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Know all men by these presents That I Abel I Stanton of Charlestown St Rhode Is
do grant and in consideration of the sum of six hundred dollars to me paid by Mary A Card wife of
Charlestown St I declare the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have received
in release and forever quit claim and with any by these presents do remise release and forever
quit claim with her the said Mary A Card her heirs her assigns forever all my right
title interest property while appurtenances what so ever which I now have or of right ought to
have or claim claim to all my Person real estate situated in the town and state
aforesaid containing by measurement seventy four perches more or less bounded as follows
on the South by the land of Charles Salisbury West by boundary between Samuel and
Stanton her heirs and assigns forever by a road leading from the East range to Newport and
Easterly by the land of Marcus her heirs and assigns Roger A & Phoebe B Benedicts also
all my right title and access into a lot of complimentary estimate five acres the
said more or less situated in said town Charlestown
To have and to hold the same with
all the rights privileges appurtenances charges burdens or encumbrances appertaining
to the said Mary A Card her heirs and assigns ablaze forever
And I the aforementioned Abel I Stanton for myself and my heirs executors
and administrators covenant with the said Mary A Card her heirs and assigns forever
that I will warrant and defend the quiet possession of the premises to their
the said Mary A Card her heirs and assigns aforesaid from the lawful claims
and demands of all persons claiming the same by title under me
And I further say that in consideration of the sum aforesaid paid to me
Stanton in consideration of the sum aforesaid paid to me my husband to
hereby release and forever quit claim to said Mary A Card her heirs
and assigns forever all my right of interest in and to the above described
and granted premises
In Testimony whereof we have hereunto
set our hands and seals this twenty third day of August
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty one
Signed Sealed and delivered
in presence of
Abel I Stanton L S
Lucy M Stanton L S
Philo R Burbank
James Walden
State of Conny [Connecticut] Windham County S S
Windham August 24th 1861
Personally appeared Abel I Stanton and Lucy M Stanton
Signers of the foregoing instrument called and acknowledge
the same to be their free act and deed
Before me James Walden Notary Public
Received for Entrance Aug 25th 1861
at 3.40 Clerk P.M. and
Recorded by Chester Cross
J. Clerk