The foregoing Petition being Read and ConsideredVoted-That the Petitioners be heard thereon on fryday the fourth day of July next if the General Assembly be then siting And if not then siting thereon the second day of their siting next after And that the petitioners at their own cost cause the selectmen and Town Clerk who served for Derry field for the year 1765, to be served with a Copy of this petition and Order of Court that they may appear and shew Cause if any they have why the prayer thereof should not be granted In Council Eod" die Read & Concurrd T. Atkinson Jr. Secy. M. Weare, Clr. Province of In the House of Representatives July 4th 1766— The foregoing Petition being Consider'd And the Parties heard thereon Voted-That the prayer of the Petition be granted And that the petitioners have liberty to bring in a Bill accordingly In Council Eod Die Read & Concurr'd T. Atkinson Jr. Secy. M. Weare, Clr. DOVER. [This was one of the first settled towns in New Hampshire, Portsmouth being the other. It was settled in the Spring of 1623, by Edward and William Hilton, brothers, from London. It was first called Pascataquack, as was also Portsmouth; afterwards Cocheco and Northam. It has borne the name of Dover for more than 200 years. ED.] 30th 6 m° '43 Extracts from the Records of Dover. Att a Town meeting 30th of the 6 mo '43. It is this day ordered that William Pomfrett Shall have the Neck of Land between the Mouth of Cochecha River and Nechewanick River with the Marsh thereupon to the first Narrow March y 19th 1693-4 By the Comitte Chosen by the freeholders of the Town of dover for granting Land given and granted unto Ephraim Tebbetts his heirrs and assigns for Ever Twenty Acres of Land on fresh Creek Neck to butt on Nechewanick River next to Saint Albonds cove. Test william Ferber Clark of sd Comittee This Above grant voated and Confearmed in generall Town Meeting the Second day of Aprill 1694. Vera Copia. Test John Tuttle Towne Clerk Laid out to Ephraim Tebbets according to grant Twenty acres of Land on fresh Creek neck and bounded it as followeth viz at a white oak Tree markt E T from thence South an be west 40 Rods to a white oak markt E T Then west an be north 4 score Rods to A Pich Pine markt E T then north and be East 40 Rods to a Pich Pine markt E T then on a straight Line to the first markt Tree the River is the bounds at the East End Laid out and bounded by us this tenth day of July 1694 SAM HEARD EZEKIEL WENTWORTH Petition for bridging Cochecho and Lamprey River. To His Excellency Samuel Shute Esq. Capt. General and Govor in Chief of His Majestys province of New Hampshire, and to the Honourable the Council and house of representatives now Sitting in General Assembly The Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dover Most humbly Sheweth The heavy burthen lying upon your petitioners, in building and renewing the many bridges in The said town, over and above the ordinary annual repairs of High ways through the same whereby your petitioners have stood charged with a much greater and more grievous tax than any other Town in the province more especially for the Erecting and maintaining Two very large Bridges over the river of Cochecho and Lamprey river; exclusive of which two rivers, your petitioners are more than even wth the Inhabitants of any Neighboring town in ye Costs of bridging and whereas the last years floods floated away the boom at Cochecho with 3 piers and the Standing bridge at Lamprel river which are now to be rebuilt your petitioners Do therefore humbly pray that the bridging of The Said Two rivers may be made a province Charge to be defrayed out of the publick Treasury As is usual in other Goverm's & y' petition's shall Ever pray &c R. WALDRON PAUL GERRISH Committee Copy of letter to the Selectmen of Dover and Exeter abt bridge. Gentlemen I am commanded by the Honble ye Lt Govt & Council to let you know that it is their direction to you that you have a suitable bridge built Pursuant to ye foregoing reports (which ye Gen' Assm have accepted) with all possible dispatch and that it is their Expectation that you will improve every opportunity in forwarding so necessary a work and that there be no failure on any part (or by any means) in Complying with this order I am Gent" Tho. Cole, Shackfords by execution grant to Watson & sold to Nat Young L' Hatevil Roby Tho & Nat Roberts 30 acres ap's Daniel Jacobs Capt. Tuttle 2 g:31 Do 60 Tho Robis wch had for wives portion Capt. Libbey Thorn Ben Marsh? To the honble John Wentworth Esq' Lieu Govo & Commander in chief for the Time being of sd Province & to the honble the Councill and house of Representatives Conven'd in Gen Assembly The humble Petition of the Representatives for the Township of Dover in Behalf of s Town humbly sheweth That whereas the said Town is one of the most exposed Towns in this Province to the Insults of the Indian Enemy And also whereas by an Act of the General Assembly of this Province Entitled An act for ye Settlemt & Support of Grammar Schools, the said Town of Dover (amongst others) is obleidged by s act to keep and maintain a Gramere School. And whereas the Circumstances & Situation or Settlements of the Inhabitants of s Town lying and being in such manner as it is, the houses being so scattered over the whole Township that in No one place six houses are within call. By which inconveniency the Inhabitants of sa Town can have no benefit of such a Gramar Schoole, for at the times fit for children to go and come from schools is Generally the chief Time of the Indians Doing Mischief, so that the Inhabitants are afraid to send their children to Schoole, and the children Dare not venture so yt ye Sallary to sd Schoole Master is wholly Lost to sd Town. So that your Petitioners at the Request & in behalfe sa Town humbly prays y' hon's & Generall Assembly that there may be an act of this Generall Assembly Past that the s Town of Dover may be Exempted from keeping a Gramar School During the war with the Indians, as formerly they were so prays your humble Petitioners August 29th 1772 In Council. JAMES DAVIS SAM TEBETS TIM. GERRISH Voted That The prayer of This petition be granted for the reasons Therein Mentioned and That The petitioners have leave to bring in a bill accordingly Rich Waldron Cler Con. In the house of Representatives, read and lies for Consideration August the 30th In the house of Representatives read and Concurred with Provided they keep a Schoole for reading and writing & Arithmetic Selectmen of Dover's petition and votes thereon. Pro. N. Hamp To the Honourable The Lieu Governour and Command' in chief of said Province and to the Honble ye Council and house of Representatives convened in General Assembly. The Petition of the Selectmen in behalf of the Town of Dover humbly Sheweth That whereas ye late bridge over Lamprey river has been carryed away by a freshet for want of a firm foundation and a passage over that river being so necessary and useful Especially at this time We Therefore most humbly pray that a Committee May be appointed to view the said river and the landings on Each side in order to finding a more convenient place to build anew so as to prevent the like Misfortune wth ye former and Make a report of their doings at ye next Sessions and yo' petition's Shall ever pray &c June 1st 1723. RICH WALDRON BENJ WENTWORTH Selectmen In Coun June 1st 1723. Voted That Six Indifferent Persons be chosen a Committee To survey lamprey River and Report to His Honour the Lieut Govt and Council as soon as conveniency will permit ye Most commodius place for building a bridge a Cross said River and that Col° Walton M Ewd Ayres & Mr. Benj Thomas be three of ye Committee to Joyn wth ye Gentlemen whom y house shall appoint Rich Waldron, Cler Con. Eoden Die In the house of Representatives Voted a Concurrence with the above vote (with this Proviso) yt ye Petitioners pay ye Charges of the Comittee and that Coll Peter Weare Coll John Plaistow Esq and yt Wm More be three of ye Comittee for yo end afores James Jeffrey Clr Assm. Petition and complaint against Richard Waldron Esq. Province of New Hampshire} To His Excellency William Burnet Esq' Governour and Comander in Chief in and over His Majties Province of New Hampshire &c and to the Honble His Majesties Council for said Province The Petition of us the Subscribers Inhabitants of the s Province Most humbly Sheweth That divers of your Pet's for upwards of Forty years, others for Thirty, have been Setled upon a certain Tract or Neck of Land in Dover in the Province afores being duly put into possession thereof by the Freeholders of sd Town as by their Votes will appear; all which time was partly spent in Subduing the Indian Enemy and partly in Subduing and Cultivating the wild Land so given and granted to them, That after such a length of time when your Petitioner had with much blood and Labour reduced the Former to reason, and the latter to profit, and expected to enjoy the Sweet of all their Encounters and pains in the year 1719 Richard Waldron Esq' as Adm' to the Estate of his Father Richard Waldron formerly of sd Dover Esq' dec'ed brought his action against your Petitrs and others for the Recovery of one Moiety of said Neck of Land pretending one half thereof was granted to him by the Selectmen of that Town so long ago as the 5th of the 10th Month 1652 and the |