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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 streight to the South East Corner of the 39th Lot in the second part of the second Diviseon, then north 29 degrees East to the North east bound of the 43a lot in the afforesaid Division and then west nor west bounding on Candia Crossing Tower Hill pond, to a Stake and stones being the South West Corner of Candia then north 29 Degrees East Bounding on Candia to Nottingham Line, and then west nor west upon the Northerly Line of the Town to Merrimack River, then South upon the Westerly Line of the Town to Derrifield So Bounding on Derrifield to Londonderry Line and so on that to the first bounds mentioned We the Subscribers the Present Select men for the town of Chester have no objection to make as a town a Ganst a parish being set of agreeable to the aBove Bounds or so as to Enclude all the Land Belonging to Said town Laying above what was voted of as a parish So that the town may not be obliged to Cross Said parish in order to transact bisness as a town so Remote and Ilconveniant

SAM ROBIE Selectmen
JOSEPH TRUE) of Chester

Chester May yo 20 1772

Further Petition.

Chester Jan. 7 1773

To John Wintworth Esqr. Capt. Generall and Govenor in and over his Majesties Province of New Hampshere &c To the Honourable his Majesties Counsell and House of Represen tatives now Assembled

The Petition of us the Subscribers Humbly Sheweth that whereas we the Last year Petioned your Exelency and Honours to be Incorporated Into a Parish by a Line Voted by this Town at their Anuel Meeting in March A. D. 1753 or by any other Line or Destrict your Exelency & Honours Shall think Best for the Better Inabling us to attend and Provide for the Publick Worship of God but still finding Ourselves Labouring Under Greate Dificultys in that Respect by Reason of the Distance we are at from the Lower Meting House where our Revd Teacher Mr. Wilson Officiates his age and Infermity of Body being such that for three months in the year we are wholey without a Teacher the other part of time having but about half the Teaching which occasions us to Repeate this our Humble Petition Praying that your Exelency and Honours would be Pleased to here us and Releve us out of our said

Dificueltys and your Petitioners will as in Deuty Bound Ever

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Province of In the House of Representitives Jan 23 1773
New Hamps

Voted that the Petition's Serve the Select men of Chester with a Copy of the Petition & order of Court thereon & that they may be heard thereon the third day of the setting of the Gen' Assembly after the first day of April

In Council eodem die

Read & concurd

Geo King D. Sec

William Parker Cler Assm

In the house of Representatives May 13 1773.

the Petitioners were heard to Enforce this Petition and a part of the Inhabitants heard in Answer and considering the circumstances of the People

Voted that the Petition be Dismiss'd

William Parker Cler Chester March ye 23 1773

This day serv'd with ye within Petition greeable to order of Cort

Sam Robie Selectmen
Joseph True of Chester

Province of New Hampshire II Mar. 1773

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A Humble Petition to the Great & General Court
Humbly Sheweth

That whereas, a petition has formerly been presented unto the great and General Court of this province by a number of the inhabitants of that part of Chester commonly called the Long meadow, and that the said petition setteth forth the great inconveniency the inhabitants labour under by being at such a distance, from the two several meeting Houses belonging to the said town of Chester, and that they the said inhabitants are thereby often prevented from hearing the word of God preached & therefore they have presumed to Pray the Great &

General Court to Incorporate them into a separate parish by themselves. At a late public meeting of said inhabitants of said part of the town of Chester, they convened and almost voted unanimously a positive resolve, that the former said petition should be dormant; for they the inhabitants maturely considered the great hardships they already laboured under (tho' considered as part joined with the whole Town) and that if such a plan was put in execution, they would be rendered uncapable of answering the intention of said former petition, and at the same time lay themselves under many more difficulties not only of being deprived of hearing the word of God preached amongst them (which is at present faithfully done twice every Month by the Rev Mr. Wilson) but the small probability of being unanimous in their choice which at present they are happily united And further as the said former Petition was clandestingly propagated amongst the inhabitants by designing men whose aim was only self interest, consequently enemies to the body politic, when they consider themselves if seperated from the rest of the Town of the aforesaid Chester not to exceed above fifty or sixty famelys, and those (most of them at least) in circumstances very uncapable of bearing such taxes as they must necessary undergo under such a scheme.

Therefor, the Several Inhabitants, deliberating upon the many circumstances there anent Hereby Humbly sublicates that the Great and General Court, will be pleased to view the former presented Petition as propagated by a few persons dissenting from the community purely to gratify their own humour and that the above said Great and General Court, will deliver us from being imposed upon by such who are enemies to our happy constitution and Your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray

Chester Mar. 11, 1773
James Sharley
John McFarland

James Litch

Mansfield McAffee

John Craford

Moses Underhill

John Orr

William Vance

Mathew Templeton
Robert Craige
Robert McKinley
Stephen Merrill'
Stephen Derben
Moody Chase

Nathanael Wood
Joseph Dearben
Moses Hills
David Underhill

David Cunningham

Samuel Blunt
William Craig
John Craig
Thomas Sharley
Jerimia Coner
David Dinsmoor
Arthur Dinsmore
Robert Dinsmore

Thomas McMaster
Thomas McMaster Jr.
William McMaster

David Dickey

Aron Rollings
William Gilcrest
William Miller

James Miller

Michael Gordon
Andrew MacFarland

James McFarland

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To the Wardens of the presbeterian parish in Chester, Gentlemen Chester April ye 24th 1773 the Request of your humble Subscribers is that you Would be pleased as soon as posible to call a parish meeting that the Disputes Concerning the Sitting off of the long meadow May be laid before the parish in General for to see If the Lower part of the parish will assist anything in Keeping the parish Conected as It now is pray Gentlemen Dont Neglect and in so Doing you Will oblidge your humble Servants

David Dickey
Thomas Sherly
Mathew Templeton
Robert McKinley
David Dinsmore

William Miller
Hugh Miller

William Gilcrest

Thomas McMaster

Willam McMaster

To His Exelancy John Wintworth Esqr. Capt. generall and governor and Comander in Cheaff of His Majesties Province of New Hampshire &c

Thee Humball Pertion of Daniel Foster of Chester, in New Hampshior Sheweth that your Humball Pertioner Doath Pray That your Exelancy would Be Pleased to Grant me your Humball Pertioner The Privoledge of a Ferry over Merrimack River against my Dwelling Howes in Chester and against the upper end of Goffstown there Being No Ferry Below Their while we cum to Amasquage Falls which is Six Mills Below and their is no Ferry Above their for above four Mills which is against Pembrock Town and This Place is Citewate where it will greatly acomidate the People That Travill to or from gofstown Dunbarton Bowtown and HopKingtown and many other Towns above Their

I should be glad to serve the Publick in this Thing as your Humball Pevtioner in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray DANIEL FOSTER

CHESTERFIELD.

[Chesterfield was granted February 11, 1752; the first settlement was made Nov. 15, 1761. ED.]

To His Excellency John Wentworth Esqr. Capt Gen' and Govern' in chief &c and to the Honble His Majesty Council of said Province

By this Memorial

Humbly shews Joseph Warren of Boston in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay Physician Administrator of Nathaniel

Wheelwright late of said Boston merchant decd and which said Nathaniel was sole Executor of the Testament of the Hon John Wheelwright late of Boston aforesaid Esq' dec1

Your Memorialist humbly begs leave to make mention to your Excellency and Hons that very lately he by the greatest accident was informed that one Mr. Willard had petitioned your Excellency & Hon" to Grant him a certain large Quantity of Land heretofore Granted to John Wheelwright and others, and for reasons in said petition mentioned which your MemR conceives of to be more specious than real, y' Memorialist after mentioning a fact or two, will without saying a word more submit it to your Excellency's & Hon" Just determination. In the first place it is since this Mr. Willard's prefering his Petitions that your Memorialist knew that his Intestate or his Testator ever had any Land, in your Excellencys Government (lying if your memorialist is rightly informed at place call'd Chesterfield or else where) be that as it may, your Excellency & Hon's will view him as the administrator of an Executor. And how the affairs of Mr Nathaniel Wheelwright the Intestate were circumstanced at his puting off and death, is not a thing unknown to almost every body in the five? provinces-and that there are many heavy demands made upon your Mem as administrator of the said Nathaniel Wheelwright to the amount of a Great Many Thousand pounds sterling is too obvious to be disputed even by Mr. Willard himself— And your Mem begs leave to assure y Excellency & Honours, that he will make a point of it, and most punctually comply with the Conditions of the Grant of said Lands or the charter as it is otherwise called with all convenient speed (or as your Excellency & Honours shall direct) in order to make payment of the vast sums (as far as these Lands will go) to the multitude of the said Nathaniels creditors in proportion, for which reasons, if the said Mr. Willard has not the native modesty to pray that his most extraordinary misconceived pt may be by him withdrawn, your Mem" has the Modest assurance to hope that your Excellency & Hon's will dismiss the same as groundless & unreasonable

Your Mem is also attorney to Mr. Joseph Wheelwright one of the sons & heirs of the afores Jn Wheelwright dec'd and which s Joseph has amply paid a person in New Hampshire Governm to do the needful and to which your Mem will have a peculiar regard & care &c which said Joseph Wheelwright is now in London

All which is submitted by SAMUEL SWIFT attorney to s Jo Warren Adm

Boston July 3d 1771.

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