Deed from Thomas and Abigail Curricomp to Timothy Root (1784)
To All People to Whom These Presents Shall Come: Greeting
Know you that we, Thomas Curricomp and Abigail, his wife, both of Farmington, in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut in America, by the advice of the Committee appointed to direct in the sale of the Indian lands for the consideration of three pounds, five shillings lawful money received to our full satisfaction of Captain Timothy Root of Farmington, aforesaid, do give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm unto the said Timothy Root and his heirs and assigns forever three pieces or parcels of land scituate in said Farmington and lyeth west of the Indian grant on the west side of Pequabuck Meadow and is a part of the land purchased for the Indian Neck proprietors. The first piece is the Tenth Lot set to Thomas Curricomp in the Division of said land and contains one acre, three rood and three perches. The next piece is the Eleventh Lot set to Abigail Curricomp in the division aforesaid and contains one acre and three roods and three perches. The other piece is the Fifteenth Lot set to Ruth Adams, deceased, in the aforesaid division and contains one acre, three rood, and three rods, and said lots are butted and bounded as by the division of said land may appear reference then to bring had.
Hezekiah Wadsworth
Timothy Root
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, we, the said Thomas and Abigail, do for ourselves and our heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant with the said Timothy Root and with his heirs and assigns; that at and until the ensealing of these presents, we are 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, we, the said Thomas and Abigail, do by these presents, bind ourselves and our 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, we have hereunto set our hand and seal,
Thomas Curricomp, seal
Abigail Curricomp, seal
September 3, 1784
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Witness:
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Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Solomon Whitman, Elnathan Whitman
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Certification:
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Personally appeared Thomas and Abigail Curricomp, signer and sealer of the foregoing Instrument, and acknowledged the same to be their free act and deed, before me, Solomon Whitman, Justice of the Peace, Hartford County for the jurisdiction of Farmington, September 3, 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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Vol. 26:99
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