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8/18/1920 · DEED · book 19 page 322 doc 7311

From BRIGGS JOHN G life, BRIGGS MARY E life
To CARPENTER WANTON R life
Premises four acres more or less · piece of fresh land in Greenwish bounded by Chewton Pond (Greenwish, Chewton Pond)

Back — where this land came from

deed George la Course
“Being the same premises I hold by deed from George la Course”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma
heir John G. Briggs
“Mary E. Briggs sole heir of the late John G. Briggs”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma

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

◀ 1920 · DEED · DUCKWORTH CARRIE E → BRIGGS JOHN G; BRIGGS MARY E · book 19 p 244
◀ 1919 · DEED · CROSS GEORGE W; CROSS MARIA → BRIGGS JOHN G · book 19 p 139
◀ 1916 · DEED · GILROY EDWARD → BRIGGS MARY E; BRIGGS JOHN G · book 18 p 378
◀ 1870 · DEED · GRIFFIN ABBY C; GRIFFIN JOSEPH H; HOXSIE GORDON H; HOXSIE SUSAN → BRIGGS MARY E · book 9 p 416

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

▶ 1920 · DEED · CARPENTER WANTON R; CARPENTER NELLIE M → COLTON THOMAS E · book 19 p 323
▶ 1946 · DEED · CARPENTER HANNAH M; CARPENTER WANTON R → LAUGHLIN DOROTHY R; LAUGHLIN JOHN A · book 29 p 661

The instrument's own words

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322 and sealed this fourth day of August in the year of our lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty Signed and sealed in presence of Timothy J Sullivan Lbl Mrs E Smyth Mary Agnes Sullivan No 3. Recording Stamp $1.00 State of Rhode Island County of Providence In East Providence on the 4th day of August A.D. 1920 before me personally appeared Timothy J Sullivan and Mary Agnes Sullivan his wife to me known and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument and they acknowledged said instrument by their recitals, to be their free act and deed. William E Smith Henry Robert Record for record August 12, 1920 at 8:30 oclock AM, and received by George la Course Town Clerk KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that I John G. Briggs of East Greenwish in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island, in consideration of the sum of ten dollars to me paid by Washington R Carpenter of south Kingstown in the county of Washington in said state. The receipt whereof is hereby duly acknowledged, do hereby remise, release and forever quitclaim unto said the said Washington R Carpenter his heirs and assigns forever, all the right, title, interest property, claim and demand which i now have, or of right ought to have, or claim in and said to a certain piece of fresh land situated in Greenwish in said state, containing four acres more or less and bounded as follows, on the North by Chewton Pond, on the East partly by said Pond and partly by land of James Perrot and on the South by a highway and on the West by land of his heirs of the same by however otherwise bounded, Being the same premises I hold by deed from George la Course dated on land conveyed in said land to Laurence Perrot a 14 Aug 159. To have and to hold the same, with all the right, privileges and appurtenances the reverts of perlaning unto and to the use of the said Washington R Carpenter his heirs and assigns forever. And I the aforementioned John G Briggs
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323 for myself and for my heirs executors and administrators, do covenant with the said Wanita M. Carpenter his heirs and assigns, that I will warrant and defend the aforesaid premises unto the said Wanita M. Carpenter his heirs and assigns forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming by title reverse onus etc. And I Mary E. Briggs sole heir of the late John G. Briggs in consideration of the sum paid as aforesaid do hereby release and forever quitclaim unto the said Wanita M. Carpenter his heirs and assigns all my right of way in and to the aforementioned premises. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 16th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty. Signed and sealed in presence of George R. Bourns' John G. Briggs L.S. Mary E. Briggs L.S. State of Rhode Island County of Kent On said town of Warwick on the 16th day of April A.D. 1920 before me personally appeared John G. Briggs and Mary E. Briggs husband and wife to me known and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument and they formally acknowledged said instrument by their execution to be their free act and deed. George R. Bourns' Notary Public Received for record August 18 1920 at 4:30 oclock P.M. and recorded by George A. Cross Town Clerk KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that I Wanita R. Carpenter, of North Kingstown in the County of Washington, in the State of Rhode Island hereinafter called the Grantor in consideration of Ten Dollars ($10) paid to me by Thomas E. Colton, of the City of Providence in said State of Rhode Island, hereinafter called the Grantee, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby give, grant, bargain sell and convey unto the said Grantee, and his heirs and assigns forever, a certain piece of land situated in said State containing four acres more or less and bounded as follows: on the South by Celebration Road, on the East partly by said road and partly by land of James Burrasard and wife on the South by a highway and on the West by land of the heirs of Timothy S. Moore, or whoever

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