This week's document for transcription is the 1767 Deed of Benjamin Wing of Dartmouth, Massachusetts buying five and a half acres of meadow and beach land in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Colony from Increase and Lydia Allen of Dartmouth for 16 pounds and 10 shillings in lawful money of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
a) Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds 1783-1785, Pages 416-417, Image 249 of 627
The transcription of this deed (with help from FamilySearch Full-Text Search, with a few errors corrected) is:
[Page 416, starting near the middle of the left-hand page of the image]
To all People to whom these presents Shall come Greeting & & Know ye that
I Increase Allen of Dartmouth in ye County of Bristol in ye Province of the
Massachusetts Bay in New England yeoman, for & in consideration of ye Sum
of sixteen pounds ten Shillings Lawfull money of ye Province aforesaid to
me in hand before ye Ensealing hereof well & truly paid by Benjamin Wing
of ye Town and County aforesd Yeoman, The recept whereof I do hereby
acknowledge, and my self there with fully satisfied Contented and paid and
thereof & of every part & parcel thereof do exonerate acquit & discharge
him ye said Benjamin Wing his heirs Executors , and administrators forever
by these presents Have given, granted, Bargained, sold aliened, Conveyed &
confirmed, and by these presents, do freely fully & absolutly give, grant
Bargain, Sell, aliene convey & confirm unto him To Benjamin Wing his
heirs & assigns forever, One Certain part or parcel of Salt March or meadow
Situate lying & being in ye Township of Dartmouth near my entrance into
the Horse Neck, and it contains five Acres and a half of meadow & Beach
Besides ye allowance for a Way, and is Bounded & described as followeth
to begin at a stone set in ye Marsh and from thence to range West
Thirteen degrees South Twenty one rods to a Stake of ye Edge of ye upland
for a corner, from thence South sixteen degrees East forty four to
a heap of stones on ye Beach, from thence East thirty one degrees & a half
North Twenty three rods & five feet to a Stake & heap of stones on ye Beach
and from thence North twenty two degrees West thirty six rods & a half to a
Stone where it first Began. This meadow Bounds Northerly on Robert
Giffords meadow, Westerly on ye said Increase Allens upland, or Pines,
Southerly on ye sea and Easterly on Jeremiah Giffords Meadow &c.
To have and to hold all ye said granted & Bargained Premises with all the
appurtenances priviledges & Comodities to ye Same belonging or in any wise
appertaining to him ye said Benjamin Wng his heirs and assigns forever
to his and their only proper use Benefit & behoof forever, and I the said
Increase Allen for my self my heirs Exers. and admrs, do Covenant promise
and Grant to and with him ye said Benjamin Wing his heirs and assigns
that at & before of Ensealing hereof I am ye True Sole, & Lawfull owner of
the above Bargained premises and am Lawfully Seized and possessd of ye
Same in my own proper right as a good perfect and absolute Estate
[Continued at the top of Page 417 on right hand page of the image]
of Inheritance in fee simple, & have in my Self good right full power & Lawfull
authority to give, grant, Bargain, sell, convey & confirm to Bargained premises in
manner as abovesd and that ye said Benjamin Wing his heirs and assigns Shall &
may from Time to Time, & at all Times forever hereafter, by force & Virtue of
these presents Lawfully peacebly & Quietly, take, hold use occupy, possess & Enjoy
ye said demised & Bargained premises with ye appurtenances free & clear, and
freely and Clearly acquitted Exonerated & discharged of and from all, & all manner
of former & other gifts, grants, Bargains, Sales Leases & all other Incumbrances of
what name or nature Soever that might in any measure or degree obstruct or
make void this present Deed. Furthermore I ye said Increase Allen for my self my
heirs Exers and Admrs do Covenant & engage ye above demised premises to him
ye said Benjamin Wing his heirs and assigns against of Lawfull Clames or
demands of any person or persons, whatsoever forever hereafter, to Warrant
Secure & defend by these presents, and Lydia Allen, the wife of the sd Increase
Allen doth by these presents freely & Willingly Give, yeld up & surrender all her
right of Dowry or power of thirds of and unto all ye above demised premises unto
ye said Benjamin Wing & unto his heirs & assigns forever. In Witness whereof we ye said
Increase Allen and Lydia Allen have herewith set our hands & Seals this Twenty
Fifth day of March in ye seventh year of his Majesties George ye Third King
over Great Brittain, AD one thousand Seven hundred & Sixty Seven, 1767.
Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of Increase Allen {seal}
Seth Allen Lydia Allen {seal}
Margret Allen
Bristol ss Dartmouth January 12'th day 1771. then Incrreas Allen & Lydia Allen
the Subscribers of this within Instrument did acknowledged it to be their act &
Deed Hand & Seal Before me Benjamin Akin Just of ye Peace
Received June 8'th 1784. & Recorded by me James Williams Regr.
The source citation for this deed is:
"Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States land records," Deed of Increase and Lydia Allen to Benjamin Wing,executed 5 March 1767, recorded 8 June 1784; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9ZS-Y58C?view=fullText : accessed 29 August 2026), Image Group Number: 007442230, "Bristol Deeds, 1783–1784, 1784–1785," pages 416-417, image 249 of 627; Original papers at Bristol County (Massachusetts) Register of Deeds.
By this record, it appears that Benjamin Wing bought 5 and a half acres of land in Dartmouth, Bristol county, Massachusetts Bay Colony from Increase and Lydia Allen for 16 pounds and 10 shillings. The deed was recorded after Benjamin Wing's 1782 death, perhaps as the heirs were distributing or selling his estate holdings.
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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