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Know all men by these presents that I James N Kenyon of Charlestown
County of Washington and State of Rhode Island forward for and in consideration of the
sum of three thousand dollars to be paid to my satisfaction by Joshua R Arnold of
East Greenwich County of Kent and State of Rhode Island forward the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge have remised
released and forever quitclaimed unto the said Joshua R Arnold his heirs presents to remise release and forever
quitclaimed unto the said Joshua R Arnold and Jacob M Thistle Moore and assigns
forever all the right title interest property claim and demand which I now
have or of right ought to have or claim in and to a certain lot of land and
water situated in Charlestown in said State containing by estimation
one acre more or less but more honestly bounded as follows beginning at the
middle of Pracetuck River near Roberts Mill bridge running thence west to a
rock marked by a hole drilled in the stone from the edge of the side over
the butment of said bridge thence South forty two degrees east loss more and
one link to a hole drilled in a rock thence South thirty seven degrees east
fast four rods over a right links to a hole drilled in a rock thence North
eighty seven degrees east four rods nine links to a mark on a shore line
in riverway running thence North forty five degrees east nine rods and seven
links return to the west side of Pracetuck River at the wall now standing and
thence to the middle of said river and downstream of the same side
following the middle of said river to the first mentioned boundary including the
fish ponds adjoining the land and fish ponds upstream of said river the
water and meaning of this land work are to the ends and extends from the
first mentioned boundary to the wall built on a public highway on the
west of said river thence to the west side of said river thence to the
Middle of water said river and thence to said Roberts Mill bridge thence to the first
mentioned boundary and it is made a condition of this deed that no food
or ice be kept by the premises previously conveyed
To Have and to hold the same with all the right fore
goes and appurtenances thereunto belonging or ornaments pertaining for meaning to
includes the water but building Houses standing in the way water ways
water wheels equipped and serving the houses the wharves lines of fishing and
regulators to them the said Joshua R Arnold and Jacob M Thistle Moore and
assigns forever And I further promise James N Kenyon for myself and for
my heirs Executors and Administrators to covenant with the said
Joshua R Arnold and Jacob M Thistle Moore and assigns that I will for myself
and for my heirs and assigns quiet them and deliver up all my claims
and demands to the aforesaid premises
In Testimony whereof we here have set our hands and seals
Mary Kenyon wife of said James N Kenyon her solely relinquishing her right
of Dower in the premises hereby conveyed this 25th day of May
1855
In presence of
Charles Cross
Mary E Kenyon
James N Kenyon L S
Mary S Kenyon L S
State of Rhode Island ss
Washington Co Charlestown May 25th 1855
Personally came James N Kenyon and Mary S Kenyon and
acknowledged the foregoing instrument by them signed to be their
free act and deed
Before me
Charles Cross Town Clerk
Recorded May 29th 1855
by Charles Cross T. Clrk