The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 13263

9/1/1762 · DEED · book 2 page 105 doc 13263

From NINEGRETT THOMAS
To AUFLIN ROBERT life
Consideration Eight Hundred Pounds Current of & Colony
Premises Thirty Three Acres · Parcel of land in Westerleystown (Westerleystown, David Pelty Land)
Also on this page: DEED CHAMPLIN CHRISTOPHER · RELEASE SAUNDERS ALICE B P EST · RELEASE SMITH KNOWLES A 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

◀ 1762 · DEED · CRANDALL MARY; CRANDAL AHIJAH → NINEGRETT THOMAS · book 2 p 98
◀ 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

David Pelly

The instrument's own words

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105. To all People to whom these Presents Shall Come. I Thomas Hinxegreat of Westerleystown in the County of Kings County & Colony of Rhode Island Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Side of Sundiane dated September 11 1702 say That I the said Thomas Hinxegreat for and in Consideration of the Sum of Eight Hundred Pounds current money of Colony said Sum to be in hand before the Expiring herewith will and Provide Paid by Robert Austin of the Town County & Colony aforesaid Give the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and my self there with full Sufficed contented and paid and of and of every Part and parcel thereby do exonerate acquit and discharge him the said Robert Austin his Heirs executors and Administration forever by the these Presents Here given granted bargain Sold aimed infinitely Conveyed and confirmed and by these presents do fully fully and affectionately give grant bargain sell alien convey transfer and convey unto him the said Robert Austin his Heirs and assigns forever one Certain Parcel or parcel of Land described as following and Being in the Town of Westerleystown aforesaid containing Thirty Three Acres the Same more or less Bounded and bounded following very Beginning to Stake & heap of Stones situated in a Swamp being the Corner of David Pelty Land from thence East 10 Chains to a stake & Stones about 10 from thence South 83 to a stake & Stones about 10 from thence running west 17 or 18 Degrees South 12 Chains & 30 links to a stake & Stones about 10 from there running by a Straight Line to the said Robert Austin south west Corner of this Land that was his Father Robert Austin Senior and it is Bounded Northerly on the 8 Robert Austin his Land to the first Bound and bounded Bound To Have and To Hold the said granted and Bargained Premises with all the appurtenances privileges & Commodities to the same belonging in any wise appertaining to him the said Robert Austin his Heirs and assigns forever to his and their only proper use Benefit and Behalf forever and I the said Thomas Hinxegreat for my self my self my Heirs executors and admins successors Do covenant promise and grant to and with the said Robert Austin his heirs and assigns off that at all and before the Expiring hereof the same the true and lawful owner of the above bargained premises and am lawfully seised and possessed of the same in my own proper Right as in a good perfect and full full estate of Inheritance in fee Simple and have in my self good right full Power and lawful authority to grant bargain sell Convey and Conf firm the said bargained Premises in Manner as aforesaid and that the said Robert Austin his Heirs and assigns shall and may from time to time
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ind all the same Times forever hereafter by for receive and for the due performance of these presents lawfully practically and quietly have and hold That said trust recy possess and enjoy the said dump & bargained premises for himself with the appurtenances thereunto belong and clear and free and from all rejected encumbrances and discharged of pains and penalties of all manner of foremer or future [illegible] to the Fourth Burgany said Leaps Highs [illegible] with Ends Tenures Divers [illegible] succession or imbrances of what Nature or Nature however that may be namely Treasures or Digges Mineral or make this the present Deed For further more I the sd Thomas Kingsread for my self my heirs descendants and administrators the Covenant and engage the above demised premises to him the sd r. burt and his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims or Demands of any person or persons what soever forever to warrant secure and defend by these presents and warranty’s well to the Thomas Kingsread [illegible] for the consideration aforesaid freely and willingly by give yielded up and surrendered her right of Wayes and Power of thereof Third and in name with the above Demised from ups into them the sd r burt and his heirs and assigns forever On Witness of these we have set our hands & Seals this fifteenth day of May in on the Second Year of His Majestys Reign George the Third by the grace of God Thing of Grace Braeton some Donne 1762 The Kingsread [seal] Signed Sealed Delivered In the presence of as William Pelley Except Conrad [illegible] Kings County [illegible] Per personally appeared the Sub Sciber Thomas Kingsread the above wrote witness and acknowledged the a deed with [illegible] movement to be his free act & Deed before Joseph Conrad Justice of the peace By John Champlin Clerk To all people to whom these presents shall come Thomas Kingsread of Braeton in the County of Kings County & Colony of New England Chief Sachem of the Narragansett tribe of Indians Send Greetings Know You that I the sd Thomas Kingsread for and Consideration of the Summe Five Hundred Pounds Current Currency of y Colony of New York to me in hand before the executing hereof of wit Sould paid by Christopher Champlin of the said County [illegible] region for y Govern the Right of ways of the above described appurtenances and my self therewith fully satisfied contented and paid and thereof and every part and parcel thereof do execute remit and set release him the said Christopher Champlin his heirs executors administrators alien for ever by these presents Have given granted aliened enjoyed conveyed and confirmed and by these presents do freely fully & absolutely give grant bargain Sell alien convey [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.