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Demands of any Person or Persons whatsoever, Forever to warrant and defend secure and upheld by my
Present, unto him the said Joshua Wingon, his Heirs and Assigns Forever. In Witness
whereof the said Ephraim Hall has set my Hand and Seal, this twelfth day of December in the
Twentieth Year of the Age of my Augst Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third, King of
Great Britain &c. and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred forty four
Signed sealed & delivered Ephraim Hall L.S.
in presence of
James Ladd
Wm Bopeet
The foregoing Deed was
recorded the 8th March 1775 by his humble Servant Augst Congo the Cl.
By James Congdon the Cl.
Kent County—Courtly [illegible] Personally appeared the above
Exhibitor Ephraim Hall, and acknowledged the above written
Deed, by him submitted to be his voluntary Act and Deed this
20th Day of February AD 1775 in the 21st Year of the Reign of
his august Majesty Augst Congo the Cl.
Before me Jon. Hazard Justice
Know all Men by these Presents That the Devise That Daniel Hubbard of Ketton in the County
of Suffolk in the Province of Massachusets bay, Merchant, the within named Assignee for and
in Consideration of the Sum of One hundred & ninety four pounds lawful Money, and me by
Conveyance Forward Hubbard & Merchant in the County of Newport in Province Rhode Island,
the Receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge. Hall granted, assigned & given over, and by these
presents grant assign and forever give and lease unto the said George Forward his Heirs & Assigns All the
within mentioned Mortgage, and at my Cost & Charge to the said & the Heirs and Assigns there in present
and described. And I do hereby further grant quiet enjoyance & Tenure unto the said George Forward
all & every the Sum in Money of Money due, or that may become due as mortgaged in the said
Mortgage, and my Right and Title to the same, to hold the same to the use of the said
George Forward Beckham, his Heirs & Assigns forever. And Now Therefore after said
Daniel Hubbard has executed this Indenturement of all right of Tenure or Power of Hands in the
said mortgaged premises, he hath presents for his Hand & Seal, with the said Daniel the Indenture
Day of February, in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of George the Third, and in the Year one
Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Five.
Signed sealed & delivered Dan Hubbard L.S.
in presence of Mary Hubbard L.S.
Elizabeth Kingof
Moses Draper. Newport
Province of Rhode Island
Right Hon. Lord [illegible]
the above Assignment, was recorded
the Eighth Day of March 1775.
By James Congdon the R. I. Clerk
[illegible] Feb 20th 1775 Then personally appearing
the Instrument to be his free Act
and Deed.
Before me Tom Quincy Justr.