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5/8/1856 · DEED · book 8 page 139 doc 10776

From BABCOCK MARY ANN life
To BABCOCK CHARLES life
Premises approx 54.5 acres · Various lots including Farmers Will lot, Primus Meadows, and wood/swamp lands (Charlestown, Quaranquapt brook)

Back — where this land came from

unknown Thomas Johnson
“it being the same tract or parcel of land formerly set off to Thomas Johnson”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma
unknown mother
“Lot set off to my mother for her trees in a wood”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma
deed Christopher Babcock
“reference being made to the Deeds and conveyances herein before made and to Christopher Babcock”
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

◀ 1833 · DEED · WILCOX ABIGAIL; WILCOX EDWARD → BABCOCK POLLY; GARDNER SAMUEL; BABCOCK ROWLAND; BABCOCK MARY ANN; GARD · book 6 p 277
◀ 1840 · LEASE · BABCOCK ROWLAND; BABCOCK MARY ANN; THURSTON BENJAMIN B → THURSTON BENJAMIN B; BABCOCK MARY ANN; BABCOCK ROWLAND · book 7 p 17
◀ 1823 · DEED · GARDNER SAMUEL; GARDNER ELIZABETH → BABCOCK MARY ANN · book 6 p 41

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

▶ 1856 · DEED · BABCOCK CHARLES → BABCOCK SAMUEL G BY GUARDIAN · book 8 p 143
▶ 1862 · DEED · BABCOCK CHARLES → BABCOCK SAMUEL G · book 8 p 405

The instrument's own words

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139 ance Assigns forever And I the said Joseph H. Lewis do for myself my Heirs Executors and Administrators covenant and engage to and with the said Samuel and James S. Williams, their Heirs and assigns That I am fully seized in fee of the premises aforesaid that I have good right to sell and convey the same in manner aforesaid and that I will warrant and defend the same to the said Samuel and James S. Williams their Heirs and assigns against the lawful claims and demands of all persons whatsoever Hereof in witness whereof the aforesaid Joseph H. Lewis has convened to these presents his signature the said Maurice H. Belknap witness and have further witnessed to the said Samuel and James S. Williams their Heirs and assigns forever all my right of Owner in case to the afore described and granted premises In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands and Seals at Providence the 11th day of April in the year One thousand eight hundred and fifty six (1856) Executor in payment Edward H. Belknap William P. Coy Esq Joseph H. Lewis L S Nancy Lewis L S State of Rhode Island & Washington Co. Providence SS. April 12th 1856 Personally appeared Joseph H. Lewis and Nancy Lewis his wife signers and sealers of the foregoing instrument and acknowledge the same to be their act sealing act and deed Before me Received for None April 11th 1856 William P. Coy Esq Public Notary at 50 Polls A. l l Received May 8th 1856 by Charles Lewis T. Cllk Know all men by these presents that I Mary, now Bebe Wife of Augustus Bebe of Pawtucket County of Providence and State of Rhode Island for and in consideration of the sum of three thousand Dollars to me in hand (before this now the taking and delivery of three parcels all and tenths parts) by Charles Belknap of Waledale and the County and State aforesaid the receipt of which I hereby Acknowledge and myself herewith fully seized free content and paid and free of any Debt the said Charles Belknap is acquitted Clear’d served or released and forever quitclaimed and by these presents do freely and absolutely remise release leave waive forego quitclaim and to the said Charles Belknap their Heirs and assigns forever all the right title and interest that I have of in and under certain lots houses or parcels of land situated lying and being in the Town of Cumberland County and State aforesaid containing one piece of land measuring by estimation four and one half acres more or less and is called the Farmers Will lot lying and being in Quaranquapt brook to be sold and conveyed as follows bounded on the North by Pageant and Corner Boundaries land boundary on the East bound north on Samuel T. Bebe’s and beloved William hello land and on the West by Abel Panting’s heirs land engine One other part of parcel of land called the Primus Meadows in Quaranquapt Brook containing by estimation four acres more or less and is bounded as follows on the North by the Property of Abel Panting’s heirs Eastly on beloved William hello land and Samuel T. Bebe’s land once on the South by Samuel T. Bebe’s
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140 land, and on the West by the Heirs of Edward Wilcox their lands; One other part or parcel of land being Meads and Marsh containing by estimation five acres more or less it being the same tract or parcel of land formerly set off to Thomas Johnson; one other tract or parcel of land being oak wood land containing by estimation one acre more or less lying Northerly from Fortuna Clarke; One other part or parcel of land oak wood land containing by estimation twenty acres more or less lying southeasterly ave wood Lot set off to my mother for her trees in a wood ave north Northeasterly from Fortuna Clarke; one other part or parcel of Swamp wood land containing by estimation fourteen acres more or less lying easterly and being Watery of the aforesaid Clarke's marsh; One other tract or parcel of Swamp land containing by estimation ten acres more or less adjoining aforesaid Fortuna Clarke land all the before mentioned tracts or parcels of land lying and being in the Town of Charlestown the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island aforesaid reference being made to the Deeds and conveyances herein before made and to Christopher Babcock (deceased) in lifetime reference in the Books of Land Evidence in said Charlestown may more fully appear the beforementioned tracts and parcels of land being a part of the Christopher Babcock farm To Have and Hold all the before mentioned lands reserved retained to the said Rhode Babcock behind this Deed and Assigns forever to the any their Heirs forever for part and parcel of my and her legacy forever In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal at Hopkinton this 28th day of June A.D. 1856 Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Mary Ann Babcock L.S. George Ye Bong Wm J Proudfoot Washington ct at Hopkinton personally appeared Mary Ann Babcock the signor above stated of the foregoing instrument and acknowledged the same to be her free voluntary act and deed Hand and seal April 29th AD 1856 Before me George Ye Bong Justice of the Peace Paid for this Deed May 1st 1856 by Caleb P. M Received May 8th 1856 by Chas Gross T. G. L.L. To all people to whom these presents shall come I S Haguen & Tenants of Washington County of Washington and state of Rhode Island declare and hold Witness that I the said Samuel H Haguen do hereby convey and conveyances forever to him Samuel H Haguen my self and Heirs for the consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars in hand paid’ for the mentioning hereof all those certain parts or parcels of land oak wood land containing by estimation and state and exactly five hundred by William Greenman of Charlestown County and State of Rhode Island aforesaid as follows described and conveyed and thus absolutely accepted confirmed and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid fully satisfied executed and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid henceforth to prevent again any and discharge Now the said William Greenman their Heirs expectant agents and discharges Now the said William Greenman their Heirs expectants and Administrators forever by these presents grant convey and conveyance and hire their Heirs expectants and Administrators forever by these presents grant convey and conveyance and hire grantedly guaranteed sold absolute and conveyed and conveyance and hire presents to forever fully and absolutely grant convey grant furthermore above stated exclusively for part and parcel of the same soli alone exclusively for part and parcel of the same Greenman his Heirs and Assigns forever One certain lot or parcel of land situated in Charlestown in the County of Washington and state of Rhode Island aforesaid containing by estimation fifty acres more or less and whose boundaries are as follows beginning at the stumps of an Ash tree by the site of Farewell River near Tucktahoe Bridge to run running site of Farewell River near Tucktahoe Bridge to run running

The page as recorded

No page image on Zara for this instrument (the portal holds it: book 8 page 139).

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.