Amanuensis Monday -- 1776 Mortgage Deed of George Wakeman to John Heugan For Land in Ballstown, Albany County, New York

This week's document for transcription is the 1776 Mortgage Deed of George Wakeman who mortgaged his entire estate in Ballstown, Albany County, New York to John Heugan for 571 pounds, 17 shillings and five pence to be paid by 1 March 1776.

Albany County, New York, Mortgages 1773-1785:  pages 280-281, image 194 of 549]:

The transcription of this Mortgage Deed is (starting on page 280 about 30% below the top of the page) with the assistance of FamilySearch Full-Text Search:

[Page 280 starting at about 305 down the left-hand page of the image]:

REGISTERED for and at the request of John Hengan of Schenectady the twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord 1776. 

MEMORANDUM that on the thirteenth day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy six George Wakeman of Ballston in the County of Albany in consideration of the sum of Five hundred and seventy one Pounds seventeen shillings 

and five pence to him the said George Wakeman by the said John Heugan in hand well 

and truly paid at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents the receipt 

where of the said George Wakeman doth hereby acknowledge Hath Mortgaged, All his 

estate real and personal whatsoever and wheresoever in the said Province of New 

York and the Revision and Revisions &c. Provided nevertheless and it is the true 

intent and meaning of these Presents and of the said Parties here unto that if the 

said George Wakeman his heirs or assigns do and shall well and truly pay or cause to 

be paid unto the said John Heugan his executors administrators or assigns the full 

sum of Five hundred and seventy one Pounds seventeen shillings and five pence of 

lawful money of New York with lawful interest for the same on or before the first 

day of March next ensuing the day of the Date of these presents according to the 

condition of the above in part recited bond or obligate on without any deduction defal 

cation or abatement whatsoever then and from thenceforth these Presents and every 

matter and thing here in contained shall cease and be utterly null and void which 

Mortgage was duly acknowledged before Henry Bleecker Esq. one of the Judges of the 

Court of Common Pleas for the County of Albany the 13th day of Jan 1776. 

Recorded and Exd the day and 

year first above written. 

                                                          SS Steph Delancey Clerk.

The source citation for this mortgage record is:

"Albany County, New York, United States records," mortgage deed of George Wakeman to John Heugan, executed 13 January 1776 recorded 20 January 1776; imaged,   FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9W7-NWWW?view=fullText : accessed Jan 2, 2026), Image Group Number: 007121146, "Albany, Mortgages, 1773-1785," page 280, image 194 of 549; New York. County Court (Albany County).

This mortgage deed is for the entire estate of George Wakeman of Ballston, Albany County, New York. George Wakeman agreed to pay John Heugan 571 pounds 17 shillings and five pence principal plus interest in current money of New York Province, on 1 March 1776.  The real estate was part of the 1,006 acres that George Wakeman had bought with a mortgage deed from Dirck Lefferts in 1772.  It is not known whether any money was exchanged in 1776 or later as agreed. 

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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Read other transcriptions of records of my relatives and ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.

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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