Monday, July 3, 2017

Amanuensis Monday - Deed Records for Joseph Seaver (1672-1754) in Roxbury, Massachusetts - Part 2

This week's document for Amanuensis Monday is from the Suffolk County, Massachusetts deed records for Joseph Seaver (1672-1754) and his siblings for land in Roxbury, Massachusetts:

a)  Volume 50, page 173:



b)  Volume 50, page 174:


The transcription of this deed is:


[page 173, left-hand page, near the top of the page]

[in margin] Seaver &c To Boylston

                                 To all people unto whom this present
Deed of Sale shall come Joseph Seaver of Framingham in the
County of Middlesex in New England Yeoman and Mary his wife
Shubael Seaver Cordwainer of Roxbury in the County of Suffolk
in New England and Abigail his Wife Edmund Cole of said Rox-
bury Cordwainer and Abigail his Wife and Richard Moor of Lynn
in the County of Essex in New England Innholder and Thankful
his Wife send Greeting. Know ye that they the s^d Joseph Seaver
and Mary his Wife Shubael Seaver and Abigail his Wife
Edmond Cole and Abigail his Wife and Richard Moor &
Thankful his Wife for and in Consideration of the Sum of Four
Hundred Pounds currant Money of New England to them in Hand
paid before the Ensealing and Delivery of these Presents by Thomas
Boylston of Boston in the County of Suffolk afores^d Merch^t.
The Receipt whereof to full Content and Satisfaction they
do hereby ascknowledge and thereof and of every Part & Par-
cel thereof Do acquit exonerate and discharge the s^d Thomas
Boylston his Heirs Exec^rs and Admin^rs forever by these Presents
Have given granted bargained sold aliened enfeoffed conveyed
and confirmed and by these Presents for themselves & their Heirs
Exec^rs and Admin^rs do fully freely clearly & absolutely give
grant bargain sell aliene enfeoffe convey and confirm unto
the said Thomas Boylston his Heirs and Assigns forever A
Certain Tract or Parcel of Land situate lying & being in
Roxbury afores^d being butted and bounded as foll^o (viz)
Northerly at the Front by the Road or Highway there mea-
suring Twenty six Roods Easterly by the Land of the Heirs
of William Abbett Dec^d there measuring about fifty five Roods
and three Quarters of one Rood Southerly at the Rear by the
Land of Isaac Curtis there measuring about Twenty six Roods
and Westerly by the Land of said Edmond Cole there mea-
suring about Sixty Six Roods be all the afores^d Measures more
of less or howsoever otherwise bounded or reputed to be bounded.

Together with all and singular the Profits Priviledges Rights
Commodities Advantages and Appur^ces to the said Land & Pre-
mises belonging or in any kind appertaining To Have

[page 173, right-hand side]

and To Hold all the above granted and bargained Land
& Premises with the Appurtenances unto the s^d Thomas Boyl-
ston his Heirs and Assigns forever. To his & their only sole and
proper Use Benefit and Behoof from henceforth forever. And
they the said Joseph Seaver and Mary his wife Shubael Seaver
and Abigail his Wife Edmond Cole and Abigail his Wife and Ri-
chard Moor and Thankfull his wife for themselves & their Heirs
Exec^rs & Admin^rs Doth hereby covenant promise grant & agree
to and with the said Thomas Boylston his Heirs and Assigns in
Manner and Form following (That is to say) that at and
immediately before the Time of the Ensealing and Delivery of
these Presents they the said Joseph Seaver Shubael Seaver Ed-
mond Cole and Richard Moor are the true sole and lawful Owners
of all the afore bargained Premises and Stand lawfully seized
thereof in their own proper Right of a good sure & indefeasible
Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple Having in themselves full
Power good right & lawful Authority to grant sell convey and
assure the same unto the said Thomas Boylston his Heirs & As-
signs as afores^d. And that the said Thomas Boylston his Heirs
and Assigns shall and may by force and virtue of these Presents
from henceforth forever lawfully peaceable and quietly have
hold use occupy possess and enjoy the above granted and gar-
gained Premises free and clear and clearly acquitted exonerated
and discharged of and from all and all Manner of former &
other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Joyntures
Judgments Entails and of and from all Titles Troubles Char-
ges and Incumbrances whatsoever. And further they do here-
by Covenant promise grant and agree bind and oblige them-
selves their Heirs Exec^rs and Admin^rs from henceforth forever here-
after to Warrant and Defend all the above granted & bar-
gained Premises with the appur^ces unto the said Thomas
Boylston his Heirs and Assigns forever against the lawfull Claims
and Demand of all and every Person or Persons whomso-
ever. In Witness whereof they the said Joseph Seaver & Mary
his Wife Shubael Seaver and Abigail his Wife Edmond Cole and
Abigail his Wife Richard Moor and Thankfull his Wife hath
hereunto set their Hands and Seals the ______ Day of March
in the Eighth Year of the Reign of our sovereign Lord George
the Second King of Great Britain &c Annoq^e Dom^i One thou0
sand seven Hundred thirt & four/5. Joseph Sever & a Seal
The mark of Mary X Seaver & a Seal Shubael Seaver & a Seal
The mark of Abigail U Seaver & a seal Edmond Cole & a seal
The mark of Abigail ZN Cole & a seal Richard Mower &

[page 174, top of left-hamd page]

A Seal. Thankfull Mower & a Seal. Signed Sealed & De-
liv^d in Presence of us Except Thankfull Moor Edmund
Cole and Abigail his wife Benj^n Parker Jacob Sheafe
John Mower Thomas Stocker. Witness to Edm^d Cole & Abi-
gail Cole Jno Fitch Benj^n Parker. Suffolk Ss Boston March
__ 1734. Joseph Seaver and Mary his wife Shubael Sea-
ver and Abigail his Wife Edmond Cole and Abigail his Wife
and Richard Moor and Thankfull his Wife personally ap-
peared before me the Subscriber and acknowledged the within
written Instrument to be their voluntary Act and Deed.

Suffolk Ss. Boston March 5^th 1734. Joseph Seaver
Mary his Wife Shubael Seaver and Abigail his Wife and
Richard Moor personally appeared before me & acknowledg-
ed the within written Instrument to be their voluntary Act
and Deed Before me Joseph Wadsworth Justice Peace.

Essex Ss. Lynn Mar. 12^th 1734/5. Thankfull Mower appearing ac-
knowledged the within written Instrument to be her free Act
& Deed Before me Ebenezer Burrill Just Peace. Suffolk
Ss. Boston April 19^th 1735. The within …... Edmund Cole
and Abigail his Wife personally appeared before me the Sub-
scriber & acknowledged the within written Instrument to be their
voluntary Act and Deed. Sam^ll Sewall J. Peace. April 26^th 1735
Rec^d & accordingly Entred & Examined –

                                                        Ss. Samuel Gerrish 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 : accessed 4 June 2017); Suffolk County, "Deeds, 1734-1735, Vol. 50-51," Volume 50, pages 173-4 (images 187-8 of 572), Sale of Roxbury land by Shubael Seaver's heirs to Thomas Boylston, written 5 March 1734/5, recorded 26 April 1735.

I posted the Indenture that defined all of the real property and Shubael Seaver's desires his five children to share  in Amanuensis Monday - Deed Records for Shubael Seaver (1640-1730) in Roxbury, Massachusetts - Part 1.  In Amanuensis Monday - Deed Records for Shubael Seaver (1640-1730) in Roxbury, Massachusetts - Part 2 the five heirs at-law agreed to a division of the real property of their father, Shubael Seaver.  In Amanuensis Monday - Deed Records for Joseph Seaver (1672-1754) in Roxbury, Massachusetts - Part 1, one of the heirs (Patrick Gregory and his wife Hannah) sold their share of the estate to the other four heirs for £400.  

In this deed, the four remaining heirs sell the land that Patrick and Hannah (Seaver) Gregory sold to them in Roxbury, which was the portion that they received from the estate of Shubael Seaver.  

The measurements in this deed are given in "roods" which is a either a quarter of an acre (10,890 square feet) in area or one rod (16.5 feet) - see here.  Since the measurements appear to be in length rather than area, the land defined in the deed is a trapezoidal plot measuring 26 rods (429 feet) on the north side, 55.75 rods (920 feet) on the east side, 66 rods (1089 feet) on the west side, and 26 rods (429 feet) on the south side.  This works out to be almost 10 acres of land.  

By this time (March 1735), Joseph Seaver has moved his household to Framingham yet he still owns at least half of his father's property in Roxbury, but has sold his share of the property that was granted to Patrick and Hannah Gregory to Thomas Boylston..  

Joseph Seaver (1672-1754) and his wife Mary (Read) Bruce are my 7th great-grandparents, through their son Robert Seaver (1702-1752) who married Eunice Rayment in 1726.

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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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