• Collection : Stanley Smith Deed Collection
  • Finding aid link : http://www.sturgislibrary.org/pdf/stanley_smith_deed_collection.pdf
  • Unique ID : SSDeeds.1.2.1815
  • Property Town : Barnstable
  • Selling date : 0000-00-00
  • Buyer(s) name(s) : Meigs, Mathew; Meigs, Jonathan
  • Buyer(s) residence(s) : Sandwich
  • Seller(s) name(s) : Handy, Hannah; Meigs, Ralph; Fish, David; Backus, Joshua
  • Seller(s) residence(s) : Sandwich, Barnstable
  • Acreage : 12
  • Price : $12
  • Justice of the Peace :
  • Date recorded by Justice of the Peace : 0000-00-00
  • Witnesses :
  • Other names mentioned : Crocker, Alvan; Crocker, Ebenezer; Jones, Nye
  • Original date recorded by Registrar : 0000-00-00
  • Transaction keywords : piece, parcel, land, rights, shares, long pond, way, long pond road
  • Book of Evidences of Land & folio (or page) : no information
  • Archives folder : 2
  • Notes : Hannah Handy described as "widow"; Ralph Meigs described as "cooper"; David Fish described as "yeoman"; Joshua Backus described as "housewright"; Mathew Meigs and Jonathan Meigs described as "yeomen"; land divided into 8 "rights" or "shares," Handy and Meigs each selling one and Fish and Backus selling two, suggesting two are retained by someone; Handy and Meigs each paid $2, Fish and Backus each paid $4; no witnesses, Justice of the Peace or registrar listed, although faint evidence of wax seals; no date other than year--maybe a copy?
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