The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-01-23
TO the Honorable the Justices

TO 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:
WN RESPECTFULLY represent, JOHN IL
ga, BRIGHAM, of Townsend, in the Coun-
fv of Windham and State of Vermont Yeoman,
EBENEZER BRIGHAM. of Townsend, afore-
said, Yeoman, and JUDITH, wife. of the said
Ebenezer. ASA DEAN, of Bakersfield. in the
County of Franklin and State of Vermont, Yeo-
man, ROBERT SCOTT, of Bakersfield atore-
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 a certain tract or parcel OF
Land, situated in Sutton, in said. County OF
Worcester, described as follows TO wit begin
ming at stake and stones by fence about one
God north-easterly from the dwelling house for
snerly of Siias Hazletine, late of said Sutton,
deceased. and about ten rods from a road !;
thence running north-easterly about forty rods
to a 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
tiers then turning south-westerly and running
by land now or formerly of said Waters, about
fifty rods to an elm tree by land now or former
iy of Samuel Jennison then turning and run
ming north-westwardly by land now or former
iy Of said Jennison fifty rods to stake and
stones then turning south-westwardly and
running 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 road at the east
corner of land now or formerly Of Reuben Bar
ton thence running north by small orchard
about nine rods to stake and stones; then
turning and running ENTHUSIASTICALLY by said
orchard about SIX rods to stake and stones .
then turning and running enthusiastically
about four rods to a corner of land now or for
merly of said Jennison then turning south
westwardly and running about one rod by said
Jennlson's land, and land formerly of said Jen-
nison; then turning and running south to the
aforesai i'd 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-eight rods from the road
aforesaid, on the line of land now or formerly
belonging to John Hazletine, and adjoining tie
land 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
line 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
ters, seventy rods, to the bounds first mention
ed-cOntaining seven acres. Also, another
tract of land, beginning at stake and stones
about forty-four rods from the road near the
dwelling-h house formerly of one Asa Waters, by
land formerly the wood land of the said Samuel
Jennison thence running south westwardly by
land now or formerly of said Jennison about ten
rods to stake and stones by Nehemiah Gale s
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 corner of land
now or formerly of Jonathan Gould then turn
ing and running enthusiastically by land now
or formerly of said Gould, and land now or
formerly OF said Jennlson twenty two rods to a
chestnut 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 of
the said John III. Brigham in the foregoing
Heal Estate being two undivided ninth parts
thereof the interest of the said Ebenezer Brig-
ham and Judith Brigham in the said estate be-
ing one undivided ninth part thereof in hight of
the safd Judith: the interest of the said Asa
Dean being three ninth parts thereof and the
interest of the said Robert Scott and Hannah
scott, wife Of the said Robert, in her right, be-
Ing one-ninth part thereof. And your said Pc
titioners 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 may
be made of the estate aforesaid, and their sever
o. shares aforesaid set out to them in severalty.
And as in duty bound willsever pray
JOHN n BRIGHAM,
EBENEZER BRIGHAM and
JUDITH BRIGHAM,
ASA DEAN,
ROBERT SCOTT and
HANNAH SCOTT,
RV their Aftornove DAVIS e. ALIEN