7/13/1874 · MORTGAGE · book 9 page 471 doc 4293

To all People to whom these Presents shall Come. This Indenture made between Abel I Stanton and Susan M Stanton his wife of Charlestown County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island Send Greeting. Know Ye That we in the said Abel I Stanton and Susan the Stantons have hundred dollars for and in consideration of the sum of in hand before the undersigned sealel and delivered truly and paid by Charles M Benedicts of the town County and State aforesaid the receipt whereof send and do hereby acknowledge and say therefore fully satisfied conveyed and paid; and quit claimed of and every part and parcel thereof to disconnect encumbrance and equities that the said Charles M Benedicts his heirs executors and administrators forever by these presents; have granted bargained sold released conveyed confirmed and conveyed to by these presents do freely fully and absolutely give grant bargain sell alien enfeoff convey and confirm unto the said heirs and assign forever Charles M Benedicts a certain lot of land situated in said Charlestown with a dwelling house and Blacksmith shop thereon standing, bounded as follows, beginning at a stake and stone lying by the East side of the Highway, running Easterly from Cedar Mill to the said lot found, "thence run ning Northeasterly thirty feet thence Southerly in a parallel line with said highway, twenty feet thence Westerly thirty feet to said high- way thence Northerly forty feet to the place of beginning. [illegible] 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 Grantee his heirs and assigns forever to holds and their fully proper me benefit and behalf forever. And we the said Grantors his heirs executors and administrators forever do covenant promise and grant to and with the said Grantee his heirs and assigns that at and before the sealing hereof he was the true lawful and sole owner lawful owner of the above described premises and are lawfully seized and possessed of the same in our own proper right as good perfect and absolute estate of inheritance in fee simple; and have with our Grantors full power to grant bargain sell alien enfeoff convey and confirm the above described premises in manner as aforesaid. And that the said Grantee his heirs and assigns shall and may from all time to time and at all times forever by force and virtue of these presents lawfully peaceably and quietly possess and enjoy the said granted and bargained premises with all the appurtenances free and clear from and free by all clearly acquired encumbrances and discharged of and void of all and manner of form of estate or other grants bargains sales leases mortgages writs estates conjuncts dovens jointure dowerments judgments executions and conveyance of what name or nature seem it that might in any measure or degree obstruct or make void this present deed. Furthermore the said Abel I Stanton and Susan M Stanton the Grantors his heirs executors and administrators do covenant and engage the above named premises to the said Charles M Benedicts his against the lawful claims or demands of any person or whatsoever forever to warrant secure and defend by these presents heirs and assigns The conditions of this deed is such that whereas we the said Abel I Stanton & Susan M Stanton have executed a mortgage promissory note for the sum of two hundred dollars, bearing even date herewith and made payable to the said Charles M Benedicts or order on or before the thirteenth day of July 1876 with interest at the rate of seven per cent per annum, said interest to be paid annually. Now therefore, if we the said Grantors, or our heirs, executors,

administrator, or assignee, or any other person for us or for them shall pay said note at maturity, together with the interest thereon, according to the tenor thereof, then this bond shall be void, otherwise shall the same remain in full force and effect. Furthermore we the said Guarantors do hereby constitute and appoint the said Grantee his executors, administrators and assigns our attorneys irrevocable, with full powers of substitution and revocation for us and in our names, or in their names, or in their stead or names at any time in case of default shall be made in the payment of our said note or of the annual interest due thereon and such default shall continue for the space of ten days after it fell due, auction the premises of whom we are said trust, then granting unto the after expiration of said time of ten days, twenty days notice of such sale in some one of the publick newspapers printed in said state, and in our names, or in their names or made to make, execute such acknowledge and deliver to the purchaser or purchaser thereof any deed or cloaks that may be necessary to vest in such purchaser or purchasers a full and absolute estate in fee simple thereon and on said thereof granting unto us said attorneys powers to continue or adjourn said sale till such time as time) to be determined by the said attorneys to remove the convent the same may be sold for and after the payment of all the expenses incurred to such sale or sales, to apply and appropriate the residue thereof to the payment of the amount of principal and interest of said note hereby declared in hereby agreeing that in case of a sale for default in the payment of said annual interest, the principal sum of said said note shall be considered due and payable on the day of such sale) accounting to me or our heirs and assigns, or for all sales over and above the amount thereof be hereby ratifying approving and confirming such sale or sales as may be made in accordance to be made by writer hereof. In Testimony whereof we have set our hands and seals this thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord two thousand, eight hundred and seventy four Signed sealed and delivered Abel H. Stanton L.S. In presence of George S. Cross Susan H. Stanton L.S. Charles Cross State of Rhode Island &p In Execution thereof this thirteenth day of July 1874, Abel H. Stanton personally appeared before me and acknowledged that the foregoing instrument be his free and voluntary act and deed. [illegible] Susan Stanton the wife of said Abel H. Stanton one of the signers of said instrument having been separately separated and apart from her husband reading and hearing the instrument exhibited to her by me, she being of age declared the same to be her free and voluntary act and deed from which she did not wish to retract Charles Cross Justice of the Peace Received for Account 15th 1874 at 9 o'clock P.M. [illegible] Recorded by Leo. Cross Dean Clerk Having received the full amount both principal and interest of the debt recived by the other in this mortgage I hereby discharge the same in full. Witness my hand and seal the 15th day of July 1874 Geo S. Cross Charles M. Burdick