The instrument's own words
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heirs and assigns, all my right of owner in and to the
aforedescribed premises
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and
seals this 5th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and three (1903)
Signed and sealed in presence of
Horatio E. Bellove [signature] James Smith L.S.
[signature] Clara M. Smith L.S.
State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
On Providence on the 5th day of May A.D.
1903 before me personally appeared James Smith and
Clara M. Smith his wife said to me known, and known
by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument
and they acknowledged said instrument, by them
executed to be their free act and deed.
Horatio E. Bellove [signature]
Notary Public L.S.
Received for record May 9 1903 at 6 oclock P.M.
and recorded by George G. Converse Town Clerk
KNOW ALL MEN by these Presents, That I
James Smith of the City and County of Providence, in
the State of Rhode Island, hereinafter called the grantor,
in consideration of one dollar and other valuable
considerations to me paid by William E. Lefferts of Hopkinton
in the County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island,
hereinafter called the grantee, the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain,
sell and convey unto the said Grantee and his heirs
and assigns forever One undivided half part of a
certain lot of march land situated in Charlestown, in
the County of Washington, in the State aforesaid, containing
five acres more or less, said tract being bounded as
follows, Northerly on the Charlestown pond, as called
Castley or on land formerly owned by George H. R. Kerry,
Southerly on land of heirs of Bernard S. Vavasseur, or
land of heirs of James Matthews and on land owned
by the Grantor, Westerly on land of the heirs of
Ira Behunck deceased, or however otherwise the same
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another tract of marsh land situated in said town of Charlestown
in the county and state aforesaid, containing by estimation 40
square rods, be the same more or less, said tract being bounded
easterly and northerly by land of the heirs of Charles Greene,
southerly and westerly by the channel leading to the Charlestown
pond, being the same tract of land which was purchased by
Andrew G. Gates of said Charlestown from Jason Greene by
deed dated May 11, 1880 said deed being on record in said
Charlestown and for further descriptions and boundaries, reference
is made to the aforesaid deed to the said Andrew G. Gates from
the said Jason Greene, reserving however, so far as the
latter described tract is concerned, to Henry Ballard the right
to land and have up boats and canoes, and to erect and use
houses for the purpose of carrying on the business of fishing at
any and all times heretofore and during his lifetime, meaning
to convey to the said grantee the undivided half tracts or
parcels of land conveyed by him to me by deed recorded
in the Land Evidence of said Charlestown on September 1,
1900, in Book 104 Pages 131 and 132.
To have and to hold the aforegranted premises with
all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging
unto and to the use of the said Grantee and his heirs and
assigns forever. And I the said grantor as hereby
for myself and for my heirs, executors and administrators
covenant with the said Grantee and his heirs and
assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee simple of
the land granted premises, that the same are free from
all incumbrances whatsoever, that I have good right
full power and lawful authority to sell and convey
the same in manner as aforesaid, that the said grantee
and his heirs and assigns shall by these presents at all
times hereafter peaceably and quietly have and enjoy
the said premises, and that I the said grantor with and
my heirs, executors and administrators shall warrant
and defend the same to the said grantee and his heirs
and assigns forever against the lawful claims and
demands of all persons.
And for the consideration aforesaid I Celina M. Smith
wife of the said grantor of hereby release all my right
of dower in all the said granted premises unto
the said Grantee and his heirs and assigns forever.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands
and seals this 5th day of May in the year of our Lord
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one thousand nine hundred and three 1903
Signed and sealed in presence of
Hoatis E. Bellons
James Smith L.S.
Alara M. Smith L.S.
State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
Dr Providence on the 5th day of May AD 1903
before me personally appeared James Smith and Alara M.
Smith his wife to me known and known by me to be the
parties executing the foregoing instrument And they acknowledged
said instrument by them executed to be their free act and deed
The word "in the" being inserted in the second line before
the executing of this instrument
Hoatis E. Bellons
Notary Public L.S.
Received for record May 9 1903 at 6 oclock P.M.
and recorded by George B. Cross Town Clerk
I know All Men by these presents, That
I William E. Leffs of Hopkinton, in the county of
Washington, in the State of Rhode Island, hereinafter
called the mortgagor in consideration of four hundred
and seventy five ($475) dollars paid to me paid by Jared Co.
Leffs of Providence in the county and State aforesaid,
hereinafter called the mortgagee, the receipt whereof
is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell
sell and convey unto the said mortgagee and his heirs
and assigns forever, the following described parcels of
land situated in the town of Hopkinton in the county
and State aforesaid, with all the buildings thereon standing,
said tracts of parcels of land being bounded and
described as follows, commencing at the southwest
corner of land belonging to the heirs of James Matthews
deceased, thence westerly bounded southerly by the tan
about 170 feet be the same more or less thence to land
belonging to Sarah A. Kelly, thence northerly bounding
westerly by land of Sarah A Kelly to Charleston
Land Trust thence northerly on the Charleston Pond road east
and easterly on land formerly owned by George H.
M. Perry southerly on land of the heirs of Edward
G. Chubash and on land of the heirs of James Matthews
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