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John Gedneyes is listed as having land adjoining in a deed dated 14 Dec 1650 between Phillip Cromwell and Thomas Cole

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Listed as owning adjoining land in a deed dated “Salem 4th of the 2d month 1653” between Robert Goodell and Francis Sherry

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16 : 3 : 1655
Thomas Rix & Margeritt his wife in consideration of five pound hath sould unto John Gedney forever acres of land being next ye pasture land of ye said John Gidney towards Ipswich ferry in ye township of Salem as appears by a deede bearing date ye 15 : 3 m : 1655

Vol 1 Page 73-74
16 : 4 m. 1656
Salem Richard Graves of Salem hath sould unto John Gidney for fortie two shillings 6d two acres of land joyning to Henry Cooks land on ye one side & to Michaell Wards land on ye other side wch said land is sould by ye sd Graves to ye sd Gidney & his heires forever as & deede dated ye first January 1649 ____

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25 : 7 : 59
To all unto whome these presents shall come John Williams of Salem in the county of Esex, in New England sendeth greeting: Know yee that the sd John Williams for & in consideration of a bill of six pounds to me now in hand payable according to the tenor thereof by Samtt Williams of Salem aforesd cooper & John Gedney of Salem aforesd; & for other good causes & considerations me heare unto moveing, have bargained graunted sould effeofed & confermed & by these presents doe bargaine graunt, sell, effeofe & confirme unto the said Samtt Williams his assignes & heires one parcel of land lying in Salem aforesd betweene the land of John Gedney towards the west & the land of Danyell Rumboll towards the east abutting upon a common waye towards the south & other land of the said John Williams towards the north more or lesse of which sd parcel of land there is aboute one acre, with the rights commonages privileges & appurtenances unto the sd land belongeth: To have & to hould the sd land with the rights privilidges commonages & appurtenances & every other them unto ye sd Samtt Williams his heires & assignes; to the sole & pupuse of the sd Samtt Williams forever, in witness where of I the said John Williams have hereunto sett my hand & seale the fourteenth day of December one thousand six hundres fifty eight.
John Williams & his seale
Signed sealed & delivered in the presence of us with a clod from the same land according to law
John Marshe
Henry Sherry
William Howard

Vol. 1 Page 179
John Gedney is listed as having land adjoining in a deed dated 26 : 7 : 59 between Henry Bartholomew and Robert Graye.

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Mr. Gedney is listed as having adjoining land in a deed between Anne Woodbery and George Corwin.

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Mr. Gedney is listed as having adjoining land in a deed between Nicholas Potter and Isaack Williams dated 28 : 12 mo : 1660

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John Gedney is listed as having adjoining land in a deed between Peeter Taffery and Will Browne dated 22 : 3 : 61

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23 : 11 : 61
To all people to whome these prisents shall com: John Gedney of Salem in the Co9unty of Essex, in New England senyir vintner & c : Know yee, that I the sayd John Gedney for divine good causes & considerations, me, thereunto moveing as also for the love & natural affection, which I beare & have unto my son John Gedney of the same place, marrener, have given & graunted & by these prisents doe freely cleerly & absolutely give, grant & confirme unto the said John Gedney Junyir one dwelling house newily, as it is now standing with all it’s appurtenances, together with about three quarters of an acre of ground adjoining there unto, as it is now bounded, be it more or less, being scittual & lying in the towne of Salem aforesd & bouned with som land of Joseph Miles to the north & som land of Nicholas Potter & Benjamin Feirmaies to ye east & som land of William Marstone to the west & with a lane or highway that goes to the towne found to the south. To have & to hold the sd house & around, with all the prifitts, privilidges, appurtenances, thereunto belonging unto ye said John Gedney Junir, & to his heires, executors & assignes, from the daye of the date heareof., forever, freely, without any manner of reclaim or contradiction of me the said John Gedney Senyor my executors, administrators or assigns, or any other p’sen or p’sons whatsoe ever by any means, title or p’curement, in any manner of wise, or without any maner of acct, reckoning or answer, therefore, to me or any in my name, to given, rendered or don in tim to come, soe that neither I the sd John Gedney Senir, my executors or administrators, nor any other p’sons or pisons, for us, by us, or in oure names, nor in the names of us, or any of us, at any time or times hereafter may ask, clayme, or demaund, in or to the primises, or any pt thereof, any interest, right, title, use or possession, but from all actions of right, title, clayme, use, possession & demaund, we & every of us to be excluded & forever debarred by these prisents, and I the sd John Gedney Senir, my executors & administrators, the sd house & land given & graunted as above, against all prisens, shall & will warrant & defend, by these prints; as wittnesse my hand this 15th June 1661, my wife Katherin alsoe consents herto & freely yields up her right of dower in & to ye Primises, as witness her hand & seal
John Gedney & his seale
Katherine Gedney & her seale
Signed, sealed & delivered, with the word (from) interlined, with leizon & possession given in the presence of us.
Robert Prence Hilliard Feren
George Hoges Nicolas Potter
Recorded p me Hillyard Feren, Recorder

Vol. 2 Pages 107-109
To all people to whome these print writing shall com, John Gidney of Salem, in the County of Essex, in New England, vintner, sendeth greeting: Know yee, that the sd John Gedney for divers good causes & considerations me thereunto moving & for the natural affection wch I beane & have unto my son in law Nicholas Potter senyr of ye same place, bricklayer, & to Mary my daughter, his now wife; have given & graunted & by these pr’nts, doe freely, cleerly & absolutely give, grant & confirme unto the sd Nicholas Potter & Mary his wife & theire heires, lawfully begotten of her the said Mary’s body; A dwelling house with halfe an acre of ground adjoining thereunto be it more or less, being scittual & is lying in Salem aforsd, neere unto the towne p9ound, & is bounded to the north with ye ground of Joseph Miles, to the east with ye grund of ye widow Feirmayes (deceased) & of Mr. Beadle & one ye south with a high waye or lane, & the west with some ground of John Gedney Junir & alsoe about fourer acres of ground, lying upon the neck in Salem aforesd, be it more or lesse, wich ground was formerly the land of Thomas Pigden & is bounded with the sea or north harbor to the north westerly & with the Comon to ye east, south & westerly. To have & to hole ye aforesd house & grund, with the privilidges & appuratenances to the same belongeing unto ye said Nicholas Potter & Mary his wife & to his & her heires, lawfully begotten of her body, forever, from ye day of ye date heareof, freely, without any maner of reclayme or contradiction of me ye said John Gedney, my executors or administrators or any other pison or pisons, whatsoever, by any meanes, title or picurement in any maner of wise, or without any acc’t or answer, or reckoning therefore, to me or any in my name, to given, rendered or don, in time to come, soe that neither the sd John Gedney, my executors or administrtors, nor any other pison or pisens for us, by us or in our names, or in the name or names of us, or any of us, at any time or times heareafter, may ask, clayme or demaund, in or to the primises, or any pt thereof any interest, right, title, use or possession, but of all actions of right, title, use, possession & demaund, we & every of us, to be utterly excluded & forever debarred, by these prisnts And I the sd Jo9hn Gedney my executors & administrators, the said house & ground given & granted as above sd, against all people, shall & will warrant & defend by these prisents, as wittnes my hand & seale this 12 : 11 mo : 1661 : alsoe Katherne my now wife, doe by these prints freely consent to this my act & deed & yield up all her right of dowre, of & into ye primises, to the sd Nicholas Potter & Mary his wife & theire heires, as witness her hand & seale
John Gedney & his seale
Kathern Gedney & her seale
Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of us with tseizon & possession given.
Hillyard Ferne
John Gedney
Recorded by me Hillyard Feren Recorder

Vol.2 Page 111-112
These prisents witness seth, that the above said Walter Price doe for & in consideration of a valuable sume to me in hand alredy pd, by John Gedney Senyr & John Gedney Junir both of Salem in New England, assigne & set over all my right, title & interest in ye qrtr pt of the Catch Hopewell above mentioned wth all her girtin pt of tackle& furniture, as in the deed above is mentioned. To have & to hold the sd quartr pt of the sd Catch, to them the said John Gedney Senr & John Gedney Junr, theire heires & assignes forever, & doe promise to warrentise the same, according to the tennour of the above written deed, & to the true pipormance of the promises. I the sd Walter Price doe bynd me, my heires, executors & administrators firmly by these prisents, and in wittnes heareof have set to my hand & seale, the first day of March 1661/1662
Walter Price & his seale
Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of us
Hillyard Feren
Robert Prince
This above sale or assignment have reference to a bill of sale to Mr. Walter Price, for a qrter pt of ye Ctch Hpwell, from Richrd Rayment, recorded on Page 3 of this book & this above alsoe entered p me
Hillyard Feren Recorder

Note: It appears that “Catch Hopewell” was a ship.

Vol. 2 Page 186
John Gedney listed as owning land adjoining in a deed between John Marsh and Phillip Cromwell dated 11 : 1 : 61

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John Gedney listed as a witness to deed between Christopher Waller and James Browne dated 15:5:64

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John Gednye is listed as a former owner in a deed between Adam Westgate and John Bradstreete dated Sept 8, 1664

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John Gedney listed as a witness to deed between William Hathorne and Francis Skerrry dated January 28, 1658/59.

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11 : 6 : 64
This Indenture made the twentieth day of June in the yeare of our Lord God, one thousand, six hundred, sixty & two between John Ruck of Salem in ye County of Essex in New England, merchant on the one pt & John Gedney Senyr of the same place, vintner of the other pt witnesseth that the said John Ruck for & in consideration of the full & just sume of twenty p9ounds starling to him in hand paid by the sd John Gidney before ye sealing & deklivery of these prisents whereof the said J9ohn Ruck doth acknowledge the receipt & there with himself fully satisfied & paid have given granted bargained, sold & confirmed & by these prisents doe give, grant, bargaine, sell, confirme & deliver unto ye said John Gedney, his heires & assignes forever, a certaine p’cell of land, containing one whole acre lying & is scittuate in Salem aforesd & is pt of that land adjoining to the dwelling house of ye d John Ruck, to the west side of his dwelling house & is adjoining to & bounded with a highway to the south, which highway goes up between the sd acre of land & the land of Mathew Woodwell from the water side to the Comon called Lawses hill & with the sd Comon on ye west & with the land of ye sd John Ruck on ye north & abuts against & is adjoining to a cove or creeke that coms out of the South river, eastward, which sd cove or creeke, the said John Gedney, his heires, executors & assignes, is to have the free use of the whole breadth of ye sd acre of land being bounded & is to beane its full breadth equaly at each end, tht is to say the full breadth of the sd land eastward, to ye channel of ye sd South River with free liberty of landing goods, wood or timber or lanching of vessels, shipps or boats or alsoe to dig & make convienient for his said use, without any let, molestation or hinderance whatsoever, by wharfing any pt of the fore mentioned breadth to the river ward, or by any other waies or means whatsoever. To have & to hold the sd acre of land so bounded as above said, with all ye privilidges & comodyties thereto belonging & all appurtenances as is above mentioned, with all the right & title thereto belonging, or in any wise appertaining, according to the true intent & meaning of the primises, to him the sd John Gedney & to his heires & assignes forever; & moreover the said John Ruck doth covenant & pimise, to & with ye sd John Gidney that he hath good right, full power & lawfull authority, in his owne name to bargaine, sell & conveye the same as above sd & that it shall & may be lawfull, to & for the sd John Gedney, his heires & assigns, forever heareafter, peaceably & quietly to have hould, occupy, possess, & enjy to him & them or either of theire use & uses forever, the aforesd lands & appurtenances privilidges & every pt thereof free & cleene & by him the said John Ruck, his heires, executors & administrators, from time to time & at all times, heareafter, well & sufficiently saved & kept harmless & undamifyed of & from all former & other bargaines, gifts, recogniscence, charges, sutes at law & incumbrances whatsoever, arising from any pison or pisons whatsoe ever, from by or under him The sd John Ruck, his heires, executors and administrators & in witness heareof, the said John Ruck, have heareto put his hand & seale, the day & yeare first abve written (It si to be understoon & always provided, not withstanding what is above exsprest, that ye sd John Gedney, nor his heirs or assigns is to have ye free use of ye cove above sd & soe downe o the river the breadth of the acre of land which exspressions abovesd is excepted agst & onlye granted the free use of ye sd cove from a stone at the upper end & a stone at the lowerend on the north side & soe to exstend in breadth southward full fifty eight foote & soe downe to ye channel of ye sd river. I John Ruck in witnesse of the within mentioned, considered with the and enneath written exception or proviso have set to my hand & seal
John Ruck with a seale
Signed Sealed & dd in ye presence of us
Abigaile Woode
Hillyard Feren

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John Gedney listed as owning land adjoining in a deed between James Moulton and Danyell Rumboll dated 24 : 11 : 64

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Know all men by these prisents ye Jon. Gidney Senir of Salem, vintner, for divers good causes & consideration thereunto me moveing, especially for the good will & natural affection, yt I beane & I have unto Bartholomew Gidney, my son, now of Salem, shipwright, have given graunted, alined & confirmed & doe by these prisents, absolutely & clearely give, grant, aliene & confirme, unto ye sd Bartho. Gedney, a containe p’cell of marsh, about an acre, be it more or less, scittual & lying neare the great cove on ye north neck soe called, in ye bounds of Salem, bounded on ye north with ye land of Robt. Goodell, to ye east with a brooke, & on ye west with som land of John Horne. To have & to hold ye sd acre of marsh, be it more or less, with all ye prifitts, privilidges & appurtenances, thereunto belonging, unto ye sd Bartholomew Gidney, U to hios heires, executors, administrators & assignes forever and I ye sd John Gidney due by these prisents covenant, primise & adree, for my selfe, my heires, executers, administrators & assignes the peaceable possession to give & maintayne & alsoe to warrant acquit & defind, all & singular ye primisses unto ye sd Bartholomew, his heires & assignes, against all prisons laying claime thereto by from or under me In witness hereof I ye sd John Gidney have put to my hand & seale this twenty fift day of Mch in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred sixty & seaven. Anno goe Regni Regis Caroli Secund; 19
John Gedney with a seal affixed
Katheren Gedney
Signed sealed & dd in ye presence of us
Hillyard Feren
John Buttolph

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5 : 2 mo : 1667
To all people to whom these prisents writing shall come, John Gidney of Salem in ye County of Essex, in New England, vintner, sendeth greeting: Know yee yt I ye sd John Gidney for divers good cause & considerations me thereuntoe moveing especially for the love & natural affection which I beare & have to my son Bartholmew Gedney of Salem aforesd, ship wright, have given & granted & by these prisents doe freely, cleerely & absolutely, give, grant & confirme unto ye sd Bartholmew Gidney, on acre of land lying & being scittuate in Salem aforesaid & is that acre of land which I lately bought of John Ruck, as apeeres by a bill of sale from him ye sd Ruck bearing date ye 20th June 62 & was pt of yt land of ye sd Ruck’s adjoining to his dwelling house the sd acre of land being bounded with a lane or highway to ye south with ye common on ye west & with ye land of John Ruck on ye north & the cove or river to the east, with all y privilidges thereto belonging more piticulerly exsprest in the sd bill of sale apeareth. To have & to hold the sd acre of land with all ye prifitts, privilidges & comodyties thereunto belonging unto ye sd Bartholmew Gedney & to his heires, executors, administrtors & assignes from ye daye of the date heareof forevery, freely, without any maner of reclaime or contradiction of me ye sd John Gidney my executors or administrators or any other pison or pisons whatsoever by any meanes, title or picurement, in any names of wise, or without any accoumpt or reckoning, or answer therefor to me or any in my name, to given, rendered order in any time to come soe that neither I ye sd John Gidney, my executors or administrators, nor any other pison or pisons for us by us or in our names, or in the name or names of us, or any of us, at any time or times I heareafter, make aske, claim or demand, in or to ye primisses or any pt thereof any interest, right, title, use & possession, but from all actions of right, title, claime, use, possession & demand, the & every of us atterly to be excluded & forever debamed by these prisents & I ye sd John Gedney, my executors & administrators, the said acre of land given & granted as above sd, against all people shall & will warrant & defend by these prisents. In witness whereof I have sett to my hand & seale this twentieth daye of November in ye yeare of our Lord God, one thousand, six hundred sixty & fourer being ye sixteenth yeare of ye raign of our Soveraigne Lord King Charles ye Second.
John Gedney with a seale
Katherin Gedney
Signed, sealed & delivered in ye presence of us
Hillyard Feren
John Buttolph
John Gedney acknowledged this to be his act & deed & Katheren his wife freely by yielded up her thirds the 25 : 1 mo 67 before one Wiy Hathome Assistant

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5 : 2 ml : 1667
To all people to whome these prisents writing shall come, John Gidney of Salem in ye County of Essex, in New England, vintner, sendeth greeting: Know yee yt I ye sd John Gedney for divers good cause & considerations me thereunto me moveing especially for the love & naturall affection I beare & have to my son Bartholmew Gedney of the same place, ship wright, have given & graunted & by these prisents doe freely, cleerely & absolutely, give, grant & confirme unto ye sd Bartholmew Gidney, a certaine picell of land containing about ten acres, more or less, scittuate & is lying in the north neck, within the limits of Salem & is bounded on the east with ye land of John Symonds, on the west with a highway, that runs into the lotts by Marshalls, on the north with ye land of John Neale on the south with a highway that runs betweene ye sd lott & som land of John Symonds, to have & to hold ye sd land, be it more or less, with all ye prifitts, privilidges & appurtenances there to belonging unto ye sd Bartholmew Gidney, his heires, executors, administrators & assignes from the daye of the date of these prisents, forever heareafter, freely, without any maner of reclaime or contradiction of me ye sd John Gidney my executors or administrators or any other pison or pisons whatsoever by any meanes, title or picurement, in any names of wise, or without any accoumpt or recconing, or answer therefor to me or any in my name, to given, rendered or don in any time to come soe yt neither I ye sd John Gidney, nor my executors or administrators, nor any other pison or pisons for by us or in our names, or in the name or names of us, or any of us, at any time or times I heareafter, make ask, claime or demaund, in or to ye primisses or any pt thereof any interest, right, title, claime, use, possession or demaund ever, & every of us utterly to be excluded & forever debanned by these prisent; & I ye sd John Gedney, my executors & administrators, the said land be it more or less, given & granted as above said, against all people shall & will warrant & defend by these prisents; as witness my hand & seale this sixt daye of Deember in ye yeare of our Lord, one thousand, six hundred sixty & five being ye sseaventeenth yeare of ye raigne of our Soveraigne Lord King Charles ye Second.
John Gedney with a seale
Katheren Gedney
Signed, sealed & dd in ye presence of us
Hillyard Feren
John Buttolph
John Gedney acknowledged this to be his act & deed & Katheren his wife freely by yealded up her thirds before me 25 : 1 mo 67 before one
William Hathome

Vol. 3 Page 68
10 : 7 mo : 1667
To all people to whome these prisents shall come John Gidney of Salem in the County of Essex, in New England, vintner, sendeth greeting: Know yee that I ye sd Jon. Gedney for divers good cause & considerations thereunto me moveing especially for ye love & naturall affection I beare & have unto my son Jon.Gedney of the same towne & county, marrenor, have given & graunted & by these prisents doe freely, cleerely & absolutely, give, grant & confirme, unto ye sd John Gedney all that my fame, formerly given by the Towne of Salem, containing eighty acres of uploand & eight acres of meddow, be it more or less & is scittuat & lying in the bounds of Salem aforesaid & is bounded: the upland with ye land of Mr. Tho Gardner Senyir northerly & with the land of John Marsh senyir on the east or easterly & with som meddow called Mories meddow o(on which end there stands a pine tree marked), & is the bound betweene Mr. Gardner & the primisses) on the western end & with common land (yf not lately laid out by ye Towne) southerly: ye sd eight acres of meddow lying in ye greate meddow of ye sd Gardners being about one third of ye whole meddow & lyes ptly within or adjoining to ye primisses, alsoe one acre of ground in ye Towne, bounded on ye north with ye highway by the north river, on ye east with the land of Samuell & John Williams, on ye south with ye land by ye pound. & on the west with ye alnd of Steephen Haskett & Capt Benjamin Fermaies. To have & to hold ye sd eighty acres of upland, more or less, with ye eight acres of meddow adjoining with ye one acre of ground in ye Towne, with all ye rights, pifitts, privilidges & appurtenances in any wise is thereto belonging, unto ye sd John Gidney, his executors, administrators & assignes from ye daye of the date of these prisents, forever heareafter, freely, without any maner of reclaime or contradiction of me ye sd John Gidney my executors or administrators or any other pison or pisons whatsoever by any meanes, title or picurement, in any names of wise, or without any accot or reckonin therefore to me or any in my name, to be given, rendered or don in time to come soe ye neither I the sd John Gidney, nor my executors or administrators, nor any other pison or pisons for us, by us or in our names, or in ye name or names of us, or any of us, at any time or times heareafter, make aske, claime or demaund, in or to ye primisses or any pt thereo,f any interest, right, title, use, possession or demaund, we & every of us utterly to be excluded & forever debarred by these prisent; & I ye sd John Gedney, my executors & administrators, the said picell of land, be they more or less, given & granted as above sd, against all men shall & will warrant & defend by these prisents; as witness my hand & seale this twenty eight daye of August, in ye yeare of our Lord God, one thousand, six hundre, sixty seaven.
John Gidney with a seale
Katherne Gidney with a seale
Signed, sealed & dd in ye presence of us
Walter Price
Henry Bartolmew
Mr. John Gidney & his wife acknowledged this to be there act & deed 31 : 6 mo : 67 before me
William Hathorne Assistant

Vol. 3 Page 224
10 : Sept : 1669
Know all men by these prisents that Barthelmew Gedney of Salem, shipwright, for & in consideration of a valuable sume in hand alredy received; have bargained & sould & doe by these prisent bargaine, sell & confirme, unto the p’ties underneath mentioned the hull of the ship called the John Adventure, with masts, yards, boate & all other appurtenances of carpentors thereunto belonging vidz : unto Capt. Walter Price, Mr. John Gedney senir, Mr Jno Corwin & Mr. Jno Gedney Junir to each one quart pt of sd vessel, they being joint ptners therein are equally, interested. To have & to hould ye same, for the proper use & behafe of themselves, heirs, executors, administrators & assignes, without any molestation, incumbrance or claime, from myself, heirs, executors or assigns, either directly or indirectly or any way whtsoeever; as witness my hand & seale, this 7th September, in ye yeare of our Lord, one thousand, six hundred, sixty & nine.
Bartholmew Gedney with a seale
Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of us
Theoder Price
Jno Price

Vol. 3 Page 281
John Gedney is listed as owning adjoining land in a deed dated 28 : 6 : 1672 between John Higg and Richard Russell.

Vol. 3 Page 434
John Gedney is listed as owning adjoining land in a deed dated 16 : 11 mo : 1671 between John Robbinson and Samuel Eborne.

Vol. 3 Page 511
John Gedney is listed as owning adjoining land in a deed dated 8 : 5 : 70 between John Marstone Senior and Samuel Pikworth.