Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-11-28
PETITION OF H. X. BURGwYN l. WIFE

PETITION OF H. X. BURGWYN 4 WIFE.
To the Ronora5 the Senate and HOUSE of Rspresenkatus.
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,, in general Court
a * .sa
Henry of Raleigh, in the county of Wake and STATE Of
monwealth Of Massachusetts nan ey on tie
day of November d. eighteen hundred and thirty eight
they made and entered into ndenture in which It was
Anne G. Burgwyn should be held for certain uses and
trusts therein mentioned and it further declared and
agreed in said instrument that should be lawful for the
trustees at time during joint lives of the said Anne
and Henry and the life of the survivor with the consent
of the said Anne and Henry the survivor of them to
SELL dispose of and convey all any of the real estate
part thereof for in lieu of any other lands of equal value
in the opinion of the said trustees and also to make sale
ana dispose OF OF in exchange all Or any Of the
spowers and authority upon payment of the money arising
by sale Of or given in exchange with all sny part
parts OF the premises and to sign and give proper receipts
and directed that all monies which should be received BY
or upon any such sale ssle for equality of exchange
should from time to time, with all convenient speed Be in
vested by the trustees BY and with thu consent and appro
baton of the said Henry and Anne the survivor 10 the
purchase OF other lands tenements heredamest to be
situated in the Commonwealth of that the
lands 90 purchased taken in exchange should forthwith
be settled and conveyed in such manner that they might
and for the same ntents and purposes and subject to the
same powers of sale and exchange provisions and agree
ments as were expressed in said instrument cOncernipe
the lands which should exchanged sold respectively
or az nearly thereby as contingencies would permit Ard
y0nr petitioners further show, that during nearly the whole
OF their married life they have resided without the limits
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the health Of
the said Anne Burgwyn is such that she cannot fely
reside within said Commonwealth account Of the ~
verify of the climate And your petitioners further show
that they have child Of the age of years and
five children under that age all residents Of Raleigh in
said State of Norharoiina And your petitioner fur.
ther represent that the resrictiens in sad farse settle.
ment that the proceeds of land sold or exchanged Sha BE-
invested in other ards tenements to b
situated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, n attend.
ed with great nconvenence only the said trustees
but to your petitioners who have suffered great loss there
BY as they are prepared to show. s--. .-s ~ -
And your petitioners further show that the trustees u.
der said marriage settlement are William Deon and James
Read Esqrs Of the City of Boston, by whom your peti.
oners are advised that the only remedy tue premises
by resolve of the Legislature of the Gommonweaith
Wherefore they pray that the powers Of the sad trus
tees and Of their successors may be enlarged 1h they
may be authorized to invest such proceeds
they may deem expedient subject now To the approval
OF your petitioners and to the other rovisiUns q d
marriage settlement. - ,,;(.4,
'7Sf H.. Z. BURGwYN.
" t A. @. BURGwYN.
Attorney for the Petitioners. r. i$e,ts.zi
Boston, Mass, Oct 16, 1860 .l,.{, AZ m
hereby approve Of the publication Of the above petios
in the Boston Daily Advertiser and iu the NORTH Csroua
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