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Know all men that I Alice Healy now residing in South Kingstown Widow of Mead
& Healy formerly of Charleston declared in consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars clear
paid me by Jonathan Healy of said Southkingstown the receipt of which it hereby acknowledge
age, and for other good & valuable considerations do here give grant bargain sell and
convey with said Healy his Heirs & Assigns all the right title and interest which I have
under the Will of my said Husband or Merchant in said Charleston i am to
receive Total amount conveyed by my said Husband in some Trust or otherwise reference
being have to the Deeds and Records of said town for description and save all right title
interest I may in any way have any here after set forth the same to be void portanto
Healy the Heirs & assigns said considerations will be in full discharge of my
claims have upon said estate or against said Healy as Administrator over her husband
Estate for support of provision for my comfort out of said estate
In witness whereof I have set my hand & seal this 28 day of March AD 1851
Executed in presence of
Witness William G Cantrell
Joseph H Griffin
Alice T Healy L S
State of Rhode Island
Charlestown March 23 AD 1851 Alice Healy acknowledges
the foregoing to be her free act and deed her hand and seal
Before me
For a Deed recorded March 23th 1851
1847 p 69 Adcl L Lth
Recorded March 23th 1851
by Chas Ames Clerk
Know all men by these presents that Benjamin B Wolcott
of Charlestown in the County of Washington St State of Rhode Island in
consideration of one hundred dollars more than I have already paid to Brighten
man Cantwell of said Charlestown to me have given granted bargained and
sold delivered and convey grant bargain sell and confirm unto him and
the said Brightman Cantwell his heirs and Assigns forever a certain
tract of Land lying in said Charlestown containing two acres more or
less and bounded as follows beginning at the southeast corner of said lot
at the house of Joseph W Taylor stone fence formerly as the west boundary as
one hundred rods of the Rhode Island Turnpike Northward until it comes to the
Northeast corner of said lot stone Wall Eastly and Southwesterly 23 rods as
the wall now stands until it comes to a Stone in the wall
marked L M West by North 20 rods West until it comes to the said People
W Taylor lot then Eastly on said Taylors Land as the wall now
stands to the first boundary fence
To Have and to Hold the same with the rights perquisites and
appurtenances thereof to his Heirs his Executors and Assigns forever and the said Grantor
agree with the grantee his Heirs his Executors Administrators and Assigns that
the said grantor is the true sole and lawful owner of the aforesaid premises
right’s having procured thereof in the same in manner aforesaid and with good
and lawful power to sell and convey the same in the same manner aforesaid That however
the His Heirs his Executors shall and may at all times employ the said premises for his
have preserve and lawfully enjoy the enjoyment of said premises free from
clear of all other people rights titles acts and incumbrances and that said Grantor his
Heirs his Executors and Admins against the Lawful claims and demands of all persons
to the said Hereof will forever warrant seise and defend sia Cantwell