FromKINYON THOMAS JR ToPERRY STEPHENlife Consideration Twenty seven Pounds Sixteen shillings & eight pence Premises Twenty Acres More or Less · Tract of land bounded by Daniel Ferguson and former Joseph Champlin land (Charlestown)
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To all People to whom these presents shall come Greeting
Know ye that I Thomas Kenyon Junr. ye. of Charlestown in King's County
Colony of Rhode Island Yeoman for and in consideration of the sum of
Twenty seven Pound Sterling & Eight pence Lawful Money to me
in Hand well and Truly paid before the executing hereof by Stephen Perry Esqy of
the same Town & County Yeoman the Receipt Whereof I do hereby acknowledge
my self therefore with fully satisfied and paid and therefore do agree ye d Stephen
Perry the Heirs Decedents & Administrators by these presents Grant Bargain
and Convey Grant to Sold unto the d Stephen Perry his Heirs and Assigns
forever a Certain Tract of Land lying in ye Town of Charlestown containing by
Determination Twenty Acres More or Less it is bounded Southerly on the
East Part Westward on Daniel Ferguson's Land Northerly on Land that was
formerly Joseph Champlin's & Easterly on Land that was formerly belonged to
John Fell now in possession of Samuel Murdoch Junr. To have and to hold the
ye Granted and Bargained Premises with all the Buildings appurtenances
thereto Belonging to the d Stephen Perry his Heirs and Assigns to his
and their only use Use and Benefit forever and I the d Thomas
Kenyon Junr. for my self my Heirs Executors administrators do hereby
Covenant and to with the d Stephen Perry his Heirs that at all and until the entering this Indenture
I am the True sole and Lawful Owner of the aforesaid Conveyance aforesaid
and am Lawfully seized and Possessed of the same in my Own Right was
good property and absolute Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple however in
my self and did right to Sell & Convey the same in the manner aforesaid
and that the d Stephen Perry his Heirs Assigns shall and may attentively
hereafter by virtue of this Present Deed quietly and Peaceably Possess and hold
the same with the Enjoyments free from all Encumbrances of what kind soever
or Nature soever Furthermore the d Thomas Kenyon Junr. doth hereby
Covenant and Engage all the aforesaid Bargained Premises in whatsoever
Stephen Perry his Heirs and Assigns ought against the Lawful Claims or Demands
of any Person Whoever whatever forever in Warranty and forever
Signed Sealed and Witnessed I have hereunto my Hand and seal this
Twenty eighth Day of May in the Ninth Year of the Reign of George the
Third King of Great Britain 1769 Thomas Kenyon
Signed Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of Stephen Perry Esqy
Michal Perry
Auth Perry
Rhode Island in the County of Kings
Before me the above Subscription the Signer
appeared this Twenty eighth Day of May 1769 and Acknowledged the
same being written’s Hand to be his Voluntary Act and Deed and
his Land & Seal thereunto affixed
The above Deed was delivered to the 19th day of August 1769 James Congdon J.C
The page as recorded
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.