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Know all men by these presents, that we Obadiah Gardner, Lucretia Ross
Enoch Ross & Ann Ross wife of said Enoch Ross, all of Stonington State
of Connecticut for and in consideration of the sum of Sixty dollars, sale and
truly paid by Charles Benedict of Bradstreet State of Rhode Island, the
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, by these presents do give, grant, bargain
sell, convey and confirm unto the said Charles Benedict his heirs and assigns
forever, certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in said Bradstreet
containing by estimation forty acres more or less and it is or was a part of the Indian
Reservation and is bounded as follows: Northerly Easterly and South Easterly
by land of said Obadiah Benedict and Westerly by the brook or riveres otherwise
the same land may be or is bounded
I do save and to hold the said grant bargained premises with all the
furniture and appurtenances to the same belonging or in anywise appertaining to
the said grantee for his heirs and assigns forever. And we the said grantors for
ourselves and our heirs executors and administrators do covenant and agree with the
said grantee his heirs and assigns that as and before the conveying hereof we are
the lawful owners of the above bargained premises and are seized and possessed
of the same in our own proper right as good and perfect and absolute sole of inheritance
in fee simple, and have in our right full to sell and convey the said bargained
premises in manner as aforesaid, and that the said demised and bargained premises
with the appurtenances are free from all incumbrances of what move or nature
soever that might in any manner or engine obstruct or make void this present deed
Furthermore we the said grantors for ourselves and our heirs ourselves and
administrators do covenant and agree the above demised premises to the said grant
his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims or demands of any persons or persons
whatsoever, more to warrant, defend and defend by these presents.
And I Mercy Gardner wife of said Obadiah Gardner in consideration of the sum paid
as aforesaid, do hereby release and forever quitclaim unto the said grantee his heirs
and assigns all my right of tenure in and to the aforesaid premises. In testimony whereof
we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 24th day of April AD 1847.
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of
Zizzie Barnes
Maria A Gardner
Obadiah Gardner [seal]
Lucretia Ross [seal]
Enoch Ross [seal]
Mercy Gardner [seal]
Ann Ross [seal]
State of Connecticut. In Stonington this 24th day of April AD 1847 Before
Gardner, Lucretia Ross Enoch Ross Mercy Gardner personally appeared, offered before me
and acknowledged the within instrument by them signed to be their free and voluntary
act and deed and then and there on the same day also the above named Ann Ross
wife of said Enoch Ross personally appeared before me and being by me
examined separately and apart from their said husband she acknowledged the seal
deed which was by me shown and explained to her to be her free and voluntary
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act and deed and declared to me that she did not wish to restrict the same
Moses A. Doddleton
Notary Public
(L.S.)
I hereby consent to confirm and approve of the within and
foregoing sale and transfer by Black leatherer et uxor
Samuel W. Cross
Commissioner of Narragansett Indians
Recorded for Record August 19th 1887
at 10 o'clock A.M. and Recorded by
Charles Cross Town Clerk
Know all men by these presents that I Samuel Greene of
Charlestown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, for
and in consideration of the sum of twenty five dollars to be paid to me by William R.
Lamphear and Mary Clarke (Widow of Charles Clarke deceased) at Providence
in said County & State the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have
released, relieved and forever quitclaimed and by these presents do release and
forever quitclaim unto the said William R. Lamphear and Mary Clarke
their heirs and assigns forever, all the right, title, interest, property, claim and
demand which I mnie here, or may have, or might have to claim in or unto a
lot of beach land situated in said Charlestown, containing by estimate
one half an acre the same being marked out and bounded as follows: beginning
at the North East corner of the lot hereby conveyed thence running southeasterly
bounding Easterly on land of the Grantor to the shore thence running westerly
bounding southerly on the shore dirty (20) feet to land formerly owned by Shepard
to a stump thence northerly bounding westerly on said Shepard land to a stake and
stones, thence Easterly bounding northerly on land of Shepard to the place of
beginning or nearest witness terminated the same being fifty feet in a
North East direction from the North East corner of the town on the premises
hereby conveyed. Reserving however to myself, my heirs and assigns the privilege
at any, and all times hereafter to enter upon said beach and take out and carry away
three firs and all the seaweed that may land upon the beach in front of
the premises hereby conveyed.
And I do Make and sell to the said the same with all the rights privileges and
appurtenances thereunto appertaining to the said William R. Lamphear and
Mary Clarke, their heirs and assigns forever, except the reservation aforementioned
And I the aforementioned Samuel Greene for myself and for my heirs, executors
and administrators, do covenant with the said William R. Lamphear and
Mary Clarke, their heirs and assigns that I will warrant and defend the title
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