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3/17/1866 · DEED · book 9 page 96 doc 4014

From BATES STEPHEN life, BATES MARTHA G life
To CHAMPLIN HENRY life
Consideration one thousand dollars
Premises half an acre more or less · lot with a dwelling house (Glocester, Washington County)

Back — where this land came from

unknown
“reference is hereby had to Former deeds on record in said Clerkship”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma

The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1852 · DEED · ANTHONY JAMES S; ANTHONY MARY JANE → BATES STEPHEN · book 7 p 475
◀ 1852 · DEED · THOMAS BENJAMIN; THOMAS MARY A → BATES STEPHEN · book 7 p 459
◀ 1852 · MORTGAGE · CLARKE HIRAM; CLARKE ANN → BATES STEPHEN · book 7 p 461
◀ 1848 · DEED · HAZARD ROWLAND G → BATES STEPHEN · book 7 p 302

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

▶ 1872 · DEED · CHAMPLIN HENRY; CHAMPLIN ELIZABETH → REYNOLDS HANNAH S · book 10 p 51
▶ 1910 · TAX COLLECTORS DEED · MERRITT S E C; GRAY MARY P; BLIVEN JAMES; ROBINSON SARAH A; WILLIS SAD → · book 16 p 368
▶ 1910 · TAX COLLECTORS DEED · CHARLESTOWN TOWN OF; CHAMPLIN HENRY DECEASED → CROSS GEORGE C · book 16 p 401
▶ 1875 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · CHAMPLIN HENRY → REYNOLDS HANNAH S; REYNOLDS J BURDICK · book 10 p 62
▶ 1923 · DEED · CHAMPLIN SARAH; CHAMPLIN HENRY; STEWART THEODORE; FAYERWEATHER MARIA C → HAZARD HANNAH M · book 20 p 414

The instrument's own words

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96 Providence Sc. in Providence April 2d Ad 1866 Recorded by Margaret and presented Margaret severally acknowledged that the foregoing instrument be theirs signed and to be their free act and deed Before me Gen M C Cumberland per Justice of the Peace Received for record April 7th 1866 at 2 o'clock P M and Recorded by Charles Cross Town Clerk Know all men by these presents that I Stephen Bates of Warwick County of State of Rhode Island declare for and in consideration of the sum of one thousand dollars to me paid by Henry Champlin of Smithfield County of Washington tow and state of Rhode Island the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have remised released and forever quitclaimed and have by these presents to remise release and forever quitclaim unto the said Henry Champlin his heirs and assigns forever all the right title interest property claim and demand which I now have or of right ought to have or claim in and to a certain lot of land situated in the village of Glocester State aforesaid containing by estimation Characterist County of Washington State aforesaid containing by estimation half an acre more or less with a dwelling house thereon bounded on the North West and South by land of Joseh W Money on the East by the highway and for a more particular description reference is hereby had to Former deeds on record in said Clerkship and it is understood that the parties his heirs and assigns shall have a right and privilege to the well in the North line of said lot I do here by hold harmless the same all the right privileges and appurtenances thereunto or thereto appertaining to the said Henry Champlin his heirs and assigns forever And I the aforementioned Stephen Bates do for myself and for my heirs executors and administrators do covenant with the said Henry Champlin his heirs and assigns forever that I will warrant and defend the aforementioned premises to the said Henry Champlin his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming by tenure or under me And I Martha L Bates wife of said Stephen Bates for the consideration in part as aforesaid do hereby release and forever quitclaim to said Henry Champlin his heirs and assigns all my right of tenure in the aforesaid premises In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six Signed Sealed and delivered In presence of C. N. Mill J. G. Newcomb Stephen Bates L.S. Martha L Bates L.S. Revenue Stamp $ 1.00 State of Rhode Island viz Warwick County ss Before me on this fifth day of March AD 1866 Stephen Stephen Bates personally appeared before me and acknowledged that this instrument by him signed is to be his free and voluntary act and deed C. N. Mill Justice of the Peace Received for Record March 17th 1866 at 2 o'clock P M and Recorded by Charles Cross Town Clerk

The page as recorded

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deed_walker_v1.9_2026-10-10 · the index is the town's own (i2l.uslandrecords.com); transcripts, chains and the assessor's cards are the Perry Machine's reading of it. Where the record we hold runs out, the page says so.