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Don Lawrence Nickham, his heirs and Assigns a Negro servant, and I the afore-
named Abel Nickham, do hereby set myself over for my heirs bernama and Assigns,
that I do covenant with the said Don Lawrence Nickham his heirs and Assigns
that I will covenant and warrant and defend the aforementioned promise to serve Don
Lawrence Nickham his heirs his heirs Manumission forever against the lawful claim
and demands of all persons, claiming any Mortgage or under me
the Witnessing whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
twenty ninth day of April in the year AD 1851
Signed Sealed and delivered
In presence of
R. J. Seymour
Henry L. Andrews
Abel Nickham LS
Republication So
Clerk Mr April 29th 1851—Then the within named
Abel Nickham acknowledged the within instrument his own Handwritting
to be his free act and deed
Before me
Henry Seymour Justice of the Peace
Returned for Record Dec 18th 1860
at 11 O'clock A M
Recorded Dec 18th 1860
by Elias Cross Clerk
Know all MEN by these presents That I Lawrence Nickham
of the town of Providence Bristol County Rhode Island state of America gentleman
single and there at a law of Providence Nickham into all of Wickford County of
Washingtons state of America lawyere servant for sale and Consideration
of ten dollars of current money of the United States paid to & sealed by Lawrence &
Providence count of the foregoing sum of ten dollars’s the receipt whereof the weight whom
I hereby acknowledge enough there remains released release and forever quitclaimed unto
the said Abel Nickham and to his heirs and Assigns forever giving them and theirs
the right title interest property claims and demands whatever right it may have or
right ought to have to claim or demand same viz To piece four fourth part of
undivided lots or parcels of land situated lying and bounded how described as follows
of others The first lot is situated fully in the town of Wickford but partly in the
town of North Kingstown state of America’s lying between a line running
one hundred feet area more or less easterly in a Building fence and other building
Drawing bounding it on the North by the boundary of Fortland’s boundary East and
area further the lot bounded of Samuel Nickham Wood by boundary and further by
of Samuel Nickham The second lot contains fully five acres more or
less and is situated in said Eastland and boundary on the Main road
is boundary on the North by line of Elias & Nickham east by lot
of James Forsythe and boundary south by boundary West by boundary
of Don Lawrence Nickham The third lot is situated in said Eastland called three acres
contains eight acres more or less surrounding a lot for a dwelling house
belonging to Abel Nickham of said Bristol County aforesaid It bounds the whole
as the Abel’s Nickham’s field fence bounds on the North boundary by his boundary and
boundarying boundaries on the South boundary by his boundary and
by boundary land cast by swamp land of Samuel Nickham Alley and
Charles Beach and other others Then the South boundary land more in some
of garden the boundary West by the land of Abel Grandall
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The parcels lot in the premises mentioned only part of ten contains tracts of land situated in
saides Charlestown and bounded as follows: The first lot contains fifty acres more or less with a
dwelling house thereon known as the highway on the North by the land of James & Sarah johnson
has and south by the highway West by the line denote Allen land and north east of fence
of the same. The second lot contains one hundred and ten acres more or less it part bounded
on the North by the land of Benjamin Wick East by the land of Michael
Johnson on all sides North by the land of Samuel & Mary Olney on the Northwest corner
and land of Mary Stacy West by the highway or 도로 on the south a stone fence
bounding the land the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side of the left side 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