9/4/1876 · MORTGAGE · book 10 page 248 doc 4480

248 Know all men by these Presents That we Thomas Rogers & Angeline Rogers wife of said Thomas Rogers, of Charlestown county of Washington & Rhode Island, for and in consideration of the sum of Thirty Dollars well and truly paid by Henry Allen of Westerly, in said County and state the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, by these Presents do give, grant, bargain, sell, convey and confirm unto the said Henry Allen & his heirs forever as follows, to contain tract or parcel of land lying & being in said Charlestown containing by estimation seventy acres, lie the same more or less abutting north west boundary on other infamous munits [illegible] standing, & bounded as follows namely Southerly by the Highway, Easterly by the home Southerly by the land of Brown Whitmore & Westerly by land of Mill Biggs Taylor White & Giddeon [illegible] & bounded by the nominated site whereon the said grantors now live, reserving the same more or less bounded, To have and to hold the said granted and bargain Premises, with all the privileges, and appurtenances to the same belonging, in any wise appertaining to the said grantee his heirs their and me, forever. And we the said grantors for ourselves our heirs, Executors and Administrators do covenant to any and with the said grantee his heirs and assigns That at at and before the executing hereof we are the lawful owners of the above bargained Premises and are sole seized and possessed of the same, in our own right, as good perfect and absolute estate of inheritance, in the simple fee and have good right, to sell, convey and confirm the 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 manner 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 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 secure and defend by these Presents The condition of this Deed is such that whereas I the said Thomas Rogers have executed any negotiable promissory note for the Sum of Thirty Dollars bearing even date herewith and made payable to the said Henry Allen or

order one year from date with interest from sole annually, at seven per cent per annum Now Therefore, if we The said grantors or any other person for us shall pay said note at maturity together with the interest Thereon according to the time thereof then This Deed shall be void, otherwise shall be and remain in full force and effect Furthermore we the said grantors do hereby constitute and appoint the said grantee his Executors, All administrators, and Heirs, as our attorneys’s with full powers of substitution and revocation for us in and in our name or in their name or names at any other time, in case default shall be made in the payment of said note or of the annual interest due Thereon, and such default shall constitute for the term of ten days to secure it such a Failure The grantee may after, and during such Failure of their first giving twenty days notice of such sale, in some ale of the public market places pointed in said county and in our name or 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 purchase or purchasers an estate in full simple tenure, and on sale Thereof (hereby granting unto our said Attorneys power to continue or adjourn such sale from time to time) we do 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 and interest of said note hereby secured (we hereby agreeing that in case of a sale for default in the payment of the said annual interest the principal of said note shall be deemed due and payable on the day of such sale) according to us our Heirs and Assigns (and for all sums over and above the amount Thereof we hereby ratifying and conforming such sale or sales as may be made or caused to be made by virtue hereof. In Testimony Whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 1st day of September AD 1876 Signed, sealed and Delivered In presence of Sam H. Lewis Thomas Rogers L.S. Angelina Rogers L.S.

250 State of Rhode Island, ss This Indenture, this 1st day of September 1876, Thomas Rogers personally appeared before me and acknowledged the foregoing instrument by him signed to be his free and voluntary act and deed, And Then and There, on the same day, also the above named Angeline Rogers wife of said Thomas Rogers personally appeared before me, and being by me examined privately and apart from her said husband, she acknowledged the writen 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. Saml R. Cross Town Clerk Received for record September 4th 1876, at 1 oclock P.M. and recorded by Charles Cross Town Clerk