The instrument's own words
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To all People to whom these Presents shall Come,
The Ephraim & Collins and Mary Collins his wife in the right of
their dower, of Wick rhomb mond in the County of Washington State
Said Greeting Know Ye, That We the said Ephraim Grand Mary Collins
for and in consideration of the sum of
Six Hundred Dollars in
hand to the convening well and truly paid by
Henry Valentine of the same town county and State aforesaid
the receipt whereof do hereby acknowledge and confess ourselves fully satisfied and paid; and of thereby and of every part and parcel
thereof the absolute enjoyment and discharge him the said Henry Valentine to his
heirs, executors and administrators before by these presents; have given granted assigned released and forever conveyed and confirm
by these presents do hereby give grant bargain sell and release convey and confirm unto Henry Valentine his
heirs and assign forever
Our certain lot of land (cedar swamp) containing twenty acres
situated in Charlestown in said County and bounded as follows (wit)
commencing at the Northeast corner of said lot at a large stone
nearly south on line of land of Dance Collins eighty (80) rods to a stake
at the Southern corner swamp Thence westerly eighty (80) rods to saw swamp forty
(40) rods to a stake at lot 4 belonging to George A. Connor Thence
Northerly sixty (60) rods on said Land Land to land of Benjamin
Tucker thence westerly forty (40) rods on said land thence bounded referved being
first mentioned bound to honor the above boundaries referred being
said to a farmer and of said premises Range in Charlestown
Book of Land Evidences to page 61
Revenue Stamps
90 cts
To have and to hold the said granted and bargain premises with all the appurtenances privileges and commodities to
the same belonging or her in any way appertaining to them and their proper benefit and behold forever. And We the said
Ephraim Collins & Mary Collins
for ourselves and for our heirs executors and administrators
do covenant promise grant and to hold with and appoint to the said Henry Valentine
do covenant promise grant and to hold with and appoint to the said Henry Valentine
the above described premises lawfully seized and possessed of the same in our own proper right good and perfect and absolute estate of inheritance
in fee simple and have and hold the good right full power and liberty authority to grant bargain sell convey and confirm the said granted
premises to the said Henry Valentine. And we the said
heirs and assigns shall from time to time and at all times forever hereafter by force and virtue of these presents lawfully peaceably and
quietly have hold enjoy see and employ the said land and premises granted to the appurtenances free and clear and fully
absolved from all former grants and conveyances and from all persons whomsoever our heirs executors and administrators shall
entails jointures dowries judgments executions and encumbrances of what name or nature whatever that might in any manner or degree obstruct
or make void this present deed.
Furthermore we the said E & Collins and Mary Collins
for ourselves and our heirs executors and administrators do covenant and engage the above denied
premises to the said Henry Valentine his heirs and assigns whatever to securen vacuum and defend by these presents.
On this twenty first day January in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and Seventy one (1871)
Signed sealed delivered
in presence of
Henry Clarke
N.C. Clarke
Ephraim C Collins L.S.
Mary F Collins L.S.
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120 State of Rhode Island) ss
County of Washington)
At Richmond January 7th 1867 - Then personally appeared Brain E
writes and acknowledged the foregoing instrument by him signed to be his free act and deed and that
at the same time and place I became Ey Witness to the same the said Brain E to the fore-
going instrument and being duly sworn declared that he had read same and understood it
to be true and correct that he acknowledged the same thus free act and deed deed & seal from
his own free will and act and deed before me. K. B. Kelly, J.P.
Done for me and witnessed at Richmond all the above recorded by Charles Cross J. Clerk
To all people to whom these presents shall come Greeting
Whereas there existed a judgment against John P. Ward of Westerly in the county of Washington
state of Rhode Island in the courts of equity in the town of Providence, before S. Thomas and Henry
S. Matchings esq. of the city and county of Providence the aforesaid was by me
the undersigned Collector on the 20th day of June of 1766 levied on a certain lot of land but
title and interest situated in said Westerly in the town of Westerly consisting forty rods more or less with a dwelling house
or other buildings there standing bounded Northerly by the Road now so called, by the Road now so called,
East by land of John G. Browning, Southerly by land of George & West and
Benjamin B. Gorton and Westerly by the Mill Road so called, and other buildings found
there one store ten rods of length running ten rods more or less with a dwelling house and
other buildings there standing bounded Northerly by a bouse road bounded Westerly
by a road leading from the Road to the road now so called Northerly by land of
Benjamin Gorton & Southerly by land of Charles Moore & Westerly by the
said road or other buildings situated and whereas on the 18th day of October
AD 1866 at the premises in the whole extent & property of the said John P Ward
in the premises aforesaid more or less my the said Daniel B. Belknap did at
public auction for the satisfaction of said judgment to George W. Cross who was
the highest bidder for the sum of sixty (60 dollars) in the first described lot and
fifty five (55) dollars on the other described lot total in all one hundred fifteen (115)
dollars in the said high sum George W. Cross have title now and fully paid to me
the said Edmund S. Belknap now know ye that by sale and vestige
of the law in such cases made and performed the said Edmund S. Belknap
in consideration of the sum of money paid into me as aforesaid, do by these presents
bargain sell assign & deed unto the said George W. Cross his heirs and assigns forever
every all the said estate right title interest property full & incidental &
ownership of the said John P Ward in the said premises aforementioned at this time of
the day written above and to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to 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