TITLE:  Deed from Simeon & Clarissa Lock of Newmarket to Amos Whitehouse of          
        Middleton.

SOURCE: Original Document Strafford County Registry of 
        Deeds Book 97 pages 105-6

SUBMITTED: by Robert Whitehouse

TRANSCRIBED: C Parziale, March 2001

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	Know all men by these presents that we Simeon Lock & Clarissa Lock of 
Newmarket in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire Blacksmith, 
for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars, to us in hand 
before the delivery hereof well and truly paid by Amos Whitehouse of 
Middleton in the County of strafford & State of New Hampshire, husbandman, 
the receipt whereof we d[o] hereby acknowledge, have given, granted, 
bargained, sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain sell, alien, 
enfeoff, convey and confirm unto him the said Amos Whitehouse, his heirs & 
assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land in Middleton aforesaid 
being part the lots No 54 No 56 & 27 containing fifty acres & bounded 
southerly on fifty acres that we this day deeded to Reuben Whitehouse & 
running once parallell line with said Reubens easterly & westerly line so far
as to contain fifty acres.  

To have and to hold the said granted premises, with all the privileges and 
appurtenances to the same belonging to him the said Amos Whitehouse, his 
heirs and assigns to their only proper use and benefit forever:  And we the 
said Simeon & Clarissa Lock our heirs executors, and administrators do hereby
 covenant, grant and agree to and with the said Amos Whitehouse, his heirs 
and assigns that until the delivery hereof, we are the lawful owners of the 
said premises, seized and possessed thereof in our own right of fee simple, 
and have full power, and lawful authority to grant and convey the same in 
manner aforsaid: that the said premises are free and clear and every 
incumbrance whatsoever and that we Simeon & Clarissa our heirs, executors and
 administrators, shall and will warrant the same to him Amos Whitehouse, his
 heirs and assigns against the lawful claims and demands of any person or 
persons whomsoever.  In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand and 
seal this eighteenth day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand, 
eight hundred and fifteen.
                                   Simeon Lock...[Seal]
Signed, sealed, and delivered      Clarissa Lock [Seal]
 in the presence of
Jn'o Chadwick         } Strafford Fs} The eighteenth day
Daniel Wingate        } of March [squiggle] one thousand, eight
Reuben Whitehouse     } hundred and fifteen.  then the above
Edmund Chadwick       } named Simeon Lock personally appearing

acknowledged the above written instrument to be his voluntary act and deed 
                                Before me Daniel Wingate} Justice of the
          					        } Peace       
Rockingham Fs} Deerfield Feb 25th 1816.  then the within named Clarissa Lock 
personally appeared and acknowledged this writen instrument to be her 
voluntary act & deed, before me
                              Edmund Chadwick - Justice Peace-
Received June 26, 1817  Ex'd Moses L. Neal Retr

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