Deed from John Mix to John Hart
To All People to Whom These Presents Shall Come: Greeting
Know you that I, John Mix, of Farmington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, for the consideration of twenty-four pounds lawful money received to my full satisfaction of John Hart of said Farmington in the County aforesaid do lease, release, and quit claim [1] unto the said John Hart two certain pieces of land, being in Farmington, aforesaid, and laying in a place known by the name of the Indian village, about two miles from said Farmington meeting house on a public road leading to Cambridge,[2] one piece of said land is butted and bounded as follows, namely, west on Solomon Cowles, Jr., south on Timothy Root, east and north on highways, containing fourteen acres, be the same, more or less. The other piece or parcel of land is butted and bounded as follows, namely, west on Solomon Mossuck, south on Eunice Mossuck, east on Timothy Root, north on highway, containing by estimation five acres, be same, more or less.
To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises with the appurtenances thereof unto him, the said John Hart, and to his heirs and assigns forever, to his and their own proper use and behoof. And, also, I, the said John Mix, do for myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant with the said John Hart, his heirs, and assigns that, at and until the ensealing of these presents, I be 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, except the widow's dower. And, furthermore, I, the said John Mix, do for myself and heirs quit all my rights and tittle or claim I ever had or now have unto said land to him, the said John Hart, [3] and to his heirs forever [4] to receive and improve [5] the above granted and bargained premises, [6] and I do bind myself and my heirs forever to warrant and defend the said John Hart, his heirs, and assigns against all claims and demands whatsoever from me, the said John Mix, or my heirs.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal,
John Mix, seal
December 3, 1789
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Witness:
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Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of William Judd, Hannah Root
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Certification:
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Personally appeared John Mix, Esq., signer and sealer of the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed before me, William Judd Justice of the Peace, Hartford County, December 1789
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Recording:
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A true entry of a deed recorded December 4, 1789, per Solomon Whitman, Registrar
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[1] Deleted text: do give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm
[2] The town of Bristol, Connecticut, was called New Cambridge
[3] Deleted text: do by these presents, bind, sell
[4] Deleted text: to warrant
[5] Deleted text: and defend
[6] Deleted text: to the said
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