Province, yeoman, of the second part, WITNESSETH: That the said parties of the first part, by virtue of the power and authority to them given, in and by the said last will and testament, and for and in consideration of the sum of pounds, lawful money of Canada, to them in hand well and truly paid, at or before the enscaling and delivery of these presents, by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, convey and confirm, unto the said party of the second part, his heirs, executors, administrators and asssigns, forever: All and singular that certain (here describe the property conreyed): TOGETHER with all and Singular, the hereditaments, and appurtenances, to the same belonging, or in anywise appertaining; and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof: And also, all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever, both in law and equity, which the said testator had in his life time, and at the time of his decease, and which the said parties of the first part, or either of them, have or hath by virtue of the said last will and testament, or otherwise, of, in and to, the same, and every part and parcel thereof, with the appurtenances: To HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforegranted premises, to him, the said Thomas Brown, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, to his and their use and behoof, forever, (If for land;) Subject nevertheless to the reservations in the original grant thereof from the Crown: And we the said Executors, do covenant with the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, that we are lawfully the executors of the last will and testament of the said Nicholas Deming, and that we have not made or suffered any incumbrance on the hereby granted premises, since we were appointed executors of the said Nicholas Deming; and that we have in all respects acted, in making this conveyance, in pursuance of the authority granted to us, in and by the said last will and testament of the aforesaid testator.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals, the day and year first above written.

DEED BY AN ADMINISTRATOR.

Of the Estate of a person dying without a Will.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME: I, William Brown, of the Town of 80

in the County of

and Province

Province of Canada, merchant, Administrator of the goods and estate which were of Amos Baring, late of the Village of

in the County of

on the

day of

, of said Province, deceased, intestate, send Greeting:-WHEREAS, by an Order of the Court of Chancery, (or as the case may be) held at , within the County of last past, I the said William Brown, was appointed Administrator, and empowered to sell and pass good sufficient Deeds, to convey the real estate of the said Amos Baring, hereinafter described; and whereas, I the said William Brown, have given public notice of the intended sale, by causing a notice thereof to be printed and inserted weeks, successively, in a newspaper, entitled the

printed in the Town of in the County in which the property is situate, agreeably to the order and direction of said Court; and having given the bond and taken the oath, by law in such cases required, previous to fixing upon the time and place of sale, Did, on the instant, pursuant to the appointment and notice aforesaid, sell by public auction, the real estate of the said Amos Baring, hereinafter described; to Charles Henderson, of the City of

day of

in the County of

, of said Province, grocer, for the sum of pounds, lawful money of Canada, he being the highest bidder therefor: Now, Know ye, That I, the said William Brown, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me, as aforesaid, and in consideration of the aforesaid sum of pounds, lawful money of Canada, to me paid by the said Charles Henderson, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, Do hereby grant, bargain, sell convey and confirm, unto the said Charles Henderson, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, all that certain (here give full description :) TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above granted premises, to the said Charles Henderson, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, to his and their use and behoof, forever: And I, the said William Brown, for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, do hereby covenant with the said Charles Henderson, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, that in pursuance of the appointment aforesaid, I have executed this deed of conveyance according to law.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the said William Brown, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this

day of

in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fiftySigned, Sealed and Delivered,

in presence of
JACOB FRENCH,
HENRY HAGER.

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DEED TO COMMISSIONER'S FOR EXECUTING THE OFFICE OF LORD HIGH ADMIRAL.

I, WILLIAM SMITH, of the City of Hamilton, in the County of Wentworth, and Province of Canada, for and in consideration of the sum of to me or into the Bank of (or as the case may be,) paid by the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby convey to the said Commissioners all that certain (here describing the lands to be conveyed;) TOGETHER with all ways, rights and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and all such estate, right, title, and interest in and to the same and every part thereof, as I am or shall become seized or possess sed of, or am by an Act of the Parliament of this Province, passed in the Fourth Session of the third Provincial Parliament of Canada, held in the fourteenth and fifteenth years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, chapter sixty-seven, and intituled, An Act for vesting in the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the estates and property therein described, and for granting certain powers to the said Commissioners, and for other purposes therein mentioned, capacitated or empowered to convey: AND TO HOLD the said lands to the said Commissioners in trust, and according to the intent and meaning of the said Act.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this day of in the year of Our Lord one thousand

eight hundred and

Signed, Sealed and Delivered,

⚫in presence of

WILLIAM SMITH. [Seal.]

DEED OF GIFT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, Charles Johnson, of the Town of in the County of and Province of Canada, printer, for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which I bear unto my daughter Lucy Johnson, and for her better preferment in marriage, and the increase of her portion, and also in consideration of the sum of one pound, to me in hand paid by my said daughter Lucy Johnson, at or before the sealing and delivery hereof, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, Have given, granted, bargained, and sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, and sell, unto my said daughter, Lucy Johnson, ALL the goods and chattels following, to Wit: [or refer to the goods and chattels mentioned in the schedule hereunto annexed:] TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the premises, hereby given and granted unto the said Lucy Johnson my daught

er, her heirs, executors and administrators, forever, as her and their own proper goods and chattels.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this in the year of our Lord one

day of

thousand eight hundred and fifty

Signed, Sealed and Delivered,

in presence of
GUSTAVUS WOOD,

OLIVER HALL.

DEED OF GIFT OF LAND.

THIS INDENTURE, made the eleventh day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, between Miles Knowlton, of the Town of , in the County of and District of of the Province of Canada, yeoman, of the first part; and Alexander Knowlton of the said Town, and Province aforesaid, carriage-maker, son of the said party of the first part, of the second part, WITNESSETH: That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which he hath for and unto his son, the said party of the second part, He the said party of the first part HATH given, granted, aliened, released and confirmed and by these presents doth give and bequeath, unto his son the said party of the second part, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, forever, All and Singular, that certain parcel or tract of land, situate, lying, and being in the Township of , in the County of District of of the said Province: containing two hundred acres of land bounded [here give description;] Together with all and singular, the hereditaments and appurtenances, thereunto belonging: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same, unto the said party of the second part his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, to their own use and behoof, forever.

and

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals, the day and year first above written.

RELEASE OF DOWER TO AN HEIR.

KNOW ALL MEN, BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, Caroline Sharpson, of the Town of , in the County of

of the

Province of Canada, Widow of John Sharpson, late of the Town , in the County and Province aforesaid, Hereby release

of

my Dower, and all right, title, interest and claim of dower, unto my beloved son hereinafter named, for and in consideration of the sum of pounds, lawful money of Canada, to me paid in the County of , of the said Province, attorney, together with the love and affection which I have to my said son, Have Granted, remised, released, and forever quit-claimed, and by these presents do grant, remise, release and quit-claim, unto the said Charles Sharpson, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, forever: All my Dower, and right, or title of dower, and all other right, title, interest, property, claim and demand, whatsoever, in law and in equity, of me, the said Caroline Sharpson, of, in and to, (here give full description;) So that neither I, the said Caroline Sharpson, my heirs, executors, administrators, nor any other person or persons, for me, them or any of them, shall have claim, challenge, or demand, or pretend to have claim, challenge or demand, any dower or any other right, title, claim, or demand, of, in, or to, the premises, hereinbefore described: And further, the said Dower is hereby utterly debarred and excluded forever, by these presents. In WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fiftySigned, Sealed and Delivered, in presence of

by my Son Charles Sharpson, of the City of

ÖVID THOMPSON,

LEWIS DAVIS.

CAROLINE SHARPSON. [Seal.]

DEED OF PARTITION.

THIS INDENTURE, made the eleventh day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, between Henry, Dill, of the Town of London, in the County of Middlesex, of the Province of Canada, builder, of the first part; Charles Jones, of the said Town and County aforesaid, of the said Province, trader, of the second part; and Samuel Niles, of the Village of St. Thomas, in the County of, of the said Province, merchant, of the third part, WITNESSETH: That thé said parties to these presents have agreed to make partition of a certain tract of land situate, lying, and being, in the Town of in the County and containing

,

of said Province, bounded

of acres, owned by them as tenants in common, in manner following: The said party of the first part, shall hold in severalty, The said party of the second part, acres, bounded

acres, bounded

shall hold in severalty

and The said party of the third part, shall hold in severalty acres, bounded And to each of said parties, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, the other two parties do grant and re

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