Land document for Lancaster, Mass.,Worcester County. 1750. The deed is for "Alis Harris" [Alice Harris], "Or Alis Mitchell, of Lancaster, Spinster - for the sum of thirteen pounds, six shillings and eight pence paid by Hezekiah Gates of Lancaster "that was the land of my Honoured Father John Harris, deceased...gave me by his last will and testament after my mother deceased which half I do now sell and quit claim...""Land...South on Deans Brook and partly on land off the widdow [sic] Dinsmore and it contains twenty five acres ...[by] land of Amos Sawyer...[etc...]"
Signed with "her mark" Alas Harris, 1750, "in the twenty fourth year of his Majesties Reign" Also Signed by the Colonel Oliver Wilder and Thomas Gates.
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Monday, March 08, 2010
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