The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 12710

7/24/1770 · DEED · book 3 page 32 doc 12710

From NINEGRETT THOMAS, DANIEL JAMES life, SACHEM WILLIAM life, PHILLIPS DAVID life, HARRY HENRY life, HARRY CHRISP life
To HAZARD JONATHAN JR life, HASZARD JONATHAN JR
Consideration five Hundred pounds and twenty seventy pounds Of sterne money
Premises Two hundred and seventy six Acres · Tract bounded by Highway, Shipwright Brook, and various lands (Charlestown, Shipwright Brook, Benjamin Goulds Corner)
Also on this page: RELEASE NISKANEN ROSA EST · RELEASE ROSENTHALL SARA B EST

Back — where this land came from

This is the first alienation
The grantor is the sachem or the tribe, so this instrument is where this ground enters the town's land evidence. Behind it stands the reserved tract of 1709 — the Narragansett reservation, about 64 square miles, carved out of the roughly 130,000 acres of "vacant lands" Ninigret quit-claimed to the Colony on 28 March 1709 (State Records, Land Evidence 3, p. 273; Tucker 1877, pp. 23–24) — and, before the reservation, the Narragansett country itself. There is no earlier deed to follow; the land is followed from here by its bounds and its abutters. From Ninigret — every such instrument ▸

The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1767 · DEED · NINEGRETT THOMAS → SACHEM WILLIAM; SACHEM THOMAS; SACHEM SARAH; SACHEM GEORGE; SACHEM EXP · book 2 p 341
◀ 1762 · DEED · CRANDALL MARY; CRANDAL AHIJAH → NINEGRETT THOMAS · book 2 p 98
◀ 1766 · SECURITY BOND · CHAMPLIN CHRISTOPHER → NINEGRETT THOMAS · book 2 p 256
◀ 1761 · AGREEMENT · NINEGRETT THOMAS; STILES ISRAEL → STILES ISRAEL; NINEGRETT THOMAS · book 2 p 74
◀ 1760 · DEED · KINYON LUCY; KINYON ENOCH JR → NINEGRETT THOMAS · book 2 p 20

Forward — where this land went

⛔ The record we hold stops here: no later instrument we have read cites this one, and no later conveyance by the grantee is linked by name. Colonial deeds rarely cite book and page; the land is followed by its bounds and its abutters from here. The index is complete to 1987, so the gap is in the words: deeds of this era seldom cite book and page, and only about half the instruments of 1936-1965 have been transcribed (some 6,000 were never imaged), so a citation to this deed may sit in a page not yet read.

Bounded by

Joseph Grahams · Ethan Sterlings · Moses Hazzards · Silas W anthony · Gideon Johnsons

The instrument's own words

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To all People to whom these Presents shall come, I Thomas Angell of Charlestown in the County of Kings County and Colony of Rhode Island do send Greetings Know ye That I the said Thomas Angell, for and Consideration of the Sum of five hundred and four hundred and twenty pounds of Sterline money in Hand received theforesaid Sum well and truly paid by Jonathan Hazard mensuration Jonathan Hazard son of Jonathan Hazard of North Kingstown of the County and Colony aforesaid given in the Receipt which I hereby acknowledge, and my very self therewith fully satisfied, delivered and paid, and Therefore, and of my own free Will and Power bring to operate, execute and do the thing the said Jonathan Hazard the Heire, Executor, and Administrator forenamed by these presents: Have given, grant, bargain and sold, aliened, confirmed, conveyed and confirmed, and by the present Deed do fully, absolutely and irrevocably give, grant, bargain and sell, alien convey, confirm and convey unto the said Jonathan Hazard the Heire, Executor and Assigns forever Certain Tract or parcels of Land situate lying and being in Charlestown aforesaid containing by Estimation Two hundred and seventy six Acres be the same more or less Boundted as follows (viz) Westerly and Northerly on the Highway beginning at Shipwright Brook and running North Eastwardly grant line and continue as the Highway runs until it comes to Benjamin Goulds Corner at a Black Oak Tree and then it turns Southerly Easterly and continue to run along by Mr Gope's land until it comes to Ethan Utters Land and up be bounded along on Thomas Land and will continue to Moses Utters Land, and to extend until it comes to Lethington Land Land and to extend along Mr Anthony's Land until it comes to Gideon Johnson's Land and to extend along Mr Johnson's land until it comes to stagnated Brook and to extend along Brook until it comes to the said bounded Brook, To have and to hold, the said to granted and bargained and Demised with all the appurtenances, Tenements, Privileges and Commodities to the same belonging, soin any other appertaining to the said Jonathan Hazard and his Heirs and Assigns forever to lie and be their and theirs Forever In Perpetuity, and forever forever. Dated the I Thomas Angell gave for my Heire, Executor, and Administrator to do convene and prompt to grant and to weld the said Jonathan Hazard the Heire and Assigns and to the aforesaid the aforesaid Sum the same value, and lawful Consideration of the above bargained Conveyed and am lawfully seised and possessed of the Premises in proper Right, a true good perfect and absolute Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple And have in my full power good Will full Power and Lawfull Authority to grant bargain sell, convey and confirm the bargain Demised in Manner as aforesaid That the said Jonathan Hazard the Heire and Assigns the whole and all may from time to time, and at all times forever possess, by some Virtue of these Presents lawfully foreverably and quietly have hold, be sole, only possess and enjoy the aforesaid bargain and Demised with all the Appurtenances for once and all over, and forever and lawfully acquired acquired and discharged of and freed from all and Manner of forms or things Gifts Grants Warring any things of Life Leasehold mortgage, Estate Entails forever, Sureties Judgments Exhibitions or some such of what Nature or whatever Power that might in any Manner or Degree obstruct or in manner, and his present Deed Furthermore I the said Thomas Angell for myself and my Heirs Executors and Administrators do cover and engage the above demised Premises for the said Jonathan Hazard his Heirs and Assigns against the lawful Claims or Demands of any Person or Persons whatever to warrant and defend forever, to these Presents I have set my In Witness whereof I the said Thomas Angell have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the this Twenty eighth day of September in the Sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third Day of Gloriana et Omnia et Deus Anno 1769 [illegible] Signed Sealed and delivered in Presence of me 18th mo. and then it was remotely’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
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33 We the Subscribers Consent to Thomas as Ninegrell of Charlestown in the County of Kings County Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Tribe of Indians agreeable to the Act of the General Assembly of the Colony of Rhode Island have freely & Voluntarily Consented to the said and making the above Deed in Whose behalf we have hereunto at our Hands set in the Presence of James + Daniel Gorton William + Samuel Gorton Henry + Philip Gorton Mary + Mary Gorton Chris + Mary Gorton Charlestown in Kings County For Personally appeared the above Subscribers the day and Date first above Written & Acknowledged to the above Subscribers that to be their Uttermost old and Oldest Hand ands set thereunto Witness my Hand and seal Blog Craft Justice of Peace We the Underscribers being a Committee appointed by the General Assembly to effect Thomas Ninegrell with for the Cause of [illegible] to sell the said Narragansett Land in order to his Debts to satisfy and approve and execute of the Sale of the Land Expressed in the written Deed as Whose and hands the 28 day of Sept 1762 Joseph Robinson [illegible] Hazard The above Deed was entered upon Record the 24th July 1842 1770 by James Congdon Clerk of Court To all People to whom these Presents shall come That we Joseph Taylor and Simon Matthews both of Charlestown in the County of Kings County in the Colony of Rhode Island having Land adjoining and being just & fair and most convenient for improvement to be other for Advantage Therefore we agree Mutually that the following Line shall be the Dividing Line between us our said Rights and Privileges forever to and Beginning at a Pile and Stone by the Highway leading Eastward from said Rights and Privileges forever to and Beginning at a Pile and Stone by the Highway leading Eastward from said Rights and Privileges forever to and Beginning at a Pile and Stone by the Highway leading Eastward from the Bridge over Pawcatuck River near where said Divide Boundary Greatly preferred from there South 48 Degrees East 6 Chains 48 links to a Sapling Birch Tree from there South 89 Degrees East 48 Chains 0 Degrees Matthews said Line of his property East of the said Joseph Taylor for the Distance of the sum of Thirty Pounds paid Hand to me in said Hand paid by the said Simon Matthews Consideration of the sum of Thirty Pounds paid Hand to me in said Hand paid by the said Simon Matthews do by these presents Remise Release Quitclaim & forever Convey and Release unto the said Simon Matthews his Heirs and assigns over all my Right Title Interest Property Claim and Demand and those over had or ought to have Assigns forever all my Right Title Interest Property Claim and Demand over had and ought to have the Land in the Eastward of the specified Line and to him his Heirs and Assigns forever to have and to hold the Enclosure of the specified Line and to him his Heirs and Assigns forever to have and to hold the said Released and Released Premises unto me and each out of our Heirs and Assigns forever In that nother of the said Joseph Taylor nor Simon Matthews our Heirs Assigns Envoys or Assigns shall have claim although in demand any Right Title nor Interest into the Rhode Island Colony and any part and parcel thereof Said Land shall and will be Mutually Secluded and declared by these Presents Quitclaim whose we have hereunto at our Hands set this 24th day of July in the Year of our Lord and of his Majesty King George the Third King of Great Britain etc Anno 1770 Signed and Sealed Charlestown in Kings County 24th July 1770 Joseph Taylor in the presence of Tobias Saunders Joseph Gorton Personally appeared the within Subscribers hereunto Simon Matthews acknowledged Joseph Taylor and Simon Matthews to be their Uttermost Hand ands set thereunto and the within Instrument to be their Act and Deed and Seal there unto Witness my Hand and seal Congdon Clerk of Court Blog Craft Justice Peace

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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.