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Courant and luggage alls be before Demand and Payment of Premises stated herein the
Vagrant Lashman his Heirs and Assigns Against the Lawful Claims Challenge or De
mand of Amy Capson or Capsons Witnessed foremost hereunto my hand and seal
this Day of April 1798
this Day of April 1798
Signed Sealed & Delivered
In Presence of
William Robins
Jonathan Kenyon
John Capson - [seal]
Washington f. J.p. S.C. R.I.
Approved this 5th Day of April 1798 the above written Instrument to be his free act & Deed hand and seal they unite aforesaid
To me Pleag [illegible]
Jonathan Kenyon Justice Peace
To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas we
who John Capson of Westerly in the county of Washington State of Rhode Island German
And Anne his wife do hereby Declare that by the Due Execution of these Presents we do convey Give & grant
unto Said Peggy Lashman in the said Town of Westerly all that Piece of Land lying
within said Town which she has held by Lease for the space of Seven years the said
wife of she be hereby Acknowledged our Sole and Only Owner within the said Property and by
long use & long time of her Tenement & Occupancy the said Vagrant Lashman has long time
And Said Land witnessed by the presents hereunto have given granted and conveyed
and Sold unto the said Peggy Lashman as her Heirs and Assigns per Capson’s Deed of land
Lying on said Christian’s Cove containing by Estimation Seventy four Acres more or less
Bounded West by A. Bruster’s land and East by the nearby Pasture on West Robinson’s land and North
On Land belonging to James Kenyon and South by his wife’s land Grant of land Late belonging
to James Kenyon Late of Charlestown County
We do hereby bind ourselves and our Heirs forever in Property or Demand that Which we the said
John Capson and Anne his wife have had or shall hereafter have or entitle here to the said
Vagrant Lashman and Persons unite unto the said Peggy Lashman as her Heirs and Assigns as
it is known that we the said John Capson Anne his wife do not any Other Person or Company
Or land or in the Name or the State of Others and her Heirs Counter or Demand or Title Claim
Challenge or Demand any Right Title Sole and Interest Property Claim or Demand of or
Entitle unto the above Demand Lawful Claims and Demands Such any Claim Challenge
or Demand any Entitle of these shall be Null and void and void by these Presents
foremost In Witness Whereof we the said John Capson and Anne his wife have hereunto set
our hand and seals this Sixth Day of April 1798
Signed Sealed & Delivered In Presence of
William Robins
Jonathan Kenyon
John Capson - L.S.
Anne Capson - L.S.
Approved this 6th Day of April 1798
S.D. 6th Day April 1798
Before me [illegible]
Washington f. J.p. on the 6th Day April 1798
the said John Capson & Anne his wife Acknowledged
the above written Instrument to be their free Act and Deed
with their hands and seals as then above aforesaid
Before
Jonathan Kenyon Justice Peace
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