Deed from Hannah Mamanash to Chauncey Deming
To All People to Whom These Presents Shall Come: Greeting
Know you that I, Hannah Mamanash, of Glastonbury in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, for the consideration of five pounds lawful money received to my full satisfaction of Chauncey Deming of Farmington in the county aforesaid do give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm unto the said Chauncy Deming and to his heirs and assigns forever all the title, interest, claim, and demand that I have or ought to have unto the land lying on the west side of Pequabuck Meadow called the Indian Grant and contains three acres, more or less, which I have by virtue of a deed made to me by James Wawowos and Rachel, his wife, and, also, the west half of a dwelling house near to Solomon Mossuck's dwelling house, the other half of said house now owned by a squaw called Abigail Shilling, however said land may be butted and bounded.
To have and to hold, the above granted and bargained premises with the appurtenances thereof, unto him, the said Chauncey Deming, and to his heirs and assigns forever, to his and their own proper use and behoof. And, also, I, the said Hannah, do for myself and my heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant with the said Chauncey Deming 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 Hannah, do, by these presents, bind myself and my heirs forever to warrant and defend the above granted and bargained premises, to him, the said Chauncey, his heirs, and assigns, against all claims and demands whatsoever.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal,
Hannah Mamanash, her mark, seal
November 26, 1784
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Witness:
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Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Solomon Whitman, Thomas North
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Certification:
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Personally appeared, Hannah Mamanash, signer and sealer of the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed before me, Solomon Whitman, Justice of the Peace, Hartford County for the jurisdiction of Farmington, November 26, 1784
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Recording:
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A true entry of a deed recorded December 9, 1784, per Solomon Whitman, Registrar
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Cataloguing:
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26:118
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