Deed from Solomon Hart to Cornelius Indian
To All People to Whom These Presents Shall Come: Greeting
Know you that I, Solomon Hart, of Farmington in the County of Hartford and Colony of Connecticut in New England, for the consideration of fifty pounds money received to my full satisfaction, of Cornelius, Indian man of New Hartford, in the County of Litchfield, do give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm unto the said Cornelius, Indian man, and to his heirs and assigns forever one piece or parcel of land in the Township of Farmington, it being one third part of my farm where I now dwell, excepting what of it I have this day sold to Elnathan Gridley, which third part contains by estimation ten acres but be the same, more or less, as it lyeth undivided with the other two thirds now sold to Elijah Wampey,[1] together with one third of my dwelling house and a barn standing on said land, the whole of said piece of land as it lyeth undivided is butted and bounded west on land this day sold to Elnathan Gridley, east on highway, north on the river, south on several lots of land lately laid out to several persons.
To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises with the appurtenances thereof unto him, the said Cornelius, Indian, his heirs, and assigns forever, and their own proper use and behoof. And, also, I, the said Solomon Hart, do for myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators covenant with the said Cornelius, Indian, his heirs, and assigns, that at and until the ensealing 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 Solomon Hart, do by these presents, bind myself and my heirs forever to warrant and defend the above granted and bargained premises to him, the said Cornelius, Indian, his heirs and assigns against all claims and demands whatsoever.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal,
Solomon Hart, seal
March 21, 1763, in the third 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 Elnathan Gridley, Joseph Hooker
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Certification:
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Personally appeared Solomon Hart, signer and sealer of the foregoing instrument 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, March 21, 1763
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Recording:
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A true entry of a seed recorded March 21, 1763, per Joseph Hooker, Registrar
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Cataloguing:
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299
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