Nath" Scovil Jonathan Booth David Stoddard John Way John Sabin Wm Cary [6-57] [Remonstrance to having the North-east Corner set off, 1790.] State of New Hampshire To the Honorable House of Representatives in General Court to convene at Concord on the first Wednesday of January next The Petition of the subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Lemster liveing in that part of Said Town which is included by a plan which was exhibited to the General Court at their session in December last with a Petition signed by Daniel Grendell & Others: which Petition Requested the Honorable Court to incorporate the Teritory included by Said plan into a Township-Your Petitioners beg leave to inform your Honours that we are very unwilling to be incorporated as requested by the Above mentioned Petitioners that the line will divide our farms leaveing part in one Town and part in another: and if our cituation is remote from the center as is represented in the Above mentioned Petition: we would inform your Honors that we had much rather live in a remote part of the Town of Lemster than in a remote part of their intended new TownshipYour Petitioners are sure that to divide the Town of Lemster will be a very material injury to our own Interests & to that of Sa Town in General-Therefore your Petitioners most Humbly request your Honors that the Petition of the Said Daniel Gren dell and others (so far as it respects Sd Town of Lempster) may not be granted and your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever Pray Lemster December 25. 1790 Vine Bingham WTM Story [It seems that a petition had been presented to the legislature to have a new town formed from portions of Lempster, Unity, Newport, and what is now Sunapee and Newbury, but said petition and plan have not been found. The matter was presented to the legislature again, as may be seen by the following:-ED.] [6-56%] [Petition to have the North-east Part set off, and with other Territory incorporated into a Town, 1791.] To the Honrable Senate and House of Representatives for the State of New Hampshire to be Convened at Concord on the First Wednesday of June Next, The Petition of us the Subscribers Inhabitens of Lempster being fully perswaded that the Northeast Corner of the Town of Lempster with a part of Sundry other Towns adjoining ought to be Incorporated into a Town for the Situation of the Inhabitants is Such that they cannot be accomodated without great Damage to the other parts of Said Town and in our opinion it will not hurt the Town of Lempster as the Situation of Lempster is Such but will leave it in a better Situation without them than it will to have Said Corner Continued as it now is and therefore your Petitioners are So fully Satisfyed that it will be for the Interest of this Town as well as for the Peace and happiness of the Same to have them Set of as Soon as may be as your Honours in your Wisdom Shall See fit. And it is our opinion that the Town of Lempster will not make any more Opposition against it, And your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray, [6-62] [Vote of the Town relative to the foregoing, 1791.] At legal Town meeting of the Freeholders Inhabitants of the Town of Lemster held on Tuesday the 15 day of November 1791, in consequence of a Petition's being preferred to the General Court at their Session in June last Signed by William Story & others praying for part of Sa Town of Lemster to be Set of with part of Sundry other Towns A Vote being taken to see whether the Town were Opposed to haveing part of Said Town taken off as Set forth in the Above mentioned Petition it passed in the Affirmative by a large Majority (A true copy) Nov 21. 1791— Attest James Bingham Town C [Vote of the Town of Newport relative to same.] This may Certify that we have received a petition signed by William Story and others Praying that a part of this Town may be incorporated with parts of several other Towns Unity Lempster Wendell Fishersfield and order of Court thereon Newport October ye 10th 1791 at a Legal Town meeting on November the 7th the above petition and order of Court being Read and there was no objection against said Prayer being Granted [6-59] Selectmen Jesse Lane [More Opposition.] We the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Lemster hereby certify that whereas we did not Attend & give our votes at a Town meeting held in Lemster on the 15, of Nov' Instant to see whether the Town would Oppose a petition which was preferred to the General Court at their Session in June last Signed by Wm Story & others praying that part of Sa Town might be set off-and as we understand that the Town Voted to Oppose the prayer of Sd Petition's being granted we do therefore fully Join with the Town in Sd Vote as we think it unjust & unreasonable that the prayer of Sa Petition so far as it Effects the Town of Lemster should be granted— [Depositions of Peter Porter, Nathan Willey, Charles Willey, and Allen Willey were introduced, from which it appears that one reason why the town opposed the separation was the extra tax it would be on those who remained to support Rev. Elias Fisher. A compromise was effected, however, as will appear by the following document. Portions of the several towns were taken, and incorporated into a town by the name of Goshen, December 27, 1791.-ED.] [6-60] [Portion proposed to be taken from Lempster to form a New Town.] The part taken from the Town of Lemster to begin at the Northwest corner of lot N° 25, 2d division thence to the northwest corner of lot N° 29, of Sd 2a division thence to the Northeast corner of Sa lot thence Southwesterly to the Southeast corner of lot N° 33 of the 2a Division thence on a Strait line to the Northwest corner of the Town of Washington— That the contract with the Revd Mr Elias Fisher be held sacred & fulfill'd by those persons liveing in Sd Lemster included within the lines Above mentioned in the same manner as tho they had remained a part of the Town of Lemster Agreed on by James Bingham for Lemster Elijah Frink for the Petitioners LINCOLN. The township was granted January 31, 1764, to James Avery and others in seventy-one equal shares. It is a mountainous tract of land, and but few settlements have ever been made in the town, the population numbering but 66 in 1880. [6-84] [Petition for re-grant of Township.] Province of New-Hampshire To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq' Cap" General, Governor & Commander in Chief, in & over his Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire & Vice Admiral of the same, & to the Honorable his Majesty's Council for said Province. The Petition of Stephen Maynard of Westbury in the Prov ince of the Massachusetts Bay & Associates unto your Excellency & Honors humbly shews, That your Petitioner & Associates are desirous of settling a Tract of his Majesty's unappropriated Lands within said Province of New Hampshire of the Contents of six Miles square being the same Tract which was granted to a humber of Grantees by the Name of Lincoln, who hav fail'd to fulfill any part of the Conditions of their said Grant it now remains forfeited & reverts to his Majesty Wherefore your Petitioner in behalf of himself & his said Associates humbly Prays your Excellency & Honors would be pleased to grant the Prayer of their Petitioner & that the said Tract of Land may be laid out by the Surveyor General & your Petitioner be thereby prepared immediately to settle the same under the usual condition of such Grants & your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever pray Stephen Maynard In behalf of himself & his Associates LISBON. This township was first granted, August 6, 1763, to Joseph Burt and others by the name of Concord. This |