Section VI - Massey Data Bank

One Maryland Massey Family by George Langford, Jr. 1901-1996 ©Cullen G. Langford and George Langford, III, 2010

Maryland Land Records, Kent County, Liber DD #2, Folio 337-338
Joseph Massey to Ebenezer Massey, November 21, 1766

November 21, 1766: Ebenezer Massey, farmer of Kent County, buys for £100 three tracts of land, i.e., The Exchange, The Slippe Alongside of Massey's Venture, and Massey's Venture, from Joseph Massey, also a farmer of Kent County.  Witnesses: R. Frisby and J. Maxwell.  Acting for the Crown: R. Frisby, J. Maxwell and J.W. Hall; Kent County Clerk is Dan Dulany. Note: High-resolution images of the deed at right can be viewed at the Maryland State Archives, but registration is required in advance of doing so. Once you have registered, you can access the images by entering the county clerk's initials ("STW" in this example) and volume number ("3" above) and the folio page number ("307" above).

This indenture made the nineteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty six between Joseph Massey of Kent County, farmer of the one part, and Ebenezer Massey of the same place, farmer of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Joseph Massey for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds current money by the aforesaid Ebenezer Massey to him the said Joseph Massey in hand paid at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge and thereof and therefrom and of and from every part and parcel thereof thus hereby release, acquit, and discharge the said Ebenezer Massey, his heirs, and assigns, have granted, bargained, sold aliened, enfeoffed, confirmed, and by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, and confirm unto him, the said Ebenezer Massey, his heirs, and assigns, all that undivided moeity of a tract of land called The Exchange, all that undivided moeity of a tract of land called The Slippe Alongside of Massey's Venture, and all that undivided moeity of part of a tract of land called Massey's Venture, lying on the East side next adjoining onto a parcel of land belonging onto Nicholas Massey called The Exchange, all and every of the said parcels of land situate lying and being in Kent County aforesaid together with all ways, waters, watercourses, commodities, improvements, profits, privileges, advantages, and appurtenances whatsoever to the aforesaid parcels of land belonging as it anywise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues, and profits thereof and all the estate, right, title, interest, used trust, property, claim, and demand whatsoever of him the said Joseph Massey of into or out of the said premises with the appurtenances. To have and to hold the aforesaid parcels of land and premises hereby bargained and sold, meant, mentioned, or intended to be so to be with the appurtenances unto him, the said Ebenezer Massey, his heirs, and assigns, to the only proper use and behoof of the said Ebenezer Massey, his heirs, and assigns, forever and to his sure other use, intent, or purpose whatsoever and the said Joseph Massey for himself, his heirs, executors, administrators, and for every of them doth covenant, promise, and grant to and with the said Ebenezer Massey and his heirs by these presents that he, the said Joseph Massey, shall and will from time to time and all times hereafter at and upon the reasonable request of the said Ebenezer Massey, his heirs, executors, or administrators to make, levy, execute, acknowledge and suffer or cause to be done, made, levied, executed, and acknowledged and suffered all and every such further and other reasonable act, acts, thing and things, assurance and assurances, and conveyances in the law whatsoever for the further, better, and more perfect assuring, selling, and confirming of all and singular the premises herein before mentioned or any part thereof to the use, intents, and purposes herein before expressed concerning the same be it by fine or  fines, enfeoffment or feoffments, and recovery or recoveries, with single, double, or treble voucher or vouchers, deed or deeds, intended, or sold, release for confirmation or otherwise howsoever as by the said Ebenezer Massey or his heirs or either of their counselors learned in the law shall be reasonably devised, advised, or required. In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year above written. Joseph Massey {Seal} Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of R. Frisby       J. Maxwell August 19, 1766. Came the within named Joseph Massey before us, the subscribers, two of his Lordship's Justices of the Peace for Kent County, and acknowledged the within instrument of writing to be his act and deed and the lands and the premises within mentioned to be the right and estate of the within named Ebenezer Massey according to the true intent and meaning of same deed. R. Frisby J. Maxwell Received on the day and year within mentioned of the within named Ebenezer Massey the sum of one hundred pounds current money in full for the consideration money within mentioned Joseph Massey Witness: J. Maxwell Received June 3, 1767 of Ebenezer Massey four shillings and six pence sterling as an alienation fine on the within land supposed to be one hundred twelve acres and half an acre due to the Lord proprietary and receipt for his use. J.W. Hall Recorded November 21, 1766 Dan Dulany, clerk