Deed and will books typically contain records of land transactions plus leases, mortgages, bills of sale, slave manumissions, powers of attorney, estate settlements, and more. Deed and will books are a main staple in genealogy research to determine family relationships. This volume contains entries from Essex County Deed and Will Book Part I, 1695-1699, February 10, 1695, through November 22, 1697. Originally published in 1991, reprinted 2016.