Amanuensis Monday --1827 Deed of Josiah Sawtell Selling Land in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire to Asher Peabody

 This week's document for transcription is the  1827 Deed of Josiah Sawtell selling land to Asher Peabody for property in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.

*  Hillsborough [New Hampshire] Deeds, 1827 - page 342, image 176 of 617:

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

[starting on the left-hand page of the image, about 30% down page 342]

Sawtell     }Know all Men by these Presents 

     to         }That I Josiah Sawtell of Mason in 

Peabody  }the County of Hillsborough & State of 

                 New Hampshire Gentleman in 

Consideration of one hundred Dollars to me 

paid by Asher Peabody of Milford in said County 

Yeoman the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowl-

edge, 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 Asher 

Peabody his heirs and assigns forever - a certain piece 

of land Situated in Said Mason bounded as follows 

Beginning at the north east corner of the Premises 

on the road leading from Mason to Ashby, thence 

westwardly on land of Willis Johnson about 

twenty four rods to land of Hollis Amsden , thence 

Southerly on said Amsden's land about six rods to 

a Stake and Stones , thence eastwardly on Robert 

Jefts land to the road before mentioned thence 

northerly on Said road to the bound first men- 

tioned -- To Have and to Hold the aforedes-

bed Premises , with all the Privileges and 

Appurtenances thereunto belonging to him 

the said Asher Peabody his heirs and Assigns , to 

his & their use and behoof forever. And I do cove-

nant with the Said Asher Peabody his Heirs 

and Assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee of 

[page 343] 

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 Asher Peabody in 

manner aforesaid . And that I and my Heirs will 

warrant and Defend the same premises to the 

Said Peabody his heirs and Assigns forever against 

the lawful claims and Demands of all persons - 

In Witness whereof I the said Josiah Sawtell 

have hereunto set my hand and Seal this ninth 

day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand 

eight hundred and twenty seven - - 

Signed , Sealed and Delivered in presence of 

us. Nathl Cummings       } Josiah Sawtell  <Seal>

Nathaniel F. Cummings }                           <Seal>

Hillsborough SS . August 9 . 1827 then the above named 

Josiah Sawtell personally appearing acknowledged 

the above instrument to be his free act and Deed - 

Before me - Samuel Whiting Justice of Peace - - 

recorded 13 August 1827  Exam'd by

                                            Isaac Brooks Reg'r

The source citation for this deed is:

Hillsborough County New Hampshire, Deed Records, deed of Josiah Sawtell to Asher Peabody, dated 9 August 1827, recorded 13 August 1827; imaged,  "Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States records," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRH-NSQP?view=fullText : accessed May 18, 2024), "Hillsborough. Deeds 1827," pages 342-343, image 176 of 617; 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's wife died in February 1827, so this sale occurs soon after her death.

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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