1/23/1834 · DEED · book 6 page 298 doc 12590

298 KNOW All men by these Presents that I, Nathaniel S. Croft of Study in the County of Washington State of Rhode Island for and in Consideration of the sum of one Thousand Dollars to me in hand paid before the Execu- tion and Delivery hereof by Ezra Croft of Stowell and in the County of Bristol State of Massachusetts and John S. Croft of Charlestown in the County of Washington State of Rhode Island have the Right where of I am the sole and only owner Ezra Croft and them their heirs lawfully entitled and said do hereby convey Release and forever Quitclaim unto them the said Ezra Croft and John S. Croft their heirs and assigns forever All the Right Title Appurtenances which I have may have or might hereafter have in and unto certain Estate lying and being in Charlestown containing Four thousand acres The same more or less and in want to contain all my Right in all the Buildings which may lie thereon Ezra Croft of Stowell Charlestown Dumaine possessed of Affluence being healthy to the Books of Evidence entered in said Town in said Charlestown for a particular description of the said area of the wanted state halls and parcels of void said Plot state To No 409 and to No 110 all the said parcels and Quitclaimed Premises together with all the said buildings fixtures and Appurtenances unto the said Ezra Croft and John Croft to them and their assigns forever to their uses and purposes Be it known and believed aforesaid Their heirs and assigns forever to their uses and purposes Be it known and believed aforesaid their heirs and assigns forever to their uses and purposes Be it known and believed aforesaid And I the said Nathaniel S. Croft for me my heirs executors and administrators do hereby Covenant with the said Ezra Croft and John S. Croft that I have made and for in simple ownership of One Eleventh part of all the aforesaid Plots or Parcels at law to the same In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal at Charlestown this 29 day of December 1839. Nath S. Croft (ss) Executed in presence of Elizabeth B. Kendal State of Rhode Island ss Samuel Stanton Washington Recorded Jan 10 1840 by Samuel Stanton J. C. C. Charlestown on this ten day of January the above written instrument apparently approved the aforesaid Mean Nathaniel S. Croft and acknowledged the above instrument for his own Execution to be his free Voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein or expressed Samuel Stanton Jur. of First KNOW All Men by these Presents that I Joshua Clarke Administrator on the Estate of Jesse Comstock late of Charlestown in the County of Washington ten in the State of Rhode Island Deceased By virtue of the Authority vested in me by the Superior Judicial Court of the said State at their believe town for and And of Washington 1838 and furthermore to the nomination of the Court of Probate of said State of Charlestown and for and in Consideration of the sum of One Hundred and fifty One Dollars to me paid by Sale and purchase of the said tenure upon the highest Bidder at a publick Auction of the Estate hereby conveyed held on the 13 day of December 1839 the Right where of I the hereby acknowledge Do hereby Covenant me in my said capacity George George Sellard convey unto the said Sold and bought Roy Taylor their Heirs and assigns all the Right Title and Interest which the said Jesse Comstock had in and to a certain parcel of Land at the time of his Death lying in Charlestown aforesaid unto which the first part with part of a dwelling house and other Buildings Thereon Containing

299 Containing three fourths of an acre in Bounds as follows Southly by Jesse Low on the NE corner on the NW by Thomas & Benjamin Gardner's land, Easterly on a wall separating Joseph Harrison's land, Northly by Northly and Westerly, by boundary of Elias Olney, the Whole being one more or less. Boundedly Westerly southly to the highway, and on Thomas & Benjamin Gardner's land, easterly to a boundary of Samuel & Daniel Simmons and westerly, to an entry of the southly or easterly stream the remainder the same are bounded. - And I do sell & convey to the said Benjamin Simmons the same with all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging whereas the said Benjamin Simmons entered into an agreement with me that he would pay me the said sum of fourteen dollars & 75 cents for the said land - And I do hereby grant all my Right title and interest to sell and convey the said land to the said Benjamin Simmons as a round and whole Right and interest to the same against the claims of all persons coming by my title Warranty and the same Guaranteed. In witness whereof I Isaac Hawthorne set my hand and seal this 23 day of January 1804. [Seal] I January of I Joseph [illegible] Joshua Clarke L.S. [illegible] State of Rhode Island vi. Providence County ss. January 23 1804 by Samuel Stanton Cl. Off On the day and date last above written personally appeared before me in about same Joshua Clarke he acknowledged the above written instrument to be his own for purpose to be her fore contained. [Seal] Before Samuel Stanton Just. of Peace. KNOW All men by these presents that I John Cross of Exeter in the County of Washington State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Yeoman in Consideration of four hundred & Seventy Five dollars and Expresses cents to me paid by Thomas Evans of Richmond aforesaid the Receipt whereof I solely hereby acknowledge do hereby remise Release and forever quit claim unto the said Thomas Evans his Heirs and Assigns forever two Certain Tracts or parcels of land that fell to me from my Father Shead one in Charlestown Bounds (viz) Beginning at the East end of the highway, Southly extended in George H. Cundall's Smith House, then Northly on boundary of Northly’s land, Easterly on Gardner’s Western land to the first mentioned boundary the other situated in Northly’s land one beginning at Dexter Mason’s house Southly on boundary of Northly’s land, then Northly on said land, Northly on power Wood’s boundary, East on Beaver’s land to the first mentioned boundary L. S. NAVE and to the above two parcels together with all the uses and appurtenances thereunto in Consideration the above mentioned parcels were Quit Claim all my Right title and Interest Save and except one house more or less unto the said Gail Cross (his presence) Except the road leading from the highway down to the said Gail Cross (his house) but unto the said Thomas Evans his Heirs and Assigns for ever. And I join John Evans for my self my Heirs Question and Demand forever to be concurrant with the said Thomas Evans his Heirs and Assigns that all with the bounds described above to the said Thomas Evans his Heirs and Assigns forever against the Legal claims of all persons coming by my title or others. And I Lydia Cross wife of the said John Cross do join in confirmation of the above and within the mentioned sum the said truly all my Right of Tenure and primes of there of in and into the said mentioned land, in the Deed here interchange all my rights and hands and affixed my Seal this 11 day of November in the Year of our Lord 1833 [Seal] W. B. Watson S. R. White Washington for Exeter [Seal] John Cross L.S. [Seal] Sally No Cross L.S. (Recorded Feb 19 1834) by S. Stanton Cl. Off Personally came John Evans and Sally No Cross his wife and solemnly acknowledged to the said Instrument by them signed to be their voluntary act and Deed Dispose. Tho. N. Well, Cl. Off.