Name/Title
Mortgage from Alexander McLean to John SneddenEntry/Object ID
2013.57.13Scope and Content
Mortgage from Alexander McLean to John Snedden, securing $650 and interest at 8%.
Transcription of artifact 2013.57.13:
MORTGAGE WITH DOWER --- SHORT FORM. WM. TEMPLEMAN, Law and General Printer, Almonte
This Indenture,
Made the twenty fifth day of march one thousand eight hundred and eighty, (in pursuance of the Act respecting Short Forms of Mortgages,)
Between Alexander McLean of the Village of Almonte in the County of Lanark and Province of Ontario miller hereinafter called “the Mortgagor”, of the First Part, Catherine McLean the Wife of the said party of the First Part, made a party hereto for the purpose of barring her Dower merely, of the Second Part; and John Snedden of the Township of Ramsay in said County yeoman hereinafter called “the Mortgagee”, of the Third Part; Witnesseth, that in consideration of Six hundred and fifty dollars of lawful money of Canada, now paid by the said Mortgagee to the said Mortgagor, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the said Mortgagor doth Grant and Mortgage unto the said Mortgagee his heirs and assigns forever,
All and Singular that certain parcel or tract of Land and Premises situate, lying and being in the Village of Almonte in the County of Lanark in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada Being Composed of all that part of Lot number thirty four on Brae Street in the said village of almonte as laid down on Bells General Plan of the said village registered in the Registry office for the north Riding of the County of Lanark not heretofore conveyed by the said John Baird to one Henry Stafford. Also all that other certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate lying and being in the Village of almonte aforesaid and being composed of a part of lot number twenty six on Farm Street in the said Village of almonte and which may be better known and described as follows that is to say commencing at a post planted at the North Easterly angle of said Lot Twenty six where its easterly boundary ceases in the boundary of Lot number Thirty four on Brae Street as shown on the aforesaid plan thence along the boundary between Lot number twenty six on Farm Street and Lot number Thirty one on Brae Street forty four feet six inches to a post planted thence at right angles to the said boundary into Lot number Twenty six twelve feet thence in a northerly direction parallel to said boundary forty four feet six inches to the boundary between lots thirty four and twenty six thence along said boundary twelve feet to the place of beginning containing five hundred and thirty feet be the same more or less
[the following is written inside the document]
Provided, This Mortgage to be void on payment of Six hundred and fifty dollars of lawful money of Canada, with interest at eight per cent. Per annum, as follows: at the expiration of three years from the date hereof and the interest thereon at said rate in the meantime to be payable annually.
Together with Interest at the rate aforesaid upon all arrears of Interest remaining unpaid after the maturing thereof - and Taxes and the performance of Statute Labor.
The said Mortgagor covenants with the said Mortgagee That the said Mortgagor will pay the Mortgage Money and Interest, and observe the above proviso; That the said Mortgagor hath a good title in fee simple to the said Lands; And That he hath the right to convey the said Lands to the said Mortgagee; And That on default, the said Mortgagee shall have quiet possession of the said Lands, free from all incumbrances; And That the said Mortgagor will execute such further assurances of the said Lands as may be requisite; And That the said Mortgagor hath done no act to encumber the said Lands; And That the said Mortgagor will Insure the Buildings on the said Lands to the amount of not less than currency; And That the said Mortgagor doth release to the said Mortgagee all his claim upon the said Lands, subject to the said proviso.
Provided, that the Mortgagee on default of payment for one month may, on giving ten days public notice enter upon and lease or sell the said Lands.
Provided, that the Mortgagee may distrain for arrears of Interest; Provided, that in default of the payment of the Interest hereby secured, the Principal hereby secured shall become payable; Provided, that until default of payment the Mortgagor shall have quiet possession of the said Lands.
And the said Catherine McLean Wife of the said Mortgagor, hereby bars her Dower in the said Lands.
In Witness Whereof, the said parties hereto have hereunto set their Hands and Seals the day and year first above written. (In duplicate.)
Signed, Sealed and Delivered} Alec McLean
(Having first been read and explained} her Cathering McLean
IN PRESENCE OF} mark
W.E. Scott
[the following is written on the next page]
Received on the day of the date of this Indenture the sum of Six hundred and fifty Dollars.
Witness:
W.E. Scott Alec McLean
[the following is written on the back side of the document]
I CERTIFY that the within Instrument is duly entered and Registered in the Registry Office of the North Riding of the County of Lanark, in Book II for the village of Almonte at 1015 o’clock A.M., of the 18th day of June A.D. 1880 Number 3092
Menzies
Registrar,
1881
Mch 29 by cash $52.00
Some Coulu [unknown word]
MORTGAGE
FROM
Alexander McLean Et ux
TO
John Snedden
Securing $650 and Interest at 8 per cent. Dated A.D. 25th mar 1880
650.
10
30
19
9
MACDONELL & DOWDALL,
BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, &c.,
ALMONTE.
WM. TEMPLEMAN, Law and General Printer, Almonte.
CANADA
County of Lanark To Wit: }
I, William Evans Scott of the village of almonte in the County of Lanark and Province of Ontario Student at Law, make oath and say as follows:
(1 ) That my name, place of residence and addition, occupation or calling are above truly set forth in full.
(2) That I know the within named Alexander McLean and Catherine McLean
(3) That I was present and saw them execute the within Mortgage and duplicate original thereof at the village of almonte in the said County of Lanark
(4) And that I am a subscribing witness to the said Mortgage and duplicate original thereof.
Sworn before me at Almonte in the County of Lanark this 13th day of April A.D. 1880
Dowdall
A commissioner for taking Affidavits in the Queen’s Bench in and for the said County. }
W.E. ScottCollection
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Date(s) of Creation
Mar 25, 1880Location
Location
Container
Box 5Shelf
Shelf 19Room
Collections RoomBuilding
M.V.T.M.Category
PermanentDate
November 7, 2023Location
Container
Archive Box 1Shelf
1, 1Room
Collections RoomBuilding
M.V.T.M.Category
PermanentMoved By
MacMillan, LindsayDate
November 30, 2020Location
Container
Box 1Shelf
Shelf 11, Shelf 11Room
Collections RoomBuilding
M.V.T.M.Category
PermanentMoved By
Whit, ElizabethDate
July 1, 2017Relationships
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Person or Organization
McLean, AlexanderPerson or Organization
Snedden, JohnPerson or Organization
Scott, William EvansPerson or Organization
McLean, CatherineGeneral Notes
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Status: OK
Status By: MacMillan, Lindsay
Status Date: 2020-11-30Created By
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