Deed, DE, New Castle, CHARLES BRYAN to ALEXANDER BRYAN, 1760 THIS INDENTURE made this sixth day of December in the year of Our Lord 1760. BETWEEN CHARLES BRYAN and MARY [CAMPBELL] BRYAN his wife of Saint George's hundred and County of New Castle on Delaware of the one part and ALEXANDER BRYAN, son of the said CHARLES BRYAN, and MARY wife of Mill Creek Hundred and County aforesaid. WITNESSETH that whereas JOHN CAMPBELL, late of Mullen? Creek deceased Somerset of 600 acres? Of land lying and being in Milne Creek hundred of four said by a deed dually executed under the hand and seal of SUSANNAH GUEST bearing date the 15th of October in the year Anno Domini 1712 and recorded in the rolls office of New Castle in live t page 442 being part of a larger tract of land containing 1,000 acres of land granted by Patent unto JOHN GUEST and SUSANNAH [GUEST] his wife bearing date the 23rd day of October 1701 and recorded in the rolls office at Philadelphia and patent book for volume 2 page 123 and 124, relation therein to had May at Large more fully appear and the said JOHN CAMPBELL, by his last will and testament bearing date the 18th day of November $1,726 and among several legacies did devise unto his daughter MARY CAMPBELL the one half of this real estate adjoining the land of MOSES KENNEDY and the said MARY CAMPBELL, since intermarried with the said CHARLES BRYAN, and so became seized of some parcel part of the said premises of the premises of four said now the said CHARLES BRYAN and MARY his wife four and in consideration of £100 current money of the county scratch country of four said to them in hand paid or secured to be paid before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt where of they do hereby acknowledge, and thereof do a quit and forever discharge the said ALEXANDER BRYAN his heirs and assigns by these have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released, enfeoffed and confirmed and by these presents tough grant, bargain, alien, release, in fee off, and confirm on to the said ALEXANDER BRYAN and to his heirs and assigns forever all that piece or parcel of land lying and being in Mill Creek hundred. Beginning at a corner marked maple tree standing in muddy run; fence N48E 14 perches to a corner head oak tree red oak tree; thence N37W 108 perches to a corner post; thence N76E 76 perches by line of MOSES KENNEDY's land to a corner White Oak grub standing in a lain; thence N5 perches to a corner stake in MCCLELAND's field; thence N67E 49 perches to a corner black oak tree standing in a line of EVAN REECE's [EVEN RICE, EVAN RIECE] land; thence by a line of said REECE's land S77 perches to a corner post; thence by a line of EVAN REECE's land S85E 83 perches to a corner post; thence by a dividing this from THOMAS SEALEY’s land and CHARLES BRYAN's land, S21W 129 perches to a corner White Oak in the said run; thence by the several courses thereof 113 perches to the first Maple or place of the beginning. CONTAINING within those bounds 129 acres of land. TOGETHER with all and singular the houses outhouses, buildings, barns, stables, orchards, gardens, fences, ways, waters, water courses, woods, underwoods, timber, trees, swamps, savannas, cripples, rights, liberties, privileges, improvements, and appurtenances whatsoever of the herein granted 129 acres of land, or any part or parcel thereof belonging ,or in any wise appertaining. The reversion and remainders, rents, issues, profits thereof and all the estate, right, title, interest, trust, property, possession, claim, and demand of the said CHARLES BRYAN and MARY his wife of, in, and to the hereby granted premises and all Deeds, writings, evidences of, bearing that to have and to hold the said 129 acres Page 1 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed, DE, New Castle, CHARLES BRYAN to ALEXANDER BRYAN, 1760 of land, hereditaments, and premises hereby granted, or mentioned, or intended to be mentioned to be hereby granted, with the appurtenances unto the said ALEXANDER BRYAN, his heirs and assigns, to the only proper use and behoof of the said ALEXANDER BRYAN, his heirs and assigns forever under the yearly quit rents made due now do or to become due, and accrue for the same, unto the chief Lord or Lords of the fee thereof. AND the said CHARLES BRYAN and MARY his wife for themselves, their heirs, executors and administrators doth covenant, promise, grant to and with the said ALEXANDER BRYAN his heirs and assigns, by these presents, in manner and form following, that is to say that the said tract or parcel of land, and premises, hereby granted, or mentioned to be granted, with the appurtenances, from henceforth forever, shall be remain continue and be in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said ALEXANDER BRYAN his heirs or assigns free and clear and freely and clearly acquitted, exonerated, and discharged of all manner of former or other gifts, grants, bargains, sales, leases, mortgages, jointures, dowers, entails, rights, titles, estates, charges, encumbrances whatsoever and the quit rents now due, or to become due, for the same, as aforesaid excepted, and that shall and may be lawful for the said ALEXANDER BRYAN, his heirs and assigns, to take, have, and receive the rents or issues and profits thereof without any interruption, trouble, or molestation whatsoever. AND further that the said CHARLES BRYAN and MARY his wife and their heirs the said tract of land hereby granted or mentioned or to be granted with the appurtenances unto the said ALEXANDER BRYAN his heirs and assigns against them, the said CHARLES BRYAN and MARY his wife their heirs and assigns, and against all and every other person or persons whatsoever having or lawfully claiming or that shall or may have or lawfully claim any estate, right, title, or interest whatsoever to the above said recited premises shall and will warrant, defend, by these presents from all persons by from and under them. AND lastly, the said CHARLES BRYAN and MARY his wife shall and will at all times here after upon the reasonable request costs and charges of the said ALEXANDER BRYAN, his heirs and assigns, make, do, execute, acknowledge or cause to be made executed and acknowledged all in every such further other reasonable act, deed, devise, conveyance and Assurance in the law for the further and better assurance and confirmation of the said hereby granted tract or parcel of land and premises with the appurtenances unto the said ALEXANDER BRYAN his heirs and assigns as by him or them or his or their counsel learn it in the law shall be reasonably devised or advised and required. IN WITNESS whereof the parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year above mentioned. CHARLES BRYAN {seal} MARY BRYAN {seal, her mark} Page 2 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed, DE, New Castle, CHARLES BRYAN to ALEXANDER BRYAN, 1760 We, CHARLES BRYAN and MARY BRYAN, do acknowledge to have received £100 mentioned in the within deed which is in full at the signing and ceiling and delivering of these presents. CHARLES BRYAN MARY BRYAN {her mark} Witness presented WILLIAM KERR JOHN BRYAN New Castle County February 13th 1761 Then came before me MARY BRYAN, wife of CHARLES BRYAN, one of the parties to do within deed and acknowledged her hand and seal, that she signed the same of her own free will and accord without any compulsion of her husband or anybody else I say examined by me, one of his Majesty's Justices of the peace for said County. DAVID WITHERSPOON Acknowledged in court of common pleas held at New Castle for the county of New Castle on the February term 1761 WITNESS my hand and seal of the county aforesaid JAMES BOGGS, Deputy Prothonotary Recorded December 29th 1767 Page 3 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed, DE, New Castle, CHARLES BRYAN to ALEXANDER BRYAN, 1760 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. BRYAN & Martha M. BRYAN. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. 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