APPENDIX. A Delivery of Possession, Cammock's Patent. These are to certifie that the 23d. of maye 1633 Captayne Walter Neale did, (accordinge to order directed from the president & Counsell of New England) deliver possession unto Captayne Thomas Cammacke of all the lands contayned in a patent granted unto the sayde Thomas Cammacke dated the prime of November 1631 consistinge of ffifteene hundred acres-beinge bounded to the Southward with the Baye of Sako, on the westward with blacke point river, to the Eastward with the small brooke called Spurwincke & soe runninge upp one mile from the entrance & on the west side of the sayd Spurwincke & from thence crossinge over with a straight line to the nearest part of the aforesayd black point river is appoynted the Northerne Limits. In testimony wherof I have hereunto subscribed. Witnesses to the delivery of the possession— pr. me JoнN Wynter. ABRAHAM SHURT. The mke of RICHARD X SMYTH. WA: NEALE. This Transcript of poss ession delivery Entered into the new booke of ReCords for ye County of Yorke pa : 84 thus 22 Septembr: 1670: pr. EDW: RISHWORTH ReCor B Cammock's Deed of Black Point Patent &c. to Jocelyn. Know all men by these psents that I Tho: Cammock of Black point, In the Province of Main in New England in America, Gentl. for diverse good Causes & Considerations mee thereunto especially moving, as allso for the sum of fifty pounds sterling to me in hand pd before the insealing & Delivering of this psent deed, do at this Time declare my last will and Testament, wherein next after my Soule bequeathed in the Handes of Allmighty God my Saviour and Redeemer, I do freely and for the Causes abovesd, give and bequeath all my Land at Black pt. aforesd. together with all my buildings, Goods Cattle & chattells & all other my psonall estate whatsover, unto my well beloved friend Henry Jocelyn Esq, to be by him possessed immediately after my decease out of this life & after ye decease of Margaret Cammock my now wife, & from thenceforth to be his own Lands & Goods forever to him, his heires and Assignes, according to the true intent aud meaning of these psents, for which Cause I the sd Thomas Cammock have appointed this my last will to be made my deed irrevokable, & for the true Performance hereof do bind myselfe and my wife Margaret in the sum of one hundred pounds sterling unto the sd Henry Jocelin his heires & Assignes. Provided allways that I Tho. Cammock do reserve only out of this my deed of Gift five hundred Acres of sd. Land to bestow at my pleasure, the Boundes thereof to begin at the River of Spurwinck, & so taking the Breadth thereof up the sd. River, so far as the Boundes of my Pattent goeth, & so towards Blackpoint till five hundred Acres be ended, & allso all my part of Cowes & Oather Cattell, now in my possession, & for all the rest of my Lands & goods aforesd. I do again upon mature deliberation bestow at the time 'aforesd, upon the sd. Henry Jocelin, whom I do by this psent deed declare to be my Heir of all my Lands & Goods, except before expected, in this psent deed. In wittnesse whereof I the sd Tho. Cammock, with the free Consent of Margaret my wife have caused this psent writing to be my Act & deed & have thereunto subscribed both our Handes & seales, this 2d day of Septembr. 1640. Sealed & delivered with one Bason of Alchimy in leiu of all the rest the property of which was GEORGE CLEEVES Saco in the Province of Main At a Court houlden here ye 18th of Octobr: 1643. Whereas Capt. Tho Cammock of Black pt Gentl: lately dyed in the West Indies having, by a certain writing under his hands and seall (being both his Will and deed Irrevokable) bearing date the 2d of Septembr: 1640 for the consideration therein expressed, given unto Henry Jocelin Esquire all his Lands-&c. as in & by the sd Deed more at large it doth and may appear, And whereas the sd Tho. Cammock made no other will (that we know) for the disposing of the Lands & Goods reserved out of the sd deed, an Inventory whereof is hereunto annexed, Wee therefore the Assistants of this Province do hereby Ordaine the aforesaid Margarett his wife to be Administratrix of ye sd Lands & Goods, & to pay the Debts of ye sd Tho Cammock (if any be) so far as the sd Lands & Goods shall extend, to every one proportionally, & if any things remaine the Debts being pd the sd remaindure to come to the Administratrix, & for confirmation hereof, we have set to our hands & the seall of this Province, the day & year first above written. a [P. M.] seale. RICH. VINES Dep Canc. A copy of an Inventory of such Landes & Goods & chattells as Capt. Tho. Cammock was possessed of in his own right at the Time of his death, taken & prized by Richard Foxwell & Willm: Smith ye 14th day of Octobr. 1643. Imprimis 500 Acres of Land at Blackpt valued at―-£30: 00:00 Item, all his part of Cowes & other Cattell viz one Yoake of Oxen It. more 2 Cowes It. more one Yearling heifer It. more one heiffer calf Vera Copia 13: 00:00: 9:00: 00: 2: 10:00: 1:10: 00: £56. 00: 00. RICH. VINES Dep. Cauc. C Lease-Jocelyn to Bartlett.-1663. This Indenture made ye 20th day of May 1663 & in the 15th yeare of ye Reigne of our Souvereigne Lord Charles ye 2nd betweene Henry Jocelyn of black point of ye one pty & George Bartlett fisherman of ye other pty witnesseth yt ye sd Henry Jocelyn for himself his heires (&c.) doth give, bargaine sell and confirme unto ye sd George Bartlett his heires forever fifty acres of land being upland and marsh lying & being neare ye westerne side of Spurwink River & within ye pattent of ye sd Jocelyn, bounded as followth: The Marsh to begin on ye easterne side of the Creeke yt runs into Spurwinck River up to ye plantn: yt formerly Andrew Heiffer deceased dwelt, & from thence by ye upland Eastward to ye Creeke yt bounds Samuell Oakemans Marsh, also an acre & halfe of upland meddowe formerly occupied by the sd Heiffer; likewise all yt upland abutting on ye sd marsh being bounded to ye Eastward with ye Swampe yt parts Samuell Oakeman's upland from it, & to ye Westward with ye aforesd Creeke yt runs up to ye place where ye sd Heiffer dwelt & from thence to ye marked trees & Rivulet that is the bounds of Elinor Jackson & her sonn John runing west north west so farr back into ye woodds until ye sd fifty acres be compleated & ended―― also to have free Comming within the sd pattent in such land as is or shall be unfenced; to have & hold all & singuler ye pmises herein specified to him ye sd George Bartlett his heires (&c.) of & from ye sd Henry Jocelyn his heires (&c.) · forever in free & comon lottage, yielding & paying upon ye entrye hereof fifty shillings in money, and annually hereafter three daies worke forever to ye sd Jocelyn his heires or Assignes, yt is to say two daies worke in harvest or seede time, & one day in cuttinge of wood against ye feast of Christmas if it be lawfully demanded, & for not performance of ye same it shall be lawfull for ye sd Jocelyn his heires &c. to enter upon ye pmises & distrayne, & ye distresse so taken to carry away & appraise ye same by 2 sworne men & pay himself his heires &c ye sd Rent & charge & deliver ye overplus of sd distresse unto ye owner thereof. To confirme the truth hereof ye pties abovesd have interchagneably set to their hands & seales ye day & yeare above written. The marke of GEORGE (B) Bartlett, President Danforth's Deed of Scarborough, 1684. This Indenture made the Twenty sixth day of July Anno Dom. One thousand six hundred eighty and four and in the thirty sixth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotlaud France and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith &c. Between Thomas Danforth Esq president of his majesties province of Maine in New England, on the one party, and Capt. Joshua Scottow, Mr Walter Gendall, Richard Honeywell, William Burridge, Andrew Brown, Ambrose Boaden, and John Tenney, Trustees on the behalf and for the sole use and Benefit of the Inhabitants of the Town of Scarborough within the above named province of Mayne on the other party. Witnesseth [that whereas the above named Thomas Danforth by the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Colony in New England the now Lord Proprietors of the above named province of Mayne, at a General Assembly held at Boston. on the Eleventh day of May 1681 is fully authorized and impowered to make Legal Confirmation unto the Inhabitants of the said Province of Mayne of all their Lands or proprietys to them justly belonging or appertaining within the Limits or Bounds of said province. Now, know all men by these presents that the said Thomas Danforth pursuant to the trust in him reposed, and power to him given, as aforesaid, by and on the behalf of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Colony aforesaid, hath given, granted and confirmed, and by these presents doth fully, clearly, and absolutely, give, grant and confirm unto the above named Capt Joshua Scottow, Mr. Walter Gendall, Richard Honeywell, William Burridge, Andrew Brown, Ambrose Boaden, and John Tenney, Trustees as above expressed, all that tract or parcell of Land within the Township of Scarborough in said Province according to the Bounds and Limits of said Township to them formerly granted by Sir Ferdinando Gorges Knight, or by any of his agents or by the General Assembly of the Massachusetts with all priviledges aud appurtenances to the same appertaining or in any wise belonging, all Royaltys reserved to his Majesty by the Charter granted to Sir Ferdinando Gorges Knight, as also those by said Charter given to the said Ferdinando Gorges Knight, his heirs and assigns together with the Rivers, Streams, and Coves, contained within the limits or bounds of said Township always to be excepted and reserved, To have and to hold all the abovesaid tract of land by these presents granted and confimed be the same more or less with all the priviledges and appurtenances to the same appertaining or in any wise belonging (excepting as is above excepted and reserved) to them the said Capt. Joshua Scottow, Mr. Walter Gendall, Richard Honeywell, William Burridge, Andrew Brown, Ambrose Boaden, and John Tenny as Trustees above said forever to the only proper use and behoof of the Inhabitants of the said Town that now are, and to them that shall there survive and succeed from time to time and forevermore hereafter. And the above named Thomas Danforth for and on the behalf of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Colony, and fortheir successors and assigns doth further covenant, promise, and grant to and with the above named Capt. Joshua Scottow, Mr. Walter Gendall, Richard |