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3/18/1841 · DEED · book 7 page 38 doc 10252

From BROWNING WILLIAM life, BROWNING MARY life
To BROWNING CHRISTOPHER life
Consideration Eighty Dollars
Premises more or less · piece of land bounded by beach and Creek (Charlestown)
Also on this page: DEED KING DAN

Back — where this land came from

This instrument states no source of title that we have read yet.

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

◀ 1795 · DEED · PERRY EDWARD; PERRY DELIVERANCE → BROWNING WILLIAM JR; BROWNING STEPHEN · book 4 p 163
◀ 1789 · DEED · BROWNING JOHN; BROWNING MARY → BROWNING WILLIAM · book 3 p 561
◀ 1783 · DEED · BROWNING JOHN; BROWNING EUNICE → BROWNING WILLIAM · book 3 p 365

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

▶ 1866 · DEED · BROWNING CHRISTOPHER; BROWNING HANNAH → TUCKER SAMUEL S · book 9 p 122
▶ 1869 · DEED · BROWNING CHRISTOPHER; FOSTER JOHN B; FOSTER MARTHA; BROWNING ELIZA; CR → · book 9 p 309
▶ 1876 · DEED · BROWNING CHRISTOPHER; BROWNING ELIZA → BROWNING SAMUEL · book 10 p 241

Bounded by

Samuel Marks · Welcome Costa

The instrument's own words

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Know all men by these presents that I John King of Cha[r]lestown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island Servt for consideration of the Sum of ten pounds sterling current money to me in hand paid by action of Drew King of said Charlestown to me grant bargain sell convey alienate and convey unto the said Drew King his heirs and assigns forever a certain piece of slave branded initial [illegible] and containing one male and one female laundry branded on the right hip contrary on the left forearm of Mary Lodge slave perpetually in the land of the grantor lying within the limits of regular township and inside meaning twenty stories on each side under within a few houses harvesting And I do sell and convey the same with the privileges and appurtenances thereof to him and his heirs forever but if any debts arise between me and the said Luck beneficiary to me pay my just debts amount and account with the said Luck bringing him and safe stages that I am leave paying half in part of the premises that they are free of all merchants mortgages and that said waiver and assigns the same heirs lawfully the lawful claims of all persons In witness whereof I have signed my hand and seal that his fifteenth day of February 1841 Month [Signed] John King [Seal] Henry G King [Seal] Charlestown of Charlestown February 15th 1841 Personally came before me John King legume and said him the within authority and acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed Before me Thon Stollen Clerk Recorded March 15th 1841 by John Manton Town Clerk Know all men by these presents that I William Braining of [illegible] Corporation in the county of washington state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations for consideration of the sum of five dollars to me paid by Christofor [illegible] on grounds of [illegible] given to me paid the receipt whereof Braining's [illegible] I do hereby grant release and forever quit claim and to the said highly acknowledged sum remise release waive and forever quit claim and to the said christofor by these presents remise release waive and forever quit claim and to the said christofor Braining his heirs and assigns forever all my right title claim and interest in a piece of land of Providence land Braining has in and of the said land more or less bounded as follows beginning at the [illegible] at the south west corner of the lot by the beach running a boundary by Creek to a stake and then north to the Providence Corner bounded south with lands belonging to [illegible] and north on lands of [illegible] meaning to the land of Providence made Braining to have and hold the same forever together with the privileges and appurtenances belonging to the said land to have and hold the same forever running a boundary Creek wide and come to the hand of [illegible] on the [illegible] corner within a piece of [illegible] Road bounded north by [illegible] and east by [illegible] and west by [illegible] Charlestown in the said county of Washington [illegible] and to the North [illegible] more granted and conveyed premises together with all the privileges and appurtenances belonging to the same to him a described above to have and hold forever In witness whereof we have made our marks Braining his hand and seal this day of [illegible] we have set our seals and marks our hands after our marks were made this twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord the thousand eight hundred and forty one by signed sealed and delivered in presence of [Signed] Poly Pfabour [Seal] J. S. Pfabour [Seal] William Braining [Seal] Mary Braining [Seal] Washington at kingston January 26th 1841 Personally came William Braining and made oath with said and acknowledged the within written instrument to be his free voluntary act and deed hand and seal Before me Jos P. Pfabour Justice Peace Recorded March 1st 1841 by John Manton 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.