The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 12625 › 4988 › 4270

6/7/1870 · DEED · book 9 page 430 doc 4270

From GRIFFIN ABBY C life, GRIFFIN JOSEPH H life
To HOXSIE GORDON H life
Consideration one Hundred Dollars
Premises about 17 acres · four tracts including dwelling house and buildings (Other lestorn, 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

◀ 1858 · DEED · CLARK HANNAH; CLARK JOSHUA → GRIFFIN ABBY C; HOXSIE GORDON H · book 8 p 254
◀ 1854 · DEED · SISSON RANDALL; SISSON HANNAH → GRIFFIN JOSEPH H · book 8 p 37
◀ 1858 · DEED · FOSTER JOHN → GRIFFIN ABBY C; HOXSIE GORDON H · book 8 p 253
◀ 1852 · DEED · STANTON JOHN ADMINISTRATOR; PERRY SAMUEL ESTATE OF → GRIFFIN JOSEPH H · book 7 p 480
◀ 1846 · DEED · HAZARD SARAH S; HAZARD ARNOLD W → GRIFFIN JOSEPH H · book 7 p 214
◀ 1846 · DEED · HOXSIE SAMUEL B → GRIFFIN JOSEPH H · book 7 p 215
◀ 1840 · DEED · GRIFFIN STEPHEN A; GRIFFIN ELISABETH → GRIFFIN JOSEPH H · book 7 p 1
◀ 1840 · DEED · SISSON RANDAL; SISSON HANNAH → GRIFFIN JOSEPH H · book 7 p 6
◀ 1840 · DEED · GRIFFIN MARY E → GRIFFIN JOSEPH H · book 7 p 7
◀ 1840 · DEED · GRIFFIN MARY E → GRIFFIN JOSEPH H · book 7 p 15

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

▶ 1870 · DEED · GRIFFIN ABBY C; GRIFFIN JOSEPH H; HOXSIE GORDON H; HOXSIE SUSAN → BRIGGS MARY E · book 9 p 416
▶ 1886 · MORTGAGE · HOXSIE GORDON H → GRIFFIN ABBY C · book 11 p 379
▶ 1887 · MORTGAGE · HOXSIE GORDON H → HOXSIE SAMUEL B JR · book 11 p 421

Bounded by

Mary Casady · George Casady · Billings · Mason · Smith · Sullivan · Putterman · Jacob Bedout · Henry W Clark · Joseph H Rice

The instrument's own words

page 1
430 Know all men by these presents That Jos and Joseph 16 Griffon and Atty & Coffon of Other lestorn in right of said Atty Jos for and in consideration of the sum of one Hundred Dollars to us paid by Gordon 16 Horney of said Charlestown the receipt whereof we by these presents acknowledge have remiss released and forever quitclaimed and by these Presents do release clear and forever quitclaim unto the said Gordon 16 Horney his heirs and assigns forever all the right title interest property claim and demand which we or any person whatever of us have or of right to have or claim and to all four acreage tracts of land situated in said said Other lestorn bounded hundred and described as following The first lot containing about One four acres more or less with dwelling house and other buildings thereon bounded Northerly by land of Mary & George Cadwallay bounded by land of Billings & Mason by South est by Stephen A Putterman and down to join Bedord and Mason by the with Path The second tract (marked tract) containing Six 1/2 acres more or less bounded North east by road bounded South by land of Bedord and Henry Clark and West by land of George Cadwallay & East side Water right for cattle (Ponds lot containing about one acre bounded on the North by Smith by South by Saunders East by road West by Joseph 16 Reese The fourth lot on cattle the Bedord lot containing Five 1/2 acres bounded on the Street by Brown Barge on the West by George Brown and heirs of Ethan Saunders and on the North by Frederick & David & James Johnson more on the East by James Johnson land Farmers owners of the land’s and on the South the road Call or owners either side of said road bounded 81.00 there to have and to hold the same with all the right privileges appurtenances thereof to our aforesaid quitclaiming to the said Gordon 16 Horney his heirs and assigns forever And we the aforementioned Joseph 16 Griffon and Atty & Coffon for ourselves and for our heirs executors and administrators do covenant with the said Gordon 16 Horney his heirs and assigns that we will warrant and defend and appease the aforesaid premises to the said Gordon 16 Horney his heirs successors forever against the lawful claim and demand of all persons claiming it through us or In Testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands X seals This first second day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hun dred and eighty seven Signed sealed and delivered Joseph 16 Griffon [seal] Mary X Brown Atty G Griffon [seal] Charles Brown Washington sc. State of Rhode Island In the town of [illegible] on the 2nd day of April 1870 too Joseph 16 Brown personally appeared before me the undersigned instrument signed & sealed by him to this deed and delivering said instrument to be effective of and to Joseph 16 Griffon one of the parties of the aforesaid deed and to be delivered to the said Gordon 16 Horney the other party to the aforesaid instrument whereby and declared to be true before me the same to be his act and our voluntary act and that it is his desire to execute the same Charles Brown Town Clerk Recd for record June 1st 1870 at 10 o’clock W & Brown fee 1.00 pp [illegible]
page 2
The provided image is a printed legal form (a deed template) with no handwriting on it. There are no names, dates, or specific property descriptions filled in. Therefore, there is no handwriting to transcribe.

The page as recorded

page 1page 2

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.