Gloucester County Democrat., 1911-09-14
BANKRUPT SALE.

Estate of William j. thompson, BANK
rupt. Sale of Washington Park Prop
erty.
BY virtue of the power and authority
in me vested as Trustee in Bankruptcy
for William ]. Thompson. ! will expose
to sale at public vendue, at the office
building upon the said premises Friday,
September 1st, 1911, at the hour OF two
o'clock in the afternoon, all that certain
tract of land and premises. known as
Washington Park, situate in the Town
ship of West Deptford County of Glou-
cester and State of New Jersey, partic-
ularly described as follows:
a. Beginning at a stone in the middle
of the Fancy Hill Road corner to tracts
Nos. and g. in the Ann Howell Division,
being the beginning corner to tract "B''
in the deed from Abraham Townsend ct
ux., to William j. Thompson, herein
after referred to; thence a. by the line
Croft & French, and other lands of the
said William ;. Thompson, known as
the Stewart Tract, north SO degrees, east
chains and Sc links to corner of said
Stewards tract; thence % by the line
of said Stewards tract the next five
courses and distances north 2 degrees
and 10 minutes, east chains and SO
links; thence go north 60 degrees, east
16 chains and 40 links; thence a. north
SO degrees east 2 chains and 100 links;
thence 90 north IA degrees, east chains !;
thence (6) north 46 degrees 80 minutes
east II chains and 63 links, more or less,
VI
Creek, corner in line of lands conveyed
by Newbold Improvement Company to
said William J. Thompson, by deed dated
August IS, 1S49, and recorded in Book 167
of Deeds, page 22T and ETC., thence %
down the centre of said Ladds Greek by
the line of said lands formerly Newbold
improvement Company, north 43 degrees
and 20 minutes, west 300 feet more or
line as described in the aforesaid men
toned deed from Newbold improvement
Company to William J. Thompson !;
thence (71a) on a course at right angles to
Delaware View Avenue northwestwardly
to high water mark in the River Della
ware; thence (S) northwardly parallel
with the Washington Park Steamboat
Pier. being on course detected from
utes west to high water mark on the
River Delaware; thence continuing the
same course into said River Delaware
until it intersects the exterior line as
ers, and described in a deed from the
State of New Jersey to the said William
J. Thompson, dated the 29th day of
August, A. D., 1895. recorded in the
Deeds, page 424 and etc. thence (9)
westwardly down said river along the
lines of said Riparian grant to the end of
the first described line in tract No. 2 in
said Riparian grant; thence 10l along
said first described line in said Riparian
grant southwardly 1440 feet to point in
high water line on the southerly shore
of the Delaware River, where it is inter-
sected by the easterly line of land of
the United States of America, known as
the Light House property; thence (11) by
said Light House property south 8 de-
grees 30 minutes, west Chains and 25
links to a corner; thence (12) by the
same 20 degrees west chains to a
corner; thence dS) by the same and
lands of George w. Jessup, ct ais, south
degrees 30 minutes, west 26 chains and
links to stone corner to lands con-
veyed by Septimus A. Chew, ct ux., to
ing date June "a 1896, and recorded in the
Clerks Office aforesaid, in Book III of
Deds, page 593, and ETC., by which line
it runs; thence (14) south IS degrees, east
6 chains and 16 links to a stone; thence
(15) by the same, south 81 degrees, east
II chains and So links to a corner in the
middle of the Fancy Hill Road aforesaid,
along which it runs (16) north 3 degrees
to the place sof beginning. Containing
within said bounds, exclusive Of the
Riparian grant 132 15-100 acres, be the
same more or less.
Being the same premises that were con-
veyed to the said William J. Thompson
by two separate deeds namely one from
Abraham Townsend, ct ux.j dated Febru-
ary ~, A. D.. 1891. and recorded in
Book 164 of Deeds, page 276, and ETC.,
and the other by the State of New Jer-
sey, dated August 20 A. D.. 1895 and
recorded in the same Office. in Book 169
of Deeds, page 424, and etc.
Including the right of fishery in the
waters of the River Delaware, opposite
and adjacent to the lands above describ-
ed and upon the shore thereof; together
with the right, title and interest of the
said William J. Thompson in and to the
rights of fishery in front of that certain
property, known as the Light House
property of the United States Govern
ment, and being Immediately south of
the premises above described
Excepting from and out of the above
the rights of the Camden, Gloucester and
Woodbury. Railway Company to it's road
bed, as described in two separate deeds
to it from William ]. Thompson, ct ux.,
each dated the 18th day of August, A. D.
1904, and recorded in the Clerks Office
at Gloucester County aforesaid in Book
195 of Deeds, pages $50 and $50 respective
(2) Also all that certain tract of
land and premises, situate in the Town
ship of West Deptford, County of Glou-
cester and State of New Jersey, particu-
larry described as follows:
Beginning at a chestnut oak tree at
the northerly corner of lands of Will
lam FL. Shrader and corner to lands con-
yeyed by Newbold improvement Company
to William j. Thompson by deed bearing
Clerks Office of Gloucester County, in
Book 167 of Deeds page 227, &c; thence
Q) by the line of lands so conveyed
north % degrees % minutes west 456 feet
to stone for a corner; thence ~ north
81 degrees 81 minutes east e60 feet to a
corner in the old bed of Ladd's Creek !;
thence (3) down said old bed north de-
grees IL minutes west 307 feet; thence t4)
still down the old bed of said creek
north 81 degrees 40 minutes east 113 feet
to corner in the middle of Ladd's
Greek; thence (5) down the middle of said
creek 80 degrees Al minutes west 16S 3-10
feet; thence t6) still down the same north
43 degrees % minutes west 101 feet more
or less to a corner of lands formerly of
Abraham Townsend, known as the Wash
ington Park tract; thence (7) by the line
of said lands the next six courses aud
distances south 46 degrees 30 minutes west
IL chains and 63 links; thence (S) south IA
degrees west 5 chains; thence CO. south
80 degrees west 2 chains and so links
thence (10) south SO degrees west 16
chains and 40 links; thence q1l south
2 degrees 10 minutes west chains and
SO links; thence (12) south SO degrees
west chain and links more or less,
to a corner of the Washington Heights
Tract owned by Croft & French; thence
t13) by the line thereof south 81 de-