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11/8/1856 · DEED · book 8 page 153 doc 10790

From BURDICK HOLSEY W life, BURDICK ELLEN life
To BURDICK CHARLES life
Premises High ridge lot on north side of Wortley's Road (Charlestown, Wortley's Road)

Back — where this land came from

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

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

▶ 1874 · DEED · BURDICK CHARLES; BURDICK SARAH → SULLIVAN GARDNER W · book 9 p 197
▶ 1887 · DEED · BURDICK CHARLES; BURDICK SARAH → BURDICK CHARLES JR; BURDICK HENRY P · book 11 p 463
▶ 1887 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · BURDICK CHARLES → CHAMPLIN MARY A; CHAMPLIN NATHAN · book 10 p 562
▶ 1903 · DEED · BURDICK GERTRUDE; BURDICK CHARLES → BURDICK HENRY P · book 14 p 410
▶ 1906 · DEED · BURDICK GERTRUDE; BURDICK CHARLES; BURDICK HENRY P; BURDICK SARAH → LYMAN RICHARD E · book 15 p 348
▶ 1906 · DEED · BURDICK GERTRUDE; BURDICK CHARLES; BURDICK HENRY P; BURDICK SARAH → CHOMOWAUKE LODGE · book 15 p 432
▶ 1913 · DEED · BURDICK MARY T; BURDICK CHARLES; BURDICK GEORGE; HOXSIE PERRY G; BROWN → HOXSIE EDWARD E · book 17 p 403
▶ 1916 · DEED · BURDICK GERTRUDE; BURDICK CHARLES → HOXSIE RUTH E; BURDICK MARY T · book 18 p 326

The instrument's own words

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158 ing the sum. by virtue of any act of any of mine here to fore had or dones void to the premises I And my bargain and selling Jenusha Green wife to the said Ariel fore in consideration aforesaid have together with the expressed quite and surrender give up all my right of Figure and appurtenances thereof to unto the foregoing conveyed remise to know the said Thong. & Green his Heirs and Assigns forever In testemuny whereof we have to set our hands and seals this 20th day of April 1856 Ariel & Green LS Jenusha Green LS In presence of J. Giffine Joseph G Giffine Warrington Charlestown Sept 20th 1856 Personally came before me Joel Green and Jenusha Green his wife and acknowledged the preceding instrument by them signed to be their free and voluntary act & deed signed & sealed Joseph G Giffine, Justice of the Peace recorded for Record Oct 11th 1856 SS Clerk RI Page 158 to 158 by Chas T Clark Know all men by these presents that on this eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six I Holmes W Burdick of the Town of Charlestown County of Washington and State of Rhode Island and Salem my only son for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to me in advance by Charles Burdick of said town the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge of hereby give grant bargain sell and convey all my right title and interest in Burdick in manner & as appraised all my right title and interest in a certain tract of Land called and known as the High ridge lot lying on the north side of Wortley's Road bounded and abutted on the North with Joseph Burdick's land, northwest by Southernly to a rock by the Pond, Toward south said Burdick and westerly by Wortley's land partly on Cradlin Tornance land and partly on Mary Hart's land until it returns to Joseph Burdick land aforesaid the first mentioned boundaries To have and to hold the said premises with the said Charles Burdick his Heirs and Assignes forever in fee simple. In Witness whereof we the said parties to these premises have hereunto have set our hands and Seals the day and year first above written In presence of Holmes W Burdick LS Celia E Foster Ellen V Burdick LS William Foster State of Rhode Island and Providence Manufacturing Charlestown this 18th day of October AD 1856 Then personally appeared the above named Holmes W Burdick and Ellen V Burdick appeared to be his wife and formally acknowledged enjoyed the foregoing instrument to be their free act and deed Before me William Foster Signator Received for Record Nov 4th 1856 at 12 Dollars Me Prerecorded Dec 8th 1856 by Chas T Clark

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