The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-10-26
THE Petition ofNATHAN BALL,


- of marlborough, in the County afore-
said, Woman, and JOHN HARRIS and JEMI-
MA HARRIS, wife of the said John Harris, of
Newfane, in the County of Windham, in the
State of Vermont, humbly shews,
That they are seised and possessed in COM
mon and undivided with one NATHAN JOHN
SON, of Beflin, in said County, and other per-
sons to your petitioners unknown, Of certain
Real Estate, being the same which was set to
the widow of Nathan Ball, late of said North
borough, deceased, as her dover in the estate
of said Nathan; described as follows, to wit
seven acres and one hundred and thirty-six
rods on the east side of highway in North
borough aforesaid, on which the dwelling
house Of the said Nathan Ball, deceased,
stood at the time of his decease, bounded,
beginning at stake and stones near the we'll,
at the northwest corner, thence running
southerly by the road aforesaid forty rods to
stake and stones, thence .easterly six rods to
heap Of stones, thence southerly IL rods to
heap of stones at land formerly Of John Ball,
| thence northerly by land formerly Of said
John Ball, twenty-seven rods to heap Of
stones, thence northerly nineteen rods and
an half to a stake and stones by an old ches-
nut stump, thence northwesterly By stone
| wall to stake and stones, thence northerly
| by stone wall twenty rods to a stake and
stones, thence westerly by stone wall TWEEN
| ty-two rods TO the first mentioned bound, in
Guiding one half of said dwelling-house and
one half of the cellar under the same.-Also,
i one acre and seVenty-two rods in the rear of
the barn of said Nathan Ball, deceased, in
Guiding one half of said barn on the west
side, bounded, beginning at a stake and
stones, near the northwest corner of said
barn, thence passing northerly by road thir-
ty-three rods to chestnut tree, or where
( chestnut tree formerly stood, thence southerly
twenty-four rods to stake and stones, thence
westerly thirteen rods to the first mentioned
bound.-Also, twenty-five acres and forty
rods of land on the west side of said road,
| beginning at stake and stones, by land for
merly of Deacon Jonathan Livermore, then
/ by land formerly of said Livermore and by
| land formerly of said John Ball, westerly one
hundred and forty rods to heap of stones,
then southery Twenty-Five rods TO heap of
| stones, thence easterly one hundred and eight
rods to heap of stones, thence turning south
| easterly thirteen rods to a heap of stones by
the road, then by said road forty-eight rods to
! the first mentioned bound, including one half
the cider-mill aud house.-Also, sixty five
| ACRES of upland and swamp, lying in Shrews-
| bury, beginning at the mouth of the brook
| that runs out of upper meadow, soscalled, into
rock meadow, so called, thence southery
about thiTty-two rods to a corner of a lot Of
| meadow, in rock meadow. numbered one,
thence running east about nineteen degrees
south, to a stake snd stones, at a corner
Of the lot hereinafter described, thence run
ming west southwest about one hundred and
forty-eight rods to heap of stones, thence
running north Twenty-Five degrees forty-6ve
minutes westerly, about one hundred and
ten rods to a white pine at the northwest
corner, thence running east twenty-four de-
grees north, to a heap of stones, thence
north fen degrees west, twelve rods to heap
of stones, thence north eleven degrees east,
forty-two rods to heap of stones, thence
runs south thirty-seven degrees east, twenty
nine rods to heap of stones, thence runs
southwest to heap of stones, thence turns !
and runs on the southerly and southeasterly |
side of said meadow to the brook running out |
of said meadow, thence by said brook to the |
FIRST mentioned bound at rock meadow.-Also, |
seven acres of meadow and swamp in rock |
meadow, so called, bounded southerly and
southeasterly by upland, northerIy by meadow |
formerly belonging to John Ball, westerly on |
upland. The interest and estate of the said |
Nathan Ball, first named, in the several tracts |
of land above described, being one undivided |
fourth part and one undivided seventh part Of
one undivided fourth part thereof. and the |
interest and estate of the said John Harris |
and Jemima Harris, in right of the said Je-
NINA, being one undivided fourth part there |
OF.
And your petitioners further represent, that |
they cannot conveniently occupy and improve
their said several parts of the real estate afore
said, while the same remains in common and |
undivided as aforesaid. Wherefore they pray |
the Honorable Court aforesaid to cause part- |
ton to be made of the real estate aforesaid, |
and the several shares of the said petitioners |
to be set off to them respectively, in severalty |
And as in duty bound will ever pray.
NATHAN BAIL. Dy thvfr Aetvneys
JOt1N rIARKIS, ~ - o syS
JENNA HARRIS. DAVIS & ALLEN.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.