Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-28
A RARE OLD DOCUMENT
4 DEED FOh TOWH LUTS IN LObii.
BURG, RI.
Conveyance thai cites the Changes
Through Which she Property ss.s.
Passed Since AGans's bag.


'''fho following is All old deed, and is pub
lshed by request. as IL rare curiosity in the
conyeyGneing line. II was published some
years ago in the Eouisburg Ghr0mclc nId
the gentleman who thon edited the paper
assures us that IL il boha Jid' document.
Although the reeitals, Ms well as the general
form ut the deed are lengthy. vet it il tlraNli
with skill"
Tue above is an explanatory note to the
copy of deed in Dunlaps book of folnis.
which was looked ut by the writer in the Office
OF Esquire Bnrtoiettc. Ii was deemed Of snlli-
cient interest to copy in part, and the follow
Ing are the peculiar portions OF the document.
1t certainly goes back far enough to make the
purchaser safe. Here is the deed
This indeuture, made the ninth dayof Orto-
her. in the ycaro our Lord onethOllsand, seven
hundred and ninety-three. =
Whereas, the Creator Of the earth, hy parole
and livery of seizin. did enfeof the parents or
mankind. to wit Adam and Eve. of all that
certain tract Of land, called and known in tine
planetary system rs The Earth, together With
all and singular the advantages, woods,
waters, water-courses, easements. liberties,
privileges, and all others the appurtenanccs
whatsoever thereunto belonging or i'll any
Wise appertaiiihs, to have and to hold to
them the said Adam and Eve, AMI the heirs oi
their bodies lawfully to be begotten,n fee-tail
corded by Noses in the first chapter of the
first book of his records, commonly called
Genesis, more fully and at large appears on
reference being therounto had and
Whereas, the said Adam and Eve died
seized of the premises aforesaid i'll fee-tail
general, leaving issue, heirs of their budics
to wit. Sons and daughters, who entered into
the same premises and became thereof seized
as tenants in common by virtue OF the dona-
ton aforesaid, and multiplied their seed upon
the earth and,
Whereas, in process of time. the heirs of
the said Adam and Eve became very numer-
ous, and finding it to be inconvenient to re-
main In common as aforesaid, bethought
themselves to make partition of the lands
and tenements aforesaid to and amongst
themselves. and they did accordingly make
such PARTITION: and,
Whereas, by virtue of the said partition
made by the heirs OF said Adam aud Eve, all
that certain tract of land called and known
on the general plan of the said Earth by the
rame 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 simple who entered into
the same and became thereof seized as afore-
sald i'll their denesne as of fee, and peoplGd
the same lands i'll seyeralty and made parti-
ton thereof TO and amongst their descend
ants and,
inmemorla), certain united people called
''Ihe Six Nations of North America, heirs
and descendants of the said grantees of
America. became seized, and for IL long time
whereof the memory of man runneth not to
the contrary have been seized in their de-
mesne Az of fec, of and III a certain tract of
country and land in the north division OF
America, called and known at present OH the
general plan of the said north division by
the name of PENNSYLVANIA; and,
Whereas, the said united nations beng 20
thereof seized, afterwards, to wit in the year
of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and
siXty-ciBht, by their certain deed of feoif-
ment with livery OF seizin. did grant. bargain,
sell, release, enfeoif, alien, and confirm unto
Thomas Penn and Richard Penn. otherwise
called The l'ropretaries Of Pennsylvania
(among ether thingsl, the country called
Butfaue valley situate on the south side of
the west branch of the river Susquehanna.
parcel of said country called Pennsylvania. to
hold to them. the said proprietares, their
heirs and assigns forever, in their demesne
us of fec. as by the same feolfmeut more
fully appears which last mentioned tract OF
country was afterwards. with other tracts Of
country, by the said propretancs by the
advice and consent of their great council in
general assembly met. erected into q county
called Northumberland aforesaid, of which
the said BuifalOo valley was and il parcel by
the name of Bulfaloe Township aforesaid. and
Whereas, the said proplietaries. by their
letters patent, bearing date the eleventh day
OF August, in the year of our Lord one
Thousand seven hundred and seventy-two, did
grant and confirm unto certain Hichard
Peters in fee simple certain parcel of the
said township called Prescott. situate Mt the
mouth of Spring run. adjoining and below
tho mouth of Buifalou creek, on the south
side Of the west brauch of the Susquehauna
aforesaid in the township and county afore-
said, by metes and bounds i'll the said letters
set forth, containing three hundred and
twenty acres, and allowance. Ne.
From l772 to 1893 portions Of the land
went TO I4udwig Derr, who laid out "town
called and known by the name Of i4oulsburg.
consisting of $50 lots or parcels ot lund.'
The property passed then into the hands of
George Derr, part of it to Peter BorScr. and
some of the latter's property to Cartl Ellihi-
huyscri, Of Rotterdam. Holland, from him to
his son Matthias Joseph Ellinkhuyson aud his
wife Clara Helena. The deed above quoted
conveys two town lots. Nos 81 and ~, from
Clara Helena Ellinkhuysen to Flavel Roam oil
Snnbury, and the lots are bounded by Front
street, Walnut alley aud st. Louis street in
Louisburg. The extraordinary document was
acknowledged before William Gray, j. p.,and
recorded by j. Simpson, ut similarly North
cumberland county, Pa, on the Sd of Noyem-
ber lI93, being witnessed by John Hayes
aud John rhuruburnh