The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
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3/28/1840 · DEED · book 7 page 7 doc 10206

From GRIFFIN MARY E life
To GRIFFIN JOSEPH H life
Consideration forty Dollars
Premises beach and pasture land with a dwelling house (Charlestown)

Back — where this land came from

heir fathers
“my part from part of our fathers ancient and inherited land”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma

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

▶ 1846 · DEED · GRIFFIN ABBY C; GRIFFIN JOSEPH H → HOXSIE SAMUEL B · book 7 p 216
▶ 1846 · DEED · GRIFFIN ABBY C; GRIFFIN JOSEPH H → DAVIS OLIVER; CLARKY JOSHUA · book 7 p 219
▶ 1858 · DEED · GRIFFIN ABBY C; GRIFFIN JOSEPH H; HOXSIE GORDON H; HOXSIE SUSAN → CLARK JOSHUA · book 8 p 255
▶ 1858 · DEED · GRIFFIN ABBY C; GRIFFIN JOSEPH H; HOXSIE GORDON H; HOXSIE SUSAN → · book 8 p 257
▶ 1870 · DEED · GRIFFIN ABBY C; GRIFFIN JOSEPH H; HOXSIE GORDON H; HOXSIE SUSAN → BRIGGS MARY E · book 9 p 416
▶ 1870 · DEED · GRIFFIN ABBY C; GRIFFIN JOSEPH H → HOXSIE GORDON H · book 9 p 430
▶ 1878 · FORCLOSURE DEED · GRIFFIN JOSEPH H; AUSTIN THOMAS → PERKINS JOHN A · book 10 p 407
▶ 1900 · DEED · LISCOMB ISAAC F; LISCOMB ABBY H; GRIFFIN JOSEPH H; GRIFFIN JENNIE E → BROWNING ROBERT · book 14 p 105

Bounded by

Ada Church · Samuel Ferry

The instrument's own words

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Charlestown and bounded as follows: Northerly on the Shore of Stony Boundary, Northerly on land belonging to Joseph Stanton and Westerly on the highway or common road bounded on land belonging to Joseph Stanton and Westerly on the highway or common road bounded to have land to NOT be part granted and language premises with the privileges and appurtenances thereunto to form this land granted to Joseph [illegible] to suffer his heirs and assigns forever given and hand granted to Joseph and form them and for myself an absolute and everlasting and I hand granted to Joseph and form them and for myself an absolute and everlasting heirs to descend with this land Joseph to suffer his heirs the same and agreed that we are lawfully heirs in of the premises however that they may use or dispose however that they may use or dispose right in of the premises however that they may use or dispose however that they may use or dispose to sell and convey the premises to form the land to Joseph to suffer his heirs and assigns forever against unconcern and defend the heirs to suffer the heirs to suffer his heirs and assigns forever against all laws taxes demands and alterations In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 9th day of March 1845 Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of Stephen B. Gardner Solomon Clark Randol Asson [S.S.] Hannah Epson [S.S.] State of Rhode Island County of Washington Know all men by these presents that I Randol Asson and Catherine Asson the presenting instrument to form Joseph to be his acting Charlestown on the 9th day of March 1845 Personally came and Randol Asson and Catherine Asson the presenting instrument to form Joseph to be his acting act and bind hands and seals and at the hand form Hannah Epson wife of the hand Rand act and bind hands and seals and at the hand form Hannah Epson wife of the hand Rand in writing his hand letters it was long examined apart from the hand Randol and hence any part instrument explained to her acknowledgment the hand to be her voluntary act and deed and that the hand did not wish to retract the hand Charlestown March 18th 1845 Witness me Ottobna Clark Justice Peace By Theo Hunter Town Clerk Know all men that I slurry C Ruffin of Charlestown in the County of Washington Rhode Island and state of Rhode Island in consideration of the sum of forty dollars paid to me by Joseph and said of Rhode Island and state of Rhode Island in consideration of the sum of forty dollars paid to me by Joseph Ruffin of this Charlestown the certificate of land called in the area beach and pasture land from part here and convey the land and the land to suffer the heirs to suffer his heirs and assigns forever from part here and convey the land and the land to suffer the heirs to suffer his heirs and assigns forever my part from part of our fathers ancient and inherited land to form a dwelling house situated in Charlestown and bounded as follows: Northerly on the road from the road from the road from the road Northerly on the road from the road from the road from the road Northerly on the road from the road from the road from the road Northerly on the road from the road from the road from the road on land belonging to Joseph Stanton’s dwelling house bounded Northerly on the road and the same more or less to have and to hold granted and language premises with the privileges and all the remnants thereunto to form this land granted to Joseph to suffer his heirs and assigns forever slurry C Ruffin my honorary boundary and determination as described with the premises that they are Ruffin his heirs and assigns against that they have right to sell and convey the land to Joseph to suffer of all incumbrances that they have right to sell and convey the land to Joseph to suffer to be sold and altered and that I shall warrant and defend the land to Joseph the Ruffin his heirs and a legal force against the lawful claims and demand of all people In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 9th day of March 1845 Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of Dan King John King Mary E. Ruffin [S.S.] Washington p Charlestown March 9th 1845 Personally came before me Mary E. Ruffin and acknowledged the within instrument to be her free and voluntary act Recorded March 21 1845 By Theo Hunter Town Clerk Dan King the Read

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.