The instrument's own words
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To all people to whom these presents shall come: I Mary
lo Barber of Charleston, County of Washington in the State of Rhode
Island, Said Presenting, Know that I the said Mary lo Barber,
(single woman) hereinafter called the grantor for and in consideration
of the sum of Two hundred (200$) paid to me in hand before the
executing hereof well and truly paid by John H Reynolds of the
town county and State aforesaid the receipt whereof do hereby
acknowledge and with herewith fully satisfied contented and
paid thereof and these my party hereto bound their executors,
assign and discharge the said John H Reynolds, his heirs, executors
and administrators for power by these presents given grant,
bargained sold delivered attempted conveyed and confirmed and
by these presents do hereby fully and absolutely grant and
bargain sell alien convey substitute assign and confirm unto the said
John H Reynolds hereinafter called the grantee his heirs and
assigns forever the one undivided half of the following described
estate situate in the town of Charlestown aforesaid, Its boundaries
and a full description reference is hereby made to a deed made
and executed by S T Rice to Isarey Barber which deed is recorded
in Charlestown in Land Evidence Books No 9 page 107 dated hundred
30th 1870 and said deed is hereby referring to and to be made and
part of this instrument. To have and to hold the said
granted and bargained premises with all the appurtenances funds
and commodites to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining
to the said grantee his heirs and assigns forever to his and their use
on my own use benefit and heirs forever And I the said
grantor for myself and for my heirs executors and administrators
do covenant and agree to and with the said grantee his
heirs and assigns that if and but before the executing hereof I the true
sole and lawful owner of the above bargained premises and am
lawfully seized and possessed of the same in my own proper right
as good full feet and absolute estate of inheritance in full fee
and hale in me to have good right full power and lawful authority to
grant bargain sell alien convey and confirm the said bargained
premises in manner as aforesaid And that the said grantee
his heirs and assigns shall and may from time to time and at
all times forever hereafter by force and virtue of these presents
lawfully peaceably and quietly have hold occupy possess
and enjoy the said denied and bargained premises with the
appurtenances free and clear and free and clearly acquitted
signatured and discharged of from all and all manner of
former or other gifts granted bargained sales leases marriage
wills entails penalties doweries judgments executions and encumbrances
of whatever nature general what may affect in any measure or
degree obtained or made void this present deed.
Furthermore I the said grantor for myself and for my heirs
executors and administrators do covenant and engage the about
demised premises to the said grantee his heirs and assigns
against the lawful claims or demands of any person or persons
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who forever to warrant seise and defend by these presents,
the consideration of this deed is such that whereas I the said Mary
Lo Barber have executed my two certain negotiable promissory notes
one for the sum of one hundred dollars dated May 19th 1885 one for
one hundred dollars dated June 19th 1885 payable to the said John
H. Peleg one or one year after date of said notes with interest
at the rate of six per centum per annum payable annually until
said notes shall run full term is paid whether at or after maturity and all
installments of interest in arrears whether before or after maturity to
bear interest at the rate aforesaid till paid
For therefore I the said Mary Lo Barber a mother my heirs,
executors, administrators & assigns or any other person redeem for
or them shall pay said notes at maturity together with the
interest thereon according to the tenor thereof thing this deed shall
be void otherwise shall be and remain in full force and
effect
Furthermore I the said Mary Lo
Barber do hereby constitute and appoint the said grantor his
executors, administrators and assigns my attorney irrevocable
with full power of substitution and revocation to me and in
my name or in their name a name at any time in case
default shall be made in the payment of my said notes
or of the annual interest due thereon and such default shall
continue for the term of ten days to sell at public auction
the premises aforesaid or any part thereof and to bid and
become the purchaser or purchasers at any such sale or sales
they first giving after the expiration of said term of ten days
lawful notice of such sale in one of the public
newspapers printed in the county of Washington and in my
name or in their name a name to make execute seal
acknowledge and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof
any deed or deeds that may be necessary to vest in such purchas-
ers or purchasers a full and absolute estate in the simple
therein and on said thereof hereby granting with my said
attorneys full power to extend an adjust such sales from
time to time I do authorize my 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 notes hereby
received I hereby agreeing that in case of sale for default
in the payment of said annual interest the principal of any
said notes shall be deemed due and payable on the date of
such sale according to me or my heirs and assigns
for all sums one and over the above the amount thereof I hereby
ratifying approving and confirming such sale or sales
as may be by the said of carried to be made by virtue hereof
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this 19th day of June in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty five (1885)
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Signed, sealed and delivered
in presence of
John H. Hopil
Joanna T. Hopil
Mary Le Barber L.S.
State of Rhode Island &c
Washington &c
In Charlestown this 20th day of
July A.D. 1833. The above named Mary Le Barber personally
appeared before me and acknowledged the foregoing instrument
by her signed to be her free and voluntary act and deed
Edwin A. Kenyon
Notary Public
Received for record July 23rd 1833, at 12 o'clock No
and recorded by Ledger b. Cross Town Clerk
Having received full payment and satisfaction I hereby cancel and
discharge this mortgage deed and release unto Mary Le Barber her
heirs and assigns all my interest under said deed in and to the
premises therein described
Witness my hand and seal this 7th day of May 1847 John H. Reynolds L.S.
In presence of
John H. Hopil
I know all men by these presents that I John H. Reynolds
of Charlestown, county of Washington and State of Rhode Island
for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred and
twenty five dollars to me paid by David A. S. Kenyon of
Charlestown, county of New London State of Connecticut the
receipt of whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have remised, released
and forever quit claimed and by these presents do remise,
release and forever quit claim unto the said David his
heirs and assigns, forever, all the right title, interest property
claim and demand which I now have, have a right ought
have or claim, in and to a certain tract of land one undivided
half part of what is known as the Duffey place lying in
Charlestown, county of Washington, containing by the estimation
eighty acres for the bridge mill or deal, with a dwelling house
and other buildings thereon standing, and is bounded as
follows, viz Mentally and North by the Pawcatuck River,
Easterly on land formerly of the Lothropia mills lee and
Southerly on land formerly owned by Hoghish Kenyon &c
however otherwise the same may be bounded meaning
and intending hereby to convey all the said grantor his heirs
and assigns the undivided half of the real estate conveyed
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