Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-02-23

TO THE HoNORABLE THE JUSTICES OF THE
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS HOLDEN AT PORT
LAND, IN AND FOR TIE COUNTY of CUMBER-
LAND, ON Tbs THIRD TUESDAY OF OCTOBER,
IN The YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND
EIGHT HUNDRED.
II Vie Petition OF Edward Oxnard Of fAid Portland,
merchant, ana Mary Oxnard, wife OF the faid Ed
ward, in her ght, and Daniel Fox, Charles Fox, John
Fox, Sarah Fox Caroline Fox, George Fox and Rebecca
Femming Fox all of lad Portland, heirs Of lohn Fox
late OF iad Portland Equre deceard and minors under
the age OF twenty who petition by Sarah Fox
iaid Portland, Widow their Guar dian and friend
Humby se~s, that your petitioners intersfed in
and ltand ieIzed IN fee tenants IN commons moi
ETY. to the aid heirs Of John Fox and the other moey
TO the iald Oxnard and wife, in her right, Vt par
cells OF Land usted in faid Portland the irlt where
of is bounced fellows Beginning fake 4ndng in
the northery ide of Fore-Street, the mott ealtery
corner of the lot of Land whereon the laid Oxnard
now lives thence norrhweaery by faid Oxnard's Land
to the mott northerly corner thereof; thence noTth-
welerly by iaid Lot to COdnlan's Land thence by
iaid Codmdns Land orthweterly panforrh- Street
thence by lad DanfOrt s-Strcet about four rods to
Col Waites Land thence by lad Waites Land GUuth-
ealtery twenty rods to Fore-5lreet thence by faid
Fore-Street to the fra bound The iecond parcel be-
gins at take Handing in the northery de Of Fore
Street, TX rods from the luuihwtlfery hde Of Eth.
Street; thence northwclterly coure parallel with
tiihStreet by Mr.. kellogg land, eleven and a hall
adjoining lald Keogg's Land fix rods Ffh-Street
thence by iaid Filth street four rods TO land belonging
10 William Widgery Eiq thence by faid Widgery's
Land on cQuIIe Ioulh LXty nine degrees wea eleven
and half rods 10 cake thence iouth twenty two
and half degrees ea feveneen rods aRd fur Inks to
Fore ftreet; thence north fifty nine degrees ea adoin
ing Fore-ftreet TO he firm bound And your Petition
ers further hew th4t they arc inlereted in and And
e1zed IN ter tenants in wGh Lucy Greenleaf
OF NewburyPcrt IN the county OF EfIex, Widow Tone
moiety TO the iad Lucy quArertO tie laid O1nard
and wife "a her right, and th- other quar- the laid
heirs oil John Fox OF oher parcels Of land hTuatcd
IN laid Portls nd the rt whereof IL bounded a. fol-
lows, viz-Beg ming ltake tAnding in the norther-
hde Of Dantorlh hree the outhery corner Of land
belonging 10 the heirs Of The late Benjamin Mudey
thence north leventy degrees and three quarters
welt TO PeaiaH itrett thence adj ming Pezaut rcct
two hundred and fifty four feet and three quarters
fake thence iuuth fifteen degrees eait hundred
and lcvcnty two feet DaniOrth-lree thence adoin
ing Danforth-lt the frit bound The lecond par
eel beginning fake Handing the noftherly hde Of
Peaiant Greet at the loarhery OF and belong ny
TO the heirs "a fad Muiey thence north teventy two
degrees and three quaeters wet adjoining fad Muf
ieys Landone hundred and Fifty feet to fake; thence
fouh fifteen degrees we(t fifty eight feet to axe
thence iouth fifteen degrees ei1 10 Pieafant-aTcet
thence adjoining laid Pcaiant-aree the fra bound
And that your petitioners are dehrous ID holding
their faid properties Of the above decribed land N few
crafty Wherefore your petitioners pray thar the
hrtt deicrbed parcels of land may be divided and let
off, moiety 10 the faiI Oxuard aad wife, and the
other moety the Eld heirs az John Fox and thar
the two lait dccribed parces Ut land M he divided
and quarter thereof et OF the aid Oxnard and
wife, and one quarter the fad heirs Of John Fox
10 hold the fame in fevcray sgreeably "a The law III
that cafe made and provided And as ia duty bound
ihaIl ever pray, by