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Know all men by these presents, that I Gary Sayes
of Stonington town County of New London and State of
Connecticut for and in consideration of the sum of
one dollar will and hereby grant by Sanford Sayes
of Westfield County of Washington and State of Rhode
Island the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged grant
by these presents to give grant bargain sell convey
and assign unto the said Daniel Sayes his heirs
and assigns forever the undivided one half of a
certain piece or tract of marsh land lying and being
in Charlestown County of Washington aforesaid
contained by estimation acres the same more or less and
bounded as follows North by Easterly and Southing
by land of Oliver Davis and Westly by land of Samuel
S. Potter or however otherwise the said land may be
or is bounding
To have and to hold the said granted and
bargained premises with all the privileges and
appurtenances to the same belonging in any wise or in anywise
appertaining to the said Grantee his heirs and assigns
forever And I the said Grantor for myself
and my heirs executors and administrators do covenant
to and with the said Grantee his heirs and assigns
that of and before the premises hereof I am the
lawful owner of the above bargained Premises and
am seized and possessed of the same in my own
perfect right as good forfeit and absolute state of
inheritance for myself and solely and have in me good
right to sell and convey the said bargained
Premises in manner aforesaid and that the
said demised and bargained premises with the
appurtenances are free from all encumbrances of what
name or nature soever that might in any measure
or change obstruct or make void this present deed
Furthermore I the said Grantor for myself my
heirs directors 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 whatever forever
to warrant defend and defend by these presents
And in consideration of the sum
paid as aforesaid and do hereby release and forever
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quitclaim unto the said Grantee theirs and
assigns right of Owner in and to the aforesaid granted
premises. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal this 13th day of January AD 1873
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of Mans Noyes L.S.
Amos W. Moss [illegible]
State of Rhode Island
In Wickford This 13th day
of January AD 1873, Mary Paige personally
appeared before me and acknowledged that the within
instrument be her signature to be her free and
voluntary act and deed. And then and there
on that same day also the above named
wife of said
personally appeared before me and being put by me
under oath’s [illegible] and after from her said husband
she acknowledged the within deed upon which seal
by me approved and stamped to be her free
and voluntary act and deed, and
declared to me that she did not wish to
retract the same. [illegible] [illegible] John Clark
Know all men by these presents that we Edward B. Brown
and Charles E. G. Campbell of the town of Charlestown, County of
Washington and State of Rhode Island for and in consideration of the
sum of six hundred and fifty dollars to us paid by Henry M. Brown
of Charlestown in the County and State aforesaid, the receipt
whereof we do hereby acknowledge, these remise release and
forever quitclaim unto her the said buying the Browns her heirs
and assigns forever all the right title interest property claim
and demand which we have more or of right ought to have
or claim in and to an undivided one half part of a certain
tract or parcel of land situated in the village of Caroline
Mills town of Charlestown County and State aforesaid containing
by estimation one acre more or less, bounded and described
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