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To all People to whom these Presents shall Come.
We Simon Babcock and Horace Babcock of Charlestown in the county
of Washington and State of Rhode Island
did Enter String. However 7th Yr. we the said Simon Babcock and Horace
Babcock
do hereby Convey transfert sell grant and release for in hand feeling the consideration of the sum of
Seven Hundred dollars ($700) to us
James Bray of Charlestown, County and State aforesaid
the receipt whereof we hereby acknowledge and agree through fully satisfied contented and paid ; and termed of and every part and parcel
thereof do enacts accept acquit and discharge Here-the said James Bray, his
heirs, executors and administrators forever by these presents given granted assigned sole relieved conveyed confirmed and
by these presents do freely fully and absolutely give grant bargain sell and release convey confirm and convey unto the said
James Bray his heirs and assign forever
a certain lot piece or lot of land situated in Charlestown aforesaid, with
a dwelling house and other buildings thereon, containing by estimation
seven rods on the east to the shore more or less bounded and as
follows to wit commencing at the Northwest corner of said parcel by the
housing house home corner’s boundary of said Simon and Horace Bab-
cock westerly (20) rods to the land of W. H. May’s or there bounds, southerly
of said P. M. May’s & Co’s dog rods easterly (6) rods to boundary of Robert Hume
Westerly (20) rods to the housing home
boundary in said housing home running (6) rods to the corner first mentioned being the
bottom situated in the water way of Grading Mills, running to said
W. Clark crossing and above the crossing the work started and print shop
said premises and the right for the purposes there to enter upon adjacent
premises and to remove the same employing all fortunes of force necessary
to the convenient for that purpose, so that the same shall be as good while as
and condition as before such removal
To have and to hold the said granted and bargained premises with all the appurtenances privileges and commodities to
the same belonging or his any heirs or assigning appertaining to James Bray, his
heirs and assigns forever to him and his only proper home heirs and benefit forever. And we the said
Simon Babcock and Horace Babcock for ourselves and our heirs executors and administrators
do covenant promise and grant to and with the said James Bray, that he and his heirs and assigns forever
shall quietly peaceably and enjoy the said premises and that we and our heirs the true lawful owner and lawful heir of the bargained
premises and are lawfully seised and possessed of the same in our own proper right and good property and absolute estate of inheritance
in fee simple in fine; and have a quit good right full power and authority hereby to bargain sell and convey and confirm the said bargained
premises unto the said James Bray his heirs and assigns forever and that he and his heirs and assigns forever
loirs and assigns shall may and time from time to time at all times forever have bodily by force and virtue of these presents lawfully peaceably and
quietly hold occupy use enjoy and enjoy the said bargained premises with all the appurtenances free and clear and freely and
clearly and fully discharged of all and all said sum and force of error or other gifts grants bargains sales leases releases wills
estates jointures dowries judgments executions and conveyances of what name or nature whatsoever that in any measure or degree obstruct
or make void this present deed.
Furthermore we the said Simon Babcock and Horace Babcock
promise for ourselves our heirs executors and administrators do covenant and agree the above denied
premises to Indemnify said James Bray and any person whom whatsoever for warranty secure not defied by these presents.
And I M. Babcock wife of said Simon Babcock in consideration of the said sum
said aforesaid do hereby release all my right of dower and quit claim there unto the aforesaid James Bray
his heirs and assigns all my right of dower in and to the aforesaid premises
The condition of this deed is such as follows, that whereas, we the said Simon Babcock and
Horace Babcock have executed a certain negotiable promissory note for the
sum of Seven hundred dollars ($700) ending date herewith and made payable
to the said James Bray or order, and payable one year from date together with the
interest thereon. Now therefore if only the said Simon Babcock and Horace
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Palbrack in their heirs, executors, administrators or assigns or any other
persons for or through shall pay said note at maturity together with the interest
thereon according to the tenor thereof then this deed shall be void, otherwise
shall it be named in full force and effect—Furthermore we, the said
Simon Palbrack and Maurice Palbrack do hereby constitute and appoint the
said Jones Bray his executors, administrators and assigns our true and
lawful attorney or attorneys, irrevocably, with full power of substitution and
reservation for us and in our names or in the name to make, in any time,
in case default shall be made in the payment of said note or of the annual
interest due thereon, or breach shall be made of the covenants of insurance
hereafter contained and such default or breach shall continued for the
term of ten days after full and public notice of the premises aforesaid or any part
thereof their first notice after the expiration of said term of ten days, twenty
days notice of said note some in one of the daily papers published first in said
County of Providence and in our names or in the name to make, execute,
seal and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof any deed or
deed or deeds that may be necessary to vest in such purchaser or purchasers full and
and absolute title after some simple conveyance and in said title (hereby granting
unto him said attorney full power to constitute and appoint such substitute from
time to time) and to receive the amount the same
may, be sold for after the payment of my the expenses incident to such
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