his Cousin and the sa William own the said Phillips to be his Uncle & I heard that the sa Phillips intend to make his said Cousin Rowland William his Heir and that the sa Williams died in the Possession of the sa Phillips Estate & I being a near Neighbour and acquainted with each of them & I never heard of any other Relation yt the said Phillips had in this Countrey York ss/Febry 28th 1728. This Day ye above nama Mr Peter Lewis personally appeared & made Oath to the Truth of all above written Taken in perpetuam rei memoriam W Pepperrell jun' Jus of ye Quorm Sam" Came J: Peace Corm A true Copy of ye Original Recd under Seal March 10. 1728. Examd by Jos: Moody Regr Young To all People to whom these Presents may come Joseph Young Jun' of York in the County of York Husbandman sendeth Greeting Know ye the said Joseph Young for & in consideration of Six Pounds Racklefe Money to him in Hand paid by John Racklefe of York in s County Laborer hath & doth by these Presents give grant bargain sell aliene enfeoffe make over assign and confirm unto the s John Racklefe his Heirs & Assigns forever all my Right to a certain Tract of Land lying betwixt the Heads of Charles Martain & Thomas Moultons Lotts on the South East Side of the Mill Creek and a Lot of Land granted to Mr Lewis Bane and laid out to Mr Brissom weh Land was granted to my Father Robert Young at a legal Town Meeting June 17, 1685. Together with all the Rights Titles Priviledges Appurces & Advantages belonging to the sd Land or Grant or that ever may redownd to the same or any Part or Parcel thereof unto him the sa John Racklefe and his Heirs & Assigns forever. To Have and To hold and quietly & peaceably to occupy & enjoy as a sure Estate in Fee simple and Moreover the said Joseph Young doth for himself his Heirs Execrs Admin's covenant engage to warrantize and will Defend the above bargained Premisses from all Persons by and under him In Witness hereof the abovenamed Joseph Young hath set to his Hand and Seal this Twenty sixth Day of July One thousand seven Hundred & Twenty seven and in the thirteenth Year of his Majtys Reign Joseph Young (& a The Mark of Sarah Young Seal (& a Saal Signed Sealed & Delivered York ss/Febry 10. 1728/9 Joseph Young Jun personally appeared before me & acknowledged this Instrument on the other Side to be his Act & Deed Samuel Came Jus peace A true Copy of the Original Rec February the 15 1728 Examined by Jos: Moody Regr Allen To all People to whom these Presents shall come Know ye that I Thomas Allen of Kittery in the County of York within his Majtys Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Shipwright Have Goodin &c by these Presents for & in Consideration of Ten Pounds Money or Public Bills of Credit to me in Hand paid by Tho Goodwin & Jos: Chadbourne Husbandmen and Ichabod Goodwin Blacksmith all of Berwick in sa County sold & Do by these Presents give grant and sell unto the sa Thomas Goodwin Jos: Chadbourne & Ichabod Goodwin their Heirs & Assigns forever- Ten Acres of a Grant of Land weh was granted to Jonathan Stimson by the Town of Kittery May 10th 1703, the whole Grant being fifty Acres. To have and To hold the one fifth Part of sa Grant that is ten Acres to them the sa Thomas Goodwin Jos: Chadbourne & Ichabod Goodwin their Heirs & Assigns forever to them & their proper Use Benefit & Behalf And I the sd Thomas Allen before the Signing Sealing & Delivery hereof Do avouch myself to be the true sole and lawful Owner of the Premisses and will warrant the same to sd Thomas Goodwin Jos: Chadbourne & Ichabod Goodwin and their Heirs & Assigns forever. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal this first day of Jan' Anno Domini One thousand seven Hundred & Twenty Eight nine Thomas Allen (Sa) Joseph Small Geo Hamond & York ss/Jan 1. 1728. Thomas Allen abovenamed personally appearing acknowledged ye above Instrument in writing to be his voluntary Act & Deed Coram Jos: Hammond J. Pacs A true Copy of the Original Recd Febry 21. 1728. Examd by Jos: Moody Regr Conner To Conner Know all Men by these Presents that I Elizabeth Conner Wido. & relict of John Conner late of Salisbury in the County of Essex in ye Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Dec. for & in Consideration of that Love and natural Affection wch I have & do bear to my Son Gideon Conner of Dover in the Province of New Hampshire in New England have given granted bargained sold alienated enfeoffed and confirmed & do by these Presents fully freely & absolutely give grant bargain sell alienate enfeoff and confirm unto ye said Gideon Conner the other Moiety or half Part of my Right Share Estate Interest & Inheritance of in & to the Lands weh my Father John Purinton Together with Nicholas Cole formerly purchased of two Indian Sagamores viz Sagettawon & Robin Hood as by Deed under their Hands & Seals Dated Novembr 26th 1672, on Record in the County of York may more fully appear weh Lands are situate lying and being in or near Casco Bay so called in the County of York within the sa Province of the Massachusetts Bay that is to say of in & to all the Land lying between the two carrying Places upon Merrikeneeg beginning at the Head of the Westermost Branch of Wiggen Cove and so directly over to the Wester Bay to the Bight and so up along the Neck from Side to Side until the come to the uppermost Carrying Place at the Head of the Wester Bay at the Meadow wch George Phippenny has formerly Mowed so over to the Head of the Creek that Comes in from the Easter Bay and of in & to that whole Tract of Meadow weh they have formerly possesst upon the great Island at the Head of the Cove against the little Falls end of in and to Great Chabcage Island so called [3] together with all Meadows Woods Rights Priviledges Commodities & Appurtenances (I having sold one half of my Right and Interest in the Premisses before unto Moses Merrill of sa Salisbury) To have and To hold all the said other Moiety or half Part of my Right Share & Interest of in & to all & singular the above mentioned granted & bargained Premisses (saving and excepting my Son George Conners Right or Share in the Premisses) To him the said Gideon Conner his Heirs and Assigns and to his and their only proper Use Benefit & Behoof as a good free and absolute Estate of Inheritance in Fee simple for ever. And I the sa Elizabeth Conner Do by these Presents do by these Presents give and grant unto the said Gideon Conner his Heirs and Assigns good Right full Power & lawful Authority to enter into & upon the above granted Premisses & in my Name Right and Stead to ask Demand Sue for Divide Recover Receive have hold possess and enjoy the same and by all proper and lawful Means to Act & Do perform and prosecute to effect whatsoever shall be needful for the recovering & obtaining a full & quiet Possession & Improvement of the above given & granted Premisses And I the sa Elizabeth Conner Do for my self my Heirs Execs and Admin's covenant & promise and Grant to and with the sa Gideon Conner his Heirs and Assigns that it may & shall be lawful for him and them by vertue of these Presents forever hereafter to have hold & quietly to possess and enjoy all & singular the above granted & bargained Premisses (saving what is before excepted) free & clear of and from all other & former Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Mortgages Intails Dowries Judgments Executions Charges Titles Troubles Letts Molestations & Incumbrances whatsoever by me had made or done Witness my Hand & Seal Febry 5th Anno. Domini 1728/9 Annoq Ri Ris Georgii Secundi Magna Britt &c Secundo Essex ss/Feb" ye 5th 1728/9 Then the above named Elizabeth Conner appeared before me the Subscriber and acknowledged the above written Instrument to be her Act & Deed. Wm Bradbury Justice of ye Peace A true Copy of the Original Recd Febry 24. 1728 Exama by Jos: Moody Regr The Deposition of Nicholas Gowen aged Sixty two Years or thereabouts testifieth that he well remembers Gowens Test the Bounds of a Tract of Land weh he the Deponent laid out for Daniel Emery on the 19th Day of Jan 1702/3 as appears by his Return under his Hand being then Surveyer weh Tract contains Twenty two Acres and half weh sd Tract of Land he knows by the same Bounds about forty five Years since was reputed Israel Hodsdons whose Right was since purchased by the said Daniel Emery and has been reputed his & his Successors ever since and the Bounds several Times renewd John Gowen aged sixty Years testifieth that he remembers the Bounds of the above Tract of Land as above described about fourty four Years that it was then reputed Israel Hodsdons & since purchased by Daniel Emery and has been reputed his & his Successors ever since and the Bound several Times renewed particularly he remembers a Pine Tree wch was a Bound Tree Shewd him by his Father Deca in the Line between his Fathers Land and the abovesd Lot of Hodsdons or Emerys York ss/Febry 24th 1728/9 Nicho Gowen & John Gowen made Oath to the Truth of the above Deposition respectively Taken in perpetuam rei memoriam Corm { Jos Hamond Justices A true Copy of the Original Recd under Seal Febry 24th 1728 Examd by Jos: Moody Regr Bane To all Christian People to whom this Deed of Sale may come Jonathan Bane of York in the County of York in the Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman sendeth Greeting Know ye the sd JonaRackly than Bane for and in Consideration of Forty Pounds Money to him in Hand paid by John Rackly of the abovesd Town & County and Province Yeoman The Receipt whereof I the sd Jonathan Bane Doth hereby acknowledge and my self therewith fully satisfied and contented and thereof & of every Part & Parcel thereof Do exonerate acquit & discharge the sd John Rackly his Heirs Exeers & Admin forever by these Presents Have given granted bargained sold aliened conveyed and confirmed & Doth by these Presents freely fully & absolutely give grant bargain sell aliene convey & confirm unto him the said John Rackly his Heirs & Assigns forever a certain Tract of Land in the Township of York containing Eighteen Acres it Part of that Tract of Land that was my Hond Fathers and is Bounded as followeth Beginning at a Poplar Tree marked four Sides standing by John Sedgley Land and runs from thence North West & by West thirty seven Pole to a Maple Tree marked four Sides and runs from thence South & by West Eighty Eight Pole to a Stake in the Ground and standing between the sa Land and the Land that said Rackly bought of John Bane and runs from thence East and by North thirty four Pole to a white Oak Tree marked four Sides and runs from thence North & by East to the Tree first Together with all the Rights Titles Priviledges Advantages & Appurces thereunto belonging or any Part or Parcel thereof unto him the sd John Rackly his Heirs & Assigns forever To have and To hold and quietly & peaceably to possess occupy and enjoy the said bargained Premises with all their Priviledges to be free & clear from all former Gifts Grants Bargains Sales |