The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
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1/1/1700 · DEED · book 2 page 197 doc 13321

From NINEGRETT THOMAS, NINEGRETT MARY
To CHAMPLIN CHRISTOPHER life
Consideration sum of money
Premises One Hundred and [illegible] · parcel of land bounded by James Henyman's land (Charlestown)
Also on this page: RELEASE LAMPHERE NICHOLAS B EST · RELEASE KELLOGG JAMES G 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 ▸

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

▶ 1745 · DEED · CHAMPLIN CHRISTOPHER; CHAMPLIN HANNAH → LEWIS NATHLL · book 1 p 186
▶ 1746 · DEED · CHAMPLIN CHRISTOPHER; CHAMPLIN HANNAH → HALLOWAY JOHN JR · book 1 p 201
▶ 1746 · DEED · CHAMPLIN CHRISTOPHER; CHAMPLIN HANNAH → WORDIN JAMES · book 1 p 203
▶ 1748 · DEED · CHAMPLIN CHRISTOPHER; CHAMPLIN HANNAH → HALL WILLIAM · book 1 p 231
▶ 1748 · DEED · CHAMPLIN CHRISTOPHER; CHAMPLIN HANNAH → GIFFORD WILLIAM · book 1 p 234
▶ 1758 · DEED · CHAMPLIN CHRISTOPHER → CHAMPLIN JOHN · book 1 p 396

Bounded by

James Honeyman

The instrument's own words

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[illegible] September in the yr of our Lord 1761 [illegible] they gave and I bind my [illegible] as of [illegible] [illegible] of [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] and Demised Thomas Browning (Seal) [illegible] Mary Browning (Seal) John Kite [illegible] In Charlestown the 4th of September 1761 In whose Presence Persons came and appeared Browning and Mary his [illegible] above named who acknowledged said Release and aforesaid within said Conveyance by them Duly Executed to be their Voluntary act and Deed. Before John Kite Justice of the Peace The above and foregoing Deed was Recorded on [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] Joseph Convey (Seal) To all People to whom these presents shall come I Thomas Anning [illegible] of Charlestown in the county of [illegible] [illegible] of [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] Thomas [illegible] [illegible] for an Consideration of sum of [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] Pieces of this [illegible] [illegible] Before [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] acknowledged and said [illegible] [illegible] fully Satisfied [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] Hereof and of the [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] Christopher Champion his Executor and [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] have given [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] and conform and by these Presents freely fully and absolutely do bargain Sell alone [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] Christopher Champion his Heirs hand [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] one [illegible] parcel or Parcel of [illegible] and situated being and being in the Town of [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] by Estimation One Hundred and [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
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More or less. I, Nathaniel [illegible] provided as followeth (viz) Beginning at South East Corner of some land belonging to James Henyman [illegible] bearing North of More and from thence running North East 10 rods by a stake then on it it comes to a Heap of Stones by a stake and then it continues the course of it North East from thence North East 30 rods Deepens the line 100 rods West until it comes to the boundary of [illegible] to a Heap of Stones [illegible] thence North westerly on said Road until it comes to some land belonging to Henyman North westerly on said Henyman's land & South easterly on said Ford's & by the [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] To Have and to Hold the said granted and Bargained Premises with all the appurtenances belonging or in commoditis to the same belonging or in any way appertaining to the said Christopher Champin with the Heirs and assigns forever together more in every Respect for my benefit and Behoof forever and I the said Thomas Henyman grant for me my Heirs Executors & Admin to covenant Premises and grant to and to the said Christopher Champin to him the Heirs & assigns that all and Before the executing hereof I am the true and lawful owner of the above bargained Premises and am lawfully seised of the Same in Fee Simple Right now a good [illegible] capable Title of Inheritance in Fee Simple and have a good Right to full Power and Lawful authority to grant bargain sell Convey confirm the said Bargained Premises in manner of aforesaid That the said Christopher Champin his Heirs and assigns forever shall enjoy from Time to Time and at all Times forever quietly free from Virtue of these Presents a full Perfect and Quiet Enjoyment and defend Protect and enjoy the said lands and bargained Premises the inconveniences free and Clear and freely and fully and Completely Exonerated and Discharged and from all manner of former gifts grants bargains Sales Leases Mortgages Wills trusts joints Tenures Judgments Executions or Incumbrances whatever Kind Nature however that Might in any Measure or Degree obstruct Make Void this Present Deed. Furthermore the said Henyman grant for me my Heirs Executors & Admin to covenant an Engage the above Bargained Premises to be free the said Christopher [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.