Deed from Isaac Awishkheag to Cusk
To All People to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting
Know you that I, Isaac Awiskheag, of Farmington in the County of Hartford and Colony of Connecticut in New England for the consideration of thirteen pounds money old tenor received to my full satisfaction of Cusk, an Indian man, of said Farmington, do give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm unto the said Cusk and to his heirs and assigns forever two pieces of land in the bounds of aforesaid Farmington and lyeth on the west side of Pequabuck Meadow, it being a part of the farm belonging to the Indians, that is to say, half an acre, a little more or a little less, to be by or near the place where the Indian wigwams were built, to be eleven rods and half in length east and west, and seven rods in width north and south, and is bounded east with land of Joseph Root or common land or a part on both west, north, and south on the remainder of the Indian land, which land my father purchased of Hatchet Tousey,[1] the other piece containeth six acres, being a part of the aforesaid farm belonging to the Indians, and lyeth at the northeast corner thereof, and is to lye forty rods north and south and twenty-four rods east and west and is bounded east with land of Joseph Root or common land, or both, north with common land south and west with the remainder of the Indian land to have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises, with the appurtenances thereof, unto him, the said Cusk, his heirs, and assigns forever, to his and their own proper use and behoof.
And also, I, the said Isaac Awiskheag, do for myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant with the said Cusk, 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 Isaac Awiskheag, do by these presents bind myself and my heirs forever to warrant and defend the above granted and bargained premises to him, the said Cusk, his heirs, and assigns against all claims and demands whatsoever.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George II of Great Britain, etc., King,
Isaac Awishkeah, his mark and seal
November 14, 1754
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Witness:
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Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Joseph Hooker and Sarah Hooker
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Certification:
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Then Isaac Awiskheag, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed, before me Joseph Hooker Justice of the Peace, Hartford County in the jurisdiction of Farmington, November 14, 1754
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Recording:
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A true entry of a deed received November 14, 1754, per Joseph Hooker, Registrar
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Cataloguing:
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433
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[1] See Hatchet Towsey to Tassawomp alias Awiskeag, 1726.07.05
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