The instrument's own words
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Know all men by these presents that I George Co Bros
of Charlestown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode
Island in consideration of the sum of one dollar to me paid by
Stephen Bromwell of the city & County of Providence State aforesaid
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 Stephen Bromwell his
heirs and assigns, all the right title, interest property, claim
and demand which I now have or of right ought to have or claim
in and to a certain lot of land situated in said Charlestown
containing five acres more or less and bounded as follows, on
the North, East and South by land of Stephen Bromwell and North
by a highway known as the Indian road and land belonging of
Shelah Hopkins, a homeowner likewise bounded, being the same
premises conveyed to this grantor by deed from Bradley Hopkins
and on record in said Charlestown in Land Evidence record
Book 177 page 171, on which land is a dwelling house and
other improvements formerly the residence of Bradley Hopkins
now occupied, I have and to hold the same with
all the rights, privileges and appurtenances thereunto appertaining
to him the said Stephen Bromwell his heirs and assigns forever.
And I the aforementioned George Co Bros for myself and for
my heirs, executors and administrators do covenant with the
said Stephen Bromwell his heirs and assigns, that I will
warrant and defend the aforementioned premises unto the
said Stephen Bromwell his heirs and assigns, forever, against
the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming
by himself or under me.
And I Mary Co Bros
wife of the said George Co Bros in consideration of the sum
paid as aforesaid, do hereby release and forever quitclaim
unto the said grantee his heirs and assigns all my right
of dower in and to the aforementioned premises.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and
seals this 14 day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and one.
Signed, sealed and delivered
In presence of
Bessie M. Lobes
George Co Bros L.S.
Mary Co Bros L.S.
State of Rhode Island, County of Washington
In Richmond on the 14 day of May A.D. 1801 before me
personally appeared George Co Bros and Mary Co Bros to me
known and known them to be the parties executing the
foregoing instrument and they acknowledged said
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222 instrument buy them executed to be their free act and deed
Whiting Metcalf
Notary Public
Received for record January 15 1901 at 11-30 oclock A.M.
and recorded by George G. Lowre Town clerk
Know All Men by these presents, that we
Abraham Johnson and Abby H Johnson (wife of said
Abraham Johnson in her own right) both of the Town of Charlestown
in the State of Rhode Island hereinafter called the Grantors,
in consideration, ten dollars to us paid by Henry Barker of
the City of Providence in said State of Rhode Island hereinafter
called the Grantee the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged
do hereby give, grant bargain sell and convey unto the said
said Grantee and his heirs and assigns forever, a certain
piece of parcel of land lying in the Town of Charlestown on the
Northerly side of the King's Factory Road so called near its
intersection with the "Post Road" so called and bounded
and described as follows: Beginning at a stone bound
on the Northerly side of said King's Factory Road at the Southe
east corner of the lot herein described and running Northing
with the boundary line between this lot and land owned by
said Abby H Johnson and Charles G Johnson to a stone bound
upon the South side of seep Pond so called thence running and
running in a general Easterly direction with said seep
Pond, (including all ownership right title and interest
in and to the bed of said pond attached to the land herein
described) to a stone bound marking the dividing line between
this land and land owned by James H Kenyon thence running
and running in an Easterly direction with the Southerly
line of said land of said James H Kenyon to a stone bound
marking the dividing line between this land and the Brimas
Land" so called (now owned in part by said Jas H Kenyon)
thence running Southerly bounding Easterly on said "Brimas
land" to a cedar tree on the King's Factory Road, thence running
Westerly bounding Northerly on said road to the first mentioned
bound or starting point. Said parcel of land comprises
87.5 more or less a part of the Valley portion of the Pecoon
Sand" so called as laid out on a "Map of the Susan Reservoir
Charlestown Rhode Island" which is recorded in the Town
Clerks Office of Charlestown, to which reference is hereby made.