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To all People to whom these Presents shall Come.
I William Burton of Richmond in the county of Washington and State of Rhode Island
Send Greeting. Know Ye, That I the said William Burton [illegible] for and in consideration of the sum of
two hundred dollars
Henry Norris of Richmond in the county [illegible] in hand before the ensuing witness hereof well and truly paid by
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and say with fully satisfied contented and paid; and of every part and parcel part
deferred do covenant agree acknowledge and with Henry Norris said
the said
hereby grant bargain sell aliense enclosed conveyed and confirmed; and
hereby convey transfer and assign forever to the said
by these presents do freely fully and absolutely give grant bargain sell aliense enclose convey and confirm unto Henry
heirs and assign forever
Henry Norris his
a certain lot of land situate in the town of Washington containing one acre
bounded and described as follows (viz) commencing at the North East corner of
said lot at the bushings [illegible] a slight stone st on the ground from there running Southwesterly,
said lot is bounded by said Silas Thrasher to the end of a new road whole three perches wide running Southwesterly,
by said side as it runs hand to a slight stone st on the ground on the Northwest side
of said road from there running Southeasterly, to a slight stone st and the residue length in
straight line of the W.N.W corner of William Burtons lot and from there running westerly in
a straight line with the West line of James Williams lot to the point of beginning distance
And this said parcel measured bounded limited situatedly within the limits of Town of Richmond Northwesterly
And this said Henry Norris is to make and forever boundly warrant and maintain
all the heirs line force against the said David Morgan and William Burtons [illegible] meaning and intending
to convey by this deed the same estate conveyed to me by Roger De Forge by his deed of 7
29th Nov 1803 and recorded in Rhode Island in Land Evidence book No 8 page 18 [illegible]
To have and to hold the said granted and bargained premises with all the appurtenances privileges and commodities to
the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to lying to the said Henry Norris his
the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to lying to the said Henry Norris his heirs and assigns forever to Have and possess proper use benefit and behold forever. And I the said
William Burton
my myself [illegible] heirs executors and administrators
do covenant promise and grant to and with the said Henry Norris his
heirs and assigns that of all the legal bounding over of the same the true sole and lawful owner of the above bargained
premises and annex aforesaid having all seized and possessed of the same in my own proper right as a good perfect and absolute estate of inheritance in
fee simple and forever have and hold full right to sell and aliense the same and will warrant the same fully against all and every person or persons
in manner and as aforesaid. And that the said
Henry Norris his
heirs and assigns shall may from time to time and at all times and forever have peace and quiet from all persons presently probably and particularly
and from all manner of claims demands suits and challenges what so ever with the premises probably and appurtenances free and clear openly and freely
entirely acquitted exonerated and discharged of all and from all and manner of former or other gifts grants bargaines sales mortgages willes
entails jointures judgments executions encumbrances of what nature or manner soever that might in any measure or degree obstruct
or make void this present deed.
Furthermore I the said William Burton
his heirs executors and administrators do covenant and engage the above mentioned
premises to the said Henry Norris his
heirs and assigns
against the lawful claims or demands of any person or persons whatsoever forever to present defend and relieve them by these
presents.
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direction a distance of 100 feet, more or less; to the northeasterly
corner of other land thus day being conveyed by these Grantors to
these Grantees; thence running southeasterly, bounded southeasterly,
by said Grantees; thence running southwesterly, bounded southeasterly,
by said other land; and being closed and completed by these Grantors to these
Grantees, a distance of 100 feet, more or less, to the point and place
of beginning, or however otherwise the same may be bounded or described.
We, Walter P. Keenan and Sylvia Keenan, release to said Grantees all our right
of curtesy and Dower, respectively, and all other interest in and to the aforementioned
premises.
WITNESS our hands this 6th day of August, 1954.
WALTER P. KEENAN
SYLVIA KEENAN
No Internal Revenue Stamps
required
STATE of RHODE ISLAND, ETC.)
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County of Washington )
In Charlestown, on the 6th day of August, 1954, before me personally appeared
Walter P. Keenan and Sylvia Keenan, 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 ex-cuted, to be their free act and deed.
LINTON L. BROWN
Notary Public
Received for record August 9th, A. D. 1954 at 10:46 o'clock, a. m., and recorded
by [Signature]
Town Clerk
I, ELLA A. DAY, of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of
Rhode Island, for consideration paid, grant to CHARLOTTE M. GANUNG, of West Hartford,
State of Connecticut, with WARRANTY COVENANTS
That certain lot or tract of land, situated at "Hill Pasture," so-called, in
the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, bounded and
described as follows:
Lot Number 4 (curv.) as shown and delineated on that certain plan or
plat entitled, "Plat of House Lots on Hill Pasture in Charlestown,
R. I.," belonging to Edward R. Day, dated August 20th, 1953,
R. I. Book 4, Survey Page 4, bounded northerly, by Lot Number 4 is bounded northerly, a
distance of 150 feet by Lot Number 7, as shown on said plat; southerly, a
distance of 175 feet, by Lot Number 3, as shown on said plat; southeasterly,
a distance of 150 feet, by Lot Number 3, a distance of 150 feet, as shown on said plat; and
westerly, a distance of 175 feet, by Lot Number 13, as shown on said plat;
said Plat being on file in the Town Clerk's Office, said Town of Charles-
town, Book Plat No. 1 at Page 7.
RESERVING, however, to this Grantor, and for during her natural lifetime,
the right and use of the road or driveway, now or afterward, extending
in an easterly and westerly direction, crossing the northern Boundary of
said Lot Number 4 from Lot Number 16 to the Town Highway. The reservation
and right contained in this paragraph shall cease and be void upon the
death of this Grantor.
Said Lot Number 4 being the same premises conveyed by deed of Edward R.
Durick to Robert P. Day dated August 18th, 1908 and recorded in the
Records of Land Evidence of Charlestown, in Record Book 4, at
Page 119 and 120. Reference to said deed and the record thereof, together
with the references to the aforementioned plat, being hereunto had and referred,
and the same made a part hereof, and containing complete and detailed description
of the premises hereby conveyed. The Grantor hereby acquired title to said
Lot Number 4 under the provisions contained in the will of Robert P. Day
of record in the Probate Records of said Town of Charlestown.
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