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9/14/1945 · DEED · book 29 page 523 doc 1095@29/523

From BURDICK DONALD L life, BURDICK HOWARD E life, BURDICK PEARL I, BURDICK NELLIE L EST
To MURRAY GRETCHEN L, MURRAY TROY T
Consideration consideration paid
Premises Lot 36 on Plan of Conquontaug Central Beach (Charlestown, Conquontaug Central Beach, Quonochontaug Pond)
Index description LOT 36 QUONOCONTAUG CENTRAL BEACH

Back — where this land came from

will Nellie L. Burdick
“as devisees under the will and all the heirs at law of Nellie L. Burdick”
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

◀ 1925 · DEED · THORP HOWARD E; THORP HATTIE M → BURDICK NELLIE L · book 21 p 482

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

▶ 1948 · MORTGAGE · MURRAY GRETCHEN L; MURRAY TROY T → THORP NELSON H · book 30 p 644

Today — the assessor's parcel

35 SURFSIDE AVENUE map 2 lot 98
owner of record: BATTISTA ELAINE REVOC TRUST · SINGLE FAM MDL-01
the assessor cites book/page 0029/0523 (MURRAY, TROY T & GRETCHEN L, 01/01/1945)
09/29/2025BATTISTA ELAINE REVOC TRUSTbook 515 p 209
04/27/2021BATTISTA ELAINEbook 474 p 121
02/24/2000BATTISTA THOMAS M & ELAINEbook 186 p 284
01/01/1945MURRAY, TROY T & GRETCHEN Lbook 29 p 523
the assessor's card ↗

The instrument's own words

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523 We, HOWARD E. BURDICK of the City of Detroit, County of Detroit, Wayne, and State of Michigan, and DONALD L. BURDICK, unmarried, of the Town of Hopkinton, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, as devisees under the will and all the heirs at law of Nellie L. Burdick, late of said Hopkinton, deceased, hereinafter called the Grantors, for consideration paid, grant to TROY T. MURRAY and GRETCHEN L. MURRAY, both of the City of Springfield, County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, as Joint Tenants and not tenants in common, meaning to the survivor, hereinafter called the Grantees, with WARRANTY COVENANTS. A certain tract or parcel of land situated and lying in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, unnamed and described as follows: to wit: Lot number 36 as shown and delineated on a certain plan or plat submitted, "Plan of Quonocutaug Central Beach, Charlestown, R. I.," Thorp & Trainor, Inc., Agents, 80 Feet to the inch, October, 1924, Ross & Lewis, Engrs., Revised to September, 1935 and approved by the Board of Examiners of the Land Evidence Records in town of Charlestown. Said Grantors, their heirs and assigns and shall assign the right by lease and rent forever, and the right to use and free from said and to lot or tract of land, or other, on and access thereon this right of way or road, or way or road of way to the beach and alley to the beach, and the right to use the way or road, or way or road of way to the plan or plat leading to the main highway, and all the ways or right of way leading to the beach and alley to the beach, and the right to use the way or road, or way or road of way and any other portions of said plat of land which might hereafter be designated for public use. The said Grantees, their heirs and assigns, for themselves and their heirs and assigns, do agree with and to the said Grantors, their heirs and assigns, that the said Grantees, their heirs and assigns, shall pay to the said Grantors, their heirs and assigns, the said Quonocutaug Central Beach Fire District, its successors and assigns, on or before the first day of August in each year the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00) as an annual charge for the maintenance of the road and the right of way to the beach and alley to the beach, and said sum to be amended and applied by the said "Quonocutaug Central Beach Fire District, its successors and assigns, for the purpose of maintaining and keeping in good repair the maintenance of the roads and other portions that may be designated for public use, and the said sum shall be due and payable on the first day of August in each year, the said sum being a covenant running with the land and shall be binding upon the Grantees and their heirs and assigns hereby conveyed in and case of failure to make any payment within one year after the same shall become due and payable, the said Quonocutaug Central Beach Fire District, its successors and assigns, shall have the right to sell and convey the land and lot or tract of land at public Auction, first giving notice of such sale in some newspaper published in said County of Washington, at least thirty days prior to the date of sale, and the proceeds of such purchaser or purchasers at said sale. This conveyance is made and accepted subject to the following Covenants and Restrictions: 1. In case of a contemplated sale of said lot or parcel of land or any part thereof, said Howard E. Thorp, his heirs and assigns, shall be given ten days notice in writing, and shall have the first right of refusal to purchase the building and improvements thereon at the highest bone bid price in good faith made and actually offered to the said Grantors, their heirs and assigns. 2. The above conveyed premises shall be used only as a site for one dwelling house on the lot hereby conveyed, which dwelling house shall be erected on the premises in accordance with the building laws of the State of Rhode Island and shall not be used for boarding houses or dwellings house (porch included) shall approach the street or streets or ocean front beach more than twenty five feet from the property line, and no building or knockdown approach the side lines of the lot nearer than five feet therefore; no detached garage or storage building or buildings shall be erected thereon dwelling house erected on said lot share the same foundation. No privy, outhouse or toilet (100) Dollars, all toilets, baths, kitchen or other drains or sewage outlets shall be piped to a suitable septic tank or other approved system of sewage disposal on the premises, by the Grantees, their heirs or assigns at their own cost and expense. 3. No division or lime walls, hedges or fences shall be permitted, nor trees of any kind, nor anything similar, to be erected or maintained in any way obstruct the view from any part of any adjoining property or any dwelling house in this Colony. Shrubs, flowers and vegetables are excepted. 4. No poultry, swine, cattle, noisy or vicious dogs or cats or any other noisy or objectionable animals or birds shall be kept or permitted to be kept on said premises. 5. The said Quonocutaug Central Beach Fire District, its successors and assigns, reserve the right to enter upon the above described and conveyed premises to lay any pipe conduits or pipes, or to repair or maintain any such pipes, reserving the right to restore the condition as when entered. 6. It is hereby further covenanted, understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that all the above conditions, covenants, and agreements on the part of the said Grantors, their heirs and assigns on their part shall be kept and performed shall attach to and run with the land and be binding upon the purchasers and assigns as part of the consideration of this sale and purchase that in case of any violation of the above conditions or covenants any person or persons who purchase any part of said premises with title and fee to said premises shall revert to said Howard E. Thorp, his heirs or assigns, and by or for them may reenter and take possession of the same, and the right, title and interest hereby conveyed shall be forfeited and cease and terminate. I, Pearl I. Burdick, wife of one of the Grantors, Howard E. Burdick, release to said Grantees all my right of power of dower and all other interest in the aforesaid premises. WITNESS our hands this 22nd day of August A. D. 1945. PEARL I. BURDICK HOWARD E. BURDICK DONALD L. BURDICK (DOCUMENTARY STAMPS, $1.10)
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Know all Men by these Presents, that Independent Trust Company, a corporation created under the laws of the State of Rhode Island and located in the City of Providence therein for and in consideration of ten dollars of lawful money paid to it paid by Esther L. Lobbans, of the City of Providence, State of Rhode Island the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, does hereby remise, release and forever quit claim unto the said Esther B. Lobbans her Heirs and Assigns forever, all the rights, title, interest, property, claims, and demand, which it has or of right ought to have or demand, in and to The said tract or parcel of land with all the buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the town of Charlestown, State of Rhode Island, and bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the easterly line of land now or formerly of Benjamin P. Moulton, at a corner of a stone wall, said point being 467 feet, more or less, easterly from the intersecting East Beach Road, as measured along the southerly line of said Moulton lands; thence South 33° 50' East, 100 feet; thence turning eastward an interior angle of 90 and running easterly, 195 feet, more or less, to Charlestown Salt Pond; thence in a general northeasterly direction, along said Pond, to said Moulton lands; thence north 86° 30' East, along a stone wall, once bounding northerly on said Moulton lands, 245 feet, more or less, to the front boundary line, staking point, the said stone wall being a part of a way or appears on old records as a way or other call as a way, a stone 20 feet wide running along the northerly line of land conveyed by Esther L. Lobbans to George S. Ellis and running easterly from the intersecting East Beach Road 467 feet, less, to the line above described, which corner is reached by said George S. Ellis and north The purpose of this indenture is to discharge said premises from the operation of a Mortgage made by said Esther B. Lobbans to said Independent Trust Company, dated September 11, 1930 and recorded on the fifth day of the month of October Town of Charlestown in Real Est & Mortgage Book 24 and page 204

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