The Petition of the Inhabitants of the North parish in Chester, June 14, 1763. To His Excellency Benning Wintworth Esq" Governor and Commander in Chief in and over his Majesties Province of New hampshire The Honle his Majesties Councill and the Honourable House of Representatives in Generall Assembly Conven'd; The Petition of us The Subscribers Inhabitants of that part of Chester Call" The North parish or freetown, Humbly Sheweth That your Petitioners Living at such a great Distance from the Town, That they have no advantage of the Ministry nor Schools notwithstanding they have for many years Paid There proportion, To the Support of Boath and the Town being sensable That It would be Just for us To be freed from that Charge have at a meeting held at Chester Jan 26; 1763, Voted That, that Part of the Town of Chester callid The North parrish or freetown, as much as was Laid out in parrish form, shall be Sett of as a Town or Parrish the bounds of sa North Parrish so call'd are as fols beginning at the north East Corner of Chester upon the head line of Exeter at a beach or maple Tree being the bounds between Chester and Nottingham, So Running South ab. 29 Degrees west bounding on Exeter head line five miles to the South East Corner of the Lott N° 30. then west north west five miles or so far as to contain all the old hundred acre Lotts then North 29 Degrees East Five Miles To Notting Line then on s4 Line to the first bound We therefore Pray That all the Land Included in so Bound, with all the poles & Estates therein Containd may be Incorporated into a distink Parrish from the Town of Chester and be Invested with Same powers and Priveledges That Towns in This Province are by Law Intitled To and That we may have Liberty to bring in a bill accordingly and your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever Pray March 1st 1763 Daniel Gordin Daniel Clay Stephen Marden Obidiah Grifen Moses Sanborn Caleb Row? Robart Page John Sweet Daniel Robie Jonas Clay Stephen Wesson Jethro Bachelder Benj“ Whittier Clemant Dollof Daniel Gordan Jr. Paul Smith Marston Benjamin Prscut John Fullonton John Wells John Prscot Jun William Todd Timothy Clough Ezekiel Smith David Bean Alexander Smith Barten Pollard David Been Jun Nathaniel Ethridge Enoch Fogg. T. Atkinson Jun. Secy. Voted That the petitioners be heard thereon the second Day of the Sitting of the Gen. Assembly Next after the 25th Inst & that they Cause the Substance of this petition & order of Court thereon to be advertised In the New Hamps« Gazzette two weeks successively that any person concerned may appear & Shew cause if any they have why the prayer thereof should not be Granted A. Clarkson Clerk. In Council Eodem Die read & concurred Theo Atkinson Secy. Province of In the House of Representatives Apr. 12, 1764, New Hamps ) This Petition & order of the Court thereon being read Voted That the prayer thereof be granted & that, the petitioners have liberty to bring in a Bill accordingly. A. Clarkson Clerk Petition for a Parish. Neolampshire To his Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq' Captain General Governor and Commander in Chief in and over his Majesties province of New Hampshire in New England and to the Honourable his Majesties Council and house of Representatives in general Assembly convened The Humble Petition of us the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Northwesterly part of Chester in the province afores! Most humbly Sheweth that the Situation of the place where we live is such that we cannot without Much Difficulty attend the publick worship of God with our familys in good Weather and at many times in the year not at all. And the Town of Chester being Sensible of our Difficulties have pass’d a Vote in their Annual Meeting the 25th of March 1752 that we should James M'Clure Nicklus Smith Jonathan Towle Winthrop Wells Phineas Towle Jonathan Hills Stephen Palmer Nath' Ingalls Abraham Fitts Jacob Sergant Theophilus Clough Sherburne Rowe Ichabod Robie John Karr Asel Quimbey Elisha Been Thomas Chretchet Gilman Dudley John Sargent David Hills Jonathan Been Samuel Eastman Zachariah Clefford T. Atkinson Jun. Sec. Ordered That the petitioners be heard thereon the second Day of the Sitting of the General Assembly after the first Day of Aug. next & that they cause the substance of this petition & order of Court thereon to be advertized In the New Hampshire Gazette three weeks successively, that any persons concerned may appear & Shew Cause if Any they have why the prayer thereof should not be Granted A. Clarkson Clerk In Council Eodem Die Read & Concurred T. Atkinson Jun. Sec. Province of In the house of Representatives Dec 21 1763 New Hamp i This Petition being Read Voted that the prayer thereof be granted & that the petitioners have liberty to bring in a Bill accordingly A. Clarkson Clerk Eodem Die in Council read & Concurred Theod Atkinson J' Sec. Petition to confirm bounds, &c. Province of New Hampshear Chester Dec1771 To His Exelency John Wintworth Esq" Captain Generall & Governor in & over His Majesties Province of New Hampshear &c To the Honourable his Majesties Councill & House of Representatives Now assembled The Petition of us the Subscribers Being in Number the Greatest Part of a Destrict or Parish Commonly Called the Long Meadows Humbly Sheweth that being by a Vote of this Town in the Anuel Meting in the month of March A D. 1753 Voted of for a Parish By Certain Limited Bounds More Clearly set forth in said Vote the Coppy of Which Being Ready to Be Produced, Humbly Prayeth that Your Exelency & Honours would be pleased to Confirm & Establish said Vote & Bounds, and Grant Unto Us all Parish Privelidges with full Power to Hier a Gospell Minister to Preach Unto us, or to Settle & Ordain one Over us for the Better Conveniency of our attending the Publick Worship of God, and your Petitioners as in Duty Bound will Ever Pray John Patten Thomas Fowler Nathaniel Linn Thomas Fowler Junr. John Orr Hugh McAffee Robert Craig Nathaniel Presbury Samuel Dinsmor Mark Wells Chase James Horn Barnard Brickett His Stephen Derbon Benj Peirce Nathaniel Wood? Samuel Peirce Joseph Calfe Robert McKinley Samuel Blunt Stephen Merrill Mansfield McDoffy William McMaster Daniel Weatherspoon Moses Underhill Sam! Aiken Hugh Crombie Robi Calfe Robert Patton Anthony Stickney Thomas Sharlay Robert Witherspoon James Sharla y David White Samuel Sharlay Willm Litch Robert Gilcrest Joseph Linn Joseph Dearben Caleb Hall Moses McFarland Moody Chase William Grimes Moses Hills John Grimes David Wetherspoon Adam Willson Peter Aiken James Grimes James Weatherspoon Wm Brown Junr. In Council Dec 19th 1771 The foregoing Petition was read and ordered to be sent down to the Honble Assembly. Geo. King Dep. Sec. Voted that the Petition" at their own cost Serve the Selectien of Chester with a Copy of this Petition & order of Court thereon that they may be heard & Shew Cause if any they have why the Prayer thereof shoud not be granted on the third day of the sitting of the Gen' assembly after the roth day of February next Attest Wm Parker Clr. In Council Dec 19th 1771 Read & Concurrd Geo. King D. Sec. Chester Dec. the 24. 1771 We the Selectmen of Chester Have this Day rec'd this Petition LATUROWEBSTER } Selechtester [The following is a copy of the Vote above referred to:] At a meeting of the free holders and inhabitants of the Town of Chester, the 29th day of March 1753, last. Capt. Abel Morss being moderator for said meeting ;-amongst other things. Voted, That the after mentioned tract of land may be in corporated into a Parrish, Beginning at Londonderry Line at a Stake and stones being the South West bound of Land sold to Thomas Cochran by the Proprietors of said Chester, and run straight to a pitch-pine tree being the south west bound of Nathaniel Halls Land by Penicook path, then north north-east by said Halls Land as far as that goes, and then straight to the south-east corner of the 39th Lot in the second part of the second Division; then North 29 Degrees east to the North-east bound of the 43° Lot in the aforesaid division, then west norwest to Tower Hill pond, and then streight to the north-east corner of Derifield, then south by Derrifield to Londonderry Line and so by Londonderry Line to the first bound mentioned. A true copy taken from Chester Town Book of Record, as Attests SAM' EMERSON, Town Clerk. [The following names appear to be connected with the foregoing. Ed.] Nath' Linn Hugh Crumbie one son John Patten Thos McMaster one David Dickey Wm Gillcrest Wm McMaster Thomas Fowler 1 son Rob Patten Archd McDuffee Stephen Mori Alex Kinecom Andw McFarlin one Moses McFarlin Nath' Presbey one son Wm Grimes & one son Benj Parce & one Son John Grimes Wm Brown James Grimes Jer Coner Joseph Calfe Sam! Akin one son Moses Hills Wm Litch Jesse Harriman John Macfarlin Math Tempelton Thor Sharlow 4 sons Dea Adam Willson 2 sons Moses Underhill |