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Recovery Judgement & Execution had from the same Court the 8th day of December Ellen Hall plt and
be issued for the said Vas’s Lot Piece Parcel or Tract of Land, with the Appurtenances thereunto mentioned
to the only proper Wt. Wright & Richey of the said John Stanton his heirs & assigns forever as judgment
proper. Wt. Wright & Richey of the said John Stanton his heirs & assigns forever, and one other
and absolute Estate in Fee simple to the said John Stanton his heirs & assigns forever, and one other
intent or purpose Wt. Wright whereof the Parties have hereunto set their Hands and Seals the Day
and Year first above written. John Stanton [seal]
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Witness’d for me Din. Underwood, Kings County Judge’s Clerk office 8th day of December [seal]
Powell Home [seal]
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or Parole of Land lying in Charlestown, in said County, One of said Lots a Tract of Land containing Thirty
Acres of Pasture & arable Land, and is bounded Northly upon Samuel Stanton's Land, Northely upon John
Stanton's Land, Northely upon Christopher Robson's Land, & Eastly upon Daniel Canton's Land, the other
Lot, a Parcel of Land lying within pasture of Northland, and is bounded Northely upon Daniel Canal's Land,
Eastly upon Samuel Canton's Land, & Eastly upon Daniel Canton's Land, as his neighbor is, and
Westly upon Samuel Stanton's Land, & Eastly upon Daniel Canton's Land as his neighbor is, and
that the said Thomas Allen junr doth now hereby waive off the deposition which he had then made of his right
and without judgment made to the said John Allen junr. that he then gave forth that he
Dwell’d within the Lands of said Pasture opposite side west, with the Agreement making the Demise of the
and Right, in the time of Peace of our Lord the King, that now is by taking the full Propriety of both,
Value of ten $\text{q}^2$. And into which $\text{q}^2$. And therefore he brings his full $\text{q}^2$. And the said area was named Allen
junr, in the year of our Lord 1709 current date & defends his Right where on said Call the others to warrant John
now of Charlestown aforesaid $\text{q}^2$ Roman, who being summoned here in Court in his own proper person, pleads $\text{q}^2$
the said One Lot, a Tract or Parcel of Land, with their Appurtenances to him with their warranty $\text{q}^2$ and there
upon the said Oswell Collins demands against the said Samuel Stanton by the warranty the aforesaid $\text{q}^2$
two Lots, Tracts or Parcels of Land, with their Appurtenances in form aforesaid and, unless of the fact he
himself was seized in the Demise as of $\text{q}^2$ and Right, in the time of the Demise, in the time of our Lord the King that
now is, by taking the full Propriety here to the Value of $\text{q}^2$. And into which $\text{q}^2$. And therefore he brings his
full $\text{q}^2$. And the said Samuel Canton by the warranty concurs and defends his Right where on said
And further calls the therefore to warrant Adam Stanton of Coventry in the County of Windham, and being
of Connecticut person, who is likewise here in Court by Proxy Robert Allen of Coutuquidun aforesaid, in an Attorney,
and proudly the said $\text{q}^2$ One Lot, a Tract or Parcel of Land, with their Appurtenances to him with their warranty $\text{q}^2$
And whereupon the aforesaid Oswell Collins demands against the said Adam Stanton by warranty as warranted
by the said $\text{q}^2$ One Lot, a Tract or Parcel of Land, with their Appurtenances, in form aforesaid and, unless of the
he himself was seized in the Demise as of $\text{q}^2$ and Right, in the time of the Demise the King that now is, by taking the full Propriety here
there of the Value $\text{q}^2$. And into which $\text{q}^2$. And therefore he brings his full $\text{q}^2$. And the said Adam in his Attorney
Judge Gammons by the warranty defends his right where on $\text{q}^2$. And forth that the said $\text{q}^2$’s then do not
adverse the said Oswell Collins of the said One Lot, a Tract or Parcel of Land, with their Appurtenances $\text{q}^2$
as the said Oswell Collins by the Writ of Scire Facias, observe, aforesaid, and of that not being in
County. And the said Oswell Collins crave however & import & shift $\text{q}^2$ to be adjourned,
the same Oswell returned into the said Court here in the repeated Session, and the aforesaid $\text{q}^2$ Judge
being solemnly called, cannot not be in contempt of the Court departed & made unmarked
$\text{S} \text{T}$ it therefore Considered That the said Oswell receive the Possession and Possession of the
Premises and Appurtenances aforesaid $\text{q}^2$ against the said Thomas Allen junr, with the Appurtenances also
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And that the said Powell thereof have Question. And that the sd Thomas Atwater receive
and have the of the said John Stanton to the Value of 80. And that the said John Stanton have the of the
Adam Stanton to the Value of 80. And that the said Adam Stanton receive of the sd Richard Jolly
to the Value of 80. And that the said Richard be in Many Mercerses the said William Pannington
a Writ of the said to the King take delivered to the Sherif of the County upon it, to cause him to have
full Answer of the Demeanors above and with the Appearance. And it is granted him relieve able,
without delay.
Alternatively to appear upon the Twenty first day of April here with the sd Powell in
his proper Person And the Sherif namely Brown Brown of High Sherif of County, now
certify that he be Notify of the Writ above after to him declared on the Seventeenth day of the same Month
did cause the sd Powell to have full Answer of the Demeanors, Account and Appearance as were
commanded.
Ad Domini Rodman Pannington
It is agreed that the time to be paid to our
and to the King upon the saids of payments after on ? Red One Shilling & Sixpence as the time
in to the Value of One Shilling & Sixpence.
N Read.
Jos. Clarke Gen Treas
H Marchant. Att Gen
Kings County. George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and
Ireland King Defender of the faith etc
To the Sherif of our County of Kings County Greeting
Summon John Stanton of Citizen of Rhode in town of Kings County Jamaica that he appear before our
Superior Court of Judicature Court of Pleas & General Gaol Delivery now sitting in South Kingston
on the County of Kings County the first Monday of April AD 1772 to defend Thomas Brown gen
in the Prosecution of his Bill of Exchange or Writ of Debt in lands situate in Charlestown aforesaid containing Three
Acres, and where the sd Thomas be Leap from the said Sherif and the same Lands & Premises
are demanded by Powell Salmon, as by his Declaration filed in our Court’s files but,
make sure return hereof with your diligence thereon. Witness Stephen Hopkins his Excellency the Govr
this Third Day of the Month of April in the Twelfth Year of our Reign Anno Dom 1772
Summoned John Read
Rodman Pannington
Summoned the sd John Stanton as commanded?
B Brown Sher
Kings County Jamaica George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland
King Defender of the faith etc
To the Sherif of our County of Kings County Greeting
Summon Adam Stanton of County in the County of Washington & Colony of Connecticut Jamaica
that he appear before our Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Pleas & General Gaol Delivery now
sitting in South Kingston in for the County of Kings County the first Monday of April AD 1772
to defend John Stanton in the Prosecution of two bills of Exchange in lands situate in Charlestown aforesaid
containing Twentyone Acres, and where the sd lands are demanded by Powell Salmon as by his Declaration
P.P.D.
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filed in our said Court, will appear, to show the said Adam ought he not definitely by his warranty Conveyance Now of [illegible]
Stephen Hopkins Esqr at South Kingstown, this Third Day of the Term of April in the Twenty Fourth year of our Sovereign Lord
Summoned by Doc 1
[illegible]’s Doc 2
Summoned the sd Adam Carter as commanded D Rodman Petity
[illegible] Brown Sher
Kings County jo George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland
King Defender of the Faith etc
To the Sheriff of our County of Kings County Greeting
S.D.
Summon Richard Folger of South Kingstown in Kings County Laborer, that he appear before an
Superior Court of Judicature County of Kings General Court and General for Delivery now sitting in South Kingstown in
the County of Kings County Court’s Court Term Monday next the Third Day of April 1782 to defend Adam Carter in the
Possession of Two Lots or parts of Land situate in Charlestown aforesaid containing Eighteen Acres
and which the said Adam Carter claims under the said Richard by the warranty And the same James Gurnsey
are demanded by said Carter, as by the Declaration filed in our said Court this Third Day of
Stephen Hopkins Esqr at South Kingstown, this Third Day of the Term of April in the Twenty Fourth year of
our Reign Anno Dom 1782
by S.D.’s Doc 1
Summoned the sd Richard Folger D Rodman Petity
[illegible] Brown Sher
Kings County jo George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland
King Defender of the Faith etc
To the Sheriff of our County of Kings County Greeting
S.D.
Whereas Samuel Folger of South Kingstown in our County of Kings & County Court of the Superior
Court of Judicature County of Kings General Court and Delivery begun at South Kingstown within the
County of the Kings County Court’s Court in the first Monday of April Anno Dom 1782, obtained by the Convocation of the
same Court Judgment to recover of Isaac the Possession of one certain Lot containing 24 Pieces of Land etc
of 7 Acres containing Thirty Acres of pasture & Arable Land, and is bounded Northerly by some Carter’s Land
of 7 Acres containing Thirty Acres of pasture & Arable Land, Northerly by some Carter’s Land, Northerly by Christopher Roberts’s Land, Easterly by
Daniel Carter’s Southern Lot or Part of Land containing Nineteen Acres of Wood Land, and is bounded
Northerly upon Samuel Carter’s Boundary, Northerly upon Samuel Carter’s Boundary Easterly upon Daniel Carter’s
of Thomas Allen jun’r as by the Record of the said Court’s Court
We command you therefore that you put out of and remove the sd Thomas Allen jun’r out of the
Possession of the Premises, upon sd Word that you put in the said Powell Holme in the said Premises
Possession thereof, And make return of the Writ with some witness immediately Just as it is
not Witness Stephen Hopkins Esqr at South Kingstown in the Court Kingstown this Third Day of April in the Twenty
Year of our Reign Anno Dom 1782
D Rodman Petity
Kings County jo April 28 1782 By Virtue of this Prest I removed
the sd Thomas Allen jun’r out of the Possession of the Lands
& Premises, & delivered the same to Powell Holme as
commanded [illegible] Brown Sher