Province of In the house of Representatives March 28, 1754. Voted that the Petition herewith annexed be dismiss'd. Matthew Livermore, Clerk. Counter petition. To his Excell Benning Wentworth Esq Gov' & Comander in Chief In & over his Majestys Prov of New Hamp. and to the honourable his Majestys Counsel & house of Repres in Gen' Court assembled March the 27th 1754. The humble Petition of the Town of Londonderry of the said Prov. Sheweth, That having been lately served by order of Assembly with the copy of a petition Subscribed by a number of people living at present upon some of our Lands in the Southwestern part of the Town, wherein they request to be disannexed from Londonderry, we crave leave to represent as follows: That were we before a court whose Business it is to Judge of the Right of the soyl we might say that as the land upon which the Petitioners is settled did upon the determination of the Boundary Line between the provinces fall within the province of New Hamp. it thereby plainly appears that the assembly of the massachts had never any power to grant it that therefore their pretending to hold by Dunstable gives them no just Title to the Land. That had the Massts obtained all that they desir'd of his Majesty, viz. a curve line the case of the petitioners with respect to Title would have been the same all of them living above three miles distant from the River. That the far greater part if not the whole of the Petitioners have settled since the Determination of the line and some of them very lately. But as it may be perhaps said that these things are not a proper Subject to be laid before the honorable assembly we insist not on them but proceed farther to say, That the Town of Windham a part of Londonderry is so much weakened by a considerable number of the Inhabitants being freed from any obligation to support the Gospel ministry there that the remaining part was left too weak to support the said charge, in consequence whereof their minister has been obliged to leave them and they are at present destitute of the principal outward means of Grace without any rational prospect of its being soon otherwise. That the western parish of Londonderry is already considerably weakened by the Incorporation of Derryfield that should another large part be taken off on the South western side especially if that is done with a view and as a step towards a yet farther Incroach' the Conseq is like to be soon the same with the Western Parish as that with Windham above mentioned. That the thing the petitioners ask of this honorable assembly, viz. to be disannexed from Londonderry without being incorporated either as a Town or Parish is (as far as we know) without example in the Prove and it is left to the reasonable consideration of this wise assembly whether (if granted) it might not prove a bad precident. That as the petitioners Locality which renders their distance from both our places of publick worship considerable is the only Plea enforcing their Petition w ch has any appear of weight So even in that Respect we humbly apprch they have no reason to complain since they have not been nor are like to be at any charge either in Building a meeting house or supporting a min' with us. May it therefore please your Excell and Hon to take the Premises under your wise and Impartial Consideration and at least to delay the granting of said petition till the circums. of the Petit be so far altered as to give them some Just Reason of complaint and your Pet' shall ever pray. Signed In our Name and at our App' at Londonderry this 26th day of March, 1754, by SAMUEL BARR JOHN HUMPHRY Selectmen Province of New Hampshier Petition relating to a military company. The humble Petition of Sandry of the Inhabitants of West part Lender derry In said Province. Your Petitioners Mos humbly boweth that we have for several yrs part Interlo to Rel a now Company In this Remot det of dis town if your Talener will Gratify us so fue for the Bacon lives a C ti recrest of us bora the or Pcmolly aforesaid Greggs Company soon after your Petishioners meet together and drew this Petishon and chous for our ofesers the following persons to wit, Mr Thomas Wallace for our Captain, Mr Joseph Senter for our Leftenant, and Mr James Airs for Insign. Therefore your Petishonars Most humbly prays that your Excelency would be Pleased to Grant us Comishons to the aforsaid Mishors Wallace Senter and Hers in the aforesaid station and Set us of as a new company and we as Loyall subjects shall Indeavour to serve our King and Contrey to the outmost of our power and your Petishoners as in Duty bound shall ever pray. Subscribed at Londondery August the 20th 1754 William White David Houston John Clark Jo Senter Samuel Thomson Andrew Thomson Charles Melen Thanks to the Legislature for an Act relating to taverns. To his Excellency Pearing Wentworth Eq. Captain General Governour & Command in Chof in & over his Majestys Province of New Jarop bite, The Honorable his Majestys Counch & Hace ictorvil, S. H Mirs I hablarts in Londonlove to Return our Act in which ihy, no more or the present and four ad the aber was diminished Londonderry Sept 25° Annoque Domini 1758. Matthew Thornton Randel Alexander John Durham James Willson Samuel Morrison Mathew Taylor Hugh Mungomery Petition of Inhabitants of Londonderry, 1759, for discontinuance of a highway. To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq Captain General Governour & Commander in Chief in & over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire, The Honourable his Majestys Council & House of Representatives in General Assembly Conven'd. The Humble Petition of the Subscribers Inhabitants of Londonderry & Province afores Humbly Shews, That in or about the year 1746 the Selectmen of Londonderry afore s Laid out a Highway Lengthways thro the land belonging to one Joseph Boyes of the Town & Province aforesaid which Lands is the farm on which the said Boyes then did & now dwells which Highway is within eight or nine rods of th the Line of said Farm the whole or near the whole length, & In Oct 13 1748, The selectmen of Londonderry afor's at the request of sd Boyes Laid out a Highway on the same Tract of Land the whole Length of the afores line & the Highway Laid out on the line in all respects accommodates the Publick as well, & said Boyes much better then the first as may appear by the Plan of both herewith Exhibited & there is little or no work Dun on the first road. Therefore your Petitioners humbly pray that the first Laid out Highway may be Disannulled; & the latter established or otherwise as in your great Wisdom you think best & your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray. Londonderry Oct 21st A D. 1759. John Duncan James Cochran Neall Taggart John Taggart Andr Todd James Todd John Crombie, Jr Robt Clark Will. Clark Tho. Willson James Ramsey Samuel Fisher James Anderson Edward Akin James Steel James Eayers Joseph Scobey John Holmes Saml Miller Robt McNeill Houston Daniel McNeill James Blair Arthur Archibald James Gillmor James Adams, Jr John Hylands John Moor William Moores Ebenezer Coston Adam Dickey Abram Morrison |