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1/15/1957 · MORTGAGE · book 35 page 596 doc 5221@35/596

From LEDBETTER MARIE M, WHARTON HELEN M
To THORP HOWARD E life
Premises Lot 18, triangular tract with buildings (Quonocutang, Charlestown, Bay Street)

Back — where this land came from

deed Charlestown Estates, Inc.
“conveyed to these mortgagors by Charlestown Estates, Inc. by deed dated January 5, 1957”
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

◀ 1957 · DEED · CHARLESTOWN ESTATES INC → LEDBETTER MARIE M; WHARTON HELEN M · book 35 p 595
◀ 1955 · DEED · CHARLESTOWN ESTATES INC → WHARTON C RICHARD; WHARTON HELEN M · book 35 p 93

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 596 (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

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596 leading to the public highway and to cross the right of way to the beach and ocean, and to cross Lot #69 to Quonocutang Pond, the grantees, their heirs, executors, administrators, assigns, licensees, guest and servants hereby hold the grantors, their successors, administrators, assigns harmless and blameless from any damage or liability of any kind of nature or due to the use of said drives, streets, roads or rights of way as hereinbefore specified. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said corporation has caused these presents to be duly signed by its President and Secretary, heretofore duly authorized and the corporate seal to be hereunto affixed at Westerly, Rhode Island, this 8th day of January 1957. CHARLESTOWN ESTATES, INC. (Corporate Seal) Howard E. Thorp President Paul M. Kearney Secretary (DOCUMENTARY STAMP, 55¢) STATE OF RHODE ISLAND COUNTY OF WASHINGTON In Westerly on the 8th day of January 1957, before me personally appeared Howard E. Thorp, to me known and known by me to be the President of said corporation, and Paul M. Kearney, to me known and known by me to be the Secretary of said corporation, and they acknowledged said instrument by them executed to be the free act and deed of said corporation and as well individually. ROGERS E. TRAINER Notary Public Received for record January 15th, A. D. 1957 at 3:00 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk ---- MORTGAGE DEED We, HELEN M. WHARTON and MARIE M. LEDBETTER, both of Manchester, County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, as joint tenants for consideration paid, grant to HOWARD E. THORP of the Town of Westerly, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island with MORTGAGE COVENANTS, to secure the payment of Four Thousand ($4000.) Dollars in Ten (10) years with interest at Six (6%) per centum, per annum payable semi-annually in advance as provided in a certain negotiable promissory note of oven date herewith, in accordance with the terms and tenor of said note. A certain triangular tract or parcel of land with buildings and improvements thereon, located at Quonocutang, in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, and State of Rhode Island, being designated as Lot #18 on a certain plat, referred to as "Quonocutang Highlands, property of Charlestown Estates, Inc.", said plat entitled, "Quonocutang Highlands, property of Charlestown Estates, Inc.", Charlestown, Rhode Island, dated November 30, 1936, filed August 20, 1936, in the land evidence records of said town, as Lot 18, and described as follows, to wit: Commencing at a point on the southerly line of Bay Street, or said point laid northing the northeasterly corner of the parcel herein conveyed and the northeasterly corner of land of L. S. & M. S. & M. & M. [?], thence easterly along the southerly line of Bay Street one hundred eighty eight and forty-seven hundredths (188.47) feet to the northeasterly corner of the land herein conveyed; thence turning a right angle and extending southerly two hundred ninety one and forty eight hundredths (291.48) feet to the southeasterly corner of the land herein conveyed; thence turning an interior angle of twenty-eight (28°) degrees, eighteen (18) minutes and forty-five (45) seconds to the northwest, extending two hundred seventy-seven and twenty-seven hundredths (277.27) feet to the point of beginning." This last mentioned course making an angle of twenty-eight (28°) degrees, forty-seven (47) minutes and fifteen (15) seconds with the first mentioned course. Said parcel is bounded northerly by Bay Street, easterly by land of Charlestown Estates, Inc., southerly by land of W. & M. Mason, et ux, land of Walter E. Sweenor, et ux and land of by Charles E. Shea, Jr., et ux. Meaning and intending to convey the same premises conveyed to these mortgagors by
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597 Charlestown Estates, Inc. by deed dated January 5, 1957 and duly recorded in the Land Evidence Records of the Town of Charlestown, together with all the restrictions, covenants and agreements and rights of way as are mentioned in said deed. This mortgage is made upon the STATUTORY CONDITION and with the STATUTORY POWER OF SALE. We, C. Richard Wharton and H. Lester Ledbetter husbands respectively of the mortgagors, release to the mortgagee all our right of curtesy and all other interest in the aforesaid premises. WITNESS our hands this 12th day of January, 1957. In presence of: HELEN M. WHARTON MARIE M. LEDBETTER C. RICHARD WHARTON H. LESTER LEDBETTER STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, ETC.) County of Washington ) In Westerly on the 12th day of January, 1957 before me personally appeared Helen M. Wharton, C. Richard Wharton, Marie M. Ledbetter and H. Lester Ledbetter 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. NELSON H. THORP (Notarial Seal) Notary Public Received for record January 15th, A. D. 1957 at 3:05 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk ---- DISCHARGE OF MORTGAGE The undersigned, having received full payment and satisfaction of the within mortgage recorded in the Town of Charlestown in the State of Rhode Island, in the Land Evidence in Book No. 35 page 596597, hereby cancel and discharge the same. And covenant to and with the payer that I am the present owner of said mortgage. Witness, this my hand the 22 day of July 1968. HOWARD E. THORP RECEIVED FOR RECORD, JULY 24th, A. D. 1968 at 9:10 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk

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.