Grace Shuff to Delaplaine Ridgway - 1807
FHL# 0842209
Burlington County, New Jersey: Deed book S page 90-92
Written: 3 June 1807
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Grace Shuff to Delaplaine Ridgway This Indenture made the third day of June anno Domini, Eighteen hundred and Seven, 1807. Between Grace Shuff of the Township of Chesterfield widow of Christopher Shuff late of Mount Holly in the county of Burlington Cooper deceased of the one part, and Delaplaine Ridgway of the City of Philadelphia Bricklayer of the other part Witnesseth that the said Grace Shuff for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred Dollars to her in hand paid or Secured to be paid by the said Delaplaine Ridgway before the perfection hereof that is to say {fifty?} Dollars in Cash one hundred fifty Dollars in Sixty Days from the {first of?} June Instant and two hundred Dollars the Remainder on the first day of June which will be in the year Eighteen hundred and Eight the receipt of which =ment & Security for the Residue is hereby acknowledged, Hath and by {these?} presents for her & her heirs doth absolutely grant, bargain, sell, alien, {??} convey and conrfirm unto the said Delaplaine Ridgway his heirs and as =signs, forever all that her certain messuage Tenement and lot of land {both?} lying and being in Mount Holly on the Westerly side of high Street {being?} Northwardly by Sarah Budds lot westwardly by Joseph Read lot South by Job Bishops lot and Eastwardly by the westerly side of High Street ac =cording to the following particular Bounds Beginning at a stone the westerly side of high Street come {or corner} to Job Bishops lot and runs {thence?} up high street Variation allowed at this time North twenty four {de} =grees west one hundred and forty feet more or less to the corner {of a} certain lot devised by Nathaniel by Nathaniel Cripps in and by {the?} last will and Testament, on Record in Number five of Wills for {3??} in the Secretaries office at Trenton unto Christopher, John, Jacob, and Joseph Powell his grandsons, the sons of his the Testastes Daugh{ter} Virgin Powell which lots when heretofore conveyed by the said {Daniel?} |
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Powells, and William Jones unto John Monrow Esqr & the whole said to contain a front of six chains on high street and to extend the same wedth Backward Seven chain and they were afterwards devised by the Testament and last will of the said John Monrow Esqr. to his Daughter Satah Budd in fee) thence Extending from Sarah Budds lower corner on the that above the {uper?} Gate post of a certain Alley at a Right Angle with the Street seven chains more of less to the line of Samuel J Reads lot a little above an apple Tree there now standing growing and being thence across the Alley and along the line of Joseph Reads lot parcell {???} high Street one hundred and forty feet more or less to Job Bishops line near a Hickory Saplen thence along said line at a Right angle with the street seven chains more of less containing one Acre one Rood & thirty seven perches be it more or less Together with all and singular the Buildings Edifices, Fences out. houses, stables, Improvements, minis, minerals, Hereditaments, and appurtenances to the same in any =wise belonging or appertaining and all the Estate Right, Tittle, Interest, and claim both in law and Equity of her the said Grace Shuff or her heirs in to and Issuing out of the same with the Reversion and Reversions, {mas?}, Rents, Issues, profits, of the premisses hereby granted or intended to be and every part and parcel thereof always Excepting the Right and passage by a twelve feet alley heretofore granted unto John Ross, Joseph Read, Daniel Shields, and others hertofore granted I say by deed from one & my late husband Christopher Shuff, unto the said Ross, Read, Shields, & others their heirs and assigns execlusivelly and {be it?} to or for Sarah Budd her heirs or assigns or any of those {under?} {??house} She claims Tittle the same Alley being but of late days laid out and therefore never intents for her benefit, or her ancestors, To have and to hold the said granted and bargained, premises except as before excepted with the heredetaments and appurtenances thereof unto the said Delaplaine Ridgway his heirs and assigns to his and their sole use and behoof forever ~ To all which land and premises hereby granted covenant and intend to be granted the said Grace Shuff among other things claims and dower Title as follows that is to say John Crippes, his great grand Father by Virtue of Good Right, of Proprity in west Jersey located and surveyed 300 acres and allow =ance for high-ways alentting on the North main Branch of {Bars??} Creek in and near Mount Holly as appears by Reads Book of Surveys in the chentainie office at Trenton aforesaid bearing date in the year 1681 which land her Grand Father Nathanel Cripps inheirted as the said Joseph Crippis heir at larg and entered theron as this law Requires after which entry the said Nathaniel Cripps Resurveyed, and Surveyed the same with other lands as by the said Survey and Resurvey, records in the Surveyor Generals office at Burlington in lab BB of Surveys folio {100?} will appear some which Resurvey and long since her Grand father Nathaniel Crippe's death the said alley was laid out and the right of passage therin and not the said was conveyed for thence aforesaid in {manner?} |
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aforesaid only by her and her late husband Christopher Shuff, to John Ross, Joseph Read and others the said Shuff's further title is under his Grand Father Nathaniel Cripps with Records as aforesaid in No. 5 of Wills 300 vea, Which devises the Inheirtance in the premise to his Younger Son Samuel Cripps father of the said Grace with the land who by his will dated and Recorded in 1761 in N R N of Wills bk at Trenton devised this same to the said Grace Shuff by the name of his youngest Daughter Grace Cripps in fee simple, and the said Grace Shuff for her self and her heirs doth hereby covenant grant and agree to and with the said Delaplaine Ridgway his heirs and assigns in manner and form following that is to say Just that She the said Grace {Shuff?} in her own right at the time of sealing and delivery of this Indenture in and standeth lawfully and absolutely seized of the premises hereby granted with the appurtenances in fee simple (the right of passage to Joseph Reads line from the west side of the street only execepted) and that she hath good right to sell and convey the primises in manner aforesaid, Secondly that the said premises {badey} granted is free and in and from all Dowers or Mortgages, Judgements and Incumbrances {wh} =soever, and Lastly that the said Grace Shuff and her heirs against the lawful claims of all Persons whatsoever shall and will forever {warrent?} and defend the said premises hereby granted or meant or intended {to be} granted with the herditaments unto the said Delaplaine his heirs and assigns forever to whom and At whose charges she will also make {any?} futher {apainees} of Title if neccessary, In Witness whereof The said {Grace} Shuff to this Indenture hath set and affixed her hand and Seal the dayand year first herein written June the 3d, 1807. Signed Sealed and delivered } her In the presence of us } Grace X Shuff {SS} Nathaniel Shuff, Wm H Burr } mark Rec'd fifty dollars in Cash & Notes for the Residue of the purchase Money according to Article in full of the consideration of this Deal ~~~ Grace X Shuff (her mark) Witness Nathl Shuff, Wm H Burr Memmorandum that on the forth of June Eighteen hundred and Seven a =peares before me, Grace Shuff Widow the Grantor in the within named {deed?} me well known and acknowldeged that she Signed, Sealed and delivered the within written conveyance as her Act & Deed for the uses and purposes {therein?} written which Acknowledgement I certify as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Burlington and allow it to be Recorded ~~~ Wm H. Burr Recorded June 24th 1807 Jmc Iweine Clk |