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  2. National Register of Historic Places listings in Cranston ...

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    April 24, 1973 (Bounded roughly by Bayside, S. Atlantic, and Ocean Aves., the Pawtuxet and Providence rivers, and Post Rd.: Cranston: 15: Potter-Remington House ...

  3. List of the oldest buildings in Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    Cranston c. 1655: 1886 Arthur Fenner House (c. 1655) in Cranston, demolished 1886; John Smith House Warwick Before 1663 1779 Built by Colonial president John Smith; Razed in 1779 [18] Epenetus Olney House North Providence c. 17th century: by 1900 Stone ender was one of oldest houses in North Providence until its demolition in 1900

  4. Samuel Cranston - Wikipedia

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    Samuel Cranston (1659–1727) was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations during the first quarter of the 18th century. He held office from 1698 to 1727, being elected to office 30 times (twice in 1698) and served as governor longer than any other individual in the history of both the colony and the state of Rhode Island.

  5. Cranston, Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    Cranston, formerly known as Pawtuxet, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The official population of the city in the 2020 United States Census was 82,934, making it the second-largest city in the state. The center of population of Rhode Island is located in Cranston. [6] Cranston is a part of the Providence metropolitan ...

  6. List of early settlers of Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    The first group of 58 names appears to be settlers of Pocasset (later Portsmouth), while the second group of 42 appears to be settlers of Newport. These two lists come from Bartlett's Records of the Colony of Rhode Island, and apparently they were compiled and incorporated into the town records of Newport on November 25, 1639. The actual ...

  7. Land registration - Wikipedia

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    The Land Registry has been dealing with the registration of all transactions (purchase, sale, mortgage, remortgage and other burdens) concerning registered land since 1892, and issued land certificates which are a state guarantee of the registered owner's good title up to 1 January 2007. Land Certificates have been abolished by virtue of ...

  8. Roger Williams Park - Wikipedia

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    The land for the park was a gift to the people of Providence in 1872, in accordance with the will of Betsey Williams, the last descendant of Roger Williams to inherit his land. It had been the family farm and was the last of the original land granted to Roger Williams in 1638 by Canonicus, chief of the Narragansett tribe. The family farmhouse ...

  9. Recording (real estate) - Wikipedia

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    Thus, if Oscar purports to sell a piece of land to Alice for $100,000, and the next day purports to sell exactly the same piece of land to Bob for another $100,000, then whichever of the two buyers is the first to reach the recording office and have the sale recorded will be deemed the owner of the property.