3/17/1780 · AGREEMENT · book 3 page 310 doc 12974

310 Articles of Agreement mutually entered into by and between Jonathan Macomber of Charlestown,county, Conanicut, and Obadiah Hall of Westerly, Yeoman’s Whereas the said Macomber has purchased one certain Lot of Land, lying in said Charlestown containing four Acres of Land, lying in the great Swamp known by the Name of Mott’s Island, and said Macomber and said Hall have agreed that the above said Land shall be titled and bounded as follows; Beginning at a Stone Stake Standing in the West part of Westerly Pond, thence West two Degrees North, three Chains to a Stake then North two Degrees West four Chains and fifty perches Line to a Stake, thence East six Degrees North two Degrees West four Chains and fifty perches Line to a Stake, thence to the first mentioned Bounds. To have and to hold said both Chains to a Stake, thence to the first mentioned Bounds. To have and to hold said Land bordering all round on said Mott’s Island, and is the Land that said Hall sold to one West of Something in Conanicut Island; And we the said Macomber and said Hall settle upon the above Bounds, and bind ourselves, our Heirs and Assigns forever to abide by these Bounds as above described And in further Confirmation of the above We have set our Seals and affixed our Seals this 18 day of December Ad 1779 Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of Obadiah Hall Jonathan Macomber L.S. Witness Rhodes Hall Recorded March 17 1782 James Congdon, C.C. Clerk South Kingstown, Nov y 11 1779. This record of Ben Candall, the Sum of fifty five Shillings from following, for some debts inside of the within Account and all other Accounts and all Log payments of Costs and all losses and in part of a within Sum, dated December the 26 1777 by certain Storm, the Loss from the said Candall to the said Ezekiel Gardner, and in just full demands, that said Same or others forever agree to a Discharge given by the said Ben Candall to Conanicut and’s’ [illegible] given by the said Ben Candall to the said Ezekiel Gardner and is yet unsettled and a number of sticks of Hand which is not’s’ [illegible] but gotten in just form And the said Gardner is to take the Money due in the Storehouse, and on the 1st of May at any time within one Year, without any Faults, of the said Candall will bring on the Attorney and pay me within said time, as Witness my Hand. Ezekiel Gardner Witness Ben Gardner The for going Agreement are recorded April 18 1780 John Sheldon James Congdon, C.C. Clerk Know all Men by these presents that I Ezekiel Gardner, res iding in Charlestown, in King’s County, and in the State of Rhode Island, Yeoman, Private Person, Yeoman, am sell and lend, to Obadiah Lewis of said County Clerk after upon his or his written Attorney in his Place, Executor & Administrator strictly, in the full and just sum of four hundred pounds lawful Money, I bind myself, my Heirs, Executors & Administrators strictly, boundly by this Bond Sealed with my Seal, and Dated this Second Day of February Ad 1780 The Condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas the aforesaid Obadiah Lewis, made a Quit Claim Deed bearing same Date with this present Bond, to the above said Ezekiel Gardner for the Consideration of Three Hundred Dollars, and’s’ [illegible]