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To all People to whom these presents shall come Greeting I, Caleb Browning
Browning of South Kingstown in the state of Rhode Island [illegible]
be it known that in Consideration of certain sums of money for me and my
Heirs and Assigns of the Love and good will and
affection which I bear to my son Thomas Browning of said Kingstown
and my Daughter Mary after her marriage to George Darling of said
town I do hereby give devise and bequeath and assign forever to my son
Thomas Browning and to my daughter Mary and her heirs and assigns a certain
portion of land lying in the town of South Kingstown [illegible]
Thomas Browning and Mary Darling and their heirs forever having thereunto
the right to use and enjoy the same as they have heretofore used and enjoyed
and [illegible] from the North East corner of said land to the South West
corner of the same [illegible] and the same is bounded as follows
[illegible] and to the North by the land of Thomas Browning and to the South
by the land of Thomas Browning in his right as devisee and to the East by the
right of way of the town and to the West by the land of [illegible]
of the same town being for all intents and purposes a dwelling house and
all and all other houses and out buildings and all other goods and chattels
of the said Caleb Browning set upon said land and together with all
the rights privileges and immunities and appurtenances thereunto belonging
John Browning for my sole and only heir at law I do will and warrant and
defend the said land and all the premises in the said Thomas Browning for his
heirs and assigns forever and [illegible]
Lastly I do give and bequeath all my other goods or property what so ever
to be divided equally between my children in equal shares
Given this [illegible] day of May in the year of our Lord 1794
at South Kingstown in the state of Rhode Island
[Signed] Caleb Browning
[Signed] John Browning
[Signed] [illegible]
[Signed] [illegible]
[Signed] [illegible]
[Signed] [illegible]
[Signed] [illegible]
The said Caleb Browning and John Browning appeared
before me the [illegible] day of May 1794 and
acknowledged the will to be their last will and
testament
[Signed] John Still Justice of the Peace
The above deed was recorded
May ye 28th 1794 by me town clerk
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