The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 2636@32/217 › 1899@30/691

4/12/1948 · PREL · book 30 page 691 doc 1899@30/691

From WAKEFIELD TRUST CO
To RATHBONE RICHARD A life
Consideration consideration paid
Premises none · No premises for the specified instrument found in transcript (none)
Index description POST RD 29/485
Also on this page: PREL RATHBONE RICHARD A

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

◀ 1948 · MORTGAGE · BURDICK WALLACE E → WAKEFIELD TRUST CO · book 31 p 124
◀ 1948 · MORTGAGE · KELLEY EVA B M → WAKEFIELD TRUST CO · book 31 p 210
◀ 1948 · MORTGAGE · KENYON ELIZABETH JOAN; KENYON RAY ELTON → WAKEFIELD TRUST CO · book 31 p 215
◀ 1948 · MORTGAGE · HEARN CAROLYN B; HEARN JOHN H JR → WAKEFIELD TRUST CO · book 31 p 278
◀ 1948 · MORTGAGE · RUSSELL CLAYTON E; RUSSELL FRANCES L → WAKEFIELD TRUST CO · book 30 p 695
◀ 1947 · MORTGAGE · RATHBONE EMILIA L; RATHBONE ROYAL L → WAKEFIELD TRUST CO · book 30 p 319
◀ 1947 · MORTGAGE · HASCUP AGNES; HASCUP JOHN J → WAKEFIELD TRUST CO · book 30 p 352
◀ 1947 · MORTGAGE · DEBOER ANDREW; DEBOER RUTH ANN → WAKEFIELD TRUST CO · book 30 p 353
◀ 1947 · MORTGAGE · KNUDSEN EMILY T; KNUDSEN HOWARD N → WAKEFIELD TRUST CO · book 30 p 467
◀ 1947 · MORTGAGE · MCLAUGHLIN ANNE D; MCLAUGHLIN VINTEN G → WAKEFIELD TRUST CO · book 30 p 539
◀ 1947 · MORTGAGE · LITTLEFIELD JAMES B; LITTLEFIELD MAYBELLE K → WAKEFIELD TRUST CO · book 30 p 606
◀ 1947 · MORTGAGE · DOBSON GILBERT S → WAKEFIELD TRUST CO · book 30 p 620
◀ 1946 · MORTGAGE · ANDREW CHESTER; ANDREW MARGARET S → WAKEFIELD TRUST CO · book 30 p 74
◀ 1946 · MORTGAGE · HASCUP AGNES; HASCUP JOHN J → WAKEFIELD TRUST CO · book 30 p 203

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

▶ 1948 · DEED · RATHBONE RICHARD A → RUSSELL MARY A · book 30 p 692
▶ 1949 · MORTGAGE · RATHBONE RICHARD A → GRINNELL LEON M · book 31 p 568
▶ 1950 · DEED · RATHBONE RICHARD A → RUSSELL CLAYTON E · book 32 p 217
▶ 1950 · DEED · RATHBONE RICHARD A → SHORT GEORGE W; SHORT GLADYS A · book 32 p 218
▶ 1952 · DEED · RATHBONE RICHARD A → SHORT GEORGE W; SHORT GLADYS A · book 33 p 153

Bounded by

Gilbert S. Dobson

The instrument's own words

page 1 · read by Gemma vision
697 We, John J. Penn and Abby H. S. Penn, husband and wife, both of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, for consideration paid, grant to Frank, Costanza and Constance H. Costanza, husband and wife, as Joint Tenants and not Tenants in Common, meaning to the survivor, both of the Town of Westerly, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, with WARRANTY COVENANTS That certain real estate situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, and described as follows: in fee simple. Those certain lots or parcels of land, located in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, and laid out and designated as Lots Numbers 305 and 306 on that plat entitled, "Charlestown by the Sea; owned and developed by Thomas F. Reilly, location Charlestown, Rhode Island, Scale 1" = 100 feet, dated July 25th, 1934, K. W. Leighton, Civil Engineer, New Haven, Conn.", which said Plat is filed in the office of the Town Clerk of said Charlestown. Said lots together form one tract, bounded as follows: SOUTHERLY : by Benham Street, as shown on said Map, fifty (50) feet, more or less; WESTERLY : by Lot Number 307, as shown on said Map, one hundred (100) feet, more or less; NORTHERLY : by Lots Numbers 268 and 269, as shown on said Map, fifty (50) feet, more or less; EASTERLY : by Lot Number 304, as shown on said Map, one hundred (100) feet, more or less. This deed is subject to restrictions as contained on said Map. The consideration of this deed is less than $100.00. Being the same premises conveyed to these Grantors by deed from Thomas F. Reilly; said deed bearing date of November 20th, A. D. 1936 and recorded in the Records of Land Evidence, said Town of Charlestown, Book No. 26 at Page 568. Reference to said deed and the records thereof being hereby had and made and the same made a part hereof for a more complete and detailed description of the premises hereby conveyed. We, John J. Penn and Abby H. S. Penn release to said Grantees all our rights of curtesy and dower, respectively, and all other interest in and to the aforesaid described premises. WITNESS our hands this 9th day of April 1946. JOHN J. PENN ABBY H. S. PENN STATE OF RHODE ISLAND ) ) County of Washington ) In Charlestown on the 9th day of April 1946 before me personally appeared John J. Penn and Abby H. S. Penn, husband and wife, both to me known and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument, and they acknowledged said instrument, by them executed, to be their free act and deed. LINTON L. BROWN Notary Public Received for record April 11th, A. D. 1946 at 3:00 o'clock P. M., and recorded by Town Clerk

The page as recorded

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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.