The instrument's own words
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Do Covenant and Engage the aforesaid Demised Premises & him the Said William
Cord his Heirs and Assigns forever Against the Lawfull Claims & Demands of any
Person or Persons Claiming the same As Will Williams & Others did Claim the same &
from the said William Cord his Heirs and Assigns in witness Whereof the Parties have
hereunto set their hands and seals This Sixth Day of January 1799.
Signed Sealed and Delivered
on presence of -
Peleg Croft -
Christopher Cord -
Recorded Aug 28,
1799 By [illegible]
Joshua Tucker - (seal)
At South Kingstown in Washington County, the 6th Day of
said date came a true Copy Written Parchment aforesaid herebefore
of the above & foregoing Instrument and acknowledged the same
to be his free & voluntary Act & Deed Signed & Sealed there present
Officiated before me -
Peleg Croft Justice Peace
To all People to Whome these presents greeteth that whereas certain
& Providence Plantations Vs. Freeman’s for and in consideration of the sum of thirty three
Pounds Sterline paid to me by [illegible] in hand lawful Money of Great Britain
and by the said Henry Moore of Christiantown
in the County of State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations I have executed the Present Indenture of Indent
hereby Certify that I my self the party of the first part in the said Indenture’s I Do hereby grant
thereby the hereby Convey bargain & Sell by Indenture the said Perry his Heirs executors Administrators
& Assigns forever have Given of my own Proceed to be Conveyed and unleashed Conveyed and Conveyed
& Conferred unto the said Perry his Heirs executors Administrators & Assigns forever as
Certain Court or Parcel of Estate lying and being in Christiantown in the County and
State above mentioned and contains by Estimation Five Acres precise More or Less with a
dwelling house thereon being bounded by the Parcel of land belonging to Samuel Gorton being
limited by the North of [illegible] & South on the land of Henry Moore other side East & West by
Notary Public I do hereby attest that Notary Public by the said Instrument’s here committed to
the first part Mentioned namely and to hold all the said Lands Premises and
appurtenances for and Clear of all Debts & charges paid the sum as a good & lawful debt of the Instrument in full
and by a payment of the sum of twenty five pounds here I do the same Clerk the sum and
said full sum of the amount of said Land Premises & Appurtenances and how in my right and
just and true prawn & Lawfull to Attest & Deliver the Deed of the same in Manner aforesaid
And for the Lawfull & Delivery of the Premises the said Indenture’s the said land and
Oblige me my heirs house Administrators to pay figures & Warrant the same & by the
Party’s all the said L. P. Premises & Appurtenances unto the said Perry
his Heirs executors Administrators & Assigns forever against all Lawfull Claims & Demands
of any Person Whatever and the said County Clerk do hereby Declare that all the above
said Lands Premises & Appurtenances aforesaid are Clear of all Incumbrances whatever
and that the said Perry his Heirs Administrators & Assigns Shall and
may
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May at all times after the Executing & Delivering hereof Precisely and Truly have had our
Only right Title & Enjoyment as the above hand Deeds Premises and Appurtenances thereunto belonging by
said George and Curtis & heirs of theirs And Synthia Clarke Wife of the Above & Timothy Clarke
Both justly August & Approved as well as all the Right of Tenure & Power of theirs in and
the above mentioned Deeds Premises and Appurtenances thereunto belonging in truth
being the Sd Joel Perry his heirs written Administration and Assigns forever
In Witness Whereof we have hereunto our hands gejala the date of Twenty Ninth
Day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Twenty
Eight & in the Twenty fourth year of American Independence
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in Presence of
Joseph Holloway
John Cotton
Recorded this
Day Sad May 29 1798
by Poly Coffey Clrk
P. Washington County Court of Charlestown Date Dec 29 1798
Personally appeared before us the last named Jury from the Colony of Rhode I. and we
have by them declared that they did witness the signing and sealing of the Sd Deed
hereon declared and Sd D. Perry duly Consent to be there for & Delivery
Ackd of by hand and Sd’s Before John Colwell Justice Peace
To all People to whom these presents Shall come Greeting
KNOW YE that I Samuel Simpson Resident of Charlestown in the County of Kent
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in and consideration of the Sum of
Two hundred and Twenty four Pounds ten Shillings to me in hand before the Undersigned his
of twenty part’s by Samuel Simpson because of the manner the Sd JC’s
the Right Whereas my Sd Heirs and me my heirs now therefore with Justice’s
Contracts and deed thereof and there of Every part of those thereof Hereby convey
Grant and Bargain to the aforesaid Samuel Simpson his heirs forever and Assigns
forever by these presents have Given granted and Allowed Employed & Delivery
and Confirm unto the Sd Samuel Simpson his heirs there and Assigns
forever One Certain Forty fourth lot lying in Charlestown County
Charlestown Eighty three Acres and a half by measure or shift of right and is bounded as
follows Beginning at a Stake in the North east Corner hence running
Southwest forty degrees to a Stone at the North east Corner hence running
the South west of William Perkins land Three hundred rods thence running
Degrees west Seventy three rods by Samuel Simpson land thence running
Degrees west Twenty three rods by Samuel Simpson land thence running
Degrees north Sixty three rods Beyond west Seventy four rods by Joshua Moore
Land thence running north Forty degrees East a hundred rods thence running
Eastly to the first Beginning or a west One hundred and three rods and Three fifty
rods to the first mentioned Stone of thirteen degrees above first rods thence running
and Stones and from there about South four degrees Eastly by the Gutter or
of the first Named Bounds To have and to hold as the before Said
and Bargained Premises with all the Appurtenances to the same Belonging by