The instrument's own words
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To all people to whom these Presents shall Come.
28th September the 28th day of September in the town of Scituate in the County of Providence in the State of
Rhode Island
Send Greeting. Know Ye, That I the said Joseph Ne Coons
for and in consideration of the sum of
Eighteen hundred and Eighty Seven 87 dollars in hand before the executing hereof received well and truly paid by
William W Greene of the city of Providence and State of Rhode Island
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and say that I have fully satisfied and contented and paid, and thereof and of every part and parcel
thereof to describe as follows assigning unto the said William W Greene his
heirs, executors and administrators forever by these present; have given granted bargained sold assigned conveyed and confirmed; and
by these presents do freely and absolutely give grant bargain sell assign convey confirm and convey unto the said
heirs and assigns forever
William W Greene his
all my undivided interest and to all the following described property or tract of land
situated in said Scituate in the town of Scituate one lot between the back pasture land neighboring
[illegible] 139 acres more or less and in the said pasture houses and sheds will thereon bounded
North westerly by the boundary line Constanty, East erly by border fence boundary line West erly by boundary line bounded
south Westerly by the boundary line Meeting house lot and front road or highway otherwise bounded
The said lot land containing approximately seven acres more or less and with the stone stone wall there on standing
bounded North westerly by the boundary line Seth Brown and boundary line West erly by boundary line bounded south easterly by front
road and Easterly by the said Seth Brown's wall or fence boundary line. Also another tract of
lot of land known as the Same pasture containing eleven acres, bounded North westerly by
the front road Easterly by the boundary line bounded south westerly by the said front road and West erly by
boundary line known as Quidnick. Also a tract of land known as Quidnick
that containing one hundred acres more or less bounded North westerly by the land of
John W Potter and land of George and Leah Court and either Easterly by land of George
W Baker and others South westerly by land of the heirs of George Perry and Westerly by
lands of the heirs of Morgan Green and the heirs of John W Tucker or however
otherwise bounded or demised. Also another tract of land containing about fifty acres
bounded on the South side by the front road formerly conveyed by my ancestor.
To have and to hold the said granted and bargained premises with all the appurtenances privileges and commodities to it
the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to the said Grantee
their proper uses only for their proper benefit and lawful behoof forever. And I the said
heirs and assigns forever to his
heirs executors and administrators
do covenant promise and grant to and with the said Grantee
their heirs and assigns to have and to hold the same true lawful and absolute owner of the above bargained
premises and convey forever and to the same to enjoy the same true own property right a good perfect and absolute state of heritable possession
in fee in simple; and have in
good right full power and authority to bargain grant sell convey and confirm the said heritable bargain
in premises in manner as aforesaid. And that the said
heirs and assigns forever
shall and will warrant and forever defend by force and virtue of these presents lawfully peaceably and
quietly have occupied own possess enjoy the said bargained and premises with all the appurtenances free and clear and freely and
clearly acquired exempted and discharged and of from all and all manner of service or others grants heirs grants mortgages wills
estates conduits duties judgments executions and conveyances of what name or nature whatever ought to maintain any in measure or degree abstract
or make any claim or pretend right to the said premises.
Furthermore I the said Joseph Ne Coons
my heirs executors and administrators do covenant and engage the above demised
premises to
the said
heirs and assigns
against the lawful claims or demands of any person or persons whatsoever forever to warrant secure and defend by these presents.
The conditions of this deed is such that whereas I the said Joseph Ne Coons
have executed my certain mortgage promissory note for the sum of Eighteen hundred
and Eighty the said dollars bearing interest ten per cent per annum and note the said
the said William W Greene or other one year after date said note interest payable semi
annually until paid. Now therefore, if I the said Grantor or my heirs executors
administrators or assigns, or any other person for or on their behalf shall paid said note at
maturity together with the interest thereon according to the tenor thereof, then this deed shall
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be void, otherwise shall be and remain in full force and effect
Furthermore I the said Grantor, do hereby constitute and appoint the said Grantee
his executors, administrators and assigns, my Attorneys irrevocable with full power of substitution
and revocation for me and in my name or in their name or names at any time or
times that shall be in need of the payment of the aforesaid note or of the contractual intent
and breach thereof shall be used the assets of the amounts of income further entered and
such default or breach shall continues for the space of four days after notice to said fullor further the
promised payment or any part thereof they prove four days after the expiration of the said four
of four days, twenty ninety days notice of such default in one of the following publick posted
in the village of South Kingstown and in my name or in their name or names to mortgage,
sell acknowledge and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof any such deed or deeds that
may be necessary to vest in such purchaser or purchasers a full and absolute estate in
the single dwelling and on land thereunto granting my said attorneys power to
continue or adjourn such sale for some time to time I do irrevocably set attorneys to execute
the consent the same may be sold for and after the payment of all the expenses incurred to such
sale or date, to apply the proceeds of the sale in the first place to the payment of the amount of principal
full and interest of said note hereby promised I hereby agreeing that no act of a date
or default in the payment of said contractual intent, or for breach of said amounts
of assurances the payment of said note shall be deemed due and payable on the day
of such date likewise to me and my heirs and assigns for all and some sums advanced
the amount thereof hereby satisfying, offsetting and confirming such deed or date or
as may be made or caused to be made by wrote hereunto
Furthermore the said Grantee for himself and for his heirs executors
administrators and assigns do hereby covenant with the said Grantor his heirs
and assigns that insurance against fire by his said home shall be kept and maintained upon the
buildings on the premises aforesaid on a sum not less than [illegible] dollars
that his policy or policies of such insurance shall be assigned and transferred to the
said Grantor and assigns as collateral security hereunto and in default thereof
do hereby agree that the premises aforesaid or all other security hereunto may effect such movement
and this the premium or premiums paid therefore shall be a further Lien upon said estate
added to the amount of said note and secured by these premises
In Testimony whereof I here execute at my hand and seal this ninth day of April
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five
Signed Sealed and delivered Joseph H. Cross LSL
In presence of
Charles Cross
C. A. Utphuijs
State of Rhode Island ss
County of Washington In Charlestown this ninth day of April
Ad 1825 Joseph H. Cross personally appeared before me and acknowledged
the foregoing instrument by him signed to be his free act and deed
Charles Cross Town Clerk
Received for Record April 9th 1825 at 1 o'clock P.M
and recorded by Charles Cross Town Clerk
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