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Be in known unto all men by these presense that I Elisabeth Booth ye wife of Rich Booth of ye Blackwater doe constitute give power & ordaind my loving friend one Jeremiah Exum to be my true lawfull attorney to witt for me in my name place ____ in my behalf to acknowledge before ye Court of ye Isle of Wight a deed of sale made to Isack Reakes to be by Reall actt and deed for assignment upon ye ___ of ye pattent to be my Reall actt and deed allso I doo give unto my afosd attorney my good right and full power to perform fullfill and furnish all things before mentioned rattifying and confirming and allowing all and whatsoever shall be done about ye same and to be as good and effort-- in law as if I had performed ye same in my own person as witness my hand and seal this 2 of July in ye year 1695. Elizabeth [O her mark] Booth

Witnesses: Will brown, John Rogares

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Be it known unto all men by these presense that I Rich Booth and Elizabeth his wife for good consideration in hand allready paid has bargained sold and delivered and grant Isaac Reakes all my right beholf and grant of Pattent of land ___ I now live upon that [is] to say two hundred and sixty five acres formerly[?] our done we ful ___ ye sd patte--lying in[?] and being as is expressed in a ___ pattent bearing date 23 Day of April in the year 1687 And

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And for further consideration ___ of we ye sd ye Rich Booth and Elizabeth his wife doo binde our selves our heirs executors administrators and assigns to warrant and ___ defend the sd land sd deed of land unto ye sd Isac Reakes his heirs executors administrators and assigns for ___ as ))) form or manner can bee expressed by words ore writing not withstanding any thing above mentioned to ye contrary and further needed doe binde our selves on ye penalty of twenty thousand pounds of tobo. in cask forfiture to make and acknowledge at our next mo ch is to be held the ninth of ye next mo called July 1695 In witness to and of our hand heareto sett our hands and seals this 29th of June 1695.
            [signed] Rich RB [his mark] Booth
            seal Elezabeth [smear] Booth
            witnesses Joseph Meredoth, Henry Pope