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Sealed & delivered WILLIAM Moss O
in presents of JAMES BONCE ZACH MILLS
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Jamaica in Queens County
Memorandom that on ye thirtyeth day of March seventeen hundred & eleven ye within named William Moss came personally before me Samuel Bayleys Esqr. one of Her Majs. Justices of ye Peace for Queens County asigned and acknowlidged that he executed this instru- ment freely & volingtarily to ye uses in ye same mentioned SAMUEL BAYLEYS
A true coppy entred & compared
pr ZACH MILLS Cler-
This Indenture made this seventeenth day of March in ye fourteenth yeare of ye reigne of our Sovereigne Lord William ye Third by ye grace of God of England Scotland Ffrance & Ireland King Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare of our Lord one thousand seven
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hundred & one two between Samuel Bayleys of Jamaica in Queens County yeon of ye one part and Jonathan Waters of ye same place wever of ye other part witnesseth that ye sd Samuel Bayleys for & in consideration of a certain valuable sum of good & lawfull mony to him sd Bayleys in hand paid by sd Waters at & before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents the receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowlidg and himself to be therewith fully satisfyed contented & paid & thereof & of every part & parcel thereof doth for ever aquit & discharg sd Jona- than Waters his heirs execs & admis hath given granted bargained & sold enfeofed released & confirmed and doth by these presents freely clearly & absolutly give grant bargain & sel enfeofe 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 aforesd containg by estima- tion seven acres be ye same more or less being buted & bounded as follows viz on ye north by ye high way that goes to Freemans path on ve west by a lot of land now in ye tenour of sd Jonathan Waters & on ye south by a lot of land now also in ye tenour of sd Jonathan Waters & on ye east by a lot of land in ye tenour of William Ludlam together with all & singuler ye timber trees wood under wood lying being or standing thereon fenc- ings pastures aurable lands rights privelidges heridita- ments and appurtinances thereunto belonging or in any Page 118
ways appertaining and all ye estate righte title interest posesion claim & demand of him ye sd Samuel Bayley to ye primises and every. part & parcel thereof to have and to hold ye sd tract of land & all & other ye above granted primises to him ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes for ever and ye sd Samuel Bayley for himself his heirs execs & admis doth hereby covenant & agree to & with ye sd Jonathan Waters that he ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes shall & may now and at all times for ever hereafter peacable & quietly ocupy posess . & injoy ye before recited tract of land with ye appur-
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tinances as his or their free estate of inheritance in fee simple freely & clearly acquited and discharged of & from all other gifts grants bargans sales morgages dowers entailes judgments executions revertion & revertions remainder & remainders or other titles or incumbrances whatever had made or comited at any time or times before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents as also to warrant & defend ye same against all person lawfully claiming or to claim ye same by from or under him the sd Samuel Bayley his heirs execs or admis or claiming or to claim ye above granted primises or any part or par- cel thereof any maner of ways at any time or times what- soever hereafter for ever what person or persons soever that dos lawfully claim or shall at any time lawfully claime ye same and likewise to seale & deliver any other or firmer deed or conveyenc 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 further ye sd Bayly doth covenant and agree to & with ye sd Jonathan Waters that for ye neglect of ye above mentioned & covenanted articles and non-per- formance of ye same ye sd Bayly shall pay or cause to be paid to sd Jonathan Waters his heirs or asignes ye full sum of fifety pounds currant mony of this Province of New York to be received in any court as any other debt due by bill whatsoever from him sd Sam11 Bayley his heirs or execs or admis in testamony whereof ye partys have hereunto set their hands & fixed their seales ye day & year first above written SAMUEL BAYLEYS 0
Signed sealed & delivered
in presents of
JNO. HUBERD
BENJAMIN THUSTONE
A true coppy entred pr ZACH MILLS Cler
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This Indenture made this twentyeth day of Desember in ye ninth yeare of ye reigne of our sovereigne Lady Ann by ye grace of God over Great Britain France and
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Ireland Queene Defender of ye Faith &c. and in ye yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & ten and betweene Samuel Denton of Jamaica in Queens County in ye Province of New York black- smith of ye one part and Jonathan Waters of ye same place yeon of ye other part witnesseth that ye sd Samuel Denton for & in consideration of ye sum of thirteen pounds corrant mony of New York to him in hand paid by ye abovsd Jonathan Waters at & before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents ye receipt whereof he doth hereby owne & doth acknowlidg himself to be therewith satisfyed content & paid and thereof & therefrom doe for ever exonirat aquit & discharg ye abovsd Jonathan Waters his heirs execs & admis & every of them from every part and parcel thereof have given granted aliened enfeofed confirmed ashured quited claimed sold & made over and doe by these presents freely clearly & absolutely give grant alien enfeof confirm ashure quit claim sell & mak over unto ye abovsd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes for ever all that peice parcel or lot of upland & swamp in ye bounds of Jamaica aforesd bounded as followeth east by a lane or fence as it now standeth west by a brook north by comman land & south by ye land Nathaniel Denton all which sd land as above bounded and exprest be ye same more or less with all ye trees timber trees wood under woods with all ye fencings im- provements priveledges appurtinances heriditaments and emoliments to same belonging or any maner of ways aper- taining of him ye sd Samuel Denton his heirs to him ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes to have and to hold for ever and that ye sd Jonathan Waters his heirs & asignes shall & may at all times for ever hereafter have hold ocupy posess & injoy ye above recited land and primises as his or their owne land of inheritance in fee simple freely and clearly discharged of & from all former gifts grants sales morgages dowrys entails judg- ments executions or extents or or any other title or in- cumbrance whatever had made or comited at any time or times befor ye ensealing & delivery of these presents and
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ye abovsd Samuel Denton for himself & his heirs doth hereby covenant promise & agree to & with ye said Page 120
Jonathan Waters his heirs and 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 & form as aforesd and also will warrant and for ever defend ye same against any person or per- sons laying any just claime to ye same and also will seale & deliver any other or firmer deed or conveyence for ye primises as ye Jonathan Waters his heirs or asignes shall be advised and procure to be drawne as his or their councel learned in ye law for ye space of seven years next ensuing in testamony whereof ye abovsd Samuel Denton hath set to his hand & afixed his seale ye day & yeare first above written SAMUEL DENTON 0 Sealed & delivered
in presents of JOHN BOWNE ZACH MILLS
Memorandom on ye 21st day of March Annod 1710/11 appeared ye above mentioned Samuel Denton before Samuel Bayleys Esqr. one of Her Majs. Justices for ye keepinge of ye peace for Queens County asigned and did acknowlidg ye above deed to be his volingtary act & deed SAMLL BAYLEYS
A true coppy entred & compared
pr ZACH MILLS-Cler-
April the 7 day 1711
Then received from Zachariah Mills late Town Clark this book page from one to a hundred and twenty & another book paged from one to five hundred and fifty two and another book ninty seven leaves all Town books --
Received pr NEHEMIAH SMITH-Cler-
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Jamaica Aprill the 9 day 1711
These presents may certefy any whom it may concern that we whose names are under writen did at the time of laying out ye west devision in ye Township of Jemaica aforesd did allow and lay out a way from ye highway that leads from NewYork road southward on ye east- ward of New Lots for any person or persons to pass or repass with waggins horses catel &c. to ye lots that was formerly laid out as well in ye west devistion as other devistions betwen ye lot laid out to Daniell Whithead in ye devision aforesd and ye old lot of Theadoras Pole- hamas and thence to run eastward so far as ye lot is layd out to Nathaniel Denton of Jemaica aforesd deseased more espeisially for Elder Lucas he hath privegleges in severall of ye sd lots easward of ye above mentioned hight way as witness our hands this sixth day of Aprill Annoqd 1711
SAMUEL SMITH WAIT SMITH
A true return intred
pr NEHEMIAH SMITH-Cler-
Jamaica ye 3 of Apprill 1711
Then laid out to Jonathan Whithead four ackers and a halfe of land lying near Heagermans as it will apear by marked trees he haveing so much due to him from the Town as witness our hands the day and year abovesd SAMUELL SMITH WAIT SMITH
A true return intered by me
pr NEHEMIAH SMITH-Cler
This Indenture made this thirty day of May in ye tenth year of the reigne of our soverrigne Lady Anne by ye grace of God of Great Britain Ffrance & Irland Queene Defender of the Ffaith &c. and in ye year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & a eleven and
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betwen William Creed of Jemaica in Queens County in ye Province of NewYork gent of ye one part and Prisila Darling widow of Samuell Darling late of Jemaica aforesd deceased of the other part witnessth that ye abovesd William Creed for & in consideration of ye sum of six pounds corrant money of NewYork to him in hand paid by ye abovesd Prisilla Darling at & before ye ensealing & delivery of these presents the recept whereof Page 122
he doth hereby own & doth acknowlidge himselfe satis- fyed contented & paid and thereof & therefrom doe for ever exonirat aquit & discharg ye abovesd Prisilla Darling her heirs execs & admis & every of them from every part & parsill thereof have given granted aliened enfeofed ashured qu'ted claimed sould & made over unto ye abovesd Prisilla Darling her heirs and assigns for ever all that a five aceer right of upland in a neck called ye hither east neck in the bounds of Jemaica aforesd that is to say the right of upland that belongs to five aceers of medow in the abovesd hither east neck all which sd right of upland as above exsprest be ye same more or less with all ye trees timber trees woods under woods standing or lying or belonging of him ye abovesd William Creed his heirs excs or admis to her ye sd Prisilla Darling her heirs & assigns to have and to hold for ever and ye same to be and remain to ye only proper use benifit & behoofe of her ye abovesd Prisilla Darling her heirs & assigns shall & may at all times for ever hereafter have hold ocupy poses and injoye ye above recited land as her or own land of in fee simple and allso will warrant & for ever defend ye same against any person or persons laying any claim to ye same in testemony whereof ye abovesd William Creed hath hereunto set his hand & afixd his seale ye day & year first above writen
Sealed & delivered in presents of
SAMUELL DENTON ZACH MILLS
William Creed O
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Memorandom on ye 2 day of June Annoqd 1711 ye within mentioned William Creed appeared before Richard Oldfeild Esqr. one of Her Majs. Justese for ye keepin of ye peace for Queens County asiged did ackowlidge ye writen deed to be his volintary acte and deed
RICHARD OLDFEILD
A true coppy entred
pr NEHEMIAH SMITH Cler-
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This Indenture made this sixth day of September and in ye eight year of the reign of our soveraigne Lady Ann by ye grace of God of Grate Britain Ffrance & Irland Queene Defender of the Faith &c. and in ye year of our Lord Christ one seven hundred & nine & between Eben- ezer Smith of Jemaica in Queens County on Nasaw Island in ye Province of New York cooper and Clement his wife of ye one parte and Jeremiah Smith of ye same place felt maker of ye other parte witneseth that ye abovesd Ebenezer Smith & Clemons his wife for & in consideration of ye sum of sixty pounds corrant money of New York to them in hand paid by ye abovesd Jeremiah Smith at or before ye ensaling and deliverry of these presents ye recept whereof they doe hereby own and doe for ever exonirat aquit & discharg ye above sd Jeremiah Smith his heirs execs admis and every of them from every part & parsell thereof have given granted aliened enfeofefed ashured quited claimed sold & parcell thereof & made over and doe by the presents fully clearly & absolutely give grant alien enfeof ashur quit claim sell and make over unto ye abovesd Jeremiah Smith his heirs execs & asigns for ever that house teniment or mesuage in ye Town of Jemaica aforsd & all that pece parcell or lot of upland adjoining containing about three quaters of an acor be ye same more or less and bounded as followeth east by a hight way that leads from Jemaica aforesd to ye bay side and west by ye land of Zachariah Mills and north by the land of John Ludlom & south by ye hight way or contry rode & ye land of John Rods all
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which sd land as above bounded and exsprest exsepting a small parcell of land which ye abovesd Ebenezer Smith sold to John Carman with all & singular ye house out house extentions buildings fencings & improvements privelidges & appurtinance to ye same belonging or any ways appartaining of them ye sd Ebenezer Smith & Clemuns his wife to him ye sd Jeremiah Smith his heirs & asigns to have and to hold for ever and ye same to be & remain to ye onely proper use benifit & behofe of him ye sd Jeremiah Smith his heirs & asigns for ever and ye same to be and remain to ve onely proper use benifit & behoofe of him ye sd Jeremiah Smith his heirs & asigns as his or thire own land of inheritance in fee simple freely & clearly discharged of & from all former gifts grants sales morgages dowrys intails judgments execu- tions or extents or any other title or incombrance what- soever had made or commited at any time or times before ye ensealing or delivery of presents and als will warrant & for ever defend ye same against Page 124
any person or persons laying any just claim to ye same & allso will seale and deliver any other or firmer deed or conveience for ye primises as ye sd Jeremiah Smith his heirs or asigns shall be advised & procure to be drawn by his or their counsell larned in ye law for ye space of seven years next insueing in testemy whereof ye partes first above mentioned hath enterchanably set to their hands and afixed their seals ye day and year first above written
EBENEZER SMITH 0
Sealed & delivered
CLEMONS . X SMITH 0
in presents of JOSEPH SMITH ZACHARIAH MILLS
her mark
Memorand that on ye 8th of November Anno Domi 1711 appeared before me Richard Olfeild one of Her Mustds Justisces for keeping of ye peace in Queens County asigned the within named Ebenezer Smith and did
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acknowlege ye within conveyance deed of sale to be his own volentary act & deed RICHARD OLFEILD
A true coppy entred pr
NEHEMIAH SMITH-Cler-
Know all men by these presents that I doe by these presents give & grant to Wait Smith liberty for to pass & repass over my meadow at ye hither east neck to & from his meadow adjoying to my meadow for to fech hay or other acations untill such time there shall be a casway made for that end-Witness my hand this eleventh day of May Anno 1708
NEHEMIAH SMITH
ZACH MILLS
JOHN RODS his mark
Entred September y 3 day 1711 pr NEHEMIAH SMITH Cler-
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per NEHEMIAH SMITH Cler
To all Christian peopell to home these presents shall come Wait Smith of Jemaica in Queens County on Nasaw Island yeoman sendeth greeting Know ye that I the . sd Wait Smith for sundry good causes & consideration me thereunto moveing but more esspescially my singular love & affection to my loveing son Wait Smith who now liveth in the abovesd Town & County yeoman have given granted alinated enfeofed released & confirmed & doe by these presents clearly fully and absolutely give grant alinate enfeoft & confirm to him ye sd Wait Smith his
*This was crossed out in original copy.
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heirs & asignes for ever the one halfe of that a certain track peice or percell of upland seytuate lying & being within the bounds of Jemaica aforesd belonging to Spring- feild being in ye middell devision be ye same more or less even the land which he the sd Wait Smith & my son Nathan posseth I give the south half part of it I give to my beloved son Wait butted & bounded as followeth with ye house he now dwelleth in with orchard & improve- ments belonging thereunto bounded west by Freemans path & south by John Gall & east by the plain run and north by Samuell Higbee land all which track peice parsell of upland with all the timber trees wood under wood lying being or standing being thereon with all improvements thereon made or to be made & all the right titell privilidges heriditaments and appurteance there- unto belonging or in any ways appertaining and I also give grant enfeofe allinate and confirm a certain peic of medow lying in the hither neck ye one halfe part of it with ye commonage which doth belong unto ye same & also ye halfe of a five accor right of upland which lyeth within ye neck ye medow being bounded as followeth viz east by Joseph Smith and south by the island and west by Samuell Smith & John Smith & north by ye upland with all the right title property possesion and claim and demand of him ye sd Wait Smith ye father in & to ye primises in to every part and parcell thereof to have and to hold to him ye sd Wait Smith ye son his heirs & assignes for ever free from all incombrance whatsoever & ye sd Wait Smith ye father shall and will forever here after by this deed of givft warrant & defend ye same against his heirs execs admis. or any other Page 126
person or persons laying or claiming any or all of ye above granted premises in testemony whereof ye abovesd Wait Smith the father hath set to his hand and afixed his seal this forth day of Jenewary & in ye eleventh year of our sovereigt Lady Anne by ye grace of God of Enland Scotland Frace & Irland Quen Defender of the
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Faith and &c. and in ye year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and eleven Signed sealed & delivered WAIT SMITH 0 in presents of
NICOLAS EVERIT
NEHEMIAH SMITH
Memorandom that on ye forth day of Jenewary 1711/12 Wait Smith pasonly appeared before me one of Her Magisty Justeses for ye keeping of ye peace within Queens County and did acknowledge this within written deed to be his free and vollantary act and deed-
Tes NICOLAS EVERIT
A true coppy of ye originall entred by me this seven day of Jenuary in the year 1711/12 by me pr NEHEMIAH SMITH Cler-
Jemaica Febrewary the twenty second 1711
Laid out to Samuell Denton seven accors of land being west of the Town lying near Mr. Creed land on the north side of the cuntry rode as will appear by mark trees this land being due to the Wooleys from ye Town- laid out by us servaiers as wittness our hands by the consent of
SAMUELL SMITH WAIT SMITH
Intred by me this twenty second day of Febrewary 1711
pr NEHEMIAH SMITH Cler
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Know all men by these presents that wee John Hanson & Wait Smith both of Jemaica in Queens County in ye Island of Nasaw have made for us our heirs excs & administrators a firm and absolute exchaing of two peices of upland lying and being in ye bounds & limits of Jemaica aforesd that is to say that the abovesd John Hanson doth give grant & by these presents in way of
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exchaing make over & confirm unto ye abovesd Wait Smith his heirs & asignes a five accors right of land lying in the hill devition lying in number fifty one bounded as followeth lying east by Increas Carpenter & west by Nehemiah Smith Jun. & north by Flushig bound & south by a highway or Simon Blume land all which land I make over unto ye abovesd Wait Smith to have & to hold forver and in consideration whereof I the abovesd Wait Smith doth likewise give grant & by way of ex- chaing make over and confirm unto ye abovesd John Hanson his heirs and assigns a five accor right of land lying in ye hill devition lying in number thirty bounded as followeth lying east by John Hanson aforesd & west by John Hanson above named & north by Flushings bounds & south by John Hanson or hightway all which land I make over unto the abovesd John Hanson to have and to hold for ever that this is our mutuall agreement we bind our selfes our heirs by these presents firmly as wittnes our hands this eleventh day of Aprill-Annoq- 1712 JOHN X HANSON his mark
Signed in presents of NEHEMIAH SMITH Cler
WAIT SMITH
To all Christian people to whom these presents shall come John Carpenter of Jemaica in Queens County on Nasaw Island yeeman sendeth greeting Know ye that I ye sd John Carpenter for sundry good causes & consideration me thereunto moveing but more espeacially my singular love & efection to my loveing son Solomon Carpenter of ye abovesd Town yeeman have given granted alienated enfeofed releastd and confirmed & by these presents do clearly fully & absolutely give grant alinate enfeoff release & confirm to him ye sd Solomon Carpenter his heirs & assigns for ever all that a certain track peice or percell of upland seytuate lying & being within ye bounds of Jemaica aforesd containing by estima- tion twenty & six acors be same more or less being buted and bounded as followeth viz on the north by Hope Rodes
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land on ye east by Freemans path on the south by Samuell Carpenter on the west by the mill parth all which tract peice or parcell of upland with all the timber trees wood under wood lying or standing thereon building fences improvements thereon made or to be made and all the right title priviliges heriditements & appurtenance there- unto belonging or in any ways appertaining and all the right title property possion & claim & demand of him the sd John Carpenter in to ye premises and Page 128
in & to every part and parcell thereof to have and to hold to him ye sd Solomon Carpenter his heirs & assigns to the onely & proper use benefit and behofe of him the sd Solomon Carpenter his heirs & assigns for ever free from all incomberance whatsoever & the sd John Car- penter shall & will for ever by this deed of givft warrant & defend ye same against his heirs execs & admins or any other person or persons lawfully claiming any or all of the above granted premises in testemony whereof the sd John Carpenter hath set to his hand and afixed his seall this eight day of Febrewary and in eight year of Her Magisty reign Annoq 1709/10
Signed sealed & delivered JOHN X CARPENTER 0
in presents of
his mark
DANIELL BULL
NEHEMIAH SMITH
Memorandom that on ye eleventh day of Aprill Annoq 1712 appeared before me Richard Olfeild one of Her Maig. Justeses for ye keeping of ye peace in Queens County the within named John Carpenter and did acknowlige this within instrument to be his own volin- tary act and deed- Tes RICHARD OLFEILD
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Entred by me this 28 day of Aprill Annoq 1712 pr NEHEMIAH SMITH -Cler-
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' This Indenter made this twelfe day of June in ye year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & tenn betwen Obediah Willkings of Jemaica in Queens County on ye Island of Nasaw of one partee and Samuell Ketcham of New Town in the same County & Island of the other parte wittnessth that the said Obediah Willkings for the sume of fifteen pounds corant money of New York to him in hand paid by ye aforesd Samuell Ketcham be- fore the ensaleing and delivery of these presents the resate wherof he doth hereby aknowlige himselfe to be there- with contented and paid and thereof and therefrom and of and from every part and parcill thereof doe for ever aquit exonerate and discharg the said Samuell Kicham his heirs execs admins from any fuder claim or demand for any part or parcell thereof have given granted con- firmed made over and sould and by vertu of these presents doe from me my heirs execs amins give grant confirm make over and sell unto ye aforesd Samuell Kicham and to his heirs and asigns for ever all that certain peice or parsill of land lying within ye Township of Jemaica afore said containing estemation ten acors & a halfe be the same more or less as it was laid out being bounded as followeth north by the sd Ketcham east by common land of the Town of Jemaica south by land laid out to Nathan Smith & Samuell Higbee west by Samuell Page 129
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