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Know All People to whom these Presents Shall come Greeting Whereas
that I Stephen Johnson of the town of Kingston in Kings County & State
of Providence Plantations in New England granted to me and my Heirs forever
by some three thousand pounds sterling of money of that land to lie in the
part called the [illegible] of the town of Kingston in the County of Kings
(above) above mentioned [illegible] and that I hereby absolutely and
fully relinquish surrender let up and give away and leave over Quiet and full
Possession lately occupied by [illegible] of the town the said land has been
by some of her Heirs for three years granted bargained and sold a little
(and confirmed) by the Presents Deeded and Absolutely and fully
Grand Bargain and selling containing over and above the aforementioned
parcel of Land contained by Measurement 1833 acres her late
house or Lot of Seven [illegible] Square and three in Eastern
of the County and [illegible] above specified and bounded on the North
Northwest by the field and Open Pasture of her brotherly [illegible] the whole
of Land of the North (East) and partly on the East of the field of her late
partly on the Land of her late [illegible] and partly on the Southern Side
on the South and Northwest
and I Stephen Johnson do hereby sell and trade grant
and bargain aforesaid with all of [illegible] and her Heirs
their heirs late same there belonging in any way after the same to be
[illegible] her heirs hereafter & Assigns for her life and her heirs and
appropriated house and Lot [illegible] and for the said Stephen Johnson
for the sum of ten Shillings have received a sum of [illegible] from and
Grant given to the said Rachel Babcock in the said [illegible] and that
before executing hereof Named James True and [illegible] the said
above bargain premises and amendments [illegible] their in any
opportunity to be a good and sufficient and absolutely Indubitably
in per complete & have in the said Rachel full power and sufficient
Authority to Grand Bargains and sell Convey and confirm the
Bargain premises in the manner as above stated and the said Rachel
Babcock her heirs to be bound & [illegible] and shall from time
to time find at all times forever hereafter by foreign and better these
Presents Respectfully and Honestly faithfully lack for any Cause for any
in joy and for the said bargain and premises with the after the same
fred after Clear Truth and Clearly Accused and Discharged of and from
from all and all manner of Transfer and after the said Grand
Bargains said Rachel and her Heirs to have with William [illegible] and for
Indemnments to her on or both side furthermore the said Stephen
Johnson for very [illegible] her late [illegible] the said Rachel and her
above described premises her late [illegible] [illegible] her Heirs
& Assigns of [illegible] Came on the [illegible] day of [illegible] or [illegible]
Witnessed for her hereafter to warrant defend and Defend
and Susannah Johnson wife of the said Stephen Johnson
Doth by the Presents freely Willing Give yield up and
surrender all her right of Owner and Over t
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Thirdly in and links y^e above Named and bargained premises to unite
y^e said Stepha Crabtree her Heirs and Assigns forever In ten
ure Whose of which we have set our hands and Seales y^e twenty
Day of July in y^e 28 Year of the Reign of his Majestie George y^e 2^d
King over Great Briton and in y^e 4 year of our Lord
Domine 1757
Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence
S[tephen] Johnson, Esq
[illegible]
Jos. Soule
Stephen Perry
King's County SS
Worcester y^e 26 day of July above named Stephen Johnson servant at arms
did appear & did declare y^e above written Deed to be his ded and Delivered
and Seal dated & execute before me the Justice of the peacey
The above a Deed was recorded y^e 29^th day of July 1757 by [illegible]
J. V. [illegible]
To all People to whom these presents shall come Greeting I John [illegible]
of Westerly in King's County and Colony of Rhode Island am a true s[i]
gn of Six hundred Sterling for and in consideration of some other good and valuable
consideration to y^e use of his heir before y^e Justice of the peacey have made and
done by witness Johnson knowing of y^e King's court y^e County of [illegible]
of said Newman [illegible] [illegible] Do hereby grant y^e off[ice] of the [illegible]
There with fully satisfied Contented and discharged of any thing further
Derive more of in manner agreed upon and forever by me and said William [illegible]
bargained her Heirs reserved and forever by me have presented leave given
by these presents to freely hold and a completely conveyed and
Sale alone Indenture of convey and confirm unto said [illegible] William Browning
their Heirs and assigns forever for her certain tracts of land in
Charleston and [illegible] and [illegible] and [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
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2 Lots in a sud [illegible] bound [illegible] [illegible] on [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
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Browning [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
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