Amanuensis Monday -- 1690 Deed of Shubael and Hannah Seaver Selling Land in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Robert Thompson

This week's document for transcription is the 1689/90 land deed record for Shubael Seaver and his wife Hannah selling a 20 acre parcel of land in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Robert Thompson through William Stoughton.

[Suffolk County, Mass. Deeds 1669-1698:  pages 234-5, image 389 of 845]:

The transcription of this deed is (starting at the top of the left-hand page of the image) with the assistance of FamilySearch Full-Text Search:

[Page 234, Image 389, starting near the top of the left-hand page:

 Seavers        To all People to w'm this prsent Deed of Sale Shall come Subael

                      Seavers of Roxbury in the Colony of the Massachusets in New England Yeoman                    to                 Sendeth Greeting. Know yee, that I the sayd Subael Seaver for & in con-

                      sideration of the sume of thirty pounds Current money of New - England to me 

Stoughton     in hand well & truely paid before the ensealing & delivery of these presents
by William Stoughton of Dorchester in the County aforesaid Esq'r in behalf &

for the proper Account of Robert Thompson of London Esq'r the receipt 

whereof to full content & satisfaction I do hereby acknowledge & thereafter

of every part thereof Doe acquit & discharge the sayd William Stoughton & 

Robert Thompson their Exe'rs & Adm'rs & each & every of them for ever by 

these prsents Have given granted bargained, sold, aliened, Enfeoffed & 

confirmed & by these presents doe fully freely clearly & absolutely give grant bar-

gain, Sell, alien, enfeoffe & confirme unto the said Robert Thompson his heirs 

& assignes for ever A certain Pasture or parcell of land within Fence 

Scituate & lying near Stoney Brooke in Roxbury aforesaid containing by 

Estimation twenty acres be the same more or less, Butting & bounded East-

ward on the land of Deacon William Gary, Southward on the land of Isaac 

Curtice, Westward on the land of Caleb Seaver, Northward on the Highway 

leading to Dedham, Together with all profits, priviledges rights comodities & 

appurtenances whatsoever thereunto in any wise appertaining & belonging .

To have & to hold the sayd pasture or parcell of land butting & bounded 

conteineing as aforesayd with the priviledges & appurtenances thereof unto the 

sayd Robert Thompson his heires & assignes for ever To his & their only Sole & proper
use benefit & behoofe for Evermore. And I the ^sayd^ Shubael Seaver for me & my heyres Ex'rs &

Adm'rs doe hereby covenant promise & grant to and with the sayd Robert Thompson 

his heires & assignes in manner & forme following (That is to say) That at the time 

of thensealing hereof & untill the Delivery of these prsents I am the true sole &
lawfull owner of all the aforebargained prmisses, and stand lawfully seized thereof

in my owne proper right of a good perfect & absolute Estate of Inheritance in 

Fee Simple without any manner of Condition revertion or limitation of use or uses

whatsoever haveing in my selfe full power, good right & Lawfull Authourity

to grant sell & convey the Same in manner aforesayd Free & cleer & clearly 

acquitted & Discharged of & from all & all manner of former & other gifts

grants bargaines Sales leases mortgages Joyntures Dowers Judgements Executios

Entailes forfeitures & of & from all other titles troubles ^claims^ & incumbrances whatsoever

And farther I do hereby covenant promise bind & oblige my selfe heires Ex'rs 

Adm'rs to warrant maintain uphold & defend all the abovegranted premisses
w'th the appurtenances unto the sayd Robert Thompson his heires & Assignes for 

ever against the lawfull claims & demands of all person & persons whomsoever 

Provided alwayes & it is the true Intent & meaning of these presents, any 

thing herein written to the contrary notwithstanding. That if the abovenamed

Shubael Seaver his heires Ex'rs Adm'rs or Assignes Shall & do well & truly pay or 

cause to be paid unto the above named William Stoughton his heirs Ex'rs adm'rs or 

Assignes for the only proper use & account of the sayd Robert Thompson his heires

Ex'rs Adm'rs or Assignes the full & just Sume of thirty seven pounds foure shillings

current money of New England in manner & forme following, That is to say forty-

Eight shillings part thereof on or before the Eighteenth day of March next

w'ch will be in the yeare of Our Lord one thousand six hundred & ninety & forty

Eight Shillings more ^on or before^ the eighteenth day of March w'ch will be in the yeare

[page 235]

of or Lord one thousand Six hundred ninety One, & the full residue being thirty

two pounds Eight shillings more ^thereof^ on or before the eighteenth day of March which

shall be in the yeare or o'r Lord one thosand six hundred ninety two, without fraud 

or further delay that then the abovewritten Sale & every Article thereof be 

utterly void & of none Effect or else to abide & remain in full force & vertue to all 

intents in the law whatsoever. In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett

 my hand & Seal, & also Hannah the wife of the abovesayd Shubael Seaver 

in testimony of her full & free consent given unto this her husbands deed 

of Sale abovewritten hath put to her hand & seal the 21'st day of March 

Anno Dom'i One thousand Six hundred Eighty nine.

 Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of us                 Shubael Seaver & a Seal 

Joshua Moodey, Josh. Sefton.                                      the mark of H Seaver & & a seal 

March 21'st 1689. Shubael Seaver personally appearing acknowledged this Instrument

to be his voluntary act & deed                  Before me Saml Sewall Assist't 

March 24'th 1689/90    Hannah the wife of Subael Seaver acknowledged this Instrum't

to be her voluntary Act & decd .   Before Sam Sewall Assist't . 

     Entred December 4'th 1693      To Joseph Webb   Cler

The source citation for this land record is:

"Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," Suffolk County, Massachusetts, deed of Shubael and Hannah Seaver to William Stoughton for Robert Thompson, executed 21 March 1689, recorded 4 December 1693; imaged, FamilySearch  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZS-BNL1?view=fullText : Nov 23, 2025), Image Group Number: 007442499, "Suffolk, Deeds 1669-1698," pages 234-235 (penned) (image 389 of 845); citing original records in Suffolk County Courthouse, imaged by FamilySearch.

This deed is for a parcel of pasture land totaling twenty acres in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, owned by Shubael and Hannah Seaver. It was sold to Robert Thompson of London through William Stoughton for 30 pounds on 21 March 1689/90. It appears that Shubael Seaver agreed to pay 48 shillings in rent for the next two years.

Shubael Seaver (1640-1730) and Hannah (Wilson) Seaver (1646-1721) are my 8th great-grandparents through their son Joseph Seaver (1672-1754) who married Mary Read in 1700.  

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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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