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Know all men by these presents That We Gideon Norris Potter Hopkin
and Catherine Hopkin his wife of the town of Charlestown in the County
of Washington state of Rhode Island f.p. and in consideration
of the Sum of fifteen Hundred Dollars paid as by Bill expressed
hale and Milton Coggeshall of the City of Providence
in the State of aforesaid the receipt whereof we hereby acknowledge
and acknowledge to hereby give grant bargain Sell and convey unto
them the said Aly Coggeshall and Milton Coggeshall his heirs
and assigns forever these certain tracts of parcels of land
lying in the town of Charlestown County of Washington route
State of aforesaid the first tract containing by estimation one Hundred
acres and forty perches be the same more or less with a dwelling
house and other buildings thereon bounded on western
beginning at the Road that runs from the Potters house to Champion
Bridge at the Southeast corner of the plantation known as Simpson
Tracts bounded easterly southerly or northern to Indian
Country boundary found hence by S 17° E until the great eastern
cedar boundary hence by S 20° E to a stump at the edge of swamp thence westerly
at a pine stump by S 15° E to a stump near the Indian
forty on the east side bounded on Eastern side in the South
side on eastern side bound’d East to connect to the site of recent Highway
clearing and hence to the first mentioned pine by Northern Walk
and Shuttering the second tract containing by estimation forty acres or thereabouts
bounded on northern by fellow Country bounded on west
hence westerly and on southern boundary the third parcel containing
seven acres and the greater part of seven perches and is bounded on
northern beginning at a Stake near some stone about it in a trough being
the Northwest corner of said parcel from thence N 39° E until to the
Highway from thence southerly by said Highway to a black oak tree
witnessed by said Highway from S 35° E 5.65 chains to a maple
bush in the edge of brine swamp by S 10° E to a maple on a brook from
thence by a straight line to the first mentioned pine
To Have and To Hold all and singular premises and appurtenances with all
the privileges and appurtenances thereof to them the said Aly and
Milton Coggeshall their heirs and assigns forever and we the said
Gideon Norris Potter Hopkin and Catherine Hopkin for ourselves our heirs
executors and administrators do covenant and agree with the said Aly and
Milton Coggeshall their heirs and assigns that we are Lawful
Seized in fee simple of the aforesaid tracts of land that they
are free from all encumbrances that we have good right to
sell and convey to the said Aly and Milton Coggeshall to
hold as aforesaid that we will warrant and defend the
same to the said Aly and Milton Coggeshall their
heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims or demands
of all persons And we Deborah Norris wife of Gideon and Martha
H. Hopkin wife of Gideon Norris do into the consideration before
expressed waive all our right of Dower and
power of Spouse in and unto the before described tracts a parcel
of land to them the said Aly and Milton Coggeshall their
heirs and assigns forever The Consideration of the aforementioned
Deed is that if the said Gideon Norris Potter Hopkin and
Catherine Hopkin on executors administrators shall pay a
sum to be paid to the said Aly Coggeshall and Milton Coggeshall
their heirs executors administrators a sign One part of Five
Hundred Dollars payable on the 28th day of March 1888 without interest