The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1897-10-08
Monday the 25th Day of October
next, A. D.. 1897,

between the hours of II NJ and O'clock P
N that is to say at Oh leck in the afternoon
OF said dav, all those tracts of land situated in
the TOWNSHIP of Mendham in the County of
Morris and State of New Jersey. First Lot
butted and b funded, beginning at a stake by
the north branch of the Raritan River and
runs thence north seventy-seven and q half de-
grees west eight chains and fifty links. thence
south twenty three degrees west three chains
and three links. thence north forty-seven de-
greeS west eleven chains and ninety links to a
hickory tree; thence north seventy nine de-
grees west three chains and ninety-seven links
to the road, thence along the road from Dr.
John w. Leddell's mill to the Plains north
fourteen degrees east three chains and sixty
links. thence south six y-four degrees east
fifteen chains and ten links; thence south
seventy-seven and half degrees east eight
chains and ffty-ei ht links to the aforesaid
branch of the Raritan River; thence down the
same the sever al courses and distances thereof
to the beginning corner containing bv estima-
ton eight acres being the same premises con-
veyed to said Alexander Forsyth by Robert
Forsyth end wife by deed dated December LIST,
A. d. 1889
Second Lot:-Butted and bounded as follows:
Beginning at q large hickory tree in line of
said Alexander Forsvth's eight acre lot above
described. thence % along said lot south forty
tiye degrees east eleven chains and ninety
links; CD north twenty-five degrees east three
chains and three links: CD south seyenfy-five
andea half degrees east eight chains and fifty
links to the middle of the brook; thence down
the same Cd south fifty two degrees west two
chains and eighteen links: 60 south fifty
two degrees west two chains and eighteen
links; (6) south sixty-three degrees
west ne chain and eighteen links: %
south twenty degrees west two chains
and thirty links; (8) south twenty and
a half degrees west one chain and forty-nine
links; t9) south seventy degrees west two
chains and fifteen links. 00) south fifty-three
degrees west ninety seven links to a planted
stone corner to Nancy Alexander O1ot No ~
CID North iftyfour and half degrees west
fourteen chains to a line of said Alexander
Forsyth's other land; Q2l north thirteen and
a half degrees east seven chains and eighty
one links to the place of beginning containing
eleven acres and fifty hundreths of an acre
more or less. being the first lot described in
deed of conveyance from Charles Forsyth and
wife to Alexander Forsyth dated September
18th. A d 1866. Except the part thereof own
ed by the Rockaway Valley Railway Company
described as follows: Being a strip of land
along the line of survey of the Rockaway Val
ley Mendham extension Railroad twenty five
feet in width of the northerly side of the line
Of survey and of the land lying between said
line of survey and the lands of Mrs. Tierney or
the meanderys of Meliok Brook. east of the
road from Mendham to Ironia. being fifty feet
in width from the lands of John Nesbett to
said road beginning at the front where the line
Of survey aforesaid leaves the lands of John
grees east eleven hundred and eighty-five feet
thence north ffty-seven and a half degrees
east eighty feet to the middle of said brook,
containing acres
EDGAR L. DURLING. Sheriff.
Dated Sept. Is. 1897.
Chronicle and Jerseyman. P. F. $40 so