The instrument's own words
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Two hundred sixteen hundred
three
say notes amounting to
$ 15,500
and said notes dated March 3d 1855 with interest from date then This Deed is
to null and void otherwise to remain in full force and virtue
In Witness whereof of these presents set my hand and seal This Deed dated this
day of March 3d 1855 at Charlestown aforesaid
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of
John W Money LS
And I Hannah M Money wife of the aforesaid aforesaid Robert W Money for the
consideration aforesaid paid my said Husband to hereby relinquish my right
of Tenure and title to the premises above conveyed by said Money
In Witness whereof and seal of Charlestown aforesaid this date the third day of
March 1855
Witness
Josiah Thatcher
Joseph H Griffin
Hannah M Money LS
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
(Certificate of Witnessing) At Charlestown the 7th day of April 1855
Personally appeared the said Robert W Money and Hannah his wife
then personally affirmed the said Robert W Money and Hannah his wife
then personally affirmed the foregoing to be their voluntary act
and deed
Joseph H Griffin Justice of the Peace
Recorded Dec 28 1857
by Chas Lewis C Clerk
Know all men by these presents that I Jesse Babcock
wife of Huntington County of Washington State of Rhode Island
by and in consideration of the sum of ten hundred dollars to me in hand
paid by Robert H Newton of Charlestown County & State aforesaid the
receipt of which I do hereby acknowledge & myself therefore well and sufficiently
paid He hereby gives grant sell and convey unto the said Robert Newton
his Heirs executors Administrator and assigns forever a certain lot of land
situated in Charlestown County & State aforesaid containing by determination
approximately five acres more or less bounded as follows viz commencing on the
north with land of Jonathan Tucker bounds on the north heading from
Charlestown Road slightly Southeastly on said road then South to the
line of Caleb Young land then thereon on the Bunce Road lanes thence
westerly on an old wall to the west line then thence westerly to
a white oak tree with stones heaped about it thence westerly to a
oak tree with stones heaped about it which is the corner bounds
between Caleb Young and Mercy Fenison lands thence westerly and
northerly on said Youngs land to boundary of Jordan's land then thence
marked by Hypocrites boundary stone of said then thence easterly on
Nathaniel Tucker south line to the first mentioned bounds on the
Charlestown Road
To have and to hold said Bargained Premises with all
the privileges appurtenances thereunto belonging unto me and
my heirs forever and thus the said Robert Newton his Heirs assigns
forever to this and there only save himself and his heirs and
assigns forever and the said these Premises for myself my Heirs and Assigns
do covenant to agree with the said Robert Newton his Heirs and Assigns
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that I am the true sole and lawful owner of the above described premises and that I
have good right full power and lawful authority to sell and convey the same
manner so aforesaid and expect that will warrant service and defend the same
said Robert Price his heirs assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of
all persons whomsoever and I said Sably Babcock wife of the said Jesse Babcock for and in
consideration of the before mentioned sum of ten dollars paid to me my said husband
hereby sell and convey with the said premises all my right of dower and home of
me and mine in and unto the said premises forever.
And I Jesse and Sably the said Jesse and Sably Babcock have executed our
our seal and signature to these presents at Richmonds opposite this eight day of Dec
one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Executed in presence of
Will Holmes
Jesse Babcock L.S.
Sably J Babcock L.S.
Washington s. South Kingstown June 13th AD 1856
Jesse Babcock and Sably J Babcock his wife acknowledged the foregoing
instrument to be their voluntary act and deed hands and seal
Before me
Samuel P Thorne
Public Notary
Witnessed for Record Dec 6th 1855
Recorded Dec 6th 1855
By Charles Coxe Town Clerk
To all people to whom these presents shall come
I Caleb Thorne of Providence in the County of Providence & State of
Rhode Island sc Send Greetings Know ye that I the said Caleb Thorne I show
for and in consideration of the sums of ten dollars referred to in my hand written
the engraving hereof and else considering paid by Mary Anne wife of George
Thorne of Richmonds in the County of Washingtons said aforesaid conveniently
whereas I so hereby acknowledge and I am therefore fully satisfied contented
and paid for the same of every part and parcel thereof having discharged all expenses
and discharges her the said Mary Anne Thorne her Heirs Executors Administrators
Assigns forever by these presents grant bargain sell convey and confirm by all
acts conveyed and confirmed by all means possible joindly fully and
unconditionally generally pure formally selling all sums entries convey and confirm
unto the said Mary Anne Thorne her Heirs and Assigns forever one piece or lot
of Land situated in Richmonds containing more or less about one
hundred and eighty acres be the same more or less bounded
on the North by the land of some persons’s names unknown on the South
by the land of Caleb Thorne and others on the East by the land of Michael W Phillips wife
the first lot Valley road and others on the West by the land of George Thorne and others land and house
as further set forth in a certain indentur written to Catherine B Thorne land and house
bounded on the North by said Johnson land until it comes to Catherine B Thorne’s highway then North
to the North by the said Highway to the West side of the a brook and from thence
a line bearing South 28 East about 40 chains and 10 poles to Jones Miller’s
line first mentioned for more particular description of the premises
reference is had to the Deed of Elizabeth Potter to Mary Ann Thorne
recorded in Richmonds Book D Page 49 with a Dwelling house
and other buildings thereon standing with a Highway passing through
the same — And one other tract of land situated in the town of Charles
town in the County of Washington with a Dwelling house Barn and