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title and interest of the said Anson P. Gerrish, herein conveyed by me as administrator of
the estate of Anson P. Gerrish, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming
by, through or under me as such administrator.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said James Anson Gerrish has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 4th day of June, A. D. 1954.
JAMES ANSON GERRISH
(DOCUMENTARY STAMPS, $6.05)
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
In Westerly, on the 4th day of June, A. D. 1954, before me personally appeared James
Anson Gerrish, to me known and known by me to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument,
and 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 Anson P. Gerrish.
M. WALTER FLYNN, JR
Notary Public
Received for record June 12th, A. D. 1954 at 1:46 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by
[Signature]
Town Clerk
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, Veronica L. Gelinas, of the Town of Charlestown,
County of Washington, State of Rhode Island (hereinafter called the mortgagor) in consideration
of Fifteen hundred and 00/100 ($1500) Dollars to me paid by THE WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Cor-
poration created by Act of the General assembly of the State of Rhode Island, located 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,
Three certain tracts or parcels of land located in the Town of Charlestown,
County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, together with all buildings and
improvements located thereon, bounded and described as follows:
I. A certain lot of land situated in said Charlestown, with a dwelling house and
other improvements thereon, being a portion of a tract of land estimated one-half an acre
of land, be the same or more or less, and bounded easterly by the public highway;
southerly by land formerly of [?] and westerly by land formerly of [?],
erly of Mary F. Conroy, and northerly by land formerly of or owner by Hannah F. Potter,
however otherwise the same may be bounded or described. Being the same premises described in
premises conveyed to the said Veronica L. Gelinas from Thomas F. Connell, recorded in
the Land Evidence Records of the Town of Charlestown in Book 18 at page 311.
II. A certain tract of land situated in said Charlestown, with all the buildings and
improvements thereon, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the
northeast corner of this tract and at the southeast corner of the land of
Nathan H. Bateman; running thence easterly by a highway fifty-one
(51) feet; thence westerly parallel with said Nathan way and fifty-one (51)
feet thence south by said Nathan way, bounding south easterly by land
formerly of Vangie L. Greene; thence northerly bounding westerly by land
formerly of Sarah M. F. Conroy, bounding south easterly by said Nathan way. Thence
easterly bounding northerly by said Nathan way to the place of beginning or
however otherwise bounded. Being the same premises described in deed from Edward
Gilroy to Anson P. Gerrish, recorded in the Land Evidence Records of the Town of
Charlestown in Book 30 at page 381.
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III. A certain tract of land with the buildings and improvements thereon, situated near Chamounix, in said Charlestown, containing one-half acre, more or less, and bounded as follows: on the north by the land of the heirs of William G. Lambert; on the east by the Highway leading north to the land of Nathan E. Hathaway; west by the land of Mary F. Kenyon etc. or however bounded. Being the same premises conveyed to Anson P. Gerrish by deed of date June 1, 1936, etc., recorded in the Land Evidence Records of the Town of Charlestown, in Book 24 at page 59.
Being the same premises conveyed to the mortgagor herein by deed of James Anson Gerrish, grantor, administrator of the estate of Anson P. Gerrish, dated June 4, 1954, to be recorded in the Land Evidence Records of the Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the aforementioned premises, with their appurtenances, unto and to the use of the said The Washington Trust Company, its Successors and Assigns, forever.
And I the said mortgagor do hereby, for myself and for my heirs, executors, administrators, covenant with the said The Washington Trust Company, its Successors and Assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee simple of the said granted premises; that the same are free from all encumbrances; that I have good right, full power and lawful authority to sell and convey the same in manner aforesaid; that the said The Washington Trust Company, its Successors and Assigns, shall by these presents at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly have and enjoy the said premises, and that I the said mortgagor will, and my heirs, executors and administrators shall, warrant and defend the same to the said The Washington Trust Company, its Successors and Assigns, forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons, and will also pay the moneys, taxes, assessments and other expenses hereby secured as hereinafter provided.
And for the consideration aforesaid, I, Wilfred Gelinas, husband of the mortgagor, do hereby release all my right of curtesy and all other rights, statutory or otherwise, in and to the said granted premises unto the said The Washington Trust Company, its Successors and Assigns forever.
PROVIDED, NEVERTHELESS that if she, said mortgagor, or her heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, shall pay unto the said The Washington Trust Company, its Successors or Assigns, the sum of Fifteen Hundred and One ($1500.00) Dollars at its Banking House in said Westerly, R. I., six months from the date hereof, with interest thereon, at the rate of five (5%) per centum per annum, payable in advance until said principal sum is paid, whether at or before maturity, and all installments of interest in arrear, whether, before or after maturity, to be bear interest at the rate aforesaid until paid; as provided in a certain negotiable promissory note of oven date herewith; and shall pay all taxes and assessments of every kind assessed or imposed on or in respect of said premises or upon said The 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 therefor 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 mortgagor promises to pay said The 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 in the payment of the said certain promissory note or 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 either of them or of any part thereof, or if breach shall be made of the covenant for insurance hereinafter contained, then it shall be lawful for the said The Washington Trust Company, its Successors or Assigns, to sell, together or in parcels, all or singular the premises hereby granted, or intended to be granted, or any part or parts thereof, and the benefit and equity of redemption of the said mortgagor and of the said mortgagor's heirs, executors, administrators and assigns therein, at public auction, and to bid for and become the
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purchaser at any such sale, and no other purchaser shall be answerable for the application of
the purchase money, first giving notice of the time and place of sale, by publishing the same at
least once each week for three successive weeks in some newspaper published in Washington County
with power to adjourn such sale from time to time, provided that the publication of said notice
shall be continued, together with a notice of the adjournment or adjournments, at least once each
week in the same newspaper; and such sale to be upon the premises or elsewhere as specified in such
notice; and in its or in their own name names or names, or as the attorney or attorneys of the said mortgagor
(or that purpose) by these presents duly authorized and appointed with full power of substitution
and revocation), to make execute and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers at such sale or sales,
good and sufficient deed or deeds of the premises to said purchaser in fee simple; and to receive the purchase
moneys and therefore to retain all such sum hereby secured, whether then payable or to become payable
thereafter, or the part thereof then remaining unpaid, and also the interest then due on the same,
together with all expenses incident to such sale or sales, and all counsel fees and other expenses,
incurred in, or on any way connected with, the exercise of these powers and all taxes, and assess-
ments as aforesaid and all premiums for insurance, either therefore paid by the said Washing-
ton Trust Company, its Successors or Assigns, or then remaining unpaid, rendering and paying the sur-
plus of said purchase moneys, if any there be over and above the amounts so to be retained as afore-
said, together with a true and particular account of such sale or sales, expenses and charges to
her, the said mortgagor, her heirs, executors administrators or assigns, whichever sale or sales shall
forever be a perpetual bar both in law and in equity against the said mortgagor and the said mortgagor's
heirs, executors, administrators and assigns and all persons claiming said premises so sold by, from
or under her, then or any of them.
And We, the said mortgagor, and the said Wilfred Gelinas for ourselves and for our heirs,
executors, administrators and assigns, hereby covenant with the said The Washington Trust Company,
its Successors and Assigns, that we or they will upon request execute such deed or deeds confirmatory
of such sale or sales as may be necessary or advisable.
AND FURTHERMORE, I the said mortgagor, for myself and for my heirs, executors, administra-
tors and assigns, hereby covenant with the said The Washington Trust Company, its Successors and
Assigns, that insurance against loss by fire or any other casualty which may be specified by the
mortgagees shall be kept and maintained on the premises aforesaid in such office or
offices as the said Company, its Successors and Assigns, shall approve, in a sum not less than
Fifteen hundred and 00/100 ($1500) Dollars or in such greater amounts as will prevent the operation
of co-insurance clauses contained in such policies of insurance, and that in case of loss, to the said
of such insurance shall be assigned and transferred, or made payable in case of loss, to the said
The Washington Trust Company, its Successors and Assigns, as collateral security hereto, and in the
fault thereof hereby agree that the said Washington Trust Company, its Successors or Assigns, may
pay from time to time any premiums which may be necessary to maintain existing insurance or may effect
new insurance; and the said mortgagor for herself and for her heirs, executors, administrators and
assigns agrees to repay to the said The Washington Trust Company, its Successors or Assigns, upon
demand any premiums paid by it or them, and if not repaid, the same shall be added to said principal
sum and shall be a further charge upon said premises granted and secured by these presents,
as aforesaid.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto set our hands and seals this 11th day of June A. D.
one thousand nine hundred and fifty-four.
Signed, sealed and delivered }
in presence of } VERONICA L. GELINAS
James W. Shaw } WILFRED GELINAS
STATE of RHODE ISLAND, }
} SC.
County of Washington }
In Westerly on the 11th day of June, A. D. 1954 before me personally appeared the above
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named mortgagor Veronica L. Gelinas, and Wilfred Gelinas each and all to me and known, and
acknowledged by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument, and severally acknow-
ledged said instrument, by them executed, to be their free act and deed.
ISABELLE W. ROOK (Notarial Seal)
Notary Public
Received for record June 12th, A. D. 1954 at 1:47 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by
[Signature] Town Clerk
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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 the
Town of Charlestown, R. I. in Real Estate Mortgage Book Number 34 Page 165-166-167-168 does hereby
cancel and discharge the same TESTIMONY WHEREOF the Company has caused its corporate seal to be
affixed to the Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed by its Treasurer duly authorized this 8th day
of June A. D. 1956.
Signed and Sealed in presence of } THE WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY (Corporate Seal)
Robert S. Perry } by David Robertson, Treas. [Signature]
Received for record June 12th, A. D. 1956 at 1:47 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk
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WARRANTY DEED
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Veronica L. Gelinas, of the Town of
Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, for consideration paid, grant
to Peter Blasik of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island,
with WARRANTY COVENANTS
Certain three certain tracts or parcels of land located in the Town of Charlestown,
County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, together with all buildings and improvements
located thereon, bounded and described as follows:
A. I certain lot of land situated in said Charlestown, with a dwelling house
and other improvements thereon standing, containing by estima-
tion one-half acre or more of land, by the same way as bounded and bounded westerly by land formerly of Welcome
C. Tuckery westerly by land now or formerly of Mary F. Kenyon; and bounded northerly by land formerly of Welcome
C. Tuckery westerly by land now or formerly of Mary F. Kenyon; and bounded easterly by land now or formerly of Peter & Palmer otherwise
wise the same may be bounded or described. Being the same premises
conveyed by Amos P. Gelinas to himself and Yvonne P. Connell, recorded
in the Land Evidence Records of the Town of Charlestown, in Book 16
at page 392.
A. II certain tract of land situated in said Charlestown, with all the
buildings and improvements thereon, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the northeast corner of the above described lot and at northeast
corner of land formerly of Nathan E. Bathway; thence southeasterly bound-
ing easterly by a highway fifty-one (51) feet; thence westerly general ly
bounding easterly by a highway fifty-one (51) feet; Thence south to the land
with said Bathway land fifty (50) feet; Thence south to the land
formerly of Mary F. Kenyon, bounding southerly by land formerly of
Virginia G. Green; thence easterly bounding westerly by land formerly
of said Mary F. Kenyon, fifty-one (51) feet to said Bathway land; Thence
easterly bounding northerly by said Bathway land to the point of
beginning or however otherwise bounded. Being the same premises
described in deed from Edward R. Gelinas to Jason P. Gerrish, recorded
in the Land Evidence Records of the Town of Charlestown in Book 18
at page 389.
A. III certain tract of land with the buildings and improvements thereon,
situated near Shannon, in said Charlestown, containing one-half
acre, more or less, and bounded as follows: On the north by land of the
heirs of William C. Clampett; east by the highway; south by the
land of Nathan E. Bathway; and west by land of Mary F. Kenyon or
however bounded. Being the same land conveyed by Jason P. Gerrish
by deed of Cors F. Greene, et al., recorded in the Land Evidence Records
of the Town of Charlestown, in Book 18 at page 389.
Being the same premises conveyed to the grantor herein by deed of James
Anson Gerrish, Administrator of the estate of Anson P. Gerrish, by deed
dated June [?], 1954, recorded in the Land Evidence Records of the
Town of Charlestown.
This conveyance is made subject to a mortgage by the grantor to The
Washington Trust Company, the payment of which mortgage and the note
secured thereby is hereby assumed by the grantee.
I, Wilfred Gelinas, husband of the grantor herein, hereby release to said grantee