The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
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6/15/1888 · DEED · book 12 page 4 doc 5091

From CROSS GEORGE W life, CROSS LOIS life
To KING WHIPPLE life
Consideration one dollar
Premises fifty acres more or less · farm or tract of land (Charlestown R.I)

Back — where this land came from

deed William D. Browning & wife
“reference is hereby had to the following deeds William D. Browning & wife dated December 18th 1873”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
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deed Benjamin S. Degan and Ruth his wife and Thomas W. Browning and Mary A. his wife
“deed made and executed by Benjamin S. Degan and Ruth his wife and Thomas W. Browning and Mary A. his wife”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
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The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1876 · DEED · BROWNING WM L; BROWNING DORCAS T → CROSS GEORGE W · book 10 p 213
◀ 1877 · MORTGAGE · LANPHEAR WILLIAM C; LANPHEAR CAROLINE P → CROSS GEORGE W · book 10 p 364
◀ 1875 · DEED · KENYON BERIAH C → CROSS GEORGE W · book 10 p 163
◀ 1866 · DEED · BABCOCK EDMUND S; WARD JOHN P ESTATE OF → CROSS GEORGE W · book 9 p 120
◀ 1864 · AGREEMENT · NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE; CROSS GEORGE W → CROSS GEORGE W; NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE · book 8 p 506
◀ 1860 · DEED · NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE; SWEET PARDON; SWEET MARY H → CROSS GEORGE W; CROSS JOSEPH H · book 8 p 311
◀ 1860 · DEED · CROSS STEPHEN B → CROSS GEORGE W · book 8 p 321
◀ 1860 · DEED · CROSS JOHN Q → CROSS GEORGE W; CROSS JOSEPH H · book 8 p 334
◀ 1859 · DEED · CROSS MARY L → CROSS GEORGE W; CROSS JOSEPH H · book 8 p 278
◀ 1857 · LEASE · CROSS SAMUEL J → CROSS GEORGE W · book 8 p 203
◀ 1854 · DEED · CROSS JOSEPH → CROSS SAMUEL J; CROSS STEPHEN B; CROSS WILLIAM D; CROSS GEORGE W · book 8 p 32
◀ 1854 · LEASE · CROSS WILLIAM D; CROSS GEORGE W; CROSS JOSEPH; CROSS SAMUEL J; CROSS S → CROSS STEPHEN B; CROSS SAMUEL J; CROSS JOSEPH; CROSS GEORGE W; CROSS W · book 8 p 33
◀ 1853 · DEED · CROSS ELIZABETH; CROSS CHARLES E; CAREY ALFRED W; CAREY SARAH E; CROSS → CROSS GEORGE W; CROSS JOSEPH H · book 8 p 15
◀ 1852 · DEED · LAWTON EDWARD; LAWTON MERCY → CROSS GEORGE W · book 7 p 486

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

▶ 1896 · DEED · KING ELIZABETH; KING WHIPPLE → SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 6 · book 13 p 208
▶ 1897 · DEED · KING ELIZABETH; KING WHIPPLE → SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER SIX · book 13 p 307

Bounded by

Joseph Nichols · Christopher S. Levandall · Hannah Mathbone

The instrument's own words

page 1
Know all men by these Presents That I George M. Loras of Richmond /county of Washington in the State of Rhode Island for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to me paid by Whiffle King of Charlestown in the county and State aforesaid, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have remised released, and forever quit claimed, and by these presents do remise release and forever quitclaim unto him the said Whiffle King his heirs and assigns forever, all the right title, interest, property, claim and demand, which I now have or of right ought to have or claim in or to a certain farm or tract of land situated in the town of Charlestown R.I containing by estimation fifty acres more or less, for boundaries and a full description reference is hereby had to the following deeds William D. Browning & wife dated December 18th 1873 also another deed made and executed by Benjamin S. Degan and Ruth his wife and Thomas W. Browning and Mary A. his wife dated this 13 day of May 1871. Meaning and intending to convey all and the same interest I hold in and by the above referred to deeds in the estate therein described. To have and to hold the same with all the rights privs and appurtenances thereunto appertaining to him the said Whiffle King his heirs and assigns forever, And I the aforementioned said Ge. M. Loras for myself and for my heirs, executors and administrators do covenant with the said Whiffle King his heirs and assigns, that I will warrant and defend the aforementioned premises to the said Whiffle King his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming by through or under me. And I Lois Loras wife of said George M. Loras for the consideration paid my said husband is hereby release and quitclaim all my right dower in the aforementioned premises to the aforementioned Whiffle King his heirs and assigns forever. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set our hands and seals this 24 day of December in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty five. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of George M. Loras L.S. P. T. Clarke Lois Loras L.S. State of Rhode Island ve Washington Sc Sw In Richmond in said county on
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This 5th day of April AD 1848 the above named George W. Coone personally appeared before me, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument by him signed to be his free and voluntary act and deed. Rhealey P. Clarke Notary Public Received for record June 14-1848 at 4 o'clock P.M. and released by George W. Coone Law Clerk To all People to whom these Presents shall come, I, Henry Hopkins of North Kingstown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island hereinafter called the grantor send Greeting Know ye that I the said grantor for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar & other considerations to me in hand paid before the executing hereof, well and truly paid by Ennoch H. Hopkins of Hopkinton and one Sarah A. Hopson of Richmond in said county and State hereinafter called the grantees the receipt of which I hereby acknowledge and am therewith fully satisfied and paid and thereof, and of every part and parcel thereof, do separate acquit and discharge the said grantees their heirs, executors and administrators, forever by these presents have given granted, Bargained sold, delivered enfeoffed, conveyed and confirmed; and by these presents do freely fully and absolutely give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, convey and confirm, into the said grantees their heirs and assigns forever, a certain tract of land lying in Colchester in the County and state aforesaid containing by estimation Eleven (11) acres the same more or less bounded as follows, beginning at the Southeast corner of said tract on the highway and at the corner of a lot belonging to the heirs of Joseph Nichols there running Northerly by said highway to a white oak tree by the side of said highway. Thence westerly bounding southerly by land of Lothropen S. Cornwall and land formerly owned by Joseph E. Bagger till it comes to land of Hannah Whitebone of a heap of stones by the side of a wall Thence Northerly bounding westerly on said Whitebone land to the Railroad, Thence Easterly bounding partly by said Railroad and partly by said Nichols land to the place of beginning. Meaning and intending

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