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Signed Sealed & Delivered
In Presence of
Stephen Saunders
Lydia Saunders
(111)
Silas Greenman &c
Westerly Feby 22 1762 the above
Subscriber Personally appear and acknow
ledged me therefore Instrument to be his Act & Deed
Hand and Seal to be free me
Stephen Saunders Justice
The above Instrument
was recorded 26 May 1764
Geo Hope Town Clerk
To all People to whom these presents shall come I Isaiah Brownly of
South Kingstown in the County of Kings County in the Colony of Rhode Island
Sheriff of Said County of Kings County Said State Greeting
a horse & four yoke of Oxen therefore have them in the County of Providence
a set of cattle in the County of Kings County in August some and He
at last Joseph Smith late of the said land deceased Deceased Do by virtue
of a Writ of Execution in the county of Kings County issued to me for
payment to the general assembly’s collector Stephen Albro and
collection a Hospital in the 15th Day of January AD 1759 then in the year and
been levied on the 15th Day of January AD 1759 then in the year and
Seven hundred and Seventy three more on Henry Wills Deceased
the petitioner shall pay Seven pounds eleven shillings & 6 pence for the
recovery thereof to save the said Willes and alleviate Signature and execute
recovery whereas the same was levied on the said Wills Real estate
again him which Recourse on the said Wills Real estate
King in Westerly by Joseph Money then one of the Deputies of the Sheriff
of Kings in who to wit the said Joseph Money Depy Shf said land situated in
Kings County who to wit the said Joseph Money Depy Shf said land situated in
Federal District land and he moving the English to Rhode Island then the region
of the Petitioners said Father was conveyed by the Sheriff of said Land
of the Petitioners said Father was conveyed by the Sheriff of said Land
which contains about forty acres and all the Same that the said Willes with
all the contains about forty acres and all the Same that the said Willes with
at that time in Westerly by me therefore have the Petitioners prayed the general court
by to make Inquiry into the matter aforesaid and pass a Writ of execution to
the Sheriff of Kings County to give the Petitioner a Deed of said Land
at a died Assembly Westerly clothings attorney to Henry Wills then at law
of Henry Willes Deceased appeared and did agree that thirty acres of
land belonging to said Henry in his life time were Deed and conveyed to the Pe
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1794
Epiph. John Gorke Father to the Petitioners and in his capacity as in behalf of her Establish
ment the said Elizabeth Gorke and d. e p of her but since the partition between gosh then it was
the aforementioned should be granted in part with that he’s [illegible] piece of the house
mentioned in said Petition be with the Body the Premises as they are
as per Petition said Gorke and others, the remaining Contents and Con
veyance of Henry Henry Williams described, for which he
letting the said Piece piece as agreed to the said John Gorke D. agree
ment, and a more from the said General Assembly by the Bench that he’s
ordered being County be Directed and Empowered to give the af
fore said Henry County be Directed and Empowered to give the af
fores areas of the Land show mentioned to the Petitioners according to the ex
tracts given
Now therefore by these presents I Daniel Berrian Sheriff of the County of
[illegible] province
do hereby by virtue of said writ of scire facias and in obedience and conformity
Kings command by attorney in place of said and in obedience and conformity
Kings command by attorney in place of said [illegible]
and in consideration of the said publick order made by the above sta
tutory to the Petitioners Father as aforesaid therefore do hereby bargain and
sell and convey unto the said John Gorke and to his heirs and assigns forever
store size breast or Piece of land containing thirty acres of app
charles the lower and partially in Westerly lying in the Colony of Rhode island and pro
vidence
following the south on the boundary road south on land of Joseph will’s road
on land of Epiph. John Gorke his east partly on land of Joseph Parke and west
on hand of Joshua Babcock To have and to hold the above granted and
bargained premises with all the appurtenances thereunto annex’d unto the said
John Gorke his heirs and assigns for ever and the said Berrian to
Sheriff as aforesaid do Covenant that by his force and [illegible] of the re
assembly against [illegible] I have good right and lawful title hereby to sell
and Convey the land Bargained premises in Manner as above said and
the said John Gorke his heirs and assigns shall and may enjoy the same
and at all times forever hereafter by force and title of this pre
sently lawfully peaceably and Quietly have occupied possessed in Manner as above said and
To above ground Premises with all the appurtenances thereunto annex’d
and Clearly requested and [illegible] discharged formally and numerically
what soever and the said Berrian as Sheriff as aforesaid Do forever
under the force & operation of the date of said order aforesaid warrant as af
fore said ground premises unto the said John Gorke his heirs and assigns a
gainst the lawful title Claims & Demands of his heirs of the said Henry W.
[illegible]
[illegible] all other claims remaining by former and under any other [illegible]
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty
fifth Day of February in first Year of his Majesty’s Reign 1794
The third thing of Gorke Claim and &c
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