Richard Bellingham late of the Towne of Boston in his Majesties Colony of Massachusetts in New England deced Esq and Elizabeth Bellingham Spinster daughter of the said Samuel Bellingham of the one parte and Samuel Sewall of Boston aforesaid Esq' of the other parte witnesseth that the said Samuel Bellingham and Elizabeth Bellingham the daughter for and in consideration of the sume of five shillings of Lawful money of England to them in hand paid by the said Samuel Sewall at or before the Delivery of these presents the receite where of they do hereby acknowledge Have granted bargained sold aliened enffeoffed and confirmed, and by these presents doe Grant bargain sell alien enffeoff and confirme unto the said Samuel Sewall his heires and afsignes forever All that peice or parcell of Land being aside of a Hill adjoyneing to a Hill formerly belonging to M'. Cotton lyeing, scituate and being in the said Towne of Boston and butted and and bounded as followeth that is to say Northerly by the Land of the said Samuell Sewall, Easterly in parte by the Land of the said Sewall and in part by Land belonging to the first Church in Boston now in the occupacon of M' John Baily Southerly by Land Lately belonging to Humphrey Davie and Westerly by land lately belonging to Captain John Wing or however otherwise the said peice or parcell of Land is bounded conteyneing about halfe an acre be the same more or less and all wayes easements comons profitts priviledges and appurtences to the said peice or parcell of Land belonging or in any wise appurteineing and all the estate right title Interest use property possession clayme and demand whatsoever both in Law and Equity of them the said Samuel Bellingham and Elizabeth Bellingham of in to and out of the same and the Revercon and Revercons Remainder and Remainders thereof all which premisses were the Lands and inheritance of the said Richard Bellingham TO have and to hold the said peice or parcell of Land and all and singular other the premisses whatsoever hereby granted or menconed and intended to be hereby granted with the appurtences unto the said Samuell Sewall his heires and assignes to his and their only proper use benefitt and behoofe forever. And to the intent the said Samuel Sewall his heires and assigns may have more certaine and indefesible estate right and title of in and to the said peice or parcell of Land with the appurtences the said Samuel Bellingham for the consideracon aforesaid hath remised released and forever quittclaymed and by these presents for himselfe and his heires doth fully clearly and absolutely remise release and forever quittclayme unto the said Samuell Sewall all that peice or parcell of Land herein before menconed and butted and bounded as aforesaid with its appurtences and all his the said Samuell Bellinghams right thereto, to have and to hold the said peice or parcell of Land with its appurtences to the only use and behoofe of the said Samuell Sewall his heires and Assignes forever soe that neither he the said Samuel Bellingham nor his heires nor any other persons or persons for him or them or in his or their name or names or in the name right or stead of them or any of them shall or will by any wayes or meanes hereafter have clayme challenge or demand any estate right title or interest of in or to the said peice or parcell of Land of any parte or parcell thereof (an)d the said Samuel Bellingham for himselfe his heires Executors and Administrators doth covenant promise and grant to and with the said Samuel Sewall his heires and Assignes that he the said Samuel Bellingham hath made done or comitted noe act matter or thing whereby the premises or any parte thereof are or be disposed of or encumbred excepting only (if anything) to the use of or in trust for Elizabeth his late wife In Witnesse whereof the partyes to these presents have hereunto interchangeably sett their bands and seales the day and yeare first above written. SAMUEL BELLINGHAM On Back of Deed. ELIZABETH BELLINGHAM. Wee doe Certifie and affirm that the present Deed was on this seventeenth day of August 1700 read over to Samuel Bellingham Esq' in his and our presence and that he also in our p'sence writ his name thereunto. I. HALL E. JOHNSON Sealed and delivered by the within named Elizabeth Bellingham in the presence of us (the parchment being first duly stamped) This deed has on its back in N. I. Bowditch's handwriting the following note: Bellingham to Sewall not recorded, relates to by Hon. Jas. Savage Nov' (?) The certificate reads as follows: To all to whom these presents shall come Wee S' Richard Levett Knight Lord Maior and the Aldermen of the City of London Send greeting: -Know ye that on the day of the Date hereof in His Majesties Court holden Before us in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the said City Personall came & appeared William Scorey of London Notary Publick aged fifty four years or thereabouts Being a Person well known and worthy of good Credit And did by Solemn oath which he took upon the holy Evangelists of Almighty God - Before us then and there solemnly declare testify and depose to be true That he was present and saw Elizabeth Bellingham Spinster daughter of Samuell Bellingham Efqr Seale and as her Act and Deed deliver a certaine Deed of Bargaine and Sale made the thirtieth day of July one thousand seven hundred Between the said Samuell Bellingham by the name of Samuel Bellingham Esq Son and Heir of Richard Bellingham late of the Towne of Boston in his Majesties Colonie of Massathusets Bay in New England deceased Esqr-and the said Elizabeth Bellingham of the one part and Samuell Sewall of Boston aforesaid Esqr of the other part and that he this Deponent as a Witness to the said Deed did thereunto subscribe his name together with I. Hall and Jn Ruck the two other Witnesses. In faith and Testimony whereof we the said Lord Maior and Aldermen have caused the Seale of the Office of Maioralty of the said City of London to be hereunto put & affixed And the Said Deed to be hereunto annexed Dated in London the Seventeenth day of September Anno Dni 1700. And in the twelfth year of the reign of King William the third of England &c. Seal Scroll Ashhurft Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England, I. 162, speaks of this deed as follows: "The orig. indentures to convey est. that he had sett. on his w. made at London Sept. 1698 and others of July 1700 in wh. he and his d. unite to convey to Ch. Just. Sewall as purchaser, the beautiful Boston est. were long in my possess. and were giv. to a better custodian." In behalf of the members of the American Antiquarian Society residing in Boston and vicinity, the other members of the Society were invited to partake of a collation at the Parker House immediately after adjournment. Dissolved. CHARLES A. CHASE, Recording Secretary. REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. SINCE the last meeting of the Society it has sustained the loss by death of two distinguished members: Benjamin A. Gould and Francis A. Walker. The memorials which follow have been prepared by their respective intimate friends, Andrew McF. Davis and Henry W. Haynes. The Council will present, at a later day, a report of their action in connection with other societies, which has resulted in the return of the Governor Bradford Manuscript from its former resting-place in the library of the Lord Bishop of London to the custody of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Ph.D., LL.D., was born in Boston, September 27, 1824. His father, for many years a teacher there, is remembered to this day in consequence of his faithful work, as well as through literary contributions of a professional character. Hannah Flagg Gould, the well-known poetess, was his father's sister. Of the poems of his aunt, Dr. Gould said: "They are characterized by a cheerful, frolicsome spirit, and carnest piety." These words, true of the poems, are also strikingly appropriate in descriptive application to the Gould of his later years, whom many of us knew; incomplete and merely suggestive as a description, it is true, sufficient however. in themselves to call to our minds the brilliant conversationalist, who was ever ready to enliven his talk with a merry jest, but whose profound religious convictions could not fail to impress themselves upon all whom he met. |