“This was a bill in equity, brought by William West, of Southridge, in the state of Massachusetts, one of the children and heirs of William West, formerly of Scituate, in the state of Rhode-Island, against Job Randall, a son-in-law of the last mentioned William West, and Jeremiah Phillips, both inhabitants of said Scituate. The bill set forth, that on the 10th day of July, 1792, the said last mentioned William West, was possessed in fee simple of a certain farm in said Scituate, and of a large quantity of personal estate, consisting of stock, farming utensils, and household furniture. That he was also possessed of the right of redemption in a certain other farm in said Scituate, called the Wheeler farm, of which one Simeon Potter, held a mortgage deed; and that be held also sundry notes, demands, and claims, against certain persons mentioned in the said bill; that the said West was also at the same time indebted to sundry persons, mentioned in the bill . . .”