Land: Indenture: Daniel [Isaac] Walton to Thos Potts, 1741: Philadelphia County

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          Philadelphia Deeds, Book I 14, pp. 398-400.

	     Indenture: Daniel [Isaac] Walton to Thos Potts, 1741

	This Indenture, made the Twenty fourth day of September in the year
of our Lord God One thousand seven hundred and forty one.  Wherein
Isaac Walton of the township of Byberry in the County of Philadelphia
in the Province of Pennsylvania Yeoman and Sarah his wife of the one
part and Thomas Potts of Southampton in the County of Bucks &
Province aforsd Freeman of the other part Whereas William Penn Esqr
Proprietor & Governour of the Province of Pennsylvania by Letters
Patents dated the seventh day of the ninth month Anno Domini 1684
Recorded at Philada Patent Book A Vol 4 page 216 etc did grant nine
thousand Eight hundred & fifty acres of Land situate in the County of
Philada aforesaid some time called or known by the name of Mooreland
and being as in the sd Letters Patent specified unto Nicholas Moore
sometime of Moreland aforesaid deceased to hold unto him the sd
Nicholas Moore his heirs and assigns forever as by the sd recited
Letters Pattents in that behalf appear By Force and Virtue of the
said Letters Patent or some other good Conveyance or Assurance in the
Law duly had and executed he the said Nicholas Moore became in his
lifetime lawfully seized in his Demesne as of Fee of and in the
aforesaid Grant Tract of land called Mooreland with the appurtenances
and he the said Nicholas Moore being so thereof seized died intestate
Where upon a certain parcel thereof of about six hundred acres being
set apart for the payment of debts partition _____ _______ of the
residue of the aforesd great tract called Moreland was made among the
Children and ________ _____heirs of the sd Nicholas Moore whereby
Elias Keach in right of Mary his wife (which Mary was one of the
daughters of Nicholas Moore) and the sd Mary _____ together for their
part _____ at Certain Seven hundred and seventy six acres of land near
a Certain long slip of Land then reputed to be in the Township of
Warminster but since a Division of the Two Townships the same slip of
land is recorded in the Township of Mooreland which Partition &
division was approved at an Orphans Court at Philada the 7th day of
the 1st month 1688/9 and the same with the ____ of ____ particular
part annexed is recorded in the Secretaryís Office at Philada in Book
No _____ page 8 _____ the same partition appears And the said Elias
Keach & the sd Mary his wife both died intestate whereupon the
aforesd seven hundred and seventy six acres of Land Descended unto
Hannah Harrison formerly Hannah Keach daughter and sole issue of the
said Mary Keach by her husband Elias Keach And Whereas the sd Hannah
Harrison then of Stanford in the County of Lincoln in Great Britain
Widdow in and by a certain Instrument of Pr_____ation or Letters of
Attorney of the 10th day of January 1738/9 Did Constitute John ______
only son & heir apparent of her the sd Hannah Harrison the lawful
attorney thereby granting unto him full power and lawful authority
for he the said Constituent in his name and to her use to enter into
and upon or take Possession of all & any the Messuages Lands
Tenements Hereditaments & Estate whatsoever of he the said
Constituent situate in Pennsylvania aforesaid and Possession and
seizure thereof to take and after Possession and seizin so had and
taken of the premises the same and every or any part or Parcel
thereof Together with the right & Title of her the sd Constituent
thereto to contract for & also grant bargain and sell Alien Enfeoff
release and confirm And to give lawful possession ________ thereof to
such Person or Persons & for such Estate or Estates upon such terms &
for such considerations and by such Deeds Conveyances in the law with
such Warranties and Covenants & in such manner and form as the said
Attorney shall from time to time think fit and needful And for the
making such contracts for or sale or Conveyance of the Premises
aforesaid or any part thereof to enter into any Agreement or Deed in
Writing for & in the name of the sd Constituent or otherwise as the
case may or Shall require and sign seal deliver and duly execute the
same as the Act or Acts Deed or Deeds of her the sd Constituent also
to record and take all & every such sum and sums of money as can be
had for and in sale of the sd Lands & premises or any of them.

	And Generally to do and execute or cause to be done and executed all
& every such lawful & reasonable Act & Acts thing and things for in
and about the Conveying Assuring and Confirming the premises and
every part and parcel thereof unto & upon the person or persons
purchasing the same his or their heirs & assigns as his sd attorney
think fit as in & by the sd recited  Letters of Attorney duly proved
relation being thereunto had at large appear And Whereas He the said
John Harrison by force and virtue of the sd recited Letter of
Attorney did grant convey and Confirm by his Deed bearing date the
Eleventh day of March Anno Dom 1739/40 duly executed under his hand
and seal or under the hand & seal of the sd Hannah Harrison by her
said Attorney John Harrison unto the said Isaac Waltin a Certain
piece or parcel of land Containing Sixty Four acres three quarters of
an acre & twenty five perches part of the aforesaid seven hundred &
seventy six acres as aforesd __ ___ allotted for the part of the sd
Keach and wife to hod to him the sd Isaac Walton his heirs and
assigns forever as by the sd Deed relation thereunto being had will
more fully appear.

	Now this Indenture Witnesseth that for and in Consideration of the
sum of nineteen pounds and six shillings lawful money of Pennsylvania
unto the sd Isaac Walton will and truly paid at or before the sealing
and delivery hereof by the sd Thomas Potts the receipt whereof to the
sd Isaac Walton & Sarah his wife doth hereby acknowledge & forever
discharge the sd Thomas Potts his heirs & assigns by these presents
they the sd Isaac Walton & Sarah his wife hath granted bargained sold
aliened enfeoffed and Confirmed and by these presents Doth Grant
Bargain sell alien enfeoff release and Confirm unto the sd Thomas
Potts and his heirs a Certain price or Lot of Land part of the
aforesaid Forty four acres three quarters & twenty four perches of
Land beginning at a post for a corner by the York Road & extending
thence by John Crosleys Lot south East seventy five perches and a
half to a post thence by  a Lot of Margaret Loofborrow south West
Twelve Perches to another post thence by the sd Loofborrows other Lot
North West seventy five perches & half to a post by the aforesaid Road
thence by the same Eleven Perches to the first mentioned Post the
place of beginning Containing four acres & sixty eight Perches of
Land Together also with all and singular the ways woods waters
watercourses Rights Liberties Privileges Improvements hereditaments &
appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging And the Reversion and
Remainders rents Issues and profits thereof To have and to hold, the
last described Lot or Piece of Land hereditaments and premises hereby
granted or mentioned to be granted with the appurtenances unto the sd
Thomas Potts & his heirs to the only proper use and behoof of him the
sd Thomas Potts his heirs and assigns forever Under the proportionable
part of the yearly quit rent hereafter accruing for the hereby Granted
premises to the Chief Lord of the Fee thereof And the sd Isaac Walton
& Sarah his wife doth Covenant for them and their heirs that they and
their heirs the sd piece or Lot of Land & premises hereby granted or
mentioned as to be with the appurtenances unto the sd Thomas Potts
his heirs and assigns against him the sd Isaac Walton & Sarah his
wife and their heirs and against the sd Hannah Harrison and her sd
Attorney John Harrison & their hers and against the heirs of the sd
Nicholas Moore Elias Keech & Mary his wife respectively and against
all and every other Person and Persons whatsoever lawfully claiming
or to claim by form or under him them or an of them shall and will
warrant and forever defend by these presents And the sd Isaac Walton
for himself his heirs Executors and Administrators & for the sd Sarah
his wife do Covenant promise & Grant to and with the sd Thomas Potts
his heirs and assigns by these presents in manner following That is
to say That he the said Isaac Walton now at the time of the sealing
and delivery of this present Indenture is the true sole and lawful
owner & Proprietor of the sd Last described piece or Lot of Land &
premises and is lawfully rightfully & absolutely seized thereof & of
every part and parcel thereof as of good power absolute and
undifeazible Estate of Inheritance in Fee simple without any
Condition Contingent or other cause to alter change make void or
determine the same And that he the said Isaac Walton shall continue
as seized of the premises Every part and parcel thereof until as like
good Estate in Fee simple shall be thereof vested in the sd Thomas
Potts or his heirs according to the purport and true meaning thereof
and that freed and discharged or otherwise well and sufficiently
saved harmless and indemnified of all manner whatsoever & the
aforesaid proportionable part of the proprietary Quit rent as
hereafter to accrue only excepted and further _______

	In Witness Whereof the sd parties to these presents have
interchangeably set there hands and seals hereunto dated the day and
year first above written.   

Isaac Walton (seal)  
Sarah Walton (seal) 

	Sealed and Delivered in the presence of us after ye words (by from
or under) were interlined 

John Lock____ 
Rich_____ ________ 
David Parry

	Received the day of the date of the within written Indenture of the
within named Thomas Potts the sum nineteen pounds and six shillings
it being the Consideration money within mentioned ______ Isaac Walton
Witness present as signing John L_______
_______________________________ David Carry.  The 13th day of August
in ye year 1742 Before me Septimas Robinson Esqr one of the Justices
of the Case for the Courts and County of Philadelphia Came ye within
named Isaac Walton and Sarah his wife and acknowledged the within
written Ind e_______ to be their Deed & desired that the same may be
received as their Deed the sd Sarah thereunto voluntarily consenting
she being of full age _______ and part Examined and the Constructs of
the sd writing read unto her Witness my hand and seal ye day and year
abovesaid.  

Sept Robinson (seal)

	Recorded the 27th June 1775