5/29/1869 · DEED · book 9 page 364 doc 4234

364 Brought from page 362] State of Rhode Island and Providence County of Providence Sc. I, the President of said county and state on this 23d day of February 1867 personally came Edwin Knowles and acknowledged the written and foregoing instrument by him signed to be his free and voluntary act and deed Before me Charles Watson Public Notary [illegible] (Sworn & filed on 17th et 19th at North Smithfield and entered in the town book Town Book] Know all men by these presents that we Henry M Kelly and Sarah A Kelly the wife of the said Henry the wife of inhabitants of Coventry George H Knowles and Mary I Knowles the wife of Constantine, Constantine Charles E Vars and Addie A Vars his wife and William D Vars and Hattie A Vars the wife of William Rhode Island, for and in consideration of the sum of Eight Thousand Dollars paid for and in consideration of the sum of Eight Thousand Dollars paid for and in consideration of the sum of Eight Thousand Dollars paid for by George W Ward of Charleston Rhode Island the receipt whereof we hereby acknowledge to be fully true and forever quitclaim unto the said George W Ward his heirs and assigns forever all the right title and interest which we or some have in and to a certain lot of land lying in said Rhode Island containing forty acres more or less with a dwelling house and other buildings thereon Namely: Northly by the First Prov Coast roadly on land of John B Browning Southly by the lands of George M Ward and Benjamin Brown Westly by the Smith Brook and Eastly done, also one other tract of land in said town containing eighty five acres more or less together with all water rights in the wood cut upon said lot - said lot is bounded North by Chief boundary enclosed by Samuel Curry East by lands of George M Kenyon south by lands of Robert H Kenyon and West by land of the town of Smithfield Also a tract of swamp forty five acres in said town containing twenty acres more or less bounded North and East by land of James A Kenyon South by the Post Road West by land of J. G. Ward and the road and bound also all the water rights on said Tracts To have and to hold the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to the said George W Ward his heirs and assigns forever to his and their only uses before begun and hereof before - We the aforesaid Henry M Kelly Sarah A Kelly George H Knowles Mary I Knowles Charles E Vars and Addie A Vars William D Vars and Hattie A Vars do covenant and with the said George W Ward his heirs and assigns forever to his and their only uses warrant and defend the foregoing premises to the said George W Ward his heirs and assigns against all persons claiming by through or under us In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 11th day of March A.D. 1867 Henry M Kelly L.S. Sarah A Kelly L.S. William D Vars L.S. Hattie A Vars L.S. In the presence of [illegible] Warren M Manning Hattie M Manning [illegible] Knowles Edwin Hiscox [Continues on page 368]

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366 [Continued from page 364] Joseph Chubuck T. S. Giles C. Vars L. S. Charles Cross Abby F Vars L. S. Francis Sheffield George H. Horrie L. S. [illegible] Mary P Horrie L. S. State of Connecticut New London County of Lebanon March 11th 1867 Personally appeared Henry M Kelly one of the signers and seals of The foregoing instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed and also at the 11th day of March 1867 personally appeared Sarah A Kelly wif of said Henry M Kelly and being of age examined separately and also apart from her husband acknowledged that she executed the same free without any fear or compulsion by her said husband Before me George D Spence Justice of the peace State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Washington Co In Mutford In said County this 18th day of March, AD 1867 personally appeared William D Vars one of the signers of the foregoing instrument and acknowledged his signature to the same to be his free and voluntary act and deed also at the same time and place personally appeared Harriet N Vars wif of said Wm Vars and being examined by me privately and apart from her said husband also acknowledged their signature to the within instrument to be her free and voluntary act & deed Before me Mumford & Knowles Justice of the peace State of Rhode Island & Providence Pl County of Washington to wit Easttown this 19th day of March 1867 personally appears Rhoda C Vars one of signers of the foregoing instrument and acknowledges the same to be her free act and deed At the same time Abby F Vars wif of said Charles & Vars alone of the signers of said instrument being examined by me surely and apart from her said husband after having said instrument shown and explained to her by me she being so apart declared the same to be her free act and deed and that she not wish to retract the same Before me Charles Cross Justice of the peace State of Connecticut County of New London In Storrsville this 24th day of March 1867 Personally appeared George H Horrie and Mary P Horrie and seals of the within instrument and authorized the same to be their free act and deed at the same time Mary P Horrie wife of said George H Horrie being by me examined privately and apart from her said husband after having said instrument shown and explained to her by me she being so apart declared the same to be her free act and deed and that she did not wish to retract the same before me Francis Sheffield Justice of the peace Received for records May 2nd 1867 at 9 o'clock Ruth and recorded by E. R. Town Clerk

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