4/12/1771 · DEED · book 3 page 53 doc 12728

50 Any Court thereof We do alltogether execute and forever Deliverd by these Presents In Witness whereof We the J. Tobias Saunders, and Martha his Wife Robert Durdick and Hannah his wife, Ichabod Clarke and Elizabeth his wife, and Amos Freese and Dorcas his wife have here unto set their Hands and Seals the Twenty sixth Day of March, in the Eleventh Year of his present Majestys Reign Close. 1771 Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of Robert Manton William Green. Tobias Saunders [seal] Martha Saunders [seal] Robert Durdick [seal] Hannah Durdick [seal] Ichabod Clarke [seal] Elizabeth Clarke [seal] Amos Freese [seal] Dorcas Freese [seal] Kings County March 2nd 1771 The Day and Year before written Personally appeared the above named Persons Tobias Saunders, Robert Durdick, Hannah Durdick, Ichabod Clarke, Elizabeth Clarke, Amos Freese, & Dorcas Freese and acknowledged the foregoing Deed to be their voluntary Act with their Hand and seal there unto affixed Before Robert Manton Justice of the Peace The above and foregoing Deed was recorded the Eighth Day of July 1771 By James Congdon Clerk Off. To all People whom these presents shall come Greeting I Joseph Stanton of Chariestown in Kings County in the Colony of Rhode Island America for me and my consideration of the Premises in the foreground my Wife and my Heirs by my Pen and a Deed, to me in Hand by the Enclosing hereof and by the following my son Henry Saunders & Joseph Saunders in the company of various Persons and by the following my son Henry Saunders here Henry Saunders, Administration and Assigns forever Give enterain Grant and Convey Lott lying and being in the Town of Chariestown over in continuing by Estimation Fifty Acres, more or less, bounded as follows viz Beginning at the Beginning of the Northwest corner of the County Road, it being the Land that I have bought from James [illegible] from Henry Saunders running from the Northwest corner to the south east corner, then running from the southeast corner as the Corner Road come north eastward to the South east corner of Robert and then there running East until it comes to the Line of the Land that I gave to Mother and Henry Saunders there running southerly as the Line running to the Line belonging to my son Henry Saunders to the South East. To have and to hold the said parcel and forever Grant to with all the Appurtenances Privileges, and the medows to the same belonging, in any and appertaining unto the said Henry Saunders and his Heirs and Assigns forever, to him and his heirs forever Wife, Descendants and Remainder forever, and the said Joseph Stanton, for me my Heirs Execution and Administrators, do promise, and grant to and with the said Henry Saunders, his Heirs and Assigns that before the Executing hereof I am the True, Sole and Lawful Owner of the above described Land & premises and am lawfully seized and possessed of the same [signature]

54 in mine Own proper Right as a good perfect, and Absolute Estate of Inheritance in the Simple, and have in myself good Right power, and lawful Authority to sell and dispose of the Same in Manner as aforesaid, and that the Bargained Premises is absolutely Free and clear of and from any Mortgage, Wills Estate, Jointures Liens, judgments Executions or any other Encumbrance whatsoever. Furthermore I will Sue & defend for the above Consideration void or covenant and engage the above named Land and Premises unto the above named Henry Jardine his Heirs or Assigns against the lawful Claims Entitlements and Demands of any Person or Persons whatsoever forever hence forth shall warrant seise and defend by these Presents in Confirmation whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Sixteenth Day of February A.D 1771. Joseph Stanton Seal'd Signed Sealed & Delivered in the presence of John Rose A. Helmey Joseph Stanton Single Combat [illegible] The above and foregoing Joseph Stanton did acknowledge appearing before me the Undersigned That the Deed was executed voluntarily the Sixteenth Day of February A.D 1771 12 Day Sept 1774