to the premises shown on the following diagram and more particularly described below: ...........................................................

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(Here insert diagram and written description.)

(Few titles are now searched back to the sovereign. In most cases title is assumed good in some large tract at some early date. In this specimen abstract the first deed is assumed to come out of the owner of a large farm and to convey a portion thereof.)

WILLIAM BROWN AND MARY BROWN, HIS WIFE,

TO JACOB HERMANCE.

WARRANTY DEED Dated Sept. 19, 1864 Ack. Sept. 22, 1864 Rec. Sept. 24, 1864 Bk. 21 page 23

Conveys a large plot of land including the premises under examination.

JACOB HERMANCE (Unmarried) to PHILIP SCHOONMAKER

DEED Dated Nov. 12, 1880 Ack. Nov. 12, 1880 Rec. Dec. 6, 1880 Bk. 96 page 187

Conveys the premises under examination.

In the Matter of the Estate of PHILIP SCHOONMAKER,

Deceased.

PETITION Dated Jan. 19, 1898

The petition of Josephine Schoonmaker shows that she is the widow and the Executrix named in the last Will and Testament of Philip Schoonmaker, deceased, who departed this life at ........ on January 1, 1898. The petition further shows that the heirs and next of kin are as follows: Arthur Schoonmaker, Isaac Schoonmaker, and Charles Schoonmaker, and that the above are the only children and all of full age.

Last Will and Testament of PHILIP SCHOONMAKER.

WILL Dated Jan. 31, 1887 Proved Feb. 6, 1898 Recorded in Bk. 103 of Wills, page 392.

The said WILL

1st: Orders all debts paid.

2nd: Devises all property of every kind and nature to Josephine Schoonmaker, wife of Philip Schoonmaker, who is appointed Executrix.

JOSEPHINE SCHOONMAKER widow of PHILIP SCHOONMAKER, to ARTHUR W. VAN WINKLE.

DEED Dated Feb. 23, 1908 Ack. Feb. 23, 1908 Rec March 18, 1908 Bk 221, page 353.

Conveys the premises under examination.

ARTHUR W. VAN WINKLE and IDA VAN WINKLE, his wife, to

PHILIP GIBBS.

MORTGAGE Dated May 1, 1916 Ack. May 1, 1916 Rec May 2, 1916 Bk. 402, page 661.

Conveys the premises under examination to secure payment of $3,000 due May 1, 1919, with interest from date at 6% per annum, payable May and November 1st

(The abstract of title is generally made for the purpose of a mortgage or sale and the abstract being made for the purchaser or the lender it is customary to insert at this point a memorandum of the final instrument by which the sale or loan is consummated.)

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that I have searched the records in the office of the

Clerk of the County of........State........for deeds, mortgages, judgments and all other liens affecting the title to the premises described at the head of this abstract and find nothing affecting the same except as herein set forth.

Attorney at Law.

(The abstract above states only the result of the examination of the instruments on record in the office of the County Clerk, Surrogate and Registrar. In the examination of title it is customary to examine the records of the appropriate United States Court for bankruptcies and the records of the appropriate offices for taxes, assessments and water charges. Where this is done certificates of such searches are usually attached to the abstract.)

No. 59. Specimen Of Survey