Deed: 1788 John Richmond to John Baxter Location: Newberry Township, York County, Pennsylvania Copyright (c) 2001 by FamilyHart, FamilyHart@aol.com This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Hucko, whucko@valunet.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitter PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. Deed: 1788 John Richmond to John Baxter Location: Newberry Township, York County, Pennsylvania ________________________________________________________________________________ John Richmond and others John Baxter THIS INDENTURE, the sixteenth day of April in the year of out Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight ( 16 April 1788 ) between John Richmond of the Township of Newberry in the County of York and State of Pennsylvania, yeoman, and Hannah his wife of the one part, and John Baxter of the Township, County and State aforesaid Yeoman of the other part, whereas the Honorable the Proprietaries of the Province of Pennsylvania in and by their Patent or Grant, bearing date the sixteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty seven (16 July 1767 ) did grant and confim unto Peter Beaver and his heirs and assignees forever, a certain tract of land situated in Newberry Township aforesaid Called Hopewell, bounded and described as follows to wit: Beginning at a marked White Oak standing at the side of Fishing Creek, thence by vacant land south nine degrees, west twenty six perches to a stone, thence by Thomas Jennings land, south forty four degrees, east ninety four perches to a tree, thence by William Baxter's land, south forty four degrees, east eighty seven perches to a post, thence by the Reverend Richard Peters land, north forty eight degrees, east seventy one perches to a marked hickory, thence by James Welch's land, north twenty seven degrees, west eight perches to a marked white oak, north sixty eight degrees, east forty perches, to a stone, north eleven degrees, west forty two perches to a white oak stump, north twenty seven degrees, west one hundred and eight perches to a marked white oak, thence by James Mill's land, south eighty one degrees, west forty one perches to a marked white oak, thence by vacant land, south forty nine degrees, west seventy two perches to a hickory grubb, north forty seven degrees, west twenty six perches to a post standing at the side of Fishing Creek thence up the same fifty three perches to the place of beginning, containing one hundred and forty nine acres and the usual allowance of six acres percent for roads as in and by the said recited patent recorded at Philadelphia in the office for recording deeds in Book A. Volume 8, page 385 fully may appear. And whereas the said Peter Beaver and Susanna his wife, by their indenture bearing date the seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy (17 May 1770 ), did grant and confirm the said described tract of land and premises unto the said John Richmond and his heirs and assignees forever, as in and by the said recited deeds relation being thereunto had more fully and at large may appear. Now this indenture witnesseth that the said John Richmond and Hannah his wife, for and in the consideration of the sum of two hundred pounds in real gold or silver money to them in hand paid by the said John Baxter at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have and each of them hath granted, bargained,sold, aliened, released and confimed, and by these presents do and each of them doth grant, bargain, sell, align, release and confirm unto the said John Baxter and his heirs and assignees, all that the above described tract of one hundred and forty nine acres and allowances, hereditaments, and premises, hereby granted mentioned or intended to be with the appurtenances together with all and singular the woods, ways, waters, water courses, orchards, meadows, gardens, rights, members and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any way appertaining and the reverson and reversions, remainder and remainders,rents, issues and profits thereof, and also all the estate right, title, interest, property, claim and demand whatsoever of them the said John Richmond and Hannah his wife of in and to the said described tract of land and premises and every part and parcel thereof to have and to hold the said described tract of one hundred and forty nine acres of land and allowance with the appurtances unto the said John Baxter his heirs and assignees to the only proper use and behoof of him the said John Baxter his heirs and assignees forever, under and subject to the payment of the quit rents due and hereafter to become due and payable to the Chief Lord or Lords of the Free thereof and the said John Richmond for himself and his heirs doth hereby convenant, promise, and grant to and with the said John Baxter, his heirs and assignees, that he the said John Richmond and his heirs the said tract of land and premises and every part and parcel thereof against them the said John Richmond and Hannah his wife, and against all and every other person and persons whatsoever lawfully claiming or to claim by from or under him, them or any of them shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents, in witness thereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals, dated the day and year first above written. John Richmond (Seal) her Hannah O Richmond (Seal) mark Sealed and delivered in the presence of us John Garretson and William Drury Received the day and year aforesaid of the above named John Baxter the sum of two hundred pounds in real gold or silver money it being the consideration money in full. John Richmond witnesses present at signing John Garretson and William Drury York County: On the twenty first day of April anna Domini 1788, (21 April 1788), Before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, came John Richmond and Hannah his wife, and acknowledged the above written indenture to be their act and deed, and desired the same might be recorded as such, the said Hannah being of full age was privately by me examined and the contents of the said writing first made known unto her voluntarily consenting thereto, witness my hand and seal the day and year aforesaid. Robert Hamersly a true copy taken and compared with the original at York the 3rd day of August A.D. 1804 William Baxter John Baxter