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8/10/1954 · DEED · book 34 page 237 doc 3946@34/237

From REED CHARLES life, REED SOPHIA E
To BOWEN MEREDITH REED
Premises none · Four tracts of land in Charlestown and South Kingstown (Charlestown, South Kingstown, Sea Lea Colony)

Back — where this land came from

deed Linton L. Brown and Gladys T. Brown book 30 p 144 Charlestown
“conveyed by deed of Linton L. Brown and Gladys T. Brown to those Grantors”
◀ Follow back 1946 · DEED · BROWN ALBERT E → MINAKIN ALICE MCPHEE; MINAKIN FRANK · book 30 p 144
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deed Norman L. Bennes and Marie Rose Yvonne Bennes book 33 p 45 Charlestown
“conveyed by deed of Norman L. Bennes and Marie Rose Yvonne Bennes to those Grantors”
◀ Follow back 1952 · DEED · BEHNEKE MARIE ROSE YVONNE; BEHNEKE NORMAN L; BURDICK MARION GERTRUDE → REED CHARLES; REED SOPHIE E · book 33 p 45
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The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1952 · DEED · BEHNEKE MARIE ROSE YVONNE; BEHNEKE NORMAN L; BURDICK MARION GERTRUDE → REED CHARLES; REED SOPHIE E · book 33 p 45
◀ 1947 · DEED · BROWN GLADYS T; BROWN LINTON L → REED CHARLES; REED SOPHIA · book 30 p 344

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

▶ 1981 · DEED · BOWEN MEREDITH REED → GRAY RUTH A; GRAY JAMES G JR · book 66 p 182
▶ 1981 · CERTIFICATE · BOWEN MEREDITH REED → · book 66 p 181

The instrument's own words

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237 I, Ella A. Day, covenant that I am a widow and have not remarried. WITNESS my hand this 9th day of August, 1954. ELLA A. DAY (DOCUMENTARY STAMPS, $1.10) STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, ETC.) County of Washington } } ss: In Charlestown, on the 9th day of August, 1954, before me personally appeared Ella A. Day, to me known and by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and she acknowledged said instrument, by her executed, to be her free act and deed. LINTON L. BROWN Notary Public Received for record August 9th, A. D. 1954 at 11:10 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [signature] Town Clerk ---- We, CHARLES REED and SOPHIA E. REED, husband and wife, both of Agawam, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for consideration paid, grant to MEREDITH REED BOWEN, of the City of Holyoke, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with WARRANT COVENANTS Those certain parcels or tracts of land, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the Towns of Charlestown and South Kingstown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, Island, described as follows: FIRST TRACT, Situated in said town of Charlestown, and being shown and delineated as Lot Number 3 (three) on that certain plan or plat entitled, "Section 2, Sea Lea Colony in Charlestown, R. I., Property of S. E. Reed & Charles H. Reed, surveyed and drawn by Leon L. Holland, Civil Engineer, Sea Lea Colony, Surveyed and Platted, 1940, Leon L. Holland, Civil Engineer, Scale 1" = 80", said plat being returned and recorded in the Records of Land Evidence, in said town of Charlestown, Book No. 26, Page 384-Plan A." SECOND TRACT, Situated in said town of Charlestown and being shown as Lot Number 24 (twenty four) hundred and forty four on that certain plan or plat entitled, "Sea Lea Colony in Charlestown and South Kingstown, R. I. Property of S. E. Reed & Charles H. Reed, Sea Lea Colony Improvement Area of Sea Lea Colony, Surveyed and Platted, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938 - Leon L. Holland, Civil Engineer, Scale 1" = 80", said plat being recorded in said Records of Land Evidence, in said Town of Charlestown, Page 237. Said FIRST TRACT and said SECOND TRACT being the same premises conveyed by deed of Linton L. Brown and Gladys T. Brown to those Grantors; said deed being dated 1st day of April, 1943, and recorded in said Records of Land Evidence, Book No. 30 at Pages 144 and 345 THIRD TRACT, Situated in said town of Charlestown and, being shown Lot Number 1 (one) on that certain plan or plat entitled, "Section 3, Sea Lea Colony in Charlestown, R. I., Property of M. W. R. Bennes, Platted April, 1952, Wilfred W. Butterworth, Civil Engineer, Scale 1" = 80", said plat which is recorded in the Records of Land Evidence, Town of Charlestown, in Book No. 33 at Page 42. FOURTH TRACT, Situated in said town of South Kingstown, and being shown and delineated as Lot Number 213 (two hundred thirteen) on that certain plat entitled, "Sea Lea Colony in Charlestown and South Kingstown, R. I. Surveyed and Platted, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938 - Leon L. Holland, Civil Engineer, Scale 1" = 80", and recorded both in the town of Charlestown and South Kingstown. Said FOURTH TRACT Together with the Third Tract shall not be conveyed separate and apart from said THIRD TRACT. Said THIRD TRACT and said FOURTH TRACT being the same premises conveyed by deed of Norman L. Bennes and Marie Rose Yvonne Bennes to those Grantors; said deed being dated 1st day of April, 1943, and recorded in the Records of Land Evidence, said town of Charlestown, in Book No. 33 at Pages 45 and 46.
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238 The Grantee, her heirs and assigns, are hereby grantee all the benefits, rights and privileges as set forth and contained in the aforesaid deeds, and this conveyance is made and accepted subject to all of the conditions, reservations and restrictions contained therein. The consideration of this deed is such that no Internal Revenue Stamps are required. We, Charles Reed and Sophia E. Reed, release to said Grantee all our right of curtesy and dower, respectively, and all other interest in and to the aforesaid described premises. WITNESS our hands this 10th day of August, 1954. CHARLES REED SOPHIA E. REED STATE OF RHODE ISLAND COUNTY OF WASHINGTON In Charlestown, on the 10th day of August, 1954, before me personally appeared Charles Reed and Sophia E. Reed, 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 executed, to be their free act and deed. LINTON L. BROWN Notary Public Received for record August 10th, A. D. 1954 at 10:00 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [signature] Town Clerk ---- Anita I. Henault, Formerly Anita I. Keyes, of the City of Central Falls, County of Providence, State of Rhode Island, surviving joint tenant and daughter of Octavien Z. Henault, late of said City, County and State, deceased March 22, 1950, for consideration paid, grant to Emile J. Stanek and Bertha C. Stanek, husband and wife, of the City of Pawtucket, in said County and State, as joint tenants and not as tenants in common; with WARRANTY COVENANTS (Description, and Incumbrances, if any) Two certain lots of land, with all the buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, laid out and designated as lots numbered seven hundred sixteen (716) and seven hundred seventeen (717) on that plat entitled "Charlestown by the Sea, Owned and Developed by Thomas F. Reilly, Location Charlestown, Rhode Island, Scale 1" = 100, dated July 25th, 1934, in K. W. Leighton, Civil Engineer, New Haven, Conn." which said plat is on record in the Office of the Town Clerk of said Charlestown. Said lots together form one tract, bounded as follows: Southerly : by Craig Street, as shown on said Plat, fifty (50) feet, more or less; Westerly : by lot number seven hundred eighteen (718) as shown on said Plat, one hundred (100) feet, more or less; Northerly : by lots number six hundred seventy-nine (679) and six hundred eighty (680) as shown on said Plat, fifty (50) feet, more or less, and Easterly : by lot numbered seven hundred fifteen (715) as shown on said Plat, one hundred (100) feet, more or less.

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