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Know all men by these presents that I Welcome A
Hopkins of the town of North Kingstown County of Washington & State of Rhode
Island do sell and consideration of the sum of twelve hundred Dollars paid to
me by Benj^n B Green & George Th Ward their Heirs and Assigns paid to
me by Benj^n B Green & George Th Ward their Heirs and Assigns (received) the said parcel of land
lying in the said town & county being bargained sold & conveyed unto the said Benj^n
Green & George Th Ward their Heirs and Assigns a certain lot or
parcel of land with the buildings thereon all the privileges and
appurtenances to the same belonging situate in Charlestown in said
County and bounded and described as follows viz
Beginning at the Northwest corner of house lot where it joins the salt
marsh running thence running thence easterly until it comes to land of John
Beginning thence Southeasterly & easterly by lands of John Browning &
thence North West until it comes to the front said land is bounded on
North by lands of Joseph M Hopkins on the East land is bounded by
lands of Thm Browning and Nova Morgan and on the West the
lot by the salt pond to the place of beginning containing by estimation
of eyes in the base some more or less for further description of said
land reference may be had to the survey of the land to me conveyed
by Caleb & Samuel Stanton Administrators of the estate of
Simon L Brown deceased in Rhode Island residence in the
Town of Charlestown County and State aforesaid
Do Have & to Hold the above described premises to the said
Benj^n B Green & George Th Ward their Heirs & Assignes to their
use and behoof forever And I the said Welcome A Hopkins
for myself and my Heirs Executors & Administrators do covenant
with the said Benj^n Green & George Th Ward their Heirs &
Assignes that I am lawfully seized in fee simple of the
afore said premises That they are free from all incumbrances
etc That I have good right to sell and convey the same to the
said Benj^n Green & George Th Ward their Heirs & Assignes for
ever as aforesaid and that I will sell and my Heirs Executors and
Administrators shall warrant and defend the same to the said
Benj^n Green & George Th Ward their Heirs & Assignes
against the lawful claims and demands of all persons
In witness whereof we the said Welcome A Hopkins and Mary
Ann Hopkins wife of the said Welcome A Hopkins witnessed her
release of all right and title of the said land from
us) hereunto have set our hands and seals this thirtieth day of
March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty six
Signed Sealed and delivered
in presence of
William P Gay
George Sabattis
Welcome A Hopkins L.S.
Mary A Hopkins L.S.
Washington rh own March 11th 1856
State of Rhode Island ss
North Kingstown March 11th 1856
Personally appeared Welcome A Hopkins signer also the seal of the forgery
hereinafter approved Welcome A Hopkins signed the same to be his free act and Deed and of the
same time there personally appeared Mary A Hopkins wife of the said Welcome
A Hopkins being then soundly of spirit and apart from her sole Husband and
Moreover the same duly explained to her by me she acknowledges this some to
be her free voluntary act and Deed from which she did not
wish to retract
Before me
William P Gay
Public Notary
(Marginalia):
Recorded March 11th 1856
by C Cross Clerk
The page as recorded
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