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To all people to whom these presents shall come Greeting Whereas
that I Jacob [illegible] states of Charlestown in James County of Colony of
Rhode Island and Providence plantation have for and in Consideration of the sum of Three
Hundred Pounds of Current Money of the Colony of Rhode Island to me in
hand lawfully will and truly paid and paid before the executing by the handseal
of the Above & Town County Colony & Colony of Rhode Island a certain piece of land
whereof I hereby Acknowledge and do hereby fully Satisfied Contented
& paid & hand Done paid full & proper hand to be hereby Conveyed to
August & Daughter the said John to be served by these presents have
given grant Bargained and Sold Conveyed and Conveyed conveyed and Conferred
& by this present do fully justly and [illegible] to the said Give grant
Bargain Sell All Other Copies of Conveyed Conferred parts into the
John said his hand and heirs and Assigns forever now piece or piece of
Lot lake in Charlestown opposite to the One running in the East side of
Highway the Other lying on the west side of the high way the One
Containing by Estimation about One Acre to the same more or less
Bounded and abuts to the East at the south east north west Corner
Premises and at the South east Corner of and that it runs in my road
of George Hinckley some Three rods running Due East until it Come
to the high way then North of Eastly in the [illegible] it run
Come to the Black Stone and then the North by North West by Cross
Singers and the East Come to the Land that I that this express
convey By deed of George Hinckley some Three rods North by the land
that John Tingley some four rods bought of George Hinckley until it
Come to the first mentioned Corner & to the that all contains to
Estimation about One Acre or more it more it is bounded a the south
North by the above high way Whereas in which it run to the mentioned
And the South east Corner of this it be a Forty that Due East to the mentioned
from the south west & Town office between the road that it run a certain
line to the first mentioned Bounds in the Above all that I convey
mentioned & a stake within it Comes to the Above Highway & to
it to the East the [illegible] parcels of lots of land and with all the [illegible]
come have Come’d Conveys to the same the above running and [illegible]
Appertaining unto him the [illegible] of his heirs and his heirs Also the Others and Assigns
forever So in this and his hand Only Proper promise Denised and to be heif
rawer and of the I several states at the Time of this Grant bargain
sell on the face Sole and Lawfull Owner of all the [illegible] [illegible]
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Before Beginning premises I am lawfully veizd & empowered of the
in mine Own proper Rite as of a good perfect & Absolute Castor
of which i reside in the same the and have in my self Good Rite full
Power and fullfull Authority to sell and Dispose of the same
In the manner & Afford & that the said [illegible] to her husband
Giovanni R Hall and may forever hereafter by Force and Tenure of
here presents to Everlasting persons and Before the Same time & She
of and from all manner of Encumbrances whatsoever Furthermore
I the above listed for my part my heirs Erectors & Donn [illegible]
Heigns Both Covenant and Engage all the before Begun and
Premise unto him the [illegible] and his heirs and Assigns
Forever the fullfull Claims & Demand of any person or pra
Lawyer heretofore to Warrant secure Defend & Offset the same hath in
Wife to the several of this Doth further surrender all her Right of Dowry to
Hereon Premises to him the John Ladd in Marriage Whereof the
have hereunto Set their hand and seals the Twenty first Day of the
in the Lord year of the Reign of George the Third Emperor General
of Greatain D[illegible]
1790 [illegible]
D[illegible] presence of
James [illegible]
Mary [illegible]
Dorcas Stokes (seal)
Hannah Stokes (seal)
Mark [illegible]
Whereas this 10th November the current D[illegible]
Personally Appears the Above Nam
Dorcas Stokes and Acknowledged the
this instrument to be her act &
Did hand seal Before me
the Above Deed was Recorded October 1790
the 25th Day of October 1790 John Champain Clork John Jay for Just trust of the
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