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All the above Land i’n clear from all Incumbrances & Free and That the said William
Brownng [illegible] his Heirs Executors and Administrators and Assigns shall and may after the Executing
and Delivery hereof have fully and quietly to have and hold all the aforesaid parts and every the above
said Land Farms and appurtenances there belonging by their Descent Right Heredity of the above
said John Slocum with such full power and purpose up all her rights of there and
powers there in the above mentioned Land and Farms and appurtenances there belonging by
right unto the said William Brownng for his Heirs Executors and Administrators All & appurtenances
In Witness whereof we have here set our Seals and signed our Names the Fourteenth Day of February
and in the Eleventh Year of his Majestys Reign AD 1771—
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in the presence of
Robert [illegible]
Joshua Cond[?]
John Sloc[?]
Mary Sloc[?]
Kings County the 26 Day and year above Written
appeared before me the Subscribers John Slocum and Mary Slocum
The above and fore going
Deed was Recorded the
26 Day of March 1771 by
and acknowledged the above Deed to be their Voluntary Act and
with their Names and Seals there to affixed
James George Town Clerk
before Robert Stanton Justice of the Peace
To All People To know that Christopher Чемplen of Charlestown in the County of Kings Colony of
Rhode Island in New England, Yeoman, for this present Indenture of 20 Novr 1768 do That the said Christopher
Чемplen for himself and in Consideration of the sum of One Hundred and Eighty Five pounds Sterling
in hand before the Executing hereof well and truly paid by Oliver Clagorn of [illegible] Yeoman
do the aforesaid Christopher by hereby acknowledge and by myself solemnly ratify and confirm
convey and transfer and by force of every Court and Decree of councils regals and statutes
give him the said Oliver Clagorn his Heirs Executors and Administrators forever granted released
have given granted granted bargained sold transferred assigned conveyed and confirmed and by his
Deedly do reversibly fully and absolutely convey grant bargain sell assign transfer convey and transfer
unto the said Oliver Clagorn his Heirs the above and Assigns forever two certain Pieces of Land
situate in said Charlestown in the first Tract contained by Clagorn about One Acre by the measure
more or less it Bounds as follows Beginning at a following Post standing near the boundary line of
it being the Easterly Corner of each and from thence South One Degree west 2 Chains and
96 Links halted South East’ly’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
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Comes at or near the Beaver Dam at the Brook, thence Northerly by 1 North until it
comes to the Highway, and thence bounded northerly partly on sd Highway and partly on
? [illegible] Brook until it comes to the first named Boundary, the other Tract contains about forty three
Acres more or less Bounded as follows beginning at the southernmost Corner at the Highway by 1
North line running northerly as the Brook runs until it comes to bounded by the River
thence bounded aforesaid said River until it comes to the aforesaid Highway and thence
bounded by said Highway running northerly until it comes to the aforesaid North line then
running South to the beginning To have and to hold the said granted and Bargained Premises with all
the Appurtenances Belongings, and Convenencies to the same Belonging or in any way other
appertaining to him the said Oliver Clough his Heirs and Assigns forever, to be his and thereby
proper Hereditaments’ and Premises forever And the said Christopher Champlin for himself his
Heirs, Executors and Administrators does covenant promise and grant to and with the said
Oliver Clough his Heirs and Assigns that at any and upon the Delivery hereof Save the time for
and lawful Entry of the above bargained premises and on lawfully seized and possessed of the
same mine over over [illegible] in my own proper right and over perfect and absolute Estate of Inheritance in
these Premises And he does in my own proper right full power lawful Authority to grant
bargain sell convey and confirm the said bargained Premises in Manner as specified and that
that the said Oliver Clough his Heirs and Assigns shall and may from time to time
and at all times peaceably possess herof by her and by others of the above lawfully possessing partly
and quietly have hold use enjoy possess and enjoy the said land bargained and
conveyed with all the Appurtenances free and clear and surely and absolutely acquitted released
and discharged of and from all and all others Tenures of either Feuds, Knights Service
Lies, Leiges, Mortmain, Military Escuage, Tenures, Liveries dependences Covenants or
Incumbrances of what Name or Nature however they might in any Measure or Degree
be subject in whole or void this present
Furthermore, the said Christopher Champlin for himself his Heirs Executors
and Administrators do covenant and engage the above demised Premises from him the said
Oliver Clough his Heirs and Assigns against the lawful Claims or Demands of any
Person or persons whatsoever prove to wear such service and defend by them decently
In Witness whereof I hereunto set my Hand and Seal the fourteenth day of
February in the Eleventh year of the Reign of George the Third King of Great Britain
County Dorset 1771
Signed sealed and Delivered
in presence of
Thos Jeff
Simon Perry
The above Deed
was recorded the
Third day of April AD 1771
By James Cogdon 3 Sown 6th
Christopher Champlin, Lyd
Kings County fs personally appeared
the above Subscriber Christopher Champlin the Day and
Date above Written and acknowledgd the above written Instrument
to be his Voluntary Act & Deed
Before
Simon Perry Justice of the Court Peace