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2/12/1955 · DEED · book 34 page 401 doc 4112@34/401

From GAVITT BENJAMIN C life, GAVITT BESSIE C
To RATHBONE JOAN W, RATHBONE HERBERT C JR
Premises Lots 1 and 2 of Crossland Park Section One (Charlestown)

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

◀ 1955 · DEED · KENYON SHERWOOD C; KENYON VIRGINIA N → GAVITT BESSIE C · book 35 p 204
◀ 1946 · DEED · WEBB LEWIS E; WEBB MARY A N → GAVITT BENJAMIN C; GAVITT BESSIE C · book 30 p 112
◀ 1953 · LEASE · GAVITT BENJAMIN C; GAVITT BESSIE C; GRINNELL LEON M → GRINNELL LEON M; GAVITT BESSIE C; GAVITT BENJAMIN C · book 33 p 529
◀ 1938 · DEED · BROWN STEWART D; BROWN EDNA C; UBERLACKER HELEN B; UBELACKER HELEN B; → GAVITT BESSIE CROSS; CROSS GAVITT BESSIE; GAVITT BENJAMIN C · book 27 p 431
◀ 1933 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · CASHMAN CHARLES T → GAVITT BENJAMIN C; GAVITT BESSIE CROSS · book 24 p 504
◀ 1931 · DEED · BERGER SUSAN → GAVITT BENJAMIN C · book 24 p 442
◀ 1926 · LEASE · GAVITT GRACE GREEN → GAVITT BENJAMIN C · book 22 p 399

Forward — where this land went

Follow forward ▶ 1955 · MORTGAGE · RATHBONE JOAN W; RATHBONE HERBERT C JR → WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY · book 34 p 488
“Being the same premises conveyed to the mortgagors herein by Bezie C. Gavitt, by deed dated February 8, 1955”
cites this instrument as its source · read by gemma

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

▶ 1957 · DEED · RATHBONE JOAN W; WATTS CECIL M; WATTS CHARLES E; WATTS CHAS E; RATHBON → GAVITT BENJAMIN C; GAVITT BESSIE C · book 36 p 77
▶ 1962 · DEED · RATHBONE HELEN S; RATHBONE HERBERT C → HILTON RICHARD E · book 38 p 282
▶ 1955 · MORTGAGE · RATHBONE JOAN W; RATHBONE HERBERT C JR → WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY · book 34 p 488
▶ 1966 · MORTGAGE · RATHBONE JOAN W; RATHBONE HERBERT C JR → WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY · book 41 p 18
▶ 1966 · DEED · RATHBONE JOAN W; RATHBONE HERBERT JR → BROWNING GLENDA EMILY; BROWNING FREDERICK H JR · book 41 p 199
▶ 1982 · DEED · RATHBONE JOAN W; RATHBONE HERBERT C JR → RATHBONE DONALD H · book 67 p 372
▶ 1982 · CERTIFICATE · RATHBONE JEAN W; RATHBONE HERBERT C JR → · book 67 p 766

The instrument's own words

page 1 · read by Gemma vision
401 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, BESSIE C. GAVITT, of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, for consideration paid, grant to HERBERT C. RATHBONE, JR. and JOAN W. RATHBONE, as Joint Tenants and not as tenants in common, both of said Town, County and State, with QUIT-CLAIM COVENANTS Those certain lots or parcels of land, situate in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, shown and delineated as Lots Numbers 1 (one) and 2 (two) on that certain plat or plan entitled, "CROSSLAND PARK Section One in the Town of Charlestown, Town, R. I., Property of Bessie C. Gavitt, Surveyed and Platted, Dec., 1954, W. R. Easterbrooks, Civil Engineer, Scale 1" = 50", said plat being filed in the Town Clerk's Office, said Town of Charlestown. said Lots Numbers 1 and 2 together form one tract bounded and described as follows: NORTHERLY : by land of Mary F. Champlain, a distance of 226.44 feet, as shown on said plat; EASTERLY : by South County Trail, a distance of 103.45 feet, as shown on said plat; SOUTHERLY : by an unnamed street, or way, a distance of 200 feet, as shown on said plat, and WESTERLY : by Lot Number 3, a distance of 100 feet, as shown on said plat. I, BENJAMIN C. GAVITT, husband of the Grantor, release to said Grantees all my right of curtesy and all other interest in and to the aforementioned premises. WITNESS our hands this 8th day of February, 1955. BESSIE C. GAVITT BENJAMIN C. GAVITT (DOCUMENTARY STAMPS, $1.10) STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, ETC.) ) County of Washington ) In Charlestown, on the 8th day of February, 1955, before me personally appeared Bessie C. Gavitt and her husband, Benjamin C. Gavitt, 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 February 12th, A. D. 1955 at 9:50 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk

The page as recorded

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