Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Conditional Deed Description An account of the resource [intro: following NW’s deed to JP. This copy is a printed form in which details are filled in by the hand of the Register of Deed. Below, the printed words appear in bold.] To all People to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting. Know Ye, That I John Peters of Boston in the County of Suffolk & State of Massachusetts Bay Shopkeeper  For and in Consideration of the Sum of One thousand pounds to me in Hand before the Ensealing hereof, well and truly paid by Naomi Wilkins of Middleton in the County of Essex & State of Massachusetts Bay Widow the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and myself therewith fully satisfied and contented; and thereof, and of every Part and Parel thereof, do exonerate, acquit and discharge her the said Naomi Wilkins her Heirs, Executors and Administrators, forever by these Presents: HAVE given, granted, bargained, sold, aliened, conveyed and confirmed; and by these Presents, Do freely, fully and absolutely give, grant, bargain, sell, aliene, convey and confirm, unto her the said Naomi Wilkins her Heirs and Assigns forever, a certain tract or parcel of land lying in Middleton aforesaid containing about eighteen acres More or less & is bounded as follows, viz. in front by a pond called Wills Hill pond, thence running northerly & there making a break adjoining to the land of Samuel Wilkins. Thence running easterly on land of said Samuel Wilkins, thence running northerly again on land of Elisha Fuller to a large walnut tree, thence running westerly adjoining to land of said Samuel Wilkins & making several breaks till it comes to a stonewall, thence running a northerly curving line on land of said Elisha Fuller till it comes to a stake & stones, thence running a southeast course curving till it comes to a bridge on land of Samuel Wilkins, thence running a course paralel to the brook ‘till it comes to the first mentioned pond. Also another piece of land situate in said Middleton & bounded as follows, viz beginning at said pond & running a Northerly Course adjoining said Samuel Wilkins’s land to a cedar swamp making a break in said course, thence on land of Mess’rs Nurse & Porter to a stake & a large stone, thence southeasterly to the X in Gussett Meadow, thence northeasterly to the first mentioned pond & from thence running along said pond till it comes to the first mentioned bounds, together with the house barn & other buildings standing on the first mentioned piece of Land and all the Appurtenances to the same belonging.  To have and to hold the said granted and bargained Premises, with all the Appurtenances, Privileges and Commodities to the same belonging, or in any wise appertaining to her the said Naomi Wilkins and her Heirs and Assigns forever. To her and their only proper Use, Benefit and Behoof forever. And I the said John Peters for myself my Heirs, Executors and Administrators, do Covenant, Promise and Grant to and with Naomi Wilkins her Heirs and Assigns, that before the Ensealing hereof, I am the true, sole and lawful Owner of the above-bargained Premises, and that I am lawfully seized and possessed of the same in my own proper Right, as a good, perfect and absolute Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple: And have in myself good Right, full Power and lawful Authority, to grant, bargain, sell, convey and confirm said bargained Premises in Manner as aforesaid: And that she the said Naomi Wilkins her Heirs and Assigns, shall and may from Time to Time, and at all Times forever hereafter, by Force and Virtue of these Presents lawfully, peaceably and quietly Have, Hold, Use, Occupy, Possess and Enjoy the said demised and bargained Premises, with the Appurtenances, free and clear, and freely and clearly acquitted, exonerated and discharged of, from all and all Manner of former or other Gifts, Grants, Bargains, Sales, Leases, Mortgages, Wills, Entails, Jointures, Dowries, Judgments, Executions, or Incumbrances of what Name or Nature soever, that might in any Measure or Degree obstruct or make Void this present Deed. Furthermore, I the said John Peters for myself my Heirs, Executors and Administrators, do Covenant and Engage the above-demised Premises to her the said Naomi Wilkins her Heirs and Assigns, against the lawful Claims or Demands of any Person or Persons whatsoever, forever hereafter to Warrant, Secure and Defend by these Presents. Provided nevertheless that if the said John Peters his heirs executors & administrators shall from time to time provide for & supply the said Naomi Wilkins with everything necessary to a comfortable support & Maintenance both in Diet & Apparel while in a state of health & shall procure for her whatever may be judged Necessary for her recovery from sickness, whether Physicians Medicines diet or delicacies & shall in all things properly maintain support & subsist her during her natural life agreable to the said Peters’s promise, recited in his obligation bearing Even date with these presents & for which this Deed is given as a collateral security then this Deed as well as that Obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force & virtue.  Signed sealed & delivered in presence of Nathaniel Wiley, Amos Putnam     John Peters, & a seal  Essex S[es]s[ion], Middleton April the 6, 1780 the John Peters herein named acknowledged this Instrument to be his free Act & Deed before Amos Putnam Jus Pais [Justice of the Peace]   Essex Ss Rec[orded]d Aug. 25, 1780 & recorded & examined by John Pickering Reg’r [of Deeds] [in left margin, handwritten vertically] Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Source: Essex County Deeds 137:50 <p class="p1"></p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1780-04-06