York Deeds, Vol. 6

Excerpt from York Deeds, Vol. 6: Book Vi This book was opened February 20, 1686 [i. e. 1687] by Thomas Scottow, the Deputy Register for Maine under Edward Randolph, who was sole register in New England under the Andros government. He had continued the record of deeds of his predecessors in the fourth book. It is probable that that fourth book was abandoned by him, while only half filled, in consequence of the orders of the Andros government, and that in further compliance therewith, the fourth book was taken with the earlier books to Boston in May, 1687. He continued the record of deeds herein until April 14, 1689, only four days before the revolution in Boston. This sixth book was not again resumed till August 26, 1699 by the elder Joseph Hammond, after he had filled the blank spaces left in books four and five. He continued them quite regularly until the last of May, 1703: and being in June, 1700, appointed a judge of the County Court of Common Pleas, he was succeeded in the office of Register of Deeds by his son Joseph Hammond, junior. The younger Hammond recorded the balance of this book; his last regular entry being apparently in August 1703, although there are scattered entries of later dales apparently inserted as marginal notes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.