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In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands and Seals this 11th
Day of April in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and ten 1810
Sign'd Seal'd & delivered
In Presence of
Robt Hazard of [illegible]
Thomas Rory
Isaac Prosper [seal]
Ezekiel Prosper [seal]
Washington ct & Seal'd at Charleston the 11th Day of April
I ordered May 2nd 1810
per Riley Certr 76
Washington ct & Seal'd at Charleston the 11th Day of April
First written Testimony appear Isaac Prosper signer and
Ezekiel to the witness Subscribed unto said Deed and acknowledged
the same to be his Free Voluntary Act and Deed his Hand &
Seal thereunto affixed Prosper
Riley Copy [illegible] Justice Peace
To All People to Whom these Presents shall Come
Greeting Whereas I Isaac Prosper of Providence County state of Rhode Island
Yeoman Declared and Consideration of James Brown (of Notfolk) of Charlestown in the
County Yeoman bequeathing hereunto Two Acres of land boundary Justly with me the said Isaac Prosper
the amount being for the said Consideration Humble Request to John Miller of Hopkinton town state of
Thomas Rory of Charlestown in ye County Property the 25th Day of March Next at
Interest Which is during full Satisfaction and Contentment Do bargain for sell assign fully
Give utterly and Absolutely Convey and Confirm unto me the said James Brown forever
by that one One Acrement of piece of Land situate lying and being in Charlestown
Containing by Estimation Ninety Acres more or less of Life or Blood in Southward
On the Highway which Lead from Providence Way, Notfolk On Garden Herby Land is bounded
Northward One piece of State Land which is a right extension of
that land’s Meadow and is to be a parallel line with
Wall & Garden Herby Land’s Land and is from a parallel
Line with Wall & Garden Land’s the Cedar boundary and is
the bounded Eastward on a Swamp and the West boundary is
Highway Road and East boundary are the Land beginn
Southward of a Tree and the Corners mentioned Belonging
Isaac Prosper
To have and to hold the above grants and bargain
Premises With all and singular the Privileges Appurtenances there
There on Standing and all other the Privileges and
Appurtenances the same Belonging unto any
Appurtenances from the said James Brown his heirs
And assigns forever
And Furthermore the said Isaac Prosper Do hereby for my self
Heirs and Assigns Covenant agree and promise with the
said James Brown their heirs Execution and forever to
Warrant Defend and Respect the above Demised and
Bargained Premises Against all and Lawfull Claims
Demands of any Person or Persons Whatsoever
Provided Nowth the to these Presents are
upon
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that if any Person that the aforesaid Jonathan Tryon signed these Notes of hand jointly
with the said Isaac Jones for the sum of hundred Dollars payable to John Williams of Rehobothon
or Thomas Story of Charlestown, on the 2nd Day of May last with Interest
Now of the said Isaac Jones shall fail where and when any of the said Notes shall be due any amount
of the said Notes and the Interest on thereon the said Jonathan Tryon on behalf for the said Day of March
Next for the said Isaac Jones shall make him’s self a surety that shall have Mrs. Brooks or
Cousin frosting it. I Note this the Obligation is Null and Void in Law unless on
Either of the said Notes or Money in full force and Virtue
On Witness of and in Confirmation Whereof the said Isaac Jones have hereunto set my
hand and seal this 1st Day of April 1802
[Signature]
Isaac Prosper
by [Signature]
City Clerk
[Signature]
Deputy Clerk
Washington ct. [illegible]’d’ the above’d’ on the Day and Date first above
written Personally appeared Isaac Jones and acknowledged signed the above signing
and sealing its part in his presence and I did then and there join to
Deputy Clerk for the pasture Plan
Deeded June 20th 1802
by [Signature] Deputy Clerk for the Town Clerk
Whereas Thomas Knowles Late of South Kingstown State of Rhode Island and Providence
Washington and State of Rhode Island and Providence Dist. executed signed in his own hand on the 8th Eastern
parcel of Land in Charlestown in the county of Washington and state of Rhode Island containing
by Estimation One hundred and one acres or thereabouts or Less and bounded as follows beginning
at the North East corner of Land formerly Jonathan’s bounding it State and extending
East on the East side of the North running in the North from the North running North
North East by the distance of one hundred & three rods which runs 60 rods from the North running
North westerly by the North West until it comes to Land formerly Leavitt’s bounds then
South westerly by the said Leavitt’s Land until it comes to Leavitt’s corner it bounds the Eastern
side of the said Thomas Knowles bounded on the East by Land formerly Leavitt’s bounded
the North until it comes to a stone and stone and it runs over the Brook running West
to Deans Land until it comes to a stone and stone and it runs over the Brook running West
to swamps 190 rods South easterly from the said Leavitt’s Land thirty five rods by Deans Land
Until it comes to the North East corner of a stone and there it runs East and then North West
by Land formerly Joseph Knowles’s Land running South East by a stone and then from there
East pasture and a heap of stones that are under it then North to the Land of the Living
the North of William Black and then South bounding it easterly partly by the Land of
partly by Land formerly Ply Bog and then westerly partly by Land formerly
Ply Bog and partly by Land formerly Jonathan’s bounds until it comes to
the first mentioned bounds and there the one third part of all the aforesaid Whole
Earth on the South west part of the swamp that South west of the Little Pequot
River and then to the said Thomas Knowles or however the title came only be bounds
or limits of the bounds.
And Whereas Henry Knowles Jonathan Knowles Thomas Knowles and Salary his wife
Nathan Knowles and Ann his wife Joshua smith and Sarah his wife and Martha
Knowles are the Lawful Heirs to the one third part of all the aforesaid Described
and Bounded parcel of Land and given full and Lawful power to the said Henry
Knowles and Jonathan Knowles jointly and severally by a Letter of Attorney Dated
at