This week's document for transcription is the 1761 land deed record for Timothy Hamant, yeoman of Medfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony selling land in Medfield to Seth Clark of Medfield for £29.
[Norfolk County, Mass. Land Records 1804-1805 - pages 21-22, image 19 of 837]:
The transcription of this deed is (starting at the bottom of the left-hand page of the image, with assistance of FamilySearch Full-Text Search):
Hamant Know all Men by these Presents, that I Timothy Hamant of Medfield
to in the County of Sullock & Province of the Massachu'ts Bay in New England Yeoman
Clark consideration of twenty nine pounds & eight pence lawful money paid me by Seth Clark of said Medfield & in the County & Province aforesaid Innholder the receipt where-
of I do hereby acknowledge , do hereby . give grant sell & convey unto the said Seth
Clark his heirs, A certain part or parcel of land laying in Medfield aforesaid, contain-
three acres one rood & seventeen rods, bounded northeasterly on land of said Tim-
othy Hamant & & on land belonging to Seth Clark aforesaid on all parts else more
also one certain part or parcel of upland lying in Medfield aforesaid , containing
[Page 22 (stamped)]
one acre three roods & twenty four rods bounded northeasterly on land County of said Timothy
Hamant northwesterly on land belonging to the heirs of Elisha Smith & on land of said
Seth Clark on all parts else, as also that my barn as it now standeth on land belonging to
William Hooker. To have & to hold the same to the said Seth Clark his heirs, to his
& their use & behoof forever. And I do covenant with the said Seth Clark his heirs & assigns
that I am lawfully seized in fee of of the premises that they are free of all encumbrances, that
I have good right to sell & convey the same to the said Seth Clark. And that I will
warrant & defend the same to the said Seth Clark his heirs & assigns forever, against the
lawful claim & demands of all Persons. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & seal this fourteenth day of April Anno Domini 1761 & in the first year of
Majesty reign. Tim'o Hamant (seal) Signed sealed & delivered in presence of John Ellis
Barachias Mason. Suffolk ss. Medfield April 15'th 1761 . Then the above named
Timothy Hamant appeared & acknowledged the above instrument to be his act & deed
before me Henry Adams Just. Pacis
May 14 . 1804. Received entered and examined
By Eliph't Pond Reg'r
The source citation for this land record is:
"Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," Norfolk County, Massachusetts, deed of Timothy Hamant to Seth Clark, executed 14 April 1761, recorded 14 May 1804; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZH-KFK?view=fullText : accessed 9 November 2025), Image Group Number: 007458986, "Norfolk. Deeds 1804–1805, Land Records 1804–1805" pages 21-22 (stamped) (image 19 of 837); citing original records in Norfolk County Courthouse, imaged by FamilySearch.
This deed is for two small parcels of land in Medfield (then in) Suffolk County, Massachusetts owned by Timothy Hamant who sold them to Seth Clark for 29 pounds..
Timothy Hamant (1699-1774) was the son of Timothy Hamant and Melatiah Clark. He married Hephzibah Clark (1699-1791) in 1727 in Boston, and they had nine children. Timothy and Hephzibah (Clark) Hamant are my 6th great-grandparents through their daughter Patience Hamant (1735-1780) who married Moses Smith (1732-1806) in 1762.
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