| Section VI - Massey Data Bank | One Maryland Massey Family by George
Langford, Jr. 1901-1996 ©Cullen G. Langford and George Langford, III, 2010 |
Maryland Land Records, Kent County, Liber WS #1, Folio 213,214,215,216
Benjamin Massey from Cornelius Comegys, January 18, 1817
| January 18,
1817: Benjamin Massey, Esquire, of Kent County in Maryland buys and
holds in trust for Nathaniel Comegys, "true person of color," of Kent
County a five acre parcel, part of tract called Partnership
in Kent County that was sold by Philip Reed, Esquire, acting as trustee
for the estate of William Clark, to Cornelius Comegys, and for which a
deed of sale had been drawn up with Nathaniel but for which Nathaniel
had been unable to pay. Benjamin and Nathaniel came to an
understanding wherein Benjamin would enter into a new indenture and
purchase the parcel for $35.00, which Benjamin completed on the same
day. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace William Redding and James
Salisbury; William Scott is Kent County clerk. Note: High-resolution images of the deed at right can be viewed at the Maryland State Archives, but registration is required in advance of doing so. Once you have registered, you can access the images by entering the county clerk's initials ("WS" in this example) and volume number ("1" above) and the folio page number ("213" above). |
| [Kent
County, Maryland] Be it remembered that on the eighteenth day of
January, eighteen hundred and seventeen, a deed was brought to be
enrolled among the land records of Kent County, the tenor whereof here
ensues in the following words to wit: This indenture or deed of bargain
and sale made this eighteenth day of January in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and seventeen between Cornelius Comegys of Kent County
in the state of Maryland of the one part and Benjamin Massey, Esquire,
of the county and state of Maryland beforesaid of the other part.
Witness that whereas Nathaniel Comegys,
so-called true person of color of the county aforesaid, did some years
past and gave agreed to and with the said Cornelius Comegys five acres
of land being a part of a tract of land called Partnership in the county
aforesaid and the very same which Philip Reed, Esquire, or trustee for
the heirs of William Clark, late of Kent County, deceased, sold unto the
said Cornelius Comegys and by the said Cornelius Comegys
to the said Nathaniel and the said Nathaniel not paying the purchase
money for the several years that deed was accordingly unattached from
him the said Nathaniel of the said 5 acres of land and the said
Nathaniel having agreed to and with the said Benjamin Massey, Esquire,
for the said 5 acres of land request of him the said Cornelius Comegys
in order to save expense that he the said Cornelius Comegys
should make over, transfer, and convey to the said Benjamin Massey,
Esquire, all right, title, claim, interest, and demand whatsoever of
him, the said Cornelius Comegys, or of him the
said Nathaniel, of in and to the aforesaid five acres of land. Now
therefore this indenture or deed more fully witnesseth that in
consideration of the provisos and in consideration of thirty five
dollars money of the United States to him, the said Cornelius Comegys,
in hand paid by the said Benjamin Massey, Esquire, in trust and for the
use of the said Nathaniel, the receipt whereof he, the said Cornelius Comegys,
doth hereby acknowledge and doth exonerate, acquit, and forever
discharge him, the said Benjamin Massey, his heirs and assigns, forever
hath granted bargained sold aliened enfeoffed conveyed and confirmed and
by this instrument of writing doth grant, bargain, sell, alien,
enfeoff, convey, and confirm unto the said Benjamin Massey the aforesaid
five acres of land to him, his heirs and assigns, forever together with
all and singular the rights [illegible], hereditaments, and
appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining
with the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents,
issues, and profits thereof with all the estate of him, said Cornelius Comegys
and his heirs. To have and to hold onto the said Benjamin Massey the
said hereby granted, bargained, and sold five acres of land and premises
and every part and parcel thereof to the only proper use and behoof of
him, the said Benjamin Massey, his heirs and assigns, forever and for no
other use or purpose whatsoever. In witness whereof the said Cornelius Comegys hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal the day and year first written. Cornelius Comegys {seal}
Sealed and delivered in the presence of
William Redding James Salisbury Kent County state of Maryland to wit: be it remembered that on the day of the date of the written and foregoing instrument of writing personally appeared Cornelius Comegys before us, the subscribers, two of the Justices of the Peace for Kent County in the state of Maryland aforesaid, and did acknowledge the said instrument of writing to be his act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. William Redding
James Salisbury Received eighteen January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and seventeen from Benjamin Massey, Esquire, thirty five dollars, being the consideration money of the within deed in full. Cornelius Comegys
Witness:
William Redding James Salisbury And the same deed was accordingly recorded on the eighteenth day of January eighteen hundred and seventeen. per William Scott, Kent County Clerk
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