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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I)

Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition. 280 words

Reference being had to the original conveyance to have & to hold the above Bequeathed & given Spot of Laud with all & singular the rights and privileges thereunto belonging -- to the above mentioned Society, to their Heirs and Successors, agreeable to the above mentioned Terms and Conditions, and also I the said Lewis M Donald, do for myself, my Heirs and assigns, Covenant with the said Society, their Heirs & successors, that at and until the Ensealing of these presents, I am well seized of the Premesis as a good indefeaseable Estate in fee simple and have good Right to Dispose of the same in manner & form above written, & the same is free of all Incumbrance whatsoever, and furthermore I, the said Lewis M Donald, do by these presents bind myself & my Heirs to Warrant and defend to the above Coveneanted premises to the said Society, their Heirs & successors against all claims and Demands Whatsoever, in Testimony & confirmation of which I have hereunto set my Hand & seal this the sixth Day of August in the year of our Lord christ one thousand seven hundred and Eighty & three and the Seventh year of our Independence.

LEWIS M DONALD. ***«

in the presence of

Stephen Cornwell Mary CoRiWEii."

On the back of this old document we have this record:

"Be it Remembered that on the 14th day of June 1792, personally appeared before me, Ebenezer Lockwood Esquire, first Judge of the Court of Common pleas iu & for the County of Westchester, the within named Lewis M Donald the grantcr to the within deed of gift and acknowledged that he signed & sealed