This deed of sale made ye first day of January, in ye Twenty fourth yeare of ye Reigne of our Sovereigne Lord Charles ye second, King of great Brittaine, ffrance & Ireland, Defender of ye faith &c. Annoq’e Domq’e 1671-72, Wittnesseth That I Anashuecot, chiefe Sachem and heire properly of ye land called quckeset, in ye Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in ye Kings Province or Narragansett Countrey in New England, Together with ye volentary & free consent of Wampkegge and Ompamiatt my two Brothers, and Seecomp, Tyecuecsha & Nammeash my three sons, for divers good causes & considerations, us hereunto moving as also for a valueable Sume in hand by us received, have Bargained and Sold, and by these Presents doe for us, our heires, Executo’rs & Administrato’rs, Bargaine, Sell, Assigne, Surrender and make over unto John Greene, Thomas Waterman, John Andrew, Henry Tybits, John Briggs all of Narragansett afores’d, and John Fones of Quononaqutt in ye Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, as above S’d, a certiane tract of land lyeing & being in Quahessett or Narragansett countrey afore S’d, being bounded as followeth, on ye East from ye house of John Andrew before nominated Extending along ye Rhode that leadeth towards New London, on ye west Syde thereof so farr as ye Rock by ye house of William Costen the which is called Interpretation ye Devills foot, and from that Rock to Extend on a strait line westward over ye river, ye great river & meadow called Pasutat, thence to a Rock on ye west Syde of that river & meadow, and from ye westermost parte of that Rock on a strait line North to a river, the biggest branch thereof which river runs downe to Maskchechuaug river, and from that Maskchechuaug river along ye path on a strait line south Eastward to ye river called Potowome river, Butting upon land wch was laid out to John Gould so high in ye river as ye salt water floweth, and from that part to ye river alone ye s’d river as it runeth to John Andrew house afore S’d, The which S’d tract of land with all and Singular, ye privilidges, proprieties & appurtenances therein, thereon or to any part or parcell of it appurtaineing or belonging, I the afore S’d Anashusett together with my two Brothers, Wampkegge & Ompamiatt, and my three sons Seecomp, Tyecuecsha & Nammeash, have sold, Assigned, Surrendered & made over, and lawfull possession thereof given to ye afore S’d John Greene, Thomas Waterman, John Andrew, Henry Tybits, John Briggs & John Fones, for them, their heires, Executo’rs, Administrato’rs & Assignes peaceably to possess & Enjoy for Ever, without any let or Molestation or any laying claime thereto or any part thereof for, by or under any Right or Title of us ye afore s’d Awashueset, Wampkegge, Ompamiatt, Seecomp, Tyecuecsha & Nammeash, our heires. Execut’rs, Administrato’rs or Assignes or any other, and any pretence whatsoever wee being ye Sole heires & proprietors of ye Premisses afore s’d Giving, granting &confirming ye same To ye afore S’d John Greene, Thomas Waterman, John Andrew, Henry Tybits, John Briggs & John Fones, their heires Executors, Administrato’rs and Assignes for Ever, to possess & Enjoy as their due right, propriety & Interest, and for ye ratification & confirmation of this our act and Deed wee have Enanimously with one consent Sett our hands & Seales The day and yeare first above written.
Memo’edum before signeing & sealing hereof being mistaken in the name of ye third it was Interlined, Tyecuecsha and also that Namoush being ye Eldest son by misinformation was placed last wch will not be altered.
Anashuecot /s/ his marke
Wamphagge /s/ his marke
Absolome Counsellor his /s/ marke
Ompamiatt /s/ his marke
Nammeush /s/ his marke
Seecomp /s/ his marke
Tyecuecsh /s/ his marke
Signed Sealed & delivered in ye Presence of George Wightman, William Downing, his /s/ marke. Henry Greene, his /s/ marke
Indian Peter, his /s/ marke.