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4/11/1944 · DEED · book 29 page 192 doc 28@29/192

From THORP HOWARD E life, THORP MARY E
To SHERMAN ETHEL H
Premises none · Tract of land with buildings and improvements (Charlestown, Quonochontaug East Beach Road, Charlestown Salt Pond)
Index description QUONNIE

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

◀ 1943 · DEED · ADAMS PHILIP J DECEASED; ADAMS VILLA MARION EXECUTOR; ADAMS RAYMOND H → THORP HOWARD E · book 29 p 76
◀ 1940 · DEED · CHARLESTOWN ESTATES INC → THORP HOWARD E; THORP MARY E · book 28 p 368
◀ 1941 · MORTGAGE · MILLER ALICE E; MILLER LAWRENCE C → THORP HOWARD E; THORP MARY E · book 28 p 518

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

▶ 1951 · DEED · SHERMAN ETHEL H; SHERMAN JOEL P → THORP HOWARD E; THORP NELSON H · book 32 p 538

The instrument's own words

page 1 · read by Gemma vision
201 We GAGE B. ELLIS and ELIZABETH K. ELLIS, husband and wife, both of Middletown Town- ship, Bucks County and State of Pennsylvania, as Joint Tenants, for consideration paid, grant to GEORGE W. ZABEL and MARGARET B. ZABEL, husband and wife, both of the City of Hartford, County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, as Joint Tenants, meaning to the survivor, with WARRANTY COVENANTS. That certain tract or parcel of land with all buildings and improvements thereon and including the furnishings therein, situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, described and bounded as follows:— Beginning at a point on the easterly side of Quonochontaug East Beach Road at the northeasterly corner of a lot conveyed to George W. P. Moulton; thence running southerly 39 degrees, west 100 feet to a stone wall; thence running northerly 3 degrees, 25 west, along said stone wall, bounding said farm and lot of George W. P. Moulton; thence running northerly 87 degrees, 30' east along said fence and wall, bounding said farm and lot of George W. P. Moulton, 150 feet, more or less, to a corner of a stone wall; thence running northerly 86 degrees, 30' east along said stone wall, bounding said farm and lot of George W. P. Moulton, 100 feet, northerly on said boundary Ben Poulton land; thence running in a general southerly direction along said stone wall, bounding said farm and lot of George W. P. Moulton, 100 feet, 38 degrees 25' west, southerly bounded on said Valley Road Poulton land 688 feet, more or less, to said point on East Beach Road at the starting point. Together with all the rights the within grantors have in and to said Charlestown Salt Pond which are appurtenant to the above described premises. Meaning and intending to convey the same premises conveyed to these grantors by Jonas J. Peckham, Jr. and Bertha B. Peckham by two deeds: the first dated July 30th, 1931 and recorded in the land evidence records of said town in Book 24, Page 479; and the second deed was dated April 10th, 1934, and recorded in the land evidence records of said town in Book 27, Page 160. Reference to said deeds and the records thereof being hereby made and the same are made a part hereof. This conveyance is subject to a lease dated April 10th, 1944 and expiring July 10th, 1944, which is hereby assigned to the purchaser. WITNESS our hands this 28th day of April 1944. GAGE B. ELLIS ELIZABETH K. ELLIS (DOCUMENTARY STAMPS, $14.55) STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, } } County of Philadelphia } In Philadelphia, Penn. on the 28th day of April, 1944 before me personally appeared Gage B. Ellis and Elizabeth K. Ellis, husband and wife, to me known and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument, and they acknowledged said instrument, by them eve- cuted, to be their free act and deed. IRABEL L. Lowry (Notarial Seal) Notary Public Commission expires Jan. 14, 1945. IN THE COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA } County of Philadelphia, } ss. I, JOHN M. SCOTT, Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas of said county, which are Courts of Record having a common seal, being the officer authorized by the Laws of the State of Pennsylvania to make the following Certificate, acting by my Principal Deputy, Meredith Hanna, or my Deputy Deputy, John J. Hoerr, certifying that the acknowledgment of the annexed instrument and written thereon written, was made to me time and form as follows: that the said Notary Public, Irabel L. Lowry, residing in the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and affirmations and take acknowledgments in and for the State of Pennsylvania, has made acknowledgment to me, consistent to be recorded in said State of Pennsylvania and, to all whose acts, such full and faith and credit are and ought to be given under the seal of office as elsewhere; and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said NOTARY PUBLIC and certify that the above is her signature, and a further certify that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged in conformity with the laws of the State of Pennsylvania. The impression of the seal of the Notary Public is not returned by law to be filed in this office. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 28th day of April in the Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty four (1944). JOHN M. SCOTT, Prothonotary by John J. Hoerr, Second Deputy Prothonotary Durante Absentia, Secundum Legem. Received for record May 10th, A. D. 1944 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.