Newport enterprise. [volume] (Newport [Del.]) 1889-1???, 1889-03-02
A Perfect Title.

title to the land now offered to the pub
lie for sale as
EAST NEWPORT.
is one that is tNatSbNta6le; and con-
veyance received of any part of the
tract gives title that the owner thereof
may safely Siee6 on. That full knowl-
edge of how incontestable is the title of
the East Newport tract may be seen, we
give below a synopsis of it for the last
century and half.
Justa Walraven became seized of the
tract, as heir-at-law of Jonas Walraven,
and by deed of Sarah Walraven, sister
of Justa, and co-heir of Jonas Walraven;
deed dated January 6, 1853, and record
ed in Deed Record R, page I62.
Will of Justa Walraven, proved No
vember IS, 1891, whereby the tract
vested in John Walraven.
John Walraven died 1896 intestate,
having as his only heir, his son, John J.
Walraven, to whom the tract descended,
and in whom vested.
John ]. Walraven and Mary Ann, his
wife. by deed dated Dec. IS, 1879, and
recorded in deed book X3, page SO, con-
veyed to Richard Stephenson.
Will of Richard Stephenson, proved
Oct. 20, 1896, by which the tract passed
to Thomas Stephenson and John R.
Stephenson.
Thomas Stephenson and John r.
Stephenson, by deed, dated May 10,
1887, and recorded In Deed Book B, No.
S, page 70, conveyed to Joseph Carr.
Joseph Carr, and Barbara, his wife, by
deed dated June ~, I84I, recorded in
Deed Book G, No. 5, page ISL, con-
veyed to George Thomas.
George Thomas, by deed dated Oct.
10, IS4o, and recorded in Deed Book c,
No. 6, page 271, conveyed to Elias S.
Naudain.
Elias S. Naudain and Sarah Ann, his
wife, by deed dated March I6, 1858, and
recorded in Deed Book M, No. E, page
424, conveyed to George {. Simpson.
George c. Simpson and Elizabeth T.,
his wife, by deed dated March 1, 1854,
and recorded in Deed Book Q, No. 6,
page 1872, conveyed to Joseph Grubb.
Joseph Grub died intestate, Dec. ID,
1862, and his lands descended to his
widow, Hannah Grub, and his child
rem, George w. Grub, Joseph L.
Grub, Hannah E., wife of Josiah K.
Fesmire, Buelah E. (since the wife of
William Talley), Mary E., wife of John
w. Lyman, Rebecca, wife of Stephen C.
Blackwell, and William A. Grub.
Hannah Grub, widow, Joseph L.
Grub, Josiah K. Fesmire and Hannah
E., his wife, William Talley and Buelah
E., his wife, John w. Lyman and Mary
E., hts wife, Stephen c. Blackwell and
Rebecca, his wife, and William A.
Grub, by deed dated March IS, 1864,
and recorded in Deed Book, U, No. 7,
page 463, conveyed to George w.
Grub.
Mortgage: George w. Grubb to Han
nah Grub, dated March 26, 1864, and
recorded in Mortgage Book E, No. 2,
page "a.
John Pyle, Sheriff, by deed dated De-
cember IL, 1873, and recorded in Deed
Book |, No. II, page 80, conveyed to
Rebecca A. Lyman, sold as the property
of George w. Grubb and Rebecca M, his
wife, but subject to the Mortgage Of
March 70, 1864.
have examined the title to the Re-
becca A. Lyman farm and find the title
as above set forth, good.
CHARLES B. LORE.
Wilmington, Del, February 10, 1850.
Rebecca A. Lyman, by deed dated
February IL, 1880, and recorded in Deed
Book Q, No. II, page IA, conveyed to
Griffith H. Davis, subject to mort gag
of George w. Grub, dated March 26
1864.
Griffith H. Davis and Sarah E., his
wife, by deed dated July 81, 1880, and
recorded in Deed Book L, Vol. IL, page
90, conveyed to VIM. jerks Fell, sub
ject to mortgage of Geo. w. Grub,
dated March 26, 1864
Proceedings in chancery under the
mortgage given by George w. Grubh,
March 26, 1864, wherein Hannah Grub
was complainant by virtue of which, and
decree made October a, 1882, by the
Chancellor of the State of Delaware.
James Martin, Sheriff of New Castle
County, sold to David M. Mcfarland Of
West Chester and conveyed the same to
him by deed dated February 10, 1883,
and recorded in Deed Book o, Vol. IL,
page 264.
David M. Mcfarland and Mary M his
wife, by deed dated February 20, 1883,
and recorded in Deed Book o, Vol. IL
page 200, conveyed to VIM. jerks Fell.
Thus, through the twenty links of
twelve Deeds, three Inheritances, two
Mortgage Sales, two Wills, and one
Chancery Decree, most perfect title
will pass to every purchaser in East New
port. And this one of many we'll pre-
served title chains, guarded by County
Records, shows why the Chicago that
rose out of its own ashes, congratulated
itself that the first Chicago was not Gre
mated "down east" but out among the
prairie titles of the yOnng States. Though
to the novice, the above chain looks long
and mixed, to the legal mind there is not
the least shade of faint or doubt upon it,
from 1883 to 1880; and we are glad that
the present proprietor has enabled us to
make this clean showing.