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Know and Agreed shall and may forever hire after, at all times, by force and virtue hereof,
prevent have, hold, use, enjoy safely and enjoy the same, with the appurtenances thereunto,
fresh and clearly acquitted, and discharged of and from all Manner of forever and other Encumbrances
What Name or Nature whatsoever. Furthermore the said Nathan Tucker for himself, his Heirs
What Name or Nature whatsoever. Furthermore the said Nathan Tucker for himself, his Heirs
General and Assigns doth covenant and agree with the said bargained Grantee, with the Heirs
General and Assigns likewise with the said Vendor Tucker for himself, forever to warrant more or less,
Claim, Charge or Demand of some Person or Persons whatsoever from all manner of suits
And further Tucker with the said Vendor Nathan Tucker for the Consideration of five £ only
price and nature any void and forever all the Right of Tenure and Power of Title of and unto
with the said bargained Grantee namely unto the said Vendor Tucker and his Heirs forever
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In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands and Seals and that the Eighth Day of March
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six of the reign of George the third King of Great Britain 1776
Signed, sealed and delivered
in presence of
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Charles town, March 8th 1776. Nathan Tucker
Dorcas Tucker
The above given Deed was lawfully appear'd Nathan Tucker & Dorcas the Mrs and acknowledged to be
was recorded in Chart [illegible] upon instrument by them appos'd to be their voluntary act and deed
12th 1776 [illegible]
by [illegible] Cong 1788 12.
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To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greeting. Know
Ye that I Edmund Vendor Tucker of Charlestown, in the county of Kings County in the Province of
of Rhode Island & Charter, in the Colony for and in consideration of the Sum of fifty Pounds lawful Money of the
Colony above paid to me in hand before the making over hereof both fully and truly paid by Jonathan Perry of
[illegible] in the County above said & County of Rhode Island in the County General, the Governor elected whereby
acknowledge, amply invested, fully satisfied and truly paid me and every other Pound lawful Money to be fully
quorate, acquit, and discharge the said Jonathan Perry the said Vendor, his Heirs General, assigns forever fully
presently MOVE give, grant, bargained assured, conveyed and confirmed, by this Indenture fully
fully and absolutely give, grant, sell and convey unto the said Jonathan Perry, his Heirs General forever
due within all of such Land containing One Acre both with and without Case Core and Wood adjoining and bordering to the
more or less, Whole being bounded on the East by the [illegible] boundary of [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
North westerly the East West Path, Entirely by [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] belonging unto Nathan Tucker, whose
a Lot of such Land that was given to the said George Salt. It being a Lot of such Land whose line
to the East Part East by the last Will & Testament of the deceased Father of Sam Smith which was once
divided and instructed to the said Salt East & numbered Seven in the Order of the some the Father One
the said inscribed by Nathan Perry the 4th and 7th Day by the Agreement of John Salt,
the said Nathan Salt & George Salt no reference to Disput will more surely agree.
To have and to hold the said granted & bargained Demise with the appurtenances
belonging unto him the said Jonathan Perry the said Vendor & his Heirs forever fully
only proper Buying and be half parcel. And I the said Edmund Tucker further for my part over my
by enter Admoni: do covenant, grant and agree to wed with the said Jonathan Perry the
and before until the traversing hereof that I am the True & Lawful Owner of all other
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