1728 antique COLONIAL handwritten DEED CARLISLE york me JUNKINS moody

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1728 antique COLONIAL handwritten DEED CARLISLE york me JUNKINS moody
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This listing is for the original 8x14" handwritten deed shown, dated 1728, York, Maine, where John Carlile , Gentleman, has sold to Alexander Junkins land in York, along the road to Trafton's ferry.
Signed on back by John Carlisle, Micom (Malcom) McIntyre, Joseph Junkins, Samuel Came and Joseph Moody.
Research shows:
John Carlisle was born on 18 February 1701 at York, York, ME. He married Mary Junkins, daughter of Alexander Junkins and Catherine Stackpole, on 21 April 1724 at York, York, ME.John Carlisle died on 21 July 1741 at York, York, ME, at age 40.
Joseph Moody was born in 1700 in York, Maine, graduated Harvard in 1718 and died in 1753.
from Wesclark: Joseph Moody had not always worn the black crepe veil knotted above his forehead hanging down below his chin. For fourteen years after his graduation at Harvard, he was quite content with and competent in successive positions as Clerk of the Town of York, Registrar of Deeds for the county, and Judge of the County Court. However, his father thought he ought to preach, and he thought his father knew best. Chiefly through his father's influence, a second parish was incorporated in 1730. In 1732, Joseph hesitantly accepted the charge and was ordained its pastor. For six years he got along tolerably well with the saving of souls, while his wife took charge of temporal things. But when she died, the care of two worlds proved too much for him, and he fell into a state of deep melancholy. In this clouded condition, his once brilliant mind developed a pronounced phobia: no one must see his face. And so he presented himself to his congregation with his features masked in a black silk handkerchief. For weeks, wonder, speculation, and rumor churned with whirlwind intensity through the village. Was he demented? His sermons were too logical for that. Had he been scarred by an accident? If so, no chirurgeon knew of it. Had his eyes been weakened by working far into the night on his sermons? With no other plausible explanation, his parishioners convinced themselves that this was the true one. While he was as often besought for funerals as he had previously been, the veiled parson's services became less in demand for weddings, christenings, and socials. The timid people turned out of their way to avoid him; the bolder were often flippant or impertinent on the road. So Joseph Moody curtailed his daytime walks, limiting his strolls to the protecting anonymity of night. Then, without the fear of embarrassing encounters, he prowled peacefully through the seclusion of the churchyard or wandered unchallenged along the deserted shore. Little by little he abandoned his public labors, refusing to officiate at public gatherings except in cases of unusual urgency. More and more often he sought the sheltering safety of his own chamber. Only on rare occasions, when bounden duty demanded it, did he leave his sanctuary and partake of a meal with others. He was soon relieved of even this obligation. For nothing cast a quicker and more efficient pall over the gayest of village affairs than the sight of a black-clad figure, crouched alone at a small side table with its face turned to the wall.
Excellent original early family and/or town genealogy, history, antique, collectible heirloom and/or ephemera.
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:  See FULL DESCRIPTION to see MORE PHOTOS. Light antique wear.
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