Monday, April 15, 2019

Amanuensis Monday -- 1843 Deed of Zachariah Hildreth to Samuel D. Baldwin in Townsend, Massachusetts

This week's document for Amanuensis Monday is the 1843 deed of  Zachariah Hildreth to Samuel D. Baldwin of Townsend in the Middlesex County, Massachusetts Land Records: 

[Volume 446, pages 158-159]

[Volume 446, pages 160-161]



The transcription of this deed is:

[Volume 446, page 158, starts at top of left-hand page]

[in left-hand margin]

Zach^h Hildreth
        to 
Sam^l D. Baldwin


[body of text]
                           Know all men by these Presents,

That I, Zachariah Hildreth of Townsend in the
County of Middlesex, Yeoman, in consideration
of two thousand dollars to me paid by Samuel D. Bald-
win of Townsend, Yeoman, the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged, do hereby give, grant, bargain,
sell and convey unto the said Samuel D. Baldwin
his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract of land
situated in the Southeasterly part of said Townsend
on both sides of the road leading from Henry Seeva's
in Townsend to Lunenburg bounded beginning at a stake
& stones on the east side of the road aforesaid at a 
corner of Ephraim Spaulding's land, thence South-
easterly on land of said Spaulding to a stake and
stones, thence Southerly on land of said Spaulding
to a stake and stones at the road leading from
said Spaulding's to Joel Emery's, thence westerly
on said road to a corner of the aforesaid road lead-
ing from Henry Seeva's to Lunenburg, thence
crossing said last mentioned road to a corner of
Isaac Spaulding's land at a stake and stones
thence northerly by said road about fourteen
rods to a stake and stones, thence westerly two
rods & ten feet to a stake & stones, thence northerly
about seven rods to a stake and stones, thence
Easterly about two rods and ten feet to the afore-
mentioned road, thence Northerly by said road
about six & half rods to a stake & stones, thence
Southwesterly by land of James Hildreth about
thirty nine rods to a stake and stones, thence 
Southerly by said J. Hildreth land about four
rods to a stake & stones at land of said Isaac
Spaulding, thence westerly on land of said
Isaac Spaulding and land of Lucy Spaulding to the
school lot, so called, to a stake and stones, thence
west about 47° North by land of Samuel Scales
& land of Solomon Green about one hundred and
fourteen rods and two thirds of a rod to a stake
and stones to a corner of land of Elisha Conant,
thence Northerly in a straight line by land of
said Conant & land of Aaron Hildreth to a stake

[page 159]

& stones on the bank of the Squannicook River, thence
Easterly by said river as it formerly run, meaning
to follow the old channel of said river to the Clark
Bridge, so called, across said River, thence Southerly
by the road first mentioned to the bounds first
mentioned, excepting the road passing through
said premises.  Also a certain other tract of
woodland situated in the Southerly part of said
Townsend on Babery hill, so called, bounded
beginning at the southeast corner of said premi-
ses by land formerly owned by Henry Sanderson
at a stake and stones, thence North 60° west nine-
teen rods & 17-1/2 links by land formerly owned
by said Sanderson to a stake & stones, thence north
30° East sixty five rods by land of Aaron Hil-
dreth to a stake & stones, thence South 60° East
nineteen rods & 17-1/2 links by land of Samuel Scales
to a stake and stones, thence south 30° West six-
ty five rods by land of Solomon Everett to the
bounds first mentioned.  Also Pew No. 8 in the
Brick meeting house belonging to the Orthodox 
Congregational ^Church and^ Society.   To Have and to 
Hold the above granted premises with the privi-
leges and appurtenances thereto belonging to the
said Samuel D. Baldwin, his heirs and assigns
to his and their use and behoof forever.  And I
the said Zachariah Hildreth for myself and my
heirs, executors and administrators, do covenant
with the said Samuel D. Baldwin, his heirs
and assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee
of the aforegranted premises that they are 
free from all incumbrances; that I have good
right to sell and convey the same to the said 
Samuel D. Baldwin as aforesaid, and that I
will and my heirs, executors and administra-
tors shall warrant and defend the same to
the said Samuel D. Baldwin, his heirs and as-
signs forever against the lawful claims and de-
mands of all persons.   In witness whereof,
the said Zachariah Hildreth and Hannah wife of
the said Zachariah in token of & for the purpose

[page 160]

of releasing all my right to dower in the afore de-
scribed premises have hereunto set our hand and seal
this 24 day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and forty three.          Zachariah Hildreth  {seal}
Executed and delivered     }      ______  ________   {seal}
in presence of us               }    Middlesex ss Sept. 4^th A.D.
  James Hildreth              }   1843.  Then personally ap-
  Elizabeth Hildreth        }    peared the above named
Zachariah Hildreth and acknowledged the above
Instrument to be his free act and deed;
Before me, F. A. Worcester, Justice of the Peace.
Middlesesx ss.  July 6, 1844.  Rec^d & Recorded by
                                                 W^m F. Stone  Regr.
   
The source citation for this recorded deed is:

"Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 2 February 2019), Middlesex County, "Deeds, 1844, Vol. 446," Volume 446, pages 158-160 (images 83 and 84 of 298), Deed of Zachariah Hildreth to Samuel D. Baldwin, executed 24 April 1843, recorded 6 July 1844.


Zachariah and Hannah Hildreth sold these two tracts of land in Townsend and the pew in the local church to Samuel D. Baldwin of Townsend for $2,000 on 24 April 1843.  Samuel B. Baldwin had married Clarissa Hildreth, daughter of Zachariah and Hannah Hildreth, on 15 May 1840 in Townsend.  No acreage for the two plots of land is given, nor are boundary lengths for every segment of the metes and bounds, so it is not possible to calculate the acreage or to know the exact locqtion of the tracts.  The first tract is on both sides of the road from Henry Seeva's [Seaver] land to Lunenburg (the next town south of Townsend).  The second tract is on Baberry Hill south of the Squannicook River.  

Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857), who married Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857) in 1810, is my third great-grandfather.  I am descended from their son, Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) who married Sophia Newton  (1834-1923) in 1852.

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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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