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A Indenture of Agreement, made & Concluded upon by & between, James Kenyon, &
Oliver Colegrove both of Charlestown, in the County of Kings county &
Colony of New York & German Wall With a Wall whereas there is an apparent
mark in the Course of the Line With Dirt between the said James Kenyon,
and the said Oliver Colegrove Even so far as supplied by a Dry Stone, stone
ground made in the Number of Substances in the year 1763 Which said Line began
at a Corner Ball & Marker Right Angle Corner being Whitlock’s Wood from thince
south 36 Degrees east until a Stone marked Hand’d which is found to be an entire stone
lake that for said Land south East South of south 36 Degrees West moderately run
Run south 35 Degrees East Run south the said Parties to the Middle of the spruce tree
or rather Oak & Silver & Aspian for ever that our Dividing Line shall
agreeing to said White Oak & Stone said Line from thince Running 36 Degrees East with
Common Waterway, so as to come to a heap of Stones which is the new
south or southeast Corner of the said James Kenyon’s land by the Predescription
gone That Corner being set, said Parties it Being by d. dated 1800 date
from said White Oak & Stone and this shall be a bounding Line between our
lands & neighbors for ever So We Do Witness our shared of the said Parties have hereunto
to our hand Seals this twentieth Day of May & in the 3rd Year of his majesty’s
Reign George the third King of Great Britain A.D 1763
Signed Sealed & Delivered
James Kenyon, &
In the Presence of Recorded above
David Valley agreement may 1763 Oliver Colegrove &
Joseph Brandon John Chempster Clrk