The instrument's own words
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To all People To Whome these Presents Shall Come
I Poor Crandal & Hope Hopkinton and the wife I Samuel Crandall
of Charlestown both in King s County & in Colony of Rhode
Island Greeting with the said Poor Cornall and I name
Crandal for and al Consideration of them & Their heirs sum of
pounds Current Money of new England old Tenors to be in hand by
the repeating here of these and Truly paid by Thomas Halle of
Hopkinton in y County Colney, after 7 Laboures the receipt
Whereof We Do here by acknowledge and our Soluer there in wit
ness Justly Satisfied Counted and paye & Every grant and reserve that
Do Renounce acquit and Discharge said Hall his heirs Creatures and
Assigns forever by these presents Quen Granted Bargained
sold also Conveyed and Confirmed to y said Present Do Justly
and Fully and absolutely by prime Bargan sale alltee Convey
& Confirm unto him y said Thomas Halle his Heirs and Assigns
forever one Certain Tract or parcell of Land situate lying
and Being in Charlestown in y County and Colony aforesaid
Containing by Estimation Thirty Acres and Thirty Eight Roods
more or Less Butted and Bounded as follows
Beginning at a stake hich in y Northeast Corner offher trail and
y Southeast Corner of alexander Hall s Land & from thence to be run
West 35 Degrees South until it Comes to paucetuk River bounded
Northly William Hall s Land thence Running Down the river
River until it Comes to y Mouth of a Brook Where it is turned
it Set in to said River & from thence to be run North 15 Degrees
East Twenty five Chains to a Large Road reach a Tree marked w
from thence by a straight Line to y first mentioned stake
Bounding Westerly by said River Southerly and
Easterly by y Sachems Land &c
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To Have & To Hold & Granted and bargained premises
which it is unencumbered unimbodged by any claim title to some Detaining
or appertaining thereto then as that it is now and forever
to have and to hold only properly
conveyed and also behalf forever
of the Elder Conrad Crandall & Samuel Crandall General for our selves
their heirs Lawfuls heirs To Covenant and grant to and Weld
their Heirs as their Heirs heirs Executors wife and assigns that at all
and before it upholding however that we are in
and are
now in possession of habiting premises amongst fully clear open
of claims in our own proper right in a good perfect and absolute take
of inheritance in fee simple whatever our ancestors had right full
power and Lawfully authority to grant Bargain sell convey and confirm
the Bargained premises in manner as above said and hold the
same to all their heirs and assigns shall all and hum from some time forever
and at all times forces forever by force and utility of however
Lawfully provide: But truly hand and be our only property as the
same bargained premises With all its appurtenances rice in
and freely by and neatly acquitted exonerated and Discharged upon
from all acts and all manner or other gifts grants Barone Sale
mortgages willes Probates jointly Survey’s Legacies to be forever in
incumbrance of what name or water nature that may in any sort
or degree obtained or in any Now the present good Faith Furthermore
we’d Said Eber and Saml Crandall for our service on a Location
and deemed Do Covenant and engage to deemed premises to be in
the sd Thomas Hall his heirs and premises against the
Lawfull Blames or Demand of any person or persons whatsoever
forever to warrant Secure and defend by these wrote and
Elizabeth Crandall wife to Eber & Hannah Crandall wife to
Saml Crandall date for y^e Consideration above said’d exactly
surrender or up all our Right of Power and power of third of
in and unto y^e Land and premises into sd Thomas Hall
his heirs and a assigns forever In Witness where of We and
Eber Crandall and Saml Crandall and Elizabeth
To Bear
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Obor and Hannah of Wife, to certify have here with our hands and
Seals this eighth Day of November and in the first Year of his Majest
Reign george the Third King over great Brittons A.D 1761.
Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence
Obor Crandel [seal]
Samuel Crandel [seal]
Elizabeth Crandel [seal]
Hannah Crandel [seal]
Jo Clerk ju
E Deborah Clerk
Westerly in Kings County
Personally appeared ye Subscribers and acknowledge the [illegible] above
a Written Instrument to be their acts and Deed Date
above Written Before me Ye Clerk ju for ye said
The above Deed Was Recorded January 5 1762
by J Foole
To all People to whom these have Run to know That Come
Joseph Hanton of Charlestown in Kings Co. & in ye Colony of Rhode
land & ye governor Lord Greeting Know ye that I sd Joseph Hanton for
you and in Consideration of the sum of Three Thousand and Spanish silver
milled Dollars to me in hand before y traveling hereof Well and true
paid by Samuel Kroger of south Kingstown in y County and Colony
upon the Receipt Whereof I do hereby acknowledge and by
there with fully Satisfied Contracted and paid and there of and of every
part and parcel thereof Do Renounce acquit and Discharge him
the said Samuel Kroger from their Executors and administrators for
By these presents Have given granted bargained sold alien
conveyed Conneyed and Confirmed and by these presents Do
practly fully and absolutely give grant bargain sold alien
convey the Conney and Conyure unto him sd Samuel Kroger
His Heirs and assigns forever one Certain Tract of Land
of said Situate Lying and Being in