This week's document for transcription is the 1798 Mortgage Deed of Philip Row to William Abbott for land in Hunterdon County, New Hampshire.
a) Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Mortgages, 1766-1811, Page 319, Image 469 of 1160:
b) Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Mortgages, 1766-1811, Page 320, Image 470 of 1160:
The transcription of this Land Patent (with help from FamilySearch Full-Text Search) is:
[Page 319, Starting near the bottom of the right-hand page of the first image]
Philip Row } Mortgage Deed dated the fourth day of August in
To } the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and
William Abbott } Ninety eight Between Philip Row of the township
of Tewksbury in the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey
of the one part and William Abbott of the township of Lebanon
in the County and State aforesaid of the second part, for All that
tract or piece of land situate lying and being in Tewsbury Town-
ship Hunterdon County and State of Jersey being a part of
a tract of land in the said County commonly called and known
the name of the Society's Great tract in Hunterdon County.
Beginning at a stake five links S. E. of a black oak stump
in Morris County line thence South eighty six degrees West two
[Page 320, Continuing at the top of the left-hand page of the second image]
two chains and fifty links to a stake thence North fifty four
degrees and thirty minutes West fourteen chains to a stake in
Morris County line, in John Auble field - S 22 E 31 chs 59 l. to
a heap of Stones in Aaron Suttons line also a line of Lott N'o 42
S 88 deg E 10ch's S.E. corner N'o 42 -- S 37 deg E 26 ch's 20 links to
to the begining. 34 acres. Together with &c. To have and to
hold &c. the principle sums due and expressed therein is
One hundred and twenty four pounds four Shillings and nine pence
payable, with lawful interest thereof, agreeably to the condition of a
certain bond or obligation bearing even date herewith. Proviso
when paid the Deed to be Void &c.
Sealed & Delivered in the presence of } Philip Row {seal}
Cornelius Quick John With Kreamer }
Recorded Acknowledged by the Grantor the 8th
August 8 1798 day of August A.D. 1798 before
Joseph Beavers
[Page 320, in the left-hand margin]
Be it remembered that on this 4th day of April
in the Year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and ten, this
Original Mortgage of which this is an abstract was brought
to the Clerks offices of Hunterdon County canceled. Witness
My hand this date above. Blackwell Clk.
The source citation for this mortgsge deed is:
"Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States records," Philip Row to William Abbott Mortgage Deed, executed 4 August b1798, recorded 8 August 1798, canceled 4 April 1810; imaged, FamilySearch
2026), Image Group Number: 008139598, pages 319-320, images 469-470 of 1160; original papers at Hunterdon County (New Jersey) County Clerk.
Philip Row granted 34 acres of land in Hunterdon County, Newsey to William Abbott in a mortgage deed dated 4 August 1798 for 124 pounds, 9 shillings and 4 pence. The Mortgage deed was canceled on 4 April 1810 and Philip Row retained the property. Note that the property is next to the property of John Auble.
Philip Row (1752-1817) is my 5th great-grandfather, and a Revolutionary War soldier, who married Maria Smith in 1772 in New Jersey and had eight children, including Anna Row (1787-1860) who married John Auble in 1804; they are my 4th great-grandparents.
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