The instrument's own words
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Know all men by these Presents
that we Archibold Barber of the town of
North Kingstown in the County of Washington and
State of Rhode Island, and Nancy Barber
wife of said Archibold, in consideration of
the Sum of One Dollar to be paid by Mary B.
Barber of said town whose receipt whereof hereby acknowledge
and of the love and good will
we bear to said Mary, do hereby give grant
and convey and emancipate unto said Mary a
certain lot of land containing one half an acre
with a dwelling house and other buildings
thereon situated in the village of
Carolina Mills in said town and bounded
as follows Northly by land of Demerow and
George Dabeece Eastly by land of John W. Many
Southly by land of Ebenez H. Clarkin and
Westly by the Highway or Public road or
water boundaries the said property may be other
wise known described or bounded.
To have and to hold the above
premises premises with the privileges and appurten
ances thereto belonging or in any wise appertaining
to said Mary B Barber her heirs and assigns
to her and their use and behoof forever
And we the said Archibold Barber and Mary
Barber for our selves and our heirs executor and
administrators do covenant with the said Mary
and with her heirs and assigns that we are
lawfully seized and possessed of the afore
granted premises That they are free from all
encumbrances that we have right good title to sell
and convey the same to said Mary and to her
heirs and assigns forever as aforesaid and that
we will and our heirs executors and adminis
trators shall warrant and defend the same to the
said Mary and her heirs and assigns forever against
the lawful claims and demands of all persons
In witness whereof the said Archibold Barber
and Mary Barber have hereunto set our hands
and affixed our seals this Fourteenth day of March
in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and
seventy two (1872)
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In Presence of
[illegible]
Revenue Stamp
6.00
Archibald Barber Ye. S.
Nancy Barber Ls
State of Rhode Island
Washington County ss
Charlestown March 22d 1772
Then personally appeared the aforementioned Archibald
Barber and acknowledges the foregoing instrument to be
his signed seal and deed; and at
the same time place & time appeared Nancy
Barber one of the Grantors in the foregoing written deed
and the wife of said Archibald, and having been
examined separate and apart from her said husband
and the meaning of said instrument made known
and explained to her by me acknowledged, that
she executed the same freely and voluntarily without
compulsion of her said husband and that she
does not wish to retract the same
Before me
Haley P. Clarke
Pub Notary
Recd for Record April 28th 1772 at 4 o'clock PM
And Recorded by Charles Cross Town Clk
Know all men by these Presents that I
Nancy Barber of the town of Charlestown in the
County of Washington and State of Rhode Island
in consideration of the sum of One Dollar to me paid
by Archibald Barber and Nancy Barber of said town
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and of the
love and good will I fore say to said Archibald and
Nancy do hereby give grant bargain sell and
convey unto said Archibald and Nancy a certain
Lot of land with a dwelling house and other buildings
thereon standing situated in the Village of Carlina
Mills in said town and bounded as follows
Northerly by land of Simon and Honora Barber;
Easterly by land of John W. Money; Southerly by
land of George & Haley Clarke; and Westerly by the
Highway & Public road and containing one half
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