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9/16/1954 · DEED · book 34 page 283 doc 3986@34/283

From BEHNEKE MARIE ROSE YVONNE, BEHNEKE NORMAN L
To DAWLEY MILDRED LOUISE
Premises none · lot 260 on Sea Lea Colony plat (Charlestown, Sea Lea Pond, Green Hill Pond)

Back — where this land came from

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

◀ 1951 · DEED · PEARSON ALFRED T; PEARSON ETHEL M → BEHNEKE MARIE ROSE YVONNE · book 32 p 506
◀ 1935 · DEED · BEHNEKE ROSE M Y → BEHNEKE NORMAN L; DEBAENE BLANCHE H · book 26 p 65
◀ 1954 · PREL · CROMER HOWARD F; CROMER MURIEL → BEHNEKE M R YVONNE; BEHNEKE NORMAN L · book 34 p 91
◀ 1954 · PREL · CROMER HOWARD F; CROMER MURIEL → BEHNEKE M R YVONNE; BEHNEKE NORMAN L · book 34 p 322
◀ 1953 · PREL · BURDICK MARION GERTRUDE → BEHNEKE MARIE ROSE YVONNE; BEHNEKE NORMAN L · book 33 p 428
◀ 1953 · PREL · BURDICK MARION GERTRUDE → BEHNEKE MARIE ROSE YVONNE; BEHNEKE NORMAN L · book 33 p 429
◀ 1953 · PREL · CROMER HOWARD F; CROMER MURIEL → BEHNEKE M R YVONNE; BEHNEKE NORMAN L · book 33 p 652
◀ 1952 · PREL · BURDICK MARION GERTRUDE → BEHNEKE MARIE ROSE YVONNE; BEHNEKE NORMAN L · book 33 p 149
◀ 1951 · PREL · BURDICK MARION GERTRUDE; BURDICK NARION GERTRUDE → BEHNEKE MARIE ROSE YVONNE · book 32 p 476
◀ 1935 · RELEASE STANDARD · BURDICK EDWARD EDGAR; BURDICK MARION GERTRUDE → BEHNEKE MARIE ROSE YVONNE · book 26 p 101
◀ 1934 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · BURDICK EDWARD EDGAR; BURDICK MARION GERTRUDE → BEHNEKE MARIE ROSE YVONNE · book 25 p 495
◀ 1934 · PARTIAL RELEASE · BURDICK MARION G; BURDICK EDWARD E → BEHNEKE MARIE ROSE YVONNE · book 25 p 549
◀ 1933 · RELEASE STANDARD · BURDICK EDWARD EDGAR; BURDICK MARION GERTRUDE → BEHNEKE MARIE ROSE YVONNE · book 25 p 377
◀ 1932 · DEED · BURDICK EDWARD EDGAR; BURDICK MARION GERTRUDE → BEHNEKE MARIE ROSE YVONNE · book 25 p 145

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

▶ 1959 · DEED · DAWLEY BENJAMIN EARL; DAWLEY MILDRED L; DAWLEY MILDRED LOUISE; DAWLEY → HOPKINS ELLIOT A; HOPKINS MARGARET T · book 36 p 627
▶ 1964 · DEED · DAWLEY BENJAMIN EARL; DAWLEY MILDRED L; DAWLEY MILDRED LOUISE → HOPKINS ELLIOT A; HOPKINS MARGARET T · book 39 p 419

The instrument's own words

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283 WHEREAS, NORMAN L. BEHNEKE and MARIE ROSE YVONNE BEHNEKE, his wife, both of Charlestown, Washington County, Rhode Island, conveyed that certain strip of land in Charlestown, Rhode Island designated as lot numbered two hundred sixty (260) on that plat entitled "Sea Lea Colony in Charlestown and South Kingstown, Rhode Island, property of M. R. Y. Behneke, numbered lots represent area of the Sea Lea Colony, surveyed and platted 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938 - Leon L. Bolland, Civil Engineer, Scale 1" equals 80", which plat is recorded in the Records of Land Evidence in said Charlestown by a warranty deed dated August 1941 to GEORGE DAWLEY and INGEBORG DAWLEY, his wife, both of Providence, Rhode Island and which deed was never recorded and cannot be found and whereas, GEORGE DAWLEY and INGEBORG DAWLEY did not convey this property during their respective lifetimes, and whereas, INGEBORG DAWLEY predeceased GEORGE DAWLEY, and whereas, GEORGE DAWLEY died in 1946 leaving a will wherein all the rest, residue and remainder of his property and estate, both real and personal, was devised and bequeathed to his niece, MILDRED LOUISE DAWLEY. Now therefore, we NORMAN L. BEHNEKE and MARIE ROSE YVONNE BEHNEKE, for consideration paid, grant to MILDRED LOUISE DAWLEY of Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, with QUIT-CLAIM COVENANTS: That certain strip of land in Charlestown, Rhode Island, designated as lot numbered two hundred sixty (260) on that plat entitled, "Sea Lea Colony in Charlestown and South Kingstown, R. I., Property of M. R. Y. Behneke, surveyed and platted 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938 - Leon L. Bolland, Civil Engineer, Scale 1" = 80", which plat is recorded in the Records of Land Evidence in Charlestown, Washington County, which is conveyed subject to the following restrictions: No building other than a dock shall be erected on said strip of land. No pipes shall run through or through the dock into Sea Lea Pond, and nothing shall be maintained on this strip of land which will in any manner pollute the waters of the Pond. No part of said land shall be used for any trade business of or for any commercial or public purpose whatsoever. No person may use said premises as sleeping quarters or as a trailer or automobile camp. Said land shall at all times be kept oil and water free and free from any unsightly litter. Said premises are conveyed for exclusively exclusively for the purposes of serving as a driveway for the owner of lot #110 on the above described plat access to Green Hill Pond and having boatage rights on Sea Lea Pond. It is further agreed, shared, rented or the use thereof given to any other person who is a person who is the lessee or tenant of any dwelling house on Sea Lea Colony other than lot #110. It is the express intention of this agreement to prevent the use of this strip of land for any purpose whatsoever by any person or persons other than the owner or legal occupants of the dwelling house on said lot #110. Community privileges and paths, ways and streets of Sea Lea Colony amount to this strip of land and paths are reserved for the residents of Sea Lea Colony to protect their quiet use and enjoyment of these privileges and their use cannot be granted by owners of lots on Sea Lea Colony to lot owners adjacent plots or to any other person. Said strip of land #260 must be conveyed with lot #110 and cannot be sold separate and apart from it. Should any attempt be made by these grantees, their heirs being assigned or their successors to sell said strip, or to convey it separately from said lot #110, the fee in said strip of land #260 shall immediately revert to these grantors, their heirs or assigns, and immediate possession may be taken of said land by them. Failure of said grantors, their heirs or assigns, to enter and take possession upon such breach shall not constitute a waiver of their right to do so. WITNESS our hands this 15th day of Sept. A. D. 1954. NORMAN L. BEHNEKE MARIE ROSE YVONNE BEHNEKE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND COUNTY OF WASHINGTON In Charlestown, Rhode Island on the 15th day of September, A. D. 1954, before me personally appeared the above named NORMAN L. BEHNEKE, to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged said instrument, by him executed, to be his free act and deed. LINTON L. BROWN Notary Public
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND COUNTY OF WASHINGTON In Charlestown, Rhode Island on the 15th day of September A. D. 1954, before me person- ally appeared the above named MARIE ROSE YVONNE BEHNEKE, to me known and known 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 September 16th, A. D. 1954 at 4:00 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk ---- We, DANIEL N. DEMORRIS and JENNIE E. DEMORRIS, husband and wife, both of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, for consideration paid, grant to ARNOLD J. SMITH and EDITH SMITH, husband and wife, both of the Town of Johnston, County of Providence, State of Rhode Island, as Joint Tenants and not as Tenants in Common, with WARRANTY CONVEYANTS Those certain lots or parcels of land, situated in said Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, laid out and designated as Lots Numbers 559 and 558 on that plat entitled, "Charlestown by the Sea," owned and developed by Thomas F. Reilly, location, Charlestown, Rhode Island, Scale 1" = 100 feet dated July 25, 1934, E. W. Leighton, Civil Engineer, New Haven, Conn.," which said plat is filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, said Town of Charlestown. Said lots together form one tract bounded as follows: WESTERLY : by Charlestown Beach Road, as shown on said plat, 55 feet, more or less; NORTHERLY : by Lot #556, as shown on said plat, 111.4 feet, more or less; by Lot #557, as shown on said plat, 55 feet, more or less; and EASTERLY : by Thomas Street, as shown on said plat, 111.2 feet, more or less. SOUTHERLY : by Thomas Street, as shown on said plat, 111.2 feet, more or less. This subject to records as restrictions on said plat. Being the same premises conveyed by deed of Clayton E. Russell to these Grantors; said deed bearing date of October 6th, 1953 and recorded in the Records of Land Evidence, said Town of Charlestown, Book 33 at Page 65. WITNESS our hands this 18th day of September, 1954. DANIEL N. DEMORRIS JENNIE E. DEMORRIS No Internal Revenue Stamps required STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, ETC.) } County of Washington { In Charlestown, on the 18th day of September, 1954, before me personally appeared Daniel N. DeMorris and Jennie E. DeMorris, 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 September 18th, A. D. 1954 at 1:05 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk

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