Litchfield enquirer., 1840-01-16


Pennington Canal, Dec. %. 4.0U
At d Court of Probate holden al WatertOaOn,
,Oithin and for the District Of WateTtoaOT'' 0"
the 3Oth day Of December, 1889:
Present, Holb"Ook Curtis, Esq. Judge:
TTPON the petition of Eleazar S.WoodruH'
u of WATERFOWL, in Litchfield county, ana
state of Connecticut, brought to this Court
showing that he is the guardian OF Charles ].
Merriam, a minor, of said WATERFOWL; that
said minor owns certain real estate situated
in said Watertown, described as follows. VIZ:
the undivided one-fourth part OF two pieces
of land in the east part of said town, the flrst
piece containing about two acres, one rood
and eight rods in the whole, and bounded
north on the land Of Asa Woodward's wlie'
east on Charles s. Woodward's land, west on
highway, and south on Susannah Merflams
dover the second piece. containing aDou.
six acres, more or less, bounded nortn y"
Isaac N. Woodruff's land, east on Cyrus D.
Manville. Bayid D. Merriam, and said Isaac
N. Woodruff's land, southwest on Susannan
Merriam's dover land, and west on JACOB n:
Blakeslee's land: likewise, one.sixth part OF
barn yard, with one-sixth part OF the parn
standing thereon, containing about seven rods
of land in the whole, more or less, Dounoeu
east by highway, on all other sides Dy lanu
occupied by Susannah Merriam: and that ne
likewise owns one undivided sixteenth part
OF the lands set to Susannah Merriam as dow
er from the estate Of Joseph Merriam, late OF
said WATERFOWL, deceased. lying in three dli-
ferent pieces, containing eighteen and q han
acres, more or less, with the half of house
aud one third of barn and other outbuild-
ings appertaining to the same, which is SUD.
ject to the dover or life estate of the said SUI
sannah Merriam, all which is of the value oil
sixty five dollars; that said real estate is un.
| productive, and that it would be for the lnte-
rest of said minor that the same should be
sold and disposed of according to law, and
praying for liberty to sell and convey the
same, as per petition on file, dated the SOth
of December, 1889, may more fully appear:
| It's ordered By this cossyt, that said guardian
give notice of said application by causing
this order to be published in a newspaper
printed in Litchfield three weeks successive.
w. at least six weeks before the hearing Of
said petition, which said hearing will be had
at the probate office in Waterfowl, in said
district, on the 4th Monday Ut March next, Of
9 o'clock in the forenoon. /
Certified from Record.
30 II. CuRTrss, Judge. |
Litckfeld County, IS. Liick Reid, Jan. G, 164O.
Pom the petition of Seth r. Beers, Esq,
| ~ of LNchficId, brought to the Superior
Court to be holden at Litchfield, in and-for
said county, on the Sd Tuesday of February,
1910, praying for foreclosure Of the equity
OF redemption In certain premises mortgaged
by Lewis Catlin and Lewis Catlin, Jr. Of
Harwinton, and George s. Catlin, OF Wind
ham, Conn, to secure the payment of a note
by them given to- Lncretia. Woodruff, Of
| New. Haven, Conn.,, dated 25tli Sept. 1888,
| for the sam of six hundred thirty seven dol.
lars and ninety cents, payable on demand,
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| as situated in said Harwinton, northeasterly
from the meeting house in said town, and
bounded north BY land of Abijah Catlin and
Robert HI. Austin, east by land of Allen
Cook, Moses Beach, Merit Riggs, highway,
land owned by the heirs of Joseph Cook, de-.
ceased, and Abijah Catlin, south on land of
Luman Bancroft and turnpike road and on
land Of John Seoviil and Gaylord Wells,
west on land of George Webster and John
Scovill in part and part by the new county
rOud. with the buildings thereon standing,
continuing about two hundred acres: also, q
certain other piece Of land situated westerly
Of the above, bounded cast on said new courl-
~ road, north on Abijah Catlin's land, west
on Eunice Catlin's land, and south on, Ros-'
well Cooks land, containing ffteeTi acres, be
the same more or less !; and averring that
said debt has been assigned TO the petitioner
and lie still due and unpaid and that said
Lewis Catfin died more than ore year since,
viz. o., the 9Th day Of Jan'y, 1883, nnd there
is no Executor of the lust will and testament
ofsaid deceased, and no administrator or his
estate; and that there has been no such exc.
cutor nor administrator land that snid de-
ceased at the time Of his decease was indebt-
ed to divers persons 10 said petitioner ui-
known, &C.. as by said petition more fully
appears: Tia ls.a IL. ans a4f .,s
h =. ~..a...y ,h.f ,,,s.An .r an. 50. S.... r
tors Of the said Lewis Catlin, deceased. by
publishing this order in a newspaper printed
ut Litchfeld. three weeks successfully. be.
fore the 25th day Of January. lS4O.
CALVIN BUTLER, Judge ofshe
80 County Cosga for LiIckfeld county.
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