The instrument's own words
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All and Singular Sarah Congdon Wife to the ye 3d John Congdon Doth for the Consideration aforesaid by these
presents give and yield up unto the ye 3d George H Wickham his Heirs & Assigns all any
Right of Power or power of choice of that piece of the above Bargained Premises for 12 Shillings
whereof the said 3d John Congdon and Sarah his Wife have here unto set their Hands & Seals
the 13th Day of April A. D. 1776—
John Congdon [seal]
Sarah Congdon [seal]
Sealed & delivered in presence of
Jno Congdon
Jos Congdon 3d
in Kings County
the 15th A. D 1776—
Personally appearing before the Subscriber to wit John Congdon do acknowledge and
declarely of their own free will the Subscriber to wit his Act and Deed hand and seal there unto
the within Instrument to be his Act and Deed hand and seal thereunto affixed before
off me before me
Poly Cross Justice peace
the 15th A. D 1776—
Personally Appearing before me in Kings County May the 15th A. D 1776
John Congdon
appeared and declared and acknowledged to the Instrument to wit he acknowledged that the within
Instrument to be his Act and Deed hand & Seal there to affixed as before
witnessed Instrument to be his Act and Deed hand & Seal there to affixed as before
Poly Cross Justice peace
The foregoing Deed was recorded and compared
the Courthous Day of May A. D 1776 by [illegible] Constant—
To all People to whom these presents come Greeting, Know ye that
we Benjamin Evin of Charlestown, in the County of Kent & Oliver & Olney aforesaid, Yeoman, on
this 14th day of Nov. 1776 for and in Consideration of 10 Pounds and sterling, and other good and valuable
and bear to be our one and only true Heirs of our Consideration, full and sufficient, for the Consideration aforesaid
love and affection aforesaid given grant convey and confirm unto him the land situated in the town of
Kent in the County of Kent in the said State of Rhode Island and Provs. being and lying in said
Charlestown the One containing about Seven Acres and a half consisting of a piece of land on
James Parler's Lands and nearby on a Parcel of Lands called the [illegible] on William [illegible]
his Wife's Lands nearby on [illegible] [illegible] and on a piece of land called the [illegible]
containing about [illegible] [illegible] on William [illegible] and on a piece of land nearby on
Richard's Lands nearby on [illegible] on [illegible] on [illegible] on Robert Congdon's Lands and
Westly on the said land, including a small Pond, and a wall of land, being the whole of
the land given the said Mary Evin, by her father the late Thomas Evin in the last will
To have and to hold the said grant and bargained and conveyed premises and
all the Appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any appurtenance whatsoever to the said
Thomas Evin, the Love and Affection forever, And that the we named forever
Love and Affection shall and may forever have other by fire and other of the
Devents, tangible, peaceable and quieter, have, hold, use, enjoy security and profit the premises
In Witness whereof the said Benjamin Evin and Mary Evin [illegible]
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have hereunto set our Hands and Seals the twenty Eighth Day of November in the Year of the Age of the
Digan of George the Third King of Great Britain and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Seventy four.
[Signed] Benj: Lovell, [Seal]
[Signed] Sam: Lovell. [Seal]
This Indent delivered
in presence of
Hannah La M[illegible]
Simon [illegible]
The fore going Deed was
recorded the 24th day of May 1777
by James Condell R. T. Clerk
Kingz County ye Venerably are Benjamin Lovell, and Mary
[illegible]
haveen appeared to the before written Deed the One and the other’s
and did acknowledge the same to be their Act and Deed
their Hands and Seals thereunto affixed above to be.
[Signed] Simon Condell Clerk of the Court
To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greeting whereas one David Gidley inhabitant of the
Courts of Kingz County in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Planting Know ye that I the said
David
Gidley for and in Consideration of the Sum of Fifty Dollars in Hand paid before Certain Witnesses
and hereby paid by me Benj: Simon Condell one of the Clerk of Celebrations in the Court and County above to
whomsoever the right belongs I do hereby acknowledge and make and confirm by these presents full and complete
and absolute
have received, released and forever quitclaimed and relinquished and by these presents do completely, fully,
and forever quitclaim and extinguish with the said Benjamin Condell and his heirs forever in the actual possession and
seisin now his being, and to his Heirs and Assigns forever all my Right Title Interest Claim
Challenge or Demand in what however I now have, or ever had right or ought to have in any such certain
portion of Land lying and being in Providence plantation containing by Estimation
One Acre and One Quarter part bounded and abutted on the north by measure along the land, and
on the South by [illegible] land, and bounded and patterned by the Name of a [illegible] & [illegible] and [illegible]
and [illegible] to the said land in the rightful Deed
To have and to hold the said remise and released Premises with and the Privileges and
Appurtenances to the same belonging unto the same in any way whatsoever unto him the said Benjamin and his
Heirs and Assigns for his Heirs and Assigns forever to be his and his heirs their proper Use of [illegible] and [illegible] for
ever that neither I the said David Gidley nor my Heirs Descendants or Administrators or Execu
tors Assigns for me or hereunto heirs shall or have any claim pleasure or demand any
Right Title or Interest in or with the hereby released Common, or any part or Parcel out
of it but shall and will be forever barred by fine and writ of the above Covenant sealed and
delivered by these Presents Furthermore I Elizabeth White wife to the above said David
do bind myself for the Consideration above mentioned, to yield up all my Right of Dower or claim of
Title in the above said Premises To the said whereas have hereunto set our Hands
and Seals the 23 Day of April in the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the
[illegible]
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of Witness
the above instrument was done
above signing & sealing
John Rice [illegible]
Judge Taylor
Kingz County for
Northfield April A.D. 1766
[Signed] David Gidley [Seal]
[Signed] Elizabeth White [Seal]
Appeared regard the within Instrument be his
[illegible] and his Deed Seal &
Before Joseph Crandall Just Clrk
[Signed] Simon Condell R. T. Clerk
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