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Deeds 1723-63

1 Apr 1761 Deed Theophilus Phillips, Maidenhead, Hunterdon, NJ, yeoman, sells

to Henry Mershon, Maidenhead, yeoman, 20 acres of land and

messuage in Maidenhead, being part of the plantation where

Theophilus Phillips now lives. Land is bounded by Samuel

Hunt and Henry Mershon lands. Witnesses: John Bainbridge

and Azarh. Hunt, [upper left part of second page destroyed],

1 Apr. 1763 Deed Henry Mershon, Maidenhead, Hunterdon, NJ, yeoman, sells to

Benjamin Mershon, Maidenhead, yeoman, 20 acres Meadow

Lot that Henry purchased from Theophilis Phillips in 1761.

Also, 144/4 acre plantation on road from Trenton to Princeton

that Henry purchased from Samuel Hunt in Maidenhead. The

lands are exclusive of a lot conveyed by Samuel Hunt's father,

Ralph Hunt, deceased, for use of the Presbyterian Congregation

in Maidenhead, where the Presbyterian Meeting House is built.

Included in the sale are all houses, out houses, barns, stables,

buildings, gardens, orchards, fences, meadows, mines, minerals,

woods, underwood, ways, water, water courses, fishings,

fowlings, hawkings, huntings rights, royalties, liberties,

privileges, hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever.

Witnesses: William Mershon, Thomas Waters, Josfeph]

Yard.

21 May 1897 [1723] Letter WfilliamJ Mershon. Rahway, NJ, to the County Clerk of

Somerset County, Somerville, NJ, enquiring about deed to

Henry Mershon dated 15 Jan 1723. Reply from the county

clerk at bottom: all records prior to 1780 burned by the British.

The above documents were willed to the Association of the Descendants of Henry Mershon, Inc., on

21 September 1937 at Trenton, New Jersey, by Hope Lord Mershon, granddaughter of John Stockton

Mershon (1788-1835).

All names are bolded Names in italics indicate signatures. Documents inventoried 31 July 2006 by Noel R. Barton at

Farmington, Utah.