James
Ackley of Chatham, Connecticut, gifted his son, James Ackley Jr., with 119
acres located in the Three Miles Division May 13, 1772. The elder James was 65 years
old and married to his third wife, Hannah Spencer, at this date. James Jr., age
33 years, was a husband and father to four children.
Town of
East Hampton, Connecticut
Deed Book
1, page 331
Transcription:
To all People to whom these Presents shall
come, GREETING.
Know ye, that I James
Acly of Chatham in the County of Hartford
and Colony of
Connecticut in New England
For the Consideration
of the Natural love and Goodwill which I have and
bear to my well beloved
Son James Acly Jun'r
of the same Chatham
County and Colony
afore said Do Give,
Grant, and Confirm unto the said James
Acly Jun'r his heirs
and assigns forever One Certain piece of land
Lying in Said Chatham
being part of the Lotts No. 19, 20, 21 & 22 in the
Three miles Division
Beginning at the west end of said Lotts takeing the
Whole wedth of Said
Lotts and Running Easterly one Hundred and forty four
Rods to the middle of
said Lotts containing about one Hundred and
Nineteen acres Bounded
north on land belonging to the heirs of Jonath'n
Gates Deceas'd East on
land of the Same Lotts South and west on said James
Acly J'rs own land
Together with the Buildings thereon standing
To Have and to Hold the
above Granted and Bargained Premises, with
Appurtences thereof,
unto him the said James Acly Jun'r
His Heirs and Assigns
for ever, to his and their own proper Use and Behoof.
And also I the said
James Acly do for my self my Heirs
Executors,
Administrators, Covenant with the said James Acly Jun'r
His Heirs and Assigns,
That at and until the Ensealing of these Presents
I am well seized of the
Premises as a good indefeasible Estate in Fee-simple; and have good
Right to dispose the
same in Manner and Form as is above Written; and that the same
is free of all
Incumbrances whatsoever. And Furthermore, I the said James Acly
do by these Presents
bind my self and my Heirs for ever, to
WARRANT and Defend the
above Granted Premises to him the said
James Acly Jun'r his
Heirs and Assigns, against all Claims and
Demands whatsoever. In
Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and
Seal the Thirteenth Day
of May In the Twelveth year of the Reign of
Our Sovereign Lord
George the third of Great Britain, & cc. KING Anno
Domini, 1772
James Acly
Signed, Sealed and
delivered
in Presence of
Henry Champion
Francis Percivil
Hartford County __ May
13th 1772
appeared James Acly
Signer and Sealer of
the above Instrument, and Acknowledged the same to be his free Act and
Deed before me
Henry
Champion Justice Peace
Chatham June 20th 1772
A True Record Test
Jonathan Penfield
Register
The
future of his sons must have been on his mind as that same day the elder Mr.
Ackley gifted his younger son, Samuel, with property too.
Samuel’s
gift deed mirrored James Jr.’s except for the land description which read:
Do Give, Grant, Alien and confirm
unto the said Samuel
Acly
his Heirs and assigns for Ever the one Equal Half of my
Dwelling
House and Barn Standing in s’d Chatham Together
with
the one Equal Half of my Homested it being the Lotts
No.
2, 3, 4, 5 and part of the lot no. 6 in the three miles Division
In
said Chatham and also the one Equal half of the Land which
I
the said James Acly now own Belonging formerly to Harts farm
(so
called) the Whole being one Hundred and Twenty three acres
Bounded
East on a highway South partly on the lot No. 1 and partly
on
part of the Harts farm west on part of Harts farm and north
on
Part of the Lott No. 6 in the three miles Division
Town of East Hampton, Connecticut
Deed Book 1, page 337
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