This week's document for Amanuensis Monday is from the Killingly, Connecticut Deed records for an 1851 deed of Henry A. White selling land to Plina Mitchell:
The transcription of the deed (on the right-hand side of the image above) is:
To all people to whom these presents
shall come Greeting. Know ye that I
Henry A. White of Killingly in the
County of Windham and State of Connecticut for
the consideration of one hundred and
fifty dollars received to my full satisfaction
of Plina Mitchell of said Killingly, Do
give, grant, bargain, sell and confirm unto the
said Plina Mitchell of said Killingly
one undivided half of a certain tract a parcel
of land situated lying and being in
said Town of Killingly, bounded & described
as follows viz. Northerly on land of
Samson Covell. Westerly on land of William
Harrington and land of Otis Basto.
Southerly on land of Arba Covell and land
of Samson Covell. Easterly on lands of
Calvin Cutler, Otis Basto, Arba Covell
and containing by estimation fifty four
acres be it the same more or less, with a
dwelling house, Barn and other
out-houses thereon standing. The said tract or
parcel of land above described of which
an undivided half is herein conveyed being
the same and all the same land which
was conveyed to my father Jonathan White
by Joseph Arnold by deed bearing date
the 9^th day of May AD 1837 to which reference
may be had for a more particular
description.
To have and to hold the above granted
and bargained premises, with the appurtenances
thereof unto her the said Plina
Mitchell her heirs & assigns forever to her and their own
proper use and behoof. And also I the
said Henry A. White do for myself my heirs
executors and administrators, covenant
with the said Plina Mitchell, her heirs and
assigns that at and until the unsealing
of these presents I am well seized of the
premises as a good indefensible estate
in fee simple and have good right to bargain and
sell the same in manner & form as
is above written, and that the same is free from
all incumbrances whatsoever. And
furthermore I the said Henry A. White do by
these presents bind myself and my heirs
forever to warrant and defend the above
granted and bargained premises to her
the said Plina Mitchell her heirs and assigns
against all claims and demands
whatsoever. Provided always & this deed is upon
condition that whereas the said Henry
A. White is justly indebted to the above named
Plina Mitchell in the sum of One
hundred and fifty dollars in and by his certain
promissory note bearing even date
herewith in and by which said Note the said White
promises the said Plina Mitchell to pay
to her or her ???? for value received the said
sum of one hundred & fifty dollars,
two years from date with interest annually. Now if
the said White shall well & truly
pay said Note according to the term and effect
thereof then this deed to be null &
void, otherwise to be & remain in full force as wit?? in the law.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal this
18^th day of April in the year of our
Lord 1851.
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of Henry A. White {L.S.}
Daniel Mitchell
Earl Martin
Windham County SS. Killingly April
18^th AD 1851 Personally
appeared Henry A. White signed and
sealed of the foregoing instrument and
acknowledged the same to be his free
act and deed before me.
Earl Martin Justice of
the Peace
Recorded April 18^th 1851 }
by John J. Warren Town Clerk }
The source citation for this deed is:
Killingly (Connecticut) Town Clerk, Land Records, 1709-1907; General Index, 1709-1908, "Land records, Vol. 37-39, 1850-1857," Volume 37, page 69, Henry A. White to Plina Mitchell, 18 April 1851, recorded 18 April 1851; accessed on Family History Library microfilm US/CAN 1450885; original records in Danielson, Conn. town hall.
There are a number of deeds for my 2nd great-grandfather Henry A. White (1824-1885) in the Killingly, Connecticut land records. These records are recorded in the Connecticut towns rather than in the county records.
This is the first deed recorded in Killingly town records for Henry A. White. The deed clearly states that the land was conveyed to his father, Jonathan White (1803-1850) in 1837. Jonathan White, in his will dated 18 April 1850 and proved on 27 April 1850, directed that his two sons receive all of his real estate in Connecticut and Rhode Island, and also that they pay their sister $200 one year after their mother's decease. This deed may have been drawn to establish the fact that Henry A. White owned this parcel (perhaps he and his brother Albert White agreed to a division of the land).
In addition, Henry A. White writes a promissory note to the grantee Plina (Paulina?) Mitchell for the $150 purchase of the land, payable in two years after the date of sale.
The names of the neighbors of this parcel may help me find a map of the property owners in this time frame to try to figure out the location of the land in Killingly.
Henry A. White (1824-1885) was a son of Jonathan and Miranda (Wade) White of Killingly. He married Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864) in 1844 in Thompson, Connecticut. Their daughter, Julia E. White (1848-1913), who married Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) is my great-grandmother.
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