This deed proves the wife of L-366 Stewart Beatty was Alice/Elsey McGinnes. I wish we knew who Catherine was. She did not write (used her X mark) her name but she was evidently one very clever lady who knew a good lawyer. I checked and the Catherine/Kitty Lollar Beatty (L-5) from the pension file who lived in Trenton did not use a mark so this is a different Catherine Beatty. My guess is she is the mother of Stewart, but that is just a guess. Who but a grandmother would go to this much trouble to protect her grandchildren and assure that they had a roof over their head and food to eat. Evidently Stewart is in financial trouble and Catherine buys the lot John Beatty had sold him in 1811 for $500 and then sets up a trust which Stewart cannot touch or break and one third of the profits of the lot go to her and the other two thirds to Alice, the wife of Stewart. At their deaths it goes to the heirs of Stewart by his wife Alice or to the heirs of Catherine. This is the deed referenced. Do any NJ researchers have this deed? It looks like it is three pages long and could be interesting. Could Catherine sign off dower as the wife of John? Donna L-3 Hunterdon co., NJ Deeds-1811-Stewart Beatty from John Beatty (Vol.18-pg. 402) Hunterdon co., NJ Deeds Microfilm #0806511 Vol. 41 (1826-1827) (excerpts) 41-130 Stewart Beatty & wife to Catherine Beatty. This indenture 1 August, 1826 between Stewart Beatty of the city of Trenton, Hunterdon co., NJ and Alice, his wife, party of the first part, aqnd Catherine Beatty of the same place, party of the second part. Witnesseth, that the sd. party of the first part for $500 paid to Stewart Beatty and Alice, his wife, sell a lot of land situate in the city of Trenton butted and bounded as follows: viz_Beginning at a stone being on the easterly corner of James Kirkpatrick's lot by the side of the road leading from Beatty's ferry to Alexander Colhoun's and running thence along the sd. road N 40 degrees E one chain.....(description)......corner of a lot now belonging to John Titus....to a stone corner of James Kirkpatrick's lot......containing one quarter of an acre of land more or less.... Stewart (his Xmark) Beatty Alice (her X mark) Beatty In the Presence of: John Nevius Dan'l C. Croxall 4 August 1826 Before Dan'l C. Croxell, Master in the Court of Chancery of the state of New Jersey personally appeared Stewart Beatty and Alice, his wife, grantors in the foregoing deed and acknowledged it to be their act and deed and Alice Beatty, wife of the sd. Stewart Beatty released dower. Dan'l C. Croxell, MC Recorded August, 8, 1826. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 41-132 (Deed of Trust) Catharine Beatty to Daniel C. Croxall, Trustee. This indenture, tripartite, made this 4 August 1826 between Catharine Beatty, party of the first part, Stewart Beatty and Alice Beatty, his wife, party of the second part, and Daniel C. Croxall, party of the third part, of the city of Trenton in the county of Hunterdon and state of New Jersey. Witnesseth, that the said Catherine Beatty, party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar paid by Daniel C. Croxall, party of the third part, before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof she the said Catherine Beatty doth hereby acknowledge and of the love and affection she the said Catherine Beatty for her the said Alice Beatty and her children hath granted, bargained, sells unto Daniel C. Croxall, party of the third part all that tract of land in the city of Trenton bounded as follows, viz. ...(same description as previous deed)....to a stone corner of James Kirkpatricks.....containing one quarter of an acre of land more or less and is the same which was conveyed by John Beatty to the said Stewart Beatty by deed 11 Sept. 1811 and recorded Vol. 18 folio 402, 3, & 4 and purchased by the sd. Catherine Beatty on the 1 August of this present year of the said Stewart Beatty and by him and his wife conveyed to Catherine Beatty by deed 1 Aug. afsd. Granted unto Daniel C. Croxall, party of the third part, to and for the several uses, intents and purposes and upon a special trusts and confidences hereinafter limited, expressed and declared, that is to say, to the use and behoof of the sd. Daniel C. Croxall for and during the natural lives of the said Catherine Beatty and the said Alice Beatty, wife of the said Stewart Beatty, and the life of the longest liver of them. In trust to preserve the contingent uses and remainders thereof, hereinafter limited from being destroyed and to and for the purpose to make entices/entries? as occasion shall require but not to convert any of the profits of the sd. premises to his own use, but nevertheless in trust that he the sd. Daniel C. Croxall shall pay the one third part of the clear yearly rents, issues and profits of the said lot of land with the appurtenances into the hands of the sd. Catherine Beatty and her assigns during her natural life or otherwise at her election do and shall permit and suffer her the sd. Catherine Beatty and her assigns during her natural life to take and receive the one third part of all the rents, issues and profits for her own sole and separate use and behoof and that he the sd. Daniel C. Croxall shall in like manner pay the two remaining third parts of the clear yearly rents, issues and profits of the sd. lot of land with the appurtenances into the proper hands of the sd. Alice Beatty, wife of the sd. Stewart Beatty, and her assigns during her natural life or otherwise at her election do and shall permit and suffer her, the said Alice Beatty, without the said Stewart Beatty, and her assigns during her natural life to take and receive the sd. two remaining third parts of the sd. rents, issues and benefits of the sd. premises to and for her sole and separate use, benefit and behoof......the same to be at her own disposal and not at the disposal or in any wise subject to the debs, encumbrances, engagements, contracts or control of her sd. husband, the sd. Stewart Beatty or any future husband with whom she may hereafter intermarry and for which her receipt alone not withstanding her coverture shall be a good and sufficient discharge to the person or persons paying the same. And from and after the death of the sd. Catherine Beatty, the sd. party of the first part, then to the use and behoof of the sd. Daniel C. Croxall, his heirs and assigns in trust that he the sd. Daniel C. Croxall shall pay all clear yearly rents, issues, and profits into the proper hands of her the sd. Alice Beatty, wife of the sd. Stewart Beatty, and her assigns during her natural life or at her election to permit and suffer her the sd. Alice Beatty, wife of Stewart Beatty, to take and receive all rents, issues and profits not subject to debts or control of her sd. husband as afsd. and if Catherine Beatty, party of the first part, shall survive the sd. Alice Beatty, wife of the sd. Stewart Beatty, then to the use and behoof of Daniel C. Croxall. In trust that Daniel C. Croxall shall pay the sd. two thirds parts of rents, issues and profits unto the heirs of the body of the sd. Alice Beatty by her present husband, begotten, or to be begotten, or to the lawful guardian of them the said heirs during the natural life of the sd. Catherine Beatty or to suffer and permit them the sd. heirs or their lawful guardians during the natural life of sd. Catherine Beatty to take and receive the sd. two thirds part of rents, issues and profits and from and after her death as hereinafter directed and upon death of sd. Alice Beatty, wife of sd. Stewart Beatty, and from and immediately after death of sd. Alice, wife of sd. Stewart Beatty, in case she shall survive the sd. Catherine Beatty than that the sd. Daniel C. Croxall, his heirs and assigns shall stand seized of sd. lot of land with appurtenances to the use and behoof of the heirs of the body of the sd. Alice Beatty, wife of the sd. Stewart Beatty, by her present husband begotten or to be begotten and in default of such issue then to the use and behoof of the heirs of her the sd. Catherine Beatty, the sd. party of the first part, and to and for or upon no other use, trust, interest or purpose whatsoever. In witness whereof the sd. Catherine Beatty, the sd. party of the first part, to these presents hath set her hand and seal the day and year first above written. Catherine (her X mark) Beatty Signed, Sealed & Delivered in the Presence of: John Nevius Thos. Gordon 8 August 1826 before Thos. Gordon, Master of Chancery, Catherine Beatty acknowledged ....... Thos. Gordon, MC Recorded August 8, 1826.

I've been away and the cable line was cut...GREAT NEWS!! Jayne/L366 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna VanZandt" <donavan@netins.net> To: <BP2000-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 5:22 PM Subject: [BP2000] Hunterdon co., NJ Deeds L-366 > This deed proves the wife of L-366 Stewart Beatty was Alice/Elsey McGinnes. > I wish we knew who Catherine was. She did not write (used her X mark) her > name but she was evidently one very clever lady who knew a good lawyer. I > checked and the Catherine/Kitty Lollar Beatty (L-5) from the pension file > who lived in Trenton did not use a mark so this is a different Catherine > Beatty. My guess is she is the mother of Stewart, but that is just a guess. > Who but a grandmother would go to this much trouble to protect her > grandchildren and assure that they had a roof over their head and food to > eat. Evidently Stewart is in financial trouble and Catherine buys the lot > John Beatty had sold him in 1811 for $500 and then sets up a trust which > Stewart cannot touch or break and one third of the profits of the lot go to > her and the other two thirds to Alice, the wife of Stewart. At their deaths > it goes to the heirs of Stewart by his wife Alice or to the heirs of > Catherine. This is the deed referenced. Do any NJ researchers have this > deed? It looks like it is three pages long and could be interesting. Could > Catherine sign off dower as the wife of John? Donna L-3 > > Hunterdon co., NJ Deeds-1811-Stewart Beatty from John Beatty (Vol.18-pg. > 402) > > Hunterdon co., NJ Deeds > > Microfilm #0806511 > > Vol. 41 (1826-1827) > > (excerpts) > > 41-130 > > Stewart Beatty & wife to Catherine Beatty. > > This indenture 1 August, 1826 between Stewart Beatty of the city of Trenton, > Hunterdon co., NJ and Alice, his wife, party of the first part, aqnd > Catherine Beatty of the same place, party of the second part. Witnesseth, > that the sd. party of the first part for $500 paid to Stewart Beatty and > Alice, his wife, sell a lot of land situate in the city of Trenton butted > and bounded as follows: viz_Beginning at a stone being on the easterly > corner of James Kirkpatrick's lot by the side of the road leading from > Beatty's ferry to Alexander Colhoun's and running thence along the sd. road > N 40 degrees E one chain.....(description)......corner of a lot now > belonging to John Titus....to a stone corner of James Kirkpatrick's > lot......containing one quarter of an acre of land more or less.... > > Stewart (his Xmark) Beatty > > Alice (her X mark) Beatty > > > > In the Presence of: > > John Nevius > > Dan'l C. Croxall > > > > 4 August 1826 > > Before Dan'l C. Croxell, Master in the Court of Chancery of the state of New > Jersey personally appeared Stewart Beatty and Alice, his wife, grantors in > the foregoing deed and acknowledged it to be their act and deed and Alice > Beatty, wife of the sd. Stewart Beatty released dower. > > Dan'l C. Croxell, MC > > Recorded August, 8, 1826. > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > 41-132 (Deed of Trust) > > Catharine Beatty to Daniel C. Croxall, Trustee. > > This indenture, tripartite, made this 4 August 1826 between Catharine > Beatty, party of the first part, Stewart Beatty and Alice Beatty, his wife, > party of the second part, and Daniel C. Croxall, party of the third part, of > the city of Trenton in the county of Hunterdon and state of New Jersey. > Witnesseth, that the said Catherine Beatty, party of the first part, for and > in consideration of the sum of one dollar paid by Daniel C. Croxall, party > of the third part, before the sealing and delivery of these presents the > receipt whereof she the said Catherine Beatty doth hereby acknowledge and of > the love and affection she the said Catherine Beatty for her the said Alice > Beatty and her children hath granted, bargained, sells unto Daniel C. > Croxall, party of the third part all that tract of land in the city of > Trenton bounded as follows, viz. ...(same description as previous > deed)....to a stone corner of James Kirkpatricks.....containing one quarter > of an acre of land more or less and is the same which was conveyed by John > Beatty to the said Stewart Beatty by deed 11 Sept. 1811 and recorded Vol. 18 > folio 402, 3, & 4 and purchased by the sd. Catherine Beatty on the 1 August > of this present year of the said Stewart Beatty and by him and his wife > conveyed to Catherine Beatty by deed 1 Aug. afsd. Granted unto Daniel C. > Croxall, party of the third part, to and for the several uses, intents and > purposes and upon a special trusts and confidences hereinafter limited, > expressed and declared, that is to say, to the use and behoof of the sd. > Daniel C. Croxall for and during the natural lives of the said Catherine > Beatty and the said Alice Beatty, wife of the said Stewart Beatty, and the > life of the longest liver of them. In trust to preserve the contingent uses > and remainders thereof, hereinafter limited from being destroyed and to and > for the purpose to make entices/entries? as occasion shall require but not > to convert any of the profits of the sd. premises to his own use, but > nevertheless in trust that he the sd. Daniel C. Croxall shall pay the one > third part of the clear yearly rents, issues and profits of the said lot of > land with the appurtenances into the hands of the sd. Catherine Beatty and > her assigns during her natural life or otherwise at her election do and > shall permit and suffer her the sd. Catherine Beatty and her assigns during > her natural life to take and receive the one third part of all the rents, > issues and profits for her own sole and separate use and behoof and that he > the sd. Daniel C. Croxall shall in like manner pay the two remaining third > parts of the clear yearly rents, issues and profits of the sd. lot of land > with the appurtenances into the proper hands of the sd. Alice Beatty, wife > of the sd. Stewart Beatty, and her assigns during her natural life or > otherwise at her election do and shall permit and suffer her, the said Alice > Beatty, without the said Stewart Beatty, and her assigns during her natural > life to take and receive the sd. two remaining third parts of the sd. rents, > issues and benefits of the sd. premises to and for her sole and separate > use, benefit and behoof......the same to be at her own disposal and not at > the disposal or in any wise subject to the debs, encumbrances, engagements, > contracts or control of her sd. husband, the sd. Stewart Beatty or any > future husband with whom she may hereafter intermarry and for which her > receipt alone not withstanding her coverture shall be a good and sufficient > discharge to the person or persons paying the same. And from and after the > death of the sd. Catherine Beatty, the sd. party of the first part, then to > the use and behoof of the sd. Daniel C. Croxall, his heirs and assigns in > trust that he the sd. Daniel C. Croxall shall pay all clear yearly rents, > issues, and profits into the proper hands of her the sd. Alice Beatty, wife > of the sd. Stewart Beatty, and her assigns during her natural life or at her > election to permit and suffer her the sd. Alice Beatty, wife of Stewart > Beatty, to take and receive all rents, issues and profits not subject to > debts or control of her sd. husband as afsd. and if Catherine Beatty, party > of the first part, shall survive the sd. Alice Beatty, wife of the sd. > Stewart Beatty, then to the use and behoof of Daniel C. Croxall. In trust > that Daniel C. Croxall shall pay the sd. two thirds parts of rents, issues > and profits unto the heirs of the body of the sd. Alice Beatty by her > present husband, begotten, or to be begotten, or to the lawful guardian of > them the said heirs during the natural life of the sd. Catherine Beatty or > to suffer and permit them the sd. heirs or their lawful guardians during the > natural life of sd. Catherine Beatty to take and receive the sd. two thirds > part of rents, issues and profits and from and after her death as > hereinafter directed and upon death of sd. Alice Beatty, wife of sd. Stewart > Beatty, and from and immediately after death of sd. Alice, wife of sd. > Stewart Beatty, in case she shall survive the sd. Catherine Beatty than that > the sd. Daniel C. Croxall, his heirs and assigns shall stand seized of sd. > lot of land with appurtenances to the use and behoof of the heirs of the > body of the sd. Alice Beatty, wife of the sd. Stewart Beatty, by her present > husband begotten or to be begotten and in default of such issue then to the > use and behoof of the heirs of her the sd. Catherine Beatty, the sd. party > of the first part, and to and for or upon no other use, trust, interest or > purpose whatsoever. In witness whereof the sd. Catherine Beatty, the sd. > party of the first part, to these presents hath set her hand and seal the > day and year first above written. > > > > Catherine (her X mark) Beatty > > > > Signed, Sealed & Delivered in the Presence of: > > John Nevius > > Thos. Gordon > > > > 8 August 1826 before Thos. Gordon, Master of Chancery, Catherine Beatty > acknowledged ....... > > Thos. Gordon, MC > > Recorded August 8, 1826. > > > > > > ==== BP2000 Mailing List ==== > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > The Threaded Mail List Archiver at RootsWeb > A powerful search engine.... Try it! >