[5-112] [Petition from Inhabitants of Dunstable to be Annexed to Hollis, 1762.] Province of Newhamp To His Excelly Benning Wentworth Esq Gov' &c of the Province of Newhamp: the Honble his Majestys Council and Assembly of said Province The Humble Petition of us the Subscribers being Inhabitants of the North Westerly Part of Dunstable in said Province Humbly Shews, that your Petitioners Live very Remote from the Meeting house in said Dunstable (the Chief of us near Seven miles) by reason of which we cannot Attend the Public worship of God there without Great Inconveneancey to ourSelves & Familys and as we Lye very Contiguous to Holles meeting house where we once belonged and help'd settle a Minister there before we were Incorporated to Dunstable and have ever since done Considerable towards his Suport and Attended his meeting-Notwithstanding all this we have cheefly paid our full Proportion towards Preaching in Dunstable when we could have no Priviledge thereby by reason of the Distance we Live from there meeting house we have often requested of Dunstable to Either abate our Minister rate or set us off to Holles but they Wholley Refues to do either which Constrains us to make this Application to y' Excel & Hon's Desireing your Consideration and Aid in ye Premises by freeing us from Suporting the Gosple where we can have no benefit thereby and add us to Holles or otherwise as y' Excel & Hon" shall see meet and y' Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c [The foregoing petition was from the inhabitants of what was called "One Pine Hill." It was strongly opposed, and for the time defeated, by Dunstable. The following spring the Pine Hill people procured the services of Col. Samuel Hobart, and renewed the contest. A committee appointed by the general court went and investigated the matter. was a bitter fight, but resulted in the annexation of Pine Hill to Hollis by an act passed Dec. 13, 1763.—Ed.] It [5-113] Att a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Holles March the 5th 1764 Voted to measure east from Holles meeting house to the East Line of the Town and then measure west from the said Meeting House the Sam Length of line and all to the west by a north and south line to be sett off to the Mile Strip* So Called A true Copy p' Sam" Cumings Town Clerk Holles May the : 1764— [5-114] Att a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Holles March the 7th 1768 Voted off the West end of the Town according to a Vote of the Town att their meeting march the 5th 1764 Provided they fulfill their obligation that was made Relating the same-and Messires Sam" Farley and Sam" Brown has Renewed their obligation according to said vote Holles may the 17th 1768 Pr. Sam" Cumings Town Clerk [5-115] [Appointment of Samuel Farley, Agent, 1768.] We the subscribers Inhabitance of the Westwardly part of the Town of Hollis & the Inhabitance & the freeholders of the Tract of Land Call the Mile Slip, in the Province of New Hampshire do constitute and Appoint Samuel Farley of Holles Gen' to be our agent Attorney and Trustee in our names and Stead to Petition His Excellency the Governer, the Honourble His Majesties Counsel & House of Representatives, That we the Inhabitance afores may be set off & Incorporated as a Distinct Town [* A piece of ungranted land between the Masonian grant of Mason and this town, now in Brookline.-ED.] Isaac Stevens John Cumings Henery Spaulding Sam" Farley [5-116] Petition for the Formation of a New Town, 1768.] To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq' Governor & Commander in Chief, in & over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire, & the Honourable his Majestys Council of said Province Humbly sheweth Samuel Farley of Holles, in said Province, in behalf of himself, & sundry of the Inhabitants, living in the westerly side of said Holles, & in a Tract of Land adjoining to the same, Called the Mile Strip; that those persons live very Remote from the Meeting House in said Holles, that to attend the Publick Worship of God there, is attended with much Travil. Wherefore your Petitioner prays in behalf of said Inhabitants, that the westerly part of said Holles may be set off, & Joined to the Tract of Land called the Mile Strip, & be made a Town (or a seperate Parish from Holles) or otherwise as your Excellency & Honors shall see Meet, & your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray. Dated May 19th 1768 Sam" Farley [5-109] [Petition for the Formation of a New Town, 1769.] To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq' Captain General, Governor & Commander in chief in & over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire And to the Honourable his Majestys Councel for said Province The Petition of Samuel Farley, in behalf of himself, & a number of the Inhabitants, in the westerly part of Holles, & the Mile Strip so called, in said Province humbly sheweth, that your Petitioners, in the said westerly part of Holles, are so remote from the Centre of said Town, by reason of the distance, that they cannot attend Town priviledges, without great difficulty & expence, & that the Inhabitants of the Mile Strip aforesaid, are not Incorporated, but are destitute of Town privilidges, wherefore your Petitioner Prays as aforesaid, that your Excellency & Honours would take of the westerly part of Hol les aforesaid & Incorporate the same together with the Mile Strip, into a Seperate or distinct Town, with the same Priviledges of other Towns & your Petitioner as in Duty Bound shall ever pray Sam" Farley [A plan accompanied the foregoing (Vol. 5, No. 110) with a description of boundaries as follows:-ED.] [5-110] [Boundaries of Raby, 1769.] Beginning at a Stake & Stones in the South Side Line of the Town of Holles which is also the Province Line which Stake stands about two miles due East from the south west Corner of said Holles, thence running north by the Needle cross the said Town to one other Stake & Stones standing in the North Side Line of Said Holles, leaving the meeting House in said Holles in the midle between this Line & the East Side Line of Holles, then running from the last mentioned Stake Westerly by Holles to the North West Corner thereof then continuing that Line cross a Tract call'd the Mile Slip to the easterly side Line of Mason thence turning off & running south by the Needle on the easterly side Line of Mason-afores to the Province Line then due east partly on the Province Line & partly on the South Side Line of Holles afore Said to Stake began at [The foregoing petition was successful, and a new town. was incorporated by the governor and council, March 30, 1769, in accordance with the above described boundaries. The town was named Raby for a town in the north of England, whence came some of its settlers. That town is now called Brookline.-ED.] [5-118] [Agreement relative to extending the Town further East, 1773.] At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Holles held April ye 12th 1773 We the Subscribers being a Committee of the Town of Holles, to Agree with Dunstable, or their Committee, with respect of extending the easterly line of Holles so far east as to Include Messers Merrel & Jaquith with their Improvements and to be Annexed to Holles, in order for an Accomodation with respect of the Bridge &c In consequence whereof we have met with Dunstable Com mittee and have mutualy agreed that the easterly line of sd Holles be extended eastwardly on the following Bounds, viz To begin at a stake and Stones about fifteen Rods below Buckmedow falls at the River which is Mr Jaquiths northerly corner, thence running southerly on a Straight Line to a Pine Tree on the River bank, wich is said Jaquiths southwesterly cornerApril ye 5th 1773 John Boynton Comtte Voted to Except of the Above Report, and the easterly Line of Holles be extended According to said Bound A Trew Copy Attest Sam" Cumings Town Clerk [5-119] [Petition of Dunstable Parties to be annexed to Hollis, 1773.] Province of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq' Captain General Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Province, and the Honourable his Majestys Council, and House of Representatives in General Assembly Convend in May 1773 The Memorial of the Subscribers Humbly sheweth, that Your memorialists are Inhabitents in the southwesterly corner of Dunstable in said Province, that our Situation is so Remote from the Meeting House in said Dunstable, that we and our Families cannot conveniently Attend the publick Worship of God there, by Reason of the Distance; & that we are about three Miles nearer to the Meeting House in Holles, then we are to Dunstable; that if we & our Lands were Annexed to Holles, it would be much more for our benefit & Advantage and Your Memorialists beg leave to Acquaint Your Excellency and Honours, that Nashua River is the Boundary Line where we live, between said Dunstable and Holles, that the River there is not in Either of the Townes, as Dunstable Bounds on the east side, & Holles on the west side, that a dispute haith Arose between these two Towns with Respect to Building a Bridge Over said River, on A Publick Antient Road leading through our Improvements, and as the River is not in either of the Towns where said Road Crosses, so the Bridge could not be built Unless by Subscription, (as the Bridge built there, by Subscription was Caryd away, by y water & Ice) or by Application to the Legislature, and in order for an Accommadation we |