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9/12/1960 · DEED · book 37 page 371 doc 6658@37/371

From ARNOLD LYNDON, ARNOLD RUTH W life
To CLARK BETTY M life, CLARK WILLIAM M JR life
Premises tract on Gray's Point at the North Arm of Charlestown Pond (Gray's Point, Charlestown Pond, Tautog Cove, Charlestown)

Back — where this land came from

deed Cornelius N. Arnold book 134 p 111
“property cornered by Cornelius N. Arnold to the party of the first part by deed dated May 29, 1884”
the cited instrument is not in the index we hold (not_in_index)
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deed Trustees of the Estate of Frank N. Arnold book 358 p 147 Charlestown
“conveyance of said right of way from the Trustees of the Estate of Frank N. Arnold to the party of the first part”
the cited instrument is not in the index we hold (not_in_index)
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The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1957 · DEED · TANNER HAROLD B; TANNER KATE C → ARNOLD LYNDON; ARNOLD THOMAS L; ARNOLD WILLIAM F · book 36 p 167
◀ 1957 · DEED · FLETCHER GERALDINE L → ARNOLD LYNDON; ARNOLD THOMAS L; ARNOLD WILLIAM F · book 36 p 167
◀ 1957 · DEED · STARRETT AMY W; STARRETT PHILIP E → ARNOLD LYNDON; ARNOLD THOMAS L; ARNOLD WILLIAM F · book 35 p 648
◀ 1943 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY → ARNOLD LYNDON; ARNOLD THOMAS L · book 27 p 534
◀ 1939 · MORTGAGE ASSIGNMENT · LINK CHARLES J; LINK DOROTHY T; ARNOLD THOMAS L; WASHINGTON TRUST COMP → ARNOLD LYNDON; ARNOLD THOMAS L; ARNOLD THOMAS L DECEASED; WASHINGTON T · book 28 p 103
◀ 1939 · MORTGAGE · ARNOLD THOMAS L; ARNOLD HARRIET S → ARNOLD LYNDON; ARNOLD THOMAS L; ARNOLD THOMAS L DECEASED; WASHINGTON T · book 27 p 531
◀ 1936 · DEED · ARNOLD CORNELIA M → ARNOLD LYNDON · book 26 p 387
◀ 1936 · MORTGAGE ASSIGNMENT · ARNOLD THOMAS L; LITTLEFIELD JAMES B; LITTLEFIELD MAYBELL K; WASHINGTO → ARNOLD THOMAS L; ARNOLD WILLIAM F; ARNOLD FRANK W; ARNOLD LYNDON · book 26 p 393
◀ 1936 · MORTGAGE ASSIGNMENT · ARNOLD THOMAS L; LITTLEFIELD JAMES B; LITTLEFIELD MAYBELLE K; WASHINGT → ARNOLD THOMAS W; ARNOLD WILLIAM F; ARNOLD FRANK W; ARNOLD LYNDON · book 26 p 394

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

▶ 1961 · MORTGAGE · CLARK BETTY M; CLARK WILLIAM M JR → WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY · book 37 p 608
▶ 1963 · MORTGAGE · CLARK BETTY M; CLARK WILLIAM M JR → WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY · book 39 p 369
▶ 1977 · DEED · CLARK BETTY M → ELWELL CRISTY N; POLAND GEORGE M; POLAND NANCY C; ELWELL DAVID K JR · book 57 p 70

The instrument's own words

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871 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, LYNDON ARNOLD, residing at 981 Highland Avenue, Pelham Manor, New York, party of the first part, in consideration of the sum of One ($1.00) Dollar and other good and valuable considerations paid by WILLIAM M. CLARKE, JR. and BETTY M. CLARK, his wife, both residing at 620 The Parkway, Honesdale, New York, parties of the second part, grant unto the said WILLIAM M. CLARKE, JR. and BETTY M. CLARK, his wife, as joint tenants with the right of survivorship, with warranty covenants, a certain tract or parcel of land in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, located on Gray's Point, as situated, called on the Plat, the North Arm of Charlestown Pond, in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the northernmost corner of the premises herein described, at the southeasterly corner of land owned by the Trustees of the Estate of Frank N. Arnold with the ease of shore and said Port Fourt Point, at a point twenty-nine (29) feet, more or less, northerly from a stone bound set in a stone heap bound in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island in the Town of Charlestown, R. I., January 11, 1837, thence running south 15 degrees 30 minutes east, 150 feet to a stone bound, as surveyed and Platted in 1869, by Leon H. Mallory, Civil Engineer, Woonsocket, RI, which plat is now alone the municipal office of the town of Charlestown, R.I., thence running south 15 degrees 30 minutes east, 100 feet to the center line of said property cornered by Cornelius N. Arnold to the party of the first part by deed dated May 29, 1884, recorded in book 134, page 111, thence running easterly, a distance of one hundred twenty-nine (129) feet, more or less, to said stone bound; thence continuing easterly, a distance of one hundred twenty-nine (129) feet, more or less, to the line of said premises of the estate of Cornelius N. Arnold to the party of the first part, bounded on these last two courses by land of the Trustees of the Estate of Frank N. Arnold, thence running in an easterly direction, some 100 feet, and running southerly to Tautog Cove in said Charlestown Pond, bounded easterly by land of the party of the first part, thence running in a southerly direction, bounded westerly by land of said Tautog Cove and continuing in a northeasterly, northerly and northeasterly direction, bounded on these last three courses by the waters of said Tautog Cove or shores or beaches thereof. TOGETHER with a right of way twenty (20) feet wide across adjacent land of the party of the first part situated easterly of the above described premises and across land of William F. Arnold et ux to the paved right of way of the road known as the road to Gray's Point and said William F. Arnold et ux to the Post Road, thence continuing in a general easterly and northerly direction over the present right of way of the road known as the road to Gray's Point and across land of Frank N. Arnold et ux on the east side of said way of William F. Arnold et ux to the Post Road, as said right of way is now travelled, in common with others, for the purpose of travel to and from the above described premises and said Post Road. TOGETHER with the right to maintain telephone lines for the transmission of public utilities utilizing the present existing lines leading from said Post Road to the above described premises. RESERVING, however, the right to maintain the use of said right of way across land of the party of the first part and the party of the first part's predecessors in title, and across land of William F. Arnold ux upon the granting of the premises of the second part of a right of way now by the Trustees of the Estate of Frank N. Arnold and Ruth W. Arnold to the party of the first part, bounded on the north by the northerly boundary of the land herein to be conveyed, to the land of the party of the first part and the land of William F. Arnold et ux, and thence running in a general easterly direction over present gravel road with the right of way continuing in a northerly direction to the Post Road, said right of way to terminate thirty (30) feet west of the northernmost corner of the above described premises, and said right of way shall accrue to the party of the first part by a conveyance of said right of way from the Trustees of the Estate of Frank N. Arnold to the party of the first part, recorded in the Town's Land Evidence Records in book 358, page 147, Charlestown, Rhode Island, all title, right and interest in said right of way over land of the party of the first part and said William F. Arnold et ux to the Post Road, to the first part, his heirs and assigns. And all interest and titles of the second part therein shall automatically cease and terminate. AND, the parties of the second part covenant and agree, for themselves, their heirs and assigns, that no buildings shall be erected on said demised premises except a single family dwelling, a private garage or a guest house for the use only of the members of the occupant's family or the occupant's guests, or a boat house for the storage of boats and boating equipment, and that the premises shall be used for residential purposes only. I, RUTH W. ARNOLD, wife of the party of the first part, release unto the said parties of the second part, all my right of dower and all other interest in the aforementioned premises. WITNESS our hands and seals this 10th day of September, 1960. LYNDON ARNOLD (L.S.) Lyndon Arnold RUTH W. ARNOLD (L.S.) Ruth W. Arnold (DOCUMENTARY STAMPS, $4.40) STATE OF RHODE ISLAND ) ss: COUNTY OF WASHINGTON ) In Charlestown, Rhode Island, on the 10th day of September, 1960, before me personally appeared LYNDON ARNOLD and RUTH W. ARNOLD, to me and known by me 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. JOHN W. STEERE Notary Public Notary Public Received for record September 12th, A. D. 1960 at 9:05 o'clock, a. m. and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk

The page as recorded

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