This week's document for transcription is the 1796 Deed of the heirs of Joshua Richmond of Tiverton, Rhode Island selling 803 acres of land in Westport, Massachusetts to Benjamin Sowle in Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts for $2,650.
a) Bristol County, Massachusetts, Deeds 1792-1796, Pages 168-169, Image 375 of 867
The transcription of this deed (with help from FamilySearch Full-Text Search, with some errors corrected) is:
[Page 168, Starting about half way down the left-hand page of the image]
Know all Men by these presents , that we Elizabeth Richmond, and
James Wiswell, & Sally his wife of Tiverton in the County of Newport, and Joshua Richmond
of Providence in ye County of Providence and all of ye State of Rhode Island, and
Deborah Richmond of Situate Commonwealth of Massachusetts heirs to Joshua Richmond
late of Westport Dec'd for ye consideration of Twenty Six hundred & Fifty Dollars to us
in hand paid before ye ensealing hereof, the receipt whereof we do acknowledge ourselves fully satisfied by Benjamin Sowle of Westport in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of
Massachusetts , have sold & conveyed unto the s'd Benjamin Sowle a tract of Land lying
being in Westport containing about Eighty Acres be ye same more or less, and is bounded as follows.
Northerly & westerly partly by Land of Maj'r Silvester Brownell, and partly by Land
of Joseph Brownell, Southerly by Land of Benjamin Davol & Easterly partly by Land
of said Silvester Brownell, & partly by a pond. To have & to hold to
the said Benjamin Sowle his heirs & assigns forever, the above described farm with the
Buildings, previlidges & appurtenances thereto belonging, and we the said Joshua, Eliz-
abeth & Deborah Richmond and James Wiswell, & Sally his wife do Jointly & Severally
covenant with ye said Benjamin Sowle that before the ensealing hereof we are the Sole own-
ers of ye above described premises & will warrant & defend ye same against ye Claims
of all persons whatever hereby binding our heirs, Each & every of them for ye true perfor-
mance of this covenant. - In Witness whereof we have Set our hands & affixed our Seals
this Eleventh Day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred & Ninety Five
Signed Sealed & Delivered Joshua Richmond {s)
in presence of Deborah Richmond {s)
Isaac Cory Elizabeth Richmond {s}
Benjamin Davol James Wiswell {s}
Benj'a Richmond Sally Wiswell {s}
Mary Whitridge
[page 169]
Lem Taber
Nath'el Crandell Jr
Newport In Tiverton ye 8'th Day of February A D 1796. Then personally came Joshua
Richmond, Deborah Richmond Elizabeth Richmond, James Wiswell, & Sally Wiswell his
wife & Severally acknowledged ye above & within to be their free Voluntary Act and Deed
hand & Seal, Before Lem'l Taber Justice Peace
Received September 14'th 1796, and recorded by James Williams Register.
A true copy from Book 75 . Pages 135-136 of Bristol Co. No. Dist. Land Records
Attest: Emma E. Pray , Examiner
The source citation for this deed is:
"Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States land records," Deed of Elizabeth Richmond et al to Benjamin Sowle, executed 11 March 1796, recorded 14 eptember 1796; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99ZW-SDWX?view=fullText : accessed 29 August 2026), Image Group Number: 007451275, "Bristol Deeds, 1792-1796," pages 168-169, image 375 of 867; original papers at Bristol County (Massachusetts) Register of Deeds.
By this record it appears that the heirs of Joshua Rochmond sold 80 acres of land in Westport to Benjamin Sowle for $2,650. The parcel was bounded by lands of Silvester Brownell, Joseph Brownell, Benjamin Davol, and a pond.
Benjamin Sowle (1719-1803) married Merinah Waite (1720-1803) in 1742 and they had two children. They are my 6th great-grandparents through their daughter Martha Sowle (1743-1828) who married David Kirby (1740-1832) in 1763.
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