YORK COUNTY – DEED: FRANCIS DURFEY AND JAMES OATES, 1753

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York County, VA  Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 5, (1741-1754), p. 549  June 18, 1753. DURPHY to OATES

York County Deeds, Vol. 5, (1741-1754), p. 549   June 18, 1753:
DURPHY (sic) to OATES
This Indenture witnesseth that Francis DURPHY son of Francis and Frances his 
wife of York County Virginia hath put himself by these Presents both voluntarily 
and of his own free Will and Accord- put himself Apprentice to James OATES of 
the County of York Peruke Maker and Barber to learn his Art Trade and Mystery 
and after the manner of an Apprentice to serve the said James Oates his Heirs 
and Assigns from the Day of the Date hereof for and during and - unto the full 
end term of Six years and six months during all which Term the said Apprentice 
to serve the said James OATES his Heirs and Assigns from the Day of the Date 
hereof for and during and - unto the full end term of Six years and six months 
during all which Term the said Apprentice his said Master faithfully shall serve 
his secrets keep his lawful Commands at all times readily obey He shall do no 
Damage to his said Master nor see it to be done by others without giving notice 
thereof to his said Master- He shall not waste his said Masters Goods nor lend 
them unlawfully to any He shall not commit fornication nor contract Matrimony- 
within the said Term at Cards Dice or any other unlawful game - He shall not 
Play whereby his said Master may have Damage- With his own Goods nor the Goods 
of others without License from his Master he shall not buy nor sell He shall not 
absent himself Day or Night from his said Masters Service without leave nor 
haunt Ale-Houses Taverns & Play Houses but in all things-behave himself as a 
faithful Apprentice ought to do during the said-Term. And the said Master shall 
use the utmost of his endeavours to teach or cause to be taught or instructed 
the said Apprentice in the trade or Mystery of Peruke Maker and Barber and 
procure or provide for him sufficient Meat Drink Cloaths Washing and Lodging 
fitting for an Apprentice During the said Term of Six Years and six months at 
the expiration of which time to give him freedom Dues as the Law directs and for 
the true performance of al and singular the Covenants and Agreements aforesaid 
the said Parties bind themselves each unto the other firmly by those Present In 
Witness thereof the said Parties have interchangeable set their hands & Seal 
hereunto (sic) dated the sixth day of June in the twenty fifth year of the Reign 
of our Sovereign Lord George the second King of Great Britain In Anno....(?) 
Domini One thousand seven hundred and fifty three.

Sealed & Delivered in Presence of
Abrm NICHOLAS                         Francis (his mark) DURPHY (I?.I?.)
Isham NICHOLAS                      James OATES                  (I?.I?.)

At a Court held for York County the 18th Day of June 1753.
This Indenture with the Approbation of the court was Acknowledged by the Parties 
hereto and Ordered to be recorded.      Teste Tho. EVERARD   Cl. Court.

This document in its original script was retrieved from the York County Circuit 
court by Ginny Grubbs, Durfey researcher.