circumstances of the inhabitants of the said town Rendered it necessary to have Two parishes there, That the Inhabitants at a Town meeting in the year 1735, Voted where a Dividing Line show'd Run in case this Court should see meet to allow and confirm it and praying that a New Parish might be incorporated with all the necessary and Common Powers and Authoritys of Law. Be it therefore enacted by his Excellency the Governour Council and Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same. that there shall be and Hereby is a New Parish made erected and Incorporated within the Township of Londonderry aforesaid by the following meets and Boundaries viz. the southerly line of said Town upon the westerly side of the Brook Called Beaver Brook shall be the line on that side and from said Line by Beavour Brook upon the westerly side untill it comes to the Road that leads Towards ammaskeag Beginning Near the old saw mill upon the southerly side of William Cochrans Home Lotts thence running as said Road or High way Leads to the fordway upon the brook Known by the Name of the twelve acre Brook and from said fordway upon a North Line until it comes to Chester Town Line and from said Chester line to the southerly line first mentioned Being the same dividing lines that were Voted by the inhabitants of the said Toun at a meeting there held on the first of December In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty five for the Boundaries of a New Parish-And all Poles and estates Living within and comprehended by the aforesaid Lines except as is herein after excepted shall be disannexed from and Exempted and discharged of and from paying towards the support of the ministry school or schools and all other parish charges of and in the other part of the Town or the old parish and are hereby erected and Incorporated into a New Parrish with full power and Authority to Raise Money on the said poles and Estates by way of Tax for the support of the ministry school or schools and all other charges of the Nature of parish charges within said Parish according to and in the way and manner by Law directed for Raising and defraying toun Charges within the Touns of this province. Only excepting saving and Reserving a Liberty unto any number Not exceeding fourty of the persons living within the limits of the old parish aforesaid to go over unto and to Become members of the said New parish if they see cause and on the Contrary for any number not exceeding forty of the Persons Living within the Bounds of the said New Parrish to go over unto and become members of the said old parish if they see cause--And in order To determine who are or shall be the persons unto whom the said liberty is granted it is hereby ordered and Directed that those who Incline to exchange to belong to the parish in which they do not Live as aforesaid shall within the limits of two months from the publication of this act give in their Names to the selectmen of the town or old Parish for the time being signifying their desire of Exchanging Parishes as aforesaid and all such persons who shall give in their names not exceeding the number aforesaid on each side with their families and estates shall be parishioners of and belong unto the said Parishes respectively as they shall signify the same as aforesaid-And to prevent Disputes who shall be of the said Number in case more of both or either side should desire it, the same shall be determined by the order of entring the Names as aforesaid Beginning with the first on each side Read three times and passed in the House February 25th 1739-40 Andrew Wiggin Speaker Petition for a new Parish. To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Gov and Commander In Chief in and over His Majestys Province of New Hampshire, The Hone His Majestys Council and House of Representatives for said Province in General Court convened. The Petition of Sundry of the Inhabitants of the South part of Londonderry in said Province, Humbly Shews, That your Petitioners by the Situation of their estates and Places of residence in the said Town labour under considerable difficulties unknown to others not in their circumstances, more especially with respect to their Attendance on the public worship. The greater part of them or rather all of them except three living upwards of Seven miles from either of the meeting houses in the said Town, the inconveniences of which are self evident. That the Inhabitants of the Parish in the said Town to which your Petitioners principally belong sensible of the difficulties attending your Petitioners in this regard have lately at a public meeting voted what should be the boundaries of a new parish if the Petitioners can obtain the authority of this court to incorporate them and that there will be no opposition (as your Petition conceive) from any part of the said Town to the erecting a new parish by the boundaries voted as afores Wherefore your Petitioners most humbly Pray this Honble Court to erect a New Parish in the said Town by the boundaries aforesaid which will Comprehend a tract of land of near six miles in length and four in breadth lying on the South side at the Easterly end of the said Town and Take in your Petitioners habitations & estates and that they may be invested with such legal powers and authorities as may be sufficient to answer the ends and purposes of such a precinct, and your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c Thom: Morrison Halbert Morrison Jn Dinsmore David Bolton Henry Campbell Sam M Adams Ezek Morrison Rob' Dinsmore Sam' Morrison Win Jameson In Kyle, Jr Sam' Campble Jan. the 2: 1741. In the house of Representatives. The within Petition read and Voted, That the Petitioners serve the Selectmen of the Town of Londonderry forthwith with a Copy of the Petition and the Votes thereon, that the said town of Londonderry may appear at the General assembly on thursday fortnight to shew cause if any they have why the prayer of the petition may not be granted, and if the General Court shall not then be sitting then to appear the third day of the sitting of the next session of General Assembly James Jeffrey, Cler. Assm B. WENTWORTH. The petition's having bro't a certificate from the Selectmen of Londonderry that excepting 3 or 4 persons they have nothing to object agt the prayer of the petition being granted, the House having considered thereon, Voted that the prayer of the Petition be granted (Excluding the persons & estates of John Archibald James Clark, James Moore John Hopdins & John Cockrane) that they be set off by the Bounds in the Petition and have all powers within themselves as other Towns have keeping & supporting an orthodox minister to preach amongst them & joyn with the Town of Londonderry and pay their proportion to him & all taxes allready made, and that they have Liberty to bring in a Bill accordingly. James Jeffry Clr. Ass Feb. 10th 1741-2 [In the original is a plan of the said Parish. ED.] The Bounds of the Town of Londonderry as run out p me are as follows (viz), Beginning at a Beach Tree the south East Corner of Chester & from thence it runs South four miles & one half mile to a Read Oak spotted on four sides & marked L. D. for Londonderry & Sundry other Letters, then it runs West one mile & three Quarters of one mile to an Oak stake standing three rodds & one half rod to the North of a Bunch of maples Standing in a hollow & spotted & marked as aforesaid then it runs south six miles & one half mile to a Pitch Pine tree standing about 25 rods to the South of hally hack meadow marked as the first, then nine miles & half west North west to a Pitch Pine standing ninety two rods over a Brook marked as aforesaid, Then North Eleven miles & one half mile to a Pitch Pine marked as aforesaid then north north east three miles to a Red Oak marked as aforesaid then E. S. E. one mile to a White Ash tree standing in a run of Water that runs into a Pond, then strait to Chester Corner it being three Pitch Pines marked by a former committee & well spotted & marked with the letters L. D. then East South East ten miles & fifty five rods to the Beach Tree first mentioned. Dated at New market April y 12th 1742. Walter Bryant. recd into the Secry Office 15th April 1742. Attest Theod Atkinson Copy P. Theodore Atkinson, Secry. Petition of Samuel Earr. To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Capt General Governour and Commander in Chief in and over his Majesties Province of New Hampshire in New England and to the Hon his Majties Council for said Province. ble Samuel Barr of Londonderry in said Province of New hampshire for himself and in the name and behalf of the Proprietors of the said Town of Londondery Humbly Sheweth, That your Petitioners for several years past has been verry greatly disturbed and troubled and incroach'd upon in their Possessions, & in defence of the same has Expended from time to time in the Law near two thousand Pounds against the Inhabitants of the Massachusets Bay and tho' some of those persons that formerly made Incroachments upon the Said Town of Londonderry, By the late settlement of the Line fall within the Province of New Hampshire, yet still they continue to Incroach upon s Town and carry off the smal part of Timber that is yet growing there and other disturbances There on pretence that the Bounds of said Town was never yet Run out and assertained. Wherefore, for assertaining the Bounds and limits of the said Town and to prevent any further disputes or unesieness about the Limits thereof, your Petitioners most humbly Prayes your Excellencie & the Honble the Council to appoint a Proper Person as surveyor and Chaine men under oath to run and perambulate the lines of said Town according to the Charter on the east, south and west sides, and home to Chester Bounds, (the Bounds between Chester and Londonderry having been perambulated by consent of both Towns Several times already) or otherwise as to your Excell and Hon's shall seem meet. And your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever Pray &© Feb. 25 1741-2. In Council Feb. 26, 1741-2 SAMUELL BArr. The within Petition of Sam' Barr in behalf of the Proprietors of London Derry read and voted thereon that a Surveyor and Chainmen be appointed and sworn to perambulate and renew the bounds of the said Township according to the lines mentioned in their charter and that the Surveyor make a plan of the same and return to his Excellency the Goveruour to be lodged in the Secretarys office and that the same be done as soon as may be with conveniency and His Excellency is desired to appoint the Surveyor and chainmen And that the Petitioners defray the expence and also notify the selectmen of Kingston & Chester six days before the busyness is entered upon. Richd Waldron, Secry. Petition for division of land, &c. To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Gov. Captain General and Commander in Chief in and over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire in New England to the Honourable his Majesties Council and Honourable house of Representatives in General assembly Convened, The humble petition of the Subscribers, Sheweth, That there is a third Division of Land lying in the township of Londonderry in this Province which Belongs to the Heir of the Rev Mr Thomas Thomson Deceased and to y Petition, Mathew Taylor, John Archibald and James Reid. That the said third division of Land never was Sub divided between the foresaid parties. That y Petitioners Matthew Taylor & are under an Indispensible necessity of selling their share of the same Land in order to defray an incumbent debt they Laid themselves under an obligation to pay at their Purchassing the same. May it therefore Please y Excellency and Hon to take our Petition under your Consideration and acording to y' Wonted Justice make such provision for y Petitioners as that the said third Division or any other division of Land that may be laid out in Common between the foresaid Heir and y Petitioners for time coming may be divided So as each party may dispose of their own share as need may be and y Petitioners as in duty Bound shal ever pray. MATHEW TAYLOR JOHN ARCHIBALD JAMES REID We the Subscribers do consent to the pray of ye foregoing Petition & its agreed by Both Parties That James Rodgers, John Wallace, & Tho Coughran be appointed to Divide s1 Land if the Pray of s Petition be granted. Given under our hands att Londonderry this 18 day of January 1741. WILL" DAVIDSON, |