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East Greenwich
March 19th, 1680-81
Samuell Bennett John Spencer John Spencer Towne Clerke.
John Tift-Will.
... Thirtith day of November ... one Thowsand six hundred seventy & four ... unto my sonn in law, Samuell Wilson my now dwelling house in Pettacomscutt ... with my house lott ... of Twenty Acres ... with all yards gardens Clossures ... that my wife Mary Tift shall have all my Cattell or Chattells ... two Oxen two Cowes, two yearling Steers, Eight of swine kind, and one Ewe & a lamb ... with all moveables of house- hold Stuff, ... my Sonn Samuell Tift shall have two shillings and my Sonn Joshua Tift ... one shilling, and my daughter Tabiatha Tift one Shilling, as alsoe one Iron pott ... Wit.
John X Tift his marke
William Hiffernan
Allexander X King his marke. ... Satisfyed .. . Octo. 19th 1679:
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Mary X Tift her marke Tabiathy X Gardner her
marke
James Donallsone his marke X
[247] George Sissons land bounded.
Wee ... are ... appointed ... by the freemen of. .. Portsmouth ... to ... straighten the lines of mens lands ... and alsoe of former lines lost, ... being desired by George Sisson of said Towne, to run the head line of his farme, by him lately pur- chassed of mr William Browne, mr Benjamin Browne &c which ... formerly belonginge to the late ... mr William Bren- ton (& called Midleford) ... lyinge in ... Towneship of Ports- mouth ... at the North-west Corner by a white oak-tree stand- ing in Mathew Bordens Stone wall, ... and from the white oake on a streite line Southerly to a great black oak standing neer the old raile fence, and ... on a streite line Southerly to a Stake by us sett by Anthony Shaws stone wall, and standeth about thirteen foot to the westward of an old hollow wind shaken ash stump that hath some liveing branches; and from that stake southerly wee have. .. sett the Remaininge part ... by stakes pitcht and marked trees the whole length .. . Eight day of February 1682-3 :
Francis X Brayton his marke John Sanford:
George Lawton John Albro John X Brigs senr. his marke
[248] John Warner to Gidion Freeborne.
... John Warner of ... Warwick ... for ... forty and three pounds Sterling mony of New England ... by Gidion Free- borne of Portsmouth Yeoman .. . paid. . . Have .. . Sold ... Three. . . quarters ... of a purchass share ... lying ... to the westward of the bounds of the Towneship of . . . Warwick, ... called ... Coweesitt (there being seventeen shares in the whole purchass) ... two and twentith day of December. . . 1682 ...
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Only Excepting ... seven hundred and fifty acres out of this ... sale ...
Wit.
John Warner.
Caleb Arnold
Henry Timberlake :
Wm Manchester & Mathew Greenehill to Thomas Ward. ... William Manchester of Punkatest ... planter, and Mathew Greenehill of Portsmouth ... Maulster ... for ... Thirty pounds Currant Silver mony of New England. . . paid ... By Thomas Ward of Newport. . . Merchant. . . Have ... sold ... one Moiety ... of a share or thirtith part of all ... land at Pocassett ... bounded ... Northward and westward by the freemens lotts neer the fall river partly by Tanton River, Southwestward by the bay or sound that runnith between the said land and Rhode-Island, southward partly by a line that is sett at a great Rock on which is a ceder bush marked neer the way that leadith to Punckatest and partly by the North line of the Towne of Dartmouth, and North Eastward up into the woods to Midleburough Towne bounds and Quitquissitt pond, and the west line of the ... Towne of Dartmoth, (always Ex- cepted Out of this .. . Sale Suppowitt neck ... and the medows belonging to Punkatest proprietors, and the land ... granted by ... Plymouth to Captn. Richard morris) ... which ... Land .. . William Manchester with ... others ... purchassed of ... Plymouth. .. Deed. . . bearinge date March 5th 1679-80 :.. . sixt day of October ... one Thowsand six hundred Eighty and two:
Wit.
Phillip Smith
William X Manchester his marke
Thomas X Manchester
Mathew X Greenhill
his marke
his marke
Mary Billing
... William Manchester and Mathew Greenhill ... acknowl- idged ... October 6th 1682: Before
peleg Sanford Governor.
[249] Samuell Hickes to Thomas Ward.
... Samuell Hickes of Dartmouth ... for ... four pounds of
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Currant Silver mony of New England ... paid ... by Thomas Ward of Newport. . . have. . . sold ... percell of lands lyinge ... in the .. . Towne of Dartmouth. .. twenty Acres and bounded ... on the North by the land of. . . Thomas Ward on the East by salt medows belonging to .. . Thomas Ward and salt water, on the south by a hie way, on the west by undevided lands as it is now layd out, ... with all. . . buildings Orchards .. . four- teenth day of March ... One Thowsand six hundred Eighty and two
Wit.
Stephen Mumford Mary Arnold Mary Billing :
Samuell X Hickes his marke
. Samuell Hickes. . . acknowledged. . .
Walter Clarke Dept Governor. [250] Samuell Wilson to Thomas Ward.
... Samuell Wilson of Pettacomscutt ... Twenty pounds Cur- rant Silver mony .. . paid ... By Thomas Ward of Newport ... Have ... Sould ... the forty and two part of all ... lands both upland and Medow land. . . within. . . Petaquamscutt. . . bounded .. . by the sea from point Judith to Petticomscutt River, and soe to the head of the pond called Quaskakaon- kanuck which pond lyeth about Northwest from the Mill, and from that pond on a Northwest line six miles alsoe on a west line drawne from the head of the Cove North of Point Judith Neck six miles and a halfe, and soe on a straight line from the head of the afore-said Northwest line unto the head of the said west line of six miles and a halfe, and thence on the same straight line to the sea or south shore, and on the south by the sea, (reserveing out of the ... whole tract according to proportion Eight hundred acres to be layd out to the heires ... of Benedict Arnold and Samuell Wilbore by an Agree- ment of the Company of purchassers ... ) which said forty two part Containeth ... seven hundred acres, ... with all ... woods waters, ... fourteenth day of December ... One Thows- and six hundred Eighty two: - Wit.
Samuell Wilson
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John X Phillips his marke William Hiscox
... Samuell Wilson ... acknowledged the above ... Before me Walter Clarke Dpt Govr.
[252] George Sisson to John Cooke.
... George Sisson of ... Portsmouth ... for ... the makeing of .forty seven Rods of good Suffitient Stone wall, By John Cooke son of the late deceassed Captn Thomas Cooke of ... Portsmouth, ... Have ... sold ... land lying ... within the bounds of ... Portsmouth Containeing one Acre and a halfe ... on the Northward by a Straight line runninge westward as the Northerly line of the lands latly belonging to the de- ceassed Thomas Cooke senr. Extends, and soe from the uper Corner of that line to the hie way, Eastward and Southward upon the afore-said lands latly belonging to. . . Thomas Cooke senr, and westward is bounded by the hie way ... twelfth day of May .. . One Thowsand six hundred Eighty three -. Wit.
George Sisson
John Sanford James X Hall his marke:
Peter Talman to Thomas Durfee.
... Peter Talman junior late ... of Portsmouth Now of the Towne of Gilford in the County of New Haven ... Conecti- cutt ... Cor-wainer ... for ... Twelve pounds of Currant mony of New England. . . paid by Thomas Durfee of . . . Portsmouth . . . Yeoman. . . Have ... sold ... Land lyinge ... in the place called the Comon fence in. . . Portsmouth. . . Eight Acres. .. bounded Northwardly by the land of Richard Bulger East- wardly by Pocassett River, Southwardly by the humuck Comonly Called Samuell Hutchinsons humuck, Westwardly by the great Cove ... alsoe the full Right of a hie way [pur- chassed of Richard Bular (as Exprest in writeing) ... Eight day of June ... One Thowsand Six hundred Eighty three -: Wit.
Peter Talman
John Sanford
Mary Sanford
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[253] Thomas Lynch to Captn Thomas Paine. (Jemeco Ss)
Sr. Thomas Lynch Knight One of the Gentlemen of his Majties. Bed Chamber Capt. Genll. and Governor. in Chiefe of this his Majties. Island of Jameco and Territories ... de- pending & Vice Admiral to his Royal Highness James Duke of Yorke in the American Seas.
... I am Informed there are severall Pyratte that have most barbarously Murthered divers of his Majties. Subjects: robed others & taken severall Vessalls ... not ... pretending ... to have any Comission of Warr: These are .. . to Authoreize you Captn Thomas Paine Comander of the Frigatt Pearle. to Seize ... kill and distroy the said Pyratts and their ships ... I ... Assure you and yor men .. . you shall have all the favour they cann Expect or I Render you and them. . . 13th day of October 1682:
By his Excelency Comand-) Thomas Lynch.
Henry Harrington Sery :)
I have by his Exelly's Order
affixed the seale of the Admiralty:
[two Illegible signatures]
[254] Thomas Manchester to Mathew Borden.
Thomas Manchester of. . . Portsmouth. . . Black-smith. .. . for ... Thirty seven Pounds in Currant New-England mony ... paid by Mathew Borden of. .. Portsmouth Yeoman, ... Hath ... Sold, ... one halfe ... of one whole share or thireth part of all. .. land at Pocassett .. . bounded ... Northward and Westward by the freemens Lotts neer the fall River and Westward by the Bay or sound tht Runneth between the said Land and Rhode Island. Southward partly by a line that is sett at a great Rock on which is a Seader Bush marked neer the way. that leadith to Punckatest, Eastward to a pond at a Dartmouth Towne Bounds and Westward to Sapowett Creeks mouth, and partly by Dartmouth bounds, and Northward up into the woods to Midlebury Towne bounds and Quitquissitt Pond (alwaies Exceptinge Out of this .. . Suppowett neck ... and Medows belonginge to Punckatest proprietors and the
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land formerly granted by ... Plymouth to Capt. Richard Morris, and soe much ... as shall be ... for the use of the ministry ) ... which ... Land William Manchester with ... others. . . purchassed of ... Plymouth, ... Deed ... beareing date March 5th 1679-1680. .. twelfth day of February. . . 1682 Wit.
Thomas X Manchester junr. his marke
John Sanford February 12th 1682-3. . . Mary the wife John X Manchester of ... Thomas Manchester ... consent to his marke. ... . sale ...
Wm. Cadman Assistant. [255] John Pocoke to Captn John Browne.
... John Pocoke ... of Newport ... for ... Ninty Pounds of Currant New-England Silver mony ... paid by Captn John Browne of ... Swansey in the Collony of Plymouth. . . Have ... sold ... a Certaine house or Tennement with the Lott of Land it stands upon within the Towne of Newport ... bounded ... on the North by the street on the West by the Lott of ... Thomas Rodman, on the East by ... Land ... of John Holmes on the South by a Lott ... of Christopher Almy ... forty foot square .. . if .. . John Pocoke .. . pay .. . unto ... Captn John Browne ... before the last ... of October ... One Thowsand six hundred Eighty and Eight ... Ninty pounds of Currant New England Silver mony with .. . interest .. . annu- ally .. . this .. . Deed ... shall be voyd and of none Efect ... Twenty second day of June ... One Thowsand Six hundred Eighty and three.
Wit.
John Pocoke.
Andrew Willett.
Thomas Terrey.
John Pocoke ... 28th of July ... acknowlidged the above ... Caleb Carr Assistant. [256] Thomas Deane to George Sisson.
... Thomas Deane of London Merchant One of the Execu- tors of the .. . Will ... of Joseph Browne late of Charles Towne ... in the Massachussets Collony ... Clerke deced and Anne wife of ... Thomas Deane ... Doe ... Surrender ... unto
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George Sisson of Portsmouth .. . Rhode Island. . . Yeoman ... percell of Land or farme Comonly Called. . . Middleford Farme, ... within ... Portsmouth. . . lately belonging to ... Joseph Browne deceasd .... two hundred and Forty Acres ... And .. . Doe .. . Ratefy .. . The ... sale ... from William Browne and Benjan. Browne the other Executors ... and Peter Ser- jeant as Attorney ... unto ... George Sisson. . . Thirteenth day of August. . . 1683. . . Wit.
Joseph Dudly John Richards.
Tho : Deane
Ann Deane
[257] Nathanill Sylvester to James Lloyd.
... my son in law James Lloyd of Boston Mercht. hath ... sett over unto me. Nathaniell Silvester of Shelter Island all his Right ... to Horse Necke lying in the bounds of ... Oyster Bay with the Medows at the South. . . I doe. .. at the Request of James Lloyd .. . give him a Deed of sale for ... Horse Necke and Premises, ... Shelter Island Novemr. the 5th 1678: Wit. Nathaniell Sylvester
G. Sylvester
Nathll Sylvester.
... 30th of August 1680: Gyles Silvester and Nathaniell Syl- vester ... above ... was ... act of Nathaniell Sylvester their father .. .
Peleg Sanford Governor.
George Sisson to Henry Brightman.
... George Sisson of ... Dartmouth ... for ... one hundred and sixty two pounds Currant mony of New England. . . payd ... by ... Henry Brightman of ... Portsmouth. . . Have. . . sold ... Land ... within ... Towneship of Portsmouth ... adjoyninge to the Hunting Swamp Containeing .. . Forty five acres ... by me purchassed of William Wood Thirty Acres thereof now in the posession of me ... the rest ... being now in the posession of Hugh Parsons his wife and after her decease-Shall Returne to Henry Brightman ;... the aforesaid forty five Acres of ... Land ... bounded-Easterly by the late deceassed Thomas Lawtons Hunting Swamp farme, Southerly by the Land of
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William Correy, Westerly partly upon the land of the said Correy and part on the Comon, Northerly ... by the hie way and Comon, ... with all ... Mansion or dwelling houses, barnes, Outhouses fruite trees Orchards. . . third day of March ... One Thowsand six hundred Eighty one.
Wit.
George Sisson
John Sanford
Isaac Lawton.
February 6t 1683 ... George Sisson .. . ac- knowlidged. . .
George Lawton Assistant
February the 6t 1682-3. .. Sarah the wife of ... George Sisson ... Consent ... to ... Deed ...
George Lawton Assistant
[259] John Williams acquitts Thomas Terry.
... John Williams of Boston. .. Mercht. Doe acquitt ... Thomas Terry of Block Island alias New-Shorrum of all debts ... 29 of August 1677 :... doe alsoe discharge .. . Terry as Attorny to Captn Williams from the debt of William Harris
Wit.
Jno Williams.
his John X Rathbone marke
George Halsall : John Green to James Greene.
... John Green of Aquidnesett .. . in the Narragansett Cuntry ... thirtie shillings in Currant mony of New England to be paid .. . Yearly .. .. unto John Green ... and after his decease to Joane Greene. his wife ... By James Greene (the natural son of John and Joan Greene ... ) ... Have Given ... Land ... lying ... at Aquednessett ... now in the posession of ... James Greene. . . sixty Acres. .. bounded. .. Northerly by the land ... John Greene Easterly by quidnesett harbour. South- erly by a River or brook and land of Daniell Greene, and Westerly by a hie way, ... with all ... wood, ... Quarries, ...
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water courses, buildings ... at the decease of ... John and Joane Greene. . . James Greene. . . shall have. . . the .. . Prem- ises forever ... Twenty fourth day of March ... one Thowsand six hundred Eighty & one or two ...
John Greene Wit.
Henry X Tibbitts his marke. Arthur Aylworth John Nutsn :
John Greene. . . 24th of march 1681-82 acknowledged this. .. John Foanes Wardn. [261] Job Almy to Jedidiah Allin.
... Job Almy of ... Portsmouth ... for ... forty five pounds Currant mony of New England ... paid by Jedidiah Allin of ... Sandwich in the Collony of New-Plymouth ... doe .. . sell ... share of land ... in the Towneship of Shrosebury in the Government of East Gersey (Excepting Only in this ... sale a house lott ... neer the Meeting house in ... Shrosebury and a percell of medows formerly sold by John Chamnies) The great lott alredy devided ... adjoyninge to the land belonging to the Children of the deceassed Bartholmew West ... with all ... medows ... Premisses ... are cleer ... from all ... Incumber- ances ... Especially from any thing acted Concerning the premisses by my brother Christopher Almy -... Eight day of November ... One Thowsand six hundred Eighty three: Wit.
Job Almy Mary Almy
John Sanford Mary Sanford Eliphall Sanford.
Job Almy ... with his wife Mary ... did acknowlidge this ... 28th of January 1683
John Albro Assistant [262] Mamanuett to Daniell Wilcock.
.. . Mamanewot Chife Sachem & Proprietor of Saconett and the lands adjacent .. . for ... many ... Curtecies ... in the time of my great distress ... which ... amount to the Vallue of ... one hundred Pounds .. . Give .. . unto my ... friend ... one hun-
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dred Acres of land ... unto ... mr Daniell Wilcock of Naum- quid ... bounded ... Eastwardly with partly Dartmouth line and partly with the River, Southerly with a Swamp Called. . . Semsuett, Easterly from that spring to the Salt river, and westerly from the spring up the hill till we came to a small Indian field to a heap of stones, and from that stone heap Northerly till we come to a great white oake tree; which standith in the line between Aldermans land and the land mentioned in this Present Deed, ... Northerly with Alder- mans land till we come to a black oake neer the great River, ... Twenty third day of June ... one Thowsand Six hundred Eighty three :- Wit.
The marke of Sachem Mamanuett X
Thomas Gatchell
Joshua Rawlins.
The marke X of John
Mamuetts son and heire
to the said Sachem.
Richard Bulgar
Sachem Mamiett ... owned this .. . 26 of June 1683
John Albro Assistant [263] Mamamutt to Alderman.
.. . Mamamutt Chiefe Sachem and Proprietor of Saconett ... for ... service done ... in the late warr ... doe ... Give ... an Indian Called ... Alderman now liveing neer Punckatest pond ... one hundred Acres ... bounded ... the Northermust line devideth the two Townships of Pocassett and Saconett land East ... with dartmouth line, Southeast with a Black oake, westerly till it coms to a white Oake marked on four-sides and from thence to a Red Oake more westerly Standing neer to the top of a hill,. .. Twenty two day of June ... One Thows- and six hundred Eighty three -.
Wit.
The marke X of Sachem
Thomas Gatchell Joshua Rawlins
. Mamamewot
The marke X of John Mamanuett
son of ... Sachim
the marke of
The marke of Isaac
Daniel X Wilcocke upon
Isacke an Indian the Request of the Sachem.
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[264] Testamony of Elizabeth Gould.
... it hath been .. . reported. .. That William Coggeshall. .. of Portsmouth ... was Only the Reputed son of mr John Cog- geshall of ... Newport ... I Elisabeth Gould Now wife of Thomas Gould of Kings Town .. . the Only Naturall Mother of ... William Coggeshall, And formerly wife unto ... mr John Coggeshall: Doe declare. .. That ... mr John Coggeshall ... is the Only Naturall father of .. . William Coggeshall. .. begett ... before I was Parted from him being then his wife :.. .
Upon Oath the 4th of Septembr .. . . 1684. Before me Will. Coddington Govr John Dunham to John Brigs.
... John Dunham Senr. of the Towne of Plymouth, .. . Yeo- man ... For ... Forty and two pounds ... paid by John Brigs Senr of .. . Portsmouth. . . Yeoman. . . have. . . Sold. .. all my Lott ... in the places Comonly Called ... by the Indian Names of Acushnett Coaksett ... in the Jurisdiction of Plymouth .. . with all ... woods waters Medows ... to be Houlden as of his Majtie. his manner of East Greenwich ... sixt day of October . . . 1662
Wit.
John Dunham.
Nathaniell Morton
The marke of
X Jonathan Pratt.
[265] Peter Bussecot grant confirmed to John Warner.
.. . Peter Bussecot of .. . Warwick. .. yeares since. .. Did Grant ... unto mr Ezekiell Hollyman deceased, ... One parcell of Land or house lott scittuate .. . in ... the Town of Warwick bounded on the North Side with a small brook or river, and Easterly by the street directly over aginst mr. Hollymans former dwelling and bounded southerly by the Comon, and also Westerly bounded by the Comon. And. .. as John Warner of the Town ... above-said is the ... heire unto mr Ezekiell Hollyman his Grand father by Parantage; I. . . Doe .. . Ratefy ... my ... Bargain ... tenth day of March. . . 1681-2: Wit.
Moses Lippit.
Peter X Bussecot his marke
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Hugh X Stone
his marke.
Phillip Sweet to John Warner.
.. Phillip Sweet Now Resident in Kings Town. . . by the Con- sent of my father James Sweet senr. of. . . Kings Town ... for ... full satisfaction ... Paid ... by John Warner of ... War- wick ... doe ... sell ... a house Lott ... twelve Acres ... in ... Warwick Town, butting Easterly upon the main street of the said Town and joyning Northerly upon sd John Warners land, which he the said Warner now dwellith upon, the brook being only between, And southerly by a hie way and Comon, And alsoe one Township Right in all undevided Lands belong- ing to the said Town, and also a share of boggy medow On the Easterly Side of the Spruce Swamp, And a share of bog- gie medow at Touskeounk on the southerly side of the River called Patuxet river the which two ... shares of boggy medow ... are. . . Known. .. by the Names of James Sweets medow, with halfe the third Lott in Number layd out in Potowomett Neck lately by John Smith Surveyer ... the above said twelve acre Lott and Township being first granted by sd Town unto Peter Bussecot. .. Excepting Only all my Right of Lands upon the Northerly side of Patuxett River within the Township of sd Warwick ... I ... by the consent of my father ... and ... of my mother Mary Sweet. . . Doe. . . absolutely. .. disclaim ... tenth ... of September ... One Thowsand six hundred Eighty and four, ...
Wit.
John Potter James Green junr. Nathaniell Osband
the marke of Phillip X Sweet his marke
James X Sweet her marke Mary X Sweet
Received from Mordica Bouden.
... Peleg Sanford Esq. Recovered a Judgment against Mor- dica Bouden of Rhode Isle of Thirty five pounds ... due to mr John Winslow deceassed ... after said Bowdens long Im- prisonment severall Charges did arise, and he was forced to take part of a small house and land ... which ... amounts to
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but Eighteen pound. . . December 16: 1684.
Elisha Hutchinson Administrator to the Estate of Jos. Winslow [267] Testemony of John Sanford and John Porter. ... the litle Island lying in the bay on the North side of the Wading River was given mr Dyre by the Purchassers 31 October 1650
Jno Sanford ... above ... were by my fathers Order ... by me written my father then being very sick. . . 4th of October 1669
John Sanford. ... as wee put along by the afore-said Island the Purchassers gave the. . . Island to mr William Dyre No. 1. 1650.
John Porter.
Testemony of Roger Williams and Captn Randall Houldon. Newport. .. 10 Novembr 1664 (ut vulg)
... Roger Williams being acquainted ... with the first Concep- tion Birth and Growth of Rhode Island (alias Aquednick) doe Asert ... that by ... the first Purchassers of Rhode Island ... the little Island Comonly Called Dyres Island was from the first and allways (Some times in Meriment) but always in Earnist granted. . . mr William Dyre of Newport ...
Roger Williams Asista : Captn Randall Houldon of Warwick ... aged 57 years. .. the Purchassers gave that litle Island Called Dyres Island to mr William Dyre senr that was then one of us. .. 24th day of June 1669:
by me John Cranston Assistant.
Testemony of William Coddington and others.
... wee the Purchassers of Rhode Island (my selfe being the chief) William Dyre desireing a spot of land of us as we passed by it, after we had Purchassed the said Island, did grant him our Right in the said Island and Named it Dyres Island ... October 18th 1669:
William Coddington ... Richard Carder being a Purchassers doe own the above writeinge :
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November 2th 1669 by me Richard Carder. William Cooley aged 66 years ... Testefieth that in the first year of the setling of this Plantation of Newport he being Master of a boat and Jeffery Champlin and Richard Serles being of his Company, and stopping at the Island Called Dyres Island mr William Dyre in Presence of them took posession of the said Dyres Island. . . 6th of December 1669:
John Green Assistant. [268] William Dyre to William Dyre.
... William Dyre of Newport ... Gent. .. Do ... Give ... my ... Sonn William Dyre, ... my Island ... Called Dyres Island lying and being scittuated in Narrogansett Bay upon the Northern side of Rhode-Island over against Prudence Island. . . fifth day of August ... One Thowsand six hundred and seventie Wit. William Dyre.
Daniell King 1670
John Pertens.
William Browning to Thomas Manchester.
.. . William Browning of ... Portsmouth. .. husbandman. .. for ... a Bargain of Exchange of a percell of land lying ... in Punkatest ... made with Thomas Manchester junr. of ... Portsmouth Black Smith ... Doe ... Grant, ... two percells of Land lying. .. in the. .. Township of Portsmouth the One par- cell Containing Twenty Acres ... bounded Northward on the Swamp or Comon, Eastward upon the great Road or hie way goeing towards Newport, Southward on land latly belonging to William Cadman, and Westward on the land of Gidion Freeborne the other parcell ... Containing five Acres ... be- tween me and my sisters is butted ... between the land of Gidion Freeborn where he now dwellith and the land now ... in the posession of Mathew Greenell. .. with all .. . Medows woods trees gardens Orchards, ... ninteenth day of March ... 1684-5 Wit.
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