The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
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8/21/1956 · DEED · book 35 page 445 doc 5061@35/445

From BROWNING HARRIET E life, BROWNING HATTIE E life
To TORREYSON MARY L, BROWNING HARRIET E life
Premises parcel at Charlestown Beach bounded by Atlantic Ocean (Charlestown Beach, Atlantic Ocean)

Back — where this land came from

deed Hattie E. Browning book 24 p 463 Charlestown
“conveyed by deed of Hattie E. Browning to Ross R. Browning”
◀ Follow back 1931 · DEED · BROWNING HATTIE E → BROWNING ROSS E · book 24 p 463
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probate book 32 p 368 Charlestown
“Deed of Distribution in the Estate of Land of Hattie E. Browning”
◀ Follow back 1950 · PROB · BROWNING ROSS E EST → · book 32 p 368
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The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1943 · DEED · PER LEE FRED E; PER LEE GRACE D → BROWNING HATTIE E; BROWNING ROSS E · book 29 p 38
◀ 1952 · LEASE · BROWNING HARRIET E; GRINNELL LEON M → GRINNELL LEON M; BROWNING HARRIET E · book 33 p 29
◀ 1938 · MORTGAGE · PERLEE FRED E; PERLEE GRACE D; PER LEE FRED E; PER LEE GRACE D → BROWNING HATTIE E · book 27 p 389
◀ 1935 · DEED · JOSEPH RACHAEL C → BROWNING HATTIE E · book 25 p 689
◀ 1934 · AGREEMENT · BROWNING HATTIE E; BROWNING ROSS E; OLNEY CLARA G; JOSEPH RACHAEL C → JOSEPH RACHAEL C; OLNEY CLARA G; BROWNING ROSS E; BROWNING HATTIE E · book 25 p 457
◀ 1933 · DEED · BAKER ELEANOR D; BAKER HOWARD H BY ATTORNEY → BROWNING HATTIE E · book 25 p 389

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

▶ 1957 · DEED · TORREYSON MARY L → TORREYSON MARY L; TORREYSON WILLIAM F · book 36 p 137
▶ 1958 · DEED · TORREYSON MARY L → TORREYSON MARY L; TORREYSON WILLIAM F · book 36 p 338
▶ 1960 · DEED · TORREYSON MARY L; TORREYSON WILLIAM F → RHODE ISLAND STATE OF · book 37 p 161
▶ 1960 · DEED · TORREYSON MARY L; TORREYSON WILLIAM F → RHODE ISLAND STATE OF · book 37 p 162
▶ 1963 · AGREEMENT · TORREYSON MARY L; TORREYSON WILLIAM; TORREYSON WILLIAM F → INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION OF RHODE ISLAND,BY TR · book 39 p 21
▶ 1963 · DEED · TORREYSON MARY L; TORREYSON WILLIAM F → UNITED NUCLEAR CORP · book 39 p 105
▶ 1963 · DEED · TORREYSON MARY L; TORREYSON WILLIAM F → UNITED NUCLEAR CORP · book 39 p 235
▶ 1963 · DEED · TORREYSON MARY L; TORREYSON WILLIAM F → SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND LAND DEVELOPMENT CORP · book 39 p 250
▶ 1965 · RELEASE · TORREYSON MARY L → SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND LAND DEVELOPMENT CORP · book 39 p 251
▶ 1967 · DEED · TORREYSON MARY L; TORREYSON WILLIAM F → HUTSON JOHN W; HUTSON MARY · book 41 p 560
▶ 1972 · DEED · TORREYSON MARY L → GREENE PHILIP M · book 46 p 496
▶ 1984 · DEED · BENNETT PAUL E; BURDICK JOSEPH M; HARPER WILLIAM M; TORREYSON MARY L; → RICHMOND RICHARD J; SOUTH COUNTY LAND CO; SUBURBAN LAND CO · book 77 p 485
▶ 1984 · DEED · COLLANDER GRACE TORREYSON; TORREYSON MARY L; TORREYSON WILLIAM F JR → CHARLESTOWN TOWN OF · book 77 p 530
▶ 1987 · NOTIC · CALLANDER GRACE TORREYSON; TORREYSON MARY L; TORREYSON WILLIAM F; TORR → CHARLESTOWN TOWN OF · book 92 p 236
▶ 1987 · NOTIC · CALLANDER GRACE TORREYSON; TORREYSON MARY L; TORREYSON WILLIAM F; TORR → CHARLESTOWN TOWN OF · book 91 p 651

The instrument's own words

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445 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 Evidence, said Town of Charlestown, Book No. 28 at Page 465. Reference to said deed and the records thereof being hereby had and made and the same made 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 aforementioned 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, HARRIET E. BROWNING, (sometimes known as Hattie 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. Torreyson, of Arlington, State of Virginia, JOIN TENANTS and not as Tenants in Common, with QUIT-CLAIM CONVEYANCE 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 in the ground on the easterly bank of the older channel Bed delineated southeasterly from the present channel leading from the Beach to the interior portion of parcel conveyed by Sarah A. Kelly to Fred W. Wallace by deed dated October 31, 1909, and recorded in the Records of Land Evidence of said Town, Book No. 15 at Page 548; thence southerly in a straight line six hundred twelve (612) feet, more or less, to the northerly line of a certain parcel of land known as the "Old-Stone-House" conveyed by Asa Cross to L. M. Showney Schmeigler by deed dated September 22, 1924, and recorded in said Records of Land Evidence, Book No. 22 at Page 139; thence three hundred (300) feet or more or less in a straight line as defined in an agreement by S. Estella Talbot and Mabel W. Wallace dated June 1, 1936, recorded in Book No. 22 at Page 360, until the Atlantic Ocean is reached; thence southerly by the Ocean, to the point where it comes to said Boundary; thence northerly, bounded easterly by said Wallace land; thence westerly along the line of the "Old-Stone-House" until it comes to said Wallace land; thence southerly, bounded easterly by said Wallace land to the point of beginning, together with all the land and improvements situated within the described tract of land. Said premises are conveyed subject to such highways as there have been duly established as such. Being the same premises conveyed by deed of Hattie E. Browning to Ross R. Browning dated June 16th, 1931 and recorded in said Records of Land Evidence, Book No. 24 at Page 463 and 464, Also, Deed of Distribution in the Estate of Land of Hattie E. Browning, entered December 1, 1950; copy of said Decree hereinto recorded in the Records of Land Evidence, said Town of Charlestown, in Book No. 32 at Page 368.
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446 I, Harriet E. Browning, covenant that I am an unmarried widow. WITNESS my hand this 20th day of August, 1956. HARRIET E. BROWNING HATTIE E. BROWNING The consideration of this deed is such that no Internal Revenue Stamps are required. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND } County of Washington } In Richmond, on the 20th day of August, 1956, before me personally appeared Harriet E. Browning, sometimes known as Hattie E. Browning, to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and she acknowledged said instrument, by her act and deed. LINTON L. BROWN Notary Public Received for record August 21st, A. D. 1956 at 9:05 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [signature] Town Clerk ---- I, MARY O. LEE, of Pelham Manor, State of New York, for consideration paid, grant to LEON M. GRINKNELL, of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, with QUIT-CLAIM COVENANTS: Those certain lots or tracts of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, laid out and designated as Lots Numbers 771 and 774 on that plat entitled, "Charlestown by the Sea, owned and developed by Thomas P. Reilly, location Charlestown, Rhode Island, Scale 1" = 100' Dated July 25th, 1934, K. W. Leighton, Civil Engineer, New Haven, Conn.", and filed in the Office of the Town Clerk of Said Town of Charlestown. Said lots together form one tract, bounded as follows: WESTERLY : by Charlestown Beach Road, as shown on said Map, fifty and 64/100 (50.64) feet, more or less; NORTHERLY : by Lot Number 772, as shown on said Map one hundred fifty-two and 3/10 (152.3) feet, more or less; EASTERLY : by Lot Number 770, as shown on said Map, fifty (50) feet, more or less; SOUTHERLY : by Lot Number 775, as shown on said Map, one hundred forty-four and 3/10 (144.3) feet, more or less. This deed is subject to restrictions as contained on said Map. Being the same premises conveyed by deed of this Grantee to this Grantor; said deed being date of July 21, 1949 and recorded in the Records of Land Evidence, said Town of Charlestown, Book No. 31 at Page 578. The consideration for this deed is such that no Internal Revenue Stamps are required. WITNESS my hand this 21st day of August, 1956. MARY O. LEE STATE OF RHODES ISLAND COUNTY OF WASHINGTON In Charlestown, on the 21st day of August, 1956, before me personally appeared Mary O. Lee, to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and she acknowledged said instrument, by her executed, to be her free act and deed. LINTON L. BROWN Notary Public Received for record August 21st A. D. 1956 at 2:00 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by [signature] Town Clerk

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