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I, MILTON DUCKWORTH, of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, for consideration paid, grant to FREDERICK KENYON and GERTRUDE KENYON, husband and wife, both of the Town of Westerly, said County and State, and to the survivor of them and the heirs and assigns of said survivor, as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, with WARRANTY CONVEYANCE That
Certain that real estate situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, and described as follows:
That certain tract of land, containing approximately 60.Acres, be the same more or less, with a Dwelling house and all other buildings and other thereon standing, situate in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, and described as follows:
Commencing at the southwesterly corner of said tract by the highway, thence running northerly partly on said land, now or formerly, of the heirs of George F. Baggs and George W. Baggs, now or formerly, of Thomas S. Zunis and wife to the property of the Narragansett Pier shoreline necessity on said tract, a direct line to the southwesterly corner, now or formerly, of Charlton Champlain thence northerly since the same course on said Champlain's land to a ditch; thence in an easterly direction on said land to a fence line to a ditch thence easterly on said Champlain's land to said brook thence easterly on said brook to the highway the first named highway; thence westerly on the last named highway to the corner first named above.
Being the same Premises described as the first tract in a deed to said Nathan R. Champlain from Mary Van Baggs, et al., dated September 4, 1813 and recorded in Land Evidence Book 194, page 156 of the Records of said Town of Charlestown, excepting the portion therefore conveyed by said Nathan R. Champlain to the Narragansett Pier Reclamation Company, by deed dated June 11, 1921 and recorded in said Records of Land Evidence, in Book 17, page 155 and excepting the portion conveyed from said George Champlain to South County Public Service Company by instrument dated November 24, 1935, recorded in said Records of Land Evidence.
Meaning and intending to convey the same premises conveyed by a deed from The Washington Trust Company, Executor under the Will of Susan Champlain, to this Grantor and his wife, by a Granting deed bearing date of April 27th, 1939 and recorded in said Records of Land Evidence, Book 27, page 397.
I, Carrie E. Duckworth wife of the grantor release to the grantees all my right of dower and all other interest in the aforementioned premises.
WITNESS our hands this 21st day of December 1939
MILTON DUCKWORTH
CARRIE S. DUCKWORTH
(INTERNAL REVENUE STAMPS, $1.50)
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND )
) ss:
County of Washington )
In Charlestown on the 21st day of December 1939 before me personally appeared Milton Duckworth and Carrie S. Duckworth, husband and wife, both to me known and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument, and they acknowledged said instrument, by them executed, to be their free act and deed.
LINTON L. BROWN
Notary Public.
Received for record May 14th, A. D. 1940 at 5:00 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by [?]
Town Clerk