er provided Nevertheless that the Said Joseph Youngs be Not Molested Nor Debared from Damming & ponding for his Convenicy In Witness Whereof the Said George Cornell hath hereunto Set his hand and Seal the Day and Year first above Written and I Charity Cornell the Wife of the Said George Cornell do by these presents Renounce Release and for Ever Quitt Claime unto the Said Joseph PAGE 106. Youngs his heirs and Assigns Forever all my Right of Dower or power of thirds of in and to all and Singular the above Granted premises In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and fixed my Seal the Day and Year first above Written Signed Sealed and Delevered JACOBUS MUNTFOORT LUKE CUMMINS Queens SS. GEORGE CORNWELL (S) CHARITY CORNWALL (S) Be it Remembred that on the 6th Day of April 1768 Came personally before me Valentine H. Peters one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for Queens County the Within Named Luke Cummins one of the Subscribing Witneses to this Instrument of Writing and Made Oath that he Saw the Within Named George Cornell and Charity Cornell his Wife Execute the Same as their Vollentary act & Deed Which having Examined I allow to be Recorded VALENTINE H. PETERS Entered & Compared With the Orriginal By VALENTINE H. PETERS Clerk This Indenture made the Eighteenth Day of April in the Year of our Lord One thousand-Seven hundred and Sixty Eight Between Frderick Nostrand Thomas Tredwell Fredrick Nostrandt Jur and John Nostrandt all of Hempstead in Queens County in the province of New York and Jacobus Nostrandt of Suffolk County in the province aforesaid of the one part and Charles Deryee of Oysterbay in Queens County and province aforesaid on the other part Witneseth that the Said Fredrick Nostrant Thomas Tredwell Fredrick Nostrand Jur John Nostrand And Jacobus Nostrand for and in Consideration of the Sum of One hundred & Sixteen pounds Lawful Money of New York to them in hand paid by the Said Charles Deryee at and before the Ensealing And Delevering of these presents the Recipt Whereof they Do hereby Acknowledge and themselves to be therewith fully Satisfied Contented and paid And thereof and of Every part and parcell thereof Doth hereby Acquit Exonerate Release and fully Discharge the Said Charles Deryee his heirs Executors And Administraitors hath Given Granted Bargained Sold Remised Released assured and Confirmed and by these presents doth give grant Bargain Sell Remise Release assure and Confirm unto the Said Charles Deryee and his heirs and Assigns all that one PAGE 107. Certain Mesuage Tenament Lotts of Land and premises Situate Lying in Hempstead South Woods Whereon William Nostrand Now Lives Containing about Twenty Acres of Land be the Same More or Less bounded as followeth Easterly by the Highway that Leads from Benjamin Hewletts to Samuel Beadles, South by Land lately or Now Claimed by Said Samuel Beadle Westerly partly by Richard Gildersleve partly by John Gritman and partly by Elijah Spragg Togather With all and Singular the Houses Barnes Gardens fences Orchards pasturs And Improvements With all and Every of ther Appurtenances With Reversions and Remainders thereof To Have and to Hold all & Singular the above hereby Granted Mesuage Tenament Lotts of Land and premises with all and Every of ther Appurtenances unto the Said Charles Deryee and his heirs and Assigns to the only propper use Benifitt and Behoof of him the Said Charles Deryee and his heirs and Assigns forever and the Said Fredrick Nostrand Thomas Tredwell Fredrick Nostrand Jur John Nostrand and Jacobus Nostrand for themselves Severally and Each of their several and Respective heirs Executors and Administraitors doth hereby Covenant promis Grant and Agree to and With the Said Charles Deryee and his Assigns in Manner and form following that is to Say that they the Said Fredrick Nostrand Thomas Tredwell Fredrick Nostrand Junr John Nostrand and Jacobus Nostrand at the time of the Ensealing and Delevering of these presents was the tru Sole and Lawful Owner of the aforesaid Mesuage Tenament Lotts of Land and premises and that they had in themselves Good Right full power and Lawfull Authority to Sell and Dispose of the Same in Manner aforesaid as also that the same is free and Clear from all Intanglements or Incumcumbrances whatsoever Lastly the Said Fredrick Nostrand Thomas Tredwell Fredrick Nostrand Jur John Nostrand and Jacobus Nostrand the Said Mesuage Tenament Lotts of Land and premises with all and Every of their Appurtenances unto the Said Charles Deryee and his heirs. and Assigns Against the Lawfull Claims or pretences of all Manner of person or persons Shall And Will Warrent and by these presents forever Defend the same In Witness Whereof the partys to these presents have hereunto Interchangably Sett their hands and Seals the Day and Year first above Written on the 19th day of April Came personally before Me Valentine H. Peters one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for Queens County the above Named grantors Fredrick Nostrand Thomas Tredwell Fredrick Nostrand Jr & John Nostrand and Acknowledged this Instrument as their Vollentary Act and Deed Which having Examined I Allow to be Recorded VALENTINE H. PETERS Entered and Compared With the Orriginal BY VALENTINE H. PETERS Clerk PAGE 108. Know all Men by these presents that I Amy Smith widow and Relict of Cap't Benjamin Smith late of Hempstead in Queens County Deceased Send Greeting know Ye that I the Said Amey Smith in my pure Widowhood and Lawfull Authority have Remised Released and Utterly for mine heirs and Assigns forever have Quite Claimed unto Benjamin Smith Samuel Smith and John Smith Sons of my late Husband Cap't Benjamin Smith and to their and Each of their Respective heirs and Assigns for Ever for the Consideration of a Certain Devise and Legacy Given me in the Last Will and Testament of my Said late Husband all Mine Estate Claim and Right which I the Said Amey Smith ever had Now have or hereafter may have by reason of my Dower of and in the third part of all the Lands Meadow Ground Tenaments and premises which my Late Husband Benjamin Smith had or was Siezed of while I was Married to him (Excepting only that part which he my Said Husband Divised to me the use of in his last Will & Testament by which Said Will it may and Will more at large Appear refference thereunto being had) So that Nither I now Any other in my Name Shall or may at any time hereafter have or Claime any Rights claim Interest or Dower in any of the Lands Meadows Ground Tenements or premises which my Said late Husband Died Seized off as abovesaid or Any part thereof (only Excepting As above) But that Wee and every of us Shall forever hereafter by these presents be Excluded and barred of and from all Actions Claim & Demand of Dower In Witness whereof the Said Amey Smith hath hereunto Set her hand and Seal the 12th day of April 1768 Sealed and Delevered in the presence of VALENTINE H. PETERS Queens SS. AMY SMITH (S) Memorandom that on the 12th day of April 1768 personally Appeared before me Valentine H. Peters Esqr one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the Said County the above Named Amy Smith & Acknowledged that the above Instrument of Writing was her own Vollentary Act and Deed and having perused the Same Allow it to be recorded VALENTINE H. PETERS Entered & Compared With the Orriginal by VALENTINE H. PETERS Town Clerk This Indenture made the 14th Day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty three between James Smith of Hempstead in Queens County and in the province of New York of the one part and James Cornell of Flushing in the County and province aforesaid of the other part Witneseth that the Said James Smith for and in Consideration of the Sum of One thousand five hundred pounds of Lawfull Money of New York to him in hand paid by the Said James Cornell at or before the Ensealing and Delevering hereof the Recipt whereof is hereby |