The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 9140

12/5/1932 · DEED · book 25 page 228 doc 9140

From MATTHEWS RALPH H, MATTHEWS MARY P life
To MILLER ALICE E life
Premises Two octants and another tract with dwelling house and barn (Quonsetpoint, Charlestown)

Back — where this land came from

will Frank A. Matthews
“under the will of my late father Frank A. Matthews”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
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deed Mary L. Rice book 16 p 357 Charlestown
“deed of Mary L. Rice to Frank A. Matthews et ux date March 12, 1920”
◀ Follow back 1910 · DEED · RICE MARY L → MATTHEWS SUSAN E; MATTHEWS FRANK A · book 16 p 357
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deed Alfred G. and Mary F. Matthews book 15 p 259 Charlestown
“deed of Alfred G. and Mary F. Matthews to Frank A. Matthews dated the 14th day of October, 1905”
◀ Follow back 1906 · DEED · CHAFEE GEORGE W; CHAFEE MARY E → FECTO LECTO; FECTO SUSAN F · book 15 p 259
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Forward — where this land went

Follow forward ▶ 1961 · DEED · PIERCE DECIUS A; PIERCE DECIUS Z → GAMACHE NORMAN E · book 37 p 630
“Below the same premises described in deed of Thomas F. Reilly, dated December 17th, 1935”
cites this instrument as its source · read by gemma

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 · MILLER ALICE E; MILLER LAWRENCE C → SMITH ROBERT J · book 28 p 447
▶ 1941 · MORTGAGE · MILLER ALICE E; MILLER LAWRENCE C → THORP HOWARD E; THORP MARY E · book 28 p 518
▶ 1946 · DEED · MILLER ALICE E; MILLER LAWRENCE C → RODGERS FREDERICK T; RODGERS MARY; ELDREDGE ANN; ELDREDGE ERNEST A; JE · book 30 p 25
▶ 1946 · DEED · MILLER ALICE E; MILLER LAWRENCE C → MAINE BELVA B; MAINE WILSON D · book 30 p 27
▶ 1946 · DEED · MILLER ALICE E; MILLER LAWRENCE C → COUTU JOHN J; COUTU LORAINE · book 30 p 138
▶ 1947 · DEED · MILLER ALICE E; MILLER LAURENCE C; MILLER LAWRENCE C → COVE POINT INC · book 30 p 454
▶ 1950 · DEED · MILLER ALICE E; MILLER LAWRENCE C → CRANDALL C ANNETTE; CRANDALL COLBY H · book 32 p 311

The instrument's own words

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228 I, Ralph H. Matthews of the City and County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island for consideration paid, grant to Alice B. Miller of Orange in the State of New Jersey with WARRANTY COVENANTS All my right, title and interest as tenant in common under the will of my late father Frank A. Matthews in and to the following described property: Two octants or tracts or parcels of land situated at Quonsetpoint in the town of Charlestown in the county of Washington and in the state of Rhode Island; The first of said tracts is bounded and described as follows: northerly by lot number ten and number eleven (11) as delineated on a plat of cottage sites located at Quonsetpoint Point, said plat being on record in the town records of Charlestown in said County, the boundary being on the ground paid by a stone wall, southerly on lot number zing (12) on said plat, easterly by the road from Quonsetpoint Branchway, being lot number ten (10) on said plat of cottage sites; The second of said tracts is bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of cottage lot number ten (10) heretofore described; thence easterly along the line of land now or formerly of Alice B. Miller until it meets a stone wall, thence southerly (40) feet west of the stone wall; thence northerly on a line bpy (40) feet from the stone wall; thence easterly about forty (40) feet to a stone post; thence southerly (125) feet in a straight line until it meets one hundred and twenty five (125) feet from the southeast corner of said lot number ten (10); thence continuing westerly in the same direction about twenty nine (29) feet until it reaches the southwest corner of said lot number ten (10); thence easterly along the northwest bound- ery line of said lot number ten (10); thence easterly or south- easterly along the northerly line of said lot number ten (10) about twenty eight (28) feet to the northeast corner of said lot number ten (10); thence southerly along the line of the said lot number ten (10) from the northeast corner to the beginning; together with right of way, with tenets on and to, and from to and to said lot to the highway near the beach as provided in the deed of the same premises; Being the same two octants or parcels of land described in deed of Mary L. Rice to Frank A. Matthews et ux date March 12, 1920 and recorded in the land records of the town of Charlestown, State of Rhode Island, in book No. 16, page 357. Another certain tract or piece of land, together with dwelling house, barn and other buildings thereon standing, situate at Quonsetpoint Beach, in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, is bounded and described as follows: westerly beginning at northeast corner of said lot at the Beach (leading from Ocean street back Point), thence southerly on a line marked by hand nor corner or formerly of John F. Locnam and wife, about two hundred feet to the southeast corner of said lot (the line being on the ground now’s less), thence running southerly bounded easterly by highway ninety (90) feet to the southeast corner of said lot known or formerly of James Blakely and wife (bounded northerly by a line now or formerly of James Blakely and wife to the southwest corner of said lot at the Beach, about two hundred feet (by the stone wall or hand marks), and finally bounded easterly by said Breach ninety (90) feet to the first mentioned boundary; Being the same tract or piece of land described in deed of Alfred G. and Mary F. Matthews to Frank A. Matthews dated the 14th day of October, 1905 and recorded in the land records of the town of Charlestown, in book 15, page 259. And I, Mary P. Matthews, wife of the grantor release to grantee all my right of dower and all other interest in the aforesaid premises WITNESS our hands here this 3rd day of December 1932. (INTERNAL REVENUE STAMP, $2.00) STATE OF RHODE ISLAND County of Providence On Providence in the 3rd day of December, 1932 before me personally appeared Ralph H. Matthews and Mary P. Matthews to me known and by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument, and they acknowledged said instrument by them exece- cuted, to be their free act and deed. RALPH H. MATTHEWS MARY P. MATTHEWS JOHN W. BAKER Notary Public. Received for record December 5th, A. D. 1932, at 5:25 o'clock, p. m., and recorded by [Signature], Town Clerk.

The page as recorded

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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.