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Know all men by these presents that I & Daniel Taughan of Narragansett in the
Province of Rhode Island and I, Mary Taughan of Providence in the County of Providence
and State of Rhode Island, and I, John Taughan of Narragansett do considerate for
the sum of Four hundred and fifty dollars to be paid by Josiah Rice of Charleston
in the County of Marlborough and State of Rhode Island the receipt of which I have in
hand acknowledged, do hereby grant bargain sell convey and release unto the said
Daniel Rice his heirs and assigns forever a certain piece of land measuring one hundred
lineas in length and forty-four in breadth situated in the Town of Narragansett
by the laws of the State of Rhode Island above described and upon the said land is
a house and outbuildings the said Daniel Rice or his heirs and assigns to have and hold
the same forever as the Taughans have owned by contamination by inheritance about Eighty
five years the same more or less.
Of the same act I wish to hold the above grant free and clear with the Parties and appurtenances
manors there belonging to the said Daniel Rice his heirs and assigns together with all the
outbuildings and with the said Daniel Taughan Mary Taughan and John Taughan for
ourselves our heirs and assigns convenient and convenient to hereby conveyed with the said
Rice his heirs and assigns that we are lawfully seized in fee of the aforementioned premises
that they are free and void from all incumbrances that we have good right to sell and
convey the same to the said Daniel Rice his heirs and assigns and that we the said
Daniel and Mary Taughan and John Taughan do agree and covenant to the said Daniel
Rice his heirs and assigns forever to warrant and defend the same to the said Daniel
Rice his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all
persons the above witness of the said Daniel Taughan Mary Taughan and
John Taughan have to these documents set our hands and seals the 31st day of May in the year
of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and forty only. Signed sealed and delivered in our
presence
Daniel Taughan [seal] [illegible] [seal]
Mary Taughan [seal] [illegible] [seal]
John Taughan [seal]
[illegible] [seal]
Law of Rhode Island Land s
Narragansett etc
Witness my hand 31st B 1841 I have personally appeared in my office the above
named Daniel Taughan and Mary Taughan and John Taughan their attorney duly
authorized and declared the above instrument and solemnly acknowledging
the above instrument to be their free act and deed
Before me
Nathaniel F. Dixon & Justice of the Peace
[illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
[illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
Know all men by these presents that I Nathan F. Dixon of Bristol in the County
of Marlborough for the consideration of ninety dollars paid me by Josiah Taylor of
Charleston in the County of Marlborough witnessed aforesaid the receipt whereof I hereby
acknowledge do grant bargain sell and release unto the said Taylor his heirs and
assigns forever a certain lot of land measuring five lines in length forty lines in wide
by the grants land and it is marked let its lettering be forty lines east on a piece of
Water edge boundary with the Narragansett Indians and Nathan Rice’s lot boundary on
which there are buildings on the land of the grants the same land has been conveyed
to me by purchase from demonstration on the State of Rhode Island above described and on
the date 16th day of July 1839 and the above in the Close of the town of Charleston
have like containing about Eleven acres more or less
I here and also here grants and grants premises with the Parties and appurtenances
manors there to him and his heirs forever the said her heirs and assigns forever and I for
myself my heirs executors and administrators covenant to warrant in the said Taylor
to defend his heirs and assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee of the Premises that they
are free from all incumbrances that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said
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said Taylor to hold as aforesaid and that Sadie warrant and defend the home to him fore
but any one adverse claims against the lawful claims and demands of all persons and I
Elizabeth Dixon wife of the said Nathan S. for the considerations of the money recd by me in
this present remise release and forever quit claim to the said Joseph Taylor his heirs
and assigns forever all my rights and title and power of title in said premises
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 17th day of May 1841. In Presence
Symon Taylor
Eliza Dixon
Nathan S Dixon [seal]
Elizabeth Dixon [seal]
Law of Rhode Island st
Middletown county to wit
Multiply May 17th 1841
Nathan S Dixon Interrogated to the Preceding Instrument acknowledges the same to be
his free voluntary act and deed. Before me
John Master J. Clerk.
Recorded June 1st 1841
by William Storm Clerk office
Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Perry of Charlestown in the County of
Middletown and State of Rhode Island, in consideration of one Thousand dollars paid
to me by Elizabeth Perry my hereby in the beauty and that aforesaid the Receipt whereof I
by Elizabeth Perry hereby acknowledge I hereby grant bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain sell and convey bargain 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