Volume 104, page 371 (right-hand page of image below):
from Volume 104, page 372 (left-hand page of image below):
The transcription of this deed is:
[in margin] Deborah Gates Adm^x to
Isaac Whitman
[in body]
Know all Men by these Presents that
Deborah
Gates of Stow in the County of
Middlesex & Commonwealth of
the Massachusetts Widow &
Administratrix to the Estate of my late
Husband Amos Gates of Stow deceased for
& in Consideration of the
sum of one hundred & one Pounds
lawful money to me in Hand well
& truly paid by Isaac Whitman of
Stow in the County & Common-
wealth aforesaid yeoman the Receipt
whereof I do hereby acknow-
ledge do give grant bargain sell convey
& confirm to him the said
Isaac his heirs & assigns forever,
certain tract of land part of the real estate
of the said deceased, Viz. All but the
Widow's thirds part of it being part
of the Homestead, the other part lying
on a Hill called long Hill –
The first mentioned part is bounded as
follows Viz^t: beginning at a
stake & stones at a corner of the
said thirds running Southerly thereby
to a stake & stones to Joshua
Brown's land & then Northerly & Easterly on
said Brown's land to the Brook, then
down said Brook to Oliver Gates'
land, then Westerly on said Oliver's
land to Charles Wales' land then
Northerly on said Charles' land to the
first mentioned bounds, with
Liberty for the Widow to pass to the
Barn & a quarter part of said Barn
is reserved to the Widow. The other
part on long hill is bounded as fol-
lows beginning at Bolton line at a
stake & stones a corner of said Thirds
& running on the line of said
Thirds to land of Thomas Osborne's to a stake
& stones then Easterly on said
Osborne's land fifty four rods to a white
Oak tree, then twenty seven rods to
another tree marked near the Road
then bounded on the Road leading to
Bezaleel Hale's to a stake & stones
then Westerly on Jesse Wolcott to the
first mentioned bounds. The first
piece contains twenty Seven Acres &
an half the same being more
or less. The other piece contains
Eight acres & sixty rods more or less.
To Have and to Hold the same to the
said Isaac his Heirs
& Assigns. And I the said Deborah
Gates do Covenant with the said
Isaac his Heirs & Assigns that I am
lawfully seized in Fee simple of
the Premises that they are free of all
Incumbrances that I have good
Right to sell & convey the same to
the said Isaac his Heirs ^forever^ & Assigns
as aforesaid. And I the said Deborah
Gates my Heirs & assigns
or Asministrators shall & will
Warrant & defend the same to the
said Isaac his Heirs & Assigns
against the lawful Claims & Demands
of all Persons. In Witness whereof I
the said Deborah Gates have here-
unto set my Hand & Seal this
eighteenth Day of March One thou-
sand seven hundred & ninety one &
in the fourteen Year
of the Independency of America.
Deborah Gates her ^^ mark
& Seal Signed Sealed &
Delivered in Presence of Jonathan Wood Jun^r
[page 372]
Charlotte Wood Middlesex Stow March the
22 1791. The above
named Deborah Gates appered &
acknowledged the above In-
strument to be her Hand & Seal &
Act & Deed before me Quorum
Jonathan Wood Justice Peace. Middlesex
Ss Cambridge May
16, 1791 Received & Entered.
(308) By W^m Winthrop Reg^r
The source citation for this record is:
"Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : , Volume 104, page 371 (image 219 of 311), Deborah Gates (widow and administratrix) to Isaac Whitman, 1791 (recorded 16 May 1791).
When Amos Gates died intestate in 1783, his widow Deborah (Thayer) (Rockwood) Gates was named administratrix for his estate. Amos had both real and personal property, but had significant debts that were probably paid off by selling a parcel of land and the personal estate. An agreement was made to dsitribute the widow's thirds to Deborah, but no other distribution of the rest of the real estate was in the probate packet.
In this deed executed and recorded in 1791, Deborah Gates, acting as widow and administratrix of Amos Gates, sold the remainder of the real estate that Amos Gates owned at the time of his death, but excepting her own thirds of the real estate. She sold the remainder of the homestead lot to her son-in-law, Isaac Whitman (1760-1791), who married Susannah Gates (1765-????, daughter of Amos and Deborah (Thayer) Gates) in 1784 in Stow, Massachusetts. Isaac Whitman died in August 1791, soon after buying this land from his mother-in-law.
I have not searched for land and probate records for Isaac and Susannah (Gates) Whitman yet.
The description of the land for both pieces of the real property (the homestead and Deborah's thirds) in this deed are helpful in describing the metes and bounds of both properties. There are several good clues in this deed to help pinpoint the location of the property (e.g., Lancaster Road, Bolton Line, Long Hill, the Brook), which I will attempt to do in a later post.
Amos Gates (1706-1783) is my 6th great-grandfather, but Deborah (Thayer) (Rockwood) Gates is his second wife. I am descended from Amos Gates' son, Simon Gates (1739-1803) by the first wife, Mary Hubbard.
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NOTE: Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday." John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"
"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
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