ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - John SEWARD Jr. merchant to William BRESSIE merchant 7 Aug 1672 Assignment of Patent; Deed of Bargain & Sale ----¤¤¤---- [p.] 277 This Indenture made the Seaventh day of August in the four & Twentieth Year of the Reigne of o.r Sovereigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God of England Scotland France & Ireland King defender of the faith &c and in the year of o.r Lord God 1672 Between John SEWARD of the Citty of Bristoll in England M'chant Sonne & heir of John SEWARD late of the said Citty m'chant deceased (whoe died in Virginia) of the one part & William BRESSIE of Virginia March.t (now resident in the said Citty of Bristoll) of y.e other part Witnesseth That y.e s'd John SEWARD P/tie to these p'nts for & in Consideraçon of the sume of Two hundred & forty pounds of lawfull money of England to him in hand p.d by the s'd William BRESSIE before thensealing [sic] & delivery of these p'sents the receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge, & thereof & of every part & parcell thereof doth clearly acquitt exonerate & discharge him the said William BRESSIE his heires Executo.rs & Adm.rs & every of them for ever by these p'sents Hath given granted bargained & sould alienated enfeoffed & confirmed And by these p'sents doth fully clearly & absolutely give grant bargaine sell, aliene enfeoff & confirme unto the s'd William BRESSIE his heires & Assignes for ever, All that his the said John SEWARD's ["Sewards"] Parcell & divident of Land & Plantaçon comonly called & knowne by the name of the Levy Neck conteining in the whole by Pattent & estimaçon fifteen hundred Acres or thereabouts (be it more or less) scituate lying & being in y.e County of Warwicks Quick in James River in Virginia & now is in the houlding & occupaçon of y.e s'd John SEAWRD his Assignes or undertenn.ts And alsoe all houses Outhouses Tobaccoe houses buildings Barnes Stables Gardens Orchard Lands grounds Pastures feedings Woods underwoods waies Waters, Watercourses, proffitts Comodities, advantages hereditaments and apperten'ces whatsoever, to y.e s'd divident or parcell of Land & Plantaçon belonging or in any wise apperteining or accepted, reputed, taken or knowne as parcell or member thereof or of any part or parcell thereof or therew.th all ~ [page break] [p.] 278 - ~ Used held occupied or enjoyed togeather w.th the reversions remainder & remainders thereof and of every part & parcell thereof, and all rents Issues & proffitts thereof and of every part & parcell thereof, And alsoe all the estate right tytle interest Terme use possession, challenge, clayme, & demand whatsoever, of him the said John SEWARD P/tie to these p'sents, his heires & Assignes of in & to the same, and every part or P/cell thereof, And alsoe all pattents Deeds evidences & writeings touching & concerneing y.e premises w.ch the s'd John SEWARD hath in his custody or possession or w.ch are in the hands or Custody of any other person or persons to his use or by his delivery or w.ch he may lawfully come by, w.th or w.th out suit of Law, which said Pattents & writeings he y.e said John SEWARD, doth for himselfe his heires Executo.rs Adm.rs Conven.t promise & grant by these presents to deliver or cause to be deliv'ed, either by himselfe or his Attorney in Virginia, To the s'd William BRESSIE his heires or Assignes in Virginia, w.th in the space of twelve months next ensueing the date hereof (if the same shall be demanded) in the mean tyme all the Plantaçon afores'd) To have and to hould the s'd parcell of Land Plantaçon & all & singular other the p'mises hereby granted, bargained & sould, or meant mençoned or intended to be hereby granted bargained & sould & every part & parcell thereof w.th the apperten'ces unto the said William BRESSIE his heirs & Assignes for ever, to & for the onely proper use & behoofe of him the said William BRESSIE his heires & Assignes for ever, To be had & houlden of y.e cheife Lord or Lords of the fee or fees, of the p'mises by the rents & services thereof anciently due & of right accustomed And the s'd John SEWARD partie to these P/sents for himselfe his heires Executo.rs & Adm.rs & every of them doth Coven.t promise & grant to & w.th the s'd William BRESSIE his heires & Assignes by these p'sents, that he the said John SEWARD on the day of the date hereof and att the tyme of the ensealing and deliv'y of these p'sents, is the true lawfull & rightfull Owner, & proprietor of y.e said parcell of Land Plataçon & p'mises hereby granted, w.th the apperten'ces And thereof & of ev'y Part & parcell thereof is & standeth lawfully & rightfully seized, of A sur good perfect & absolute estate of inheritance in fee simple in his owne right To [page break] [p.] 279 ~ - To his owne use w.th out any Condiçon limitaçon of future use or uses whereby to alter chardge or determine the same & hath in himselfe full power & good right, & lawfull authoritie to grant bargaine sell & convey the same & every part & parcell thereof to the s'd William BRESSIE his heires & Assignes absolutely for ever, in manner & forme aforesaid And that he the said William BRESSIE his heires & Assignes shall & lawfully may from tyme to time and att all times for ever hereafter peaceably & quietly enter into have hould use occupie possesse & enjoy the said Parcell of Land Plantaçon and all & singular other y.e p'mises hereby bargained & sould & every part & parcell thereof w.th the apperten'ces w.th out any manner of lett suit trouble evicçon ejecçon, molestaçon interrupçon, disturbance, challege, clayme, deniall, or demand, whatsoever of or by the s'd John SEWARD Partie to these p'sents his heires or Assignes or any of them or by or under the said John SEWARD his late Father dec'ed or his or their or any or either of their Act or Acts, estate or Estates Tytle meanes consent or procurem.t And that freed & discharged or otherwise well & sufficiently saved & kept harmless by him the said John SEWARD Partie to these p'sents his heires Executo.rs & Adm.rs or by some or one of them, & from all & all manner of former and other Guifts, grants, bargaines, sales, Uses, Wills, Intailes, Jointures, Dowers Mortgages, Debts, Annuities, rents, Judgem.ts, Execuçons, Extents, Titles, troubles, charges, & incumbrances, whatsoever, had, made, comitted, done suffered or consented unto; by him [altered] the s'd John SEWARD Partie to these p'sents his heires or assignes or any of them, or by the said John SEWARD his late Father, dec'ed or any other person or persons clayming or to clayme for from by or under him them or any of them, or their or either of their, Act or Acts Estate or Tytle; And that alsoe he the s'd John SEWARD P/tie to these p'sents, [page break] [p.] 280 And his heirs, and his Attorney and Attorneys, in Virginia shall & Will, from time to time and att all times hereafter, w.th in the space of two yeares next ensueing the date hereof att the reasonable request and att the Cost & charges in law of the s'd William BRESSIE his heires & Assignes, make doe suffer, Execute & acknowledge, & cause to be made done, suffered Executed, & acknowledged, all & everie such further & other, lawfull & reasonable Act & Acts thing & things, Deed & Deeds, Conveyances, & Assurances, in the Law whatsoever, for y.e further better & more Perfect, granting, Conveying & sure makeing of the said hereby granted p'mises unto the s'd W.m BRESSIE his heires & Assignes or his or their Councill learned (in y.e Law) shall be in that behalfe reasonably devised or advised & required And the said John SEWARD Partie to these p'sents the s'd parcell of Land, Plantaçon & all & singular other the said hereby granted p'mises with the apperten'ces, & every part & parcell thereof unto the said William BRESSIE his heires & Assignes, ag.t him the said John SEWARD, and his heires, shall & will warr.t acquitt and defend for ever, by these p'sents, And Lastly the said John SEWARD partie to these p'sents, hath made, Assigned, ordeined authorized appointed & deputed, and in his place & stead, by these p'sents hath putt & constituted, his loveing friends, Thomas MILNER, Edmond WICKENS Robert FLAKE, & John CARROLL of Virginia Planters, his true & lawfull Attorneys Jointly and either of them, by himselfe, sev'ally, for him & ["in" inserted] his name & stead to enter into and take possession & seizen of the s'd Land & Plantaçon before granted or of some part thereof in the name of the whole, and after such possession had & taken. Then for him & in his name and stead To deliver y.e peaceable & quiet possession & Seizen thereof or of some P/te thereof in y.e name of the whole to the s'd W.m BRESSIE his heires & Assignes for ever, according to y.e true intent & meaning of this p'sent Deed rattifieing confirmeing & alloweing all & w.t soever his s'd attorneys or either of y.m shall doe in y.e p'mises by vertue of these p'sents, In witness whereof the P/ties first abovenamed to this p'sent Indentures interchangeably have putt their hands & seales dated y.e day & year first above written 1672 _ . John / Sigill / SEWARD Signed & d'd in y.e p'sence of William HASWELL Cap.t Jn.o READ Marrino.r hath taken Oath on y.e Henry DANIELL holy Evangelist before his Ma.ties Justices in John READ in Open Co.rt held for y.e Isle of Wight County Roger NEVILL in Virginia, this 9.th day of June 1673 that he W.m SCOTT was p'sent & did see m.r Jn.o SEWARD m.r chant Tho: HARTWELL N.o pub.k signe seal & deliver, this Conveyance unto M.r W.m BRESSIE, m'r chant, & acknowledged it to be his reall Act & Deed And y.n Recorded Teste Jn.o JENINGS Clr Cur: & Record.r [page end] Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 1 (1662-1715), pp. 277-80 The Library of Virginia, Isle of Wight Co. Microfilm Reel 22 abstracted by Matt Harris [surname capitalization, line breaks & brackets mine] see also Virginia Land Office, Patent Book 5 (1661-1666), pp. 3-4 The Library of Virginia, Virginia Land Office Patent and Grant Database, Images 005_0020.tif & 005_0021.tif ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Matthew W. Harris Zoobug64@aol.com ___________________________________________________________________