Amanuensis Monday -- 1745 Deed of Benjamin Wing to Job Case for Land in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

This week's document for transcription is the 1745 Deed of Benjamin Wing of Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony selling two acres and 72 rods of salt meadow land in Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Job Case of Dartmouth for £50 in old tenor bills of credit.

a)  Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds 1753-1759, Pages 268-269, Image 441 of 868

The transcription of this deed (with help from FamilySearch Full-Text Search, with some errors corrected) is:

[Page 268, Starting near the top of the left-hand page of the image]

To all people to whome these presents shall come Greeting & Know ye 

That I Benjamin Wing of ye Town of Dartmouth in ye County of Bristol within 

his majesties Province of ye Massachusetts Bay so called in new England Yeoman 

for and in Consideration of ye sum of fifty pounds old Tenor to be understood good 

Bills of publick in New England to me in hand before ye Ensealing hereof well & 

Truly paid by Job Case of Dartmouth in ye County of Bristol afforesd, Yeoman 

the recept whereof I do hereby acknowledge my selfe fully satisfied and contented 

and Thereof and of every part and percell there of Do Exonerate acquit & Discharge 

ye said Job Chase his heirs Exer's & Admr's forever by these presents Have given 

granted Bargained sold aliened Conveyd and confirmed & by these presents Do freely 

fully and absolutly give grant Bargain sell aliene Convey and Confirm unto 

him ye s'd. Job Case his heirs & assigns forever, a certain peice percell or tract 

of salt meadow scituate Lying and being on ye flat that lies on ye north side 

of ye flat That Lies on ye north side of ye Rock that lies on ye northward side of 

ye Ram Island and against ye north End of ye ship Rock flat cluding all ye

whole flatt containing Two acres & seventy Two Rods of meadow as it is laid out 

and Qualified be it more or Less butted & Bounded as followeth Bounded on all 

parts by ye water & Barr flatts: To Have and to hold ye s'd. Granted and Bar-

gained premises with ye appurtances foreveledges to ye same belonging or in any 

wise appertaining to him ye sd. Job Case his heirs & assigns forever to his & there 

only proper use Benifitt & behoof forever & I ye sd. Benjamin Wing for myself 

my heirs Exer's & admr's Do Covenant promis and grant to & with him ye Sd. Job Case 

his heirs & assigns that before ye Ensealing hereof I am ye true sole & Lawfull owner 

of ye above Bargained premises have in my self good Right full power and Lawfull 

authority to grant Bargain sell convey & confirm to Bargained premises in manner 

as above said and that ye sd. Job Case his heirs and assigns shall and may from 

time to time & at all Times forever hereafter by force and vertue of these presents 

Lawfully Have hold use poses occupie & Enjoy use Bargained Premises with ye appur-

tances free and Clear. Furthermore I ye sd Benjamin Wing for myself my 

heirs Exer's & admr's Do Covenant and Engage ye above Demised premises to him ye said 

Job Case his heirs and assigns against ye Lawfull Claims or Demands of any Person 

or persons whatsoever forever hereafter to Warrant secure & Defend In Witness Where-

of I ye sd Benjamin Wing have hereunto set my hand & seal the Twenty ninth day 

of January Anno Domis 1744/5 and in ye 17th year of ye Reign of George Ye 

Second King of Great Brittain &c 

Signed Sealed & Delivrd in presence off                            Benjamin Wing   (s)

Thomas Wing 

Abner Willcox

Bristol ss. Dart'o April 1th 1763. Personally appeard Benjamin Wing ye subscriber

of this Instrument & Did acknoledge it to be his act & Deed hand and seal 

                                                Before me Benj'a Akin Just of ye peace 

Rec'd June 15'th 1763 & Recorded pr James Williams Reg'r 

A true copy from Book 46 Pages 395 & 396 of Bristol Co. No. Dist. Land Records,

                                                Attest : - Emma E. Pray, Examiner 

The source citation for this deed is:

"Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States land records," Deed of Benjmin Wing to Job Case,  executed 29 January 1744/5, recorded 15 June 1763; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9ZW-SW6S?view=fullText : accessed 29 August 2026), Image Group Number: 007451272, "Bristol Deeds, 1753-1759," pages 268-269, image 441 of 868; original papers at Bristol County (Massachusetts) Register of Deeds.

By this record it appears that Benjamin Wing sold 2 acres and 72 rods of salt meadow in Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Job Case for 50 pounds.  

Benjamin Wing (1698-1782) married (1) Content Tucker (1695-1739) in 1722 and they had five  children; he married (2) Rhoda Rogers (1713-1758) in 1739 and they had five children; (3) he married Mary Devol (1705-1798) and they had no children.  Benjamin and Content (Tucker) Wing are my 6th great-grandparents through their daughter Abigail Wing (1734-1806) who married Jonathan White (1732-1804) in 1756.

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