"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
The subject today is the 1812 deed of Nathan Gates of Gardner, Massachusetts to the John Peirce Jr. of Gardner:
[page 509, deed starts near bottom of right-hand page]
[page 510, deed ends in middle of left-hand page]
The transcription of this deed is:
[page
509]
[left
margin]
Gates
Nathan }
to
}
John
Peirce Jr. }
Know
all Men by these presents that I Nathan Gates of Gardner in the
County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman in
consideration of eight hundred Dollars paid me by John
Peirce
Junr of said Gardner yeoman the receipt of whereof I do hereby
acknowledge, do hereby give, grant,
and
convey unto the said John his heirs & assigns a certain tract of
Land situate in said Gardner being
the
Same tract of land which said Peirce has this day conveyed to me by
his Deed & is thus described being
a
part of the Farm on which said Peirce now lives, being all that part
of said Farm whichl ies
northeasterly
of the County road leading from Winchendon to Westminster being about
forty acres more
or
less with the buildings thereon standing & is bounded
Southwesterly on said County road South-
[page
510]
easterly
on Land of Vinal P. Dunn, Northeasterly on three fourth division
lots, northwesterly on
Land
of Josiah Wheeler.
To
Have and to hold the same with the privileges & appurtenances
thereto belonging
to
said John his heirs & assigns to his & their use & behoof
forever – and I so covenant with the
said
John his heirs & assigns that I am lawfully seized by fee of the
premises that they are free of all in-
cumbrances
& that I will warrant &defend to the Same to the said John
his heirs & assigns forever against
the
lawful claims & demands of all persons. In Witness whereof I
have hereto set my hand & Seal,
as
also my Wife Agagail in token of releasing her right of dower in the
premises, this thirteenth
day
of November eighteen hundred & twelve – The condition of this
deed is such that if the a-
bove
named Nathan shall pay or cause to be paid the following sums to the
Boston Bank, to wit:
one
hundred Dollars on the fifteenth day of Sept^r next, one hundred
Dollars on the fifteenth
day
of Sept^r 1814, one hundred Dollars on the 15th day of
Sept^r1815, one hundred Dollars on
the
15th day of Sept^r 1816 with Interest in advance annually
on the three last payments & save
harmless
the said John from all costs & trouble respecting what said John
owes said Bank as spec-
ified
in the above installments & according to a Bond of even date with
this and then this Deed is
be
void otherwise in force. Nathan Gates { L S }
Signed,
sealed & deliv- } Abigail Gates { L S }
ered,
in presence of } Worcester SS, Gardner November 13,
1812 Nathan Gates within named }
Aaron
Wood } acknowledge this instrument to be his
free act & deed
Oliver
Jackson } Before me, Aaron Woods, Justice
Peace.
Rec^d
Dec^r 23, 1812 Ent^d & Exam^d Dan^l Clap Reg^r
The source citation for this deed is:
"Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 13 January 2015), Worcester County, "Deeds, 1812-1813, Vol. 184-185," Volume 184, Pages 509-510, images 265-266 of 693, Deed of Nathan Gates to John Peirce Jr., 1812; citing records in land offices and county courthouses, statewide, Massachusetts.
This 40 acre tract of land is just north of the road from Winchendon to Westminster, and not far from the land formerly owned by Simon Gates, the father of Nathan Gates, and owned at the time of this deed by his mother, Susanna Gates and his brothers, Simon Gates and Daniel Gates.
As you can see, there is a mortgage involved in this deed. On the same date, John Peirce Jr. sold this tract of land to Nathan Gates for $800. Apparently, Nathan Gates did not pay the entire $800 to John Peirce Jr., he paid only $400. In the deed above, Nathan Gates agreed to make four payments of $100 yearly, with interest, to the Boston Bank. If he made all of the payments, the deed above is voided - the land will belong to Nathan Gates. If he doesn't make the payments, the land title will revert back to John Peirce Jr. along with all money that Nathan Gates paid him.
Nathan Gates (1767-1830) is my 4th great-grandfather, who married Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855) in 1790. I am descended from their daughter, Abigail Gates (1797-1867), who married Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825).
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Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver
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