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10/23/1858 · DEED · book 8 page 254 doc 10904

From CLARK HANNAH life, CLARK JOSHUA life
To GRIFFIN ABBY C life, HOXSIE GORDON H life
Premises none · piece of land in Cohasset (Cohasset, Brown Bridges road)

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

◀ 1858 · DEED · GRIFFIN ABBY C; GRIFFIN JOSEPH H; HOXSIE GORDON H; HOXSIE SUSAN → CLARK JOSHUA · book 8 p 255
◀ 1845 · DEED · HOXSIE ASA T; HOXSIE NANCY B; WILLCOX MARIAN JR → WILLCOX JOSEPH M; CLARK HANNAH · book 7 p 182
◀ 1851 · MORTGAGE · WILLCOX JOSEPH M → WILLCOX MARIAH; CLARK HANNAH; HOXSIE MARIAH; HOXSIE WELCOME S; GOULD E · book 7 p 435
◀ 1851 · AGREEMENT · HOXSIE SAMUEL B; CLARK JOSHUA; HOXSIE MARIAH W; CLARK HANNAH D → CLARK HANNAH D; HOXSIE MARIAH W; CLARK JOSHUA; HOXSIE SAMUEL B · book 7 p 438
◀ 1848 · DEED · HOXSIE SAMUEL B; HOXSIE MARIA → CLARK JOSHUA · book 7 p 319
◀ 1847 · DEED · BILLINGS ANN → DAVIS OLIVER; CLARK JOSHUA · book 7 p 258
◀ 1847 · PARTIAL RELEASE · THURSTON GEORGE P → CLARK JOSHUA · book 7 p 260
◀ 1846 · DEED · PENDLETON ISAAC; PENDLETON LYDIA ANN → DAVIS OLIVER; CLARK JOSHUA · book 7 p 224
◀ 1846 · DEED · HOLLOWAY ISAIAH W; CROP GEORGE W SHERIFF → CLARK JOSHUA · book 7 p 233
◀ 1844 · DEED · SHEFFIELD NATHANIEL → CLARK JOSHUA · book 7 p 137
◀ 1842 · DEED · HAZARD SARAH S; HAZARD ARNOLD W; HASARD SARAH S; HASARD ARNOLD W → CLARK JOSHUA · book 7 p 77
◀ 1840 · MORTGAGE · CHAMPLIN JOSHUA → CLARK JOSHUA · book 7 p 3
◀ 1840 · DEED · STANTON JOSEPH → CLARK JOSHUA · book 7 p 12
◀ 1837 · DEED · HOXSIE GORDON H; HOXSIE SUSAN D → CLARK JOSHUA · book 6 p 382

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 · DEED · GRIFFIN ABBY C; GRIFFIN JOSEPH H; HOXSIE GORDON H; HOXSIE SUSAN → CLARK JOSHUA · book 8 p 255
▶ 1858 · DEED · GRIFFIN ABBY C; GRIFFIN JOSEPH H; HOXSIE GORDON H; HOXSIE SUSAN → · book 8 p 257
▶ 1870 · DEED · GRIFFIN ABBY C; GRIFFIN JOSEPH H; HOXSIE GORDON H; HOXSIE SUSAN → BRIGGS MARY E · book 9 p 416
▶ 1870 · DEED · GRIFFIN ABBY C; GRIFFIN JOSEPH H → HOXSIE GORDON H · book 9 p 430
▶ 1880 · DEED · GRIFFIN ABBY C → PECKHAM SAMUEL · book 10 p 571
▶ 1889 · FORCLOSURE DEED · GRIFFIN ABBY C; HOXSIE GORDON H BY ATTORNEY → KENYON WILLIAM H · book 12 p 72
▶ 1890 · DEED · GRIFFIN ABBY C → GARDINER HENRY K · book 12 p 157
▶ 1860 · MORTGAGE · HOXSIE GORDON H → BARBER PELEG S · book 8 p 317
▶ 1861 · AGREEMENT · HOXSIE GORDON H; WILLCOX BENJAMIN F → WILLCOX BENJAMIN F; HOXSIE GORDON H · book 8 p 365
▶ 1886 · MORTGAGE · HOXSIE GORDON H → GRIFFIN ABBY C · book 11 p 379
▶ 1887 · MORTGAGE · HOXSIE GORDON H → HOXSIE SAMUEL B JR · book 11 p 421
▶ 1898 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · GRIFFIN ABBY C → GARDINER HENRY K; GARDINER MARY P · book 12 p 162

The instrument's own words

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254 Know all men by these presents that I Joshua Clarke Clerk of Cohasset engage in the boundaries of the State of Rhode Island and in consideration of the sum of seven hundred dollars paid to me by Gideon Gorton and Abby G. Giffin for which sumwell i do hereby acknowledge receipt and to have given quiet possession and by these presents do remise release and forever quit claim unto the said Gideon G. Gorton and Abby G. Giffin their Heirs and Assigns forever all my right to all the following described property given and granted whereas I now have of me right only to have revenue of and to possess within fully title of piece of land lying in said Cohassetly part the first will be from a post in the first fence line of said village properly owned and held by Samuel Moore the lot of George the second fence line of said village properly owned and held by James Duncan Sherman and said fence line East until it reaches the first fence line of said village properly owned and held by Samuel Moore Eastward then North West by the lot who first piece south fence line extending east to a stone pile right angle over more or less than ten rods the same runs east in March land and continues east north westerly more or less over ten rods the same bounded South by piece of land belonging to Henry White North by piece of land belonging to Gorton's part on the North East both by some wall post the said lot is bounded on the North by the remaining lot extending river more or less than ten rods In the North East corner post John P. Saunders on the north side by said Saunders and on the East by Gorton and on the West by lot props S. Day the lot is further described as boundary it run East by lot estimation both ways more or less and boundaries as follows part first Joshua Clarke's land then runs south easterly run by stones Wall East lot Gorton's part bounded North & East by Gideon Gorton's lot bounded South by Brown Bridges road on the north side of town boundary & North Party said piece further described as lying interior to the said Gorton's lot for this piece is a rectangular section part of the above described premises and we state of our one hundred seventh part to said Gideon & Giffin I do here and to hold the same with all the right hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto appertaining to them the said Gorton to possess and said Abby G. Giffin their heirs and assigns forever Have I Hannah Clark wife of the aforesaid Joshua Clark in consideration of the same amount and said husband in coupling witness and forever quitclaim to said Gorton to possess and said Abby G. Giffin their heirs and assigns forever all my right of home to the same free void and quitclaimed In witness whereof we have hereunto our hands set our seals this 15th day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and eighty eight executed made before signing Signed sealed and delivered In presence of William Palmer Oliver J. Clark Wellington Sr. Charleston October 15 1888 Severally came before me this afternoon named Joshua Clarke and Hannah Clark his wife and acknowledged the within instrument to be their free and voluntary act William Foster Justice Joshua Clarke L.S Hannah Clarke L.S Recorded in Deed Oct 18th 1888 of C. Clerk P. 11 Minimum Oct 28th 1888 C. Clark Cross J.C.K

The page as recorded

No page image on Zara for this instrument (the portal holds it: book 8 page 254).

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.