The instrument's own words
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Or Persons whom that Source for the time be Appointed Sueue and Defend
by the fs presents In Which where I have here too act on the hand and
until the twentieth Day of September in 30th Year of his Majesty
King George J Second King of Great Britain Etc and in Year
your Lord 1756
Sign Seal and Deliver
Per the Clerk of
Edwd Pease
Mary Pease
The above Sealan
recorded Oct 2nd Day of Seal there unto affixed before me
July 8th 1756 J. G. S. & G.
That subscriber Person all appear'd &
Day and Year written above and
acknowledged it Written Instrument
to be their act and Deed hand and
Gideon Hoxie Sterlee
I know all men by these presents that I Jonathan Sprague
of Charlestown in the Province of Rhode Island and Colony of Rhode Island
Commoner for an Indenture of Sale of some of those
lands lying in the Town of Providence in the said Province all those pieces of land
which lay before in the possession of the said Jonathan Sprague and bounded by the
written boundaries of the said land lying in the Town of Providence in the said
Province of Rhode Island above by the aforesaid I do fully and finally sell and
convey and assign unto the said Gideon Hoxie and his heirs forever
I Confirm also by this present directly entirely and absolutely
that I have given Grant and gain all rights titles and claims and for some
part of the right of title whether it be by Grant or by any other way to
the said Gideon Hoxie whether it be by purchase or by any other way to
the said Gideon Hoxie a lot of land lying in the Town of Providence
an act of land lying in the Town of Providence in the said Province
of Rhode Island in a field called the Common which the said Gideon Hoxie
and Belongs to the said Gideon Hoxie
of Charlestown in the Province of Rhode Island and Colony of Rhode Island
within the West Side of the Road leading to the Common and after some of those lands
which lay before in the possession of the said Jonathan Sprague in which however I do convey
to the said Gideon Hoxie and his heirs forever and to his heirs and assigns forever
to the said Gideon Hoxie and his heirs forever and to his heirs and assigns forever
I do convey and assign unto the said Gideon Hoxie and his heirs forever
In confirmation there of I do hereby set my hand and
Seal this 2nd Day of October in the Year of our Lord 1756 Jonathan Sprague
[illegible]
[illegible]
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To all People to whom these presents Shall come Greetings Whereas if
that I James Sheldon of Westerly in Providence County in Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
yeoman for and in consideration of ten shillings of lawful money of said Province paid to and by Terrance
Brown of Westerly said ten shillings appertaining to me in hand before delivery these
presents sealed and delivered then I John Foster of Clover and county aforesaid yeoman
will by these presents Indenture acknowledge and declare that I have sold all my right title and
interest in and to a certain piece of land called the Allotment called the [illegible]
Lanes and confirmed and granted by write of purchase fully and absolutely give
and grant and sell unto allman Gorton’s heirs forever partly of home James John Foster
his heirs Legal heirs Successors and assigns forever certain Westerly in said [illegible]
Land or will March Poke inhabitants of the said County in Province shall containing by
Land or will March Poke inhabitants of the said County in Province shall containing by
[illegible] acres containing by measurement [illegible] east bound above [illegible] feet
County aforesaid containing by measurement [illegible] east bound above [illegible] feet
Pasturely bounding on a creek or [illegible] one fourth and partly by John Thayer’s land
Pasturely bounding on a creek or [illegible] one fourth and partly by John Thayer’s land
to South West bounding on a creek westerly bounding on a creek and
to South West bounding on a creek westerly bounding on a creek and
to South West bounding on a creek westerly bounding on a creek and
North westerly bounding by Joseph Case’s land and March
North westerly bounding by Joseph Case’s land and March
To Have and To Hold said Granted and Bargained and Demised
[illegible] to hold said land holding my right on
without interruption some forever [illegible] the heirs love with it’s appurtenances to be held
wise appertaining unto me [illegible] and forever and forever and for James’s heirs
heirs and assigns for ever fully and absolutely forever and forever and for James’s heirs
heirs and assigns for ever fully and absolutely forever and forever and for James’s heirs
[illegible] and Demised and Granted and Demised and Grant to
and to John Gorton of said town his heirs and assigns to be held before the passing of my
hereof [illegible] James’s heirs and assigns forever before bargained demised and
[illegible] lawful deeds and presents of same any other [illegible] or by right as an
Good and lawful Indenture in [illegible] of same in any manner howsoever
[illegible] the power authority by the act and right of same in any manner howsoever
[illegible] and’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’d’