This week's document for transcription is the 1784 Deed of Peter Wells selling 100 acres of land in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire to John Underhill and John Underhill Jr. for £60.
a) Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Deeds 1785-1787: pages 221-222, image 117 of 825:
a) Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Deeds 1785-1787: pages 223-224, image 118 of 825:
The transcription of this deed, starting on page 222 below them iddle of the right-hand page of the first image, with the assistance of FamilySearch Full-Text Search:
[Page 222 starting at the top of the left-hand page of the image]:
[in the right-hand margin]
Wells
to
Underhill
[In the main body of the deed]
Know all men by these presents that I Peter Wells of New Chester in County
of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire yeoman For & in consideration of
Sixty pounds lawful money to me in hand before the delivery hereof well & truly
paid by John Underhill Gent'n & John Underhill Jun yeoman both of Chester in
the County & State aforesaid the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have
given granted bargained & sold & by there do give grant bargain sell alien con-
vey & confirm to them the said John Underhill & John Underhill jun in their heirs &
assigns in equal Shares forever A certain parcel of Land situate & being in
Chester aforesaid containing by estimation one hundred acres more or less,
it being that hundred acre Lot in the second part of the second division
that is Number 106 laid out to the right of Ephraim Gill laying in
the eighteenth range bounded first at the Southeast corner a white oak
[Page 223 from top of left-hand page of the second image]
N'o. 106 then north west & by west 176 rods by the highway to a white oak N'o 106
then North 29 degrees East one hundred & forty five rods by the highway to a
Maple N'o 106 then East to the Southeast 176 rods to a white oak N'o. 106, then
South 29 degrees West about 160 rods to the first bounds mentioned. To
have & to hold the said granted & bargained premises with all the privileges &
appurtenances to the same appertaining to them the said John Underhill
& John Underhill jun, their heirs & assigns free of all incumbrances whatsoever
alio absolute Estate of inheritance in fee simple forever. And I the said Peter
Wells for myself heirs Executors & administrators do covenant & engage to Warrant
to use[?] & defend the above premises to them the said John Underhill & John
Underhill Ju'r their heirs & assigns against the lawful claims or demands of
any person or persons whatsoever In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
& seal this twenty third day of March Anno Domini 1784.
Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of us } Peter Wells {seal}
Jauriel Harriman Thomas Wells }
Rockingham Chester March 23'd Then the above named Peter Wells acknow-
leged this Instrument to be his free act & Deed before me
John Webster Just Peace
Rec'd & Recorded 16th August 1785. Sam Brooks Rdr
The source citation for this deed record is:
"Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States records," Deed of Peter Wells to John Underhill and John Underhill Jr, executed 23 March 1784, recorded 16 August 1785; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRZ-PZM1?view=fullText : accessed 1 May 2026), Image Group Number 008298497, "Rockingham. Deeds, 1785-1787," pages 222-223, images 117-118 of 825; original records in Rockingham County, New Hampshire Register of Deeds.
This deed documents the sale of 100 acres of land in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, sold by Peter Wells of Grafton County to John Underhill and John Underhill Junior of Chester for £60 in lawful money on 23 March 1784 (recorded 16 August 1785).
John Underhill (1720-1793) anmd his wife Joanna Healey (1718-1809) are my 6th great-grandparents, and John Underhill Junior (1745-1816) and his wife, Hannah Colby (1745-1791), are my 5th great-grandparents, through their son Amos Underhill (1772-1865) who married Mary Metcalf (1780-1855) in 1801 in Piermont, Grafton County, New Hampahire.
I found this record using the FamilySearch Full-Text Search feature by searching for John Underhill and New Hampshire. The Full-Text Search transcription missed, or misplaced, many words on the left-hand margin of the pages.
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"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
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