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438 Know All Men by these Presents, That I Ezra
at Bromming of North Kingstown in the County of Washington
and State of Rhode Island, son of Thomas N. Bromming deceased,
hereinafter called the Grantor in consideration of love & affection
to me paid in equal shares by William P. Bromming David G
Bromming and Christopher D Bromming all of said North Kingstown
hereinafter called the Grantees, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, do hereby give, grant bargain, sell and convey
unto the said Grantees and their heirs and assigns forever,
a certain farm or tract of land known as the "Woods Farm"
with all the improvements thereon, situated near Perryville
county, in said North Kingstown and parish in Charlestown
containing by estimation two hundred fifty acres more or less
consisting in part of farming lands and in part of wood land
bounded Northerly in land of the heirs of Mary G Bromming
deceased, wife of John G Bromming; Easterly by lands of
Walter Perry, Joseph Bromming and others; Southerly by lands
of Simon Wheeler, Christopher Bromming and others and Westerly
by land of Thomas G Clarke or however bounded, said
premises are conveyed subject to the right of dower of Mary
N Bromming then the widow of William Bromming deceased
who died some 20 years ago. And the grantor hereby
reserves a life estate in all of said granted premises to use
and manage the same at her discretion during the term
of her natural life with the further privilege of cutting and
removing all the wood and lumber from the wood land or
said premises that she shall see fit to cut out and remove.
To have and to hold the aforementioned premises with
all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging
unto and to the use of the said Grantees and their heirs
and assigns forever, subject to said reception and reservation
and I the said Grantor do hereby for myself and for my
heirs, executors and administrators, covenant unto the said
grantees and their heirs and assigns that I am lawfully
seized in fee simple of the said granted premises; that the
same are free from all encumbrances, restrictions heirs specified
that I have full power and lawful authority to
sell and convey the same in manner as aforesaid; that the
said Grantees their heirs and assigns shall lie there
present at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly have
and enjoy the said premises, and that I and the said Grantor
my heirs, executors and administrators shall
warrant and defend the same to the said Grantees and their
heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and
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demands of all persons except as aforesaid,
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
twenty fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety eight.
Signed and sealed in presence of
Nathan B. Lewis Mary A. Browning L.S.
State of Rhode Island ss
County of Washington ss
In South Kingstown on the ninth day of
February, A.D. 1898 before me personally appeared Mary A. Browning
to wit known and known by me to be the party executing
the foregoing instrument and acknowledged said instrument
before her executed, to be her free act and deed seal,
Nathan B. Lewis
Notary Public
Received for record May 4 1898 at 3 oclock P.M.
and recorded by George Colowas Town Clerk
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the point and place of beginning. Said tract being known as the "George Browning Wood Lot"
and containing 104 acres, more or less.
8. BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of the Town Highway commonly known as
"Pine Hill Road", at the easterlyside of a right of easement occupied by the Narragansett Electric Company
under which right of easement the said Town Highway runs northerly over the town of East Greenwich, bounded
by said easement; thence running easterly 1550 feet, more or less to a stone bound in the ground at the
northwesterly corner of a lot of land owned by George Browning; thence running northerly by said lot or formerly
by Mabel M. Farnum; thence southeasterly 1525 feet, more or less, to the northwesterly corner over
the Tract above described and semestering the same; thence running southerly 1350 feet, more or less, bounded
southerly by the Town Highway, and thence westerly approximately 1500 feet, more or less, bounded southerly by said
Town Highway, to the point and place of beginning. Being a triangular tract containing 26 acres,
more or less.
This conveyance is made SUBJECT to any rights of the Crandall heirs in and to the burial
ground and a right of way if any so appears in deed of Christopher J. Crandall et als to
George Crandall, dated December 27, 1934 and recorded at page 283 of the land evidence
Records of said Town of Charlestown and SUBJECT to pole line easements of record.
9. BEGINNING at a stone bound set at the northeasterly corner of land owned by Henry E. Niles
at said stone bound the easterly line of said land runs northerly to the Town of New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad company; thence running in a general easterly direction a distance of Seventeen Hundred
Seven hundred Seventy-four feet to a stone bound in the ground at the northeasterly corner of land owned by said
Railroad land and in the westerly line of land, now or formerly, owned by David C. Tefft, thence turning once
and running in a general southerly direction 1100 feet, more or less, to a stone bound in the ground, thence turning
in the northerly line of said mortgagors' land, thence running in a general westerly direction following
the northerly line of said land a distance of Seventeen Hundred Seventy-four feet, more or less, to a stone bound
or continuing in a general westerly direction to a stone bound set at the southeasterly corner of land owned
by Henry E. Niles at said stone bound the easterly line of said land runs northerly a distance of Six Hundred
the easterly line of said Niles land, a distance of Six Hundred Twenty-five (625) feet, more or less,
of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company, easterly by land, now or formerly, of
beast, then northerly 1100 feet, more or less, to a stone bound in the ground at the northeasterly corner of land owned
by Carter Farnum and westerly to land owned by Henry E. Niles et als, however otherwise bounded or
described.
This conveyance is subject to pole line easements of record.
10. Beginning at the Town Highway, at Chapman's Bridge, south-east corner; thence easterly bounding
northerly by the PaquawTucker River to a point 400 feet (from land of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad company) eastenly part of a lot of land owned by the New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad company; thence easterly part of a lot of land owned by the New York, New Haven and Hartford
company (400 feet from the railroad) running northerly by land, now or formerly, of David G. Tefft, bounding
northerly by land formed of Giles P. Kenyon and wife, easterly partly by land of said Kenyon and wife,
and partly by land of said Tefft, running southerly by land, now or formerly, southerly by the High-
way leading from Cross Mill's way to Wood River junction and westerly by said last mentioned highway to
the point of beginning. Being a tract of land containing 10 acres, more or less.
Referring to the heirs of Oliver Crandall, however, the Burial Ground described in deed to
Arthur J. Billings dated October 11, 1920, and recorded in the Records of Land Evidence, said Town
of Charlestown, Book No. 218, Page 145.
EXCEPTING, HOWEVER, from this conveyance the premises conveyed by the following mentioned
deeds: Mabel Carter Farnum et als to South County Public Service Company recorded in said Records,
Book No. 221, Page 31; Mabel Carter Farnum et als to South County Public Service Company recorded in
said Records, Book No. 226, Page 185; Mabel Carter Farnum to Oliver H. Kingsley, dated August 2, 1947
recorded in Book No. 304, Page 460; Mabel Carter Farnum to Maurice T. Tucker et ux dated August 13th,
1952 and recorded in Book No. 352, Page 111.
The mortgagor covenants to use the proceeds of the loans hereby secured for the purposes
set forth in the applications therefore; to keep the buildings on said premises insured against
fire and other hazards as may be required by the mortgagee, and to maintain all the policies
of insurance on said premises, which policies in the event of foreclosure shall become the property
of the mortgagee and in full payment to the mortgagee; and further to maintain and repair and
to work said premises in a good and husbandlike manner; and to keep the buildings thereon in good repair.
In the event the mortgagor fails to pay when due any of said taxes, liens, judgments, or
assessments, or to maintain said insurance, the mortgagee may pay the same and add the amount of
payment or provide such insurance, and any amounts paid by the mortgagor therefore shall become
a sum due and payable with the mortgage, and shall bear interest at the mortgage rate or, if higher,
of the independence (6% of six per centum) per annum. Due on any default in the performance or
observance of any of the covenants, conditions, or agreements herein contained, the entire sum of the
mortgage shall at the option of the mortgagee become due and payable forthwith. At the
option of the mortgagee, and subject to general regulations of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board,
sums recovered by the mortgagee in any such sale or the mortgagor may be used for recon-
struction of the destroyed improvements or if not so applied may, at the option of the mortgagee,
be applied in payment of any deficiency of the sum secured by the mortgage.
The words "mortgagor" and "mortgagee" as used herein shall be construed to include
the heirs, administrators, executors, successors, and assigns of the respective parties. This
mortgage is subject to the Federal Home Loan Act and all acts amendatory thereof and supple-
mentary thereto.
This mortgage is made upon the Statutory Condition and with the Statutory Power of Sale.
I, Betty H. Tucker, wife of the mortgagor, release to the mortgagee all my right of
dower, and all other interest in the aforementioned premises.
WITNESS our hands this 1st day of May, 1958.
THIS MORTGAGE IS EXECUTED IN DUPLICATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECORDING.
MAURICE T. TUCKER
BETTY H. TUCKER
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND }
COUNTY OF PROVIDENCE } SS.
In providence on the 1st day of May, 1958 before me personally appeared Maurice T. Tucker
and Betty H. Tucker 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.
KINGSLEY L. BENNETT
Notary Public
My Commission expires June 30, 1961.
Received for record May 2nd, A. D. 1958 at 2:35 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by
[Signature]
Town Clerk
(FOR PARTIAL RELEASE OF MORTGAGE SEE BOOK 39, PAGE 112)
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, LEON M. GRINNELL, of the Town of Charlestown,
County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, for consideration paid grant to myself the said
Leon M. Grinnell and to my wife, Pearl M. Grinnell, of said Town, County and State, as Joint
Tenants and not Tenants in Common, with WARRANTY COVENANTS
That certain triangular-shaped parcel or tract of land, together with the buildings and
improvements thereon, situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode
Island, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the northerly side of the State Highway, known as the
"Post Road," at the southeasterly corner of the premises hereof and thence running west-
ern the southeasterly corner of the premises hereof and thence running west-
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