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3/2/1874 · DEED · book 10 page 127 doc 4402

From WILCOX ABBIE E ADMINISTRATRIX life, WILLCOX JOSEPH D ESTATE OF
To HOXSIE ASA T life
Premises ten acres more or less · Wood Land (Charlestown)

Back — where this land came from

deed Jesse Terwilliger book 6 p 20 Charlestown
“deed from Jesse Terwilliger to Joseph Witley dated August 6th 1824, and recorded in Book No 6 Land records in Charlestown page 20”
◀ Follow back 1823 · DEED · CRANDAL ENOCH; CRANDAL MARCY → SHEFFIELD STANTON JR · book 6 p 20
read by: gemma
probate Joseph D. Witley book 128 p 250 Charleston
“part set off to me, as my dower in all the Real Estate of said Joseph D. Witley”
the cited instrument is not in the index we hold (not_in_index)
read by: gemma

The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1865 · DEED · SAUNDERS WILLIAM M; SAUNDERS ELIZA → WILLCOX JOSEPH D · book 9 p 3

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 · HOXSIE DORA M; HOXSIE NANCY B; CLARK MAXSON G; CLARKE HANNAH; HOXSIE S → MACOMBER BILLINGS D · book 10 p 161
▶ 1875 · DEED · HOXSIE ASA T; HOXSIE NANCY B → HOXSIE ABBIE E · book 10 p 165
▶ 1884 · DEED · HOXSIE ASA T; HOXSIE NANCY B → CRANDALL GEORGE E · book 11 p 228
▶ 1885 · DEED · HOXSIE ASA T; HOXSIE NANCY B → STEDMAN JAMES S · book 11 p 339
▶ 1883 · MORTGAGE · HOXSIE ASA T; HOXSIE NANCY B → MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK · book 11 p 145
▶ 1905 · DEED · HOXSIE ASA T; HOXSIE MARY J → HOXSIE LUCY A · book 15 p 218
▶ 1906 · DEED · WILCOX ANNIE L; WILCOX HOWARD P; WILCOX JENNIE E; WILCOX JOHN A; HOXSI → · book 15 p 293
▶ 1906 · DEED · CARPENTER BENJAMIN; WILCOX ANNIE L; WILCOX HOWARD P; WILCOX JOHN A; HO → · book 15 p 301
▶ 1911 · DEED · HOXSIE LUCY A; HOXSIE ASA T; BRIGGS WILLIAM B; SHELDON MARIA P; HOXSIE → NEWALL MARY AGNES · book 17 p 125
▶ 1923 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · HOXSIE ASA T → CORCORAN MARY A · book 18 p 496
▶ 1925 · DEED · CARPENTER BENJAMIN; WILCOX HOWARD P; WILCOX JENNIE E; WILCOX JOHN A; H → · book 22 p 37
▶ 1925 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · HOXSIE ASA T → CLARK MARY A; CLARK THOMAS J · book 20 p 453
▶ 1927 · DEED · HOXSIE LUCY A; HOXSIE ASA T; BRIGGS WILLIAM B; SHELDON MARIA P; HOXSIE → READ HENRY G; READ LOUISA W · book 22 p 445
▶ 1931 · DEED · HOXSIE LUCY A; HOXSIE ASA T; HOXSIE WILLARD M → RHODE ISLAND STATE OF · book 25 p 38
▶ 1931 · DEED · HOXSIE ASA T → RHODE ISLAND STATE OF · book 25 p 39
▶ 1931 · DEED · HOXSIE ASA T; HOXSIE MARY J ESTATE OF; HOXSIE ASA T EXECUTOR; MUNRO AR → RHODE ISLAND STATE OF · book 25 p 41

Bounded by

Joseph & Griffes · J. H. Cross · L. W. Cross

The instrument's own words

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In witness whereof I set my hand and seal this nineenth day of February in this year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy four Signed sealed and delivered In presence of Annie S. Widen Providence R.I. Before me [Signature] S. M. Providence in said County on this nineteenth day of February 1874 then personally appeared Olivia Widen subscriber to the foregoing instrument and after having read the same to her free and voluntarily set her seal [Signature] Edward D. Bassett Notary Public The foregoing instrument is recorded in Richmond in Deed Book Book No 12 page 108. H. P. Clarke J Clerk Received for Record in Charlestown February 21 st 1874 by 11:45 minutes past 11 o'clock A.M. and recorded by Charles Case Town Clerk Whereas the Court of Probate of the town of Charlestown, on the 16th day of June 1873, appointed Olivia S. Widen, administrator in the estate of Joseph D. Witley, late of relocated deceased, to sell a certain tract of Wood Land situated in said Charlestown containing by estimation, ten acres more or less fortunate, or land formerly owned by Thomas & Bradford Hayes Exactly on land formerly owned by Charles Duncan, Southly on land formerly owned by stalemate [illegible], and Westly on land formerly owned by Gertrude Widen, reference being had to a deed from Jesse Terwilliger to Joseph Witley dated August 6th 1824, and recorded in Book No 6 Land records in Charlestown page 20. Therefore whereas now all men, that I the said Olivia S. Witley, by the authority aforesaid, and for and in consideration of the sum of Thirty four dollars to me paid by Asa S. Hopkins of said Charlestown (all being the highest bidder at a public auction duly notified and held on the 29 th day of January 1874), the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby in my capacity as administrator, bargain and sell and convey unto the said Asa S. Hopkins his heirs and assigns forever as the rightful title & interest in which the said Joseph D. Witley had in and to the above described premises at the time of his decease, reserving however to myself during my natural life, a part of said lot on the West side thereof, it being the part set off to me, as my dower in all the Real Estate of said Joseph D. Witley, for a description of which, reference is had to book
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128 Is to Probate records in Charleston page 250. Is to have and to hold the same, with all the rights, privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging to him the said Asa I. Hoxie his heirs and assigns forever, except as above reserved. In Witness whereof I have hereunto in my capacity as Administratrix set my hand and seal this 28th day of February Ao 1874 Ss presence: Samuel H. Sprague Charles Cross Abbie A. Wilcox LS Administratrix Washington Co — Ss Charleston town on this 28th day of February 1874, then personally appeared Abbie A. Wilcox Signer and Seal of the foregoing instrument & swore in her capacity as aforesaid acknowledged the same to be her own act and deed Before me Charles Cross Dunn Caleb Ordered for Record March 1st 1874 at 3 o'clock AM and Recorded by Charles Cross Dunn Clerk Know all men by these presents that I Benjamin R Perry of Northumberland in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island for and in consideration of the sum of ten hundred dollars to be paid by Abbie L Perry wife of Joseph R Perry of said Northumberland, the receipt whereof I declare by these presents received cleared and forever quitclaimed and her heirs forever to remise, release and forever quitclaim unto the said Abby L Perry her heirs and assigns forever all the right title interest property claimed and claimed unless I now have or of right ought to have or claim in and to a certain tract of land situated in Northumberland in said County, unto a dwelling house and other buildings thereon boundaries containing by estimation fourteen acres more or less and bounded on the North East Corner by West ley land formerly owned by lyn people afterward and on the South by land of Joseph R himself Also one other lot situated in said Northumberland containing ten acres more or less bounded North and West by land of H & L W Cross, East and South by ley land formerly owned by lyn people Stanton. To have and to hold the same, with all the rights privileges and appurtenances thereof, or things appertaining to the said Abby L Perry her heirs and assigns forever. And I the aforesaid Benjamin R Perry for myself and for my heirs executors and administrators do covenant with the said Abby L Perry her heirs

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.