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Waldo, Jonathan (fl. 1721) [Deed]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10631 Author/Creator: Waldo, Jonathan (fl. 1721) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 22 November 1721 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 43.1 x 32.1 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Jonathan and Hannah Waldo. Bartholomew Gedney and Edward Emerson signed as witnesses. Samuel [Chookley] signed as Justice of the Peace on 19 September 172[2]. A deed of gift from Jonathan Waldo to Samuel Waldo for several parcels of land throughout Massachusetts.

Waldo, Jonathan, fl. 1721
Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

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