of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for Queens County David Pettit & Mary his Wife and Acknowledged that they Executed this Instrument as their Volentary Act & Deed the Said Mary being by me privatly Examined Apart from her Husband Declared that she Executed the Same of her owne free Will and Accord Without Any fear threats or Compultion of her Said Husband to Oblige her to it Which Instrument having Examined and finding No Rasure Nor Interlination Do alow it to be Recorded April 10th 1773 VALENTINE H. PETERS Entered & Compared With the Original By VALENTINE H. PETERS Clk PAGE 236. This Indenture made the tenth day of May in the Year of our Lord Christ one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy three By and Between Stephen Cornwell Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Benjamin Cornell Late of Hempstead Deceas'd of the one part and George Cornell and Uriah Mitchell all of the Township of Hempstead in Queens County of the other part Witneseth that the Said Stephen Cornwell for and in Consideration of the just and full Sum of Eight Hundred pounds Lawfull Money of New York to him in hand paid before the Ensealing hereof the recipt whereof the Said Stephen Cornell Doth hereby Acknowledge And himself therewith fully Satisfied Contented and paid and thereof And of every part and parcell thereof Doth Exonerate Acquit and Discharge the Said George Cornell and Uriah Mitchell their heirs Executors & Admr's & Every of them by these presents Hath Granted Bargained Sold Alienated Enfeoffed Asured and Confirmed and by these presents Do fully freely Clearly And absolutely Give Grant Bargain Sell Alien Eufeeoff assure Convey & Confirm Unto them the Said George Cornell and Uriah Mitchell to them their Heirs and Assigns forever all that Certain peice or parcell of Land Sittuate Laying and being in the Township of Hempstead and County aforesaid in the province of New York at Success being butted and bounded as followeth (Viz) Easterly by the road that Leads from the plains to great Neck Northarly by Charles Hicks's Land Westerly by Baruck Cornells Land Southarly by the Said Barrack Cornells Land to the Swamy then Runing Southarly Again through the Swamp by the Said Barrack Cornells Land down to the Great Pond then Runing by the Said Pond to the fence Neare the Sheep pen then along the fence as it now Stands untill it Comes to the Road Mentioned Containing About Eighty Acres be the Same more or Less and also a peice of Salt Meadow Laying in Little Neck Fly in the Township of Flushing being butted and bounded as Followeth Viz Southerly by the Mud pond and William Smiths Meadow Westerly by the great Creek Northerly by Meadow Late the property of John Van Wyck Deceased and Easterly by the Upland Containing about one Acre be the same more or Less Togather With all and Singular the Buildings Timber Trees pasturs Enclosurs Water Swamps and all and Every of the Appurtenances to the Sd premises belonging or in Any Ways thereunto Appertaining To Have and to hold all and Singular the Said Granted and bargained premises and all the privilidges and Appurtenances unto them the Said George Cornell & Uriah Mitchell that is to Say one Equall half part of the Land and Meadow above Mentioned unto him the Said George Cornell his heirs and Assigns forever And the other Equal half part of the Said Land and Meadow Quantity & Quality Unto him the Said Uriah Mitchell his hirs and Assigns forever the Said Granted premises to be held by them as Tennants in Common and not in joint Tennancy and Every of the Appurtenances unto them the Said George Cornell and Uriah PAGE 237. Mitchell to them their Heirs and Assigns forever to them and their only proper Use Benifit and Behoof from Hence forth and forever and I the Said Stephen Cornell Do Covenant promis grant and agree to and with them the said George Cornell and Uriah Mitchell them their Heirs and Assigns that at the Time of the Ensealing and before the Delevery hereof by Virtue of the power and Authority Committed to me in And by the Last Will and Testament of the Said Benjamin Cornell Do Sell And Convey the above Granted and Bargained premises and that them the Said George Cornell and Uriah Mitchell and their Heirs and Assigns by Virtue thereof Shall and may Have hold Use Command possess and Enjoy all the above bargained premises with all and Singular the Appurtenances from henceforth and forever free and Clear and freely and Clearly Acquitted Exonerated and fully Discharged of And from Any Right Title Interest Claim or Demands of him the Said Stephen Cornell and from the just and Lawfull Claim or Claims Or Demands of Any Maner of person or persons Claiming or to Claim from by or under him the Said Benjamin Cornell In Witness whereof I the Said Stephen Cornell Do hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day and Year above Written Signed Sealed and Delevered OBA'H CORNELL JAMES CORNELL Queens SS. STEPHEN CORNWELL (S) Be it Remembred that on the Seventh day of August 1773 Came personally before me Valentine H. Peters one. of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for Queens County the Within Named Stephen Cornell and Acknowledged that he Executed the Within Written Instrument as his Vollentary Act and Deed Which having Examined and finding No Rasurs Nor Interlinations do allow it to be Re corded VALENTINE H. PETERS Enter'd & Compared With the Orriginal by VALENTINE H. PETERS Clerk To all Christian People to whome these Presents Shall Come Greeting Know Ye that I Henry Wansor of Hempstead in Queens County and province of New York Mason for and in Consideration of the Sum of Two hundred and Ninety five pounds Good Current money of Said province to me in hand paid or Secured to be paid before the Sealing and Delevery hereof by Uriah Totten in the Bounds of Huntington in Suffolk County and province aforesaid Weaver the Receipt Whereof I the Said Henry Wansor do hereby Acknowledge and my Self therewith fully Satisfied Contented and paid & thereof And therefrom and from Every part and parcell thereof Do Exonerate Acquit and fully Discharge him the Said Uriah Totten his heirs Executors. and Admr's forever by these presents have Given Granted bargained Sold Alienated Conveyed & Confirmed And by PAGE 238. these Presents I the Said Henry Wansor Do fully freely Clearly and Absolutely give grant bargain Sell Alien Convey and Confirm unto the Said Uriah Totten his heirs and assigns for Ever all that of four peices of Wood and plain Land Situate Lying and being Near Cantiage in the Township of Hempstead the first and Second peices of Land the Sd Henry Wansor bought of the Executors of Henry Townsend Deceased the first peice being Wood Land is bounded as followeth on the South by the plains on the West by Land that Henry Townsend Deceased Sold to Richard Post on the North by the Brushey Plains and on the East by Land the Said Henry Townsend Sold to Daniel Wright Containing Within Said Bounds Twenty Eight Acres and three quaters Statute Measure the Second peice being plains and Conveyed to the Said Henry Wansor by the Same persons as abovesd Containing three Acres and one third part of An Acre being bounded on the North by the abovesaid piece of Land and to Extend Southarly So far as to Make three Acres and one third part of An Acre the two peices being one third part of the Land the Said Henry Townsend Deceased bought of Joseph Smith's Sons the third peice being plains the Said Henry Wansor bought of Daniel Wright and is bounded on the North by the plain Land that the Said Henry Wansor bought of the Executors of Henry Townsend Deceased and Extending Southarly So far as to Make Nine Acres and forty Seven Rods the fourth peice being plains was Laid out to the Said Henry Wansor upon an Eight Shilling and Six pence Right that he Bought of Jacob Searing as by his Deed for the Same Reference thereunto being had will fully Appear and is bounded on the North by the Plain Land the Said Henry bought of Daniel Wright and on the East by Josias Latten his Land and on the West by Solomon Powell his Land and on the South by the County Road So Called Containing by Estimation thirty Nine Acres the general bounds of the abovesaid four pieces as followeth North by the Brushey plains East by Josiah Latten West by Solomon powell and So therly by the Country Road So Called Containing within the Said Bounds Eighty Acres More or Less To Have and to hold all the above granted & bargained premises with all and Every the Appurtenances thereunto belonging or in Any Wise Appertaining unto him the Said Uriah Totten his heirs and Assigns to his and their own Sole and proper use benefit and behoof forever and I the Said Henry Wansor do also Convey all the Houses out Houses Barnstables Gardens Wells Orchards fencing and all and all other Appurtenances previleges and Commoditys theirunto belonging or in Any Ways Appertaining the Green Grain & flax on the Ground only Excepted unto him the Said Uriah |