Copied from "Settlers by the Long Grey Trail" pages 42-43: ----- PAGE 42: THIS INDENTURE made the twenty Second day of June in the Year of our Lord rin one thousand Seven hundred twenty one & in the Seventh year of his Maj. Reign Between Henry Loyd of the manor of Queens Village in Queens County on the Island Nassaw in the Province of New York Gent, on the one part & Isaiah Harrison of Smithtown in the County of Suffolk on the Island & in the Province aforesaid black Smith on the other part WHEREAS there is a Tract piece or parcell of Land commonly called or known by the name of Maiden Plantation Situate lying & being about Eight miles from the Town of Lewes in the County of Sussex in the Province of Pensilvania wch was here to fore Laid out to William Darvel of the County of Kent in sd. Province of Pensilvania by warrent from the Court of the County of Sussex for one thousand acres & by said Darvel said & conveyed by Deed Poll to John Nelson of Boston in New England Merchant bearing date the 2nd day of Febuary in the Year of our Lord 1687 who by Deed of Gift made over the same to his son in Law Henry Loyd of Queens Village aforesaid dated the 16 day of November 1713 which said Tract of Land was resurveyed in purtuance of a warrent from the Comisioners of Property the first day of January 1717/8 to the said Henry Loyd by Jacob Taylor Surveyr Gear' & found to Contain nine hundred & seven acres bounded as follows beginning at a white oak Tree near the Land of James Fisher from thence Runing South Seventy four degrees fourty mints Westerly four hundred Perches to a Corner tree flan near Brights Beaver dam from thnce South twenty degrees fiveteen min. Eastenly Three hundred ninety eight Perches to a stump Thence North sixty nine degrees East one hundred seventy eight Perches to a red Oak from thence North seventy two degrees thirty mints East one one hundred & Eighty Perches to a Hickory Tree & from thnece north fourteen degrees thirty mints West Three hundred Seventy six Perches to a white oake a foursaid as by reference being had to Deeds above mentioned & Surveyors return may more fully appear. Now THIS INDENTURE witnesseth that the said Henry Loyd for & in Consideration of the Sum of One hundred Pounds Current money of New York to him the Sd Henry Loyd in hand well & truly paid by Sd Isaiah Harrison before the Executing of these Presents the Reoeit where of he does hereby acknowledge & therefrom & every part There of doth by these presents of ever acquit discharge & Release to him the sd. Isaiah Harrison his Heirs Executes admin. Hath Granted Bargained Sold Alined Released & Confirmed & by these presents for him & his Heirs Doth grant Bargain Sell alien Release & Confirm unto him the sd Isaiah Harrison & his Heirs & assignns for ever all ye above mentioned Tract piece or parcel of Land as Laid out to William Darvel a foresaid for one thousand Acres to be the some more or Less by him Sold and conveyed as aforesaid but more especially as the said Land was resurveyed as aforesaid for nine hundred & seven acres Together with all & Singular the trees woods underwoods buildings Pastures fences fields meadows marshes swamps Brooks Creeks Rivers Rivulets Islands ponds proffits privileges rights Commodites hereditaments Emoluments & appurtenances whatsoever to the said Tract of Land belonging or in any wise appertaining and the reversion & Reversions Remainder & Remainders rents Isues & Profitts thereof & ----- PAGE 43: also all the Estate Right Title Interest inheritance property claim & Demand whatsoever of me the said Henry Loyd & any heirs respectivly of in or to the Same or any part thereof TO HAVE & TO HOLD the said Tract or parcel' of Land with the appurtenances There of unto the said Isaiah Harrison his heirs & asignes for ever to his or their only Sole & proper use benefit & behoof from henceforth & forevermore absolutely without any maner of reclaim challenge or Contradiction of me the said Henry Loyd or any other person claiming any interest herein from by or under me my heirs Executrs or adminss the said tract or parcel! of Land & appurtenances being now in the posession & Seisin of the said Isaiah Harrison by vesture of one Indenture of Grant & Lease & made the day before the date here of for the term of one year by the said Henry Loyd of the one part & the said Isaiah Harrison on the other part and by virture of the statute for transferring of uses into posession and the said Henry Loyd for himself his heirs Executrs & admin. Doth hereby convenant Grant & agree to & with the said Isaiah Harrison his heirs & asignes that he the said Henry Loyd & his heirs shall & will warrent Sz defend the said Tract of Land & premises (as resurveyed by Jacob Taylor as aforesd for nine hundred & seven acres) to the Said Isaiah Harrison & his heirs & asignes against all Persons what so ever lawfully claiming the same or any part There of and futher that the said Henry Loyd his heirs shall & will at any time within Three years after the date here of at the reasonable request & at the Cost & charge of him the said Isaiah Harrison give & execute any other deeds or Conveyances for the sd Land & premises to the sd. Isaiah Harrison his heirs & asignes for the futher vesting the sd. Land & premises to the sd. Isaiah Harriason his heirs & assignes for ever as by council Learned in the Law shall be judged requisite IN WITNESS where of the said Henry Loyd hath here unto set his hand & seal the day & year here in mentioned Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence Henry Loyd, Seal. of us the words on the other side near the land of James Fisher first interlined. Thomas Everet, Small. Pecton. Received of Mr Isaiah Harrison the Consideration money herein mentioned being one hundred pounds. June 22, 1721. Henry Loyd. Suffolk SS. June 23, 1721. The above named Henry Loyd personally appearing before me the Subscriber one of his majts justices of ye Peace for the sd. County acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act & Deed. John Wickes. Sussex SS. The within Deed of sale was acknowledged & made over In an open Court of Common pleas held at Lewes for the County afsd on the sixth day of August 1722 by Capt. Jonathan Bally Lawfull A torney of the within Henry Loyd unto the within Isaiah Harrison his heirs & assignes according to Law & the within contents. Teste Phil Russel D. Clk.