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Know all men by these presents, that I Benjamin Barton of the town of Warren in the county of Bristol and state of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, Esquire in consideration of the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars to me well & truly paid by Benjamin Barton Junior of the same Warren county and state aforesaid yeoman the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby grant, sell and convey unto the said Benjamin Barton Junior the several lots of land lying & being in Warren aforesaid butted & bounded as follows. Viz lot no.1 beginning at southwest corner of land of Benjamin Bosworth & running west by the highway to the corner of my land thence turning & running north by the highway up to land of Daniel Rounds thence east by land of said Daniel Rounds & Oliver Rounds, thence southerly by land of William Brown & Thomas Burden, thence easterly by land of Thomas Burden to land of Joseph Barton, thence southerly by land of said Joseph Barton & Benjamin Bosworth to the first mentioned boundery. Lot no.2 begining at land of Thomas Burden and runing easterly by the highway to the land of David Barton, thence southerly & easterly by land of the said David Barton to land of Edward Gardner, thence southerly to the corner of my land by said Gardner land, thence westerly by said Gardners land to land of Thomas Burden, thence northerly & westerly by said Burdens land to the first mentioned boundery. Lot no.3 begining at the northwest corner of land of Thomas Burden and runing southerly by said Burdens land & land of David Barton to land of the grantee, thence westerly by said grantee land to his northwest corner, thence by the said grantee outherly to land of James Sisson, thence westerly by said Sissons land to the river, thence northerly by said river & cove to land of Holden Mason, thence easterly by said Mason's land to the first mentioned boundery being about one hundred acres int he whole be the same more or less with all the buildings thereon standing, and all the privileges & appurtences thereunto belonging of what name or nature forever.
To have and to hold the same to the said Benjamin Barton Junior his heirs and assigns to his and their use and behoof forever.
And I do covenant with the said Benjamin Barton Junior his heirs and assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises, that they are free of all incumbrances, and that I have good right to sell ad convey the same to the said Benjamin Barton Junior and that I will warrant and defend the same to the said Benjamin Barton Jr. his heirs and assigns forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighteenth day of December in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve and of American Independence
Benjamin Barton Esq
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us,
Joseph Adams, Daniel Bradford
Bristol ss. 1812
Warren December 19th
Then the above-named Benjamin Barton Esq personally appearing, acknowledged the above-written instrument to be his voluntary act and deed, before me,
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Received this DEED for record December the twenty second AD. 1812 at forty five minutes past four o'clock afternoon the same in recorded in book No. 4 of Land Evidence for Warren page 371
Witness Samuel Randall Town Clerk
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Benjamin Barton Jr. to Benjamin Barton Esq
