Item 65: Typescript Land Deed from William W. and Elizabeth R. Loomis to William R. Griffith, 1847 May 1
Item — Box: 15, Folder: 120
Dates
- Created: 1847 May 1
Creator
- Loomis, William Wallace 1815-1894 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Land Deed
General Condition:
Fair. 3 sheets (labeled L, 2, and 3) in pretty decent condition, only a center crease, staple holes, and a crease around the staple. The paper itself is slightly aged and dirtied along some of the edges
Measurements:
10 ⅞ in. x 8 ½ in.
Description:
This is a typewritten copy of a land deed from William W. Loomis, 1815-1894, and his wife, Elizabeth R. Loomis, 1821-1869, to William R. Griffith, for $350.00 for a plot of land in Pittston on May 1 1847. It introduces both parties and the sale of the land before detailing the land only in relation to the other lots surrounding it. It mentions the passage of one section of land through the Blanchards to explain how the Loomis’ have a portion of the land. Before the legal transfer, the document makes note of an instance where Elizabeth R. had previously sold a part of her land to Samuel Hodgeden Jr., who then moved into a house on said lands but did not fulfill his end of the sale, thus legally forfeiting the land and former contract. There is some unclear business mentioned with Ferry and Fishery and Eel Ware to reserve/except certain areas from this sale within the next section before confirming the legal transfer of land and rights from seller to buyer.
The Blanchards were a prominent family of the area in Jenkins Township known as Port Blanchard, which is connected back to Captain Jeremiah Blanchard, one of its first settlers. It is named for one of his children, John Blanchard, and the family was very involved in landowning as seen through the trades and sales their names often show up in. They are related to the ( Loomis, Kesler/Kester, and Bulkeley families through marriage. An annotation on the back of the third sheet seems to be a note of what the document is. Name is copied incorrectly - Should be Kesler instead of Kester.
Location:
Pittston, PA
Transcription Attempt:
{annotation}
Loomis and wife to Griffith 1847 Copy 3.
- Blanchard, Clarissa (possibly Bulkeley, Clarissa C/E. 1827-1903)
- Blanchard, Jeremiah, 1764-1837
- Blanchard, Jeremiah, 1799-1838
- Blanchard, John 1801-1853
- Deed.
- Finance.
- Griffith, William R
- Hodgdon, Samuel 1849-1915
- Kesler, Andrew 1819-1903
- Kesler, Louisa C. 1826-1894
- Property Transfer.
- Sale.
- Title.
- Titles, Land
- Winter, Peter 1785-1872
Creator
- Loomis, William Wallace 1815-1894 (Person)
- Loomis, Elizabeth Robinson 1821-1869 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu