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7/2/1895 · DEED · book 13 page 104 doc 5429

From KENYON SUSAN T life, KENYON WM H life
To HELSTEN JENNIE E life
Consideration one dollar
Premises sixty five acres · lot of land with buildings and improvements (Charlestown, Washington County)

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

◀ 1895 · DEED · HELSTEN JENNIE E; HELSTEN WILLIAM H → KENYON SUSAN T · book 13 p 106

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

▶ 1895 · DEED · HELSTEN JENNIE E; HELSTEN WILLIAM H → KENYON SUSAN T · book 13 p 106
▶ 1910 · DEED · HELSTEN JENNIE E; HELSTEN WILLIAM H → RICE JULIA M · book 16 p 490
▶ 1911 · DEED · HELSTEN JENNIE E; HELSTEN WILLIAM H → MERRILL STELLA C E; BLAKE DAVID E; HOOD SARAH F B; BLAKE CHARLES I; CR · book 17 p 50
▶ 1912 · DEED · HELSTEN JENNIE E; HELSTEN WILLIAM H → RICHARDS ALFRED J · book 17 p 312
▶ 1917 · DEED · HELSTEN JENNIE E; HELSTEN WILLIAM H → CRANDALL ELISHA P · book 18 p 437
▶ 1923 · DEED · HELSTEN JENNIE E → THORP HOWARD E · book 21 p 17
▶ 1923 · DEED · HELSTEN JENNIE E → DAVIS SAMUEL H · book 20 p 424
▶ 1923 · DEED · HELSTEN JENNIE E → BROWN FRANK H · book 20 p 521
▶ 1930 · MORTGAGE ASSIGNMENT · DAVIS SAMUEL H; KENYON SUSAN T; HELSTEN JENNIE E → DOWNIE SOPHIA M · book 24 p 110

The instrument's own words

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104 Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of [illegible] L. Corlewis [illegible] Hopkins Eunice S. Sive Lcl Eunice Card Lcl State of Rhode Island County of Washington In witness whereof this 19 day June 1873 Eunice S. Sive and witnesses appeared before me, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his will and sealing act and deed. [illegible] Hopkins [illegible] [illegible] Lcl Received for record June 1, 1874 at 9 oclock A.M. and entered by George W. Moore town clerk To all People to whom these Presents shall come; Know all men by these presents that first of May 1874 I, M. H. Kenyon of the town of Charlestown in the State of Rhode Island hereinafter called the grantor, Send Greeting Whereas know ye that I the said grantor do give in consideration of the sum of one dollar to me in hand before the executing hereof well and fully paid by Eunice E. Sive late hereinafter called the grantee the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and herewith fully is hereby contented and paid; and therefore of and of every part and parcel henceforth, do execute, depict and convey the said grantee her heirs, executors and administrators forever by these presents; have given granted, bargained, sold alienated, assigned fully and confirmed, and by these presents sufficiently, fully and absolutely give grant bargain sell, alienate, gift convey and confirm unto the said grantee her heirs and assigns forever. All the right title and interest I have in and is a certain lot of land with the buildings and improvements thereon, being and lying in the town of Charlestown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island. Containing by estimation sixty five acres be the same more or less and bounded Northerly by land of Dorcas Briggs, Easterly by land of Bilding D. December, Southerly by land of Sarah [illegible]
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and mentally by the kind of heirs of Jared Babcock and the South Part or however otherwise bounded and described To have and to hold, the said $\text{y}^d$ united and bargainied premises with all the appurtenances, privileges and commodities is the same belonging, or in any wise appertaining to the said $\text{y}^d$ united for his name and assigns forever to have and hold and theirs only proper use, benefit and behoof, forever. And the said $\text{y}^d$ united for his heirs, executes and administrators does covenant premise and grants to and with said $\text{y}^d$ united her heirs and assigns that he, sole and lawful owner of the above bargainied premises and he is lawfully seized and possessed of the same in his own proper right in ways, perfect and absolute estate of inheritance in fee simple; had power in his good right full power and lawful ability to bargain, bargain, sell, convey and confirm the said bargainied premises in manner as aforesaid. And that the said $\text{y}^d$ united his heirs and assigns, shall and may from time to time, and at all times forever hereafter, by force and virtue of these presents lawfully peaceably and quietly have, hold use, receive, possess and enjoy the said conveyed and bargainied premises, with the appurtenances free and clear, and voidly and entirely exempted, convened and released of all sums of money all manner of power and other gifts, grants, bargains and sales, leases, mortgages, rolls enfeoffs, presents, covenants, assignments, executions and encum= brances, of what manner or nature soever, that might in any measurable or degree obstruct or make void this present deed except a mortgage of twenty hundred dollars held by P. B. Barber. Furthermore, I the said grantor for myself and my heirs, executors and administrators do covenant and agree to convey and assign the above demised premises to the said $\text{y}^d$ united her heirs and assigns against the lawful claims or demands of any person or persons whatsoever forever to warrant secure and defend by these presents forever. I William $\text{y}^d$ Thrasher $\text{y}^d$ Henry as wife of said William H. Kynon in consideration of the sums paid as aforesaid, do hereby release and forever quitclaim unto the said $\text{y}^d$ united her heirs and assigns, all my right of dower in and to the aforesaid premises, In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety five
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106 Signed, sealed and delivered In the presence of [illegible] Chester Annie O'Prester Wm H. Kenyon L.S. Susan H. Kenyon L.S. State of Rhode Island County of Washington ss Before me Notary this first day of July A.D. 1895 Wm William H. Kenyon personally appeared before me and acknowledged the following instrument his sign and signed to be his free and voluntary act and deed, C. T. L. Wheeler Notary Public Received 42 ac. acres July 2nd 1895 at 4.30 oclock P.M. and recorded by George Cross Town Clerk L.S. To all People to whom these Presents shall come, Know all men by these presents that we William H. Skeleton & Annie C. Skeleton & the sum of [illegible] Pennsylvania in the State of Rhode Island namely called the grants Send Skeleton Know etc. that We the said grantor for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to us in hand and before the making of these presents truly paid by Susan H. Kenyon in right of Mrs Wm H. Kenyon of said [illegible] hereinafter called the Grantee the receipt witness of we do hereby acknowledge and are herewith fully satisfied contented hand paid; and they and of every part and parcel thereof, do grant acquire and discharge the grant grantee their heirs, executors and administrators forever by these presents, have given, granted, bargained, sold, leased, enfeoffed, conveyed, and confirmed, and by these presents do freely, fully and absolutely give, grant bargain, sell, alienate, release, convey and confirm unto the said grantee their heirs and assigns forever All the right title & interest I hold in and to a certain lot of land with the buildings and improvements thereon

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