The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 10285

4/9/1842 · DEED · book 7 page 71 doc 10285

From CARR PELEG C life, CARR MARY E life, WATSON ROBERT life, WATSON CATHARINE life, CARR CATHARINE life, CARR THOMAS J life, CARR NICHOLAS life, CARR JOHN E life, CARR CELIA ANN life, CARR WILLIAM C life
To ?
Consideration Three Hundred dollars
Premises Estate of Poly Can (Charlestown)

Back — where this land came from

heir Poly Can
“all our own right and portion of and in the said Estate left by said deceased”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma

Forward — where this land went

⛔ The record we hold stops here: no later instrument we have read cites this one, and no later conveyance by the grantee is linked by name. The index is complete to 1987, so the gap is in the words: deeds of this era seldom cite book and page, and only about half the instruments of 1936-1965 have been transcribed (some 6,000 were never imaged), so a citation to this deed may sit in a page not yet read.

Bounded by

Benjamen Tucker · Peter Arry · Joseph Stanton

The instrument's own words

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71 Know all men that we Poly G. Can, Way G. Can Robert Watson and Catherine his wife, who when she was Catherine born Thomas J. Can, Nicholas Can [illegible] to Can, believe now Can William G. Can & George G. Can, all now or late of Jamestown State of Rhode Island and former of Mary can dear wife died May can some of the daughters and heirs to the last of Poly Can list of Charlestown in consideration of the sum of Three Hundred dollars paid to us by Poly Can head of Rhode Island Providence County New York to and Joseph G. Can with George M. Can of build Charlestown, the receipt of which we acknowledge and as there in fully paid and in the hereby grant, convey assign Bargain sell and convey unto the said Poly Can boyd Joseph G. Can with George M. Can their their Executors administrators and assigns forever all the rights title and interest which we have in and to the said Estate where in the said Poly Can died her place situated in said Charlestown with all of its pertenances reference being had for further description to former deeds and to the hand of said Charlestown and all our own right and portion of and in the said Estate left by said deceased If of here of the whole land to said Poly Can boyd Joseph G. Can with George M. Can their heirs Executors administrators and assigns forever and in the said Poly G. Can, Way G. Can, Robert and Catherine, Thomas Nicholas George, William M. Can and George Can our parents our heirs executed and administrators do covenant and agree, prove to warrant and defend the premises to the said Poly Can boyd Joseph G. Can with George M. Can their heirs Executors administrators and assigns eternally against any person claiming by tenancy through our or under us And Catherine wife of Poly G. Can for the consideration here before named hereby releas all my right of dower in the Estate herein conveyed Here and assigns all my right of dower in the Estate herein conveyed Witness our hand and seals this 5th day of April 1889 In presence of Robert H. Watson Henry White Poly G Can Catherine M. Can [seal] John E. Can Robert H. Watson [seal] Catherine C. Watson [seal] Henry E. Can Nicholas Can [seal] Thomas J. Can [seal] Geo G. Can [seal] Celia A. Can [seal] William G. Can [seal] Jamestown April 5th AD 1889. The undersigned appear the within named Poly G Can and Catherine his wife and others G. Can and acknowledged the foregoing to be their voluntary act and deed signed Hand and seal before me Robert H. Watson Notary of the State
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72 Robert Matson and Catherine his wife acknowledge the foregoing to be their Voluntary act and deed, and set their hands and seals hereunto before me, the said Catherine Matson according to law being examined separately and apart from her said Husband and declaring that she did wish to execute the [illegible] Certificate of Party [illegible] this 6th day of April 1847 Given under my hand and seal. Before me William M. Greene Justice of the Peace Jamison's office appt 1837 Today privately appeared Robert M. Matson pro se and acknowledged the foregoing Instrument to be his own act and deed and have set his seal foregoing instrument & him signed assigned to be his own act and deed Before me Samuel Hargrave Warden of Court On the same day and date privately appeared Catherine M Matson wife of the above named Robert M Matson pro se and after being examined separately and apart from her said Husband acknowledged the foregoing to be her own voluntary act and seal her hand and seal Before me Samuel Hargrave Warden of Court On the same day and date privately appeared Henry C & Jane and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be their own act and deed and have set their seals to the same instrument signed to be their own act and deed Before me Samuel Hargrave Warden of Court Washington st Charleston Apartments 26-1839 privately appeared before me Henry C & Jane and acknowledged the foregoing deed by their signatures to be their personal voluntary act. Dan King Justice of the Peace Washington st Charleston. October 18 1840 Privately came before me themed Jane C and acknowledged the foregoing deed by her signature to be her personal voluntary act. Dan King Justice of the Peace St John's March 27 1842 Then privately appeared Henry C & Jane me se of the signatures of the within instrument of conveyance and acknowledged the same to be their personal voluntary act and have signed and seal Before me Samuel Hargrave Warden of Court Rhode Island 9th 1841 By John Stanton J.C. Know all men by these presents that I Sunday Church of south Washington st in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars paid me by Set C and Henry C corps of Charleston in the County and state aforesaid the receipt of which I do hereby acknowledge to be hereby remised released and forever quitclaimed unto the said Set C and Henry C corps of their heirs and assigns forever one certain piece of part of a certain lot of land situated in south Charleston containing by estimation one hundred acres more or less bounded on the North by the boundary of Sampson Utter shoreline Eastly on the line of Melody land by the boundary extending to the line of Henry Church bounded on land of Joseph Stanton and Benjamin Utter on the south boundary to have and to hold the same to them their heirs and assigns forever In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal and have at charleston affixed this 1 day of april in the year 1842 In presence of John Stanton Luke Church [seal] Sampson Church At charleston on the day and date above written Privately came before me named Luke Church and acknowledged the above instrument to be his voluntary act and deed have signed and sealed for the purposes therein contained Before me John Stanton J.C. Rhode Island April 9 1842 By John Stanton J.C.

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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.