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6/1/1931 · MORTGAGE · book 24 page 423 doc 8883

From RATHBUN JOHN L life, RATHBUN YVONNE E
To LEARNED HERMAN E
Premises 12,200 square feet · Lot with buildings known as Seven-Seven (Charlestown, Baltic Office road)

Back — where this land came from

deed executors of the estate of Thomas L. Cornwell book 27 p 178 Westerly
“conveyed to the executors of the said estate by a deed dated June 1st, 1831”
the cited instrument is not in the index we hold (other_town)
read by: gemma

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

◀ 1931 · DEED · LEONARD HERMAN E; LEONARD ELISABETH H → RATHBUN YVONNE E; RATHBUN JOHN L · book 24 p 422

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

▶ 1938 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · LEARNED HERMAN E → SNOW NANCY E; SNOW RUTHERFORD H · book 24 p 138
▶ 1944 · DEED · LEARNED ELISABETH H; LEARNED HERMAN E → FINLAYSON ROBERT K · book 29 p 266
▶ 1946 · DEED · LEARNED ELIZABETH H; LEARNED HERMAN E → LEWIS RAY C; SHANLEY DOROTHY M M · book 30 p 2
▶ 1947 · DEED · LEARNED ELIZABETH H; LEARNED HERMAN E → CRANDALL C ANNETTE; CRANDALL COLBY H · book 30 p 416
▶ 1947 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · LEARNED HERMAN E → BALLARD ELEANOR; BALLARD W IRVING · book 23 p 508
▶ 1954 · RELEASE · LEARNED ELIZABETH H; LEARNED HERMAN E → LEWIS RAY C; SHANLEY DOROTHY M M · book 30 p 4

The instrument's own words

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423 Hubert D. S. Patchden Notary Public Received for record June 1, 1931 at 12 M. and recorded by Luther L. Brown Town Clerk Know all men by these presents, That John L. Patchden and Yvonne E. Patchden, husband and wife, of the Town of Stormington, county of New London state of Connecticut, for consideration paid, grant to Eleanor G. Leonard of the Town of Charlestown, county of Washington and state of Rhode Island, with the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging, to have and to hold the property of Party described as ($20,000.00) Twenty thousand dollars on demand with interest and tax (6%) six per centum per annum, payable semi annually, with the principal, together with interest accrued in installments mortgaged by a promissory note of even date herewith Said land consists of a lot situated in the town of Charlestown, County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island, as follows: Western traction on parcel of James, together with the buildings and improvements thereon and including, attached to said property and known as Seven-Seven, encompassing this coordinate corner of Lot 146 on "case of tailings" Plan filed by the Bakeries, Boston, as the same is known as Baltic Office road in said Charlestown, then easterly one hundred twenty fifty (250) feet to the highway; thence southeasterly along said highway forty five (45) feet; thence southeasterly along said boundary southerly fifty (50) feet to the southeast corner of said lot; then thence Northwesterly forty five (45) feet to the Northwest corner. Bounding by estimation 12,200 square feet more or less. Saving the same premises reserved and excepted from the by this mortgage may be deed of sale date herewith, is to be recorded in the Town of Clerk of Town and Town of Charlestown. The mortgage is approved upon the Statutory Commission and with the Statutory Lien of State. Witness our hands this first day of June, 1931 (Signed) Hubert D. S. Patchden (seal) Yvonne E. Patchden (seal) (Signed) Henry S. Harris State of Rhode Island } County of Washington, }
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424 [Margin note: The said property being part of the land of the estate of Thomas L. Cornwell, deceased, and having been conveyed to the executors of the said estate by a deed dated June 1st, 1831, which is recorded in Book 27, page 178 of the land evidence records of the town of Westerly.] --- personally this twenty third day of June, 1831 before me personally appeared Dobin L. Rothbund and Jane E. Rothbund, who being known and admitted to me to be the parties executing the fore- going instrument, and they acknowledged signed and delivered, by them executed, to be their free and act deed. Warded H. Rothbund Dobry Public Recorded for record June 1, 1831 at 12:05 PM. recorded by Leland L. Brown Town Clerk Gov'r For details of above mentioned see Book 27. (Page 178) Thomas L. Cornwell, Jr., Lyndon Cornwell and Westerly Washington County Company, as Executors of and Trustees under the Last Will and Testament of Thomas L. Cornwell, deceased, for consideration paid, grant to William H. Howes, residing at 112 Chamber Street, Westerly, R.I. with rights heirs and assigns forever all that certain lot and parcel of land situated, bounded and being within the Town of Westerly (Charlestown) County of Washington, state of Rhode Island, together with all the buildings and improvements located thereon, and all other real and personal property, located within said land, as described as follows: beginning on the south bound corner on the east side of Cornwell's road, and running thence in a southeasterly direction ninety feet to the lands of the Estate of Thomas L. Cornwell one hundred eighty seven and thirty one hundredths feet (187.31) (48.30) to a stone bound; thence running a right angle and running northerly one hundred fifty (150) feet to a stone bound; thence running at interior angle,

The page as recorded

No page image on Zara for this instrument (the portal holds it: book 24 page 423).

deed_walker_v1.9_2026-10-10 · the index is the town's own (i2l.uslandrecords.com); transcripts, chains and the assessor's cards are the Perry Machine's reading of it. Where the record we hold runs out, the page says so.