Butrick

This is a petition, filed October 12, 1893, under Pub. Sts. c. 178, for partition of two parcels of land in Haverhill, between the Merrimac River and Washington and River Streets. They are parts of a larger lot which formerly belonged to Jacob Ayer of Haverhill, who died intestate in 1790. The petitioners contend that the premises belonged to Jacob Ayer at the time of his death, and were conveyed afterwards by his heirs to one Nathan Ayer, and that they are some of the heirs at law of Nathan. This is their only claim of title. None of the petitioners nor any of their ancestors, so far as…