The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 2572@32/152 › 5065@35/449

8/24/1956 · MISC · book 35 page 449 doc 5065@35/449

From CREES WINIFRED, TAYLOR FLORENCE MAY, TAYLOR JOSEPH W life, TAYLRO JOSEPH W
To TAYLRO JOSEPH W, TAYLOR JOSEPH W life, TAYLOR FLORENCE MAY, CREES WINIFRED
Premises Lots 54 and 55 on Assessor's Plat 16 (Charlestown, Rhode Island)

Back — where this land came from

deed William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes
“deeds dated July 23, 1940, of William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes of the Town of Charlestown”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma
unknown predecessors in title
“by reason of open, adverse, exclusive and uninterrupted possession... by the complainants and their predecessors in title”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma

The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1950 · DEED · NELSON ALBIN; NELSON EBBA M → TAYLOR FLORENCE MAY; TAYLOR JOSEPH W · book 32 p 152
◀ 1936 · DEED · REILLY THOMAS F; REILLY ANNA T → CREES E LEONARD; CREES WINIFRED · book 26 p 262

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 assessor does not cite book 35 page 449 (its history for each parcel goes back only a few transfers). The index is complete to 1987, but only about half the instruments of 1936-1965 have been transcribed (some 6,000 were never imaged), and nothing after 1965 has been, so a citation to this deed may sit in a page not yet read.

The instrument's own words

page 1 · read by Gemma vision
449 STATE OF RHODE ISLAND WASHINGTON, Sc. SUPERIOR COURT JOSEPH W. TAYLOR, et al v. WINIFRED CREES, et al Equity No. 906 FINAL DECREE This cause came on to be heard upon bill, answer, replication, and proof, and was argued by counsel; and thereupon upon consideration thereof, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED as follows, viz: FIRST: That the deeds dated July 23, 1940, of William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes of the Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island, to Edwin Fisher, which deeds are referred to in paragraph "SEVENTH" of the bill of complaint, are valid and effectual in all respects and operate to pass in fee simple to the grantee named therein with respect to the following described real estate, to wit: Those certain tracts or lots of land, situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, being shown and designated as Lots Numbers 54 and 55 on Assessor's Plat no. 16; said plat being filed in the Office of the Town Clerk of said Town of Charlestown; said tracts or lots also being, shown as Lot 54 on recorded plat marked "Charlestown, R.I. 1936" owned by Leopold and developed by Thomas P. Reilly, location Charlestown, Rhode Island, Scale 100 feet to 1 inch, filed in the Office of the Town Clerk of said Town of Charlestown, Connecticut; said last-mentioned plat also being filed in said Town Clerk's Office. Described as: a lot being bounded on the north by (20) feet, more or less, by two lots being bounded on the southeast by one hundred ten (110) feet, more or less, by those streets being bounded on the southwest by August 1, 1940, and on the northwest by lot 56 on said recorded plat, now or formerly owned by someone, by (110) feet, 529 and 530 on said recorded plat; and on the easterly side one hundred ten (110) feet, more or less, by lot 56 on said recorded plat, and on the westerly side one hundred ten (110) feet, more or less, owned by John F. Sterner. SECOND: That the complainants, Joseph W. Taylor and Florence May Taylor, both of the City of Cranston, County of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, hold title in fee simple as joint tenants to said real estate by reason of open, adverse, exclusive and uninterrupted possession, use and enjoyment of said real estate by the complainants and their predecessors in possession, use and enjoyment of said real estate by the complainants and their predecessors in title for a period of more than ten years; and that any sale and conveyance of said real estate or any part thereof, shall be deemed to give good title to the purchaser or purchasers thereof against the claims and demands of the respondents herein, or any one or more of them, and all persons claiming by, through or under them. THIRD: That the claims of the respondents herein, or any one or more of them, as alleged in the bill of complaint, are removed as clouds upon the title of the complainants in and to said real estate. FOURTH: That the title and possession of the complainants in and to said real estate be and they hereby are affirmed and quieted, and established free from any and all claims or liens by of the respondents herein, or any one or more of them, and the heirs-at-law, devisees, grantees and all persons interested directly, indirectly or contingently as heirs-at-law, devisees or grantees of said respondents or any one or more of them, and also all other persons unknown and unsearcerned, claiming, or who may claim, any right, title, estate, lien or interest in said real estate which is, or might become, adverse to the complainant's right, title or interest therein or which does or may constitute any cloud upon the complainant's title therein. FIFTH: That the respondents herein and all persons claiming by, through, or under them, or any of them, (adversely to the right, title and interest of the complainants) be and they hereby are permanently enjoined from asserting any claims with respect to said real estate or, any part thereof. Entered as the decree of the Court this 4th day of August, 1956. ENTER: Frost, P. J. August 3, 1956. By order, /s/ Ames L. Forbes Clerk A TRUE COPY attest: Daniel W. Carr Deputy Clerk Received for record August 24th, A. D. 1956 at 10:01 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by

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.