layings out as affore but ye same were rejected & all other overtures tho ever so reasonable that thus y Harmony peace & prosperity of s' Toun Inevitably will be lost with the interposition of ye Honble & this great & Gen" Court, for ye differences are of y' Gen" & publick nature yt ye ordinary proceedings in y Common Law courts will be so farr from cureing yt they will only put ye town into a greater flame by y multiplicity of suits y' therein naturally must arise & wch will also Tend to ye great Impoverishm of y s prop" wherefore it has been y great wisdom grace & fervour of this great & Gen" Court & yg & Gen" Court of y neighbouring province always to interpose in cases of so publick & complicated a nature where ye prosperity of a comunity is so nearly engaged & either upon Publick hearings Imediately to enact & order therein as to their Known Wisdom, & experienced Justice seems most meet or either to appoint a committee to examine & Inspect s Grievances & make a Report thereof for ye Legislature to pass thereupon, wherefore y distressed & Grieved Petit are encouraged to approach yr hon to whose goodness they owe their present Right & possession & from whence they expect ye same will be preserved unto them, & as it is their bounden duty will ever pray &c.

(N. B. If I am mistaken as to facts, correct the same.)

Jan 26 1727. In the house of Representatives.

The above Petition being Read, ordered that the Petitioners serve the opposite parties concerned, with a copy of the petition and that they appeare each partie the second day of the sitting of the Gen Ass In ye Spring session & to be heard in the premises.

In Cons Eod Die.

Read and Concurred.

James Jeffrey Clr Ass

R. Waldron, Clr. Con.

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Oaths to be taken.

Do sincerely promise and swear that I will be faithfull and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King George the second.

I Do swear that I do from my heart abhor detest and abjure as impious and heretical that damnable doctrine & position that princes Excomunicated or deprived by the Pope or any Authority of the see of Rome may be deposed or muther'd by their Subjects or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign Prince Person prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction power authority preeminence or authority ecclesiastical or spiritual within the realm of Great Brittain.

So help me God.

I - do truly and sincerely acknowledge profess Testify & declare in my conscience before God and the world, That our Sovereign Lord King George the second is lawful & rightfull King of the realm of Great Britain and all other His Majties Dominions and Countrys thereunto belonging, And I do solemnly and sincerely declare that I do believe in my conscience, that the Person pretended to be Prince of Wales during the life of the late King James, and since his decease pretending to be and taking upon himself the Stile & title of King of England by y' names of James the third or of Scotland by ye names of James y eighth or the stile & title of King of Great Britain hath not any right or title whatsoever to the crown of the realm of Great Britain or any other the Dominions thereto belonging. And I do renounce refuse and Abjure any Allegiance or obedience to him. And I do swear that I will bear faith and true allegiance to His Majesty King George the second and him will defend to the utmost of my power against all traitorous conspiracies and attempts whatsoever which shall be made against his Person Crown or Dignity: And I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to his majesty and his successors all treasons & traitorous conspiracies which I shall know to be agst him or any of them, And I do faithfully promise to the utmost of my power to support maintain and defend the succession of the crown ag' him the sd James and all other Persons whatsoever, which succession by an act Entitled an act for y further limitation of the crown and better securing the rights and liberties of yo subjects is and stands limited to y Princess Sophia Electress & Dutchess Dowager of Hanover, and the heirs of her body being Protestants, and all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear according to these express words by me spoken and according to y plain & common sense and understanding of the same words without any Equivocations mental evasion or secret reservation whatsoever. And I do make this recognition acknowledgm', abjuration renunciation and promise heartily willing and truly upon ye true faith of a Christian.

So help me God.

The severall persons above mentioned took their oaths according to act of Parliament.

Petition about division of town lands.

To the Hon John Wentworth Esq. Lieut Govern' and Comand in Chief in & over His Maje Province of New Hamp And to the Hon the Council and represent Conven'd in Gen Assembly for s Province.

The Humble petition of Sundry of the Inhabitants & Proprietors of y town of Londonderry, Humbly sheweth,

That there has not been a Just & Equall Division of the land Among the Proprietors, the MajTM part of said Proprietors having taken their choice of y land and also Voted to themselves Large Tracts for Amendments and past severall other Votes to y prejudice of the rest as pr the town book will appear.

And so yo' Petitioners altho' we have Equall right (by Charter) w the rest of the proprietors and have always paid our full proportion of the Town charge and some of us were some of the first settlers, yet we have been denyed y privilege of drawing our lotts. So that y Division is not only Contrary to the Practice of y other New Towns, but also against reason & Equity & the Intent of the Charter yo Petitioners therefore Humbly pray for relief and they will (as in duty bound) ever

pray.

ROBERT WIARE
JOHN BARR

In Coun. May 18th 1728.

being a Committee chosen
in behalf of ourselfs and others.

Upon reading the within Petition ordered, That the hearing thereon be on thursday next y° 23 Ins' at 3 o'clock P. M. and That the Petitioners serve the selectmen of Lond Derry with a copy thereof and this order in ye mean Time.

R. Waldron, cler. Con.

Sent down for concurrance.

May 18th 1728. In the House the above vote read & concur'd.

James Jaffrey Clr. Ass

Differences about lands adjusted.

At a Proprietors meeting held at Londonderry April ye 15th 1728. Upon the above said day it is Votted that all the Differences concerning Mendment land Highway land and want of homestead land is aggreed in the manner following viz:

That all persons that have allready Claim'd any land for the wants of the above mentioned lands, shall hold their claims having them viewed or viewed over, by a Committee of three men one of which shall be one that hath one of the poorest lots, and another of the men shall be one of them that hath one of the midway lots, and the third man of said Committee a man that hath one of the good lots, and brought to the method wh we shall hereafter Insert (viz). That the man that gets or hath gotten said land above mentioned at one mile distance or under shall have one acre of land, made as good as one acre of the president the lots were viewed by, for every acre they were allowed by the Committee chosen for viewing the home lots and so Gradually rising one quarter of an acre, for each half mlle, said land lieth distant from the sundry lots which are to have said land above mentioned, until it come to the Quantity of two acres made good as above for every acre that they are Allow'd for the wants above said, which will be at the distance of three miles, and so rise no more for any distance or consideration whatsoever, and they that have not yet got their above said land or claims, shall have liberty to put in their claims, they that want most or allow'd most claiming first and so on untill it come to the smallest quantity which is allowed to any for the wants above mentioned said land to be formed into ranges that so the commons may be laid out in order and the land that is to be viewed over which is already laid out shall be done at the cost of the town, and they that have bought any of the highway land and are not sattisfied with the method are to return said land and take their money, which they paid for said land again, and when more than one man is allowed an equal quantity of the above lands, they shall come to the Division of a Lot who shall claim first and every proprietor is to have twenty acres added to his claim or mendment, all Differences and Debeats whatsoever in our town Concerning land is done away in this vote. Vote, that the twenty acres above mentioned is to be laid out Quantity and Quality only considered.

And it is also voted on the aforesaid Day that three men shall serve and are chosen to lay out the lands above mentioned, the name of the men are as followeth :

JOHN MITCHell

JOHN ARCHIBALD
JOHN WALLACE

Petition for redress of injustice.

To the honourable John Wentworth Esq. Leu" Governor comander in Chieff of the Prov. of Hampshr and Generall Assembly of both houses

The humble petition of the Subscribers to this Honorable Assembly, wee complean of wrong don to us and grivoos in