Deed from Elijah Wampey to Timothy Root
To All People to Whom These Presents Shall Come: Greeting
Know you that I, Elijah Wampey, of Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of the Massachusetts Bay for the consideration of forty-five shillings lawful money received to my full satisfaction of Timothy Root of Farmington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut do give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm unto the said Timothy Root and to his heirs and assigns forever one piece or parcel of land situate in said Farmington and is the 12th Lot in number in the division set out to the Indian Neck proprietors, so-called, adjoining to the Indian grant on the west side of Pequabuck Meadow, and contains two acres, three roods, and three rods, and was set out to James Wawowos, butted as by the records of said division may appear.
To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises with the appurtenances thereof unto him, the said Timothy Root, and to his heirs and assigns forever, to his and their own proper use and behoof. And, also, I, the said Elijah Wampey, do for myself and my heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant with the said Timothy Root, 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 Elijah Wampey, do, by these presents, bind myself and my heirs forever to warrant and defend the above granted and bargained premises, to him, the said Timothy Root, his heirs and assigns, against all claims and demands whatsoever.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal,
Elijah Wampey, seal
October 29, 1784
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Witness:
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Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Solomon Whitman, Mary Root
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Authorization:
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Approved of by us, Hezekiah Wadsworth, John Porter, Committee
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Certification:
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Personally appeared Elijah Wampey, 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 for the jurisdiction of Farmington, October 20, 1784
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Recording:
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A true entry of a deed recorded November 23, 1784, per Solomon Whitman, Registrar
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Cataloguing:
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26:105
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