The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 134@29/319 › 1002@29/419

5/5/1945 · MORTGAGE · book 29 page 419 doc 1002@29/419

From RATHBONE RICHARD A life
To WAKEFIELD TRUST CO
Consideration ONE THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($1000.00) Dollars
Premises 50 acres, more or less; 23-3/4 acres and 10 square rods · Parcel with buildings and a tract of wood land (Charlestown, Post Road)
Index description SEE INSTRUMENT

Back — where this land came from

deed William B. Rathbone book 21 p 308311
“conveyed to William B. Rathbone in separate deeds”
the cited instrument is not in the index we hold (not_in_index)
read by: gemma
division Sarah Terry book 8 p 160 Charlestown
“lots 8 and 9 on plat of division of real estate of Sarah Terry, deceased”
◀ Follow back 1857 · DEED · DAVIS ELIZABETH; DAVIS PRESERVED JR → KENYON JAMES A · book 8 p 160
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deed William B. Rathbone book 21 p 327 Charlestown
“conveyed to William B. Rathbone by deed dated August 7, 1924”
◀ Follow back 1924 · DEED · WEBSTER GEORGE W; WEBSTER LUCY A → RATHBONE WILLIAM B · book 21 p 327
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The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1945 · RELEASE · WAKEFIELD TRUST CO → RATHBONE RICHARD A · book 29 p 421
◀ 1944 · DEED · JOHNSON PAUL W; JOHNSON HATTIE F; RATHBONE FLORENCE C; RATHBONE WILLIA → RATHBONE RICHARD A · book 29 p 319

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

▶ 1945 · RELEASE · WAKEFIELD TRUST CO → RATHBONE RICHARD A · book 29 p 421
▶ 1946 · RELEASE · WAKEFIELD TRUST CO → NELSON EDWARD; NELSON MYRTLE E · book 29 p 392
▶ 1947 · RELEASE · WAKEFIELD TRUST CO → HASCUP AGNES; HASCUP JOHN J · book 30 p 205

Bounded by

John Williams · Isaac Williams · Frank W. Arnold

The instrument's own words

page 1 · read by Gemma vision
419 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, RICHARD A. RATHBONE, of the Town of Charlestown, Washington County, Rhode Island (hereinafter called the mortgagor) in consideration of ONE THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($1000.00 Dollars, to be paid by WAKEFIELD TRUST COMPANY, a corporation created by the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, and transacting business in the Town of South Kingstown, County of Washington, in said state, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto said Wakefield Trust Company, its successors and assigns forever: One certain parcel of land containing 50 acres, more or less, with the buildings and other improvements thereon, bounded northerly by said land now or lately of John Williams et al; easterly by land now or lately of said Williams and by the Post Road; southerly by the Post Road, and westerly by land now or lately of said Williams and of Frank W. Arnold and [?] brook and pond. Being the premises which were conveyed to William B. Rathbone in separate deeds dated April 16, 1924, May 14, 1924, August 7, 1924, and November 28, 1924 Book 21 at pages 308, 311, 317 and 361, respectively. Excepting therefrom said conveyance to Alice M. O'Hare, a triangular parcel of land of approximately four acres fronting on said Post Road and measuring approximately 300 feet or less, the southerly and westerly boundaries of said parcel extending northwesterly and northeasterly, respectively, in curved line to a point 300 feet from the Post Road, less, distant from the center of the south line, conveyed to Alice M. O'Hare. Also a tract of wood land containing twenty-three and three-quarters (23-3/4) acres and ten (10) square rods, more or less, being lots 8 and 9 on plat of division of real estate of Sarah Perry, deceased; said land being recorded in Deed Book 8 at page 160 in the office of the Town Clerk of said Town of Charlestown, and later conveyed to said Richard A. William B. Rathbone by deed dated August 7, 1924, and recorded in the Records of Deeds of said Town of Charlestown in Book 21 at page 327. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above described premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging, unto and to the use of said WAKEFIELD TRUST COMPANY, its successors and assigns, forever. And I, the said mortgagor do hereby, for myself and for my heirs, executors, and ad-
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421 STATE OF RHODE ISLAND,) County of Washington, } In So. Kingstontown, on the 3rd day of May, A. D. 1945 before me personally appeared the above named RICHARD A. RATHBONE to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged said instrument, by him executed, to be his free act and deed. FRANK L. CRANDALL (Notarial Seal) Notary Public. Received for record May 5th, A. D. 1945 at 10:15 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk The WAKEFIELD TRUST COMPANY in South Kingstontown, having received full payment and satisfac- tion of the within mortgage, does hereby cancel and discharge the same. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, said Trust Company has caused these presents to be signed and its Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed by the Treasurer thereof, duly authorized, this 13th day of August, A. D. 1945. Signed and Sealed in presence of) Alvira M. DeCubellis ) WAKEFIELD TRUST COMPANY (Corporate Seal) Richard A. Helliwell Treasurer Received for record August 14th, A. D. 1945 at 4:10 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk
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421 STATE OF RHODE ISLAND,) County of Washington, } In So. Kingstown, on the 3rd day of May, A. D. 1945 before me personally appeared the above named RICHARD A. RATHBONE to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged said instrument, by him executed, to be his free act and deed. FRANK L. CRANDALL (Notarial Seal) Notary Public. Received for record May 5th, A. D. 1945 at 10:15 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk ---- The WAKEFIELD TRUST COMPANY in South Kingstown, having received full payment and satisfac- tion of the within mortgage, does hereby cancel and discharge the same. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, said Trust Company has caused these presents to be signed and its Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed by the Treasurer thereof, duly authorized, this 13th day of August, A. D. 1945. Signed and Sealed in presence of) Alvira M. DeCubellis } WAKEFIELD TRUST COMPANY (Corporate Seal) Richard A. Helliwell Treasurer Received for record August 14th, A. D. 1945 at 4:10 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk

The page as recorded

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deed_walker_v1.9_2026-10-10 · the index is the town's own (i2l.uslandrecords.com); transcripts, chains and the assessor's cards are the Perry Machine's reading of it. Where the record we hold runs out, the page says so.