The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 13512

1/24/1739 · DEED · book 1 page 20 doc 13512

From LEWIS SAMUEL life, LEWIS JOANNAH life
To KNOWLES HENERY life
Consideration five Hundred Pounds
Premises one hundred and thirty acres · piece or parce of land (Charlestown)

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This instrument states no source of title that we have read yet.

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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

▶ 1739 · DEED · KNOWLES HENERY; KNOWLES SUSANAH → SHEARMAN BENJAMIN · book 1 p 21
▶ 1739 · DEED · KNOWLES HENERY → BOSS EDWARD · book 1 p 25
▶ 1740 · DEED · KNOWLES HENERY; KNOWLES SUSANNAH → DYER SAMUEL · book 1 p 36

Bounded by

y Knowles · woodmansies

The instrument's own words

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[illegible] people to whome these presents shall come Gome Samuel Jenks of [illegible] in the Countie of Providence County in the Colony of Rhode Island and a person [illegible] of sound mind and body of the age of [illegible] years of that i.e. the said [illegible] of the County of Providence in the said Colony to me the undersignd to me he hath [illegible] of the County of south Kingstown in the said Colony [illegible] [illegible] of that i.e. hereby acknowledge and agree to sell the said [illegible] [illegible] thereof [illegible] quit and purchase the said Henry Kincolls [illegible] by the tenor of these presents Half a hundred bushels of Barley & and [illegible] and conveyed and delivered to the said Henry [illegible] five hundred Shillings [illegible] and to hold the said land unto the said Henry Kincolls forever for his [illegible] heirs for a certain piece or parce of land situate lying & in [illegible] aforesaid now containing one hundred and thirty acres bounded & described as follows [illegible] exclusively by a fence bound suitably by a high way and westerly by a certain way common by Land belonging to [illegible] privately & partly on hand of [illegible] watermarks or on his Common other way bounded or reputed to have [illegible] and further the said parce or piece of Land in all and single the [illegible] the same fence and to premises Precedences and appurtenances Untill the [illegible] proper seal’d Deed and before him the said Henry Kincolls [illegible] and signs to sign for the same and the said Samuel Jenks hath here by publish and [illegible] declare him to be the true sole and Lawfull owner of all the above print [illegible] & described premises and premises Lawfully Seized and possessed of the [illegible] right aged and perfect and defendable Estate of the heritance in [illegible] and female and the said Samuel Jenks leave to him Good right full power [illegible] and lawfull authority to Sell Dispose of the parcel in whatever and forme [illegible] aforesaid and also that the same and every part thereof at the encamping & [illegible] every line of is free and a Clear and free and clear’d against Claims & [illegible] of any and all other and all manner of claims and all other Gifts grants [illegible] sales leases releases releases releases [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] that [illegible] may in any way alter Change Title hath null or void our this present [illegible] [illegible] or any part there of and further the said Samuel Jenks doth hereby warrant [illegible] bind Oblige him his Heirs Executors and Administrations to warrant [illegible] Defend the above described premises and Every part thereof unto the [illegible] Henry Kincolls his heirs and assigns forever against the Lawfull claims & [illegible] of all and all Every person and persons whomsoever from by whomsoever [illegible] and unto the hand of the & Samuel Jenks hath by a sign & seal and [illegible] however unto i. Henry Kincolls his heirs and assigns for the right [illegible] power of land & all other titles [illegible] & Do and what some [illegible] and unto the Samuel Jenks and promised him the said have here after to be [illegible] and Longrand premises and Every part thereof the [illegible] nature of [illegible] said Samuel and his wife Hannah his wife have signed their hands and [illegible] the fifteenth day of February in the Seventh year of his majesties reign George [illegible] the third. (the mark of Samuel Jenks) [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] the mark of Hannah Jenks [illegible] [illegible] the with me signed in my presence for by me [illegible] 24 day of February in the year the Lord 1764 [illegible] [illegible] with the above [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.