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Forever hereafter And Susannah Browning wife to the said Ephraim Browning
for the Consideration of the sum Affordd $\text{d}$ Both of her own free will Give and surrender
up all her right of Tenure and Possession of the said he who the said Joseph Holloway his
Heirs and Assigns Forever of the said Foregoing Premises
In Witness whereof we have here set our hands and seals this Eighth Day of
January 1805
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in Presence of
Robert Howard
Robert Stanton
Resided testemuny
Dated Novr 20th 1805
by P. Crosby J.P
Ephraim Browning [seal]
Susannah Browning [seal]
Washington January 8th 1805
the said Ephraim Browning acknowledged the above and
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Contains about forty acres but more or Less and is bounded westerly on the Endurans
Lands Northesterly on Steven Propps Land easterly on John Briggs land and southeasterly on
Pyres Croft and Joseph Clarkes Land also with One part of a Lot lying in Kingston called
Common a part Surety Acreage or low Common called the Low then it is bounded Northerly
by some Lances Land southerly on some Acres Land Brooks that separates it Eastedly by the lot bound northerly
by some Cookes Land easterly by some Propps Land and hourly by some bounds’s at the lot land in
Northumpton being fourth part Brooks and some Propps Land easterly about Seven or Eight Acres and is
bounded Northerly on the Lot Northly on Joseph Propps Land and southerly on Cookes Land northerly on
a creek on a Lot lying in Northumpton called the Long Lot which with all its privileges and the Tenures thereunto
belong those Every Lot’s privileges and appurtenances of the said Premises among and as an appurtenance
a convenient Dwelling house with one Doorway some Stove Oven and diverse other things in the Premises aforesaid
formed
and made and for the Highway and Providence in a Due and just Manner from Edward Perry’s home
and with all the Privileges and rights to the same belonging
Voluntarily gave and granted to the said
William Manning promised with all the Aforementioned to the same being my only and sole Wife offering to them
the said William Manning for and in Stephen Manning equally their heirs and assigns for ever to them
their Sole property fully and forever and to them and to their Sole property for ever any tenor and tenure in
Lawyers and Administrators Divers Premises aforesaid give and grant with all the Privileges thereunto
belonging and grant with all the Privileges thereunto
Witnesseth that I Declare and Proffer before the Subscription herefrom the
and Stephen Manning their heirs there After in the before Declared Premises and can lawfully sell and dispose of the
same sole and absolutely forever and I do further appoint late Deliverance as Executor and some name
some in any manner act as and I do further appoint late Deliverance as Executor in some cases and some name
of some good just heirs and lawful heirs and lawful heirs able and lawyers the said Expressed Premises in Manner
it shall be that the said William Manning for and Stephen Manning equally their heirs and assigns for
always Always may seize time to time and at all times forever possess however for ever and secure by virtue
of this presents completely lawfully and definitely with all the Rights’s Property and enjoy the said
Premises I promise with the Satisfaction for me and Lawmakers of all costs and payments for all manner of
former or other the Like Costs Damages Costs Mischarges Mortgages debts Natural Forfeits Dues and some
Demands or burdens whatever of what Nature or essence whatsoever in any measure or Degree
offend or make void this Present Deed
Furthermore the said Edward Perry gives for my heirs Lawmakers and Administrators Due
Convenant and lawyer all the above Deeds Promised to them the said William Manning for and
Stephen Manning equally and to their heirs forever and a Decree Legally the Lawful Courts of some Town
and of some Province or Province Witnesses forever to warrant and Defend by this Present
In Witness whereof the said Edward Perry have signed my hand and Seal the
Twentieth Day of the Fourth Month in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and
Ninety Nine and the seventy seventh year of American independence
Ssd Deliverance Perry Wit. the Planned Perry for the Inducted Person aforesaid both parties family
and Privileges gave and sold the aforesaid lot by the sum of forty pounds of silver and with the option
Propps and some with them the William Manning and Stephen Manning their heirs here and
Ssd I gave my witness a certificate of Peace with my Mistress Edward Perry hereunto set my hand and
Seal the Satisfaction in Tenure of the time Wife’s
Edward Perry and Deliverance
In Presence of
A. Wood
Decem 28 1795
By Poly Cock Justice Pce
At Charlestown in Northumpton county
the Day and Date first written Above I personally appear’d in presence of the undersigned I the
to the above & foregoing instrument and accordingly I the same I the
there five Shillings But and Hand signed and Seals thereunto affixed
before me
Poly Cock Justice Pce