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8/25/1904 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · book 15 page 65 doc 6014

From WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY
To WILCOX JOHN G life, WILCOX MARTHA B life
Premises from (3) acres, more or less · marsh lot at Pronouncevang (Pronouncevang, Westerly, Charlestown)
Also on this page: MORTGAGE ASSIGNMENT WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY

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▶ 1904 · MORTGAGE ASSIGNMENT · WESTERLY SAVINGS BANK; WILCOX JOHN G; WILCOX MARTHA B → WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY · book 15 p 64
▶ 1908 · MORTGAGE · WILCOX JOHN G → WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY · book 16 p 207

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464 of the said granted premises: that the same are free from all incumbrances, tenure or aforesaid. That he has good right, full power and lawful authority to sell and convey the same in manner aforesaid. That the said grantee and his heirs and assigns shall by these presents at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly have and enjoy the said premises, subject as aforesaid, and that the said grantor will and his heirs, executors and administrators warrant and defend the same to the said grantee his heirs and assigns forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons whomsoever. And for the consideration aforesaid, I, Nancy R. Porter, wife of the aforesaid Horace R. Porter, do hereby release all my right d owes in and to the said granted premises unto the said grantee and his heirs and assigns, forever, In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 7th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty seven. Executed in the presence of Dwight L. Daymon. William Sofoman. Horace R. Porter L.S. Nancy R. Porter L.S. State of Connecticut County of Tolland On this th 7th day of January, A.D. 1927 before me personally appeared Horace R. Porter and Nancy R. Porter husband and wife known to me and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument and they acknowledged said instrument to be their free act and deed. Dwight L. Daymon Notary Public L.S. Received for record March 15, 1927 at 9 o'clock a.m. and recorded by George Coomes, Town Clerk. To All People to whom these presents shall come Greetings. I Howard E. Thorpe, of the Town of Westerly, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, in my capacity of Commissioner as hereinafter set forth. (Seal Greeting) Whereas the Honorable Supreme Court within and for the said County of Washington, did on the 28th day of May, A.D. 1926 enter a decree in a cause in Equity then pending in said Court, wherein Stanton & Arreng et als, were the Complainants, and Mary S. Holt et als, are the respondents said cause being Equity No. 250 directing that partition of certain Lands tenements,
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Premises and properties mentioned and described in the Bill of Complaint in said cause, and hereinafter more particularly described, to be made by a sale thereof at Public Auction, and did and in and by said decree appoint me, the said Sprague E. Smith, commissioner, to make sale of the part of parcels of real estate described in said Bill of Complaint at Public Auction, severally and on the said several premises respectively described in said Bill of Complaint excepting that the real estate tracked and described already under "A" in the first paragraph in said Bill of Complaint be sold as on the first track bounded and described under "A" in said with paragraph in the same day and immediately after the sale of the said first track and further to advertise said sale and sales in the " Westerly Daily Sun," a public newspaper printed and published in the town of Westerly, three times each week for three successive weeks prior to said sale or sales, and to give such other means of publicity to said sale or sales as said commissioner shall deem proper, and further that the said several parcels of real estate described in said Bill of Complaint be sold by said commissioner between the 1st day of July, 1926 and the 31st day of August, 1926 both dates inclusive, with power of adjournment without further order of the Court and also in and by said decree authorizing me the said commissioner, as such commissioner, to make separate and diverse deeds to the purchaser or purchasers of said several premises or properties described in said Bill of Complaint good and sufficient deeds under my hand and seal conveying all the right title and interest of the parcels to said Bill of Complaint and of each of them, in fee simple and to the several lands, tenements, premises and properties as sold by me, and Whereas, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by said Court in and by said decree, I have caused notices of the sale and sales of said several described lands, tenements, premises and properties to be published in all particulars in conformity with the requirements of said decree, and further posted notices and signs of the time, terms and place of said sales on the respective premises, and further posted printed notices in conspicuous places in the towns of Westerly and Charlestown, in said county of Washington and further distributed divers notices and handbills stating the time, terms and place of said sales, did on the 2nd day of August, AD 1926 at eleven- forty o'clock in the forenoon sunlight following time, on the premises of the first track mentioned and described firstly under section "A" of the first paragraph of said Bill of Complaint and on the premises of said first track immediately following the sale of said first track after the completion of said advertising, notices and other formalities, sell the lands, tenements, premises and property mentioned and described secondly under section "B" of said with paragraph and further set forth in said advertisement and notice as being the
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466 marsh lot at Pronouncevang, so called, and containing by estimation from four acres, more or less, at public auction when the premises of said first tract to Thomas J. Clarke of Rehoboth storm aforesaid the being the highest bidder at said sale, for the sum of seventy (70) dollars. Now therefore know all men by these presents that I, the said Howard E. Thorp, commissioner as aforesaid, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested by said decree of said court, and in consideration of the aforesaid sum of seventy (70) dollars to me paid by the aforesaid Thomas J. Clarke receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged (do) hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Thomas J. Clarke, his heirs and assigns forever, such certain marsh lot, situate at Pronouncevang aforesaid, containing by estimation from (3) acres, more or less, and bounded Northerly on land more or formerly of Gordon H. Axie, barely and Southerly on the Old Road, so called, and Westerly on land more or formerly of Samuel R. Hoxie, deceased, or through other premises bounded, the same having been formerly owned by the late Hannah Hoxie deceased, and is described in a deed from Chas D. Clarke to Samuel R. Hoxie dated March 13, 1878 and recorded in the said Grantee records of said town of Rehoboth in Book 10, at page 374 for a fuller and more particular description of said premises. I do have and to hold the aforementioned premises to him the said Thomas J. Clarke his heirs and assigns forever, for his and their own use, behalf and behoof forever. And I the said Howard E. Thorp, do hereby covenant with the said Thomas J. Clarke, his heirs and assigns, that I am lawfully authorized to make said sale, and that in giving the said and making sale thereof and in all other matters relating thereto, I have conformed to the decree of said court and the requirements of the law in the premises. In witness whereof, I the said Howard E. Thorp, Commissioner as aforesaid, have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day of August AD, 1926. Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Maudline M. Sisson Howard E. Thorp L.S. Commissioner State of Rhode Island, Washington Co Be it known to me respectively in said county on this 12th day of August AD, 1926, before me personally appeared Howard E. Thorp, to me known and known by me to be the person described in and noted, in his capacity as Commissioner, executed the foregoing instrument and he acknowledged the same by him to be lawful
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467 as aforesaid, to be his free act and deed in his capacity. Augustus L. S. Sedgwick, Notary Public I, Howard B. Troop of the town of Westerly, county of Washington and state of Rhode Island, on oath depose and say that I am the person noted in my capacity as Commissioner, appointed by the superior court sitting and for said county of Washington, as aforesaid, made and executed the foregoing deed that I gave notice of the time, times and place of sale by publication thereof in the "Westerly Sun," a newspaper published in the said town quarterly for at least three times each week for three consecutive weeks prior to said sale as will appear by the notes hereunto annexed, by causing said notices to be published in said newspaper in the issues there dated and published respectively July 13th, 17th, 20th, 18th, 21st, 24th, 25th, 28th and 31st 1926 and further by advertising in the "Providence Journal" of Providence, R.I. and the "Newport Daily News" of Newport R.I. in the issues of said papers on July 27th 1926, and further posted signs and detailed particulars and posters setting forth the time, times, time and place of sale; and that on the second day of August, A.D. 1926 at eleven forty o'clock in the forenoon, sitting during time in the premises of the house last mentioned and described being section "A" of the site hereunto and said Bill O'Brien and immediately following the sale of said first tract after the completion of said advertising notices and other publicity, the said march lot was sold by me to Thomas P. Belakis, the grantee named in the foregoing deed, for the sum of seventy $70 dollars, he being the true and the highest bidder for said premises at said sale, and that I have made and executed the foregoing deed to complete said sale under the authority given me in and by the Decree of said court referred to in said deed. Howard B. Troop Commissioner State of Rhode Island Washington, Sc. In my Notary in said County on this 12th day of August A.D. 1926 Subscribed and sworn to before me Augustus L. S. Sedgwick, L.S. Notary Public Recorded from Book 3, 147 at 195 of Book 4 and recorded by George W. Moore, Town Clerk

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