The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 4864

1/5/1884 · DEED · book 11 page 215 doc 4864

From GAVITT SAUNDERS life
To BRIGGS BOWEN life
Consideration Fifty dolla
Premises one acre more or less · a certain Lot in a parcel of land (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

◀ 1864 · DEED · BABCOCK CHARLES BY GUARDIAN → GAVITT SAUNDERS · book 8 p 524

Forward — where this land went

⛔ The record we hold stops here: no later instrument we have read cites this one, and no later conveyance by the grantee is linked by name. The index is complete to 1987, so the gap is in the words: deeds of this era seldom cite book and page, and only about half the instruments of 1936-1965 have been transcribed (some 6,000 were never imaged), so a citation to this deed may sit in a page not yet read.

The instrument's own words

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215 Know all men by these presents, That I Saunders Gavitt of Westerly in the county of Washington & State of Rhode Island free but in consideration of the sum of fifty dollars to me paid by Bowen Briggs of Charlestown in said county state the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have remised, released and forever quitclaimed, and by these presents do remise, release and forever quitclaim unto the said Bowen Briggs his heirs and assigns forever, all the right title, interest or property claim and allowance which I have, thus have, or of right ought to have, or claim, in and to a certain Lot in a parcel of land situated in said Charlestown containing by estimation one acre more or less and bounded as follows, Southerly by land formerly of William Me. Saunders and wife Easterly the said lot not a boundary of the heirs of Isaac Bellings deceased Northerly by westerly by land formerly of Johanna Storey & however otherwise the same boundary be bounded. To have and to hold the same, with all the rights privileges and appurtenances thereunto appertaining, to the said Bowen Briggs his heirs and assigns forever and I the aforementioned Saunders Gavitt for myself and for my heirs executors and administrators now do covenant with the said Bowen Briggs his heirs and assigns That I will warrant and defend the above described premises to the said Bowen Briggs his heirs and assigns forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming the same through & under me. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 8th day of December in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty two Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of George Le Rawson Saunders Gavitt L.S. State of Rhode Island ve Washington In Charlestown in said county, on this 8th day of December A.D. 1883 the above named Saunders Gavitt personally appeared before me, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument signed by him to be his free and voluntary act and deed George Le Rawson Tom Leleuk Received for record January 5th 1884 at 11 oclock A.M. and recorded by George Le Rawson Tom Leleuk
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268 Meaning and intending to convey my interest in the same premises conveyed to me by deed from Thomas F. Reilly on or about Jan. 9, 1936. This conveyance includes all rights and privileges contained in said deed and subject to all the rules, regulations and restrictions of record. WITNESS my hand this 30th day of September 1954. CHARLES WILSON (DOCUMENTARY STAMPS, 55¢) STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, ETC.) County of Washington ) In Charlestown on the 30th day of September, 1954 before me personally appeared Charles Wilson to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged said instrument, by his executed, to be his free act and deed. LEONARD K. SQUIER Notary Public Received for record March 3rd, A. D. 1956 at 1:11 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk I, Malcolm D. Perry of the Town of Pawcostuck, District of Stonington, State of Connec- ticut for consideration paid, grant to James W. Dooley and Elizabeth C. Dooley, as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, of Providence, Rhode Island, with WARRANTY CONVEYANS (Description, and Incumbrances, if any) That certain real estate situate in Charlestown, County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island, and described as follows: in fee simple. Those certain lots or parcels of land, located in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, and laid out and designated as Lots Numbers 88, 89, 90, 91 shown on a "Map of Charlestown by the Sea, Charles- town, Rhode Island; owned and developed by Thomas F. Reilly Scale 1 inch equals one hundred feet, dated July 25, 1934, K. W. Leighton, Civil Engineer, New Haven, Connecticut", and filed in the office of the Town Clerk of said Charlestown. Said lots are bounded as follows: NORTHERLY : by Tucker Street, as shown on said map, one hundred (100) feet, more or less. EASTERLY : by Lot Number 87, as shown on said Map, one hundred (100) feet, more or less. SOUTHERLY : by Lots Numbers 117, 118, 119, 120, as shown on said Map, one hundred (100) feet, more or less. WESTERLY : by Lot Number 92, as shown on said Map, one hundred (100) feet, more or less. This conveyance carries with it privileges appurtenant to said land. This conveyance is made subject to restrictions of record. Mildred A. Perry wife of the grantor release to said grantees all her right of dower and all other interest in the aforementioned premises. WITNESS our hands on this 20th day of February 1956. (DOCUMENTARY STAMP, 55¢) MALCOLM D. PERRY MILDRED PERRY

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.