcel doth for ever aquit · & discharg ye sd Waters his heirs execs & admis hath given granted bargained & sold enfeofed released & confirmed and doth by these presents clearly freely & absolutly give grant bargain & sell enfeof release & confirm to ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes for ever all that a certain tract pece or parcel of upland situat lying & being within ye bounds of Jamaica aforsd containing by estimation sixty acrees be ye same more or less as it was laid out being buted & bounded as follows viz on ye north by an hollow or lots of Capt. Samuel Carpenter Willm Ludlam & sd Waters on ye west by land of sd White- head comman called Millers Neck on ye south by ye path that goes from ye Litle Plaines to ye mill on ye east by Freemans path other lots of land of ye above men- tioned Carpenter together with all & singuler ye timber trees wood under wood lying being or standing thereon rights prevelidges & heriditaments & apurtinances there- unto belonging or any ways appertaining and all ye estate righte title interest posesion claime & demand of him ye sd Whithead to ye primises & every part & parcel thereof to have and to hold the sd tract of land & all ye other above granted primises to him ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes to ye onely proper use benifit & behoof of him the sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes for ever and ye sd Daniel Whitehead for himself his heirs execs & admis doth covenant & agree to & with ye sd Jonathan Waters that he ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes shall and may now & at all times for ever hereafter peacably and quietly ocupy posess & injoy ye before recited tract of land with ye apurtinances as his and their free estate of inheritance in fee simple freely & clearly aquited & discharged of & from all
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other & former gifts grants bargains sailes morgages dowrys entailes judgments executions revertion & re- vertions remainder & remainders or other titles or in- cumbrances whatsoever had made or comited at any time or times before ye ensealing and delivery of these presents as also to warrant & defend ye same agt all persons lawfully claiming ye same by from or under ye hime ye sd Whitehead his heirs execs or admis and like- wise to seale & deliver any other or firmer deed or con- veyence for ye primises as ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs or asignes shall be advised & procure to be drawne by Page 115
his or their councel learned in ye law in testamony whereof ye partys to these presents have set to their hands & seales ye day & yeare first above written
Signed sealed & delivered DANLL. WHITHEAD 0 in presents of JNO. HUBBERD
GRACE X LUF her mark
Memorandum on ye seventh day of September in ye yeer of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & two ye above specified Daniel Whitehead Esqr. appeared before me Joseph Smith one of Her Majs Justices for keeping the peace within Queens County & acknowledged ye above writen con veyence to be his free and volentary act & deed Test JOSEPH SMITH
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This Indenture made this fiveteenth day of February in ye ninth yeare of ye reigne of our Sovereigne Lady Ann by ye grace of God of Great Brittain France & Ire- land Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven & ten & betweene William Moss of Newtow in Queens County in ye Prov-
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ince of New York cordwainer of ye part Jonathan Waters of Jamaica in ye Province aforesd yeo" of ye other part witnesseth that ye abovsd William Moss for & in con- sideration of ye sum of ten pounds currant mony of New- York to him in hand paid befor ye ensealing & delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth hereby own and doth acknowlidg himself to be therewith satisfyed content & paid & thereof & therefrom doth for exonirat aquit & discharge ye abovsd Jonathan Waters his heirs execs & admis & every of them from every part & parcel thereof have given granted aliened released enfeofed confirmed ashured quited claimed sold & made over unto ye abovsd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes for ever all that pece parcel or lot of upland in ye bounds of Jamaica aforesd containing two acres bounded south by Page 116
ye fence as it now standeth that is between ye sd Jona- than Waters home lot and ye home lot that was formerly in ye ocupation of Zachariah Mills now belonging to ye sd William Moss and so run northerly eaqual bradth front & reare into ye William Mosss lot with a strait line until it shall comprehend ye full & just measur of two acrees as aforesd which sd two acres is bounded south as aforesd easterly by ye land of Thomas Gaile northerly by ye William Moss west upon ye comans or highway all which sd land as abov bounded & exprest together with all & singuler priveledges apurtinances heridita- ments to ye same belonging or any maner of ways aper- taining of him ye sd William Moss his heirs to him ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes to have and to hold for ever and ye same to be & remain to ye onely propr use benifit & behoof of him ye said Jonathan Waters his heirs and asignes shall & may at all times for ever hereafter have hold ocupy poses & injoy ye abovsd land & primises as his or their owne land of inheritance in fee simple freely & clearly discharged of & from all former gifts grants sales morgages dowrys entailes judgments executions or extents or any other title or incumbrance whatever had made or comited at any time before ye .
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ensealing and delivery of these presents and ye abovsd William Moss doth further promis covenant & agree for himself & his heirs that he had at ye time of ye ensealing & delivery of these presents full power and lawfull authority for to sell & despose of ye same in manner & form as aforesd and also will warrant and for ever defend ye same by these presents against any person or persons laying any just claime to ye same and also will seale & deliver any other or firmer deed or convayenc for ye primises as ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs or asignes shall be advised and procure to be drawne by his or ther councel learned in ye law for ye space of seven years next ensuing ye date hereof in testamony whereof ye abovsd William Moss hath hereunto set his hand & afixed his seale ye day & yeare first above written
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