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9/2/1763 · DEED · book 2 page 132 doc 13282

From PETTY MARY life, PETTY DAVID life
To LEWIS NATHAN life
Consideration Three Hundred & Eight Pounds current Money old Tenor
Premises not stated · Parcel of land bounded by Rumney road, Digges Cave, and Drum stream (Charlestown)
Also on this page: RELEASE MILLS ROBERT M EST · RELEASE CORSON EMMETT EUGENE 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

◀ 1762 · DEED · NINEGRETT THOMAS → PETTY DAVID · book 2 p 90
◀ 1763 · AGREEMENT · AUSTIN ROBERT; PETTY DAVID → PETTY DAVID; AUSTIN ROBERT · book 2 p 119

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

▶ 1773 · DEED · LEWIS MARY; LEWIS NATHAN → WORDEN SAML · book 3 p 117

The instrument's own words

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To all People to Whome these presents shall come Greeting know ye That I David Pelley of Charlestown in Kings County & Brittany of Rhode Island Proprietor for the Sum of and Consideration of the Sum of Three Hundred Fifty Eight pounds Six pence lawful Money of the same to me in hand Well and truly paid Before the Execution hereof by Nathan Lewis of Charlestown in the County of Kent have made the Receipt whereof I hereby Acknowledge grant and convey my said Parcel of land situated bounded and described and paid the share of land being a part of that for certain several Remainder Quiet and discharge said Nathan Lu his Heirs Successors Assigns & such forever Give granted & Bargained sold aliened Enfeoffed Conveyed & Confirmed unto him the sd Nathan Lewis & his Heirs & Assigns forever as to the said Parcel of Land lying & Being in the Town of Charlestown above sd County by Estimation Surveyors Surveyed as follows Beginning at Two White Bushes by the South east corner of the Rumney road near some Digges Cave east nineteen chains forty four links to a heap of stones North 73 Degrees East & chains 30 links to a Great stone land to a stake 8 chains North West 10 Degrees West 8 chains 30 links to an Arbor near the North on the Drum stream Side of the Ridge that is over the River the great Mountain Range & to the Have and to Hold all the sd Demesne & App tenances With all the Right Appurtenances to the Same Belonging or in any appertaining unto him the sd Nathan Lewis his Heirs & Assigns forever to them only proper Use Benefit and Behoof for ever and the Same Being my Self my Heirs Execution & Remainder Sole tenement and land to the sd Lewis his Heirs & Assigns void and until the Enduring forever and the Same void & Lawfull Parcel of all the Before Begun Demesne and Land Lawfull Seized and possessed of the same in any right as a good and valuable for sale I Underscribe the Sd See complete handing in my self Full Right to sell and Dispose of the same and that the sd Nathan Lewis his Heirs and Assigns Shall and may for ever hereafter have hold use and Enjoy the same free and Clear from any Manner of lien Charge Grant Burden Claim void or Other Embracence Whatever Superiour more the sd I David Pelley sd By signing my self and my Wife Eyed and solemn Deternment and Engage all the Before Mentioned premises unto him the sd Nathan Lewis the Heirs and Assigns against the Law with Claims or Demands of any Person or Persons Witnesses forever however to lubricate secure & Do I and Mary Pelley Wife of I David Pelley with hereby freely & deliberately void and consign and Surrender all hold Right of Descent and Power of Title of in and unto the afore Begin premises unto him the sd Nathan Lewis his Heirs & Assigns forever in Witness Whereof we have here unto Set Our Hand and Seals this Twenty Eight Day of October
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in the Third Year of the Reign of George the Third King over (138) Great Brittain and in the Year of Our Lord Anno Domini 1763 Signed Sealed and Delivered in my Presence off James Pettys Samcon Perry David Petty Mary his Petty & Mack Kings County Js June the 17th 1763 then Subscriber Personally appeared and Acknowledged this in Instrument to be his act and Deed Hand and Seal be forme William Petty Justice of the Peace the Above Deed Was Record September 2 1763 Joh Hampton Town Clerk To all People to whom these Presents Shall Come Robert Knowles son to Daniel of South Kingstown in the County of Kings County Colony of Rhode Island & Providence Husbandman Send Greeting Whereas that I the sd Robert Knowles for and in Consideration of the Sum of one Hundred and Forty Five Pound current money of New England paid to me in full before the Executing hereof will & had by Wilson Browning of South Kingstown in the Kings County and Colony aforesaid a Yeoman The Receipt Whereof I do hereby acknowledge and of my self of the same with fully paid full and complete and paid and hereby and of every part and parcel thereof do acquit acquit and discharge the sd Wilson Browning his Heirs executors and Assigns forever By this Present indenture fully Grantedly and absolutely I have given Granted to bequeath to assign all land improved (proved) and Confounded By the heirs Residents to be fully paid and absolutely given bargain and Selling in fee simple convey and confirm with warranty W. Browning his Heirs and assigns forever One Certain Tract March and upland situated Lying and Being in that Town

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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.