Copied from "Settlers by the Long Grey Trail" pages 31-32 ----- PAGE 31: THIS INDENTURE, Made twenty third day of Sept. in ye 7th year of ye reigne of our Sovereign Lady Anne by ye Grace of God Oueen of Great Britrain France & Ireland defender of ye faith anno dni 1708 BETWEEN RICHARD LAWRENCE of Smithtowne in ye County of Suffolke of ye Colony of New Yorke Yeoman on ye one parte, and ESAIAH HARRISON of ye same place husbandman on ye other parte ----- PAGE 32: WITNESSETH that ye sd Richard Lawrence for & in consideration of eighty pounds good & lawful' money of New Yorke above sd., to. him in hand paid by ye said Esayah Harrison ye receit whereof ye said Richard Lawrence doth hereby acknowledge, and himselfe to be therewith fully satisfyed contented & paid, and thereof and therefrom by these presents doth fully acquits & discharge the sd. Esayah Harrison & his heirs executors & administrators forever, hath bargained sould given granted aliened enfeoffd released & confirmed, and by these presents doth for himself his heires executors and administrators & either of them fully freely & absolutely bargain sell give grante alien enfeoffe release & confirm unto ye sd. Esaiah Harrison his heirs & assignes ALL that two hundred acres of land scituate lying & being within ye bounds of Smithtowne above sd. on ye east side of ye river called Nessequague River bounded on ye south side by ye Common Path or Country Roade, westward by ye said river & extending northward one hundred poles & soe to extend in length in a parallel line to make up ye complement of two hundred acres, taking in all Swamps Meadow Creek thatch with all ye benefits and priviledges thereunt obelonging, with liberty of fishing hunting & fowling on ye !lecke on ye west side of ye sd. Nessequague River and also the liberty to take up any hollow that is not disposed of & ye liberty of commonage for all creatures & to cut creeke thatch in ye said Nessequage River, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD ye said two hundred acres of land and all & singular ye within granted premises, with appurtentances, to ye said Esaiah Harrison his heires & assignes forever to ye use & behoofe of him ye said Esaiah Harrison his heires & assignes forever. And ye said Richard Richard Lawrence for himselfe & his heires executors and administrators cloth hereby convenant promise & grante to & with ye said Esayah Harrison his heires & assignes that he ye said Richard Lawrence is ye rightful owner of ye said land and premises and that ye ensealing thereof hath full power and lavrfull authority to dispose & convey ye same with ye sd. Esaiah Harrison his heires & assignes and that ye said Esayah Harrison his heires or assignes shall or may at all times hereafter, & from time to time, quietly & peaceably have hold & enjoy ye within granted premises freely & clearely acquitted from all incumberances wtsoever, and ye sd. Richard Lawrence for himselfe & his heires, doth hereby warrent ye within granted premises against all persons whatsoever claiming or to claime any right title or pretence wtsoever, by from or under him ye sd. Richard Lawrence his heires or either of them, and futher to give any better confirmation hereof, as shall be reasonably advised or devised by ye said Esayah Harrison his heires or assigns by his or their counsel' learned in ye law and at their costs. IN WITNESSE WHEREOF ye sd. Richard Lawrence bath to these presents set his hand and seal ye day & year above written. Sealed & delivered in the presence of Geo. Phillips Richard Floyd RICHARD LAWRENCE (Seal) Sept. ye 23 1708 The within named Richard Lawrence acknowledged this deed within mentioned to be his free act & deed. Coram Tho. Helme one of her majesties justices of ye Peace in ye County of Suffolke Entered Oct. ye 6 1708 Tho. Helme cler.