The instrument's own words
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God in (one $\frac{1}{2}$) years, Member & Henry, those Both did before me swear to be of $\frac{21}{}$ years and without bearing any spice of disease their Body Being Lawfully Betrothed together that
they will in such case as $\frac{1}{2}$ year & Henry [illegible] or her his house in a[p]ropriate place shall Stand seized
of $\frac{1}{2}$ province of $\frac{1}{2}$ to a Case of $\frac{1}{2}$ George being his Natural Life and after
the Decease of $\frac{1}{2}$ to her of George Stanton & her his heirs and if $\frac{1}{2}$ Abigail Stanton
should Die leaving no heir their Body Lawfully Betrothed the $\frac{1}{2}$ Henry Gardner
his heirs or assigns shall have Third Seized of the premises upon $\frac{1}{2}$ to two heirs
of $\frac{1}{2}$ George Stanton & their heirs forever In Witness Whereof we have
here here to Set their Hands & Seals the day & year first above written
Joseph Stanton
Henry Gardner
Witnesses
House Moore
Mary Champlin
Kings County may $\frac{24}{}$ June 1773 Before me formally appeared
& above Sufficient Joseph Stanton and $\frac{1}{2}$ acknowledged
the same & forgiving the be his act and deed Stated & True
The above noted was Before me Nathaniel Gardner
Recorded this 16th may
1773 for Joseph Stanton etc
This Indenture made this first day of may in ye fourteenth year
of ye Reign of the most proud Most proud Majesty George the third King etc
of Great Britain etc on behalf Sam Handred & sundry other Between Joseph
Stanton of Charlestown County of Kings County of Kings County of Colley of
Northland Jordan of one part & Henry Gardner of Southking
town in $\frac{1}{2}$ County Essex of the other part Witnesseth that $\frac{1}{2}$ of Joseph
Stanton for $\frac{1}{2}$ Natural Love & affection which he hath & Beaureth unto his son
Mathew Stanton & Henry Stanton Both of $\frac{1}{2}$ Charlestown in parts and for
the Giving of $\frac{1}{2}$ Lands premises & appurtenances to $\frac{1}{2}$ for $\frac{1}{2}$ years and
$\frac{1}{2}$ Money here in offering following and for $\frac{1}{2}$ consideration of $\frac{1}{2}$ sum of
five Shillings lawful money in hand paid and for Divers other good causes
and Considerations him Hereunto moving have granted Revised
satisfied & confirmed and by this present grant forever clear
notify & confirm unto $\frac{1}{2}$ Henry Gardner his heirs & assigns forever
Two certain tracts of Land situated lying in $\frac{1}{2}$ Charlestown
more or less of $\frac{1}{2}$ South contains by estimation precisely Thirty Acres more
or less and is Bounded as follows (viz) Beginning at George
Babcock North West corner lying & yards’ more formerly at the
from here Running South clear down to a stone wall’s’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
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From thence a Straight Line forty feet Northward Bound, the Other Part of Land (contains
By Estimation Seventy four acres more or less) is bound as follows: Firstly only
Country Road Easterly on Joseph Stanton's part more or less and part on a South Line and
the Gold & Westward Boundary Running On a Brook that runs from a Starting point’s
of y^e said Road thence running North West the degrees Part to contrary Road together
with all & Singulary’s to y^e premises appurtenances & conveniences to y^e same belonging
or in any way appertaining
To Have and to hold y^e aforementioned Land
Providence UserRepository to y^e said Henry Gardner his heirs & assigns forever to give
tenants & partners and subject to y^e conditions hereafter following & forever to maintain
our purpose and purpose whether that is to say to tenant & partners part of Joseph
Stanton Stall and save have holding every measure forever That all the parts of some
& profits of y^e said Land & premises during his Natural life and inducing the
Freehold and tenure of y^e said Land & premises to be to y^e said Joseph Stanton
and his assigns for ever save during term of y^e said Joseph Stanton's Natural life Without
Impeachment of for any manner of woman and from after y^e decease of y^e said Joseph
Stanton to y^e said Henry & heirs of y^e said Miller and to y^e said Joseph Stanton his heirs
& assigns forever in commonality and in full Possession together with all the parts of Joseph
Stanton or Henry Stanton Stall and inducing in Natural life of y^e said Joseph
Stanton Without any conveying any part of his body lawfully Be it known that then
and in such case if y^e said Henry Gardner his heirs or assigns shall Die Seised of the said of the
premises aforesaid to y^e said Joseph Stanton during his Natural life and after
After his decease to y^e said by reason of survivors or survivors of y^e said Miller or Henry But
if either of y^e Miller or Henry Die deceased during term of his body lawfully
Be it known that their heirs surviving the said Joseph Stall may and recover in
One moiety or equal part of y^e said Land & premises On the warranty’s to the said
profits thereof and if y^e said Miller & Henry shall together be in Dispossession
According to y^e term of One Year with a full tenure of their body Lawfully fitting
Be it known that if y^e said Henry his heirs or assigns shall Die Seised of y^e premises
& appurtenances of one or more of y^e said Joseph Stanton during his Natural life and after
His decease to y^e said by reason of survivors of Joseph his body Lawfully fitting Together
Stanton shall appear to receive payment to Joseph of his body Lawfully fitting Together the
then after by reason of y^e said Joseph Gardner his heirs or assigns shall
Stand seized of y^e premises for one 2/3 only but limited and Behalf of Joseph
Stanton his heirs & assigns and on default of his body’s legal Capacity
Together two three parts of y^e said Stanton and their assigns forever
Witness Whereof the parties here have put their hand & Seal y^e Day and Year
first above written
Joseph Stanton
Henry Gardner
Notary public
Rose Melville
Mary Champlin
Kings County may y^e 1st of Henry Gardner
1773 formally appeared y^e
above mentioned Instrument before Joseph Stanton and acknowledged
was recorded the 16th of November & foregoing Instrument to this act and
may 1773 per Gov. Hand Hand & Seal before me Nath. L Gardner Justice
The page as recorded
