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Claims or Demands of any Person or Persons whatsoever—
in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
Sixth Day of October A.D. 1800,
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in the Presence of
Oliver Bates
Robert Stanton
Samuel Greenwood [seal]
[illegible]
[illegible]
Washington October 5th 1800 The robot Samuel Undersigned Depose and
Sayeth That a hundred and twenty for the amount of for four [illegible] he has acted and Done
with the same hand and seal therefore of the as Administrator
Recorded October 18th 1800
by Thy Page Cross [illegible] Clerk
Before Me Robert Stanton J.P. [seal]
Know all Men by this Presents that I joseph Gault
Resident Diamond town in Consideration of forty Dollars to me paid in hand by John
Gault of Christiana town and in Consideration that my future satisfaction Do hereby grant release and
Quit claim the said John Gault his Heirs forever and demise forever transfers the
right thing in it to my full satisfaction and Contract have given generally granted
and conveyed and by this Indenture I do give grant bargain sell alienate fully and forever
and convey and by this Indent I do hand the said John Gault his Heirs and Assigns
forever One Certain Piece of Lot of Land lying within said Mesh meadow lying on
in Chartes [illegible] Common by estimation Two acres and a half in the dame manner lot or
Leg of the [illegible] [illegible] and bounded as following North bounding to the
Leg of the [illegible] and [illegible] Cross road South bounding to the
water to the East of point of Mesh meadow land bounded to the [illegible] by stone standing
at near the West of the water line Boundary to the [illegible] boundary line of
stand and Mark who from there [illegible] running in direction of Naturess [illegible]
House to the wall [illegible] on the said boundary running to [illegible] on [illegible] [illegible]
and towards [illegible] land [illegible] to the first Mention
Boundary To have and to hold the said grant and bargainment [illegible]
by their author with the aforesaid premises for ever in common [illegible] whatsoever
from the said John Gault his Heirs forever and his assigns to be held absolute for their use
in simple forever and the said Joseph Gault for myself my Heirs forever hereafter to
Demise forever [illegible] and on found by the above Demise [illegible] to them
the said John Gault his Heirs and Assigns to be subject the Lawful Claims of Demise
Person or Persons who [illegible] claim home forever to Bargain [illegible]
And for these presents I will warrant to the said John Gault his Heirs and Assigns
the aforesaid above described parcel of land and the right of Demise and Claim of these
therefore as and under the above Demise forever and under the said John Gault his
Heirs and Assigns forever for these witnesses of these things we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this 19th Day of July A.D. 1800
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in Presence of witnesses
Joseph Gault [seal]
[illegible]
John Gault [seal]
Benj Hosey
Thomas Hadley
The Day and Date above formally aforesaid Joseph
Gault the signers and Seals to the above Date and
Acknowledge the above to be his Voluntary act and Deed have and declared
the same before me the aforesaid [illegible] [illegible] before me
Benj Hosey Justice Peace
Recorded October 18th 1800
by Thy Page Cross [illegible] Clerk