The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 11488 › 11669 › 11581

5/30/1803 · DEED · book 4 page 395 doc 11581

From CROSS ELIZABETH life, CROSS SAMUEL life
To WILLCOX EDWARD
Consideration Nine Hundred Dollars
Premises forty three Acres · Two pieces of land including a dwelling house (Charlestown, East branch Long Pond, Pangui River, Ephraim Browning Land, Jur Duncan's Lot)

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

◀ 1802 · DEED · HARVY ELIZABETH → CROSS SAMUEL · book 4 p 382
◀ 1801 · DEED · CHURCH ASA → CROSS SAMUEL; CROSS ANNE · book 4 p 309
◀ 1800 · DEED · TUCKER DORCAS; TUCKER JOSHUA → CROSS SAMUEL · book 4 p 266
◀ 1800 · DEED · BROWNING CHRISTOPHER; BROWNING MARTHA → CROSS SAMUEL · book 4 p 267
◀ 1797 · MORTGAGE · HARVEY ANNE; HARVEY WILLIAM JR → CROSS SAMUEL · book 4 p 222
◀ 1787 · DEED · CONGDON REBECCA; CONGDON REBECCA ADMINISTRATRIX; CONGDON WILLIAM ESTAT → CROSS SAMUEL · book 3 p 532
◀ 1787 · DEED · CARD ANNE; CONGDON REBECA → CROSS SAMUEL · book 3 p 534
◀ 1783 · MORTGAGE ASSIGNMENT · CONGDON SAMUEL; CONGDON WILLIAM DECEASED → CROSS SAMUEL · book 3 p 367
◀ 1782 · DEED · CHAMPLIN MARGARET; CHAMPLIN ELIJAH → CROSS SAMUEL · book 3 p 347
◀ 1777 · MORTGAGE · CRANDAL EBER; CRANDALL EBER → CRANDAL ESTHER; CROSS SAMUEL · book 3 p 243
◀ 1774 · DEED · CONGDON SUSANNA; CONGDON JOSEPH → CROSS SAMUEL · book 3 p 150
◀ 1774 · DEED · NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE; COLONY OF RHODE ISLAND & PROVIDENCE PLANTAT → CROSS SAMUEL · book 3 p 151
◀ 1774 · DEED · FOSTER GIDEON; TEFFT EBENEZER SHERIFF → CROSS SAMUEL · book 3 p 153
◀ 1767 · MORTGAGE · HILL JOHN → CROSS SAMUEL · book 2 p 339

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

▶ 1803 · DEED · WILLCOX EDWARD; WILLCOX HANNAH → CROSS JOSEPH · book 4 p 399
▶ 1806 · DEED · WILLCOX EDWARD; ALLEN JAMES → HOXSEY JOSEPH JR · book 4 p 454
▶ 1806 · DEED · WILLCOX EDWARD; TAYLOR NATHAN; WILLCOX HANNAH; TAYLOR PRUDENCE; GAVIT → · book 4 p 470
▶ 1809 · DEED · WILLCOX EDWARD → STANTON MALBOROW · book 4 p 525
▶ 1811 · DEED · WILLCOX EDWARD; WILLCOX HANNAH → GAVIT JOSEPH · book 5 p 48
▶ 1812 · DEED · WILLCOX EDWARD; WILLCOX HANNAH → HOWARD OLIVER · book 5 p 67
▶ 1817 · DEED · WILLCOX EDWARD → CRANDAL OLIVER; KINYON CALEB JR · book 5 p 312
▶ 1838 · DEED · WILLCOX EDWARD → SECOND SCHOOL DISTRICT · book 6 p 461

Bounded by

Elias Clark · Ruth · Ephraim Browning · Ephraim Browning · Sarah Cross · David Clark · David Clark · Mary

The instrument's own words

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295 To all People to Whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know ye that Samuel Croft of Charlestown in Washington county and state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in consideration of the Sum of Nine Hundred and thirteen Dollars to me in hand well and truly paid by Edward Moore of the same County i man the Principal Owner of the Property hereinafter acknowledged and my self therefore fully seized land Contiguous and free and hold the property these Premises commit and relinquish And Disclaim join with the said Edward Moore his heirs and successors Lawful successors Determination cognate forever by these presents have given grant and convey and set setlement and Lawful possession confirm run home the said Edward Moore his heirs and Assigns forever two Certain pieces of land situate lying And being in said Charlestown One of Late Contiguous parts lying near the home More of Life and Duration’s’ Noted on the Plat book and within the said Lawful Land On Ephraim Browning Land situate on East branch Long Pond on the side on the west With a dwelling House and North north east bordering Land in Lot Number Four in the Division of owners of Lot Late Duncan East the Other Part of Lot Contiguous forty three Acres all the same More or less and Reserved unto the said Class and truth the Right of Water on Pangui River Authority on East Branch and long pond and fully’ land of Lot on Ephraim Browning Land I it is Lot No 4 in the Division of owners Lot Late of Jur Duncan’s Lot To Have and to hold the before Described and Bargained Premises with all the rights and privileges and the Privileges and Appurtenances of the same Belonging in perpetuity any other Apportioning not limited in the said Deed between Edward Moore forever And I the said Samuel Croft Deforming say that I Edward Moore his heirs successors and Assigns forever Govern and grant agree and covenant that I Edward Moore his heirs successors and Assigns that I am the free and law and lawful owner of the before said Described and Bargained Premises and have in my absolute right to give grant and Convey Lawfully perpetuity to Bargain and sell the same in manner as above described I the said Samuel Croft do Covenant and Agree upon all my heirs successors and Determinations to be and with the said Edward Moore his heirs and Assigns forever Covenant henceforth Warrant and Defend and Defend the above Premises against any Person or Persons claiming Lawful claims as Owners or Demand Any Person or Persons whatsoever Hereof I have executed all my bug’s’ the Seal of Houses and Terms of thanks in end and end the above before Mentioned date here in the said Edward Moore his heirs and Assigns forever In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 20th Day of May in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and more 1808 Signed Sealed and Delivered Samuel Croft In Presence of Benjamin Bray Witness’s Eli Coggs John Coggs Samuel Croft Dated this May 20 1808 Per Clerk’s Off. T.C. Received this Deed in the town Clerk’s Office in Charlestown in Washington County May 20th 1808 at 30 Minutes past Nine o’clock in the morning I Order to be recorded Staff Pelag Coggs Sc Town Clerk Washington S.S. 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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.