Deed, NY, Dutchess, PELATIAH SOPER to ITHAMAR DODGE, 1760 THIS INDENTURE made the 21st day of March 1760. BETWEEN PELATIAH SOPER of Crown elbow Precinct in the county of Dutchess and province of New York, and MARTHA his said wife, of the one part and I t h a m a r DODGE of the precinct and County and province of four said of the other part. WITNESSETH that the said PELATIAH SOPER, by and with the advice, consent, and good liking of MARTHA, his said wife, signifieth that by her being a party to ensealing and executing of these presents, for and in consideration of the sum of £40 good and lawful money of the province of New York, to him, the said PELATIAH SOPER, is in hand paid by the said ITHAMAR DODGE and before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof he, the said PELATIAH SOPER, does hereby acknowledge and himself to be there with fully satisfied, contented, and paid and thereof and therefrom of and from every part and parcel thereof doth acquit, release, exonerate, and discharge him, the said ITHAMAR DODGE, his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, and every of them, firmly by these presents has given, granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed, and confirmed and by these presents doth give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, and confirm unto him, the said ITHAMAR DODGE, and to his heirs and assigns forever all that certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying, and being in Crown Elbow Precinct in the county and province aforesaid, being part of that lot commonly known and distinguished by the name of Lot No. 5 in the great division in the patent commonly called the Great Nine Partners. CONTAINING 250 acres and the west quarter of said lot, together with the buildings and edifice has erected thereon, houses, barns, stables, gardens, orchards, pastures, meadows, fences, trees, timbers, woods, under woods, swamps, fountains, springs, ponds, rivers, riverlets, brooks, water, water courses and all and every other of enclosures, profits, land belonging or in anywise appertaining or to any part or parcel thereof. AND the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, thereof and all the estate, right, title, interest, property, possession, dower, claim and demand whatsoever of him, the said PELATIAH SOPER, and MARTHA has said wife, of, in, or two, the same or any part or parcel thereof. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforesaid tract or parcel of land and premises above mentioned and every part and parcel thereof with the appurtenances hereby granted and enfeoffed and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, thereof unto him the said ITHAMAR DODGE and to his heirs and assigns forever and to the only proper use, benefit, and behoof of him the said ITHAMAR DODGE, his heirs and assigns forever more. AND the said PELATIAH SOPER, and his heirs and assigns aforesaid, tract or parcel of lands and premises and every part and parcel thereof with all and every the appurtenances on to him the said ITHAMAR DODGE and his heirs and assigns against him the said PELATIAH SOPER and his heirs and against all and every other person and persons whatsoever shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents and of them doth promise, covenant, grant, and agree to, and with, the said ITHAMAR DODGE, his heirs and assigns, and two and with every of them by these presents in manner following, that is to say, that he, the said pallet is over, at and before the ensealing and delivery am the true, sole, and lawful owner of all and every the above bargained and granted lands and premises and am lawfully seized and possessed of the same in my own proper right as a good, perfect, and absolute estate of inheritance in fee simple and have in myself good, right, full power, and lawful Page 1 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed, NY, Dutchess, PELATIAH SOPER to ITHAMAR DODGE, 1760 absolute authority to grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, and confirm all and singular do hereby grant and enfeoff the land and premises with all in singular the hereditaments, privileges, appurtenances, unto him, the said ITHAMAR DODGE and to his heirs and assigns in manner and form aforesaid. PELATIAH SOPER {seal} MARTHA SOPER {seal, her mark} SYLVESTER KEYES JONATHAN LAKE Page 2 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed, NY, Dutchess, PELATIAH SOPER to ITHAMAR DODGE, 1760 State of New York Dutchess County Be it remembered, that on the 19th day of May in the year of Our Lord 1763 personally appeared before me, JACOBUS TERBOS [JACOBUS TER BOS] Esquire, one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in the county within named, PELATIAH SOPER, and acknowledged that he signed, sealed, delivered he within release as his voluntary act and deed. And I, having inspected the same, find no material erasures or inter-lineation there in and I allow the same to be recorded. JACOBUS TER BOS State of New York Dutchess County A true copy examine twelfth day of July and November 1763. HENRY LIVINGSTON, Clerk Page 3 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed, NY, Dutchess, PELATIAH SOPER to ITHAMAR DODGE, 1760 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # 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 4 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK **