The instrument's own words
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Know all men by these presents that I the within Named Gotes Hosier do hereby
acknowledge to have had and receivd of the within named Lydia Gilbert the day of the date
of these presents the Sum of Thirty three spanish silver Mil Dollars which is in full Discharge
of the within Mortgage Advice and therefore I the said Gotes Hosier do for me my Heirs Counter
and Administrators release and forever release Quit claim all the said Lydia Gilbert all her
within mentioned one hundredth parts of xy within mentioned Messuage or Dwelling
House and Tract of Land with the appurtenances thereunto to hold to the said Lydia Gilbert her
Heirs and Assigns forever In Witness whereof I the said Gotes Hosier have hereunto set my
Hand and Seal the first day of march in the 4th year of our Lord One thousand seven Hundred and
seventy
Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of
John Davis
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Gotes Hosier Seal
[illegible] Newport March the first day Ad 1770
Personally appear the above named Gotes Hosier and acknowledged
the above instrument to be his Act and Deed
Before me John Davis Justice of the Peace
The above is a Discharge of a Mortgage Deed Recorded in Book No 2
Page 423&418 And was recorded here the 26 day of May 1770
James Congdon Town Clerk
To all People whom these Presents shall come Greeting namely Lydia Gilbert of Newport
in the County of Newport in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in Name
England Widow The Daughter and one of the Daughters of Jos ph Gotes late of Newport
forenamed Mariners street Greeting namely That I the said Lydia Gilbert for and
in Consideration of the Sum of One hundred and eighty seven spanish silver Mil Dollars
paid to me in Money by hand before the Execution hereof well and truly paid by Joseph George
of Charlestown in the County of Kent in the Colony aforesaid New England the Receipt whereof
I do hereby acknowledge and my sole heir hereby ratified confirmed satisfied and
discharged of and from y^e said and after these premises do release assign and quit discharge her
said Joseph George his Heirs Executors and Administrators forever by their Successors
have given granted bargained sold aliened enfeoffed conveyed and confirmed and by these
Presents do fully fully and absolutely give grant bargain sell alien convey assign and confirm
confirm unto the said Joseph George his Heirs and Assigns forever those one hundredth
fourth part of a Certain messuage or Dwelling House and tract of land situate lying
and being in Charlestown aforesaid known by the name of John Clares farm containing ly
East by Edwardson Jos Thousand and half chain by the same more or less chain bounded East
and partly Southerly on Land of y^e said Mortality as denoted to Land title of Joseph George
witnessed by Newport Branch and Westly by Providence River Together with all and sing
the House Millstones Work Shop Way Water Right Liberties Privileges Improvements Heritaments
and appurtenances whereso all under the lately grantor premises Encompassing as may more fully
cing And the Mansions and remainders thereof And all the Estate Right Title Interest
Use Possession Property Claim and Demand whatever of mine the said Lydia Gilbert of
in and to the Premises hereby granted and every part and Parcel thereof
To have
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To have and to hold, the said granted and bargained Premisses with the Appurtenances
do Priviledges, and Commodities to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to him or
the said Joseph Bargdon his Heirs, his Heirs, and Assigns, forever, to her, to her and their own and only proper
Use, Benefit and Behoof forever and I the said Lydia Gilbert for myself my Heirs
Executors and Administrators do convey grant and pass to the said Joseph Bargdon as
to his Heirs and Assigns, that at and before the Expiring hereof I am the true sole and lawful
Owner of the above bargained Premisses, and am lawfully seized and possessed of the same
and am of full Age, of good report and lawful Estate of Inhabitance in East Greenwich
now in my right proper that I full Power and lawfully liberty to grant Bargain sell convey
and confirm the said bargained Premisses in Manner as above said and that the said Joseph
Bargdon, his Heirs and Assigns shall have and may, from Time to Time, and at all Times hereafter
forever, by those Value of these Premisses, lawfully peaceably and quietly have and hold
any one, company person or enjoy, the said demised and bargained Premisses with the appurtenances
free and clear, and fully and clearly seized, recorded and bargained free from all and
all manner of claims or Title of every person and thing,’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’