This week's document for transcription is the 1762 Deed of Benjamin Wing of Dartmouth, Massachusetts selling 9 acres of land in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Samuel Wait of Dartmouth for $200 in Spanish silver milled dollars.
a) Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds 1753-1759, Pages 410-411, Image 513 of 868
b) Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds 1753-1759, Pages 412-413, Image 514 of 868
The transcription of this deed (with help from FamilySearch Full-Text Search, with a few errors corrected) is:
[Page 411, starting near the bottom of the right-hand page of the image]
To all people to whom these presents Shall Come
I Benjamin Wing of Dartmouth in the County of Bristol in ye
province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman Send
Greeting Know ye That I ye sd Benjamin Wing for and in Con-
sideration of Two Hundred Spanished Silver Milld Dollars to me
in hand before ye Ensealing hereof well & Truly paid by Samuel
Wait of ye Town County & province afforesd Laboror the Receipt
Whereof I Do hereby acknowledge & my self therewith fully Satisfied
Contented & paid: and Thereof and of Every part & percell thereof
Do Exonerate acquit & Discharge him ye said Samuel Wait his
heirs Exe'rs & adm'rs for Ever by these presents Have given grant-
ed Bargained sold aliened Enfeofed Conveyed & Confirmed and
by these presents Do freely fully & absolutly give grant Bargain
Sell aliene Enfeof Convey & Confirm unto him sd Samuel Wait his
his heirs & assigns for Ever; one Certain peice of Land Taken of
the North East Corner of Walter Cornels Homestead farm Scit-
uate Lying & being in the Township of Dartmouth Afforesd Be-
gining at ye corner of ye orchard by ye Driftway about Twenty
[Page 412, continuing from the previous page on the left-hand page of the image]
Eight Rods from Ichabod Kirbeys Lane: Thence East Sixteen Degrees North
about Sixteen Rods & a half, Thence East fourteen Degrees South about
Twelve Rods & a half: Thence East Seven Degrees North Twenty Six Rods and
a half; Thence East fifteen Degrees South about Sixteen Rods & a half to ye
head of a small Creek Thence Easterly & Northerly as ye Creek Runs to
Ichabod Kirbeys Line: Thence Westerly in Kirbeys Line up to ye Driftway;
Thence Southerly as ye Driftway Runs untill it comes to be first men-
tioned Bounds at ye Northwest Corner of ye orchard. This Land Bounds
Southward on sd Cornels Land East on ye Creek North on sd Kirbeys, West
on ye Driftway ye said Samuel Wait is to be at ye Sole charge of fenceing
across sd Land between ye sd Driftway and ye sd Walter Cornel to have
ye privilege of ye water falls in his Land to come to ye head of ye spring
in This sd Land for water with his Cattle and horses at all Times when
he shall have occasion; this sd Lot Contains about nine acres & a half
be ye same more or Less &c. To Have & to hold ye sd granted & Bar-
gained premises with all ye appurtances priveledges & Commodities
to ye same belonging or in any ways appertaining to him ye sd Samuel
Wait his heirs & assigns for ever; to his & there only proper use Benefitts
behoof for Ever and I ye sd Benjamin Wing for my self my heirs Exe'rs
adm'rs Do Covenant promis & grant to & with him yesd Samuel Wait
his heirs & assigns That Before ye Ensealing hereof I am ye True Sole
& Lawfull owner of ye above Bargained premises and am Lawfully
seized & posessed of ye same in my own proper Right as a good per-
fect & absolute Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple and have in my
self good Right full power & Lawfull authority to grant Bargain
sell Convey & Confirm ye sd Barganed premises in manner as af-
foresd: and That ye Sd Samuel Weight his heirs & assigns shall
& may from time to time and at all Times for Ever hereafter by
force & virtue of these presents, Lawfully peacably & Quietly have hold
use ocupie posess & Enjoy yesd Demised and Bargained premises
with ye appurtances free & Clear & freely & Clearly acquited Exonerated
and Discharged of & from all & all manner of former or other gifts
grants Bargains Sales Leases Mortgages wills Entails Joyntures Dow-
ers Judgments Executions or Incumbrances of what name or nature
so ever that might in any measure or Degree obstruct or make void
This present Decd: Furthermore I ye sd Benjamin Wing for my
self my heirs Exe'rs & Adm'rs Do Covenant & Engage ye above Demised
premises to him ye sd Samuel Wait his heirs & assigns against ye
Lawfull Claims or Demands of any person or persons whatsoever
for Ever hereafter to warrant secure & Defend by these presents:
In Witnes whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this Twenty
second Day of December in ye Third year of his Majesties Reign
George ye Third over Great Brittain france and Ireland King An
noque Domis one Thousand seven hundred Sixty Two.
Signed sealed & Delivered in presence of Benjamin Wing {s}
Edward Wing
Job Anthoney
Provind. Ss Smithfield April 22'd A D 1765 Benjamin Wing
ye above signer appeared before me & acknoledged ye above
Instrument to be his own free act & Deed hand & Seal
Thomas Lapham, Justice of peace
Rec'd May 7'th 1765 & Recorded per James Williams Reg'r
A true copy from Book 47, pages 507 and 508, 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 Benjamin Wing to Samuel Wait, executed 22 December 1762, recorded 7 May 1765; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZW-SW3W?view=fullText: accessed 29 August 2026), Image Group Number: 007451272, "Bristol Deeds, 1753–1759," Volume 7, 1759-1765, pages 410-413, images 513-514 of 868; Original papers at Bristol County (Massachusetts) Register of Deeds.
By this record, it appears that Benjamin Wing sold 9 acres of land in Dartmouth, Bristol county, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Samuel Wait for 200 Spanish silver dollars. This is the same land that Benjamin bought from Samuel Wait in 1761. Perhaps this is a mortgage deal between Samuel Wait and Benjamin Wing.
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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