The instrument's own words
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To all People to whom these Presents shall Come.
S. Charles Burdick of Charlestown in the County of Washington and state
of Rhode Island
Send Greeting. Know All by Me That I the said S. Charles Burdick
for and in consideration of the sum of
Sixteen hundred dollars called [illegible] in hand before the ensuing hereof well and truly paid by
Gardiner M. Sullivan of the town, County and State aforesaid
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and save furthermore fully satisfied certified and paid; and thereof and of every part and parcel
thereof do enacts absolutely acquit and discharge the said Gardiner M. Sullivan his
heirs, executors and administrators before me present; have given granted bargained sold delivered conveyed and confirmed and
by these presents do freely fully and absolutely give grant bargain sell convey confirm and convey unto the said
Gardiner M. Sullivan his
heirs and assigns forever
Gardiner M. Sullivan his heirs and assigns forever
Fourteen acres of Land situated and laid Said Charles town containing and
all two hundred acres, be the same more or less; the first tract bounded
Southerly, Westerly and Northerly on a highway, Easterly on land of the heirs
of Benjamin Burdick and land of Mary Burdick & Co; Easterly and Southerly
Northerly on land of Stanton S. Stanton of the aforesaid highway;
and the Second tract is bounded Southerly Southerly Easterly on a highway
Northerly on lands of Thomas W. Morris & Mary Maggs's & Westerly on land
of the Heirs of Arnold Morris, or however otherwise bounded
To have and to hold the said granted and bargained premises with all the appurtenances privileges and commodities to
the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to the said Gardiner M. Sullivan his
heirs and assigns forever to his use their only proper use benefit and behalf forever. And I the said
S. Charles Burdick
for myself my heirs executors and administrators
do covenant promise and grant with the said Gardiner M. Sullivan his
heirs and assigns that at and before the ensuing hereof I am the true sole and lawful owner of the above bargained
premises and premises lawfully seized and possessed of the same in only good proper right as absolute estate of inheritance
in fee simple and free in any way; and that I have good right full power and lawful authority to grant bargain sell convey and confirm the said bargained
premises unto the said Gardiner M. Sullivan his
heirs and assigns that may from time to time in these times forever forever hereafter by fore virtue and virtue of these presents lawfully peaceably and
quietly hold occupy possess enjoy and use the said bargained and bargained premises with all the appurtenances free and clear and freely and
fully acquitted enjoyed and discharged of and from all and all manner of forever or other gifts grant bargains sales leases mortgages rentals
unless in any way whatsoever executors and administrators of whom satire or none whatever that might in any severance or degree cluster
or make void this present deed.
Furthermore I the said Gardiner M. Sullivan
for myself my heirs executors and administrators do covenant and agree the above demise
premises to the said Gardiner M. Sullivan his
heirs and assigns
against the lawful claims and demands of any person or persons whatsoever forever to warrant secure and defend the present
And I Sarah Burdick wife of the said Charles Burdick in consideration
of the sum paid as aforesaid, do hereby release and forever quitclaim unto the
said Gardiner M. Sullivan his heirs and assigns all my right of dower in and to
the aforementioned premises. In testimony whereof we hereunto set
our hands and seals this 23d day of September eighteen hundred and seventy four
Signed Sealed and delivered
Charles Burdick L.S.
Sarah Burdick L.S.
Mary A. Cross
Nicholas Cross
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State of Rhode Island and ye
County of Washington Sc
Elisha Greene and Sarah his wife personally appeared before me and
acknowledged the foregoing instrument by them signed to be their free and
voluntary act and deed
Charles Cass Justice of the Peace
Signed, sealed and delivered Oct ye 18th 1839 at North Kingstown
and recorded by Charles Dunn Town Clerk
To all people to whom these presents come greet This come I Elisha B Greene of Hopkinton in
the county of Washington and state of Rhode Island sound greeting Whereas I the
said Elisha B Greene for and in consideration of the sum of fifty dollars to me
in hand before the execution hereof and fully paid by Albert Brown first
resident in the county of Kent and state aforesaid that aforesaid that receipt whereof I do
hereby acknowledge and do hereby fully satisfied contented and paid and during the
said sum of forty four and pound thereof do grant bargain sell and delivergive the said
Albert Brown his heirs executors and administrators forever from myself from my heirs
grants hereby given sold aliened infeofied exchanged conveyed and confirmed and by these presents do
forever fully freely and absolutely give grant bargain sell deliver convey confirm and convey unto
the said Albert Brown his heirs and assigns forever one certain lot of land lying
being said March meadow situated extending in the town of Kent in the county of Kent
state aforesaid containing by estimation four acres the said more or less and is
butted and bounded as follows beginning at the Northeast corner of said lot and bounded
on the East by the land of Joseph Gorton and others thence South by the land of Joseph
Gorton thence South West to a stake and stone in the old brook or brook
so called thence running with the land of Samuel Saunders to a stake in the
March meadow thence Northwest to the brook or brook by the land of Edward Willing whereas
until it comes to the first mentioned stake and to hold the said
granted and bargained premises with all the aforementioned privileges appurtenances and commodities
to the same belonging or in any ways appertaining to the said Albert Brown
forevermore the said Albert B Greene for myself and for my heirs executed and
administrators do covenant and engage the above described premises to have the said
Albert Brown his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims or demands of any
person or persons whatsoever forever to warrant forever [illegible] and defend by themselves or
theirs in and to the foregoing premises
In witness whereof and in honor set our hands and seals this thirteenth day of December
in the year eighteen hundred and sixty six (1866)
Signed and Sealed in presence of us
Henry Brown
Amoson Green
Elisha B Green L.S.
Rebecca Green L.S.
Revenue Stamps
$0.50
Washington Sc - In Westcut in said County on this 16th
day of December AD 1866 then personally appeared Elisha B Greene subscriber to
the foregoing instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free and voluntary
act and deed before me
Mumford by Justice of the Peace
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