Province of New Hampshire] In the House of Representatives Feb. y° 12, 1768 The within Petition being Considered and the Parties fully heard thereon Voted That the Petitioners James White & Samuel Kimball have liberty to Poll off they and their Estates to belong to the Town of Plastow and the other Petitioners have liberty to Poll off they & their Es tates to belong to the Town of Plastow respecting Ministerial affairs only & the Petitioners have liberty to bring in a Bill accordingly In Council Feb'y. 1768 The above read and the Parties being heard M Weare CI Voted a Concurrence with this amendment That all the sa Petitioners Excepting James White and Sam' Kimball remain to the Town or Parish of Atkinson as tho' no petition had been preferred Province of Geo. King Depy Secy. New Hampshire} In the House of Representatives Feb 26th 1768 The above Vote of Councill Read and Concur'd and the Petitioners White and Kimball have liberty to bring in a Resolve accordingly. M. Weare, CI Memorial of Sundry Inhabitants of Plaistow against having a town set off from that, 1767. To Excellency bening wintworth Esq' governor and comander in cheaf in and over his madgstes Provence of new hampshire in new ingland and to the Honorable his madgesties council and to the Honourable house of Representatives in generall court assembled To the humble Petition of us the Subscribers in Habitans of the Town of Plastow Humbly Pray your Excelency and oners to Tak our Dificelt Case under your wise considerateon and we Petioners Humbly Pray that your honners would not grant the Petition that was sent in order for a town or Parish to be taken out of the said town of Plastow the Reason why is because there is great quantity of wild Land in s town that is oned by other Towns People and a great quantity of wild Land oned by Said town wherefore we are no waies able to be a parish by our Selves and in So Doing you will greatly obblige your humble Petitioners and they shall as in Duty bound Ever Pray &c. Deted Plastow febuary; 13, 1767 Benjamin Philbrick Benjamin Emery Joseph Chandler Joseph Kimball Joseph Palmer Thomas Chancy Tuner Wid. Mary Little Report of a Committee of the town of Plaistow abt. this meeting house, 1766. We the Subscribers having been Chose a Committee by the Inhabitants of the Town of Plastow in his Majestys Province of New Hampshire and the Inhabitants of the north Parish in Haverhill in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay who Congregate with the Said Inhabitants of Plastow to State the Place where Their meeting House Shall Stand for the Future Have attended that Service, by Viewing the Several parts of Said Town and Parish agreeable to the Desire of the Inhabitants of both, and heard the Respective Parties with Respect to the Premises; and after Serious Consideration of the affair with a train of Circumstances attending the Same too long to enumerate, Do Report that our opinion is that the most Suitable Place for the meeting House to Stand at present, is where their meeting House now Stands being fully of the mind, That the Starting or Determining any other Place for that purpose, will be attended with worse Consequences to Said Inhabitants than that we have Reported Plastow Mar 20th 1766. To the Town Clerk of Plastow to be Communicated to the Inhabitants of said Town at their meeting by adjournment on the first Wednesday in April next Mar. 20th, 1766 Comtees Report. Sundry Persons of Plastow Desire to have the Town Still remain undivided. Plastow Decem' 30th 1766 To the General Court of the province of New Hampshire These are to inform your Hon's That whereas there was two petitions Sent to the general Court the twenty sixth of June Last past in order to be considered at the next setting one to have the town Divided the other to anex a part to Hampstead, we the Subscribers Living within the Limits of s petitions, are Desirous that Neither of them may be granted inasmuch as we think that it will very much Damnify the town at present for we Look on ourselves and the inhabitants of this town unable at present to maintain two ministers of the Gospel but inasmuch as there is a considerable Quantity of unsettled Land in this part of the town which is chiefly own'd by men belonging to other towns we are in hopes that in a few years we may be able and in the mean time we are willing that those that have petitioned to be anexed to Hampstead should attend the Publick worship of God and have Liberty to pay their minister Rate there for the term of Eight or ten years till we are able to be two parishes and credibly to maintain two ministers for these Reasons we Desire that things may Continue as they are at present and in granting this our Request you will greatly oblige us and we think greatly benefit this town. and as bound in Duty shall ever pray. Israel Webster Robert Greenough 豐路 Asa Hazeltine against the division of the town of Plaistow. Whereas I the Subscriber Did sine a Petetion to The General Court to Have the Town of Plastow Divided into two Towns (s petition bars Date June ye 20th 1766) I was over perswaded by one of the Petitioners To Do it He Told me if we Did Not Git Divided part of the Town would Sartanly be set off to Hampstead and would spoyl the Town from Ever making Two it is not my mind Nor Never was to have the Town Divided at Present only for the above Reasons and Pray that it may be kept together Plastow Jan' ye 1, 1767. ASA HAZELTINE Province of New Hampshire} In the House of Representatives February 27th 1768. Upon Reading & Considering the Petition of James White & Samuel Kimball both of Atkinson in Said Province with Several others to have leave to Poll off from said Parish of Atkinson to the Parish or Town of Plaistow both the Polls & Estates-after fully hearing the Parties con cerned and duly Considering all Circumstances Resolved and Voted That two of the Petitioners Only Viz. James White and Samuel Kimball have Liberty to Poll off from said Atkinson to Plaistow aforesaid with their famillys & Estates both Real & Personal and shall hereafter be Estimated taken & adjudged to be part of & to belong to the said Town of Plaistow and shall be adjudged Liable & Subject to all duties Taxes and orders of Said Town as much as and in the same manner 28 other Inhabitants of Said Town in Proportion to their Estates Saving that their future Purchases of Real Estate shall belong to the Town or Parish where they lay P. GILMAN Speaker In Council March 16 1768 read & Concurred George King Dep. Secy. Assented to J. WENTWORTH. James White's Reasons for wishing to remain in the town of Plaistow. The Subscriber for the folowing Reasons prayes that he may not be set of from The Town of plastow for that I have Been at a Considerable cost for the Building of the meeting house Thare and Lately In Repairing of it. That my land layes near the one half of It In haver north parish the land where my Buildings Stands comes within about half a mile of plastow meeting house JAMES WHITE. List of Baptists in Plaistow. (Supposed) Those that Profess themselves of ye Baptist Perswation which in all Parrish afairs have appeared against y° Peace & welfair of our minister and his society are as follows: The Hole of ye Inhabitence Besides the above mentioned which was Rated in y Last minister Rate which has Ben made are 70 Seventeen of which has ben taken Notice in Town meetings to joyn with y Baptists in voting 4 of which are widows & some stands as Nuters. BARRINGTON. [This town was incorporated 10 May, 1722.-ED.] A List of the original Proprietors of the Town of Barrington with the Rate which each man Paid & by which the Quantity of Acres each man had is ascertained at the rate of two Pence pr acre & also the number of Each Lot as the Same was drawn by each Prop or his Constituent |