Amanuensis Monday -- 1692/3 Deed of Shubael and Hannah Seaver Selling Land in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony to John Davis

 This week's document for transcription is the 1692/3 land deed record for Shubael Seaver and his wife Hannah selling two parcels of land in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony to John Davis for 10 pounds.

[Suffolk County, Mass. Deeds 1669-1698:  pages 50-51, image 293 of 845]:

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The transcription of this deed is (starting about 50% down the right-hand page of the image) with the assistance of FamilySearch Full-Text Search:

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To all Christian People unto whom these presents shall or may                                      Seaver 

come Shobal Seaver of Roxbury in the Countie of Suffolke in their Majesties Province   to 

of the Massachusets Bay in New England Sendeth Greeting &c. Know yee that            Davis

I the said Shobal Seaver for and in consideration of the full and compleat sum of twelve 

pounds Current money to me in hand by John Davis sen'r of Roxbury yeoman at and 

before the ensealing and delivery of these presents well and truely paid, the receipt 

of which S'd Sum I do hereby acknowledge, and thereof and of every part thereof do fully 

acquit exonerate & Discharge him the s'd John Davis his heires Executors and Administrators 

for ever by these presents, do freely fully and absolutely acquit exonerate & discharge him

the s'd John Davis his heires Executors and Administrators for ever by these presents Have

given granted bargained sold aliened enfeoffed and confirmed, and by these presents 

do freely fully and absolutely give grant bargain sell alien enfeoffe confirme and deliver 

unto the s'd John Davis, his heirs and assignes for ever a certain parcel of woodland 

being the North East end of two lotts, in the second lotment of the last Division of Lands 

in s'd Roxbury , commonly called the Second Division nigh unto the Mansion house of the 

s'd John Davis Conteining Six Acres and a halfe be the same more or less, Together 

with which I the s'd Shoball Sever do also in like manner and on the consideration 

promised sell unto him the s'd John Davis another small parcell of land containing two

acres be the same more or less being the Southwest end of another Lott in the first 

Division of Lands in s'd Roxbury and lying by and adjoyning to the afores'd parcell of 

land the whole containing eight acres and a halfe and abutting upon and bounded by 

the land of the s'd John Davis in part and by the land by me the s'd Shobal Sever sold 

to Thomas Morey and now in the possession of John Watson in part on the South West 

by the land of Caleb Sever in part , and by the land belongng to the heires  of Joseph 

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Weld in part on the Northwest By the head lines running between the lands of

the first and second Division in s'd Roxbury in part, and by the land belonging to the 

heirs of Joseph Pepper late of S'd Roxbury deceased in part on the North East, and by 

the land of the heirs of s'd Joseph Pepper in part, and by the highway to Bear Marsh, 

in part on the South East, or however otherwise the same is, or may be bounded or re-

puted to be bounded: To have & to hold each and every of the s'd parcells of 

Land butted and bounded as above said and containing eight acres and a halfe

 be the same more or less, together with all the woodd stones, trees, Timber ^Water^ Mines

Minerals, members, profits, priviledges, accommodations and appurtenances unto each 

and every of the abovementioned parcels of land in any wise or by any meanes 

belonging. As also all the Estate right, title, interest, use, property, possession 

claim & demand whatsoever of me the S'd Shoball Sever of in and to the same, with 

the revertion and revertions remainder and remainders thereof; To be unto 

him the s'd John Davis his heires and Assignes, and to his and their only proper use 

profit and behoof forever: And I the said Shobal Sever for my selfe my heires 

Executors & Administrators do covenant promise grant and agree to and with the s'd 

John Davis his heires and assignes in manner following (that is to say) that at the time 

of this bargain and Sale and untill the ensealing and executing of these presents I the 

s'd Shoball Sever am the true and lawfull owner, and stand lawfully seized to my own 

proper use in a good perfect and absolute Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple of 

in and to the Premisses abovementioned to be bargained and sold without any 

manner of Condition, revertion or limitation: And that I have (by and with consent 

of Hannah my wife) full power good right and lawfull Authority the Same to grant bar-

gain Sell and Dispose as above is expressed. And that the premisses and every part 

thereof now are and for ever hence forward Shall appear to be free and clear and 

^freely and^ Hereby acquitted exonerated and discharged of and from all manner of other and for- 

mer gifts, grants, bargaines, Sales, Leases, assignments, Mortgages, Wills, Entailes, join-

tures, Dowers, Judgements, Executions, seizures. forfeitures, titles, rents, charges, and 

from all other annoyances, incumbrances, and demands from any person whom-

soever (Except that before the conveyance of the premisses by the Deed unto the s'd

John Davis the liberty of a way was by me granted from the highway leading to Bear

marsh unto Thomas Morey his heires and assignes through the same, to a parcell of land 

by me Sold unto s'd Morey and by him conveyed to John Watson: And I the s'd Shoball Sever

do moreover covenant Promise Grant , and for my heires Executors and Administrato'rs

agree from time to time and at all times for ever hereafter to warrant and defend 

the within granted and bargained premisses and every part and parcell thereof w'th

the appurtenances, unto the s'd John Davis his heires and Assignes forever, against the 

just and lawfull claims and demands of all and every person and persons whomsoever. 

And Finally that at and upon the lawfull and reasonable request and Demand of 

the s'd John Davis his heires and assignes, and at his or their cost and charges, I will 

make do perform, acknowledge and execute any such other or further Act or Acts, device 

or devices in the law for the further confirmation and more sure makeing of the within 

bargained premisses and every part thereof with the appurtenances unto him the s'd 

John Davis his heires and Assignes for ever as by his or their Council learned in the 

law Shall be lawfully or reasonably devised advised or required: In acknowledgement 

and for confirmation of every and Singular which premissed Covenant Promisses 

grants and Agreements, I the s'd Shoball Sever unto these presents have set my hand 

and affixed my seal this fifteenth day of March in the yeare of o'r Lord one thousand 

Six hundred ninety two, three Annoqe Regni Gulielmi et Maria Anglia &c Regis et Regina 

quarto: And for the Manifestation of her relinquishm't of her power of thirds or other 

rights in the premisses and of her full and free consent to the above bargaine and Sale 

thereof Hannah the wife of the s'd Shobal Sever hath also hereunto put her hand and seal the 

day and year above mentioned                              Shubael Sever & a Seale 

Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of        Hannah A Seaver 

Thomas Bannister , Benjamin Marron                 her mark & a Seale 

March 23. 1692/3   Shubael Seaver & Hannah his wife personally appearing before me the Subscriber

One of their Mas'ts Council & a Justice for their province of y'e Massachusets Bay in N.E. and  acknowledged this Instrumt to be their Act & Deed . Sam'l Sewall. Entered March 28'th 1693 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 John Davis, executed 15 March 1692/3, recorded 28 March 1693; imaged, FamilySearch  (https://

www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZS-BJH3?view=fullText : Nov 23, 2025), Image Group Number: 007442499, "Suffolk, Deeds 1669-1698," pages 51-52 (penned) (images 293-294 of 845); citing original records in Suffolk County Courthouse, imaged by FamilySearch.

This deed is for two parcels of land totaling eight and a half acres in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, owned by Shubael and Hannah Seaver. It was sold to John Davis, Senior for 12 pounds on 15 March 1692/3.

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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