The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 12446 › 12474 › 10137

3/4/1839 · DEED · book 6 page 488 doc 10137

From CLARKE JOSHUA
To PERRY STANTON H life, SHEFFIELD NATHANIEL life
Consideration three Hundred Dollars
Premises one hundred and fifty rods · part of North Stanton's forge (Charlestown)

Back — where this land came from

deed Samuel Hooper
“conveyed to me and by date from Samuel Hooper”
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

◀ 1838 · DEED · CHURCH CALEB → CLARKE JOSHUA · book 6 p 448
◀ 1836 · DEED · HOXSIE THOMAS S; HOXSIE RACHEL S → CLARKE JOSHUA · book 6 p 357
◀ 1831 · MORTGAGE · CRANDALL JESSE → CLARKE HENRY; CLARKE JOSHUA · book 6 p 240
◀ 1830 · DEED · CLARKE WILLIAM N → CLARKE HENRY; CLARKE JOSHUA · book 6 p 210
◀ 1830 · MORTGAGE ASSIGNMENT · HOXSIE WELCOME A; JOHN C & W A HOXSIE CO → CLARKE HENRY; CLARKE JOSHUA · book 6 p 210
◀ 1830 · DEED · GREENE SARAH → CLARKE HENRY; CLARKE JOSHUA · book 6 p 211
◀ 1830 · MORTGAGE · CRANDAL JESSE → CLARKE HENRY; CLARKE JOSHUA · book 6 p 221
◀ 1829 · MORTGAGE ASSIGNMENT · CLARKE JOSHUA → CLARKE JOSHUA; CLARKE HENRY · book 6 p 207
◀ 1828 · MORTGAGE · CLARKE WILLIAM N; CLARKE EUNICE H → CLARKE JOSHUA · book 6 p 189
◀ 1827 · DEED · CLARKE NICHOLAS → CLARKE HENRY; CLARKE JOSHUA · book 6 p 148
◀ 1827 · MORTGAGE · GREEN SARAH; GREEN WILLIAM N → CLARKE HENRY; CLARKE JOSHUA · book 6 p 158
◀ 1824 · DEED · CLARKE NICHOLAS → CLARKE HENRY; CLARKE JOSHUA · book 6 p 63

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

▶ 1844 · DEED · SHEFFIELD NATHANIEL → CLARK JOSHUA · book 7 p 137
▶ 1852 · DEED · SHEFFIELD NATHANIEL → SHEFFIELD THOMAS · book 7 p 478

Bounded by

Abel Stanton · Joseph Baconber · Samuel Sheffield · Edward Vullcop · Luke Babcock

The instrument's own words

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488 In witness w[her]eof I have Pursuant set my Hand and seal this 5th day of March 1839 Witness Dan Wong Joshua P. Clark (L.S) Stanford Raynor State of Rhode Island Washington Co. Charleston March 5 1839 On this day personally Came to me Dan Wong and Joshua P. Clark known and known to be the persons within instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free and voluntary act Recorded March 4th 1839 Dan Wong Joshua P. Clark By John Stanton S.C. Know all men by these presents That I Joshua Clarke of Charlestown in the County of Washington Co in Consideration of the sum of One Hundred Dollars to me paid by Nathaniel Shiffield and Stanton to pay the both of said Considerations the full value of which I do hereby Acknowledge to have given grant sell and convey unto said Nathaniel Shiffield and Stanton forever One certain part of my certain undivided right or parcel of Land containing by Estimation one hundred and fifty rods more or less of bounded North on land of Stanton Northwly on land of Joseph R. Accumson and eastern Nathaniel Shiffields Easterly on Edward Wolcott's land South easterly on Sula P. Baker's house land or boundary This my Dame name may be known as it has been that part of the said North Stanton's forge that was conveyed to me and by date from Samuel Hooper the same and held said Tangible and Intangible without The Privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to the said Stanton N. Perry and Nathaniel Shiffield during the term of thousand lines or the life of the longest liver and I said Joshua Clarke for myself heir Executors and Administrators do agree with said Nathaniel Shiffield & Stanton N. Perry that I am lawfully seized in fee simple of my simple and will warrant and defend this dame against the claims of all persons. In witness w[her]eof I have Pursuant set my hand and seal that this 5 day of march 1839 in presence of Stanford Raylor Joshua Clarke (L.S) Dan Wong State of Rhode Island Washington Co. At Charlestown on this 5th of march 1839 personally Came Joshua Clarke and Acknowledged the within instrument by him signed to be his voluntary act and hand and seal Before me Dan Wong Justin Race Recorded March 4th 1839 By John Stanton S.C.

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.