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5/11/1939 · TAX COLLECTOR'S DEED · book 27 page 644 doc 115@27/644

From GRIFFITHS THOMAS A
To ECCLESTON RAY P
Premises none · Tract of land on Quonsetochong Neck (Quonsetochong, Charlestown, Quonsetochong Neck)
Index description AP 10 LOT 122

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

◀ 1916 · DEED · ELDRIDGE CHARLES F → GRIFFITHS THOMAS · book 18 p 405

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

▶ 1944 · DEED · ECCLESTON RAY P; PHILLIPS DORIS W → ECCLESTON CHARLES P · book 29 p 173
▶ 1952 · MORTGAGE · ECCLESTON JESSIE A; ECCLESTON RAY P → PHILLIPS DORIS W · book 33 p 68
▶ 1952 · DEED · ECCLESTON JESSIE A; ECCLESTON RAY P → ECCLESTON CHARLES P · book 33 p 228
▶ 1955 · DEED · ECCLESTON JESSIE A; ECCLESTON RAY P → PHILLIPS DORIS W · book 35 p 36
▶ 1955 · DEED · ECCLESTON JESSIE A; ECCLESTON RAY P → WYATT ADELAIDE S; WYATT ANDREW H · book 35 p 37
▶ 1955 · DEED · ECCLESTON RAY P → ECCLESTON RAY P; ECCLESTON JESSIE A · book 35 p 38

The instrument's own words

page 1 · read by Gemma vision
693 QUIT-CLAIM DEED KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That WE, Roy F. Bunting of Meriden, County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, Charles O. Mitchell of Beacon Falls, County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, Ethel M. Wheelwright of Richmond, County of Henrico and State of Virginia, and Mary W. Williams of Middletown, County of Orange and State of New York, for the consideration of One Hundred Dollars and Ninety-Four Cents ($100.94), received to our full satisfaction of Katherine J. Hawley of Naugatuck, County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, do by these Presents remise, release, and forever quit-Claim unto the said Katherine J. Hawley, her heirs and assigns forever, all the right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever we or the said Releasors have or ought to have in or to: That certain real estate situated in Quonsetochong, Town of Charlestown, County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island, described and aforesaid as follows: "A certain tract or parcel of land lying on "Quonsetochong Neck", so-called, in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, bounded and described as follows, to wit: beginning at the Northwest corner of the lot of Katherine J. Hawley, westerly boundary of a cottage lot owned by Dr. M. S. Reese at its intersection with the main highway leading to Quonsetochong Neck, then running northerly in said highway, and then running along the main highway a distance of 60 feet to the line of Mrs. I. Langworthy, thence running at right angles to said highway, northerly on said Langworthy line, then running toward the sea in the line of C. N. Merritt, thence running in a southeasterly direction to the line of a certain tract of land, then running northerly on said line, then running at right angles to the sea, thence running at right angles 30 feet easterly, then running northerly on the line of said Merritt, then running northerly along the lines of said M. S. Reese to the place of starting or first mentioned bound, having however the right of way over the Langworthy land, from the Merritt lot in going to or from the highway to the lot of said C. Chidsey on July 29, 1936, by deed recorded July 3, 1936 in Charlestown, Nice Islands, Land Records, Book 22, Page 260." TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the premises, with all their appurtenances, unto the said Releasee, her heirs and assigns forever, so that neither we the Releasors nor our heirs, nor any other person or persons under us, nor any other, shall hereafter have any claim, right, or title in or to the premises, or any part thereof, but forevermore and by these Presents forever barred and excluded. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 29th day of April, 1939. Witnesses as to Roy F. Bunting: Howard Olson Thomas J. Vining (INTERNAL REVENUE STAMP, 25¢) ROY F. BUNTING Roy F. Bunting (L. S.) Meriden, April 29, 1939 County of New Haven ss. Personally appeared, Roy F. Bunting, Signer and Sealer of the foregoing Instrument, and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed, before me, ANTHONY J. MASTIANO Notary Public (Notarial Seal) Witnesses as to Charles O. Mitchell: Ernest F. Crosby Joseph S. Fisher CHARLES O. MITCHELL Charles O. Mitchell (L. S.) State of Connecticut ss. Beacon Falls, May 2, 1939 County of New Haven ss. Personally appeared, Charles O. Mitchell, Signer and Sealer of the foregoing Instrument, and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed, before me, DOROTHY TUTTLE Notary Public (Notarial Seal) Witnesses as to Ethel M. Wheelwright: Samuel Crane Robert Exzritzer ETHEL M. WHEELWRIGHT (L. S.) Ethel M. Wheelwright State of Virginia) ss. City of Richmond County of Henrico) Richmond, May 8th, 1939 Personally appeared, Ethel M. Wheelwright, Signer and Sealer of the foregoing Instrument, and acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed, before me, F. V. FAHLTZ Notary Public My Commission Expires November 5, 1940. Received for record May 29th, A. D. 1939 at 3:15 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by Town Clerk.

The page as recorded

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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.