Here is a deed between John Games heirs --
do have a deed settling an estate for John GAMES (died before Dec 1834, married Matilda JOHNSON) where his son Johnson Games signs 22 April 1841 very clearly GAMES. Listed as parties were my Benjamin CLARKSON and his
wife Fanny (nee GAMES from her marriage bond) and Joseph CLARKSON and his wife Susan (nee Games), William Campton and his wife Sally, James, W Games,
Mary Games, Emily Games, and William E Games from counties Essex and Middlesex and the other party Johnson Games. whereas John Games, dec. the father of the above named female parties and also of the said James, W or maybe M,
William E and Johnson Games during his life held and was in possession of as tenant by the courtesy - a certain piece or parcel of land, situated lying
and being in the county of Essex, supposed to contain at this time about forty five acres, which he the said John Games derived by virtue of his intermarriage with Matilda Johnson the daughter of James Johnson dec., late of the said county of Essex who was the mother...they being her only children and heirs at law, and which said piece or parcel of land, was derived to the said Mitilda Games during covetine (?) by the last will and
testament of her father the said James Johnson being date the 10th of November 1808 and proved to record in Essex Co Court on the 17th day of December 1810 and which said piece or parcel of land is described in the said will and testament as follows "beginning at the lower gate running Easterly down the bottom to a cool spring down this branch to the big branch, down the big branch to a poeusun/foeusan (?), up the poesusun/foeusan(?) to a red oak, blazed on the edge of the high land, from the said red oak up the hill to an old cellar hole, then nearly along the parts (?) to a Walnut Tree which is blazed from there to a persimon tree
which is blazed, from there to the said lower gate" and whereas the said John Games the father of the ... did by his last Will and Testament devise the said parcel of land unto the said Johnson Games and to the said Johnson Games being desirous to secure a perfect and indefeasible exhort of inheritance in fee simple in the said piece or parcel of land hath purchased the right title and interest of the other heirs and distributes of his mother the said Matilda Games in the said land. Now therefore this indenture withnesseth that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the promises and also of the sum of ninety dollars to them in hinde paid by the said Johnson Games at and before the unsealing and delivery of their presents the receipts wherefore they do hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained and sold ... Signed by all the children.


Does anyone know where this parcel might be? No actually waterway were named -- must have been fun to map these parcels out. Thanks, Mary Clarkson Buchholz