Deed between Mary J. Briggs and Henry W. Briggs and Isaac van Hoesen - 1866
Located in Book 65, Deeds, page 332
Transcribed and contributed by Barbara Craddock
This indenture made this thirty first day of March in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six between MARY JANE
BRIGGS, wife of HENRY W. BRIGGS, her said husband, of the Village of Athens in
the County of Greene, State of New York parties of the first part and ISAAC VAN
HOESEN of the Town of Athens, County and State aforesaid party of the second
part, witnesseth, that said parties of the first part, in consideration of the
sum of seven hundred and fifty two dollars to them duly paid, have sold, and by
these presents, do grant and convey to the said party of the second part his
heirs and assigns, all that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate lying
and being in the Village of Athens in the county of Greene and State of New
York, on the westerly side of and fronting upon Montgomery Street and is bounded
northerly by Agriculture Street southerly by lands now occupied by THOMAS FULTON
and westerly lands of DAVID WHITING the piece of land hereby intended to
be conveyed and _______the whole lot number fifteen (15) on said Montgomery
Street and about one half of lot number seventeen (17) or that portion of said
lot number seventeen lying southwesterly of a line draw from the south west to
the northeast corner of said lot diagonally and which piece of land hereby
conveyed is about twenty eight feet in
width on said Montgomery Street and fifty feet in width in the rear or westerly
end and are the same lands as conveyed by IRA COOPER and wife to the said MARY
J. BRIGGS by deed dated February 28, 1863 and recorded in Greene County
Clerk’s Office in book number 61 of deeds on page 81. This conveyance is made
subject to a certain Mortgage on said premises for the principal sum of six
hundred dollars and interest executed by MARY J. BRIGGS to IRA COOPER and dated
Feb. 28, 1863 and upon which mortgage there is now due the sum of four hundred
and forty eight dollars for principal and interest and which said mortgage of
the said interest thereon the said party of the second part hereby assumes and
agrees to pay he having been allowed the amount thereof in part payment of the
consideration of this conveyance and the covenants therein are subject thereto
with the appurtenances and all the estate, title, and interest therein of the
said parties of the first part. And the said parties of the first part for
themselves and their heirs do hereby covenant and agree to and with the said
party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, that at the time of the
ensealing and delivery of these presents they are the lawful owners and are well
seized in fee simple and possessed of the premises above conveyed, and of the
whole thereof and that the same are free and clear from all encumbrances,
discharge and claim whatever except as aforesaid and, that the premises thus
conveyed in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second
part, his heirs and assigns, they shall and will forever warrant and defend
against any persons whomsoever, lawfully claiming the same, or any part thereof.
In witness whereof, the parties of the first part have hereunto set therein set
their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
Mary J. Briggs
L. S.
H. W. Briggs
L. S.