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5/5/1953 · DEED · book 33 page 490 doc 3501@33/490

From COHN SYDNEY, GRAICHEN EVERETT R, GRAICHEN LUCY
To RINES BENJAMIN F, RINES DOROTHY V, RINES KENNETH C
Premises none · Lots 816 and 817 on Map of Charlestown by the Sea (Charlestown)

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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

◀ 1952 · DEED · COHN HELEN S; COHN SYDNEY → GRAICHEN EVERETT R; GRAICHEN LUCY · book 33 p 331
◀ 1949 · DEED · COHN HELEN; COHN HELEN S; COHN SYDNEY; GRAICHEN EVERETT R; GRAICHEN LU → COHN SYDNEY; COHN HELEN · book 31 p 605
◀ 1953 · RELEASE · COHN SYDNEY → GRAICHEN EVERETT R; GRAICHEN LUCY · book 33 p 523
◀ 1952 · MORTGAGE · BUCKLER HARVEY W; BUCKLER ROSE D → GRAICHEN EVERETT R; GRAICHEN LUCY · book 33 p 121
◀ 1952 · DEED · COHN HELEN; COHN SYDNEY → GRAICHEN EVERETT R; GRAICHEN LUCY · book 33 p 130
◀ 1952 · RELEASE · INDUSTRIAL TRUST CO → GRAICHEN EVERETT R; GRAICHEN LUCY · book 32 p 177
◀ 1952 · MORTGAGE · GRAICHEN EVERETT R; GRAICHEN LUCY → COHN SYDNEY · book 33 p 332
◀ 1949 · DEED · COHN HELEN; COHN HELEN S; COHN SYDNEY; GRAICHEN EVERETT R; GRAICHEN LU → GRAICHEN LUCY; GRAICHEN EVERETT R · book 31 p 602
◀ 1948 · DEED · BARRETT IRENE B; BARRETT W STANLEY → GRAICHEN EVERETT R · book 31 p 311

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

▶ 1979 · DEED · RINES BENJAMIN F; RINES DOROTHY V; RINES KENNETH C → ROWELL BARBARA M; ROWELL WALDO A · book 61 p 918
▶ 1979 · DEED · RINES BENJAMIN F; RINES DOROTHY V; RINES KENNETH C → HOLLAND HARRY R JR; HOLLAND EVELYN B · book 61 p 920

The instrument's own words

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506 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That We, Lester B. Grinnell and Eleanor R. Grinnell, husband and wife, (hereinafter called the mortgagors), of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, in consideration of Two thousand and 00/100 ($2000.00) Dollars to us paid by THE WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Corporation created by Act of the General assembly of the State of Rhode Island, and having its principal office and place of business in the Town of Westerly, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, the receipt whereof is acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Washington Trust Company, its Successors and Assigns, forever, Two those certain lots or parcels of land, with all buildings and improvements thereon, situated and lying in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, and laid out and designated as Lots Numbered Eight Hundred Sixteen (816) and Eight Hundred Seventeen (817) as shown on "Map of Charlestown by the Sea, Charlestown, R.I." drawn by the engineers of the Washington Trust Company, Reilly, Sale 1st 100' tape dated July 29, 1934, K. W. Leighton, Civil Engineer, New Haven, Connecticut and recorded in the Town Clerk's office in the Town of Charlestown, Town of Charlestown. Said lots form one tract bounded as follows: Southerly by Travers Street, as shown on said Map, one hundred (100) feet, more or less; easterly as by Lot Number 818, as shown on said Map, one hundred (100) feet, more or less; northerly by Lot Number 815, as shown on said Map, fifty (50) feet, more or less; westerly as by Lot Number 817, as shown on said Map, one hundred (100) feet, more or less. Said premises are subject to restrictions as contained on said Map. Together with parking privileges on lot near ocean front. Being the same premises conveyed to the mortgagors herein by deed of Lester B. Grinnell and Alice E. Grinnell, dated April 8, 1953 and recorded in Land Evidence Records of the Town of Charlestown, Book No. 33 at page 490. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforementioned premises, with their appurtenances, unto and to the use of the said Washington Trust Company, its Successors and Assigns, forever. And We the said mortgagors do hereby, for ourselves and for our heirs, executors and administrators, covenant with the said Washington Trust Company, its Successors and Assigns, that we are lawfully seized in fee simple of the said granted premises; that the same are free from all incumbrances; that we have good, right full, power and lawful authority to sell and convey the same in manner aforesaid; that the said Washington Trust Company, its Successors and Assigns, shall have and enjoy the said premises by themselves at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly have and enjoy the said premises, and that we the said mortgagors will, and our heirs, executors and administrators shall, warrant and defend the same to the said Washington Trust Company, its Successors and Assigns, against the lawful claims and demands of all and every persons, and will also pay the monies, taxes, assessments and other expenses hereby secured as hereinafter provided. PROVIDED, NEVERTHELESS that if We, said mortgagors, or our heirs, executors, admeinis-trators or assigns, shall pay unto the said Washington Trust Company, its Successors or Assigns, the sum of Two thousand and 00/100 ($2000.00) Dollars at its Banking House in said Westerly, R. I., six (6) months from the date hereof, with interest thereon, at the rate of five (5%) per centum per annum, payable as provided in a certain negotiable promissory note of even date herewith; and shall also pay all the taxes and assessments of every kind assessed or imposed upon or in respect of said premises or upon said Washington Trust Company, its Successors or Assigns, in respect of this mortgage or mortgage debt, whether under statutes now in force or that may be hereafter enacted, and shall maintain insurance on said premises as hereinafter provided and pay the premiums thereof upon demand, all of said payments to be paid at the several times of payment in currency of the United States, then this deed as also promissory note whereby said mortgagors promise to pay the said Washington Trust Company or order, the sum aforesaid with interest as aforesaid at the times aforesaid, shall become and be absolutely void to all intents and purposes whatsoever. BUT IF DEFAULT shall be made in the payment of the said certain promissory note of even date herewith as to the payment of the principal sum or of said interest at the times and in the manner aforesaid, or, of the taxes or assessments aforesaid as the same first become payable, or, of any or either of them or of any part thereof, or if breach shall be made of the covenant for
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508 STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, } } SC. County of Washington } In Westerly on the 8th day of May A. D. 1953 before me personally appeared the above named mortgagors Lester B. Grinnell and Eleanor R. Grinnell each and all to me known and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument, and severally acknowledged said instrument, by them executed, to be their free act and deed. ADELAIDE R. SMITH (Notarial Seal) Notary Public My Commission expires June 30, 1956. Received for record May 19th, A. D. 1953 at 9:35 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk THE WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY in the Town of Westerly, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, having received full payment and satisfaction of the within mortgage, recorded in the Records of Land Evidence Town of Charlestown, R. I. in Real Estate Mortgage Book Number 13, Page 35, dated September 23rd 1948, does hereby release and discharge the same. Said Company has caused these Presents to be signed and its Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed by its Treasurer duly authorized this day of July A. D. 1953. THE WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY (Corporate Seal) Signed and Sealed in presence of: by David Robertson, Treas. James W. Shaw Received for record August 3rd, A. D. 1953 at 9:30 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk ---- STATUTORY FORM OF WARRANTY DEED. CHARLESTOWN ESTATES, INC., a corporation duly incorporated under the Laws of the State of Rhode Island and having a place of business in the Town of Westerly, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, for consideration paid grant to HENRY S. BRIGHT- MAN and FAITH I. BRIGHTMAN, husband and wife, both of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, as joint tenants and not tenants in common, meaning to the survivor with WARRANTY COVENANTS. A certain tract or parcel of land located in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, and shown as Lot 10 in a certain plan or plat entitled "A portion of the Property of Charlestown- Estates, Inc., Quonocutaug, Charlestown, R. I., Scale 1 inch equals 50 feet, November 1946" and recorded in said plat book page 10, said plat being recorded in the Land Evidence records of said Town of Charlestown, and bounded and described as follows: Beginning at an iron pipe driven in the ground on the easterly side of the East Beach Road, so called, said point being the southeasterly corner of the parcel herein conveyed, said point being in the northwestern corner of land of Clarence A. and Eleanor E. Clarkey, thence northerly along the east- erly line of said East Beach Road seventy (70) feet to the northwesterly corner of the parcel herein conveyed, thence easterly a right angle and ex- tending easterly one hundred fifty (150) feet to the northeasterly corner of the parcel herein conveyed, thence southerly a right angle and extending southerly seventy (70) feet to the southeasterly corner of the parcel herein conveyed, said point being in the northeasterly corner of land of Clarkey, thence westerly one hundred fifty (150) feet to the point of beginning of these premises, thence southerly along the easterly line of said easterly by other land of this grantor, southerly to be bound of said Clarkey and westerly by the East Beach Road, so called. In consideration of the grant herein it is understood and agreed that the following restrictions and reservations shall apply to and run with the land for a period of thirty three years from November 1, 1948. The above conveyed premises shall be used for residential purposes only and as a site for only one dwelling house for a residence to be of a class to cost not less than three thousand dollars, to be built not nearer the East Beach Road than seventy-five feet, no portion of any building erected on the lot shall approach the side lines or rear line of said property within four feet, all bathrooms, sanitary flush toilets and all toilets and sinks must drain into a septic tank or cesspool.

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