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Provincial Court Proceedings, 1667. 209 of the one Partie and Thomas Covant of the same Province Carpenter Liber FF of the other partie wittnesseth That the George Reynolds for and in consideracon of certeyne Articles or Composicon here after expressed in this Indenture hath sold & delivered & doth by theis presents sell deliver & make oü unto the sayd Thomas Covant one parcell of land lying & being in Brettons bay in the County of St Maries aforesd, That is to say One hundred acres formerly granted to him the said George Renoylds (called the Fox) lying on the west side of the said bay as may more att large appeare by the patent or grant of the said Land bearing date the thirteenth day of November One Thowsand six hundred sixty three And the sayd George Reyn- olds both for himselfe & his wife Dorothy doth hereby quitt & alienate the sayd parcell of land from them and their heires To be to him [p. 5041 the said Thomas Covant and his heires for ever Provided tht the Thomas Covant or his heires shall well & truly pay or cause to be payd unto him the sayd George Reynolds or his heires foure barrells of good corne some tyme before the five and twentyeth day of Decem- ber next ensueing after the date of theis presents to be delivered att the place or abode of him the said George Reynolds neare the Church or chappell in Brettons bay and like wise foure barrells of Corne more before the tenth day of March then next ensueing to be in like manner delivered to him the sd George Renoylds or his heires att the place aforemenconed And further the sayd Thomas Covant doth hereby Covenant & agree & firmly bind himselfe & his heires to deliver or cause to be delived to the said George Reynolds or his heires two able men Servts betweene the age of Eighteene and eight & twenty yeares Sonietime before the five and twentyeth day of March wch shalbe in the yeare of or Lord god one thowsand Six hundred sixty Seaven And in Default of Non performance & non delivery of the sd Servts in manner as aforesd in respect of Cessacon or not coming in of shipps and importing Servants hither or other wise, Then the sd Thomas Covant doth hereby bind himselfe & his heires to pay and Deliü to the sd George Reynolds or his heires Sometyme a fore the five and twentyeth day of March One thowsand six hundred sixty & Seaven as abovesd in manner afore menThned att his now abode six barrells of good Corne wherewith he the said George Reynolds & his heires shall rest themselves according to agreemt satisfyed Lastly in case the Thomas Covant or his heires shall not pay and Deliver to the sayd George Reynolds or his heires two men Servts according to yeares as is above menconed att or before the Nativity of our lord on the five & twentyeth day of december which shall be in the yeare One thow- sand six hundred sixty eight Then the sayd Thomas Covant or his heires to pay to the sd George Reynolds or his heires Five thowsand pounds of good thchantable tobacco & caske and five barrells of Corne att the howse & place abovesd att or upon the five & twentyeth day of [p. 505] December last above menconed But in case the said Thomas Covant |
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