This week's document for transcription is the 1761 Deed of Benjamin Wing of Dartmouth, Massachusetts buying 9 acres of land in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Colony from Samuel Wait of Dartmouth for $200 in lawful money.
a) Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds 1753-1759, Pages 106-107, Image 359 of 868
b) Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds 1753-1759, Pages 108-109, Image 360 of 868
The transcription of this deed (with help from FamilySearch Full-Text Search, with a few errors corrected) is:
[Page 107, starting near the bottom of the right-hand page of the image]
To all people to whome these presents shall come greeting
Know ye That I Samuel Wait of Dartmouth in age County of Bristol in ye prov-
ince of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England Laborer for and in consideration
of Two hundred Dollars to me in hand before ye Ensealing well and Truly
paid by Benjamin Wing of ye Town County & province afforesd yeoman ye
Receipt whereof I Do hereby acknowledge and my self there with fully satisfied
[Pages 108-109, continuing from the previous page at the top of the left-hand page of the image]
contented and paid and There of and of every Part and parcell There of Ex-
onerate acquit and Discharge him ye sd Benjamin Wing his heirs Exec'rs, & ad-
mr's for ever by these presece have given granted Bargained sold aliend En-
feofed Conveyed and confirmed unto him ye sd Benjamin Wing his heirs and
assigns for ever one certain piece of Land Taken of ye north east part of Wal-
ter Cornells homestead farm scituate Lying & being in Dartmouth afforesd
Begining at ye corner of ye orchard by ye Drift way about Twenty Eight
Rods from Ichabod Kerbeys Line Thence East Sixteen Degrees North north
about sixteen Rods and a half Thence East fourteen Degrees South about
Twelve Rods and a half Thence East Seven Degrees North Twenty six Rods
and a half, Thence East fifteen Degrees south about sixteen Rods and a half
to ye head of a small Creek; Thence Easterly and Northerly as ye Creeks Run
to Ichabod Kerbeys Line Then westerly in Kerbeys Line up to ye Drift way
Thence Southerly as ye Driftway Runs untill you Come to ye first mentioned
Bounds at ye north west corner of ye orchard Bounds southward on Walter
Cornells Land East on ye Creek North on sd Kerbeys Land west on ye Drift-
way ye sd Benjamin to be at ye sole charge of fencing a cross sd Land Between
That & ye Duftway ye sd Walter Cornell to have ye priveledge of ye water fails
in his Land to come to ye head of ye spring in sd wings Land for to water
his cattle and horses at all Times when he shall have occasion. This sd Lot
contains about nine acres and a half be ye same more or Less; To Have
and to hold ye above granted and Bargained premises with ye priveledges
as is above expressed there unto belonging unto ye said Benjamin Wing his
heirs & assigns forever to his and there own proper use and Behoof forever
and I ye sd Samuel Waight for my self my heirs Exer admrs Do Covenant
promis and grant to a with ye sd Benjamin Wing that before ye Ensealing
hereof I am ye True sole and Lawfull owner of ye above Bargaind premis-
es and am Lawfully seized of ye same in my own Right as a good perfect
Estate of Inheritance in fee simple and have in my self good Right full
power and Lawfull authority to grant Bargain Sell Convey & confirm said
Bargaind premises in manner as afforesd, and that ye sd Benjamin Wing
his heirs and assigns shall & may from time to time and at all Times
forever here after by force and virtue of these presents Lawfully peacably
& Quietly have hold use posess and enjoy ye sd Bargained premises in man-
ner as afforesd the appurtances free as it is above Expressed freely acquit-
ed and Discharged from all manner of former or other gifts grants or Bar-
gains or Incombrances what soever that might in any measure make void
This present Deed. Further more I ye said Samuel Weight for my self my
heirs Exer's, & admr's Do Covenant and grant to and with ye sd Benjamin
Wing his heirs and assigns against ye Lawfull Claims or Demands of
any person or persons whatsoever to warrant seure and Defend by these
presents and Theodate wait ye wife of me ye said Samuel Weight Doth
by these presents freely willingly give yield up and surrender all her Right
of Dower & power of Thirds of in and unto all ye above Demised premises to
him sd Benjamin Wing his heirs and assigns for ever . In witnes where-
of we ye sd Samuel Waight and Theodate wait hereunto set our hands
and seals this Thirtyeth Day of March in ye first year of his majesties
Reign George Ye Third of Great Brittain france and Ireland King Anno
Domini one Thousand seven hundred and sixty one. his
Signed sealed & Delived in presence of Samuel X Wait.
Walter Cornnell mark
Daniel Cornnell
Newport to wit. Samuel Wait subscriber to ye above written Instrument personally
appeared at Tiverton on ye 30th Day of March AD 1761 and Did acknoledge ye
same to be his Volentary act & Deed hand & seal Thereto set.
Before me Rescombe Sanford Justice P. S.
Rec'd May 22'd 1761. & Recorded in James Williams. Reg'r
A true copy from Book 45 Page 143. 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 Samuel Wait to Benjamin Wing, executed 30 March 1761, recorded 22 May 1761; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZW-SWT1?view=fullText: accessed 29 August 2026), Image Group Number: 007451272, "Bristol Deeds, 1753–1759," Volume 7, 1759-1765, pages 107-109, images 359-360 of 868; Original papers at Bristol County (Massachusetts) Register of Deeds.
By this record, it appears that Benjamin Wing bought 9 acres of land in Dartmouth, Bristol county, Massachusetts Bay Colony from Samuel Wait for 200 dollars [interesting that it is not pounds-shillings-pence; perhaps a transcription error by a clerk].
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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