The Newtown bee., 1894-04-13
Fairfield County News.
 y MONROE.
M0N nS Gs 
AN INTERESTING OLD DEED.


 This deed was given us by H. E.
 Plumb, Monroe, ,and was given by Joseph
 Plumb to his son Joseph in l723, being
 property taken by the Indians by Robert
 Plumb and handed down in the Plumb
 family l50 years from the time of the
 settlement of Milford. The Plumb gene alogy has been traced back three genera
 tions into England, The deed is as fol- lows:
 This deed of gift bearing date this January
 20, A. D 1722-3, witnesseth that John Plumb,
 of the town of Milford, in ye county Of New Haven, within his majesty's colony ot Con-
 necticut, in New England, for and in consid which I bear unto my only surviving som, Joseph Plumb ot Milford, of aforesaid and
 other good causes and considerations and hereunto moveing, have given, granted and passed over by these presents from me and ye rest ot my heir to him, ye said Joseph Plumb, and ye heirs of his body, lawfully be gotten or to be gotten forever, that is to say his heirs to be recconed amounted and Con strued and deemed not according to the laws l Of this government for all ye children but ac, cording to the course of the common laws of England, in which ye Eldest Son inheritheth | his fathers and where there is no Son, The l Daughters as heirs and where there is no l child the next Blood to him succeeds to ye
 Inheritance, do fully freely firmly, & and ab Ratity, convey and confirm all the Housing and Land and meadows here mentioned and described Viz My Dwelling house and Barn | together with all the land to me belonging Joiningto that on which my house afforsaid 1 Standeth containing about Eighty Acres be- 1 ing more or less; Bounded by the Indian tribe, bounded southwardly with the Prud ems lands and John Burnells land and Easterly which was forInly Elder Buckinghans and Westerly with the common, also four acres o1
 land formely granted m to Sam Samuel LPrindle for also the lot adjourning to the said house lot which was formly Brooks lot, containing thirteen acres and a halt be it more or less, lying Oyster meadow Plains. Rounded Eastward by Samuel Platt lot Northward and Southard with highways, and Westward with which is bounded on all other parts with the common, also ye land which had of Jona- about uttwenty-nine acres, moFe or less East ward sby Samuel -Merwin's land, Southward ! and Westward on highway and Northward with the land ot Jonathan Law. and West ward with ye commons, also all my meadow | lying in the cove called Thomas Clark's Cove | in the Indian Side, containing about five | acres, Bounded with George Clark on the side | and by Joseph Clarke on the other side, also l all my meadow lying in the stubby Plain con
 with ye Creek on one side With Capt Clark or l the other side and James Prime on the othel l side or however any of the above mentioned 1 parcels of land and meadows may be- other | ways bounded or Reputed to be bounded al being situate within the Bounds ot Milford
 title,s Interest, Propeiety, Prosperity anc Profession have or ought to have in or te all granted premsles withall ye areable lands I 1 trees, orchards, Gardens, fences, waterways 1 Easements, Mines, Minerals, Stones, Quarries precious stones, franchises, Edifices, Prive1 leges and appertmaners therento belonging l or in anyways thereunto, apertaining, te have, or hold too him, ye said Joseph Piumt l and to the heir of his body lawfully descended
 to be computed, limited and accounted | according to the Rue and the law ot Engian {
 as afforsald, and no other ways as an unaiIin | able state sof Inheritance to the sole only | proper use, behoffe and benefit him ye saie 1 Joseph Plumb and his heirs limited as affore l said forever and for want of such heirs to re l vert to the right heirs of the Donnef, and l further said John Plumb do tor my heirs l promise and grant to and with the said l Joseph Plumb and heirs. limited as aforesaid l that he and they shall quietly and peacefully l have, hold, possess, and enjoy all and every l ot ye above granted premises without let ol l molestation or hinder ances from me or my
 heirs or from any other person or persons whatsoever claiming from by or under me, ol l them In, witness whereof in testimony l whereby ye said John Plumb hereunto sub
 seribed my name and affixed my sealye date 1 above written