The instrument's own words
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422 To all people to whom these presents shall come,
We Jacob Bitbitish and Edward F. Rice both of Pittsfield
Berkshire County, Massachusetts hereinafter called the
grantors, send greeting, know ye that we the said
grantors for and in consideration of the sum of two
thousand and thirty four dollars paid to us in hand
before the ensealing hereof by Esther Berkshill of said
Pittsfield hereinafter called the grantee, the receipt
whereof we hereby acknowledge and are the witness
fully satisfied contented and paid, and therefore
of our own act and parcel thereof, as separate, acquit
and discharge the said grantee her heirs reactive and
administrators hereby by these presents have given
granted bargained bold, aliened, suffered conveyed
and confirmed, and by these presents, do freely fully
and absolutely give grant bargain sell alien, suffer convey
convey and confirm unto the said grantee her heirs and
assigns forever, a certain tract of beach land situated in
bottlehouse Cove, County of Washington and State of Rhode
Island containing 2800 square feet bounded as follows
Beginning at the highest part of the beach bank and
eighty feet easterly from the southeast corner of land
of Warren De aoville thence Eastarly along said beach
bank forty feet thence Northerly twenty feet and then
Westerly forty feet and thence Southerly twenty feet to
the place of beginning, bounded Northerly, Easterly Southerly
and Westerly by land of Billings D. Macomber granting
unto said grantee her heirs and assigns a right to have
and refuse either with trains or on foot over the premises
of Billings D. Macomber to the tract hereby conveyed
also a Right of way four feet wide to pass on foot
from said tract to the beach, also a right to take
water from the well on the farm of Billings D. Macomber
for use on said tract To have and to hold the
said granted and bargained premises, with all the appur
tenances privileges and commodities to the same belonging
or in any wise appertaining to the said grantee her
heirs and assigns forever, to her and their only proper
use benefit and behoof forever, And we the said
Grantors for ourselves and for our heirs executors
and administrators do covenant promise and grant
to and with said Grantee her heirs and assigns
that at and before the ensealing hereof we are the
true sole and lawful owners of the above bargained
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premises and are lawfully seized and possessed of the same
in our own proper right at good, perfect and absolute estate
of inheritance in fee simple, and have in our sole and good
right full power and lawful authority to grant bargain,
sell, convey and confirm the said bargained premises in
manner as aforesaid And that the said grantees her heirs
and assigns shall and may from time to time and
at all times forever hereafter by force and virtue of these
presents, lawfully peaceably and quietly have, hold, use,
occupy, possess and enjoy the demised and bargained
premises, with all the appurtenances free and clear and
fully and clearly acquitted, released and discharged of
and from all and all manner of former or other gifts,
grants bargains sales leases mortgages, wills entails
jointures levies judgments executions and encumbrances
of what name or nature whatsoever, that might in any means
in any degree detract or make void this present deed,
Furthermore we the said grantors do covenant for ourselves our heirs,
executors, administrators do covenant and engage the
above demised premises to the said grantees her heirs and
assigns against the lawful claims or demands of any
person or persons whatsoever, forever to warrant secur
and defend by these presents
And I Louisa
E. Kinbish, wife of said Jacob Kinbish and Julia M. Rice
wife of said Edward L. Rice in consideration of the sum
first paid as aforesaid do hereby release and forever quitclaim
unto the said grantees her heirs and assigns all right
of dower in and to the aforesaid premises
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands
and seals this twenty first day of May in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three,
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of
John L. Corody as to all
Jacob Kinbish LS
Edward L. Rice LS
Louisa E. Kinbish LS
Julia M. Rice LS
State of Massachusetts
County of Berkshire SS
At Pittsfield in said County of Berkshire
on this 21st day of May AD 1903 Jacob Kinbish
and Edward L. Rice personally appeared before me
and severally acknowledged the foregoing instrument
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by them signed to be their free and voluntary act and deed
land that and that the above named Louisa E. Kinbirish and
Julia M. Rio also personally appeared before me and being
severally examined by me, privately, separately and apart from
their said husband severally acknowledged and declared
the following instrument their own and explained to them by
me to be their free and voluntary act and deed, and that
they did not wish to revoke the same.
John L. Crosby
Notary Public SS.
Commonwealth of Massachussetts
County of Berkshire SS.
I Frank H. Claude Clerk of the Supreme
Judicial Court which is a Court of Record for the County
and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that
John L. Crosby Esquire whose name is subscribed to
the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed
instrument and theirs written, was at the time of
taking such proof or acknowledgment a Notary Public
within and for said Commonwealth of Massachussetts, duly
commissioned and sworn, and residing in said county
of Berkshire and duly authorized to take the same, and
an officer duly authorized by the laws of said
Commonwealth to take the acknowledgment or proof of
deeds to be recorded herein and that I am well
acquainted with the handwriting of said Notary Public
and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate
of acknowledgment is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Pittsfield
this 22d day of May 1903.
Frank H. Claude Clerk
SS
Received for record May 30th 1903 at 4 o'clock PM
and recorded by George Lo. Lowe From Clerk
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