The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-01-30
70 the Honorable the Justices

of the Court Of Common Pleas next to be
holden at Worcester. within and for the
County of Worcester, on the second Mon
day of March, A. d 1896:
ED E@PECTFULLY represent, JOHN II
E@, BRIGHAM, Of Townsend. in the Coun-
ty Of Wndham and State ofYermont, Yeoman,
EBENEZER BRIGHAM of Townsend. afore-
said, Yeoman, and JUDITH wife of the said
EbeneZer. ASA DEAN. of Bakersfield. in the
County of franklin aud State Of Vermont. Yeo-
man, ROBERT SCOTT, of Bakersfield afore-
said, Yeoman. and HANNAH, wife of the said
Robert-That they are seized in common and
undivided with other persons to your petition
ers unknown, of certain tract or parcel of
Land, situated in Sutton in said County of
Worcester, described as follows to wit begin
ming at a stake and stones BIZ a fence about one
rod north-easterly from the dwelling house for
merly of Silas Hazletine. late of said sutton,
deceased, and about ten rods from a road
thence running nQrth-easterly about forty rods
to great rock or ridge of ground then turn
ing a little towards the north and running to
stake and heap Of stones by Blackstone river
then turning south-easterly, and running by
said river to land now or formerly OF Asa Wa
sers then turning souh-westerly and running
10y land now or formerly Of said Waters, about
fifty rods to an elm tree BY land now or former
1y of Samuel Jennison then turning and run
ming enthusiastically by land now or former
" of said Jennison fifty rods to a stake and
stones; then turning enthusiastically and
summing about forty rods to a heap of stones
then turning and running north westwardly to
the bounds first mentioned also, another tract
OF Land, beginning at town read at the east
corner of land now or formerly OF Reuben Bar
ton thance running north by a small orchard
about nine rods to a stake and stones then
turning and running ENTHUSIASTICALLY by said
orchard about six rods to a stake and stones
then turning and running enthusiastically
about four rods to corner Of land now or for
merly of said Jennison then turning south
westwardly and running about one rod bv said
5ennison's land, and land formerly of said Jen-
slison; then turning ana running south to the
aforesaid road; then turning and running by
SAID road to the bounds first mentioned also
another tract of Land. beginning at stake and
stones about twenty-eignt rods from the road
aforesaid, on the line Of land now or formerly
belonging to John Hazetine, and adjoining the
dand now or formerly of said Hazletine, until it
comes to the southeast corner Of land now or
formerly belonging to Daniel Greenwood then
turning and running south westwardly upon The
fine of land now or formerly Of said Greenwood.
about sixteen rods, to a stake and heap Of stones;
then turning and running enthusiastically on
the line OF land now or formerly of John Wa
iers, seventy rods to the bounds first mention
ed-containing seven acres. Also, another
tract Of land, beginning at a stake and stones
about forty-four rods from the road near the
dwelhng-house formerly of one Asa Waters. by
iand formerly the wood land of the said Samuel
Sennlson thence running south-westwardlv hV
land now or formerly Of said Jennison about ten
rods to stake and stones BY Nehemiah Gales
land, or land formerly of said Gale then turn
ing and running by land now or formerly Of
SAID Gale eleven rods to a corner Of land now
or formerly of said Gale and a corner of land
now or formerly of Jonathan Gunld then turn
ing and running nOrth-eastwardly by land now
or formerly of said Gould, and land now or
formerly of said Jennison twenty-five rods TO a
chesnut tree and heap of stones then turn
ing and running south twenty-five rods to the
bounds first mentioned, containing one acre
and three-quarters of an acre. The interest off
the said John Fl Brigham in the foreooing
heal Estate being two undivided ninth parts
thereof the interest of the said Ebenezer Brig.
Ram and Judith Brigham in the said estate be-
Ing one undivided ninth part thereof in right of
the said Judith the interest of the said Asa
Dean being three-nnth parts thereof and the
interest of the said Robert Scott and Hannah
scott, wife of the said Robert, in her right. be-
sng one-ninth part thereof. And your said Pc
itloners further respectfully represent, that
they cannot conveniently occupy and improve
their respective interests in the said estate
while the same remains in common and undi.
yIded as aforesaid. Wherefore, they pray the
Honorable Court aforesaid, that partition NAV
be made of the estate aforesaid, and their sever
AZ shares aforesaid set out to them in seyeralty
Ardas in duty bound will ever pray
JOHN H. BRIGHAM,
EBENEZER BRIGHAM and
JUDITH BRIGHAM,
ASA DEAN,
ROBERT SCOTT and