Deed: John & Elias Nicholl to Mahlon Stacy and Henry Baker, 1698: Bucks County File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Robert Derber. bob@derber.com USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material.These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. BUCKS CO., PA, DEED BOOK B-1, P. 227-8. John & Elias Nicholl to Mahlon Stacy and Henry Baker, 1698 To all People to whom this present writing shall come we John Nichols and Elias Nicholls brother of the said John both of the County of Bucks and Province of Pennsylvania sendeth greeting Know ye that we the said John Nichols and Elias Nichols for divers good causes and considerations us hereunto specially moving have made ordained constituted and in our stead and place put and deputed our truly and loving friends Mahlon Stacey of the province of West New Jersey yeoman & Henry Baker of the county of Bucks and province of Pennsylvania yeoman to be our true and lawful attorney and attorneys irrevocable for us and in our names and to our own proper use and behoof to ask demand and require sue for recover and receive all such rents arrearages of rents yearly payments which now are or hereafter shall be due payable or any way belonging to us from any person or persons whatsoever and for default of payment of any rent or rents or arrearages of rents which now is or hereafter shall be due to us to enter in all or any of our lands tenements or hereditaments or any part thereof in the name of the whole and posession thereof to take and to make seal and deliver in our names any lease or leases of ejectment thereupon for any term or number of years as in such cases is usual and to take and use all lawful ways or means for recover of the premises and to contract for let set bargain and sell all or any of our lands tenements or hereditaments whatsoever but most especially what land we have in the county of Bucks and province of Pennsylvania aforesaid for any term or number of years or otherwise as they shall think fit Giving and by these presents granting unto our said attorneys our whole power and lawful authority in the execution and performance of all and singular the premises and to make any composition and agreement concerning the premises and to make seal and deliver or otherwise execute and acquittance or acquittances or sufficient discharges concerning the premises or any part thereof for us and in our names or otherwise as the cause shall require And generally to do accomplish determine execute and all and every such further and other lawful act and acts and device and devices whatsoever which in or about the premises shall be unto our said attorneys thought fit to be done as fully and amply in every respect as we ourselves might or could do if we were personally present which we promise to allow of and confirm by these presents In witness whereof we have hereunto put our hands and seals the seventeenth day of the fifth month being the fourth year of the Kings reign and the eight of the proprietaries government 1688 Sealed and delivered in the presence of us James Crosley John Saxby John Nicholls (seal) Elias Nicholls (seal) Bucks ss The above letter of attorney was duly proved before us in open court the ninth day of the eight month 1697 William Biles, John Swift, Richard Hough, Justices of the Peace Recorded the 25th day 1 month 1698. NOTES Colonial Society, BUCKS CO. COURTS, p. 355, for the session of the "14th day of the 7th month, 1698:" A Deed of Three hundered acres of Land in fee Dated the first day of the 7th month 1698 was Delivered by Henry Baker grantor unto William Biles grantee The Counter part thereof was LikewiÉe delivered by the aforesaid Henry Baker unto the aforesaid Phineas Pemberton for the use of the aforesaid Samuel Carpenter