Deed from Samuel Adams to Solomon Adams
To All People to Whom These Presents Shall Come: Greeting
Know you that I, Samuel Adams, of Hancock County of Berkshires, State of Commonwealth,[1] for the consideration of forty pounds lawful money received to my full satisfaction of Solomon Adams, my son, do give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm unto the said Solomon Adams, his heirs and assigns forever all my right and title and interest in two lots of land lying in Farmington, containing five acres each, the one where my house stands, and the other where my barn stands, butted as followeth: the east lot on the highway east and on Palmer Sweet south on Hannah Robbins north; the west lot butting on another highway, west end of said lot and on Timothy Root south and on Eunice Jacob north, and joining together in part in the middle, being my old former possession.
To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises with the appurtenances thereto belonging to him, the said Solomon Adams, and to his heirs and assigns forever, to his and their own proper use, benefit, and behoof. And, also, I, the said Samuel Adams, do for myself and my heirs, executors, and administrators covenant with the said Solomon Adams, his heirs, and assigns that at and until the ensealing of these presents, I am well seized of the premises as a good indefeasible estate in fee simple, and have good right to bargain and sell the same in manner and form, as abovesaid, and that the same is free of all encumbrances whatsoever. And, further, I, the said Samuel Adams, do by these presents bind myself, my heirs, and administrators to warrant and defend the above bargained premises to him, the said Solomon Adams, his heirs, and assigns forever against all claim or demand whatsoever.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal,
Samuel Adams, seal
March 21, 1782, and in the sixth year of our independence of America
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Witness:
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Signed, sealed, and delivered in presents of Eleazer Grant, Mabel Mott
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Certification:
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Then personally appeared Samuel Adams and acknowledged the within instrument to be his free act and deed before me, Eleazer Grant, Justice of the Peace, Albany County in the jurisdiction of Kings District. March 21, 1782
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Recording:
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A true entry of a deed recorded March 27, 1783, per Solomon Whitman, Registrar
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Cataloguing:
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491, 492
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