This week's document for transcription is the 1892 Deed of William Lewis Sovereen to James A. Kemp for land in Middleton Township, Norfolk County, Ontario:
* Courtland Land Records 1891-1895 | pages 26-27, image 173 of 865:
The transcription of this document is (based on the FamilySearch Full-Text Search, with corrections as required, including line breaks):
In the left-hand margin on page 26:
DEEDSovereen
To
Kemp
Entered and Registered
at 2:50 o'clock,
30th day of January
A.D. 1892
1400
A.J. Donly, Registrar.
In the main body of the deed (pages 26-27):
No. 77546
This Indenture
made (in duplicate) the thirtieth day of January in the
year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety
two, in pursuance of the Act respecting
short forms
of conveyances: Between William Lewis Sovereen of
the City of Brantford in
the County of Brant Gentleman
a widower of the first part and James A. Kemp of
the
Village of Delhi in the Township of Middleton in
the County of Norfolk Carpenter of the
second part
Witnesseth that in consideration of one
hundred and twenty-five dollars of
lawful money of
Canada now paid by the said party of the second
part to the said party
of the first part (the receipt
whereof is hereby by him acknowledged) he the said
party
of the first part doth grant unto the said party
of the second part his heirs and assigns
for ever.
All and singular that certain parcel or
tract of land and premises situate lying
and being in
the Village of Delhi in the Township of Middleton
in the County of Norfolk
and Province of Ontario and
being composed of a part of Village lot number two
on the
North side of King Street and on the East
side of Main Street in the said Village of
Delhi
and is butted and bounded as follows that is to
say commencing at the South-west angle of the
East half of said Village lot number two ; thence
East in a south-easterly direction along King Street
thirty - seven feet no more nor less; thence North
in a North easterly direction ten
perches parallel with the Westerly
limit of said lot ; thence West in a North - westerly
direction
parallel with King Street thirty - seven feet no more nor less ; thence
South in
a South - westerly direction ten perches to the place
of beginning.
To have and to hold unto the said party of the
second part his
heirs and assigns to and for his and their
sole and only use for ever subject
nevertheless to the reservations
limitations provisoes and conditions expressed in the
original
grant thereof from the Crown. The said party of the first
part covenants with the
said party of the second part that
he hath the right to convey the said lands to the said
party
of the second part notwithstanding any act of the said party
of the first part. And
that the said party of the second
part shall have quiet possession of the said lands free
from all encumbrances. And the said party of the first
part covenants with the said
party of the second part that
he will execute such further assurances of the said lands
as
may be requisite. And the said party of the first part
covenants with the said party
of the second 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 second part all his claims upon
the said lands.
In witness whereof the said parties hereto have
hereunto set their
hands and seals.
Signed sealed and delivered } ( Sd ) William L. Sovereen (ls)
in the
presence of } by his Atty Joseph J. Carson
(Sd) Frank Reid }
County of Norfolk } I , Frank
Reid of the Town of Simcoe
To wit } in the County of Norfolk Esquire make
oath and
say : 1 That I was personally present and did
see the within instrument and duplicate
thereof duly
signed sealed and executed by William Lewis Sovereen by
his Attorney
Joseph T. Carson one of the parties thereto.
2 . That the said instrument and duplicate
were exe-
cuted at the Town of Simcoe aforesaid. 3 That I know
the said party. 4 That I
am a subscribing witness
to the said instrument and duplicate.
Sworn before me at
Simcoe }
in the County of Norfolk }
this 30th day of January } ( Sd ) Frank Reid
in the
year of our Lord 1892.}
( Sd ) Geo . W. Wells.
A Commissioner for taking affidavits
in
H. C. J. c.
The source citation for this land deed is:
Norfolk County (Ontario) Registrar of Deeds, #77546, land deed of William Lewis Sovereen to James A. Kemp, dated 30 January 1892, recorded 1 March 1892; imaged, "Courtland Land Records, 1891-1895," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSYS-96F7?view=fullText : accessed 30 August 2024), page 515, image 166 of 850; original records in Norfolk County (Ontario) Registrar of Deeds, Simcoe, Ontario, microfilmed and imaged by FamilySearch.
This is a Derivative Source (because it is a court clerk's transcription of the original land deed) with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the deed number, the grantor and grantee, and the dates of the deed execution and recording.
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.
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.
Read other transcriptions of records of my ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.
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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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