County of York in the Province of ye Masstts Bay wch Parcel of Land being by Estimation fifteen Acres lying at a Place called Bald Head Butted and bounded as follows viz on the North East by the Land of Nicholas Came & on the South East by the Sea and on the South West by the Land of Jacob Perkins or however otherwise Bounded or reputed to be Bounded Together with all Timber Stones & all the Rights Titles Priviledges & Appurces thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining to him the sd John Webber his Heirs and Assigns and to his and theirs sole & proper Use Benefit & Behoof forevermore And that I the sd John Carlile at and before the Ensealing of these Presents am the sole & lawful Owner and Proprietor of the above granted and demised Premisses & that I have in my self good Right full Power & lawful Authority to aliene & dispose these Premisses as above And do Covenant & engage that it shall and may be lawful for the sa John Webber his Heirs Executors Admrs & Assigns from henceforth & forever hereafter the abovesd Premisses To have and To hold use improve occupy possess and enjoy lawfully peaceably quietly wthout any Lett Hindrance Molestation or Disturbance from me my Heirs Exeers Admins or Assigns or from any other Person or Persons by from or under me or my Procurement and that I will Defend & maintain the Premisses from all Persons whatsoever lawfully demanding or claiming any Right or Title thereunto and that I will farther confirm the Premisses unto the sa John Webber his Heirs Exeers and Assigns by all such further lawful and reasonable Act or Acts Thing or Things as in Law or Equity can be devised or required for the more sure making over the above granted Premisses according to the Laws of ye Province In Witness whereof I the s John Carlile have hereunto put my Hand & Seal this Twenty ninth Day of Octob' in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & twenty eight Signed Sealed & Deliver A true Copy of ye Original Reed March 26. 1729. Examd by Jos: Moody Regr Remick To To all Christian People to whom these Presents shall come Greeting &c. Know ye that I Jacob Remick Jun' of the Town [15] of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay Gowel &c in New England Cooper for divers good Causes & Considerations me hereunto moving have given granted aliened conveyed and confirmed and by these Presents do freely fully and absolutely give grant aliene convey and confirm unto William Gowell John Gelden James Fernald John Fernald Samuel Spinney Thomas Rogers John Fernald Jun Joseph Fernald James Fernald Jun' Nathan' Fernald Samuel Fernald Robert Cole Remick Cole Abner Cole John Worssester Tobias Fernald Jun' Jeremiah Spinney Richard Gowell Jun' Richard Rogers John Lydston Jun' Joseph Hill Ichabod Remick Joshua Remick Jun' William Fernald John Thompson John Rogers Peter Staple Isaack Remick William Staple John Spinney Gideon Lydston Thomas Fernald Peter Dixson Samuel Remick Jacob Remick Josiah Paul and Richard Rogers Jun1 of the abovesaid Town & to as many other of the Inhabitants of the aboves Town as shall Contribute and Assist in the building a House for the Publick Worship of God upon the Tract of Land hereafter mentioned and for the Support & Maintenance of the publick Worship of God in the sd House To the said Inhabitants and their Heirs forever a certain Tract of Land lying and being in the Township of Kittery aforesd and it is butted and bounded as followeth Taking its beginning five Rods from the North East Corner of my Land and so runs West eight Rods in Length by the High Way wch is near Richard Gowell House & from thence runs South into the Field five Rods and from thence runs East Eight Rods and from thence runs North five Rods to the first beginning To have and To hold the s granted Premisses with all the Appurces Priviledges and Comodities to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to the above named Persons and other Inhabitants as abovesd To them and their Heirs forever and I the sa Jacob Remick Jun' Do Covenant promise and grant for me my Heirs Exeers and Admin's to and with the abovenamed Persons & other Inhabitants as aboves & their Heirs that before the Enscaling hereof I am the true sole and lawful Owner of the above granted Premisses in Manner as aboves and am lawfully seized and possessed of the same in mine own proper Right as a good perfect and absolute Estate of Inheritance in Fee simple And have in my self good Right full Power and lawful Authority to give grant convey and confirm said given and granted Premisses in Manner as abovesd And that the abovenamed Persons and other Inhabitants as abovesd and their Heirs shall and may from Time to Time and at all Times forever hereafter by Force & Virtue of these Presents lawfully peaceably and quietly have hold use occupy possess and enjoy the said given and granted Premisses with Appurces free and clear and freely and clearly acquitted exonerated and discharged of from all & all Manner of former or other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Entails Joyntures Dowries Judgments Executions Incumbrances & Extents Furthermore I the sa Jacob Remick Jun' for my self my Heirs Execs Admin's do Covenant and engage the above given & granted Premisses to the afores named Persons & other Inhabitants as afores their Heirs against the lawful Claims or Demands of any Person or Persons whatsoever forever hereafter to warrant secure & defend In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal this ninth Day of May One thousand seven hundred & Twenty Eight And in the first Year of his Majtys Reign Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of Nathan" Fernald tert Jacob Remick Jun (a) York ss/Decembr 6th 1728. This Day the 'above named Jacob Remick Jun' personally appeared & acknowledged this foregoing Instrum' to be his free Act and Deed Corm Wm Pepperrell jr J. Peace A true Copy of the Original Recd March 31. 1729 Examd by Jos: Moody Regr To Toppan To all People to whom these Presents shall come I Mary Partridge of Newbury in the County of Essex in Patridge the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Gentlewom" Relict Widow & Exec" of the last Will and Testament of William Partridge of sd Newbury Esq lately deceased send Greeting Know ye that I ye sd Mary Patridge sole Exec of ye last will & Testamt of ye sd Win Patridge lately Deceas for divers Causes me hereunto moving but more especially for and in Consideration of the Sum of five hundred Pounds to me in Hand paid by the Revd Christopher Toppan of Newbury in the County & Province afores Clerk And to my full satisfaction Received-the Receipt whereof I Do hereby acknowledge myself fully satisfied & contented Have given granted bargained sold released enfeoffed conveyed and con firmed & by these Presents Do fully freely and absolutely give grant bargain sell release convey and confirm unto him the said Christopher Toppan his Heirs Ex AdmTM or Assigns forever all that Tract or Parcel of Land lying and being on Sheepscot River in the Eastward Parts in New England in America Beginning at the Second Run of Water next William Cole being to the West North West of Canesixit River so all the great Neck to Canesixit Falls to the Creek Side that runs through the Middle of the Salt Marsh up as high as the Hemlock Swamp that lyes due North from a little Neck of Land also five Miles in Length of the great Neck of Land afores after Canesixit River Side as high as Wincittico Falls so after the said Wincittico River downwards as low as the House wherein Elizabeth Jent formerly dwelt Together with all and singular Woods Underwoods Trees Fences Housing Edifices and buildings erected and standing & growing upon the sd Tract of Land or any Part thereof And all the Meadows Ponds Mines Minerals Rivers Creeks Waters Water Courses Stones Profits Priviledges Rites Comodities Hereditaments Emoluments and Appurtenances thereto belonging or in any wise appertaining And also all the Estate Right Title Interest Inheritance Propriety Claim & Demand whatsoever of Thomas Jent of Boston Deed and his Heirs of Him in or to the same and the Reversion and Reversions, Remainder & Remainders thereof all wch Lands & Premisses Elizabeth Jent while sole formerly bought and purchased of two Sagamores namely Daniel and Dick Swash the Original Owners and Proprietors thereof as appears by a good Deed under their Hands and Seals Recorded the seventh Day of Decemb' Anno Domini 1665 relation thereto or to the Record thereof being had will more fully and at large appear To have and To hold the afores Tract of Land or parcel of Land herein before granted described as is afores or however otherwise with all other the afore given and sold Premisses with the Members and the Appurtenances thereof unto him the sa Christopher Toppan his Heirs and Assigns to his and their only proper Use Benefit & Behoof forever. And I the sa Mary Partridge for myself my Heirs Exec's and Admin's Do Covenant Promise Grant and agree [16] to and with the sa Christopher Toppan his Heirs Exec's Admin's and Assigns before the Ensealing hereof by these Presents in Manner & form following That is to say that I the sd Mary Partridge sole Execx of the last Will & Testament of sd WT Partridge Deceased am the true sole and lawful Owner of the same Land and Premisses And have in my self good Right full Power & lawful Authority to give grant sell & convey the same as in Manner as aboves the same being purchased by my late Husband William Partridge now Deceasd of Thomas Jent who was the true sole and lawful Owner of the sd Land & Premisses (in Right of Elizabeth Jent his Mother who died seized in the Fee of the said granted Land & Premisses) Further I the sd Mary Partridge Do Covenant and grant to warrant and Defend the said given granted and sold Land and Premisses with their Appurces and every Part thereof unto him the said Christopher Toppan his Heirs and Assigns forever against the Claims or Demands of any Person or Persons whatsoever or whomsoever claiming any Estate Title or Interest therein from by or under me or any of the Heirs of the said Willim Partridge my late Husband Deed In Witness whereof I the sa Mary Partridge have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Eighteenth Day of Febry Anno Domini 1728/9 And in the second Year of the Reign of George the Second Magna Brittannia &c Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of William Titcomb William Atkins & Seal Mary Partridge (a) Essex Newbury Feby the 18th Day 1728/9 Madam Mary Partridge personally appeared before the Subscriber and acknowledged the above written Instrument to be her Act & Deed & Hand & Seal Before me Edward Sargent Jus of ye Peace A true Copy of the Original Reed April 5th 1729. Examd by Jos: Moody Regr March To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greeting &c. Know ye that I James March of Arundel in the County of York within his Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Saddler Curtis for and in Consideration of the Sum of four Pounds in good & lawful Money of the Province aforesd to me in Hand before the Ensealing hereof well & truly paid by Jacob Curtis of Arundel [Housewright] in the County & Province aforesd. The Receipt whereof I Do hereby acknowledge & my self therewith fully satisfied & contented and thereof and of every Part & Parcel whereof do exonerate acquit and discharge the s Jacob Curtis his Heirs Execrs Admin's forever by these Presents have given granted bar |