Name/Title
Indenture between William Wickham and the town of Goshen - dated April 8th, 1798Entry/Object ID
002814Tags
William Wickham, GoshenScope and Content
GOSHEN, Orange County: Printed by JOHN G. HURTIN, 1796.
THIS INDENTURE made the eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight BETWEEN David Lancaster of the Town of Cheesecocks in the County of Orange farmer of the firſt part, and William Wickham of the Town of Goshen in the said County Esquire of the ſecond part, WITNESSETH, That the ſaid party of the firſt part, for and in conſideration of the Sum of Two hundred & Sixty four pounds to him in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, bargained, ſold, releaſed, enfeofed and confirmed; and by theſe preſents, doth grant, bargain, ſell, releaſe, enfeoff and confirm, unto the ſaid party of the ſecond part (in his actual poſſeſſion now being) and to his heirs and aſſigns forever, ALL That Tract of land situate in the said town of Cheesecocks And bounded as follows beginning at a Red Oak tree marked for the north corner of Lot Number Sixty three & the west corner of lot Number Sixty one. And thence along said lot number sixty one north forty one degrees east forty seven chains to a Red Oak bush with stones about it for the North corner of Lot N61 then along the North east side thereof S 49 W. six chains & 70 links to a heap of Stones then North 41 East 39 chains and fifty links to a heap of Stones made for a corner of lands in the possession of Gregory, then North 49 West 18 chains & fifty five links to a corner made on the Commissioners line & in the line of lot N12 in the first east Division of Wawayanda patent, then along said line S 51 West 71 chains to a stake Near a Chestnut bush, then South 49 East 18 Chains & fifty links to the place of Beginning Containing One hundred & one Acres—being the Farm or Tract of Land on which the said David Lancaster now dwells.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the above bargained premiſes, to the ſaid party of the ſecond part, his heirs and aſſigns, to the ſole and only proper uſe, benefit and behoof of the ſaid party of the ſecond part, his heirs and aſſigns forever: [text obscured/torn] PROVIDED ALWAYS, and theſe preſents are upon this expreſs condition, that if the ſaid David Lancaster shall pay to the ſaid William Wickham Two hundred & Sixty four pounds lawful money of New York in manner following to wit Eighty eight pounds on the first day of May next, The farther sum of Eighty Eight Pounds on the first day of May one thousand Eight hundred and one, And the farther sum of Eighty eight pounds on the first day of May one thousand and Eight hundred & Three with Interest & the Interest to be paid annually according to the condition of a certain bond or writing obligatory, bearing even date herewith, executed by the ſaid party of the firſt part, to the ſaid party of the ſecond part, as a collateral ſecurity, then theſe preſents, and the ſaid bond or writing obligatory, ſhall ceaſe and be nu[ll and] void: But, in caſe of the non-payment of the ſaid Two hundred & Sixty four pounds or any part thereof, at the time above limited for the payment thereof, then and in ſuch caſe, it ſhall and may be lawful for the ſaid party of the ſecond part, his heirs, executors, adminiſtrators or aſſigns, and the ſaid party of the firſt part, doth hereby empower and authorize the ſaid party of the ſecond part, his heirs, executors, adminiſtrators [text obscured/torn] the ſaid premiſes, with the appurtenances, at public auction or vendue; and on ſuch ſale, to make and execute to the purchaſer or purchaſers, his or their heirs and aſſigns forever, good, ample and ſufficient deeds of conveyance in the law, purſuant to the ſtatute in that caſe made and provided, rendering the ſurplus monies (if any there be) to the ſaid party of the firſt part, his heirs, executors or adminiſtrators, after deducting the coſts and charges of ſuch vendue and ſale as aforeſaid.---IN WITNESS whereof, the parties to theſe preſents have hereunto interchangeably ſet their hands and ſeals the day and year firſt above written.
SEALED AND DELIVERED
IN THE PRESENCE OF
Two obliterations made in the second line
& the word light being first interlined
Thomas Duncan
G M Wickham
Wm Wickham [Signature] David Lancaster [Signature]
Thomas David Lancaster [Signature]
Historical Notes on the Text:
Typography: The document utilizes the historical long "s" (which looks like an "f", e.g., preſents, ſaid, aſſigns), which has been retained in this transcription to preserve the historical accuracy of the printed form text.
Handwritten text: The italicized portions represent the fields filled out by hand in 1798 on the pre-printed form produced by printer John G. Hurtin in 1796.
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Back of this Indenture
Orange fss. Be it remembered that on the
fourteenth day of April
Orange } ss Be it Remembered that on the fourteenth day of April one thousand Eight hundred came personally before me John Steward one of the
County } court of common pleas for orange county Joseph Wickham one of the subscribing witnesses to the within Indenture to me known and being duly sworn
saith that he saw David Lancaster execute the within Indenture of Mortgage by signing Sealing and delivering it as and for his act and deed and that
he together with Thomas Duncan subscribed their Names as Witnesses at the same time and that he is acquainted with the said David Lancaster
and Thomas Duncan at the time I having perused the same and finding no material Erasures or Interlineations therein but such as are noted
to have been made before signing &c allow the same to be registered.
John Steward
Orange County ss. Registered in Orange County Records for mortgages
in Liber D page 268 the fourteenth day of April
1800 —
Wm Hopkins, Clerk
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Discharge of Mortgage
The principal & Interest of the Bond within mentioned
& for securing the payment of which the within Mortgage
was given has been rec'd by me. I therefore Certify
that the within Mortgage is paid off redeemed &
Discharged. As witness my hand the Eighth day
of March 1806.
Witness
Bridget McDaniel
Walter Boyles
Wm. Wickham
Lower Left Section (Court Record & Cancellation)
Orange County } Be it remembered that on the Eighteenth day of May Eight Hundred and Six [1806]
before me John Steward one of the Judges of the court of common Pleas for orange county Walter Boyles one of the Sub-
scribing Witnesses to the certificate on this Mortgage and being by me duly sworn Saith that he saw William Wickham sign the
above certificate and Acknowledge full Satisfaction on this mortgage and that he was personally acquainted with William Wickham and
Sign'd as that he together with Bridget McDaniel Subscribed then as Witnesses I therefore do allow the Same to be recorded on
the Record
John Steward
Cancelled on Record the 24th day
of May 1806
By Hopkins, Clk.
Center-Right Section (Flipped/Upside-Down Filing Notes)
(Note: The text at the bottom center of 2814e.jpg is written upside down relative to the main text. Corrected for reading orientation, it reads:)
Wm. Wickham
to
D. Lancaster
Mortgage
Recorded
May 1806
£214-0-0
Lower Right Section (Official Certification)
Personally Before me John Steward one of the
scribing Witnesses to the certificate on this
above certificate and Acknowledge full
sworn and Knew him to be the Person abov[e]
fore do allow the Same to be cancelled on
John Steward
John Steward, Esq. of Orange—
