Edgecombe County, NC - Cain, John to Hogges, Elias - 1753

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H103 John Cain and wife Sarah HODGE to Elias HOGGES  Bertie Co

To all people to whome these presents shall come greeting. Know ye that I 
John CAIN and Sarah my wife or North Carolina in the county of Edgecomb for 
and in considerationof the sum of twenty five pounds current money of 
Vrginia to us in hand before the ensealing hereof well and truely paid by 
Elias HOGGES of Bertie county the receipt is hereof I do hereby acknowldege 
and ourselves  therewith with fully satisfied and contented and thereof and of every part and parcel thereof  do exonorate, acquit and discharge the said Elias HOGGES his heirs, Exe Adm forever, by these presents have given, granted, bargained, sold, aliened, conveyed and confirmed andby these presents do fully freely and absolutely give, grant, and bargain, sell, alien,  convey and confirm unto him the said Elias HOGGES his heirs and assigns forever one messuage or tract of land and Plantation scituate lying and being in Bartie County containing by estimation three hundres and eigthy acres being it more or less buted and bounded beginning at the mouth of a small branch on Rocquist thence running up the branch to Samuel HERRINS (Corrins?) line thence along the said HERRINS line to the corner a red oak then No 75W212pole the center of three hickories on the Flag branch thence So8W280 pole to a sweet gum red and white oak thence So70 E96 pole to a gum on Rockquiss thence along Rockquis to the first station. To have and to hold the said granted and bargained premises with all appurtances
privledges and commodities to the same belong or in anywise appurtaing to 
him the said Elias HOGGES to his heirs and assigns forever to his and their 
only proper use, benefit and behoof forever. And I the said John CANE and 
Sarah my wife forever our heirs Exe and Adm do  covenant, promise and grant 
to and with the said Elias HOGGES his heirs and assigns, that before the 
ensealing hereof we are  the true sold and lawful owners of the above 
bargained premises and am lawfully seized and possessed of the same in our 
own proper right as a good perfect and absolute Estate of Inheritance in 
fee simple and have in ourselves good right full power and lawful authority 
to grant, bargain, sell, convey and confirm the said bargained premises in 
manner as afsd and that the sd Elias HOGGES his heirs and assigns shall and 
may from time to time and at all time forever hereafter by force and virtue 
of the presents lawfully peaceable and yo have, hold, use, occupy, possess 
and enjoy the said demised and bargained premise with the appurtenance free 
and clear and freely and clearly acquitted, exonerated and discharged of 
from all and all manner of former or other gifts grants, bargains, sales, 
leases, mortgages, wills,entails, joyntures, dowries, and extents, 
furthermore I the said John CAIN and Sarah my wife for ourselves our heirs 
Exe Adm do covenant and ingage? the above demised premises to him the said 
Elias HOGGES his heirs and assigns against the lawful clames or demands of 
any person or persons whatsoever forever, hereafter to warrant secure and 
defend and Sarah the wife of me the said John CAIN doth by thee presents 
freely, willing give yeild  __? surrender all her right of dower and power 
of thirds of the sd land that my father Robert HOGGGES gave us in his will, 
the will bears date 1720 and the pattent of the said land bears date the 
30th of March 1721, granted to James WILLIAMS all the above demised premises 
unto him the said Elias HODGES his heirs and assigns, In witness whereof we 
have hereunto set our hands and seals this 22 day of December 1753.

                                          John CANE x mark

Signed sealed and delivered 
in the presents of us          
Sary CANE
William TAYLER
Aaron ELLIS

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