The instrument's own words
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Know all men by these presents that I & Benjamin York of Westerly in the county
of Washington and State of Rhode Island, Guardian to the Person and Estate of Rebekah
of Warwick of said Westerly (a person of full age) by virtue of authority vested in me by The
Honble Court of Probate of the town of Westerly and for and in consideration of the sum
of one hundred and twenty five dollars to me in hand well and truly paid by Samuel Gspotify
citizen of said Westerly the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged I hereby in my said
Capacity grant bargain sell convey and confirm unto the said Samuel Gspotify his
heirs and assigns forever a lot of land situated of herof land described and lying in
the town of Charlestown county and state aforesaid measuring by a certain line from
the acres of the same more or less and so bounded as follows to wit: Beginning at a
willow tree of Samuel Gspotify on the boundary line of the land of Thomas Mill
longs described situated and bounded by the land of Josiah Cole
To have and to Hold the said granted and bargained premises with all
the privileges and appurtenances granted to the said Samuel Gspotify his
heirs and assigns forever And I said Benjamin York do hereby warrant
hereby and agree unto the said Samuel Gspotify that I am informed
by the deceased Guardian to the said Rebekah Gspotify that she is informed
by her father of late resident of the town called Westerly that it has been sold existing
to the deceased of late resident of the town called Westerly that in every aspect
and in all ways referred to the deceased of said Probate of Westerly such
house & property and that the Laws of the State in the premises, that I have
the right to deed it as aforesaid that I will warrant and defend the same
against all the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming by thorough in consider
of the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming by thorough in consider the said
Rebekah Gspotify, her heirs and said Will. In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand seal capacity set my hand and seal this 5th day of December AD 1864
George W Mills [seal] Benjamin York LS
Smith W Cross Guardian
(Genuine Stamp) State of Rhode Island se
$0.50 Westerly Dec 5th 1864
Washington sc
Then personally appeared Benjamin York Guardian
as aforesaid and in his said Capacity acknowledged the foregoing instrument
made by him signed as Guardian to his free act and deed
Before me
Samuel H Cross Justice of the Peace
Received for Record Dec 6th 1864
at 9 o'clock AM & recorded by
Charles Cross Town Clerk
To all people to whom these presents shall come
I William M Sheldon of Charlestown in the county of Washington and
State of Rhode Island, sending Greeting Know all that I give & said William M
Sunderson for and in consideration of the sum of Seven Hundred and twenty five
Sunderson for and in consideration of the sum of Seven Hundred and twenty five
dollars in hand before the executing hereof the property of Charles P Williams
of Sterling in the county of Kent State of Connecticut, the receipt
whereof I do hereby acknowledge and with some fully satisfied contented and
pleased from this land and town of denote aromatic actual and
discharge from the said Charles P Williams his heirs Executors and Administrators
conveyed by these presents given granted bargained sold alienated assigned
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed by these presents fully freely fully and absolutely
conveyed and confirmed
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of the Babcock farm containing by estimation fifty three acres to the same men
or less and bounded as follows (beg) Northward by land of Roy Throop, Easterly
on the Highway, Southward by land of Samuel R. Crosses’s and Westward by land
of Mary Ann Babcock’s trust to Charles Babcock land of Samuel & Babcock and
land of the heirs of the late Bill Babcock deceased
To have and to hold the said granted and bargained Premises, with
all the appurtenances furniture fixtures and commodities to the same belonging or in
any wise appertaining to him heirs and assigns Witnesseth, his heirs and assigns forever And I the said William
Saunders further agree for my heirs executors & Administrators, to covenant
to warrant and to defend to the said Charles P. Williams his heirs and
assigns forever and to before the meeting house I am the true sole and lawful
owner of the above granted Premises and am lawfully seized and possessed of
the same as my own proper right just good perfect full clear and absolute estate to
bargain sell convey and confirm the said bargained premises in manner as above
And that the said Charles P. Williams his heirs and assigns forever hereafter by force and virtue of the
Presently lawfully peaceably and quietly have hold seise possess and
enjoy the said demised and bargained premises, with all the appurtenances free
and clear and free and clearly acquitted exonerated and discharged of all
from all acts and agreements of prior or other grants gifts bargains sales liens
mortgages wills entails furniture dowries judgments executions and
encumbrances of what name or nature whatsoever shall in any measure or
degree obstruct or void this present deed
Furthermore I the said Wm Saunders for myself and my heirs
executors and Administrators, do covenant and engage the above demise
Premises to the said Charles P. Williams his heirs and assign against
the lawful claims or demands of any person or persons elsewhere forever to
warrant secure and defend by these presents
In witness whereof we the said William M. Saunders & Eliza Saunders
my wife in token of her release of all her right of dower and power of thirds
of the Premises aforesaid, have Hereunto set our hands and seals this 23d
day of November A.D. 1847
[Signed]
Josel Babcock
Samuel H. Cross
Wm M. Saunders L.S.
Eliza Saunders L.S.
Washington,
State of Rhode Island ss
Charlestown Nov 23d 1847
Then personally appeared William M. Saunders an
acknowledged the foregoing instrument by him signed & sealed to be
his act and deed at the same time Eliza Saunders wife
of said William M. Saunders also one of the subscribers to the foregoing
instrument being examined by me proved and apart from her sole behalf
after having said instrument shown and explained to her she being
so apart declared the same to be her voluntary act and deed and that
she did not wish to retract the same
Before me
Samuel R. Cross Justice of the Peace
Received Dec 8th 1847 at 1 oclock a.m.
and recorded by Chas Gross Town Clerk
After James F. Gross