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1796 Deed to Burying Hill (Hamptonburgh Cemetery) John Bull & John Bull JuniorEntry/Object ID
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Hamptonburgh, John BullScope and Content
To all people to whome these presents shall come know ye that I John Bull and my son John Bull junr of Hamptonburgh in the township of Goshen in the County of Orange and State of New York of the One part; And, Name Kindred
and Relation of all the Several Branches of Our Hammily of the Other part (Whereas my Father William Bull Deceased one of the first Proprietors and Settlers of the said Village of Hamptonburgh; Did in his Life time propose to assign a certain piece of Ground on the Farm Whereon I Now live for a fammily Burying place, And as there was no provision made for the same in my Fathers Will, and I having Since conveyed a part thereof to my said son John Bull junr) Now these presents Witnesseth that I the said John Bull and my said Son John Bull junr for and in Consideration of the
Natural Affection and filial Gratitude, we beare to the Memory of my Father William Bull and Sarah his Wife Deceased, and to Our Name, and all the Several Branches and Relation of Our Hammily, have and each of us have
Granted, Enfeoffed, Released, Assigned and Set apart for the purpose of a Burying place, And by these Presents Doth Grant, Enfeoff, Release, Assign and Set apart for the said purpose of a Burying place, for Our Selves our
Our fammilies, and for the families of my Brothers, William Bull Deceased, Thomas Bull, and Isaac Bull Deceased and for all Others of the Several Branches and Relations of Our said Fammilies to all Future Generations for
Ever, All that certain piece of Land Being the Uppermost part of that Hill Commonly Called the Burying Hill on which my Parents and Deceased Bretheren Now Lays, Situate On the farm on which I now live as aforesaid
Begining at a hollow Chesnut tree Standing on the Southwesterly Bounds of the Lands of Samuel Bull and Running from thence Southeasterly along said Lands One Hundred and fourteen feet, thence Southwesterly so as to form a Right angle With the first Course, One hundred and thirteen feet, thence Northwesterly parallel with the first Course One hundred and Sixty three
feet, thence Northeasterly parallel with the second Course One hundred and thirteen feet, thence Southeasterly forty Nine feet to the place of Begining Containing Sixty seven Square Poles and about two thirds of a Pole of Land
Being in the form of a Long Square. - And the said John Bull and his son
John Bull junr them their Heirs and assigns Doth Covenant Grant to and with Their Said Name, Bretheren, Kindred & Whom -soever of their said Hammily, That they Shall for Ever hereafter make use of the Above Mentioned Land for the said purpose of a Burying Place, And for No Other purpose Whatsoever, And also that all Persons Concerned or that may hereafter be Concerned in the Above Burying Ground May, and Shall, for Ever hereafter have free Access to and from said Ground through the inclosed Lands of Our said Farm, and that a free Passage be for Ever Kept at the most Convenient place for the said purpose-And for the Better Memory thereof we Do Cause four Coppies of these presents with Our [Top line partially obscured/cut off]
Natural Affection and Filial Grounds, we [...] [...] the [...] of
Deceased, and to Our Name, and all the Several Branches and Relations of Our Family, have and each of us have Granted, Enfeoffed, Released, Assigned and Set apart for the purpose of a Burying place, And by these Presents
Doth Grant, Enfeoff, Release, Assign and Set apart for the said purpose of a Burying place, for Our Selves our Our families, and for the families of my Brothers, William Bull Decesd., Thomas Bull, and Isaac Bull Decesd.
and for all Others of the several Branches and Relations of Our said Families to all Future Generations for ever, All that Certain piece of Land Being the Uppermost part of that Hill Commonly Called the Burying Hill
on which my Parents and Deceased Bretheren Now Lays, Situate on the farm on which I now live as aforesaid Begining at a hollow Chestnut tree Standing on the Southwesterly Bounds of the Lands of Samuel Bull and Runing from thence Southeasterly along said Lands One hundred and sixteen feet, thence Southwesterly so as to form a Right angle With the first Course, One hundred and thirteen feet, thence Northwesterly parallel with the first Course One hundred and Sixty three feet, thence Northeasterly parallel with the Second Course One hundred and thirteen feet, Thence Southeasterly forty
nine feet to the place of Begining Containing Sixty seven Square Poles and about two thirds of a Pole of Land Being in the form of a Long Square. - - - - And the Said John Bull and his Son John Bull Junr. them their Heirs and assigns Doth Covenant Grant to and with Their Said Name, Bretheren, Kindred whom -soever of their said Family, That they Shall for ever hereafter make use of the Above Mentioned Land for the said purpose of a Burying Place, And for No Other purpose Whatsoever, And also that all Persons Concerned or that may hereafter be Concerned in the Above Burying Ground May, and shall, for Ever hereafter have free Access to and from said Ground through the inclosed Lands of Our said Farm, and at a free Passage be for Ever kept at the most Convenient place for the said purpose - And for the Better Memory hereof we Do Cause four Coppies of these presents with Our Signatures to Remain in the Families of my Brothers viz to be Deposited in the Family of my Brother William Bull Deceased, One with Thomas Bull, One with Isaac Bull Deceased And Lastly One with our Selves, IN Testimony
Whereof we have hereunto Sett Our hands And Seals this seventeenth Day of June - One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Six --
John Bull [Seal]
Sign’d Sealed and Delivered his in the presents of John X Bull Junr [Seal]
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