March 28, 1695.

Manuscript Document Signed "Dudley Bradstreet Justice of peace," 1 page, 12.75" x 16.5". March 28, 1695. Also signed "Jos. Moody Reg^r.," "Samuel Ingolls Jun^r," "Joseph Woodbridge," and "John Law Tertius." On watermarked laid paper. Holes and gaps at folds do not materially affect the appearance or legibility of the deed. Toned folds do not affect the darkly penned document. Folds expertly mended on verso. Very good condition.

Col. Dudley Bradstreet (1647-1706), as Justice of the Peace, acknowledges "this instrument to be his Act & Deed" in an Autograph Endorsement Signed on March 28, 1695, nine months after Samuel Ingalls, Jr. sold Cocks-Hall, a 6 mile by 4 mile tract of land in Essex County, Massachusetts, to Serjeant Stephen Jaques.

Joseph Moody (1700-1753), Registrar, signs an Autograph Endorsement Signed on May 30, 1727, attesting that the deed here offered was "Recorded with the Records of Deeds &c for the County of York â¦ Compared by Jos. Moody Reg^r." Moody was Yorkâs registrar of deeds, county clerk, and judge. He later became minister of the Second Church of York. Moody was the veiled Puritan minister in Nathaniel Hawthorneâs fictional short story The Minister's Black Veil. He preached with a handkerchief over his face and kept a diary in coded Latin. Joseph Woodbridge (1657-1726) and John Law signed as witnesses. Law may be John Law (1635-1707) of Acton, Mass., just 35 miles southwest of…

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