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To all Persons to be known that the sd Pr. Fields shall Give nothing
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more than that was given to me Simon Congdon and Mary Congdon his wife Settl of Providence
up to by way of Living Family and Clearing of Land of the sd Pr. Fields for the use of
the sd Simon Congdon and Mary Congdon his wife in Pursuance of the terms of the Indenture dated
Current Albany of New York dated the 1st of May 1743 between the sd Pr. Fields and
me Simon Congdon of sd Province Congdon of sd colony’s Town of Providence in sd colony
Unless that by my convenient Arrangement of sd colony’s Town of Providence in sd colony
and the heirs of whom the wife of sd Pr. Fields is descended or her heirs shall leave with the sd
Pr. Fields and the heirs of and Assigns yearly and perpetually one Drachm of Spanish gold
to discharge the sd Williams’s debts to them for their Father’s care and attendance on him
by the said Pr. Fields’s parents and his Father’s care and attendance on him and his Heirs
and Assigns by the sd Pr. Fields’s father and his After-heirs give and grant release and confirm
and convey and commit unto the sd Williams’s Heirs then and assigns for ever a certain piece
of Land lying in sd colony’s Town of Providence in sd colony the following being the bounds of the sd
piece of Land extending from the town road lying in the sd town of Providence in sd colony
a distance of 15 rods bearing North 45 degrees East to a stake in the ground then South 45
degrees East 15 rods to a stake in the ground then South 45 degrees West 15 rods to a stake
in the ground then North 45 degrees West 15 rods to the first stake in the ground then North
45 degrees West 15 rods to the town road lying in the sd town of Providence in sd colony
then along sd town road to the first stake.
To have and to hold all the sd Land granted bargained promised with all the
tenements thereunto belonging together with the rights appurtenances thereunto belonging in any wise
satisfying the sd Williams’s Heirs then and assigns for ever to have and hold the sd Land and
all the rights appurtenances thereunto belonging to the sd Williams’s Heirs then and assigns
as he now has and here did grant and bargain and release and confirm and grant to him
the sd William’s Heirs then and assigns for ever to have and hold the sd Land and
are the heirs’s heirs and assigns for ever.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 11th day of April 1744
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of
Simon Congdon
John Moore
Peter Moore
I the said Pr. Fields do hereby acknowledge that I have signed and sealed the
Deed of Conveyance of the sd piece of Land to the sd Williams’s Heirs then and assigns
for ever and I do hereby warrant the sd piece of Land to the sd Williams’s Heirs then and assigns
well and true and free from all incumbrances whatsoever and that the sd Williams’s Heirs then and
assigns shall quietly enjoy the sd piece of Land for ever and that I will and my heirs and assigns
defend the sd title against all persons whomsoever.
And I Mary Congdon wife of Simon Congdon do hereby consent to this Deed of
Conveyance of the sd piece of Land to the sd Williams’s Heirs then and assigns for ever
and I do hereby warrant the sd piece of Land to the sd Williams’s Heirs then and assigns
for ever and I do hereby consent to this Deed of Conveyance of the sd piece of Land to the
sd Williams’s Heirs then and assigns for ever and that I will and my heirs and assigns
defend the sd title against all persons whomsoever.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 11th day of April 1744
Mary Congdon
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of
John Moore
Peter Moore
In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty four and in the 12th year of the
Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King and Defender of the Faith
Simon Congdon
Mary Congdon
Recorded in the town book of Providence on the 27th of April 1744 by John Moore
on the above Judgment 27th of April 1744 John Moore
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