Phillips' Deed, Hunterdon Co, NJ 1820 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donna Evans Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nj/njfiles.htm ************************************************ Hunterdon County Deeds Vol. 38, p. 474 John Cavanaught Shff. To Robert Laning Junr. This indenture made this tenth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty three between John Cavanagh esquire late high sheriff of the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey of the one part and Robert Laning Jun. In the County of Hunterdon and state aforesaid of the other part, Whereas upon a judgement lately obtained by Joseph Holcomb Administrator of the estate of Jacob Holcomb Decd against Abner Hunt and Lot Phillips in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hunterdon the said Joseph Holcomb administrator of the aforesaid in the Term of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty prosecuted out of the same Court a writ of execution commonly called a Fein Facius to the aforesaid John Cavanagh esquire then high sheriff of the County directed and delivered by which the said writ the said sheriff was commanded that of the goods and chattels of Abner Hunt and Lott Phillips in his County he should cause to be made the sum of two hundred and twenty nine dollars and seventy five cents of debt which Joseph Holcomb --- of all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits which were of Jacob Holcomb late of the County of Hunterdon decd lately before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas holden at Flemington in and for the said County of Hunterdon recovered against them and also twenty one dollars and ninety cents which in the said court before the said Judges were adjudged to the said Joseph Holcomb administrator as aforesaid for his damages which he had --- as well as by the occasion of the --- of the debt as for his costs and charges by him about his suit in that behalf expended whereof there was a recovery And if sufficient goos and chattels of the Said Abner Hunt and Lott Phillips could not be found in this county whereof the debt and damages aforesaid might be made then he was thereby further commanded that he cause the whole or residue as the case might require of the said debt and damages to be made of the land, tenements, hereditaments, and real estate whereof the said Abner Hunt and Lott Phillips were seized on the first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty or at any time afterwards in whose hands soever the same might be: And have that money before our Judges aforesaid at Flemington aforesaid on the Tuesday of October next to --- the said Joseph Holcomb administrator as aforesaid for his debt & damages aforesaid: And have that writ --- and whereas upon a judgment lately obtained by John Carpenter against Lott Phillips heir and devisee of John Philips decd. in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hunterdon the said John Carpenter in the term of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty prosecuted out of the same court a writ of Execution commonly called fieri facias to the aforesaid John Cavanagh then acting and being high sheriff of the County of Hunterdon by which the said writ the said Sheriff was commanded that whereas John Carpenter lately before the Judges of the Inferior Court of common pleas holden at Flemington in and for the said county of Hunterdonby the judgment of the same Court, recovered against Lott Phillips heir and devisee of John Phillips decd a certain debt of nine hundred dollars and also seventeen dollars and eighty nine cents which the said court before the said judges were adjudged to the said John Carpenter for his damages which he had sustained as well as by occasion of the detention of that debt as for his costs and charges by him about his --- in that behalf exp- to be --- of lands tenements herediments and real estate which were of the said John Philips in fee simple at the time of his death in the hands of the said Lott Philips whereof there was a recovery as appeared of record wherefore commanding the said Sheriff that of the lands and tenements hereditamemts and real estate whereof the said John Philips was seized at the time of his death which descended to the said Lott Phillips heir of the said John Philips by hereditary right after the said John Philips or which werre devised by the said John Philips by his last will and testament to the said Lott Philips devisee of the said John Philips and of which Lott Philips was seized on the first Tuesday of May eighteen hundred and twenty he should cause to be made the debt and damages aforesaid and that he should have the money before the judges aforesaid at Flemington aforesaid on the fourth Tuesday of October next to render the said John Carpenter for his debt and damages aforesaid and that he should have then and there that --- ---. And whereas upon a judgment lately obtained by Andrew Phillips against Lott Philips in the inferior Court of common pleas of the County of Hunterdon the said Andrew Philips prosecuted out of the said Court in the term of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred and twenty a writ of execution commonly called a feiri facias to the aforesaid John Cavanagh Esquire then being high sheriff of the County of Hunterdon by which said writ the sheriff was commanded that the goods and chattels of Lott Philips in his county he should cause to be made the sum of four hundred and seventy- five dollars and nine cents which to Andrew Philips lately before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas holden at Flemington in and for the said County of Hunterdon were adjudged for his damages which he had sustained as well by occasion of the nonperformance of certain promises and undertakings by him the said Lott to him the said Andrew then lately made as for his costs and charges by him about --- --- in that behalf expired whereof there was a recovery and if sufficient goods and chattels of the said Lott Philips could not be found in his county whereof the damages aforesaid might be made, then he was thereby further commanded that he should cause the whole or residue as the case might require of the said damages to be made of the lands tenements hereditaments and real estate whereof the said Lott Philips was seized on the twenty fourth Day of October --- instant or at anytime afterwards in whose lands --- the same might then be, and that he should have that money before the judges aforesaid at Flemington aforesaid on the first Tuesday of February next to render to the said Andrew Philips for his damages aforesaid and that he should have then and there that writ --- and whereas upon a judgment lately obtained by John Holcomb against Samuel Stout and Lott Phillips in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in the County aforesaid the said John Holcomb in the Term of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty prosecuted out of the same Court a writ of execution commonly called a feiri facias to the said John Cavanagh then sheriff as aforesaid directed and delivered by which the said sheriff was commanded that the goods and chattels of Samuel Stout and Lott Philips in his County he should cause to be made the sum of one hundred and thirty eight dollars and ten cents of debt which John Holcomb lately before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas holden at Flemington in and for the County of Hunterdon recovered against them and also twenty one dollars and eight seven cents which in the said Court before the said Judges were adjudged to the said John Holcomb for his damages which he had sustained as well by occasion of the detention of that debt as for his costs and charges by him about his suit in that behalf expended whereof there was a recovery and that if sufficient goods and chattels of the said Samuel Stout and Lott Philips could not be found in his county whereof the debt and damages aforesaid might be made then he was further thereby commanded that he should cause the whole or the residue as the case may require of the said debt and damages to be made of the lands tenements hereditatments and real estate whereof the said Samuel Stout and Lott Phillips were seized on the twenty seventh day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty or at any time afterwards in whose hands the same might be then --- and that he should have that money before the Judges at Flemington aforesaid ---, By virtue of which said writs of Feiri Facias the said John Cavanagh did return to the said court that he had levied upon (among other things) as the properties of Lott Philips (one of the said defendants) a certain farm with its appertenances situate in the Township of Hopewell adjoining lands of William Phillips and others, said to contain one hundred acres more or less, subject to all prior legal encumberances valued at --- And whereas for want of sufficient goods and chattels whereof to make the moneys aforesaid, and to that end, that a sale of the said lands and premises should be made pursuant to the acts of Legislature in such case made and provided the said John Cavanagh esquire sheriff as aforesaid by advertisements signed by himself and put up in five or more public places in the said county one whereof was the Township of Hopewell at least two months before the time appointed for selling the same and also published in the Emporium one of the newspapers printed in this state and circulating most generally in the neighborhood of the said lands, at least one month preceding the time did give notice of the time and place when and where the said lands and premises would be exposed to sale. And the said John Cavanagh esquire sheriff as aforesaid at the time and place so appointed that is to say on Saturday the third of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three between the hours of twelve and five in the afternoon of said day at the house of Isaac Williamson Innkeeper in the Township of Hopewell did expose the said lands and premises to sale by public vendue to the highest bidder a certain farm or tract of land with all its appertances situate in the township of Hopewell said to contain one hundred acres more or less (Being the same premises devised to the said Lott Philips by his father John Philips decd) and John Coryell esquire of the Township of Amwell in the County of Hunterdon then and there bidding therefor the sum of one thousand four hundred and twenty dollars and no one else bidding so much or more for the same the said land and premises with the appurtenances were then and there --- off and sold to the said John Coryell Esquire for the said sum of one thousand four hundred and twenty dollars he being the highest bidder for the same and whereas the said John Coryell has since by writing under his hand assigned and transferred the bid therefor unto the said Robert Laning Junr. and requested a deed to be made accordingly. Now know ye that the said John Cavanagh esquire sheriff as aforesaid by virtue of the premises above mentioned and for and in consideration of the said sum of one thousand four hundred and twenty dollars to him his hand paid by the said Robert Laning Junr. the receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge, Hath granted bargained and sold and by these presents Doth grant bargain sell and convey unto the said Robert Laning Junr. his heirs and assigns all the above mentioned tract of land situate in the Township of Amwell aforesaid more particularly bounded and described as follows on the North by lands of William Phillips and Richard Hunt, on the south by land of Uriel Titus and Asher Atchly, on the west by lands of William Philips and others: containing one hundred acres be the same more or less and is the same premises which were devised to the said Lott Philips by his father John Philips by his last will and testament bearing the date the seventh of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred and twelve --- the said will duly recorded in the Surrogates office in the County of Hunterdon on the first day of June Anno Domini eighteen hundred and nineteen in Volume 3 of deeds for said county folio 225 & 6 reference thereunto being had --- more fully --- at --- appear, Together with all and singular the buildings, improvements, rights, liberties, privileges, hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging or appertaining and the -- - revisions, rents, --- and profits thereof and also all the estate, right, title or trust, claim and --- of the same John Cavanagh esquire sheriff as aforesaid by virtue of his office and of the said Lott Philips at the time of rendering the judgments aforesaid or at any time afterward of in and to the above granted land and premises and every part and parcel thereof To have and to hold the said tract, lands and premises hereby granted with the appurtances unto the said Robert Laning Junr. heirs and assigns to the sole and proper use benefit and behoof of the said Robert Laning Junr. heirs and assigns forever according to the form and effect of the act of Legislature entitled "An act making lands liable to be sold for the payment of debt" In witness whereof the said John Cavanagh esquire sheriff as aforesaid hath hereunto set his hand and seal this tenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three John Cavanagh Signed sealed and Delivered in the presence of Sam. --- Opdyke Elijah Wilson