This week's document for transcription is the affidavit attasched to the 1826 Deed of Robert and Sarah Jefts selling land to Josiah Sawtell for property in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
* Hillsborough [New Hampshire] Deeds, 1825-1826, 1825 - page 333, image 174 of 629:
The transcription of this document is (based on the FamilySearch Full-Text Search, with corrections as required, including line breaks):
[starting on the right-hand page of the image, about 35% down page 333]
Jefts } Know all Men by these Presents ,
to } That I Robert Jefts of Mason in the County
Sawtell } Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire
Yeoman in consideration of twenty five Dollars to me
paid by Josiah Sawtell of said Mason Gentleman
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge , have
given , granted , bargained , sold and conveyed , and
do , for myself and my heirs by these Presents give
grant , bargain , sell and convey unto the said
Sawtell his heirs and Assigns forever , a certain piece
of land situated in said Mason and bounded as follows - Beginning at the north east corner
of the premises on the road leading to Ashby
thence westwardly on land of Willis Johnson
about twenty four rods to land of Hollis Amsden
thence Southerly on said Amsdens land about
six rods to a Stake and Stones thence eastwardly on
my land to the road before mentioned thence
thence northerly on said road to the bound first mentioned --
To Have and to Hold the afore described premises
with all the Privileges and Appurtenances thereunto
belonging to him the said Josiah Sawtell his
heirs and Assigns to his & their use and behoof forever
and I do covenant with the said Sawtell his
Heirs and Assigns that I am lawfully seized
in fee of the afore described premises , That
they are free of all incumbrances ; that I have
good right to sell and convey the same to the
Said Sawtell in manner aforesaid . And that
[continued on page 334]
I and my heirs will warrant and defend the Same
Premises to the Said Sawtell his heirs and Assigns
forever , against the lawful claims and demands of
all persons , And I Sarah wife of the Said Robert
Jefts hereby release and quitclaim unto the said
Sawtell my right of Dower in the fore described
premises - In Witness whereof we the Said Robert
Jefts and Sarah Jefts have hereunto set our
Hands and Seals this fourth day of May in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
twenty six - Signed , Sealed and delivered in
Presence of us } Robert Jefts {seal}
Ephan Whiting } Sarah Jefts {seal}
Samuel Whiting }
Hillsborough Ss . May 4 - 1846 Then the above
named Robert Jefts personally appearing
acknowledged the above instrument to be his
free act and Deed Before me , Samuel Whiting Justice of Peace
Rec'd & recorded 22 May 1826 & Exam'd by Isaac Brooks Reg'r
The source citation for this deed is:
Hillsborough County New Hampahire, Deed Records, deed of Robert and Sarah Jefts to Josiah Sawtell, dated 4 May 1826, recorded 22 May 1826; imaged, "Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States records," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRH-F347-T?view=fullText : accessed May 18,
2024), pages 333-334, images 174-175 of 629; Originial records at Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Recorder.
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.
Josiah Sawtell (1768-1847) was born 24 January 1768 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, the son of Ephraim and Abigail (Stone) Sawtell. He married Hannah Smith (1768-1827) on 5 October 1789 in Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Josiah died 7 December 1847 in Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. They had nine children.
Josiah and Hannah (Smith) Sawtell are my 4th great-grandparents, through their daughter Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857) who married Zachariah Hildreth (1784-1857) in 1810 in Townsend, Massachuseetts.
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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