Perquimans County, NC - William Stepney Senr. to Samuel Stepney, 1807 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Deed #207 North Carolina To all to whom these presents shall come, know ye that I William Stepney Senr. of the county of Perquimans of state aforsaid for & in consideration of the love, good will & natural affection which I have & do bear, towards my loving son Samuel Stepney of the same place, do give & grant unto my said son Samuel Stepney a tract of land containing fifty acres, lying in the county aforsaid, Joining on the lands of the heirs of John Wyatt decd. & including the old field part, beginning at the main creek & running S. 55 degrees W. to the patent line thence down the branch to the main creek swamp, thence up Yeopim Creek to the beginning, being a part of the land whereon the said William Stepney now resides, & running so as to include the said fifty acres next to Mr. Wyatts. To have and to hold the said granted premises with all & singular the apprutences rights & priviledges to the same belonging or in a_ _ _ _ _ _ apertaining unto him the said Samuel Stepney his heirs and assigns forever to his & their only proper use benefit & behaof forever Furthermore I the said William Stepney Senr. do for myself my heirs _ & admins covenant & engage all the above granted premises unto the said Samuel Stepney his heirs & assigns forever, clear of the lawful claims and demands of myself or my heirs,_ _ _ _adms or assigns or any person or persons claiming for, by, from or under me them or any or either of them forever hereafter to warrent secure and defend -- In witness hereof I the said William Stepney Senr. have here unto set my hand and seal, this 21st. day of January Anno Domini 1806 signed sealed & delivered ) Mr. William Stepney (seal) in the presence of ) Spencer Thatch, Alfred Moore Perq ) February Term at Hertford A.D. 1807 This certifies that the within County ) Deed of gift was duly ackd. in open court & ordered to be registered Test. Thos. H Harvey Clerk Registered July 18th A.D. 1807. Test. _ _ _ _ White, Regs. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Katherine Jordan ___________________________________________________________________