Amanuensis Monday -- 1815 Deed of Philip and Mary Row Selling Land to Jonathan Potter in Hunterdon County, New Jersey

This week's document for transcription is the 1815 Deed of  Philip and Mary Row selling two tracts of land in Hunterdon County, New Jersey to Jonathan Potter for $581.

*  Hunterdon County, New Jersey, "Hunterdon Deeds 1816-1818", pages 406-407, image 231 of 900:

*  Hunterdon County, New Jersey, "Hunterdon Deeds 1816-1818", pages 408-409, image 232 of 900:

The transcription of this document is (aided by FamilySearch Full-Text Search using Artificial Intelligence):

[page 407, starting 60% down the right-hand page of image 231 of 900]

Philip Row                 } This Indenture made the Eleventh day of May in

 and wife                     } the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifteen, Between

      To                          } Philip Row and Mary his wife of the Township of Tewksbury in 

Col. Jonathan Potter } the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey of the one part 

and Jonathan Potter of the Township of Tewksbury in the County of Hunterdon 

and State of New Jersey of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Philip

Row and Mary his wife for and in consideration of the sum of five hundred 

eighty one Dollars good and lawful money of the United States to them in hand 

well and truly paid by the said Jonathan Potter at and before the sealing and 

delivery of these presents the receipt hereof is hereby acknowledged and the 

said Philip Row and Mary his wife therewith fully satisfied contented and 

paid, have granted, bargained, and sold, aliened, enfeoffed, conveyed and 

confirmed and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, alien, Enfeoff, convey and 

confirm unto the said Jonathan Potter and to his heirs and assigns forever all 

Those two tracts or parcels of land and premises hereinafter particularly described

situate, lying and being in the Township of Tewksbury in the County of Hunterdon

and State of New Jersey and is butted and bounded as follows . Beginning in the

middle of the Mouth of Mill book west side of Lamington River the same is a corner

of the said Jonathan Potters land by his line up sd brook north fifty six degrees

and fifteen minutes west three chain and fifty eight links south side of sd brook

[page 408, image 232 of 900]

Then (2) north sixty two degrees and fifteen minutes west four chains and 

seven links thence (3) north twenty seven degrs and fifteen minutes west 

thirty five links to a stake and stones, thence (4) south forty three degrs 

west four chains and twenty eight links to a stone heap in the fence 

on the bank thence (5) north forty nine degrs west five chains and ninety 

two links to a stone heap , thence (6) south twenty degs west eleven chains

and forty six links to a stone heap in Aaron Suttons line by his line (7)

south seventy eight degs east ninety four links to a Hickory tree (8) south 

Thirty minutes east four chains and seventy links to a stone Heap John 

Mc Kinstrys corner by this line (9) eighty eight degs east fifteen Chains 

and nine links to sd river , thence up the same the several courses thereof

to the place of beginning ; containing twenty one and a quarter acres strict

measure. Also another survey made between the same Sept the twenty 

eighth in the same year for a small piece of land, Beginning at the north 

east corner of the former one and running by said Potters line (1) north twenty 

seven degs and fifteen minutes west five chains and seventy one links to an 

ash stump on the west side of sd brook and by the same (2) south seventy five 

degs west one chain and sixteen links to a hickory sapling thence (3) south 

Thirty six degs and thirty minutes east six chains and twenty seven links 

to the beginning, containing thirty two and a half hundred of an acre.

Together with all and singular the profits, privileges and advantages with 

the appurtenances to the same belonging or in anywise appertaining, 

also all the estate, right, title, interest, property, claim and demand what- 

soever of the said Philip Row and Mary his sd wife, of in and to the same, 

and of , in and to every part and parcel thereof To have and to hold all and

singular the above described tract or lot of land and premises with the 

appurtenances , unto the said Jonathan Potter his heirs and assigns to the 

only proper use benefit and behoof of the said Jonathan Potter his heirs 

and assigns forever , and the said Philip Row doth for himself his heirs 

Executors and administrators covenant and grant to and with the said 

Jonathan Potter his heirs and assigns , that they the said Philip Row and 

Mary his wife are the true, lawful and right owners of all and singular

the above described land and premises and of every part and parcel thereof 

and are now Lawfully seized and possessed of the same as a good perfect 

and absolute estate of inheritance in be simple , and that the same 

Land and premises , or any part thereof at the time of Sealing and delivery 

of these presents are not incumbered by any mortgage, Judgment, Dower 

recognizance, or limitation, or by any incumbrance whatsoever, by 

which the title of the said Jonathan Potter his heirs or assigns hereby

made for the above described land or premises , can or may be changed 

charged, altered or defeated, in anyway whatever; and also that the 

said Philip Row and Mary his wife now have good right, full power and 

lawful authority to grant, bargain, sell and county the said land and 

premises in manner aforesaid and also that they will warrant secure 

and forever Defend, the said land and premises unto 

the said Jonathan Potter his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful 

claims and demands of all and every person and persons freely and clearly 

[page 409, image 232 of 900]

freed and discharged of and from all manner of incumbrances whatsoever, In 

Witness Whereof, the said Philip Row and Mary his wife have hereunto et their

hands and seals the day and year first above written.

Signed Sealed and Delivent in the presence of  }    Philip Row     {L.S.

                 Isaac Ogden                                      }   Mary X Row  {L.S.

State of New Jersey.  Philip Row and Mary his wife came before me, Jacob Kline 

one of the Judges of the Court, of Common Pleas for the County of Hunterdon and 

severally acknowledged that they had executed and delivered the within deed   

for the uses and purposes therein expressed, and the said Mary being examined 

by me apart from her has and work she had executed and delivered the within 

Deed freely without fear, threats or constraint of her husband.  Taken before 

me this 11th day of October A. D . 1815. }

Recorded November 2d 1816                   }   Jacob Kline

           

The source citation for this Deed is:

Hunterdon County (New Jersey) County Records, Philip and Mary Row to Jonathan Potter, deed dated 11 October 1815, recorded 2 November 1816; imaged, FamilySearch   (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSGD-FJSG?view=fullText: Sep 7 2025), Image Group Number 008217326, "Hunterdon.  Deeds 1816-1818,"

pages 407-409, images 231-232 of 900; original records in Hunterdon County (New Jersey). County Clerk, imaged, catalogued and transcribed by FamilySearch.

In this deed, Philip and Mary Row sold two tracts of land (21.25 acres and 0.32 acres) on the Lamington River in Tewksbury, Hunterdon County, New Jersey to his neighbor, Jonathan Potter for $581.  

Philip Row (1752-1817) was born about 1752, probably in New Jersey, the son of unknown (to me) parents.  He married Mary Smith (1750-1843) on 9 July 1772 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  Mary was the daughter of unknown(to me) psrents.  They had eight children.

Philip and Mary (Smith) Row are my 4th great-grandparents, through their daughter Anna Row (1787-1860) who married John Auble (1780-1831) in about 1804 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  

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