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1/8/1941 · DEED · book 28 page 376 doc 7@28/376

From PECKHAM GEORGE S life, PECKHAM THERESA M
To SANDS HAROLD C
Premises 1.27 acre · Parcel adjoining Harold C. Sands and Cedar Swamp (Charlestown, Cedar Swamp, George Peckham's 30 Acre Lot)
Index description INDIAN CEDAR SWAMP
Also on this page: DEED SANDS HAROLD C

Back — where this land came from

deed
“more particularly described in a deed on file in the Town Clerk's Office in the Town of Charlestown”
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

◀ 1906 · DEED · CARD THOMAS P; CARD MARTHA J → PECKHAM GEORGE S · book 15 p 337

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

▶ 1941 · DEED · SANDS HAROLD C; SANDS ELIZABETH HAYNES; HAYNES SANDS ELIZABETH → STOKES J G PHELPS · book 28 p 412

The instrument's own words

page 1 · read by Gemma vision
376 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That for One Dollar ($1.00) and other valuable consideration to us in hand paid by Harold C. Sands of the Town of Kingston, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, we George S. Peckham, of the Town of Charlestown in the said County and State, and Theresa M. Peckham, his wife, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto said Harold C. Sands, his heirs and assigns forever, all our, right, title, and interest in and to that certain parcel or tract of land adjoining and bordering upon the land of the said Harold C. Sands, and the land of the Cedar Swamp, in the said County of Washington, prepared in or about the year 1880 by M. S. Greene, which said parcel or tract of land is more particularly described in a deed on file in the Town Clerk's Office in the Town of Charlestown, in the said County of Washington, and which said parcel or tract of land is bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a corner s. westerly on the marked boundary by the westerly end of an old stone wall which forms the southern boundary of that certain property known as George Peckham's 30 Acre Lot, which said lot corner is marked by a stone bound; thence running south 15 1/2 degrees east, 640 feet along the eastern boundary of said lot numbered 26, 640 feet more or less to a point marked by a stone bound; thence running south 15 1/2 degrees east, 100 feet more or less to a point on the center line of said brook to a point in the middle of said brook 100 feet easterly in a straight line from said stone bound first above mentioned; thence northerly to a point in the center line of the old stone wall which forms the southern boundary of the "30 Acre Lot" 75 feet from the end of old stone wall; thence westerly along said stone wall to the point or place of beginning; said parcel or tract of land being approximately 1.27 acre, be the same or more or less. And for the consideration aforesaid, I, Theresa M. Peckham, wife of said George S. Peckham, do hereby release all my right of dower in and to the said granted premises unto the said grantee his heirs and assigns forever. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 7th day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand nine hundred and forty-one. George S. Peckham (SEAL) Theresa M. Peckham (SEAL) In presence of: Linton L. Brown STATE OF RHODE ISLAND ) COUNTY OF WASHINGTON ) In the said County on this 7th day of January, A. D. 1941, before me personally appeared George S. Peckham and Theresa M. Peckham, his wife, to me known and by me to be the parties who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged said instrument, by them to be executed, to be their free act and deed. Linton L. Brown (Notarial Seal) A Notary Public in and for the said County. Received for record January 8th, A. D. 1941 at 9 o'clock a.m., and recorded by Town Clerk ---- KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That for One Dollar ($1.00) and other valuable consideration to us in hand paid by Harold C. Sands of the Town of Kingston, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, we George S. Peckham, of the Town of Charlestown in the said County and State, and Theresa M. Peckham, his wife, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto said Harold C. Sands, his heirs and assigns forever, all our, right, title, and interest in and to that certain parcel or tract of land adjoining and bordering upon the land of the said Harold C. Sands, and the land of the Cedar Swamp, in the said County, prepared in or about the year 1880 by M. S. Greene, which said parcel or tract of land is more particularly described in a deed on file in the Town Clerk's Office in the Town of Charlestown, and which said parcel or tract of land is bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the middle point of the western boundary of those certain lands of grantor more or less adjoining on the southern boundary of that certain property known as George Peckham's 30 Acre Lot (be the area of said lot more or less the area of said "30 Acre Lot" adjoining on the southern boundary of that certain property) and said point is marked by a stone bound being shown on said map as the point of the junction of two lines, each 470 feet in length, forming an angle of 115 degrees, and said point is marked by a stone bound; thence running northerly "30 Acre Lot" aforesaid; thence in a southerly direction along said easterly boundary of said lot numbered 26, 640 feet more or less to a point marked by a stone bound; thence running south 15 1/2 degrees east, 100 feet more or less to a point on the center line of said brook to a point in the middle of said brook 100 feet easterly in a straight line from said stone bound first above mentioned; thence northerly to a point in the center line of the old stone wall which forms the southern boundary of the aforesaid "30 Acre Lot" 75 feet (said old stone wall marking the southern boundary of the aforesaid "30 Acre Lot" as indicated on the map); thence westerly along said stone wall to the point or place of beginning; said parcel or tract of land as hereby conveyed comprising approximately fourteen acres, be the area the same or more or less. And for the consideration aforesaid, I, Theresa M. Peckham, wife of said George S. Peckham, do hereby release all my right of dower in and to the said granted premises unto the said grantee his heirs and assigns forever. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereto set our hands and seals this 7th day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand nine hundred and forty-one. George S. Peckham (SEAL) Theresa M. Peckham (SEAL) In presence of: Linton L. Brown STATE OF RHODE ISLAND ) COUNTY OF WASHINGTON ) In the said County on this 7th day of January, A. D. 1941, before me personally appeared George S. Peckham and Theresa M. Peckham, his wife, to me known and by me to be the parties who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged said instrument, by them to be executed, to be their free act and deed. Linton L. Brown (Notarial Seal) A Notary Public in and for the said County. Received for record January 8th, A. D. 1941 at 9 o'clock a.m., and recorded by Town Clerk

The page as recorded

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