Mortgages or any other Incumbrances whatsoever And I the said Jonathan Bane will warrant and Defend the above bargained Premises from all Persons whatsoever In Witness whereof the abovenamed Jonathan Bane hath set to his Hand & Seal this sixth Day of Jan" One thousand seven hundred & Twenty eight nine and in the Second Year of the Reign of King George the Second Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of Jonathan Bane (8) (& a Seal) ye It is to be understood before Signing of ye above Instrumt yt I ye abovesd Jona Bane Do sell ye aboves Tract of Land as I am Execrs to ye last Will and Testamt of my Hond Father Cap Lewis Bane weh he left in his Will to be sold for ye Paymt of his lawful Debts. York ss: Feb 17 1728/9 York Feb 11. 1728/9 The above named Jon Bane appeared before me ye Subscrib1 & acknowledge the above Instrument to be his free Act & Deed Samuel Came Jus: Peace A true Copy of the Original Reed Feb 26. 1728 Examd by Jos: Moody Regr To Lunt [4] To all People to whom these Presents shall come Malachi Edwards sends Greeting Now Know ye that Edwards I Malachi Edwards of Wells in the County York and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England with Elizabeth Edwards my Wife divers good & lawful Causes and Considerations us thereunto moving but more especially for & in Consideration of the full sum of six Pounds in good & lawful Bills of Credit of the Province afores to me in Hand paid by Abraham Lunt now resident in Wells aforesd to my full Content & Satisfaction the Receipt whereof I Do hereby acknowledge and myself to be therewth fully satisfied and contented have given and granted bargained & sold & by these Presents Do fully freely clearly & absolutely give grant bargain sell alienate enfeoffe and confirm unto Abraham Lunt afores his Heirs & Assigns forever a certain Tract or small Parcel of Land situate lying & being on the South West Side of Negunquit River within the Township of Wells afores containing by Estimation One Acre be it more or less Butted & Bounded as followeth viz on the South Easterly Side butting upon the Country Road South Westerly by a Stone set in the Ground marked A L on ye one Side & M E on the other Side North Easterly by Negunquit River & to run Back from the Country Road to small Pine Tree spotted on the four Sides and to a Stone set in the Ground marked A L on one Side & M E on the other Side. It is to be understood ye True Intent & meaning of both Grantor & Grantee is that the Head of a small Spring weh runs into the above demised Land shall be left out of the sa Lunts Line To have and To hold the said bargained Premisses as bounded & above expressed To him the s4 Abraham Lunt his Heirs and Assigns forever To his & their own only sole proper Use Benefit & Behoof forever as a perfect and absolute Estate of Inheritance in Fee simple-Furthermore I the sa Malachi Edwards covenanteth & engageth to & with Abraham Lunt afores that at the Ensealing & Delivery hereof I am the true sole & lawful Owner of the above demised Premisses and have in myself good Right full Power & lawful Authority to sell & dispose of the same as in Manner afores Also the sa Malachi Edwards covenanteth & engageth to & with Abraham Lunt afores that the afore demised Premisses is free and clear & clearly acquitted exonerated & discharged of and from all former & other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Wills Mortgages Dowries Judgments Executions Incumbrances or Extents whatsoever Furthermore Elisabeth Edwards Wife of the said Malachi Edwards doth by force & vertue of these Presents give grant & yield up all her Right of Dowry and Power of Thirds in the afore demised Premisses unto Abraham Lunt afores his Heirs and Assigns forever. Furthermore Malachi Edwards afores for himself his Heirs Execrs Administrators covenanteth and engageth to Warrant secure & Defend the above demised and bargained Premisses unto the s Abraham Lunt his Heirs and Assigns against the lawful Claims and Demands of any Person or Persons whatsoever Furthermore Abraham Lunt afores for himself his Heirs & Assigns covenant and engage to & with Malachi Edwards afores his Heirs and Assigns that if at any Time hereafter the said Abraham Lunt or his Heirs shall think proper to alienate the afore demised Premisses that they will give the sd Malachi Edwards & his Heirs the refusal thereof. In Witness hereof & for Confirmation of all aforementioned We the sd Malachi Edwards Edwards and Elisabeth Edwards my Wife have hereunto set our Hands & Seals this Twenty Third Day of July Anno Domini 1728. and in the Second Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second of great Brittain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of her Sarah+Littlefield mark her Elisabeth Littlefield mark Reh Deane Malachi Edwards (&) a York ss/Wells Octobr 10th 1728 Then the above named Malachiah Edwards & Elizabeth his Wife personally appeared & acknowledged the above written Instrument to be their free Act & Deed Before me Joseph Hill-J Peace A true Copy of the Original Recd Decem1 4. 1728 Examd by Jos: Moody Regr Kingsbury To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greeting. Know ye that I Mary Kingsbury Widow & Administratrix to the Estate of John Kingsbury late of York in ye County of York in his Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay Blacksmith Deceased by vertue of an Order of the Justices of his Majesties Superiour Court of Judicature begun & held at York within and for the County of York on Thursday the 14 Day of May 1724 fully authorizing & impowering me thereunto for & in Consideration of the Sum of fifty Eight Pounds currant Money of New England to me in Hand paid before the Enscaling & Delivery of these Presents by Samuel Sewall of the sd York Cordwainer The Receipt whereof I Do hereby acknowledge & thereof & of every Part & Parcel thereof Do exonerate acquit and discharge the said Samuel Sewall his Heirs & Assigns forever. Have given granted bargained sold aliened enfeoffed conveyed & confirmed and by these Presents Do freely fully and absolutely give grant bargain sell aliene enfeoffe convey & confirm unto the sa Samuel Sewall his Heirs & Assigns forever two full Seventh Parts of a certain Tract or Parcel Land situate lying and being in the Township of York which was formerly given & laid out to Thomas Traffton of said York Decd containing Sixty Six Acres be the same more or less fourty Acres thereof laid out February the Eighth 1685. and the other Twenty six Acres granted unto sd Trafton Octobr 14th 1673. as by the Grants & Returns on Record in York Town Book may appear and the sd Two seventh Parts of sd Land were purchased by the sa John Kingsbury the one Seventh Part thereof of William Bracey & Penelope his Wife the Daughter of the sd Thomas Trafton Febry 16. 1719/20 And the other seventh Part of Elisabeth Johnson Widow Daughter to the sd Thomas Trafton April 26, 1721, as by Deeds on Record reference thereunto being had may more fully appear To have & To hold the said granted and bargained Premises wth all the Appurces & Comodities [5] to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to him the sa Samuel Sewall his Heirs & Assigns forever To his & their only proper Use Benefit & Behoof forever. And I the sa Mary Kingsbury Administratrix as afores do covenant promise and grant to and with the sa Sam" Sewall his Heirs and Assigns by these Presents in Manner following That is to say that I the said Mary Kingsbury Admin as afores by Vertue of sd Court Order have full Power & Authority to bargain and sell said two full Seventh Parts of the said Sixty six Acres of Land & Premisses and that I the sa Mary Kingsbury Admin as afores Do promise & grant that the Premisses are free and clear & freely and clearly exonerated acquitted and Discharged of from all former or other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Entails Joyntures Dowries Judgments Executions and Extents and that I the s Mary Kingsbury Admint as aforesd will warrant and Defend the sd Land and Premisses unto the said Samuel Sewall against the sd John Kingsbury his Heirs & Assigns and all Persons claiming or challenging any Right Title or Interest therein by from or under him or me Furthermore I the said Mary Kingsbury Admin as afores Do Covenant & promise that upon the reasonable request and at the proper Cost & Charges in the Law of the sa Sam' Sewall his Heirs and Assigns to make Do and perform & execute any further & other lawful & reasonable Act or Acts Thing or Things Device or Devices in the Law needful or requisite for the more perfect Assurance Settling and sure making of the Premisses as aforesa In Witness whereof I the sd Mary Kingsbury have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this twenty seventh Day of Octob' in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred & twenty four & in y eleventh Year of King Georges Reign Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of us Benj Stone Beza" Toppan Joseph Moody York ss/Feb 26. 1728, Mary Kingsbury Admin to the Estate of her Husband Jn Kingsbury Decd personally appearing acknowledged the above Instrument to be her free Act & Deed. Corm Sam Came Jus : Pac A true Copy of ye Original Recd Feb 26. 1728. Exama by Jos: Moody Regr Articles of Agreement made & fully agreed and consented to between Joseph Curttice of Kittery in Curtice & Cutt the County of York in the Province of the Agreemt Massachusetts Bay in New England Gent, of the one Part and Richard Cutt Jun' of Kittery afores Yeoman of the other Part As to the Bounds & Line wch shall be between them relating to a Tract of Land wch they are concerned with that joyns each to the other in sa Town of Kittery part of weh said Curttice now dwells on viz the Line that divides their Land is to begin Twenty three Poles West North West from an old Fence standing near the Old House belonging formerly to Jos: Curttice late of sd Kittery decd and from thence North and be East half East one hundred and twenty five Poles and thence North East one hundred and seventy one Poles to Rich Cutts Land and all the Land lying on the Westward Side is to remain to the sd Jos: Curttice his Heirs & Assigns forever & all that Land lying on the Eastward Side of said Line is to remain to the sd Richa Cutts Jun' his Heirs and Assigns forever In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands & Seals this 27th Day of Feby Anno Domini 1728 Signed Sealed and Delivered In presence of Wm Pepperrell Jun' Withers Berry York ss/Feb 27th 1728. This Day the above named Jos: Curtis and Richard Cutt Jun' personally appeared and acknowledged this above Instrument to be their free Act and Deed Cor: Wm Pepperrell jun' J : Peace A true Copy of the Original Recd March 17th 1728. Examined by Jos: Moody Regr |