: John Moody York ss/April 24th 1729. James Smith Jos Moody this Day personally appeared and acknowledged this foregoing Instrum' to be his free Act & Deed Corm Wm Pepperrell Jun' J: peace A true Copy of the Original Reed April 24, 1729 Examd by Jos: Moody Regr Oliver To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know ye that I Robert Oliver of York in the County of York in his Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Husbandman Pepperrell for and in Consideration of the Sum of thirty seven Pounds to me in Hand before the Ensealing hereof well and truly paid by Wm Pepperrell of Kittery in the County afores Esq in good publick Bills of Credit on the Province afores The Receipt whereof I Do hereby acknowledge and my self therewth fully satisfied and contented and thereof and of every Part and Parcel thereof Do exonerate acquit and discharge him the sa William Pepperrell his Heirs Execs and Admin's forever by these Presents have given granted bargained sold aliened conveyed and confirmed and by these Presents do freely fully and absolutely give grant bargain sell aliene convey and confirm unto him the s William Pepperrell his Heirs and Assigns forever a certain Tract of Land lying in the Township of York afores at a Place called Huckle Berry Plain weh I bought of Sam" Came Esq who bought the same of Joseph Bane and Joanna his Wife and Mehetabel Haynes sa Joanna and Mehetabel being the Daughters and Coheirs of John Freethy late of sa York deed to whom the sa Land was granted reference being had to the Return of sd Land on York Town Book made to the Heirs of sa John Freethy June 19, 1703, for the Boundaries thereof Together with the Dwelling House and Fences thereon To have and To hold the sa granted and bargained Premisses with all the Appurces Priviledges & Comodities to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to him the sa William Pepperrell his Heirs and Assigns forever To his and their only proper Use Benefit and Behoof forever, And I the sd Robert Oliver for my self my Heirs Exeers and Admin's do Covenant promise and grant to & with the sa Wm Pepperrell his Heirs and Assigns that before the Ensealing hereof I am the true sole and lawful Owner of the above bargained Premisses & 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 grant bargain sell convey and confirm s bargained Premisses in Manner as afores And that he the sd WTM Pepperrell his Heirs and Assigns shall and may from Time to Time and at all Times forever hereafter by Force and Vertue of these Presents lawfully peaceably and quietly have hold use occupy possess & enjoy the s demised and bargained Premisses with the Appurtenances free and clear and freely and clearly acquitted exonerated and discharged of from all and all Manner of former or other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Wills Entails Joyntures Dowries Judgments Executions or Incumbrances of what Name soever that might in any Measure or Degree obstruct or make void this present Deed-Furthermore I the sa Robt Oliver for my self my Heirs Execs and Admin's Do covenant and engage the above demised Premisses to him the sa William Pepperrell his Heirs and Assigns against the lawful Claims or Demands of any Person or Persons whatsoever forever hereafter to warrant secure and Defend by these Presents-Provided nevertheless & it is the true Intent and Meaning of Grantor and Grantee in these Presents anything herein contained in any wise notwithstanding that if the above named Robert Oliver his Heirs Exeers or Assigns shall and do well and truly pay or cause to be paid to the Within named Wm Pepperrell his Heirs Excers Admin's or Assigns the full and just Sum of thirtyseven Pounds in currant Money of New England or good Bills of Publick Credit on the Province of the Massachusetts Bay with lawful Interest for the same at or before the twenty fourth Day of April wch will be in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven Hundred and thirty one without Fraud Coven or further Delay then the foregoing Bargain & Sale and every Clause and Article therein shall Cease Determine and be utterly void and of none effect otherwise to abide and remain in full Force and Vertue In Witness whereof I the sd Robert Oliver and Mary my Wife in Testimony of her free Consent to this Bargain and Sale and Relinquishment of all her Right of Dower and Thirds in the Premisses have hereunto set our Hands and Seals the Twenty fourth Day of April in the Second Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the Second Annoq Domini 1729. Signed Sealed and Delivered. in the Presence of us Dan Farnam WTM Grow Jos: Moody York ss York April 24, 1729. Robert Oliver & Mary Oliver before named personally appearing acknowledged the foregoing Instrument to be their free Act & Deed. Cor Sam Came Jus: Pacs A true Copy of the Original Reed April 25 1729. Examd by Jos: Moody Regr Bragdons Holt & Dunning [31] Articles of Agreement and Partition Indented made and concluded The twenty ninth Day of April 1728. Between Sam Bragdon & Sam" Bragdon Jun' both of York in the County of York in New England Coasters of the one Part and Joseph Holt of sa York Yeoman and Wm Duning of the same Place Cordwainer of the other Part-Whereas the s Samuel Bragdon and Sam" Bragdon Jun' as Heirs or Assigns of Arthur Bragdon formerly of sd York Deceas" and the s Joseph Holt and WTM Duning as Heirs or Assigns of Thomas Donnel formerly of sd York Deca do stand seized of all that Tract of Land lying on the South West of York River wch was formerly granted & laid out to the s Arthur Bragdon and Thomas Donnel between the Land of Andrew Averett on the South East and a lot of Land laid out to Job Alcock on the North West it being the same Tract of Land whereon the Parties to these Presents now dwell weh remains as yet undivided as to any legal Partition of the same & whereas the s Parties have now agreed upon a dividing Line between them as follows viz To begin at a small Beech Tree standing about half A Rod to the North West of the Old Fence and about forty rods more or less from the River and so to Run from sa Beech Tree South West on a strait Course to Kittery Line & on a Strait Course North East to the River Therefore it is mutually Covenanted granted and agreed by the sd Parties that the sa Samuel Bragdon & Sam" Bragdon Jun' for their full Moiety or half Part (being their Share) of the sd Tract of Land shall have and enjoy all that Part thereof that lies on the North West Side of the above described Line To be holden of them ye sd Samuel Bragdon & Sam" Bragdon Jun' their Heirs and Assigns forever in Proportion to their respective Right. To their only proper Use Benefit and Behoof forever with warranty against all Persons whatsoever claiming by from or under the sd Thomas Donnell his Heirs or Assigns and its mutually covenanted granted and agreed by the sa Parties to these Presents that the sa Joseph Holt and Wm Dunning shall have and enjoy all that Moiety or half Part of sa Tract of Land wch lyeth on the South East Side of ye sd above described Line-To be holden of them the s Joseph Holt and Wm Duning their Heirs and Assigns forever in Proportion to their respective Right To their only proper Use Benefit and Behoof forever with warranty for the same against all Persons claiming by from or under the s Arthur Bragdon his Heirs and Assigns-And it is further mutually covenanted and agreed between the sa Parties to these Presents that the Deeds of Quit Claim which the sa Holt and Duning have given each to the other & the Deed of Gift weh sd Sam" Bragdon hath given to sa Sam" Bragdon Jun' relating to the Premisses shall be & remain in full Force & Vertue as if the same had been made after the Date of these Presents In Witness whereof the Parties to these Present Indentures have hereunto interchangeably set their Hands & Seals the Day and Year first within written. Signed Sealed and Delivered in Presence of us Thomas Payne Jos: Moody m York sc York April 25th 1729 Joseph Hoult & WTM Duning above named personally appearing acknowledged the foregoing Instrument to be their free Act & Deed. Corm Sam Came Jus: Pacs A true Copy of ye Original Reed April 25. 1729 Examd by Jos: Moody Regr Rankin & This Indenture made the twenty third Day of April in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and twenty nine Annoq R' Ris Georgii Secundi Mag Brittan &c Secundo Between Constant Rankin of York in the County of York in New England Yeoman of the one Part and Colo Wm Pepperrell of Kittery in sa County Esqr of the other Part witnesseth That whereas there hath been some Difference and Dispute between the Parties aboves relating to the Bounds of their Lands in York viz the Land whereon the sa Constant Rankin now liveth and the Land wch the sd Col Pepperrell bought of Capt Arthur Bragdon & whereas the sd Parties have mutually agreed that the Boundaries hereafter mentioned shall be established forever betwixt their sa Lands viz To begin at the High way where the 84 Col Pepperrells Corner Fence now stands on the North West Side & then to run two Rods North West bounding on the sa High Way & so to run Back carrying the same Breadth of two Poles on a direct North East Line to the Head of the Lots the Strip of Land so described it is mutually agreed by the sa Parties shall be left out for a Lane betwixt them for ever for the joynt Use and Benefit of both Parties and accordingly the sd Constant Rankin for himself & his Heirs for the Consideration afores doth hereby remise release and forever quit claim to the sd Wm Pepperrell in his quiet and peaceable Possession & to his Heirs and Assigns forever all such Right Title and Interest as he the sd Constant Rankin had or ought to have of in or to all the Land lying there on the South East Side of the above described Strip of Land left out for a Lane as abovesd To have and To hold the sa Land lying on the South East Side of the s Strip of Land to him the sd Wm Pepperrell his Heirs & Assigns forever with warranty for the same against the sd Constant Rankin his Heirs & Assigns And the sd Wm Pepperrell for the Consideration abovesd for himself and his Heirs doth hereby remise release & forever quit claim to the s" Constant Rankin in his quiet and peaceable Possession and to his Heirs and Assigns forever. all such Right Estate Title and Interest as He the s4 Wm Pepperrell had or ought to have of in or to all the Land there lying on the North West Side of the s strip of Land to be left out for a Lane as aboves To have and To hold the s4 Land lying on the North West Side of the sa strip of Land to him the s4 Constant Rankin his Heirs & Assigns forever with warranty for the same against the s W Pepperrell his Heirs & Assigns. In Witness whereof the Parties to these Presents have hereunto set their Hands & Seals the Day and Year before written. m Noah Emery Constant Rankins (& a Seal) mark Wm Pepperrell j' York sc York April 24th 1729 W Pepperrell Esq & Constant Rankin personally appearing acknowledged ye foregoing Instrumt to be their free Act & Deed Samuel Came Jus: Pacs A true Copy of the Original Reed April 26th 1729. Examd Jos: Moody Regr To by Know all Men by these Presents that I Nathan' Donnell Jun' ye within named Grantee do by these Presents Donnell in Consideration of six Pounds bargain & sell to Wm Dunning of York Cordwainer all my Right Title Duning & Interest to the Grant within mentioned conveyed to me by the within Deed To have and To hold to him the sa William Dunning his Heirs and Assigns forever in |