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12/23/1931 · MORTGAGE · book 25 page 59 doc 8996

From CHURCH CLARENCE W, CHURCH ESTHER E life
To MORRIS PLAN CO OF RHODE ISLAND
Premises approx 3/4 of an acre · Two tracts in Hopkinton and one tract in Testerly/Charlestown (Potter Hill, Hopkinton, Testerly, Charlestown, Bradford Road)

Back — where this land came from

deed Annie W. Alexander book 37 p 145 Hopkinton
“conveyed to the mortgagors by Annie W. Alexander by deed dated July 25, 1951”
the cited instrument is not in the index we hold (other_town)
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deed Henry J. Reed and wife book 22 p 496 Charlestown
“conveyed to the mortgagor by Henry J. Reed and wife by a deed dated May 1, 1952”
◀ Follow back 1927 · DEED · READ HENRY G; REED LOUISA W → CHURCH CLARENCE W; CHURCH ESTHER E · book 22 p 496
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deed The Dullton Granite Company book 21 p 295 Charlestown
“conveyed to the mortgagors by The Dullton Granite Company by deed dated March 1st 1923”
◀ Follow back 1924 · DEED · CROSS GEORGE W; CROSS MARIA G → BURDICK ALVAH L · book 21 p 295
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The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1930 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · CHAPMAN MARTHA A → CHURCH CLARENCE W; CHURCH ESTHER E · book 23 p 120
◀ 1927 · DEED · READ HENRY G; REED LOUISA W → CHURCH CLARENCE W; CHURCH ESTHER E · book 22 p 496

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

▶ 1934 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · MORRIS PLAN CO OF RHODE ISLAND → BRIGHTMAN CHARLES S; BRIGHTMAN ALICE M · book 25 p 54
▶ 1937 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · MORRIS PLAN CO OF RHODE ISLAND → CHURCH CLARENCE W; CHURCH ESTHER E · book 25 p 62

The instrument's own words

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59 STATE of RHODE ISLAND ) COUNTY of WASHINGTON ) In Hopkinton on the 10th day of November, A. D. 1931, before me personally appeared ALFRED J. RICHARD to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged said instrument by Him executed to be his free act and deed. THOMAS W. LONGMAN, Notary Public. Received for record, December 14th, A. D. 1931, at 9:35 A. M., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk. We, CLARENCE W. CHURCH and ESTHER M. CHURCH, husband and wife, both of the Town of Charlestown, in the County of Washington, in the State of Rhode Island, herein- after called the mortgagors, in consideration of the sum of One Thousand ($1000.) Dollars, to us paid by THE MORRIS PLAN COMPANY OF RHODE ISLAND, a Corporation organized and exist- ing under the laws of the State of Rhode Island, with a place of business at #30 High Street, Westerly, Rhode Island, hereinafter called the mortgagee, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said mort- gagees, and its successors and assigns forever, Two certain parcels or tracts of land located at or near the village of Potter Hill, aforesaid, in the Town of Hopkinton, in said County, bounded and described as follows: FIRST TRACT. A certain tract or parcel of land with the house and other improvements there- on located on the easterly side of the highway leading from Potter Hill Bridge to the town line of Hopkinton, being foundly prior to the Ashaway and Westerly Railroad boundary, and described as follows: Begin- ning at a stone pin drive into the ground at a point on the south- side of the highway, thence running easterly forty feet more or less or conveyed, thence running southerly four hundred forty feet more or less to an iron pipe driven into the ground near a dump pipe driven into the ground near a pump, thence running southerly 400 feet more or less to an iron pipe driven into the ground, thence from the premises hereby conveyed, thence running westerly 400 feet more or less to an iron pipe driven into the ground at the lowest point of the slope of the highway, thence running northwesterly thence running northerly along said highway 400 feet more or less to the point and place of beginning. Bounded northerly by land of aforesaid, northerly by lands of Mari R. Barber and Wife, easterly by lands of [illegible] and southerly by land of Linden L. Coombe Coombs and wife. The above described premises are subject to an easement in favor of the PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY of Rhode Island extending across said premises from its southernly and southerlyside. SECOND TRACT. A certain tract or parcel of land located directly across the aforementioned highway from the first tract heretofore described Beginning at an iron pipe driven into the ground at the northeast corner of the premises hereby conveyed, thence running westerly at right angles to said highway 400 feet more or less to said highway, thence running to the above highway aforesaid, thence running southerly 400 feet more upstream to land of Linden F. Coombe and Wife, thence running easterly to the highway aforesaid, thence running northerly 400 feet more or less to the point and place of beginning. Bounded northerly by land of R. Barber and Wife, and northerly by the Westerly Railroad River, southerly by land of Linden F. Coombe and Wife, and Easterly by the highway aforesaid. Said two tracts being the same conveyed to the mortgagors by Annie W. Alexander by deed dated July 25, 1951 and recorded in Book 37 page 145 of the Town of Hopkinton Records of Deeds. Also, another tract or parcel of land lying and being partly in the Town of Testerly and partly in the Town of Charlestown, in said County and state,
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60 and bounded and described as follows: to wit: containing approx- imately 3/4 of an acre or thereabouts bounded on the North by land of Sullivan Granite Company, on the East by the old highway now known as the Bradford Road, on the South by land of Joseph Morena, and on the West by land of the said mortgagor, by these bounds, or however else wise bounded. Being the same premises conveyed to the mortgagor by Henry J. Reed and wife by a deed dated May 1, 1952 and recorded in Book 22 page 496 of the Town of Charlestown land evidence. Said premises are subject only to a prior mortgage to the Westerly Savings Bank and loan dated September 2, 1950, extended by deed dated August 14, 1951 and recorded in maid Town of Charlestown land evidence Book 22 page 494 in said land evidence Continuation Book 36 page 823, and said Westerly land evidence Book 25 page 113. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforementioned premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging, unto and to the use of the said mortgagee, and its successors and assigns, forever. AND WE, the said mortgagors, do hereby, for ourselves and for our heirs, executors, and administrators covenant with the said mortgagee, its successors and assigns, that we are lawfully seized in fee simple of the said granted premises; that the same are free from all incumbrances except as above mentioned, that we have good right, full power and lawful authority to sell and convey the same in manner as afore- said; that the said mortgagee, and its successors and assigns, shall by these presents at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly have and enjoy the said premises, and that we, the said mortgagors, will, and our heirs, executors, and administrators, shall, warrant and defend the same to the said mortgagee, and its successors and assigns for- ever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons. And for the consideration aforesaid, we, the said mortgagors, do hereby release all our rights of dower or curtesy and any or all other statutory rights which we may have in and to the said granted premises unto the said mortgagee, and its suc- cessors and assigns, forever. PROVIDED, NEVERTHELESS, that this conveyance is made upon the express condition, that if the said mortgagors, their heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, shall pay unto the said mortgagee or its successors or assigns, the sum of One Thousand Dollars, wherefore the said mortgagors have made their negotiable promissory note, for said aggregate sum, bearing even date with these presents, and made payable to the order of THE MOUNT PLEASANT COMPANY OF RHODE ISLAND in installments, with interest, as provided in said note, and shall also pay all taxes and assessments of every kind levied or assessed upon or in respect of said premises, then this deed, as also said promissory note, shall become and be absolutely void to all intents and purposes whatsoever. BUT IF DEFAULT shall be made in the payment of said note or of any install- ment or installments of said principal sum or of said interest at the time or times or in the manner required by said note or of the taxes aforesaid as the sums become payable, or of any or either of them or any part thereof, or if breach shall be made of the covenant for insurance or of any other covenant herein contained, or if breach shall be made of any covenant or condition contained in any prior mortgage on said premises, or any part thereof, then it shall be lawful for the said mortgagee, its successors or assigns, to sell together or in parcels, all and the singular, and the premises hereby granted or intended to be granted, or any part or parts thereof, and the benefit and equity of redemption of the said mortgagors and their heirs, executors and adminis- trators and assigns, therein, at public auction upon the premises, and to bid for and be become the purchaser or purchasers at any such sale (and no other purchaser or purchas- ers shall be answerable for the application of the purchase money) first giving notice of the time and place of sale or publishing the same at least once each week for three
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61 successive weeks in any newspaper published in said County of Washington, R. I., with power to adjourn such sale from time to time, provided that The publishing of said notice shall be continued, together with a notice of the adjournment or adjournments, at least once each week in the same newspaper; and in its own name or as the attorney of the said mortgagors (for that purpose by these presents duly authorized and appointed with full power of substitution and revocation), to make, execute and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers at such sale a good and sufficient deed or deeds of sale or deeds of premises in fee simple, and to receive the proceeds of such sale or sales, and from such proceeds to retain all sums hereby secured, whether due then or due to fall due thereafter, or the part thereof then remain- ing unpaid, and also the interest hereby secured, together with all expenses incident to such sale or sales, or for making deeds hereunder, and for fees of counsel and attorney, and all costs or expenses incurred in the exercise of such powers and all taxes, assessments and pre- miums for insurance, if any, either heretofore paid by the said mortgagee, its successors and assigns, or then remaining unpaid, upon said granted premises, and apply said proceeds in payment of said sums, rendering and paying the surplus of said proceeds of sale, if any there be, over and above the amounts so to be retained and applied as aforesaid, together with a true and particular account of such sale or sales, expenses and charges, to the said mortgagors, their heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, which sale or sales made as aforesaid shall forever be a perpetual bar both in law and equity against the said mortgagors, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, and all persons claiming said premises, so sold, by, from or under them, or of any of them. And AND the said mortgagors, for themselves and for their heirs, executors, administra- tors and assigns, hereby covenant with the said mortgagee, and its successors and assigns, that they will upon request execute such deed or deeds confirmatory of said sale or sales as may be required. AND FURTHERMORE, the said mortgagors, for themselves and fo: their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, administrators and assigns, hereby covenant with the said mortgagee, and its successors and assigns, that insurance against loss by fire shall be kept and maintained upon the buildings on the premises aforesaid, in such office or offices as the said mortgagee, and its succes- ors and assigns shall approve, in a sum not less than twenty four hundred Dollars, and that the policy or policies for be at least One Thousand Dollars of such insurance shall be assigned and transferred, or made payable in case of loss, to the said mortgagee, or its successors or assigns, as collateral security hereto, and in default thereof, hereby agree that the said mortgagee, or its successors or assigns, may effect such insurance in the name of the said mortgagors, and their heirs and assigns, payable in case of loss to the said mortgagee and its successors or assigns, and that the premium or premiums paid therefor shall be a further charge upon said granted premises, secured by these Presents. AND FURTHERMORE, the mortgagors, for themselves and for their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, hereby covenant with the mortgagees, its successors and assigns, that in the event of the purchase by the said mortgagee of any prior mortgage on the premises, such sums as may be expended by said mortgagee, its successors or assigns, in securing said prior mortgage in excess of the amount secured by said prior mortgage shall be secured by this mortgage. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 22nd day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty one. Signed and Sealed in Presence of: HENRY HAWKES CLARENCE W. CHURCH (seal) EDISON E. CHURCH (seal) STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, etc. &c.) COUNTY OF WASHINGTON, Sc.)
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62 In Jamestown easterly on the 22nd day of December, A. D. 1931, before me personally appeared Clarence T. Church and Esther M. Church to me known and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument, and they acknowledged said instrument by them executed, to be their free act and deed. CLARKE N. RICHARDSON Notary Public. Received for record December 23, 1931 at 9:35 o'clock A. M. and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk. THE NORRIS PLAN COMPANY OF RHODE ISLAND, having received full payment and satisfaction of the within mortgage recorded in the Records of Land Evidence in the Town of Hopkinton and Town of Charlestown, in the State of Rhode Island, in Book 129, page 147, and Book 129, page 59, hereby cancels and discharges the same; and covenants to and with the person making said payment, that it is the present power of the said THE NORRIS PLAN COMPANY, to grant, release, and forever quit claim to the said mortgagor, or his heirs, its corporate seal to be affixed by Howard S. Gladding Secy and Gen Mgr, Kenneth A. Burdick its Asst Mgr, therefore duly authorized, this 22nd day of June A. D. 1933 THE NORRIS PLAN COMPANY OF RHODE ISLAND By Howard S. Gladding, Secy & Gen'l Mgr. Kenneth A. Burdick, Asst. Secy & Mgr. Atove discharge received for record November 11th, A. D. 1937 at 1:00 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that We, HENRY GEORGE READ and LAVISA WHIDDON READ, husband wife, both of the Town of Charlestown, in the County of Washington in the the State of Rhode Island, hereinafter called the mortgagors, in consideration of the sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars, to us paid by THE NORRIS PLAN COMPANY of Rhode Island, a Corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Rhode Island, hereinafter called the mortgagee, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said mortgagee, and its successors and assigns forever, That certain parcel of tract of land with the dwelling house, buildings and other improvements thereon, situate, town in the town of Charlestown in said County of Washington, and containing by estimate ten (10) acres, be the same more or less, and more or less specifically described as follows, viz: starting ginning at the highway and bounding home bounding southerly, westerly and northerly on land of Henry Read, and on the body of Henry Read's heirs, deceased, and easterly on the highway public, or however otherwise the said highway bereaved over way’s’ the said premises being the same premises premises which were conveyed to the mortgagors by The Dullton Granite Company by deed dated March 1st 1923 and recorded in Land Evidence records of said Charlestown, Book No. 21 page 295; the which deed, and the other deeds therein referred to, are here by incorporated into and made a part hereof by fuller or more particular description of the premises and estate hereby conveyed. Said premises are subject only to two prior mortgages to the Industrial Trust Company, Providence, R. I., aggregating $1,500., the first being by deed dated September 13, 1922 and recorded in Book 14 page 207 of the Charlestown Land Providence, for the sum of $1,000., and the second by deed dated October 21, 1931 recorded in Book 25 page 12 of said Charlestown Land Evidence for the sum of $500. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforementioned premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances belonging unto and to the use of the said mortgage, and its successors and assigns, forever. AND WE, the said mortgagors, do hereby, for ourselves and for our heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant with the said mortgagee, its successors and assigns, that we are lawfully seized in fee simple of the said granted premises; that the same are free from

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