Ann Morison, bill of sale, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1762 May 13
Date13 May, 1762
ms number762313
abstractAnne Morrison to Eleazar Wheelock, bill of sale for Exeter, Cloe, and Hercules, for the sum of £75. 1762 May 13. Hartford.
Know all men by theſe Present that I Ann Morison of
Hartford in the County of Hartford and Colony of Connecticut in
New England for and in Consideration of the sum of
Seventy five pounds lawfull money of said Colony to me in hand paid by
Eleazer Wheelock of Lebanon
in the County of Windham and Colony aforsaid Clerk the
Receipt whereof I do acknowledge and my Self therewith Contented Have and by theſe
Present do Bargain Sell make over and Deliver in Open market a Negro man named
Exeter of the age of forty eight years a negro woman named
Chloe of the age of Thirty five years and a negro male
Child named ⁓
Hercules of the age of about three years all Slaves for Life
To Have and to Hold the above Deſcribed negros unto him the said Eleazer Wheelock and to his heirs and aſsigns for and During
the Sum of their sd Slaves natural lives free and Clear of all
Incumbrances whatsoever and further more I the said Ann
Morison do hereby Covenant by theſe Present to Warrant and Defend the said
negroes unto him the said Eleazer Wheelock and to his heirs
and aſsigns against the Legal Claim or Claims of all Persons, whatsoever In witneſs
whereof I have here unto set my hand and Seal this thirteenth Day of
May AD 1762
Signed Sealed & Delivered
Ann Morison
In Presence of
George Smith
Benj Payne
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Memorandum, May 13sup th: 1762 that the said Ann Morison
doth Covenant and agree that where as the above said negro
woman hath been some time past affected with a Rhenmatic
Difficulty, that if that ^ Difficulty^ should Return upon her by means whereof
she be Disabled from Buſineſs that then she shall abate five
Pounds lawfull money on the Note given for the above Sum of
Seventy five pounds of Even Date with theſe present
Ann Morison
George Smith
Benj Payne
Bot a Negro
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