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To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greeting, Know ye
That I Thomas Husseman Yeoman of North Southampton in the County of Kings County & State of
Old Stad Yeoman for and in Consideration of Fifty Pounds Lawful Money to me paid
by Thomas Champlin of South Kings town in said County Kings Yeoman the First part of Indenture
by acknowledge, and that I am Seized lawfully therefore have given granted alienated & conveyed to
do hereby give grant alien & convey unto the said Thomas Champlin his Heirs &
Assigns forever, all that my Lot or Piece of Land situate lying and being in Just Case
known in a the South meadow of Providence March containing by Estimation Ten Acres but
more or less and is bounded as follows Beginning Easterly on John Congdon's March
Northerly on the North side, westerly on a Salt-bush Brook that was John Congdon's Corner
most Bounds & Southerly by the East Path that leads from William White's Island state
by the Town of Providence March unto John Congdon's March:
To have and to hold the aforementioned granted and bargained Premises to whom the
said Thomas Champlin his Heirs & Assigns forever & the said Thomas Husseman
do hereby covenant to and with the said Thomas Champlin that as the Presenter here
I am the true sole and lawful Owner of the above said bargained Premises & that Heirs
Lawful Right to convey the same to him in Manner as above specified And that he in
Thomas & his Heirs & Assigns shall may peaceably and quietly have part &
occupy & enjoy the same forever here of hereafter warrant secure and defend the said bargained Premises to him his
& Assigns Heirs & Assigns forever against the lawful Claims Demands or
of all & every Person forever And Elizabeth Wife of said Thomas doth also join
Well and accord assign & release to the said Thomas Champlin for Himself & Heirs
all Claim of or for the Tenure of said Premises that May at any Time hereafter arise
or arise to her In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the
8th Day of September 1778 in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Seventy Eight 1778
Signed sealed & delivered in
the Presence of
Eber Sherman
Thos Sherman
To the Statement in the third
Time upwards was sealed
before Signing & Sealing
Thomas Sherman Bs
Elizabeth L Sherman Es
Mark
Kings County, September the 8th AD 1778
Personally appeared the above named Thomas Sherman
and Elizabeth Sherman, and did acknowledge the above
and within Instrument to be their voluntary Act and Deed
Hand and Seal Before me
Eber Sherman Justice of the Peace
In foregoing Deed was
recorded the 12th Day of Dec 1778
By Jar Congdon Clk