Andrew ROBINS could be 41.34, child ii


Deed 52-351

Nicholas Trimmer & wife } This indenture made the twenty first of April
         to             } anno. dom. one thousand thousand [sic] seven
   John Van Fleet       } hundred & seventy five, between Nicholas Trimmer
of Amwell in the county of Hunterdon & Province of New Jersey ? and Anna
his wife of the one part, and John Van Fleet of the county & province
aforesaid, wheelwright, of the other part:-- whereas John Child, Thomas
Knapp, Joseph Mico, William Hammond, Peter Hammond, Francis Minshall,
Henry Woodcock, William Lads & Henry Greenway in behalf of themselves
and the rest of the West Jersey Society, being seized in fee of divers
tracts of land in west Jersey aforesaid, by their instrument of Letter of
Attorney duly executed bearing date the first day of February anno dom
1749 by the names of John Child President, Thomas Knapp vice President,
Joseph Mico, William Hammond, Peter Hammond, Francis Minshall, Henry
Woodcock, William Ladds and Henry Greenway and the rest of the committee
for the west New Jersey Society did nominate constitute and appoint Henry
Lane and Lewis Johnston Esqrs. or either of them to be their agents,
attorneys & factors in his Majesties Province of West Jersey & elsewhere
in America, to sell, assign, grant leases, make agreements and sipose of
any of their lands and tenaments / according to the instruments they the
said attorneys or either of them, should from time to time receive from
the said constituents or from the committee for the time being / or any
part thereof, to such person or persons, and for such sum or sums of money
as should be deemed most for the Society's advantage, and to that end,
to execute or cause to be executed all necessary deeds and writings as
the ? customs of the country should require; as by the said instrument
recorded in the Secretaries office at Burlington in book H.H. pag 287
to 289 application being thereunto ? may at large appear and whereas
the said Patrick Lewis Johnston one of their attornies named in their
letter of attorney by their deed of conveyance duly executed, dated the
4th day of Nov. anno dom. 1751 for the consideration therein mentioned
did sell and confirm unto Mahlon Kirkbride his heirs and assigns, a
certain tract or piece of land situate in the county of Hunterdon in
the province aforesaid, containing by the limits and bounds thereof four
thousand one hundred and eighty acres as by the said deed duly proved and
entered on record in the Secretary's office of Burlington in Lib I.K. of
deeds fol. 362 relation thereunto had may fully & at large appear --
and the said Mahlon Kirkbride being so seized thereof, did sell & convey
one hundred acres of the same to Peter Van Buskark his heirs & assigns
forever, by one indenture for the consideration therein mentioned, dated
on or about the first of May 1748, application thereunto had may fully &
at large appear, who for the consideration mentioned in one instrument
conveyed the same to John Shrader, bearing date the eleventh day of May
1748 under the hand and seal of the said Peter Van Buskark duly executed
to the said Shrader his heirs and assigns forever; and whereas John
Shrader being so seized thereof for a valuable consideration conveyed
the same unto Andw. Robins & to his heirs & assigns forever by one
indenture dated the sixth day of May AD 1772 under his hand and seal
duly executed -- and whereas Andw. Robins being so seized thereof for
a valuable consideration conveyed the same unto the within mentioned
Nicholas Trimmer his heirs and assigns forever, by one indenture bearing
date the third day of May AD 1773 under his hand & seal duly executed.
Now this indenture witnesseth, that the said Nicholas Trimmer and
Anna his said wife for & in consideration of the sum of three hundred
and fifty pounds lawful proclamation money of the Province aforesaid,
to them in hand paid by the said John Van Fleet, the receipt whereof
they the said Nicholas Trimmer and Anna his said wife so and each of
them doth hereby acknowledge, and thereof and every part thereof do &
each of them doth hereby acquit, release and discharge the said John Van
Fleet his heirs, execs. and admins. forever, hath granted, bargained,
sold, ?, released and confirmed, and by these presents doth grant,
bargain, sell, release, ?, convey & confirm unto the said John Van
Fleet his heirs, execs. & admins. forever, in pursuance of an act of
General Assembly for transfering uses into possession, a certain tract
or parcell of land situate in Lebanon in the county & province aforesaid.
Beginning at a stake being a corner of Harmon Dildine's land, thence west
along Grandin's line twenty five chains & fifty ... to a stake - thence
north thirty nine chains & sixty links to a stake Peter Young's corner,
thence east twenty five chains & fifty links to the said Dildine's land,
thence south thirty nine chains & sixty links to the place of beginning,
containing one hundred acres.  Together with all manner of woods,
trees, mines, inerals, [sic] quarries, huntings, fowlings, fishings,
ways, waters, water courses, buildings, improvements, hereditaments and
appurtenances whatsoever to the same belonging or in any way appurtaining,
to have and to hold all and singular as above bargained premises with
the appurtenances unto the said John Van Fleet his heirs and assigns,
to the only proper use, benefited and behoof of him the said John Van
Fleet his heirs and assigns forever - And the said Nicholas Trimmer and
Anna his said wife doth convenant promise to and agree with the said
John Van Fleet his heirs and assigns, that at the time of the ensealing
and delivery of these presents, they or either of them hath good right,
full power, lawful & absolute authority to grant, bargain and sell the
above granted land and premises in manner and form above mentioned, to
the said John Van Fleet his heirs and assigns forever, and the same &
every part thereof in the preseeable and quiet possession of him the
said John Van Fleet his heirs and assigns forever, against them the
sd. Nicholas Trimmer and Anna his said wife, and against all and every
other person or persons lawfully claiming or to claim any estate, right,
title or interest to and in the same, or to any part or parcel thereof,
shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents.  In witness
whereof the parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and
seals this day and year first above written.
                                                           mark
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presense of }  Nicholas + Trimmer
                                                }          his
  Ishmael Lane.  John Forrester                 }  Anna + Trimmer

  Hunterdon county ss:  Be it remembered that on this twenty second day
of April one thousand seven hundred and seventy five personally appeared
before me John Grandin Esq. one of his Majesty's Judges of the court
of Common Pleas in and for the said county -- Nicholas Trimmer, and
Anna Trimmer wife of the said Nicholas and did acknowledge the within
instrument of writing to be their voluntary act and deed for the uses
therein mentioned; the said Anna being seperate [sic] and apart from
her said husband by me examined did say she did it voluntary & freely
of her own accord without any threat or compulsion from her said husband
or any other person or persons whatsoever.
  Given under my hand the day & year above written
Recorded May 2d, 1832                               John Grandin