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1/9/1937 · DEED · book 26 page 591 doc 4@26/591

From MURTAGH HATTIE E, MURTAGH JAMES J
To BROPHY MICHAEL M
Consideration less than one hundred dollars
Premises Lots 769 and 770 on Map of Charlestown by the Sea (Charlestown, Charlestown by the Sea)
Index description DALTON ST

Back — where this land came from

deed Thomas W. Reilly book 26 p 523 Charlestown
“conveyed by deed from Thomas W. Reilly to this Grantor; said deed bearing date of October 2, 1936”
◀ Follow back 1936 · DEED · REILLY THOMAS F; REILLY ANNA T → MURTAGH JAMES J · book 26 p 523
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The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1937 · DEED · MURTAGH JAMES J → MURTAGH HATTIE E · book 27 p 1
◀ 1936 · DEED · REILLY THOMAS F; REILLY ANNA T → MURTAGH JAMES M · book 26 p 574
◀ 1937 · MORTGAGE · CHAMPLIN RAYMOND W; CHAMPLIN BERTHA T → MURTAGH JAMES J · book 26 p 626
◀ 1936 · DEED · REILLY THOMAS F; REILLY ANNA T → MURTAGH JAMES J · book 26 p 523
◀ 1932 · AGREEMENT · MURTAGH JAMES J; GOBEILLE ALFRED A; CONNERY WALTER → CONNERY WALTER; GOBEILLE ALFRED A; MURTAGH JAMES J · book 25 p 71
◀ 1932 · AGREEMENT · MURTAGH JAMES J; CONNERY WALTER; KRONSON HERMAN → KRONSON HERMAN; CONNERY WALTER; MURTAGH JAMES J · book 25 p 72
◀ 1926 · DEED · BARBER MYRTLE; BARBER WILLIAM P G → MURTAGH JAMES J · book 22 p 168

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

▶ 1962 · DEED · BROPHY KATHLEEN; BROPHY KATHLEEN I; BROPHY MICHAEL M → JASSAK BERTHA S; JASSAK THOMAS L · book 38 p 488

The instrument's own words

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591 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, JAMES J. MURTAGH, of the Town of Richmond, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island for consideration paid, grant to my grandson, MICHAEL M. BROPHY, of said Town, County and State with WARRANTY COVENANTS That certain real estate situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, and described as follows: Those certain lots or parcels of land, located in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, laid out and designated as Lots Numbers 769 and 770 shown on "a Map of Charlestown by the Sea, Charlestown, Rhode Island; owned and developed by Thomas W. Reilly, Scale 1" = 100', dated June 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 Dulons Street, as shown on said Map, fifty (50) feet, more or less; EASTERLY by Lot Number 768, as shown on said Map, one hundred (100) feet, more or less; SOUTHERLY by Lots Numbers 769 and 771, as shown on said Map, fifty (50) feet, more or less; WESTERLY by Lots Numbers 771, 772, 773 and 774, as shown on said Map, one hundredes (100) feet, more or less. This deed is subject to restrictions as contained on said Map. Meaning and intending to convey the premises conveyed by deed from Thomas W. Reilly to this Grantor; said deed bearing date of October 2, 1936 and recorded in the Records of Land Evidence, said Town of Charlestown, Book 26, Page 523; reference to said deed and the records thereof being hereby had and made and the same made a part hereof. The consideration for this deed is less than one hundred dollars. I, HATTIE E. MURTAGH, wife of the grantor James J. Murtagh, release to the grantee all my right of dower and all other interest in the aforesaid premises. WITNESS our hands this 9th day of January, 1937. JAMES J. MURTAGH HATTIE E. MURTAGH STATE OF RHODE ISLAND ) County of Washington ) In Charlestown on the 9th day of January, 1937 before me personally appeared James J. Murtagh and Hattie E. Murtagh, husband and wife, both 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. LINTON L. BROWN Notary Public. Received for record January 9, A. D. 1937 at 3:00 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk.

The page as recorded

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