The instrument's own words
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Know all men that we Phebe Fisher & Gerandall and George
Dice and Lovinda bye his wife in her right all of South Kingstown
Washington County in the State of Rhode Island and Benjamin S Gerandall
and Robert P Babcock and Jonathan H A Pendleton his wife and in her
right all of Charlestown in the county and State aforesaid and Isaac
S Gerandall some Gerandall and Dorcas E Gerandall all of
Northampton in said county, and Thomas Gerandall and George S
Leeuman and Patience R Freeman his wife and in her right and
Jonathan M Lee and Sarah G Lee his wife and in her right all of
Westgrove in said county and in consideration of the sum of one
dollar and this good and valuable consideration to us in hand
before the sealing hereof, all of which truly paid by George E Cummins
of Richmond in the aforesaid county of Washington, the receipt whereof
we do hereby acknowledge and also therefore fully, satisfactorily execute
and bind, do hereby grant, bargain sell and convey unto him the
said George Cummins his heirs and assigns forever all our several undivided
one fourth parts of farms respectively in and to two several tracts of
land situated in the said town of Charlestown in the county and
State aforesaid, the first tract containing three hundred acres
more or less with a dwelling house and other improvements thereon
standing, is bounded and described as follows: southerly partly
by Parwatuck River and partly by land formerly owned by Benjamin
Kengen deceased, easterly partly by land of David Lee deceased
Benj. S Belknap likewise southerly partly by a public highway and land of Benjamin
Tucker, southerly partly by land formerly of the Sagamanets tribe of
Indians, and westerly partly by land owned of Benjamin Dunrich deceased,
and westerly by the highway leading from Richmond dutch to looms
Gulls or Hannes bounded unplugged however bounded to all the rights which
the near Chas Cornwelles & Boston Railroad Company had obtained by
the time of the nausea of the railroad company which had located its
its roads across the southerly part of said premises, subject to the
public highway which runs in an easterly & westerly direction across the
southerly part of said premises, And presently, reserving hereby the
Gerandall build ground containing one half of an acre situate more or
less on the river on the southerly part of said premises which is bounded
all sides by the above described land together with the right to pass
repairs from the said farm, from the highway near said land’s limits by way
so called. the second tract of land containing twenty acres and
more or less is situated southerly from said first tract and is bounded southerly
and easterly in land of heirs of Benj Dunrich deceased, southerly on
land formerly of said Sagamanets tribe of Indians and westerly by
the same highway which bounds said first tract and is bounded on the
North however bounded, with all the buildings privileges and appurtenances
the same being the Oliver Gerandall seed house and farm which
the grantors hold as his heirs at law & as heirs of law of their mother
wife of said Oliver. To have and to hold the said land and
bargained premises with all the privileges and appurtenances thereof
to him said Oliver his heirs & assigns forever. And we the
aforenamed grantors for ourselves our heirs executors & administrators
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do covenant with said Ennis his heirs & assigns that we are lawfully
seized in fee of the premises that they are free from all encumbrances
except as aforesaid that we have and grant right to sell & convey the same
to said Ennis his heirs & assigns that we will warrant & defend the same
to said Ennis his heirs & assigns forever against the lawful
claims & demands of all persons And I Mary E. Grandall wife
of the undersigned Benjamin S. Grandall in consideration of said sum
of money and my husband as aforesaid do hereby release and
convey my entire claim unto the said Ennis his heirs & assigns all my
right of dower in and to the aforesaid premises
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seals this
22nd day of December AD 1844
signed sealed & delivered
in presence of
Benj. M. Coase as to H. L. L. Christophere S. Grandall L. S.
Inamie A. Coutis as to G. L. George Dye L. S.
S. E. Armstrong as to L. L. Loucinola Dye L. S.
John Gillies as to B. S. Grandall L. S.
Hattie L. Tucker as to M. E. Mary E. Grandall L. S.
Joseph Tucker
Alvah Laylon as to S. E. L. Sarah E. Coy L. S.
Alvah Laylon to J. N. C. Jonathan M. Coy L. S.
Eugene B. Pendleton to L. S. L. G. S. Greenman L. S.
Eugene B. Pendleton to P. L. L. Valence A. Greenman L. S.
Alvah Laylon To P. L. L. Hannah Grandall L. S.
Edward G. Grandall to L. L. L. Charles H. Grandall L. S.
Edward G. Grandall to S. L. L. Louisa Grandall L. S.
Edward G. Grandall to H. E. L. Harriet E. Grandall L. S.
Joseph L. Lehman to R. P. B. Robert P. Burdick L. S.
Jos. L. Lehman to F. A. L. B. Frances A. L. Burdick L. S.
State of Rhode Island ve
Washington
In North Kingston in said county on this
22nd day of December AD 1844 then personally came Christopher
S. Grandall Benjamin S. Grandall & George Dye subsequent to
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The foregoing instrument & they severally acknowledged the same by them
signed to be their free acts & deed. Also at the same time Rachel Swaines
wife of the said George Dye also one of the subscribers to the foreging
instrument being examined by me privately & apart from her said
husband, after having said instrument shown & explained to her by me
she declared the same to be her free voluntary act
& deed & that she did not wish to retract the same hands and seals
of deed of that she did not wish to retract the same hands and seals
Before me Mary V. Case,
Notary Public
State of Rhode Island
Washington County Ss. In Westerly in said county on this
25th day of December AD 1884 then personally came Jonathan M.
Loy, George S. Brewster and Josiah Cornwall subscribers to
the foregoing instrument and they severally acknowledged the same
by them signed to be their free act and deed. And at the same
time and place, Sarah G. Loy wife of said Jonathan M Loy and
Florence S. Brewster wife of said George S Brewster also two of
the subscribers to the following instrument being examined by me
privately and apart from their husbands, after having said instrument
shown and explained to them by me they then so declared
the same to be their free voluntary act and deed, and that they did
not wish to retract the same hands and seals
Before me E. B. Pendleton
Notary Public &
State of Rhode Island &c
Washington County So In North Kingstown in said county on this
Twenty fourth (24th) day of December 1884 then personally came
Schofield G. Cornwall & his son Josiah Cornwall and Harriet G. Cornwall &
acknowledged the foregoing instrument by them signed to be
their free and voluntary act and deed.
Before me Edward H. Cornwall
Notary Public
State of Rhode Island &c
County of Washington So In Charlestown in said county on this
25th day of December AD 1884 then personally appeared before me Robert P.
Burdick and acknowledged the foregoing instrument by him signed
to be his free and voluntary act and deed. and at the same time
came and Phoebe Frances Al. [illegible] wife of said Robert P Burdick being
examined privately and apart from her husband and having said
instrument shown & explained to her she acknowledged the same to be
her free act and deed from which she did not wish to retract
Joseph H. Robinson, Senator
Received for record Dec 27th 1884 at 3 o'clock PM.
and recorded by George LaBourse Law Clerk
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