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To all People to whom these presents shall Come Know ye that I
Abigail Congdon of North Kingstown in the county of Washington and state of Rhode Island called
to be known as Abigail Congdon Know ye that I the sd Abigail Congdon for sum and consideration
of the sum of Four hundred Dollars to the sd Abigail Congdon have full and
sufficiently paid by Robert & Patience P. Robinson of Lincon in the county of Washington and state
of Connecticut woman the trust wife of his body lawfully wedded have granted
conveyed released and forever confirmed unto the sd Robert & Patience P. Robinson their
Heirs now and Occupiers laws now as my only right title extent claim and Demand that certain
in and to two certain tracts of parcels of Land situate lying and being in Christiana
in the county of Washington and state of Rhode Island now in the actual seisin and
possession of the sd Robert & Patience P. Robinson one piece lying at a place called the corner
by the Name of Quonestugue and containing by estimation seventy acres be it the same
more or less kept by Dunning houses and containing by estimation seventy acres and is bounded
Northerly by the land of Thomas Harvey southerly by land of Thomas Stafford southerly
by the Sea Westerly by Quonestugue Pd and breach the Other being third
Land and lying above the first mentioned and containing by estimation seventy acres be it the
same more or less is bounded Easterly and Northerly by land belonging
the heirs of Edward Briggs Westerly and Southerly by land belonging
Thomas Harvey and bounded Village of houses otherwise the tenement may be described as
aforesaid full bounded.
To have and to hold the aforesaid two tracts of land described all
the Heritages Tenements rights and Appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any appearance
Opportunity thereunto the sd Robert & Patience P. Robinson and their heirs and assigns forever in
full and ample a manner every respect as I and might or could have had I not
made and executed this present Conveyance.
Witness whose hand the sd Abigail Congdon hath hereto set her hand
and seal the Ninth day of February in the Year One Thousand and eight
hundred and fifteen 1815.
Signed and delivered in Presence of
James Holme Jr
Jo S. L. Lewis
Abigail Congdon [seal]
Washington Jo. February 9 1815.
Personally came before me Abigail Congdon as Negro and maker of the within
Instrument and acknowledged the same to be her free and voluntary
Act & Deed did with her hand and seal that she to perfected
Before James Holme Jr Justice Peace
Recorded Feby 10, 1815.
by P. Coiff T. C.
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