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5/13/1963 · DEED · book 39 page 81 doc 10007936@39/81

From DUCKWORTH CARRIE E
To CROSS WILLIAM D JR life, CROSS JANETTE H
Premises three-fourths of an acre · tract with dwelling house and improvements (Village of Carolline, Charlestown)
Also on this page: MORTGAGE DUCKWORTH CARRIE E

Back — where this land came from

deed Carrie E. Hayes book 20 p 42 Charlestown
“conveyed by Carrie E. Hayes to Milton Duckworth by deed dated June 25, 1931”
◀ Follow back 1921 · DEED · JAMES MARY H → DUCKWORTH MILTON · book 20 p 42
read by: gemma
will Milton Duckworth
“devised by the last will and testament of said Milton Duckworth to said Carrie E. Duckworth”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma

The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1951 · DEED · DUCKWORTH CARRIE E; DUCKWORTH MILTON → DUCKWORTH MILTON; DUCKWORTH CARRIE E · book 32 p 554
◀ 1963 · MORTGAGE · CROSS JANETTE H; CROSS WILLIAM D JR → DUCKWORTH CARRIE E · book 39 p 81

Forward — where this land went

The grantee's later conveyances, by name — the man, not necessarily this land; the one that cites this deed as its source is the land

▶ 1976 · DEED · CROSS JANETTE H; HOPKINS JANETTE H → HOPKINS JANETTE H; HOPKINS CLARENCE W JR · book 54 p 150
▶ 1963 · MORTGAGE · CROSS JANETTE H; CROSS WILLIAM D JR → DUCKWORTH CARRIE E · book 39 p 81
▶ 1963 · MORTGAGE · CROSS JANETTE H; CROSS WILLIAM D JR → WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY · book 39 p 145

The instrument's own words

page 1 · read by Gemma vision
81 I, Carrie E. Duckworth of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, for consideration paid, grant to William D. Cross, Jr. and his wife Janette H. Cross, both of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, as tenants by the entirety, with WARRANTY COVENANTS (Description and incumbrances, if any) that certain tract or parcel of land, together with a dwelling house and other improvements thereon, containing by estimation three-fourths of an acre, more or less, situated in the Village of Carolline, Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, in the State of Rhode Island, and described as follows, viz:- On the West by Main Street, so-called; on the North by land formerly of the heirs of William D. Cross and now of Linton L. and Gladys Brown on the East by land formerly of Howard G. Bromwell and now of Howard G. Bromwell, and on the South by land formerly of Carrie M. Barber, now of Jeannette Linto and Mary Vine Sann. Said premises are the same premises conveyed by Carrie E. Hayes to Milton Duckworth by deed dated June 25, 1931 and recorded in the Land Evidence Records of said Town of Charlestown in Book 20 at page 42; which said premises were devised by the last will and testament of said Milton Duckworth to said Carrie E. Duckworth, which said last will and testament was duly probated by the Probate Court of said Town of Charlestown. And I, said grantor, Carrie E. Duckworth, covenant with said grantees that I am the widow of said Milton Duckworth and that I am not remarried. WITNESSED my hand this 11th day of May, A. D. 1963. CARRIE E. DUCKWORTH (Documentary stamps 2.75) STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, Etc.) COUNTY OF WASHINGTON, ) In South Kingstown, on the 11th day of May, A. D. 1963 before me personally appeared Carrie E. Duckworth, to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and she acknowledged said instrument, by her executed, to be her free act and deed. JAMES O. WATTS Notary Public Received for record May 13 A. D. 1963 at 10:00 o'clock a.m., and recorded by [Signature] Deputy Town Clerk ---- MORTGAGE DEED We, William D. Cross, Jr, and his wife Janette H. Cross, both of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, for consideration paid, grant to Carrie E. Duckworth, of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, with MORTGAGE COVENANTS, to secure the payment of Two Thousand Four Hundred Fifty ($2,450.00) Dollars in 6 months as provided in a certain negotiable promissory note of even date herewith. (Description, and incumbrances, if any) that certain tract or parcel of land, together with a dwelling house and other improvements thereon, containing by estimation three-fourths of an acre, more or less, situated in the Village of Carolline, Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, in the State of Rhode Island, and described as follows, viz:- On the West by Main Street, so-called; on the North by land formerly of the heirs of William D. Cross and now of Linton L. and Gladys Brown on the East by land formerly of Howard G. Bromwell and now of Howard G. Bromwell, and on the South by land formerly of Carrie M. Barber, now of Jeannette Linto and Mary Vine Sann. Being the same premises conveyed by Carrie E. Duckworth to William D. Cross, Jr, and his wife, Janette H. Cross by warranty deed of even date herewith and recorded prior hereto. This mortgage is made upon the STATUTORY CONDITION and with the STATUTORY FORM OF SALE. And we, said mortgagors, being husband and wife, release to the mortgagees all our right of curtesy and dower and all other interest in the aforesaid premises WITNESS our hands this 11th day of May, A. D. 1963 WILLIAM D. CROSS, JR. JANETTE H. CROSS In presence of: STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, ETC.) County of Washington }

The page as recorded

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