US-RNR-ms574 Guide to the Collection of Newport, R.I. deeds1731-1835 (bulk 1761-1800) Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Delmage. Funding for processing and cataloging this collection was provided by the van Beuren Charitable Foundation.

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2015-12-23 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-12-23 English Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) Collection of Newport, R.I. deeds RLC.Ms.574 Redwood Library and Athenaeum
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English 0.1 linear feet (1 folder) (bulk 1761-1800) 1731-1835 Deeds, receipts, memos, and plat maps concerning land in Newport, Rhode Island, particularly on Thames Street. Redwood Library and Athenaeum. Collection of Newport, R.I. deeds Collection information

This collection consists of deeds, receipts, memos, and plat maps concerning land in Newport, Rhode Island, particularly on Thames Street. According to the inventory created by previous Library staff at an unknown date, the first twelve items all refer to the same piece of land on Thames Street, which included a dwelling house and a joiner’s shop. This land passed through various members of the Wickham, Trevett, Dyre, Marchant, and Turner families of Newport, Rhode Island. The remaining items in this collection refer to land sales in New Jersey.

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Collection of Newport, R.I. deeds, RLC.Ms.574, Redwood Library and Athenaeum.

This collection is arranged by the number that was assigned to them by previous Redwood Library Staff members when this collection was placed into the former Steel Cabinet collection.

 Administrative information

Acquisition information is unknown.

Prior to processing in November 2014, this collection was found within the Steel Cabinet Collection: Drawer 14, Folder 3. The contents of this collection were most likely numbered by Library Staff at an unknown time, and it is unapparent why they chose this particular order. The inventory created by Library staff is included with the collection.

 Names Bank of Rhode-Island (Newport, R.I.) Barker, Peleg, 1716-1794 Bland, Elias Brinley, Francis, 1690-1765 Crowell, Mary, fl. 1761 Dockray, James Robinson, 1766-1830 Dyre, Samuel, fl. 1767-1784 Harrison, Benjamin, fl. 1731 Ladd, Susannah, fl. 1731 Marchant, Henry, 1741-1796 Marchant, William, 1774-1857 Stelle, Thomas, fl. 1773 Stutson, Joshua, fl. 1761 Trevett, Eleazar, 1715-1795 Trevett, Sarah, 1731-1815 Turner, William, 1757-1837 Subjects Deeds --Rhode Island--Newport Newport (R.I.)--Land records Types of Materials Deeds Mortgage deeds RIAMCO Browsing Term Rhode Island/Local Interest Receipt from the payment of a mortgage given by Francis Brinley to Joshua Stutson 2 1 1761 Feb 9 Memo referring to a quitclaim given by Francis Brinley to Joshua Stutson 2 [1761] Mortgage deed from Charles Wickham to Eleazar Trevett 3 1766 May 2 Scope and Contents note

Also includes the sale of the mortgage by Charles Wickham to Samuel Dyre (1775 Mar 10), and its subsequent sale by Dyre to Henry Merchant (1784 Nov 17)

 Statement of debt from Eleazar Trevett to Samuel Dyre, Jr. 4 1768 Mar 7 Memo of debts and mortgages owed by Eleazar Trevett to Charles Wickham and Samuel Dyre 5 1767 Jun Warrant for the arrest of Eleazar Trevett on the complaint of Charles Wickham 6 1775 Mar 6 Quitclaim deed from Eleazar Trevett to Henry Marchant 7 1785 Aug 3 Deed of gift from Henry Marchant to William Marchant 8 1796 Apr 18 Quitclaim deed from Sarah Trevett to William Marchant 9 1800 Jan 6 Quitclaim deed from Rebecca Marchant to William Marchant 10 1800 Jan 10 Mortgage deed from the Bank of Rhode Island to James R. Dockray 11 1813 Apr 23 Scope and Contents note

Also includes the sale of the mortgage by the Bank to William Turner (1819 Jun 24)

 Copy of a plat of land 12 1840 Apr 21 Scope and Contents note

Copy by William Turner of an original plat drawn in 1749.

 Deed – Sale of land by Mary Crowell to Peleg Barker 13 1761 Mar 2 Deed – Sale of land by Susannah Ladd to Benjamin Harrison 14 1731 Deed – Sale of land by Thomas Stelle to Elias Bland 15 1773 Sep 7 Plat map of land and property owned by William Turner 16 1835 Oct 10