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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
In Westerly, on the 28th day of May, A. D. 1954, before me personally appeared Howard H. Burdick, to me known and known by me to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged said instrument, by his executed, to be his free act and deed, individually, and in his said capacity as administrator of the estate of Allen H. Burdick.
W. WALTER FLYNN, JR.
Notary Public
Received for record June 5th, A. D. 1954 at 2:06 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by
[Signature]
Town Clerk
DEED
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, HOWARD H. BURDICK, of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, as administrator of the estate of Elsie E. Burdick, late of said Town of Charlestown, deceased, acting herein by and virtue of the power and authority conferred by the Probate Court of the Town of Charlestown under a decree entered therein on the 8th day of March, A. D. 1954, upon a petition filed under the provisions of Chapter 570 of the General Laws of the State of Rhode Island 1938 and Amendments thereto, under which decree, all of which more fully appears in the records of said court, and by my authority power tenure to enabling me, for and in consideration of the sum of Three Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty ($3,750.00) Dollars, to me paid by OLIVER W. BOUCHER and THELMA M. BOUCHER, husband and wife, both of said Charlestown, hereinafter called the grantees, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged done, in my capacity as administrator of the estate of Elsie E. Burdick, hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said grantees and unto the survivor of them, as JOINT TENANTS, and not as Tenants-in-Common, and the heirs and assigns of the survivor of them, forever, all the right, title and interest of said Elsie E. Burdick in and to an undivided one-half interest in that certain tract of land situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, together with improvements thereon standing, containing about one hundred forty (140) square rods, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the Post Road at the abutment of the wall, a few rods west of the residence of [?] and formerly Allen H. A. Crandall Estate and Martha S. Crandall; thence northerly fourteen (14) rods; thence westerly ten (10) rods; thence southerly fourteen (14) rods to the Post Road bounding easterly, twelve (12) rods; thence westerly [?] few rods or formerly Allen H. A. Crandall Estate and Martha S. Crandall; thence easterly bounding southerly by said Post Road ten (10) rods to the place of beginning or above described line wise bounded.
Said premises being the same as described in deed from Thomas F. Eldridge to Allen H. Burdick and Elsie E. Burdick, dated February 9, 1928 and recorded in the Land Evidence Records of said Town of Charlestown in Book 23 at page 204; reference to which deed is hereby made and same is made a part hereof. Conveyance made subject to taxes assessed December 1953 and May 31, 1953.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforementioned premises unto and to the use of said grantees and the survivor of them, as JOINT TENANTS, and the heirs and assigns of the survivor of them forever.
And I, the said Howard H. Burdick, do hereby covenant and agree with the said grantees, their heirs and assigns that I was and am empowered by the Probate Court of the Town of Charlestown to make sale of the aforesaid undivided one-half interest of said Elsie E. Burdick, as administrator of the estate of Elsie E. Burdick; that the said interest of the said Elsie E. Burdick was and is
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hereby sold according to the directions of the said Probate Court heretofore given relative to the sale thereof; that previous to the sale thereof, I, Howard H. Burdick, as administrator, gave bond for the faithful application of the proceeds of said sale according to law; that in every respect, I, Howard H. Burdick, have at all times conformed with the law; that by decree of said Probate Court of said Town of Charlestown and to the laws of the State of Rhode Island; and that I, the said Howard H. Burdick will warrant and defend the interest of said Elsie E. Burdick, herein conveyed by me as administrator of the estate of said Elsie E. Burdick against the lawful claims and demands by all persons claiming by, through or under me as such administrator.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the said Howard H. Burdick, have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th day of May, A. D. 1954.
HOWARD H. BURDICK
Administrator
(DOCUMENTARY STAMPS, $4.40)
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
In Westerly, on the 28th day of May, A. D. 1954, before me personally appeared Howard H. Burdick, to me known and known by me to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged said instrument, by him executed, to be his free act and deed, individually, and in his said capacity as administrator of the estate of Elsie E. Burdick.
M. WALTER FLYNN, JR
Notary Public
Received for record June 5th, A. D. 1954 at 2:07 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by [signature]
Town Clerk
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, OLIVER W. BOUCHER and THELMA M. BOUCHER, husband and wife, of Charlestown, Rhode Island, hereinafter called the "mortgagors," in consideration of Four Thousand Five Hundred & 00/100 ($4,500.00) Dollars, to us paid by INDUSTRIAL NATIONAL BANK of Providence, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, with its principal place of business in the City and County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island, hereinafter called the "mortgagee," the receipt whereof acknowledged is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant to the mortgagee, its successors and assigns, forever, with MORTGAGE COVENANTS, to secure the payment of the principal and interest of a certain promissory note of the mortgagor of even date herewith and bearing the serial number mentioned below, the following:
That certain tract of land situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, together with improvements thereon without buildings, containing about one hundred forty (140) square rods, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the Postage Rod at the abutment of the wall, a few rods west of the residence of the former owners Ethan Crandall and Estate of Martha S. Crandall; thence northerly thirty seven (37) rods; thence westerly ten (10) rods; thence southerly thirty fourteen (14) rods to the Post Road; bounding easterly, northerly and westerly by land now or formerly of Ethan or Estate of Crandall Estate and heirs of Aubrey A. Crandall; thence easterly bounding southerly by said Post Road ten (10) rods to the place of beginning or however otherwise bounded.