Amanuensis Monday -- 1761 Deed of Michael Metcalf to William Woods for Land in Cheshire County, New Hampshire Colony

This week's document for transcription is the 1761 Deed between Michael Metcalf selling property to William Woods in Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire Colony.

*  Cheshire [New Hampshire]. Deeds 1770–1780, 1771–1786 - pages 122-123, image 360 of 574

The transcription of this document is (based on the FamilySearch Full-Text Search, with corrections as required, including line breaks):

In the main body of the deed at the top of the right-hand page (page 123):

To all People to whom these Presents Shall Come Greeting Know ye that I Michael 

Metcalf of Keen in the Province of New Hampstine in New England Gentleman for & 

in Consideration of the sum of Ten Pounds Sterling to me in hand before the signing

and Sealing hereof well and truly paid by William Woods of Keen in the Province

aforesaid yeoman - The receipt whereof I Do hereby acknowledge and the same to be

in full satisfaction have Remised Released & Forever Quit Claimed and Do by these

Presents freely Clearly and absolutely Remise Release and forever Quit Claim unto

him the said William Woods , His Heirs and assigns on his and there full Possession

and ????? Forever ^a certain Tract or Lot of land Lying & being in Keene^ Described as Followeth viz a Thirty Acre Lot of upland 

(No 44) Lying on the East beach Hill and belonging to a Rite Drawn by David Mays

by Virtue of House Lot (No  ) and is butted and Bounded as the Plan and Record

^of said Lot^ sheweth.  To Have and to Hold the granted premises and Quit Claimed appurten-

ances To Him the said William Woods His Heirs and assigns to his and their sole 

use Benefit & Behoof and I the ^sd^ Michael Metcalf for me my Heirs Executors and 

Administrators do Covenant with the said William Woods His Heirs and Assigns

that before the signing and sealing hereof I have in my Self good Right to 

Remiss Realease and Quit Claim said premises as aforesaid Further Covenanting 

and Ingaging to Warrant Secure and Defend the ^sd^ William Woods , His Heirs & 

Assigns in the Quiet Possession and Peaceable Injoyment of the Quit Claimed

Tracts and appurtenances against any persons Challenging  Claiming and Demard-

ing the same Or any Part thereof from by or under me my Heirs Executors

and Administrators Forever by these Presents Hereafter by these Presents. In 

Witness whereof I the said Michael Metcalf in and to the Premises unto the 

Said William Woods his Heirs and assigns Have Hereunto Set my hand & Seal 

this Twenty Eighth Day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty one 

and in the Second year of his Majesties Reign George the Third King & c .

Signed Sealed & Delivered                            Michael Metcalf  {LS}

In Presence of us                }     Province of            }

Abraham Wheeler           }      New Hampshire  } May 30'th AD 1763

Abraham Wheeler Jun   }   Michael Metcalf Subscriber to the above written 

                                               Instrument personally appeared & acknowledged 

                                               the same to his free act and Deed Before me 

                                                                                      Thos Frink Just Peace 

Rec'd 18 Nov'r 1771, Recor'd & Examin'd pr Josiah Willard Recd'r 

The source citation for this deed is:

Cheshire [New Hampshire] Deeds, 1760-1786, deed, Michael Metcalf to William Woods, dated 28 December 1761, recorded 18 November 1771; imaged, FamilySearch    (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3L-R9BJ-Z?view=fullText : accessed 14 May 2024,  "Cheshire [New Hampshire] Deeds, 1760-1770, 1771-1786" page 123 (image 360 of 574);  original records at Cheshire County courthouse, Keene, New Hampshire..

This is a Derivative Source (because it is a court clerk's transcription of the original deed with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the names of the two parties, and the dates of the deed execution, signing and recording.   

The deed transcription was difficult for Full-Text Search - there were many errors of word omission and spelling due to the handwriting and upward slope of the lettering from left to right.

Michael Metcalf (1706-1771) was born 12 August 1706 in Medfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, the son of Michael and Lydia (White) Metcalf.  Michael died after 2 September 1771 in Keene, New Hampshire Colony. He married Melatiah Hamant (1704-1751) on 2 July 1728 in Medway, Massachusetts Bay Colony.  They had 8 children.  Michael and Melatiah (Hamant) Metcalf are my 6th great-grandparents, through their son Burgess Metcalf (1741-1816)  who married Jerusha --?-- (1759-1817) in 1770.

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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