This week's document for transcription is the 1875 deed of James Abraham Kemp buying land in Middleton Township, Norfolk County, Ontario from William Lewis Sovereen:
* Courtland Land Records, 1876, pages 220-221, image 138 of 203:
* Courtland Land Records, 1876, pages 222-223, image 139 of 203:
The transcription of this document is (based on the FamilySearch Full-Text Search, with corrections as required, including line breaks):
In the left-hand marigin on page 221:
No 41415 Bt?Sovereen and wife
to Kemp
Entered and Registered
the Second day of August
AD 1876 at Ten oClock
and Two Minutes AM
M Number 29265
F.L. Walsh Reg'r.
In main part of page 221:
This Indenture made in Duplicate the Fifth day of JulyOne thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Five
In pursuance of the Act respecting Short Forms of Conveyances
Between William Lewis Savereen of the village of Fredericks-
burg in the Township of Middleton in the County of Norfolk
and Province of Ontario Yeoman ^party^ of the first part
Mary Ann Savereen his wife party of the Second Part
and Abraham James Kemp of the same place
Carpenter party of the third part
Witnesseth that in Consideration of Seventy five Dollars
of lawful money of Canada now paid by the said party of the
third part to the said party of the first part the receipt whereof
is hereby by him Acknowledged -- He the said parts of the
first part Doth Grant unto the said party of the third part
his heirs and assigns forever -
All and Singular those certain parcels or tracts of Land
and premises situate lying and any in the Village of
Fredericksburg ( South ) in the Township of Middleton in
the County of Norfolk and Province of Ontario Containing
by Admeasurement two fifths of an Acre of Land be the
same more or less Being Composed of parts of Lot number
One Hundred and Eighty Eight South on Talbot Road in the
said Township & Middleton Being Village Lot number
Nine containing One Fifth of an Acre of Land be the Same
more or less.
And Village Lot number Ten Containing
One fifth of an Acre of Land be the Same more or less
Both in Block Lettered C in the said William L Savereen
Survey of Village Lots in said Village of Fredericksburg South
To have and to Hold unto the said party of the third part his
heirs and assigns to and for their sole and duly use forever.
Subject nevertheless to the Reservations limitations provisoes
and Conditions expressed in the original Grant deed from
the Crown -- the said party of the first part covenants with
the said party of the third part that he hath the right to Convey the
said Lands to the said party of the third part notwithstanding
Any Act of the Said party of the first part.
And that the said party of the third part shall have quiet
possession of the said Lands free from all Incumbrances.
And that the said party of the first part Covenants with the
said party of the third part that he will execute such
further Assurances of the said Lands as may be Requested.
And the said party of the first part Covenants with the
said party of the third part that he hath done no Act to
Encumber the said lands.
heirs and assigns to and for their sole and duly use forever.
Subject nevertheless to the Reservations limitations provisoes
and Conditions expressed in the original Grant deed from
the Crown -- the said party of the first part covenants with
the said party of the third part that he hath the right to Convey the
said Lands to the said party of the third part notwithstanding
Any Act of the Said party of the first part.
And that the said party of the third part shall have quiet
possession of the said Lands free from all Incumbrances.
And that the said party of the first part Covenants with the
said party of the third part that he will execute such
further Assurances of the said Lands as may be Requested.
And the said party of the first part Covenants with the
said party of the third part that he hath done no Act to
Encumber the said lands.
And the said party of the first part Releases to the said
party of the third part all his Claims upon the said Lands.
And the party of the Second part aforesaid hereby
??ard her Dower in said Lands.
party of the third part all his Claims upon the said Lands.
And the party of the Second part aforesaid hereby
??ard her Dower in said Lands.
In Witness whereof the said parties hereto have hereunto set
their hands and seals
Signed Sealed and Delivered }
In the presence of } William L Savereen [LS]
J B F Bell } Mary Ann Sovereen [LS]
County of Norfolk } J B F Bell of the Village of Fredericksburg
to Wit } in the County of Norfolk Currier & Farmer
make Oath and say, 1. That I was personally
present and did see the within Instrument and Duplicate
duly Signed Sealed and executed by William L. Savereen
and his wife M A Savereen the parties thereto 2 that the
said Instrument and Duplicate were executed at the
Village of Fredericksburg 3 that I personally know the
Said parties 4 That I am a Subscribing witness to the
said Instrument and Duplicate
their hands and seals
Signed Sealed and Delivered }
In the presence of } William L Savereen [LS]
J B F Bell } Mary Ann Sovereen [LS]
County of Norfolk } J B F Bell of the Village of Fredericksburg
to Wit } in the County of Norfolk Currier & Farmer
make Oath and say, 1. That I was personally
present and did see the within Instrument and Duplicate
duly Signed Sealed and executed by William L. Savereen
and his wife M A Savereen the parties thereto 2 that the
said Instrument and Duplicate were executed at the
Village of Fredericksburg 3 that I personally know the
Said parties 4 That I am a Subscribing witness to the
said Instrument and Duplicate
Sworn before me at the Village
of Fredericksburg in the County of }
Norfolk this twenty third day of }
November in the year } B F Bell
of our Lord 1876 }
James M Garvey
A Commissioner for taking affidavits in B. K. M.
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"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
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of Fredericksburg in the County of }
Norfolk this twenty third day of }
November in the year } B F Bell
of our Lord 1876 }
James M Garvey
A Commissioner for taking affidavits in B. K. M.
The source citation for this deed is:
Norfolk County (Ontario) Registrar of Deeds,deed of William Lewis Sovereen to Abraham James Kemp, dated 5 July 1875, recorded 23 November 1876; imaged, "Courtland, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada 1876" FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSY9-YQ68-Y : accessed 30 August 2024), pages 221-222, images 138-139 of 203; original records in Norfolk County (Ontario) Registrar of Deeds, Simcoe, Ontatio), microfilmed and imaged by FamilySearch.
This is a Derivative Source (because it is a court clerk's transcription of the original handwritten deed) with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the land recorded, the grantor and grantee, and the dates of the transaction and registration.
It is possible that this deed is actually for James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902), the son of Abraham James and Sarah (Fletcher) Kemp, due to a clerk's error - or not! Abraham and Sephrona Kemp were enumerated in the 1870 United States census in Saginaw County, Michigan. They may have dissolved their marriage by 1875 and Abraham moved back to Norfolk County, Ontario. He was enumerated in the 1881 Canada census.
Abraham James Kemp (1795-a1881) was born 4 November 1795 in Fredericksburgh, Lennox and Addington County, Upper Canada, the son of John and Mary (Dafoe) Kemp. He died after 1 April 1881, probably in Norfolk county, Ontario, when he was enumerated in the 1881 Canada census. Abraham married (1) Sarah Fletcher (1802-b1850) on 16 April 1818, probably in Prince Edward County, Upper Canada. They had 11 children. Abraham married (2) Sephrona (Goddard) Sheltraw (1808-1895) before 1851, probably in Prince Edward County, Canada West. Threy had no children.
James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902) was born 22 May 1831 in Hillier, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, the son of Abraham and Sarah (Fletcher) Kemp. He died 19 September 1902 in Delhi, Norfolk County, Ontario. James married (1) Mary Jane Sovereen (1840-1874), daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Putman) Sovereen, on 10 March 1861 in Middleton, Norfolk county, Canada West. They had five children. After Mary Jane (Sovereen) Kemp died in 1874, James Abraham Kemp married (2) Melissa Wilson (1840-1902) on 16 November 1876 in Bell Ewart Innisfil, Simcoe County, Ontario. They had one child.
Abraham James and Sarah (Fletcher) Kemp are my 3rd great-grandparents, and James Abraham and Mary Jane (Sovereen) Kemp are my 2nd great-grandparents. I am descended through their daughter Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952), who married Charles Auble (1849-1916) in 1898.
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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."
Read other transcriptions of records of my ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.
The URL for this post is: https://www.geneamusings.com/2024/09/amanuensis-monday-1875-deed-of-william.html
Copyright (c) 2024, Randall J. Seaver
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