tants of Lyndeborough with all the privelidges we now injoy. And your petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray Lyndeborough January 7th 1791 Ithamar Woodward Jotham reed Jacob Dutton William Merriam Mary Pearson thomas Petterson John Stiles Nathaniel Batcheldor John McClurg Moulton Batchelder Moses lewis Andrew Creesye Francestown January 13th 1791 To the Honorable Senet and House of Representitives in and for the State of Newhampshire we the Inhabitants of Said Francestown Humbly Pray your Honors to here & Grant the Prayers of the above Perticioners [In H. of Rep., January 24, 1791, another committee was appointed "to view the situation of said Inhabitants,' and the following is their report :-ED.] [6-235] The Committee appointed by the General Court at their Sessions in Jan 1791 to consider the petition of the inhabitants of the Northwest part of Lyndborough, having viewed the Situation of all the parties concerned in said petition and fully heard them thereupon do agree to report as there opinion that a Town be incorporated with the same limits and boundaries as reported by the committee appointed in June 1790 a copy of which is inclosed & submitted by [In June following the matter was disposed of by the formation of the several tracts mentioned into the town of Greenfield. See Greenfield papers, page 61.—ED.] [6-244] [Petition from Inhabitants of the south-west part to be annexed to Temple, 1795.] State of New Hampshire To the Honorable the Senate & the Honorable the House of Representatives in General Court Convened, at Concord the first Wednesday of December 1795. Humbly sheweth Beniamin Killam, Joseph Killam, John Kidder Jun' Theodore Barker, Ebenezer Stiles, Joseph Richardson & Samuel Killam all of Lyndeborough in the County of Hillsborough in said State of New Hampshire that your petitioners are situated on four lots of land in the southwest corner of said Lyndeborough viz' Coner's, Flucker's, Lynde's & Moffatt's lots, bounded south & west by the town of Temple-Your petitioners being situated in a very remote part of the town, six or seven miles from the meeting house, the road being naturally very bad, & but little prospect of its ever being made much better by reason of the very few inhabitants settled on it which renders it very difficult & inconvenient for them to attend on public worship in that place-and as they are situated within. three or four miles of Temple meeting hous having a good road they have always attended public worship there-And it is likewise very difficult for them to school their children, as their number is too small for a class & no other Lyndeborough inhabitants living within about two miles, but the inhabitants in Temple are situated so near as to make it very convenient to class with them-These motives have urged your petitioners to request the inhabitants of Lyndeborough to set them off to the Town of Temple or otherwise allow them to pay their minister & School tax there-but this they refuse. Your petitioners therefore earnestly pray that your honours would take their unhappy situation into your wise consideration & do them that justice that nature & equity demand by annexing them to the Town of Temple & your petitioners as in Duty bound &c Benja Killam In behalf of the petitioners [The matter was before the town at a meeting held March 3, 1795, and was dismissed. Further action was taken on the 15th. See following document: ED.] [6-249] [Action of Town on foregoing Petition.] Lyndeborough March the 15-1796— At a leagual Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of Said Town this Day held by adjournment at the Meeting house in Said Town (The artical in the Warrant Stand as Follows) (Viz) 12ly. to Se if the Town Will take into thier consideration the petition of Benjamin Killum and others to the Gen1 Court praying to be annexed to the Town of Temple and allso the order of Court their on and act any thing respecting the matter as the Town Shall think fit when Mee', (the Vote on the artical as follow) (Viz) 12ly. Voted to Choose a Committee to inquire into the petition of M' Benjamin Killum and others to the General Court and also the order of Court their on-and giv the Representative of the Town direction respecting the Mater to the General Court and Make report to the Town at their next Meeting the Votes Stand respecting the petition as follo (Viz) in faver of the petition 25 including five of the petition ers and against the petition-65 Chose Doct' Daniel Russell Commit a true Copy from the Book attest William Dutton T. Clerk [6-250] [Rev. Mr. Goodridge's Statement.] These May certify whom it may concern, that in the year 1776; I was called upon, at that time, as a Minister of the gospel, to attend Several funerals, at the House of Mr Joseph Hobbs living in the Southwesterly part of Lyndeboro', Adjoining on Temple And as there Was then No road from the Meeting house, directly to that part of the Town; I was Obliged to go thro' a part of Willton and Temple; and from my own dwelling at least ten miles,-finding the difficulty So great, I requested the Rev1 M' Webster then Minister of Temple living about three miles And an half from that neighborhood-to Visit the Sick & attend funerals in that part of the Townwhich he chearfully engaged to do-Since which, the distance continuing the Same & the road Very, Uncomfortable I have requested the Revd Mr Miles-Now Minister of Temple to perform ministerial duties there, which he has chearfully consented Sewall Goodridge Minister of the gospel in Lyndeborough to May 30th 1796 [A plan accompanied these documents (6-251), showing the towns of Lyndeborough, Temple, and Greenfield, with the situation of the territory in question, which was annexed to Temple by an act approved June 11, 1796.-ED.] MADBURY. The territory comprised in this town was formerly a portion of the ancient grant of Dover. It was erected as a parish by its present name by an act of the legislature passed May 31, 1755, by which it was empowered to raise money for the separate support of the ministry, schools, and paupers, but remained as before with respect to province taxes, highways, etc., until May 20, 1768, at which time it was invested with full town privileges by act of the legislature. The petition for a parish may be found in Vol. XI, page 524. It appears that the place was called Madbury some time prior to its incorporation as a parish, and that an unsuccessful attempt was made in 1743 to procure an incorporation as a parish of the territory now in this town, including a portion of the town of Durham. [7-9] [Petition for the Appointment of a Magistrate.] To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq' Captain General Govener and Comander in Chief in and Over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire in New England and Vice admirel of the same The Petition of sundry of the Inhabients of the Perish of Madbury in s province Humbly sheweth that the said Perish of Madbury hath not been favord by your Excellency Sence your taking the chair of Goverment with any person Commissionated to be a Justice of the Peace Residing in sa Perish Your Petitioners and Others of the Inhabitants of the said Perish find many Inconveniences and Difficultys for Want of some suitable person so Commissionated as they are Obliged to Travel unto Other towns to acknowledge Deeds make Oath to Accounts make Complaints against Criminal Offenders & to have Perish Officers sworn with many Other things Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray that your Excellency would be pleased to Appoint and Commissionate Solomon Emerson Esq' of said Perish in that Trust a person who we apperhend has heretofore Executed that Office with fidelity and Greatly to the Satisfaction of the said Perish and would we believe in that Office Conduce very much to the peace Quiet and Good order of said Perish and town adjacent and your petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray [R. 2-245] [Pelatiah Daniels, Soldier, 1760.] [In a petition dated May 15, 1760, he stated that he was of Madbury, and served in Captain Jacob Bailey's company; was at Oswego until the "Regiment was broken up & Dismissed to come home." He further stated that he was detained to drive teams in the king's service until Dec. 23; was then dismissed, and on the way home froze his feet, and was laid up at "fort Herchymer or German flatts until the tenth of March." He asked for an allowance, which was granted to the extent of £5 sterling.ED.] |