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* JOHN HENRY LYDIUS, who was born at Albany in July, 1704, was the son of "Dominie" Johannes, or John, Lydius, who arrived at Albany from Holland in July, 1700, with "Dominie" Bernhardus Freerman, and officiated as minister of the Dutch Reformed Church at Schenectady, New York, from the Autumn of 1700 until some time in 1702 or '3. In December, 1703, in a letter to the Governor of New York, written at Albany, he styled himself "minister at Albany." He had been for about a year a missionary among the Indians, and was to receive for his services from the Governor and Council of the Province, the sum of £60-which he then asked for. He officiated as minister of the Reformed Church in Albany until his death, March 1, 1710.
During his ministry in Albany he occupied the parsonage of his church-later the property and the home of his son John Henry, and shown in the picture on this page. This ancient building with its ter- raced gable, long known as the "Lydins house," was built expressly for a parsonage for the Rev. Gideon Schaetz, who arrived in Albany in 1652 and became pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church. The materials for the building were all imported in 1657 from Holland-bricks, tiles, iron and wood-work. This fine old man- sion was demolished in 1832, when it was believed to be the oldest brick building in the United States. Upon its site Apothecaries' Hall was erected. Upon the opposite corner-shown in the picture referred to above, and long known as "Elm Tree Corner"-stood, in 1754, the home of Philip Livingston, later a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Tweddle Hall was erected in 1860 upon the site of the Livingston mansion.
In early manhood John Henry Lydius entered into business as an Indian trader, and soon acquired considerable trade and good standing with certain tribes. As early as 1746 he was in great favor with "King" Hendrick and his Indians, and had much influence with them.
In the Spring of 1747, during the Old French War previously referred to, Col. William Johnson -then the Indian Agent for the Province of New York-assisted by Lydius, induced the young men among the Mohawks and several straggling tribes in their neighborhood to "take up the hatchet" against the French. In behalf of Johnson and Lydins Col. John Stoddard wrote to Governor Shirley of Massachu- setts setting forth the necessity of the Colonies furnishing £600 or £700 to fit out these Indians for war. "We cannot expect," wrote Stoddard (see "Pennsylvania Archives," I : 741), "that either Colonel John- son or Mr. Lydius should pay this. They have taken a great deal of pains to get the Indians into the war, and have effected more than the Government did in a course of years. If we let this plan drop now it would be fatal for our cause. * * Colonel Johnson and Mr. Lydins are now under a necessity of going forward and fitting out the Indians, so long as they have any substance remaining, and when that is gone the affair will be at an end." Under date of June 1, 1747, Governor Shirley wrote to the Governor and Council of Pennsylvania that the Indians of the Six Nations were "generally engaged in the war against the French, owing in a great measure to the influence and prudent inanagement of Colonel John- son and Mr. Lydius." He also stated that the General Court of Massachusetts had "committed their share of the affair into the hands of Mr. Lydins, and voted £4,000 to Colonel Stoddard to be used to encourage the Six Nations to prosecute the war."
Conrad Weiser was, personally, in favor of using the Iroquois against the French, but he was jealous of Colonel Johnson and Lydius and their management of Mohawk affairs ; and, after he had had an interview with Shikellimy, he wrote Secretary Richard Peters (see "Pennsylvania Archives," I : 749) : "Thus far I know, that the Mohocks are the people Colonel Johnson and Mr. John Henry Lydins engaged in the war against the French, and among them some young straggling fellows of the other nations. * * If these two gentlemen had as much judgment as they have pride, they would never have persuaded the Mohocks into a war in a private way ; for it may turn out that both their scalps may be taken and carried to Canada." After the close of the Old French War Lydins was generally entitled "Colonel." Whether or not, at any time, he held this rank in the militia of New York the writer lias not been able to ascertain.
According to Pearson's "Genealogies of the First Settlers of Albany" serious charges were brought against Colonel Lydius by the Provincial Council of New York in 1747, to wit : for abjuring his Protestant religion in Canada ; for marrying a woman there of the Romish faith : and for alienating the friendship of the Indians from the English. His wife was Genevieve Masse, or Mazie, and they were the parents of three sons and two daughters. Colonel Lydius retired to England in 1776, and died at Kensington, Lon- don, in 1791, in the eighty-eighth year of his age. There is a biographical notice of him in The Gentleman's Magazine (VI : 383), which has been described as "containing more poetry than truth."
Balthazar Lydius (born 1740) was the youngest child of Colonel Lydins, and spent his life in the Lydius house previously depicted and described. He was an eccentric old bachelor, the terror of all the boys in his neighborhood. He was a tall, thin Dutchman with a bullet head. He was fond of his pipe and his bottle, and gloried in celibacy until his life was in the "sere and yellow leaf." Then he gave a pint of gin for an Indian squaw, and, calling her his wife, lived with her as such until his death in November, 1815.
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duced at Albany (the names of the members of the Susquehanna Com- pany, as grantees, having been previously inserted in the document, but not by Colonel Dyer), and, certain changes and additions having been made in and to it by other hands-which will be referred to in detail here- inafter-the deed was duly executed on July 11, 1754, by fourteen Indian chiefs and sachems of various tribes. What purport to be copies of this deed may be found on pages 383-392 of Stone's "Poetry and History of Wyoming," mentioned on page 19, ante, and on pages 147-158 of Vol- 11111e II of "Pennsylvania Archives," First Series. Those copies, how- ever, are not only dissimilar, but neither one is an exact or complete copy of the original document-which is now, and has been for a con- siderable number of years, in the custody of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia. The following is a full and accurate copy of this Indian deed ; and, in addition, reduced photo-reproductions of pages 11 and 12 of the original-specially made for this work-will be found facing page 276, post.
"TO ALL PEOPLE TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING : Know Yee that We, KAHIK-TOTON, ABRAHAM PETERS, WILLEM TARIGJORIS, BRANT CON- WIGNOGE, HENDERIK PIETERS (TEJANOGE), CANAGEOGAISE, COGSWIGTJONE, SET JEST- ARARIE, JOHANIS SOGEHOWARIE, JOHANIS CANADEGARIE, NIKES CARIGIAKTADIE, CANAGQUAIESE, JOHANIS SIGNAGERAT, CARIS-TAGO, SENOSSES, A-GWE-IOTA-Being Cheifs Sachems & Heads of The five Nations of Indians called the Irequois and the Native Proprietors of a large Tract of Land on about and adjaicent to the River Susqueannali between the fourty first & fourty Third degrees of North Latitude and being within The Limits and bounds of The Charter and Grant of His late majesty King Charles 2nd To the Colony of Connecticutt And Whereas a large Number of the Leige & good subjects of His Royall Majesty George 2nd of Great Britain &c King, Inhabitants of His Majesty's English Colony of Connecticutt &c. to the Number of about six hundred Have applyd to us for the purchase of sd above mentioned Tract of Land for a Plantation to settle upon-
"THEREUPON, WHEREAS a Constant and Cordial friendship from the Time of our Progenetors & Predecessors to this day hath allway been subsisting between us & our Brethren the English subjects of His sd majesty King George & of His Royall Predeces- sors Kings & Queens of Great Britain &c The Continuation of which we heartily Desire, and whereas The Enabling & Incourageing our sd English Brethren to plant & settle in a nearer neighbourhood to us than heretofore may greatly Contribute To our safety and Defence against The unjust encroachments and Insults of The French & Indians in alliance with Them and to The Benefitt and Increase of our Trade and also may be very conducive to our obtaining a more full & Clear knowledge of The True God and the Christian religion and thereby fix and Establish a minore firm Solid & Lasting friendship with His Majesties English subjects.
"NOW THEREUPON for and in Consideration thereof as also for the further full and ample consideration of The Sum of Two Thousand pounds of currant money of the province of New York To us to our full Satisfaction before The Ensealing liereof Con- tented & paid, the Receipt whereof to full Content we do hereby acknowledge And There- upon Do Give Grant Bargain Sell Convey And Confirm Unto-
Hezekialı Huntington, Esq., Roger Wolcott, Jr., Esq., Col. Elisha Williams,
Moses Barnett,
James Dixon, Nathaniel Daniels,
John Backus,
Noah Briggs,
Samuell Dorrance,
Phinehas Lyman, Esq.,
Caleb Bates,
Richard Downer,
Daniel Edwards, Esq.,
Jonathan Baker.
Josiah Dean, Jun.,
Col. Samuell Talcott,
Nehemiah Barker,
Asa Douglass,
George Wyllys, Esq.,
Ezra Belding,
Gideon Demming,
William Buck,
Joseph Eaton,
Jehiel Barnanı,
Joshua Elderkin,
Gideon Binghamn,
Edward Ewings,
Robert Crery, Jun.,
Elias Frink,
Benjamin Crery,
Elijah Francis,
Thomas Seymore,
Christopher Crery,
Jolin Gaston, Jolın Grosvenor,
Abijah Crery, Giles Churchel,
Ebenezer Grosvenor,
Robert Dixon,
Stephen Gardner, Stephen Gardner, Jun.,
David Downing,
Jonathan Gardner,
John Dixon,
David Griswold,
John Dorrance,
Elijah Griswold,
Thomas Wells, Esq., Eliphalet Dyar, Esq., Jabez Fitch, Esq., John Smith, Esq., Ezekiel Peirce. Esq.,
William Pitkin, Jun., Esq., Eleazar Fitch, Esq., John Fitch, Samuell Gray, Esq., Jedediah Elderkin, John Abbe, Willianı Andruss,
Barnet Dixon,
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Robert Hunter, John Hunter, Henry Hewitt, John Howard, Sarah Huntington,
Simon Tubbs,
Joseph Taylor,
Philip Turner,
Lemuel Taylor,
Judah Wright,
- Stephen Harden,
John Hough,
Joseph Walden,
David Waters,
Josiah Horsford, Daniel Horsford, John Judd,
William Jackson,
John Wiley, Jun., .
Thomas Wiley,
Zebulon Waterman, Ebenezer Leach,
Joseph Kyle,
Hugh Wiley,
Archibald Kasson,
James Wiley,
Penuel Bowen, Israel Dimock,
Adam Kason,
Isaac Woodworth,
Abiel Abbott, Thomas Stedman,
Jeremiah Kenney,
William Whiting,
Moses Kenney,
William Churchil,
Gideon Kenney,
Josiah Curtice,
James Stedman, Ebenezer Griffin, Thomas Stephens, Thomas Stephens, Jun.,
Spencer Kenney,
Phinehas Judd,
Benjamin Lee,
John Kagwin,
Stephen Skinner,
Stephen Fuller, Pault Holt,
Thomas Kennedy,
James Bradford,
Benjamin Collins, James Willson,
James Kasson, John Leavins,
Nathaniel Wales, Jun., . Nathaniel Hovey,
John Campbell, -
Ebenezer Larnard,
Prince Tracy,
Hugh Wyley, Jun.,
Stephen Lee,
Noah Gilbert,
Benjamin Parke,
Isaac Lee,
Daniel Knolton,
Bartholomew Arthur,
Edward Mott,
William Huston,
Thomas Jones, Joseph Taylor, . John Read,
Gaun Miller,
William Chandler, Esq.,
William Swetland,
Samuell McFarland,
Nathaniel Warner,
Peter Swetland,
John Montgommery, Jr.,
Joseph Moffitt,
Thomas Pierce,
Manassah Minor,
Samuel Chandler, Esq.,
Thomas Mansfield,
Nathaniel Berry,
John Manning, Jr.,
Nathaniel Wales, Esq.,
Josiah Orcutt,
Zebadiah Farnum,
David Dewey,
William Parkes,
Daniel Stoughton,
Gershom Breed, John Newton,
Matthew Patrick, Jacob Patrick,
Matthew Talcott,
Joseph Phillips,
Joseph Church,
Benjamin Pierce, Jun.,
Ezekiel Williams,
Robert Parkes,
John Humphry, Esq.,
Nathan Parkes,
Roger Hooker,
Miles Gordon,
Jeremiah Ross,
Alexander Wolcott,
Isaac Tracy, James Hide, Asa Waterman,
John Stantly,
Abner Moseley,
Elijah Backus, Phinehas Holden,
Thomas Snell,
Daniel Goodwin,
Christopher Palmer, Thomas Anderson,
Lemuell Smith,
Jonathan Humphry,
John Stephens,
Jonathan Pettibone, Andrew Robe,
Allen Willey, John Rathbone, Daniel Ely, David Dodge, Jun.,
Andrew Stephens, Benjamin Stephens,
Timothy Seymore,
Solomon Stoddard,
Russell Woodbridge,
Ebenezer Smith, Jun.,
William Stantly, Samuell Welles,
Ebenezer Smith,
Uriah Stephens, Joseph Smith, Jun., Samuell Silsby,
John Watt, Benjamin Callwell, Alexander Gaston,
Rowland Barton, Alexander Phelpes, Niles Colman, David Barker, Benjamin Pumroy,
John Fitch, Jun., Joseph Warren, Seth Dean, Samuell Hunter, Noah Webster, Thomas Howard, -
Samuell Kason,
Ebenezer Wright,
Nathan Kenney,
Nathan Booth,
John Kenney,
Ichabod Welles,
Hugh Kennedy, Jr.,
William Fitch,
Seth Kent,
Matthew Patrick, Jun.,
James Douglass,
James Montgommery,
John Montgommery,
John Johnson, Jun.,
Gershom Durrance,
Jonathan Harris
Elisha Scovill, Ebenezer Williams,
Abel Griswold,
Stephen Jenkins,
Stephen Rude,
Samuel Talcott,
Obadiah Rhodes,
Thomas Hosmore, Esq.,
Noah Stantly,
Jonathan Hale, Esq.,
John Baldwin,
Timothy Stantly,
Peletiah Mills,
Isaac Shepard,
Jesse Spalding,
David Phelpes,
Thomas Stewart,
Hezekiah Humphry, Hezekiah Plielpes,
John Streater,
Nehemiah Stephens,
John Vietes,
Ebenezer Watson, > Samuel Stoughton,
Joseph Welles,
Samuel Welles, Jun.,
Isaac Sheldon, Ebenezer Beacher, Oliver Wolcott, Elisha Sheldon, Ebenezer Marsh, Esq.,
Samuell Cochrin, Benjamin Green,
Eliphalet Whittelsey,
Isaac Warner,
William Williams,
John Jenkes,
Moses Fish,
Jonas Shepard,
John Grant, Ephraim Gardner, Gershome Hinkly, Joshua Randsome,
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Ephraim Andruss, Daniel Turner, George Palmer, Capt. Urialı Stephens, Samuel Orten,
Jacob Iensdell,
Samuel Defouest,
Isaac Tracy, Jun.,
Elisha Mills,
Francis Hawley,
Edmund Lewis, Jun.,
Daniel Hide,
Josialı Lewis, Jun.,
Jonathan Gennings,
John Dean,
Jolın Laboree,
Joseph Billings, Jr.,
Daniel Lathan,
Thomas Boles,
Joshına Whitney,
Josiah Robinson,
Benedict Arnold,
Samuel Slaughter,
Nathaniel Baker,
Rachel Milliner,
Robert Hannis,
Joseph Arnold,
Christopher Starke,
Noah Stephens,
Benjamin Thompson,
Jonathan Stricklen,
David Whitney, Esq.,
Daniel Morriss,
Seth Alden,
Jedediah Stephens,
John Andrews,
Macock Ward,
Jonathan Smith,
Benjamin Rhumsey, Jr.,
Elizar Tallcott,
Thomas Parmely,
Josiah Wakeman,
Samuell Barnes,
Oliver Sanford,
Daniel Sherwood,
Jedediah Norton,
Azariah Orton, Josiah Everitt,
Stephen Wakeman, Jun.,
John Webster,
Francis Everitt,
Thomas Couch,
Isaac Mosely, Nathan Pason,
Timothy Rose,
Ephraim Bennit,
Benjamin Newcomb,
Timothy Everitt,
Matthew Curtice,
Walter Hewit,
Hezekiah Hooker, -
Caleb Baldwin,
Robert Kenady,
Jedidiah Richards,
Jonathan Willard,
John Choate,
Peter Gransan,
Doctor Moffitt,
Elisha Tracy,
Richard Reat,
Thomas Stantly,
William Lothrop,
Ebenezer Gransan,
Joshua Wills,
Nathaniel Parkes,
Daniel Berry,
Joseph Hulbart,
John Edgerton,
~ John Franklin,
Isaac Sawyer,
Thomas Wallworth,
Robert Walker,
Samuell Flagg,
John Bliss,
Edward Spalding,
Daniel Lothrop,
John Birchard,
Josiah Cleaveland,
John Elderkin,
Jacob Drake, Jun.,
Samuell Lee, Elier Andruss, William Fellows, Seth Norton, Levi Watson,
Benjamin Gale,
Barnabas Hatch,
Eliphalet Ensign,
Barzillai Hendee,
Jonathan Laneton,
Lemuel Orten,
Isaac Lawrance,
Oliver Badcock,
Eliezer Gooden,
Joseph Palmeter,
Joseph Lippitt,
Daniel Willcocks,
Malachi Butler,
Henry Stephens,
Samuel Gooden, Turbel Whitney, James Bird, Thomas Bird, John Miner,
Elijah Hide,
Jacob Kimball,
Joseph Allen,
Obadialı Newcomb,
George Denniss,
James Dunham,
Joseph Bingham, Jun.,
Samuell Walworth,
Robert Wincott,
John Strong,
Stephen Billings,
Thomas Stephens,
Noalı Dewey,
Samuell Hunn,
Joshua Rothbone, John Rothbone,
Jonathan Hall, Jabez Dean,
Ashbel Woodbridge,
Elijah Dean, John Read,
Joseph Wight,·
John Hensdell,
Edward Waldow,
Obadiah Gore,
Jacob Drake,
Jacob Rothbone,
Abel Clarke,
Josiah Cowles,
Isaac Gallop,
Seth Smith,
Reubin Swift,
Jonathan Wealder,
John Birchard, 3d,
John Paterson,
Daniel Rothbone,
Solomon Grant,
Daniel Miner,
Joseph Denison, Esq., Samuell Tracy, Ephraim Bill,
Samuel How, Hubbard Pride,
Valentine Rothbone,
Wate Henman, Zachariah Clark,
Thomas Welles, Thomas Fish,
Peter Curtice,
Thomas Branch, Jun., Benjamin Wentworth,
James Levingworth,
Jedediah Mills,
Simon Huntington,
Thomas Williams, Zebulon Stephens, Thomas Wattson,
Joseph Bird, Esq.,
John Holmes,
Increase Moseley, Esq., John Hutchinson, Esq., Ebenezer Fletcher,
Ephraim Judson,
John French,
Jabez Sounners,
Isaac Saben,
Asahel Drake,
Josialı Everitt,
Josiah Beardsley,
Silas Storey,
Jonathan Boothe,
Simon Backus,
Stephen Beckwith,
Silas Wells,
Jeremiah Clements,
Constant Catlen,
Samuel Gore,
Elisha Hale,
William Whitney,
John Cook,
Joseph Follet,
Ebenezer Grover,
John Spencer, Jun.,
John Williams,
Nathaniel Cushman,
Joseph Tracy, Jun.,
Caleb Hide,
Daniel Rockwell,
Joseph Skiff,
Robert Boyington,
John Wells,
Agur Judson,-"All of The aforesd Colony of Connecticutt in New England,
Cornelius Hull,
John Wood, Oliver Spuer, Benjamin Giles, Thomas Giles,
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AND TO
Jabez Bowen, Esq., Jonathan Nicolls, Esq ..
Philip Wilkison,
Samuel Dorrance,
Francis Collgrove, Daniel Ayrault,
Amós Stafford, Jun.,
Michael Dorrance,
Simeon Draper,
Jonathan Randall, Esq ..
Thomas Mattison,
Robert Hazzard,
Thomas Burt,
Martin Howard,
William Sheldon,
George Dorrance,
Beriah Brown,
Elnathan Warker,
Jonathan Reynolds,
John Reynolds, Jun., Jonathan Hamilton,
Job Randall, Esq., Daniel Lawrence, -of The Colony of Rhodisland In New England aforesd, AND TO
Daniel Shoemaker,
Benjamin Shoemaker,
Abram Fencump, Esq.,
John Adkins, Esq.,
John Panather, Esq.,
Daniel Henshaw,
Solomon Gennings,
-all of The Government of Pensylvania, To
Timothy Woodbridge, John Wing, Jun.,
John Wing,
-of the Province of The Massachusetts Bay, AND TO
Hendrick Burghart, Jr.,
Aaron Sheldon,
Benjamin Ashley,
Jacob Roseboom,
Abraham Lansing,
Jeremiah Hogeboom, John Rosa,
-all of the Province of New York-being all five hundred and Thirty four in Num- ber. To EACH AND EVERY of The persons before and above mentioned & named Two twelve hundred and Twenty Four parts of the large tract or parcell of Land as hereafter described and Bounded.
"AND WE DO ALSO for and upon The Considerations aforesd Give Grant Bargain Sell Convey And Confirm Unto (here } rights begin ) Eliphalet Newell, Thomas Steal,
Jacob Dana,
Henry Bass,
Thomas Warner,
John Webb,
Benjamin Follit,
Zachariah Bicknall,
Oliver Parish,
Simeon Dean,
John Royce,
Paul Hebard,
John Steal,
Samuel Douglass,
Hezekiah Huntington,
Elisha Steal,
Ebenezer Bebbens,
Samuel Church,
Abram Snow,
Ebenezer Lewis,
Eleazer Done,
Caleb Wheeler,
Elias Frink, Jun.,
Joseph Spalding,
Jehiel Bryant,
Joseph Hazen,
Curtice Spalding,
Cotton Fletcher,
Samuel Webb, Jun.,
Thomas Brown,
John Fellows,
Seth Wright,
John Eddy, Judah Fay,
Job Marsh,
John Larabee, Nathaniel Hide,
Joseph Alexander,
John Pirkins,
Ephraim Dean, Phinehas Lewis,
James Campbell, Jun.,
Andrew Bacon,
John Strong,
Jacob Simons,
Thomas Day,
Hezekiah May,
Jeduthun Simons,
David Bredwell,
Thomas Wells; Josiah Griswold,
Benjamin Parke,
Gideon Lawrence,
Henry Arnold,
Jesse Stevens,
James Lockwood,
John Wells, Jacob Sisco,
Alexander Hinman,
Elisha Williams, Jun.,
Ezekiel Porter,
Hezekiah Denimon,
Samuel May,
Samuel Douglass,
Joseph Webb,
James Morriss,
Daniel Alden,
Samuel Jackson,
Nathaniel Loomis,
Samuel Gordon,
Oliver Crery,
- - Gideon Baldwin,
Aaron Crery,
George Crery,
Peter Judson, Ephraim Robinson,
Abel Barnes, Hezekiah Orten, John Wough, Thomas Lylly, Samuel Norton,
Eben Cheney, John Cogswell,
Nehemiah Lewis, Lott Norton,
John Cone,
John Coleburt,
Hezekiah Hooker, . Thomas Fellows, James Hannas,
Abraham Harden, Jonathan Sanger,
Samuel Drown, Jonathan Morey, Eliakim Warker, John Reynolds, Benjamin Sheffield, Amos Stafford, John Bucklin, Charles Harris, Richard Charnton,
Joseph Skinner, Samuel Depew, Esq., Aaron Depew,
David King,
Joseph Woodbridge, Kiliaen De Ridder, Jonathan Buck,
Baltazar Lydius,
Joseph Fellows,
Joshua Dunlap, Alexander Stewart, Benajah Bill,
Samuel Ford,
John Campbell, 3d,
Thomas Porter,
Nathaniel Crandall, Joshua Birch, Eli Colton,
Thomas Belding, Jun., Samuel Curtice, John Hart, William Wadsworth,
William Crery,
David Bigilo, Jun., John Young, Jacob Simons, 3d, Zebulon Hebard,
Benjamin Bowen,
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Joshua Read, Gideon Hebard,
Caleb Moses,
Abram Petebone,
Mark Leavensworth,
John Barker,
Joseph Badcock,
Johu Leavensworth,
John Spencer,
Samuel Bennit,
John Andross,
Samuel Hulbert,
David Palmer,
Jesse Stephens,
Gideon Burr,
Benajah Parkes,
Ezra Stiles, Jonathan Fitch,
Richard Cooke,
Josiah Parkes, Gideon Haskell,
Nathaniel Barnes,
Jacob Geers,
James Case,
Benjamin Geers,
Daniel Bull,
Jonathan Leavingworth, Thomas Humphries.
Jolını Read, Jun.,
Elisha Cornish,
Moses Bellamy,
Elnathan Street,
Isaac Petebone,
Aaron Bellamy,
Constant Casten,
John Hugens,
William Manly,
William Manly, Jun., Giles Petebone,
Miles Riggs,
-all being of the Colony of Connecticutt aforesd to The Number of one hundred & thirty Six Persons-To each one of ye last mentioned persous to ye aforesd Number of one hundred and thirty six The one twelve hundredth and twenty Four parts of The Same large parcell of Land aforesd (of all which aforenamed Persons the sum aforesd was Receivd ) which said Given & Granted Tract of Land is Butted Bounded & Describd as followeth (viz)
"Begining from the one & fortieth Degree of north Latitude at Ten miles distance East of Suskahana River and from thence with a Northward line Ten miles East of the River To the forty second or beginning of the forty Third degree of North Latitude and so To extend west Two Degrees of Longitude one hundred and Twenty iniles- & from thence south to the Begining of the forty second Degree & from tlience East to the affore- imentioned Bounds which is ten miles East of Suskahana River-Together with all and every the mines minerals or ore of what kind soever standing growing being found or to be found upon any part or parcel thereof and all other the Hereditements and appurte- nances to the said parcel or tract belonging or in any ways appertaining and the Reversion & reversions Remainder & Remainders &c.
"TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all The above Granted And Bargained Premises ( with all The appurtenances thereof) unto all the above & forenamed persons in manner and Pro- portion aforesd and to Their Heirs and Assigns and to their only proper use benefitt & Belioof forever as a free Clear & absolute Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple free of all Incumberances whatsoever.
"And we the aforesd CA-HIK-TOTON, ABRAM PIETERS, WILLEM TARIGJORIS, BRANT CONWIGNOGE &c &c &c Sachems & Cheifs as aforesd Do Hereby Covenant to and with all the aforenamd Grantees and each & every of them that att and untill the ensealing & Delivery hereof we are the True Sole and Lawfull Owners of The above Granted Premises and Have good right power & authority to Bargain & sell the same in manner & forin as above written.
"And furthermore we the aforenaind CAHIK-TOTON, ABRAM PIETERS, WILLEM THARIGJORIS, BRANT CONWIGNOGE Sachems & Cheifs as aforesd do by these presents for us our Heirs & Successors Covenant and promise to and with all & every of the afore- namd persons Grantees in this Deed all the above Granted & Bargained Premises and appurtenances Thereof Unto all & Every of ye forenand persons, Grantees in this Deed and to their & every of their Heirs & Assigns in Manner & Proportion aforesd forever to Warrant Secure & Defend.
"IN WITNESS WHEREOF We have each of us hereunto sett our marks and affixd our seals This eleventh day of July In the Twenty Eight year of The Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George ye 2d of Great Britian &c. King Annoq. Domini one Thousand seven hundred & Fifty Fore.
"Signed Sealed & Delivered }
In presence of
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mark of Onondage." [L. S.]
his
Cheif of
"KAHIK-TOTON [Raccoon]
mark the Senekas." [L. S. ]
Sachem of Canajoharie." [L. S.]
Seth Loomiss, Joseph Case,
276
"Signed Sealed & Delivered ) In Presence of
"James Sharpe
"Martin Lydius
His
"SETH I JESTARARIĘ of ye Mohoks
-ye Turtel." [L. s. ]
mark
His
"JOHANIS C SOGEHOWANE Do. Do." [L. s.] mark
His
"SENOSIES [Turtle] Onider." [L. s.] mark His
"JOHANIS X CANADEGAIR Do. Mohok." [L. s.]
mark
His
"NIKES N CARIGIAGTATIE
mark Canajoharie." [L. s.]
His
"CANAGGAJESE [Turtle]" [1 .. s.]] mark .
His
"JOHNS [Bear] TEGNAGERAT Bar." [L. s. ] mark
His
"AKWEIOTA [Turtle]" [1 .. S.]
mark
"His
[Weasel] CARISTAGO" [L. s.]
mark His
"SCARONAGE 2 HALF KING" [L. s.]
Mark
"His
SCANERADIE" [L. s.]
mark
His
"TAGIGEADONT X DRONKERD"
mark [L. S.]
This deed covers thirteen and a-half pages of paper, foolscap size, and is in the handwriting of different persons. The names of sixteen grantors-including "King" Hendrick Peters-were undoubtedly in- serted, in a blank space left for them on the first page of the deed, about the time of the execution of the same; and those names, as well as the names of the several grantors appearing on page 11, are in the hand- writing of one and the same person. The amount of the consideration was inserted also at the same time, as well as the date of the execution of the deed-all written apparently by the same person. The descrip- tion of the land conveyed occupies the first fifteen lines of page 11, and is in the handwriting of two different persons. All the grantors named in the body of the deed, excepting "King" Hendrick and "Caristago," executed the same on the 11th of July. Hendrick would never sign the deed, but Caristago signed it March 4, 1755, in company with the three other chiefs whose naines follow his.
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