The instrument's own words
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clearing by, through or under me.
In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and
seals this 7 day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety nine.
Signed and sealed in presence of
George G. Cross
Rosanna Stamp
Wt.
Thomas J. Webster L.S.
Hettie F. Webster L.S.
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
In Charlestown on the 7th day of July
AD 1899 before me personally appeared Thomas J. Webster and
Hettie F. Webster his wife to me known, and known by me to
be the parties executing the foregoing instrument and they acknowledge
said instrument by them executed to be their free act and deed.
George G. Cross
Notary Public
Received for record July 7 1899 at 4 oclock PM.
and recorded by George G. Cross Town Clerk
KNOW All Men by these Presents, That I, Bethuel
Webster of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island
in consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars to me paid
by Thomas J. Webster of Charlestown aforesaid the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged, do hereby remise, release and forever quitclaim
unto him the said Thomas J. Webster his heirs and assigns forever,
all the right, title, interest, property, claim and demand, which
I have have, or of right ought to have, or claim or indeed and to a
certain lot of land situated in said Charlestown containing by
estimation fourteen acres more or less with a dwelling house
and other buildings thereon standing, bounded Northerly by
land of George Johnson, Easterly by land of Mary Colesseu
Southerly partly by land of William Belland and partly by
land of Amos & Percival Harris and James B. Lucume and
Westerly by a highway, or however otherwise bounded,
To have and to hold the same, with all the rights,
privileges and appurtenances thereunto appertaining, unto
and to the use of him the said Thomas J. Webster his heirs
and assigns forever. And I the aforementioned Bethuel
Webster for myself and for my heirs, executors and
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administrators, do covenant with the said Thomas J. Webster
his heirs and assigns that I will warrant and defend the
aforedescribed premises unto the said Thomas J. Webster his
heirs and assigns forever, against the lawful claims and
demands of all persons claiming by, through or under me.
and I Fidelia F. Webster wife of the said Betheul Webster
in consideration of the sum paid as aforesaid, do hereby release
and forever quitclaim unto the said Thomas J. Webster his
heirs and assigns, all my right of tenure in and to the
aforementioned premises.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands
and seals this 7th day of July in the year of our lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety nine.
Signed and sealed in presence of
George G. Comes Betheul Webster L.S.
Fidelia F. Webster L.S.
[Rhode Island State Seal]
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
In Charlestown on the 7th day of July
A.D. 1899 before me personally appeared Betheul Webster
and Fidelia F. Webster his wife to me known and known
by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument
and they acknowledged and ratified it to be their
to be their free act and deed. George G. Comes rog
[Signature] Notary Public
Received for record July 7 1899 at 4 oclock PM
and recorded by George G. Comes from Lelate
Know all men that Thomas J. Webster of
Charlestown R.I. in consideration of the sum of one
dollar to me paid by Betheul Webster and Fidelia F.
Webster his wife of Charlestown aforesaid, the receipt whereof
I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby lease to them the said
Betheul Webster and Fidelia F. Webster for and during the
term of each of their natural lives a certain lot of land
situated in said Charlestown, containing by estimation
fourteen acres more or less with a dwelling house and
other buildings thereon standing, bounded Northerly
by land of Kenyon Johnson Easterly, by land of Mary
between Southwesterly party by land of William Heard
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