The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-11-26
PROBATE NOTICES.
TO the Honorable Judge Of Probate, for

he County or CUMBERLAND.
THE Petition of AMAsA DURKEE. Gentleman,
otherwise called yeoman, of Yarmouth, in
the Province Of Nova-Scotia, and county Of Shell
bu ne, and RUTa DURKEE, wife Of said Anasa
in her right MARY CROKER. widow, OF the
same Yarmouth aud Abel ROBBINS, of the
county of Annapolis in said Province, gentle
man, the three last named ali children and heirs
at law, of James Robbins, Sen'r. Of North Var
mouth, 10 our County of Cumberland, yeoman,
deceased, sheweth, that they together with one
John Robbins and Sarah Allen, and others TO
your petitioners unknown, are heirs at law to
the estate of James Robbins, senior, deceased,
abovenamed and at the time Of his death, bis
real estate appraised at ten dollars, his per
sonal at one bundled forty three dollars and
seventy one cents, exclusive of a certain note Of
hand, hereafter mentioned, 10 wit. a certain
promissory note. dated April 23th, 1907 for
twelve hundred dollars, signed by Ihaddeus
Robbins, and payable To said James, together
with a mortgage deed Of same date, with said
note. from the said Thaddeus, to said James,
were in existence at the said James death, and
unpaid the said land mortgaged described as
follows '''The whole Of the farm or homestead,
have this day purchased Of said James Robbins,
as by his deed TO me of this date appears with
all buildings thereon said farm lies in North.
Yarmouth in the county Of Cumberland. and is
part Of lots numbered screen eight, and tlcenty-
taoo, in the one hundred and twenty acre divi-
sion. on the west side of Royals river, and on
the easterly side Of the county road leading to
New Gloucester and consists Of sixty acres. and
eighty eight square rods more or Tess" And
your petitioners further state, that the said note
was not paid, eut the mortgage j. now fore closed,
because possession was given Of the above des-
oribed premises by said Thaddeus, to William
Sweet-er. administrator on the estate of said
ia mes Robbins, more than three years since to
wit, on The twenty-fhh day Of May, A. ID. eigh-
teen hundred aad nineteen. Your petitioners
fur Their state, that the following advances have
been made by the said James Robbins, in his life
time, TO the following persons, as part Of their
portion of his estate, and by him charged as
such To wit, TO Mary, otherwise called Molly
Croker, tlco hundred and one dollars and ticelrs
cents, to John Robbins, three Mundred sirfy-one
dollars Sirty-tl0o cents, to Ruth Durkee one hun
dred fifteen dollars, f0Tfy-seUen cents, 10 Sarah
Allen one hundred eigtty-one dollars Ten cents 70
James Robbins, Jun. four hundred hirfy-e5ght
dollars, and to Abel Robbins three hundred
eighty-one dollars, seuenty-fire cents. Whereby
il appears, that some Of the said children and
heirs, have received their full portion Of their
said fathers estate, & more & others have not
received theirs. Wherefore your petitioners
pray, that your honour would cause such distri-
button OF the lahd aOoVenamed, TO be made
among the heirs of said james Robbins, deceas-
ed, as shall to them Of right belong, after de-
Quoting the amounts paid them toward their
portion, by the said ames Robbins, deceased.
AMASA DURKEE,
RUTH DURKEE, [ BIZ Samuel Bacon
MARY CROCKER, their .4ttoraey
ABEL ROBBINS,
AT Court Of Probate, held at North Yarmouth NTH
IN and for the county Of Cumberland. on the second
Tuesday Of -NousHl6er, IN the gear Of our Lard
elghtsen hundred and tlCeaty-tigo.
UPON the foregoing petition, Ordered, That the
petitioners give notice to all persons Interested
by causing copy Of their petition with this or
der thereon, to be published three weeks sue
cessiFely, previous to the third Tuesday Of De-
ceDiber next, in the Portland Gazette aud Eas-
tern Argus that they may then appear al !.
Probate Court, to be held at Portland, in said
county, aud shew cause, if any they have, why
the prayer of the petitioners should not be grant
ed. BARRETT POTTER, Judge.
true Copy ofpettion and order,
Attest, HoRArIo SourHGArE, Regr.