This week's document for Amanuensis Monday is the 1852 deed of Milo Hildreth buying land from Zachariah Hildreth of Townsend in the Middlesex County, Massachusetts Land Records:
[Volume 654, pages 148-149]
The transcription of this deed is:
[Volume 654, page 149, starts near bottom of right-hand page]
[in right-hand margin]
Hildreth
to
Hildreth
[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 Milo Hildreth of Northborough in
the County of Worcester combmaker the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged do hereby give grant bargain sell
and convey unto the said Milo 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
Benj F. Lewis to Lunenburg bounded beginning at a
stake and stones on the East side of said road at a corner
of land now or late of Ephraim Spaulding thence South
easterly on said Spauldings land to a stake and stones
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thence southerly on said Spaulding land to a stake and
stones at the road leading from said Spauldings to Joel
Emery's thence westerly on said road to a corner formed by
said road and the road first named thence crossing the
first named road to a corner of land late of Isaac Spaul-
ding at a stake and stones thence Northerly by said road
about fourteen rods to a stake and stones thence Westerly
two rods and ten feet to a stake and stones thence Northerly
about seven rods to a stake and stones thence Easterly about
two rods and ten feet to the aforementioned road thence nor-
therly by said road about six and a half rods to a stake
and stones thence Southwesterly by land of James Hil-
dreth about thirty nine rods to a stake and stones thence
Southerly by land f said James about four rods to a stake
and stones at land ^late^ of Isaac Spaulding thence Westerly on
land late of said Isaac and land now or late of Henry
Spaulding to the School lot so called to a stake and stones
thence west about 41° North by land now or late of Samuel
Scales and 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 now or late of Elish Conant thence
Northerly in a straight line by said Conant land and
land of Aaron Hildreth to a stake and stones on the bank
of the Squanaook 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 bound first men-
tioned, excepting the roads passing through said premises.
Also Pew Number 8 in the Brick Meeting house belonging to
the Orthodox Congregational Church and Society in said
Townsend. To Have and To Hold the above granted
premises with the privileges and appurtenances thereto belong-
ing to the said Milo Hildreth 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 administra-
tors do covenant with the said Milo his heirs and assigns
that I am lawfully seized in fee of the afore granted prem-
ises that they are free from all incumbrances that I have
good right to sell and convey unto the said Milo as aforesaid
and that I will and my heirs executors and administrators
shall Warrant and Defend the same to the said Milo his
[Volume 654, page 151]
heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and de-
mands of all persons. In Witness Whereof I the said Zach-
ariah Hildreth and I Hannah Hildreth wife of said
Zachariah who hereby release all my right of dower in said
premises have hereunto set our hands and seals this twelfth day
of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and
fifty two. Zachariah Hildreth {seal} Hannah Hildreth
{seal} . Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us F.A.
Worcester, Elizabeth Wilder. Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts Middlesex S.S. August 12^th 1852. Then personally
appeared 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.
Middlesex ss May 13, 1853 Recd & Recorded by
Caleb Hayden Reg.
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, 1853, Vol. 653-654," Volume 654, pages 149-151 (images 367-8 of 597), Deed of Zachariah Hildreth to Milo Hildreth, executed 12 August 1852 1852, recorded 13 May 1853.
In this deed, Zachariah Hildreth and his wife Hannah sell one tract of land in Townsend to Milo Hildreth for $2000 on 12 August 1852. Milo Hildreth is a son of Zachariah and Hannah Hildreth.
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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