Amanuensis Monday -- 1752 Deed of Benjamin Wing and John Wady Selling Land in Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

 This week's document for transcription is the 1752 Deed of Benjamin and Rhoda Wing of Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and John and Bethiah Wady, selling 22 acres of land in Hanover, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Thomas Wilks of Hanover for £22 in lawful money.

a)  Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Deeds 1765-1767, Page 21, Image 33 of 582

b)  Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Deeds 1765-1767, Page 22, Image 34 of 582

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

[Page 21, Starting near the bottom of the right-hand page of the first image]

Know all men by these presents, that we Benjamin Wing Yeoman & Rhoda his wife 

and John Waddy Coaster & Bethiah his wife all of Dartmouth in the County of Bristol 

For in Consideration of the full & just Sum of twenty two pounds Lawfull money to

us in hand paid before the Delivery hereof by Thomas Wilks of Hanover in the County 

of Plymouth Yeoman the Receipt whereof we do hereby acknowlege have given granted 

bargained Sold and do by these prefers give grant bargain sell aliene and fully 

freely & absolutely convey & confirm unto him the said Thomas Wilks his heirs & 

assigns forever, all our Right Title Interest Property Claim & Demand & Possession

[Page 22, Continuing from the top of the left-hand page of the second image]

of in & unto a certain Tract of Land lying & being in Hanover aforesaid Containing 

about twenty two acres more or less and is the third Pond Lot in Drinkwater Pond or River

 and in the Division of the Estate which our Father Thomas Rogers late of Marshfield 

deceased gave us & our Brothers John & Thomas Rogers by his Last Will Testament fell to us 

and said third Pond Lot is bounded as follows. viz. on the north by the second pond 

Lot on the south by the fourth Pond Lot on the East by the Range of the said Lots on

the Easterly End and on the west by the Range of the Pond Lots at the westerly End

Reference being had to the Division of the said Pond Lots for the more particular Bounds

of said third Lots. To have & to hold the said granted & bargained Premises together

with all the appurtenances thereto belonging whatsoever to him the said Thomas Wilks his 

heirs & assigns as an absolute Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple. And for the said Ben-

jamin & Rhoda his wife John Wady & Bethiah his wife for our selves our heirs

Executors & administrators do covenant b& engage the above Demised Premises to him 

the Thomas Wilks his heirs & assigns against the lawful claims & Demands of any Person or 

Persons whatsoever holding or claiming the same from by or under us forever hereafter 

to Warrant secure & defend the same (against them) by these Presents. In witness whereof 

we do hereunto set our hands & seals this twenty sixth day of February Anno Domini

1752 and in the twenty fifth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George 

the second by the Grace of God King &c.

Signed Sealed & Delivered }   Benjamin Wing {seal} Rhoda Wing  {seal]

In presence of                    }      John Wady   {seal}  Bethial Wady  {seal}

Elisha Cushing Junr     }    Plymouth Feby the 26'th AD. 1752 Then the abovesaid John 

Dan'll Lewis Junr        }    Wady & Bethiah Wady personally appeared and acknowledged 

Christopher Gifford  }   the above written Instrument to be their act & deed.

John Clark              }                        Before me Daniel Lewis Jun'r Just Peace.

 Bristol ss March 2'd 1752. Personally appeared the above said Benjamin Wing & Rhoda his wife & acknowledged this Instrument to be their act & Deed Before me Sam'll Willis Just. Paces. 

Received October 29. 1765.   Recorded pr John Cotton Reg'r 

The source citation for this deed is:

"Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States land records," Deed of Benjamin and Rhoda Wing and John and Bethiah Wady to Thomas Wilks,  executed 26 February 1752, recorded 29 October 1765; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-RHSK?view=fullText : accessed 29 August 2026), Image Group Number: 007450662, "Plymouth Deeds, 1765-1766, 1765-1767," pages 21-22, images 33-34 of 582; original papers at Plymouth County (Massachusetts) Register of Deeds.

By this record it appears that Benjamin and Rhoda Wing, and John and Bethiah Wady, sold 22 acres of land in Hanover, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Thomas Wilks for 22 pounds.  The deed clearly states that this land was bequeathed to Rhoda Wing and Bethiah Wady as daughters of Thomas and Bethia (Ewell) Rogers.  

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) in 1764 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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Read other transcriptions of records of my relatives and ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.

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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