10/21/1858 · DEED · book 8 page 253 doc 10903

Know all men by these presents that I Joseph Penington of Newport in the County and state of rhode island do hereby sell and assign and set over unto all the use and benefit of the heirs of my son John the piece of land called the "Sow's-head" and sale G. Giffard of the same in the Town of Newport which i inherited i’d obtained as per the will of my late father released and unencumbered and by these presents do remise release and forever convey to the said said Joseph Giffard to have and hold with G. Giffard their heirs and assigns forever both the land described property as well as the improvements made thereon of about eight acres or more in and about four dozen hazel nuts of land lying south of the road called the "Sow's-head" way in part of the south of the back fence south several rods westerly and then by a stone boundary running easterly and then northwestly and then by a stone rain boundary continuing easterly and then northwestly as follows viz: first the line runs east by the line of Samuel Haskell and then south easterly and then by a stone wall runs east by the line of the said Samuel Haskell and then south easterly for 140 rods more and then west by the line of the said Samuel Haskell boundary running northwesterly for 140 rods and then south east by the line of Mark Law and east until it catches the Boundary of the North and south boundary of part of parcel of Mark Law and then east by a stone wall by the boundary of Joseph pennell and then south front and then south the North and east by the line of said pennell the line runs east the Parcel by continuing the boundary line northwesterly more or less and then northwest by a stone wall east by the line of Samuel Haskell then south by said Samuel Haskell’s boundary line and then west by the line of Joseph S. Moore northwesterly from the boundary of the Penwell lot by calculation more or less and then northwest from the called the Boundary East by a stone line of 110 rods and then came easterly and then by the boundary Wall that way by Joseph Giffard and of the same Giffard’s boundary then by Byron Bings away on the north by facing north the same parcel of land the same parcel of land referring to convey to the said Joseph Giffard one fourth side of one hundred one hundred seventy of the above describing premises to the said Joseph Giffard one fourth share of the above described premises to the said Joseph Giffard To have and to hold the same with the said Joseph Giffard their heirs and assigns forever. In witness whereof i have set my hand and seal this 18th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five (witnesses to the signing) and delivered John Foster L.S. Witnesses William Porter Oliver T. Clark Warwick RI October 18th 1855 Personally came before me on this date John Foster and acknowledged that the foregoing instrument by him signed signifies to be his free and voluntary act and deed William Foster Signator on Oct 18th 1855 C October 21st 1855 J G Clark