may unite in One Body & Settle the future method of Calling their meetings, and that your Petition's may have leave to bring in a Bill accordingly and (if should be formed a General act it may Prevent the like application hereafter but which they Humbly Submit) they shall as in duty Bound ever Pray &c In Council May 5th 1758 read & ordered to be sent down to the Honble House Theo Atkinson Secy. ZACHEUS LOVEWELL Province of In the House of Representatives May 6th 1758 Voted That the Petitioner have Liberty to bring in a General Bill In Council Eodem Die To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Gov &c. of the Province of New Hampshire the Honble his Majesty's Council & Assembly of said Province the Petition of Joseph Blanchard Esq in behalf of himself and Sundry others of the Prop's of the Common & Undivided Lands in the Township of old Dunstable Who Humbly Shews That on the 15th day of Octo' last said Prop's had a meeting which was held by adjournment and among other things it was Inserted in the Warning of said Meeting to Choose a Clerk for said Props But the Moderator that was Chose at the first Meeting did not attend the Adjournment. Therefore a Question Arose Whether the Props Could Legally Proceed in the Choice of another Moderator and Proceed in the Business of said meeting. But after some Debate Some of the Prop's did Proceed and Choose a Moderator and a Clerk Who has since Commenced an action against the Former Clerk for the Records of said Prop's and your Petitioner is advised that the Disput is of such a nature that a Determination in the Common Law will be attended with many Difficultys which will Greatly hurt the Interest of said Prop's. Wherefore y Petitioner humbly prays that y' Excelly & Hon's will take the Premises under Consideration and appoint Some Suitable Person to Call and Govern a Meeting of said Prop's for the Choice of a Clerk or grant Such other Relief as in your Great Wisdom you shall see meet and y' Petitioner as in Duty Bound shall Ever pray &c May 24 1762. JOSEPH BLANCHARD. Province of In the House of Representatives June 25, 1762 This Petition being read The parties Concerned appeared & after being fully heard thereon Voted That the prayer thereof be Granted & that Colo Meshach Weare Col Peter Gilman & John Phillips Esq's be & hereby are appointed to Call & Moderate Said Meeting & that the petitioners have Liberty to bring In a Bill accordingly In Council Eodem Die read & concurred Sir. A. Clarkson Clerk Wm Brown Esq's letter and Power of Attorney. Being informed by Col° Brattle that a Proprietors meeting of the common & Undivided Lands in Dunstable was to be held there the 4th Instant in order to remove Mr French from being Proprietors Clerk & to place in his room young Blanchard; I herein inclose you a power of Attorney to appear & vote for me at said meeting hopeing you will use your utmost endeavor to prevent the records belonging to this Propriety from returning into the hands of a family that the Proprietors in general have I believe but little Cause to thank them for the use they have already made of them. My late Brother Benjamin had 4 original Rights in the Town of Dunstable and I am his surviving administrator Brother Samuel & myself haveing Letters of Administration on his Estate. I heartily wish you & the injured part of the Proprietors a good Issue of this affair & remain Sir Beverly June 2a 1760 Mr. John Tyng Your most Humble Serv W. Browne At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dunstable at the meeting house in Said Town on the sixth day of October 1760 Voted and Chose Jonathan Lovewell Esqr. moderator Voted that Zacheus Lovewell Esquire hire preaching untill the Last of November Next and that he Draw money out of the Treasury to pay the saim and that Two Hundred pounds old Ten' be raised and assessed on the Inhabitance of this Town for that End Voted that the Meeting house be moved and that Messrs. Joseph Fletcher Joseph Danford and Abraham Kindal be a Comitte to fix a place where will be Just and Equal and that Elathan Blood and John Serls be a Comittee to wait on said Comittee and Git them to attend on said Business and that a Survaor be Provided if need be and all the Cost be paid by the Town And then it was Voted that the meeting Should be adjourned five weeks to meet at the Dwelling house of Coll° Zacheus Lovewell Esquir and the meeting was adjourned Acordingly November yo 10 1760 the Inhabitants of said Dunstable meat acording to adjournment the Comittee appointed to fix the meeting house place reported that theay thot the most Just Place for a meeting house for this Town is about one Hundred rods westardly from Lund Bridge so called by a pine Tree marked on the Sotherdly side of the road that Leads to Tho' Hails Land from said Bridge Proposed that the Vote Passed ye 6th of October to sett of John Willoby with his Lands to Hollis to be reconsidered Passed in affirmative. Proposed that John Willoby and his Land that viz about 130 acres about his house be set off to Hollis upon Conditions he pay Town and Province Tax with this Town untill be dun by Gen" Court Passed in the affirmative. (Seal) Province of To Oliver Constable of the Town of Dunstable in New Hamp said Province Greeting in his majestys name you are hearby Required forthwith to Notify and warn all the Inhabitants of said Dunstable that theay Esemble and meet at the meeting house in said Dunstable on Monday ye Sixth Day of october next att Two of Clook afternoon I to see if the Town will agree that John Willoby and others att pine hill be sett off to Hollis with their Lands. 2 to se if the Town will agree to hire preach ing and do anything Relative thereto as shall then be agreed on. 3 to se if the Town will Build a Bridge over Nashua river against Jon Powers Jun's Land and do what shall be agreed on Relating the saim on 4 to raise any sums of money for Town Chardges as shall be agreed 5 to se if the Town will agree to move the meeting house in the Center of Land or where will be Just and equal and do anything to Effect the Saim as shall then be agreed on and se that you make Due return Dunstable Sep y 17th 1760 Province of\ New Hamp ZACHEUS LOVEWELL Dunstable october y 6th 1760 Pursuant to the within Writen warant I have notefied and warned all within mentioned to meet at the Time and Place within mentioned and for the Business within mentioned Oliver Larnwance Constable Voted that Col' Lovewell Coll French Capt Lund Benja French and Dan' Serls be a Comittee To Treat with the Inhabitance of Pine Hill about there being sett off to Hollis and that theay make repoart to the Town at the Next adjournment of this meeting then Voted that the meeting be adjourned to the 24th of November Instant to the Dwelling hous of Zacheus Lovewell Esquir to meet at one of the Clook afternoon and the meeting was adjourned accordingly November ye 24th 1760 the Inhabitance of Dunstable meet according to adjournment the Comittee apointed to treat with the Inhabitance of pine hill about there being sett off to Hollis reported that the said Inhabitance offered fifteen hundred pound old Ten' to the Town if theay were sett off and a Vote was Proposed to se if the Town would sett off said Inhabitance to hollis and it Passed in the negative. A vote was proposed to se if the town would except the Com'ttees report about the meeting house place. It passed in the negative Voted-the Vote Passed ye 6 of october last to move the meeting house be reconsidered a Vote was Proposed the Inhabitance of Pine Hill should be Excused from paying to the men raised for hireing Preaching Passed in the negative Voted that the Messrs Joseph Fletcher Abraham Kimbel Joseph Danforth be alowed fifty six pound old Tenor in full of ther account for the Service for fixing the meeting house Place and Zacheus Lovewell Esquire Twenty four pound old Ten' his account Entertaing the Comittee and Benj French his account for Ditto three pound six Shillings old Tenor and Benj Parker his account for Ditto Twelve pound old Tenor. Tho Harwood his account for Ditto Twenty four Shillings old tenor Elathan Blood and John Serls for waitting on the Comittee and gitting them to attend the Business Twenty six pound Ten Shiling old Tenor and the saim be asesed on the Inhabitance of this Town and paid out of Tresuary to the Several Persons as alowed above and then the meeting was Dismised. A True Entrey of the Votes of said meeting Jonathan Lovewell Town Clerk A Copy true from Dunstable Town Book of Records Exam'd pr. Jon Lovewell Town Clerk Dunstable Nov ye 26, 1760. Letter to Hon. Henry Sherburne. SIR We the Subscribers Proprietors in Dunstable having this day seen a Copy of a petition of Mr Jos Blanchard for himself & Sundry others wherein we think facts are misrepresented there was a meeting of the proprietors at the desire of Mr. Blanchard who was desirous to have his brother Clerk the Proprietors in general are well pleased with Coll French their present Clerk. the question put at that meeting was whether they would proceed any further in the business of s meeting and Determined in the negative the meeting dismissed and after most of the Proprietors and Clerk gone the petitioner late at night as we hear attempted to go on with the meeting & chose himself moderator and his brother Clerk which attempt we think unworthy of a Gent" and his brother has since brought his action at Law against Coll. French the Clerk which action is now pending and we think it will tend to the peace of the proprietors to have it there Determined and this petition dismissed & had there been time to call a meeting we doubt not but it would be the mind of the proprietors—we are your Honours most obedient Humble Servts ELEAZER TYNG JOHN TYNG THOMAS HARWOOD THOMAS LUND. Dunstable June 22 1762 To the Honourable Henry Sherburne Esq. Speaker of the Honourable House of Representatives to be Communicated. Papers relating to the Settlement of Rev. Samuel Bird of Dunstable, 1744-1749. List of the Qualified voters in the Town of Dunstable. John Alld Sampson French To the moderator of the meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dunstable ye 2a day of march 1746. This certifies that the above list is the names of the Qualified voters in said Town and all therein mentioned have a Right to vote in the affaires of said meeting Dunstable March ye 2d 1746. JONATHAN LOVEWELL Selectmen This is to certifie that the town meeting in Dunstable the 30th day of march Last past at a motion of Sundry of the freeholders and other Inhabitants for the Choice of a Person to Sort the Votes of a moderator. a vote was proposed by Joseph Blanchard by Poleing Previous to the vote & voted by a great majority they Would and that by thirty five votes Joseph Blanchard Was Chosen for that Purpose A motion again was made and seconded to Bring in their votes for a moderator and that Zach Lovewell by thirty five votes Was chosen moderator |