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2/4/1867 · MORTGAGE · book 9 page 184 doc 4103

From PERRY WILLIAM H life
To KENYON BERIAH C life
Consideration fourteen hundred dollars
Premises twenty acres more or less · Homestead of Francis Perry and a parcel in Northfield (Charlestown, Northfield)
Also on this page: MORTGAGE DISCHARGE PERRY WILLIAM C

Back — where this land came from

deed Samuel Perry book 4 p 169162 Charlestown
“purchased by my grand father Francis Perry doing of Samuel Perry dated September 1791”
the cited instrument is not in the index we hold (not_in_index)
read by: gemma
unknown father Perry
“last tract purchased by my sire father Perry late of said Northfield”
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

◀ 1864 · DEED · KENYON THOMAS A → PERRY WILLIAM H · book 8 p 460
◀ 1844 · DEED · PERRY HOXSIE; PERRY SUSANNAH → PERRY WILLIAM H · book 7 p 166
◀ 1844 · DEED · PERRY HOXSIE; PERRY SUSANNAH → PERRY WILLIAM H · book 7 p 167

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

▶ 1875 · DEED · KENYON BERIAH C → CROSS GEORGE W · book 10 p 163
▶ 1875 · PARTIAL RELEASE · KENYON BERIAH C → GREEN ELIJAH · book 10 p 164
▶ 1876 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · KENYON BERIAH C → CROSS WILLIAM D; CROSS MARTHA S · book 9 p 464
▶ 1880 · DEED · KENYON BERIAH C; MATTESON BOWEN → MATTESON JAMES H · book 10 p 514
▶ 1881 · DEED · KENYON SARAH A; KENYON BERIAH C; KENYON LAFAYETTE; KENYON AMIE D → HOXSIE FRANKLIN · book 10 p 602
▶ 1884 · DEED · KENYON BERIAH C; KENYON ANNIE D → COLLINS OTHNIAL F · book 11 p 224
▶ 1884 · DEED · KENYON BERIAH C; KENYON ANNIE D → ARNOLD ROBERT C · book 11 p 249
▶ 1886 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · KENYON BERIAH C → ENNIS PHEBE C; ENNIS VARNUM · book 10 p 391
▶ 1889 · MORTGAGE ASSIGNMENT · KENYON BERIAH C; MATTESON JAMES H → MATTESON RUTH B · book 12 p 123

The instrument's own words

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184 State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ss Washington co. personally appeared before me Byras D. Hergox and acknowledged the foregoing instrument he has signed to be his free and voluntary act and deed William D. Green Public Notary Received for Record May 10th 1873 at 2 o'clock PM Recorded by Charles Cross Know all men by these presents that I William H. Perry of East Greenwich in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island in consideration of the sum of fourteen hundred dollars paid to me by Byras D. Hergox of Charlestown in the County of Washington and State aforesaid of the receipt whereof I hereby ac- knowledge to be paid species gold currency and value the said Byras Hergox his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract of land situated in said Charlestown it being the homestead of my late father Francis Perry doing and is the same tract purchased by my grand father Francis Perry doing of Samuel Perry dated September 1791 the deed of which is recorded in this fourth Book of land evidence in said Charlestown page 169 & 162 for a more particular reference see the aforementioned Deed Also one other parcel situated in Northfield and particularly that overrunning containing twenty acres more or less bounded northwesterly and easterly by the above mentioned tract north Northwesterly by land purchased by my father of people Perry deceased and Westerly by the Hergox family it being the last tract purchased by my sire father Perry late of said Northfield known as the home farm To have and to hold the said parts and heritages to the said Byras Hergox his heirs and assigns forever And I said William do for myself my heirs legal representatives and administrators do covenant and agree to and with the said Byras his heirs and assigns that I am here fully obligated in sum for the simple of the aforementioned premises that they are free of all incumbrances and that I have full right to sell and convey the same and that I will with my pens and peripherals warrant and defend the same to said Byras his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons Provided nevertheless that if said William Perry his heirs representatives administrators or assigns shall fail to convey to said Byras his heirs representatives or assigns a certain piece of land bounded North by the this interest accruing thereafter twelve years fourteen months date from the this deed as also a certain promissory note having due date on the first presents signed by said William Perry obligated to pay said Hergox for the purpose to buy said Byras said sum of twenty hundred dollars with interest at seven per cent shall be absolutely void to all intents and purposes Nothing herein contained shall be construed to restrict said William his heirs or assigns from selling wood from the premises hereby conveyed during the term of this Mortgage In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirty first day of January in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight Entered in January Wm H. Perry L.S. Paul M. Clarke State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Washington County sc Charlestown January 31st 1867 This day personally appeared William Perry and acknowledged the foregoing instrument his hand to be his voluntary act Public Notary Before me Paul M. Clarke Public Notary the Clerk $1.50 Received for Record 31st Jan 1867 at 1 o'clock PM Recorded by Charles On this 3d day of April 1868 I received of William H. Perry the full amount of the above mortgage and I hereby cancel the same Witness my hand and seal the presence Charles Cross B. D. Hergox

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.