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To Have and to hold all the above bargainers promised with all
the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belong to the said Stephen Browning h
his heirs and assigns forever, to be had and used own use and heirs of forever,
To the said Stephen Browning forever for my now present, Executors and administrators ha
two by covenant with the said Stephen Browning to be held and all assigns,
that at at and before the executing hereof Deed have title and lawful seisin
of the premises aforesaid, that the same are free and clear of all encumbrances
and that I have grant right to dispose of the same as aforesaid, and
that I shall secure warrant hence and defend the same to the said Stephen
Browning to be held heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and
demands of all persons claiming the same by through or under me,
As witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Bristol
brown appearance this fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and forty four.
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
John Stanton
John D. Browning
(Executed made before Signing and Sealing)
Stephen Browning [IS]
State of Rhode Island in the town of Bristol’s Charleston Octr 4th 1744
Witnesseth appeared the respective named parties Stephen and acknowledged
the written sealed act by them signed to be his present and voluntary act.
Recognizance [illegible]
By John D. Browning
Before me John Stanton cl Clerk
Know all men by these presents that I Stephen Browning of Charleston
in the county of Bristol State of Rhode Island grant on consideration
of the sum of ten Dollars as and for the Just Consideration of the low
of the town of Old own as and for my Daughter Dora’s [illegible] wife
and good end while I leave to my Daughter Dora [illegible] and to my son Abijah
of Melbourne memory of independent of the Principal where of the low
Browning to for my son Abijah Browning the Parcel where of the low
butty [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] Abijah Browning to his heirs and assigns
then the said Parcel described below grant and assign Stephen Browning to his heirs and
assigns forever Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
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apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
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apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
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apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
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apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
apposed [illegible] Two acres of land as follows the first Parcel containing and
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Walthington SS, Charlestown Octr 11th 1814.
Personally appeared the above named Stephen Browning and duly acknowledged
ledgers the within deed by him signed to be his free and voluntary act.
Charles Dean Not. Pub 30th 1814. Before me John Stanton, Clrk
By John Stanton J. Pub.
Know all men by these presents that I Samuel S. Kenyon or
of Charlestown in the County of Washington State of Rhode Island,
for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred Dollars paid to me in
full satisfaction of debts of Caleb S. Anthony father of Charlestown in said
County and State expressly set over certain half or parcel of land lying in
Charlestown containing by estimation ten acres and be the same now called Old
parcell as denoted by the town surveyor Butler, in the View of the Whole Body Corp
then Namely By the line of the 1st Bound book entered it comes to Samuel S. Kenyon
land thence West to Samuel S. Kenyon land and thence South to Abigail Hull
land thence by a degree made Linear to the road called Old Road, thence
to the road and then to the same turning their names related above Jon Mitchell
of the same and then return to the same boundary it was land and then the 26th day of December
1814 Signed sealed and delivered or performed of
Fielden Taylor
Jos Taylor
James S. Kenyon [seal]
Walthington, SS, Charlestown Dec 26th 1814
Personally known to me the named Samuel S. Kenyon and acknowledged pub.
This within deed to be his voluntary act Before me John Stanton, Clrk
By Charles Dean Not. Pub 30th 1814
By John Stanton J. Pub.
Know all men by that I Stephen Browning of Charlestown in
the County of Washington State of Rhode Island for and in consideration
of the sum and good will as well as for the considerations of my father's records
to my full satisfaction of my son John R. Browning and Henry R.
Browning of the same town and county born and made their respective, such and
otherwise, I do hereby absolutely, as duly give, grant, bargain, lease and
convey unto them the said John R. Browning and Henry R.
Browning then and their assigns forever, all the rights, title and interest which I have
to and in the following described land I state all the land which I
purchased of Joseph Stanton and some others I claim now therefore I bring formerly
land of Joseph Stanton described as follows, in the South by the North road, on
the East by land in possession of the under signed Henry Kenyon, on the West by the Bull
on the most of the Western boundary, and the third of some boundary to the first on
Round Island one rod now be boundary then some boundary about ten
acres more or less bounded as follows May on the North by the Road that which
this deed describes to my son John R. Browning on the East partly on the Road &
Jonathan Reynolds opposite and partly by the boundary of Jeffrey Matson, on the South
by land of Jos. Browning and multiply on the boundary and on the
Island on the said land, bounded by land and containing about ten
acres more or less which land I hereby convey to my son John R.
Browning his heirs and assigns former, and it is further declared by me that the
my land some Henry R. Browning his heirs and assigns have out of the lands I
bought of Joseph Stanton and some others, I’ll consider a suitable quantity & quality
to be equal in value to one half of the said Island I hereby convey to my son
John R. Browning