The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
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6/18/1940 · DEED · book 28 page 232 doc 71@28/232

From ROSS CHARLES E, ROSS BERTHA M
To SMITH EDYTHE M
Premises undivided one-half interest · parcel at Charlestown Beach bounded by Town Highway and Atlantic Ocean (Charlestown Beach, Charlestown Pond)
Index description QUONNIE

Back — where this land came from

deed this Grantee book 20 p 474 Charlestown
“conveyed to this Grantor by this Grantee by deed dated November 1st, 1922”
◀ Follow back 1923 · DEED · CRANSHAW NICHOLAS W; CRANSHAW AUGUSTA A → BALLON HARRIET C · book 20 p 474
read by: gemma

The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1939 · DEED · HOXSIE BETTY B; PERRIN ELEANOR H; PERRIN GRANT W; HOXIE LUCILLE J; HOX → ROSS CHARLES E; ROSS BERTHA M · book 27 p 565
◀ 1940 · MORTGAGE · SMITH EDYTHE M → ROSS CHARLES E · book 28 p 233
◀ 1936 · DEED · ECCLESTON CHARLES P; ECCLESTON RAY P; ECCLESTON MATTIE D C → ROSS CHARLES E · book 26 p 514
◀ 1935 · DEED · ECCLESTON CHARLES P; ECCLESTON MATTIE D C → ROSS CHARLES E; ROSS BERTHA M · book 26 p 121
◀ 1926 · DEED · STANLEY ANNA T; STANLEY ARTHUR JR → ROSS CHARLES E · book 22 p 389

Forward — where this land went

Follow forward ▶ 1958 · DEED · SMITH EDYTHE M → WYATT ADELAIDE S; WYATT ANDREW H · book 36 p 291
“premises conveyed to the grantor herein by deed of Charles E. Ross”
cites this instrument as its source · read by gemma

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

▶ 1940 · MORTGAGE · SMITH EDYTHE M → ROSS CHARLES E · book 28 p 233
▶ 1958 · DEED · SMITH EDYTHE M → WYATT ADELAIDE S; WYATT ANDREW H · book 36 p 291

The instrument's own words

page 1 · read by Gemma vision
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, HARRIET C. BALLOU, of the City and County of Providence, State of Rhode Island for consideration paid grant to NICHOLAS W. CRANSHAW, of Mer- iden, Connecticut with WARRANTY COVENANTS That certain real estate situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, and described as follows: An undivided one-half interest in that certain tract or parcel of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situated at Charlestown Beach, so-called, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the southerly side of the Town Highway; said point being the northwesterly corner of the premises hereby conveyed and the northeasterly corner of land of John P. McCauley, et ux; thence easterly, bounded northerly by said Town Highway, a distance of 50 feet to other land of this Grantor; thence southerly, bounded easterly by said other land of this Grantor, a distance of 360 feet, more or less, to the Atlantic Ocean; thence westerly, bounded southerly by said Ocean, a distance of 50 feet to said McCauley land; thence northerly, bounded westerly by said McCauley land, a distance of 355 feet, more or less, to the point and place of beginning, or however otherwise bounded. Granting unto said Grantee, his heirs and assigns, a right to cross the marsh land now or formerly of Edward E. Burdick, from the tract hereby conveyed to Charlestown Pond. Meaning and intending to convey the premises as conveyed to this Grantor by this Grantee by deed dated November 1st, 1922 and recorded in the records of Land Evidence in said Town of Charlestown, Book No. 20, Pages 474 and 475, reference to said deed and the records thereof being hereby had and made and the same made a part hereof. WITNESS my hand this twenty-fifth day of Sept 1935. HARRIET C. BALLOU STATE OF RHODE ISLAND) County of Providence ) In Providence R. I. on the 25th day of Sept 1935 before me personally appeared Harriet C. Ballou, widow, to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and she acknowledged said instrument by her executed to be her free act and deed. JOHN W. SLATER Notary Public (Notarial Seal) Received for rec Order September 21st, A. D. 1940 at 9:00 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [?] Town Clerk

The page as recorded

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