Book 79, Leaf 6
From the
Essex County Registry Of Deeds
WENHAM GRANTOR DEED
Philip sold the Wenham woodlot to Hezekiah and Anna Ober, who lived on Hale St. in the house built for them by her uncle. Hezekiah and Anna were about 39, and pregnant with their seventh child.
His brothers are the witnesses, Nicholas, 34 and Samuel, 27.
Stephen Sewell was Registrar of Deeds, Essex County Salem, Massachusetts, and held numerous public offices: clerk of the special Court of Oyer and Terminer which tried the witchcraft cases of 1692,
Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, Major of the Militia and Justice
of the Peace. In the Journals of the General Court of 1738, 500 acres of public land near Salem were voted to his children in recognition of their
father's service in Queen Anne's War between the English and the French.
| Phillip Legodey To Hezekiah Ober Recd on Recod Aug 5th 1720 | |||||||||||||||
| Know all Men by these Presents That I Phillip Legodey Mariner | |||||||||||||||
| Of Beverly in His Majesties Province of the Mafs Bay in New England | |||||||||||||||
| For and in Consideration of the Sum of Twenty two pounds in money in | |||||||||||||||
| hand paid to my full content & satisfaction of Hezekiah Ober of the | |||||||||||||||
| Town & Province aforesd I said Phillip Legodey Have by these Presents | |||||||||||||||
| Bargined Sold and Setover & Confirm unto Hezekiah Ober aforesd | |||||||||||||||
| His heirs Exrs Admrs & Afsigns forever ACertain parcel of Upland & | |||||||||||||||
| Swamp Containing five or six acres lying and being in the Township | |||||||||||||||
| of Wenham comon and ajoyning to Said Obers Land purchased of | |||||||||||||||
| Mr Daniel Dodge bounded and lying as followeth to aWhite oak the | |||||||||||||||
| Norwest bound adjoyn to Stephen Patchs land the Southwest bound | |||||||||||||||
| to aStake butting to the Road Easterly on the Road to a White Pine & Northerly | |||||||||||||||
| to aBlack Oake To Said Ober His Heirs Exrs Admrs and; Afsigns Tohave | |||||||||||||||
| and To hold Occupy & Improve the Same with all the Timber Trees | |||||||||||||||
| Herbage Watercourses & Appertenances & Priviledges whatsoever thereto | |||||||||||||||
| belonging or appertaining thereunto to have and to hold as Fee Simple | |||||||||||||||
| and Clear Inheritance forever Further I Said Legodey do avouch my | |||||||||||||||
| self to be the Rightful Owner of said Land and have full Power to | |||||||||||||||
| make Sale and Convey all the abovementioned Premifses And I Said | |||||||||||||||
| Legodey Do by these Presents Bind my self my Heirs Exrs Admrs & | |||||||||||||||
| Afsigns to Warrent & Defend the abovesd Ober His Heirs Exrs Admrs | |||||||||||||||
| and Afsigns forever In the Peaceable Injoyment of said land from | |||||||||||||||
| all Persons or Person whatsoever laying claime thereunto for | |||||||||||||||
| Confirmation to all abovewritten I said Phillip Legody do by these | |||||||||||||||
| Presents acknowledge my self to be fully paid and satisfied for sd land | |||||||||||||||
| To Confirm all abovewritten I have hereunto Set my hand & seal | |||||||||||||||
| The Twenty second of November In the Year of Our Lord 1720 | |||||||||||||||
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