Petition of James Buckley, 29 July 1864, Queens County. Transcription.
Digital facsimile of "Petition of James Buckley, 29 July 1864, Queens County," Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RS108, reel F9029, Fredericton, New Brunswick. In "Contested Terrain: Aboriginal Land Petitions in New Brunswick, 1786-1878," Atlantic Canada Virtual Archives, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
This version published online 25 March 2010.
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Know all men by these presents that
I Samuel Starkey Farmer Johnston in
Consideration of the Sum of six dollars
and 75/100 to me paid by James Buckley of
Brunswick Gentleman, the receipt whereof
I do hereby acknowledge have remised released and
for ever quitclaimed and by these presents do
remise release and forever quitclaim into
the said James Buckley his heirs and assigns
a certain messuage now in the seizen and
possession of the said James Buckley
situate as follows being lot no. ninety five (95)
Block nineteen (19) Brunswick South of Land
Granted to John F. Price and North of Land purchased
by Jesse Clark and Nathan S Taylor south side
of Canaan River and nearly opposite mouth of
North Fork Canaan River Containing twenty seven
(27) acres more or less to have and to hold the
aforesaid premises, with all the privileges and
appurtenances to the Said Messuage & belonging
or appertaining unto the said James Buckley
his heirs and assigns to his and their sole use
for ever; So that neither I the Said Samuel
Starkey nor my heirs nor any person or persons
Claiming under me or them shall at any time
hereafter by any way or means have claim, or demand
any right or title to the aforesaid premises or
appurtenances or to any part or parcel thereof
In Witness Whereof the Said Samuel Starkey hath
hereunto set his hand and seal this twenty ninth
day of July in year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred
and Sixty four
I Samuel Starkey Farmer Johnston in
Consideration of the Sum of six dollars
and 75/100 to me paid by James Buckley of
Brunswick Gentleman, the receipt whereof
I do hereby acknowledge have remised released and
for ever quitclaimed and by these presents do
remise release and forever quitclaim into
the said James Buckley his heirs and assigns
a certain messuage now in the seizen and
possession of the said James Buckley
situate as follows being lot no. ninety five (95)
Block nineteen (19) Brunswick South of Land
Granted to John F. Price and North of Land purchased
by Jesse Clark and Nathan S Taylor south side
of Canaan River and nearly opposite mouth of
North Fork Canaan River Containing twenty seven
(27) acres more or less to have and to hold the
aforesaid premises, with all the privileges and
appurtenances to the Said Messuage & belonging
or appertaining unto the said James Buckley
his heirs and assigns to his and their sole use
for ever; So that neither I the Said Samuel
Starkey nor my heirs nor any person or persons
Claiming under me or them shall at any time
hereafter by any way or means have claim, or demand
any right or title to the aforesaid premises or
appurtenances or to any part or parcel thereof
In Witness Whereof the Said Samuel Starkey hath
hereunto set his hand and seal this twenty ninth
day of July in year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred
and Sixty four
Sealed and deliver in
presence of
presence of
Samuel Starkey
William D Patterson
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Queens County S S,
Be it remembered that on the
day and year before written, personally appeared before
me David Phillips Esquire one of Her Majesty's
Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid
the before named Samuel Starkey who acknowledged
that he executed the above deed freely for the uses and
purposes therein named
David Phillips J. P.
day and year before written, personally appeared before
me David Phillips Esquire one of Her Majesty's
Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid
the before named Samuel Starkey who acknowledged
that he executed the above deed freely for the uses and
purposes therein named
David Phillips J. P.