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 & Will Book 1699-1701, June 8, 1699, through March 10, 1700/1. Originally published in 1991, reprinted 2016