A Palmer land agreement, genealogy & estate papers

An agreement among Samuel Palmer senior, Samuel Palmer junior, and Christopher Palmer describing division of pasture, meadow and marsh land in Hampton. Full opened sides, boundary descriptions, signatures and marks, three red seals, and acknowledgment are preserved.

Handwritten research notes concerning Ebenezer and Lydia Dow, children, and land references involving Epping, Durham and Lee. These are the compiler’s notes, rather than independently verified genealogical conclusions. The full photographed sheet remains available for checking names and dates.

A ruled paper wrapper labeled Letters relating to the Dow genealogy, with the additional phrase So much learned. The opened wrapper, folded exterior and close-up retain the filing context and visible paper damage. Its proximity to other photographs does not establish which individual letters it originally enclosed.

Opened and closer views of manuscript genealogy notes covering Drake families, marriages, births and deaths, with references to books, family records and church records. The views include Abraham Drake and Freese Dearborn, Weare Drake and related family entries. Separate loose notes remain visible alongside the larger sheet. Original spellings and uncertain readings can be checked in the photographs; a complete transcription is not yet supplied.

A manuscript headed “Concerning the Estate of Simon Dow Dec’d,” recording proposed provisions for a widow and descriptions of land, fields, meadow, marsh and woodland. The two written sides contain extensive crossings-out and revisions, with wording about a committee and division by bounds. Full views, overlapping close-ups and the folded exterior are preserved together. The date, writer and precise identity of the deceased have not been established; the heading is used as a finding aid rather than a verified identification.