This week's document for transcription is the 1784 Mortgage Indenture of George Wakeman to pay Dirick Lefferts the money owed to him with interest for lots of land in Albany County, New York.
[Albany County, New York, Mortgages 1785-1789: pages 36-37, image 59 of 543]:
[Albany County, New York, Mortgages 1785-1789: pages 38-39, image 60 of 543]:
The transcription of this Indenture is (starting at about 30% of the way down the left-hand page of the first image) with the assistance of FamilySearch Full-Text Search:
[Page 36 starting about 30% down the page):
Registered for and at the Request of Dirck Lefferts of the City of New
York Gentleman this 3'th Day of August 1785
This Indenture made the first day of May and in the year of our Lord
one Thousand seven hundred and Eighty four Between George Wakeman
of Ballstown in Albany County and State of New York Yeoman of the one
part and Dirck Lefferts of the City of New York Gentleman of the other part
Whereas by Indenture bearing date the 2'd day of February in the year
of our Lord 1772 made between the said George Wakeman and Abell Jennings
of the one part and the said Dirick Lefferts of the second part, they the
said George Wakeman and Jennings for the Consideration therein
mentioned did Grant Bargain and Sell Alien Release and confirm un-
to the said Dirick Lefferts And to his heirs and assigns for ever All them
certain Lots of Land Situate lying and being in Ballstown aforesaid being
perticularly bounded and described as in and by the said Indenture of Mort-
gage Remaining in the Hands of the said Dirick Lefferts R[???]ation being thereun-
to had will fully and at Large appear To have and to hold all and singular
the said Lots of Land contained and described in the said Mortgage above
Referred to with the Hereditaments and premisses and every part thereof
with the Appurtenances unto the said Dirick Lefferts and to his heirs and
assigns and to the only proper use and behoof of him the said Dirick Lef-
ferts his Heirs and assigns forever In which said Indenture is contained
a provisoe or condition that if the said George Wakeman & Abell Jennings
their heirs and assigns shall and well & truly pay or cause to be paid
unto the said Derick Lefferts his Executors Administrators or Assigns
[page 37]
the just and full sum of Six hundred pounds with Lawfull Interest for the same
Specified and now passed then and from thenceforth the same Indenture
at a certain Day in the same Indenture and very thing herein Contained shall
cease and be void as by the same Indenture will more fully appear. And whereas
the said sum of Six hundred pounds was not paid on the said Day in the said
Provisoe and Condition mentioned according to the same provisoe or Condition
And Whereas there is now Due and Oweing upon the said Mortgage to the said
Dirick Lefferts for principle and Interest the sum of Eight Hundred Eighty &
eight pounds four Shillings: And Whereas the said George Wakeman has the
whole of the premisses so mortgaged and is therefore solely answerable. Now
this Indenture Witnesseth that the said George Wakeman for himself
his Heirs and assigns Doth Covenant grant and agree to and with the said
Dirick Lefferts his Executors Administrators and assigns shall and will well
and Truly pay or Cause to be paid unto the said Dirick Lefferts his Executors
Administrators or assigns the said sum of Eight Hundred Eighty and Eight
pounds four Shillings in Spanish milled Dollars at the rate of Eight Shillings
Each on or before the first Day of May which will be in the year of our Lord 1785
with the Lawfull Interest for the same in the like Spanish milled Dollars
at the rate of Eight Shillings each in full Discharge of the monies now due and
Oweing upon the said Mortgage and also that the said Mortgaged premisses now
to be are and shall remain ^to be^ Charged and Chargeable what the payment of the said
sum of Eight Hundred eighty and eight pounds four Shillings with Lawfull
Interest for the same in Spanish milled Dollars at the rate aforesaid afore-
said But in case it shall happen that the said sum of eight Hundred eighty
and eight pounds four Shillings and the Interest as aforesaid shall remain
due and unpaid on the said first day of May 1785 in the whole or
in part thereof that then and in such Case it shall and may be Lawful
for the said Dirick Lefferts his heirs and assigns at any time after the
first day of May 1785 to Grant Bargain Sell and dispose of the said
Lots of Land and premisses with the appurtenances to them Be-
longing or in any wise appertaining at Publick vendue agreea-
ble to the power hereby given him and greeable to the Direction
of a certain act of the Legislature of the late Colony of New York
[page 38]
In such case made and provided for to any person or persons whatsoever to and
such sum or sums of Money as shall or may reasonably be had & gotten for the same
and out of the monies so arising by the sale thereof to Retain and keep in his
hands the said sum of Eight Hundred eighty and eight pounds four Shil-
lings and all the Interest to become and grow due thereon together with all just
& reasonable Charges & Costs of such sale or Sales Rendering the overplus and
may if any there shall be unto the said George Wakeman his Executors
Administrators or assigns which sale or sales so to be made by force and
Virtue of these presents and agreeable to the said Act shall and are here
by declared to be from thenceforth and forever thereafter a sure and absolute
perpetual and Intire Barr both in Law and Equity against him the said
George Wakeman his Heirs and assigns and all claiming by from or
under him, them, or any of them and of all Benefits and Equity of
Reception of the premisses or any part or parcell thereof In Witness
whereof the said George Wakeman hath hereunto set his hand & seal
the Day and year first within written.
Sealed and Delivered
before Sealing and Delivery the }
words New, between second and }
lines in first page and the word }
'be' between the Twenty eight & Twen- }
ty lines of the second page } George Wakeman {LS}
Interlined and the word (or may) , in the }
Tweint ^ninth^line of the second page & the }
word absolute in the sixth line of }
the third page write or Erazure }
In the pPresence of us
also before sealing and Delivery the words Eight , Eighty }
& Eight in the 2'd 9'th 16 19 31 & 32dd lines of the second ]
page of this Indenture being on Erasure
Thos Palmer
Beriah Palmer
[page 39]
Be it Remembered that on the Twenty third day of June One Thous-
sand seven hundred and eighty four personally appeared before me Henry Oot-
out Esquire one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the
County of Albany George Wakeman named in the within Instrument who
acknowledged the he had sealed and Delivered the said Instrument as
his voluntary act and Deed for the uses therein mentioned and having
examined the said Instrument and finding no razures Obliterations
or Interlineations but those acknowledged by the said George Wake-
man to have been before Execution do allow the same to be
Recorded.
Recorded & Examined
John Bleecker Jun'r Dy Clk Hen'y Oothoudt
The source citation for this mortgage record is:
"Albany County, New York, United States records," mortgage indenture of George Wakeman to pay Dirick Lefferts, executed 1 May 1784, recorded 30 August 1785; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9W7-FJTF?view=fullText : accessed Jan 2, 2026), Image Group Number: 007121148, "Albany, Mortgages, 1785-1789," pages 36-39, images 59-60 of 543; New York. County Court (Albany County).
This mortgage indenture by George Wakeman agreed to pay Dirick Lefferts 888 pounds, and four shillings principal and interest (in milled Spanish dollars valued at 8 shillings each) owed to Dirick Lefferts since 1772 when George Wakeman agreed to buy lots of land in Ballstown, Albany County, New York with a mortgage. George Wakeman signed the Indenture on 23 June 1784, with a due date of 1 May 1785. On 30 August 1785, Dirick Lefferts requested the County Court to register the indenture. It is not clear whether George Wakeman ever paid, fully or in part, what he owed to Dirick Lefferts.
There are several other records of George Wakeman transactions in Albany County, New Yotk.
George Wakeman (1740-1815) was born before 1 June 1740 in Fairfield, Connecticut, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (--?--) Wakeman. He married Sarah Hill (1742-1832) on 17 June 1762 in Fairfield, Connecticut. George Wakeman died before 2 January 1815 in Wayne township, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
George and Sarah (Hill) Wakeman are my 6th great-grandparents through their daughter Hannah Wakeman (1763-1814) who married Thomas Partridge (1758-1828) in New York on 2 October 1785.
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