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4/28/1873 · DEED · book 10 page 90 doc 4374

From BRIGGS BOWEN life
To AUSTIN STANTON life
Consideration Eighty five Dollars
Premises eight acres · lot of marsh land (Charlestown, Sherman lot, Benjamin D Millops lot)

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

◀ 1870 · DEED · CRANDALL MARY E; CRANDALL ORIN B → BRIGGS BOWEN JR · book 9 p 404
◀ 1850 · DEED · WILLCOX BENJAMIN F → BRIGGS BOWEN · book 7 p 384
◀ 1850 · DEED · WILLCOX BENJAMIN F → BRIGGS BOWEN · book 7 p 384
◀ 1842 · DEED · STANTON GILBERT; STANTON ELIZA → BRIGGS BOWEN · book 7 p 79
◀ 1833 · DEED · WILCOX OLIVER; WILLCOX RUBIA → BRIGGS BOWEN; STANTON GILBERT · book 6 p 271
◀ 1831 · DEED · SHEFFIELD SAMUEL 2ND → BRIGGS BOWEN; STANTON GILBERT · book 6 p 233

Forward — where this land went

Follow forward ▶ 1887 · DEED · AUSTIN STANTON; AUSTIN ESTHER C → BURDICK CHARLES JR · book 11 p 478
“conveyed to the grantor by Bowen Briggs by his deed bearing date March 29th A.D. 1873”
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

▶ 1887 · DEED · AUSTIN STANTON; AUSTIN ESTHER C → BURDICK CHARLES JR · book 11 p 478

The instrument's own words

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90 Know all men that I Brown Briggs of Charlestown county of Washington and State of Rhode Island in conside- ration of forty five Dollars paid me by Stanton Austin of Hopkinton County and State aforesaid the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge to hereby give grant bargain sale and convey unto the said Stanton Austin his heirs and assigns forever a certain lot of marsh land lying in said Charlestown and bounded and described as follows, commencing at the Northeast corner of said lot where the line between said lot and the Sea then run lot so called comes to the said Pond thence southerly bounded easterly on said Sherman lot to the sea Thence easterly bounding south- esterly on the sea to Benjamin D Millops lot Thence northerly bounding westerly on said Millops lot to the said Pond Thence westerly bounding northerly on the said Pond to the first mentioned bound and containing by estimation eight acres be it the same more or less I have and to hold the said grants and farmages premises with the priviledges and appurtenances thereof to aforesaid Stanton Austin his heirs and assigns forever, and I said Brown Briggs for myself only heirs certain and administrators do covenant with said Stanton Austin his heirs and assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises that they are free of encumbrances That I have right to sell and convey the same to said Stanton Austin to hold as aforesaid and that I do warrant and defend the same against the lawful claims and demands of all persons In witness whereof I have hereunto my hand and seal at Charlestown aforesaid this 29th day of April A.D. 1793 Signed sealed and delivered For presence of J. G. Flower Silas G. Dixon Brown Briggs L. Washington R. For Record in said County on this Twenty ninth day of March A.D. 1793 then personally appeared Brown Briggs subscriber to the foregoing instru- ment and acknowledged Briggs the same to be his seal and acting act and deed Before me Hemford R Knight Justice of the peace March 29th 1793 at Charlestown and recorded by Charles Comes Town Clerk

The page as recorded

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