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To All People who these Presents shall come, Know ye That
I Jeffrey Hazard of Charlestown in the County of Washington State
of Rhode Island Speciman send Greeting, Know ye That I the said
Jeffrey Hazard for and in Consideration of the sum of twenty five Dollars
of the said Jeffrey Hazard in hand well and truly paid by Joseph S. Lewis
of Charlestown County and State aforesaid Speciman appointed Trustee whereas
I have conveyed, Granted, Bargained and Sold unto me
in the year 1812 and by me conveyed Granted Bargained and Sold unto
him the said Joseph S. Lewis in Maine in Lewis and legumes forever for certain
of lands situate in the Town of Charlestown County of Washington and State
of Rhode Island containing by estimation four acres in the Town of Charlestown
Rhode Island as follows Beginning at the Southeast Corner of Jeffrey
Hazard and Sarah Hazard’s land namely bounded Southeasterly by the land of
Hazard and Sarah Hazard’s land to come to the old wall then North to a stake and from Stake then running
Hazard land to the North East corner of said lot it comes to a corner called
Northwest bounded westerly by the Indian land to the Shore of being
Pequot river then North westerly by a road then to the Shore of being
Pequot river and so to the lot void Bargained and Granted Promised to him
the said Joseph S. Lewis and to him his Heirs and Assigns forever to him
the said Joseph S. Lewis his Heirs and by legumes forever, And I the said
Jeffrey Hazard for myself my Heirs executors and administrators hereafter do Covenant
and agree with the said Joseph S. Lewis his Heirs and by legumes that I’ll lawfully
and in the Premises that they are free of all Incumbrances that I shall
yield Right to Viet and Claim and to come and from the said Joseph S. Lewis’s
gold Right to Viet and Claim and will warrant Sundered the same to the said Joseph S.
as aforesaid and that I will warrant Sundered the same to the said Joseph S.
Lewis his Heirs and legumes forever, In the beginning witness we the said Jeffrey
and Sarah Hazard wife of Jeffrey Hazard the said Consideration on the
and sold up and Surrender all his Right Power and Possession of the said of in and
the before Demised and Bargained premises unto him the said Joseph S. Lewis
his Heirs and legumes forever. In witness whereof we the said Jeffrey Ha
zard and Sarah his wife have hereunto set our hands and Seals this 10th day of
June in the year 1823.
Signed Sealed & delivered
before me
Joseph Cross
John Howard
Jeffrey Hazard L.S.
Sarah Hazard L.S.
Mary
Charlestown Washington County on the 10th day of June 1823
personally appeared the within named Jeffrey Hazard and Sarah
his wife and acknowledged the within deed to be their free Volunt
rare acts and deeds hands and Seals their signature a proof.
Joseph Cross public Seal
Recorded Nov.
1823 by
Samuel Clarke
Boston
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