recons and Instruccons as by his said Royal highnesse James Duke of Yorke or his assignes shal bee established, and in defect thereof in cases of necessity, according to the good Directions of his deputies Commissioners, officers or assignes respectively as well in all causes and matters Capital and Criminall as Civill both marine and others in such manner and under such restrictions as are therein specified, and to doe, exercise and execute all and every other the powers and authorities therein menconed as by the same Letters pattent and by the severall powers and authorityes thereby given and grannted and therein specified it doth and may appeare. AND WHEREAS his said Royall Highnesse James Duke of Yorke by two severall Indentures of Lease and Release bearing date the three and twentith, and ffouer and twentith dayes of June in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty and ffouer, Made betweene his said Royall Highnesse James Duke of York of th' one part, and John Lord Berkly, Baron of Stratton and the said Sr. George Carteret by the name of Sr. George Carteret of Saltram in the County of Devon Knight and Barronett of the other part, and by other good and sufficient convayances and assurances in the Law executed (reciting the said Letters pattent herein before recited and the severall and respective premisses thereby grannted to his said Royall Highnesse) Did Grannt, Convay and Assure unto the said John Lord Berkley and Sr. George Carteret their heires and assignes forever ALL that tract of land adjacent to New England and lying and being to the Westward of Long Island and Manhattas Island part of the said Main Land of New England beginning att St. Croix men'coned to bec granted to his said Royall highnesse by the said therein and herein before recited Letters pattents Bounded on the East part by the maine sea and part by Hudsons River, and hath uppon the West Delaware Bay or River and extendeth Southward to the maine ocean as farr as Cape May at the Mouth of Delaware bay, and to the Northward as farr as the nothermost Branch of the said Bay or River of Delaware which is in fforty one Degrees and forty Minutes of Latitude, and crosseth over thence in a straight lyne to Hudsons River in fforty one Degrees of Latitude, Which said tract of land was then after to bee called by the name or names of NEW CÆSARIA or NEW JERSEY, And all Rivers, Mines, Mineralls, Woods, ffishings, Hawkings, Huntings, ffowlings and all other Royalties, profits comodities and heireditaments whatsoever to the said lands and premises belonging or in any wise appertayning with their and every of their appurten'ce in as full and ample manner as the same was or were grannted to his said Royall Highnesse the Duke of Yorke in and by the said therein and herein before recited Letters pattent, And all the estate, right,

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title, interest, benefitt, advantage, clayme and demand of his said Royal Highnesse James Duke of Yorke of in and to the said lands and premisses or in any part or parcell thereof and the reversion and rever'cons, remainder and and remainders thereof TO HAVE AND TO HOLD unto the said John Lord Berkley and the said Sr. George Carteret their heires and assignes forever, under the yearely rent su'me of Twenty Nobles payable unto his said Royall Highnesse the said James Duke of Yorke in manner as the same is reserved therein to bee paid, As in and by the said recited Indenture relacon being thereunto had it may appeare. AND WHEREAS a parti'con was afterwards made and executed of the said premisses called NEW JERSEY Between the said Sr. George Carteret and the said William Penn by the name of William Penn of Kirkmansworth in the County of Hertford Esq. Gawen Lawry of London Merchant, Nicholas Lucas of Hertford in the County of Hertford Maulster and Edward Bylinge of Westminster in the County of Mddx Gent: (in whome the Inheritance and ffee simple of the said Lord Berkleys undivided moiety of all the said premisses called NEW JERSEY was by good and sufficient convayances then vested) UPPON which parti'con there was and were allotted to the said Sr. George Carteret and convayed and released to him and his heires by the said William Penn, Garven Lawry, Nicholas Lucas and Edward Byllynage to hold in severalty ALL that Easternly part, share and por'con, and all those Easternly parts, shares and por'cons of the said whole and entire tract of land and premisses herein before men'coned and called NEW CÆSAREA or NEW JERSEY extending Eastward and Northward along the sea coaste, And the said River called Hudsons River from the East side of a certain place or harbor lying on the Southern part of the same tract. of Land, and com'only called or knowne in a Mapp of the said tract of land by the name of little Egg-harbor to that part of the said River called Hudsons River which is in fforty one degrees of Latitude being the furthermost part of the said tract of land and premises which is bounded by the said River and crossing over from thence in a straight line extending from that part of Hudsons River aforesaid to the Nothernmost Branch of th' aforemen'coned River called Delaware River, and to the most northernly part or boundary of the said intire tract of land and premisses, now called the north parti'con point and from the said North parti'con point extending Southward unto the more Southernly point by a straight and direct line drawn through the said tract of land from the said North parti'con point unto the said South parti'con point by the consent and agreement of all the said parties to the said Deed of parti'con now called the lyne of parti'con and by them intended for dividing and making a parti'con of the said Easternly part

share and por'con from the Westernly part share and por'con of the said tract of land. And all and every the Isles, Islands, Rivers, Mines, Mineralls, Woods, ffishings, Hawkings, Huntings ffowlings and all other Royalties, Governments, powers, fforts, ffranchises, harbors, profitts, com'odites and heireditaments whatsoever unto the said Easternly part share and portion of the said tract of land and premisses belonging or in any wise appertayning with their and every of their appurten'ces. And the rever'con and rever'cons, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profitts of the same and of every part and parcell thereof. ALL which said Easternly part share and por'con parts, shares and por'cons was and were then and now, is and are by the consent of all the said parties to the said parti'con called by the name of EAST NEW JERSEY as in and by a certain Indenture Quinquepartite bearing date the the first day of July in the yeare of our Lord 1676, and made between the said Sr. George Carteret of the first part, the said William Penn of the second part, the said Gawen Lawry of the third part, the said Nicholas Lucas of the fourth part and the said Edward Byllynage of the fifth part, and inrolled in the High Court of Chancery in England rela'con being thereunto had it doth more fully and att large appeare. AND WHEREAS the said Sr. George Carteret being by virtue of the said Assurances and parti'con aforesaid become sole seized to him and his heires of the said Premisses called EAST NEW JERSEY by his last Will and Testament in writing bearing date on or about the fifth day of December in the yeare of our Lord One thonsand six hundred seventy and eight Did devise the same and all his Estate therein amongst other things to the right Honble Edward Earle of Sandwich, the said John Earle of Bath, Thomas Lord Crew, Bernard Greenvile, Sr. Robert Atkins and Sr. Edward Atkins and their heirs IN TRUST to sell the same for the payment of his debts and Legacies, as in and by the said will rela'con being thereunto had may appear. AND WHEREAS the said John Earle of Bath, Thomas Lord Crew, Bernard Greenvile, Sr. Robert Atkins and Sr. Edward Atkins have by indenture of Lease and Release bearing date the ffifth day and sixth day of March in the two and thirtieth yeare of his now Maj'ties Raigne convayed the saide premisses amongst other things to the said Thomas Cremer and Thomas Pocock as by the said Indenture rela'con being thereunto had may appeare, AND WHEREAS the said Earle of Sandwich by his Indenture bearing date the twentith day of ffebruary last past hath released all his estate, interest and trust in the said premisses to the said Earle of Bath, Lord Crew, Bernard Greenvile, Sr. Robert Atkins and Sr. Edward Atkins and their heires as by the saide Indenture, rela'con being thereunto

had may appeare. NOW WITNESSETH THIS INDENTURE that in performance of the trust reposed in them, and for and in consideration of the su'ms of Three thousand four hundred Pounds of good and lawfull money of England to the saide Earle of Bath, Lord Crew, Bernard Greenvile, Sr. Roberth Atkins, Sr. Edward Atkins, Thomas Pocock and Thomas Cremer some or one of them well and truely in hand paid by the said William Penn, Robert West, Thomas Rudyard, Samuell Groom, Thomas Hart, Richard Mew, Thomas Willcox, Ambrose Riggs, John Heywood, Hugh Hartshorne, Clement Plumsteed and Thomas Cooper att and before th'ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt of which said su'me of Three thousand flouer hundred Pounds they doe hereby ackowledge and thereof and of every part thereof doe acquitt, release and discharge the saide William Penn, Robert West, Thomas Rudyard, Samuell Groome, Thomas Hart, Richard Mew, Thomas Willcox, Ambrose Rigg, John Heywood, Hugh Hartshorne, Clement Plumsteed and Thomas Cooper and every of them, their and every of their heires, executors administrato's and assignes. The saide John Earle of Bath, Thomas Lord Crew, Bernard Greenvile, Sr. Robert Atkins and Sr. Edward Atkins by the consent and direc'con of the saide Dame Elizabeth Carteret testifyed by her being a party to these presents and signing and sealing the same, and the said Thomas Pocock and Thomas Cremer by the direc'con and appointment of the said Dame Elizabeth Carteret, John Earle of Bath, Thomas Lord. Crew, Bernard Greenvile, Sr. Robert Atkins and Sr. Edward Atkins, testifyed as aforesd, HAVE Grannted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed, released and confirmed and by these pr'sents doe and every one of them doth grannt bargaine, sell, aliene, enfeoffe, release and confirme to the s'd William Penn, Robert West, Thomas Rudyard, Samuell Groome, Thomas Hart, Richard Mew, Thomas Wilcox, Ambrose Rigg, John Heywood, Hugh Hartshorne, Clement Plumsteed and Thomas Cooper their heires and assignes in their actuall possession now being by virtue of a Bargaine and Sale for one yeare to them thereof made by the said John Earle of Bath, Thomas Lord Crew, Bernard Greenvile, Sr. Robert Atkins, Sr. Edward Atkins, Thomas Pocock, and Thomas Cremer, by Indenture bearing date the day before the date hereof, and of the Statute for transferring uses into possession, ALL that, their said Easternly part, share and por'con, and all those said Easternly parts, shares and porc'ons of the said whole and intire tract of land heretofore called NEW CESAREA or NEW JERSEY which are now called and knowne by the name of EAST NEW JERSEY as the same is and are herein before, and in and by the said Indenture of Bargaine and Sale particularly bounded

and described, and all and every the Isles, Islands, Rivers, Mines, Mineralls, Woods ffishings, Hawkings, Huntings, ffowlings, and all other Royalties priviledges, ffranchises. Governments, powers, fforts, harbors, profitts, Co'modities and heireditaments whatsoever unto the said Easternly part, share and portion, parts, shares and porc'ons of the said tract of land and premisses belonging or in anywise appertayning with their and every of their appurten'ce, and the rever'con and rever'cons, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profitis of the same, and of every part and parcell thereof, And all the arrears of rents, issues and profitts incurred and growne due since the death of the said Sr. George Carteret, And all the estate, right, title. interest, clayme and demand whatsoever in law and equity of them the said Earle of Bath. / Lord Crew, Bernard Greenvile, Sr. Robert Atkins and Sr. Edward Atkins, Thomas Pocock and Thomas Cremer, and of every of them of, in and to the said premisses and of, in and to every part and parcell thereof To HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Easternly part, share and por'con Easternly parts, shares and por'cons of the said tract of land and premisses now called EAST NEW JERSEY and all and singular other the premisses herein men'coned or intended to be hereby granted and released with their and every of their appurten'ce unto the said William Penn, Robert West, Thomas Rudyard, Samuell Groome, Thomas Hart, Richard Mew, Thomas Wilcox, Ambrose Rigg. John Heywood, Hugh Hartshorne, Clement Plumsteed and Thomas Cooper their heires and assignes forever to the only use and behoofe of the said William Penn, Robert West, Thomas Rudyard, Samuell Groom, Thomas Hart, Richard Mew, Thomas Wilcox, Ambrose Rigg, John Heywood, Hugh Hartshorne, Clement Plumsteed and Thomas Cooper their heires and assignes forever. And the said Earle of Bath, Lord Crew, Bernard Greenvile, Sr. Robert Atkins and Sr. Edward Atkins doe for themselves severally and respectively and not the one of them for the other of them, nor for the acts and deeds of the other of them, and for their severall and respective heires, Executo's and administrato's covenant, promise and agree to and with the Said William Penn, Robert West, Thomas Rudyard, Samuell Groom, Thomas Hart, Richard Mew, Thomas Wilcox, Ambrose Rigg, John Heywood, Hugh Hartshorne, Clement Plumsteed and Thomas Cooper their heires executors and administrators by these presents, That they the said Earle of Bath, Lord Crew, Bernard Greenvile, Sr. Robert Atkins and Sr. Edward Atkins respectively have not made, done, com'itted, suffered or executed any act matter or thing, acts matters or things whatsoever whereby or by reason, cause or occasion wereof the said premisses hereby granted and released or intended to bee granted and released to the sd. William