arising thereon by a committee to be appointed by the grantees or their assignees for that purpose. And in case any of the grantees or their assignees shall neglect or refuse to perform any of the Articles, Matters or things aforesaid by him respectively to be done He shall forfeit his Right in said Township and every part thereof, to those of the Grantees or their Imediate Assignees who shall have comply'd with the conditions on their Part herein Expressed and it shall and may be Lawfull for them or any person by their Authority to enter into & upon the Right or part of such Delinquent Owner, and any and every part in the Name and behalf of the whole of the Grantees or their Imediate Assignees, who shall comply as aforesaid to move oust and expell for the use of them their Heirs and assigns, provided they settle or cause to be settled each such delinquent Right within the Term of one year at the Farthest from the Periods that is by this Instrument Stipulated to be done as the condition of this grant, and fully comply with the whole Duty such delinquents ought to have done within One year from Time to Time after the respective Periods thereof, and in case the grantees or their Assignees fulfiling their parts as aforesaid shall neglect fullfiling as aforesaid the Duty of any delinquent Owner as aforesaid then such right or part shall be Forfeit revert and belong to the Grantees their Heirs and assigns to be wholly at their disposal, allways provided there be no Indian Warr with in any of yo terms aforesaid for doing the Duty conditioned in this grant, and in case that should happen the same Time to be allowed for the respective matters afores'd after such Impediment shall be removed. That all white pine Trees fit for Masting His Majesties Royal Navey growing on said Tract of Land be and hereby are granted to his Majesty, His heirs and successors forever. Lastly the said grantors do promise and engage to ye said grantees their Heirs and assigns to defend through the Law, to King & Council if need be one action that shall and inay be brought against them or any Number of them by any person or persons whatever claiming the said Land or any part thereof by any other Title than that of the s grantors, or that by which they hold and derive theirs from provided the said grantors are avouched in to defend the same and that in case on Final Tryall the same shall be recovered, against the grantors that such person or persons shall recover nothing over against the grantors for the said Lands, Improvements or Expence, in bringing forward the settlement. To all which Premises I Joseph Blanchard Agent for and in behalf of the Proprietors the grantors have hereunto set my Hand and seal this fifth day of December A D. 1753. JOSEPH BLANCHARD. The aforegoing pages contain a true coppy of the charter signed & Executed by Joseph Blanchard Esq as agent for & in behalf of the Propriet of lands purchased of Jn Tufton Mason Esq in the province of New Hampshire delivered unto us the subscribers in behalf of the grantees mentioned in this charter. And Whereas we were by the afores grantees Authorized & Impowerd to Setle agree & compound concerning the premises in the afore written charter with the s Joseph Blanchard Esq in his capacity above mentioned on such terms & conditions & with such reservations as by both parties should be agreed & concluded-Now therefore we the sd Comittee in the name & behalf of the grantees mentioned in the afore written charter, hereby accept sd Title & for sd Grantees do acknowledge that we hold sd Lands under the s grantor's Title & on the conditions & Limitations with the reservations express'd in said charter Wittness our hands this 5th Decemb' 1753. Wittnesses Lowe Pickman John Nutting Jr. } co Benjh Lynde Schedule to be annexed to Charter made to Benjamin Lynde Esq and others of Salem-Canada now called Lyndeborough. ter The foregoing List is the Schedule referred to in the annexed Char [NOTE. In the original MS. volume, p. 283, is a survey and plan of the abovesaid township. ED.] Petition for an Act of Incorporation. To His Excellency Bening Wentworth Esq Governor and commander in chief in and over his majestys Province of New Hamp' & the Hon' his Majestys Council The petition of a number of Inhabitants of said Province Humbly Sheweth that they live on a Tract of land in said province Bounded Easterly by Amherst southerly by Wilton Northerly by New Boston and Westerly Near what was called Peterborough and that said tract of land is not yet Incorporated into a Town & by reason of which they labour under many difficultys. Therefore your petitioners Humbly pray that they may be Incorporated into a Body Pollitick and by a charter be Invested with the Authority & Priviledges as other Towns have & enjoy in this province and y' petitioners as in duty Bound shall ever pray. June ye 28 1763. John Stephenson John Carkin Jacob Cram Jonathan Cram Moses Ordway David Cram Ephraim Powers Moses Steels Ephraim Putnam Melchisedek Corfee David Badger Having considered the within Petition I do hereby consent to the Incorporation of the sd Town of Lyndeborough & you are hereby directed to prepare a charter of Incorporation accordingly To Mr Secretary Atkinson. B. WENTWORTH MADBURY. [Formerly a part of Dover; was incorporated 31 May, 1755. ED.] Petition for a Parish. To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Governor & commander in chief in & over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire The Honourable his Majestys Council & House of Representatives for said Province in General Assembly convened the 10th day of May 1743. The petition of Sundry Persons Inhabitants of the Westerly part of the Town of Dover & the Northerly part of Durham in said Province Humbly Shews, That your Petitioners live at such a distance from the meeting houses in their Respective Towns as makes it difficult for them & their Families to attend the Publick Worship there especially in the Winter & spring seasons of the year, which Induc'd a number of your Petitioners some years since at their own cost to Build a meeting House situated more conveniently for them where they have some times had preaching in those seasons of the year at their own expence tho they were not Exempted from paying their proportion at the same time to the standing Minister of the Town. That the Towns aforesaid are well able as your Petitioners apprehend to bear their annual charges without the assistance of y Petitioners and that they might be Incorporated into a new Parish whereby they might be accommodated their children & servants (as well as themselves) have more Frequent opportunities of attending Public Worship and all of them Reep the advantages of such an Incorporation which considering their present circumstances they think would not be a few, and the Towns not Injured. That your Petitioners conceive a parish might be erected with out prejudice to the other part of the Town of Dover by the Following boundaries viz. Beginning at the Bridge over Johnsons Creek so called, where the dividing Line between Dover & Durham Cross the Country Road & from thence running as the said Road runs until it comes even with Joseph Jenkins his house & from thence to run on a North West & by North course until it comes to the head of said Township which boundaries would comprehend the estates & habitations of y Petitioners living in Dover & the making a parish there will greatly contribute to the settling the lands within said Boundaries & those that Lay contiguous as well as be very convenient for y Petitioners. Wherefore they most humbly pray that a parish may be erected & Incorporated by the Bounderies aforesaid with the usual powers & Priviledges & that such of y Petitions as live within the Town of Durham may have liberty to Poll off into the same, or that such a part of the said Township may be annexed thereunto which would be the better way as will accommodate the Remote settlers in said Township near the said Boundaries as well as your petitioners or that they may be Relieved In such other way & method as this Hone Court shall see fit, & yo petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray & Thomas Wille Samuel Chesley John Huckins Ely Demerit Thomas Bickford Daniel M Hame James Huckins Ralph Hall William Bussell Azariah Boody Timothy Moses John Demeret Zachariah Edgerly Joseph Daniel Francis Drew Daniel Young Joseph Hicks John Tasker James Chesle Reuben Chesle Henery Tibbetes John Foay, Jr Solomon Emerson Jacob Daniel Joseph Rines Benjamin Hall William Demeret William Allen his Nathiel O Davis Samuel Davis Jr Hercules Moony In the House of Representatives May 13th 1743. The within Petition Read and Voted That the petitioners at their own cost serve the select men of the Town of Dover and also the select men of the Town of Durham with a coppy of this petition and the Vote thereon. That the selectmen of the Respective Towns aforesaid may Notifie the said Touns to appoint psons to appear the third day of the sitting of the Generall Assembly at their next sessions of Gen Assembly to shew cause if any why the prayer of the petition may not be Granted. Call for a town meeting in Dover. To the Inhabitants of the Town of Dover such as are Legally qualified to Vote in Publick Town meeting This is to give notice of a publick Town meeting to be holden at the meeting House at Cocheco in Dover on Monday the nineteenth day of this Instant at three of the clock in the after noon to chuse a Constable & And also to hear the Request of the Westerly part of the Town called Madburry for Raising Money for the support of the Ministry in that part of the Town for six months. Dover July 10th 1742. Tho Willet) Select men. |