The instrument's own words
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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 which divides his & others
which is in the Course of the Line With Dind between the said Kenyon &
and the Agreement Concerning Bound. every step as surveyed by a Deed Grant, stone
gook guide as a Number of Side-acres in the year 1763 Which said Line began
at a Corner Ball’s Register Will. Corner being Whitlock from stone from
with 36 Degrees East on a measured Hand’d which extend to an entire line
take for that said Land south East of south 36 Degrees West measured linearly
Run south 36 Degrees East Run the said Particle to the Municipality space over
30 rods over Rivers & African for ever that over Dividing Line shall
agree & said White rock & Stone said from Shining Morning 36 Degrees East, with
Common Water-way, so as to come to a heap of Stones which is the new
south or southeast Corner of the said Common Kenyon land by the Description
gone That Corner between, said Parties it Being by a Deed dated 1763 from
void said White rock & Stone and this shall be a bounding Line between our
Rivers & african for ever So We Do Witness our shared of the said Parties have hereunto
to our Hand Seals this twentieth Day of May y^e 3^d Year of his majesty’s
Reign George the third King of Great Britain A^d 1763
Signed Sealed & Delivered
In the Presence of
David Valley
Joseph Brandon
Recorded above
agreement may 1763
James Kenyon, O
Oliver Colegrove O
John Chempster Clrk
(Seal)
To all People to whom these present shall come Greeting
From Me Nat. John S. W. Norton, of the town of Oswego in Dutchess
County in the Colony of New York. Gent. for some consideration
of the Sum of two Hundred pounds Sterling handed & settled to me in
hand before the Executing here of will and fully paid by Joseph Brandon
of Charlestown, in Kings County in the Colony of New York German the
Receipt whereof i do hereby Acknowledge and my thereby fully Satisfied
contented & paid & cleared of any every part, and Parcel thereof & these
sequentially, and declare that i have the said Joseph Brandon on his desire & accordance
as for now for and only these Present Instruments Giving granted Bargained
said and released assured Conveyed & confirmed by and passed to him purely
fully and absolutely Give grant Bargain sell alien Convey assign &
confirm unto the said Joseph Brandon his heirs & assigns forever
a Certain Tract of forest or Parcel of Said Land lying & being in State
town aforesaid explaining by Estimation alone two hundred & partly acres
the same more or less said is bounded & described as follows: West
Westerly partly on edge Border Lake Resquaked land and partly on street
running from i point to the North West 27° n to the River called Lake
(atock) River until it comes to hand now no longer belonging to the heirs
of John Clark of New York, Parcel and is now in Possession of James
Smiths Notary upon the after said Land belonging to the
said John Clark heirs
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Easterly by northly upon John Haskell Land & westerly upon Land improved by
Thomas Browning southerly upon Lot No 8 for John Cord Land To No
10 to hold The said Granted and bargained premises with all the rights
ways waters water courses improvement Buildings profits privileges
commodities & appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise app
ertaining first unto the said Joseph Congdon his Heirs and assigns forever
his and theirs only proper use benefit and behoof forever and I the said
Withinson, for me my heirs executors and adminstrators as commonly
promise & grant, to and with the said Joseph Congdon his heirs’s
said that, and he have the Sealing hereof true form the true title & Lawful
owner of the aforesaid Bargained Premises and am lawfuly seized and
possessed of the same in my proper right, as a good perfect and
Absolute Estate of Inheritance in fee simple and have in my self full
right, full Power and Lawfull authority title grant Convey &
dispose of the same in the manner as above said and that the said Jos
Congdon his heirs appurtenances & may from time to time and all times
hence hereafter by virtue of these present lawfully possess
buy & occupy have hold use Occupy possess enjoy the said Demised &
Bargained premises with the appurtenances fore & clear free & clear
requited exonerated & Discharged from all and all manner of former
debts Grants Bargains Leases Grentgages writs Entails burdens De
Indg m uch Executions or Incumbrances of what, name or Nature soever that
might in any wise hinder or obstruct or otherwise void this present Deed
Further More I the said Ithan Withinson affirm for me my Heirs executors
Administrators to come and Engage the above Demised premises to hunt
said Joseph Congdon his heirs & assigns against the Lawfull Claims or demands
of any person or person whatsoever forever to warrant secure & defend by the
best polish In Witness Whereof I the said Ithan Withinson have hereunto set
my hand and seal this twenty Fourth Day of the fifth month Cold may
in the third Year of the Reign of George the third King of Great Britain
& in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred & Sixty three, the
Sign'd Seal'd & Deliver'd
in presence of
Thomas Browning
Mary Browning
Kings County sc
Ithan Withinson
Ordered appears
the above deed Signed & delivered this 25 Day
in Charlestown, & acknowledged the deed & all
in Instrument, to be his voluntary act & Deed
before me Christoph Champelion Justice of the peace
recorded the deed
and Receipt the 26 Day of May 1763
hot
John Champelion Jp
Received the Sum of ten pounds within
mentiond of the above named Joseph Congdon two
thousand one hundred & ninety mill. dollars the same
the same being the full Consideration money mentioned
and expressed in this Instrument, delivered of conveyance
and paid’d
Thomas Browning
Mary Browning
Ithan Withinson