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Know all men by these presents that we
Benedict Reynolds & Hannah S Reynolds wife,
and of Benedict Reynolds of Charlestown in the
County of Washington & State of Rhode Island
and in consideration of the sum of Two
hundred Dollars well and truly paid by Henry
Hampton of Westerly in said County and State
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged by these
presents do grant bargain sell convey and confirm
unto the said Henry H Hampton his heirs and assign
a certain lot of land or parcel of land
lying and being in said Charlestown with all
the buildings & improvements thereon standing by
which the same premises & estate the said Hannah
S Reynolds purchased of the said Henry Hampton by
deed bearing some date with these presents and
recorded in Land evidence of said Charlestown
witnesses being here made to said deed for the bounds
of the same the same is made a part of this present
deed I have and to hold the said granted and
bargained premises with all the privilege and appurten
ances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining
to the said Grantor his heirs and assigns forever
and we the said Grantors for ourselves our heirs
executors and administrators do covenant to and with
the said grantee his heirs and assigns that at and at
above the conveying hereof we are the lawful owners of
the above bargained premises and are seized and
invested of the same in our own right as and
absolute estate of inheritance in fee simple and
have good right to sell convey and confirm the
said bargained premises as manner as aforesaid
and that the said demised and bargained premises
with the appurtenances are free from all encumbr burdens
of what name or nature soever that might in any
wise or degree obstruct or make this present deed
void Furthermore we the said Grantors for ourselves our
heirs executors and administrators do covenant and
engage the above demised premises to the said
Grantee his heirs and assigns against the lawful
claims or demands of any person or persons whatsoever
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Benedict Reynolds
Hannah S Reynolds
Henry H Hampton
Lot of land in Charlestown
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forever to warrant secure and defend by these presents
And [illegible] in consideration
of the sum paid as aforesaid do hereby release and
forever quitclaim unto the said grantee heirs
and assigns all right of dower in and to
the aforementioned premises
The condition of this deed is said that whereas I
the said Sudwick Boynton have executed my
negotiable promissory note for the sum of Five
Hundred Dollars bearing same date herewith and
made payable to the said Hilary Champlin or
order on demand with interest payable annually
at seven per cent per annum
Now Therefore if we the said grantor or assign
for us shall pay said note at maturity together
with the interest thereon according to the tenor
thereof then this deed shall be void otherwise shall
be and remain in full force and effect
Furthermore we the said grantor do hereby constitute
and appoint the said grantee her executor administrator
istrator and assigns one our attorney irrevocable for us and
in our name or their name or names at any time
in case default shall be made in the payment
of said note or of the annual interest thereon
and such default shall continue for the term
of ten days to sell at Publick Auction the premises
aforesaid or any part thereof by their discretion
Twenty days notice of such sale in some one of
the Publick Newspapers printed in said County
and in our name or in their name or names
to make and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers
thereof any deed or deeds that may be necessary
to vest in such purchasers or purchasers absolute
in fee simple therein and over all their fee simply
granting unto our said Attorney power to continue
or adjourn such sale from time to time etc etc
authorize our said attorneys to receive the amount
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 residue thereof to the payment of
the amount of principal & interest of said note
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64 hereby secured with the hereby giving that in case of
a sale for default in the payment of said annual
interest the principal of said said note shall be
deemed due and pay able on the day of such
sale) according to me in 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 virtue
thereof.
Furthermore we the said Grantors for
ourselves and for our heirs executors administrators
and assigns do hereby covenant with the said
grantee his heirs and assigns that Insurance against
loss by fire shall be kept and maintained upon
upon the buildings on the premises aforesaid in a
sum not less than Two hundred Dollars and that the
Policy or Policies of such Insurance shall be
assigned and transferred to the said grantee his
and assigns as collateral security hereto and in
pursuant thereof do hereby agree that the said grantee
his heirs or assigns may effect such insurance and
the premiums or premiums paid thereon shall be
a further lien upon the said estate added to the
amount of said note and secured by these presents
For testimony whereof we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this 3d day of April AD 1872
Signed sealed and delivered
Presence of Jesse B Reynolds L.S.
H. S. Greene Hannah S Heymotes L.S.
Am Cote
Reverend Stannell
S. S.
State of Rhode Island & Prov Charter in the town this
ninth day of April Jesse B Reynolds personally
appeared before me and acknowledged the foregoing
instrument executed by him signed to be his free and voluntary
act and deed. And then and there on the same
day also the above named Hannah S Heymotes wife
of said Jesse B Reynolds personally appeared before me
and being by me examined private and apart from
her said Husband she acknowledged the within deed
which was by me shown and explained to her to be
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her free and voluntary act and deed and declared
to me that she did not wish to retract the same
Millen S Greene Public Notary
Recd for record April 5th A.D 1872 at 2 o'clock
P.M. and recorded by Charles Brown Town Clerk.
Know all men by these presents that I Richard W York resident
of Samuel G Babcock of North Smithfield in the state of Rhode Island
duly appointed by the Governor of State for the district of North Smithfield
for clear cause and consideration therefore moving, equivalently
for one thousand and twenty eight dollars received to my full
satisfaction of Abigail H Brooks and Horace H Brooks resident with
of Charlestown in the state of Rhode Island, have remised release and
forever released and do by these presents for myself and
for said Samuel G Babcock justly entirely and absolutely remise
release and forever release unto the said Abigail H Brooks and
Horace H Brooks and to their heirs and assigns forever
all such right or title as I the said Richard W York as
conservator to said Samuel G Babcock have or ought to have
to all of that certain parcel of land or piece of land with the buildings
thereon situated in Charlestown in County of Washington
and state of Rhode Island, containing about seventy acres more or
less and is the same fully mortgaged by said Brookses i.
George H Brooks grandchildren of said Samuel G Babcock
by their mortgage deed dated the 24th day of February, 1867 and
recorded in Land Evidence Records for the town of Charlestown
said premises being bounded on the North by lands of Felix E
Brighton & Billings & Mooreman, on the East by the Charlestown
front, on the South by the Atlantic Ocean and on the West by lands
of Billings & Mooreman, meaning and intending to release all
right and title which said Samuel G Babcock have in said mortgaged premises
I have and do hold that these above described premises to the
said grantees to their heirs and assigns, to the only use and behalf
of the said Abigail H Brooks and Horace H Brooks and
their heirs and assigns forever, so that neither I the said Richard W
York nor my heirs would Samuel G Babcock nor any person for me
or others or in her name and behalf shall or will hereafter claim
or demand any right or title to the premises or any part thereof, but
they and every one of them shall by these presents be perpetual and forever
barred. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my