The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-12-03
PROBATE NOTICES.
10 The Honorable Judge IF Probate, for
he County OF CUmBERLArD.

10 the Honorable Judge IF Probate for
he County OF CUMBERLAND.
THE Petition Of AMAsA DCRKEr. Gentleman.
u otherwise called yeoman, Of Yarmouth. IN
the Province Of Nova Scotia. and county Of Shell
buTne, and RUTH DURKEE, wife OF said Amasa
in her right MARY CROKER. widow. of the
same Yarmouth and ABIEL 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, in our County Of Cumberland. woman
deceased, shelceth, that they together with one
John Robbins and Sarah Allen, and Others 70
your petitioners unknown, are heirs ar law 10
the estate Of James Robbins, senior. deceased.
abovenamed and al the time or his death. his-
real estate was appraised at ten dollars his per
sonal at one hundred forty three dollars and
seventy one cents, exclusive Of certain note III
hand, heresf mentioned, 10 wit, a certain
promissory note, dated Aprl 28th, 1907 far
twelve hundred dollars, sgnAd BY Thalfevy
Robbins, and payable to said James, together
with morts &c deed of same date with said
note. from the said Thsdj-us, 70 said James.
were 10 existence al the said Jameis death. and
| unpaid the said lant. mortgaged described as
follows " The whole Of the farm or homeste.l
have this day purchased of said James Robbins
as by has deed to me OF this date appears. with
all buildings thereon said farm lies in North
iarmoHth, IN the county of Cumberland. and "a
! part OF lots numbered sercn eight, and TRENT.
tco. IN the one hundred and twenty acre diyi-
sion, on the west side Of Royals river. and On
the easteriy side OF the county road leading 70
New Gloucester, and consists or sixty acres. and
| eighty eight square rods mxe or ess.n Ana
your petitioners further state that the said not.
was not paid, but the mortgage il now foracoscd.
because possession was given Of the above dey-
cribed premises by said 1haddeus, 10 William
oweetser, administrator on the estate Of said
James Robbins more than three wears since ~
| wit, on the twenty-fith day Of MAY, A. ID. eigh-
teen hundred and nineteen. Your petitioners
| further state, that the following advances have
been made by the said James Robbins, in his life
time, 10 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 tire hundred and one dollars and firelre
cents, TO John Robbins, three hundred irtv. one
dollars, StTfy-fWO cents to Ruth Durkee one ham.
dred fifteen dollars, farty-seren cents, 70 Sarah
Allen, one hundred eighty-one dollars Ten cents to
James Robbins, Jun. four hundred Mfr;,,eigH,
dollars, and TO Abel Robbins three kindred
etghty-one dollars, Sfrenfr-frs 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 petitiopers
pray, that your honour would cause such dis,ri-
button OF the land abovensmcd, to be made
among the heirs of said James Robbins, deceas
ed, as shall to them Of right belong, after de-
ductins the amounts paid them toward their
portion by the said James Robbins, deceased.
ANiASA DURKEE,
RUTH DURKEE. BIZ Samuel Roco,
MARY CROCKER { their 9it,roeu
ABEL ROBBINS.
nj Court Of Probate held at North Yargao,tl ,,;fE
~ and for he county Of Cm5efa,d, on the second
Tuesday Of .Nortmber, in the gear Of our Lord
e'gdtseH hundred and t,r-qfyfco.
UfoN the foregoing petition, Ordered, That The
petitioners give notice to all persons interested.
by causing copy Of their petition. with this or
Ger theresn, TO be published three weeks sue
cessive1y, previous to the third Tuesday or De-
cenber next, in the Portland Gazette and Eas-
tern Argus; that they may then appear at
Probate Court. TO be held at Portland. in said
county, and shew cause, il any they have. whv
the prayer OF the petitioners should not be grant
ed. BARRETr porrpp -
A true Copy petition and order,
Attest, HoRATIo SoUTHGATE, Regr.