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10/20/1770 · MORTGAGE · book 3 page 38 doc 12716

From CONGDON JOSEPH life, CONGDON SUSANNAH life
To ROBINSON SYLVESTER life
Consideration Three Shillings... and Ten Pounds of lawful Money... Three hundred fifty Eight pounds seven Shillings and Ten Pence Lawful Money
Premises One thousand Two hundred and forty acres · Parcel of land in Charlestown (Charlestown)
Also on this page: RELEASE SCHOENINGER WILLIAM P EST · RELEASE PENDLETON PALMER H 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 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

Christopher Carterly · Christopher Duncan · Jab Ezra Carterly

The instrument's own words

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38 Furthermore I the said William Mussey for myself my Heirs Executors and Administrators do Covenant and agree the above Demised Premises to him the said Arnold Foster his heirs and Assigns against all Lawful Claims or Demands of any Person or Persons whatsoever Ever hereafter to warrant seise and Defend and I Mary Mussey the wife of the said William whether she be dead or living her self and her heirs and Assigns and forever all the Right of Person or powers of title of in and out the above Demised Premises to him the said Arnold Foster his Heirs and assigns as forever In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands and Seals this Twenty fourth Day of March in the Sixth Year of the Reign of their Majesty King George the 4th AD 1788 Signed Sealed and Delivered In the Presence of [illegible] [illegible] Philip Cross [illegible] Charlestown in Kings County RI Personally appeared the above under subscribers to wit William Mussey & Mary his wife and Acknowledged the day and the above and within Instrument to be their Act and Deed Hand and Seal therefore affixed the Day and Date first above written before the above Date witnessed by me the 28th day of Octr 1788 By James Cox [illegible] Philip Cross Justice Peace To all People to whom these presents shall come Greeting I Joseph Burgess citizen of Exeter town in the County of Kent's County and Colony of Rhode Island and Providence an an word Greeting KNOW YE That I the said Joseph Burgess for me and Consanguineous of the sons of these Articles By me the above mentioned valuations and Devise and Provision of the Colony specified in Kent County the Occasional housewife and body parcel by Council Members of the same Town County and Colony agreed upon the the hundredth whereas I do hereby authorize and very solemnly’ fully ratified concluded contracted and pact and treaty of every part and parcel thereto to separate equal and discharge him the said William Mussey his Heirs Executors and administrators forever by the said Burgess [illegible] acres bounded by Wild alder’s enjoined conveyed and conveyed and comfortably by the for solely by the fully solely and absolutely give grant bargain convey sell assign copy convey and confirm unto him the said William Mussey his Heirs and Assigns forever one certain Parcel of Land situate lying and being in Charlestown containing by measurement One thousand Two hundred and forty acres more or less bounded on the North bounded on North westerly corner by the frontier easterly partly on the line between the shares of John Hall site of Charlestown District and westerly and partly on the line of [illegible] betweening North westerly Part on Line of Job Ford and partly on Line Gory and partly on [illegible] [illegible] and More however standing To have and to hold the said grant as above and any More whereas standing with all the Appurtenances Premises and Conveniences to the same belonging being and now a possession him the said William Mussey his Heirs and assigns forever as then and other Heirs Remainder and Successors forever whereas said grant bargain for me any Heirs Executors and Administrators to covenant promise and grant to him the said William Mussey his Heirs and assigns at law before the Execution hereof save the free sale and Lawful Owner of the above bargain premises and assume fully Stable of Certain and purified of the same in my own proper right that is to say a good perfect and absolute Estate of Charlestown in Southbury that have me myself full right full Power and Lawful Authority to grant bargain sell comfortably
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39 Grant and confirm the said bargain and premises in Manner as often as it shall be That the said Uylvester Robinson his Heirs and Assigns shall have and may from Time to Time & at all Time forever here after by Law & Value of the Right’s conveyed, peaceably and quietly have hold use enjoy possess and enjoy the said demised and bargained premises with the appurtenances thereunto free and clear and freely and clearly acquitted released unencumbered of the charges of any form all and whatsoever of Tenures or forms thereof Gifts Grants Mortgages Sales Leases Rentals any Wills Deeds pretended Devises judgments Executions or Incumbrances of what Some or Nature soever that may in any Manner or Degree disturb or make void the quiet possession the said Furthermore I the said Joseph Brayton for myself my Heirs Executors & Administrators do covenant and agree the above demised Premises to be and hereafter said Uylvester Robinson his Heirs and Assigns against and for the lawful Claims or demands of any Person or Persons whatsoever forever to warrant defend or repair by the Presence of said Sarah Brayton the Wife of the said Joseph Brayton for the Consideration above cited do yield up and surrender wide with the said Warrant to forever Robinson his Heirs and Assigns forever all my right of Dower and Tenue of the Deed in and with the above Bargained Premises Furthermore Considering the Facility and the High Regards we are inclined that if the above Joseph Brayton his Heirs Executors Administrators or any of them shall act or do and will do and hold any mate the above said Uylvester Robinson on his Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns the above mentioned sum of three hundred sterling p.s. [?]’s consideration Shillings and ten Pence except Lump Wage on or before the Twenty first day of March which will be in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and Seventy then this Deed of Bargain of sale shall determine and be void & be it Void Whereas I have hereunto set my Hand and seal the Fourteenth Day of October in the First Year of the Reign of his Majesty George the Third May of great Britain since and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and Seventy Signed sealed & delivered Joseph Brayton Seal Del’d before me Edward Cross Charlestown in Kent County the Day and Date first above written Severally appeared the above named & acknowledged the above Instrument to be their act and Deed Stands and Seals hereunto affixed Before me Robt Cross Justice Peace The above Deed was Recorded the 26th day of Octr 1770 By James Brayton Clrk [Marginalia left side]: Cho. Robinson [Vertical text]: To Jph Brayton his wife Sarah & to Uylvester Robinson his heirs & assigns for the sum of 300l. sterling on the 14th day of Octr 1770 by Robt Cross J.P. Witness: William Tappenden James Brayton Clerk

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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.