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Know all Men by these presents, that I George W Cross
of Charlestown, county of Washington and State of Rhode Island in
consideration of the sum of ten dollars to one paid by Alnoch B Burdick
of Richmond in said county and state the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged do hereby remise release and forever quitclaim unto
him the said Alnoch B Burdick his heirs and assigns forever, all
the right title interest property claim and demand whatever I
now have, or of right ought to have, or claims, in and to a certain
tract of land situated in the village of Casaresia in said Charlestown
bounded and described as follows commencing at the southeast
corner of said lot and bet the northeast corner of another tract
owned by the Heazlets on the highway and running northerly
on said highway six rods to a lot formerly of Jonathan Tucker
and notes there easterly running rods to land of this grantor;
thence southerly six rods to land of this grantor; Thence easterly
twenty rods to the place of beginning, running parallelly by the said
Tucker land, easterly by said highway and howtherly and southerly the
lot of land of Burdick, being the rods but conveyed to Millicent
Cross by Thomas H Cross and wife by deed dated March 22
1795 and recorded in land records of said Charlestown, Book
No 13 page 173. To have and to hold the same,
with all rights rivileges and appurtenances thereunto
appertaining, unto and to the use of him the said Alnoch B
Burdick his heirs and assigns forever. And I the aforementioned
George W Cross for myself brother my heirs successors and
administrators do covenant further with the said Alnoch B Burdick
his heirs and assigns, that I shall warrant and defend
the aforesaid boundaries unto the said Alnoch B Burdick
his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and
demands of all persons claiming by through a root of
me.
Also I Maria H Cross, wife of the said George
W Cross in consideration of the sum aforesaid as aforesaid is
hereby release and forever quitclaim unto the said Alnoch
B Burdick his heirs and assigns, all my right of dower in
and to the aforesaid premises.
In testimony whereof have hereunto set our hands
and seals this 6th day of June in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and twenty four.
Signed and sealed in the presence of
George W Cross [seal] George W Cross
Alnoch B Burdick Maria H Cross [seal]
State of Rhode Island,
County of Washington. In Charlestown on the
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replace, add to and change side line of wire, and each and every part thereof, but not the general
location thereof, and to pass over and across Grantors' land to and from said line of wire as reasonable
and necessary for all of the above purposes.
It is agreed that the wires shall remain the property of the Grantees, their successors and assigns,
and that the Grantees, their successors and assigns, shall pay all taxes assessed thereon.
This deed is given also in release of any and all dower and curtesy interests and all other interests
by statute or otherwise of the Grantors hereto.
WITNESS our hands and seals this 20th day of December, 1962.
In the presence of:
George W. Andrews, Jr.
as to L.P. & M.P.S.P.
George W. Andrews, Jr.
as to L.P. & L.P.H.
The consideration paid for the within deed is less than $100.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND )
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON )
In Charlestown in said county on the 20th day of December, 1962, before me personally appeared TOIVO E.
FIRSCHEN and NORMA S. FIRSCHEN, husband and wife, and ROMAN HORSTEYER and LILLIAN P. HORSTEYER Husband and
wife, to me known and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument, and acknowledge said
instrument by them executed to be their free act and deed.
George W. Andrews, Jr. (Notarial Seal)
NOTARY PUBLIC
Received for record January 17th A.D. 1963, at 9:00 o'clock, A.M., and recorded by
(Signature) Deputy Town Clerk
STATUTORY FORM OF WARRANTY DEED
We, HOWARD E. THORP and NELSON R. THORP, both of the Town of Westerly, County of Washington and State
of Rhode Island, for consideration paid grant to H. WARREN CROZE of Upper Saddle River, County of Bergen
and State of New Jersey, with WARRANTY CONVEYANCE, to
A certain tract or parcel of land situated and located at Quonochonticut Beach, so called, in the Town
of Westerly, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island and bounded and described as follows, to
wit:
Beginning at a point in the center of the road known as Sea Breeze Avenue, so called, said point being the
northwesterly corner of the parcel herein conveyed and the northwesterly corner of the parcel of Robert B.
Harrington et ux whose boundary westerly along the northwesterly side of Sea Breeze avenue 60 feet to the
northwesterly corner of the parcel herein conveyed thence running a right angle south and extending
northerly 120 feet to the point of beginning said parcel herein conveyed being limited at the Gulf of Maine
@ lts terminus having a right angle and extending easterly 60 feet to the mouth of Quonochonticut Brook
the parallel beach current flowing westward thence running a right angle south and extending northerly
120 feet to the point and place of beginning. Said parcel is bounded northerly by Sea Breeze Avenue,
westerly by the land of Robert B. Harrington et ux, easterly by the land of Earl W. Gorman et ux and southerly
by other land being this conveyant granted to me by this grantees then grantors.
Meaning and intending to convey lot #275 ex #20 shown as delineated and marked on that certain plat or plat entitled,
"Flat 2", Quonochonticut Central Beach, Westerly, Rhode Island, prepared by H. E. Thorp or H. E.
and H. R. Thorp, Scale 1 inch equals 80 feet, July 26, 1908, Ross & Lewis, Engrs.
Said grantor, his heirs and assigns shall have the right to pass and repass by road and from and to the
said lot or tract or parcel of land on the surface of the earth over and across certain rights of way or roads as
shown on the above mentioned plat and also on that certain plat or plat entitled, "Quonochonticut Central
Beach, dated October, 1922, recorded September 19, 1922 in the land evidence records of the Town of
Westerly, Rhode Island, in Book 443 Page 150, for public use; the said grantor for himself, his
heirs and assigns hereby convey and agree and covenant to and with the said grantors, that his
heirs and assigns shall give, grant and release to the said Quonochonticut Central Beach Fire
distric (a) Subject grantor, his heirs and assigns, on or before the first day in August in each year in their
capacity as (b) Subject grantor, his heirs and assigns, on or before the first day in August in each year shall be
expanded and altered by the said
Quonochonticut Central Beach Fire District, its successors and assigns, and in their understanding
discretion the sum that here after shall be assessed against said lot or tract or parcel of land for
public use, and the said sums aged to be paid are hereby made a lien and charge upon the premises
hereby conveyed, notwithstanding any mortgage or other lien thereon, and until such sums shall
become due, and it shall be lawful for the said Quonochonticut Central Beach Fire District, its successors
and assigns to sell the premises at public sale in the Town of Westerly, County of Washington
published in said Town for at least once each week for three successive weeks, and to
become the purchaser or purchasers at said sale. This conveyance is made and accepted subject to the
following conditions and restrictions, namely:
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