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1/4/1867 · DEED · book 9 page 236 doc 4155

From HOLDEN CORNELIA A life
To HOLDEN CHARLES life
Premises dower and powers of title in the texts comprised (Charlestown)

Back — where this land came from

deed book 50 p 164 Charlestown
“which bears date the 15th day of January A.D. 1867 as is duly recorded... book 50 page 164”
the cited instrument is not in the index we hold (not_in_index)
read by: gemma
deed book 50 p 164 Charlestown
“which bears date the 15th day of January A.D. 1867 as is duly recorded... book 50 page 164”
the cited instrument is not in the index we hold (not_in_index)
read by: gemma

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

▶ 1867 · DEED · HOLDEN CHARLES; HOLDEN MARTHA → HYDE THEOPHILUS R · book 9 p 158
▶ 1868 · DEED · HOLDEN CHARLES; HOLDEN MARTHA → GREEN HENRY S; GREEN JASON P · book 9 p 274
▶ 1871 · LEASE · HOLDEN CHARLES → LEWIS JACOB · book 10 p 31
▶ 1872 · DEED · HOLDEN CHARLES → CARD HENRY C · book 9 p 163
▶ 1876 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · HOLDEN CHARLES → MICHAEL BRISTER C · book 9 p 422
▶ 1877 · DEED · CARD GREEN; TUCKER WILLIAM F; ENNIS VARNUM; LANPHEAR WILLIAM C; LANPHE → · book 10 p 326
▶ 1877 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · HOLDEN CHARLES → TUCKER WELCOME C · book 9 p 392
▶ 1878 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · HOLDEN CHARLES → WEBSTER BETHEWEL; WEBSTER FIDELIA F · book 9 p 478
▶ 1882 · DEED · BURDICK EMMA J; BURDICK ALBERT; HOLDEN CHARLES → WEEDEN JOHN E · book 11 p 36
▶ 1884 · DEED · HOLDEN CHARLES → REYNOLDS JESSE B · book 11 p 234
▶ 1890 · DEED · HOLDEN CHARLES → CROSS CHARLES · book 12 p 188

The instrument's own words

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236 Signed sealed and delivered in my presence of [illegible] Heny. P. Crawford Charles H. Kenyon L.S. Ozeline S. Kenyon L.S. George S. Kenyon L.S. Hannah S. Kenyon L.S. Dawn E. Kenyon L.S. Certificate of Acknowledgment State of Rhode Island & Prov. Washington ss In this Municipality this 11th day of April A.D. 1875 Charles H. Kenyon personally appeared before me and acknowledged that the foregoing instrument he had signed and agreed to be his free and voluntary act and deed [illegible] Notary Public State of Rhode Island Washington ss In this District in said county this twenty-fourth day of April A.D. 1875 George S. Kenyon, Hannah S. Kenyon & Dawn E. Kenyon personally appeared before me and severally acknowledged that the foregoing instrument which they signed to be their free & voluntary act and deed E. S. Littlebridge Executed for taxes late 1875 etc etc etc both sides Sum received by Chas Cross Town Clerk Know all men that I Cornelia A Holden wife of the within named Joseph N. Holden for the consideration hereunto parts my respected husband and witnesseth more by this deed present quitclaim all my right of dower and powers of this title in the texts comprised unto and unto her other deed, which bears date the 15th day of January A.D. 1867 as is duly recorded in the Records of said state in the town of Charlestown, book 50 page 164, to her husband Charles of Charlestown in the county of Washington and state of R.I. to him and his heirs and assigns forever In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal that the day Apt 1867 Cornelia A Holden Executed in presence of [illegible] Senator State of Newport Lincoln County ss Before me the subscriber personally appeared Cornelia A Holden wife of Joseph N. Holden to me known to be the same person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that she executed the same and that she Cornelia A Holden on a private examination by me apart from her said husband acknowledged that she executed the same freely and without any fear or compelled of her said husband Wm L. Hammond Justice of the Peace Recorded Jan 11th 1867 By Chas Cross Town Clerk [For deed of J. N. Holden see page 164]
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445 be paid are hereby made a lien and charge upon the premises hereby conveyed, and in case of failure to make any payment within one year after the same be shall become due and payable, the grantee, his successors and assigns to the full extent of his rights, his successors and assigns to sell and convey the premises at public auction, first giving notice of such sale by advertising in one newspaper published in said County of Washington for one day each week for three successive weeks and to be published the purchaser of premises at said sale. This conveyance is made and accepted subject to the following restrictions and conditions, namely: 1. In case of sale of contingent sale of said lot or parcel of land or any part thereof, that Howard E. Thorp and Nelson H. Thorp, their heirs and assigns, shall be given two days notice in writing and shall have the first option to purchase said premises two days notice in writing and shall have the first option to purchase said premises at the price which the highest bona fide purchaser will offer for said premises with the buildings and improvements thereon, and shall actually offered to said grantees, her heirs and assigns. 2. The above conveyed premises shall be used only as a site for one dwelling house on the lot hereby conveyed, and dwelling house, shall be erected on the premises in accordance with the following restrictions: no building shall be erected on any building or buildings or dwelling house (porch steps included) shall be erected on any part of the premises that is within twenty feet of the side lines of the lot; five feet from the rear line of the lot; no other building or buildings shall be erected thereon; dwelling house erected on said lot shall consist of one story and a finished attic; no garage shall be erected on the lot; the kitchen or other drainage outlets shall be piped to a suitable cesspool or septic tank; sewers to be constructed and maintained according to state laws; premises by the grantees their heirs and assigns shall be kept clean and neat. No division of line walls, hedges or fences shall be permitted, nor any trees of kind, nor anything (except the dwelling house) that shall in any way obstruct the view of any part of the road fronting said property or any dwelling house in this colony; shrubs, flowers and vegetables shall be permitted. No poultry, swine, cattle, noisy or vicious dogs or cats or cats or any other noisy or objectionable animals shall be kept nor shall be permitted to be kept on said premises. 5. The Quonochontaug Beach Fire District, its successors and assigns, reserves the right to enter upon the above described and conveyed premises to lay any pipe outlets or pipe, to repair the same, always leaving the premises in as good condition as when entered. 6. It is further covenanted, understood and agreed by and between all the parties hereto that all of the aforesaid restrictions, covenants and agreements on the part of the said grantees, their heirs and assigns on the part of them to be kept and performed shall attach to and run with the land hereby conveyed; it is further agreed and made a part of the consideration of this sale and purchase that in case of any violation of the above restrictions, covenants and agreements, the vendor, his heirs and assigns, that the title and fee to said premises shall revert to and vest in Thorp and or Nelson H. Thorp, their heirs and assigns, and they may repossess himself of themselves of the estate hereby granted and all right, title and interest hereby conveyed shall be forfeited and cease and determine absolutely. We, Mary E. Thorp and Merle N. Thorp, wives respectively of the grantors, release to said grantees, all our right of dower and all other interest in the aforesaiddescribed premises. WITNESS our hands this 5th day of April 1955. HOWARD E. THORP MARY E. THORP NELSON H. THORP MERLE N. THORP (DOCUMENTARY STAMP, $1.10) STATE OF RHODE ISLAND COUNTY OF WASHINGTON In Westerly on the 5th day of April 1955, before me personally appeared Howard E. Thorp, Nelson H. Thorp, Mary E. Thorp and Merle N. Thorp, 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. ROBERT E. TRAHIER (Notarial Seal) Notary Public Received for record April 8th, A. D. 1955 at 10:55 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [Signature] 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.