Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-11
A Rave Old Document.


1.-THE following is an old deed, and
ia published by request, as rare curl
osity in the conyeyancing hne Is
was published some years ago IN the
Louisburg Chronicle"
The above is an explanatory note
to the copy of q deed in Dunlaps
book of forms which was looked at
bv the writer in the Office OF Esquire
Bertolette. It was deemed of suf6-
cient interest to copy in part, and the
following are the peculiar portions OF
the document. Itcertainly goes back
far enough to make the purchaser
safe. Here is the deed:
This Indenture, made the ninth day
of October, in the year Of our Lord
one thousand, seven hundred and
ninety-three,
Whereas, the Creator of the earth,
by parole and livery of seizen, did en-
feoff the parents of mankind, to wit,
And and Eve, of all that certain tract
of land, called and known in the
planetary system as The Earth, to-
gether with all and singular the ad-
vantages, woods, waters, water
courses, easements, liberties, priv
leges, and all others the appurte-
nances whatsoever thereunto belong
ing, or in anywise appertaining, to
have and to hold to them the said
Adam and Eve, and the heirs of their
bodies lawfully to be begotten, In
fee.tail general forever, as by the said
feoffment recorded by Moses, in the
first chapter of the first book of his
records, commonly called Genesis,
more fully and at large appears on
reference being thereunto had; and,
Whereas, the said Adam and Eve
died seized of the premises aforesaid
in fee tail general, leaving issue, heirs
of their bodies, to wit, SONS and
daughters, who entered into the same
premises and became thereof seized
as tenants in common by virtue of
the donation aforesaid, and multiplied
their seed upon the earth; and,
Whereas, in process of time, the
beirs of the said Adam and Eve be-
came very numerous, and finding it
to be inconvenient to remain in COM
mon as aforesaid, bethought them
selves, and they did accordingly make
such partition and,
Whereas, by virtue of the said par
tition made by the heirs of said Adam
and Eve, all that certain tract of land
called and known on the general plan
OF the said Earth by the name of
America, parcel of the said large
tract, was allotted and set over unto
certain of the heirs aforesaid, to them
and to their heirs general in fee sim
pie who entered into the same and
became thereof seized as aforesaid in
their demense as of fee, and peopled
the same lands in severalty and made
partition thereof to and amongst
their descendants and,
Whereas, Afterwards (now deemed
in time immemorial), certain united
people called 1.-The Six Natians OF
North America" heirs and descend
ants of the said grantees of America,
became seized, and for long time
whereof the memory OF man runneth
not to the contrary, have been seized
in their demense as of fee, of and in
certain tract of country and land III
the north division of America, called
and known at present on the general
plan of the said north division by the
name of Pennsylvania: and,
Whereas, the said united nations.
being SO thereof seized, afterwards,
to wit, in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and sixty
eight, by their certain deed of feOff-
ment, with livery of seizin, did grant,
bargain, sell, release. enfeoff, alien,
and confirm unto Thomas Penn and
Richard Perm, otherwise called The
Proprietaries of Pennsylvania (among
other things), the country called Buff
falo valley, situate on the south side
of the west branch of the river Sus-
quebanna, parcel of said country
called Pennsylvania, to hold to them,
the said proprietaries, their heirs and
assigns forever, in their demense as
as of fee, as by the same feoffment
more fully appears; which last-men-
toned tract of country was, after
wards, with other tracts of country,
by the said proprietaries by the ad-
vice and consent of their great coun-
Gil in general assembly met, erected
into county called Northumberland
aforesaid, of which the said Buffalo
valley was and is parcel by the name
of Buffalo Township aforesaid; and,
Whereas, the said proprietaries, by
their letters patent, bearing date the
eleventh day of August, one thou
sand seven hundred and seventy-two,
did grant and confirm unto a certain
Richard Peters in fee simple certain
parcel of the said township, called
Prescott, situate at the mouth of
Spring run, adjoining and below the
mouth of Buffalo creek, on the south
side of the west branch of the Sus-
quehanna aforesaid in the township
and county aforesaid, by metes and
bounds in the said letters set forth,
containing three hundred and twenty
acres, and allowance, &c.
j From 1772 to 1773 portions of the
LAID went to Ludwig Der, who laid
out d Town called and known by the
name OF Lou;sburg, consisting of $50
lots or parcels of lad. The prop
erty passed then into the hands of
George Derr, part of it to Peter Bor-
ger, and some of the latters proper
ty to Carel Ellinkhuysen, of Rotter-
dam, Holland, from him to his son
Matthias Joseph Ellinkhuysen and
his wife Clara Helena. The deed
, III 4 l.