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Colonial American Ulster County Land Deeds and Slavery Bill of Sale, Persen Family - Colonial American Ulster County Land Deeds and Slavery Bill of Sale, Persen Family    Documents pertaining to the Persen family in Kingston, Ulster County, NY, most retaining the wax seals,  comprising in chronological order: a 1730 survey of Matthew Persen's land along strand road, a 1735 Ulster County Deed for Cornelius Persen, a 1736/7 deed from the trustees of Kingston to Cornelius Persen, a 1739 deed from the trustees of Kingston to Mathew Persen, a 1750 draft deed of Cornelius Persen, a 1750 Peter Hogeborne to Cornelius Persen deed, a 1769 Probate of the Will of Cornelius Persen, a 1786 gift deed for two seats in the Dutch Church of Kingston, a 17?? land indenture for Cornelius Persen, a 1789 Bill of Sale for a ”Negro boy Harry” from Thomas Schoonmaker to Johannis Persen, a 1796 indenture for Cornelius Persen, Johannis Persen's last will and testament of 1801 (note: the will authorizes the aforementioned slave Harry to be a free man four years from the decease of Persen.), a 1803 land indenture for Cornelius Persen,  an 1812 land indenture for Cornelius Persen, and an 1812 indenture between Jacob & Jane Trumpbour among others and Cornelius Persen Condition: Expected losses, toning, minor stains, losses to the wax seals, and creasing overall.