Deed from James and Rachel Wawowos and David and Sarah Tousey to Thankful Shilling
To All People to Whom These Presents Shall Come: Greeting
Know you that we, James Wawowos and Rachel, wife of the said James, both of Farmington in the County of Hartford and David Towsey and Sarah, wife of the said David both of Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England for the consideration of twenty-two pounds lawful money received to our full satisfaction, of Thankfull Shilling of Middletown in the County of Hartford, aforesaid, do give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm unto the said Thankfull Shilling and to her heirs and assigns forever, one piece or parcel of land lying in said Farmington, situated on the west side of Pequabuck Meadow, so-called, and is part of that large tract of land belonging to the Indians in said Farmington, and contains one acre, one rood, and six rods, with a dwelling house standing thereon, and is butted and bounded as followeth, namely, south on a highway or common road, west on land belonging to the said James Wawowos and Rachel, his wife, and north on land belonging to the aforesaid David Towsey and Sarah, his wife, and east on land belonging to James Cusk.
To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises with the appurtenances thereof unto her, the said Thankfull Shilling, and to her heirs, and assigns forever, to her and their own proper use and behoof. And, also, we the said grantors, do for ourselves and our heirs, executors, and administrators covenant with the said Thankfull Shilling and with her heirs and assigns that, at and until the ensealing of these presents, we are 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 grantors, do by these presents bind ourselves and our heirs forever, to warrant and defend the above granted and bargained premises to her, the said Thankfull Shilling, and to her heirs and assigns, against all claims and demands whatsoever.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals,
James Wawowos, seal
Rachel Wawowos, her mark and seal
David Towsey, seal
Sarah Towsey, seal
August 23, 1769, in the ninth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord, George III of Great Britain, etc., King
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Witness:
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Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Solomon Whitman, Solomon Cowles
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Certification:
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Personally appeared the said James, Rachel, David, and Sarah, 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 for the District of Farmington, August 23, 1769
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Recording:
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A true entry of a deed recorded August 23, 1769, per Solomon Whitman, Registrar
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Cataloguing:
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