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9/24/1781 · DEED · book 3 page 536 doc 13156

From HOXSIE THOMAS life, HOXSIE MARY life
To HOXSIE BENJA JR
Consideration light Silver Dollars
Premises half acre · triangle shaped land in Much Wet Meadow (Benjy Town, Much Wet Meadow)

Back — where this land came from

unknown Nathan Toff and his children
“declared that he bought of Nathan Toff and his children”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma

The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1776 · DEED · HOXSIE MARY; HOXSIE BENJAMIN → HOXSIE THOMAS · book 3 p 227
◀ 1773 · DEED · SHEFFIELD NATHANIEL; TEFFT NATHAN; TEFFT ISABEL; SHEFFIELD REBECCA → HOXSIE MARY · book 3 p 112
◀ 1781 · AGREEMENT · HOXSIE THOMAS; SHEFFIELD NATHANIEL; CONGDON ROBERT; SHEFFIELD THOS → SHEFFIELD THOS; CONGDON ROBERT; SHEFFIELD NATHANIEL; HOXSIE THOMAS · book 3 p 334

Forward — where this land went

⛔ The record we hold stops here: no later instrument we have read cites this one, and no later conveyance by the grantee is linked by name. Colonial deeds rarely cite book and page; the land is followed by its bounds and its abutters from here. The index is complete to 1987, so the gap is in the words: deeds of this era seldom cite book and page, and only about half the instruments of 1936-1965 have been transcribed (some 6,000 were never imaged), so a citation to this deed may sit in a page not yet read.

Bounded by

Christopher Babcocks

The instrument's own words

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Know All Men by these presents that I Thomas Hosee for me and the consideration of eight silver Dollars well and sufficiently paid and by Benjy Hosee Jr. of Rhode Island town agister before the twenty third day of november do covenant agree and publish that Said Benjy Hosee Jr. in failing those of the covenants agree and discharging the Said Benjy Hosee Jr. by his Presence and authority for ever by these presents have given granted bargained sold aliened conveyed and confirmed and by these presents bargained sold aliened conveyed and confirmed unto the Said Benjy Hosee Jr. with his Heirs and assigns for ever a certain tract of land in part of said State lying and being in Benjy Town containing as half acre the same more or less bounded and limited as follows namely beginning at the one of the stone wall that runs from Cove [illegible] to the other side mentioned and is the dividing line between Benjy Hosee [illegible] and Said Thomas Hosee declared that he bought of Nathan Toff and his children the Westward wall as the wall runs to a small rock Stone lying in the southwest part thence by this line and with leaves to the granters land thence on the contour line thence by this line and with leaves to the form of the triangle grantees to the first mentioned bounds and land lying in the form of a triangle bounds & borders Northerly on the granite Westerly on Said pod and Southerly on the granite being part of the neighboring meadows called by name in the neighborhood Much Wet Meadow and to hold the said parcels and bargained premises with all the appurtenances privileges and commodities to the said Benjy Hosee and his heirs appurtenances appurtenances privileges and commodities to the said Benjy Hosee and his Heirs for ever to occupy to him the said Benjy Hosee & his Heirs for benefit and behoof for ever and of the said tract of land properly for me my Heirs Executors and as Thomas's descendants agree Thomas Hosee for me my Heirs Executors and as Thomas's descendants agree grant and convey the land with the said Benjy Hosee and his Heirs and assigns and before the sealing these parts of it and beautifully signed and published witness of the above bargained premises and as beautifully signed and published witness of the above bargained premises and as fully as all the Estate of my knowledge or over right as a good perfect or all full power of me but further do limit and i have and am about good right said bargained premises to grant bargain sell convey and confirm the said bargained premises to a grant bargain sell convey and confirm the said Benjy Hosee Jr. with his Heirs forever or others that may and from time to time and at all times forever and others that may and from time to time and at all times forever and after by force and virtue of this present deed fully peaceably and quietly have held nuts accept possess and enjoy the said premises and quietly have held nuts accept possess and enjoy the said premises and bargained premises with all the appurtenances free and clear and free of any clearly equited together with all the way water rivers water courses ponds of [illegible] and discharges and from all manner of claims or demands others Benjy Bargains said lakes Montages will entirely containers Donner's boundaries & boundary by remembrance of what None or Nature forever that might in any measure of on degree of effect or make void this present Deed further more i the said Thomas Hosee for my self my Heirs Executors and Assigns to covenant and engage the above land premises to him the said Benjy Hosee and his Heirs & Assigns against the lawful claims or demands of any person or persons Whatsoever for ever to remain secure and defend by these presents and further more I
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557 Mary Hoopey wife to the above Thomas Hoopey for the consideration above to sell all my right of dower and power of thirds in the above bargained premises in Witness whereof we have here unto Set our Hands and Seals this 24 day of September 1781) Thos Hoopey (seal) Mary Hoopey (seal) Gideon Hoopey Mary G Green Amie Hoopey Washington Co personally appeared ye above Subscriber to this Instrument acknowledged as true to be his voluntary act and Deed hand and seal before me Jos Stanton H Effector Sant This Indenture made the 14 day of November in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Seven between John Browning Former Officer Clarke weaver and his Wife Anne some Henry Read Husbandman and his Wife Lydia Timothy Clarke Weaver all of Charlestown in the County of Kent Rhode Island and State of Rhode Island of the one part and William Clarke of the same Charlestown Town Former Yeoman of the other part Witnesseth that the said John Browning Oliver Clarke and ye one by whose Wife Thomas Read and his Wife Anne Browning Oliver Clarke and ye Wife Lydia for in Consideration of the His wife and Timothy Clarke the said William Clarke have paid to them Sum of thirteen pounds four shillings lawful bill of bank note in hand paid by the said William Clarke at the office for the executing the deed the Receipt whereof they do hereby Acknowledge and of the same both agreeing to William Clarke be His and afters by his heirs forever discharge the said For their good Causes and for their better present and for their there events especially moving Both granted Released Relieved and for them there events especially moving Both granted Released Relieved and for ever Untransferred and Confirmed and by these presents Grant Release forever Detransferred and Confirm unto the said William Clarke Release and forever Detransferred and Confirm unto the said William Clarke on his actual possession and tenure now being certain Messuage tenement on tract or parcell of Land situate lying and being in Charlestown’s Containing one acre and a half with one half of a dwelling house and an outhouse hanging way the large stone Heap Bound Eastly by a through a Heap of the said Land and House Heap Bound Westly by High way bounded by the south Clarke's Land Westly by Highway Northly by the south William Clarke Oliver Clarke and his wife land and Northly to an ended field Land together with all the rights and liberties the improvements enclosed fields and together with all the right Water and Water Course and all might forest woods timber and trees lying on it high appurtenances privileges and appurtenances there unto belonging or in any way belong to all the use and the messuages and tenements Issues and profits thereof of all the estate Right the Determination of the said Property Clear and Unencumbered what peace of them the said John Browning Oliver Clarke and one his Wife thomas Read and Lydia his Wife and Timothy Clarke party hereunto of in and to the same premises and every part parcell thereof To Have and To Hold the said messuage and tract or parcell of land Heridiments and premises hereby

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deed_walker_v1.9_2026-10-10 · the index is the town's own (i2l.uslandrecords.com); transcripts, chains and the assessor's cards are the Perry Machine's reading of it. Where the record we hold runs out, the page says so.