Deed from Solomon Adams to Asher Seward
To All People to Whom These Presents Shall Come: Greeting
Know you that I, Solomon Adams, of Farmington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut in America, for the consideration of six pounds lawful money received to my full satisfaction of Asher Seward, now resident in said Farmington, do give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm unto the said Asher Seward and to his heirs and assigns forever one piece or parcel of land situate in said Farmington in the common field at a place called and known by the Ventrous Meadow, containing by estimation forty acres, be the same, more or less, butted and bounded east on the path called Ventrous Path, west on the hill, north on a brook, south on common land or land the owner not known.
To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises with the appurtenances thereof unto him, the said Asher Seward, and to his heirs, and assigns forever, to his and their own proper use and behoof. And, also, I, the said Solomon Adams, do for myself and my heirs, executors, and administrators covenant with the said Asher Seward and with 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 is above written, and that the same is free of all encumbrances whatsoever. And, furthermore, I, the said Solomon Adams, do, by these presents, bind myself, and my heirs, forever to warrant and defend the above granted and bargained premises to him, the said Asher Seward, his heirs, and assigns against all claims and demands whatsoever.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal,
Solomon Adams, seal
May 27, 1782
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Witness:
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Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Solomon Whitman, Ruth Whitman
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Certification:
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Personally appeared Solomon Adams, signer and sealer of the [1] instrument, and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed before me, Solomon Whitman, Justice of the Peace, Hartford County in the jurisdiction of Farmington, May 27, 1782
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Recording:
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A true entry of a deed recorded May 29, 1782 per Solomon Whitman, Registrar
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Cataloguing:
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218
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