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To All People to whom these presents shall come,
I Jonathan May of Charlestown in the County of Washington, and State of Rhode Island
do hereby make and declare Hereby We the said Jonathan May declare by these presents in consideration
of the sum of five Pounds of lawful money in hand paid before the executing
of these presents and truly paid by Samuel Smith of said Charlestown. Now therefore I
do hereby actually and absolutely and henceforth fully and forever let, relinquish, remise and change unto
the said Samuel Smith and his heirs and assigns, forever, all that piece of land which came
from the said Samuel Smith, to him, being situated and conveniently furnished, the said piece
have grown granite, bragrants, Slates, and Slates, minerals, copperfields and other minerals
of every kind, and all rights, privileges and liberties appertaining to the same, together with all
the rights of common and Common rights from the said Samuel Smith to his heirs and assigns,
forever, a certain town or piece of land lying being four hundred and thirty meters containing by
estimation, twenty acres and above mentioned Appurtenant thereto, with all rights and privileges
be on the said land or lands belonging to the said Samuel Smith on the state of Rhode Island
or on a new formed state or corporation colony community at the North East corner of the
Island known as Rhode Island and now a territory known as the state of Rhode Island’s
witnessly to a piece of land belonging to the granite quarry called the Samuel Smith quarry
situated to the North East corner of the date of said piece of land Samuel Smith and his heirs
successively to the west on the side of the north part of the said Samuel Smith’s
and according to the boundaries of the said mentioned premises.
Now therefore I do hereby sell and grant unto the said Samuel Smith and his heirs and assigns
all the Appurtenances, Privileges and Rights of the said land belonging to the said Samuel Smith or any
site appertaining to the said land from the said Samuel Smith, to him, his heirs and assigns, forever, to
his use exclusively to the said land belonging to the granite quarry called the Samuel Smith quarry
situated to the North East corner of the date of said piece of land Samuel Smith and his heirs
successively to the west on the side of the north part of the said Samuel Smith’s
My first and last will and testament do covenant promise and grant to
the said Samuel Smith and his heirs and assigns, forever and as after this report on the
same thing and I have the full and ample power of the above mentioned premises
and can law fully sell and dispose of the same in the form of my own proper right and
can law fully sell and dispose of the same in the form of my own proper right and
put and set it all together in considerations, and in my property and name on my full right
and full power and law full liberty to grant, lease, alien, sell, convey and convey
the said premises, in manner as aforesaid and that the said Samuel Smith and
his heirs and assigns, forever and his heirs from time to time, and from age to age
forever, be quiet and free of any and all trouble peacefully, quietly and quietly
hereby forever, by free and virtue of this piece of land described and designated premises
have also all rights privileges and any of the said premises described and designated premises
with all the Appurtenances, any free and clear, and duly and legally acquitted, cleared
and discharged of any and all premises and all manner of forms of other gifts, grants
Bargains, sales, leases, mortgages, Wills, misery forms, conveyances deeds and any
encumbrances, or mortgages of whatever nature, those things not mentioned in
these deeds or marks or words, this present deed.
Furthermore I do the said Samuel Smith and his heirs and assigns, forever and convey and merge
their say for myself my heirs executors and administrators, to convey and merge
the above described premises, to the said Samuel Smith and his heirs and assigns, forever
against the said Samuel Smith’s buying or demanding, of any pledge or penalty whatever, forever, to every
heir and witness and evidence of this present deed, and I Hannah May wife of the aforesaid
Mr Jonathan May do put the consideration before of said pledge and success and
my rights of dower and peace of money in and unto the before described premises, to
the said Samuel Smith and his heirs and assigns forever. Witnessed our hands
and seals our hands and seals this 30th day of May 1842. Signed Sealed and delivered
Jonathan May S.S.
Hannah May S.S.
in presence of Benjamin May
Stephen R. Griffin
Washington St.
Charlestown May 30th 1842.
Acknowledged Bond Jonathan May and Hannah May his wife, and acknowledged the premises
in themselves to be free and voluntary act and intention
Transcribed June 1st 1842.
By John Stanton S.T. Clerk.
Before me Joseph R. Griffin Justice of the Peace
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