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Know all men that I Sudan Shurton of North county of New London and
State of Connecticut, in consideration of one hundred dollars paid me by Mr Jordan Ho
kins of Charleston County of Westinghouse and State of Rhode Island. The receipts
witnessed I do hereby acknowledge, to be hereby grant, bargain sell, lease and convey, unto
said Jordan Ho kins his heirs and assigns forever, during my natural life, all my true
right and title and right of entry of in and to all the bounds, tenements and hereditaments, whatever
now belonging to George Shurton my late Husband, at any time during the Duration
hence town and the now said Sudan Shurton situated in Charlestown.
Of course and to hold lawfully and good forever and premises with the privileges
and appurtenances thereunto to my said Jordan Ho kins his heirs and assigns forever
furthermore my decent natural heir and said Sudan Shurton obligations for me to defend and
with said Jordan Ho kins his heirs and assigns to my competent Covenants of the levy
made that they are for joy of all maintenance that I have right to sell and Convey
the same to said Jordan Ho kins his heirs and assigns and that said warrant and
defend the same to said Jordan Ho kins his heirs and assigns for and during my
natural life against the claims and demands of all and every person.
The condition of the aforesaid covenant is that if the said I the said
Sudan Shurton make any Default in the said Jordan Ho kins his heirs
Sudan Shurton One hundred Dollars evidence Administration or assigns of the sum forward
Deliverage in part for the within
Dated on or before the 20th day of July 1848 together with
Mortgage said and I hereby
Interest on the same 6 per cent. per annum from the time after the execution
acknowledge that said Sudan Shurton has paid me a certain sum of money now paid with interest
hereunto annexed and delivered same by me said Sudan Shurton Witness by the payment of
the same executed on a certain Mortgage of the same offered with Witness at the time of said
offered Mortgage until said date to answer in full force
and effect Satisfied of the
Charlestown April 23rd 1848
Susan Shurton
Gordon H. Hopkins
Samuel Shurton Susan Shurton [signature]
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
Jordan H. Hopkins
Samuel Shurton
Charlestown July 31st 1848
On this day personally appeared before me the within
named Susan Shurton and acknowledged the within Mortgage Deed by her signature
to be her voluntary act Before [signature] Susan Shurton Clerk.
Recorded Nov 19th 1848
By W. H. Norton Dean Clerk.
Know all men of this place that I Jonathan Benjamin Whitlock of Warwick in
the Co of Kent and State of Rhode Island, for and in consideration of the sum
of ten hundred and Sixty Dollars to me paid by Dudley Ellingworth of Boston in the
County of Middlesex and State of Mass, appointed the right sums I do hereby acknowledge,
grant bargain sell convey and forever assign unto the said Dudley Ellingworth
the his heirs and assigns forever with all the rights thereunto appertaining claims and covenants
which land now have, or claim to have, or claim to have, or claim to have a certain part of a certain tract
of lands lying in the town of Charlestown, bordering in the aforesaid said containing
by estimated on bound and true acres to the same more or less and bounded
as follows being bounded on the North by a highway and bounded easterly, southerly and
westerly on Indian land now Mathily part on Sands of Thomas Leach and partly
on a highway at the first mentioned bounds.
Of course and to hold the same with all the rights the privilege, and appurtenances
thereof to appertaining whom the said Dudley Ellingworth his heirs
and assigns forever. And the aforementioned Jonathan Whitlock for my only heir
on the heirs, Privileges and Administrated it as a covenant with the said Dudley Ellingworth
that his heirs and assigns that I will warrant and defend the above described
premises, to him the said Dudley Ellingworth his heirs and assigns forever
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