Thirty and One and in the Fourth Year of his Majtys Reign King George the Second Signed Sealed & Delivered in ye psence of us Thomas Spinney Jr his mark Thomas Dennet York ss March ye 30th 1731/2 The above named Samuel Spinney personally appeared before me ye Subscriber & acknowledged the above & within Instrumt in writing to be his Voluntary Act & Deed Elihu Gunnison J: Peace A true Copy of ye Original received Aprill 4th 1732 Joseph Moody Reg Littlefield Το Perkins Attest To all Christian People to whom these psents shall come Greeting Know yee that I Samuel Littlefield of Arundel in ye County of York & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman for and in Consideration of the Sum of One Hundred Pounds Currt and passable money of New England or Province Bills of Credit to me in hand paid or secured to be paid to my Satisfaction before yo Ensealing & delivery of these psents by Thos Perkins ye Third of Arundel in ye County & Province afores Gent The Receipt whereof I do acknowledge & my self therewith to be [7] fully satisfied contented & paid & in Consideration thereof I have given granted bargained & sold and by these Presents I do fully freely & absolutely give grant bargain sell aliene Assigne enfeoffe convey & confirm urto unto him the sd Thomas Perkins his Heirs Execrs Admin's and Assigns forever ye One Eighth part of the New Saw Mill on Kennebunk River Together with ye Eighth part of the Stream whereon it now Standeth To have & to hold the Eighth part of ye sd Saw Mill & Stream with all the profits priviledges & Appurces to the same belonging or any wise appertaining to him the sa Thomas Perkins his Heirs Excers Admins & Assigns forever together with all the Land that I the sa Samuel Littlefield have either on the West or South Side of Kenebunk River to the Value of One Quarter of an Acre adjoining to said Mill & also as free liberty to cut Timber either in the Town of Arundel or Wells as I ye said Samuel Littlefield have myself & Further I the said Sam" Littlefield for my self my Heirs Execs Admin's do covenant promise & grant to & with him ye said Thos Perkins his Heirs Exeers Admin's & Assigns by these psents that I am Immediately before ye En Book XV. 3 sealing & delivery of these Presents the true & Rightfull owner of ye above granted & bargained pmisses and am lawfully seized & possessed of the same in my own proper Right as a good pfect & absolute Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple and have in myself good right full power and lawful Authority the same to sell convey and Assure as is above expressed and that after the ensealing & delivery of these psents the same is free & clear & clearly acquitted & discharged of & from all former & other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Entails Joyntures Dowers Judgments Executions Incumbrances of wt nature & kind soever and Further I ye Sam1 Littlefield for my self my Heirs Execs Admin's do covenant promise & Ingage the within demised pmisses to him ye sa Thomas Perkins his Heirs Exec's Admin & Assigns forever hereafter to warrant Secure & Defend against ye lawful Claim or Claims or any pson or psons whatsomever that shall legally Claim any Right Title or Interest therein in Right of him ye said Sam' Littlefield his Heirs Execs Admin's in Witness whereof the said Samuel Littlefield & Frances his Wife In Testimony of her full consent & free Relinquishment of all her Right of Dower & power of Thirds in the pmisses have hereunto set their Hands & Seals this Nineteenth Day of March Annoq Domini One Thousand Seven Hund & Thirty One 1731 her Frances Littlefield (a seal) mark Samuel Littlefield (a Seal) York ss/Arundel May ye 19th 1731 Then Mr Sam1 Littlefield & Frances his Wife psonally appeared & acknowledged ye within & above Instrumt to be their Voluntary Act & Deed before me Joseph Hill Jus Peace A true Copy of the Original Received April 4th 1732 Carlile Attest Joseph Moody Regr To all People to whom these Presents shall come Abraham Battin of York in the County of York in the Battin & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Husbandman Son & only surviving Heir of John Battin & Sarah his Wife deceased which sa Sarah was one of the Daughters of John & Eliza Main formerly of North Yarmouth in Casco Bay in the County & Province afores Dec" Rachel Carlile of York in the County & Province aforesd Widow another of the Το Smith Daughters of the sa John & Elizabeth Main sendeth Greeting Know ye yt We the sd Abraham Battin & Rachel Carlile for & in Consideration of the Sum of Four Pounds currt Money of New England to us in Hand at & before the Ensealing & Delivery hereof well & truly paid us by John Smith of Boston in the County of Suffolk within the Province afores Merchant the Receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge & thereof acquit & discharge the sd John Smith his Heirs & Assigns have granted bargained sold enfeoffed conveyed & confirmed & by these Presents do freely fully & absolutely grant sell enfeoffe convey & confirm unto the sd John Smith all our Right Title Interest Estate & Inheritance Property Possession Claim & Demand wch we or either of us had have may or ought to have in & to any Lots & Proprieties of Lands within the Township of North Yarmouth in Casco Bay afores together with all the Rights Commons & Divisions of Land thereto in any wise belonging or appertaining throughout ye sd Town of North Yarmouth with the Trees thereon weh Lands Commons Rights & After Divisions do by Right of Inheritance belong unto us the sd Abraham Battin & Rachel Carlile as Heirs of the afores John & Sarah Battin John & Elisabeth Maine Decd To have and to hold all the aforegranted Lots Lands Rights Comons Divisions wth the Appurces thereto in any wise belonging or appertaining unto him the sa John Smith his Heirs & Assigns To his & their only sole Use Benefit & Behoofe forever freely & clearly discharged from us our Heirs & Assigns & from all Persons under us And furthermore we the said Abraham Batten & Rachel Carlile do hereby for our selves & our Heirs covenant & agree with the sa John Smith to warrant & defend ye above granted Lands & Premises unto him the sd John Smith his Heirs & Assigns from & against all the Claims & Demands of us the sd Abraham Battin & Rachel Carlile our Heirs & Assigns & every of them & of all Persons from by or under us or them In Witness whereof we the sd Abraham Battin & Rachel Carlile have hereunto set our Hands & Seals the Seventh Day of April One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Two And in ye Fifth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the Second & Abraham Battin ("Seal) Signed Sealed & Delivered in the Presence of Stephen Prebles his Mark X Samuel Johnson Received of John Smith the Day & Year above written the Sum of Four Pounds in full Payment for the aforegranted Lands & Premisses p me Abraham Battin Rachel Carlile her Mark X York ss/York April ye 12th 1732 Abraham Battin & Rachel Carlile both psonally appeared & acknowledged this Instrument or Deed of Sale to be their free & voluntary Act & Deed Coram John Gray Just Pacs A true Copy of the Original Receiva April ye 12th 1732. Attest Joseph Moody Regr [8] Know all Men by these psents that I John Tarr of Biddeford in the County of York Ferry man have constituted ordained and made & in my name & Stead & Place put and by these Presents do ordain & make and in my stead & place put my wife Elizth Tarr to be my true Sufficient & Lawful Attorney for me and in my name and stead and to my use to to ask demand Levy Require Recover and Receive of and from all and every pson or psons whome soever the same shall and may Consarn all & Singular Sum & Sums of money depts Goods Wares Merchandises effects and things Whatsoever Nothing Excepted or Resarved Giving and Hereby Granting unto my said Attorney my full and whole Strength Power and Authorety in & about the Premisses and to take and use all dew means Causes and Prosess in the Law for the obtaining and Recovering of the same and of Recoveries and Receipts thereof in my name to make Seal & Execute due Acquitances and discharges & for the Primices to appear and the Parson of me to Reprosent before any Governour Judges Justices Officer and Ministers of the Law Whatsoever in any Court or Courts of Judicature and there on my behalf to answer Defend and Reply unto all Actions Cases Matters Whatsoever to make sale of house or Lands or anything as the matter shall Require Relating to the Premisses With full power make and substitute one or more Atturneys under her my said Attorney and the same againe att pleasure to Revoke and Generally to say do act Tansact determorn accomplish and Finish all Matters & things whatsoever Relating to me as fully amply and Esactly to all Intents & purposes as I the sade Constituent my self ought or might personally altho the matter might require more special Athority then is herein Comprised I the said Constituent Ratifeing and allowing and holding ferm & Valied all and Whatsoever my s Attorney or her Substitutes shall Lawfully do or Cause to be done in and about the Premises by verty of these presents In Whereof Witness I have hereunto set my hand & seal the first day of October Anno 1731 in the fourth year of his Majerstys Reign John Tarr (Seal) Signed Sealed & Delivered in psence of us Robert Pool John Reith York ss/Biddiford October 30th 1731 John Tarr psonally appeared and acknowledged this above Power of Attorney to be his free & voluntary Act & Deed Cor. John Gray Jus: Peace A true Copy of ye Orig1 recd April 4th 1732. Tarr Attest Joseph Moody Regr To all People to whom this psent writing shall come I Elizabeth Tarr of Biddiford in ye County of York by Vertue of a power of Attorney Send Greeting Know yee that I the said Elizabeth Tarr for and Paterson in consideration of ye full & just sum of Ninety Pounds to me in Hand well & truly paid by Robert Patterson of Biddiford in the County of York in the pvince of Main in the Massachusetts Bay in the New England before ye Ensealing & delivery of these psents have given granted bargained sold and by these Presents do fully & absolutely give grant bargain sell and aliene unto the said Robert Patterson his Heirs & Assigns forever the House & Land adjoining to it in Biddiford about Three Acres of Land by Estimation be it more or less lying upon Saco River which is now enclosed & all ye priviledges & Appurces thereto belonging or any wise appertaining to her ye sa Eliza Tarr her Heirs Execs or Assigns as an Inheritance in Fee Simple forever And I ye said Elizabeth Tarr for my self my Heirs & Assigns do hereby covenant & promise with the sd Robert Patterson his Heirs & Assigns Execrs Admin's that at ye Day & Date hereof I the abovementioned am ye true & lawful owner of all the above mentioned pmisses & ye the same is free & clear from all former Grants Sales or Dowrys or Mortgages or any other Incumbrances as by Deed of Sale and that I myself have good Right & lawful Authority to make Sale And Further the I the said Robert Patterson and my Heirs or Exeers Admin's or Assigns shall by Vertue of this Instrument forever hereafter peaceably & quietly Injoy have hold & possess all ye above demised pmisses together with all priviledges & Appurces thereunto belonging or any wise appertaining without Denial or Interruption of me abovementioned my Heirs Exeers Admin or Assigns or any other pson or psons laying any Claim to the same by or under me the above named Elizabeth Tarr |