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2/8/1945 · DEED · book 29 page 365 doc 953@29/365

From BROWN FRED N
To CLARKE THELMA B
Premises parcel bounded by Atlas Corporation and Gladys T. Brown (Charlestown)
Index description SEE INSTRUMENT
Also on this page: DEED COLVIN ALANSON B

Back — where this land came from

deed Joseph B. Tucker book 13 p 361 Charlestown
“premises conveyed by deed of Joseph B. Tucker to my mother, the late Sarah E. Brown”
the cited instrument is not in the index we hold (not_in_index)
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heir
“Grantor having acquired one-third of said premises by inheritance”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
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deed Frank R. Brown book 26 p 279 Charlestown
“one-third by deed from Frank R. Brown”
◀ Follow back 1936 · DEED · PROSSER ISAAC T → PROSSER HAROLD T · book 26 p 279
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The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1936 · DEED · BROWN EDITH K; BROWN FRANK R → BROWN FRED M · book 26 p 269

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

▶ 1957 · DEED · CLARKE JEAN M; CLARKE ROBERT N; CLARKE THELMA B EST → CLARKE BERTRAM · book 35 p 637
▶ 1948 · MORTGAGE · CLARKE THELMA B → WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY · book 31 p 303
▶ 1949 · MORTGAGE · CLARKE THELMA B → WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY · book 32 p 21

The instrument's own words

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365 unmarried, I, FRED N. BROWN, of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, for consideration paid, grant to THELMA B. CLARKE, of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, with QUIT-CLAIM COVENANTS, All my right, title and interest in and to that certain parcel or tract of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, bounded and described as follows: Northerly and easterly by premises of Atlas Corporation; southerly and westerly by premises of Gladys T. Brown. Meaning and intending to hereby convey all my right, title and interest in and to the premises conveyed by deed of Joseph B. Tucker to my mother, the late Sarah E. Brown said deed bearing date of May 29th, 1997 and recorded in Records of Land Evidence, said Town of Charlestown, Book No. 13 at Pages 361 and 382. The Grantor having acquired one-third of said premises by inheritance and one-third by deed from Frank R. Brown; said last mentioned deed bearing date of February 10, 1936 and recorded in Records of Land Evidence, said Town of Charlestown, Book No. 26, at Page 279. The consideration of this deed is less than One Hundred Dollars. WITNESS my hand this 8th day of February, 1945. FRED N. BROWN STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, ETC.) County of Washington } } In Charlestown on the 8th day of February, 1945 before me personally appeared Fred N. Brown, to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged said instrument, by him executed, to be his free act and deed. LINTON L. BROWN Notary Public Received for record February 8th, A. D. 1945 at 4:00 o'clock p. m., and recorded by Town Clerk
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and upon the terms and provisions therein contained and expressed and not otherwise. Within six months from the date of the execution and delivery of this supplemental instrument the Telephone Company will file with the Trustees a written statement in such detail as the Trustees may require, setting forth a full and accurate description of such parcels of real estate as are owned by it on said date and have been acquired by it subsequent to the date of the execution of the mortgage, and providing that such parcels of real estate have been heretofore or are being subjected to the liens of said First Mortgage by the terms and conditions of said First Mortgage, and provided further, that if any of the Telephone Company has heretofore furnished to the Trustees a description of any such parcels of real estate, such parcels may be omitted from the description to be furnished pursuant to this agreement. These presents are intended to be construed as a supplemental deed complementary to but not inconsistent with the limitations and terms contained in the said First Mortgage heretofore executed for the purpose. For the purpose of facilitating the recording hereof these presents may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be and shall be taken to be an original, all constituting one and the same instrument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company has caused its corporate name to be hereunto subscribed by J. E. Harrell, its President, and its corporate seal to be affixed thereto and attested by its Secretary, therefore both duly authorized, on the first day of February, 1945. NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY (Corporate Seal) By J. E. Harrell President Attest: O. J. Ives Secretary Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of W. A. Wilkins The Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Suffolk, ss: On this first day of February, 1945, before me appeared J. E. Harrell, to me personally known, who, being duly sworn did say that he is President of New England Telephone and Telegraph Company and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said Corporation and that he had executed the same in behalf of said Corporation by authority of its Board of Directors, and said J. E. Harrell acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said Corporation. On the first day of February, 1945, personally appeared the above named J. E. Harrell, President of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company as aforesaid, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed in his said capacity, and the free act and deed of said corporation in his said capacity. In Boston, this first day of February, 1945, before me personally appeared J. E. Harrell, to me known and by me to be the person who, in his capacity as President executed the foregoing instrument in the name of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, said company, and he acknowledged said instrument by his so executed to be his free act and deed in his said capacity, and the free act and deed of said company, and on oath stated that said instrument was so executed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation and that the seal of said corporation was affixed thereto by like authority. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at the City of Boston, in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this first day of February, in the year 1945. My notarial commission expires Nov 12, 1948. ARCHIE W. FAWOUR (Notarial Seal) Notary Public. Received for record February 10th, A. D. 1945 at 1:00 o'clock, P. M. and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk

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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.