The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 13133 › 12707

7/7/1770 · MORTGAGE · book 3 page 29 doc 12707

From CONGDON JOSEPH life
To BROWNING THOMAS life
Consideration five hundred Thanks Mill & Silver Dollars
Premises seventy one Acres one hundred and thirteen Roods · Tract of land in Charlestown (Charlestown)
Also on this page: RELEASE PATTERSON EDITH MATILDA HAWKINS · RELEASE SQUIER LEONARD KNIGHT EST

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

◀ 1770 · DEED · GILBERT LYDIA → CONGDON JOSEPH · book 3 p 9
◀ 1770 · DEED · HOSIER GILES; HOSIER ELIZABETH → CONGDON JOSEPH · book 3 p 10
◀ 1770 · DEED · CLARKE SHEARMAN; CLARKE KATHERINE; CLARKE CATHERINE → CONGDON JOSEPH · book 3 p 12
◀ 1770 · DEED · CLARKE WILLIAM → CONGDON JOSEPH · book 3 p 13
◀ 1763 · DEED · WILKINSON JOHN → CONGDON JOSEPH · book 2 p 121
◀ 1763 · DEED · LARKIN NICHOLAS; LARKIN SARAH → CONGDON JOSEPH · book 2 p 137

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

▶ 1786 · DEED · BROWNING THOMAS → BROWNING WILLIAM T · book 3 p 506
▶ 1786 · DEED · BROWNING THOMAS → POWERS SAMUEL · book 3 p 509

Bounded by

John Hall

The instrument's own words

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To all People, to whom these presents shall come Greeting Know ye that I Joseph Congdon Citizen of Charlestown in Kings County & Colony of Rhode Island Yeoman for and in consideration of my sum of five hundred Twenty Three Pounds 11 Shillings & Twelve Dollars to me in Hand Given by the Eventu- ally true well and truly paid by Thomas Browning of Charlestown in ye County and Colony aforesaid Yeoman the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and recognize and myself therewith fully satisfied and contented and paid and hired and of every part thereof therefore to remise release acquit and discharge the said Thomas Browning his Heirs Executors Administrator and Assigns forever by these presents grant bargain sell field assigned assorted conveyed and confirmed and that by these presents fully and lawfully give grant bargain sell alien convey and confirm unto the said Thomas Browning his Heirs and Heirs forever given one certain Tract of Land situate lying and being in Charlestown here aforesaid containing seventy one Acres one hundred and thirteen Roods the be the More or Less Balled & Bounded as follows Viz Northly on Cranston's Heirs Easterly on Land belonging for John Hall late of ye Citizens of Charlestown District partly on the Garden land quartered on and offset of 3 Roods and 11 Perches and abruptly bounded by a fence along of the Land of the Grantor whatever of John Hall late of Charlestown District to have and hold the hundred granted and bargained premises with all the privileges and appurtenances to the remedies belonging or in any wise appertaining unto the said Thomas Browning his Heirs and Assigns forever to have and his heirs forever Quiet and before Forever And I the said Joseph Congdon for me my Heirs Executors and Adminis to covenant promise grant and with the said Thomas Browning his Heirs and Assigns forever full and absolute the Quiet Enjoyment have the same true and lawful Quiet Owners of the above Bargained Premises and am lawfully seized and possessed of the same in some manner right was good proper and absolute Estate of inheritance in Simpleman and have any right good full and lawful and lightly to Will and Dispose of Dispossession in the Same whenever aforesaid and that the bargained premises and every part of part thereof is absolutely free and clear off and free from all and all manner of any hind former or other Grafts Grants Bargains Wills leases Mortgages or Incumbrances of any hind whatsoever Furthermore I the said Joseph Congdon for me my Heirs Executors administrators do covenant and Engage the above Demised Premises and the said Thomas Browning his Heirs and Assigns against the lawful claims or demands of any Person or Persons forever to warrant defend and defend by these Presents Provided Nevertheless if the said Joseph Congdon my Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns or any of as do will and lawfully cause or cause to be paid unto the said Thomas Browning his Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns the Sum of Two hundred and thirty good and lawful bills of Exchange Dollars or before the fourth day of my next coming the date hereof then this Deed shall be void and of none Effect therefore to abide and remain null void and Secundam the Witness whereof I the said Joseph Congdon have here and with my Seal the Seal the Town with the day of May the 4th day of May in the Fourth Year of the Reign of George the Third King of Great Britain and Ireland Anno Domini 1778 Joseph Congdon [seal] Signed Sealed Delivered Kings County [seal] Courtly official in presence of Riley Cross the above named for the above named signed the abo- George Atke the age above 50 years and signed the abo- Instrument to be the Voluntary act of himself before me Riley Cross Justice of the Peace the above Deed was executed the 7th day of July 1778 Joseph Congdon does seal [Vertical margin notes]: The above Deed was executed the 7th day of July 1778 and delivered to the said Thomas Browning his Heirs and Assigns and 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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.