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To all people to whom these Presents shall come Greeting know that I
Thomas Ellery Cit. of said Southkingtown in the Township of Northkingtown State of Rhode Island & Prov
For the Consideration of real summed twelve silver dollars in hard currency money I do full
Satisfaction of: James Congdon of Charlestown in the aforesaid County Durham being
Grant Bargain Forgive full Conform units of James Congdon Ever Certain Sundry of
lying in the town of Charlestown Specified Containing thereby four acres three [illegible]
four rods bounded Northly on the highway and Northly by lands of [illegible]
James Congdon boundedly by the highway and Northly by lands of [illegible]
Together with all dwellings houses and premises thereunto belonging
and Bargain and Premise with all the Appurtenances there unto belonging to
Congdon his heirs and Assigns for forever to his and their own Proper use and dispose the same
This I promise that after my death or for my delivery heirs Executors Comminstrators Commin
With all peace quiet conder his heirs and Assigns in perpetuity at all instants of conveying of the
same will convey all of the premises as aforesaid or the deeds delivered before Appertaining to
to Bargain and sell the same in Manner form as an owner wrote with him to
in full and complete Manner whatsoever and further that I commend myself and
these Presents to binding my self and my heirs forever to Warrant and defend the above
Grant Bargain and Forgave and Premise to him their James Congdon his heirs and
Against the full claim of James Congdon and whatsoever All claimants whatsoever of
these Premises and further that if the Commission officer’s Survey determine’s’ [illegible]
Title of Owner in above described Premises in manner Which that Grant
hereunto’s’ will add more or less’s’ this Thousand day of January 1795
Sign’d Seal’d & Deliver’d me [illegible] Thomas Ellery (seal)
before me [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] (seal)
depon [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
Joseph [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
[illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
By [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] Justice Peace
To all people to whom these presents shall come Greeting I Henry Stanton
of Charlestown in Kentington County State of Rhode Island & Prov [illegible]
and Greeting 1780 to ye that I Henry Stanton for Consideration of
of fourteen hundred twelve silver dollars to me in hand well and truly paid to me
before the executing house of Joseph Stanton son of the same town County
State aforesaid The receipt whereof I do hereby Acknowledge and pay unto
herewith fully satisfied Contented and paid and thus of and owing part
precisely the be remnants August & Surcharge that Joseph Stanton jun
his heirs Executors Comminstrators and Assigns for ever by these presents
HAVE GIVEN granted Bargain’d and sold and also Conveys and conveyed
and Conformed unto him’s’ [illegible] Joseph Stanton jun’ his Heirs and Assigns
forever In two Certificates of Lands lying and being in Charlestown and
of Tracts of Land lying to the Northwest of the Past Rode and Contain
about Twenty Acres by the same more or less as is bound’d as followeth
Southwardly on the Past Rode Easterly on Paul Notes Land Northly
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