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In Witness whereof the said Josiah Brown as Sheriff as aforesaid hath set his hand & seal
to his Hand & Seal this Thirteenth Day of April in the Eleventh Yr. of the Reign of
our Sovereign Lord George the Third of Great Britain Etc Being Dominus Omnium Omn
Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy One
[Signature] J Brown Sher ff
Executed in the presence of
Robert Allen
Daniel Coleman
Kings County sc April 13 1771
Personally appeared the above named Josiah Brown Sher ff
& acknowledged the deed to be his Act & Deed [illegible]
The above & foregoing Deed was recorded in the Town Book of [illegible]
The 2 day of [illegible] 1771 by me [Signature] J. S. some J. T. C
To all People to whom these Presents shall
come Greeting, Know ye, That I John Colegrove of Richmond in Kings County
and Colony of Rhode Island in New England for an and in Consideration of the sum
of One Hundred and Seventy Seven pounds ten Shillings [illegible] in Hand signed
well and truly paid unto me by the Executing hereof by Daniel Danforth of Colegrove in
the namely County on the Receipt whereof I the said hereby acknowledge myself
herewith fully satisfied contented and paid & therefore of and every part and parcel thereof
do hereby convey transfer and assign to the said Daniel Danforth his Heirs & Assigns for-
ever given grant bargained and sold felon under the said Daniel Danforth his Heirs &
Assigns forever One Certain plat of Land situate in S. [illegible] containing by
Estimation Three by Day [illegible] acres more or less in Bounds as follows
Beginning at one Black Oak Tree marked by [illegible] from thence Three Degrees
West Three Chains to an apple Tree thence [illegible] West Eighteen Chaines just North of
the East with Three Rods & North by the [illegible] Sand 24 Chaines 28 Links unto the
Highway thence in Westerly bounded on the Highway to the River and in Northeasterly
bounded to [illegible] Danforth's Brook to the beginning [illegible]
To have and to hold the said demised and bargained Premises with all the
Appurtenances therunto belonging unto the said Daniel Danforth his Heirs and
Assigns to his & their only proper Use Benefit & Reward forever And I the said
John Colegrove for myself my Heirs Executors & Admins do Covenant promise
& grant to and with the said Daniel Danforth his Heirs and Assigns that before
& until the Executing hereof I am the true free and lawful Owner of all that
before being demised premises as of a good perfect and absolute Estate of Inheritance in
The Simple having in myself of good Right to full and complete dispose of the same in manner
as aforesaid and that the said Daniel Danforth his Heirs and Assigns shall and may forever
hereby by virtue of this present Covenant quietly and lawfully have hold enjoy
possess and enjoy the same with the Appurtenances free and clear of and saved from
all claims of some other Estate Brands Range Water Fishing Mills Titles Wills Estates
Tenures Devises Judgments Decrees Liens & Debts Furthermore I the said
John Colegrove for the Consideration aforesaid above hereby make my Heirs be boundly
covenant and engage all the before named Recipient and him the said Daniel Danforth
his Heirs and Assigns against the lawful Claims Challenges or Demands of any Person
or persons whatever forever hereafter to warrant and secure and defend and defend
[illegible] wife of the said John Colegrove for the Consideration aforesaid doth hereby fully and willingly
give yield up and surrender all her right of Dower and Power of Thirds of and in and to
the
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the before demised Premises unto him the said Daniel Brown he his Heirs and Assigns Forever
In Witness whereof we have hereunto Set our Hands and Seals the Seventeenth Day of September
in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of George the Third King of Great Britain etc Anno Domi
1778 Signed Sealed and delivered
in presence of
Simon Perry
[illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]
Oliver Colleague, LS
[illegible]
[illegible]
State of Rhode Island
Kings County ss
Personally came Oliver Colleague
and the swears to the within Deed, and acknowledged the same to be his voluntary Act
with his Hand and Seal there affixed, the Seventeenth Day of Sepr. 1771 AD 1771
Before me
Simon Perry Justice Com Beau-
[illegible]
To all People reposing to whom these Presents shall come, I David Dingley jt of
Christiantown in the County of Kings County in the Colony of Rhode Island, do present
Greeting. Know Ye, That I the said David Dingley jt for and in Consideration of the Sum of
One Hundred, Seventy Nine pounds Seven shillings & Three pence Together with my Assign
in Hand, before the Execution hereof, well and truly paid by me Robert Robinson of the same
County and Colony aforesaid proven, the said Robert Robinson he hereby acknowledged, and
thereby fully satisfied, contented and paid in, and thereby and of myself, & said Sum partially to discharge
against, and discharge from the said Oliver Colleague, his Heirs his Heirs Executors and Administrators
by these Presents HAVE given granted bargained sold deeded, shifted conveyed and completely and
by these Presents do convey fully, perfectly and absolutely her and every piece part grain whole all and every
and confirm unto him the said Robert Robinson his Heirs and assigns forever all that piece
of land situated in the Township of Kings County containing by Estimation
One Hundred and twenty Acres, to the same more or less, with a Dwelling House Barn and
one Thousand Threave, Outlets and Wooded in Pasture with, bordering by a Highway easterly
partly on the North side and partly on the South side of Lord of William Pellon being there a line
taken of said Farm, westerly upon the Bounds of Colleague on North side, partly on the Close
Land, and partly on the Land of the heirs of John Champen deceased and partly on the William
Land, together with all and singular the Ways the Water Privileges Commonages convenient
ments Appurtenances unto the same belonging or in anywise appertaining saying, and all singular
my Estate Right Title Interest Possession Property Claim and Demand of, given and to the
said Bargained Assigns and Appurtenances every part and parcel thereof; and the Remainder
of the premises Reserved to me and my heirs forever
To have and to hold, the said granted & bargained Premises with all the Herditaments
houses, Services & Commodities to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to him the
said Robert Robinson his Heirs and assigns forever, to his and their only proper use Rightful
& Benefit prose, as I the said David Dingley jt for myself my Heirs Executors and Assigns
do covenant promise, and grant and with the said Oliver Colleague his Heirs and assigns
that at and before the Execution hereof, from the true sole, and lawful Owner of the above
bargained Premises, and am lawfully seized and possessed of the same, in my own proper Right
as a good perfect and absolute Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple, and have a good right
Right full Power, and lawful Authority, to grant bargain sell, convey & Assign the said
bargained
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