Deed from Abigail Curricomp, et al. to Timothy Root
To All People to Whom These Presents Shall Come: Greeting[1]
Know you that we, Thomas Curricomp and Abigail, his wife, both of Farmington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut,[2] for the consideration of five pounds lawful money, received to our[3]full satisfaction of Timothy Root of said Farmington do give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm unto the said Timothy Root[4] and to his heirs and assigns forever, one piece or parcel of land situate in said Farmington and is that part of Indian Grant on the west side Pequabuck Meadow set out to Ruth Adams, deceased, in the division of said grant and contains five acres, and is bounded south on land of the heirs of Daniel Mossuck, deceased, and part of Timothy Root, north on the 21st and 22nd Lots, east on a highway by the common fence, west on Indian land.
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, we, the said Thomas and Abigail, do for ourselves and our 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[5]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, we, the said Thomas and Abigail, do by these presents, bind ourselves and our heirs forever to warrant and defend the above granted and bargained premises to him, the said Timothy Root, and his heirs, and assigns, against all claims and demands whatsoever.
In witness, whereof, I[6] have hereunto set my hands and seals
Thomas Curricomp, seal
Abigail Curricomp, seal
March 11, 1785
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Witness:
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Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Solomon Whitman, Asa Johnson
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Authorization:
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Approved of by us, Hezekiah Wadsworth, John Porter,[7] Committee
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Certification:
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Personally appeared Thomas and Abigail Curricomp, signers and sealers of the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the same to be their free act and deed, before me, Solomon Whitman, Justice of the Peace, Hartford County in the District of Farmington, March 11, 1785
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Recording:
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A true entry of a deed recorded March 11, 1785, per Solomon Whitman, Registrar[8]
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Cataloguing:
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212
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[1] A copy of this deed is in the archives of the Lewis Walpole Library. The differences in that version, minus those of spelling or punctuation, are noted in the footnotes below.
[2] Deleted text: of Connecticut
[3] Replaced text: our
[4] The underlined part is missing from the LWL copy.
[5] Replaced text: We are
[6] Replaced text: we
[7] The name Timothy Root is missing in this copy.
[8] Replaced text: Timothy Root's deed from Thomas Curricomp, etc., received, March 11, 1785, recorded in Farmington 26th Book, page 212 per Solomon Whitman, Registrar. Fee Book
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