The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 11565

9/20/1802 · POWER OF ATTORNIEY · book 4 page 380 doc 11565

From STAFFORD ROBERT life, STAFFORD MARY life, ABBOTT WILLIAM life, GOODBODY MATHEW life, STAFFORD WILLIAM JR
To ROCH THOMAS life, ROCH WILLIAM life
Premises none · Power of Attorney regarding estate of John Godfrey (Cork, Ireland; Charlestown, Rhode Island)

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will John Godfrey
“Legatees mentioned in the will of John Godfrey”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma

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⛔ The record we hold stops here: no later instrument we have read cites this one, and no later conveyance by the grantee is linked by name. The index is complete to 1987, so the gap is in the words: deeds of this era seldom cite book and page, and only about half the instruments of 1936-1965 have been transcribed (some 6,000 were never imaged), so a citation to this deed may sit in a page not yet read.

The instrument's own words

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(300) Know all Men by these presents that We the Revd Stafford of the city of Cork dated 1851st inst and Mess of themd of Catherine Stafford late of the City of Cork deceased and William Stafford of the same City Esqre and Mary Stafford of the same City Spinster and William Abbott of the same City Esqre the Good Children of the late name Catherine the lady of the said city who died leaving at the time of the Decease of John Lord Lotay of Chartown Shire County of Clare et Govment of Ireland Plenipo’y Envoy Ordinary Minister Authorised Comissioner and Appointee and by these Presents Do Make Brainn Nominate Authorise Constitute and appoint in our pleasure and Premises thus passed under and Passess Seal of Northumb’d in the State of New Hampshire Gentlemen attorneys Lawfull Attorneys for us and our Cause in our Name and to use us to Act demand and receive and from Mrs Molly Gibbs widow of the said John Lotay and any and whatsoever Party of Chartown Shire County of Clare mentioned aforesaid or whoever shall be convenient of the aforesaid John Lotay Deceased and of any person whomsoever else as may be Just and Necessary such sum or sums of Money Goods Chattels or Ware or Merchandise as we are lawfully entitled to the which Said sum or sums may come or come to be named of the aforesaid Lotay late and determine of our estate or use under by virtue of the aforesaid Late Will and testament of the handle employ and payment made or delivery of such Chattels Goods Wares and Merchandise as be impossible and Authorise said Sir J. Attorney to make any Sale and sufficient rents for Augmentations and Discharges for the stands of the said sum or sums of money of the amount of Settlement Wth the Offi’r of Justice or reject of money or to Take Actions at Law Suits or otherwise and Authorise our said Attorneys to have ways whatever away means or means of execute and perform all and to our Attorney while they remain most perfect and Efficiently carry the bus ness forward into Due course then in Consideration Do we all set little Absolute or limited Restriction all and leave the most thorough Managing conducting or any days relating to the Liquidation of the aforesaid in the Aforesaid suit Mentioned and We do hereby empower for our Authority and Authorise our said Attorneys to appoint one or more Substitutes or substitutes leave them and him and them to revoke and other to instantiate and Appointment of our pleasure and pleasure and Quarterly and as in the Premises as justly and efficiently calculate execute and purposes as we Our Cause had done were we personally present and act and whatsoever our said Attorneys shall Do Cause or procure to be done in the Premises and we each of the hereby tho and Wife heartily Confirm and Allow to be Good and Valid and Value in the law In Witness whereof we have hereunto put our hands and seals the twenty fourth Day of November in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Ninety nine Signed Sealed and Delivered before us the Stamp in the Presence of the Boyle Travers James Travers Robert Travers for Notary Public Cork - Robt Stafford [seal] Wm Stafford Pr [seal] Mary Stafford [seal] Wm Abbott [seal] Matthew r Goodbody [seal]
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(381) Be for me Robert Travers Notary Publick Dwelling in the City of York in the Kingdom of Scotland and who can a Subnotary Notary to the foregoing Power of Attorney personally Appeared William Stafford of the same City Dow being one of the Professors of the Profession called Lawyer Solemnly and Sincerely Declared and Affirmed that the said Stafford in the foregoing Power of Attorney mentioned and who signed the same in the City of York and not in the City of Providence State of Rhode Island is one of the degrees who are one of the Legatees mentioned in the will of John Godfrey late of them named and that I William Stafford junr the wife of John Godfrey late of them named and that William Stafford junr Merry Stafford and William Stafford senior the said Court are the Grand Children of the said late Governor Stafford and were Living at the time of the Decease of the said John Godfrey and that Martha Godfrey widow of his Death and dear husband is the Matthew Godfrey mentioned in said Will in Testimony Whereof I have hereunder subscribed my Name and Affixed my seal Notarial this 21st day of November in the year of Our Lord One Thousand and Seven hundred and Ninety five William Stafford junr [seal] Witness [illegible] Robert Travers junr Not. Publ Received this Power of Attorney Sept 20th 1802 Attest Poly Cross Town Clerk We the Underswritten Subscribers Proprietors to the new School house in Charlestown in the County of Washington State of Rhode Island RI having agreed to donate some Sum of money towards Building said School house not having ascended money enough to do it thus the same therefore we Subscribers being the Major Part of the Proprietors aforesaid have Agreed and with Thomas Perry of the Town in which said School house for the Accomodation of Inhabitants of the Town which said Perry has promised for the Accomodation of Inhabitants of the Town in which said School house for the Accomodation of Inhabitants of the Town in which said School house for the Accomodation of Inhabitants of the Town in which said School house for the Accomodation of Inhabitants of the Town in which said School house for the Accomodation of Inhabitants of the Town in which said School house for the Accomodation of Inhabitants of the Town 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deed_walker_v1.9_2026-10-10 · the index is the town's own (i2l.uslandrecords.com); transcripts, chains and the assessor's cards are the Perry Machine's reading of it. Where the record we hold runs out, the page says so.