Deed from Benjamin and Rebekah Cole to Benjamin and Richard Barton (1773)

Front

Front

Name/Title

Deed from Benjamin and Rebekah Cole to Benjamin and Richard Barton (1773)

Entry/Object ID

2025.02.18.06

Tags

Grant, Legal

Description

Deed of sale

Made/Created

Date made

Jun 7, 1773

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Front of item

Transcription

Know all men by these presents that we Benjamin Cole the 2nd of Swansey [Swansea] in the county of Bristol in the Provence of the Masachusetts [Massachusetts] Bay Gentelman and Rebeckah my wife for and in consideration of the sum of twenty two pounds eighteen shillings paid by Benjamin Barton and Richard Barton both of Warren in the County of Bristol in the Colony of Rhode Island yeoman we have remised released and forever quit all such right title clame or demand which we had now have or ought to have in or to the estate both real and personal of our honoured father Captain Benjamin Barton late of Warren deceased died leased of to them said Benjamin Barton and Richard Barton their heirs and assigns forever so that neither we the said Benjamin Cole and Rebeckah my wife our heirs executors or administrators nor any person or persons claming by or under us shall have any right title or interest in or to said premises but shall be forever excluded and bared from the same. In witness whereof we have hereunto sett our hands and seals this seventh day of June A.D. 1773 Benjamin Cole 2nd Rebekah Cole Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us David Barton [illegible] Brown

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Deed

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Muniment

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Legal Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

deeds

Dimensions

Height

6-5/8 in

Width

7-1/4 in

Material

Paper

Location

Location

Cabinet

Display Case 101

Room

Charles Whipple Greene Historical Collection

Building

George Hail Free Library

Date

August 12, 2025

Location

Box

Document Box 11

Area

Museum Floor Landing

Building

George Hail Free Library

Date

February 18, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Benjamin Barton, Richard Barton, Benjamin Cole

Related Places

Place

City

Warren

State/Province

Rhode Island

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Exhibition

Warren During the Revolutionary War

Create Date

February 18, 2025

Update Date

August 12, 2025