mission of peace & to administer the Oath to him in order to Qualify him for his Office. Coll. Atkinson. Your hum. Serv B. WENTWORTH. Petition for soldiers to keep the Fort. Province of To his Excellency Benning Wentworth New Hampshire ( Esq. Capt Gen' & Govern' & Commander in Chief in and over his Majesties' of New Hamp' and to the Hon his Majesties Council & House of Representatives in Gen Court Assembled. The Petition of the Subscribers Humbly shews that, whereas your Excellency & Hon" Petitioners with our associates Proprietors of that Tract of land Called Maj' Stevens' town in s Prov. out of a view, & Sincere aim of Settling & Encreasing this his Majesties Governm & thereby to make frontier yet a greater distance from us, Have Exerted ourselves both in our persons and Estates in Laying out our land & in Building many Good Houses to Inhabit, & moveing up many families to dwell in them and also have Built a goodly Fort for their Safety: But the Indian Enemy having in the summer past made a Breach upon us & Captivated several of our Inhabitants & thereby lessen our Number of Inhabitants & discouraged those that are left and also discourages others from settling so that we under these circumstances must be forced to move off our sd Inhabitants & so break up our settlements, & Demolish our Fort, which we humbly conceive may be a damage to this Governm' Wherefore we humbly pray that your Excellency & Hon's would Consider our Case & Grant us some help of soldiers to keep our sa fort & keep our inhabitants there which we humbly Conceive may be of advantage to this Governm1 and we shall still Exert our selves in promoting & Encouraging additional settlements by Encreasing our Inhabitants on sd Tract; and so we shall as in duty Bound Ever pray & Kingstown January the 30 day 1755. In Council, Jan. 30th 1755 read & recommended Theodore Atkinson, Secry. JEREMY WEBSTER JACOB GALE } Petition of sundry persons to remain in the old Parish. Province of Kingston February the 4th 1760. New Hampshire To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Captain General and Commander in Chief of the Province afore's', and to the Hon His Majesties Council and House of Representatives in General Assembly Convened. The Petition of us, the Subscribers inhabitants of Kingston, Humbly sheweth, That Whereas a Petition Subscribed by a Number of the Inhabitants of the Westerly Part of the old Parish in said Town has been preresented to the General Court of said province Praying for a Parish which according to the Limmitts Petitioned for will include us the Subscribers and your Petitioners knowing that in Country towns every Person cannot be accommodated with a meeting House at his Door and that the Breaking into so many small Parishes is (in our Humble opinion) so far from being for the Intrest of Religion (which is the Pretence) that it is very much injured by it By the great & needless charges that arise thereby, and it is very unreasonable (as wee think) for us & our estates to be laid under those unnecessary Burdens by being Joyned with them contrary to our inclinations and Intrest. Wee therefore Humbly pray That if your Excelly & Honor' see Fitt to Grant the former Petitioners a Parish you would in your great Wisdom & clemency take our Circumstances under your Consideration and not compel us to Joyn with the former Petitioners Butt allow uss and our estates to Do duty and enjoy Priviledges with the old Parish as Before, and your Humble Petitioners as in Duty Bound shall ever Pray &c. Moses Welch Ezekiel Davis John Davis Edward Eastman 3d John Thorn James Thorn Benjamin Collins Sam Fellows David Flanders John Bartlet Isaac Flanders Petition for a new Parish. To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Captain General, Governor & Commander in Chief in & over His Majestys Province of New Hampshire, The Honourable His Majestys Council And House of Representatives in General Assembly Convened, the Second Day of January 1760. The Petition of Sundry of the Inhabitants of that Part of Kingston in Said Province adjoining on the Parish of Sandown, Humbly shews, That whereas Providence hath placed us at a great Distance from any place of stated public Worship in Town & so rendered our Attendance thereon very difficult & our Families often impracticable: We have built a meeting House among us to accomodate ourselves & Families, That we & they might more conveniently attend the public Worship of God & with more ease & comfort enjoy the Word & ordinances necessary for Salvation, And being disirious at our own cost & charge to maintain the Worship of God among us, We petitioned The Town to Set us off to be a Parish Separate from them, But they (as we apprehend) not 1egarding our difficult Circumstances have unreasonably denied our Request: Wherefore We humbly pray that we may be sett off & incorporated into a Parish distinct from them in the following manner vizt bounding Westerly on Sandown East Line, thence to extend Easterly carrying the whole Breadth of the Town till it comes half way between our new meeting house & the old meeting house in Town, And that we may be discharged from paying to the ministry & the School in the other part of the Town & enjoy the Powers & Priviledges of other Parishes. And your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever Pray & Samuell Webster John March Obediah Elkens Jonathan French Israel Dimond Daniel Brown Henry Morrill Anans Camell Jonathan Sanborn Beniaman Webster Thomas Welch Joshua Webster Benjamin Selly Dyer Hook Elisha Bachelder Jacob Hook Edward Eastman, Jr Reuben Bachelder Samuel Sargent David Tilton Samuel March Jeremiah Quimby Samuel Quimbe Jonathan Blake Malachi Daves Stephen Barnard John Quimby Thomas Eliot Colby Elisha Clough In Council Jan. 16th 1760 Jeremiah Flanders Ephraim Paige John Sanborn, Jr William Morey Thomas Eastman The within Petition read & ordered to be sent down to the Honble Assembly. Theodore Atkinson, Secy Province of In the house of Representatives, Jan. 16 1760. This New Hamp petition bein read, ordered, That the petitioners be heard thereon the third day of the sitting of the Gen' Assembly next after the fifteenth of Febry next, & that they at their own Cost & Charge cause the select men of Kingston to be served with a Copy of this petition & order of Court thereon, that they may appear & Shew Cause if any they have why the prayer thereof should not be granted. In Council Jan 17th 1760. Theod Atkinson, Secry. A. Clarkson, Clerk. Province of In the house of Representatives Feby 19th 1760. New Hampshire} This petition having been read, The parties on Each side appear'd by themselves & attorneys & after being fully heard thereon, Voted, that the prayer thereof be granted So far as to be agreeable to the minutes, on the Back of the plan, & that the petitioners have liberty to bring in a Bill accordingly. A. Clarkson, Clerke.. In Council Feby. 20th 1760. Theodore Atkinson, Secry. Petition relating to boundaries. To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq Governor & Commander in Chief in & over his Majesty's Province of New Hampshire, The Hon His Majestys Council & Assembly of said Province The Humble Petition of Benjamin Stevens and Elis ha Swett both of Kingston in said Province as Agents for the Proprietors of the common Land there shews That the Township of Chester lying next to Kingston & Principally on the Westerly Side thereof the Proprietors of said Chester have lately Raised a dispute with the Proprietors & inhabitants of Kingston about the Bounds there and would Remove the said Westerly Boundary of Kingston, (which your Petion apprehended was fixed & marked before the grant of Chester) further Eastward & claim the Land between the line which they give us, & that which we say is the true Line, and in Consequence of this have bro't an action against one Bean who holds a parcel of Land between these two lines, in the Right of Kingston which action is now Pending at the Infer" Court. That the land between these lines has been almost if not quite all laid out by Kingston into lots of about forty rods in Breadth & half a mile in length so that there is a prospect of many suits at Law before this dispute will be ended in that way, which will be Expensive & Burdensome many ways, which the Proprietors of Kingston would gladly have settled in a more Summary method, But that cant be done by the direction of the Law to Renew and Perambulate Boundaries for they will not agree to the place which we fix for that Renewal of Perambulation, nor is there any Prospect of Compounding for each party Claims & seems to be determined to have the whole. That the foundation of their claim as yo' Petitioners suppose is a Supposition that Kingston has more Land than the Exact admeasurement of their lines wou'd give them which is no more than may be said of every Tract of Land laid out in the woods & Especially so long ago as the grant & Survey of Kingston. Wherefore your Petition" in behalf of their Principals Pray that this matter may be Exam and by a Resolve of the Leg islature Determined which of these two Disputed Lines, or where the true boundary line of Kingston on the side aforesaid & elsewhere where Chester Disputes with them is, which your Petition humbly Conceive will Prevent many suits at Law & they will as in duty bound ever pray & In Council Apr 2d 1761. BENJAMIN STEVENS} for himself & said Swett. The within Petition read & ordered to be sent to the honble Assembly. Theodore Atkinson, Secry. Province of In the House of Representatives This petition being read, ordered That the petitioners be heard thereon the 23 instant, if the General Assembly be then sitting, If not then on the third day of their sitting next after & that they at their own cost and charge cause the clerk of y° proprietors of Chester to be served with a copy of this petition & this order of Court thereon that |