Through Their Eyes...
1771/72 Deed - Pepperellboro (Saco),
York County,
Colony of the Massachusetts Bay (Maine),
New England
Know all men by these present that
that I Simon Brown of Pepperellboro in the county
of York and Provence of the Massachusetts Bay in
New England yeoman. In consideration of one
hundred and twenty pounds lawful money paid
me by before the signing hereof by John Patterson
of Pepperellboro aforesaid yeoman, the receipt where
of I do hereby acknowledge and myself herewith
to be fully satisfied have and do by these present
sell convey and confirm to the said John Patterson
his heirs or assigns a tract of land in pepperellboro
aforesaid which I purchased of Jeremiah Brown
as (?) his deed to me with all it's privileges Containing
Ninety Eight Acres inclusive of twenty acres belonging
to Ebenezer Derban which he purchased of Jeremiah
Brown Junr. Bounded as follows beginning at the
northwest Corner of Robert Jamesons field at a
white oak stump by the road that leads to Saco falls
from thence running noth east thirty rods to land
of Chase Parker, from thence running north west Carry
ing that Breadth to the end of the Chequer (more or less
To have and to hold the said granted premises
to the said John Patterson his heirs or assigns free of all
Incumbrances as an estate in fee simple forever. And
I the said Simon Brown heirs & c do covenant
with the said John Patterson that I am the lawful
owner of the premises, that I have good right to dispose
of them as above & that I will secure him the said (John)
Patterson his heirs and assigns against the lawful claim
and demand of all persons whatever In witness whereof
I and (Illegible) my wife in token of her relinquishment
of her thirds in the premises have here unto set our hands and
Seals this first day of July one thousand one hundred &
seventy one & in the eleventh year of His Majesty's Rein
Signed sealed and delivered
in the presence of us
(signed) Robert Patterson
(signed) Benjn Hooper
(signed)
Simon Brown
York ss July (Illegible) 1771 then personally appeared
the within named Simon Brown and acknowledg=
ed the within instrument to be his free act and
Deed before me
(signed) Tristram Jordan Jus o Peace
York ss Reced, Oct 11 1771
and recorded with the records for deeds in said
County Lib 42 fod 36
(signed) Attr Danl Moulton Reg
Know all men by these present that I John Patterson
of Pepperellboro in the county of York & Provence of the
Massachusetts Bay in New England yeoman
In consideration of the sum of ten shillings lawful
money but more especially the love and good will whic
h I bear to Simon Brown of Pepperellboro aforesd yeoman
and for his advancement in the world do by these
present for myself heirs executors or assigns quit and
surrender up all my rights and (Illegible) claims to
and interest in the within mentioned premises and
all its privileges to the said Simon Brown
his heirs or assigns forever -- In witness
whereof I the said John Patterson have hereunto
set my hand and seal this twenty ninth day of
May one thousand and seven hundred & seventy
two and in the twelfth year of the King
Signed Sealed and delivered
in the presence of us
(signed) John Dearing
(signed) Jeremiah (Illegible)
(Signed) John Patterson
York ss May 30th 1772 personally appeared the above
named John Patterson and acknowledged the above
instrument to be his free action and deed before me
(signed) Tristram Jordan Jus o Peace
Colonel Tristram Jordan
(1731 - 1821)
Colonel Tristram, youngest son of Captain Samuel and Olive (Plaisted) Jordan, was born at Winter Harbor, May 13, 1731. He became one of the first merchants on the east side of the Saco river, at the falls, and resided in what was known as the Pepperell House. At the age of twenty-three, in 1754, he was chosen a selectman and at about the same time was commissioned a captain in the militia. In 1787 he was chosen a senator from York county to the Mass. general court. At the close of the revolutionary war he removed from the falls to his estate at Deep Brook, where he died Nov. 1, 1821, aged ninety years.
In addition to the offices mentioned, he served as a magistrate for many years, and in 1776 was commissioned a colonel by the council of Mass.
From:
http://dunhamwilcox.net/me/me_bio_jordan.htm
Captain Daniel Moulton
(1731 - 1809)
Captain Daniel, second son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Lamprey) Moulton, was born in 1731, and died Aug. 26, 1809. His father died when he was four years old, and he was apprenticed to a man who treated him harshly. About 1745, at the age of fourteen, he ran away and went to the new settlement in Maine, first to Saco and then to Scarborough, where he settled on the east side of Nonesuch river, near "Rocky Hill," opposite what is now known as the Daniel Carter place.
He was a blacksmith, and became the owner of large tracts of land, holding most of what is now Scarborough Corner School District, and it is said about two miles of Nonesuch meadows. He had a large square house and several large barns. He gave each of his children a farm with a large square house. In later years he paid a considerable sum in settlement for his "time" to the man to whom he had been apprenticed. He is mentioned in "Southgate's History of Scarborough," as one of the prominent men in the town after its second settlement. He was an especial favorite of Charles Pine, the hunger and Indian fighter, whose granddaughter he married, and Pine attempted by will to entail a tract of land upon Daniel and his issue.
He was active in revolutionary times, a captain in the militia and a member of the committees of correspondence and safety for Scarborough and held various town offices.
