The
Edward Deming Andrews Memorial Shaker
Collection
Henry Francis du Pont
5105 Kennett Pike,
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF
THE COLLECTION
Creator: Hancock Shaker Community
Title: Real estate records
Dates: 1761-1847
Call No.: ASC 740
Acc. No.: [various – see detailed
description]
Quantity: 50 items
Location: legal box and oversize box,
29 B 5
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
Documents include deeds, manuscripts concerning
title transfers of land, and recollections about land use and ownership. Most of the documents refer to land around
ORGANIZATION
By size (legal or oversize), and then in accession
number order.
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Gift of Mrs. Edward D. Andrews.
Part of the Edward Deming Andrews Memorial Shaker
Collection.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Shakers.
Shakers -
Religious communities -
Real property -
Real property -
Real property - New York (State) - Columbia County.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: legal box and oversize box,
29 B 5
Legal size
box: various accession numbers:
SA 845.1 statement from Gideon Turner, Jr.,
about the farm in Hancock, [
SA 845.2 statement from Gideon Turner about
“what I know conserning a piece of land now is dispute between Hammond and
Wadams,” next to land he purchased from Charles Goodrich, not dated
SA 845.3 statement of William Andres about the
condition of the same piece of land as mentioned above in 1791
SA 846.1 quit claim, Ezra Sanford,
SA 846.2 printed form, David Smith, yeoman of
SA 847.1-.2 statements of Samuel Barrit of Hancock,
Mass., about purchase of land from Gideon Turner, and the condition of the land
mentioned in the dispute above in 1790
SA 847.3 deed, Samuel Barret of Canaan,
SA 848.1 agreement between Moses Chauncey of
Galway,
SA 848.2 deed, Moses Chauncey of Galway,
SA 848.3 deed, Hannah Chauncey of
SA 848.4 deed, Dan Higley of
SA 848.5 deed, Caleb Eddy, Jr., yeoman of
SA 849.1-.2 –
these are in oversize box
SA 850.1 deed, Jacob Adams, yeoman of
SA 850.2 deed, John Smith, yeoman of
SA 851.1 memo about the dispute involving
Charles Goodrich’s land, see SA 845.1-.3, not dated or signed
SA 851.2 memo as above, not signed, but probably
statement of Gideon Turner, with a further note on the back, and also a poem or
hymn (“Such loving faces then was seen/It was a very pleasant seen [sic]/We
felt as if transported been/The kingdom will be ours.”)
SA 851.3 surveying notes, mentioning Turner’s
land
SA 851.4 “plat of land lying on the mountain
north easterly from the poole and between Enus [sic] Waddamses & Elisha
SA 852.1 deed, Talmag [sic] Bishop, yeoman of
SA 852.2 deed, Charles Goodrich of
SA 852.3 printed form, deed, Thomas Stocking
[also spelled Stockin], husbandman of
SA 1549 [or
possibly 15.49] deed, Philip Bonesteel
[also spelled Bonestell], yeoman of
These accession numbers begin with SA 844; these are
in oversize box:
.1 printed form, Thomas Taylor, husbandman
of
.2 description of 114 acres of land
surveyed by Charles Harris for Captain Amos Hammon [sic, i.e. Hammond], Oct.
21, 1764, recorded in Book 2, fol. 227, Oct. 2, 1775, by Jabez Bowen; the land
was on the “west side of the seven mile line within the original purchase of
Providence, and lyeth in the township of Scituate ….”
.3 printed form, John Hammond, cordwainer
of
.4 printed form, Hezekiah Hammond, yeoman
of
.5 Hezekiah Hammond, yeoman of Scituate,
Providence County, Rhode Island, selling land to Captain Amos Hammond, Jr.,
also of Scituate, November 28, 1768
.6 printed form, John Fiske, of Scituate,
Providence County, Rhode Island, selling land to Amos Hammond, Jr., also a
yeoman of Scituate, November 20, 1771
.7 sheriff’s deed to Amos Hammond, Jr.:
notice of results of a public vendue sale conducted by sheriff Paul Tew; land
in
The document refers to
laborers John Baker, Nathaniah Atwood, William Ford, Peleg Collins, and Richard
Silvester; Stephen Hopkins, esq.; merchants Nicholas Brown, Joseph Brown, John
Brown, and Moses Brown; apothecary Jabez Bowen; ironmaster Rufus Hopkins; and
deputy sheriff James Williams
.8 printed form, Nathan Battles, yeoman of
Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island, selling land to Amos Hammond, Jr., a
yeoman of Scituate, October 16, 1773
.9 quit claim, Jacob Lobdell, yeoman of
Steven Town,
.10 quit claim, Jacob Lobdell, yeoman of
Steven Town, Albany County, New York, deeds land to Amos Hammond, Jr., of
Hancock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, April 22, 1780; endorsed on back:
Berkshire [illegible], January 31st, 1801, received and recorded in
book no. 7, pge 140, attest Timothy Whitney, regr.”
.11 “deed from Jacob Lobdell to Amos
Hammond,” Jacob Lobdell, yeoman of the grant of Charles Gutler[?] in
.12 surveyor Richard Steere describes land of
Amos Hammon [sic, i.e. Hammond], Jr., in
.13 surveyor Richard Steere describes land of
Amos Hammon [sic, i.e. Hammond], Jr., in
.14 quit claim deed from Levi Calvin, a
yeoman of
.15 Amos
.16 Amos Hammond, Jr., carpenter of
Stephentown, Albany County, New York, sells land to Amos Hammond, Jr., yeoman
of Hancock, Berkshire County, Mass., June 8, 1786; the land being sold is in
Scituate, Rhode Island
.17 quit claim deed, Daniel Westcot, yeoman
of
.18 memorandum of an agreement between Amos
Hammond and Elisha
.19 statement that Elisha
.20 agreement that Amos Hammond of Canaan,
.21 Amos Hammond [also spelled Hammon] of Canon
[i.e. Canaan], Columbia County, New York, sells land in Hancock, Massachusetts
to Elisha
.22 statement from Elisha
.23 articles of agreement between Amos
Hammond and Elisha
.24 agreement between Amos Hammond and Elisha
.25 wrapper for deed, Jacob Lobdell to Amos
Hammond, Jan. 1780[?], with note on back: “inquire where the records is kept
that was recorded 20 or 30 years ago”
These accession numbers begin with SA 849; these are
in oversize box
.1 “general conveyance of lands in Hancock
from several of the brethren to Morrell Baker and Daniel Hawkins, 1815”
The names in the indenture are Amos
Stowers [or Stowes], Amos Hammond, Israel Tallcott, Constant Mosely, Dan
Higley, Rufus Clark, John Porter, Samuel Ellis, Nathan Cole, and Asa Tallcott,
all members of the Shaker community of Canaan, Columbia County, New York. Morrell Baker and Daniel Hawkins were
trustees of the community.
.2 “deed, Theophilus Higley to Joseph
Allen, Feb. 13, 1838”
Higley of the Hancock Shaker
community sells his land to the Shakers; Allen was a trustee of the East
SA 866.1 deed,
Gideon Franklin, Jr., of Scituate, Rhode Island, to Consider Luther (or
Lauther), of same place, for land in Scituate; Dec. 7, 1770. Witnessed by Jonah9?0 Harris and Thomas
Harris.
This deed might not belong
to the rest of the documents in this group.
It was found with a document, SA 866.2, which seemed to pertain to
Canaan, New York, and which was placed in ASC 752.