The instrument's own words
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Know all men by these presents that I, John
Mr. Browning, of the town of Westerly in the county of Washington,
and State of Rhode Island and for and in consideration of the sum
of Four hundred dollars to me paid by Edward A. Browning of
North Kingstown in said county and 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 Edward A. Browning his heirs
and assigns forever, all the right title interest Property claim
and demand which I now have, or a right ought to have, a-
claim in and to a certain tract or parcel of land lying being in
said town of North Kingstown as bounded & described, as follows
viz Northly by lands of Charles J. Greene and the new road
now called Eastly, by lands of said Charles J. Greene and
Green then field now called Sutherly, by lands of said Greene
and said Green Hill field westerly the lands of said Greene and
said Green Hill field Pond or however otherwise the same may be
bounded, containing by estimation eighty (80) acres approx the
same more or less and being the homestead estate of deducted
D. Browning late of said town of North Kingstown deceased. Also one
other tract of land lying in the town of Charlestown bounded as
follows, viz Northly by a Rough loam fence Eastly, by lands
of George G. Gordon Sutherly, by lands of said George G. Gordon lands
of George G. Gordon Sutherly, by lands of J. D. Healy containing
by their estimation six (6) acres approx the same more or less or however
otherwise the same may be bounded & described Being the wood
lot used in connection with the first granted track of land.
I do have and to hold the said lands with all the rights privileges
and appurtenances appertaining to them the said
Edward A. Browning his heirs and assigns forever, And I Annie
R. Browning wife of said John M. Browning in consideration of the
sum named has agreed to hereby release and forever quitclaim
unto the said grantor his heirs and assign all my right of
dower in and to the aforementioned premises For testimony hereof
we have hereunto set our hands and seals this tenth day of November
in the year of our lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty one,
signed sealed and delivered
in presence of
John M. Browning L.S.
Sheffield Greene
Annie R. Browning L.S.
George G. Wells
State of Rhode Island & Washington to
Westerly in said county, on this tenth day of
November A.D. 1881 the above named John M. Browning personally
appeared before me, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument
by him signed to be his free and voluntary act and deed
Geo. G. Wells Notary Public
Received for record November 10th 1881 at 5.30 oclock P.M.
and recorded by George Release Town Clerk
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25, Page 218 of Records of Land Evidence in the Town of Charlestown. Also
a right of way to and from Charlestown Pond over a street delineated on
said "Point Meadow Plat."
Meaning and intending to convey the same premises conveyed by deed of Harvey C. Safford to
this Grantor; said deed bearing date of June 23, 1941 and recorded in the Records of Land Evi-
dence, said Town of Charlestown, Book No 28 at Page 465. Reference to said deed and the records
thereof being hereby made and had and made the same a part hereof for a more complete and detailed
description of the premises hereby conveyed.
I, Mabel L. PerLee, wife of the grantor, release to the Grantees all my right of dower
and all other interest in the aforesaid premises.
WITNESS our hands this 18 day of August, 1956.
FRED E. PER LEE
MABEL L. PER LEE
(DOCUMENTARY STAMP, 55¢)
STATE of VIRGINIA
County of Arlington
In Arlington, Va., on the 18 day of August, 1956, before me personally appeared Fred E.
Per Lee and Mabel L. Per Lee, 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.
ALONZO L. KELLEY (Notarial Seal)
Notary Public
Notary Public
My Commission expires Sept 16, 1957
Received for record August 21st, A. D. 1956 at 9:00 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by
[Signature]
Town Clerk
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, HARRIETT E. BROWNING, (sometimes known as Mattie E.
Browning), of the Town of Richmond, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, for consideration
paid, grant to myself the said Harriet E. Browning and to Mary L. Torresson, of Arlington, State of
Virginia, as Joint TENANTS and not as Tenants in Common, with QUIT-CLAIM COVENANTS
That certain parcel or tract of Land situated at Charlestown Beach, so-called, in the Town
of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a round set stone in the ground on the easterly bank of the old Channel
lying southeasterly from the present channel leading from the Beach Road in Charlestown
Charlestown to the sea in the Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island; parcel of land conveyed
by Sarah A. Kelly to a Wallace by deed dated October 31, 1909, and recorded in
the Records of Land Evidence of the Town of Charlestown, Book No 15 at
Page 548; thence southerly in a straight line eight windwes (62) feet, more or
less, to the northeasterly corner of a certain parcel or tract of land conveyed by
Asa Cox to a L. Lowery M. Schneidler by deed dated September 22, 1924, and re-
corded in said Records of Land Evidence of the Town of Charlestown, Book No 18
three hundred (300) feet, more or less in a straight line as defined in an agreement
by S. Estella Talbot and Mabel W. Mundy dated May 14, 1926 and recorded in
the Records of Land Evidence in the Town Land Evidence, Book No 22 at Page 360, until
intersecting the Atlantic Ocean; thence northerly, bounded easterly by said channel until
it comes to said Broadway; thence northerly, bounded easterly until it comes to said Wallace land;
ing from the Atlantic Ocean in a straight line as defined in an agreement
thence southerly, bounded easterly by said Wallace land to the point of beginning,
together with all the rights, privileges and appurtenances to the within described tract
of land. Said premises are conveyed subject to such highways thereas on have been
duly established as such.
Being the same premises conveyed by deed of Mattie E. Browning to Ross R. Browning
dated June 16th, 1931 and recorded in said Records of Land Evidence, Book No 24 at
Pages 463 and 464. Also, being the same premises conveyed to me by virtue of a Decree
entered December 1, 1950) copy of said Decree being recorded in the Records of Land
Evidence, said Town of Charlestown, in Book No 32 at Page 368.