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To all People to Whom these presents shall Come Greeting
know ye that I Joseph Stanton of Charlestown in the County of
Washington and State of Rhode Island & Providence for and in Consideration
of the Sum of four Hundred Dollars in mony well and truly paid to me
before the Executing hereof by Reuben Burdick & Hazard Burdick their
heirs and Family Labourers the Receipt Whereof I do hereby acknowledge
myself therefore fully Satisfied and paid do hereby Convey and
Discharge him the said Reuben & Hazard Burdick their Heirs Executors
and administrators forever by these presents Slave Burgoyne sold and Convey
unto the Sd Reuben & Hazard Burdick their Heirs and Assigns fore
ver Certain Tract or parcel of land lying in Charlestown Containing three
Acres and is bounded as follows Beginning at the stake by the Dell at
Ten feet distance from there Running Northerly until it Comes to Holley's
pond thenne Running east until it Comes to the East Corner of Enoch's
Land Late Sd David of Charlestown thenne Running Southerly on Sd Enoch's
land until it Comes to a Stake With a heap of stones about it thenne
Running East until it Comes to the first Marked Boundary and to have
and to hold all the above granted and bargained premises privileges and all
beneness to the same belonging unto them the said Reuben and Hazard
Burdick their Heirs and Assigns forever and I the said Joseph Stanton for my
ownself their Heirs Executors and Administrators do hereby agree to and with the
said Reuben & Hazard Burdick their Heirs and Assigns that before and
until the Executing hereof of this I am the Lawfull owner of all the before lump
Premises and am Lawfully Possessed of the same in mine own proper
Right of Inheritance in fee simple having in myself Lawfull Authority
to sell and Dispose of the same in like manner aforesaid and that the sd
Reuben & Hazard Burdick their Heirs and Assigns shall forever however by
force and Virtue of these presents enjoy and Enjoy the same with the
Appurtenances Clearly Discharged from all manner of Feudal states or any
Other Incumbrances of What Nature soever that might Obstruct or else
Void this Deed furthermore I the said Joseph Stanton for myself my
Heirs Executors and Administrated doth hereby Engage all the before lump
premises unto the said Reuben and Hazard Burdick their Heirs and
Assigns against the Lawfull Claims or Demands of any person Whatsoever
forever hereafter to Moment some Demand and Define by these presents and May State
Wife of the said Joseph Stanton for the Consideration aforesaid Duly
these presents freely and Willingly give up and Surrender all her Right
of Dower and power of thirds in and unto the Before Bargained
premises unto him the Sd Reuben & Hazard Burdick their Heirs and
Assigns forever In Witness Whereof the said Joseph Stanton pr
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and Mary his wife hath Hereunto set their hands and Seals this Twenty Sixth Day
of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and
fourteen. Withe—
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In Presence of
Benj^rs Perry
Peleg Cross
Joseph Stanton [seal]
Mary Stanton [seal]
State of Rhode Island & Pro[vince]
Washington Co To wit at Charlestown On the 26 Day of Novem[be]r
1814—
Personally Came Jose ph Stanton Jr and
Mary Stanton his Wife Signon and seales of the
foregoing Instruments and Acknolodged the same to
be their Act & Deed hands and seals.
Before Peleg Cross Town Clrk
To all People to Whom these presents shall Come Know
ye that I Robert C. Sahham of Lebanon in the County of Windham
State of Connecticut I common doing Entry Know Ye that I said
Robert C. Sahham for and in Consideration of the sum of Four
thousand Dollars to the said Robert C. Sahham in hand writt and truly
paid by Joseph H. Lewis of Charlestown in Washington County State
of Rhode Island & me the Acceptor Whereof i hereby Acknolading
have given granted Conveyed and Sold unto the said Jo[seph] H. Lewis
his Heirs and Assigns forever two Certain Tracts or parcels of Land
situate in the Town of Charlestown County of washington State of
Rhode Island the One of These Tracts Contains by Estimation sixty acres
the Same more or Less and lays in a piece called Lunn's containing Neck
with a Dwelling House and other Buildings thereon the said land is
bonned Northerly by land of Thomas Hoasy Easterly by Land of
Thomas Sheffield Southerly by the sea and Westerly by Lunn's cavity
pond and Breach the Other Lot being wood Land and says to the
Northward of the Post Road and contains by Estimation twenty acres
be the same more or Less and is Bounded Easterly and Northerly By
Land belonging to the Heirs of Enoch trendall Deceased Westerly and
Southerly by Land of Thomas Hoasy & Edward Millox et aleng the
two Tidals of Land formerly Owned By Robert Congdon Esqr late of
Charlestown Deceased Reference being had to the Deeds of Conveyance to the
said Robert
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