The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-06-06

ment, which was duly recorded, and OF the
authenticity of which there appears to be
no question:
''This indenture, made the ninth day of
October, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand, seven hundred and ninety three, be-
tween Clara Helena Ellinkhuysen, of the
town of Lewisburg, in the township of Buff
faloe, in the county of Northumberland, in
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, widow,
of the first part, and Flavel Roam, of the
town of Sunbury, in the county and com
monwealth aforesaid, Esquire, of the other
part
"WHEREAs, The Creator of the Earth
by parole and livery of seisin did in feoff
the parents of mankind, to wit, Adam and
Eve, of all that certain tract of land known
in the planetary system by the name of the
Earth together with all and singular the
advantages, woods, waters, water courses,
easements liberties, privileges and all other
privileges and appurtenances thereunto be-
longing, or in anywise appertaining, to have
and to hold, to them, the said Adam and
Eve, and heirs of their bodies lawfully to
be begotten, in fee-tail general forever, as
by the said foeffment, 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 upon
the earth; and
WHEREAS, In process of time the heirs
of the said Adam and Eve, having become
very numerous, and finding it to be incon-
venient TO remain in common as aforesaid,
bethought themselves to make partition of
the lands and tenements aforesaid, to and
amongst themselves. And they did ac-
cordingly make such partition. And
"WHEREAs, By virtue of the said par
titiOn made by the said Adam and Eve, all
that certain tract of land called and known
on the general plane 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 simple who
: entered into the same and became thereof
seized as aforesaid in their demesne as a
, fee, and peopled the same, allotted land in
severalty and made partition thereof to and
amongst their descendants; and
, "WHEREAs, Afterward (now deemed in
time immemorial) 4 certain united people
called "the Six Nations of north america
, their heirs and descendants of the said gran
tees of America, became seized and fora long
time, whereof the memory Of man runneth
not to the contrary, have been seised in
their demesne as of feoff, and of certain
t tract of country and land in the north d.
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f present on the general plan of the said
North division by the name of Pennsyl-
: vania; and
j. "WHEREAs, The said united nations
e being so thereof seised afterwards to wit
r in the year of our Lord one thousand,
i seven hundred and sixty eight, by their
: certain deed of feoffment with livery Of
t seisin, did grant, bargain, sell, release, en-
i feoff, alien and confirm unto Thomas Penn
t and Richard Penn, otherwise called the
t Proprietories Of Pennsylvania (among other
+ things), the country called Buffaloe Val
+ ley, situated on the south side of the west
J branch of the river Susquehanna, parcel of
d the said country called pennsylvania, to
{, hold to them, the said proprietories, their
IS heirs and assigns forever in their demesne
y as fee, as by the same feoffment more
d fully appears, which last mentioned tract
IS of country was afterwards, with other
tracts of country, by the said prophet ories,
o by the advice and consent. of their great
S council in general assembly met, erected
Il into county called Northumberland afore-
e said, of which the said buffaloe valley was
e and is placed by the name of Bufaloe
IS township aforesaid. And
s "WHEREAs, The said proprietories, by
It their letters patent, bearing date the elev-
It enth of August in the year Of our Lord one
l.. thousand seven hundred and seventy two,
7. did grant and confirm unto a certain Rich
/. ard Peters in fee simple, certain parcel of
e the said township called Prescott, situate at
l the mouth of Spring Run, adjoining and
S below the mouth of Buffaloe creek, on the
e south side of the west branch of the sus-
e quehanna aforesaid, in the township and
It county aforesaid by the metes and bounds
u in the said letters set forth, containing
7, three hundred and twenty acres and allow
e ance, &C., as by the same letters enrolled
e at Philadelphia in patent book AA, volume
d 13, page 265, more fully and at length ap
y pears.
e The deed then recites that about l28
acres of this tract, which afterwards became
a Lewisburg, were sold by Richard Peters to
Vt Ludwick Derr in 1773. Derr cut it into
d $50 building lots and sold what he could
t. of them The deed recites further that as
e Derr died intestate letters were granted to
y his heir-at-law, George Derr, who sold what
e was left to Peter Bergen, and that he sold
n to Carel Ellinkhuysen, "of the city of Rot
i terdam, Holland, Merchant" 1t then ap-
e pears that one Peter Berger was appointed
agent, who sold one lot to Matthias Joseph
s Ellinkhuysen and his wife Clara Helena.
it The deed concludes as follows: "New
y this indenture witnesseth that Clara Helena
o Elenkhuysen for and in consideration of
e 9l6, los, does grant to Flavel Roam, his
, heirs and assigns. all the aforesaid lot and
Il ground Entered in the Office of Record
Il of Deeds in and for the county Of Nor
It thumberland the third day of November
e in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
t hundred and ninety y-three in deed book +
Il page $50. J. Simpson Recorder
Sanitary Qualities of Watorcress and
e Onions.
= From Scientific American