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6/9/1887 · MORTGAGE · book 11 page 445 doc 5033

From HOPKINS DUDLEY life
To CROSS GEORGE C life
Consideration fifty dollars
Premises five acres more or less · tract with a dwelling house (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

◀ 1882 · DEED · RHODE ISLAND STATE OF → HOPKINS DUDLEY · book 11 p 83
◀ 1882 · DEED · RHODE ISLAND STATE OF → HOPKINS DUDLEY · book 11 p 85
◀ 1867 · DEED · CROSS GEORGE W; CROSS JOSEPH H → HOPKINS DUDLEY · book 9 p 49

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

▶ 1888 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · CROSS GEORGE C → CONGDON JOHN · book 11 p 350
▶ 1895 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · CROSS GEORGE C → CONGDON JOHN · book 11 p 516
▶ 1898 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · CROSS GEORGE C → TABER ABBY L; TABER HENRY W · book 12 p 311
▶ 1898 · DEED · CROSS GEORGE C; CROSS MARY E → BROWNELL STEPHEN · book 13 p 501
▶ 1898 · DEED · CROSS GEORGE C; CROSS MARY E → BROWNELL STEPHEN · book 13 p 502
▶ 1898 · DEED · CROSS GEORGE C; CROSS MARY E → BROWNELL STEPHEN · book 13 p 504
▶ 1901 · DEED · CROSS GEORGE C; CROSS MARY E → BROWNELL STEPHEN · book 14 p 221
▶ 1903 · DEED · CROSS GEORGE C; CROSS MARY E → WATERHOUSE CHARLOTTE E · book 14 p 514
▶ 1912 · DEED · CROSS MARY E; CROSS GEORGE C → CHAMPLIN HENRY; CHAMPLIN SARAH; STEWART MARY P; FAYERWEATHER MARIAH C; · book 17 p 240
▶ 1913 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · CROSS GEORGE C → PECKHAM ALBERT A; PECKHAM KATIE S · book 17 p 338
▶ 1913 · DEED · CROSS GEORGE C; CROSS MARY E → LOXLEY SAMUEL; LOXLEY HANNAH A · book 17 p 458
▶ 1917 · DEED · CROSS GEORGE C; CROSS MARY E → JOSEPH RACHEL C; TEFFT WILLIAM E · book 18 p 504
▶ 1923 · DEED · CROSS GEORGE C; CROSS MARY E → CROTTY LAWRENCE F · book 20 p 401
▶ 1923 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · CROSS GEORGE C → PECKHAM KATE S; PECKHAM ALBERT A · book 17 p 465
▶ 1927 · DEED · CROSS GEORGE C; CROSS MARY E → CROSS BESSIE M · book 22 p 460

Bounded by

Stephen Brownell

The instrument's own words

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premises to the said grantee his heirs and assigns against all the lawful claims or demands of any person or persons whatsoever forever to warrant seame and defend by these presents. And I Charlotte Chappell wife of the said Oliver A. Chappell in consideration of the sums paid as aforesaid do hereby release and forever quitclaim unto the said grantee his heirs and assigns all my right of dower in and to the aforementioned premises. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this twenty seventh day of March eighteen hundred and eighty seven, Signed sealed and delivered in presence of W. H. Kingsley J. M. Kingsley Oliver A Chappell L.S. Charlotte Chappell L.S. State of Connecticut Sc County of New London On Lebanon this twenty seventh day of March AD 1887 Oliver A Chappell personally appeared before me and acknowledged the foregoing instrument by him signed to be his free and voluntary act and deed. And then and there the above named Charlotte Chappell also personally appeared before me, and being by me examined knewly and apart from her said husband acknowledged the same instrument shown and explained to her to be to her be her free and voluntary act and deed and declared to me that she did not wish to retract the same. Walter H. Kingsley Justice of the Peace for New London county in said said State of Connecticut Received for record June 7th 1887 at 4 oclock P.M. and recorded by George b Loose Town Clerk To All people to whom these presents shall come I Stanley Hopkins of Charlestown County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island, send Greeting Know ye that I the said Stanley Hopkins hereinafter called the grantor for and in consideration of the sum of fifty dollars to me in hand before the annealing hereof well and truly paid by George b Loose of said Charlestown the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and am therewith fully satisfied contented and paid and proud thereof and of every part and parcel thereof do segregate acquire and discharge the said George b Loose his heirs executors and administrators forever by these presents have given granted bargained sold altered conveyed engrossed conveyed bargained and confirmed and
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446 by these presents do freely, fully and absolutely give, grant, bargain sell, alien, enfeoff, convey and confirm unto the said George L Cross hereinafter called the grantee his heirs and assigns forever, A certain tract of land situated in said Charlestown with a dwelling house thereon and contains five acres more or less bounded southerly Easterly and northerly by land of [illegible] Brownell and westerly by land of said Brownell and land found of said Hopkins or however bounded. To have and to hold the said grant and bargained premises with all the appu tenances, rights, liberties and commodities to the same belonging, or any way appertaining to the said grantee his heirs and assigns forever, to him and their only proper use benefit and behalf forever. And I the said grantor for myself and for my heirs, executors and administrators do covenant promise and grant to and with the said grantee his heirs and assigns that at and before the delivery hereof I am the true sole and lawful owner of the above bargained premises and am lawfully seized and possessed of the same in my own proper right and free perfect and absolute estate of inheritance in fee simple, and I have in myself good right full power and lawful authority to grant bargain, sell, convey and confirm the said bargained premises in manner as aforesaid And that the said grantee his heirs and assigns shall and may from time to time and at all times forever hereafter by his own just virtue of these presents lawfully, peaceably and quietly have hold use occupy possess and enjoy the said demised and bargained premises with the aforementioned free and clear and fully and clearly acquitted exonerated and discharged of and from all and all manner of tenure or other gifts grants bargains sales leases mortgages mills estates tenures grants judgments executions encumbrances of what name or nature whatever sever that might in any manner or degree obstruct or make void this present deed. Furthermore I the said grantor for myself and for my heirs executors and administrators do covenant and engage the above demised premises to the said grantee his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims or demands of any person or persons whatsoever forever to warrant secure and defend by these presents The condition of this deed is such that whereas I the said Dudley Hopkins have executed my negotiable promissory note for the sum of fifty dollars payable bearing date hereinafter and made payable to the said George Cross on one year after date with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum payable annually till said principal sum is paid white at or after maturity and all interest in arrears to be paid at the date aforesaid of full term Therefore I the said Dudley Hopkins or my heirs executors administration or assigns assign any other person acting for me or them shall have said note at maturity together with the interest thereon according to the tenor whereof then this deed shall be void otherwise shall be and
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447 remain in full force and effect Furthermore I the said Dudley Hopkins do hereby constitute and appoint the said grantee his executors administrators and assigns my Attorney irrevocable with full power of substitutions and revocations for time and in my name or in their names or names at any time in due case default shall be made in the payment of said note or the annual interest due thereon and such default shall continue for the term of ten days to sell at public auction through such time and place as the premise or not as they deem advisable the premises aforesaid or any part thereof and to bid whom and become the purchaser thereof they first giving after the expiration of said term of ten days written notice of such sale in some one of the public newspapers published in this State and in my name or in their names or names to make special seal acknowledge and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof any deed or deeds that may be necessary to vest in such purchaser or purchasers a full and absolute estate in fee simple thereon and on sale thereof hereby granting unto my said Attorney full power to continue or adjourn such sale from time to time I do authorize my said Attorney to receive the amount the same may be sold for and after the payment of all the expenses incident to such sale or sales to apply and appropriate the residue thereof to the payment of the amount of principal and interest of said note hereby secured I hereby agreeing that in case of a sale for default in the payment of said annual interest the principal money of said note shall be deemed due and payable on the day of such sale accounting to me or my heirs and assigns for all sums over and above the amount thereof I hereby ratifying approving and confirming such sale or sales as may be made or caused to be made by virtue hereof In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 8th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty seven Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Charles Cassell Dudley Hopkins L.S. [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] State of Rhode Island ss County of Washington to at Charlestown this 8th day of June A.D. 1887 the above named Dudley Hopkins personally appeared before me and acknowledged the foregoing instrument buy him signed to be his free and voluntary act and deed L.S. George E. Brandall Notary Public Received for record June 9 1887 at 11 o clock AM and recorded by George E. Coone Clerk

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