pgflll He ! HjEiib M< M : ! i ,, ' Bwll ! ¦: ¦¦ This book was digitized by Microsoft Corporation in cooperation with Yale University Library, 2008. You may not reproduce this digitized copy ofthe book for any purpose other than for scholarship, research, educational, or, in limited quantity, personal use. You may not distribute or provide access to this digitized copy (or modified or partial versions of it) for commercial purposes. The Early Records OF THE Town of Providence VOLUME XXI BEING THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND PART OF THE SECOND BOOK FOR THE RECORDING OF DEEDS AND CALLED DEED BOOK No. 2 Printed under authority of the City Council of Providence by WILLIAM C. PELKEY City Clerk PROVIDENCE Snow & Farnham Co. *9'5 DEEDS No. 2 Part II Pages 206-259 inclusive of the Original [1] The Towne of Providence their booke, for The Entry of deeds or Land Evidences Number two. PART TWO. Commissioners' Note. — The beginning of each page of the original is indicated here by its proper number by heavy figures enclosed in brackets. *The asterisk with the brackets enclosed indicates that a line or a word has been crossed out in the original. [206] TO all Christian People before Whome this deede of Sale Shall Come Ephraim Smith of Providence in ye Colony of Rhode Island & Provi dence Plantations, Weaver; Greeteing, Know Yee that I y" Sd Ephraim Smith for & in Consideration of the Sum of Ninty & Seven Pounds of Current Money of New England Well & truely paid by Thomas Garnnett Resident in Sd Towne & Colony aforeSd, the recept whereof I acknowledge, & MySelfe there with fully Satisfied Contented & paid have Given, Granted, bargained & Sold, Aliend, Enfeoffed Conveihed and ConflrMed ; And DO by theSe preSents, fully freely Clearly & Absolutely Grant, Bargaine & Sell, Alien Enfeoffe Conveigh & Continue unto him ye Sd Thomas Garnnett & unto his Heirs Executors Ad ministrators & ASsignes forever, my DwellinghouSe together with a Parcell of land Containeing of about Twenty & five acres, on which Sd land y" Sd DwellinghouSe or ManSionhouSe Standeth; The which Sd Parcell of land is to be in length Sixty & five poles by ye Eighteene foote pole. & in breadth Sixty poles by ye Eighteene foote pole, & is Scituate lieing & being within the Towne- [21 Shipp of Providence aforeSd, & about foure Miles Westward from y Salt Water Harbour in Said in Sd Providence, & is part of that Tract of land the Which John Thornton formerly of Sd Providence (who is now deceased) Pur chased of one Called Deacon Parkes of Roxbery, in y Province of y MaSa- chuSetts Who is Now deceaSed; & is on Some part of the Hill Called Neota- tonkonitt Hill : the which Parcell of land Demised is bounded on the North- weSterne part with that land which James Thornton of Sd Providence Sold unto his brother Thomas Thornton, & on y Northerne part with Sd Thomas Thornton his forMer land, on y Southerne part with a Highway, & on yB EaSterne part With y land of John Thornton, with all and Singular y prive- lidges & appurtenances unto y" Sd houSe & Twenty & five acres of land as aforeSd belonging, With all y fruit Trees, Orchard Meadowes, Timber, Wood land Stones brookes Springs, Waterings within y Sd Bound Contained; And all y EState Right Title, IntreSt USe Property PoSseSsion Claime & deMan whatsoever of Me y Sd Ephraim Smith in or to y Same or any part thereof, with all outhouSeing & Cellers in any part of Sd land Standing & being To have & to hold the Sd houSe houSeing & land & Privelidges aforeSd unto him y Sd Thomas Garnett & to his heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes as his & their Owne proper Right & true iNheritance free & Clear forEver, & freely & Clearly aquitted Exonerated & fully discharged from me ye Sd Eph raim Smith, my heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes, and of & from all other former bargaines, Sales, Gifts, Grants, Mortgages, LeaSes Wills In- tailes Joyntures Dowryes, Thirds or Incumbrances of What Nature & Terme Soever, & the Said Ephraim Smith doth Covenant, promiSe grant & agree to & with y Sd Thomas Garnitt in manner & forme following; That is to Say, that I ye Sd Ephraim Smith at & before the Sealeing of theSe p'Sents & untill ye delivery hereof, I were the Rightfull |& lawfull| Owner of all ye abovegiven & granted premiSSes, And that I had in my Selfe full Power & lawfull Authoritye to Bargaine Sell and diSpoSe of yc Same in Manner & forme as is aboveEx- preSt without any Contradiction, Alteration or limitation of uSes or Other thing that may alter Change defeat or make Voide this preSent deede of Sale; And ye Sd Thomas Garnnett, his heirs, Executors, Administrators or ASsignes Shall or may forEver hereafter by force & Vertue of theSe preSents USe Enjoy & poSseSs y Sd houSe & twenty & five acres of land with all y" aboveMen- tioned privelidges Proffltts Benefitts & Appurtenances thereto belonging with out any interruption or Molestation of Me ye Sd Ephraim Smith, my heirs, Executors, Administrators or ASsignes, or any Other perSon, or perSons that Shall Claime IntreSt therein, or Title thereto Either by through Or Under me them or any of them; And I ye Sd Ephraim. Smith My heirs Executors Ad ministrators and ASsignes Shall & will Warrant & forEver defend ye Same IS] unto him ye Sd Thomas Garnett his heirs Executors Administrators & AS signes againSt y lawfull Challenge Claime or demand of any PerSon or Per sons Whatsoever: In WitneSs & for ConfirMation hereof I the Said Ephraim Smith have hereunto Set my hand & Seale this Twenty Second day of June in y Tenth yeare of y" Reigne of our Sovei eigne Lady Anne Queene of Great Brit- tain; &C Anno Domini: one ThouSand Seven hundred and Eleven. Signed Sealed & delivered Ephraim Smith L. S. in the pieSence of us, Mary Smith L. S. Tho : ffenner Providence Rhoad Island, &c. Mary ffenner. / The day & yeare aboveS", the aboveNamed Ephraim Smith & mary his Wife personally appeared & acknowledged the aboveWritten instrument to be their Reall free Volun tary act & deede, before me Tho : ffenner ASsiStant./ Recorded ffebruary ye 7th 17u/12 fr> Tho: Olney, Clerk./ [ 207 ] TO all Christian People before Whome theSe preSents Shall CoMe; Know Yee, that I JoSiah WeStcott of Providence in y Colony of Rhode Is land & Providence Plantations in NeW England Sendeth Greeteing: KNOW Yee, that I ye Sd JoSiah WeStcott for & in Consideration of ye full & juSt Sum of Seventeene Pounds of Current Silver Money of NeW England to Me in hand Paid at or before y EnSealeing & delivery of theSe preSe preSents by William Roberts of y Same Towne and Colony aboveSd, the Recept Whereof I do acknowled My Selfe fully Satisfied & Contented, have given granted bar gained Sold Alinated Enfeoffed & Confirmed; And by theSe preSents for me My Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes do fully Clearly & Absolutely Give Grant Bargaine Sell Alien Enfeoffe & Comfirme unto y aboveSd William Roberts, his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes forEver Twenty & one Acres of land Within ye PurchaSe of MaShantatuck in the TowneShipp of Providence in ye Colony aboveSd, the Which land I bought of My Brother Benjamin WeStcott & Richard Knight, & did Originaly belong to Mr Walter Todd his Right ; And Six acres of Sd land is part of a former deViSion and May be laid out any Where Within ye PurchaSe aboveSaid, Not intrudeing upon any Mans devided land ; and ye other ffifteene acres is to be taken up at ye Next deviSion of lands Within ye PurchaSe of MasShantatuck aboveSd. I Say ye aboveSd Twenty One acres of land I have NOW Sold unto the aboveSd Wil liam Roberts his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes forEver With [4] all y Privelidges & appurtenances thereon or therein Contained to be & Re- maine unto his or their Only Proper uSe benefitt & behoofe. ANd that he or they Shall or May from time to time & at all times hereafter Peaceably & quietly have hold USe iMprove PoSseSs & Enjoy all the aboveSd PremiSses & Singular Other ye libertyes Rights or CoModityes thereto belonging or in any- wiSe appertaineing; And I do by theSe preSents Warrant |it| to be free & Cleare from any other or forMer Gift, Grant, Bargaine Sale LeaSe, Joynture, Dower Mortgage, Intaile, Title, Trouble or Incumbrance Whatsoever; had Made done Suffered, procured or done by Me the aboveSd JoSiah WeStcott or by My Meanes Title ConSent or Procurement; And I do by theSe preSents Warrant & Will forEver defend this My Bargaine & Sale unto ye aboveS4 Wil liam Roberts his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes, AgainSt Me My Heirs Executors Administrators or ASsignes, or any other Per Son or PerSons lawfully Claimeing the Same ; And in WitneSs of this My Reall Act & Deede I have hereunto Set My hand & Seale this Twenty fourth day of December in ye yeare of our Lord one ThouSand Seven hundred & Eleven, & in ye Tenth yeare of ye Reign of our Sovereigne Lady Anne by y Grace of God Queene Over Great Brittan ffrance and Ireland, &C. / Signed, Sealed, & delivered JoSiah WeStcott. L. S. in y Presence of us, Stuckly WeStcott PriScilla D WeStcott her i Mark. / Recorded ffebruary y 21 St: 17ll/i2 ¦<& Tho : Olney, Clerk. / Upon ye 1st day of ffebruarey in ye yeare lG9y2. / Laid out to Samuell Whipple in ye Right of James AShton in an Aditionall deviSion Six acres & a halfe of land lieing & being in ye Neck betweene ye great Swampe & Providence Towne ffields, againSt yc WeSt End of y Lott formerly belonging to Benjamin Hearnton ; Two Acres & fflfty three poles thereof lieth & is bounded on y NorWeSterne Cornner With a White Oake, at preSant a buSh, Marked ; On the South WeSterne Cornner a White Oajce Tree ; the WeSt End being bounded With a high Way, & y Northerne Side a high- Way ; the Other parts With the land of y Sd SaMuell Whipple. The Other part of y Sd Six acres & halfe of land lieing in ye Great Swampe about ye place Called ye Third Opening, & is bounded on ye NorthEa Sterne Cornner with an Elme Tree, & on SouthEaSterne Cornner with an Elme Tree, on ye NorWeSt erne Cornner With a White Oake Tree, & on y South WeSterne Cornner With a [5] * [black black Oake] Redd Oake Tree; And Each foure parts being bounded with the CoMMon. / AlSo Twenty & Nine Acres of Land laid out in luie of 29 acres which ye Sd Samuell Whipple laid downe to Common on ye WeSt Side of Mo- ShauSick River over againSt Loqua [208] LoquaSquSsuek. 17 acres & a halfe thereof lieing at y Pond Called | the | broad Pond, & is bounded South erly With Common & partly With ye Sd broad Pond; Ea St Ward partly With (he land belonging to John Dexter & partly With y Common; NorthWardly & WeStWardly With ye Common; The South WeSterne Cornner a black Oake Tree; the SouthEaSterne Cornner a black Oake Tree, the NorweSterne Corn ner a Greene Oake Tree, & from it to Range Northeastward to a Stake Stand ing at a Cornner of Nicholas Power his land takeing a Pine Tree in ye Range; the Sa Stake being a NorthEaSterne Cornner, & froM the Sd Stake to Range Southward to a black Oake Tree Marked. AlSo about one acre & a halfe of land lieing Adjoyneing to ye Sd Samuell Whipple his Land at ye Meaddow Called ye Great Meaddow, bounding NorthWardly With y Sd SaMuell Whipple his Land, WeStwardly with ye Meaddow of y Heirs of John ThrockMorton & partly With ye Meaddow of ye Sd Samuell Whipple, forMerly James ASh- tons, & Southwardly With the Said Samuell Whipple his Meaddow, for merly belonging to James AShton, the SouthEaSterne Cornner being a black Oake Tree; The other Tenn acres of ye Said 29 Aires lieing & adjoyne ing to ye EaSterne part of ye |Sd| Samuell Whipple his land at the Great MeaddoW, & is bounded at ye South WeSterne Cornner With a White Oake Tree Which is alSo a Cornner of Said Samuell Whipple his forMer land, & on the SoutheaSterne Cornner With a black Oake Tree; on ye NortheaSterne Cornner With a White Oake Tree, & ye NorWeSterne Cornner alSo bounding With a black Oake Tree ; The WeSterne Side being bounded With ye Said Sam uell Whipple his land; The Southerne part, yB EaSterne part & y" Northerne part bounding With ye Common ; There being a Highway of foure poles Wide by y Eighteene foote Pole alloWed through y Said piece of land North Ward & Southward for a Country Roade; Allowance being already given in ye Sd Piece of land for ye Sd high Way; The Said lands all beare MeaSure by ye 18 foote Pole. Laid out ye day & yeare aboveSd, By Me Tho : Olney Surveior. / Recorded ffebruarey y 22nd, 17ni2 V Tho : Olney Clerk. / Upon ye 8th day of January in y yeare 169^. Laid out unto Samuell Whipple in ye Right of James AShton in a fifty Acre deviSion 33 acres & a halfe of land, it lieing in two Parcells; Two acres thereof [6] lieth upon & adjoyneth to the WeSt Side of Pautuckett River over againSt that ffarme on Rehoboth Side former belonging to John Blaxton, but now in * y poSseSsion of David Whipple; The NorweSterne Cornner of Sd two Acres of Land being bounded With a black Oake tree & So to Range EaStWard downe to ye River to a Rock ; the South WeSterne Cornner being bounded with a Small greene Oake Tree, & from it to Range Eastward to ye aforeSd Pautuckett River to a WalXutt Tree Standing on ye brimm of y banke, which is a bound of land belonging to ye Heirs of the deceaSed Richard Scott; The WeSt part bounding With ye Common, the EaSt part With Sd Pautuckett River; the Northerne part With land Now in PoSseSsion of Thomas Man. The Other Parcell being 31 Acres & a halfe, & is laid out on y WeSt Side of MoShauSuck River about the place Called ye Worlds End, & bordering partly upon y piece of Meaddow there Which formerly belonged to James AShton; It is bounded on ye SouthEaSterne Cornner With a Pine tree, on ye South WeSterne Cornner with a Greene Oake Tree, on the NorthEaSterne |Cornner| with a White Oake Tree, on yB NorweSterne Cornner With a Great Rock ; The EaSttcrne part or Side bounding partly With land & MeaddoW of yB Heirs of ye deceaSed Law- lame WilkinSon & partly With ,ve Meaddow formerly belonging to James ASh ton & partly with land formerly laid out to y Sd Samuell Whipple ; the length- Wayes being Northward & Southward. It beareing MeaSure by ye 18 foote pole : Laid out ye day & yeare aboveSd %¦) me Tho : Olney, Surveior. / Recorded ffebruary ye 25th 17u/i2 : ^ Tho : Olney Clerk. / Upon y 5th day of Aprill *[1697] in ye yeare 1697./ Rectified & Set ye bounds of Eleven Acres of land which formerly belonged to James AShtoN & Was Sold unto Samuell Whipple, the bounds thereof being loSt : And alSo together with y Said Eleven acres of laNd laid out to ye Sd Samuell 'Whipple five Acres of land Which forMerly Was laid out to James AShton Neere to Pautuckett the bounds thereOf being loSt, Other PeOple tooke up y land Wherefore it is Relaid out the day & yeare aboveSaid : The Sd Eleven Acres of land & y Said five acres of land all Make Sixteene acres, it Now lieing all together, & isScituate lieiug & being in yt Tract of land Called y Neck & betweene y brooke which Runneth out of ye Great Swampe into the uper Bailys Cove & Pautuckett River; The lengthWayes of ye Sd lands lieing EaStWard & WeStWard & the breadth Wayes North Ward & Southward ; It bounding on the NorWeSterne Conner With a Stake & heape of Stones, & from it to Runn Eastward to an Old Stumpe & Stones about it Which is a NorthEaSterne Cornner; & from it to Range South Westward to a black Oake tree Marked, & from it to turne & Range Southward to a black Oake buSh Marked & Stones about it Which is a SouthEaSterne Cornner, & from it to [7] turne & Range Westward to a black burch buSh Marked Which hath Stones about it laid, the Which is for a South WeSterne Cornnerbound. The WeSt erne End^ of Said laNd being |to] [209] bound upon ye land of Tho: Olney partly & partly With a highway : the Said land beareth MeaSure by ye 18 foote pole : Laid out Rectified & bouNded the day & yeare aboveSd,

Tho : Olney Clerk. / Upon ye Third day of December 1685 Laid out unto John Dexter in y Right of his ffather Gregory Dexter ffifty acres of land in a ffifty Acre deviSion agreed upon & Ordered by ye Towne of Providence to be laid out on ye EaSt Side of ye foure Mile line : The Said ffifty acres is lieing & being Westward from MoShauSuck River; & partly betweene ye Pond lieing over dexters Bridge & y Said River, & partly betweene y Piece of Meaddow belonging to John Browne & y Sd River; the which afore|Sd| Pond is Called the broad Pond, & lieth NortheaStWard a little from the Hill called Windmill Hill: The which Sd ffifty acres of land is .bounded on the ¦SouthEaSterne Cornner With a Redd Oake Tree Marked, & from y Sd Redd Oake Tree to Range North & be EaStWard to a White Oake Tree Marked for a NortheaSterne Cornner takeing a black Oake Tree in y° Way Marked for a Range; ANd from the Said White Oake Tree to turne & Range WeSt & be Northward to a black Oake [210] Oake |Tree| Marked for a NorweSterne [9] Cornnerbound ; And from y Sd black Oake Tree to turne & Range South & be Westward to a Pine Tree Marked for a South WeSterne Cornnerbound; the WeSterne Side Not being So long as the EaSterne Side; The EaSterne, the WeSterne, the Northerne & y Southerne parts all bounded with y Common: The Sd ffifty acres beareth MeaSure by ye Eighteene foote pole: Laid out the day & yeare aboveSd by Me Thomas Olnev Surveior; Recorded ffebruarv ve 28* 17«/1S ' ' %" Tho : Olney, Clerk. / Laid out to Samuell WinSor on the EaSt Side of ye Seven Mile line Twenty Six acres of land of land at & adjoyneing to his ffarme at MaSwanticott; Eigh teene acres of ye Sd land is upon y Second deviSion & upon ye Right of Adam Goodwin, & y other Seven for part of Allowance for a high Way Which Was laid through Daniell Abbotts ffarme Where Abbott NoW dwells, & one Acre in y Right of George Sheppard in luie of part of a WaarehouSe lott; All Which' Maketh Twenty Six acres, & bounded as ffolloweth ; on y SouthEaSt Cornner With a heape of Stones being a Cornner of ye former land, & Rangeth WeSt- wardly Thirteene poles to a heape of Stones being a South WeSt Cornner, & froM thence to Range Northeastwardly Thirteene poles to a heape of Stones. The abovewritten next lines are Voyd; for they Were unperfect & left to Siand as Nothing; and the Matter begun againe & Carried on as Next follow eth. / Laid out to Sam11: WinSor on the EaSt Side of the Seven mile line Twenty Six acres of land at & adjoyneing to his ffarme at MaSWaSacut; Eighteene acres of Sd land is upon the Second deviSion, & upon the Right of Adam Good win, & the other Eight acres is for part of allowance for a highAVay that was laid through Daniell Abotts ffarme where Said Abbott now liveth, & in luie of Part of a Warehouse lott in the Right of George Sheppard; *[and is bounded as ffolloweth :] Seven acres of Said Eight is for the allowance aforeSaid through Abbotts farme, & the Other one acre in the Right of George Sheppard, & is bounded as * [bounded] as followeth; begining at a heape of Stones being the Southeast Cornner, & a bound of Sd WinSor s former land, & Rangeth WeStWardly Thirteene poles to a heape of Stones being the South WeSt Ccrn- ner, & from Thence to Range NorthWardly Thirteene poles to a heape of Stones being the North WeSt Cornner, & from thence to Range EaStwardly Thirteene poles to a heape of Stones being the NorthEaSt Cornner, & from thence to Range Southwardly to the firStMentioned bound on the SouthEaSt Cornner : ANd the other Twenty five acres is bounded as followeth; on the North WeSt [10] Cornner with a black Oake tree Marked, & Rangeth fifty Six poles to a White Oake tree Marked being the South WeSt Cornner, & from thence to Range EaStwardly Twenty poles to a heMlock tree Marked being a SouthEaSt Corn ner, & Standeth on a heape of Rocks, & from thence to Range Northwardly to a Red Oake Range, & from thence Still North to a White Oake buSh with Stones laid about it ; it being the NorthEaSt Corner, & from thence to Range WeSt Twenty poles, to the firStMentioned bound. / Laid out November y 25th : 1709: r- me Thomas Olney jun*; Surveior./ Recorded AuguSt y-1 20th 1712 ~y> Tho. Olney, Clerk. / [211] Whereas at a Meeting of ye PurchaSsers & Proprietors of Provi dence January y 27th 1710/u Capt : Nathaniell Jenckes & Ebenezer Jenckes & WilliaM Jenckes appeared & laid Claime to a Right of land on ye WeSt Side of ye Seven Mile line in Sd Providence TowneShipp by Vertue of a PurchaSse forMerly Made by their Honoured ffather Mr JoSeph Jenckes but they Could Not ShoW any Evidence in Writeing that their ffather had of Sd Right of lands that Could Make the .Matt, r Cleare Concerning it; but in all likelyhood it Might by by ReaSon of Some of y Records being forMerly loSt, according as they informe us; The Said PurchaSsers & Proprietors having Considered ye Matter, haveing heard the Circumstances thereof, & they Seeing SoMe dube- oSsity therein have ('omitted the buiSeneSs on ye Sd PurchaSsers & Propri etors behalfe |wholyj unto us y Subscribers to detirmine the Matter Concern ing y" aforeSd land, & as wee do detirmine it, So to Stand good to all intents & purpoSes : And we ye Subscribers haveing taken ye Matter into Considera tion together With ye Circumstances thereof, & We being Very un Willing to Exclude them from *[from] Sd land for feare they Should do theM Wrong therein; Therefore in ye behalfe of ye Sd PurchaSsers & Proprietors our detir- Mination is; That Capt: Nathaniell Jenckes & Ebenezer Jenckes & | William Jenckes| Shall have in luie of their aforeSaid Claime as much of ye Sd Pur chasers & Proprietors Commonland on ye WeSt Side of ye aforeSd line as Will be Equall for NuMber of Acres With one PurchaSeRight on ye WeSt Side of y aforeMentioned line to be Equally betWeene them three, Namely Capt: Nathan iell Jenckes & Ebenezer Jenckes & William Jenckes; And ye Same land So de- tirMined to be & Remaine to them & their Heirs forEver; In WifneSs of this our finall detirmination We have hereunto Set our hands this fourteenth day of January Anno : Domini 17n/i2 Tho : ffenner Richard Browne. / Recorded ffebruary y 29th 17n/i2 : V Tho : Olney Clerk. / [11 J Whereas y PurchaSsers & Proprietors of y Towne of Providence have in Some MeaSure been Made SenSable that our Honoured ffather for about Thirty years ago or upward did buy of ye Widdow Mary Mawrey a PurchaSeRight of land * [Right of lands] lieing on y WeSt Side of y Seven Mile line & has for about Thirty years time been in ye PoSseSsion of the Same by drawing a lott upon that Right, When Sd PurchaSsers agreed upon y-' firSt deviSion of thoSe lands, & alSo haveing ever Since paid all dutyes that hath any Manner of Wayes ariSen or been laid on Sd lands Equall with any other PurchaSser, & that our Sd Honoured father hath by his Will in Writeing given ye aforeSd PurchaSsRight unto us ye Subscribers ; But When Wee Came to take up land by Vertue of Sd Right We Could Not find upon What Originall Right our lott was drawne, by ReaSon our deede was loSt, Neither could We find that ye Sd Widdow MaWrey ever had Such a Right to Make Sale of : But yK Sd PurchaS sers & Proprietors taking into their Serious Considerations What is aboveMen- tioned, & feareing that if they Should hinder us of Enjoying thoSe lands which We Claymed by Vertue of Sd Right they Might do us much Wrong therein, *[that we could not] Notwithstanding that Wee Could Not legally Make it to appeare that We had Such a Right, or that ever there Was Such a Right due to any perSon; Have alloWed us Certaine lands on y WeSt Side of ye Sd Seven Mile line as by their Records will More at large appeare, Reference thereunto being had ; NOW for as much as ye Sd PurchaSsers & Proprietors have Showed themSelves So kind unto us in granting us Such lands as aforeSd; Wee do for ourSelves, our Heirs Executors & Administrators PromiSe & Engage; that in CaSe any PerSon or PerSons deriveing any Right, Title Power or Author- itye from our Sd Honoured ffather, or from ye Said Widdow MaWrey, Shall at any time hereafter by law Recover the aforeS" Right of land of ye Sd Pur chaSsers & Proprietors of ye Towne of Providence, that then Wee our Heirs Executors & Administrators Shall & Will yeild up & Surrender unto y Sd PurchaSsers all Such lands as Wee then Shall have taken up, or do hold by Vertue of What is allowed us aforeSd by ye PurchaSsers & Proprietors: In WitneSs Whereof Wee do hereunto Set our hands & Scales, this 25th ffebruary in ye yeare 17n/i2 WitNeSs us Nathaniell Jenckes L. S. Jonathan Sprague Ebenezar Jenckes -L. S. Richard Bowen. / WilliaM Jenckes L. S. Recorded ffebruary ye 29th 17u/i2: r* Tho : Olney, Clerk. / » Whereas there Was an AgreeMent Made betweene ye PurchaSsers & Pro prietors of Providence & y Proprietors of Pautuxett for y devideing of their [12] lands, or to Say the Settling of a Certaine bounds betweene Each Proprietee in ye yeare of our Lord 168 ; And So ye Matter hath laine Many yeares & Nothing Effected as to the Settling of ye bounds as aforeSd ; ANd Severall of the Comittee ChoSen by the PurchaSsers & Proprietors of Providence are NoW de ceaSed So that there is a differance Still Remains betweene the two.Proprietees about y true (or to Say) the Right Meaneing of Some Words in y before Re cited agreement ; The PurchaSsers & Proprietors of Sd Providence hath againe ChoSen us JoSeph Williams, Samuell WilkinSon, & Thomas ffenner to Meete with a Comittee of Sd Pautuxet to Endeavour to Reconcile the Said differ ance; Wee accordingly Mett with y Comittee & Proprietors of Pautuxett the 30th of December 1710 at ye houSe of M1' Nehemiah Sheldon in Pautuxet; ANd [ 212 1 And it is Agreed by us the Coniitte of Providence & the Comitte of Pautuxett WhoSe hands & Scales are hereunto Subscribed, for a full & totall Issue & End of all ContraverSyes Concerning the bounds betwixt the Pro prietors of Providence and the Proprietors of Pautuxett for themSelVes their Heirs & ASsignes foreVer, is as folloWeth, (Viz) To begin at the Stone at MaShapague, *[aS to] a kNOWne & Stated bound betweene y two Proprietees aboveSd, & then Runn a line WeSt fourteene degrees NorthWardly Without ReSpect to Variation untill it ( "omes to a Stake With a heape of Stones laid about it which is in or Neere the Range. |of| the North & South line Which is RaiScd from Seaven Miles WeSt from the Hill Called ffox*[es] Hill; The which Said line is alSo Called the Seven Mile line; Then from Said Stake to |Runn| *[to Runn] a due Magnoll South line untill it Comes to Warwick line or North bounds; ANd ye lands on the Northerly Side of y Westerly line, & ye Westerly Side of y South line is to belong |to| the Proprietors of Provi dence; And the lands on y Southerly Side of the Sd Westerly line, & on the EaSt Side of ye Said South line is to belong to the Proprietors of Patuxett, Only Excepting the lands which was taken upon Providence account before Sd Agreement. And it is alSo joyntly freely & firmely agreed that all lands which Can be Made appeare Were lawfully laid out before the Makeing of that Sd Agreement Dated Januarey the 16th 168 "f3 within |theSe| *[Sd lands] that are Now agreed to belong to the Proprietors of Pautuxett, & on the PurchaSs ers of Providence their Rights Shall Stand good to ye owners thereof their Heirs & ASsignes forEver; ANd the Proprietors of Pautuxett Shall have in full Satisfaction for the Same So Many acres in Quantity as Neere as May be Within y Proprietors of Providence their Common lands on the EaSt Side of the aforementioned Seven Mile line to themSelves their Heirs & ASsignes forEver ; And to be taken up as Soone as they See CauSe ; MoreOver We Sig- nifie that on or about y fourteenth day of May laSt paSt Wee Thomas ffenner JoSeph Williams Samuell WilkinSon, Andrew Harris & Peleg Roades Runn [13] all the lines according to y aboveWritten Agreement & Make this as a Returne to the PProprietors of our Transactions in Sd Worke for Admittance of ye SaMe; Wee alSo have agreed that Once in Three yeares forever hereafter Each Party their Heirs & ASsignes Shall Yew & Maintaine the bounds aboveSd that they May Not be forgotten by y Posterity ; and to be done at y Equall Charge ¦)f both Partyes; In WitneSs Whereof We have hereunto Set our hands & Seales this Eleventh day of ffebruary Annoqe Domini NOStri 17u/i2 or *[12] Signed Sealed & ffiniShed ) JoSeph Williams L. S. in y presence of us ] Andrew Harris L. S. Dan" Abbott Tho : ffenner L. S. John Corpe Peleg Rhoades L. S. Hope Corpe Samuell WilkinSon L. S. Thomas Afield L. S. Recorded March yc 3rd : 17u/12 & Tho : Olney Clerk. / Be it kNOWne unto All People by theSe preSents, that I Samuell Whipple Inhabitant of ye Towne of Providence in y° Coloney of Rhode Island & Provi dence Plantations in the NarraganSet Bay in New England (Senior) for & in Consideration of a Valuable SuM of Money in hand already Well & truly paid unto Me by John Thornton of Said Providence & Coloney aforeSd, the Recept Whereof I do Owne & Acknowledge & therewith to be fully Satisfied Con tented & Paid; Have Given Granted Bargained Sold Enfeoffed Aliend As signed, Set Over & Confirmed, And by theSe preSents for me my Heirs Execu tors & Administrators, DO fully Clearely & absolutely Give Grant Bargaine, Sell, Enfeoff Alien ASsigne Set Over & ConfirMe unto the Said John Thornton his Heirs Executors, Administrators & ASsignes foreYer a parcel] of land Containeing by EStemation fifteene Acres (More or leSs) it beareing MeaSure by ye Eighteene foote Pole; The which Sd Parcell of land- is Scituate lieing & being Within the TowneShipp of Providence aforeSd at a Hill Called & knowne by the Name of Neotaconkonitt hill, and lieth about three Miles * [about three Miles WeSt] WeStWard from the Salt Water Harbour in Said Providence ; And is bounded South WeStWardly With the land of Arthur ffen ner junior of Said Providence, & WeStWardly With the land of ye Said John Thornton, and on the Northerne Side with the land of Richard Burden of Said Providence, & EaStWardly with Said Providence Townes Common, & South wardly with Sd Towns Common ; The Said Percell of land haveing Eight Corn- aers they being heapes of Stones; With all & Singular the Privelidges & apur- tenances to ye Said fifteene acres of land belonging, And all the EState Right, [14] Title IntreSt, USe, Property, PoSseSsion, Claime & demand Whatsoever [of j Me the Said Samuell Whipple in or to the Same or any part thereof, TO have and to hold the Said fifteene acres of land as aforeSaid unto the Said John Thornton his Heiis Executors Administrators & ASsignes foreYer; fo the Only Proper USe & behoofe of the Said John Thornton his Heirs Executors Ad [ 213] Administrators & ASsignes forEver; And that the Said John ThorN- ton, his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes by force & Vertue of theSe preSents froM the day of ye EnSealeing & delivery hereof & thencefor ward foreYer Shall Stand & be lawfully SeiSed to MM his Heirs Executors AdMiniStrators & ASsignes of & in the Bargained PreMiSses, & of & in every part thereof of a good, Sure, lawfull. Absolute & Undefeazeable EState of In heritance in ffee Simple, Without any Conditions, limitation, USe, or other thing to alter or Change the Same: And that the premiSses above by theSe preSents mentioned to be Granted Bargained & Sold & Every part thereof from ye day of ye date of theSe preSents & So from time to time & at all times here after forEver Shall be, Remaine & Continue to be the Proper USe & behoofe of ye Sd John Thornton his Heirs, Executors, Administrators & ASsignes for Ever; Cleare & free & free]ly| & Clearely Exonerated Aquitted & discharged, or OtherWiSe by Me the Said Samuell Whipple my Heirs Executors & Admin istrators Sufficiently Saved & kept harmeleSs of & froM all & all Manner of former & Other bargains Sales Gifts Grants LeaSses ASsignements Judgmts: Executions fforffiturcs SeiSures Joynture, Dowrye Power & Thirds of Mary My NoAV Wife to be ClaiMed & Challenged in or to y SaMe or any part thereof; And off and from all & Singular Other Charges Titles Troubles INcuMbrances and demands Whatsoever had Made done or Suffered to be done by Me the Said Samuell Whipple My Heirs Executors Administrators, or any other Per Son or Persons Whatsoever by Mine or their act Meanes ConSenf or Procure ment: And againSt Me y Sd SaMuell Whipple, My Heirs Executors Adminis trators, & all & every other TerSon or PerSons Whatsoever, lawfully Claime- mg any EState, Right, Title, IntreSt Claime or Demand in or to y Same or any part thereof, from, by, Under me, theM or anv of theM, Shall & Will War rant & forEver defend by theSe preSents; In witneSs of v° preMiSses I do here unto Set my hand & Seale the Seventeenth day of Januarey in y yeare one thousand Seven hundied & one, 170^. Signed Sealed & delivered the Mark of , , rn the presence of us-, Samuell Whipple Tho : Olney Sen1 „ . ^F T T. : , Senior. / James Browne. / Recorded March yc 7th H11/^: f) Tho : Olney Clerk. / [15] Be it kNOWne unto all Men by theSe preSents, that I John Thornton, Senior, of this Towne of Providence within this Coloney of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations in New England haveing Received of my Son Solomon Thornton the full & juSt Sum of Thirty three Pounds Six Shillings & Eight pence of NeW England Silver Money; ffor & in Consideration of the SuM aboveSaid, I the Sd John Thornton have Sold unto my Son SoloMon Thornton one hundred acres of my land that I bought of Deacon Parkes of Roxbery, in yB Colony of MaSa- chuSet in New England; Which Sd land is Within the TowneShipp of Provi dence, lieing Round about My now dwellinghouSe; And the land that I the Said John Thornton have Sold unto my Son Solomon Thornton begineth on the Northerne Side of that Run that runns on ye Northerne Side of My Now dwell inghouSe, And that Run to be the Southwardly bounds of that land that I have Sold unto my Son, And on the Westerly End to Extend to ye WeSterMoSt part of My land that I bought of Parkes, and alSo to the NortherMoSt part of My land, & So to goe Easterly untill ye Number of one hundred acres be Made up; And alSo I the Sd John Thornton have Sold unto my Son Solomon One Third part of my CoMMonage that I bought of Parkes ; All Which Said land & Commonage aboveSpecified I the Said John Thornton have Sold unto my Son Solomon Thornton to be his true Proper 1 awful 1 Right & Inheritance both to himSelf & his Heirs forever; Quiet & Peaceably to Enjoy Without at any time the hindrance Molestation, Lett or Trouble by Me the aforeSd John Thornton My [214] My Heirs Executors or ASsignes; And I the Said John Thornton do bind MySelf My Heirs Executors or ASsignes at all times to Have & keepe harmeleSs My Son Solomon thornton his Heirs Executors or ASsignes from Rights Titles, hindrances Claimes Molestations, or Troubles that Shall at any time be laid unto ye PremiSses or any part or Parcell thereof by any PerSon or PerSons Claimeing or to Claime by Vertue of any Other Bargaine, Sale, In- bezelment or Mortgage at any time Made by Me or of any PerSon by through or under Me; And I the' Said John Thornton do toy theSe preSents bind mySelf firmely to Secure my Son from all Joyntures Dowries Thirds & Intails; And alSo do by theSe preSents bind mySelf My Heirs Executors or AS signes to give within Six Month time after the date hereof a Sufficient aSure- ance of this hundred Acres of land & Commonage as My Councill learned aL law Shall adviSe; In WitneSs to this My Act & deede I the aboveSd John Thorn ton have Set to My hand & Seale this two & Twentieth day of May in the yeare of our Lord one ThouSand Six hundred Eighty & three. Signed Sealed & delivered John Thornton L. S. in ye preSence of us — . Thomas ffenner Arthur ffenner. / Recorded March ye 8th: 17u/i2 ?P Tho : Olney, Clerk. / [16] TO All Christian People before Whome this deede of Sale Shall Come An drew Harris of Pautuxett in the Colony of Rhoad Island & Providence Planta tions in NeW England Sendeth Greeting. KNOW Yee; That I the Said An drew Harris for & in Consideration of the Sum of TWo hundred & Sixty Seven Pounds of Current Money of New England by me in hand already Received, & Well & truely payd by James Angell of the Same Towne & Coloney aforeSaid, the Recept Whereof I do hereby ackNOWledge and MySelfe therewith fully Satisfied Contented & paid; Have Given Granted Bargained & Sold, Aliened Enfeoffed Conveihed & Confirmed; And by theSe preSents Do fully freely Clearely & Absolutely Give Grant Bargaine & Sell, Alien Enfeoff Conveigh & Continue unto him the Said James Angell & unto his Heirs Executors Admin- iStrato|rs) & ASsignes foreYer, a Certaine Tract of land & Meaddow Contain ing two hundred and Thirty foure Acres, Scituate lieing & being Within the Jurisdiction of Provident* aforeSd, and on the Southerne Side of y" line that Parts ye lands of Providence from the lands of Pautuxett, & on the EaStWard Side of PauchaSett River, & is bounded as followeth; It being bounded on ye EaSt with y land of M1 Peleg Roades, & on the North With My oWne land, & on yu NorthweSterne part With the Pond Which lieth in the ffarme Whereon My Honoured Grandfather William Harris, deceaSed, formerly lived; & on the WeSterne part With My owne land & part with the Said PauchaSett River, & on the South With My oWne land ; All Which Sd bounds May appeare by the Map]) of Said land & Meaddow given under my owne hand beareing date Even with theSe preSents; The Said land & Meaddow together with ye Timber, Wood, Trees Herbage GraSs, fruite & fruitTrees, Water & WaterCourSes, llences, Buildings, & all Other and Singular Privelidges, Proflitts, Benefit ta & appurtenances within y Said bounds Contained, And alSo one Right in y" ThatchBedds in Sd Pautuxett on yl North Side of Pautuxet River, TO have & to hold the Said two hundred & Thirty foure acres of land & Meaddow & Prive lidges aforeSaid, & alSo y Said Right in the Thatch & Privelidges of *[ye Thatch] Said Right unto him ye Said James Angell & unto his Heirs Execu tors AdMiniStrators & ASsignes, & unto his & their OWne Proper USe & be hoofe, free & Cleare foreYer; And freely & Clearely aquitted, Exonerated & fully discharged from Me ye Said Andrew Harris, my Heirs, Executors, Ad ministrators and ASsignes; And off & from any other o|r| former Bargains, Sales, Gifts, Grants Mortgages, LeaSses, Wills, Intailes, Joyntures, Dowryes, Thirds or Incumbrances of What Nature or Terme SoEver; And the Said An drew Harris, doth Covenant PromiSe grant & Agree to & With the Said James Angell in Manner & forme following; That is to Say, that I the. Said Andrew Harris, at, & before the SigNeing & Executeing of theSe PreSents & untill ye delivery hereof, I were the Right, true, & lawfull OWner of all the aboveGiveu [17] & Granted PremiSses, And that I had in MySelfe full Power, and laWfull Au thority^ to Bargaine Sell & diSpoSe of ye Same in Manner & forme as is above- ExpreSt, Without any Condition, Alteration or limitation of USes, or other thing that May Alter Change, or Evacuate or make Voyd this PreSant Deede of Sale; And Emediatly after the delivery hereof, then ye Said James Angell his Heirs Executors Administrators or ASsignes, are & forEver thereafter Shall [215] Shall be invested With the Said Two hundred & Thirty four acres of land & Meaddow & Privelidges aforeSaid, & alSo the Said Right of Thatch, as with a Reale, true & Perfect EState of Inheritance in flee Simple; And the Said Andrew Harris doth further Covenant & PromiSe, That I the Said AndreW Harris My Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes, Shall & Will Warrant & forEver defend the Said Two hundred & Thirty foure acres of land & Meaddow & Privelidges aforeSaid & Every part thereof, And alSo ye Said Right in the Thatchbeds aforeSaid & beneffitt thereof unto him the Said JaMes Angell his Heirs Executors, Administrators or ASsignes, againSt the laWfull Challenge Claime or Demand of any PerSon or Per Sons Whatsoever; In Witnes, & for Confirmation of all the above *[Sd] Written, I the Said An drew Harris do hereunto Set My hand & Seale this Twenty fifth day of ffebru- arey, in the Tenth yeare of the Reigne of our Sovereign Lady Anne, Queene of Great Brittan, &C : / ANNo : DoMiNi One ThouSand Seven hundred & Eleven. or tWelve. / Signed Sealed & delivered Andrew Harris L. S. in the presence of us, Richard Phillipps Thomas Afield. / MeMorandum that the Words (or Make Voyd) was interlined betweene the twenty Eighth & twenty ninth lines before Signeing & Sealeing. / Providence in Rhoad Island Colony, ye day & yeare aboveSd, the atooveNamed Andrew Harris perSoNally appeared & ackNowledged the aboveWritten Instrument to be his free & Voluntary act & deede, before Me Richard WaterMan JuStice; — . Recorded March ye 11th 17n/12: %}' Tho : Olney, Clerk. / TO All People to Whome this deede of Sale Shall Come, Greeteing; KNOW Ye That I Hannah Beleu of y Towne of Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations in New England (WiddoW) for a Valuable Consideration to me before the EnSealeing hereof Well & truely Paid by my 3 [18] Well beloved Son James Belleu of the Towne aforeSa, (huSbandman) the Re cept Whereof I do hereby ackNOWledge, & MySelfe therewith fully Satisfied Contented & paid; Have Given, Granted, Bargained Sold Aliend Conveyed & Confirmed; And by theSe preSents Do freely, fully & Absolutely Give Grant Bargaine Sell Convey and Confirme unto my Said Son JaMes Belleu his heirs & ASsignes foreVer my two Six acre lotts, Scituate & being Within ye Towne of Providence, & lyeing betweene the land of JaMes Browne on ye South & the land of John Arnold on the North; and butting on ye Towne Streete on the WeSt; One of Which Sd lotts did formerly belong unto my Well beloved huS- band Matureene Beleu (deceaSed) the other did forMerly belong to my Much Honoured ffather Robert Pike, (deceaSed) As alSo one halfe Right of Common on y EaSt Side of ye Seven mile line. And alSo fourteene acres of land laid out unto me adjoyneing to the lands of my Said Son James Belew, together With all My household Stuff, *[& other Moveable EState] & other Moveable EState of What kind & Na ture Soever; To have & to hold the Said Granted & Bargained PremiSses with the Appurtenances Privelidges & Comodityes to ye Same belonging or in anywiSe appertaining, to him My Said Son James Beleu his Heirs & ASsignes forever; to his & their only Proper USe benefit & behoofe fore Ver; And that my Said Son James Beleu his Heirs & ASsignes Shall & May from time to time & at all times forEver hereafter toy force & Vertue of theSe preSents lawfully Peaceably & quetly have hold USe Occupye & PoSseSs & Enjoy the Said demiSed & Bargained PremiSses with the Appurtenances free & Cleare, & freely & Clearely aquitted Exonerated & discharged of, & from all & all Manner of forMer & other Gifts, Grants, Bargains, Sales LeaSes Mort gages Wills Intailes Joyntures Dowryes, Judgements Executions, Incum brances & Extents; ffurtherMore I the Sd Hannah Beleu for mySelfe My Heirs Executors & Administrators Do Covenant & Engage the atoovedemiSed Prem iSses to him my Said Son James Beleu his Heirs & ASsignes againSt the law- full Claime or demand of any PerSon or PerSons Whatsoever, forever hereaf ter to Warrant Secure & Defend ; In WitneSs Whereof I have hereunto Set My hand & Seale this Twenty Eight day of January in [ 216 ] in the yeare of our Lord God one ThouSand Seven hundred & Eleven or twelve And Tenth yeare of y Reigne of our Soveireign Ladey Anne, Queene of Great Britan, |&C.| Signed Sealed & delivered Hannah Ballon L. S. in the preSence of us, Valentine InMan The Subscriber did on the day & yeare his X Mark. / aboveWritten acknowledge ye afove Thomas Hopkins Instrument to be her Voluntary act & deede, before Me JoSeph Jenckes As sistant. / Recorded March y 12fth : 17"/12 5jfl Tbo : Olnev. Clerk. / [19] KNOW all Men by theSe preSents, that I John King of Providence in the Colony of Road Island & Providence Plantations (weaver) for & in Consid eration of the Sum of Seventy two Pounds Current Money of New England Well & truely paid unto Me by John Stone of Warwick in ye Colony aboveSd (houSe Carpenter) have Bargained Sold Enfeoffed Made & paSsed over from me My heirs, Executors, Administrators & ASsignes Unto the Said John Stone his heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes all that My ManSion- houSe & farme Which I bought of Stephen Potter as by a Deede under his hand & Seale beareing date the Nineteenth day of Aprill Ano Domini. 1711 : It be ing fifty acres of land after ye Rate of Eighteene foote to ye Pole, Within the PurchaSe of MaShantatack, in ye TowneShipp of Providence in ye Colony aboveSd ; Butted & toounded Northerly upon ye land of Benjamin Potter, East erly upon y HighWay, Southerly upon the land of John Potter, & Westerly upon ye land of Peter Roberts ; All Which Sd ffarme, ManSionhouSe, Buildings fences & Edefices With all & Singular the Privelidges & appurtenances therein belonging or anyWayes appertaining for Consideration aboveS" I have Aliened, Enfeoffed, Bargained, Sold, Made and paSsed * [away] Over from me, my heirs, Executors Administrators & ASsignes unto the Said John Stone his heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes TO have & to hold foreVer, as a Pure Cleare and Undefeazeable EState of Inheritance in ffee Simple, Without any limitation, Restriction, or Condition Whatsoever; Clearely & freely Ex onerated, aquitted & discharged, & the Said John Stone Invested & PoSseSsed of all & Singular the aboveBargained PremiSses; MOreover by me the Said John King My heirs Executors Administrators the Said John Stone his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes Shall be forever Warrantized & de fended Saved & kept harmeleSs off & from all & every Manner of lawfull Chal lenges Claimes or demands of any PerSon or PerSons Whatsoever lawfully laying Claime to the abovebargained PremiSses or any part or Parcell thereof under What pretence Soever; In WitneSs Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seale this one & twentieth day of November in the Tenth yeare of her MajeStyes Reigne Anne Queene of Great Britain, &C : Annoq8 Domini NOStri 1711 Signed Sealed & delivered John King L. S. in the preSence of us Samuell Low The day & yeare aboveWritten the above- Zachariah Bicknell. / Sd John King acknowledged the above Grant to be his act & deede, before Me Sim? Smth JuStice. Recorded March ye 13th nu/i2 W Tho : Olney, Clerk. / [20] TO All Christian people before Whome this Deede of Sale Shall Come, Samuell Aldrich of Providence in the Colony of Rhoad Island & Providence Plantations in New England Sendeth Greeteing: KNOW Yee; That I the Said Samuell Aldrich for & in Consideration of the SuM of two pounds & fif teene Shillings of Current Money of NeW England by Me in hand already Re ceived, & well & truely payd toy John MaWrey of the Same Towne & Colony aforeSaid the Recept Whereof I do hereby Acknowledge & MySelfe therewith fully Satisfied Contented & Paid have Given, Granted, Bargained & Sold, Aliened Enfeoffed Conveihed & ConfirMed, And do by theSe preSents fully freely Clearely & Absolutely Give Grant Bargaine & Sell, Alien Enfeoff Con- Yeigh & Confirme unto him the Said John Mawrey & unto his Heirs, Execu tors, Administrators, & ASsignes foreYer a Certaine tract or Parcell of land Containing Eight acres Scituate & being in Providence aforeSd not yet laid out, but is to be taken [217] taken upon ye Eastward Side of the Seven Mile line, in or upon the Right of William Man (deceaSed) & the Right of Major William Hopkins; To have & to hold the Said | eight | Acres of land With all & Singular the Trivelidges, Proffitts, benefits & Appurtenances thereunto belong ing or aneyWayes appertaining, unto him the Said John MaWrey .& unto his Heirs Executors AdMiniStrators or ASsignes & |un|to his & their own proper USe & behoofe free & Cleare forever; And freely & Clearely aquitted Exon erated & fully discharged from Me the Said Samuell Aldrich My Heirs Ex ecutors, AdMiniStrators & ASsignes, & of & from any Other or forMer bargains Sales, Gifts, Grants Mortgage LeaSes Wills Intailes Joyntures, DoWryes, Thirds or Incumbrances of What Nature or terme Soever; And the Said Sam uell Aldrich doth Covenant PromiSe Grant & Agree to & With the Said John MaWrey in Manner & forme following, that is to Say, that I the Said Samuell Aldrich at & before the Signing & Executing of theSe preSents & untill the delivery hereof, I were the Right true & lawfull oWner of all the aboveGiven & Granted PremiSses, & that I had in MySelfe full Power & lawfull Authoritye to Bargaine Sell & diSpoSe of ye Same in Manner & forme as is aboveExpreSt ; Without any Condition Alteration or limitation of USes or other thing that May Alter Change Evacuate or Make Voyde this preSant deede of Sale; And Emediatiy after the delivery hereof then the Sd John MaWrey his Heirs Execu tors, Administrators or ASsignes are & forEver thereafter Shall be Invested with y Sd Eight acres of land & Privelidges aforeS6 as With a Reall true & perfitt EState of Inheritance in ffee Simple; And the Said Samuell Aldrich doth further Covenant & ProMiSe that I the Said Samuell Aldrich My Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes Shall & Will Warrant & forever defend all ye aboveGiven & Granted preMiSses With the Appurtenances unto him the Sd John Mawrey his Heirs Executors Administrators or ASsignes againSt the [21] laWfull Challenge Claimes or demands of any PerSon or PerSons that Shall Claime IntreSt therein or Title thereto, by any Meanes Whatsoever; In Wit ness & for the Confirmation of all the atooveWritten, I the Said Samuell Al drich have hereunto Set my hand & Seale this firSt day of the MOnth Called March in the yeare one ThouSand Seven hundred & twelve. Signed Sealed & delivered Samuell Aldrich L. S. in ye presence of us,-, John Steere Providence in Rhoad Island Colony- James Aldrich. / the Seventeenth day of March ANNo : Domini 17n/12: the aboveNamed Samuell Aldrich personally appeared & acknowledged the aboveWritten In strument to ibe his free & Voluntarey act and deede before Me Richard Water- man-JuStice. / Recorded March y 20th 17u/i2 %¦} Tho : Olney, Clerk. / TO All Christian People before whome this deede of Sale Shall Come Sam uell Aldrich of Providence, in the Colony of Rhoad Island & Providence Plan tations Sendetli Greeteing. KNOW Yee that I the Said Samuell Aldrich for & in Consideration of the Sum of Three Pounds & Tenn Shillings by me in hand already Received & Well and truely payd by JoSeph MAWrey of ye Same Towne & ColoNey aforeSaid the Recept Whereof I do hereby acknowledge, & mySelfe therewith fully Satisfied, Contented & paid, have Given Granted Bargained & Sold, Aliened Enfeoffed Conveighed and ConfirMed, And do by theSe preSents fully freely Clearely & Absolutely Give Grant Bargaine & Sell Alien Enfeoff Conveigh & Confirm unto him the Said JoSeph MAWrey and unto his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes forEver Tenn acres of land, Scituate in Providence aforeSaid Not yet laid out, but is to be taken up on the EaSterne Side of ye Seven mile line in Said Providence, & in or npon the Right of William Man, (deceaSed) & Major William Hopkins, TO have & to hOld the Said tenn Acres of land With all and Singular the prive lidges Proffitts benefits & Appurtenances thereunto belonging unto him the Said JoSeph Mawrey & unto his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes free & Cleare forEver, & unto his & their oWne Proper USe & behoofe, freely and Clearely aquitted Exonerated & fully discharged froM Me the Said SaM- uell Aldrich My Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes, & of & from any other or forMer Bargains, Sales, Gifts Grants Mortgages, LeaSes Wills In- tailes, Joyntures Dowries Thirds or Incumbrances of What Natux-e or Terme Soever that May Alter Change Evacuate or make Voyd this preSent deede of [22] Sale; And the Said JoSeph Mawrey his Heirs Executors Administrators or ASsignes Shall or May from time to time & at all times hereafter USe Enjoy & PoSseSs the Said tenn Acres of land and Privelidges Proffitts & Appurte nances thereof as his, & their OWne Proper Right and true Inheritance With out any iNteruption or Molestation; And the Said Samuell Aldrich doth Covenant & PromiSe that I the Said Samuell Aldrich My Heirs Executors Ad- miniStartors & ASsignes Shall & Will Warrant & forever Defend the Said Tenn Acres of lang & Privelidges aforeSaid unto the Said JoSeph [218] JoSeph MaWrey his Heirs Executors Administrators or ASsignes AgainSt the law- full Challenge Claimes or demands of any PerSon or PerSons that Shall Claime IntreSt therein or Title thereto by any Meanes Whatsoever; In Wit ness & for Confirmation hereof I the Said Samuell Aldrich have hereunto Set My hand & Seale this firSt day of the Month Called March in the yeare one ThouSand Seven hundred & twelve Signed Sealed & delivered Samuell Aldrich L. S. ./ in the preSence of us — . John Steere Providence in Rhoad Island Colony; The James Aldrich. / Seventeenth day of March 17u/i2: the aboveNamed Samuell Aldrich PerSonaly appeared & acknowledged the aboveWritten Instrument to be his free & Voluntary act & deede; Before Me Richard Waterman; Justice ; Recorded March y 20th : 17u/i2 : ^ Tho. Olney, Clerk. / TO All Christian People before WhoMe this deede of Sale Shall Come John Steere junr: of Providence in ye Colony of Rhoad Island & Providence Planta tions in NeW England, Sendeth Greeteing; KNOW yee, That I the Said John Steere for & in Consideration of Twenty one Shillings of Current MONey of New England toy Me in hand already Received & Well & truely paid by JoSeph MaWrey of the Same Towne & Collony aforeSd, the Recept Whereof I do hereby acknowledge, & MySelfe therewith fully Satisfied Contented & paid, have Given, Granted, Bargained & Sold, Aliened Enfeoffed, Conveighed & Con firmed, And do by theSe preSents fully freely Clearely & Absolutely Give Grant Bargaine & Sell, Alien Enfeoff Conveigh & ConfirMe unto him the Said JoSeph MAWrey & unto his Heirs Executors, Administrators & ASsignes for ever thre|e| acres of land Scituate in Providence aforeSd, not yet laid out, but is to be taken up on the EaStWard Side of the Seven Mile line in Said Provi dence, & in or upon the Right of My Honoured ffather John Steere; To have & to hold the Said three acres of land, With all & Singular the Privelidges [23] Proffits, benefitts & appurteNances thereunto belonging, unto him the Said JoSeph MaWrey, his Heirs Executors, Administrators & ASsignes free & Cleare forEver; and unto his & their oWne Proper Use & behoofe, freely & Clearely aquitted, Exonerated & fully discharged froM. Me the Said John Steere, My Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes, & of & from any other former Bargains Sales Gifts, Grants Mortgages LeaSes Wills Intailes Joyntures, Dowryes Thirds or Incumbrances of What Nature or terme Soever : And the Said John Steere doth Covenant, ProMiSe Grant & Agree to & With the Said JoSeph MAWrey in Manner & forMe following, that is to Say; that I the Said John Steere at & before the Signeing & Executing of theSe preSents, & untill the delivery hereof, I were the" Right true & lawfull owner of all the aboveGiven & Granted premiSses & that I had in mySelfe full Power & laW full Authoritye to bargaine Sell & diSpose of the Same in Manner & forme as is aboveExpreSt, Without any Condition, Alteration, or limitation of USes, or other thing that May Alter Change Evacuate or Make Voad this preSant deede of Sale; And Emediatly after the delivery hereof the Sd JoSeph Maw- rey his Heirs Executors Administrators or ASsignes are & forever thereafter Shall be invested with the Sd lands & premiSses as with a Reall true & per- fitt EState of Inheritance in ffee Simple: And the Said John Steere doth fur ther Covenant & PromiSe that I the Sd John Steere, my heirs Executors Ad ministrators & ASsignes Shall & Will Warrant ]&| forever defend the Said three acres of land & Privelidges aforeSaid unto him the Said JoSeph MaWrey his Heirs Executors, Administrators or ASsignes againSt the lawfull Chal lenge Claim.es or demands of any perSon or PerSons Whatsoever : In WitneSs & for Confirmation of all the above Written I the Said John Steere have here unto Set My hand & Seale, this Nineteenth day of March, in the Eleventh yeare of y6 Reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne Queene of Great Brittan &C: Anno: Domini, One ThouSand Seven hundred & Eleven or twelve Signed Sealed & delivered : in the preSence of us — . Thomas ffield Abigaill Waterman. / John Steere Jun' L. S. Providence in Rhoad Island Col- lony, the day & yeare aboveSaid, the aboveNamed John Steere, Personally appeared & acknowl edged the aboveWritten In strument to be his free & Volun- tarey act & deede, before me Richard Waterman, JuStice : / Recorded March the 21: 17n/12: ^ Tho: Olney, Clerk./ [24] [ 219 ] Laid out to JoSeph MaWrey three acres of land on the EaSt Side of the Seven Mile line, in the Right of John Steere, It being land that Said JoSeph MaWrey bought of John Steere junv Bounded as followeth; Begin ning at a double CheSsnutt Tree Marked being a bound of Sd Mawryes other land & Rangeth With his Other land WeStwardly to a Maple tree marked be ing a Cornner & a bound of Samuell Aldriches land Stand | ing | in the South End of NipSaehuck Cedar Swampe, thence to Range NorthWardly With Sd Swampe to a White Oake tree Marked being a Cornner on the WeStwardly part of Sd land, & Standeth on the NOrthwardly part of Said *[land] Swampe, & from thence to Range NorthWardly to a heape of Stones toeing the North west Cornner, Said heape of Stones are lieing upon a Rock, thence to Range EaStwardly to a black Oake tree Marked, With Stones laid about it being a Northeastwardly Cornner, & from thence to Range SoutheaStwardly to a CheSsnut tree Marked being a Cornner of John MaWreyS land; and from thence to Range eaStwardly to a Small CheSsNutt tree Marked being aNother Cornner of John MaWreys land, & from thence to Range with Thomas ffields land to a heape of Stones being Sd ffields SouthweSt Cornner |Sd] Stones lieth on a Rock & from thence to Range WeStwardly to the firStMentioned bound, being the North WeSt Cornner of JoSeph Mawreys other land. Laid out *t~> me Thomas Olney junr: Surveior; Recorded March, 21: 17n/i2 & Tho: Olney Clerk. / March y firSt 1711 Laid out to JoSeph MaWrey Tenn acres of land on the EaSt Side of the Seven Mile line, Scituate lieing & being on the Southern part of WeSqua- domSet Plaine; Which Said land JoSeph Mawrey bought of Samuell Aldrich./ Which is laid out in the Right of William Man & in the Right of Major Wil liam Hopkins; Bounded as followeth; begining at a Pine tree Marked be^ ing a South WeSt Cornner, & is a Southeast Cornner of Nathaniell Water- Mans land, & So Rangeth downe Streame of Sd WanaSquatuckett River ad joyneing to the River till it comes to a Greene Oak Tree Marked being a bound of land formerly laid out to JoShua Verrin, & a Southeast Cornner of Sd Tenn acres, & from thence to Range Northwardly to a White Oake Tree Marked being an EaStwardly Cornner, and from thence to Range Something More WeStWardly to a dead tree Marked being a SouthEaSt Cornner of Daniell Williams land, & from thence to Range WeStWardly to a black Oake tree Marked bein a northEaSt Cornner of Nathaniell WTatermans land, & So ]to| Range Southwardly With & adjoyneing to Said Waterman land till it Comes to the firStMentioned Pine Tree. Laid out the day & yeare aboveSd, ^ me ThoMas Olney junr : Surveior. / Recorded March the 21 : 17n/12 ^ Tho : Olnev Clerk. / [25] TO All Christian People before Whome theSe preSents Shall Come Nathan iell Waterman of Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations in New England Sendeth Greeteing. KNOW Yee, that I the Said Nathaniell Waterman, Not on a Suddaiue or Meane Motion but upon Mature & good Consideration have Given, Granted Aliened Enfeoffed Conveied & Con firmed; And by theSe presents do fully freely Clearely & Absolutely Give Grant Alien Enfeoff Convey & Confirme unto My Son Richard Waterman and unto his Heirs & ASsignes foreYer all my lands Situate & lieing in Said Providence Towne in the Row of lotts; namely my homestead or lands Whereon my dwellinghouSe now Standeth, and all the lands adjoyneing that appertaineth unto me, and alSo that lott which I bought of Shadrach Manton, the one halfe at the Signeing and Executeing theSe preSents, and after the de cease of Me & my Wife all the Said lands and houSeing, fences, Buildings, fruit & fruit trees, & all other Privelidges, proffitts benefitts & appurtenances therein Contained Shall be & Remaine unto him my aforeSaid Son Richard Water man & unto his Heirs & aSsignes f oreVer : And alSo I do give unto him My afore Said Son Richard Waterman his Heirs & ASsignes all my lands in the place called the Neck in Said Providence; AlSo all my Meaddow up MoShausuck River; the which Meaddow lieth at the South end of the Meaddow Called the Great Meaddow, & on both Sides of Said River; And alSo all that part of my Meaddow at MaShapague Which I bought of Mr Stephen Paine & Mr Na thaniell Paine; And alSo that which I bought of Mr Silas Carpenter & Mr Ben jamin Carpenter, and alSo the Small Spotts of upland that are Within the fence that incloSeth in the Said Meaddow : And alSo I do give unto hiM My Said Son Richard WaterMan his Heirs & ASsignes * [& each of Their aSignes] all My whole Right both of devided & Undevided lands on the EaSt Side of the line Called the foure Mile line in Providence aforeSaid, With all the Prive lidges [ 220 ] Privelidges, Proffitts, Benefitts & Appurtenances thereto be longing; And alSo all my Right in the ThatchBedds in Pautuxett in the TowneShipp of Providence aforeSaid; To have and to hold all the Said lands, Meaddowes & Privelidges aforeSaid unto him My aforeSaid Son Rich ard WaterMan his Heirs & ASsignes, & unto his & their OWne Proper USe & behoofe forever, the one halfe at the Signeing & Executeing theSe pres ents and the Other halfe after My dece'aSe; AlSo I do Give unto him my afore Said Son Richard Waterman and unto his Heirs & ASsignes foreYer all My Whole Right of lands & Meaddowes Within the Towne PurchaSs & Jurisdiction of WarWick in the Colony aforeSaid, both devided & undevided With all & Singular the Privelidges Proffitts, benefitts and Appurtenances thereunto be longing TO have & to hold all the Said lands, Meaddowes & Privelidges afore Said unto him my aforeSaid Son Richard WaterMan his Heirs, Executors, 4 [26 ] AdMiniStrators & ASsignes, and to his and their own Proper USe & behoofe foreVer, the one halfe at the Signeing and Executeing * [of] theSe .preSents, and the other halfe after my deceaSe : And my aforeSaid Son Richard Waterman, his Heirs or ASsignes Shall or may by force & Ver Vertue of theSe preSents forever hereafter USe Injoy & poSseSs all the Said lands as it is aboveGiven & Granted Without any interuption or Molestation of Me the Said Nathaniell WaterMan or of My Other Heirs, Executors, Administrators or ASsignes; Excepting only a Small parcell of upland which lieth at the place Called MaShapague aforeSaid Which I bought of ye aboveNamed Stephen Paine & Nathaniell Paine ; the Which Small Percell of land is Not here intended to be diSpoSed of: And alSo I do Give unto him my Said Son Richard WaterMan & unto his Heirs & ASsignes all my Whole Stock of Cattle, & hor-Sekind & Sheepe & Swine, And alSo all My household Stuff & other Goods, the one halfe at ye Signeing & Executeing of theSe preSents, and after the deceaSe of me & my wife then all the Said household Stuff & other Goods to be & Remaine unto him my Said Son Richard WaterMan his Heirs & ASsignes free & Cleare foreVer: In WitNeSs, and for ConfirMation of all the aboveWritten, I the Said Nathaniell Waterman, have hereunto Set My hand & Seale this laSt day of ffebruary, in the Ninth Yeare of her MajeStys Reign. Anne Queen of Great Brittan, &C. Anne Domini one ThouSsand Seven hundred & Tenn or Eleven. '[Memorandum, In Witnes & Confirmation of the Said InSt|rument|] Signed Sealed & delivered, Nathaniell WaterMon L. S. in the presence of us. / Nathaniell Blague, Providence, WilliaM SMith. / in Rhode Island Colony the fifth day of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord one ThouSand Seven hundred & twelve, Major William Smith & Mr Nathaniell Blague both of Provi dence aforeSd, Personally appeared Recorded April y & acknowledge! d| their hands, that 9th 1712 ^ Tho they Subscribed Witnesses to the Olney Clerk. / aboveWritten Instrument; before Me, Phillip TillinghaSt, JuStice. / TO all Christian People to Whome this deede of Sale Shall Come James Phillipps of y Towne of Providence in y Colony of Rhode Island & Provi dence Plantations in ye NarraganSet bay in New England in America (huS- bandman) Sendeth Greeteing; KNOW Yee that the Said James Phillipps for [27] & in Consideration of the full & juSt Sum of Twenty Pounds .Silver Money at Seventeen penyWeigkt, & *[|of|] alSo [of | Seven Pounds & Tenn Shillings Sil ver Money at fifteene pennyweight, all makeing the Sum of Twenty and Seven Pounds & Tenn Shillings by both Weights, the Recept Whereof the Said James Phillipps doth owne& acknowledge, it being in hand *[well] already Well & truely paid unto him by Nathaniell Waterman Inhabitant of the Towne & Colloney aforeSaid (yeoman) & therewith doth owne & acknowledge himSelfe to be fully Satisfied, contented & Paid, & doth hereby Aquitt & discharge the Said Nathaniell Waterman his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes of the Same; & of Every part thereof, Hath Given, Granted, bargained & Sold, Enfeoffed, Alined, ASsigned Set Over and Confirmed, And by theSe preSents for him, his Heirs, Executors and Administrators Doth fully Clearely & Abso lutely Give Grant Bargaine Sell Enfeoff, Alien ASsigne Set Over & Confirme unto the Said Nathaniell Waterman his Heirs Executors Administrators & AS signes foreVer a quantetye of land Containeing by EStemation Sixty & three acres & a halfe (be it More or leSs) it being in Severall Par cells Containeing both Upland lowland and Meaddowland; it all lieing & being Within the TowneShipp of Providence aforeSaid, & in the Northerne part of Said Towne- Shipp ; ffifty Acres thereof being upland, and is Scituate lieing & being on the EaSterne Side of the River Called WanaSquatuckett being bounded with Six Cornners, the Said Cornners being heapes of Stones ; the length being Northly & Southwardly; And five acres of Meaddow Scituate lieing & being upon the branch [221] branch of the River called WanaSquatuckett, which Runneth from the place called the Keyes, & upon the EaSterne Side of the Said branch of the River ; the aforeSaid branch of the River bounding part of the WeSt Side of the Meaddow, It being all bounded with Severall trees Marked, at Each Cornner one, & by Severall on the EaSt Side & on part of the WeSt Side as is Expressed in the Surveiors Return Which laid out the Same; And Eight acres & an halfe of land, partly Meaddow & partly loWland lieing & being Neere unto the place Called WeSquadoMeSitt, & on both Sides of a Small Streame of Water, or Rivolett Which Runneth downe from a place Called the Keyes, the which land lieth downe the Stream a little distance from the Said Keyes, & adjoyneth to both Sides of the Sd Rivolett, the Meaddowland lieth on the WeSterne Side of the Said Rivolett or Streame of Water, & is bounded on the EaSterne Side With the Said Rivolett, on the WeSt With the Common ; on the North with the Meaddow of JoSeph Williams & on the South With the Common ; the NorthweSterne Cornner bounding with a Pine1 Tree, & So from it Runneth EaStWard to the Said Rivolett at the place Where the Meaddow lieing on the EaSt Side of the brooke which was laid out to David Whipple cometh to Said brooke; the South WeSterne Cornner a White Oake tree, & [28] from it to Range EaStWard to the Sad brooke on a line betweene the Said White Oake & another White Oake tree Standing on the EaSt Side of the Said Brooke Some distance from the brooke, the Which is a Southeast Cornner of the Remaining part of Said land; The other part of Said Eight acres & an halfe being loWland & lieing on the EaSt Side of Said Rivolet or brooke, Bounding on the WeSt Side with Said brooke, on the EaSt Side with the Com mon, the Northerne part bounding with Meaddowland formerly laid out to David Whipple, the NortheaSterne Cornner bounding with a White oake tree the which is the SouthEaSterne Cornner of the aforeSaid Meaddow laid out to David Whipple the SouthEaSterne Cornner alSo being a White Oake Tree : With all & Singular the Privelidges & Appurtenances to the Said Sixty & three acres & an halfe of land belonging and all the EState, Right, Title, In treSt USe Property PoSseSsion claime & demand Whatsoever of him the Said James Phillipps in or to the Same or any part or Parcell thereof TO have and to hold the Said Sixty & three acres & an halfe of lands as aforeSd unto the Said Nathaniell WaterMan his Heirs Executors AdMiniStrators & ASsignes foreVer, to the only Proper USe & behoofe of the Said Nathaniell WaterMan his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes foreVer; And the Said James Phillipps for himSelfe his Heirs, Executors & Administrators, and for Every of them, doth Covenant promiSe & Grant to & With the Said Nathaniell Water man his Heirs, Executors Administrators & ASsignes & to & With every of them by theSe preSents, in Manner & forme as folio Weth, that is to Say, That he the Said James Phillipps at the time of the Signeing Sealeing & delivery hereof, is the true & Rightfull Owner of the abovebargained premises, and that he hath full Power, good Right, true Title & laWfull Authority to Give, Grant, bargaine Sell & Continue the abovebargained preMiSses & every part & Per- cell thereof unto the Said Nathaniell Waterman his Heirs Executors Admin istrators & ASsignes in Manner & forme as aforeSaid; And that the Said Nathanell Waterman his Heirs, Executors Administrators & ASsignes, by force & Vertue of theSe preSents, is, & Shall Stand and be lawfully SeiSed to him his Heirs, Executors Administrators & ASsignes of & in the bargained premiSses, & of & in every part & percell thereof, of a good, Sure, lawfull Ab solute, & Undefeazeable EState of Inheritance in fee Simple Without any Conditions, limitation, USe or other thing to alter or Change the Same ; And that the premiSses above by theSe preSents mentioned to be Granted bar gained & Sold, and every part & percell thereof, upon the Signeing Sealeing & delivery hereof is, & from time to time & at all times hereafter forEver Shall be, remain & Continue to be the Proper USe & behoofe of the Said Nathaniell Waterman his Heirs, Executors Administrators & ASsignes forever, Cleare & free & freely & Clearely Exonerated aquitted & discharged Otherwise by the [29] Said James Phillipps his Heirs Executors & Administrators Sufficiently Saved & kept harmeleSs off & froM all & all Manner of former & other bar gains Sales Gifts, Grants, LeaSses Assignments Judgements, Executions, fforfittures, SeiSures, Joyntures, Dowryes, Power & Thirds of Mary his NOW Wife to be Claimed & Challenged in or to the Same or any part thereof; And off & from all & Singular other Charges, Titles Troubles, Incumbrances & de mands Whatsoever had Made done or Suffered to be done by the Said James Phillipps, his heirs, Executors, Administrators, or any other PerSon or Per sons Whatsoever by his or their act Meanes ConSent or Procurement; And againSt him the Said James Phillipps his Heirs Heirs Executors Adminis trators & all & Every other PerSon or PerSons Whatsoever Lawfully Claime- ing any EState, Right, Title, intreSt, Claime or demand in or to the Same or any part thereof from, By, or under him them or any of them Shall & Will Warrant, & forever defe*[n]d by theSe preSents In [222] In WitneSs of the premiSses *[I] the Said James Phillipps hath hereunto Sett his hand & Seale the firSt day of July Annoqe : Domini one Thousand Seven hundred and Six. The Mark of D James Signed Sealed & deliuered - Phillipps iu the preSence of us — L. S. Tho: Olney, Senr; JaMes Dexter./ Providence ffebruary ye 24th 177/g the atooveSd James Phillipps acknowl edged the aboveWritten Instrument to be his act & deede, before me Richard Waterman, JuStice of ye Peace. / Recorded April ye 10th : 1712 %9 Tho : Olney, Clerk. / TO All Christian People before Whome this Deede of Sale Shall Come Na thaniell Waterman of Providende in the Colony of Rhoad Island & Provi dence Plantations in NeW England Sendeth Greeteing, KNOW yee, that I the Said Nathaniell Waterman for & in Consideration of Thirty Nine Pounds & Tenn Shillings of Current Money of New England by me in hand already Received, and well & traely paid by JoSeph Mawrey of the Same Towne & Colony aforeSaid, the recept whereof I do hereby acknowledge, and MySelfe therewith fully Satisfied Contented & paid, have Given Granted Bargained & Sold Aliend Enfeoffed Conveighed & Confirmed, And by theSe preSents do fully freely Clearely & absolutely Give, Grant, Bargaine |&| Sell Alien En- foffe Conveigh & Confirme unto him the Said JoSeph Mawrey & unto his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes forever a certain parcell of lands Containing both upland * [lowland] lowland & MeaddowlaNd, Situate [30] lieing & being within the TowneShipp of Providence aforeSaid, & a little dis tant from the NoW d.vellinghouSe of the Said JoSeph Mawrey; ffifty acres thereof being upland lieing on the EaSterne Side of tlie River Called WanaS quatuckett River, being bounded with Six Cornners, the Said Cornners being heapes of Stones, the length being NorthWardly & Southwardly; And five acres of Meaddow lieing on the branch of the Said WanaSquatuckett River, Which Runneth from the place called the Keyes, and upon the ESterne Side of the Said branch of the River; the aforeSd branch of the River bounding part of the WeSt Side of the Said Meaddow ; It being all bounded with Severall trees Marked, at Each Cornner one, & by Severall on the EaSt Side, & on part of the WeSt Side, as is ExpreSt in the Surveior s Return that laid out the Same; And Eight Acres & an halfe of land partly Meaddow & partly lowland lieing neere the place Called WeSquotomSet, and the Meaddowland lieing on the WeSterne Side of a Small Streame of Water or Rivolett which Runneth downe from a place Called the Keyes, downe the Streame a little distant from the Keyes, & adjoyneing to ye Said Rivolett, & is bounded on the EaSt Side with the Said Rivolet or Streame, on the WeSt With the Common, on the North With the Meaddow of the Said Mawrey, & on the South With the Common ; the North WeSterne Cornner bounding with a Pine tree, & So from thence Run ning Eastward to the Said Rivolett at the place Where the Meaddow lieth on the EaSt Side of the brook which was laid out to David Whipple Cometh to Said brook: The South WeSterne Cornner a White Oake Tree, and from it to Range EaStWard to the Said brooke on a line betweene the Said White Oake & another White Oake tree Standing on the * [other Side] EaSt Side of the Said brook, Some distance from the Said brook, Which is a SouthEaSt Corn ner of the Remaining part of Said land ; the other part of Said Eight acres & an halfe being lowland & lieing on the EaSt Side of the Said Rivolet or brooke, down the Streame alSo a little distante from the Keyes, bounding on the WeSt Side with the Said Brooke & on the EaSt Side with the Common, the Northerne part bounding with Meaddowland formerly laid out to David Whipple; the NorthEaSterne bounding With a White Oake tree, the Which is the Southeastern Cornner of the aforeSaid Meaddow laid out to David Whipple, the SouthEaSt Cornner alSo bounding With a White Oake tree; however other Wayes bounded, or Reputed to be bounded, it is a Parcell of land & Meaddow that I bought of James Phillipps of Providence aforeSaid as ^ a deede under his hand & Seale beareing date the firSt day of July Anno Domini, one Thousand Seven hundred & Six Will appeare. TO have & to hold the Said Sixty & three acres & an halfe of land & Meaddow together With the Timber, Wood trees, Herbage GraSs Stones, Water & WaterCources, & all other & Singular Privelidges, Proffitts benefitts & Appurtenances thereto be- [31] longing unto him the Said JoSeph Mawrey and unto his Heirs, Executors Administrators & ASsignes free & Cleare forever and unto his & their own proper USe & behoofe, freely & Clearely aquitted, Exonerated and fully dis charged from me the Said Nathaniell Waterman my heirs Executors Adminis trators or ASsignes, And of & from any other, or former bargains Sales Gifts, Grants, Mortgages LeaSes Wills Intailes Joyntures Dowryes Thirds or Incum brances of what Nature or Terme Soever; And the Said Nathaniell Waterman Doth Covenant PromiSe Grant & agree to & With the Said JoSeph Mawrey in Manner & forme following, that is to Say, that I the Said Nathaniell Waterman at & before the Signeing *[& Excuteing] & Executeing of theSe preSents & untill the delivery hereof I Were the Right true & lawfull owner of all the aboveGiven & Granted PremiSses, and that I had in MySelfe full Power and lawfull Authority to bargain, Sell, & diSpoSe of tlie Same in Manner & forme as is aboveExpreSt without any alteration or limitation of USes or other thing *[tha] that [223 ] that may alter Change Evacuate or Make Voyd this preSant deede of Sale; And Emediatly after the delivery hereof then the Said JoSeph Mawrey his Heirs Executors Administrators or ASsignes are & for Ever thereafter Shall be Invested with the Said lands Meaddow & premiSses as with a Reall true & perfitt EState of Inheritance in ffee Simple; And the Said Nathaniell Waterman doth further Covenant and PromiSe that I the Said Nathaniell WTaterMan, my Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes Shall & Will Warrant & forEver defend the Said Sixty & three acres *[& one] and an halfe of land & Meaddow & Privelidges aforeSaid, & every part thereof unto him the Said JoSeph Mawrey his Heirs Executors Administrators or ASsignes againSt the lawfull Challenge Claime or demand of any perSon or Persons Whatsoever; In WitNteSs & for ConfirMation hereof 1 the Said Na thaniell Waterman have hereunto Set My hand & Seale this Twenty fifth day of March, in the yeare of our Lord one thouSand Seven hundred & Twelve Signed Sealed & delivered Nathaniell Waterman L. S. iu the preSence of us — , John Angell, Weaver; on the back Side of the paper Abigaill Waterman; whereon the aforSaid deede is written, it is EndorSed ?s follow eth ; / Providence in Rhoad Island Recorded Aprill ye 11th : 1712 : Colony the day & yeare within- ^P Tho : Olney Clerk. / ExpreSt ; the withinNamed Nathan iell WaterMan personally appeared & acknowledged the withinwritten Instrument to be his free & Volu- tary act & deede: before Me Richard Waterman, Justice: [32] To all Christian People before Whome theSe preSents Shall Come, Know Yee, that I JoSiah WeStcott of Providence in yc Collony of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations in New England Sendeth Greeteing: Know ye that I the Said JoSiah WeStcott for & in Codiration of the full & juSt SuM of Twenty & five Pounds of Current Money of New Engalnd to me in hand paid at & before the EnSealeing & delivery of theSe preSents, by John King (Weaver) of the Same Towne & Coloney aboveSaid, the recept Whereof I do ackNowledge MySelfe fully Satisfied & Contented, heve Given Granted Bar gained Sold, Alinated Enfeoffed & ConfirMed unto the aboveSd John King, his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes forever TWenty & five acres of land in the PurchaSse of MaShantatuck, in the TowneShipp of Providence, in the Colony aboveSaid *[in the TowneShipp of Providence in the Colony aboveSaid] and is one halfe of a fifty acre lot that John Wheaton Now dwell eth on, & is the Southward part of Said lott, & did Originally belong to Thomas Relph his Right; But Since haveing of & in mySelfe full Power & lawfull Authority to Sell & diSpoSe the Same I Say |I| have Sold it unto the aboveSaid John King his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes for eVer, With all the Privelidges & Appurtenances thereon or therein Contained, as Wood, timber, Stones Water or WaterCourSes, and Singular other the lib- ertyes Rights or Comoditye *[& Rights] that Can in anywiSe appertain to the aboveSaid Twenty five acres of land ; And that the aboveSaid John King his Heirs Executors AdMiniStrators & ASsignes Shall from time to time & at all times hereafter Peaceably & quietly PoSseSs & Enjoy all the above- Granted premiSses Without any interruption MOleStation Reservation or limitation, And that they Shall forever hereafter have, hold USe iMprove PoSseSs & Enjoy all the aboveGranted PremiSses free & Cleare from any other, or former Gift, Grantt, Bargaine, Sale, LeaSe Joynture, Dowrey, Mort gage, Intaile Title Trouble, or iNCumbrance WhatSoEver, had Made done, Suffered Procured or done by me the aboveSaid JoSiah WeStcott, or by my meanes, Title ConSent or Procurement And I do by theSe preSents warrant it unto the aboveSaid John King, his heirs Executors Administrators & AS signes AgainSt me, my Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes or any other PerSon or PerSons lawfully Ciaimeing the Same; ANd in WitneSs of this I have hereunto Set My hand & Seale, this fifteenth day of March one Thousand Seven hundred & Eleven or twelve & in the Eleventh yeare of the Reign of our Sovereign Ludy Anne, by the Grace of God of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland Queen, &C. Signed Sealed & delivered JoSiah WeStcott L. S. in the preSence of Samuel WeStcott Providence, Miarch ye 15th 1711- Richard ffenner. / or 12 PerSonaly appeared the [33] abovenamed JoSiah WeStcott, & did acknowledge the aboveWrit ten Instrument to be his Reall Act & deede, before me Tho : ffenner, ASsiStant. / Recorded Aprill ye 11th 1712: ^ Tho: Olney Clerk. / [224] TO All People to Whome this preSant deede of Sale Shall Come Ephraim Carpenter of the Towne of Providence in America in New England Sendeth Greeteing. KNOW Yee, That the Said Ephraim Carpenter for & in Consid eration of a Valuable Sum of Silver Money in hand already well & truely paid unto him by Clement King of the Towne of MarShfield in New England the Recept whereof he doth oWne & acknowledge and therewith doth OWne him- Selfe to be fully Satisfied contented & paid; and thereof doth hereby fully & Clearely aquitt & discharge the Said Clement King his Heirs Executors Ad ministrators &' ASsignes of the Same; hath Given, Granted, Bargained Sold, Aliened, Enfeoffed, ASsigned Set Over & Confirmed; And by theSe Pl-eSents for him his Heirs Executors & Administrators Doth fully, Clearely and Ab solutely Give Grant Bargaine Sell Alien Enfeoff ASsigne Set over & Con tinue unto the Said Clement King, unto him his Heirs Executors Administra tors & ASsignes foreVer All the Right of lands Which he hath Within the lands of Pautuxett Which is on the WeSt Side of the River Called PauchaS- sett & So Reaching WeStWard to a line Runn by aforeSaid Towne of Provi dence & the Proprietors *[of the aforeSaid towne of Providence] of Said Pau tuxett lands, Called the Seven Mile line; (that is to Say one hundred Acres of land the Which is yet undevided; a part of the Said hundred acres to toe Meaddow Proportionable to Each hundred acres Contained in the two thirds of lands on the Said WeSt Side of PauchaSsett Given & bequeathed by his Grandfather William Carpenter of Pautuxett (deceaSed) unto Timothy Car penter Silas Carpenter & Benjamin Carpenter by his laSt Will & Testament beareing date the tenth day of ffebruary one ThouSand Six hundred Seventy & Nine or eighty ; The Said hundred acres of land being unto the Said Eph raim Carpenter Given & bequeathed by his Said Grandfather William Car penter by his Said laSt Will & Testament ; As alSo the one halfe quarter of a third part of all the Right Which belonged unto his Said Grandffather Wil liam Carpenter (deceaSed) Which Was given & bequeathed unto the Said Eph raim Carpenter by his Said Grandfather William Carpenter (deceaSed) lie- 5 [34] ing on the WeSt Side of the Said PauchaSett River as is ExpreSt in the Codi- cifl to his Said laSt Will & TeStaMent; The which Said land is to Extend So farr WeStWard as the aforeSd as the aforeSaid Seven Mile line, With What ElSe May be Considered to be his Right in all the lands of Pautuxett afore Said lieing on the weSt Side of the Said PauChaSett River Reaching So farr Westward as the Said Seven mile line; With all & Singular the privelidges and Appurtenances to the Said lands belonging, and all the EState, Right, Title IntreSt, USe, Property PoSseSsion, Claime & demand Whatsoever of him the Said Ephrai|m| Carpenter in or to the Same or any part thereof TO have & to hold the Said hundred Acres & all other the Said lands as aforeSaid unto the Said Clement King his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes forever, to the Only Proper USe & behoofe of the Said Clement King, his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes foreVer : And that the Said CleMent King, his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes by force & Vertue of theSe preSents Shall Stand & be lawfully SeiSed to him his heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes of & in the Bargained Premises, and of & in Every part & Percell thereof, of a good, Sure, laWfull AtoSolute and Unde- feazeable EState of Inheritance in ffee Simple, without any Conditions, lim itation, USe or other thing to alter or Change the Same ; And' that the prem iSses above by theSe preSents Granted, Bargained & Sold, from the day of the date hereof, & from time to time & at all times hereafter hereafter Shall be Remain & Continue to be forever the the Proper USe & behoofe of the Said Clement King his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes Cleare & free and freely & Clearely Exonerated Aquitted & discharged or Otherwise *[from] by him the Said Ephraim Carpenter his Heirs Executors & Adminis trators Sufficiently Saved & kept harmeleSs off & from all & all & manner of former Bargains Sales Gifts, Grants, LeaSes, ASsignements, fforfittures or In- tailes by him the Said Ephraim Carpenter Made done or Comitted : And off & from all & Singular other Charges Titles Troubles Incumbrances and de mands Whatsoever had Made done or Suffered to be done by the Said Eph raim Carpenter his Heirs Executors, Administrators or any other PerSon or PerSons Whatsoever by his or their act Meanes ConSent or Procurement; ANd againSt him the Said Ephraim Carpenter his Heirs Executors Admin istrators & all & every other PerSon or PerSons whatsoever lawfully Claime- ing any EState Right Title IntreSt [ 225 J IntreSt Claime or demand in or to the Same or any part thereof from By or Under him, them, or any of them Shall & Will Warrant & forEver defend by theSe preSents ; In WitneSs Whereof the Said Ephraim Carpenter doth hereunto Set his hand & Seale the Twenty and Seventh day of May Anno: one ThouSand Six hundred Eighty & Seven; [35] Signed Sealed & delivered, The mark of X Ephraim in the preSence of Carpenter L. S. Thomas Olney Ephraim Carpenter did on the 27th John Whipple day of May 1687 acknowledge the above- Written Instrument to be his act & Recorded April ye deede before me Richard Arnold one of 16th, 1712 & Tho : the Councell of his MajeStys Terre- Olney, Clerk. / tory & Dominion in New England. TO All Christian People before Whome theSe preSents Shall Come, Know ye that I Stephen Potter Now of the Towne of Mendome in the County of Suffolk, yeoman, Sendeth Greeteing : KNOW ye that I the Said Stephen Pot ter, for & in Consideration of the full & juSt Sum of Sixty Pounds of Cur rent Silver Money of NeW England to me in hand paid at or before the En- Sealeing and delivery of theSe preSents by John King of the Towne of Provi dence in the Collony of Rhoade Island & Providence Plantation, |in New England | Weaver, the Recept Whereof I do acknowledge MySelfe fully Satis fied & Contented, have Given, Granted, Bargained Sold Aliend Enfeoffed & Confirmed, and by theSe preSents for Me My heirs Executors & Administra tors do fully Clearely & Absolutely Give Grant, bargaine Sell Alien Enfeoffe & Continue unto the aboveSaid John King his heirs Executors AdiuiniStra tors & ASsignes forEver ffifty Acres of land Within the PurchaSe of MaShan tatuck in the TowneShipp of Providence atooveSd at the MeaSure of Eight eene foote to the pole; With the |now| dwellinghouSe which is upon Sd land; Which houSe & land I had of My brother Atoell Potter upon Exchange, and did Originally belong to the Right of My deceaSed ffather Atoell Potter, & is butting & bounded as followeth, (viz) NorthWardly upon the land of Benja min Potter *[s] Easterly upon the high Way, Southerly upon the land of John Potter & Westerly upon the land of Peter Roberts; I Say the aboveSaid ffifty acres of land & houSe I have Now Sold unto the aboveSaid John King, his heirs, Executors Administrators & ASsignes forEver; With all the Prive lidges & Appurtenances thereon or therein Contained to be & Remain unto his or their OWne Proper USe benfitt & behoofe ; And that he or they Shall or May from time to time & at all times hereafter peaceably & quietly have hold USe improve PoSseSse & Enjoy all the aboveSd PreMiSses, & Singular other the libertyes thereto belonging or in anyWiSe Appertaining ; And I do by theSe preSents Warrant it to be free & Cleare from any other or for mer Gift Grant Bargaine Sale leaSe Joynture Dowrye Mortgage Intaile Title Trouble or Incumbrance Whatsoever, had Made done Sufferred Procured or done by me the aboveSaid Stephen Potter or by My Meanes Title ConSent or [36] Procurement, And I do by theSe preSents Warrant, & Will forEver defend this my bargaine & Sale unto the aboveSaid John King his heirs Executors Administrators or ASsignes againSt MySelfe My heirs, Executors Adminis trators & ASsignes, or any other PerSon or PerSons lawfully Claimeing the Same ; And In WitneSs of this My Reall Act & deede I have hereunto Set My hand & Seale this Nineteenth day of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord one Thou sand Seven hundred & Eleven : The Mark of Signed Sealed & delivered X in the PreSence of us—, Stephen Potter L. S. Nathaniell Waterman junr : Nehemiah Sheldon : / The day & yeare aboveWritten, the aboveSd Stephen Potter acknowledged this to be his act & deede, before me Simon Smith. JuStice:/ Recorded April ye 18th 1712 ^ Tho: Olney Clerk./ KNOW all men by theSe preSents, that I Andrew Harris of Providence in the Collony of Rhoad Island & Providence Plantations in New England (Yeo man) for & in Consideration of Six Pounds Current Money of New England paid unto Me by John King of the Towne & Colony aforeSd (Weaver) for the Recept of Which I am fully Satisfied & Content and do by theSe preSents bargaine Sell, Alien, Enfeoff, Make & paSs over from me My Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes unto the Said John King his Heirs Executors & ASsignes one fourth part of one Whole PurchaSsRight in a Certain Tract or Parcell of land belonging to the Proprietors of Pautuxett, & in the Towne Shipp of Providence aforeSaid, & boundeth on the WeSterne & Northerne parts thereof with the lands of the aforeSaid Towne of Providence, & on the Southerne part with Pautuxett River, & on the EaSterne part With Paucha Sett River; the Which Said [226] Said Right lieth in Common & Unde vided, & is that which Was the Originell PurchaSsRight of Thomas James Who was one of the Thirteene Proprietors of Pautuxett ; All the Which f ourt part of the aforeSaid PurchaSsRight throughout all the Tract of land above- preScribed I the Said Andrew Harris have bargamed & Sold, and do by theSe preSents (for the Consideration aboveWritten) Alien Enfeoff make & PaSs over from Me my heirs Executors & ASsignes unto the Said John King his heirs & ASsignes togeth With all the Privelidges and Appurtenances there unto appertaineing, To have and to hold foreVer, freely & Clearely Exoner- [37] ated, Aquitted and discharged from me my Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes unto the Said John King, his Heirs & ASsignes foreVer : In Wit- neSs of this My Act & Deede I have hereunto Set My hand & Seale, this four teenth day of Januarey in the yeare of our Lord one ThouSand Seven hundred & Seven or Eight Signed Seal & delivered Andrew Harris L. S. in the preSence of us— In Providence ye 3d day of March Thomas VinSent Anno : Domini— 1708/9. the above The Mark of \ R Jeremiah Rhodes named Andrew Harris personal ly appeared & acknowledged the aboveWritten InStruMent to be his fre & Voluntarey act and Deede, before Me Richard Water man Justice of Peace. / Recorded Aprill ye 18th 17012 ^ tho: Olney Clerk. / Whereas John Lappham forMerly Inhabitant of the Towne of Providence laid out a Certaine piece of land Containeing about Eighty Acres, & it So happned that the return by Some axedent Was LoSt : Whereupon, it being the Way in Such CaSe to Renew Such lands by takeing the bounds againe; Which upon the 23d day of March 1701(l/u was taken & are as folloWeth; Be- gining at a CheSsnut tree Marked being a Southeast Cornner, & Rangeth South forty Seven degrees WeSt to a great black tree being a South WeSt Cornner; & a bound of Daniell Abbots land, it being 124 poles, & from thence to Range North, twenty Six degrees weSt Eighty poles to a Redd oake tree be ing a bound of Sd Lappams & Sd Abbots land, & from thence to Range Still upon the Same degree Ninty tWo poles to a heape of Stones upon a little hill CloSe by the Countrey Roade being the North WeSt Cornner And from thence to Range South Eighty Seven degrees EaSt to a White Oake tree marked be ing the NorthEaSt Cornner, it being Ninty Six poles, and from Said white Oake to Range upon a Straight line to the firStMentioned bound on the South eaSt Cornner; the aboveSaid land is Situate lieing & being on the EaSt Side of the Seven Mile line, & a little WeStWard from Capt" Thomas ffenners, & lieth adjoyneing to the land of Daniell Abbott, where Sd Abbott liveth : The boundes was taken as aboveMentioned the day & yeare aboveSaid; sP me ThoMas Olney juny Surveior This aboveSd land is laid out in the Right of William Man, & William Burrowes. / Recorded Aprill ye 18th 1712 ^ Tho: Olney Clerk./ [38] TO All Christian People before Whome this deede of Sale Shall Come John Lappam & Nicholas Lappam both of DartMoth in the County of BriS- toll Within the Province of the MaSachuSets Bay in NeW England Sendeth Greeteing; KNOW Yee, that We the Said John Lappam & Nicholas Lappam for & in Consideration of the Sum of ffifty pounds of Current Money of New England by us in hand already Received, & Well & truely paid by Nathaniell Waterman junr: of Providence in the Colony of Rhoad Island and Providence Plantations in NeW England, aforeSaid, the Recept Whereof Wee do hereby acknowledge & ourSelves therewith fully Satisfied Contented & payd; have Given, Granted Bargained & Sold Aliened Enfeoffed Conveighed & Confirmed, and do by theSe preSeSents fully freely Clearely & Absolutely Give Grant Bargaine and Sell Alien Enfeoff Conveigh & Continue Unto him the Said Na thaniell WaterMan and unto his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes forEver a Certaine Tract or Percell of land containeing by EStemation Eighty Acres, Situate lieing & being in Providence aforeSaid, & a little South WeSt- Ward from Captn Thomas ffenners dwellinghouSe, be it More or leSs, it boundeth as followeth; Begining at a CheSsnut tree Marked being a South east Cornner & Rangeth South forty Seven degrees WeSt to a great black Oake tree Marked being the South WeSt Cornner & a bound of Daniell Ab botts land, it being one hundred & twenty foure poles, and from thence to Range North twenty Six degrees WeSt Eighty poles to a Red Oake tree Marked which is alSo a bound of the aforeSd Abbotts land, and from thence to Range Still upon the Same Poynt Ninty two Poles to a heape of Stones upon a little hill CloSe by the Country Roade being the North WeSt Cornner, and from thence to Range South Eighty Seven degrees EaSt to a white Oake tree Marked being Ninty Six poles, and from Said White Oake to Range upon a Straight line to * [Range] the firStMentioned bound; The Said land, to gether with the * [Trees] Timber, Wood, Trees, herbage GraSs, Water & WaterCourSes & all other & Singular the privelidges Proffitts, benefitts and Appurtenances Within the Said bounderyes Contained Excepting only [227] only a high Way that is already laid through Said land To have & to hold; the Said Eighty acres of land & Privelidges aforeSaid Unto |him| the Said Na thaniell Waterman & unto his heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes and to his and their owne Proper USe and behoofe free & Cleare forever, & freely & Clearely aquitted Exonerated & fully discharged from us the Said John Lappam and Nicholas Lappam our Heirs Executors Administrators & AS signes, and off & from all other or forMer Bargains Sales Gifts Grants Mort gages, LeaSes, Wills, Intailes, Joyntures, Dowreys, thirds, or IncuMtorances of What Nature or terme Soever; And the Said John Lappam & Nicholas LappaM doth CoveNant PromiSe grant & agree to & with the Said Nathaniell [39] Waterman in Manner and forme forine following ; that is to Say, that Wee the Said John Lappam and Nicholas Lappam at & before the Signeing & Execute ing of theSe preSents & untill the delivery hereof, We Were the Right, true & laWfull owners of all the abovegiven & granted premiSses, and that We had in ourselves full Power & lawfull Authoritye to bargaine Sell & diSpoSe of the Same without any Condition Alteration or limitation of USes or othe thing that May Alter Change Evacuate or Make Voyd this preSant deede of Sale; And after the delivery hereof then the Said Nathaniell Waterman, his heirs, Executors Administrators or ASsignes are Invested With the Said lands and Privelidges aforeSd as with a Reall, true, & Undefeazeable EState of Inherit ance in ffee Simple; And the Said John Lappam & Nicholas Lappam doth fur ther Covenant and PromiSe that Wee the Said John Lappam & Nicholas Lap pam our heirs Executors Administrators or ASsignes Shall & Will Warrant & forever defend the Said Eighty acres of land & Privelidges aforeSd unto him the Said Nathaniell WaterMan his heirs Executors Administrators or AS signes againSt the lawfull Challenge Claime or demands of any PerSon or PerSons Whatsoever; In WitneSs & for ConfirMation of all the aboveWritten Wee the Said John LappaM & Nicholas Lappam have hereunto Set our hands & Scales this Twenty third day of March in the tenth yeare of ye Reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne Queene of Great Brittain, &C : Anno: Domini, one ThouSand Seven hundred and Tenn or Eleven. Memorandum, before Signeing and Sealeing, that the word, Eighty, was interlined be twixt the Sixteenth & Sev enteenth lines John Lapham L. S. Nicholas Lapham L. S. Providence in Rhoad Island Colony; The day & yeare aboveSaid ; The abovenamed John Lappam & Nicholas Lappam personally ap peared & acknowledged the aboueWritten In strument to be their free & Voluntary act & deede before Me Richard Waterman Justice of the Peace. / P.e it known unto all People by theSe preSents that I Hannah Belloo of the Towne of Providence in the colony of Rhoad Island & Providence Plan tations in NeW England (Widdow) for & in Consideration of the good Will Signed Sealed & delivered, in the preSence of us, William Olney William ffield. / Recorded Aprill the 19th 1712 ^ Tho: Olney Clerk. / [40 ] & affection that I have & beare to My Son James Belloo, as alSo being Mind- full of his dutifull demeaning of himSelfe at all times towards Me; And alSo My Son Peter Belloo on the aforeSaid considerations; both of them be ing of the Towne of Providence aforeSaid; as alSo for Sundry & divers other good CauSes & Considerations me hereunto Moveing, have freely Given, Granted & made Over unto my Said two Sons (viz) James Belloo & Peter Belloo Equally betweene them to be devided, all & whole that EState Which anyWayes doth to me belong, being derived from My Aunt Mris Pattent for merly of DorcheSter in the Province of the MaSachuSetts Bay in NeW Eng land; (Shee being Now deceaSed,) The Said EState in what Specia Soever in may appeare to be in, to be unto them my Said two Sons their heirs & AS signes forEver; the Said EState lieing & being in any place Whereever it May be found; And I do on the Considerations aforeSaid freely & Absolutely Give & Make Over from Me, my Heirs, or any other Claimers unto my Son James Belloo his Heirs & ASsignes forever all & whole My part or Share in a Warehouse lott in Said Providence Towne; In WitneSs of the premiSses I have hereunto Set My hand & Seale this Eight of March one ThouSand Seven hundred and Eleven, or twelve; Signed Sealed & delivered the Mark ~Z. of Hannah Belloo L. S. in the preSence of us John Inman, junior Hannah Belloo personally appeared Vallintine Inman. / before Me the day & yeare aboveWrit ten, & acknowledged this Instrument to be her free act & deede; Eliezer Arnold, JuStice of y" peace. / Recorded Aprill the 21 : 1712 ; ^ Tho : Olney Clerk. / [228] The TeStemoney of JoSeph MorSe of DorcheSter, in the County of Suffolke in her MajeStys Province in the MaSachuSets Bay in New England is as followeth ; (viz) That theSe lines may Signifie to all PerSons ; That I the Subscriber hereof did forMerly See Mr Gideon Crawford of Providence Make Sale of two lotts of land in Providence lieing Joyneing together on the EaSt Side of the Road, Neere to Samuell Whipples, Senior; And alSo another PerCell of land on the WeSt Side of the Road, adjoyneing to the land of William Harris; to Henry Adams Now liveing in Providence; And that the Said M* Gideon Crawford did Receive of the Said Adams a Satisfactory Sum of Money for Said land ; And that the Said Mr Gideon Crawford did give a firme Warrantable deede [41] of Said lands & the Privelidges appertaining thereunto, to the Said Adams from Said Mr Crawford & his Heirs to the Said Adams & his Heirs as in law Was Propper; And that this Was done about 10, or 12 yeares to the beSt of My Memory before the date hereof; And in TeStemony hereof I Set to My hand this 26th day of Aprill, 1711. / JoSeph MorSe. / Providence, in Rhoad Island Colony ; The day & yeare above- Said Mr JoSeph MorSe Personally appeared & Made oath to the aboveWritten, before Me Richard Waterman Justice; Recorded Aprill y 29,th 1712, ^ Tho : Olney Clerk. / This Writeing May TeStefie unto all PerSons That I Thomas Olney of the Towne of Providence in the Colony of Road Island & Providence Plantations, in NeW England (Senior) did heare Mr Gideon Cruffurd of the Towne of Providence aforeSd (Merchant) Say, that he had Sold unto Henry Adams of the aforeSaid Towne of Providence Certaine lands lieing & being Within the Said Providence Towne; one Parcell thereof being two houSelotts or home- Shaares of *[Sd] land lieing in the Northerne end of Said Towne and in the Row of houSelotts, and are both adjoyneing together Side by Side and So both of them make one Parcell ; Each lott being laid out for five acres, & So both Make Tenn acres, (be it More or leSs) and is bounded on the WeSterne end with the Comon Road Way (or as it may be Said, the Towne Streefe,) and bounded on the eaSterne End with a high Way, and on the Southern Side With the homelands of the heirs of the deceaSed Samuell Whipple formerly of Said Providence, and on the Northerne Side with land in the PoSseSsion of Mr JoSeph Whipple of Said Providence (merchant) and to him belonging: The Other Parcell of land being laid out for eleven acres (be it More or leSs) and is Scituate lieing and being a little Wayes WeStWard from the WeSt End of the aforeSaid two homelotts of land, and on the WeSterne Side of the afore Said Common RoadWay or Towne Streete; The Southern part of the Said Eleven acres of land adjoyneing to the Northerne part of land NoW belong ing to William Harris of Said Providence (Weaver,) the EaSterne part bounded With the Commonland, and on the WeSterne part with the River Called MoShauSuck River; The which Said Eleven acres of land lieth a lit tle wayes Southward & SouthweStward from the South WeSterne Cornner of the land of Providence Burieing place: And alSo I the Said Thomas Olney did See the Said Mr Gideon Cruffurd Receive a Considerable & Valuable Sum of Money of the aforeSaid Henry Adams for the payment for the aboveMen- tioned tWo Parcells of land, With Which Said Sum of Money the Said Gid- 6 [42] eon Cruffurd did own himSelfe to be fully Satisfied Contented & Paid for the aboveSaid two Parcells of land, and upon the Reception of the Said Sum of Money the Said Gideon Cruffurd, did Signe Seale & deliver unto the Said Henry Adams a legall & Authentick Written deede of Sale of the Said two parcells of land, & all & every of their Appurtenances, by Which the Said Henry Adams his Heirs & ASsignes Might have & hold all & Every the Same to them & their Heirs & ASsignes in ffee Simple forEver, againSt him the Said Gideon Cruffurd his Heirs & ASsignes at all times, With a good & Sifficient Warranty from him the Said Gideon Cruffurd in Said deede for him the Said Henry Adams his Heirs & ASsignes to hold all & Every the demiSed Prem iSses and Appurtenances foreVer Cleare and free. The Which bargaine of the Said lands, I the Said Thomas Olney did heare the Said Gideon Cruffurd owne, & did See the Said Henry Adams pay the aboveSaid Moneys to. Said Cruffurd for Said lands, & did See Sd Cruffurd Signe Seale & deliver Sd deede unto Said Henry Adams; All Which Was done & performed at the Said Gid eon Cruffurd his OWne houSe in Said Providence; but as to the day, Month, & yeare When What is aboveExpreSt Was performed it is gone out of my mind; but to the beSt of My ReM ] em | brance it was done Sometime Obout Tenn or |twelue| * [Eleven] yeares before the date of theSe preSents; for Confirmation of What is aboveSignified & declared I the Said Thomas Olney have hereunto Set my hand this Second day of Aprill Annoqe Domini one ThouSand Seven hundred & twelve : Thomas Olney Senr / I the aboveSaid Thomas Olney Was the penman which wrott the Said deede, being imployed by Said Cruffurd, Providence in Rhoad Island Colony the 26 day of Aprill Anno: Domini: 1712 : the abovenamed Mr Thomas Olney perSonely appeared & did atteSt to the trueth of all the aboveWritten, before Me Richard Waterman, JuStice. Recorded, *[This] the 3th day of Aprill 1712: ^ Tho: Olney Clerk./ [ 229 ] March y 5th 1710/n Laid downe, & laid out againe five acres of land for John Angell, Which Sd land Was Granted by Exchange with the Towne at their quarter Meeteing, and by their order laid doWne & taken up againe the aforeSaid land was laid downe on the EaStWardly Side of the land that is Next to the High Way that leadeth from the Towne & So along by Jonathan Whipples & John Browns, and the bounds NOw is on that Side of y former land as followeth, on the SouthEaStWardly part a heape of Stones and Rangeth NorthWardly to a black oake tree Marked being a NorthEaStwardly Cornner, and the aforeSaid heape of Stones is a Cornner on the EaSt or SoutheaStWardly part of Said land, [43] and is taken up againe (or to Say laid out) on the WeStWardly Side of the former land; and bounded as folloWeth; Begining at a White Oake tree Marked being *[the] a bound of the former land, and Rangeth WeStwardly about forty Six poles to a White Oake tree Marked being the NorthweSt Corn ner, and from thence to Range Southwardly to a Small Greene Oake tree Marked Standing juSt by a Cornner of John Browne8 land, & from thence a little More EaStWardly to a White Oake tree Marked being a kind of a CorN- Ner, and from Said White Oake to Range South WeStwardly to a heape of Stones being a Cornner on the SouthWeStWardly part of Said land, and from Sd heape of Stones to Range Something More SouthEaStwardly to a White Oake Tree Marked being a Cornner of Sd laNd and a Cornner of the formfer land & is a bound of Benjamin Smith8 land, & a bound of William Smith5 land, and So lieth adjoyneing to the former land from the laStMen- tioned bound to the Bound firStMentioned; The aboveSaid land is that land where Hope Angell liveth, Which Said John Angell bought of EliSha Smith : the WeStwardly Side being about as long as the NorthWardly Side; but by tWo of the bounds Standing EaStwardly of a Straight line Marketh Neere the Complement of land aboveSpecified, & very Neere what was laid downe : (Recorded May y 19th: 1712: S® Tho: Olney, Clerk. /) Laid out by Me Thomas Olney junr Surveior. / TO All Christian People before whome theSe preSents Shall or May Come EliSha Smith of Providence in the Colony of Road Island & Providence Plan tations in New England Sendeth Greeteing: KNOW Yee, That Whereas I the Said EliSha Smith for & in Consideration of Thirty and Six Shillings of Cur rent Silver Money of New England by me in hand Received and Well and Well & truely paid by John Mawrey of the Same Towne & Colony aforeSaid the recept whereof I do hereby acknowledge and MySelfe therewith fully Sat isfied contented & Paid, did Give Grant bargaine and Sell unto him the Said *[did give Grant Bargaine & Se] John MaWrey Six Acres of land which I had for the allowance of a High Way that is laid through my land Neere my Now dwellinghouSe; And the Said John Mawrey haveing taken up the Said Six acres of land on the EaStWard Side of the Seven Mile line in Providence aforeSaid and laid it With Six acres of land that he tooke up on his owne Right as by a Return under the hand of the Surveior Will appeare, the Said tWelve acres is bounded on the SouthweSt Corner with a heape of Stones & Rangeth North WeStWardly to a Red Oake tree Marked, and from thence to a pine tree Marked being the North WeSt Cornner, and from thence to Range EaStwardly to a White Oake tree Marked being the NorthEaStWardly Corn- [44] ner ; and from thence to Range Southwardly to a Pine tree marked being the SoutheaStwardly Cornner, and from thence to Range WeStwardly to the firSt Mentioned heape of Stones on the South AVeSt Cornner; The Said land lieth On the Northwardly Side of that part of Pautuckett River Called the Branch; But by ReaSon I Gave him no ASsurance of Said six acres of land I do NoW by theSe preSents Alien Enfeoff and Confirme the Said Six acres of land from Me the Said EliSha Smith My Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes unto him the Said John Mawrey his Heirs Executors Administrators & AS signes forever, TO have & to hold the Said Six acres of land with all & Singu lar the Privelidges Proffitts, benefitts & Appurtenances to the Same belonging unto him the Said John Mawrey and unto his Heirs Executors Adminis trators and ASsignes free and Cleare foreVer; and |un|to his & their OWne Proper USe & behoofe, freely & Clearely aquitted Exonerated and fully dis charged from me the Said EliSha Smith my Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes, and off & from all other or former bargains Sales, Gifts, Grants Mortgages, LeaSes wills Intailes Dowryes Joyntures thirds or Inc.* mbrances of what Nature or terme Soever that may alter Change Evacuate or Make Voyd this pieSant deede of Sale; And the Said John Mawrey his Heirs Execu tors Administrators or ASsignes Sail or May by force & Vertue of theSe preS ents Injoy and PoSseSs the Said Six acres of land & Privelidges aforeSaid AATithout any Interuption or Molestation as his & their oA\ ne Proper Right and true Inheretance ; And I the Said EliSha Smith My Heirs Executors Adminis trators & ASsignes Shall and will Warrant and forever defend the Same unto him the Said John Mawrey his Heirs Executors Administrators or ASsignes againSt the lawfull Challenge Claime or demands of any PerSon that Shall claime IntreSt therein or Title thereto by any Meanes AA'hatSoever ; In AYitneSs and Confirmation hereof I [230] I the Said EliSha Smith have hereunto Set My hand and Seale this Eleventh day of March in the Eleventh yeare of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne Queen of Great Brittan,'&C: Anno: Domini, one ThouSand Seven hundred and Eleven or twelve. Signed Sealed & delivered EliSha Smith L. S. in the presence of us—. Providence in Roade Island Col- Abigail WaterMan, 0ny the day & yeare aboveSd the Deborah Angell. / aboveNamed EliSha Smith perSon ally appeared, and acknowledged the abovewritten Instrument to be his free and VIoluntarey act and deede; before me Richard Waterman Justice of Peace. Recorded May the 20th, 1712, ?p Tho : Olney Clerk. / [45] Laid out to John MaWrey Eight acres of land that Sd Mawrey bought of Samuell Aldrich Which Sd land is upon the Rights of AVilliam Man & Wil liam Hopkins five acres of Sd land is laid on the EaSt Side of AYeSquadome- Set Plain in the AA'oodland, and bounded as followeth; on the NorthEaSt Cornner with a cheSsnut tree Marked being a bound of Said MaAVryes land that he has laid out before, and from thence to Range EaStWardly to a Rock being a Corner on the EaSt Side, and from Sd Rock to Range South AATardly to a black Oake tree Marked being the Southeast Cornner, and a bound of land formerly belonging to JoShua Verin, & from thence to Range AATeSt- wardly to a Rock with Stones laid on it being a South AYeSt Cornner, & from thence to Range Northwestwardly to the Cornner of Daniell AATilliams his land, it being on the northEaSt Cornner of Said AA^illiames land, & So lieth adjoyneing to the aforeSaid land of John Mawrey to the firStMentioned bound. And two acres of Said land is laid out adjoyneing to his other land by Mattate Meaddow Bounded as folloAVeth; begining at a White Oake tree Marked, being a NorthEaSt Cornner, and Rangeth AATeStwardly to a AA'hite Oake tree Marked being a Cornner, & from thence to Range South AA'eSt- Wardly to a white Oake buSh AVith Stones laid about it ; & from Said buSh to Range EaSt to a AAnite Oake tree with Stones laid about it; thence more Southeast to another white oake tree Marked a SouthEaSt Cornner, & from thence to Range upon a Straight line to the firStMentioned bound; And one acre lieth adjoyneing to his Other land at AYanSoquot Hill, & bounded as followeth; begining at a Pine tree Marked, being a SouthweSt Cornner, & Rangeth NortheaSt to a Redd Oake tree AA*itk Stones laid about the Roote of it being a Cornner, & from thence to Range EaStwardly to a White Oake tree marked & Stones laid about it, & from thence SoutheaStwardly to a heape of Stones being a Southeast Cornner & a bound of his former land, and from thence to Range to the firStMentioned bound; The firSt five acres lieth North & South 25 poles, the South end 16 poles wide, the north end 24 poles AVide; the two acres about 19 poles Square; The one acre is Neere about 12 poles wide & 14 poles long; Laid out March the 7th & 8th : %} me Thomas Olney Surveior, and lieth on y eaSt Side of ye Seven mile line; Recorded June the 5th 1712 %9 Tho: Olney Clerk./ KNOW all Men by theSe, preSents That wee Rachell Potter & Abell Pot ter Son of Said Rachell Potter both of Providence in the Colony of Road Is land & Providence Plantations for & in Consideration of Two hundred Pounds Current Money in hand already Well & truely paid unto us by Benjamin Cong- don junior of KingStoWne in the Collony aboueSaid, have Bargained Sold [46] Enfeoffed Made and paSsed Over from us our Heirs Executors Administra tors & ASsignes unto the Said Benjamin Congdon, his Heirs Executors & AS signes All that our ManSionhouSe and ffarMe Whereon Wee Now dwell Within the TowneShipp of Providence in the Coloney aboveSaid, lying in that part of the Countrey comonly knowne & called by the Name of MaShantatack, Said ffarme Containeing ffifty Seven acres of land, that is Eighteene foote to the pole, Buted and bounded according to the Mapp or Plat of Said farme Made by Mr JoSeph Carder Surveior (deceaSed) Taken by him the 28Lh of March 1691: All which Said farme, houSe houSeing fences, buildings & Edefices thereupon together With the Privelidges & appurtenances therein or there unto appertaining for Consideration aboveSaid wee have Sold as aboveSaid from us our Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes unto the Said Ben jamin Congdon, his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes To have & to hold fortWer, as a Pure Cleare & Indefeazeable EState of Inheritance in ffee Simple, without any Condition, Restriction, or limitation AVhatsoever; Clearely & freely Exonerated, aquitted & discharged, and the Said Benjamin Congdon Invested & PoSseSsed of the abovebargained premiSses; Moreover by us the Said Rachell Potter & A bell Potter our Heirs Executors and Admin istrators the Said Benjamin Congdon his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes Shall be forever AVarrentized Saved & kept harmeleSS off & from all and every manner of lawfull Challenge Claime & DeMands of any PerSon or PerSons lawfully laying Claime to the abovebargained PremiSses or any Part or Percell thereof under any pretence Whatsoever; And AATee do declare that at and before the EnSealeing of theSe preSents that [231 J that wee are the true Right & lawfull owners of the abovebargained premises and have full power & laAVfull Authority to make Sale & diSpoSe of the Same as AYee have done by theSe preSents; In AA'itneSs Whereof, AVee have hereunto Set our hands & Seales this fourteenth day of ffebruary in the Tenth yeare of her MajeStyes Reign Anne Queene of Great Brittain &C : Annoqe Domini NoStri I7-Vi2 : Signed Sealed & delivered j Rachell Potter L. S. in the presence of us— j The Mark of ^ Abel] Mary Smith Pottel. L g< The mark of William W ^ Sweete The day & yeare aboveWritten, the aboveSd Rachell Potter & Abell Potter her Son Acknowledged the aboveAATritten InStrumen to be their act & deede. toe- fore Me Sim^ Smth JuStice. / [47] Memorandum that the Reall intent of the above deede is that the aboveSd Benjamin Congdon his Heirs & ASsignes are to have their proportion of the Commons, So Much as is Pertaining to or according to the proportion as Will belong to the farNe; AATitneSs our hands the day & yeare aboveAYricten; Signed in y preSence of us { Mary Smith. Simon Smith, Rachell Potter. The Mark of Abell A Potter Recorded June ye 5th : 1712 ; ^P Tho : Olne Clerk. / March; 28 1691 57 acres Surveid for Abell Potter at his houSeSteed > JoSeph Carder * This map or plat of land was here Entred on Record June the Sixt 1712 : P Tho: Olney Clerk./ This Writeing AVitneSseth an Agrement betweene Thomas ffield and Tim othy Carpenter, both of the Towne of Providence in the Collony of Roade Is land and Providence Plantations in New England, as Concerning Some differ ence which for Some time hath been betweene them about a devideing line be tweene their lands lieing & being at the place within the TowneShipp of Provi dence Called PumcanSett, and within the Proprietye of Pautuxett; The Which agreement is as followeth (Viz:) That a Straigh line Shall be Runn be twene their Said lands begining at a black Oake Tree Marked Standing forty & Six poles NorthWard from the South end of a Ditch being on the WeSterne part of Said Thomas ffield his land lieing at Said PumcanSett, & from Said [48] Marked black Oake tree to Runn Eastward on a Straight line to another black oake tree Marked Standing in the fence, the Which Said Tree is a boundtree in that Place betweene their Said lands; And that the lands lieing on the South Side of the Said line Shall be and belong unto the Said Timothy Car penter his Heirs & ASsignes forever: And |the| lands on the North Side of the Said line lieing & being shall be & belong unto the Said Thomas ffield his Heirs & ASsignes foreArer; And that the Said Thomas ffield Shall at his OAYne Charge Make & Continually Maintaine a Sufficient Way for Carts to paSs AA'ithin his own land aCroSs a deepe Valley; This being the mutuall & joynt agrement betweene the aboveSaid two PerSons, for themSelves and their Heirs and ASsignes foreVer: In AA7itneSs AYhereof both Partyes have here unto Set their hands & Seales this fifth day of June Annoqe Domini one thou sand Seven hundred & twelve. Signed & Sealed Thomas ffield L. S. in the presence of us, Timothy Carpenter L. S. Tho : Olney Sen* : James Dexter. Recorded June ye 6th 1712 : ^ Tho : Olney Clerke./ [232] AVhereas Thomas AVaters formerly Resident in the Towne of Provi dence in the Colony of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations in New Eng land was PoSseSsed of a certain Percell of land lieing & being in the North erne part of the Said Providence Towne to th quantety of Eleven acres, as by his Deede is ExpreSt (or thereabouts) But the Said Thomas Waters for a TranSgreSsion AAras by the Authoritye Condemned to dye AA'hereby his Said Land fell to be the Kings CuStome ; Yet in favour of life, Sir Edmund An- dros Knight then Governor in Cheife of New England Pardoned him & Ban- niShed him the land; The Said Thomas AVaters leaveing a Wife and & a child in Sd Providence to the Care & charge of the Said Towne, Whereupon the Said Sir Edmund Andros did make over & PaSs away the Said Thomas AVaters his Said land in Sd Providence Unto the MajeStrates & SelectMen of Said Providence for the USe of the Said Thomas AVaters Wife & Child : And AVhereas the MajeStrates who now are in Said Providence and Councell do Stand in the Same Capacity as the MajeStrates & SelectMen then did : Gid eon Crawford of Said Providence haveing Proposed to buy the Said Percell of land; Be it knowne unto all People by theSe •[theSe] PreSents That the MajeStrates and Towne Councell of Said Providence for & in Consideration of five Pounds Current Silver Money in hand already well and trully Paid unto them by Gideon Crawford of Said Providence for the USe of Anne Wat ers wife of Said Thomas AVaters have & by theSe preSents DO Give Grant Bar- L 49 J. gaine Sell Enfeoffe, Alien ASsigne & Make over the Said Percell of land unto the Said Gideon Crawford his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes foreVer in as full & Ample a manner as it doth unto them belong, AVith all & Singular the P'rivilidges & Appurtenances to the Said land belonging And all the EState Right IntreSt Title, Claime or deMand Whatsoever of them the Said MajeStrates & Towne Councell in or to the Said land or any part thereof TO have and to hold the Same unto the Said Gideon CraWford his Heirs Ex ecutors Administrators & ASsignes forever to the only Proper USe & behoofe of the Said Gideon Crawford his Heirs Executors Administrators & AS signes forever: Quietly & Peaceably the Same to improve injoy & PoSseSs at all times Without Molestation Claime or Demand by or from the Said MajeS trates & Councill or their Successors, So farr forth as the Power to them CoMitted doth Extend: In WitneSs of the preMiSses the Said MajeStrates & Councell do CauSe & Order on their behalfe the Clarke of the Councill to Set hereunto his hand and Seale the Twenty & Second day of May in the yeare one Thousand Seven hundred, 1700. Signed Sealed & delivered By order of the MajeS- in the preSence of us — trates & Councill. JoSeph MorSe Tho: Olney L. S. The Mark of Henry Clarke of ye Councill. / l_^ Browne, junr: Recorded June the 6th, 1712 : ^ Tho: Olney Clerk Laid out to Walter Peteplace Twenty acres of land on the EaSt Side of the Seven Mile line, Scituate & being where Peteplace liveth & bounded as fol loweth begining at a black Oake tree Marked Being the NortheaSt Cornner, & Rangeth weStwardly to a CheSsnut tree marked being a NorthweSt Cornner, & from thence to Range Southwardly to a Red Oake tree Marked being a South WeSt Cornner, & from thence to Range EaStWardly to a CheSsnut AAThite Oake tree, So Called being the SouthEaSt Cornner, & from thence to Range Northwardly to the firStMentioned bound, and is in length 72 poles, and in breadth 56 poles, & is laid out in the Right of William Man ; This aboveSd land is laid out in the Right aboveSd, & in ye fifty acre deviSion of Sd Right; Laid out March the 8th 17a/i2 & me Tho : Olney junr: Surveior. / Recorded June the 10th : 1712 tp Tho : Olney, Clerk. / TO all Christian People before AYhome this preSant Deede of Sale Shall come Nathaniel ] Mawrey of Providence in the Coloney of Roade Island and Providence Plantations in New England Sendeth Greeteing; KNOW Yee 7 [50] that 1 the Said Nathaniell Mawrey for & in Consideration of foure Pounds and tenn Shillings of Current Money of New England by me in hand already Received, and Well & truley paid by Mr JoSeph Whipple of the Same Towne & Coloney aforeSaid (Merchant) the recept Whereof I do hereby acknowledge & MySelfe therewith fully Satisfied Contented & paid, have Given Granted, Bargained & Sold, Aliened Enfeoffed Conveighed & Confirmed, and do by theSe preSents fully freely Clearely and Absolutely Give Grant, Bargaine & Sell Alien, Enfeoffe, Conveigh & Confirm unto him the Said JoSeph Whip ple & unto his Heirs Executors, Administrators and ASsignes forever the one halfe of a forty foote lott and alSo halfe a Right of Thatch in Providence aforeSaid ; The Said halfe lott is Situate and lieing on the WeSt Side of the Town Streete Opposite againSt the land of Major Willia|m| Hopkins & lieth adjoyneing to a halfe lott that the Said JoSeph Whipple bought of the Bel- loos; and is bounded on thei EaSt Side with the Towne Streete1, And the Said halfe Right of Thatch is by a Comittee appoynted for the devideing the Thatchbedds in Said Providence laid up in the Cove Which leadeth up to the freSh River Called [233] called WanaSquatucket River, and with Some of the Thatchbeed that is Now in the PoSseSsion of Mr James Browne; The AVhich halfe lott & halfe Right of Thatch I had upon the Right of Richard Prey, deceaSed), To have and to hold the Said halfe forty foote lott & halfe Right in the Thatchbeds With all & Singular the Priveligdes Proffitts benefit -3 and Appurtenances thereunto belonging unto him the Said JoSeph Whipple his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes free & Cleare forever; And freely & Clearely Exonerated Aquited and fully discharged from me the Said Nathaniell MaWrey my Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes, and off & from all other or former Bargains Sales Gifts Grants Mortgages LeaSes Wills, Intailes Joyntures Dowers, Thirds or Incumbrances of AVhat Nature or TerMe Soever: And the Said Nathaniell Mawrey doth Covenant PromiSe Grant & agree to & AVith the Said JoSeph AA^hipple in Manner & forMe follow ing ; that is to Say, that I the Said Nathaniell MaWrey at & before the Seale ing & Executeing of theSe preSents, & untill the delivery hereof 1 Were the Right true & lawfull Owner of all the aboveGiven & Granted premises And that I had in MySelfe full Power and lawfull Authority to bargaine Sell & diSpoSe of the Same in Manner & forMe as is aboveExpreSt, Without any Con dition * [limitation] alteration or limitation of USes or other thing that may Alter Change Evacuate or Make A^oyd this preSant Deede of Sale, And after the delivery hereof, the Said JoSeph Whipple his Heirs Executors Adminis trators or ASsignes are, & forever thereafter Shall be Invested With the Said halfe lott of land & halfe Right of thatch as With a Real true and perfet ES tate of Inheritance in ffee Simple; And the Said Nathaniell Mawrey doth fur- [51] ther Covenant and proMiSe, that I the Said Nathaniell MaWrey My heirs Ex ecutors Administrators & ASsignes Shall & Will Warrant and forEver defend the Said halfe forty foote Lott & halfe Right in the Thatchbeds, & privelidges aforeSaid unto him the Said JoSeph Whipple his Heirs Executors Adminis trators & ASsignes AgainSt the lawfull Challenge Claimes or demands of any PerSon or PerSons Whatsoever: In WitneSs & |for| ConfirMatioN of all the aboveWritten, I the Said Nathaniell Mawrey have hereunto Set my hand & Seale this Sixteenth day of June in the Eleventh yeare of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne Queene of Great Brittan, &C ; Anno Domini, one Thou sand Seven hundred & twelve. Signed Sealed & delivered Nathaniell MaAVrey L. S. in the preSence of us Richard Phillipps Providence Road Island Colony: Nathaniell Waterman. / »The day & yeare aboveSaid, The above- named Nathaniell MaWrey personally appeared and acknowledged the above- written Instrument to be his free & Voluntarey act & deede; before Me Richard Waterman, JuStice. / Recorded July the 4th, 1712. ^ Tho : Olney Clerk :/ TO all Christian People to AArhome theSe preSents Shall Come Ebenezer Staple of the Towne of Mendon in the County of Suffolke, in ye Province of the MaSachuSets in New England, BlackSmith, & Huldah his wife Sendeth Greeteing : Know yee that the Said Ebenezer Staple & Huldah his wife for divers good and Valuable Considerations them thereunto Moveing but more Especially for & in Consideration of TWenty Pounds in hand paid by Phillipp Phetiplace of NarraganSet within the Coloney of Roade Island wherewith the Sd Etoenezer Staples and Huldah his AAlfe doth hereby acknowledge them selves Sufficiently Satisfied Contented & Paid, and of Every part & Percell thereof doth Exonerate, Aquit & discharge the Said Phillipp Phetiplace his Heir Executors Administrators & ASsignes forever; doth by theSe preSents fully Clearely & Absolutely Give Grant bargaine Sell Alien Enfeoff & Con tinue to the Said Phillipp Phetiplace ffifty Acres of land (be it More or |be it j leSs) lieing & being in the TowneShipp of Providence, & in the Coloney of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations as it is Butted & bounded Adjoyneing to John Malaverys land; on the North WeSt, NorthEaSt, Southeast & South- WeSt on the Towns Commonlands, and bounded on Each Cornner With a heape of Stones; To have & to hold the abovebargained PremiSses AVith all & Singular the Proffitts Privelidges and Appurtenances belonging thereto or [52] anywayes ariSeing from the Same to the Only Proper USe-& behoofe & benefitt of him' the Said Phillipp rhetiplace his heirs Executors and ASsignes forEver; And the sd Ebenezer Staple & Huldah his Wife hath in themSelves Good Right, full Power & lawfull Authoritye to Give Grant bargaine Sell Convey & ASure the abovebargained PremiSses as aboveSaid ; & the Said Phillipp Phetiplace his Heirs Executors & ASsignes & every of theM Shall forever here [ 234 J hereafter peaceably & quietly injoy the Same of a good & free Inheritance in ffee Simple, with the Privelidges & Profitts and benefitts ariSeing from the Same, freely & Clearly aquitted & discharged off for & from all other former bargains Sales Gifts Grants Joyntures Dowryes Thirds Dower of thirds Mort gages fforfittures, ArreSts, JudgeMents Executions, and all other Acts & In cumbrances AA'hat Soever had, Made, Comitted & done or Suffered to be done by me the SaidEbenezer Staples & his AArife their Heirs Executors Adminis trators or ASsignes or any of them Claiming any Right Title or IntreSt by from them or any of them to or in the abovebargained PremiSses whereby the aboveNained Phillipp Phetiplace his heirs Executors Administrators or AS signes Shall & May forever hereafter be MoleSted in or Ejected out of the PoS- seSSion of the Same; And the Said Ebenezer Staple doth for himSelfe his Heirs Executors Administrators, PromiSe & Covenant to & With the Sd Phil lipp his Executors, Heirs & Administrators, that he the Said Ebenezer Staple & Huldah his AVife upon Reasonable demand Shall Performe & do any further act or acts DeviSe or devices Required in the laW for the More Sure make- ing the abovebargained PremiSses; In WitneSs Whereof the aboveSd Eben ezer Staple & Huldah his AVife here Set their hands & Seales this 25 day of March in the yeare of our Lord 1712 ; and in the Eleventh yeare of Reigne of our Sovereign Lady Anne of Great Britan ffrance & Ireland Queene &C. Signed Sealed & delivered Ebenezer Staple L. S. in the preSence of us — . Signum Robert Evens Huldah h Staple L. S. Jacob Aldrich./ The wordB (witWn the ^^ of Rhode Island) betweene the third & the fourth lines, & the word hath betwene the 12 & 13 lines was before Signeing & Sealeing; — (Sufolk: SS: March 25 1712; Ebenezer Staple & Hul dah his Wife appeared before me the Scriber and acknowledged the abovewritten Instrument to be their Voluntarey act an deede; JoSiah Chapin, Justice. / Recorded July the 4th 1712 tp Tho : Olney, Clerk. / [53] Be it knowne unto all Men by theSe preSents, That I Roger Mawrey of Providence in the NarraganSet Bay in NeAV England for a Araluable Sum of Money in hand already Received (of AArhich I do acknowledge the Recept) have bargained with & Sold unto William Carpenter of Pautuxett in the ToAA'neShipp of Providence, one Share of Commoning Equal AYith any Pur- chaSser in the aforeSaid Towne of Providence; the AVhich Share of Common ing I the Said Roger MaAVrey bought of Henry Naile of Brantry, AA'ho was then Inhabitant of the aforeSaid Towne of Providence; I Say for full Satis faction in hand already Received, 1 the Said Roger Mawrey have paSSed away from MySelfe, and from my Heirs all my Right, IntreSt & Title or Colour of Claime & Title in that Share of Comoning (in the aforeSaid Towne of Provi dence) AVhich I bought of the Said Henry Naile, unto the aforeSaid AA*illian Carpenter, to be his oWne True proper & lawfull Right & Inheritance forEver, both for himSelfe & his Heirs quietly & peaceably to injoy USe & PoSseSs With all the Privelidges benefitts & Proffitts thereof & thereunto belonging; I Say all My Right & Title in the aforeSd Commoning in the liMitts of the aforeSaid Towne of Providence or any lands belonging thereunto ; I Say all the Right in the aforeSd Comoning in all the lands belonging unto Providence have I paSsed away unto the Said William Carpenter; ANd do by theSe preSents firmely bind mySelfe my Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes Never to MoleSt the Said William Carpenter his Heirs & ASsignes, but at all times. to Save & keepe harmeleSs the Sd AVilliam Carpenter his Heirs & ASsignes from all hindrances Molestations or Trouble of Me the Said Roger MaWrey My heirs or ASsignes, or of any perSon Either for, by through or under me from any Claime that Shall be laid unto the preMiSses by Vertue of any bar gaine or Sale at any time Made by me or of any for, by, through or under Me or by ye Said Henry Naile, or of any for by through or Under him,; In WitneSs thereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seale this Third day of ffebruarey 1661 Signed Sealed & delivered Roger MaWrey L. S. in the preSence of us Zachary Roades Recorded July ye 15th 1712 Edward Inman & Tho: Olney Clerk./ [ 235] KNOW all Men by theSe preSents, that I Mary Potter Daughter of Abell | Potter] of y" Plantation of MaShantatat in the TowneShipp of Provi dence, in the Colony of Roade Island & Providence Plantations in NeW Eng land, (deceaSed) Have Received of My SiSterinlaW Rachell Potter of the Same Towne & Collony aboveSaid, the full & juSt SuM five Pounds Current Silver Money of New England, AArhich was payd unto me upon the accompt [54] of a Legacye which Was ordered to be paid unto the aboveSaid Mary Potter by her aboveSaid deceaSed ffather Abell Potters Will, as by Said Will May- More fully Appeare; Upon the Recept of which aboveSaid five Pounds, I the aboveSaid Mary Potter, do by theSe preSents Exonerate, Aquitt ReleaSe Re- iuiSe, and forEver discharge the aboveSaid Rachell Potter, her Heirs, Execu tors & Administrators forever, for any further demand, Challenge or Claime to be made by Me the Said Mary Potter, my Heirs or Executors for any part, or one Penney of the aboveSaid Legacye that did befall, or that was Ordered to be paid unto me by my aboveSd ffather Abell Potters Will; As WitneSs My hand & Seale hereunto Sett, this firSt day of October, One ThouSand Seven hundred and twelve, and in the leven th yeare of her MajeStyes Reigne Anne, by the Grace of God Queene of Great Brittain. Signed Sealed & delivered ) \|/ „ in the presence of us- ) Mar^ /f( Potter L" *¦ Benjamin WeStcott her Mark John Potter. . sa mi rv, ™ , , tp Tho : Olney Clerk. / Recorded October ye 7th 1712 : AVhereas Roger Burllingame of MaShantatuck in Providence in the Col ony of Roade Island & Providence Plantations in NeW England did by Cer tain Written Instruments under his Hand & Seale Give, Grant, & PaSs away unto his Son Peter Burllinggame to. him his Heirs & ASsignes foreVer his dwellinghouSe & Certain lands Within the PurchaSe of Said MaShantatuck for him the Said Peter Burllinggame, his Heirs, Executors, Administrator or ASsignes to Enter into & take the PoSseSsion thereof at the deceaSe of him the Said Roger Burllingame & of Mary his then Wife When they both Should be departed this life : And AA nereas hath So Ordered that the Sd Peter Burl linggame is by death Removed out of this World before his ffather & Mother & hath Not left any ISshue of his own behind him : by ReaSon Whereof the Reversion of Said houSeing & all thoSe lands & Privelidges So left unto 'him fell by a Rightfull Inheritance unto his Eldest Brother John Burllinggame he being the Rightfull Heire of blood: Yet Notwithstanding Whereas the Said John Burllinggame hath two bretheren (as Namely) Thomas Burlling game & Roger Burllingame: hee the Said John Burllinggame being Willing to make them both Sharers with him in thoSe lands So fallen unto him bv the death of his S* Brother Peter Burllinggame: The Said ReServeth to'him- Selfe & his Heirs & ASsignes forever, the dwellinghouSe & outhouSeing & ffifty acres of land adjoyneing & the Old Orchard on Sd land & all & everv the ToZeTlTr ?*? f the EeSt °f the lands Which Was *y ^™ ^ ffather [Given 4] Granted & Given to their Sd Brother Peter Burllinggame is [55] to be Equally devided betweene his Said Two Brethren Thomas Burlling game & Roger Burllinggame to be unto them their Heirs & ASsignes forever. And to begin the deviSion betweene the Said John Burlling game & his Sd two brethren in y Middle betweene the Old Orchard and the new Orchard, Setting the bound on the Northerne Side of the High- Way, & then to Set another bound | mark | in the Middle betweene ye two Orchards at the NorthEaSterne Cornner of the New Orchard, & to Run a Straight line betweene them, and to keepe the Same CourSe untill untill it Come to land belonging to Othaniell Gorton : AlAVayes Provided that in CaSe it Shall fall So Out and be that theire Said ffather & Mother, or Either of theM Should Stand in Neede of ASsiStance for a Comfortable Main tenance, or fall into any Condition of WeakneSs that they Shall Neede At tendance for helpe, that [ 236 J that then the Said Thomas Burllinggame & Rogger Burllingame Shall Each of them Equally both them their Heirs & AS signes take the Care & be at Equall Charge With him the Sd John Burlling game his Heirs & ASsignes for the Relief of their Said ffather & Mother. Unto all which the Said Thoma[ ] Burllinggame & Roger Burllinggame do fully & freely ConSent & Agree unto, for themSelves & their Heirs & ASsignes. In Consideration Whereof, the Said John Burllinggame doth by theSe preSents Grant Make over & paSs away Relinquish & AVholy quitClayMe unto his Sd two brethren Thomas Burllinggame & Roger Burllinggame all his Right In treSt and Title in all thoSe lands aboveExpreSt to be unto them their Heirs and ASsignes forEver; the Reservation Only Excepted: And doth *[here] hereby Injoyne himSelfe his Heirs & ASsignes Never at any time to hinder Nor MoleSt them Nor any of theM in their quiet PoSseSsion and Enjoyment thereof. In WitNeSs of the PreMiSses Every PerSon of theM have hereunto Set their hands & Seales the Twenty & third day of DeceMber Anno : Domini one ThouSand Seven hundred & Twelve. Signed & Sealed The Mark of X John Burllinggame L. S. in ye preSence of us The Mark of T B Thomas Burllinggame L. S. Tho : OINey Senr Amos Stafford, Roger Burllinggame L. S. Recorded December y 29th : 1712, tp Tho : Olney, Clerk. / Whereas John Potter of MaShantatuck Of Providence in ye Colony of Roade Island, &C, dyed inteSted, and Peter Burllinggame of Sd MaShanta tuck together With Edmard Potter of Sd Place became bound in a bond for a legall Administration on his EState; And Whereas the Sd Peter Burlling- [56] game is NOW dead & his EldeSt Brother John Burllinggame Heireth his ES tate, & hath Made his two bretheren (ATiz) Thomas Burllinggame & Roger Burllinggame & Roger Burllinggame Shares With him in the lands of Sd Peter Burllinggame; Therefore let all Teople know by theSe preSents that AA'ee Thomas Burllinggame & Roger Burllingame do both & Each of us firmely Engage for OurSelves, our Heirs Executors & Administrators to be Equall Sharers with our Sd Brother John Burllinggame his Heirs Executors Admin istrators & ASsignes as to what damage may at any time accrew to him or them by ReaSon of Sd Bond: In WitneSs Whereof We have hereunto Sett our hands this Twenty & third day of December in the yeare one ThouSand Seven hundred & twelve. Signed & Delivered The Mark of T B in ye presence of us, Thomas Burllinggame, Tho: Olney Senr: Roger Burllinggame junr: Amos Stafford. Recorded December ye 30th: 1712: tp Tho : Olney Clerk. / X TO All Christian People to AVhome this deede of Sale Shall Come Samuell Whipple of Grouton in the Colony of Conitecut in New England, & Thomas Whipple of the Towne of Providence in the Colony of Roade Island & Provi dence Plantations |in| New England, Sendeth Greeteing. KNOWT Yee that y Sd Samuell Whipple and Thomas Whipple for & in Consideration of the full & juSt Sum of Twenty Nine Pounds & twelve Shilings of Moner Current in hand already Payd unto them by Stephen Hardin of the aforeSd Towne of Providence the Recept whereof the Said Samuell AVhipple & Thomas AVhipple doth OAVne & acknowledge & therewith to be fully Satisfied Contented & Paid & doth hereby Aquitt & discharge the Said Stephen Hardin his Heirs Execu tors, Administrators & ASsignes *[|Barg| aforeBargaine] fully of the Same; Hath Given Granted Bargained Sold Enfeoffed Alined ASsigned Set Over & ConfirMed, And by theSe preSents for them their Heirs Executors & Adminis trators doth fully Clearely & Absolutely Give, Grant, bargaine Sell Enfeoff, Alien, ASsigne, Set over & Continue unto the Said Stephen Hardin, his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes foreVer, One Share or Parcell of Mead- «°-i ?oo^ring bj ESteMati01- Thr<* Acres (be it More or leSs:) the Which Said L237] Said Share of Meaddow is Scituate lieing & being in the Towne Shipp ,o Providene aforeSd, & in that Meaddow Called y great Meaddow; & is that Share of Meaddow AVhich formerly belonged unto one James AShton [57] formerly of Said Providence ; And is bounded on yB South Side With a Share of Meaddow which Originally did belong to one William Harris forMerly of Said Providence and afterwards to Shadrach Manton of Said Providence ; And bounded on the North Side With a Share of Meaddow formerly belonging to one John ThrockMorton formerly of Sd Providence ; and on ye EaSt End With ye Upland Which Now belongeth to Zuriell Hall of Sd Providence, & on ye WeSt End With the River Called MoShawSuck River ; With all & Singular the Privelidges & Appurtenances to the Said Share of Meaddow belonging; And all the EState, Right, Title, IntreSt, USe Property PoSseSsion Claime, Claime and deMand Whatsoever of them the Sd Samuell Whipple & ThoMas AVhipple in or to the Same, or any part thereof,1 TO have & to hold the Said Share or Parcell of Meaddow aforeSaid unto the Said Stephen Hardin his Heirs Execu tors Administrators & ASsignes forever, to the Only Proper USe & behoofe of the Said Stephen Hardin, his Heirs Executors Administrators and AS signes forever. And the Sd Samuell Whipple & Thomas Whipple for them selves, their Heirs Executors & Administrators & for Every of them doth Covenant, PromiSe & Grant to & With the Sd Stephen Hardin, his Heirs Ex ecutors Administrators & ASsignes, & to & with every of them by theSe preS ents, in Manner & forme as followeth ; That is to Say, that they the Said Sam uell Whipple & Thomas AAThipple at the time of y Signeing Sealeing & delivery hereof Were the true & Rightfull Owners of the abovebargained PremiSses, and that they had full Power, good Right true Title & laWfull Authority to Grant, Bargaine, Sell. & Continue the abovebargained Share of Meaddow unto the Said Stephen Hardin his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes in Man ner & forme as aforeSaid ; And that the Said Stephen1 Hardin his Heirs Ex ecutors Administrators & ASsignes by force & Vertue of theSe preSents is, & Shall Stand & be lawfully Seized to him, his Heirs Executors Administra tors & ASsignes of & in the Said DeMiSed Share of Meaddow, & of & in every part thereof, of a good, Sure, lawfull Absolute & Undefeazeable EState of Inheritance in fee Simple, Without any Condition limitation USe or Other thing to Alter or Change the Same; And that the premises above by theSe preSents Mentioned to be Granted bargained & Sold & every part thereof upon the Signeing Sealeing & delivery hereof is, & from time to time & at all times hereafter forEver Shall be Remain & Continue to be the Proper USe and be hoofe of the Said Stephen Hardin his Heirs & ASsignes Oleare & free & freely & Clearely Exonerated Aquitted & discharged, Or Otherwise by the Sd Sam uell Whipple & Thomas AVhipple, their Heirs Executors & Administrators Sufficiently Saved & kept harmeleSs off & from all & all Manner of forMer & other bargains Sales Gifts, Grants, leaSes, Judgements, Executions, Thirds or Intaile, or any lawfull Claime Whatsoever: And againSt them the Said 8 [58] Samuell & Thomas Whipple, theire Heirs Executors & Administrators, Or any Other PerSon Claymeing By through or under them or any of them, Shall & will Warrant & forEver defend by theSe preSents; In WitneSs of the prem iSses they have both hereunto Set their hands & Seales the Thirtieth day| of december| Anno : Domini : One ThonSand Seven hundred & twelve. Signed Sealed & delivered Samuell Whipple L. S. in the preSence of us Thomas Whipple L. S. Tho : Olney Sen* : James Dexter. / Memorandum ; There Was AlSo together AArith the Share of Meaddow Men tioned in the deede Written on the other Side of this Paper; Sold unto Stephen Hardin of Providence in the Colony of Roade Island &C, by Samuell AA'hipple & Thomas AA'hipple in Said Deede Mentioned: There was alSo by Said Samuell AA*hipple & Thomas AAliipple Two Shares of ThatchBedd Sold unto the Said Stephen Hardin to be unto him his Heirs & ASsignes foreVer, in as full & Ample a manner to be houlden by the Sd Stephen Hardin his Heirs & ASsignes together AA'ith the Share of Meaddow Mentioned to be Sold in Said deede, & by the Same AA*arranty; In AVitneSs AVhereof the Said Samuell Whip ple [ 238 ] Whipple & Thomas AAliipple have both hereunto Set their hands & Seales the Thirtyeth day of December Anno Domini one ThouSand Seven hundred & Twelve/ The Said two Shares of Thatch are lieing & being in the Salt Water Cove Called AA'anaSquutucket, in Sd Providence : The Said Shares of thatch being forgotten When Sd deede AA'as Written. AYittneSs Samuell Whipple L. S. Tho : Olney Senr : Thomas Whipple L. S. James Dexter. / This AVkole deede, both this part on this leafe, & that on both Sides of ye leafe before this: Was Recorded January ve 13th: 17 '-/^ tp Tho: Olney Clerk./ Be it known unto all People by theSe preSents that I John Hardin of the Towne of Providence in the Colony of Roade Island & Providence Planta- tio[ ] in the NarraganSet Bay in NeAV England, for & in Consideration of y8 Sum of Ninteene Pounds Silver Money Current, or to Say in other good & Current Pay to the full Value of Nineteen Pounds in Silver Money, in hand already Well & truely Paid unto Me by My Brother Stephen Hardin of Provi dence aforeSd, the Recept Whereof I do owne & acknowledge & therewith to be fully Satisfied Contented & paid; Have Given Granted Bargained Sold [59 ] Enfeoffed Aliened ASigned made and PaSsed over & ConfirMed unto my Said Brother Stephen Hardin, to him, his Heirs Executors Administrators & AS signes forever (my Said brother alSo being of Sd Providence) a quantety of land Containeing of ffifty Acres (be it More or leSs) the which is Scituate lie ing & being within the TowneShipp of Providence aforeSd & on the AVeSt- wardly Side of the River which is Called MoShauSuck River between it & a Small Streame of Water Called Bobbins Brooke; The Said ffifty acres of land lieing in two Parcells, one of the Said two Parcells Containeing Thirty & Eight acres v& is lieing & being on the |* [the] weStwardly part of | Hill Called Windmill Hill | betwene Said Hill| & ye brooke Called Robbins brooke, and is bounded on the Southwardly part of it with the Ian of the ffarme Whereon William Hawkins of Sd Providence Now dwelleth; And on the AVeStwardly part With land forMerly belonging to Samuell ComeStock and on the Northerne part & on ye EaSterne part with the Commonland : The other parC|ell| Containeing twelve acres, & is lieing & being on the EaSt Side. of the Sd Windmill Hill, & is bounded on the EaSterne, on the WeSterne, on the Northerne & on the Southerne parts With the Commonland ; Both Parcells of the aforementioned Demised lands are alSo bounded with Severall land- Marks, as Trees & Rocks &C, as the Surveior his Returns who laid out the Said lands, which are upon the Record do Signifie & declare, Reference there unto being had for further information Concerning the bounderyes as Ocation may Require, The Said demiSeds all beareing MeaSure by the Eighteene foote Pole : With all & Singular the Privelidges & Appurtenances to the Said ffifty Acres of landes belongeing, and all the EState Right Title IntreSt USe Prop erty PoSseSsion Claime & Demand Whatsoever of Me the Sd John Hardin, in, or to the Same or any Part or Percell thereof TO HaVe and to HOld the Said ffifty acres of land as aforeSaid unto the Sd Stephen Hardin his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes forever to the Onely Proper USe & behoofe of the Said Stephen Hardin, his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes foreVer : And I the Said John Hardin for mySelfe my Heirs Ex ecutors & Administrators, & for Every of them do Covenant PromiSe & Grant to & With the Said Stephen Hardin his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes, & to & with Every of them by theSe preSents, in manner & forme as followeth, That is to Say ; That I the Said John Hardin at the tme of the Sealeing & delivery hereof am the True & Rightfull Owner of the abovebar gained premiSses & that I have full Power, good Right, True Title & lawfull Authoritye to Grant Bargaine Sell & Continue the abovebargained premiSses & Every Part and Parcell thereof unto the Said Stephen Hardin his Heirs Ex ecutors Administrators & ASsignes in Manner and forme as aforeSaid. And [ 239 ] And that the Said Stephen Hardin his Heirs Executors AdminiStra tors and ASsignes by force & Virtue of theSe preSents is, & Shall Stand & be [60] lawfully Seized to him, his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes of & in the bargained PremiSses, & of & in every part & Parcell thereof, of a good Sure lawfull, AbSolute & Undefeazeable EState of Inheritance in ffee Simple, without any Conditions Limitation, USe or other thing to Alter or Change the SaMe: And that the premiSses above by theSe preSents Mentioned to be Granted, Bargained & Sold & Every part & Percell thereof upon the Signeing Sealeing & delivery hereof is, & from time to time & at all times hereafter for Ever, Shall be, Remaine & Continue to be, the Proper USe & behoofe of the Said Stephen Hardin his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes for ever: Cleare & free, & freely & Clearely Exonerated Aquitted & discharged Or OtherAViSe by me the Sd John Hardin my Heirs Executors & Administra tors Sufficiently Saved & kept harmeleSs off & from all & all Manner of for- Mer & other Bargains Sales Gifts Grants LeaSes ASsigneMents Judgements Executions fforfitures SeiSures Joyntures DoAVryes Power & Thirds to be Claimed & Challinged in or to the Same or any part thereof; And off & from all & Singular other Charges Titles Troubles Incumbrances & Demands AVhat- Soever had Made done or Suffered to be done by me the Said John Hardin My Heirs Executors, Administrators or any other PerSon or PerSons Whatso ever by mine or their Act Meanes ConSent or Procurement ; ANd againSt me the Said John Hurdin my Heirs Executors Administrators, & all & every other PerSon or PerSons AVhatSoever lawfully Claymeing any EState Right Title IntreSt Clayme or demand in or to the Same or any part thereof, from, By, or Under me, them or any of them, Shall & AVill Warrant & forever defend by theSe preSents ; In AVitneSs of the PremiSses I have hereunto Set my hand & Seale the Thirty & one day of December Anno; Domini; one Thou sand Seven hundred & twelve. Signed Sealed & delivered John Hardin L. S. in the preSence of us — , Thomas Whipple Recorded January ye 14th 1712/l3: James Dexter—. tp Tho : Olney Clerk. / *[Be it knowne by theSe preSents that I Stephen Hardin of the Towne of] Be it knoWne unto All People by theSe preSents, that I Stephen Hardin of the Towne of Providence in the Collony of Roade Island & Providence Planta tions in ye NarraganSett Bay in New England ; ffor & in ConSideraton of the full & juSt SuM of Twenty Pounds Silver Money Current in hand already AVell & truely Paid unto Me by my brother John Hardin of y aforeSaid Towne of Providence, or to Say in other good Pay to the full Value of Twenty Pounds in Money, the recept Whereof I do owne & acknowledge & therewith to be fully Satisfied Contented & Paid, HaVe Given, Granted, Bargained Sold Enfeoffed, [61] Aliend, ASsigned PaSsed over & Confirmed; And by theSe preSents for me my Heirs Executors & Administrators do fully Clearely & Absolutely Give Grant Bargaine Sell Enfeoff, Aline ASsigne PaSs over & Confirme unto my Said Brother John Hardin a quantety of land Containeing of Seventy & three acres (be it More of leSs) it being the one halfe of a Parcell of land which AATas laid out for one hundred & Tenn Acres, And alSo the one halfe of a Par- cell of 'and which was laid out for thirty & Six acres; the Said Parcell of land Which containeth Thirty & Six Acres is laid adjoyneing to that Parcell of land Which Containeth one hundred & Tenn Acres, both Parcells together Containe ing One hundred fforty & Six Acres ; The which Said lands are Scituate lieing & being AVithin the TowneShipp of Providence aforeSaid & on the AA'eSt Side of that line in Said Providence TowneShip Called the Seven Mile line, and ly ing Neere unto the place Called NipShachuck ; The Said hundred & Tenn Acres of land being laid out unto MoiSes Bartlett in the Originall Right of Stephen Northupp, and the Said Thirty & Six acres Was laid out unto MoiSes Bartlett in [240] in the Originall Right of Benjamin Smith: The Said hundred & Tenn acres being bounded on the North WeStwardly Cornner AA^ith a White Oake Tree Marked, Standing downe by a Swampe; the Northeast Cornner be ing bounded With a AA^hite Oake tree Marked Standing on a hill, the South- EaStAA'ardly Cornner alSo being bounded with a AVhite Oake Tree Marked, the South AVeStwardly Corner AA'ith a CheSsnut Tree Marked: The Said Par- cell of land Containeing of thirty and Six acres of land aforeMentioned is bounded on the SouthEaSt Cornner with that Marked CheSsnut Tree the Wh is ye SouthWeStWardly Cornnerbound of the aforeSd hundred & Tenn Acres of land ; the South AVeSt Cornner being bounded With a Small White Oake Tree Marked, the North AA'eSt Cornner being bounded With a Pine tree marked, & the NorthEaSt Cornner being bounded AVith a White Oake Tree Marked : And as for further iNforMation of Said lands as to ye distance of AA'ay of the bounds thereof Each from the Other & as to AVhat poynt of the CoMpaSs the lye upon; the Surveiors Returns Which are upon the Record may iNforme, Reference thereunto being had: AVith all & Singular the Privelidges & Ap purtenances to the halfe of the Said two Parcells of lands belonging, & all the EState Right Title IntreSt USe Property PoSseSsion Claime & demand What soever of me the Said Stephen Hardin in or to the Same or any part or Par- cell thereof To have & to hold the Said halfe of the Said |two| Parcells of lands as aforeSaid unto the Said John Hardin his Heirs Executors AdMiniS trators and ASsignes forEver, to the Only Proper USe & behoofe of y Said John Hardin his Heirs Executors Administrators, And ASsignes foreVer; And I the Said Stephen Hardin, for MySelfe My Heirs Executors & Admin istrators and for Every of us doth Covenant, PromiSe & Grant to & with the [62] Said John Hardin his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes & to and AATith Every of them by theSe preSents in Manner & forme as folloWeth, that is to Say ; That I the Said Stephen Hardin at the time of the Sealeing & de livery hereof am the true & Rightfull Owner of ye abovebargained PremiSses, and that I have full Power Good Right true Title & laWfull Authority to grant bargaine, Sell & Continue the abovebargained premises unto the Sd John Hardin his Heirs Executors, Administrators & ASsignes in Manner & forme as aforeSaid; And that the Said John Hardin his Heirs Executo|rs| Administrators & ASsignes by force & Vertue of theSe preSents is, & Shall Stand and be lawfully Seized to him his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes of & in the bargained premiSses & or & in Every part & ParSell thereof, of a good Sure lawfull Absolute & Undefeazeable EState of Inheri tance in ffee Simple, AA'ithout any Conditions Limitation, USe, or other thing to alter or Change the Same; And that the premiSses above by theSe preSents mentioned to be Granted bargained & Sold & Every part & Parcell thereof upon the Signeing & Sealing & delivery hereof is, & from time to time & at all times hereafter forEver Shall be Remain & Continue to be the Proper USe & behoofe of ye Sd John Hardin his Heirs Executors Administrators & AS signes Cleare & free, & freely & Clearely Exonerated aquitted & discharged or Otherwise by me the Said Stephen Hardin My Heirs Executors & Adminis trators Sufficiently Saved & kept harmeleSs off & from all & all manner of for mer & other bargainee Sales Gifts, Grants, LeaSes, Mortgages, Assignments Judements Executions fforffitures, SeiSures Joyntures dowryes, Power & Thirds of my now wife to be Claimed & Challinged in or to the Same or any part thereof, and off & from all and Singular other Charges Titles, Troubles, Incumbrances & demands whatsoever, had made done or Suffered to be done by me the Said Stephen Hardin, my Heirs Executors *[&C] Ad ministrators, or any other perSon or PerSons Whatsoever toy mine or their act, Meanes ConSent or Procurement : And againSt me the Sd Stephen Hardin, My Heirs Executors Administrators & all & Every Other PerSon or PerSons Whatsoever lawfully Claimeing any EState Righ Title IntreSt Claime or demand in, or to the Same or any part thereof, from, By or under me, them, or any of them, Shall & will Warrant & forever defend by theSe presents; In AVitneSs of the premiSses, I have hereunto Set my hand & Seale, the Thirty & one day of December Anno : Domini One ThouSand Seven hun dred & twelve. Signed Sealed & delivered in the preSence of us Thomas Whipple; James Dexter: Stephen Hardin L. S. Recorded January ye 21: 1712/13 tp Tho Olney Clerk. / [63] [ 241 ] TO All Christian People before AVhome theSe preSents Shall Come &c. John Paine of Providence in the Colony of Roade Island & Providence Plantations in New England Sendeth Greeteing : Know Yee, That I the Said John Paine Not on a Suddaine or Meane Motion, but upon Mature & good Consideration & for the Setlement of My Son John Paine, have Given Granted Aliend Enfeoffed Made Qver & Confirmed unto him my aforeSd Son John Paine, & unto his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes forEver a Cer tain Tract of land Containeing by EStemation Thirty Acres Scituate lieing & being in Providence aforeSd and at or Neere a Place Called MaSepauge, be it More or leSs, it boundeth as followeth, it being bounded on the North east erly Cornner with a black Oake tree which is the Northeasterly Cornner of my ffarme AAThich I bought of Richard Phillipps & from Sd black oake Tree to Range Southerly to a Stake & Stone; it being the EaStermoSt Side of my Said ffarme and from Said Stake & Stone to Range SoutkAVeSt to the end of a Short ditch from thence to a White Oake Tree Marked, from thence North ward on the WeSt Side of an Island of Upland to a black Oake tree Marked, from thence to a walnut tree, & from Said Walnut to Range Still North Wardly to a black oake tree Marked, & from thence AATeStWard to a black Oake tre Marked, from thence northwardly to a Stake & Stone, from thence EaStwardly to the firStMentioned boundarey; To have and to hold the Said lands as it is in ESteMation Thirty Acres, be it More or leSs, With all & Sin gular the Timber, Wood, Meaddowes PaSstures Swampe Water and all other & Singular the Privelidges Proffitts benefits & Appurtenances within the Said boundareys Contained unto him my aforeSaid Son John Paine and unto his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes, & to his & their own Proper USe & behoofe free and Cleare forever ; and freely & Clearely Aquitted Exonerated & fully discharged from Me the Said John Paine & froniy other Heirs Execu tors Administrators & ASsignes; And off & from any other or former bar gains Sales Gifts Giants Mortgages, leaSses Wills Intailes Joyntures Dow ryes Thirds or Incumbrances of What Nature or Terme Soever; that May Evacuate or make Voyd this preSant deede of Gift : ANd My aforeSd Son John Paine his Heirs Executors Administrators or ASsignes Shall or May by force & Vertue of theSe preSents from time to time & at all times hereafter USe Enjoy & PoSseSs all the Said lands & Privelidges as his & there oAVne Proper Right & true iNheritance in ffee Simple without any Interuption or molestation: Provided my aforeSaid Son his Heirs Executors Administra tors & ASsignes do make & Maintaine a good Sufficient fence betwixt the Said DemiSed lands & my other lands in Said ffarme; Which I bought of Richard Phillipps; for I do hereby declare that I do ReServe the Remainder or Re maining part of the Said ffarme Which is Not herein diSpoSed of, for mySelfe [64] & My Other Heirs that I have not yet diSpoSed of a Settle Unto. In AVitt- neSs" & for ConfirMation of all the aboveWritten, I the Said John Paine Sen* have hereunto Set my hand & Seale this firSt day of January in the Eleventh yeare of ye Reign of our Sovereigne Lady Anne Queene of Great Brittan, &C ; Anno : Domini one ThouSand Seven hundred & twelve or thirteene : Signed Sealed and delivered John Paine L. S. in y presence of us, Stephen Paine Providence in Roade Island Colony ; JoSiah Pain. / the day & yeare aboveSaid, the above- Named John Paine Senr: personally appeared, & acknowledged the above- AATritten Instrument to be his free & Voluntarey act and deede before Me Richard AVaterMan, justice. / Recorded Januarey the 22na 1712/13: tp Tho: Olney Clerk./ To all People before Whome this deede Shall Come, KnoW Yee that I Wil liam Steere of the Towne of Providence in the Colony of Roade Island & Providence Plantations in the NarraganSet Bay in New England AMerica, huSbandman ffor & in Consideration of a Valuable Sum of Ten Pounds of Current lawfull Money in hand already Received AATell & truely paid unto me AVilliam Steere of the aforeSd Towne & Colony by SamSon Cartwright of the aforeSaid Towne & Colony, the Recept whereof I do owne & acknowledge my Selfe Satisfied cS: paid; have Given, Granted, bargained & Sold, Enfeoffed, Aliend ASsigned Set over & Confirmed unto the Said SamSon Cartwright his Heirs Exe [242] cutors Administrators & ASsignes forever fforty acres of land lieing *[ Scituate] and being Scituate upon the weSt Side of ye Seven mile in ye TowneShipp of Providence aforeSaid; AVhich fforty acres of land lieing & being Scituate on the NorWeSterly Side of the land AA'here the Said William Steere NoAA* dwelleth, : And alSo the one halfe of Seven Acres & a halfe, be it More or leSs of land upon that Share of the aforeSd land, lieing & being Scituate AA'eStwardly not paSt halfe a mile from y Hill Called AVay unkheag Hill; Together with all & Singular the Privelidges & Appurtenances to the Said lands & that Share as aboveSaid; And all the EState, Right, Title, IntreSt USe Property PoSseSsion Clame & demand Whatsoever of Me the Said AVilliani Steere in or to y Same or any part or Parcell thereof To have & to hold the Sd forty Acres of land, & the one halfe of Seven Acres & a halfe as aforeSd unto Said SamSon Cartwright his Heirs Executors Admin istrators & ASsignes forever: to the only Proper USe & behoofe of the Said SamSon CartWrigh his Heirs Executors AdminiStra|tors| & ASsignes for- [65 ] eATer; And that the Said SamSon CartAA'right his Heirs Executors Admin istrators & ASsignes by force & Vertue of theSe preSents is & Shall Stand, & be lawfully Seized to hiM his Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes, of and in the bargained PremiSses & of & in Every Part & Parcell thereof, of a good Sure laWfull Absolute & Undefeazeable EState of Inheritance in fee Simple, Without any Condition, limitation, USe or other thing to alter or Change the Same: ANd that the PremiSses above by theSe preSents Men tioned to be Given Granted bargained & Sold & Every part & parcell thereof upon the Signeing Sealeing & delivery hereof is, & from time to time & at all times hereafter Shall Continue and forEver Rem a ine & Continue to be the Proper USe & behoofe of ye Sd SamSon CartAA'right his Heirs Executors Ad ministrators & ASsignes Cleare & free, * [freely &] Clearely & freely Exon erated Aquitted & discharged or otherwise by me the Said AVilliam Steere my Heirs Executors Administrators & ASsignes Sufficiently Saved & kept harmeless of & from all & all Manner of former & other bargain |es[ Sales Gifts Grants, Mortgages, LeaSes Assignments Judgements Executions fforffittures, dowryes & Thirds of Sarah my NOAV Wife to be Claimed & Challenged in or to the SaMe or J to | any part or Parcell thereof, & of & from all & Singular other Charges Troubles Titles Incumbrances & demands Whatsoever, had, made, done, or Suffered [to be| by Me ye Said William Steere my Heirs Execu tors Administrators or any other PerSon or PerSons Whatsoever by mine or their Act Meanes ConSent or Procurem* : And againSt Me the Said William Steere My Heirs Executors Administrators & all and Every other PterSon or PerSons Whatsoever lawfully Claymeing any EState, Right, Title IntreSt Claime or demand in or to the Same or any Part thereof, from, By, or Under me, them, or any of us, Shall & will Warrant & forEver defend by theSe pres ents, whereof I have for Confirmation Set my hand & fixt My Seale before Wit ness this 18th day of November, one ThouSand Seven hundred & twelve. Signed Sealed & delivered, AVilliam Steere L. S. in the preSence of us — . Zachariah ffield Providence in Roade Island Colony y 22d day of Januarey Anno : domini 1712/ii The mark of A The abovenamed AVilliam Steere Per- Abagall ffeild Sonally appeared and acknowledge ye The mark A of Ruth abovewritten Instrument to be his Thornton. Act & deede, before me Richard Water man, JuStice, / Recorded Januarey ye 23rd 1712/i3: tp Tho: Olney, Clerk. / [66] TO All Christian People before whome theSe preSents Shall Come; Know ye that I Roger Burllinggame of Providence in ye Colony of Roade Island & Providence Plantations in New England Sendeth Greeteing. KNOW Ye, that I Roger Burllinggame of Providence in ye Colony of Roade Island & Providence Plantations in New England Sendeth Greeteing. KNOAV Ye, That I the Said Roger Burllinggame, huSbandman for & in Consideration of Love good Will & affection I have & do bare toward my loveing & dutifull Son Thomas Burllinggame of the Same Towne & Colony' aboveSaid, huSbandman, Have Given Granted & by theSe preSents do freely Clearely & Absolutely Give & Grant unto the Said Thomas Burlling[ ] his Heirs Execu tors Administrators & ASsignes forEver ffifty Acres of land [ ] the PurchaSe of MoShantatuck in the TowneShipp of Providence in the [ ] aboveSaid, Scituate lieing & being at a Place Comonly Called PampeSet, [ ] Already laid out; And of Every Part & Parcell thereof do Exon- erat Aquit [ ] discharge the Said Thomas Burllinggame, his Heirs Executors Administrators [ ] [243] ASsignes forever by theSe preSents, To have & to hold all the aboveGranted premiSses with the Prive lidges Rights & Comodityes to ye Same belonging or anywayes appurtaineing; And I do by theeSe preSents warrant this My A'oluntary act & deede unto my Said Son Thomas Burllinggame his Heirs Executors Administrators & AS signes forever to be a Perfect & Reall EState of Inheritance with all the Prive lidges & appurtenances thereon or therein Contained; And at the time of the EnSealeing & delivery of theSe preSents I am the true Sole & lawfull Owner of all the aforeGranted PremiSses, & am lawfully Seized of & in ye Same in ffee Simple and therefore have of & in mySelfe full Power good Right & law- full Authority to diSpoSe the Same: I Say I have freely Given & Granted all the aboveMentioned unto my Sd Son Thomas Burllinggame his Heirs Ex ecutors Administrators & ASsignes without any interruption, Molestation Reservation or limitation ; And I do by theSe preSents Warrant it to be free and Cleare from any Other former Gift Grant Bargaine Sale leaSe Joynture Dower Mortgage Intaile Title Trouble or Incumbrance whatsoever had made done Suffered Procured or done by me the aboveSaid Roger Burllinggame or by My meanes Title ConSent or Procurement; And I do by theSe preSeNts warrant it unto the aboveSd Thomas Burllinggame his Heirs Executors Ad ministrators & ASsignes againSt MySelfe My Heirs Executors Administra tors & ASsignes or any other PerSon or PerSons lawfully Claiming the Same; And in WitneSs of this my Voluntary act & deede I have hereunto Set my hand & Seale this thirteenth day of January in the yeare of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred & twelve or Thirteene, & in the Eleventh yeare of the [67] Reigne of our Sovereign Lady Anne by the Grace of God of England Scotland ffrance & Ireland Queene, &c : Signed Sealed & delivered The mark of in the preSence of us Roger D Burlling- game L. S. JoSiah WeStcott Othniell Gorton. / Recorded January ye 31 : 1712/ia tp Tho: Olney Clerk./ Providence y 1: January 1712/i3 ReviSed yc bounds of Twenty Acres of land lieing on the EaSt Side of y Seven mile line Set by Sd Towne, Which land AVas purchased of Mr Samuell Wright of Sd Providence by Mr Gideon Crawford late of Sd Providence, de ceased, & is NOW in y6 poSSeSsion of ye Heirs of Said Gideon Crawford; Scit uate & being on ye Southwardly Side of ye Road which leads from AArayboSsett fo Bennitts Orchard; And bounding as followeth, The Southeastward!-7 Cornner being a black oake Tree Standing betwixt the two Ponds Called the Small Ponds; The South AATeStwardly Cornner is a large black Oake tree Marked; The Northwesterly Cornner is a black Oake Tree Marked, & Sd tree being one of Zache MathuSons Cornners, & from Sd black oake tree to Range along the Roade that leads from WeyboSset to Bennetts Orchard till Comes, to another black Oake tree Marked on two Sides AVhich is the North eastwardly Cornner: Sd land being in length Seventy five poles & in breadth forty two poles. The bounds ReviSed as aboveSaid, by me Thomas Olney jun" Surveior. / Recorded ffebruary ye 7th :1712/is: sP Tho: Olney Clerk./ The bounds ReviSed of Twenty acres of land upon the Right of Edward Cope, AA'hich Said land is Scituate lieing & being on y Southwardly Side of WanaSquatuckett River ; by, or neere the Path that goeth from AArayboSset to MaShapauge, & is bounded as followeth; begining at a black Oake Tree Marked being the SouthEaSt Cornner & Rangeth north & Eleven degrees AATeSt to a black Oake tree Marked being the NorthEaSt Cornner, it being 42 poles & y2 in that line and [244] and from thence to Range WeSt Seventy two poles to a black Oake tree Marked, being the North WeSt Cornner,' & from thence to Range South Eleven degrees EaSt 42 poles & y2 to a black Oake Tree Marked being the South WeSt Cornner; and from thence to Range EaStwardly With John ffields land to the firStmentioned bound ; ReviSed as aboveSd Jan uarey y firSt day 1712/i3

;.: One share of Commoning equal with any purchaser in the town of Providence. 86 The land situated and lying westwardly from the town of Providence about three miles distant and between the river called Wanasquatuekett River and the land of Richard Burdin of Portsmouth. [110] Nov. 18, 1712 Oct. 23, 1712 Feb. 14, 1711-12 Feb. 14, 1711-12 Jan. 1, 1712-13 May 22, 1700 Jan. 1, 1712-13 June 2, 1690 Jan. 13, 1712-13 Oct. 7, 1685 Dec. 3, 1685 Nov. 4, 1685 Jan. 13, 1712-13 Jan. 1, 1712-13 ' Dec. 22, 1712 Cartwright, Sams Clarke, Jacob Congdon, Benjamin, Jr, Cope, Edward Crawford, Gideon Instrument. Daily, John Dexter, AliceJohn Everenden, Anthony Feb. 11, 1711-12 Fenner, Thomas DeedDeed Deed DeedRevision GrantRevision Deed Deed Return Return ReturnDeed RevisionRevisionReturn Con veyed. From From From From Name. From To To To William Steere Joseph Carpenter Abel Potter Rachel Potter Majestrates and Town Council Anne Pratt John Paine John Paine [Ill] Page. Description. 64 Forty acres of land west side of Seven Mile Line ; also one-half of seven acres and a half, lying westwardly not past half a mile from Wayunkheag Hill. 74 One-half of a thirteenth part of the lands belonging to the Proprietors of Pautuxett on the western side of Pauchaset River in the township of Providence. 45 A farm containing fifty-seven acres of land lying in that part of the country called Mashantatuck, 45 A farm containing fifty-seven acres of land lying in that part of the country called Mashantatuck. 67 Bounds of twenty acres of land upon right of Edward Cope being on south wardly side of Wanasquatuekett River. 48 Land formerly owned by Thomas Waters, afterwards seized and sold by said Majestrates for support of said Waters' wife and child. 67 Bounds of twenty acres of land being on the east side of the Seven Mile Line on the southerly side of the road which leads from Waybossett to Bennitt's orchard. 69 Fifty acre* of land lying at Crookefall, butting upon the river. 79 A certain parcel of land namely Boggey Meadow lying and being in Providence at or near a place called Macipauge. Six acres and a half of land lying in the Neck. Fifty acres of land lying westward from Moshausuck River partly between Broad Pond and said river. 8 Six acres and a half of land lying in the Neck. .1 A certain parcel of land namely Boggey Meadow lying and being in Providence at or near a place called Macipauge. 68 Bounds of sixty acres on east side of Seven Mile Line— lying near Long Pond. 68 Bounds of forty-five acres on east side of the Seven Mile Line near Benedicts Meadow. 11 Settling of certain bounds between Proprietors of Providence and Proprietors of Pautuxett. [112] Feb. 11, 1711-12 June 5, 1712 July 7, 1709 June 22, 1711 Dec. 31, 1712 Dec. 31, 1712 Dec. 31, 1712 Dec. 81, 1712 Dec. 30, 1712 Dec. 30, 1712 Feb. 25, 1711-12 Feb. 11, 1711-12 Jan. 14, 1707-8 March 3,1712-13 Field, Thomas Zachariah G-arnet, Thomas Hardin, John Stephen Harris, Andrew Instrument. Return Agreement Return Deed Deed Deed Deed Deed Deed DeedDeed Return Deed Deed Con veyed. From Ephraim Smith To Stephen Hardin From From To From From To Stephen Hardin John Hardin John Hardin Samuel Whipple Thomas Whipple James Angell To John King To Joseph Whipple [113 ] Page. Description. 11 Settling of certain bounds between Proprietors of Providence and Proprietors of Pautuxett. 47 About a dividing line between said Field's land and Timothy Carpenter's, lying at a place called Pumcansett. 81 Relaid ninety-eight acres and three quarters of land which had been laid out for merly but the bounds being lost. Dwelling house and parcel of land of about twenty-five acres about four miles westward from Salt Water Harbor. 58 A quantity of land containing fifty acres situated on the westwardly side of Mo- shausuck River between it and Robbins Brook; thirty-eight acres on the west wardly side of Windmill Hill and twelve acres on the easterly side of Wind mill Hill. 60 One hundred and forty-six acres on the west side of Seven Mile Line, near the place called Nipshachuck. 58 A quantity of land containing fifty acres situated on the westwardly side of Mo- shausuck River between it and Robbins Brook ; thirty-eight acres on the west wardly side of AVindmill Hill and twelve acres on the easterly side of Wind mill Hill. 60 One hundred and forty-six acres on the west side of the Seven Mile Line, near the place called Nipshachuck. r-i: A share of meadow situated in the town of Providence called Great Meadow. fa A share of meadow situated in the town of Providence called Great Meadow. 1 6 Two hundred and thirty-four acres on the southern side of the land that parts the lands of Providence from the lands of Pautuxett and on the eastward side of Pauchasett River. 11 Settling of certain bounds between Proprietors of Providence and Proprietors of Pautuxett. 36 A certain tract of land belonging to the Proprietors of Pautuxett. q-2 Forty acres being part of the land that the Proprietors of Pautuxett are to take in Providence Commons, in retaliation for land which some of the Pro nators of Providence have formerly taken up within Pautuxett land. [114] Date. Name. Instrument. Con veyed. Name. March 17, 1712 Inman, Edward Deed To John Inman March 17, 1712 John Deed From Edward Inman Jan. 14, 1711-12 Jencks, Ebenezer Agreement Feb. 25, 1711-12 u Bond To Purchasers Jan. 14, 1711-12 Nathaniel Agreement Feb. 25, 1711-12 '' Forty acres being part of the land that the Proprietors of Pautuxett are to take up in Providence Commons in retaliation for land which some of the Propri etors of Providence have formerly taken up within Pautuxett land. I'.i One half of a forty foot lot and also half a right of thatch. I Six acres and a half being in the Neck between Great Swampe and Providence town fields ; also twenty-nine acres near Broad Pond and Great Meadow. Two acres adjoining west side of Pautuckett River; thirty-one acres and a half on west side of Moshausuck River near place called World's End. Sixteen acres of land situated in tract of land called the Neck — between Upper Bailys Cove and Pautuckett River. One acre and thirty-five poles in tract of land called the Neck. 56 A share of meadow situated in the town of Providence called Great Meadow. [126] Dec. 26, 1712 Jan. 17, 1701-2 Dec. 30, 1712 Dec. 26, 1712 Dec. 26, 1712 Dec. 26, 1712 March 22, 1711- 12 Feb. 11, 1711-12 Feb. 11, 1711-12 Aug. 6, 1711 Jan. 23, 1712-13 Nov. 25, 1709 Whipple, Samuel Samuel, Sr. Thomas Whitman, Valentine Wight, Benjamin Wilkinson, Samuel Williams, Joseph Peleg Winsor, Samuel Instrument. Deed Deed Deed Deed Deed DeedReturn Return DeedReturn Return Con veyed. Deed To To ToTo From From To To Valentine Whitman John Thornton Stephen Hardin Valentine Whitman Samuel Whipple Thomas Whipple Morris Brock Benjamin Potter [ 127 ] Page. Description. 75 A certain lot or tract of land being on the west side of the Seven Mile Line, in quantity one hundred and fifty acres, lying part on the south side and part on the north side of Punhungansett Branch or River. 13 Fifteen acres of land three miles west from Salt Water Harbor at Neotaconko nitt Hill. 56 A share of meadow situated in the town of Providence called Great Meadow. 75 A certain lot or tract of land being on the west side of the Seven Mile Line, in quantity one hundred and fifty acres, lying part on the south side and part on the north side of Punhungansett Branch or River. 75 A certain lot or tract of land being on the west side of the Seven Mile Line, in quantity one hundred and fifty acres — lying part on the south side and part on the north side of Punhungansett Branch or River. 75 A certain lot or tract of land being on the west side of the Seven Mile Line, in quantity one hundred and fifty acres, lying part on the south side and part on the north side of Punhungansett Branch or River. 90 One hundred acres of land lying and being in that part of the township of Provi dence which was agreed to belong to the Proprietors of Wesquodnicke — be ing at a meadow called the Flaggey Piece. 11 Settling of certain bounds between Proprietors of Providence and Proprietors of Pautuxett. 11 Settling of certain bounds between Proprietors of Providence and Proprietors of Pautuxett. 91 A certain tract or parcel of meadow containing about ten acres within the tract of Pautuxet lands. 69 Ten acres of land near place called Sekesacut on the east side of the Seven Mile Line. Twenty-six acres at and adjoining his farm at Maswasacut. YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 3 9002 03076 6969 dd