This week's document for transcription is the 1752 Deed of Benjamin Wing of Dartmouth, Massachusetts buying 98 acres of land in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Colony from Thomas Briggs of Tiverton, Rhode Island Colony for £164 15s 6d in lawful money.
a) Bristol County, Massachusetts, Volume 40, Deeds 1753-1755, Page 64, Image 477 of 745
The transcription of this deed (with help from FamilySearch Full-Text Search, with many errors corrected) is:
[Page 64, starting at the top of the left-hand page of the image, handwritten portion in italics.]
TO all people to whom there Presents shall come, Greetings
of Newport in y't Collony of Road Island and providence
plantions in New England Marriner Send Greeting Know Ye
that I Thomas Brigges:
For and in consideration of the Sum of one hundred sixty four pounds fifteen shillings ^and six pence lawfull money of y'e prvence of Masassus'tt Being in ???? paid^
to me in Hand before the Ensealing hereof, well and truly paid by Benjamin Wing of
Dartmouth in y'e County of Bristol in y'e Province of Massachusetts
Bay in New England Yeoman
the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge,
and my selfe therewith fully fatisfied and contented; and thereof, and of every Part
and Parcel thereof, do exonerate, acquit and discharge him ye said Benjamin
Wing his Heirs, Executors and Administrators,
forever by these Presents: HAVE given, granted, bargained, sold, aliened ^enfeoffed,^ conveyed and
by these Presents, Do freely, fully and absolutely give, grant, bargain, sell,
^Enfeoff^ Aliene, convey and confirm unto him the said Benjamin Wing
his Heirs and Assigns forever, One Certain
Tract or percell of Land which is Scituate in y'e Township of
Dartmouth afforsd & Containing by Estimatin ninty ^eight^ Acres
be y'e same more or Less it is all y'e Land and houseing
which was given unto me by my said hon'd father Thomas
Briggs Late of Dartmouth Deceased in & by his Last will
and testament and it is bounded as followeth Southerly
Southerly on y'e home stead farm of Benjamin Briggs
westerly partly on Land belonging to the Henry Howland and
partly on Land belonging to George Briggs Smith northerly
on Land belonging to Daniel Brigges Easterly on y'e Bay or
Salt waters Together with ye houseing and fencing
Standing Standing or being on y'e Same.
To have and to hold the said granted and bargained premises, with all the
Appurtenances, Privileges and commodities to the fame belonging, or in any wise apper-
taining to him the said Benjamin Wing his
Heirs and Assigns forever, to his and their proper Use, Benefit and Behoof forever.
And I the said Thomas Briggs for my selfe my
Heirs , Executors and Administrators, do covenant, promise and grant to and with
him y'e said Benjamin Wing his
Heirs and Assigns, that before the Ensealing hereof, I am the true sole and lawfull Owner of
the above bargained premises, and am lawfully seized and possessed of the same in my own
proper Right, as a good perfect and absolute Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple: And have in
my Selfe good Right, full Power and lawful Authority to grant, bargain, sell, convey
and confirm said bargained premises in manner as aforesaid; and that the said
Benjamin Wing his Heirs and Assigns, shall and may
from Time to Time, and at all Times forever hereafter, by Force and virtue of these Pre-
sents, lawfully, peaceably and quietly Have, Hold, Use, Occupy, Posess and Enjoy the said
demised and bargained Premises, with the appurtenances, free and clear, and freely and
clearly acquitted, exonerated and discharged of, from all and all manner of former of other
Gifts, Grants, Bargains, Sales, Leases, Mortgages, Wills, Entails, Jointures, Dowries,
Judgments, Executions, or Incumbrances of what Name of Nature forever , that might in any
Measure or Degree obstruct or make void this present Deed.
Furthermore, I y'e s'd Thomas Briggs for my selfe my Heirs,
Executors and Administrators, do Covenant and Engage the above demised premises to him
the said Benjamin Wing his Heirs
and Assigns, against the lawful claims or Demands of any Person or Persons whatsoever, forever hereafter to Warrant, Secure and Defend by these Presents. In witnes whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal this Eleventh Day of April
in y'e twenty fifth year of his Majesties Reign Anno Domin
one Thousand seven hundred and fifty two.
Signed sealed & Delivered
in presence of
Phillip Taber Tho's Brigges
Rescombe Sanford
Newport SS : Thomas Briggs y'e subscriber
to y'e above Written Instrument personally
appeared in Tiverton on y'e fourteenth Day of
April A D 1752 and did acknoledge y'e same
to be his Voluntary act & deed hand & seal there unto
Sett Before me Before me Recombe Sanford Jus'e PS:
Re'd 15'th 1753 and Recorded pr
James Williams Registers.
The source citation for this deed is:
"Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States land records," Deed of Thomas Briggs to Benjamin , executed 11 April 1752, recorded 15 April 1753; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZS-YQ4S?view=fullText: accessed 29 August 2026), Image Group Number: 007442195, "Bristol Deeds, 1753–1755, 1752–1753, 1750–1759," Volume 40, 1753-1755, page 64, image 477 of 745, original papers at Bristol County (Massachusetts) Register of Deeds.
By this record it appears that Benjamin Wing bought 98 acres of land in Dartmouth, Bristol county, Massachusetts Bay Colony from Thomas Briggs for 164 pounds, 15 shillings and six pence.
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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