1738 antique COLONIAL handwritten DEED wells me ELEZER CLARK agree boundry SAYER

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1738 antique COLONIAL handwritten DEED wells me ELEZER CLARK agree boundry SAYER
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This listing is for the original handwritten double-sided document shown, dated 1753, measures approx 8"x14", York, Maine, where Eleazer and Samuel Clark have agreed to make the formal dividing line of inherited property be a creek that runs through their property... signed on back by Eleazer and Samuel Clark, John Hatch, Nathan Hatch, Jeremiah Moulton on left margin, and Joseph Sayer.
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"Jeremiah Moulton (b. York, Massachusetts (now in York, Maine), 1688, d. York, 20 July 1765) was a New England militia officer and member of the Massachusetts Council.
As a boy, during King William's War, Moulton's parents were killed and he was taken captive in the Raid on York (1692). He was eventually released and served in Father Rale's War at Fort Richmond (Maine). Between 1721 and 1724 there were four attempts to capture the missionary Father Sebastian Rale; Captain Jeremiah Moulton played a prominent role in at least two of these, including the last, which succeeded, which is known as Battle of Norridgewock.
After this attack, Captain Moulton continued to take part in scouting expeditions. When the war was over, he remained a militia officer, but resumed his civil career. He became a judge, sheriff of York County, member of the Massachusetts Council, and holder of various other offices. He also developed farms and mills, and helped to found the town which later became Sanford, Maine.
During King George's War, Moulton, now a colonel and one of New England’s most experienced soldiers, once more saw active service; he commanded one of the three Massachusetts regiments in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745). In April of that year he landed with the New England troops at Canso and went from there, leading a detached force of New Hampshire men, to capture and destroy Port-Toulouse in early May. He sat regularly with the council of war at Louisbourg and stayed on after the fall of the town to help with its occupation. He did not return to Maine until December 1745; shortly thereafter he was appointed judge of probate for York County.
He remained an active and respected citizen of York until his death in 1765. He is buried in the Old York Cemetery, York Village, York County, Maine."
Excellent original early family and/or town genealogy, history, antique, collectible heirloom and/or ephemera.
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