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To all people to whom these presents shall come, greeting, etc. Know ye that I, David How of Sudbury in the County of Middlesex in His Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, yeoman, for and in consideration of the fatherly love, good will and effection which I have and do bare unto my well beloved son Ezekiel How of said Sudbury, husbandsman, as also for and in consideration of so much of his portion in and out of my estate, etc, have given, granted, bargained, aliened, infeoffed, conveyed and confirmed and by those presents do give, grant, bargain, alien, infeoff, convey and confirm unto him the said Ezekiel How, his heirs and assigns forever: one moiety or half part of all my homestead lands and meadows with one half of the buildings thereon, including the land I bought of Joshua Parker and the land which was laid out to me in the middle 30 Rods Highway so cald. The whole is to be in quantity and quality considered and is all scituate, lying and being in Sudbury above said and on the westerly side of said Sudbury River and is bounded souterly on land of Captain David [Bateman?], easterly on the aforesaid middle 30 Rods Highway, northwesterly on land of Solomon Parmenter, westerly on land I have latly given by deed of gift to my son David How junior and is further bounded the northwest corner of said premises being a stake and stones and from thence southerly running a straight like to a small black oak tree marked and so on the same poynt to a small white oak tree marked and so on, from thence the same poynt untill it comes to the said Baldwin’s land having the highway or road leading from Sudbury to Marlbrough running through some part of the northerly part of said premises:

To have and to hold, all and singular the above granted and demised premises with the appurtenances, privileges and commodities to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to him the said Ezekiel How and to his heirs and assigns forever , to his and their only proper use, benefit and behoof forever.

Furthermore, I, the said David How for me, my heirs, executors and administrators do hereby convenant and engage the above granted and demised premises to him, the said Ezekiel How, his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims or demands of any parson or parsons whatsoever claiming from by or under me, my heirs etc, forever hereafter to warrant, secure and defend by these presents and Hepzibah How, wife of me the said David How doth by these presents give, yield up and surrender all her rights of dowre and power of thirds of and unto the above granted and demised premises to him the said Ezekiel How, his heirs and assigns.

In witness whereof we the said David How and wife have hereunto set our hands and seals, dated February the fifth Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and forty four/five and in the eighteenth year of His Majesties Reign, etc.

[signed] David How

[signed] Hepzibah How (her mark)

Signed, Sealed and Delivered In presence of

[signed] John Hayne

[signed] Ann Collester

Middlesex Sudbury December 25, 1745

The within subscribers David How and Hepzibah How his wife pearsenly apearing acknolledgin the above writin instremen to be thare free and volentarey act and deed, Before me, John Death, Justice of the Peace