Rhode Island Land Evidences
1648 -1696
Pub. R. I. Hist. Soc 1921
Pub. Baltimore 1970
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Newport the 8th day of February 1648....I Richard Knight of Newport doe...
inverce and ingage to my wife Sarah Knight that I will not sell..any of that
Tract of Land latly bought of James Rogers and Robert Griffin but
doe.....Intaile it upon her and my heires forever, but Especialy to her and
my Eldist sonn if any and in case wee have no sonn to my Eldist daughter to
be my and her proper heire after my death and if a sonn he shall have it at
The age of one and Twenty yeares if I have left my beinge in this life, and
if noe sonn then the Eldist daughter shall have it at Sixteene yeares of age
provided alwaies that the thirds of the Land and the best and convenientest
roome in the house is to be my wifes, duringe her life, and then to returne
to the heire...But if there be more than one Sonn the daughters are noe
heires soe long as any of the male be liveinge, but if noe sonn or sonns or
if the sonn or sonns dies without Ishue, then the Eldist daughter then
livinge shall be the Right heire, But this is more Largely declared that if
the Eldist sonn dye without Ishue the next shall enjoy it, But if the first
have children whether sonns or daughters and alsoe the rest that are herein
appointed to be heires, And this have I done the day and yeare above written,
to avoyd strife because my sonn in ole England shall have nothing to doe
herein nor have any Right to any Land of mine in New England. In testimony
hereof I put to my hand this day and yeare aforesaid.
Richard Knight
Signed in the
pressence off
John Downeing
his X marke
Robert Spink
X his marke
COPIED AS PRINTED
C. Dietz