Langill Deed
Lewis Langill, Snr. to John Langill
May 18th, 1843

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Lewis Langill Senior to John Langill.
Registered 18th May 1843 at 12 o'clock noon on the oath of Alexander McKenzie

This indenture made this twenty-third day of March, the year of our Lord
one thousand and eight hundred and forty-two between
Lewis Langill of River John aforesaid in the County of Pictou, farmer of the one part and
John Langill of River John aforesaid in the county of Pictou aforesaid farmer
and son of the said Lewis Langill Senior of the other part Witnesseth that the said
Lewis Langill, for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred pounds
of lawful money of Nova Scotia to him in hand paid by the said John Langill,
his son, at or before the execution of these presents the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged hath granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed,
released and confirmed and by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell,
alien, enfeoff, release and confirm unto the said John Langill (his son)
and assigns all that certain lot of land, situate lying and being on the
north side of the main road from River John to Tatamagouche in the settlement
of River John and county of Pictou aforesaid, abutted, bounded and
described as follows

Beginning on the north side of said main road from River John to Tatamagouche
and on the east boundary line of Lewis Tattries farm lot,
running thence north on the said boundary line forty-five chains to a Hemlock tree
(the north east angle of said farm lot) on the rear line of the
first division of lots on the straits of Northumberland and thence east
on said rear line seventeen chains and ninety links to a stake on the same
thence south fort-five chains to a stake on the north side of the main
road aforesaid and thence along the north side of the said main road
seventeen chains and ninety links to the place of beginning containing eight acres
more or less together with all and singular the houses, buildings, woods,
ways, waters, watercourses, improvements ,hereditaments, privileges and
appurtenances thereto belonging or in anywise appertaining and the
reversion and reversions remainder and remainders yearly and other rents, issues
and profits thereof and also all the estate, right, title, use, trust,
interest, property, claim, and demand whatsoever both at law and equity of him the
said Lewis Langill, Senior, in, to, out, of or upon the said lot of land and
premises above granted and conveyed and every part thereof to have and
to hold, the said lot of land and all and singular other the premises,
hereby granted and conveyed or mentioned or intended so to be with their and
every of their appurtenances unto him the said John Langill
(son of the said Lewis Langill) his heirs and assigns to his and their only proper and
absolute use, benefit and behoof forever and the said Lewis Langill Senior
for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, doth hereby covenant,
promise and agree to and with the said John Langill his heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns in manner and form following that is to say
that at the time of executing these presents, he the said Lewis Langill, Senior
is and stands seized of an absolute of inheritance in Fee Simple of, and
in the said lot of land and premises hereby granted and conveyed or
intended so to be without any condition or encumbrance whatsoever and that he
hath good right, full power and lawful authority to sell and convey the said
lot of land and premises in manner and form as the same are herein and
hereby sold and conveyed or intended so to be and also that he the said
Lewis Langill, Senior and his heirs the said lot of land and premises granted
to the said John Langill (his son), his heirs and assigns, against the lawful
claims and demands of all and every person and persons whomsoever
claiming or to claim in, by or under him the said Lewis Langill, Senior, will
warrant, maintain and forever defend by these presents, in witness
whereof the said Lewis Langill, Senior, hath hereunto his name subscribed and
seal affixed the day and year first above written

Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of
John Gould
Alexander McKenzie

Lewis X Langill
his mark
Margaret X Langill
her mark

Received on the day of the date of the foregoing indenture from the
therein named John Langill, my son,
the sum of three hundred pounds of lawful money of Nova Scotia
being in full the consideration money therein mentioned to be paid by him to me.

Witness
John Gould
Lewis X Langill
his mark

Be it remembered that on this twenty-third day of March in the year of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, personally appeared before
me the subscriber one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the
county of Pictou,
Mrs. Margaret Langill a party to the foregoing indenture and
wife of Lewis Langill, Senior, also party thereto who being by me
examined separate and apart from her said husband acknowledged that she executed
the said indenture freely and voluntarily without force or compulsion on the
part of her said husband and thereby or for the purpose of thereby
resigning and relinquishing all her right and title to dower or thirds or other
interest whatsoever in, to, out, or upon the lot of land and premises within conveyed.

Alexander McKenzie, J.P.
Esquire

Source: page 374
FHL film 0578975, vol. 27
Transcribed by Lynda Minarzick
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