The instrument's own words
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Be it known to all Persons to whom these presents shall come, that
the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island at their Session held in Newport in
the State on the third tuesday of June 1702 granted a Lottery for the Disposing of the
real Estate of George Raymond late Citizen lying in Charleston in the County of Working and
did appoint Mr Manuel Gomez and Samuel Gage Esqr Samuel Potter Gent from the town of South
Kingston in the County of Washington and William Davis of Newport in the County of Newport
Clerk Direction for the particular Management of the vacuum and reserved the George Raymond
did by his last will & Testament having date the 2nd day of February in the year of our Lord
seventeen hundred and twenty three give one thousand pound all in cash to be given conjunctly
as the fund Director in trust to his heirs Menage Lewis Baldwin & Upon other persons living in
said Charleston to be appropriated to and for the use of those who shall be fortunate in the
Draft of said lottery in determining any one month of 1st Late approach to the Scheme of 3 Lottery -
To have and to hold unto said Land and Premises with all the privileges and
Appurtenances to the same belonging or Appertaining unto them forever Absolute for the
use aforementioned. Now know ye that whereas Gideon Gidney Masterson of Charleston in the
afore mentioned County of Washington a free person having purchased of the Ticket numbered 127
which drew the Lot Number 13 containing One Acre Bounded northerly on the
Road Easterly on some Land and Southerly and westerly on a Garden enclosed by
the local properties of the forenamed Ticket now have entered and described and numbered which drew the
following several Lots first Ticket numbered 143 drew the Lot Number 12 containing 1
acre on the Sea Shore Ticket numbered 133 drew the Lot number 22 containing 1
acre One Lot Shore Ticket numbered 371 drew the lot number 23 containing one acre
One Ticket number 108 drew the Lot number 23 containing one acre One Ticket number
111 drew the Lot number 24 containing one Acre One Ticket numbered
807 drew the Lot number 25 containing one Acre One Ticket number 1169
drew the Lot number 26 containing one acre One Ticket numbered 2150 drew
the Lot number 17 containing one acre One Ticket Number 2152 drew the
Lot number 19 containing one Acre One Ticket number 1179 drew the
Lot number 20 containing one Acre One Ticket number 1124 drew the
Lot number 30 containing one acre One Ticket number 1166 drew the
Lot number 31 containing one acre all said Lots of land except the Lot numbered 13 already bounded as
aforementioned are all adjoining Each other and are all bounded northerly on a swamp
Easterly on the old Road westerly on the Millpond Southerly partly on Given George Henry
Land and partly on Land in possession of J. Stanton and Easterly on the near line Lot
therefore we said Samuel Gage Samuel Potter and William Davis the only survivors
of said Directors for the purpose of valid Introduction of the same whereas therein we moving have
and do by these presents for our part clear full and finally give grant alien convey
and convey confirm unto his aforesaid Gideon Henry his Heirs & Assigns forever all
the lots aforesaid Described as said Lot & platts & parcels it bounded as well and all the appur
tenances the same belonging or Appertaining unto To have and to hold the aforesaid
Lands premises and Appurtenances into the said Gideon Henry his Heirs & Assigns forever
in full ample and Effectual Manner as if near and such Selva might ought or could have
by force and virtue of the before received Deed hereby giving on granting unto him his
Heirs
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Heirs and Assigns all the rights Title Inbreast Estate Property by
Claim which the said George Hazard Peckham conveyed to us of [illegible]
unto said Lots as herein described.
In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands and Seals
this Twenty sixth day of December AD 1800
Signet sealed
In Presence off
John Robinson
John Segar
Sam J. Potter [seal]
Washington & St. Kingston Dec 26th 1800
In this proper Person came the above subscriber
Sam J. Potter and acknowledg the above [illegible]
Preceding Instrument to be his free Voluntary
Act and Deed had hand & Seal there to affix
Before John Segar jur[or]
Recorded this 26th
by [illegible]
P leg[illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
Whereas Charles Church late of Charleston in the County
of Washington state of Rhode Island German Deceased left by his
Last Will and Testament given late as the heir of his Daughter about nearly
Eight Horses of land lying to the Northwest of the post Road and until
the Northeast of the land given to build the Church and ordered the same to be
Sold by her Anna Church his Executrix together with other two lots of marsh
and all the Money arising from the sale thereof to be equally divided among his
said three Daughters as by Will may now more fully appear Now whereas
Anna Church not having used the land and the contains part thereof belonging
to Sarah Church now of St. John's Daughter whose In her lifetime had [illegible]
to all men whom it may concern that by these presents that Anna
-trix Church being his only heir Have for the Consideration of the sum of forty
five Dollars to wind Anna before the executing hereby fully and truly paid
by the said Anna Church to her fully satisfaction do hereby convey transfer
the said Anna Church her heirs executors will and administrators forever by the
presents Witness 3 James Clark and J Joseph Church his heirs we provide we
our Heirs Executors and Adminis later forever Do by these presents Remise
Release and forever quit claim and confirm unto the said Anna Church his
Heirs and Assigns forever all the right Title Property Inbreast
Claim and Demand whichever now or here ought to have in the said aforesaid
Lands and Marsh or until the strongly arriving on the things there
agreeable to Will and that the said Anna Church her Heirs [illegible] by
Virtue of these Presents shall have and hold the same as a free and clear
Estate in Fee simple forever that we further agree to warrant and defend me
the one sixth part of Lands agreeable to the Will aforesaid unto the Anna Chur
his Heirs and Assigns forever against the Lawful Claims of all
-persons