Hi. Here are 2 deeds for Stanley CARTER of Raynham. Other surnames mentioned: WILBUR, CRANE, BRITTIAN, WHITE, PARTRIDGE, BRYANT, WASHBURN, BLACKHISTER(?), AUSTIN, WILLIAMS. Stanley CARTER's second's wife's maiden name was Polly KNAP. Polly's great-grandmother was Sarah AUSTIN <she married Samuel KNAP (Samuel, Aaron)>. The second deed may show that Stanley CARTER & Rebecca AUSTIN were related by marriage. Thank you. Betty G., Middleboro, MA Registry of Deeds Taunton, Bristol, MA Book 85/Page 360 Josiah & Basha(?)WILBUR , Jr. to Stanley CARTER Know all men by these presents that I, Josiah WILBUR, Jr. of Dighton, in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, yeoman, for and in consideration of the sum of six hundred dollars to me in hand paid by Stanly (sic.) CARTER of Raynham in said County and Commonwealth aforesaid, Founder, the receipt where of I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Stanly CARTER his heirs and assigns, forever, two pieces or parcels of land lying and being in Raynham aforesaid, bounded and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a stake and stone about one rod east of an older corner of Henry CRANE's land, late of Raynham, deceased, said land being a corner of a piece of land Robert BRITTIAN bought of Samuel WHITE, then running Northerly on said BRITTIAN land where the fence now stands, until it comes to the land said Robert BRITTIAN bought of the heirs of John PARTRIDGE, which (point?) of compass may fully appear by the deed, said Samuel WHITE gave to the said Robert BRITTIAN ( ? ), thereto then running Easterly from said corner to a stone pitched in the ground being another corner of the land the said Robert BRITTIAN bought of the heirs of John PARTRIDGE, then bounded Southerly (by?) the Road leading from Raynham to Bridgewater, till it comes to an old corner of Henry CRANE's land, deceased, by the road, then by said road to the corner first mentioned, being by estimation eight acres be the same more of less. Also one other piece or parcel of land bounded as follows: Beginning at the South corner of the Eleventh Lot, then running North about twenty (eight?) degrees West between the Eleventh and Twelfth Lot until it comes to the "Long Line," then back to the (first?) (bound?) then bounded on the Dead Swamp line so called to the Sixteenth Lot and to include one half of the Sixteenth lot according to quantity and quality, then bounded Northerly about twenty eight degrees West to the Little Neck so called and bounded on said Little Neck and Long Line to the Twelfth Lot it being all the land I bought of Henry CRANE and Lemuel (BRYANT?). To have and to hold the above bargained and described premises with the buildings thereon and all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging to the said Stanly CARTER his heirs and assigns forever, and I, the said Josiah WILBUR, do covenant with the said Stanly CARTER, that I am lawfully seized of the above described premises that I have good right and lawful authority to sell and convey the aforesaid premises to the Stanly CARTER, to hold as aforesaid and that I will warrant and defend the same to the said Stanly CARTER his heirs and assigns, forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twelfth day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and four <1804>. Josiah WILBUR, Jr. (seal) Bashe(?) WILBUR (seal) Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us Seth WASHBURN P.H.(?) WASHBURN Lydia BLACKHISTER(?) N.B. the word "then back to the first bounds" between the thirty-third and thirty-fourth lines were interlined before signing. (next page) Bristol Ss Raynham Nov. 22nd 1804, then Josiah WILBUR Jr. subscriber to the foregoing instrument personally appeared and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed. Before me, Seth WASHBURN, Just. Of Peace. Received November 20th 1805, and recorded by James WILLIAMS, Register. NEW DOCUMENT (Following the 1st deed) Book 85/Page 361 Stanley CARTER to Rebecca AUSTIN Know all men by these presents that I, Stanly CARTER, of Raynham in the County of Bristol, Founder, in consideration of six hundred dollars to me in hand paid by Rebecca AUSTIN of Dorchester in the County of Norfolk, Spinster, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said Rebecca AUSTIN, her heirs and assigns, forever, two pieces of land situated in said Raynham with the buildings standing thereon, being the same land which I purchased of Josiah WILBUR, Jr. by deed bearing date November twelfth 1804, reference being had to said deed for the bounds of said lands and for a more particular ( ? ) of the same, the one piece containing eight acres more of less, and the other piece containing thirty six acres more or less, with all the privileges and appurtenances belonging to the same, to have and to hold, the aforegranted premises to the said Rebecca AUSTIN her heirs and assigns to her and their use and behoof forever, and I do covenant with said Rebecca AUSTIN her heirs and assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee the aforegranted premises, that they are free of all incumbrances, that I have good right to sell and ( ? ) same to the said Rebecca AUSTIN, and that I will warrant and defend the same premises to the said Rebecca AUSTIN her heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons. In Witness whereof the said Stanly CARTER and also Polly CARTER my wife, in token, that she has (acquitted?) all of her right of dower in the premises have hereunto set our hands and seals this twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five <1805>. Stanly CARTER (seal) Polly CARTER (seal) Bristol Ss November 1805. Then the above named Stanly CARTER acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act and deed. Before me, Seth WASHBURN, Just of Peace Signed, Sealed & Delivered in presence of: Seth WASHBURN Simeon(?) WILBUR, Jr. Received November 21st, 1805, and recorded by James WILLIAMS, Register. Searching For ... RUGGLES (England-Suffolk, Essex; MA-Roxbury, Scituate, New Bedford) WILDE (England; MA-Braintree, Somerset, Fairhaven, New Bedford) EDGERTON (Ireland-Sallins; RI-Providence; MA-Fall River, New Bedford) WALSH (Ireland; MA-Boston, Taunton, New Bedford) CAMPBELL (Scotland-Argyll; Canada-Ontario; NY-Herkimer County; RI-Pawtucket, Providence; MA-Fall River, Fairhaven, New Bedford) STEWART (Scotland-Mearns; MA-Fall River, Dartmouth, New Bedford) CROWLEY (Ireland-Castletown Bere; RI-Providence; MA-Fall River, New Bedford) PARKER (England-Bilston; NJ-Morris County; MA-New Bedford)

Hi Betty: I'm not a real estate lawyer, but when I read the 2nd deed, I don't see anything which implies a connection. There were laws protecting a wife against her husband selling off the land and leaving her destitute; hence Polly signing away her dower rights (her legal right to 1/3 of her husband's property). Polly was in essence agreeing to the land sale. One thing that may or may not be meaningful is that he sold the land for exactly what he paid for it a year earlier; no profit and no loss. But I don't know what land values were then or how volatile those prices were. Melissa [email protected] wrote: > Hi. > > Here are 2 deeds for Stanley CARTER of Raynham. Other surnames mentioned: > WILBUR, CRANE, BRITTIAN, WHITE, PARTRIDGE, BRYANT, WASHBURN, BLACKHISTER(?), > AUSTIN, WILLIAMS. > > Stanley CARTER's second's wife's maiden name was Polly KNAP. Polly's > great-grandmother was Sarah AUSTIN <she married Samuel KNAP (Samuel, Aaron)>. > The second deed may show that Stanley CARTER & Rebecca AUSTIN were related > by marriage. > > Thank you. Betty G., Middleboro, MA > > Registry of Deeds > Taunton, Bristol, MA > Book 85/Page 360 > Josiah & Basha(?)WILBUR , Jr. to Stanley CARTER > > Know all men by these presents that I, Josiah WILBUR, Jr. of Dighton, in the > County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, yeoman, for and in > consideration of the sum of six hundred dollars to me in hand paid by Stanly > (sic.) CARTER of Raynham in said County and Commonwealth aforesaid, Founder, > the receipt where of I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, > sell and convey unto the said Stanly CARTER his heirs and assigns, forever, > two pieces or parcels of land lying and being in Raynham aforesaid, bounded > and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a stake and stone about one > rod east of an older corner of Henry CRANE's land, late of Raynham, deceased, > said land being a corner of a piece of land Robert BRITTIAN bought of Samuel > WHITE, then running Northerly on said BRITTIAN land where the fence now > stands, until it comes to the land said Robert BRITTIAN bought of the heirs > of John PARTRIDGE, which (point?) of compass may fully appear by the deed, > said Samuel WHITE gave to the said Robert BRITTIAN ( ? ), thereto then > running Easterly from said corner to a stone pitched in the ground being > another corner of the land the said Robert BRITTIAN bought of the heirs of > John PARTRIDGE, then bounded Southerly (by?) the Road leading from Raynham to > Bridgewater, till it comes to an old corner of Henry CRANE's land, deceased, > by the road, then by said road to the corner first mentioned, being by > estimation eight acres be the same more of less. Also one other piece or > parcel of land bounded as follows: Beginning at the South corner of the > Eleventh Lot, then running North about twenty (eight?) degrees West between > the Eleventh and Twelfth Lot until it comes to the "Long Line," then back to > the (first?) (bound?) then bounded on the Dead Swamp line so called to the > Sixteenth Lot and to include one half of the Sixteenth lot according to > quantity and quality, then bounded Northerly about twenty eight degrees West > to the Little Neck so called and bounded on said Little Neck and Long Line to > the Twelfth Lot it being all the land I bought of Henry CRANE and Lemuel > (BRYANT?). To have and to hold the above bargained and described premises > with the buildings thereon and all the privileges and appurtenances to the > same belonging to the said Stanly CARTER his heirs and assigns forever, and > I, the said Josiah WILBUR, do covenant with the said Stanly CARTER, that I am > lawfully seized of the above described premises that I have good right and > lawful authority to sell and convey the aforesaid premises to the Stanly > CARTER, to hold as aforesaid and that I will warrant and defend the same to > the said Stanly CARTER his heirs and assigns, forever, against the lawful > claims and demands of all persons. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my > hand and seal this twelfth day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen > hundred and four <1804>. > > Josiah WILBUR, Jr. (seal) > Bashe(?) WILBUR (seal) > > Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us > Seth WASHBURN > P.H.(?) WASHBURN > Lydia BLACKHISTER(?) > > N.B. the word "then back to the first bounds" between the thirty-third and > thirty-fourth lines were interlined before signing. > > (next page) > > Bristol Ss Raynham Nov. 22nd 1804, then Josiah WILBUR Jr. subscriber to the > foregoing instrument personally appeared and acknowledged the same to be his > free act and deed. Before me, Seth WASHBURN, Just. Of Peace. > > Received November 20th 1805, and recorded by James WILLIAMS, Register. > > NEW DOCUMENT (Following the 1st deed) > > Book 85/Page 361 > Stanley CARTER to Rebecca AUSTIN > > Know all men by these presents that I, Stanly CARTER, of Raynham in the > County of Bristol, Founder, in consideration of six hundred dollars to me in > hand paid by Rebecca AUSTIN of Dorchester in the County of Norfolk, Spinster, > the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge do hereby give, grant, sell and > convey unto the said Rebecca AUSTIN, her heirs and assigns, forever, two > pieces of land situated in said Raynham with the buildings standing thereon, > being the same land which I purchased of Josiah WILBUR, Jr. by deed bearing > date November twelfth 1804, reference being had to said deed for the bounds > of said lands and for a more particular ( ? ) of the same, the one piece > containing eight acres more of less, and the other piece containing thirty > six acres more or less, with all the privileges and appurtenances belonging > to the same, to have and to hold, the aforegranted premises to the said > Rebecca AUSTIN her heirs and assigns to her and their use and behoof forever, > and I do covenant with said Rebecca AUSTIN her heirs and assigns that I am > lawfully seized in fee the aforegranted premises, that they are free of all > incumbrances, that I have good right to sell and ( ? ) same to the said > Rebecca AUSTIN, and that I will warrant and defend the same premises to the > said Rebecca AUSTIN her heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims > and demands of all persons. In Witness whereof the said Stanly CARTER and > also Polly CARTER my wife, in token, that she has (acquitted?) all of her > right of dower in the premises have hereunto set our hands and seals this > twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred > and five <1805>. > > Stanly CARTER (seal) > Polly CARTER (seal) > > Bristol Ss November 1805. Then the above named Stanly CARTER acknowledged > the above instrument to be his free act and deed. Before me, > > Seth WASHBURN, Just of Peace > > Signed, Sealed & Delivered in presence of: > Seth WASHBURN > Simeon(?) WILBUR, Jr. > > Received November 21st, 1805, and recorded by James WILLIAMS, Register. > > Searching For ... > RUGGLES (England-Suffolk, Essex; MA-Roxbury, Scituate, New Bedford) > WILDE (England; MA-Braintree, Somerset, Fairhaven, New Bedford) > EDGERTON (Ireland-Sallins; RI-Providence; MA-Fall River, New Bedford) > WALSH (Ireland; MA-Boston, Taunton, New Bedford) > CAMPBELL (Scotland-Argyll; Canada-Ontario; NY-Herkimer County; RI-Pawtucket, > Providence; MA-Fall River, Fairhaven, New Bedford) > STEWART (Scotland-Mearns; MA-Fall River, Dartmouth, New Bedford) > CROWLEY (Ireland-Castletown Bere; RI-Providence; MA-Fall River, New Bedford) > PARKER (England-Bilston; NJ-Morris County; MA-New Bedford) > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237