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The Petition of us the Subscribers Creditors of the Estate of Lieut. John Wilkins late of Middleton Deceased Humbly Sheweth,
That as Mr. Benjamin Wilkins Jr. has by the Hon. Benjamin Greenleaf Judge of Probate for this County been appointed administrator with the will annex’d to the Estate of Lieut. John Wilkins late of Middleton Deceasd, and we are Inform’d that John Peters of Middleton aforesaid has appeal’d from this aforesaid Judges Decree to your Excellency & Honours that said Decree may be set aside, and himself appointed in the place of aforesaid Benjamin Wilkins, our request is that the Judges Decree may be confirmed, as we have sufficient reason to believe from what we have seen and heard he will so Embezzel & destroy the Estate if his prayer is answer’d that their will not be a Sufficiency left to pay the Creditors. – And as in duty bound will every pray.
Middleton November 22, 1780.
John Estey
Isaac Berry
Benjamin Gardner
Andrew Fuller
Timothy Perkin
Uriah Wilkins
Bettey Fuller
Jonathan Wilkins
John Russell
Jonathan Lamon
