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11/16/1787 · DEED · book 3 page 532 doc 13154

From CONGDON REBECCA life, CONGDON REBECCA ADMINISTRATRIX life, CONGDON WILLIAM ESTATE life
To CROSS SAMUEL life
Consideration One thousand five Hundred and seventy five Spanish milled silver Dollars
Premises forty acres · tract of land in Charlestown (Charlestown, Rhode Island)

Back — where this land came from

probate William Gordon
“her said Husband had left her a little Considerable Real Estate”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
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heir William Congdon
“land that hath descended to her from her father William Congdon”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
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Forward — where this land went

The grantee's later conveyances, by name — the man, not necessarily this land; the one that cites this deed as its source is the land

▶ 1800 · MORTGAGE · CROSS SAMUEL → STANTON ROBERT · book 4 p 268
▶ 1800 · MORTGAGE · CROSS SAMUEL → BROWNING CHRISTOPHER · book 4 p 269
▶ 1800 · DEED · CROSS ELIZABETH; CROSS SAMUEL → CHURCH ASA · book 4 p 271
▶ 1803 · MORTGAGE · CROSS SAMUEL → WILLCOX EDWARD · book 4 p 390
▶ 1803 · MORTGAGE · CROSS SAMUEL → WILLCOX EDWARD · book 4 p 394
▶ 1803 · DEED · CROSS ELIZABETH; CROSS SAMUEL → WILLCOX EDWARD · book 4 p 395
▶ 1825 · DEED · CLARKE RUTH; BROWNING CHRISTOPHER; TUCKER DORCAS; TUCKER SIMEON; TUCKE → CROSS JOHN · book 6 p 95

Bounded by

Ephraim Browning

The instrument's own words

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of the same and that the said Joseph Davis his heirs and assigns shall have may from time to time at all times for five years hereafter by virtue of the pre- sents Lawfully peaceably and quietly hold use possess and buy the same freely and clearly from all manner of claim or on other part the same bargains sales grants tenures doweries or numerations unto him the said grants bargains sales grants tenures doweries or numerations unto him the said Joseph Davis his heirs and assigns for ever furthermore I the said Jonathan Joseph Davis his heirs and assigns for ever by [illegible] the same covenant to warrant secure and defend the above said bargain premises unto the said Joseph Davis his heirs and Assigns for ever by these presents in Witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal this twenty first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty Seven Signed Sealed and Delivered Jon Hazard (seal) In presence of Griffin Hazard Susannah Hazard Patience Hazard wife of the said Jonathan Hazard the above Mentioned and Signer of the above deed both for and in Consideration above mentioned this day and year above written quit claim all her Right of Deliver and power of thirds in and unto all the lands conveyed in the above and before written deed unto the before said Joseph Davis his heirs and Assigns for ever In Witness whereof I shall have done unto set my Hand and Seal In presence of Griffin Hazard Susannah Hazard Patience Hazard seal [illegible] Washington & Charlestown October the 26th 1787 this [illegible] recorded personally appeared Jonathan Hazard and Signer of the [illegible] day of November the above Deed and acknowledged the above and before [illegible] going Deed as by him signed to be his voluntary act and [illegible] set his hand and Seal there to affixed before Hos Hosper [illegible] Justice of Peace To all People, to whom these presents come known that whereas Rebecca Gordon of Charlestown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island Province and Colony namely to the late lawful State of her late Husband William Gordon late of Charlestown aforesaid June found a petition to the Honorable General Assembly of said State of Rhode Island Province and Colony the first day of March Ad 1783 representing that her said Husband had left her a little Considerable Real Estate under a Mortgage and much involved in debt praying said Assembly to empower her to sell much of said Estate
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Estate as belonged to him Son Thomas and Daughter Sarah who are Minors and the Said Assembly granted the Said Petition (save one part of two lines map) empowering said Admin Stratrix to sell and make a deed or Deed of the same under the care and Direction of the Town Council of said Charlestown which Petition with the Act of the Assembly thereon is recorded in the Town Clerks Office of said Charlestown reference being made to Documents there within fully appear, and the said Rebecca Congdon in formed the Town Council and the Town zat that she had agreed to dispose of the same to Council not and the Town of the same, and deputed the said Rebecca Congdon to make. and execute a deed of the same accordingly, as may fully appear, by the records of sd Town Council held the first Monday in April 1788 Now know ye that the said Rebecca Congdon as Admin Stratrix as afore said and in Consideration of the Sum of one Hundred five as afore son and in Consideration of the Sum of one Hundred five Hundred and seventy June pounds and 11 Silver Dollars to her in Hand well and truly paid by Samuel Cross of said Charlestown resident well and truly paid by Samuel Cross of said Charlestown resident the Receipt whereof the sd Rebecca Congdon doth hereby acknowledge that she is thereby with fully satisfied contented and paid; and therefore and of Every Part than of sd acres’s receipt and discharge the said Samuel Every Part than of sd acres’s receipt and discharge the said Samuel Cross his Heirs Executors and admin strators. Have given granted Cross his Heirs Executors and admin strators. Have given granted bargained said land unoffered convey and confirmed and by this present bargained said land unoffered convey and confirmed and by this present do give grant bargain convey bargain convey and confirm unto the said do give grant bargain convey bargain convey and confirm unto the said said Samuel Cross his Heirs and Assigns forever all the right Title and said Samuel Cross his Heirs and Assigns forever all the right Title and Interest which her said son Thomas Congdon, and her said Daughter Interest which her said son Thomas Congdon, and her said Daughter Interest which her said son Thomas Congdon, and her said Daughter Sarah Congdon hath or heretofore ought or ought to have in the real Sarah Congdon hath or heretofore ought or ought to have in the real being and being in Charlestown Estate of this sd Stratrix situate being and being in Charlestown Estate of this sd Stratrix situate being and being in Charlestown Estate of this sd Stratrix situate being and being in 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534 bargained premises, with the Priviledges and appurtenances to the Same belonging unto him, the said Samuel Cross his Heirs and Assigns forever to his and theirs only proper use Benefit and behoof forever, And Furthermore the said Rebecca Congdon doth for the Consideration afore mentioned yield up and surrender unto the said Samuel Cross his Heirs and Assigns forever all her right of Dower and Dowser of Tenure of in and over the above described Premises that is to say in all the Right of the said Lot ceded to the said Thomas and Sarah and hereby conveys In Witness whereof the said Rebecca Congdon hath hereunto set her Hand and seal as Administratrix as aforesaid and likewise in her own Name this Eleventh Day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred and Eighty three And in the Seventh year of American Independence Signed sealed and Delivered presently of Mary Congdon James Congdon Jr Washington R. At Charlestown the 11th of April 1783 We the foregoing Justices of the Peace do hereby certify that Rebecca Congdon signed to the above instrument recorded this day of May 1787 we acknowledge the same to be true voluntarily acting and 1787 by Chas. f. judge. Clerk Dated with her Hand and Seal thereto affixed before me James Congdon Jp at Peace To all People to whom these presents shall come I June Card of Charls town in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island Spinster doth for and concerning her Consideration of the Sum of one Hundred and Fifty five dollars paid to me in hand paid by Samuel Cross of the said Town and County and State before said the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge admitting the same to be true with full power contained and appertained have granted bargained and Sold and to the said party purcha singer all that certain piece of land and Common lands from the said Samuel Cross by him and his heirs and assigns for ever a certain tract of land in Rhode Island lying and being in Charlestown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island containing by Estimation forty acres be the Same more or less and it be ded and bounded as followeth viz beginning at the Northwesterly of the said Samuel Cross's lot easterly on Ephraim Brown's southerly on the said Samuel Cross and westerly on Deetes a root brook that being all the land that hath descended to her from her father William Congdon late of Charlestown decd To Have and to Hold the said granted and bargained premises

The page as recorded

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