The instrument's own words
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Know All men by These Presents that I Edwin
lo Vars of Westerly county of Washington State of Rhode Island dated
for and his consideration of the sum of Five Dollars to me
well and truly paid by Abel H Stanton, Kearlan P Brown
of Westerly & Josiah P Kenyon of Hopkinton county & State
of Westerly & Josiah P Kenyon of Hopkinton county & State
do acknowledge the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged
By these Presents do give grant bargain sell convey and
assign unto the said Abel H Stanton, Kearlan P Brown &
Josiah P Kenyon to their heirs and assigns forever
A certain piece or parcel of land situated in the town of
Westerly (County & State as above mentioned) on the South
side of Charlestown road & bounded as follows beginning at
the South east corner of said lot be a stake fixed on
the Beach road thence running easterly five (5) rods to
a stone post thence running Northerly eight (8) rods to a
stone post thence running easterly six (6) rods to a stone
post thence running Northerly eight (8) rods to the first
mentioned boundary bounded on the East South East by
grantor & on the South by Atlantic Ocean by esterwater
line pyruvate of an acre or the same more or less
To have and to 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 to their heirs and assigns forever And
I the said grantor for myself and for my heirs executors
and administrators do covenant and to and with the said
grantees their heirs and assigns that at and before the
ensueing hour I am the lawful owner of the above bargained
premises and am seized and possessed of the same to
my own right as gold perfect and absolute estate of
inheritance in fee simple and have good right to sell
convey and confirm the said bargained premises in manner
aforesaid And that the said devised and bargained
premises with the appurtenances are free from all
encumbrances of what name or nature soever that
might in any way measure or degree obstruct or mage void
this present deed Furthermore I
the said grantor for myself and for my heirs executors
and administrators do covenant and convey the above
demised premises to the said granted to their heirs
and assigns against the lawful claims or demands
of any person or persons whatever forever to remain
secure and defended by these presents
And I elizabeth J Vars wife of Edwin lo Vars in
consideration of the sum paid do aforesaid do hereby
releasey and forever quitclaim unto the said grantees
their heirs and assigns all my right of dower in
and to the aforementioned premises
In Testimony whereof we have herunto set our hands
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500
and seals this 19th day of December A.D. 1847.
Signed, sealed and delivered
in presence of
Geo. W. Berry
Enoch W. Vars
Edwin G. Vars L.S.
Libyl S. Vars L.S.
State of Rhode Island
Washington Se
I Notary public this 19th day of
December A.D. 1847 Edwin G. Vars & Libyl S. Vars his
one personally appeared before me and acknowledged
the foregoing 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 Libyl S. Vars wife
of said Edwin G. Vars personally appeared before me
and being by me examined privately and apart from her
said husband she acknowledged the writing then 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.
Enoch W. Vars Notary Public
Received for record January 6th 1848 at 5 o'clock P.M.
and recorded by George W. Brown Town Clerk
Know all men by these Presents, that we Samuel
F. Babcock, Welcome B. Babcock and Elihu S. Babcock all
of North Kingstown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island
and Daniel S. Babcock of Rhode Island in said county hereinafter
called the grantors for land in consideration of the sum of Fifty
Five dollars ($55.00) to us paid by George W. Keene of North Kingstown
foregoing hereinafter called the grantee the receipt whereof we
do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant bargain sell all and
convey into the said grantee his heirs and assigns forever,
two (2) certain lots or parcels of land situate in Charlestown in said
county of Washington and described and bounded as follows, to wit:
the first tract comprises lots numbered 1 and 2 on a plot of
marsh "Plan of storage site surveying ninety Pounds" on file in
the town clerks office said land is bounded as follows, to wit:
bounded as follows, to wit: southerly and easterly by other lands
of these grantors, southerly by the Atlantic Ocean, and westerly by lot
not numbered 3 on the aforementioned plat. The second tract
is a triangular piece of land joining the above described tract
on the East side the west of and is bounded as follows to wit:
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