his & their only proper Use Benefit & Behoofe for ever Provided the s Andrew Ring his Heirs & Assigns shall well & truly do & perform all the Terms Conditions Articles & Obligations of Settlement & pay all the Charges & Taxes of g Lot hereafter from the Date of these Presents So that no Damage or Loss whatsoever shall come to the sd Robert Johnson by the Neglect or Non Performance of these Conditions that the Honorable Comittee shall lay upon the said Lot And I the s Robert Johnson for me my Heirs Excc" & Admin do covenant grant & agree to & with the sa Andrew Ring his Heirs & Assigns in Manner following that is to say I the sd Robert am the truc sole & lawful Owner of all & singular the abovegranted & bargained Lands & Premisses & will warrant & defend the same unto the sd Andrew Ring his Heirs & Assigns for ever against the lawful Claims & Demands of any Person or Persons whatsoever lawfully laying Claim thereto, and Elizabeth Johnson the Wife of the s Robert Johnson doth hereby consent & agree to this present . Deed & doth hereby relinquish surrender & give up all her Thirds of Right & Dower in s Lands & Premisses In Witness whereof I the sa Robert Johnson & Elisabeth Johnson have hereunto set their Hands & Seals this Twelfth Day of September Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Twenty Nine & in the Third Year of his Majty Reign &c Robert Johnson (Seal) Elisabeth Johnson her Mark X (Seal) Sign Seal & Da in Presence of Sam" Fotman Samuel Seabury York ss/North Yarmouth Sept 26th 1730 Then Robert Johnson & Elizabeth Johnson appeared & acknowledged the above Instrument to be their free Act & Deed Cor: Joshua Moody Just: Pac: A true Copy of the Original Reed Octobr 8. 1730 Attest Jos: Moody Reg Thomas To all People unto whom this present Deed of Sale shall come William Thomas of Boston in the County of Suffolk in New England sendeth Greeting Know ye that I the s William Thomas for & in Consideration of the Sum of Six Hundred Pounds in good Bills of Credit on the Province of the Massachusetts Bay to me in Hand well & truly paid at & bcfore the Delivery of these Presents by Offen Bordman of Newbury in the County of Essex Merchant the Receipt of Book XIII. 53. which Sum to full Content & Satisfaction I the sd William Thomas hereby acknowledge have given granted bargained sold conveyed & confirmed & by these Presents do fully freely clearly & absolutely give grant bargain sell aliene. enfeoff release convey & confirm unto the sd Offen Bordman his Ileirs & Assigns for ever all those my certain Tracts or Parcels of Upland & Meadows situate lying & bcing at Casco Bay in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay; which Uplands & Meadows I the sa William [279] Thomas lately purchased of Job Otis, who bought the same of Nathanael & Gilbert Winslow who purchased s Lands of Joseph Nash & were formerly the Lands of John Mosure weh gd Upland contains Three Hundred Acres bounded Easterly by Arcsiket River so called Southerly on the Sea or Salt Water Westerly by the Second Gutt weh joyns upon Lancs Land running from the Second Gutt North Westerly untill the full Contents & Measure of Three Hundred Acres be meted out with all the Meadow Land thereto belonging The first Parcel of Meadow having a Pond. in the Middle of it & Three Parcels more on the Easterly Side or upper Part of the afores River containing in all about Twenty or thirty Acres be the same more or less Together with the Buildings Fences Trees Woods Underwoods & Living Stock thercon standing being or growing Waters Water Courses Profits Priviledges & Appurces thereto belonging or in any wise appertaining & the Reversions & Remainders thereof To have and to hold the sd given & granted Lands Living Stock & other the Premisses with the Appurces & every Part thereof unto the 8d Offen Boardman his Heirs Excc Admin" & Assigns for ever To his & their only sole & proper Use Benefit & Behoofe from hence forth & for ever more And I the sd William Thomas for my self my Heirs Excer & Admin" do hereby covenant promise grant & agree to & with the sd Offen Boardman his Heirs Execr Admin & Assigns in Manner following That is to say That at & until the Time of the Enscaling & Delivery of these Presents I the sd William Thomas am the true sole & lawful Owner of the sd granted Land & Premisses with the Appurces having in myself full Power good Right & lawful Authority to give grant bargain sell convey & dispose thereof in Manner as afores the same being free & clear & clearly exonerated acquitted & discharged of & from all & all manner of former & other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Releases Mortgages Alienation & Encumbrances whatsoever And furthermore I the sd William Thomas do covenant promise & grant for my self my Heirs Exec" & Admin" to warrant & defend the s granted Lands Buildings Living Stock & all other the aforebargained Premisses with the Appurces unto him the sd Offen Boardman his Heirs Excer Admin & Assigns for ever against the lawful Claims & Demands of all & every other Person & Persons whomsoever In Witness whereof I the sd William Thomas & Anne my Wife (in Token of her free Consent to these Presents & full Relinquishment of all her Right of Dower or Thirds of in or to the s granted Lands & Premisses) have hereunto put our Hands & Seals the Eighth Day of September Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Willim Thomas (Seal) Ann Thomas (Seal) Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of us Barth Greene Paul Revere Nath' Halsey Received the Day & Year abovewritten of Mr Offen Boardman the Sum of Six Hundred Pounds in full for the aforegranted Lands & Premisses p me Willi Thomas Suffolk ss/Boston Sept 10th 1730 William Thomas & Anne his Wife acknowledged the aforegoing Instrument to be their free Act & Deed Before me Joseph Wadsworth Just Pac A true Copy of the Original Reed Novem 16. 1730 Attest Jos: Moody Reg Granted by Order of the Proprietors to John Malcom the Lot Number Twenty Two Bounded Southerly Malcom on Ammoscoggin River Northerly on undivided Land being Twenty Five Rod wide Two Mile Long & containing One Hundred Acres within the Town of Topsham to consist of One Hundred Acres of Land on the Conditions following viz That the s John Malcom his Heirs or Assigns pay to the Proprietors or their Order Five Pounds in Money on demand & build a Dwelling House thereon within Two Years from the Date hereof & by himself or some meet Person in his Stead inhabit the s" House & improve the Land for the Space of Three Years-Which Conditions being fulfilled the Proprietors oblige themselves & their Heirs that the sa Lot of Land shall be to him the sa John Malcom To have and to hold to him his Heirs & Assigns for ever in Fee simple But in Default of Performing sd Conditions the Land to return to the Proprietors Topsham Sept 23. 1719 A true Copy as entered in the ,Book of Records of sa Town Page (4) Per Joseph Heath Town Clerk A truc Copy of an Attested Copy Reed Novembr 25. 1730 Gyles To all People unto whom this present Deed of Sale shall come John Gyles of Boston in the County of Suffolk & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Esq sendeth Greeting Know ye that I the Malcom yd John Gyles for & in Consideration of the Sum of Twenty Pounds in Money to me in Hand at & before the Enscaling & Delivery hereof well & truly paid by John Malcom of Brunswick in the County of York & Prov-· ince afores Yeoman the Receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge & thereof do acquit & discharge the s John Malcom His Heirs Exce & Admin" & every of them for ever by these Presents have given granted bargained sold released enfcoffed conveyed & confirmed & by these Presents do fully & absolutely give grant bargain sell release enfeoff convey & confirm unto the s John Malcom the Fifth Lot in the First Division of Allotments in the Town of Brunswick afores being Twenty Rods wide containing Ninety Seven Acres & likewise Three Acres of Salt Marsh or Meadow lying in the s Township in a large Marsh commonly called & known by the Name of Merriconeege Marsh as the s Lots of Land & Meadow are marked out by Meets & Bounds & described in the Plat & Records of the sa Town Together with the Rights Members Profits Priviledges & Appurces thereof Also all the Estate Right Title Interest Inheritance Use Property Possession Claim & Demand whatsoever of me the s John Gyles of in & to the s granted Premisses with the Reversions & Remainders of the same To have and to hold the s Land & Meadow with the Rights Members & Appurces thereof unto the said John Malcom his Heirs & Assigns To his & their only proper Use Benefit & Behoof for ever And I the s John Gyles do avouch my self at the Time of the Enscaling & until the Delivery hereof to be the true sole & lawful Owner of all ye granted Land & Premisses And that I have in my self full Power good Right & lawful Authority to grant sell & convey the same in Manner as afores" free & clear & fully & clearly acquitted & discharged of & from all & all Manner of former & other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Entails [280] Dowers Titles Troubles Charges & Encumbrances whatsoever And I the s John Gyles for my self my Heirs Exec" & Admin" do hereby covenant promise & agree from Time to Time & at all Times for ever hereafter to warrant & defend the sd granted Land & Pro Appurces unto the sa John Malcom his H for ever against the lawful Claims & Demand Person & Persons whomsoever In Witness sd John Gyles & my Wife In Testimony of sent to this Bargain & Sale & full Relinquis Claim of all her Right of Dower & Thirds granted Land have hereunto set our Hands Eighth Day of July Anno Domini 1729 Anno gii Secundi Magna Britannia &e Tertio. John Gyles (Seal) Hannah G Signed Sealed & Deliva in the Presence of Katharine Andrews Received on the Day of the Date above of com ye Sum of Twenty Pounds being the full within expressed Suffolk ss/Boston July 9th 1729 Cap1 John ly appearing acknowledged the aforewritten be his free Act & Deed Before me Nath' Green A true Copy of the Original Recd Novembr 2 Attest Jos: Mod |