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Welcome on our Arms, High Affectioning’ Note him the said Benedict Pelham
[illegible] and Anderson Johnson [illegible] Ruth Johnson wife to the d[ec]edate Johnson
to these Presents Part moving of Towns and Towns of Ships in and unto the
aliquot Presents listed in the d[ec]edant Benedict Pelham his Heirs and Assigns for
in Witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands and seals this 20th day of
January in the Year of the Lord eight hundred and seventy-seven In America 1757
by me [illegible] and Seal delivered
[illegible]
[illegible] Property of
Selhua Pelham
Benjamin Burdick [illegible] Pawtucket town clerk’s hand the 20th Day of Jan 1757
She has died 29th [illegible]
and the 2nd Day of June 1717 [illegible] Personally appeared Sunday Johnson within the within claim be
Erica [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] and on Solemnly swore that the within is true and correct and Did
[illegible] Hand and Seal before me
Benjamin Burdick Justice of the Peace
To all People to whom these Presents shall Come Greeting
Sunde[r]ed to wit that Phebe Perry of Christiantown in the County of King’s Province State
of Rhode Island and Province for the Consideration of One Hundred & Eight Libra
Dollars received my full Satisfaction from James Longdon the from the family
Duncanson All Over Great Boggs Section set between the said James Longdon
his Heirs and Assigns forever a Certain lot of land lying in a Christiantown
Containing Twenty Acres the Boundry beginning at the Southeast Corner of
Land Belonging to the Heirs of Charles Church and then Eastward by some
Perry Land Eighty three feet; thence Northerly a Parallel Line to said
Churches Line to say 40 rods and then the further Twenty Acres; and is Bounded south
and Northerly by the land of the said James Longdon but Eastly by said Father
Edward Perry; and Westerly by the d[ec]edant Churches land
To have and to hold the Above granted & Bargained Premises with all
the Aforesented there unto for all and forever Sunday Johnson the his Heirs and Assigns
forever his and their own proper use After a d[ec]laratory Deed and also the said
Phebe Perry do for my self my Heirs Executors and Admin[ist]rators Covenant with the
said James Longdon his Heirs and Assigns that at and in every part of the Premises
these Presents I Jam[e]s am well seized of the Premises as a good reasonable lib[er]
in the Temple and have good right of Bargain and sell the same in Amount
[illegible] a be a true and Rightful and that the form is free of all encumbrances what so ever
And Furthermore that I the said Phebe Perry do by these Presents bind on
self and my Heirs forever to Warrant and Defend the said Piece Ground and
Bargained Premises to him the said James Longdon his Heirs and Assigns
against all Claims and Demands whatsoever
Notwithstanding that what is before written is Agreed and Understood by the
Grantor and Grantee that Samuel Perry late Deceased in his last
Will and Testament Reserved a Right of Passageway through the
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