This week's document for transcription is the 1801 Mortgage Indenture of George and Sarah Wakeman to Aaron Applegate selling 60 acres of land in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania for $296.22.
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Deeds 1800-1803: page 317, image 189 of 305]:
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Deeds 1800-1803: page 318, image 190 of 305]:
[Page 317 starting near the middle of the right-hand page of the image]:
[In left-hand margin of this page]
I do hereby acknowledge to have received full Satisfaction
on this Mortgage. Witness my hand and seal 25'th March 1805.
Test. S. Stewart Aaron Applegate {Seal}
[Main body]
This Indenture made the thirteenth day of June one thousand eight hun-
dred and one Between George Wakeman of Elizabeth Township Allegheny County
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania & Sarah his wife of the one part and Aaron Appelgate
of the said place of the other part, Witnesseth, that the said George Wakeman and Sarah his
wife, for and in consideration of two hundred & ninety six & twenty two cents to them
in hand paid by the said Aaron Appelgate at & before the ensealing and
delivering hereof the Receipt whereof the? do hereby acknowledge & thereof ac-
quit & forever discharge the S'd Aaron Applegate his Heirs Executors, Adminis-
trators by these presents , have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed released &
confirmed & by these presents do grant, bargain, Sell alien, enfeoth, release and confirm
unto the said Aaron Applegate & to his heirs and assigns, all that Messuage or Tract
of Land situate & lying in Elizabeth Townships aforesaid, It being part of the Same Tract of
and for which a patent of confirmation was granted by the Commonwealth of Penn-
Sylvania to John McClure & William Fleming Executors of Richard Parker, deceased
dated the twenty second day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred
& eighty five & enrolled in the Rolls Office for Patents Books N'o. 4 page 21 & conveyed by the said John McClure & the heirs of the said Richard Parker Deceased by Indenture dated
the second day of May In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & ninety six & recorded in the Office for recording of Deeds in & for Allegheny County in Book D page 586, to George Lovless & con-
veyed by the said George Loveless & Lucy his with by Indenture dated the third day of June
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and recorded in the Office for record-
ing of deeds in & for Allegheny County in Book I page 485 to the aforesaid George Wakeman refer-
ence being had to the aforesaid Deeds & records, will more fully appear. Beginning at a Hickory
thence by lands of Alexander Dunlap now George Fleming North ninety seven perches to a
White Oak, thence South eighty five degrees East sixty four perches to a walnut thence
along said Aaron Applegates line until it intersects with the Original line & thence along the said
Original line to the place of beginning Containing Sixty acres more or less, Together with
all the houses, ways, woods waters, water courses, Rights, members, privileges, Liberties,
Hereditaments & appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining
& the Reversions & Remainders, Rents, Issues & Profits thereof. To have and to hold
[Page 318, from top of the left-hand page of the image]
The said Tract or piece of land unto the said Aaron Applegate his heirs & assigns to the only pro-
per use and behoof of the said Aaron Appelgate his heirs and assigns forever.
Provided always nevertheless that if the said George Wakeman his heirs
Executors, Administrators or either of them shall & do well & truly pay or cause to be paid
unto the said Aaron Appelgate his Executors, Administrators or assigns the above mention-
ed Two hundred and ninety six Dollars & twenty & two cents with lawful Interest from
the date hereof, on or before the first day of June next ensuing the date of this Indenture
without fraud or further allay & without any deduction, defalcation or abatement to be
made, then & from thence forth this Indenture & the Estate hereby granted shall cease,
determine & become absolutely null & void to all intents & purposes, anything herein
before contained to the contrary in any wise not withstanding otherwise to be in full
force & virtue in Law. In Witness whereof the said George Wakeman & Sarah
his wife have hereunto set their hands & Seals the day and year above written.
The words "to the afforesaid George Wakeman" }
between the 21st & 22'd lines was interlined before signing } George Wakeman {LS}
Witness present } Sarah Wakeman {LS}
W'm McClure John Devey , James McClure }
Allegheny County, Ss. Be it Remembered that on the 13'th day of June 1801, personally
(before me one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County) came George Wake-
man & Sarah his wife the assigners of the within Indenture & acknowledged it to be
their act and Deed & desires the same to be recorded as such according to Law, the said
Sarah being examined by me Separate & apart from her said Husband & freely
consented thereto. Witness my hand & seal the day & year above written.
Wm McClure {Seal}
Recorded the 19th August 1801.
The source citation for this mortgage record is:
"Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States records," Indenture of George and Sarah Wakeman to Aaron Applegate, executed 13 June 1801, recorded 19 August 1801; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ7-338W-D?view=fullText : accessed Jan 2, 2026), Image Group Number: 008091667, "Deed book, Allegheny County, 1800-1803," pages 317-318, images 189-190 of 305; original records in Allegheny County (Pennsylvania). Recorder of Deeds.
This mortgage indenture is for 60 acres of land in Elizabeth township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania owned by George and Sarah Wakeman of Elizabeth township selling the parcel for $296.22 to Aaron Applegate, also of Elizabeth township. The Wakemans paid off the mortgage to the satisfaction of Aaron Applegate in 1805 so they continue to own the land they bought in 1800 from George and Lucy Loveless.
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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