The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-11-02
EHE Petition of NATHAN BALL


B. of Marlborough, in the County afore
SAID, Yeoman, and JOHN HARRIS and JEmI
MA HARRIS, wife of the said John Harris. O
Newiane, in the County of Windham, in ths
State ofVermont, humbly shews,
That they are seised and possessed in com.
mon and undivided with one NATHAN JOHN.
SON, OF Berlin, in said County. and other per.
sons TO your petitioners unknown, of a certain
Real Estate, being the same which was set Ia
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 a 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 well.
at the northwest corner, thence running
southerly by the road aforesaid forty rods to a
stake and stones, thence easterly six rods to
heap OF stones, thence southerly l2 rods TO a
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 halt TO stake and stones BY an old ches
nut stump, thence northwesterly by a 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-t"o rods TO the first mentioned bound, in
clodine one malt OF said clearinghouse and
one halt OF the cellar under the same.-Also,
one acre and seTenty-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 chesnut tree, or where a
chestnut tree formerly stood, thence southerlv
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.
merry of Deacon Jonathan Ligermore. then
oy land formerly of said LiveTmore and bv
land formerly OF said John Ball, westerly one
hundred and forty rods to heap of stones.
then soulheriy twenty-nine rods 10 heap of
stones, thence easterly one hundred and EIGHT
RODS to heap of stones, thence turning sonfb-
easterly thirteen rods to heap OF stones bv
the road, then by said road forty-eieht rods 70
the first mentioned bound, including one half
the cider-mill aud house.-aIso. sixtv.fve
acres OF upland and swamp, lying in Shrews-
oury, beginning at the mouth Of the brook
mat runs out OF upper meadow, so called, into
rocK meadow, so called, thence southerly
ABOUT 'hirty-two rods to a corner of lot of
meadow, in rock meadow, numbered one.
thence running east about nineteen degrees
south, to stake and stones, at corner
OF the lot hereinafter described, tbeuce run
ning west southwest about one hundred aud
iorty-eight rods to heap of stones, thence
running north twenty-nine degrees forty-Gye
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 heap of stones, thence
north ten degrees west, twelve rods 10 bean
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 brock to the
hrst mentioned bound at rock meadow.-Also.
seven acres of meadow and swamp in rock
meadow, so called, bounded southerly and
southeasterly by upland, northerly 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 parti-
ton to be made of the real estate aforesaid,
and the several shares Of the sad petitioners
TO be set off to them respectively, in severaity.
And as in duty bound will ever pray.
1 NATH4 n,R BaEL' By their Attorneys
JENNA HARRIS. DAVIS q ALIEN
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.