The instrument's own words
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427 State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Washington Co.
August 26th 1857
Personally appeared the said Samuel to Clerk and Anna Stroke f Clerk's
wife of said Samuel signatures and declare of the following instrument and
acknowledged the same to be their act and Deed
Resided September 19th 1857 Before me John H Moore Justice of the Peace
By John Moore to Justice
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Of the heirs of William kelsey in plain also am i on a certain lot or a parcel of land situated
in Charlestown in said county of Washington being on the north side of the home
stead form of the late deplete sathan faunders which was act off to mamone faw
ness as appears by his deed to james & sathan fawness dated Dec 22 1780
Containing by estimation thirty two acres in the same manner & off as
any lot of land bounded in said town owned by the Gande family established and settled
in land of Benjamin Walker otherwise known as off to mamone fawness and
settled by land of fawness Engly containing by estimation thirty two acres in the
same manner & off all of which lot of lands of land fawness family formerly owne
d by sathan fawness Engly dec and died and were by deed of trust
to Abraham Richards and Elizabeth clarke trustees to be held by them in trust for
the sole use and benefit of Maria Anna blake widow and executrix by between her
said trustee dame maria anna blake her sole conjugate by their deed to the said blake lot
of land as above described being dated the day of May 1791 void valid and in full
force of law 17 pp’s price of land / of land Benjamin Mallory res’d by rock of ppy
by way of 50 d’s land fawness in Charlestown and the residue of land in the said
towns in said town and presently known concerning being all of said lands
and premises including the undivided interest of fawness blake common
by said blake to Elizabeth Clarke trustee who he published signed sealed’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d
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The further Consideration of a certain Mortgage from the Grantors herein named
to the Grantee herein named namely summing the Sum of Three Thousand Three Hundred and
Twenty Three Dollars 3323.00 to pay to the Grantors their Heirs or Assigns by me my
heirs and answering to me for and during my natural life in the payment of the Interest of
said Principal Sum of Three Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Three Dollars 3323.00
at the rate of five per cent per annum 5% hereby reserve and provide from payment
of the same and state With a Boundary and together with all other Hereditaments thereunto
appertaining we do hereby give grant and release unto the Grantee and his Heirs to me the
demised premises provided to hold the same to the Grantors their Heirs and assigns forever
in the full and ample manner as the said Elizabeth Clarke hath held and
disposed of the same
In Witness whereof we have set our hands and seals this twenty second day of March AD 1851.
Henry D Langworthy [seal]
Avonia P Langworthy [seal]
Peleg Clarke Jr [seal]
Henry S Clarke [seal]
George B Hazard [seal]
Martha B Hazard [seal]
Joseph S Clarke [seal]
Frances S Clarke [seal]
Peleg A Clarke [seal]
James A Clarke [seal]
Elizabeth Clarke daughter & heir of Peleg & Clarke [seal]
Mary J Menard Witness to the Deposition
E.B. Menard Witness to the Execution
Martha R Higgins
James Clarke and
Peter H.A. White
Henry E Thompson
J. Hobart Cuff Witness to the Deposition
Henry D Langworthy
Isaac Langworthy
Henry S Clarke
Frances Clarke
Peleg Clarke &
Joseph S Clarke and
Elizabeth Clarke
J. Moore Witness to the Deposition of
Wm R Cuff Peleg Clarke
Teresa Hazard Witness for the
William S Rakington [seal]
Elizabeth Clarke Heirs of Peleg & Clarke [seal]
Thomas R Wellman of Providence [seal]
Thomas R Wellman of Narragansett [seal]
Phebe R Clarke [seal]
Elizabeth Clarke [seal]
Thomas H Clarke [seal]
Henry D Langworthy Per Attorney [seal]
May 22nd 1864
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State of Rhode Island &c.
Washington Co. Westerly March 2nd A.D. 1871
Personally appeared Henry D. Brunswicky [?] thy Clarke & and Dwight S.
Clarke agents and sellers of the premises in the foregoing instrument and acknowledged
the same to be their voluntary act and deed, and at the same time appeared
Samuel Brunswicky, Mary B. Smith and James S. Clarke hereby be
nominated parties grantee and appoint them said nominated underacknowledged
the same to be their voluntary act and deed that they did not wish to
withdraw the same and at the same time appeared Betty B. Clarke
as in her capacity as appointtee and acknowledged the same to be her voluntary
act and deed to be her free peer and clear
Before me J. Robert Cross Town Clerk
Newport & Providence March 2nd 1871 Personally appears George R.
Narragansett Thomas H. Clarke and Phoebe Allen wife and acknowledged
the foregoing deed by them signed and sealed as their voluntary act and declared
valid in the above way personally appeared Martha R. Marquand wife of George
R. Marquand and showing thereon was registered the foregoing instrument to
her house demolished as principals point after from her said Husband G. R. Marquand,
despite the same in her spare and sealed as her voluntary act and declared
to me that she did not wish to withdraw the same
Before me S. D. Homeland Justice of the Peace
State of Rhode Island &c.
County of Washington Town of S. Kingston May 18th 1851
Personally appeared Thomas P. Bell contractor to the S. & N. Rails and James
E. Mills and in his said Capacity acknowledged the foregoing deed by him
signed to be his free peer and voluntary act and deed
Before me William I. Peckham Notary Public
Providence Oct. 2nd 1851
By John ownen Town Clerk
The Signatures of Thomas De Colstack and his Attorney was
Recorded June 8th 1854 by Charles Couse Town Clerk