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Seller(s) Name: Knowles, Henry. Buyer(s) Name: Smith, Nehemiah. Witness(es) Name (other than Justice of the Peace): Bangs, Bethiah. Justice of the Peace: Freeman, Samuel. Other Names Mentioned: Freeman, Solomon [?]; Smith, Joshua; Doane, Timothy; Freeman, Gideon; Smith, Josiah; Higgins, Joshua; Smith, Widdow Jane [?]; Freeman, Ebenezer; Davis (registrar); Job C.
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c247j404k
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Deed of property in Brewster sold to Nehemiah Smith of Eastham by Henry Knowles of Orleans
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title
Deed of property in Brewster sold to Nehemiah Smith of Eastham by Henry Knowles of Orleans
description
Seller(s) Name: Knowles, Henry. Buyer(s) Name: Smith, Nehemiah. Witness(es) Name (other than Justice of the Peace): Bangs, Bethiah. Justice of the Peace: Freeman, Samuel. Other Names Mentioned: Freeman, Solomon [?]; Smith, Joshua; Doane, Timothy; Freeman, Gideon; Smith, Josiah; Higgins, Joshua; Smith, Widdow Jane [?]; Freeman, Ebenezer; Davis (registrar); Job C.
date
["February 3, 1812"]
year
1812
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No known copyright restrictions. Please credit Sturgis Library.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
SSDeeds.1.3.1812
institution
Sturgis Library
collections
Stanley Smith Deed Collection
subjectsGeographic
Barnstable (county)
Brewster
Massachusetts
North and Central America
United States
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Documents
Manuscripts
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Deeds
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Text
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United States
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Massachusetts
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Barnstable
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Brewster
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41.75
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-70.0833
notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Henry Knowles described as "housewright"; Nehemiah Smith described as "mariner"; 5 acres (eastern boundary is 19 rods, southern boundary is 29 rods, western boundary is 28 rods, northern boundary is 44 rods) plus 2 acres; right of dower refers to land left to Widdow Smith
Acreage: 7
Price: $92.50
Finding aid available at: http://www.sturgislibrary.org/pdf/stanley_smith_deed_collection.pdf
Book of Evidences of Land, Folio (or page): 71st, 95
Transaction keyword(s): wood land, stake, stone, road, Clift pond, cleared field, fence, Bakers pond, right of dower
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