Gardiner to Zachariah Dodge 1776
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Lincoln County Deeds, Volume 12, pages 261, 262

Gardiner to Dodge

Know all men by these presents that I Daniel Gardiner of Edgecumbe in the County of Lincoln & Colony of the Massachusetts Bay Yeoman in consideration of thirteen pounds six shillings & eight pence in han.d paid me by Zachariah Dodge, the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge do hereby remise release and forever Quitclaim to the said Zachariah Dodge his heirs and assigns all my Right and Title Interest property Claim & demand which I have in a certain Tract of Land Lying in Edgecumbe aforesaid containing one hundred acres more or less, bounding on the heads of the first Tier of Lotts on the West Side of Damariscotta River running from Malachi Dodges Land SSWest fifty rods to Simeon Pearls Lot, from thence running four hundred Rods West North West, from thence running NNEast fiffy Rods & from thence East North East to the first place mentioned with the priviledges and appurtenances thereto belonging. To have and to hold the same to the said Zachariah his heirs and Assigns to his or their sole use forever. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal, this sixth day of May in the sixteenth year of the Reign of George the Third King, Anno Domini 1776. Daniel Gardner & a seal. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Moses Davis, John Cunningham Edgecumbe May 6, 1776. Then the above Daniel Gardiner in person appeared and acknowledged the above Instrument to be his free act and Deed before me Moses Davis Just Peace Lincoln t? I June 5th7 1778 received entered & examined by Jon. Bowman Reg.

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