& Elisabeth his Wife for & in Consideration of the Sum of Fifteen Pounds in good Bills of Credit of the Province afores to us in Hand paid, at & before the Ensealing & Delivery of these Presents by Thomas Salter of Boston afores Cordwainer the Receipt of which Sum to full Content & Satisfaction We do hereby acknowledge & for divers other good Causes and Considerations us thereunto moving have given granted bargained sold conveyed & confirmed & by these Presents do give grant bargain sell aliene enfeoffe convey & confirm unto the s" Thomas Salter his Heirs & Assigns for ever All our & each of our Right Title Interest Inheritance Property Dividend Claim & Demand whatsoever weh we or either of us ever had now have or at any Time hereafter can pretend to have or claim in Right of our sd deca Mother as she was One of the Daughters of the above named Thomas Parker who was eldest Son & One of the Heirs of the abovenamed John Parker decd or otherwise howsoever of in & to the abovesd Island called Raskohegon al Parkers Island situate lying & being by Sagadahock River Mouth upon the Eastward Side & lies away North North East towards Shepscutt River or however otherwise described & bounded or reputed to be bounded together with all Isletts Rivers Ponds Trees Woods Underwoods Ways Waters Water Courses Buildings Profits Priviledges & Appurces to the sd granted Premisses belonging or in any wise appertaining & the Reversion & Reversions Remainder & Remainders thereof all weh Island was granted & conveyed by Robert Hood Sagamore of Sagadahock & Kenebeck by a good Deed bearing Date February the 27th 1650 made & given to the before named John Parker who died seized thereof in Fee & upon the Decease of Mary his Wife the same descended to & became the Inheritance of the aforenamed Thomas Parker (the eldest Son) John Parker & Mary Webber the Three surviving Children & Heirs of the sd John Parker deceasd To have and to hold all our & each of our Right Estate Title Interest Share Proportion Dividend Property Claim or Demand of in or to the afores Island Isletts & Premisses before mentioned with the Appurces unto the 84 Thomas Salter his Heirs & Assigns forever To his & their only sole & proper Use Benefit and Behoof from hence forth & for evermore freely peaceably & absolutely without any Manner of Condition Reversion or Limitation of Use or Uses whatsoever So that of & from all Reclaim Challenge or Demand to be Us the sd Peter Gibbons & Elisabeth his Wife or either of us our or either of our Heirs or Assigns at any Time hereafter had made or claimed of in or to the sd granted Premisses in Right of our said deccas Mother or otherwise however We & They & each of us & them shall & will be debarred & for ever excluded of & from the same by Force & Virtue of these Presents In Witness whereof we the 84 Peter Gibbons & Elisabeth his Wife have hereunto set our Hands & Scals this Twenty Seventh Day of April Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Annoq Regni Regis Georgii Sccundi Magna Britannia Francia & Hibernia Tertio-Peter Gibbons his Mark X (Seal) Elisabeth Gibbons her Mark × (Se) Signed Scaled & Delivered in Presence of us John Brocas Jun' Jerusha Bradbury £15 Received on the Day of the Date of this Deed of Mr Thomas Salter the Sum of Fifteen Pounds being the Consideration therein expressed p Peter Gibbons his Mark X Suffolk ss/Boston April 28. 1730 Mr Peter Gibbons & Elisabeth his Wife psonally appearing before me the Subscriber acknowledged the aforewritten Instrument by them executed to be their free Act & Deed Before me Sam' Checkley Jus: Pac A true Copy of the Original Received May 13. 1730 Att Jos: Moody Reg Cock Know all Men by these Presents that I William Cock Sen' now resident in Salem in the County of Essex in their Majty Province of the Massachusetts Higginson Bay in New England formerly an Inhabitant at Sagadahock in the Province of Main Planter for & in Consideration of the Sum of Fifty Four Pounds to me in Hand paid by John Higginson Jun' of Salem Merchant the Receipt whereof I do acknowledge & my self therewith fully satisfied & paid have granted bargained & sold & do by these Presents grant bargain sell alicne enfcoffe assigne set over & confirm unto the sd John Higginson his Heirs Exce" Admin & Assigns a certain Tract of Land situate lying at or near the Mouth of Sagadahock River on the West Side of sa River in the Province of Maine containing by Estimation about Thirteen Hundred Acres of Upland Meadow & Salt Marsh be it more or less & being that [213] Tract of Land which I the s William Cock bought of Thomas Atkins of Sagadahock afores Planter & weh I lived upon many years & is Bounded as followeth That is to say beginning at the Head of Long Cove Marsh down to the Cove Easterly to the Point & so round up the River Northerly till you come to a Creek running in from the Main River Westerly all along upon the 8d Cove & River (web gd Creek is the Bounds between the Land of Simon Newcomb & this Tract of Land hereby sold unto the 84 Higginson) & so up to the Head of gd Creek & from thence about Half a Mile into the Main Land Westerly unto a Great Swamp & from thence Southwardly to the Head of the Creek which goeth down to the Head of Long Cove & thence down to the Head of Long Cove Marsh where we began the weh gd Creek is the Bound between the Land formerly in the Possession of Robert Edwards & this Tract of Land hereby sold unto the sa Higginson & One small Island lying in the sa River against the s Land commonly called Toms Island containing about Five Acres be it more or less Together with the Liberty of Range for Cattle & Swine for Feed upon the Land of the sd Thomas Atkins adjoyning thereunto & all Mines Minerals Woods Trees Waters Water Courses Flats Rights Titles Priviledges Profits & Appurces whatsoever unto the sa bargained Premisses are any ways belonging & all the Estate Right Titles Interest Use Propriety Possession Claim & Demand whatsoever of me the sd William Cock my Heirs Exec" Admin" & Assigns of in & to the same To have and to hold the sa Tract of Land & Island be they more or less as they are hereby bounded or as they ought or have been formerly bounded Together with all the Rights Titles Priviledges Estate & Appurces thereunto any ways belonging Unto him the s John Higginson his Heirs Exec" Admin" & Assigns To his & their only proper Use Benefit & Behoofe for ever And I the sd William Cock do by these Presents covenant & promise for my self Heirs Excc" Admin" & Assigns to & with the s John Higginson his Heirs Excc" Admin" & Assigns That He the William Cock is the true & lawful owner of all the bargained Premisses & hath full Power & lawful Authority to grant bargain sell & assure unto the sd John Higginson his Heirs Exec" Admin" & Assigns as afores all & singular the afores Tract of Land & Island with all the Rights Titles Priviledges & Appurces whatsoever And that the sa bargained Premisses & every Part thereof are free & clear & freely & clearly acquitted & discharged of & from all former & other Gifts Grants Sales Titles Dowry Title of Dowry Mortgages Judgments Executions Troubles Molestations & Encumbrances whatsoever And the 8d William Cock doth hereby oblige him self Heirs Exec" Admin" & Assigns to warrant & defend the s John Higginson his Heirs Exec Admin & Assigns in the Peaceable & quiet Possession of all & singular the bargained Premisses for ever ag Manner of Persons laying legal Claim thereunto or a thereof And Mary Cock the Wife of the s" Willia doth freely surrender up her Right of Dowry of in same as Witness their Hands & Seals this Twenty Si of July One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety & Th the Fifth Year of their Majestys Reign Willan Colk Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of us John R Sen John Marston Jun William Cock Sen' psonally appeared & ackno this Instrument to be his Act & Deed this 27th July Before me Benja Browne Jus Peace Received the 28th August 1693 Essex ss/Registr the Records of Lands for sa County at Salem in Lil p Steph: Sewall York ss/July 3. 1702 Recorded with the Records o for ye 8d County Lib vi Fol° 140 & 141 & 142 p Jos: Hamond A true Copy of the Original Received May 19 17: Att Jos: Moody Phipen Know all Men by these Presents that I Joseph F Sent of Salem Mariner for & in Consider the Sum of Ten Pounds to me in Hand Discount of what I am now endebted by Jo Higginson ginson Jun' of Salem Merchant the which I by acknowledge & myself therewith fully s & paid have bargained sold enfcoffed aliened & co & do by these presents bargain sell enfeoffe aliene & unto the s John Higginson Jun' his Heirs Excer & Assigns a certain Tract or Parcel of Land situat the Township of Falmouth in Casco Bay on Perpude the Province of Maine being by Estimation about On dred Acres be the same more or less being bounde wardly with the Land whercon Thomas Stanford ly lived & Westerly with the Land whereon Rober ford formerly lived lying between Two Creek or Brook tends up into the Land as far as other Mens Lots The w is the Land whereon I the sd Phepony built on live improved for many Years before the First Indian W gether with all the Right Title Estate Priviledges & A thereunto any ways belonging To have and to hold Tract or Parcel of Land Together with all the Rights Estate Priviledges & Appurces thereunto any ways Admin" & Assigns for ever as a good Estate & Inheritance in Fee simple & the 8 Joseph Phepeny doth further covenant & agree to & with the sd John Higginson for himself Heirs Exec Admin" & Assigns to & with the sa John Higginson his Heirs Exec" Admin" & Assigns that he the s Joseph Phepeny is the true & lawful owner of the bargained Premisses & hath full Power & lawful Authority to sell & confirm the same unto the sd Higginson & Assigns And that he will warrant & defend the 8 Higginson his Heirs Exec" Admin" & Assigns in the quiet & peaceable Possession of the bargained Premisses & every Part thereof against all Manner of Persons laying legal Claim thereunto As witness my Hand & Seal this Fourteenth day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred Joseph Phippen (S) Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of John Turner Jura Ed Weld Essex ss/At her Majty Infer Court of Pleas holden at Salem Decemb 26. 1710 Then Majr John Turner One of the Witnesses to this Instrument made Oath that he was present & saw Joseph Phipen sign seal & deliver this Instrument as his Act & Deed & that Edward Weld the other Witness & this Deponent signed as witnesses at the same Attest Stephen Sewall Cler Received on Record Decemb' 29. 1710 Essex ss This Instrument is recorded with the Records of sa County in Lib 23 Fol 245 Exam p Steph: Sewall Record' Entered in the Book Entreys of y Claims of Land at the Eastward Page 30 p Sam' Phipps Clerk A true Copy of the Original Received March 19. 1730 Att Jos: Moody Regr Elisabeth Davis of Beverly aged about Sixty Four Years testifieth & saith that she lived with her Father W☐ Cock Thomas Adkins at Sagedehock in the Province of Maine for about twelve Years till she married away from him, And I do certainly know that my 84 Father Thomas Adkins did sell unto William Cocke a considerable Quantity of Lands lying to the Westward of Sagadehock River at the Mouth of 8d River called foxes Head & run up to the Head of Long Cove to a Creek there & runs up the River to the next Neighbors & I do very well remember that W Cock & bis Family lived upon sa Land for many Years & have been at his House several Times while he liv |