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Deed – Secretary of State, New York. Deed Book 25, pgs 137 – 139 John Stites & wife Susannah This Indenture made the twelfth day of July in the year of
our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three between John Stites of
Elizabeth Town in the State of New Jersey Merchant and Susanna his wife of the
first part and Theodosius Fowler and Thomas Salter of the City of New York
Merchants of the second part Witnesseth that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of four thousand six hundred and ninety three pounds three shillings and four pence currant money of the State of New York to them in hand paid by the said parties of the second part the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have granted bargained, sold, remised, released, aliened and confirmed and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, remise, release, alien and confirm unto the said parties of the second part All that certain tract or parcel of lands situate lying and
being in the County of Tioga and State of New York being the North East and
North West quarterly parts of Township number eleven of the twenty Townships
land out for State on the west side of the Unadella River as the said
quarter parts are bounded and described in the Map and Field Book thereof filed
in the Secretary’s of the said State the same containing about thirteen
thousand one hundred acres be the same more or less together with all and
singular the appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining
with all the estate right, title, property, interest, claim or demand whatsoever
of them the said parties of the first part of in or to the premises or any part
thereof with the remainder and remainders, reversion and reversions, rents,
issues and profits of all and singular the said premises with the appurtenances To have and to hold all and singular the said premises with
the appurtenances unto the said parties of the second part their heirs and
assigns forever as tenants in common and not as joint tenants excepting and
always reserving out of this present grant and release and from the operation
thereof the following lot or parcel of land, that is to say, Lot number ten in
the said Township containing two hundred and fifty acres be the same more or
less with the appurtenances as thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the said parties of the first part for themselves their
and each of their heirs and executors and administrators do by these presents
grant, covenant, promise and agree to and with the said parties of the second
part their heirs and assigns that at the time of the execution of these presents
they have in themselves a full clear and indefeasible estate of inheritance in
fee simple in the above granted premises and every part thereof, and that the
same are clear of all encumbrances and former conveyances whatsoever, and the
said parties of the first part and their heirs and assigns the said hereby
granted premises and every part thereof except as before executed with the
appurtenances unto the said parties of the second part their heirs and assigns
against them the said parties of the first part their heirs and assigns or any
other person lawfully claiming or to claim any estate, right, title or interest
to the same or any part thereof, shall and will warrant and by these presents
forever defend. In witness whereof the parties to these presents have
hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year within
written John
Stites Susannah Stites Sealed and delivered in the presence of
John Pearson, Robt Welman Be it remembered that on the twelfth day of July in the
year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three before me John Ray
one of the Masters in Chancery for the State of New York personally appeared
John Stites and Susannah his wife who severally acknowledged they sealed and
delivered the within written Indenture as their voluntary act and deed for the
uses and purposes therein mentioned; and the said Susannah being examined by me
privately and apart from her said husband acknowledged she executed the same
freely and without any fear threat or compulsion of her said husband. And there
appearing no erasures or interlineations I do allow the said Indenture to be
recorded. John Ray Received on the day and year within mentioned of the within named grantees the sum of four thousand six hundred and ninety three pounds three shillings and four pence being the consideration money within expressed to be paid John Stites Witness John
Pearson, Robt. Welman The preceding Indenture was recorded at the request of Theodosius Fowler examined and compared with the original this 31st July 1793 (page 137 line 3 “Jersey”; page 138 line 21 part of the parties and line 23 “present” wrote on the erasures; page 139 at 3rd line “to be paid” interlined. By me Robt Haspur? |