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To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greeting: Know ye that
James Ladd of Charlestown, in Kings County and Colony of Rhode Island & Providence, have for & in
Consideration of the Sum of Fifty Five Pounds sterling well & truly
paid before the Executing witness by Samuel Wingon, of the own County and Colony upon
a Receipt whereof hereby acknowledge moreover that I, stipulated, covenanted and bound
and of then and of every part and parcel thereof to hereby convey, acquit and discharge the
said Samuel Wingon forever, by these presents, have granted, gifted, sold, aliened, enfeoffed & conveyed
and confirmed, and by these presents do remise, release and forever give, bargain sell
and alien, grant, convey and confirm unto the said Samuel Wingon his heirs, services and
Assigns forever, One certain Lot of Land, situate in Charlestown aforesaid, bordering on the
West on Ben Low, be the same more or less, bounded on the Northward on the Road leading at the North
to the South East corner of the premises, then thence by a boundary to Nathan Lake's Land to a stake
which is between Zacharias White's North East Corner then Southward by said fence to Zacharias
Ladd's East Lot, bounded East by said Lot and then South to said Land, thence by said fence to
to the first mentioned boundary.
To have and to hold the said Land with all the Appurtenances, Privileges and Commodities
to the same belonging or in any way appertaining unto the said Samuel Wingon his heirs &
Assigns forever, to his and their own proper Use the Right of Way and helper forever. and the said fence
laid at the Time of the Granting of the premises, are the same line and survey Course of the
before bargained Conveyed and confirmed Land and fully seized and possessed of the same in mine own person
Right, as a good and rightful and absolute and undoubted Inhabitant in the said Lot, and have in most
good Right, full power and lawful Authority to sell and dispose of the same in the Manner aforesaid
and that the said Samuel Wingon his heirs and Assigns, shall and may forever
henceforth by force and Virtue of these presents, quietly, safely and securely have the same free
and clear of and from all Manner of cumbersome whatever
Furthermore the I, said James Ladd, do myself, my Heirs, Executors, Admins and Assigns
doth covenant and engage all the before bargained Premises unto the said Samuel
Wingon, his Heirs and Assigns, against the lawful Claims and Demands of any Person or
persons whatsoever to warrant secure and defend by the aforesaid. And May
God bless the Mother of the said James Ladd the aforesaid on the Right of Dowry and
Funds of above premises to the said Samuel Wingon on his heirs and Assigns forever.
In Witness whereof they have set their Hands and Seals, this Twenty Eighth Day of March in the
Eighteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign George the Third King of Great Britain &c. A.D. 1775.
Signed Sealed & delivered
in presence of
Kinnon Larkin King's County Jo.
John Ladd jun.
James Ladd Seal
Mary J Ladd Seal
And on the Eighth day of April
The foregoing Deed was personally came James Ladd Signor to the above written Deed
recorded the 18th April 1775 and acknowledged the same to be his voluntary Act & Deed, with his
By James Congdon the Reg. Clerk Hand & Seal before this office before me.
Simon Derry Just of the Com. Pleas.
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