Deed from Sarah Adams to Samuel Lewis
To all People to Whom These Presents Shall Come: Greeting
Know you that I, Sarah Adams, of Brotherton, in the County of Herkimer and State of New York, for the consideration of ten dollars received to my full satisfaction of Samuel Lewis of Paris in the County aforesaid do give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm unto the said Samuel Lewis, his heirs, and assigns forever one piece or parcel of land situate in the Town of Farmington, County of Hartford, and State of Connecticut within the common field, containing five acres, more or less, butted and bounded, east on Timothy Root, west on the common fence or highway, north on William Mathews, south on Miles Crampton.
To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises, with the appurtenances thereof, unto him, the said Samuel Lewis, his heirs, and assigns forever, to his and their own proper use and behoof. And, also, I, the said Sarah Adams, do for myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant with the said Samuel Lewis, 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 Sarah 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 Samuel Lewis, his heirs, and assigns against all claims and demands whatsoever.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal,
Sarah Adams, her mark, seal
January 14, 1797
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Witness:
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Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Moses Foot, Jesse Woodruff
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Authorization:
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Approved by us, Hezekiah Wadsworth, Timothy Root, Committee
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Certification:
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Personally appeared Sarah Adams, signer and sealer of the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the same to be [her] free act and deed before me, Moses Foot, Justice of the Peace, Herkimer County, January 14, 1796
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Recorded:
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A true copy of a deed receivedfor record February 8, 1797, test John Mix, Registrar
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Cataloguing:
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420
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