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Administrators shall by the Twenty fifth Day of next March coming the Date having expired
sum of One Thousand and Sixty four pounds seven mill & seven Dollars, as above prescribed to the above named
Anne Brown alone for her share and Negroes from their Due share shall be void, and of none Effect, though
it remain in full force and Virtue. In Witness whereof
and the said Elisha Clarke have hereunto set my hand,
and Seal this 24 Day of February, in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred & eighty five.
[Signature] [Signature]
Witnessed before signing & sealing
Before signing the Note the above $\text{x}$ & $\text{x}$ stone
drawing as Race and Negroes, understand the above
Due
Elisha Clarke. LS
Signed sealed & delivered in King's County, March 5, A.D. 1785 +
in the presence of
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[Signature]
Abraham drawing
The foregoing Deed was recorded the 18th Day of April 1785 by James English Clerk of the
The Executor Elisha Clarke voluntarily attended, and acknowledged
above Deed to be his own will and Deed’s’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
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give, grant, bargain sell, assign full seisin and enfeoff & confirm, to the said Gideon Theory his Heirs and Assigns
forever, all the Right Title Estate Interest Property, Claim and Demand which the said Robert Utter had to the
aforesaid Tenement at the time of his making and executing the Deed now voided and also all the
Right Title Estate Property Claim and Demand which we as Assignees as far as possible we
ought to have in or over the said Tenement. In Witness whereof we the said Elijah Emmanuel and
Isaiah have here unto set our hands and seals the Eighth Day of August 1783.
Silas Gardner King's County S[ign]ed August 12 1783. Philip Clegg (S)
Eber Sherman Man. Capy (S)
The above given Deed
of the original Deed
witnessed the 8th of August
By James Congdon Clrk.
appeared the within named
Elijah Emmanuel Call and Isaiah Call and Josiah Brown jun[ior] on the 3rd
of September jun[ior] before me Eber Sherman One of the Justices of the Peace
and acknowledged to the within Instrument to be their Act & Deed
Hand & Seal
Eber Sherman
To all People to whom these presents shall come Eber Crandall of Col[on]y of Rhode Island within the County of
King's County and Colony of Rhode Island of the town of Smithfield Gen[t] Greeting Whereas by the said Eber Crandall
to me and in consideration of the sum of £50 [five pounds] of lawful Money of the Colony of Rhode Island to me
by Said Owner of the sum aforementioned and whereas the aforesaid Eber Crandall has’t’ to be duly acknowledged
and by myself witnessed fully justified contracted and entered and paid money received and favors granted and’t’
Enfeoff to demise release relinquish and forever quitclaim and confirm unto the said Eber Crandall and to the said
Assigns forever, all that Right Title Estate Interest Property Claim and Demand have over but a single
lot of land and a house out in the West Side of the said Town of Smithfield lying in the County of Providence Colony
By Estimation Eighty poles to the line near more or less By East in the North and bounded by
Education Eight poles to the line near more or less By East in the North and bounded by
James Congdon’s Land Entirely within the present Water Course known as John Colton’s with the east side of
Vista, similarly or Close and inadequate to the space of Land To have and to hold the said land with appurtenances
Tenements with every Act and Deed Instrument from the said Eber Crandall his Heirs and Assigns forever, be it
upon any Deed or Deeds and Rights thereof prove, that I notice the said Eber Crandall on my own account and Promise
me any the others to me or them shall or will at any time hereafter claim challenge or demand any
Right Title Estate Property Claim or Demand of the same or any Part thereof’t’
Shall be lawfully extinguished and proved desired by Steph[en] Coffin’s Witness and’t’ Evidence have
my Hand and Seal this Eighth day of April and in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred seventy four
Kings County R.I.
Signed sealed & delivered
in the presence of
Silas Robinson
John D. Tenray
The above Deed was recorded the
10th day of April 1774
By James Congdon Clrk.
Eber Crandall (S)
King's County S[ign]ed this Eighth Day of April
1774 in his proper Domain came and appeared the above Underwriter
and acknowledged to the within and above Said Deed to be his
voluntary Act and Deed Hand & Seal
Depon Steph. Robinson Justice of the Court of Col[on]y
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