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KNOW all men by these presents that I Wm Knowles of
Providence in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island
Assignee of Mainford G Knowles of Westerly in the County of Washington
within and State aforesaid, and in my said paid capacity of assignee
for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred & eighty eight
Dollars to me in my said capacity paid by Edwin Knowles of
said Providence hand over, conveyed & delivered and by these
Presents do sell convey and deliver to the said Edwin Knowles
his heirs and assigns the full highest degree at an auction
as he thereat all the right title & interest which the said Mainford
G Knowles had on the 16 day of February 1879 day of the date
of the deed of assignment from me to the following described parcels
of real estate situated in the town of Hopkinton in the said county
of Washington to wit one undivided half part of the Parcel known
as Knowles farm so called & a like interest in a lot of land belonging
to the homestead, meaning and intending hereby to convey all the
right title and interest which the said Mainford G Knowles had on
the 11th day of February 1879 in real estate lying in said town which
was descended from Samuel Stanton late of said Hopkinton deceased
to his son Stanton as one of the heirs at law of said Samuel that
is to say three undivided seventh parts of a lot measuring four hundred
and forty feet long, Northerly & Easterly by land belonging to the
heirs of the late Samuel Stanton deceased northerly by land owned
by Edward Phelps deceased southerly and westerly by land owned by
formerly belonging to Horace Tilton Also all the right title and
interest which the said Mainford G Knowles had at the time of the assignment
of said land in and to a saw mill, shingle mill & machinery situate
said Hopkinton on land belonging to the heirs of the late Joseph
Knowles to have and to hold for this with the heirs of said land
and similar the above described premises & property to hold the said
Edwin Knowles his heirs & assigns forever Also I Wm Knowles assign
as aforesaid, for myself my heirs executors administrators and assigns
covenant and warrant unto and to the said Edwin Knowles his heirs
executors administrators and assigns that I do and promise to the action
of the sale of the aforesaid property first that I have all due and legal
right to alienate or to sell it that the sale was made in due form to
law and that by my true heirs the said Edwin Knowles his heirs
executors administrators and assigns may and shall be and are enjoying
the premises hereby conveyed in peace fully and absolutely as the
said Mainford G Knowles could have had and enjoyed the same
if the assignment aforesaid had not been executed by him
In Testimony whereof I the said Wm Knowles in my said
capacity of assignee have hereunto set my hand & seal this 24 day of
February 1881 eighteen Hundred & eighty one
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of
Charles H Scott
Wm Knowles Lsd
Assignee of
Mainford G Knowles
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State of Rhode Island
Providence ss
Be It known In Providence this 24th day of February
1807 personally appeared before me William Haskell subscriber
to the foregoing deed and in his capacity of Assignee of Amy Macber
a knowle acknowledges the foregoing instrument to be his voluntary
act & deed [signature] Saml. J. Douglas
Justice of the Peace
Received for record Aug 28th 1833 at 10 o'clock A.M.
And recorded by [signature] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
Know all men by these Presents That I Amy Macberon
of Charlestown in the county of Washington and state of Rhode
Island for and in consideration of the sum of seventy four
dollars and more and fully paid by Albert H. Eccleson [illegible] of
Richmond in said county [illegible] the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged have these presents do give grant bargain sell convey
and confirm unto the said Albert H. Eccleson his heirs and assigns
forever, all the real estate which I own situated in said town-
town, with the buildings thereon, for a dozen plott of which residue
is readily known to the said land whereas residue of said Charlestown
I have and I hold the said granted and bargained premises
with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging
or in any wise appertaining to the said grantees his heirs and
assigns forever And I the said grantor for myself my heirs my
executors and administrators do covenant and agree with the said
grantee his heirs and assigns that at and before the sealing
thereof I am the lawful owner of the above bargained premises
and am seized and possessed of the same in my own right peace
good perfect and absolute estate in heritance in fee simple
and have good right to sell convey and confirm the said bargained
premises in manner aforesaid And that the said demised and
bargained premises with all the appurtenances are free from all
encumbrances of what manor or nature soever that might in any
maner or degree or title of right or make prove that by present act
Furthermore I the said Amy Macberon for myself my
heirs executors and administrators do covenant and agree to brag the
above demised premises to the said Albert H. Eccleson his heirs
and assigns against the lawful claims or demands of any person
or persons whomsoever forever to warrant seise and defend to
these presents The condition of this deed is such that
whereas the said Amy Macberon has executed any negotiable
promissory note for the sum of seventy four dollars bearing interest
date hereabt and anno payable to the said citizen H. Eccleson
or order six months after date with interest payable semi annually
thereof if all of the said grantor or any other person had
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