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6/2/1783 · DEED · book 3 page 369 doc 13021

From KNOWLES HAZARD life, KNOWLES MARGARET life
To CONGDON JAMES JR life
Consideration Ninety seven Pounds, Three Shillings and some Pence; Three Hundred Pounds lawful Money
Premises sundry Fee’s of Land held as Tenements in Common (Charlestown, south Kingstown)

Back — where this land came from

will Nathan [Anowles]
“what was given to d Margaret Anowles formerly by her father Nathan an and by his last Will and Testament”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma
heir John Congdon Esq
“which our Honored Father John Congdon Esq late of said Charlestown deceased diced of funding of sundry Fee’s of Land”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma

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

◀ 1772 · MORTGAGE · KNOWLES DANIEL → KNOWLES HAZARD · book 3 p 84

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.

The instrument's own words

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369. Washington Co. ss. Tuesday April the 29th 1783. Then personally appeared the Subscriber Est Nathan Debrock and acknowledged the above Instrument to be his free Act & Deed Hand & Seal Received Jun 21 1783. By me Joseph Brandel Just. Place & Jas. Congdon Jst. of Ct. To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greeting, Know Ye That Hazard Anowles of Jamestown, in the County of Newport and State of Rhode Island & Providence, and Merchant the Msgt for the Confederation of Ninety seven Pounds Stereo Sittings and other Sums, caused to be full Satisfaction of former Congdon jun. Esq of Charlestown, in the County of Washington, and State aforesaid do give grant bargain sell & confirm unto the said James Congdon jun. his Heirs and Assigns forever to all Right in the Real Estate which our Honored Father John Congdon Esq late of said Charlestown deceased diced of funding of sundry Fee’s of Land of said family being partly in said Charlestown and partly in south Kingstown, in the County of Washington of us and our Right therein, and what soever we are now able by law to convey in the west Part of the whole Estate, or what was given to d Margaret Anowles formerly by her father Nathan an and by his last Will and Testament which was duly proved and expressed by the Town Council of d City of Charlestown, the Sixth Day of September Ad 1768 aforementioned having been had then to many more fully appear. Together with all the rights of the said Estate belonging, or appertaining as the same is now holden as Tenements in Common. To have and to hold the above granted and named Premises, with the Appurtenances unto him the said James Congdon jun. his Heirs & Assigns forever to his and their own proper Use & Benefit And also we the aforesaid James Anowles & Margt our his wife do for ourselves our Heirs Executrs and Assigns covenant with the said James Congdon his Heirs and Assigns that at the present and the Replacing hereof we were seised of the above bargained Premises, as a true indisputable Estate in the Premises, and have good Right to bargain and sell the same to them and form as is above written; and that the same is free of all Encumbrances what soever And Furthermore we the said Hazard Anowles and the granted his Wife do by our special bond bind ourselves, and our Heirs forever to Warrant and defend the above granted & bargained Premises, to him the said James Congdon jun. his Heirs & Assigns against all lawful Claims and Demands whatsoever In Witness whereof we the said Hazard Anowles and the granted his Wife have unto d s. l. and Seals our d Day of March Ad 1782 and in the Sixth Year of American Independence Signed sealed & delivered in the presence of Benj. Remington William Martin James Congdon Hazard Anowles L.S. Margt Anowles L.S.
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372 Jamestown. Jamestown office 3rd on the Ninth Day of March AD 1782 Personally appeared Jared Lawton, and Margaret his Wife, and acknowledged the within Deed of Sale to be their voluntary Act & Deed Signed June 2nd 1783 John Warden Jdge of the Ct per Congdon, Depy Clrk To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know ye that we Ply Boye, both yeman, and Catherine the Wife, Martha Congdon Single Woman, Samuel Perry Yeoman and Penelope his Wife all of Charlestown, in the County of Washington of the State of Rhode Island in the Consideration of Three hundred Pounds Current Money, agreed to sell full Satisfaction of Three persons namely of j. Charlestown Yeoman do give grant bargain, full and confirm and quit the full James Congdon in the Name and Figure Given, all and every Right in the Real Estate where James Congdon in the Name and Figure Given, all and every Right in the Real Estate where deceased his spoiled of our Covenant Father Jan Congdon, Esq. late of s. Charlestown deceased his spoiled of consisting in sundry Parts of Land lying both in s. Charlestown land, and partly in South Kingstown, in the County of Washington of the said state, and our right therein, and what we mean hereby to convey is Three fourth Parts of the whole Estate, or what was given to the s. Penelope, Martha and the Penelope and by their s. Settlement and by his last Will and Testament which were duly proved and affirmed by the Town Council of s. Charlestown, the fifth Day of November AD 1780. whereas being has had there to may more fully appear together with all and Singular the Houses, Buildings, Out houses and Improvements etc etc to the j. James Fourth Parts of s. Estate belonging or appertaining as the same is now holden as Tenements in Common To have and to hold the same granted and bargained Bought with the Appurtenances once unto him the said James Congdon jun the Name and Figure forever, to him and then over before Ye Robt. and also we the Party Bargain and Cathering this Wife, Martha Congdon, Samuel Perry and Penelope his Wife to our Heavy Executor and Admrs covenant with the James Congdon jun the Name and Agree that at all and will the Following years of we were seized of the above bargain Premises, as a good indefeasible Estate in Fee Simple, and have had Right to bargain and sell the same in Manner and Form as is above written; that the same is free of all burdens and whatsoever. And furthermore in the joint Guide Grant to be by these Parties bind ourselves and our Heirs forever to Warrant and defend the same granted and bargained Premises, to him the James Congdon jun the Name and Figure against all lawful Claims and Demands whatsoever. In Witness whereof we the said Elizabeth & Catherine the Wife, Martha Congdon Samuel Perry and his Wife have hereunto set our Hands and Seals the 16th Day of January AD 1783 in the Year of our Saviour Jesus Christ same Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of Sarah Congdon Eph. Coggin Washington [illegient] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] The Acknowledgment of this Deed was made Capital 1787 per Php Billy Cofty 3rd [illegible] At Charlestown the [illegible] [illegible] the foregoing Instrument to be this voluntarily acknowledged set Hands Seals and Wills then to be filed & Recorded Ply Boye Cath Boye Samuel Perry Penelope Perry Martha Congdon Php Billy Cofty 3rd [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]

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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.