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10/4/1956 · DEED · book 35 page 497 doc 5120@35/497

From GRINNELL LEON M, GRINNELL PEARL M, MURTAGH HATTIE E, MURTAGH JAMES J
To BROWN PHYLLIS T
Premises Lot 95 on Storey's Plat No. 13 (Charlestown Beach, Charlestown)
Also on this page: AFFIDAVIT WEISS ELMER M; MURTAGH-WEISS CO; MURTAGH

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

◀ 1956 · DEED · BROWN PHYLLIS T → GRINNELL LEON M · book 35 p 498
◀ 1956 · DEED · BROWN PHYLLIS T → MURTAGH HATTIE E · book 35 p 498
◀ 1951 · DEED · WILSON GRAFTON M; WILSON MARION G → GRINNELL LEON M; GRINNELL PEARL M · book 32 p 387
◀ 1950 · DEED · SMITH ROBERT A → TIMPERLEY J WILLIAM; MURTAGH JAMES M · book 32 p 320
◀ 1956 · DEED · LEE MARY O → GRINNELL LEON M · book 35 p 446
◀ 1956 · AFFIDAVIT · MURTAGH JAMES J; MURTAGH-WEISS CO; WEISS ELMER M → WEISS ELMER M; MURTAGH-WEISS CO; MURTAGH JAMES J · book 35 p 497
◀ 1953 · LEASE · GAVITT BENJAMIN C; GAVITT BESSIE C; GRINNELL LEON M → GRINNELL LEON M; GAVITT BESSIE C; GAVITT BENJAMIN C · book 33 p 529
◀ 1952 · LEASE · BROWNING HARRIET E; GRINNELL LEON M → GRINNELL LEON M; BROWNING HARRIET E · book 33 p 29
◀ 1952 · LEASE · GALLUP LOTTIE S; GRINNELL LEON M → GRINNELL LEON M; GALLUP LOTTIE S · book 33 p 340
◀ 1951 · DEED · WEISS ANNA; WEISS ELMER M; WEISS ELMER MAX → GRINNELL LEON M; SQUIER LEONARD K · book 32 p 465
◀ 1951 · DEED · WEISS ANNA; WEISS ELMER; WEISS ELMER M → GRINNELL LEON M · book 32 p 561
◀ 1949 · DEED · HASTINGS JOSEPH M; HASTINGS RUTH S → GRINNELL LEON M; GRINNELL PEARL M · book 31 p 430
◀ 1949 · DEED · MEIKLE A RAYMOND; MEIKLE HELEN C → GRINNELL LEON M; GRINNELL PEARL M · book 31 p 431
◀ 1949 · MORTGAGE · MOOK HARRIET D; MOOK HENRY K → GRINNELL LEON M; GRINNELL PEARL M · book 31 p 450

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

▶ 1956 · DEED · BROWN PHYLLIS T → GRINNELL LEON M · book 35 p 498
▶ 1956 · DEED · BROWN PHYLLIS T → MURTAGH HATTIE E · book 35 p 498
▶ 1958 · DEED · BROWN PHYLLIS T → FERRETTI ANTONIO; FERRETTI MARGARET I; FERRETTI SAM · book 36 p 307
▶ 1959 · DEED · BROWN PHYLLIS T → JORDAN HARRIET H; LAMPHERE HAROLD E · book 37 p 18
▶ 1981 · DEED · BROWN PHYLLIS T → THIBAULT EDNA F; THIBAULT GEORGE J · book 66 p 564
▶ 1982 · CERTIFICATE · BROWN PHYLLIS T → · book 68 p 133
▶ 1982 · MORTGAGE · BROWN PHYLLIS T → WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY · book 68 p 134
▶ 1982 · CERTIFICATE · BROWN PHYLLIS T → · book 68 p 140
▶ 1982 · DEED · BROWN PHYLLIS T → JAMES NORMAN H · book 68 p 141
▶ 1982 · CERTIFICATE · BROWN PHYLLIS T → · book 67 p 607
▶ 1982 · MORTGAGE · BROWN PHYLLIS T → WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY · book 67 p 608
▶ 1985 · CERTIFICATE · BROWN PHYLLIS T → · book 78 p 299
▶ 1985 · MORTGAGE · BROWN PHYLLIS T → WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY · book 78 p 300
▶ 1987 · AGREEMENT · BROWN PHYLLIS T; WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY → WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY; BROWN PHYLLIS T · book 93 p 112
▶ 1992 · TAX CERTIFICATE · BROWN PHYLLIS T → · book 121 p 263

The instrument's own words

page 1 · read by Gemma vision
497 A F F I D A V I T Charlestown, R. I., September 27, 1956. I, James J. Murtagh, of the Town of Richmond, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, on oath depose and say, That "Murtagh-Weiss Company," referred to in deeds of record in the Land Evidence Books of the Town of Charlestown, State of Rhode Island, was comprised solely of two persons, namely the said James J. Murtagh and Elmer M. Weiss. JAMES J. MURTAGH Subscribed and sworn to at Charlestown, Rhode Island, this 27th day of September, 1956. LINTON L. BROWN Notary Public. Received for record October 4th, A. D. 1956 at 9:45 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [seal] Town Clerk KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, LEON M. GRINNELL of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, and HATTIE E. MURTAGH, of the Town of Richmond, said County and State, for consideration paid, grant to PHYLLIS T. BROWN, of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, 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 stone bound set in the ground on the northerly side of the Town Highway at the southeasterly corner of the premises herein conveyed and at the southeasterly corner of premises conveyed to George H. Bennett L. Brownstone running southerly, bounded westerly by said Brown land, a distance of 226.54 feet to another stone bound set in the ground, thence running southeasterly, bounded southeasterly by land of [?] distance of 104.54 feet to another stone bound set in the ground at the northeast-east boundary corner of the premises herein conveyed and at the southeasterly corner of Brown land running on the northerly boundary line of land now or lately of Andrew H. Wyatt et ux thence running southerly, bounded easterly by said Wyatt land, a distance of 125 feet to another stone bound set in the ground close to the northerly boundary line of said Town Highway; thence running westerly, bounded southerly by said Town Highway, a distance of 110 feet to the point of beginning, or however otherwise the same may be bounded or described. Meaning and intending to convey Lot 95 as shown and delineated on Storey's Plat No. 13, on file in the Office of the Town Clerk, said Town of Charlestown. I, Pearl M. Grinnell, wife of Leon M. Grinnell, release to said Grantee all my right of dower and all other interest in the aforesaid described premises. I, James J. Murtagh, husband of Hattie E. Murtagh, release to said Grantee all my right of curtesy and all other interest in the aforesaid described premises. WITNESS our hands this 29th day of September, 1956. HATTIE E. MURTAGH JAMES J. MURTAGH PEARL M. GRINNELL LEON M. GRINNELL No Documentary Stamps required. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND County of Washington In Charlestown, on the 29th day of September, 1956, before me personally appeared Leon M. Grinnell, Pearl M. Grinnell, Hattie E. Murtagh and James J. Murtagh, each and all to be known and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument and they severally acknowledged said instrument, by them executed, to be their free act and deed. LINTON L. BROWN Notary Public Received for record October 4th, A. D. 1956 at 9:45 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [seal] Town Clerk

The page as recorded

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