This week's document for transcription is the 1899 quitclaim deed of Alexander Sovereen, Hannah V. Forbes, Miriam Carson and Albert Sovereen granting land to the Village of Delhi in Norfolk County, Ontario:
* Norfolk Land Records 1953 | pages 634-635, image 458 of 841:
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 635 halfway down the right-hand page:
QuitClaimDEED
Sovereen et-al
to
Village of Delhi
Entered and Registered,
at 3:52 o'clock,
9th January
AD 1900.
350.
AJ Donly,
Regr
In the main body of the quitclaim deed on the right-hand page (page 635):
No. 93,571.
This Indenture made in duplicate this twenty first
day of April in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety nine .
Between Alexander Sovereen of the
Township of Windham
in the County of Norfolk , farmer , Hannah V. Forbes, of the City
of
Brantford , in the County of Brant , married woman , Miriam Carson
of the said City of
Brantford , Widow , and Albert Sovereen of the said
City of Detroit in the State of Michigan ,
one of the United
States of America , Doctor of Medicine , hereinafter called the
Grantors of the first part and the municipal Corporation of the
Village of Delhi in the
County of Norfolk , hereinafter called the
Corporation of the second part .
Whereas
Frederick Sovereen late of the Township of Windham
in the County of Norfolk , Farmer ,
deceased , was at the time of his
death possessed of an estate of inheritance in the
lands and premises
hereinafter mentioned , and whereas the said deceased died on or
about the day of AD. leaving him surviving two sons the above
named Alexander Sovereen and William Sovereen , and Whereas the
said William Sovereen departed this
life on or about the 26th day
of July A.D. 1892 leaving him surviving three children
namely
the above named Hannah V. Forbes , ( formerly Hannah V. Sovereen )
the
above named Miriam Carson formerly Miriam Sovereen ) and
the above named Albert Sovereen . And whereas the said Grantors
[page 636]
are the only heirs at law of the said Frederick Sovereen who died
intestate and whereas the said lands and premises hereinafter
described were verbally
set apart by the said Frederick Sovereen
for a public burial Ground and were used as
such for some
time , and whereas the said lands have not been used as a
burial ground
for some time and are being over ^run^ with weeds
and are becoming unhealthy and
unseemly in the Village
of Delhi and the said Corporation is desirous of having the
title
to the said lands vested in the Village so that the graves
may be removed to the Burial
Ground now used and that
the said lands may be turned into a Public Park under the
name of "The Sovereen Park" and Whereas the said Grantors
have agreed to execute
these presents and to convey the said
lands to the said Corporation on that
consideration.
Now This Indenture Witnesseth that the said Grantors for
and in
consideration of the premises and of the sum of one
dollar of lawful money of Canada
to them in hand well and
truly paid by the said Corporation at or before the sealing and
delivery of these presents ( the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged , Have
Granted , Released and Quitted Claim , and
by these presents do Grant Release and Quit-Claim unto the
said Corporations and its assigns forever all the Estate right
title interest
claim and demand whatsoever both at law and
in equity or otherwise howsoever , and
whether in possession
or expectancy of the said Grantors , of in or out of.
All and
singular those certain parcels or tracts of land and
premises situate lying and being in
the Village of Delhi in
the County of Norfolk and Province of Ontario containing by
admeasurement of an acre be the same more or less and
being composed of Village
Lots numbers Three and six in
Block number seventeen according to plan " 24 B " of the
said
Village of Delhi .
Together with the appurtanences thereto belonging
and
appertaining
To Have and to Hold the aforesaid lands and premises
with all and
singular the appurtenances thereto belonging
or appertaining unto and to the use of the
said Corporation
and its assigns forever . Subject nevertheless to the reservations
limitations , and conditions expressed in the original Grant
thereof from the Crown .
And
the said Corporation hereby covenants with the said
Grantors that they will turn the said
lands into a Public
Park and that the said Park will be known as " The Sovereen Park ".
In
witness whereof the said parties hereto have hereunto
set their hands and seals .
signed sealed and delivered in the } sd. Alex Sovereen seal
presence of as to signature of Alex- } sd. Hannah V. Forbes seal
ander Sovereen . sd. Wm Cable . } sd. Miriam J. Carson seal
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as to signature of Hannah
V. Forbes , sd. W. H. Hollinrake as to signature
of Miriam Carson. sd. W. H. Wilbur as to
signature of Albert Sovereen.
County of Norfolk } I William Cable of the Village of Delhi in
the County
to Wit } of Norfolk merchant 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 Alexander Sovereen one of
the parties thereto . 2 . That the said Instrument
and duplicate were
executed at the Township of Windham in the said County of
Norfolk. 3.
that I know the said party . 4 . That I am a subscribing witness to the
said
instrument and duplicate .
sd. Wm Cable
Sworn before me at the Village of Delhi in the
County of Norfolk this
22'nd day of April 1899 .
sd. W. B. Thompson . a commissioner etc.
County of Brant } I William Arthur Hollinrake of the City of Brantford
To Wit } in the County
of Brant Barrister 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
Hannah V.
Forbes one of the parties thereto . 2 . That the said Instru-
ment and duplicate were
executed at the said City of Brantford 3.
that I know the said party . 4 . That I am a
subscribing witness to the
said Instrument and duplicate .
sd. W. A. Hollinrake .
Sworn
before me at the City of Brantford in the County of Brant this
17 day of May A.D. 1899 .
sd. M. F. Muir . a commissioner etc.
County of Norfolk } I William Henry Wilbur of the Village of Delhi in
to Wit } the County of Norfolk , Butcher 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
Miriam Carson one of the parties thereto . 2 . That the said Instru-
ment and
duplicate were executed at the town of Simcoe in the
said County of Norfolk . 3 . That I
know the said party . 4 . That I am
a subscribing witness to the said Instrument and
duplicate .
sd. W. H. Wilbur.
Sworn before me at the Village of Delhi in the County of
Norfolk
this Twenty fourth day of April A.D. 1899 .
sd. B. W. Thompson .
a commissioner
etc.
The source citation for this affidavit is:
Norfolk County (Ontario) Registrar of Deeds, #93,571, quitclaim deed of Alexander Sovereen, Hannah V. Forbes, Miriam Carson and Albert Sovereen to Village of Delhi, dated 21 April 1899, registered 9 January 1900; imaged, "Norfolk Land Records, 1953," FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS54-H3TG-B?view=fullText : accessed 6 September 2024), pages 635-637 (images 458-459 of 841); 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 quitclaim deed with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the names of the two parties, and the dates of the quitclaim deed execution and recording.
Note that the deed describes the original owner of the land in question (Alexander's father, Frederick Sovereen) and his two sons who inherited the land that was used as a burial ground. The graves are now in Delhi Cemetery in the village of Delhi, Norfolk County, Ontario.
Alexander Sovereen (1814-1907) was born 22 November 1814 in Middleton London District, Upper Canada, the son of Frederick and Mary Jane (Hutchison) Sovereen. He died 15 August 1907 in Windham township, Norfolk County, Ontario. Alexander married Elizabeth Putman (1820-1895) on 3 March 1840 in Norfolk County, Upper Canada. She was the daughter of John Pieterse and Sarah (Martin) Putman. They had 14 children.
Alexander and Elizabeth (Putman) Sovereen are my 3rd great-grandparents. I am descended through their daughter Mary Jane Sovereen (1840-1874), who married James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902) in 1861.
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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