Deed, DE, Sussex, STEPHEN BENNETT to JOHN LOVINE 1741 Deed of sale, STEPHEN BENNETT to JOHN LOVINE This indenture made ye fifth day of August in ye fifteenth year of ye reign of our Sovereign Lord George ye seconds by he grace of God of Great Brittain, France & Ireland, King, defender of ye faith & c. Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & forty one between STEPHEN BENNET of ye County of Sussex upon Delaware of ye one part & JOHN LOVINE of ye same county, yeoman, of ye other part. WITNESSETH that ye said STEPHEN BENNET for & in consideration of ye sum of fifty seven pounds money of American to him in hand paid by ye said JOHN LOVINE, ye receipt ye said STEPHEN BENNET doth hereby acknowledge & off & from every part & parcel thereof doth fully, freely & absolutely acquit, exonerate & discharge him, ye said JOHN LOVINE, his heirs, executors, administrators & assigns forever. Hath given, granted, bargained, sold, delivered, enfeoffed, made over & conveyed & by these presents doth quit, grant, bargain, sell, deliver, enfeoff, make over & convey unto ye said JOHN LOVINE, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns forever ye on moiety or half part of a of a certain quantity of land situate, lying & being in Slaughter Neck in ye county of Sussex upon Delaware aforesaid together with a plantation thereon upon ye south side of Cedar Creek containing three hundred acres of land & marsh being part of a dividend of land belonging to ALEXANDER DRAPER, late of this county, deceased, commonly called & known by ye name of Little Bolton which quantity of three hundred acres ye said ALEXANDER DRAPER sold, surveyed & laid out to WILLIAM EMMETT, ye tenth day of the sixth month one thousand six hundred eighty [seven] & REBEKAH [REBECCA REBECKAH] DRAPER, his widow & HENRY MOLLESTONE, administrators of ye said ALEXANDER DRAPER did convey & acknowledged he aforesaid quantity of land to WILLIAM EMMETT in open court at Lewes in the county aforesaid Anno Domini one thousand six hundred ninety one and ye said WILLIAM EMMETT sold ye said quantity of three hundred acres of land unto WILLIAM FISHER, late of this county, deceased, & the said WILLIAM FISHER did sell ye same quantity of land unto JOHN BENNETT who is now at this time alive with his son STEPHEN aforesaid at his plantation in ye Forest of Cedar Creek neck aforesaid & ye said JOHN BENNETT did divide ye said quantity of land containing three hundred acres & gave ye on moiety or half part thereof that is one hundred & fifty acres by deed of gift unto his son JOHN BENNETT, his heirs, executors, administrators & assigns forever, ye other moiety of said land he gave to his said son STEPHEN BENNETT party to these & presents to him, his heirs, executors, administrators & assigns forever, which moiety or one hundred & fifty acres of land & marsh he said STEPHEN BENNETT hath by these presents as above-said for ye consideration abovesaid unto ye above-named JOHN LOVINE, his heirs, executors, administrator, or assigns forever situate, lying & being as above-said one hundred & fourteen acres of it being on ye north east side of ye Beaver Dam branch & bounding with ye water courses thereof so down ye water courses of ye said Creek till it intersect with TOWNSEND’s line & thence running along the said line till intersects with Samuel Watson’s line & thence to ye Beaver Dam aforesaid containing one hundred & fourteen acres plantation & all. There is also thirty six acres belonging to ye said moiety on ye other side of ye Beaver Dam were JOHN SLATE lives taking in his house & improvements & running ye same courses with ye land of JOHN LOVINE side of ye branch. To have & to hold ye said moiety of one hundred & fifty acres of land & marsh together with all & singular ye houses, gardens, orchards, woods, under woods, ways, easements, profits & appurtenances thereunto belonging unto ye said JOHN LOVINE, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns & to ye only proper use & behoof of ye said JOHN LOVINE his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns forever, free & clear & freely & clearly acquitted, exonerated & discharged of & Page 1 of 3 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed, DE, Sussex, STEPHEN BENNETT to JOHN LOVINE 1741 from all manner of other & former gifts, grants, bargains, sales, leases, dowers, titles of dower, rents & arrearages of rents, encumbrance or encumbrances whatsoever ye rent & service due & growing due to ye chief Lord or Lords of he fee or fees only excepted ye said STEPHEN BENNETT for himself, his heirs, executors, administrators covenant, promise & grant to & with ye said JOHN LOVINE, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns that him & them of & from ye claim, claims of him, ye said STEPHEN BENNET his heirs, executors, administrators & all other persons by, for, from or under him or any of them lawfully claiming or to claim shall & will forever warrant & defend by virtue of these presents. In witness whereof he said STEPHEN BENNET hath, to these presents, set his hand & seal this day & year first above written. STEPHEN BENNET {seal} Signed, sealed & delivered in presence of us RUSSEL Ta WHITE Sussex County Delaware The within deed was acknowledged & made over at a court of common peas held at Lewes town in & for ye county aforesaid in August, Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & forty one by ye within STEPHEN BENNET to ye within named JOHN LOVINE according to law & the contents of the with deed. Test SHEPARD KOLLOCK Page 2 of 3 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed, DE, Sussex, STEPHEN BENNETT to JOHN LOVINE 1741 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. 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. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 3 of 3 ** PAGE BREAK **