Amanuensis Monday -- 1791 Deed of John Underhill Jr. Selling Land in Rockingham County, New Hampshire To John Quinby

This week's document for transcription is the 1791 Deed of John Underhill Jr. selling 45 acres of land in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire to John Quinby for £15.  

a)  Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Deeds 1797-1798:  pages 464-465, image 473 of 759:

The transcription of this deed, starting on page 465 at the top of the right-hand page of the  image, with the assistance of FamilySearch Full-Text Search:

[Page 465 starting at the top of the right-hand page of the image]:

[in the right-hand margin]

Underhill

to

Quinby

[In the body of the page]

Know all men by these Prefents , That I John Underhill 

Junr of Chester in the County of Rockingham & State of 

Newhampshire Yeoman 

For and in consideration of the sum of Fifteen pounds lawful money 

the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have given, granted, bargained, sold, and by these 

presents do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, convey and confirm unto the said

John Quinby his heirs & assigns forever, A certain 

parcel of Land lying in Chester aforesaid con-

taining forty five acres be the same more or less 

bounded as follows, viz. first on the Southeast 

comer of Lot N'o. 106, in the second part of the second

division laid out to Ephraim Gile a white oak tree mark- 

ed thence northerly about 160 rods to a white oak Tree being 

the original bound on the north east corner of said Lot, thence 

on the north line of said Lot 50 rods be the same more or less

to a stake & stones thence S 27 1/6 W to a stake & stones stand-

ing on the South line of said Lot thence by reserve for a 

highway about 50 rods to the first bound mentioned.

 To have and to hold the said granted premises with all the privileges and appurtenances to the

same belonging to him - the Said John Quinby his 

heirs and assigns to their only proper use and benefit forever. And I the said 

John Underhill Jun for myself my heirs, executors and administrators, 

do hereby covenant grant , and agree to and with the said John Quinby his

                                         heirs and assigns, that until the delivery hereof I am

the lawful owner of the said premises & 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 what-

soever, and that I my heirs, executors and 

administrators, shall and will warrant the same to him the said Jn'o Quinby his 

heirs and assigns against the lawful claims and demands of any person or persons whomsoever, In

witness I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this 16th day 

of March Annoque Domini 1791.

Sign'd Sealed & delivered in presence   }  

of us Sam'l Underhill Step'n Chace     }    John Underhill jun  {seal}

Rockingham ss Chester March 16th 1791. Personally 

appeared John Underhill Jun'r & acknowleged the 

above Instrument by him signed to be his free act 

& Deed before Josiah Hagg Jus Peace 

Rec'd & Recorded 30th Jan'y 1798 Sam'l Brooks Rdr

The source citation for this deed record is:

"Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States records," Deed of John Underhill Jr to John Quinby, executed 16 March 1791, recorded 30 January 1798; imaged, FamilySearch   (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRZ-TS2M-S?view=fullText : accessed 1 May 2026), Image Group Number 008298504, "Rockingham. Deeds, 1797-1798," page 465, image 473 of  759; original records in Rockingham County, New Hampshire Register of Deeds.

This deed documents the sale of 45 acres of land in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, sold by John Underhill Jr. of Chester, Rockingham County to John Quinby of Chester for £15 in lawful money on 16 March 1791 (recorded 30 January 1798).  

John Underhill Junior (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 John Underhill and New Hampshire. The Full-Text Search transcription missed, or misplaced, many words.

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

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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