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5/14/1801 · DEED · book 4 page 329 doc 11520

From POTTER SAMUEL J life, PECKHAM GEORGE HAZARD ESTATE OF life
To HOXSEY GIDEON life
Consideration forty five Dollars
Premises several lots of 1 acre each · Multiple 1-acre lots including shoreline and garden parcels (Charleston, South Kingston)

Back — where this land came from

grant General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island
“granted a Lottery for the Disposing of the real Estate of George Raymond”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma
will George Raymond
“George Raymond did by his last will & Testament”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
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deed George Hazard Peckham
“which the said George Hazard Peckham conveyed to us”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma

Forward — where this land went

The grantee's later conveyances, by name — the man, not necessarily this land; the one that cites this deed as its source is the land

▶ 1802 · AGREEMENT · PERRY SIMEON; PERRY SAMUEL; CROSS PELEG; KINYON JAMES; CONGDON JAMES; → CROSS PELEG JR · book 4 p 381
▶ 1803 · DEED · HOXSEY GIDEON → TAYLOR NATHAN · book 4 p 397
▶ 1805 · DEED · HOXSEY GIDEON → HOXSEY JOSEPH JR · book 4 p 445

Bounded by

Simeon Perry · Simeon Perry · Joseph Stanton · Joseph Stanton · Je Stanton

The instrument's own words

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(329) 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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( 830 ) 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

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