The instrument's own words
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214 Know all men by these presents, that I, Howard
E. Thorp of the town of North Kingstown in the county of Washington and State of Rhode Island
in consideration of its sum of ten Dollars and other valuable
consideration to me paid by said Paul McCartney of westerly aforesaid
do sell grant bargain and convey and do hereby remise release and forever
convey and put over into the hands of the said Paul McCartney, his
heirs and assigns forever, all the right title interest property
common and appurtenances thereunto belonging of a lot of ground situated in
said town and in a certain part of said town called Gorton situated on
the west side of a street called Windmill Road and the Atlantic ocean about
one hundred feet north west from the road leading westwards into said
lot and more particularly in the town of Northkingstown County
of Rhode Island sold & described as follows bounded and described
as follows beginning at a stone at the nr corner of the ground
at it is it s s t at it is on the east side of the road running southeast and
the street is nr corner of a lot of land put that the stone running
southwest to a boundary at it thence running northeasterly eighty
and six feet to the stone running southeastly ten feet along the eastern in a
one hundred feet with the east side of the road running northwest
and then running four hundred feet eastwards thence running
southeastly to the front line of the highway running northwest
to a stone at the front line of the highway running eastwards to a stone
boundary by other stones and of the same running by the
ocean the northwest boundary converged and submitted to the
east side of the highway in common with others to cross and
cross and all easements and uses for purposes over around ve
divert crossing these boundaries from east to west and to convey a portion of the
ground of meaning and intensity to convey a portion of the
ground which more or less is described in this indenture by purchase of the
deed given and dated being 21st 1923 and recorded in the
land evidence records of the town of Northkingstown in book
vol. 444 page 157 I have and do here by sell to the
said Paul McCartney all rights privileges and whatever tenancy thereunto
appertaining unto and to the use of said Paul
McCartney his heirs and assigns forever witness my hand and seal the
above signed Howard E Thorp the mortgagor and for my
own part executed and acknowledged it before me as current with
the said Howard E Thorp this day and assign that I
will warrant and defend the aforesaid premises unto the
said Paul McCartney his heirs and assigns to every person claiming
the same by some cause or reward of will performs claiming
any thing by way of war man
Sd. Howard E Thorp
wife of the said Howard E Thorp in consideration of the same
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paid as earnest, do hereby waive and forever renounce unto the free
said R. Russell McArthur, his heirs and assigns, all my rights of
conveyance in and to the aforementioned premises.
In Testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals
this 31st day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and twenty four.
Signed and sealed in the presence of
R. E. Dennis
Arnold E. Thorpe
Hattie M. Thorpe
State of Rhode Island,
County of Washington
On this 31st day of January A.D. 1924, before
me personally appeared Arnold E. Thorpe and Hattie M. Thorpe to
me known, and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing
instrument and they acknowledged said instrument to be their
act and deed.
Roger E. Dennis
Received for record January 17th 1924 at 3:45 o'clock p.m.
and recorded my page 215 of book 4, Town of West Greenwich
Know all men by these presents, that we Frederick
L. Nestor, widw & E. B. Dubuque and Frederick T. Nestor of the Town
of West Greenwich, county of Washington and state of Rhode Island
who are hereinafter called the grantors in consideration of the
sum of forty four and 64/100 dollars, to us paid by William
B. S. Barnes of the said town aforesaid, who is hereinafter called the
grantee, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby
grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said grantee and
his heirs and assigns forever an undivided six eighths (6/8) part of
the following described lot, certain lot of land which we
obtained by a deed from our predecessor, in county of Washington
and State of Rhode Island, and which was bounded and
described as follows: The first corner begins at the stone
and tow subscribed (S20) six feet East of the center of the road
uss and is bounded on the West by lands of Frederick
L. Nestor 164 lot East until it comes to a doted pole in the
top of a wall set on the ground at the northwest corner of
the said lot; thence on the North by land of said Frederick L