Deed from Elnathan Gridley to Colonel John Strong
To All People to Whom These Presents Shall Come: Greeting
Know you that I, Elnathan Gridley, of Farmington in the County of Hartford and Colony of Connecticut in New England, for the consideration of twelve pounds lawful money, received to my full satisfaction of Colonel John Strong of said Farmington, in behalf of Samuel Adams, an Indian belonging to said Farmington, and rest of the Indian Tribe lately living at East Haven, by and with the advice and allowance of Samuel Bishop, Esq., and Colonel John Strong, do give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm unto the said Samuel Adams and the rest of the said Indian Tribe, and to their heirs and assigns forever, one piece or parcel of land situate in said Farmington and is one just half part of the Forty-Ninth Lot in number in the Southeast Division, so-called, laid out on the right of Thomas Barnes, said half part contain twenty-one acres as it lyeth undivided with the [1] of said lot, and the whole lot is butted and bounded as follows, namely, east and west on highways, north, part on the Forty-Eighth Lot and part on highway, and south on the Fiftieth Lot in said division.
To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises with the appurtenances thereof unto him, the said Samuel Adams, and the rest of the East Haven Tribe, and to their heirs and assigns forever, to them and their own proper use and behoof. And also, I, the said Elnathan Gridley, do for myself and my heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant with the said Samuel Adams and with the rest of said tribe and with their 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 Elnathan Gridley, do by these presents, bind myself and my heirs forever to warrant and defend the above granted and bargained premises, to him, the said Samuel, and the rest of the said tribe, and to their heirs and assigns against all claims and demands whatsoever.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, in the fourteenth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord, George III, of Great Britain, etc., King
By the advice and allowance of us, Elnathan Gridley, seal
November 13, 1773
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Witness:
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Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Solomon Whitman, Stephen Bronson
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Certification:
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Personally appeared Mr. Elnathan Gridley, signer and sealer of the foregoing instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed, before me, Solomon Whitman, Justice of the Peace, Hartford County in the jurisdiction of Farmington November 13, 1773
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Recording:
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A true entry of a deed received December 3, 1773, per Solomon Whitman, Registrar
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Cataloguing:
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