Reference: (registered copy) Halifax County Book 16, page 283.
(original deed) Odell Papers. Shelf 29 Box 11 F59 #1. New Brunswick Museum.
James Boyd had some sort of dispute with John Curry
in the late 1770s and ended up having his 1000 acre Bocabec River (Dickawasset)
grant sold to John Curry by the Deputy Provost Marshal of Nova Scotia on
17 April 1780; an earlier action on 20 August 1777 was mentioned in the
deed. The deed was recorded in Halifax County but the original somehow
found its way to the Odell Papers at the New Brunswick Museum. The text
below is taken from that original, with the permission of the Museum:
| To all to whome [sic] these presents
shall come Greeting. Know ye. That whereas John Fenton Esqr. Provost Marshal of the Province of Nova Scotia by virtue of a Law of the said Province and for and in consideration of the Sum of thirty two pounds Currency to satisfy in part an Execution John Curry against James Boyd late of Pasmaquaddy [sic] in the County of Sunbury in the Province of Nova Scotia Esquire, did make over and sell and by his Deed bearing date the twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven a tract of Land situate lying & being at the mouth of the Westermost of the three Rivers in the Grand Bay of Pasmaquaddy called Dickawasset River & to measure westerly thirty chains on the Shore of the Bay, thence to run north one hundred & seventy Chains, thence East sixty Chains, thence south one hundred & sixty Chains more or less till it meets the said Bay, thence westerly the several courses of the Bay to the mouth of the said River first mentioned; containing in the whole by estimation one thousand Acres more or less; _ the same being duely [sic] appraised and the Deed given subject to the Equity of Redemption as by Law directed. Now know ye That I William Shaw Esquire Deputy Provost Marshal for the Province of Nova Scotia at the request of John Curry the plaintiff in the aforesaid Cause (the Defendent [sic] James Boyd not having redeemed the aforesaid Tract [of] Land nor any one for him within the time limited [by] Law nor at any time since,) have caused the premises aforesaid to be advertised and have at public Auction and to the highest bidder being John Curry aforesaid sold the before mentioned Tract of Land for and in consid- eration of the sum of thirty two pounds Currency to me in hand well & truely [sic] paid the receipt of which I do hereby acknowledge. To have & to hold the before mentioned tract of Land situate lying & being at the mouth of the westermost of the three Rivers in the Grand Bay of Pasmaquaddy called Dickawasset River & to measure westerly thirty Chains on the [shore] of the Bay, thence to run north one hundred & seventy Chains, thence East Sixty Chains, thence South one hundred & sixty Chains more or less till it meets the said Bay, thence westerly the several courses of the Bay to the mouth of the said River first mentioned, containing in the whole by estimation one thousand Acres more or less with all the Improvements privileges profits, Comm[?] and Appurtenances on the said Lands being or any- ways belonging or appurtaining unto him the said John Curry his Heirs & Assigns for ever _ In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this Seventeenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & Eighty & in the twentieth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the third Wm Shaw [LS][seal]
DPM
Signed Sealed & Delivered
in the presence of Geo Allan [LS] Jno Perkins [LS] |
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Halifax Lib. 16 - page 282 |
I hereby certify that at Eleven of the Clock in the forenoon
on the first day of [rest of line obscured] was Registerd [sic] pursuant to the directions of the Law in such case made and provided, on the Oath of George Allan D W[?] Dep Reg. [LS] Book A folio [308?] Jonn. Odell [LS]
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