The instrument's own words
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his heirs and assigns that we will warrant and defend the afore
described premises to the said Joseph R. Pendleton his heirs and
assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons
claiming the same, through or under us.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official
seal of said Public Notary this 15th day of January in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 72
Signed Sealed and delivered
in presence of
Westly Savings Bank
[Signature]
[Signature] Treasurer S.S.
Saml H. Cross
Saml H. Cross Town Clerk
State of Rhode Island s.s.
Washington Co.
In Westly this 15 day
of January AD 1872 then the Westly Savings Bank by Simon
[Signature] duly authorized and appointed formally appeared
before me and acknowledged the within instrument they have signed
to be their free and voluntary act and deed
Saml H. Cross Town Clerk
Received for Record 18th 1872
at 2 o clock & M R Recorded
by Charles Cross Town Clerk
Know all men by these presents That we Ethan Pendleton Sr &
Sabrina A Pendletoner wife of said Ethan Pendleton of Charlestown
County of Washington & state of Rhode Island for and in consideration
of the sum of one thousand dollars, one and sixty paid by Charles Mason
of Westly in said county and state the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, by these presents do grant bargain sell convey and
confirm unto the said Charles Mason his heirs and assigns forever
a certain tract or piece of land lying & being in said Charlestown
containing by estimation survey four acres more or less, bounded and
described as follows beginning Northly @ Westly by land of the
[illegible]
Easterly by land then owned by Edward Wilkins & Thomas
Vesperie & Southerly by land late owned by Joshua Clarke & in the same
lot described in a deed to me said Joseph R. Pendleton Sr made
and executed by Daniel & Joshua Clarke being dated July 2 1860 r.s.
Recorded in land evidence of said town land evidence Book 8 Page 325
reference to find exact lines had for the boundaries thereof
To have and to hold the said grant conceded and bargained premises
with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging, or in any wise
appertaining to the said grantee his heirs and assigns forever
And we the said grantors for ourselves & our Heirs Executors and
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administrators, do covenant to and with the said grantor his heirs
and assigns that at and before the executing hereof we are the lawful
owners of the above bargained premises, and we are seised and possessed of
the same in our own right as an absolute estate of inheritance un-
encumbered simple, and have good right to sell, convey and confirm the said
bargained premises in manner as aforesaid and that the said land and
bargained premises, with the appurtenances are free from all incumbrances
of what name or nature soever that might in any measure or degree
obstruct or make void this present deed.
Furthermore we the said grantors for ourselves our heirs
executors and administrators do covenant and engage the above described
premises to the said grantee his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims
or demands of any person or persons whatever forever to warrant secure and
defend by these presents.
And the conditions of this deed is said that whereas we the said
Eben Pollard & [illegible] & [illegible] & [illegible] have executed negotiable
promissory notes for the sum of five hundred dollars each some date Promise
and said paid payable to the said Daniel Paige or order on the [illegible]
after date said at Narragansett Bay with interest in advance at
[illegible] per cent annum & payable domestically.
Now therefore if we the said grantors or any other person for
us shall pay said notes interest together with other sums according to this
hereof Therefore this Deed shall be and remain absolute shall be and remain
in full force and effect Furthermore we the said grantors do hereby
constitute and appoint the said grantee his executors Administrators and
assigns our attorneys irrevocably with full power substitution and variations
for us and in our name or names at any time in case default
shall be made in the payment of said note or of the same annual interest
thereon and such default shall continue for the term of ten days
to sell at public auction the premises aforesaid or any part thereof they
first giving twenty days notice of such sale in one of the public
newspapers printed in the town of Providence and in our name
or names or names to make and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers
thereof any deed or deeds that way her necessary to invest such purchaser
or purchasers an estate in fee simple therefore will or sale thereby
granting unto our said Attorneys power to continue or extend such
sale from time to time so doing her said Attorneys to revive the
amount and the same may be sold for and after the payment of all the expenses
incident to such sale or sales to apply and appropriate the proceeds thereof
to the payment of the amount of principal and interest of said note
hereby secured Even hereby agreeing that in case of a sale for default in
the payment of said some annual interest, the purchase of said note shall
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to deemed due and payable on the day of such sale) amounting to us or
our heirs and assigns, for all sums over and above the amount thereof
we hereby ratifying and confirming such sale or sales as may be made
or caused to be made by nature hereof."
In Testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals
this 16th day of January AD 1872
Signed Sealed and delivered
in presence of
Benj. York
Benjamin W. Bentley
Rev. Stamp
$1.50
State of Rhode Island yo
AD 1872
Ethan Pendelton
Sophia A. Pendelton L.S.
In New Lisbon town this 16th day of January,
Ethan Pendelton personally appeared before me and
acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his signed to be his piece
and voluntary act and deed And there and then on the same day
Also the above named Sophia A Pendelton wife of said Ethan
Pendelton personally appeared before me and being by me examined
firstly and appear form, her and her husband she acknowledged the
within deed which was by me shown and explained to her, to be
her free and voluntary act and deed and declared to me that she
did not wish to retract the same
Benj. York Notary Public
Received for Record Jan. 18th 1872
at 3 oclock PM and Recorded
by Chas Cross Town Clerk
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