1855 DEED book 8 p 80

Back — where this land came from

This is the first alienation
The grantor is the sachem or the tribe, so this instrument is where this ground enters the town's land evidence. Behind it stands the reserved tract of 1709 — the Narragansett reservation, about 64 square miles, carved out of the roughly 130,000 acres of "vacant lands" Ninigret quit-claimed to the Colony on 28 March 1709 (State Records, Land Evidence 3, p. 273; Tucker 1877, pp. 23–24) — and, before the reservation, the Narragansett country itself. There is no earlier deed to follow; the land is followed from here by its bounds and its abutters. From Ninigret — every such instrument ▸

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“being a part of the Indian reservation in Charlestown”

no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here

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

◀ 1854 · CERTIFICATE · NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE → NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE · book 8 p 68

◀ 1846 · MORTGAGE · AUSTIN SUSAN → NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE; STANTON MOSES; STANTON ANN · book 7 p 203

◀ 1845 · MORTGAGE · AUSTIN SUSAN → NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE; STANTON MOSES; STANTON ANN · book 7 p 189

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

▶ 1858 · MORTGAGE · HOPKINS MARY H; HOPKINS LUKE → MICHAEL BRISTER · book 8 p 247

▶ 1859 · MORTGAGE · HOPKINS MARY H; HOPKINS LUKE → MICHAEL BRISTER · book 8 p 299

▶ 1876 · MORTGAGE · HOPKINS MARY H; HOPKINS LUKE → WILCOX CHARLES W · book 10 p 245

▶ 1877 · MORTGAGE · HOPKINS LUKE → CASE BENJAMIN W · book 10 p 359

The instrument's own words

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88 Whereas the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island at their January Session 1858 authorized Mary Hopkins a member of the Narragansett Tribe of Indians to sell to her son Luke Hopkins, half an acre of land on which his house now stands and to give to said Luke a Deed of the same in full compensation for said land being a part of the Indian reservation in Charlestown Now therefore all and every the said Mary Hopkins by the authority aforesaid and in consideration of the sum of ten dollars paid me by my son Luke Hopkins the receipt whereof i have hereby acknowledged, do hereby bargain, sell and convey unto the said her son Luke Hopkins his heirs and assigns half an acre of land where his now stands, said land is bounded on the North by the North party, on the South Luke Hopkins and partly by land of the Narragansett Indians on the East and South by land of the Grantor and on the West by a Ditchway To have and to hold the same with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging to the said Luke Hopkins his heirs and assigns forever In Witness whereof i Hereunto set my hand and Seal this 16th day of March 1858. In Presence of Charles Cross Caroline B Cross By [mark] Mary x Hopkins L.P. month Before me Charles Cross D Clerk Washington st. Charlestown March 16th 1858. Personally came Mary Hopkins Signer and sealer of the foregoing instrument and acknowledged the seal of the same to be her free and voluntary act and Deed By Chas Cross J.C. On the 11th day of March 1855 I received of Gideon Hopkins Peter Hopkins and Gideon Hopkins Jr a sum of One Hundred and ninety Dollars and eighty set cents the full amount of principal and interest of a Mortgage Deed given by the said Hopkins to Hopkins of Wright and transferred to me by the said Wright and recorded in this Book page 23 & 24 and hereby discharge them the said Gideon Hopkins, Peter Hopkins and Gideon Hopkins Jr their Heirs Executors and Administrators from all liability on account of the same Witness my Hand and Seal Edward Littlebridge In Presence of James H. Rigdon Chas Cross

The page as recorded

No page image on Zara for this instrument (the portal holds it: book 8 page 80).