This week's document for transcription is the 1774 Deed of Joseph Colby selling 60 acres of land in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire to John Underhill for £165.
a) Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Deeds 1803-1805: pages 148-149, image 318 of 724:
The transcription of this deed, starting on page 503 near the top of the right-hand page of the first image, with the assistance of FamilySearch Full-Text Search:
[Page 148 starting at the top of the left-hand page of the image]:
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS , THAT
I Joseph Colby of Chester in the County of Rockingham
in the Province of Newhampshire in New England Yeoman
For and in confideration of the sum of One hundred & Sixty five pounds
lawful money to me in hand before the delivery hereof, well and truly paid by
John Underhill of Candia in the County & Province
Yeoman
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have given, granted, bargained, sold, and by
these presents, do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeof, convey and confirm unto the said John
Underhill his heirs and assigns forever, a Certain parcel of
Land Situate & being in the Township of Chester in the County
and Province aforesaid, containing by Estimation Sixty acres
more or less, It being & containing all my homestead whereon
I now dwell: Bounded as followeth vizt, Northerly on the high-
way called Pennicook Road , Southeasterly on Robert Runell's
Land, and the highway Southwesterly on Sam'l Worthens Land
and Northwesterly partly on Cap't John Underhill's Land
and partly on Stephen Lufkins Land; together with the
fences & buildings that are on & about the same.
To have and to hold the said granted premises with all the privileges and appurtenances to the
same belonging ^appurtenances^ to him - the faid John Underhill his
heirs and assigns to their only proper use and benefit forever. And I the said
Joseph Colby for myself my - heirs, executors, and administrators,
do hereby covenant, grant, and agree to and with the said John Underhill
his heirs, and assigns, that until the delivery hereof I am
the lawful owner of the said premises and am - seized and possessed thereof in
My own right in fee simple , and have full power and lawful authority to grant and convey
the same in manner aforesaid; that the said premises are free and clear of all and every incumbrance whatsoever, and that I and my heirs, executors and
Administrators, shall and will warrant the same to him the said John Underhill his
heirs and assigns against the lawful claims and demands of any person or persons whomsoever.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & seal the
Second day of March in the fourteenth year of his Majestys
Reign Anno Domini 1774
Signed Sealed & delivered his
in presence of Joseph X Colby {seal}
Dorothy Emerson mark
Saml Emerson
Rockingham ss Chester March 2'd 1774, then the above
named Joseph Colby personally appearing acknowledged
this Instrument to be his free act & deed , before me -
Saml Emerson Just Peace
Recd & Recorded 8'th May 1804
Josiah Adams Rdr
The source citation for this deed record is:
"Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States records," Deed of Joseph Colby to John Underhill, executed 2 March 1774, recorded 8 May 1804; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRZ-LS7D-P?view=fullText : accessed 1 May 2026), Image Group Number 008298521, "Rockingham. Deeds, 1803-1804. 1803, 1804, 1804-1805," page 148, image 318 of 724; original records in Rockingham County, New Hampshire Register of Deeds.
This deed documents the sale of 60 acres of land in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, sold by Joseph Colby of Chester to John Underhill of Candia for £165 in lawful money on 2 March 1774 (recorded 8 May 1804).
Joseph Colby is probably my 6th great-grandfather, born in 1708, father of Hannah (Colby) Underhill, and residing in Chester in 1768, for whom there is no death record or probate record in the New Hampshire records. The Joseph Colby in this deed could also be Hannah's brother, Joseph Colby (1739-1839), who is the son of Joseph Colby (1708-after 1768). Since the father Joseph Colby did not have a recorded probate record, I think that the Joseph Colby in this deed is likely the father Joseph Colby.
John Underhill (1745-1816) and his wife, Hannah Colby (1745-1791), are my 5th great-grandparents, through their son Amos Underhill (1772-1865) who married Mary Metcalf (1780-1855) in 1801 in Piermont, Grafton County, New Hampahire.
I found this record using the FamilySearch Full-Text Search feature by searching for Johnhj Underhill and New Hampshire. The Full-Text Search transcription missed, or misplaced, many words on the left-hand margin of the pages.
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