5/31/1847 · DEED · book 7 page 263 doc 9894

265 KNOW all men by these presents that I Mary Ann Croft Administratrix on the Estate of John Croft late of Portsmouth on the County of Newport on the Sta of Rhode Island woman doe by virtue of the Authority vested in me by law and in consideration of the sum of One Hundred Dollars paid me by Ruth Larkin of Charlestown in the County of Mornington for the sole aforesaid the Right whereas I do hereby acknowledge grant devise bargain and sell to her and to be by these Presents in my said capacity grant bargain and sell to her the said Reuben Larkin her heirs and assigns forever all the right title a Interest the said John Croft bore at the time of his death in a certain tract of land lying on the town of Charlestown containing Thirty acres more or less and bounded as follows beginning at a Rock with a bone enter south East bout five feet and three tenths with degree eighty seven Clean and sixty five links to a heap of Stone from thence south twenty two and a half degrees West once and fifty links to a stake near marshes with stone about in eight of the Pine trees Walking North from thence running westerly bounding boundary on the parcel about twenty nine rods to a birch tree running northerly on the Middle stream said Rock about one hundred and one rods to a bundle of Maple on the edge of said Rock about one hundred and one rods more a rock about five rods North from East 20 South from thence east and twenty five links to a black oak mark East four rods with stone about it from thence by Straight line to the first mentioned Rock with bone and running on boundary of Joseph Jenkins and house of land of Thomas Newport and to the said To have and to hold the above grant premises with all the Privileges and Appurtenances thereunto belonging to the said Reuben Larkin his heirs and assigns forever I the said Mary Ann Croft do covenant and warrant the Boundary Larkin his heirs and assigns that I have good right to sell and convey the Premises aforesaid in manner aforesaid and the said premises against the claims of all persons lawfully claiming by purchase or under premise to warrant and defend In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal The twentieth day of May One thousand Eight hundred and eighty four party seal Signed and sealed in presence of John bony Mary Ann Croft [seal] Mary Bony Signed 82 Determined May 6th 1887 Then legitimately appeared Mary Ann Croft as above named and in her said Capacity acknowledged the above written instrument by her signature to be her act and deed Before me John Bony Justice Peace Recorded May 31st AD 1887 By John Hampton T. Clerk Know all men by these presents that I Reuben Larkin of Charlestown in the County of Mornington State of Rhode Island in consideration of the sum of one hundred and twenty four Dollars to me in hand paid by George R Brindley of the Town borne and State aforesaid the Right whereas I hereby acknowledge do hereby release and forever quit claim unto the said George R Brindley his heirs and assigns forever all the right Title and Estate which I augmented by Deed from Mary Ann Croft Administratrix on the Estate of John Croft late of Portsmouth on the County Newport May 20th AD 1884 in the following described land lying south of Watch House Point called Boundary on the South by said Anne and on the North south East by Indian land off being then her have to said Mary Ann Deed for a more particular description of down thereunto To have and to hold the above described premises to him the said George R Brindley his heirs and assigns forever to him and their own proper use and behalf forever.

264 In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Charlestown aforesaid this 31st day of May 1817 In my presence [Signature] [Signature] Reuben Larkin L.S. Arlevill G. Larkin L.S. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations know all men by these presents that I [Signature] before me the notary public in Charlestown May 31st 1817 personally came before me the within named Reuben Larkin and Arlevill his wife and acknowledged said signatures instrumented by their hand & seal to be theirs pro and voluntarily act Recorded May 31st 1817 By [Signature] [Signature] Know all men, that I Nehemiah G. Hazard of North Kingstown, county of Kent, and state of RI in Consideration of five dollars well and sufficient paid me by Isaac ownes of Narragansett, North part the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge, do hereby grant, bargain sell and convey unto said Isaac & his heirs and assigns forever, certain boards or parcels of land lying in North Kingstown called the [illegible] containing their whole number fifty acres more or less, by comparing the Charlestown south border and lands adjacent of Joseph [illegible] and [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] with the water power dams, water courses and high ways thereunto appertaining together with the privilege of building a mill on the [illegible] part of the land on which he has in buildings or I may choose to do, parts lots acting over extending in the aggregates seventy acres To have and to hold said grant and bargained and conveyed premises with the privileges and appurtenances thereunto to the said Isaac & his heirs and assigns forever. Also the said land & [illegible] for myself the heirs executors and administrators etc. covenant with said Isaac & his heirs that I and assigns that I am lawfully seized in the fee of the premises. That they are of all incumbrances that I have good right to sell and convey the same to said Isaac & to hold as aforesaid and that I will warrant and defend the same to said Isaac & his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons The conditions of the aforementioned deed are that if the grantor his heirs executors & administrators shall pay or discharge four entire summary notes given by him to the grantor and bearing date one [illegible] [illegible] for the sum of seven thousand, and three more for three thousand dollars each and payable to said grantor or order How the aforementioned deed shall be void. Therefore it shall be and remain in full force and virtue. Also I, Caroline A. Hazard wife of the aforementioned Nehemiah G. in consideration of the sum aforesaid, and for my part husband do hereby release and forever quit claim to said Isaac & his heirs and assigns forever, all my right of dower in and to the aforementioned land and premises [Signature] In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals at said North Kingstown this twenty third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty [illegible] Executed in presence of [Signature] [Signature] Nehemiah G. Hazard L.S. Caroline A. Hazard L.S. [On an acknowledgement the next page.]