The instrument's own words
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Know all men by these presents that we, Bertha B.
Owners of Rolando, Florida and Eva B. Lewis of the Town of Windham,
County of Windham and State of Connecticut hereinafter called the Grantors,
in consideration of one dollar and other valuable considerations to us paid
by the residing of Bristol, county of Hartford, and state of Connecticut,
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, all that certain lot of land with the
building thereon standing lying and being in the town of Charlestown,
county of Washington and state of Rhode Island at Procurement Beach,
bounded and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at the sea at
a drill hole in the sea wall at the southeast corner of the land of Lewis
conveyed and at the southeast corner of land of Helen E. Smith, thence
North 35 1/2° West, one hundred and sixty and sixteen hundredths (160.16)
feet to a drill hole in a large rock, thence South 74 1/2° East, thirty eight
and five tenths (38.5) feet to an iron pipe set in the ground, thence
South 3° 10' East, one hundred and seventy seven and four tenths (177.4)
feet to a drill hole in the sea wall by the iron pipe North 56° 52' East,
forty five and two tenths (45.2) feet along the sea wall to the point of
beginning; bounded Easterly by the land of the said Helen E. Smith, westerly
by a street or driftway, Northerly by land of Henry J. True and north
and Southerly by the sea, in honor of the same may be bounded and
described together with a right to travel on foot or with teams along
the street in Nutting running westerly and southerly to the highway
near the old well or where the old mill formerly stood, together also
with the right to use the sea wall located behind the house on the land herein
conveyed and the house on the land adjoining on the East which said
right was assigned to George S. Dudley his heirs and assigns in a deed to
Helen E. Smith, which deed is recorded in the records of land evidence
in and for said town of Charlestown, in Book 10, page 491,
reference thereto being made more fully above, together also with
the right to pass and repass with teams, as it may be necessary, to and
from the ocean front of the land herein conveyed over and along the
westerly line of the land adjoining on the East, which said right was
assigned to the said George S. Dudley, his heirs and assigns in a deed to
Helen E. Smith, which deed is recorded in the records of land evidence in
and for the said town of Charlestown in Book 10, page 491, reference
thereto being made more fully above; subject however, to a similar
right in the owner of said adjoining land in the East to pass and
repass with teams, as it may be necessary to and from the ocean
front of said adjoining land thus and along the easterly line of this
land herein described above; which said right was granted to said Helen
E. Smith by said deed recorded as aforesaid reference thereto being
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378 head mill more fully described, meaning hereby to convey the property
conveyed to their executors by Annie S. pathname by deed dated May 27, 1902
which deed is recorded in the record of land evidences in and for said
town of Charlestown in book 20 page 184, 174. To have and hold the
aforementioned premises, with all the rights, easements and appurtenances
thereto belonging, and subject to the easement or easements hereinafter
mentioned and reserved to units and to the use of the said bounte and
his heirs and assigns forever. And we the said grantors do hereby
for ourselves and for our heirs, executors and administrators covenant
with the said bounte and his heirs and assigns that we are lawfully
seized in fee simple of the said granted premises, that the same are
free from all incumbrances, except the easement or easements
hereinafter mentioned and reserved to, that we have good right full
power and lawful authority to sell and convey the same in manner
as aforesaid, that the said bounte and his heirs and assigns shall
by these premises at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly have
and enjoy the said premises, and that we the said grantors will
and our heirs, executors and administrators shall warrant and
defend the same to the said bounte and his heirs and assigns forever,
against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
And for the consideration aforesaid, we Henrietta G. Braver, husband of
the said Bertha B. Braver, and Bertha B. Braver husband of the said
Evan B. Dennis do hereby release all our right of curtesy in and to
the said granted premises unto the said bounte and his heirs and
assigns forever.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this
20th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and twenty seven.
Executed in presence of
Samuel G. Pound (seal)
Dorothy Pound (seal)
Leeman H. Potter (seal)
Emma S. Henrens (seal)
Granville G. Braver L.S.
Bertha B. Braver L.S.
Eva B. Dennis L.S.
John S. Dennis L.S.
State of Connecticut
County of Windham
For Windham, on the 24 day of October AD 1927, before me
personally appeared John S. Dennis and Eva B. Dennis, his wife both of
them being known to me or known to me by the production of documents
the foregoing instrument and they both acknowledged said instrument
by them executed, to be their free act and deed.
Emma S. Henrens
Notary Public L.S.
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State of Florida
County of Orange
In Orlando on the 20th day of September A.D. 1926 before me
personally appeared Granville H. Brooks and Bertha B. Brooks her wife, both of
them to me known and known by me to be the parties securing this
foregoing instrument, and they both acknowledged said instrument, by
their executes, to be their free act and deed.
Dorothy Brooks
Notary, State of Florida
Notary Public State of Florida at large
my Commission expires Feb 9, 1929, S.S.
State of Florida
County of Orange SS.
I, J. B. M. Robinson, Clerk of the County of Orange, in the state of
Florida and also Clerk of the Circuit Court the same being a Court of
Record of the aforesaid County, having before me a seal, do hereby certify that
Dorothy Brooks before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was taken,
and whose name was subscribed thereto, was at the time of taking same
a Notary Public residing in said county, duly commissioned and sworn
and authorized by the laws of said State to take the proof of or acknowledgment
of deeds and other instruments executing in said state and to
administer oaths or affirmations in said county and that I am
well acquainted with her handwriting and verily believe that her
signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal which is the seal of said Court this 30th day
of Sept 1926.
J. B. M. Robinson
my John Wells
Clerk
D.C.
Received for record October 15th 1926 at 9:20 o'clock A.M.
and recorded by George Moore, Tom Clerk
The undersigned having received one dollar and other considerations
in full payment and satisfaction of a certain mortgage dated March
the 24th 1923 and filed with the Town Records of the Town of Johnston,
Rhode Island, on the 3rd day of April, AD 1923, so far as it relates to a
certain lot or parcel of land lying and being in the Town of
Johnston, County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island
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