Deed from Solomon Cowles To Timothy Root
To All People to Whom These Presents Shall Come: Greeting
Know you that I, Solomon Cowles, of Farmington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut in America, for the consideration of three pounds, eighteen shillings lawful money received to my full satisfaction of Captain Timothy Root of said Farmington do give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm unto the said Timothy Root and to his heirs and assigns forever one piece or parcel of land situate in said Farmington, and is the First Lot in a right of land purchased for the Indians, called the East Haven Right, and contains four acres and thirty-two rods and is butted and bounded east and west on highway, north on land of Catherine Jacob, south on land of Sarah Wampey.
To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises with the appurtenances thereof unto him, the said Timothy Root, and to his heirs and assigns forever, to his and their own proper use and behoof. And, also, I, the said Solomon Cowles, do for myself and my heirs, executors, and administrators covenant with the said Timothy Root 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 Cowles, do by these presents, bind myself and my heirs forever to warrant and defend the above granted and bargained premises, to him, the said Timothy Root, his heirs and assigns against all claims and demands whatsoever.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set hand and seal,
Solomon Cowles, seal
September 29, 1783
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Witness:
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Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Solomon Whitman, Elijah Hooker
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Certification:
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Personally appeared, Captain Solomon Cowles, signer and sealer of the foregoing 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, September 29, 1783
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Recording:
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A true entry of a deed recorded January 14, 1784 per Solomon Whitman, Registrar
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Cataloguing:
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177
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