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This Indenture of Lease Made this 17th Day of Feby 1806
Between Martha Thompson widow of the One part and Browning Young of the other part both
of Charleston in Washington County to wit that is to say the d[i]ct Martha doth Lease and Let
unto the said Young a Certain tract or lot of Land situated lying and being in the said
Charleston containing by Estimation one hundred twenty two acres more or less bounding
on the North by the land of Sarah Thompson on the East and North by the land of Amon Thompson
on the South by the land of Stanley land and West on the land of Standish Lane
Schawne and to the North for the term of five years to Commence the 25th Day of March next
for which the said Young is to pay to the said Martha quarterly and every Year on the 25th
Day of March the sum of Twenty Dollars per Year and to pay all the Taxes that shall be
levied on the said Premises during & during the term & to further the said Martha in the
said five years of Lease and further agree and covenant by the parties that the d[i]ct Martha is to
live in a House now standing on the said Premises during & during the term & and the said
Young is to repair & Maintain the said House and certain other buildings thereon by the said
widow and so as to make it Comfortable to live in and at the End and Expiration of the said
term or before & Delivery of the premises Personable Possession of the land & Premises in witness
whereof the Parties to these Presents have here set their hands and seals the Day
and year first above written
In my Presence of
N.B. After the above was executed wrote the Parties agreed that this Lease should be
ending on the Day during the Natural life of the d[i]ct Martha in witness
whereof the Parties there Presents have here set their hands and seals
In presence of
Ply Coj [signature]
Deluxe & Johnson [signature]
Martha Thompson [signature]
Browning Young [signature]
Recorded Feby 28th 1806
by D. S. O.
C. F. Fee 6.25
Al Ch[a]rleson in Washington County the Day on a Date first
Witnesseth Severally Affirmed within the said Town Stand Martha Thompson and the said
Browning Young their Acknowledgments of the within Lease to the full extent
and Effect thereof
Phily Coj Justice Peace
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Twenty Acres more or less and is bounded as followeth viz Beginning
at a white oak stamp at the Southwest Corner of this tract bounded North
[illegible] to the brush of the
running easterly until it hits Wall and then north until it comes to the brush of the
Northesterly on William Raymonds and Thomas Holleton's Land thence northerly
South westerly on the Wall and fence stands until it comes to the four
white oak stamp Bounding easterly & North westerly partly on Land belonging to the Heirs of
Capt. Haskell Northly on the Cakey Lot together with the Buildings thereon Bounding North
the tract of Land under Consideration about forty Acres and is bounded as follows viz
at September blast on the Boundary by the boundary wall running North westerly until it comes to
the Boundary Line Bounding westerly on the road thirteen Clarke's Line thence northerly
until it comes to Land belonging to the Heirs of William Browning bounding northerly on
the boundary Line thence Northerly westerly Bounding partly on the
Hay Land and partly on Joseph Land until it comes to a stake thenly three
Southerly & Northly on the road westerly until it comes to a stake’d North
bounding the other part of said Lot being a Piece of a Lot site Mark & Road’s’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
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Signed sealed & delivered
In Presence of
Simeon Babcock
Oliver Davis
Filed Oct 2nd 1806
by Joseph & Clark
487 Ephraim Browning [seal]
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington ss.
Washington Co. Justice of the Peace do certify that on the Day and Date first above
written personally appeared Mr Ephraim Browning declard himself
to be the above and foregoing Instrument to be his voluntary
Act and Deed and had same Seal thereunto affixed
Before me Lily Custs Justice Peace
To all People who these Present shall come Greeting
I Ephraim Browning of Westerly in the County of New London and State
of Connecticut yeoman do Greeting Whereas that I the said Ephraim
Browning do sell and in consideration of the Sum of Ten dollars paid to me
in Hand Silver the above conveying here of well and truly paid me by William Hingman
& Thomas Holleton both of Rhode Island in the County of Washington and
State of Rhode Island it Returneth That whereas the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge
and do herewith fully satisfied content and paid and me and they whereas said William Hingman
& Thomas Holleton their heirs assigns acquit and discharge them the said William Hingman
& Thomas Holleton their heirs assigns in all Determination forever by these Presents
Have given granted bargained and sold conveyed bounded and confirmed and by
these Presents do forever fully bond fully absolutely give grant bargain sell all
such estate convey and confirm unto the said William Hingman & Thomas
Holleton their Heirs and Assigns forever one Certain Lot or piece of Land
situate lying and being in the Town of Charlestown bordering my of Citation one
acre [illegible] Ten per. the bottom line of me and said William Hingman & Thomas
Holleton’s lot there the bottom line of me being bounded by Perimeter Jacobs’s boundary there runs
in my northerly and westerly stream Threams & flows in the same manner it runs
of Thomas Hall & Thomas Holleton’s lot there runs southerly as the force now
descends it runs to border my Henry Green’s north west corner by that way of the Brook
called [illegible] bounding westerly partly on the said Henry Hall & Thomas
Holleton’s land running northerly and easterly to the bottom of Samuel Briggs lot trade bounded
there running easterly at the east brook will run home running southerly & the force
Bounding northerly on Henry Green’s land home running easterly & the force
runs inside by the boundary Painting on and boundary river it comes the aforesaid The
site bordering by the said boundary River I do have and to hold the said conveyed
and bargained Premises with all the Appurtenances Heres and conveniences together
their blessings or in any app Tenuring to them the said William Hingman & Thomas
their Heirs & Assigns of forever to them and their only proper Use Benefit & Behalf
forever And I the said Ephraim Browning do from my person my Heirs Executors administrators
be covenant Concur and Grant to act with said William Hingman and Thomas
Holleton their Heirs & Assigns that and after the foregoing limits of on the
true sole and Careful Corner of the above bargained Premises are lawfully
fixed and perfected (the same in my own proper Right as a Clear perfect and absolute
Estate of Inheritance as the Same is and shall be in my right Full power law full
Ability to warrant to give bargain sell grant convey and confirm the said bargained
Premises on Manner as aforesaid And that the said William Hingman & Thomas
Holleton their Heirs and Assigns shall and may from Time to Time and at all
Times forever hereafter by force and Virtue of these Presents lawfully peacefully and
quietly Have hold use occupy possess and enjoy the said conveyed and bargained
Premises
Browning