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272 Know all men by these presents, That I John E.
Holleton of Hopkinton in the County of Washington, State
of Rhode Island in consideration of the sum of one hundred
dollars to me paid by Horace D. Biden of Charlestown
in said county and State, the receipt whereof I do hereby
acknowledge have remised released and forever quitclaimed
and by these presents do remise, release, and forever
quitclaim unto the said Horace D. Biden his heirs and
assigns, forever, all the right title, interest property
claim and demand which I now have or of right ought to
have in a claim, and in to a certain tract of land situated
in said Charlestown, containing by estimation seventeen
acres more or less, and bounded as follows, on the North by the
land of Joseph B. Perry wife, on the East by the Sharon
lane on the North by land of George W. Holleton and on
the West by land of Henry H. Leadbetter, a hornoe otherwise
bounded, being the same premises conveyed to this grantor by
Jos. Albertson by a deed dated June 18th 1800 and read in
said Charlestown to have and to hold the same, with all
the rights, privileges and appurtenances thereunto appertaining
to the said Horace D. Biden his heirs and assigns forever
And I the aforementioned John E. Holleton for myself and for
my heirs, executors and administrators do covenant with the said
Horace D. Biden his heirs and assigns, That I will
warrant and defend the aforesaid and described premises with the said
Horace D. Biden his heirs and assigns forever, against
the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming
by through or under me, And I Mary E. Holleton wife
of the said John E. Holleton in consideration of the sum paid
aforementioned, do hereby release and forever quitclaim with the
said grants his heirs and assigns all my right of dower
in add to the aforementioned premises, In Testimony
whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this
23rd day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety one
Signed, sealed and delivered
In presence of
George R. Lewis
John E. Holleton L.S.
Mary E. Holleton L.S.
State of Rhode Island County of Washington ss. In Charlestown
this 23 day of May A.D. 1891 John E. Holleton personally appeared
before me and acknowledged the foregoing instrument by him signed
to be his free and voluntary act and deed. George R. Lewis
Notary Public
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