The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 11169 › 11152

3/19/1864 · MORTGAGE · book 8 page 475 doc 11152

From THOMAS BENJAMIN life
To DAVIS PRESERVED JR
Consideration one hundred dollars
Premises one hundred acres · lot of land lying by a sandy cove (Charlestown)

Back — where this land came from

deed Father Samuel Scott and Peter Wright
“deed of the same given to me by Father Samuel Scott and Peter Wright dated March 1860”
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

◀ 1863 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · DAVIS P JR → THOMAS BENJAMIN · book 8 p 394
◀ 1860 · DEED · NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE; SWEET PARDON; SWEET MARY H → THOMAS BENJAMIN · book 8 p 312
◀ 1847 · DEED · KINYON HEZEKIAH; KINYON SUSAN → THOMAS BENJAMIN · book 7 p 259

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

▶ 1864 · DEED · DAVIS ELIZABETH; DAVIS PRESERVED JR → CARD HENRY C · book 8 p 497
▶ 1866 · DEED · DAVIS PRESERVED JR → BURDICK HAZARD A 2ND · book 9 p 130
▶ 1867 · DEED · DAVIS ELIZABETH; DAVIS PRESERVED JR → WARD SAMUEL; WARD MARY H · book 9 p 190
▶ 1867 · DEED · DAVIS ELIZABETH; DAVIS PRESERVED JR → CARD OLIVE L · book 9 p 194
▶ 1869 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · LARKIN DAVID R; DAVIS PRESERVED JR → THOMAS BENJAMIN · book 9 p 212

The instrument's own words

page 1
Instrument David W. Lonsdale $2.5 Charles Cross 475 Know all men by these presents that I Benjamin Thomas of Charlestown in the Town of Washington and state of Rhode Island in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars paid me in hand by foreground Thomas of said Charlestown the receipt of which I hereby acknowledge hereby bargain sell and convey quit claim the said David Davis his heirs and assigns forever a certain lot of land lying by a sandy cove containing by estimation one hundred acres or the same more or less for the boundaries of which reference is had to a deed of the same given to me by Father Samuel Scott and Peter Wright dated March 1860 and recorded in Book B Page 28 evidence in said Charlestown page 384 I do have and to hold the same with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging to the same David Davis his heirs and assigns forever And I the said Benjamin Thomas for myself my heirs executors and administrators do covenant with the said David Davis his heirs and assigns that I will covenant and defend to the same to him the said David Davis his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims and demands of all persons The condition of this deed is such that whereas I the said Benjamin Thomas have given a mortgage promissory note for the sum of one thousand dollars loving currency due date with these presents and made payable to the said foreground Davis for or over five years or other date with interest on the interest to be paid annually on the 20th day of March and each year with interest I the said Benjamin Thomas my heirs executors administrators and assigns assign shall pay said note of maturity together with the interest thereon according to the tenor thereof therefore this clear shall be void otherwise to be and remain in full force and effect Furthermore I the said Benjamin Thomas do hereby contract and apportion the said David Davis for his executors appointed administrators and assigns irrevocably with full power of substitution and revocators for me and in my name or in his heir or their names or name of any time in case any default be there made in the payment of said note or the annual interest due thereon the said I authorize the said process executors of such default shall continue for the term of thirty days that is thirty days after the expiration of the said thirty days twenty days notice of such default in some one of the places where said premises this Site and or in my name morele execute seal acknowledge and deliver to the purchaser or conveyer thereof any deed or deed that may be necessary to convey such premises or had however a any attorney full power to convey the said sole from time to time to my said attorneys full power to receive the payment of said sole from time to time said I shall have and authorized my said attorneys to receive the payment of all the expenses incurred in such Sale to apply and appropriate the same as well as other things for the payment of the note hereby mentioned and ordered title to the same hereby agreeing that in case of a sale for less full of the payment of said note shall be considered the purchase of said note shall be considered and paid over and on the day of such sale accountably me my heirs or assigns such sale over and above the amount thereby I hereby ratifying and confirming such Sale or sales as may be the case or caused to be made to any person or persons In witness whereof thereunto set my hand and seal this nineteenth day of March 1864 Benjamin Thomas S. In presence of Charles Cross Richard A. Burdick Beginning to be Charles town March 19th 1864 personally appeared Benjamin Thomas and acknowledged the foregoing instrument by him signed to be his proper and voluntary act and deed Before me Charles Cross Town Clerk Received for Record March 19 the 1864 at 3 o'clock P M and delivered to Lewis bro S. C. L.

The page as recorded

page 1

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.