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Know all Men by these presents that we George Thurston &
Jeremiah Thurston of Hopkington in the County of Washington For the
Consideration fifteen hundred and Twenty four dollars in Joshua Champlain's
Note of hand Made payable & Indorsed over by them the sd Willsey & Nygotan
Notes or their Order & Indorsed over by them the sd Willsey & Nygotan
we do hereby Acknowledge that we have Received of the sd Joshua Champlain above
Mentioned the full amount of the Money due to him from Court paye Perry
of South Kingstown on three Notes of hand we hold against him for the Delivery
the payment of which was secured to us by Mortgage Deed on the Real Estate
of the sd Perry lying & situate in Charlestown in the aforesaid County of
Washington Reference being had to the Original Mortgage Deed Deed one of their
Contains by Estimation Three Hundred Acres more or less and is butter and
bounded as follows namely Northly on the Post Road Easterly on land
belonging to Jonathan Fen Southwesterly on the Salt Pond Westerly on land
belonging to the heirs of Christopher & George Champlain a Clearance called the Champlain
from the second base Height of a Wood Lot bounded on the Indian Lands
and Contains Twenty eight Acres more or less and lying to the North of
the Post Road together with a Dwelling House and there buildings Standing on
the first named Lot of Land now in Consideration of the Aforementioned note
of hand made payable to us as Endorse on the 1st Day of August next
Ensuring the date hereof and likewise the Note of Joshua Champlain's Executed Note
of hand for Thirty five Dollars & 56/100 made payable to we on the 1st
Day of August next being the Lawful Interest on the aforementioned sum
from the 25 day of March next to the 15 of August following we do hereby
Discharge all our right Title Interest Property claim & Demand in the
Aforementioned Mortgage Deed Now In Witness of our release we have hereunto set
our hands & Seals at Hopkington this 31 day of January D 1812.
Presence
James Stambury f
John Tanner f
George Thurston LS
Jere Thurston LS
Washington fo
at Hopkington personally appeared the above named George Thurston
& Jeremiah Thurston and Acknowledged the above and foregoing
Instrument of Discharge to be their Voluntary act & Deed hand and
Seal before me this 31 day of January D 1812.
Thomas Wills Justice Peace
Recorded Dec 19, 181h
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