} Province of New Hamps In the House of Representatives June 14th 1764. This Petition being read, Ordered, That the petitioners be heard thereon the second Day of the sitting of the General Assembly after the first Day of Augst next & that the petitioners at there own Cost, cause ye substance of this petition & this order of Court thereon to be advertised three weeks successively In the New Hampshire Gazettee that any persons concerned therein may appear & shew cause if any they have why the prayer thereof should not be granted. A. Clarkson, Clerk. Depositions. (1) Of Thomas Pollard. Thomas Pollard of Lawful age Testifyeth and saith that he was at the house of Mr John Marshes in Notingham West upon the second day of Oct' Last past & he saw Capt Joseph Killey and John Chase and Joshua Beadel and Amos Pollard and sundry other persons there and he heard Amos Pollard say their is nothing to be done here at this time Let us go home upon his sd Pollard saying so hear Capt Killey tell John Chase and Joshua Beadel to take said Amos out of the house & put him into the Brook upon which said Chase & Beadel fasned upon said Amos Pollard and Draged him out of the house, and Capt Killey followed them out of the House with a large stick and wip fastened to the End of it, and brok the stafe or stick of said wip all to peaces about him said Amos, his head the said Chase holding him fast while said Killey beat him said Amos, And After he broke his own stick he twicht A large walking staff out of the hand of deacon Greeley and splintered it all to peaces about said Amos' head & body till said Amos Cryed murder and After upon Examining the head & body of said Amos there was large Gashes in his head & and further saith not And the Deponent further saith that these facts was not committed upon a muster day. (2) Of Benjamin Marshall. his Thomas Pollard. mark Benjamin Marshall of Lawfull Age Testifieth and, that he was at the hous of Mr John Marsh of Nottingham West at or near the 2 day of Oct Last past and that he came with Capt Joseph Killey to Said House aforesaid and that as soon as Capt Killey came to the house of the said Marshes there was a grate number of parsons their and as soon as he came in he said to the Company present that if any man Gave him the lye to Day he would Hors wip them and their arose a dispute between one Davise and Killey Upon which Capt. Davis aserted something said Killey said was a lye & said Killey threatened him by holding and shaking his whip over his head. Then Amos Pollard who was present said com Daviss let us go along for their will be nothing don here to Day, upon which Capt Killey ordered John Chase to take s Pollard out of dores, upon which said Chase fasned upon him and drew him out of dores, upon which I told said Chase let Pollard go, dont burn your own fingers, upon which Chase let him go, then said Killey ordered said Chase to take pollard and duck him'in the brook & he would bear him out in so doing upon which said Chase & Joshua Beadel fasned him again and Capt Killey followed out and struck said Pollard several times with the butt of his horse whip which broke and then he went to deacon Greeley and took his walking staff out of his hand and struck sd Pollard over his head and broke the staff all to peaces while the said Chase & Beadel held said Pollard, and further saith not. And the Dep' farther saith, these facts was not on a muster day. Province of New Hampshire Litchfield March the 2a 1765. Benj Marchall. Parsonally appeared the within and above named Thomas Pollard Benjamin Marchall and after due caution & cairfull examination maid solemn oath to the Truth of the foregoing Deposition by them Respectively signed, and that it is the Truth concerning the things they Relate too which affidavits were taken at the Request of a Number of the Inhabitants af Nottingham west to be in perpeatuam Res memorium. Before us, John Goe James Underwood Quorum unis JAFFREY-formerly MONADNOCK, No. 3. [This town, formerly known as Monadnock, No. 3, was incorporated in 1773, by the name of Jaffrey, for Hon. George Jaffrey, of Portsmouth. ED.] To Mr Josiah Willard, Sir. This may certefy that it is the Desire of Each of us Hereafter named that you would Draw or cause to be Drawn a Suitable Petition for the Incorporation of our town and Lay the same Before the Govenor and Counsel with our names annext thereto. Monadnock N' 3, March 14, 1771. Eli Morse Jos. Greenwood Sam" Twitchel John Barnstead Benja Mason Moses Mason Ebenezer Twitchel Thomas Morse John Muzzy We are generally of the mind to have our town named Troy. 430 NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN PAPRS-JEFFERSON. JEFFERSON-formerly DARTMOUTH. [This town was first granted under the name of Dartmouth, Oct. 3, 1765; re-granted June 26, 1772, and first settled about the year 1775. ED.] Petition to extend the time for making settlement. Province of New Hampshire: To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq. Governor & Commander in Chief and The Honorable His Majestys Council. The Petition of Josiah Willard & others humbly sheweth. That your Petitioner having been favor'd with the Grant & Charter of the Township of Dartmouth sometime since which said Charter specifys the first Period of settlement of twenty Families to be in the month of December 1773; but wch they apprehend was a clerical Error in filling up the Charter and ought to have been as originally intended December 1775, a compliance with the first Term being utterly impracticable in that distant part of the province. They would therefore humbly beg the s Mistake may be rectifyed & the Time for bringing on the first twenty Settlers be Extended to the month of December 1775. And your Petitioners as in duty bound shall JOSIAH WILLARD over pray. Portsmouth 11th Febry, 1774 VOLUME IV. KINGSTON TO NEW BOSTON. KINGSTON. [This town was incorporated, August 6, 1694, under the administraof Lieutenant-Governor John Usher; and comprehended what now forms the towns of East Kingston, Fremont, and Sandown. ED.] Original grant or Charter. William and Mary By the Grace of God of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland King and Queen Defend of the Faith &c. To all people To whom these presents shall come greeting Know ye that we of our Special Grace Certain Knowledge and mere motion for the due Encouragement of settling a new plantation by and with the advice and Consent of our Council have given & Granted and by these presents as far as in us Lies Do give and Grant unto our Beloved Subjects, and Several others of their Majestys Loving Subjects that Inhabit or shall inhabit within the said Grant within our province of New Hampshire all that Tract of Land to begin seven miles Westward of the meeting house now Standing in Hampton from thence to run a Due course West and By North Ten miles into the Country for its Breadth four miles, Northerly from the Head point of the West Line from the said meeting house and Southerly within Three miles of the Northermost side of merrimack river and that the same be a town Corporated by the name of Kings Town to the persons above named or other of their Majestys Subjects that do and shall for ever, and we do by these presents give and grant unto the said men and Inhabitants of our said Town of Kingstown and to such others that shall hereafter inhabit all and every the streets and Lanes & Highways within the said Town for the publick use and service of the men and Inhabitants thereof & Travellers there Together with full power License and authority to the said men and Inhabitants and such as shall inhabit within the said Town forever to establish, appoint Order & direct the establishing making Laying out ordering amending and Repairing of all streets Lanes Highways Ferries places and Bridges in and throughout the said Town necessary needful and convenient for the men & Inhabitants of the said Town & for all Travellers and Passengers there provided always that our said License to as above granted for the establishing making & Laying out of such Lanes Highways, Fences places and Bridges be not extended nor Construed to Extend to the taking away of any person or persons Rights or property without his or their consent or By Some Law of our said province To have & to hold and Enjoy all and Singular the premises as aforesaid to the said men & Inhabitants or those that shall inhabit the said Town of Kingstown and their Successors forever Rendering and paying therefor to us our Heirs and Successors or to such other officer or officers as shall be appointed to Receive the same yearly the annual Quitt Rent or acknowledgement of one pepper Corn in the said Town on the 25th of October yearly forever and for the Better order Rule & Government of our Said Town We do by these presents Grant for us our heirs and successors unto the said men & Inhabitants or those that shall inhabit the said town that yearly and every year upon the first Tuesday in march for ever They the said men and Inhabitants and such as shall inhabit the said Town shall elect and chuse by the Major part of them Two sufficient and able men Householders of the said Town to be Constables for the year Ensuing which said men so chosen and elected shall be presented to the next Quarter sessions of the peace to be held for said province there to take the accustomed oaths appointed By Law for the Execution of their offices under such penalties as the Law in our said province shall direct upon Refusal or neglect therein and We Do by these presents Grant for us our heirs and Successors unto the said persons and Inhabitants and such as shall inhabit in said town. That yearly and Every year upon the first Tuesday in March for ever, They the said men and Inhabitants or the Major part of them shall elect and chuse Three Inhabitants and Householders within our said Town To be Overseers of the poor & Highways or select-men of our said Town for the year Ensuing with such powers, Privilidges and Authoritys as any Overseers or select men within our said Province have and enjoy or ought to have and Enjoy. In Testimony whereof we have caused the seal of our Said province to be hereunto affixed. Witness John Usher Esq. our Lieutenant Governour and commander in Chief of our said Province at our Town of New Castle the 6th Day of August in the sixth year of our Reign annoque Domini 1694. William Bedford Depy Secry. JOHN USHER Lt Gov' Theodore Atkinson, Secry Province of New Hampshire March 1st 1743 Entred and Recorded According to the Original. Copy Exam Pr George Jaffrey, Clerk. Petition for the re-settling of Kingston. To His Excellency Joseph Dudley Esq. Governour and Commander in Chefe of Her Majesties Provinces of the Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and to the Honourable the counsell Now sitting att Portsmouth this 2 of May 1705. The Humble petition of Thomas Philbrick and Jonathan Sanborn in the Name and behalf of severall others who have a desire to settell Kingstowne. Humbly Sheweth. |