A court writ directing the sheriff to partition a decedent's real estate among heirs which lists date, parties, and land to be partitioned, and sheriff's return listing date, jurors who determined the partition, its terms, parties among whom partitioned; occasionally added is a plan of the partition.

Descendants of Rev. William Perkins of Topsfield, Massachusetts. He was born 1607 in London, England, a son of William Perkins, merchant taylor of London. He married Elizabeth Wooten at Roxbury in 1636. Abraham (d. 1683) and Isaac (ca. 1612-1685) Perkins were founders of New Hampshire. Both died in Hampton, N.H. Abraham married Mary Wise (ca. 1618-1706), daughter of Humphrey Wise of Ipswich, Mass. Isaac married Susanna Wise, also a daughter of Humphrey...

Includes real estate sold or leased, missing heirs, settlement of estates by executors or administrators, runaways, advertisements by merchants and lost or stolen live stock.