frank N. Parsons. Oitft of Qllass of UH4 1 *“'. '*i liv t* Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/townpapersdocumeOOhamm JOINT RESOLUTION relating to the preservation and publication of portions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened : That his excellency the governor be hereby authorized and empow- ered, with the advice and consent of the council, to employ some suit- able person — and fix his compensation, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated — to collect, arrange, transcribe, and superintend the publication of such portions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire as the governor may deem proper; and that eight hundred copies of each volume of the same be printed by the state printer, and distributed a,s follows : namely, one copy to each city and town in the state, one copy to such of the public libraries in the state as the governor may desig- nate, fifty copies to the New Hampshire Historical Society, and the remainder placed in the custody of the state librarian, who is hereby authorized to exchange the same for similar publications by other states- Approved August 4, 1881. EDITOR’S PREFACE. In this volume is continued the publication of the same class of papers published in Volume XI, commencing with Gilman- ton, and taking the towns, as alphabetically arranged, to New Ipswich. They extend over a period, in some towns, of one hundred and fifty years, ending with the year 1800. The editorial introduction to each town is intended to give data relative to the grant, charter, and incorporation, and all severances and annexations of territory, and all divisions for the purpose of forming new towns, said data being compiled from the manuscript records of the state in all cases. The petitions for various purposes are valuable, as furnishing much historical matter not elsewhere in existence, and the names of the inhab- itants at various dates. They have been in all cases copied as originally written, scrupulously preserving the orthography, punctuation, capitalization, etc. Many valuable documents rel- ative to soldiers of the various Indian and French and Revolu- tionary wars may be found in this and the preceding volume. Volume XIII, the printing of which has been commenced, will contain the remainder of this class of documents. The editor desires to express his gratitude to many citizens of the state, who are especially interested in its history, for encouragement given him in his labor, and for the many favor- able comments awarded to Volume XI, and particularly to His Excellency Charles H. Bell, for valuable advice and support. Should this volume be as favorably received as its predeces- sor, the editor will be entirel3^ satisfied with the result of his labor, and encouraged to future efforts. Concord, May, 1883. I. w. H. GENERAL CONTENTS. GILMANTON. Introduction, ........ i Petition for authority to assess and collect taxes, 1737 ? ^ Petition of inhabitants relative to a road, 1770, . . 3 Petition for a magistrate, ...... 4 Letter from Col. Joseph Badger to committee of safety, ^ 77 ^’ ......... 5 Roll of men of Col. Badger’s regiment, mustered July 23, 1776, ........ 6 Roll of officers in Col. Badger’s regiment, 1776, . . 8 Gilmanton soldiers’ orders and receipts, ... 9 Return of ratable polls, 1785, . . . . . 10 Petition for a magistrate, 178S, . . . . . ii Petition to have courts held at Norway Plains, . ii Action of town relative to Gilmanton Academy, 1792, . 14 Thomas Cogswell to Hon. Abiel Foster relative to the academy, 1794^ ....... 16 Thomas Cogswell to Hon. John Prentice, relative to the academy, ........ 16 GILSUM. Introduction, ........ 18 Petition for a grant of the township, 1752, . . . 18 Petition to have the charter lengthened out, 1763, . 19 Relative to boundary line between this town and Stod- dard, 1768, ........ 20 Relative to a wire factory, 1776, ..... 21 Relative to collection of taxes, 1782, .... 22 Return of ratable polls, 1784, ..... 23 Petition for a new town, 1786, ..... 23 Certificate of vote of town, 1787, .... 24 Non-resident land-owners, 1793, ..... 25 VI GENERAL CONTENTS. GOFFSTOWN. Introduction, ........ Relative to church matters, ...... Petition from Presbyterians, 1771 , . . . . Relative to the settlement of Rev. Mr. Currier, 1771, . Remonstrance to Mr. Currier’s settlement, 1771 , . Proceedings of town-meeting, 1771, . Relative to a dispute at town-meeting, 1772, Petition for a lottery to build bridges over Piscataquog river, 1778, ........ Petition for the privilege of sending a representative without being classed with Derryfield, 1779, Documents relative to soldiers, 177S, . . . . Col. Kelley to Col. Stickney, . . . . . Relative to Joshua Wilson, soldier, 1775, Warrant for town-meeting, 1780, . . . . Petition relative to church affairs, 1781, Request relative to management of town-meeting, 1783, Deposition relative to constables’ pay, . . . . Return of ratable polls, 1783, . . . . . Warrant for town-meeti ng, 1783- Protest against action in town-meeting, 1783, Trouble between the Congregational and Presbyterian parishes, 1783, ....... Protest against proceedings of town-meeting, 1783, Petition to have the line between Goffstown and New Boston established, 1787, . . . . . Goffstown men in first N. H. regiment, GOSHEN. Introduction, ........ Rev. Elias Fisher’s certificate, 179^1 . . . . Petition for relief from paying ministerial taxes in Lemp- ster, 1796, ......... Vote of Lempster relative to ministerial taxes paid by Goshen, 1796, ........ GRAFTON. Introduction, ........ Petition for incorporation, etc., i 777 ’ • • • • Petition for incorporation, 1778? . . . . . Petition relative to taxes, etc., i 779 ’ .• . . . Justice of the peace elected, i 779 ’ . . . . Account of service done in the Revolutionary war. 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 32 33 34 35 35 36 38 39 39 40 41 41 42 44 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 50 5^ 52 52 GENERAL CONTENTS. Vll Petition for the passage of an act making produce, etc., legal tender for debts, 17S3, ..... 54 Documents copied from Gen. Jonathan Chase’s papers, 55 Grafton men drafted, 1780, ...... 56 GRANTHAM. Introduction, ........ 56 List of grievances, 1777 ’ ...... 57 Documents copied from Gen. Jonathan Chase’s papers, 58 Relative to town lines, 1781, . . . . . 58 Inventory for 1775 7 ....... 59 Petition for a parochial parish, 17S0, .... 59 Petition to have the name of the town established as New Grantham, 1787, ...... 60 GREENFIELD. Petition of sundry inhabitants to be annexed to Fran- cestown, 1792, ....... 61 Petition for annexation of some lands to Greenfield, 1 793, 63 GREENLAND. Introduction, ........ 64 Petition to have the boundaries established, 1714, . 65 Petition for authority to elect a representative, 1730, . 66 Relative to ministerial taxes, 1739, .... 67 Military officers elected, 1775, ..... 67 Vote relative to forming a state government, 1776, . 68 Relative to Thomas Packer, Jr., soldier, 1779, . . 69 Soldier’s order, 1781, . . . . . . . 69 Matrimonial agreement, Thomas Packer and Molly Tarlton, 1779, ........ 69 Relative to election of representatives, 17S3, . . 71 Petition for authority to raise money by lottery to build a bridge, 1789, ....... 72 GROTON. Introduction, ........ 73 Election of justice of the peace, 1779, ... 74 Relative to a road through Plymouth, etc., 1781, . 74 Petition relative to a road through Alexandria, 1782, . 76 Capt. Edmund Shattuck recommended for a magistrate, 1785? ......... 77 Petition relative to boundaries, 17S5, .... 78 Petition for change of name of town, 17S8, ... 79 Petition of Cockermouth people for a new town, 1791? 80 Vlll GENERAL CONTENTS. Petition of Plymouth people for a new town, 1791, Capt. Edmund Shattuck’s resignation, 1791, Petition to have the name of the town changed to Groton, 1796, ........ HAMPSTEAD. Introduction, ........ Assessment of rates, about 1764, . . . . . Petition for an incorporation of the town, 1746, . Committee to prosecute the foregoing petition, 1748, . Request relative to foregoing petition, i 749, Committee to defend Kingston lawsuits, 176S, Votes in town-meeting relative to Kingston claims, 1760, Votes of town relative to Kingston claims, 1767, Committee appointed to settle with Kingston, 1767, Relative to the settlement of Kingston dispute, 1768, . Elijah Heath’s account, 1760, . . . . . William Heath, Jr., soldier, 1 760, . . . . Benjamin Morse, soldier, 1762, . . . . . John Sawyer, soldier of the R. I. expedition, i 77 ^? John Eaton’s petition, soldier, 1780, . . . . Petition to be classed for representative, 1785, Petition relative to paper money, etc., 1786, Relative to Revolutionary matters, . . . . Petition for a magistrate, 1788, . . . . . Certificate of nails made, 1791, . Certificate of nails made, 1792, . . . . . HAMPTON. Introduction, ........ Depositions relating to boundary line between Hampton and Portsmouth, 1669, ...... Agreement relative to boundary between Hampton and Portsmouth, 1669, ....... Election of assemblymen, 1691, . . . . . Vote relative to granting new town, Kingston, 1694, Disbursements for soldiers, 1694, . . . . Selectmen about a new town, 1694, . . . . Election of assemblymen, 1694, . . . . . Hampton soldiers, 1695, 1696, . . . . . Hampton men in garrison at Exeter, i695-’96, Hampton soldiers, April to September, 1696, New Hampshire to Hampton men, 1696, Warrant for muster of the militia, 1697, . . Hampton men sent to the fort, 1704, . . . . Hampton soldiers, 1708, ...... 80 82 8z 82 85 86 86 87 87 88 88 89 90 90 91 91 91 92 93 95 96 99 99 100 101 102 - 102 102 103 103 107 109 109 1 10 111 GENERAL CONTENTS. IX Remonstrance against a township being granted at Squamscot, 1709, . . . . . . . 112 Another of same tenor, 1715, ..... 113 Weare’s petition for a township, 1717, . . . 117 Warrant for parish meeting, 1719, .... 115 Falls men present at said meeting, . . . . 115 New Parish men present at said meeting, . . . 115 Petition for grant of a township, 1731, . . . 116 Bill of expense for constructing a pillory, 1732? • • 117 Petition of North Hill inhabitants relative to paying ministerial rates : addressed to Gov. Belcher and the assembly, 1738, . . . . . . . 117 North Hill parish declaration, 1739, • • . • 119 Report of committee concerning lines between North Hill and the old parish, 1742, . . . . . 120 Remonstrance to foregoing report, . . . . 120 Abstract from Dr. Anthony’s memorial, i 757 ? • • 122 Abstract from Nathan Blake’s petition, addressed to the governor and assembly, Jan. 28, 1760, . . . 122 Relative to small-pox, 1758, . . . . . 123 Relative to a lottery, 1790, . . . . . . 124 Vote of town relative to a lottery, 1790? • • • 125 Petition for authority to raise money by lottery to re- pair a bridge, etc., 1791, . . . . . . 125 Relative to aforenamed lottery, 1791, . . . . 126 Relative to church matters, 1796, . . . . 127 List of land-owners, about 1738, . . . . . 128 HAMPTON FALLS. Introduction, . . . . . . . . 130 Petition for grant of a township, no date, . . . 130 Petition of John Brown, innholder, for the privilege of a town fair, about 1734, . . . . . . 13 1 Deposition of Joshua Pierce, ..... 132 Petition relative to making a new town of the west part, 1736, . . . • • • '33 Committee appointed to fix division line, and report of said committee, 1736, ...... 133 Action of legislature, 1737, ...... 135 Petition for a change of dates of the fairs, 1738, . . 135 Petition for the granting of a township, 1749, • • 136 Petition of Qiiakers relative to service in the army, 1761 , 137 Relative to incorporation of Seabrook, 1768, . . 138 Objections to the meeting called by Justices Bryant and Emery, 1770, ........ 138 Petition for the appointment of a committee to settle parish difficulties, 1770, ...... 139 X GENERAL CONTENTS. Report of the committee, 177^5 ..... 140 Louisbourg soldiers, 1746, ...... 141 Crown Point soldier, 1756, ...... 141 Abigail DwinnelFs petition, i 759 ? .... 141 Petition of Isaac Tobey, 1760, ..... 142 Jonathan Knowlton, soldier, 1760, .... 142 Isaiah Row, soldier, 1760, ...... 142 Eleazer Qiiimby, soldier, 1760, ..... 142 David Steward, soldier, 1761, ..... 142 Proceedings in a parish meeting, i 773 ? • • • 143 Summons to witnesses in foregoing matter, . . . 143 Petition concerning aforesaid dispute, .... 144 Another statement relative to the foregoing dispute, . 146 D. Bachelder’s statement concerning same, . . . 147 Election of a magistrate, 1776, ..... 149 Return of ratable polls, 1783, ..... 149 Recommendation for appointment of magistrate, 1789, 150 Relative to working highway taxes in Hampton Falls and Seabrook parish, 1791, ..... 246 HANCOCK. Introduction, . . . . . . . . 152 Consent of inhabitants of the east side to the incorpo- ration of Hancock, 1779, ...... 152 Petition for an incorporation of the town, 1779 ? • • ^ 5 ^ Petition relative to taxes, 1779, ..... 153 Report of committee to locate a meeting-house, 1785, . 154 Petition for special tax to build a meeting-house, . . 155 Petition for appointment of a committee to locate a meeting-house, 1785, ...... 155 Petition for authority to levy a tax to build a meeting- house, 1785, ........ 156 Relative to building a meeting-house, 1787? • • 156 Petition of Jos. Putnam to be annexed to Hancock, i 793 ? ^57 Consent of the town to the foregoing, .... 157 Relative to militia regiments, 17S55 • • • • ^ 5 ^ HANOVER. Introduction, ........ 159 Vote of the town relative to its boundaries, 1772, . 159 Petition for an additional grant, 177^5 .... 159 John Crane for leave to establish a hospital, i 773 ’ • Jonathan Freeman relative to Hanover addition, i 774 ? Precept for the election of a representative, 1775 ’ • Vote of the town relative to the matter in dispute, . 165 Petition of Lieut. John House, i 779 ’ . • . • 165 GENERAL CONTENTS. XI Petition of Thos. Clark, soldier, addressed to the gen- eral assembly, 17831 • • . . • . 166 Petition of Lieut. James Goold, 17S3, .... 166 Peter Johnson, Bunker Hill, soldier, .... 167 Soldiers’ orders, 17S6, . . . . . . 167 From Gen. Chase’s papers, ...... 16S Petition to have a part of Hanover incorporated into a new town, 1783, • • . . . . . 170 Return of ratable polls, 1783, . . . . . 171 Petition for the appointment of a magistrate, 1784, . 172 Petition for an issue of paper money, 17S4, . . . 173 Relative to a road through town, laid out by a legisla- tive committee, 1786, ...... 174 Petition for a grant to make a canal, etc., 1792, . . 175 Isaac Rogers’s petition for a ferry, 1794, . . . 176 HAVERHILL. Introduction, . . . . . . . . 177 Petition for a ferry, 1772, . . . . . . 177 Extract from grant to Asa Porter, . . . . 178 Report of the committee on the matter of granting a ferry to Thomas Johnson, . . . . . 179 Relative to dead body found, 1776, . . . . 179 Enoch Bartlet’s complaint, 1780, . . . . 180 Abstract from the petition of Geo. Moor, soldier, 1783, 181 John French, armorer, 1780, . . . . . 181 Moses Dow declines to accept an election as a member of the congress of the United States, 1784, • • 182 Vote of town relative to paper money, 1786, . . 183 Selectmen’s protest to the grant of a ferry to Ezekiel Ladd, . . . . . . . . . 183 Petition for an act of incorporation for the academy, 17931 . . . . . . • . . 184 Subscriptions towards building a bridge over Connec- ticut river, 1794, * * • * • • • ^85 Asa Porter for a ferry, . . . . . . * 186 John Hurd relative to roads, 1774, . . . . 186 Representation of services done by the town during the war, and its present condition, 17981 • . • 187 HENNIKER. Introduction, . . . . . . . . 189 Petition of the inhabitants to have the town incorpo- rated, 1768, ........ 189 Return of men raised for the army, i 77 ^’ • • • ^ 9 ^ Roll of Capt. Aaron Adams’s company, 177^’ * ♦ ^ 9 ^ Xll GENERAL CONTENTS. Joseph Patterson, wounded soldier, 1778, . . . 193 Abraham Kimball, wounded soldier, .... 193 Soldier’s order, 1779, ....... 194 Petition for the appointment of a committee to locate a meeting-house, 1786, ...... 194 HILL. Introduction, ........ 195 Petition to be incorporated into two towns, 1776, . 196 Arms and ammunition asked for, 1776, . . . 197 Petition to be incorporated, 1778, .... 197 Certificate of soldiers exempt from poll tax, . . 19S Deposition of Capt. Edward Everett, . . . . 198 David Emerson recommended for coroner, 1782, . 199 Return of number of ratable polls, 17^3? • • • 199 Deposition of Joseph Emmons, 1781, .... 200 Petition for authority to tax non-residents, 1785, . . 200 Petition for a division of the town, 1787, . . . 201 Petition for authority to tax non-residents, 1789, . . 202 HILLSBOROUGH. Introduction, ........ 203 Hillsborough soldiers in R. I. expedition, 1778, . . 203 A list of alarm men in Hillsborough, 1776, . . . 204 Return of a soldier, 1779, ...... 205 Bounties advanced by towns, 1782, .... 205 Lieut. Sam. Bradford’s petition, 1781, . . . 205 Petition for authority to tax non-residents, 17S0, . . 206 Relative to drawing town lots, 1784, .... 207 Relative to date of annual meeting, . . . 20S Return of ratable polls, 1783, ..... 209 Petition for authority to tax non-residents, 1785, • • 209 Relative to Robert Tinney, soldier, . . . . 210 Relative to incorporating a town library, i 797 ’ • * HINSDALE. Introduction, . . . . . . . . 212 Col. Josiah Willard’s account for supplies furnished sol- diers, 1750, ........ 213 Col. Ebenezer Hinsdale’s bill, 1785, . . . . 214 Relative to Dummer’s ferry, . . . . . 215 Relative to abatement of taxes, i 779 ’ • • • * Relative to Vermont controversy, 1781, . . . 217 Petition for a grant of a ferry, 1785, . . . . 218 Relative to aforesaid ferry, 17S6, .... 218 Another petition relative to same, 1786, . . . 219 GENERAL CONTENTS. Deposition of Josiah Wheeler, 17S6, . . . . Deposition of Nathaniel Stearns, 1786, James Hubbard for a ferry, 1786, . . . . Petition for a magistrate, 17S9, . . . . . Petition for authority to send a representative, 1793, Petition for the privilege of a lottery, 1795? • Petition of Nathan Willard for a grant of Gravel Island, \ 795 ’ • • * , • Petition of Zebulon Moffatt, soldier, 1776, addressed to the general court, ....... Account for soldiers’ bounties, etc., . . . . HOLDERNESS. Introduction, ........ Petition for a regrant of some forfeited rights. Petition for arms and ammunition, 1776? Hercules Mooney’s petition, 1779, . . . , Holderness soldier, 1782, ...... Return of ratable polls, 1783, . . . . . Relative to class for representative, 1785, Maj. Sam. Shepard recommended for a magistrate, 1789, ......... Against the appointment of Sam. Shepard, . Petition for the laying out of a road from Plymouth to Hill, 1798, ........ HOLLIS. Introduction, ........ Peter Wheeler’s petition, 1761 , . . . . . Joshua Wright’s petition, 1760, . . . . . Selectmen’s account for taking an inventory of New Ipswich, 1761, Petition from inhabitants of Dunstable to be annexed to Hollis, 1762, ........ Vote at a town-meeting, 1764, . . . . . Vote at a town-meeting, 176S, . . . . . Appointment of Sam. Farley, agent, 1768, . Petition for the formation of a new town, 1768, . Petition for the formation of a new town, 1769, . Boundaries of Raby, 1769, . . . . . . Agreement relative to extending the town further east, 1773. • • • • Petition of Dunstable parties to be annexed to Hollis, 1 7 73 ?••••••••• Consent of Dunstable to the foregoing, 1773, Relative to a Hollis man enlisted in Massachusetts res’- iment, 1778, ........ xiii 219 220 221 222 222 223 224 225 225 226 226 227 227 228 228 228 229 230 230 231 232 232 232 233 234 234 234 235 235 236 236 237 238 239 XIV GENERAL CONTENTS. Relative to appointment of officers in the militia, 1775, 239 Relative to the estates of absentees, 1779, • . . 240 Estates of Hollis absentees, 1779, .... 241 Account of sale of confiscated counterfeiters’ tools, 1780, 243 Petition of Capt. Reuben Dow, 1778, .... 242 Aid to the family of Jacob Danforth, 1779, . . . 243 Soldiers’ Petition for an allowance for the depreciation of their pay, 1781, . . . . . . . 244 Relative to Lemuel Blood, soldier, 1782, . . . 244. Testimony of Reuben Blood and Wm. Cormick con- cerning the same, 1780, ...... 244. Deposition of Jeremiah Prichard, 1778, . . . 245 Soldiers’ orders, ........ 245 Relative to estate of Wm. Brown, an absentee, 1784, . 245 Relative to the restoration of Monson, 1782, . . 246 Petitioners’ tax, 1782, ....... 246 Statement of a grievance, 1783, ..... 347 Relative to articles of confederation, 17S3, . . . 248 Petition of certain persons to be set off to Raby, 1783, 249 Opposition of Hollis to the petition of Raby, 1785, . 250 Petition for a magistrate, 1784, . . . . . 251 HOOKSETT. Introduction, . . . . . . . . 252 Petition of Joshua Abbott for a ferry, J782, . . . 253 Petition of Dustin and Martin for a ferry, 1782, . . 253 Petition of McGregore and Duncan for exclusive privi- lege of locking Hooksett falls, 17945 • • • 254 HOPKINTON. Introduction, ........ Petition for the privilege of having a representative, 1773, ......... Relative to the formation of counties, 1772, . Proceedings of a town-meeting, 1772, . : . . Relative to the formation of counties, 1772, . Capt. Stillson relative to soldiers, 1776, John Hale declines the appointment of major, 1777, Petition of Timothy Clements, 1778, . . . . Remonstrance to the appointment of Benj. Wiggin, ^7^5’ ' • • • * • '-r. .* Petition for the appointment of Benjamin Wiggin as a magistrate, 17S6, ....... Another petition in favor of Wiggin, 1786, . Petition in favor of Lieut. Joshua Morse, 17S6, 255 257 259 260 260 261 261 362 263 264 GENERAL CONTENTS. XV Another remonstrance to Mr. Wiggin, . . . 265 Enlistment papers, i 77 ^’ ...... 266 Depositions relative to service in the army, i 777 > • 266 Enlistments, 1781, . . . . . . . 267 Certificate of soldiers mustered, 1781, . . . . 267 Petition of Joseph Marsh, soldier, 1787, . • . 268 Petition of Samuel French, soldier, 1787, . • . 268 Petition of Elijah Smart, soldier, 1791? • • • 269 Hopkinton men in the First N. H. Regiment, . . 269 Remonstrance to the ordination of Rev. Jacob Cram, 1789, ......... 270 Another remonstrance of the same import, 17S9, • 272 HUDSON. Introduction, ........ 273 Nottingham West men in First N. H. Regiment, . 273 Complaint concerning Rev. Nathaniel Merrill, 1747, . 274 Granting authority to Mr. Cummings to petition the legislature, 1747“* ....... 275 Relative to ministerial affairs, i 747 ? .... 275 Alleged illegal voting, i 747 i ..... 276 Petition relative to foregoing, i 747 ^ .... 277 Statement in favor of Moses Hadley’s petition, . . 278 Relative to Jonathan Searle, 1 775, .... 278 Relative to land of Wm. Brattle, i 777 ’ • • • 279 Relative to the protection of fish, 177S, • . . 280 Petition relative to aforesaid act, 1779, . . . 280 Petition of Thomas Caldwell, 1783, .... 282 Depositions of Cummings, Cross, and Hale, 1783, . 283 Statement relative to building the road, 1 783, . . 284 More relative to said road, 1783, ..... 285 Petition of Sarah Bradbury, 17S0, .... 286 Petition of Richard Cutter, soldier, .... 286 Asa Davis recommended for a magistrate, 1785, . . 286 Petition for an incorporation of a library, 1797, . . 287 JACKSON. Introduction, ........ 288 Petition for an incorporation, 1796, .... 289 Another petition relative to incorporation, 1797, . . 290 Another, relative to incorporating a town, 1799, . . 290 JAFFREY. Introduction, ........ 291 Bounds of the township, as granted Nov. 30, 1749, . 292 Petition for an incorporation of the town, 1773, . . 292 XVI GENERAL CONTENTS. Case of assault before courts were established in the county, 1775, . . _ 293 Evidence relative to foregoing, ..... 294 Petition of Daniel Russell, soldier, 1777, . . . 295 Petition of Ephraim Adams, soldier, 1779, . . . 296 Soldiers’ orders, ........ 296 Petition of Lucy Wesson, 1782, ..... 297 James Turner, soldier, ...... 297 Petition of Benjamin Dole, 1785, .... 298 Return of ratable polls, J783, ..... 298 Relative to Kendall Parsons, soldier, .... 299 Petition for authority to raise a company of cavalry, 1786, ......... 299 Relative to Peterborough Slip, 1787, .... 300 Protest against setting off a portion of the town, 1787, 300 JEFFERSON. Introduction, ........ 303 John Goffe, relative to township bounds, 1770, . . 304 Order to survey a tract of land for David Page, 1773, . 305 Petition for an act of incorporation, 1793, • . . 305 KEENE. Introduction, ........ 306 Agent appointed to get the town incorporated, 1750, . ' 307 Jeremiah Hall appointed agent to obtain an act of in- corporation, 1750, ....... 308 John and Ruth Dinsmoor’s petition, 1750, . . . 308 Benj. Guild appointed to assist Capt. Hall, 1750? • 309 Petition for an incorporation of the town, 1751, . . 309 Another petition for an incorporation, i7‘^3, . . 310 Relative to inoculation for small-pox, 1776, . . 31 1 Petition for a lottery for the purpose of building a bridge, 1778, _ . 312 Relative to a lottery for the purpose of building a bridge, 1778, . . . _ 313 Relative to trial of several royalists, i 777 ’ * * • 3 H Jeremiah Stiles chosen magistrate, 1777? • • • 3^5 Deserters from the army, 1777, . . . . . 316 Documents relative to Capt. Sam. Weatherbee, 177^? • 3 ^^ Col. Wyman’s certificate, ...... 316 Deposition of Ebenezer Putnam, . .... 316 John Hart’s discharge, 1776, . . . . . 317 Resignation of Maj. Timothy Ellis, i 779 » • * * 3^7 Substitute for Nehemiah Town, 1780, . . . . 317 Nehemiah Brown, wounded soldier, . . . . 318 GENERAL CONTENTS. XVll Petition of Charles Rice, Bunker Hill soldier, 1791, Warrant from Vermont for the election of two repre- sentatives, 1 781 5 ....... John Balch, post-rider, 1781, . . . . . Timothy Balch, post-rider, 1 ^ 8 ^, . . . . Relative to taxes on estates of absentees, 1783, Resignation of Timothy Ellis, 1782, . . . . Return of ratable polls, 1783, . . . . . Relative to the county jail, 1783, . . . . . Taxes on land of absentees, 1785, . . . . Certificates of nails made, 1789, . . . . . Election of a representative, 1794, . . . . 3'8 318 319 320 320 321 321 322 322 323 323 KENSINGTON. Introduction, ........ Petitions of soldiers, ....... Petition for a grant of land, . . . . . Ebenezer Brown’s complaint, 1 778? . . . . Petition for a paper currency, 1785, . . . . Return of ratable polls, 1783, . . . . . An appeal for Dr. Benj. Rowe, about 1785, Petition for a coroner, 1786, . . . . . Jeremiah Fogg’s declination of the office of Adjutant- General, 1786, ....... 324 324 325 326 327 327 328 329 329 KINGSTON. Introduction, ........ Petition for a confirmation of the grant and specification of its bounds, ........ Precept for an election, 1710, Kingston men’s names, 1727, . . . . . Relative to taxation by Massachusetts, 1731, Petition of inhabitants of the easterly part for a new parish, 1738, ........ Petition for a grant of land, 1738, . . . . Action of town-meeting, 1742, . . . . . Petition for lands, 1750, ...... Action of town relative to roads, 1755, Petition relative to a road, 1755, . . . . . Report of a committee on the foregoing, 1755, Petition for encouragement to manufacture salt, 1776, Petition for a lottery, 1777, ...... John Prescott, soldier, 1753, . . . . . Abstracts from petitions of French War soldiers, Capt. Samuel Fifield’s certificate, 1762, Petition of John Dent, soldier, 1759, . . . . 2 330 331 332 332 333 334 335 336 337 33S 339 339 340 341 341 342 342 343 XVlll GENERAL CONTENTS. Petition of Paul Pressey, soldier, 1759, Certificate relative to foregoing, 1759, . Jeremiah Bartlett’s petition, 1778, Soldiers’ orders, . . . . . Petition of Sarah Hobart, 1797, . Relative to the militia, 17S4, Another concerning militia, 1785, Certificate of nails made in 1791, 344 344 344 345 345 345 347 350 LANCASTER. Introduction, ........ Petition of David Page for more land, 1773, Relative to representative, 1775, . . . . . Return of ratable polls, 1783, . . . . . Petition of Col. Bucknam for the grant of a ferry, 1784, Petition for authority to tax non-residents, 1787, . Petition relative to roads, 1788, . . . . . Relative to the formation of Coos county, 1790, . Petition for a new county, 1791, . . . . . Petition to have the right of ferries vested in the town, 1792, . . . . . . Petition for authority to levy a special tax for road pur- poses, 1792, ........ Petition of Eleazer Rosbrook for a ferry, 1792, Petition for special tax to make roads, 1793, Record of a town-meeting, 1793, . . . . . LANDAFF. Introduction, ........ Town-meeting proceedings, i 777 ’ . . . . Petition for an allowance for services in the war, 1786, Relative to representative class, 1788, . . . . Landaff claims Edward Marden, soldier, 1786, Relative to a Bunker Hill soldier, etc., i 794 ? Petition for authority to tax non-residents, 1789, . Petition relative to sending representative, 1799, • 351 351 352 352 353 353 354 356 356 357 358 359 359 360^ 361 361 -^62 363 364 365 365 366 LANGDON. Introduction, ........ 367 Petition for authority to tax non-residents, 1789, . • 367 Petition for special tax to build a meeting-house, i 793 ? 3^S Vote of town relative to extending its north line, 1795, 368 LEBANON. Introduction, ........ 369 Report of committee on boundaries, 1768, . . . 369 GENERAL CONTENTS. xix Return of arms and equipments, 1775, Petition of Nathaniel Bugbee, soldier, 1777? Certificate relative to foregoing, 1777, .... Petition of John Slapp, 177^’ ..... Soldier’s order, 1785, ....... Documents copied from Gen. Chase’s papers, 1777 ’ Wm. Dana’s return, i 777 ? ...... Relative to a committee of conference, i 777 ’ Letter from Nehemiah Estabrook, i 777 ’ Complaint of N. H. adherents, 1778, .... Relative to an alleged riot, 1779, .... Protest against the action of the town, 17S0, Call for a conference meeting, 1780, . . . . Relative to Vermont controversy, 17S2, Disputed jurisdiction, 1782, ..... Relative to recording grants in office of the secretary of state, 1783, ........ Protest against the incorporation of a district to be called Dresden, 1783 : incomplete, .... Relative to the collection of taxes. Relative to the incorporation of Dresden, 17S3? • Relative to the incorporation of Dresden, 1783, . William Dana’s petition fora ferry, 1784, Petition for a new town, 1785, ..... Samuel Bailey for a ferry, 17S5, ..... Relative to the charter of the town, 1786, Relative to town boundaries, 1 786, .... Report of committee on boundaries, 1786, . Certificate of nails made, 1791, ..... 370 371 371 371 372 372 373 374 374 375 376 376 377 37S 379 380 3S1 382 382 384 384 385 •?S6 387 388 388 389 LEE. Introduction, ........ Relative to Edward Dearborn, soldier, 177^9 Edward Leathers’s order, 17S4, . . . . . Dr. James Brackett recommended for a magistrate, 1785; •. Assessment list for taxes, 17S7, . . . . . Notice of a meeting of alarm-men, 1787, Officers chosen at said meeting, . . . . . Job Runnels recommended for a magistrate, 1789, Paul Giles recommended, 1789, . . . . . 390 390 391 391 392 394 394 394 395 LEMPSTER. Introduction, ........ 396 Relative to the town’s quota of soldiers, 1783, . . 396 Return of ratable polls, 1783, ..... 397 XX GENERAL CONTENTS. Civil magistrate wanted, 1785, . . . . . Assessment list, 1787, ....... Relative to town boundaries, 1788, . . . . Opposition to the north-east corner petition, 1790, Remonstrance to having the north-east corner set off, 1790, ......... Petition to have the north-east part set off, and with other territory incorporated into a town, 1791, . Vote of the town relative to the foregoing, 1791, . Vote of the town of Newport relative to same. More opposition, ....... Portion proposed to be taken from Lempster to form a new town, ........ 397 39S 399 399 400 401 402 402 402 403 LINCOLN. Introduction, .... Petition for re-grant of township, . 404 404 LISBON. Introduction, ........ 404 Representatives chosen to attend the convention at Leb- anon, 1777’ ........ 405 Statement of condition of the town and service in the war, 1786, ........ 406 Statement of town affairs, 1787? ..... 407 John Young relative to town affairs, 1789, . . . 410 John Young wants a patent for building chimneys, • • • • • • • • • 2^1 2 Capt. Samuel Young’s petition, ..... 413 LITCHFIELD. Introduction, ........ 414 Warrant for town-meeting, i 743 i .... 415 Vote at said meeting, 1743? ...... 416 Relative to paying rates in two towns, 1746? • • 416 James Hill’s receipts, i 745 ^ ..... 417 Invoice of Lieut. Pelatiah Russell’s equipments lost in the service, i757’ • * • • • • • 4^7 Capt. John Parker’s petition, iyy 6 , . . . ’ . 418 Litchfield men at Ticonderoga alarm, i 777 ’ • • 4 ^^ Relative to being classed for representative, 1780, . 419 James Underwood relative to some confiscated estates, 1780, ......... 4^0 William Patterson relative to some confiscated estates, 1782, 420 GENERAL CONTENTS. Xxi Selectmen concerning soldiers, 17S35 • . • • 421 Return of ratable polls, 17S3? ..... 422 Relative to their quota of soldiers, 17S3, . . . 422 Petition for a bridge at Cromwell’s Falls, 1794? • • 4^3 LITTLETON. Introduction, ........ 424 Relative to taxes, 17S6, ...... 425 Relative to a tax for building roads, 17^5, . . • 425 Petition for authority to tax non-residents, 17S85 • • 426 Relative to taxing non-residents, 1791, • . • 427 Lieut. Peleg Williams’s petition, 1793, . . . 428 LONDONDERRY. Introduction, ........ Relative to the burning of Matthew Clark’s house, 1725^ / • . Order relative to laying out some land, 1728, Warrant for town-meeting, 1733, . . . . Charge against the legality of a town-meeting, 1736, Precept for the election of an assemblyman, 1736, Two sets of town officers chosen, 1737, Relative to a new parish, 1737, . . . . . Relative to a parish in the westerly part of the town, ^ 739 ’ ......... Proposals for peace, 1737? ...... Return of laying out a highway, 1738^ . . . . Petition from persons formerly belonging to Dracut for a parish, 1741, ....... Londonderry bounds, ....... Relative to a road, 1743, ...... Certificate of service of a notice, 1742, Report of a committee on roads, 1743, Petition for a reduction of the number of licensed tav- erns in town, 1758, ....... Special town-meeting called for, 1745, Relative to taxes, 1745, ...... Order to the constable to collect taxes, 1764, Relative to the election of an assemblyman, 1762, Election of assemblyman disputed, 1762, Abstracts from petitions of French war soldiers, . Relative to the formation of counties, 1769, . An address to the governor, 1773, . . . . Relative to parish affairs, 1774, . . . . . Petition to have an election set aside, 1774, . Protest against the foregoing named town-meeting. 429 430 431 431 432 432 433 435 436 437 440 441 442 443 443 443 444 445 446 446 447 448 450 45' 454 455 456 457 XXll GENERAL CONTENTS. Reimbursement wanted for money paid men who turn- ed out on the Lexington alarm, 1775, Petition of Thomas Lannen, 1764, . . . . Deposition of Thomas Davidson concerning a son, Certificate of James McGregore, 1776, Petition of David George, soldier, 1776, Service of minute men, 1775, . . . . . Petition of Wm. MacMurphy, i 777 ? . . . . Thomas Archibald, soldier, 1778, . . . . Sergt. William Morrill, 1776, . . . . . Soldiers’ enlistments, 1779, ...... Samuel Thompson’s petition, 1780, . . . . Col. Scammel recommends Lieut. Asa Senter for pro- motion, 1781, . Statement of John Nesmith, 1782, . . . . Joseph Hogg’s order, 1784, . . . . . Petition of Samuel Houston, one of Washington’s guard, 1785, ........ Petition of William Adams, 1791 5 . . . . Relative to Lieut. Robert Barnet, 177^? Petition for the release of Stephen Holland, i 777 ’ Petition of certain persons to be annexed to Nottingham West, 1778, ........ Relative to certain persons being annexed to Windham, 1778, ......... Recommendations for military officers, 1780, Relative to the enlistment of Londonderry men by Massachusetts, 1781, ...... Relative to the line between this town and Windham, 1783, ......... Relative to foregoing matter, . . . . . Verbal agreement made, 1782, . . . . . Protest against Mrs. Jane Holland’s being permitted to return, 17S2, ........ Abstract from town inventories, 1782-83, Return of ratable polls, 1783, . . . . . Petition to be exempted from paying ministerial tax in the old parish, 1783, ...... Instructions to representatives, 1783, .... Relative to counterfeit money, . . . . . Petition of sundry persons to be annexed to the east parish, 17S31 ........ Relative to parish afiairs, 17S4? . . . . . Petition to be annexed to the west parish, 17^4? • Petition for a Sunday act, 1784, . . . . . Relative to paper money, etc., 1786, . . . . Vote of the town on paper money, 1786, 459 460 460 460 460 461 463 462 462 462 463 463 463 464 464 464 465 465 467 468 469 469 470 471 471 471 473 473 474 475 476 476 477 478 478 479 483 GENERAL CONTENTS. Letter, — Col. Reid to the president of the state, . Daniel Reynolds elected to fill a vacancy in the house of representatives, 1787, ...... Petition of Congregationalists for an incorporation, x7pd, Committee chosen to present the petition, 1797? • LOUDON. Introduction, ........ Petition to have a portion of the town annexed to Con- cord, 1782, ........ Benjamin Sias recommended for a magistrate, 1785, Vote relative to paper money, 1786, . . . . Joseph Smith recommended for a magistrate, about 1785, . . _. . . . . Another recommendation for Joseph Smith, John Sanborn recommended for a magistrate, 1789, List of soldiers in the army, 1776, . . . . Soldiers’ enlistments, 1780-81, . . . . . Soldier’s receipt, 1780, ...... Soldiers’ orders, 1784-85, ...... LYMAN. Introduction, ........ Petition for an extension of the charter, Relative to taxes, ....... Town invoice, 1777, ....... Petition for abatement of taxes, 1779, .... Report of a committee relative to a soldier, 1786, Relative to soldiers furnished for the war, 1786, . Petition of non-residents, 1787, . . . . . Petition relative to a ferry, 1790, . . . . . Petition for authority to tax non-residents, 1790, . Vote of town relative to a ferry, 1791, .... Petition of Jacob Hurd for a ferry, 1793, LYME. Introduction, ......... Thomas Sumner relative to the town grant, 1768, Condition of the town, 1768, ..... Town inventory, 1773 : names only printed. Vote of town relative to the convention at Lebanon, 1777. • • • Letter, — Jonathan Childs to Hon. Jacob Bailey, 1776, Petition of Capt. Ebenezer Green, 1781, Report of committee on soldiers, 1786, .... XXlll 482 482 4S3 484 4S5 4S5 486 4S7 488 489 490 491 491 492 492 492 493 494 495 495 496 496 497 498 499 499 500 501 501 502 503 504 504 505 505 XXIV GENERAL CONTENTS. Documents copied from Gen. Chase’s papers, . . 506 Petition for charter for a ferry, 17S4, .... 506 Complaint relative to representation, etc., . . . 507 Petition for the annexation of Grant’s Island to the town, 1788, 508 LYNDEBOROUGH. Inti*oduction, ......... 509 Recommendation for a coroner, 1776, .... 509 Recommendation for a magistrate, 1779, . . . 509 Letter from Benjamin Lynde, 1779, . . . . 510 Petition for a division of the town, 1780, . . . 510 Remonstrance to foregoing petition, 1783, . . . 51 1 Another remonstrance, 1784, . . . . . 513 Statement from the petitioners, 1784, .... 514 Another statement of the situation, 1784, . . . 516 Report of a committee of conference, 1785, . . . 518 Remonstrance to a division of the town, . . . 519 Return of ratable polls, 1783, . . . . . 521 Soldier’s order, 1784, . . . . . . . 521 Soldier’s bounty, . . . . . . . . 521 Lyndeborough men in First N. H. Regiment, . . 522 Relative to military affairs, 1785, . . . . . 522 Nehemiah Rand recommended for a magistrate, 1786, . 523 Relative to warning Elisha Wilkins out of town, 1788, 524 Committee report relative to foregoing, . . . 525 Petition for the setting off' of the north-west part of the town, 1790, ........ 526 Inhabitants of Lyndeborough Gore for an incorpora- tion, 1790, ......... 527 Consent of Peterborough to foregoing, 1790? • • 528 Report of a committee on the foregoing, . . . 528 Proceedings of a town-meeting relative to the foregoing, ^ 79 ^’ * * * ■ • * " * ■ * 5^9 Remonstrance of sundry inhabitants to being set ofT, 1791, .......... 532 Report of a committee on the foregoing, 1791? • • 533 Petition from inhabitants of the south-west part to be annexed to Temple, i 795 ? ...... 534 Action of town on foregoing petition, 17965 . . . 535 Rev. Mr. Goodridge’s statement, 1776,. . . . 535 MADBURY. Introduction, ......... 536 Petition for the appointment of a magistrate, . . 536 Pelatiah Daniels, soldier, 1760, ..... 537 GENERAL CONTENTS. XXV Daniel Pinkham, soldier, 1776, ..... 538 William Twombly, soldier, 1779? ..... 538 Bounty to George Ham, 1784? ..... 538 James Jackson’s order, 17851 ..... 538 Return of ratable polls, 1783, ..... 539 Petition for authority to elect a representative, 1786, . 539 MANCHESTER. Introduction, ......... 540 Petition of Hadley and Kidder, i 759 i .... 541 Ebenezer Newman, soldier, 1779, .... 5.43 Letter from Col. John Goffe to Gov. Wentworth rela- tive to trespasses and some sharp practice at an elec- tion in Derryfield, 1766, ...... 543 Jeremiah Stevens for confirmation of a grant of land, 1742,- . 545 Relative to the discontinuance of a road, 1753, . . 545 Relative to the alewive fishery, 1776, .... 547 Relative to being classed for representative, 1780, . 549 Return of ratable polls, 1783, ..... 550 Relative to Sabbath-breaking, 1784, . . . . 551 Proportionment of foreign, domestic, and state debt, 1787, . . . . . . . . . . 551 Petition for the appointment of a committee to settle the north line of the town, 1789, . . . . 552 Vote of the town relative to line, 1789, .... 553 Petition for an incorporation to erect a bridge over Mer- rimack river, 1792, ....... 554 Relative to Amoskeag bridge, 1792, .... 554 Petition for a grant of land, 1794, ..... 555 Petition to have a gore of land incorporated with Der- ryfield, 1795, 556 Samuel Blodgett for a charter to construct a canal around Amoskeag Falls, 1794, ..... 557 Petition for legislation to protect fish in Cohas brook, 1797^ 558 Blodgett’s canal, 1798, ....... 559 Petition for the incorporation of a company to construct a canal from Merrimack river to Massabesic pond, 1799^ • • : • 559 Petition for authority to raise money by lottery to com- plete the canal, 1799, ....... 560 Relative to locks and canals on Merrimack river, etc., . 562 Another petition for the protection of fish in Cohas brook, 1800, ........ 565 XXVI GENERAL CONTENTS. MARLBOROUGH. Introduction, ......... Petition for an act of incorporation, 1775, Another petition for an incorporation, 1775, . Petition for an incorporation, 1776, . . . . Petition of Maj. Andrew Colburn, . . . . Calvin Goodenow, soldier, 1782, . . . . . Relative to taxes of Elijah Williams, 1781, . Certificate of nails made, 1790, . . . . . Against the appointment of William Parker, 1790, Relative to boundary between this town and Fitzwill- iam, 1 795 5 ......... MARLOW. Introduction, ......... Inventory of 1773, ........ Relative to the election of representative, 1776, Relative to the east line of the town, i 777 ’ • Relative to the settlement of the east line of the town, 177^? .......... Relative to taxes, 1784, ....... Relative to east line of the town, 1798, . . . . Remonstrance to the establishment of the east line as by the act of 1797, ........ MASON. Introduction, ......... Petition for a town charter, 1768, . . . . . Relative to an alleged theft, 1775, . . . . . Relative to paper currency, 1777, . • • • • Vote relative to paper currency, 1786, . . . . Soldiers’ orders, ........ MEREDITH. Introduction, ......... Petition for an incorporation, 1768, . . . . Soldiers’ orders, 1777? ’^ 3 ? . . . . . Relative to William Maloon, soldier, 1791 ? • Petition for a change of day of annual meeting, 1784^ • Petition of the Baptist society for an incorporation, ^ 797 ’ . . • • • . . . . Vote of town relative to the Baptist society, i 797 ? 566 567 568 568 569 570 570 57° 571 571 572 573 573 574 575 575 576 576 577 578 579 579 580 581 581 582 582 583 584 584 585 MERRIMACK. Introduction, ......... 5^^ Sarah Lutwyche, relative to ferry, 1775 ? • • • 5 ^^ GENERAL CONTENTS. XXVll Report of committee on the foregoing, i 775 ’ Remonstrance to petition of Matthew Thornton for a ferry, 1784, Another remonstrance to same, 17S4, . . . . Nathaniel Garfield, quarter-master, 1779, Soldier’s order, 17S2, ....... Relative to William Cowen, soldier, 17S4, . Petition in behalf of James Taylor, 17S5, • Relative to the election of representative, 1762, . 587 588 589 591 592 592 592 593 MIDDLETON. Introduction, ....... Petition to be incorporated, .... Soldiers’ orders, 1784, ’85, ’92, .... Petition of John Barter, soldier, 1788, Relative to the town’s quota of soldiers, 1783, Petition for a division of the town, 1785, Remonstrance to the foregoing, 1785, . Relative to the town’s quota of soldiers, 1786, Vote relative to paper money, 17S6, Petition for abatement of taxes, 1787, . Petition for a magistrate, 1790, .... Relative to division of state tax, 1794, MILFORD. Introduction, ........ Asa Lewis, soldier, 1776, ...... Soldier’s order, 1785, ....... Petition for an incorporation, 1779, . . . . Remonstrance to foregoing, 1779, . . . . Remonstrance from Amherst, . . . . . Petition for an incorporation, 1780, . . . . MONSON. Introduction, ........ Vote of the town, 1761, ...... Vote relative to locating a meeting-house, 1756, . Hollis asks for a portion of Monson, 1763, . Benjamin Hopkins’s bill, 1761, . . . . . Relative to annexation of a portion of Monson to Hol- lis, 1773, Petition to be annexed to Hollis, 1763, Reasons for not granting foregoing petition, 1763, Address expressing satisfaction with the county arrange- ment, 1769, Vote of Monson, 1770, ...... Opposition to reestablishing Monson, 1782, . 594 595 596 596 597 598 599 600 601 601 603 603 603 604 604 60^ 606 607 607 609 610 610 6ro 610 61 1 612 613 614 615 616 XXVlll GENERAL CONTENTS. MOULTONBOROUGII. Introduction, ........ 6i6 Petition for an incorporation, 1773, . . . . 616 Letter from Col. Joseph Senter to the legislature, 1776, 617 Petition for an incorporation of the territory into two towns, 1777, ........ 617 Relative to Rev. Samuel Perley, 1779, . . . 618 Relative to doomage, 1780, ..... 620 Enlistment, 17S0, ....... 620 Petition of non-residents, 1790, . . . . . 621 Vote to change date of annual meeting, 1791, . . 622 NASHUA. Introduction, ........ Vote of town relative to bridge over Nashua river, i 753 ? Relative to bridge over Nashua river, 1753, . Relative to representative, 1762, . . . . . Trouble at a town-meeting, 1762, . . . . Petition relative to the foregoing, 1762, Notice of meeting, 1762, ...... Votes relative to “ One Pine Hill” matters, . Relative to the formation of counties, 1769, . Relative to bridge over Nashua river, 1773, . Petition for authority to elect a representative, 17835 Return of ratable polls, 1783, . . . . . Lieut. Jonathan Emerson’s petition, 1779, . Dr. Hale’s certificate, 1779, . . . . . NELSON. Introduction, ... . . . . Petition for an incorporation of the town, 17735 • Petition for change of the name of the town, i 777 ’ George Brintnall’s order to march, 1778, Relative to taxes, town records, etc., 1778, . Relative to estate of Thomas Packer, etc., 1780, . Return of ratable polls, 1783, . . . . . Relative to a division of the town for the formation of Sullivan, 1786, ....... Petition of Ruth Batcheller, concerning her husband’s confiscated estate, 1789, ...... Certificate of number of ratable polls, 17945 Relative to representative, 1794, ..... NEW BOSTON. Introduction, ........ John Burns, soldier, 1760, ...... 622 623 624 62 ^ 626 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 634 63s 635 636 637 637 637 638 639 639 640 641 641 642 642 GENERAL CONTENTS. House burned, 175^1 • • ' . . . . Petition for an incorporation, 1760, . . . . Relative to boundary lines, ...... Relative to the petition for an incorporation, 1761, Relative to locating a meeting-house, 1 765, . Relative to ministerial lot, 1768, . . . . . Relative to the formation of counties, 1769, Petition for the incorporation of a new town, 177^5 Statement from the committees of safety of New Bos- ton, Weare, and Francestown, i 77 d? Concerning Dr. Jonathan Gove, 1777, . . . . John Hunter, wounded at Bunker Hill, 1776, Rhode Island soldiers, 1778, . . . . . Robertson and McMillan, wounded at Bunker Hill, 1 7 80 .......... Jonathan Margery, wounded at Saratoga, 1781, . Relative to Johnston Smith, 1782, . . . . Relative to Samuel Boyd, ...... Return of ratable polls, 1783, . . . . . Concerning Dr. Gove and Silas Hedges, 1786, Instructions to representatives, 1787, . . . . Relative to boundary line between this town and Goffs- town, 1788, ........ Report of committee on town lines, 1788, Report of committee on town lines, 1788, . Petition from soldiers who were captured at the Cedars, 1 795 ’ ......... Soldier’s order, 1798, ....... NEWBURY. Introduction, ........ Relative to incorporating the town, 1778, Committee to petition for redress of grievances, 1781, . Petition of aforenamed committee, 1782, Petition for authority to tax non-residents, 1789, . Remonstrance to foregoing, 1789, . . . . Petition for the incorporation of a new town, 1791, Vote of town relative to foregoing, 1791, Petition of sundry inhabitants to be annexed to Brad- ford, 1796, ........ Report relative to town lines, 1797, . . . . NEW CASTLE. Introduction, ........ Relative to settling a minister, 1683, . . . . Petition of Humphrey wSpenser, 1682, . . . . XXX GENERAL CONTENTS. Petition for a tavern license, 1683, Joseph Purmort for tavern license, Statement and petition of Joseph Purmort, 16S3, Remonstrance of Portsmouth selectmen, 1682, Precept for the election of an assemblyman at Sta Island, 1694, ....... Relative to town bounds, ..... Precept for election of assemblymen, 1695, . Summons to assemblymen, 1698, Warrant for militia muster, 1697, Return of assemblymen, 1698, .... Col. Romer, relative to Fort William and Mary, 1704 Col. Romer’s memorial, 1705, .... Supplies for soldiers, 1 705, ..... Relative to a bridge, 1719, . Petition of Rev. John Blunt, 1737, Rev. Stephen Chase accepts a call to the ministry, 1750 Petition of Dr. Nathaniel Sargent, 1746, Petition of Joseph Langmaid, soldier, 1756, Petition of John Odiorne, Jr., for a divorce, 1759, Eunice Odiorne binds out her child, a unique indent lire, 1754^ ....... Relative to tax on Trefethen’s mills, 1763, . Relative to ministerial matters, 1772, . Relative to soldiers attending church, 1773, . Relative to harbor defences, 1776, Memorial relative to fishery business, 1776, . Petition for authority to establish a lottery, 1778, . Report of committee on damage done by the troops. Relative to legislative representation, 1 784, . Petition for authority to establish a lottery, 1789, . Petition from Rye relative to the lottery. Petition from sundry inhabitants to be annexed to Rye, Petition from George Jaftrey for an allowance for dam- age caused by building the fort, .... NEW DURHAM. Introduction, ........ Petition from Canada soldiers, 1764, .... Petition from Elizabeth Doe, ..... Petition from Peter Drowne, soldier, 17S5, . Petition from Samuel Runnels, soldier, 1788, Soldier’s order, 1784? ....... Petition from Elisha Thomas, soldier, 1787? Petition from Richard Colomy, 179G .... Relative to Robert Karson, soldier, .... Return of ratable polls, 1783, ..... 673 674 674 675 677 677 678 678 678 679 679 680 681 681 684 685 686 686 686 688 689 69a 691 691 693 693 694 695 696 697 699 700 701 702 702 702 703 703 703 704 704 705 GENERAL CONTENTS. XXXI Resignation of Col. Thomas Tash. Petition relative to library, 1797? • 179^' 705 706 NEW HAMPTON. Introduction, ........ 706 Benning Moulton recommended for a magistrate, . 707 Another for same, ....... 708 Vote of town to set off the north-east part, 1796, . 709 Soldier’s order, 1792, ....... 709 NEWINGTON. Introduction, ........ 710 Newington men sworn, ...... 710 Concerning irregularities in town-meeting, 1737, . . 71 1 Additional petition concerning foregoing, . . . 712 Irregularities in town-meeting, 1745, . . . . 712 Deposition of Hateevil Nutter, ..... Relative to a road laid out in 1656, .... 714 Deposition of Thomas Tibbetts, Joseph and Abigail Richards, . . . . . . . . 713 Statement concerning aforesaid road, 1753, . . . 716 Schedule of petitioners, . . . . . . 717 Deposition of George Walton, . . . . . yiy Deposition of Samuel Huntress, . . . . . 718 Proceedings of court of general sessions, 1753, . . 718 Proceedings of court of general sessions, 1754, . . 730 Report of committee on said road, 17^5? • • . 721 Relative to dividing line against Portsmouth, 1763, . 731 Military officers chosen, 1775, ..... 722 Beniamin Adams’s statement, unique, .... 723 Relative to election of representative, 1 782, . . . 735 Petition for authority to send representative, . . 737 Another communication from Benjamin Adams. . . 727 Remonstrance to appointment of Mr. Adams, 1787, . 738 George Gains reladve to the aforesaid, . . . 73^ Petition for the incorporation of a library, . . . 73^ NEW IPSWICH. Introduction, ........ 7^0 Petition for authority to levy special tax, 1762, . . 731 Remonstrance of non-residents, 1763, .... 733 Relative to paying committee to locate a meeting-house, 1768, ......... 723 Relative to establishment of counties, 1769, . . . 734 Vote of town relative to lots, 1772, .... 734 XXXll GENERAL CONTENTS. Petition concerning same, ...... 735 Petition for pay for service done in the war, and lists of men who turned out on Concord alarm, . . . 736 List of men who turned out on Royalton alarm, . . 73 ^ Petition for pay for horses lost in the service, . . 739 Appraisal of estates of absentees, i 77 ^’ • • • 74 ^ Relative to oath of allegiance, 1783? .... 74 ^ Relative to militia regiment, 1785, .... 74 ^ Service of Samuel Walker, ...... 744 Petitions of John Thomas and Ezra Towne, soldiers, . 745 Petition for an allowance for bounties, . . . 74 ^ Petition for the incorporation of New Ipswich Acad- emy, ......... 747 Petition for a lottery for the benefit of said academy, . 747 APPENDIX. List of Saratoga men, 1777, ..... Boscawen enlistments, 1776, ..... Boscawen, relative to John Allen, .... Boscawen returns of soldiers, 1778 and 1779, Bow, William Rogers’s complaint, 1776, Bow returns of soldiers 1776 and 1778, Bow enlistments, 1780, ...... Canterbury train band, ...... Canterbury enlistments, 177^5 . . . . . Canterbury enlistments, 1780 and 1781, Chichester, return of Capt. Cram’s company, 1776, Concord enlistments, 1779 ^nd 1781, . Agreement between the town of Exeter and Edmund Gilman, 1647, ....... Deed of Wadononamin to Edward Hilton, 1660, Documents relative to a convention of delegates from towns in Hillsborough and Cheshire counties, . Address from said convention, . . . . . Address from Amos Dakin, chairman of said conven- tion, ......... Action of the legislature concerning same, . Index to names of towns, places, etc., . . . . Index to names of all the persons mentioned in the vol- 1.1 ITl 6^ • • • • • • • • • 75 ' 75 ' 752 752 753 753 754 754 756 757 758 758 759 760 762 764 767 767 77 ' EARLY TOWN PAPERS. NOTE. The documents in this volume were copied from the manuscripts in Vols. IV, V, VI, and VII, of the collections of 1880, and Vols. II and III, “ Indian and French Wars and Revolutionary Papers,” in the office of the secretary of state. They are numbered to correspond with the originals. NEW HAMPSHIRE Early Town Papers. GILM ANTON. This is one of the old townships, and was granted May 20, 1727, to Nicholas Gilman and one hundred and seventy- five others, but was not settled until about 1761, when Benjamin and John Mudgett moved into town with their families and there settled. The Masonian Proprietors claimed the land, but a settle- ment was made whereby they relinquished their claim to all but eighteen shares, giving the town proprietors a quit- claim deed June 30, 1752. Iron ore was discovered in the town, and works for the manufacture of iron were built as early as 1763, but the business not proving remunerative was in a few years aban- doned. Governor’s Island was annexed to the town December 30, 1799. June 16, 1812, the northerly part of the town was set off and incorporated into a town by the name of Gilford. July 5, 1851, a tract of land was severed from this town and annexed to Gilford. By an act passed June 29, 1859, town was divided, and the north-westerly part incorporated into a town by the name of Upper Gilmanton, which name was changed to Bel- mont June 24, 1869. Gen. Joseph Badger was the first magistrate, and for many years a prominent citizen of the town. He was a member of the council in 1784, I790-’9I, i795-’96. Gen. Badger was born in Haverhill, Mass., January ii, 1722, and died April 4, 1803 ; was grandfather of Gov. William Bad- ger. 3 2 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [4-85] \^Petition fo 7 ' Authority to assess and collect Taxes ^ To His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq*" : Gov^ and Com- mander In Chief in and Over His Majesty’s Province of New Hamp*"® : The Hon’^^® His Majesty’s Council & House of Rep- resentatives for Said Province in Gen^ Court assembled — The Petition of a Committee of the Proprietors of Gilman- town in the Province afores'^ in behalf of the said Proprietors Humbly Sheweth — That the Proprief'* afore®^ live in Several Towns within this Province & Some of them who became So by Purchase live in the Province of the Mass^ Bay — whereby they can by no means already Provided, Collect the money Voted by the Proprief® afores^ to carry on the Settlem* & other matters relating to the Said Townships & Propriety, any further than they Voluntarily pay the Same. — That for want of Legal Authority to Collect the Said money the SettlenP of the Said Town is greatly Retarded, and an un- equal Burthen bro’t upon Such of the Said Proprietors as are Diligent & forward in carrying on the Settlem* who are Some- times obliged to pay more than their proportion to prevent a total neglect of the Settlement. That the ProprieP who are zealously Concern’d to promote the Said Settlem* have been at Great Charge to Cut a Way up to the Said Township, & building houses of Defence, Laying out their Lots &c — which they only have Defrayed — Your Peticon*’® in behalf of themselves & their Constituents therefore Humbly pray This HoiP'® Court that you would be pleased to Enable their Selectmen for the time being to tax the Said Propriet*"® to all Legal Charges relating to the Said Town- ship And also the Constables or Collectors for the time being to Levy the Same on the Lands & rights of the Proprief® who Neglect to pay their Said Taxes in Season and to make Sale of So much of the Said Lands of any Delinquent Proprief® in the Same or Some Such manner as Constables of Towns are En- abled to do with the Goods of Such as do not Seasonably pay their Town Rates or in Such other way & manner as you in yo’’ Great Wisdom & Goodness Shall See meet — And Your Petitioif® as in Duty bound Shall ever pray &c John Gilman John Brown In The House of Representatives. Voted That The Prayer of the Petition*"® be granted with this Amendment — That the Constable before the Sale of any Lands Destraned upon Give forty Days Notice in Some one or more of the pub- lick Prints of the destres and Sale of Such Lands, and that y® GILMANTON. 3 Lands So distraned upon be sold to the highest bider and after the sale thereof if there be any overplush besides a Suficiency to Pay that Assesment and the Charges acruing thereon, that y® Constable pay the Said Surplusage to y® Select men of S*^ Town and there to remain in S*^ Select mens, hands and y*" to remain, in order for y® Said Delinq‘ or Delinquents Proprieters to Draw out the Same when they l 3 emand It — and if not demanded be- fore a new Asesment then to be disposed of to defray S'^ Charges of the new Asesments — Pi*ovided this act Continue for the Space of ten years & no Longer and that the Sale of Such Lands be a good title to y® Purchaser any Law usage or Custom to y® Con- teray notwithstanding and that the PeP haye Liberty to Bring a Bill accordingly James Jeffrey Cle*" ass'" In Coun' March 30^^ ^ 737 — Read and non-concurr’d unanimously — RiclP Waldron Sec^ [4-86] \^Petitio 7 i of Inhabitaiits relative to a Road^ 7770.] To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq*"® — Captain General and Governour in Chief the Hon''^® Council and the HoiP® House of Representatives of His majesties province of New hampshire in New England — The Petition of us the subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Gilmantown, Humbly shew that by an act of this Government the proprietors of said Town were obliged to make a Road through the same and that we have Been always Informed that the Inhabitants had no Concern in it and the proprietors have Disobeyed the Courts order and voted that they would not make the Road and the Courts Committee have Been obliged to Do it and we understand that some of the proprietors of said Town are Desirous that this Great and Honourable Court would order that all the Lotts in said Town should be Taxed to pav that Charge which we apprehend would be a Grievous Burden upon us that are Inhabitants there for the Inhabitants have Ventur‘d their Livies and fortunes to settle that town and have had no help from the proprietors to make an}’ Road in it or but a very little and are obliged to be at the Expence of two Hundred Dol- lars a Year to make and maintain their Necessary Roads and if the Expence of making the province Road should be paid by a Tax on the Lotts there is a Great Number of proprietors who own Large Interest in the Common Lands that will pay Little or nothing by Reason they have sold the Greatest part of what 4 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. is Laid out and at an Exorbitant price by Reason of the settle- ment and Roads we have made at our own Expence Therefore your Petitioners Humbly pray that Your Excellen- cy and this Great and Honourable Court would take the matter into Consideration and Grant us some Releif as Your Excellen- cy and Honours in your Great wisdom shall Judge proper and your petitioners as in Duty bound shall Ever pray &c Dated at Gilmantown afores*^ Nov*" 20^*' 1770 Sam^ Fifield John Dudley Simeon Bean Beniamin James Samuel morrison Joseph Avery Abnar Clough John Sanborn Samuel Clougb Benjamin Weeks Sam'' Avery ju*" W’” Smith Matthias Sawyer David Edgerly Philip Pain Joshua Bean Nath' Wilson Beniamin dow Eliphalet Gilman Gilman Lougee Samuel hatch Edward Lock John Moody Dudley young Nath" Elkins Samuel Gilman Lemuel Rand Benj“ Avery Andrew Glidden John fox Summersbee Gilmi Jotham Gilman Ephraim morrill Edw" Gilman jun Ebenz'' Paige Jonathan Edgerly Josejoh Philbrick Samuel Ladd Samuel Avery John Been Stephen Bean Daniel folsom Daniel Stevens Nicholas Gilman Benjamin Gilman wintrop Gilman Jeremiah Connor David Elkins Stephen dudley Edward Gilman t ho mas mudget Simeon mudget Jude Bean Jeremy Cogswell Jrimiah richisen Jonathan Gilman 4—87] \_Petitio?i foi' a Magisti'ate.^ State of New Hampshire Strafford ss. To his Excelency the President and the Honourable Council for Said State Convened. The humble Petition of us the Subscribers being Inhabitants of the southerly part of Gilmantown in the County and State aforesaid humbly sheweth that whereas the said town of Gil- mantown is large and Consisting of near Four Hundred Rate- able Poles & as there is no person that is appointed and Qualli- fied as a Justice of the peace in the Southerly part of the Said town as Afores’d and we Your Petitioners pray your Excelency and Honours would appoint and Qiiallify Mh John Shepard of said town as a Justice of the peace for said County ; as we think him to be a man of the best Qiiallification with us for the same : and your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall ever pray GILMANTON. 5 Joshua Bangs Nat^ Gilman John melcher Daniel Evens Reuben osGood John Tucker Theophilus Drew Stephen Hutchinson John Melcher juner Benjamin Grant Scribner muget Micajah Morrill Ephraim morrill Aaron moses Joseph flanders Samuel Osgood Natha Wilson Jur Paul Merrill Stephen Ben“ Joseh Looge John Swain J^ Jonathan Avery Samuel Prescott Winslo Page John Lougee Jr Samuel moses Stephen Swain Joseph Gilman jun Samuel Smith Jun^ David meeder Samuel Avery Jonathan Flanders Jonathan Hutchinson Josiah Rundlet Pitt Lougee Sam^' Shepard True Page Elisha Hutchinson Jonathan Gilman 3 Josiah Avery Elisha Sweat Nathan Morrill Henery Barter George Moses John Chase Joseph Jones Ebenz*' Paige Joseph young Josiah Avery Juner Jotham Gilman John Huckins Jeremy Cogswell John Edgerly Jr [Revolutionary Papers, Manuscript, pages 12 to 15.] \^JLetter fro?n Col. yos. Badger to Co77imlttee of Safety.'\ To the Hon'^'® The Committee of Safety for the Colony of New Hampshire — Gentlemen Pursuant to orders from Nath' Folsom Esq Maj'’ General I Have proportioned the men sent for on the several Companys in my Regiment and the officers have Returned the Names of the men and as sent for except two wanting from Leavitts town [Effingham] and two from Middle- town, and as there is no militia officers chosen there I applyed to the selectmen and Committee of Safety and they say that their men are so many gone in the warr that they cant raise any more as to Leavitts town if their should be danger of Indians I think they are exposed as they are the outside and the selectmen dont Incline to spare any out of their town and so I shall come four short of the Number sent for which I hope you' please to abate as Leavitts town Tamworth and Sandwich are frontier towns as my Regiment is so Extensive for Land I have ordered my men to be muster*' next frieday at Gilmantown and to come prepared to march forward as they shall have orders there is Between fifty and sixty that are to pass muster who are to have Liberty of Chusing their officers they have unanimously agreed upon their Capt. and first Lieut, if diey can have Incouragement they will equip themselves and go with the men. the men will be all mustered on frieday. and ready to march and wait your fur- 6 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. ther orders I am Gentlemen your Hon” most obe* & Hum' Sert Gilmantown July y® 15^^^ ^ 77 ^ Joseph Badger Colonel of the tenth Regiment of militia in the Colony of New hamp- shire \^Roll of Me7z of Col. Badger's Regimezit.^ zziustered fuly2j, 1776.] Colony of New hampshire ] Straflbrd ss. | Gilmantown July 23*' Pursuant to a vote of the Council and Assembly and bv orders from the ^lajor General of this Coloney I have Raised out of the Regiment under my Command to Reinforce the Armv supposed to be at Crown Point the several men hereafter named as follows viz IMustered by James Knowles Esq and marched in Cap' Bad- gers Company. Joseph Badger Jr. John Parsons Francis Blake Winthrop Durgan Bradbury Sinkler Richard Sinkler Jeramiah Richardson Stepen Dudley Robert Tibbitts David Clough ^ • Joshua Sinkler John Avery Thomas Currier Jonathan Gilman Jabez James Stephen Hutchins Nathaniel Dow William Ray John ^larston Ebenezer Blake Jonathan Magoon Samuel Meeloon John Drake Jonas Carter John Cooley Benj“ Burlev Stephen Gilman Ethridge John Glidden Jonathan Lary Stephen Scribner John Fullerton John Piper William Rogers O John Folsom Stephens Burley A\dlliam Burley William Eastman Chase Wiggin Jonathan Buzzell John Barker Jonathan Smith Jonathan James IMustered by Coll Baker and gone in the same company John Powell Baker and gone in Cap' Drews company Ephraim Roberts IMustered by Coll Joseph Runnils John York William Chandler Peavev Job Allard Jesse Wiggins Henrv Wentworth Josiah Wiggins Richard Colo my John Wentworth Benjamin Horne Benj“ Moonev Listed with Cap' Harper Samuel Winslow gone with Cap' IMarston. GILMAN TON. 7 Mustered by Cob Walker and gone with Cap‘ Shepard Moses Randal Samuel Mackeriss Jonathan Morrison Jonathan Smith Jr Thomas Crosbey Timothy Somes Ezekiel Danford Jonathan Smith Elisha Cummins 65 men in all There is eight wanting of the number required, which are from Leavitts town two from Tam worth two from Middletown three from Sandbornton one — The reasons are as follows viz. Leavitts town having no officers nor selectmen nor Committee of Safety I applied to Tho® Parsons Esq who said that they were so exposed being the frontier towm that he thought it would not be safe to spare any men out of that town, and did not think he could possibly raise any The Cap^ of Tam worth writes to me that the state of their town is that they have fourteen men now in the service and but twelve men at home fit for duty but with great difficulty he has obtained one man who appeared on muster day but on hearing his complaint and the Captains Letter by advice of Deac Knowles the muster master I Released him The selectmen of Middletown were desired to Raise live men that being their proportion and they made return that there were so many of their men now in the service that they had done all in their power and could raise but three men and on muster day one of the selectmen came with two of the men and said that the third was taken sick and like to remain so there was but two mustered The Cap* of Sandborntou says that they have twenty six men now in the service but notwithstanding he raised the men sent for but CoP Walker the muster master put by one by reason he was so small and the Captain prays he may be excused from raising another to supply his place by reason it w'ould be attend- ed with so much difficulty Cob Evans Taxed me Publicklv at Concord for obtaining^ an order for my men to march by misrepresenting the number of my Company but if I did it was what was Impossible for any one to avoid for if I remember I wu'ote that my Company would consist of Between fifty and sixty men and at that time I had Return of five men from Wakefield five from New Durham, one from Aliddletown and one from Tamworth, that they would appear on muster day but afterwards ten of them enlisted with Cap* Drew and one proved sick and one I released which no man could foresee which twelve men added to forty four now gone would make fifty six which would I think agree very near with what I wrote Notwithstanding all Cob Evans parade 8 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. about the superiority of his Regiment and of the ancient town of Dover when we mett at Concord it was in the power of my men to have chosen every officer but when the Cap* was chose I spoke to my men and desired that they would consent that Cob Evans’^ men should Nominate the two Lieutenants which they unanimously agreed to had Cof Evans® men been more in numbers than mine I believe it is the opinion of the Gentle- men spectators that he would not have advised as I did. I would not have been so troublesome but as my Character Laboured I thought it necessary to sett the matter clear I am your Honours most ob* Hum^ Serv* Joseph Badger To the Honourable the Committee of Safety for the Colony of New hampshire [Ibid, p. 27.] \_Roll of Officers in Col. Badger^ s Regd.^ /y/d.] [Col. Badger’s Tenth Regiment, as returned by him in 1776, was composed of the following companies:] Field Officers Joseph Badger Esq Colonel Ebenezer Smith Esq Lieu* Colonel Vacant First major Bradbury Richardson Esq second major First Company in Gilmantown — Officers Captain First Lieut. Second Lieut. Nathaniel Wilson Joseph Philbrick Daniel Stevens Ensign Jonathan Clark Second Company in Wolfsborough not yet returned Third Company in Sandbornton Chase Taylor Josiah Sanborn Jacob Smith James Gibson Fourth Company in Meredith Joshua Chrockitt John Kimball William Ray Robert Bryant Fifth Company in Barnstead Richard Sinkler Jonathan Emerson Samuel Pittman Benjamin Nutter Sixth Company in Moultonborough Nathaniel Ambrose John Adams William Plaistead Joseph Richardson GILMANTON. 9 Seventh Company in New Durham Robert Boody Shadrach Allard Thomas French John Glidden Eighth Company in Sandwich Daniel Beede Ju^ Joshua Prescott Josiah Bean Jacob Weed Ninth Company in IMiddletown vacant Tenth Company in Wakefield vacant Eleventh Company in Leavitts town vacant Twelfth Company in Gilmantown John Moodey Samuel Ladd Simeon Bean Noah Dow Thirteenth Company in Tam worth Stephen Mason Jonathan Choat John Fowler Jonathan Burgees Fourteenth Company in the Gore [now Alton] Joseph Robards Ephraim Chamberlain John Glidden Timothy Davis •/ Dated at Gilmantown march y® A : D : 1776 Joseph Badger Colonel To the Honorable the Council and House of Representatives for the Colony of New Hampshire. [R. 2-9] [ Gilmanton Soldiers^ Orders and Receipts Gilmanton march 17**^ 17S3 Received of the Town of Gil- manton Twelve pound Lawful money It being In full for my part of my Husband Nehemiah Leavitts wages For one year who Is a Soldier In the Continental army For said Town I say Received by me From the 13*^ Day of Febr^ ^ 7^3 her Sarah X Leavitt mark Test Benj® Sias Edw^ Gilman J*" To the Treasurer for the State of New Hampshire for the time being please to pay unto the Select men of the town of Gil- mantown the whole of the wages Due to me for my Service in the Continental Army the Last year for said Town it being for value Received of said Town Ammi Choat Gilmantown March y® 2i®‘ 1782. 10 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [The following soldiers order their wages to be paid to the town : Benj^ Libbey, for six months in 1781. Jonathan Taylor, for six months in 1781. Joseph Morrill, for six months in 1781. John Cotton, for six months in 1781.] [R. 2-20] [Samuel Saunders orders his wages to be paid to Jn° Nich- olls ; John Taylor orders his to be paid to Joseph Badger; Mary Parry orders the wages due her, as heir to her son, Samuel Parry, deceased, to be paid to Penning Pickering, and the selectmen certify that she is heir to said Samuel] [4-90 \^Retu 7'72 of Ratable Polls ^ State of New Hamp^ In the House of Representatives Nov’’ 5^^ Voted, That the Selectmen of each Town & Place within this State be directed to return under oath to the Assembly of this State at their next Session the exact number of Male Polls from twenty one years of Age & upwards paying for themselves a Poll Tax within the said Towns and Places in Order to appor- tion the Representation of this State according to the new Con- stitution — sent up for concurrence John Dudley Speak^ In Council the same Day Read & concurred. E. Thompson Sec^^ a True Copy Attest^ E Thompson Se*"^ No 3‘^2 Polls In the Town of Gilmantown Paying for them- selves a Poll Tax in the year 1783 — being the age of Twenty One Years — Gilmantown December the i3 17S3 Edward Gilman ) Selectmen of Joseph Parsons / Gilmantown state of Newhampshire Strafford ss — Gilmantown, Decern^ y® 13*^ ^ 7^3 Then the above Named Edward Gilman and Joseph Par- sons Personally appearing made solemn oath that the account GILMANTON. I I of the Number of Polls in the Town of Gilmantown by them Exhibited as above is Just and true according to the best of their Judgment sworn before Joseph Badger Justice of Peace [4-91] S^Petitio 7 i for a Magistrate^ To His Excellency the President of the state of New hamp- shire and Honour'^^® the Council of s*^ state the Petition, of us Inhabitants of the town of Gilmantown, — Humbly sheweth — that the town, of Gilmantown, is a Large tract of Land as Large as three six mile towns and that the southeast part of said town are fully settled with Inhabitants and that there is no Justice of the Peace within about five miles of them, and it would be very Convenient to have one in that part of the town. Your petitioners therefore pray Your Excel- lency and Honours that Cap* Joseph Parsons may be appointed to that ofiice he being in our opinion, a suitable person for the office and Lives in the most Convenient place to serve the peo- ple of that part of the town, and Your Petitioners as in Duty Bound shall Ever pray &c Dated at Gilmantown, DecenP y"^ 32 ‘* 178S David Bean Joseph Huckins Ju Robert Rogers Simeon Taylor Nathaniel Dow Joseph Clifibrd Edward Gilman J John Gilman Peter Gilman Noah Dow ^ John Nelson Thomas Cogswell Robert moulton Peter Folsom Natlfi* Willson John Sanborn Thomas Flanders j Simeon Copp Charles Rundlet Samuel Greely Peaslee Badger Daniel Gale Antipas Gilman Jur Jonathan Ross peter folsom 3 [Joseph Parsons was appointed January 28, 1789. — Ed.] [4-92] [^Petition to have Courts held at JSfoi'voay Plains^ To FI is Excellenc}^ the President the HoiP*® Senate and the Hon*’’® the House of Representatives of the state of New hampshire In General Court Assembled June y® 4**^ 1789 The Petition of us the subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Gil mantown, in the County of straftbrd Humbly sheweth that all the Courts of said County are now Held at Dover and Dur- ham, which places are at the Very Lower End of the County 12 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. and many of the Inhabitants of the County have to travel from a Great Distance some fifty and some sixty miles which is a Great hardship upon the people — Therefore Your petitioners pray Your Excellency and Hon- ours that all the Courts of said County may be moved to nor- way plain, in Rochester in s*^ County where we apprehend to be the most Convenient place as all the Roads seem to Center there and a Convenient place for publick Buildings and Good accommodations for the Court And Your Petitioners as in Duty Bound shall Ever pray &c Joseph Badger Daniel Grant Abraham Smith Benj*^ Dean Noah Marsh Jesse Louge Samuel Brown Ju Abraham Smith J John thurston John Sincler Thomas Hayes Simeon Taylor Andrew Page William Thompsc Joseph Avery Abner Evens Jur Nehemiah Louge Peaslee Badger Jeremiah Sanborn Jacob Kelley Elisha Odlin Stephen Dudley Jr Joseph Garman Wiggin Taylor Benjamin Stevens Jeremiah Morrill Nicholas Gorden Jonathan louge Robert moulton David Sanborn Daniel Moulton moses Page Jeremiah Gorden Nathaniel Dow micajah Kelley Daniel Gilman Ju’^ vSimeon Copp Stephen Gilman Samuel thurstan Ephraim Libbee Benjamin Smith Nathanael Kimball Benj" Dow William Price William Price jun John Bond John Marston Joseph Clark alexander Gorden [On three other petitions of the same date and wording are the following names : — Ed.] Jacob Currier Charles Rundlet Joshua Gilman Jr William Rowell Stephen Swain Daniel Gale Jun Ezekiel Hoit Zebulon Gilman Paul Merrill Joseph Clifford David Bean Jonathan Sargent Simeon Bean Jacob Rowe Jacob Tucker Isaac Currier Jeremiah Chandler Mark Emerson Jonathan flanders Jotham Gilman William Rand Samuel Follett Peter Gilman Joshua Gilman Samuel Dockham Isaac Batchelder Stephen Bean Samuel Mudget William Casey James Elkins John Nelson James Ladd Jonathan gilman John Swain Joseph Gale Richard Jones Joseph Huckins Nicholas Gilman William Nelson John Bean Ju Jonathan Dow Benjamin Pain Dudley Hutchinson John Swett John elkins GILMANTON. 13 Sam^ Fifield Jacob Gale Jeremiah Richeson Joshua Bradford Peter folsom Jonathan Elkins BartholomewGilman Joseph Richardson John Weeks William Dame Samuel maxfeald David Folsom Scribner Mudgit David Fifield Ebenezer Stevens Perkins Dow William Louge Dudley Gilman Peter Dudley David meeder Ebenezer Page Winthrop Giluman Samuel Smith Micajah Morrill Jude Bean Jeremiah Connor W“^ Smith Dudley Milman Paul Bickford John Parsons Enoch Hunt Samuel Prescott Samuel Clough Nath'^ Webster Samuel F. Gilman Samuel Blasdel Abel Hunt Stephen Leavitt Samuel Ladd William Bennet Jacob Jewett Nathaniel Gale John Sanborn Charles Currier Jeremy Connor Dudley Gilman Samuel Gilman Jr David Clough Joseph Richardson John Lang Weeks Caleb James Daniel folsom Joseph Morrill Matthias Weeks Bezaleel Beede Samuel osgood John fifield Peter Bean william Edwards Joseph Huckins ] un Jonathan Ross Stephen Dudley Ezekiel Edgerly Hibbard Morrill Samuel Greeley Joseph young Zebediah Wattson Ebenezr Page Jr Joseph young Jifi Antipas Gilman Samuel Gilman Dudley Prescott Israel Farrar NatlJ Wilson Ruben osGood Thomas Flanders Jifi Samuel Tilton Lowel Sanborn Philbrick Row Levi Gilman Stephen Gale Samuel Jewett Samuel Jewet David Page John Shepard John Bean Jonathan Gilman Ju Stephen prescutt Jonathan Folsom Jeremi Richardson Jur Benjamin Weeks Thomas Sewall Jonathan Morrison Daniel Rowell Nathan Heart Nathaniel Gilman Benjamin Richardson Thomas morill wintrip Barret Matthias Weeks Ju Elish Sweat Joseph Jones Nathaniel Tilton Caleb Bean Noah Dow Israel French John Dudley Dudley Young Jeremy Cogswell Ira kimball Edward Gilman Ju Timothy Smith Isaiah Clough Joshua Bangs Thomas Gilman Jonathan Nelson Jonathan Gilman Jolni moody Ephraim Bickford James Chase Abner Clough John Tilton Josiah Rundlett Benjamin thurstan Jacob Rundlet Malachi Daveis John Gilman JuiF John Mash John Wadleigh Jona fiagg thomas foster William Parsons Jr Jonathan Prescott Jonathan Rundlet John Bradbury Eben”' Eastman Benj" Richardson Samuel Young John Edgerly Simeon Hoyt 14 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. wintrop Gilman John Bennet jun^ John Folsom Benja Bodge William Morrison Joseph Badger 3*^ Joshua Mudget Edward Bean Jonathan Thing Noah Weeks Nath Weeks Jeduthan farrar Samuell Clark Robert Morrison Simeon Mason Sami Ames winthrop Thing Jabez James Josiah Weeks Jonath Edwards Enoch Clark George Wamouth Levi Bean [4—96] \_Action of Town }'elative to Gilmajiton Acade?ny^ 1792.'] At a Legal Town meeting held by the freeholders and other Inhabitants of Gilmanton on Thursday the Eighth day of March 1792— Voted to Choose a Committee to Consist of Twenty men to take under their Consideration the appropriating the School Right in said Town for a Publick Academy to be set up in some Convenient place in said Town and to make report at the adjournment of this present meeting — Co’ Antipas Gilman Mj’’ Samuel Ladd Thomas Cogswell Esq^ L* Samuel Folsome Gilman Jonathan Flill Co’ Badger Col Greeley Capt Joseph young Thomas Taylor Benj“ Weeks Esq*" William Price Joseph Parsons Esq*" Hon Joseph Badger Esq’’ John Shepard Esq’’ L* Dudley Thing Josiah Avery Micajah Morrill Moses Page Rev*’ M*" Smith and M*" Powers were Chos- en for the above Committee Voted to adjourn this present meeting to the first monday in May Next at Two of the Clock in the afternoon Monday May 7*^ ^ 79 ^ pursuant to the adjournment met Voted to Except the Committes Report respecting the appro- priating the School Right to the benefit of an Academy in said Town and is as follows — April 19”^ 1792 at a meeting of the Committee to Consider of the propriety and advantage of Establishing an Academy in Gilmanton Voted I®’ that it is the sense of the Committee that establishinof an Academy in this Town would be useful to the Inhabitants and beneficial to the Publick — 2’y Voted as it has been Represented to the Committee that the value of five Hundred pounds would be subscribed by Indi- viduals for the above purpose therefore under these Consider- ations We the major part of your Committee do agree and it is our Opinion that the appropriation of the School Right towards GILMANTON. 15 Establishing an Academy in this Town would be agreable to the Spirit of the Charter and the design of Goverment and there- fore that it ought to be appropriated accordingly Isaac Smith Price Micajah Morrill Antipas Gilman Samuel Greeley Joseph Badger Ju’’ Moses Page Benj'"* Weeks Dudley Thing Samuel Ladd Joseph young Thomas Cogswell Walter Powers Joseph Badger Joseph Parsons John Shepard - for ) Goffstown [In H. of Rep., February 6, 1788, a committee, con- sisting of Jeremiah Page of Dunbarton and Daniel Camp- bell of Amherst, was appointed to perambulate and estab- lish a li ne between the two towns, and report at the next session. They reported, and the report was referred to a committee, who advised that the matter be referred back to the first committee, and Aaron Greeley was added to it. Report not found. — Ed,] [ Goffstovj7i Men lit First N. H. Regime7tti\ [Samuel Davis, entered July, 1777, discharged Dec., 1781* Joseph Hadley, enlisted Jan. i, 1777, discharged Sept. 2> 1779. William Kemp, entered Jan. 4, 1777, discharged Sept. 6, 1777. Reuben Kidder, entered Feb. 27, 1781, discharged 1781. Samuel Smith, entered Jan. 20, 1777, discharged Dec., 1781. William Thompson, entered May 7, 1781, discharged June 7, 1781. — Ed.] GOSHEN. This town was formed from portions of Fishersfield (Newbury), Wendell (Sunapee), Newport, Unity, and Demp- ster, and incorporated December 27, 1791. The act of incorporation provided that the inhabitants of the portion taken from Dempster should continue to pay ministerial taxes to the support of the Rev. Elias Eisher, and did so until said provision was repealed, Dec. 8, 1796. GOSHEN. 47 By an act approved June 22, 1797^ the boundary lines of the town were established, and the same were in part changed June 17, 1806. A tract of land was severed from Unity, and annexed to Goshen, July 6, 1837. The portion of the town taken from Sunapee was first settled in 1769, by Capt, Benjamin Rand, William Lang, and Daniel Grindle. Why the Bible name Goshen was given to the town is unknown to the editor. [4-139] \^Rev. Elias Fisher's Certijicatei^ Lempster Sep’’ 14, 1796- this may certify that if in case the Town of Lempster see cause to give their consent that the People in that part of Go- shen which was taken from Lempster should not be holden to pay any part of my Salary After the present Year, that I will not exact of Town any Augmentation of my Salary on Ac- count of the increas of list on S*^ Inhabitants — Elias Fisher The Above is a true copy of an Original certificate lodged in the Town clerks Office (Lempster) Attest James Bingham Town Clerk [4-140] \^Petition for Reliej' fro 77 i paying Ministerial Taxes hi Te 77 ipster.~\ To the Honourable Senate and House of Representatives to be Convened at Concord in the state of New Hampshire on the fourth Wednesday of Nov*" Instant — We your Petitioners Humbly Sheweth As their is a Clause in an Act Entitled an Act to Incorporate a Town by the Name of Goshen Empowering the Selectmen of Lempster to Assess the Inhabitants of that part of Goshen that formerly belonged to the Town of Lempster towards the Support of the Reverend M*" Fisher so long as he shall remain the Minister of said Lempster and empowering the Collector of said Lempster to Collect said Taxes as though said Act of In- corporation had not been passed — We your Petitioners Inhabitants of that part of Goshen (for- 48 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. merly Lempster) being Taxed in both Towns towards the sup- port of the Ministry makes it very Burdensom and having ob- tained the Consent of the Town of Lemster Humbly Pray that the Said Clause in Said Act may be Repealed (and your peti- tioners have all the priviledges and Immunities that any other Towns Do Enjoy) or otherwise as }^our Honours in your Wis- dom Seem meet And your petitioners as in Duty bound Shall ever pray Goshen November y® ^ 79 ^ John Tomson Micah Morse Reuben Willey James Philbrook Calvin Bingham W'" Story Daniel marston Silas Smith Allen Willey Hez^' Emerson Nathan Willey Na* Beckwith [In H. of Rep., December 8, 1797, the aforesaid clause in the act of incorporation was repealed. — Ed.] [4-138] [ V^ote of Le?npster relative to Mhtisterial Taxes paid by Gosken.~\ Town Clerks Office Lempster At a legal Town meeting held in Lempster on the first mon- day of Nov^ AD 1796 — On reading and considering a Petition from the Inhabitants of Goshen — Voted that in case the inhabitants of that part of Goshen which was taken from Lempster will punctually pay up all the taxes now made up Against them for the payment of the Rev^ M*" Fishers Salary, the Town will release them from paying any part of S*^ Salary in future The above is a true copy taken from the Town Book of Rec- ord of S*^ Lempster. Attest James Bingham Town Clerk — GRAFTON. The township was granted August 14, 1761, to Ephraim Shearman and others, and named in honor of an English nobleman. This grant was surrendered by a vote of the grantees, De- cember 27, 1762, and the township was regranted Septem- ber 12, 1769, to Josiah Willard and others, many of whom were from towns in Cheshire county. GRAFTON. 49 The first settlement was made in 1772 by Capt. Joseph Hoyt, of Poplin, now Fremont. Capt. Alexander Pixley and family settled soon after. The town was incorporated by the legislature November II, 1778, in answer to a petition from the inhabitants, Daniel Sanders being authorized to call the first meeting. An act relative to the boundaries was passed March 28, 1781, and one establishing the same was approved June 18, 1802. See Vol. XI, page 726. A fine quality of mica has been mined in this town for many years, and excellent specimens of beryl are occasion- ally found. [3-142] \^Petition for l 7 icorporatio 7 i^ etc.^ ^ 777 *] the Grafton May 9 AD 1777 Plon gentlemen of the general Asembley in the State of New Hamsheir Wee take this Opertunytv to in form your onners that you Demand More of us then Wee are Able to perform for you Require of us a valiation of our Ratibel Estates Which val- iation must Bee taken By our seleck men Which Your Hon- ners Never Empowred us to Chuse And Wee your humble pe- titioners Do pray that your honours Will autherise and grant us Liberty to Chuse our select ISlen : and incorporate us : and Chuse a gestes of the Pees for us in the town and We take Leave to Nominate Capt Aaron Barney to Be the man ; and then W ee Will Com in town order: and then We Will give vour onners iV true Estamation and one faviour more Wee ash of yours honours that is to have A privilegs to Leve a Part of our tax upon the Wild Land if Your Honners see Cause to tax us and the Reason Wee give for that is this there is Men that has a grade Dele of Land in our town Which Lives out of this state and they Will not Due any Duty on the Rodes Except Wee mak their Wild Lands Do it and our Rodes are very Bad and Wont a gradel of Work Don on them And We pray your Plonners to take this in to Consideration and the Bonus of our town is as follers Be ginning at the North West Corner A hem Lock tree and then Running south sixty five Degrees Est six miles and half a mild to a Burch tree IMarked J B With stones Round it from thence south thur ty six Degrees West five miles and A half mile to a Burch that is Marked J B from thence Running North seventy two Degrees West six miles and a half a mild and from thence North Eleven Degrees West three hun- dred and Eighty three Rods to a .small Beech With stones 6 50 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Round it from thence North fourty three Degfrees Est five miles and half mild to the hemlock that Wee Bee gun at : and there is A gore of Land that Lise ginning to our town Betvvene the Petten Line and our town and there is two famelies on it and they Desire to gine With our town if your onners see fit And We Bege that your onners Wold take this in to Consia- tion and grant us oui Pertision and Put us in order that We may Do our Bisenes in our one town And Where in Wee have mised it W^ee Bage that your onners Wold for give us for it is thrue our Ignorence and We Bage that your onners Will De- rect us to Do Better for the futer and We here from other towns that Wee in these Newtowns shall Never have the privileg of Chusing a Representatives and We Wont to now Whether it shall Be so or not and We hope your honours Will send us Bak Word By the man that Brings this pertision to your Honners as sone as our Pertision may Be grantted — for Wee Ecknowleg ourselves to Be under the laws and Derecktions of your On- nors sonomore But We remain yours to sarve Aaron Barney Charles Aldrich Jonathan Nickles Hezekiah Bullock Nathan Aldrich Oliver Williams Nathaniel Andrew Jabez Bosworth B< ney Russel Mason Israel Winchester Peck William Aldrich William Williams - Josep Hamelton Jonatha Buftum Matthew Peck Daniel King Abraham aldrich Jeremiah Williams Christopher Smith [In H. of Rep., June 6, 1777, a hearing was ordered for next session. See next document. — Ed.] [4-141] \^Petition for Incorporation^ 1^78 State of New Hampshire To the HoiP^® the Council and House of Representatives of Said State of New Hampshire In General Assembly Convened at Exeter Nov*" 5*^ i 77 ^* Humbly Sheweth Daniel Sanders of Grafton in the County of Grafton in Said State as agent for and in behalf of the In- habitants of Said Township of Grafton That the Said In- habitants Labour Lender many Difficulties, Particularly that of Assessing & Collecting Taxes on the Inhabitants & Nonresi- dent Proprietors of Said Township, by reason of their not be- ing hitherto Incorporated into a body Politick & Corporate, GRAFTON. 51 with Such Powers and Priviledges as other Towns in Said State have & Enjoy — Wherefore the Said Daniel in behalf of the Said Inhabitants (whose names are also hereto Affixed) Humbly Prays that this hon*^^® Court will Consider their Case and Pass an Act to Incor- porate the Said Township of Grafton into a Body Politick & Corporate with Such Powers Priviledges and Immunities as other Incorporated Towns in Said State have & Enjoy — And Your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall Ever Pray &c — Grafton October 15^'^ i 77 ^* Daniel Sanders in behalf of Benjamin Bullock Charles D®Marain- ville Jabez Barney Samuel Bra ley William Williams Joshua Caswell Oliver Williams Nathan Aldrich Matthew Peck Christopher Smith Aaron Barney John D®Marainville Abraham Aldrich Perez Mason Seth Martin Charles Aldrich William Bowmen Abial Knapp Daniel King Jonathan Butlum John Clark Zurel Haskell Jonathan Nickels John Johnson Jun*' William Aldrich Hezekiah Bullock Nathaniel Mason James Sanders [The town was incorporated by an act passed November II, 1778. — Ed.] [4-143] \^Petition I'elative to Taxes^ etc.^ ^ 77 ^*] State of Newhampshire Grafton : ss : The humble Petition of The Town of Grafton To the Hon- ourable Councill And Jentleman of the house of Representa- tives Humbly Sheweth That we Labour under low Circum- stances & we Pray your Honours to take hour Petition under Your wise Consideration And Make an abatement in our taxes as You in your wisdom May think Proper our Condition is Such we humbly Concieve That if we Should bee obliged to Pay the tax thats Proposined on us and that we Expect to fol- low it would Reduce the Most of us to be a Specttickle of Pitty to All human Cretures a Great Part of hour People Came in to this Wilderness in Such dificult times that it has all most Redused Them to Nothing: But familvs of Small Children We O have not above three familvs in town that Ever Raised their ft/ Bred Corn and in other Nessarys we have Skarse any that will Raise any thing to Spare to Purchase Such Nesasarys as they must have to Keep their familys from Suffering and our town is Two Thousand acres of Land less then our Charter Contains 52 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. and Sence our town was incorporated there is a Considerable tract of Land and Some People on it that we Cant tax though they were Recond with us Before we humbly Pray your hon- ours to due what You in your wisdom thinks Just as Your bumble Petitioners in duty bound Shall Ever Pray &c Grafton July y® 27 AD 1779 Jabez Boz‘*^ Barney Town Clerk By order of the Town att A Legal Meating [4-1 /)_[.] S^yustice of the Peace elected^ ^7/P*] Colo. Timothev Walker Sir this is to Sartifv that At a legal Meating of the Inhabetants of the town of Grafton At Legally wariP for that Purpose They ]SIade Choice of Liut Daniel San- ders to be A Jistes of the Peace for the County of Grafton Grafton March ye 20 AD 1779 test Jabez Boz‘^ Barney town Clark [R. 2-2^] \_Account of Sei'vice do?ie in the Revolutionary War,'] State of Xew Hampshire Grafton December v® 22 A. D. 1783 A List of The Seiwis Dun In the war for said Town from the year 1775 untill Now June 9*^ 1777 Alarm at tye 1 Capt — 2 Sargents — 3 Privets — i month i week i day July V® 20 A D. 1777 at Benington I Lieu‘ — I Sargent — 3 Privets — 8 months 6 days On alarm at Ticonteroga I Lieif — I Sargent — 4 Privets — 3 weeks On alarm at Ticonteroga I Cap^ — I Lieu‘ — i Sargent — 19 Privets — 2 years 10 months On alarm at The taking of Burgoine I Lieu^ — I Pack hoss — tiravell of the hors not paid On alarm at Royalton 1 Cap* — I Lieu* — i Sargent — i Corporal — 18 Privets — 3 Pack hoss 7 months — Travell of three horses 416 miles Recieved Know Pay for the larm June A D 1780 at cohos 2 Privets — i year — 4 months GRAFTON. 53 At Peekskill 1776 — i Privet 3 months At the Seders 177 — 61 Privet 3 months. Lost articles to the value of J 06 -i 8 -io On alarm 1777 — i Lieu* 6 days at Cohos 1776 — I Privet 3 months Inhabitants of said Towni Before they came In to s'* Town have Dun 34 years 9 months i week Sarvis in other states A True Coppey of the Officers of said town and privets that has Dun servis In the other states Russell Mason I men j for said town N : B Said Town has had three men has sarved three years each and one going on his third year in the Continantal Servis for s'* Town [4-145] To the Hon*'®'* the Councel and house of Representativ'es in gel a Sembly Convened at Concord in and for the State of Newhampshire in June 1783 the humbel Pertion of the free holders and othe in habetants of grafton in Said State honbly Shueth that it is With the gratitis greef and Destress of mind that we are Constrained to Lay Before your honours the De- plorable and Shoking Setuation of the People of Said town in Regard to our wilfair as to this wirlds goods, firstly We wold humbly Shew your onners that about the time of the Commins- ment of the Late Wor this town Began to Setle And as People was in Destres and Drofe from the old Setleed towns After they had Lost a grate Part of their in trust and fled here With a very Small intrust : and as our Lots hath Cast us here and a grater Part of the People Remains Pore and Destresed And Being So nie the front ters we have Ben much Distresed in the Lorrums We have Ben at Sundry times all Cold for in the aLorrums and So many of our men hath gone that We hath Not Raised one half of our Daly Seport and We have Ben obliged to go a grate Distance for our Brat and then was oblig- ed to give a very Extragant Price and our Being at a Distance from the Jenaral Cort Never had the Acts of that onnarable Court and Lately we have Ben Destrest By Extents from your honners of Which taks Bil We never was notyfied and as it Now Stans : we humbly Shue vour honners that wee have Abselute- ly Came to A Reselution to gite in to Regelation And intreet your honners to Stav all further Perseedings until the Next Ses- sions of a Sembly when and where Wee your Pertishanors Pro- 54 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. perly State the matter and Lay it Befour your onners and also take A valeation and Lay that Befour your onners : for your wise Consideration on that mater As wee Look on your onners to be the gard Deens of our Rights : our Eivs are on you for Releas in this time of Distress ; And Releaf we Pray your on- ners to grant us : and your Pertishenars As in Duty Bound Will Eyer Pray. Graftown June y® 13 AD 1783 Signned in Behalf of the town Russell Mason town Clark [4-146] {^Petition for the Passage of an Act making Pro- duce^ etc.. Legal Te?ider for Debts^ To the Honourable the Council &: House of Representatiyes In General asembly Conyend at Concord in & for the State of Newhampshire in October — 1783 — The Petition of the Freeholders & other inhabitants of the Town of Grafton Humbly Sheweth that it is with The Gratest Grief &: Distress of mind that we are Constrained to Lay before your Honours the Deplorable & Shocking Situation of the Peo- ple of this Town Paper Currency So amediately Sinking & the Great Scarcity of Cash almost None Surculating in this Part of the State that the Like was Xeyer Experienced by a Free Peo- ple our Taxes are Large & Xot Money in the Town to Dis- charge one Twentieth Part of the Tax & it Seems at Such an innormous Rate there is Xot ]Money to be had to Pay Eyen for the Copy of the Rits & if there is XotSomthing Done we Shall Soon be Reduced to a State of abe' Begary therefore we Pray your honours to Pass an act to inable the People to Pay there Debts without money for we haye Property if your honours would in your wisdom Pass an act that State Securities of any of the four Xew Engfland States Shall be a Tender & Stock & any kind of Marchantable Produce to Discharge Debts in order to Stop Suing or to Pint out Some other Method to Releaye your Distressed Subjects as we look on you to be thee Gar- deens of our Rights we as Loyal Subjects ]Men not to Dictate nor Direct but meen to Let our Condition be known Xot in the Least Doubting but that your honours will Point out Some Method to Releaye us or we are to all intents & Purposes an undone People our Crops are Cut off more than one halfe & we Desire your honours to Deal kindly with us & your Petitioners as in Duty Bound will E\ er Pray — Andrew Aldrich | appointed Committee Russell IMason j for S*^ Town GRAFTON. 55 \_The followhtg Docu7tients are from the “ General yo7iatJian Chase Papers^ in Library of N. H. Historical Society. Grafton May 12^^ ^777 Cournnel Chase here is the Return of the men that is drafted By me Capt Joseph Hoyt Lieutainant Seth Marten ' Sargent Perez Mason Sargent Israel Wenchester Peck Cristerfor Smith Marthew Peck Nathan oldreg Nathaniel Mason Simun Bullock Simun Wheton Joseph Sevey Grafton July y® 24 A D i 777 Colol Chase Sir here is the Return of the men that I have Drafted according to your orders by me Cap* Joseph Hoyt Daniel Sanders Serg* Russell Mason Simeon Bullock Nathaniel Mason thomas Howard Martin Barney To CoP Jonathan Chase S'" These certify that Nathaniel Andrus of Grafton Belonging to my Company twenty years of age five feet nine inches high Enlisted into the Continental Ser- vis for three years in one of the three Regiments of the state of New Hampshire on the 3^* day of March 1778 and also that Alexander Pigsley of said Grafton 25 years of age 5 feet 6 inches high and Benjamin Pigsley of said Grafton 21 years of age 5 feet 8 inches High Boath Belonging to my Company — Enlisted into the Continental Servis in March 1777 by Enlisting into Ebenezer Soper* Company belonging to a Regiment in the Massachusetts Bay the CoP of which I have now forgot but is Mentioned in one of my former returns Made to yourself. Which three Men Make up the Qiiota that was proportioned for my Company to Raise of the Continental troops and there- fore have not Raised any men upon the last orders Sent to me &c from S'' Your obedient Hum' Sv* Grafton 21®* of April 1778 Joseph Hoyt Cap* Grafton August y*^ 3 A D 1779 CoP Chase Sir this is the Return of the Solders in my Company thirty Soldiers Sklusive the ofticers and four in alaram List By me Cap* Joseph Hoyt 56 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Grafton July y® lo 1780 Colo Chase Sir I have inListed two men Daniel Beean and Robart Raynold for six months Yo most humb Ser* Joseph Hoyt Cap* [ Grafton Men drafted^ iy8od\ grafton July the Day 1780 to the Honourabel Jonathan Chase Esq Coif of the Redg- ment of the County of Graftown Sir after yousing every pos- abel Meens to inlist the three men for three months my aforts was all in vain and I am Now oblidged to Draft and I hear Send you Sir a Return of the three Drafted men viz Joseph Hambelton Aaron Barney and John Buftbn Sir with grate Respect I Remain yours to Sarve Joseph Hoyte Cap“ [Capt. Joseph Hoyt was from Poplin (Fremont), and was the first settler in town. — Ed.] GRANTHAM. This town was granted July 11,1761, to John Kathan and others. No settlements were made under this grant, and it was forfeited. It was regranted June 8, I767> fo “ Col. William Simms” and others. June 23, 1780, the westerly part of this town and the easterly part of Plainfield were erected into a parish for parochial purposes, which has since been known as Meri- den. February 5, 1788, in answer to a petition, the name of the town was changed to New Grantham, and so remained until June 12, 1818, when it was changed to Grantham. December 2, 1808, an act was passed establishing the lines between this town and the towns of Cornish and Croydon. GRANTHAM. 57 By an act passed January 13, 1837, a tract of land was severed from Grantham, and annexed to Enfield. December 25, 1844, some territory was severed from this town, and annexed to Cornish. By an act passed June 25. 1858, the gore between Gran- tham and Springfield was annexed to this town. Grantham, or New Grantham as it was then called, was one of the towns which attempted to form a union with Vermont, and was represented in the convention at Cor- nish, April 5, 1781, by Capt. Abel Stevens. [4-147] \_List fo Gi'ievances^ A List of Greavances complain‘d of by y® Town of New Grantham I®* Unequal Representation. We hold that every Body Poli- tick has an inherent right of being Represented in General As- sembly and that no power on Earth is able to take that power from us no more than they have to take away y® title of our Lands for y® same power that gave us y® one gave us y® Other and y® one is as assential as the other. 2nd when y®Late General Court was chose they were chose fory® solepurpseof actingony® exegency ofy®times and iny®room of that they immediately set up a Lasting plan of Goverment Vv^ithout either asking libertv of their Constituents or whether such a form of Goverment would suit them or not for we hold that y® right of instructing our Representatives is an assential prop in Civil Liberty 3^^*^ In the System of Goverment. We hold that a Council is as much the representatives of y® State at Large as a Repre- sentative is of a perticar Town and therefore ought to be chose by y® state at Large and not have y® stat struck out into De- stricts for that purpose. ^tiiiy Code of Laws made on that system are of y® Same tenure of those we have Revolted from and for that reason we are Spilling our Blood and treasure for nothing Signed in Behalf of y® Town of New Grantham Feb. q*'' 1777 Abel Stevens a Committeman for that purpose [Some other towns sent in similar documents. See Vol. XI, p. 23. These opinions led to an attempt to unite with Vermont. — Ed.] 58 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. \_JFrom Geiz, Jonathan Chase’s Papers ht N, H. Historical Society Library [ Grantham Pevolutio 7 iary Soldiers A Muster and pay Roll of New Grantham men being part of Colb Jonathan Chase’s Rigerment which Marched to Sara- toga in the sarvice of the United states of America in Septem- ber 1777 Abel Stevens Cap‘ Jon® Parkhurst Ju*" Priv Eben*" Jene Sarg* Jon® Parkhurst D® Lem*^ Colton Priv Jon® Crow D® Nath^^ Parkhurst N. Grantham Augusust 2^ ^779 Sir. Agreeable to Orders receiv'^ dated July i6‘h 1779 I have Enlisted Lemuel Colton for y® Rhodeisland Service for this Town I am your humble SeP Abel Stevens Cap* Co^ Jonathan Chase N. Grantham August i 779 Sir. Pursuant to orders Receiv‘d Dated July 22*^ 1779 a re- turn of y® Number of men in y® Trained Band and Alarm List in Cap* Abel Stevens Company I Capt I Se'' 14 Rank and file 2 alarm men Pr. Abel Stevens Cap* Co^ Jonathan Chase N. Grantham July 27 1777 Sir I have Inlisted our Complement of men agreeable to y® orders of the 23 Instant their names are Isaac Jenne Stephen Colton and Lemuel Colton. But they have receiv‘d no Orders when nor where to march I am your humble Servant Abel Stevens Cap* To major Francis Smith [4-148] \_Relative to Tow 7 t Li 7 iesS\ These may certify whom it may Concern that Canaan has Served the Select men of this Town with the coppy of a Peti- tion to y® Ho° y® General Court of N Hampshire concerning y® Lines of S*^ Canaan N Grantham March y® 14, 17S1 Abel Stevens ) Select James Jenne j men GRANTHAM. 59 [4-149] \_Inventory for 1^75 ] Inventory of the Poles and rateable Estate in the Township of New Grantham for the year 1775 Number of Poles 14 — Number of horses 5 — Number of oxen 9 — Number of Cowes 13 — Number of horses and cattel 3 yr old 2 — Number of horses and Cattel 2 years old 4 — Number of horses and Cattle one years old o — Number of acres of plowing and moing land 33 — Number of acres paster Land o — Number of Writes of wild Land 66 The abov writs Prized by the Select Men at ten pound a write The above is a true Copy of the Inventory of the Poles and Rateable Estate of the Town of New Grantham for the year 1775— Attest Abel Stevens ) Select Elijah Gleason j Men Cheshire ss New Grantham June the 2"^^ Day 1787 Parson- aly apeared the above Named Abel Stevens and Elijah Gleson and maid Solom oth to the truth of y® above Inventory before me Nathan Young Just Peace [4-150] \^Petition for a Parochial Parish^ i78oh\ To the hoiP^® the Council & House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Assembly convened June 17S0 — Humbly Shews Benjamin Giles Esq*" in behalf of the Inhabitants of the westerly part of Grantham and the easterly part of Plainfield in the County of Cheshire. That from local Circumstances they labour under great diffi- culties & inconveniences with Respect to Parochial Matters, which might be removed if they could be united into a Parish — That the westerly part of Grantham is separated from the easterly part thereof by a Ridge of very high mountains run- ning quite across said Town so that there is scarce a possibility of passing from one to the other — That it woud be much more convenient for the Inhabitants of the Easterly part of Plain- field, in those matters, to Join and be connected with the west- erly part of Grantham than with the other part of said Plain- field — That the other Inhabitants of said Towns are willing they should be separated from them & incorporated into a Parish for 6o EARLY TOWN PAPERS. the Purposes aforesaid — Wherefore he prays that they may be erected into a Parish within the following bounds beginning at the North line of Plainfield three Miles & Eighty Rods from Connecticut River thence running south forty Degrees West to a beach Tree marked standing in the South Line of said Plain- field then Easterly by said Line & the South Line of Grantham to the Top of said Ridge then Northerly by the Top of said Ridge to the North Line of Grantham then westerly by said Line & the North line of Plainfield to the place where it began, to have continuance & Succession forever And that they may be invested with the Power of Assessing levying & raising Money for the Sole Purpose of building a Meeting house & keeping the Same in Repair & for Settling & constantly main- taining a Gospel Minister in the Same — & that they may be liberated & exempted from paying towards the Same in other part of their Respective Towns & as bound Shall pray &c — Benj" Giles [The parish asked for in the foregoing was incorporated June 23, 1780. It has ever since been known by the name of Meriden. — Ed.] [ 4 - 15 1 ] \^Petitio7i to have the Na77ie of the To’W7i established as New Gra7itha77i^ I'jSy To the Honourable Senate and House of Representatives now sitting at Charlestown the Petition of Samuel Duncan in be- half of the Inhabitants of New Grantham humbly shews, That whereas the s*^ Township is recorded in the Treasurers Office by the Name of Grantham, and the Inhabitants of s^ Township being settled under the Name of New Grantham as appears by the Charter, it makes it very difficult for s^ Inhabi- tants to collect any Taxes ; the Warrants issuing from the Treasurers office in the Name of Grantham and the Inhabitants and nonresident Proprietors holding their Title by the Name of New Grantham, are unwilling to pay s*^ Taxes, and the Col- lectors do not conceive themselves sufficiently authorized by s^ Warrants to dispose of their Land for the Payment thereof your Petitioner therefore prays your honours would Order the Name of said Township to be altered in the Treasurer’s Office and that all Proceedings of s^ Inhabitants in consequence of collecting Taxes by Order of s*^ Warrants may be established. And your Petitioner further prays that said Inhabitants may have an Abatement of their Taxes in those Years in which they were doomed, they conceiving s*^ Doomage to be much more i, GREENFIELD. 6l than their Proportion of Taxes which they are ready to make appear by their Lists, and also desires your Honours to look into the State of the Fine laid on s"^ Inhabitants for neglecting to send Soldiers, and if it shall appear reasonable, make an Abatement of the same, and your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever pray — Samuel Duncan Charlestown Sept 20 1787 [The foregoing petition was granted, as to the name, Feb. 5, 1788. — Ed.] GREENFIELD. This town was incorporated June 15, 1791, and was composed of portions of Society Land, Peterborough, and Lyndeborough, and land between the two last named towns, called Lyndeborough Gore. Daniel Emerson, Esq., was authorized to call the first meeting. By an act passed Dec. 28, 1791, the boundaries of the town were changed and established. Dec. ii, 1792, the two east ranges of lots of land in Greenfield, in that portion which previous to the incorporation of the town was known as Lyndeborough Addition, were annexed to Francestown, together with the following inhabitants : Ithamar Wood- ward, Andrew Cresey, Francis Epes, Jacob Dutton, William Draper, John Batten, Isaac Balch, Israel Balch, and Rich- ard Batten. July 4, 1872, another portion of this town was annexed to Francestown. A portion of the territory now comprised in Greenfield was settled in 1771 by Major A. Whittemore, Capt. Alexander Parker, Simeon Fletcher, and others. It has been stated that the name Greenfield was given the town by Major Whittemore. [4-153] ]_Petition of Simdiy l 7 tJiabita 7 its to be a?i 7 iexed to jF/'a 7 icestow 7 i^ 77 ^ 2 .] To the honorable the Senate & House of Representatives of the State of Newham pshire in General Court convened the first Wednesday of June ADomini 1792 Humbly shew The Subscribers now living, within the bounds of the Town, lately incorporated, in the County of Hillsboro’ in said State, 62 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. by the name of Greenfield — That it is with unspeakable sorrow, they consider themselves as included within the bounds of said Greenfield, to which they have been uniformly & decidedly op- posed, since the first movement with respect to said Greenfield, & with which they never can with any degree of contentment be connected — The high opinion they entertain of the wisdom & integrity of the honorable General Court, convinces them that their situations & dispositions were misrepresented to the Court, or they never would have passed an Act, which your petitioners consider, as totally disfranchising them from all Town priviledges, to which they were before entitled in Lvnde- borough. There they had spent their best days in bringing forward the Town, building a meeting house, settling a minis- ter & providing for the education of their children, & flattered themselves, that under the enjoyment of our present constitu- tion, the second article, of the bill of Rights, would have been a sufficient security against their being deprived, of those means of happiness without their consent. & are so pained at the Idea of finding themselves and their posterity in a place, where the greatest part of the burden, incident to new Towns, are yet to be submitted to, & their future prospects of ever enjoying the advantages, they once had of the Gospel — & of Schools &c. — that they are constrained to apply to your honours, and with the most profound humility, but greatest importunity supplicate the further attention of the honorable General Court to their unhappy situation — With the provision made for their poling to Lyndeboro’, they cannot consider themselves, as properly belonging to any towm, or entitled to priviledges in any — With Greenfield they cannot join, with Lyndeboro’ they can claim no rights, tho’ they doubt not of a friendly reception ; but do not wish to be viewed as interlopers or enjoy priviledges by mere Courtesy — The beg leav^e to suggest to your honours, that the Estates of your petitioners, all lay contiguous to each other, & are not mixed with those of any persons, who wish to go a different way. That they are all on the borders of Francestown & within two or two '& a half miles of Francestown meeting- house & the shortest distance from said lots to said meeting- house but one mile & seventy one rods, & a good road leading thereto — That they have long attended public worship in s*^ Francestown, not only on account of its being the nearest & most convenient for them : but on account of the minister whom thev highlv esteem — & can be better accommodated with Schools there, than in any other place — That the distance from the place, now talked of, for holding public worship in Green- field, is a quarter, or a third further, from your petitioners & the road much worse, & always likely to be so, & the real centre of Greenfield still more distant, and the annexing GREENFIELD. 63 your petitioners to Francestown will mend the form of that Towm without injuring that of Greenfield — Your petitioners therefore pray that they may be rescued from the bondage of belonging to Greenfield, or living within the limits of it, & be annexed to Francestown, where they can enjoy priviledges, which they will consider, as a compensation, for those they had a right to in Lyndeboro’ & on account of local situation, superiour to any they ever can hope in Lyndeborough or in Greenfield — Wherefore as your petitioners always have been averse to any connection with Greenfield, as their interest, con- venience, inclination, & local situation all so stronly lead to Francestown — as Greenfield will not be hurt in its form, and Francestown will be mended by our being set from one Town to the other — as Lyndeborough have consented to release us & Francestown to receive us And Greenfield have no present right to us & will be better able to do without us in all proba- bility hereafter than at present, we therefore beg your honours to set oft' the two east ranges of Lyndeboro’ adition so called containing six lots from Greenfield, annex them to Francestown & thereby deliver your petitioners from their present distress & misery, and they as in duty bound will ever pray &c Ithamar Woodward Andrew Creesey Francis Epes Jacob Dutton Reuben Kimball William Draper John Batten Isaac Balch Israel Balch Richard Batten [The foregoing request was granted, and the petitioners and their estates annexed to Francestown Dec. ii, 1792. — Ed.] [4-1^4] [^Petitlon fo 7 ' Annexation of so? 7 ie Lands to Green- feld, 1793-'] State of New Hampshire County of Hillsborough To the Honourable Senate and House of Representatives Con- vened at Concord in said State the fifth Day of June one thousand seven hundred and Ninety three — The Petition of We the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Greenfield in the State & County aforesaid Humbly Sheweth that it appears by the Charter of said Greenfield that the .South Range of the Odione Right so called, is divided nearly the middle, and it being: much to our Damagfe to be the outskirts of two towns — We therefore you Honours woud take into consideration and annex the remaining part of our Lands to 64 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. the town of Greenfield the Bounds as follows besfinnino^ at the Norwest Corner of Greenfield, thence bv the River to the North line of the aforesaid South Range, thence Easterly upon the North side of said Range as the Lines Runs to Frances- town Line, thence Southerly to the Northeast corner of Green- field on the Crotchet Mountain so called — & Your Petitioners as in Duty Bound shall ever pray — Samuel Hixon Samuel Butterfield J. H. Eaton bengbeew Whitnee Jacob Johnson William Willson William Willson Ephraim Hildreth James Bayley JuiP GREENLAND. This is one of the old towns, and was settled in the latter part of the seventeenth century, at which time it belonged to the town of Portsmouth. John Farmer states that it “was incorporated as a distinct town in 1703 but I cannot find any mention of it in the records of the council and assembly for that year. The following documents seem to show conclusively that i\Ir. Farmer was mistaken. In May, 1705, the inhabitants petitioned for the privilege of having a minister and schoolmaster among themselves, and to be exempt from paying towards the support of the church and school at Portsmouth, which was granted, and Rev. William Allen was ordained there July 15, 1707. Greenland was assessed by the assessors of Portsmouth, and paid province rates in connection with that town until 1721 ; after that year they were assessed by themselves, but had no representative in the assembly until the fall of 1732. Jan. 3, 1716, the inhabitants of Squamscot Patent, living on the east side of the “line running from Wall Creek to Hampton bounds,” were “joined to the Parish of Green- land.” When Greenland became a town I am unable to ascertain. It was called a parish in an act passed in 1757. Dec. 18, 1805, some land belonging to Brackett Weeks was severed from Stratham and annexed to this town ; and on July 2, 1847, a tract belonging to Samuel Hatch was also taken from Stratham and annexed to Greenland. By an act approved June 23, 1859, ^^e divisional line be- tween this town and Stratham was established, but said act was amended June 27, i860. GREENLAND. 65 [4-155] to have the Boundaries established^ iyi 4 .~\ To His Excellency Joseph Dudley Esq^ Governour and Com- mander in Chiefe of Her Majesties province of New Hamp- shir and the Honourable Her Majesties Council and House of Representatives now Conven‘d in General Assembly The humble petition of the Inhabitants of the parish of Greenland Humbly Sheweth, That there is great occasion for your petitioners to Know the Bounds of their parish that they may not be Oppressed by be- ing taxed as Some of them is Said to live in portsm® parish or in Bloody point parish ; but that a line may be Run betwixt Greenland parish and Bloody point parish ; but that a line may be Runn betwixt Greenland parish and Bloody point par- ish and betwixt portsmouth parish & Greenland parish that Every Inhabitant may know what parish he properly belongs to. And that Such persons as your Excellency and thes Hon^*^^® Board may think meet be appointed for doeing the Same ; And that your Excellency and the General Assembly would be pleased Soe to Order that your petitioners in Maintaineing the principle School and poor among themselves may be Exempted from all other Charges Save only the province tax, and tax of the assembly ; all which wee humbly conceive to be Reason- able Wee therefor most humbly Crave your Excellency & their Honours Concurrence to these our requests, and your petition- ers as in duty Bound shall pray &c. Jam® March Tho® Perkins Jonathan weeks Joseph Berey William Haines Willa’” hodg Sam'^ Daves Tho : Packer Joshua weeks Joseph weeks Sam'^ neal nathaniel watson Ebenezer Johnson John Cate Beniamin Skilen Israel March Robart Goss nath^ hugen daniel Alien Josh Peirce John Johnson John Philbrok John neal robart briant junyer Nathan Johnson James Johnston Nathaniell Berey James Berrey matth hans John briant daniel davses Sam’' weeks Sarah Jackson John Philbrok John Alien John Docom [In council, May 12, 1714, Colonel Waldron, Mark Hunk- ing. Speaker Gerrish, George Jaffrey, John Downing, and Samuel Weeks were appointed “ to ascertaine the Limits of the said Parishes.” Bloody Point was named Newington, the same day, by the governor. The committee reported, 7 66 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. July 28, 1714, that “ We are of Opinion the Parish of New- ington be Bounded from the River of Piscataqua by the Inhabitants following viz. James Gray Henry Bennet Joseph Johnson Sam^ Tomson and Thomas Pickering upon the Great Bay and that these present Inhabitants, with the Lands and Estates they live upon and whosoever shall live upon them hereafter or build within the Limits aforesaid shall pay their parish taxes to Newington. And that the parish of Greenland be bounded upon the Great Bay by the ffarm of the widdow Jackson Joshua Pearce and Israel March and soe to Packers bridge, and thence to Joshua Haines Cates and Edward Ayres ffarme and from thence Southwesterly to Hampton Bounds.” Signed by the com- mittee. — Ed.] [4-156] At a parish meeting holden In greenland march y® 15*^ 1721 Voted Cap^ Samuell weeks Cap^ James Johnson Cap* Joshua weeks for A cometey to treate with y® onroabell Lift““* goviner that greenland be set of a destink parsh that w'e may have pour to Rais our porposion of provance takexis within our parish by John Cate P*" Clark [In council, March 21, 1721, the petition was granted, and a committee appointed to establish their proportion of the province tax. — Ed.] [4-157] S^Petition for Authority to elect a Representative^ i73oi\ To his Excellencie Jonathan Belcher Cap* Gen*^ and Com- mander in Chief in and over his Maj*^®® Province of New- hampshire to the Hon**'® the Council & house of Representa- tivs Conven’d in Gen^* ass'” — The Humble Petetion of the Select men of the parrish of Greenland most humbly Sheweth — That the parrish of Green- land being set oft' a particular precinct from Portsmouth and Since they have been so set oft' hath not had any Vote in Chus- ing any assembly man : nor hath not any power in their pre- cinct to Make Choice of any person to Represent them in the Gen'* ass'” Therefore they humbly pray they may have Liberty and or- GREENLAND. 67 ders to Chuse a Proper person out of their precinct to Repre- sent them att all times in the Gen" ass’" & your Petitioners, shall as in Duty Bound Ever pray &c x’ the I* 173*^ — Matthias Haines ] Select Daniel Lunt ) men Dismissed [4-158] \_Relative to Mlnistei'ial Taxes ^ 7 /jp.] These may Certify y* M*" Thomas Packer, M*" Thomas Mars- ton & Will'" Simpson Are Clear’^ from paying Rates to the Minister of this Perish By atending devine Worship at the Church in Portsm" And likewise Will'" Jenkins is Exempted being quaker John Weeks Perish Clerk Greenland Febur. i8‘" 1739 / 4 ® [4-159] \_Milita 7 'y Officei's Elected^ ^ 77 5 Whereas we the Subscribers inhabitense of gree Nland being duly senseble of the Importance of Being instructed in the militery art in this Alarming cricis & willing to be taught the same that We may be prepared to defend the liberty s of our Country which we hold dearer then our lives and Whereas our officers heartu appoynted And commissioned by the governer have been negle Gent in larnying us the same we have tharefore Thought fit to choose thomas berry captain Greeleaf dark first liifi david simson second Liifi thomas johnson ensign we tharfore pray that the Hon"'® congress woud conferm our said choyce and Yure petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray Greenland June Thomas Marston Th® Brackett Thomas Nudd Joseph Wiggin mark Benjamin X Nud his Nathaniel Avery his Joseph X thustain mark > 1775 Ebenezar Johnson Sen'' Thomas Berry Ju'' Joseph Cate Jeremiah Holmes Nathanael MarstonJ Johnson Hoore Samuel Nudd David Wiggin John Rawlings Noah Haines william Lucy Samuel Philbrook Nathaniel Marston 3’’'^ Jeremiah mason his mark Tho® X Blaso Pike Burnum 68 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Joshua Berry John Haines jr Nathan X Haines mark Winthrop Johnson Joshua Johnson George Lang David Johnson Matthias Haines John Folsom Joshua Brackett Abraham Dearborn William Simson J^ Simeon Norton James Berry Samuel Dearborn Thomas Lang Job Chapman John Philbrook William Berry John Johnson J*" William pirkins John Johnson Nathaniel Haines thomas dearborn Richard Tarlton Samuel huggens Abraham Johnson Joshua call William Simson William Berry J*’ Benjamin Norton Benjamin Norton Jun”- Phinehas Weeks [4-160] [ Vote 7 'elative to forming a State Gover^iment^ 777 ( 5 .] Colony of New Hampshire To the hon'^^® Council & House of Representatives lately ap- pointed for said Colony — At a legal full Meeting of us the Freeholders & Inhabitants of Greenland in the County of Rockingham, on Friday y® Day of JaiF 177^5 consider of the Propriety & Expediency of forming a new Government in this Colony — After mature Deliberation upon this very interesting & important Concern, We are clearly of Opinion that the erecting of a new Govern- ment in this Colony at this critical moment is unnecessary & impolitic, unnecessary as all the Business of the Colony might as eftectually be done in Congress as under the present new form of Government and impolitic as it wears the appearance of a permanent Government & savours of Independance and in its Consequences is likely to prove detrimental to the glori ous Cause in which all the Colonies are embarked and to dis- arm our Friends in great Britain of the most powerful Weap- ons in our favor Wherefore we humbly pray that the hon^^® Council & House of Representatives would resolve themselves again into a Congress which was the Line in which their Con- stituents expected they would conduct — Voted, unanimously That William Weeks Esq*' be desired in Behalf of the Town to present the foregoing Draught A true Copy attest : William Pickering Clerk Po T. [R. 2-26] [This is a detailed account of Joshua Haines, of Green- GREENLAND. 69 land, for going to Billerica, taking care of and carrying home one James Haines, a soldier, amounting to He was allowed ;£8, 15 . — Ed.] [R. 2-29] \^Relative to Thornas Packer^ J^"> Soldie 7 '^ I 779 '\ [In a petition dated “Greenland, Nov^’ 8^^ I 779 .” Thomas Packer, Jr., states that he “ Engaged as a Volunteer in the expedition to Rhode Island in the Company Commanded by Cap^ John Folsom, in CoE Moses Kelleys Regiment,” was taken sick of dysentery and fever, wants the state to pay the bills, which amount to ;^3i, 12. Capt. Folsom cer- tifies to his having been a good soldier, and the account was allowed. — Ed.] [R. 2-32] \_Soldieds Order. ~\ Greenland Sep**" 29*^'' 1781 — This may certify that I William Wallis of Greenland in y® County of Rockingham and State of New' Hampshire do here- by renounce and give up to y® Selectmen of Greenland the wages which I as a soldier enlisting into y® Militia may expect to receive from this State As w’itness my hand William Wallis [4-161] [Ma trhnoizial Agreemeiit., Thoitias Packer and Molly Par It 072 .^ ^ 779 -^ Phis I 7 tde 7 iture made this twenty fifth day of December A : D. 17779 between Thomas Packer of Greenland in the County of Rockingham and State of New'-Hampshire husband- man on the one part, and Molly Tarlton of said Greenland Spinster, on the other part Witnesseth, that wdiereas a marriage is intended and proposed shortly to be Solemnized between the Said Thomas & the Said Molly, in consideration thereof and of the Mutual love the parties bear to each other It is hereby Covenanted, granted and agreed by the Said Thomas for him Self and his heirs, ex’rs & Administ® to and w'ith the said Molly her ex’rs & adm’rs that in case the said Marriage should take Effect, and she the Said Molly should survive the said Thomas, there shall then be paid to the Said Molly her ex’rs & adm’rs out of the Estate of the said Thomas, 70 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. annually during her widowhood the Sum of Twelve pounds at the Value of Money when Corn is Sold at the Rate of Six Shillings per Bushel, and shall be entitled to live in the Man- sion house of the said Thomas in said Greenland during: her widowhood free of Charge, have the use of the Cellar & What it Contains Roots and Provisions liquors from year to year the Produce of the Farm — and besides the General use of the said House, Cellar Dairy shall have the southwest room in said House, With one Bed Solely to her own use during her s*^ widowhood Which shall be fitted up for that purpose by Said Thomas’s Executors. And it is further Covenanted, granted and agreed by the Said Thomas for himself his heirs, ex’rs and adm’rs, to and with the Said Molly her ex’rs and adm’rs that in Case said marriage Should take Effect, and the Said Molly should Survive the Said Thomas That then the Said Molly her Ex’rs and adm’rs shall have and receive to her and their use all the apparel & furniture that belonged to her at the time of her Marriage — But in Case the Said Molly Should again marry after the death of the Said Thomas Then from that time the Said annuity Shall cease with the right to live in Said house & to the Produce of the Said Farm ; and in the stead thereof she shall receive out of the Estate of said Thomas The Sum of Twenty four pounds in money of like value with that before Mentioned to be paid her on Demand by the heirs, ex’rs or adm’rs of the Said Thomas — Provided that the said Covenant Grant and agreement with the Said Molly to live in said house and to receive sufficient Provisions off the Farm for her support shall not be binding in case the s*^* Estate is adjudged not to be- long to Said Thomas’s heirs after his decease — In consideration thereof the said Molly for her Self her heirs ex’rs and adm’rs doth hereby covenant grant and agree to and with the said Thomas his heirs, ex’rs and adm’rs that she will, in Case said marriage should take Effect and she survive him, never ask or demand any Dower in the real Estate of the Said Thomas nor anything as thirds in his Personal Estate, nor ask Demand or receive any part of the Said Thomas’s Estate, whether real or Personal, and that neither she, her heirs, ex’rs nor Adm’rs shall make any demand on the heirs or Assigns of the Said Thomas for Dower, nor on his ex’rs or Adm’rs for any thing Whatsoever that She might otherwise be entitled to as the said Thomas’s widow further than what is granted in this In- denture, and that She and they Shall forever be barred and pre- cluded of all other demands by Virtue of these Presents and that after the said Thomas’s decease She Shall and will at any time on request, release and quit Claim forever her Right of Dower and Power of thirds in Said Estate — To the due performance of the Covenants aforesaid the Parties Mutually bind themselves in GREENLAND. 71 the Penal Sum of Six Hundred Thousand Pounds, and inter changeably Set their Hands and Seals the Day and year afore said Signed Sealed & Deh'^ in Presence of Joshua Haines Jacob Haness Sam^ Hutchings Thomas Packer her Molly X Tarlton mark [4-162] \_Relative to Election of Representative^ State of New Hamp'' Rockingham ss To the hon'^^® the Councel & House of Representatives for said State in General Assembly conven’d at Concord the 25^^ day of Decern*' A D 17S3 Humbly shew the subscribers being a majority of the legal voters for the choice of Representatives in the Town of Green- land in the County of Rockingham and State aforesaid that the * Inhabitants have long had the exclusive right of electing a Rep- resentative for themselves and that they have very nearly the number of male Inhabitants paying a poll tax for themselves which the new Constitution requires to intitle them to send a Representative and that the Inhabitants of said Greenland are so situated as to render the classing them with any other Town, Parish or Place very inconvenient. Wherefore your Petitioners humbly pray that your honors would issue a Writ for the said Town to elect and send a Representative to the next General Assembly and your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray &c David Simpson Jacob Haness William Cate Isaiah Berry Nathan Cate John Weeks J*" Ebenezer Johnson Nathaniel Goss Nathan Marston Joshua Ayers William Jenkens Ichabod weeks William Norton Robert Tuften Phil brook Jr John Poor Bradbury Sanborn Thomas Berry Ju*' Samuel Hugginsju George Weeks Noah Plaines Volintine Dame Andrew Cate George Lucv Sam^ Pickering Jonathan Bailey Benjamin Norton Benjamin Norton J Josiah Haines SanP Phi lb rook Thomas Berrey Moses Brown W'“ Weeks .'■ Joshua Brackett Nathanael Marston J' John Weeks Joseph Cate JuiP John Thompson Abraham Dearborn William Willis Simeon Norton RoD tufton Phil- brook Senor Joshua Weeks William Jenkens 72 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. John J Dearborn George Philbrook John Grant Richard Tarlton Sam' haines Sam* Ayers jr Samuel Cate James W hidden Joh Ayers Josiah Weeks Clement March John Haines Sam' Dearborn James Brackett Samuel ayers Joshua Neal Tho® Packer Will™ Pickering Mark Jenkins Thomas Johnson George Brackett Simeon Dearborn John Haines jr David Wiggins Jotham Johnson Eliphalet Ayers Enoch Clark Jeremiah Cate Bradbury Sanborn Lewis Haines David Johnson Joshua Johnson [4-163] \_Petition for Authority to raise Alo^iey by Lottery to Build a Bridge^ To the honourable Senate & honourable House of Representa- tives for the State of New Hampshire in General Court as- sembled — The Petition of the Inhabitants of Greenland and others, humbly sheweth that Rebuilding the Bridge over what is called little Harbour River whereby New-Castle, or what is called great Island may be joined to the main Land and a free Com- munication opened between s*' Island and the Country, is of great Importance not only to New-Castle & Towns adjacent, but to the State in general — That by increasing the Numbers & Wealth of New-Castle, the Fishery will be increased ; and the Wealth thereby obtained, be in the Issue thrown into the Lap of the State in general and so the rebuilding the Bridge afores'' become of extensive & general Advantage — That on the other hand if s'' Bridge is not rebuilt New-Castle must empov- erish & dwindle, & in Time must sink into Nothing to the di- minishing of the Fishery and Wealth of the State in general — And whereas the Inhabitants of s*' New-Castle & their Neigh- bours adjacent have not Strength to the arduous Work without the public Aid : these are therefore most earnestly to request the Legislative Body of the State to hear our joint Petition & Request with the Inhabitants of s'' Town of New-Castle & others, and grant a Lottery to raise a Sum not exceeding fif- teen hundred Pounds for the Purpose of rebuilding the Bridge afores'' under the Care and Management of such Trustees as the honourable Legislature shall appoint — Which we your Peti- tioners most dutifully pray &c. — Dated at Greenland December 24"^ 17S9 George Brackett Nathaniel Goss James Brackett Joshua Brackatt Nathan Johnson J. Nathan Johnson GROTON. 73 Thomas Johnson Ichabod Weeks Thomas Berry J*’ Job Chapman Enoch Clark Enoch Moody Clark Joseph Cate Josh^ Weeks Samuel Nudd Wiliam Jenkens John Dearborn John Wingate Job Jenness John Potter Chas Wiggin William Haines Sam^ Chapman Levi Dearborn Jun^ Christopher Smith Mark Jenkins John Ayers J*" Francis Berry Dan^ Pickering Juner JoiP Bailey Jabes Sanborn George Simson Thomas Lang Ju’’ Jonathan Wiggin David Simpson Thomas Lang Joseph Clark Ebenezer Johnson Jim Gawen Patterson Josiah Lang John Weeks Mark Meloon Jonathan Downing John Fogg Sam^ Dearborn Will’” Norton Reuben G. Dear- born Jr Jonathan Piper Noah Haines Simeon Norton Benj” Dearborn John Hains R Tufton Philbrook Joshua Ayers Sam^ Pickering Joh” Pickering Jonathan Bailey J*" James Wedgwood George Libbey Clem‘ March David Johnson Joseph Dearborn John Haines jr Thomas Marston jr Josiah Haines William Haines Jr W'” Weeks George Weeks Stephen March Levi Dearborn Dan' Gookin RiclP Jenness Tho® Marston Alark Wiggin Joseph Dearborn Nathaniel Alarston Benj” Norton JuiP Benj” Swett Benja*” moulton George Philbrook John Ayers William Jenkens Absalum Pickering George Pickering Richard Tarlton Abraham Dearborn GROTON. The township was granted to George Abbott and others July 8, 1761, by the name of Cockermouth. No settle- ments being made, the grant was forfeited, and on Novem- ber 22, 1766, it was regranted to John Hale and others, who made some settlements in 1770, — James Gould, one of the grantees, Capt. Ebenezer Melvin, Jonas Hobart, Phine- has Bennet, and Samuel Farley settling that year. The full conditions of the latter grant, however, were not com- plied with, and Governor Wentworth granted an extension January 24, 1772, for three years. In 1792 a portion of this township was united with a por- 74 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. tion of Plymouth, and incorporated into a town by the name of Hebron. By an act approved December 7, 1796, the name of the town was changed to Groton, in answer to a vote of the town. By an act approved June 26, 1845, a tract of land known as the Gore, and some other lots, were severed from Hebron, and annexed to Groton. Among the Revolutionary soldiers from Groton were Gideon Fletcher and John Hazelton, in the First Regiment. [4-164] S^Election of fustice of the Peace^ ^779 State of Newhampshire Grafton ss To the Honerable Counsel and House of Representatives May it plese your Honours that the freeholders and other In- habetants of the town of Cockermouth at a Legal meeting may 10 1779 Voted that the Select men of S^ town of Cockermouth make aplication to the Counsel and House of Representitives for a Justice of the peace for S*^ town also Voted that Cap^ Eben Ken- dall be S^^ Justice of the peace therefore your petitioners Humbly Request that your Hon- ours would appoint Said Kendall for a Justice of the peace and that He be authorized for that purpose and your petitioners as In Duty Bound Shall Ever pray Cockermouth may 30 i 779 William Powers Phinehas Bennett ) Select men of the town J of Cockermouth [4-165] \_Relative to a Road throtigh Plymouth^ etc.^ To the HonH Council And House of Representatives for the State of New Hampshire in Gen^ Assembly, convened at Exeter, on the Second Wednesday of this Instant, The Petition of the Inhabitants of Cockermouth, Dorchester, Lyme, & others ; Humbly Sheweth, That your Petitioners have ever Since the Settlement of these Towns Labourd under many hardships, & great Inconven- ienses, for want of a good Carriage way through that part of GROTON. 75 Plymouth, that falls between Cockermouth and Alexandria, upon the road that leads from Doct*' Bartlett’s Farm in Cockermouth, to M’’ John M'^Murfey’s in x\lexandria ; which is So extreme Bad at present, that it is not passable without the greatest Difficulty on horse-back, much less with Teams. — Besides there is a road, located and mark’d through the N. W. part of Cockermouth, part of which is already cut out and Cleared, and the remaining part, will be Cleared imediate- ly into the Township of Wentworth, which Town is also, pre- paring a Road, in the most direct line of communication to Cooss. Your Honours will be pleased to observe, that when this Road is Compleated, the Inhabitants of Cooss with the Towns adjacent thereto, & likewise the Easterly Part of this State, that have concerns thither ; as also the greatest part of the Massachusetts, may have access & recess, to & from each other ; fifteen or perhaps twenty miles nearer, than the Road that is now travel’d : which your Petitioners humbly presume, will be readily granted, by all the impartial, that are acquainted with that part of the Country and also that it may be made as good or better Road than that which is now occupied. — And besides, the many disadvantages, that accrue to your Petitioners and others, at present from the badness of that Road, throng that part of Plymouth above mention’d, your Honours, wdll be pleas’d to take Notice also, that the principal Impediment, with respect of this new Road to Cooss, lies in this way through Plymouth. — And that Some of your Petitioners, have made re- peated application, to Plymouth for a reparation of this Road, but hitherto it has been to no effect. And the Inhabitants of Cockermouth, have also Petitioned to this Honb' House heretofore, for redress upon this Head, which was then read, and postpon’d, by reason of the member from Plymouth, engaging that this Road Should be repair’d immedi- ately ; but it has Still been neglected. Therefore your Petitioners humbly conceive, that your Hon- ours, wdll at once See the Necessity, Propriety and public Utility, in the immediate Reparation of S^ Road, and humbly Pray that the Township of Plymouth, may be compell’d Speed- ily, to Clear, Bridge, and Casw'ay, this road. So that it might be render’d convenient, for passing — Or that your Honours, wmuld be pleas’d to appoint Some other method whereby S^ Road may become Commodious for the Public benefit. And as in Duty bound your Petitioners will ever Pray &c. March 2^^ 17S1 Sam’ Piper Benj'^ Piper SoP Blood David Clerk Step" Ames Peter Gilman Elijah Noyes W™ Powers Nath' Fyfield EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 76 Sam^ Pelatiah Bartlett Jotham Gillis Tyschal Cleaveland Tho® Gilbert Beni° Rise Silvan us Wood- worth John Woodworth Jacob Ceaford Tho® Clement Asa Foster Jon^ Bates Abr™ Buell Sim° Lovejoy Sam' Hazeltine James Colburn Isaac Powers Eben^ Melvin Sam' Farley Tho® Caldwell James W alker James Goold W^ Tavlor Tho® Folsom David Flanders Abner Ingraham Andrew Hicok Alex’’ Jameson Tho® Mills Joseph Rogers Tho® Nevins Jun’’ Eben’’ IVIelvin J’’ David Hale Enoch Noyes Jun’’ Jerath' Bowers Timothy Blood Nehemiah Hardy Sam' Perley Sam' Fellows Alex’" Caldwell John House Nath' Lord Jn° Sulloway Junia Ingraham Jun’’ Junia Ingraham Gideon Bridgman Daniel Jameson Nath' Green Zeb” Gilman EbeiP Phelps Sam' Phelps Nath' Ball John Hale Jacob Lovejoy Step” Ames Jun Eben’’ Kendall N. Gilman Peter Gilman J’’ [4-166] \_Petition relative to Road through Alexandria^ To the Honorable Council, and House of Representatives for the State of Newhampshire, In General Assembly Convened, at Concord March 1782. The Petition of the Inhabitants of Cockermouth, Dorchester, and others : Humbly Shew'eth, That the Road from the Northerlv Line of Alexandria through which Town Your Petitioners & others must pass, to Transact near all our Publick Business of import- ance is Extreme Bad, and uncomfortable to Travil in. That Some of your Petitioners have often Broke their Slays, Sleds, and Carriages in Conveying the Necesaries of Life to our Fam- ilies through S*^ Town. Our Selves, Oxen, and Horses have often Been Greatly Ingur’d, by the Badness of S^ Road, and this too, more or Less, at all Seasons of the Year. Your Honors will further Observe, That Repeated applica- tions have Been made to the S^ Alexandria, to make S^ Road a good Waggon one, Notwithstanding which the Road Re- mains as is above Represented. Wherefore Your Petitioners Humblv Prav that the S'' Alexandria Mav be enabled and Com- pell’d or the Proprietors of said Towm to make us a good Waggon Road, from the Road lately Repaired By the Propri- etors of Plvmouth on the Northerly Line of S*' alexandria, to GROTON. 77 Joshua Tolphords Esq, in Town, and as In Duty Bound your Petitioners Shall ever Pray &c. Cockermouth March 12 1782. Jonth Bartlet Zechariah Kemp Thomas Nevens Samuel Hazelton Evan Bartlett Jerathmel Bowers Thomas Nevins Ju^ Uriah Pike Nehemiah Hardy Jeremiah newhall Peter Gilman Jr Isaac Powers N Gilman John Haselton Enoch Noves %/ Peter Gilman Hazel tine Eben melven John Hobart Sam^^ Farley Zeb" Gilman Abraham Buell Simeon Lovejoy Timothv Blood •/ Gershom Hobart Jonathan Bates Samuel Perley ED Kendall Jasariah Crosby Jonas Hobart Stephen Ames NatD^ Gilman Ezekiel Metcalf Jacob Perkins Stephen Goodhue Henry Phelps [In H. of Rep., March 27, 1782, a hearing was ordered for the next session. — Ed.] [4-167] \_Capt. JEci^mmd Shattuck 7 'ecom?ne 7 ided for a Mag- istrate^ To his Excellency the Presedant of the State of New Hamp- shire ]May it please your Excellency We your dutifull Petitioners free holders and other Inhab- itants of the Town of Cockermouth in the County of Grafton and vState aforesaid we understand that we have know Commis- sion of Peace Granted to us although this Town is but Small as tis in Number we think that we Stand in need of a Commission of the Peace in it by reason of our Loes and other Circum- stances So tharefore we Humbly present this petition to your Excellency that if it wold Please your Excellency that you would Grant a Commision to Cap‘ Edmond Shattuck of this town, and as in duty bound Shall ever Pray &c Stephen Ames Ezekiel Metcalf Peter Gilmen Eben melven Ju Asahel Buell William Colburn John Woodbury Nathaniel Blood Samuel Metcalf John Hall Abel Lovjoy Jeremiab Ames Nathaniel Blood Juner William Powers Ebenezer melven David Hall Thomas Ross William Blood Samuel Goodhue EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 7 ^ [4-1 67}^] [^Petition relative to Boundaries^ iy 8 §.~\ State of New | The the Senate and house of Represent- Hampshire | atives convened at portsmouth in the state aforesaid the Tenth day of June Anno Domini 1785. The petition of the Proprietors of the Town of Cockermouth in said State of New Hampshire — Most Humbly sheweth That in October Anno Domini 1780 The State made an act intitled ‘"An Act to servey & establish the bounds of sundry towns in the Counties of Strafford & Graf- ton ” which towns are particularly mentioned in said Act And also in & by said Act among other things impowering Ebenezer Thompson Esq*’ & others as Committee to survey & lay out by proper metes & bounds the following towns viz — Rumnev, Wentworth, Warren, Plymouth, Campton, Piermont & Orford. And a return of s'^ Survey being made into the Secretaries Office under the hands of s*^ Committee or any three or more of them in one year from the passing said Act, should be binding & conclusive in Law upon all persons upon certain conditions & limitations therein mentioned — And whereas the running the lines of the afores*^ towns, your Petitioners apprehend will be very detrimental to the town of Cockermouth for the following reasons viz — First, That altho’ said Act sets forth that public notice had been given & no per- son had appeared to oppose the same yet that the Proprietors of Cockermouth who are mentioned in said Act & are material- ly concerned in the Issue of running lines, never were notified, neither was said Cockermouth ever notified as a town. — Secondly — That the lines of the towns of Lyme, Dorchester & Cockermouth were all surveyed by order of the Honorable the Superior Court of the Province of New Hampshire, more than ten years ago, which surveys were made use of in trials of actions at law then depending between the said Proprietors of Cockermouth & Plymouth, And that agreeable to said Surveys, said proprietors of Cockermouth recovered in all said Actions, & have constantly possessed, occupied & improved said land, j paid the taxes thereof, & defended the same against the Com- i mon Enemy throughout a tedious war & that a considerable j part of the land in said Cockermouth has been sold for State &; j| proprietory taxes within that time — H Thirdly — That by the return of the Committee who were authorised by the before mentioned Act, your petitioners are in- , ’ formed, the said town of Plymouth will have one line of about two miles in length more than their Charter gives them, — j wdiereas in fact it appears that they should come to a point, & i leave out the said line of two miles, whereby a very large tract -• |i of land is included, more than Plymouth Charter contains. i ;'j r GROTON. 79 Wherefore your Petitioners humbly pray a day of hearing may be assigned them and that in the mean time the said town of Plymouth may be ordered not to make any assesments upon the poles and estates of the inhabitants within the Claim of the township of Cockermouth, until the boundaries of s^ Plymouth & Cockermouth shall be established by the General Court, and that your Excellency & Honors would be pleased to pass such further order thereon as you in your wisdom shall think fit — And your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray June io‘^ 17^5 R : Cutts Shannon Noah Worcester John Hale Edmund Shattuck Committee of the prop*"® of Cockermouth [4-16S] It is agreed between the Corn‘s®® of Cockermouth & Plymouth that the Petition concerning the boundarys shall be farther post- poned to the next Session of the gen^ Court in Concord which may happen after the first Wednesday of June next. May loth 1787. S Livermore for Plym® Sam^ Hobart Noah Worcester R : Cutts Shannon I for I Cockermouth [For documents relative to foregoing, see Vol. XI, page 723.— Ed.] [ 4 - 169 ] \_Petition for change of Na?ne of Townr\ State of Newhampshire Grafton ss To the Honarabel the General Cort to be holden at Concord within and for said state on the first WednesDay of June Next the petition of the Inhabetants of the town of Cockermouth in the County and State afore said Humbly Sheweth that whereas we the Inhabetants of S^ Town have for a Longtime been Dis- satisfied with the Name of Cockermouth beingf afixed to said Town these are therefore to in form your Honours that the In- habetents of S^^ town by there Legal meeting Did meet in town meeting in S*^ Cockermouth on the Eleventh Day of march 17S8 and by their unamus voice agree to and Voted to petition this Honourable Court to Change the Name of S*^ town from that of Cockermouth to that of Danbury as by their Vote on s'^ Day of march may more fully appear these are therefore to 8o EARLY TOWN PAPERS. pray your Honours that by an act of your Honours the Name of s*^ Cockermouth may be Vacated and that the Name of Danbury be affixed thereto and Known in Law as Such and your petitioners as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray Signed by order of the town EH Kendell ) Select Powers j men Cockermouth may 30*^ 1788 [In H. of Rep., June 9, 1788, the petitioners were granted leave to bring in a bill. — Ed.] [4-170] \_Petitio 7 i of Cockermouth People for a new Pown^ 77p/.] His Excellency the President, The Hon. Senate & House of Representatives for the State of New Hampshire in GeH Court convened. The petition of us the Subscribers humbly sheweth, that the Southeasterly part of the Town of Cockermouth (by its natural formation is so situated that a connection with the Southwest- erly part of Plymouth (in all matters) would render it exceed- ingly advantageous to us inhabitants of said Cockermouth. — Wherefore we pray that a certain part of said Cockermouth (beginning at the Southwesterly corner of the lot Number six- teen in the first range & first division in said Cockermouth thence running North thirty degrees East to Rumney line which makes about a mile in width) may be set oft' from said Cocker- mouth, annexed to and incorporated with that part of said Ply- mouth now petitioned for as a New Township — And your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray Cockermouth Dec 179 ^ — John Haselton Samuel Haselton Cummings Timothy Farley Natffi^ Ball Sam^ Phelps Jaazariah Crosby Abraham Parker Ebenezer Wise [4-170] \_Petition of Plymouth People for a New Pown^ 1791.1 His Excellencv the President, the Flon^^® Senate & Flouse of •/ ' Representatives for the State of New Hampshire in GeiF Court convened The petition of us the subscribers humbly sheweth, that by a late establishment of the boundaries of the Town of Plymouth GROTON. 8l (of which we are Inhabitants) our connection with said Town of Plymouth is rendered exceeding difficult, as the road at pres- ent is new and in a great measure unoccupied, and the length of way from the principal part of us nearly six miles to the now Centre of said Plymouth. And further that the greater part of us have been at a great expence in settling a Gospel Minister & supporting the Gospel among ourselves without any assistance of the Town of Plymouth aforesaid, & having previously ob- tained approbation of the inhabitants of said Plymouth by a unanimous vote herewith inclosed and preferred to your Honors signifying that our desires may be fully gratified Wherefore we pray, that such a part of said Plymouth as is expressed by metes and bounds in said vote herewith preferred by the bearer William Cummings may be set off & incorporated into a Township and that we the Inhabitants of the same may be invested with Town privileges in such way as your Honours in wisdom may Judge fit and we your Honours petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray — Plymouth Dec. 7*^^ ^ 79 ^ William Cummings Jonathan Morss Jonathan Bartlett Uriah Pike John W. Kendall Samuel Hasalton Evan Bartlett David Cheney EbeiP Kendall Simon Lovejoy Jacob Kendall Benj'^ Haselton Jerahmeel Bowers Josiah Hobart Ebenezer Kendall Juff James Colburn Feb. 2 ^ 1793 Copy Serv’d the select men of Plymouth with a true per W™ Cumings Feb. 1792 fl'ie Petitioners comply’d withy® within order of Court by serving us with an attested Copy W*^^ Cumings Selectmen of s^ Cockermouth for 1791 Selectmen for s^ Cockermouth for 1793 March 1792 Edm Shattuck Sam Goodhue Jr [The foregoing petitions were granted, and the portions of the two towns asked for were set off and incorporated into the town of Hebron. — Ed.] 8 82 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [4-1 71] \_Capt. Ed 77 iund S hat tuck'' s RestgTiatioTt^ i/pi.J To His Excellency the President of the State of New Hamp- shire — The request of your Petitioner humbly sheweth that for many years even from infancy of the Town of Cockermouth, he has born a large Share of the hardships not only of settling a new Town, but has for considerable time Sustained the Trust of Cap* of the Company of militia in s*^ Cockermouth and inas- much as he is in advanced age prays that he may be releas’d from military exercises & your Excellency’s Petitioner as in duty bound ever prayeth — Cockermouth Jany 5**^ 1791 — Ed'" Shattuck Cap* [4-172] \_Petitio 77 to have the NaTue of the Towti chaTtged to Grot 071 ^ 7 /^( 5 .] The Hon**^® Senate & house of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in Gen* Court convened The Petition of us the Subscribers humbly sheweth That, Whereas the Inhabitants of the Town of Cockermouth at a late Town Meeting unanimously manifested their Desire that the Name of said Town of Cockermouth might be altered and an- other Name for said Town Substituted in Stead therof — Wherefore we pray that your Honours would gratify the In- habitants of said Cockermouth and order by act of the Hon* Gen* Court that said Town be Called GrotoTz — This your Peti- tioners as in duty bound shall ever pray — Cockermouth Nov. 24**^ 1796 Ed'" Shattuck I Selectmen David Hale j of s'* Cockerm*^ [The foregoing petition was granted by an act passed December 7, 1796. — Ed.] HAMPSTEAD. Previous to the establishment of the line between this state and Massachusetts, the territory comprising this town was considered as parts of Haverhill and Amesbury, and went by the name of Timberlane. HAMPSTEAD. 83 Settlements were made in 1728. The town was incorporated by the government of New Hampshire January 19, 1749, and named by Governor Wentworth from a town in England. A dispute arose, about the year 1757, between the proprie^ tors of the town and some Kingston parties, who claimed land under a grant from Massachusetts, which created con- siderable bitterness, but was finally settled by the payment of ;£3 ,ooo old tenor, amounting to ;£iSO lawful money, by the town of Hampstead, and the procuring of a grant from the governor of a township, from which land enough was transferred to the Kingston parties to satisfy them. It is said that men from both sides went to the township thus granted (situated in what is now Sullivan county) with bit- terness in their hearts, but came to an amicable settlement, shook hands, and parted in UxNITY, and named the town in commemoration of the happy event. By an act passed June 23, 1859, ^ portion of Atkinson was annexed to this town. June 28, 1877, a small tract of land was severed from Hampstead, and annexed to Danville. Among the noted early inhabitants of the town was Richard Hazzen.a graduate of Harvard college in 1717. He was a surveyor, and in March and April, 1741, surveyed the line between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, from the south-east corner of the present town of Pelham to Connect- icut river. He died in 1754. Hon. John Calfe, born June 13, 1741, was judge of the court of common pleas for twenty-five years, and for the same number of years clerk of the house of representatives. He died October 30, 1808. [5-1] \_Assessment of Rates ^ about An assessment on the Lands Possessed By those Persons whose names are under written ; assess* Bv Vartue of a vote of the free holders of the Town of Hampstead : in order to Settle the Long & unhappy Despute that has Subsisted between the Said freeholders of Hampstead that Settled under Haverhill & Amesbury Title ; and the Proprietors of Kingstown or Clam- ers under them : John Atwood, Sam** Brown, Joseph Brown, John Calfe, Thos Crawford, Eben*’ Copp, 84 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Joshua Bayley, John Chase, Asa Currier, Dr. Peter Eastman, Joseph French, Jun. Will'” George, Reuben Harriman, D avid Hadley, En. Will'” Heath, John Harriman, Capt. John Hazen, Stephen Johnson, Charles Johnson, Daniel Johnson, John Kent, Eben Kezar, Sam^^ Little, Esq., Stephen Little, Moses Little, Jun., Enoch Little, John Mills, Lieut Peter Morss, Joseph Noyce, John Plumer, Wid. Merebah Rob- erds, Benj” Stevens, Sam'^ Stevens, Daniel Stevens, Joseph Sawyer, Jesse Turriel, John Webster, Esq., Wid. Mehe' Worthen, Dinah Roberson, John Bartlet, Wid. Sarah Clark, Josiah Davis, Caleb Emerson, John French, , Capt. EbeiF Hale, Bartho'^ Pleath, Wid. Judith Hadley Will'” Heath, Jun., Benj” Heath, Heirs of Richard Hazen, Jun., Sam'^ Johnson, Caleb Johnson, Dr. Benj” Kimball, Wid. Kimball, EbeiP Kezar for his wife, Joseph Little, Moses Little, Clerk Benj” Little, Lieut Will'” Moulton Abel Merril, Llannah Moors, Wid. Judith Plumer Joseph Pilsbury, Otho Stevens, Dc*" Wait Stevens, Levi Stevens, Joshua Sawyer, Enoch vSawyer, Wid. Sant clear, Tho® Williams, , Abner Sawyer, Dr. John Bond, Stephen Bayley, Lieut. Benj” Emer- son, Dr. Joseph French, Nathan Goodwin, Capt. Hezekiah Hutchens, Joseph Hadley, Natlf^ Heath, Will'” LIunt, Benj” Hale, Wid. Sarah Hazen, En. Jesse Johnson, Zech. Johnson, Moses Kimball, John Kezar, Daniel Little, Esq*^, Joseph Little, Capt. Moses Little, Benj” Little, John Muzzey, Capt. Will"^ Marsh- ell, John Merriel, Benj” Pilsbury, Job Rowel, Will*” Stevens, Arch. Stevens, Wid. Anna Stevens, Edmund Sawyer, the Rev*^ M*" Henry True, Will'” Richardson, Tho® Wadley, Joshua Copp, John Muzzey Edmund Morss John Mills Committee [5-2] Province of ) At a meeting held at Timber lane on the New Hamshire j 13*^ of July Instant it was voated that Mr Richard Hazzen & Daniel Little Esq^ and m*' John Webster be a Committee to prefer a petition to the Govenor and Council of said Province to see if that HoiP*'^® Court in their wisdom will HAMPSTEAD. 85 Incorporate Timber lane and Almsbury peak into a Parish or Township George Little Jun*" Timber lane Clerk [5-3] \_Petitio7i for an Incorporatio?i of the Town^ 1/46.^ To his Excellency Penning Wentworth Esq*" Governor and Commander in Chief in and Over his majesties Province of New Hampshire the his majesties Councill July 39*^ 1746. The petition of the Subscribers for themselves & in behalf of Sundry others to the number of About one hundred who live in that part of Haverhill District Commonly called Timber- lane together with that part of South Hampton District which is usually called Almsbury Peak. Humbly Sheweth That the Lands whereon your petitioners Dwell as herein described and bounded & containing near a five miles Square viz. Begining at the Southeasterly corner of the farm commonly called Tyngs farm : thence runing North- westerly by Said farm till it comes to Belknaps Land, So take- ing in Belknaps Land & Richard Heaths Land, thence runing by Land of Lieu^ Caleb Page till it comes to Land of Richard Hazzen, thence running betwixt said Hazzens Land & Clem- ents Land till it comes to the Islandy pond, thence to the South- east corner of Edward Flynts Land, including the Great Island in s*^ pond, thence running by Flynts farm and takeing in the same till it comes to Stevens Land, and by Land of Ne- hemiah Stevens Northeasterly to y® Twelve rod way, thence to y® Southwesterly angle of Sleepers fifth Division Lott, thence Northeast to a line Northwest from Holts Rock, & from thence to y® mouth of ye Angjy pond so called, thence Southeast till it comes to y® Northeast Corner of Woodbridges farm thence Northwesterly by Said farm till it comes to y® way Leading from Capt Follingsbees to y® Angly pond, from thence to North East Corner of Obadiah Ayers fifth Division Lott thence South- westerly by Said Lott to the Twelve rod way, thence to y® Northwest Corner of Lieif Hales Land & by his Land to y® Southwest Corner of it, thence to y® Northeast Corner of Tyngs farm & by S*^ farm to y® first bounds are very Suitable & Commodious for a Town or parish and that we who inhabit said Lands are so compactly situated, & by the blessing of God have made such Improvements as that they are now able to support a Gospell Minister amongst ourselves. We would further Humbly Suggest to your Excellency and Honours that most of us now Live far from y® public worship of God (unless 86 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. when carried on amongst our Selves) that we cannot possibly attend upon it without the utmost difficulty & hazzard. We therefore earnestly request your Excellency & Honours to Com- pasionate our Circumstances & incorporate us into a Township with y® powers & priviledges that other Towns in y^ Province have, or that you will at least invest us with power to tax y® people to support y® Gospell amongst ourselves as to your Ex- cellency & Honours shall seem best for us, & for your Excel- lency & Honours. Your humble petitioners as in duty bound shall every pi*ay. Daniel Little Benjamin Heath Benjamin Stevens Moses Gile Ebenr Gile Moses Copp Otho Stevens benjamin kimball Nath an i ell Heath Samuel Plummer Thomas Clark Benjamin hadley Thomas Williams Jonathan Hunt John Muzzey John Johnson William Hancock Lemuel Tucker JohnATen Gile Stephen Johnson David Copp Stephen Johnson J Peter Morss John Plummer Edmund Sawyer rechard goodell Henry Trusell Jonathan Stevens Jeremiah Eatton Caleb heath Hugh Tallant Ebenezer Johnson Richard Hazzen George Little Junr Peter Easman r Benjamin Eatton John Webster Abner Sawyer amos Clark Bartholomew heath Joseph Hadly [In answer to this the town was incorporated by the gov- ernor and council Jan. ig, 1749, and named Hampstead, from a town in England, near London. — Ed.] [5—4] [ Committee to prosecute the foregohig Petition^ 7 / 4 ( 5 *.] At a Meeting held Jan. y® 1/47/8 at the House of John Bond By a Society of the West end of Kingston John Hogg & James Graves were Chosen a Committee to Prosecute a Peti- tion said Society have now in Court. John Bond Clerk for s^ Society Copia vera [5-5] \_Request relative to foregoing Petitio 7 i^ 7/4p.] Kingst® July i/*^^ -^/49 May it Please your Excellency & HoiY It is the desire of us the Subscribers that if our Petition ac- cording as we were Sett of by Kingston should not be granted HAMPSTEAD. 87 and your Excellencie & Hon’'® See Cause to Establish Timber- lane that we may be established with them and that the North Line may include the Farm that was formerly Sam®^ Graves Deceas’d & the west Line may be the agreement Line between Kingston & Londonderry John Flogg James Graves John Bond Edman Easman [ 5 - 6 ] [ Committee to defend Kingston Lawsuits^ Hampstead August 22'“^ ^758 At a Leagal Town meeting held this Day Persuant to a war- rant from the select men of this town the following things were voted, Voted to Chuse a Committee to Defend and Carry on to final Judgement and Execution the Case alredy Commenced against Some Persons in this town by Kingstown in Respect of Land title or any Person in this town that may be sued, By Kingstown in Respect to Land title upon the Cost and Charge of the freeholders of this Town — every one to Pay his Propor- tion according to the value of his Land Calling it as wild or unimproved Land 2nd Voted that those Persons that Settled under Kingstown title are free‘s and Excluded from Paying any Part of the above Said Cost & Charge. The Committee Chosen to Carry on any Case in Law against Kingstown are Lieut Peter Morss NatlF* Heath John Webster John Muzzey and EbeiF Gile. Hampstead October 24**^ 1768 A True Copy Peter Eastman C5-7] [ Votes in Tow 7 t Meetmg 7 'elative to Kingston Claims^ yydo.] Hampstead SepF 1760 This Day a meeting is Held Pursuant to a warrant from the Select men of this Town and the following things were voted (viz) i®‘ Voted to Give twelve Hundred Pounds old tenor to Kings- town Proprietors for a Settlement with them in Respect of their Claims, in this Town. 3«d Voted to free those Persons that Settled under Kingstown Title from any Charge in Said agreement with Kingstown, ) Town ) Clerk 88 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Hampstead Sepf 19*^ 1760 At a meeting held this Day Persuant to an Adjournment of the above meeting the Town Voted to Give the Proprietors of Kingstown three thousand Pounds old tenor to Quit their Claims to all the Lands in this town that was settled under Haverhill & Amsbury title. Voted Likewise to bare half the Charges in Gitting a Grant of the new township which was Propos*^ to them. Hampstead October 24^^ 1768 A True Copy at a leagal Meeting held this Day (by the free holders of Hampstead that Settled under Haverhill & amesbury Title) by vartue of a warrant from the select men of this Town The fol- lowing things, were Voted, (viz) John Webster Moderator John Muzzev Chosen Clerk for Said meeting This meeting is adjourn‘d to monday the 23*^ of this instant febr-"^ at one oClock in the after noon. Febr-^ 23^ at the adjournment of the above said meeting it was voted as followeth I voted to Raise the three thousand Pounds old tenor form- erly voted to Give to Kingstown Clamers, of Land in Hamp- stead for their Claims, in said Hampstead : Providing they Give us. the Deed alreadv sig^ned bv a number of said Clamers : and Likewise Give sufficient Bonds to Defend us against any that may hereafter Chalenge Land in Hampstead under a Kings- town Clame. 2 ^’ voted that John ]Muzzev Leiut Edmond ]Morss and John ^lills be a Committee to Take a valueation of the Land in Hampstead belonging to the above said freeholders : and assess the above Said monev and for Defraying the Charges of the Settlement with Kingstown March 2i®‘ 176S A True Coppy At a Leagal meeting held this Day by the freeholders of Peter Eastman [5-8] [ Votes of To"Jun relative to Kingston Claims^ zyd/.] Hampstead February 9*^ 1767 Clerk for said ) meeting [5-9] [ Co77i7nittee appointed to settle with Kingsto7i^ //dy.] Hampstead Dec*" 8*^ i 7^7 HAMPSTEAD. 89 the Town of Hampstead, that settled under Haverhill and Almsbury title Pursuant to a warrant from the Select men of said Town the following votes were Past I voted that John Webster Esq*" John Muzzey Benj*^ Kimball & Jesse Johnson, Be a Committee to Give security (to Kings- town Clamers) for the three thousand Pounds old tenor that was formerly voted to Give them for their Claims in Hampstead. 2'^ voted that the above said Committee, shall apply to the General Court to be enabled to Colect the Rate that is allready assesst in order to Compleat the agreement with Kingstown Clamers. A True Coppy of those Purticuler votes Exam‘S & attested John Muzzey Clerk. [5-10] \^Relative to the Settlement of Kingston Dispute^ 77 ( 55 .] To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq*' Govenor and Com- mander in Chieff in and over His Majestys Province of New Hampshire & to the Hoif® his Majestys Councel and House of Representatives Convean*^ in General assembly for Said Province — The Petition of us the Subscribers in behalf of the freehold- ers of the Town of Hampstead Humbly Sheweth That Where as there has Been an unhappy Dispute Long Subsisting Be- tween the freeholders of the Town of Hampstead (who hold their Lands in said Hamps*^ under the ancient Grants of Haver- hill & Almsbury) and the Proprietors of Kingstown and others Claming under them : Respecting the title of Land within said Hampstead : and to Settle this unhappy Debate ; the said free- holders of Hampstead have Past a vote to Give the agriev*^ Party Claming said Land under Kingstown the sum of three thousand Pounds old tenor Equal to one Hundred & fifty Pounds Lawfull money ; and Likewise to be at one half the Charge of Gitting a Tonship Granted in order to Give to the Said agriev*^ Partv for their Clames in Hamps*^ and it hath Pleas‘d His Excel- lency our former Govenor to Grant a Township by the name of Unitv ; that there misfht be an ammicable Settlement made be- tween the Contending Parties ; Now the agreiv*^ Party Claming under Kingstown has Recc*^ a Deed of the Township of Unity from the Grantees of it and have taken the same in Part of the above said Settlement, and now the one Hundred & fifty Pounds yet Remains to be Paid to Compleat the agreement ; and al- though the money be assess^ for the Payment of the above said sum and for Defraying the Charges ; agreeable to a vote of said 90 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. freeholders, yet we suppose that we have not Power to Colect the same or any ones Purportion that Refuses to Pay it ; which there is maney ; Some have farms or tracts of Land in said Hampstead and Live out of this Province ; and others are Late Purchessers and are unwilling to Pay their Purportion unless they Can Come Back upon their Warrantees, for Damage as being an incumbrance upon the Land when they Bought it. So that we Labour under a Great Difficulty and Cannot finish the agreement. Therefore the Prayer of your Petitioners, is that your Excellency and Honnours would be Pleased to Take our unhappy Case under your Wise Consideration and Grant us Power to Colect the above said assessment as in your Wis- dom Shall be thought most Proper. So that these unhappy Disputes which have subsisted above thirty years may be brought to a final and Happy End. And your Huiffi® Petitioners as in Duty Bound shall ever Pray. Dated at Hampstead February 3*^ 1768 John Webster John Muzzey Ben^" Kimball Natffi^ Heath Jesse Johnson. [In H. of Rep., Feb. 24, 1769, voted that the petitioners have liberty to bring in a bill to enable them to collect said assessment. — Ed.] [R. 2-40] \_Elijah Heath^ s Account^ //do.] Province of New Hampshire, Hampstead January 21®* 1760: I the subscriber namely Elijah Heath being a souldier in Col* Lovewel Rigement under Capt Todd ; and as I was going to osswago I lost my Gunn going over the fauls it fell out of a batto Elijah Heath Sworn to before Daniel Little, Dismissed. [R. 2-41] [ William Heathy Jr Soldier^ //do.] [William Heath, Jr., in a petition dated Hampstead, Jan. 18, 1760, says he was “a soldier under Capt. John Hazzen in CoP Harts Rigiment,” that he had his gun stolen coming home, and wants pay for it. His petition was “ dismissed.” —Ed.] HAMPSTEAD. 91 [R .3 -43] \^Be7ijamin Morse ^ Soldier^ 1^/62. [In a petition addressed to the governor and assembly, Jan. 4, 1763, Peter Morss, of Hampstead, says, “Your Pe- titioner had a Son a Minor in the service of this Province in Col° John Goff’s Regiment & Cap^ John Hazzens Com- pany in the year 1762 at Crown Point that his said son was taken sick on the way home at the house of Alexander Robbe in Peterborough. He presented a bill for care and expense of getting him home, amounting to ^£34, 12, o — and was allowed eight shillings and six pence sterling. — Ed.] [R. 3-43] S^yoJin Sawyer^ Soldier of the Rhode Island Ex- ■peditio 7 iJ\ [John Sawyer, of Hampstead, states that he was a vol- unteer in Capt. Jesse Page’s company. Col. Gale’s regiment, in the Rhode Island expedition, and had his horse stolen from him, and wants the state to pay 13 pounds 10 shill- ings. He was allowed ^45, Nov. 17, 1778. — Ed.] [R. 3-44] S^folin Eaton's Petition.^ Soldier^ State of New Hampshire — To the Honourable the Council & house of Representatives for said State in General assembly convened Nov*" 1780. The Petition of John Eaton of Hampstead in said state Humbly Sheweth — That your Petitioner engaged in the service of the United States in Nov’’ 1776 as an Ensign in Capt. Ben- jamin Stones Company in y® 3^^ New Hampsh’’ Battalion and continued in said Service until August 1778? when the circum- stances of your Petitioners family was such that he was induced to ask Liberty to Resign, which was granted and a Discharge obtained, Dated Aug* 2^ appear by said Dis- charge — Wherefore your Petitioner prays that he may be allowed Depreciation for the Time he was in said Service equal with others of like Rank. John Calfe in behalf said Petitioner. [He produced a discharge, signed “General Headquar- 92 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. ters August 2^ 1778, by order of his Excellency the Com*^ in Chief John Fitzgerald V Aide de Camp.” — E d.] [5-1 1] \^Petition to be classed for Representative^ 77^5.] State of ) To the Honb*® the General Court for Said State Newhamp*'® j convened at Concord octo*" 19*^ i 7 ^ 5 — Humbly Shews the Subscribers inhabitants of the Town of Hampstead : That the General Court for Said State in the year 1783 in Classing the Several Towns that were not constitution- ally entitled to a Representative Left the Town of Hampstead unclassed which has occasioned our not being Represented un- der the new Constitution, and your Petitioners esteeming it a great priveledge to be Represeted in the Gineral Court, but not wishing to add to the public expences by adding to the num- ber of Representatives and being informed by some of the In- habitants of plastow & Atkinson that they are willing that Hampstead should be Classed with them Therefore pray that your Honours would appoint a day of hearing on this our Peti- tion and Call on the Towns of Plastow and atkinson to shew Cause, if any they have why the said three Towns may not be made one Class for Representation and your Petitioners as bound shall pray. Abner Rogers Edward Greeley Micaj^ Little Jonathan Little David Dexter Ebnzer Coops Noah Johnson Abner Sawyer Timothy Goodwin John Harriman Caleb Webster Amos Clark John Richardson William Richardson Eliphalet Davis Ephraim Hutchins Joseph Webster Daniel Little John Brown Levi Hildreth Joseph Noyes Heze^ Hutchins [ 5 - 2 ] [A nother petition of the same tenor and date contains the following names : — Ed.] James Brown Joseph Chandler John Bond John Gooden Austen George Samuel Brown John True Moses Little John Adams David Poor John kimball Jesse Johnson Jn® Wiear Thomas emery Joshua H. Noyes HAMPSTEAD. 93 Samnel Johnson Junei' Samuel Little Thomas Wadley James Huse James Atwood Benjamin Tuxbury Edmund Eastman Ezekiel Currier Jona. R. Hale Samuel Johnson Amos mills moses Brown Timothy Stevens Andrew Bryant Joseph Johnson Joshua Eastman John Atwood Jun John Eaton Job Kent Jonathan Carlton Joseph french David Moulton Moses Atwood Robard Darling Jacob Currier James Shepard Thomas Muzzey [5-13] [Still another bears the following names : — Ed.] Samuel Johnson Nehemiah Kelley John Brickett Thomas Wadley Isaac Heath Moses Morss Samuel Currier Jonathan Eastman Jesse Heath Thomas Williams John Calfe William Griffin Thomas Emery John Richardson Reuben Harriman Jabez Hart Jun Joseph Currier Henry Johnson Jonathan George Samuel Currier Jun Joseph French Ju John Williams Edmund Morss Moses Emery Walter Little Moses Richardson Joseph Noyes Jun William Moulton Joseph Chase Benjamin Kimball Abraham Johnson BarthoL Heath Peter Morss [The town of Atkinson opposed the foregoing petition — see Vol. XI, page 132. Hampstead petitioned the next year for the privilege of sending one by themselves, which was granted. — Ed.] [5-14] \^Petitio7i relative to Paper Money ^ etc.^ ij86.^ State of New ) To the HonN General Court for said state to be Hampshire > conveaned at Concord on the first Wednes- ) day of June Instant — Humbly Shews The subscribers Inhabitants of the Town Hampstead in the County of Rockingham in said state that your petitioners La- bour under many & very great Difficulties on account of the great scarcity of a Circulating medium of trade also great un- easiness has arisen in the minds of your petitioners and many others on account of a Claim Lately made to the uncultivated Lands within this state and as Your Honours are the guardieans 94 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. of the Rights and priviledges of the people and as we have no other regular way of redress that your Honours would take our case under your wise Consideration and grant us releaf by act- ing on the following particulars iHy that yould not allow those persons purchesers of the Al- len Claim so called any part of their Claim within this state 3'^ly that not any of those persons that are purchesors of said Allens Claim hold any Commision of profit or Honour within this state for the space of one year 3*^ly that the General Court take up the matter Respecting the Masionan title to certain Lands in this state which we think their title is not Good and that those Lands Claimed by them be Con- verted to the use of said state. 4‘’^ly that there might be a Bank of paper money made to Re- deem this states security 5ly that the General Court petition Congress to Redeem the Continental paper Currency that is in the treasury in this state the same being more than our proportion of the same. 61 y that the ports & Harbours in this state be opened and a free trade for all Except Refugees. Hampstead June 1786 — Joseph French Joseph Conner John Leach Austein George Jon“ R. Hale Ben^“ Kimball Isaac Kimball Jonathan Eastman Joseph Kimball Peter Eastman John Kimball John Eaton Samuel Kelley John Colby Joshua H. Noyes Samuel Johnson Nehemiah Kelley Samuel Johnson Ju Timothy Goodwin John Harriman John Brown Amos Clark Bartholomew Heath Jesse Heath Thomas williams Joshua Corliss John Harriman Jur John Atwod James Atwood David Moulton James Huse Timothy Stevens Beniamin Tuxbury Joseph Johnson Joseph French ju moses Atwood David Poor John Darling John Atwood Andrew Grant Willi"’ moulton Moses Wadley Job Kent moses Brown Reuben harriman David Dexter Joseph Noyes John Richardson Eliphalet Davis moses Richardson H. Hutchins Joseph merrick Jonathan Little William Richardson Ebenezer Copp Parker Stevens Ezekiel Currier Peter morse Watts Emerson Benjamen Emerson Jn" Wiear [For legislative action on the paper money question, see Atkinson Papers, Vol. XI. — Ed.] HAMPSTEAD. 95 [5-15] \^Relative to Revolutionary Matters State of New Hampshire To the Hoif the Senate and House of Representatives in Gen- eral Court convened — The Petition and Alemorial of the Inhabitants of Hampstead in said state to your Honours respectfully sheweth — That early in the late war with great Britain your Memorialists not only willing to comply with every requisition of the HonN Legislat- ure, but anxious to have their quota of men in the field, gave to several persons considerable sums of money over and above what the public promised as an inducement to engage in the defence of the Country — amongst others they hired one Brad- ley Richards to serve three years in the Continental army and paid him therefor Thirty pounds besides promising to take care of and supply his family in his absence which they did to the amount of upwards of twelve pounds more than he left money with them to make provision with — That before said term ex- pired the Army Petitioned the General Court to have the de- preciation of the then paper currency made up to them which said Court agreed to do on the following conditions, namely, that all supplies Gratuities Town Bounties &c should be allow- ed in part satisfaction for the depreciation and accordinglv or- dered the Several Towns to charge the state with the Sums by them advanced as bounties or Supplies, as may be seen by a Resolve of the Legislature of the 26“" of March 1779 in order that each Town in the state might bear an equal proportion according to their proportioned value and also to reward the volunteer in as full and ample a manner as the hired Soldier — That in consequence of the method pursued b}'’ the Legislature there was with-held from the said Bradley Richards the Sum of forty two pounds and upwards of the depreciation that would have been his due had not the Town paid him said Sum — That afterwards (to wit) Jan. 1782 an Act passed the Legislat- ure which entitled the Several Towns to receive the Sums by them advanced — That the said Richards has now brousfht an Action against your Memorialists for said Sum of forty two pounds and upwards for money had and received which if he should recover it would open a door by which every Soldier Similarly circumstanced might recover what has been stopped out of their depreciation on account of the Sums to them sever- ally advanced by Towns and Individuals which would intirely frustrate the righteous design of the Legislature and leave the burden upon such Towns as were foremost in the cause while Towns that did not exert themselves nor procure any Soldiers 96 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. but such as enlisted for the public bounties only would go free of any part of said burden. Your Memorialists taking the matter into consideration & knowing that hundreds if not thousands, of Actions might be commenced on the same footing which might occasion much uneasiness in the state and also knowing that Several persons have been busy in procuring at small expence powers to recov- er said sums thus deducted from the soldiers depreciation, thought fit to state the matter to your Honours, not knowing, but that you in your wisdom would think proper to interpose so far as to point out some method of relief whereby vour Peti- tioners and others in Similar circumstances may be saved harm- less, or point out such remedy as to your Honours shall appear most agreable for which Interposition of your Honours, your Petitioners at this time pray &c John Hogg in behalf of said Inhabitants [5-18] \_Petition for a Magistrate^ i'/ 88 .~\ To his Excellency the President the Hon'’*® the Council of the state of New Hampshire — The petition of the subscribers freeholders and Inhabitants of the Town of Hampstead in said State in behalf of themselves & others Humbly shew That the Hon*’*® John Calfe of said Hampstead Esq’’ is the only person Commissioned as a Justice of the peace in said Town — that he is one of the Justices of the Court of common Please in the County of Rockingham and sustains other public offices & appointments in said state which Occasions his being absent from said Town a great part of the Time By means whereof the good People in said Town & the vicinity thereof often labour under great difficulties & embarrasments in trans- acting their business, for want of some other suitable person being appointed to the office of Justice of the peace in said Town — That the subscribers are fully sensible it is not their Constitutional right to nominate or appoint a person to that office yet they entertain Such an opinion of the Candor & good intention of your Excellency & Honours that it is only neces- sary for you to be made acquainted with the wishes and real interest of the Citizens of this state to ensure your favorable at- tention — The subscribers therefore take the liberty to mention as their opinion that Major Edmund Moores, of said Hampstead is a Gentleman well quallified for the office of Justice of the peace, and would give great satisfaction to the most reputable HAMPSTEAD. 97 part of his acquaintance and would render service to the people in this vicinity & do honor to himself & those that should ap- point him — much might be said in favor of this Gentlemans quallifications and Character in life da respecting the services he has rendered his Country in the day of tribulation but as the subscribers have already trespassed on the patience of your Ex- cell^ & Hon*'® — Therefore only beg leave to request that the said Edmund Moores may be appointed & Commissioned a Justice of the peace for the County of Rockingham and as in duty Bound will Pray Hampstead May 1788 we also pray that Thomas Muzzey who we hear is Petition‘d for may not be appointed a Justice of the peace Hezd^ Hutchins • Samuel Brown Ebez'' Copp David Dexter Moses Little Thomas Reed John Brown Nathan Goodwin Caleb Adams moses Richardson John Atwod John Kimball Nehemiah Kelly John True Daniel Little Micajah Little Thomas Emery Jabez Hoit Samuel Little David Poor Austein George Joseph French Timothy Goodwin William Richardson James Huse Joshua H. Noyes John Richardson Watts Emerson Abner Rogers Job Kent Beniamin Tuxbury Nathan Hadley Joseph merrick Joseph Noyes Joseph Noyes Jun Amos Howard Samuel Kelley [ 5 ~^ 9 ] \^CertiJicate of Nails made^ 7/pz.] State of New Hamp*'® ] To his Excellency Josiah Bartlett Esq’^ Rockingham ss. j President of the State of New Hamp’’® These certify that James Shepherd of Hampstead has made it to appear to us the Subscribers that he has bona fide made and caused to be made one hundred thousand of Six penny nails in his work shop in said Town since the Certificate given in his favour the last year — W”' marshall Tho® Muzzey John True Hampstead June 27*^^ 1791* John Calfe Jus* Peace 9 Selectmen ( for Hampstead EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 98 [5-20] \^Certificate of Nails made^ i'/g2.~\ These certify that Dudley Kimbal of Hampstead has made sand of six penny wrought Nails, as he has made appear to us the Subscribers Hampstead February 6*^ i79^ Attest Tho® IMuzzey Jus^ Peace To his Excellency Josiah Bartlett Esq*" President of New Hampshire. These Certify that James Shepherd of Hampstead has made and caused to be made in his w^ork shop in said Town one hun- dred thousand of four penny wrought nails, as he has made ap- pear to us, the Subscribers since he obtained a former Certifi- Hampstead Jan 17*^ ^79^ Attest John Calfe Jus‘ Peace To his Excellency Josiah Bartlett Esq*" President of New Hampshire. sand of Ten penny Nails & Two hundred Thousand of Six Penny Nails and one hundred Thousand of four penny wrought Nails, as he has made to appear to us the Subscribers Hampstead February 6^^ i79^ Attest Tho® Muzzey Just. Peace To his Excellency Josiah Bartlett Esq*" President of the state of New Hampshire and caused to be made in his work Shop one hundred Thou- attest C5-21] cate from the select men of Hampstead for making nails Attest [ 5 - 22 ] This Certifies that Edmond Morss of Hampstead has Made and caused to be made in his work Shop Two hundred thou- Attest HAMPTON. 99 HAMPTON. This is one of the oldest towns in the state, and origi- nally included the territory which now constitutes the towns of Hampton P'alls, North Hampton, Kensington, and Sea- brook. It was formerly a place of considerable importance in the fishery business and in ship-building, and for some years past its beaches have been much resorted to in sum- mer by persons seeking health or pleasure. Settlements were made as early as 1638, the place at that time being called Winnicumet. The present name was given by the general court of Massachusetts in 1639. It was “ allowed to be a town and hath power to choose a constable and other officers,” June 6, 1639, ^7 government of Massa- chusetts, which claimed jurisdiction over it. Considerable matter relative to the early history of Hampton may be found in Vol. I of this series. The south part of the township petitioned, in December, 1709, for parish privileges, which not being granted they petitioned again in May, 1710, and were virtually success- ful, so far as related to ministerial purposes. (Vol. HI, p. 428.) North Hill parish was set off November 17, 1738, and incorporated into the town of North Hampton November 26, 1742. Considerable dispute arose at sundry times relative to boundary lines between this and other towns, and docu- ments concerning the matter may be found in a volume entitled “ Town Boundaries ” in the office of the secretary of state. [ 4 — 173 ] \_Depositions relating to Boundary Line between Ha 7 npton and Portsmouth^ i 66 gd\ The deposition of Thomas Marston aged about 52 years & of william ffifeild aged about 55 years These Depon‘® do testifie y‘ about y® yeare 1654 when m’' Seth fffetcher lived in Hampton wee y® s*^ depon*® w’ere ap- pointed to treat with Cap‘ Bryan Pendleton & John Pickerin in y® behalfe of y® towne of Portsmouth concerning y® setling of y® bounds betwixt Hampton & Portsmouth by y® Sea side & wee y® s*^ depon‘® mett y® men abovsd & shewed them y® power 100 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. wee had to act by & they shewed us their power w*^^ was full & ample for y® ends abovsd ; but y® s^ Cap* Pendleton & John Pickerin sen’’ did question y® power given to us by y® town of Hampton not to bee suffitient for y® attaining all y® ends intend- ed, whereupon y® s'* Cap* Pendleton & John Pickerin staid att Hampton untill wee obtained a meeting of y® Select men & had full power to act in y® behalfe of y® towne of Hampton & then wee y® s'* Tho : Marston & william ffifeild did treat w**^ y® s'* Cap* Pendleton & John Pickerin & after a treaty wee did agree, & conclude & all hands y* Hampton bounds should begin to measure to y® northward of y® Casway y* goeth over to y® beache & from miles norward neare y® sea side — Testified upon oath by Thomas Marston & Willi : ffifeild y* ninth of March 1669 before mee Sam** Dalton Com miss Sworn before y® Court held at Salisbury y® 29**^ of Aprill 1673 by adjornm* vera Copia per mee Tho : Bradbury rec'* as attests Tho : Bradbury rec'* And Thomas Marston & John Samborn seiP doe farther tes- tifie that y® next day after y® agreem* that y® s'* line was meas- ured, by Cap* Pendleton & Tho : Marston & John Samborne, & y® s'* line ended on y® north Side of Jocelins Neck where wee sett up a stake & layd stones & finished y® s'* bounds ac- cording to y® agreem* under there hands Testified upon oath y® 9**' i®* m° 1669 before mee Sam** Dalton Comissr Sworn before y® Court held att Salisbury y® 29**^ Aprill ; 1673 by Adjournment as attested This is a true as attested Tho : Bradbury rec'* [The original manuscript is torn, which is the cause of the blanks in the foregoing. — E d.] [4-174] relative to Boundary between Hampton and Bortsmoutk.^ Wee whose names are under written Viz Bryan Pendleton & John Pickering for y® towne of Portsmouth N. E. &c & Willi ; ffifeild w**' Tho : Marston for y® towne of Hampton have ac- cording to power given by y® severall towns to debate agree & determine about & concerning a line to divide between y® afore- said towns upon y® Seaside & y® extent thereof. Wee y® above named persons do consent & agree y* y® afores'* town of Hampton shall begin at y® Cawsway lying Eastward HAMPTON. lOI from y® said towne towards Pascataway ten rod distance from y® said Cawsway there to begin & runn five miles upon as direct a line as may bee, keeping neare unto y® common way : The w®^ line being runn ended on y® Edg of Jocelins neck on y® north side ; the said neck is y® next to y® northward of y® long stony beach Bryan Pendleton The marke of Jn° (A) Pickering Will : Ififeild Tho : Marston This is a true copie as it stands recorded in y® Booke of records for Norfolke pa : (46) as attests Tho : Bradbury rec It was recorded as appears by y® booke between y® 12^^ m° 1655 & y® 24*^ of y® said m® : Tho : Bradbury rec The deposition of Major Bryan Pendleton aged about 70 years ; This depon* saith that hee with Jn® Pickering was im- powered by y® towne of Portsm® (but whither by y® select men or y® whole towne hee doth not att present remember) to de- bate agree & determine, not as arbytrators, but being sent by y® town according to an act of y® geifi^ Court about & concern- ing a line to divide between y® afores^ towns upon y® seaside & y® extent thereof, & y‘ y® above written was our determination & further saith [not] Sworn y® 5*^ m® 1669 before mee Elais Stileman Commiss'" Entered & recorded in y® County records for Norfolke (lib : 2 : pa 145) y® 5 m® 1669 as attests Tho : Bradbury rec [4-178] \^Election of Assemblymen^ /dp/.] According to a warrant by me Received from Richard Jose Esq"^ High Shereft' for the province of New Hampshire for to convene the fireholders together upon this day being the 27^^ of September 1692 to* choose three ffitt and discrett men to serve as Assembly men the ftree holders mett accordingly and made choyce of Left John Smith Joseph Smith & John Hussy to serve as assembly men according to sayd warrant As Attests timothy hillyard Constable of Hampton 102 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [4-' 79] [ Vote relative to granting New Town^ Kingston,, i6q4.'\ Att a legall meeting of the ffreholders of y® towne of Hamp- ton May 17 1694 2'^' It was voted that Capt" Henry Dow should goe to New Castell : the i8‘'' of this instant month in the behalf of the towne to the Honorable left"* Governor and Councell in obedience to an order Received barring date the 15**^ instant to manifest the towns earnest desire that no township may be granted to any persons to come within Seaven miles of Hampton meeting House westward upon a streight Line Voted James Prescott Senior appearing at the meeting in the behalf of said petitioners did consent to this voat above, vera copia taken out of Hampton Towne Booke As Attest Henry Dow Clerk [4-180] \_Kisbursej?ients for Soldiers,, i6g4,~\ Hampton Acc** Disbursm*® lo*’*' 1694 To Souldiers at oysteriver whose wages as per perticular Acc* allowed 4 m° allowed to Capt Dow for subsistance of Sould*"® at the Fort 3 b*’*® Ind Come To horse & man to bring s'* Come Hen : Green Jun*" for ^ m" service at his grandfath* To Jonathan Marston 2 da}^s service Do, To m’’ Hen : Green SeiF to subsistance of sold*" : 17 : days To Ephraim Marston going post from Hampton Boston To JiP Tuck for his horse for s'* Marston To Dan* Tilton for bringing letter to New Castle I that came from Boston &C j To Cap* Dow for quartering Massachusetts souF ) acc* as one man 13 weeks fz at 3® per j To Cap* Dow for a man & 2 horses for the Cap* of the Massachusetts sould*"® to Portsm'’ 470- 8, 0 0, 9, 0 0, 2, 0 0, 12, 0 0, 2, 0 0, 6 , 6 to 0, 14, 0 0, 8, 0 0, 4, 0 2, 0, 6 0, 4, 0 5 ’ 2, 0 [4-181] \_Selectmen about a New Town,, 16^4.,^ Pursuant to an order from the Lieu* Gove’' and Councill Baren datte the ii**’ of may 1694 to the Select men of Hampton HAMPTON. 103 Consarning A purtishon presented to the Lieu* Gover^ and Counsel Consarning the plantten of A new Planttaion And we the Select men are bound up by the Towne nayther to give A way Lande nor to Enter Change Lande with aney men therfor we the Select men cante doe nothen Consaren Lande with out the advice of the Towne May 14**^ 1694 Samuel Dow by order and in the behalf of the Select men of Hampton [4-182] \^Election of Asse^nblyinen^ i 6 g 4 .^ Att a legall meeting of the ffreeholders of the Towne of Hampton the 29 October 1694. lefE* John Smith M*’ Nathaniel Batchiler Senior and Ens. Thomas Robey were chossen by the major voat ffor to Serve as Assembly men as attest Ephraim marston constable of hampton [4-187 and 188] [At a meeting held May 14, 1695, the foregoing three men were reelected. December 24. 1697, Capt. Henry Dow, Lieut. John Smith, and Benjamin Fifield were elected. “As Attests Thomas Robey Constable.” — Ed.] [4-191] [December 26, 1698, Dow and Smith were rejected, with Joseph Swett, as certified by Henry Dow, Ephraim Marston, John Tucke, and John Gove, selectmen. — Ed.] [R. 2-33] \^Hampton Soldiers^ 1 ^ 95 ^ i 6 g 6 .'\ A true accompt of y® Soldiers & Provisions I have Impresd out of Hampton for his Majestys Servise at garison at oyster River Since Novemb’' 2*“* 1695 until ’96* £—S. d Novembr 2 ( Sent to oyster River Caleb Perkins 28 j days and John. Nay 28 days and found [ themselfs provitions 3, 12, o ♦The year commenced in March, O. S. 104 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Nov 30 f Isaac Green 28 days & found provitions ( Eben Gove 28 days Decembr 28**^ f Jonathan Philbrook 28 days I Joseph Cram 28 days Janury 25*^ j Chris Pottell 29 days [ Jacob Clifford 29 days Febriff 24 Samuel Hely 29 days Jos Fanning sent y® same day & Returned y® 28*^ being 3 days March 23 Sam^^ Shaw sent and sent whome y® Saiff^ Melsher sent whome y® a horse Impressed to carry y® Provison and a man Joseph Smith Capt. I, 16, 0 I, 04, 0 I, 04, 0 I, 04, 0 I, 04, 10 I, 04, 10 I, 04, 10 0, 05, 0 day 0, 05, 0 0 0 Ca 0 p 0 0^ 0 12, 06 This accoumpt Compared by me Dated Apd 1696. John Woodman Capt. The accoumpt of what was ordered to Exeter since Novem- ber 14: 1695 until 96 £S.—d Novembr 14**^ Nath ffrench 28 days & Timothy Hilyard 28 days 2, 8, o Decembr 12 Joshua Purington 28 days & John Mason 28 days 2, 08, o January 9*^ Joseph Swet 28 days & Joseph fifield 28 days 2, 08, o Februry Moses Swet 29 days & Henry Dow 29 days 2, 09, 08 March 6*^ James Stanyan 28 days & Will*” Swain 28 days 2, 08, o April 3*^ to y® 27 John French 4 days & Sam^ Case 4 days o, 08, o Jos : Smith Capt. 12, 09, 8 The above accoumpt Compared by me Kinsley Hall Capt a horse Impresed for y® Post from Hampton to New s d Castle bountto Pemiquid and a man to bring him back 3- 6. Dated ApP 7^*^ 1696 HAMPTON. 105 [R. 2-34] S^Hampton Men in Garrison at Exeter^ ^^ 95 ', i 6 g 6 .~\ A tru account of what is due to Hampton men for keeping garrison att Exeter ffrom the 14 of November last to the 8^^ of Aprill 1696 £. d To Tho. Dearborn Junorone month To Caleb Towle one month To Ephraim Marston and others one month To William Lane and others one month To Isaac Godfrey and others one month To Samuell Dearborn and others one month To Tho Ward and others one month To John Knowls and others one month To William Sambourn and others one month To Jabez Dow and others one month To Stev^en Sambourn and others one month To Daniel Wedgewoods and other one month To James ffog and others three weeks 2 day To Ben Shaw and one more To Sam^ Palmer one month To Simon Dow and others one month To Jonathan Marston and other one month To Ichabod Robey & Humprey Perkins a day apiece and sent home To Robert Drake & others one month To Daniel Wedgwood & others one month To Tho Robey i week diet his man To two Samborns a day apiece sent home ) firom Richard Hiltons j I — 4 — o I — 4 — o I — 4 — o I — 4 — o I — 4 — o I — 4 — o I — 4 — o I — 4 — o I — 4 — o I — 4 — o I — 4 — o 1 — 4 — o I — o — o 0- i 2 — o 1 — 4 — o I — 4 — o I — 4 — o 0— 3—0 1 — 4 — o I — 4 — o 0—3—0 0—3—0 Sum 22-09 — o This is a tru account compared By me Kinsley Hall Capt The Above is a tru account Errors only Excepted By me Henry Dow Cap° Due to Hampton men ffor wages at Garrition att Oyster River and other disbursments ffrom November 1695 to Aprill 1696 — io6 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. I 0-16-0 I- 4-0 I -1 6-0 7 - 4-0 Nov’’ to John Marston Jo" Redman Roger Shaw^ £ S d 2 ffrancis page Chris : Smith Sam Dearborn with their own provition each man i month No : 2 to Sam^^ month No'"^ 30 to Sam^^ Nudd with provition one month No. 30 to Ebenezer Webster* James Senter Moses") levitt peter Johnson Jonathan Elkins Sam’* v Johnson each man his month j Dec’"' 31 to John Taylor Isaac Webster James Moul- ton Ben James Ben Thomas Eben. Dear- !>• 8- 8-0 born Moses Elkins each man his month January 27 to John Hobs ffor his man and James Senter each man a month 24 february to Daniel Kincaid Thomas levitt Sam’") ffogg Sam’ Smith Nehemiah Hobs Jo- I seph Moulton Roger Shaw each man a [ month J 24 March to Henry Dow ffor 143 pound pork ffor the") 2- 8-0 8- 8-0 sayd men att 3'’ per pound j to Joseph Moulton when his month is out 1-15-9 I- 4-0 This account is owned by me 43 - 3-9 John Woodman Capt" 24 february to a man & Hoss imprest to carry the said pork to oyster River Round by Exeter the way being bad o- 5-0 January 27 to 4 men sent to oyster and sent home ) again being 3 days apece j ^ Mar 24 to five men sent to Oyster River and ) sent Home again 3 days apece | ^ £44- 8-9 22- 9-0 £66-17-9 A true account Errors only Excepted By me Henry Dow Capt" ■^Ebenezer Webster was a son of Thomas Webster, who died in Hampton in 1715, aged 83. He had a son Ebenezer, and a grandson by the same name, who was born in Kingston in 1739, and settled in Salisbury in 1763. The latter was one of" Rogers’ Rangers,’’ and was in the army in 1757 to 1759. He commanded a company at Bennington, and was the father of Ezekiel, born 1780, and Daniel, born 1782. HAMPTON. 107 [R. 2-35] \^Hampton Soldiers^ Apj'il to September ^ i 6 g 6 P\ Province of New Hampshire Account of Soldiers Impresed to keep Garrison Since Apd y® 1696 untill Sep*’ y® 30*’* 1696 at oyster River Exeter and Hampton by warrant from me out of one of y® Companys in Hampton 1696 from Ap^ 7 to Ap^ 13 from Ap^ 13 to May 1 1 from May 1 1 to June 8 from June 8 to July 6 from July 6 to August 3 from August 3 to August 31 from Ap^ 13 to Septem'**’ 30 1696 Octobr y® i to Octobr 29 John ffrench & Sam'^ Cass at M*" Wiggoms at Exeter, to each 6 days, Kinsley hall Capt £10-0 Philemon Blake, John Chase, & Wil"* Smith at oyster River 28 days to each 3-12-0 John Garland, Caleb Shaw, and Ben*^ Batcheldr, at ovster River 28 days to each 3-12-0 Richard Sanborn, Edw fhfield, & Josiah Shaw, at oyster River 28 days 3-12-0 Philip Towl, Sam’^ Melser, & Jo- seph french to oyster River 28 days 3-12-0 Jacob Clifford at oyster River 28 da}^s 1-4-0 Natf Blacklidge Service two months Due to Joseph Smith O River as per Deventer from Cap* Woodman 2-8-0 one man posted at Daff Tiltons Garrison in Hampton being 6 months and 3 days 7-6-6 25-16-6 Account of Soldiers Impressed to Garrison from octobr y® first 1696 untill octobr y® 29**^ 1696 Nath : ffrench and Thomas Ste- vens at Garrison at oyster River 28 day to each <£2-8-0 Joseph ffaning & Benjamm Per- kins at Dan^ Tiltons Garrison in Hampton to each 28 days Errors Excepted 2-8-0 4-16-0 Joseph Smith Cap* io8 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Portsm® Novemb’' 13^^ 1696 The within acco* Examind & aproved by Kinsley Hall Henry Dow ^ John Woodman John Tuttle >- of y® Comitty Theodore Attkinson W*” Redford j [R. 2-36] The Province indebted to thes persons for keeping of Garri- tion as Souldiers att Oyster River since y® of Aprill last in 1696 due to Hampton men [The following are allowed ;Ci, 4 for one month, except where otherwise stated : — Ed.] 13 April Jonathan Elkins James Johnson peter Johnson fran- cis page Caleb Towle Ben Thomas James Senter Samuel Son Tho. Dearborn Tho Dearborn Junor James Moulton II May Christopher Smith Ebenezer Webster Joseph Tayler Sam^ fogg Junr Samuel Palmer Jo" Redman Stephen Batchilder Ben : James Moses Elkins 8 June Isaac Marston Samuel Smith Jonathan Moulton Tho levitt Roger Shaw Ebenezer Dearborn Samuel Johnson Jo" Son Ens Moulton Jonathan Marston 6 July Samuel Nudd Peter Johnson Moses levitt Sam^ Son Tho Dearborn Tho Son John Dearborn James Senter Ben Thomas 5 weeks francis page Jonathan Elkins 3 August Ebenezer Webster James Moulton Samuel Palmer Ben James Joseph Tayler Ichabod Robey John Red- man Chris : Smith 26 days Sam^ Johnson 3 weeks 31 August Roger vShaw 31 days Caleb Towle Jonathan Moulton Tho levitt Jo" vSon Ens : Moulton Israil Smith Sam- uel Moulton I®* of October Samuel Colcord 10 days Ebenezer Dearborn 10 days Ensign John Moulton 8 days John Tuck 8 days Jonathan Marston i week John Redman 2 days from I®* October Samuel ffog Junr 28 days James Souther Jun- to y® 29 athan Elkins 8 days James Johnson 22 days £70 — 2 — o A true account Errors only Excepted per me Henry Dow Capt" This Account Is ound by me to be a trew Account John Woodman Capt" HAMPTON. 109 [R. 2-36] \_Nevj Hampshire to Hampto 7 i Menr\ A tru account of what is due to thos persons the province of New Hampshire is indebted too since the day of Aprill last for keeping garrition and subsistance of Souldiers 1696 October 29 Att Daniel Tiltor Mepheboshith Sam- borne Humphrey Perkins Isaac Webster James Perkins Simon Knowles Sam^ ffoge Senior John Berry William lane s Garrition Ichabod Robey Joseph Towle John levitt Junr. John Hobs Ben Lamprey Jacob Browne Edman Johnson Daniel Moulton Steven Samborn Isaac Godfrey Tho : Webster Junr. Samuel son of Hen Dearborn Arretas levitt Jo" son Hen Moul- ton James philbrook Samuel Colcord A tru account j^er me Henry Dow Cap" [The above were allowed six shillings each. — Ed.] Stephen Bachilder i month att oyster River Nov. 2, 1695 Caleb Marston & Nathaniel lock 3 days apece at Mr. Tiltons, Ap^ 9 to Ap^ 13 Portsm" : November 13*^ 1696 The within acco* Examind and approved by Kinsley Hall Henry Dow \ John Woodman Tuttle > of y® Comitty Theodore Attkinson W'" : Redford j [Capt. Kinsley Hall was of Exeter, Capt. Dow of Hamp- ton, Capts. Woodman and Tuttle of Dover. Attkinson was of New Castle. He was sheriff of the province for some years following 1692, and was father of Hon. Theodore At- kinson, who was for many years secretary of the province. — Ed.] [4-189] [ Warrafit for Muster of the Militia^ /dp/.] Hampton the ii December 1697 — for Major Joseph Smith In obedience to & pursuant of orders from White Hall bar- ring date 27 October 1697 directed ffor his majesties Speaciall I lO EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Service to the Honourable John Usher Esquire His Majesties Left Govenour & Commander in Chiefe of his majesties prov- ince of New Hampshire in America &C You are in his majes- ties name required to give notice to all Capt“® militia officers & Souldiers in the Town of Hampton to appear in armes on Munday next being the 13^^^ instant att ten of the clock in the fourenoone in order to Comply ance with sayd orders as thay and every of them will answer the contrary for the Highest Con- tempt Given under my Hand and seale att Armes the day and yeare above written John Usher LefE^ Governour & Commander in cheife To Major Joseph Smith A copie To CapE Jacob Green Pursuant to the above written warrant you are in his majes- ties name required to give notice to all officers and souldiers under your command to appear according to the above s'^ war- rant att the meeting House in Hampton to morrow at ten in the morninge Dated December 12^^ 1697 Joseph Smith Major Vera Copia of the oridginall In the Hands of Cap*° Jacob Green Compared By me Henry Dow Jestice of peace in new Hampshire [4-196] \_Hamfton Men sent to the Fort^ 1^04.^ Hampton 20 June 1704 ffriend John Bickford according to order Received I Have sent five laborarers and a Souldier to the ffort that you must sett over (viz) John Dearborn Humphrey Perkins John Sam- born William Marston John Redman & William ffifield Besids the Sherriff Have ordered a carpenter to be prest out of my Company that was, but is now a trooper if he come that make seven in all besids Cap‘ Greens & he should send ffour which is all needfull ffrom your ffriend Henry Dow Capff [John Bickford kept a ferry at Little Harbor, and took the men over to the fort. Others were sent as follows : — Ed.] HAMPTON. Ill May 19 Jabez Dow Jonathan Moulton James ffogg “ 30 Philemon Dalton Icabocl Robey John Knowles “ 31 Joseph Towle a soulclier June 9 Ben. Moulton Josiah Moulton peter Johnson Robert Drake a soulclier June 30 Seth ffogg Stephen Samborn Tho Ward James ffuller Sam' Brown Samuel Chapman July 12 Sam' Dearborn Sam' Marston Icabod Robey Joseph Taylor James Moulton Labourers John Taylor a souldier James Johnson a carpenter July 24 Ensign Samuel Marston a carpenter Samuel Smith Caleb Towle Jonathan Elkins Hezekiah Jinnis Isaac Webster labourers John Chapman a souldier [R. 2-37] \_Hamfto 7 t Soldiers^ //Oc?.] A List of Souldiers Names, and Time they Served att her Majesties ffourt, W*" and Mary at New Castle in the province of Newhampshire New England 1708. [The following are Hampton men. given in connection with the towns to —Ed.] The others will be which they belong : May 18 to June i. Christopher Pottle Jon** Philbrook Jn° Wedgewood Chr : Palmer Jn® Hobbs Jn® French Anthony Crosby June I to June 15 W™ Mastin Joseph Brown Daniel Lamprey Isaac Green Moses Blake Seth Fogg Jn® Gove June 15 to June 29 Jn® Green Ebenezer Gove Sam' Palmer Stephen Palmer Jn® Brown Benj^ Green Th® Mastin June 29 to July 13 Christopher Page Jn®Sambourn Sim® Knowles W™ Brown Richard Taylor Jacob Brown July 13 to July 27 Jon** Taylor Zach Philbrook Daniel Lampree Caleb Perkins Benj® Cram Stephen Palmer Israel Blake 1 12 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. July 27 to Aug 10 John Pickering Jn° Lunt Tim® Blake Abraham Brown Benj*^ James W*” Lunt Benj^ Hillyard Aug. 10 to 24 David Moulton John Garland Tho : Batcheler Tho : Phillbrook Joseph Palmer Sam’ Melcher Aug 24 to Sept 7 Jas : Chapman Phillamon Dalton Sam^ Tilton Ja : Carr Abraham Libey Israel Shepeard Tho : Harris W™ Norton Sept 7 to 21 Tho : Marston Abra®^ Libbey David Tilton Isa : Phillbrook Josiah Dow Caleb Swain Jn® Garland Jacob Cliford Sept 21 to Oct 5 Tho. Levett Jn° Dow W"“ Sandburn Stephen Sandburn Oct 5 to 19 Robert Moulton Jn® berry Oct 6 to [9 Benj'^ Perkins Tom Dow Oct 19 to Nov I Sam^ Dow Edward Williams Jer ; Marston Jn® Cram Shadrach Walton Cap' The men work att Six pence per Day in Repairing the ffoLirt the Marsh for Sodes the use of the gondalow for bringin the Sodes 15 Day att i® 6*^ per D 2 — o — o I-O-O 1 - 2-6 £4-2-6 [4—200] \_Remonstrance agahzst a Township being granted at Squamscot^ 7 /op.] May it pleas your Excellency Wee whose names are under written living within the peti- tioned bounds of Quamscot doth earnestly desire that your Ex- cellency and Honnors would be pleased to deny y® Request of HAMPTON. II3 those petitioners for a town ship in Quamscot as for y® gener- ality of y® said petitioners are poor people and several of them according to y® best of our knowledg instead of defraying any town charge are reather likely to be a towm charg themselves. Your earnest desirers Quamscot desember y® fifth 1709 — Edward fifield Benjamin Brown John Robards Israel Smith William Chiles Nathaniel Ladd benjamin Taylor david Robison Nathaniel Stephens Moses Rolins John Clark John Mead Nathaniel Right ionathan Robison Joseph Rolins Tho : Rolins Moses Leavitt Juner Charles Rundlit Josep Lawrence [4-201] \_Another of sa 7 ne tenor ^ 7775.] to his Excellency the Governour & Councell Sitting at ports™* this 23 day of Aprill, 1715 Wee the Representatives for y® town of Hampton pray that where as there is a petition of a Company of persons for a township at a place called Quamscock we pray there may be no proceeding in y® matter before the westward line of Hamp- ton be run for that Sundry of y® petitioners are persons y* have no Land of their own but have entered into hampton mens Land laid out into lots to perticular men & possessed more than 60 or 70 years since & there being severall writs against some of them y® above s*^ petitioners Causes them to endeavor to gett a grant of other mens possessions &C Your humble Servants Joseph Smith Peter Weare Joshua Winget [4-201^] Wears Petition for aTownship 8 ^^ lyiy. Too His Excelency Samuel Shute Esq*' Govern*" in Cheeff of His Majesties Province of New Hampsheir, &C. & to the Hon- ourable the Council of said Province — May Itt Please your Excellency and your Hon** In as much as ther is a great quantity of Land in this Prov- 10 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 1 14 ince unsettled & nowayes belonging to any particular Township we y® subscribers do become your humble & ernest Petitioners that A certain Tract thereof may be granted & Layd out for y® Regular setteP* of A Township for us & our Heirs & other His Maje‘® Loyal & good Subjects — The Bounds of which Town- ship we desire may Run from y® Alassachusetts Line 12 miles Norward & so 12 mils squar in y® Chestnut Countrey Commonly so called — In granting of which Petition your Excellency will greatly oblidge your Humble Servants Joseph Tilton Daniel Weare Benjamin Pearkins Joseph Sanborn William Healy Charles Stanard Samuel Page Zachrias Clifford Benjamin SanBorn Jacob Garland Sener Tho® Crosbie Jabez Smith Natff^ Samborn Benj^ ffifield Jethro Tilton Richard Sanborn Jacob iiL Garland Nerniah Heath Nathaniel Healy Jeremiah Samborn ruben SamBorn James garland David Tilton Elisha Smith Thomas Waite Jacob Stanyan James Prescut Joshua Prescut James Sanborn Joseph Swett Jacob Moulton Hen : Lucas pheliman Blacke Bennoney ffogg Joshua Winget Jonathan Dearbon Jn° Tuck Josep Page John Sherburn Benjamin Thomas W"^ Lock Tho : Ward Jn» Sanborn Rich : Son Tho : Dearborn John Son Nab Bachelder jur Josiah Sanbourne John Smith Abraham Drack Jonathan tailer Thos Philbrick John Green Charles Hunt Edward Williams James Stanyan Jonathan ffifield William Sanborn Sen*" Ichabod Robie Roger Shaw David moulton Jn® Nay Nab Bachelder Sen*" Benja Tole Josh Lane Jonathan Cass Peter Weare Jonathan Garland Seth fogg Senior Nathaniel Drack Caleb towl John Casse William Ripp Benja Shaw Jff James Dow Edward Wear Samuell Shaw Jn° Webster Joseph Lett Jur James Foog Josep Tole Josep Cass Tho : Marston Seffi James Perkins Abel Ward Jacob Carsfoot Roberd Drack John Webster Juner Seth Fogg Joseph Chase Timothy Blake William Couch Joseph Low Sam^ Blake Sanb Cass Moses Downer [The foregoing are Hampton and Hampton Falls names. The petition was presented to the council October 3, 1717, by George Jaffrey, in behalf of Major Peter Weare. — Ed.] HAMPTON. II5 [4-205] [ Warrant for Parish Meetings This is to give notice to ye ffreeholclers of Hampton that they meet on Munday the second day of March next att y® old meet- ing house in Hampton att eight A clock in y® morning to choose Town officers &c. — And y® ffieeholders of y® old parrish to con- sider then & order about Raising the new meeting house and order something about y® seates, & glass of y®old meeting house, ffiebruary 2i®‘ 1718/19 Nath^ Sargent Justice of Peace 1 Selectmen Moulton r r rr , 1 01 Hampton Doni j Vera : Copia Test JiP Tuck Town Clerk Jabez Josiah JiP D( [4-204] \_Palls Men present at said Meeti 7 tg.~\ Att y® meeting of y® freeholders of Hampton March y® i®* 1718/19 men there present of y® fales side & voted with rest of y* freeholders to choice of Town officers Philemon Blake John Swaine Jn® Green Moses Blake Jonathan Phi lb rick Jethro Tilton Nathan Longfellow Caleb Swaine Jn° Bachelder Sam^ Blake Jacob Stanian Ichabod Robie Nath^ Batchelder Enoch Sanborn Sam^ Shaw Robt Row Jacob Moulton Natffi Hodge Cap* Jos Swett Cap* Joseph Cass Cap* Jos Tilton L* Benj^ Hilyard [4-206] \_Neiv Parish Men present at said Meeting. Wee whos naims are hear under Subscribed being at y® town meeting y® 2*^ of March 1718/19 did vote for Chusing town offi- cers and thought it was our Duety and according to act of y® honer**^® Governer & Councell and have Reson to think all our people that was thair at the town meeting acted in y® same Nath* Bachiler SeiP Joseph Tilton Samuel Shaw Joseph Swett Nathan Longfellow Jonathan Philbrook Joseph Cass Enoch Sanborn The above Subscribers are all the Leding men allmost in the new parish & of Estats Save M*" hilard who is Redy to Sub- scribe but is at Boston which is a princble man EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 1 16 [4-207] {^Petition for Grant of a Pow 7 tship^ z/j/.] To his Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq’’ Governour and Com- mander in Cheif in and over his Maiesties Province of New Hamp’’ and to the Honourable his majesties Council the Peti- tion of sundry Inhabitants of the Town of Hampton in the s*^ Province humbly sheweth — That most of the Towns and Parishes within the province of New Hamp’’ have been favoured respectively with Charters for considerable tracts of his Majesties Wast Lands within this prov- ince for the making of new Towns proper to them, and though it was proposed in the time of granting these Charters that a Charter should be granted to the Inhabitants of the Town of Hampton, yet through neglect due notice was not given to the greatest part of the Inhabitants of that town to seek after a right in any of the new Towns or in any entire body of Land for their proper use, most of whome have done very great service in this his Majesties province as souldiers against the Indian enemy but have not been favoured with any share in the new grants, at which they are extremely grieved, and therefore earnestly pray for help from your Excellency and Honours, and pray that you will please to grant your Petitioners who are represented by the subscribers and a List of their names hereto annexed, a Tract of Wast Land within this province to be embodied into a Town as the other new Towns be, or that wdiereas your Petitioners are informed that the Charter of Chichester is forfeited by the Pro- prietors by their neglect of fulfilling the conditions thereof, which Town was originally designed for the Town of Hampton that your Excellency and Honours will please to make them a grant thereof, and yo'' Petitioners will punctually comply with the con- ditions to be set thereon and shall ever pray as in duty bound &c May 1731. Joseph Towle Thomas Marston March y® 23 1731 an account of the mens names that peti- tioned for a new Township Timothy Dalton Samuel Darbon Jeremiah Darbon Joseph Johnson Elisha Page Caleb Towle junior Moris Hobs Josiah Hobs Zacriah Towl Henry Batchelder Nathaniel Dearbon Samuel Hobs Joseph Towle John Garland Jonathan Towle Jonathan Elkins J Beniamin Hobs William Moulton Joseph Page frances Towl John Page Beniamin Towle i Benoni ffuller Beniamin M marston John Towle Thomas ffuller r Amos Knowles Samuel Smith John Hobs Joseph Taillor Jur James Towl Thomas Page r John Marston HAMPTON. II7 James Godfree John Weedgwood James Hobs John Leavitt Ebenezer Godfree Samuel Leavitt Thomas Marston Christopher Palmer Joseph Batchelder Jonathan Dearbon Jonathan Godfree Nathan Bleak Joseph Moulton Jonathan Sandborn Jeremiah Marston Henry Dearbon Benjamin Towle Moses Perkins John Tailor Obadiah Marston Jonathan Tuck Thomas Jams Joshua Towl Joseph Prescut Beniamin Prescut Jonathan Darbon Jui William Sandborn Jur Beniamin James Jur Jonathan Marston Jur William Sandborn Richard Tailor Caleb Marston Abner Sandborn Thomas Nudd Wintrip Marston John Nay Jur Thomas Elkins Nathaniel Mason Jeremiah Towl Samuel Lock Daniel Sandborn Edward Moulton John Johnson Joshua Brown Edmund Chapman Reuben M marston Caleb Marston Jur Thomas Hains Caleb Towl Reuben Dearbon Daniel Collins Gidian Shaw Josiah Brown James Leavitt James Marston Joseph Philbrick Jur Stephen Smith Thomas Batchelder John Knowls senior Nathan Marston [In council, May 5, 1731. “Suspended till next Ses- sion.” — Ed.] [4-209] \_Bill of Expense for Co 7 istructi 7 zg a Pillory^ for Time and expense for the Pillorey that wee caused to be built att Hampton In June Last Past by order of his Majesties Court of sessions then sitting their the wholl charg forty Shil- lings Jonathan Marston Benjamin Dow Select men Sam^^ Palmer Hampton June 1732 [In H. of Rep., April 29, 1733, 25 shillings was allowed. —Ed.] [4-210] \^Petitio 7 i of North Hill iTthabitaTits relative to iTtg MiTtisterial Rates: addressed to Gov. Belcher and the Asse 7 nbly, The Petition of Sundry of the Inhabitants of the North Part of Hampton in said Province humbly Sheweth That your peti- tioners labour under great difficulty as to attending the Public ii8 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. worship of God at the meeting house at Hampton Town by reason of the distance from it, That there has been for some years past a meeting house erected at North Hill so called in Hampton aforesaid, where there has been preaching at times for some years past, that the charge of Supporting the Preach- ing there has been carried on by a few, who at the same time have paid the full of all Town Charges, That in many of your Petitioners familys there are six or seven that generally attend the publick worship of God at North Hill meeting House when there is preaching there, when at the same time not more than two or three of them at most, could attend at Town, That your Petitioners are very desirous of having the Public worship of God among them so as they and their familys may constantly attend thereon — Wherefore your Petioners Humbly Pray your Excellency the Honorable the Council and House of Representatives in your Great Wisdom and Goodness to take your Petitioners Case under Consideration and to exempt your Petitioners Estates and Polls and the Polls under them ratable, from being rated tow- ards the defreying any part of the Town Rate or Rates of Hamp- ton afores*^ for so long time as the Public Worship of God shall be carryed on and maintained at the said North Hill and your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c. John Darbon Jonathan Godfree John Widgwood Jeremiah Dearborn John Marston Jun Jonathan thomas Jonathan Marston Henry Dearbon David Jewell Daniel marston Samuel dearbon beniamin hobs Job chapman John Godfree senior Simon Dearbon Beniamin Marston Jur Nathan Samborn John Leavitt David Moulton John B. Redman John Marston Thomas Marston Daniel Samborn Benjamin Marston John Godfree Juner Winthrop Marston John Johnson henry Bachelder James Godfree [In H. of Rep., September 3, 1738, a hearing was order- ed for the next session. In same, November 15, 1738, the parties were heard, and the house “Voted that the Petition- ers be Poled off from Hampton old Town, and that their persons families & estates be cleared from paying to the ministry of the old Town, and from any payment to the Widdow of the Late Reverend m^’ Gookin, and from pay- ment to the Town School so long as they keep and maintain an able orthodox Minister of the Gospell amongst them." The council concurred, with this amendment, — “That they be exonerated from paying to the support of a school at the old Town no longer than they support a writing & reading HAMPTON. II9 schoolmaster amongst themselves,” — and further, that they should not be discharged from paying their proportion of the grant made by Hampton to the widow of Rev. Nathan- iel Gookin, who died in 1734. House concurred, and Gov. Belcher “ assented.” Act passed accordingly, November 17, 1738. The parish thus set off was incorporated as North Hampton November 26, 1742. — Ed.] [4-212] \_North Hill Parish Declaration^ /7Jp.] To the Rev*^ Ministers whom we have invited to be our mouth in addressing the throne of Grace For direction in the impor- tant affairs before Us & to others w’hom it may concern — North hill in Hampton May 24^^ i 739 — Rev*^ Sir® Seeing there is a misrepresentation of our designs In our present proceedings made to you by our Brethren & neighbours as tho’ we were about to Involve them in charge & contention against their wills. These may inform you that our Designs & aims are to set up & support the Gosple among us which we trust will be to the Glory of God & the great advan- tage of our selves & families And we think we shall be able honourably to support it tho* our numbers be not increas’d for we trust that God will bless the labour of our hands to enable us to Bear the charges of it as he has heretofore done — And it is not in our design (were it in our power) To bring any into our Society untill they are willing Tho’ they live never so convenient being sensible that Peace and Unity are what God is well pleased with and what will be our greater comfort & Security than larger numbers — This declaration we make & engage to Stand by and accord- ingly promise that we will not petition for any Parish line untill the major part within that line shall joyn in the petition — So desiring your prayers & directions we remain Rev*^ S” your humble Servants — Sign’d by Deacon John Dear- bon John Marston Thomas Marston Daniel Sanborn John Marston Ju’’ Henry Bacheller David Jewell John Leavitt Saiff Dearbon John Godfrey John Wedgwood Josepth Dearbon Daniel Marston James Godfrey Jeremiah Dearbon William Godfrey Benjamin Hobbs Job Chapman Benjamin Marston Henry Dearbon Winthrop Marston Simon Dearbon [The names are all in one hand on the document. — Ed.] 120 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [4-214] \_Report of Committee concerning Lines between North Hill and the old Parish^ 1/42.'] Whereas we the subscribers with others Being appointed By the Gen^ Court at there Sessions on Sept. 17**^ 1742 To Go To hamton old Town & north Hill Parish and see whether it be Convenient to have a Line Setled between the old Town of hamton & north hill Parish or not If a Line then where to State It, or whether both Ministers shall be paid by one General Rate &c — In pursuence whereof we with Peter Gilman who was also one of Said Comitte mett at s^ hamton on October 4**^ 1743, and viewed both Parishes and heard the arguments used by the agents of s*^ Parishes, and have Determined as foP : That we think It most Convenient That the ministers Rates of Both Parishes be Paid by one General Rate. But if the Gen* Court should think Proper It should not be then we are of opinion they have a devideing Line between s'* Parishes : and that it be as foP : The Line to begin at the Country high way that Leads from Portsm'’ to hamton one Rod to the Southward of Cap* Joseph Taylors new dweling house and from thence to Run on a Strait Line to the Sea Striking the Sea Eighty rods to the Southward of the mouth of the Litle River where it now Emties Into the Sea, & then to begin at the high way afores** at the Place where the Line before-mentioned first begun & from thence to Run a Strait Line To the Corner bounds between Exeter and Stratham at hamton Line. That To be the Devid- ing Line between the two Parishes — which is according to the best of our Jugem*® and is Humbly Submited To the Gen* Court as our Report Portsm® Novemb'' 16**^ 1743 Jotham Odiorne John Douning Maj'' Part of the Comitte that was acting in y® afair [4— 21^;] \_Remonstrance to foregoing Report The Humble Petition of Sundry Persons Inhabitants of the Northern Part of the Town of Hampton in said Province Shew- eth — That your Petitioners have been Informed that the Parish- ioners of the North Hill Parish so called have Petitioned the General Assembly for a Line of Division between that & the Town or old Parish In pursuance of which a Committee has view- ed & Reported their Opinion (which your Petitioners were in- formed of before) that both ministers should be maintained by one Rate — or that a Line should be fixed as set forth in their Return — as to the first part, we humbly conceive it would be Intro- HAMPTON. I2I ductive of Multiplied Confusions & alltogether Impracticable for any length of time but as that is more Immediately the Con- cern of the Town we wave it & Refer it to those whose Prov- ince it is — But as the proposed Line greatly affects us we beg leave Humbly to Remonstrate That we families & estates will be thereby Comprehended within the North Hill Parish utterly against our Inclinations as well as Interests — That as this Parish was at first erected without our agency we think it Reasonable the charge of it should be supported without our aid and it would be a very hard case (as we conceive) to compel us to contribute to the ease & Conveneiency of others at the Expence of our own or that the wills of our neighbours should abridge or rather Destroy our Liberty & that in direct Contradiction to their own solemn promise — That there has not been a Parallel Instance at least within our knowledge but whenever Parishes have been erected those O who were unwilling to belong to them have by the Indulgence of the General Court (agreeable to the Example of the Legislature at Home) had leave to continue as they were & were Poll’d off accordingly from the new Parishes which is but just and Rea- sonable for otherway s it would be in the power of a few men frequently in a sort to Tyranize over their neighbours — That the Inconveniency hereby bro’t upon us will be greater than those the Petitioners would be under if they were Reduced to their former condition & belong’d to the old Parish or at least equal to them — Wherefore we most Humbly pray that this Court would according to their wonted Goodness in Such Cases if a Line shall be Settled let us Poll off Families & Estates from the said North Hill Parish & pray &c. John Smith William Moulton beniamin Johnson John Taylor beniamin Smith nathaniel mason Joseph Towll Jr Danil Dow Thomas Dearbon Samuel darbon Nathaniel Moulton Abriam Dreak Ju Jona Palmer Daniel fogg Thomas Hains Obadiah Marston y*" Petition® as in duty bound shall ever Richard tayler Ruben Derbon david marston Simon Knowles William Palmer James Towll Jonathan Towll Jr Caleb Marston Thomas Rowly Josiah hobbes Beniamin fullor Morris hobbes Benjamin Johnson iu John Shaw John Smith Ju beniamin mason David dow zechariah Towll Samuel Fogg Joseph knowles Samuel bachelder Ju William Moulton Ju James Tomas Joseph Page francis Page Jeremiah Page Elisha Marston Jona Knowles Joseph Moulton Benjamin Lamper Morrice Lamprey 122 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [An act was passed November 30, 1742, incorporating the said North Hill parish into a parish by the name of North Hampton, with the following line between that and Hampton : “ Beginning at a great rock in the Highway in Hampton afores*^ between the Dwelling Houses of Caleb Marston & Joseph Towle Jr. which is the first Great rock in the Highway afores^^ to the Southward of the Dwelling House of the widow Mary Levet of Hampton afores*^ Tav- ernkeeper & running from the afores^ Great rock on a strait Line to the Sea at the mouth of the Little river where it now emtieth itself into the Sea — then to begin again at the afores^ Great rock & to run therefrom on a strait Line to the corner bounds between Stratham & Exeter at Hampton Line.” They were to be joined with Hampton for repre- sentative, and were to continue to pay their proportion of the grant made to Mrs. Dorothy Gookin. — Ed.] [R. 2-38] \_Ahstract from Dr. Anthony Enter f s Memorial^ 1757 The memorial of Anthony Emery of Hampton Humbly Sheweth : That your memorialist by the request of His Excellency, on the eighteenth day of April in y® year i 755 Inlisted himself into his Majestys Service in an expedition against Crown Point, as Chirurgion of Col Joseph Blanchards Regiment. And as Chirurgions wages was not an adequate encouragement for your memorialist to leave his business, His Excellency gave your memorialist a Lieut® Commission in Capt. John Moors Company, without which your memorialist would not have gone in s*^ expedition. * * * [Dr. Emery was discharged December 5 following. He claimed pay for a horse broken down in the service, and was allowed ^25 out of the money “for the Crown Point Expedition.” — Ed.] [R. 2—39] S^Abstract from Nathan Blake's Petition., ad- dressed to the Governor and Assembly., fan. 2 ( 5 *, v/do.] Most Humbly Sheweth — Nathan Blake of Hampton in the Province aforesaid yeoman that whereas I the petitioner the said Nathan was out in his Majestys Sarvice in the last Sum- HAMPTON. 123 mer in the new Hampshier Ridgiment Command by Col John Goffe in the Company Commanded by Capt. Jeremiah Mars- ton and came from number four about the 20*^^ of november last and got home to my own house the 29*^ of said november, and well when I came home and after I had been at home eleven days I was taken sick and brook out with the small pox which was verey shoking and destresing to me and to my family who all left me and went to a house at a distance and no body with me for some days but onely Ceazer Long. * * * [He was attended by Dr. Emery and Tristram Redman. Supplies were furnished by Major Moulton, for all of which he presents a bill amounting to £ 10 , 8, 3, new tenor, which was ordered to be paid, and charged to the expedition fund. Ed.] [4-216] \_Relative to Small- Pox ^ To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esqr Captain General & Commander in Chief in & over his Majesties Province of New Hampshire And to the Honorable his Majesties Coun- cil And the General Assembly of this Province now Conven’d May it please Your Excellency & the Honorable Council & the General Assembly — The Humble Petition of the Minister & Two vSelectmen of Hampton Town, Humbly Sheweth — Whereas it hath pleased God in his Sovereign Providence to send the Small pox among us, & we have the Greatest Reason to fear it will soon spread into divers parts of the Town If Speedy & Effectual Care be not taken to prevent it — And though The Select Men have Impressd several houses to re- move suspected persons into, according to Law — Yet they have been resisted by the owners of those houses — & their Lives threatned — So that the Major Part of the Select Men are dis- coraged & Determind to do Nothing further. And our present Danger being extremely great — We do therefore most humbly & Earnestly Entreat that the Legislature of this Province now assembled, would be pleased Imediately to appoint & empower some sutable persons to Come Imediately & remove these In- fected persons to Sutable places. One of which lives so near to the Meeting house, that the publick worship of God must be broken up if not remov’d, & the other person Living close upon the Country Road in the Heart of The Town — which will pre- vent all Travellers as well as Endanger Considerable Neighbor- hoods — We do therefore earnestly beg the Imediate help of 124 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. You Our Civil Fathers, According as You in your Great Wis dom Shall see fitt, And so Your Petitioners shall ever pray &c Hampton May : lytcS — Ward Cotton John Weeks — Two of ye Josiah Shaw — Selectmen N B : One is supposed to have broke out yesterday & the other is expected to Break out every Day [4-218] [ Vote of Town relative to Ministerial Rates^ Province of Newhampshire at a Legal meeting of the freeholders & Inhabitants of the town of Hampton held at the meeting House In said town on tuesday the twenty-first Day of March 1768 I voted Chrisfi Toppan Esq*" is Chosen moderator for said meeting voted to Excuse, mr Amos Coffin & Stephen Page from Paying their ministers Rates for the three years Past — Hampton march 27^^ 1770 — a true Copy attest — Joseph Dow : town C^ [4-219] \_Relative to a Lottery^ i‘jgoJ\ We the Subscribers being informed that there is a Town Meeting Called in Hampton to see if the Town will Vote to petition the General Court for Liberty to raise a sum of money by Lottery Sufficient to Raise Hampton Causeway to such a hight as to make it Safe and Convenient passing at highwater when the Tides are high and as we have been informed that some persons have Doubted whether the owners of the marsh and Meadow Laying above said Causeway would Consent that it should be raised we being owners of said Marsh & Meadow have no objection but are desirous that it may be done Provided there be sufficient sluceways for the water being Sensable of the very great advantage it would be to travellers Especially to Strangers the passing over which Causeway often times is not only Dificult but dangerous & at some times Impracticable December the 14^^ 1790 To the Select men of Hampton to be Communicated to the Town at the meeting Anos Coffin Cotton Ward Simeon Shaw Samuel Drake John Taylor John Fogg HAMPTON. 125 Josiah Shaw Sam* Weare Stephen Coffin Reuben Dearbon Benjamin Shaw David Bachelder Robert Marshall Simon Brown Joseph Dow Caleb sanborn Mickel dalton James Wedgwood John Drake [4-220] [ Vote of Town relative to a Lottery^ State of Newhampshire — Rockingham ss at a Legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Hampton held at the meeting-House In said Town on monday the 27**^ Day of December 1790 — Voted unanimous to Petition the General Court at their next session for a Grant of a Lottery, in order to Collect a Sum of money Sufficient to pay the Cost of Raising the town Cause- way in said Hampton so High as to prevent High Tides & freshets overflowing the Same — Voted Joseph Dow Philip Towle Josiah Moulton Jonathan Garland Josiah Dearbon John Fogg & Cotton ward be & hereby are Impowered a Committee (in behalf of said Town) to pre- pare a Petition and present the Same to the General Court for the purpose as above mentioned — Hampton Jan^ 3** 1791 — a Copy attest Joseph Dow : town Clerk [4-221] \_Petition for Authority to raise Money by Lottery to repair a Bridge^ etc.^ /yp/.] State of New Hampshire To the HoiF*® The Senate, & House of Representatives in Gen- eral Court Convened, January 5**^ ^ 79 ^ — Respectfully Shews, The Subscribers, in behalf of the Inhabitants of Hampton ; that the main Road from Boston, to Portsmouth, in passing through said Town, crosses one main Branch of Hampton River, & Salt Meadow Ground, for about half a Mile in length ; over which the Inhabitants of said Town by much labor, & Expence have built a bridge & a Causeway, & have kept the same in as good Repair, as could possibly be expected consid- ering the smallness of the Town, & the very great Expendi- tures it required — Nevertheless by high Tides & Freshets, it is frequently rendered impassable, & at other times dangerous, & difficult for Travellers ; & as the Cost of raising said Causeway 126 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. to such an height as to make it safe & convenient passing at all Seasons, would exceed the Abilities of the Town, & consider- ing the great Advantage it would be to the publick to have it done ; Induces us to petition your Honors for Liberty to raise a sufficient Sum by Lotteiy to effect it, under such Regulations, and Restrictions as you may think proper, & your Petitioners as in Duty bound will ever pra}* — Joseph Dow Philip Towle Josiah Moulton Joiff Garland Josiah Dearbon John Fogg Cotton ward Committee in behalf of the Town of Hampton [In H. of Rep., Jan. 22, 1791, the foregoing petition was granted, with the proviso that any surplus should be the property of the state. — Ed.] [4-222] \_Kelative to aforenamed Lottery^ State of New Hampshire To the Hon^^® the Senate & House of Representatives in Gen- eral Court Convened June 1791 — Respectfully shews That a petition was presented to the General Court at their last Session by Joseph Dow Esq' and others a Committee in behalf of the Town of Hampton pray- ing for libertv to raise a Sufficient sum of money by Lottery to raise Hampton Causway — the prayer of which Petition was granted by the then Hoiff*^ House but was ordered to lay by the Ijon^ie 3 enate the Subscriber begs leave to request of your Hono® that you would take the Subject matter of said petition into your Consideration & make such order thereon as you may think proper and as in duty bound will ever pray Christo' Toppan in behalf of the Committee The Committee on petitions for Lotteries, Report that the Committee for the Inhabitants of the Town of Hampton have leave to Introduce a bill to Raise by lottery the Sum of Eight hundred pounds, under such Restrictions as the Court shall direct, for the purposes afores*^ which is submitted b\^ Daniel Emerson Jr for the Com* HAMPTON. 127 [4-223] \_Relative to Church Matters^ iyg 6 C\ State of New-bampshire To the honourable Senate & House of Representatives for said State in General Court convened at Exeter the first Wednes- day of June 1796 — Humbly shew the subscribers inhabitants of Hampton in the county of Rockingham and state aforesaid. That they always have been and are conscientiously of the congregational persua- sion which has been the established mode of public Worship in said Town ever since the first settlement thereof untill very lately — When about one third of the church and a major part of the congregation, professing themselves Presbyterians, called & Settled a Minister of the presbyterian order, notwithstanding the rest of the church and congregation dissented therefrom. The dissentients being conscientiously of a difterent persuasion, and desirous of worshipping their creator in a social manner, according to the dictates of their conscience ; have since the unhappy separation took place, provided a house for public worship and procured preaching at their own expence, and being anxious to join with the church of congregationalists in said Town, in settling a minister of their own persuasion Your petitioners pray that they with the congregational church there may be erected into a Poll Parish and vested with such rights and privileges as other parishes have and exercise, and your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray &c Samuel Dow Simon Marston James Philbrick moses Brown Josiah Dearbon Abraham Perkins Jim" Daniel Ware James Philbrick Ji Nathaniel Johnson Stephen marsten Samuel Philbrick Simon Lane Elisha Towle Reuben Dow Elisha Marston Samuel Philbrick j Phinehas Feltch John perkins Ashel marston Joseph Leach John Lamprey Ephraim Marston Jonathan Lock Joseph Philbrick Ju Joseph Palmer Benj" B Shaw Abner Page moses Perkins Samuel Drake Joseph S Dearborn Winthrop Sanborn Samuel Blake Elisha Moulton Samuel Palmer Jonathan Gofery j Jacob marston Daniel Lamprey John Brown Joseph Redman Morris Hobbs Jeremiah Marston John Dow Samuel mace Amos Knowles Jon'^ Garland John Batchelder Nathan Browm Josiah mason Samuel Sanborn Sam’^ Page Daniel Marston James Lane Joseph mace David LamPrey Nathaniel Lock Jeremiah Plobbs Simon Lane Jr Simeon Shaw Sam'' S. Page 128 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. John Readman Joseph Dow Zaccheus Brown Daniel Brown Samuel Marston Trustram Godfree Simon Brown Christo*' Toppan Jeremiah Knowles Elisha Brown Simeon Blake Josiah marston John Green Elisha Towle J*" Isaiah Dow Reuben Lamprey Joseph Palmer Jun*" [4-225] State of New Hampshire To the honorable Senate and House of Representatives for said State in General Court convened at Concord November 23*^ 1796. Humbly shews the subscribers inhabitants of Hampton in the county of Rockingham and State aforesaid had not an oppor- tunity to sign a petition in June last to be incorporated into a Congregational poll parish in Hampton and that they desire to be considered as if they had then signed said petition Hampton November 23*^ i 79 ^* Joseph Towle Moses Shaw Joshua mace Josiah Dow David Philbrick [In H. of Rep., June 6, 1796, a hearing was ordered for the next session, at which, on the 6th day of December, an act was passed to incorporate the “ Congregational Society in Hampton.” — Ed.] [4-226] \^List of Land Owners^ about lyj 8 . A List of the Land owned in Hampton When North Hamp- ton was Set off as a Parish & Since owned as Rateable in Said Parish Quantity Former owners of Land Present owners Reuben Sanborn 12 acres Cap* Hoite Jona Dearborn 24 Ditto Josiah Dalton Henry Dearborn 74 jenny Joseph & Ezekiel Moulton I48 Jona. Brown & others Samuel Palmer 24 Jona Page Willi”* Smith 16 Stephen Page & others Thomas Nudd 12 David Page James Towle 12 Stephen Page HAMPTON. 129 Joseph Towle 10 acres Jona Marston 90 Joseph Radman 40 Peter Johnson 140 Joseph Batchelder 25 Caleb Towle 20 Tona Sanborn & ) J \ 20 James Johnson ) John Batchelder 12 David Dowe 30 Jacob Marston 25 Jona Godfrey 15 Christ*’ Page 10 Edward Wilmot & ) Nathan Godfrey f Zechariah & ) Sam^^ Brown ) Sam^^ Palmer Esqr 18 Sam’^ Brown & ) Thomas Nudd J Peter Johnson Thomas Brown Simon Dowe Jonathan Freess & James Johnson Epharim Marston Moses Perkins Zechariah & ) Sam*^ Brown ) Sanf* Palmer Jona Garland Jeremiah Moulton Joseph Radman John Moulton Sam’^ Dowe Nehemiah Hobbs Joseph Taylor 18 12 6 12 9 6 6 36 12 10 James Godfrey Ebenezer Loverin Daniel Dowe DocP Dearborn & others Decon Sam^‘ Batchelder Simeon Marston Joseph Garland & others Decon Benj^ Hobbs Zachariah Towle & others Joseph Moulton & others Joseph Moulton & others Joseph Moulton & others abner Fogg Isaac Jennes & others Moris Lamprey & Thomas Cotton Jacob Brown Tristram Radman John Brown Josiah Batchelder & others Thomas Cotton Tristram Radman Tristram Radman Benj^ Philbrick Tristram Radman Henry Batchelder S54 the three following Farmes the most of them was ound in Town Since they were Sett off as a Parish Viz Capt Abner Fogg Esq*" James Batchelder & Jona Brown II 130 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. HAMPTON FALLS. This town was formerly a part of Hampton. In 1709, by a vote of the council, the inhabitants of that portion of the town of Hampton west of Taylor’s river, called Hampton Falls, were authorized to choose assessors, and raise money for “ the maintenance of such learned and orthodox minister to officiate in the New Church ” as they might call to service there, with advice of Rev. Mr. Cotton. In 1685 there were 212 inhabitants in what is now Hampton Falls. In council, May 12, 1718, Peter Weare and others “ of the new parish” petitioned that it might be separated from the old parish, and were granted the privilege of holding annual meetings to choose selectmen and other officers to manage their parish affairs, and to choose one representative to the general assembly, but were to pay province rates as they had before. In accordance therewith they met and chose Peter Weare as assemblyman, who took his seat October 7, 1718. He was speaker of the house in 1724. John Farmer says Hampton Falls “was separated and incorporated in 1712.” I do not find this to be the fact; but do find that they were not entirely separated in parish affairs until November 23, 1726. After that each parish was to be free from the other in raising their ministers* salaries. The west part of the town was set off April i, 1737, and incorporated into the town of Kensington. June 3, 1768, the town was again divided, the south part set off, and incorporated by the name of Seabrook. By an act passed December 4, 1742, a part of the town of South Hampton was annexed to this town. December 7, 1816, a small tract of land was severed from this town, and annexed to Seabrook. [4-227] \_Petition for Grant of a Township — no dateJ\ To his Excellency Penning Wentworth Esq^ Governour and Commander in Chief In and Over His Majesty’s Province of New Ilamps® ; in New England ; And the Hon'^^® his Majes- ty’s Councill in Said Province — The Humble Address and Petition of Sundry of his Majest}^s Loyal Subjects Inhabitants of Hampton-falls in Said Province ; HAMPTON FALLS. I3I Praying that Your Petitioners may be Sliarers in Such Grants of Land as may be made to his Majesties Subjects in this Prov- ince : That Your Petitioners may have A Township Granted them of Ten Miles Square Lying Upon Amuskieg fall or In Such other place and of Such Dimensions as to Your Excellen- cy And Honours in Your Great Wisdom And Goodness shall Seem Proper: And Your Petitioners As In Duty Bound shall Ever Pray Joseph Tilton Benj“ Swett Ralph Butler Josiah Bachelder Richard nason Bradbury Green Jacob Stanyan Samuel Lane Timothy morgin John Treadwell Jonathan Nason Joshua Purinton Sam^^ Present Nathan Tilton Jeramiah Pearson Benjamin Swett Juner Elisha Prescut Robard Row Jonatha Cram Ebnezer Present Charles Stuard Simon fogg Jacob Brown John Philbrick Jonathan Gove Abner Philbrick John green John brown Quarto Job Haskell Jabez Smith Sam'* Shaw John Brown Timothy Hilyard Abner Sanborn Walter Williams Thomas Brown Jonathan Stuward Edmond Brown obadiah worth Daniel Peirkins John Robie Timothy Tilton Enoch Carter Abaraham Bachel- der Joseph Whipple Robert Miller Abraham Green Edward Gove John Gove Jonathan Green Amos Cass John Cl afford Jonathan Tilton David swett John Tilton John Gove Juner Caleb sanborn John Swain Stephen Swett Winthrop dow thomas Boyd Robert quinbe Timothy Blak June Benjamin Sanborn Ebenezer Sanburn Thomas Cram nathanel Gove Meshech Weare Joseph Bachelder Thomas Leavit Enoch Gove Edward williams Jacob Freese IMatthew Morton John worth John Swain JuiP Reuben Sanborn theopillus Bachelor Dan* swett Jonathan Hilyard Hanary Robie Enoch Sanborn Benj“ Hilyard Ebenezer Gove juner Abraham dow [4-229] \^Petition of yohn Bf'own^ Innholder ^ for the friv- ilege of a Town Fair^ about Province of Newhamp’’ To His Exelencey Jonathan Belcher Esq’^ CapE general Gov- ournor and Cumander in Cheaf in and over y® Province of Newhampshier and Province Massachusets bay in New-Eng- land &c — 132 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. To the Hon^^® His Maj®*® Councel and Hous of Represent* Now Setting in Portsmouth in The Province of Newhampshier — By an Ajournment — The Humble Petition of John Brown Inholder in Hampton-falls Most Humbly Sheweth — That whare as Thare Hath Been in the Year Past Two Meet- tings of Not ondly y® People of This province But of the Nigh- bouring province also att Your Petitionours Hous for to Bye and Sell all Sorts of Quick Stock and Sundry othor Traidings Which hath Proved Greatly Benificial to many in This our Province and to many others farthur East then our Province Extendes Aas also to y® Byers many of them Came from Boston and from y® Nighbouring towns thare unto and bought many Hundred Pounds worth of fatt Cattle fatt Sheep and Lambs and y® Like Thay haveing a Carttain market to go unto — And whare as Your Petitionour® Hous is Thought to Stand in y® Most Accommodaiting place espeschaly for y® byers thay Cuming from y® South-ward y® Most of Them as also whare y® Roads meet from all y® Towns in This Province And upon y® Great Road from y® Eastward and So Most Accomodeating to all— Therefore Your Petitionour Most Humbly Prays that This Cort wold Grant y® Liborty of haveing three fairs in a year att your Petitionours hous in Hampton-falls Yearly and y* y® first may be upon y® Second wedensday and Thirdsday in May And y^y®Seccond fair be upon y® Seccond Wedensday and Thirdsday in Augost and y® Third upon y® Last Wedensday and Thirdsday in Octob'' — And as In Deuty Bound shall Ever Pray — [The selectmen petitioned, October lo, 1734, for the same privilege, which was granted. See Vol. IX, page 340. — Ed.] [4-22S] \^Deposition of foshua Peirce.~\ The Deposition of Joshua Peirce Esq*' who Testifies and Says that he very well Remembers that in or about the year 1717 Log House that did belong to Peter Wear Esq’' late of Hampton Falls Deceased in which he formerly keept Tavern was Licenced for that Purpose by the Government and that he always under- stood it was So Granted as to be a Privilege annexed to the Said Estate and alienable with that the Depon‘ being a Member of the Lower House at the time the Said Grant was made Josh : Peirce HAMPTON FALLS. 133 [4-230] \_Petition relative to 77 iaking a new Town of the West Part^ 77 J< 5 .] To his Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq*' Governour and Com- mander in Chief in and over his Majesties province of New Hamp*" to the Honourable his Majesties Council of the s*^ province, and the Representatives in gen'^ Assembly con- vened at Portsm® in the s*' province, this day of March an: Domini 1736/7 The Petition of Joseph Wadley Ezekiel Dow John Batchel- der and Jonathan Present John Wear most humbly Sheweth That at the Sessions of the geif' Assembly of this province in the month of May — A : D ; 1735. Your Petitioners with Sun- dry others to the Number of about Sixty who were Inhabitants of the West part of Hampton Falls parish did prefer a Petition to Your Excellency and the Honourable Assembly praying that they might be Set of a Seperate Parish by themselves, which Petition was acted upon at the last Sessions of the assembly after a full hearing of the s*^ Parish by their Attornies, on the one part and Your Petitioners and their other Companions on the other part and there it was ordered by Your Excellency and the Honourable Assembly that a Committee Should be ap- pointed to goe upon the Spot and make enquirv into the affair, to Survey the whole parish and to See whether it was big enough for Two, and if they found it was big enough for Two then to prefix a Line and to make a return to the gen'^ Assem- bly on the third day of their Sessions, and your Petitioners fur- ther Shew that Soon after the passing of that order both the Petition and order are Consumed to ashes in the burning of the Secretaries house in whose keeping they were, and that notwithstanding they were So consumed and destroyed yet the Committee who were appointed have proceeded and acted thereon, and it being now the time appointed for them to make their return thereof, they are accordingly attending for that end, your Petitioners therefore pray that your Excellency and the Honourable Assembly will please to accept thereof and to con- firm the Same, so your Petitioners Shall ever pray &c Jonathan Present Joseph wadleigh John Bachelder John Weare Ezekiel Dow [4—231] \^Com 7 nittee appomted to fx Division Line^ ana Report of said Committee^ //jd.] Prov of New Hamps*" Aprill 24 — 1736 In the House of Representatives The Inhabitants of the West end of Hampton was heard on 134 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. theire Petition for a Precinct, according to the day Limitted Last Sessions and the parrish of Hampton falls was present by their Selectmen and both parties heard — And voted that there be a Committee Entred on the Back of the Petition viz The within Petition was Read & the Petitioners and the se- lect men of Hampton falls parish was heard thereon by their Councill The House having Considered thereon Voted Capt Edward Hall and m*" Samuell Palmer be a Com- mittee of this House to Joyne with Such as the Hon'^’® the Coun- cill Shall appoint, to Go and view Hampton falls parish, and See if at present its Reasonable there be a new precinct Set off, and if in their Judgment it oft So to be. Then to view the precinct and Consider what district may be Set off to them having regard to the Qiiaintity & Quallity of the Land, and to make return to the next Geff^ assembly on the third day of their Sitting and Each party pay half the Charges of Said Committee James Jeffry Cle’' ass™ the same day a Mess^ Came down that the Board had Con- curr’d with the above Vote and that Theodore Atkinson & Jo- seph Sherburn Esq’' were appointed a Committee by the Board to Joyne the Committe of the House on the affaire of Hampton falls — Copy out of the Journall of the House of Representatives Attest James Jeffry Cle’’ ass™ According to the within Vote we whose names are under written have been at Hampton falls Parrish & do report thereon that we apprehend that the best Place for a Dividing Line in case the GovernnP Should think Proper to Divide the S*^ Par- rish is to begin at Stone Bridge & run West & bv North half a mile & from thence on a Streight Line till it Crosses Horse hill road forty rods below or to the Eastward of JoiP Browns House & so on a Streight continued Line till it Intersects the Dividing Line between Salisbury & Hampton & from the beginning of the first S*^ Half mile above Stone Bridge the S'^ Line to Extend on the Same Course as from Salisbury Line to Exeter Line Septemb’’ 2 ^ 1736 Joseph Sherburn TheodoreAtkinson Edward Hall Samuel Palmer HAMPTON FALLS. 135 [4-230] \^Action of Legislature.^ Mar. 29^^ 1737* the House of Representatives The Peti- tioners of the within Petition was heard (the opposite parties not appearing) & voted That the prayer of the Petition be granted, and the Petitioners be set of a Distinct Parish accord- ing to the Bound prefixt In the Returne Committe ; and that they have Liberty to Bring in theire Bill accordingly James Jeffry Ch Ass“ In Council March 30: i 737 Read and Concurred Rich‘s waldron Sec*^ Same day assented to J. Belcher. [An act passed, April i, 1737, incorporating the territory asked for into a “ distinct parish by the name of Kensing- to 7 iy The following September another act was passed slightly changing the bounds. — Ed.] £4-232] \_Petition for a Change of Dates of the JRairs^ ^73S-'] To Jonathan Belcher Esq*" Cap* Genaral Govournour and Cum- ander In Cheaf In and Over his Majest®* Province of y* Masachusetts Bay In Newengland And thes His Majestes Province of Newhampshier The Most Humble Petition of us the Subscribers Selectmen for y® Parrish of Hampton falls in Behalf of s'* Parish Most Humbly Sheweth That altho with humble Thankfullness we Acknowledg your Exelencyes and Plon'"® Goodness and favour done unto us in Granting unto us & our Successors for Ever to Hould And Keep Two Fairs in a Year the first to begin upon the Last Tusday in Apriel And the other to begin the Last Tusday in October Yearly Which Grant was made y® 24**^ day of Oct*" A. D. 1734 Yett Since it So happens that our first Fair proves to be in the midest of our planting Seasond — Viz, that in Apriel And that in October proves to be too Late upon Account of what we have to Despose of Cheafly As Grass fead Cattle Sheep &c — Which to Geather with many Other Reasonds too tedeious to Trouble your Exelencies and Hon*'® with We Your Most Humble Petitionours most Humbly Pray That Your Exelencie And this Hon***® Councel wold pleas to alter our Fairs for the feuture That for the Time to Come the Fairs here may begin upon the Second tusday in June and Continue two days — 136 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Also That for y® time to Come our fall Fair begin upon the third Tusday in September Anualy and for ever & continue two days And that a Clark be also Appointed to attend s*^ Fair Ac- cording to what may be Coustomary or Necessary for y® Good of the publick And what Others Mesurs to prevent Disorders eviel Deeds and all breaches of Law As You In Your Great wisdom may See meet — And As in Deuty Bound Shall ever pray — And we Humbly Pray that ISP John Brown may be aloued to prefer this our Petition And to Make Answars if Need Re- quire Hampton falls Novemb" 7 : 1738 Josiah Bachelder \ Selectmen for Thomas Cram > the Parrish of Benj^ Hillyard J Hampton falls [4-233] S^Petition for the granting of a Pownship^ To his Excellency Penning Wentworth Esq' Governour and Commander in Chief in and Over his Majestys Province of New Hamps® in New-England, And the HoiP^® his Majestys Councill for Said Province — Humbly Shew Your Petitioners Inhabitants of the Parish of Hampton falls in Said Province That Your Petitioners being Informed that Your Excellency now proposes to make Grants of Tracts of Land Sutable for Townships, And we having most of us families for whose Settlement we are Concern’d to Pro- vide, so that a Grant of Land would be Very Serviceable to us, And many of us having hitherto had no Share in Grants which heretofore have been made And being Desirous to Share with others in Such Grants as may now be made. We pray that we may have a Grant of a tract of Land Sutable for a Township in Some Convenient Place, And as the Season of the Year will not Admitt us now to look Out a Place and take a Plan thereof, We prav that we may have the Liberty when the Season of the Year will allow thereof to Look out some Sutable place with- out the Grants which are already made, And take a Plan thereof And may have the Same Granted to us And Your Petitioners shall Ever Pray &c Hampton falls Feb^ 19, 1749 NatH Weare Jonathan Fifield Jonathan Green Richard Nason Meshech Weare Josiah Bachelder Joseph Perkins Joseph Whipple Stephen Healey Jeremiah Brown Sam^ Prescut Joseph Bachelder HAMPTON FALLS. 137 Elisha Prescut Jon^ Chase Benj*^ Moulton Stephen Cram Abner Philbok Nathan Tilton Henrey Robey Samuel Lane Samuel Tilton Jonathan Hilyard Jonathan Prescutt Ruben Sanborn Benj“ Prescutt Joshua Blake Thomas Brown Thomas Cram Abner Sanborn Jonathan Cram John Tilton Jonathan Sweatt Benj“ Cram Benja Sweatt Juner Amos Leavet Pain Row John Chase James Moulton Eben*' Present Enoch Gove John Swain Joseph Worth Jonathan Green jun’’ Jonathan Tilton Beny^ Hilyard Samuel Melsher Edward Gove Bradbury Green Beni‘S Sanborn Benj“ Moulton Richard Smith [4-234] \_Petition of Quakers relative to Service in the Army^ 77 ( 5 /.] Province of New Hampshire To Penning Wentworth Governour and Commander in Cheif in and over said Province the Council and assembly of said Province. In General assembly February 3, 1761. — The Petition of John Brown and Elijah Brown of Hampton falls in the Province aforesaid Husbandmen. Being members of the Friendly Society Called Qiiakers — That in the war Some time about four Years Since the Peti- tion*'® then living togather on their farm in Common and undi- vided and Elijah Being a minor under the age of Twenty one Years, he was Impressed to go into the war which he Refused to obey as being against his Relegion upon which Refusal Na- than Green a Clerk of a Companv to which they said we did Belong Came with a Warrant from the Cheif officer of said Reg- iment and took a Yoke of good four Year old Steers and Sold them and hired a man to go in the Room of Elijah, the said Steers then being also undivided. But this Grevance would not have been Repeeted had not Something farther been laid upon the Petitioner By an act of the Goverment Called the Quaker act, past the Last Year which they apprehend you have before you to Refer you to it, b}’ which act they are apprehensive that the Court laid a Burden on Some of the Qiiakers that was never intended by the Court, and Especially on the Petitioners, for after a man being hired out of their Joint Substance they are Tax’t by means of the Act aforesaid upwards of fifty pounds old Tenor Each to pay for their part of the people that was Called the Quaker proportion the Last years War Which the Petitioner EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 138 apprehend as a Very Great burden on them as they think they were properly Cleard from that Duty for the Reasons afore- said — Wherefore the Petitioners would be Glad of the Considera- tion of this Court on the matter, and order lis Such Releif in the Last mentioned Tax as to you may Seem Right. John Brown in behalf of himself & Brother [For other matter relative to this, see Vol. XI, page 709. — Ed.] [4-235] \^Relative to Incorporation of Seabrook^ iy 68 I\ Province of Xew Hamps® In the House of Representatives March 1768 Whereas a Number of the Inhabitants of Hampton falls have Libertv bv the Votes of the General Assemblv to be set oft' as a Distinct Parish the Dividing line between the Old Parish and the New to be Setled by a Committee to be Appointed by the General Assembly And have moved for Such a Committee to be Appointed Voted That Josiah Bartlett Esq' Doc' John Giddings And Doc'Ebenezer Thompson be the Committee to Settle the Divid- ing Line Above mentioned And make Report to the General Assembly As Soon as may be M Weare Cl' In Council March i8‘^ 1768 Read and concur’d Geo : King Dep^ Sec^ Assented to J Wentworth [In accordance with the foregoing, an act was passed June 3, 1768, setting off the south-westerly part of the town, and incorporating it into a parish by the name of Seabrook. — Ed.] [4-23554] [^Objections to the Meeting called by Justices Brya?it and Emery ^ Z770.] Province of New Hamp® To the worshipfull Walter Bryant and Noah Emery Esq'* two of his majestys Justices of the Peace for said Province who have warnd a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Hampton falls to be held the 30**' Jan^ HAMPTON FALLS. 139 The following Objections to the Legality & Propriety of the Calling and holding said Meeting are humbly offered — I. Justices have no authority to Call town meetings unless the Selectmen Refuse — But such a meeting as is now Called hath not been Requested of the Selectmen or Refused by them Consequently the Justices authority cannot take place 2 The Denial of the Selectmen must appear to be unreason- able Otherwise Justices have no authority and the Justices can- not know that the Denial is unreasonable without hearing what Reasons the Selectmen have to offer unless they will Judge Exparte which cannot be presumed — But in the present case the Selectmen had Sufficient Reason to give (if they could have had Opportunity to have offered them) why they Did not call the meeting Requested So that if the warning for this Meeting had been the same as was Requested of them their Denial was not unreasonable 3 On Supposition that in Strictness you might have authority yet it is humbly Submitted whether it is Prudent to call a meet- ing for such Purposes as have a Direct tendency to bring the Parish into much Greater Confusion and Difficulty than any already arisen : and this appears to be the tendancy of the present warning [No signature. — E d.] [4-236] \^Petition for the Appol7it7nent of a Cor7i77iittee to settle Parish Difficulties^ iyyoJ\ Province of New Hamp® To his Exellency John Wentworth Esq*" Captain General Gov- erner and Commander in Cheif in and Over his Majestys Province o{ New Hampshire. The HoiP^® his Majestys Councell And House of Representatives for said Province in General Court Assembled March 26^^ ^77^ Humbly Shew Your Petitioners Freeholders and Inhabitants of Hampton falls in said Province, That many Disputes and Difficulties have Arisen and Still are Subsisting in said Parish Respecting the Situation and Building of a Meeting House for the Publick Worship of God in said Parish — That at present there Appears no Prospect of Accomodateing Matters and Set- ling said Disputes But Great Danger that Lawsuits may Arise And the Parish be Greatly Divided And put to Great Expence and Difficulty if not wholly Broken up without the Interposi- tion of this Honourable Court. 140 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Wherefore your Petitioners Humbly Pray that a Committee may be Appointed to view the Situation of the Parish to hear what Any Party may have to offer Respecting the Situation And Building of A Meeting house And to Make Report to the General Assembly what is best to be Done by the Parish to put An End to those Disputes which have Arisen Respecting these Matters. And your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray &c. Joseph worth Joshua Chase W"* Blasdell Jonathan Stanyan Josiah white Meshech Weare Abner sanborn Jun Nathan Rowe Stephen Lang his Tedediah X Stanyan mark Enoch Sanborn David Bachelder Theophilus Sanborn Natlf* Hub^ Dodge malachi Shaw Ralph Butler Philip Burns hb Richard X meder mark Stephen Cram Jacob Saturlay Richard Nason Pain Row Nathan Cram Dudley Sanborn Nathan Weare Abner Sanborn Simeon Hilyard Samuel Shaw Jonathan Fifield Nathan Green Francis Marshall Isaiah Lane Jon*^ Stuward william Lang Caleb Sanborn Samuel Prescutt juner Sam^ Weare Zebulon Hilyard John keney Ebenezer maloon Christopher Blake Hilyard Shaw Jonathan Fifield Jur [In H. of Rep., April ii, 1770, Thomas Westbrook Wal- dron, Richard Downing, Esqrs., and Dr. Ebenezer Thomp- son were appointed as a committee to look into the matter, and report. — Ed.] S^Report of the Comfnitteer^ Province of New Llampshire, June ^77® Pursuant to the order on this Petition, we have viewed the Parish of Hampton Falls and heard what the Petitioners & others of said Parish tho’t proper to offer on the Subject matter thereof — And altho’ it does not appear that the new Meeting House is placed as it could have been for conveniency when the Parsonage House &c is bro’t into consideration, yet it is well Situate for a House of Publick Worship for said Parish. And therefore are of opinion that all concerned would do well to accept of it as such. And for conciliating affairs in the Parish, we think two things would have a tendency that way, viz. That such persons of the Parish who in three months signify their inclination to HAMPTON FALLS. I4I have Pews in the new Meeting House, should by some resolu- tion of said Parish (after said three months, to be taken) be put on the same foot relative to having Pews as tho’ no sale thereof had been. And Secondly that those persons who are better accommo- dated by the new Meeting House & assisted in building the same, (and no others) should present the Rev*^ M*" Pain Win- gate, with the Sum of Sixty pounds, in order to provide Suit- able carriage &c for Travel of himself & family to and from Meeting. And this seems reasonable, in consideration the House of Publick worship will be near Two miles distance more from him than it was when he settled ; and in general so much the more commodious to those on which this otherwise seeming burthen is proposed to be laid. All which is most Humbly submitted by Tho® Waldron Rich*^ Downing Eben’' Thompson [R. 2-45] \^Louisbourg Soldier^ [In a petition dated May 6, 1746, Sarah French, of Hamp- ton Falls, states that she is “ Widow and Relict of John French Late of Hampton falls who Died at Louisbourg in the service of his King and Country and left a Large family of Small Children.” She asks for assistance. The petition was dismissed, as her husband was in the service of Massa- chusetts. — Ed.] [R. 2-46] [ Crown Point Soldier^ 77yd.] [William French of this town was in the Crown Point expedition, Ezekiel Worthen’s Co., Col. Nathaniel Me- serve’s Reg. He entered May i ; dismissed October 18. — Ed.] [R. 2-47] \_Abigail Dwui 7 ieir s Petition^ 775^.] [In a petition dated May 15, 1759, Abigail Dwinnell, of Hampton Falls, states that she is the widow of Amos Dwin- nell, who “ was a soldier in the Service of this Province at Albany in the year 1756 where he died.” — Ed.] 142 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [R. 2-4S] \_Petition of Isaac Tobey^ i^ 6 oI\ [In a petition dated January 15, 1760, Isaac Tobeyof this town states “That your Petitioner was a soldier in the Ser- vice of this Province the Summer Past, That while he was in the Service at Sarratoga he had his Gun Stolen.” He asked for an allowance for the same, but the petition was “ dismissed.” — Ed.] [R. 2-49] \_yonathan Knowlton^ Soldier^ /ydo.] [Jonathan Knowlton, son of Ebenezer, was in the service under Capt. Marston in 1759, and was taken sick at Albany Flats. His father went after him, and took him home, where he died soon after. His father presents bill of Dr. John Weeks for attendance, which was allowed to the extent of thirty-two shillings sterling. — Ed.] [R. 2-51] \_Isaiah Row^ Soldier^ zydo.] [Petition of Isaiah Row, of Hampton Falls, who states that he was in the province service in 1760, returned home in December, and was soon after taken with small-pox. He was attended by Dr. Anthony Nutter, and presents a bill for all expenses, amounting to old tenor, and was allowed sterling. — Ed.] [R. 2-54] \_Eleazer ^uimby^ Soldier^ iy 6 oI\ [Petition of Eleazer Quimby, who states that his brother Elisha was in the service in 1760, came home in December, was taken sick with small-pox, and died. He was allowed £ t , II, 2— Ed.] [R. 2—57] \_Ravid Steward^ Soldier^ [David, a minor son of Jonathan Steward, was at Crown Point in 1761 ; was sick at Keene on the way home. His father went and got him home, and was allowed 30 shil- lings. — Ed.] HAMPTON FALLS. 143 [4-237] \_P't'oceedings in a Parish Meetings ^773 We the subscribers being present at the Annual Parish meet- ing at Hampton falls of march i773- — Fifield Esq*" was Chosen moderator after which he the Moderator ordered the Voters to bring in their Votes for a Clerk in wrighting and after the Moderator had counted them he declared Cap’^ Caleb Sanborn was Chosen Clerk — A Dispute Immediately Arose and a Poll demanded, which was denied some Considerable space of time, but more than one hour after the first demand, the Moderator granted a Poll, & ordered them that were for M^ Benj“ Tilton to be Clerk, to go out at the east end of the Meet- ing house, & them that were for Cap* Caleb Sanborn, to go out at the west end, & ordered m*‘ David Batchelder to number them, said Batchelder said, the number for Tilton was forty Three — But those that were for Sanborn kept there places, in the meeting House, & would not go out to be numbered the Moderator & others then said Sanborn was Chosen by Proxy, & that was the end of the Law The party for Benj^ Tilton still required a fair Devision by Poll, & about Twenty then again demanded it — After some time more was Spent in dispute the Moderator ordered all them that were for nT Benj'^ Tilton to be Clark to go into the Womens seats, and them for Cap* Sanborn to go into the mens seats, and again m^ David Batchelder Num- ber’d both parties — After which said Batchelder said the num- ber for Tilton was fifty five and the number for sanborn did not exceed Thirty three — and directly after said Batchelder had reporeted the numbers, the Moderator Administered the oath of a Clerk to Cap* Caleb Sanborn — Our Judgement by Appear- ance of the Numbers is that their was more than two for Tilton to one for Samborn — John Lane Henry Elkins Abraham Sanborn Samuel Tucke John Blake Jesse Tucke [4-238] \_Summo7ts to Witnesses in foregohig matter 3\ Province of New Hamp*'® To Major John Lane of Kensington Cap* Henry Lane Elkins Ensign Samuel Tuck David Batchelder You are hereby required to make your appearance before the General Assembly on Wednesday next then to give evidence of What you know relative to a Petition preferred by sundry of the Inhabitants of Hampton falls of & concerning a dispute at their last annual Town meeting with regard to the Choice of a Parish Clerk as by said Petition more fully appears — 144 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Hereof fail not as you will answer your default under the pains & penalties of the Law Dated at Portsmouth the thirteenth day of May A D 1773 — Geo : King D Sec^ Province of New Hampshire Rockingham ss May 13*^ 1773- I have Summoned all the within named Witnesses to Appear According to the within Summons — Per Jonathan Cram [4-239] \_Petitio 7 i concerning aforesaid Disputed^ To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq'' Captain General Gov- erner and Commander in Chief in and Over his Majestyes Province of New Hampshire ; To the Hon*'^® his Majestys Councill, And to the HoiP'® House of Representatives in Gen- eral Court Assembled May 1773. Humbly Shew your Petitioners That at our Annual Parish Meeting in March Last, after the Moderator was without contro- versy or Opposition Chosen it was moved that the Parish Clerk Might be Chosen by written votes, they were Accordingly Called for and Regurlaly brought in and no Exceptions taken or Complaint made that the Ballot was not fair, untill it ap- pear’d by counting the Votes that Cap* Sanborn was Chosen, Then a Poll being Demanded was granted. And the two Parties who were for or against the Clerk that had been Declared Chosen being Seperated and no Exception taken that the Sep- eration was not Sufficient for Determining the Poll exactly, the Moderator desired One of the Last years Selectmen to Count those on One Side an*d who were of his party, while he Care- fully Numbered the Other Party himself ; at length M*" Batchel- der, who was the person Desired by the Moderator to Count one side Returned to the Moderator, and without Exspressing any uneasiness as to the Manner of the Poll or doubt as to the Num- ber of persons he was Employed to tell. Declared the Number precisely, and the Moderator Declar’d the Number on the Other Side, Whereby it appeared that Cap* Sanborn was Chosen Clerk by Poll as he before had been by Ballot — nor did any Dispute Arise about the Regularity or Validity of the Poll that had been taken untill the Number were Declared on both sides and it Appeared who was Chosen. Then a Poll again Demanded which was Judged needless and unreasonable by many and they HAMPTON FALLS. 145 declined paying any regard to it, Insisting that the Clark was clearly Chosen already both b}^ Ballot and Poll, and the Mod- erator altho’ willing to have gratifyed even an unreasonable Re- quest yet thought it incumbant upon him and did proceed to Admit him by Oath to his Office — That as the Selectmen and Other Parish Officers there is no dispute of their being legally Chosen and so no pretence for having the Choice of them made void, had the adverse Party been a Majority at the Meeting as has been pretended they might have had an Oppertunity of Shewing it by After Pollings and Choosing such officers as they pleased. But as we doubt not they being Conscious that they were the Minority withdrew and left the Majority peaceably to Choose those Officers they saw fit. That at the Adjournment of the Meeting, upon a Motion made by one in Opposition to the proceedings of the Meeting it was put to vote whether the Par- ish would reconsider their Votes respecting the Choice of Parish Officers and it passed in the Negative, That the Selectmen and Other Officers have proceeded in their business as bound by the duty of their Offices Excepting wherein they have been pre- vented by some persons unreasonably keeping the books and Other necessary papers belonging to the Parish out of their hands — That it would put the Parish to very great Trouble and Expence to Call a new Meeting, and Especially to Choose all the officers anew wou’d throw many Afi’airs into great Confu- tion such as takeing the Invoices for Taxation as by law Di- rected, paying the School Marster and the Like which we trust will not be done only in Case of necessity and much less where there is no pretence of Dispute in any transaction of the Meet- ing except in the Choice of Parish Clerk and in that as we humbly Conceive very unreasonable. And we apprehend that the Major Part of the Parish who were at Said Meeting are not only fully Satisfied that the Meeting was legally and fairly Con- ducted but also well Contented with the Persons Chosen to the Several Offices, We are led thus to Lay before your Excellency and Honours an Account of the Proceeding at Said Meeting be- ing informed that a Number of the Inhabitants of Hampton falls have Petitioned the General Assembly representing the Proceed- ings at said Meeting to be illegal and unfair and praying they may be Set aside A Copy of which Petition with the order of Court for a hearing thereon has been Read to, but Refused to be left with the Moderator of Said Meeting, so not being Ac- quainted with any thing more then the General purport of the Petition cannot make so purticular a Reply As Otherwise he might. But can only give a true Account of the Proceedings of the Meetings by which we trust it will appear Clear to your Ex- cellency and Honours that their Petition is Groundless and Cal- culated to keep up Divisions and Disputes in the Parish — 12 146 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Wherefore your Petitioners humbly Pray That said Petition may be Dismiss’d, and as in Duty Bound we Shall Ever pray &c : Richard Nason Hilyard Shaw Philip Burns Abner Sanborn J David Norton Caleb Sanborn Jacob Saturlay Abner Sanborn William Lang Joseph Wells Isaiah Lane Zeb“ Hilyard Walter Williams Theophilus Sanb Chaney Smith Jon® Fifield Jur Francis Marshalls Jon® Tilton Jr i" Gideon Marshall Richard Mace Obadiah W orth Joseph worth Jon® Stuward John Gove moses Norton John Kenney Stephen Cram Stephen lang n Husey Hoag W"® Blasdell Ralph Butler Aaron Smith Nathan Weare NatD' Hub*^ Dodge Pain Row Malachi Shaw Simeon Hilyard Samuel Robie Davaid Nason Joseph Batchelder Joshua Chase David Pearkins Jonathan Fifield Meshech Weare I was not present at the Meeting but from all the Accounts I have Since had Am fully Satisfied the foregoing is a true Ac- count of the transactions of the Meeting respecting the Poll [The last clause is in the handwriting of M. Weare. — Ed.] [4-240] \_Another State 7 nent relative to the foregoing Dispute. To His Excellency John Wentworth Esquire Captain General Governer & Commander in Chief in & Over his Majesties Province of New Hampshire To the Hon^^* his Majesties Councill and House of Representa- tives for Said Province Convened in Generali Assembly — Most Humbly Sheweth The Subscribers Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Parish of Hampton-falls in the County of Rockingham in Said Province — That at the Annual Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhab- itants of Said Parish held at the New-meetinghouse in Said Parish on the Ninth day of March AD 1773 — Jonathan Fifield Esq*" was Chosen Moderator for Said Meeting, and Called upon the Voters to bring in their Votes for a Parish Clerk, whereupon one Party Voted for Caleb sanborn and the Other Party (of which your Petitioners are) Voted for Benjamin Tilton to be Parish Clerk for the Currant year, and upon Sorting the Votes HAMPTON FALLS. 147 the Said Moderator Declared that Capt Caleb Sanborn was chosen, But we (Suspecting that Several who Voted for Said Sanborn were not Legal Voters and that some had put in more than One Vote Each) to the Number of Eighteen Desired and Requested a Poll, which was for some time Denied us, but at length Granted, and David Batchelder one of the Select men was Ordered to Number the Polls of the Voters, who made Re- port to the Said Moderator that there w'as Fifty five Votes for the Said Tilton & Thirty two or thirty three for Said Sanborn — Notwithstanding which the Said Moderator then (to our great Surprise) declared the Said Sanborn to be Chosen Clerk and imediately Administered the Oath to him Accordingly — Which Proceedings We humbly Conceive to be Unfair, Ille- gal and Designed by the Said Moderator to hurt and Injure the Major Part of the Legal Voters in Said Parish — Wherefore and for many other good Reasons to be ofiered & Proved to your Excellency & your Hon''® upon a hearing of this our Petition We Humbly Pray your Excellency & Honours to take our Case under your wise Consideration and Nullify and make Void the Proceedings of said Meeting and Order the Selectmen for the last year or some other Person or Persons to Call and warn another Meeting of said Freeholders & Inhabitants as soon as may be for the Choice of all Parish officers in said Parish for the Currant year, Or Otherwise grant us Such Relief in the Premises as to your Excellency and Honours Shall Seem Meet. — And your Petitioners as in Duty Bound shall eyer Pray &c Hampton falls March 29*^ i773* Jonathan Burnam Stephn Swain Peter Tilton Stephen Tilton Benjamin melcher James Prescutt Malcher Ward Elisha Prescutt Richerd moulton Caleb Swain John flood Jeremiah Lane Benja moulton Jeremiah Blake Nehemiah Cram William Prescut Michael Tilton Radmund moulton Samuel Lane Juffi Nathan Tilton Nathan Tilton Samuel Prescot James Prescut juner William Swain Jediah Sleeper henry Blake Jonathan Cram Benj''^ Tilton Samuel Melcher Juner Caleb Tilton Ebenezer Tilton Joshua Blake Samuel Melcha Samuel Lane John Swain Benjamin Sanbun William Davison [2-242] [Z?. Backelde7'’s State77ient concerTiiTig sa77ie,'\ David Bachelders Decleration of the managment of the an- nual metting Held in Hampton Falls on march 9“^ ^773 being 148 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. one of the Select men to Call Said metting first Jonathan Fifield Esq*" was Chosen moderator one part Carried their Votes for Cap‘ Sanborn to be Parish Clerk in Number 38 the other Voted for nP Benjamin Tilton to the Num*' of 37 But we being Scrup- lus of Some of theirs being Legal Voters we Desired a pole which was for Some time Denied we Nevertheless Continued to Desire a fare opportunity That the matter mite be Farley Deter- mined who was Chosen to the office of Parish Clark & after Somthing more Then an our the moderator Grainted a pole & ordered Thouse That where for Cap*^ Sanborn to go out at the mens End Door & thouse who where for m^ Tilton to go out at the womans End Door & Desired me to Number thouse that went out at the womans End Door and Said That he would Number thouse that went out at the mens Door Immediately thouse who where for M*" Tilton went out at the womans Door to the Number of 43 but Not one went out at the mens door For Cap Sanborn we where tould by the moderator That Cap* San- born was Chosen by Proxes & That That was the End of the Law our party was Stil Very uneassy & Stil Desired a fare Dis- sission of the Distute by a pole to the Number I thought of 15 or 20 at Length the moderator ordered that thouse which where for m*' Tilton to Draw into the womans Seats & those that where for Cap* Sanborn to Draw into the mens Seats & Desired me to Number them I accordingly Numbered them as Near as I Could 81 Found fifty five for m^ Tilton & about thirty two or thirty three for Cap* Sanborn I immediately tould the modera- tor the Number of Voters on both Sides but then Directlv” to mv Great Supprise the moderator administraed the oath to Cap* Sanborn to be parish Clark & then proseeded to Chose the Se- lect men This relation I am Ready to give oath is matter of Fact & as Near as I Can relate the management of the meetting Hampton Falls march 13*^ i 773 David Bachelder the following are the Names of those that Disired a pole Cap* Jonathan Tilton Samuel Lane Nathan tilton Samuel Prescut Jeremiah Lane Swain Jonathan Cram David Bachelder Henry blake Cap* Jonathan bur- C'^P Benjamin moul- nuin ton william Davidson Elisha Present Jeremiah blake Nehemiah Cram James prescut Juner Benjamin Sanborn Stephen Swain Voted that the Meeting mentiond in the Petition has been Illegally Conducted & that it thereby is Dissolved & that a New Meeting be held & in consideration of the Division in said Par- ish that CoP Jn° Philips Esq’' a member of this house be a Mod- HAMPTON FALLS. 149 erator of Said Meeting he giving Notice of the time & Place & design of holding the same & that the Legal Charge the Per- sons who were Chosen Select Men have been at in the Service of the Parish shall be defrayd by the Parsh as tho the Said Meet- ing had been Valid and that the Petition*"® have leave to bring in Bill accordingly [In H. of Rep., May 19, 1773. The proceedings of the aforesaid meeting were declared to have been illegal, and another meeting was ordered to be held, and in considera- tion of the “division in said Parish, CoP Jn® Phillips Esq” was appointed to act as moderator. — Ed.] [4-243] \^Electio 7 i of a Magistrate^ ^ 77 ^*] Colony of New Hampshire Hampton falls July i®^ i 77 ^ att a Meeting of the freeholders and Inhabitants of Said Hampton-falls and when meet Samuel Weare was made Choice of for a Justice of Peace for Said Parish by a Unanimous Vote Samuel Prescot Select Men Abner Sanborn V of Jeremiah Blake Jur. ) Hampton falls To The HoiP^® Philips White Esq Speaker of the House of Representives [4-244] \^jRetum of Ratable Polls ^ State of Newhampshire County of Rockingham Pursuant to an order from the HoiP^® General Assembly of Said State We have taken an Exact number of the Male polls of Twenty one years old & upwards Paying for themselves a Poll tax within the Town of Hamptonfalls and find them to amount to one Hundred & Six Persons — 106 James Prescut ju®*" Selectmen Caleb Tilton ^ of Benj** Pike ) Hamptonfalls Exeter December the 5^^ 17S3 — the above Subscribers made oath to the truth of the above Re- teturne before me — NatlP Folsom Jus* Peace — EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 150 [R. 2-59] Account of supplies to Soldiers Families from the Town of Hampton falls from January first 1783 till July first 1783 Jonathan Millers Family ‘ Edward Wades Family John Rawlins Family Melcher Wards Family 5 7 ’ ^ ^ 5 7^ 3. O, 4, 10, 6, 5 ^ 185 7 » - James Present Jn'") Selectmen Caleb Tilton v of Benj^ Pike ) Hampton falls Sworn before Sam^ Weare [4-245] \^Reco?nmendation for Appoint^jient of Magistrates^ Hampton Falls Nov*' 4^^ ^ 7^9 Sirs We the subscribers beg leave to Recommend to your Excel- lency and Honors, Col. Caleb Tilton of this Place as a Person well qualified for a Justice of the Peace, and beg he may be appointed to that Office — We are Sirs, with due Respect your Excellency and Honors most Obedient Servants, — His Excellency the President and Hon'^^® Council — Caleb Sanborn Isaiah Lane Jeremiah Lane Aaron Wells Simeon prescutt Joseph Wells Natffi* Dodge Abner Sanborn Josiah Peaver Benj^ Pike NatlF Hub*^ Dodge Benj® Tilton Meshech Sanborn James Prescutt Jon^ Burnham Peter Tilton James Prescut ju*’’ Michael Tilton George Fifield [4-246] \_Relative to workuig Highway Taxes in Hampton Falls and Seabrook Parishes^ /yp/.] To the Hon'® President Senators and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Court Assembled. The Petition of the Subscribers chosen as a Committee in HAMPTON FALLS. I5I behalf of the Parish of Hampton falls at a Legal Meeting of the freeholders and Inhabitants Thereof in August last passed for the purpose of making application to the Honorable General Court, humbly Sheweth — That some Years ago, upon the settlement of the Rev^ M*' Wingate as the Minister of this Parish, — Seabrook was taken off from Hampton-falls and made a distinct Parish on account of their dissent from said settlement ; and a line of Division was Drawn betwixt the said Parishes by Order of General Court. That notwithstanding the said line of Division Liberty was given by the Court to any Person on either side of said Line to Poll off with their Estates into the other Parish within Two Months after the said Division was made the plain Design of which was that they might have their choice as to the enjoy- ment of the Privileges of religious worship in one Parish or the Other — That in consequence of this Liberty some Persons within the Line of Seabrook Polled into Hampton falls ; and likewise sun- dry Persons within the line of Hampton-falls Polled into Sea- brook ; by which means much difficulty hath been occasioned as to doing their part in repairing highways : Whereas it would be more convenient for both Parishes if they who have Polled ; might be Obliged to do their part of Labour on the Road within the Lines of the Parishes in which they belonge ; why this was not mentioned in the Charter was entirely thro’ forgetfulness : Therefore it is our Humble Petition that Your Honours in your wisdom would Pass an Act that all those Inhabitants who Lives within the Bounds of s*^ Hampton falls who have Polled into Seabrook be caused to work or pay their proportion of Taxes According to their Polls and Estates on Roads or High- ways within the Bounds of s*^ Hampton falls ; Also all those Inhabitants who Live within the Bounds of Seabrook who have Polled into Hampton falls be caused to work or pay their pro- portion of Taxes According to their Polls and Estates, on Roads or highways within the Bounds of Seabrook, — As in Duty Bound shall Ever Pray. Dated at Hampton falls November 26 AD 1791 Abner Sanborn \ David Bachelder > Committee George Fifield j [Petition granted December 6, 1792. — Ed.] 152 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. HANCOCK. This town was incorporated November 5, 1779, and named in honor of Gov. John Hancock of Massachusetts, who was one of the original proprietors of the town. The territory comprised in the township was a portion of Society Land, so called, belonging to the Masonian Proprietors, some of which had been settled by John Grimes in 1765, and, within four or five years from that time, by Moses Mor- rison, William Lakin, and others. January 16, 1794, the farm of Joseph Putnam, of Society Land, was annexed to this town. January i, 1849, the farm of John Flint, of Antrim, was annexed to Hancock. [5-23] [ Consent of hihabitants of the East Side to the Incorpo 7 'ation of Hancock^ ^ 779 ^ State of New hampshire And County of hillsborough These may Sartfy the honorable Council And house of Rep- resentatives for said state That we whose names are underriten and Sined who Live in the Society Land So Called on the East Side of Contoocook River have no obctions to make against the in habintients on the weast Side of S*^ River in the Society afore S*^ to be incorporated Into Town and Likewise to be Disanexed F'rom those on the west — Society Land April 2o‘^ ^779 Robert Rogers James gragg Isaac Butterfield Charles Lawrance John gragg Samuel Butterfield Alexander parker Samuel Dickey [5-24] S^Petition for an htcorporation of the Town^ -^ 77 P*J To the Honourable Council and House of Representatives for the State of New hampshier in general asembly Conveen'^ at Exeter in the mounth of June 1779 — the Humble petition of us the Subscribers Inhabitants of that part of the Society So Called Laying on the west Side of Con- taucook River and South of Antrim North of petterBorough & Dublin & East of Packersfield — HANCOCK. 153 Humbly Sheweth that by Reason of the Large flats on Each Side of s^ Contaucook River it will Ever be Impractable to Build any Bridge and therefore there Can be no Communica- tion with those that inhabite on the East Side of Said River all which will Render it inconvenient to be incorporated into one Body and them Inhabiting on the East Side of S^ River have Signed their willingness to be Disanexed from those on the West— furthermore your petitioners would Inform your Hounours that the tract of land on which w^e Inhabit from the River west to packerfeild East Line is Six mills and one Half and from Antrim South Line to Pettersbrough North Line is five mills and near one Half and the Land is so good that it will make a very Comodious town or Parish and your petitioners pray your Honours that they may be Incorporated and invested with all town priviladges as other Incorporated towns — your Honours Compliance with the above petition Will greatly oblidge your petitioners and they as in Duty Bound will Ever Pray Society June the Robert Duncan Moses M orison Jonathan Bennett Thomas Miller John Moor John Miller Thomas English Stephen Bennett william williams 3" 1779 John Cumings Joseph Simonds Timothy moors Reuben Cumings Joel Russell John Cumings Junei Oliver Lawrance James Davis \ym Williams J*" Asa Adams Nathan Meriam Adam Patterson Arther grayham David Ames William Lakin John Foster [In answer to the foregoing the town was incorporated November 5, 1779. — Ed.] [5-25] \^Petition relative to Paxes ^ iyyg.~\ State of New Hampshire To The Hon'’'® the Council and House of Representatives for the State of Newhampshire afores'' in General Assembly Covened — The petition of the Inhabitants and Proprietors of the Lands of the place called and Know'ii by the Name of y® Society Land in the County of Hillsb® in the State of New hampshire afores^ humbly sheweth — That y® said Place called y® Society Land is Taxed for y* 154 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Current Year for a Larger Sum than other places and Towns in Proportion, in the same State, being One pound five shillings 11^ to Every Thousand pound — and we further Shew that in fact we the said Inhabitants are very poor and Low in the world, our Lands are a great Part of them Low and Sunken, we have many Large ponds and some very mountainous and Rocky Land — which are not nor Ever Can be improved — The Road thro y® Township could not be made Good and passable for Teams, in One year, for y® whole Sum y® Township is worth, it being so Exceeding Rocky mountainous and Sunken — We declare our Selves Good and faithfull Subjects to the state afores*^ and Truely willing to pay our full Proportion of publick Taxes ; but at the same time upon considering Every Circum- stance, we are assured and do plainly See that our Valuation was given in three Times too Large, in Proportion to other Towns, Therefor We humbly pray for an abatement in our Tax in such proportion as your HoiY in your Wisdom shall see fit, and your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall Ever pray — Society Land Septemb*' 7*^ i 779 Signers Neames Jacob Ames Robert Duncan John Moor Williams Clarck Asa Adams Adam patterson Edmund Davis David Hubbard Thomas Barrett David Ames Jonathen Bennett John Miller Jesse Cristey Stephen Bennett Williem Lakin JoiT Davis Amos Barrett Joseph Hayward Moses Morison Thomas Miller Robert Wyllie Benj™ Wilson William Williams James Davis Charles Barrett Jonas Wheeler John Preston [5—25)4] \_Report of Com?riittee to locate a Meeting- House^ i7S5-'\ State of new Hamp’’® ] Hancock may y® 3*^ ^ 7^5 Hillsborough county j Your committee appointed to fix on the place for bulding a Metting house in said Hancock having meet and viewed the Ground & heard the pleas, beg leave to Report — that the place Agreed upon for the aforesaid porposs is on the plain at the South End of noraway Pond so called there marked out and shown to the Inhabitants which is submitted John Duncan Levi Spaulding Jo : Young HANCOCK. 155 \2—2G^\_Petitio77 for Special Tax to Build a Meeting- House State of New Hamp^® ) to the Hon^ the sennat and House of Hillsborough ss j Representatives in Gen^ Court at Con- cord convened The Memorial of us Nonresident Owners of lands in Han- cock shews that whereas a Petition hath been perfered Request- ing a tax to be Laid on all the Lands in s'^ Hancock for the purposs ofbulding a house for publick worship & it appeare- ing to be for our intrest & tbe publick Good we also pray that the subject matter prayed for in s'^ petition may be Granted and your Memorialests as in Duty Bound will ever pray &c — James Davis Amos Barrett Elezer Cumings James Hosley JoiP Davis Ben" Knight Charles Barrett Noah Wheeler John Preston Moody Morss Elijah Hills [5-27] S^Petition for Appoint?ne7it of a Co7n?nittee to locate a Aleethig- House ^ State of new Hamp’' To His Exalancy the Presidant the Honerable the Council and House of Representatives in general Assembly at Concord Convened — A Petition in behalf of the Inhabitants of Hancock humbly shews that we have been at pains and cost to find the Center of our town in Order to buld a House for Publick Worship : but Unfortunatly it falls in a Bogg where it is not possable to buld : and altho we have Meetings Called Reppitedly for that pourpos : yet we Cannot all Agree where to move it to find the Ground that will be most Suttable and Convenient : Wherefor we pray that your Honors would appoint a Committy of three Persons out of towns ajacent that is not Intrested for the porpos afore- said as we have agreed to abide the Judgement of s*^ Comitty and pay the Cost : and your Petitionars as in Duty bound will ever pray Hancock Jen^ y® 2o‘^ ^7^5 James Duncan Seth Hadley a Commit- y ty for ) Hancock [In H. of Rep., February 10, 1785, a committee was appointed, consisting of John Duncan, Esq., Capt. Levi Spaulding, and Dr. John Young. For report, see ante. — Ed.] EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 156 [5—28] \^Petitio 7 i fo 7 ' Atithority to levy a Tax to Build a Meet i 71 g- Ho tise, i ySy . ] State of New Hamp’’® to the Honerable the Sennet & House Hillsborough County S of Representatives in General Court Convened — A Petition in behalf of the Inhabitants of Hancock Humbly Shews : that s^ Hancock was not Granted to any number of persons as other towns in this State have Been nor aney Lands Given for aney publick L se but a Great part of the land in s*^ town is owned by non-Residants the most of whome lives in the massachusetts who do not incline to Sell or Settle their lands : so long as they find them advance! ng by our labour : whiles! all the burthing of Roads &c : layeth heavey on the oppressed inhabitants : & Whereas other towns in the same sittuation have Upon applycation been Relived : which incorigeth us to hope that we will not be worse Used than other subjects wherefor we pray that your honors would Grant us a small tax on all the Land in s^ Hancock for the sole purpose of bulding a house for Publick Worship : and vour petitioners as in Duty Bound will Ever Pray Hancock may y® 16^^ 17S5 Seth Hadley I ^ T- T- • iC r Comittee Lnes Knight j [The foregoing petition was granted by an act passed November 4, 1785. — Ed.] [5-29] ]^Relative to bziildiTtg a Meetmg- House ^ ^ 7^7 State of New Hampshire — To the Great and General Court of said State to be conven’d on the first Wensday of June next. — The Select men of the Town of Hancock in behalf of s^ Town Humbly Shews. — that they received an Act passed by said Court upon the 2^ of November, 1785, Impowring the Select Men of Hancock to Assess the Lands in said Hancock for the purpose of Building a Meeting house in s*^ Town at one penny an Acre for the term of three years. — But in s*^ Act there appears liberty for the whole thereof to be paid in Certificates — which liberty must of Necessaty prevent our Building at present for we Cannot purchase one article for Building with them so as to answer our purpose — we therefore pray the Hon- orable Court to take our Case into there Consideration and HANCOCK. 157 reverse that Clause of said Act which has respect to said Tax being paid in Certificates, and Order it to be paid in hard Money Grain and Lumber, or some other way, to iVnswer our purpose, as they in their wisdom shall see meet, and your Petitioners in duty bound shall ever pray Hanocock April 26^^ 1787 Edmond Davis selectmen Samuel Gates > of Oliver Lawrence ) Hancock HoiP'® the General Court — [The petition was dismissed. — E d.] [5-30] \_Petition of Joseph Putna? 7 i to be annexed to Han- cock, 1793 to the Legeslature of the State of New hamp’'® in general Court Convened at Concord on the first wensday of June 1793 the petition of Joseph Putnam of the Society land in the County of Hillsborough humbly shews that your petitionar lives Remote from any neighbour in Said Society and a great part of his land lays in Hancock and he attends publick wor- ship there and owns a pue in the Meeting house and cannot conveniently be joyned to any other Society and now pays taxes for a great part of his Intrest there — Wherefore your petitioner prays your honners that he with the whole of his Intrest be dis- anexed from the Said Society where they injoy no previlages and be anexed to the town of Hancock and as in dutty will ever pray Joseph Putnam [ 5 - 29 ) 4 ] [ Consent of the Pown to the fo 7 ' ego ing.~\ At a Townmeeting held in Hancock upon the 13*^ of may 1793 — James Duncan Moderator — Voted to Receive W"' Joseph Putnam of Society so called as an inhabitant of said Hancock and approve of his being annexed thereto provided the Gen- eral Court shall Concur therewith. Coppy attest James Hosley Town Clerk. [Joseph Putnam’s farm was annexed to the town January 16, 1794. — Ed.] 158 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [5-31] \_Relative to Militia Regiments^ To His Execellency the Presedent and the the Senate & Hon^^® House of Representatives of the State of New Hamp- shire In General Court Assembled at Concord in said State Humblety Sheweth the Selectmen of Hancock in the County of Hillsborough — In behalf of the Inhabitants of s^ Town — That at the last session of the Gen^ Court a vote past bv which the I2‘^ Rig‘ of melitia was Divided and the west part CalP N° 12 and the east part CalP N® 23. The Real situation & all the Circumstances of the towns that Now Compose the East Rigement we suppose was not then laid before the Hon^^® Court for we believe if they had it would not have passed — wherefore we beg leave to say That the East Rig‘ (viz) New Ipswich mason Wilton Temple Peterbor- ough, Lyndsborough societ Hancock & Peterboroughslip Was L s d all formerly of the fifth Regiment — That they pay 49-15-10 to every Tiooo of the State Taxes as will appear by the last pro- portion Act — And that the west or i2‘^ as by s*^ vote (viz) Ringe Fitzwilliam Jaftery Marlborough Dublin & Packersfield s pays but <£32-13 which is not two thirds so much or in other s d words we pay £17-2-10 more to every £1000 than they which is more then half they pay — That we are Nine towns to their six — That more than 1100 poles was return’d in the last Inven- tory in y® Nine & but little more than 600 in the west Rig‘ And That the most of the Towns in the East Reg* was settled (viz), New Ipswich Wilton mason Peterborough & lyndsbor- ough a Number of years before there was one Inhabitant in the six towms which Now takes away our Number — And that there is now four Field officers within the this Reg* (to wfit) Heald Willson Abbot & Clerk (which Cannot by the melitia Rules, which is only Honour) renew their Commitions in the 23*^ regim* — That in every point of vie\v we Consider ourselves agreaved bv said vote — Wherefore We Humbly pray your Ex- celency & Honours that the East Regiment (to wit) New Ips- wich &c which is now call’d the 23** regiment may be restored to their former Number Or that The Devision of s^ 12**^ Regi- ment may be made nul & void and be put to Gether as but one regiment & as In Duty bound shall pray Jan"y 2f^ 17S5 David Hubbard Edmond Davis Aloses Dennis ^ Selectmen of I Hancock in ^ behalf of the Town HANOVER. 159 HANOVER. The township was granted July 4, 1761, to Edmond Free- man and others. Col. Edmond Freeman, who came from Mansfield, Con- necticut, made a settlement in town in May, 1765. The following year Benj. Davis and Benj. Rice, from the same place, made settlements, and others came soon after from Coventry, Conn. In 1770 there were about twenty families in town, living in log-houses. In September of that year Rev. Eleazer Wheelock, of Lebanon, Conn., settled in the town, and established Dartmouth college, a charter having been ob- tained from Governor Wentworth, dated December 13, 1769, for that purpose. An additional grant was made to the proprietors of the township January 9, 1775, of some 2,000 acres on the north side of the town, in consequence of some misunderstanding concerning the bounds of the original grant. About 300 acres of land in the south-west corner of the town was granted to Dartmouth college December 19, 1771, and 200 acres adjoining to Rev. Dr. Eleazer Wheelock, president of the college. [5-32] [ Vote of the Town 7 'elative to its Boundaries^ 7772.] At a Meeting of the Proprietors of HaiP Sep* 23** 1772 Voted that wheras it now appears to this Propriety uncertain whither they have a Legal Title to all the Land Contained within y® reputed Boundaries of s'* Hanover, we therfore think it Expedi- ent to have the Matter relative thereto truly represented to his Excellency our Gov'ernor And to appoint Jon**^ Freeman as an agent for that purpose to act thereon and take such Methods for secure! ng the Charter of all y® Land within s'* Boundaries (if needful) as he shall think proper A True Coppy of Record Jon**^ Freeman Clerk [5-33] \^Petitio 7 i for an additional Grants 7777.] To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq*" Cap* General Gov- ernor & Commander in chief in and over His IMajesty’s prov- ince of New Hampshire, and Vice Admiral of the same, In Council i6o EARLY TOWN PAPERS. The petition of Jonathan Freeman of Hanover in the County of Grafton and province afores*^ as Agent for the propriety of said Hanover, humbly sheweth — That whereas by the original Survey of s'^ Hanover the Boundaries on Connecticut River were about Two hundred & twenty rods further distant from each other than the length of Lines as mentioned in said Char- ter, and the proprietors being ignorant of the same, run each of said lines from the river Connecticut S. 64 ° E. agreeable to the courses given in s*^ Charter, and have lotted out and settled on said lands to each line, and have given considerable Tracts adjoining to each of said lines for the use of Dartmouth College, and being now convinced that said lines contain about Twenty seven Hundred Acres more than the Contents of s*^ Charter, which if taken from the Fropriet® of Hanover will throw the Town into great confusion by breaking up Divisions, remove- ing Settlers, &c. We therefore humbly pray that Your Exc^ and Honors would grant to us the land contained with the above said Lines & not granted in the former Charter And we beg leave to assure your Exc^ and Honors that (as we have already One Hundred & ten Male InhaD® upwards of sixteen years of Age) so we will further pursue & encourage the settlement of s*^ Town. And your peP as in duty Bound shall ever pray Dated Wolf boro’ Oct® Copy Exam‘S JoiP Freeman Agent for Hanover propriety. Theodore Atkinson Sec*^ Province of New Hampshire In Council Feb^ i®* i773 The within petition having been Read — Order’d thereupon — That the Clerk of the propriety of Lime, or the Select Men (if any there be) be served with a Copy of the petition & order of Council thereon at the cost of the peP that they may be heard thereon on Tuesday the 23 *^ of March next to shew cause why the prayer of s*^ petition may not be granted. Copy Theodore Atkinson Sec^ Province of New Hampshire Lime 22 *^ of Feb 7 ^773 Then read the foregoing petition and Order of Council there- on within the Hearing of the selectmen of the Town of Lime, HANOVER. l6l and likewise left a True Coppy of petition and Doings of the Council thereon, with the Clerk of Lime Propriety Peters Grant Indifferent person [5-35 is a plan showing the line in question. The grant was made January 9, 1775. — Ed.] [5-36] \^yoJi 7 t Crane for Leave to establish a Hospital., 1773 Province of ) To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq*" Cap- New Hamp*'® j tain General Governor & Commander in Chief in and over his Majesty’s Province afores*^ and Vice Admiral of the same in Council — The Humble Petition of John Crane of Hanover in the County of Grafton in the Province aforesaid Physician unto your Excellency and Honours shews — That you Petitioner has a great Inclination of erecting an Hospital for Enoculation for the small Pox in some remote Part of said Town of Hanover under such Regulations as your Ex- cellency & Honours may subject the Institution. Your Peti- tioner humbly concieves that there are many advantages that may result to the Public from his Intentions if permitted by y*^ ExcelP & HoiP especially as that Part of the Country will short- ly be exposed to travellers from the Province of Canada and your Petitioner has in thought making the Hospital of publick Utility which he begs leave to lay before y^ Excellency & Hon- ours in Person, if he may be indulged with an Audience and f Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever pray Portsmouth May 28 1773 John Crane [5—37] l^fonatkan Free^nan 7 'elative to Ha 7 iover addition.^ To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq*" Cap* General Gov- ernor and Commander in chief in and over His Majesty’s of New Hampshire and Vice Admiral of the same in Council The Petition of Jonathan Freeman of Hanover in the County of Grafton and Province afores*^ Humbly sheweth That your Petitioner being appointed as an Agent for the Proprietors of s*^ Hanover (on the 23^ of Sepff 1772) to procure a Charter of a piece of Land lying on the Northerly part of said Hanover to be confirmed to said Town and your Petitioner did on the 8*^^ 13 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 162 of Ocf 1772 Petition your Excellency and Honours for a grant of the aforesaid Land which Petition being read in Council Feb^ i®‘ 1773 it was ordered that the Clerk of the Propriety of Lime or select Men of s*^ Town should be served with a Coppy of the said Petition and Order of Council thereon, and that the said Select Men and Proprietors were accordingly served with a Coppy of the said Petition on the 22*^ of Feb-^ ^ 773 ’ which may appear by the records and files of council and likewise by order of the Suiweyor General a suiwey of the said Land has been made and return’d into his Office, all which has been at- tended with considerable Expense to your Petitioner and as the Proprietors of Lime have not appeared to shew cause why the prayer of the said petition should not be granted and the Pro- prietors of said Hanover having in Consequence of the encour- agement hereby given us, of a grant of said Land proceeded in the cultivation and Settlement of the same. We therefore Hum- bly pray that your Excellency and Honours would be pleased to complete the grant agreeable to the prayer of the aforesaid Petition and your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever pray Dated Portsmouth July 23*^ ^774 Jonathan Freeman agent for Hanover prop^ [4-38] \_Preceft for the Election of a Representative^ ^775 In Congress at Exeter December 26^^ ^ 775 ? whereas a writ issued from the late Congress of this Colony directed to the Selectmen of Hanover requiring them to notify the legal In- habitants paying Taxes in Hanover, Lebanon, Relhan [Enfield], Canaan, Cardigan, [Orange] & Grafton to meet at said Hanover and choose one Person to Represent them in General Congress to be held at Exeter the Twenty first day of December then next which Writ has been Returned by the Selectmen of said Hanover, and no return thereon Certifying the choice or ap- pointment of any Person as directed. Therefore to the end that the Inhabitants of the aforesaid Town may not be unrep- resented in the Present Congress. Resolved that following- Writ Issue. Colony of New Hampshire. THE CONGRESS OF SAID COLONY To THE Select-men of Hanover — in said Colony, Greeting. You are hereby required to notify the legal Inhab- itants paying Taxes in the Towns of Hanover, Lebanon, Rel- han, Canaan, Cardigan & Grafton (giving them fifteen Days Notice) to meet at some convenient Place in your Town, to HANOVER. 163 elect one Person (having a real Estate of the Value of Two Hundred Pounds Lawful Money in this Colony) to represent them in General Congress now setting at Exeter — And to im- power such Representative for the Term of one Year from the 21®* of December cuP to transact such Business and pursue such measures as they may judge necessary for the public Good. And in Case there should be a Recommendation from the Continental Congress that this Colony assume Government in any particular Form, which will require a House of Repre- sentatives, that they resolve themselves into such a House as the said Continental Congress shall recommend, and it is re- solved that no Person be allowed a Seat in Congress, who shall by himself, or any Person for him, before said Choice, treat with Liquor, &c. any Electors, with an apparent View of gain- ing their Votes, or afterwards on that Account. And the Person who shall be elected. You are to notify, that he attend at Exeter abovementioned. And make Return here- of with your Doings thereon. By order of Congress, MATTHEW THORNTON, PRESIDENT. Exeter Nov. the 14th i 775 * E. THOMPSON, Secretary. [No return was made on the back of the foregoing, as no representative was chosen. A similar precept, dated Sept. 30, 1776, was sent to the town, which was returned with the following endorsement on the back : — Ed.] [s-39] Hanover Nov’’ 27**’ 1776 — Pursuant to the within Precept We notified the Inhabitants paying Taxes in the Towns of Hanover Canaan and Cardigan to meet at the meeting house in said Hanover this day for the purposes within mentioned — Who being met passed the follow- ing Votes. Viz. 1. Voted unanimously That the Address of the Inhabitants of this and other Towns, to the People of the several Towns thro’ this Colony, published by their Committees in July last, is truely expressive of our Sentiments respecting Representa- tion and the unconstitutional Formation and proceedures of the present Assembly of this State — 2. Voted unanimously that we will not chuse a Representa- tive as directed in the Precept issued by the Assembly of this State for the following Reasons Viz. I. Because no plan of Representation is as yet formed in this 164 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. State consistant with the Liberties of a free people ; in that the people have not universally had a full Representation in any Assembly since this State was declared independent of the Crown of Great Britain, by which declaration we conceive that the powers of Government reverted to the people at large and of course annihillated the political Existence of the Assembly which then was ; notwithstanding which they have since pre- sumed to act in the name of the people, and in their precept undertaken to prescribe & limit the mode of proceedure in our Choice of a Representative which it does not appear that they are to be chosen for the purpose of recognizing the rights of the people and assuming such Government as shall be agreeable to them, tho’ nothing of that nature has at any time been done in this State ; except a Plan formed by the Representatives of a part of this State, by which the whole Rights of the People are assumed by that House. II. Because the Precept in Consequence of which this meet- ing was called is inconsistant with the Liberties of a free peo- ple ; in that it directs to have different corporate Towns (who have a right to act by themselves in all Cases) to unite for the purpose of chusing a Representative and Counsellor III. Because it limits us in our Choice to a Person who has a real Estate of £200. L. M. whereas we conceive that there ought to be no pecuniary Restriction ; but that ev'ery Elector is capable to be elected. 3. Voted Unanimously that the Select Men be directed to make return of the foregoing Vote with the reasons annex’d to- gether with the Precept to the Assembly proposed to be held at Exeter on the third Wednesday in Dec’’ next. 4. Voted unanimously that we will not give in our votes for a Counsellor as directed in the Precept I. Because we can see no important end proposed by their Creation, unless to negative the proceedings of the House of Representatives ; which we humbly conceive ought not to be done in a free State. II. Because every Elector ought to have a Voice in the Choice of each Counsellor (in Cases where they are needfid) — and not be restricted in his Choice to any particular Limits within the State — For which Reason w'e protest against a Coun- sellor being chosen in this County, as directed in the Precept. Voted unanimously that the Clerk be directed to make return of the last Vote wdth the Reasons annex’d, and our Pro- test, as the Precept directs relative to Vote for a Counsellor. ^,6. Voted that this meeting be dissolved — And it was accord- ingly dissolved AttesF HANOVER. i6s [5-40] [ Vote of the Town relative to the matter in Dis~ putei\ At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Hanover Feb^ 3*^ ^777 Warned for considering and acting upon any mat- ter that might relate to a Hand Bill from the Hon'^^® Meshech Weare Esq’’ in behalf of a Committee appointed by the assem- bly at Exeter Informing that the said Committee propose to be at m^ pains, at Hanover on the of this Insb Feb^ to con- verse with any persons the j^eople shall appoint in order to give them all the satisfaction they can with regard to the proceedings of the said assembly for the promoting peace harmony &c. This meeting having taken the matter under consideration and being desirous of facilitating any design to promote peace and Harmony as well as secure the Liberties of the people thro’ this state Think it necessary that m’’ Weare be informed that this Town have heretofore appointed their Committee to join with the Committee of a number of Towns within this State for the purpose of pursuing some proper measures to obtain a redress of those Grievences we Labour under in consequence of the proceedings of the late Congress and Assembly at Exe- ter, that the doings of said Joint Committees have been laid before and approbated by said Town, that their meeting stands adjourned to the 13*^ of this Instant Feb^ at M*' Ordways at Lebanon ; and that we think it Expedient that in this matter we act in concert with said Joint Committees as it appears to us the most likely method to answer the End proposed namely to satisfy the minds of the people and promote Harmony and peace which we Earnestly desire may be effected on reasonable Terms, for which reason we omit appointing any persons to meet the Committee at m^ Pains and refer them to the aforesaid meeting at Lebanon. Voted that the select Men be desired forthwith to send a Coppy of the Above to m*' Weare David Woodward Moderator A True Coppy Attest Jonathan Freeman Clerk To The Hon*’'® Meshech Weare Esq : and the other gentle- men of the Committe appointed by the Assembly at Exeter to endeavour to satisfy those persons in the western part of the State of N. Hampshire who are Dissatisfied with the proceed- ings of s^* Assembly on their Journey to Hanover Via Walpole [R. 2-63] \^Petition of Lieut. John House.^ //yp.] To the Hon*’*® the Council & House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in general Assembly convened EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 1 66 Humbly Shews John House of Hanover in the County of Grafton That in September i 775 upon the Requisition of the late General Montgomery for the People upon Connecticut River within this State to turn out to his Assistance at the Seige of S^ Johns Capt Israel Curtis & your Petitioner raised a Com- pany of men who engaged as Volunteers for two months (of which Company he was chosen Lieutenant) & served at the said Seige — That in order to the Equipping & marching said Company as Expeditiously as possible the said Captain & he upon their joint credit supply‘s said Company with Thirty five Blankets & Six Camp Kettles — That after the Reduction of S* Johns the said Company was taken into the Continental Ser- vice & the Command thereof devolved upon him That the said Articles were worn out or lost in said Service in Canada — That the said Captain died in Canada, insolvent & your Petitioner has since been apply*^ to, for pay for said Blankets & Kettles & has accordingly paid for the same Wherefore he prays the matter may be taken into Consideration & that he may have an adequate Compensation granted him — & as bound shall pray &c March 24*^^ ^779 John House Dismist [R. 2-64] \_Petition of Thomas Clark^ Soldier^ addressed to the Ge7teral Asse??ibly^ iy8j The Petition of Thomas Clark of Hanover in the County of Grafton — Humbly Shews — That at the Commencement of the present War he inlisted as a soldier during said War in the first New Hampshire Regiment — That in the year 1777 he was wounded, & rendered incapable of service — That in April 177^ he procured a Furlough and returned Home, where he re- mained sick, and unable to do any business during the term of Fifteen months — That on the sixteenth day of June Anno Dom- ini 1781, he procured an able bodied Man to serve in his stead during the War, and on the same day was discharged. That he paid to the Man he so procured one hundred Spanish Mill’d Dollars, * * * — Sam^ Maccluer in behalf of the Petitioner — [R. 2-65] \ Petition of Lieut, fames Goold,, iy8j.~\ To the honorable General Assembly of the State of New Hamp- shire Humbly Sheweth The petition of James Gould a Lieutenant in Col® Cilley’s HANOVER. 167 Regiment in Cap^^ Houses company in the Continental service — That your Petitioner being wounded in the Continental service in Sep^ 1777 thereby rendered unfit for duty was afterwards placed on half pay — and that he has not received the deprecia- tion money due previous thereto — * * * James Goold Concord Nov*" 5^^ i 7 ^ 3 - [R. 2-68] [In a petition dated June, 1793, he, the said Goold, states that “a short time before the taking of Gen^ Burgoyne, in an engagement with the enemy he received a wound by a shot of a musquet ball through his body.” — Ed.] [R. 2-61] \_Peter yohnson^ Bunker Hill Soldier [The two following documents have come to light since the Enfield papers were in print : — Ed.] State of New Hampshire I the subscriber do certify that Peter Johnson Now an inhab- itant in the town of Enfield in said state was a soldier in Capt Goardin Huthens Compiny and Col Starks Rigimant and was personely Preasent in the Battel at Bunk hill then and there Receive a wound by a muskit ball in his Rite arm I then being a Chirurgeon in said Rigimant took care of said wound and with my own hand extracted sevei'al Peases of Boons out of said arm and found the Cords very much damaged Certify d By your very Humble Serv‘d Doctor Benjamin Tifiany hanover December the 21 : 17S8 [David Curtis, Moses Jones, and David Choat, selectmen of Enfield, certified to his being unable do support his fam- ily of five small children, in consequence of said wound. Dated Dec. 15, 1788. — Ed.] [R. 2-60.] \_Soldiers’ Orders, 1 ^ 86 .^ Sir please to pay the bearer the whole that is due to me as a i68 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Soldier in Cap* Samuel Paines Company to the Northward in the year 1780 Nathaniel Ketchum Hanover Jan 7*^ 1786. to the paymaster of said Com^" £10, 13, 9. [Orders bearing the same date, in similar language, were signed by John Durkee, £10, 13, 8, and Benjamin Smith, £ii: 14, 9. The following men signed orders for pay for service done in Capt. Abel Stevens’s company, in 1780. Elinda Brown £8, 16, 2 Corpl. Silas Tenney, £9, 10, 9 Jonathan Woodward 8, 16, 2 “robudHase,” 10, 14, i Salmon Dow 10, 14, i Daniel Jacobs 8, 16, 2 —Ed.] [From “A return of Provisions which Hanover Men in Cap* Freemans Comp In CoF Jonathan Chases Reg* Brought from home with them Sep* 26, 1777” I copy the following names. — Ed.] Edmund Freeman David Eaton Jehial Woodward David Wright Benj’^ Davis Jos*' Curtis W'" Chandler David Tinney Nat Wright W"' Dewey Silas Tinney Jon**' Curtis Dan* Kindrick Step*' Benton Hem" Durkee Elij*' Smith W"' Woodward Salv® Freeman Elisha Smith Tho® Brown Nat Lord Dav^ Chandler John Durkee Step*' Murch \^From Gen. Chase’s Papers.~\ A List of the ofisers & Soldiers Engaged in the Continental Service out of the Second company of militia in Hannover un- der the command of cp* Joshua Henda in new hampshear Service Leu* Daniel Clapp Sergant William Winton Sergant jotham Stearns Privates thomas Clark John Baldwin HANOVER. 169 in the Service of new york and the State of Vermont Major John Whelock Cap‘ Comfort Sever Lieu^ Elezer Whelock Lieif John Payne Sergant Asa huntington Sergant Samuel Clap Isac Osbon Jonathan gillit Elijah Hammon William Broughton Benjamin Chase john Wilcoks Benjamin Larrabe Zebina Curtis John Stockbridge This return made By Simeon Dewey Ensign of s^ Company hannover Sep. ^777 Cap* Freemans Return [no date]. Names of Hanover men Sarg* Sam* Slade Able Bridgman Robert Mason Ruben Tenney Aaron Smith Deliverance Wood- ward Jr Danel Taylor Ezekel Parker Zopher Kitcham Elez^ Hill Medad Taylor A return of the men that went into the continental service out of my company for the state of New Hampshier William Winton aged 42 five feet six inches high place of abode when listed was Hanover Jotham Stearnes aged 35 six feet high place of abode when list- ed Hanover thomas Clark aged 36 five feet five inches high place of abode when inlisted Hanover the three men above written inlisted with Cap* House in Col* Silleys Rigement John Bolden an indion five feet eight inches high aged 28 his place of abode has generally ben at Dartmouth Colege in Hanover he inlisted with Cap* Farewell in Colo* Silleyes Rigement Joshua Hendee Cap* Hanover April y® 13 1778 To Colon* Jonathan Chase att Cornish Col. Chase Sir I have with the officers and the Concurrence of the town have proseede to Raise the three months men and have done as follows have inlisted four men and Drafted the other too. the Names of the inlisted are as follows Silas Tenny Elinda 170 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Brown Daniel Jacobs and Jonathan Woodward — the Drafted ones Ebenz’' Kindrick and Abijah Smith Mr Kindrick has paid his fine Thomas Durkee Lieu* Hanover July the lo Instant 1780 To Col® Jon“ Chase S*' This may Certify that Robert Mason John Pindal & Me- dad Taylor all of this Town have this week inlisted into Cap* Houses Company Col® Sillys Regiment for the Term of three years and have been mustered by Maj. Jon^ Child Muster Mas- ter Hanover march 20*^ 177S Attest Jon® Freeman L* also Davis by information of L* Durgee [5-41] S^Petition to have a fart of Hanover incorporated into a new Town^ 77<^j.] To the honorable Council and Assembly of the State of New Hampshire. Humbly sheweth The petition of the subscribers residents of a destrict of land hereafter described in the vicinity of Dartmouth College in the county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire That at the settlement of said College in the southwest part of Hanover A. D. 1770 it was proposed that a distinct town or parish should be formed contiguous to it out of the towns of Hanover and Lebanon ; in compliance with which proposal the said towns have passed votes expressing their consent that it may be effected — That the inhabitants within said territory have formed settlements there in expectation that such town would soon be formed ; and great inconveniences must arise on account of their situation from a connection with Hanover and Lebanon in town matters — That in consideration of such inconvenience and by consent of said towns the said inhabitants have transacted matters separate from the said towns for near six years last past, which necessity has at many times in the course of the war compelled them to in cases of alarms &C as a separate military company was established there be- fore the commencement of the war — Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that all that part of the town of Hanover bounded southerly by the southern line of said town, eastwardly by the two mile road (so called) and the second hundred acre lots drawn to the original rights of the first Minister and Prince HANOVER. I7I Freeman northwardly by the southern and western lines of the second hundred acre lots drawn to the original rights of John Sherwin Stephen Walcot Nathan Wright and Otiss Freeman and the fifty third river lot, and westwardly by the western line of said Hanover — Also all that part of the town of Lebanon bounded as follows viz. Beginning at an hemlock tree (marked 4 on the south side and 5 on the north side) being the north- west corner of said Lebanon thence running eastwardly on the northwardly line of said town three miles to a white pine tree marked 3 thence turning off at right angles and running south- erly one mile and a half, thence turning at right angles and running westwardly to the westward line of said town, thence northerly on said line to the first mentioned bound be incor- porated and erected into a distinct town and be invested with such privileges and immunities as other towns within the State have and enjoy, and so as shall best subserve the rights and in- terest of said College, And we would further request that Bezaleel Woodward Esq*" (whom we have appointed our Agent in this matter) may be beard on the premises in our behalf as occasion may require. And as in duty bound shall ever pray &C Dresden October 24^^ 17S3 John Young Joseph Lee Asahel Warren Sam®^ Green John Smith James Goold Beza Woodward Dan®^ Porter Eben Brewster Simeon Dewey Aaron Storrs John Crane Sam^ Maccluer Jabez Bingham Daniel Clapp Laban Gates Benoni Dewey Parker Smith Daniel Gould Joseph Green Luther Ingals Benj° Colt Ebenez. Fitch George Eager Sylvanus Ripley Eleazar Wheelock [5-42] \^Retuv7i of Ratable Polls., 1^83. State of New Hampshire Grafton ss Dec’’ 21®* A D i7S3* Then Russel Freeman and Aaron Storrs a committee of the town of Hanover each personally appeared and made solemn oath that they have carefully computed the number of male polls of twenty one years of age and upwards paying for them- selves a poll tax in said Hanover and find the said number to be one hundred and fifty four. Sworn before Beza Woodward Justice of Peace \J2 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [5-43] \_Petition for the Appointment of a Magistrate^ To his Excellency, the President: the Hon. Council for the State of New Hampshire. The Petition of a number of the Inhabitants of the town of Hanover, in the County of Grafton in s*^ State ; Humbly Shew- eth that the Inhabitants of the Town ; are so large, as to be more than a Competent number for one Representative ; and that the Settlements are made in almost every part of s^ town ; and at present, we have no Justice of the Peace appointed, ex- cept IVP Woodward ; who lives in that part called the College District, which is at one Corner of the Town, and remote from the main body of the Inhabitants ; which renders it very in con- veniant for the People back from the College part. We therefore, pray, that your Excellency, and HoiP®, would take our Case into your wise and Candid Consideration ; and at your Next meeting to appoint the Authority, in the State, would Nominate, and appoint Russel Freeman : to the office of Justice of the peace : and your Petitioners, as in Duty bound, will ever Pray. Hanover Nov*" 27”*^ i 7 ^ 4 * Stephen Herrick Salmon Dow Calvin Topliff Simeon Forbes Augustus Storrs Nathaniel Wood- ward Benjamin Plumley Elijah Hurlbuttj william woodward Silvanus Freeman John Ordway John Wright Jun. Edward Smith John Tenny Solomon Jacobs Nat. Heaton Samuel Slade Phinehas Page Dell! no Wright Thomas Miner Joel Brown John Durkee David Tenny Lemuel Dowe Silas Tenny John williams Thos Durkee Eldad taylor Abijah Durkee Timothy Owen Nathaniel Ketcham Abel parks Webster Hall Perley Buck Asa hill Eliezar hill Daniel Chandler Samuel Hase David hase Robart hase Benjamin Tiffany James Tiffany Israel Camp Nathanae^ Hurlbutt Jun. Reuben Tenny David Woodward Asahel Warren Abijah Smith Asa Parker Timothy Parker John Smith Elijah Wolly Robert Mason John Wright Peter Knap David Wright Peter Walker Zadoc Brown Elinda Brown Peter Knap Jn HANOVER. 173 [5-44] \^Petition for an Issue of Paper Money ^ 1^84!^ State of Newhampshire To his Excellincy the Presidant the honourable the Senate and house of Representatives for Said State in general assembly Convened The petition of us the Subscribers being inhabitants of Said State Most humbly Shueth that your petitioners with others the inhabitants of this State Labour under great Inconveanancy for want of a Courancy or medium Sufficient To transeactthe Com- mon busness between Man and man But more Espeically for the payment of publick taxes in this State and as the State is greatly in debt and have Issued their State Nots to a Large amount for the Interest of which they are annually Taxed as well as for part of the principal and wheras the State is also Caulled upon and Taxed for a Very Large Sum for the pay- ment of interest on Contenental Loan office Certificates issued in this State the payment of all which is Rendered Next To imposable for the Scarcety of money — Notwithstanding your petitioners are Desireous to Discharge their publick Debets with the Strictest honour And integrity that Nature of Things will admit your petitioners therefore Pray your Excellincy and honours would ammediatly Make and issue a Sum or bank of paper money Sufficient to pay of and Discharge all Such State Notes and Contenantal Loan office Certificats issued in this State as aforesaid and that Said paper money might Be made a Tender in all past or future taxes in this State and answer in all payments in the publick Treasury and in all payments in all private Contracts whatsoever — or otherwise Releave your peti- tioners as to your Excellincy and honours in your wisedom Shall Seem meet and your petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray — Hanover Sep'' 28**' 17S4 — Ebe*” Brewster John marshall Benj“ Chase Sam'^ M*'Cluer Daniel Gould Zechariah Weston Nicholas Gilman George Foster Joel Brown W™ Taylor Luther Lincoln Aaron Storrs John Payne Jabez Bingham James Goold Ebenezer Fitch Ralph Wheelock Calvin Waldo John Ordway Nathaniel Hulbert Jun'- David Woodward Tilly Howe John Crane Parker Smith Benoni Dewey John House Benj"' Coult Joseph green Enos Kellogg Tho® Durkee David Tinny Stephen Benton 174 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Nathaniel Heaton James Murch David Chandlar David Hase Jacob Eaton Jon“ Curtice Asa Hill Lemuel Dowe John Williams Webster Hall John Willis Sam^ Hase W*" Hunt John Bridgman Stockm° Sweat Gideon Rudd Andrew Tenny John Tenny Eldad Taylor David Eaton Able Parker Silas Tinny Joshua Cushman Jon“ Beard Ebene^ Wright Reuben Tenny David wright [Some of the foregoing were students at the college, and not residents of Hanover. — Ed.] [5-45] \_Relative to a Road through Town^ laid out by a Legislative Committee^ iy 86 .~\ To the Honourable the General Court of the State of New Hampshire The petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Hanover in the County of Grafton Humbly sheweth That in the oppinion of your petitioners, the County road as laid by the states Committee through said town of Hanover, May be altered to great advantage to the public in general as well as to this Town in particular, as we are fully persuaded we can show where a road may be laid through said Town on more suitable land for the purpose both on account of the Hills and dryness of the Land, and the distance of which from the College to the Southeastly corner of said Town will not be so great as where y® road is now laid by more than one mile & half — That this alteration will save y® Town great expence in making said road, and as the Committee who laid said road had not the Benefit of viewing this place, Your petitioners would Humbly pray your Honours to take this matter into your wise consideration, and to appoint an Impartial Committee to look into the aforesaid matter and act thereon as may be most conducive to the public good — And your petitioners and in Duty bound shall ever pray June 3*^ 1786 NatH Babbit \ A committee in behalf Gideon Tiffany j of Said Town HANOVER. 175 [5-47] \^Petition for a Grant to make a Canal^ etc.^ 77^2.] To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Newhampshire to be convened at Dover Tune 1792— The Petition of Ebenezer Bruster Aaron Hutchinson & Rufus Graves Humbly sheweth That whereas the rendering Connecticut river navigable for boats is an object of the greatest Importance to the Inhabitants of that Country and ingrosis the attention of all the states thro’ which the river passes and grants have actu- ally been obtained for locking all the falls below the Towns of Lebanon & Hanover in this State And whereas the erecting of a Bridge over said river against one or other of said Towns would also be of great advantage to said Country and the public in general, and your Petitioners being disposed to undertake said Business provided they can meet with sufficient encouragement — Pray your Honors to grant to them their heirs and assigns forever the exclusive priviledge of cuting a Cannal and locking all the falls between the south line of Lebanon and the north Line of Hanover aforesaid and of erecting a Bridge within the limmits aforesaid Under such regulations and restrictions as your Honors shall Judge prop- er — and your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray Hanover June i** 1792 Ebenezer Brewster Aaron Hutchison Rufus Graves [In H. of Rep., the foregoing petition was referred to a committee, who made the following report : — Ed.] [5-46] State of New Hampshire In the Plouse of Representatives June 13*’’ 1792 — The Committee on the petition of Ebenizer Brewster and others reported, That the prayer thereof be so far granted, as that the petitioners have leave to cut canals and lock all the falls in Connecticut River between the mouth of Mink brook in Hanover and the eddy below the lower bar of White River falls in Lebanon, and likewise the privilege of building a toll bridge over said Riv’er in any place within the limits aforesaid, not to interfere with private property, or the grant of any ferrv, with- EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 176 out compensation to the owner ; and that they have leave to bring in a bill accordingly — Which report having been read and considered it was voted that the same be received and accept- ed — Sent up for Concurrence Jn° Sam Sherburne Speaker [They were incorporated by an act passed June 20, 1792. — Ed.] [5-48] \_Isaac Rogers’s Petition for a Ferry ^ 779^^.] To the Honourable The General Court of the state of New Hampshire to be holden at Amherst the first Wednesday in June 1794 The Petition of Isaac Rogers of Hanover in the County of Grafton in s^ state ; humbly sheweth, that there is no public ferry kept over the River Connecticut from Brewster® ferry in Lime so calP to the Colledge ferry in the lower part of s*^ Han- over, the distance of About nine miles, that there is About four miles of s*^ river opposite to the upper part of s^ Hanover, which remains ungranted ; that your petitioner Owning the land Ad- joining to s*^ river within the Aforesaid ungranted part ; and W’here a ferry will be most Convenient ; He therefore pray® that Your Honours would Grant to him his heirs and assigns the Exclusive right of keeping a ferry over s*^ river, from Lime for three miles down s*^ river; and Your petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray Hanover May 28*^ ^794 Isaac Rogers — The Subscribers select Men of Hanover are satisfied that the facts stated in the within petition are true that the s*^ Ferry will be A public benifit are desireous the prayer of the within peti- tion may be granted Joseph Curtiss ) Select Samuel Slade j Men Att a Legal Meeting held March 8‘^ ^ 79 ® Voted that Gideon Smith of Hanover have the Approbation of the Ferry True Copy Attest Joel Brown T. Clerk HAVERHILL. 177 This may Certify the Honourable General Court that I Gid- eon Smith have sold the land Adjoining s*^ river to the Above petitioner and humbly pray that the Above Grant be made to the within Petitioner Gideon Smith HAVERHILL. The township was granted May 18, 1763, to John Hazzen and 74 others, some of whom were from Haverhill, Mass., and the town derived its name from that place. It had pre- viously borne the name of Lower Cohos, and was a favorite place with the Indians, who had a fort on the bank of the river, near where Capt. John Hazzen settled in 1764. By an act approved June 21, 1815, the town was divided into two parishes. Samuel Morey of Orford, Jonathan Merrill of Warren, and Samuel Hutchins of Bath, were appointed to run the divisional line between the two par- ishes. Among its prominent men prior to 1800 w'as Hon. Moses Dow, a native of Atkinson, and a graduate of Harvard col- lege in 1769. He was elected a member of congress by the legislature of this state in 1784, but declined the honor. He was a member of the New Hampshire senate in 1784, and of the council in 1785 and 1786, and again in 1792, and was a judge of the court in Grafton county at the time of his death, March 31, 1811, aged 64. [5-49] \^Petition for a Ferry ^ Z772.] To his Excellencey John Wentworth Esq*" Captain General Governor and Commander in Cheif in and over the Province of New Hampshire and vice Admiral of the Same In Coun- cill— The Petition of Thomas Johnson of Newbury in the County of Gloucester & Province of New York, humbly Sheweth that by Charter, there is but one Ferry, Across Connecticut River in Haverhill in the County of Rockingham, by Charter allow- ed to be kept, which by said Charter ought to be kept within one mile of the Point of the little Ox Bow (so Call’d) as said H EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 178 River runs and that said Ferry so allow’d to be kept, hath hith- erto been, kept, more than four miles above said Point, as said River runs, and that there hath, for a number of Years before the making-out said Charter, a Boat been kept and us’d, for the Conveniency of Travellers, passing said River, at y® Place where the publick Highway passes s^ River from said Haver- hill to said Newbury near the now Dwelling House of Richard Chamberlin in said Newbury which place is almost two miles below s*^ Point, of the little Ox Bow, where your Petitioner beggs Leave to Say a Ferry ought Still to be kept for the Con- veniencey of Travellers, Whereupon your Execellency’s Peti- tioner, humbly prays, that Your Excellency would Grant him, Liberty to Sett up & keep a Ferry, accross said River, at or near s^^ places where said Highway passes, from said Haverhill to s'^ Newbury by y® House of s*^ Chamberlin under usual Reg- ulations & Restrictions and as in Duty bound Shall ever pray Ports® Novem’' 13, 1772. thorn® Johnson [5-5 >] [A plan of a portion of Connecticut river. The ferry asked for was granted November ii, 1774. — Ed.] [5-50] \^Extract from Grant to Asa Porter the Sole right of keeping a Ferry & keeping useing and em- ploying a Ferry Boat or Boats for the Transporting of Men Horses Goods Cattle Carriages &c from the Shore of Haverhill afores*^ — cross Connecticut river to the opposite Shore of New- bury & from s*^ Newbury to the oppose Shore of Haverhill with- in one Mile on a Strait Line from that Part of HaverHill called the Point of the little Ox Bow being a Point of medow Land now in Possesion of Cap*^ John Hazzan To Hold &c And as a further encouragement to the said Asa Porter in and about the premises, we Will that none of our loving Subjects do presume to molest or interrupt the s*^ Asa Porter in his said Fer- ry or set up any other Ferry upon or Across the said River Con- necticut, within One Mile above or below the Ferry of the said Asa Porter. The above Two Paragraphs extracted from the Record of the Grant of Mr. Asa Porter’s Ferry across Connect* River from Haverhill to Newbury, and are truly Copied from thence Attest^ Theodore Atkinson Sec^ HAVERHILL. 1/9 [5-51] \^Report of the Committee on the ?natter of Granting' a Ferry to Tho^nas fohnson .'j Pursuant to a Vote of Councill appointing us a committee to consider of the petition of Thom® Johnson for the priveledge of a Ferry across Connecticut river between the Towns of Flaver- hill and Newbury also the grant made to Asa Porter Esq*' of a Ferry priveledge between said Towns beg Leave to report as follows. The grant made to Asa Porter Esq* we suppose fixes the place where said ferry is to be kept at the point of the little Ox Bow and that the priveledge of one mile above and one mile below said point is to be measured upon the river agreable to its general course, but upon viewing the plans exhibited to us by the Parties we find that the ferry now kept by M* Porter is between three & four miles upon the river above said point & the place fixed upon by M* Johnson is near Two miles upon the river below the aforesaid point, it also appears to us absolutely necessary for the public utility that two ferries be established across the River between the aforesaid Towns & nearly in the places now fixed upon by Mess*® Porter & Johnson as there is no Spot upon the river within a mile either above or below said point convenient for keeping a ferry we would also humbly sug- gest that care should be taken in all such grants that the Taxes arising therefrom should be paid in this Government D Peirce D Rogers [ 5 “ 5 ^] \_Felative to dead Body founds M* Crocker The Bearer M* Chamberlain informs me, that the Body of poor John Presson drowned this afternoon is just now taken up, and they are in quest of a Coroner to set upon him — I woud inform you, (if you are not already knowg to it) that you were appointed by the General Court at Exeter a Coroner for this County, and in Case you are willing to accept the Office, I am ready to administer the Oath — that you may do the Duty neces- sarily required & w*^'* please to let me know immediately — Yr hum Serv‘ J Hurd Haverhill 9^^ Aug®* 1776 M* Crocker returnd this Billet with an Answer, that he did not chuse to accept the Office, for he did not like our form of Govern* i8o EARLY TOWN PAPERS. To M*' And^ S : Crocker present pr AT Chamberlain CoT Hurd begs leave to recommend AT Simeon Gooding of Haverhill (in the room of And'^ S : Crocker) — for a Coroner — [5“53] \^Enoch Bartlefs Complahit ^ iy8o.'\ To the HonH® the Council And Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Court Assembled The Petition Alemorial And Address of Enoch Bartlet of Haverhill Humbly Shews. — That he A"our petitioner has lately Suffered Aluch injury by a Sort of Banditti who in Contempt of all laws did at Northum- berland in the County of Grafton in Said State in September last without Any colour of right commit a most horid ravage, by entering Upon his A^our petitioners Grist Alill And Saw Alill in Said Northumberland (lately erected or repaired at a great expence) And Cut and destroy’d the wheels Shafts &c And took Away all the Iron Work of Said Alills Alill Stones and other Gear And a Qiiantity of Boards and Carried them a Cross Con- necticut River into the State Called Vermont And improved them for other Alills — And have Since when demanded refused pay for the damages done — And that he having Apply’d to Gentlemen of the law in order to bring his Process Against the trespassers is informed by them, that Unless Some further pro- vision is Alade by the legislators of the State the good And wholesome laws of it Cannot be carried into execution — And As it has ever been esteem’d a great and most valuable part of our English liberties And Constitution founded on Alagna Charta — That Justice and right Should Not be delay’d or denied to Any Alan — And as the Suppression of laws And good Order in a State is Attended with Anarchy And the most fatal Conse- quences — He therefore humbly prays that you As the guardians of the just rights of the people And as legislators of the State will make provisions for the due And just Administration of Justice by law in every part of it — And your petitioner is humbly of Opinion that if Such fla- grant Acts of injustice Are conniv’d at And Not prosecuted. Every ones property in that county will be in danger. And that if he Shall Again furnish Stones Iron truck &c And repair Said Alills for the benefit of the Inhabitants he cannot think they will be Secure Against Such Free Bootery — And your petitioner also further Says — That he has Suffered much at the town of Bath in s*^ County for that he could not enforce the Contract Against his Tenant who has improved his house And land there HAVERHILL. I8l for Some Years past — And for that on his Said Tenants leaving it without Notice, He by his attorney w^as obliged to let it on Very disadvantageous terms to procure one to enter immediate- ly, To prevent one who was going to enter And get Possession of it without leave And Further Says that he cannot Suppose that his affairs (tho not the most trivial) will alone put you Upon Acting on the affair ; But that a due consideration of the many Instances of Fraud, Injustice and oppression that prevails in that County Since the laws were Suppress’d — will influence You to Make the Necessary Provision Pray’d for And he As in duty bound Shall ever pray — Enoch Bartlet June 22** 1780 — [R.2-71] \Abstract froin the Petition of George Afoor^ Soi- dier^ [In a petition, dated Haverhill, June 6, 1783, George Moor stales that he leased a piece of land in Haverhill of Capt. Joseph White, of Newbury ; that said White left and joined the enemy in Canada, and thereby his property was confis- cated by the state. He wants the state to recognize his claim as lessee, and sell him the land for what it was worth when he took the lease. He further states, “ that upon the breaking out of the Troubles at Lexington he went down as a Volunteer and Engaged in the service for Eight Months, and afterwards engaged with Colo ; Bedel and went to Can- ada and was under the command of Gen* Sullivan upon the Retreat, and have since been in all the different calls for Men.’— Ed.] [R. 2-72] \_yokn Pre 7 ich^ Ar 7 norer^ Haverhill 21®* Nov*" 1780 — This may Certify that John French work** as an armour for the Troops Raised for the Defence of these frontiers by the state of New Hampshire three months in the year 1780 — Benj®' Whetcomb Major Com^* [John French, of Haverhill, petitioned November 7, 1783, for pay for said service, and was allowed “ three pounds over and above the pay he received as a soldier.” — Ed.] i 82 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [5-54] \_Moses Dow declines to accept an Election as a Member of the Coiigress of the U^iited States.^ Sir Haverhill Oct° 4^^ 17S4. Having lately received from your Secretary a copy of the vote of the Gen* Court, appointing the Hon’ble Abiel Foster, Jon*^ Blanchard & John Langdon Esquires, with myself delegates to represent this State in the Congress of the United States, the ensuing year. I take this opportunity to make my sincere and hearty thanks, to your Excellency & the Court for the hon- or done me in this appointment. I feel the most agreeable sensations, when I find, that I pos- sess so much of the confidence of my fellow-citizens, as leads them to such an election and as I have always made it my prin- cipal design, uprightly to endeavor the promotion of the public good, my ambition is highly gratified, while I thus experience the public approbation. I acknowledge the appointment, to be honorable, & very respectable, and conceive, the tour & employment would be exceeding pleasant and agreeable — and that all the unhappiness I should find in the pursuit, would arise from a consciousness of my inability to render that service to the State, my inclina- tion would dictate. As I have had no apprehension, but some two of the three worthy Gentlemen, at the same time elected, who are experi- enced, & much better qualified for the purpose, at this impor- tant and critical juncture, when matters of the last Consequence are before Congress, which require the greatest wisdom & per- severance, would have undertaken the representation of the State, I have intirely neglected every necessary preparation. The present infirm state of my health, the real conviction of my inequality to the business of the mission, and many other circumstances, unnecessary to be mentioned, render it extreme- ly difficult, or rather impossible for me to engage in a trust so arduous & interesting ; And I doubt not but the candor of your Excellency, and of the worthy members of the General Court, will readily apologize for, and excuse me, while I say that I cannot conceive it to be my duty, or by any means, see my way clear, at this time, to undertake an appointment of such weight & importance With the highest sentiments of esteem, I have the honor, to subscribe myself, your Excellency’s most obedient & most humble Servant Moses Dow His Excellency Meshech Weare Esquire President of the State of New Hampshire. HAVERHILL. 183 [It is difficult in these times to believe that any man would decline to accept an election as member of the Unit- ed States Congress, on the plea of a lack of ability to fill the position. — Ed.] [5-55] [ Vote of Town relative to Paper Money ^ iy 86 .^ At a Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Ha- verhill the Eleventh Day of December 1786, Voted Unani- mously, that a Paper Currency be Emitted on the following plan — Viz That One Hundred Thousand pounds be Emitted, — Twenty Thousand pounds to be in Suitable bills to defray the Charges of Government & to Exchange for such publick securities as may be ottered at their current Exchange, which is to be Asser- tain’d, and to carry no Interest but to be receivable in Taxes & all demands of Governm^ and a tender in all cases equal to silver and Gold & to be called in by Taxes Annually — The res- idue to be made in different Bills Expressing their import & to be Loaned to individuals at five per cent on landed Security of double the value & to be paid into the Treasury at proper times which shall carry an Iijterest of Two & half per cent, & so re- ceivable in all Demands of Government and a Tender in all ■cases as above — with the Interest due on said bills at the time of Pa3mient — A true Coppy Attest Andrew S. Crocker Town Clerk [For action of the legislature on the matter, see Vol. XI, p. 130 .— Ed.] ,[5“5d] {^Selectmen’s Protest to the grant of a Ferry to Ezekiel Ladd.~\ To the Hon’ble the Senate & the Hon’ble House of Represent- atives of the State of New Hampshire in General Court to be convened at Exeter on the fourth Wednesday of Decem- ber 17S8 Humbly shew the Subscribers Selectmen of Haverhill, in behalf of said Town that they have been honored with the copy of the petition of Ezekiel Ladd Esq*' for the grant of ferry in this Town & the order of Court thereon & beg leave to object to granting that privilege to an individual, when very many of the inhabitants of this town have equal pretensions to it — This 184 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. town was a frontier during the late war & much exposed to & harrassed by the enemy — whereby they were obliged to expend great sums of money, as well as time & labor, for their own safety as well as for the public good, for a great part of which they have hitherto laid no claim for reward or compensation — That the grant of all privileges of ferries in this Town, not alreadv made, would be considered bv the inhabitants as some compensation for said services & sufferings Wherefore your petitioners, in behalf & at the direction of said town pray your Honors that all the privileges & emolu- ments of ferries across Connecticut river against said town, not already chartered, may be granted & secured to & for the bene- fit of the Inhabitants of said Town & their successors forever And your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c Charles Johnston Andrew S Crocker Joseph Hutchins Nat*^^ Merill Selectmen ^ of Haverhill J [ 5 - 57 ] S^P^titio 7 i for a 7 t Act of Incorporatio 7 i for the Acad- emy, 1793 To the Honorable the Senate, and House of Representatives of the State of Xew Hampshire ; In General Court to be Convened at Exeter on the Twenty-fifth day of December 1793— Humblv shew the Subscribers, that thev have latelv Erected and finished a lar^e and Commodious Building for an Accad- o o emy In the Southwardly part of the Town of Haverhill, and have emploved a Gentleman of Liberal Education every way eminently qualifved for a Preceptor of an Accademy at their own Expence ; and about thirty Pupils are already admitted there for Education, In the Usefull arts and Sciences ; and the prospect is very flattering to be of great ETility to the Publick and especiallv to the rising Generation ; and the undertakers are determined to spare no pains to make it answer every pur- pose that can accompany such an Institution — Wherefore they pray your Honors ; to grant them an Incor- poration, to enable them with more propriety and Efficacy to pursue their Object, and render Service to the Publick — And your Petitioners as In duty bound shall ever pray — Dated at Haverhill Dec’’ 1793 Charles Johnston Sam' Brooks Michael Johnston Amos Fisk Asa Boynton Jonn Page Israel Swan Joshua Young bloody Bedel Joseph Bliss 3 kIoor Russell Chrisp B Noyes HAVERHILL. i85 Managers (viz) Charles Johnston Joseph Bliss John Page Esq*' Samuel Brooks Moses Dow Esq*" [The petition was granted Jan. 14, 1794 . — Ed.] [5-58] \_Subscriptions towai'ds building a Bridge over Con- necticut River ^ //p^.] Whereas Benjamin Chamberlin of Newbury proposes build- ing a bridge over Connecticut River betwixt Haverhill & s*^ New- bury at or near the place where he & his fathers have kept a ferry for more than thirty years, that is from the beginning of the first settlements in said Towns to the present time — -which is upon the nearest — best & oldest road for passing said river from the State of New Hampshire into the State of Vermont & to the northerly & north westerly settlements therein & to Canada — And has petitioned the General Court of the State of New Hampshire to grant him the privilege of building & tend- ing a bridge at said place for reasonable toll And whereas we the subscribers are of opinion that this is the best & easiest place of any betwixt said Towns to build a bridge & the place where it is most likely for a bridge to stand — & best situated to serve the public — Therefore We are desirous of becoming adventurers & un- dertakers in promoting a plan so beneficial to the public good & as we conceive, advantagious to our own interest And do hereby agree & promise severally to advance & pay towards building a bridge at the place aforesaid the sums annexed to our respective names — upon condition that the said Chamber- lin shall obtain such grant, & of our receiving our several pro- portions of the profits arising therefrom, agreeably to the sums by us respectively subscribed — Witness our hands — Dec*" 30^^ 1794 — Moses Dow four hundred dollars Tho® Johnson three hundred dollars Ezekiel Ladd 100 dollars Josiah Little 100 dollars Nath' Chamberlin 100 dollars Benjamin Chamberlin 100 dollars John Montgomery 100 dollars Samuel Ladd — 50 dollars Stephen Couch — 40 d° Martin Phelps — 20 d° i86 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Joseph Pearson — 20 d° Joseph Ladd — 20 d® Ezekiel Ladd jun’’ — 20 d® N. B. There is one more subscription paper in Newbury which could not be procured, on account of the river being impassable at this time — which may contain as large a sum as this, tho not known — Copy per Moses Dow [5-59] [u 4 sa Porter for a Ferry^^ Province of New Hampshire — To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq*" Governor & Com^ in Chief of s*^ Province in Council — The Petition of Asa Porter of Haverhill in the County of Rockingham Esq*" humbly sheweth — That in behalf of the Towns of Haverhill & Newbury on Connecticut River He would represent the Necessity of an es- tablish*^ Ferry over s*^ River to be kept at a convenient Place near the Center of the afors^ Towns to accommodate the In- habitants and many Others that occasionally travel that way, which He the s^ Porter would willingly undertake to do having a large Boat well suited to the Purpose, Therefore prays your Excellency would be pleas^ to favour Him with a Grant of such a Ferry to be established at certain Rates & with a Privi- lege including s*^ River within the Compass of five Miles from the Place where s*^ Ferry shall be kept, or otherwise under such Limits & Directions as to your Excellency may seem meet — And your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever pray — Asa Porter [5-60] \^yoJm Hurd relative to Roads^ Province of New Hampshire To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq’' Captain General, Governor & Commander in Chief — The Honble His Majes- ty’s Council, and The Honble House of Representatives in in General Assembly convened — The Memorial of John Hurd of Haverhill in the County of Grafton Esq’' humbly Sheweth — That the late Act of the Gen- eral Assembly made for the purpose of opening a Road thro’ the new settling Towns Westward, to Haverhill, or Coho’os, HAVERHILL. 187 on Connecticut River, being expired — but a considerable part of the said Road remaining yet unfinish’d, and that thro’ the most ditficult & mountainous Tracts of the Country to the great Detriment & Discouragement of the New Settlers ; as the Transportation of all Their necessary Stores thro’ this Road in its present Situation is not only very expensive but dangerous for Man & Beast, being miry, rooty, rocky, & narrow with bad pitches in many places — And whenever it may be necessary for the Honble Judges of the Superior Court to attend their Busi- ness at H averhill, unless something is speedily done upon the Road, will render their Journey very tedious & hazardous — • But as the Expence of immediately making the said Road good, & safely passable, will be a peculiar Hardship on those partic- ular Towns lying on the Highth of Land in their now infant State, without the public Aid, tho’ if once completed would be greatly advantageous not only to the Upper Settlements, but to this lower part of the province to w*^'' all their spare produce may then with Ease be conveyed — Your Memorialist humbly prays in behalf of all the Settlers on that part of Connecticut River, & the Towns adiacent — Your Excellency & Honors woLid take this Matter into Consideration — that the aforesaid Act may be revivd with the addition of a New Committee to prosecute the Business, and such Alteration or Amendment & such public Assistance as to your Wisdom may seem meet. And Your Memorialist as in Duty bound will ever pray &c. &c. John Hurd Portsmouth 26^^ May 1774 — \_Representation of Services dojie by the Town during" the War, and its Prese?tt Condition, iyg8.~\ To the Hon’ble Senate & Hon’ble House of Representatives in General Court now convened at Concord Humbly shew the Subscribers That in the year James Bayley, Ephraim Wesson, Charles Johnston, Joseph Hutchins Joshua Howard & Simeon Goodwin, were appointed a Committee of safety for the Town of Haverhill, — In which year, this western frontier, was much exposed to & in eminent danger of being ravaged, by the ene- mies from Canada — Insomuch that many of the inhabitants of this town removed, to more safe & central parts of the State — Those that stood by the shipp spent a great part of their time, & considerable part of their property in building forts, that is i88 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. four large ones in this town, supporting & paying guards, & scouting parties, in order to keep up a frontier at this place — That we were very poorly supplied with arms & many poor persons, tho perhaps the best soldiers, were intirely destitute — We considered the cause as common to the whole Country, & greatly interesting to all, & were zealous to do everything in our power to contribute to the salvation of the Community — Thus circumstanced, and disposed, we in our said capacity, employed ISIajor Jonathan Hale, then a reputable citizen of said Haverhill, & in behalf of said Town — to make a tour to Exe- ter, where the Convention or supreme Government of the State or Colony were then in Session, and make application for pro- tection or means, to help us to defend ourselves, & contribute our mite in holding this frontier & aid in the protection of the State — Maj*' Hale failed in procuring the arms of the State as we wished & expected — Yet the government, advanced to him two hundred pounds of the then paper money, out of the treas- ury, to procure arms for the common defence Accordingly Major Hale after receiving said money traversed the sea coasts as far as Salem, & round the adjacent parts of the Country — & purchased up at very exorbitant prices, tho doubt- less to the best advantage that the time & circumstances would admit. Guns & parts of Guns — such as, barrels, locks & stocks, in detached parts — & brought to Haverhill & delivered them to said Committee — & said Committee, gave said Hale their obli- gation for said Guns &c & for his cost in going to Exeter — get- ting said money, purchasing said Arms & transporting them here. The Committee, disposed of said Guns, to poor persons who were not able to pay for them,' but vet perhaps the best sol- diers, for no more than the first costs paid by said Hale. & took their obligations — Manv of which obligations if ever paid, were not paid till money had depreciated, to ten, twenty & perhaps forty for one — That two of said Committee viz Bayley & Wesson are removed, at a distance out of this State & the burden may fall upon the residue, the obligation being out lawed in Vermont Your petitioners would further suggest, that they are inform- ed, that sundry towns, who were favoured with money out of the treasury about the same time have been considerably fav- oured, by the State in the settlements thereof — That they have applied to & petitioned the States Committee for abatements in a settlement thereof but said Committee, not feeling themselves authorz*^ for that purpose recommended, pe- titioning this honourable body — We therefore, pray this Hon’- ble Court to take our case under their candid consideration & grant us such abatement, or deductions, in our settlement with HENNIKER. 189 said Hale or his settlement with the State, which will dispose him to settle with us in the same proportion, as reason & justice under our peculiar situation & circumstances, in your Honors wisdom, prudence & benevolence may seem reasonable & just — And vour petitioners as in duty bound pray &c Haverhill Nov*' 22^ 1798 [5-63] [This document is a plan of Connecticut river, and the ferries of Johnson and Porter. — Ed.] Charles Johnston Joseph Hutchins Simeon Goodwin Joshua Howard HENNIKER. This township was granted by the government of Massa- chusetts in December, 1735, but the grant was not located and confirmed until 1737. It was called No. 6 in the line of towns, and sometimes New Marlborough, many of the grantees living in Marlborough, Mass. On a settlement of the state boundaries in 1741, the township proving to be in New Hampshire, and within the limits of the Masonian Proprietors’ Purchase, was granted by them July 16, 1752, to Andrew Todd and others, mostly Londonderry men. It was incorporated November 9, 1768, and named by Governor Wentworth in honor of John Hen- niker, of London, Eng. The township was granted six miles square, and I believe no territory has been severed from it or added to it since. [5-65] \_Petition of the Inhabitants to have the Town incor- porated^ iy 68 I\ To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq' Captain General Gov- ernour and Commander in chief, in and over his Majesty’s Province of New-Hampshire, in New-England ; And To his Majesty’s Council in the Province aforesaid — EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 190 The Petition of the Inhabitants of the Place called Num- ber Six of the Line of Towns ; or New Marlborough, in the Province aforesaid, humbly sheweth. That whereas your humble Petitioners, whose Names are hereunto subscribed, find our selves under great Inconvenien- cies & Difficulties for want of the Powers and Privileges which incorporate Towns in this Province enjoy : And We, your humble Petitioners humbly pray your Excellency & your Hon- ours to take our Case into your wise & compassionate Consid- eration ; and if you think it proper & necessary, you would in- corporate into a Town, indued with the Powers & Privileges of other Towns in the Province, that Tract of Land, which is the sixth in Number of the Line of Towns which was first laid out by Order of the General Court of the Province of the Massachu- setts-Bay. & granted to some of the Inhabitants of Marlborough in said Province : and was since granted by the Masonian Pro- prietors to some of the Inhabitants of Londonderry, in this Province of New-Hampshire, (Said Tract of Land lies between Hopkinton & Hillsborough,) We your humble Petitioners hum- bly pray that your Excellency & your Honours would incor- porate the said Tract of Land, with the Inhabitants, present & future, their Polls & Estates, into a Town, included within the same Bounds and Limits wherein it was included when it was first granted by the General Court of the Massachusetts Prov- ince : and when it was granted by the Masonian Proprietors (not infringing, or hurting any private Property) : And that your Excellency, & your Honours will be pleased to appoint, & impower, M^ Eliakim How, M*' Ebenezer Hawthorn, and m' Jonas Bowman ; (now Inhabitants of said Tract of Land ;) or any others whom your Excellency & your Honours shall think proper, as a Committee to call the first Meeting of the Free- holders, & Inhabitants in said Town. For which Goodness, your humble Petitioners, for your Ex- cellency & your Honours, as in Duty bound, shall ever pray — Dated at N° 6, or New-Marlborough, aforesaid, the fourteenth Day of March, 1768. William Eastman Jephthah Tyler Jacob Whitcomb Hezekiah Newton Amos Goold Thomas Pope Jesse Ross william Peters Ezekiel Smith Ezekiel Stone David Willson Adonjiah Tyler Eliakim How Jonas Bowman David Pope William Presbury David m'^Killips Jo.seph Williams Ebenezer Hawthorn Silas Barns Josiah Ward James Joslin William Powers Timothy Ross Joshua Tyler John Johnson HENNIKER. I9I [In answer to the foregoing petition the town was incor- porated by the governor and council November 9, 1768, and named Henniker by the governor. — Ed.] [R. 2-73] \_Heturn of Men I'aised for the Army^ Henniker Sep* y* 20 : 1776 Col® Stickney S'" In obedience to your orders I have mustered my Com- pany and Raised five men for this Expedition their Names are as follows Samuel Smith Nahum Newton Joshua Whitney Joseph Patterson Isaac Patterson this from your obedient Servant Aaron Adams Capt [R. 2-74] To Col® Thomas Stickney S^ the Following is a list of men Raised by the Town of Hen- nicar for three years agreeable to your order Jesse Campbel HennicaiA Daniel Squire Hennicar > Cap* Cloys Company James Peters d® J Joseph Marsh Hennicar Cap* Frys Company Benj Adrews Hillsborough Cap* Adams Company Jonas Bowman Cap* [R- 2-75] A True State of the Seventh Company and Thirteenth Rig* of Foot Commanded By Cap* Jonas Bowman Training Band No 75 Laram Men No 25 totel 100 Henniker March 19**^ i 777 * EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 192 [R. 2-76] \_Roll of Capt. Aaron Adamses Company^ ipj 6 J\ A list of Cap* Adams’s train^' Soldiers Sarg* Benj®^ Clark Corp* Joshua Heath Sarg* Jon'^ Basford Corp* Samuel Steel Sarg* Phinehas Ward Corp* Tho® Townsend Sarg* Joseph Paterson Corp* James Stone Fifer Joseph Williams Drum^ Josiah Paterson Jonas Alexander William Chambers William Clark James Durston Samuel Frisel Noah Gile Otis How Thomas Howlet James Joslin John M'^Duffee Hezekiah Newton Moses Powell Jonathan Ross Ezekiel Smith Ezekiel Stone Charles Whitcomb Alexander Whitney Jabez Alexander Eliphalet Colbey Solomon Childs Jon'^ Eastman Isaac Gates Joshua Heath William Heath Sargent Heath Joseph Lewis Nathaniel Merril Nahum Newton Isaac Paterson Lemuel Ross Moses Smith Benoni Tucker Ruben Whitcomb Samuel Wadsw^orth Abiather Bowman Benj^ Currier Robert Campbel Aaron Eastman Timoth}'^ Gibson Moses Huse John Harthorn Joshua Kimball Ephraim Morrel Samuel Morrison David Pope Jesse Ross Daniel Rice Samuel Smith Jacob Whitcomb Josiah Whitridge we have 10 men gone in the Army mager Chandler S% in obedience to your orders I have warn’d my Company to Apear on ye 21 Instant to view the Cit- uation of the Company, but the more part did not Apear but Acording to the Best Acompt that I can give Above half have No arms Aaron Adams Cap* Henniker May the 21®* 177^ A Larm list for said Henniker Ecclesiastical Clark Jacob Rice Cap* Eliakim How Ens” William Heath Esquire Joseph Kimball Leut Jonas Bowman Cap* Josiah Ward Coroner Samuel Kimball Thomas Stone John Putney Alexander Paterson Uriah Amesden Timothy Ross Thomas Pope Stephen Spaldwin Francis Withington James Peters Elijah Rice John Eastman Dea Eben’’ Harthan HENNIKER. 193 [R. 2-77] \_yoseph Patterson^ wounded Soldier. In the House of Representatives Nov*' 13*^ i 77 ^' The Committee on the Petitions &c of wounded soldiers &c reported their opinion that Joseph Paterson, a soldier in Cap^ Emery’s Company in CoP Baldwin’s Regiment who was wound- ed at White plains and lost sundry articles to the amount of five pounds fourteen shillings be allowed & paid the said sum of five pounds fourteen shillings, which is submitted — signed Niclfi Gilman for the committee [The said amount was allowed and paid. It has been handed down in the family that Joseph Patterson was on guard at the time of attack by the British troops at White Plains, October 28, 1776. He fired an alarm, and was im- mediately shot, the ball entering back of the ear, and pass- ing out through the cheek. He fell, and was for some time unconscious, but reviving he found the enemy passing over him. Watching his opportunity, he rolled under a log, and re- mained apparently dead till all was quiet. He then succeed- ed in getting to a house, in an exhausted condition, found the woman friendly to the cause of the colonies, and was cared for by her for some weeks. When sufficiently recovered, he gave the woman all the money he had, and started on foot for New Hampshire. He had received an overcoat from home just before the battle, and attempted to take that with him ; but one day, while attempting to ford a rapid stream, the coat became saturated with water, and being too weak to stem the current with it on, he was obliged to take it off and let it drift. He reached home, and lived to tell the tale to his grandchildren, to one of whom, Hon. James W. Pat- terson, I am indebted for the foregoing. — Ed.] [R. 2-78] ]^Abraham Khnball., wounded Soldier. [In H. of Rep., November 14, 1778, Abraham Kimball, a soldier in Cap* Baileys Company CoP Stickney’s Regi- ment & General Starks Brigade wounded in the Battle of Bennington i 6 th of August 1777” was allowed £^ 2 ^, 14, 6 for his doctor’s bills, nursing, etc. It was also voted that he was entitled to half pay for two years, from September 18, 1777. Council concurred. — Ed.] 15 194 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [R. 2-79] . [^Soldier's Order ^ ^ 779 -^ Henniker Sepf 13*^ 17S4 Gilman S’’ Be Pleased to Pay to Robert Wallace or Bearer all My Wages Travel Money Deficiency in Cloathing, and all that is due to me for my Serving in the Continental Army one year in Co” Reeds Reg‘ in Cap* Rowels Company which time Began July 1779 and this Shall Be your Discharge : and you will Much [oblige] Witness Present your Humble Serv* Wi*” Wallace Simeon pope William Partrick [5-66] \_Petition for the Appointment of a Committee to lo- cate a Meeting- House^ To the Honourable Senate and House of Representative of the State of newhampshire now Seting at Exeter in Said State — we the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Henniker Humbly Sheweth whereas we are about Building a Meeting house in Said Town and are So unhappy as not to agree upon the Spot where to Set Said house although we have had Two Commitee to Perfix the Place for Said house and they reported to Two Different Places and the Distance Between the Two Spots is about one hundred and forty rods where four we Pray your honnours to appoint a Disinterested Commetee from the Neighbouring Towns Consisting of three men to View the Sit- uation of the Place and hear the Pleas and Determin the Spot where Said house Shall Be Set and we your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Henniker September y ii**’ 1786 Jonas Bowman James Wallace Joshua Heath Nathan Putney Michael Archer Thomas poop David M'^Killips William Sargent Joseph Chadwick Francis Withington Joshua Wright John Campbel Jesse Campbell Thomas willson Johnthing Connor David poop Isaac Putney Stephen Spelgren Samuel Estman Oliver Noyes David Clough John Chadwick Elias Withington Samuel Morison David Morrell Benjamin Currier William Wallace Abiathar Bowman John Smith John Putney Bengben Clogh Joseph Lewis John Withington Samuel Barr David Chadwick Simion Pope William Morison Thomas Stuart Benjamin Hoyt HILL. 195 John Campbell Jun^ William Patrick Thos Townsend Semieon Simonds George Hoyt John Smith Jun Moses Hoyt Phinehas ward Thomas Howlett Timothy Ross Samuel Dunalls Josiah ward Joseph ward Alexander parker Nahum Nuton Benjamin Clark Jos Marsh Oliver Clough Jonathan Ross Jesse Ward Mather withington [In H. of Rep., September 13, 1786, a committee was appointed, consisting of the following men : Major Isaac Chandler of Hopkinton, Ninian Aiken, Esq., of Deering, and Samuel Caldwell of Weare. Their report has not been found. — Ed.] The township was granted by the Masonian Proprietors, September 14, 1753, to eighty-seven proprietors, mostly Chester men, and went by the name of New Chester until January 14, 1837. In 1768, settlements were made by Capt. Cutting Favour and Carr Huse. The latter was town-clerk for thirty-three years, and held other offices. Several other families from Chester settled the same year. The town was incorporated November 20, 1778, in answer to a petition from the inhabitants, and named New Chester at their request. The town being about nineteen miles long, and in one place not more than one mile wide, made it very inconven- ient, and it was divided February 12, 1788, the north part being incorporated into the town of Bridgewater. In answer to a petition from the selectmen, an act was passed by the legislature, June ii, 1808, appointing William Webster, Bradstreet Moody, and Enoch Colby “to deter- mine the jurisdictional lines between the Towns of New Chester, Alexandria, and Danbury,” and report to the legis- lature. By an act approved June 24, 1819, all that part of the town “which lies northerly of Smith’s river” was, with a portion of Bridgewater, incorporated into a town by the name of Bristol. HILL. 196 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. December 21, 1820, the town was enlarged by the annex- ation of a portion of Alexandria ; and by an act approved December 21, 1832, a tract of land was severed from New Chester, and annexed to Wilmot. The name of the town was changed, January 14, 1837, to Hill, in honor of the Hon. Isaac Hill, who was at that time governor of the state. The town lost another portion of territory June 26, 1858, when certain lots of land were severed, and annexed to Dan- bury. The town was in Grafton county until July i, 1868, at which time it was annexed to the county of Merrimack. [5-67] \_Petition to be Incorporated into two Towns ^ zy/d.] To The Honourable Council and House of Representatives of The Colony of Newhampshire The Humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the Township of New Chester Wee the Inhabitants of N. Chester Do Labour under many Grievances and disadvantages for want of an In Corporation whereby wee might have officers Endowed with Power and Authority as other Towns in this Colony Do En- joy We therefore Humbly Pray your Honours to Grant us a Charter of In Corporation — Investing us with the Powers Priv- iledges and Authorities as other Towns within this Colony have it is the Desire of your Humble Petitioners that the Township may Be In Corporated into two Distinct Towns if your Honours Please, By Reason of the Township Being Very Long, which will abundantly Best Accomodate the Inhabitants of Town Ship, it is Desired that Towns may Be Divided at New Found River So Called Allowing the upper Town to InClude the priviledges for mills upon S*^ River within the Limits of S*^ Town, and your Humble Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray N. ChesP Decemb’’ 24 ^^ i77^ Jonathan Crawford Josah heath Thos Crawford Juffi John Clark Cutting favour Jonathan Ingalls Joseph Sanborn Jacob wells Robert Crawford Nason Cass John Mitchell gideon Sleeper Reuben Wells John Smith Nathaniel Sanborn John Bussell Benj M'^Allester Rob*^ Forsith Beniemin Emery Carr Huse David Emerson Joshua Tolford Tilton Bennet HILL. 197 [5-6S] \^Arms and Afnmunition asked for^ 777^5.] New Chester June y® ^ 77 ^ To the Honourable Colony Committe We the Subscribers being A Majority of the Select Men and Comittee of Safety for the Township of New Chester being willing to Defend ourselves and fellow Country men to the Utmost of our Power — But finding our Selves Destitute in A Gret Measure of Arms and Amunition Humbly beg You would use your Interest to procure About 56^^® of Powder and 112^^® of Lead & about 150 Flints and Fifteen Guns which we Bind our Selves to the Honest payment of as Witness our hands Abner fellows Joshua Tolford Thos. Crawford Jonathan Ingalls Cutting favour for Committee Ebene’’ Ingalls Select Men Beniamin Emons Eor Carr Huse 1 New Chester [S“^ 9 ] S^Petition to be Incorporated^ To the General Court of the State of Newhampshire — The Humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the Township of New Chester. Wee the Inhabitants of S*^ Township Do La- bour under Many Grievances and Disadvantages for Want of an Incorporation whereby wee might have officers indowed with Power and authority and that wee might Lay out our highways So that wee Might make and Repair them So that travilers might Safely travel, or pass through the Town Ship Saifly for want of which wee are Sensible Some of your Hon- ours are Sensible of and many more Difficulties which wee Labour under, we therefore Humbly Pray your Honours to Grant us a Charter of Incorporation Investing us with the Powders Priviledges and authorities as other Towns within this State Do Injoy, and your Humble Petitioners as in Duety Bound Shall Ever Pray New Chester October 15*^ 1778 It is Desir^ that the Town May Be Incorporated By the name of New Chester Carr Huse Jacob wells Tilton Bennet Cutting favour Abner fellows John Emery 198 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Chase fuller Jonathan Crawford thomas Lock moses Worthan Gideon Sleeper John Bussell Beniamin Emons Eben’’ Ingalls Simeon Cross Jesiah heath Samuel worthen Jonathan Ingalls Theophilus Sanborn Peter Sleeper John Cleaveland John Kidder Nathaniel Sanborn [In answer to the foregoing, the town was incorporated by the legislature Nov. 20, 1778 . — Ed.] [R. 2-80] [ Certificate of Soldiers exempt from Poll- PaxC^ Whereas wee have Received a Vote of the Congress which hath excused all non Commissioned officers and Soldiers who served in the Continental Army and shall enlist there for the year Coming from paying any poll Tax, and an account being exhibited under oath by the Select men of the number of such Soldiers in their Respective Towns and the amount of their poll Tax to the Colony Treasurer, in obedience thereto we have Return‘d their names and the amount of their poll Tax. £. s. d. q. Nathaniel Bartlett O-2-4-3 John Crawford O-2-4-3 Joseph Davis O-2-4-3 Totals T 1 1 0 Carr Huse ) Select men Rob‘ forsith j for N. Chester [R. 2-81] \_The Deposition of Capt. Edijoard Everett. I Edward Everett of Rumney in the County of Grafton and State of Newhampshire Gentleman Testifyeth and saith that Some Time in the Fall of the year 177b that I heard David Emerson of New Chester agree with a man at Mount Independ- ent for to serve in the Continental Servis during the war for twenty dollars and also Saw the man Sign a Receipt and gave to David Emerson which Receipt I witnessed with my own hand but as it has been some time since I have forgot the Mans name but should know the Receipt if I could See it & further saith not Edward Everett [Sworn to Oct. 13, 1781, before Carr Huse. — Ed.] HILL. 199 1^5-yo] [^David Emerson recommended for Coroner^ 1^82. ~\ To the Honourable General Assembly of the State of New- hampshire now Setting at Concord in Said State — The Humble Petition of Us whose names are under written think it very necessary that there Should Be a Coroner in the Town of New Chester as the Town is almost twenty miles in Length as the Road Goes through the Town and as there has Been two men found dead within said town within Six years and no Coroner within twenty five miles of them wee Recom- mend to your Honours David Emerson Esq*" of New Chester to Be a Suitable Man as he has been a Coroner Some years agoe wee pray your honours would Commission him therefor and your Petitioners as in Duety Bound Shall Ever Pray. New Chester Sepi Eph"' Webster Peter Sleeper John Cleaveland Eben®*' Ingalls David Stiles Emery Jacob pesLee Chase fuller John Sleeper thomas Rowell John Straw tember 10*^ 1782 Nathaniel Sanborn Sherburne Tilton Jonath Ingals thomas Lock Josiah Heath John heath Beniamin Emery Amos Steven tilton Benet his Josesh X Sanborn mark Gideon Sleeper Jonath Ingals Juner John Kidder Joseph Emons Wiliam Powell Oliver smith Blake Jacob wells William Benet [5-71] \_Return of Nu77iber of Ratable Polls^ State of New Hampshire New Chester December 12^^ 1783 A Return of the Number of Male Polls from Twenty one years of Age & upwards paying for themselves within the Town of New Chester, No 66 Carr Huse ) Select Men Peter Sleeper j For N. Chester Grafton ss Alexandria Dec*" 12^^ 1783 Then the above Named Carr Huse Esq*" and Peter Sleeper Select Men of New Chester Made Oath to the Truth of the above Return By them Sign‘d Before me — Joshua Tolford Jus* Peace 200 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [ 5 “ 7 ^] S^Defosition of Josef h Emmons^ I Joseph Emmons of Alexandria in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire, yeoman Testifyeth and Saith that sometime in the fall of the year 1776 soon after the orders came out at mount Independent for men to Inlist during the war I heard Joshua wilson say that he would Inlist and do a Turn for David Emerson of New Chester during the war for twenty dollars & the s*^ Emerson agreed with the s*^ wilson at mount Independent & the s*^ Emerson had a Receipt which he shew me that he said the s^ wilson gave him soon afterwards and further saith not alexandria October 15^^ 1781. Sworn to before Joseph Emons Carr Huse Just Peace. [5-73] S^Petition for Aiithority to Tax Non-Residents^ To His Excellency the President, and to the Honourable the Senate & House of Representatives in General Assembly Conven‘d at Concord Oct^ ^ 7^5 Wee the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of New Ches- ter Being Desireous of Promoteing the Publick Good and the Settlement of the western part of the State which at Present is a great part of it Uncultivated and as it is highly Necessary that good Roads Should Be Made and kept in Repair in order that People might pass and Repass From one part of the State to the other with as Little Trouble and Difficulty as possible, and the Town of New Chester is a very Long Town it is Between nineteen & twenty miles in Length as the Road goes Besides a very Bad Mountain which Must be Cros*^ and wee have Several Long Bridges Some of which wee have Been obliged to Build twice in a year By reason of Freshets, in Short wee have up- wards of Fifty Miles of Roads already in the town to maintain, & But Eighty Six polls in the town which makes it Such a Bur- den to us that wee are not able to Make our Roads Good with- out Some help therefore wee pray your Excellency and Hon- ours to grant the Town the Liberty to Tax the Lands of the Nonresidents Lying in the Town to the highways in Such a way and Manner as your Excellency & Honours in your wis- dom Shall think Best, and your Petitioners as in Duety Bound will Ever Pray New Chester SeptemU 1785 HILL. 201 Benj“ Boardman Joseph marshall Peter heath Simeon Cross Joseph sanborn Joseph Hoyt Winsor Goolden Michael Mosher Case fuller John Sleeper Carr Huse Tilton Bennet Josiah heath John Bussell Tho® Crawford Jonathan Crawford Peter sleeper Elias Bordman Seth Spencer David Craig Cutting favour David plum william murray John Cleaveland Thomas Lock Jacob Peaslee John tilton David Emerson EpD’^ Webster Jacob wells Reuben wells John Smith Abner fellows Sherburn Sanborn John Mitchel Josiah Brown Jr Alexander Craig Jonathan Merrill Nathan Colby Jacob Gurdy John Cleaveland Jun^ Daniel Heath Shurburn Tilton John willom Benet Nathaniel Sanborn Thomas Rowell thomas Wells Nason Cass Moses Sleeper Theophilus Sanborn [5-74] \_Petition for a Division of the Town^ //c?/.] State of New-Hampshire To the Honourable Sennate and House of Representatives of said State to be convened at Charlestown on the Second Wednesday of September AD. 1787 — The Petition of the inhabitants of New Chester in said State Humbly Sheweth, Wee your Petitioners Labouring under many Difficulties and Disadvantages in our present Circumstances by Reason of the Town Being Exceeding Long and in one place but a very little more than one mile wide, which makes it very Difficult for the Major part of the people to attend Publick Worship when wee have preaching in the Town, and like wise to Attend Town Meetings, as it is Commonly bad — traviling when wee have our Annual Meetings, the Town is more than Nineteen miles in Length. Wee your Humble Petitioners Earnestly Request that your Excellency and Honours would Divide the Town of New Chester into two Towns, and that it may be Divided at Newfound River So Called (Vz) Beginning at the mouth of Newfound River and running up said river untill it comes to Newfound pond, then running on the easterly Shore of said pond untill it comes to the Town line between New Chester and Plymouth, and your petitioners as in Duty Bound will ever Pray New Chester August ^ 7^7 202 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Carr Huse Reuben Wells John Bussell Nathan Colby Peter heath Jonathan Ingalls Jun Elias Boardman Jona*^ Ingals Joseph marshall Joseph Emons Moses Fellows Simeon Cross Daniel Heath James heath Jonathan heath David powell Alexander Craige Nathaniel Sanborn Eph™ Webster Cutting favour Michael Mosher Thomas Huse John fellows Jonathan Holt Josiah Brown Jonathan Carlton Ephraim Clark John Mitchel Junr Ziba Townsend Chase Fullar John Ladd Samuel Drew David Craig RoN Craige David Emerson Thomas Rowell Joseph Jonson Thomas Lock Samuel worthen Benj*^ Boardman John Mitchel Jacob Fellows Seth Spencer Isaac Senter Jonathan Crawford Beniamin Emons William Powell Josiah heath John heath James Craige [An act was passed Feb. 12, 1788, incorporating the north part into a town named Bridgewater, and authorizing Thomas Crawford to call the first meeting. — Ed.] [5-75] \_Petition for Authority to tax Non- Residents State of New Hampshire To the Honourable the Senate and House of Representatives convened at Portsmouth the Fourth Wednesday of Decem- ber AD 1789. The Petition of the inhabitants of the Town Ships of New Chester and Bridgwater in said State Humbly Sheweth that your Petitioners have been and Still are at great Cost to clear and Maintain Highways in Said Town Ships and by Reason of great Freshits have been obliged to alter Clear and Make new Roads in Many places and have built several large Bridges which are costly to Maintain which Makes the burden heavy upon us as our number of Rateable polls is but Small, therefore your petitioners humbly pray that your Honours would grant that all the lands in said Town Ships may be taxed one penny upon an Acre Public lots Excepted for three years next Ensuing for the purpose of Clearing and Repairing high ways in Said Town Ships and your Petitioners as in Duety Bound will Ever pray. New Chester December 16*^ 17S9 HILLSBOROUGH. 203 Theophilus Sanborn Reuben Wells Michael Mosher Jonathan Carlton Thomas Crawford Select Men For and in Behalf of Said Towns. [The authority asked for was granted Jan. 14, 1790. — Ed.] HILLSBOROUGH. The township was granted by the government of Massa- chusetts previous to the settlement of the province bound- aries in 1741, and settlements were made by James Mc- Calley, Samuel Gibson, and others, under this grant, but were broken up and deserted through fear of Indians. A settlement of the province boundaries decided the land to be in New Hampshire, and being within the limits of the Masonian Proprietors’ Purchase, it was granted by them to Col. John Hill, of Boston, and derives its name from him. Hill was one of the proprietors under the Massa- chusetts grant. The town was incorporated by the gov- ernor and council Nov. 14, 1772, to contain about six miles square of territory, and none has been added or severed since that I am aware of. Petition for incorporation may be found in Vol. IX, p. 380. Hon. Franklin Pierce, president of the United States from 1852 to 1856, was a native of this town, where he was born Nov. 23, 1804. He graduated at Bowdoin college, 1824, was a member of Congress two terms, from 1833 to 1837, when he was elected to the United State senate. \_Hillsborough Soldiers in Rhode Island Expeditions ^ 77 <^*] [Revolutionary Papers, p. 373. — Ed.] Hillsborough Agust 8 1778 By orders Esued from the Commitey of Safety of this State This May Sartify that we the Select men of Hillsborough have Dron out of Archrball Tagart hand Constabel for the year 1777 Eightty Pounds Lawfull money which we have Paid to the 204 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Volintears which Tornd out of this Town for the Experdishon to Proverdance or Rodisland Ten Pounds to John Graham io,o,o, Ten Pounds to Archibel Tagart io,o,o, Ten Pounds to Will*" Pope io,o,o, Ten Pounds to William Gammell, io,o,o, Ten Pounds to Alexinder m'^Clintock io,o,o, Ten Pounds to Daniel Gibson io,o,o, Ten Pounds to Samuel Preston io,o,o, Ten Pounds to Solomon Andrews io,o,o, Atest 80,0,0, Tim° Bradford | Samuel Bradford J Select men [R. 2-82] A List of Laram Men in JLills^. the R^ Jonathan Barns CajD* Joseph Symonds Lieu* Sam* Bradford Decon John Meed M*' Timothy Wilkins M*' Andrew bixbe M*" william Jones M*" George Booth M”" Will™ Hutcheson Cap* Sam* Bradford Leu* Daniel M^^Neal En® Timothy Bradford M*' Nathaniel Coledge M*" William Tagart M*" Joshua Estey M*" Thomas Murdough Joseph Clark Mens names Belonging to the training Band in the town of Hillsborough including under officers alexander MClintock John MClintock Jonathan Durant Daniel Gibson William Love Samuel Merdough Nathaniel Howard thomas Murdougfh Jun' John Gibson Lot Jenison Jonathan sargent william Symonds Benjman Ruff James Gibson Nehemiah wilkins Jedediah prston Benjman Lovjoy william Booth Joseph Gagart abel wilkins Jonathan Graham nathan Taylor Andrew Bixbe Ju’' Elias Cheney these five newly put into the List Llonored S*' among those of the above named we have about twenty Guns and sum of them not fit to go into the war, the best of our Guns are gone in the war either sold or our men HILLSBOROUGH. 205 with them. I should have sent your Honner a List before this time, but could not without sending on purpose S'" I am your Hon° most Hum^ Ser June the 3*^ i77^ Isaac Andrews To Honored CoL Stickney Living in Concord [R. 2-83] \_Return of a Soldier^ z/yp.] Hillsborough July 14^*^ ^779 Persuant to orders Rece*^ from your Hon. I have herewith ordered William Hutcheson to appear at Concord in order for passing muster — Beg the favor he may Return to Hillsb*^ a few days before he marches for Rhodisland — These from your HumL Se"^ Isaac Andrews Cap* To The Hon* Tho® Stickney Coll, at Concord in New Hamp- shire [R. 2-84] \^Bounties advanced by Towns^ 77^2.] In Committee on Claims, Exeter June 17, 1782. The Bounties and Supplies advanced by the Town of Tem- ple amount to Two Hundred & Fifty one pounds two shillings and ten pence — and the Bounties advanced by Hillsborough amount to Fifty Three Pounds eight shillings — and the Boun- ties & supplies advanced by Peterborough amount to Ninety six Pounds eight shillings and seven pence good money which sums have been deducted from the soldiers depreciation Ex'* Per Josiah Gilman Jun*' The Bounty advanced by Packersfield [Nelson] to Bunker Clark which was deducted from his depreciation amounts to Eighteen Pounds twelve shillings good money Ex'* Per Josiah Gilman JuiP [R. 2-85] \_Lieut. Samuel Bradford' s Petition^ [In a petition dated Jan. 2, 1781, Samuel Bradford states that he “engaged in the Service of the United States of America in Nov’^ I 77 ^ a Lieutenant in the Second New Hampsh*' Regiment and continued in said Service until the 206 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 13*^ of Sept^’ 1778.” Being sick at that time he received a furlough from Gen. Poor, and did not again enter the ser- vice. He was in Capt. Claye’s company in 1777. When the regiments were reorganized he was left out on account of his disability. — Ed.] [5-76] \_Petition for Authority to tax Non-Residents^ 77^0.] State of New Hampshire To the Honourable the Council and Assembly of State in general Court Conveaned May it Please your Honors we the Subscribers freeholders in the town of Hillsborough in S^ State Beg Leave to Petitions that whereas the Late John Hill Esq*" Boston who was Sole Proprietor in this town Did Before the Commencement of the present war Promies to give one hundred Acres of Land to- wards Buildings a Bridge over Connecticut River So Called in this town which Bridge we should have Built foore or five years a goe had it not Ben for this unhappy War but at Last we have Compleated s^ Bredg and the Shairs of the s*^ Jho“ Hill Es*" Have Ben Solisted to Make good there father Promies but refuses we therefore humbly petition that yoore Honnours would order a tax to be Leved on the Non Risidents Land ly- ing in town to dyfree the Chrges of building s'^ Bridge as we Labour under heavy Burdens in town and s*^ Bridge will be of grate Sarvis not ondly to this town but also to the Publick as s'^ Bridge cost us two thousand three hundred and three poond as Money was Last October and if yoore honours shall in yoore wisdom Se fit to grant this, our Petition we as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray Hillisborough the Eighth Day of May Anoq DoD 1780 Samuel Bradford jur w™ taggart Calven Stevens David wright Nathaniel Haywood James Dutton Benj*” Jones thadeus monroe John Mead Lot Jeneson Jesse Rolf Jonathen Durant Zebediah Johnson archibald taggart George Willy Isaac Andres Sam^ Jones Isaac Andrews Jun*" John Duton John Shed timothy Bradford Daneeil Rolf William Booth Andrew Wilkins Jacob flint Joseph taggart Samu* Bradford william Pope James Jones William Jones Benjamin Dutton Nemiah wilkins William Grout Smith Robertson Jonathan Sargant George Booth HILLSBOROUGH. 207 Joshua Easty James taggatnt Joseph Symonds Daniel Gibson John m^Calley Andrew Bixbe Alexander m^clintok Benjamin Kimball william taggart Jun’^ William Gammett Nathanell Colledge Samuel Symonds Robert Taggard tristram Cheney John Cheney William Hutchinson John Gibson John m‘^Clary W*" Jones Junr John m^^Clintok Fortunatus Wheeler [5-77] \_Relative to drawing Town Lots^ State of New Hampshire To the honorable the Council & House of Representatives now sitting at Portsmouth within & for the said state of New Hampshire Humbly Shew the Subscribers that at the time of settleing the Town of Hillsborough in the County of Hillsborough & State afores'^ many of your petitioners received Deeds from John Hill Late of Boston in the County of Suffolk & Commonwealth of Mass^ Esq'' Deces*^ of Lots of Land in the first Division in said Town & after settleing the Lots in the first Division, Drew by virtue of said Deeds which also conveyed them an undivided Share in the residue of said Town other Lots in the Second Division annexed to their first Number, & that those of your petition who did not purchase from said Hill purchased from others who held under him as afors'^ That on the Severance of the Second Division as afores*^ a plan was made of said Divi- sions, & Entries made by said Hill of the Numbers Drawn to each original Lot & the persons Interested Entered into the same have cultivated improved & they & those who purchased from them have held & possessed the same severally to this Day agreably to the Division plans & Drawing afores*^ that the said Hill at the time possessed himself of the plan & minutes afores'^ & held the same in his possession untill his Death & from his Decease the same have come to the hands & possession of his heirs & Executors who have Suppressed the Same & now claims the Lands against your petitioners who have nothing but oral Testimony to prove the Severance aforesaid or to Secure to them the fruits of their Labor for many years past expended upon their several possessions wherefore they most Humbly pray that on their producing to your honour clear and indis- putable proof of the facts aforesaid that your honors will by an Act Establish the aforesaid Severance & Secure to them their possessions or give them such other relief as to your honors in your great wisdom Shall appear Just & Equitable 208 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Robert m*=Cluer John M^'Calley John Gibson James m'^Calley Andrew Bixbe James Taggart William Pope [In H. of Rep., Feb. 17, 1785, the foregoing petition was granted. — Ed.] [5-7S] \_Relative to Date of Annual Meetings State of Newhampshire To the HoiP^® Senate and House of Representatives in General assembly Convened at Concord the third Wednesday of octob’’ Anno Domini 1785 The Petition of the select men & other inhabitance of the Town of Hillsborough in the County of Hillsboro^ and state of New Hampshire aforesaid — Humbly sheweth that our annual meeting being held on the Last thursday of march Discommods us sum Times it happens to be on the Last Day of march the Town officers not being sworn on that Day we are obliged to adiourn our annual meeting into april ; which is attended with much Difficulty on acc* of taking our invoice early in the month of april and by Reason of many Conveyances being made between the first Day of april and the time of taking the invoice it is Defec‘ matter to take the invoice so that Every person my have Justice. Your Petition therefore pray that our annual meeting may be held on the first monday of march annually for the future insted of the Last thursday and your petitioners as in Duty bound will ever pray &c — October 20*^ 17S5 Isaac Andrews | Select men John Dutton > of Wm. Taggartjuner j Hillsborough Jedidiah Preston William Taggart John mead David Wright William Booth Joseph Symonds Benjamin Dutton Jonathan Danforth Daniel Killam Paul Cooledge William Pai'ker Eliphalet Bradford Andrew Bixbe Jonathan Sargent Daniel Rolf Samuel Bradford David Marshall Benj*' Gould Ephraim Train William Jones Benj® Kimball John Hartwell Otis How Gorge Booth Joshoa Estey James Dutton Uriah Cooledge Samuel Danforth James mcCalley James Jones HILLSBOROUGH. 209 Elijah Beard William Little John Shed William Hutchinson Timothy Gray William Symonds Isaac Andrews Calvin Stevens John mcNeall Samuel Symonds Solomon Andrews Nath'^ Symonds Perkins Andrews Nehemiah Wilkins Moses Steel William Love John gibson [In H. of Rep., Oct. 31, 1785, the foregoing petition was granted. — Ed.] [ 5 “ 79 ] \_Return of Ratable Polls ^ State of New Hampshire — Hillsborough Decem*" the i 7^3 We find by Estimation Ninety Eight Male poles upwards of twenty one years of age paying Taxes in s*^ Town John Dutton ) Select Isaac Andrews Jun'' ) Men Hillsborough ss December the 16^^ ^ 7^3 Then the above Named John Dutton & Isaac Andrews Jun^ Each personally Appeared and made solemn oath they had taken the N° of the male poles in the above s*^ town Before Me Isaac Andr® Jus peace [5-81] [^Petition for Authority to tax Non-Residents^ 776*5.] To His Excellency the President of the State of New Hamp- shire the HoiP^® Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly Convened at Concord the third Wednes- day of October Anno Domini 1785 — The petition of the Select men & other Inhabitants of the Town of Hillsborough, in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire aforesaid Humbly sheweth that the Land in said Town is very rocky and that the Inhabitants have been at Great Expence, in mak- ing, mending and making passable the highways therein, and Also by means of a Number of Large bridges, which they were obliged to build, and Maintain over Contucook River, the Charges of said roads & bridges have become Excessively heavy and burdensome — Your Petitioners therefore pray that a tax of one penny per 16 210 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. acre may be Laid upon all the Lands in said Town to be appropriated for the sole purpose, of making repairing, and maintaining said roads and bridges, or that your Excellency and your honours would in your Great wisdom, be pleased to Grant them such other relief as you shall think fit and your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray &c. Isaac Andrews John Dutton W*" Taggart Juner October 20*^ 1785 Eliphalet Bradford Jonathan Danforth Daniel Killam Paul Cooledge David Wright Daniel Rolf Benj^^ Kimball Samuel Bradford David Marshall Jedidiah Preston Elijah Beard William Little John Shed William Hutchinson Timothy Gray William Symonds John Hartwell Benj^ gould Ephr™ Train Andrew Bixbe Gorge Booth Joshua Estey William Taggart James Dutton Uriah Cooledge William Jones Isaac Andrews Calvin Stevens John mcNeall Samuel Symonds Solomon Andrews NatU^ Symonds Select men of Hillsb*^ John mead Samuel Danforth James m'^Calley Otis How William Booth William Parker Joseph Symonds Benjamin Dutton Jonathan Sargent James Jones Perkins Andrews Nehemiah Wilkins Moses Steel William Love John gibson [In H. of Rep., Feb. 28, 1786, the foregoing petition was granted. — Ed.] [5-83] \_Relative to Robert Tinney^ Soldier. To the Hon^^® Sennate and hon'^^® house of Representatives in General Assembly Conveined for the State of New Hamp the 3*^ Wednesday of octo*' Instant at Concord in s*^ State The Petetion of the Select men of Hillsborough in the Coun- ty of Hillsborough and other of the Inhabitants of said Town Humbly shews — That the Select" for s'^ Town in the year 1781, by the names of Samuel Bradford and John M®Calley Signed a note of hand bearing date March y® 14^** 1781 thereby prom- ising to pay one John M®Clintock or order one hundred and ninety two Bushells of Good Merchantable Indian Corn or as much money as will purchase it, at or before the fourteenth day or March then next with Interest till paid &c — That the above HILLSBOROUGH. 21 1 note was Given to the Said M'^Clintock for the hire of a Certain Robert Tinney who the said ^VRClintock had procured to enlist into the Continatal Army said Year as a man for the said Town of Hillsborrough — That notwithstanding the Said Note was given to the s^ ]VTClintock as hire for said Soldier he the said Soldier immediately after his Muster Diserted and Never Joined the Army at all and your petitioners Vehemintly Suspect that this Disertion was advised and Countinanced by the s^ M^Clin- tock That the Town of Hillsborrough were so Well Satisfyed that the said ]\TClintock was not entitled by either Law or Equity to the corn or money promised by the s^ note that they universally discountinanced the paymint thereof and suffered a suit to be brought against the Signers of the said Note intend- ing to dispute the same before the Superior Court of this State but by the inattention of one of the Signers to the said Note when the tryal came on before the inferior Court for the County of Hillsborough which was held at Amherst the 4*^ day of Aug^ 1782 — a Default issued and Judgment Entered against the Per- sons who Signed the said note for the sum of 47,, 16,, 8*^ Dam- age and 3,, 13., 8*^ Cost of Court as appears of Record — Both which Sums has since been paid to the said John ]\PClintock by the said Town of Hillsborrough notwithstanding the s^ Tinney never Served in the Army one day in Consequence of this Hire — Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray that your Honers will Order the said M'^Clintock to return the said money he has received as afores*^ or Order a New Tryal in such a way and manner as the nature of the said Contract made with the s^ M^^Clintock may be enquired into by some Court proper to Try the same that Justice may be done in the premises — or in any way that shall Seem to your ExcelP and honers — and Your Petitioners as in Duty Bound shall ever pray &c Dated at Hillsbourough Octo^ 20*^ ^ 7^5 Isaac Andrews ^ John Dutton v Selectmen W™ Taggart June*” J Andrew Bixbe William Parker Samuel Danforth Nehemiah Wilkins W illiam Love John gibson Joseph Symonds Benj® Dutton Jonathan Sargent Otis How Benj* Kimball Daniel Killom John Shed Timothv Grav W^illiam Symonds Samuel Bradford David Marshall Gorge Booth David Wright Jonathan Danforth Calvin Stevens John m'^Neall Solomon Andrews Nath^^ Symonds James Dutton Uriah Cooledge William Booth 212 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Daniel Rolf William Taggart John mead James m'^Calley James Jones Perkins Andrews William Hutchins Joshua Estey Eliphalet Bradford Benj^ gould Paul Cooledge Elijah Beard William Little Samuel Symonds Jedidiah Preston John Hartwell Ephraim Train William Jones Isaac Andrews Moses Steel [5-84] [^Relative to Incorporating a Town Library^ 1797 •\ To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in general Court convened at Portsmouth November 1797 Humbly sheweth Benjamin Peirce Joseph Symonds Isaac Andrews Jonathan Barnes Calvin Stevens and others their Associates have purchased a number of books for the purpose of Establishing a Social Library in the Town of Hillsborough, but finding it necessary to be Incorporated in Order to realize the advantage Anticipated, by purchasing books in common, therefore pray that they may be Incorporated with such privi- ledges, as are usually granted in such cases and they as in duty bound will pray Benjamin Pierce* [The foregoing petition was granted Dec. 6, 1797. — Ed.] HINSDALE. Previous to the settlement of the divisional line between the provinces of New Hampshire and Massachusetts in 1741, a large portion of the territory now comprising this town and a portion of what is now Winchester belonged to Northfield, Mass. Settlements had been made here by authority of a grant from the government of that province, and a fort had been built by Col. Ebenezer Hindsdale on the east side of Connecticut river a little north of the old line of Northfield, as shown on an ancient plan which Js No. 842 in the volume from which the following papers are copied. Fort Dummer was situated on the west side of the [*Hon. Benjamin Pierce was born in Chelmsford, Mass., Dec. 25, 1757. He was a sol- dier in the Revolutionary war; sheriff from 1807 to 1814, and from 1819 to 1827 ; repre.sent- ative eleven years, and for six years a member of the council. He was elected governor of the state in 1827, and again in 1829. He was the father of Franklin Pierce, president of the United States from 1852 to 1856. He died April i, 1839 . — Ed.] HINSDALE. 213 river, a short distance above the mouth of Venters brook, and was built by Hon. William Dummer, Anthony Stod- dard, William Brattle, and John White, of Boston, who owned by purchase the tract of land west of the river known as the “ Equivalent Lands.” It was named for Mr. Dummer, as was also the town of Dummerston, Vt. The inhabitants and others petitioned the government of New Hampshire for a grant of the township, and were favored with one dated Sept. 3, 1753, which covered all the territory on the west side of Connecticut river now in the town of Vernon, Vt., in addition to what is now Hinsdale, except the north part east of the river, which was contained in the grant of Winchester, made July 2, 1753, and by which the north part of Winchester extended to Connecticut river. On the 26th of September of the same year. Gov. Went- worth, with advice of the council, decided and declared that the east line of Hinsdale, instead of running no further north than the old north line of Northfield, should run through to Chesterfield, thus taking a considerable portion of land that had been granted to Winchester, but leaving the latter a more compact township. The name of the town is derived from Col. Ebenezer Hindsdale and is so spelled in the charter, and in many other documents prior to 1800. So far as I have seen, the colonel always wrote his name as above, and it is so written in most of the original manuscripts of the documents pub- lished in Vol. IX. The petition for the charter may be found on page 382 of that volume. On the formation of the state of Vermont the town lost about one half its territory : with that exception I believe no change has been made in its boundaries since Sept. 26, 1753. [5“S5] [ Col. Josiah Willai'dl s Account fo 7 ' Supplies furnish- ed Soldiers., 7750.] Fort Dumer July y® 6**' 1750 John Gofte Esq*" Cap‘ W*” Shackford Richard Downing Jon® Tilton & ZacE Tole D’' to Col° Josiah Willard — To Pork a iH p*" a 4. 12. 7 To Beaf 13^^ a 9^ p*" a o. 9. 9 To Cheas 22'^^ a 9 p*" a o. 16. 6 To Bread 71^^^ a 6^^ p^ a i. 15. 6 To Beanes one Peek a o. 2. o 214 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. To Meal i Peek a To w Rum 6 galP a lo® gal a To Sug*" 2^^ a 1® : 6*^ p*" a Boarding 12 men 3 Days a 2® 6^ p*^ Day D° 9 men 1 Day a To Cash Paid Cap* Fairbanks moore Lieu* Volintine Butler Sl William Willard for Boating To Cash Paid David Farnsworth To Cash Paid James Johnson To Pastering 7 horses 14 Days a 6 ^ p’' Day o. I. 3 3. o. o 0. 3. o 5. 12. 6 2. 5. o 2. 10 . O 1. 0.0 2 . 9 . O 24. 17. I Total Josiah Willard [5-86] [ Col. Ebenezer Hinsdale^ s Bill., ^755 o. o o. o Province of J to Ebenez*" Hindsdales and others New Hampshire) D*" 1755 1755 — June 7*^ To a man & Horse Riding Post to Fort Dum’' & So to Charlestown to Notify y® People of the misheif Done by the Indians at Hoosock L^io. o. o June 12**^ to a man & Horse from Deerf*^ to No- ) tify the Frontiers of the mischief Done by the Ind- > JGio. ians at Charlymont j To an Express of 2 men to N° 4 to Notify of a > body of Indians Descending on our Frontiers ) June 27 to an Express to Charlestown &c to No- ^ tify of a body of Indians Killing & Captivating 3 > £6. o. o families near Hindsdales Fort • ( Not allow^) July 17 To Ten Hoi'ses i Night 64/, \ 62 meals for y® men that Come to bury y® Dead & > £17. 10. o Follow y® Enemy j July 27 to an Express from Maj Bellowses of 2 men to y® great meadow Charlestown & Keen to Notify of 2 men Killed near His Garrison July 22*^ to a man & Horse to Deerfield when the men were Killed & Taken at Hindsdales Garrison ! n . in order to get men to go out & bury y® Dead and | pursue y® Enemy J to be paid ) To the Entertainment of 31 i by y® Com*®® of war > men & their Horses who 1 £19. 10 j come to bury Ordeway and ' pursue the Enemy to a Winding Sheat for Said Ordeway £ 6 . o. o o. o 10. o £4* o. o HINSDALE. 215 To the Hire of a Horse from Winchester to Ports- mouth for Timo*^ Wells a Soldier Caring the No- tice of the above mischeif to His ExcelP July 27 To an Express from Maj*' Bellowses to y® great meadow^ to Notify of y® Enemies attacking Maj’’ Bellows & men & besetting m*' Killbourns House I £7. 10. o '' ^ £1. 10. o Total Old Ten*- £88. o. o Left to be paid for Expresses £51 Old Tenor To His ExcelP Gov' Wentworth with the Honourable His majestys Councill or y® Honr'’’® the Committe of warr. May It please Your ExcelP & Honr® : The above acc*® are Justly Charged & as it would be a great Hardship for me or y® particular persons who have been Sent on Such Emergencies Should bear the Expence I Intreat It may be allowed & paid to Maj' Bellows or whom you may order for y® Severall persons to whom it belongs from your ExcelP® & Hon'® most Dutifull & obedient Serv* Ebenez' Hindsdale Hindsdale Dec' 26*^ ^755 In Councill Jan'^ 15*^ ^755 The foregoing Acco* Examined by the Council who are of opinion that the Sum of Twelve Pounds fifteen Shillings N Ten' be allowed in full of the Sundry Charges for Expresses the other articles not being Directed to them are not Considered in the said allowance Theod' Atkinson Sec*^ [S”^7] \_Relative to Du 7 nmer^ s Akrry.] To the Honourable Members of the general Cort Now Set- ting in the State of N : Hampshire whereas we the Subscribers have been Informed that there hath Been astrife Between one Allen willard And one James Hubbard Each One of them hav- ing Exhibited a Pertion to the Board of this State Requesting the Privaledge of having the Bennefit of the Ferra Commonly nown by the Name of Dummers Ferra Now as to the matter of M' Allen Willard having the farra Stated to him as his Situation is Very Rermoat in Deed we Vie we it much Contry to Right And good Reason the above s'^ James Hubbard having for this 2i6 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. four years and Above owned the Land that Must Necesarly Im- proved by all that Cross the River at that Place for s*^ Hubbard Bought the Land of M*' Henry Gibbs of Old Salem and hath a warrantee Deed and all the Privaladge that apertaine thareunto And as to the Land that s*^ Hubbard Bought is not Seficant to Seport a famualy on But Varry Conveanant for a farra man, and we do Challang of Proffit belongs to the Town of Hinds- dale as the Line Between N Hampshire and York was Precise- ly afixed to the west Banks of Connectacut River Now the s*^ Hubbard is Allowed to be a man of good general Character aud wold be Likely to Indulge Passengers Even to his Best Abilety & we the Subscribers Bag the favour that Even for the good of the Publick that the s'^ James Hubbard might be a Pointed & Improved as a farra man & we understand that if Allen Willard gits the farra that it is to be Kept on the west Side of the River by another man Daniel Shattuck Benj Stone Ebenezer Soule William Lyon David Bishop Samuel Batchelder John Streeter Elijah Barret Nathan Thomas Gideon Shattuck Henley Ward Oliver Doolittle Elihu Stebbins Elijah Cooper Isaac Barret Makpeac Shattuck Samuel Thomas Ju Ivory Soule Philips Barret William Davenport Israel Thomas Isaac morgan Eldad Wright Amasa Burt Aaron Blanchard Edward Morgan Cyprian Peirce Hezekiah Elmer Asa Philips Silas Barret often Burnam Billey Burnham daniel thomas [5-88] \^Relative to Abatement of Taxes ^ To the Honorable the Council for the State of New Hampshire and House of Representatives in General Court Assembled at Exeter on the day of October i 779 * — The Inhabitants of the Town of Hindsdale in the County of Cheshire humbly Shew. That in the Year 1778 Your petition- ers prefer’d a memorial to the General Court, Setting forth That The Inhabitants of said Hindsdale were taxed more than Their Just and Equitable proportion to the State tax for the Years 1777 & 177^^ ^rnd pray’d an abatement thereof, in Consequence of said memorial the Honorable Court did take the Case of your petitioners into Consideration and did order that an Inventory of all the Polls and Rateable Estate in said Town (the Common & undivided Land excepted) be taken & return’d into the Sec- retarys Oftice within three months in which Case your petition- HINSDALE. 217 er should' have an Allowance in the next years Tax, and that in Consequence of said Order the Selectmen of said Hindsdale did make an Inventory agreable to the directions of the General Court, and as your Petitioners had no Representative in this Honora'^’® Court except Coll Ashley One of the Council for said County, said Inventory was Committed to his Care to be deliv- ered agreable to the directions of the General Court, but your Petitioners finding no Relief in their assessment for the present year, immagine that the Case of your Petitioners was pass‘d over in Silence. Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray That this Honorable Court woud take their Case into Consideration and Grant them such Relief as in Your Great Wisdom shall seem Meet, as in Duty bound shall ever pray Aaron Cooper ) Selectmen Micah Rockwood f of Hindsdale [5-89] \_Relative to Verfuont Cont?'ove?'sy^ New hapshir. To the Honorable the Commitee of the State We the Subscribers Plolding our selves as good subjects of the State of New Hapshire are Now purplexed and vexed : a number of Designing men as we apprehend who with a Dissign to Distroy the quiet & peace not only of this town but in all the towns in the New hampshire grants on the East of the River have got commissioned by the Govenor of the State of Vermont, both in the civil and military order, and Now Require of us the most strictest obedience which if we Refuse we are punished & Delt with according to thir Laws whos juriousdiction and au- thority we Deney and Humbly pray for your Protection and as- sistence in Defending our Selves — Hensedal July y® 13 1781 Oliver Doolittle Daniel Shattuck gershem Densmere Joshua Frost Uriel Evans Amasa Burt Cyrus Shattuck Silas Barret Gideon Shattuck Aaron Wri ght Ivory Soule John Peacock ZeplP Richmond William flagg Ephraim Eaton John Evans Remembrance Wright Natlf Sanger Eldad Evans Makpeace Shattuck his John X Flagg mark Oliver Smith David Bishop James Peacock Baz^ Grandey Elisha Belding Nathaniel Collens Asa Flagg Isaac Barret Philip Barret Jonathan Barret Darius wright Jedediah Smith 2I8 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [5-90] \^Petition for a Grant of a Ferry ^ ^ 7 ^ 5 ^ To his Excellency the President the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened. Humbly shews your respectful Petitioner the Subscriber, that over ConnecticLitt River in the Town of Hinsdale at a place known by the name of Fort Dummer there has been a ferry way much improved for a long time — That the same has been supplied with boats and attended upon by the late father of your petitioner and others of the said family for the space of fourscore years — That the land on both sides of the river belongs to the heirs of his said father — that one of the heirs at present waits at the same ferry, and has convenient boats for the conveyance over of passengers & their Cattle & Carriages of all kinds. The prayer of your petitioner therefore is, that he may have a grant of the exclusive right to said ferry way upon such terms and under such restrictions as to your Excellency and Honors shall seem expedient. And your petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray Allin Willard Octo'' ye 12, 1785 Hindsdale May io‘^ 17S6. We the subscribers having been served with the Petition and order of Court pray that your Honours would grant the Peti- tioner his Prayer And would Inform your Honours the Road to & from said Ferrie is layed out, on land of the Heirs of Capt. Nathan Willard dec^ Micah Rockwood ) Select Men Hollis Taylor ) of Hindsdale [ 5 “ 9^3 \_Fel<^tive to aforesaid Ferry ^ iy 86 .'\ We the Subscribers being applied to by James Hubbard with an Instrument of Writeing Signifying the Necessaty of a Ferries being keep in the Town of Hindsdale on the East side of the River Opposite Dummer Landing — And that he might have the Benefit thereof, and that we would Signify our approbation to the Same, Accordingly there was a Town Meeting Called by the desire of Hubbard, — And it was the Opinion of the Town, And allmost an Unanimous Vote, that as the Heirs of the Willard Family own’d Land on Both sides of the River, & Cap* Nathan Willard Dec^ had keep the Ferrie for a great Num- ber of years, — that his Son Allyn should have the Preheminence, We are therefore of the Opinion of the Major part of the Town, HINSDALE. 219 & we do hereby Revoke and Disannul our Names being to s^ Hubbards Instrument, and we do Annex the same to Allyn Willards Petition, — For the foregoing Reasons And for s*^ Hub- bards giveing us a Rong Representation of the same. David Lyon Hindsdale Jan^ 25*^ 1786 Cyrus Shattuck Eldad Evans f Selectmen r of Hindsdale. [5—93] [^Ano^Aer Petition relative to samei^ Hinsdale Jan^ 12**^ 1786 We the Subscribers Select Men & Inhabitants of the Town of Hindsdale, having taken the above Petition into Mature Con- sideration, — and as the Heirs of Cap* Nathan Willard own Land on both sides of the River, — We strongly Recommend it to your Honours, that he may have an exclusive right to the Fer- rie, in s*^ Town of Hindsdale on the east side of the River, it being in the County of Chesshire and State of New Hamp- shire, — and Opposite the old Landing known by the name of Dummer Landing in the town of Brattleborough and that said Allyn Willard may be Established in the same & enjoy the Benefit thereof Yours &c &c Cyrus Shattuck Eldad Evans David Lyon Abner Comins gershem Desmore Ephraim Eaton Seth Bishop Aaron Wright Hollis Taylor Jedediah Smith Thos Beebe Joshua Frost Uriel Evans Select men of Hinsdale Jonathan Wright Aaron Cooper Benia*" Sanger Oz® Elmer Drius Wright John Medcalf John Peacock Timothy Beebe Nathan Willard Jon“ Carver Daniel Jones John Gardiner Isaac Crain Thomas Rockwood Jesse Hill John Evens Hezekiah Elmer Thomas Taylor NatU' Sanger Tilley Wilder Luther Winslow W*" Smith [ 5 ” 94 ] {^Deposition of Josiah Wheeler^ Cheshire ss Hindsdale April y® 19*** 17S6 The Deposition of Josiah Wheeler of Hindsdale afore®*^ of Lawfull age who Testifys and says that sometime about the first of January Last Past I the Deponent being in Company with Chearles Evans he presented a certain Paper to me the Depo- 220 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. nent to sign in faviour of Alain Willard of Hindsdale that he the alain mite have the Priviledge of the fearry acrost Conecticut River at a Place called Dummer in sd Hindsdale ; I told him I should not ; he the s*^ Evans then told the Deponent that I had better ; for s*^ he you will want to cross often and you hant always money Implying as I understood that If I would not sign said Paper I should not be carried acrost s*^ farry with- out the money in hand ; thereby attempting to force me to sign s*^ Paper and farther invited me to go to town-meeting and take a Drink with him and further the Deponent saith Not Josiah Wheeler At the same time and Place I Edward morgan of Hindsdale of Lawfull age testifies and says that on or about the fifth day of January last past being in Town-meeting in s*^ Hindsdale I saw considerable of cherry Rum handed about to be Drank in the meeting House in s*^ Hindsdale and Drank of the same myself and farther the Deponent saith Not Edward Morgan Cheshire ss : April y® 19*'" 1786 then the above said Josiah Wheeler and Edward Morgan signers to the above Decla- ration personally appear’d and after due caution and carefull Examination made solemn oath to the truth of the above Dec- larations by them severally Signed and subscribed Coram Michael Cresey Just : Peace [5-95] \^Deposition of Nathaniel St earns. Cheshire ss : Hindsdale April y® 19^*^ 1786 The Deposition of Nathanel Stearns of s*^ Hindsdale of Law- full age who Deposeth and saith that he the Deponent being in Company with Alain willard of Hindsdale afore®*^ att s*^ Hinds- dale about the first of January last past ; and discoursing with him the s*^ Willard about the ferry at a place called Dummer in s'* Hindsdale which ferry he the s'* willard and James Hubbard of s'* Hindsdale both Claims the Previledge of ; and there being then a town meeting of s'* Hindsdale warn'* to Know the minds of s'* town concerning the s'* Dispute ; the said Willard then and there desired me the Deponent as I was soon going toward the lower end of s'* town to Inform sundry Persons that if they would come to s'* meeting and vote in faviour of him the s'* willard he would give them as much Groge as they could drink and further the Deponent saith not Nathaniel Stearns HINSDALE. 221 Cheshire ss : April y® 19^^ 1786; then the above Named Nathaniel Stearns signer to the above Declaration personally appear‘d and after due Caution and carefull Examination made solum oath to the truth the above Declaration by him sub- cribed — Coram Michael Cresey Just Peace [ 5 “ 97 ] antes Hubbard for a Ferry ^ 1 ^/ 86 . The State of New Hampshire To the Hon’^^® John Langdon Esq*" President of said State : The honourable Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled. The petition of James Hubbard of Hinsdale in the County of Cheshire in said State Yeoman: Humbly sheweth : That there being great need of a stated Ferry over Connecticut River, in said Hinsdale against where the Fort called Dummer formerly stood ; as there is much travel with Teams Horses Carriages &c — And as said Ferry has not been properly provided with Boats, to carry over loaded Teams by which means mens lives and properties, have been much exposed, and some have sustained, great damage and loss. And whereas, your Petitioner owns the Land on east side of the River, at the Landing ; and has a Dwelling House, about eight Rods distant therefrom, which is the only house within half a Mile on this side of the River ; and will enter into sufficient Bonds, obliging hemself, his heirs and assigns forever ; to pro- vide and keep suitable Boats ; and give proper attendance at all Times, to transport over said Ferry, subject to such regulations as the Honourable Court shall order : provided the exclusive priviledge, of keeping said Ferry, at the Place where it now is, and one mile and a half up the said River ; and three Miles down ; may be granted to him and his heirs forever. Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays, the Honourable Court, to take the matter into their wise consideration ; and grant the exclusive priviledge of keeping the said Ferry, to your Petitioner and his Heirs forever ; or otherwise order, as you in your Wisdom shall think proper ; and your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever pray Hinsdale January the 2*^ 17S6 James Hubbard [The ferry was granted to Willard, June, 1786. — Ed.] 222 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [ 5 “ 9 ^] S^Petition for a Magistrate^ State of New Hampshire ) Cheshire County j Hindsdale Ocf y® I3*^ 17S9 To His Excellency John Sullivan Esq*" Captain jeneral & Com- mander in Chief in and over the Province of New hamp- shire — We your Informers Humbly Beg leave to shew that the Town of Hindsdale is Now Destitute of any justice of the Peace within s*^ Town which is much to the Damage of the same we therefore with advise of others Do Recommend m’’ uriel Evans for that Purpose ; we therefore Pray your Excellency to Qualify & Commission the said mr uriel Evans for a justice of the Peace for said Town of Hindsdale and we Shall Greatly Ac- knowledge your Excellencyes favour for the same Nathaniel Stearns ) Selectmen Samuel Robbins j for Hindsdale [5-99] S^Petition for Authority to send a Representativey The Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Hindsdale To the Honorable Senate & house of Representatives in Gen- eral Court conven‘d Whereas in & by the Constitution of the State of New Hamp- shire it is Requir‘d that a Town shall have One Hundred & Fifty Rateable Polls of Twenty One years of age and upwards to be Intitled to the Previledge of a Representative Whereas the Town of Hindsdale has not the Number requir‘d and Cannot with any Convenience be Clast with any other Town parish or place and we your Petitioners conceive that we Labour under many Disadvantages for the want of the previledge of a Rep- resentative to many to be innumerated in this Petition and we the Selectmen of Hindsdale by order of the Majority votes of s*^ Town to Petition the General Court Above Mention*^ that Said Hindsdale may have the previledge of a Representative in s*^ Court we the Subscribers humbly request that the previledge may be granted to the s*^ Town of Hindsdale as in Duty bound shall ever pray Hindsdale May 30^^ ^793 Cyrus Shattuck 1 Selectmen Uriel Evans >- for Perley Marsh ) Hindsdale HINSDALE. 223 [5-100] \_Petition for the Privilege of a Lottery^ 77^5.] To the Honorable General Court of the State of Newhampshire convened at Hanover June i 795 — we your Petitioners the Inhabitants of Winchester Hindsdale and others humbly sheweth that your Petitioners as well as the Publick at large suffer great Inconvenancy for want of a good Publick Road leading from the Furnace in Said Winchester on the North Side of Ashewillet River till it strikes the grate Road at or near Whelers mills in Said Hindsdale that leads from Northfield to Chesterfield allso another Road Begening about one Mile East of Said Whelers Mills on the first Mentioned Road and runing a Northerly course till it Strikes Said Chester- field Road Sixty or Eighty Rods Southerly of M*' Daniel Fish- ers House allso to make Two stone butments two stone -pillors for string peaces to lye on for the Bridge over Ashewillet River nere Said P'urnace and whareas between three and four miles of Said Intended Road there is no Inhabetants live and by reason of Hills and Brooks there will be much diging and Bridging to be don on Said Road which will make it very Expencesive al- tho when don will be of grate utility to the Publick as well as Individles by shortning a grate Roade four or five miles leading from the Country to the seport Towns and whare as it is Too Havy a Burthen on the Inhabitants living near Said Road to make it passable for Teams — in this Situation we cheerfully Bring forward this our Petition Looking up to your Honours as the gardiens of the People, that you will take our Case into your Wise Consideration & grant us a Lottery to raise fifteen Hundred Dollars for the purpose of making Said Roads & Bridges with the other Expence & as the major part of the Tickets will be sold out of this State this with the grate advan- tage which will arise to the Publick frome the object we make no Doubt your Honours Will Grant our Request and as in Duty bound Will Ever pray — Thomas Gould Reuben Alexander J Ezra Parker Jim’’ Ephraim Hawkins Sam** Warren Noah Pratt Nathan Pratt Justus Jewell Moses Chamberlain Charles Conant Jacob Rich Asa Conant William Humphn Stephen Hawkins Asa Alexander Ezra Healy Richard Gale Henry Pratt Samuel Hill Asa Allexander Josiah Ward Emery Gale Robart Flemin Enoch Robbins Elisha Knapp Nathan Parker Abel Oldham Thadd : Bancroft Paul Richardson Daniel Severance Abel Hammond Ebenezer Bancraft Asa Bancroft Joseph Williams William Bencraft John Erskine 224 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Joseph Jones Abraham Scott Philip Goss Jr William Gould JoiP Howard Josiah Wheeler John Barret Thomas Butler William Howe Lemuel Whitney Rob* R Field Thomas W : Daven- port Cyprian Pearce Samuel Orvis Erastus Sargent Nathaniel Sanger Jr Daniel Fisher Elihu Stebbens Dan* Healy Daniel Hawkinsjun' Levi Ripley Henry Foster David Hammond John Everden John Follet Henry Thayer Joseph Allen Hezekiah Willis Ezra Parker Amasa Houghton Elijah Butler Benj“ Conant Jesse Scott James Scott Henry Ashley Elijah Cooper Stephen Coye Joshua Frost David Wolley William Reed Gard*" Chandler Eben*" Hoyt • Edward Morgan Elisha Pierce Jonathan Burt Allyn Willard John Evens John Badger Abraham wheeler Eleazer Lawrence J’’ Eleazer Ripley Jacob Fisk Nath Bartlett Abiel Naramore John Alexander Jeremiah Pratt Ebenezer Kelmarn Samuel wood Samuel Healy Eben*" Scott J*" Jesse Spaulding Ezra Conant Daniel Ashley Philip Goss Curtis Gould John Alexander Cyrus Shattuck Vine Coye John Barret Jun*^ Nathan Thomas Sam* Wellman Elisha Briggs Benj^ Doolittle Wm. Paterson David Joy Jr. Thomas Sargeant Daniel Thomas William Fisher Edward Gustine Eleazor Lawrence George Farrington William Ripley Daniel wise Tho’s Curtis James foster Lemuel Taylor Tertius Lyman Ziba Ware Theodosius Moore Nehemiah Healy Lewis Wotkins Reuben Alexander Benjamin Linkfield [5-101] To the Hon the Senate & House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in Gen* Court convened The Petion of Nathan Willard of Hinsdale in the County of Cheshire & State afors** humbly shews that whereas there is a certain small Island situated in Con- necticut River within the Township of Hinsdale called Gravil Island unlocated and which never has been claimed as the prop- erty of any person or Persons known to your Petioner and the s'* Isleand (tho of small value) would greatly benefit the s'* Na- than Willard as in a time of Low Water it almost communicates with the Land extending to the adjacent Banks and as the s'* HINSDALE. 225 Island can never be of any real value while it remains in its present situation your Petioner prays that the same may be granted to him — And as in duty bound shall ever pray Nathan Willard Hinsdale May 30 A D 1795 [Petition granted June 10, 1796. — Ed.] [R. 2-87] \^Petition of Zebulon Moffatt^ Soldier^ ^ 77 ^'> dressed to the General Court. Zebulon Moffatt of Hindsdale in the County of Cheshire Plum- bly shews and gives your Honors to be informed that in the year 1776, your Petitioner was a soldier in the Continental Army And served for the State of New Hampshire in Capt Hinds Company, and in the Regiment of which General Reed was Colonell & your Petitioner during the Campaign Furnished himself at his own Expence with a Good Firelock and other Implements necessary for a soldier expecting to enjoy his own property and bring the same home with him, but when your petitioner left the army the Firelock or Gun above-mentioned, by order of the Commander in Chief, at Fort George, was taken from your Petitioner, without his Consent and without ever be- ing allowed anything in satisfaction. ^ * Chesterfield June ^777 this May Certify that the Firelock taken from Zebulon Mof- fatt was his property taken at Fort George 19^^ August 1776 & Returned into the Continental Stores S*^ Firelock Valued at £3, 12, o, for me Jacob Hinds Cap* [The said amount was allowed. — E d.] [R. 2-89] \^Account for Soldiers’ Bounties.^ etc.^ State of New Hampshire to the Selectmen of Hindsdale Dr. 1779 paid the State Bounty & travel money to July 22 Thomas Bishop a Soldier rais’d for the defence of Rhode Island, per Rec* 27*^ paid Joel Preist State Bounty for i year in the Continental Army pr Rec* to Cy- rus Shattuck, 41, o, o 60,-“-“ 226 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Aug* 3 paid Samuel Robins State Bounty for') one year in the Continental Army per >- 6o,-“-“' Rec* to Cyrus Shattuck j Errors Excepted in behalf of the Selectmen of Hindsdale per Moses Smith In Committee on Claims Exeter Septem*’ i6‘^ 1786 This account by the Scale, amounts to Ten pounds Eighteen shillings — The vouchers are lodg’d in this office Ex'* per Josiah Gilman Juffi June 20*^ 17^7 order on the Treasurer for Ten pounds eighteen shillings in full of the within account Moses Smith HOLDERNESS. The township was granted Nov. 10, 1751, to John Shep- ard and others by the name of Holderness ; the conditions of this grant not being fulfilled, it was forfeited. It was re- ' granted Oct. 24, 1761, to Major John Wentworth and others, some of whom were grantees by the first charter. Six of the grantees bore the name of Shepard, and seven the name of Cox. In this grant the town was named New Holder- ness, in honor of Robert Earl of Holderness, and retained that name until June 12, 1816, when it was changed to Holderness, in accordance with a vote of the town. It was in the county of Strafford until it was annexed to Grafton, Sept. 14, 1782. By an act approved July i, 1868, the south- west part of the town was set off and incorporated by the name of Ashland. [5-102] \^Petitio 7 i fo 7 ' a Regi'ant of so7ne foifeited Rights Province of Newhampshire To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq Governour & com- mander in chief & to the honourable his majestys councill for said province of Newhampshire — The petition of Samuel Livermore of Portsmouth in said province Esq humbly showeth that in and by the Charter of % HOLDERNESS. 22/ New Holderness One right or sixty seventh part was granted to Sam^ Wentworth Esq. of Boston and One like right or share to Murry Hambleton ; that the said Grantees are both deceased without taking any step towards fullfilling the conditions of set- tling said township, according to Charter. And that he this Petitioner hath agreed with the heir that claims the right of said Hambleton & purchased the same from him. The peti- tioner therefore prays that said Hambletons right may be re- granted to this petitioner & that the said Sam^ Wentworth Esqrs right may be granted to such person as will efiectually fullfill the conditions of the Charter & pay the taxes Due thereon. And your petitioner as in duty bound shall pray &c Sam Livermore [5-103] \^Petition for Arms aitd Ammunition^ iyy 6 .~\ To the Hon'^'® the great and general Court or Committee of Safty for the Colony of New Hampshire We the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of New Hol- derness, having gain’d Intelligence, that a considerable Part of our Army in Canada have lately been forc’d by our unnatural Enemies (the British Troops in s^^ Canada) to retreat, and relinquish their Ground ; and apprehending ourselves in the greatest Danger from the s*^ Troops, and scouting Parties of Indians that may be sent down to annoy and destroy us ; and being in no Capacity for Defence do in Behalf of the s*^ Town pray your Honours to send us by the Bearer hereof M"" Samuel Curry the necessary Powder, Musquet-Balls and Flints for thirty three able and effective men, (belonging to the s'^ Town) who are ready with their Lives and Fortunes to assert and maintain the american Cause ; and we your humble Petitioners as soon as may be will pay to your Honours, or the Committee of Safety for the Time being, an Equivalent for the same ; and as in Duty bound will ever pray &c William Cox Samuel Curry in Sam^ Sheperd | 1 ? rT And"’ Smyth ^ 3 0 Natlf‘ Thompson J * 3 1-^ O) 3 0 O) [R. 2-90] \^Herc 7 iles Mooney's Petition^ To the Hon'’^® the Council and house of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Assembly convened Humbly Shews Hercules Mooney Esq’' that in the year 1777 228 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. he was a Lieut Col° of a Regiment in the Service of the United States of America at Ticonderoga — That the unfortunate Evac- uation of the Fortress there he in the common Calamity by the loss of his Horse the most of his Clothes and all his Camp Equipage to a very considerable value — that he has never had any Consideration for his Losses — that being now appointed to the command of a Regiment to go to Rhode Island he is under a Necessity of supplying himself with such articles as he then lost the Expence of which he cannot conveniently support un- less he is compensated for his said Losses — * * * Exeter June 26‘^ ^779 Hercules Mooney [The petition was ordered to lie until the next session, and he was “allowed £ 200 , to be accounted for." He peti- tioned in June, 1786, representing himself as of New Hol- derness, for the depreciation of his pay, which was allowed. —Ed.] [R. 291] [^Holderness Soldiej'^ i'/82.~\ I have this Day mustered Isaac Head to serve as a soldier three years in the New Hampshire Line and to serve for the town of Holderness Pembrook July 26, 17S2 E. Frye Cap* m ma’’ [5-104] \^Return of Ratable Polls ^ We the Subscribers Do hereby Certifie that we have this Day Numbered the Rateable polls of the Male Inhabitants from Twenty one Years old & upwards of the Town of Newholder- ness, which we find to Amount in Number to 37 Foils and No More Given Under our Hands Newholderness December the S**' 17S3 Mich' Dp-er | Samuel Curry j Grafton ss December 8*^ 1783 The foregoing return was sworn to by the said selectmen. Cor. Sam* Livermore Chief Justice [5-105] {^Relative to Class for Representative^ Sir, this is to certify, that it is our Desire to be Disconnected HOLDERNESS. 229 with Lincorn, and frankcony, as we are at two great a Des- tance, to attend their meetings there or they to attend here and as we Suppose there Is Enough of freeholders in these three towns, to answer for a Destrict — We requst, to have our Desires presented to the Court, in so Doing you^ oblige your humble Servants — Andrew Smith ] o i i. Mich' Dwyer {Selectmen The number of voters in this town is forty five New Holderness October 20, 1785 Noah Worcester Esq’^ [5-106] \_Major Satmiel Shepard recommended for a Alag- istrate^ iy8g.'\ State of New Hampshire To his Excellency the President and Honourable Council for the State aforesaid The Petition of Sundry Inhabitants of the Town of New Holderness and other Towns adjacent Humbly sheweth that a Justice of the Peace is much wanted in said Town therefore beg leave to nominate and recommend Major Samuel Shepard of said Town as a person well quallified and Suitable for that office who they pray may be appointed thereto and your Peti- tioners as in duty bound will ever pray &C — Portsmouth December 23*^ 17S9 Richard Shepard John Thompson Levi Drew William Hodgkins Thomas Crawford Tho* Hill S. L. Blair John Shaw Joseph Cochran John Whitten David Blair Jacob Shepard William Cox Jonathan Crawford David Webster Samuel Curry Nath thompson Edward Senter David Webster Jun^ Willm Piper John Shepard Joseph Shepard Samuel Bickford Charles Cox 3'’'^ William Hogan John Lowd John Cox Nathanl piper Jacob Ellison John Mooney Andrew Baker John Bay ley william Plaisted MicN Dwyer Sam^ Shepard John sweeny Joseph Senter Bryan Sweeny Robert Hill Charles Cox Joseph Sheperd Thomas Sheperd Stephen Morse 230 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [5-107] \_Against the Appomtme7it of Samuel Shepard.^ To the Honourable president and Council of this State — Whereas there is a petition Circulating in the Town of New Holderness for Maj. samuel Shepard to be Appointed Justice of the peace, and whereas the inhabitants of said town have ben misled to sign said pertition, and whereas the pertitioners upon a Reconsideration do think that the two Justice, alReady in town, is sufficient for said town, therefore your pertitioners do humbly pray, that said shepard may not be appointed — and your pertitioners will allways pray — &. C. Joshua Smyth And'^ Sm}^th John Clark John Smith Robert cox William Smyth James Smyth Archelaus Innis John Innis Caleb Smyth Hugh Ramsey John Whitten James Cox [5-108] \^Petitio7i for the layiTig out of a Road from Ply- mouth to Hill^ iyg8d\ To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Court convened — The Subscribers respectfully shew that a road from Plymouth Court House across the River into New Holderness and thence on the most suitable ground near the River through New Hol- derness and New Hampton and across the River again to the house of Captain Cutting Feavour in New Chester would be very useful to the public — That the Laws of this State do not empower any Court to lay out such Road, the same having to pass through a part of two Counties — Wherefore they pray the Legislature to pass an Act authorizing some suitable persons, at the expence of the petitioners if thought proper, to survey, and if in their opinion the public good requires it, to lay out such Road, ordering the Towns respectively to compensate In- dividuals for damage done by means of the road passing on their Lands — Nov'' 179S — W" Webster Israel Blake Rob‘ Towle Thomas Bartlet Eben'' Little John Brown Chauncey Holmes John Blake G W Livermore Moody Cook William Smyth John Porter Samuel Cook David Webster A. Livermore John Lowd Samuel Holmes HOLLIS. 231 HOLLIS. Thomas Brattle, Jonathan Tyng, and 24 others, petitioned the general court of Massachusetts, Sept. 15, 1673, O. S., for a grant of land on what was then and for many years thereafter the frontier; and on the i6th day of October fol- lowing (October 27, 1673, N. S.) received a grant of the large tract of land afterwards known as the township of Dunstable, which included nearly all of the present town of Hollis. Dec. 28, 1739, the westerly portion of Dunstable was “erected into a separate and distinct precinct” by the gov- ernment of Massachusetts, and went by the name of West Dunstable until April 3, 1746, when in answer to a petition from the inhabitants about one half of it was incorporated with full town privileges by the governor and council of the province of New Hampshire, and named Holies. I think there can be no reasonable doubt about the origin or orthography of this name. Benning Wentworth was gov- ernor of the province, and owed his position to Thomas Pelham Holies, Duke of New Castle, who was colonial sec- retary. It is well known that Gov. Wentw^orth named many of the towns in this state in honor of his friends, sometimes when the inhabitants had petitioned to be incorporated with a name of their own choosing, they preferring to accept a name which was distasteful to them rather than incur the governor’s displeasure, and perhaps refusal to grant their charter. As to the orthography of the name of the Duke of New Castle, I think John Farmer is mis- taken in writing it Hollis, as there are manuscript docu- ments in the office of the secretary of state to which the duke signed his name “ Holies New Castle.” That the town was named for him I think there can be no question ; and because of his ignorance and detestable character, its citizens were justified in changing it to Hollis, as they evi- dently did to perpetuate the name of Thomas Hollis, the benefactor of Harvard college. Dec. 13, 1763, the place called One Pine Hill was annexed to Hollis, thus extending its domains further east. March 30, 1769, a strip was taken from the west side of the town one and a quarter miles wide, and with “mile slip” incorpo- rated into the town of Raby (Brookline). A small addition 232 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. was made to the town May 14, 1773, of land taken from Dunstable. On the 17th day of February, 1786, a strip three quarters of a mile wide, the entire length of the west side of the town, was annexed to Raby. Hollis has a record for service in the Revolution not exceeded by any town of its size in the state, and the town furnished more than its quota of men for the suppression of the slave-owners’ rebellion. Many eminent men were born or received their early training in the town: among the latter was Joseph E. Worcester, LL. D., the lexicographer. [R. 2-92] \_Peter Wheeler’s Petition^ [In a petition dated “Holies January the 27^^ 1761,” Pe- ter Wheeler states that he “was in his Majestys Sarves in the year 1759 Cap^ Nemiah Lovewells Company in CoH Zac^ Lovewells Regiment, and that your Petitioner was taken sick about the 23*^ day of July at Ticontiroga and sent down to Albany flats,” was sick there, and also on the way home, where he arrived Nov. 15. He asked for relief, and was allowed ^£^9, 15, sterling. — Ed.] [R. 2-93] [Joshua Wright, of Hollis, had a son in the army in 1760, name not given, who was taken sick and died at Crown Point. — Ed.] [5-1 1 1] \_Selectmen’ s Account for taking an Inventory of New Ipswich^ Persuant to a Precept from the assembly to bring in a True Inventory of poles Lands &c Signed by M*" Clarkston we the subscribers Select men for the Town of holies have ben to N : Ipswich & taken a True Invoice according to y* best of our Judgment we was three Dayes upon s*^ business & Charge T12 p^ Day old Ten’’ which sum please to pay to Ensign Sam*^ Ho- bart and you^ Oblige Y*" Humble Serv*® Holies 15 Ap*" 1761 Total T36-0-0 Benj^ Abbot ) Abel Webster | Select men HOLLIS. 233 [5-1 1 2] ]^Petition from Inhabitants of Dunstable to be An- nexed to Hollis^ 1^62?^ Province of Newhamp — To His ExcelP Benning Wentworth Esq Gov’" &c of the Prov- ince of Newhamp : the HoiP^® his Majestys Council and As- sembly of said Province — The Humble Petition of us the Subscribers being Inhabitants of the North Westerly Part of Dunstable in said Province Humblv Shews, that your Petitioners Live very Remote from the Meeting house in said Dunstable (the Chief of us near Seven miles) by reason of which we cannot Attend the Public worship of God there without Great Inconveneancey to our- Selves & Familys and as we Lye very Contiguous to Holies meeting house where we once belonged and help’d settle a Minister there before we were Incorporated to Dunstable and have ever since done Considerable towards his Suport and At- tended his meeting — Notwithstanding all this we have cheefly paid our full Proportion towards Preaching in Dunstable when we could have no Priviledge thereby by reason of the Distance we Live from there meeting house we have often requested of Dunstable to Either abate our Minister rate or set us off to Holies but they Wholley Refues to do either which Constrains us to make this Application to y’’ ExceP & HoiP® Desireing your Consideration and Aid in y® Premises bv freeing us from Suporting the Gosple where we can have no benefit thereby and add us to Holies or otherwise as y*' ExceP & HoiP® shall see meet and y*" Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c — Dated at Dunstable Sep*" 8 : 1762 Amos Phillips Daniel more Gersham Hobart Elnathan Blood Ebenezer Hartshorn John Willoughby Joseph ferly Benj^ Parker Jonathan Hobart David Hobart Jonathan Russ James Hobart [The foregoing petition was from the inhabitants of what was called “ One Pine Hill.” It was strongly opposed, and for the time defeated, by Dunstable. The following spring the Pine Hill people procured the services of Col. Samuel Hobart, and renewed the contest. A committee appointed by the general court went and investigated the matter. It was a bitter fight, but resulted in the annexation of Pine Hill to Hollis by an act passed Dec. 13, 1763. — Ed.] 234 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [5-113] Att a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Holies March the 5^^ 1764 — Voted to measure east from Holies meeting house to the East Line of the Town and then measure west from the said Meet- ing House the Sam Length of line and all to the west by a north and south line to be sett oft' to the Mile Strip* So Called A true Copy p*" Sam^^ Cumings Town Clerk Holies May the : 1764 — [5- ”4] Att a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Holies March the 7^*' 1768 — Voted oft' the West end of the Town according to a Vote of the Town att their meeting march the 5^^ ^ 7^4 Ei'ovided they fulfill their obligation that was made Relating the same — and Messires Sam^^ Farley and Sam^^ Brown has Renewed their ob- ligation according to said vote Holies may the 17*^ 1768 — Pr. Sam^^ Cumings Town Clerk [5-1 15] \_Appoint 7 ne 7 it of Sa^nuel Farley^ Age^it^ iy 68 .'\ We the subscribers Inhabitance of the Westwardly part of the Town of Hollis & the Inhabitance & the freeholders of the Tract of Land CalP the Mile Slip, in the Province of New Hampshire do constitute and Appoint Samuel Farley of Holies Gen^ to be our agent Attorney and Trustee in our names and Stead to Petition His Excellency the Governer, the Honour*^^® His Majesties Counsel & House of Representatives, That we the Inhabitance afores*^ may be set oft' & Incorporated as a Dis- tinct Town — January 1768 — George rusell archibald Al’intosh James mcDannell Thomas Asten Nathanael Patten Sam^ Brown Samuell Russel mathw Wallis Daniel Shed Jonathan powers William Blanchard Isaac Shattuck Benj Shattuck Swallow Tucker James Conek Robert Sever Elexander M®intosh Peter Honey [* A piece of imgranted land between the Masonian grant of Mason and this town, now in Brookline. — E d.] HOLLIS. 235 Isaac Stevens Simeon Blanchard JosLia Smith Abegill Spaulding James Cambell John Cumings James Nutting Fra® Buttrick Henery Spaulding Clark Brown Sam'^ Farley Rose. Dicky william Spaulding Robart Cambell James Nutting Juner [5-116] Petition for the Ponnation of a New Pown., To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq*" Governor & Com- mander in Chief, in & over his Majesty s Province of New Hampshire, & the Honourable his Majestys Council of said Province — Humbly sheweth Samuel Farley of Holies, in said Province, in behalf of himself, & sundry of the Inhabitants, living in the westerly side of said Holies, & in a Tract of Land adjoining to the same. Called the Mile Strip ; that those persons live very Remote from the Meeting House in said Holies, that to attend the Publick Worship of God there, is attended with much Travil. — Wherefore your Petitioner prays in behalf of said Inhabi- tants, — that the westerly part of said Holies may be set off, & Joined to the Tract of Land called the Mile Strip, & be made a Town (or a seperate Parish from Holies) or otherwise as your Excellency & Honors shall see Meet, & your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray. Dated May 19*^ 1768 SanF Farley [5-109] \_Petitio 7 i for the Pormatio 7 t of a New Pown^ //dp.] To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq*' Captain General, Governor & Commander in chief in & over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire And to the Honourable his Majestys Councel for said Province — The Petition of Samuel Farley, in behalf of himself, & a number of the Inhabitants, in the westerly part of Holies, & the Mile Strip so called, in said Province humbly sheweth, that your Petitioners, in the said westerly part of Holies, are so re- mote from the Centre of said Town, by reason of the distance, that they cannot attend Town priviledges, without great diffi- culty & expence, & that the Inhabitants of the Mile Strip afore- said, are not Incorporated, but are destitute of Town privi- lidges, wherefore your Petitioner Prays as aforesaid, that your Excellency & Honours would take of the westerly part of Hoi- 236 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. les aforesaid & Incorporate the same together with the Mile Strip, into a Seperate or distinct Town, with the same Privi- ledges of other Towns & your Petitioner as in Duty Bound shall ever pray Sam^^ Farley [A plan accompanied the foregoing (Vol, 5, No. i loi) with a description of boundaries as follows : — Ed.] [5-1 10] \^Boundaries of Raby^ i"j6g.~\ Beginning at a Stake & Stones in the South Side Line of the Town of Holies which is also the Province Line which Stake stands about two miles due East from the south west Corner of said Holies, thence running north by the Needle cross the said Town to one other Stake & Stones standing in the North Side Line of Said Holies, leaving the meeting House in said Holies in the midle between this Line & the East Side Line of Holies, then running from the last mentioned Stake Westerly by Holies to the North West Corner thereof then continuing that Line cross a Tract call’d the Mile Slip to the easterly side Line of Mason — thence turning oft' & running south by the Needle on the easterly side Line of Mason — afores^^ to the Province Line then due east partly on the Province Line & partly on the South Side Line of Holies afore Said to Stake began at [The foregoing petition was successful, and a new town was incorporated by the governor and council, March 30, 1769, in accordance with the above described boundaries. The town was named Raby for a town in the north of Eng- land, whence came some of its settlers. That town is now called Brookline. — Ed.] [5-118] \^Agreetne?it relative to extending the Town fiirther East, 1773 At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Holies held April y® 12”^ 1773 — We the Subscribers being a Committee of the Town of Hol- ies, to Agree with Dunstable, or their Committee, with respect of extending the easterly line of Holies so far east as to Include Messers Merrel & Jaquith with their Improvements and to be Annexed to Holies, in order for an Accomodation with respect of the Bridge &c In consequence whereof we have met with Dunstable Com- HOLLIS. 237 mittee and have mutualy agreed that the easterly line of Holies be extended eastwardly on the following Bounds, viz To begin at a stake and Stones about fifteen Rods below Buck- medow falls at the River which is M*" Jaquiths northerly corner, thence running southerly on a Straight Line to a Pine Tree on the River bank, wich is said Jaquiths southwesterly corner — Voted to Except of the Above Report, and the easterly Line of Holies be extended According to said Bound Province of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq^ Captain General Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Prov- ince, and the Honourable his Majestys Council, and House of Representatives in General Assembly ConveiP in May 1773— The Memorial of the Subscribers Humbly sheweth, that Your memorialists are Inhabitents in the southwesterly corner of Dunstable in said Province, that our Situation is so Remote from the Meeting House in said Dunstable, that we and our Families cannot conveniently Attend the publick Worship of God there, by Reason of the Distance ; & that we are about three Miles nearer to the Meeting House in Holies, then we are to Dunstable ; that if we & our Lands were Annexed to Holies, it would be much more for our benefit & Advantage and Your Memorialists beg leave to Acquaint Your Excellency and Hon- ours, that Nashua River is the Boundary Line where we live, between said Dunstable and Holies, that the River there is not in Either of the Townes, as Dunstable Bounds on the east side, & Holies on the west side, that a dispute haith Arose between these two Towns with Respect to Building a Bridge Over said River, on A Publick Antient Road leading through our Im- provements, and as the River is not in either of the Towns where said Road Crosses, so the Bridge could not be built Unless by Subscription, (as the Bridge built there, by Sub- scription was Cary‘S away, by y® water & Ice) or by Applica- tion to the Legislature, and in order for an Accommadation we April y® 5^^ 1773 A Trew Copy Attest Sam'^ Cumings Town Clerk [5-1 19] \_Petition of Dunstable Parties to be annexed to Hollis^ 2773^^ 238 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. proposed that if Dunstable would set us off to Holies, and that if Holies would receive us, that we would do considerable part towards building said Bridge, over and above our Quota ; whereupon the said Towns Agreed to accept of our proposals, and Agreed that we and our Lands should be Annexed to Holies &c — Wherefore we pray that Your Excellency & Honours would be pleased to Attend to our Memorial, and annex and Incorpo- rate us, and our Lands to and with Holies by the following lines & Bounds According to our agreement viz. Begining at a stake & stones on the Bank of the River, standing about fifteen rods below buck Medow falls so called, which is the northerly Bound of said Jaquiths Land, thence Running Southerly a Straight line to a Pine tree on the River Bank, being said Ja- quiths Southwesterly Corner, thence down the River Including the same to the place began at ; and that we may be Exonerated and Discharged from paying any Taxes, and proforming any Duty’s at said Dunstable and that all said Tract of Land Im- proved and Unimproved, may be made a part of Holies, as Much to all Intents and purposes as if it had ben within the Original Boundarys, and Incorporation thereof, and we as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray. April 30^^ 1773 Daniel Merril Ebenezer Jaquith [The foregoing petition was granted by an act passed May 14, 1773. A plan of the line is to be found in Manu- script Vol. 5, No. 121. — Ed.] [5-120] [ Consent of Dunstable to the foregoi 7 tgC\ At a Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dun- stable April the 19^^ 1773 Voted that the Easterly Line of Holies be Extended Easterly to the following Bounds (Viz) to begin at a Stake and Stones about fifteen rods below Buck Meadow falls at the River which is M*" Jaquiths northerly Corner thence Runing southerly on a strait line to a Pine Tree on the River Bank which is said Ja- quiths Southwesterly Corner, according to a Vote of the s'^ Town of Holies april the 12 1773: Provided that the s*^ Town of Dunstable be forever Excused from any future Cost to Effect the same, & Building & maintaining a Bridge over Nashua River at or near s*^ Jaquiths Mills — A True Copy, Attest Jo® Whiting Town Clerk HOLLIS. 239 [5-122] \_Relative to a Hollis man enlisted in Massachusetts Regiment^ State of the massachusetts Bay — In the Hows of Representatives Jan*" y® 31 — 177S the Pe- tition of Uriah Wright In Behalf of the Selectmen of the town of Holies In the State of NewHamp®’^ setting forth that one Eli Stiles of Said Holies did Inlist Him Self Into the Service for the town of Littleton In this State and Wase mustered by James Barrett Esq*" and Receved the Contenantal and this States Bounty and Whereas said Eli Stiles Is also Inlisted In said Holies & Reckoned for a Soldier for said town and also Reck- oned for a Soldier In said town of Littleton — Resolved that it appears to this Court that the said Eli Stiles ought to be Considered as a Soldier for the town of Holies he belonging to said town and Not to be Reckoned for the town of Littleton and that upon the said uriah Wrights paying back to James Barrett Esq"^ both the Contenantal and this States Bounty the said Eli Stiles be Discharged from being a Soldier for said Littleton the said James Barrett Esq*" to be accountable to this Court for the Bounties afore Said Sent up for Concurrence J. Warren Speaker In Counsell Janwary y® 31 — 177S Read and Concurred — Avery Secrety Consented to by the ma’’ Part of the Counsell A true Copy Attest John Avery Secretary [5-123] \_Relative to Appoi 72 t?nent of Officers hi the ]\Iilitia^ 1775-'] Colony of New Hampshire — At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Holies — Publickly Notihed, Voted Unanimously that this Town accept & highly Approve of the Plan proposed by the Hon'^ Congress as a Rule for a General Representation for this Colony in future, it also represented to this Town that the Lion” Congress for s” Colony propose to Appoint Field officers for the Regiment lately Commanded by CoL Lutwyche,* at their next sessions at [*Col. Edward Goldstone Lutwyche came with his mother, Mrs. Sarah Lutwyche, to Mer- rimack in 1760, and occupied a farm and ferry which his mother possessed by a legacy from a relative. He was an educated man, and by profession a lawyer When new's came of the battle at Lexington, April 19, 1775, he was in command of the Fifth regiment of the provin- cial militia, and was importuned by his officers and men to march them against the “ com- mon enemy,” which he refused to do, and tried to discourage others. from going. Some time during the night of the 20th of April, he left home clandestinely and joined General Gage in Boston. He was at Long Island in January, 1777, and probably went to England. His property was confiscated by the state, and the ferry privdege granted to Hon. Matthew Thcrnton, signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the locality still bears the name of Thornton’s Ferry — Ed.] 240 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Exeter, therefore unanimously Voted that this Town beg Leave to Recomend Col° John Hale Esq*" as a suitable Person to Com- mand s*^ Rigement — also Unanimously Voted to Recomend Major Robart Reed as a suitable Person to be LieU CoP of s*^ Regiment Holies OcP 25*^ 1775 A True Copy Attest William Nevens Moderator To the HoU' Congress for the Colony of New Hampshire [cj-124] \_Relative to the Estates of Absentees^ ^ 779 -\ State of Newhampshire Hillsborough ss To the Hono^^ the Consel and General assembley of Said State — This Information and Petition of the Select men of the town of Holies In s*^ State In Behalf of the town Humbly sheweth that thair is In this town several tracks of Land that belonged to the absentees of the State of the massachusetts Bay (Viz) the one half of five hundred acres that Belonged to CoP^ Will- iam Brattle In Partnership With andrew Oliver Esq*' of Salam and one third of three hundred acres that Belonged to Co^ William Brown In Partnership With the Heirs of the Late Colo* Brown and a Lot of about fifty or sixty acres that be- longed to George Curwin of Salam — and s** Land Hase Ben taxed agreeble to the Law of this State and No Person having appered to pay the taxes on s‘* Browns and Brattles Land alltho the other owners have paid thair part of s'* taxes as to Curwins Land thair Was a Peace of that Sold to pay one years tax and a Person appears to pay the Rest but We apprehend it is With Desire to Keep the Land and to Prevent it from falling to the State Where it belonges and as thair is three years taxes Now Dew on s'* Browns and Brattles Land amounting In the Whole to the Sum of JG52-15-5 With some Cost of advertizing the two Last years taxes it Being advertised for Sail but the Van- due Wase stoped as We found out that it Wase Land that be- longed to absentees and so Would of Cours fall to the State — the tax Now Due on s'* Curwins Land is £10-7-0 Wherefore We Pray your Honors to take the matter Into your Wise Consideration and Pase Some order Which Way We Shall Come by said taxes as our taxes are Large and our Constables are uneasy to be Called on for money and thair be- ing Some part that thay Cant git and thay think that thay must HOLLIS. 241 Sell the Land to Pay taxes if No thing is Don In the afair, and your Petitioners as In Deuty Bound Shall Ever Pray — Holies October y® 23 — 1779 The Cost of advertising Hase Ben £3-0-0 • £5-125] \_Estates of Hollis Absentees^ ^ 779 -^ State of Newhampshire Hillsborough ss. To the Hon’^^ The Council and General assambley or Com- mittee of Safety of S'^ State — In obedience to a Resolve of S'^ General assembley Based November y® 10-1779 We Doe Inform and Hearby Return that thair is In the town of Holies The Folowing Places and tracts of Land (Viz) A Farm owned By Benjemine Whitting Esq’’ Containg good Buildings and about 50 acres of Land In Several Peaces the taxes assest thair on Have Ben Reccovered Without Selling of the Land. allso a farm owned By Samuel Cumings Esq*" Consisting of good Buildings and about 120 acres of Land the taxes of Which Have allso Ben got Except £3-9-0- In y® year 177S allso A Place owned By Breed Batchelder Esq*’ of Packers- held Containg about 50 acres With Some Building thair on the taxes of Which Have Ben all paid By the Improver allso 200 acres owned By Co^ William Brattle In Partnership With andrew oliver Esq*" of Salam allso 100 acres owned by Co^ William Brown of Salam In Partner Ship With the heirs of the Late Co^ Will"’ Brown the taxes of Which are all Due Which are as folowes (Viz) In 1777 300 acres Wase taxed the Sum of £6-13-6 Holies Janewary y® 14-1780 N B We Had Ben at the Cost of advertsing Olivers and Brat- tles Land Before We Knew it to Be tory Land In 177S In 1779 £5- r-6 £39- 0-0 Total ■^54 4 ® Which Wase £3-0-0 3-9 3 - 242 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [5-1 26] \^Account of Sale of Confiscated Counterfeiters'* Tools, i 78 o.~\ Agreable to the order of the General assembley of this State Pas^d february y® 12-1780 the folowing is an account of the Sail of Sundry articles that I Had In Possion Innumerated In Said order to Geather With my Bill of Expences (Viz) The Whole of the articles Sold at Vendue Came to £113-0-0 an account of my Bill of Expences (Viz) to a Serch Warrent to my time In Said afair Examining mr farnsworth 0 1 1 and Indeveouring to make further Discoverys to Cash Paid to the officsor and His assistance In 6- 0-0 Several Serches 27-16-0 to a Journey to Esq*" Claggets for advice 4-19-0 to my Journey to Exeter 62- 0-0 to the Cost of the Vandue 10- 0-0 total £ 1 1 3- 0-0 Holies Apriel y® 13-1780 Erors Excepted per Noah Worcester I Rest it with your Honors Wisdom and Generousity Weather you Will make me any further alowance for the Service I Have Don the State In my Exerting my Self In order to Detect and Bring to Light the Said Vile and Distructive Plan and gitting Position of a Whole Set of money tools — and Remain your most Humble Servant Noah Worcester To the Hon'’^ The Counciel and asambley of the State of New- hampshire [R. 2-94] S^Petition of Capt. Reuben Dow, State of New Hamp*' To the Honorable The Council & House of Representatives for said State in General Court Assembled at Exeter December 1778. The Petition of Cap* Reuben Dow humbly sheweth That your Petitioner animated with a true Zeal to serve his Country Ingaged in the Service of the United States of America immediately upon the Commencement of Hostilities & had the honor to Command a Company, & attended his duty in that Station with great delight & pleasure to himself & to the satis- faction & approbation of the Public HOLLIS. 243 That on the 16*^ Day of June 1775, he together with his Com- pany with others was ordered to take possession of the ground near Bunker Hill, & on the 17^'^ day was in the Heaviest part of the Battle at said Hill, at which time he had the Misfortune to be wounded in his right Ancle, by a musket Ball, which broke & much fractured the Bones, which caused him great pain & distress for a long time before it was healed — by means whereof he has lost the use of that joint, which renders him in- capable of performing his duty in his Station, or undergoing the fatigues & hardships of the war — & whereby he is prevented from using and exercising (in a great measure) his usual and necessary occupation and business, for which he has received no consideration — Wherefore he humbly prays your honors to take his case into your consideration & grant him such relief as your honors shall see fit, & your Petitioner as in Duty bound ever prays Reuben Dow Holies December 20^*^ ^77^ N. B. Cap* Reuben Dow Rec*^ his pay as Cap* untill the last Day of Decern'’ A. D. 177s — [The committee on sick and wounded officers and soldiers reported that he was entitled to half pay for one year from Jan. I, 1776, and quarter pay thenceforth until otherwise ordered. Captain Dow’s company, of fifty-nine Hollis men, was in Col. William Prescott’s Massachusetts regiment. This town also had four men in Capt. Moor’s company, same regiment, and eight men in Col. Reed’s regiment. — Ed.] [R. 2-95] [jl/d to the Fajnily of Jacob Danforth^ 777^.] Hollis November y^ 15, 1779 Received of tbe selectmen of Holies thirty-three Pound three Shillings and three Pence In full for my travel visits and medicions for the wife of Jacob Dan- forth one of our Continental Soldiers for three years Per me JoiP Fox Physicion I acknowledge the above Charge of Doc* fox against my Hus- band Jacob Danforth to Be Just and true her Per me Anna X Danforth. in ark Janewary y® 18-1780 244 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [She also acknowledged the receipt of provisions amount- ing to ;^II4, 9, 6, which she had received at different times during the year 1779. — Ed.] [R. 2-96] \_Soldiers^ Petition for a?t Allowance for the De~ freciatio 7 i of their Pay^ The petition of the subscribers inhabitants of the town of Holies in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hamp- shire. — Most Humbly ^heweth, That in July 1779, there was a Re- quisition for a number of men to Go into the Continental Ser- vice for the said Town, and your Petitioners were hired to Go for one year. * * * Holies June 9^^ 1781 Caleb Stiles Joseph Stearns Ephraim Pairce Simeon Foster William Tenney for JerathMeel bowers [These men served in Col. Moses Nichols’s regiment. — Ed.] [R. 2-97] \_Relative to Lemuel Bloody Soldier^ 1^82. The Deposition of Lemuel Blood of Holies In the County of Hillsborough and State of Newhampshire of Lawful age who testifies and says that he was a Soldier In the Contenental army in the year 17S0 for the term of six months for the town of Hol- ies and that he was on Command Near North Castle and was taken prisoner by a party of the Cow Boys so Called on the Ninth Day of November 1780 and was Caried to New }mrk and that he made his Escape from the Enemy on or about the tenth Day of December 1780 and that he understood that the six months men was all discharged so that he did Not Return to Campt to git a discharge But made the Best of His way home and found all the soldiers that he went with at Home Holies June y^ 15, 1782 Lemuel Blood [Sworn before Noah Worcester. — Ed.] [R. 2-98] [Reuben Blood and William Connick testify as to what they know about the matter. They were in the service at the same time, and were discharged Dec. 4, 1780. — Ed.] HOLLIS. 245 [R. 2-100] [Jeremiah Prichard, “ of Holies,” states that he was ap- pointed “adjutant to the First Regiment of the New Hamp- shire forces in January, 1778, and did that duty until June following, when a new arrangement took place.” He asks for extra pay for said service. — Ed.] [R. 2-1 01] [_So/dicrs’ Orders.^ [William Hale ordered what wages may be due him for service in the army, in 1780, to be paid to Augustus Blan- chard. (Date cut off.) John Bonner ordered ;^24, which was due him for service in the Second New Hampshire Regiment, in 1781, to be paid to Samuel Walker. This order was dated November 23, 1782, and has attached an acknowledgment before Jer- emiah Pritchard, selectman, dated “ Holies, July 26 ^^, 1784.” —Ed.] [R. 2-102] To John T. Gilman Esq*" Treasurer for the State of New Hampshire Pleas’d to pay Daniel Emerson Jr. all that is due to us for our Service in the Continental arm}^ one year (from July 1779 to July 17S0) in Cole' Scamil Regiment and his Re- ceipt Shall be your discharge from us and you will much oblige your humbel Servants Holies July y® 5* 1784 Test Solomon Rogers ) Caleb Stiles Caleb Stiles Jun Sam' Emerson ) Ephraim Pairce Grant Powers his Simeon Foster Jacob X Hobart his mark Joseph X Starns mark [5-127] \_ReIatlve to Estate of J 4 ' 7 /tiam Brozvn^ Absentee^ 1784.^ in the year 1782 the Land of CoP William Brown in Hollis an Absentee was taxed Seventeen Shillings & two pence one 246 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. farthing — which we pray may be allow’d according to a Partic ular act of this State in that Case made &c — Hollis Oct^ 18^^ 1784 W™ Cumings Select Jeremiah Prichard ♦ men 1712I4 Rc*^ an order on the Treasry for the above Sum Daniel Emerson Ju*" [5-128] \_Relative to the Restoration of Monson^ To the HoiP^® Council and house of Representatives to be Con- vened at Concord in September Anno Domini 1782 — We the Subscribers or a number of us Subscribed our names to a petition praying that your honours w^ould Restore the An- cient Town of Monson to its former Situation as to boundaries, & that it might be invested with the same powders & immunities which said towm formerly held and Enjoyed — And whereas upon further Consideration we are well Satisfyed that it will be a Great Disadvantage to all the inhabitants of the tract of Land formerly Called Monson if the prayer of said petition should be Granted, because we Consider that the inhabitants who are set- tled up thro’ the middle of the towm are Chiefly new, and pay but a very small proportion of taxes, as yet, and w’e see that our present taxes are heavy, and making new' roads from the various parts of said towui to the Centre, together with the many other Charges to which Towms are Subjected, we are Convinced will be Exceedingly burdensome — Wherefore w'e humbly pray your honours w'ould not Grant the prayer of said petition, but that you w'ould Alltogether Re- ject the same, and your humble petitioners wdll ever pray &c. Holies Septem*' 14^^ 1782 — David Wallingsford Rich^ Bayley [5-129] ^^Petitioners’ Tax^ 1^82. The flrst State Tax for 1782 — Neh*^ French Ti, 14, 2, 3 William French J 2, 18, 9, Benj^ Messer 18, 2, Tim® Emerson J"" i, 2, 6, i, Joseph French i, 6, 7, 2 Tim® Emerson 17, o, 3, Ivory Hovey 15, 9, Silas Spaulding — i, 16, 3, 3, William French 12, i, i Jonas Shattuck — 18, 2, Oliv'’ Bowers i, 17, 10, i Ebeifl Gillson 19, i, Jerahmeel Colburn new Comer £15 : 18 : 7. 2 HOLLIS. 247 David Wallingfor d£ 3 . 6, 4, John Starns i. G 3, I Edward Foster — - G 8, 1,2 Jotham Starns — 15 ’ 9 ’ Starns Needham G 12, 5, 3 Rob‘ Perkins — H’ 6 , 3 Joffi Danforth 3 ’ O’ 9 ’ 3 Tho® Emerson G 16, 1 1 , I <£16, 18, 8, I Merah*" Leamon G G IG 15 ’ 18, 7 ’ 2 Jon. Spaulding G G 10, I Benj Emerson 15’ 9, Total 32, 17 ’ 3 ’ 3 The above sums affixed to the Names above written is their first State Tax for 1782 taken from the Town Records — Attest William Cumings, Town Clerk Hollis Nov^ i8‘^ 1783 — The first State Tax for 1782 — Rob* Colburn — £ i , 19 ’ II, 3 Rob* Colburn J*" £2, H’ 8 , 3 Nath" Colburn — 2, 8 , 8 , Benj Colburn — 2, 15 ’ G I Dan' Bayley — 3, S, 5, 2 Joel Bayley — 18, 2, Dan' Bayley Jr 13 , I, I Sam' Hayden — 3 ’ I Dan' Kenrick, 4, 18, 10 Thad® Wheeler 3 ’ 2, 9 ’ 2 Jonas Willoughby 3, G3’ 11 Eben* Farley — 3 ’ 10, 0, 2 W*" Nevins 3, lO’ 3 ’ 1 Jos Nevins G 18, 4, 2 Benj Nevins i. 6- 7' 3 oliv* Sanders 2, 2, 6 , Tho® Powers i. 7 > 5 ' ' Josi Parker — 5 ’ G 6, I Josi Parker J* 19’ 4, 2 Jos Eastabrooks- 16, 9 ’ Jos. Stearns — i. H’ 3 ’ 3 ZacclF Shattuck 2, 13 ’ G ZaccffiShattuckJ* i. 9, 8, I Elath" Blood J*— - G 4 ’ 10, •£ 55 ' 14 ’ 7’ 2 The above Sums affixed to the Names above written is their first State Tax for 1782 taken from the Town Records — Hollis Nov*’ 18, 1782 — Attest W*" Cumings Town Clerk [5-130] \_State?ue 7 it of a Grievance^ To y® Hoffi^® Committee of Safety for y® State of New Hamp- shire — Gentlemen, Sensibly Touch’d with a matter of Grievance, I take an Op- portunity to acquaint your honours with it in as few words as Possible concerning the Extant issu’d against the Town of Hoi- 248 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. lis which not to impeach the Authority, as a Town we take it exceeding hard — not to magnify Our good Deed, we must remind your hon- ours of our faithfully answering every Requisition thro’ a Series of Hardships in the past Calamitous Times we have not been Deficient a pound of Beef neither has a man been Want- ing on our part, even the man in Dispute with what we give him the Supplies of his family Exclusive of this last Trouble cannot be computed at less than £100 Lawful money — Your honours are Sensible of the Grievous burden of Taxes our People are under which we bear with Patience as appro- priated in Defence of a Righteous Cause, but add to all this, for the People of Hollis to bear the Odious name of being Cor- rected for Deficiency while Innocent, this may it please your honours causes us to sigh deeply at heart and is it not enough to fetch Tears from our Eyes You alone Gentlemen can rec- tify this matter and as the Eyes of Servants are to their masters, or rather as the Eyes of Children full of Grief, are to their Tender Parents so our Eyes are to you, while we Esteem it a Blessing of heaven that we have those at the head of Our affairs who are ready to hear and we have not in our hearts to Suppose your honours would willingly see us injured. Where- fore we implore your kind interposition in this matter which so nearly concerns us and that no advantage may be taken by reason of our Papers being out of Our hands for we are not disputing a Nice Point in the Law nor are we able to for we are illiterate men and want nothing but Justice if we offend by Speaking too much we willingly ask Pardon and desire to Ac- quiesce in your Determination while with duty & Respect we rest your honours most Obedient & Humble Servants — Hollis Ocff 2i®‘ 1783. W"^ Cumings j Selectmen of Solomon Ward well > of Ebenezer Jewet j Hollis — [5-13 1 ] [_Relative to Articles of Confederation^ 1^83.^ Hollis Ocff 13^^ 17S35 the inhabitants of the Town of Hollis aforesaid with the freeholders being met on adjournment after having maturely debated matters under Consideration — Voted, that our Representative use his inffuence in making the propos’d alteration, respecting the eighth Article in the Confederation of Perpetual union taken from the Records — Attest W”' Cumings Town Clek Hollis Ocff 30*^^ 17S3 — Hon’^^ Council & House for N. HampE — HOLLIS. 249 [5—132] \_Petition of Certain Persoizs to be set o f to Paby^ To the Town of Hollis — The Petition of us the Subscribers Inhabitence of the West- erly Part of s^^ Hollis, Humbly Sheweth that by Reson of many Inconvenences We Labour under by Living in such a Remote part of Hollis so fare from meting and at such a Distence from the other Inhabitence of s'^ town that We are Depriv‘d in a great measure of the prevelege of Schoolling and by Reson of the Badness of the Rods it is Verev Deficult for ‘sum of us to git to the Town of Hollis and at sum Sesons of the year it is Even impracticable Except We first goo into the town of Raby and travel Sum Ways in the same before We Enter Hollis again — and as we live much more Compact with the Inhabitence of Rabv and think it mite be more Convenent for us to belongf to the town of Rabv to which if we ware set of it is Lickly the s*^ Inhabitence of Raby and us your Petitioners mite both Injoy the preveleges of preaching and Schoolling — &c — in a more ful and ample manner then Ither thay or us can under our present Sittuation w^e theirfore beg you to take our Case into your Wise consideration & if you in your Wisdom can see fit that you would give your Consent to have a part of the westerly part of Hollis set of to Raby — (that is that part that Raby formely ex- pected) Begining at the Sandy bank so cold at Nissitisit River and from thence a North pint by the Nedel acrost Hollis which we humbly conseve would not be a great Dammag to Hollis But Verey advantagus to the town of Raby — and us your Peti- tioners December — 5 — 1 7S3 James M*^Donels Simeon Senter James mcDaniels Jun jesse parkins Phinehas Bennet Jr Joshua Smith John Cumings [The foregoing petition did not meet with success, and another in similar language, dated “ Hollis OcP 15 — 1785/’ was sent to the legislature, signed by the following men ; James ISPDonell Simeon Senter Ebns'' Gilson Jesse parkins Joshua Smith Joshua Smith Jur Thomas Lawrence Ezekiel Proctor Phinehas Bennet. The petition was opposed by Hollis, as may be seen by the following document, but the petitioners, assisted by the inhabitants of Raby, succeeded in procuring the passage of an act, Feb. 17, 1786, setting off a strip three quarters of a mile wide from the west side of Hollis, and annexing the same to Raby. — Ed.] 250 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [5-136] [ Opposition of Hollis to the Petition of Raby^ ^ 7 ^ 5 ^ At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Hollis Sep‘ 15*^785 _ Voted that this Town will oppose the Petition preferr’d to the Gen^ Court, by the Town of Raby, That Daniel Emerson Esq. be fully impower’d to oppose said Petition, also voted that Noah Worcester Esq. Cap* Dow Ens. Jerem^^ Ames William Cumings & Cap* Goss, be a Committee to State the matter fairly and give said Emerson Instructions in writing relative to the same, taken from the Town Records True Copy Attest William Cumings Town Clerk To Daniel Emerson Esq. Representative for the Town of Hollis — Agreeable to the above votes of the Town of Hollis, impow- ering You to Oppose the Petition of the Town of Raby, & us to give you Instructions thereon. You are hereby instructed to oppose said Petition — in behalf of the Town of Hollis, for the following Reasons (viz). first as the said Petitioners represent their Weakness and in- ability to Support the Gospel or maintain Schools, it cannot be supposed that the addition of nine families Settled on such a Tract of Land as they Represent unfit for Cultivation if Grant- ed could remove the Difficulties of which they complain — 3^* as they represent in said Petition, that they at their Incorpo- ration had reason to expect some further help from said Town of Hollis, that we know of no Reason that they had to expect any such thing unless it was by some mistake in their own Measure as they themselves measured it before the incorpora- tion, that the Town of Hollis never measured nor Joined in Measuring until after the Incorporation, That the Votes of the Town of Hollis, previous to said incorporation of Raby were design’d to fix the meeting House in the Sentre of the Town east & west, which Votes of said Town were confirmed by the Charter of the Town of Raby — 3*^ That as they in their Petition request to begin at the Great Sand Bank so Called, and run a Paralel line with the Town of Raby opposite to their Northeast Corner, then a closing line to their Northeast Corner, which if granted will leave a Tract of land with a Number of inhabitants on the same about two miles Square, belonging to Hollis, at the northerly end of Raby ex- tending as far west as the west line of Raby excepting the width of the mile Strip — 4*^^ That the meeting-House in Hollis now stands on a plat of Ground which it seems nature form’d for that purpose being pleasantly Situated, that the Town has been at a Great Expence HOLLIS. 251 in laying Out and making Roads to accommodate the same, which well convenes the Inhabitants from all parts of said Town That if said Petition should be granted, consequently, the meet- ing house would not be in the sentre of the Town — which may probably cause an uneasiness in the Easterly part of y® Town, which might cause the Town to live in Contention or lay them under the disagreeable Necessity of building a New meeting house, and of being at a Vast expence to accommodate Roads, to the same, which never can be done with that Convenience that it now is — Noah Worcester') Hollis Sep'" 28^*^ Reuben Dow ] Com*®® in behalf 1785 — Jeremiah Ames of y® Town of W™ Cumings Hollis — John Goss [ 5 “^ 33 ] \_Petitio 7 i foi- iy84.'] To his Excellency the president and Hon*’*® Council of the State of New Hampshire — We the subscribers principal Inhabitants of the Town of Hollis, By this our petition humblv Shew : That whereas the Inhabitants of said Town are numerous : Business frequently Arises which requires the^ Aid of an assistance of two Justices. Unus Qiiorum : for wan of whom we are often put to great Inconveniency besides Trav eling to a distance to get our Business accomplished. There" fore we desire that we might be Indulg’d the priviledge of having two Justices in s'* Town and that one of them might be of the Quorum ; and as Daniel Emerson Jun*" our Representitive for the time being; Is a person of Fidelity & Trust universally esteem’d and one who (we conceive) will give the greatest Con- tent we beg Leave to recommend him to your favour. And that he might be appointed and 'commissioned as a Justice of the peace ; in Addition to the present, and as In Duty bound shall ever pray — Hollis June 2** 1784 — William Poole Uriah Wright Benj“ Wright William wood Daniel Bay ley Junr Eben Farley Stephen Farley Timothy Emerson jr William Read Solomon Wardwell Nathan Colburn Daniel Kendrick Aaron Bavley Benjamin Farley Nehemiah Hardv Jacob mooar Ephraim Lund Stephen Jewett Elijah Clark Joseph Nevens Jonathan Taylor Joel Bay ley Timothy Emerson 252 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Thomas Emerson Daniel Kendrick Jur Isaac Hardy Abram Boynton Eliphelet Brown Caleb Stiles John Attwill Joseph Wheat Nicholas yoimgman Nathan Phelps James Farley Timothy french George Abbott Benjamin Abbott Ephram Pirce Simon perce David ernes Francis Powers Benjamin Emerson Benj*^ Colburn Samuel Hayden Oliver Bowers Levy Hardy Joseph Haskell Joshua Smith Fifield Holt John Willoughbv John Phelps Sam'' Jonson Benj Farley third Jonas woods Amos Eastman Joseph Haywood Jonathan Dix Isreel kinney Joseph Lasley Abijah Smith Benj*" Astin Silas Spaulding Oliver Bowers Ju' Benjamin Nevens Jonas Leslie Francis Blood Jacob Jewet Ju Sam Willoughby Samuel Wright Lemuel wright Caleb Farley Jur W"^ Cumings Jonathan Eastman Josiah Woodbury Cvrus Proctor John attwill Jun William Brooks [This resulted in the appointment of Dea. Emerson as requested. — E d.] H OOKSETT. This town was incorporated by an act approved July 2 , 1822, and was composed of portions of the towns of Ches- ter, Dunbarton, and Goffstown ; set off from those towns in answer to a petition from the inhabitants. The name “ Isle au Hooksett” and “Isle au Hooksett Falls” was attached to the locality many years before the incorporation and nam- ing of the town, but the editor is unable to ascertain its derivation. As long ago as 1746, a pond in the north part of Chester was called “ Isle Kook’s pond,” by one of Capt. Ladd’s scouts, who says they camped near it. It is now known as Lakin’s pond. I am inclined to think the locality was named by Indians or Canadian French. The following documents do not relate to Hooksett as a town, but to the locality, and for that reason are given in this place. A slight change was made in the boundaries of the town Jan. 5, 1853, when a small tract was severed from Hooksett and annexed to Allenstown. HOOKSETT. 253 C 5 “^ 53 ] \_yoshua Abbott for a Ferry ^ To the Honorable the Council and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Court convened at Concord the Day of June 17S2 — We the Subscribers inhabiting near Isle a Huckset Falls on Merrimack River apprehend a Ferry is much wanted at or near said Falls, which would greatly accommode the Public, and Joshua Abbott having purchased a Piece of Land and bargained for a Boat in order to keep said Ferry, W^herefore your Peti- tioners humbly pray that your Honors would make a Grant of said P^erry to said Abbott and your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray — Laben Hereman John H art Jonathan John Carter NatlP Abbott Ebene^ Hall Timothy Hall Abner danders Richard danders Richard danders Olivr danders Phenehas N. C. Abbott Rob* Harris Benja Hanaford Enoch Brown Nath Green Daniel Hall John Blanchard Richard Aver Will iam mestin ji Moses Carter William Fideld John Odlin Samuel Davis Bruce Walker Joseph Carter William Brown Brown John John Carr Simeon Carr Dan Stickney Sm** Willard Thomas Cochran Francis Mitchell Daniel Brown Ephraim Kinsman James Moor Epliraim moor Moses moor Luther Clay Tim® Walker Jun*" Joshua Abbott Daniel Abbott Joseph Abbot David george Aaron Stevens Stephen farington Timothy Bradley Enoch Coffin Philip Abbott Nathan Green Paltiah Stephen Hall Joseph Haseltine Thos Stickney Thomas Chandler Samuel P'arrington Ephraim Colby James Walker Stephen Abbot Stephen Kimball Benj® Fifeld Robert Davis Micah Flanders Daniel Carter [Mr. Abbott did not obtain the grant. — E d.] [5-154] \_Dustl?t and Alar tin for a Ferry ^ i’j82d\ To the Honourable the Council and Assembly of the State of New Hampshire Now Convened at Concord In said State — We the Petitioners John Dusten & Daniel martin of Chester In the County of Rockingham in said State humbly sheweth that your petitioners has Lived many Years In said Chester on the Bank of merimack River In such asituation for keeping a 254 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Ferry, as Is Very convenient to accommodate a great Number of the Inhabitants of Goffestown Dunbarton and of many other towns a bove who have Occasion to travil to the Lower Part of this and the massachusetts State that highways have been Laid out by the town Joining on both Sides of the River to said Place and well made and Repaired and that Your Petitioners has been at a considerable Expence In building and maindening of boats and giving constant attendance to Ferry People across for more than sixteen years when the profets was Very Incon- siderable and In Nowise Equal to the Expence and that there is now considerable traviling and dayly increasing Being found to be Very advantageous to the publick and that your Petition- ers suspects that a petition will be prefered to your Honours for a Licence to keep a ferry on said River about two or three miles up said river from where your petitioners keeps their ferry (where there are no Roads Laid out on neither side of the River to the place) with an Intent to prevent your petition- ers from any profit by their ferry wherefore your petitioners humbly prays that you would grant them a Licence to keep a ferry where they now Does and that if a petition shall be pre- fered as Suspected that you would Dismiss the same or appoint a Commitee In the Vicinity to View the place proposed for a ferry with the place for Roads on both sides of the river as well as your petitioners ferry and the Roads leading to and from the same and make Report that your petitioners may have an op- portunity of appearing on Any future day you may appoint to shew cause and your petitioners as in duty bound will Ever Pray— Chester June 1782 John Dusten Daniel martin [In H. of Rep., Nov. 19, 1782, a committee having viewed the premises reported in favor of establishing the ferry asked for by Dustin and Martin, instead of the one asked for by Mr. Abbott, and a vote giving leave in accordance therewith passed the assembly. The locality is still known as Mar- tin’s Ferry. — Ed.] [5-155] \_McGregore and Duncan for Exclusive Privilege of Locking Hooksett Palls, To the honb*® the Senate and house of Representatives for the State of New Hampshire, convened at Exeter on Wednesday the 25“^ of Dec. 1793. — Humbly shew your petitioners, that they conceive the advan- tages arising from canals opened round the falls of Rivers in a HOPKINTON. 255 Country of such vast extent as ours, and at a great distance from the sea-ports, to be almost innumerable. That the enter- prize and public spirit of the present age, have afforded ample proofs of this, and have inspired your petitioners with an in- tention of commencing a work of such universal utility. That, should the river Merrimac, as is projected, be made navigable for boats, timber &c from its mouth, round Amoskeig-falls ; the benevolent intention of the legislature would be rendered quite useless, unless a canal was also cut, for that purpose, by Isle-a-hooksett-falls, upon the same river and above the said falls of Amoskeig. Your petitioners are sensible that an un- dertaking of this nature is hazardous and expensive, and at- tended with almost insurmountable difficulties. — But that the public may be accommodated with a work of such obvious utility, your petitioners have resolved, with the encouragement of the legislature, to cut and perfect a canal round the said Isle-a-hooksett-falls with all possible deligence. — They therefore pray, that this honorable body would grant to them the exclusive privilege of cutting a canal round said Isle-a-hooksett-falls, for said convenient purpose of navigating boats, timber &c, by said falls with safety and dispatch ; and that they would allow them such reasonable toll to compensate their trouble and expence as they may think proper. And that they may have leave to bring in a bill accordingly. And as in duty bound will ever pray. — Exeter January i 794 * — Robert ATGregore William Duncan [In H. of Rep., Jan. 4, 1794, the petitioners were granted leave to bring in a bill. Subsequently the privilege asked for was granted, and the same was extended in 1797. — Ed.] HOPKINTON. This town was granted by the government of Massachu- setts, Jan. 16, 1735, and was No. 5 in the “line of towns” granted by that province on territory which the settlement of thelinein 1741 decreed to be in New Hampshire. The grant- ees were men of Hopkinton, Mass , and this township was called New Hopkinton until it was incorporated by the gov- ernor and council of New Hampshire, Jan. 10, 1765. John Jones, of Hopkinton, Mass., was authorized, Nov. 256 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 24, 1736, by the general court of that province to call a meeting of the grantees of No. 5. The grant of this town covered some of the territory con- tained in the grant to Bow by the government of New Hampshire in 1727, and trouble arising in regard to collect- ing the province tax, an act was passed Dec. 13, 1763, de- creeing that Abel Kimball, Timothy Kimball, Timothy Clements, Eliphalet Colby, Green French, John Chadwick, Abraham Kimball, Jeremiah Kimball, James Kimball, Moses Straw, Jonathan Straw, John Eastman, William Peters, Hezekiah Foster, Jeremiah Kimball, Jr., Thomas Jewell, Reuben Kimball, Daniel Watson, Obediah Perry, Joshua Bayley, John Kimball, John Jewell, Parker Flanders, Isaac Colby, Thomas Hoit, the widow Susanna Kimball, and their estates, which were within the limits of Bow grant, should be joined to the “ District of New Hopkinton." (See Vol. IX, p. 406.) A house was built “near the meet- ing house spot” by Henry Mellen, prior to Sept. 30, 1738, as a proprietors’ meeting was called to be held in his house at that time. Among the early settlers was John Jones, who settled in the westerly part of the town. Aaron Kimball from Brad- ford, Mass., came about 1739, and built a fort about a mile east of the present village of Hopkinton. He was the father of Abraham Kimball, the first white male child born in town. Samuel and John Putney, from Amesbury, Mass., built a fort on what is known as Putney’s Hill. David Woodwell came from Hopkinton, Mass., and built a fort near the location of the present village of Contoocook ; the place is identified by the depression made in excavating the cellar. It was surprised by Indians in April, 1746, and eight persons captured. The first minister was James Scales ; the second, Elijah Fletcher, from Westford, Mass., ordained Jan. 27, 1773. His daughter. Gratia, was the first wife of Daniel Webster. The township was within the bounds of “ Mason’s Patent,” and was regranted by the Masonian Proprietors, Nov. 30, 1750, to Henry Mellen and others, but for what considera- tion is unknown. The legislature held sessions in this town in 1798, 1801, 1806, and 1807 ; and it was for some years one of the shire towns of Hillsborough county, prior to the formation of Merrimack county in 1823. HOPKINTON. 257 The reader is indebted for much of the foregoing to C. C. Lord, Esq., who kindly furnished the editor with an able article, the result of much research, from which ex- tracts have been made. To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq^ Captain General, and Governour in chief, in and over his Majestys Province of New-Hampshire ; And vice Admiral of the same — The Petition of the Inhabitants of Hopkinton, in the County of Hillsborough in the Province of New-Hampshire aforesaid, in Town-Meeting assembled, on Thursday the twenty eighth Day of October, Anno Domini 1773, and in the fourteenth Year of his Majesty’s Reign, humbly Sheweth — That whereas your humble Petitioners think it would be an Advantage to them to be represented in the great General Court of this Province by a Man of their own Town, and of their own ch using. Therefore we humbly |3ray that your Excellency would, in your great Goodness grant us the Liberty & Privilege of chusing & sending a Man to the General Court for that Pur- pose, now, and for the future — For which Goodness, Your humble Petitioners, for your Excellency, as in Duty bound shall pray — Voted in the said Meeting, That CapP John Putney prefer the above Petition to his Excellency the Governour. j_5-i5i] \_Relative to the Formation of Cotinties^ iy/ 2 .^ To his Excellency John Wintworth Esquirer Captain general and governour in Chief in and over his Maiest}’s Province of New Hampshire and Vice Admiral of the Same — To the Honourable his Alajestys Council And to the Honour- able House of Representatives in general Court Assembled — The Petition of the Inhabitants and free Holders of Hopkin- * Joshua Bayley came from Plymouth, Mass., prior to the incorporation of the town, and settled about a mile east of the present village ; commanded a company at Bennington ; was at Stillwater in 1777, and in the Rhode Island expedition in 1778. He died April 9, 1806, at the age of 68. — Ed. [5-152] \^Petition for the Privilege of having a Repre- sentative^ Joshua Bayley* Town Clerk in the Name & Behalf of the Town 258 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. ton in the County of Hillsborough and Province aforesaid hum- bly Sheweth That whereas some Defficulty has arisen of Late among us in this town which we cannot decide our Selves and which we think Requires the Wisdom and Authority of the Honourable general Court to adjust and Determine. We there- fore your Humble Petitioners hereby apply our selves to your Excellency and your Honours with all Humillity for Direction and help — Our Difficulty began Emediately after the Publica- tion of an Act of the Legislature of this Province approved of by his Majesty in Council for Dividing said Province in Coun- tys which after following the first County Line, from the mouth of Piscatqua River Round to Concord Line (It says) Thence Round the westerly lines of Bow Concord and Pembroke to Merrimack River — which if it means the westerly line of Bow as it was first laid out or the Line to which we the Inhabitents of said Hopkinton purchased — Then it will Nessacarily follow that all that Part of said Hopkinton which was within Bows Claim is in the County of Rockinham and then said Hopkinton is divided part into the county of Rockingham and part into the county of Hillsborough which makes a great difficulty respecting our town affairs therefore we your Humble Petitioners Earnestly pray that your Excellency and your Honours would be gra- ciously pleased to take the matter into your Judicious Consid- eration and Resolve us in this thing (Viz) Whether your Hon- ours ment or Intended that all Hopkinton agreeable to their Incorporation should be in the Count}" of Hillsborough or Whether you Intended that all that part of Hopkinton that was formerly in Bows Claim Should be in the County of Rockin- ham if the former we are fully satisfied but if y® Latter we humbly Beg that vour Exelency and Honours would so order and Determine that all our said town may be in the County of Hillsborough and that we may be all one as we were agreeable to an act of the Honourable General Court in January 1765 by which act all that part of said Hopkinton that was within Bows Claim was separated from said Bow and was joined with and United to said Plopkinton to all Intents and Purposes for which Favour your Humble Petitioners for your Exellency and Hon- ours as in Duty bound shall ever pray — Dated at Hopkinton May y® ^ 77 ^ Signed by John Putney A Committee apointed Isaac Chandler | by and in the name Abel Kimball and behalf of the Joshua Bayley 1 town of Hopkinton James Scales j HOPKINTON. 259 [In H. of Rep., May 27, 1772, “Voted that the whole of said Hopkinton be determined to belong to the County of Hillsborough.” Council concurred. — Ed.] [5-150] \^Proceedings of a Tow^i- Meeting ^ I'j'j 2 At a meeting Legally Cold and Held at the meeting House in Hopkinton on thirsday the 2 Day of January 1772 at one of the Clock in the afternoon then Vote on the foiewing articles 1 Voted that Capt Putney moderator to Regulate Said meet- ing 2 Voted to send a man to Portsmouth to See if the Town is Devided in to two Countys 3 Voted that Leiu* Jonathan Straw Should be the man that is to Represent the Concarns of the Town to the Gineral Court with a Petition to have all of the Town in one County 4 Voted that James Scales Esqu*’ Cap*^ Putney Leiu* Chandler Abel Kimbal and Joshua Bayley be a Committe to Sine a Pe- tition in the Towns be-half to Send to the Gineral Court a true Copy taken of from the Records By me — Joshua Bayley Town Clerk Hopkinton may 25 1772 [5-149] \_Relative to the Fo 7 ' 7 tiatio 7 i of Cou 7 ities, Province of New-Hampshire Hopkinton, May 25**^ 1772. Pursuant, and in Obedience to an Order of the General As- sembly of this Province, bearing Date May 2o‘^ ^ 77 ^’ brought hither by Lieu* Jonathan Straw of this Town, last week ; Said Order having Reference to a Petition, signed by a Committee of the Inhabitants of said Hopkinton, & presented to the Gen- eral Assembly by the said L* Straw' ; said Petition bearing Date, May 8**^ ^ 77 ^' ^ Joshua Bayley One of the Committee that signed the said Petition, served the major Part of those of the Inhabitants of Hopkinton who live within the Township of Bow w ith the said Petition and Order, by reading both to them ; and then leaving a Copy of the said Petition wdth one of them, viz. m’' John Jew^ett. And we, Nathan* Clements, & Timothy Farnham of said Hopkinton, went with the said Joshua Bayley, from House to House among the Inhabitants of said Hopkinton who live within the Towmship of Bow, and heard the said Bayley read 26 o EARLY TOWN PAPERS. the said Petition, and Order to the Major Part of said Inhabi- tants ; on Saturday the 23*^ day of this instant May ; and on this 25‘^ Day, in the Evening of said Day, we saw the said Bayley deliver a Copy of the said Petition and Order to m’' John Jew- ett, aforesaid, to be left with him the said John Jewett Joshua Bayley Nathaniel Clement Timothy Farnham [Sworn to before James Scales. — E d.] [5-148] [ Capt, Stillson relative to Soldiers^ ///d.] Hopkinton July the 19^^ S'" I, Can Inform you that m'^ Hoit has Enlisted Fourteen men, and they have passed muster and Paid by Colonel Walker, as the men Chuse him for an Officer and to go With me, I un- derstood by your Honours that any man that wou’d Enlist a Num^*' Sufficient should be intitled to a Commission, it is Reck- on’d he can Git a Num'^^ more if he Can be Sure of a Com- mission From your Hum^® Seiwant — * W“ Stillson To ColP meshech Ware [5-147] \^yohn Hale declines the Appointment of Major ^ i777-~] Plopkinton March y® 3*^ ^ 777 — Hon*^ Sir — I am informed by Cap*^ Livermore that you have wrote me two Letters neither of wdiich has com to hand I acknowledg my self much indebted to you for the HoiP you have done me in appointing me to the office of maj^ — when I consider the im- portance of the post & how much I fall short in filling it my Excepting would rather Injure then help that Service which I have much at heart. I am also settled in a New Country Dis- tant from Neighbors & must be under the Disagreeable necesa- tity of breaking up house keeping which will almost put me in a ruinous Condition. Humbly beg yoiP be pleased to appoint Some other person in my Room & am Gentleman your most obedient & very Humble Serv* — John Hale — HOPKINTON. 261 [5-146] State of New Hampshire To the Honourable Council and Assembly Convenied at Exe- ter — May it please your Honours your Humble Petetionor having Lately come out of the Service of the United States with his two sons and wanting Lands to Settle on has taken up three hundred acres of Land one hundred for himself and one hun- dred for each of his said sons on that tract of Land called Fish- ersfield which was Granted to John Fisher Esq^ who is Sup- posed to be an enemy to the Glorious Cause of Liberty now Contending for by the United states of America — and as such your Humble Petetionor Supposes that the Lands of the said Fisher will be forfited to this State and of Consequence be dis- posed of by the Authority of the same should this be the Case and the Matter come Under your Honours Judicious Consider- ation your humble Petetionor prays that he and his sons may be Quieted in their Possessions and be considered as Settlers or have the Liberty of purchasing their lands as wild Lands without Its being Exposed to Publick Sale — And your humble Petetionor as in duty bound shall ever pray — Hopkinton May y® 14*^ ^ 77 ^ Timothy Clements [The foregoing was dismissed. — E d.] [5-145] \^Remonstrance to the Appointfnent of Benjamin Wig-gin, 178s. To His Exelencv — President for the State of New Hampshire ; — and to His Hoif* Privy Council ; — « We Petitioners humbly sheweth ; That whereas the Town of Hopkinton, has Been Very Unanimous In the Cause of America, in Y® Late struggle with Create Britton Except A few Persons, who always in Discourse and Actions Seemed to Us ; To favour Britton and to be Against the Causes of Amer- ica ; and we Understand one of those person Are in Nomin’tion to Bee A Magistrate in this Town, Viz ; M*" Benjamin Wiggin ; if he Should Attain to that Office We think would be Very Disagreeable to the People of this Towm in General, therefore Our Petition to Exelency and Hon® is that You would Neg- lect putting the Above Named M*" Wiggin into Office ; and in Sted Thereof Would Grant S*^ Office to Some person Which 262 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. has Appear‘d to be A steady Good friend to his Country, — and Y' Petitioners As in Deuty Bound Shall Ever Pray. — Hopkinton Nov*' 2^^ 17S5. Peter How John Chadwick Eliphelet colby John Clement Moses Gould Jonathan Chase David Kimball Elias Gould Robert Knowlton William D : Colby Joseph Chandler Thomas Webber Stephen Harriman Thomas Bayley Jonathan Straw Abel Kimball Jacob Straw David Fellows Henry Blake John George Enoch Long John Putney Enoch Eastman Isaac Chandler Joshua Morse Isaac Bayley Enoch Long J*" Samuel Chase [5-144] \_Petition for the Appointment of Benjamin Wig"- gin as a Magistrate^ To his Exellency John Sullivan Esq*" President of the State of Newhampshire and to the Honourable Privy Council in Concord Convean’d Whereas Wee your Humble Petitioners understand that M' Benj'^ Wiggin of Hopkinton hath been on the List for a Justice of the Peace but as yet hath not been appointed to the Dissa- pointment of us your humble Petitioners and perhaps Many others, alltho there are two Justices of the Peace in Town all- ready yet Wee humbly Conceive it to be Convenient to have one more and as M*' Wiggin in our opinions is as Well Qualli- fy’d as any Person in town in a Convenient Situation and a person well Dispos’d humbly pray he may be appointed Justice of the peace and Wee as in Duty bound Will Ever pray Hopkinton 14*^ June 1786 Jaems Emerson Benj thurber Rich‘S Cresy John Ardway Caleb Burbank Moses Titcomb William putney Joshua Clement Jon®^ Herrick Ju®*' moses Clement John Farnham Noah Pearson francis thurber William Stanley John Ardway Jur Thomas Bickford Lawrence M®Laugh lin David Clement James Buswell John Webber James Smith Timothy farnham John Currier Ralph Cross John Eastman Joseph ardway Joseph Putnee David Young Nathaniel Clement Nicholas C Buswell Tappan Evans Daniel Stickney Jons Clough HOPKINTON. 263 £5—143] \_Another Petition in favor of Wiggin^ i'/ 86 .'\ I To his Excellency John Landon Esq®*" Presedent of the State of New hampshire and to the Honourable Privy Council Next Sitting at Portsmouth Whereas We 3’our Humble Petitioners are Informed that there was a Petition Prefered to your Excellency and your Honours at your Last Sessions at Concord Intimating that M*" Benj^ Wig- gin of Hopkinton Was unfrindly to the Cuntrey in the Late war Which wee Believe to be groundless wee Never Knew but that m*' Wiggin freely and Voluntarily offerarded his assistence through the whole war Nither do wee know of aney unfriendly act by him Perpetrated but in our opinions is well disposd and in Some good measure quallifyd and wee your Humble Peti- tioners Pray that he may be appointed Justice of the Peace and wee in duty Bound will Ever Pray Hopkinton 24*^ January 1786 William Morison phinehas Campbell simeon pope Moses Adams Jo® Marsh Samuel Barr Oliver Noyes Thomas Brown David morrill Daniel Tyler Micah How Jesse Campbell Benjamin Currier Joseph Lewis Jonathan Parrish John Morrill Wheeler Wilder Samuel Kimball Jn° Goodenow John Tucker Elisha Barns Luke Eager Nehemiah How Nathaniel Joslyn Edw*^ blunter. JoB Campbell Noah Amsden Benj" Hovt Eben herrimen Nathan Putney Frances griams ior Ephraim morril David Bowman Joseph Gibson William Sawyer Joseph Eager Jonathan Sawyer Joshua Heath EbeiF Howe Francis Whittiar Levi Kemp William Chambers Samuel Dunlap . John Campball Win Partrick Joshua Wright Elijah Kemp Gideon Adams [On another petition, No. 141, of same date, and for the same purpose, are the following names : — Ed.] John Tewksbury Timothy Wiley Nathaniel Fifield Archibald Stinson Jn® Webber Da'" Young John Currier Aquila Davis Isaac Babson Jacob Stanly James Hogg Wil’^ Tenny Jonathan Allenjuner Isaac Long Tappen Evans James Wallace Laurence McLaugh- lin JiP Chadwick JuiF William Stintson Thomas Stickney Jonathan alien Moses Titcomb David Bagley 264 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Simean Eastman Jams Emerson ’ Nathaniel Eaton Joshua Eaton Timothy Farnham John® Farnham ralph Cross William Stanly Ezzra waldron Rich*^ Cressey Tim® Gibson Henry Eastman Sargent Currier John Easman Benjamin Thurba francis thurber Noah Pearson James Clough Ezra tucker Ebenezer Virgin yym Xyler [Benjamin Wiggin came from Stratham in 1774, and kept a tavern, in front of which a reception was given to Gen. LaFayette when he visited this state, as says C. C. Lord^ Esq. — E d.] [ 5 - 143 ] \_Petition in Favor of Lieut. Joshua Aforse, to His Excellency President of the State of New^ Hampshire and His most Hond^ Privy Council. — we y*" Petitioners Inhabitants of the town of Hopkinton Humbly Sheweth that we Understand that Several Persons of this Town are in Nomination for the office of a Majestrate and Likewise that Neither of them are as yet Commision*^ therefore our Petition to your Excellency and Hoffi® is that the office may Be Granted to Lieu* Joshua morse as we are well Sattisfied as^ to the Abilites and Qualifications of the Genf* man above Named for office also we Beg Leave to Inform y"" Excellency and Hon” that in the time of the Late Contest with Great Brit- tan he always appeared to Be a steady friend to the Glorious Cause of our Independence Likewise may it Please y*” Excel- lency and Hon” for y*" further Sattisfacton as to the Carrector of the GenU man we y*" Petitioners Shall take it as a favour that you will be Pleas‘d to Consult our Representative at the Next Sessions and Hearby we flatter our Selves that Every obstable may Be So far Remov^ from y*" minds as to Commission him as Soon as may Be Consistant with the Rules and Regulations of our Constitution and we your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray Abel Kimball Nemiah Colby Josiah Nickels Stephen Jewett Ezekiel Knowlton Moodv Smith •/ Isaac Quimby Daniel Herrick Peter Darling David Kimball Samuel Jewett Eliphelet Colby Robert Knowlton Levi Hildreth Josiah Smith Jonathan Qiiinby Henry Blake John Trussel Enos hunt Richard Webber Green french Abraham Kimball Isaac Cheney Jonathan Herrick Se' Nathaniel merrill Smith Kimball William Colby HOPKINTON. 265 Jonathan Herrick J Timothy Darling Nathaniel Kimball Moses Hills jun’’ Moses Trussell John thing Connor Jeremiah Story Nathan Story Ezra Hoyt Jacob Straw Stephen Smith Ephraim Colby John Kimball Elijah Durgin thomas Webber Thomas Bickford Moses Gould Benjamin Homes Moses Chase David Clough ’■Joseph Burnham Samuel kimball moses Emerson Samuel Chase Jonathan Chase Jonathan Allen Ju Joseph Story Isaac colby John Hoyt ZabuLon Norris Joseph colby Caleb Smart Joseph Smart Samuel Straw Jeremiah Storyjun william putney Enoch Eastman Samuel Harris Thomas Story Enoch Long j'' Moses Darling Gideon Gould Jonathan Straw Peter How Daniel Tenny Zechariah Story Jonathan Allen Joseph Colby John Boynton Samuel Farington Benning Smart James Straw Marl Morrill John gage Joseph putney Jr Elijah Plomes Joseph Barnard Nathaniel Rowell [5—140] \^A 7 iother Re 7 nonst 7 'ance to Mr, Wiggm.^ To his Excellency the President of the State of New Hamps''*’ and his Honorable Councel it being the earnest desire of a great number of Good men in Hopkinton that I would write to your Excellency on a Matter that much disturbs the greatest part of the People in Hopkinton is a Petetion which has been Spread in this and the Naboring Towns Last weak i Could wish only to have the matter farely Stated to your Excellency as I trust it will be by Lt Darling So that the authority of the State may not be imposed upon by having Petitions Prefered to them : that was handed about and Signed on public Days over a Cup of groog this being the meathod that was taken to obtain the greater part of the Signers that is in favor of M’’ Benjamin Wiggin being on the Sivel List and as this Petetion in fave of M*" Wiggins refers Back to one that was Sent to your Excellency and Honarable Council when Seting at Concord which Petetion was Signed by Sum of the Principel men in Hopkinton thay Could have had the Cheeaf of the men in Plopkinton to have Signed it if thay had thought Proper those men that Signed the Petetion that wos prefered to your Excellency when at Concord is able and ready to Support what thay then Charged m*' Wiggins with if M’’ Wiggins Sign- ers Could make out that he ever did any thing that appeared 266 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. frindly to this State through the war it would Be in his favor, as Hopkinton went through a teados war without the help of this Valuable Wiggin it is thought that we Can do with out him it is the Prayer of many that M*' Aaron Greeley may Be Honered with a Commission of the Peace it is most Likely to me that he may Sarve the Public the Best of any man in Hop- kinton Hopkinton February i : 1786 I have the honour to Be your Excellency & Honnors most obedia" and Humbell Sarvant Joshua Bailey [The foregoing documents not only contain the names of probably nearly all the men in town, but show the earnest endeavors put forth by the men of those times for the office of justice of the peace. — E d.] [R. 2-103] \_Enlistment Papers^ 77yd.] Hopkinton Septem’’ 17, 1776. We the Subscribers do volintarly inlis into tbe Continall army to sarve at new york till the first Day of December next insuing to Sarve as Solders under the Command of Such Cap- tain and See Boltens as Shall Be appointed By the Field Offi- cers of this Rigement as witness our Hands William Darling Timothy Darling William Godfree Elias gould Ezekiel Straw Nathaniel Kimball Sargent Currier Gideon Gould Jacob Hoyt Benj Bach‘d'' Darling [R. 2-104] \_Depositions relative to Service in the ArmyJ\ Then Jacob Tucker of Warner Thomas Story William Clem- ent Joseph Standley Thomas Bigsford Abner Colby Joseph Putney Jonathan Putney Ebenezer Eaton of Hopkinton all in the State of New Hampshire and County of Hillsborough yeomen Parsonally appeared and Being Duly Examined and Corshened maid Solem Oath that thay Sarved as Soldiers in Cap* William Stilsons Company and Colo Isaac Wymans Rigement at mount independence in the year 177^ thay Never Receivd any Saus money for the whole of the time that thay were in Said Wymans Rigement and that for the HOPKINTON. 267 month of November thay Never Received any wages nor travil money Horn Direct nor inderect Examined and Sworn before Hopkinton Novemb. 7: 1777 Joshua Bayley Jus* Peac [Jacob Waldron of Warner and Stephen Hoyt of Hop- kinton made oath before the same justice that they “ Sarv- ed as Saboltens in Cap* William Stilsons Company at mount independent in the year 1776.” Dated Hopkinton, November 8, 1777. — Ed.] [R. 2-105] [Reuben Trussed, who was wounded at Bennington, was allowed ;^23, 12, 4, October 31, 1778, for doctors’ bills, etc., and placed on half pay from September 19, 1777. — Ed.] [R. 2-106] \_JEnlistments^ iy 8 i.~\ Hopkinton September 20: 1781. S'" agreeable to your orders I have inlisted Seven Men to Serve three months theare names as follows Moses Colby Stephen Putney Samuel Eastman Richard Smith Moody Clement Daniel Stickney Jur. of Hopkinton and David Stickney of Concord the men have marched this day To Col Thomas Stickney of Concord Joshua Bayley [R. 2-108] \_CertiJicate of Soldiers Mustered.^ This May Certify that Tim^ Farnham Abraham Currier John Eaton has this 5 Day of April pas** Muster for the Town of Plopkinton for three years & Benj** Cresey the 6 april pas** Mus- ter for three years for the town of Hopkinton & that Ephraim Hildreth, Sam* French, Michael Stocker, John Robinson has pas** Muster for the Town of Hopkinton Dureing war with great brittain all Mustered at Amherst ye 5, &, 6, of April 1781 Moses Nichols M Master To whom it may concearn 268 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [R. 2-1 1 1] \_Petition of foseph Marshy Soldier^ ^ 7^7 Your Pertitioner Humbly Sheweth that he Inlisted into Cap* Daniel Runnels Company and Cod Nathaniel Peabodys Rige- ment in the years Sarvice in the Expedition at Rhode Island in the year 1778 and when he received his wages it was of but Very little value to what the same was when he Inlisted * * Hopkinton June 13, 1787 Joseph Marsh [In June, 1778, £>^ 72 ^ of continental paper money was equal to ;£ioo in silver. In June, 1779, it took ;^i,342 of the former to equal £100 of the latter. Marsh petitioned to have it made up, but for some reason the petition was “ dismissed.” — Ed ] [R. 2-1 1 2] \_Petition of Samuel Prench^ Soldier: addressed to the General Courts 1787. ~\ Humbly shews Samuel French of Hopkinton in the County of Hillsborough and State aforesaid, that he your Petitioner in the year 1781 Inlisted into the Continental Service in Cap* Mo- ses Dustins Company and proceeding on his march to White plains, from thence I was ordered to March to Mohawk River and was there taken by the Indians and carried beyond Canada and has remained a prisoner ever since June 1782 until March last, when he returned Home — for all which he has received no compensation Wherefore your Petitioner Humbly prays that this HonN Court would take his case under their wise consider- ation and make him such compensation as they in their wisdom shall think fit Concord June 14*^ *7^7* Samuel French [He presented another petition the following December, with the following documents to substantiate his statement : —Ed.] March y® 17 i7^3 I due here by sertify at Samuel French Hath fuly payed for His Redemsian from the Indians John Cambill Hopkinton June 20*^ ^7^7 This may Sartify that Samuel French of Hopkinton was taken by the Indions Sum Time in June in the year 1782 at the HOPKINTON. 269 Little falls in Moohook River according to the best Integence we had Being Soulders Stationed at Saratoge the same year Timothy Farnham John S. Farnham Meredith September the i 17S7 this is to Certyfy that Samuel french was taken By the indens at the Little falls of the mohock River he Belongin to Cap* Bells Company in the 2 N. H. Rigment with me Oliver Smith Pursuant to a vote of the General Court passed Feb^ i®* 1788, I have entered Samuel French in the Depreciation Books for four years wages, commencing June 1782, amounting to Ninety Six pounds. Interest to be paid annually Attest J. Gilman Exeter Feb^ 15*^ 1788 — [R. 2-1 15] \_Petition of Elijah Smarts Soldier^ //pz.] State of New Hampshire To the Hon^^ General Court now setting at Concord The Petition of Elijah Smart Humbly sheweth, that in the year 1777 he enlisted for three years in Cap* Nat. Hutchen’s Company in CoP Cilleys Rig"^‘ and in the year 1778 was taken sick in the Camp, of the Yellow fever and Carried to the Hos- pital at Valle}^ forge and from thence was removed to the Hos- pital at the Yellow-Springs, where he had the Mortification in one of his feet which Occationed the loss of several of his toes. * * * Elijah Smart Hopkinton Jan. 19: 1791 [Hopkinton men in the First New Hampshire Regiment : Daniel Cressy, entered April 10, 1777; discharged April 10. 1779. Moses Colby, entered April 4, 1777; discharged April 4, 1780. Ephraim Cross, entered April 16, 1777; discharged 1780. John Chadwick, entered April 6, 1777 ; discharged April 5, 1780. John T. Connor, entered April 8, 1777 ; discharged April 5, 1780. Ebenezer Collins, entered April 6, 1777 ; discharged Oc- tober, 1777. 2/0 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Benjamin Cressy, entered April 6, 1781 ; discharged March 17, 1782. Alva Currier, entered April 5, 1781 ; discharged Decem- ber, 1781. Joseph Eastman, entered April 10, 1777 ; discharged Oc- tober 30, 1777. John Eastman, entered April 10, 1777; discharged July 8 , 1777 - John Eastman, Jr., entered May 6, 1779; discharged John Eaton, entered April 5, 1781 ; discharged December, 1781. John S. Farnham, entered May 5, 1779; discharged De- cember, ^1781. Timothy Farnham, entered April 5, 1781 ; discharged Enoch Hoit, entered July 3, 1777; discharged July 2, 1780. Ephraim Hildrith, entered April 5, 1781 ; discharged De- cember, 1781. Jona Judkins, entered April 10, 1777; discharged April 10, 1780. James Lamb, entered March 10, 1777; discharged March, 1780. Samuel Stocker, entered April 10, 1777; discharged March 7, 1780. David Smith, entered April 10, 1777 ; discharged August 4, 1778. Elijah Smart, entered April 7, 1777 ; discharged April 10, 1780. Caleb Smart, entered April 7, 1777; discharged April 10, 1780. Jona. Sawyer, entered April 4, 1777; discharged April 5, 1780. Some of the foregoing were in the same regiment again in 1782 and in 1783. — Ed.] [3-138] S^Remonsti'ance to the Ordination of Rev. Jacob Cram.^ To the Council appointed to Ordain M’’ Jacob Cramb in the work of the Ministry — Reverend Sirs ; we would inform you that when Cramb had a Call from the people of this Town to Settle in the work HOPKINTON. 271 of the Ministry in a Town meeting we Suppose there was not more than one fourth part of the Voters, in Town that voted for his Settling as aforesaid : Since that time we understand there has many informed him before he had given his Answer, that they had no desire he should settle in this Town, as afore- said ; and Considering the present Circumstances of the Town and other Reasons which might be given we have No desire that he Should settle in the work of the ministry, as aforesaid And we would inform you that it is much against our opinions to do any thing toward his settleing in said Town or support him if settle’d : and we apprehend that if M’' Cramb, should Settle in this Town it will be the means of Causing Law suits, and Cause of much Confusion in said Town. Therefore, we would pray you to advise. M*' Cramb not to settle in said Town and you to Desist from ordaining of him in Said Town ; and in So doing you will oblige your Humble Petitioners — Hopkinton Feby. io‘^ 17S9 Moses Long James Clough Isaal Gould Steph Herriman J*" Joseph putney J'’ Thomas Eastman John Emerson William Peters J*’ Samuel Currier Thaddeus Ladd Joseph Clark Nathaniel Eaton Isaac Perley Samuel Sawyer Jacob Straw : 3 Gideon wood David Clough Reuben Currier Elijah Holms Moses Jones David Clement Christopher Gould Jacob Clarke Henry Blake Levi Bayley Abel Rowell Jeremiah Fowler John Eastman Calib Burbank Moses Kimball Mathew Stanly Abr*" Currier Noah Pearson Jeremiah Emerson Amos Bayley Thomas Clough Benjamin Hoyt John Perley Robert Hanaford Jeremiah Flanders Jon*^ Sawyer Jacob Hoyt Rich^ Cresey John Holmes Jaob Stanly Timothy Emerson Abraham Rowell Amos Gorden Nicolas C Buswell Ichabod Gould Stephen Putney James Emerson Ensley Brown ralph Cross Henry Currier Ezekiel Hadley Solomon Bayley Enos hunt Timothy Flanders David Morrill Samuel Page Nathan H Morgan Samuel Straw J*' John Gould Stephen Harriman Abner Hoyte John Eaton Samuel Hoit Daniel Flanders Joseph Hastings Jacob Straw Daniel Tenny Moses Kezer A Copy of Said Petition Samuel Wood Scribe of S*^ Council 2/2 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [Mr. Cram was ordained notwithstanding. See following document : — Ed.] [5-137] State of New Hampshire To the Hon^^® the Senate and House of Representatives for said State to be Convened at Portsmouth the fourth Wednesday of December AD 1789 — Humbly shews the Subscribers Inhabitance of the Town of Hopkinton in the County of Hillsborough and State aforesaid That it is Rational to Suppose and favoured by the Constitu- tion of Said State that no person ought to be Compelled to pay Taxes for the Support of a Minister of the Gospel whose Senti- ments in Religion are Different from his That in February last- the Revd. Jacob Cram was Ordained in Said Hopkinton Pre- vious to which many of us by ourselves and Agents Objected against his being Ordained thinking his Sentiments not agre able to ours Notwithstanding he was Ordained and we are Taxed toward his Support We think it Cruel that we Should in a day when a Spirit of Liberality in Religious Sentiments Pervades the Continent and not a Single Constitution in the United States compells a Man to pay where he cannot Consci- entiously hear & be Compelled to Pay this Man ; We wish to Support the Preaching of the Gospel at the Same time Wish for a Man of our own Choosing We therefore Beg that we may either have a Poll Parrish in Said Town or that the same may be divided in Such manner as the Hon’^'® Court shall think best And as in duty bound Shall ever Pray Thaddeus Ladd Jacob Straw, 3 Joshua Eaton John Gould Ebenezer Ordua William putney Samuel Straw Amos Bayley Stephen Harriman Rich‘S Cresey Sargent Currier Daniil Gunnison Jon^ Sawyer Abraham Rowell Noah Pearson Benjamin Hoyt Israel Gould Moses Jones John Emerson Isaac Perley Nathan H Morgan Timothy Emerson John White Ichabod Gould Abner Hoyt Ezekiel Hadley Caleb Burbank Abr*” Currier Simeon Dow Junr Moses Hastings Moses Kezer Samuel Hoyt Jonathan Gordon Amos Gordon Levi Bayley Reuben Currier John Perley Jacob Rowell Nathaniel Eaton Samuel Sawyer Thomas Eastman Nathaniel Morgan Joseph Clark David Merrill James Clough Nathaniel Rowell Joseph Hastings Jacob Straw Jacob Hoyt Gideon woods HUDSON. 273 [In H. of Rep., December 26, 1789, a hearing was order- ■ed for the second Tuesday of their next session, at which time, June 15, 1790, the matter was further postponed to the second Tuesday of their next session. I fail to find any further action in the matter. — Ed.] HUDSON. The largest part of the territory contained in this town was included in the ancient grant, by the provincial govern- ment of Massachusetts Bay, of the township of Dunstable, October 16, 1673, O. S. In 1722 a portion of this grant was annexed to the town of Londonderry, ‘and in 1732 all that remained of Dunstable east of Merrimack river was incorporated into a town named Nottingham. In 1734 the north part was taken off, and, with other territory, incorporated into a town named Litchfield. The aforesaid changes were made by the general court of Mas- sachusetts, the territory being considered a part of that province until the line was established in 1741. Settlements were made on the banks of the Merrimack as early as 1710, the people living in garrisoned houses, and planting their corn on land cleared by Indians for that pur- pose. The town was incorporated by the governor and council of New Hampshire, July 5, 1746, in answer to a petition from the inhabitants (Vol. IX, page 417), and named Not- tingham West, and retained that name until it was changed to Hudson by an act of the legislature approved July i, 1830. The south-westerly part of Londonderry was annexed to this town by an act passed March 6, 1778. S^Nottingham West Men in First N, H. Regiment [Robert Burts, entered April 28, 1777 ; discharged July 8, 1780. Nathaniel Hardy, entered May i, 1777 ; discharged March 5, 1778. Amos Kenney, entered April 3, 1777; discharged Octo- ber 7, 1777 ; killed. Thomas Barry, entered April 12, 1779; discharged April 10, 1780. — Ed.] 20 274 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [5-172] \_Comflaint concerning Rev, Nathaniel Merrilly ^ 747-1 To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq*" Cap* General Governor & Commander in Chief in & Over His Majesty^ Province of New Hampshire the Hon*’'® His Majestys Coun- cil & House of Representatives for said Province in General Assembly Convened the 2^ day of December, 1747. The humble Petition of Josiah Cummings & others whose Names are hereunto subscribed Inhabitants of Nottingham West in said Province shews That the Inhabitants of said Town since their Incorporation, as a Township under this Government, have proceeded to call & settle one JVb Natli' Merril as the Gospel Minister of said Town which your Petitioners Opposed and from which they always dissented Requesting that they might be Excused both from calling him & paying towards his Support because they could not like him for their Minister. That notwithstanding the different Sentiments of your Peti- tioners in this matter & the steps they took to discover their dislike of the Proceedings the Town have calld & settled the said Minister & have rated your Petitioners as others who have been Active therein — and your Petitioners supposing the Town in general was not desireous of compelling them to join against their Inclination have Requested the Select Men of said Town to Insert a Clause in a Ward for calling a Town meeting to see if the Town would not Excuse your Petitioners & discharge them from paying as afores** till they should attend the Ministry of M"" Merril (which as yet they do not) or to call a meeting* for that purpose both of which has been denied by the select men — That your Petitioners conceive had such a motion been regu- larly made at the Town meeting the Town would have dis- miss’d your Petitioners & Exonerated them from any charge having the Example as well as the Advantage of such a Dis- mission made by the Town of Dunstable of a Number of their Inhabitants who dissented from the proceedings there Relating to the Settlement of a Minister whereby the Town of Notting- ham will not upon the whole be prejudiced — But however that may be your Petitioners humbly conceive it to be a hard Case to oblige them to belong to & to support the Ministry they can- not like & do not attend & when they may attend the Ministry at Dunstable to their Satisfaction & with Equal Conveniency as in Nottingham Wherefore they humbly pray that they may be discharged both Polls & Estates from paying any thing to- wards the support of the Ministry at said Nottingham so long as they attend else where & they shall Ever pray HUDSON. 275 Josiah Cumings heenry Snow Reuben Greley Eleazar Cumings Jeremiah Blodget Samuel Jewet Beniamen Snow Samuel Hushton John Snow Benjamin Frost [In H. of Rep., March 9, 1747, the matter was postponed until the selectmen of the town had called a meeting to see if the town would consent to the foregoing request. — Ed.] [5-1 71] \_G}'anting Authority to Mr. Ciunmings to petition the Legislatiire., We the Subscribers Inhabitants of Nottingham west Author- ize and Impower M*" Josiah Cumings of said Nottinghamwest to Petition the Gen” Court of New Hampshire that we may be Excused from paying Taxes to the Rev” Nath' Merril in or- der that we may pay at Dunstable where we attend and to Act fully in our behalf relating that atfair said M'' Merril being set- tled in said Town contrary to our Consent and conience like- wise we having entered Protest Against the vote where by he was settled the Selectmen having Assessed us for the same not- withstanding and having refused to put our desire of being Ex- cused in to a Warrant for a Town meeting Nottinghamwest Sep’^ 14*” 1747 Eleazar Cummings Jeremiah Blodget Ruben grele John Snow Samuel Juewet Josiah Cumings Beniamon Snow Samuel Huston henry Snow Benj" Frost [S“G®] \_Relative to Ministerial Affairs At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dunstable in the Province of New Hamp'" on the fifteenth day of Septem- ber 1747 an Extract from the votes of said meeting a vote was pro- posed as followeth — Whereas this Town of Dunstable on the 31* of Aug* last voted and chose y® Rev” M*" Samuel Bird for the settled minis- ter of this Town and Joseph Blanchard Esq*", Henry Adams, John Love well Jtf Jo® French, JoiP French, Jon^ Combs, Josiah Swan, Sylvanus Whitney, Ephraim Butterfield, Tho® Blanchard, Joseph Butterfield, Richard Stratton Ephraim Ad- ams, Tho® Adams Phineas Adams, Sam' Searles, William 2/6 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Lund Ju'', Phineas Lund & John Combs having manifested their dissatisfaction with the choice and unwillingness to attend his Ministry therefore voted and Agreed that said persons and their poles for the time being Lyable by law to be rated and such Tenants for the time being as shall live on their Estates unless such tenants shall give their attendance at said Birds meeting be and hereby are Excused and discharged from all rates and taxes wdiat So ever that shall be raised and Assessed on the Inhabitants of this Town for the settlement Salary or support of the said M*" Bird and all other their Estate Real and personall wdiile in their Possession equally discharged also for the Errecting and finishing a meeting house where the said m*' Bird shall preach Always reserving as the condition of this Grant or vote that the Persons discharged as afore said do not vote in any affaire relating to the said m'' Birds settlement Sal- ary or support or the placing ordering or Building the said meeting house and in case any of them for the future do thus act in any of the affairs as afore said then the afore going vote to be void as to such person also provided that when anv of said per- sons shall give their Generali Attendance on the said m*’ Birds ministry the afore said vote where by they are Excused to be void as to such person — voted in the affairmative A True Copy Exam*^ per Jon^ Love well Town Clerk [5-169] \_Alleged Illegal V^oting hi Where as we the subscribers Inhabitants of Xottinghamwest in the Province of Xew Hampshire in Xew-England being present at a meeting of the Inhabitants of said Xottinghamwest y® dav of March 1746/7 when several persons ware Allowed by the Moderator to vote in said meeting that was not Qualli- fied bv the Laws of this Province to vote in Town affairs and Altho Objection was then made against said persons voting they w^are still Allowed to vote in said Meeting and there by votes ware made in said Meeting which if they stand will be Hurtfull to us the Subscribers and many other Inhabitants of this Town as well as contrary to the Laws of this Province therefore we the Subscribers desire and Impower M*" Josiah Cumirigs of said Xottinghamwest in our names & behalf to Petition his Excel- lency the Gov*" & the Honou^® Council and Representatives of said Province to Know' if said Meeting shall stand Good or not — Xottinghamwest March y® 30*^ ^747 HUDSON. 277 Zacheues Lovewell Samy®* Huston Elexander Thomson Joseph Snow John Snow Eleazar Cummings Arthur Darrahe Ezekiel Hills William Taylor Ezekiel Grele John Mitchell [ 5 — 168 ] \^Petitlon 7 'elative to foregoing in To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq*" Cap* General Governor and Commander in Chief in & over His Majestys Province of New Hampshire the Hon*’*® his Majesty’s Coun- cil & House of Representatives for said Province in General Assembly convened the 12**’ Day of May 1747 The Humble Petition of Josiah Cummings of Nottingham West in said Province in behalf of himself & Sundry other In- habitants & freeholders of said Town shews That on the 9th Day of March last past the Inhabitants & freeholders of said Town met to chuse the Town Officers for the Ensuing year & to transact other affairs proper to a General Town Meeting and after chusing of a Moderator they proceeded to business, in the conduct of which the Moderator was greatly negligent of his duty in suffering Persons to Vote who were not Qiialified for nor Intitled to that Privilege by which means things were carried against the Minds of a Majority of the Qualified Voters & such Votes past as will (if put in Execu- tion) be very prejudicial to the Interest of the Town as well as many particular Persons and tho’ Objection was made to the Moderator against admitting such unqualified voters yet he dis- regarded & over Ruled the same against Law & Right That as this is a thing of a very pernicious tendency & Dan- gerous consequence & which ought not in any Instance to be tolerated as it is an abuse of a very great Privilege as well as a breach of the Good & wholsom Laws in that case provided every honest man ought bear Testimony against & do his En- deavour to have discountenanced by that Authority which is the Guardian of English Liberties as well as Enacter of good Laws — Wherefore your Petition’’ Humbly prays the premises may be Inquired of and if found in any Degree as above Represented that the said Meeting be declared Void & the proceedings & Votes then & there past Vacated, a new Meeting Called for the purposes of the first, and a suitable Person Appointed Modera- tor to Govern the same and your Petition’’ as in duty Bound shall Ever Pray &c — State of NewhamjDshire — Josiah Cumings 2/8 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [S-167] •To the Honoroberle Counsel and house of Representative — Gentelmen — may it Pies your Honours that we the Subscribers Humbly shew that we ware Notifyed With A Copy of moses Hadlys Petition of Nottingham west to appear at Exeter the Eighteenth of march Instant and shue cause Why the petition should not be ansurd but so far from that we Pray that the Petition may be ansurd Samuel marsh Selectman David Laurance Samuel Wason Moses Johnson Samuel Greelee [5-166] \_Relative to yonathan Searle^ ^775 Nottingham west June ye ^th We the Subscribers being Neighbors to m^ Jon‘^ Sarles and have been acquainted with him this some time, and for his Relief we are Desirous to Let all Generous People know his Conduct, & Cirumstances, &c — He has Lived this some years in the Town of Nottingh™ west, and is, (as far as we know) an honest Principled man and has been honest in his Dealings with mankind as far as he was Capable of, to the utmost of his Ability, — But fortune has not favoured him with the Good things & comforts of this Life, by Reason of Sickness & other frowns of Providence, for he has had Sickness in his family at certain times for many years Past, and more Especially since about five years ago Last April he hath had a Daughter Sick & under the care of Physicians the biggest Part of the time, and She is Reduced as it were to a Skeleton & a mear nothing, and is Exceeding Troublesome, for she has been confined to her bed this two or three years Past, and we Don’t know as she is Likely Ever to be any bet- ter, but may continue so, this many Years, he has had for her the Advice of many Physicians, to no Purpose — he has also two Children besides her, that will never be capable to maintain & take care of themselves — one of them is 22 years of age, or near it & has had convulsion fitts from a Child & is an object of Pitty. The other is about 18 years of age, which is Inca- pable of Doing much Business, for Nature & Providence has not Endowed him with faculties & Activity Enough to Provide for himself, & besides, all this, he is scarcely Ever well in HUDSON. 279 health, & is very often under the Doctors care — M*" Sarles him- :self is purblind, and of late his Sight is much Depraved & Im- paired being something Advanced in years — and therefore he is not fit to Do much work — he has also another Child that is not Endowed with Active Lively faculties & foresight, sufficient to manage without Directions from time to time, & Likewise being not so well calculated for business as is Common, by Reason of the Total loss of the sight of one Eye, Even from a child Therefore if you that see these Lines, think that you can bestow something to such a Needy person and help him a Little in his Great Difficulty & trouble it would be a Deed of Charity in your so Doing, to help the Poor Sl needy in their Distress — Signed by John Mussey, their family Physician also by D' Cummings Let the Chearful heart be open, & Revive The weak & feble, while they are yet Alive — Pelham OcP y® 27*^ 17 ^ 3 — This may Certify, that Jacob Sarles is in a weak Infirm State of health — John Mussey [5-165] \_Relative to Land of Willia 7 n Brattle^ -^777 ‘To the Honorable the Council & the House of Representatives setting at Portsmouth the fourth Day of November next — The Petition of we the Subscribers humbly sheweth — That whereas there is a Tract of land containing about 250 Acres lying in Nottingham-West, in the County of Hillsborough, & State of New-Hampshire, belonging to the Heirs of William Brattle Esq ; deceased : who in his life time fled from his Coun- try to the Enemies of America ; And whereas it is probable that said Land will become the property of this State : And whereas great waste and dammage has heretofore been done to said Land by striping it of Timber that grows upon it, and as there is the highest probability that still greater wastes will be made in time to come, if no measures are taken to prevent it — From a Desire, therefore to preserve the Property of the State, we beg your Honors, to take such measures, as vou in your wisdom shall see meet, to prevent, for the future, the Destruc- tion of the Timber growing upon said Land — As we your Petitioners in Duty bound shall ever pray — Nottingham-West 31®^ Ocfl 1777 — Abraham Page Hale John Hestine Timo Smith Stephen Kenney Page Smith Jona. Bradley Gideon Butler JiP Caldwell 28 o EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [5-163] [^Relative to the Protection of Fish^ To the Honourable the Council and House of Representatives for the Stat of New Hampshire at Exeter Conveind — Gentlemen — The Petition of us the Subscribers Humbly sheweth that Whereas there is a Brook in the Town of Nottingrham west and County of Hillsborough that Runs from Woo Tannack So Called in s*^ Town to Merimack River in Which large numbers of Fish known by the name of Alle Wives has freequently Rune which would be a Great Benefit to the Publick provided said Stream could be kept clear and Also the mouth of the Brook upon the River And all Ell pots and Obstructions by which means some Evil Desposed Persons are detirmanded to stop the General Rune of said Fish to y® Great damage of the Publick therefore We your Petitioners Prays your Honours in your Wisdom would take into consideration the same and pro- vide such measures as may be thought by you proper so that s*^ Town may be Enabled to lay Restractions on such evil minded Persons for the Future and we your Petitioners as in Dutey Bound Shall Ever pray — February y® 7“^ ^ 77 ^ — Jno Caldwell Robert Glover James Caldwell D avid Cumings Ebenezer Barker Thomas Wason James Wason James Caldwell Alexander Caldwell Abraham Page Eliphet Hadley Asa Davis henry hucy Nathaniel Haseltine Nickles Eastman Timothy Smith Daniel Mai'shall Page Smith John Hale Samuel Smith Stephen Kenney Henery Hale Henery Hale Junir Will"^ Gibson John Haseltine Seth Wyman JoiP Bradley Giden Butler Philbrick Colby David Glover William Glover Bengamon malven [In H. of Rep., Feb. 18, 1778, the foregoing were granted leave to bring in a bill, and an act granting protection was. passed March 5. — Ed.] [5-162] \^Petition relative to aforesaid Act^ ^ 77 P*] To the Honorable the Council and house of Representatives, for the State of Newhamp'’® in General Court — May it please your hon” we your humble petitioners under- standing that there is an act made in this Honorable Court ordering a Sluice to be made through Moses Hadleys mill Dam in Nottingham-west and to continue open about 3 months which of course will draw of the water so that the Mill will be En- HUDSON. 281 tirely useless till the water can be raise! again which cannot be done till fall of the year and as s*^ mill is of the utmost service in the time when s'^ Sluice is to be open all the other mills round at that season being dry and cant grind and this mill if there is no Sluice to draw ofT the water can and does Supply a great number of Familys wherefore your Humble Petitioners pray that s*^ act may be reconsidered and ordered that instead of a Sluice (which will ruin the mill) that there may be a ditch at one End of the dam which may Easily be made so that the fish may go up and down and it will not draw the water so but the mill will be of great use to many distressed Families while the water is running in Ditch and we Like- wise pray that the time set forth for the water to be running may not Exceed six weeks which will be long Enough for the fish to pass and repass in gratifying us in these things you will oblige your Humble petitioners Eyer to pray. Feb^ 18 1779 — Moses Hadley Samuel marsh Danil Marshall Ebenezer Cumings Eben’’ Perry Daniel Hardy Peter Cross John hall Elezear Cumings Isaac Merril Joshua Chase Justus Dakin Samuel Pollard Ebenezer Pollard Josiah Cummings Henry chase Jos Greele Jonathan Hardy Jr Stephen Chasejuiner John hardy Joel Barrat William burroughs Rich*^ Cutter Isaac Page Jun. Joseph Cross Simeon Barret Dayid tarbell David Lawrance Joshua Peirce Isaac Barret Richard Hardy Philip Hills Oliver Hills Reuben Spaulding Joseph Wilson George Burns Samuel Samuel Brown Natha’ Merril Jur Elijah Hill Ezekiel Grele Joseph gould Nathanael Davis Moses Barret James Barret Jun Richard Marshall Isaac Page william Cummings David Marsh Jonathan Marsh Joseph Blodget George Burns William Burns Sam' Greele edward farmer Ichabod Esman Alexander Caldwell Samuel Caldwell Robert Glover Eliphalet Hadley Will'” Gibson Sam' Burbank Sam' Burbankjun*" Moody Hardy Andrew Sceavy Samuel Durant Moses Johnson Thomas winn Samuel French Joseph merrick Seth Cutter Ebeneser tarbox Moses Barret Juner James Barret Thomas Barret Elijah Marshall Jamas marsh Abiathar Winn Joseph Winn Joseph Winn J*" Joseph Winn J*" Sam*' moor Stephen Chase Benja March all John Walker John Pollard Eliphalet hadly Benjamin Hadley Enos Hadley John 282 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [5-173] [ Thomas Caldwell’s Petition^ To the Honorable Council and House of Representatives in General assembly Convened — The Petition of Thomas Caldwell of Nottingham-west Hum- bly Shews That about three years ago your Petitioner requested the Se- lect of said Town to lay him out a public Road from his dwell- ing house Northerly to the Country Road crossing Jon'^ Searles’s land and all the objection they then had was the Towns being Obliged in Such case to pay for the land — your Petetioner than applyed to the Court of Sessions for the County of Hillsborrough praying for an Order to Lay out such a Road and in pursuance thereof a Committee was appointed who with great Circum- spection view’d the premises, when all parties were present, and then lay’d out the road requested and it was afterwards estab- lished by the S*^ Court — and Searles’s Damages awarded him — and the road ordered to be Opened as mentioned in the Said re- port — That the SelecP of Said Town have lay’d out a road quite aCross your Petetioners Farm and to make all things easy he has offered to Abate the Town the Sum awarded him as dam- ages Provided the other road Could be opened and the said Searles paid his damages (which is not a larger sum than Or- dered your Petetioner) but Still the same is not don neither is there any appearance of it — and now it Seems Som restless peo- ple are about applying to this assembly to have this report re- versed, or altered in a manner very prejudicial to your Petetion- er and to deprive him from his main road to Meeting Mill Mar- ket &c — the other Road not being of the least Advantage to him for any of the aforesaid purposes, and was lay’d there purely to Serve a few individuals and not for any general purpose — and now your Petetioner is inform’d that some persons in Notting- ham are about Presenting a Petetion as herein before hinted at — & that your Honors mav have Som Just notion of the matter this representation is humbly presented and your Petetioner is encouraged to hope that Such light will be thrown on the Mat- ter as to prevent a Formal hearing of any Such Petetion and to have the Same rejected, as a thing already Settled by a Court Proper for Such matters whoes determination ought to be final & so rest unless Greats and Manifest^ injury is done This matter of Petetioning your honors has been agitated in public Town meeting when the inhabitants were prety Gener- ally assembled, and the Vote against Petetioning was very unan- imious and now is Prosecuted only by a few Designing men and for no good Purpose as may be Shewn in the Sequel — HUDSON. 283 Your Petitioner Therefore most heartily relying on the Pru- dence Justice and Wisdom of this Honorable Body of men and that they will prefer Public good to Private Pique and rather discourage Such Applications as Can Only Tend to impede and Obstruct the Ordinary State Business And Tend to promote Such Petetions in numberless Instances, he therefore humbly hopes the Said Order Respecting the Laying out the Said Road made and Establish‘d by the Court of Sessions for the County of Hillsborrough may not be Altered But any Petition for the Same may be dismis’d — and Your Petetioner as in duty bound Shall Ever pray &c — We the Subscribers being in habitants of Said Nottingham- west have perfised the foregoing Petition and think it Contains a very fair representation of the matter wherefore we do hereby Signify our desire that the road lay’d out by the Said Commit- tee may be opened and repared as ordered in the Said report Alexander Caldwell Samuel Caldwell henry hucy Will'" Burns Andrew Sceavey Isaac Merrill John Pettingill Nath*'* merrill Juner Thomas Pollard Benjm Marshal Hen ray Marsh el Friend moody Samuel George Samuel James Caldwell James Wason Nathaniel Seavy [5-161] \^Depositio 7 i relative to foregohig^ Abraham Page of Lawfull age Testifieth and Saith that he is knowing to a Town Road being laid out and Iproved as a Road in Nottingham West which Road went a cross a part of the Westerly End of Flukers Lot So called which Lot Thomas Caldwell now Resides on and your Deponant further Saith that he looks upon the Road that the Courts Com‘®® lately laid out through Jonathan Searles® Land will be a great Damage to S^ Searles. he and his famaly being in Low circumstances and very unable to fence S^ Road Nottingham West Abraham Page November 3*’* Day 17S3 [5-160] \^Depositions of Cummmgs^ Cross^ and Hale ^ Ebenezer Cuming Peter Cross and John Hale all of Lawfull age Testify and Say that they are well acquainted with a Road that the Courts Committee has lately laid out through Jonathan 284 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Searles® Land to Thomas Caldwells, that Said Road goes on Said Searles® land upward® of one Hundred and Twenty rods upwards of Eighty of which is unfenced, and your Deponants look upon S*^ Road if kept as an open Road to be of great Dam- age to Said Searles, as he and his famaly is in Low Circum- stances and unable to fence s^ Road as also it will Expose a great quantity of his apples of being lost by reason of falling in- to S*^ Road, and that their is an open Road Laid out across the Lot that said Caldw^ell Lives upon that is the Easterly End of said Lot Nottingham west Ebenezer Cmigs November 3*^ Day 1783 Peter Cross John. Hale State of New Hampshier Hillsborough ss nottingham west November 3^*^ Day 1783 then the above & hear named Dec. Ebenezer Cumings & Left Peter Cross & John Hale & Cap^ Abraham Page all personally appeal'd and after Due Caution and Careful axamination made Solemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition by them Re- spectivly Signed and that is all they knew of the matter they re- late to which tistimonys were taken to be used at the General Court now Seting at Concord taken at the request of Jonathan Searles the Petitioner the adverse partie nameley Thomos Cald- well was present at Time of Caption Sworn out of Court Before me Asa Davis Justice of peace [5—159] \^Statement relative to Building the Boad, Where as we the Subscribers are well acquanted with the Dispute that hath for a long time subsisted betwixt Jonathan Searls and thomas Caldwell Both of Nottingham West respect- ing a Road from said Caldwell® by said Searls® House into the country Road leading from Henry Huey® to Alexander Caldw^ We think it highly reasonable on account of Both Caldwell® and Searles® Benefit and the Neighbours in general that s^ road shold be opned and whereas the said Searls seems to be unwil- ling on account of the cost in building the fence on which ac- count we have no desire said Searls should be burdened in Tes- tamony whereof we promise that on condition the above said road should be opened in Order to help said Searls to make said fence each one of us for ourSelves will work or Cause to be wrought at said fence the Time afixed to Each of our Names Nottingham west October 30*^ HUDSON. 285 Mens Work Ox Work Moses Hadley — two days Nathan Winn Self one day George Burns three days work Isaac Hard two days work James wason Two days work James Wason I day Jame Caldwell I D Samuel Wason two Days Thomas Wason Two Days John smith Three days Joseph two days Hanry Hardy Two days Bar® Gibson 3 day® — 2 day® Thomas Caldwell 4 3 Days Nathaniel Sceavy 3 Days [5-158] \^More 7 'elative to said Road.~\ To the Hon*’*® the council and house of Representatives for y state of Newhampshire in general assembly convened at Con- cord the First thursday of November Annoque Domini 1783 — The Petition of Nathaniel Sceavy of Nottingham West in the county of Hillsborroiigh and state aforesaid Blacksmith Most Humbly sheweth,tbat whereas Jonathan Searls of Not- tingham aforsaid did in the month of June 1783, prefere a peti- tion to the Hon'’^* council and assembly of the state aforsaid praying that the report of a committee of the Hon*’*® the Court of General Session of the peace for the county aforsaid Respect- ing a road laid out by said committee of two rods wide from Thomas Caldwell® House as the road was then trod by s*^ Searls® Flouse into the country road — and the order of the aforsaid court thereon, might be Nullified and said road be made subject to gates and bars — which will be Verry Injurious to your petition- er and many others. — Your petitioner have Built a House and settled on a piece of Newland about seventy Rods south of said Caldwell and is determined to work at the Blacksmith® Trade and have not the lest prospect of the priviledge of a road as a Town Inhabitant anv other way only by the aforsaid Road therefore your petitioner Most humbly prays your Honours will Establish the aforsaid committee® report and order of the hon*’*® court of session thereon or grant your petitioner such other helps as to your Honours in vour Wisdom shall seem just and Equal and your petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever pray November 3*^ 1783 Nathaniel Sceavy 286 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [R. 2-116] \_Petition of Sa 7 ' ah Bi'adbuiy^ lySo : addressed to the Ge 7 ieral Asse 77 ibly The petition of Sarah Bradbury of nottinghamwest In said state widow Humbly shueth that your petitioner’s Husband en- tered Into the Contanantal army about three years ago and that he Died on His Return from a march to the Indean Cuntry with general Sullivan Last fall that your petitioners s^ husband has had the Caracter of Doing the Duty of a faithful good sol- dier both In the most of the Last french war and the present war with great Bretton In the Capasity of a Sargent. * * * Nottinghamwest february 17S0 — Sarah Bradbery [She further stated that she was left with a family of small children, and asked for assistance. — E d.] [R. 2—118] \_Petition of Richard Cutter^ Soldier^ The Petition of Richard Cutter of Nottingham-West Humbly Sheweth That your Petitioner was a soldier in Cap* Samuel Darbin Company of Colo Stephen Peabody^ Regiment in the year 177S, from the tenth Day of June to the first Day of Janu- ary, which is six months and twenty Days — That your Petition- er for all that service, received only one months pay, from the hands of the Muster Master Colo Noah Lovewell — That your Petitioner has very frequently requested his wages of Cap* Dar- bin (who had the money from the state to pay the Soldiers) but never could obtain a farthing, nor ever expects to. Therefore beg your Honors to make him a compensation for the afores** Services : RiclP Cutter Nottingham-West March 18**^ [5-157] \_Asa Davis recoTnmeTtded for a Magistrate^ 77^5.] State of New Hampshire Hillsborough To his Excelency the President of Said State, and honorable Council Convened the humble petition of us the Subscribers of Nottingham-West in S*^ County, Sheweth that whereas by our new Constitution we under Stand that all Commissions both Civel & military are now Vacated, and that a new arrangement is to take place we your petitionrs in be half of S*^ Town Hum- bly pray that your Excelency, and hoiP®, in role Asa Davies HUDSON. 287 Esq*" to Continue as Justice of the peace for County and Town as he has given general Setisfection in office, and as in duty bound Shall Dated Notingham Robert Stuart Samual burbank Henry Chase Joseph Winn Jonathan Hardy Joseph Wilson John Merrel Isaac Coburn bengamen marshel Zaccheus Colburn Samuel Pollard Thomas Pollard James Pollard Thaddeus Wilson Henry Farwel Mar- shall Abigail Winn Wd Joseph Winn John Chase Joseph B Wilson Jonathn Gould Joseph Gould Andrew Sceavy James Sceavy Isaac Chase Thomas Whittaker Abner Watkins Capt David Cum- ming pray, west Jan’’^ y® 26 y^ i James Wason Thomas Wason James Caldwell Joseph Caldwell Samuel Wason Nath®^ Sceavy Eliphlet hadley Enos hadley Abraham Page Benjamin hadley Nathaniel Haseltine Henery Hale iu Page Smith Wid Sary binney Henry Morrill John Hale Robert petane Jonathan Bradley Alexander Caldwell Henrey hucy Samuel Caldwell Robert Glover Jonathen Sarles Elelhen Sarles Samuel Smith Samuel Smith Junii Hugh Smith John Smith Juner 78s John Smith Samuel Smith the 3 thomas Smith Sith Wyman friend moody Joshua frensh Sam' french Peter Youngman John Butler John butler Jun Jams farmer Ebneser Poolerd Jeremiah Blodget Asahel Blodget Benaiah Blodge Joseph Blodget Joseph Blodget J'^ Phinihes Wheeler Blodget Jonathan tenney Jonathen blodgat James Pemberton William atwood Joseph Bradly Eliphalet Hadley Stephen Hadley Jacobet Esmons [5-156] S^Petition fo 7 ' a?i Incorporation of a Library^ ^ 797 '~\ To the Honorable the Senate and house of Representatives in General Court Convened at Portsmouth November 1797 Humbly Sheweth that the under Signed Inhabitants of Not- tingham west with their associates, have been at Considerable Expence in purchasing Books in order to astablish a Library in Said Nottingham — but finding themselves under Some Disad- vantages for the want of an incorporation pray your Honours that they with Such others as may hereafter Join them, may be incorporated into a body Politic for the purpose aforesaid, and 288 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Such Rules and Regulations as your Honours think proper — and as your petitioners in Duty Bound will Ever pray — Sam®^ Marsh Joseph Winn Phinehas Underwood Eleazer Cummings John Pollard Joseph Greeley Nottingh™ West November i 797 [An act was passed December 9, 1797, incorporating the library by the name of Nottingham West Social Library.” — Ed.] JACKSON. This town was incorporated December 4, 1800, by the name of Adams. It included Fowle’s Location ; the grant to Lt. Samuel Gilman, of Newmarket, of 2,000 acres, made March i, 1770; the grant of 3,000 acres made to Capt. Richard Gridley, February 5, 1773 ; the grant to Capt. Robert Rogers, of Portsmouth, of 3,000 acres, made July 4, 1764; the grant of 8,740 acres, made March 4, 1774, to Mark Hunking Wentworth, Daniel Rogers, and Jacob Treadwell, of Portsmouth; and 13,893! acres of land be- longing to the state. Jonathan and Clement Meserve peti- tioned for the incorporation in 1796, and again in 1797. The grants to Gilman, Gridley, and Rogers were made for ser- vice in the French war, by virtue of a proclamation of the king, of October 7, 1763. Capt. Gridley was in command of a regiment under Gen. Amherst at Crown Point in 1756; was at Louisbourg in 1758, and went from thence with the Fleet, and acted at the Seige of, and Reduction of Quebec in 1759, with the forces under General Wolfe.” June 14, 1806, 300 acres of state land in Adams was granted the town for school purposes. June 22, 1819, the farm of ‘‘ William Stephens ” was sev- ered from Adams, and annexed to Bartlett. July 3, 1822, the farm of Nathaniel Carlton was severed from Bartlett, and annexed to Adams. JACKSON. 289 July 3, 1839, the farms of Nathaniel Tufts and Stephen Carleton, 2d, were severed from Bartlett, and annexed to this town. The name of the town was changed to Jackson, July 4, 1829, in honor of Andrew Jackson, then president of the United States. It received its first name when John Adams was president. [5—174] \_Petition for an l 7 ico 7 foratio 7 i^ /ypd.] To the Honourable the Senate and House of Representativ^es in General Court convened at Exeter on Wednesday the first day of June 1796 The petition of Jonathan Meserve and Clement Meserve hum- bly Sheweth your petitioners having moved with themselves & Families on Gridley’s Location in the County of Grafton and the most northerly part of the State of New Hampshire and the most Mountanious part of the State, and perhaps the most moimta- nious part of North America, but by the Industry & exertions of your petitioners & Families has been a means of bringing a num- ber of good Settlers on the other Locations adjoining viz Went- worth’s Roger’s, Gilmans, and Martins Locations, and Land sold by the Commitee for makeing & reparing Roads from Conway to Cohas, — but Still your petitioners & other Settlers is put to many ditficulties in that Mountanious Country for want of haveing good Roads & in no regular order to do anything in respecte to Roads Schools &c but what every Man thinks proper to do by his own free will. All which is a very great Greviance and Dis- couragement to the Settlement of the Northerly part of the State therefore your petitioners pray a Township may be laid out joining Southerly on Bartlett Easterly on Chatham, Northerly on Shelburne Addition and Westerly on the White Hills, In- cluding the Locations before mentioned. According to a plan herewith exhibited & incorporated with all the privileges that other Towns in the State have & enjoy and vour petitioners pray that all the unlocated Land contained in said plan may be granted to your petitioners and associates on such terms & Con- ditions as you in your wisdom shall think proper and your pe- titioners as in dutv bound shall ever Pray. — June y® 25 1796 Jonathan Meserve Clement Meserve [The plan is No. 175 in manuscript volume. .It is well executed, showing points of compass and distances, bounds of the locations, etc. — Ed.] 21 290 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [5-176] \^Another Petitioii relative to Incorporatio 7 i^ ^797 To the Honorable Senate and house of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Corte convened at Con- cord on the first Wednesday in June 1797 — Respectfully Sheweth Jonathan Meserve and Clement Meserv'e now living on Gridley’s Location in the County of Grafton and State aforeSaid in behalf of themselves and those of vour Citer- sons living upon the Tracts of land hereafter Discribed and for those who may hereafter reside thereon. That the present In- habitants labor under many and Singular Disadvantages by rea- son of not being in a situation to trancat public buseness, and also that the granted lands within Said limits is not Sufficiant to make a Town. That their are some unofranted lands within Said limits but mostly mountains which cannot be of no real ser\'ice to this State but if granted might be Som to the Set- tlers Wherefore they pray your Honors to Incorporate all the Lands "with the Inhabitants thereon within the lines and boun- darvs herein after Set forth into a Town bv the name of and grante to them your petinors and their Heirs and Assigns forever all the ungranted lands within Said lines and boundarys under such restrictions as may appear proper Beginning at the Sothwesterlv corner of fowlses Location thence nmninor wester- Iv by Bartlet to Bartlet norwesterlv corner bounds thence north- lev to the Southwesterly corner of Rogers and Wentworths Lo- cation then running: nothlev to Shilburn addition leaving: the white hills to the west so to include Martins Location and others then bv Shilburn addition to the Province of main thence by Said province of Main to Chatham north westerly corner thense by Chatham to the first mention bounds. These petitioners further pray vour Honors that if to you it Shall Seem proper that a hearing on this petition may be granted at your next Session and that in the mean time Sum Sutable measures may be pur- sued as will furnish you with the evidence whairby to enable vou to Judge and Determine respecting the propertity of grant- ing the prayer of your Petitioners and they as in Duty bound will ever pray — Jonathan Meserve Clement Meserve ' [5-177] \_Afiot/ier^ relative to Incorporating a Town^ To the Honourable Senate & House of Representatives in Gen- eral Court convened — The Petition of the Inhabitants of Fowls Gilman’s Gridley’s JAFFREY. 291 Roofers’ Wentworth’s and Treadwell’s Locations in the County of Grafton and State of Newhampshire Humbly shews — That your Petitioners are greatly incommoded by reason of their unincorporated situation — That they forego many & singu- lar advantages which Towns corporate enjoy, and labour un- der embarrassments from which, in a corporate capacity, they would be exempt — That they, by legal process, are unable to make and repair necessary roads & highways and to raise mon- ey for the support of schools and the JMinistry in the aforesaid Locations — That the Grievances abovementioned can only be redressed by an act of Incorj^oration — That the aforesaid Loca- tions are capable of forming a convenient Town — Wherefore your Petitioners humbly pray that said Locations may be formed & incorporated into a Township to be known and called by the name of and as in duty bound shall ever Pray — May i6‘^ AD 1799 — Petitioner’s Names — Clement Meserve John Young John Parkins Isaac Meserve Samuel Jenkins Jonathan MeserveJ Henry Sawyer Natthanniel Davis Isaac Darburn James Canney Silas Meserve Ephraim Meserve Andrew Chesley Samuel Gray Junie Timothy Perkins Samuel Gray Daniel Nute Jonathan Meserve John Meserve John Nute Ralph hall Daniel Meserve Benjamin Pitman Joseph Pitman Joseph D Pinkham Nathaniel Chesley Joseph Pinkham George Pinkham Benjamin Copp Benjamin Copp Junyer William Copp James Trickev Ephraim Trickey Daniel Pinkham Rufus Pinkham Samuel Rogars [They were successful this time. The town was incorpo- rated by an act approved Dec. 4. 1800, and named in honor of President John Adams. — Ed.] JAFFREY. The township was granted November 30, 1749, by the Masonian Proprietors, to Jonathan Hubbard and thirty-nine others, residents of Hollis, Dunstable, and Lunenburg, and was known by the names of Monadnock No. 2, Middle Mo- nadnock, and Middletown, until it was incorporated by the 2Q2 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. governor and council August 17, 1773. and named in honor of Hon. George Jaffrey, a member of the council. The first meeting of the proprietors was held in the house of Joseph French, of Dunstable, January 16, 1750. Settlements were made by Moses Stickneyand others in 1752, but were aban- doned. In 1758 permanent settlements were made by John Grout and others. Wolves had dens on the Monadnock mountain, and occasionally one was killed. In 1793 Benja- min Dole killed four and Benjamin Spaulding one, and each received a bounty therefor. The township granted was a parallelogram, nearly rectan- gular, five miles by seven, and so remains to this day. Lieut. John Harper, Jacob Pierce, Benjamin Dole, John Dole, and Dudley Griffin were in the battle of Bunker Hill. Ebenezer Hathornewas a veteran of the French war, and was taken prisoner by the Indians at the surrender of Fort William Henry. He manufactured steelyards as early as 1775, and one of his make is now in use in the family of the editor of this volume, who is, maternally, a lineal descendant of said Hathorne. [5-1 78] \^Boiuids of the To-xnship, as granted B^ovember 30, i 749‘] The Bownds of y® Township of middle monadnock X° Two In V® Countv of Cheshire and province of New Hampshire as Bv V® originall Charter Signed Bv Joseph Blanchard Esq^ of Said Township appears is as follows (viz) — Begining at y® Southwest Corner of Peterborough Slip So called from thence Riming North Eighty degrees west Seven miles to a Hemlock Tree marked from thence Runins: North bv V® Needle five miles to a Hemlock Tree marked from thence Runins South Eigfhtv dejirees East Seven miles to a Beach Tree marked in v® west Line of Peterborough from thence South bv V® Needle to v® first Bounds mentioned — a True Copv Examined — per Matthew Wallace Pro® Clerk — [5-1 So] \_Petltion for a?i Incorporatioti of the To~jl'?i^ ^ 77 J *3 Province of New Hamp® To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq*" Captain General. Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over his Majesty’s Province of New Hampshire, and Vice Admiral of the Same in Council : — JAFFREY. 293 The Petition of Enoch Hale of Rindge, in the County of Cheshire in the Province aforesaid Esq*" in behalf of the Inbi- tants of a Township commonly known by the Name of Monad- nock N° 2 or middle Monadnock, unto Your Excellency & Honours humbly Shews — That the Said Township is now setled with more than forty Families, And many more that have begun Settlements that they will shortly remove on, That they are destitute of the legal Privileges & Franchises of Corporate Towns, whereby they suffer many Inconveniences for Want of Town Officers, and especially at this Time, when they are taxed for the Sup- j3ort of the Government, but cannot legally assess or collect the same, and are also unable to warn out any Poor, idle Vagrants, That too frequently force themselves into New Towns, to the manifest Injury of such Towns in particular, & the Province in General Wherefore your Petitioner humblv prays (in behalf of his Constituents, the Inhabitants aforesaid) That ExcelP & Honours would be pleased to condescend, to indulge them with the Corporate Priviledges of other Towns in this Province, for the Purposes aforesaid, and That they may have a Charter thereof, by such a New Name as your Excellency may think proper to give unto said Township, and as in Duty bound, Yr Petitioner & his Constituents shall ever pray — Portsm® Aug^^' i6‘^ i 773 * Enoch Hale [In answer to the foregoing, the town was incorporated August 17, 1773. Col. Hale was employed by the town as agent in the matter. — Ed.] [S-.81] [ Case of Assault before Courts were established in the County^ 7775.] To the Honourable Provential Congress Gentelmen Whereas M'' Benjemin Nutting of Petterborough Slip So Called has Entred a Complaint to us the Sub*"® (the Committee of Corrispondance for the town of Jaffrey in the County of Chesher and province of New hampshire) Against M*" John Davis Jun*’ of Jaffrey in the County and province Aforesaid, that upon the Second day of October instant as he came to the house of John Eaton in this town upon Some Bussiness he was assidted By the Above said Davis and Abused in the Most Solem maner as appears By Sundry Evidences Produced by S^ Nutting and Notwithstanding S'^ Davis was Notified to Attend to hear the Evidence Examind he Refused to attend and he has often Been Requested to Settle the matter But he Remains Ob- stinate and persists in his Villany with insolence we have Care- 294 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. fully Examind the Evidences and have herein inclosed their Depotions we Earnestly Desire you to take this Matter into your Consideration and Either Determin the Matter Between them, or invest this Committee with a proper Authority to Act thereon also we Desire Some instructions how to proceed in Said Case, Gentelmen your Complyance will Greatly Oblidge your humble Servants Dated at Jaftrey October y® 27^^ ^ 775 * Tesher Bailey ^ r f Comittee or Will'" Turner h i o i Cornspondance Roger Gilmore ) ^ N. B this Davis Mentioned by the Evidences in their Depo- tetions is the Same John Davis Jun' Mentioned Above \_Evidence relative to foregoingJ^ M”^ Eatons Evidence on the 2^ day of October 1775 I heard M*" Nutting and m*" Davis Disputing Concerning Some Accompts Between them & M*’ Davis would have Nutting offsett Some part of their accompt and he would not for some Reasons which he then Mentioned and S*^ he would Die first Davis S'^ then he Should Die then he Seized him By the Collar and Struck him on the head twice and then Struck him on his Shoulders three or four times and threatened him that he would Strip his Skin ofi'his Back and Break his Bones and knock his teeth Down his throat and make him keep his Bed three weeks, and then pulled him Down the hill toward the River and Said he would throw him in the River But he did not and Struck him again twice on the Road and then he Let him Come up again to the house and then took him By the Shoulders and Struck him twice again, & I heard him Say he had then taken the Intrest and it Should Not Be Long Before he would have the principal, and During the Whole Affair I did not hear M' Nutting threaten nor abuse M*" Davice Neither with bad Lan- gage nor otherwise John Eaton Jaffrey October y® 27 ^'' ^775 on the Second Day of October 1775* I Came to M' John Eatons and I See John Davis Jun’’ take M'' Benj" Nutting By the Collar and Shak him and Strike him twice and threatened he would pull him Down and throw him in the pond M*" Nut- ting Received all this Abuse with patiance and did not abuse m'" Davis with Bad Langage nor otherwise Nehemiah Porter Jaffrey October y® 27*'^ ^775 JAFFREY. 295 Some time Since the Quarrel Between M*’ Nutting and m*^ Davise these two Gentelmen above mentioned Meet accedenti- aly at my house m’’ Daniel Davise Being also at my house we Motioned to them to have them accomadat their Difficulty M*” Davise answered he wase in a passion But he Did not Care a Divels tord about it and he Swore he had taken the Intrest and he intended to have the principal soon James Haywood Jaffrey October y® 27^^ ^775 upon monday the 23*^ Day of October instant M*" Davise Came to my house I asked what induced him to Qiiarrel with M"" Nutting he Said that their was No other way to Get his Dues and all he was Sorry for was that he had No Given him as much Again and that there was no other way to get his Debts and that was as good a way as any he also told me of one man that killed another at Nottingham Latley and Said their was no Law if one man did kill another, he Said the Congress had put the Above mentioned man in Goal But Could not do nothing with him and was oblidged to Let him go Jaffrey October y® 27^^ ^ 775 * John Stanley [R. 2-1 19] \^Petition of Daniel Russell^ Soldier^ ^ 777 *] State of New Hampshire To the Honourable the Council and House of Representatives of said State — The Petition of Daniel Russell Humbly Sheweth that your Petitioner Engaged in the service of his Country in the begin- ning of the year i777 was wounded through his body the 19 of September following while fighting with the enemy near Stillwater which wound Disabled him from fighting From thence he was carried to Albony Hospitual where he Received A Furlough as soon as he was able to Return Home, and im- mediately put himself under the care of the best Surgeon, or Surgeons he could Find, and was unable to Return to his Reg- iment or any other corps, till October 1778 then went to Bos- ton and was found unfit for any Duty and Received a furlough of the Hon. Gen* : Gates and Returned Home and was under a Necessity to put himself under the care of a surgeon and when his Furlough was Expired then Returned to Boston and was found unfit for any Duty and again furloughed and so from time to time untill the three year he engaged for was Expired Then the Honourable Court Put him under half pay as he was unable to earn his support — The wound your Petioner receiv^ed was 296 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. open from his side to his Back Almost five years by reason of his Ribs being Fractured. * * * Daniel Russell Jaftrey June 3*^ lySfi* [He further stated that his pension was paid him in notes that were of little value, and asked for some relief. In a petition dated March 4, 1779, the said Russell stated that he was in Capt. Blodgett’s Co. of Col. Hale’s Reg’t ; that he was furloughed at Albany October 20, 1777, and was eleven days getting home, after which he was under the care of Dr. John Young of Peterborough, and Dr. Jonas Prescott ; was examined in Boston by “ Dr. John Warren, Surgeon General.” After that he was under the care of “ Doc‘ ado- nijah How of Jaffrey.” March 5, 1779, Roger Gilmore and Abrm. Bailey, selectmen, and Dr. How certified to his con- dition as stated in his petetion. — Ed.] [R. 2-122] \^Petition of EpJi 7 'ahn Adams, Soldier, ^77^.] [In a petition dated Jaffrey, June 10, 1779, Ephraim Ad- ams stated that he enlisted in the R. I. expedition in Au- gust, 1778 ; took his horse with him, and said horse was taken from him by order of Gen. Whipple for the use of the army. He asked to be paid ;£i30, which was the sum ap- praised by Roger Gilmore, Hugh Dunlop, and William Turner* selectmen of Jaffrey. This petition was not grant- ed, but one presented in 1786 was, to the extent of — Ed.] [R. 2-126] \^Soldiers’ Orders.^ To the Treasurer of the State of New Hampshire S’" Please to Pay to the Barrel* Will’" Smiley all the Wagers that is Due to me for my services in the year 1781 Per me Benjamin Dole Jaffrey Feb. 7 ' New Hampshire ) these may Certify that Benjamin Dole of Cheshire ss j Jaffrey in the County of Cheshire is Soule heir to John Dole Late of Jaffrey Deceased who Dyed at Albany march the 15 day 1782 Joseph Thorndike Justice Peace Jaffrey OcF y® 14*’^ ^ 7^4 JAFFREY. 297 JaflVey Feb. 17S5 To the Honourable John Taylor Gilman Esq'' Treasurer for the State of New Hampshire Sir Be pleased to pay the bearer my whole wages which is due for three months service in the Armey in the year Eighty one in Cap* Philip Thomas Company and this shall be your discharge T4, 14, 4. Asaph Brigham [R. 2-127] \^Petition of Lucy IVessou, State of New Hampshire To the Honourable the Councill and House of Representatives of said state — The Petition of the Widow Lucy Wesson Humbly Sheweth that your Petitioners Husband Isaac Wesson inlisted into the years service 177S and was born upon the musterroll till the First of April 1779 and has not returned nor been hear of sence but by the best information is Dead, your Petitioner is left with a Family of small Children and stands in need of her Hus- bands wages (what there is due) and cannot find out as there is any way for her to come at them She prays therefore that your Honours would take her case under your wise Considera- tion and Grant her such Releaf as you in your wisdom shall think Fit and she as in duty bound shall Ever pray. JaftVey Sept. 12 1782 Lucy Wesson This may Certifie all hoom it may con earn that Lucy Wes- son was the wife of Isaac Wasson when he Entered the Con- tenantal Sarvis per us John Gilmore \ Benf Prescott > Selitemen James Stevens * [Nov. 16, 1782, she was allowed four months’ pay and depreciation. — E d.] [R. 2-128] fames Turner^ Soldier [In a petition dated Feb, 14, 1785, James Turner, of Jaffrey, stated “ that he served as a soldier in Cap^ W*" Scotts Com**y & CoF Henry Jacksons Reg* in the Continantal Army, three years.” He further stated that he had not received his allowance for depreciation : he asked to have it allowed, which request was granted. — Ed.] 298 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [R. 2-129] \^Petition of Benjamin Dole^ To the Honourable the Senate & House of Representatives Convened at Portsmouth on the first Wednesday of June 1785— The petition of Benj° Dole of Jaftrey humbly sheweth that his Brother John Dole who by will made your Petitioner his heir did serve in the army the first eight months & being in the Service constantly to his death had no opportunity to receive his pay from the paymaster untill it died in the depreciation of Continental money. This humbly prayeth your Honours in your wisdom to interpose for your petitioner that he may not be injured by his constancy in Public Service & your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray — Jeftray May 1785 Benjamin Dole Exeter June 17^5* This may certify, that the wages due to John Dole was £5, 8, 8, no application was ever made to me for his wages, untill paper was taken out of circulation attest Sam^ Hobart P M [John Dole was in Capt. Thomas’s company, Col. James Reed’s regiment, at Winter Hill in 1775. The petition was granted. — Ed.] [ 5 ~^^ 3 ] [^Beturn of Ratable Polls^ 77 (?j.] A return of the Number of male polls of Jaftrey Twenty onQ years of age & upwards paying a poll tax for themselves in said town Viz one hundred & ninety polls Jaffrcy December i3‘*‘ 17S3 Jedidiah Sawyer J Selectmen John Briant y of Jereme Underwood ) Jaffrey To the General Assembly of the State of New Hamshire — Cheshire ss Jeffrey Dec*" 10*** 17S3 Then the Above Named John Briant & Jereme Underwood personlly Appeared & made oath that they head in Makeing out the Above Return Acted faithfully & Impartailey — Before me Joseph Thorndike Just Peace. JAFFREY. 299 1^5-183] \_Relative to Kendall Parsons^ Soldier. State of New Hampshire To the Honourable the Council and House of Representatives of said State — The Petition of John Gilmore Humbly Sheweth that you Petitioner did in the year 1779 hire Kindal Parson to Serve in the armey one year and while the said Parson was absent your Petitioner’ Did Supply the s'* Parsons Family with Neces- saries of life and when the s'* Parsons returned home finding his Family in poor Circumstancies and coidd get no releaf without a bondsman your Petitioner was bound for the said parson and was obliged to pay the obligation, and could get no Satisfaction Except an order upon his wages he had Coming from the State and as the said Parson is now in the Army your Petitioner Prays that your Honours would take his Case under your wise Consideration and grant the said Parson’s Wages according to his order if it can be consistant and he as in duty bound shall ever pray — Jafirey June 7 17S3. John Gilmore [5-184] [^Petition for Authority to raise a Co?npa?iy of Cavalry.^ May it please your Excellency We the Subscribers inhabitants of the Town of Jafirey Beg Leave to inform you that the inhabitants of the towns of Jafirey Rindge Fitzwilliam and Marlborough iu the County of Chesh- ire do Conceive it highly Necessary for the better Regulation of the Militia in these towns and the defence of this State that one Company of Light horse be inlisted and formed out of the Militia in the above mentioned towns and as the first Officer for said Company (viz) the Cap* is the Naturel Right of the town of Jafirey and we understand that the abovesaid towns have Consented thereunto We would therefore for that purpose Nominate and Recomend our trusty friend and well disposed Citizen Namely Peter Jones as a person well Qiialified for that important trust and Whereas we whose Names are Under written are determined to Join said Company if our wishes take place we would intreat your favour to Appoint and Com- mission the above Named person as Cap* of said Company as soon as may be if your Excellency shall think proper, We in the Mean time Relying on your friendly disposition toward the Enlargement and defence of this state and being Senceble of 300 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. the Honourable Seat and Caracter you Sustain vve willingly Submitt our above-mentioned Requsition to your Wisdom to Conduct as your Excellency shall think proper and we the Subscribers as in duty bound shall Ever pray Jaffrey Dec*' y® 2i®‘ 1786 Joseph Crosby William Emery Josiah french Peter Bullard David Gilmore Moses Cutter Jonas Adams James Turner James Davison Robert Harkness Samuel Foster Alpheus Crosby His Excellency John Sullivan Esq*" General President and Commander in Chief of the State of New-hampshire [5-1 85] \_lvelative to Pete^'boroug'h Slip^ ^ 7 ^ 7 *] Jatfrey June ^^2 1787 This may certify that at a Legal meeting of the Freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Jaffrey (qualified by Law to vote in town meetings) meet on may the 10 — 1787 for the Porpose of Seeing what the town would do in regrard of Peter- borough Slip® haveing a mile oft' the east Part of Jaft'rey. — Voted unaimous not to let Peterborough Slip have any part oft' the east part of S'^ town. Voted to Chuse a committee of five men to Petision and Remonstrate the General Court of this State that the Prayr of the Petision of Peterborough Slip be not Granted Chose M*" Laban Ainsworth Esq*" Roger Gilmore, Lieu* Joseph Bates, Adonijah Howe CoP Jed*^ Sanger — Voted that the Committee make a Draught and Lay the Same before the town at an adjournment of this meeting Voted to ad- journ this meeting to Thursday 24 of May instant at three O Clock afternoon May 24 1787 the inhabitants of S'* Jaft'rey being meet acording to adjornment the Remonstrance Draught- ed by the aft'ore Said Committee being read Voted to except the same. Voted that the remonstrance be Presented to the Gen- eral Court of this State A true Coppy Attest Adonijah Howe Town Clark of Jaft'rey [5—186] \_Protest against Setting Off a Po 7 'tion of the Pown^ i787.'\ State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss To the Honorable the Senate and house of Representatives, Conveened at Concord, in S^ State, on the first Wednsday in June JAFFREY. 301 We the Subscribers, being a Comittee in Behalf of the town of Jaffrey, beg Leave to present this our Address and Remon- strance to this Hold® Assembley, against a petetion that has been perferred to the General Court at their Last Session, by Com®® of the inhabitants of Sliptown, So Called, praying that a Strip one mile wide may be taken oft' the Southeasterly part of this our town of Jaft'rey, and that the Same be Annexed to the west end of Said Sliptown, Which Measure, if Admitted, will Exceedingly injure, and destroy our publick priviledges and Enfranchisments, which were granted and Confirmed by our Charter to the inhabitants of Jaft'rey and their Successors for ever, and leave us in a vState of Anarchy and Confussion, and tend greatly to Create debates, divisions and anomosities among the now peacefull inhabitants of this town, and as the altering of Charters, and adding and Lessening of the Territory and Jurisdiction of States and districts by the Brittish Ministry, in the Late Revolution, were Some of the great Evils we Com- plained of, as being Contrary to the true Spirit and design of the English Constitution ; and in order to prevent these and other unjust acts of the Brittish Parliament taking place in these States, we Spent our Blood and Treasure, and obtained a Corn- pleat and Glorious Victory over all Opposition, So as we Con- ceive this Greavance we hereby Remonstrate against, is in Some measure Simaler, we do Apprehend that no authority men, or Body of men, on any pertence whatever, have any Right by Law, or by the Constitution, to alter, or deminish our Terretory or Jurisdiction, or deprive us of any of the priviledges and immunities granted, or Stipulated to us, by our Charter, without our Consent. Neither do we imagine, that any per- son, or people, have any Right to Require, or demand any of our Sacred or Civil Rights, that are granted and Conveyed to us, by our Charter and Seek to Agrandize, and build themselves up upon the Ruins of any of our invaluable Rights and privi- ledges, and in order the more fully, and Eft'ectualy to Represent to your hon® the great Evil, and distructive tendancy, which the above mentioned Greivance, if Carried into Execution, will produce in this town, we will hereby. Lay before your hon'‘% a detail of Some of the Evils, and disadvantages thnt will Nature- ly attend this measure if admitted, in the first place, we have Raised, and finished on an Eminence a Large, and Statly meet- ting house, 60 by 45 feet, and near 30 feet post, Verry near the Centre of our town, we have Laid out ten acres of a Common, on which the Meetting house Stands, and have Cleared the Same, and Spent thereon a great deal of Labor, we have laid out on Said Common a Large Burreing Yard, and fenced the Same with great Stone wall, and there is a great Number in- terred there, we have Settled a Minister, and given him a large 302 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. farm adjoining Said Common, and he has built him a Large house and Barn Verry Near the meetting house, and their is on the East Side line of Said Common a Row of Large and Ele- gant Buildings, which together with the Meetting house makes a Beautiful appearance, and the Roads in Said Jaffrey are laid out, and opened. Leading to the meeting house So as to Con- veen the whole town, and the town is divided into School dis- tricts, and Some of these districts have built their School houses, and as the town is now Scituated, the Most Remote in- habitants are Content, and the whole town is Compleatly Unit- ed, and Chearfuly Contributes for the Support of its publick priviledges, but Should this unhappy Measure take place the western part of the inhabitants of this town will make applica- tion for the priviledges above mentioned to be moved to a New Center and the grounds westward from the meetting being Low and Swampy and Verry inconvenant for a New Center would Create an Ever lasting Qiiarrel and dispute amongst us and be attended with great Cost and trouble. Moreover their is a Verry great mountain in this town and a great Number of Large ponds which Renders about the fourth part thereof not habitable besides a great deal of other wast Land which makes the habitable part of this town but barely Sufficient to maintain our minister and Support our publick priviledges also the in- habitants that would be taken off, provided one mile is Set off to Sliptown is Unanimosly against being Set off as it would greatly discomode them in their publick priviledges and Cause them to be at the Expence of Begining all anew to Build a meetting house and Settle a Minister and then be a great dis- tance from their Centre when at the Same time they have Con- tributed their porportion here for the Same priviledges and in order to Manifest their desire they have hereunto Set their names, furthermore as Sliptown does lay only against about the one half of the East part of this town their would be a Leg about one mile wide Left which if the meetting house Should be Removed would leave the inhabitants of this leg at a great disadvantage, also the County line is between this town and Sliptown and if one mile is Set off one part will be in this County and the other part in another County and as Sliptown is Now Nearly Six miles from East to west one mile taken from this town would make it almost Seven miles long and about two or three miles Broad we Cannot Conceive any advantage it would be to Sliptown to take one mile from the South East part of this town and add it to that The above mentioned Reasons Contain a part of the evils and disadvantages that would attend Such a Seperation in the mean time we Refer the above matter to your Wise Consideration and flatter our Selves that your wisdom will interpose in our behalf JEFFERSON. 303 and deliver your Remonstrants from the Evils that threaten us and we as in duty bound Shall ever pray Jaffrey may y® 24 *^ ^7^7 Laban Ainsworth^ Roger Gilmore Joseph Bates Committee Adonij'ah Howe Jed^ Sanger We the Sub’’® being inhabitants of that part of Jaffrey which is prayed for in the petition of Peterborroughslip do hereby give our Consent to the within Address and Remonstrance and have hereunto Set our Names Benj’^^ Prescott Nathan Cutter William Pope David Stratton Moses Burdoo Benj’“ Noting Oliver Gould Oliver Prescott James Cutter JEFFERSON. The township was granted October 3, 1765, to Col. John Goffe of Derryfield and others, in 64 equal shares, by the name of Dartmouth. As in case of most of the Wentworth grants, one share was reserved for a glebe for the Episcopal church ; one share for the first settled minister ; one share for the benefit of the “ Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts and one share for the benefit of a school in said town. The proprietors not making settlements agreeably to said grant, it was regranted June 26, 1772, with new boundaries, to Hon. Theodore Atkinson and other influential men in different parts of the state, among whom were Col. Joseph Hammond, Col. Josiah Willard, and others from Cheshire county. Col. Joseph Whipple and Samuel Hart, of Ports- mouth, made settlements in the town soon after the regrant, but the population increased slowly, and there were but twenty-four families in town in 1793. 304 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. It was incorporated with town privileges December 8, 1796, and named in honor of Thomas Jefferson. By an act of the legislature, approved December 7, 1842, some territory was severed frem Kilkenny, and annexed to this town. [5-190] \^yohn Goffe relative to Township Bounds^ J770.] Province of New HampslP To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq*" Captain General, Governor & Commander in Chief in and over his Majestys Province aforesaid in Council — The Petition of John Gofte of Derryfield in said Province Esq^, in behalf of Himself and the other Proprietors of the township of Dartmouth unto y^ Excellency & the Honourable Council most humbly shews That your Petitioners obtained a Grant of the said Township from Benning Wentworth Esq*' late Governor of this Province in Behalf of his Majesty, with whom y* Petitioners entred into certain Stipulations on their part to be done and performed in Settlement of said Township, which they humbly beg leave to assure y* ExcelP & Honours that they should have fulfilled, but the Want of Roads, the scarcity of Grain, the distance of its Situation from Settlements, and in a more especial manner, the Difficulty they have been at to ascertain the Locality of said Township by Reason of the Bounds of Lancaster being very loose & uncertain through the Geography of the River of Con- necticut not being at the time of their said Grant particularly known, as it has since by actual Survey been found, whereby it made a material alteration in y® bounds of s*^ Lancaster, and consequently affected the Lines of Dartmouth, all which Diffi- culties have necessitated y* Petitioners to supplicate y* Excel- lency & Honours to extend your favours, by granting them a further time to fulfill their Charter, as they are determined to pursue it having got clear of chief of those embarrassments and been at great expence in compleating their necessary Roads which are especially and materially conducive to their Designs — Wherefore they humbly pray y* ExcelP & Honours to grant the Prayer of this Petition for the Reasons sett forth, and as in Duty bound, y* Petitioners will ever pray. — Portsm® Dec* 1770 John Goffe [This extension was not granted, but the township was regranted to other parties, June 26, 1772. — Ed.] JEFFERSON. 305 [5-188] [ Order to survey a Tract of Land for David Page^ ms-'] Province of New Hampshire — To Edwards Bucknam of Lancaster in said Province — You are hereby required and directed to survey and admeas- ure and plainly and impartially to mark out for M"" David Page (who is to pay your Expence) a tract of Crown Land in said Province to contain one thousand acres & no more, and make return thereof into my office with all convenient speed for which this shall be your sufficient warrant. Dated at Portsm® the 26*^ day of January 1773 Is : Rindge [Isaac Rindge was surveyor-general of lands for the prov- ince. The following is Bucknam’s return : — Ed.] this Plan was Laid Down in the form that David Page Esq*" Proposed to have it Laid out to him at f South Easterly cor- ner of Dartmouth as he had a warrant By order of Court from the Surveyor general for the survey of 1000 acres of Land where he should Please to Pitch it, in any ungranted Lands, which warrant was Directed to me Edw^ Bucknam Surveyor of Land [The plan is a rude rectangular parallelogram, represent- ing a tract 320 by 500 rods, bounded on the north by Dart- mouth line. — Ed.] [5-191] \_Petitio 7 i for an Act of Incorporation^ z/pj.] State of New Hampshire. To the honorable Senate, and house of representatives convened in general assembly. The petition of the subscribers, inhabitants of a place called Dartmouth, in the Countv of Grafton, and State of New Plampshire, humbly sheweth, that said Dartmouth is inhabited by tv/enty four families, which labor under many inconven- iences for want of legal authority to conduct town business, in consequence of which, they suffer much on account of high- ways being neglected, which not only inj'ures the inhabitants, but has a tendency to retard further settlement : wherefore your 22 3o6 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. petitioners pray this honorable court to consider their case, and incorporate them into a town, that they may be vested with such authority as other towns within said State by law exercise and enjoy. And your petitioners shall ever pray Dartmouth 29*^ May 1793. John Marden John holmes Samuel Hart Samuel holmes Richard Stalbird Elijah Moulton James Rider [In H. of Rep., June 12, 1793, a hearing was ordered for the second Thursday of the next session. Notice was to be published in the N. H. Gazette, and posted in the town, which Samuel Marden, on the eighteenth of December, 1793, certifies was done. This petition was not granted, and another was presented by Col. Joseph Whipple, as agent for the town, dated May 20, 1796, which was granted. — Ed.J KEENE. This was one of the Massachusetts grants, made in ac- cordance with a vote of the general court of that province of July, 1733. On the 19th of October following, a commit- tee, consisting of Joseph Kellog, Timothy Dwight, and William Chandler, was appointed to lay out the townships on Ashuelot river forthwith. They reported in February,, 1734, and the township was lotted in May or June follow- ing. The first proprietors’ meeting was held in Concord, Mass., June 26, 1734; and in September following Jeremiah Hall, Daniel Hoar, Josiah Fisher, Elisha Root, Nathaniel Rockwood, Seth Heaton, and William Puffer visited Upper Ashuelot, as the place was called, and held a proprietors’ meeting. Some settlements were made, and a fort built soon after, but the town was abandoned in 1746, in conse- quence of the atrocities of Canadian Indians, and not again occupied until 1750. The settlement of the province line determined the town- ship to be within the limits of New Hampshire ; and a peti- tion, dated February 2, 1753, was addressed to the govern- or, asking to have the grant confirmed, and the township KEENE. 307 chartered. Their request was granted, the town being in- corporated April II, 1753, and named by the governor in honor of Sir Benjamin Keene, an English baronet. The main street was originally laid out but four rods wide, and the city owes a debt of gratitude to the proprie- tors, who, at a meeting held September 30, 1736, voted to widen it, giving the proprietors of the lots on the west side four rods wide on the rear of their lots, they surrendering four rods in front, thus making a beautiful street eight rods in width, which is admired by all visitors. The north-east corner of the town was set off September 27, 1787, united with portions of Gilsum, Stoddard, and Packersfield. and incorporated into the town of Sullivan. Another portion was set off from the east side December 9, 1812, united with portions of Packersfield and Marlbor- ough, and incorporated into the town of Roxbury. An act passed the legislature in 1865, granting a city charter, but they refused to adopt the same. Another act was passed July 3, 1873, which was adopted. Col. Isaac Wyman was Lieut. Col. in the First Regiment under Stark in 1775, and until appointed colonel in July, 1776. Among other prominent Revolutionary men were Samuel Wetherbee, Davis Hewlett, and William, Timothy, and Benjamin Ellis, all of whom held commissions, and did good service in the field. Keene owes much of its beauty to the good sense of the inhabitants in years past in keeping intact, in many instan- ces, the original lots, thus giving ample grounds around their residences, and avoiding that crowded and irregular appearance that mars so many of our New England cities. [5-194^ and 195 are ancient plans of Keene and Swan- zey. — E d.] [5-196] \_Agent appointed to get the Town incorpo7‘ated^ ^ 750 .'] We whose Names are Hereunto Subscribed Inhabitants of the upper Ashuelot for a Long time Labour under many Great Difficulties for want of Town Priviledges we Do Therefore Hereby Constitute and Impower our Trusty friend Cap‘ Jere- miah Hall to Represent our Difficulties to his Excellency the 3o8 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Governor of New Hampshire and to Any Others Concerned In that affair that we may be Incorperated Into a Town and Likewise we give power to him to Chuse a man to asist him In the affaires Upper Ashuelot February y® ^750 William Smeed Ebenezer Nims David Nims Ephraim Dorman Nathan Fairbanks Joseph Elies Jonathan Under- wood John Rogers Nathan Blake Ebenezer Day Gideon Ellis Michaell Medcalf Michaell medcalf jr Oliver Medcalf Abijah medcalf Jabez Hill David Foster Amos Foster E5“^97] Stiles appohited Agent to obtain an Act of Incorporation^ //yo.] We the Subscribers Do hereby Impower Cap* Jeremiah Hall to Pertition In our behalf for the Upper Township on Ashuelot River where we Dwell to his Excellency the Governour of New Hampshire and all Concern’d in that affair In the same form that it was laid out by the Massachusetts Upper Ashuelot FeU^ ^750 William Smeed Ebenezer Nims David Nims Ephraim Dorman Nathan Fairbanks Joseph Elies Nathan Blake Ebenezer Day Gideon Ellis Michael Medcalf Jabez Hill Jonathan underwood John Rogers Elijah Dorman David Foster Oliver medcalf Michaell medcalf jr Abijah medcalf Samuell Hall Jesse Hall [ 5 - 198 ] \_John a7id Ruth Dinsmoor’s Petition^ /yyo.] Prov of Newhamshore To his Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq’’ Govor“ &c In & over his Majestys Province of New hampshore The Peti®” of John Densmoor & Ruth Densmoor his Wife Humbly Shews that Josiah Fisher of upper Ashaulott In the Province of Newhamshore decesed Late Husband of the said Ruth had In his Lifetime a Grant from the Massachusettets Goverment of one Whole Wright or Share In s*^ township & that In his Lifetime Bult an house & Cleard & In proved Near forty acres of Land In s'^ township & In the Begining of the KEENE. 309 War with y® Endins the Josiah Was Killed & the Ruth y* Wedow of the Dec®'^ was left with out any Children by the de- ces'^ But she still Continued att y® said Ashualuett & In proved s*^ Lands tell y® Endins Drove of the In habitance of s*^ town & Sence the Sasition of arms the s*^ Ruth with hir Present Hus- band hath fenced & In Proved the s*^ Lands afore s^ wharefore your Petitioners Humbly Pray that your Exellency Would be plesed to Grant to your Petioners the s*^ Lands afore s'^ upon the Condition that your Exellency grants to others y® Kings subjects In s*^ Province & your Petioners In duty Bound Shall Ever Pray— Nov"' y® 1750 Jolm Dunsmoor Ruth Dunsmoor [5-199] \^Benja 7 nin Guild appohited to assist Capt. Stiles.^ We whose Names are Hereunto Subscribed Being Propria- tors of the Upper Ashuelot Township so called Do hereby Im- power M*" Benjamin Guild to joyne with Cap‘ Jeremiah Hall in Petitioning His Exelency the Govoner of the Province of New Hamshire He observing the Instructions Given by others of the Propriators to the said Cap‘ Hall Wrentham FeD 2o‘^ ^750 John Whiting Daniel Haws Joseph Fisher Samuel Fisher Benjamin Guild Obediah Blake Ebenezer Daniells Nathaniel Ware Hannah Dale Abner Ellis Asa Richardson Sarah Greene Joseph Richardson Daniell maceene William Hancock Samuel Danils Esther Messenger Jonathan Whiting Jacob Bacon NatlU Fairbnks Abigail Guild Robart Blak Seth Heaton Elijah Blake Josiah Fisher for the hares of Aaron Fisher Nathan Bucknam [5-200] S^Petition for an Incorporatioji of the Pow 7 t^ //yz.] To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq’' Governor and Commander in Chief in and over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire and to the Plonorable his majestys Councill for said Province The Petition of Jeremiah Hall and Benjamin Guild in behalf of them Selves and others Inhabitants Setlers and Proprietors of a certain Tract of land Called the upper Township on Ash- 310 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. uelot River in the Province of New Hampshire on the East side of Connecticut River (a plan of which Tract of land is herewith presented) most humbly Sheweth, that in the year 1737, in virtue of a Grant from the massachusets Government, a plantation was begun on said Tract of land — That in the year 1738 a minister was settled there and a meeting house built — That before the last Indian War with the Indians there were Thirty one Dwelling houses built on said Tract of land Sundry barns and a Fort of near a hundred foot square having eighteen fire Rooms within said fort a Saw mill and Grist mill built — that the setters and others who were preparing for setting there before the Indian War had made large Improvements there and laid out their Substance in doing the Same — That in the Spring of y® year 1747 — The Indians burnt down all the dwelling Houses there except four — also burnt down all the Barns but one also burnt down the meeting house and the Fort also much household Stuff and killed Considerable Cattle Horses Sheep and Swine That the s*^ Settlers and Pro- prietors are returnd and returning on to the said Tract of land in order to cultivate and Improve the same and in case a peace Continues with the Indians in a few years there will be forty or fifty familys in case there was an Incorporation — Wherefore your Petitioners most humbly Pray your Excellency and Hon- ours to Incorporate the s'^ Tract of land agreeable to the bounds thereof by the plan annexed and grant to your Petitioners and others their Constituents such Immutys and Privileges as other Towns Enjoy in this Province & your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c March y® 4**^ 1 750/1 Jeremiah Hall Benjamin Guild [5-201] \^A 7 iother Petition for an Incorporatio 7 i of the Pown^ ^753-li Upper Ashualot Feb" y® 2^ i 753 We whose names are underwritten Do hereby Authorize and Impower our Trusty Friend Ephraim Dorman to Prefer a Petition to his Excellency the Governour of New Hampshire for a Township known by the Name of the Upper Ashuelot and to Pray his Excellency to Grant a Charter of this Land to the Inhabitants and others Concerned in said Lands and to In- sert a Clause in said Petition Praying his Excellency that if it might be Consistent with his Pleasure he would Insert a Clause in his Charter whereby every man may be Intitled to those Lands which he Thought himself to be the Honest owner of KEENE. 3II he Paying the Charges that have arisen on said Lands to Pre- vent Endless Law-Suits and other Difhculties Impending over us and to set forth in said Petition the Great Cost and Expence we have been at in Building two Forts and Defending the Kings Lands and the Great Losses we have Sustained by the Enemy as set forth in the Petition Lodged with IVP Atkinson Secretary and to take the Names Lodged with M'’ Livermore and annex to said Petition Jeremiah Hall William Barnes Ebenezer Daniells Jabez Hill Timothy Harington Daniel Twitchel Amos Foster Titus Belding Samuel Reed Benjamin Larrabee David Foster Benjamin Twichell David Nims Ebenezer Day William Smeed Ebenezer Nims Isaac Clark Nathan Blake Michael medcalfju Joseph Elies Gideon Ellis Eleazer Sanger Jonah French [The foregoing petition was successful, and a charter was granted April ii, 1753. — Ed.] [5-202] At a Legal meeting of the Town of Keen in Dec*' 1776 made Choice of Capt Jeremiah Stiles for a Justice of the Peace in said Town Attest Ichabod Fisher Town Clerk [5-203] \_Relative to Innoculation for Small- Pox ^ To the Honorable Council and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire The petition of us the Subscribers Freeholders of the Town of Keen in the County of Cheshire Humbly Sheweth — Whearas Sundry Persons have Set up houses in this Town for the purpose of Inoculating for the Small pox, by which Means the Small pox has been Spread and Still Continues to Spread in this and other Towns, to the Great Determent of the publick Good — and a Number of Usefull members of Society have lost their Lives thereby and the prosecution of mens Nec- essary Callings Rendered Dangerous — and the Repeated En- deavour of the Towns to lay Persons Concer’d und proper Restrictions and Regulations — have been inefectual We there- 312 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. fore your Petitioners humbly Pray that you would in Your wisdom So Interpose by Your Authority that a Speedy and an Effectual Stop may be put thereto for the present — as Your Petitioners in Duty Bound Shall Ever prav. Keen Novem'" 22*^ Jer^ Stiles Isaac Estey Ebenezer Nims Reuben Partridge Gideon Ellis June’' Robart Spencer Jonathan Pond Ebenezer Day John Day Jedediah Wellman Stephen Larrabe Nathaniel kings- buery 1776 Benj Archer Jun Jesse Clark Thomas Field William Goodenow Joseph Blake W“ Ellis Aaron Gray Aaron Gray Juff Jesse Hall Ebenezer Newton Abijah Metcalf Ryal Blake Henry Elies Josiah Ellis Timothy Ellis JuiP Elisha Briofors Nathaniel Briggs Benj“ Balch Cephas Clark John Balch Jonethan Archer Abner Ralston [5-205] Petitio 7 i for a Lottery for the Purpose of Buildings a Bridge^ To the Honorable the Council and General Assembly of the State of New Hampshire — The Petition of the Selectmen of the Town of Keen in the County- of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire ; Humbly Sheweth — Whereas by Reason of the Scituation of the Town of Keen, Several Rivers and Large Streams of Water Centre in Said Town which Causes a Large Number of Bridges and Caus- ways to be Necesary in Said Town ; and by the Rapidity of some of said Rivers Especially in Time of high water it very often happens that Bridges are Carried off which has been of Great Cost and Charges to the Inhabitance and Likely so to Remain Especially Upon a Certain Rapid Stream Called the East Branch of Ashuelot River where of Late a Large Bridge is almost Ruin’d and the Banks of Said Stream being of Loose Gravel it often happens they are torn and the Course of the Stream much Altered and makes it almost Impossible to make a Bridge to Stand any Considerable Time which Causes great Difficulty and Danger to Travelers Espeially in high water — However there is a Certain place upon said Stream at some Distance from place now used — where a Bridge might be made KEENE. 313 that would much Beter Accomodate Travelers to Boston Ports- mouth or any other Port then the place now Used but the Town by Reason of so many Other Bridges are not Able to Build one at said place as the Cost would be considerable ; we there- fore your Humble Petitioners pray in the Name and behalf of the Town that your Honours in your Wisdom would Order and Appoint Some way that we may have Some Assistance Either by Granting a Publick Lottery or any other way which your Honours Shall think proper it being a Road mucb Used from Different parts of the Contry with which if your Honours Do Comply your Humble Petetioners as in Duty Bound Shall ever pray Keen May 14^^ 177S Jeremiah Stiles^ Silas Cook V Select men Simeon Clark ) N B : It is Suposed that the Sum of 6500 Dollars would be a Suficient Sum to make a Good Bridge and Causway at Said place [5-204] \_Relative to a Lottery for the Purpose of Buildhig a Bridge^ To the Honorable the Council and House of Representitives of the State of New Hampshire the Petition of the Subscribers being Select men of the Towns of in said state in Behalf of said Towns Humbly Shew^eth — Whereas your Petitioners are Informed That the Town of Keen have Petitioned praying Your Honours to Grant them As- sistance by a Lottery to Enable them to Build a Bridge over a Certain Rapid Stream Known by the Name of the East Branch We therefore your Petitioners being Senseable of the Great Benefit that would Accrue to the Publick thereby, and at the Time Knowing the multitude of Bridges and Casways which the Inhabitance of said Town Are Obliged to Build and Keep in Repair and the Charges of the Same by Reason of Freshets which often happens and also the Great Probability of a Bridge standing Safe in the place wdiich is proposed, together with the Good Accomodation of the place to Every Publick Road — We therefore humbly Pray that the Petition of said Town of Keen may be Granted Being of Opinion that it will be a Great Pub- lick Benefit it being a Place which maybe passed in high water with much more Safety than the old Road that Lead thro’ In- tervails and Low Grounds — which Petition if your Honours in 314 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. your wisdom think proper to Grant, we Your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall ever pray. July 1778 Joseph Greenwood \ Selectmen Reuben Morse > of Eli Morse j Dublin Roger Gilmore Abr"' Bailey John Stanley Enoch Hale Edw^^ Jewett Francis Towne Selectmen of Jaffrey Selectmen of Rindge [I fail to find any action of the legislature on this matter. —Ed.] [5-206] \_Relative to Trial of several Royalists^ ^777 Walpole Sep* 9**^ 1778 The State of New Hampshire To Nath** S. Prentice D^ agreeable to their order of the 23**^ Aug* Last past Directing me to pay Cap* Benj'^ Floods pay Roll To Cash paid Cap* Benj® Flood toward S** Roll, T29, 10, o as pr. Receipt To Cash paid by CoP Benj^ Bellows out of the money Lent toward Carring on gun making in his hands as p*" receipt 47, 2, 6 Total of the Roll T76, 13, 6 Return of the names of the Persons found guilty of missde- menors against the States by a Special Session held at Keen June 1777 as p" minutes on file with the sum fiiP & order thereon Col Josiah Willard 20i‘ John Gould 405 Maj*" Josiah Willard 30.? Alexander Rolstone 405 Eleazer Pomroy 20s Paul Richardson ^os Eben'' Harvey 40.? Nathan Rugg 40J Rev** Micah Lawrence 20s Rev** Clement Sumner 405- Benj**' Mellvin 40J Cap* Henry Coffin 20i- Benj*^ Mellvin Jr /^OS Sam** King 405- Nathan Willard 10s John White 405- Joseph Collins 20s Simon Willard 105 Sam** Wadsworth 405 Total £29-] KEENE. 315 Ordered that the several Persons for Misdemenor, Re- cognize in the sum of £500 as Principal with Two Surties to be of a Peacable Behaviour tow^ards the State & to be Confin*^ within certain Limits untill this Court or Sum other Authority shall Discharge them therefrom — order'^ that Cap^ Benj“ Flood Receive <£12 — out of the fine- money to Billit his guard with he to acct therefor — order‘d that the Remainder of the fines be Reposited in the hands of Nath^ S. Prentice Esq to wait the County Sessions or- der thereon a Coppy from the minutes on file Nath' S. Prentice Clerk of s*' Sessions [Some of the evidence used at said trial may be found in Vol. VIII,, page 593. Ebenezer Harvey, Pomeroy, and King were ordered to confine themselves to the limits of their farms in Chesterfield, but were released from said bonds and limits April 7, 1778, by recommendation of the committee of safety of said town. — Ed.] [5-207] \_ye 7 ‘emiah Stiles chosen ]\Iagistrate^ ^ 777 *] At a Legal meeting of the Inhabitance of the Town of Keen on January the 14"^ ^ 777 — Voted that Cap' Jeremiah Stiles of this town be in Nomination for a Justice of the Peace for this County . Attest Ichabod Fisher Town Clerk To the Honorable Council and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire — Humbly Shews, We the subscribers, Inhabitants of the Town of Keene in the County of Cheshire, beg leave to inform your honours, that Cap' Jeremiah Stiles, at a legal meeting of this Town, as may appear by the copy of the vote hereto annexed, was unani- mously nominated for a Justice of the Peace : And, for reasons, not known to us, is not appointed. * * Keene, October 12, 1779 Abraham Wheeler James Wright Zadok Wheeler Benjamin Osgood David Willson Daniel Willson Abraham Wheeler iu Ephraim Wright John Houghton Ebenezer Cook Benjam Osgood Ju Davis Howlett Isaac Griswold Alpheus Nims [They requested his appointment, and it was granted. — Ed.] EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 316 [R. 2-132] \^Deserters from the Army^ ^777*] Deserted from Cap* John Griggs’s Company in Cod Scam- mills Rig* Epraim Hall 24 years of age Six feet high Dark hair Blew Eyes Light Colered Cloths formerly belonged to Lyn : Whosoever will take up S*^ Deserter and Return him to his Company att Keen or N® 4 : in the State of New Hampshire shall have a harnsom Reward and all Nesesary Charges Paid by me John Griggs Cap* Keen May y® 5**^ ^777 [He also advertises for one Nathan Gale, “ 21 yers of age 6 feet Hi Well Set Dark hair.” — Ed.] [R. 2-133] S^Documents relative to Capt, Samuel Weather- bee^ V7«?‘] I Davise Hewlett of Keen in the County of Cheshire and Province of Newhampshire, testifieth and saith that Eighty five men appeared on mount Independence that belonged to Cap* Sam'* Weatherbees Company in the year 1776 and that two other men enlisted by s'* Capt Weatherbee, Namely Roswell Shephard who Died of the Small Pox as I was informed and Tho® Wilder who to my knowledge Did Die of the Small Pox before march'* Keen feD^ 10-177S Davis Hewlett Lieu* [Sworn to before Isaac Wyman. — E d.] [ Col. Wyman’s Certifcate,^ This may Certifie whome it may Concern that Cap* Sam** Weatherbe First & Largest Return of his Company was 84 men Test Isaac Wyman [R. 2-134] S^Deposition of Ebenezer Putnam.^ Charlestown JaiP 23**^ i 77 ^ Deposition of Eben*’ Putnam Being of Lawful age Doth tes- tify and say that some time in July 177^ Cap* Weatherbee ask^ k KEENE. 317 me what I would give him to Discharge me : I told him Noth- ing where iippon he told me that he would Discharge me for Twenty Dollars or five weeks work I told him I would give it then he turned about and went and got a man to go in my Rhoom and I set of to go home but Before I got home I got sick of My Bargain and went and told him I would go My Self and pay him for his trouble for gitting the man he told me if I would go and tell the man that I would go into the Service that should pav the s'^ Cap‘ for his trouble after I was Inlisted I ast the Cap* if he w'as willing that I should take the Small Pox he said No by No means for perhaps we may be calP for before you will be Ready to march then I was advis‘d by Cap* Geer and M'' Olcott to ask CoP Hunt advise about the matter wdiere upon he said he would advise any man that was a going to Enocolate as he thought it was not safe to go without Ebenezer Putnam Sworn before Benj^ Bellows. [R. 2-135] \^yoJm Hart's Discharge^ 77 /( 5 .] Charlestown august 6*'^ — These may Certify That in Consideration of Ten dollars To me In hand paid by John Hart I do hereby discharge him from my Company in The Continential Service in CoP Wymans Regiment of the New hampshire forces as witness my Hand Sam** Wetherb’e Cap* [R. 2-137] [This document is the resignation of Major Timothy Ellis, dated Keene, October 19, 1779. — Ed.] [R. 2-138] S^Snbstitute for Nehejniah Towti^ ij 8 oJ\ These may certifie That I Josiah Reed of Chickaby in Springfield in Consideration of Certain agreements Between Nehemiah Town of Keen in the State of Newhampshire and myself have Engaged and do hereby Engage to serve in his Room & Stead in the Newhampshire Lines for the Towni of Keen for the space of six months as witness my hand at Spring- field July y® 20**^ 1780 Josiah Read 3i8 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [R. 2-140] \_Nehet 7 iiah Brown^ wounded Soldier.^ To home it may Conserne This May Certifye that Nehemiah Brown a Soldier in the Melisha in the Battel at Loomes Cock in the year 1777 was Shot throw' his Leg was under my Caire & was not fitt for anny busness for for or five month Tho® Frink Surgeon to s*^ Brown Keene y® 14*’^ of Octob’’ 1785 [R. 2-141] S^Petition of Charles Rice^ Bunker Hill Soldier^ 7/p/.] To the honb’le the Senate and house of Representatives in Gen- eral Court convened at Concord. — Humbly Shew's, Charles Rice of Keene, that in the year 1775 being a Soldier in Captain Jeremiah Stiles’s Company & Cob John Stark’s Regiment he received a most distressing wound through the breast at the memorable battle of Bunker Hill — which has ever since rendered it impossible for him to gain a comfortable subsistance for himself — much more for a numerous family which daily look to him for that assistance which he would most readily afford were it in his powder. — That your petitioner has never received the least assistance from his Country being entirely ignorant of any feasible method of making application — He therefore prays your Honorable body to compassionate his case and lend him such assistance as in your clemency you shall judge proper — And as in duty bound, ever prays Jeremiah Stiles in behalf of the petitioner [He petitioned again May 19, 1795, complaining that he had not been allowed for “ arrears of pension,” and desired to have the legislature intercede in his behalf. — Ed.] [5-208] [ Warrant fro?n Ver?no 7 it for the Election of Pwo Represe 7 itatives^ I'/Si State of Vermont In generall Asembly Windsor Aprell 7^^ 1781 to either of the constabels of the towm of keen in the County of Cheshire greeting — Where as by a late union of the whole of the New Hampshir grants with the state of Vermont a solid and KEENE. 319 permanant basis is laid for one free Severing and independant State the union of indivudills the right of the peopell and the exigencys of afairs the arangement of oficers the estableshment of govermant and the vigirous aforts of this state to be made against the comon enemy requires an imeadiate full and fair rep- resentation of the peopell at this Asembly these are therefore to direct you upon sight hereof to warn all the freeholders and other inhabitants in s'^ town of keen that have a right by law to vote to asembell at the usuall place for holding town meetings in s*^ town as soon as may bee and that you then and their call upon them to bring in their votes succesivelly for two represen- tatives of Said town to take their seats forthwith in this hous as law directs that you make declaration of the persons chosen and return the same to this Asembly excrats from the Journalls by order of asembly Noah hopkins Clark [Keene voted against the union with Vermont, and did not send any representative. — Ed.] [5-209] \^yohn Baldly Post-Rider^ State of New Hampshire In Com‘®® of Safety Exeter July 27*^ 1781 Pursuant to a Vote of the General Assembly of the 27**^ of June 17S1, Authorizing the Committee of Safety to establish a Post to ride from Portsmouth to the western part of this State and agreeable to the Proposal of M*" John Balch of Keene, He the said John Balch is hereby appointed a Post to ride for the term of three months, to set out from Portsmouth on Saturday morning & to ride to Haverhill by the way of Concord & Ply- mouth, and thence down the River to Charlestown, Keene and to Portsmouth again, which Tour is to be punctually performed once in each & every fourteen days during said term, unless this Committee shall think it most convenient for the public Good, that the said Balch should sometimes alter his rout. The said Balch is to Convey all public Acts, Letters & Dis- patches free of Charge — For which Service he shall receive from this State seventy hard Dollars or paper money equiva- lent. — M Weare Pres* I, John Balch do hereby agree to the foregoing proposals and engage punctually to perform the duty of Post-rider agreeably thereto — John Balch " 320 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [5-210] [^Timothy Baldly Post-Rider^ To the Honble General assembly of the State of New Hamp' Now Convein’d at Portsmouth — in Said State — Humbly shews, Timothy Balch of Keen in this State That he has been a public Carrier for near two years from Portsmouth to Charlestown in the County of Cheshire which Rout he has perform’d once a Fortnight — except in exceeding bad Traveling and the pay he has had for carrying News pa- pers and private letters has been very inadiquate to his Labour Expence &c That when your Petitioner engaged in this Service he had encouragement from the Comrnittie of Safty and the Treasurer of this State for a proper compensation for the Business Your Petetioner from time to time Should do for the public and as almost two years is expired Since he engaged in this Service wou’d be glad Some Allowance might be made him therfor — Your Petitioner therefore most Humbly prays that your Hon- ors wou’d take the Matter under Consideration and grant Such Relief as the Case and Service Requires — and he as in duty bound Shall Ever pray &c — Tim® Balch June 10. 1785 [5-211] \_Relative to Taxes on Estates of Absentees^ //c^j.] This may Certify that the Land of Elijah William Esq*" late of Keene Absentee was in the year 1781 taxed hard money u 11-2 & New Emishon £1:7: ^^“5 & the Land of Doct Josiah Pomeroy an Absentee was taxed the same year the sum in hard money — £ o: js: i New Emishon £10: 9:1:1 Keen August 26 1783 David Nims Jr Selectmen Jonathan Bale}'’ > of Nathan Blake jur ) Keene In behalf of the Select men R^ an order on the Treasury for the above sum Benjamin Hall KEENE. 321 1^5-212] \_Resignation of Timothy Ellis^ iy82.~\ Keene Sepf 14-1782 Sirs I retain a due Sense of Gratitude for the many favors and Honors bestowed upon me by the General Assembly of the State of New Hampshire ; and in particular for their appoint- ing me Colonel of the Regiment, which I now Command. I am still tenacious of the Rights and Liberties of Mankind, and attached to the State of New Hampshire. The Appointment was very unexpected, and (as I thought I had neither Leisure, nor Ability to perform with Honor the Duties which that Sta- tion required) very undesireable to me. However, I accepted the same, hopeing that I should soon be succeeded by some person more suitably qualified. But as I find myself disap- pointed in that Respect, I must beg Leave to decline acting any longer in that Capacity, and Send this my Resignation ; trust- ing that the Hon*^*® Assembly will Soon appoint Some person to take the Command of this Regiment, who will conduct with Wisdom, understanding, Fidelity and Honor. I am. Sir, your most obedient humble Servant Timothy Ellis To the Hon’^^® Meshach Weare Esq^ ; to be communicated to the General Assembly. — [5-213] [_Return of Ratable Polls ^ Cheshire ss To The Hon. Ebenezer Tompson Esq*" Secetary of the State of New Hampshire — Hon^ Sir Pursuant to an Order from the General Assembly we the Subscribers have taken the Number of all the Rateable polls within the Town of Keene from the Age of Twenty one years and Upwards and find them to be Tw’o Hundred and Twenty Eight Josiah Richardson") Select Timothy Ellis ^ men of David Nims Jr ^ Keene Cheshire ss Keene Decern*' 13^'* 1783 The Above Named Josiah Richardson Col Timothy Ellis and David Nims Jun* personally Appeared and made Solomn Oath that the Above is the True Number of all the Rateable polls within the Town of Keene from Twenty one years old and Up- ward according to the best of their Knowledge Before me Tho® Baker Just Pac® 23 322 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [5-214] [^Relative to the County yail^ 1^83. To the Council and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Court Assembled this twenty Eighth day of Oct*' AD 1783 Dan Guild Gaoler, and others (Subscribers belonging to Keene in the County of Cheshire) humbly shew that they con- ceive it would be very beneficial not only to the Publick but to the Town of Keene in general, and the Poor Prisoners in Gaol here in particular, that y® Limits of the Yard of the Prison here might be extended beyond what it now is by law, sixty feet, so as to take in a Barn and Shop that would be very convenient for them to labour in and thereby to Earn something for their Support during their being obliged to remain in said Gaol un- till they can sware out ; As there is a considerable number of Prisoners in that Predicament — Wherefore Your Petitioners pray that an Act may be passed to extend the Yard of said Prison as aforesaid which will be a great relief to the Prisoners in Gaol, and to the Gaoler, and as we humbly conceive no dam- age to the Publick. And as in duty bound will ever pray Dan Guild Gaoler Abner Sanger Tho® Baker Nathan Blake jur N : Cooke Thomas Field Benja Hall Israel Houghton Jer Stiles [5-215] \_Taxes on Land of Absentees^ Extract from a tax or assesment in Keene being the State tax on the town of Keene for the year 1782 — s d Elijah Williams’ land £. i.. 8.. 9 Josiah Pomeroy’s land 10.. 14.. Extract from a tax for raising continental men in the year 1782 — s d Elijah Williams’ land £ i.. 10.. 10 Josiah Pomeroy’s land ii.. 10.. 9 The above are true extracts from the Original assesments Attest I assessors Ichabod Fisher > for the Reuben Partridge j year 1782 Feb. y® 4**' 1785 — R*^ an order on the Treas’’^ in behalf of the Selectmen for the Above Benjamin Hall KEENE. 323 [5-216] \^CertiJicate of Nails made^ i'/ 8 gd\ The State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss To whom it may concern — We the Subscribers the major part of the Select Men of the Town of Keene in said County of Cheshire do hereby certify that Ezra Hervey of Keene afores'^ Nailer has bona fide made or caused to be made at his Workshop in Keene aforesaid be- tween the months of October AD 1787 and December AD 178S — two hundred thousand of four penny wrought nails — In Wit- ness whereof We do hereto set our hands & seals this 25^^ Day of December AD 1789 — Dan^ Kingsbury Jeremiah Stiles Ebenezer Robbins P Sprague Cheshire ss Dec*" 23^^ ^ 7 ^ 9 — ^ subscriber being the near- est Justice of the peace to the above named Ezra Hervey, do certify that the said Hervey has bona fide made or caused to be made in his Work Shop in Keene afores^ the above number of nails within the Time aboves*^ Tho® Baker Just pac® Jany 12, 1790 Received an Order on the Treasurer for six pounds as a bounty on nailmaking in behalf of Ezra Harvey Isaac Griswold [Similar certificates were presented in favor of the fol- lowing, for the purpose of obtaining the bounty offered by the state : Elijah Baker, 400,000 ten-penny wrought nails in 1790. Ezra Harvey, 200,000 four-penny wrought nails in 1790. “ 400,000 “ “ 1791* Elijah Baker, 100,000 ten-penny wrought nails in 1791. “ 300,000 “ “ 1792. Ezra Harvey, 400,000 four-penny wrought nails in 1792. —Ed.] [5-231] State of New-Hampshire Cheshire ss. At a legal Meeting of the Freeholders and others Inhabitants of the Town of Keene held Aus‘ 25*^ ^ 794 — HoiP^® Dan' New- 324 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. comb Esq*^ was chosen to Represent said Town in General Court the present Year instead of Jeremiah Stiles Esq*" resigned. Keene Aus* 25*^ ^794 Attest Lock. Willard T. Clerk E Dunbar ) Selectmen A Wilder ) of Keene KENSINGTON. The township was set off from Hampton Falls, April i, 1737, and “erected into a distinct parish” by its present name, which is probably derived from some English town. John Weare, Joseph Wadley, and Ezekiel Dow were author- ized to call the first meeting. A mistake was made in describing the bounds in the act above referred to, which was rectified by an act passed the 26th of the following August. Rev. Jeremiah Fogg was settled as parish minister in November, 1737, and remained until he died, December i, 1789. Kensington was a populous town at the breaking out of the Revolution. The following are the names of their men in the First N. H. Regiment : Joseph B. Hoit, entered March 21, 1781 ; discharged De- cember, 1781. Orson Lock, entered April 14, 1777 ; discharged Septem- ber 19, 1777. The latter was killed. [R. 2-143] [William Evens, of Kensington, states that he was a sol- dier in Capt. Folsom’s company in the summer of I759» and lost his gun, for which he asks to be paid. The petition was dismissed. — Ed.] [R. 2-144] [Samuel Elliot, of Kensington, says he was in the service in 1760, went as far as Wentworth’s ferry, and came home from there by permission of his officer, notwithstanding KENSINGTON. 325 which he was returned as a deserter by Capt. Marston. He wants to be righted. The petition was dismissed March 13, 1761.— Ed.] [R. 2-145, 1461 147] [In a petition dated June 9th, 1763, Benjamin Page, of Kensington, stated that he had two sons, minors, in the ar- my in 1759, in Capt. Samuel Folsom’s company, one of whom died, and the other was wounded. He asks for their wages, and presents the following certificate : — Ed.] I Kensington June y® 9^^ ^7^3 To the Honourable House of Representatives — This is to Signify to your Honours my Judgment and opin- ion of Samuel Page Son of Benjamin Page of this Parish he was in the army in the year i759 and Came home sick w’ith the purging Called the Camp Disorder and wasted and Died with the same in about six weeks after he came home I visited him as a physician in the time of his Languishment and according to the Best of my Judgment he died with the Camp Disorder and likewise would Signify to you that Jeremiah Page Son of Benjamin Page Being at oswego the same year that his Brother was and that he was wounded in actual Service By Reason of which he hath lost the Spring of his great Toe which is greatly to his Damage — Benjamin Rowe [He was allowed ;^4-i 7-6 sterling. — E d.] [5-233] \^Petitioii for a Grant of Pand.^ To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq^ Governour & Commander in Chief in & over His Maj®^ Province of New Hampsh®’’ in New England and to the Hon'^‘ His Maj^^ Coun- cil — Humbly Shew your Petitioners Inhabitants of the Parish of Kensington in s*^ Prov® — That your Petitioners do themselves (many of them) Stand in need of Tracts of Land for to settle on & Improve, and your other Petitioners have Either Sons or such as they are Concerned to provide for, who Stand in need of the Same. — That most of your Petitioners have not had any Share & the other but a 326 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. small Share in any Grants of Townships which have been Al- ready Made. — And your Petitioners Hope (as they are Part of an Ancient Town which has paid a Large Share of Taxes in the Support & Defence of the Government ; & do (themselves) still pay more Taxes then Some other Parishes that Have y® Privilege of a Representative) That they Shall be Remembered with the other Parts of the Town (which are now Petitioning your Excellency) in such Grants of out-Lands as may now be made — We therefore Pray Your Excellency that we may have a Grant of such a Quantity of Land as may accomodate the Number of your Petitioners, according to what is usually allowed in Grants of Townships. We also Request that the Grant may be adjoyning to those that may be made to the other Parts of the Town or that we may be otherwise provided for as your Excellency & Honours shall Judge Best — And your Petitioners Shall Ever Pray — Henery Lampre Israel James Joseph Chase hil- yard _ Benjamin Page Daniel Blake M*" Fogg Ezekiel Dow James Pirkens moses Blake Jur Samuel Page John graves Philbrick Palmer Josiah Dow John Page Juner Theophilus Page Obadiah Johnson The Record Jonathan Dow Jonathan Brown moses Shaw Jonathan Palmer Moses Grifen Nehemiah Brown Joseph Pike Caleb Shaw Benjamin Prescutt Joseph Weare John Batchelder Benjamin James Abraham Moulton Benjamin Brown Juner John Weare Simon Batchelder Nathan Clough William Evens Jun^ Jeremiah Green Jeremiah Batchelder Jeremiah Sanborn Joshua Gilman John Dow Elijah Connor Benjamin Brown Josiah Blake Samuel Clifford Jur Isaac fellows Phebe Purenton Abel Word Philip Dow Stephen Brown [5-234] \^Ebenezer Brown'' s Complaint ^ M*" pickerin this is to inform you that the in habitance of Dear field has past and re past through My land with out leav or lisance wich is a grate Damage to me you must thnk by Sides a great Charge that I have bin att I am obloyegd to Make three Mils and a Quarter of fence be Sides loosing my land and 2 hundred pounds expends and I think No Man of reson Can KENSINGTON. 327 Say that is not a damao^e they have returnd Me Som land for my satisfaction but I will not take it for it is within My bounds be fore but I will not take land for it if thare ever So much kinsington May the 20 1778 Ebenezer Brown £5-335] \_Petitio 7 i for a Paper Currency^ iy 8 yJ\ To the Hon^'® the Gen^ Court of the State of Newhampshire to be held at Concord by Adjournment on the third Wednesday of Ocf current — The petition of the Inhabitants of the parish of Kensington, in the County of Rockingham & State of Newhamps*’ Humbly sheweth, — That by reason of the extream scarcity of a Circu- lating medium, that business of almost all kinds have ceas’d, or must shortly cease, to the Distress of your petitioners, & the Community at large — Therefore your petitioners Humbly beg that vour honours would Emit a quantity of paper money sufficient to Discharge the State Debt, or Devise some way or means whereby the out- standing Taxes may immediately be paid into the Treasury, that the Treasurer may thereby be enabled to discharge s*^ Debt ; or otherwise relieve your petitioners as you in your great wis- dom shall think meet, & your petitioners as in duty bound, will ever pray — Kensington Ocf 14*'' 17S5 — Abraham Sanborn \ Committee in behalf John Page > of the parish Isaac Fellows j of Kensington This Committee was chosen by a large Majority of the parish for the above purpose — Atest Moses Shaw jr Parish Clerk [See Vol. XI, p. 127 . — Ed.] [5-236] \^Return of Ratable Polls ^ //c^j.] State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss. — Pursuant to a vote of the General Court of said State We the Subscribers do hereby return the number of male polls of 328 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Twenty one years of age and upwards paying for themselves a Poll Tax within the Town of Kensington 153. Kensington Decern’’ 1783 J. Bachelder Nathan Dearborn v Selectmen Joseph Brown ) Sworn before Benjamin Rowe [5-237] \_An Appeal for Dr. Benjamin Rowe^ about To his Excellency Meshech Weare, President of the State of New Hampshire And the Hon'’^® Council for said State — The Petition of us whose names are under written Inhabi- tants of the Town of Kensington, humbly sheweth, That Doc- tor Benjamin Rowe Esq*" of said Kensington, before the present Constitution of Government existed, and served the public in the capacity of a Justice of the peace, and we conceive he served with ability fidelity and in honor. To call in question his ability to act in such a capacity, would be condemning the Judgment of that honorable body that appointed him to his office. * * * * That we conceive while we would by no means call in question your wisdom and Integrity in your appointments ; that it is a Priviledge we may reasonably hope you will indulge us with, to appoint and commission the said Benjamin Rowe Esq’’ to be Justice of the peace under the pres- ent Constitution. * * * * Winthrop Rowe Jonathan green David Stuard Jacob Worthen John Page iu H anson Hodgdon David Sanborn Jona Tilton Theophilus Folsom Abraham Sanborn Jonathan Prescott Jonathan Rowe Paul Blake Samuel Prescutt John Melcher David Prescott Elihu Chase Nathan gove Benj^ Moulton John Page Benjamin James Jur henry Sanbun Charles Page Theophilus Sanburn John 'Lamprey Joseph Palmer Abner Eastman Benjamin Eastman Enoch Worthen Robert Pike Stephen Page Stephen Brown the S'" Jethro Brown Jeremiah Dearborn David Shaw Stephen Brown Timothy S. Eaton Nathaniel Dow Nathaniel Weare William french Stephen Brown jr Weare Nudd Jonathan Flanders John Green Stephen Green obadiah Johnson David James John Chase Ephraim Abbott Caleb Brown moses Blake Richard Samborn JoiP Prescott Ju KENSINGTON. 329 Caleb Brown Enoch gove Elijah gove Josiah Blake Hezekiah Blake Samuel Dearborn Jos C. Hillard Benjamin James Benjamin Tilton Abraham Prescutt William Brown Noah Hobbs Simon Prescutt Joseph Prescutt odlin Prescott Benjamin Prescott Josiah Batchelder Edward Lock Joseph Rowe Moses Shaw Elisha Blake Jur Nathan Shaw Abraham Shaw Elisha Blake Stephen Chase John Palmer Josiah Brown martin Prescott Josepli Clifford Nathan Page Samuel Clifford Benjamin Loveren Ebenezer Loveren John Graves John Bachelor Jeremiah Tilton Joseph Brown David Philbrick Joseph Hilliard Joseph Dow Josiah Dow Benjamin Dow Isaac Fellows Jonathan Palmer John Batchelder David Chase Samuel Rowe Joseph Wadleigh Jewett Sanborn [5-238] [^Petition for a Coro?ter^ iy 86 .~\ To the Honorable the President and Council of New Hamp- shire — Gentlemen — We the Subscribers desirous of having a Coroner or Coroners appointed in Kensington take liberty to recommend M*' Nathan Dow and M*" Newell Healey as fit for that Office — Kensington May the 15*^ 17S6 — Eben*’ Clifford Jere. Fogg Jun*’ Jere : Bachelder Winthrop Rowe Samuel Rowe John Batchelder Philemon Blake Jr Joshua Lane JoiP Fellows Eben'' Potter Stephen Page Enoch worthen [5-239] \_yere?niah Pog'fs Declination of the Office of Ad- jutant- General^ Gentlemen — Kensington July y® 1786 — About the beginning of last Month I rec*^ the inclosed Com- mission from the hands of y® deputy Secretary — The Honor done me by the late Executive in an appointment so important as that of Adjutant General of the State is grate- 330 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. fully acknowledged — And while I realize the Dignity as well as necessity of such an Office I regret my inability to fulfill it and the Necessity I am under to decline an Acceptance. — I am with much esteem GenP Your very humble Servant — Jere: Fogg To the Honorable the President and Council of New Hamp- shire — KINGSTON. The township was granted Aug. 6, 1694, in the sixth year of the reign of William and Mary, by Lieut. Gov. John Usher, to James Prescott, Sr, Isaac Godfrey, Thomas Phil- brick, Jr., Gershom Elkins, Samuel Calcott, Thomas Web- ster, Samuel Dearborn, William Godfrey, Jacob Garland, John Mason, Ebenezer Webster, Nathaniel Sandburn, Ben- jamin Sandburn, John Moulton, Daniel Moulton, Francis Towle, and others, mostly of Hampton. It was named Kingstown, the derivation of which is obvious, and the name was generally so spelled until about the year 1800. This grant covered the territory which is now contained in the towns of East Kingston, Danville, and Sandown. Settle- ments were commenced soon after the grant, but little prog- ress was made until after the treaty of peace with the Ind- ians, which was signed at Portsmouth, July ii, 1713. Rev. Ward Clark, ordained in 1725, was their first settled minis- ter. Nov. 17, 1738, the easterly part of the town was set off and incorporated by the name of Kingstown East Parish. The west part of the town, as originally granted, was set off April 6, 1756, by the governor and council, and incorpo- rated into the town of Sandown. Another portion was in- corporated into a town by the name of Hawke (now Dan- ville), Feb. 22, 1760. In consequence of these acts, the town at present contains but a small portion of its original grant. Dr. Josiah Bartlett commenced practice in this town in 1761. He was a member of the state committee of safety from May 19, 1775, to Jan. 20, 1776 ; from Jan. 20, 1777, to May 28, 1778; and from Jan. 5, 1779, to May 29, 1784; KINGSTON. 331 one of the justices of the supreme court from Nov. 14, 1782, until he was elected president of the state in 1790, holding the office of chief executive four years. He died May 19, 1795, at the age of 65. [5-240] \^Petitio 7 i for a Confrmation of the Grant and Specif cation of its Bounds.^ To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq*" Captain General, Governour and Commander in Chief in and over his Majes- tys Province of New Hampshire in New England and to the Honorable his majestys Council for said Province The Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Kingstown in the Province of New Hampshire Most Humbly Shews That on the Sixth of August A. D. 1694 — Usher Esq*^ then Lieutenant Governour & Commander in Chief in and over said Province with the advice & Consent of the Council for s*^ Province by a Charter of that date did give and Grant a certain tract of land lying within the said Province of New Hampshire described and bounded as in the said charter (refference thereto being had may fully appear) unto the persons mentioned in said Charter, and unto Severall others of their Majestys loving Subjects, that then did or Should Inhabit within the said Grant — That from the Date of said Charter till the Settlement of the Boundary line between the Province of New Hampshire on the South and the Province of the Massachusets Bay on the North there has been both a publick and private dispute Subsisting which has been no Small Detriment to the said Town of Kings- town — That your Petitioners apprehend the Boundary Line between the Two provinces is now fixed and that the Southern Bounds of Kingstown is the same as the dividing line between the Two Provinces — That there is some ambiguity and uncertainty in the said Charter as to the bounds of said Grant — which, for want of an Explanation may possibly hereafter be the occasion of disputes and expense of much time and Money, which by your Excel- lency and Honours in your great wisdom may be prevented Wherefore your Petitioners pray your Excellency and Hon- ours to take this Petition and the Charter afores'^ (a copy of which your Petitioners will lay before your Excellency & Hon- ours) under vour wise consideration and to Confirm the afore- said Grant and to rectify any mistakes and uncertaintys there may be touching the description or bounds of the said tract of Land intended to be given and granted by the aforesaid Charter 332 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. SO that the said Grant may take effect according to the true in- tent and meaning thereof — And your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall Ever pray &c — Eben^ Stevens ^ Select Men of Kings- Jedidiah Philbrick > town & in John Hunton j behalf of said Town [5-241] S^Precept for an Election^ 7/70.] Province of New Hampslff to the Constable of Kings Town you are in Her majestys Name Required to Convean the free houlder of your Town to- gether on munday the 28 day of this Instant august at two of y® clock in y® afternoon : and being So meet you make Choyce of a meet person Qiialified according to Law : to RepreSent your Town in Generali Assembly to Sitt att portsmouth the and y^ you Certifie the person so Chosen to the assembly at the time abovesaid — for which this Shall be your Warrant — Dated August 24: 1710 — [5-242] Ki 7 igsto 7 i Alens NaTnes Sworn to K g 2^ : Samll Judkins Nath 11 ffrench Joseph Welch Simon ffrench Joseph Elkins John young Sam^' Webster John Gillman Sam*^ Tucker Eben*' Webster Ephraim Severens Nathan Prescot Luther Morgan Phinehas Batchelder Benj judkins Sam^ Colcord Phillip Moodey Richard Clifford Edward Eastman John Webster jur John Sweat Ichabod Clough Jonathan Sanborn Moses Sleeper Daniel Giles Theop. Griffin William Long Ralph Blasdell Nathan Batchelder Sam’^ Welch Nathanaell Rundlet John Lad Jeremy Webster Benjam Choatt Sam^^ Colcord James prescutt Ichabod Robe John ffifield Joseph ffifield Aaron Sleper Joseph young Daniell Lad Eben’’ ffellows Joshua prescutt Elish winslow John webstr Eben*' Sleper philep Row Isac Greeffen Daniel Been Saiff^ Been Jonathan Lauerence Jonathan Choatt philip hunton Elish Swett Daniell Gillman Saiff^ Robe Josiah bachelder Sam^' ffifield william busell nath^^ ffrench Ju M*" Ebeff Colens Thomas Corbin KINGSTON. 333 Andrew Webster Samll drench Ephraim Elkins Daniell Young Jonathan Webster Benj. Welch Joseph Young Sam^^ Estmun Sam^^ Stevens David Qrienbe Isac godfree Jeremiah hubbard EbeY Estman Jeddiah philbrock Benjamin Swett abraham watson Sam^^ Sanburn moses Rowell thorn® Geoarg moses Elkens Carneilas Clough [5-243] [^Relative to Taxatio 7 i by Massachusetts^ To his Excellencie Jonathan Belcher Esq*" Cap* Generali and Commander in Chief in and over his Maj*‘®® Province of New hampshire to the hon*’^® the Councill, and house of Represen- tatives Now Conven’d in Geif^ Assembly The humble Petition of Samuell Graves of Kingstown in newhampshire for himselfe and in Behalfe of the Proprietors of the Said Town of Kingstown Most humbly Sheweth — That your Petitioner is an Inhabitant of the Said Town of Kingstown on part of that Town that Lyes Neare seventeen Miles Dew North from the River Now Caled Merrimack : Yet So it is that the People In habiting Havereill in the County of Essex in the Massachusets Bay pretending Right to the Soile where your Petitioner Liveth : (and alsoe to a Great part of the Said Town of Kingstown) which lyes Some five, Some ten Miles, and Som fifteen. Sixteen, or Seventeen Miles North from Said Merrimack : and the Goverment of the Masachusets assumes Jurisdiction over all the Dimentions afibre Said: and hath Taken y*" Petetion‘‘ by vertue of the writs and process out of the Courts of that County of Essex : and he hath been De- tained in the County Goale in Ipswitch in Sd County of Essex above Seventeen Weeks — and Since Your Petitioner has at his Great Expence Discharged himselfe : yet Since y* his Neigh- bour Jeremiah Clough that Joynes upon y*" Petitioners Land fif- teen or Sixteen Miles to the North of the S** River Merrimack : hath been taken by process out of the Courts belonging to the Said County of Essex : & there put In Goale and forc’t to find pledges & suerties to Answer in the Courts of the Said County of Essex — Notwithstanding the Said Courts Cannot pretend any Juris- diction So far Northward of the Said River Merrimack and tho’ your Petitioner Did Exhibit a Petition in his own and the afibre- said Cloughs Name to the Geif^ ass"' of the Mass*' praying that they might have Some Relief, and that things might Rest till the Setlem* of the lines : yet Could have no Redress — and was answered they would not Estop themselves unless this Province 334 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. would Do something first (or be tyed as well as them from any prosecution) — Your humble Petitioner Most humbly prayes that your Ex- cellcie, Councill & house of Representatives will In y*" Wisdom as Seems most meet proceed to Do Something that may put a Stop to any further proceedings untill Such Time as the Lines May be Setled — and your Petitioner Shall Ever pray May the 4^^ ^ 73 ^ Samuel Graves [5-244] \_Petition of Inhabitants of the Easterly Part for a New Parish^ To his Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq*" Cap^ Gen^^ and Gov- er° in Chief in and over his Majesties Province of New Hamps : in New England, And to the Hon'^^® his Majesties Council and Representatives in Gen^^ Court Assembled May ye 2 for Elisha Sweet ) Kingstown [In H. of Rep. the matter was referred to a committee, who reported as follows : — Ed.] [5-249] Kingston the 15**^ of april i 755 Province of New Hampshier by order of the General assembley, we have Enquired and 340 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. examined into the Subject Matter of the two Petitions Prefer^ by the Select men of Kingston, and are of Opinion that the Praier of the Pittioners Should be Granted, Saving a Spring or Place of water in the westerly Ende of that high Way Laid to the Spring Medow, which Spring with Land adjoyning of Said way not Less then four Rods wide, be Left open to the high- way or Cuntrey Road which Leads throw the Town — which is — Humbly Submitted by us the Subscribours. John Macmurphy John Paige Committee [The foregoing request was granted, and an act passed in accordance therewith. — E d.] [5-253] \_Petition for Encouragement to Manufacture Salt^ 777 ( 5 .] To the Honourable the Council, and House of Representatives of The state of Newhampshire The petition of Ebenezer Griffing of Kingstown in the County of Rockingham in said state Humbly sheweth That the Great Scarcity of the Necessary Article of salt and the Difficulty of procuring in the Usual way . . Importation, has induced your petitioner to be at Considerable Expence in Order to Erect works for Making the samefrom sea water That if proper Encouragement is Given he has Reason to think that He shall in a short time be Able to procure Large Quantities that way That the Erecting proper works for that purpose will be At- tended With Very Considerable Cost and Expence And as the Manufacturing that Very Necessary Article will be of Very Great Advantage to the publick. He humbly prays that your honors will Take the Matter into your Consideration and Grant him such Encouragement as to you in your wisdom shall think fit — And as in Duty Bound shall Ever pray &c. Ebenezer Griffing. KINGSTON. 341 [He erected works for the manufacture of salt, as maybe seen by the following document : — Ed.] [5-254] \^Petition for a Lottery^ ^ 777 '~\ To The Honb'® The General Assembly of the State of New Hampshire Humbly Shew — Ebenezer Griffing of Kingston in said State, hath, at his own Cost, and Charge, erected. Salt Works : within this State, as well for the Publick, as, his own particular Benefit — being moved, thereto, from the Present — and future prospect of the great Scarcity, of the Valuable and very necessary Article Salt — on Reflection, he finds his Works Insufficient to make a Qiiantity barely sufficient to Supply the Wants of his Vicinity — the Uncommon Demand of Salt throughout this State being such as strongly urges your Petitioner to make further Trials (in the Art of Salt making) he haveing allready by Labour and enquiry made good progress therein) to Effect which he finds he must make further Additions which must be Attended with great Cost too much for him Individualy to hazard, that Salt is absolutely necessary for Publick and Private Use that it is now uncommonly Scarce and the Demand therfor daily increa- seth — and that there is no Present prospect of Supplys from the former Resources are facts notorious to your Honours your Pe- titioner Therefore prays your Honours to take Under Consider- ation the Subject matter of this Petition & if Consistent — grant him Power to form and Accomplish a Lottery under the Im- mediate Inspection & Direction of the HoiP^® General Assem- bly of this State for the Sole purpose of Assisting him in his Endeavours of Increasing the Qiiantity of Salt Sufficient for the Demands of the Publick & your Petitioner as in Duty Bound Shall pray June 26^^^ 1777 — Ebenezer Griffing [R. 2-148] \_yo//n Prescott^ Soldier^ ^753 [Joshua Prescott petitioned for an allowance to pay for nursing and doctoring his son John, who was a soldier at Louisbourg, was taken sick, and died soon after his return home. He further stated that he (Joshua) was 65 years old, and not able to pay said bills. The petition was “ Dis- missed.” — Ed.] 342 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [R. 2-149] \_Abst 7 'acts fro 7 n PetitioTis of Fre 7 ich War Sol- diers.^ [John Blaisdell and Samuel Fifield, of Kingston, stated that they were in Col. Meserve’s regiment, in the Crown Point expedition, 1756. In another petition (R. 2-150) Samuel Fifield stated that he “ was ordered by CoF Meserve to stay at Albany Flatts to take care of two sick soldiers viz Waldron Smith of Brentwood, & John Blasdell of s^^ Kingstown,” and did not get home until! January 19, 1757. He was allowed new tenor. (R. 2-154) John East- man, of Kingston, stated that he was in Capt. Trueworthy Ladd’s company. Col. John Hart’s regiment ; had his gun taken from him at “ AlBiny,” for which he wanted pay. His petition was dismissed. (R. 2-155) Iddo Webster, of Kingston, stated that he belonged to same campany and regiment ; had his gun stolen on the way home, and also put his elbow out of joint, and asked for an allowance. January 29, 1760, dismissed. (R. 2-156) Josiah Judkins, of Kingston, stated in a petition dated May 7, 1759, that he had an apprentice named Richard Tucker in same company and regiment, who was sick on his way home, and was put to ex- traordinary expense in consequence, which he wanted allowed. Ordered “to lay.” (R. 2-157) Benjamin Sweat, Jr., in a petition dated March 19, 1760, stated that he was in Capt. Jacob Bayley’s company. Col. Lovewell’s regiment, in the spring of 1759; marched to Dunstable, and from there to Leicester, Mass., where he was taken lame, and left. “And when Cap^ Bayley Came to Pay off the Men under his Command, I went to him to see if he had Money for Me, and he Shew^ Me that against my Name Was only Sy- phers.” He was allowed 36 shillings sterling. (R. 2-159) John, son of Jonathan Webster, was in the service at Fort Edward in 1759. (R. 2-162) David, son of Asa Flanders, served in the Crown Point expedition in 1756. (R. 2-163) Samuel Webster stated that his son Barnum was in the Canada expedition, and died coming home from Fort Ed- ward in 1758. Also, his son David “was in mager tashes Regment at number fore and died their” in 1757. — Ed.] [R. 2-164] \^Capt, Samuel Fif eld's Certificate., 7 /( 52 .] This may Sartifie Home It may Consarn that Jonathan Bede Hath Paid an Eqiieal Perposion in Suporting the war in my KINGSTON. 343 Company with other Solders Since this Present ware — this from your Humbel Servant — Samuel fifield Cap‘ Kingston august the 23^ 1763 [Jonathan Beede belonged to the Quakers. — Ed.] |]R. 2-165] \Petition of folm Dent^ Soldier^ lyjg : addressed to the General Court.'] The Petition of John Dent of Kingstown in the Province aforesaid — Humbly Shews — That your Petitioner having been for more than seven years in the service of his King & Country as a Soldier : particularly in the last years Campaign after the Reduction of Louisbourg & Territories &c (your Petitioner being a Ranger in Cap‘ William Starks Company) which with others was sent up S‘ John’s River in tlie Province of Nova Scotia where by hard & Incessant Labour (in January the very dead of winter) in wet & cold ; being obliged to work, in water, snow, & Ice, & extream cold ; and when Nights come on ; then to Lodge between the Heavens & the Earth ; and besides this ; had not a Sufficiency of the Common & Necessa- ry supports of life &c — which exceeding Difficultys bro’t upon your poor Petitioner such sore disorders & diseases of Body as caused a long & tedious sickness which at length fell into his feet ; for which both of his feet have been cut off & yet they are not healed ; and in this distressed state your petitioner was obliged to spend all his wages : which was all his substance for Chirurgery ; & other Necessaries ; and now tho’ through Gods Rich Mercy & goodness to your petitioner he is escaped (thus far) with his life & got to his Native Town yet being without estate, & is ever entirely Incapacitated for Labor and so is now (even if he should get well) in a very distressed state & condi- tion and inasmuch as this evil came upon this unhappy crea- ture ; by hardships endured in the service of his King & defence of his Country; he Humbly cries unto this Court praying for an Interest in their compassion ; Intreating that something may be allotted to him that may at least in some measure contribute to his support & subsistance while he may exist in the present state ; and so your poor & distressed Petitioner shall as in Duty Bound ever pray &c John Dent Kingstown June the 13*^ day 1759 Voted, dismissed Octob’’ 12^^ G 59 344 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [R. 2-166] \_Petition of Paul Pressey^ Soldier^ ^ 759 ' dressed to the General Assembly The Humble Petition of Paul Pressey of Kingston in said Province — Shews That your Petitioner was an enlisted soldier in this province Service in the year 1758, under the Command of Cap‘ Trueworthy Ladd, of CoP John Hart Esq*" Regim‘ for the Reduction of Canada, who proceed‘d & went in said Ser- vice as far as any of the Regim^ But so it was that on the 28^*^ of July 1758, the Enemy Cutt oft'a number of Teems, & Killed many of the soldiers, & women &c, that Convey‘d them, & your Petitioner with a Large number of this province Troops, were ordered by their sup*' officer to march Immediately to their relief & did, & In the Fight there your petitioner had the mis- fortune to be shot by an Indian in the Left Breast, the bullet Log« in the back part of his shoulder, was afterward Cut out by Doc*" Clark. ^ ^ when your petitioner was one hundred & fifty miles from home was obliged to sell his shoes off his feet for sustenance In order to get home. * * Paul Pressey [R. 2-167] [ Certificate relative to fioregoingC^ To the Honorabile Gentelman of the House of Repreizen- tives of the Province of Newhampshir this is to Inform your Honours What We the Subscribers Know Concerning M‘‘ Paul Pressey Sence he Came Home from the Lake the said Pressey was not able to Do any work of any Valy till a Bout the first of December 1758 and after that he was often Complaining of his Shoulder as he was Shuing of oxen for Sume of us and other times he was Saing that his wound hurt him in his Labour Dated att Kingston march y® i2‘^ ^ 759 — Jeremiah Hubbard Joshua Webster Dyer Hook Jonathan French Humphrey Hook Jonathan French Juner Daniel Brown John Paige Jonathan Harvey Ephraim Paige Joseph Worth Caleb towl Caleb towl Junr Aaron Quimby [Dr. John Kittredge, of Andover, Mass., testifies to hav- ing taken care of his wound. He asked for relief, and was allowed fi 8 sterling. — Ed.] [R. 2-168] \_Jeremiah Bartletf s Petition^ /y/c?.] [In a petition, dated “ Kingstown April 2*^ 1778,” Jere- miah Bartlett stated that he was “ a soldier in the company KINGSTON. 345 commanded by Capt Ezra Currier, in Col® Abraham Drake’s Regiment, that marched from this State Last fall and joined the northern Army near Stillwater.” He further stated that he was taken with a fever near Fishkill, and wanted pay for his expences in getting home, etc. He was allowed ]£6o. —Ed.] [R. 2-169] \^Soldiei's' Orders Kingstown January 24, 177^ Please to pay to Samuel Peirson or Order all the pay due to me for my Rations as an Adj‘ in CoP Drakes Reg^ from Sep^ 8 to this day for which his receipt shall be your Discharge & you’ll oblige yours &c pr. NatlP Bacheller [Thomas Severance, of the First Regiment, orders what is due him to be paid to John Nicolle. Witnesses, Jona. Blake and Samuel Favour. Christopher Challis, of the Second Regiment, orders his wages to be paid to same. Witness, Jeremiah Graves. — Ed.] [R. 2-173] of Sarah Hobart^ ^797 [In a petition, dated Kingston, November 20, 1797, Sarah Hobart, “ late widow of Col Windborn Adams,” who was killed at Stillwater, September 19, 1777, asked to have some interest, which she claimed to be due her, allowed and paid. —Ed.] [5~255] \_Rclative to the j\/il 7 tia, iy84.~\ To his Excellency the President and the HoiP’® Executive Council of the State of New hampshire — your Petitioners Humbly Shew — That the Legaslative of this State at their Last Session Thought Proper to take off from the Seventh Regiment of mi- litia in this State (Commonly Called Kingstown Regiment) the Southwesterly part thereof (viz) Salem, Plaistow, Hampstead, Atkinson, & Sandown, and Erect them into a Distinct and Sep- errate Regiment, and have added to the other Part of Said 346 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Seventh Regiment the Town of South Hampton taken from the third Regiment, That in aranging the Said Regiments the South westerly^ Regiment altho’ the youngest part of Said Seventh Regiment are by Some mistake allowed the Rank of the Seventh Regiment while the oldest Part of the Said Seventh Regiment is Reduced to the Twentieth, Your Petitioners are of oppinion the Said arrangment was made in haste and without properly Considering of die Same, and make no Doubt that when the matter is Properly Laid before the Legislature at their Next Session that the mistake will be Rec- tified, We therefore Pray your Excellency and Llonours to Pos- pone the giving out any military Commitions in Either of Said Regiments till after the next meeting of the Legislature when we Expect the mistake will be amended or otherwise we are apprehensive Very great Difficulties will Ensue — and your Petitioners as in Duty bound will Ever Pray &c. Kingstown Nov^ John French John CleffarD fifiel Peter Fifield William Sanborn Peter Sanborn Peter Sanborn juffi Jacob Hook John Hunton Abraham French Jon'^ Blake John Eastman Amos Gale Thomas Elkins Joseph Woodman John Judkins Joseph Judkins David Sanborn Henry Judkins Ebenezer Lang Ebenezer Griffing Ebeffi Stevens John Lad Ebeneser proctere Daniel Colcord Moses Huntoon Jacob Foot Nathaniel garland Joseph Tucker William Patten Joseph Calef Ju Joseph Calf Jacob Webster Jonathan Sanborn Samuel Favour Nathaniel Darbon Benjamin Webs‘ Sul laway Calab Sever Stephen Stuart Jonathan Collins Jonathan Severance John Davis Daniel Qiiimby Samuel Huse Phines Davis Stephn Badger John Tucker Aaron Quimby Samuel Quimby Benjamin Qiiimby David Qiiimby Joseph Williams Peter Sweat Isrel Dimond Enos Colbey Hezekiah Blake Elias Buriel Nathanael Morrill Richard Collins Samuel Sargent moses Woodman Dudly Kinrick Jonathan French 4 Jonathan French Juner Jethro Sanborn Thomas Page Jedediah Philbrick Peter Elkins Joseph Elkins Elisha Bachelder David Tilton Humphry Hook Jonathan Heath Israel Hook Jonathan french Jonathan french 3*''^ Caleb Towle James Towle John Kent Henery Dearbon Reuben True Jr Daniel True Seth. Bartlett George Bartlett Jeremiah Bean Jonathan Sanborn KINGSTON. 347 John Singleton John Procter John Calef Aaron young Caleb judkins Will"' Sweat Aaron H unton Benj^ Cooper Jonathan sanborn Junr John quemby San- born Samuel Stevens 3*^ Nathan Sweat Solomon Wheeler Henry Morrill Israel Dimond juner Samuel Plummer David danders Jonathan Jones Samuel Eastmen Benjamen Eastman Jabez Eaton Joseph true Eaton Nathaniel Brown Stephen Eastmen Asa danders Benjamin Collins Juer John Challis Jonathan Sanborn juiE Peter Emerson Phinehas Bachalder Reuben True Jon'' Procter Jeremiah Elkins Thomas Elkins Henery french Joseph Homan Samuel Calef Isaac Cledbrd Caleb long Ebenezer Stevens 3*''^ Peter Abbot [5-256] S^Another co 7 tcerning Militia^ To the Honourable the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Assembly Con- vened at Concord the 9^'' day of Feb^ i 7 ^ 5 * The Petition of the Subscribers humbly shew that in the last session of the General Assembly, among other alterations and arrangements of the regiments of Militia in this State, they thought proper to take od' theTowm of Southhampton from the Third Regiment commonly called Plampton Regiment, and annex it to the seventh commonly called Kingstown Regiment, and then to devide the last mentioned regiment into Two sep- erate & Distinct regiments ; that with great Diderance to the opinion of the Legislature your petitioners humbly conceive, that the devision of said regiment might be made in a diderent manner to more advantage, and beg leave to request that it may be taken up again and altered if it shall seem proper to your Honours — that in giving Rank to the said two Reg** the southwesterly regiment, by much the youngest part of the said Seventh Regiment, is allowed the Rank of the Sev- enth Regiment, while the Northeasterly regiment by much the oldest part of said seventh Regiment, is reduced to the twen- tieth — that the Town of Kingstown is the drst Chartered town in the State, andi was drst settled after the four old towns, as they are called, viz Portsmouth, Dover, Hampton, & Exeter; and your petitioners can conceive of no good reason why the said town, togather with the two parishes thereof viz East Kingston & Hawke which make up the greatest part of the said Northeast regiment, should be degraded from their former rank to which they are so Justly intitled by age, and which they 348 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. have not forfeited by any misconduct as they humbly Con- ceive. — That at the time the arrangement was made, we are informed that the two Representatives from the said Northeasterly regi- ment were both necessarily absent from Court, and so had not an opportunity of laying the matter projDerly before them, which we conceive is the reason that the arrangement passed as it did, as we have too high an opinion of the wisdom & jus- tice of the Legislature of the State, than to suppose that it would have been passed in the manner it was, had the matter been properly laid before them ; — We therefore pray that your Honours will be pleased to take the matter of this petition into your wise Consideration, and if it shall seem to you proper, make some alteration in the lines Deciding the said former Regiment ; And that you will be pleased to restore to the Northeasterly regiment their former rank of the seventh regiment, to which we humbly conceive they are justly intitled ; And your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray &c Josiah Bartlett Thomas Elkins John Hunton Will'" Henderson Moses Huntoon Ebenezer Giffing Joseph Tucker John Lad John Singleton Daniel Colcord William Clifford Sam^^ Sanborn Jo® Williams Gideon George John Wheeler Philip Tilton Andrew Greeley Enoch Greeley Jeames gale Natff Greeley william Smith John Sanborn Jonathan Clough John Emons Benjamin Thomp- son Ebenezer Fi field Richard Smith Nathan Bachellor Caleb Webster Thomas Elkins Junr Nath' Bachellor Henrv French Currier Jon^ Proctor Joshua Hill Will*" Sweat James Carruth Samuel Fifield Francis Hubbard Jacob Foot Jacob Hook Benjamin Stevens Samuel Calef Eli Hunton Malach Davis Andrew mace Jeremiah Currier Abner Morss Ezra Currier Jacob Gale Henry Gale Jacob Rowell Philip Morill John Sam born William Patten Jabez Eaton Benjaman Eastman Samuel Plummer Samuel Eastman Samuel Sargent Nathan Jones Jonathan jones Asa flanders Stephen Eastmen Joseph true Eaton Nathaniel Brown Elias Burisel Henry Morrill Nathanael Morrill Willum Gorg Hezekiah Blake John Chalies Joseph Colins Juner Edward Brown Jonathan Blake Israel Dimond Israel Dimond Juner Peter Sweat Jonathan Houlton Enos Colbey Samuel fellows Benjamin Collins Juner KINGSTON. 349 Isaac Clifford Aaronhuntoon Sam^ Grilling Ebeneser proctor Stephan Huntoon John Calef 3 Gilman Gale Benjamin Loverin William Proctor Charles Chase Nathannel Calfe John George Jon*^ Blake Nathan Sweat John Proctor John Calef Benjamin Stevens junr Henry Judkins Joseph Judkins Joshua Huntoon Sam french Edward Greeley John Cleffbrd fifield Abraham French John Judkins Richard Sleeper Joseph Woodman Peter Sanborn Benjamin Sleeper Benjamin Sleeper Junr Rezia Beede Daniel Bacheller Benjamin Magoon Simon Magoon Daniel Smith Daniel Smith Junr William Sanborn Benjamin Sanborn Noah Sanborn Peter Fifield Amos Judkins Robert S. French Jacob Ordway David Tilton Richard Tilton Peter Abbot Nathaniel Darbon Beniemen Webster Jacob Webster Natha^^ Fellows Ephr'" Severance Stephen Badger Jonathan Sanborn Samuel Severance Edward Sleeper Jonathan Sleeper William Collins Phinias Davis John Sleeper John Stevens Samuell Favour Samuel Huse John Severance Jonathan Severance Jonath Severance ju John Davis Daniel Quimby Jonathan Collins Bartholomew winslo Ephraim winslo William Sleeper willam Challis Jacob Peaslee Daniel wodley Greely Sillaway Jem Webster benjamin hubbard Thomas Sever elijah Sever Elisha Sever Gideon Webster Amos Burman James Noyes Jonathan Pollard Calab Sever Philip Davis Webster Davis Benj" Webster Sulla- way Thomas Severance Isaac Pollard NatlP^' fianders John Sweat Samuel Kinrick Joseph willams Samuel moulten Josiah Tuxbury Sanborn Blake Richard Collans Stephen Barnard willam Busel Moses Busel Aaron Quimby Elisha Quimby Samuel Qiiimby Daniel Qiiimby Paul Qiiimby Dudlv kindrck Benjamin kindreck Benjamin Page Joseph fellows Jonathan fellows Israel FI 00k John Kent Jeremiah Elkins Reuben Tracy Henery Darborn Henery darborn Juner John kent Juner Daniel Page Daniel True joseph Homan Sold- ger Jonathan french Juner JonatlP french the forth Jonathan Sanborn Jim*’ Peter Emerson David Bachelor Jonathan Sanborn John Sanborn Enoch Sanborn Jethro Sanborn Obadiah Sanborn Jer, Towle James Towle 350 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Josiah Tilton Eliphalet Webster David Gordon Trustuin saborn Ichabod Colby Thomas Challis moses Greeley Jonathan Greeley jr moses chandler John true John morill John Tappan James Tappan Josiah Bachelder Benja. Remick Daniel Tilton Nathaniel Tilton Humphrey Flood thomas Colby John Stevens iu Thomas Bootman Henery Hunt Nehemiah Hunt abner Hunt Moses Hunt Stephen Stuart Sam^^ Stuart Moses Welsh Aaron Welsh Stephen Sturt Joseph w^ellch David Quimby Neh Sleeper Ezek Challis Moriss w hitter Jacob Eastmen Jedidiah philbrk Gideon Sawyer James Sawyer Reuben Sawyer Joseph Elkins George Bartlett Isaac Bartlett Jonathan Heath Tho® Page Simon Page Jonathan french Jonathan F rench the 3 Humphry Hook Humphry Hook jun' Sam'^ waite Caleb Towle David Flanders [S“ 257 ] \_CertiJicate of Nails made in //pz.] State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss Kingstown OcP 3^ 1791 This may Certifie that it appears to us the subscribers That John Phillbrick of this Town has Really & Bonafidely made in his black smiths shop in said Town since the seventh Day of February i 7^9 Hundred & Nine Thousand well wrought tenpenny Nails & also Twenty eight Thousand & eight Hun- dred sixpenny Nails Abraham French | Selectmen of Simmons Secombe j Kingstown Kingstown ocf 3*^ i 79 ^ This may Certifie that I have no Doubt but that the said Philbrick Really & bonafide made the Nails mentioned in the Above Certificate — Simmons Secombe Justice of peace Oct° 7 1791 Received an Order on the Treasurer for five pounds John Philbrick LANCASTER. 351 LANCASTER. This township was granted July 5, 1763, to David Page and others, and named for a town in Massachusetts. The following September, David Page, Jr., and Emmons Stock- well cut a path through from Haverhill to the township, built a camp, and wintered there ; and in 1764, the senior Page and his family, with Edwards Bucknam, and others, moved in and commenced settlements. The conditions of the grant, however, were not fully complied with, and on the 20th of September, 1769, an extension was granted. Indian depredations during the Revolutionary war caused most of the inhabitants to leave : others came when peace was restored, so that the town contained twenty-four fami- lies in 1787. By an act approved June 22, 1819, the tract of land known as Barker’s Location was annexed to Lancaster. This was a tract of 3,020 acres, which was granted to Capt. Joshua Barker, Oct. 21, 1773, for service in the French war. The farm of E. Winchester was severed from Stark and annexed to this town Dec. 4, 1840. Lancaster was still further enlarged by the annexation of a portion of Kilkenny, Dec. 15, 1842, It is now one of the most flourishing towns in the northern part of the state. [6-6] \_Petition of David Page for more La 7 td^ 777^.] Province of New Plampsh : To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq*" Captain General, Governor & Commander in Chief & to the Honble Plis Maj- esty’s Council of said Province — That your petitioner having been at great trouble & Expence in first attempting & since prosecuting the settlements at Upper Coho’os on Connecticut River which then was forty Miles dis- tant from any other settlement, and that with incredible fatigue he has often travelled that wilderness Country back & forth to bring on his own with several other Familys having five of his own Children married & settled about him who have made considerable progress — besides frequently assisting others to explore the New Roads — by which means his small stock & substance is almost exhausted & himself impoverished in his old Age — He prays your Excellency & Honors Consideration 352 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. that for his Assistance & Releif in his present Difficultys — he may be favourd with a Grant of some vacant Tract of Land if to be found in that part of the Country, as to Your Excellency & Honours may seem meet, and your petitioner as in Duty bound will ever pray, &c. &c. David page Portsmouth 22*^ Jan 7 i 773 — [6-534] \_Relative to Representative^ 7775.] To the Honarabel Provincial Congress conveaned at Exeter Dec. 20, A D 1775. — Respected Gentlemen — we would take this opportunity to inform your Honorable House That the nine Towns in the up- per Cohos have not complied with the precept of the last Con- gress issued to them for the election of a Representation the reasons of which conduct are these — first, the neady circum- stances of the peple render it impossible for them to be at the expence of supporting one 2 the distance of the inhabitance and difficulty of communa- cation is so greate that it prevented a general attendance in the meeting for to chuse a representative we write to your honor- able house as individuals but at the same time as being well acquainted with the minds of the people it is their universal desire not to be taxed to defray aney Expence of delegates maintaing this principel that their ought to be no taxation without representation we are with the highest respect for your house much respected Gentlemen your most obedient humble servants -n. -j-d ) Selectmen for The ° ) town ot Lancarster Lancarstar Dec^ 14^^ 1775 T -o ) Select men for The ames Brown > , r o.. j ) town ot Stratford Josiah Walker inhabitant of Stratford — [^“ 7 ] [^Return of Ratable Polls^ State of New Hampshire Grafton ss : — Lancaster, Dec™ 2*^ ^ 7^3 The Number of all the male Poles from twenty one years old LANCASTER. 353 and upwards in the town of Lancaster that pays taxes for them- selves — Number — lo — men which is the exact Number taken by us Edw^® Bucknam ] Select Emmons Stockwell J men Northumberland 2^ Dec’’ 1783 Then the above named Edwards Bucknam & Emmons Stok- well personally appearing made Oath to the above Account Before me — Jer^’ Eames Justic Peace [6-S] \_Petitio?i of Col. Bucknam for the. Grant of a Ferry 1784.'] To the HoiP^® the General Assembly of the State of New Hampshire The Petition of Edwards Bucknam of Lancaster in the County of Grafton in vSaid State Humbly Sheweth that there are Catteracts or falls in the River Connecticut adjoining Northumberland in Said County convenient for Building Mills and for keeping a ferry Boat Your Petitioner is Now' Actually erecting a Set of Mills both for Sawing and Grinding on the Said falls Therefore prays that the Hon'’^® Court w'ould be pleased to Grant and Convey unto him his heirs and Assigns the privi- ledge of using and improving the Earth and waters betw'een the Eastwardly and Westwardly Banks of Said River in width ; and in length the Distance of one Mile each way from the cen- ter of Said falls And your Petitioner will pray Edw"*^® Bucknam Lancaster oc* 8^^ 1784 [The request in foregoing petition was granted in 1786. —Ed.] [6-9] \_Petitio 7 i for Authority to tax No 7 i- Residents., I 7 ^ 7 '\ To the Honourable the senate and the HoiP^® House of Rep- resentatives in General Assembly convened on the second Wednesday in September A, D, 1787 — The Petition of the Town of Lancaster in the County of Grafton humbly Sheweth That the inhabitants of said Town labour under many and 25 354 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. great inconveniances, and without that succour and releif which every infant Country expects from the Government to which she ow’es her allegiance, they must remain in but very indigant circumstances ; and the state not receive that emolument, that it might justly expect from a Country so fertile as this, when prop- erly peopled. Nothing more effectually hinders the emigra- tion of inhabitants to this part of the state, than the badness of our roads, and the want of a conveniant place to worship that being, to whom all owe their existance. The formation of the town being very peculiar, on account of marshes creeks and large streams and the number of inhabitants being but very small ; consequantly the expence of making and mending roads, building bridges meeting house &c must be very great — One large stream, known by the name of Israels river, is so formidable where it must be bridged, to accomodate the travel up and down Connecticut river and likewise the travel to and from Portsmouth, (our most advantageous port) that it must cost, at a moderate Computation two hundred pounds. The inhabitants have solicited the nonresidant land owners, for as- sistance (many of whom live out of the state,) but they have entirely refused, — Your petitioners are therefore, necessitated to pray your hon- ours to pass an act empowering the selectmen of said Lancaster to levey, and Collect a tax of three pence on each acre of land (Publick Rights excepted) for the purpose of making roads building bridges meeting house &c, &c. and a continuation of one penny on the acre, annually for the term of five Years, to be appropriated to the aforesaid purposes. And that the prayer of your petitioners be granted, or such assistance or directions be given, as Your honours may see fit ; your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray Lancaster y® 4^^ September 17S7 To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives for the State of New hampshire (humbly Sheweth) The In- habitants of A Place Called Uper Coos That they began Setel- ment at that Place mor than twentithree Years ago and Ever Since have Continued their Setelment through many Dificulties per ore [The foregoing petition was granted. — E d.] [6-10] S^Petltio 7 t relative to Roads^ LANCASTER. 355 Especialy on account of the Badness of the Roads through Lit- tleton and Dalton which have never been properly Cleared nor bridged by which means wagons or Sleighs pass with the greatest Danger and never more than half a Load which Sub- jects the Inhabitants of Said Coos to very Large Expence in transporting necessary foreign articles and others in Removing with their famileys and Efects from Connecticut Massachuesetts and the Easterly part of New-Hampshire to the Same Dificul- ties which very much Impedes & hinders the Setelment of the Towns on Connecticut River &c Lying above S*^ Littleton & Dalton Your Petitioners beg Leave to farther Sugjest that the Townships of Littleton and Dalton being owned by only a few Gentelmen and the Towns not Vested with Power nor the In- habitants of ability to Lay out Clear bridge and ISIake Passable Said Road through which Your Petitioners must Pass on any Business belonging to the Probate, or County Matters, Where- fore your Petitioners Pray Your Honors to take their Case into Your wise Consideration and order that the Road be made Pas- able and keept in good Repair through Said Towns of Littilton & Dalton to the acceptance a Commitee to be appointed for that Purpose or by Some other way as Your Honors Shall See fit and Your Petitioners Will Ever Pray May 1788 Inhabitants of Lancaster Jonas Wilder Aamasa Grout Jonas Baker Joseph Brackett Edw^® Bucknam Phinehas Hodgin Francis Willson John Weeks Abijah Darby Walter Philbrook Samuel Johnson Hopestill Jenison David Page Emons Stockwell Ephraim Griggs WilP^ Johnson Jonathan Hartwell Northumberland Jer^ Eames Jifi Thos Eames Joseph Peverly Abner osgood J. Whipple Daniel Spaulding Abel Bennett thomas Burnside James Burnside Stratford Hez' Fuller David Jnoson Heth Baldwin Elijah Hinman Joshua Lamken Archippus Blodget Jabez Baldwin Elijah Blodget Oliver Lamkin James Curtiss Josiah Blodget James Brown Nucomb Blodget Benj" Strong William Curtiss John Cole Piercy Caleb Smith 356 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [6-1 1 ] \_Relative to the Formation of Coos Coiinty^ lygoC^ To the Honourable senate and house of Representatives of the state of Newhampshire to be convened a Concord on the first Wednesday in Jan^ next, The petition of the select Men of the towns of Lancaster Northumberland and Stratford, for and in behalf of the respect- ive towns. Humbly Sheweth ; That our located situation in the northern part of the state is such, that it will be perticularly beneficial for us, to have Conway and adjacent towns annexed to us, in the formation of the northerly County in s*^ state, not only on account of the occupancy and improvement of our most advantageous road to seaport, but in order to promote emi- grants, and agriculture in this fertile & healthy territory ; the promotion of which, we humbly conceive will be of publick utility and the state to which we owe our allegiance, will re- ceive emolument in proportion to the opulency of this part of the state — And your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pi-ay— Lancaster Dec^ 29*^ ^ 79 ® Edw^^® Bucknam Emmons Stockwell Francis Willson Joseph Peverly Jer’” Fames Elijah Hinman James Brown Select Men for Northumberland Lancaster and Stratford [6-12] S^Petition for a New County^ iygiC\ To the Honorable the General Court of the State of New Hampshire — The Petition of the Inhabitants of Lancaster in the County of Grafton Humbly Sheweth That Your Petitioners live at the distance of near sixty miles from the nearest shire Town in this County That a very considerable part of the Inhabitants of this part of the County live above us and are under similar disadvantages with us. That the Roads to Haverhill our nearest shire Town are ex- ceeding bad and at some seasons of the year unpassable. Wherefore we your petitioners pray that we may be seperated from the said County of Grafton and made a new County by a LANCASTER. 357 line drawn from Conecticut River between the Towns of Con- cord alias Gunthwait and Littleton and on Eastward taking in the Towns of Conway Eaton &c to the Province line so call’d and we as in duty bound shall ever pray Lancaster Nov^ 22*^*^ ^ 79 ^* Edw^® Bucknam William Bruce Stephen Willson Jeremiah Willcox Emmens Stockwell Robert Gotam Francis Willson Joseph Bruce Jonas Wilder junur Asaph Darby Jonas Baker Jonathan Cram Edward Spaulding WilP^ Moore Joseph Brackett Ephraim Wilder John Weeks JoiP Hartwell Nathan Lovewell Joseph Wilder Samuel Johnson Dennis Stanley Isaac Darby Phinehas Bruce Elisha Wilder John Rosbrook Ezra Reves Benj^ Twombly Waiter Philbrook Moses Page John Mackintire Abijah Darby Bradfor Sanderson Zadock Samson Jonathan ros Daniel How David Stockwell Daniel Chany John Wilder Jonas Wilder Manassah Wilder Charles Rosbrook David Page James Twombly Coffin Moore Phinehas Hodgdon William Johnson [Coos county was formed in 1803 . — Ed.] [ 6 - 13 ] \_Petitlon to have the Right of Ferries vested ht the Town^ iyg2.~\ State of New Hampshire Lancaster y® 30^^ May 1792 To the HoiP'® Gen' Court to be holden at Dover in said State on the first Wednesday of June 1792 — Humbly Sheweth the Selectmen of Lancaster in behalf of said Town, that there is a necessity for keeping ferries a cross the River Connecticut from Lancaster to Guildhall & Lunen- burgh in Vermont — They therefore pray your Honors to grant to the said Town of Lancaster the exclusive privilege for ever of keeping ferries a cross said River extending so far as said River runs through said Lancaster And your Petitioners will ever pray — John Weeks ) o 1 ik Oi. 1 11 r Selectmen Emmons Stockwell j Lancaster y® 12"^ Nov^ i 79 ^ We Certify that the within Petition & order of Court thereon 358 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. has been posted up at the house of Col° Jonas Wilder as the most Public House in said town more than six weeks John Weeks ] o i 1 n r oelectmen Hmmens btockwell ) Jonas Baker Town Clerk Jonas Wilder Edw*^® Bucknam Joseph Brackett Joseph Wilder [Not granted. — E d.] [6-14] Petition for Authority to levy a Special Tax for Road purposes^ To the Honorable the Senate and the Honorable House of Representatives of the state of New Hampshire to Convene at Exetor on the third Wednesday of Nov*^ Instant — The Petition of the Inhabitants of the town of Lancaster Humbly Sheweth that about four years past the Honorable Gen^ Court Granted a tax on all the lands in said Lancaster public Rights excepted for the purpose of rhaking Roads Bridges &c in said Town that by some unfourseen fattallity the business was not Accomplished and a considerable part of the roads through said Lancaster to our nearest seaport and Shire Town is yet almost impassable, That a Considerable part of the Township is owned by Nonresidants and the settlements very Inconsiderable in said Town and the Roads being very lengthy being about nine Miles on Connecticutt River and the Roads leading from said Connecticutt River Eastward to Dart- mouth almost as far Distance the making passable said Roads being very Chargable and Insuportable to the Inhabitants ; therefore your Petitioners pray Your Honours to order that a Tax of two pence per acre for two Years may be Assessed on all the lands in said Town and that a Committee may be Ap- pointed to lay out said Tax in the most advantagious maner or grant such other Releaf in the premises as your Honors shall think best — And Your Petitioners as In Duty bound shall ever pray— Lancaster y® 12^^ Fortunatus Eager John Rosbrook J^*^ Charles Rosbrook Jonas Wilder William Bruce Nov' 1792 Jonathan Cram Titus O Brown John Holms Elisha Wilder Phineas Bruce John Rosbrook Em mens Stock well Joseph Wilder Asahel Biglow Nathan Lovewell LANCASTER. 359 Benjamin Orr David Stockwell Moses Page Dennis Stanley W*" Moore David Page Abijah Darby Joseph Brackett Walter Philbrook Jonas Baker Edw^ Spaulding Will'" Johnson Coffin Moore £6-1 6] \_Petition of Eleazer Eosb?'ook for a Eerry^ State of New^ Hampshire — Lancaster June P* 1792 To the Plon^ Gen^ Court to be convened at Dover in said State the first Wednesday of said June — Humbly Sheweth Eleazer Rosbrook — that he has opened and kept a Ferry across Connecticutt River at said Lancaster for several Years past by means of which the public have been considerably benefited — that for and during the time which he has kept said ferry it has been rather an expence to him than otherwise, and most probably no great advantage can arise thereby for some time yit to come, though it may be profitable at some future period — wherefore he prays Your Honors to grant him his Heirs and assigns the exclusive priviledge of keeping a ferry across said River under such restrictions and regulations as may appear proper and Your Peti*" will ever pray— Eleazar Rosbrook [The foregoing petition was granted. — E d.] £6-17] \^Petitio 7 i for Special Pax to jnake Roads^ 7/pj.] The Hon^^® General Court of the State of New Hampshire — The Petition of the Town of Lancaster in said State humbly •sheweth — That the said town of Lancaster is such that the public Road leading through s*^ town on Connecticutt River is upwards of ten Miles in Length and is attended with many Creeks Valies and Streems that leads into said River, where Bridges and Casways are needed to be built, and the Road leading through said town up Israels River towards Conway is attended with the like Impediments and that one other Road is much wanted to be opened through the Center of said town from Connecti- cutt River leading a Corse through said town and Whitefield and on to Thornton and Plymouth which road if opened would S6o EARLY TOWN PAPERS. shorten the Distance from Lancaster to Plymouth about thirty Miles which Road will in all probability be opened in said town. the Ensuing Year — The Inhabitants of said Town being but small in Numbers, having the season past erected a large meeting house and are loaded with great Expences for the same, their Roads &c ; and the Major part of the proprietors and land owners of said town live at New York and out of this State and are unwilling to Assist the Inhabitants of said town in these Burthensome Matters altho, — they are as much beni- fited thereby in the Rise of their lands as the Inhabitants of said town Therefore your petitioners pray your Honours would make a Grant of three pence on each and every Acre of land in said town viz one penny each year the three next succeeding Years and appoint a Committee to levy and Collect the same and apply it in opening the New and Repairing the other Roads and Bridges in said Town — And Your petitioners will ever pray — December y® ^793 Edw^® Bucknam \ Committee Emmons Stockwell > in behalf of Jonas Baker j the Town [4-18] At a Legal Meeting of the Voters of this town of Lancaster held this 22*^ Nov*" 1793 — Voted to petition the HoiT^® GeY Court for land tax to re- pair the roads Bridges &c in s^ Town — Voted CoP Edwards Bucknam Cap^ John Weeks and Jonas Baker Committee to make out a petition to the Hon'^*® Gen^ Court for the above purpose — Dec*' 21®*^ 1793 — Met agreable to adjournment and Voted to chuse a Committee to sign the petition to the Hon’*^® GeY Court for a land tax as made out by the Corn*®® chosen for that pur- pose and Chose CoP Ed*^® Bucknam Cap* Emmons Stockwell and Jonas Baker for s*^ Committee — Voted Cof Ed**® Bucknam Ajant for the Town on s'* petition — A true Coppy from the Records attest — Jonas Baker Town Clerk [Capt. John Weeks settled in Lancaster in lySy. He was the father of Hon. John W. Weeks, who commanded a com- pany in the war of 1812, and was brevetted for gallant ser- vice at Chippewa. He was a member of the state senate in 1827 and 1828, and of congress in 1829 to 1831. He died in 1853. LANDAFF. 361 Emmons Stockwell was one of the first settlers, a sturdy old hero, who refused to be frightened away by the Indians, and occupied his castle in that frontier town during the Revolutionary war. — Ed.] LANDAFF. The township was granted Jan. 31, 1764, to James Avery and others, who failed to comply with the conditions of the grant, and it was declared by the governor and council to be forfeited. Jan. 19, 1770, the tract was granted to Dartmouth col- lege, with the usual conditions and reservations. Settle- ments were made under the latter grant to some extent, roads opened, and a mill built at the expense of the college, and on the nth day of November, 1774, the town was in- corporated by the governor and council. After the Revolutionary war the first grantees claimed that their alleged forfeiture was not legal, and maintained their claim : the college had to abandon its title and lose what it had expended in making settlements. A com- pensation was however made to the college soon after, by the grant, Feb. 5, 1789, of a tract of land containing 40,960 acres on Connecticut river. By an act approved July 2, 1845, ^ tract of land was sev- ered from Lincoln and annexed to this town. June 23, 1859, that part of Landaff lying north-west of Ammo- noosuc river was annexed to Lisbon. The town was divided July 20, 1876, and the east part incorporated into a town by the name of Easton. [6-1] \_To'w?i-]\Ieetnig Proceedings^ ^777*] At a Legal meeting of the Inhabitance of the Town of Lan- daff holden at the House of mr Joseph Warner in s'^ Landaff on the Day of febuary 1777, to Consider and Determin what they will Do relitive to the Letter sent to them by the Assem- blys Commity bearing Date Jenuary io‘^ ^777 I^^ Answer to which Voted that this town Appoint mr Joseph Warner Cap* Nathaniel Hovey and Leu* Josiah How who are our Commity 362 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. of Safety to act In our behalf In treating with the Assemblys Commity and that our Commity do not enter into any measure for accomidation with Assemblys Commity but In Conjunction with the united Commity whose meeting now stands Adjon'^ to the 13**^ of february Instant to be holden at Lebanon and that a Copy of this Voat be transmited to the Assemblys Commity as quick as may be A true Copy of the original minits by order of the Com- mity— Joseph WarneiA Natlf^ Hovey V Selectmen Josiah How ) Test NatH^ Hovey Town Clark To the honorable Meshech Weare Esq*' &c Committee from the Assembly at Exeter. |[6-3] \_Petition for an Allowance for Services in the War^ iy86.~\ State of New Hampshire County of Grafton — To the Honorable the general Court of the said State, to be convened at Portsmouth on the first day of February ADom. 1786 — The petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Landaff in said County, humbly sheweth ; that innumerable & inexpres- sible were the difficulties and distresses your petitioners suf- fered thro’ the course of the late war in America ; by being situated in a large extensive uncultivated Country almost desti- tute of Inhabitants, inviron’d about with a barbarous, cruel & merciless enimy, we were undefended and utterly unable to put ourselves in a warlike state of defence against those sanguinary Savages, who were lying in ambush to kill, burn, lay waste and destroy indiscriminately, all that were opposite to their vile & inhuman proceedings. Being thus exposed and living in constant jeopard of our lives, we were frequently alarm’d and obliged to join our feeble efforts on sudden emergences for the immediate preservation of our lives and properties, and were at great expence in guarding, scouting, building Forts &c. for which service we have never received any recompence or reward, from the State. Notwithstanding, if we could sup- pose ourselves to be upon an equality with other towns in this State, and that we had done no more than our just proportion, we should rest perfectly easy and satisfied with the benefits accruing from the glorious Conquest obtained by the loss of immense quantities of Blood and Treasure. Altho’ our Cir- LANDAFF. 363 cumstances at this day are very difficult indeed by reason of the extreme scarcity of Money ; taxation is almost an insupportable burden, nevertheless your petitioners will exert every Nerve, with the greatest alacrity for the due observance of all your laws & regulations, but as it hath been a Custom heretofore to reward those that have done service or expended Money in the Common cause for the Defence of the State, we take en- couragement therefrom, and most ardently pray your honors to take our Circumstances under your wise Consideration and make us some allowance for our former Services as set forth in this petition, or otherwise as your honors shall think proper. And your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray — Landaff Jan^ y® 25*^^ State of New Hampshire County of Grafton — To the Hon'^^® the Senate & house of Representatives to be con- vened at Concord on Wednesday the fourth day of June next — The petition of Nathaniel Hovey, Jonathan Blake, John Clark, Nathaniel Webber, James Snow, Jeremiah Hutchins, Jacob Hurd, John Cleaveland, Henry Hancock and John Mer- rill in behalf of themselves & the inhabitants of the Towns of Landaff and Bath in said County, humbly shews — That the difficulties and inconveniences attending the said Towns being classed with Gunthwait, Lymon, & Littleton to chnse a Repre- sentative, are numerous and almost insuperable, on account of the great distance the people have to travel, (more especially those that live in the extreme parts of said Towns,) to attend the meetings held for that purpose, at a season of the year when the Roads are generally extreme bad and the Rivers open or about breaking up, so that it is very dangerous and some- times almost impossible to pass over them For which reasons and others that might be ennumerated, the choice of our Rep- resentatives heretofore has been very unequal and commonly made by a small number. The situation of the Contry is such & the people live so remote from each other that they never can assemble together in any one place in this District as now formed, without much fatigue & difficulty ; and the said Towns of Landaff & Bath having at least one hundred & forty one legal voters therein, and are so well situated to form a District that might be attended with many advantages, and the people Selectmen [6-3] \_Relative to Refi'esefitative Class ^ iy 88 .~\ 3^4 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. favoured with many privileges that they cannot otherwise enjoy ; therefore your petitioners most ardently entreat your honors to take the premises under your wise consideration and grant lib- erty for the inhabitants of said Landaff & Bath to send a Rep- resentative to the general Court of said state, and that the meet- ings for electing one, might be held annually at the dwelling house of Cap* Jeremiah Hutchins in said Bath — or otherwise as you may think proper And your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c — Landaft' May y® 20*^ 1 78S — Nath*' Hovey Jon^ Blake John Clark Nath" Webber James Snow Jeremiah Hutchins 1 John Cleaveland ’ John Merrill Henry Hancock 1 Committee for said Landaff. Committee for said Bath. [R. 2-176] \^Landaff claims Edward Marden^ Soldier State of New Hampshire — To the Hon° General Court of said State to be Convened at Portsmouth on the first Day of Feb^ next by adjournment — The Petition of the Inhabitants of Landaff humbly sheweth — That wdien the Requisition for soldiers was made to the State said Inhabitants being inform’d that they ware cal’d on to fur- nish one man for three years or during the war at great ex- pence hir’d one Edward Mardin then lately come to Town, to serve and answer for their Proportion of said Requisition. — ■ That through some mistake said Mardin was returned for Northumberland, without the knowledge of said Mardin, Lan- dafl', or Northumberland, — That said Mardin was never an In- habitant of Northumberland. * * * ^ Landaff Jany 21®* 1786. — Joiff Blake for s" Inhabitants — [The town presented a sworn statement of Marden’s, cer- tifying that he was hired by Landaff and paid ;^30 ; was never an inhabitant of Northumberland. The committee reported in favor of Landaff, which was adopted. Harden served in Whitcomb’s corps. — Ed.] LANDAFF. 365 [R. 2-180] \_Relative to a Bunker Hill Soldier^ etcd^ To the Honourable Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened — Humbly shews — James Mitchell of Landaff in said State, that in June 1775, he furnished his Brother William Mitchell, then a soldier, with a valuable Gun and some other articles (to the amount of four pounds) necessary for the then intended ex- pedition against the British Troops in Boston which gun and other articles were lost at the Battle at Bunker Hill, where the said William lost his Life — that in September i 777 hired one Amos Hastings, and in July 1778 one Stephen Hall, to go into the service of the United States for him, for which your petitioner gave them about eleven pounds as a Bounty expect- ing that at some future period some equitable mode would be devised for reimbursing those, who had contributed more than their proportion in defence of their Country — for all which your petitioner has received no kind of compensation — Your petitioner begs leave further to shew, that in September 1778, at the special desire of Major Henry Moore, then a Collector of Cattle for the use of the army, he purchased thirteen oxen and gave his notes for the same, amounting to six hundred and sixty five pounds payable in six weeks ; expecting within that time to receive the money of the said Moore ; — that he was put to great expence in keeping and driving the said oxen, and was kept out of the money so long, and so distressed by law suits for it, that your petitioner sustained a loss of one hundred and fifty pounds at least, and was obliged to sell his Farm for a sum much below its value. * ^ * Jany, 23'^ 1794 James Mitchell [6-4] \_Petitio?i for Authority to tax Non-Residents^ ij 8 g.'\ To the Hon'^'® the Senate & House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Court convened — Humbly shews the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the Town of Landaff in the County of Grafton and State aforesaid, that the Public Highways leading through said Town are in a very bad condition, and in many places almost and totally impas- sible, — that the expence of making altering and repairing said Highways will be large, — that whatever has hitherto been done in making & repairing Highways in said Town has been at the expence of the Inhabitants & Residents in said town, without any expence to Nonresidents — Your petitioners therefore pray your Honors to pass an Act 366 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. authorizing the raising of a Tax of three cents per acre on Resident & Non-resident Lands in said Landaff for the purpose of making altering & repairing highways within said Town & your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray — Landaff June 179S — Eben*" Eaton Benj Currier David Atwood Sargent Currier Thos Noys Jacob Moody James Snow Ephraim Cushman Samuel Noyes Jun’’ Jereh Martin James Simonds Luke Libby Alexander Hodge John Cogswell Natlf^ Rix Rich‘S Clement Jon'^ Noyes Joseph Morrill Jonathan Clark Eph"^ Edwards Nathaniel Noyes Jon'^ Poor Isaiah Cross JoiP Simonds Savory Patee Jon^ Blake John Clark Jr Joseph Jewett Simeon Edwards Joshua Belknap Birnsley Edwards Sam^ Mann Jn® Johnson Moses Noyes Alexander M'^Keen Jeremiah Bowin Aaron VVodley Day Patee Peter Carleton [In H. of Rep., Nov. 29, 1798, the foregoing petition was granted. Senate concurred. — Ed.] [6-5] To the Honourable Senate & House of Representatives to be convened at Exeter on the first Wednesday of December A. D. 1799 Most Humbly sheweth — That the selectmen of Bath presented a certificate to us the undersigned Selectmen of Landaff purporting that there was entered on their valuation for the vear 1799 more than one Plundred & fifty rateable male polls of twenty one years of Age and upwards, and that they should not join with Landaff & Lincoln in sending a representative to the General court in future — therefore your petitioners (at the request of the inhabi- tants) of Landaff' most humbly pray that an act pass that the Towns of Landaff Franconia and Lincoln be classed to- gether for the purpose of sending a representative to the general court in future — and your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray — Joseph Morrill J Selectmen Ezra Chandler >- of Peter Carlton ) Landaft [In H. of Rep., Dec. 27, 1799, the foregoing request was granted. Landaff was classed with Franconia and Lincoln. —Ed.] LANGDON. 367 LANGDON. The town was formed from territory taken from the towns of Charlestown and Walpole, and incorporated Jan. 1 1, 1787. It was named in honor of Hon. John Langdon, at that time speaker of the house of representatives. Settlements were made on territory now in this town by Seth Walker in 1773, and by Nathaniel Rice and Jonathan Willard the year following. Rev. Abner Kneeland, who was ordained over a Universalist church here in 1805, was one of the leading men in that denomination in New Eng- land for some years, and published a periodical devoted to his peculiar tenets, called the Boston hivestigato 7 \ In 1795 the town might have been extended to Connecticut river, but it refused, by vote, to accept the proffered addition. [6-20] \^Petition for Authority to tax JVo?i-Peside?zts^ iy 8 g.~\ State of New Hampshire May 27*^^ ^ 7 ^ 9 — To the Hon^’® Senate and house of Representatives Conveined at Concord June 4*^^ 1789 The petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Langdon Humbly Sheweth That your petitioners are few In number and inhabit a new Town or District of land a considerable part of which Is owned by nonresident proprietors and that they are not able to make the necessary public Roads and Bridges and in particularly a Bridge over Cold River so called which is very Rapid and in the Spring and Fall at high water is not passible and the Ex- pence of build the Bridge and making said roads exceeds the ability of your petitioners They therefore most Humbly pray your Honors to Impower them to Leavy a Tax of one penny on each acre of the non resident proprietors Land in said town for the purposes aforesaid or grant your petitioners such other Relief as you in your Wisdon shall think Propper and your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall ever pray — Langdon May 27“' 17S9 The Committee on the within petition Report a Tax of one 368 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. penny be laid on each Acre of Land in said Town for one Year & they have leave to bring in a Bill accordingly Nat Rogers for the Com [In H. of Rep., June ii, 1789, the report was adopted. Senate concurred. — Ed.] [ 6 - 21 ] \_Petition for Special Tax to build a Meeting- House ^ m3-'] To the Honourable General Court of the State of New Hamp- shire to be holden at Concord on first Wednesday of June Next — The petition of the Select men of Langdon Humbly Shew- eth — that whereas the Inhabitants of said town are aboute to Build a meeting House for the better Conveannance of meet- ing for publick worship &c as soon as thay think them Selves in a Sittuation to accomplish it and Considering that there is in said town Considerable Land of Non-residents which by build- ing said meeting house will be likely to be more Valueable, these are therefore to pray your Hounours to Grant Liberty for said town to Tax said Lands two pence on Each acre which money to be laid out toward said building whenever said town shall see fit to build said house or otherways Do as you Hon- nours in your wisdom think best and your Petitioners as in Duty bound will Ever Pray James Egerton J Select men Sam^ Prouty >- of John Prentiss j Langdon Langdon May 27 i793 [ 6 - 22 ] [ Vote of Town relative to exte 7 iding its North Line^ At a Legal Town meetin in Langdon the third Day of march 1795 the following Vote was taken for extending Langdon North Line to the River Connecticut thare appeared to be thirty three Votes for extending said Line to said River and thirty against Extending said Line to said River at A Legal town meeting in Langdon May ^795’ Called at the Requst of a Number of Free Holders to Know the mind of the Town if thay Will have Langdon North Line Extend to the River Connecticut acording to the Vote Recorded at our Last annual meeting or Not — thare appeared to be thirty seven Votes Not LEBANON. 369 to Extending said Line to River and twenty three Votes for extending said Line to said River A Trew Coppey Record atest — James Egerton Town Clark Langdon May 13 ^^ ^795 [The town of Charlestown had given its consent to the annexation of that portion of its territory lying between Langdon and Connecticut river to the latter town, and the inhabitants residing thereon had petitioned to be thus an- nexed (Vol. XI, p. 295). Had this project succeeded, both towns would have been more symmetrical, and Langdon would have had a river front and a railroad within its bor- ders. — Ed.] LEBANON. The township was granted July 4, 1761, to Nehemiah Estabrook and 59 others, in 68 equal shares, with the usual reservations. Some of the grantees were from Lebanon, Conn., and the town was named for their old home. The first settlements were made by William Dana, Silas Waterman, William Downer, and Nathaniel Porter. Lebanon was one of the towns that attempted to unite with Vermont, and was represented in the convention at Cornish, April 5, 1781, by Col. Elisha Payne and Elihu Hyde. Some documents relative to the matter may be found among the following papers. This was the first town settled on Connecticut river north of Charlestown, and has been for many years one of the leading towns in that section in wealth and population. Lead and iron ore were found here many years ago, and a copper mine, more recently discovered, is now being devel- oped by the Mascoma Mining Company. [ 6 - 23 ] \_Repo7't of Co77i7uittee 07t Botmdaries^ l/dS.] Sir — With Submission, these wait upon you with Respect, and may Serve 26 370 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. To Inform that we the Subscribers, for the proprieties of Lebanon and Plainfield, in pursuance to your advice, have Established a Bound Between the Said Towns, and as near The Centre as possible, Sd. Bound being a Large White Pine tree, mark’d. 3 and 4. and Standing a Little Below the Meadow. Called Hedgehog meadow, in Said Lebanon Just in The bend of the River : on the N. Side of a hill, on the East bank Of Connecticut River — These are therefore to Desire the favour, of your Hoifi if you in Your wisdom Shall Judge our proceedure in Said affair to be Legal and Conclusive ; To Certifie the Same, to his Excel- lency For his approbation, thereof, that the Same maybe Established As to Law and Custom doth appertain — And we as in duty bound, beg leave to Subscribe. — Your Honours most Obedient And very Humble Serv^® John Wheatley Nathaniel Porter Dated in Lebanon Charles Hill New Hampshire Oc‘ i®* 1768 — Thomas Gates Thomas Gallup John Stevens [6-24] \^Return of Arms a 7 td Equiptnents^ ^775 Grafton ss — Lebanon August 2i®‘ 1775 — A Return of Fire arms now in Said Lebanon Judged to be Fit for actual Service, Firelocks 55 Other Accoutrements now in hand, or to be procured immedi- ately — Fire arms wanting to Compleat the whole of the inhabitants of Said Lebanon able to bear arms 27 it is the Humble Request of the Select men of Said Lebanon, in behalf of Said Town, that the Hon*’^® the provincial Con- gress, would make provision for the Supplying the above Defi- ciencies in Said Lebanon, according to the proposal made by Said Congress — For the Equipting of the militia throughout this province — Nehemiah Estabrook JtP Wheatley John Griswold [Superscription] To The Hon*^^® Matthew Thornton Esq*" Chairman of the provincial Congress. } Select ^ Men— LEBANON. 371 [R. 2- 1 81] \^Petition of Nathaniel Bugbee^ Soldier': ad- dressed to the General Asse?nbly May it please your Honours : the petition of Natlf Bugbee Humbly Sheweth ; — That your petitioner Listed a private Sol- dier, in the year 1777 in Cap‘ John House® Company & Col® Sylley® Reg‘ of foot, Raised by the s'^ State for three years ser- vice in the Continental Army ; * * * * Nathaniel Bugbee [R. 2-182] These May Certify that NatL Bugbee Inlisted April 22*^ ^777 for three years, in the Comp^ Formerlv Commanded by Cap‘ John House, in the i®*^ New Hampshire Regiment, in the Con- tinental Army, and served in said Company untill April 23, 1780, Excepting the time he was Absent which time I am Not Able to Assertain , Daniel Clapp Cap‘ L‘ — To whom it may Concern The Bearer Nathaniel Bugbyof Col® Silley® Reg^ Cap* House® Company being unfitt for Duty has a furlow for two months— by order of the Director M“® Treat Chir : Gen* N D Gen* Hospital Northern Department Octo’’ 25**^ 1777 — [He also presented a certificate from “John Williams Physician,” dated Lebanon, May 26, 1778, relative to his condition ; and one dated October 24th, 1785, signed Nehe- miah Estabrook, Elihu Hyde, committee of safety, and Theo. Huntington, Simeon Peck, selectmen. — Ed.] [R. 2-185] [In a petition dated May ii, 1778, ’John Slapp stated that his “son Edward Slapp of Lebanon Listed into the Conti- nental Service April 25**^777, in Cap* Jn*^ House® Comp^ — in CoL Cilley® Reg* & was at Ticonderoga when that important post was Ev^acuated ; ” that he was taken sick, and died at the house of Ichabod Cross, of Shaftsbury, on the way home. He asked for an allowance. The follow- ing endorsement is on the back of the petition : “ Stop a little while till they pay Taxes.” — Ed.] 372 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [R. 2-186] [_Soldier^s Order ^ To his Excellency the President of the State of New Hamp- shire Sir please to Pay unto James Norris or his order all the Money due to me for three Months Service in Cap*^ Woodmans Company it being for value rec*^ p^ me Lebanon Jan^ 12 1785 Witness JoiP Norris his Joseph X Steavens mark ■^ 4 ’ 3 ’ 4 \_The following Docu 7 nents are coj)ied from Gen. fona. Chase's Papers^^ in JSf. H. Historical Society' s Library Lebanon Sept, the 27 i 777 State New hampshier Sir Pursuant to your order of Saturday Last we have Pro- cured & sent to Join you the Names of men hearafter mention- ed Drafted Lieu^ Levi Hide Joseph Tildan Jn*' in John Greys Rom Solomin mellington Volontiers Hugkins Stors William Downer JuiP Neherniah Estabrooks] Comitty Azariah Bliss v of Safty John Griswold ) Lebanon The Names of the Men Drafted in Lebanon 24*^^ July A D i 777 Serg* Oliver Gris- Joseph Downer wold Constant Storrs Corp^ Joseph Martin Joseph Tilden Jr Rufus Baldwin Ebba Peck Azariah Bliss Jr Joseph Wood Jr Asa Colburn Isaiah Bliss Lieu* William Danas Return Zalmon Aspenwall George Wales Eleaz'' Mather Porter Jeremiah Griswold A Return of Contanantal men that Enlisted out of Lebanon for 3 years — In CokSylla® Rigerment in Cap* John House® Com- pany in April i 777 LEBANON. 373 Names Age Discription John Colburn 33 Light Complextion 5 feet 9 inches high Phinehas Wright 27 (( u 6 Jonathan Conant 17 u .. 5 u 5 “ “ Edward Slapp 27 “ U ^ u 6 “ “ Luther Wheatly 18 “ “ 5 “ hj CC ii Jonathan Wright 22 u c. ^ u 10 “ “ Nath* Bugbee 25 Dark “ 5 “ 10 “ “ Benj^^ Owen 19 Light hair & Eyes 5 “ II “ “ Jon®- Kingsbury 28 Dark Complextion 5 “ 8 “ “ The following men Inhabitants of Lebanon engaged for 3 years in the states of Connecticut & Massachusetts Bay Elisha Tilden 26 Dark Brown hair 5 feet 9 inches high In CoP Wylly® Rigerment Stephen Tilden 21 Light Complextion 5 feet 8 inches high In CoP Durkee® Rigerment John Landee 26 Light Complextion 5 feet 7 inches high Samuel Paine Cap* William Dana Lieu* Samuel Estabrook Ens“ [ William Daiial s Return.^ Lebanon y® 3^ Sep* 1777 A Return of Both Officers & Soldiers, that are in the Conti- nental Servis, for three years, or During the present Contest with grate Britton Viz for the State of New Hampshire Ens” Tho® Blake Phynahas Wright Luther Wheatly Sarg* John Colburn Edward Slapp Jonathan Conant In Cap* Houses Company Syles Regiment Hired out of this State — Nathaniel Bugbee Jonathan Wright Benjamin Owen for the State New York Cap* Sam** Paine Charles Tilden Stephen Manning 374 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. for the State of Connecticut Elish Tildin Stephen Tilden Test William Dana Lieu* John Slapp Clark To CoP Jonath" Chase [Noah Paine enlisted July i, 1780, for six months. — Ed.] [6-25] \Relative to a Coinmittee of Conference^ ^ 777 *] State of N : Hamp’’® Grafton ss — Jan^ 30**^ 1777 — Whereas, the Select men of Lebanon have Rec*^ a printed Letter, in behalf of a Com*®® Said to be appointed by a Gen* Assembly of this State, to treat with Such persons, or Com*®®® as Shall be appointed by any Town or Towns, that are Dissat- isfied with what is Called a plan of Government in Said State — In a full meeting of the inhabitants of Said Leb" Resolved, that Said Com*®® appointed as aforesaid Be Refiered to the Gen** meeting of the Corresponding Com*®®® of Several Towns in this State, to be Holden at Said Lebanon on Thursday the 13**^ Day of Feb^ next, at, 10 Oth. Clock A M. at the Dwelling House of Dea® John Ordway. inn-holder in Said Lebanon — for the purpose aforesaid — Attest Silas Waterman C* [6-26] \^Letter fro?n Nehemiah Estabrook^ •^ 777 *] Lebanon Feb^ 5**^ * 777 * Gentlemen, The enclosed have been transmitted to me with desire that I wou’d forward them to you by the first Opportunity, which I now do by the bearer IVP Porter, I am likewise desired by Committees of various Towns to inform you that those Towns in these Parts, which are aggrieved with the proceedings of the Assembly at Exeter have united by their Committees to concert measures to obtain redress ; and that their meeting is to be held by adjournment at the House of Deacon Ordway at Lebanon on the 13**^ Instant — And as it ap- pears to be the general Sintiment in these Parts that the only effectual means of producing that harmony and union you pro- pose will be a Conference with said meeting of Committees, I LEBANON. 375 am desired to request the favour that you will attend said meet- ing that a solid P^oundation may thereby be laid for effecting those desirable and important Purposes. I am Gentlemen with much respect, Your most obedient and humble Servant Nehemiah Estabrook chairman of said united Committees |]6-27] [ Complaint of N. H. Adherents^ To the Hon*^^® the Council & Assembly of the State of New Hampshire — We the Subscribers, being Inhabitants of Lebanon in the County of Grafton and State afores*^ Humbly Petition and give your Hon’’® to be Informed, that for Some Time past we have been greatly abused & harrassed by a Power, usurped without Right, to which we neither owe nor own Allegiance, and by which we have been prohibited, from Yielding that Subjection .& Obedience to the State of New Hampshire which is Justly due. and whereby we are deprived of those Rights and Privi- ledges to which we are Justly entitled as Subjects of s^^ State, and are liable to many & great Evils and Burdens for want of that Protection which we humbly conceive, may be dutifully requested and demanded from the State of New Hampshire — Wherefore we most humbly pray that your HoiP® will take Such resolutions on the premises as may effectually redress the Grievances of your Petitioners and restore them to their Just Rights & Priveledges & the Protection of said State, and may be duly represented in the Gen^ Assembly and have Justice ad- ministered under the Authority of the Same — And your PeP Shall ever pray &c Lebanon 15*^ Dec^ ^ 77 ^ Charles Hill William Downer ji Solomon Millingto Ebenezer Bliss Isaac Cory Joseph Tilden Jr Joseph Wood Sam^' Bailey James Jones John gray Jabez Baldwin Beniamin fuller Simeon Hovey Eliezer Robinson Phinehas Wri ght Saiff^ Millington Jesse Heath W"^ Wakefield William Downer Josiah Plovey James Fuller December 24 — at a Meeting of the Within Named petioners 376 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Voted Petition be Shewn to the Select men of ye town Voted that this meeting Be Adjourned to the 28*^^ instant Jesse Heath Clark Dec^’’ 28*^^ the above petitioners met by adjournment and Voted mr. william Downer their agent to present S^^ petition to the Hon’^'® Asembly of S*^ State or in there reses to the Hon'’^® president and Council and Receive Their answer — Jesse Heath Clarke I [6-28] \^Relative to an alleged Riot^ ^779 Lebanon Newhamshire July 27*^ ^779 To the Hon'^^ Meshack Ware and the Hon^^® Councel of the State of Newhamshire — Gentlemen : your petitioners desire to inform your Honersof A late disturbance in this town : against all Law both Humane and divine=and in defyance of the authority of the State : a number of men went to the dweling House of m’' Jams Joans in the Evening of the 22^* inst. And by force and Violence, toock him from his bed and bound Him on a horse with his face to the horses tail : and he was obliged to Ride in that maner four or five miles=to a tavern they following him with Bells horns &®=at the tavern they abused him in a most Shock- ing maner with words and blows : then Return‘d about half a mile made a halt and abused him as before : Even thretening with death till He was oblig*^ to Comply with thir unreasonable Demands, your petitioners are Very much threttened if we Say any thing against Such Conduct, therefore we pray your Honors to take the mater into Considerration. and Afford us Such assistance as you in your wisdom Shall think best Jesse Heath \ Sam^ Bailey > Com‘*^ Charles hill j [6-30] [Rrotest against the Action of the Town^ i"/ 8 o 7 \ State of Newhampshire County of Grafton Lebanon 31®* March 1780 We the Subscribers Inhabitants of the town of Said Lebanon Who hold our selves in duty bound To be League Subjects of the State of Newhampshire — Do hereby publickly remonstrate and protest against the Ille- gal proceeding of the Town of Lebanon (viz) theTown Voting LEBANON. 377 to pay no regard To the Authority of the state of Newhamp- shire and that thay Would Yeild no Obedience to any precept sent to them from the Authority of Said state for raising men for the defence of the United states or any other wise — The Town enacting Laws in town meeting repugnant to the Laws of the state and adopting the Laws of Connecticut to gov- ern them Selves by in open violation of the Authority of the state of Newhampshire Altho thay have Unanimously Ac- knowlidge themselves under the Jurisdiction of Newhampshire by Vollentarily confiderating with said State and the Town under a pretence of authority in a high handed manner fre- quently stop men in the highway Rob them of their property even when the}^ have a CertilLcate from proper authority to pass unmolested and Blocking up the publick Highway by falling Trees Across the path so as to Render it impractible for Travilors to pass Whereby Travilers have been much injured and to the disgrace of the Town and many Other Illegal pro- ceedings inconsistant in themselves and injurious to the public peace of this and Neibouring towns, — To be Communicated to the Town forth with Sam^ Bailey Jesse Heath Eben’’ Bliss W"^ Downer Phinehas Wright Sam^ Millington Soloman Millington Benj“ Fuller James Jones John Gray Elezer Robinson Jabez Baldwin Joel Kilburn Gideon Baker [From Gen. Chase’s papers.] \_Call for a Co 7 ?fere?ice Meetings 77^0.] Lebanon New Hamshire Grants October 1780. Whereas the present Day calls for every Exertion touching the publick Cause, that our Lives & properties may be safe & secure from Invasions of our natural and unnatural Enemies & that we have reason to believe, we have manv of the most abandoned Wretches, that are lost to all the fealings of hu- manity among us, who do intend the Destruction of this flourishing Country if not prevented. — We whose names are here inscribed do request that no time be lost in taking up all suspected Persons that are Enemical to the Liberties of this Country — That every Town would exert themselves for that purpose — That the Towns on this Frontier would form into some Plan, for the design & purpose of purging out this Detest- Charles Hill W"' Downer Ju’' Sam' Millington Ju*' James Fuller Joseph Tilden JuiF W’" Wakefield Nathaniel Hall JmF 378 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. able Leveii. We desire the Committee & Selectmen & the Principal Inhabitants of the Neighboring Towns would attend at M" Bliss’s Inholder in Lebanon, on Monday the 30^^ of Octo- ber 17S0 for this purpose Nehemiah Estabrook \ Committee Simeon Peck I c 1 Elisha Lathrop > of Theo-Huntington > Elihu Hyde ) Safety NatH Stores j A Coppy of a Letter sent to the adjacent Towns Attest Elijah Dewey Jun*^ [6-29] [^Relative to Vermont Controversy^ State of New Hampshire Grafton County Lebanon 15 : May 1782 To the HoiP^® the Council and General Assembly of the State of New Hampshire — We the Subscribers Did prefer A Petition to your Honours Dated at Lebanon 15^*^ Decern^ ^ 77 ^* Setting forth Some Diffi- culty s & grievances we Laboured under. — & praying for Re- dress in the premices, — We Rec*^ an Answer to Said Petition from the Com*^*^® of Safety Dated Jan^ ^779 informing us that the General Assembly had Resolved to take up & Consider the matter and Endeavour to Redress our Grievances, — Recom- mending to us to pay no Obedience to any Authority but what was Derived from the Legeslature of New Hampshire, which Recommendation we have Steadily Adheared to — and have publickly Remonstrated against the Illegal & irregular proceed- ings of the Town in Town Meeting, as will Appear by A Re- monstrance herewith Exhibitted, which was Laid before the Town &c — We would inform your Honours we have always Stood Ready to pay our Equal proportion of the Taxes CalP for by the Authority of New Hampshire, but by Reason of being over powered by Numbers Could Never obtain to have A Reg- ular List made up to have our Tax proportioned or any Legall officer to Collect, by which means the money haith Died in our pockets, — We now putting Confidence in your Great wisdom and Good- ness being fully purswaded that you will Compasionate & hear the prayer of your Distressed Leage Subjects, Do now again most Earnestly Petition to your Honours to Consider our Case, and grant us Such Releife in the premises as in your wisdom you Shall think Just & Reasonable, So as that your Petitioners may be as Little Sufferers as possible by the Disorderly & Dis- LEBANON. 379 obedient Conduct of the Town, and the Great Evils and Disad- vantages thev have involved themselves in by not Continuing Loyal Subjects of the State, and paying their Taxes in Season — Jesse Heath Charles Hill Com tee [ 6 - 3 -] \^JDisputed yurisdiction^ 77(?2.] To the Hon'’^® the Gen^^ Assembly of the State of New Hamp’’® To be Holden at Ports"'® in s*^ State, the third Wednesday of Dec'' Instant, — May it please Your Hon''® We the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Lebanon in the County of Grafton in S*^ State ; having taken into Consider- ation the Several Resolves of the Hon'''® the Continental Con- gress, Respecting the Disputes that have Arisen about the Ju- risdiction of the State of N : Hamp''® over the Hamp*'® Grants (So Called) are of the Opinion that S‘' Resolves, implicitly de- clare it to be the Opinion of that August Body, that that part of S'' Grants Lying East of Connecticut River (in which we are included) Should be under the Jurisdiction of the State of New Hamp''®; with which we Readily Comply; and Acknowledge the same ; Yet, Nevertheless for us to be Obliged to pay the back State Taxes ; for the time being that we have been uncon- nected with the State of New Hamp''® in matters of Govern- ment, we Look upon it to be a Hardship, & Trust that your Hon''® will Consider us in that matter ; & as there is a Consid- erable Number of the inhabitants of this Town that wholly De- ny the Jurisdiction of N : Hamp'®, — if }^our Hon'® should find yourselves Laid under the Disagreeable Necessity of using Co- ercive measures, with Opposers, to your Authority we Hope that your Hon'® will make a Specifick Difterence between them & Us, & we as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray Joseph Tilden James Jones Jesse Heath Stephen Billing Nath' Hall Ju' Joseph Chamberlin Rufus Baldwin James Hartshorn Joel Kilborn Barna Tisdale W*" Downer David Crocker .AliY Wheatley Sam' Bailey Sam" Millington Gid" Baker Tho® Bingham Charles Hill Simon Slapp Dan Metcalf Charles Tilden Joseph Wood David Hinckley Joseph Downer Silas Waterman William Dana Solomon Millington Sherebiah Ballard Ziba Hall Heze Waters Jn® Wheatley Oliver Penney Stephen Tilden Tho® Wells Phinehas Wright William Downer jur Randol Evans EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 380 [Documents relative to the dispute concerning the juris- diction over the New Hampshire grants, east of Connecti- cut river, may be found in Vol. X. — Ed.] [6-33] \^Relative to recording Grafits in Office of the Sec- retary of State, iy82.~\ To the Honourable Council of the state of New Hampshire and to the general Assembly of said State to meet at Concord in said State on the second Tuesday of June in the Year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and eighty two — We the Subscribers Inhabitants of the town of Lebanon in the County of Grafton in said State humbly petition and shew to your Honors — That they are, either original Grantees of land, granted either by Benning Wentworth, Esq ; or John Wentworth, Esq ; late Governors of said State, or claim land by virtue of conveyances from such original Grantees — That in consequence of the confusion that has prevailed in said County but a small part of the Laws of said State have been received in said County, for a number of Years so that your Petitioners never heard of the act of the General Assembly of said State, entitled An Act For Recording Grants, Locations or Charters of Lands granted by the late Governors thereof — passed March the fourth in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and Eighty, until the time limited in said Act for filing said Grants &c in the Secretary’s Office in said State was elapsed — That your Petitioners have lately been informed that the time of fil- ing said Grants &c as aforesaid has since been lengthned by an Act of said Assembly, but that the time allowed by this Act had also expired before they received this information — And that your Petitioners are in danger of losing their lands in con- sequence of their not knowing of the passing of said Acts — Your Petitioners therefore pray that a further time may be allowed for the receiving and recording such Grants &c as aforesaid — or that such other relief may be granted to your Pe- titioners as to your Honors shall seem meet, as in duty bound shall ever pray Sam^^ Bailey Phinehas Wright James Jones Gid'^ Baker Joel Kilborn John Gray W’” Downer William Downer Sam'^ Millington Benjmin Wr ight Nathaniel Hall Jffi Charles Hill Joseph Downer Solomon Millington Eliezer Robinson Joseph Tilden Jffi LEBANON. 381 [6-33] \_Protest agahist the Incorporation of a District to be called Dresden^ ^7^3 — incomplete.~\ Objections against the Incorporation of a part of Lebanon & Hanover in the County of Grafton into a distinct Town — I — The freeholders of that part of Lebanon, which is sub- ject to taxation, & proposed to be taken into said corporation, are unanimously opposed to such an Incorporation — That is, those of them, who reside in said Lebanon — Fourteen hundred and forty Acres are all the land (exclusive of College lands) lying in said Lebanon proposed to be taken in — Thirteen hun- dred Acres of which are owned by said resident Freeholders, and a considerable part of the one hundred and forty Acres re- maining are owned by a Minor — 2. That the said resident Owners, have done alreadv their proportion for building up Dartmouth College, and they can see no reason why they should be subject to the Authority of said College and their dependants — They have given one hun- dred and fifty Acres of Land, and in money and labour, to the amount of Fifteen pounds — Altho but eight in number, and subject to those difficulties, which generally attend those, who settle a new Countiy, And if such an Incorporation shoidd be made every vote would be carried according to the Inclinations of the said Autohrity, who will alwavs have a sufficient num- ber of Dependants to assist them in carrying any point — where- by the situation of the said resident Owners would be exceed- ingly uncomfortable. — 3. By such an Incorporation the said Freeholders will be ex- cluded from all benefit to public rights, and to ministerial and school privileges in s'^ Lebanon — The public rights in s*^ Leba- non are so far improved and disposed oft' that a considerable sum accrues to Lebanon from such Improvements and disposal, A minister is settled — a meeting house and several School- houses are built — From which benefit, the s*^ Freeholders would be excluded by such an Incorporation — 4. Many new roads must be made to accomodate such a Town as is desired — whereas if the s*^ Freeholders remain as they are in conjunction with Lebanon, the expence of said new roads will be saved — 5. That the s^^ Incorporation will ever greatly be burthened with poor to maintain — Dependants must be introduced and not warned out ’till they become a town-charge — 6. That the expence of maintaining town order will be great, & a very large part of that expence will fall upon the s'^ Free- holders in proportion to their interest. The s*^ Freeholders are the owners of double, if not treble the land in s^ proposed 382 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. township, which will be subject to taxation — and the College will ever own stock and other ratiable property whereby the s*^ Freeholders are apprehensive that they shall be obliged to do a great, if not the greatest part towards supporting the poor, and discharging other town expences, which they feel unable ever to perform — 7. That it would be unprecedented to seperate any from a particular Corporation, they had joined without their consent either explicit or implicit [See Hanover papers, ante. — Ed.] [6-34] l^jRelafive to the Collection of Taxes. To the Honourable the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire now setting in Concord — The petition of the Select Men of the Town of Lebanon in the County of Grafton Humbly sheweth That from the year i 777 year 17S1 — sundry sums of money were from time to time voted by said Town for defray- ing necessary Town charges, and for defending ourselves on the Frontier against the Common Enemy, that tax bills were from time to time made out agreeable to said Votes, but Col- lected only in part, untill the year 1781 when at a Legal Meet- ing of the Inhabitants of said Town M*" Constant Storrs was appointed to Collect the aforesaid Taxes, and they were accord- ingly Committed to him to Collect — That as said Bills were made on Inventories not conforming to the then Laws of this State, though at the same time makeing the Average to each person so taxed very nearly the same, as the law in that Case would have done, and were made by the General Order Vote, and direction of the people of s*^ Town, yet as we apprehend it unsafe to proceed to collect said Taxes unless the said Col- lector is duly authorized so to Do — Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray that your Honours would pass such act or resolve as may enable said Collector to complete the Collection of s'^ Bills And your Petitioners as in Duty bound will ever pray — Concord 1 2*^' of David Hough, June 17S3 in the behalf of s*^ Select Men [6-35] \_Relative to the I?icorpo 7 'atio 7 i of Dresden., To the Speaker of the house of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire Now Seting att Concord — LEBANON. 383 Sir : Should thare be any moshon on thursday Nex to See if the a Sembly will in Corperate in to a Destinct town a Sarting tract of Land lying on Conotocut River so called being part of Hanover and part of Lebanon by the name of Drisdon I Beg Sir — you would in forme the Honorobel house that thare is a potishon or praor to vSd house not to Encorperate in to a Des- tinct town the Lands potishond for last seting of a Sembly those that signed a Ganst incorporation owne more than one half the ratobol land Contand in the potishon for incorporation you Sir and the house in General are Sensobol the Coledg Lands and Ofosors of Coledge are not taxt Sir thare is not much if any more one hundred and seventy acors under Em- provement taxabol lands in Sd tract potishond for inCoperation Sir we heare thare was an order of Cort upon thare Potishon that the matter should be heard and Reson shone if any why it should not be in Coperated and that the order of Cort should be publeshed in the publick papers we have No knowledg of the orders being Complyd with Sir; the Reson of my trough- bling you with this letter was, I was Desired to a tend Cort and see that the potishonors protest a ganst in Coperation was lade be fore the honorabel house when I Sot out better than a fortenate a Go from home Expected to a Returnd home time anough to a ben Down by the Day and Left the Potishon with the Signors being wethor bound find I Cant Comply with thare requst I feare thay will have opertunity to send thare potishon on with thare reasons wdiy thay would wish not to be in Cop- erated in to a Distinct town — Sir, tho you are a Stranger to me the Stashon or place you stand in is Sofishont Evidence to me that you are Gentelman of Vorasoty and must feale for Every Injured Sutforer in the State in which asembly that you are the Speaker of that Body that w'e under God have no whare Els to look for help in mat- ters of this nature — Sir — if you think that we are not to poore to be Notest hav- ing but small interest Liabol to pay wdiat Ever is put upon us wdthout ever having a Voice in Representation Liabol to make and mend the Rodes threw all the Coledg land w'ith out thare help which Rods are Verey bad and the few and poor inliabo- tonc wdll be oblige to make and mend or Suffer the penalty ot Law for Not Doing it that you wull att least Continue oure trial or delay incorporating said town untill the Next Seshon, att which time Hanover and Lebanon will be represented as thay are not Know as thav Consider it — if a Semblv under the Consideration that we Cant bv Reson of the rods being bloct and Som other matters that the house ought to Know upon oure trial that Cant be said before the a Sembly this Seshon if thay in thare wisdom would Give us 384 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. a heare ing att the nex Seting we should think oure Selvs in Duty bound to pray December 20*^ ^ 7 ^ 3 — Gideon Tiffan in behalf of Signors a ganst in Copration of Dresdon [6-36] \_Relative to the Incorporation of Dresden^ Know all men by these Presents — That we the Subscribers Freeholders of the town of Lebanon in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire do by these presents severally constitute & appoint Joseph Tilden of s*^ Lebanon our lawfull Attorney in all causes moved or to be moved for us or against us in our respective names to appear plead & pursue to final Judgment and Execution — Particularly to repair to the General Assembly of s*^ State to sit at Concord in s*^ State in December instant, & in our names to oppose the granting the prayer of a Petition presented to the s*^ Assembly at their last Session, by Bezaleel Woodward and others, requesting the Incorporation of a part of said Lebanon & a part of Hanover in said County into a distinct town — In our names to appear at any Session of the said Assembly, & there to transact any matter or matters to prevent the s*^ Incorporation, that we might respectively do were we personally present — with full power of substitution — In witness whereof we have hereto respectively set our hands & Seals the 19^^ day of December Anno Domini 1783 — Joseph Tilden Jr Rufus Baldwin Rufus Baldwin Ju Charles Tilden Joel Tilden Samuel Baldwin Stephen Tilden \ [The scheme for the incorporation of Dresden did not succeed. See Hanover papers, ante. — Ed.] [^~ 37 ] [ Dana for a Ferry ^ iy84.~\ To the Hon'® the General Assembly of the State of New Hamp- shire to sit at Exeter in March in the Year of our Lord Sev- enteen hundred & eighty four — Humbly shews William Dana of Lebanon in the County of Grafton in s^ State — That he was one of the first settlers in s*^ Lebanon, that he has suffered greatly by the passing of persons thro’ his land, in going over Connecticut river, to Hartford in the State of Vermont (so call’d) — That the privilege of a ferry LEBANON. 385 in river parallel with Lebanon has not been granted — But the profits of assisting to the crossing s'^ river against s*^ Leba- non have been ingrossed by those that live not in the State of New-Hampshire, & have no estate therein, & can easily evade any law of s^^ State for the regulation of Ferries — Your Peti- tioner therefore prays, the granting to him & his heirs the privi- lege of a ferry, beginning at the Northwest Corner of his house Lott in s^ Lebanon — thence extending across s*^ river in a direct line with the north line of s*^ Lott to the western bank of s*^ river — thence south on bank one mile & an half — thence east across s'^ river to the North bank of the river Mascoma — thence North on the eastern bank of the first mentioned river to the first mentioned bound — as in duty bound shall ever pray William Dana [Petition granted. — E d.] [6-38] {^Petition for a new 7 hzvn^ State of New Hampshire — To the Honarable the Senate, and House of Representatives in General Court to be convened at Concord on the Third Wednesday of October instant — The petition of Elisha Payne and others Inhabitants of the Towns of Lebanon Hanover — Enfield and Canaan in said State, humbly shew that their local situation is such, being in the four adjoining corners or parts of said towns, and so remote from the centre of the Respective Towns to which they belong, and the places of their holding Town and other publick Meet- ings that renders it very inconvenient and allmost imposable for them to attend especially on the sabbath or Lords day. That the Territory of land here after discribed, being about four Miles square is so situated, and the laying of the rhodes through the same such, that makes it convenient for them to be a district or Town of themselves, and will Not hurt or injure the respective towns from which they may be taken oft'. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray Your Honors to take their case into Your wise consideration and Grant them relief, by allowing them an incorporation with Town privileges agreeably to the following limits and boundaries, viz begining at the Northwest corner of lot N® 50, of the village lots so called, in the line between said Lebanon and Hanover from thence riming south 33° west by the westerly line of said Village lots untill it comes to Masquama River, then turning and runing up said River and crossing the same to the southwest corner of Lot N® 36 on the southerly side of said River from thence southerly a strate line to the southwest corner of lot N° 9 on 37 386 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. the Northerly side of Enfield Rhode (so called) Thence south 72 degrees east by said Enfield Rhode to the east line of Leba- non called the Freeman line, and to continue the same course in said Enfield one Mile and a half thence turning oft' and run- ing North 36° E. parilel with the Town line untill it comes to said River thence up the River to the Bridge standing on said River in Canaan from thence North 36° East so far as one Mile and a quarter from Enfield North line thence turning oft' and Riming North 64° west through part of Canaan and into said town of Hanover to the Northeast corner of Lot No. 13 and by the Northerly line thereof and by the Northerly line of three lots, No 3 untill it comes to lot No. 17 thence turning oft by said lot No 17, 18 and 19 and so continue the same cours to the line between Lebanon and Hanover thence by said line to the Bounds began at which tract or ter- ritory of land as above discribed. Your Petitioners pray May be by Your Honers incorporated into a district or town by name of and the inhabitants thereof invested with all the powers priviledges and immunitys that other towns or dis- tricts under the like circumstances within the State have and injoye, or in some other way grant Your petitioners relief in the premises as Your Honers in Your wisdom shall Judge Most convenient and Your petitioners in duty bound will ever pray— Dated Lebanon i2‘^ day of October, 17S5 — Walter Peck David Hinckley John Crowell Daniel Swetland Abiel Willes Daniel Willes Benjamin Wright Daniel Alden Diarus Allen Joseph Basford Ebba Peck Edm*^ Freeman David Stoddard James Bellows Ephraim Brown Elisha Payne Jeriah Swetland Enoch Redington Simeon Cooke Nathan Blodget Gid*^ Baker Lonard Hoar Jonathan Bingham Sam^^ Karr Thomas Howard Clap Sumner Phinehas Allen Solomon Millington [The petitioners did not succeed in their efforts to obtain* the incorporation of a new town. — E d.] C^“ 39 ] \_Samuel Bailey for a Ferry ^ iy 8 yr\ State of New HampslF To the HoiF^® Senate & house of Representatives in General Court Convend at Portsmouth on y® first wensday of June 1785— The Petition of Samuel Bailey of Lebanon humbly sheweth LEBANON. 387 that your petitioner hath purchas’d afarm adjoining Conecticut River where there has been a ferry kept for several years like- wise your petitioner has purchased the boats that has been Im- proved at s*^ Ferry wherefore your petitioner humbly prayeth that your Hon’’® may take his Case under your wise considera- tion and grant to your Petitioner the Exclusive Right of a ferry from the mouth of white River to y® mouth of Mascame River beinof about one mile & an half to him and his Fleirs and as- signs and vour Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray Sam” Bailey [In fl. of Rep., Feb. 10, 1786, the foregoing petition was granted. — Ed.] [6-40] S^Relative to the Chartei' of the Town^ 77 < 5 ’< 5 .] State of Newhamp’’® To the Honourable the Senate, & house of Representatives Convened at Concord, the first Wednesday in June 1786 — The Petition of the proprietors of Lebanon humbly sheweth, that in the year 1765 — after the Charter, & Records of said Proprietors, ware Transposed, from Mansfield, (in the then Colony of Connecticut,) to said Lebanon, the said Charter, was kept by Lieu* Levi Hyde, in a Chest, filP with Clothes, into which Chest some mice Got in, unperceived, & Doubtless ware lockt in, as two of them ware found Dead, in said Chest, some time after, & we suppose that in the time of their Confinement, they happened to find the way to said Charter, which was folded together ; and did Eat, and Deface it : Considerably : yet not so as to Destroy it, as may appear on view thereof, and as there was an Exact Entry made of said Charter in the Records of said proprietors, (which we have sent by Rob* Colburn Our Agent, to Satisfie your Honours of the truth of facts,) we humbly Conceive that your Honours will find no Reasonable Objection, against Your Honours Granting the Request of your petitioners ; which is, that your Honours would please to Order the Secretary of said State to make an Entry of said Charter, in the Records of said State and as we Trust; that Justice & Equity, is the Grand and invariable Bases, of your Honours, Determinations, in all matters, and things that Relate to the State in General, as well as Single Communities ; We the more Chearfully Crave your Honours Compliance with our Request ; And as in Duty bound ; Shall Ever pray — Dated in said Lebanon This loth Day of June, 1786 — JiP Wheatley Prop*’’® Clerk — By order of, & in behalf of s” prop*’’® 388 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [6-41] \_Relative to Towii Botmdaries., i"j 86 d\ To the the Senate & House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire convened at Concord the first Wednesday of June AD 1786 The Petition of Elisha Payne of Lebanon in the County of Grafton Esq*" agent for the Proprietors of the Township of Lebanon aforesaid, & Jesse Johnson of Hampstead in the County of Rockingham Esq'' agent for the township of Enfield in said County of Grafton — Humbly shews that the Proprietors of Lebanon & Enfield aforesaid for the amicable settlement of divers suits & controversies have appointed your Petitioners as their Agents to request your Honors to empower & authorize three persons, hereafter to be named by your Petitioners, to be a Committee with full power & authority to settle & establish the boundaries & lines between the Towns aforesaid — And that if any person or persons who have purchased lands of any of the proprietors of Enfield should fall within the limits of the Township of Lebanon the said proprietors of Lebanon shall relinquish all right to such lands to such purchaser or purchas- ers upon their paying the value of said Lands estimating the same as wild unimproved Lands — & so vice versa if any person or persons who purchased lands of the proprietors of Lebanon should fall within the limits of Enfield. And your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray Concord i6‘^ June 1786 Elisha Payne Jesse Johnson [In H. of Rep., June 16, 1786, the foregoing petitioners were granted “ leave to bring in a bill.” The following is the committee’s report : — Ed.] [6-42] \^Report of Com 77 iittee 07 i Boimdaries^ 77 ( 5 *< 5 .] State of New Hamp''® Grafton ss Whareas we the Subscribers Being Oppinted a Committee by the Honor^^ General Assembly of said State to Establish the Boundaris between the towns of Lebanon and Enfield have meet acordingly upon said towns and after Due Examination of the Bounds and Lins of s*^ towns of Lebanon and infield, Porceeded as foloweth firstly begain at a white Pine tree marked on the Easterly Bank of Conacutt River which is Caled the agreement tree between s*^ Lebanon and Plainfield and thence mesured easterly on the line Between s*^ Lebanon and Plainfield LEBANON. 389 six milds to a Stake and Stone Comonly Known by the name of Sumners Bound then Examined the Lins and Records Shewen us Between Lebanon and Enfield and find a Bound Standing at the Northeasterly Corner of s*^ Lebanon Comonnly Known by the name of the Birch tree but s^ tree being fell Down a Stake and Stons Eracted in the place whare said Birch tree stood ; and we Do Establish the first said Stake and Stons Coled Sumnors Bound to be a Bound between s^ Lebanon and infield on the Southerly Side of s*^ towns, and the said Birch tree (now Stake and Stons) to be the northerly Bounds between s*^ Lebanon and infield and Do order that a Strat Line be Drawen betvv^een s^ Sumnors Bond and said Birch tree or Stake standing in the place of said Birch to be the Deviding Line between said Lebanon and said infield, and have Recommended to said Committee to settle with all Pursons who are on Land in ether of s*^ towns which shall fall out of the town which he settled in the best way which thay Can acording to ower orders from s*^ Gen^* assembly which is Humbly Submited October y*^ 23 : 1 786 — Charles Johnston") Jeremiah Page Committee Moses Chase \ [6-43] [ Certificate of Nails 7 nade^ lygi This certifies that Daniel Robinson of Lebanon in the Coun- ty of Grafton and State of New Hampshire has made or caused to be made three hundred thousand of wrought ten penny nails between the eighth day of Leb^ Anno Domini 17S9 and the twentieth day of Jan^ current — In Witness whereof the Selectmen of s*^ Lebanon hereunto set their hands & Seals & the nearest justice of the peace coun- tersigns this 28‘^ day of Jan^ Anno Domini 1791 Jesse Cook ) Selectmen Stephen Billings j s^ Lebanon Feb^ 1791 pounds — Attest Aaron Hutchinson Jus. pacis Received an Order on the Treasurer for fifteen JoiP Freeman 390 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. LEE. The township was set off from Durham Jan. i6, 1766, and incorporated with full town privileges, by the name of the “Parish of Lee.” For petition, see Vol. XI, pp. 584, 586. “Joseph Syas GenP” was authorized to call the first meeting. A dispute arose concerning the south boundary line of Lee and Durham, which was settled by an act approved June 19, 1818, establishing the line as follows: “A straight line from an ancient red oak tree, being the south corner bounds of the town of Nottingham, and the western bound- ary between said Lee and Epping, to a large picked rock in the south butment of Durham and Lamperell River bridge so called, beginning at said red oak tree, and running south eighty-three degrees east, nine hundred and fifty-five rods to the easterly line of Epping and the westerly line of Newmarket ; thence the same course four hundred and eighty-seven rods to the westerly line of Durham, thence the same course six hundred and ninety eight rods to the aforesaid picked rock.” [R. 2-186] \_Relative to Edward Dearborn^ Soldier: ad- dressed to the Ge 7 ieral Courts The Petition of Samuel Snell of Lee in the County of Straf- ford, & State afores*^ most Humbly Sheweth, that on the 32*^ of December last, one Edward Dearborn (brother to your peti- tioners wife) a Soldier belonging to Cap^ John Drew’s Com- pany in CoP Hale’s Regiment, in the Continental Service, who was wounded in Battle on the of October last at Sara- toga, came to your petitioners house in distressed Circumstan- ces, a Musket Ball had pierced thro’ his arm above his elbow, he was poor, without money or Friend to assist him unless your petitioner had taken care of him. * * Samuel Snell — [He was attended by Dr. Marshall, of Lee, whose bill, amounting to sixteen dollars, he asked to have the state pay, and it was granted. — Ed.] LEE. 391 |]R. 2-187] \_Edward Leathers’ s Order ^ iy84.~\ Lee Dec^ 10 1784 To the Treasurer of the State of New Hampshire — Sir Please to pay Daniel Cook or order all that is due to My Sun Edward Leathers he having been a Soldier in the 2^ New Hampshire Reg‘ — Value Rec'^ Witness my hand his Witness — Edward X Leathers mark Joseph Chesle Sarah Chesle [6-44] \^Dr. y antes Brackett recotutnefided for a Alagis- trate^ To his Excellency the President and the HoiP^® the Council of the State of New Hampshire — The Petition of the Subscribers Freeholders and Inhabitants •of the Town of Lee in the County of Straflbrd, humbly Shews — That many conveniences would attend the Appointment of another Justice of Peace in said town, the Justice already appointed living at one extreem part of said town which is large. — We therefore humbly pray your Excellency & honours that Dr. James Brackett of said town may be appointed and com- missioned a Justice of Peace for said county of Strafford and your petitioners as in duty bound shall pray — Lee August 1785 — Reuben Hill Thomas Langley Sam^ Sawyer Elijah Cartlan George Tuttle Samuel Mathes william gleden Smith Emerson Ranah Bickford Aaron Davis George Dutch Jeremiah Lad Richard Martin George Curtis Miles Randel Josiah Dow Samuel Emerson Aaron Hanson George Shaw Ebenezer Samborn John Layn Willi”® French Josiah Bartlet Enoch folsom John Stevens James Davis Juiff Andrew Watson Samuel Smith Micaih Bickford Anthony Pickerin James Smith Job Runels Miles Runels Richard Elliot Joseph Sias Paul Giles Josiah Durgan Jonath Clark Samuel gleden Joseph Randel Timothy Langley Joseph meder John kinston Clement Davis John Davis Elijah Fox Joseph Follet Levi Langley 392 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. James Pickering William Waymouth amos Furneld Fracis Mathes Josiah Bodge Thomas Huckins Micah Emerson Samuel Watson Asa Folsom Winthrop Frost Jonathan Thompson Gideon Mathes Beniamin Bodge David Davis [ 6 - 45 ] \_Assessment List for Taxes^ Joseph Sias Esq*" Jonathan Stevens Samuel Emerson Lieu* David Davis Thomas Huckins Eliphalet York William Gledden Henry Tufts William Waymoth Widow Mary Bryant Andrew Watson David Wiggin Robert Thompson Nathaniel Stevens Elijah Fox George Dutch Timothy Moses Samuel Chapman Enoch Folsom Ens" Samuel Smith Ephraim Davis Aaron Kinnison William White Ens^ Josiah Dow Simon Huckins Jun’’ John Davis JuiF Ens" Josiah Burleigh James York Joseph Duda Philbrook Barker Lieu* Zaccheus Clough William Jenkins Samuel Mathes Miles Randel Esq^ Josiah Durgin Jun’’ Thomas Langley John Bunker George Curtis Amos Fernald John Mathes David Rundlet John Hide John Davis Aaron Hanson CoP Samuel Chesle Cap* Robert Parker James Jenkins Christopher Faxon Widow Sarah Huck- Cap* Jonathan Lang- ms Cap* Reuben Hill Samuel Watson John Kennison Charles Rundlet William French Jonathan Dow Jonathan Runals Widow Sarah Raw’- ley Lieu* Miles Runals Thomas Tufts Thomas York James Davis Ichabod Hilton John Tash Lieu* John Folsom Nicholas Duda John Stevens lins DocP James Brackett Joseph Burleigh Edward Woodman Fernald Wallace Job Randel Ranah Bickford John Mitchel Ebenezer Harvey J Ebenezer Hill John Randel Benjamin Elliot Thomas Langley Jun' Benjamin Clark Daniel Chesle John Snell Lieu* Aaron Davis Lemuel Chesle Joseph Clay Cap* John Layn Aaron Leathers John Glover JuiF Solomon Emerson Esq”" Simon Randel Jun*^ Isaiah Williams John Leathers Joseph Clay JuY Paul Leathers Nathaniel Callwell Thomas Noble Micah Emerson Moses Davis JuiF Israel Babb Joseph Randel George Shaw Samuel Thompson John Pitman Benjamin Jones Maj*’ John Demerit Simon Randel Benjamin Bodge LEE. 393 Thomas Tuttle Moses Davis John Page Thomas Kinnison Thomas Rawlins John Hill Jeremiah Ladd Francis Mathes Joseph Roberson Joseph Tuttle Josiah Batchelder Benjamin Mathes Widow Susanna Durgin Joseph Emerson Tobias Cartlan Widow Abigail Pickering Josiah Kinnison Joseph Meeder Gideon Mathes Joseph Cartlan Jonathan Rawlins Lieu‘ Joseph Brack- ett Josiah Durgin William Rawlins James Brackett Samuel Sawyer Joshua Burnham Jun’^ Dennet Waymoth Samuel Gledden Phinehas Sanborn W i n t h r o p W i gg i n Lieu‘ Asa Folsom Thomas Badger Mark Spinney John Rundlet Jeremiah Dutch Peletiah Thompson Samuel French Cap‘ George Tuttle Nathaniel Stevens Ens" Jonathan Thompson Lieu* Job Runals Nathaniel Clough Samuel Llill Samuel Bickford Ebenezer Jones Daniel Shaw David Munsey John Williams Wille Llill Matthias Jones Anthony Jones William Leathers Solomon Emerson Jun' Cap* Josiah Bartlet Timothy Glover Ebenezer Burnam Josiah Bodge Cap* Timothy Emer- Moses Lamos son Ricard Elliot William Bly Richard Martin Elias Critchet Ebenezer Randel John M‘^Crillis Lieu* Andrew Hilton Samuel Durgin Cap* Hubartus Neal Jim' James Pickering James Davis JuiF Samuel Burleigh Jacob York LIunkin Dame William Laskey Samuel Langley Lieu* Paul Giles Joseph Follet Widow Mary Jones Ens" Micajah Bick- ford Clement Davis Eli Furber Samuel Williams John Jenkins Nathaniel Llart Hunkin Faxson Walter Philbrook Daniel Smith Thomas Hill Dodifer Plummer Samuel Clay Ezra Clark Deacon Joshua Burn- ham John Sias James G Bunker Jonathan Warner Esq^ Elijah Cartlan Beniamin Elliot Joseph Chesle Cap* Smith Emerson Edward Leathers Widow of Joseph Stevens John Jones John Williams JuiF Edward Llill William Callwell Andrew Torr Esq*^ Ebenezer Thompson Esq’' Widow Lois Pinkum David Munsey JuiL Ezekiel Wille JutP Nathaniel Randel Isaac Williams Ebenezer Chesle Gideon Garland Robert York Lieu* Winthrop Frost Timothy Langley A true Coppy Attest — Josiah Dow ] Select Men James Brackett j of Lee 394 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [The original list contains the amount of “ Foreign Debt, Domestic Debt, State Debt,” assessed against each man. — [Ed.] [6-46] S^Notice of a Meeting of Alarm-men^ 77^7.] State of New Hampshire — The Gentle-Men belonging to the alarme List in the Parish of Lee are Desired to attend at the House of Elijah Cartlan in said Parish on Tuesday the Seventeenth Day of April Current at Two of the Clock in after Noon, For to Chuse the Necessary officers for to Command said Company Nottingham April 4^^ 1787 Tho® Bartlett : B. General [ Officers Chosen at said Meeting Strafford ss Lee April 17^^ ^ 7^7 at a Meeting Duly Notified & heald in Lee on the said 17*^ Day of april for the Choise of officers to Command the Com- pany of alarame List in said Town the Votes being Called for & Brought in it appeared that George Tuttle was Chosen to Command said Company Cap* John Layn for the Second officer M' Josiah Dow for the third officer attest Tho® Bartlett B. G [6-47] \^yob Runnels recommended for a Magistrate^ State of New Hampshire — Strafibrd ss — We the Subscribers Do humbly petition that his Excelency and the hon® Senate would Anominate and Appoint Lieu* Job Runels of Lee to Be a Civil Magistrate in the Lower part of the Parish there being No justice of the piece within five Miles of the above Named & therefore we do humbly pray that your honours would Grattify our desires — Dated at Lee this 19*^ December AD 1789 Richard Elliot Jn» Footman Levi Langley Samuel Smith Sam Chapman John Chesley Joseph Randel Jonathan Runals Christo'' Faxon Amos Furnald Sam* Burley Valentine mathes Fancies Mathes Israel Bunam Sam* Hill Ebenezer Randel Abraham mathes John Sias Clement Davis John Clough John williams 3** LEE. 395 Samuel Follet William Clough Nathan Runels Benj Elliot Mark Hill James Davis Se Anthony Jones Joseph Burley Jonathan Runals Juner Reuben Hill Nathanel Stevens D avid Davis John Leathers Miles Runels Joseph Follet Jonathan Randel John Randel Aaron Bickford George Tuttle Juner James Harvey Thomas Langly Daniel Watson Pelatiah thompson Josiah Burleigh George Tuttle Sen James Davis Ju' David Munsey Juner Hunking Faxson Jonathan Thompson Thomas Langley Mosses Firen Nathaniel Stevens Josiah Bodge Josiah Durgin Thomas Noble Nathaniel Randel Jacob York Jonathan Stevens John Drew David Bunker [6-48] \_Paul Giles reco^nmended^ iy 8 g.~\ State of New Hampshire — To his Excellency the President and the FIoiP^ the privy Coun cil of said State — The Subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Lee, finding great inconveniences arise from the want of a Civil magistrate near the Centre of business in said Town, would request your Excellency & Honor that some suitable person may be Com- missioned of the peace — and if it would not appear too assuming, would beg leave to mention Cap‘ Paul Giles as a man calcu- lated to give universal satisfaction to the Inhabitants in said Office — Your Excellency’s & Honors attention to this request will greatly oblige Your veiy humble Servants — Lee Ocf 22^ 1789* Jonathan Thompson William Jenkins Andrew Hilton Joseph Chesley Sam^ Wigglesworth Jonathan Dow John Clough John Jenkins John williams Jur Simon Huckins William Waymoth Simon Randel Nathaniel Randel John Snell John Jones Nathaniel Calwell Winthrop Frost Edward Leathers Josiah Durgin James Jenkins Josiah Durgin Junr William French Dodavah Plumer Josiah Huckins David Davis Daniel Chesle Aaron Leathers Edward Hill Josiah Dow James Davis JY Thomas Randel George Dutch Aaron Davis Ranah Bickford John williams John Stevens Clement Davis Ichabod Whidden John Chesle John Sias 396 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. LEMPSTER. The township was granted Jan. i, 1753, to Samuel Clark Pain and others, by the name of Dupplin. This grant was made four days later than the grant of Acworth, and prob- ably for the same purpose. No settlements were made under this grant, neither were any attempted or expected. A re-grant of the territory was made Oct. 5, 1761, to Benadam Gallop and others. The conditions of this grant were not fulfilled in the matter of settlements, and another grant was made Jan. 5, 1767, to Dudley Woodbridge and others, in sixty-seven equal shares. Settlements were made under this grant, by people from Connecticut, about the year 1770; and in January, 1772, there were eight families in town, not enough, however, to comply with the conditions of the grant, and on the 21st day of that month the time for completing the ‘ settlement was extended three years. See petition, Vol. IX, p. 466. By an act passed Dec. 27, 1791, the north-east part of the town was set off, and, with portions of Unity, Newport,, Fishersfield (Newbury), Wendell (Sunapee), incorporated into the town of Goshen. The jurisdictional line between this town and Washing- ton was settled by an act approved Nov. 27, 1812. [6-49] \_Relaflve to the ToiV 7 t' s ^uota of Soldiers^ 77 - Select Men Allen Willey Elijah Frink ) [^■■53] \_Civil Magist^'ate warited^ 398 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Leaven it to your Honours to Apint One of them as you in your wisdom think fit — Daniel grout Concord febuary 17S5 [6-54] \_Assessment List^ To J T. Gilman Esq"^ Treasurer for the State of New Hamp- shire — A copy of the proportion of the Foreign Domestic & State Debt — for the Town of Lemster made by us the Sub- scribers — Allen Willey ) Tabez Beckwith V Elijah Frink ) Lemster June 5, Allen Willey Abraham Davis Benjamin Bushe Comfort Wilcox Daniel Chappel David Taylor Elijah Bingham Eleazer Cary Eli Hull Freegrace Booth Harris Bingham Isaac Tatten James Bingham Jabez Hurd James Rich John Way Milan Hebard Nathaniel Way Oliver Carv Philermon Andras Richard Chapman Shubael Hurd Sam' Roundye Timothy Nichols Vine Bingham Zacheus Spencer Andrew French George Atkinson Asa Hebard Alvin Roundye Barnabas Phelps Calvin Bingham Daniel Noyes David Willey Elijah Frink Eliot Cary Elizabeth Jackson Francis West Hezekiah Huntley Israel Smith Jabez Brainerd Jonathan Prentis John Scott John Way Ju’’ Niles Beckwith Nathan Willey Oliver Booth Ju’’ Peter Lowell Resolved Wheeler Sam' Huntly Silas Bingham Urijah Brainerd William Cary Allen Willey Ju*" Non-resident owners David Wheler John Sabens Andrew Dodge Charles Willey Charles Miner David Roberts Elijah Abell Epaphras Booth Elijah Frink Ju'' Elisha Thacher Gam' Huntington Isaac Dodge Jabez Beckwith Joshua Booth James Rogers JonatlP Taylor Luther Martin Nathan Scovil Oliver Booth Phinehas Abell Roswell Bingham Reubin Willey Sam' Nichols Tho* Eggleston Uzel Hurd Will™ Story John Ormsby Jacob Arnold LEMPSTER. 399 Joseph Beckwith Jabez Avery® Hr® John Langdon John Avery Nathan Blake Tho® Scovil Eben"^ Spaulding Joseph Wilcox James Hickey® Hr John Ashley John Perkins Russel Miles Hr® William Iseham Eliph* Barkers He Jacob Spaulding John Bachelor Nath^ Shaws Hr® Shubael Brainerds Hr® Israel Jennings [The original return shows the amounts assessed against each man. — E d.] [6-55] \_Relative to Towfi Boundaries^ To the Hon^ General Assembly of the State of New Hamp- shire to be convened at Concord on Wednesday the 13^’' day of June Instant. The Petition of the proprietors of the Towns of Lemster & Marlow Humbly sheweth — that the Eastern line of s*^ Towns being in such a Situation that they cannot be Affixed So as to give satisfaction without an Order from Your Hon’’® — therefore the prayer of Your Petitioners is that the Hoffi Court make order that the Surveyor Geffi or his Dep'" or a com- mittee be Appointed to settle S^ lines at the expence of S^ pro- prietors or any other way your Hoffi Shall Judge best to An- swer the Above purpose — and Your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray — Lemster Jaffi 14, 17SS. Allen Willey Jabez Beckwith Elijah Frink [Proprietors Lemuel Miller j Committees — Sam®^ Royse Sam*^ Canfield [6-58] [ Opposition to the North-east Corner Petition^ 7 /pc>.] Lemster May 17, 1790 We the subscribers inhabitants of S^ Lemster are opposers to the Petition which was presented to the General Court at their last Session praying that part of S^ Town might be taken off' and incorporated with part of Sundry other Towns mentioned in S*^ Petition Jabez Beckwith Tim° Miner James Bingham Phinehas Abell Urijah Brainerd Peter Porter Elijah Bingham James Rogers Juffi Natlf Rogers 400 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Sylvester Abell Jabez Brainerd Eli Hull W™ Isham Shubael Hurd Cornelius Wheeler Jonath^ Prentis Freegrace Booth John Scott Benj" Phelps David Taylor Israel Smith John Way Charles Miner John Sabin W“ Cary James Rogers Sam^ Nichols Harris Bingham Comfort Wilcox Jabez Hurd Sam' Roundye Niles Beckwith W“ Way David Gordon Nath' Way RiclP Chapman Abner Hoyt JonatlP Taylor Benj*^ Way Elias Fisher Oliver Booth Oliver Carv Josiah Rogers NatlP Scovil Alvan Roundye Tim® Nichols Tho® Egelston Barnabas Phelps Hezekiah Huntly Oliver Booth Jun’’ John Thacher Daniel Bingham Barnabas Philps Jn*" Dan' Noyes Jonathan Booth Sam' Ayers David Stoddard Stickney Chase W™ Cary Jun’’ Sam' Roundye JuiF Uzel Hurd ) Select Daniel Chappel | men [6—57] \_jRemo?ist?'a?ice to having the North-east Cor?zer set off, 77P0.] State of New Hampshire — To the Honorable House of Representatives in General Court to convene at Concord on the first Wednesday of January next — The Petition of the subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Lemster liveing in that part of Said Town which is included by a plan which was exhibited to the General Court at their session in December last with a Petition signed by Daniel Grendell & Others : which Petition Requested the Honorable Court to incorporate the Teritory included by Said plan into a Township — Your Petitioners beg leave to inform your Honours that we are very unwilling to be incorporated as requested by the Above mentioned Petitioners that the line will divide our farms leaveing part in one Town and part in another: and if ouV cituation is remote from the center as is represented in the Above mentioned Petition : we would inform your Honors that we had much rather live in a remote part of the Town of Lem- ster than in a remote part of their intended new Township — Your Petitioners are sure that to divide the Town of Lemster will be a very material injurv to our own Interests & to that of S*' Town in General — Therefore your Petitioners most Humbly request your Honors that the Petition of the Said Daniel Gren- LEMPSTER. 401 dell and others (so far as it respects Town of Lempster) may not be granted and your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever Pray Lemster December 25. 1790 — Vine Bingham W'“ Story David go r don Calvin Bingham [It seems that a petition had been presented to the legis- lature to have a new town formed from portions of Lemp- ster, Unity, Newport, and what is now Sunapee and New- bury, but said petition and plan have not been found. The matter was presented to the legislature again, as may be seen by the following : — Ed.] [6-56^] \^Petitio 7 i to have the Nof'th-east Part set and voith otJier Perritory incorporated into a Pozv?i^ vyp/.] To the Honrable Senate and House of Representatives for the State of New Hampshire to be Convened at Concord on the First Wednesday of June Next, The Petition of us the Subscribers Inhabitens of Lempster being fully perswaded that the Northeast Corner of the Town of Lempster with a part of Sundry other Towns adjoining ought to be Incorporated into a Town for the Situation of the Inhabitants is Such that they cannot be accomodated without great Damage to the other parts of Said Town and in our opin- ion it will not hurt the Town of Lempster as the Situation of Lempster is Such but will leave it in a better Situation without them than it will to have Said Corner Continued as it now is and therefore your Petitioners are So fully Satisfyed that it will be for the Interest of this Town as well as for the Peace and happiness of the Same to have them Set of as Soon as may be as your Honours in your Wisdom Shall See fit. And it is our opinion that the Town of Lempster will not make any more Opposition against it, And your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray, Lempster May y® 24^’' 1791 John Thacher Charles Willey David Willev Amasa Loveridge Hezekiah huntle 2S Calven Frink benj Annass Nath'i Way Moses Huntlev Alexander Hogg Allen Willey Ezra Miner Israel Smith John Hogg Silvanus Noyes 402 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Benjamin Bushe Peter Lowell Phinehas Abell Resolved Wheler Luther Frink Syk Abell Elijah Frink Elijah Frink Jun^ Elijah Abell [6-62] [ Vote of the Tozv 7 i 7 'elative to the foregoing^ 7/^/.] At a legal Town meeting of the Freeholders Inhabitants of the Town of Lemster held on Tuesday the 15 day of November 1791, in consequence of a Petition’s being preferred to the Gen- eral Court at their Session in June last wSigned by William Story & others praying for part of S^ Town of Lemster to be Set of with part of Sundry other Towms — A Vote being taken to see whether the Towm were Opposed to haveing part of Said Town taken off as Set forth in the Above mentioned Petition it passed in the Affirmative by a large Majority (A true copy) Nov’’ 21. 1791 — Attest James Bingham Town [ Vote of the Tozvn of Newport relative to sa 7 ne.~\ This may Certify that we have received a petition signed by William Story and others Praying that a part of this Town may be incorporated with parts of several other Towns Unity Lemp- ster Wendell Fishersfield and order of Court thereon Newport October y® 10*'' ^ 79 ^ ^ Legal Town meeting on November the 7^^ the above petition and order of Court being Read and there was no objection against said Prayer being Granted Jesse Lane ) Selectmen Uriah Wilcox j of Newport [^~ 59 ] [_J\fore Opposition.^ We the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Towm of Lemster hereby certify that whereas we did not Attend cSl give our votes at a Town meeting held in Lemster on the 15, of Nov*" Instant to see whether the Town would Oppose a petition which was preferred to the General Court at their Session in June last Signed by W'^' Story & others praying that part of S*^ Town might be set off — and as we understand that the Town Voted to LEMPSTER. 403 Oppose the prayer of vS“ Petition’s being granted we do there- fore fully Join with the Town in Vote as we think it unjust & unreasonable that the prayer of Petition so far as it Effects the Town of Lemster should be granted — Lemster Nov^ 21 Richard Chapman Elias Fisher his Niles X Beckwith mark Sam^^ Silsby Benj'‘ Way 1791— Tosiah Rogers Eli Hull Jabez Brainerd Benj*^ phelps W'" Isham Tho* Way Cornelous Wheeler Jabez Beckith Vine Porter Barnas phelpes Jur John Way John Sabin [Depositions of Peter Porter, Nathan Willey, Charles Willey, and Allen Willey were introduced, from which it appears that one reason why the town opposed the separa- tion was the extra tax it would be on those who remained to support Rev. Elias Fisher. A compromise was effected, however, as will appear b}^ the following document. Por- tions of the several towns were taken, and incorporated into a town by the name of Goshen, December 27, 1791. — Ed.] [6-60] \^Portion proposed to be take^i fro 7 ti Le 7 npster to fo 7 ' 77 i a New TowTid^ The part taken from the Town of Lemster to begin at the Northwest corner of lot N® 25, 2*^ division thence to the north- west corner of lot N° 29, of S'^ 2*^ division thence to the North- east corner of lot thence Southwesterly to the Southeast corner of lot N® 33 of the 'P Division thence on a Strait line to the Northwest corner of the Town of Washington — That the contract with the Rev*^ Elias Fisher be held sacred & fulfill’d by those persons liveing in S^^ Lemster includ- ed within the lines Above mentioned in the same manner as tho they had remained a part of the Town of Lemster — Agreed on by — James Bingham for Lemster Elijah Frink for the Petitioners 404 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. LINCOLN . The township was granted January 31, 1764, to James Avery and others in seventy-one equal shares. It is a mountainous tract of land, and but few settlements have ever been made in the town, the population numbering but 66 in 1880. [6-S4] \_Petition for re-gra 7 it of T'ouonship.'\ Province of New-Hampshire To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq*" Cap” General, Gov- ernor & Commander in Chief, in & over his Majesty’s Prov- ince of New-Hampshire & Vice Admiral of the same, & to the Honorable his Majesty’s Council for said Province. The Petition of Stephen IMaynard of Westbury in the Prov- ince of the Massachusetts Bay & Associates unto your Excel- lency & Honors humbly shews. That your Petitioner & Associates are desirous of settling a Tract of his Majesty’s unappropriated Lands within said Prov- ince of New Hampshire of the Contents of six Miles square being the same Tract which was granted to a humber of Grantees by the Name of Lincoln, who hav® fail’d to fulfill any part of the Conditions of their said Grant it now remains forfeited & reverts to his Majesty Wherefore your Petitioner in behalf of himself & his said Associates humbly Prays your Excellency & Honors would be pleased to grant the Prayer of their Petitioner & that the said Tract of Land may be laid out by the Surveyor General & your Petitioner be thereby prepared immediately to settle the same under the usual condi- tion of such Grants & your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever pray Stephen Maynard In behalf of him- self & his Associates LISBON. This township was first granted, August 6, 1763, to Joseph Burt and others by the name of Concord. This LISBON. 405 grant was made, and the town thus named, nearly two years prior to the incorporation and naming of Concord in the county of Merrimack. Very nearly the same territory was again granted, January 31, 1764, to John Fansher and others, and named Chiswick. Why this grant was made does not appear. It seems to have been ignored, and the township regranted at the end of five years from the first grant, at which time, October 20, 1768, the grantees failing to fulfil the conditions of the same as to settlement, it was regranted to Leonard Whiting and others, in ninety-four equal shares, and named Gunthwaite. The boundaries of the latter grant varied somewhat from the former, but began and ended -at the same place in both. Settlements were made by virtue of titles from the grantees of 1763, and some by virtue of titles from the grantees of 1768, which natu- rally led to a bitter controversy, as may be seen by the fol- lowing documents. An act passed January 9, 1787, appoint- ing Col. Charles Johnstone, of Haverhill, to call a meeting of the proprietors and inhabitants to choose officers to assess and collect the taxes, contained the following: “Provided nothing in this act, shall be construed to affect the title of any person claiming lands under either the Grant made to Gunthwaite or Concord.” The town, which was incorpo- rated in its last grant by the name of Gunthwaite, assumed the name of Concord, and in state papers was alluded to as “ Concord alias Gunthwaite,” and later as “Concord in the county of Grafton,” until June 14, 1824, when it was changed to Lisbon by the legislature. By an act approved June 23, 1859, ^^at part of Lan- daff lying north-west of Ammonoosuc river was annexed to this town. [ 6 - 85 ] \_Rep7'ese7itatives chose7t to attend the Co7ive7itio7i at Leba7io7t^ ^ 777 *] At a meating of the Inhabitants of Gunthwaite Held att the House of Cap* John Young Jan^ 30*^' 1777 I®* Voted M*" John Young J*' Chairman of S'* meeting 2 *“'' Cap* Luther Richardson Clerk 3 ** Voted that we send a Committee in Conjunction With the United Committee® of the County of Grafton to treat with the assemblies Committee att 4o6 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Lebenon on the 13*’^ of Feb^ Next on the adjournm* Of the Counties Committee To bee held at that time And place 4^^ Chose Cap* John Young & M*" John Young jr To Represent us at S'* Committees Meeting 5*** Voted that a Coppy of our proceedings bee Transmited to the assemblies Committee as Soon as may Bee John Young Chairman To The Assemblies Committee In Behalf of the Town of Gunthwaite John Young Committee Luther Richardson Clarck [ 6 -S 7 ] \_State77ient of Co7idltio7i of the Tovo77 a7id Service vti the War^ iy86.~\ State of New-Hampshire Grafton ss JaiF 12**^ 1786 To the Hon* General Court of said State to be Convend at Portsmouth on the first Wednsday of February Next by Ad- journment — The petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Concord in said County Humbly sheweth — That at the commencement of the late war with Great Britain there were very few setlers in said Town as by Return herewith Exhibited may appear — all which had then very latly moov’d there from various parts of the Difterant States — and it is well known that men of fortune seldom turn out into uncultivated parts of the Countiy — there- fore conceive it unnessary to make mention that we were poor as well as few in number at that time Notwithstanding when the noise of war was heard in this part of the State almost Everv man in this Town turn’d out in Defence of the Cuntrv, and march’d to Canada under the Command of Gen* Mont Gomery for the term of six months, — that a number of them Inlisted in the service for the year 1776 — at the close of which several persons Inlisted for three Years and During the war — ■ some of whom Died in service and left their families in very poor Circomstances — That we never suppos’d any of those persons which in fact went from this Town could be turn’d over for any other Town untill we had Credit for our proportion therefore rested very easy knowing that we had more than could possably fall to our Qiiota of soldiers in service — That we living in the Exterior part of the State Expos'* to I LISBON. 407 the Ravage of the savage Enemy who were dailey scouting among us, having the promise of Bounties for prisoners scalps were many times cal’d out on alarms leaving women and Children to hide in the woods to suffer the fear of being slain bv the Enemv That we built a fort in said Town (which cost at least one Ilundred pounds to shelter ourselves in) at our own Ex pence — That had it not been for poverty (which in maiw Instances is mens only protection) we should have left the Town and very probablv the State long before the close of the war — That Notwithstanding the distresses and Difficulties we have Gone through in time of war as aforesaid ; we are inform’d that there is now an Extent out Ready to be serv’d on the Selectmen (if to be found) in said town to the amount of two Hundred and sixteen pounds and twelve shillings for want of our proportion of soldiers in said war — and that there are very large charges against us for arrears of Taxes — all of wdiich we humbly conceive is very unjust Therefore most humbly pray that your Honours w'ould take our singular and distressed case under Your wise and serious Consideration and Grant us such Redress and Relief respecting the premises as to your Honours may appear just and your petitioners will Ever pray At a Meating of the Inhabitants of this town — Voted that Major Samuel Young be Requested to proceed to Portsmouth in Concert wdth our Representative at the Session of the Gen- eral Court on the first Wednesday of February Next — and lay the foregoing Petition before said Court — and doubt not but every attention will be paid thereto that the nature of the case Demands — Joseph Dexter Will'" Belknap Benj" Whitcomb Paul Robbins Philip Vorback Timothy Bay ley Robert Kay Caleb Dexter Josiah Whitcomb John Johnson Edward Mardin Samuel martain Jesse }mung David Young Lemuel Dexter John Whitcomb Saiff^ Jameson John Hasseltine Joseph Haynes Josiah Bishop 1 ^ 6 - 88 ] \^Stateinent of Tozvn A fair 77^7.] State of New Hampshire Grafton ss — Concord June 12^'' 17S7 — To the Honorable General court of said state now setting at Concord in the county of Rockingham & state aforesaid — Plumbly sheweth — 4o8 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. That the proprietors & Inhabitants of said Concord setled before the late war & kept np thier settlement during the same at great risque, trouble & expence on alarms scouts & building forts & garrisons & in supplies &c — That the Inhabitants, by reason of persons living among us unfriendly to the revolution, & by means of the Vermont faction — were not organized with town officers till within a few years nor represented in the geffi Court, in consiquence of which they laboured under very heavy arrears of Taxes — that the Inhabitants within two years last past have been at great expence, after gitting leagally organized with Town Offi- cers, in collecting this arearage for about two years back — stat- ing their extra Accounts of expenditures during the war & in supporting their agents at the gen^ Court about one hundred Days, to effect a redress of greivences they labored under — so that the geff Court in consideration of their expenditures, & in full of their accounts were induced on the 2^ of March 1786 to pass a resolve abating about one half of their arrearages — & enabling the select men of said Concord to assess the remainder which was done & committed to the constable to collect ac- cordingly, who having collected a considerable part thereof & got through the necessary rules established by law in order for compleatting the same, they found themselves surprisingly de- feated by an obscure Intricate unintilligible, & as we conceive an unconstitutional act passed at the instigation of one Leonard Whiting, calling himself agent of the proprietors of Gunthwaite — & bv the more subtle insinuations of his advocate in framing: said act in a very different maner from what was necessary to- releive from the grievence stated in their pitition Or the prayer of the same thereby involving your petitioners in matters & consequences affecting the peace & quiet of society & the titles to the land they live upon, & to plunge them unnessarily into numerous long tedious & oppressive law suits which we believe was not the Intention of the Legislature, but incompassed by the intrigues of said Whiting, and his Advocate notwithstand- ing it is expresly declared in the last clause of said act that nothing therein contained shall any way effect the title of the different Claimants to said Township — But to what purpose is it to declare in an act that it shall not effect title to lands when the oppuration thereof will immediately turn the possessors out of their Habitations into the uncultivated woods — and your petetioners are still more surprized when they experience the purposes, said act is used to effect, — owing to the Intricacy or unintelligableness thereof, as no inhabitant upon the primises was allowed to vote at said meeting unless he wood acknowl- edge himself a holder of land under the regrant, when at the same time one person & a Non Resident was allowed to carry LISBON. 409 twenty six votes without shewing title under either Concord or Gunthwaite, or that there ever was a grant by the name of Gunthwaite or that the persons he said he acted for were gran- tees, if there had been such a grant & the Inhabitants possess- ing large farms were denied the privilage of carrying one vote because they wood not acknowledge thier title to be under gunthwaite grant, which they did not know ever existed nor was it shewn in said meeting — your petitioners humble con- ceive that the Intintion of the legislature in said act was that every Inhabitant upon the premises shood have equal right to vote in said meeting with any Other Individual that might appear there let his intent or agency be more or less, as no order was made in said act to vote according to Intirest — Your petitioners further beg leave to Observe to your hon- ours that the meeting was called on the 23^^ of Ivlay last, and without any Clerk being chosen to record their doings, as ex- presly pointed out in & by said act, the meeting was declared by the moderator to be adjourn*^ when a great Majority was against the adjournment to the Eleventh of June then next at one of the clock afternoon ; & although vve supposed the ad- journment wood be Illegal the Inhabitants attended at time & place & there waited untill after five Oclock then withdrew to their respective homes, at about six Oclock, the Moderator & three persons not residents in this Town appeared and said they had a right to negative all the Inhabitants of the Town if they were present and at about seven Oclock s^^ Meeting was opened & the Moderator proceeded and a number of the Inhabi- tants not present for reasons aforesaid all of which we humbly conceive to be directly contrary to the laws of this state, wherefore your petitioners pray that vour honours wood repeal said act and declare the doings thereon to be nul & void or make the same Intiligable in such a way & manner as your petitioners may enjo}’' their natural rights & town privileges as the law and Constitution in such cases made & provided directs — and your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray — Isaac Moore a nonresident Pro’’ of Five Rights John Baylev do Jacob Bayley by Power from Carter Ward Apthorp owning twenty five rights under Concord — Nath Chamberlain Nonresident Propri^’’ for 6 Rights — Eliphalet Northey Joseph Haynes Jr Joseph Haynes Philip Vorbach David young Jotham Shearman John Whetcomb James Shearman Edward mardin Joseph Dexter John Haseltine Reuben Chaffin James Smith Robert Kay Benj” Whetcomb 410 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Sam^ Young Josiah VVhetcomb Ozias Caswell Reuben Shearman John Jewett Joseph Jewett Asa young Ebene’’ Richardson John Young John Vorbach Nathaniel Jewett david jewett Samuel jameson Caleb Dexter Lemuel Dexter David Northey SaiY^ Hoyt I Benjamin Sawyer of lawful age, & Disinterested person testify & say that I was at the House of Major Samuel young in Concord alias Gunthwaite on the eleventh day of June Cur- rent at work & wlien I came in to Dinner a number of the In- habitants of said Town were assembled at said youngs, and I understood that it was on account of an adjourned Meeting of the Proprietors & Inhabitants of said Town to be holden at one Oclock on said day, and about six or Seven Oclock on the same Day I was present & many objections was made by the Inhabitants to the Meeting going on, & the following are some ' of the objections, namely first because there was, nor could be, no legal Record of the adjournment as no Clerk was chosen at the first meeting — 2^ because a great number of the Inhabitants had withdrew to their homes at about half after five oclock the Moderator not then being present and one Captain Leonard Whiting urged that the Meeting should go on — saying if all the Inhabitants were present he alone had a right to negative them, the Moderator accordingly proceeded, & no one was allowed to vote unless he could be made sattisfied he owned an Interest in Gunthwaite under the Proprietors thereof, & in that case to vote in proportion to his or their Interest, which proceedings was protested against by a number of the Inhabitants — Benj*^ Sawyer Grafton ss Haverhill June 15^*^ 17S7 — Personally appeared Benjamin Sawyer signer of the foregoing Deposition & after due caution made solemn oath to the truth of the same, Coram Jer^ Eames Just. Peace [6-89] \_yo/m Tou 7 tg relative to Tow 7 i Affairs^ State of New Hampshire June 22^ ^ 7 ^ 9 — To the Honorable General Court of said State now seting at Concord — Humbly sheweth the Proprietors and Inhabitants of Concord in the County of Grafton — That in consideration that the said Proprietors, who are Setlers, & the other Inhabitants had dur- ing the late war made many Exertions in defending themselves LISBON. 4II against the common Enemy, the General Court of said State were Induced, on the 2 ^ day of March 1786 to pass a Resolve abating about one half of their Taxes, and enabling the Select- men to Collect the remainder from the Proprietors, — that said Selectmen took the necessary steps for Collecting the same, — That afterward, namely on the 6”' day of JaiP 1787 the General Court passed an act at the request of Leonard Whiting Esq*' nullif3dng the proceedings of said Selectmen upon said Resolve, and making the said Inhabitants liable to pay the same again, if the proceedings thereon shall be considered to be according to the Spirit & meaning of said Act, — Your Petitioners beg leave to make known to your Honors that a Aleeting by virtue of said Act was cal’d on the day of Alay last & by the Moderator declar’d to be adjourn’d to the eleventh day of June then next, without any Clerk being chosen as expressly pointed out in & by said Act — That notwithstanding we conciev’d no legal Aleeting could be holden by virtue of such Decleration, the Inhabitants attended at one Oclock on the said eleventh day of June which was the Hour that the Aloderator declar’d said Meeting to stand adjourned to and tarried there until half after five Oclock, then a considerable number of said Inhabitants withdrew to their respectiv'e homes, at six Oclock the Alodera- tor appear’d, & three persons with him, who are not residents in said Town, at Seven Oclock the Aleeting was opened much against the will of your Petitioners, & the Aloderator suffered said Nonresidents to vote by Rights as in Propriety Aleetings, which we Concieve was not agreeable to the Spirit and mean- ing of said act, by means of which a Clerk was chosen liveing out of said Town, a Alajor part of the assessors live out of Town, & the Collector in Holies in the County of Hillsbor- ough, — and if the proceedings of said Aleeting is consider’d to be legal our Incorporation which has ben had according to Law is totally set aside, — Your Petitioners would further beg leave to add, that at the time of passing said act it was not pretended that any thing therein Contain’d should prevent an\' legal voters in town meetings from having equal right to vote for the choice of their officers, & if there was to be a negative b\" an}" one person against all the Inhabitants wlw were they Notify’d of said Aleeting ; was it to see a man living an Hundred and forty miles from said Town carry on a Aleeting in just such way as he might have done in his own Chimne}" Corner, for was not the Laws as Good for enabling the Proprietors of one Town to call ProprieU" Aleetings as another, if so then what need was there for passing a Special Law for them, could they not have cal’d a Proprietors Aleeting without said Act, to raise money could they not have applved it for what purposes they pleas’d, & was there any danger of the Lands being sold for payment of 412 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Taxes if they were paid without such sale, — but perhaps it may be said there is no Danger of said Act being used to affect any bad purposes, but how can your Honors Determine whither it will or not, as there is a Dispute concerning the property ; then ought there to be any act of the Geff Court against either of the Grants we do not mean to Impute any thing to Your Honors in passing said act, but only pray you to consider whether it is such an one as our Constitution will warrent, — & although the greatest part of the Rights under the Regrant, are own’d by persons who have left the States and join’d the Enemy thereof they expect to make use of said act to Eject the Setlers under the Original Charter, or in some way git an advantage against them, notwithstanding we have many of us ben Residents through the late war, & although not one of the Regrantees were in Town during the same, — Therefore your Petitioners pray your Honors to take thier case under your wise consideration & Repeal said Act & de- clare the doings thereon to be nul & void, or otherwise order & Determine as may appear just & your Petitioners will ever pi'ay,— in behalf of the Petitioners — John Young agent [6-90] \_yohn Young wants a Patent for Building CJiim-' 7teys^ 7/p/.] State of New Hampshire — To the Honorable General Court of said State holden at Ports- mouth on the thirtieth day of November 1791 — Humbly sheweth John Young of a place caled Concord in the County of Grafton in the State aforesaid — that Your Peti- tioner has invented and found out a method & Art of building Chimnies, & of altering those already built, which will render Chimnys built & altered according to his plan, intirely certain of drawing Smoke — which art is new and has never been prac- tised in this State, nor to the knowledge of your Petitioner, in any part of the world — that the publication of said art would be of great utility to the public not only as it respects the 77ioral certainty of Chimnies drawing Smoke when built & altered according to said plan — but also as it respects the vast saving of that very costl}^ article, of fire-wood, which may be made by having Chimnies built upon said plan — because that when Rooms are tight & well finished, the Chimnies will draw smoke as well, or better than in Houses & Rooms open & cold — where- fore Your Petitioner pray Your Honors to take the premises LISBON. 413 into consideration, & Grant him his heirs & assigns the Sole & exclusive previledge of building and altering Chimneys accord- ing to his plan within this State forever or for such term of time as Your Honors please, or take such order respecting the same as shall appear most proper & Your Petitioner will ever pray Portsmouth Nov^ 30*^^ ^ 79 ^ — John Young The Committee on the within Petition report that the prayer be so far granted that an exclusive right be given to the Peti- tioner for fourteen years & that he have leave to bring in a Bill according — W. PAGE for the Committee [In H. of Rep., Dec. 2, 1791, the foregoing report was accepted, and on Dec. 12, an act was passed granting John Young the exclusive right of building chimneys in the way described as his invention. — Ed.] [6-86] [ Capt. Samuel looting's Petltlo 7 i^ 77^7.] To the Hon'^^® Senate and House of Representatives convened at Concord & now setting — The Petition of Sam^ Young of Concord in the County of Grafton humbly shews that on or about June 1775 your Peti- tioner for and at the request of the Inhabitants of Concord and other adjacent Towns, made application to the then new hamp- shire Congress for ammonition to defend themselves from the ravages of the enemy that he received a cask of Powder and gave his receipt or note therefor to be paid if it was not wanted for publick use, lead & flints your Petitioner purchased & transported them to said Concord with the Powder and depos- ited said powder lead & flints in the Custody of Cap* Richard- son who was to deliver the same to the Soldiers of his Com- pany if it appeared necessary. — that said ammonition was made use of in alarms — that in the year 1776 soon after the defeat of General Montgomery your Petitioner marched to Canada, that fire arms for part of his Company could not be obtained that on my arrival at S* Johns I made application to the Commanding officer of that Garrison for Guns — he Informed your Petitioner there was no spare arms in that garrison, but gave directions to purchase Guns of the Soldiers who had them & were discharg‘d & on their march home your petitioner purclP twenty six of Guns for the use of his Company and gave from eight to twelve dollars apiece 414 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. for them — that when your petitioners Comp’y was discharged he agreed with a wagoner to transport said guns from Mount Independence to Charlestown N° 4 had made a chest & jDut them therein on which Gen^ Gates ordered that they should be deposited in the stores or Magazines for the use of the Army and that your petitioner should receive pay therefor from the state of New hampshire, your petitioners situation was such that he was obliged to purchase said Guns as he had received marching orders from the commanding officer at S* Johns & was obliged to deposit them in the public stores & has not yet been able to git any settlement or pay therefor. * * * Concord i June 1797 Sam^ Young [An arrangement was made by the legislature, June 15, 1797.— Ed.] LITCHFIELD. The territory embraced in this town was a portion of the old Dunstable grant, made by the government of Massachu- setts Bay, Oct. 16, 1673, O. S. (Oct. 27, 1673, N. S.). Sev- eral “farms” had been granted in this vicinity prior to this; one, of territory now in Litchfield, was granted to William Brenton, who was afterward governor of New Jersey, and the locality was known as “ Brenton’s Farm.” At the time of the Dunstable grant, the Naticook Indians occupied the locality now known as Thornton’s Ferry, and relinquished their claim to the Dunstable grantees for a small sum of money. In 1732 all of the Dunstable grant lying east of Merri- mack river was incorporated by the government of Massa- chusetts into a town by the name of Nottingham, which in 1734 was divided, and the north part incorporated by the name of Litchfield. The settlement of the province line in 1741 decided the territory to be in New Hampshire; and in answer to a petition from the inhabitants, the town of Litchfield was incorporated by the governor and council of that province, June 5, 1749, — the town of Nottingham be- ing thereafter designated as Nottingham West until its name was changed to Hudson in 1830. LITCHFIELD. 415 Settlements were made in the part of Dunstable now in this town about the year 1720, by families from Billerica and Chelmsford. Hon. Wyseman Claggett, who resided in town during the latter portion of his life, was attorney-general of the prov- ince from 1765 to 1769; of the state from 1776 to 1778, and again in 1781 ; a member of the council in 1776 and in 1781. He died Dec. 4, 1784, at the age of 63. [ 6 - 68 ] [ Warra?tt for Touuji-AIeethig^ 77 ^j.] Province of New Hampshire — To William Reed Constable for the District of Litchfield on the East side of the River Greeting- You are hereby Required in His Majesties Name to warn all the freeholders and other Inhabitants of the District of Litch- field on the East Side the River to meet and conven at the Meeting house in Litchfield upon Munday the thirty first Day of oct*' Instant at two of the clock in the after Noon then and ther when Meet — To See if the District will Chouse one man or more to go to Portsmouth to the General Court to make answ*' to a Petition Nath^^ Hills James Hills John Robinson and others have Lodged theire and to Impower the s*^ man or men that may be chosen with full power to act in Behalf of the District in aney affier as he or they so chosen Shall think convenent — and See that You make Due Return of this warrant and your doings thereon to our Selves before or upon the day and time before mentioned as You will Answer Your Default at Your Perrell — Given Under our hands and Seal Dad at Litchfield the 24*^ Day of oct*' anno Dom. 1743 ^^'^d in the Seventeenth Year of his Majesties Reign — A True Copy Examined by me — By virtue of this warrant I have warned all the freeholders and other Inhabitants of the District Called Litchfield on the East Side of Merrimack River A True copy Exam‘S by me John Bradshaw Town Clerk John Bradshaw Town Clerk William Reed Constable 4i6 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [ Vote at said Meeting. At a Town Meeting Regualery assembled at Litchfield on ocf y® 31* 1743 — Voted that John Bradshaw be moderator for s‘^ meeting — Voted that Jo® Blanchard Esq’^ and Dec^ John Cummings and m^ James Nahor be a Comitte to make answer to a Peti- tion that Nath^^ Hills James Hills and John Robinson and others have made to y® Create & Gerneral Court of y® province of New Hampshire to answer to s*^ Petitioners A True copy Examined by me — John Bradshaw Town Clerk [The petition of Nathaniel Hills and others, referred to in the foregoing, was for the purpose of obtaining a charter for a town to comprise the north part of Nottingham and the south part of Litchfield, which did not succeed. See Vol. IX, pp. 468-471. — Ed.] [ 6 - 69 ] \_Relative to fayhtg Rates in two Towns.^ 1^/46. To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq’' Governor &c the Hon’® his Majestys Council & Assembly in Gen” Court Con- veined at Portsmouth in New Hampshire April 1746 — The Petition of us the Subscribers Inhabitants of that tract of land formerly in the town of Dunstable lately Incorporated into a District Called Litchfield & in that part of s” District which Interferes with Londonderry bounds According to the late runing per M’’ Walter Briant — That y® Petitioners Setled under the Grants of y® Massachu- setts Bay x\nd have Continued to pay their Rates to Litchfield by whome their poles and Estates was with Litchfields Envoice Returned to this Hon’® Court but so it is that this Last Year notwithstanding they were Rated as Usual to Litchfield And there pay’d their full proportion to town minister And Province Taxes yet thay were also Rated in Londonderry and by their Constables Destrained for the same & have paid it as per Rec which your Petitioners Humbly Apprehend a great Hardship and know of no Relief unless your Excellency & Hon’'® should see meet to Relieve us — Wherefore your Petitioners Humbly pray You to Consider the premises & direct that One of the s” Towns Return the LITCHFIELD. 417 rates Rec*^ as aforesaid or Otherwise relieve us as may seem meet & y*" Peti” as in Duty Bound shall pray &c — Ebenezer Spauldyng Stephen spauldyng william butterfield lennard comrnins [6-70] antes Hillses Receipts^ Litchfield January y® 22^ ^745 Received of m’’ Ebenezer Spaulding the Sum of Three Pounds old Tenor being in full of one List of Rates to me to Collect bearing Date June y® 28“' 1745 Rece*^ by me — James Hills Constable [6-71] Litchfield Jenewary the 29 1746 recvied of Ebenezer Spolding for town and provence reats the Sum of three Ponds and Euight Shillings old tener I Say recvied by me — James Hills Constable for Litchfield [R. 2-188] [^Invoice of Lieut. Pelatiah RusselV s Equip- ?}ients Lost in the Service., -^ 757 -] A Good new Beaver hatt tow new worsted Caps and one Linnen one tow new Linnen Shirts and one Wollen Shirt three good Jackets and one Coat and tow’ Pair of Leather Breetchis three Pair of Stockings and one Pair of Shoes and one Pair of Mogezens one Silk-hankerchief and one Cotten hankerchief and a Gun and Snapsack and Powder horn — Province of New Hamp’' — September 23^ 1758 Then Olive Russell of Litchfield in the Province of New Hampshire Widow personallyappeared and made solemn Oath that the articles of Cloathing above mentioned is a just and true acc‘ of what her Late Husband Lieut : Pelatiah Russell carried along with him when he went from home in the Province ser- vice in the year 1757 Sworn Before Math'^ Patten Just: Peace 29 4i8 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [In H. of Rep., Sept. 30, 1758, “Voted That there be allowed ;^ioo. In full for this acco^ & In full for three months wages allowed him as a Gratuity, being Carried a prisoner to Canada.” Council concurred. — Ed.] [R. 2-1S9] \_Capt. yohn Parker’s Petition^ zy/d.] [John Parker stated that he commanded a company in Col. Bedel’s regiment in Canada in September, 1775, “ That upon his return home, three of his Company Viz^ Aaron Quimby, Ebenezer Codings & Daniel Murray, exhibited a Complaint to your Honors ag®*^ your Petitioner for an over- charge in his Muster Roll &c” He asked for a hearing,, which was granted. — Ed.] [Rev. Pap., p. 35] \_Litchjield Men at Piconderoga Alarniy 1777 Abstract of a Pay Roll of a Number of men who marched from Litchfield for Ticonderoga on the Alarms June 29^^^ & July [1777] David McQuig Ensign Serg^ £1, 12, 0 W”* Patterson 2, S, 9 James Darrovv Private 2, 7, 2 Willian Barker do 2, 7, 2 William Read do 2, 7, 2 Oliver Emerson do 2, 7, 2 Jacob Kendel do 2, 7, 2 Thomas Whittle do 2, 7, 2 Zechariah Holden do 2, 7, 2 James Harrod do 2, 7, 2 John Eaton do 2, 7, 2 Samuel Chase Major 2, 14, 4 Samuel Cochran Cap‘ 2, 14, 4 Joseph Barns Private 2, 14, 4 James Nahur do 2, 14, 4 Simeon Chase do 2, 14, 4 James Hildreth do 2, 14, 4 Exam‘S J. Gilman- LITCHFIELD. 419 [6-72] \^Relative to behtg classed for Representative^ iy 8 oP\ State of New Hampshire — To the Hon’’*® the Council and Gent" of the Hon’’’® House of Representatives in Gen’ Assembly at Portsmouth Convened 13”’ October 1780 The humble Petition of the several Inhabitants of Litchfield in the County of Hillsborough & State aforesaid, whose names are hereunto set and subscribed. Sheweth that upon taking up Government the said Litchfield was joined to Nottingham West, for the purpose of chusing a person to represent them in General Assembly, And Altho at the time of such Junction there was a great Majority in favour of said Nottingham as their members greatly exceeded Litch- field, Yet were your PeP content at that time. But now so it is. May it please Your Honors that by Act of Gen’ Assembly, many Families from Londonderry claim, have been added lately to said Nottingham West, so that that Town now consists of upwards of 100 families, and Litchfield of lit- tle more than 40, By means of which inequality Your PeP are always liable to be out numbered and out voted (if the Inhabi- tants of said Nottinghman West shall see fit), and to lose all benefit and priviledge of Election. Your PeP therefore pray leave to bring in a Bill, whereby to seperate them from said Nottingham West, and that they may be joined in future for the purpose aforesaid to the Neighbouring Town of Derrifield, between which & them there is a good understanding and with whom Your PeP will stand more upon a Par And that as to the place of Election a Preference may be given to such of the two towns as shall pay most taxes to Gov- ernment And shall ever pray — James Nahor JP') Jon®^ Parker > Selectmen John Parker Jifi ) Wyseman Clagett Simon M®Qiiesten David '"®Qiiig Rob’ Parker William *"®Qiiesten Joseph Reed John Cochran Josiah Richardson J' Samuel senter Jacob Whittemore Peter Patterson Samuel Cotton Thomas Whittle Ju Timothy Kendall W’" Danforth Gershom Harvell William Read Samuel Cochran Benj*" Blodgett James Underwood John Harvell Daniel Bixby Daniel kendall Abel Senter Joseph Chase Tho® Russell William Parker Josiah Richardson Daniel Blodget joshua Blodget Rob’ Darrah William Patterson John Parker 420 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. The Committee appointed on Matters similar to those set forth in the within Petition beg leave to report their opinion that Litchfield & Derryfield be joined in the Precept to send a Representative to the next General Court Geo : Atkinson for the Com®® [The report was accepted, and Litchfield and Derryfield were classed for a representative. — Ed.] [6-73] S^James Underwood relative to so77te confiscated Estates^ M’’ Speaker — Sir— Litchfield 27*^ June 1780 The Committee have Yesterday finished the Sales of Zacheus Cuttlers personal Estate have been to CoP Bauldwin the Agent or Trustee of said Estate and find he will Only pay or alow us our Costs in takeing an Inventory Vendueing &c of s*^ Estate when we have Don the Business through this County taking Inventoiy Leaseing out &c that Estate being sold thereby pro- cured money to Discharge our Expence in our Duty & what money was Overplush put into the State Treasury we now desire the Court would now take some Order that we may make a final setlement and be properly discharged as I have been three times to Exeter to settle that matter, with that of CoP Lutwyches as our business extended through the County Costs & Expence are so blended together can not be well sepo- rated Therefore pray the Agents may be Impowerd, or some Other person, or persons, to settle these matters as CoP Nichols is Nominated to go into the Servise I take this Opportunity to Inform the Court that the Committes Acco*^ is so blended to- gether that they can not be Settled without the whole of the Committe pray sir press the matter that the Committe of Safety may be Impowed in recess of the Court if nothing better Can be done — I am your Honors Ob* & Very Humb* Se* James Underwood [5_y^] [ William Patterson relative to some confiscated Estates^ i'/82.'\ To the PIoiP* the President of the Committee of Safety for the State of Newhampshire — S'" I Beg leave to inform you that I am now Seventy three years old and have lived on lands which formerly belonged to LITCHFIELD. 421 M*" Thomson now an Inhabatiant of Great Britain 33 years said land lying in Litchfield I took a lease of said Thomson of the farm I now live on to pay him the sum of sixty dollars yearly to be paid in money or improvements on the farm which I have Comply*^ with : nntill last year when I was about putting Seed into the Ground in the mounth of April I was informed that the State had taken the farm into their hands and appointed an Agent to rent out the same ; Some evil minded person as I sup- pose offered to give one hundred dollars yearly rent : having done a considerable part of my Spring Labour was Constrained to give that Sum or move off: your Hoff and every Gen**' in the Hon*’^ Commitee must be sensable that the Public Tax for the Defence of the present war is very high which with the rent aforesaid and the hire of Labourers amounted to a very great sum I Beg leave to Observe that I have had no notice to move off before very leatly when I have prepared for a new Crop I Expected to have had the farm at the rent that I Con- tracted for last year tho very high }^et I would been content but to my great Surprise I have been informed that some person have offered more ; the Agent Co'' Chase being sensable that the rent paid last year with the Tax that will be Called for this year is as much if not more than the farm is worth He desired me to send to your Hoff® to know whither I may have the farm at the same Rent that I paid last year I paying the whole Tax for this year ; which is not Customary when a Tennant takes a farm by the Shares he pays half of the Tax only ; I Beg further that a person or persons may be appointed to settle all Back arrirages and to Receipt for the same and to put me in full possession in the name of the State I would fur- ther Observe that I have been Oblidged for several years past to purchess the greater part of the wood for my use there being little wood on the farm as I am an old man and willing to give the whole value for the farm Reather than move of at present your Hoff® Compliance will much Oblidge your Hoff® Most Hub' SeP Litchfield April 3'' 17S2 William Patterson [R. 2-190] \^Selectme 7 i concei' 7 ting Soldiet's^ To the Hon'^'® the Councel & flouse of Representatives for the State of New Hampshire Convened at Concord June 1783 The Humble Petition of the Select men of Litchfield in the County of Hillsborough — Humbly shews that said Town filled up their Qiiota of Soldiers in the Continental army for the first 422 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. three year service & gave each soldier Fifty dollers as a Towns Bounty — one of said Soldiers, Viz‘ John Loring who was an Inhabitant of said Town, was in the Massachusetts line Tho’ by a vote of the HoiF*® Assembly of this state he was to be accounted to the Town he belong’d to, his Family was sup- ported for three years for which no allow^ance has ever been made them — That said Town by Order of Court raised four men to reinforce Geif Sullivan in Canada & paid them fifty dollars each as Bounty that in June 1779 said Town Inlisted one William Raymond during the war & paid him four hun- dred & fifty pounds Lawfull money That we have at all Times done our full proportion in the war & had our Quota of men in the field. Notwithstanding all which CoF Kelley sheriff' of said County has brought an Extent or Execution against us for sixty pounds for a soldier said to be wanting in the war. We are Consious to ourselves that we have done our full proportion in the war as to soldiers &c and ought not pay said Extent Wherefore we pray your Honors would Postpone the pay- ment of said Execution untill the matter may be fully inquired into * * James Underwood > Select Samuel Chase } men [The foregoing was referred to the committee of safety. —Ed.] [6-75] \_Retu7'n of Ratable Polls ^ Decern®'’ A True Acco'^ of the number male Polls in the Town of Litchfield upwards of Twenty one Years of Age paying for themselves a poll rate which is fifty five James Lbiderwood ) Select John Cochran ^ men Hillsborough ss Decern'’ 9^'’ 17S3 then James Underwood & John Cochran personally Appear’d and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the above Number of polls in said Town before John Gofi'e Justice of Peace [6-76] \_Relatlve to their ^uota of Soldiers^ 1^83. To the Honourable the Council and Gentlemen of the Hon- ourable house of Representatives at Exeter Convened the Twelfth day of February 1783 — LITCHFIELD. 423 The Humble Petition of the Selectmen of Litchfield in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire whose Names are hereunto Subscribed Sheweth that the Inhabitants of the said Town have had the Honor of being distinguished, by many General assemblies, for their Loyalty and Zeal in promoting the Public Welfare, ac- cording to their utmost Abilities That — the premises being granted Your Honors may easily conceive, that your Pefi® must be under the deepest concern, when they find themselves, and their Constituents, lie under the Imputation of Disloyalty at this day, and the Sherif ap- proaches with an Extent to levy a large sum of money on Your PeP Estates, in their said Capacity, upon a Supposition that one Soldier is wanting in their Qiiota. That the Matter arises from the desertion, of one William Raiment, whom the Town procured in i 779 ’ very great Expence, to serve them as a Soldier, during the War, whom they saw duly mustered — receive his proportion of provisions shoes, and Stockings at Exeter, and march to Worcester with the rest of the Soldiers — What co*^ they do more ? But — Your PeP® pi'^y leave to refer Your tlon’’® to the Depo- sitions herewith exhibited. In humble confidence, that upon mature deliberation of the premises you will be pleased to re- solve, that the Sherif of the County aforesaid, may be Injoined to surcease the said Extent, and that your Hoifi® will resume the Consideration of the premises, and grant such relief therein as to You in your great Wisdom shall seem most meet. And Your PeP® as in Duty bound shall ever pray &c Rob* Darrah ) Selectmen for Timothy Kendall j Litchfield 1^6-77] \_Pefitio 7 t for a Bridge at CroniwelV s Balls ^ To the Honorable Legislature of the State of Newhampshire to be convened at Amherst on the first Wednesday of June 1794— A Petition for a Bridge at Cromwell’s Falls Whereas from experience it is found practicable and of great publick convenience to have Bridges over Merrimack River and as one at Cromw'ells falls at the low^er end of the Town of Lytchfield would greatly facilitate the passing from the westerly part of this State to our Metropolis — Therefore we pray your Honors to make us a grant for that purpose similar to that made to Cob M'^Gregore & others at Amoskeig Falls — And your pe- tioners as in duty bound will ever pray — Lytchfield June 3 1794 424 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Gershom Harvell Simeon Chase William Bixby Daniel Bixby Robert Chase John M'^Gilvery W*" M'^Cluer Ju*" William Clagett David Whtemore David Campbell Samuel Chase James Nahor Herbert Moors John M'^Cluer Thomas Bixby Nathaniel Whitte- more Joel Conant Hugh Nahor Robert Parker Sam’' Chase J*" Tim® Kendall Simeon Kendall Edward Clagett LITTLETON. This town embraces the southern portion of a grant made, Nov. 17, 1764, to James Avery and others, by the name of Chiswick, which grant also comprised the present town of Dalton. The grantees were bought out by Moses Little, mer- chant, of Newburyport, Moses Little, Jr., of Newbury, both in the province of Massachusetts, Israel Morey, of Or- ford, N. H., and Alexander Phelps, of Hebron, Conn., who petitioned for a re-grant of the township. The request was favorably considered by Gov. Wentworth, and on the i8th day of January, 1770, the township was re-granted by the name of Apthorp to the foregoing, with George Apthorp, of London, Eng., Nathaniel Carter, Benjamin Harris, and Tristram Dalton, of said Newburyport, and Samuel Adams, of Boston, as associates. Five hundred acres each were reserved for Benning Wentworth, Theodore Atkinson, and Mark H unking Wentworth, they being grantees under the Chiswick charter. The town bore- the name of Apthorp, in honor of George Apthorp, until Nov. 4, 1784, when by an act of the legislature it was divided, the north part incor- porated by the name of Dalton, in honor of Tristram Dalton, and the south part by the name of Littleton, in honor of Moses Little, both of whom were large owners in the townships respectively. The first settler was Capt. Nathan Caswell, about the year 1770. The town did not gain in population very fast, and contained but fourteen ratable polls in 1785. Since 1800, however, the increase has been more rapid, and the town is now one of the most enterprising and prosperous in the state. LITTLETON. 425 [6-79] \_Relative to Taxes^ i’j 86 .'\ State of New Hampshire — Littleton June 3*^ 17S6 To the Honourable General Court of State to be Conven’d at Concord on the first Wednesday of June instant — Humbly sheweth the Inhabitants of Littleton in the County of Grafton & State aforesaid ; that they were at the Commence- ment of the late war just beginning Settlement on said tract of land which has untill very lately been known by the name of Apthorp, that they being poor and much expos’d to our Enemy during said war never paid any Taxes into the Treasury of said State — That notwithstanding the Division of said Apthorp into two Towns Precepts have lately been sent to the Selectmen of Apthorp for sums much too Large as may appear by our re- turn herewith exhibited — we therefore pray that our Doomages may be taken oft' and the Selectmen of Littleton be enabled to assess and collect any and all sums of money now Due, within the lines thereof on the proprietors of said Littleton or other- wise as may appear Just — and your Petitioners will pray Nathan Caswell For and at the Request of said Inhabitants [An inventory of the polls and estate of the town for the years 1775 to 1785 shows that in 1775 the number of polls was3; 1776.4; I 777 - 7 S- 79 » 5 i 4 ; 1781- 82- 83, 9 ; 1784, 12; 1785, 14. — Ed.] [6-81] [^Relative to a Tax for buildittg Roads ^ State of New Hamsphire — Concord 16*^ Jone 1788 To the Hon'^^® Geift court of said state now setting — The Petition of the Inhabitants of Littleton in said state humbly sheweth, that your Petitionors for eighteen years last past, have laid under many and grevious dificulties — your Peti- tionors cannot ascertain the number of acres of Land in said Littleton, neither can we find out the original Proprietors of said Town, so that we can not Tax said land except we have a special act of this Plon'^'® court for that purpose, your Peti- tioners woo’d further Inform your honors that although we were promised by said Proprietors or owners of land (as they cal’d themselves) to have our land given us for settlement & that the * compliment of setters according to charter shoo’d then soon be 426 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. in Town, that they woo’d make good roads through said Town Build Mills &c — all of which is neglected by said land owmers, and although it is eighteen years since said Town began to set- tle, there is but nine families in it at this time, and there is no mills in said Town, nor can we git at any under fifteen miles, the Publick Road that runs through said Town is eleven miles in length, and almost Impossible to pass in the same, which road your Petitioners have to travel to git to mill, to market, to courts, and almost every kind of Business — so that your Peti- tioners have got under such poor and dificult circumstances, that we cannot live in said Town nor move out of the same, except your honors will Interpose in our behalf Therefore your Petitioners most humbly pray that your hon- ors woo’d take our singular Situation under your wise consider- ation. and grant that a special act of this court be made that said Town be setled according to charter in years from this date your Petitionors further prav vour honors that a special act of this HoiP'® court be made, to assess and collect the taxes now due or that may be due from said Town — we further pray your honors that a committee be appointed by this HoiP'® court to lay out and make a road through said Town, and that the cost be paid by the land owners thereof and on their neglecting or refusinsr to pav said cost of laving out and making said road your Petitioners most humbly prav your honors to give order that so much land in said Town be sold as will pay the cost aforesaid or otherwise as your honours shall think most expe- dient and your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray — Peleg Williams In behalf of said Inhabitants [[6-82] \_Petition for Authority to tax jVon-Peside?tts^ iy 88 .~\ State of Xewhampshire Grafton ss Littleton December the 12 — 1788 To the Honorable Gen^ Court of said State to be Conveaned at Exeter on the 24 Day of Instant December — • The Petition of the Inhabitants of said Littleton humbly Shews that it is Eighteen vears since the Town began to Settle and the setlers ware promised by the owners of the Land that thay wood make a good Rode throw’ said towm erect and keep in good repair a grest mill and saw mill in said' town and that thay wood Soon have the Town settled wdth such a number of Setelers as to make it Convenient for your petitioners all of which thay have neglected and thare is now’ in Tow’n but nine families and the Country- road through the same is tw’elve miles i LITTLETON. 427 and is verey wet hilly and Stoney, your Petitioners Cannot git at any mill Short of twelve or fifteen mildes and if a Scarce time of grinden must wait for the Inhabnie‘ of the town to which the mill belongs to have thare grist ground first besides we have the aforesaid road to travel through without our horses being Shod as thare is no Blacksmith neigher than a mill your Petitioners are not only few in number but poor and must re- main so Except the aforesaid Difcilties Can be removed all or allmost all of said town is owned by two Gentlemen one of which Living in Massachusets the other in Vermount and we know not who ware the oreginal Proprietors of said town or how much Land thare is in the Same as it has bin granted and regranted and Divided and Subdivided so that under every cir- cumstances if your Petitioners Should be Cald on by your hon- ours to do thare duty as others Towns it will be more than we Can possably Do — wharefore your Petitioners most humbly pray your honors to take our Singelur Case into your wise Consideration and grant a tax of two pence on Each acre of Land in said town for the purpose of making and repairing a road through the same and that a Committee be apinted by your honours to Carrv the Same into afect your Petitioners further pray your honners not to Call on us for anv State taxes untill the town Shall be so settled that we Can possably git a Living tharein but that the owners of Land in said town may pay all the taxes tharefrom untill the present time and that Sume person or persons be apinted by your honours for the purpose of assaing & Collect- ing the Same or that we may have releafe in Sum other way or manner which to your honours may apeare Just and rasanable and your Petitioners are in Duty bound Shall ever pray — Peleg williams Thomas Miner Samuel Learned Benj'”" Nurs Nathan Caswell Isaac Miner Nathan Caswell Jr Robert Charlton [6-83] "[^Relative to taxing JVon-Residents^ //p/.] To the Honorable Senate and House of Representitives in General Court convened and now siting this day of February 1791 — The petition of the Selectmen of Littleton in said state Hum- bly shew that an act passed the General Court January 17S9 — directing the Selectmen of said Town for the time being to assess and cause to be collected all publick Taxes due there from prior to the first day of January 1789 on the lands of the proprietors of said Town in one tax bill in way and manner as 428 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. taxes by Law are collected of Non, resident proprietors in other Towns in this state which act your petitioners would have most chearfully complyed with had it been in their power but said Littleton together with a Town or part of a Town known by the name of Dalton, was first granted by the name of Chesuwich afterward by the name of Apthorp then divided into Littleton and Dalton to particular Gentlemen and not in proprietory shares as is usually the custom in other towns in this state — your petitioners would further Sugjest that the act for taxing Lands in said Littleton and Dalton for the purpose of making and repairing roads therein is under the aforesaid Imbarisments — Your petitioners would therefore pray your Honors to pass an act Impowering the Selectmen of said Littleton for the time being to assess and cause to be collected all publick taxes due from said town in one tax bill on the lands therein not confin- ing them to any particular rights but to sell as much of said Lands in one body as will pay said tax with Incidental charges also in the same way and manner to sell as much land as will compeat said road throug said Town as also that they may be Impowered in the same way and manner to sell as much land in Dalton as will complete the road leading through the same and give a reasonable time to levy and collect said Taxes or grant such other relief in the premises as to your Honors may appear reasonable and Just and stay the extents against said Littleton untill a final determination be had and your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray — SaiY Young in behalf of the Selectmen of Littleton & Inhabitants of Dalton [R. 2-191] \^Lieut. Peleg lVz 7 liams’s Petition^ zypj.] State of Newhampshire — To the HonH® Geif Court of s*^ State convened at Exeter on the twenty fifth day of December 1793 — Humbly sheweth Peleg Williams of a place caled Littleton in said State — That in November 1776 he engaged and was commissioned as a Lieu^ for said State in the late war — That on account of his ill State of health, contracted in s'^ service, he, in the month of may 1778 resigned not in the smallest de- gree doubting he had a right so to do * ^ * Peleg Williams [He stated that he had not been paid the depreciation of his wages, and asked to have it done. — E d.] LONDONDERRY. 429 LONDONDERRY. The township was granted, June 21, 1722, by Gov. Samuel Shute to John Moor and one hundred and seventeen oth- ers. The grantees were Scotch Presbyterians, who came in 1718 from the north part of Ireland, where their ances- tors, emigrants from Scotland, had settled about one hun- dred years before. By an agreement dated March 26, 1718, Rev. William Boyd was appointed by them as agent to obtain a grant of land from Gov. Shute, and succeeded in obtaining a promise of a grant whenever they decided upon a location. On receiving this encouragement they came over, landing in Boston Aug. 4, 1718. A portion of them went to Casco Bay, then in the province of Massachusetts, with the inten- tion of settling there ; but not being pleased with the coun- try, they returned and located here in April, 1719, O. S. Many of them came from the city of Londonderry, Ireland, and named this town in honor of their old home, which some of them had helped to defend in 1689 against the emissaries of James the Second. They were an industrious and thrifty people, and strongly attached to their religious opinions. The town was divided into two parishes, by an act ap- proved Feb. 25, 1740, in accordance with a vote of the town passed in 1735. Feb. 12, 1742, the southern portion of the town was in- corporated into a parish by the name of Windham, the first meeting of which was to be called by Robert Dinsmore, Joseph Waugh, and Robert Thompson, on March 8th of that year. The north-west part of the town was taken off Sept. 3, 1751, and with other territory incorporated into the town of Derryfield. A portion of the town was annexed to Nottingham West (Hudson), March 6, 1778. Sept. 26, 1777, sundry persons and their estates were sev- ered from Londonderry and annexed to Windham. Nov. 26, 1778, Samuel Clark and his estate were also annexed to Windham, and the line between these towns was established by an act passed Nov. 22, 1782. Another portion of this town was annexed to Windham, Dec. 25, 1805. 430 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. An act was passed July 2, 1827, dividing the town nearly in the middle, and incorporating the east half by the name of Derry. People from Londonderry were among the first settlers of the towns of Bedford, Merrimack, Antrim, Acworth, Cherry Valley, N. Y., and other places. [6-91] \_Helative to the burning of Matthew Claris House^ ^725 To all Christian People to whom these Presents shall come Greeting : The humble Petition of Matthew Clark of Londonderry in in Newhampshire, Humbly Sheweth That on Fryday the third of this Instant in the dead time of the Night an awfull and dreadfull fire seized upon his dwelling House and consumed it to iVshes, together with his worldly Substance therein contained, as Household furniture, cloaths, Provisions and Money, whereof there were four pounds, four and Six pence of the Bills of this Province, Your Petitioner with his wife and small Children narrowly escaping with their Lives through the mercifull Providence of God — May it therefore please such Christian People to whom these presents shall come to consider of this case in the bowels of Christian charity and afford such relief to your Petitioner as they shall think fit, and your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever Pray. We believe the Truth of the Above Petition, and have great Compassion on the Petitioner as being of an honest and Chris- tian Character. Done at Londondeny Dec*' 23, 1725. Ja : Macgregor Daniel Cargill John macmurphy Cler. Samuel Graves | Robert Boyes > S' men James morgan j James Greg James M**Keen the 28 — 1725 — In the house of Representatives Mathew Clark the Petitioner Made Oath that he had actually Burnt in his house of this Province Bills of Credit the sum of foure pounds foure Shillings & Six pence — James Jeffry CP assm LONDONDERRY. 431 [He was allowed the foregoing amount by the assembly out of the money in the treasury next to be burned. — E d.] [6-92] [ Order relative to laying out some Land^ 1^28. Whereas there was Given & Granted to Mess’"® McGregor M^’Keen Cargil Greg and Goffe Several Tracts of land in y®^ Town of Lond® Derry over and above their Proprietors Share for their good Service in promoting the Interest of y® People there as appears per y® Charter of S*^ Town which said Tracts of land have been laid out to the s^ Grantees in y® refuse and Most barren part of the said Town w‘^ an aim to render y® s*^ Grants of no value and to defeat the good designs of the Same It is therefore In Coun' May 25**’ 1728 — hereby Voted and or- dered that the laying out of y® said lands be and are hereby declared to be nul void and of no Effect, And that the Lot- layers of y® s'^ Town within twenty days from y® Date hereof proceed to lay out y® s^^ Grants upon oath to the s'^ Grantees in some of y® Common lands of y® s^ Town — Such as are of a Middling quality (ie) Neither of y® best or worst but midway between both, an that y® lotlayers Deliver returns of y® laying out s'* land to y® Grantees in Convenient time after y® busyness is done for y® Usual and legal fees y* y® s'* returns May be re- corded by y® Town Clerk in y® Town book R. Waldron Clr : Cou. [6-93] [ Warrant for Tovon- Meetings ^ 7 JJ*] Province of New Hamp® — To the Selectmen of the Town of Londonderry within the Province afores'* Greeting — Pursuant to his Maj*’®® writ to me directed for Convening a Generali assembly within the said Province, you are hereby re- quited in His Maj*’®* name to Cause the freeholders of the town of Londonderry aforesaid duely quallified (giving them fifteen days previous notice) to assemble at such time and place as you Shall appoint within the said town then and there to Elect and Chuse or depute one fit person quallified in the Law to represent the said town in General assembly appointed to be Convened and held at Portsm'’ w**’ in y® Province aforesaid on Tuesday the first day of Januarv Next at ten of the Clock before noon and you are alike required to Cause the person so Elected and deputed by the maj’’ part of the electors present at the Elec- tion to be timely notafied and Summoned by one of the Con- 432 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. stables of the said town to attend his Servis in Gen'^ assembly at the time and Place above Prefixed and so de Die in Diem dureing their Session or Sessions and you are to make return of this Precept with your doings thereon and the name of the Person that Shall be Elected and Deputed as afores*^ unto my Self on or before the first day of January next to be by me transmitted into the Secretarys office at or before the time ap- pointed for the Convening of the said Gen'^ assembly and Here of you may not fail — Given under my hand & Seal at Portsmouth the Eleventh day of Decern’^'" 1733 & in the Seventh year of His Maj“®* Reign — Eleazer Russell Sheriff [The meeting was held Dec. 28, 1733, and Robert Boyse was elected. — Ed.] [6-95] [ Charge against the Legality of a Toivn- Meetings 1736 Londonderry April y® 13^^ ^ 73 ^ We the under Subscribers all freeholders of the aforesaid London-Derry doth protest against all the actings of our March meeting this being part of it by adjournment (for these reasons) that the said meeting was not legall in itself, neither was it legatee Caried on for a great many of them that was votters in it was not Qualified according as the law directs and also that a great man}^ of the voters was only transient persons and paid no rates in this town besides many other reasons — Given under our hands the day and year above Robert Boyes William Humphra John Moore Hugrh Willson Archibald Clendinen o A true Coppy taken out of Londonderry Records as Attests p*" John Macmurphy Town Clerk [6—96] S^Precept for the Election of an Assembly-man^ z/jd.] Province of Newhamps® George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Brittaine France and Ireland King defender of the Faith &® To the Sherrif of the Province of Newhampshire Greeting We command you that imediately on sight hereof you make out a precept Directed to the Selectmen of Londonderry within LONDONDERRY. 433 our said Province of Newhampshire Requiring them to Cause the Freholclers and other Inhabitants of said Town Duly Qiiali- fied to Assemble at such Time and place as they shall appoint, to Elect and Choose, or Depute one Suitable and Meet person (Lawfully Quallified) to serve for and represent them in our GeiF assembly of our said Province at Portsmouth and to cause said person so Elected by the Major part of the Electors pres- ent at the Election to be timely Notified (or Summoned by one of the Constables of the said Town) to attend our Service in our said Gen'* assembly on the fourteenth day of March Cur- rant, and So De Die in Diem during their Session or Sessions, and to Return the said prascept with the Name of the Person so Elected unto your Selfe whereof you are to Make Return to- geather with this Writ and of your doings therein under your hand unto the Clerk of our House of Representatives at or before the s'* fourteenth day of March Currant hereof you may not faile at your perrill — Witness Andrew Wiggin Esq’’ Speaker of our said House of Representatives at Portsmouth March the tenth in the tenth yeare of our Reigne Ann Dom° 1736 — And’’ Wiggin Speaker James Jefiry Cle’’ of the Assembly By order of the House of Representatives Prov : of New Hampsr Pursuant to the within Writt I Issued out my Precept to the Selectmen of London Derry to Elect a person to Represent them in a Generali assembly Now Sitting at PortsnP and they make return that they have made choice of Robert Boyes of Town to Represent them Portsm® March y® 14^'’ 1736/7 R Wibird, Sheriff. [6-97] \_'Two Sets of Town Oficers chosc 7 t^ ^ 737 -~\ To His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq’’ Governour & Com- mand’’ In Chief In and over His Majestys Province of New Hamp’’ the Hon*’*® His Majestys Council, and the House of Representatives in General Court assembled — The Petition of Sundry the Inhabitants of the Town of London-Derry in the Province of New Hamp’’ — Most humbly shews — That It hath been the Custom in said Town, ever since they have acted as a Town, at their General Town meetings in March yearly to allow all persons that payed rates in said town 30 434 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. to Vote in chiising town officers until at the town meeting held in said Town on the fifth day of March Instant when the Select men for the last year produced a list of Persons names who the select men said should be voters only. — That notwithstanding a Considerable majority of the persons present proceeded ac- cording to the usual method of said Town to Chuse a Modera- tor, and then to chuse a Town Clerk, selectmen and other town officers, and that the two Justices in said Town refused to swear any of said officers so chosen, and that a minor part of the persons then present in a by-part of the meeting-house made choice of another set of Town officers, which last sett the Jus- tices in said Town have since sworn, which has already occa- sioned much disorder strife and confusion in said Town, and will We fear tend to the utter ruin and destruction of the peace and good orders of said Town unless something be done by the General Court to redress our Grievances. — Therefore Your Petitioners most humbly Pray Your Excel- lency the Hon^'® the Council and House of Representatives In your Great wisdom to ratify & Confirm what was done at the last meeting in said Town according to the former usage and Customs of said Town, or to Explain that paragraph in the Act for regulating Townships, choice of Town officers and setting forth their power relating to the qualification of Voters in Town meetings, and order that There be another Town meeting in said Town to Chuse Town officers, and your Petitioners as in Duty bound, Shall Ever Pray — John Moor Sam' Allison Ronald Alexander John Stewart Rob‘ Cochran James Boyes Hugh Rogers W*" Cochran W”' Candinon Thomas Morrison Joseph Wallis Hugh Wilson Abr™ Holmes John Givian Rob‘ Wear Sam' Miller John Craig Patrick Duglas W'" Humphrey Alexand’’ Macdorn John Reade Sam' Morrison Thomas vSteel John Barnet John Durham Tho® M'^Master Arch*' Candinon Jesse Cristi W*" Holmes Robert Boyes James Dalop John Wilson John Cochran Robert M^curdy W*" Gregg Moses Barnet James M'^curdy John Holmes John M'^clary Benj^ Willson Halbert Morrison W"^ M'^Neal Peter Cochran Robert Wallace W”^ Moor James Wilson Sam' Kinkerd John Alexand*' Thom® Hoag James Patterson John Duncan David Vance John M*^konoihy Sam' Morrison John Stewart Juffi W*** Kelley Thom® Bogel John Mitchel Juffi Andrew Clandinen W*" M**Master LONDONDERRY. 435 Robert Givian Sam' Mitchel Sam' Morrison Alexand'' Rankin John Morrison Thomas Cochran Arch*' Miller John Steel James Morrison Dan' Anderson Thom® Mellavy James Cochran John Smylel Hugh Bolton Thom® Wallace Peter Cochran Sam' Morrison Henry Comee John Cromey Patrick Fisher David Morrison John Humphry John Ware John Ramsey Alexand*" Parks John M'^Cleary Francis Smaley John Wallace James Calwel JuiF W*" Cochran Joseph Ball James Glines Allen Anderson W"* Murdoch MenP I have copyed the names as well as I could read them but am not certain that they are right R. Waldron Sec^. [6-98] \_Relative to a new Parish^ Provence of new hampshier To his Excelence Jonathan Belcher Esq*" Governor and Com- ander in Chief in and Over his Majestys Provence of New hamp® the honorabl his majestys Councel and hous of Repre- senteties In the Generali Court asembled — The Petition of Sundrey of the Inhabitents of the Westerly Part of Londonderry In The Said Provence of new hampshier Most humblv Sheweth — that Your Petitioners with Sundry others the Inhabitents of the Wasterly part of Sd town at the last siting of the Genr' Court In new liampshier Prefared a petistion therin Praing to be Made a parish by our Selves which Was Granted to us by the Gen- erali Court But with this Restriction for to Countinow with the Worship of God in the Miting hous Which was then Bult amongst us which is the Most Convenient Place in the parish to Shout the Popel of the Sd parish yet So it is that a part of the old Parish of the freand and Relations of M*" Macgrogre with Som others and Som amongst ourSelvs Without aney Regard to what was then Don in that afair by the General Court have without aney Consent of us yea even against our wills obtained ane ordenation for m*" macgrogre out of our Miting hous and a litel Time after hath left of to preach in our Miting hous and preacheth in a privet hous above the mils from our miting hous and in about one mile and a half from the old miting hous and So our miting hous is Left Desolat and forsakin and thereby hath Defated our Good Desgn in Praying to be Set of as a Par- 436 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. ish And also the Gracious Design of Generali Court in Seting us of and allso would Render us Disobdient to Goverment Which never entred into our thoughts and would have us Joyn with them in bidding a new miting hous which they are about to Arect nerer the old miting hous then ther prasent Place of worship which is at one Cornor of the parish which if Done will tend more to the fomenting of our Presant Debats and Stireng up Strife and Contensions amongs us and to the Destrouing of Religon then aney thing Els Wherfor your Petisthoners most humbly Prayeth your Excelence the honorable Counsal and hous of Representitves in your Wisdom to order us the worship of god in our miting hous as it Was ordred Befor and your Peti- shoners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray Londonderry March the 5 1736/7 Thomas Wallace Joseph Boys James murray Samuel Dickey Joseph bell Thomas Hoop William dickey James Wallace John Duncan Joseph Wallace John Blear John holens Thomas Wallace John Barnet James Petterson Samuel Thompson micheall M^^Clinto William m'^Clinten John Senior Robart Wallace David me allester James yErs William m‘^allester James wilson Hugh Grahams John Senter JneiE William Wallace william thompson [In H. of Rep., April i, 1737, the foregoing petition was dismissed. — Ed.] [6-100] [^Relative to a Parish ht the westerly part of the Pown^ 77jp.] To his Exelencey Jonathan Belcher Esq*' Governor and Com- ander in Chief in and over his Magiestys Provence of New- hampshier the Honarebl his Magiestys Councel for Sd Pro- vence and the hous of Represenitive in General asembley Con- vened the Pitition of Sundrey of the Inhabitence of the Westrly part of Londondery in the Provence of new hampshier humbly Shu- eth — That at the General Court at Portsmouth in and for the for- said Provence in aprel 1736 ther was a Pitition preferred to the General Court of Said Provence that ther Might be a Parish Set of in said town in the westerly part of Said town A Greeable to a vote of Said Town that the General Court was pleased by a vote to Set of for a Parish In the Westerly part of Said town LONDONDERRY. 437 acording to the folouing Bounds Beginning of the Southerly part of the toun at a place kown by the name of Ston Dam thence Runing up Bover Brook to the South west part of Charels mclorgs lot thence Runing a Straight line by the Norwest Cor- nar of ninen Cochrans home Lote to amascige Road thence Runing alongst the Sd Rod to a place none b\' the Name of the twelve acer mido Brook thence Runing a noRth to the toun Line then torning westerly and roning Round the toun line till Bover Brook then Runing to the Bounds firs menshoned and that the Miting hous Should be Wher it then Stod in the Westerly Part of Sd toun and that to the Number of thirty five in Said west- erly parish might Remain to the old Parish and as Maney of Said Number as Should go from the Newe Parish to the old So maney of the old Should go to the new parish and that Befor the Said vote of the Generali Court was Redused to one act the Secriterys hous was Consumed by flaims and the vote amongst other papers was burnt Wherfor your Petitioners most humbly pray Your Excellency the Honorabl the Councel and hous of Representitive to Set of a Parish in the westerly part of Sd town Agreeable to the former vot of the Genarel Court and your Petishoners as in Duty bound Shall ever pray &c Dated at Londondery October 12*^ G37 John Mderiee Robart Bell Thomas mclire William holems Thomas BoGel Samul thorn son William thomson Angus Mcalester William '“'^alester John Care Thomas wollace James ares Robart Gave David mcalester James thomson michel mclinton Joseph Boys William wollac John Blair Thomas Hog david BoGel Joseph BoGel John Wallace iohn Crage John willson Benjamen willson Andrue todd Aalexander Crage Aalexander me : ol- om Samul morison First Nethaniel willson Robart Gifen John mclorg Abram holms Robart Wallace David morison Samul morison John morison John holems Ni nin Coch ran Better Cochran Samul Tood william hairs Thomas Wallace Joseph Wallace John Barnat Joseph Bell James mu ray James wollace James Paterson [6-1 01] [^Proposa/s fo7' Peace ^ ^737 To our Christian friends and Brethren of y® old Congregation in London Derry ; proposals of peace BretlP It is a lamentable Truth, Too evident To be denyd, y‘ the 438 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Scandalous divisions, both in Civils and Ecleseaiticks, which have Too long Subsisted among us, are a stain to our holy pro- fession ; that they have a Natural tendency, to provoke God ; to procure Judgments and to render us a hissing a reproach and a byword to our Neighbours and that these are aggravated from our circumstances, we being Strangers, which ought to excite us to a stricter amity and unity among our Selves. but then Seing it is not Complaints & lamentations only, but proper remidys also, that are Necessary to effect an accomoda- tion among us ; we therefore out of a Sincere and Disintrested view To peace, do Chearfuly & unanimously make y® following proposals. Proposal whereas it has been (as we are Inform’d) Sug- gested or Insinuated, that The design of us who belong to the New Congregation, is To draw away the Strength of v® old Par- ish, and Consequently To build upon its Ruins ; we propose that we who are already Incorporated in the new parish, with Those who are at present willing to joyn us, who in all are not one half of y® town, will oblige our Selves to maintain the Gos- pel in Our own Congregation, without demanding any help from our Neighbours in the Other parish ; or if this will not Satisfie, we propose that the Salary’s of both Ministers be asess’d in common, and equaly levyd from y® whole town in general. As to the Ecclesiastick part of our divisions, we wou’d be heartily glad that this also were Accomodated : that which ren- ders a reconciliation in this particular more difficult, is the want of a Synod, To whose Judgment all partys Consonant To pres- byterian principles behoof’d to be Subjict : but Since we have not this Superior Judicature To have Recource To, in this part of the world : Since appeals to a foreign Church, in Our pres- ent Scituation and Circumstances is Impracticable even in the Opinion of Several of y® ministers of y^^ own party, whose dis- ent against Such Apeals, is extant in y® minutes of the presby- tery ; and Since there is a Schism among the Members of pres- bytery, So that they being partys cannot be admitted as proper Judges, what must be y® Consequence, as Things are thus Cir- cumstanced, but that Except Some other methode be found out. Our uncumfortable Debates be protracted time without End : for Remidy wherof we propose. Proposal 3*^ that a number of ministers, of y® Congregational perswasion. Such as you and we can mutualy agree upon ; Shall be Invited To meet on this affair ; and that haveing heard the whole of what is To be Said Pro and Con by the Respective partys, they Shall then draw up in writing their Result : whether S*^ Result Shall be finaly deciseive or Not, we leave to be Con- sidered. Note, y® S*^ Ministers Shall be Obliged to judge the affair agreeable to presbyterian Rules. We for see no objection LONDONDERRY. • 439 of any Seeming weight that can be made against this last pro- posal but Such as follows ; to which by way of anticipation we Return Some Answer. Objection the persons whom you propose as Judges are of a diffarent perswasion ; we Answer by Concession we grant they are So, but the Difference is not So wide, but that Some of y® greatest Divines of y® presbvterian perswasion, and even of those who have wrote against them, particulerly the judicious M*" Rutheroord, has Adress’d them with the friendly Epithet of D*' Brethren ; for our part we firmly believe, that Notwithstand- ing the Difi'erence in principle, there are To be found among them. Many men, of Learning, Goodness, Candor, Impartiality, and Every qualification, which may Render them very fit Judges in this affair. Object” 2'^ this proposal if Complyed with, wou’d cast a Re- flection on the Presbyterian Goverment, as if it were not Sufli- cient to answer all the Ends of Goverm*, without being beholden To another perswasion : we Answer y® objection has no weight in it; for i®Met it be Concidered that presbyterian GovernE Consists in a Subordination of Judicatures, The Inferior To the Superior ; Now if we had a Synod To apply too and yet this Remidy were Necessary, it wou’d then Argue a Defect in the Constetution ; but otherwise the Objection is of No weight. 2*^^^ let it be Concidered, that the judges we propose, tho of an- other perswasion, are bound to judge by Presbyterian Rules : the Salutary Medici n is Still the Same, though the Application be made by Other hands. we are far from being So premptory or wedded to Our own proposols, as to Say that these and these only are the terms on which we will be at peace ; but these Are what we look on as Resonable and Christian ; and if you think them Not Such, we wou’d be glad to hear Some from you that are more So. In the Conclusion we beseech you Brethren, Seriously To Consider that ’tis your as well as Our Duty if it be possible, as much as lies in you. To live peacably with all men. to Seek peace, and pursue it. to lay Down your Gift at the Alter, and go be Reconcil’d with your Brother : and that Ecept we Do so Our Religion is Vain, that tho we had all fiiith to y® Removing of mountains and have Not Charity, we are as A Sounding Brass and tinkling Cymbal, and that he who Says he loves God and hates his Brother is a lyar : let the Serious Concideration of these Awful and weighty truths, leave Such a deep Impres- sion on us, that we may be willing for peace, on the most Rea- sonable terms ; and let us look on All vSuch as wou’d diswade us from hearkning to Reasonable proposals of accomodation, to be publick Nusances, the Bane of Civil Society, v® obstructers 'of Brotherly love, and the Active Instruments of Satan, and as 440 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Sucli let US Avoid tiiem and Bretliren in Christ. London Derry i Georg Duncan John Gofie James Mckeen James Adams John Jamison James Anderson Daniell macDufie James Reid John : m'^Laughlin James Nesmith James Clark RoD Campbell Tho® Boies John Richey Alex*' m‘*Neall John Blair Thomas gregg James Willson Thomas Clark John Archibald John jVTkeen Charles iVTCloarg Robert Arbuckle Josiah Arbuckle James Wallace Rob‘ IVTkeen Hugh montgomery /ith detestatio James Blair James Taggart James Lindsay William Adams John Creaig Daniel m“‘^keeney John taggert william nutt John Anderson Samul andrson Bart andrson John Cochran VVolliam Dickey James Aiers James Leslie Samuel m*^keen James Gregg mathoLi tylor Daniel M a eg regore H ugh Morison Nathaniel Aken James Moor Samuel Dickey Samuel Graham Hugh Graham William Maclintock James Adams . we are vour friends Pathrick taggart John Gregg Robertt Anderson Andrew Cochran John Scobey Samuell Gregg Archbell m'^cormick W^ill Gregg Robert morison Hugh moor Hugh mountgorey Nathan mTarlan william Jameson John Bell Robart kendey William Aiken James Rodgers Hendery mitchiell David Hunter thomas tyson John Woodburn Sam’^ Barr matthew Reid David Archibald James Nesmith Sen*" Samuel Huston [6-103] \_Return of laying out a Highway^ //Jc?.] Provence of Newhampshire Londonderry May : 15 : i 73 ^ then laid out a highway in said town begining at that Cross highwav that goeth along by Patrick Duglas and William Ad- amss and so Riming Down the line betwixt s*^ Duglas and adams as far as his land goeth and so along betwixt s^ Duglas and James Callwell upon the line betwdxt them to Chaster line and so Riming aCross the End of s*^ Duglas land upon Chaster line to Chaster Laid out highway note that said highw'ay is to be two Rhods Wide one Rhode off s^ Duglas land and the other LONDONDERRY. 441 oft' the Adams land and Callwells land laid out by the select men of Londonderry Rob* Wear Hugh Willson Moses Barnett [- Tho® Willson | Andrew Todd j Select Men Recorded the 28**' of May 1738 atru Copeay per Moses Bar- nett town Clark We of the Inhabitence of Londondary and hath Ben Survers of the Within Said Road Dothe asertifey that it is not good Land for A Contra Road — Neither Cane it bee Made a good high way for the year 39 Will'" Miirdoc for the year 40 Mathew wright for the year 42 James Coll wall [6-105] \^Petitio 7 i f rom Persoiis forjuerly belongifig to Dra- cut for a Parish^ 774/.] To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq'' Governor and Commander in Chief In and over His Majestys Province of New Hampshire in New England, and Vice Admeral of y® Same, To the Honerable His Majestys Council, for said Province — The Petition of the Subscribers being Inhabitants and Pro- prietors of a Tract of Land formerly belonging to y® Town of Dracutt in y® County of middlesex and Province of v® Massa- chusitts Bay but Now of y® Province of New Hampshire afore Said — Most Humbly Sheweth — That whereas your Petitioners Inhabitants of y® Place afore mentioned being Latlv Sepperated from y^ Province of y® Massachusitts Bay, by the Settlement of y® Boundary Line, are Labouring under many Great and Greavous difficulties, and disadvantiges at present, and divers of us having suft'ered many wronges and Injuries by y® Inhabitants of Dracutt who still pre- tend to have Jurisdiction over us, and are Dayly Expecting many other Difficulties to arise, And being distetute of a House Convenient for y® Publick worship of God, and being divested of y® previledge of acting as a Town, and as we being Entirely willing and Content to yeld all due obedience and submission to y® Government of New Plampshire, so we desire in all hum- ble wise to be protected thereby — 442 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Therefore Your Petitioners Most Humbly pray that your Excellency and Honers will take our Case into your wise Con- sideration so far as to Erect us into a Destinct and Sepperate Township vested with all such powers and previledges as other Towns in this Province enjoy encluding all those Lands on y® North of y® province Boundary Line which was formerly granted by y® province of y® Massachusitts Bay to y® Town of Dracutt according to y® Boundarys thereof, (which your peti- tioners humbly Conceive may prove an Effectuall Remedy for many of our Greavences) as Your Petitioners by Duty bound Shall Ever Pray zechariah coburn Josiah Gage Moses Gage Daniel Gagfe Amos Gage Simon Beard Joseph Wyman Thomas Gilmor thomas Sherla Isaac littelhall edward wyman Ebenezer Richardson Henry Richardson Joseph Wood John forgison iVlexander Forguson [The foregoing was accompanied by “ An abstract taken from a Plat of Dracutt Township as it was laid out by Cap^^ Jon^ Danforth y® 26 : 3^^ 1702” Said plan is No. 106, in manuscript volume. — E d.] \^I^ondondei'7'y JBoundsd\ The Bounds of Londonderry being ten miles Square or so much as amounts to ten miles Square and no more begining on the north east angle at a Beech tree marked which is the south- east angle of Chester and running from thence due south on Kingston line four miles and an half and from thence on a west line one mile and three quarters & from thence south six Miles and a half & from thence west northwest, nine miles and an half and from thence north eleven miles and an half & from thence north north east three miles from thence South South west to the south west angle of Chester and from thence on an east south east line bounding on Chester ten miles unto the Beech tree first Mentioned — [6-107 is a plan of the town, endorsed “ Greggs Plat of Land.”— Ed.] LONDONDERRY. 443 [6-109] \_Relative to a Road, Province of New Hampshire — Londonderry May y® 24*^ ^ 743 * These may Certifie that I the Subscriber, am Hartly Satis- fied and willing that the town of Londonderry, shall enjoy and Improve the Road laid out by the Select men of that town about five years aggo leading from the Cross Road that goes aCross my land, and from thence riming upon the land of Pat- rick Douglas Will'" Adams & my Self, untill it meet with the Road that the town of Chester have laid out to the line between Chester and Londonderry ; Provided they will pay me for what land the Road takes according to the prise I paid for it when I Bought it — As Witness my hand the day & year above James Caldwell [6-tio] \_CertiJicate of Service of a Notice, IY42.~\ Londonderry fieb*'^' 6^'' 1 741/2 These may Certifie Whome it may Concern that William Gregg of said town hath served us the Subscribers with the Copy of Pettition of Severall people in this town that hath suplicated the Honourable Court at Portsmouth to be sett off as a parish by themselves and we have Notified the people Acordingly and their is none that makes any Obiection that they should not be sett ofi' Except three or foure that belongs to the New parish that hath land Lying in the Bounds of your petitioners — Wittness our hands John Barnett ] Thomas Cochran | David vance [-Selectmen Robert McCurdy | RoD‘ Cochran j [6 III] \_Report of a Committee on Roads, iy4jd\ Province Newhamp*’ Persuant to a Vote of the General Court Bareing Date May 26’^ 1 743 ’ Subscribers a Committee Appointed by the Geifi‘ Court to goe up to Chester, and London Derry to view a highway fibrmerlv laid out by Chester and London Derry and Recorded in Each Town, and also aNother way petitioned 444 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. for by Chester and to Make report of your Doeings therein to the General Court att their Next sessions — We haveing been up, and View’d Both Ways and Doe find that the Way fform- erly laid out from Derry to Chester is the Most Conveniant way for the Accomidation of both the towns aforesaid and for Other Travelers, in General — Sepf 22*^ Day, 1743 John Downing, Jur J Geo Walton ^ Committee Richerd Jennes ) [In H. of Rep., Sept. 22, 1743, the report was accepted, and the road established as recommended by the committee. —Ed.] Londondery May the ir 1743 I the Subcraber doth Sartifey that I have receved No Sattis- faction for my Land for highway to Chester Nor is the said Rode not opned nor Repared As wittenes my hand — Parick Douglass [6-112] \^Petition for a Reduction of the Number of licensed Taverns in Town^ 7 /jS'.] To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Captain, Gen- eral, Governor, & Commander, in Chief, in & Over his Maj- esty’s, Province of New-Hampshire, The Honourable his Majesty’s Council, & House of Representatives, in General, Assembly, Convened. The Humble Petition, of the Subscribers Inhabitants of Lon- donderry & Province aforeSaid, Humbly Sheweth, That the Number, of Taverns, are so Multiplied, in Londonderry Afore- said, they are become a Snare to the Youth, & of Evil Ten- dency, to every Age of Injudicious persons, & if they are All Continued (or which is worse Increased) we fear they will More & More Debase, & Debauch, the Manners & Morals of All such persons as Abovesaid. Therefore Your Petitioners Humbly pray, that for the future there may be but four Taverns, & Retailers, Alowed in Lon- donderry, aforeSaid, & the Inn-holders, to be Chosen by A majority, of Votes at the Annual Meeting, & so Annually Un- till the Circumstances, of the Town Requires a greater. Num- ber, & them that are pro Tempore, to be under such Regula- tions, in Respect to Travellers, Towns-Men Sabbath-Days, & LONDONDERRY. 445 every night, as in your Great Wisdoms you think Most Con- venient, & most Conducive, to Incourage Virtue & Discourage Vice, & your Petitioners, as in Duty Bound, Will ever Pray. Samuell Gregg Sam’^ Alison Jun’’ SanV miller his So'i o Alls mark liLigh young James Taggart James Anderson Robert Craig James Doack Nathaniel Aiken Nathanel Holms Jo" Wallace Rob*^ Parkeson Joseph Cochran John gi 11 more Robert Boyes Mathew Thornton William Wallace Thomas Gregg James Ervins James Campbell Robert Logan William humphra Samuel morrison John Ramsey Samu’ moore Samu^ Alison John morrison Rob‘ Wallace James Wallace Thomas Willson Ja® M'^G regore James Blair John m^keen John moor Hugh Montgomery David rnountgumrey Robert morison David anderson Jn° Wiear Thomas Morison Sam'^ Mitchel Jur thomas Creaige David Steel Mo® Barnett Andrew Clendinin James Wallace Thomas Wallace [ 6 - 114 ] \_Special Tow n- Meeting called for ^ To The HoiP'® the House of Represen® for the Province of New Hamp*' now Convened — The Petition of James Nesmith and Sam^ Barr two of the Select men of the Town of Londonderry in the Province afores*^ in behalf of the other Select men of the Said Town, for them- selves, an in the behalf of the said Town Humbly Sheweth — That by the IMalefeazance of one of the Constables of the Said Town and the Interruption and Disturbance made by a party of the Inhabit® at the Meeting of the Said Inhab‘® to Choose a Rep- resent® for the Said Town, the End and Design of the Said Meeting was Intirelv defeated and the Same broke up without Choosing any as y® Hon’^'® House may See by the Return of the Sheriff &c. — So that the Said Town is now in this Session of y® Geif Court without a Representive which may possibly be of 111 Consequence to the Same — wherefore yo*" Petition''® Humbly pray that the Hoiff^® House would order that the Inhab*® of the Said Town, may meet Immediately & Choose Some proper Person to Represent them in this Court and in order thereunto to Direct a precept to the proper Persons to See that matter Effected, or proceed in Such other manner as the Exigence of 446 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. the affair Requires and as shall to you in yo’' Wisdom Seem meet — Yo*" Petition” will as in Duty bound ever pray James Nesmith Samuell Barr [6-115] \^Relative to Taxes^ Provence of New hempshier Londondery february th 27 1745/6 Reseved from Ebeneser Spalding the Sume of two Pound old tenor for his toun and Provence Rats for the year 1745 as wit- nes my hand Samuel Dickey Constable [6-1 16] Londonderry December th 4*1745 Joseph Butler is Reated Gorg Bures is Reated Moses Beeret is Reated James Beeret is Reated this is a true Copey taken out the Select men per 5-8 0- 18-1 1- 05-5 1-02-2 the list Comited to me by- Samuel Dickey Con® [6-117] [ Order to the Constable to collect Taxes ^ zyd^.] Provence of Newhampshir • Londonderry Agust the 21 : 1764, to Robert Barnett Collector for the old parish on westerly Side of Bovour Brook In Said Londonderry : you are hereby Required and Commanded to Collect the foiling Somes as they are anexed to Each persons names in this List it being all old tener In order to pay the Rev’*^ W*" Davisons Sailary for his La- bours amoungst us in the ministry for the Corrant year for which he Shall have an order for from us the Subscribers for the Som }mu are to pay and the Remainder you are to pay to us or our order to Defray the parish Charges In the present year and whom So Ever Shall Neglect or Refuse to pay the Som or Somes anexed to ther nams vou are to make Distres as the Law Di- rects and for want of Goods or Chattels wheron to Distrain you are to take the Bodeys of them that So Refuses or neglects to pay and Committ him hir or them Into the Common Goall at LONDONDERRY. 447 Portsmouth in Said provence ther to Remain untill they pay the Som or Somes So afixed to ther nams with all Lawfull Charges arising ther from or otherwise untill they be Discharged By due Cource of Law and the Soms So Colectted you are to pay and answer the order as above at or Before the Last Day of Novem- ber next InShuing the Deat and this Shall Be your warent Given under our hands and Seal the Day and year above Andrew Todd") q , Samu^ Barr > , , JohnGUmor j Londonderry September th 12 : 1766 Recivd of Fetter Evins the Sume of nine Shillings Lafull money it Being in full for the Redemison of Goods taken By Distress from him By me By Vertue of a waren from the Select Men of the town of Londonderry for the Collecting the Salery of the Rev* Davison for the year 1764 — Robert Barnett Colecter Wittness Present Jn® Caldwell Robert Morison \^-wZ'\\^Relative to the Electio7i of a7i Asse7nblyman^ 1^62. Provance of Newhampshire Lond’'^, Jan*"^' y® i8‘*' 1762 In Obedence to the within warrant, it being Legally CalP, the freeholders of S'* Lond'^^ and windham Met on S'* Day, and after Reading the warrants for S'* meeting, they Chose for Alod- erater for S'* meeting Coll" Andrew Todd then the moderate!*, put it to a vote to See if they would have the assembly man Chosen by a writen Vote or an hand Vote, and it Carried to have him by a writen Vote, and by the moderaters orders I Rec'* the Vots and Counted them, and their was in Noumber for Coll" Barr Seventy Six, and for Ensin M'^Greger Eighty Seven and for m’’ Rob* Clark thirty Six, then theire was a Con- test Rose in the meeting before the vots was made publick that the vote was not fair in the afors'* vote, and they Contested about it for Some time, and then the Moderate!* told them that he would Give them the vote againe, and also he Give them a vote to See wither they wold be pol’d off, or haveawriten Vote, and it Carried to have awriten Vote, and I was ordered by the moderate!* to Recive the Vots the Second time, and theire was for Coll" Sam** Barr Seventy two, and for Ensin James M'^Greg- 448 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. er Six, and for Rob‘ Clark two, and I Retorned the Noumber to the Moderate!*, and after wards he Nomenated Coll“ Sam^ Barr Chosen to be our assembley Man. a true Copey of the mi nits of the afores*^ meeting attest per Mo® Barnett town Clerk [6-119] \^Election of Assemblyinan disputed^ 1^62. To y® Honourable House of Representatives, for the Province of New-Hampshire, in General Assembly Convened, The Petition of the Subscribers Inhabitants, & Freeholders, in Londonderry, & Windham, in the Province Aforesaid, Qiialified by Law to Vote in Electing Representatives, Humbly Shews ; — That Your Petitioners, together with Other Inhabitants, & Freeholders, Of the Towns Afores'^, Qiialified as Afores'^, Being Notified Agreeable to Usual Custom, Met in Londonderry Afores^^, & then & there proceeded, as May Appear by a Copy of S^ Meeting herewith Exhibited. And Whereas, it has Allwiys been the Custom in London- derry Afores^ in Chusing a Representative or a Town Officer, That he who had the Majority of Votes Compaired with any other Individual voted for, was Deem’d Legally Chosen : Therefore, Numbers of your Petitioners, when it was known that James M®gregore, Gent“ had the Majority of Votes By Eleven Compaired as Above, Left the Meeting, & far the greater Number of those that Staid, beleiving as Aboves*^, Did not Vote, But if it is, as Some Alledge, that the person Chosen Representative, must have the Majority of all the votes then by our Mistake we have Mised the Opportunity, & neglected to Emprove our Priviledge of voting for or Against a Representa- tive ; & the Gentleman s^ to be our Representative, was not Chosen by the Majority of V oters, belonging to the Aboves*^ Towns Nor by the Majority then present as will Appear by the Above s*^ Copy. Now if our Custom is According to Law, James M®gregore aboves*^ is Representative for the abovesaid Towns, & we Doubt not will be Declared so by your Honours, & Accordingly Allow’d a Seat in your Honourable House ; But if y® Latter is Law, we beleive you to be. Gentlemen, of too much Justice, Integrity, & Disinterested, Love for the Liber- ties, & properties, Of your Fellow Subjects, to Take the Ad- vantage of our Unacquaintedness with Law, or to let any man have a Seat in your Honourable House, that Obtain’d it any Other Way but by the free Choice of a free people, or that LONDONDERRY. 449 would hold it any other Way, if in his power. Therefore, Your Petitioners Humbly pray your Honours to Declare the 8*1 M^gregore our Representative, or order the Selectmen of Londonderay, & Windham afores*^ to Warn, the Inhabitants Qualified as afores*^ to meet at Such time & place as you think fit, & Elect a Representative, According to Law, & Such a man as the Majority, will be willing to Intrust with their Lib- erties, & Properties, & Your Petitioners as in Duty Bound will ever pray. Dated at Londonderry Jan^ 25^^ — AD 1762. — Mathew Thornton Robert Boyes Samuel Rankin James Rogers Robert Mack JuiP William Rankin Joseph Cochran James Cochran John Wiar Thomas Campbell Robert Adams David Mountgomery Daniel M'^'^Neil Daniel M®®Dufty James Adams Jonathan Gilmore George Moors Jesse Christey Thomas Christey Robert M‘^‘^Farland Samuel Karr James Campble Samuel Archibald Matthew Taylor Nathaniel Aiken Jun’’ William Cunning- ham Elias Serjeant Tru worthy Serjeant John Taylor Hugh Greeg John Patten James Miltimber David Anderson James Anderson 31 Alexander M°*Mur- phy James M'^'^Murphy James Blair John Wadle William Adams Jonathan Adams William Adams Jun Patrick Dugless William Eayrs Robert Morrison James AP'^Murphy JuiP Robert Fultin Samuel Fisher Samuel Morrison John Hilandes Thomas Hilandes Aloses Wattes Robert Davidson John Aiken JuiF James Aiken Benjamin Nesmith John Rogers John Aloor James Boyes George Duncan John Duncan John Duncan Jun*" William Duncan John Aiken William Eayers Jun' Edward Aiken Nathaniel Aiken John Bell Alatthew Pinkerton Robert Boyd Hugh Moor Robert Campble Samuel Graham John Clark Edward Aiken JuiF William Aiken James Anderson William Boyd Robert Cunningham John Senter Samuel Senter Reuben Senter James Gregg William Alexander John Woodburn William Dickey Joseph Willson John Thompson Samuel Thompson Alexander M'^^Ales- ter Alatthew Clark Joseph Moor Thomas Nesmith Thomas Burnside William Dinsmore Robert Dinsmore John Cochran John Dinsmore James Jamison William Jamison James Hopkins John Hopkins Jun’’ John Hopkins Sampson Moor 450 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. James Lindsay Stephen Holland John Wallace George Clark George Clark Jun’’ Alexander Patterson Robert Patterson Thomas Willson John Brown Robert Archibald Robert M'^^Murphy Samuel Huestin Alexander Huestin John Hunter Isaac Bruster John Scoby John Pinkerton Jun*" David Pinkerton John Mack Robert Mack Jun*" William Wallace Christopher Eayrs James Betton James M'^^Cormick John Mountgomery James Campble Jun^ James Taggart Robert Logan Thomas Craig John Nesmith William Miltimber James Clark William Taylor George Scoot David Archibald William Fisher George Clark the third Samuel Clark John M'^^Keen John Gregg Samuel Gregg [Set aside, and a new writ from the house sent out. — Ed.] [R. 2-192] \_Abstracts from Petitions of Pre 7 tch War sol- di ers,~\ [In a petition dated “ Londonderry this 5^^ day of Feb- ruary 1757,” Daniel McMurphy stated that he was in the service in 1756, in Capt. John Shepard’s company, and lost his gun, for which he wanted pay, and was allowed ;£8, 5. —Ed.] [R. 2-193] [In a petition, dated March 17, 1757, James Ligget stated that he was in Capt. John Moor’s company in the Crown Point expedition, enlisted April 28, 1755, and was discharged October 10, 1755. — Ed.] [R. 2-194] The Petition of Moses Grimes of Londonderry Labourer, Most Humbly Sheweth, That your Petitioner was a Souldier in the Canada Expedition in the year i 757 i die Ser- vice of this Province under the Command of Cap* Hercules Mooney & as such Proceeded to Fort William Henry, where after the seige he was Taken & made Prisoner by the Indians & Carryed to Canada, where he remained about the Space of four months & was from thence Transported to several parts of France & from thence To Plymouth in England where he Took Passage to Newfoundland & from thence to New York where LONDONDERRY. 451 he arrived the Tenth Day of November 1758 & got home about fourth day of December, That your Petitioner During his Cap- tivity had Hard fare & 111 Treatment from the enemy. — * * * Moses Grimes [He asked for an allowance, which was granted to the amount of tenor, March 14, 1759. — Ed.] [6-120] \_R.elative to the Formation of Counties^ /ydp.] Province of New Hampshire To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq*" Gov*’ & Commander in Cheif And to the Honourable his Maj‘® Councel and House of Representetives for s*^ Provence in General Assembly Con- veen’d — The Petition of us the subscribers being Inhabitants of the Town of Londonderry in s^ Province Most Humbly sheweth that Your Petitioners being Inform‘d that the province is About being devided into Countys for the ease and benefit of the Inhab- itants in General in transacting their business of a Publick na- ture & being also Inform‘d that the General Assembly have Voted a small County to be sett off adjacent to the Westerly side of Merrimack, VVe Your Petitioners pray that the Towns of Bow Chester Londonderry Pelham Plasto salem Hampsted Sandown which lay Conveninently situated to s*^ County May be anexed thereto as it wou’d save the most of the Inhabitants of s*^ Towns thirty Miles travell in transacting their busines with Courts Judges of Probate Register &c And no other persons whatso- ever wou’d (as your Petitioners Concieve) be Injur’d thereby — And your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray Sam" Boves Geo Reid John Steward Samuel Wilson Thomas Steel John morison Nath' Martin JiP Steel John Stewart Ju*" WilP^ Clendinen Rob' Clendinen John Morison Jifi mathew Reidju John Reid James morrow John Hopkins James thompson James Nesmith Matin'^ Taylor Samuel Taylor John H ughes Adam Taylor John Durham Henry Scott John Douglass John Durham [Other petitions of the same date and nature contain the following names : — Ed.] 452 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Joseph Gregg Nath^^ aiken John Cofren Samuel paten John Patten John Gregg James Gregg William Gregg George Gregg Benjamin Gregg Sam^^ Alison Sam^ Allison — Ju’' thomas Creage David Craige John Cate James m'^murphy Joseph Hogg Abra"^ Duncan Tho® m'^Cleary Samuel Morrison Maur. Lynch moses wats John Aiken Thomas Hilande Robert Boyes David m'^clearey John Watts Mathew Thornton George Duncan Jun Charles mellen Robert Craige John moor Robert moor John moor Patrck Dugles Samuel Clark Samuel morison James Cochran Johnthen Cochran Samuel miliar Juner John miller Hugh mountgumry John dicky addam dicky Josaph Bell Will'" Hogg Ja® Hogg Jn® Hilands Adam Wiar Will'" Wiar Willia Holms John Duncan inner John Duncan James Aiken Joseph Oughterson David Oughterson william Duncan george Duncan James Doack John Doack James Doack James Miltmer william Miltmer James Hopkens Daniel Miltmer John Thompson James Wallace Joseph Cochran James Donaldson Samuell Renkin James Ewins William Elliot Alexander Kelso W*" Adams George Cochran Robert Moor NatH Clark Alexander Cochran John Cochran Wiliam Cochran Edward Clemison Georg Duncan Robert Duncan Robert Barnett John Barnett John Barnett Junr James Duncan Sam’ Dickey Adam Dickey Robert Dickey William Wallace Joseph Clyd James Millican Nethanel Hemphill Thomas Clark Will'" Dickey John Armstrong John Armstrong Ju' David Gregg Thomas Cochran Elijah Cochran [The following are from Windham :] Robert Smith Nath’ Hemphill James anderson John Clyd Hugh Clyd John Campbel James Betton David Armstrong Will'" Campbel Robert Hemphill [The following are from Londonderry :] Will'" Rogers George Davidson John Davidson John MCartney Joseph morrison George m°Allaster Abraham morison Edward Aiken James Shellis William Eayers Joseph Morison Jun'' John Woodburn LONDONDERRY. 453 Alexander Davidso nenian cochran william Alexander John Alexander Robert Anderson James Anderson John Anderson John Steel John Steel jur moses Steel William steel Joseph Steell Isaac Page Moses Grimes Frances Grimes Frances Grimes Juner John Campbell thomas Smith William adams Hugh Smith David Campbell John smith William Hood James Barnet Reuben Page Reuben page inner Simon Bradcest Richard marshall inner Richard marshall the third David Lawrance Peter Robinson Benjamin Kidder Daniel Marshall Andrew Cummings Isaac Cumings John marshall wily am Graham Richard marshall Samson Kidder Mathew Reid William Pettarson Thomas Campbell Daniel m‘^Neal Robert morison William Alexander Isaack Cochran Sam^’ Cochran Sam'^ Wallace W™ Johnston David Clendinin Plugh Danshe John Crombie Junr W'" Eayrs James Christy James Crombie John Wallace James Lindsay James Blair John Ramsey W«» Blair John Crombie Eliphlet Dusten William Brodneck Rob* Clark JiP Clark Sa” Clark James Ramsey James Ramsey Jun^ William Ramsey Jam® Eyars Charles Cox William Cox William Cox JuiF Rob* Smith Will'" Ranken Samuel morison Mo® Barnett John Barnet James Barnet Rob* Barnet Alexander Miller Steph" Holland Reuben Senter Jabes Town William Boyd James anderson Benjamin Wilson James anderson Thomas mann Edward Aiken Joseph Boyd Sam** Senter Benjamin Senter Robert Mack junr Robert Patterson Thomas Patterson John Patterson Rober* Thomson Rober* Fulton David mountgumrey Samul graham Adam Dickey Elisha Cumings Hugh mountgumrey George Burrows David Peabody Philip marshall Robert MacMurphy Robert Adams John Moor william morrow Jonathan Adams John Holmes John Dinsmoor William Dinsmoor Rob* Dinsmoor Sam** Morison David Smiley John Morison John Stewart Benjamin Thom Sam** Morison J*^ William Thom Robert Park David Hopkins Gain Armour jn® Morrow jam® Morrow Moses Dutty Aurther Darrah James Gillmore Alex'**" Park Sam** McAdams Mark Coin Joseph Smith Alex'*'' Wilson John Wilson thomas wilson 454 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Joseph Boyes Robert Boyes Sam' Greg Abram Reed John Livingston Allexander Stewart John Barr James Alexander Andrew Jack James Cochran Jur John Stinson Nathan Stinson James Stinson Archibald Clindenen David Morison James Patterson Alex*' Richey Ebenezer Patterson Tho*" Jameson John Clark James Jameson Samuil Thompson william Jameson John Thompson Allex^*' Simpson Joseph Willson John Willson James Gregg David Woodburn John Woodburn thomas willson Petter Patterson Adam Tempelton Charles Annes RoV hopkin And"’ Armour Jam® Thomson jn‘^ Tudl Hen’’^ Campbel Alexander nPallster Sam" Campbel Archibald m'^AllasterWill’" Campbel John m'^Allaster jn° Karr [6-128] \^An Address to the Governor^ ///j.] To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq*’ Cap' Gen' and Gov*" in chief in and over his Majestys Province of New Hamp- shire — The inhabitants of the town of Londonderry, beg leave to approach your ExcelP and to express their sentiments of grati- tude, and affection, to your Excellency’s person, and adminis- tration. — We esteem it a peculiar mark of the favor of his gratious Majesty, that he has appointed to the supream command here, a Gentleman whose birth, and education, have been in the province, over which he presides. From these circumstances, and your ExcelP® known character, we early conceived, the most sanguine hopes, from your administration. Nor have we been disappointed. The unabated attention you have given to the intrests of the Province, has not only been felt by the peo- ple of your charge ; but has been observed (we had almost said envied) by our neighbours who are without the line of your jurisdiction. The cultivation of land within the government, and the ex- tention of settlem' even to regions that w^ere scarce known when your ExcelP came to the chair, must be attributed in a great measure, to your care, and the benignity of your Govern- ment, But it has not been in this view alone that you have been the Patron of this people. To extend settlements, or to culti- vate lands, while the people that settle and cultivate, are with- out the means of knowledge, might be rather injurious than beneficial. But these have not escaped your Excellence® atten- tion. The institution of a College in the wilderness, and the LONDONDERRY. 455 liberal encouragement it has received from your hand is an abundant evidence of this attention. — We cannot help mentioning as a peculiar happiness, of the people under your Excelh® charge, that your ears have been always open to their voice. — The easie access they have gain’d ; and the polite reception they have Met with ; from you has aflbrded them the means of communicating and your Excell^ of receiving all necessary information of their wishes, and of their wants. — We have been excited to make this address to your Excels as a testimonial of our sense of your benign Administration ; and as an evidence of our opinion of any suggestions, that may have been made to the prejudice of your Excellency in these respects. And to assure you of our loyalty to the King and our affection to your Person — That your ExcelP may live long ; and long continue the hap- py Instrum‘ in the hands of Providence, of much good to this people, is our ardent wish and prayer Londonderry April 29 A. D i 773 — The Above Address was Read in a town-Meeting Legally Called for that purpose and it was Unanimously Voted that it should be presented to His Excellency John Wentw'orth Esq. Atested per Henry Campbell Town Clerk [6-130] \_JRelative to Parish Affairs^ Rockingham ss Londonderry Febr^ 14^*^ ^774 To James Betton — Esquire one of his Majestys justices of the Peace for said County of Rockingham The Petetions of us the Subscribers being freeholders and Inhabitants of the old Parish of Londonderry in the County aforesaid humbly sheweth that by an Act of the general Asem- bly of this Province pased in the year 1739/40 there was A Parish set of from said Town Called the west or New Parish with Parish priviledges notwithstanding which they the said New Parish have always assembled and Voted with the peti- tioners in the Choice of Select men and other Town Officers and your petitioners have .no proper officers of theire own to Call a meeting but have Lost that Priviledge Your petitioners terefore pray that aCording To the Law of this Province in such Cases provded your honours would isue a warrant or notification to the freeholders and Inhabitants of 456 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. said old parish in Londonderry qualified by law to vote in town affairs to meet at the meeting house in said parish on the Day of march next at ten of the Clock in the forenoon for the following purposes namely to choose a Moderater Town Clerk Select men and all other town officers for the ensuing year and your petitioners as in Duty Bound shall ever pray Stephen Holland Robert Clark James Wallace Samuel Alison moses Barnet Samuel Barr James Cochran Robert moor wdlliam vance James Alexander John m®Cartney David Craig A true Coppey of the affors*^ Pitition Attest Mo* Barnett town Clerk [6-131] \_Petitio 7 i to have an Election set aside^ Province of Newhampshire To the hoiP*® House of Representatives for said province in General assembly Conven‘d The Humble petition of us the Subscribers freeholders in the Town of Londonderry and windham in s^ province sheweth that Sam‘^ Livermore Sam** Barr and Stephen Holland Esq*"* and Robert Moor and John Crombie Gentlemen under Collour of being Select men of a pretended east Town in London- derry issued a w'arrant for Calling a meeting of the free- holders in the pretended East town in s'* Londonderry and allso a Notification to the freeholders of the west parish in said Londonderry for the election of a Representative for said Londonderry in the then Next General Assembly in Conse- quence of said warrant so illegaly issued as your petitioners Conceive there was a Meeting of part of the freeholders in s'* LonDonderry at which Meeting the part that inclined to Vote Chose Stephen Holland Esq*" as a Representative for said town y" petitioners Conceiving the s'* Meeting illegal in every Re- spect Did Not Vote but protested Against the unwarrantable proceedings of the Same Wherefore they pray s'* Election May Be adjudged Void and that they May have a New Choice and your petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall ever pray Londonderry April y® 12 1774 Andrew Todd George Duncan San** Fisher Benj“ Gregg Mathew Clark Dav Anderson Ja® Nesmith Jacob Chace Hugh Moor LONDONDERRY. 457 John Nesmith James Paul David Paul John taylor Adam taylor Samuel Taylor James m®keen Jonathan Gill more Rob‘ Mori son Rob‘ Hunter Robert archbold Arthur archbold James M®Gregore jii' Ja® Adams Rob^ adams Rob* M'farland John Karr Rob* Wallace James Hopkins Sam*' Elis will"' Cunningham Simeon Morral Barnes Morral David Colby David Colby Ju'’ David Tayler will”' Taylor Danil Cheney Stephen Johnson John Greg Joseph Gregg Sam" Gregg Ju*" James Milltimber John Gunion George Reid la® w'illson John Nesmith Ju'' John Hopkins John H opkins Ju*^ Rob* Plopkins Sam" willson George Clark Sam** Clark Isaac Cochran Thomas Anderson v/ill'” Gregg Ja* Gregg George Gregg Sam** Marsh John Marsh will”' Milltimer John Cochran John Ann is John M^keen Ju’’ Rob* M*’keen Thomas Clark John M^keen David M®keen John Dunkan Thomas Hiland Ja® Donaldson Sam** Morison Ja® Nesmith Ju’’ John Dunkan will"’ Dunkan Rob* M'^Cluer James MacGregore Sam** Karr John Aiken Nath'* aiken Ja® Aiken John Bell Isaac Bluster John Pinkerton Abraham Dunkan Ja* M‘’Murphy Ja® Taggart George Dunken Ju*" Thomas Taggart Rob* MacNeil John Hunter Jonathan Adams Daniel Hunter Sam" Huston Alex’" Huston Ja® Adams John waddel James Waddel John Wallace Ja® Wallace George Wallace Sam* Renken will”' Renken will”’ Cox Ja® Gorman Joseph Cochran John Weiar [The election was declared illegal, and a precept for an other one issued. — E d.] [6-134] \_P>'otest against the foj'egoing named Town- Meet- ing-1 To Sam" Livermore and Samell Barr and Stephen Holland Esq’* and Robert Moor and John Crombie Gentlemen We the Subscribers Inhabitants of Londonderry and windham Having heard that you have ordered warrants to be Set up to Call a Meeting at the Rev" wdlliam Davidsons Meeting House on Saturday y® 2" of April Next to Chuse a Representative to go to the General Court — we Do Hereby Take this Opportunity of 458 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Entring our protest Aginst any of your proceedings that May Be Transacted at Said Meetincj as vour Warrant we think is without any Just foundation for the following Reasons — Viz that we Do Not Look upon you to be the Select men o LonDonderry or any part thereof and that you have Taken Hold of the Sherrifs writ Directed to the Select men of Londonderry to warn Said Meeting without Bringing the Matter in Dispute who are the Legal Select men for Said Town before the proper Judges who are to Determine the Same Given under our hands y® twenty Eighth of March 1774 John M®keen Ja® MacGregore RoD MacNeil Rob‘ Adams James Adams Rob‘ Adams Jif James Hopkins John Karr Robert M^farland Robert Wallace will"^ Cunningham Sam^‘ Eli william Tayler David Tayler Simeon Morral Barnes Morral Stephen Johnston Abraham Page Daniel Cheney Ja® Cheney Daniel MacDuffe James M*^G regore Ju' Jonathan Gillmore Archbold M‘^Murphy John Barnet will™ Renken will™ Cox Joseph Cochran will™ Gregg John Nesmith David Anderson John Gunnison Math- Clark James Gregg Isaac Cochran Thomas Anderson Thomas Clark George Gregg John M*^keen Ju^ David Colby John Tayler James Paul David paid Sam^‘ willson John Anniss George Reid Adam Tayler Adam Dickey Thomas Taggart Jonathan Adams John Livingston Rob‘ Mori son Robert Hunter John Hunter John Wallace RoD archbold Daniel Hunter Sam^^ Renken Samuel Huston John Waddel James Taggart John Dunkan George Dunkan Ju^ Ja® M'^Murphy John Craige Samuel fisher John Cate James Milltimber Sam'* Karr Edward Eli Robert Boyd Sam" willson Ju*" Sam" Marsh John Marsh Ja® willson will™ Miltimber John Hopkins John Hopkins Ju*" Robert Hopkins John Nesmith Ju*^ Thomas Nesmith Sam" Clark David M'^keen will™ Dickey Abraham Dunkan Jacob Chase John Dickey Joseph Bell John Pinkerton John Dunkan Ju’’ will™ Dunkan John watt George Dunkan John Barnet Ju*" James Donaldson Thomas Hiland James Nesmith Ju*" Robert M'^Clure Hugh Moor John Gregg Benjamin Gregg Sam" Gregg Joseph Gregg John Aiken James Ewins James Aiken Nath" Aiken LONDONDERRY. 459 Ja® waddel James Adams Mathew Pinkerton Ja* Dinsmore James Wallace James Blair Alex’’ Huston Rob‘ Smith John Dinsmore will"’ Dinsmore John Cochran Ju’’ Isaac Cochran Ju’’ James Cochran Thomas Jamison Thomas Craige James Mackeen George Wallace John Bell David Pinkerton John Pinkerton Jti’’ Isaac Bruster Thomas Craige Ju^ Evidence to the above paper Samuel gregg Robert mckeen \^Reimbu7'senient wanted for Money paid Men who turiied out on the Lexhigton Alarm^ ^775'^ Londonderry October y* 9 : 1775. To the Honourable Congress of the Colony of New Hamp- shire Convened at Exeter — Gentlemen We the Subscribers being Selectmen for Londonderry Begs leave to lay Before your Honours That upon the Comencement of Hostilitys by the Kings Troops Last april we raised a Company of fifty men and Sent Down upon that Emergency and we advanced Twelve Pound L : M : for their Support as Billiting money Said Company Rema*ined There upon Duty Eleven Days untill they were Dismised for that Time in order to Inlist a full Company to Join the Contenentall army untill The last of Next December and when said Company was raised we again advanced Six Pound L : M : as Billeting money to Carry them To Head Qiiarters Wherefore we Pray that your Honours would Take This matter under vour Consideration and Reimburse Said Sums with the wages of said Company for the aforesaid Eleven Days unto your petitioners as said Company is very Earnest upon us for their Wages and your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray Mo® Barnett Will’" Duncan Sam'^ Allison Hugh Montgomery John Bell 460 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [R. 2-195] [In a petition dated June 14, 1764, Thomas Launen, of Londonderry, stated that he “ Served his majesty as a Sol- dier in Cap* Nehemiah Lovells Company in the Pay of this Province in 1762.” His pay had been drawn on a forged order. In H. of Rep., June 15, 1764, he was allowed £ 7 , 14, 6 —Ed.] [R. 2-197] [Thomas Davidson, of Londonderry, stated that his son William was “a Soldier in the year 1762, under the Com- mand of Cap* John Hazzen in Col^ John Goffes Regiment.” He was sick at Crown Point, and there died January 10, 1763. Samuel Barr, acting as attorney for said Thomas, petitioned for the wages due said William. — Ed.] [R. 2-199] This May certify that the bearer John Livingston within named went to Exeter and Brought A Horse and Cart from there to Londonderry and Canw^^ His Tools from there on his Expence to Medford to work as an armourer for y® Continental! army James M®Gregore April y® ^ 77 ^ [He presented a bill of expense amounting to £\, 7, i. — Ed.] [R. 2-200J \_Petition of David George^ Soldier^ Z'77d.] [In a petition dated Londonderry, P'ebruary 20, 1776, David George stated that he was “ in Col® Arnolds Regm* going from Head Quarters to Canada and going up Kene- bunk River the Batue overset and I lost my gun ; ” and further stated that he “ Bought another gun from Samuel Cherry, and at the Time when general! mountgomery attempted to Storm Quebeck your Petitioner was sick in Hospitle and my gun was taken by a soldier who was taken Prisoner and I Lost her.” He asked to be paid for the guns. — Ed.] LONDONDERRY. 461 [R. 2-201] \_Service of Minute Men^ ^ 775 *] To the Gentlemen members of the provincial Congress in Assembly Conven’d we the Subscribers Inhabitants of London- derry humbly shews that we the said Inhabitants of said town afores*^ on hearing 'of the alarm and dangerous Estate of our fellow brethren on the nineteenth of April last and likewise after the battle at Bunker Hill repaired severall of us to their help which cost us much both money and time which we hum- bly pray you to consider and if you see fit be pleased to allow us a reasonable consideration as a Retaliation for the following charges occasioned by the same at Concord alarm James Nesmith for travel in going and coming from London- derry to Cambridge 90 miles and 3 days service John Morrison Juifi for travel 90 miles & 3 days service as above Robert Wilson for travel forty five miles also 8 lb of pork and 25 lb of bread John Barnet 9 lb of Poark and 9 lb of Bread Samuel Morrison for travel 45 miles Matthew Dickey Ditto 45 miles After the battle at Bunker hill Robert Willson Serving as a Capt, being chosen for an Emergency as a minute oficer for travel 90 miles and 3 days Service Joseph Hogg as a Lieut, for travel 90 miles and 3 days Ser- vice James Nesmith Jifi as an Ensign for travel 90 miles and 3 days Service Samuel Morrison for travel 90 miles and 3 days Service John Watts Ditto 90 miles and 3 days Service Moses Watts Ditto 90 miles and 3 days Service Josiah Duncan 90 miles and 3 days Service Robert Hodge for 90 miles travel and 3 days Service Hugh Jameson Ditto 90 miles and 3 days Service James Boyes Jur for 90 miles travel also 3 days Ditto James Boyes f 3*^ Ditto 90 miles travel and 3 days Service Jonathan George for 90 miles travel and 3 days Service John Moor Ditto 90 miles travel and 3 days Service the following persons travelled about 40 miles and then re- turned home again on their hearing that they were not needed — 462 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. James Thompson and James Donaldson as Sergeants will"' wier w"' Lyon Thomas m^Cleary James hogg Alex'" Craige John Morrison [R. 2-202] [William MacMurphy stated, in a petition dated March 21, 1777, that he was “a soldier in Cap* Joseph Estabrook Company in CoD Timothy Biddles Regiment was taken Prisoner at a place Called the Cedars in Canada in may 1776 and lost a Number of articles to the amount of five pounds thirteen shillings and sixpence,” for which he wanted to be paid. — Ed.] [R. 2-203] [Daniel McMurphy, lieutenant in Capt. Elliot’s company, was wounded at Bennington, August 16, 1777. — Ed.] [R. 2-204] \^Thomas Archibald^ Soldier^ iyy 87 \ These may Certify that Thomas Archibald a soldier under my Comand at Fishkill by the misfortune of falling into the River Took a Lameness in one of his knees that Rendered him unfitt for Duty as a soldier and also unfitt to gain his Living by labour Which cost him a large sume of money to Doctors and Nurses and also for horse hire to bring him home Daniel Runnels Cap* Londonderry march y® 9*^ I 77 ^ [R. 2-205] \^Sergt. Willia 7 n Morrill^ 777b.] These Certify that Sarg"* W"™ morrel of Captain W*" Stillsons Company of Coll" Isaac Wyman’s Regiment has drawn no wagfes in s'* Reg^iment for the month of October Last W™ Stillson Cap*" Mount Independance Novem' 13**' 1776. [R. 2 -206] \_Soldiei's^ Enlistment^ ^ 77 P*] Londonderry July y® 26**' 1779 We the Subscribers being Inlisted Soldiers for Londonderry to serve the United States of America for six months acknowl- LONDONDERRY. 463 edge to have Received from John Moor ten Pounds each of us as traveling fees to Providence Rec*^ by us his Thomas Drew Winser X Golden mark archebald John Ross Witness present William Alexander mccarty his Neil X Macgee mark Daniel m^^Duffee [R. 2-207] \_Samuel Thompson^ s Petition^ iy 8 or\ The humble Petition of Samuel Thompson of Londonderry, Inholder, Sheweth — That your PeP late son Samuel Thompson entered earlv into the Service of the united States — was an En- sign in Bunker Hill fight, and afterwards at Ticonderoga caught the Small Pox and died there Intestate without Issue. That the said Samuel the son in his life time viz‘ about the year 1774 Bargained with one John Rogers of Acworth attorney & agent to CoP James Rogers, (now with the enemy) for two hundred acre Lots in said Acworth then belonging to said James & be- ing Lots No. 5 & 6 in the first Range there. * * * Londonderry June 17S0 Samuel Thompson [He Stated that his son paid ;£i8 for said land, and had made some improvement thereon, and that he wished to have it excepted in the confiscation of Col. Rogers’s proper- ty, which was granted. — Ed.] [R. 2-208] [ Col. Sca 7 nmel rccoimnends Lieut. Asa Sente 7 - for PromotioTt.^ lySi.'] New Hampshire Village 17^^ of May 1781 — Cap‘ Simeon Sartwell late of the first New Hampshire Regb having Resigned the eleventh Ins‘ I do certify that Lt. Asa Sen- ter being Senior L‘ in that Reg‘ is justly entitled to y® Promo- tion of a Captaincy & to take Rank from the twelfth of this Month To the Honb* the President Alexd*’ Scammel CoP State of New Hampshire N. H. R. [R. 2-210] [John Nesmith stated, Jan. 2, 1782, that he engaged “as a Lieut in the year 1777, and served as such until the 25^^ 464 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. of Sept, in the year 1779,” when he resigned, but had lost his discharge. — Ed.] [R. 2-215] \^yoseph Hogg’’s Order. M*" John tyeler Sir Please to Pay to M*" John Neell the hole of M*" Robert me Nits wedges that is Due to him for Being acontell Shoger and In so doing you will obledge yours to Serve you Londonderry September y® 6 ^ ^ 7^4 Joseph Hogg [R. 2-217] Houston., one of Washington' s Guard.~\ [In a petition dated Feb. 9, 1785, Samuel Houston, of Londonderry, stated “That your petitioner was draughted from CoL Stark’s Regiment into his Excellency General Washington foot-guard in February A D. 1776, and on the first day of January A D. 1777 your petitioner engaged in the third Regiment of Light Dragoons, for the term of three years ; which full term your petitioner compleated in said service and was honorably discharged.” He stated that he had received no pay from this state. — Ed.] [R. 2-218] [This document is a petition from William Adams for an allowance for the depreciation of his wages, dated London- derry, June 7, 1791. The following explains his case : — Ed.] [R. 2-222] This may Certify whom it may concern that William Adams your petitioner was a Sergeant in my Company in CoP Pea- body’s Regiment in the year’s service at Rhode-Island in the year 177^ — Londonderry December i 79 ^ Daifi Reynolds Cap* This may also certify that the aboves*^ William Adams never received any Bounty from this Town for the abovesaid year’s service Dan* Reynolds J Select Men Thomas Patterson >- of John Bell ) Londonderry LONDONDERRY. 465 [R. 2-223] io Lieut. Robert Barnet. [In H. of Rep., March 5, 1778, the committee on sick and wounded soldiers reported “ that said Barnett was seized with a Fever and Scorbutic Disorders at Ticonderoga that “he sustains the Character of an able & brave officer.” Said committee recommended that he be employed in some suit- able service, and he was, on the first day of June, 1779, mus- tered into the regiment of invalids as lieutenant, as may be seen in R. 2-224, the following : — Ed.] [R. 2-225] This may certify that Lieut Rob‘ Barnet has been Mustered in the Invalid Reg* from the first of June 1779 but has drawn no pay in said Reg* untill the first of January 82 and as it is Recommended by Congress for each state to settle with their troops up to the commencement of the said year 82 he is Rec- ommended to the state of N : Hampshire to which he Belongs for a settlement of his back pay due West Point Talmage Hall L* Paymaster Invd Reg*. NovemD 2^ 1782 Lewis Nicola Coll" Inv**. [Lieut. Robert Barnet was placed on the pension list at three pounds per month, commencing June 25, 1783. — Ed.] [6-138] \_Petition for the Release of Stephen Holland.^ ^777 ] To the Hon*’*® the Committee of Safety for the State of New Hampshire — Humbly Shew The Subscribers Inhabitants and FreehMders in London- derry — m/ That the distressed situation of our neighbour Col° Stephen Holland, a Person naturaly of a Slender Constitution, now greatly impaired, h}' his long Confinement (in a loathesome Goal, replete with the noxious fumes of an infectious Vault) under which we conceive, nothing but conscious innocence, & the Expectation of an Honourable delivery by the impartial Verdict of his Country could have supported him, induces us to interest ourselves in his behalf — That, as the Superiour Court of Judicature, at which he ex- pected to have his Trial next week, is, as we learn, to be ad- journed to the twenty first Day of October next, we apprehend 32 466 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. that before that time, unless he is speedily releived by an Alter- ation of Diet, fresh Air & Exercise, his Strength already almost exhausted, will totally fail him, & the State by his dissolution be prevented of that Enquiry into his Conduct which Justice to it & him demands — That as the inflicting Punishment upon any Person, for a Supposed offence, is incompatible with Justice, Sl the Princi- ples of a free Government, so we conceive it is far from your honours intention with Regard to him ; but would humbly sub- mit to your Candid Consideration, whether such a tedious Con- finement as he has undergone is not of itself a punishment ; especially, if, in this State, no person, supposed guilty of the Offence, he is accused of, was ever deemed not bailable — Wherefore we Humbly pray your Honours in your great Humanity, to commiserate his Condition, and admit him to Bail, upon such Security as in your wisdom, you shall Judge adequate — And as in duty bound Shall ever pray &C Londonderry Aug®‘ 27^^ ^ 777 — James Cochran Alexander Lesley Andrew Smith Dinis Haley Thomas Smith John Stinson Nathan Stinson [Other petitions for the same purpose contain the fol- lowing names : — E d.] John Clark Sam'* Clark William Cox George Cochran Charles Cox James Crombie John Crombie Sam' Campbel Abraham morison Mathew Reid Richard Emerson Joseph morrison Robert Clinding James Clandanein Abraham Reid Elisha Woodbery John morrow 300]*^ Davis Samuall Sandrs Jeofrey Donohue thomas Jameison Hugh Kalley Peter Kalley Thomas mitchel John Reid Samuel Morison Chelles Sargent Samuel Sargent John Steaurt Thomas Stuart Will'" Humphry Thomas willson John Cochran RoD Cl indin in James Thomson James Cochran Samuel morrison thomos Creige John morison Rob' Barnett Sam" Allison Andew Allison Jesse an is Bradley mitchall Jonathan Cochran Petor Petorson Simon Williams Minister of the Gos- pel of Peace Isaac Thom Alexander Simpson William Simson John Kerr John Simpson Richard Kelly Joseph Morison Juff LONDONDERRY. 467 [Col. Stephen Holland was a prominent man in town prior to the Revolution ; was a member of the provincial assembly from 1771 to 1775, being succeeded by Matthew Thornton in April of that year. Having been suspected and charged with being unfriendly to the American cause, he appeared at a town-meeting in Londonderry April 29th, and made a public declaration to the contrary. (Vol. VII, page 463.) He also signed the “ Association Test ” in 1776, notwithstanding which he proved to be a tory, was arrested and imprisoned, and his property confiscated. — Ed.] I [6-1 41 J \_Petition of Certain Persons to be annexed to Not- tingham IVest, Y77 o, o, ^ 75 ’ James Aiken David Adams ^ John Bell Justice of Peace 222^, o , o £240, o, o £0, o, o Selectmen [6-162] \^Return of Ratable Polls ^ iy8jl\ Province of New Hampshire Rockingham ss Pursuant to a vote of the Gennerall Assembly of the state aforesaid ordering and Directing the selectmen of Each Town in said state to return under Oath to the General Assembly of the state aforesaid the Exact Number of Male Polls of Twenty one years of age and upwards paying for themselves a pole Tax 474 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. in said Towns in order to apportion the Representation accord- ing to the new Constitution — we the subscribers — selectmen of the Town of Londonderry have accordingly Taken the number of male polls in said Town from Twenty one years of age and upwards and the number of said polls are four hundred and fifty three Londonderry 22^ Dec*" 17S3 and thier is also nine Polls of twenty one years and upwards living on Londonderry land which was Exempted from wind- ham — Jonathan Griffin ] James Aiken I Selectmen for David Paul j Londonderry John m'^keen Ju*' J Rockingham ss 22^ Dec*" 1783 Then the above named Jonathan Griffen James Aiken David Paul and John MacKeen Jun*" all personally appeared and made solemn Oath that the above Number of polls was taken faith- fully and Impartially, — Sworn Before John Bell Justice Peace [6-163] \_Petition to be exempted from paying Ministerial Tax in the Old Parish^ State of New Hampshire — To the Honorable the Council and House of Representatives for said State to be Convened at Concord Upon tusday y® io‘^ Day of June 1783 The Petition of the Subscribers Humbly sheweth that we were Members of the Church and Congregation leatly under the Tuition instruction and pastoral care of David M®G regore late of Londonderry in said State Clerk Deceash that since his Death we (some part of the time) hired Preaching in that par- ish, A privilege we highly Esteamed, and should be Happy if we Could longer Enjoy it in peace, and the loss of it Most sencebly touches the fellings of every Christian, and we are Allways Ready to pay Ministerial tax wdiere we preform De- vine worship according to the laws and liberties of the Gospel and that Religious Liberty that has been so earnestly contended for by the United States (viz) that of Consceiences — Notwith- standing the Selectmen of the Old Parish (as they Call them- selves) in said Londonderry for this some Years past Have LONDONDERRY. 475 Assesed and taxed Us for the Support of the Rev*^ William Davidson whorne we never Chose for Our Instructor or Pastor and whome we Cannot Receve As Such, and the Meeting H ouse is all Privet property and is far from being Centeral and the Greater part of Us has No priviledge in it all thow some of the valuable part of it is the property of pearsons that are Not taxed for, Nor Contribute Nothing (in that way) to the support of the said M"" Davidson, nor can we be addmited within the same without Incroaching on other mens property — Yet Notwithstanding they tax Us — and for the payment of the same some of us they Have Destrained — others they Have repetedly Imprisoned and has put Your Petitioners to Great truble and Cost those with other Reasons we could Ofler is looked Upon as a Create Greavence By Us — Wherefore we pray Your Honours to take our case into your Wise Consideration and Exempet Us from paying tax for the support of the said M"" Davidson and that we have leave to pay our tax where we chose to attend Devine worship or relieve Us in such a way and manner as Your Hon'"® shall Se fit — And your Petitioners as in Dutey Bound Shall Ever Pray &c — John Gregg James m^keen Robert MacMurph James Paul John Nesmith William Taylor Jonathan Adams Adam Taylor James Willson Samuel Taylor Daniel Hunter James Dinsmoor David Paul James Waddell William mac mur phy John Taylor James Taylor ^ John Taylor Jun*' David Taylor John Carr Rob* M'^Murphy Juner Alexander M®Mur- phy William Miltimer mareyan marsh John Hopkins John Hopkins Jun*' George Gregg Isaac Cochran Joseph Gregg Jun’’ Thomas anderson John Gunnion VVblliam Alexander James Gregg John Gregg Junr Joseph Gregg Daniel Miltimor Robert Willson James Miltmor Matthew Clark Jean orr Rob* Smith John Taylor 3*^ Jonathan Adams Joner [6-164] \^l7tstructio7i to RepreseTitative^ To Col® Daniel Reynolds and Li® Archibald M®murphy Rep- resentatives for the Town of Londonderry for the present year— Gentlemen — As it is our undoubted Right at all times to instruct our Rep- 476 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. resentitives we do now Solemnly in Town meeting Instruct you to oppose by every method in your power the Grant of five years full pay to the Continental officers as recommended by Congress as it is unreasonsble unjust and Verey opprisive it would lay such a burden on us as we nor our children should ever get clear of Londonderry September y® 29*^ ^ 7^3 Voated to accept the forgoing as Instructions to said Repre- sentatives Test Will*" Anderson Town Clerk [6-165] ' \^Relative to Counterfeit Money. The Comittie of Safety in Londonderry think it thier dutey to inform the Committee for the State or General Asembly that M*" Mathew Diky of lawfull Age and Good Reputte Will Testify if Caled that John Moore of Londonderry told s*^ Dikey that Dinnes Oheley had Neer the Bignes of A Bible of Coun- terfit Money and that s*^ Oheley would give to Any of his Com- rads a Thirty Dolar Bill for a Gill of Rum — Joseph Gregg C. Man [6-166] S^Petition of sundry Persons to be a 7 tnexed to the East Parish., I'j8y.'\ State of New Hampshire — To the Hon^^® the Council and House of Representitives in General Assembly conven’d at Concord. December 1783. The subscribers Inhabitants of Londonderry in the County of Rockingham and State aforesaid Humbly Sheweth that by a partial line drawn between the two Parishes in said Londonderry your Petitioners fell into the West Parish, that we are but One Mile distant from the Rev*^ M*" William Davidsons Meeting House in the East Parish, and upwards of Three miles from the Meeting House in said West Parish, that we own pews in the Rev*^ M*' Davidsons Meeting house and constantly Attend divine service there, that we are Tax’d to the Ministereal and other Parochial Taxes in the West Parish, where we do not receive and considering our local situation cannot receive any benefit, tliat our Lands are in one Compact body in the extreme corner of the Parish there will LONDONDERRY. 477 be no difficulty in Annexing us to the said East Parish, and it appears highly probable to us that a very considerable number of persons in the extreme part of the last mentioned Parish would gladly joyn with the west Parish. — Wherefore we humbly pray your Honours would take our case into your Wise consideration and if it appears reasonable Annex us and our Estates for all Parochial matters to the said East Parish, and your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever Pray. — Londonderry Dec*" 2 o‘^ ^ 7 ^ 3 * William Wallace John Holmes Jonathan Reed John Wallace John Neal [In H. of Rep., April 7, 1784, the foregoing petition was granted. — Ed.] [6-167] S^Relative to Parish Affairs^ 77^4.] Londonderry February the 17S4 At a legal meeting of the Inhabittants of the Town aforesaid Called by more then thirty of the Inhabitants of said Town — Voted that Cap‘ John Neal Leiif william Wallace Leiu‘ John Holmes and Jonathan Reid members of the west Parish with thier Estates that they are now posesed of according to the am mount of Invoice be Exchanged for Thomas Anderson Samuel Cochran Isaac Cochran widow Mary Alexander will- iam Alexander and Hugh alexander members of the East Par- ish with thier Estates that they are now posesed of according to the amount of Invoice and that the said John Neal william Wallace John Holmes and Jonathan Reid with thier Estates shall belong to the East Parish and that the said samuel Coch- ran Isaac Cochran Thomas Anderson Mary Alexander william alexander and Hugh alexander with thier Estates shall belong to the west Parish and voted that the selectmen Request the generall Assembly to Confirm the above vote Test William anderson Town Clerk Jonathan Griffin ] John Mackeen Ju ( W'" Lyons f Will"^ Adams j Selectmen 478 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [6—168] \^Petition to be annexed to the West Parish^ iy84.~\ Londonderrry March the i6th 1784 — This May Certify to all that it Doth Concern, that it is the Desire of us the Subscribers to be Exchanged from the East parish in s'^ Town into the West Parish — For L‘ Will'" Wallace & L* John Holms Capt” John Neal and Jonathan Reid accord- ing to a Vote of the Town Witness our Hands — Thomas Anderson Isaac Cochran Sam‘^ Cochran Hugh Alexander Wiliam Alexander [6-169] \^Petition for a Sunday Act^ iy84.~\ To his Excelency the President the Honourable Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Newhampshire to be Conven** at Portsmouth in said state on the third Wednes- day of October Next — The selectmen of the Town of Londonderry for and in behalf of the Inhabitants of said Town humbly sheweth that it ap- pears to us that the Lords Day is not kept holy agreeable to the command of the supream being by numbers of People who are so bold and daring that they will prosecute thier secular business on said Day such as Driving loaded Teams riding Jorneys and the like contrary to the Command of God which practice is very heinous and we fear if not speedily prevented will bring down the Judgments of a righteous God upon this land The act of law now in force for keeping said Day we think is not Explicit Enough nor officers Enough Injoined in said act to carry it into Execution Wherefore we pray your honours would take the matter under Consideration and in your great Wisdom establish a law for the due observation of said Day and your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall Ever Pray &c — Londonderry sepP the 1784 Jonathan Griffin") Selectmen Samll Pilsbre y for Will*" Lyons ) Londonderry LONDONDERRY. 479 [6-172] \_Helative to Paper Money ^ etc,^ iy 86 .^ State of New Hamsphire — To the Honourable General Court of said State to be convened on the first Wednesday of June next Humbly Shews — The Subscribers inhabitants, of the Town of Londonderry in the County of Rockingham in said State ; that your peti- tioner labours under many and very great difficulties on ac- count of the great scearsity of a circulating medium of trade; Also great uneasiness has arisen in the minds of your petition- ers and many others on account of a claim lately made to the uncultivated lands within this state ; and as your Honours are the Guardians, of the Rights and privilidges, of the people ; and as we have no other regular way of redress, than by apply- ing to you, therefore we humbly request that your Honours, would take our case under your wise consideration and grant us relief by acting on the following Particulars, I®* That you would not allow those parsons purchasers of the Allen Claim so called any part of their claim within this state. 2■ of J. Nesmith Ju" ) L. Derry Test William anderson^To^ Clerk [6-178] S^Petition of Congregationalists for an Incorpora- tion^ 77P<5.] To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened at Exeter in and for the State of New Hampshire June 6 ^^ 1796 Humbly sheweth That whereas the Town of Londonderry is large in its extents, and numerous in its Inhabitants, and but Two Socie- ties established for religious worship, both of which are of the Presbyterian denomination, and that a very considerable part of the Inhabitants of said Town have been Educated under, and are in Sentiment with the Congregational denomination, and by reason of many scruples of Concience, cannot freely subscribe to the Creed of either of the societies aforesaid. And that an- other very considerable number of said Town, altho Educated under the Presbyterian government, have been unused to the riged & Abitrary mode of Government, adopted by the present Presbytery of Londonderry, and that the government of said society, under the present mode of Administration, is so riged, and arbitrary, as gives much occasion for complaints to those who have submitted thereto. Your petitioners therefore Inhab- itants of Londonderry, being desirous of forming themselves into a Congregational society and of worshiping God in a social manner according to the dictates of their own Consciences, and when of sufficient ability, to settle, and in a corporate capacity to contract with a minister of the Congregational denomination, Humbly pray, that they with such other persons as may here- after join them in said Town, may be incorporated into a poll Parish, and vested wdth such powers, rights, and privelidges, as other Parishes enjoy, And your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray — Jonathan Adams Willim Miltimore Daniel Miltimore James Miltimore William Adams James Adams Nathan Stinson Humphry Morss Levi Neal Robert M‘^Neill William M’^Neill James M‘^Gregore 484 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Jonathan Wallace James Doake Robert Ramsey Willim Wallace John Miltimore John Neal 2*^ Daniel Aiken John Hunter Jonathan Adams J Isaac Thom Robert Wilson Will*" Humphry Benj** T. Humfrey Robeft Clindinen Robert Dinsmoor Robert MacMurphy Rob* M'^Murphy' Ju*" r John Neal Edmund Black Robert Clark James Palmer James Palmer Jun^ Humphry Morss Andrew Moor David Patterson William Eayers John Prentice [6-179] S^Committee chosen to present the Petition^ ^ 797 -^ At a meeting of the Petitioners for a Congregational Poll Parish in Londonderry held at the House of Isaac Thom Nov*" 23d 1797— Voted to chuse a Committee of three persons to prosecute their petition now pending before the General Court & that John Prentice James M^Gregore & Isaac Thom Esquires should be said Committee Attest Isaac Thom Clerk for the Petitioners Londonderry Nov*" 23^ ^797 [6-180] To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Representatives for the State of New Hampshire to be convened at Ports- mouth on the fourth Wednesday of this instant November — Humbly Shew that we the Subscribers, inhabitance of Lon- donderry in the County of Rockingham in said State, had not an opportunity to sign the petition, now pending before the Legis- lature of said State, praying to be incorporated into a Congre- gational Poll Parish in Londonderry aforesaid ; and for other good Causes now pray the Honorable Legislature to consider us petitioners in the same way and manner as it would have done, had we have signed the original petition. Londonderry November ii*** i 797 John Miltimore Ju*" John Cochran Peter Cochran John Clark Thos M‘*Kinley John Hum : Clin- dennin David Clark John Burnham Henery Downs Joshua Dodge John Slingsby John Boies William Eayers J*" James Ramsay LOUDON. 485 Benjamin Palmer Charles Cox William Cooper Stephen Reynolds Robert Rogers William Moor John Dodge [The society was incorporated by an act approved De- cember 9, 1797. — Ed.] LOUDON. This town was formed of territory taken from Canter- bury, and incorporated “into a distinct parish by the name of Loudon," January 23, 1773, in answer to a petition from the inhabitants. (See Vol. XI, page 263 ) The first settlements were made in 1760 by Jethro and Abraham Bachelder and Moses Ordway. January 2, 1784, a gore of land which had formerly been claimed by Rumford, but which was left to Canterbury when Rumford was incorporated by the name of Concord, and incorporated with Loudon in 1773, was annexed to Concord. January 7, 1853, a small tract of land was severed from Canterbury and annexed to Loudon. [6-1 81] \_Petitzon to have a Portiozi of the Town annexed to Cozicord^ 1^82 To the Honorable the Council and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Assembly con- vened The Petition of Samuel Chamberlain & others Inhabitants of the westerly part of the parish of Loudon humbly sheweth, That your petitioners are situated at a great distance from the Meeting House in said parish which makes it very inconven- ient for them to be connected therewith — Sensible thereof your petitioners did in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty petition the said Parish of Loudon to set them ofi' to the parish of Concord which was granted and a Committee was chosen for the purpose of settling the line said committee per- suant to their appointment did attend upon the business & made report of their doings thereon to the parish of Loudon 486 EARLY TOWN PAPERS, which report was by them Accepted and is as follows Viz Be- gining on the eastwardly banks of Sowcook River so called where said river crosses Rumford line thence running up said river on the eastwardly side within two rods of the foot of the Great falls so called thence straight across the neck of Land to the river two rods above said falls thence continueing up by the river on the Eastwardly side to the hundred Acre Lot No one hundred Ninety two thence by Ditto North about twenty two Degrees west two hundred rods to a Pitch pine marked thence North about thirty six rods to the North side of the road Leading from Canterbury to Epsom thence North seven- ty degrees west by said road about one hundred rods thence North sixty degrees west eighty five rods thence North forty five degrees west sixty five rods to a Pitch pine Marked thence North sixty three degrees west sixty two rods to a White pine marked thence Northwesterly a straight course to the North easterly corner of Rumford thence south seventy degrees west to the present corner of Concord Your petitioners therefore pray your Honours to take the matter into consideration and if you shall think proper Annex them to Concord Agreable to the Above described line and Your petitioners as in Duty bound shall Ever pray &c Loudon March 3 o‘^ 1782 — Samuel Chamberlain Abial Chamberlain Sam^ Chamberlain Jun*' Moses Chamberlain Benjamin thomson [A portion of this town was annexed to Concord, Jan. 2, 1784. — Ed.] [6-182] \^Benjamin Sias recommended for a Magistrate^ 1785- State of Newhampshire Rockingham ss To his Exelency the president & honorable Council of the State of Newhampshire. The petition of the parish of Loudon humbly sheweth that it apears to us your petitioners that it is Needfull and Benifishel to the people of this parish to have another Justice of the peace appointed for s'^ parish & County we would Not be understood to have aney thing against Esq*" Bachelder our present Justice but many times we have business in the Absence of Esq*" Bachelder LOUDON. 487 which puts us to Extraordinary cost or our Business Must Lay unsetled we tharefore Beag that your Exelency and honors would appoint Cap* Benj" Sias of this parish as Justice of the peace for s'* parish & County as we Look upon him to be a good Member of sociaty a man of a Good Judgment and Edu- cation More suitable for that office then aney other Man in the parish of Loudon and your petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray Loudon april y® 20**^ Sam* Chamberling Sam* Chamberling Jffi paid Morril Abraham Bachelder william Bachelder william worth william Lovering osgood Lovering James Chase Abner Clough John hall Richard Rendail Solomon Gils Jonathan piper Sam* Piper Aaron hartshorn Epheram Blunt Jacob Towle william Boynton Moses Lovering Moses Morill Timothy Bachelder Abeal french Gearshom Merthes Thomas proctor Lyonel worth Joseph Tilton Celab Pilesbury True worthy Palmer henerey Sloper Ezekiel french Nathaniel Moore Jacob Danforth Josiah Moore Thomas Moore Ezekiel Moore Jonathan Clough Joseph Clough Nathan Clough Jonathan Clough Jif Thomas Sers^ant Stephen pirkins Jams Morill Thomas Emerey Jeremiah Be net Daniel Levet Aaron vStephens Moses ordway Ju'' Sam* Lovejoy Phinihas Stephens Daniel Ordway Daniel Bachelder Stephen Langmade Barned Stills Nathan Tilton Jonathan Rendail harvey Blesdail Isaac Morill Charles Sias Epheram Blunt Jffi olover Blesdail Isiah harvey Jonathan hoit Moses ordway Sam* Morill Israel Glins Joseph Bachelder Joseph Giles Jonathan pirkins David Greeley william Tilton william Goein Ebenezer french Moses Stephens Aaron Moses Nathaniel hill william Buswill obadiah french Eleaser watson Jams Cate Sam* Ela Jams Gibson Sam* Shurborn Jacob Shurborn Isaac Lovejoy [6-183] [ Vote relative to Paper Money ^ iy 86 ,'\ At a Legal Town Meeting held in the Parish of Loudon this 24th of NovenP 1786, for emitting a Paper Currency, It ap- 488 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. pears that Sixteen of the Inhabitants of said parish, Voted for receiving the Plan, and Seven against it. John Sanborn Select Men Josiph Smith of James Thompson ) Loudon [See Vol. XI, p. 130 . — Ed.] [6-186] \ Joseph Smith recommended for a Magistrate about To his Excellency the President & Honnereable Councillors of the State of new hampshire the pottision of Sundrea inhab- atants of the Town of Loudon most humbaley Sheueth as thare is a Vacancy for a man viz a Jestus of the peace in said Loudon in Order to keep peace and good order thare in your petitioners humbaley Aprehend your Exelleys and honners greate care and wisdom which you have shewn in grating Commission of Every kind to suitable persons your petitioners tharefore prays your Exellincy and honners would grant L* Jo- seph Smith of said Louden a Commission for the peace — as your potishoners ascertained and are Trewley Sensible of his Character and good Conduct for years past and will Undoubt- edly give Sattisfaction in said oftes to the Town in general your Exellincy and honners Complyance with this request will for Ever be Acknowleadged as a favour and your petitioners &c Shall Ever pray Jethro Bachelder willam Boynton willam BachLder Jeramer Benet Lebe Bachelder Jonathan Clough J' Nath®^ Bacheldr I’’ ELisah mouLton John moor willam gbson Thomas Bachlder Phinihas Stevans Philip Brown John Clough Samuel Cate Jacob towl Palfry Downing Samuel Ayer Barnard Stiles Jeremiah Clough Jonathan Chase Moses morss Taylor Lovring Joshua Walls moar Lovren Jur James Chase Stephen Cate Ebenezer Parker Sami Cate Dimond furnald Abarham bachaLder Israel gLins nathaneL smith Abiel Chamberlin Joses ordway John Sargent Junr W"^ Wiggin Jonathan Wiggin Ju*" William Clefford Ezekiel french Samuel Chamberlin John spoksfeeLd Willam goan Ebenezer French David Bagley Isaac Pilesbury John Stevens Cornelius bussal David Greeley Joshua Sargent Abner Clough LOUDON. 489 Ebenezer Towl Daniel Smith Sam^ Piper Steven fiveld Moses Ordway Ju Moses ordway Daniel ordway Ephraim Chamber- Daniel Levet lin Jonathan Hoyt Moses Chamberlin Abner Clough Peter Rollings Ausgood Lovran Samuel Chamberlain moses Lovren David Eastman willeby Lovren daneL true Hanson hight [6—188] S^Another Recommendation for fos. Smith. A True Copy of the Original Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Loudon. State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss To his Excellency the President and Honorable Council for said State Convened. The Humble Petition of us the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Loudon, Humbly Sheweth that Nathan Bachelder Esq’’ is about to remove out of said Loudon, and as it is neces- sary there should be a person appointed as a Justice of the Peace in that part of Said Town, and we conceive L* Joseph Smith to be a Man of the best Qualifications for that purpose and would give the best satisfaction to the People in general, and we beg your Excellency and Honors would appoint and Qiialify M*" Smith accordingly, and your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall ever pray. Loudon April 30**' 1789 — Jeremiah Clough Esq*" Samuel Chamberlin Esq’' Cap^ William Boyn- ton L‘ Abner Clough L* Palphrey Down- ing Jon“ Chase Moses Morse Taylor Lovering Joshua Wells James Chace Moses Lovrin Moses Lovrin Jun Stephen Cate Eben’’ Parker Moses Ordway Jun Dan' Ordway Sam* Ayers Barnard Stiles Jethro Bachelder Will’" Bachelder Jeremiah Bennet Lebe Bachelder Jon“ Clough Nath* Bachelder Elijah Moulton John Moore W"’ Gibson Tho® Bachelder Phin® Stevens Philip Brown John Clough Abr’" Bachelder David Eastman Daniel True Joses Ordway John Sargent Jun W’" Wiggin Jon” Wiggin W’" Cliflbrd Ezekiel French John Spokesfield Will*" Goan Eben’’ French David Bagley Isaac Pilsbury John Stevens Cornel® Busiel David Greeley Joshua Sargent Daniel Leavitt 490 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Samuel Cate Diamond Furnald Jacob Towl Eben*" Towl Daniel Smith L‘ Sam' Piper Moses Ordway Israel Glines Nath' Smith Abial Chamberlin Eph"’ Chamberlin Moses Chamberlin Sam' Chamberlin Peter Rawlings Jonathan Hoyt L' Abner Clough Jun Ausgood Loverin Willibe Loverin Hanson Hoyt Stephen Fifield Sam' Cate Jun*" [6-190] \^yohn Sanborn recommended for a Magistrate^ 7759.] State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss. — To his Excellency the President and Honorable Council Con- vened, We your humble Petitioners Inhabitants of the Parish of Loudon prays your Excellency and Honors that you would so far adhere to our request as to appoint and Qiialify Capt. John Sanborn of Loudon aforesaid for a Justice of the Peace for said County, as we think it very necessary and consider him a Man of the best Qualifications amongst us, so with your Com- pliance we your humble Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray Dated at Loudon aforesaid April 10"^ 17S9 — James Silver William Gilman Eleazer Young Moses Rawlings Samuel Jacobs Stephen Jacobs Joseph Drew Ephraim Berry Joshua Berry Jethro Bachelder Jonathan Sanborn Eli Bickford Caleb Stevens Isaac Lowell Joseph Mathes Gershom Mathes John Sargent Samuel Carter Moses Morrill David Hutchins Caleb Pilsbury Thomas Procter Nath' Weeks Nath' Tilton William Tilton Gideon Lowell Timothy French Josiah Sargent Obadiah French Jacob Osborn Simeon Stevens Nath' Hill Nath' Hill Jun Stephen Wells Moses Stevens John Sweat Sam' Drew Jun. Abial Stevens Limuel Drew Samuel Drew Robert Drew Isaiah Harvey Jethro Bachelder Sam' French John Rawlings Ellet Carr Dan' Fowler Josiah Rines Jonathan Randel Jeremiah Brown Oliver Morrill Benj®^ Swain Richard Flood Phinehas Page Thomas Sargent Stephen Perkins Jon^ Perkins Isaac Clifford Harvy Blasdel Isaac Rogers Oliver Blasdel Joseph Moulton Sam' Morrill Will*” Moulton Eliph' Rawlings LOUDON. 491 [R. 2-334] \,List of Soldiers in the Arniy^ Loudon august y® 2"** ^ 77 ^ To thos. Stickney Colonel Sir the training band Belonging to my Company In said Loudon Consisteth of sixty six men Exclusive of the Corhmission officers — the alarm List in said Loudon are twenty men Eight of the above men are gone with the late Recruts in the Northern army Namely Joseph Magoon Sam’ Hanes Andrew Nelley Ezra Blasdel Solomon Huntress Amos Norton Ephraim Davis John Davis Ben^ Sias Capt [R. 2 -239] [^Soldiers’ Enlistments^ iy 8 o- 8 i State of Newhampshier Rockingham I the subriah whose name Is under Ritten do Volenterily En- list myself to save as a Solger for the Parish of Loudon at hav- erail in Coos until the last day of December Next wich Tarm of time I Promos abedeance to my offirsors and to be under the Rules & Rigalitons of the armey As witness my hand dated at Loudon this 10 day of Juley, 1780 John Gibson [R. 2-230] State of Newhampshir ) agrable to ordors To CoP Stickney A Rockingham ss | Return of the Solgers that I have Ene- listed to serve for the Parish of Loudon in the Contennential armey from the I3 Day of this Instant three months are as fol- lows Namely Timothy Bachelder & Dudley Swain Moses Danford Enoach Bagley of Loudon and Levey Shaw of Gil- manton & Anthony Potter of Concord a Tru Return from your Most humbel Servent Loudon Juley 17’’" 17S0 Joseph Tilton Cap‘ [R. 2-231] To CoP Stickney A Return of the men that are Inlisted for the parish of Loudon to serve in the Contennintel armey three months unless sunner Discharg are Bejamen Davis & John Bus- will Jonas wimon this from your humbail Servint. Joseph Tilton Cap‘ Loudon September th 19 y« 17S1 To CoP Thomas Stickney in Concord 492 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [R. 2 -232] \_Soldier^ s Receipt^ lySo.^ Received of Joseph Tilton & william Boynton an oblagation for one hundrood & fifty Bushils of marchable Indon Corn It being In full Pay as a solgor for to sarve for the Parish of Lou- don at havirial in Coos untill the Last Day of December and The s*^ Tilton & Boynton are to have the wageas that the State Gives As witness my hand John Gibson Loudon Juley the 10 y® 1780 Nathan Bachelder Tob Haskell [R. 2-233] S^Soldiers* Orders Loudon December 17S4 To the Treasurer of the State of New Hampshire. — Sir, Please to pay Dan^ Cook or his order All that is due to me I having been a Soldier in the Co of the 2^ New Hamp- shire Reg‘ during the War. Value Rec*^ Witness my Hand. — his Attest Enoch X Dockum John Godfree Samuel Gones Lowden Jan^' 4'^ ^ 7 ^ 5 — To the Treasurer of the State of New Hampshire Sir, Please to pay John Nicholls or his order all that is due to me I having been a Soldier in the 3*^ New Hampshire Regiment — Value Received, Attest Witness my hand, Jonathan Smith his Jethro Sherburne . Zackriah X Quinby mark LYMAN. This township was granted November 10, 1761,10 Daniel Lyman and sixty-three others. Eleven of the grantees bore the name of Lyman, which accounts for the name of the town. The conditions of the grant not being fulfilled, an exten- LYMAN. 493 sion was granted July 20, 1769, in answer to a petition from Abraham Thompson, of Connecticut, agent for the original grantees. But few settlements were made in town prior to the Rev- olutionary war, there being but ten ratable polls in 1777. By an act approved July 13, 1854, all that portion of the town lying west of Gardner’s mountain was severed from Lyman, and incorporated into a town by the name of Mon- roe. Gold, copper, and lead have been found in this town, and mined to some extent. [6-194] S^Petition for an Extensioit of the Charter.^ To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq*" Captain General Governor & Commander in Chief in & over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire in Council — The petition of Abraham Thompson of New Hav'en in the Colony of Connecticutt, Agent & Trustee for the original gran- tees of the Township of Lyman in the said Province of New Hampshire, Humbly sheweth — that your petitioner & his con- stituents obtained of the Late Governor of said Province, a Charter for the said Township of Lyman, and have proceeded to survey & allot the same and have also made some Settle- ments thereon but your petitioners have been greatly impeded in their progress by the unexpected Divisional Line, making Connecticut River the Boundary between the province of New York & New Hampshire, as your petitioners were Proprietors in several Towns on the western Side of said river on which they had made great Improvements, that this sudden & unex- pected Determination threw them into great consternation, and they have been greatly harrassed by the Governor of New York, which with other expensive Discouragements, they have been unable to bring forward the Settlement of said Township so soon as they expected, but are determined to make a progress therein on the Ensueing Spring — Wherefore your Petitioner in behalf of himself & his Constituents the other Grantees of said Township of Lyman, humbly pray that Your Excellency & the Hon*^‘® Council would be pleased to renew their Charter for said Township of Lyman or lengthen out the Time for settling the same, assuring y*" ExcelP & Honours, that we shall not fail to comply with the same, and further we pray to be relieved on the Premises as Y*" Excellency & Hon*'® in your W’^isdom, 494 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. shall think may most conduce to Answer the Prayer of their Petition, and Your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray— Abraham thompson Agent for the Grantees of Lyman [The foregoing petition was granted July 20, 1769. — Ed.] [6-191] \_Relative to Taxes.'\ The Honourable Representatives and Counsel of the State of New-Hampshire, — We the Inhabitants of the Town of Lymon County of Grafton and State aforesaid, Petitioneth an Abate- ment in Our Taxes from the year 1776 to this present time Humblv shewing Reasons why, said Town in 1776 were Eight in Number and Tax*^ £ o: — 12. 6, in 1777 the like Number were Tax*^ £60 — 15 — 10, the Same Number in 177S were Tax^ £i2i — II — 8, in the above Mention‘d i 77 ^i ^ 777 ’ ^ 77 ^ Our Situation w'as such and the Number of Inhabitants so Small we Could not call a Town Meeting, at this time we are Eighteen in Number and Tax*^ Ten out of said Eighteen for three years past have paid Taxes in Other Towns for which they can produce Lawful Certificates, Consiquently the Eight Setlers first Mention‘d will have all the tax to pay we have Sent a True Invoise as Our Polls and Ratable Estate Stood in April 1777, Invoise your Honours will find said Taxes too high as we were Scarcely able to Maintain Ourselves And Roads through said Lymon, if your Honours see cause or think it prudence to abate said Tax according to said invoise we shall Cherefully pay said Tax if not said Setlers must fall a Sacrifice to said State, — and as said Town of Lymon is not Incorporated or said Incorporation lost or Misplac‘d we youi* Humble Peti- tioners Desire you would Appoint Cap* Nathan Hodges of said Lymon to call a Town Meeting to Chuse Town Officers, that we may be Enabled to assess s^ Taxes and Lawfully gather the Delinquent Tax of s** Town as your Petitioners are bound in Duty and Ever pray — Solomon Parker Jonathan knap Abiail knap Jonathan molton Asa fuller Solomon Parker J*" Thomas m'^Connell Evan m'^Bean Lemuel Parker Job molten obadiah Eastman David Hodges Oliver hand LYMAN. 495 [6-192] \_Town Invoice^ ^ 777 •\ An Invoice of the Town of Lyman April i 777 Number of Poles 10 number oxen — 4 num*" Cows — 5 47 acres plow ground and Mowing 47 [6-193] \_Petition for Abatement of Taxes ^ ^779 To the Honorable the Representatives and Council of the State of New Hampshire — The petition of the Selectman of the Township of Lyman in the County of Grafton and State aforesaid — Sheweth That Your Petitioners being Inhabitants of said Town — In the Year 1776 we were only Eight in Number and Taxed 12/6 In the Year 1777 being the like Number and Taxed <£6o, 15s lod, also the like Number in the Year 1778 and Taxed £121, iis, 8d — In those Years we were not a sufficient Number to Incorporate or call Town Meetings so we could not possibly have Constables Collectors but at this present Time are Eighteen in Number and Taxed <£379, los od for the Payment of which all our Live and Trading Stock Vs^ill not be sufficient to satisfy the same We own we have been delinquent in the Payment of the above Taxes not from any Disrespect to the State but from the Pov- erty which those few Inhabitants endured at that Time we are and will be always willing to Assist the States in every thing, great Part of Us having been in the Service, Ten out of the Eighteen for these Three Years past have paid Taxes for their Poll for which they can produce Certificates from other Towns and States, The Consequence will be the Poor People of this Town must of Course fall a Sacrifice with every thing they Possess and be brought to Entire Ruin if they are Obliged to Answer the above Demand Therefore we Your Honours Peti- tioners hopes you will take the same into your Wise and Seri- ous Consideration and grant such Relief in the above Request as in your Wisdom may seem most meet And your Petitioners as in Duty Bound shall Ever Pray 496 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. We the Poor Distressed Inhabitants of said Town begs your Honours will Gratify the Selectmen in the above Request — Evan m'^Bean Asa Fuller Jonathan moulton Lemuel Fuller Oliver Hand Job molton Solomon Parker Lemuel Hodges David Hodges Ju*" Samuel Parker [6-195] \_Report of a Com 77 iittee relative to a Soldier^ //c?^.] The Committee to whom was referd a Petition in behalf of the Town of Lyman respecting Continental Soldiers having considered the same beg leave to report as their Opinion that said Town be allow’d for Thomas Piper a Continental Soldier in Gen^ Washingtons Guards (furnished agreable to the requisition of the State) the sum of sixty pounds & the interest and that the Treasurer Credit the same in settling the Charge against said Town for deficiency of Soldiers — By order of the Committee Submitted per Nath^ Peabody [In H. of Rep., March 2, 1786, the foregoing report was accepted and adopted. Council concurred. — Ed.] [6-196] \_Relative to Soldiers furnished for the Ward\ State of New Hampshire — Grafton ss JaiF 19*^ 17S6 To the Hon^ Gen^ Court of said State to be Conven’d at Ports- mouth on the first Wednesday of February next by adjourn- ment — The Petition of the Town of Lyman Humbly sheweth — That at the commencement of the Late war with Great Brit- ain — Notwithstanding the many Irnbarrisments we then la- boured under, by Reason of being Expos’d to our Enemy A number of the Inhabitants of said Town Inlisted and went into the service for short Campaigns That a number of said Inhabitants did Inlist into said service for three Years and Dureing the war — that in the year of our Lord 17S1 your pe- titioners Received the Apportionment of this States Quota of Soldiers in said service (and Notwithstanding we conceiv’d we were Doom’d much to high) found we had abundantly more LYMAN. 497 than our proportion in service — and proceeded to make return thereof to the Secrety — conceiving that we were hot cal*^ on to send the Number as affixed to us if we had already said num- ber in the service of the war — That notwithstanding (and to our Great surprise) we are In- form’d that there are now an Extent out against us for want of our proportion of Soldiers in said service when we in fact sup- pos’d that we had done as much more than our proportion, as to free us at least from paying any Tax during the war, — That in addition to our many Distresses — in the Year 1776 Every family and person in Town Had to moove out of the Town and keept Garrison untill they found they might as well be KilE by the Enemy as Die by famine, then mooved to Town again where they have ever since continued — and endeavoured by every possable means in Honesty to acquire a living — That if your Honours see ht to grant us some Relief accord- ing as the Nature of our case Requires it will prevent our leav- ing Town — as all the personal property in said Town is Not sufficient to pay the Demand that the State has against us — Lyman Jan^ 19^^ 1786 At a meeting of the Inhabitants of said Town Voted that Captain Nathan Hodges — be appointed an agent to repair to the General Court at their next Session and the foregoing petition is voted to be laid before said Court and re- quest the agen*^ of our Representative touching said petition — and Doubt not but Every attention will be paid thereto that the Nature of our case Requires, — and your Petitioners will Ever pray Saiffi Parker Asa Parker Abiel Knap Saiffi Way Lem Parker Robert Barkley Solomon Parker Jner Oliver Hand Solomon Parker Jonathan Knap Job Moulton william Clough Evan m'^Bean JoiP Moulton Timothy Olmstead Janson Hodges [6-197] \_Petitlon of JVo?i-Reside?its^ lySy.'] State of New Hampshire — To the Hon'° Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened at Portsmouth by Adjournment — The Petition of John Penhallow Samuel Cutts & John Wen- dell Esq"^® in behalf of themselves and Others Non Resident Prop*^® of the Township of Lyman in the County of Grafton unto 3'our Honours humbly shews — 34 498 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. That this Hon^® Court at their Sessions in Feb^ last were pleased to remitt to the Inhabitants of said Township all their Taxes for a certain Number of Years by aspecial Resolve for that purpose — Which Resolve the said Selectmen considered as a total Exemption of their real & personal property towards said Taxes in Consideration of Services done by y® said Inhabi- tants of which they made no Charge to Government and as they knew not how to make their proportionable Abatement they have laid the whole Taxes on the Non resident Lands w®^ is considered by them unjust and illegal — They therefore pray that this Hon*® Court would appoint a Committee to determine what is the said Inhabitants Propor- tion, That the said Non residents may discharge theirs, of said Taxes, which they are ready to do — and otherways to relieve your Petitioners as to Justice and Equity belong — And as in Duty bound they will ever pray — John Penhallow John Wendell Sam* Cutts Portsm® Jan^ * 7^7 [6-200] S^Petition relative to a Ferry ^ lygo.^ State of New-Hampshire Lyman Decern*' 13*** 1790 To the Hon* General Court of s'* State to be Convened at Con- cord on the first Wednesday of January next — Humbly sheweth the Selectmen of Lyman aforesaid, — that we Your Petitioners & Remonstrants are informed that a Peti- tion has been prefered to Your Honorable Body by Jacob Hurd of Bath, wherein he prayed for the exclusive previledge of keeping a Ferry over Connecticutt River at the Southwest- erly Corner of s'* Lyman, which previledge Your Petitioners- pray may not be granted to s'* Hurd, and as it appears to Your Petitioners that the s'* Towm of Lyman have, in their Corporate Capacity, not only a Greater claim to a Grant of the s'* Previ- ledge than the s^ Hurd, but a more equitable claim than any other person, or Corporation, we pray that the exclusive previ- ledge of opening & forever hereafter keeping a Ferry over Connecticutt River at the place mentioned in s'* Hurds afore- said petition, & also any other Ferry or Ferrys against any part of s^ Lyman as occasion may hereafter require, may be granted to the Selectmen thereof for the time being, for the use & bene- fit of s'* Lyman under such regulations as to Your Honors may appear most proper, and Your Petitioners will pray Joseph Dexter ) Selectmen of Lemuel Parker j said Lyman LYMAN. 499 [6-201] \_Petition for Authority to tax Non-Residents^ //po.] State of New Hampshire Lyman March ^790 To the Honorable Senate, and the Honorable House of Rep- resentatives of said State, to be conven’d at Concord on the first Wednesday of June next — Humbly sheweth — the Selectmen of said Lyman in behalf of said Town, — that the Inhabitants, therein, are few in number, and in all probability are for a long time to come likely to remain so, by reason that the greatest part of the lands in Lyman aforesaid are owned by persons living out of this Town, and many of them out of this State, — that by the exertions of Your Petitioners, the lands of the Non-resident Proprietors are continually increasing in their real value ; and your petitioners have in a particular manner, made, and kept in repair. Roads, and Bridges in said Town, beyond their ability, — Therefore — Your Petitioners pray Your Honors to pass an Act enabling the Selectmen of Lyman, for the time being, to Assess, and order to be Collected, three pence per acre, on all the Lands of the Non-residents of said Town, for the Sole purpose of making, and repairing the highways and Bridges therein, or Grant such relief in the premises as may appear reasonable, and Your Petitioners will pray Joseph Dexter ^ Selectmen of Lyman in Samuel Way v behalf and at the Lemuel Parker] request of said Town [6-203] [ Vote of To'W 7 t relative to a Ferry ^ /yp/.] At a legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of Lyman legally warned and held this 15“' day of March 1791 — Voted to give to Jacob Hurd Esq*" all the right title claim Interest or demand said Inhabitants have to a certain ferry in said Lyman which ferry the said Hurd and the Selectmen of said Lyman hath petitioned' for and a hearing to be had on said petitions before the general Court on the third Wednesday of their next session Atst Jon^ Moulton town Clerk 15**^ March 1791 500 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [6-204] S^Petition of facob Hurd for a Ferry ^ ^ 793 '~\ State of New Hampshire Grafton ss — To the Hon^'® General Court of State to be conven’d at Con- cord in State on the first Wednesday of June next — Humbly Sheweth — Jacob Hurd that he owns the Land Ad- joining Connecticut River in the Township of Lyman in s*^ County where Elij^' Hall now lives opposite to Jacob Halls in the Township of Barnet in the state of Vermont at w®*^ place a public Ferry is very much wanted to accomedate the public, That the s^ Hurd petitioned the Gen^ Court of s*^ State of New Hamp- shire at their Sessions at Portsmouth the Winter of 1789 or the beginning of Jan^^ ^ 79 ^ for a grant of a Ferry, across y® River at the place Aforem*^ on which petition the Gen^ Court ordered a Day of hearing in common form that the order of s*^ Court was complyd with by your Petitioner and a day of hearing was had upon s*^ Petition all which was Attended with considerable Expence to him that on the Day of hearing the Selectmen of s'^ Lyman by their Agent opposed the prayer of 3^our Petitioner being granted upon which the Gen* Court pos- poned the hearing to their next Sessions and in the mean Time a Town Meeting of s^* Lyman was warnd & held for the pur- pose when it was Voted & agreed the s*^ Town relinquish to said Hurd all claim to a grant of s*^ Ferry a Copy of which Vote was given s'* Hurd and he again Attended s'* Court agree- able to their Order — but the s'* Petition was at that time unfor- tunately lost or mislay ed — therefore he prays Your Honors to take into Consideration the said premises and without an}^ fur- ther hearing Grant Your Petitioner his Heirs and Assigns for- ever the priviledge of keeping a Ferry across s'* River extend- ing up s'* River to the Northerly line of s'* Lyman and down s'* River about one Mile to the first Falls in s'* Lyman under such Restrictions and Limitations as to your Honors may Appear proper and your Petitioner as in Duty bound will ever pra}^ — Dated at L^nnan the 20**" May 1793 — In behalf of Jacob Hurd John 'Hurd [The charter for the privilege asked for was granted by an act approved June 19, 1793. — Ed.] LYME. 501 LYME. This township was granted July 8, 1761, to John Thomp- son and others. Settlements were commenced in the spring of 1764 by William and John Sloan and Walter Fairfield. These men came from Connecticut, and named the town from Lyme in that state. Twenty-one families were residing in the town in 1770, which, however, was not enough to comply with the condi- tions of the grant, which was in reality forfeited in 1769 in consequence thereof, but was extended on the 21st day of February, 1770, by the governor and council. Documents relative to the settlement of town lines, 1780, may be found in Vol. XI, p. 723. The name of the town is written “ Lime” in the charter, and that erroneous orthography was perpetuated for some years, but has been spelled Lyme for the last fifty or more years. [6-20^][ TViomas Sumner relative to the Town Grants Province of New Plampshire To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq^ Captain General Gov- ernor & Commander in Cheif in and over his Majestys Prov- ince of New Hampshire &c in Council. The humble Petition and Memorial of Thomas Sumner an Inhabitant and Proprietor of the Township of Lime in the Province aforesaid — Humbly Sheweth That your Memorialist is informed that Sundry Persons is about to Petition your Excellency and Honors for a Grant of the said Township, supposing the same intirely reverted to his Majesty for the Nonperformance of the Conditions in the pres- ent Charter Stipulated — Your Memorialist begs leave to inform your Excellency & Honors, that there are now Setled, and setling Fifteen Families, that have made Considerable Cultiva- tions on their respective shares in said Township, and many have been resident thereon Sundry Years, and have built there- on — under these Circumstances if your Excellency should grant the said Township to other proprietors without having regard to the present Setlers, it might prove ruinous to them respect- ively. Wherefore he humbly Prays your Excellency and Honors that such a Grant may not be made, without some No- tice given to the Tenants that they may have an Opportunity of 502 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. giving your Excellency a true State of their Tenure and Condi- tion — and your Memorialist shall ever Pray — Portsm® September 1768. Tho® Sumner also your Memorialist begs leave to inform your Excellency that there is a Small Island of the Contents of about Thirty Acres, nearly opposite the South West corner of said Lime, which if improved and Cultivated might be of beneficial Con- venience to the Town — Wherefore your Mem° would humbly beg a Grant of the said Island, in order to improve it, in such manner as your ExcelP'" think fit to grant the same. Tho® Sumner [In H. of Rep., August, 1768, “ordered to lay.” — E d.] [6-206] \_Co 7 iditio 7 i of the Toivti^ Y/dc?.] Province of New Hamps® To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq*^ Captain General, Governor & Commander in Chief in and over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire & Vice Admiral of the Same in Council — The Petition of Thomas Sumner of Lvme in behalf of him- self and the Grantees of said Township unto your Excellency & Hon^® most humbly shews — That Your Petitioners have so far complied with the Condi- tions of the Charter of said Township as to make a Settlement of twenty one of said Rights, tho with great Discouragem‘® Ex- pence & Hardships, being Obliged to carry & fetch their Pro- visions & Corn from Mills forty Miles Distant from said Town- ship ; and have now' the pleasing Prospects of a fine Settlement if y*" Excellency & Honours w'ill indulge them with a Contin- uance of your favours by Lengthning out the Charter of said Township for three Years from this date, in which time we do assure Y' Excellency & Honours that this Township shall be fully Setled, for which w'e are ready to Obligate ourselves and all concerned — And your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever pray— Portsm® Oct*' 25^^ 1768 — Tho® Sumner LYME. 503 \ 6 - 20 ^~\ \_Town I?iventory^ ^773 ^cimes o?tly print ed.~\ An Inventory of the Polls and Ratable Estate of the Inhabi- tants of the Township of Lime — Wi™ Bell Wi™ Bell JuiP John Bell Andrew Bell Elkanah Billing John Barron Nathan Barron Jonathan Child John Chamberlin of Thetford Sam” Cary Tho® Dunham Benj*^ Day Jun*’ James English Walter Fairfield Walter Fairfield Juifi John Fairfield Benj" Grant Benj" Grant JuiF Peter Grant Tho® Gilbert Ebenz*’ Green Rubin Grant Noah Grant Titus Goodell Natha” Hews Natha” Hews JuiF Sam” Hunt Edward Howard Edward Howard Jun' Daniel Howard James Hovey Daniel Howard Juifi Isaiah Howard Jonath" Hatch Richard Limes Hezekiah May Charles Nelson W'" Nelson Jacob Orcutt Lemuel Peake Isaac Preston Tho® Porter Elijah Porter Calvin Porter the Wid“ Thede Phelps Luther Porter Peter Purkins JonatlV* Rich Seth Roe Moses Stark W*" Stark John Stewart John Sloan David Sloan ' Elx'' Shield Joseph Scinner John Scott Jesse Strong Sam” Smith The above and Foregoing is True Invontory of the Polls and Ratable Estate of the Township of Lime Taken April the 26‘^ 1773 By us the Subscribers Walter Fairfield Benjamin Grant W"^'Bell Jonathan Child Charles Nelson Select- ^ men of Lime J the Sum Total of the Whole List of the Township of Lime s d is T63 : 9 : 8 Lime 5*” may 1773 then waiter fairfield Jonathan Child & Charles Nelson personally appeared and made oath that the above Inventory was faithfully & impartially made before me Israel Morey Justice Peace 504 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [6-208] [ Vote of Town relative to the Convention at Leb- anon^ 1777. at a meeting of the Inhabitents of the town of Lime Leagely worned and held at the hous of Capt Eben'’ Gravs in town on tusday y® fourth day of this februery 1777 — and the Seventh vote in meeting was that the Com‘® of Safty of this town Should Join in Conjuncieon with the Com‘®® of Safty for the Severel towns in this County at Deecon ord- ways at Lebenon on thursday y® thirteenth day of this Instant februry to meet with the Courts Com‘® from Exeter and are Likewise Impowed to act in behalf of the above S*^ town Rele- tive to there Letter of the tenth Day of Janery Last Walter Fairfield Comitees Ch’^ John Sloan Clerk the Names of the Com‘® Decen Joseph Skiner m’’ waiter fairfield m*" thomas porter John Sloan [R. 2-235] A copy of the intelligence Received in Cohoss’ Lime 29*^ of June 1776 these to acquaint you that this mo- ment I have Received intiligence that our army is Drove to Crown point the News Came by TvL Chamberline who says he saw two men that Came With General Sullivan over the Lake I hope M'' Whitelaw and company are returned if Not I fear they are intercepted pray send by the bearer any intiligence you may have otherwise, also your advice how we had best proceed I am in haste S'" your Humble Ser* to the Honourable Jacob Bailey Esq' Jonath. Childs We have now no Doubt of the truth of the first report as within therefore we pray the assistance of the Lower towns by their sending the Melitia to our assistance James Bailey Jacob Bailey Chairman of the Com. of Haved and Newbury LYME. 505 [R. 2-236] \^Petition of Capt. Ebenezer Gt‘een^ State of New Hampshire. To the the Council & House of Representatives now Convened at Exeter, in the State aforesaid. Humbly Sheweth Your Petitioner That he entered into the Continental Service in the beginning of the year 1776 in the Ca- pacity of a Captain in CoP Timothy Bedles Regiment, raised by this state & soon after joined the Continental Army in Can- ada — And that in the month of May in the year aforesaid he was made a Captive at a place called the Cedars and left in the hands of the Enemy as a Hostage by Gen^ Arnold, then chief Commander in that department, — That after about ten Months captivity, your Petitioner was permitted to return home on his parole — That in the year 1779 he was called to New York & then permitted to return still on parole till further orders. — And that now he is liable to be called for at any moment, — That your petitioner has twice made application to Congress in order to effect his exchange, but to no purpose, — That your petitioner, since his first engagement, has received no more than the nomi- nal sum of his wages in paper Currency, and has nowhere to look for redress but to your honors. — Your Petitioner would therefore humbly pray your Honors to take his circumstances under your wise & serious Consideration & grant him such re- lief as other officers of his rank have been allowed to receive. Exeter i2‘'^ 17S1 EbiP Green [He petitioned again the following November, in which he stated “ That he became an Hostage by order of Geffi Arnold for performance of the Capitulation Entered into by said Arnold.” And again in June, 1783, in which he stated that he was ‘‘detained about six years a prisoner as hostage before exchanged.” — Ed.] [R. 2-239] \_E^port of Committee on Soldie 7 ‘s^ i'j 86 .'\ Your Committee on the petition of Plainfield, Lebanon &C beg leave to report as their opinion. That the Town of Lime be credited for three Continental men Viz Abner Barlow Hen- ry Tibbets & James Rosebrooks of Whitcomb’s Corps, and that said Town be allowed the sum of sixty pounds for each of said men, with interest thereof on the settlement of the ac- 5o6 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. count the state has against said Lime for deficiency of soldiers, which is submitted Josh*^ Wentworth for the Committee. [The report was accepted and adopted by the legisla- ture. — E d.] [From Gen. Chase’s Papers.] Lime May 13**^ ^777 Sir This may Certify you that Stephen Jinnings & Eph- raim Jinnings have Enlisted Into the Continental Service for the Term of three years under the Command of Cap* John House Co** Starks Reg* & have bin mustered & paid their State Bounty & Travil money by me JoiP Child M : Master For Cap* Abel Stephens Lime March 22** 1781. S'' these may Certify That Ephraim Dunlap of Plainfield and Able Parks of hanover served as Sergent in my Comp^ In the one months service Col° Jonath" Chase Charles Nelson Cap* [6-210] S^Petition for Charter for a Ferry ^ iy84.~\ Whereas the Ferry on Connecticut River opposite to the north west corner of Lime in the county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire, has not been chartered by the Government ; And whereas said Ferry has been occupied by Nathan Mann of Thetford west of said River, for four years last past, who has been at very considerable expence in providing boats and keep- ing the ways thro’ his own farm &c. to said Ferry in repair; and has during said term, given such attendance to said Ferry as to gratify and serve the Public in the best manner ; And whereas ’tis our opinion that s^ Mann is the most suitable per- son to own and occupy said Ferry, his situation and circum- stances being better calculated to serve the public in this re- spect than any other person whatsoever — We the Subscribers therefore wish said Ferry might be granted to the said Nathan Mann, his heirs, &c. — Dated October S**' AD i 7 S 4 * Will Simpson John Mann Jon'' Sawyer John Nelson Ebe’’ Green Amasa Bugbee Benj^ Morey Edward Howard Jr Isaac Perkins LYME. 507 Ichobod Palmer Simeon Avery Isaac VV. Stanton Ebenezer Baldwin John Clark Sam“‘^ Bell Tbyobry Clark William Tbomson Edward Sawyer Samuel Pbelps jur Ichabod Sawyer Reuben Strong Tbomas Sawyer Jonathan Bixby Rob‘ Simpson Nathaniel Marsh Samuel Cole Asa Tyler Jon*^ Darbe Clement Emery Simeon Darby Theodore Dame Amos Palmer Mathew Sloan Asa Preston Lemuel Sturtevant Joseph Skinner Jif Peter post Daniel Tillotson Jr Ichabod Tucker James English Elijah Porter Peter Perkins Junr William Porter Israel Newton Thomas Porter Calvin Porter John Bell John Tomson Benjamin Wood- worth Amherst Coult Tylly Howe Daniel Fuller Tho® Paine Jn” Sloan Joseph Sloan Oliver farmer Lebeus Washburn Edward Ploward Joseph Howard Jona Franklin Zebedee Cutting Benjamin Howard Nathan Edson Abel Skinner Ephraim Skinner Joseph Skinner Tho® porter Junr Sam" phelps Joel phelps Seth Waterman Abigay Brotten ISaiah Howard Daniel Howard Enoch Howard Uriah Howard Voden tucker Macy Morey James Morey Peter Perkins Abraham Perkins Eli Carpenter David Simpson Elias Dewey John Morey Nath" Phelps Abr"' Palmer James Hobart Stephen Lumbard Joseph Flobart In orford thirty nine Siners In lime fifty Siners [6-211] \_Relative to Representatio 7 i^ etcP\ At A Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Lime Le- galley Warned and Convened at the house of Ebenezer Green Esqr on Monday the 25*" of Nov*" and Continued by adjourn- ment to Monday the 2" of Dec*" Inst. — i®‘ Voted that the phamphlet Lately published by the Com- mitey of the Towns of Lime hanover Leabonon and plainfield is truely Expresive of our Sentiments on Representation and the Unconstituniol Formation and proceedings of the present Assembly — 2" Voted that we Canot Comply with the presept Issued to this town in Conjunction with 5 other Towns for Chusing a Representative for the Reasons following Viz — Because the present plan of Representation is intirely Incon- sistant with a free State where Every Corporate Town that is 5o8 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. taxt hath an undoubted Right to act for themselves in Chusing a Member for the Legislative Bodey because the Elections are limited to persons of 200 £ st. of Real Estate for there Choiese whereas Every Elector in free States is Capable of be- ing Elected 3*^ Voted that the Clerk be directed to make Returns of our Reasons for our None Compleyance to the proposed Assembley that is to Sett at Exeter on the thierd wensday of Dec’’ Next 4’y Voted that we Cannot Compley with the dierection to the Choiese of a Councelor in Manner proposed in the presept for the Reasons folowing, first Because that in Every free State the people have an undoubted Right to there Voice in the Choise of the whole Councle Either by themselves or there Represent- ative 2^ Because we Cannot See aney good proposed by Confin- ning the Elector to Certain Limmits within the State for there Choiese — 3^ Voted that the Clerk be directed to Make Return of our Reasons for Non Comple}^ance to the Committee apointed for the Receiving of the Votes for a Councelor and also to Enter a protest agains the Choiese Test Jon^ Child Town Clerk [6-213] \^Petition for the Annexatioii of Grant’s Island to the Town^ iy 88 h\ To The Hon :ble the Gen^^ Court of N Hampshire to be con- vened at Concord on the Tuesday of June next — We would inform the Hon^*® Court that there is an Island leying in Connecticut River between the Town of Lyme and the western Banks of said River containing about Twenty five acres of Land, — Owned by Benjamin Grant, to him Chartered by the late Gov*" Wentworth which Island we Request to be annexed to the Town of Lyme for the following Reasons viz. Because it appears to us reasonable that it be Taxed it being prinicapally under improvement & 2^^ It being owned by an Inhabitant of the Town it has ever been Taxed by the Select Men but not Colleable without dificultv — on account of its not beloning to any perticular Town therefore we pertition that the above Island (known by the Name of Grant’s Island) be an- nexed to the Town of Lyme, or some other Town in the State as the Hoifi^ Court in their Wisdom shall See fit Lyme May 31, 1 788 Jonathan Conant \ Select Men Jon® Goodell > of Amherst Coult j Lyme LYNDEBOROUGH. 509 LYNDEBOROUGH. The township was first granted by the government of Massachusetts to Capt. Samuel King and others who were in the Canada expedition in 1690. Some of the grantees being inhabitants of Salem, Mass., the township was called Salem-Canada, until it was re-granted by the Masonian proprietors, Dec. 5, 1753, to Benjamin Lynde, of Salem, Mass., and thirty others, and named Lynde Borough. (See Vol. IX, p. 536.) It was incorporated as a town April 23, 1764. Settlements were made in 1750. June 15, 1791, a portion was taken from the westerly part of the town, joined with some other tracts, and incorporated into the town of Greenfield. The town lost another portion of territory June ii, 1796, the same being annexed to Temple. Jan. 5, 1853, the north-easterly portion of the town was set off and annexed to Mont Vernon. June 27, 1873, some territory was taken from the south- erly side of the town and annexed to Milford. [6-216] \_Reco 77 imendation for a Coroner^ -^ 77^0 At A Legual Meeting of the Inhabitants of Lyndeborough on Thursday f 29*^" I 77 ^ Then the Above S*^ Town Unanimously Voted that M’’ Jo- seph Herrick be Recommended to the General Coart of this Colliny ; as A Person worthy to be Appointed to Receive the Office of a Coroner — A Trew Coppey Attest P’’ AikP Fuller T : Clerk Lyndeborough August y® 20^^^ ^ 77 ^ [6-217] \^Reco 7 nme 7 idation fora JMagistrate^ at a Legal Meeting of the Town of Lyndeborough on the 26^^ Day of March 177S they Voted to Recomend Cap* Peter Clark to the Great and General Court of this State and pray he may be appoinded a Justice of the peace Lyndeborough June 15**' 1779 And'^ Fuller J Select Men Daniel Gould >• of Jacob watamen ) Lyndeborough 510 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [6-218] \_Letter from Benjamin Lynde^ ^779 Salem 12 Sepf 1779 — Sir Hearing you are President of the Council in your State, I take the Fredom, from our past Acquaintace & your general good Carracter ; to Write you, and Petition to your Court, for taking oft' a Part of Lyndbor® Called Beavins Corner, & annexing it with other Lands, into a new Parrish. There are Certain Facts, that in all Justice & reason must greatly Inftuence in such Aft'airs : — about 12 or 14 years agoe, when the Inhabitants Proposed a second Meetinghouse, the first being never finish’d, a Place was agreed on near to the then In- habitants, but as those who were at Beavins Corner Tho’t it hard as they were some of the first Setlers to have it Carryed furth from them. It was at last Determin’d only to move it a litle nearer, tho in the Same Lott, to Favour the Inhabitants in that part — and Placed it puerly to oblige them — tho far from the Midle & against the minds of the Majority of the Proprietors, whose Interest lead to Place it further Northwest, as the Town by Charter was enlarged West & N West, — so that an Altera- tion now, would be Attended with great Detriment & an Heavy Charge — I am Apt to think, Hon*^ Sir, Your own Observation, I am Sure mine does. Shows That the multiplying Parishes naturaly tends to Impoverish the Clergy ; breaks the Lhiion of Society’s, and when the times are so Difficult, will Disolve all but the richest Parishes — Such are the Heavy Taxes now. That one had as good Give away poor Lands as pay the Taxes — especially with you, who- allow no right of Redemption, as is practised in other States — This will Encourage all Tresspassors who for less than a ShilP, can purchase an acre of Land I ask the Favor of your Showing this to Hon^^ Jacob Abbot Esq^, of your Board — & if the Facts are such as in Justice must Stop the Proceeding, I Trust he will Join in it — I am S'" with great Respects to Your Selfe & M*”® Weare — Your HoiY Most Obed^ Serv* Benj'^ Lynde Addressed to Hon. Meshach Weare. [6—219] \_Betition fo7' a Division of the Town^ J/c^O.] To tlie Hon'’^® The Council and House of Representatives Con- vened at Exeter State of New Hampshire June 1780 The prayer of vour Humble Petitioners sheweth That your Petitioners living in Lyndborough and in the Easterly part of LYNDEBOROUGH. 3II the Town and upwards of four miles from the meeting House And badly situated on account of a Road to Said Lyndborough Meeting House It being a verry large and rough Hill or Moun- tain to rise which never will admit of a Comfortable road either to pass or repass to or from Said Meeting House and Cannot be avoided by us, And as we live but a few rods from Amherst line and but about Two miles from And verry good road to the place where the People in the Northwesterly part of the Town of Amherst have agreed to Set their Meeting House, And as we might be so well Acommodated by being Setoff from the Town of Lyndborough and annexed with the northwesterly part of the Town of Amherst and formed into a Town — Therefore we with the Inhabitants in the Northwesterly part of Said Amherst who are owners of great part of the lands in this part ofLynde- borough Pray That you would be pleased to set off from said Lyndeborough half a mile in wedth at New Boston line from thence Continuing that half mile in wedth Adjoining to Said Amherst about four miles and an half Southerly on Said Am- herst line to a Pitchpine tree marched which is the Southwest Corner bounds mentioned in the Petition for a parrish or Town preferred by the Inhabitants in the northwesterly part of Am- herst and pray that the above mentioned half mile may be an- nexed with the Northwest part of said Amherst and formed into a Town And your Petitioners as in duty Bound Shall ever pray— Lyndeborough June 17S0 Inhabitants of Lyndeborough his Benjamin -|- Curtice mark Samuel Town John Case Inhabitants in the Northwesterly part of Amherst Owners of Land in the within mentioned part of Lyndborough Josiah Dodge Stephen Peabody [6-221] Remonst 7 'ance to fo 7 'egoing Petition^ To the Great and General Court or assembly of the State of New Hampshire — The Petition of the Select men and other Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Town of Lyndeborough humbly Sheweth Whereas we Suppose there will be a petition prefer'^ to this Honorable Court by a Number of the Inhabitants of the North 512 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. west part of the Town of Lyndeborough praying that they may be Sett off from Said Lyndeborough as a Town by them Selves we your Petitioners pray their Petition may not be granted for the following Reasons (viz) Reason hrsttheTown being Laid out in Such a form, Should Such a piece of the Town be taken off as is Requested by the Said Northwest part of this Town it will leave the Remainder of Said town in Such a form that it Cannot be Supposed that it will long Exist as a Town — 2^^ Should they be Contented to Continue in Such an Illcon- venant form there is so much mountainous Land that will not admit of Settlement it will make it Very burthensom for us to Support the Gospel which we have Regularly Settled with us — as we have with Zeal and Unity born our parts in a Long and Distressing War we humbly pray the Court as the Parent of the State to protect us in Every fit way that lays in their power from Every Unnessary Division and Expence untill we have More fully Discharge our proportion of the publick Debt — Resting in the wisdom and Integerity of the Honorable Court we Subscribe our Selves your Humble petitioners who as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray — Lyndeborough December 12 1783 Ephraim Putnam ^ Selectmen Jeremiah Carleton ^ of Jonas Kidder ) Lyndeborough Peter Clark Francis Epes Levi Spaulding Joseph Batchelder NatlF Batchelder Stephen Richardson Jonathan Whitte- more Aaron Whittemore Benj^ Pun chard James Punchard Samuel Whittemore Nathanel Hutchin- son John Clark William Punchard Ebenezer gardner Robert Badger Jacob Wellman William Barron Daniel Gould John ordway Eleazar Woodward Solomon Cram John Chamberlin Samuel Hutchason Jonathan Pearson Amos Pearson Walter Ross Reuben Batchelder John Kidder James Boutwell Adam Johnson Nathaniel Phelps Samuell Hutchinson And'^ Fuller Sam Chamberlin Jacob Cram Adam Johnson Juff Jacob Flynn Aaron Lewis John Rowe Josah Dutton William Dutten [The following are on another petition of same date and nature : — E d.] LYNDEBOROUGH. 513 Samuel Huston Beniamin Dutton Ithamar Woodward Richard Butler Jacob Dutton John Stiles moses Lewis John Woodward Andrew Creesy [6-223] \_Another Remonstrance^ 1^84^^ State of New Hampshire To the Honourable the Sennate and House of Representatjives In General Court assembled 17S4 The Town of Lyndeborough humbly Sheweth Agreeable to an Order of the Honourable the Sennate and House of Repre- sentitives to us directed upon a petition of a Number of the In- habitance of the westerly part of this Town and others praying they may be Set oft' as a Town by them Selves — The Town of Lyndborough at a Legol Meeting have taken Said petition under their Consideration and beg leave to oft'er Some Reasons why the prayer of Said petitioners Should not be granted — As to the Town of Lyndborough being Very Larg as is Set forth in Said petition we would Inform the Hon^ Court that it was at first Laid out but Six miles Square Except a little Cor- ner that New Boston took oft' on the North East Corner, after wards there was a large piece of the Town taken oft' from the South part of Said Town and Added to Wilton, by Joseph Blanchard Esq^ who was agent for the Masonian proprietors, which was a great dammage to this Town, for the piece that was added to this Town on the north part of it, in Lieu of it, we Cannot Expect to hold to this Town when they Request to be Set oft' to Frances-town, it being but about a mile from Said Frances-town IMeeting House — the South East part of this Town by Reason of their distance from the Meeting House petitioned the General Court in the Year 1779 to be taken oft' from this Town and together with Duxbery School Farm and part of Amharst to be Incorporated a distinct Town by them Selves, but the Hono’^ Court Viewing the plan of this Town and Considering its Circumstances Re- solved that the Request of Said petitioners ought not to be granted — As to the present petition before the Honourable Court their Request appears to us So Extravigant and unreasonable that it is a Matter of wonder to us that Men So Zealous for the publick worship as the petitioners Express them Selves, Should So fail in the Second branch of Duty (viz) Love to their Neighbour, for it appears to us that their petition Cannot be granted with- out the Distruction and aniolation of the Town as vour Hon- 35 514 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. ours may See by the plan of that part of that Town that will be left, for not only the unpresidented form it will Iv in. but the large quantity' of Land that lays Easterly of the Meeting House that never will admit of Settlement, will have a tendancy to break up the Town, and farthermore the Southeasterly part of the Town have almost as far to travil to the ^leetinsf House as a great part of the petitioners now have, likewise the Xorth Easterly part of the Town in which Corner of the Town and East of the line the petitioners have drew a Crost the Town, and behind the Said ^fountain, there is about thirtv familves that have to go over Said ^lountain to Meeting where it is much More Steeper and Rougher than where the petitioners Cross it, likewise your Honnours will See by the Plan what a Cituation the Southwest Corner will be left in. — Upon the whole we think needless to trouble your Honours with anv thing that is lengthev in this wav. the true State of the Matter will we trust appear So plain by the plans Exhibeted to your Honnours and what mav be Said on the Subiect on the Day of hearing, that we humblv Refer the Matter to vour wise Consideration and Paternal Care of us trusting that the Matter will be Settled agreable to Justice and Equity — permit us farther to add that we could wish to Accommo- date the owners and few Inhabitants of the Said Slip of Land agreeable to their plan and make that the Center of a fine Town bounded out as they please Could it be done without So great Expence as the Ruin of this Town, likewise we think and take it to be the minds of the Town and that they are heartilv will- ing to allow to their Breatheren the petitioners that belong to this Town a full Equalitv of priviledge as to the place of ]Meet- ing bv Gloving the Meeting House, to the Center, or Some other wav that mav be thought Best, but we Cannot be Recon- siled to the thought of haveing the Town torn to pieces accord- ing to the Request of the petitioners, there fore it is the prayer of this Town that the praver of the petitioners may not be granted, for which the Town of Lyndborough who as in Duty bound will Ever pray Levi Spaulding Signed by the Committee Ephraim Putnam in behalf of the Town Peter Clark * of Lyn deborough [6-224] \_Statement fro?Ji the Petitioners^ iy84J\ Whereas the General Court at the Request of us the Sub- scribers Was pleased to Appoint a Committee of the Court to come and view the Situation and Circumstances of the Town of LYNDEBOROUGH. 515 Lyndeborough The Honorable Committee having prosecuted the busines of their Commisions earnistly Recommended to each party in Said Town to agree on Sum terms of Accommodation among them Selves for the Present term and as we wish always to pay a due Defterance to the Wise and a Proper regard to their Counsels we are disposed to adhear to their advice, and notwithstanding we are Consious to our Selves we have asked for nothing more then reason will dictate to be right, the Natu- ral Rights of men Require, and the previleges which the Con- stitution of our State admits of, yet for the Sake of making every thing as easy as posable to the minds of our brethrin who are in opposition to us we Consent to the following proposals (viz) we the Subscribers being the Major part of the Petitioners for a Town on thewestardly part of Said Town of Lyndeborough do agree and consent that provided the Inhabitants of said Lynde- borough who Dwell on the Eastwardly Side of the mountain at a Legual Town meeting will agree and pass a Vote that they Will no more oppose the Incorporation of the Westardly part of vSaid Town together with the Slip &c into a Town or Parrish as the Court Shall See fit agreable to their Petition and the Plan theirwith Exhibeted to the Court we will withdraw our Petition now in Court, and will meet with them as usual and will Pay our full proportion of the yearly Salary of our minister for the Term of Nine months next insuing from the Date here of, or otherwise if it Should be most agreable to our Breathren in the Eastardly Part of Said Town and to our Rev*^ Paster for him to Com and Preach with us as many Sabaths in a year as will be our proportionable Part according to what we pay towards his yearly Sallary we will consent to remain togeather as we are for the Term of one year and Nine months or otherwise if it Shall be most agreeable to our above Said Bretheran of Said Town we will Draw our mony which we Pay towards the yearly Sal- lary of our Rev*"^ Paster and we will Consent to remain to- geather as we are for the Term of two years and Nine months Next to Com from the Date hereof we do not mean however that if by reason of Som adverse Providanc it Should becom Necessary to Buld another meeting House or any Extraordiary Expenc Should arise in the Town within Said Term which we trust will not be the Case, we Say we do not hereby oblidge our Selves to Such Expence Lyndeborough December 7^^ — Stephen Burnam Samuel Stevins Isaac Day James Burnam Amos Whitemor John Savage Joseph Herrick Joseph Elinwood jr John Reynolds John Taplain Asahel Stiles Stephen Gould Samuel Blasdel George Pearson Joseph Elinwood 5i6 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. David Avril Jon^ Butler William Taylor Robert Day Nathaniel Burnam Joshua Stiles John Smith Philip Fletcher John Grant Samuel Punchard Hesekiah Dunckly Samuel Punchard jr William Parker Nathaniel Batchelder Thomas Carleton Joseph Bickford Abraham Dinsmore Ephraim Abbot ^TAtt a Legual meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabi- tants of the Town of Lyndeborough on the twenty Seventh Day of December A : D : 1784 the fore going Proposals was laid be fore the Town but not accepted a True Copy Atts p*' Ephraim Putnam T : Clerk [6-235] \_A'i^other Statement of the Situation^ iy84.~\ State of New Hamshire To the Hon^ the Senate and House of Representatives In Gen- eral Court Assembled — Humbly sheweth the Petition of Us the Subscribers being partly Inhabitants of the westerly part of Lyndborough and partly proprietors and Inhabitants of Lyndeborough Strip so Called and owners of Land on the East of Peterbourough — Whereas the Town of Lyndeborough is large in its Circum- ference and lyeth in such form and Situation as renders it Ex- ceeding difficult for the Inhabitants to meet together for the purpose of Public & Social worship : and on all other Oca- sions, the Distance from the abode of your petitioners to the meeting House in said Town is very great: But that is not all, the Land in that part is very mountainous and Rough — there is a hill Called Lyndeborough Mountain lying Southwardly & Northwardly Cross the Town — Several Miles in Length by reason of which the Communication of the East & West parts are rendered exceeding difficult — there not being but one place that is passable over said mountain for about four miles — and the rise and fall on each side is very long and Steep — and there is as much as fifty Seven families on the West Side of said mountain in said Town and on Said Strip, who have no way to get to Meeting only in that one place or way (excepting a few) : and we think we can Safely say the greatest part of said families are as much as five Miles from the Meeting House and a Considerable Number are more than Six and some more than Seven miles distant and many more will be as much as Seven when the unimproved Lands are Setled which we have reason to think would soon be, could that place be accommodated as Towns in General are — But the present situation of that part of LYNDEBOROUGH. 517 said Town is such that it discourages the Settlement thereof : and those who are already settled there are almost worn out with their difficulties in geting to meeting and Attending other public and Necessary Business, — Ever sience they- been there they have always lived in hope that they should be better ac- commodated when they should increase to such a Number as to be Able to support a Gospel Minister they suppose they have the greatest reason to expect it Considering the situation of the Town, and they always Understood that it was the Opin- ion of every one that was well aquainted therewith that a Divi- sion would take place — : It is but a small part of Holy Time Your petitioners can Attend public worship, and our women and Children many of them are almost Strangers in the meeting House, we hope we can truly say not altogether for want of love to the Divine Ordinances, But are obliged to Neglect Pub- lic worship from their inability to Attend thro the Difficulties above mentioned — We do not wish to Injure the Town of Lyndebourough, it is not for any decension in principles or manners that we would seperate h'om them, we have hitherto lived in peace & harmoney as a Town : and we wish ever to Cultivate and Maintain such a Temper of Mind toward each other — But we cannot in our Situation enjoy these Rights and previledges which we think belong to a Christian people — and we are fully perswaded in our own minds and Consiences that Considering our Circumstances which we beleive are almost if not quite unparalled in the whole state, a Separation would be far more beneficial to us and to our posterity than the disad- vantage can be to the other part of the Town — and your Peti- tioners are of humble Opinion, that on the Westerly Side of said mountain in said Lyndborough and said Strip of Land to- gether with one Mile Square of the Sosiety land (or what is called the undivided Land) with the east Range of Lots in Peterborough (that is) four Miles from the North line — all which is Contained in a Plan herewith prefered to your Honors — your Petitioners are of Opinion would be sufficient for a small Town, and as the Town of Peterborough is very large we un- derstand not less than Six Miles Square, your Petitioners think it would not be prejudicial to that Town if said east Range of Lots Should be Set off to Accommodate your Petitioners and those who may hereafter improve and dwell on said Lots — Wherefore Your Petitioners Humbly pray Your Honors to take their Case with all the Difficulties attending it, into Your Consideration and Paternal Care, and if in your wisdom and Judgment you should find it Consistant with Justice and Equi- ty to accommodate them by makeing tliem a Distinct Town, (which we are in full Confidence your Hon” will Do) Then the prayer of your petitioners is that your Honors Will Incor- 5i8 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. porate into a Town & Body Politic all those who Dwell within the Limets and bounds with the Lands agreably to the Plan herewith Committed — Granting to them all the Rights Previ- ledges & Emunities Equal to Other Towns In said State — for which your petitioners as in Duty bound will ever pray — If the Representation of our Affair herein Given should not be satisfactory to the Honourable Court ; we would humbly Ask the feavoLir that a Committe might be Appointed by the Hon^ Court to Come and View our Situation and make Repourt thereof and we the Subscribers will pay the Charge thereof if the Hoff® Court Sees fit we should Lyndeborough ] Amos VVhittemor John Savage Thomas Carlton Nathael Burnam JoiP Butler William Blunt Willard Leind Joseph Ellinwood William Taylor Joshua Stiles Samuel Stevens Isaac Day John Aarchar Joseph Herrick Stephen Burnam George Person ay 17H— Robert Day Joseph Batchelder John Reynolds James Burnam Joshua Holt Ju'' Philip fletcher Ephraim Abbott Isaac Foster Jn° Grant Edmund Bickford Joseph Bickford Peter Russell Simeon Fletcher Samuel Punchard Samuel Punchard J John Smith Hezekiah Dunckle Samuel Blasdel William Parker Stephen goold David Averil Asahel Stiles Joseph Person Barachias Holt Abiel Abbot Joseph Ellinwood John taplein Asa Dutton Samuel Cudworth Abraham Dinsmore Daniel Herrick Joshua Holt [6-227] \_Report of a Co 77 tmittee of Co 72 fere 7 tce^ zyeSJ".] We the Subscribers being a commette chosen by the Peti- tioners of the North westerly part of the Town of Lynde- borough to meet a commette Chosen by the Town of Lynde- borough to see if the too Commettes in behalf of the parties could come into any method of agreement for the preasant agreable to the advice of Hoff Commettee from the General Court conserning A petition witch now lies in the General Court the prayer of witch petition is that the s^ North west part together with the strip &cc be incorporated into a town We the Comette do say in Behalf of the petitioners that we are willing to Remain together with the Town for the Term of three years from the 7 day of Next September 17S5 Provided we draw four fifths of what money we pay toward our Revn*^ Ministers Sallery in money or preaching By a Vote of the LYNDEBOROUGH. 519 Town — Nevertheless it is to be allways understood that the H on^ Court Commette at this Session Report that the petition- ers of the s*^ Northwesterly part &cc be set off Either as a town or parish as they shall think Best at the end of the Term we have prefixed and also that the Hon^ Court pass a Vote that our agreement with the Easterly part of s^ town be not altered by the town within said term, Furthermore that if by reason of sume advers providence it should be come Necessary to build another Meeting house or any Extraordinery Expence should arise in the town within said term witch we trust will not be the Case we sa}" we do not hearby Oblige our selves to .such Expence — Lyndeborough Feb'" 2^ 17S5 Tn® Savage ) ^ T I Ti • 1 r Commete Joseph Herrick j £6-230] \_Remo?ist 7 'ance to a Divisio 7 i of the Touun.'\ To the Honorable the Councel & House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Court Assem- bled — The petition of the Inhabitants of the town of Lyndeborough Ey their Committe — Humbly sheweth — That Whereas the town has been served with a Copy of a petition of a number of the Inhabitants of this Town Request- ing that they with a particular part of the town of Lynde- borough therein Mentioned May be set of & Incorporated with Duxbury School Farm Mileslip with a part of Amherst into a Town &c &c And Calling upon the town of Lyndeborough to Appear & shew Reasons If any they have why the prayer of said petition should not be Granted At their Next sessions on the second Thursday Whereupon the town being Legallv As- sembled Voted & Choose a Committe to Appear & Assign Reasons Accordingly — We therefore the Committe beg leave in the Name & behalf of the Town Humbly to Represent the following Reasons why the prayer of s^ petition should not be Granted & that part of Lyndeborough therein Mentioned set of & Annexed to Dux- bury School farm &c. That in the year 1765 When the Town was Small but few Inhabitants About 40 families in all when we Attempted to build a Meeting house & settle the Gospel among us — Fre- quently when Town Meetings were Called & we attempted to Agree upon a Particular Spot of Ground for the Meeting house 520 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. to Stand upon — They Voted Against Our proceedings & threw in Protests offering the Following Reasons — Viz That the place Voted is not Commodious for building a Meeting upon — And that they were not able to Support a Minister — And in 1766 after the Meeting house Spot Was fixed upon for their Accom- modation they Cordially Agreed with the other Inhabitants to proceed in building a Meeting house & settling the Gospel in Town — And Accordingly the town did Unanimously proceed in 1768 to build a Meeting house on s*^ Spot to Accommodate s*^ petitioners in particular & to settle the Gospel in s*^ Town which was done with Great Uninimity & which still Contin- ues — And as s*^ Meeting house stands at a Great distance from the Center of the Town Not More than two Miles from the East line Measuring from the Meeting house And at least five miles from the west line of s*^ town — And the Meeting house has been handsomely & Decently finished at the no Small Cost & charge of the Towm, And as the Town is settling fast in the North North west, West, & South, west part some of the Inhabitants have now' the Travil of 4, 5, 6 & 7 Miles as their Roads Run to Attend Publick Worship ; And If s^ part of Lyndeborough Sh*^ be set of such Inhabitants from s*^ parts of the Towm will Immediately Call for a Remove of the Meeting house or to be set off' by themselves into Seperate Parishes to the Destruction of the Town Whereas the Cost & Charge of Building & fur- nishing the Meeting house & settling the Gospel is hardly Got Over by the Inhabitants in General as they ai*e Now Compact together — iVltho there has been the Greatest harmony & Con- cord thro’ the Whole Charge Moreover that from the North East of the JSIeeting house to the East line of the Town the Land is poor & not Capable of making Settlements & in all Probability wdll Never be Improved And as from this Circum- stance It wdll fully Appear that the Meeting house was settled in its Present Place to Accommodate s*^ Petitioners Your Hon*"* will Easily See the Unreasonableness of their being set ofi' from the Town — Again that in the Northwest part of the Towm there is a Large Range of Mountains About twm Miles from the Meeting house And a Gi'eat Number of Inhabitants Now' settled on the West & North w'est part of the Tow'n beyond those Mountains And in all probability the whole Tract will be settled in the Course of a few Years, when it is Likely they w'ill be set off by Themselves — And If the Prayer of the Aforesaid Petitioners Sh*^ be Granted & the Land therein Mentioned be set off And in Process of Time the w'est Part of the Tow'n likew'ise It will leave a Poor Parish indeed such an One as Cannot by any means Support the Gospel & Other Necessary Charges We therefore Submit these Considerations to Your Hoff* LYNDEBOROUGH. 521 Wisdom to Do therein as to Justice Shall Appertain And as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray Levi Spaulding Benjamin Cram >- Committe David Badger ) [The project did not succeed. — E d.] [6-220] \^Return of Ratable Polls^ To the General Court of the State of New Hampshire — The Number of Polls from twenty one Years Old and up- ward paying Taxes in the Town of Lyndeborough is one Hun- dred and Sixty Six — Lyndeborough December 12 17S3 Ephraim Putnam ] Select men Jeremiah Carleton [ of Jonas Kidder ) Lyndeborough [R. 2-240] [^Soldier’s Order ^ To the Treasurer of the State of New Hampshire — Sir please to pay to Cap‘ Levi Spaulding what is due to Me for My Service in the Army of the United States Lyndeborough y 27*^ i7S4- Benj* Smith This Certefieth that the above Order was given to Cap* Levi Spaulding by Benj* Smith Ephraim Putnam Select men Jonas Kidder [ of Joseph Herrick ) Lyndeborough [R. 2-241] [^Soldier^s Bounty?^ The Bounty advanced by Lyndeborough to William Shaw a private i®* Regiment is seven pounds six shillings & six pence, which has been deducted from his depreciation Ex^ per Josiah Gilman Ju^ 522 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. \_Lyndeborough Men in JFirst N. H. Regiment [Nathaniel Batchelder entered March 20, 1777; discharged March, 1780. Samuel Barrens entered May i, 1778 ; discharged May 20, 1780. Reuben Dunnel entered March, 1777 ; discharged March, 1780. Israel Hale entered Feb. 26, 1781 ; discharged October, 1781. John Meintire entered March 8, 1777 ; discharged March 20, 1780. Moses Ordway entered March 8, 1780; discharged De- cember, 1781. John Putnam entered February, 1781 ; discharged De- cember, 1781. John Rowe entered April 15, 1777 ; discharged , 1780. Benjamin Smith entered March 14, 1777; discharged December, 1781. David Smith entered March 14, 1777 ; discharged Jan. i, 1780. William Shaw, entered July, 1777 ; discharged February, 1778. Edward Spaulding entered February, 1781 ; discharged December, 1781. Joseph Wilson entered Jan. 15, 1771 ; discharged De- cember, 1781.] [6-226] \_Relative to Military Affairs^ To the General Court of the State of New-Hampshire The Petition of the subscribers, Inhabitants of the Town of New-Ipswich, Peterborough Temple, Lyndeborough, Wilton, Mason, Peterboro’-Slip, Hancock & Society-land in behalf of our-selves and the Towns we belong to Humbly sheweth That by a vote of the General Court, passed the last sessions the Inhabitants of the Towns above mentioned were constituted the 23*^ Regiment of Militia : and that the Towns of Rindge, Jaffrey, Dublin, Packersfield, Marlborough and Fitz william were constituted the i2‘^ Regiment, retaining the Number which they had, when connected with the greater part of the Towns LYNDEBOROUGH. 523 first mentioned : which we conceive to be injurious, inverting the order which ought to have taken place in their numbers. And presuming that the General Court w'ere not rightly in- formed, as to the circumstances of those two Regiments, beg leave to lay before vour Honours some facts, in order to pro- cure an alteration in their numbers, which we think ought to take place for the following reasons : — The nine petitioning Towns are the oldest by about twenty years, taking their age upon an average ; Cap‘ Woolson of New-Ipswich having a Commission in the Reg^ Dated in the year 1744 1 before there was a single Inhabitant in any of the six Towns above named ; and many years before a commission was given to any person within their limits. — By means of being united with those Towns we lost our number from 6 to 13 ; therefore ought not to lose from 12 to 23 by dissolving the connection. — By comparing their numbers and wealth it will appear that we pay JC49-15 to the Thousand : they but <£32-13^- : that there are elev- en hundred rateable polls in this Regiment ; and little more than six hundred in that : — That there are four field officers in this Reg* who will think them-selvcs degraded by renewing their Commission in the 23** Reg*; and only one in that (& that one a second MajO . Thus, Gentlemen, whatever we substitute as a Criterion to determine the right of precedence ; whether Age, Numbers, wealth, residence of field officers or whatever else we can con- cieve to operate in the minds of the Legislature, the preference is most clearly on our side. And as we would not be vainly ambitious for honour, to which we had no title ; so neither would we be thought so mean as tamely to submit by which we are degraded below our Inferiors. We therefore apply to your Honours as the Guardians of our Rights, humbly praying for a reconsideration of the vote complained of ; and that we may be permitted to retain the original number. And your petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray &c Jaif^ 27*^ 1785 Ephraim Putnam ] Selectmen Jonas Kidder j of Lyndeboro’ [6-328] \_NeJiemiah Rand reconunertded for a Magistrate, 1786 A To his Excellency the President, the Honourable the Council, within and for the State of Nevv-Hampshire — Most Humbly Sheweth. that We Freeholders in Lyndeborough within the Same State, devoted with the warmest Sentiments of Duty and Afiection to 524 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Your Excellency and Honours in your Exalted and distinguish- ed Characters, inviolably Attached to our present Constitution, Convinced by the most Affecting proofs of your paternal Re- gard unceasing and benevolent desire to Promote the happiness of the faithful Subjects of this State however distant — Beg leave to Suggest, that in our Humble Opinion M’’ Nehemiah Rand of our said Lyndeborough is A Gentleman, a man of real Worth and Merit, a very Useful Member of Society ; that his Useful- ness to the Public in General, and to this Town in particular would be Considerably Augmented and increased if he might have an appointment in the Commission of Peace Therefore earnestly pray that it may be So — And Your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall ever pray dated August 1786 And'^ Fuller Beni‘S Jones william Thompson John Robbe Thomas Carlton James Burnam Nab Burnam vSamuel Stevens John thopson George Person Robert Day Benj‘‘ Cram John Reynolds Stephen Burnam Richard towne David Stratton Joseph Ellinwood Moses Stiles Sam Chamberlin kneeland Abbot John Savage Samuel Blasdel Stephen Gould David Gould William Parker David Averil Robert Badger Philip Fletcher melchisedek Cofee John Kidder James Boutwell Jn° Herrick [6-229] \_Relative to 'warning Elisha Wilkins out of To'wn^ 1788.'] To the Honourable General Court of the State of New Ham- shire assembled at portsmouth in Said State 31 Day of Janu- ary 178S — The Petition of Nehemiah Rand of Lyndeborough in the County of Hilsborough in Said State in behalf of Said Town, Humble Sheweth whereas Elisha wilkins with his wife and family Came into the Town of Lyndeborough in the year i 773 and by the Selectmen then beaing according to the Law of the then province did Issue a warrant to the Constable of Said town For that year to warn Said wilkins with his wife & familey to Depairt the town which warrant was Served by the Constable and returned to the office of the Clarke of the Sessions in Hils- boroLi County as the Law Directed as will more fully appeare by the affidavit to accompany this petition and whereas when the then Clark (viz Stephen Holland Esq) Left the office and another was appointed (viz Robert Fletcher Esq) upon the Re- LYNDEBOROUGH. 525 movel of the papers belonging to Said office the Said warrant with maney other papers was Lost and no Record of the Same to be found whereby the Town of Lyndeborough is Likely to becom Chargebal wdth the maintan® of the Said wilkins & wife and family. therefore your petitioner in behalf of said Lyndeborough Humbly pray your Honors that the Said warrant and Service and returning may be Good & Established So that the town of Lyndeborough may have the Benifit of the Laws of this State in Such Cases made and provided or otherwise as your Honors in your wisdom Shall think meet and Fit with Regard to the primises and your petitiner as in duty bound Shall Ever pray Nehemiah Rand [6-215] \^Cofmnittee report relative to foregoing. The Committee on the petition from the Town of Lyndbor- ough beg Leave to report .That in the latter end of May 1773 The Then select men of Lyndborough made out a warrant in the Following words viz province of New Hampshire Hilsborough ss (seal) To James Boutwell Constable for the Town of Lynd- borough in said County Greeting Whereas there is a person come of Late with his wife to so- journ or Dwell in This Town & last came from wilton in this County viz Elisha wdlkins & wife & are not by Law Inhabitants of this Town therefore are Likely to become too chargeable to the Town unless Measures are taken to prevent the same. pursuant therefore to the Laws of this province in That Case made & provided you are hereby required in his majestys name Instantly to warn the said Elisha wilkins and wife to depart & Leave this Town within fourteen Days from this Date hereof fail not & make return of this warrant with your proceedings thereon to the Clerk of his majestys Court of Gen^ sessions of the peace next to be holden at Amherst Given under our hands & seals the L)ay of May i 773 Signed by the Select men Your Committee also find that the said warning was served by the said James Boutw’ell on the said wdlkins and wife about the first of June 1773 and sent by him to the Clerk of the Ses- sion by Andrew Fuller Esqr with money to pay for Recording the same & the said Fuller Delivered the said warning & o money to the then Clerk of the Sessions at the sessions of said 526 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Court in July i773 & the said warrant cannot now be found in the Clerks office Therefore your Committee agree to report that upon any tryal respecting the setlement of the said wilkins & wife the Town of Lyndborough or any others concerned may offer in Evidence the before recited waiTant which shall be deemed as good and Legal Evidence as the original would have been if the same had not been Lost and shall be considered as Dated the Last Day of May signed by the then select men and served on the first Day of June i773 Francis Worcester for the Committee [In H. of Rep., June 13, 1788, the foregoing report was adopted. The original report is in the hand-writing of John Sullivan. — Ed.] [6-231] S^Petition for the Setthig Off of the north-west part of the Pown^ J/po.] State of Newhampshire Hillsborough ss To the Honorable Generali Court of the State of New Hamp- shire The Petition of the inhabitants of the Society Land So Called in the state and County Aforesaid humbly Shews — that your Petitioners Living in S^^ Society Labour under many Disad- vantages and inconveniences By not Being in a Corporated Town And Cannot Enjoy Such Priviledges as to Render their Circumstance Agreeable — that it appears to your Petitioners that the Said Society will never Be incorporated into a town the Situation thereof Being So inconvenient for the Same — Wherefore your Petitioners Humbly Prays that that North west Part of the town of Lyndborough of which the inhabitants hath for Some years past Ben Desirous of Being Better accom- idated May Be Annexed to that part of the Society Land Lying South and Southerly of the Crotched mountain with Lynde- borough Slip and incorporated into a town therewith and your Petitioners as in Duty Bound will Ever Pray, &c Societyland April Benjamin Pollard Stephen Gould Alexander Parker Robert Rogers Samuel Farmer ye 2^th william Glover Duglass Robison William M®Crae EbeiF Farrington Thomas Addison John Waugh Pyam Herrick Samuel Cudworth Samuel Weeks Oliver Holt LYNDEBOROUGH. 527 William Wilson Robert Alexander Thomas Atkison John Chase Timothy Cudworth Jonathan Gillis James Ramsey Robert Waugh John M'^master Charles Cavander John Ramsey [6-232] [^Inhabitants of Lyndehorough Gore for an Incor- poration^ To the Honourable the Senate and house of Representatives in General Court to be Convened at Concord in New Hamp- shire on the first Wednesday ofjune Next The Petition of the Subscribers Inhabitants of a gore of Land lying between Lyndehorough and Peterborough known by the Name of Lyndehorough Gore, Humbly Shews — That your Petitioners have been encorouged to Settle in this Mountainous part of this State in Expectation of being incor- porated with some Adjacent Inhabitants into a body Politic with the same priviledges that other Towns enjoy — that your petitioners and famileys Consist of Forty one Souls — and live Seven miles or upward from Lyndborough Meeting house, and in Addition to the badness of Travel generally Attending New Settlements we have to Cross the Petit Manadinack Mountain to Attend Public worship — that we have not power to raise any money for laying out and repairing highways or Schooling our Children — that public Instruction in the great duties of life and the education of our Children we Esteem as a duty and Privi- ledge, and think it of great importance either in a Religious or political View, which we are by our local Situation deprived of, and must so remain or quit our habitation unless releived by the Hon'^'*^ General Court, that, That part of Lyndehorough that is Adjacent to us lies west of the Petit Monadinock Moun- tains, and that part of the Society land that lays South of the Croched Mountain and is bounded on the west by Contoocook Ri ver can never be Accommodated in any other way than by be- ing incorporated together with us and one Range of Lots in the Town of Peterborough, and that with them we think ourselves Able to make every Necessary provision for the enjoyment of Priviledges & Advantages that other Towns enjoy — Therefore we pray that your Honours would incorporate us with the Inhabitants above mentioned into a body Politic with the same priviledges & Emmunities that are enjoyed by other Towns in this State — or Grant us Releife as vou in Your wis- dom shall See fit — and Your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray — Lyndehorough Gore May 25*^ ^ 79 ® — 528 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Joseph Batchelder Joshua Holt Peter Pevey Joseph Severnce thomas Pevey Nathan Lovejoy John Fletcher William Blunt John Holt John Dane Timothy Holt [6-233] \_Consent of Peterborough to foregoing^ At a Legal Town Meeting of the Inhabitant of Peterborough upon the 18 day of October 1790 — Voted to grant to the persons petitioning the General Court the east Range of Peterborough in Case they obtain from Lyndeborough and other places what they have petitioned for to be incorporated into a Town — Peterborough October 18 day 1790 — A true Coppy Attest Thomas Steele Town Clerk of Peterboro [6-236] [^Peport of a Cofnmittee on the foregoing, The Committee appointed by the General Court at their Ses- sion in June 1790^ lo consider of the petition of the Inhabitants of the Northwesterly part of Lyndbor® &c and to view the situ- ation of s*^ Inhabitants report as their Opinion That the prayer thereof be so far granted, as that there be a Town incorporated beginning at a Beach Tree on the South East corner of Lyndbor® addition so called and so on the East & North bounds of said addition unto the Southwest corner of Francestown then Northwardly on the line between Frances- town and the Society to a heap of stones on the crotched Moun- tains so called, then westwardly to Contocook River, then up said River till it strike Peterbor® North line then Eastwardly on said line till it come to the West side of the East range of said Town then Southwardly on said line till it strike Temple Mountain so called then Eastwardly on said Mountain till it come to the west line of Lot N° 50 in Lyndbor® near the middle of s'^ Lot thence North by s*^ line to the South West corner of Lot N° 63 in Lyndbor® thence on the West line of Lots N° 63, 64 & 81 to the Southwest of Lot N° 82 thence by the South & East lines of s'^ Lot to the Southwest corner of Lot 98 then on the South & East lines of s'^ Lot to the South West corner of Lot 102 then on the South & East line of s^ Lot and the East line of Lot N° 115 unto the S. W. corner of Lot N° 121 thence LYNDEBOROUGH. 529 on the S & E line of s*^ Lot to the N. E. corner thereof thence on the line between the land belonging to Capt Huesten & Lieut Whittemore to the N W corner of the Lot belonging to said Hueston, thence East on Huestons land to the bounds first mentioned — Which is submitted A true copy By Robert Wallace for the Court Attest Joseph Pearson Sec^ [The town opposed the separation by the line recom- mended in the foregoing report. — E d.] £6-246] \_Proceedings of a Tow 7 i- Meeting relative to the foregohig^ lygi To the Honourable the Senate and House of Representatives in and for the State of New Hampshire — The Memorial of the Town of Lyndborough humbly Shew- eth — Agreeable to the Order of the Honourable Senate and House of Representitives upon a petition prefered to them last June by a Number of the Inhabitance of the westerly part of this Town and Others, praying to be Set oft' from this Town and Incorpo- rated into a Town by themselves — The Town at their Meeting on the 27 Day of December In- stant took the Matter into their Consideration agreeable to an Article in the warrant for Said Meeting and Voted as follows (viz) — that it appears Evident to us that if More of this Town Should be Set oft' to the Petitioners than we Voted to them at a Meeting of this Town last April it will Intirely break up the Town and that it Cannot Subsist as Such, after So large a part of it is taken oft'. 2'y therefore Voted that the Prayer of this Town be presented to the Honourable Court at their next Sessions at Concord on the first Wednesday of January next by our Member in Said Court, praying that the prayer of the Petitioners may not be granted, farther than this Town Voted them at the aforesaid Meeting — 3*^ Voted that in Case the Honourable Courts Committee Should Report dift'erent from the aforesaid Vote of this Town, or Report that more of Said Town be Set off to Said Petition- ers than Said Town have Voted, and if the Reasons that may 36 530 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. be Offered Should not be Sufficient to Convince the Honorable Court that this Town have Voted off to the Petitioners as much of Said Town as is Consistent with Reason and Justice, then Voted to pray the Honourable Court to grant us a Committee upon the Expence of the Town to take a View of that part of Said Town Called the Old Town, that the Situation of the whole Town with all the Circumstances that attend it may be taken into Consideration as the late Honourable Committee by the Order of the Honourable Court were Confined to View the Situations of the Petitioners onlv — Chose Peter Clark Levi Spaulding Esq’', and Lieut Jere- miah Carleton a Committee to Assign Reasons to the Hoff Court why the prayer of the Petitioners Should not be Grant- ed — A true Copy of the Vote of the Town of Lyndborough at their Meeting aforesaid attest pr Ephraim Putnam Town Clerk Agreeable to the foregoing Vote the aforesaid Committee beg" leave to Inform the Honourable Court of the Difficulties and perplexityes (like the present) that have attended the Town of Lyndborough in years past, as, also, the present Circum- stances — and the Consequences that will follow. Should the prayer of the present Petitioners be granted — And in the first place as to the Town being Very large as Set forth in the present petitioner, it was laid out Six Miles Square Except at the North East Corner where New Boston Corner Came in about two miles Said New Boston holding its Square Corner being the prior grant, afterwards there was a larg part of this Town taken of and added to Wilton as may be Seen by the Plan of Lyndborough) which was a great Dammage to this Town, for the Land Added on the west and North did by no Means Compensate for what was taken ofi' by Wilton, for the Addition on the North lay So in with FrancevStown that they were Very Sure of having it annexed to them Sooner or later, accordingly Francestown Set their Meeting House within about one Mile of Said Addition, and in the Year 1777 Petitioned the Town of Lvndborough to have the Said Addition Set off to them, which the Town of Lyndborough then Refused to do — however the Land then not having many Inhabitants Settled upon it, and Francestown being Very Sure that when it had, they would be for Coming to them, let the Matter Rest untill last Spring. — Likewise Duxbery School Farm with part of Amherst and the Inhabitants on the South East part of this Town in the year 1777 petitioned the Town of Lyndborough and also the General LYNDEBOROUGH. 531 Court to be Incorporated into a Town by them Selves, but the Honourable Court Viewing the Cituation of Lyndborough Re- solved that the prayer of Said petition Ought not to be grant- ed — the Town then . had Rest from an Invasion untill the Year 1774 when Lvndborough Slip So Called and Some of the In- habitants of die westerly part of this Town Petitioned the Town, also the General Court, to be Set off by the Same lines the present petition Sets forth, and they had a Committee from the General Court, who after viewing the Situation of the Town Reported Unanimously that the prayer of Said Petition be not granted — thus Matters Rested untill last Spring at which time the In- habitants that were Settled on the four Lots in the Southwest Corner of this Town petitioned to be Set off to Temple likewise the present Petitioners to be Set off by the Same lines as here- tofore as may appear by their petition now before the Honour- able Court — likewise the Inhabitants on the before Mentioned part of this Town lying next to Francestown, again Petitioned together with the Town of Francestown to have Said land with the Inhabitants thereon Annexed to Said Town. — The Town being thus Harass with petitions from So many quarters at their Meeting Chose a Committee to Consider of the Matter, and Report to the Town which they did according- ly, which Report was accepted by the Town, Said Report be- ing had may more fully appear — The next Movement was made by those petitioners who wish to be annexed to Francestown together with the Selectmen of Said Town wdio again petitioned the Town of Lyndborough at their meeting held on the 30^*' Day of August last to be Set off to Francestown by Such bounds as Set forth in their petition now before the Hono'' Court — the prayer of which Petition the Town at Said Meeting Voted to grant — Thus by the before going Memorial the Honourable Court may See how tliis Town has been Harassed — and to prevent any farther Difficultyes in this way the Town has Voted off to the Several Petitioners all the Land that was added on to this Town to make up for what Wilton took from us amounting to above Six Thousand Acres and have Reduced the Town to the bigness of about five Miles and a half one way and about five Miles and one quarter the other. Excepting the South East Corner wdiich brings the Meeting House near the Senter and Should w'e be permitted to Reap So much benefit from the Charter heretofore granted to this town as to only Suffer the loss of what Wilton took from us and In joy only what thev left us without any part of the additions we might possibly remain as a Small Town, but if the lines that the Town has prescribed 4 532 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. for them Selves and wish to hold to, are broken Over, or if the prayer of the petitioners is granted farther than the Town has Voted them, we Expect nothing but Contention Divisions and finaly the braking up and Distruction of the Town, to prevent which we humbly present the prayer of this Town to the Hon- ourable Court (whom we Esteem as the Guardians of and De- fenders of our Rites) that the prayer of the Petitioners may not be granted — Signed Peter Clark for y® Committee Lyndborough January 5 1791 |_6-237] \^Remonstrance of su 7 idry Inhabitants to being" set 1791-'] To the Honourable Senate and House of Representatives in and for the State of New Hampshier. The petition of a Number of the Inhabitants of the Town o Lyndeborough Plumbly Sheweth. — That whereas the Town of Lyndeborough at their meting on the 30 Day of August last past Agreable to our petition to them Voted the Following tract of Land being of the Town of Lyndeborough Should be Set oft' and annexed to the Town of Francestown with all such of the Inhabitants on said tract that chuse to be thus Annexed (provided the Honourable Court would Confirm it) Said tract of Land bounded as follows (viz) Begining at the South east Corner of Ithamar Woodwards Land then running Westwardly by the North Line of Lt Amas Whittemor’s Land and Enoch Ordway and Noah Lawrence Land untill it comes to the East line of the East teer of Large lots so Called then Running Northwardly untill it Comes to the South Line of the Lot Moses Lewis and John Stiles is Setled upon, then running Westwardly on the Line of Said Lot untill it comes to the Southwest Corner of Said Lot then running North on the Line of Said Lot to Francestown Line, Bounded Northwardly and Eastwardly on Francestown Line to the first Mentioned Bounds. Furthermore we would observe that we have Never Signed any petition or manifested any Disire of be- ing Set oft' with the Inhabitants of the west part of Lyndebor- ough in the way and manner Expressed in their petition but on the Conterary have ever Been averse there unto and have Con- stantly acted Accordingly. Therefore we Pray your Honours to take the premises into your Consideration and assign us to Francestown or Otherways Let us Remain as we are Inhabi- LYNDEBOROUGH. 533 tants of Lyndeborough with all the privelidges we now injoy. And your petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray Lyndeborough January ^791 Ithamar Woodward Jotham reed Mary Pearson Jacob Dutton thomas Petterson Nathaniel Batcheldor William Merriam John Stiles Rubin kimbel Moulton Batchelder Moses lewis Andrew Creesye John M'^Clurg Francestown January 13*^ ^ 79 ^ To the Plonorable Senet and House of Representitives in and for the State of Newhampshire we the Inhabitants of Said Francestown Humbly Pray your Flonors to here & Grant the Prayers of the above Perticioners JoiP Fisk Jabez Holmes ? Selectmen of Francestown [In H. of Rep., January 24, 1791, another committee was appointed “ to view the situation of said Inhabitants,” and the following is their report : — Ed.] [6-235] The Committee appointed by the General Court at their Ses- sions in JaiP 1791 to consider the petition of the inhabitants of the Northwest part of Lyndborough, having viewed the Situa- tion of all the parties concerned in said petition and fully heard them thereupon do agree to report as there opinion that a Towm be incorporated with the same limits and boundaries as reported by the committee appointed in June 1790 a copy of which is inclosed & submitted by Tim° Farrar James Underwood [ Com**’® Jeremiah Page ) [In June following the matter was disposed of by the formation of the several tracts mentioned into the town of Greenfield. See Greenfield papers, page 61. — Ed.] 1 534 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [6-244] fro?7i Inhabitants of the south-west part to be annexed to Temple^ 7795 .] State of New Hampshire To the Honorable the Senate & the Honorable the House of Representatives in General Court Convened, at Concord the first Wednesday of December i795* Humbly sheweth Beniamin Killam, Joseph Killam, John Kidder Jun’’ Theodore Barker, Ebenezer Stiles, Joseph Rich- ardson & Samuel Killam all of Lyndeborough in the County of Hillsborough in said State of New Hampshire that your peti- tioners are situated on four lots of land in the southwest corner of said Lyndeborough viz^ Conor’s, Flucker’s, Lynde’s & Mof- fatt’s lots, bounded south & west by the town of Temple — Your petitioners being situated in a very remote part of the town, six or seven miles from the meeting house, the road being naturally very bad, & but little prospect of its ever being made much bet- ter by reason of the very few inhabitants settled on it which renders it very difficult & inconvenient for them to attend on public worship in that place — and as they are situated within three or four miles of Temple meeting hous having a good road they have always attended public worship there — And it is like- wise very difficult for them to school their children, as their number is too small for a class & no other Lyndeborough in- habitants living within about two miles, but the inhabitants in Temple are situated so near as to make it very convenient to class with them — These motives have urged your petitioners to request the inhabitants of Lyndeborough to set them off to the Town of Temple or otherwise allow them to pay their minister & School tax there — but this they refuse. Your petitioners therefore earnestly pray that vour honours would take their un- happy situation into your wise consideration 6i do them that justice that nature & equit}^ demand by annexing them to the Town of Temple & your petitioners as in Duty bound &c Benj^ Killam In behalf of the petitioners — [The matter was before the town at a meeting held March 3, 1795, and was dismissed. Further action was taken on the 15th. See following document : — Ed.] LYNDEBOROUGH. 535 1^6—249] S^Action of Town on foregoing Petition.^ Lyndeborough March the 15 — 1796 — At a leagual Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabi- tants of Said Town this Day held by adjournment at the Meet- ing house in Said Town — (The artical in the Warrant Stand as Follows) (Viz) I2ly. to Se if the Town Will take into thier consideration the petition of Benjamin Killum and others to the Gen^ Court praying to be annexed to the Town of Temple and allso the ■order of Court their on and act an}^ thing respecting the matter as the Town Shall think fit when Mee*, (the Vote on the artical as follow) (Viz) I2ly. Voted to Choose a Committee to inquire into the peti- tion of M*" Benjamin Killum and others to the General Court and also the order of Court their on — and giv the Representa- tive of the Town direction respecting the Mater to the General Court and Make report to the Town at their next Meeting — the Votes Stand respecting the petition as foil® (Viz) in faver of the petition 25 including five of the petition- ers — and against the petition — 65 — Chose Docfi Daniel Russell Cap‘ William Dutton >- Commi* Levi Spaulding Esq^J a true Copy from the Book attest William Dutton T. Clerk ■[6-250] [ 7 ? ev. Mr. Goodridge' s State 7 nent.~\ These May certify whom it may concern, that in the year 1776 ; I was called upon, at that time, as a Minister of the gos- pel, to attend Several funerals, at the House of M*" Joseph Hobbs living in the Southwesterly part of Lyndeboro’, Ad- joining on Temple And as there Was then No road from the Meeting house, directly to that part of the Town ; I was Oblig- ed to go thro’ a part of Willton and Temple ; and from my own dwelling at least ten miles, — finding the difficulty So great, I requested the Rev*^ M*" Webster then Minister of Temple living 536 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. about three miles And an half from that neighborhood — to Visit the Sick & attend funerals in that part of the Town — which he chearfully engaged to do — Since which, the distance continuing the Same & the road Very, Uncomfortable I have requested the Rev*^ IVF Miles — Now Minister of Temple to per- form ministerial duties there, which he has chearfully consented to — Sewall Goodridge Minister of the gospel in Lyndeborough May 30*^ 179^ [A plan accompanied these documents (6-251), showing the towns of Lyndeborough, Temple, and Greenfield, with the situation of the territory in question, which was an^ nexed to Temple by an act approved June ii, 1796. — Ed.] M ADBURY. The territory comprised in this town was formerly a por- tion of the ancient grant of Dover. It was erected as a parish by its present name by an act of the legislature passed May 31, 1755, by which it was empowered to raise money for the separate support of the ministry, schools, and paupers, but remained as before with respect to province taxes, highways, etc., until May 20, 1768, at which time it was invested with full town priv- ileges by act of the legislature. The petition for a parish may be found in Vol. XI, page 524. It appears that the place was called Madbury some time prior to its incorporation as a parish, and that an unsuccess- ful attempt was made in 1743 to procure an incorporation as a parish of the territory now in this town, including a portion of the town of Durham. [7-9] S^Petition for the Appohztment of a Magistrate.^ To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq*" Captain General Govener and Comander in Chief in and Over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire in New England and Vice ad- mirel of the same — MADBURY. 537 The Petition of sundry of the Inhabients of the Perish of Madbury in s'^ province Humbly sheweth that the said Perish of Madbury hath not been favor‘d by your Excellency Sence your taking the chair of Goverment with any person Commis- sionated to be a Justice of the Peace Residing in s*^ Perish Your Petitioners and Others of the Inhabitants of the said Perish find many Inconveniences and Difficultys for Want of some suitable person so Commissionated as they are Obliged to Travel unto Other towns to acknowledge Deeds make Oath to Accounts make Complaints against Criminal Oftenders & to have Perish Officers sworn with many Other things Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray that your Excel- lency would be pleased to Appoint and Commissionate Solo- mon Emerson Esq*" of said Perish in that Trust a person who we apperhend has heretofore Executed that Office with fidelity and Greatly to the Satisfaction of the said Perish and would we believe in that Office Conduce very much to the peace Qiiiet and Good order of said Perish and town adjacent and your pe- titioners as in Dut}' Bound Shall Ever Pray — Joseph Hicks Joseph Hicks Juffi Ebenezer Tasker James Davis Job Demeret Juffi Remembrance Clark James Davis Jun"' Joseph Pinkham Thomas Davis James Pinkham Isaac Pinkham Sam^' Jones Richard Jones lohn Huckers Thomas Wille John Huckens Junr Den net Way mouth Sam*^ Chesley John Roberts Lyonel Worth Nath^^ Tebbets James Huckens Joseph Bunker Whip* Demeret Sam^^ Davis Juffi Joseph Rines Timothy Mores Thomas Bunker John Tasker Joseph Libby John Rines Jun Timothy Mores Juner Robert Hill John Roberts [R. 2-245] \_Pelatlah Da 7 iiels^ Soldier^ iy 6 od\ [In a petition dated May 15, 1760, he stated that he was of Madbury, and served in Captain Jacob Bailey’s com- pany; was at Oswego until the “ Regiment was broken up & Dismissed to come home.” He further stated that he was detained to drive teams in the king’s service until Dec. 23 ; was then dismissed, and on the way home froze his feet, and was laid up at “fort Herchymer or German flatts until the tenth of March.” He asked for an allow- ance, which was granted to the extent of sterling. — Ed.] EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 538 [R. 2-246] \_.Daniel Pinkham.^ Soldier^ I’jy 6 d\ [In a petition dated June 5, 1776, Daniel Pinkham, of Madbury, stated “that he was a Soldier in the American Service in Cap* Winborn Adams company;” came home on a furlough in August, 1775, and was taken sick of a “ Nervous Fever.” He was attended by Dr. Joshua Brack- ett of Portsmouth, and Dr. Samuel Wigglesworth of Dur- ham, and wanted the state to pay the bills. — Ed.] [R. 2-247] [ William Twombly^ Soldier., ^ 779 '\ [In a petition dated June 24, 1779, William Twombly, of Madbury, stated that he was in Col. Wingate’s regiment in the Rhode Island expedition, and lost his horse, for which he asked the state to pay. — Ed.] [R. 2-248] \_Bounty to George Ham.~\ Exeter June 20*^ i 7 ^ 4 * There is due to the town of Madbury Twenty^ pounds two Shillings & four pence for a Bounty paid to Geo. Ham a Con- tinental Soldier who engaged for said Town in the year i 777 as appears by the Books Jos. Gilman [Receipted for by John Wingate. — Ed.] [R. 2-249] [_yames yackso 7 z* s Order. ~\ Madbury Feb^ 12*^^ i 7 ^ 5 * To the Treasurer of the State of New Hampshire. Sir please to pay Sami. Gilman or order all that is due to my late Son Daniel Jackson who was a Soldier in the 2^ New Hampshire Reg* and died at Albany Nov*^ ^ 77 ^* James Jackson [“Solo Emerson Just of peace” certified that James Jackson was the father of said Daniel. — Ed.] MADBURY. 539 [^7—10] \_Return of Ratable Polls ^ ^ 7^3 State of New Hamsphire — Strafford : ss According to A Vote of the General Corte to us sent by the Secryr. of s^* State we the Subscribs have taken a True account of the Number of the Pols paying Taxes of the age Acording to said Vote, in the Parish of Madbury — No : Eighty Seven Poles — No : 87 poles — Madbury Decern'^ 9*^ ^ 7^3 Strafford : ss The above Named Select Men for the Parish of Madbury personly Apeared & Made Solom oath to the Truth of the Above written N : of Poles Before me — Solo Emerson Just Peace Madbury Dece"' the 10 : 17S3 : Joseph Hicks \ Benjamin Daniel Meserve gerrsh Men [7-12] \_Petition for Authority to elect a Representative^ I786.-\ To the Hon'’^® the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened at Portsmouth the of Dec"^ 1786 — Humbly shews the Subscribers inhabitants and each one for himself paying a poll Tax in the parish of Madbury that agre- ably to the plan of Representation laid Down in the Constitu- tion said parish has not a number of Legal Voters sufficient to entitle them to send A Representative to the General Court and of Course have remaind unrepresented for two years and as there is no Town or Parish near with which said Madbury can be joined for Choosing a Representative they humbly pray that (agreably to a clause in said Constitution) they may have the privilege of sending a person to Represent them in the General Court and as in Duty bound will ever pray — Stephen Pinkham Seth Jacobs James Pinkham Ebeffi Tasker John Smith John Edgerly Joseph Meserve Robeit Hill Solomon Emerson Moses Emerson Timothy Hanson jun Solomon Pitman Paul Gerrish Daniel Twombly Samuel Davis ju'' 540 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Joseph Pips Solomon Evens Reuben Twombly John Twombly Daniel Meserve John Wingate Eben*’ Demerit John Demerit Samu^ Kielle David Daniels Jon^ Wingate Thom® Jones Jonathan Meserve John Young William Twombly Jon“ Demerit Solomon Demerit William Demerit Solomon Demerit JuiE [In H. of Rep., Jan. lo, 1787, the foregoing request was granted. Senate concurred. — Ed.] Madbury March y® 3*^ 1786 This may Cartify that the Number of Polls in the Parrsh of Madbury paying a Poll tax Each one for him Self is one Hun- dred agreable to the rate List for the last year John Wingate ] Select men for EbeY Demerit \ Said Parrish James Demerit Stephen Demerit Eli Demerit Benjamin Hill John Carney Joseph D Pinkham Thomas Spurling Eben' Hill James Pinkham juiP Jacob Garland Jacob Joy Tho® Airmet Joseph Hicks EbeiE Tasker juiP Moses Canney Robert Huckins jun*' Robert Demerit Isaac Canney Maul Hanson Thomas Gerrish Elijah Drew Sam' Emerson Solomon Emerson jinP William Tasker Tho® Hill Ezekel Drew Robert Huckins JoiP Huckins Clement Meserve 3^ Paul Demerit John Demerit Jun*^ Samuel Bodge Samuel Edgerly Paul Edgerly Ezekel Twombly MANCHESTER. The township was formed from territory taken from Lon- donderry, Chester, and a tract of land lying on Merrimack river belonging to the Masonian proprietors, called Harry- town, and was incorporated by the governor and council, Sept. 3, 1751, by the name of Derryfield. The first town- meeting was held at the house of John Hall, innholder, Sept. 23, 1751, at which town officers were chosen. As incorporated, the town was wholly on the east side of Mer- rimack river. MANCHESTER. 541 By an act passed by the H. of Rep., June 17, 1795, and by the senate, December 4, same year, a gore of land was annexed to the north side of the town. This was a portion of “ Harrytown,” and was intended to be included in the original incorporation. In answer to a petition from the inhabitants, the name of the town was changed to Manchester, June 13, 1810. It is said that this name was suggested as a compliment to Hon. Samuel Blodgett, who constructed a canal around Amos- keag falls, and who had often asserted that the place would some day be the Manchester of America. Could he visit the city now, he would undoubtedly experience even a greater feeling of exultation than he did on that “ May Day,” 1807, when he passed through his canal and locks around Amoskeag falls for the first time. An act granting the town a city charter was approved by the governor July 10, 1846, since which time its growth in manufactures, wealth, and population has been very rapid. In 1830 its population was 877 ; in 1880, 32,630. By an act passed July i, 1853, that portion of the city since known as Amoskeag was severed from Goffstown, and that portion known as Piscataquog was severed from Bed- ford, and severally annexed to Manchester. The city was authorized to construct works to convey water to the city from Massabesic pond in i87i,which were completed in 1874. Manchester at this time is one of the largest manufactur- ing communities in New England, and its products are used in almost every civilized portion of the world. Gen. John Stark, a stern old patriot, whose name will be forever inseparable from those of Bunker Hill and Ben- nington, resided many years in the north part of the town, and died there May 8, 1822, at the age of 93. [R. 2-250] \_Petitzo?i of Hadley a?td Kidder' addressed to the Gefieral Assembly ^ zyyp.] The Humble Petition of Benj^ Hadley & John Kidder of Derryfield in said Province, by their Attorney John Gofte Esq’’ Shews, That your Petitioners, Viz, Benj*^ Hadley had a serv‘ Viz, John Whicherweed, & John Kidder a Brother Viz, Ben- jamin Kidder, on whose estate the said John has administered, 542 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. who voluntarily Inlisted themselves in the service & pay of this Governm* under the Command of Cap‘ Richard Emary In the year 1757 In the Expedition against Canada, & were at Fort W" Henry where after a Seige of seven Days, said Fort sur- rendered, after which the Indians took their Guns from them stripped them of all the Cloaths they had Excepting what was lost at the surrender of said fort, & Carried to Canada, and at the end of four months residence there, & many Complicated sufferings they were sent to Rochell In Old France, where they died In Goal, a perticular acc* of their Losses Is herewith Ex- hibited. Wherefore your Petitioners by their Attorney John Goffe Esq*" Humbly prays That their Circumstances & Losses of so much Time &c to their master & surviving heirs, may be Con- sidered & that your Excellency & Honours would in your Great Wisdom & Goodness Grant them a Quantum Meruit or such Gratuity as may In some Measure Compensate for the Misfor- tunes aforesaid, & they will as In Duty Bound Ever pray &c John Goffe In Behalf of Benj" Hadley & John Kidder [Goffe presented a power of attorney from John Kidder and Benjamin Hadley on printed forms (Nos, 251 and 252), and the following bills : — Ed.] [R. 2-253] Things that Sargent Benjamin Kidder had & Lost at the Surrender of fort William Hennery which I fitted him out with (Viz) one New duble brested Jacot of nub Cloth <£10- 0-0 D“ one flowered Sarge 2- 0-0 I pair of Leather briches 1 Gunworth 10 dollars 15- o-Q 2 pair of Stockens 3L) old Tenor 2 pair Shoes 15/ new tenor a pair 3 shirts viz one fine £3 2 woolin a 2/4 one pair of Trousers i-io-o Hanker chife flowered i-io-o Total New Tenor 45-13-0 True accompt Errors Excepted per John Goffe attor. which I am Ready to attest to if Required 4-10-0 7- 8-0 MANCHESTER. 543 [Hadley’s account is similar, and amounts to ^£ 21 , 10, o. It was sworn to before John Goffe, January, 1759. — Ed.] [R. 2-254] \^Ebenezer JVew?nan^ Soldier^ ^ 779 ‘\ In Committee on Claims, May 7, — The Bounty & Supplies advanced to Ebenezer Newman (a private in the 3^^ Rcg^) by the Town of Derryfleld in 1779 ap- pear to be Twenty pounds Ex*^ per Josiah Gilman Jun’’ [7-13] S^Letter from Col. fokn Goffe to Gov. Wentworth relative to Trespasses and some Sharp Practice at an Election in Derryfeld., j/bb.] Derryfleld Sept. 1766. May it please your Excellency I went at the Request of Masons Proprietors to the Society Land between Pettersborah & Hillsborah to see where the Trespassers had ben at work & whose Lots they had Improved upon & found they had cleared, at least cut a grate deal of Timber down, had built a camp upon Solly & Marches* & on Meservey & Blanchards and your Excellencys Lots on the west side of Con- tucook River they have don a grate deal of work fenced it all In with a Considerable Good Riming fence have built a camp on it & altho’ no body was their when we were their yet we are prity sure that Doc^ Perry is the man that has Trespassed upon your lot & petty it is that he should not be prosecuted as he Is the Ringleader of all the Rest, the[re], and as son as they Git to work again I have 2 men Ingaged to see them at work & acquaint me with their names. — The Land is Exceeding Good but I think your Excellencys is superior to any at that part of the Society Land and that maid them fellows Covet it it is certainly worth mony — I intended to have wated upon your Excellency when the Infer*' Cort set but I hurt my self when up their with heat and laying out in the Wet so that I have not ben well sence I came from their. — Your Excellency may Remem- ber that we In Derryfleld petitioned the GeY* Cort for an act to call a town meeting for the choice of town otflcers which when I cal’d John Hall with Cob Barr who have strived all that is in their power to Injure me of late & at the meeting CoP ♦Samuel Solley and Clement March. 544 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Barr cam on porpos to affront me & Col° Barr Hlered voters for John hall with Large promises and Webster a Trader at Chester hall Hierd I have by good Information to come to Threaten his detters in town, if they did not vote for Hall he could not stay upon them &c, so that upon the whole with their Inffuence hall obtained eighteen voters be side him self and there was eighteen voters on the opposite side of the most sub- stantial men in town so that when they had don all they could that could not git hall any office without voting for himself nor none that was chosen that day & several Rec*^ Deeds from Col° Barr & others that day to make them voters which I suppose held them no longer than that Night for I am confident they would not Trust them A shilling ever expecting to Git it. — And as soon as the meeting was over John Hall told Esq' Sheepard the moderator that he had Beat Goffe now & he would have a commission of the peace In spite of anybody that should oppose it for Col° Bar & Maj Emerson and M' Webster with his friends at the Bank would procure it for him — now may it please Your Excellency if such an Insulting fellow (for I have heard him Insult the whol GoverJ many times and a man that has Live 30 or forty years upon a place & could never Raise half his provision, to Git that post would strive for to make mony by it and put the people into confusion for work he dont Incline to & is allway contriving unjust ways to maintain his Luxery & I am very sure your Excellency never will Give a commision to a man that wants it for no other end than to Re- venge and Git mony by it. Therefore I Beg your Excellencys favour that John Hall nor non for him may prevail in that Re- spect. I am your Excellencys most Humble & Devoted Servant His Excellency Govenor Wintworth John Goffe [If Colonel Goffe stated the truth in the foregoing, the practice of hiring voters is not so modern as many would have us believe. The meeting mentioned in the foregoing was a special meeting called by virtue of an act of the legislature, passed July 9, 1766, which act nullified the proceedings of the reg- ular annual meeting, at which two sets of town officers were chosen. Said act was passed in answer to a petition from sundry of the inhabitants, who stated that one party (probably the John Hall party, as he was town-clerk) opened the meeting and elected one set of officers before the usual hour, and their opponents, on their arrival, elected another set. — Ed.] MANCHESTER. 545 [7-14] \_yeremiah Stevens for Confrfnation of a Grant of Land^ iy42.~\ To His Excel. Benning Wentworth Governour In Chef In & over His Majesty’s province of New-hampshire To the H onoii'' His Majesty’s Councel — The petition of Jeremiah Stevens of Salsbury in the County of Essex : Humbly Shewing That wheras the province of the Massachusset In the year 1735 for serveces done & more Es- pecaly In the Eastward parts In the province of new hampshire under the Comand of Col ; Wolton made a grant to your peti- tioner of a tract of land of about four hundred & fifty Acres att a place Called Ammaschage Since which Tim your petitioner hath Cleared Considerable of the land & Built Two Houses there on & Setled two familys But so It Is that By the Deter- mination of His majesty In Councel upon the Boundary line Between the massachusetts & new-hampshire the s'^ grant lieth to the northward of the Boundary line & In the province of new hampshire Wherefore your Humble petitioner looking upon himself a suitable object of faviour & Compasion : would Therefore pray your Excel & Hono'' to Take his Case Into your most wise & Just Consideration & alow & Confirm unto your most Humble petitioner The afore s*^ grant: & your petitioner as In Duty Bound Shall Ever pray Essex Salsbury may 12 : 1742 Jeremiah Stevens [7-15] [^Relative to the Disconthiuance of a Road^ ^ 753 '^ Province of New Hamp To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq Governor &c to the hon'’*® his Majestys Council & house of Representatives for said Province , Wheaeas at his Majestys Court of General Quarter Sessions for this Province held in September 1752 on a Representation of the necessity of a Road by the River thro’ Derryfield Order issued to a Committee to lay it out who proceeded made return and after all parties in the Town having time to consider & make their Objections, was Accepted & passed on Record for an Highway since which we have this Week been inform’d that Since on the request of some Persons the Hon'^'® the General Assembly has tho’t fit to take Cognizance of the Afiair & by their Committee to view in order for the discontinuance of that Part of said Road against Namaskeeg falls, Now therefore We 37 546 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. the Subscribers Inhabitants of this Province & Residents in the Towns Adjoining to Merrimack River woud most humbly Re- monstrate That that Part of said Road against Namaskeeg falls cannot be discontinued without a very great Prejudice to the Public — For that the River is become of very great Service to the Inhabitants of this part of the Government that as the new Settlements above the said Falls as well on all the Arms as the Main River are constantly increasing & are under necessity of clearing their Lands where there is great Quantities of valuable Lumber which must be lost with almost equal Charge to Con- sume as to turn into the River, unless they can be benefited by rafting down or otherwise using the River, that this Business at present is very great & must daily increase for a number of years to come and profitably employ a Multitude of Labourers, the Land on both Sides for more than Seventy miles to the Northward of the said Falls & on all the smaller Streams which woud contain more than a Million Acres with a very small land Carriage are yet to clear & the Timber not culled except a few small Towns & they but Lately began in which Merrymac River will be of Infinite Service, & of Absolute Necessity for the favour & Protection of the Government in facilitating their Passages down the River, The Charge of clearing the Falls in several Places but more especially at Namaskeeg woud amount to a Larger Sum Than can be Expected to be rais’d this many years — The great Losses those who venture down the falls meet with, will constrain them to carry by the falls, by Land, all such Lumber they can — That there is a very convenient Place for Landing, the Bank Sutable both at the head & foot of the said falls, a Level good Road & but about Six Score Rods — and commodious to lye very near the River — the River not being a Fence does not increase that Charge, The Land where the Road lyes, cannot be of great Value, the Owners content all but two Small Lots One belonging to the Heirs of Alexander M®Mur- phy the Other to One M‘^Neal who has lately enter’d there — That altho’ a Road can be had the West side the River, & as short Travel yet the Draught much heavier but both will be wanted, the Land is mean sandy Pitch Pine Plain in general for more than two Miles back the west side, And Inhabitants Cannot live there Sufficient in the Season to hale by all the Lumber which Usually must be done by Hay the Easterly side much better accommodated & will always be — and in freshets very difficult to carry Teams a cross the River the Principal Time they are wanted — For these Considerations we humbly hope the Petition will be dismiss’d without day But if this Hon^^® Assembly shoud otherwise determine. We humbly pray that the Inhabitants of this Part of the Government for whose Use this Road was design’d may have Opportunity to MANCHESTER. 547 lay their Grievance more fully before this Hon°‘® Assembly As not now having had but about twenty four hours Notice of the Affair, & none before the committee was on the Spot — And Your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall ever Pray July 7"' 1753— Zacheus Lovewell Will'" Lund Jonathan Snow Daniel Searles Tomas Harwood William Lund JuiP Winkall wright John Searls John Lovewell JuiP Isaac powers Jeremiah Colburn Jonathan powers John Combs John Pollard Phin® Underwood John m'^Laughlin Joshua Follansbe Samuel matain Simeon Coffin Stephen Coffin Nathan Kendall John Goffe Archibald Stark Nathan Kendall Jun : William Stark Johua Matin Robert Rodger Joseph ordwey Jonathan Cumings Simeon Cumings William Parker Richard Rogers Archabald Stark Juffi Samuel Stark Hugh Sterling Benjamin Hadly Moses Wells Ebenezer Stvens Thomas george Joseph george John Stark [7-16] \_Relative to the Alewive Fishery^ Province of New Hampshire — Hillsborough ss Derry field FeU the Day 1776 — This may Certifi the Members of the Gennaral Assembly in and for said province, that the Alewive fishery in Great Cohas Brook in said Derryfield would be of Great Service to the Inhabitants of Said Town, and Likwayes to the Inhabitants of the Ajasent Towns, alowing that the Incumbrance Ware Re- moveed which are on said Brook, therfor We Your Humble Peteceners, prays that Your Honners, would take the following Articuls by us Signed unto your Searous Concedration i'^ that all Incumbrances on said Brook be with all speed Removeed in order that said fish may have a free Liberty to pass and repass at all proper Secons in said Brook from Mer- rimack River to Massepeepek Pond — z'y that no seen neat be put in to the Mouth of said Brook or Near to it in order to each Aney of said fish, and that no scoop neat poot or wire be put in to said Brook, in aney part within sixty Rodes from the mouth of said Brook, under the paneltyes of paying three pounds for each fish Cached within said Bounds 3'^ our Disire is that the said fish may have free liberty to pass and repass in said Brook for the Insuing year without mo- lestacion that they May increase their nomber, under the above like penelty. — 548 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 4’^ that there be Men chosen and sworn to Inspact and see that the above Articuls be Ubserved, and that they may have full power of Substitution to prosecut all and Every affenders of said articuls to fineal Judgment and Execution, and your petitioners as in Dyt Bound Shall Ever pray The Petitioners for Derryfield David Starret william m®‘^Clintok Alex’" Macmurphy Sami Boyd Samuel Moor John Dickey william parham John parham Nathaniel Boyd George Greaham william Gambell Bishop Coston william parham Charls Emerson John Harvey John Hall Daniel Hall Abrahem merrill Nathaniel merrill Abraham merrill Juner Benja Baker Juner Joseph George Benja Baker Ezekiel Stevens Samuel Stark Jesse Baker william Nutt Jerediah Patee James Peires Moses merrill Samuel Alls Arch able Macmur- phy John Clark Subscribers for Londonderry James Nesmith Jif Robert Willson William Wier John M'^clenche James Thompson James nesmith 3*^ David nTCleary Joseph Hogg James M’^Cluer Rob’"‘ M’^Clner Thomas Highlands Moses watts Sam^^ White Thomas White John Watts James Boyes John Petterson Hugh Watt James Boyes Moses Watt Ephraim White Thomas M^Cleary Joseph Patterson Joshua thompson William Lyons Isaac Brewster Robert Colom willam Betty alx’ M‘^‘’Colom Robert Moor John Bell And’" Todd Andrew todd Juner John Pinkerton David Pinkerton Mathew Miller Samuel Miller John mac keen Petter Patterson Mo® Barrett Hugh Mongomery John moor Samuel Barr James m’^keen Thomas Taggart John Anderson Will"’ Duncan Thomas Holms Robert Moore Sa’* Clark Sam^^ Allison William Gregg Robert Dickey Samuel morison John Red Matthevv^ Pinkerton Samuel Marsh Rob* Smith John Holmes Will"’ Eayrs Samuel Gregg John M*^keen Ju’’ Robert Thompson John Nesmith Joseph Marsh David Brewster John Smith James Gregg John Hughes Ephraim Dimond James Waddell James Eayers James Mac Murphy John Archibald Robert Hodgert Josiah Duncan Daniel Runnels James Doack John Erving Andrew Mack George Duncan Jun"* MANCHESTER. 549 [An act was passed by the legislature, March 23, 1776, entitled “An act to promote the Increase of the Fish called Alewives in Great Cohass Brook in Derryfield,’^ which contained the following provision : “ And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that each & every Person, owning or improving any Mill Dam on said Brook, shall from the first day of May to the fifteenth day of June in every year from & after the passing & during the continuance of this act keep a sluice open in each Dam, to the end that the said Alewives may pass & repass into & from the said Massabesec Pond, without in- terruption and in failure thereof every Person being owner or improver of such Dam or Dams as aforesaid, shall forfeit & pay for every offence the Sum of Ten Pounds.” The town of Derryfield was authorized to choose a com- mittee to see that the law was obeyed. — Ed.] [1-17] \_Relative to being classed for Representative^ State of New Hampshire — To the the Council & Gent^ of the Hon'’^* House of Representatives in Gen' Assembly at Portsmouth convened i^th October 1780. The humble Petition of the several Persons whose names are hereto set, and subscribed, Inhabitants of Derrifield in the County of Hillsborough, and State aforesaid. Sheweth That pursuant to plan of Government, the said Town of Derrifield was annexed to Gofiestown, for the purpose of chusing annually a person to represent them in General As- sembly which Union has turned out to be a great Grievance and highly inconvenient to Derrifield. That Your Pef® conceive Gofiestown to consist of 100 fami- lies, and therefore not needing the Aid of Derrifield, whilest the latter contains little more than 50 families, And conse- quently in every Choice as aforesaid must (if the Inhabitants CO*' possibly be present) be overpowered by numbers, and out- voted And therefore not fairly represented. But may it please Your Honors, so it is, that frequently the said Inhabitants of Derrifield cannot be present at such Choice as the same is by precept always at Gofiestown & at a time ot Year when many times they cannot pass the River Merrimack without peril of their Lives. That your Pefi® are sensible, that they cannot stand alone in representation, but as they are informed by their Neighbors, 550 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Inhabitants of Litchfield, that they also conceive themselves to be under Circumstances somew^hat similar to the above, with respect to Nottingham West, and that they also are about to apply to Yo*" Hon*'® for relief Your Pef® for the Causes aforesaid, pray leave to bring in a Bill, whereby they may be declared Seperate from said Goffes- town and joined in future to said Litchfield for the purpose aforesaid. And shall ever pray &c — Jonathan Russ') q , John Shelden j- ^ Samuel Moor ) John Goffe John Gofte JuY John Brown John Griffin Benja Baker Abraham Meril John Parham William Parham Joseph farmer Ezekeel Stevens Charles Emerson Daniel Hall Theophles griffin David Merrell Joseph Sanders James Garman Piomas Numan Joshua Pierce William Parham Ebenzeer Stevenes Asael Smith Nab Merrel John Griffin J*" John Harvel William Gambel James Peirce Enoch Thurston George Dwinell John Hall [The foregoing petition was granted. Derryfield and Litchfield were classed for representative, and Goffstown sent one by itself. See p. 33 . — Ed.] [7-18] \^Retur?t of Ratable Polls ^ State of New Hampshire — Hillsborough ss The Return of the Number of the mail Inhabent of the town of Derryfield of twenty one years of age and upards paying Pole Taxes for them selves is sixty tow Derry field December y® ^ 7^3 Jonathan Russ \ Select men Samuel Moor > of Joseph Sanders j Derryfield State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss Derryfield December 15 Day 1783 — Personally appeared the above Named Select men of Derry- field and Made Solemn Oath to the above Return by them Signed Before me — John Goffe Justicie Paces MANCHESTER. 551 {[ 7 - 19 ] \_Relative to Sabbath- Breakmg^ 7 /( 5 ^^.] To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives to be convened at Portsmouth upon the third Wednesday of Octo- ber AD 1784 — The petition of the select men of Derryfield in behalf of the Inhabitants of said town, humbly sheweth — that the breach of the sabbath is become so frequent that few hours of that day passes but repeated instances of it, is to be seen upon any of our public roads. Not only traveling upon foot and Horse but driving loaded teams, as if they pursued there secular busnes upon that day with more alacrity then any other. A practice not only unjustifiable but the day is not fare past that a single instance of it, would have been alarming to a whole County, And that it was Expressly the command of the Supreme Being that that day should be cearfuly Observed — and strictlv injoined upon those who holds the rains of civil Goverment to punish the aggressor is well known to your Honors. And the act of law in this State dos not point out the duty of the several offi- cers so accurately nor the fine so high as your petitioners wdsh for. But we look up to you who are our political fathers who has the undouted right to pass all Edicts for the Good of the Subject, to pass such a law as will more Effectually put a stop to those vicious practises — Wherefore we humbly pray your Honors to pass a new act for the observing of that day and the dutey of every officer clearly pointed out and they strictly injoined to see that the law be Observed, the fine raised, and any person not in office may stop travellers on said day. And your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray John Hall ] Select John Goffe | Men [ 7 “ 2 o] \^Proportio7iment of Foreign^ Domestic^ and State Debt a77io7ig the I7ihabita7its^ ^7^7' The Su77ts set against each 7ta7ne are 077iittedJ\ State of Newhampshire County of Hillsborough Agreeable to a Requisition of the General Court Wee Have Proportioned the same to the Inhabitants of the Town of Der- ryfield which is as follows Gene’ John Stark Samuel Stark Thomas Whittiker John Perham Bishop Coston Cherls Emerson Timothy Stevens Jonathan Stevens Hugh Thompson 552 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Nathan Whittiker John Ray Ephraim Rollf David Sessions John Brown Israel Brown Ezekiel Stevens Benjamin Stevens David Merrill Nathaniel Merrill Nathaniel Baker Theophilus Griffin Samuel Smith Samuel Smith Juffi William Nutt James Nutt Enos Webster Samuel moor Ruben moor John goffe James Garman Joshua Brodget Thomas Lancy Ceaser Griffin Abijah Emerson Peter Emerson Moses Davis Daniel Davis John Davis William Perham John Colwell M*^- Neill Abraham Amey James Peirce Moses Merril Green Symonds Abel Huse Isaac Huse John Little James Little' John Hall William Hall Daniel Hall Israel Young Abraham Merrill Ephraim Stevens Ebenezer Stevens Simeon Stevens James Thompson: John Thompson Joseph Farmer David Rowel Samuel Hilton David Hammond George Amey Samuel Ayes Archabald Gambel William Gamble John Dickey Luke Withy John Webster Israel Webster David Webster Asa Heseltine Stephen Pingree Edward Clark young Richard Maberry Jonathan Heseltine Abraham Merrill Jun' John Green John Russ [7—21] \^Petition for the Appointment of a Committee to settle the North Line of the Town^ To the Honorable the Senate and house of Representatives The Petition of the Select Men of Derryfield Humbly Shew- eth that their hath ben Great inconveniences & Dammage Risen to the Inhabitants of Derryfield by reason of their being a Dispute how far the North line of the Town Extends up the River Merrimack — Wherefore your Petitioners prays that their may be a Com- mittee appointed by your Hono® to Determine & Establish the West & North lines of said Derryfield — and your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray — John Ray John green James Thompson Select Men Derryfield June ^ 7^9 MANXHESTER. 553 [ Vote of the Town relative to Tine.~\ Derryfield May 4 Day 17S9 At a Meeting of the freeholders & other Inhabitants Leagully Convenied — Voted &c &c (among Other Articles) third Article Voted to Petition the General Court to Determine the West and North Lines of the Town — Voted Ensign James Thompson to Carry the Petition to the General Court and to have it Done — Recorded this fifth Day of April 1789 A True Coppy from Derryfield Second Book of Records Examined per John Gofie Town Clark Derryfield June i [In H. of Rep., June 12, 1789, James Betton, Archibald McMurphy, and Zachariah Chandler were appointed “To ascertain and establish the lines on the West and North of said Town, and report,” which they did as follows : — Ed.] In the house of Representatives June io‘^ 1790* The Committee appointed to ascertain and establish the west and north lines of the town of Derryfield, reported as follows (Viz) Pursuant to a vote of the General Court directing us the subscribers to notify the Selectmen of Chester, and then to pro- ceed to establish and ascertain the lines on the west and north of the Town of Derryfield, The Selectmen of the Town of Chester were notified and attended upon the day of June 1789. We begun at a place shewed to us, to be the bounds between Litchfield and Derryfield, from thence we measured up the Merrimack according to the General Course of the same eight miles, and there we placed stake and stones, from thence east-south-east about about one mile and a half to some marked trees shewed to us by General Starks, and he said it was Ches- ter line ; from thence upon the same course, we measured two miles and an half and fifty two rods, and placed a stake and stones, which is the north east corner of said Town. Signed James Betton, Archibald McMurphy, Zachariah Chandler, which was read and considered, and received and accepted, Sent up for Concurrence Thos. Bartlett Speaker. In Senate the same day read and concurred J. Pearson Sec’y 554 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [7-25] \^Petition for an Incorporation to erect a Bridge over Merrimack River ^ 77^2.] To the honorable the Senate and the honorable the house of Representatives of the State of Newhampshire in General Court convened Whereas the erecting a bridge over Merrimack river below Amoskeig falls between the towns of Goffstown and Derryfield in the County of Hillsborough would be of great public utility The Subscribers humbly pray your Honors to incorporate them and such other persons as may associate with them into a so- ciety for that purpose and to grant them liberty to build a suit- able bridge at that place and to demand and receive a reason- able toll or compensation of such as may pass the same and to have and enjoy such privileges and immunities as are requisite for such a society and to your Honors shall seem meet and as in duty bound will ever pray June nth 1792 Robert M^Gregore NatH Peabody William Blodget John Langdon Rich*^ Bartlett James Macgregore E Livermore William Bell John Smith Nath^ Adams [The foregoing petition was granted at that session. — Ed.] [^7-24] '[^Relative to Amoskeag Bridge^ 77^2.] To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened — Humbly shew the Proprietors of Amoskeag-bridge that they have at great expence and risk erected the said bridge and have expended in so doing the sum of six thousand dollars, which is almost double the sum at first computed and expected it would cost — That the bridge is situate a very commodious place for the public convenience — and is in fact for the goodness of the con- struction an honor to the State — The mony laid out by your petitioners in building said bridge has greatly benefited the Inhabitants of the vicinity — Your petitioners were induced to the undertaking of the aforesaid business in the presumption no grant would be made so near as to interfere with their emolu- ments granted them for building the bridge — They further shew that a grant made near them would but serve to injure both MANCHESTER. 555 parties and but little benefit would accrue to the public — They humbly concieve that as the undertaking has proved so expen- sive and is even now hazardous — it is an enterprize which in- titles them to the smiles — not the frowns of the public — They are perfectly willing (lest any one should apprehend they are realizing a large property by the Grant) to give up or release to the State their estate in the bridge, upon a reimbursement of the money by them expended and a reasonable compensation for their extra trouble and expence — this they conceive must silence all objections to their motives being patriotic and for the public good — Upon all these considerations they think they have a just right to make this reasonable request — which is that Your Honors would secure to the'm that previlege which they before building the bridge apprehended they had viz that no other bridge should be erected so as to interfere with or injure their dear earned property — Wherefore they most humbly pray Your Honors that you would grant them liberty to bring in a bill to secure to them their heirs assigns the exclusive previlege so far that no toll bridge, shall be granted upon Merrimack river within ten miles of said bridge — nor any such bridge be erected within such limits And as in duty bound will ever pray— Exeter Dec 19 1792 Robert M'^Gregore J T. Gilman NatU Peabody Nath^ Adams Jolm Peirce Rich‘S Bartlett Ed S‘Loe Livermore J : Macgregore In behalf of themselves and the other Proprietors — [7-26] \_Petition for a Grant of Land^ ijg 4 .~\ To the Honorable Senate and house of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire convened at Exeter on the forth Wednesday of December AD 1793 — The petition of the subscribers citizens of said State humbly sheweth. That Your petitioners have an intention of begining a settlement in some uncultivated part of the Cuntry and On enquiry find that they could be Accommodated with lands in several of the States, or in the Neighbouring Goverment of Canada on very Moderate terms, but as they have a particular affection for their Native State and an entire satisfaction in its constitution and Goverment would Greatly prefer a settlement therein, and as the support of the State Greatly depends upon Agriculture we think that Cultivating the wilderness will ad to her welth number of Inhabitance and Respectability, and Your petitioners having been informed that there is in the northerly 556 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. part of this state a tract of unlocated Lands and conceiving’ that it might be advantageous to the state to dispose of said Lands to persons who would make immediat settlement there- on, and likewise that it would be to the advantage of Your petitioners to obtain a Grant of part of said Lands on reason- able terms — Your petitioners therefore humbly pray Your Honors would Grant and confirm to them a tract of Land eight Miles Square (without lakes or ponds being included in the Measure) some place where it will be Most convenient and joining on the Grants that has been made on which Your petitioners will make a settlement as soon as may be and either Give a reason- able consideration therefore or on any Other conditions as your honors in Your Great wisdom shall think best, And Your pe- tioners as in duty bound shall pray — Derry field February the 3''^ ^794 John Stark John Harvey david Harvey Jonas Harvey John Harvey Ju Daniel Hall Samel Hall John Flail the 3^ Jonathan Greely Daniel Hall JuiF Enos Webster David Webster Jonathan Palmer Theophilus Griffen James Griffen John griffen James Nutt Samuel Nutt Elijah Allen Nutt Joseph Moors William Walker William Parham Samuel Moors Nathaniel merrill hesekiah youngh Ezekiel Stevens isaaC Stevens Benjan Stevens Winthrop Bradbury David Marsh Joseph Farmer Juner William Farmer John Stark Charles Stark John Stark J*" John Ray Ezekiel Gardener Job Rowell John Tufts William Stevens David Stevens Jonathan Starks Archibald Starks William Gamel Archibald Gamel Israel young Zebedee Rowell John Stinson Isaac Rowell Asa Hesetine Juff James Masury Peter Severance Joseph Little Abel Huse Isaac Huse John parham John parham Juner Robert moor William moor William Parham Jur David Rowell John Gilmore Israel Webster [y-27] \^Petition to have a Gore of Land incorporated with Derr yf eld ^ //py.] To the Honorable senate and House of Representatives to be convened at Hanover upon the first Wednesday in June AD ^ 795 - The petition of the subscribers humbly sheweth that there is MANCHESTER. 557 a tract or Gore of Land Lying between Chester and Derryfield, upon which some of your petitioners now live, said land was formerly supposed to belong to Derryfield but the lines being assertained we find it otherways. Wherefore — We your petitioners belonging to the said Town of Derry- field and said Gore unitedly pray your Honours that we may be incorporated into one body politick, And your petitioners as in duty Shall ever pray Derryfield June ^795 Daniel Davis ) select men of John parham j Derryfield Samuel Stark James Emerson Abel Huse David Rowell Daniel Hall Stephen Pingry Israel young Ezekiel Stevens benjamin Heseltine Charls Emerson John Dickey Theos Griften William Nutt Ebenezer Stevens William White NatlP^ Baker James Nutt Israel Webster John perham jr Samuel Hall John Hall — Junior Elijah A Nutt Samuel Nutt Hezekiah young John Webster David Webster John Webster junior Amos Webster William Perham [Granted June i6, 1795. — Ed.] [7-28] \_Sa??iuel Blodgett for a Charter to construct a Ca- nal arotmd Amosheag Falls ^ To the honorable the Senate & House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire, the Petition of Samuel Blodget most respectfully sheweth, — That a spirit of enterprize and exertion has of late been wonderfully and successfully displayed by the citizens of a neighbouring State in the erection of bridges and forming of canals, even in places, which, not many years since, were esteemed impracticable — that a canal round Patucket falls is nearly compleated — that another leading from said falls to Bos- ton, by a rout not exceeding twenty miles, will be commenced next spring — that a third carried round the falls at Amoskeag would, in conjunction with these, open a direct water-commu- nication with Boston & Newburyport to the inhabitants of an extensive country on the banks of the Merrimac above said falls, the wood and timber of whose forests are now of incon- siderable value, occasioned principally by the loss of immense quantities of lumber of the most valuable kind in passing over 558 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. the falls ; a melancholy proof of which they at all times exhibit — that your petitioner is fully convinced that the whole of this loss may be prevented by a canal — that under this conviction he has purchased the only piece of ground over which one is practicable — & has actually entered upon the enterprize, with an intention to risque his fortune in accomplishing a work of so much public utility — Your petitioner, therefore, relying on the public spirit of the honorable Court, requests that vour honors will take the premises into consideration, and grant him a Charter, by which he may be secured in the peaceable enjoy- ment of the valuable property, which he is about to invest in the proposed canal — & assign him a reasonable toll to com- pensate him for his services ; & give him leave to bring in a bill accordingly. And as in duty bound shall ever pray Sam^^ Blodget — [Granted Jan. 2, 1794. — Ed.] [7-29] \^Petition for Legislation to protect JFish in Cokas Brooks I 7 g 7 i\ To the honorable Senate & House of Representatives for the state of Newhampshire Convened at Concord June 1797 The petition of the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Derryfield, Humbly shoeth that where as it appears to us that the Alwives in the great Cohash brook (so Called) in said Der- ryfield would be of Considerable Consequence if some further regulations were had for the preservation of them Wherefore w’e your Petitioners pray your to pass an Act that no alwives may be Caught killed or destroyed on any day or at any time within Thirty rods of the mouth of said brook nor within five rods of any milldam or since way on said brook, under the same penalty as is by Law now affixed for ketching said fish on any unlawfull day — and your petitioners as in duty bound shall Pray Stephen Pingry Asa Haseltine Asa Hesseltine J David Heseltine Israel Webster John Dickey David Young thomas Cheney Ebenr Corning Philip heseltine Moses merrill John Webster David Webster Amos Webster John Webster John Buswell Larence Burkley Abel Huse Benj Haseltine John Dickey Jr Arch‘d Gammel Charls Emerson Peter Emerson Richard Hardy William Perham Isaac Huse David Flint David Flint Jur Daniel Davis MANCHESTER. 559 [ 7 ~ 3 ®] \_Blodgetf s Canal, The Hon'* Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened at Concord on the third Wednesday of Nov' 1798— The petition of Sam" Blodget of Derryfield humbly shew- eth — That your petitioner hath expended more than Thirty Thou- sand Dollors in cutting a Canal erecting Dams, Locks, Mills, &c. on his own Land near Amoskeag Falls which is nearly finished and will of course in a few years be a great benifit to the public, as a property of this kind requires a particular attention both as to regulation of Toll as well as security of property and the keeping up a good understanding with whom he may have to do — Your Petitioner humbly prays that he may with those he shall sell to be made a Corporate body politic by the name of the proprietor or proprietors of Blodgets Canal — and your Pe- titioner as in duty bound will pray — Sam" Blodget — [7—31] \^Petition for the hicorporation of a Company to construct a Canal from Merrimack River to Massabesic Pond, //pp.] To the Honorable General Court now sitting at Concord, Humbly Shews, The Undersigned, that opening a water Communication from the westerly part of Massabesick Pond, so called, to Merrimack Ri ver, by the way of great Cohass Brook, by cutting a Canal, and making locks on certain Falls, and making the same Navi- gable for Boats and Rafts, would be of Public Utility, as there is a large Tract of uncultivated Land ajoining said Pond ; the Timber of which might become valuable ; & would also greatly facilitate the Transportation of Country Produe to the Sea Port Towns for Market. Your petitioners therefore pray, that they with such others as may become Proprietors with them, be In- corporated into a Body Politic and Corporate for the purpose of Canaling and opening said water Communication, & that they have Leave to take a certain Rate of Tolage to reimburse their Expendatures ; and that the same be granted under such Regulations & Restrictions as you in your VVisdorn shall think propper, and as in duty bound will ever Pray. Dated Chester June 3*' 1799 — Joseph Blanchard Ezekiel H : Kelly Samuel Emery W™ I Folsom James Orr Daniel Emery 56 o EARLY TOWN PAPERS. John Folsom John Melvin Alexander Sherley James Sherley Amos Kent John Wingate John Weson Paul Adams Josiah Underhill Benjamin Adams Samul Sharley [Dec. 28, 1805, an act was passed authorizing the inhabi- tants of Derryfield, in their corporate capacity, to construct locks on Cohas brook to facilitate the passage of lumber. — Ed.] [7-33] \_Petition for Authority to raise Money by Lottery to complete the Ca?ial^ 77pp.] The Hon. the Senate & House of Representatives, for the State of New Hampshire in General Court assembled, on the first Wednesday, of the present month, of December, A. D U99v The petition of Samuel Blodget of Derryfield in said State Humbly shews — that your petitioner, many years since saw that Nature had declared in favour of an inland Navigation into the Interior parts of this State, which Now abounds with Masts, Yards, Timber, Wood, and all kinds of Lumber, which is beyond Calculation, the Lands are fertile, and the Inhabitants Numerous, they abound in Cattle, and all other produce in abundance, all which are in great Demand, in our Sister States, but the Great distance, the Obstructions, and Impediments, so many, that the inhabitants, derive but Small advantages, at present from these goodly Lands, and must Continue So untill Art Embraces Nature, Your Petitioner Early saw this, that an inland Navigation would of Course take place, Your petition- er, Anxtious for the happy day Chearfully began this great un- dertaking, Although, in the Eve of Life, your petitioner deter- mined, that Neither age, or the dread of Fatigue, should deter him from this pleasing & usefull Project, Accordingly on the first day of April i 793 * He began this great Work, of Canal- ing & Locking Amoskeig-Falls, on which heretofore, much property, has been lost, they are Still A great Barrier, to im- mense property, at this Moment, theirfore it is of the utmost importance to the inhabitants of these states, that these Impedi- ments be removed, in attempting this Enterprise, Your Peti- tioner has Spared, no pains, or property to Effect it, he has Already expended thirty five thousand Dollars in this Work, — but in the Course of unforeseen Events, Such times has taken place, that No right Calculation Could be made, & in the event MANCHESTER. 561 Exceeded much beyond his expectation, theirfore, to Compleat this great design, it will Require, Nine Thousand Dollars, as appears by a Late Survey of Col. Baldwins. — when these Canals, are Compleat. the Inhabitants of these states, will of Course receive the greatest advantage by them. Your Petitioner has had Recourse to his friends in the Common-Wealth of Massachusetts for assistance, but without affect, yet Nevertheless the inhabitants of Boston & Newbury- Port. are not insensible of the great advantage that will derive, as well to the Poor as to the Rich, especially in the Article of Wood, which at present, is at high price in those Tov/ns. theirfore all Classes have an Interest in the Canals, and they have their wishes that may they be finished — and would most Chearfully Come forward, by way of a Lottery, to finish it — Your Petitioner, has Such Assurance from many Respectable Affluent Characters, as well as those in a more humble. State. Both in Boston ; Newbury-Port, as leaves him. not the least Doubtfull that if your Honors should please to grant him One, for the purposes, herein Requested, being fully assured, those Tickets in the Sale would be ye most Rapid, (and with much Defierence believe them to be more So,) than any. here- tofore offer’d to the publick, Theirfore Your Petitioner, Most Humbly prays that Since he has taken Such pains, as well as the great Expence, heretofore mentioned of thirty fiv^e thousand Dollars, already, and is desirous to Compleat it, and to Open A Most Valuable and extensive, well Inhabitated Countrv ; abounding with Cattle, and produce, in Abundance, by which an inland Navigation, of Trade, & Commerce will thrive and flourish, between the Inhabitants of this, and Our Sister States ; Interest, & advantage, to a Very great Amount — theirfore in Consideration of this great Expence — Your Humble Petitioner has Expended, in the premises affbresaid. Which is unfinished — he theirfore humbly Solicits your Honors Aid, to grant him A Lottery, to finish the same, in Consideration, that, when Compleated, will arise every advantage that an Inland Naviga- tion to the States. Can Suggest, and in as much as his Friends in the Common Wealth of Massachusetts, So much Request it or Otherwise, to grant him Such aid as will Enable him to Compleat. and finish the work, as in your great Wisdom Shall Seem Meet, — and as in duty Bound will ever pray — Sam'’ Blodget Derryfield 7^'^ December 1799. [In H. of Rep., December 21, 1799, the foregoing peti- tion was granted. — Ed.] 3S \ 562 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [7-34J "[^Relative to Locks and Canals on Merrimack River y etcC^ Within a few Years past Inland Navigation. Seems to be the Spirit of Enterprise, the great & Arduous, undertaking, to cutt the Middlesex Canal, in the state of Massachusetts, from Bos- ton to Merrimack River, Through an Inland Country of Thirty Miles has been the work of many Years, the Compleating of this great Work, has been doubted by some, but he assured, the Most dificult part of these Works are finished, and Others in great forwardness, this Work is Executed, in a Manner, that would do Honor to One of the first European Characters in thi& Line, in A word, the Works are So Nearly finished, that it leavs No doubt in my Mind, of its being Compleated the Next Season, this Canal, enters Merrimack-River, a little above Pe- tucket Falls from thence, up the Said River, 29 Miles, to Am- oskiege — these Falls, are 47 feet 3 Inches 5 Tenth Fall, & are the Key of the great Country above them, the Locking of Which, has been underken by M*" Blodget, who has Expended 35000 Dollars in this Enterprise, by A late Survey of Colonel Baldwin, it will Cost 9000 Dollars more to Compleat this great Work, According to his late survey, the Next Falls above, is eight Miles from M*' Blodgets Canal, the next is, 4 Miles farther up. Called, Garvins Falls, Charters are granted for Locking them Both, & the Toll fixed, & its Supposed 4000 Dollars will Lock them, Turkey River, & Sewals, are the Only Falls, above, untill we reach Salisbury, they are Small, & it is Sup- posed will not Exceed, 600 Dollars to Compleat them, these being finished. Navigation, will be compleat up as far as Salis- bury, 100 miles from Boston, the Other Small Falls, between the Middlesex, & M*" Blodgets Canal, will be soon Locked, & Cleared, So as to make it Navigable for Boats, in the Shoalest. Water, in the Summer-Season, from Salisbury, to Boston, when all these are Compleated, the advantage of Inland-Navigation will take place, which will be beyond discription, these advant- ages, will not so readily Occur, to every One at the first View, theirfore it will not be Amiss to mention. Some of them, the first is — upon the Subject of Beef-Cattle, the great Loss that attends the Driving them from A great distance to Market, Report Says that their ware 7000 Head of beef Cattle, drove from the States of New-Hampshire, and Vermont, the present. Year, into Boston and Other Market-Towns, upon Supposition of its fact, the Charge & Expence for driving 7000 at 7 /6 onely Amounts to Doll. — — — — ^^ 75 *^ Supposing Each Creature, lost or Wasted, by long & Tedious driving, on an Average, 30 lb Tallow, MANCHESTER. 563 or in the Juices of the Beef, equivalent to it, this at 9*^ p*" lb amounts to — Dollars — 24,500 Dol 33,250 I am told by Some, that I have rated this loss two low, however that may be, this sum, is great, and is A Total Loss to the publick, as well as to the Owners of the Cattle, & Ought to be remided. — and this Can be done, as will more readily appear, by the following Statement ; Supposing. 7000 Cattle ware Killed and Salted in Barrels, put up fit for Market, even as far up as Sanborntown, 100 miles from Boston, each Neating 400 lb and is two Barrels, this takes 1 4000 Barrels, to salt 7000 Cattle, these being Manufactured, Near the place of Slaughter, will Cost but fifty Cents each, and amounts to Doll, 7^000 & will take 14000 Bushels of Salt, at One Bushel p^ Barrel, the Freight, from Boston, to Sanborn- town, is established — and does not exceed 15/ p*" Ton, which is 8 Cents p*" Bushel this amounts to 1,120 The freight & Toll, on 14000 Barrels of Beef, from Sanborntown to Boston, at 15 / p*" Ton, ten Barrels to A Ton, is 25 Cents Each, and is Dollars 3,500 added — $i 1,620 here is the first Cost of the Barrels, the expence of the Transportation, of the Salt from Boston ; to Salt the Beef With, and the freight of the Beef, Safely landed in Boston Market, and all amounts to no more than Dollars 11,620 these Barrels, Although full of Beef, will Sell for 6/ Each Amounts to 14,000 the 1 1,620$ being deducted ; leaves Neat profits on the Manufactory of our own Doll. 2,380 and Makes A saving of 33,250 Dollars — 33? 250 which would be lost by driving 7000. Cattle to Market, Total 35, 630 by this Statement it appears, that these Cattle, Can, be Salt- ed and Barreled, in prime Order, in the Country 100 miles from Boston, and Transported to that Market, by Water, with- out the least loss or waste of Beef or Tallow, Trouble, or Fa- tigue in driving them, but will receive a Neat profit, as above mentioned on the Casks of — — — Dollars 2,380$ in favour of the drovers ; — thus far upon the Article of Beef. — it is however. Still worthy of Notice, that the Hides of these 564 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Cattle. Ought to be Computed among the Advantages, result- ing from Our Inland Navigation, 7000 hides Manufactured, in this State at 9/ is — — — — Doll. 10,500 the Loss is great to the Inhabitants, here to have So Large A Number, of Cattle drove from this State and their Hides. Man- ufactured, at Our Expence, because wee have to repurchas them again, after they Are Manufactured, in another advantage, readily Occurs to me, is, in the Article of Wood, the freight, Toll, &®, are Considered at 15 / per Cord, from Salisbury, into Boston, if to Newbury-Port. 7/ at this Rate, if the high price that. Wood Now is. which is 8 dolh® p*^ Cord at Boston & 6^ Dollars, in Newbury-Port, (wood is now 9^ DoP in Boston & 8 in Newbury Port) should Continue the advantage, to the In- habitants of this State, is Incalculable, Especially if wee take into Consideration, the Articles of Timber, Masts, Plank, and all Other kinds of Lumber, (when an Inland Navigation. Runs through Such an Extensive Country,) the Lands, must Settle Rappidly, as well to increase in Value to Millions of Dollors, A Calculation was made in Boston, by Gentlemen, of Informa- tion, Viz. that if this Inland, Navigation, had been Opened, last Spring, it would have been the saving to the inhabitants of Boston, in the Article, of Wood Only, — of more than 60000 Dollars, the present year, and it is Supposed 15000 Dollars to Newbury-Port. — Query — would it not have been as advantageous to the Sellers, as to the Buyers of Wood, — Other great advantages may be Calculated from this Inland Naviga- tion but this is left for time to Discover — Suppose A Person in Boston consumes 20 Cords of Wood, Annually, at the price of 6 Dollars p’' Cord — is — — — Dollars. 120 When the Canal is Opened Wood is 5 Dollars — 100 then 20 Cord, is a Saving to the purchacer at this Reduced price — — — Dollars 20 and as long as the reduced price of Wood, Continues, of One dollar p’’ Cord, p’’ year. So that if he advances 20 Dollars One Year, and the Canals, are opened & in Opperation, in Conse- quence of it, he then recovers 100 per Cent, p*" Annum, for the Money be advanced, and Suppose. 20 Dollars are advanced, and he purchased A Ticket with it, in the Lottery, which is granted for the finishing of the Canal, he has a Chance of the highest, or Some Other prize — if they should be all drawn Blanks, he has Still his 100 p*" Cent, p*" Annum for his Money, and So long as Wood remains at the reduced price of one Dol- lar p^ Cord, — for the Money he advanced, — Simular advant- ages, will be received by all Owners, & Drovers of Cattle, to the saving of the large Sum of 40,000 Dollars Annually on the Article of Beef, as has been heretofore Mentioned all Other MANCHESTER. 565 persons, in proportion, to their Interest and Concerns in this Inland Navigation, — the Banks of the Merrimack Anticipates, the happy days, when Trade an Commerce will flourish be- yond Our Most Sanguine Expectations, Which Time Only can Develope. — [7-38] \_Another Petition for the Protection of Pish in Co- has Brook^ i 8 oo.~\ To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court Convened at Concord on the first wedensday of June AD — iSoo — The petition of us the Subscribers, Inhabitants of Derryfield and the adjacent towns humbly sheweth — That Formerly Great numbers of Alewives resorted to, and passed up, the stream known by the name of Cohass-Brook that leads from Massabeesick Pond to the river Merrimac. And for many years the Inhabitants of this and the adjacent towns drew ample supplies of these fish from the aforesaid Brook ; until by means of Mill dams, erected across said stream, their passage to the aforesaid Pond was wholly obstructed. But application being made to the Honorable General Court, they with cheer- fulness and alacrity caused the aforesaid Obstructions to be re- moved, and from time to time passed such acts as were judged best calculated to cause the returen and preservation of said fish ; the salutary effects of which are now plainly perceived by the return of the fish to their wonted stream. But the water falls so rapidly for nearly thirty rods previously to its junction with the river Merrimac as to render it convenient for fishing with dip or scoop nets ; and unless the Public are prohibited from fishing at the aforesaid rapids, no considerable number of fish will ever pass them. And doubts have arisen whether the fifteen rods from the mouth of said Brook and the five rods from the Mill dam, as now by Law established, will cover the said rapids — Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray Your Honors would pass an act to prohibit the fishery for forty instead of fifteen rods from the mouth of said Brook. And as in duty bound do piay— John Stark John Stark Jr Daniel Hall Abel Huse Isaac Huse Philip heseltine Stephen Heseltine Asa Haseltine Stephen Pingre John parham John Webster Israel Webster David Webster John Webster Ju Amos Webster 566 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. John heseltine Jonathan Haseltine Asa Haeltine Junr Mulford Phillips David Rowell William White Sam^ Abbot Joseph young Daniel Hall Jr EbeiP Stevens thomas Cheney Moses merrill Israel young Josiah Huse Job Rowell Hezekiah young Peter Emerson James young David Flint William Perham Jonathan young David Dicky Philip Heseltine J Moses Heseltine John Dickey Jur David Heseltine Timothy Dustine Nathaniel Merrill Jacob Smith James Major Richard Hardy Stephen Chancy James Arwine Thomas hardy /■Jonathan Stephens MARLBOROUGH. The township was granted May 20, 1752, by Joseph Blanchard, as agent for the Masonian Proprietors, to James Morrison and thirty-three others, by the name of Monadnock No. 5. Many of the proprietors and settlers came from Marl- borough, Mass., and the town was unofficially called New Marlborough for some years prior to its incorporation, which occurred December 13, 1776, at which time it receiv- ed its present name. A township by the same name was granted by Gov. Pen- ning Wentworth, April 29, 1751, to Timothy Dwight and others, which was located in the southern part of the pres- ent state of Vermont. That charter, being on record in the secretary’s office in this state, misled John Farmer into ap- plying it to the New Hampshire town ; and subsequent writers, who copied from him instead of consulting the original records, have been led into the same error. Settlements were commenced in town about 1760 by Abel Woodward, Benjamin Tucker, Daniel Goodenough, and others. By an act approved January 8, 1794, a small tract of land was severed from Swanzey, and annexed to this town. December 9, 1812, two ranges of lots, and a certain gore of land on the north end of the town, were combined with portions of Packersfield (Nelson) and Keene, and incorpor- ated into the town of Roxbury. The formation of the town of Troy, June 23, 1815, took a MARLBOROUGH. 56/ portion of this town, and portions of Fitzwilliam, Swanzey, and Richmond. June 13, 1818, Joel Porter, Phinehas Farrar, Jr., and Ezra Porter, with their estates, were severed from the town of Dublin, and annexed to Marlborough. A small tract of land belonging to William Tenney and Luther Hemingway was severed from the north-east corner of Swanzey, and annexed to Marlborough, December 15, 1842. Among the Revolutionary soldiers from this town was Lieut. Col. Andrew Colburn, who was killed at Stillwater in September, 1777. i[ 7 -i] \_Petition for an Act of Incorporation^ ^ 775 '\ Monadnock N° five Jun f 24 1775 to the Hon^ members of the Congris at Exeter A Request from the inhabantans of monadnock No five Humbeiiy shows that whare as this Town is Not in Corparated and by that meanes Never had aney Town stock of Ammonishon of ponder and ball and are not in aney proper Cappasetv to Rais money for that or aney other purpos Exept the Province and County by Reason of Not having Town privealegs and as it appeares at this day to be verey much wanted for we know not how soon we shall be wanted to Defende oure Contery and Priveliges which are much Threatned daley theirfore w^e Humbeley apply our selves to this Congress for advise we have som money now in the hands of mr James Lucas a collecter of this Town that •belonges to the Province and County that was granted for the year 1774 and is Not yet paid in and when it will be wanted or Coaid for we Cant tell for we Conclude that the County will Not go on with their bulding this year as was intended theirfore we Humberly Apply our selves to this Hona^ Court or Con- gress for their advise in that Afare wheather thay Can advise or give liberty for our taking this money for that vouse we oblige- ing our selves to Return it when ever Called for thease from your humbel Purtisones appointed by the Town as a Commity for this purpos Jonathan Frost J Benj“ Tucker v Commity Tho® Riggs ) 568 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [7-2] \_Another Petition for an Incorporation^ ^ 775 -~\ Province of New Hampshire Monadnock N° 5 September 28*^ 1775- To the Hono'^^ Congress of Said Province. Whereas In the month of Jtdy last the Congress See fit to Grant us privilidges which before we was Destitute of, and for which we do express our gratitude, viz, In recommending to us to chuse Town officers such as Select men, Constables, and a Committee of Safety, all which we have don, but as it is a Doubt whether the Congress Intended we Should Injoy privi- lidges equil to Towns Incorporated by a Governer, or not, and as we have a desire to Settle a Minister in this town, and as we have one a preaching here whome the people universally like. We theirfore pray the Congress to Incorporate Said N° 5 by the name of Washington, and appoint a Day for our Annual Meet- ing. In so Doing your Honours would much Oblidge your Hum- ble pertitioners. Jonathan Frost h Committee In Eliphalet Stone )- behalf of Monadnock Tho Riggs ) N° Five [ 7 ~ 3 ] \_Petition for an Incorporation^ State of New-Hampshire To the Hon'^^® the Council & house of Representatives Convend at Exeter Sep*" 5, 1776. — Humbly Shews Eliphalet Stone of a place Called New Marl- borough in the County of Cheshire Gent, in Behalf of the free- holders Inhabitants of said place That your Petitioners under a title from the Purchasers of the Right of John Tufton Mason Esq‘‘ did Enter into & upon the premises & have with Great Toil & Labour formd Settlements for themselves & families. — That the Said tract of Land is well Scituated for a Township & of the Contents of about Six Miles Square. — That your Petitioners have Erected a Meetinghouse for Pub- lic Worship & had preaching. — That they Labour under Difficulties for want of an Incorpo- ration which Coud they Obtain Are perswaded would be for the Public Good. — Wherefore your Petitioners humbly pray that they may be Incorporated into a Body Politick to have Continuance & be In- MARLBOROUGH. 569 vested with all the powers Priviledges and Immunities that Other Towns in this State by Law hold & Enjoy. — And your Petitioners as in Duty bound Will Ever pray &c. — Eliphalet Stone [The foregoing petition was granted, and the town incor- porated by an act passed Dec. 13, 1776.] [R. 2—257] \_Petition of Major Andrew Colburn^ addressed to the Council and Assembly d\ Humbly Shews, Andrew Colburn of Marlborough in the County of Cheshire Esq*" that in the Beginning of the last Campaign he assisted Col® Reid in recruiting his Regiment, in which he expended consid- erable sums of Money Afterwards he served as a Voluntier in the American Army till the arrival of Gen^ Folsom, who on Ac- count of the Irregularity of the new Army, found it absolutely necessary to have an Officer to act as Brigade Adjutant, in his Department He therefore applied to General Ward, then Com- mander in Chief for his Approbation & appointment of y® Peti- tioner as Adjutant to his Brigade, who approved & appointed him to act accordingly That he acted in said Office till Geffi Washington took the Command of the Army, who issued in general Orders that every Officer should continue in his respec- tive Department till further Orders — That he continued in said office accordingly during said Campaign — That as the Conti- nental Congress had not appointed Brigade Adjutants for said Service, General Washington could not grant a Warrant for any Pay— That one M^ Brewer who acted in the same Capacity in the Massachusetts Troops at Roxbury being in like Circumstances with regard to pay, represented the Case to the Gen^ Court of the Massachusetts Bay & was allowed Eight Pounds ten Shill- ings L M p*" Month — Your Petitioner therefore humbly Prays your Honours to take his Case under your wise Consideration, & to grant him such Recompence for his Services during said Campaign as in Your Wisdom shall appear adequate and Just — And as in Duty bound shall pray &c And"^ Colburn [And rew Colburn was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the Third New Hampshire Regiment, under Col. Scam- mel, April, 1777, and was killed at the battle of Stillwater, 570 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. or Bemis’s Heights, on the 19th of September in the same year. His widow, Mrs. Phebe Colburn, removed soon after to Coventry, Conn,, her native place, and after seven years of widowhood, married Ephraim Root. — Ed.] [R. 2-265] [ Calvin Goodenow^ Soldier^ 77^*2.] Marlborough January y® 28*^ 1786. These may certify That Calvin Goodenow was engaged Dur- ing the war By the town of Marlborough and Joined the army in the month of aprile in the year 1782. James Brewer Dan^^ Cutting Silas fife Selectmen of Marlborough for the year — David Wheeler Phins Farrar Selectmen for the year — [R. 2-266] I hereby certify that Calvan Goodenough Serv’d as a Soldier in my Company in the first Newhampshire Reg* at the close of the war and for Some time before per Josiah Munro Cap* Hawk Feb^ 2^ 1786. [7-5] \_Relative to Taxes of Elijah Williams^ These may Certify that Lots Numbers 37 & 58 in this Town Belonging to Elijah Williams Esq*' an Absentte was Taxed in year 1781 in the Beef Rate £0.12: 9: 2 and in the soldier & Rum rate — . o: 3: i: i which sums we pray may Be allowed to M*" Silas Fife Consta- ble for 1781 Marlborough Jany 28“^ 17S6 David Wheeler ) Selectmen of Phinehas Farrar j Marlborough [7-6] S^Certificate of Nails made^ J/po.] State^of New Hampshire Cheshire ss We the Subscribers Select Men of the Town of Marlborough in Said County, Do hereby Certify that John Parkhurst of MARLBOROUGH. 571 Marlborough afore Said Nailer, has bonafidely made or Caused to be made at his work-Shop in Marlbo*' Three Hundred Thousand Four Penny wrought Nails, Encluding Eighty Seven Thousand that was not Encluded in the other Certificate. And One Hundred Thousand of Six Penny wrought Nails Sence the 24*^ of December last. Witness our hand and Seals Dan^ Cutting ) Select Men for moses Tucker ) Marlborough Marlborough June y® AD 1790 I the Subscriber being the Nearest Justice of the Peace in Said County to the workShop of the above S'^ John Parkhurst, Do hereby Certify that the S'^ John Parkhurst has in fact made, and caus’d to be made in his works the above mentioned Num- ber of wrought Nails. Tho® Baker Justice of the Peace [7-7] \_Against the Appomt 7 ne 7 it of Willia 77 t Pa 7 'ker^ To His Exelency the President, and Hono'^' the Council of the State of New-Hampshire — Your Petitioners Humbly Sheweth that We have received in- formation from Men of undoubted viracety that M'' William Barker of this Town has lately ben recommended to Your Hon- ors as a seutable Person to be a Justice of the Peace. — We beg the privilidge to inform Your Exelency and Honours that We have a very diferant oppinion of the Man, and Do pray Your Exelency and Honors would be pleased not to grant him a Justic’s Commition. As We in Deuty Bound Shall ever pray Marlborough January 1790. EliplP Stone ^ Select Men Phinehas Farrar V of Ebenezer Temple ) Marlborough [ 7 - 8 ] \_Relative to Boundary between this Town and Fitz- %villia 7 n^ //py.] To the Honourable the General Court of the State of New Hampshire to begin and be Holden at Hanover in S*^ State on the first Wednesday of June next — In behalf of the Town of Marlborough the Petition of us the Subscribers humbly sheweth that Whereas the Towns of Fitz- 572 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. william and Marlborough have ben in Dispute for a long time as to the line between Towns, and the Town of Marlbor® have requested the town of Fitzwilliam repeatedly to establish line, and offered to leave the matter to Juditious and disin- trested men to Settle the dispute on Just and equitable terms ; but they wholy refuse to Comply with our request — Wherefore your Petitioners pray that your Honours would take our Case under your Wise Consideration, and appoint a Committee if you in your Wisdom think fit to vew line or order Some other means Whereby S'^ line maybe established upon Just and equetable terms — as your Petitioners in Duty bound Shall ever pray— Calvin Stone J Selectmen of Jonadab Baker) Marlbor® Marlborough May 30^*^ 1795 MARLOW. The township was granted October 7, 1761, to William Noyes and sixty-three others, at which time it received its present name. The reservation of five hundred acres for Governor Wentworth was located in the south-west corner. The conditions of this grant were not wholly complied with, and the inhabitants, on the 30th of December, 1771, peti- tioned for an extension of the charter, which was. granted January 24, 1772. for a term of three years. In the petition they stated that twenty-eight families were resident in town, and that five more were to settle the following spring. The grantees were residents of Connecticut, principally in the vicinity of the towns of Lyme and Colchester. Among the first settlers were Thomas and Samuel Gustin, Elisha and Solomon Mack, Jasper and Nathan Huntley, and Joseph Tubbs. By an act passed June 21, 1797, all that portion of the town, as originally granted, lying east of the curve line of Mason’s Patent, containing some four thousand acres, was declared to be under the jurisdiction and a part of the town of Stoddard. An academy flourished here for some years, which was largely patronized by the inhabitants of the county and did a good work in the cause of education. MARLOW. 573 [7“39] \^Inventory of A True Inventory of all the Poles and Ratable Estate In the Townshi^D of Marlow Taken this twenty Sixth day of April ^773 Subscribers Selectmen of Said Marlow Thirty four poles — twenty Eight oxen — forty two Cows — fif- teen three years old — Eight two year old — thirteen year old — two Horses — one hundred and forty four acers of Mowing Land — Seventy Nine acers of arable Land — Sixty four acers of pas- ter Land — A True List attest Nicodemes Miller ) Selectmen of Sam^^ Canfield J Marlow province of New hampshire April y® 26^^ ^773 County of Cheshire ss parsonally appeared Nicodems Miller and Samuell Canfield Selectmen of Marlow and made Soloom oath to the above Inventory by them Taken & Signed by them as above Is Just and True as there set down taken Before me B Bellows Justice peace [7-40] \_Relative to the Election of Representative^ z/yd.] To the Honerabel Counsel & assembeley of the Colony of New hampshire to be Conveand & assembled at Exeter on the third wensday of Deember Instant The Petiteion of the Inhabetitants of the Towns of marlow Alsted and Surrey Humbeley Sheweth that where as it is the advice & Deriction of the Contenantel Congrace Reletve to the asumeing Civel Goverment in this Coloney have advised and Dericted the Provenshal Congras of this Colony Preveus to their asuiming a forme of Ceviel Government that the}" at their Convenshon Do Grant worants for a full and free Election of Representetves in this Coloney & where as verees Cuppleing of veraes Towns toGether ia the wesetern Parts of Coloney and allowing but one Representetve to a Cuppling and we being Deferantly Treted from the Mager Parts of this Coloney who are allowed a Representetive to Each Town and where as the Towns of marlow Alsted & Surrey are Towns InCorprated with all the Inverabel Priveligeses & Emunities that any other Town or Towns Do or may In Joy In this Coloney & being thus Cuppled together as aforeSaid are abriged or Curtailed of the Privelig of Each EndeviDial Town Eleccting a Represen- tetive which we Humbely Conceve Can not be Constred to be a full & free Election or Representation of the Said Coloney agreabel to the advice of the Contenantal Congress above Re- 574 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. sited we there fore your Humbel Petiteshers would be such the Honerabel Counsel & House of Representetives that Preves to the further Preserving the Plan of Civel Goverment that there may worants be Granted for a full and free Election or Repre- sentation of Each of the Endvedial Towns above menchend Presewent to the advice of the Contenantal Congrace aforesaid thus Shall your PI umbel Petisonors as In Deuty Bound Ever Pray Dated Coloney of Newhamsher Marlow December ii‘^ A :D 1776 Sam’^ Gustin Come“ for Absalom Kingsbery [marlow Woolston Brock way [ Alsted & Jonathan Smith J Surrey [7-41] \^Relative to the East Line of the Town^ ^777 Marlow Feb^ y® 2o‘^ ^ 777 — As there is a Report prevails in the Town of Marlow that one Oliver Parker a Reputed mover of sedition in the Town of Stoddard hath got a petition Signd by a party to have some part of the East side of the Town of marlow (by the general Cort) set to Stoddard We the Selectmen of marlow in the State of Newhampshire. Beg Leve to Say Some thing in the Ears of the General Cort on this matter if y® above Said petition is .prefared — viz — that the incorporation of y® Town of marlow is older than y® incor- poration of any Town adjoining to the said marlow — and we in y® Name of y® inhabitants of y® Town of marlow humbly Pray that the General Cort would not by any incorporation infringe on the Town of marlow without Giving Notice to the Inhabitants of the said marlow some time before hand — If the above s*^ petition be for paying Taxes only — the Gen- eral assembley did on*the I2‘^ Day of June 1776 pass a resolve that all those Rateable persons who live within the original east Line of marlow and their Estates thir. pay there Taxes to mar- low untill the Title to the Lands Disputable between the said Towns of marlow and Stoddard be Decided by Law or by agreement between the said two Towns the Cause being So plain we shall not Trouble the Cort any Longer — Resting assured they will not act Contrary to this pe- tition without first Notifying the Town of marlow and giving us a Day to Defend our Selves Dated at marlow this 4^^ of march AD i 777 — pr us Nicodemus Miller ) Select men Abisha Tubs j of marlow MARLOW. 575 [7-42] \_Relative to the Settlement of the East Line of the Town^ 77 /( 5 *.] State of Newham shere Chesher County Marlow Feberay 3’'*^ 1778 as there is Still Remaining a Deficalty about the Colecting of Taxes in our town on aCount of the Clames of woshenton and Stoder by their Coperations — Laping on our Town and the Charter and Corperation there of and as the Easter most Line of Said marlow is Desputed by Said Washenton & Stoderd and that it may be Setteled with out Deficalty in a Legal Meth- ard we the Subcribers Select men of Said Marlow Do Bring our Requst and Potition to the Honorabel Counsel and assembely of this State that they would Derict to Sum method whereby those unhapey Deficaltys may be Removed and if your Hon- ours Should Think it Proper : we Should be Glad that Sum Soveyor & Chainmen that are Dis Entrested and Inhabtents of this County be apointed to Run the Loyns of Said marlow aCording to the Charter of Said Town and Esabilish the Lines and Bounds of Said Town that Such Desputes may be Remov- ed for which we your Potishenors as In Deuty Bound would Humbely Pray Eber Lewis ) Selectmen William Nud ) of marlow N : B as marlow is the oldest Charter of any Town that Joins on it we think it very improper that other Towns Should InCroach on our Rights & Priveliges &C the within riten petetion is Excepted and by the town Voted to be Sent to the Honourable Counsil and Asemby Jonath Royce town Clark [7-43] \_Relative to Taxes ^ iy84.~\ State of Newham pshire The Petition of the Town of Marlow humbly Sheweth That in the Proportion taken in i 777 Town of Marlow Sent in their Inventory according to the best of their Knowledge In- cludeing all within the Original Limitts of Said Town — after which the General Court by their Special order Resolv‘d that a certain part of the Land aforesaid with the Inhabitants thereon so far as the Masonian grant Extended Should pay their pro- portion another way whereby your Petitioners where Deprived of a Considerable part of their Strength which they Expected 576 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. in paying the Qiiotas of Taxes Laid on them in consequence of their Proportion and also was Doom^ their Supose*^ proportion in 1780 Including the Land aforesaid Therefore your Petitioner humbly Pray® that So much of their Taxes As hath been So Laid on them may be abated that they may only pay their Just proportion of Taxes in Said State which they Ever Desire to do and no more and your Petitioners as in Duty bound will Ever pray NatL^ S Prentice in behalf of Said Town [7-44] l^Relative to East Line of the Town^ iyg 8 r\ To the honarble Senate and hous of Representatives in Jeneral cort Convened at Concord on the thurd Wedingsday of this Instant November your pertisherners humbley Shweth that whereas an act has Ben past Giving Juresdiction of a part of marlow to Stodderd to the grate deterament of said marlow and must unavoidable Ruen said town if Said act is not Reconsedered tharefore your portisherners humbley prayeth that your honers will make thare Case your Case and then Consider wheather you would Be willing to have your towns Cut to peaces without the Concent of the inhabetents then your portisheners thinks they Shall be Abel By thare agent to Shew the unreasonable ness of that act which your portishoners thinks neaver would Ben past if the honerable Cort at that Time had farly understod the situ- ation of Both towns that Stoddard is Biger without that Strip than marlow is with it by Reason of Washington Exersising Juresdiction over a Considerable part of said marlow and your portisheners humbley prayeth that they may not Be tore to peases to Set up thare nabering towns thow they are willing to suffer with other Towns But not to be tore to peaces to set them up tharefore your portisheners humbley Requestes that act may Be Reconsidered and your portisheners as in duty Bound Shall Ever pray Marlow November 16^^ 179S Elisha Huntley \ Select Abijah Mack > Men of Wells Way j marlow [7-45] \_Eemonstrance to the Establishment of the East Line as by the Act of //p/.] To the Honourable senate & house of Representatives to be convened at Concord on the third Wednesday of November — MASON. 577 The Petition of the Proprietors of the town of Marlow hum- bly shews that the General court at their sessions in June 1797 sett oft' the southeast part of Marlow containing About four thousand acres of s'^ Marlow under the Jurisdiction of the town of Stoddard haveing About twenty famylies on the same which we concieve was obtained by A Very wrong Representation of the Matters of fact And we your Petioner not thinking it nec- essary at that time to send in A written remonstrance against the town of Stoddard petition fully believing that the honour- able court would never take oft' from the lesser towns to put to the Greater where the town taken off from and the Inhabitants to be taken oft' had not Requested it but to their great Disap- pointment it was done, and we your Petioners being fully sensible that s*^ Act being carried into eft'ect according to the liberty the town of Stoddard have taken and mean to take by taxing our Lands under the Lay out of the Proprietors of s** Stoddard which your Honours will be sensible lays a foundation for A continered multicipticity of Lawsuits to the Great dam- age of the publick and to the total Destruction of Many of Your Petitioners Interest on both sides and whereas the Proprietors of s^^ Stoddard as well as the town have taken the most unwea- ried paines to Defraud us and Arrest our Lands from us by every strategem that Depraved human nature could Invent and we are fully pursuaded your honours when fully possest of the facts will not uphold them nor strengthen them in their inthu- siasm but will Repeal s'^ Act and let us peaceably injoy our Land as other Citizens do which is the humble prayer of your petitioners as in duty bound shall pray Marlow June 4^*^ ^ 79 ^ Elijah Frink In Behalf of the Petitioners [All that portion of Marlow lying east of the curve line of Mason’s patent was decreed to belong to Stoddard by an act passed June 21, 1797. — Ed.] MASON. The township was granted November i, 1749, by Joseph Blanchard, as agent for the Masonian proprietors, to Will- iam Lawrence and others, and was called No. i, until, in answer to a petition, it was incorporated with town priv- 39 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 578 ileges August 26, 1768, and given its present name in honor of Capt. John Mason, the original owner of that tract of land known as “ Mason’s Patent.” At a meeting of the inhabitants held June 22, 1768, they voted to have the town called Sharon ; but Governor Went- worth, who generally named towns to please himself, named it Mason. This town includes that portion of the town of Town- send, Mass., which was north of the province line as estab- lished in 1741. By an act passed June 28, 1872, the north-west part of the town was set off, and incorporated into the town of Greenville, and the line between the two towns was estab- lished the following year. Joseph Blood, of Mason, was killed in the battle of Bun- ker Hill. Ebenezer Blood, Jr., was taken prisoner at the same time, and never returned home. [7-50] S^Petition for a Town Charter^ iy 68 .'\ To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq^ Captain General Governor and Commander in Chief in and over His Majesty’s Province of New-Hampshire in Council — The humble Petition of Obadiah Parker of a Place within the said Province called N° i on behalf of himself and the rest of the Inhabitants there. Sheweth : That the said Tract of Land is about 5 Miles Square & is held by your Pef® under a Grant from the Gent*^ Proprietors of Mason’s Patent and is bounded as follows Viz* Beginning at a Stake & Stones on the Province Line, then running on the Province Line 5 Miles & 20 rods to the S : E. Corner of New Ipswich Thence running N® on said New Ips- wich line 5 Miles to a White pine Tree to Wilton Corner Then running E. on the S° line of Wilton 5 Miles to a hemlock tree then running S° 5 Miles by the Needle to the Bounds first men- tioned. That they have now Fifty Six Families on the Spot, and are ripe for Town Officers, a Minister &c Wherefore they humbly pray a Charter of Incorporation and that they may be invested with all the Powers & Authorities Privileges & Franchises which other Towns enjoy within this Government by such Name as Your Excellency shall be pleased to appoint. And your Pet” will ever pray &c Obadiah Parker pro Se et Cseteris. [For himself and others.] MASON. 579 L7-46] \_J^elative to an alleged Thefts ^775 To the honorable Gentlemen of the Provincial Congress of New Hampshire — That whereas Jason Russell & John Tarbell both of IMason in said Province, did in a felonious Manner on or about the Twentieth of May last, retire to a Pasture in said Town belong- ing to Sam^^ Dana of Groton & took from thence a Three Years old Heifer & killed & converted it to their own Use — Where- upon early Notice being given to the Committee for said Town, met & requir’d of the Oflenders full Satisfaction therefor, But each of them peremptorily refusing to comply therewith the Advice of Committees from two neighbouring towns being called in, viz New-Ipswich & Temple & the Criminals being cited to appear before said Committees not only neglected to make their Appearance before us. But as we learn have fled to the Army & finding ourselves unable to settle the unhappv Dif- ficulty by Reason of their escape, came into the following Res- olution viz — Resolved to refer the Matter to your judicious Consideration, begging that you will in your Wisdom, take cogniscence, either of the Oflcnce & deal with the Ofi'enders or give us Rules how to proceed with them in this, & such like Case for the future — Ephraim Adams Chairman for said Committee. David Blodgett Scribe Dated Mason June ^775 [7~47] \_Relative to Paper Curreftcy^ ^777-~\ To The Honorable Council and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Cort assembled at Ex- eter on Wednesday the 17 ^*^ Day of December AD : 1777 Hum- bly Sheweth the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of The Town of Mason in the County of Hillsborough in S^ State That the Calling in and Sinking this States Bills of Publick Credit of the Square form So Called and giving in Exchange For the Same Treasuerys notes upon Loan or Intrest appears to your Honours Suppliants to be Disadvantegeous and Detrimental to this State in General and Tends to Sap the Foundation of Prosperity among the Good People of this State and Embarrass the Growth of the Commonweth Then Engaged in a very Grevious and Expencive war the Period of Which is Yet unknown which will unavoidably Prove noxious to this State as well as others Wherefore your Potitioners Humbly Pray That a Late act of the Former House an act Entitled an act For Calling In and 58 o EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Sinking the Bills of Publick Credit of This State of the Square Form So Called May Be Repealed and the above Said Bills Pass as Spacified in the Face of the Same or Untill the above S*^ Bills May be Called in By a Tax as you in your wdsdom Shall See Fit and your Humble Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray At a Town Meeting held at Mason Dec*" y* 15 : 1777 The abov Petition Being Read y® Town unanimously Voted That S^ Petition Be Presented to the Gen’' Cort By the hand of y* Representitive of S*^ Town Attest Benjamin Mann Town Clark [7-4S] In obedience to a Vote Passed in the general Court Directing the Selectmen of the Several towns in this state to Return the number of male Poles from twenty one years old and upward paying for themselves a Pole Tax in order to apportion the Representation according to the New Constitution we do here- by Return for the town of mason one Hundred and forty male poles paying for themselves a Pole Tax in S*^ mason mason December y* 17S3 Elijah Keyes ) o i i. A TA 1 • } Selectmen Amos Dakin ) [Sworn to before Benjamin Mann, justice of the peace. — Ed.] [7-49] [ Vo^e relative to Paper Currency^ At a Legal Town meeting held in Mason (by adjournment) on Fryday y® Day of Dec*' 1786 Voted not to have Paper Money on the Plan proposed by the general Court No. 17 — & not one appeal'd for it on s*^ Plan: No : Eleven Not for Paper Money on any plan : and three for paper Money on some Plan. Mason Dec’’ y® 8‘*^ 1786. Coppy Attest William Eliot Town Clerk To Benjamin Mann Esq*" Representative for s'* Mason & Raby. — [See Vol. XI, page 130 . — Ed.] MEREDITH. 581 [R. 2-267] \_Soldiers’ Orders To Nicholas Gilman Esq’^ Treasurer Sir Please to pay Benjamin Mann Esq*" the whole of my wagers & milage that is made to me on Cap‘ William Barron Pay role for a three months Campeign in the year 17S0 and it shall Discharge you from me Joshua Richardson Mason September the 1782. To whome it may concern this may certify that Jn®*^ Rich- ardson in my Roole For 17S0 is Joshua William Barron Cap* [R. 2-268] • To M^ John Taylor gillman Treas’’ For the State of New Hamp*" Sir Please to Pay the Bareor Benjamin Mann The wages that appears Due to me For the months January Feb^ March & april in the year 1780 as a Soldier in the Continental army in yc hampshire reg* L* ColP Company and his Receipt Shall be a Discharge For the Same per me, also the arears of Clothing David Hall Mason June y® i®* 1784 MEREDITH. The town was incorporated by the governor and council December 30, 1768, at which time it received its present name. Previous to its incorporation it was known by the name of New Salem, some of its early settlers being formerly res- idents of the town of Salem. It was within the bounds of Mason’s Patent, and as in- corporated included the present town of Laconia. By an act approved December 30, 1799, Stone-dam and Bear Islands were annexed to this town. A division of the town took place July 14, 1855, the south-easterly portion being incorporated into a town by the name of Laconia. 1 582 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. By an act approved July 3, 1873, a portion of Meredith was annexed to Centre Harbor. [7-51] S^Petition for a?t Incorporation^ 1 ^ 68 . To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq*" Captain General Governor & Commander in Chief in and over His Majesty’s Province of New-Hampshire, & The Hon : His Majesty’s Council ‘ The humble Petition of David Lawrence Esq*' and Ebenezer Smith GenP in behalf of themselves and others Proprietors & Inhabitants of New Salem (in the Province aforesaid) upon Winipisiokee Pond. Sheweth That 17 Families have actually Settled and are now resident in New Salem aforesaid, and four other Families are preparing to go, & reside there. That they humbly apprehend they are ripe for an Incorpora- tion ; and an Investment with Town Priviledges, which will greatly assist the present Settlement, and accelerate its Com- pletion as they can thereby make proper Highways, & have power to chuse Town Officers &c They therefore pray your ExcelP-^ & Hon” to take the prem- ises into your Consideration, and that they maybe incorporated accordingly And your Pet” will ever pray &c David Lawrence Ebenezer Smith Portsmouth id*'* June 176S. [The foregoing petition was granted, and the town incor- porated by the name of Meredith, December 30, 1768. — Ed.] [7-54] '^Soldiers’ Orders meredith December y* 15^^ ^ 777 — S* Pleas to pay CoP Ebenezer Smith the full Sum of the Rations Due to me the Subscriber as an Ensign in your Reg- iment in Geffi Starks Brigade — and you will oblige your Hum- ble Serv* Robert Bryant Ensign To CoP Thomas Stickney — of Concord — MEREDITH. 583 [R. 2-268] To the paymaster of the continental men Pleas to pay Eb- enezer Smith the whole of Pay due to me up to the first of the year 1782 I being soldier in the Newhampshire line in Colonel Reids regiment and you will oblige your Humble SeiV his Aron X Rolins mark Meredith December the 2^^ i 7 ^ 3 * test Robert Bryant John Kimbel [R. 2—269] New Salem January 27*^ 1785 To the Treasurer of the State of New Hampshire Sir please to pay Daniel Cook or his order all that is due to my late husband Nathaniel Chase deceased who was a Soldier in the 2^^ N H R, and was killed in 1781 — Attest — Value rec*^ witness my hand her Sam'^ Gilman Betsy X Chase mark New Salem January 27*^ — This Certifies that Betsy Chase the above signer is the Widow & sole heir to the aforesaid Nath^ Chase deceased who was a Continental Soldier from New Salem — Phineas Gorden Town Clarke [R. 2-270] \_Relative to William Maloon^ Soldier.^ The deposition of Nathaniel Wadleigh of lawful Age testi- fies & Says that William Mallon was in the Service in the Con- tental Army as one of the six months men in the first New Hampshire Regiment in Captain Farewells Company in the year 1781 — & I suppose that he had his discharge at the same time that I & the Rest had our discharge & he & myself Came out of Camp together & further saith not — Nathaniel Wadleigh Meredith March 12*^ 1791 [Sworn before Ebenezer Smith. — Ed.] S84 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [7-52] S^Petition for a Change of Day of Annual Meetings 1784-^ State of Newhamps’’ Strafford ss meredith march the 25^^ ^ 7^4 ^ Legal town meeting this day holden the Second article in the warning of Said meeting Voted to Petition the General Court to alter day of holding the annual town meeting of Said town from the first monday of april to the Second monday of march for the futer and that Eb- enezer Smith be a Committee for that purpose a true extract from the minuites of meeting attest Ebenezer Smith town Clerk [The date of annual meeting was changed, by an act passed November 5, 1784, to the second Monday in March. —Ed.] [7-56] [^Pel/lion of the Baptist Society for an Incorpora- tion^ i 7 Q 77 \ To the Senate and house of Representatives of the state of Newhampshire Convened at Concord June 1797 — Humbly Sheweth the Petition of the undersigned that they are and have been a Religious Society in the town of Meredith for a Number of years Past Known by the Name of the Baptist Society and have Erected a meeting house and ordained a Leading teaching Elder But we Labour under Some Disadvan- tages for Not being Incorporated into a Body Poletick so far as to manage our Parroshall affairs and Being unconnected with the other Society in said town we your Humble Petitioners pray this Honorable Court to Pass an act to Encorporate Said Society with full Power to transact their own matters as Con- cern them at any time as are Incident to a Religious Society we Desire that said Incorporation may be such that any Person or Persons may hereafter have Liberty at any time to Joyn this Society or withdraw them selves therefrom as they may see fit and as in Duty Bound w^e your humble Petitioners Shall Ever Pray Meredith April 1797 Abraham Swain John Mead Stephen Mead Ebeff Pitman Jesse Plumer Ju*" Jethro Pearson Nathaniel Plumer Joseph Goss William pike Benjamin Peas Timothy Wamouth timothy morrill MEREDITH. 585 Eben*^ Pitman J*" Elias Swain Jun Edward fox Elisha Piper Daniel Piper Daniel Smith 3*^ Samuel Edgerly Jesse PI timer Moses Plumer Amos Plumer nathan plumer Taylor Pearson Levi Leavitt Joseph Pearson Joshua Woodman James Sanborn W'" Randlett Enoch Gorden James Gorden Levi Randlet Amos Levitt John Robinson Nathanael folsom thomas Dolloff Joshua Moses Joseph Moses Joshua Crocket thomas Crosbie David Boynton J'' Jeremiah Pike John Swain Samuel Sibley Benjamin Crosbie James Peas Nicholas Smith Joseph Pease Jonathan Farrar Philip Connor Bradstreet Wiggin John McDaniel hesekiah swain David Lawrence Stephen Farrer Job Judkins Jonathan Killey Gordon Lawrence Abraham Drake the under Signed have no objections to the prayer of the within Petition being Granted we being Inhabitants of said meredith — may 1797— Ebenezer Smith Daniel Smith Isaac farrar Robert Bryant Eben*" Weeks Reuben morgin James Nichols John Cate Jonathan Page Elias Philbrick John Perkins Daniel Colby [A copy of the foregoing was posted at the house of David Boynton Inholder,” and served on the selectmen. See following document. — Ed.] [ 7 - 55 ] ote of Town relative to the Baptist Society^ Strafford ss Meredith August 28*^ ^797 At a Legal town Meeting this day holden at the North Meet- ing House in said town the fourth article in the Warrant for said Meeting to Consider of the Petition of the Baptist Society of this town at the General Court of this State Praying for an incorporation Voted that they would not uppose the Petition of the Baptist Society at the General Court praying for an incorporation — The Above is a true Coppy from record Attest — Daniel Smith J^ Town Clerk [The society was incorporated by an act passed Dec. 14, 1 797-— Ed.] 586 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. MERRIMACK. All that portion of this town lying south of Souhegan river was included in the Dunstable grant of 1673 ; the north part was a portion of Narragansett No. 5, and was called Souhegan East for some years. In 1746 “Old Dunstable” was divided : the north-west corner was incorporated by the name of Monson, and the south-east corner by the name of Dunstable, on the first day of April ; the south-west corner by the name of Holies^ April 3 ; and the north-east corner by the name of Merri- mack, April 2. By this charter the latter town comprised that portion only of its present territory which lies south of Souhegan river. Col. Joseph Blanchard was authorized to call the first meeting of the inhabitants of Merrimack. In 1750 the inhabitants petitioned for an addition on account of the small amount of their territory ; and on the first day of June of that year, their request was granted by the addition of that portion of the town lying north of Souhegan river. By an act passed Feb. i, 1755, the town was authorized to assess and collect a tax of sixpence per acre, on all the non-resident lands in town, for the purpose of building a meeting-house. Hon. Matthew Thornton, who was for many years a resi- dent of this town, was a member of the first congress, and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He died June 24, 1803, at the age of 89 years. [ 7 - 59 ] \^Sarah Lutwyche^ relative to Ferry ^ ^775 To the Honorable Congress for the Colony of New Hamp- shire — The petition of Sarah Lutwyche Humbly Sheweth that your petitioner removed from Boston into the town of merrimake fifteen years ago Last Aprill and hired the farm & ferry of Cap* Comings whereon I have Lived Ever Sence and my Honourd father Left me Some Land in Said town, Some Lettel time after my removal as aforesaid I Exchanged away my Land with Said Comings for the Said farm I now Live on & the ferry which farm and ferry I have Ever sence Enjoyed untill the MERRIMACK. 587 Latter end of may Last past at which time a number of Gen- tlemen viz m*" Jonathan Blanchard m*’ John Neal and others from merrimake and Letchfeld as I am Informed assembled and took away the Ferry from me and have Ever sence taken the profet and Hire thereof to there own use and as I am in- formed diveded it between the two towns which is depriving and takeing from me my own Estate for which I paid a valu- able Consideration and whereon I depended for Considerabel parte of my Supporte and have ben reduced to many difficultys and Inconveniences on acct thereof in my aged widowed State wherefore I humbly pray that your Honors wold be so kind as to take this matter into your Consideration and order that those persons that have been so unkind as to take away my property ' as aforesaid Shall restore me the same aforesaid and the hire or use thereof Sence that time and your petitioner as in duty bound Shall Ever pray — merrmak oct 1 775 Sarah Lutwyche Gentlemen I am advanced in years and am in a poor State of helth which maks it allmost imposabel for me to wait upon you and have no frind near me but what is fearfull to appear at the Congress for me wherefore I hope you will be So Kind as to Excuse me in Giving you this trubel as I Know of no other way of Relief or Redress but this and if any difficulty Should appear why the prayer of my petition should not be Granted pray your Honors would appint some Gentleman to Speak for me — I am Gen* Y*" Hum* Ser* Sarah Lutwyche A Coppey of my petition and Lettre to the Gentelman of the Congress at Exeter [Mrs. Lutwyche was the mother of Edward Goldstone Lutwyche. See p. 239, ante. — Ed.] [ 7 — 5 S] \_Report of Co77tmittee oti the Roreg'oi7tg‘,~\ In Congress at Exeter Novem’" 2 ^ i 775 A petition of Sarah Lutwytche of Merimack complaining that the profits of a Ferry had been taken from her by the Com- mittees of Safety for the Towns of Merimack and Litchfield, (all which is particularly Set forth in her said Petition), being 588 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. read and M’’ Jonathan Blanchard being heard in behalf of said Committees — Resolved that the said Ferry ought Imediately to be given up to said Petitioner, and that the Person who has Improved the same under the direction of the aforesaid Committees Ac- count to the Petitioner for the Profits that have arose since he has held it by order of said Committee. Extract from the Minutes attest E Thompson Sec*^ 1^7-60] \^Remonstrance to Petition of Matthew Phornton for a Ferry ^ iy84.~\ To the Honorable the Councel & House of Representatives for the State of New Hampshire to be Conveen’d at Exeter on the Last Tuesday of march 1784 the Petition of the subscribers Humbly shew That we are Inform’d that Matthew Thornton Esq^ Has pe- titioned your Honors that he may have the Exclusive right of ferrying people over merrimack river where CoP Lutwyche for- merly keept the ferry and that a Hearing is Appointed the 2^ Wednesday of your next session We Humbly pray that his petition may not be Granted first Because it wou’d be unjust that he should have the Benefit of the ferry when the Owners & proprietors of Brintons farm have been at so much Cost and Exspence in Reserving lands on both sides merrimack river keeping proper Vesels for & tending the ferry 2‘^ly because that CoP Thornton sence he has Lived there has paid little or no Attention to serve the publick in that way and if your Honors Grant his petition the public as well as your petitioners will be much Injuired as all that are Aquainted with him know that he never did attend to such matters neither can it be Exspected he ever will Therefore we Humbly pray your Honors not to Grant his said petition all which your petitioners as in Duty bound do sincerely pray March 4^^ 1784 George moore James Betton Robert Nesm‘^ Thomas M'^Cleary Wilieam moor John Thompson John M'^Keen Joseph Hobbs Josiah Gillis Tho® Maclaughlin Samuel Goffe James Martin Juner James M'^Laughlin of Bedford John Parker Amos Martin John Patten David Patten MERRIMACK. 589 Robert Dickey Joseph Harvell Will"' Campbell Josiah Jones John Taylor Jesse Jones James Taylor Reuben Senter Jacob Nickals John Campbell Henry Campbell Jonathan Gregg Jacob Kendal Seth Hadley Henery Hale iur Moses Barker Uriah wri ght Daniel Wyman William Davidson Isaac Levingston John Mac keen Junier Gideon Butler Griggs Goff Joseph Maclaughlin Samuel Moor Joshua Peirce Zachariah Richard- son Nehemiah ordway Levi Andrews John marshall Samuel Brown James Gorman Edward Pollard Benjamin Dows Math'^ Patten Samuel Patterson James Martin William nPallster James Patten Adam Smith Will"" Moor Juff Joseph Patten Adam Dickey of Bedford Joseph Bell Josiah Chandler Jonathan Parker William Cambell William Dickey Adam Dickey Stephen Chase Joseph Tufts Je" Marsh David Woodburn Samuel Eyers Joseph Chapman John march Moses Towns Ephraim Dimond John Nours Edward Ela James Rogers James Gregg Matthew Dickey Samuel Thomson Robert Lyons [7-61] \_Another Remonsti'ayice to samer\ To the Hon''^® the Councel and House of Representatives for the State of New Hampshire in General Assembly Conveen’d at Exeter the last Tuesday of March 1784 The Petition of the Subscribers Humbly shews That in some of the Late New Hampshire news papers They have seen it Advertis’d that Matthew Thornton Esqr Hath Pe- tition’d Your Honors that the Exclusive priviledge of Ferrying people over Merrimack River might be granted to him as set forth in said petition and that your Honors have Order’d a hearing thereon the 2*^ Wednesday of Your next session, that any person may then Appear & shew Cause (if any they Have) why the prayer thereof should not be Granted — And as the Granting such Petition may be very Injurious to the publick as well as to Your Petitioners: they most Humbly beg leave to Remonstrate and Shew. — That your petitioners are Owners & Inhabitants of a Farm of the Greatest part of the farm mentioned in the said Petition Called Brintons Farm — An Ancient Grant — lying on both sides of Merrimack River and now known by the names of 590 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Litchfield & merrimack and principally included within said Towns & Conceive themselves Entitled in proportion to their Intrests to all the priviledges & Immunities within the Bounds of said Farm wheither by Land or Water — and Humbly Con- ceive the public as well as themselves wou’d be Greatly Injured if the prayer of that Petition should be Granted. As it is not Likely the ferry will be tended in the manner it Ought to be while under the direction of CoP Thornton as heithertoo he has paid little Attention to it Notwithstanding he mentions the ferry to be the main Inducement to his buying the farm — neither should we be willing an Exclusive right of Ferrying there should be Granted to any person in such a manner as to become a part of his Estate. it is suggested in said Petition that the Court of General ses- sions of the peace in the County of middlesex Appointed Jona- than Cumings to keep said ferry and that Cumings sold it to CoP Lutwyche. we dont know that the General sessions of the peace for the County of Middlesix Granting Licence to Cumings to tend said ferry Gave him a right to the ferry or in any manner Intitled him to Convey the same to any person whomsoever — we denye that Cumings sold it to CoP Lutwyche as not the Least mention is made thereof in Cuminges deed to Lutwyche it is also mentioned in said Petition that said Lutwyche Ob- tained from the Governor of New Hamp’’ a Grant of said ferry to him his Heirs & Assigns forever and that the said Petitioner is the Legal Owner thereof If so it seems needless to Trouble your Honors with a peti- tion as he may have remedy at Common Law if he is Dis- turbed in his property we Cant Conceive your Honors will Indulge Petitioners in matters that can be properly Decided in a Leagal way else where and further we beg Leave to Inform your Honors that CoP Thornton has commenced a Suit against us on this very matter which is now pending ; and to be Call’d to Answer at this Court and at a Law court at one and the same time Appears Rather Vexatious, that should your Honors make any regulations Concerning the said ferry we beg we may be Considered and that a ferry may be Established on the east side of said river for the sole use and Benefet of the pro- prietors and Owners of s*^ Brintons farm This Petition will be Presented and Inforced by our Coun- sell who will represent us in what is further needful in the premises which we doubt not will have a patient hearing all which is submitted to your wise & Impartial Judgment and Determination and your petitioners as in duty bound will Ever pray— Litchfield march 4 **^ ^7^4 MERRIMACK. 591 Daniel Kendall Samuel Chase Gershom Harvell David M^Quig Daniel Bixby Jacob VVhittemore Joseph Chase James Underwood Josiah Richardson David Cole Daniel Blodget Benjamin Blodget William Reed Samuel senter Robert Patterson Wyseman Claggett Daniel Kendal JuiP William Bixby James Harwood Ebenezer Chase James Caldwell William Whittle Wentworth Claggett James Russell Thomas Whittle Simeon Chase Joseph Barnes John hildreth Samuel Brown William Hildreth James Nahor y® 3*^ Sam^^ Chase Ju^ [The exclusive privilege of keeping a ferry at this place was granted by Gov. Benning Wentworth, July 8, 1776, to Edward Goldstone Lutwyche, and managed by him until April 20, 1775, at which time he left the place and went to the enemy in Boston. His mother, Mrs. Sarah, continued the ferry until it was taken possession of by the com- mittees of safety of the towns of Merrimack and Litch- field ; they were, however, on the third of November, 1775, directed by the legislature to give up the ferry to Mrs. Lut- wyche. The following extract from the records of the committee of safety of the state. Sept. 10, 1778, indicates that she died not long prior to that date : “Appointed CoP Nichols, M^’ Underwood & Maj^ Chase to take an Inventory & possession of the Estate of Sarah Lutwyche, D®.” An act passed April 14, 1784, granting to Matthew Thornton the exclusive right of keeping a ferry over the river within the distance of two miles above or below his house. — Ed.] [R. 2-271] \_JVatha?iiel Garjield^ Quarter'- Master ^ 1779 -^ The Petition of Nathaniel Gearfield of Merrimac in the coun- ty of Hillsborough Gentleman That your Petitioner in August last went a Volunteer in the last Campaign to Rhode Island in 1778, and there served as Qiiartermaster of the Brigade of New Hampshire Volunteers under the Command of Brigadier GeU Whipple and expected to have been made up in a Staff' Roll accordingly, but by some 1 592 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. means was Neglected, and have never received any pay for said service * * * In behalf of the Petitioner — Moses Nichols [Nov. 6, 1783, said Garfield petitioned for an allowance for a mare lost in said service. — Ed.] [R. 2-273] \_Soldier* s Order ^ 1^82 Merrimack July 1782. To the Treas^ of the State of New Hampshire For value Rec^ Please to pay Capt William Barron the whol of my wages for serving under CoP Jonson at Coos Witness my hand — Abel Davis £ 8 , 7? 9 [R. 2—274] \_Relative to }Villiam Cowen^ Soldier.^ [In a petition dated June 3, 1784, Timothy Taylor and Jacob McGaw, selectmen of Merrimack, stated that one William Cowen, a soldier in the Continental army from the town of Merrimack, had by mistake been credited to the town of Amherst. — Ed.] [R. 2-276] \^Petition in behalf of fames Taylor.^ To the General assembly of the State of New Hampshire Humbly shews James Taylor late of Merry mac in said state that your Petitioner served in the Regim* Commanded by Lieu* CoP Stephen Peabody at Rhodisland as Qiiarter master of that Regiment during the Continuance thereof and as Sundry offi- cers of that Corps have had an allowance of Depreciation (so called) he prays that he may be Considered in the same way as others are of that Regiment * * June 2^ 1785 TinP Taylor In Behalf of James Taylor MERRIMACK. 593 [y-83] \_Relative to the Election of Representative^ 1^62. To the Gen'^ Assembly of the Province of New Hamp’’® now held at Portsmouth in s^ Prov® The Petition of the freeholders of Merrim® in s*^ Province Humblv Sheweth that on the fourth Day of March Instant the freeholders of s*^ Merrimac and Monson was assembled at s*^ Merrimac to Elect a person to Represent them in the Gen^^ Assembley and Joseph Blanchard Esq’' was Declared to be Elected Representative for s*^ Towns But the Elec- tion of him was Illegal for the vots of some persons who had an Estate in Merrim® where the s*^ Choice was Sufficant to Qualify them for voters according to Law was Refused and and others Allowed to vot in s’^ Election who was Not Qiialli- fied according to Law the Election of s*^ Blanchard was not made by a majority of voters who Had an Estate in s’^ Mer- rim® as the Law Requires But by Persons from Monson Hollis & Amherst who had no Estate in s’^ Merrim® our Being joined with Monson in the Choice of a Representative instead of be- ing a previlidge Strips us of all that Previlidge which By Law we ought to Enjoy in that Respect for Being Called to Meet together and Act Contrary to a positive Law of the Prov® puts us in the utmost Confusion when Mett we theirfor pray that s*^ Meeting may be Declared nul and s'^ Election set aside because Illegal and that all the other Elections of the Like Kind may be set asid as unlawfull Elections and that the Persons thus Elected Contrary to Law may be dismissed with s*^ Blanchard (viz) John Goffe Esq’’ Cap‘ Sam^ Grele Cap‘ Jonathan Cotton & M’-Jo* Wri ght that they who are thus Elected Contrairy to Law May Not Be Sufiered to sit in the Hon^ Assembly to pas Laws and votes for others we Dont Beg for favours without Right but pray that we may be Defended in our Law- full Rights and Previlidges and for the Due Execution of Laws so far as lyes in your power that we may Share in the Com- mon Hapiness of the Province Laws Under the Goverment of So Good a King as we Now Enjoy And we Desire that the Carictore and Conduct of s’^ Blanchard May Bee Enquired into and Considered which we Judge is Such as renders him unfit of a Sate in the GeU Assembly and that he May Be Desmis*^ for that if Not for the other Reasons and we as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Prav Merrim® March Y® 13^^’ 1762 Samuel Spaulding William Henry Charity Lund Sam’^ Caldwell 40 Thomas Vickere Jur James Gillmor John henery James miller William Alld John vickere James moors junr Smith 594 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. John Roby James Moor Robart Griffen Samuel m'^Conihe John m‘^Conihe David Thomnson John Thomas Joseph farmer Benjamin Vickere Robert Gillmor Samuel Gillmor Thomas vickere Patrick Taggart Robert ’"‘'Cormick William Arbuckle Samuell miller Ebenezer Hills William m'^Elerv •/ MIDDLETON. The township was granted by the Masonian proprietors March 21, 1770, and incorporated by the legislature March 4, 1778. In 1785 the inhabitants of the north part of Middleton, and those of a portion of Wolfeborough, attempted to get set off from their respective towns and be incorporated into a separate town. The scheme did not succeed, being strongly opposed by Wolfeborough and the south part of Middleton. In 1794 the matter was again brought before the legisla- ture, and the town was divided by an act passed Dec. 30 of that year, the north part being incorporated into a town by the name of Brookfield. The town was settled by men from Rochester and Lee. [7-62] \_Petition for an hicorporation^ 777J.] Province of New Hampshire To His Excellency — John Wentworth Esquire Captain Gen- eral, & Commander in chief in & over said Province of New Hampshire &c &c and to The Honorable His Majestys Council for the Same — The Humble petition of a Number of the inhabitants & pro- prietors of the Township of Middletown in the County of Strafibrd & province aforesaid being a tract of land granted by the proprietors of Masons patent so Call’d on the 21st day of March A D 1770 — Most Humbly sheweth that great progress is made & is still making towards the Compleat Settlement of said tract of land, and that the inhabitants & proprietors there- of have been at great expence & Charge in making public roads through said Township for the benefit of His Majestys Ser- vice — Your petitioners therefore prays that your Excellency and Honours would be pleas'’ to incorporate said tract of Land into a Township with such privaledges as other Towns enjoy '/./A MIDDLETON. 595 within this Province by the bounds and limits containd in s® Grant and your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray Middletown July John Drew William Hill Nicholas Tuttle Nathaniel Varney Isaac Drew h 1773- Nathaniel Went- worth Josiah Johnson Henry Young Joseph Cook John henson John Tash Ezekiel Sanborn Isaac Stanon John Gage [Not granted. — E d.] [ 7 ~^ 3 ] {^Province Pax.~\ Middletown i 775 i 1776, 7 ” 4 ” 4,, 6,, 6 1777- 27,, 14,, 4 £39^^ 4’’ 10 an Extent was Issued & the above Sum of Thirty Nine pounds four shillings & Ten pence paid in Certificates — J. T. Gilman [7-64] \^Petition to be Incorf orated. State of New Hampshire To the Honb'® General Assembly of said State now conven’d at Exeter The memorial of Simeon Dearborn in behalf of the Inhabi- tants of Middletown Leavits Town (so called) Humbly shews that said Inhabitants are not incorporated into Towns, but were by the Gen^ Court of said State (when under the former Goverment) Authorized to chuse Selectmen and a Con- stable for the Sole purpose of Raising a Province Tax — Since the late distraction of the Times have neglected to chuse said Officers, by which means they are return’d to a State of Na- ture — Therefore your Memorilest Humbly prays that said In- habitants may be invested with Town priveledges, and in such a manner (if consistant) as to retain the Proprietary prive- ledges as heretofore — and your Petitioner shall as in duty Bound ever pray — Exeter March 10*^ ^777 Simeon Dearborn [In answer to this, Middleton was incorporated March 4, 1778. — Ed.] EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 596 [R. 2-277] {^Soldiers’ Orders.~\ Middletown Ocf 27 1784 To the Paymaster of Cap‘ Jacob Smith Company in Col° Ray- nelds Reg‘ in the year 1781 Sir Plese to Pay Daniel Cook or order all that is due to me from the State I having been a Soldier in the aforesaid Com- pany and for the town of Middletown Value Received Witness my hand Aaron Buzzell test — Joseph Plummer Jonathan Gilman £6, 4, o. [R. 2-278] Middletown February 1785 To the Treasurer of the State of New Hampshire Sir Please to pay Dan^ Cook or his order all that is due to my late Son William Lear who was a Soldier in the 2*^ Co of the 3*^ New Hampshire Regiment from Middleton and died in the Summer of 1778 — Value Rec*^ Witness my hand William Lear [John Chamberlain, town-clerk, certified that said Lear was the father of said soldier. — E d.] [R. 2-279] M*" Treasurer Sir Please to pay Joshua Pickering or order all the arrears of wages due to me for my service in the late war in the Second New Hampshire Regiment his receipt shall be your Discharge — Witness my hand — Middletown y® Augs* ^ 79 ^ Attest — Jonathan Buzzell Andrew Bickford [R. 2-280] S^Petition of fokn Barter^ Soldier. [In a petition dated Middletown, Nov. 4, 1788, John Barter stated “ that whiles He was in the Service of the United States being a Serjeant in Capt Blodgets Company in the New Hampshire Regiment, He received a dangerous wound in Battle, was shot through the thigh.” He was wounded Sept. 19, I777» asked for an allowance, and was placed on the pension-list at the rate of two dollars per month. — Ed.] MIDDLETON. 597 [7-65] \^jRelafive to the Town's ^uota of Soldiers^ 1^83.^ State of New Hampshire To the honourable Council and House of Representatives for said State in General Assembly convened at Concord the 29 Day of October 17S3 Humblv Shew the Subscribers Selectmen and other Inhabi- tants of said town of Middleton Situate in the County of Straf- ford and State aforesaid that your Petitioners by reason of the Scarcity of Corn and other Provisions among them Some Fami- lys have been Greatly distressed and your Petitioners not Have- ing Provision to sell to procure Money have not been able to get their Proportion of Soldiers nor to pay their tax for the year lySzand for their Neglecting to get their Porportion of Soldiers the Estates of the Selectmen have been attached for the Sum of £256 pound Lawfull money the whole of which Sum your Petitioners are not willing to pay by reason of their having two of said Soldiers in the Sarvice Namely Samuel Leach and Edward Elies but by Reason of not Laying Claim to said Soldiers in Season is the Cause of so Large a Sum but the Reason of their not Laying Claim to said Soldiers in Season was because the act was not Sent to said town before the time was Expired for Laying said Claim Wherefore your Petitioners Humbly Pray that your Honours would take the indigent Circumstances of your Petitioners under your Consid- eration and take of part of said Sum and Grant them Longer time to procure the money to pay their taxes or Such Relief as in your Wisdom may be Judged Proper and your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray &c Middleton October y® 16 — 17S3 John Chamberlain \ Selectmen Jacob Pike > of Josiah York j Middleton Nathaniel Perkins John Drew Nicholas Frost Nathaniel went worth Jethro Horn John Whithous Daniel Whithous JoShua Guppy John herick Chas Weofans Samuel Johnson Josiah Johnson Waldron Kinnison Josiah Wille Walter Robonson David Durgin CaD‘ Frances Math- Bart Richards ers William Buzzell Joseph Elies David watson Peter stellings Richard Hanson W™ Chamberlin Stephen Lyford John Furnal Nicholas austin William Lyford John Wille Isaac Drew Josiah Robinson Benjamin Clay Tho® Chamberlin Daniel Drew Isaac Stanton 598 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. John Richard Joseph Bickford Solomon Perkins John Kinnison Ezekiel Sanborn Moses Perkens Moses Whithouse Simon Darborn Charls Stanton Willuam Hill [7-68] \^Petition for a Division of the Pown^ State of New Hampshire — To the HoiP^® Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened at Concord third Wednesday of Ocf 17S5 Humbly shew the Inhabitants of the Second Division of Middletown in the County of Strafford and State aforesaid that they are situated at great distance from the place of holding the publick meetings in said Town, prevented from going to the other part of the Town where most of the Inhabitants live, without travelling into another Town first, thro’ roads almost impassable for great part of the Year — Your Petitioners being so circumstanced have been and must be deprived of the bene- fit of all Town Priviledges in Middletown while they belong thereto — That as your Petitioners can more conveniently attend the publick Meetings in Wolfborough, should the Meeting House there be built at the place agreed on — they pray that they may be disannexed from Middletown and annexed to Wolfborough, or otherwise relieved from their present griev- ance — And your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c — Nicholas Austin for Petitioners Tho® Chamberlin David Durgin Peter stellings James Chamberlin Isaac Drew moses perkins Samuel Tibbets Simon Derburn William Wille John Fornel Junyer In behalf of John Ezekiel Sanborn John willey Charles Stanton Josiah Robinson John Palmer Walter Robinson Benjamin Clay Charls whithouse David watson Wiliam whithous For Wolfsboroh )hn martain & Andrew Cabbot. Josiah weggen Jesse Wiggin Jos wellea Richard Hanson John Stanton Elijah Stanton Robert Calder Sa. kenerson Jon®^ Clay Jedidiah Drew Timothy Johnson Edmon Tibbets Joshua Haines MIDDLETON. 599 William Cotton Joseph Kension Thomas Cotton Joseph Hainess William Cotton Jun’’ Samuel Tibbetts John Pickren Cotton Juner William Triggs John Furbur Joseph Leavitt [7-69] S^Remonstrance to the foregoing.~\ State of New Hamp'' Strafford ss — To the Honorable the General Court of said State — The Petition of us the Subscribers Freeholders and Inhabi- tants of the Town of Middletown in said State Humbly Shew- eth that we your Petitioners are much Surprized to hear that a Number of People Inhabiting the upper part of our Town have petitioned to be set off from us in the Infant State of our Town as we all are but few in number and the State of our affairs both Public and Private such that if Granted we apprehend would be a g^reat Disadvantage to the General Welfare and Ad- vancement of the Town if not Ruin Both Therefore we Hum- bly pray that their (said) Petition may not be granted or at least that it may be Suspended to some filter Day and your Pe- titioners as in Duty bound shall pray. Middle Town May 28^^ 17S5. — Nathaniel Perkins Solomon perkins timothy Hanson Jacob Pike Joseph Cook Robert Cook John Whitehouse Paul Whithous Thomas Baker Charles Baker Jethro Horn Joseph Eles Ephraim Eles John Whithous Ju Joseph Bickford Trustom Richards John Richards Thomas Garland Ebnezer Garland Josiah york Benjamin york JuiF Nathaniel Went- worth Moses Wentworth Josiah Johnson Samuel Johnson William Buzzell Benjman york John York John Kenston John heicks George Burnham Isaac Stanton Josiah Miac Jonathan Whithous [The petition was accompanied by two lotted plans of Middleton, showing the proposed division, which may be found in the manuscript, Volume 7, Nos. 66 and 67. The division was made Dec. 30, 1794, the north part being in- corporated into a town named Brookfield. Other docu- ments relative to this matter will be published with Wolfe- borough papers. — Ed.] 6oo EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [ 7 - 71 ] \_Relative to the Townes ^uota of Soldiers^ State of New Hampshire Strafford ss : To the Hon*’'® Senate & House of Representatives in General Court convened at Portsmouth the Second Wednesday in December 1786 — Humbly Shews that the Town of midleton in said County had a Requisition made by the Gen* Court of said State for their Qiiota of men for the Army during the late War — that the Town in consequence thereof imploied the then Selectmen of said Town to procure the men, & said Selectmen did actually procure and hire two, viz. Samuel Lear & Robert Ellis — that Elijah Buzzell one of the Selectmen & principle actor in this matter, himselfe also engaged in the Army, & in a Secret man- ner carried off the principle papers Relative to this matter, with a considerable Sum of the Towns money & hath not as yet return’d papers, money, or himself That when the town was call’d on to make return of their men & make out their claims to such as were disputed, (the Surviving or) Remain- ing Selectmen, neglected their duty herein — In consequence whereof an Extent hath taken place against the Town, & the Selectmen have endeavoured to raise the money, but find it im- practicable as there is little or no money to be found in the Town, beside the Town view it as a grievance to pay for the two men that they have already purchassed & to have them transfer’d to other towns without any colour of Right — Where- fore your Petitioners (the Inhabitants of Midleton aforesaid) Humbly pray this Hoff'® Court to take these their grievances into their wise & deliberate consideration & grant them such Relief as their Wisdom & Lenity shall dictate & your Peti- tioners as in duty Bound shall ever pray Nicholas austin Isaac Drew Jedidiah Drew Moses Whitehous John Fornel junyr Charles Stanton Josiah Robinson Charles Whitehouse Benjamin Clay Jonathan Clay Simon Dearborn Richard Hanson moses Perkins James Chamberlin William Wille Stephen Lyford Joseph Cook Epefram Ellis Jacob Pike Robert Cook Jonathan White- house John Drew Timothv hanson Isaac Stanten Solomon Perkens Nathaniel Perkens John Whitehouse Arther Benett Josiah Johnson John Kennisson John York Francis Mathes Josiah York Nathnel Wentworth Joh hix Thomas Baker Charles baker Jonathan Bickford John Richards Trustum Richards Benj York Gideon Johnson Ebenzer Garland Thomas Garland MIDDLETON. 6oi W™ Chamberlin David Watson David Durgin Waldron Kinnison Daniel Whitehouse Joshua Guppy Samuel Johnson Joseph Eles William Buzzell Chase Wiggin Simeon Dearborn Esq'' in behalf of the Selectmen of midle- town W'Ould further Remonstrate that the Town of Midleton hath advansed large Sums of money for hiring of Soldiers & paying wages, and have had no allowance that the Selectmen were not notified of the Trial Respecting the disputed Soldiers, therefore prays the Honb^ Court to take up the whole matter & give all reasonable Releaf to the Inhabitants of s'^ Town — Simeon Dearborn [ 7 “ 7 ^] [ relative to Paper Mo?iey^ At a Legal meeting Held at Middleton the 27 Day of No- vember 1786 at which time maid Choise of Richard Hanson Modarator of said meeting firstly Voted not to Except the Plan respecting a paper Currancy as it was recommended to us 2ly Voted to Have a Paper Currancey Established in said State and proposed the following Plan Viz to have the Sum of one Hundred and twenty Thousand Pounds of Paper money made in s'^ State ten Thousand of monev to be Lodsfed in the Treasurer to Defray State Charges & fifty Thousand Pounds of s*^ Money to Redeem the States Securitys and the other Sixty Thousand to be Loaned on Land Securitys said money to Pay Back taxes & to be a Lawfull Tender in all Payments & voted to Except the above Proposed Plan and Desolved s'^ meeting A true Coppy from the minets Attest Middleton Nov*" the 27 17S6 John Chamberlain Clark [See Vol. XI, p. 130.] [7-73] \^Petitio 7 i for Abatement of Paxes ^ i’/ 8 y.~\ State of New-Hampshire To the Honorable Senate and House of Representives for said State in General Assemble Convened — Humbly shew the Subscribers Selectmen of Middleton Situ- ate in the County of Strafford and State aforesaid that we have had an Extent a Gainst us for Taxes for the years 1775 & 177^ & ^777 which Taxes was Layd on the town before we 602 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. were incorporated for your Honours may by inquiring Know that we was not incorporated untill the year 177S which Taxes Sence we ware incorporated we think reasonable to pay if Pos- sible but for them three years your honours may also know that we had no Select-men to assess the Inhabitents which were but few at that time & some part of them has removed out of town Sence altho the Extent was not Large yet we would Humbly pray that your Honours would take the indigent Circumstances of your Petitioners under your wise Consideration (altho we have paid said Extent) and refund it to some other Tax for we have had an Extent against the town for Soldiers and it would be some help to us towards paying that if your honours think it unreasonable for us to pay the taxes for them three years and if not we would Humbly pray that your Honours would Provide means for us to Collect said taxes by Laying the assessment on the inhabitints that now Lives in said town or such Relief as in your Wisdom may be Judged Proper and your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall Ever Pray Middleton June the ^ 7§7 other Towns adjacent Humbly represent to your Excellency Middletown there being none already appointed Therefore Your Petitioners beg leave to recommend and nominate Cap* lency & Honors may be appointed thereto and your Petitioners as in duty bound will pray &c — Feby 10*^ 1790 C7“74] S^Petition for a Magistrate^ State of Newhampshire Strafford ss — To his Excellency the President and Hoiff^® Council of the State afor'^ — The Subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Middletown and and honors that a Justice of the peace is much wanted in s*^ Archelaus Woodman for said office who we pray Your Excel- Joseph Cook George Burnham Moses Wintworth Robert Cook Ephram Ellis Thomas garling William Cook Andrew Bickford Benja yorck Solomon perkins Samuel Johnson John Richards John Davis Daniel Whitehouse James gerish Samuel Laighton jur John Whitehouse paul gerish MILFORD. 603 Josiah york Joseph Ellis Jacob picke Henery picke Jacob picke Joseph Cook Jur John drew Daniel Drew Aaron Drew Andrew Nute Jonathan Clarck Samuel Clarck Wilam Buzell John Buzell Wilam Buzell 2 Paul Whitehouse John whitehouse Jur Samuel froust John heix Jonathan Whithouse Nicholas Frost Isaac stanten Daniel Drew jur Jonathan Buzzell John bryant Timothy hanson gideon Johnson Aaron Buzzell Josiah Jonson Paul twombly Stephen Richards Moses chamberling Josiah folsom thomas furber Nichelaus Harford John Burgan James thomas Calab Wacom Stephen Harvey Jonathan Hays Joseph Larey Joseph Larey Jur John yorck Joshua gupey [7-75] \^Relative to Divisioii of State TaxJ\ We the Subscribers Selectmen of Middleton find the pro- portion of Middleton to be four pounds one Shilling & Nine pence £4 : is : pd and have Devided the Same and find the North part to be ' £2 : 6s : od and the South part to be i : 15 : 9 Middleton December : y® 8 : 1794 Attest — James Chamberlin ^ Select Men Jacob Pike > of Thomas Garland j Middleton [See page 599, ante. — Ed.] MILFORD. The town was formed of territory taken from the north- west part of Hollis, the south-west part of Amherst, all that portion of the “mile slip” not included in Brookline, and an ancient grant made by Massachusetts to the school at Duxbury, called “ Duxbury School Farm.” It was incor- porated Jan. II, 1794, at which time it received its present name. The mile slip referred to was a strip of land about one 6o4 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. mile wide, lying west of the old Dunstable grant ; the southern portion of which had been incorporated with Raby (Brookline) in 1769. An attempt was made by some of the inhabitants resi- dent thereon in 1779, and again the following year, to get these tracts of land incorporated into a town ; but it was opposed by Amherst, and was not successful. In 1792 the south-west part of Amherst succeeded in getting erected into a parish, after which the town gave its consent by vote to its entire separation, which removed the most serious obstacle to the formation of Milford. An addition was made to the town Dec. 20, 1842, by the annexation of another portion of Amherst. Another ad- dition was made June 27, 1873, of territory taken from Lyndeborough. [R. 2-282] [Asa Lewis^ Soldier, To Nicholas Gilman Esq*" Receiver General for the Colony of New Hampshire — In obedience to the Late Congress for this Colony this may Certify that Asa Lewis of Duxbury School farm was in the Continental Army in y® year 1775 and is Inlisted and gone into the Service this year for which Reason Please to Allow Stephen Blanchard Collector for the afore*^ farm the sum of Two Shill- ings six pence and one farthen Lawfull Money it being the sum one single Pole Pays to the Colony Tax s Duxbury farm & Mile Slip May 29, 177b Samuel Gutterson ] ^ • 1 ji ( Assessor Daniel Chandler j [R. 2-283] [Soldier’s Order,, For value Rec*^ Sir Pleas to Pay to Josiah Munro all the wages that is Due to Me as a Soldier in the First New Hamp- shire Reg* for the three years Service and my arrearage of Clothing and this order shall be a full Discharge from me Mile Slip Jan^ 12*^^ ^ 7 ^ 5 — his John X M®Intire mark Test — Sarah Bridges To the Treasury of the State MILFORD. 605 [ 7 - 81 ] \^Petition for an Incorporation^ ^779*] To the Hon*’'® the Council and Gentlemen of the Hon'^'* House of Representatives in General Assembly at Exeter convened March the i779* The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of Duxbury Farm and Mile Slip in the County of Hillsborough, and State of New Hamp*'® whose names are hereto subscribed. Sheweth That they are not suficiently numerous to settle and maintain a Gospel Minister, and it is not likely they ever will That they are situate between the Towns of Amherst and Wilton but at such a distance from their Meeting-houses, that the aged and infirm are utterly unable to attend public Wor- ship, and it is a great Inconvenience to the rest. That divers of the Inhabitants of said Towns of Lynds- borough and Amherst, who live near the said Duxbury Farm and mile Slip labour under the same disadvantage, and as by reason of the largeness of the said Towns, and number of the Inhabitants, they can w^ell be spared, are very desirous of being seperate from their said Towns, and annexed to said Duxbury Farm and Slip. Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray Your Honors to take their said Case into vour serious Consideration and that (if in your great Wisdom you shall see proper) your Pefi® may be at liberty to bring in a Bill, in order to annex a certain part of said Amherst and Lyndborough and the Inhabi- tants thereof to the said Duxbury Farm and Slip, Viz* in Am- herst Beginning at the northwest corner of a lot belonging to william Peabody Ju'^*' lying on amherst west line thence an East point 396 Poles being the width of six lots to the northeast Corner of a lot belonging to from thence a southerly point to the East End of the house of John Burn then south to the south line of amherst then by s*^ line to the east side of the mile slip and in Lyndsboro Beginning at the northeast corner of Dux- bury-school-farm and running a westerly point by the north end of s'* farm and mile slip to the east line of wilton then running north by s'* wilton to the northeast corner of s'* wilton thence a East point to amherst w'cst line thence a southerly point by amherst west line to the northeast corner of Duxbury school farm And that the wdiole may be Erected into a Towmship with such Priviledges and Immunities as are Enjoyed by other Towns within the said State. And your Pefi® as in duty bound will ever pray &c 6o6 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Jonathan Pearson Jun^ Edward Kerwin Stephen Burnam William Wallace Abner Hutchinson John Bradford Richard Gould Benjamin Temple Ebenezer Averil Richard Ward Jeremiah Burnam Lyndborough Nathan pearson thomas pearson John Meeds Amherst Thomas Carlton Elisha Hutchinson Joshua Burnam Caleb Jones Benj^ Lewis David Chandler Ebenezer parson Samuel parson Caleb Jones Samuel Town Isaac Marshall william Parson Richard Boynton Ben“ Lewis Ju' Jotham Blanchard Thomas pearson William pearson Juner Amos pearson [7-76] \^Re 7 nonstrance to foregoing^ ^779 To the Honourable the Council and House of Representatives in New-Hampshire Whereas certain persons belonging to Duxbury School-Farm, Amherst, Lyndeborough & the Mile Slip in their Petition to Your Hon*'® of March last, pray’d that they might be Erected into a Township as in Said Petition expres’d and obtain’d an Order for a hearing before the Gen^ Assembly on the second Thursday of their next sessions after the 17“^ of June AD 1779* and We being Residents & Proprietors of the said Mile-Slip, Humbly pray that the prayer of said Petition may not be Grant- ed at Present, as We think if it should it would Greatly Em- baras & perplex us. We therefore pray that said Petition may be dismissed. — Stephen Blanchard Stephen Blanchard Jun*^ Benjamin Wright Stephen Williams Aaron peabody Simon Blanchard 6 Persons N : B : We non Resident Proprietors in the within named Amherst & Mile-Slip ; join in the prayer of the within Petition, & pray that said Amherst & Said Mile-Slip may remain as they are, until some more Convenient season. — [A similar petition was signed by William Peabody. — Ed.] MILFORD. 607 [7-78] \^Remonstrance fi'om AmkersL'\ $ State of New Hampshire To the the Council & House of Representatives for the State afores^. — Whereas the Inhabitants (or certain of them) of Duxbury Farm, otherwise called Duxbury School-Farm, and Mile Slip in the County of Hillsborough in this State, in march last, did prefer a Petition to your Honours praying that they might be erected into a Township together with certain Parts of Lyndeborough & Amherst in s*^ State in their Petition set forth, &c — We the Subscribers, being Residents and Proprietors in that Part of Amherst which they in their s*^ Petition pray may be incorpo- rated with, & a Part of, their proposed Township ; humbly pray that we may not be set of to, & incorporated with, the s^^ pro- posed Township ; but that we may be permitted to remain in our present State, as we humbly conceive that it is much more for our Interest & Convenience to remain, at present, as we are, and not be incumbered and perplexed with the Charges & In- cumbrances necessarily attending the erecting a new Township — which is humbly submitted — by Benjamin Hopkins Benjamin Hopkins junior Jonathan Grimes osiah Sawyer Ju his Thaddeus X Grimes mark James Russell Joseph Crosby Josiah Sawyer Ebenezer Hopkins John Burns John Burns June Samson Crosby Nathan Hutchinson James hartshorn George Burns Jacob Cram of Lyndeborough with W™ Peabody [7-79] \^Petition for an Incorporation^ iy8o.~\ To the Honorable the Council and House of Representatives for the State of New Hampshire to be Conven'^ at Exeter on the first Wednesday of June Next the Petition of the Subscribers Humbly Sheweth — That Your Petitioners are Inhabitants of the Southwesterly part of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough ; that the Inhabitants of the one Mile Slip and Duxbury School farm labour under many Disadvantages for want of an Incor- peration, and of themselves are too few in Number at present to Support a Minister of the Gospel if they ware Incorporated — and Are at too Great a Distance from the Places of Publick Worship in the Neighbouring Towns to Attend with any Con- veniancy — that Your Petitioners live very far from the Place of 6o8 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Publick Worship in Amharst and Labour under Great disad- vantages in our present Scituation ’that your Petitioners Appre- hend that if we ware Anexed to the one Mile Slip and Duxbury School farm Agreable to the following lines, we Should be Able to Support a Gospel Minister and Should have many Advan- tages that we are at Present deprived of — and at the Same time the Inhabitants of the one Mile Slip and Duxbury farm will have the Same previledges their Neighbours Enjoy, and Am- harst Receive no Real Injury by it ; Wherefore Your Petition- ers Pray your Honours to take the Matter Under your Wise Consideration and if your Honours think fit, to Incorporate the Inhabitants of the Tract of land Included in the following Bounds into a Body Politick Giving us all the Previledges and Advantages that Other Towns Enjoy Bounded as follows Be- ginning at a White oak Tree Standing on the East line of Wil- ton it being the Northwest Corner Bounds of the one Mile Slip, Riming Easterly on the South line of Lyndeborough Six hun- dred Poles to a Maple Tree it being the South East Corner Bounds of Lyndeborough, then Runing Northerly on the East line of Lyndeborough about half a Mile to the Southwest Cor- ner Bounds of a Lot Own*^ in Part by Joseph Dunklin from thence Easterly four Hundred and Eighty Eight Poles to a Stake and Stones Standing in the South east Corner of a lot Own'^ by Amos Green from thence Southerly five Hundred and Ninety two Poles to an Oak Tree Marked Standing on land of Cob John Shephard by the North Bank of Souhegon River from thence Southeasterly makeing Souhegon River the North- erly line till it Comes to a Stake and Stones Standing on the South bank of Souhegon River on land of Mosses Towns about two Miles on a Straight line from the Oak tree Mentioned on Cob Shephards land, then from said Stake and Stones Runing Southerly Six hundred and Twenty Poles to a Stake and Stones Standing in the North line of Hollis from thence westerly on Hollis North line four Miles and one Quarter of a Mile to a Stake and Stones being the Northwest Corner Bounds of Hollis from thence Westerly one Mile to a Stake and Stones Standing, in the East line of Mason then Northerly Two Hundred and forty Eight Poles to a Chesnut Tree being the Southeast Corner Bounds of Wilton then Northerly on the East line of Wilton three Miles and a half to the first Bounds Mentioned — And Your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray If an Incorporation with the Destrict Should be Disagreeable to your Honours we the Subcribers Pray that your Honours would apoint a Comittee to Come and View our Situation and your Petitionrs as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray Amharst May 3 1 1 780. I MONSON. 609 William Wallace Benj“ Hopkins junr Nathan Hutchinson Nathan Hutchinson Junr Calab Jones Junr Benj® Hutchinson Ebeneser Hopkins Josiah Crosby Junr Joseph Crosby Elijah Averil Bartho% Hutchinson Joshua Burnam John Bradford Stephen Burnam Ebenezer averil Benjamin Temple Abner Hutchinson Elisha Hutchinson John Wallace andrew Bradford William Peabodyjur William Peabody W*" Crosby Josiah Crosby [The following names are on a similar petition, dated Mile Slip, May 31, 1780: — Ed.] Samuel gutterson Aaron peabody Joseph Wallaas Beni‘S Wright Stephen Blanchard Joshua Mooar Stephen Williams Stephen Blanchard Jun'- Ben" Lewis Ju^ David Candler Caleb Jones Benj" Lewis Samuel parson thomes parson William parson David Burnam William Personjuner Richard Boynton Simon Blanchard Timothy mclntire [The petitioners did not succeed until 1794. See page 603, mite. — Ed.] [R. 2-284.] S^Petition of Archelaus Batchelder.^ Soldier [In a petition dated Milford, May 26, 1795, Archelaus Batchelder stated “ that he was grevously wounded in the service of the United States in the time of the late war.” He stated that he expected to be placed on the pension-list, and asked the legislature to intercede in favor of his being granted arrears. — Ed.] MONSON. This town was incorporated April i, 1746, and comprised the north-west part of the old Dunstable grant. It had an existence as a town until July 4, 1770, at which time, in answer to a request of the inhabitants, about two miles wide on the north side was annexed to Amherst, and the remainder to Hollis. An unsuccessful attempt was made in 1782 to reestablish the town as originally granted. 41 6io EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [7-82] [ Vote of the Town^ Att the Annual Meeting in Monson March 23 ; 1761, Voted to Grant the petition of Hollis namely that a Mile and half or their about be Sett of to Hollis agreable to the Petition of said Hollis — And Voted the South Side of as above by the Major part of the North Side — it, being an artickle incerted in the Warrant for Said Meet- ing— Copy, per Benj^ Kenrick Town Clark Monson Decern: 28, 1762 [7-S4] [ Vote relative to locathig a MeetUig- House ^ //yd.] Att a Town meeting held in Monson December, 6*^ day, '756, Voted, to Set the Meeting House in the most Convenient place nere the Center of the Town — Monson, march, 16 1763. A Coppy p^ Benj^ Kenrick, Town Clark [7-85] \_Hollis asks for a Portion of Monson^ //dj.] Whereas there was an articall in the warrant for the annuall Meeting to be held in Holies march the 2“^ 1761 to see if the Town would Petition the Town of Monson for one mile and a half or there abouts on the south side to be annexed to the Town of Hollis Pursuant to said articall Voted to Petition the Town of Monson for one Mile and a half or there abouts on the south side of said Monson to be annexed to the Town of Holies and Chose Doctor John Hale Francis Worcester and Jonathan Taylor a Com‘®® to Pefar Said Petition Holies January the 3^ 1763 — A True Coppy — P* Sam'^ Cumings Town Clerk of Holies [R. 2-285] '[^Benjamin Hopkuis’ s Bill^ //d/.] Monson June y® 25 1761 Account of Cap* Samuel Gerrish Company who victualed at my house and the mens Names — MONSON. 6i I Francis allet Samuel Perkins John Johnson Robert Boodey William Randle Richard Ransom Daniel Dealing Thomas Ransom Paul Horn Ephraim alley David Call Ebenezer Ransom Daniel alley Abraham Nute Samuel kinney William Berry Samuel Kenney Nathaniel Denboe Cornels Denboe Ebenezer Hall William Berry Seth Thomson John Field Willm Rins Joseph Perkins Sider five mogs True accompt — 20 — 7 — 6 per Benjamin Hopkins [Sworn to Oct. 15, 1767, before John Goffe. In H. of Rep., May 25, 1768 “ Voted that it be Dismissed.” — E d.] [7-86] \^Relative to Annexation of a Portion of Monson to Hollis^ 1773 Province of New Hampshire To the HoiF'® His majestys Council & House of Representa- tives for said Province — Gentlemen — Whereas by your Vote & Order at y*" Late Session Our Town Namely Monson may be heard next week if the Court be then Setting on their vote & Petitions Relating the Setting off and Annexing a part of Our said Town to Holies — But there hav- ing very Lately been Some New Proposals made by Some of Our Neighbours (Concerning It) both in Holies & Amherst of a very pacifick tendency which if Complied with we Appre- hend will be more Advantageous than Any Measures yet Con- certed — Therefore pray that your Hon” Would Suspend the affair untill the Second day of f first Session After the first day of Sep*" Next that we may in the Interim Consider & Settle said Proposals — & We as in duty bound Shall ever pray — Dated at Monson April the 29^ ^ 7 ^ 3 — Benj^ Kenrick J Josiah Crosby >- Selectmen Daniel Kenrick ) 6i2 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [7-87] \^Petition to be annexed to Hollis^ i'j62.'\ Province of New Hamp*' To His Excellency Penning Wentworth Esq : Gov’’ &c The Hon^® his Majestys Council & Assembly of said Province The Petition of us the Subscribers being Inhabitants of the South side of the Town of Monson in said Province — Humbly shews that we Can be Much better Accommodated as to Town priviledges by being Annexed to Holies Than to remain as we Are That our said Town of Monson Are Desirous of having the Thing done as may appear by their Vote March the 23** 1761 We Therefore pray that Your Excellency And Hon*^* would Take the premises under your wise Consideration and Grant it According to the TeiP of said Vote — And We as in duty bound shall ever Pray Dated at Monson Ocf y® i8‘^ 1762 William Nevins William Colborn Jun^ onesiphorus marsh Abraham Leman Dan^^ Bay ley Thomas Nevens Samuel Hayden Daniel Kenrick Josep Stearnes James wheeler Daniel Wheeler Zachariah Shattuck Samuel Stearns ju Rob* Colburn William Colburn [7-88] \_Reasons for not granting foregoing Petitioni\ To His Exelency Bening Wentworth Esq*" Governor in chief in and over his Majesties Province of New-Hampshire, The Honourable the Council, and House of Representatives in General Court Assembled — We the subscribers Inhabitants and freeholders in the Town of Monson in the province aforesaid Humbly shew, that, Whereas the south of Monson aforesaid has petitioned the General Court aforesd to be Annexed to Hollis : And as the Honourable Assembly has seen Cause in Their great Wisdom and Clemency to send to us for our Reasons, why the prayer of s** Petition should not be granted so may it please your Ex- elency and Honours We with the lowest Submission beg leave to offer them — and in the first place we look upon the Town of Monson sufficient to support the Gospell, provided it was set- tled ; And we Impute the Reason of its not settling to the Neg- lect of Building a Meeting-House and settling the Gospell : It also appears to us quite an unreasonable thing that the south of Monson should be Annexed to Hollis, a Numerous People able to support the Gospell without them and we Humbly pray that MONSON. 613 their Requst May ne’r be Granted for if so we are disenabled to Defray Town Charges and to settle the Gospell, and we are well Assured that your Exelency and Honours will take no pleasure in inlarging of one Town by ruining of another and it apears to us that the Scheem they are upon to break Monson has no Heigher ends then Private Interest and an Immence Damage to the Publick the Consaquence will be either fatal to Amherst and New-Boston in splitting And taring them to pieces and puting them to an immence Cost and Bring on a quarel that perhaps may not soon end or else it will leave us under very distressing Circumstances by the smallness of our Number and Scantiness of our Town — And now may it please your Exelency & Honours we Es- teem it our Duty as a Body Politick to use those Means which has the greatest Tendency to promote its Increase and flourish In order there unto the Town was for Building a Meeting- House in order for a Gospell Settlement and indeed went so far as to get a vote for it though afterward when said vote was laid before the Town they did not see Cause to Complv with it And if the Laws of the Government oblidges every Town to have a Meeting-House and an orthodox Minister verily such Towns or Members thereof as Refus‘d Cast Contempt on Authority and we are well assured that their oflence in such a Wise assembly shall not be their Defence — and as the Building of a Meeting-House and settling of the Gospell has been an efl'ectual Means to the Increase of a Society so the Neglect has proved the Contrary, and as the Chief of the Land is settled on each side of the Town — so the land that lays wast and Desti- tute of Inhabitants lies in the Middle of the Town which although perhaps Reputed by some to be Broaken land Infeas- able for Settlement yet in our Judgment tis as good Land as any in the Town except a piece on the River, and is it reason- able may it please your Exelency and Honours that Members of a Society after they have kept back the Increase thereof that a part of that Sosiety should go of to another town and leave the Remainder unable to Defray their Charges, as will be the Case with us if the South sid is set to Hollis being at a great and Continual Charge to maintain our Poor — (as also the one half of two large Bridges, upon Soughegan River which are a Constant and very heavy Cherge,) And if we are as Dutifull Subjects as others why ought we not to have our Properties Continued, and if we pay our dues as well as others Subjects why may we not have our Religious Privelidges Supported, and as this Honourable Assemblv hold the same so undoubt- edly it will be thought fit to oblidge those that have Refused to Comply with what duty and Interest Requires as also the pro- moting the Public Weal and Interest — therefore finally suffer 6i4 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. US to suplicale your Exelency and Hon*"® to lay a Tax upon the Land in the Town of Monson to enable us to build a Meeting House in order to a Gospell Settlement and so we as in duty Bound Shall ever pray. Furthermore we the Subscribers Inhabitants and freeholders of the Town of Monson do Impower and desire Benj®’ Hopkins and Joseph Gould they or either of them to wait upon the General Assembly and oppose said petition and to shew how unreasonable the prayer thereof, is ; so that the Same may not be granted, and also to Petition for such Priviledges for the Town to forward the settling the Gospell as they shall think best. Monson March y® ^ 7^3 Benjamin Hopkins Joseph Gould George Burns John Burns Burns Jun’" Thomas Burns Benjamin Hopkns Jim [7-92] \_Address expi'essing Satisfaction with the County A 7 'rangement ^ //dp.] To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq^ Cap“ Gened' Gov- ernor and Comd'" &c. the Honorable his Majesties Council and House of Representatives for the Province of New Hamsh'' — We Inhabitants of Monson in the Province aforesaid take this Opportunity to Return our most Sincere and hearty Ac- knowledgements to your Excellency & Honors for the great Wisdom Exhibited in forming & establishing the Lines of the Middle County — We humbly beg your Excellency & Honors, in your great wisdom & Clemency, will Make no Addition to s*^ County, being Sensible, any addition will Cause Confusion in s^' County — We, likewise, earnestly Desire, that Amherst may be the Shire Towne, notwithstanding what may have been Advanced to the Contrary by one in whom we put great Confi- dence — And We as in Duty bound Shall ever Pray — April y® 1 1769 Nathan Hutchinson Josiah Crosby Jon® Grimes Pat Grimes Josiah Sawyer Caleb Jones Georg Burns Joseph Gould Daniel Kenrick Will'" Colburn Thomas Powers Wil’" Nevens Samuel Leman Gardner Towne Samuel Farmer Thomas Towne Elisha Towne Bartholomew Towne Thomas Williams Jonathan Towne Stephen William MONSON. 615 John Burns Jun Thomas Burns Ames Whittemore Abraham Leman Isaac Powers Josiah Kidder Ju“*' W™ Kittredge John Burns David Wallingsford Joseph French moses Hadley John Dimckle David Dunckle Nathaniel Dunckle Archlus Towne Adam Patson Josiah Crosby Juner Jonathan sawyer Israel Wilkins william french Thomas nevens Josiah Parker Benj^ Kenrick Josiah Kidder [7-93] [^Instructions to their Representative^ ij 6 g.^ To Cap^ John Chamberlain of Merrymack in the Province of New-Hamp*' — Sir/ As You have been Repeatedly Chosen, by the towns of Merrymack & monson to Represent them in the General As- sembly of this province, you have the highest assurance of the Confidence they Place in }^our integrity and ability and that they are willing you should Act in general Cases as your Reason Dictates, Yet in a Matter wherein the Interest of Our Town is nearly Concerned & that of the County also, We take the free- dom upon Constitutional Principals to Desire in behalf of our Town that you would Use your utmost influence in Court to prevent Londonderry, Chester, Pelham, Plasto, Salem, and Hamstead &c from being added to this County, because we think that such a thing if it should be done would end in Con- fusion or Rather in a Dissolution of Countys ; and as this County is now full Large enough as to Land as it extends from the west Line of Peterborough to the east Line of Litchfield and will soon be Large as to people we expect that you will Comply with this Our Desire — Your most Obed‘ ArcU'^® Towne Select men Joseph Gould >- of Thomas Burns ) Monson Dated monson Ap^ ^5 • [An'attempt was made to have the towns above named annexed to Hillsborough county. — Ed.] [7-89] [ Vote of Monson^ ^770i\ This may Certifie, that their was a Vote of the Town of Monson, april y® 9, 1770, to divide the Same laying part to Amherst and part to Hollis. attest Benj^ Kendrick, last Town Clark Amherst Novem'^ ii, 1782. 6i6 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [7-90] S^Opposltion to reestablishing Monson^ 1882. At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Hollis held at said Hollis the 13th day of September 1782 — Voted that Rich‘S Cutts Shannon Esq wait on the Gen^ Court in behalf of the Town of Hollis, to oppose the Petition of Jonathan Lovejoy & others respecting the re Establishing the ancient Boundaries of monson — eodem die Voted that the Town will Strenuously oppose the Petition of Jonathan Lovejoy & others relative to the Ancient Town of monson’s being reincorporated & invested with Town Privileges as formerly being granted, for Reasons mentioned in the answer to said Petition herewith exhibited Hollis Nov 16, 1782 — Attest William Cumings Town Clerk MOULT ONBOROUGH. The territory was granted Nov. 17, 1763, by the Maso- nian proprietors to Col. Jonathan Moulton and others, and settlements were commenced the following year. An addition was granted Jan. 24, 1765, by the same pro- prietors, which was sometimes called Moultonborough Gore. The town was incorporated by an act passed Nov. 24, 1777 r and received its name in honor of Col. Moulton. In consequence of disputes arising between this town and Sandwich relative to the divisional line, a committee,, consisting of John Langdon, Joshua Wentworth, and Ben- jamin Chadbourne, was appointed Feb. 22, 1785, to settle the same, its decision to be final. Long Island was annexed to this town Dec. 30, 1799. The Ossipee tribe of Indians once resided in this vicinity,, and many relics have been found in years past. Col. Joseph Senter was one of the leading men, and an officer of merit in the Revolution, as also was Col. Nathan Hoit. [7-94I [^Petition for an Incorporation^ 777J.] Province of Newhampshire To his Excellency John Wentworth Esquire captain general governour and commander in chief in & over said province of Newhampshire And to the honrable his majestys councill for the same province. MOULTONBOROUGH. 617 The humble petition of Jonathan Moulton Esq for himself & other proprietors of two certain tracts of land granted by the proprietors of Masons patent so called the first Tract was granted on the 17th day of November AD 1763 commonly called Moultonborough. The other tract was granted the 24th of January AD 1765 commonly called the gore or moultonborough addition Most Humbly sheweth That great progress is made & still making towards the complete set- tlement of said two tracts of land and that the inhabitants & Proprietors thereof have been at great charge in making pub- lick roads through said two tracts of land for the benefit of his majestys service. Your petitioner therefore prays that the inhabitants of the said two tracts of land may be respectively incorporated into townships with such privileges as other towns enjoy within this province by the bounds & limits contained in the respective grants, and the petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray January 29 1773. \ [Not granted. — E d.] Jon'^ Moulton [ 7 - 95 ] \^Letter f7'om CoL yoseph Sejiter to the Legislaturey 1776.'] To the Honarble Councel & Representatives Now Sitting at Exeter — Gent" I am grately Obliged to You for the good opinion You Have of Me and Wish my ability was grater to serve My Countrey. I am Willing at all Times to Exerte my Selfe to the utmost to serve the publick and am with Respect Your Hum*^' Servant Joseph Senter M Borrough 22^ June 1776 |] 7 “ 9 ^] for an l7ico7'poration of the Territory into two TownSy 1777 To the Hon'^'® the Council & House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Assembly convened — Humbly Shew Jonathan Moulton Joseph Senter and Bradbury Richardson Esq" in behalf of the Inhabitants of that Tract of Land called Moultonborough situate in the County of Strafibrd in the said State — 6i8 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. That the said Inhabitants labour under many Inconveniencies Disadvantages & Difficulties by Reason of their unincorporated State — That the Situation and Extent of said Tract render it most convenient for said Inhabitants that it be divided and erected into Two distinct Townships — Wherefore Y*" Petition- ers in behalf of said Inhabitants humbly pray that the said Tract may be erected into two distinct Townships, One, within the following bounds — viz‘ beginning at the South Easterly corner of Meredith at Winnepissiokee Pond then running northwesterly by said Meredith to the North Easterly Corner thereof thence on a strait Line with the North Easterly Line of Meredith, to Holderness thence Northeasterly by said Holder- ness to Sandwich thence Easterly by Sandwich and Tamworth to the South Easterly Corner of Tamworth thence Southwest- erly to the Northwesterly Corner of Tuftonborough thence Southwesterly by said Tuftonborough to Winnepissiokee Pond thence Westerly by the Shore of said Pond, as that lays, to the Bound first mentioned — and that it be incorporated by the Name of Moulton — And the other within the bounds following viz‘ beginning at the Northeasterly Corner of Meredith thirty Rods from Winnepissiokee Pond thence running South fifty five Degrees West by Meredith and Sanborntown to Pemigewas- set River Thence running northerly up said River by the Mid- dle thereof to the Southwesterly corner of Holderness thence running Easterly by said Holderness to the South East Corner thereof thence running Northerly by said Holderness till it comes to the Westerly line of that Part of said Tract above bounded thence Southeasterly by said Line to the said North- easterly corner of Meredith — and that the same be incorporated by the Name of Watertown — And that each of said Towns may be invested with all the Powers and enfranchised wdth all the Rights Privileges and Immunities which any Towns in this State hold and enjoy — And as in Duty bound shall pray &c — June 13*^ 1777 — Jon“ Moulton Joseph Senter Bradbury Richardson [The town was incorporated Nov. 24, 1777. — Ed.] [7-97] \_Relative to Rev. Samuel Perley., I 779 *\ State of New Hampshire Strafford ss To the Hon'^'® Council and House of Representatives in Gen- eral Assembly convened — MOULTONBOROUGH. 619 The Petition of Bradbury Richardson Nathaniel Ambrose, Abraham Burnam, Jonathan Moulton and John Adams a Committee for and in Behalf of the Town of Moultonborough in said State ; Humbly shew, that there are great Uneasiness and dissaffection, subsisting in said Town, which has been oc- casioned, by the Rev^ Samuel Ferley’s removing himself and Family into Town with the Pretence of being the settled Min- ister of the Gospel here, and by his continuing as such in preaching and other Administrations; and by his unjustly claiming and demanding, publick Priviledges granted to the first settled Minister of the Town, which he the said Perley claims by Virtue of a pretended Settlement here, by certain Persons acting under the Denomination of an Ecclesiastical Council in October last — which Council this Town avers con- vened and acted in that IMatter without either the Order, Voice or Concurrence of the Town, and against the general Sense of the Town, as much the greater part of the People were against his being settled here : — The Conduct of said Council, has since by this Town at a legal Meeting been wholly disavowed and greatly disapproved of, as their Records make appear all which said Perley has been duly advised of, and treated with to relin- quish his aforesaid Settlement on equitable Terms ; & has been legally requested by the Town with the Church to join the Town in calling a Council to judge of his aforesaid Settlement, all which he refused to comply with, but still persists in preach- ing and in his unjust Demands for the same — Wherefore your Petitioners in their aforesaid Capacity pray your Hon*^^ Court to view the particular Situation of this Town in the Difficulties they are under with Respect to s*^ Perley and the Inconvenience that will ever attend the Town in obtaining a regular settled Minister so long as there is a Person, laying Claim to that Office and the Previledges belongingto the same ; and that your Honb'® Court wou’d so far interfere in the Matter as to order & appoint an Ecclesiastical Council to take Cognizance of the Transactions that have happen’d here with Respect to said Perley, & to judge and deiermin whither said Perlcv has ever been fairly and legally settled as a Minister of the Gospel for the Town of Moultonborough and your Petitioners shall ever pray— Moultonbor" March 1779 Jon®^ Moulton ^ Bradbury Richardson Nathaniel Ambros V Abraham Burnam John Adams [Mr. Perley left soon after. — E d.] 620 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [7-98] \_Relative to Doomage^ State of New Hampshire Strafford ss. To the Hon^^® Council & House of Representatives in General Assembly convened The Petition Bradbury Richardson, Nath* Shannon, Joseph Ayres & Jonathan Moulton a Committee for & in Behalf of the Town of Moultonborough Humbly shew, that the Inhabitants of said Town humbly conceive, that they are overrated to the State and Continental Tax, by being doomed upon their Inven- tory sent to your Hon*’*® Court — which Inventory of the Polls & improvable Estates your Petitioners aver to be true & exact — and the Estimation therein of the Value of the unimproved Lands & Buildings your Petitioners conceive is as high as in any Town within this State — Your Petitioners impute the Doomage to some Misrepresentation or Misconception of the Situation of the Town — which Town since New Hampton has been incorporated by it self contains by the Division thereof only Two Hundred Acres to a Right that was thought worth laying out & but Seventy Nine Rights in the Town ; Fifteen Hundred Acres of which Land laid out has since been claimed & settled by Sandwich Proprietors & pays Rates to that Town — & many other of the Lotts that were laid out are so mean in Qiial- ity as will forever render them Useless for Settlement; — With Respect to the Lands not laid out it is evidently known to be one Ridge of Mountains unfit for Improvements, So that the greater part of the Land fit for Improvements are settled upon by small Farms ; & lays chiefly in View upon the Country Road, which tends greatly to raise the Town in the Opinions of People, beyond its true Value in general — Wherefore your Petitioners pray that the Doomage to this Town be taken off & the town pay only agreeable to their Inventory & your Petitioners shall ever pray. Moultonb® 12**^ OctoU 1780 — Bradbury Richardson Joseph Ayers Nathan* Shannon [R. 2—286] \^Enlistment^ We the subscribers hereby acknowledge ourselves inlisted private Soldiers to Serve in one of the three Continental Battal- lions of the State of Newhampshire to Serve untill the Last Day of December Next and promies to be Subject to the Rules and MOULTONBOROUGH. 621 Regulations of the Continental army During Said term as wit- ness our hands June the 28th 1780 test Eben’’ Smith Daniel Cary Robert Glines Samuel Neale for the town of moultonborough [7-101] \_Petition of Non-Residents^ 7790.] State of New Hampshire. To the Hon'’^® the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire now in General Court convened at Portsmouth in said State, The Memorial of John Peirce and others the Subscribers, proprietors of Land in Mason’s Patent so called, in behalf of themselves and the rest of said Proprietors, and of other non resident owners of Land in Moultonborough in said State, Humbly Sheweth, That an Act has just been passed to tax the lands of non-resi- dent Proprietors in said Town, founded on a petition which your Memorialists never heard of till this day ; otherwise they should have opposed the prayer for such an Act. That the Masonian Proprietors by express stipulations in the Charter of this and other Towns are free from the expences to be defrayed by this Tax, and the Grantees or other Proprietors took them upon themselves. And when this has been brought into view, they have been accordingly exempted in Acts of this general kind, to prevent their being retrospective, & annihilating form- er Contracts. That this Act eases the Town and burdens non-resident Proprietors, with the expence of repairing all Roads and Bridges whatever in said town — And the monies raised may be applied to the building Bridges and repairing highways indefinitely according to the Terms of the Title, preamble, and Body of said Act. That the Lands of non-residents are subjected to Sale for non payment of the Tax, without any liberty of, or provision for their Redemption. Wherefore your Memorialists pray your Honours to take their case into your wise consideration, and to annul and repeal the said Act, and grant them the priviledge of being heard on said Petition, and they as in Duty bound shall ever pray Portsmouth Jany 1790 622 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Dan' Humphreys Ex'" of Geo : Atkinson Esq*" John Peirce for himself & others whom he Represents Geo. JaftVey Th° Martin John Penhallow Woodbury Lanordon » o Thomas Leavitt Ex'" to Jonathan Moulton Esq*" [7-102] [ Vote to change date of Aitnual Meetings z/p/.] Att a Legal fleeting held by the Inhabitants of the Town of Moultonborough the twenty Seventh day of June 1791 — Voted Nathan Hoit Esq"" is impower’d to git March Meeting alter’d for said Town agreable to a petition said Hoit carried into the General Court The above is a true Copy taken off the Record Edw^ B. Moulton Town Clk. Moultonb^ Nov’’ 15"’ 1791 [The legislature changed the date of annual meeting to the first Monday in March. — Ed.] NASH U A. This city occupies the south-east part of that portion of the old Dunstable grant of 1673 which proved to be in this state, and retained the ancient name when the old township was divided in 1746. It was incorporated April first of that year. In 1748 the citizens of the town had become so much divided in sentiment that they elected two sets of town officers, and a new election was ordered by the coun- cil and assembly, who appointed Thomas Colburne, of Not- tingham West, as moderator of the meeting. December 13, 1763, a portion of Dunstable, called “One Pine Hill,” was annexed to Hollis, although so strongly op- posed by the former as to create much hostility between the two towns. Another tract, comprising the farms of Daniel Merrill and Ebenezer Jaquith, was taken from Dunstable and annexed to Hollis, by an act passed May 14, 1773. By an act approved December 8, 1836, the name of the town was changed to Nashua. NASHUA. 623 Nashua was divided June 23, 1842, by a line commencing on Nashua river at the line of Hollis, and running down said river to the Lowell railroad bridge ; thence by said railroad to the old ferry road ; thence by said road to Mer- rimack river ; and all that portion of the town lying north of that line was incorporated into a town by the name of Nashville, and so remained until June 27, 1853, when the two towns were united and incorporated as a city by the name of Nashua, which has become one of the most popu- lous manufacturing communities in the state. Artillery pond was thus named because it was included in a grant made by Massachusetts, October ii, 1673, O. S., to the Boston Artillery Company. That grant was of one thousand acres, and included the territory now in the com- pact part of the city north of Nashua river, and remained in possession of said company until it was purchased by Col. Joseph Blanchard about 1743. Col. Blanchard was one of the leading men of Dunstable, and for some years agent for the Masonian proprietors. [7-104] [ of Town relative to Bridge over Nashua River, 1753 At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dunstable in the Province of New Hampshire being meet According to Law y® I* day of may 1753 and Continued by Adiournment to y® 14^*^ of Said May An Extract from the votes of Said Meeting Pasd at Said Ad- journmeent — That in as much as the Bridge over Nashuway River in this Town is of Great expence in Building & keeping in Repair, latly at a large expence Built and cared away with a freshet — so much Travilling for the Publick it is of Great nedcessety for Rebuilding the Heavy charge lying on this Town for their other necessary affairs has left them of Inabillity according to the corse of common Taxes to perform the same with out further Aide and Where as there is large Qiiantitys of land un- improved belonging to Residents and nonresidents which are not Rateable that rise in value by reason of the Improvements and taxes a moungst us — Therefore Voted that this Town Petition to the Gen^^ Assem- bly of this Province shewing our deficultys & pray that the Sum of one Hundred and fifty pounds newtenor be lev’y’d upon the 624 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. lands in this Town in Equall proportion per acre in such maner as shall be free of charge for Collecting to be Appropriated for the Building a Bridge over Nashuway River and no other use whatso ever & that the Hon^ Joseph Blanchard Esq*" and m’' Jonathan Lovewell be desired to Petition the Gen" Assembly for their Grant Agreable to the foregoing vote Pased in the Affairmative — Voted that a Bridge be built over Nashuway River the En- suing sumer at the charge of this Town & That the Hon^® Jo- seph Blanchard Esq*" m’’ Noah Johnson & m’’ Jonathan Love- well be a Com*®® Authorized & Impowered in behalf of this Town to agree & contract with any person or persons at their discretion to Effect the same and that such their contract or Agrement be Obligatory & binding upon this Town for pay- ment — A True Copy from Dunstable Records — Exam" per Jonathan Lovewell Town Clerk — [7-103] \_Relative to Bridge over Nashua River^ ^753 Province of New Hamps To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq' Governor and Commander in Chief in and over his majestys Province of new Hampshire, To the Honorable his majestys Council and House of Representatives in General assembly Convened ' June ig* 1753— The Petition of Joseph Blanchard Esq' and Jonathan Love- well in behalf of the Town of Dunstable in said Province most humbly shews — That it is necessary that there be a Bridge over Nashuaway River — That the Town of Dunstable have lately been at great Cost and Charge to build a Bridge over said River which was the last Spring carryed away by a freshet — That the Town of Dunstable have lately passed a vote to build another Bridge over said River (as will appear by the annexed Copy) for the Conveniency of Travellers — That there is a Considerable quan- tity of unimproved lands lying within the Town of Dunstable which belongs to Residents and Non : Residents which en- creases in value yearly without any Taxes whatever being paid for the Same by the owners — wherefore your Petitioners pray that there may be a Tax of one hundred and fifty Pounds New Tener (clear of all Charges for Colecting) laid upon all the lands lying in Dunstable aforesaid whether improved or not improved in equall Proportion, to be improved for and towards NASHUA. 625 the building a Bridge over the said River and no other use w^hatever and your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c — Jon^^ Lovewell for Self & Jo® Blanchard Esq*' [In H. of Rep., January 23, 1754, the foregoing petition was granted. — Ed.] [7-105] \_Relative to Representative^ 77 ^ 52 .] To the Gen^ Assembly of the Province of New Hampshire now Setting at Portsmouth in said Province The Petition of the Freeholders of the Town of Dunstable in said Province Humbly sheweth, that there are several persons Returned as Representatives whose choice is Ilegal (viz) Jo- seph Blanchard Esq* for merrimac and monson Cap* SanF Grele for Nottinghamw’est and Litchfield Cap* JoiP Carlton for Plastow and Hamstead m* Joseph Wright for salem and Pel- ham and John Gofie Esq* for Bedford and Amherst and that — in the Election of Each of said Persons as Representatives many persons wer Allowed to vote who had no Real Estate in the Town Parrish or Precinct where shuch Election was. direct- ly against a Law of this Province Intitled An Act for calling and Ellecting Assembly men and their Quallification and even the Returns of the writs for the choice of said persons for Rep- resentatives shew that the meetings for Electing them wer Illegall and tho’ the Town of Dunstable had thirty five families settled in it in the year 16S0 most of which wer within the bounds of said Town as now Incorporated in this Province yet we are omitted and deprived of having any voice in the Elec- tion of a Representative in this Assembly the said Town Rec*^ a Charter ap*^ i* 1746 from the Governor and Council of this Province with all the Powers and authorities Immunities and Franchises with other Towns within said Province or any of them by Law have and Enjoy and yet other Towns not so long Settled nor Taxed so much have the previledge allowed them which we are denied we pray that these Afiairs may be Exam*^ into and Consid- ered and something determined upon the same so that people may know how to practice for the future we pray the said per- sons may not be allowed to set in the Assembly to vote and Act as assembly men that we may not have any Laws or Votes passed before the House of Representatives be purged of those whose choice is Ilegall and that said persons may not be Allowed to vote or act in any Afiair before it be determined wheither their Election is Legal or not we pray that we may 42 626 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. be supported protected and defended in the Enjoyment of our Lawful Rights and Previledges as a free people under the Eng- lish constitution and Goverment so that we and others may not be Striped of the same and we as in Duty bound Shall ever Pray Dunstable march y® 13*^ 1762 Jonathan Lovewell John Alld Joseph French Jonathan Lund Jeremiah Blanchard Thomas Harwood Joseph Whiting John Honey Thomas Lund hii John X Searles mark Jeremiah Colburn John Blanchard William Harvey Daniel Searles Oliver woods John Snow Winkall Wright Joseph Heall Medad Combs Isaac Powers David Gilson Eleazer Fisk Benja Taylor Nathancl Jewell Daniel J°® Shapperd James Whitney Benjamin Smith Zaccheus Lovewell John fletcher John Wright Peter Honey Jacob Taylor Cornelius Danaly William Lund Joseph Eayrs Sam'^ Roby Thom as Pleall John Lovewell Jos : Senter Oliver Farwell Ebe^ Harris Ebenezer Harris Ju** Thomas Butterfield John Butterfield Charles Butterfield John Phelps Jonathan Powers Jeams Harwood Ju*^ Josiah Butterfield William M®luer abraham heall Samuel Searles Benj®^ French Jonathan Whiting Ephrim Butterfeld David Alld Noah Johnson [7-106] \_Trouble at a Town-Meetings 1^62. Province of N Hampshire Jan^ 19**^ 1762. Proceedings of a meeting held at Dunstable at the house of ColP Zaccheus Lovewell’s, by the Inhabitance of the towns of Dunstable and Holies, being assembled by notifications, sign’d by the Select-men of both Towns, pursuant to a precept direct- ed to them from the high Sherifi' of said Province, to assemble the inhabitants of said Towns, Qualify’d for voting in the choice of Representatives, to make choice of a Person to rep- resent them in Gen’^ Assembly ; and being met, Jon“ Lovewell Esq*" One of the Selectmen for the Town of Dunstable Open’d the meeting in the following manner, (viz) he read the precept sent up, also read one of the Notifications pursuant to the pre- cept, sign’d by the Selectmen for both Towns after which he address’t himself to the People assembled, setting forth what an unrighteous and unjust thing it was to Couple these Towns NASHUA. 627 to make choice of a Representative, and signify’d it was taking away Our Priviledges &c, and after considerable of Preamble, said that Holies had no right to vote in this meeting. Only such as had a real Estate in the Town of Dunstable ; to which One of the Selectmen for the Town of Dunstable, and the Select- men for the Town of Holies, made answer, that the Inhabi- tance of Holies had as good right to vote as the People of Dunstable, by appealing to the Precept ; and that those Towns has been Coupeld togather here to fore ; and further appeal’d to the Notification pursuant to the Precept, sign’d by the Select- men of both Towns — AT Lovewell said twas Contrary to Law for both Towns to vote together ; and Desir’d the Inhabitance of Dunstable to seperate themselves from the Inhabitance of Holies, (Only such as had real Estate in the Town of Dunsta- ble) and bring in their votes for a Moderator ; upon which one of the Select men for the Town of Holies, refusd Complying with, and beg’d there might be no seperation between said Towns in their Voting, and Desir’d the People of both Towns to go on peacebly and According to the Precept, which was directed as much to Holies, as Dunstable, which M*" Lovewell publickly refus’d, by ordering the Inhabitance of Dunstable to seperate themselves from the Inhabitance of Holies, and to bring in their votes for a Moderator ; upon which the Select- men of Dunstable and Holies, spake Audibly to the People of both Towns, to bring in their votes together, for a Moderator according to the Precept, &c, and the votes being brot in there was one hundred and two for Deacon Worcester, and there was sixty five for JoiT Lovewell Esq*’ upon which Esq*^ Love- well Immediately declar’d, that the Town of Dunstable had made choice of himself for a Moderator ; upon which the Se- lect Men of Dunstable and Holies, as aforesaid, Declar’d the Inhabitance of Dunstable and Holies, had chosen Deacon Worcester for a Moderator for this meeting, by a great Major- ity, then Esq*" Lovewell orders the men of Dunstable to bring in their votes for a Representative ; M*" Worcester Moderator, Insisted that it was his right to order as a Moderator, requested the Precept of M*" Lovewell, which m*’ Lovewell Publickly re- fus’d to let him have or see ; upon which M*’ Worcester (hav- ing one of the Notifications) said, Pursuant to the Notification founded upon the Precept &c to the Inhabitance of the Town of Dunstable and Holies, to bring in their votes for a Repre- sentative, the votes being brot in, there was One hundred and two for Doctor Hale, and there was sixty three for M*" Love- well ; which M*" Lovewell Immediately declar’d the Town of Dunstable had Chosen himself for their Representative M*" Worcester declar’d, pursuant to the Notification, founded upon the precept to Dunstable and Holies, they had made Choice of 628 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Doctor John Hale, to represent said Towns in Gen^^ Assembly &c — Francis Worcester Moderator for said meeting Province of New Hamp^ — Dunstable Jan^ y® 19^^ 1762 We the Subscribers, Testify the within is the proceedings of the meeting held this Instant David Hobart Selectman for Dunstable Sam'^ Cumings ) Selectmen Benj“ Abbett j for Holies John Boynton Abel Webster [7-107] \_Petition relative to the foregoing^ 7 /( 52 .] To the Gen^ Assembly of the Province of New Hamp*" Now Holden at Portsmouth in s*^ Province — The Petition of the Freeholders of Dunstable in said Prov- ince Humbly Sheweth that on the 19^^ Day of January Instant the freeholders of the Town of Dunstable in s*^ Province met in s*^ Dunstable to Elect a Representative and more than fifty Freeholders of s*^ Town of Dunstable who had a real Estate in the same of fifty pounds value Chose Jonathan Lovewell Esq' for their Representative which choice was made by a Great majority of those present which had a real Estate in s*^ town of Dunstable of s^ value. Tho after Reading the Law about the Qiiallilication of voters in s*^ meeting we ware much Disturbed by the Select men of Holies and a Great number of people that Joined them from Holies monson and Pepperel who set up a meeting without Joining with the Selectmen of Dunstable to Qualify the meeting accoring to Law, and in their pretended meeting Declared that Docf John Hale was chose a Repre- sentative for Dunstable and Holies but among them that voted for said Hale we Cant find ten persons that had any real Estate in said Dunstable so that the choice of s*^ Hale was not made by a majority of the Freeholders of the Town of Dunstable where the meeting was held but the choice of s*^ Lovewell was, we therefore pray that the Choice of s*^ Hale may be Declared Null because against a positive Law which says no person shall have the Liberty of voting in the choice of Representa- tives other than such who has a real Estate of the value of fifty pounds within the Town Parish or Precinct where such Elec- tion shall be and we Desire that the choice of s*^ Lovewell may be confirmed and accepted because agreeable to Law Except any fault in the writ and if that should be the case that a new NASHUA. 629 Writ may be sent to the Town of Dunstable from the assem- bly for a New choice without being Joined with any that cant agreeable to Law vote with us — We pray that the point may be Determined and Settled so that we may know whither we shall practice according to the positive Laws of the Province or not We pray that we may be Defended in our Lawfull Rights and previledges as a free people under the English Goverment and not Stript of them by any power or Number whatsoever we dont desire to act against the Kings Prerogative, but pray that we may not Loose our Previlidge as a people and we as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray — Dunstable January the 20*'^ 1762 Zacheues Lovewell Jonathan Combs Thomas Heall John Alld Joseph Whiting Benja Taylor John Lovewell Oliver woods Jeremiah Blanchar^ John Blanchard Thomas Lund Jonathan Lund Tho Harwood William Harris Jeremiah Colburn Ephr'" Butterfield Reuben Colburn William Lund William Cox Edward Cox Oliver Farwell Daniel Searles Joseph French Sam'^ Roby Joseph Eayrs John Searles Samuel Searls Ebenez^ Cumings Benjamin Smith Cornelus Danly Thomas Blanchard Thomas Blanchard Jun pelatiah whittemor Jun John Fletcher John Wright Nathanel Severnce Daniel Pike Peter Honey Jacob Taylor Salvenus whitney David Gilson James Sawyer Elazar fisk David adams Reuben Rousel Winkall Wright Noah Johnson Josiah Butterfield Ebenezer Harris Ebenezer Harris iuner James Llarwood Jun John Snow Tho® Butterfield John Butterfild Charles Butterfield william mcluer John Phelps Isaac Powers John Honey Henry Spalding Jonnathen Parker Jos Senter [7-108] S^Notice of Meetings i'j62.'\ Province of New Hamp*' Notice is here by Given to the Freeholders of the Towns of Dunstable and Holies in said Province, that are Qiiallified by Law to Elect Representatives, that they meet at the Dwelling- house of ColP Zacheus Lovewell Innholder in said Dunstable, on Tusday the nineteenth day of January Currant, at one oclock in the afternoon ; and being meet, to Elect one Person 630 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Quallified by Law to Represent the said Towns in Generali Assembly. Dunstable January y® 4*^ 1762 — Jon® Lovewell ) Select" of David Hobart ) Dunstable Sam^ Cumings^ John Hale > Select" of Holies Abel Webster j Province of New Hamp’’ — Holies January the 19*^ 1762. Wee have Notified the quallie^ voters in the Town of Holies to meet at time and place, as Expre*^ in the within notification, by posting this Notification at the meeting House in s*^ Holies, according to the usuall practice of s*^ Town. Sam' Cumings John Hale Abel Webster Select men of Holies Province of New Hamp'' — In persuance of a writ or precept. Directed to the selectmen of the Towns of Dunstable and Holies, in said provinc Direct- ing that the said Select men, Cause the freeholders Qiialify’d by Law, to Elect Representatives to meet at some convenient place in said Dunstable ; and in Obedience thereunto we the Subscribers, being the selectmen hav'e caused, the Freeholders of said Town to be duly notify’d to meet at the house of Coll" Zaccheus Lovewell Innholder in Dunstable, and met and chose IvP John Hale Physician, of Holies, to represent the said Towns in Gen" Assembly; Furthermore, the Constable of Dunstable, has notify’d said Hale to appear at time and place, according to our Directions David Hobart Selectmen of Dunstable Sam" Cumings Benj" Abbott ^ Selectmen of Holies Abel Webster ) Dunstable Janury the 19*" 1762 [7-109] [ Votes relative to “ One Phie HilV^ matters.~\ At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dunstable Regularley Assembled on the 27"* Day of Nov*" 1758? Contin- ued by Ajournment to y® Day of Decemb’’ then next fol- lowing NASHUA. 631 Extract from the Votes of y® said Meeting Then it Was Proposed that Whereas the Inhabitants of Pine- Hill are Uneasey with their Paying to the Ministers Rate When the Meeting house stands so far from the Center and they hav- ing Requested that they may be set to Holies Proposed by way of Settlement with them to make them Easey that the Meeting house be Mov*^ to the Center of Land in this Town Voted in the Affirmative The said Meeting was Continued by Ajournment to the 29*^^ Day of January 1759 Props'^ That Whereas on the 18^^ of Decemb'' Last the In- habitance of this Town Voted that the Meeting house be Mov^^ to the Center of Land in this Town hoping that in so Doing the Inhabitance of Pine-Hill would be Content and Joyn in Settling a Minister, But Finding that they nither Come to hear one Sermon with us nor Appear Content. It is Therefore now Propos‘d that the said Vote be Reconsider‘d and Voted in the Affirmative — Then it was Propos'd That in Case this Town dos Proceed to Settle M*" Cotton or any other Gentleman in the Work of the Ministry and the Inhabitants of Pine-Hill Doth Consent and Joyn therein That then the said Inhabitants of Pine Hill shall Annually have their full part of the Preaching In proportion to their taxes for the same in any Place in said Dunstable where They Shall Agree to have it Voted in the Affirmative A True Entry of the Votes Recorded by Jonathan Lund Town Clerk A True Coppy from Dunstable Records Attest Jonathan Lund Town Clerk Dunstable February y® 4**^ [See Hollis papers, ante. — E d.] [7-110] \^Relative to the formation of Counties^ //dp.] To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq Cap* General Gov- ernor Commander &c of the Province of new Hampshire To the Honorable his Majestys Council & Assembly of said Province We Inhabitants of Dunstable in said province Beg leave to Return your Excellency & Honors Thanks for the Prudence and Wisdom you have exhibted in forming the Lines of the middle County, so agreeable to Nature : w’e are of Opinion that the thing is done to the best advantage and pray that there may 632 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. not be even one Town Annexed to this County as We think it will give Birth to a great Deal of Confusion We as in Duty bound will ever pray — Dated 10^^ of April 1769 Zacchus Lovewell Jonathan Lund Thomas Harwood Silas Adams Will"' Hunt Thomas Butterfield William Robey William Lund Jonathan Emerson Daniel Searls Nathan Cutler Reuben Thomas Cillecut William Dandely thomas Blanchard i Thomas Blanchard John fletcher John wright John wright Jun’’ Daniel Pike Ephraim Adams Henry Adams Samuel Searles Winkall Wright Thomas Lund Ju' John Searles Benjamin Smith Jonathan Lund Ju*' Amos Eastman Thomas Lund William Walker Elnathan Sherwin Oliver woods Benja Taylor Jon^ Lovewell Ju’’ Daniel Warner Nicholas youngman * Jo® Whiting Joseph french Junier JoiT Powers Ju’’ William Hastings Thomas Killecut John Alld Medad Combs John Coxton Ebenezer Harris juner Abel butterfeld Jonathan Butterfield James Harw’d John Snow John Butterfield [ 7 - 1 1 1 ] \_Relative to Bridge over Nashua River ^ ^773 Province of Newhampshire To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq captain general gov- ernour and commander in chief and to the honourable his majestys councill & house of representatives for said prov- ince. The petition of William Nevins agent for & in behalf of the town of Holies in said province most humbly sheweth that Nashua river for the length of about two miles from the line of the province of the Massachusetts bay north ward is the bound- ary between Holies & Dunstable but comprehended in neither. And that the country road crosses the said river within that space. That a bridge was formerly built there by private prop- erty which is decayed. And there is a necessity of a new bridge being built for the safety and convenience of his majestys sub- jects. But the same not being within the bounds of any town there is no method to compell the building & repairing thereof without the interposition of this honourable court. Wherefore your petitioner prays that an act may be passed to oblige the said Towns of Holies & Dunstable to build & repair said bridge NASHUA. 633 at their joynt cost, and your petitioner in the behalf aforesaid shall ever pray &ca William Nevens January 25*'^ 1773. [7-1 1 2] S^Petition f 01' Authority to elect a Representative^ State of New-Hampshire To the hon^*® the Council & Gentlemen of the hon'’’® house of Representatives of said state in General assembly Convcnd at Concord 0000*“ 1783. — Humbly apply the Subscribers, Legal Voters of twenty one Years of age & upwards paying for them selves a poll tax in Dunstable in said state. That the new Constitution or form of Government for this State provides that every Town Parish or Place intitled to Town priviledges having one hundred & fifty rateable polls of twenty one Years of age & upwards may Elect one Repre- sentative. — and such Towns Parishes or Places as have less than one hundred & fifty rateable polls shall be Classed by the General Assembly for the purpose of Chusing a Representa- tive. — and whenever any Town Parish or Place intitled to Town Priviledges shall not have one hundred & fifty rateable polls & be so Situated as to render the Classing thereof very inconven- ient the General assembly may upon Application of a Majority of Voters in such Town Parish or Place issue a Writ for their Electing & sending a Representative to the Gener^ Court. — That the Subscribers conceive that they fall within the last Dis- cription not being one hundred & fiftv rateable polls & being so Situated as to render the Classing thereof very inconvenient. That they are ready to Contribute to the Support of Govern- ment, and are willing to have a Voice in raising the agregate sum. — Wherefore they pray that in the New Arangement for the next assembly a precept may issue to the said Town of Dun- stable for Electing & Sending a Representative under Such Regulations as Other Towns in the same Predicament. — Thomas Howard Daniel woods Benj'^ Whitney Noah Lovewell Benj® Smith Henry Adams Samuel Searles JoiP Lovewell Benoni Jewell Benjamin Jewell Peter Honey Pam iter Honey Zacch® Alexander Jon® Powers Jon® Lovewell Jifi Jon® Butterfield Sam^^ Roby Thomus Roby Ebenr Harris Ebenezer Harris Jifi Thomas Clark 634 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Benja Taylor Joseph Heail Allan Stewart Benj“ Tayler Junr Oliver Blodget Noah Lund John Snow John Butterfield David Alld John Snow Jun*" Charles Butterfield John Alld John Sarles John Lund Jo® Whiting Jonathan Harris [A second petition contains the following : — Ed.] Will'" Hunt John Fletcher Jeremiah Hunt Daniel Pike John Manning Thomas Blanchard Eleazer Fisk ju'' Benj“ French William Harris Theodore French Simeon Stevens Ezekiel Gardner Daniel Lund John Qiieen John Wright Patrick Landagal Zebedee Wright Jacob Adams Asa more Thomas Lund Jun'' OLiver Woods Winkall Wright Ebenezer Woods Nathan Cutler Levi Lund Oliver Wright John Fletcher Jun*" John Wright jun*' Phinehas Whitney act number of Male polls in each Towns paying for themselves a poll tax in order to Apportion the Representation to the Next Male polls in Dunstable of twenty one years of age & upwards liable to pay for themselves a poll tax which amounts to one hundred & Nineteen Dunstable Dec*" 1783. — [R. 3-1] \^Lieut. yona» Emerson^ s Petition^ ^779 To the Honorable Council & House of Representatives for the State of New Hampshire Conveened at Exeter June i 779 Humbly sheweth Jonathan Emerson of Dunstable in said State — that he was a Lieutenant in the first Battalion of the Troops raised in this State, for the defence of the United States Thomas Killecut Ephraim adams Thomas Lund Medad Combs William Honey Joel Lund Benajah Webster Henry Hale RoU Fletcher [7-1 14] \_Peturn of Ratable Polls^ 1^83. Pursuant to an order of the General Court for taking the Ex- Assembly. — We the Subscribers have taken an exact list of the Noah Lovewell John Lund Joel Lund NELSON. 635 of America — that in the Battle near Saratoga on the 19*’' Day of September 1777, he was wounded by a Musket Ball from the Enemy, which went through his Arm, & through his Body, which caused him great pain & much distress — by means whereof he is rendered unfit & incapable to serve in the Army — or to Labour at home — Wherefore he humbly prays, that the Honorable Court would take his case into consideration, & grant him such Relief, as to your Honors shall seem fit, & your Petitioner, as in Duty Bound prays Dunstable June 1779 — JoiP Emerson [Z?r. Hale’s Certijicate.'\ I Certify that Lent. Jonathan Emerson of Col° Cillies Regm* was Wounded at the Battel with the Enemy near Saratoga of the Ninteenth of Septem'’ 1777 and I think he is not Fit to Serve as an officer in the Cause of the United States by Reason of the Wounds he Recev^^ at that time, an would Recomend him to the Favour of the Honorabel General Cort of the State of New Hampshier I am your HumU Serv‘ John Hale Surgeon to CoP Cillies Regm* in GeU Poors Brigade Holies April 5 1779 [He was allowed half pay until further orders. — Ed.] I NELSON. The township was granted by the Masonian proprietors, and went by the name of Monadnock No. 6 until February 22, I 774 » when it was incorporated and named Packersfield, in honor of Thomas Packer, of Portsmouth, one of the largest proprietors. In 1777 an attempt was made to have the name changed to Sullivan, which was unsuccessful. By an act passed September 27, 1787, a portion of the north-west part of the town, about two miles square, was combined with portions of Keene, Gilsum, and Stoddard, and incorporated into the town of Sullivan. 636 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. The formation of the town of Roxbury, December 9, 1812, took off the south-west corner of this town, and a portion of Keene and Marlborough. The name of the town was changed to Nelson, October i, 1814, in accordance with a vote of the legislature in June previous. The boundary line between this town and Roxbury was changed June 15, 1820, a small tract of land being severed from the former and annexed to the latter town. June 25, 1835, the farm of Ebenezer Tarbox was severed from Stoddard, and annexed to Nelson. Breed Batchelder, a tory during the Revolutionary war, and Dr. Nathaniel Breed, commenced settling the town in 1767-8. [7-249] S^Petition for an htcorporation of the Town^ ^77J0 Province of New Hampshire To his Excellency John wentworth Esq*' Captain General-Gov- oner and Commander in Chief in and over Said Province and the Honourable his majestys Council for Said Province Humbly Shewes Breed Batcheller of monadnock Number Six in the County of Cheshire and Province afore Said Gentle- man, as agent for the Proprietors of Said monadnock, that the Said Proprietors & the Public Labour under many Disadvant- ages for want of the Said Proprietors being Incorperated into a Town, & Invested with Town Priviledges The Proprietors of Said monadnock this year are ordered to pay a Certain Sum, to wards the Province Tax, which Cannot be assessed upon the Inhabitants of Said monadnock for want of Town officers to assess the Same your Petitioner Conceives that an Incorporation of Said mo- nadnock, would Greatly Encourage and faceletate the Settle- ment, & tend to the Good order thereof. — Wherefore he in there behalf, prays your Excellency & Hon- ours, would incorporate Said Proprietors into a Town by the Name of Packersfield and invest them with Town Privilidges, and your Petitioner as in Duty Bound will Ever pray November ^773 — Breed Batcheller agent [The town was incorporated by the governor and coun- cil, and named Packersfield, February 22, 1774. — Ed.] NELSON. 637 [y— 250] \^Petition for Cha^ige of the Na?ne of the Town^ 1777 State of New-Hampshire To the Honourable Council & House of Representitives in General Court assembled. the Petition of the Inhabitants of Packersfield Humbly Shew- eth Whereas your petitioners are by Charter obliged to hold their annual Meeting in august which is a busy time of the year we desire your honours would order our annual meeting for the future to be in March, also that the Name of our town maybe altered to the Name of Sulivan — Likewise as our town is Liable to be Divided at the Governours pleasure we pray that we Ma}’’ not be Divided without the Consent of the Major part of the town — and your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray Packerfield December 22*'*^ ^777 Nath'^ Breed in the Name and behalf of the town [The H. of Rep. granted leave to “ bring in a bill,’’ but it was finally ordered “ to lay for consideration.” — E d.] [7-252] [ George Brmtnair s order to inarch^ 777^.] m*" george Brintnall Sir you are hearby ordered to march immedately to the Hoifi Committee of Safty or muster master genral at Exeter there to Receive your Billiten and Expence money as one Engage‘S in the Continental Servise for nine months according to the orders I Reciev^ from Co' Enoch Hale Packerfield may ye 5*'^ ' 77 ^ James Bancroft Cap‘ [7-251] \_Relative to Taxes^ Town Records^ etc.^ \ To the Honorable the Counsil and assembly of the Estate of Newhamshire — We the Subscribers Select Men of the Town of Packerfield in the Countie of Cheshire Humbly Request Your Honours that You Would be Pleased to Grant them Some farther Time for Paying in the State tax for the Reasons following Viz — first because We Receiv‘d the act for Making the tax but 638 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. about a Week Past & the Time is too Short to Sell the Lands Seacondly because Maj’’ Breed Batchellor who is Proprietors Clerk has absconded and Joyned the Enemy (tho we have Searched) we cannot find the Plan or Records of the Proprie- tors Rights or the Publick Lotts therefore as the Greater Part of the Township is Owned by Persons Living Out of Town and Unknown to us We Cannot Make the Rates according to Law Without a Plan of the Town We Shall Endeavour to Git One from the Lord Proprietors Records — Likewise We Would Request Your Honours to aquaint Us Whether the Late adition to an Act Entitled an act to assess Real and Personal Estates Viz all Other Real Estate Either Lands or Buildings Not Included in the first act is Likewise to be Rated in all Other Town and Parish Rates as Apprehend Was the Intent of the act but by a Clause in the act Seems Doubtful to Some what was Intended and Your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray Packerfield Feby 9**^ i 77 ^ John Brown ] Select Men of Amos Skinner t Packerfield [7-2 £^3] \_Relative to Estate of Thomas Packer^ etc.^ To The Honourable Council and House of Representatives, of the State of New Hampshire, In general Court Assembled. May it please your Honors. The Petition of the Select Men of the Town of Packerfield humbly Sheweth. — Whereas the last general Assembly of this State was pleased to pass an Act, to Suspend the payment of the Taxes of the Lands of mr Thomas Packer, until the Dis- pute with respect to the last Will And Testament of his late Father, Thomas Packer Esqb is determined Which Act or Order of the said general Assembly involves the Town in much Difficulty, as by this Means We are prevented Settling with the Treasurer of this State, And receiving the Money ordered by Law to be paid by Sd Treasurer for the Beef which this Town has provided And Sent to the Army. Therefore Your Petitioners humbly pray That your Honors would be pleased, to pass an Act or Order, That the Sd Suspended Tax, Should Answer So much with the Sd Treasurer, that the Town may draw their Proportion of Money for the Beef which the Town has provided. And your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall ever pray Packerfield Decern'' 30“^ 1780. William Barker ] Select Men of the John Brown j town of Packerfield NELSON. 639 [7—254] \^Return of Ratable Polls ^ //cSj*.] Pursuant to A Vote of the General assembly of the State of New Hampshire Directed to us we Return Ninety Male poles paying a pole tax for them Selves within the Town of Packer- field Packerfield November 10*'^ ^ 7 ^ 3 — To the General assembly of the State of New : Hampshire — Samuel Griffin | Select Consider Osgood j men [7-257 [^Relative to a division of the Pown for the forma- tion of Sullivan^ i'/ 86 .~\ To the Honourable the Senate and House of Representatives for the State of New Hampshire in General Court Convean*^ At Portsmouth December A. D. 1786 The petition in behalf of the Town of Packersfeild Humblv Sheweth that your petitioners have ben Serv^ With a Copy of a petition and order of Court thereon signed by a number of the Inhabitants of the Towns of Gilsom Stoddard & keen Set- ing forth in S^ petition that the Situation of a number of the Inhabitants of the Towns aforesaid Togather with Part of the inhabitants of the Town of Packerfeild is such that they Can- not be accomedated with Privileges Equal to the other Inhabi tants of their respective Towns, one Part of which Ascertion your Petitioners absolutely Deny Because there is not one Inhabitant on the Land in packersfeild Praid for in Said Peti- tion — Althoug at a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Packerfield in the month of March A. D. 1784 There was a Petition Sign‘d by a Number of the Inhabitants of the Towns of Gilsom Stoddard and Keen Preferd in Said meeting praying that the Town of Packerfeild would Vote oft' a Certain part of Packerfeild to be Erected into a Town S*^ part to Contain Two Miles East and west and Two miles and a half North and South which would Contain one Eighth Part of Said Packerfeild and from the reasons oft'ered at that Time and through inadvertency of the People the prayer of Said Petition was granted upon Conditions that all the respective Towns Concern‘d ware mutu- ally agreed thereto (Sence Which Period) not supposing that the petitioners referd to would obtain their request before the general Assembly) have proceeded to agree upon a Center for Erecting a meeting House and have made provision for the Same therefore if the Prayer to the Inhabitants of the town of 640 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Gilsom and others Preferd to the General Court Should be Granted it will be a means of removing the Present Center and frustrate our Design in Building a House for Public Worship and thro the Town into the uttermost Confusion imaginable and as we look upon your Honours as Guardians of the State your Petitioners flatter themselves that your honours in your known Wisdom Will not Erect a New Town on the ruins of older ones : therefore your Petitioners pray that the prayer of the petition referd to may not be granted As in Duty Bound Shall ever pray Packersfeild Decern'' ist 1786 [The north-west part of the town was severed, and with portions of Gilsum and Keene incorporated into the town of Sullivan.] |^y_25p] S^Petition of Ruth Batcheller^ concerning her Hus- band's confiscated Estate^ State of New-Hampshire. — To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives In gen- eral Court assembled. — May it please your Honors. The Petition of Ruth Batchellor of Packersfleld, humbly sheweth. That your Petitioner is the Widow relict of Breed Batchellor Esq'' late of S*^ Packersfleld — Deceased. Who in the Time of the Controversy with Britain, was dissatisfied with the Measures the States Adopted, in order to obtain their Liberties, and delivering themselves from the hands of the Britons, And therefore Left his Wife, Children & Estate, and went to the British Army. Upon which the whole of his Estate, real & personal was Confiscated. And your Peti- tioner with her Children, was left in distressing Circumstances, her Children being then Small, And unable to earn their Liv- ing, tho your Petitioner, by the Indulgence of the honorable Judge of Probates, has been for some Years past, indulged with the Improvement of the Home Farm, which when mr Batchel- lor left it was new And rufi', the Fences made Chiefly of Tim- ber, which now are mostly rotten And Decayed. And the Buildings are greatly decayed & impaired. By which our Hab- itations are rendered uncomfortable. And the profits of the Farm are greatly lessened and rendered insuflicient to afibrd the Fam- ily, with all their Labour & Industry a Comfortable Support. NELSON. 641 'Therefore your Petitioner humbly Prays that your Honors A\’ould take into your serious Consideration the Case of a poor widow And a Number of Fatherless Children, and grant the said Home Farm to your Petitioner & her Children And to their Heirs forever. That they may be encouraged to repair the Buildings & Fences, by which the Farm may be rendered Capable of affording the Family a Support, And Your Petition- er as in Duty bound, shall ever pray. — Packersfield June 2d, 17^9* Ruth Batcheller [In H. of Rep., June 12, 1789, it was voted that Mrs. Batcheller have the use of the estate free of rent until the matter was finally settled. — Ed.] ‘[7-261] S^CertiJicate of Nufnber of Ratable Polls^ 77^4.] This Certifies that their is in the Town of Packersfield one Hundred and forty two Male Poles of twenty one Years of age and upwards paying a pole tax for them-Selves — Saiff Griffin ) Select Men Amos Child j of Packersfield Packersfield June y® 2^ ^794 This Certifies that at a legal Town Meeting held in the Town of Packersfield on the twenty eighth Day of April Last the In- habitants Voted unanimously that the Selectmen of Said Town Petition the General Court at their next Session for leave to Send a Representative Sam^ Griffin T. Clerk Packersfield June y® 2d 1794 — [7-262] \_Relative to Repi'ese^itative^ iyg 4 .~\ To His Excellency the Governer the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire to be Convened at Amherst on the first wednsday of June next — Humbly Sheweth your Petitinors Inhabitants of the Town of Packersfield have for Some Years past been Classed with the Town of Dublin for Representation that Said Dublin have now Come of age and Send a Representative for them Selves by w'hich means your Petitinors not having a Sufficient Number paying a pole Tax for them Selves are left Unrepresented — 43 642 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Therefore Pray your Honors to take our Case into your wise Consideration and grant us releafe in the Premises Either by Classing or Granting us leave to Send a Representative by our Selves and your Petitinors as in Duty bound Shall ever pray &c — Sam^ Griffin | Select Men Amos Child ) of Packersfield Packersfield June y® 2^ ^794 — NEW BOSTON The township was granted by the government of the Massachusetts bay, March 20, 1735, O. S., to John Simpson and others, who were soldiers, or heirs of soldiers, engaged in the Canada expedition of 1690. An arrangement was made December 24, 1752, whereby the Masonian proprietors relinquished their claim on the territory, including a large tract in addition to the Massa- chusetts grant, which addition was incorporated with Fran- cestown in 1772. New Boston was incorporated with town privileges Feb- ruary 18, 1763, and Col. John Goffe, of Bedford, authorized to call the first meeting. June 18, 1836, the farm of Isaac Parker, situated in the north-east corner, was severed from this town and annexed to Goffstown. Some of the grantees and settlers were from Boston, Mass., and named this town in memory of their former home. The men in the First N. H. Regt., in the Revolution,, from this town were John Jordon, Thomas McNeil, Benja- min Stone, and a negro named Peter Brewer : the latter died in the service. [R. 3-9] \^yohn Bui'ns^ Soldier^ iy 6 o.~\ The memorial of John Burn of a Plantation called New-Bos- ton in the Province of New-Hampshire : Humbly Sheweth that I was an Inlisted Soldier in the Hampshire Regiment for the NEW BOSTON. 643 last Campaign — viz in the year 1759, under the special com- mand of Cap* Nehemiah Lovewell. * * * New Boston March y® 21®* 1760. i,u John X Burn mark [He further stated that he was with the army at Ticon- deroga and “ Chenecdada,” where he was taken sick. Lieut. Ebenezer Lyon, of Amherst, and John Harvell, of Litch- field, certified to being in the same regiment, and that the statement of Burns was true. He was allowed £y-io sterling. — Ed.] [7-116] \^House burned^ 77yd.] The deposition of James Hunter, of a place Called new Bos- ton in the province of new hampshire who testifieth and saith that in the month of march 1756 my hous in new Boston afor- said was by acedant Burned and all therin destroyed so that nothing was left that the flams Could Consume and in it was Consumed Eghteen pounds old tener of the bills of Cridet of this province which I had in the hous and as I am Informed the Court make all such good again and further saith not James Hunter [Sworn to before Robert Boyes, Justice of the Peace. He was allowed ^4-10 “out of the money in the treasury to be burnt.” — Ed.] [7-1 17] \^Petitlo 7 i fo 7 ' a 7 i Inco 7 'po 7 'atio 7 i^ iy 6 o.~\ To His Exelency Bening Wentwoth Govener in chief in and over his Majesties Province of New-Hampshire & To the Honourable Plis Majesties Councill The Memorial of Thomas Cochran and others humbly Shew- eth That Some Time before the War began about the Year forty Three a few famelies began to Settle upon a Tract of Land called New-Boston which Tract of Land was formerly Granted by the General Court of the Massechusets Bay to a party of Soldiers Belonging to the Canada Expedition formerly as a Reward in part for their good Service ; which Tract of Land is Bounded Easterly upon Bedford and a Tract of Land called Gofl's Town Notherly upon a Tract of Land called Hales Town Westerly upon a Slip of Land granted to said Proprie- 644 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. tors by the Purcliasers of Masons Patent As also upon a Tract of Land formerly called Salem-Canada Latly Lindburrough Southerly upon a Tract of Land called Soughegan West The Contents of which is about Six Mild Square as will appear by the Plan. And altho’ those few families that Settled before the War Commenced ; Descerted the Settlements in the Time of the War, yet as Soon as the War concluded, immediately took possession and have made Considerable Improvement. Since which many More families have Settled upon the Same Tract of Land to the Number of Twenty families or upward — And as we are all of the Presbeterian Constetution, So we are Solicitous to Settle a Minister of our own Constetution, that we may quietly enjoy Christain Privileges, and we think an Incorporation tends greatly to promote the Same as well as to Advance the Settle- ment of the Town, and many other Advantages Consaquent upon it too Numerous to be incerted ; So with the lowest Sub- mission we beg leave to address your Excellency & Honours for a Charter of our Township according to the Contents above Specified and doubt not but that in your great Wisdom & Clem- ency will answer our reasonable Request. And So your Memorialist as in duty bound will ever pray New-Boston Jun® ib**' 1760 thomas Cochran Abraham Cochran Nathanel Cochran peter Cochran John M®Laughlen Hugh Blaeir Alexander M®Colom Henry Person Daniel M®Murphy William Gray James Hunter James Cochran thomas Willson John Cochran [The plan referred to is very simple. The town was incorporated by the governor and council Feb. 18, 1763. — Ed.] Will : M®Neil John Blair John macallester James ferson Robert white [7-1 19] \^Relative to Boundary Lines.~\ The deposition of James Ferson of full age testifieth and Saith. that he was one of the Chainmen in measuring New Boston along with m*' Sheepherd and we Gave no alowance for up hill nor down hill nor Swage of Chain nor fallen Logs nor Crook of Chain and further Saith not Jams ferson [Sworn before Robert Boyes, Justice of the Peace.] NEW BOSTON. 645 [7-120] \_Relative to the Petition for an Incorporation^ 1761.^ To his Exelencv Bening wintworth Esq*" Governor and Co- mander in Chife in and over his maj‘ province of new hamp- shire and to his maj‘® Counsel of said province. — The humble petition of pairt of the Inhabetanc of that tract of Land Called new boston in the province of new hampshire most Humbly sheweth that your Pettitioners are Informed that pairt of the Inhabe- tonce of this setelment hath petitioned your Exelance and HoiP® to Incorprait pairt of this settelment shutting out pairt of our Inhabetance and Land in order to draw the mitting near them- selves and to draw the mitting hous from other pairt of the In- habetance and hath sent down the said petition without aquant- ing a grait pairt of the Inhabtance, and many that signed said petition understood that the whol of the Land and Inhabtance was in said petition may it therfor pleas your Excelanc and Honors, not to seprat our settelment if it should pleas you to Incorprat our settelment but keep it together that so wee may be able to plant the Gos- pel among us and not for any party whatsoever to sepreat and brak us to peaces and your Petetitoners as in Duty bound shal Ever pray deatted at new boston this fourth day of feberuary 1761 Hugh Gregg James ferson his Gewet X Rowan maik William Blair his John X Blair mark Will : APNeill Henry Ferson John Smith Andrew Walker thomas Smith Samuel Smith Willim Gray John Carson John Brown tomes Brown Samuel Nickels [7-1 21] \_ReIative to locating a JMeeting-House^ //dy.] Province of New hampshire To his Exelency Benin Wentworth Esq*" Governor And Co- mander In Cheif In and over His Majesties Province of New- hampshier And to The Honourable His Majesties Council and house of Representatives In General Assembly Con- vend — The Humble Pettition of the Propretors Freeholders And Inhabitants of the town of New boston In Said Province Most Humbly Sheweth — 646 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. That The Proprietors of the said Newboston At their Metting September The Fourteenth 1762 Chose three Men to Choice A Proper Place to Build A Meeting House Upon In Said town And upon the fourteenth Day of July 1763 the Said Men Mett At Newboston Aforesaid And After Some time Spent gave In their Judgment that A Place Upon the lot No 79 Near the South End of Said lot was A Proper Place to Build a Meeting House for Said town Which Judgment was And Is wrong For it Is only to Serve one Part of the town Not The whole Not- withstanding the government had InCorperated the wliole of the town yet they Laid Aside Part of the town to the Amount of Six or Seven thousand Acres of As good Land As the other Part of the town And Allowed that No Priveledges of the Meet- ing house So that Some Part of the town will Bee Above five Miles from The meeting House And Did Not give the Rest that Remained A Just Center Paid No Regard to the Town As In- corporated By the Government But made A town As they thought fitt themselves which Judgment was Accepted At A Proprietors Meeting And A meeting House Raised According- ly which will Brake the town to Pieces if Not quickly Reme- dyed And Greatly Hinder the Gosples Seteling there And So Prove fatal to the Peace of the town Therefore wee Pray Your Exelency And Honours To Take our Distresed Case Into Con- sideration And Grant Such Relief to Your Petitioners As Your Exelency And Honours As You In your Great wisdom Shall think Proper And your Petisioners As In Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray Newboston November the 6*’^ 1765 Will : M'^Neill Hugh Gregg John Blair James Person John Smith Samuel Smith William Blair william Boves Paul Person James Gregg Reuben Smith James Gregg Junior Robert Boyes Henery ferson William Clark Jesse Cristy Thomas Brown John Livingstone John Brown Robert Hogg Andrew Walkar RoU Clark William White William white Junior Joseph Boyes [The foregoing petition was dismissed. — E d.] I [7-122] \_Relative to Muilsterial Lot^ iy 68 J\ At A Leagal meeting of the freeholders of the Town of New- boston held by Ajournment On the third day of December 1767 ET NEW BOSTON. 647 Voted that the Lott N® 61, Drawed in said Town for the first •Ordained Minister of the Gospell that Shall be Settled in S*^ Town, be Exchanged for the Lott N® 53 that was Drawed for the Benefit of the School in Said Town & that S‘‘ Lott N® 53 be for s'^ minister & that S‘^ Lott N® 61 be for Said School for to Continue for Ever hearafter Newboston March 1768] A Coppy Attest p*" William Clark Town Clerk <.[7-1 23[ \_Relative to the formation of Counties^ //dp.] To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq. Captain, General, Governor, and Commander, in Chief, in and Over his Maj- esty’s, Province of New Hampshire, &c, the Honourable his Majesty’s Council, and House of Representatives, in General Assembly Convened — The Petition of the subscribers. Inhabitants in New-Boston in said Province, Most Humbly sheweth — That your Petition- -ers are informed, that the Province is About to be Divided into Countys, for the ease and benefit of the Inhabitants, in General, in transacting their business of a Public nature, and being also informed that the General Assembly have Voted a small Coun- ty to be set ofi', Extending from the westerly line of Peter- borough, to the easterly line of Litchfield, thinly Inhabited, and not Capable to Receive many more, and we Humbly Ofier our Opinion, that the Necesary Expence of said County will Over Balance the advantages, and the profits, of the Publick Offices, be so trifling, that, no Gent® Equal to said Offices will under- take — Therefor your Petitioners pray, the Towns of Bow, Cliester, Londonderry, Pelham, Plasto, salem, Hamstead, and sandown, which Conveniently situated, may be Annexed to said County, and your Petitioners, as in Duty Bound will ever pray &c. April, 3^, AD 1769. Daniel m®millan Will : M®Neill James Person Thomas Willson John M®millan Plendry Ferson John NPallester Samuel nichols Paul Ferson James Ferson Jur Will'” Clark Thomas Cochran John Burns James Cochran George Cristy John Cochran Peter Cochran John m®millan JuiP William Kelcy Will*" M®neil Jur John Smith Davied Wilson WilP' Dickey John Blair Will”' Blair Robert Livingston Will*” Livingston Robert Livingston Jur Alex'" Gregg Ju'" 648 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Abraham Cochran James Hunter Solomon MoorvDm James Caldwell Robert white Natheniel Cochran David Henderson John Cochran Jun’’ James Cochran Jun*' Ananias m^allaster Daniel m'^Allaster Robert Patterson Robert Boyd Tho® m'^Colom James Gregg John mclaughlan John mclaughlan Ju'' Reuben Smith John Gregg Nenian Clark Will*" Boyes Samuel Smith John Livingston Thomas Cochran Jur Josiah Hitching Josiah Warren Thomas Warren [7—124] S^Pe^tition for the Ptcorporation of a new PowUy ^77 1 Province of New Hampshire To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq*" Cap* General and Governor in Chief in and Over his Majesteys Provence of New Hampshire And to the Honorable his Majestys Coun- cil and House of Representatives and General Court Assem- bled — The Petition of us the Subscribers Humbly sheweth that Whereas the Township of New Boston in said Province of New Hampshire and County of Hills Borrough Lawing in Shuch A form And Manner that it Verv Much Discomodes the Settlers More Especialy those in the New Addition of said Township the Meeting House in the Town being in the Center of the Old Town Cutts of the New Addition from Any Con- venient Communication, with the Old Towm And Where as there are a Number of Men Settled and About to Settle On that Part of the Society Land Called the Wallingsfords Right and Others, who are far Distant from Aney Town Preveledges with Respect to the Gospell or with Respect to Roads as there are two Roads through said Land One Leading from Amherst to hills Borrough And the Other to Betters Borrough by which the Inhabeters of said towns Are Sufferers and as the Inhabe- ters of the Society Land is Onder No Town Goverment, We your Petitioners Humbly Desire Your Excelency and Honnors to form that part of New Boston Called the New Addition and part of the Society Land Into a Towmship Agreeable to the Plan herewith Exebeted Or Larger if Your Excelency, and Honours thinks Proper Not Exceeding Six Miles Square Or Equal thereto your Excelency and Honours Complyance here- with Will Very Much Serve the Interest of your Petisioners- More Especialy the Settlers within the Lemits of said Plan and Not Disserve An}' One and Your Humble Petisioners as im Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray — New Boston July the 22^ 1771 — NEW BOSTON. 649 Tho* Brown Tho® Qj-iigley Sam*^ Nickles Sam^^ Nutt David Lewis Nathan fisher John Brown John Dickey Addam Dickey Isaac Lewis John Qiiigley James Dickey Arron Lewis Will'" Sterret Will'" Dickey Will'" Lee Will"' M^'Master Will'" Qiiiglcy Will'" Butterfield Sam^ Butterfield Rob‘ Hopkin Daniel Bigsby James Hopkens Will"' Holms Olever Holmes Zachariah White John Hall Daniel Hall Sam^ Hall Alex'" Parker Isaac Butterfield Sam^ Marten Mosses Lewes Henery M^ferson John Hopkens Rob‘ Alexander John Carson Rob‘ Wier Sam^ fisher [The portion of this town called New Boston Addition and a portion of Society Land were combined and incorpo- rated into the town of Francestown, June 8, 1772. — Ed,] [7-125] \_State?ne?zt from the Coznmittees of Safety of Neixr JSoston^ Weare^ and Francestowzi^ ^ 775 *] To the Honorable the Provincial Congress, Council of War or Committee of Safety sitting at Exeter in and for the Province of New Hampshire. Gentlemen — We the Subscribers beinof Committees of Safetv for our re- spective Towns think it our indispensable Duty to remonstrate to You Gentl" as the Guardians of our Province the malan- cholly and unhappy Scituation of our County by Reason of a Number of Disorderly Persons who laying aside all Reason and Rules prescribed by You Gentle'" and the Wisdom of the Continent, have set them-selves as it were in Battle Array against all Order ; and pursue with hasty steps the very Road to Confusion and Eftusion of Blood therefore from such un- natural Behaviour fearing the worst of Consequences if not speedily prevented and conscious that we have done every thing in our Power hitherto w ithin our proper spheres of Action to prevent a Consequence so horrible in its Nature and so utterly subversive of Peace and Unitv and seeing^ the dreadful Eve of domestick War now blackening over our Heads we now avail our-selves of the last Efibrt in applying to You Gentl" in whom this Province has reposed so much Confidence, humbly be- seeching You in your great Wisdom to point out Some more effectual Method than has heretofore been taken, that all Per- sons who have been fairly and impartially examined and Justly and honourably acquitted of the odious Names Tories and EARLY TOWN PAPERS. •650 Enemies to their Country may rest in Peace for the future and have an Opportunity by their future good Behavior to prove to the World what Malice itself must acknowledge and applaud and unless some such Method be Speedily taken (in our opin- ions) our County will soon discover that Committees of Safety are but Empty Names and the last Distress of Nations our only Asylum and Place of Resort If the Above Remonstrances should appear to you Gentl" Reasonable and worthy of Notice Your Compliance therewith will conferr very great obligations on GenP Your most obed‘ h'^® Serv‘® New Boston July 18 i 775 Charls mellen ^ John Dickey . ^ ... r o r ^ s- t:'- 1 Committee or Safety ames hisher ^ r t- ^ ^ * tor h ranees iown Committee for New Boston William m®master Thos M®Laughlen J James m®Farson William moor Daniel m®allester William Dustan Timothy worthly | ^ r wr 1 * > Committee tor Weare Ebenezer Bayley / Sam Philbrick J [7-126] [ Concerning Dr, Jonathan Gove^ ^ 777 »~\ State of New Hampshire — Hillsborough ss To the Hon'^’® the Council and house of Representatives for the state aforesaid — The Petition of us the Subscribers humbly sheweth that whereas D‘‘ Jonathan Gove of Newboston of the State and County afores*^ is Now and for better than three Months last past has been a Prisoner Closely Confined by your Honors we understand for being inimical to the American Cause and for Contriving and Plotting the Distruction of this and the other united States and assisting the Enemies thereof. We beg leave to assure Your Honors that we have had an intimate acquaint- ance with him the s*^ D*" Gove for years before the Commence- ment of this unhappy and unnatural War, and what his thoughts have been Respecting the same we Humbly submit to God alone the only Searcher of Hearts and tryer of the Reigns of the Children of Men, but as to his Conduct he has been above his full Proportion in every Respect towards Main- taining and supporting both the civil and Military Goverment NEW BOSTON. 651 of this State and that the Town is Now Considerably indebted to him for what he has paid over and above his Proportion for the support and maintainance of the Present War, we wish Not to Clear the Guilty, or to bernish Crimes but beg leave to say that we do not nor ever did Conceive of him as A Dangerous Man to the state but (quite the Contrary) A good generous and Peaceable subject of Society, and faithful and succesful in his Imployment as A Physician verey tender of all Commited to his Care the want of whose assistance we verey tenderly feal in times of Sickness having scarcely anywhere else to go for Releif, Not having Physician that we Can Depend upon within twenty Miles of us and knowing No Evil of him and being intimately aquainted with him beg Leave to intreat of your Honours that he may be liberated, and be Relieved from the Pains of Imprisonment and Restored to his Distressed Family and Friends again we fully Conclude that your Hon- ours have No Persanal knowledge of him and that your Opin- ions must be founded upon the Evidence of others and we Can Conceive of No persons so likely to Evidence for or against him with Justice and truth as those who have had a long and intimate Acquaintance with him we have great Reason to belive that his Present Misfortunes have Reather arisen from Prejudice than from any good his accusers wish to do to the State or united States we only wish him Justice and Can’t but think he has been wrongfully accused and Much injured. We fully Rely on your Honors Humanity and Desire of Doing Justice according to your Evidence and are fully persuaded that your Honors wish Not to punish the Innocent any More than to Clear the Guilty and that Your Honors Judgment will be swayed by that Evidence wliich is of the best kind, and humbly Conceave that no Persons Can be better acquainted with the General tenor of any Mans Conduct than those who have had a long and familiar acquaintance with him therefore we beg leave to Repeat that we do and Ever have Considered Him as a good Generous and Peaceable Member of Society, and that his behaviour has been such as Can and ougfht to be o Justified Therefore we your Petitioners Earnestlv pray that he May again have his Liberty and that he may be again a Benefit to and Receive benefit from Society in general and those of his Friends and Family more particularly and we your Petitioners as in Duty bound will Ever Pray New Boston August 25 *’^ ^777 James m'^Ferson Robart Willson James Willson John Willson Gorge Cristey Jesse Cristey David Stinson Thomas Cochran Alexander Patterson John Cochran Thomas Karr Ju*" James m'^Ferson 652 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. John McIntosh Samuel Petterson Robert white Andrew" white Daniel m'^Allester William Kelso Reuben Smith Allan Moore Peter Cochran William moor William Campbell John Donovan Barnebes Meginis Alexander Kelso Paul nPFerson John Gordan Robert Patterson N" Clark Tobias Butler David Gregg [R. 3-12] [>/^ n Hunter^ wounded at Bu 7 iker To the Hon^’® Council and House of Representatives for the Colony of New Hamp*" — Humbly shews John Hunter of New Boston in said Colony that your Petitioner was so unhappy on the thirteenth Day of January Last in the Evening — as to drop his Pocket book at his fathers door which he found the Next morning: in which was to the Amount of fifteen Dollars and an half wdrich w"as so tore by the swdne at y® door as to Render it Qiiite unservicable which was all the money he was then possess’d of and which w^as his waiges he had Receiv’d for his’ pay as a Soldier in the Colony service, in CoP Starks Regiment in which service he w'as w'ounded in the Battle at Bunkers Hill — Wherefore your Petitioner prays your honors w"ou’d be pleased to order the treasurer to Exchange his torn bills or Grant him Relief in any w'ay Your Honors shall think Proper, and your Petitioner as in Duty Bound shall Ever Pray his John X hunter mark June y® 7^*' ^ 77 ^ — test — Sam^ Gilman jr — [His claim was allowed. — E d.] [R. 3-14] \^Rhode Island Soldiers^ iyj 8 I\ New Boston October y® 7 AD i 779 Acording to the Orders Received From Coll. Daniel Moor Dated August 5^^ ^77^ directed to Cap* William Boyes in said New Boston Wherein order w^as Given to the Select Men of said towm to pay ten Pounds Law'ful Money to Each man that would go to Rhodisaland as a Volenteer Soldier as a Bounty and that it Should Be alow-ed to the towm as part of our State tax and w"e the Select men of said towm has payed ten Pounds Lawful money to Each man that went to Rhodisland whose NEW BOSTON. 653 Names folows Viz Cap‘ William Boyes, Robert Petterson, Robert Waugh, Josiah Hichings, Archibald M'^Alester, John M^'Alester, Elipblet Duston, James Willson, Samuel Caldwell Ruben Gregg, John M^^Millin Jur, Elisha Dodge, William Waugh, James M'^Ferson, John Cochran, James Waugh Reu- ben Smith, John McMillan, Robert Willson William Living- ston. P. S. Said money we Received From Alexander Willson Constable for the year 1778 Robert Campbell \ Robert Patterson > Select Men Nehemiah Dodge j [R. 3-15] \^Robertson and McMillan^ uooimded at Blinker Hill.'] [Petition of Peter Robertson and Archibald M'^Millan ad- dressed to the General Assembly.] Humbly Shews That your Petitioners, were both wounded at the Battle of Bunker hill, and in Consideration of that Miss fortune a former assembly of this State granted the Pention of 20/ per month each which was then some help in Suporting their Familys, but by the great Depreciation which the paper Circulation has Suffered it has now become of but Little Service — Your Petitioners therefore most Humbly pray that your Honers will take their Case into your benevolent Consideration and Augment their allowances so as in some measure to relieve them in their Pressing necessitys — and Your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray — Peter Robertson Archabarl m'^melin Dated at Amherst March P 1780 — Ordered to lay [R. 3-16] \^yonatIian Margery^ 'ivonnded at Saratoga.~\ [Petition of Jonathan Margery addressed to the Council and House of Representatives.] Sheweth — That at the commencement of the War, he voluntarily en- listed into the service of the State, in the Regiment commanded by Coll Starks, and afterw'ards in that commanded by Coll Hale; in which he served untill the 35*^ day of July 1777; 654 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. when in an Action near Saratoga he received a Ball in his Hip, which has not yet been extracted : That his enlistment was dur- ing the War, and he being unable to perform duty in a march- ing Regiment, he returned home, since which, by order of the Honorable Committee of Safety, he has done duty, as an Inva- lid, at Port Washington, Piscatiqua-Harbour ; during all of which time, he has been an obedient, diligent and faithfull Soldier. That he has a small Farm in New-Boston in this State partly improved, on which he could make a comfortable living for himself, and his Family, should the honorable Court be pleased to grant him a discharge from the Service ; his pay as a Sol- dier, has been so small, and not received for so many months past, that his Family has suffered greatly ; That his House, and small improvements on his little place, are all going to ruin, for want of his care and Labour; and his destitute Family in a short time must become a much greater burden, and expence to the community then his poor services as an Invalid-Soldier can possibel)^ repay. He therefore most humbly and earnestly intreats your Hon- ors to take his Case into consideration and grant him a dis- charge from the Service ; and your humble Petitioner as in duty bound, shall ever pray. Jonathan margerrey Fort Washington Dec'' 31®^ 1781 [R. 3-17] \_Relative to Johnston Smith., iy82.'\ This is to Certifey to all to Whom it May Consarn that Johnston Smith formerly a Soldier Belonging to Newboston being for Sum time Desserted is now Given him self up and Returning to his Duttey Sined by us James willson \ James Caldwell > Select Men Jesse Cristey j Newboston, June the 1782 [R. 3-18, 19.] [Samuel Boyd stated that he was in the service of this state from New Boston ; that when he left the service there was £22 his due, which had been drawn by one Robert Jones, on a forged order. The amount was allowed him. — Ed.] NEW BOSTON. 655 % [7-127] \_Return of Ratable Polls, New Boston Dec*' 2 AD 17S3 Asfreable to the Desire of the General Court we have taken the Number of Polls Above twenty one years of age and it is as folows Viz one hundred and fifty two Certifyed by us Janies Caldwell \ Josiah Warren V Select men Jesse Cristy ) [7-128] [ Conce 7 ' 7 ii 77 g Dr. Gove a 7 ?d Silas Hedges, 1 ^ 861 ^ State of New Hampshire — To the hon*’^® the General Court for said State humbly shew That whereas D*" JoiP Gove of New- Boston was convicted of passing Counterfiet Money knowing the same to be such (on or about the JMonth of Ocfi 177S) and was then Sentenced to pav a heavy Fine — cost of Court and sufi'er Imprisonment &c which Sentence was duly executed, altho’ we fully believe that that Conviction could never have happened had it not been for the Testimony of one Silas Hedges a most atrocious villian who (we reasonably suppose) to escape deserved Justice him- self was induced by perjurv and falsehood to saddle another with that Disgrace and punishment which he himself had most amply merited, we beg Leave to say that had his Character then been fully known his Evidence could not have had the least weight either with Court or Jury, and as the Constitution of this State expreslv declares that every person has a Right to have Recourse to the Laws for Injuries that he has sufiered — and said Gove has petitioned the General-Court for a rehearing upon that Conviction or upon his proving the perjury of the Evidence upon which He was convicted that his Sentence may be reversed and made void — We humbly conceive it to be a most Reasonable Request, and earnestly wish that the prayer thereof may be granted, for We fully believe that excepting the IMatter of that Conviction — his Character ever has been and still is good — and that in his practice (which by no Means has been small) he has ever dealt faithfully and impartially always endeavoring as much as in Him Lay to afibrd Relief to Rich and poor Friend and foe without Distinction wherefore we earnestly pray that your honors would take his Case into your most serious Consideration and grant him his Request — and your petitioners Subjects of said State as in Duty bound will pray— may 25 1786 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 656 Robert m^Calley Ananias M'^Allester George Cristy John Johnston Daniel INPAlester J*" Rob‘ White Moses Butterfield Joseph M'^Allester Robert White Jur Samuel Stickney Samuel Bradford W"’ Kelso Archelaus Towne Nathaniel Bootman Sam* Betton [Many other papers relating to this case may be found in Miscellaneous File, 1786,” in secretary of state’s office. — —Ed.] [7-129] \_Instructions to Representative^ y/c?/,] To Docf Jon^ Gove — Sir The Town of Newboston having placed great Confi- dence in your Abilities and Integrity (by a full and generous Amaziah Pollard Rob* Campbell Tho® Cochran Joseph Hasleton James Crombie Nathaniel Martin Robert Cochran John Davis Samuel Stickney Josiah Warren Will*" White Ju*" Thomas Cristy Samul Willson John Kenedy James Karr Daniel Kelso Joseph M*^Kenzie David M^^Laughlen John Lyndsay David Caldwell Alex^ Kelso W"* Livingston Alexander M'^Col- lom Allen moor John Brown Ninian Aiken Jesse Cristy Nathaniel Dodge Josiah Hutchings Jesse Cristy Jun*" Samuel Towne Josiah Abbott John Cochran John McLaughlen Junr Juner Tobias Butler James Adams Sam* Dodge wilP^ Betty William Clark Ninian Clark Daniel Dane David Stinson James Person Paul Person James Person Ju’’ John Jordan Peter Cochran Arthur Denis William Camiel John Gordon Simon Dodge David Goodell Robert Willson Abner Hogg Thomas Smith Isaac Peabody James Smith Th® Willson Joseph Cochran Robert Willson Jur William Hogg Alex*' Willson John Hogg Alex'' Willson Jur John Livingston Tho® Willson Jur William White James willson Rob* Clark Sam* Brown John Clark Oliver Shipple John Burns Elias Dickey James Willson Ju'' Will'" Blair Noah Dodge Hammett Daniel mL\llester Peter Clark Ju'' John M® Allester Ju'' Nath* Clark John M^Allester John Smith Elisha Dodge Elisha Dodge Jun'' NEW BOSTON. 657 Vote) have done you the honor to elect you their Representa- tive for the ensuing year ; and viewing the present a very dark and difficult Day, have also thought fit (through us) to give you some general Instructions, to regulate your Conduct ; so far as the Oath which will be required of you ; or the good Reasons which you now possess ; or hereafter may have or obtain, (relative to any Matters which in General-Court may come before you) shall permit. We know Sir ! that if you at- tend your Duty as you ought, your Task must be hard & diffi- cult : Wherefore in the Name and Behalf of the Town, we most earnestly enjoin it upon you (in the first place) to pay a devout and religious attention to the Constitution, and Laws of this State ; & also to the Confederation of the United States ; and manfully oppose every Measure which shall not be conso- nant thereto ; well knowing that if the General-Court are inat- tentive to — & Disregard their own Laws — the People will most certainly treat them with Neglect. & Contempt. Vou cannot be ignorant that the good of the People, ought to be your great Aim : And so far as you discharge your Duty in that Respect, YOU will merit the fullest Approbation of this Town — and all good Men. We do not pretend, to give you Directions in Matters, where it is impossible for us to know the Reasons, which may be given for, or against them ; but most chearfully submit them to your own Judgment, & Discretion ; But beg Leave to Caution you against exercising a party Spirit in any of your Conduct : But that you ever keep in view the Good of the Whole, in which the happiness of Individuals must neces- sarily Consist, But as it will be a Duty incumbent on you, (in a more particular Manner) to attend closely to the Business of this State, and the welfare and happiness of it ; we intreat you to strive to promote peace and Unanimity in the General-Court ; as that will greatly strengthen the hands of Government — give Courage and Contentment to its Virtuous Citizens, whilst the flagitious and abandon’d shall thereby meet with every Discour- agement, and be forced to their Duty ; or depart from among us. In the next place, we most earnestly enjoin it upon you, to endeavor to ease the Burdens of the people, so far as you can consistent with Justice & Equity, not loading them with un- necessary Taxes, Sc thereby drive them to a State of Despara- tion ; nor intermeddle with any Disputes, which neither Justice, our Constitution nor the Confederation either warrant ; or re- quire. We further instruct you to use your Influence that our waste Lands may be appropriated to the payment of our Debts, in the cheapest & most expeditious manner possible, so as to encourage & facilitate the settlement of them ; & in all things endeavor to promote peace & Unanimity, which are generally 44 658 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. attended with happiness & prosperity : Whilst Division & Dis- chord tend to Destruction. And it is our Desire, that the Tender Act may be continued with this alteration, that Creditor shall either by himself, or Attorney make a Demand of Monies due, or property, pre- vious to his commencing his Suit, or in any Stage, thereof, ac- cept the tender of the Same ; or his Neglect, shall be a Bar to all cost, which mav arise thereon. And also that a justice of the peace may have full power, to try any civil Action up to ten pounds ; & that all appeals from s*^ Justice may be entered up at the Superior Court, & also that all Actions upwards of ten pounds, may be entered first at the superior Court, and that the general sessions of the peace may not be permitted to set in the County of Hillsborough more than twice in one year — and lastly that the Officers of Government may Conform to the Circumstances of the People (respecting Salaries) & not load them with Burdens exceeding their Abilities. And now Sir — Sincerely wishing you Wisdom to desern ; & uprightness to conduct ; in the important Station in which this Town have placed you beg Leave to subscribe our-selves your most obed‘ h*^® Serv‘® Newboston March 25^^ i 7 ^ 7 — In Town Meeting March 26*^ 1787 — The above Instructions being laid before The Town for their Consideration (by their Committee) were unanimously approved of & accepted inform the Hono*^^ Committee Chosen to Examin the Report mad by me and Esq*" Campall Relative to the Settlement of the Line between Goffston and New-boston — which Report maj*’ Goffe strongly opposed in the house Last Satter Day — we as a Committee took Grat Paines to Sarch all Papers Examine the Lins and Sitwation of the affaire — and found it imposable for us to make a Strat Line from the north west Corner of Bedford attest Jon^ Gove Town Clerk [y-130] \_Relative to Boundary Line between this Town and Goffstown^ Dunbarton June y® 9 : 1788 — S'"® I was Desired by the member of Court for Goffston to NEW BOSTON. 659 to the northeast Corner of Newboston (which is a white oak tree) without taking away mens Buildings and a Grat Deal of work in improvements don by said towns — then by Examining ower orders from Court, — which is as foloweth ; — a Commit- tee to Preambelate assertain and Establish a Line between said Goffston and newboston to Run a new Line Strat, it appeared to us to be Grat Disadvantage to boath town then Exam‘S the old Line and the Bounds standing on s*^ old Line : which was made near forty years ago by Boath towns ; we Judged the most safe way to hurt no mans Property to Establish it — and by advising with the Selectmen of boath town who ware pres- ent through the whole affaire who was all agreed — that wee should Establish said Lines as Reported to your hono*^® as for majer Goffe we did not see him nor his son who Lived near whare we was at work the whole time and very well Knew of ower Business — if Goffston or Newboston ware so Careliss — as to Let these old bounds and Line stand untill now — when thare was a mistake in Goffs Lot we Could not account for that — if a Strat Line is made Boath towns unavoidbly must be ffung in to a Law Sute — Gentleman I should have wated on vou and Gave mv Reason Personaly had it ben in my Power — as Amharst Court sets this weak I must attend thare ; Gentlemen your most humble SaiV Jeremiah Page. P. S : I was Desired by the member of Goffston to wright to your honor Consarning the above afaire J Page [See page 45, ant?. — E d.] [7—133] \_Report of Committee on Town Lines ^ iy 88 .~\ State of New Hampshire Hillsboro : ss We the Subscribers a Committee appointed by the Authority of said State to Preambulate Ascertain and Establish a line between the Towns of Goff'stown and New Boston — Pursuant to our appointment we have met and being attended by the Selectmen of each of the said Towns and having Exam- ined the several Charters and after having obtained what light we Could into the Affair we have agreed to report and Do hereby report as follows (viz) that the line between the said Towns of Goff'stown and New Boston begin at a Hemlock tree which is the North west Corner of the Town of Bedford from thence north three Deg® West about three miles to a rock ma- 66o EARLY TOWN PAPERS. pie tree standing Eigliteen rods from the South Bank of the South Branch of Piscatiquage River from thence westerly sixty one rods to a Beetch tree reputed to be the South west Corner of Whites farm so called said tree standing about nine rods South of the river before Mentioned from thence north about four Deg® VV'est about three Hundred & Sixty rods to a White oak tree which is reputed to be the Southeast Corner of the Town of Wear and the northeast Corner of the Town of New Boston which Preambulation Ascertaining & Establishing ap- pears to be the most Just and Equitable in our Oppinion — all which is Humbly Submitted by — Goffstow'n March 28^^^ 1788 Jeremiah Page Dan^ Campbell I Committee [7-13 1 ] \_Report of Committee 07 t Town Lines ^ lySS.'] State of New Hampshire We Being Appointed a Commitee by the Hon^® General Court of said State to Perambulate assertain and Establish the line between Goffstown and New Boston, Not to Effect the Property of any Individual, Beg leave to Report that by Exam- ing the Grants and Plans of said towns ; We find their is a Strait line from the Southeast Corner of New Boston at Am- harst line to the Northwest Corner of Goffstown which is the Southwest Corner of Dunbarton and for our satisfaction we began at the Southeast Corner of New Boston from thence we Run a line North about five Degrees West about two Miles to a hemlock tree wdiich is the Northwest Corner of Bedford and the Southwest Corner of Goffstown from thence we Run a line the same Course four miles and one hundred and four Rods and Erected Monuments theiron to a White Oak tree which is Called the Northeast Corner of New-Boston and the Southeast Corner of Weare thence We Run the same Course about one mile and three Qiiarters to Goffstown Northwest Corner and Dunbarton Southwest Corner ; and we find all four of said bounds standing in a Strait line as Nigh as Can be Expected ; Wherefore it is our opinions that the aforesaid line between the said hemlock tree which is Goffstown Southwest Corner ; and the aforesaid White oak tree which is Called New Boston Northeast Corner is the Right line between said Goffstown and New Boston ; As to the said line Effecting the property of In- dividuals the lots that lyeth in both towns on Each Side of said line Contains about the Number of Acres in them that they are Called by Estimation without Crosing the said line ; We further NEW BOSTON. 66 1 Report their is a line that begines at the aforesaid hemlock and Runs North two Degrees West three miles and forty Rods and their Stops the End thereof is fifty four Rods East from the first Mentioned line on which New Boston and Goftstown lots appeared to be bounded as far as that Went which line would leave but about half a lot in Goffstown ; and make New Boston lots as much longer then they are Called as it Does Gofistown lots Narrower ; which line New Boston has Claimed to ; and by that Reason their is Sum Individuals Claiming Under New Boston lies Done Work to the East of the first Mentioned line ; (viz) one Joseph Leaches Dwelling house falls about one Rod East oft' the first mentioned line but his House Will Stand on his own land for he owns land in Goft'stown Joyning to New Boston line ag^ainst whare said house Stands as VV^e Ware In- formed ; and their is Sum other persons that has Cut Down Sum trees to the East of said first mentioned line ; it is our Judgment that those persons that has Done said labour oft' of their land should be paid for it by the Owners of the land ; the bounds and line of said towns may more fully appear by the Plan herewith Annexed ; the Selectmen of Each of said towns attended on said business, All which is humblv Submitted — Jeremiah Page ) Daniel Campbel Committee Aaron Greeley ) December 13*^ 1788 [ 7 -' 32 ] [This document is the plan, referred to in the foregoing, of the line between Goffstown and New Boston. — Ed,] [R. 3-21] \_Petiiion from Soldiers who were captured at the Cedars To the Honourable the Senat and House of Representatives to be Conven^ at Concord on the ftrst Wednesday of December We the Subscribers once more looks up to our Political fathers and Guardiens for Redress — we your loyal and Dutifull Sons Enlisted as Soldiers in De- fence of our Country in the year 1776 and furnished our selves with warlike accouterments at a very Expencis'e Rate but the fortune of w’ar turned against us we were Captivated at the Cedars so caled and sufered sevage Barbarity being Striped and plundered of Every thing and onlv Escaped with the Skin of our teeth, we have Repeatedly and humbly Petitioned our 662 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Venarable fathers for Redress to which tliey lent a Deaf ear and Shut up the Bowels of Compation, now^ we once more Request you to open your ears to our Just Call shew Com- pation to your Dutifull Children by Compensating them in Some Measure for their loses they Sustained in the Defence of you and their Country let the words of the Greatest Lawgiver be your guide Do as you would be Done by that your Sons from hence forth may have Reason to Call you Blesed and your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall ever pray New Boston Dec*' y® AD 1795 James Caldwell Robert Campbell John M^^Neill Josiah Warren [Postponed till next session. — Ed.] [R. 3-20] \_Soldier’s Order ^ New Boston November 25*^ 179S — To the Treasurer of New Hampshire — Please to pay to Robert B : Wilkins all the Depreciation due to me as a Sargent in the 3*^ New Hampshire Regiment in the late Army of the United States, and his Receipt shall be your Discharge from me — Abner Hogg NEWBURY. The township was granted by the Masonian proprietors, February, 1772, to John Fisher, of Portsmouth, and called Dantzick for some time, and afterwards Fishersfield, until it was changed to Newbury, July 4, 1837. The town was incorporated Nov. 27, 1778, and annexed to Hillsborough county by the same act, previous to which it was partly in the county of Cheshire. A portion of the town was taken off, and included in the territory incorporated into the town of Goshen in 1791. Two tracts of land have been severed from this town and annexed to Bradford, one of which was Dec. 6, 1796, and the other June 22, 1859. NEWBURY. 663 ■'[7-236] S^Relative to Incorporating the To-wii^ To the the Council and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Assembly Convend May 2o‘^ 177S. The Subscribers Inhabitants of the Township of Land Called Fishersfield in said State Humbly Shew to your Honors — That Having Seen a Petition to your hon*’® for a remission or Sus- pension of the State tax of said Township, and for an Incor- poration of the same, and also that the same may be wholly Joined to & Laid within the County of Hillsborough, Your Petitioners are Greatly Surprized to see what arguments are bro’t by the Signers of that Petition to Induce your hon'’® to Grant the prayer thereof. Namely That they Conceive your hon'® have Unconstitutionally Taxed them &c and therefore pray that the same may be remitted or Suspended*, untill Your hon’’® ■shall Incorporate them with Powers and Privileges to raise Taxes, lay out and repair highways &c — To which your hon*^ now Petitioners beg leave to say that altho’ the Tax on said Township is Heavy Yet as the Greater part of the Lands be- long to Nonresidents We are willing to pay our equal propor- tion with others, and think Your hon’® have wisely provided a way to recover it without Incorporating said Township — and as to the Charge of Highways &c, we would say that in Case we should be Incorporated we fear the whole burthen of the highways will fall on the Inhabitants (being but about Twenty familys at most) and whilst Unincorporated we have Great liopes of help in that matter from the Nonresident Proprietors. We would further Suggest to Your horY that several of the Persons named as Signers of the aforesaid Petition are not nor Ever were Inhabitants of said Township, & some who never Signed the same, — The said Township is new and poorly set- tled, and not Yet well furnished for all Necessary Town offi- cers &c — For all which reasons and many more that might be offer’d We humbly request and hope your hon^® will Wisely Consider of these matters and Dismiss the aforesaid Petition or not Grant the prayer thereof, but Let the said Township remain Still Unincorporated untill Your hon’’® shall find us better able and 'Qiialified to receive such Incorporation — And your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray — &c Fisherfield May 1778. Jesse Baker Biley Dudley Caleb Dodge John Lain Thomas M®willia Ebenezer Towl Jonas Hastings Benja Baker John Harvey s Enoch Harvey John Harvev Jun. George Emerson Moses Sleeper 664 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [The petition for incorporation is dated Feb. 3, 1778, and signed by “Joseph Chandler, Charles Emerson JiiiV Eliphalet Chandler Zeph Clark Ephraim Bradbury William Emery Ju John Clark James Muchmore William Emery Jonas Hastings Oliver Emerson ’■ George Hadly Paul Towl Samuel Gunnison Jr.. Nicholas Dodge.” The town was incorporated Nov. 27, 1778. — Ed.] [7-237] [ Conwtittee to Petltioii for redress of Grievances.^ This may Certify whome it May Concern that Joseph Chand- ler and Jonas hastens the Selectmen for fishersfield in the Year 1779 Were Chosen at A Leagal Meeting held at fishersfield on february the fifteenth AD 1781 to Petition the Council and House of Representatives Conveaned at Exeter for A Redress of Grievances in the Name and behalf of said town Witness Paul Towl town Clerk Dated at fishersfield this 19^^^ Day of march 1781 — [7-239] \_Petition of afore-7ta77ied Co 77 i 77 iittee.t 1782.'^ State of New Hampshire County of Hillsborough To the Honourable Council and House of Representatives- Convened at Concord — May it please your Honours We your most humble Petition- ers Hereb}' beg leave to Lay the Grievence of the Town of Fishersfield and the Cause thereof before your Honours for your Candid and Deliberate Consideration Therefore we your Petitioners who were Chosen and served as two of the Select- men in said Town of Fishersfield for y® year 1779 which was the first year the Valuation was taken after our Incorporation, and being Unaquainted with the Method of Proceedure in such Capacity in New Settlements and with the advice of some whome we thought to have more knowledge in such Business then our selves we took the Valuation on all Lands in said Town on which Indean Corn Ry wheet or any other Nessacary produce Grew a Great part of which lands the Trees was only fell and the Land but Slightly Burnt over the Logs and Brush much of them being then on y' Grounds for which Reason we- NEWBURY. 665 now think that it would take more then four acres of such Land to make it Equel in Value for Produce with one Acre of old Improved tillage land and on y‘ account of the Valuation being taken and given in order for our being Taxed in Proportion to our Intrests with other Towns in said State together with there being Several Polls taken and given in in said Valuation which did not properly Belong to said Fishersfleld We Humbly beg Liberty to Inform your Honours that we now think that Not- withstanding the abatement of Part of our Taxes in y® year 1780 that we are still taxed full one third too high when Corn- paired with some other towns within our knowledge — Wherefore We your Honours most Humble Petitioners in the name and behalf of y® Town of Fishersfleld and by the Earnest Desire of our poor Inhabitants who Complain being on New Settlements and hardly able to Support their Families and much less able to pay tlieir Respective Assessments most Humblv and Earnestly Pray that vour Honours would take the matter of our Grevience under your Serious Candid and Delib- erate Consideration and ease us so much of our taxes and such Number of Soldiers sent to for the Contenental Service as your Honours shall think Reasonable for the Reason above offered — And We your Honours most Humble Petitionors as in Duty bound Shall ever Pray — Dated at Fishersfield March y® 8*^ 1782 Joseph Chandler Jonas Hastings [They had sent in a petition the previous year similar to this. — E d.] - [7-244] [^Petition for Authority to Pax Non- Residents y 1789.1 State of New Hampshire County of Hilsborough To The Honorable Senate and House of Representatives in General Court Convened — We the Subscribers Select Men for the Town of Fishersfield Humbly sheweth that it is really Nessary that the roads in said Town should be Made Passable for Public Use which is Much wanted for the Neighboring Towns to pass to and from the Seaports therefore we humbly pray that the Honorable Au- thority would be pleased to take the matter under concideration and if it should appear reasonable to Enact a Law impowring the Select Men to Tax all the Lands in the Town of Fishers- field One Penny Per Acre for three year to be worked out on 666 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. the Highways to repare and make Passable a Road in s*^ Town for Public Use And we Shall as in Duty bound Ever Pray N B we have Sent a Pertition Last year which Pertition Past in the House of Representatives but was Postponed in the Senate Untill June Session at which time the Pertition was not to be found State of New Hampshire To the Honorable the Senate and the Honorable house of Rep- resentatives in General court convened at Exeter The memorial of John Peirce of Portsmouth Merchant, Humbly sheweth that in Feb^ I772i John Fisher Esq*^ obtained a Grant from the Masonian Proprietors for the Township of Fishersfield, that your memorialist received said Fishers Deed for one half said Township — That the Settlement has been car- ried on at the joint expence of said Fisher & your Memorialist, That immediately after receiving said Grant they were call’d upon by the Government to clear the Province Road so Called through said Town, which was done accordingly, & these cost the said Fisher & your Memorialist JCioi, lo, lo L M^ that other very considerable sums have been since laid out in repair- ing & making other Roads — That the whole of the good Land owned by said Fisher & your Memorialist on said Province Road, was laid out for Settlers, and actually given away, with almost the whole north west Qiiarter of the Town besides, and not less than One hundred Acres of the best Land the Set- tlers could pick, to any one, — That of the large number of in- habitants now in the Town a very small part of them, perhaps not more than five or Six, whose lots were not given for Settle- ment, and all of whom by agreement expressed or implyed were forever to support the proprietary Charges. Your Memorialist would further shew that by their said Grant they were obliged to settle only twenty five Families — That they actually gave away Forty lots to settlers very soon after receiving their Grant, and have since given away lots to more than ten other Settlers — Their only inducement to do so much more than their Char- ter required, was that the Charges of the Roads should not be burthensome to the Settlers. — Your memorialist is now sur- [7-242] \_R.emonst7'ance to foregoing.^ NEWBURY. 667 prized at hearing a request from the inhabitants for a Tax by which they now intend to shift off the w'hole burthen of the Roads on your Memorialist, — and that one branch of the Leg- islature has actually, so far granted the prayer of a petition for that purpose as to permit a bill to be brought in, without the usual Notice in such unreasonable cases. — It is clearly seen that if the law requested should pass, that it must operate extreemly unequally — for of the Common Land now owned by your Memorialist, a very considerable part is Mountaneous & never can or will be cultivated, whereas Seven or eight thousand Acres in possession of the Settlers is picked Land, of the whole Town, and all very good, and is undoubtedly worth ten times the sum, the same Qiiantity of Land like the unsettled Lands in that Town, for which reason a Tax by the Acre would op- erate very unequally — Your Memorialist would further vSuggest the possibility if not probability of great injustice in collecting such a Tax, for by puting it in the power of the Inhabitants to collect the Tax at will, by advancing the price of Labour above the Cash value, they may not only free their own Lands from the Tax but put money in their pockets — For all which and many other good reasons Your memorial- ist most humbly request the Petition of the Select Men or In- habitants of Fishersfield may be dismissed — and your Memori- alist as in duty bound will ever pray. Portsmouth Jan^ 26'*' ^ 7^9 John Peirce — [7-233] \^Petition for the Iitcorporatio 7 Z of a New Towzi^ ngi-l To the Honrable Senate and House of Representatives for the state of New Hampshire to be Convened at Concord on the first Wednesday of June Next — We the Inhabitants of the Town of Fishersfield Humbly sheweth that the Southwest Corner of this Town Lying upon the west side of a great Mountain so that it is Imposible for it to be Commoded by the Center of this Town which is the Reason of its not being settled before now for they could not get from the Corner of said Town without going through part of Wendell to the north End of said Mountain and when traveled five Miles they would be no nearer the Center than when first set out therefore we think it reasonable and Necesary that it should be Incorporated with the Corners of several other Towns agreeable to the prayer of a Number of petitioners who have petitioned for the same Provided it does not Include 668 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Samuel Gunnison farm or otherwise as your Honours in your Wisdom seem meet and your petitioners as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray Fisherfield May 20*^ 1791 Samuel atwood Jacob Stevens William Brown Ebenezer Marshal Jonathan Marshall William Cochran James Vance obadiah Hadley Joseph Marshall Joshua Maxheld James Gillinham Benjamin Gilinham James Gillinham J Bond Little Thoms Little Sam Little Joseph Cross Paul Towl Ebenezer Towl Jesse Ainger Joseph Webster Abraham Wells David Farmer Lemuel Harvey John Harvey John Harvey Ju Jesse Baker Benga Baker Jun Henry Achilles Benja Baker Nathan Baker Jonas Hastings Beni‘S Critchet Jonathan Merrill William Emery Simion Stevens [7-234] [ Vote of Town relative to foregohtg^ Agreeable to a Vote of the Inhabitants of the Town of Fish- ersfield Field on the Eighteenth of October Last Voted that the prayer of W™ Story and others be granted provided that they Leave out Sa"^ Guninison and W"^ Gunnison and their Lands Living on the Lots N° 9 & 10 of the 100 acre Lots in s*^ Fishersfield William Dodge Town Clark Fishersfield Ocfi 1791 — [A portion of the town was set off, combined with others, and incorporated into the town of Goshen, Dec. 27, 1791. — Ed.] [7-245] S^Petition of sundry Inhabitants to be a 7 znexed to Bradford.~\ To the Hon^'® Senate and House of Representatives to be Con- vened at Concord within and for the State of New Hamp- shire in November AD — 1796 — The Petition of the Inhabitants of the South part of Fishers- field in the County of Hillsborough begs Leave to Represent to your Honours, that it is the Desire of said Inhabitants, that so much of s*^ Fishersfield be set oft' from s'^ Fishersfield & Anaxed to Bradford in said County as will make a Straight Line — Viz, Beginning at the Southwes Corner of the Town of NEWBURY. 669 Sutton in said County, then Running to y® Southwest Corner of S*^ Fishersfield ; and Having Obtained a V^ote of Both Towns, prays your Honours in your Goodness to Enact a Law for s*^ purpose of Encorporating them with Bradford, and Your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall ever pray. Fishersfield Nov. 21®* i 79 ^ — John Hog Jr Jonathan Marshall Joseph Marshall Obadiah Hadley [The foregoing was granted Dec. 6, 1796. — Ed.] Joshua Maxfield Joshua Maxfield Jun’’ Ebenezer Marshall [7-246] S^Report relative to Town Lines^ ^ 7 P 7 *] State of New Hampshire In the House of Representatives June 20*^ ^ 797 — The Committee on the Petitions from Wendal & fishersfield Respecting the Boundarvs of Goshen Report that the lines and bounds of the said Goshen be as follows Beginning at a Stake and stons on fishersfield line about 160 rods north of Corys road so called from thence Streight to the northeast corner of lot number nine mentioned in Goshens act of incorporation then to proceed as said act directs untill it comes to the south East corner of said Goshen thence north untill it intersects fishersfield line thence on fisherfield line to the first bounds mentioned & that Goshen have leave to Bring in a bill to estab- lish the line as above described J Blanchard for the Committee [The foregoing report was adopted, and leave granted. — —Ed.] [7-248] [^Relative to Tovu7i Lines^ /ypy.] To the Flonourable Senate and House of Representatives of the state of New Hampshire to be Convened at Concord the first Wednesday of June Current. The Petition of the Inhabitants of Fishersfield Humbly sheweth that whereas the Inhabitants of the Town of Goshen have Presented a Petition to the Honourable Court praying that 970 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. the first Mentioned bounds of said Goshen be Established Either at the North east Corner of Lot N° Nine without any Regard to the line of Fishersfield, or on said line of Fishers- field at the Place meant to be Discribed in the act of Incorpo- ration without any Regard to lot N® Nine. Your Petitioners therefore Humbly Request your Honours Not to Establish the said Corner of Goshen on Fishersfield line which we Never Understood to be intended which may more fully appear by having Refference to their Petition for the Incorporation of said Goshen ; Unless said Corner may be Established on Fishers- field line and thence follow the said Original line of Fishers- field to the Place where said line of Goshen Intersects said line of Fishersfield thence following the line of Goshen as Now stands which they tell us is all they wish to have : Otherwise it will Injure the Town of Fishersfield greatly by taking off a Number of the Inhabitants of Fishersfield with a considerable tract of land and cutting a Number of farms which may More fully appear by the general Plan of the state — And we your Flumble Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall Ever Pray Fishersfield June y® 5^*^ AD 1797 Samuel Gunnison J Selectmen in behalf Phinehas Batchelder > of the Inhabitants of Timothy Morse ) Fishersfield NEW CASTLE. This is one of the oldest towns in the state, and was for- merly known by the name of Great Island. It was the seat of government for some years, and meetings of the gov- ernor and council were held here as late as 1718. Previous to 1793 the inhabitants were assessed by the selectmen of Portsmouth, but being dissatisfied with the assessment made that year they appealed to the governor and council, who disapproved the assessment; and, in an- swer to a petition from the inhabitants of Great Island, sev- ered them from the “ Bank,” and granted them a charter with town privileges by the name of New Castle, which name came from the Duke of New Castle. The charter was granted by Governor John Usher and NEW CASTLE. 671 his council, is dated May 30, 1693, and included some terri- tory now belonging to the town of Rye. A settlement was made here as early as 1623 by one David Thompson, who soon after built a house on Odiorne’s Point, which remained standing for many years, and was known as Mason’s Hall. An earthwork fort was built on Frost’s Point at an early date. It was rebuilt in 1704-5 under the direction of Col. Wolfgang William Romer, one of the queen’s engineers, who came over from England for that purpose, and was called “Fort William and Mary” for eighty years or more prior to the Revolution. A fort was built on Jerry’s Point in 1775. An ancient, crude plan showing its location, and also the locations of Forts Washington and Sullivan, is in manuscript, Vol. 7, p. 134, from which volume the following documents are copied. In 1725 or ’26 sundry persons belonging to New Castle, Sandy Beach, Portsmouth, and Hampton, petitioned the general assembly to be erected into a parish by themselves ; and an act passed that body on the 30th of April, 1726, pro- viding “ that the great island in the Town of New Castle together with the Estates of Lieutenant John Sherburne George Wallis deceased, Tobias Lear John Odiorne Capt Henry Sherburne James Randall & John Leach be a dis- tinct parish by their antiant Name of New Castle, and that all other parts of New Castle be another or second Parish by the Name of Rye and all the petitioners who lived in Portsmouth and Hampton were “ Polled of to the said Parish of Rye” for ministerial and school purposes. From this I think that John Farmer must be in error in his statement that “ Rye was incorporated in 1719.” By an act passed December 22, 1791, all that part of New Castle situated on the “ south-west side of the River” was severed from the town, and “ annexed to the Parish of Rye.” Ancient New Castle engaged quite extensively in the fishery business : modern New Castle is engaged somewhat in entertaining summer visitors, it being one of the pleas- antest places on the Atlantic coast. 6/2 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [7-136] [^Relative to settling a Minister^ 168 2. To the hoiio^ The President and Councell, now Sitting In Portsmouth 3 Day of May 1682 The humble Petition and Adress of the Inhabitants of the Great Island In Portsmouth — May it please you. your petitioners haveing for a long Time layen under The heavie Burthen Laboriouse toile and hazard- ouse goeing to Meeting on the Lords-Day (as wee question not but your hono’’®'^ Selves are very Sensible of it,) ffor help and reliefe wee have made our application To the Generali Court: who as wee conceive have grannted us the liberty to have a Minister among our selves : But the Providence of God order- ing it So, that Before wee could accomplish Our desires The Government hath changed, And therefore thought it our duty before wee attempted any farther. To make your Honou’’®'^ Selves acquainted therewith ; Humbly begging your allowance and approbation therein That So wee may have an allowed and approved minister among us — Whether on the Joint accompt of the whole Toune, or on our owne which shall bee most ad- viseable. The Reason of the Necessity of haveing One wee have given In to the Generali Court of the Mattatusets ftbrmerly : The Same now, and many more. Wee make Bould briefly to hint here. — 1. The great Profaning of the Lords Day By those that stay at home. 2. There beeing but very few. Scarce one third of the Peo- ple of this Island y* Goe to meeting Abundance of Children liveinsf here that never heard a Sermon or knew what that means. So that by degrees they will soone grow heathenish If there be not a place of worship constituted among us here on this Island. 3. Our poor Servants, espetially those of an handycraft trade that expect to have Some ease on the Lords Day, Complaine of theyr great Labour and toile ; rowing Sometimes against wind and tide, & that day which should bee kept holy, is by that means made a day of Greater pains then other week days. 4. The hazarding of our Selves and Servants and Childrens healths (if not lives ;) And allso the Great Danger of our houses and goods subiect to fflre and Roberyes by our being ab- sent and from the Great Island On the Lords day 5. His flbrtiflcation here Lies to the mercy of an open and Secret enemy ; Scarce One Suflitient man Staying at home for its Defense & safety These and many other weighty Rea- sons wee might propose which wee omit humblye Leaveing all to your Hono'"'^ Selves and your Seriouse consideration. — NEW CASTLE. 673 Wee have unanimonsely made choice of Nathaniell ffryer m^ Robert Elliot George Jeftery and m*' John Hinks to pre- sent this our petition and enlarge upon it as occation Serves. We whose names are under written, are by consent of y® In- habitants of y® Gr* Island appointed in all & every of their names to present y® within written Petition to y® Presid* & Counsel ; & receiv their Answer to y® same Nathan dryer Robert Elliot Geo : Jafiray John Hinckes Vera copia from y® Original Petition on file Teste Ric'^ Chamberlain SecP® [Rev, Samuel Moody was settled here soon after. — Ed.] [ 7 -* 37 ] The humble Petitition of Humphry Sponsor to y® honored President & Council assembled at Portsm® in y® Pi'ovince of Newdiampshire this third of Octob*’ 1682 — Humbly craveth }'o^ hono*^® favour Concerning a fine that was laid upon him 3^® last setting of y® Council at Portsm® It was as yo*" humble Petition’’ hath formerly endeavoured to show be- fore in his humble Petition to yoif honors that y® maniP of his living & urgencie of incomm’’® did run him as he humbly con- fesseth, illegally to sell drink w®’’ he would as willingl3^ have given if his state would have bore it, y® Temptation of that run him to do amiss, & doth humbl}^ crave ^'o*" hono’’ Pity & com- passion to remitt w*^ yo’’ hono*' may of y® last fine imposed upon him, & doth promise to y® best of his pow® to be more watch- full hereaff of committing aii3^ disorder If yo*" hono’’ can find an}^ room for favo*' herein shall still reackon it a farth’’ obliga- tion to prav for his majesties good Government in this place & yo’’ hono’’® prosperity so Serving to yo*" hono^ favourable con- struction, humbl}’ subscribe. Yo’’ humble PetitioiP Humphrey Spensor [7-139] S^Petition for a Tavern License^ i682.'\ Great Island 23 ‘^ February. 1682 To the Hono®‘* Governo’’ of The Province of New-Hampsheir — The humble petition of Henry Russell SeiT Whereas by the providence of God your poor petitioner hath 45 674 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Lived on this Island and haveing had a permition formerly to entertaine ffisher men and Seamen with Diet and Lodging at my house And being now well Stricken in yeares — My humble and earnest petition to yo’' Hono’’ is That you would Favoura- bly Graunt mee your License and leave To give accomodation to Strangers as ftbrmerly with meat Beer and Lodging and I shall allwayes pray ffor your hono*"® prosperity and Govern- ment — Henry Russell. [7-140] \^yoseph Punnort for Pavern Picense.~\ To y® Hon'^^® the Precedent & the Councell of his Majestys province of New Hampsheire The humble petition of Joseph Purmot inhabitant on y® great Island, Humbly Sheweth That your petitioner having a wife and family of Children to maintaine and at the present all trading being very dead, hum- bly beggeth yo’’ honors licence to keep a publiqe house of en- tertainement there being at present but one on y® great Island and that very inconvenient for strangers and travellours in theire journeying through the country now your petitioner beggeth your honours favourable grant and he shall always pray for yo^ hono*'® Joseph Pormort [7-143] \_‘State?nent and Petition of foseph Pnrmort, Apriell the 15*^ 1683 To the Honourable Deputy Govenouer And Honored Counsell Now Siting At Portsm® Right Hono’^ Your Humbell petitionour seueth ; that He Having formerly had (from the lat President And Counsell) A Licenc to kep A Hons of EntertaiiF^*^ Then here being none at this End of the Hand to Suply that plac Which occasioned our mor Diligence to provid our sellvs for that Imploym* And for the purpos Hath fited my Hous Accordingly ; and provided My Selfe With Lodgin and other nesesarys for that Imploym^ ; By means of it I am mutch in Disburs ; Your Poor Petitioner Humbly Prays that your Honours Would Pleas to take it in to your Considera- tion ; and Grant him the same privelidg ; he formerly had : of A Licen to sell Beare ; and other Provisions ; for the refreshing of strangers ; and others : I should not have desired this of yor Honours But that trading is very dead ; Espetially for those of NEW CASTLE. 675 my Caling ; and my charg of children great ; and no other way to maintain them but, by my only laubour ; I hop your Honours will be pleased to take it in to your Charitabell consideration ; our former licenc proved to our Disadvantag by meanes of the short time wee followed That Imploym* haveing sutch suden orders as wee had to desist from selling Bear &c have not in any measur Reimbursed our selves what have beene out of pockett ; mutch less have we gott aney thing By it so Hopeing your Honours will grant this your Pettitioner A Licenc ; and your Pore Petitioner shall Ever Pray for your Honours and SLibscrib my selfe your Honours most Humbell servant Joseph Purmort 1^7-144] S^Refnonstrance of Portsmouth Selectmen^ i682.'\ To the HoiP*^'^^ The P'^'^sedent and Counil now Setting in Ports- m° June the 1682 May it please yo*" Hon'"® In Obedience to an order of Councill bearing Date the 2*^ May, 1682 Wee Con vend the Towm, to agitate & Confer about the Settlment of a Minister Llpon the great Island and have taken notice of the Petition p^'sented yo’' Hon” by Some of the Gent : men of S*^ Island, who Call them-Selves p’^sons Unani- musly chossen by ye Inhabitants for that End. but Upon Agi- tation & Conference the Inhabitants of the other partes of the Town, Culd not See cause to Consent to the motion of those on great Island at p^'sent, for Sundrye Reasons. 1 : The Gen‘ of Great Island are equaly ingaged with us to the payment, of One Hundred pound per Annum to Moody During his continuance here, we then advancing, to the Utmost of our abillities, for the promoting of so Good a work, in Ex- pectation of being Daily Eased by the Increasing of our Inhab- itants and Estates, but providence of Late hath not So SmiP Llpon Us, as to admitt of any Addition to our rates, with out preiudice to our familes. 2 : We think it very Unreasonable they Should be sollicitos for the setling a new, till all arrears are adiusted with the old Minisf, which will not be readly Done, by reson of the great aversion of the inhabitants of the Island, to the payment of the rats now in the Constable hands as by S*^ Constable Complaints Doth appeare, when that is Done, together with what. Con- cerns the Town, we Shall Studiously endevor the Accomidation of the Great Island, as far as may Consist w*^ the Peace and unety of the Town. 3 : We are veiy fearfull Should this be admitted it would 6/6 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. tend to a great Divission in the Town, for Such like reasons- may Greenland Sandy beach, &c : Desier the Same, and then how far we Shall be able, to Comply w‘^^ o'' Obligation to m'* Moody, and allow Maintainance to others in the Same Capace- ty, we Humbly Submitt to yo*" Hon*'® Judgm‘® 4 : What the Gen*^ of the Island Dessier is purely for their own, with out respect to the Towns convenience, but when the Intrest, of the Whole, and a part comes in Competition, we leave themselves to Judg which ought to be pTer’d. How Ever we are not insensable of the Inconvenienc}^ at- tending the Inhabitants, of the Island, in Coming to meeting, intimated in theire petition ; & we beg them to be So Charita- ble to beleive we Sympathise with them, (but to their Reasons we would Say one word) I : Concerning the profaning of the Lords Day &c and (2^^) — abundance liveing with out ever hearing a Sermon So as they will grow heathenish. We Say, the Sabath will be profaned by Some whither neare or farther oft) but one Good help here in will be for masfts of ftamilies, to teach. Si Instruct those Under their care and gov- ernment, as Christians ought to Doe, and this will be a means to remedy Heathenissim, and abate much of the profanity of the Sabath. ftbr the 3^^ namely Servants Complaining of their Labour & hazerding health if not lives, we would Say its imposable ; all in these Scattering towns. Should live Equaly convenient, to the meeting-house, Sume must Undergoe, more then others. But the meeting house was Sett where it is, principally for the Convenience of the Inhabitants of great Island, and we never heard, and hope never shall, of any lives Lost, in attemt- ing to come to meeting, if at any time, there Should be any Danger of that, they well know mercy is to be preferd befor Sacrifise as to his Maj‘'® fortification being Exposed to an ene- mie ; Scarce one Sufticient man Staying at home &c. Wee Humbly leave that to yo' HoUs in time of wars or Dan- ger to take Such care as in yo'’ wisdome. Shall be thought meet, of which we presume they need not Dout. These with other considerations, which we Culd ofter, give Humbly of Opinion, that the motion of the Gent men of great Island is at this time very Unreasonable, and that we had rather Unite both in Church & Town, which if we Doe, Hope Sume waye may be found out in Due time, to gratifie the GenE of great Island with out Dissatisfaction to the rest of the Town. NEW CASTLE. 6/7 '[^7-147] \_Pi'ecept for the Election of an Assemblyman at Star Island^ i 6 g 4 -d\ Hampsh*' To the Constable of Star Island : Pursuant to a writt from the Presid‘& Councile to me direct- ■ed these are in their Majest® Names to require you upon Re- ceipt hereof to give publick Notice to the freeholders of your Island that thay Convein on Munday the 29^’^ Inst : by 10 of the Clock in the forenoone of the Same day at the Usuall place of meeting freely & Indifferently to Elect & Choose one htt & dis- creet man of the S*' Island (being a freeholder thereof) w*’' full & Sufficient power for himself & the Comunity of the s*^ Island to be a Generali Assembly for the S*^ Province to be held at N ew Castle on thirsday the first of 9 Next Ensueing it being for their Majest® Service : and to returne the Names of the per- -son So chosen to me one day before the Sitting of s'^ Assembly as you will answer the Contrary at your perrill : Gieven und'’ my hand & seale at Portsm'’ Octob'’ 24^*^ 1694: In the Sixth Year of their Majests Reigne Richard Joses sherff Star Island October the 29^*^ 1694 According to the within Warrant, the ffree houlders of this Island Did meet and Chuse m*' John ffobes For assembelley Man with Suffecient power to offetiat in that (Station or) place John Bradon J7“i4S] [^Relative to Town Pounds.^ To the Hon’^^ Johi"! Usher Esq*" his Majis^® LiP GovenP and Comander in Cheife in and Over the province of Newhamp- sheir, and to his Majis‘® HoiP^ Council now Sitting at New Castle The Humble Petition of the Inhabitants of theTowne of New ‘Castle most Humbly Sheweth that we Your Houn’’® most hum- ble petitioners doe make bold to lay before You, that whereas Your HouiF® hath bin pleased to grant us to be a Township Caled by the name of New Castle and we are yet Ignorant of our boundaries Southerly and westerly therby not Knowing the number of our Inhabitants by which Cause many may Escape their Assesm‘® We Your most Humble petitioners most humbly pray that your Houn’'® would be pleased to give Order that our South boundaries may be apointed from the Creek on the South Side of the little Boares-head and from thence Westerly five miles or untill we meet with the line betweene portsm® and New Castle 6;8 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. we being as Yet much Straightned for want of Comonage and your petitioners Shall Ever pray Elias Stileman Francis Tucker Selectmen James Rendle ) [ 7 - 149 ] \_Precept for Election of Assemblymen^ i 6 gyJ\ New hampshire To the Constables of New Castle By Virtue of a presept from the Honorable John Usher Esq** Ltt Governor and Comdr in Cheif of sd province & In his Majes*® Name you are here by required and Comanded on wedensday next Ensueing at ten of y® Clock in y® forenoon to as- semble all the ftree houlders of your Town att some useall Place of meeting then there to make Choice of Two suficient able men to Represent your Town in a Generali assembly to be held att New Castle one the fiveteenth of this Instant Being wensday next Ensueing att tow of the Clocke in the Afternoon, There to- attend his Majes‘® Servis in the assembly and so De diem in diem, Dureing There Sestion Or Sestions and Make Return of the Persons Names so Chosen to me on weddensday Next by on of the Clocke in the after Noon w'^'^ this presept here of faile not at yo"" Perrill Dated New Castle in the province aforsd May the i 1 695 per Theo’’ Attkinson sheriff New Castle y® 15^*^ May 1695 Then Att A Generali Town meeting of y® Freeholders Ac- cording to the within precept were Chosen For Assembly men Elias Stileman and James Rendle per Thomas Marchel Constble [7-15 1 ] \_Summons to Assembly^nen^ i 6 g 8 i\ I have Summands Theoda Atkcason and william Seevy which are chouse last fridday at newcastell for a simbly men as witnes my hand Henry Treuethan constabell Newcastell De sembar the 27: 1697 [7-152] [ Warrant for Militia Muster^ jdp/.] [Seal] New Castell December y® 1 i ^97 By vertue of A warant ffrom John Usher Esq*' LiP Gov’’ &c.. NEW CASTLE. 679 You are hereby Required in his Majsts Name ftbrthwith warne the Soldiers on the Great Island to appeare at his Majsts ffoart William and Mary at one of the Clock in the after noone Corn- pleat in theire Armes there to attend theire dutey untill ftarther order Given under my hand and Seale Shadrach Walton Cap* To Jacob Rendell Ensigne [7“^53] \^Retur7t of Ass e?nbly men ^ Province of Newhampshire Pursuant To A precept from The Sheriff of This province Dated y® Dec: 1698 Directed To The Selectmen of New Castle To 'Sumon y® freeholders of The S^ Town To Choose and Depute one or more men As The Law Directs To Repre- sent S^* Town In A General Court or Assembly To be held and kept Att New Castle on Thursday y® 5 “^ Next Ensue- ing These may Certifie That Accordingly The freeholders were- Sumoned on y® 30 *^^ Dec. And Accordingly Mett and Then Did Legally Choose and Elect James Randell and Theodore Att- kinson To Represent S^* Town In S^ Assembly According To The precept Above mentioned And That Those Soe Chosen have been notified Thereof and Sumoned To Appear According to S'* precept by The Constable of This Town who hath Sub- scribed This Return As A Testimony thereof Theodore Atkinson”) John Foss V Select men James Leach ^ Jacob Rendell Constable [7-'54] S^Col. RotJier^ relative to Fort Willia^n and Mary^ 1704.'] To the HoiP*® Her Maj‘® Councell of New Hampsh® : In Amer- ica The Memoriall of Coll : Woolfgang W"^ Romer Her Majestyes Cheife Engineer &c — Whearas It hath pleased his Excellency Gover*' Dudley to write m'" Secretary Story A leter relatei ng to Her Maje*® ffort W"’ k. Alary — And the Reasons why It Is highly neccessary that for Her Alaj**' Service and the Security of the Inhabitants of this province the S'* ffort Shuld be out of hand ffinished and that the Councell Shuld let me have all such men As I Shuld want, and 68o EARLY TOWN PAPERS. alsoe being Notifyed by m’’ Secretary to be this Day the Honorable Councell, I thought It my Duety to Inform your Hon’’® that I am not In A Capacity by Indisposednes to Appear there to Tender this Memoriall to that Hon'^'® board And as his Excellency mentioned in his leter of the Ins* that the drench dbrces by Sea and land Are Designed to Invade this part of America and therefore urged In his leter to finish the ffort abovenamed forthwith out of hand And As winter Is Soe near At hand I hope this board will one And Other take into Serious Consideration ; If I had had the Dispose of the Complement of laborers and Carpend’’® As I Demanded Eleven weeks Since I beleave the ftbrt by this time had been finished, and I Dobt not At all If Every body Imployed will Doe his Duety As I my Self Doe (without Jactance) have don with all the zeale Imaginable and A Slaveish Service, I Can Doe It Still and finish It In thirty laboring Days provided that his Ex- cellenc3'es orders be Executed And that the board let me have thirty six laborers'And twelve Carpenders that understand work- manship — and If m^ Westbrook Doth not Deceve me About Some small mater of Timber yet behind which he promised In his last Contract and that Cap* Icabod plaisted Sends me 275 peices for Spiles which Is yet behind of his promiss to me Elev- en months Agoe Likewise Cap* Pickrin Is yet behind In his promis of Spiles some of Seven some Eight feet long ; I have one thing more to Offer to this board which Is that his Excel- lencyes order may be put In Execu‘^”“ Which he made last time he was Att S*^ ffort Concerning the laborers and woi'k men In Generali, That they Shuld be Punished In Case they Did not perform there Duety And behaveed themselves Uncivilly Against me with five Dayes labor after there ten Dayes was out, soe that I may not be Exposed to such Rude and Unmanerly behavier As I Mett with this week — when I told one of them viz. Robert Smart of Exeter w*^ was ordered on his not Doeing his Duety he answeared me, he would See Comon law for It first &c : I hope the board will Observe that I Dont live In this Meletary Execution of her Maj*'^ Service In building Her ftbrt Under the Comon law Which would be Altogeather Irronias and Contrary to the practice of urope & other parts of the world Which Is all what I have to offer Att present New Castle y® 16 Sept 1704 Wolfgang W"^ Romer [7-155] [ Col. Hofnei'^s Memo^'ial., z/oy.] To the HonU® Her Maj**®® Councill now Assembled at Ports- mouth. — NEW CASTLE. 68 I May it please Yo’’ Hon*'® I find my selft' oblidged to notefye toYo’’ Hon''® that there is 6 or 7 weeck^ worck more to do at Her Maj‘'®® Fort will"' & Mary and that all materials in the major part are ready at hand there, for that finishing part, and whereas the Assembly, by their last Sessions, could not rayse anny supply of mony for that service, which is y® only obstackle that His ExcelF could not resolve on that head, I therefore by Just raysons generously resolved in or- der to take that obstackle away of no mony in the Treasury to advance the mony necessary out of my one Estate. — Now to promote this important afiaire for ower Great Qiieens service & the Publick interesst, I therefore desire Yo*^ Hon''® that You will please to make an efiectuall adres to His ExcelF that he maybe pleasetl to order matters thus, that I may under a due protection finishe the Fort as aforesaid, and to consider that whereas there is no mony granted: sume worck halfi' finished, together with y® damage by the last violent storm & high water donne, will be of verry bad consequence, if not althogether in every respect prouve fatall ; (which if should happen the fault can not be myn :) in cas it should not be finished at present & the damage as before hinted mended, which all I leave to Yo'' Hon''® Serious considerations, and I shall alwais remain the Same as have been hittheronto Yo'' HoiF® Most humble Serv* Wolfgang W'" Romer Portsmout Jun y® 5 : 1705 [7-156] \_Supplies for Soldiers^ 7705.] Newcastle July y® 26^^ ^ 7^5 This Is to sertifie whome it may Conserne that Mr Sam^' pen- hollow Treasurer hath supplyed several labourers att Her Maj- estys fort W and Mary full allowance Victuals and Drinck one hundred and twenty six days. Wittnes G. Redknap Engener [ 7 “^ 57 ] '^Relative to a Bridge^ 777^.] Province New Hampshire To His Excellency Sam*^ Shute Esq'' Cap‘ Gen^ & Gov'' in Cheife in & over his Maj‘® S*^ Province & Vice admirall of the Same & to the HoiP^® The Councill & house of Representatives Now Setting in Gen'^ Assembly — 682 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. The Memoriall of Sundry His Loyall & Good Sub- jects of y* town of New Castle Most Humbly Remonstrates That Whereas the Governm‘ in y® Reigne of our Late Sover- aigne King Charles y® of Blessed Memory, Did Under the wise & good Conduct of Edward Cranfeild Esq*" then Gov*" of S*^ Province, order Erect & build a Bridge Over v*^ branch of Pi sc“ River Cal’d y*^ ferry or fording place of Little Harbour, and that for y® Gen^^ Good & Benifitt of all his Maj‘* Good Sub- jects, in Saving Six Miles travill at least, from Hampton to York & So further East, as also a Much better & Safe Road in time of Warr & also that His Maj‘® Fort on the Island May be Soon Relei v’d in Case of an Attack from forreign Enemies, as also to prevent that Common & frequent Practice of Wronging y® King of thee Revenues & P‘ Duties Lay’d on Goods Import- ed Whereby his Maj‘® Governm*^ Might (& ought) to be Sup- ported, & that to Ease to all his Maj‘® Well Meaning Subjects in y® Province, the Which Bridge Did then prevent, (until the Providence of God did by a Very Great Storme &c break & Carry away S"^ Bridge,) Since which his Maj‘^ & all his Good & faire Dealing Subjects hath been Much Impeded & hurt in their Just Duty & trade by Unfair Dealers Stealing into that Creek to Defraud the King & y® Province of y® Duty & Impost, and for as much as our late L‘ Gov'’ & Comand'’ in Cheif, ColP Usher, with the Consent of y® Councill, Did Incorporate the In- habitants of G‘ Island & Sandy beach into a town Cal’d New Castle, with Severall priveledges, as per Charter Inrold, where- by We are Oblig’d by Law to Repair all Bridges and high Waies within S'^ Boundaries, of y® Charter & for as Much as y® Said Inhabitants found Upon Serch that they Ought to Repair or Rebuild S^^ Bridge, thev Did in March 1712 Raise Mony by Publick Subscription to Cary on So Good a Work, but finding y® People So poor y‘ Could Not Accomplish S*^ Work them- selves, Whereupon Severall Worthy Gen‘ of this & y® Neigh- bouring Province Subscrib’d their hands & Promised large Mony to help Carry on So Good A Work, & Accordingly y® Greatest part of y® timber, was Got & brought Nigh the place on Rafts, but was by Some Wicked & Unwarrantable hand Cutt Loose & turn’d a Drift, & we his Maj‘® Good Subj‘® & y® Country in Generali, Much hurt, & was then & hath been Ever Since threatned y‘ if we went on, they would Cutt it Down Even in a Publick Manner & by force & Arms, Upon which we Remonstrated the Matter to our late Gov'’ ColP Dudley, whose Act on the Matter we Now Lay before you, where you will See the first part, or Introduction to ye Petition, we have been Serv’d With, b}" S'^ papers, proved to be false & quite the Reverse 2^-^ As to the Qriery in S'^ Petition, its Very Strange & odd NEW CASTLE. 683 for Men to Query wheither a thing Can be Done that hath been Done, and then to Call that the Main river of Little Harbour, & to Say its Navigable Up to the Bridge its a Very Great Mis- take, for that we Do wade Over frequently, & When the tide is up Swim our horses for want of a Bridge, the ferry Never be- ing Kept as it Ought to be, & that because the Right thereof is Disputable, as May Appear if Need be, tho he who of Right it belongs to Does Relinquish it for y® Sake of S'^ Bridge and for as Much as your Qiierest there Sayes it’s Not Justifi- able Nor practi’ble to build a Bridge a Cross any Navigable River, (its plain its both) for that within our own town & Prov- ince, its Done, particularly at y*^ branch Cal’d Sevey’s Creek, Stands, a tide Mill & a fast Dam, which Very Much Incom- modes y® Inhabitants of New Castle from Bringing of their Wood from y® Common Land, but for further Illustration, there is fast Bridges over both branches of Llampton River which is More Navigable, & hurtfull to those people, because they have No Other Way Up to their Estates which these have, as also at Newberry Lyn & Mistick, & Sundry Others as Cape Anne Cambridge &c‘‘ and for as Much as this Bridge at New Castle No Wales hinders Vessells Comming in to the S‘^ Little Har- bour for Safety if Need be in a Storm. And for answer to y® first Assertion, in S^^ Petition, in GeU'^ terms, its a Mistake for first the ferry as afores'^ is Not Setled on the Person whome they pretend for that it has been Kept (as they have Kept it) by another & that there Never Was a high Way Laid out through, that proprietors land Neither is that Casway fit for a horse to pass over, 2 'y as to the Inhabitants passing & repassing ferrage free on Publick Daies, its wrong, for that the town payes it & that or- dered by a Publick Vote & tho it is p^^ by y® town yet Sundry y® Inhabitants of New Castle On Sandy beach Side, are as they have Often pretended (& we beleave Some truth in) So Much put to Difficulty, to Come over, with themselves & their little ones that they Chuse Rather to Neglect the Publick Worship of God, than to Come Over to hear their own Minister, & Even Wholly Neglect y® Ordinances App^^ for themselves & Chil- dren, Unless Some Now Sl then, to Save being presented Ride Up to Portsm® tho other Arguments, & false Insinuations, hath been Used to Insnare Ignorant people to Signe against the bridge (to wit) that we InteiuP to hinder boats of Hay wood &c“ to Pass & Repass, & that it was to be a Province Charge, which Poor people alreadv burthen’d with the Charge of y® Publick taxes, groons under &thatNCastle would have itatole bridge & Ingross the Benifitt to themselves, 3^* That y® Want of the Bridge will be a Security in Case of a War, is Very Inconsistent with reason, and has been Suffi- 684 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. ciently ans^ by all our former Gov''® Masters of y® ordnance & Ingineers as also y® having it is a Great advantage to his Maj‘® in y® Customs as per Rob‘ Armstrong EsqMiis Memoriall, Laid before ColL Dudly & the Commissioners at home, That Whereas Sundry persons, have Laid Out, their Estates, in the fishery Who they Say Must be Unavoidably Ruined per Stopping their pass"' when its Evedent that they Could Never Could Come in, that Way Unless Just at high water, and then it is alwaies as Good & a Much Safer Way for them to Come in at y® Main Harbour, but were the Case So we humbly Conceive that tw'o or three private Interests Should Not abridge y® Publick advantage of a Country. 5^^ as to the Ice Jamming at y® bridge its Wrong to Imagine that, for that the Narrow’s above ahvaies breakes & Shatters the Ice, So y‘ it will Run through any one of y® Sluces of y® Bridge, 6'^ As to that Unspeakable hardship, which is So Emphati- cally Express’d & lookt Upon to be y® Greatest Injury that y® Pef® Set forth as Sufferers by S*^ Bridge, is answered in Every Article for that their Will be ten Sluces fitting for any hay or Wood boat to pass 8 i Repass, & that if y*" Excellency & Hoff® & Gentlemen of y® Assembly had Ever requir’d A Number of hands, to this Remonstrance We Do Assure you that we Could have had 50 to one for building y® Bridge, & those to be Men of Honour, Justice & Estate & well Dispos’d to Serve the Publick Weal & Welfaire, & Not Men out of a private Sinister End Either to Defraud the King of his Dues, or Else for the Sake of Engrossing y® trade. & traffick of y® Country people And therefore your Memorialest, humbly prayes. their May be No Stop or hindrance put to S^ Bridge New Castle Aprill 30^*" 1719 Hugh Reed Select in behalf of y* Rest Theo : Atkinson Jn® ffrost John Watkins Jotham odiorne 1^7-158] \_Petition of Rev. John Blunt To His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq'' Governour and Commander in cheif in and over his majesties Province of New Plampshire to His majesties Council & HoiP^® House of Representatives in General Court assembled The Petion of John Blunt Humbly sheweth NEW CASTLE. 685, That being informed it has been offered by sundry Gentlem*^ as an argument against paying the Annum Due from the Province to the minister of New-Castle Due (by an act of the General Court in the 12th year of King George the first) that It was what Is never Expected at His first Settling in this Place He begs Leave to asure y“* that It was what he Expected from his first Settlem’t to be assure to him as his Salary from the Town or otherwise had never Settled with y”' on Such terms that he has all along looked on himself as a Common Sufferer with those to whom the Province has been Indebted for these Several years Past and y‘ to be at last denied the Paym* of what he has been So long Expecting would be a matter truly Sur- prising and grievouse — That He has given Constant attendance to the Souldery at y® fort as to his Parishoners and tho So small a Number yet Such has been the Sickess of them and their fam- ilies for these 2 years past more Especialy that it has taken up no inconsiderable Part of his time to attend y“^ So that if there had been no act of the Governm’t to Pay any thing to him on that account he cant but think it reasonable that he sh’d have been Satisfied for his Labour. In as much as no man goeth a warfare at his own charge and the Labourer is worthy of his hire, which Is humbly offered to Consideration by the Sub- scriber — John Blunt New Castle march 30*'^ ^737 Read and recommended R Waldron Sec’’^ [In H. of Rep., April i, 1737, “Voted to be dismissed.’^ —Ed.] [ 7 - 159 ] \^Rev. Stephe 7 i Chase accepts a call to the Mhiistry^ VjO.] To the Hon’^^ Joseph Newmarch and Thomas Bell Esq’’® and Docfi Nath* wSargent Committee — to Communicate to the Parish at your Next Meeting — Gentlemen Whereas what was thought to be the Intention of this Parish was sometime ago Signified to me by a Number of its Inhabi- tants, and Since, this Church and Parish have made Choice of me for their Gospel Minister, which, with what you have done for the Support of me and Mine among you, as doth Appear by your Votes, I have taken under Consideration, and do Chear- fully Accept your Call ; Earnestly Intreating the great Head of 686 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. all Divine Influences that my Comeing among you may be in the fullness of the Blessing of the Gospel of Christ — that we may be helpers of each others Joy while here, and Rejoice to- gether forever hereafter I Subscribe yours to Serve in the Gospel of Christ I Stephen Chase New Castle September 24^^ New Castle May 26^^ i 77 ^ ^ Copy Examined — per Henry Prescott T Clk [R. 3-22] \_Petition of Dr. Nathaniel Sargent., ^74^') dressed to the General Assembly.^ Most Humbly shews That your Memoralist was in the late Expedition against Louisbourg as a Physician and Chirurgion in the Regiment that went out of this Province, That he was in the Service Five months and Twenty days. That he had for some time after landing on the Island of Cape Briton the sole care and charge of the said Regiment as Physician and Chirur- gion, That he was oblig’d to tarry in the Camps out of the City Ten days after it was Surrendered to look after and take care of upwards of Thirty Sick, and wounded persons having no per- son or persons to aid and assist him therein That, there is due unto your Memoralist of his Allowance whilest in the above service as follows Narn’ly Forty Seven days bread. Twenty Seven days Meat and peas and his whole allowance of Rum except One quart and half a pint That your Memoralist made use of his own Instruments during the whole time of his being in the said service. Wherefore your Memoralist most humbly prays your Excel- lency and Honours to consider this Memorial and to make your Memoralist such Allowance as may be thought just and reason- able and your Memoralist as in duty bound shall ever pray &c — May 12^^ 174^’ Nath^ Sargent [He was allowed enough to make with what had before been paid him, — E d.] [R. 3-23] \^Petition of foseph Langmaid., Soldier., addressed to the Ge7zeral Assembly The Memorial of Joseph Langmaid a Soldier in the Fort NEW CASTLE. 687 William and Mary in New Castle in said Province most Plum- bly shews. That your Memorialist has been in said Fort near Fifty years, and have always endeavour’d to fulfil the Duty in the Capacity I sustained, and am now render’d incapable of serving any long- er per I'eason of my Advanc’d Age, and’ A very bad Ulcer in my Legg that has been of long continuance And the Chyrur- geon that has the care of it is of Opinion that it will never be cured ; unless I am put into A Salivation or a cource of Physick that nearly resembles it which will be very expensive and al- most insupportable for me in my present weekness of Body and Advanc’d Age ; And if it should be thought that I could under- go such an Operation I can’t in reason expect it because I have nothing to make any person satisfaction for such great trouble and expence The necessitous circumstances I am reduc’d to, for want of the comon necessaries of Life, such as Meat, Drink Clothing and Firewood mak’s my case extreemly miserable. The Wages I have received from time to time have been quite insufficient to afford anything comfortable only a small support from Hand to Mouth ; and being constantly imploy’d in said Fort have nothing laid up either more or less to depend upon. Therefore your Memorialist most tiumbly prays your Excel- lency and Honours to consider of this Memorial, And to make your Memorialist such necessary provision for his future sup- port as you in your wisdom shall think proper. And your Memorialist as in Duty bound shall ever pray, &c. — bis Joseph -{- Langmaid mark New Castle Decern*' y® 17^'^ ^ 75 ^ [7-161] \_Petition of JoJm Odior 7 ie^Jr.^fora Divorce^ ad- dressed to the General Assefubly^ zyyp.] Humbly sheweth, John Qdiorne Jnr of New Castle in the Province aforesaid Marriner, That on or about the 25^'* day of July 1753? he was Joyned in Marriage with Eunice Seavey of Rye in said Province Spinster. That on or about the month of December following the said Eunice was Delivered of a Child born of her body, which in the nature of things your Petitioner could not Possibly be the father off] because the said child was what is called a Molato, and consequently was begotten by For- nication and is a Bastard — Ever since wich your Petitioner hath been deprived of the Comforts and Conjugal affection he expected by Reason of his Marriage as aforesaid, and hath not Cohabited with her since — and as the word of God expressly 688 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. says that a man shall not put away his wife save for the Cause of Fornication so in this case he apprehends it lawfull, and as he Cannot put her away unless authorized by this H’on*’^ Court, Wherefore Your Petitioner prays the advisement of this HoiF^ Court in the premises — and that he may be enabled to put her away and have his said marriage disannulled, that he may be at liberty to marry again if he sees Cause & have liberty to bring in a bill accordingly, and your Petitioner shall as in Duty bound ever pray Dec-- i6, 1755. his John X Odiorne Junr mark witness Cutt Shannon [Said Odiorne presented the following indenture as evi- dence, and was granted “ leave to bring in a bill,” but I do not find any act decreeing the divorce. — Ed.] [7-160] \_Eunlce Odiorne binds out her Child; a Unique Indenture^ vyy^.] This Indenture Witnesseth that 1 unes odhorn of the parish of Rye in the provance of New hampshur in Nuengland doth put and bind my melater Child which is called lushe hamsher unto obdiar masten and his wife Elisabath of the North parish of hamtown in the provance aforsaid and the said melater child to sarve after the maner of an apprintice to dwell and scarve from the day of the date hearof for and during the full and just term of twenty fife years which will be Ended in the year of ouer Lord 1779 and on febuary the fust day next insuen the date and fully to be Compleated and Ended during all wdiich said terme the said apprentis hur said master and mistress honestly and faith- fully shorl serve ther secrets keep close ther lawful and Reason- able Commands Every whear gladly do and perform dameiges to said master and mistres she shall not wilfuly do hur masters and mistres goods she shall not waste Embzel purloine or lend unto others nor sufer the same to be wasted or purloined but to hur power shall forthwith discover and make known the same unto the said obdiar masten and his Wife hur master and mis- tres taverns or ale houses she shall not frequent at Cards dise or any other unlawful game she shall not play fornication she shall not commit nor mattimony contract with any person during the said time frome her master and mistres sarves she shall not at any time unlawfully absent hur self but in all things as a good honest and faithful sarvent and apprentice shall bear and behave NEW CASTLE. 689 hurself towords hur said master and mistres during the full term of the twenty fife years comminsed as aforsaid and the said ob- diar masten and his wife Elisabath for themselves doth Cove- nant promas grant and agree unto and with the said apprintes in maner and form following that is to say that we will previd for and unto the said apprentice good and sufficint meat drink and logen fit for an printes during said time and at the end of the said term to dismis said apprentis in testimony whearof the said partis to these present indentures have interchangeably set thear hands and seals the fust day of febwar}^ in the twenty sev- enth year of the Reign of ouer Sovereign lord gorge the second bye the grace of god king of grat britan frans and irland and in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty fouer mark unes X odhorn signed sealed and dlivered in presance of Richard Rand Molly Rollins prsh of Rye desinber 24 day 1755 obdiah marsten and his wif Elezbath marsten apered Before me and mad oth tht on the first day of febwary 1744 the above syd marsten and wif had a melto women child of unes odern of Rye Bound to tham and declard to the Bast of their knolag she was a melato Child Richerd Jennes iustes peas [7-162] \_Relafive to Tax on Abi'aham Trefetheji^ s To the Hon^‘® his Maj® Council & the House of Representatives in General Assembly conven’d at Portsmouth y® 5^*' day of December 1763 A Petition in favor of the Select-Men of New-Castle humbly Shews that Geo : Frost Esqr hath Industriously propagated among the Inhabitants of Said New-Castle, that in the last Pro- portion made by this Court The Mills owned by Cap^ Abraham Trefethen of Said Town were injoyned to pay £400 — wdiich has made great Uneasiness in S*^ Town And in defiance of all that can be Said or done, as a Certificate from the Secretary, Clerk of the House, and what is w’rote at the foot of the Pro- portion, and every other Explanation (for the whole Taxation on New-Castle is but £500 — for Trade, Short Inventory Yet M’’ Frost insists Still on what he Says to be right and that some of the Select-Men knows it to be so, wdiich has disturbed the Peace of the Town to Such a degree that the Select-Men have Postponed making the Town Taxes till Such an Explana- 690 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. tion of the Matter from this Court as may convince M*' Frost (if He may be capeable of conviction) and restore Peace and tran- quility to the Town again : which is what hereby is desired & prayed for by this Petition & what the Select-Men in Duty are obliged to ask — Jos. Newmarch in behalf of y® Select: Men [7-163] [ Vote of Town relative to Ministerial matterSj 7772.] At a Parish Meeting of New Castle, Notified by the Consta- ble M*' John Pridham, to Call & Settle a Gospell Minister for said Parrish, held July 175O5 According to Notification, mett at Ten A Clock a forenoon, — Voted Joseph Newmarch Esq*' Moderator The meeting Ad- journed ’till three A Clock afternoon the same Day. — Jos : Newmarch Mod*" At Three a Clock afternoon Eodem Die the Parrish mett According to the Adjournment Voted the Parrish be Supply’d with a Gospell Minister Voted That the Gospell Minister of this Parrish have for his Support Fifty Pounds Sterling per Annum to be paid him According to Exchange, Moreover the Parsonage & Contribu- tion of Strangers. — The Meeting Adjourned ’till the third Monday the 2o‘^ Au- gust Next — Jos : Newmarch Mod*" At New Castle Parrish Meeting held Tuesday the i8‘^ Day of September at 10 of the Clock forenoon 1750 According to Notification Dated the 15*^ Instant 1750 To Choose Call & Set- tle a Gospell Minister in Said Parrish. — Voted Joseph Newmarch Esq*' Moderator Voted The Rev*^ M*' Stephen Chase to be a Gospell Minister in & for the abovesaid Parrish — Voted The aforesaid m*" Stephen Chase for his Support Dur- ing his Ministry in this said Parrish shall have Fifty Pounds Sterling per Annum to be Annually p*^ him According to Ex- change, The Contribution of Strangers & the Parsonage House & Lands Agreeable to a former Vote. — Voted Joseph Newmarch Esq*' Tho® Bell Esq*' & Docf Nath' Sargent a former Committee be Confirmed, and with Power to Treat with m*' Stephen Chase, to Receive his Answer and Make Report thereof New Castle May 22*^ 1772 a true Copy taken from New Cas- tle Records — Test' — Henry Prescott T Clk NEW CASTLE. 69 1 [7—165] S^Petition for an Allowance for the Privilege of Sol- diers attending CJmrch^ ^773 To The Honarable House of Assembly Gentlemen, as The Town of New Castle was Divided in- to Two parishes, and the Same Act that Set off the Parish of Rye From New Castle, granted To the Town of New Castle. Twenty Four pound p*’ Annum to be paid out of The Publick Excise and as this Honarable. House. Saw meet Last year to grant to the Town of New Castle Thirty pound in full For Said Act. Therefore your petisioners pray that your Honours will Con- sider us on the great Advantage that the Solders has on At- tending the publick worship of God at the Meeting house in New Castle and grant us So much as you Gentlemen Shall think proper, payable to the Selectmen of New Castle towards Supporting the Gospel Ministry in Said Towti In Behalf of the Town New Castle 26 May i 773 Tho® Bell ) Q 1 f A/r T , o- } Select Men John Simpson ) [They were allowed fifty shillings per annum. — Ed.] [7-166] \_New Castle Co?nmittee relative to Harbor De- fences^ /yyd.] Colony of New-Hampshire To the Hon*’’^ the Council and House of Representatives for said Colony in General Assembly convened June 5”^ — The humble Petition of us the Subscribers a Committee in Behalf of the Inhabitants of New Castle in the County of Rockingham in the Colony aforesaid — Sheweth That the In- habitants of s^^ Newcastle being by their Insular Situation at the Entrance of the only Flarbour in the Colony and by their De- fenceless condition peculiarly exposed to the attacks & ravages of the Enemy — the last fall did remove themselves and Effects into the Country, where with great Difficulty & Expence they procured houses to reside in during the last Winter — In this Situation having expended in the Support of their Families, their little Savings Notwithstanding the alarming Aspect of Public Affairs, were obliged to Return, this Spring, to their old Habitations, Where they yet remain in a very dangerous & defenceless Situation, without a Bridge, by means of which a 6Q2 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Retreat might be secured for the Inhabitants and the Colony Troops Stationed there in case of any Emergence it should be found Necessary, & without any Batteries Fortifications or Can- non for Defence — As Newcastle is the Key to this Colony, the Securing the Possession thereof, cannot be thought of less Im- portance to the Colony ; than the Acquisition of it must be to the Enemy, In order to secure the Lives & Interest of the Peo- ple of the Colony in general & of the Inhabitants of said New- castle & the Troops there in Particular, we humbly conceive a Bridge Should be erected across the River from the upper End of s^ Newcastle to Ward’s Island so called & from thence to Adam’s Island so called, which would afford a Safe retreat to Fort-Washington, & also a Safe direct way to send Reinforce- ments to the Troops Stationed at said Newcastle when needed — We likewise conceive that Batteries or fortifications should be Built at Said Newcastle in some proper places for the De- fence thereof, & to prevent the Enemy gaining a Stand so ad- vantageous to them & so detrimental to the Colony — Wherefore we humbly pray that your Honors would take the Subject mat- ter of this Petition into vour Serious Consideration & being convinced of the Necessity & Utility of the Measure, that you would order the s*^ Bridge & proper Batteries for Defence to be Built immediately at the Expence of the Colony. And we as in Duty bound will ever pray Newcastle 13*^' May 177b Geo. Frost Ju^ ) Committee for Robert White i Newcastle [7-167] S^Mef 7 io 7 'ial 7 'elative to the Fishery business, To The Hon’^ the Council and Assembly for the State of New Hampshire — The Memorial of Henry Prescott in behalf of his Constitu- ants, the Inhabitants of the Town of New-Castle — humbly Sheweth That said Town was almost Intirely Supported by the Fish- ery in Times past, there not being any Foreign Trade Carried on in said Town. That on the 20^^ of July i 775 tbe Act of the British Parliament prohibeting the Fishery took place, at which time, and after, a British Ship of War lay off' said Town which prevented even the Catching of fish in Boats — and in the Month of October following when Falmouth was Burnt the Inhabitants were at the Expence of Remooving Back into the Country for Safetv, expecting New Castle would Share the same fate — But in the Spring following a Considerable part of the Inhabitants NEW CASTLE. 693 Returned, and at an Unusual Expence fitted out Five fishing Vessells, Two of which were taken by the Enemy, and some of the Hands are yet on Board the Sloop of War which took them ; and Since a Considerable part of the Inhabitants have Engaged in the Continental Service ; and Others have no trade to Support them, That they at present are Unable to Support their Minister or School. — Wherefore your Memorialest would move that this Court would take their Case into their Calm Consideration and grant them such Relief wdth Respect to their Tax’s for 177s & as they may think Just & Reasonable in their present Distressed Situation and your memorialest as in Duty bund shall ever pray — Exeter Dec’’ 12^^ i 77 ^* Henry Prescott [7—168] S^Petition for Authority to raise j\Io 7 iey by Lottery to build a Bridge^ igj 8 i\ To the Hon'’* The Council, and House of Representatives for the State of New Hampshire, Conven’d at Exeter, the Peti- tion of a Number of the Inhabitants of the Towm of New Castle Humbly Sheweth — That your Petitioners, the greater part of them, being Scitu- ate and Living on an Island, Renders their Communication with the Inhabitants on the main Extreamly Difficult, and Many times Utterly Impracticable ; that for want of a Bridge W’e are Deprived of Any Markett from the Country Except what is by w'ater, wdiich is very Precarious and Lhicertain ; that in Case of an Attack from Our Enemys, Assistance from Our Bretheren on the Main would be Difficult to be Procured, and if Procured, a Retreat, in Case of a Defeat w’ould be At- tended wdth many and great Inconveniences That your Peti- tioners in this Time of general Calamity have been Deprived of the Usual means of geting their Livelyhood in a more Espe- cial Manner, as their whole Dependance was upon Navigation and the Fishery, and are thereby Rendered Uncapable of doing any thing towards Building a Bridge themselves ; That The Hon*’* The Committee of Safety for this State did in the year 1776 Direct Col. Long when Stationed on this Island, with a Body of Troops, to Build a Bridge a Cross the River wdth the Materials of the Old One, as far as it would go, and also gave us some Old Condemned Masts and Booms to work into the New Bridge, But Unfortunately for Us Your Petitioners, the Season of the year was so far Advanced before He began that the work Remains Uncompleated 694 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Your Petitioners Therefore humbly Request your Honor’s would enable them by an Act of this State to Raise Two thou- sand Dollars by a Lottery to finish the Bridge already began, and your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall ever pray — New Castle Febrt Henry Prescott Geo. Frost Ju’’ John Tarlton Thomas Bell Matthew Bell Juner Benjamin Bell Jn® Tuckerman Robert White John m'^Colley Rob* Lapish Sampson Bell Sam* Clarke John Seavey ary lo**’ 1778. James Neal Meshach Bell 3** Elias Tarlton Will™ Stocker Benjamin Bell 3** Ephraim Amazeen John amazeen William Jones William Clark Thomas Card John Card Henry Card John Rand John Simpson Meshach Bell Jur John Shannon Abednego Bell Abra : Ih'efethen Jur Nath** Jordan John Randel Abram Trefethen Richa'* Yeaton Isaac Smith Thomas Lake [In H. of Rep., Feb. 13, 1778, the foregoing petition was granted. — Ed.] [7-169] of Co 7 n 7 nittee 07 t DaTnages to Property by the Proops State of New Hamp^ In the House of Representatives Nov”" 21®* 177S. The Committee appointed by the Council & House of Rep- resentatives to estimate the Damages and Rents of sundry Houses improved as Barracks in the Years 1775 ^ 77 ^ ^7 Cap* Parr’s Rifle men, and other Continental Troops under the Command of Col* Peirse Long having met for the purpose aforesaid — & after a full survey of the buildings at New Castle, at Seavey’s Island, and Cap* George Janvrin’s Island, do agree to Report as follows — viz* To Meshech Bell for his house and damage £45. 0. To William Vinard for ditto 10. 0. To Jane Watkins d° 20. 0. To Henry Foss d*’ 12. 0. To Matthew Bell d° 28. 0. To John Simpson d“ 24. 0. To Shadrach Bell d° 90. 0. To Daniel Warner d« 56. 0. To Thomas Bell d“ 72. 0. To Robert White d° 76. 0. NEW CASTLE. 695 To John Tarlton d® 20. 0. To George Frost for his old house & d° 32. 0. To William Trundy d° 12. 0. To Robert Lapish d® 30. 0. To M*"® Shannon d° 16. 0. To Richard Yeaton d® 6. 0. To Joseph Frost d® 7. 0. To George Frost for New House & ditto 16. 0. To William Jones d° 15. 0. To M*"® Moodv d° 120. 0. To M' Chase for Parsonage d« So. 0. To Henry Prescutt d° • 0 6 To Stephen Batson d® 13. 0. To George JatlVey d" 24. 0. To Samuel Fernald d« 10. 0. To John Fernald do 1 2. 0. To Stephen Seavey d« 20. 0. To Stephen Jenkins d« 7 * To George Janvrin d® 65- <£968. O This Account of nine hundred and sixty-eight pounds ap- pears to your Committee to be due to the above named twenty nine persons, for the improvement of their houses & Lands for the purposes before mentioned, and all their damages — All which is submitted by George Gains for said Committee — Which Report being read & considered Voted that the same be received and accepted, & that the President give orders of payment accordingly to Major George Gains — Sent up for Concurrence — John Langdon Speaker In Council the Same day read and Concurred E Thompson Sec^ to Legislative Representation.^ iy 84 .~\ To the Hon^^® the Council and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Court Assembled — The Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of New Castle Humbly Sheweth — That by Reason of the late Cruel and Distressing War your Petitioners have for a long Time been deprived of the Usual means of geting their Subsistance, and are so Impoverished in their Circumstances that they have been unable to pay their 696 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Usual Proportion of the Public Expence, or even to Support a Minister, or School Amongst them, and also that their Num- bers are greatly deminislied, by which Means they are, at pres- ent, rendered unable to Support Representation — Wherefore your Petitioners pray that they may be disannexed from the Town of Rye, and not Annexed to any Other Town for the Choice of a Representative, they Choosing rather in their present Circumstances, to Rely on the Justice and Clem- enc}'^ of the Hon*^^ the General Court of the State — New Castle March 15*^ i 7 S 4 * Abraham Trefethe Jn® Simpson Henry Prescott Meshach Bell Stephen Chase Geo. ftrost Jrf Same^ Yaton William Vennard Edward White Robert White John Tarlton Sam^^ Gowdy Joshua White Nathan White Abra Trefethen J Sha Selectmen Jethro Furbar ) Copy Examin’d per Geo : Jaffrey Cl NEWINGTON. 715 [7-209] \_Deposition of Thornas T'ibbetts.~\ The Deposition of Cap‘ Tho® Tibbetts of Dover in the Prov- ince of New Plarnpshire aged eighty eight years who Testifyeth & Saith that ever Since his Remembrance the Point of Land where Jonathan Battishals Dwelling house now stands in New- ington, in the aforesaid Province was Commonly called & known by the name of Jeffry Raggs Point — Tho® Tibbetts [7-210] \_Deposition of Abigail Richaf'dsP\ The Deposition of Abigail Richards aged Seventy three years that about Sixty years ago or thereabouts the Deponant Re- membered a high way people used down to the water Side on the Northerly Side where John Rawlingses House Stood and running down next to where Huntres fence now Stands & then running on fore side of Sam*^ Rawlingses Orchard and from thence down on y® north of the Spring to the Slip at the waterside and the Deponant further saith that she very well remembers that people used to hall lumber down to the water- side by Huntress fence the Deponant being a Daughter of Rawlings & lived on the place or there abouts for forty years tbe mark of Abigail H Richards [7-21 1] \_Deposition of foseph Richards The Deposition of Joseph Richards of Rochester aged Sev- enty nine years testifyeth and saith that he being requested by Mess" John Knight & John Downing junr to give what Infor- mation he could concerning a high way lately laid out in the Parish of Newington by the Said Knight & Downing as Select- Men of Said Newington, as he is informed, having taken a View of the Said way where Said Knight Said it was laid out, Say’s that upwards of fifty years Since he the Deponent was acquainted with the land Claimed by Rawlings and that when he first knew them lands there was a path used by Samuel Rawlins the Son of James Rawlins & others thro’ the woods Some places in and others near by where said Road is now laid out down towards the River till they come to Said Samuels In- closure and that after the Crop & graising of his field was done in the fall the Barrs laid open and that path used for carrying lumber to the River turning of to the northward in the Inclos- ure before they got f River wher the way now is laid out & coming to it at the Slip ab‘ thirty Rods above the Said Inclos- 7i6 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. ure not lying open in Summer Season & that Since (viz‘) ab‘ thirty three years ago a division of S^ Lands was made among the Heirs of the S*^ James who open’d & used a Road for considerable time more northerly between the lands then of John Rawlins & Samuel Rawlins down to the River and the Deponant add’s he lived with Samuel Rawlins a son of y*^ said Ja® before this deponant was married wdio lived at the Same place — [Sworn to in court of judicature at Portsmouth. — E d.] [7-212] \_Inhabitants of Newington concerning said Road ^ '■75J-] Province of Newhamp*" To the Honorable the Justices of his Majesty* Court of Gener- ali Sessions of the Peace for Said Province holden at Ports- mouth Within and for Said Province on the first Tuesday of September 1753 — Humbly Shew the Inhabitants of Newington in Said Prov- ince — That in the Year 1656 the Town of Dover in Said province Granted a Cart way of four Polls or rods wide from the water Side at Jaftrey® Ragg his house and So into the w^ood® to the Old Way Which way So Granted was then in the Township of Dover but now in Newington aforesaid and was many Years kept open and Used as people had Occation Without Interrup- tion Untill Samuel Rawlins Late of Newington aforesaid yeo- man Deceased Some few years before his Decease fenced up and Took that part of Said way which Runs by the Land he Claim‘d into his Inclosure and in the Life time of the Said Sam- uel at his Majesty® Sup'' Court of Judicature held at portsmouth Within and for Said province on the 24*^ Day of August 1748 By adjournment the Said Samuel Rawlins was Convicted and Adjudged Guilt}' of fencing Up and Incumbering the Said Way So far as his Lands run and in and by the Same Judgem* it was Ordered that the Said Incumbrance Should be Removed & the Said Way Laid open but the Judgement of Said Court has not been Duly Executed and Notwithstanding the Said Convic- tion and order of the Said Court Allice the widow Relict of the Said Deceased and Samuel his Son who are in possession of his Estate Continue the Said Incumbrance and will not Suffer the Same to be Removed whereby not Only the Said Inhabitants of Newington but all Other his majesty® Subjects are Deprived of NEWINGTON. 717 their Right of passing and Repassing at Said place as they have Occation That the Said Way is Very Necessary and would be of Great Conveniency to the Publick if Opened for that there is no publick way or passage to the River from the old way above mentioned nor aCross the Particular Lotts but this above Grant- ed for near three Miles and there is no Obstruction to or in Any Other part thereof than what was made By the Said Samuel Deceased and Continued as aforesaid Wherefore the Said In- habitants pray the advisement of the Said Courts in the Prem- isses that your Honours Would Order the Said Incumbrance to be Removed that the Said Inhabitants and Others may Enjoy the Priviledge of Said Way and not Suffer Private Persons to possess Lands Granted and Appropriated to Such a Necessary Publick Use By Moses Furbur ) their Ellephalett Dam ) agents A True Copy [7-213] atb H Wentworth Cle^ A Schedule of The Mens Names Petitioners of The Town of Joseph Adorns John Fabyan Jam® Pickrin Eleazer Coalman Joshua Pickrin Jam® Colbroth RiclP Downing John Hoyt Joshua Trickey SanF Fabyan Harrisson Downing W"^ Shackford Jethro Bickford JuiF Thom® Pickrin RiclV Downing Juff Joseph Pickrin Hatevil Nutter JuiP Newington John Pickrin John Downing JuiF John Knight Jun*' Edward Walker Jonathan Huntris Joseph Rawlings Thom® Bickford SanF Shackford Anthony Nutter Jonathan Downing Nehe*" Furber Moses Furber Thom® Laighton Eliphelet Dam Rich‘S Dam Josiah Downing JuiP Rich^ Furber Jethro Furber John Nutter Jam®® Nutter Benj“ Colbroth Sam'' Nutter NiclP Night Lem" Bickford JoiP Trickey George Walton Christopher Huntris W"^ Huntris Seth Ring Edward Rawlins Phin® Coalman Benj'^ Miller Jonathan Batteshal [7-214] \^Depositio 7 t of George Walton.^ The Deposition of Geo Walton of Newington in the prov- ince of Newhamp’’® Esq’’ of ffull Age Testifieth and Saith that Some Years past he was att the house of Sam" Rawlings Late of Newington Dec" (and in the time of his Mothers life) and 7i8 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. was Called there by him and his aforesaid Mother m*"® Rebecca Rawlings in Order to make a Settlement of the Estate amongst the Childerin of her the Said Rebecca att which time the Said Deponant Asked the S^ Rebecca the reason of her Son Samuel haveing a Wider quantity of the Land then the Other Breather- in, upon which She the S*^ M*"® Rawlings Said there was a Road or high way to come out of her Son Samuels part, of four Rodds Wide Whereupon I the I Said Deponant asked S*^ m*'® Rawlings Where abouts the S'* way was upon which She came to the Door and pointed her hand toward huntrisses Land and Said itt was Over upon that Side — George Walton [Sworn to before John Downing, justice of the peace. — Ed.] [7-220] S^Deposition of Samuel Huntress.^ The Deposition of Samuel Hunttriss of Newington in the Proviance of Newhampshire aged Sixty Six years of age testi- fyeth & Saith that he was well knowing to the Land of Raw- lings & to the Point that is Called Jatfry Raggs Point & that my father and my mother & old mis Rawlings told me thatjaf- fry Ragg did Live upon the Point Nigh where Jonathan Bat- terShill Dwelling house Now Stands & I was with the Sons of the Said Rebeka in making their Diveding fences and did not hear any one of them Say any thing about a high way Going through the Said John or Samuels Land but I Did hear old mis Rawlings Say theire wos to goe a high way through hir Sons Joseph Laid from the Point where Jaffry Raggs house Did Sand and the Depoant further Sayeth That he Rembers when that old Rawlings old house did Stand over where they have Laid the high way which is in the middle of the Said way where it Is now Laid and I Remember that Joseph Richards had one or two Children born in it & I did help take the Same Down and did help Cary the Same over and Raise the Same up between their Dwelling house and learn that it is now Standing where the Said alice and Samuel hir Son does now live & further say not bis Samuel X Hunttriss mark [7-215] \^P)’oceedings of Court of Ge 7 teral Sessions, Province of Newhamp*' At his Majesty® Court of Generali Sessions for the Peace Hold- en at Portsmouth Sep^*" the 4^*^ ^ 753 — NEWINGTON. 719 Upon Reading the Complaint of the Inhabitants of Newing- ton against Allice Rawlins & Samuel Rawlins for Incloseing a high Way Ordered by the Court that Allice Rawlins, & Sam- uel Rawlins be Served with a Copy of this Complaint and Or- der thereon that they May Shew Cause if Any they have why this motion may not be Granted at the Next Term Att H Wentworth Clark And the Said Allice & Samuel Come into Court and Say that they have no Objection to Make against the High Way Granted by the Town of Dover in the Year 1656 be Opened and all In- cumbrances be Removed there from so far as the Same is with- in the Land® in Possession of the Said Allice & Samuel per M. Livermore their attorney Prov® of New Hamp® At his Majesty® Court of Generali Sessions for the Peace Hold- en at Portsmouth Decemb*' 4^*' i 753 — The Inhabitants of Newington Informants adv. Allice Raw- lins & SaiY‘ Rawlins By Cont® from Last Term to this by Order of Court that Al- lice Rawlins and Samuel Rawlins be Served wuth a Copy of this Motion to Answer this Term if they See Cause at which Term the Said Allice and Samuel appeared and Pleaded as on file and thereupon the Court appointed Samuel Hart and Dan- iel Pierce Esq*”® both of portsmouth and Thomas Westbrook Waldron of Dover Gentleman to open the Said Way Accord- ing to the Grant as they Shall apprehend it was and to Remove all Incumbrances thereon so far as the Said way Lies within the Possession of the Said Allice & Samuel or Either of them and Make Return of their doeing herein to this Court as Soon as may be Under this or any two of their hands — A True Copy att H Wentworth Clark Prov. of Newhamp*’ Pursuant to the within appointment We the Subscribers haveing beared the parties and the Evidences opened the way and laid it Out as follow® Viz‘ Begining at the Side of Piscata- qua River four polls to the Northward of the Division fence between the Land of Sam^ Huntress & others on the South Side and allice & Samuel Rawlins on the North Side And Run the Said Road as the Said fence runs to the Westerly Corner of the Said Huntress possession keeping the Distance of four Rods from Every part of Said fence then South Sixty five Degrees West thro® the Land of Allice and Samuel Rawlins aforesaid 720 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. four Rods wide to the Road that Leads from portsmouth to Bloody Point ferry then Crossing Said Road and Running four Rods wide on the North Side of the Said Allice and Samuel Rawlins their Land to the westerly End thereof keeping the Distance of four Rods Southward from Every part of the Di- viding fence between the Land® of the Said Allice and Samuel and the Heirs of Joseph Rawlings Deceased N 3 That Samuel Hart Esq*' was With us when we Divided the Land and beared the parties & Evidences Contending D Pierce Tho® W. Waldron A True Copy att‘ H Wentworth Cle*^ [7-216] \^Proceedings of Courts Prov : of New Hamps*' At His Majesty® Court of General Sessions for the Peace Hold- en at Portsm® In & for Said Province on the First Tuesday in June being the 4*^^ Day of Said month 1754 — Present The HonH® Daniel Warner Joseph Simpson Clem* march Sampson Sheaf JoslP Peirce Rich** Jennes Tho® Wibird ^ Esq*"® Just® J The Inhabitant® of Newington in the Province of New Hampshire CompDadv® — Allice Rawlins & Samuel Rawlins both of Said Newington in Said Province Respt® — at the Term before the Last Continued for the Committee to make Report of their Laying open the high Way at the Last Term Continued to this by order of Court for to Enquire about the Return of the high Way — at this Term ordered by the Court that the Return of the high Way be and hereby is Received and approved off as per Return on file It is therefore Considered by the Court that the Report of the Committee of the high Way is hereby Received and that the high Way be opened According to Law Immediately — A True Copy att* H Wentworth Cle*' NEWINGTON. 721 [7-217] \_^eport of Committee o?i said Road, 7755.] Province of New Hampshire Whereas we the Subscribers bein^ of a Committee appointed by the Hon’® y® Council & house of Representatives of Prov- ince on the 9”' of April 1755 to Examine into a way lying in the Township of Newington in Said Province, concerning which wav Alice Rawlins Wid° and Samuel Rawlins Husband- man are Petitioners — We of y® Committee have accordingly examined into the Way afores'’ & having heard the Evidences on both Sides and for Re- port — Say — That the Said Way (being a four Rod Cart Way) ought to begin at a Point on which the House of one Battishall now Stands which appears to us by the Return & other Evi- dences to be the Point formerly called Jaffrey Raggs Point and from the Water Side there to take its beginning & run upon a South West & by West Line into the Woods to the old Way agreeable to the return made by Lieut’ Hall and Sargent Fiu'ber anno 1656 were appointed for that purpose by the Town of Do- ver Portsm® Sep’' y® 17”^ ^755 Sampson Sheafe ) Jos : Newmarch j Committee m’’ Israeli Gilman one of the Committee Consented to the above report but was not present to Sign it attest, Sampson Sheafe [Documents numbered 221 and 222 in manuscript volume are plans relating to foregoing. — E d.] [7-223] \_Relative to Lhie between this town and Ports- mouth, /ydj.] To His Excellency Penning Wentworth Esq*" Captain General Governor & Comm’' in Chief in & over His Majestys Prov- ince of New Hampshire The Honble His Maiestys Council, and House of Rej^resentatives in General Assembly Conven- ed, Dec’' 13”’ 1763. The humble Petition of John Knight Esq’' and John Pickerin Husbandman Inhabitants of, and iVgents for, the Parish of Newington in the said Province Sheweth That in the year 1713 the said Parish was first legally Set of & Seperate from Dover 48 722 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. That in 17141 for the better Direction of Constables in Col- lecting Publick Taxes &c, the General Court upon due Consid- eration fixed the Bounds of Newington aforesaid as follows Viz‘ From Piscataqua River by the Inhabitants following Viz‘ James Gray, Henry Bennet, Joseph Johnson Samuel Thompson and Thomas Pickerin upon the Great Bay, And Ordered that those Inhabitants with the Lands and Estates they then lived upon & whosoever sho^^ live upon them thereafter or build within the Limits aforesaid sho*^ pay their parish Taxes to Newington That the aforesaid Boundarys so determined by the General Court is so Crooked and uncertain as to be matter of great Dis- pute between Newington and the Town of Portsmouth, which matter might be remedied by fixing a Streight Line from Grays at Piscataqua River to Pickerins Farm at the Great Bay. That the Owners and Possessors of the Lands and Farms upon the said Line have not any Objection as your Pefi® appre- hend to the Line last mentioned. Wherefore your Petitioners pray your Excellency and Hon- ours to take the premises into Consideration And that the said Line last mentioned may for the future be the proper Boundary between the said Parish of Newington and Town of Portsmouth And your PeP will Ever pray &c John Knight Juner John Pickreng [In H. of Rep., May 9, 1764, Simeon Dearborn, of Green- land, was appointed to make a plan of the boundary line as it then was, and report. — Ed.] [R- 3-34] [Nathaniel Ham, in a petition dated April 4, 1761, stated “that he enlisted as a Volunteer in the Late Expedition for the Total Reduction of Canada under the Command of Cap^ George March,” and “ did much work in Clearing the Road from N®four to Crown Point until he broke two of his ribs.”^ He was omitted in making up the muster-roll, and asked to have it rectified. — Ed.] [ R . 3-3 5 ] [ Mint a ry Officers chosen^ ^775 • ] Newington Octo i 775 * By order of Congress the Commitey of Newington assembled the people together and chose their officers first Sam' Shackford NEWINGTON. 723 & Secondly Will"* Furber thirdly Eze^ Gilman Adams forthly Christopher Nutter they all Decling to Accept under NF Eph"* Pickering as Second Major the Commishons being Delivered to us we Still deny accepting them under the said Pickering Sam^ Shackford W"* Furbur [7-224] \_Benjamin Adams’s Communicatio 7 i.'\ To the Honourable Joshua Wentworth Esq*" Sir I understand you have not thought me worthy of your Notic in appointing me a Justice of the Peace in the County, notwithstanding the Importunitise of my friends : and If my memory Serveth me Right you gave me Great Encouragement your Self but all I find is Subsided : I understand you have had the advise and CoLincel of Hushai : who Counceled against Ahitophel which has turned against me I understand there has been many Objec- tions against me by my Enemies I Know them and I Shall Set a mark upon them as was Set upon Cain when he Slew his Brother Abel because his ways were Righteous and his wicked : I understand One Great Objection is that I was not friendly in the beginning of the Revolution. I Confess I Did not Step for- ward at first for many Good Reasons which I Could ofier If time and paper would allow being acquainted with History both Civil and Sacred. I was afraid to act as forwardly as Some have Done Least I Should ofiend against God and the Dictates of my Own Concience my Estate has Done Its part or more Sir you may Remember twelve Dollers in hard money being in your hands in a Lottery way you advanced to help the troops when In distress in Canaday and I was Paid in Paper with a Considerable Loss : I understand it is Objected that there is two Justices in Newington It being a Small town two was Sifficient I may Justly Say that there is not one Properly Specking, for Richard Downing Esq^ has not Taken the Oath nor will he If he must Pay a Doller for hisCommision as he told me him Self and the Other is as the Learned Observeth : Vox Et Preteria Nihil : I am afraid that you Gentlemen in authority are Riming into the Old Error In promoteing of men without Knowlage or Goodnes and Neglecting men of Learning and Religion which is a great Error When the Righteous are in authority the People Rejoice ; but when the wicked bare Rule the People mourn, another Objection is the people in Newington are against me I know it what is the reason It is not against my morral Carracter nor Capasity in a Civil or Religious way for I have Served them as a Church Officer more than thirty years and Near twentv in a Civil List Sir I will Give you a Short Detail on the matter In 724 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. the year i77^ Select men Cam to Pay my father his Salary for one year which was one hundred Silver Dollers which they had Paid : for A number of years and no more being onely one third of his Sallery yearly and they Brought him a hundred pa- per Dollers in the Lue there of which was onely Seven Pounds ten Shillings by the Scale and he Refused to Give them a Dis- charge in full and the town Passed a Vote Not to Pay him any more Salary till he Did Give them a Discharge in full and they Paid him no more to the time of his Death and I was In duty bound to Support him to the time of his Death ; and then to burrey him without any assistance from the' town and Some years Since his Death the town has Compounded with me and has Given their Security for though an Inferiour Sum which is the Cause of their Malice against me as to my being an Enemy to my Countery I Deny the Charge I always was and Ever have been Redy and willing to Defend it in Person and Estate and am Now Redy and willing to Support Government provided I am properly treeted and promoted by those in authority or Otherwise I vShall be Discouraged and Probeblly may let mat- ters take their Course wn'thout my Intermedling in those matters I apprehend it is a poor time to mak Enemies against Govern- ment the Country is full of them alredy to my Certain Knowl- age and I fear the Consequence If Som thing Is not Done Speedilv : for the President and Counsel to hear the nonsensi- cal Rabble agains Men of Influenc is Strange and Surpriseing : I Ever have Given my Vote for CoP Wentworth for a Senator and Ever Expected to Use my Influenc for him in that Office but If matters turn agains me in this way I have Done. I step- ed forward the Other Day to Support Government and was the Second man to Coll Brewster who Stoped the Insurgents at the Bridg till we were properly Re in forsed by General Silley and Others to the hasard of my Life and hors against their Naked bayonets, but the Poor mans Councel and assistance is Dispised as the Good old mans Councel was, that Saved the City which we have an account of in Scripture Sir by your Keeping Me out of power may prevent My Doing a Great Deel of Good to Gov- ernment and my fellow men which I Should Rejoice to Serve Provided there is or may be proper Encouragement; two Jus- ticies in Newington is too many ; there is four in Greenland and two in one house and No objection against it but two in Newington is too many I remember four Coroners appointed in Newington Successively and not one of them Could Draw up an Inquisition without my help and Some in the Civil List are as Insufficient to DisCharge their office without my assist- ance I think these thing are an Error in those in Comand : Sir I would not have you think I am Set up for a Dictator to those in Government I onely wist to show Matters in a Clear light NEWINGTON. 725 Strictly Specking I Do not want [torn off] to any Set of men Onely I wish to be properly Respected by those in authority I am a free Citizen and am Dependent [torn] I Should think that the recommendation of John Pickering Esqr and Other Gentle men in the Neighbouring towns of my acquaintanc migt have more Influence in the Councel than the Rabble party in New- ington I fear Government may be Called on again to Disperse the Insurgent and If that Should be the Caise I believe I Shal Endevour to Sleep in a whole Skin and not medle wdiere I have no authority but I hope matters will be to my Satisfaction I Subscribe My Self a true friend to Government and would Recommend to my Self and all under my Influence to Remem- ber the words of the aPostle Paul in 13^'' Chapter of Romans Let Every Soul be Subject to the higher Powers for the Powers that be are ordained of God and So onwards. Benjamin Adams — P S Sir If you Please you may Communicate these Lines to the President and Counce when you See them if you think best or otherwise. [7-225] \_Relative to the election of Representative^ /7c?2.] To the Honorable House of Representatives for the State of New Hampshire in General Assembly Convean’d — The Petition of the Subscribers Inhabitants & Freeholders of Newington in the County ofRockingham and State aforesaid — qualified by the law of Said State to Vote in Electing Repre- sentative Humblv Shews that Your Petitioners togather with Other Inhabitants & freeholders of Said Newington aforesaid Qiialified as aforesaid being Notified Agreeable to the Preceipt to the Selectmen of Said Newington Directed & Agreeable to the Common Custom Met in Said Newington on Monday the Ninth Day of December Instant One O’Clock afternoon Two of the Selectmen being Present Read the Preceipt & then the Notification & Desired the People to bring in their Votes for a Moderator to Govern Said Meeting Cap‘ Ephraim Pickering Came forward & Said no man had any Right to Vote in any Matter or thing but such as had Taken a Certain Oath which he then Produced Said Oath Being Read Many of the People had Taken the Same Oath — Others Said they had no Objection Against Taking Said Oath — But to be Deprived of the Privi- ledge of Voting in Town Meeting Because they Could not Swallow an Oath at first Sight without Consideration was De- priving them of One of their Most Vahieable Rights that a free People Ought to Enjoy then the People Proceeded to the 726 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Choice of a Moderator & Voted for Benj** Adams Esq*" & Cap* Ephraim Pickering Equal Votes but by a Despute arising about a Moderator — Benj“ Adams Esq*" Refused Taking the Seat But Cap* Eph*" Pickering took the Seat & then Proceeded to the Choice of a Representative Cap* Eph™ Pickering Being Moder- ator alow’d on his part any Person to Vote whither Under Oath or Not — But the Oppersite Party Vvas Denyed Voteing without Taking Said Oath by which Means Cap* Eph*" Pickering was Declared Chosen Representative in Newington On which Dec- laration Benj'^ Adams Esq*" Came Forward & Requested the favour of Entering a Dissent against the Proceedings of Said Meeting as being Conterary to Law & the Constitution which we are now under Said Dicent Being Enter’d by fourteen or More of the Inhabitants then present therefore we the Sub- scribers are humblv of the Opinion that the Said Cap* Eph™ Pickering is not Legally Chosen to Represent them in General Assembly & Ought not to have a Seat in Your Honourable House & Ought to be Dismised from Said House and we Re- quest that You Send Out to Said Newington a New Preceipt to Chuse a Representative to Represent them in General Assem- bly Your Petitioners wait Your Honourable Decision on Said Petition as in Duty Bound will Ever Pray Newington December y® 12**^ 1782 Benjamin Adams'! Selectmen Timothy Dame v of James Pickering ^ Newington William Furbur Hatevil Nutter jur Eliphelet Dam Hatevil Nutter 3** Ebenezer Nutter Nathaniel Nutter Samuel Dame Hatevil Nutter William Vincent Levi Furbur Jethro furbur Joseph Hodgdon Anthony Vincent Nathan Huntriss Joseph Colbath John Vincent Ichabod Bickford Nathan Webb Ad- ams John Shackford Issachar Dam Benjamin Hodgdon Sam** Walker John Nutter Joseph Qiiint Thomas Quint Nickoles Pickering Sam** Shackford Samuel Rawlings [7-226] \_Petition for authority to send a Representative^ 1784-'] State of New-Hampshire To the hon*^*® the Councel and House of Representatives for said State in General Assembly conven’d on the 30**^ day of March 1784 NEWINGTON. 727 Humbly shew the subscribers being more than a majority of legal voters in the Town of Newington in the County of Rock- ingham and State afores*^, that, the Inhabitants have had and exercised the Right and privilege of sending a Representative to the General Court for more than sixty years past — that tho’ the number of voters for the choice of a Representative is short of what the new constitution of government requires in order to send a Representative yet the said Town is so situated as ren- ders their being classed with any other Town, Parish or Place very inconvenient Wherefore your PetiP pray that a Writ may issue to s*^ Town to elect and send a Representative to the General Court and your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray &c Rich*^ Downing William Stoodly Samuel Fabyan John Fabyan John Gee Pickreing Jonathan Trickey George Laighton Step® J° Thomas Benja Hodgdon Valintine Pickering William Brassbridge John Ployt Joseph Adams John Pickreng John Stevens Seth Huntriss Samuel Rawlings Benj“ Hoyt Joshua Downing Samuel Downing Richard Downing Will'“ Huntriss Josiah Downing James pickering Jonathan Qiiint Joseph Qiiint Thomas Qiiint John Hodgdon Benj*^ Pickring Rich‘S Peckering Christopher Nutter Epheraim Pickering SanF Fabyan Juner Thomas Nutter Sam^^ Walker Dennis II ight Joel Laighton William Pickring James Nutter Lem^ B. Mason Bening Colbath Thomas Binder John Pickering Juner Joseph Adams 3^ Esq’’ Jonathan W Nuter Noah Rawlings Joseph Hodgdon Dudleye Adams Joseph Hi ght John Adams Joseph Rollings Henry Plart Zebelon Wille George Huntriss Joseph Trickey Joseph Huntriss Joseph Pattinson Benjamin Dame Joseph Pattinson Dame Noah Huntriss Bartholomew Down- Benjamin Miller [In H. of Rep., March 31, 1784, the petition was grant- ed, and a precept ordered to be issued. — Ed.] £7-229] \_Co7mnunicatio7i fro7n Benja7nin Ada77is^ 1/86.'] Newington Dec*" 28 : 1786 Sir I Have been Informed that Some Expressions in the Letter I Wrote to you some time past when Laid before the President and Counsel has Given some Umbrace to Some Gen- 728 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. tlemen in Councel which I am Exceeding Sorry for If any such Expressions were Looked on as affrontive I am sorry for It : I Did not mean any such thing. I must Confess I felt some thing warm against Some of my Enemies in my own town when I wrote s^ Letter and Did not think so prudently as probably I might have Done All such Expressions as are Imprudent and affrontive I am Sorry for and do ask His Exel- lencies and the Councls Pardon praying that they may forgive Every thing that has been offered as affrountive and Call it an error in Judgment or a Peccadillo and not a Crime unPardon- able I am Redy and willing to Support Government and Defend it at this Critical time against all Invaders of our Sacred Rights : and should Rejoice to be Incouraged by authority sa far that I might Do it with the Greatest Charefullness : I beg your Honours would take my matter Into your Serious Con- sideration again and grant me my request : I ad no more I Subscribe myself your true friend and Humble Sarvant at all times Benjamin Adams To HoiP Joshua Wentworth Esq*" P S Sir — Be Pleased to Lay the above before the President and Counsel [7—231] ^^Remonstrance to the Appointme 7 it of Mr. Adams. To his Excellency John Sullivan Esquire, President of the State of New Hampshire, &c &c &c — The Petition of sundry Persons Inhabitants and Freeholders,, of the Town of Newington in said State, subscribing hereto, Humbly sheweth. That your Petitioners have been informed that M*' Benjamin Adams of said Newington has been recommended by some person or persons, to your Excellency, to be appointed a Jus- tice of y^ Peace. They therefore beg leave with the greatest deference and submission to inform your Excellency, that said M*" Adams is quite unacceptable to the Inhabitants of the said Town in general, and as they conceive, to the People of the Countv at large. That it is with regret they thus express their sentiments of a person whom they do not wish to injure, but they feel themselves constrained to speak their minds from a regard to your Excellency, to prevent the effect of mistaken, or Partial Information, which they have Heard has been given, and from a regard to the public Good, which they have the fullest Confidence is the Object of your Excellency’s NEWINGTON. 729 Conduct. They therefore humbly pray that the said M*" Ad- ams may not be appointed to said Office, but that your Excel- lency would be pleased to appoint M*' Timothy Dame of said Town, or some other suitable person, acceptable to the Peo- ple, and a Friend to his Country ; as to your wisdom shall seem good ; and they as in duty bound shall ever pray &c &c &c — Dated in Newington January first 1787 — Benj“ Coleman John Coleman John Downing James Pickering John Pickering Paul Rawlings Junr Paul Rawlings Joseph Hodgdon Christopher Nutter Joel Leighton Noah Huntriss Anthony Vincent John Nutter Matthius Nutter Juner John Hodgdon Henry Nutter Benia Hodgdon Sam*^ Fabyan Jun^ James Nutter Absalom Pickering Benjamin Dame Benjamin Pickring John Gee Pickreing Nehemiah Pickerin Thomas Nutter Mark Huntriss John Pickering Jun Levi Pickering Jonathan Trickey William Furbur Dennis Hight Levi Furbur Stephen Jonas thomas Hatevil Nutter Jethro furbur Joseph Hight Hatevil Nutter Wm Nutter Nathaniel Nutter Jethro Nutter Samuel Dame Edward Brassbridge [7-228] [ Certijicate of Geo7'ge Gains relative to Mr. Ad' ams., State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss Portsmouth 1786 — These may Certifie all Whom it doeth or may Concern that Benjamin Adams Esq’’ of Newington Was some time in the Year 1778 brought before the Committee of Safety for said State being Charged with Inimical Conduct towards his fellow Citizans in the Dispute with Brittain and after a full hearing (before said Committee) of his accusers he the said Adams Was honorably acquitted the Subscriber at that time had the honor of being one Said Committee George Gains [7-232] S^Petition for the hicorporatio^i of a Library^ ^797 To the Hoif® the Senate and House of Representatives for the state of New Hampshire, in General Court Convened at Portsmouth December P‘ AD 1797^ — 730 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. The Petition of the Subscriber in behalf of the Proprietors for forming Newington Social Library — Humbly Sheweth That the said Proprietors some years ago formed themselves into a Society and have collected a Considerable number of Books, to which they are yearly making additions, by means of which they hope to promote and increase usefull knowledge among them, but finding themselves under Some disadvantages for want of being incorporated into a Body Politic, whereby they may be enabled to call upon each other. Your Petitioner therefore Prays your Honours that an Act may be passed. Incor- porating the said Society into a Body Politic, and as in Duty bound will ever pray — Portsmouth Dec'" 1797 Ephraim Pickering [The petition was granted, and the library incorporated. —Ed.] NEW IPSWICH. The township was granted by the government of the Massachusetts Bay, in 1736, to some inhabitants of Ipswich in that province, as surveyed by Jonas Houghton. The set- tlement of the province boundaries in 1741 severed a small portion of the Massachusetts grant from the township. The Masonian proprietors’ claim, being confirmed in I 745 » annulled the aforesaid grant; but the proprietors under it, with others, applied to Col. Joseph Blanchard, agent for said Masonian proprietors, and succeeded in procuring a grant from them at a small expense, said grant being dated April 17, 1750. This grant varied somewhat from the former, but covered much of the same territory. July 5, 1762, the proprietors chose Capt. Reuben Kidder to get the township incorporated, which he succeeded in doing, — a charter being granted by the governor and coun- cil, dated Sept. 9, 1762, to have continuance until Jan. i, 1766, in which the town was named Ipswich. Another act of incorporation was granted March 6, 1766, by the same authority, “ to have Continuance during Our Pleasure by the Name of New Ipswich.” New Ipswich Academy was incorporated June 17, 1789, and was the second academy incorporated in this state. NEW IPSWICH. 731 Phillips Exeter Academy, being the first, was incorporated April 3, 1781. [7—186] S^Petitio7i for authority to levy a special tax to build a Aleet ing- House ^ 1^62. Province of New Hampshire To His Excellency, Benning Wintworth Esq*" and the Honor- able His maj® Counsel & House of Representatives — The Petition of the Inhabitants of Ipswich Flumbly Sheweth Whereas we, thy poor Petitioners, are Settled in the Wilder- ness, and Labour under many Inconveniences, which many new settlements are strangers to ; Our Taxes are very heavy (considering our Poverty) we have not only a Tax to pay to the Province but our Minister, and other Taxes, which were formerly paid by the Propriety ; must now be paid by a few poor Inhabitants : And Still our Burden must Infallibly In- crease, as we are necessitated to Build a Meeting House, Since the Plouse we now meet in will not Serve the Inhabitants, We thy Poor petitioners therefore (Judging it Impossible for us, to pay the Taxes which will be laid upon us, and Provide Neces- sary Sustenance for our families) Earnestly Pray, that you Would Consider us. Groaning under the weight of Our Bur- dens, and Grant us some Relief, by answering the following Humble Request (viz) that you would be Graciously pleased to Grant us a Land Tax, to Enable us to Surmount the afore- mentioned Difficulties ; i. e. That you would be pleased to Lay a Tax, of one penny Sterling upon Each acre of Land Con- tained in this Town (or as much as shall be thought Reason- able by the Honorable Court) To be paid to the Town Treas*' Annually Dureing the Term of five Years, to Enable us to Build the afore Mentioned Meeting House ; we Likewise pray that you would Order the same Method of Gathering s*^ Tax as was formerly Used in the Propriety (viz) by sale of the Delin- quents Land at publick Vendue, we would Inform the Honor- able Court that the Proprietors Voted their willingness that the above Tax should be Laid upon the Lands* We therefore pray that you would harken to our Humble Petition, the an- swer of which will Greatly Oblige y*" Humble and Obedient Servants Dated at Ipswich OctoU f zP Anno Dom. 1762 — *At a Proprietors meeting legally notified at Ipswich ye i8th of Octobr Instant; the Pro- prietors of Ipswich voted their willingness To have a Tax of one penny Sterling money Laid upon each acre of Land Contained in said Ipswich to be paid annually for the Term of five years Jonas Woolscn, Moderator N. B. Sd vote is Signed by the Moderator by reason of the Clerks being absent 732 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Abel Wright Thomas Fletcher Robert Waugh Samu'^ parker Francis Fletcher William Clary Aaron Kidder Joseph Kidder John Dutton Jonah Crosby Asa Bullard albe severance John Chandler Isaac How Peter Fletcher Andrew Spaulding Kendall Briant Hezekiah Cory Robbert Cambel William Speer Benj'^ Gibbs william Sanderson Joseph Bullard Andrew Conn Reuben Taylor Joel Crosby Benj*^ Hoar moses Tucker John Preston Robert Crosby Reuben Kidder James French Ebenezer Heald Ebene*' Bullard Jonas woolson Benjamin Safford Elias Stone Samuel whittemore [7-187] \_Renio 7 tstrance of Non-Residents to foregoingJ\ To His Excellency Bening Wintworth Esq’’ The Honourable His Majesbys Councel and House of Representatives of y* Provence of New Hampshire — May It pleas your Exelency and Honours we y® Subscribers of Ipswich in y® Provence of y® Massachusets Bay & Sum of y® Propriaters of Ipswich In y® Provence of Newhampshire, have Ben Informed that A Numbar of y® Inhabitance of the same Ipswich have Petitioned your Exelency and Honours, that a Tax of one Penney Starling p*" acer be Layd on all y® Lands, in s'^ Township for y® space of five vears to buld them A Nother Meeting House which will be A bought Ten Thou- sand pounds Hamshare Money, which will buld one Large A Nough to Acomade them all with Pews with out Aniey Tax on thare poals personal Estate — or Improved Lands More than they Desire to have Layd on our Wild Land that Lays on Rocky Mountains and spruce Swamps — which we Aprehend Is so Unreasonable, that it Is surprising to Us that aniey should presume to Aske it of your Honours of whom thay have no Reason to Expecte aniey thing But what Is A Gree- able to y® strictest Justis and Equity — But It will a pear more Strange when your Honours are Informed that we have Given y® Inhabetance our best Lotts on Conditions of there settleing thare on bulding a meeting house &c — which thay have Don & so Holde thare Lands there for, but now Complain thare House is two Small, if it be it is thare own folte They should have Bulte it Biger, and It is our Humble Opinion that it is more Reasonable that thay should in Large thare House that is so New then to pool it Down and for us to Buld them A nother, NEW IPSWICH. 733 Inasmuch as y® Charge of preaching setleing A Minister Cleai*- ing Mending ways Bidding Brigis &c — Haith ben all Defrayd by a Land Tax which Haith ben very Expenceive and of Long Continuance. Wharefore your petitioners Humbly pray that your Exelency and Honours would Not Lay so Heaviey and as we humbley Conceve Unnesary A Burdon on Us, all which is Humblev Submited by your Exelency & Honours Moust Humble Servents — Daited at Ipswich April 35, 1763 Samuel Wiggles- worth Francis Choate Isaac Appleton Nehemiah Portor Thomas Adams William Brown Nathanel Safford Jeremiah Perkins Westly Perkins [7-1 88] \_Relative to faying a Com 7 nittee to locate the Aleet- htg- House ^ Gentlemen I am to let you know that the General Assembly are Inform- ed that you hitherto Neglect and Refuse to pay the Committee Sent by the General Assembly to Establish the Place where your Meeting House is to Stand The Cost of which Committee by the Vote of the Assembly you were Order’d to pay And your Refusing so to do seems to be in Contempt of that Au- thority I am therefore to let you know that the General Assembly Expect that without Delay you pay said Committee their De- mands And such Other Charges as may have Arisen in Conse- quence of your neglect hitherto Portsmouth New Hamps® In the House of Representatives May 26, 1768 Bv Order M Weare CV •/ To the Selectmen of New Ipswich N B. Said Com*®®® Acco* is three Pounds Sixteen Shillings [A committee, consisting of Col. John Goffe, Dr. John Hale, and James Underwood, was appointed Sept. 22, 1767, to locate the meeting-house. This was done in answer to a petition of a portion of the inhabitants. Said committee lo- cated it “ where the Meeting House now is.” — Ed.] 734 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [7-189] \_Petition to have Amherst 7 ?iade the Shire Town of the County^ To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq, Cap‘ Gen^ Governor & Commander &c of the Province of new Hampshire, To the Honorable his Majestys Council and Asembly of said Prov- ince We Inhabitants of New Ipswich in said Province Beg Leave to Return your Excellency and Honors our most hearty Thanks for the prudence & Wisdom you have Exhibited in forming the lines of middle County so agreeable to Nature, We think it is Done to the best advantage ; and Humbly Thank your Excel- lency & Honors for appointing Amherst Shire Town as we think the County may be well accommodated there — And pray that there may not be one Town more Annexed to this County, for if it should we think it w^ould give Birth to Confusion — We as in Duty bound will ever prav — Dated April i 7 ^ 9 — Aaron Kidder John Preston Jonathan Dix Ezra Town John Cutter Ephraim Adams Joseph Bates Peltiah whittemore Joseph Kidder Levi Adams Kendall Briant Stephen Adams John walker Isaac How Francis Fletcher William Speer moses Tucker Benj'^ Hoar Jonas Woolson Thomas Wright Benjamin Wheat John Dutton JoiP Davis Charles Barrett Simeon Bullard Benjamin Adams Edmond Towne Joshua Thomson Georg Sterrt Barnes Dana [7-190] [ Vote of Town relative to Lots^ 7772.] At a meeting of the Proprietors of the Township of New Ipswich in y® County of Hillsborough in y® Provence of New Hampshire — Held at the House of Josiah Rogerses Inholder in Said New Ipswich on the thirtyeth Day of December A D : 1772 It was Voted to Raise fifty three Pound Lawfull money to pay those Persons who have Suffered by haveing there Lotts Cutt by Sliptown & Rindge Linds as Voted to Each Sufferer by the Proprietors also Voted to Chuse a Committee to Prefer a Peti- tion to the General Court for to Enable the Proprietors to Col- ect the money they have Voted to Raise to pay those Persons who have Suffered by haveing there Lotts Cutt by Slip town and Rindge Lines and the Charge that Shall arise by Effecting NEW IPSWICH. 735 that matter to final Determination as His Excellency and Hon- ours Shall Diecrict Chosen for Said Committee Reuben Kidder Esq*" Cap‘ Benja- min Hoar & Isaac Appleton — atte® p*" Isaac Appleton Proprietors Clerk [7-19O \_Petition relative to samer\ To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq*" Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over His Majestys Provence of New Hampshir, and to the Honourable His Alajestys Council, and House of Representatives in General Court assembled at Portsmouth — The Petition of the Proprietors of the Township of New Ipswich in the County of Plillsborough in S^^ Provence Humbly Shew'eth — That your Petitioners at there first Settlement Lotted out and Devided the whole of the Land in Said Township and Some time after it w'as Discovered that a Number of S^ Lotts ware run over the Line of Said Township in to the Towmship of Temple and of Rindge the w hole of the Land being Devided in the Said Township of NewHpswdch it is not in the Powxr of S*^ Proprietors to make up those Rights in Land therefore Said Proprietors at there meeting Leagally Held for that Purpose Voted to make up those Rights that had been Partly taken into Temple and Rindge as afibresaid equal to other Rights by Give- ing them that is each Sufi'erer the Value of the Land so Cutt ofi' in money and accordingly Voted fifty three Pound Lawfull money which Sum is as S^^ Proprietors Judge the Value of the Land which is so Lost as afore Said but as S*^ Proprietors ap- prehend that they are not able by Law' to Colect the money Voted for the Use above Said therefore you Petitioners Humbly pray your Excellency and Honours to take there Case under your wdse Considaration and Lay the above Said Tax on the Lands in Said Tow'iiship of New Ipswich for the Use above Said with the Cost your Excellency and Honours Shall Judge will nessarily arise or other wise Grant Relief as your Excel- lency and Honours in your Wisdom Shall See meet and your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray Reuben Kidder Benj“ Hoar Isaac Appleton Commitee for S*^ Proprietors N B the Proprietors when they Raised money have made it there practice that the third and fouth Devetion have paid ondly 736 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Equel to one & 2 ^ Devision that is 2 66 acre Lott have paid but one third part of the Taxes of a Right [7-197] \_Petition for Pay for Se^'vice in the Wari\ To the General Court of the State of New-Hampshire Humbly shew the Inhabitants of the Town of New-Ipswich in said State, that they been since the commencement of the late American War at very great expence, and have been singular sufferers thereby, without receiving any compensation or con- sideration whatever, either from this State or this Continent therefor — The said Inhabitants therefore humbly offer the Account in the Schedule herewith exhibited, for the mature deliberation and allowance of this Honorable Court, as containing not a sin- gle Article for which they have received the least value — They are ready, if this Honorable Court should judge necessary, to produce Vouchers for a further support of the Charges in said Account, if the Subscriptions and Oaths thereto, or the present attestations are not sufficient. — And therefore the said Inhabi- tants humbly pray that this Court would allow the said Account as it now stands, or that a day may be given as this Hon’ble Court shall appoint ; and that the proof of the Articles and Charges in said Account may be admitted and if proved beyond a possibility of a doubt to this Hon’ble Court, that they would grant the same, is all the said Inhabitants wish for or desire — And as in duty bound will ever pray — Noah Cooke — in behalf & by order of the Committee of said Town chosen for the above purpose [R- 3-37] Persons that went to Cambridge in April A. D. i 775 ’ alarm of the battle at Concord, their time and expenses : Thomas Heald, Capt. Days 13- ^ Jesse Carleton Days 13- * Ezra Town, Lieut. 00. Jno. Brown Jr 7 - Joseph Parker, “ 13 - Joseph Wright 7 - Hezekiah Corey Ensign 6 . * Samuel Soper 13- William Start Clerk 13- Stephen Davis 5 - Isaac How, Seg’t. 13- Robert Cambell 3 - Sami. Whittemore 3 * Thos Brown 13- Simeon Hildrith 7 - Jonas Wheeler 7 - EbeiP Brown 3. *Josiah Brown Sgt. 13- NEW IPSWICH. 737 Jonas Willson Ji 7. Simeon Gould 4. Jona. Davis 4. Joseph Pollard 13. Francis Fletcher lo. NatD Pratt 9. Edm'^ Bryant 5. William Hodgkins 5. James Chandler 5. Jon. Brookqs Serj* 13. Jno. Cutter 1 1 . NatD Swain 9. Tim® Wheelock 4. Joel Wheelock 8. Nath^ Reed 5. Benja Hoar 7. Aaron Chamberlain 9. Rev. Stephen Farrar 30. Elijah Flagg 6. Tim® Farrar 5. Jno. Wilkins 5. D an^ Mansfield 5* Peter Fletcher 5. Jno. Sartell 8. Abel Miles 13. W™ Speer 6. * Elijah Davis 13. David Sanders 8. Joseph Warren 5. Moses Tucker 2. Thomas Fletcher 5. Dan' Clary 6. Isaac Farwell 5. Tim® Farwell 5. Nath' Melvin 8. Jno. W alker 5. W®^ Kendall 8. Dank Stratton 5. James Tidder 13. * Nath' Carleton 13. Attest * Benj. Williams i *Josiah Walton i Leonard Parker Joseph Tinney yym Ephraim Foster Daniel Foster i Samuel Foster *Timo. Stearns i Benja Gibbs * Supply Wilson i vSaml. Kinney i Jno. Melvin * David Melvin i Josiah Davis Allen Breed i Jona. Wheet Whitcomb Powers i Joseph Bates Chas. Barrett Isaac Appleton Reuben Kidder Jere'' Underwood Benj. Pollard i Abr®^ Abbott i Josiah Rodgers Sami Haywood Thos Farnsworth Stephen Parker Nath' Stone Timo. Fox Nath' Farr i Sami Bartlett James Barr Amos Boynton Elea*" Cummings Isaac Clark W"^ Shattuck Eph™ Adams Jr Robert Hark ness Tho* Heald State of New Hampshire. Hillsborough ss. OcP 17"^ ^7^5. Personally appeared Thomas Heald. Edmund Briant and Jo- seph Parker and made solemn oath that this Account by them 49 Ooca CrvOooo* Select men James Chandler j NEW IPSWICH. 741 Hillsboro’ ss Dec’' 14^’’ 1778 The above named W'" Shattuck, I : Appleton and J. Chand- ler made solemn Oath, tliat in Appraising the Horse above mentioned, they have acted impartially & according to their best Skill and Judgment. Coram Tim® Farrar Just : Pacis [ 7 ~^ 93 ] \^Afpraisal of Estate of Absentees^ /y/c?.] An Inventory of the Estate of John Tomlinson and John Tufton Mason Esq’® (supposed to be Inhabitants of Great Brit- ain) lying in N-Ipswich in the State of N-Hampshire, taken into Custody and appraised by the Subscribers, Select-Men of s*^ New-Ipswich by Authority of an Act intitled An Act to pre- vent the Conveyance of Estate &c passed in the Year of our Lord 1777. which Estate is owned in Partnership, viz Lot 60 — Acres 80 — Appraised at £420 Taxes due £i — 2, “ 164 “ 66 — “ “ 160 “ “ o — 13, “ 163 “ 66 — “ “ 150 “ “ o — II, Total “ 212 — “ “ 730 “ “ 2 — 6, The subscribers charge for their Trouble in appraising and renting out the said Land £4-12-0 Isaac Appleton ) W'” Shattuck V Select men James Chandler ) Sworn to before Timothy Farrar, Oct, 24, 1778, [7-194] \_Relative to Oath of Allegia?tce^ iy 8 j To the Honourable Council and Gentlemen of the house of Representatives for the State of New-Hampshire, the Petition of the Town of New-Ipswich Humbly Sheweth ; that whereas the act of the Legeslature of Said State passed June 2i®‘ 1782 which Requires all Voters in Town meetings to take an Oath of Elegiance to the State, dos not answer the Pur- poses thereby Intended (but Qiiite the Reverse) for it dos not Seperate the Enemies of the State, from its friends but has Greatly Devided and Confusd the People ; Notwithstanding the arguments that has been use'^ with the People in this Town to Induce them to Take Said Oath but Sixty-two out of one hun- dred and Seventy-five has taken it; they Seem Temorous of Multiplying Oaths ; the hundred and thirteen that has not taken. 742 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. it, have Since the Contest as Cherfully paid Taxes and been as Ready to turn out on alarms as the Sixty-two that has taken S'^ oath ; and are greatly Dissatisfied that they must be Depriv'd of Prevaliges, unless they take an oatli to be True when they have always been so, and Say that if they are Subject to Taxation they have a Right to Representation ; if Said act Should be held in force, we much fear the Consequences ; for we Learn Said act has the Same Effect in many other Towns in the State ; and further if People Cannot Recover their Dues they Cannot pay Taxes ; the Effects of Said act are obvious and plain ; the Continuance of Said act we apprehend will be very Detre- mental to the Unity and Safty of the State. — therefore we your Petitioners Humbly pray for Redress by a Repeal of Said act ; and that your Honorable Body may Culti- vate that Union among the People that is Sure to advance a State ; if your Honourable Body Shall grant a favourable an- swer to this our Petition, we as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray.— New Ipswich Feb. io‘^ i 7^3 Isaac Appleton ) Com‘®® for Isaac How } N. Ipswich [Read, and ordered to lay. — E d.] [7-195] \_Relative to Militia Regiment^ 77 ( 5 *y.] To the Hon^^® General Court of the State of New-Hampshire. The Petition of the Subscribers, Selectmen and other Inhabi- tants of the Towns of New-Ipswich, Peterborough, Temple L}mdsborough, Wilton, Mason, Peterborough-Slip, Hancock, and Society-land, in behalf of our-selves and the Towns we be- long to Humbly sheweth — That by a vote of the General Court passed at their last Ses- sion, the Inhabitants of the Towns above mentioned were con- stituted the 23^ Regiment of Militia : and that the Towns of Rindge, Jaffrey, Dublin, Packersfield, Marleborough & Fitz- william were constituted the 12^'^ Regiment, retaining the Num- ber which they had when connected with the greater part of the Towns first mentioned : which we conceive to be injurious, inverting the order which ought to hav'e taken place in their Numbers. And presuming that the General Court were not rightly informed as to the circumstances of those two Regi- ments, beg leave to lay before your Honors some facts, in order NEW IPSWICH. 743 to procure an alteration in their Numbers, which we think ought to take place for the following reasons : — The nine peti- tioning Towns are the oldest by about twenty years taking their age upon an average ; Cap‘ Woolson of N-Ipswich having a Commission in the 6‘^ Reg*^ Dated in the year 1744; before there was a single Inhabitant in any of the six Towns above named, and many years before a Commission was given to any person within their limits. — By means of being united wdth those Towns we lost our Number from 6, to 12; therefore ought not to lose from 12, to 23, by dissolving the Connection. — By comparing their Numbers and wealth it will appear that we pay T49-15 to the Thousand; they but £32-13: — That there are eleven hundred rateable polls in this Reg* ; and little more than six hundred in that : — That there are four field offi- cers in this Reg* who will think it degrading to renew their Commissions in the 23^* Reg*: and but one in that: (and that a second Maj’’) Thus, Gentlemen, whatever we substitute as a Criterion to determine the right of precedence ; wdiether Age, numbers, wealth, the residence of Field officers or wdiatever else we can conceive to operate in the minds of the Legislature, the prefer- ence is, most clearly, on our side. And as we would not be vainly ambitious for honour, to which we had no title ; so neither w'ould w^e be thought so mean, as tamely to submit to a sentence by wdfich w^e are degraded below our Inferiors. We therefore apply to your Honours as the Guardians of our rights, humbly praying for a reconsideration of the vote com- plained of ; and that we may be permitted to retain the original Number. And your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c Jan’'^ 27**^ 1785 Tim° Farrar Josiah Walton Josiah Rogers Ebenezer Jones Daniel Foster Beni‘S Adams Eph*“ Hartwell Benjamin Knolton Seth Wheeler Jesse Carlton Luther Kidder Nathan Robens Paul Prichard Eph*" Adams Tho® Noals Reed Amos Baker Nath* Hodg kins Nath* Farrer John Wheeler Rich** Wheeler James Tidder Peter Fletcher John walker Simeon Wright John Pratt Enos goodale Selectmen of N-Ipswich Timothy Fox Ju’’ Jonathan Fox Lazarus Cary Elijah Newell Eleazer Comings George Start Isaac Bartlett Benj" Hoar Joseph Batcheller Ithamar wheelock William Prichard Nehemiah Stratton 744 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. John Cutter William Speer William Speer Junr Jesse walker Isaac How jr John Champney Samuel Bartlett Timothy Fox Peter Shattuck Silas Adams John Shattuck Stephen Adams Tho® Spaulding Thomas Spaulding John Binney Joel Baker Onesimus newell Caleb Campbell Samuell Fletcher Robert Campbell EbeiF Fletcher James Chandler Joseph Warren moses Carleton Zebulon Conant Simeon Blanchard John Wheeler jun Samuel wheeler William Wheeler Samuel Fletcher Nathaniel melven Benj“ Gibbs John Pratt Ju’’ William Fariss Stephen Hildreth Joseph Baker Reuben Taylor Tho® Fletcher Peter Jones James French Joseph Briant Joseh Fletcher Thomas Fletcher J Liner William Wheeler William Clary Francis Fletcher Eben*" Bullard Josiah Walton ju’’ James Walton Tho® Brown Jonas Woolson Jun’" Jonas Whiting Sam'' Hey wood Sam" Whiti Ijcr o Fran® Appleton Nathan Parker James Barr Timothy Wheelock J’- SinP° Goold Junr Ebenezer Adams John Champney Jur Daniel Bartlett Noah Bartlett John Prichard Daniel Mansfield Ezra Towne Shurmon Shattuck Samuel Chandler Aaron Kidder Joel Hildreth Nathan Walker Joseph Parker Ju’’ Ruben Taylor Jr Zebedee Taylor William Wheeler Jr Daniel Clary David Clary Ephraim Fletcher James Tidder Jonathan Fletcher William Delap Enos Knigrht David Knight Ebenezer Kni ght Moses Tucker Benj“ Knight Samuel Parker Jotham Hoar Josiah Robbins Daniel Parker Samuel Blood John Preston Eben*" Parker Benjamin Procter Benj^ Hoar jun Nathanel Prentis [R. 3-40] \^CertiJicate of Service of Sajnuel Walker^ This may certify that I the vSubscriber one of the Selectmen in New Ipswich in the year 1780 did with the other Selectmen by order of Court hire Six men to serve Six months in the Con- tinental army of which Number Samuel Walker of New Ips- wich w’as one who marcht off and returned wdth the others, and I never heard but that he faithfully Did the Service and w^as properly Discharged. New Ipswich August 27"^ 17S2 Isaac How NEW IPSWICH. 745 [John Goold certified that he served with said Walker for the term of six months, and that they came home to- gether. — Ed.] [R -3 -42] \^Soldier’s Bounty. The Bounty paid to Hezekiah Sartwell by the Town of New Ipswich amounts to Eighteen pounds. Josiah Gilman Jun’’ Exeter Sepf 1786. [R. 3-43] S^Petition foi' yohn Phoiiias., iY 8 y.'\ [Ephraim Adams, of New Ipswich, states that John Thomas was in the Rhode Island expedition in 1778, and had a horse impressed into the continental service ; and that said horse was never returned to him. He asked to be paid for the same. Timothy Fox stated that said horse was worth ;^io. Joseph Parker and Peter Fletcher testi- fied that they were in the same regiment (Col. Enoch Hale’s), and knowing to the fact as stated by Adams. He was allowed ;^io. — Ed.] [R. 3-48] \_Petition of Capt. Ezra To'vune.'\ To the General Court of the State of New Hampshire The Petition of Ezra Town of New Ipswich in said State humbly shews that he in January AD 1776 commanded a com- pany in the Service of the United States, and that his Men went into Canada then to Albany in the same year and on the first of December in the same year his company marched to Pennsyl- vania and continued there untill the first day of Jan^ following and soon after his company was dismissed without rations or any subsistance money to carry them home. * * * New Ipswich 30^*' 1786 Ezra Towne [The petition was dismissed, and he presented another dated P'ebruary 4, 1788, in which he stated that his com- pany was in Gen. James Reed’s regiment, and that the men were discharged February 13, 1777, at Morristown, New Jersey. — Ed] 74^ EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [7-198] [^Petition for a 7 t allowa^zce for Bounties paid Three Tears Men^ 77^5.] Whereas it was Enacted by the Authority of the State of New-Hampshire upon January — 17S1 — That for every recruit raised and Mustered to do three years Service in the Continental Army — the Towns who raised said recruits should be entitled to receive out of the Treasury of said State Twenty pounds equal in Vallue to Indian Corn at four Shillings a Bushel for each recruit so raised — it appears to us that agreable to the foregoing Act the Town of New-Ipswich raised the following persons for said Service (viz) John Bullard — Peter Bullard — •John Adams — Neh^ Strat- ten — Joseph Procter — Stephen Adams — Phinehas Adams — Sam* Walker — Jesse Walker — John Thomas — Joel Baker — Amos Baker — Sam* Potter — W‘" Hewett & W"' Scott — We therefore desire your Honour the Treasurer for said State to pay the Sums allow’d to the Town for raising the fore- going recruits to Deacon Ephraim Adams and his receipt Shall Discharge you for said Sum — New-Ipswich May 23^ 1785 Hon. J Taylor Gilman Esq^ James Hosley Select men Paul Prichard > for s*^ Eph™ Adams Jr j New-Ipswich [7-199] \_Petition for an Bicorporation of a School^ To the hon*’*® the General Court of the State of New-hampshire to be holden at Concord in said state on Wednesday 3** June 1789— The petition of the subscribers humbly sheweth, that on the 15**^ day of OcP 1787 your petitioners instituted a School in the Town of Newipswich in the County of Hillsborough, and from that time to the present have supported the same, with the assistance of the students, for the benefit of the public ; that hitherto it has appeared to answer the design of its institu- tion, and still is in a flourishing condition, being at such a dis- tance from other public schools and Academies, as not in any considerable degree to interfere with the same ; which has encouraged your petitioners to attempt a permanent establish- ment, For which purpose we have procured by subscription a fund of five hundred and twenty pounds lawfull money to be paid in cash or good securities on interest, and tliree thousand acres of land in the township of Cambden in the Common- wealth of Massachusetts bay, valued at about three hundred NEW IPSWICH. 747 pounds, likewise two hundred acres in Washington in this state, together with some other lands of less value ; exclusive of another subscription for erecting a building, which is already sufficient for that purpose. We have further made choice of the persons in whose hands we wish to deposit said fund. Viz ; Rev*^ Stephen Farrar, Charles Barrett Esq*" Cap* Ephraim Hart- well Mr. John Hubbard of Newipswich aforesaid, Daniel Em- erson Esq*' of Hollis, Rev** Seth Payson of Rindge, and Jacob Abbot Esq’’ of Wilton all of this state, Rev^ Joseph Brown of Winchendon, Henery Wood Esq*" of Pepperrill, in the State of Massachusetts bay ; and that vacancies by death or resignation may be filled by the remaining or surviving members. Wherefore your petitioners humbly prav your Honors to pass an act, incorporating said School into an Academy by the name of the Newipswich Academy ; and that the Gentlemen above named may be appointed Trustees, with all the powers, privi- leges and immunities usually granted to institutions of that kind, under such limitations and restrictions as your Honors may think reasonable, and your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray. Ezra Towne Georg Start Ebenezer Brown Daniel mansfield Stephen Farrar Eph™ Hartwell Timothy Farrar Josiah Batcheller Jeremiah Prichard JorP Locke Tho® Fletcher Eben’’ Champney Enos Knight Eleazer Cumings Timothy Fox Ju Benj^ Adams Ephraim Adams Thomas Heald Benjamin Gibbs Samuel Whittemore Silas Bigelow William Prichard Isaac Appleton John Warner John Preston Seth Wheeler Reuben Kidder Supply Wilson Noah 'Miles Francis Blood Charles Barrett [An act incorporating New Ipswich Academy was passed June 17, 1789, with trustees as above-mentioned. This was the second academy incorporated in this state, and its usefulness to citizens of the town and vicinity can- not be measured by dollars and cents. — Ed.] [7-200] S^Petition for authority to raise Money by Lottery for the use of the Academy ^ lygi State of Newhampshire To the Honourable the Senate and House Representatives in General Court Convened at Concord on the first Wednesday of June AD 1791 — The petition of the trustees of New Ipswich Academy hum- 748 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. bly shews, that said Academy by the efforts and exertions of the benevolent founders is now and has been for a number of years past in a Situation for the admission of Students and promises under the patronage and direction of your honours whome your petitioners esteem their political fathers to become a most useful Seat of litrature Your petitioners are assured that the legislators of the State of Newhampshire in imitation of all wise lawgivers will ever be anxious to promote erudition and Science since by this — morality Religion and the love of our Country is Inculcated and established as the only basis on which a republick Can florish Your petitioners would further represent that said Academy is in such a florishing Situation that one j3receptor is insufficent for the purpose of teaching the Students there of, so that an assistant is become Necessary in Consequence of which the funds already established are no ways Sufficient for the purpose of defraying the charges of the same Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray that they may have the previlege of raising one thousand pounds by lottery to be applied for the use of said Academy and your petitioners as in duty bound Shall ever pray Charles Barrett for and in behalf of the trustees of New Ipswich Academy APPENDIX. APPENDIX. \_F 7 'om Gen. Chase's Papers.^ A Return of Cap* John Willoughbys Company A List of the Officers and Gentle Volunteers, and Soldiers under CoP David Webster — Cap*" John Willoughby Genthii Volu 7 iteers Cp* Gershom Burbank Cp* Cuttin Feavor Lieu* Robert Forsith Lieu* Sam* Haseltine Joshua Fletcher Sam* Mers Stephen Keys David Nevins Israel Brainard Sam* Worthen Josiah Brown Sam* Ambrose Sum Total 24 Saratoga ocP lo**' 1777. Cp* James Hobbart Lieu* Thomas Bartlet Ens" John Southmayd Privates Jonathan Cone Nason Cass Josiah Fellows Naum Powers Isaac Ward John Kemp Darius Willey Carr Huse [The following documents relating to the towns therein mentioned were found, together with many other state pa- pers, in a junk-store, since Vol. XI was published. The originals may be found in Manuscript Vol. XII, collection of 1880, in office of secretary of state. — Ed.] [12-24] \_Enlist 77 ie 7 tts., Poscawen^ z/pd.] We the Subscribers Do Hereby Engage to sarve in the Con- tinental Armey at New york till the first Day of Dec'' Next 752 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. unless sooner Discharged agreable to order from Col Thomas Stickney bearing Date Septr i6 1776 — Boscawen Sept*" 17 1776 Peter Kimball Samuel Ames Cutting Noyes Bitfield Plumer Moses Manuel Simeon Jackman Sam*^ Cofin Moses Burbank Jr \_Relative to yohn Allen^ ^ 777 *] Boscawen, March, 7, 1777. Gentlemen — Agreable to a Vote of the Committee of Correspondence, &c, in this Town, I desire you to send us attested Depositions, (if it can be,) of any weighty Matters against M*" John Allen, (Itinerant Preacher,) as a dangerous, or inimical Person to the united vStates. Our Committee has examined, & search’d him, at a northern Town ; & not finding him guilty, dismiss’d him, taking his Promise, upon HoiP to come to one of them after he had preach’d three Sabbaths at Grafton, And we have voted to meet, & try him, at his Return. From your humble Servant R Morrill Clerk To the Committee of Correspondence, &c, at Concord. [12-26] S^Return of Soldiers^ Boscawen^ 777c?.] To Col Thos Stickney S'" — In Consequence of your orders bareing Date the of this Instant I Do here by Return to you Will'" Jackman & Daniel Carter to serve as Soldiers agreeable to your warrant Please to muster them for Boscawen — this from your Humble sarvent Peter Kimball Capt Boscawen June 27 177S [12-27] \_Retu 7 'n of Soldiers^ Boscawe 7 t^ 777^.] Boscawen July 13 1779 To Col Tho® Stickney — S'" In obedience to orders Receiv‘d bareing Date July 2^ I have Rais‘d 2 men for the Defence of Roadiland to serve Six APPENDIX. 753 months their Names are as follows Viz Will™ Jackman & Daniel Carter this from your Humble Servn* Peter Kimball Cap‘ To Col Tho® Stickney j] 1 2-28] [ William Rogers's Cornplaint^ Rou>^ iyy 6 .~\ To Colonel Stickney S'" The Complaint of W*" Rogers of Bow Humbly Sheweth that whereas Cap‘ Been of Bow aforesaid Yesterday out of Malice as I supposed Insulted me, at the same time Slighting the Commission your Honour was pleased to Confer upon me, in Drafting me to Goto Canada as a Private Soldier Before the Company you Commissioned me in Which I think is a Great imposition on me, & will if passed over unnoticed have a tend- ency to make all Commissions for the future of no Conse- quence Therefore upon the above Complaint I Report S^^ Cap* Been, & Desire that he be tryed By a Court martial For his Conduct Dated Bow July 9*^ i77^ — William Rogers CoP Thomas Stickney Concord — [12-29] \_Return of Soldiers^ Row^ Sir Bow Sep* 17*^ ^ 77 ^ Persuant to your Orders Dated y® 16“^ Instant I have Raised three Men, who will appear att your house att the time ap- pointed and will be Equiped and Ready to March as Soon as Orders are Given The men Inlisted are Jonathan Currier Ephraim Kinsman Ralph Cross Jun'' this from yours &c Benj^ Bean To CoP Stickney [12-30] \_Retur 7 i of Soldiers^ Bow^ 77 /( 5 *.] Bow April y* 24*^ ^ 77 ^ Sir — Persuant to your Orders of y® 13*^ I have used my utmost Influence to procure the Remainder of our Continental Soldiers 50 754 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. but to no Purpose, and have at Last proceeded to Draught them whose Names are as Follows Viz — Edward Russell, paid his Fine Goen Hemphill Simeon Heath, paid his Fine Elijah Colby, paid his Fine Richard Clough JuiF paid his Fine These from your Humble Se*" Benj* Bean [12-31] [^Soldiers’ Enlistment^ Bow^ State of Newhampshire Rockingham ss We the Subscribers whose Names are hereunto Subscribed do voluntarily Inlist our selves into the Continental Sarvic for three months from the time we git to the place of Randevose and we promise and ingage that we Will be obediant to such officers as may or shall from time to time be set over us and we also ingage that we will be obidant and subject to all Ruls and regulations that mav or shall be from time to time in s^^ Sarvis Dated at Bow this i Day of July 1780 — Reuben Currier William Walker A List of the Men Names From fifty to Sixteen back Levi Clough [12-32] \_Canterduiy '''"Train Bandi^~\ Callop Heath William Glines Sargent Morriell Edmond Kizer Abraham Morriell Benjamon Sanborn Thomas Hoyit Nathaniel Pallet Benjamin Heath Joshua weaks David Foster William Moore Nehemiah Clough Juner Epharam Carter Stephen Sutton Levit Clough Mickel Sutton Henry Clough Robrt Curry Hezekiah young Jonathan Weast Daniel Felcher Joh*^ Weast Phinehas Flacher Benjamin Blanchard Joseph Sanborn Jonathan Blanchard Jeremiah Ladd Jo^l Blanchard Benjamin Wicher Nothaniel Moore Jonathan Wicher John Moore Juner Juner Samuel Hans Richard Hans James Maloney Gidden Bartlet Richard Ellison Jonathan Gils Si men Roberson Walter Hans Thomas Gipson Richard Glins William Miles Obadiah Clough Joseph Clough APPENDIX. 755 Edmon Colbey Jeremiah Danford Stephen Hans John Forrest Juner Ezekiel worthen Daniel Randel David Ames Abener Hoyit Benjamin Simson James Towle Jesse Stiviens Samuel Coibey Asa Foster Benjamin Johnson Jonathan Foster Baranat Stils John Been Humpre Clolbey William Forrest the 4 Joseph Woodman Samuel Moore Simon Stevens William Simons John Glines John Foss Samuel Grrish Nathaniel Glins Robert Foss Aaron Sargent Simon Sanborn Totle 76 — in Number in the Second Company in Colonal Stickney Regment Taken By us James Shepard Cap‘ Laben morrill Livt James Glines Livt Jeremiah Racket En® the Number of Guns in the Second Company is 36 in Num- ber S^Canterbiiry ''''Train Band’* and ''’'Alarm List.”~\ return of the train band under my [12-33] The following being a Command in Canterbury Lieif thomas Gilmon Leui‘ Ebenezer Kimbal Ensign William Sanborn Sargant Richard Blanchard Jacob Heath David Norriss Willi Perkins Corper'® Jesse Cross Nathan®' Derbon Gideon levet Joseph Carr Fifer Joseph Hancock Privets thomas Cross John Cross George Hancock Benjamin Collins thomas Clough William Kinestone David Kinestone John Derbon Shubal Derbon William Glines Privets William Diah Peter Huneford David morrison Nathaniel Witcher John mcDaniel Jeremiah Daniel Abner miles Samuel miles James Soyer Nathaniel Perkens James Blanchard James Perkens David Blanchard Jonathon Wodaly William Kenestone James Simon Abraham Derbon thomas Cross Jonathan Sanborn Ezekeil Gilmon Obediah Davis William Hancock Larm Lest Names William Glines Lieu* Charls Gliden Benjmin Blanchard Leu* Jonathan Heath 7S& EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Shubal Derbon Ensi Arcbelaus miles A true Return Per Me John Cross Gideon levit Edward Blancbard Captain [12-34] \_£^nlist?nents^ Canterbury^ Canterbury September y® i8‘^ ^ 77 ^ — We tbe Subscribers do hereby Ingage our selves In tbe Con- tinental Servis, and forthwith to March to New York and joyn the Continental x\rmy there and Continue therein untill the first day of December Next Unless Sunner Discharged As Witness our hands — Samuel Gerrish William clement Henry Clough Sargent Morrill A Return of the Names of the Continental Soldiers Inlisted for the Town of Canterbury in the State of New Hamps'' for the Term of Three Years or During the War — John Holden — of Canterbury The Cap‘ Unknown l Elkins Moore Cap* Robbenson i Parson Eastman i George Sheperd in Cap* Stones Company i Robert Hastings i James Hastings i Nicholas Hall i John Rowing in Cap* Grays Company . i Andrew’ Rowing i Abner Fowler i Thomas Hoit in Cap* Livermore’s Company i Walter Hains in Cap* Frye’s Company i Prince Thompson i Ebenez^ Varnum of Conway in Cap* Livermore’s Company i Pratt Chase of Concord i Loyd Jones i William Walker in Cap* Fryes Company i Aaron Hale of Boscaw^en the Captain Unknown i John Mills of Nottingham i ^9 Nath Glines Cap* Frye Comp Continental Soldiers Samuel Danford Boscawen Ditto Joshua Weeks Nathanaiel pallet Israel Glines r APPENDIX. 757 Canterbury July the 2^ i 777 — Pursuant to the precept from the Honourable Thomas Stick- ney Esq*" We do hereby make a true Return of the Above Mentioned Soldiers they being Inlisted for the Town of Can- terbury and State of New Hampshire — James Shepard Edward Blanchard [12-36] [^Enlistments in Canterbtiry^ iy 8 o.~\ Canterbury July 1780 We the subscribers hereby acknowledge to have Voluntarily enlisted to serve the United States of America for three Months from the time we shall Join the Army of the s'^ United States at the place appointed for Rendesvous by the Commander in Chief of said Army Witness our Hands — William Foster Ezekiel moore Asa Forster his Daniel X forster mark his Elkins X Moor mark moses davis [12-37] [Enlistments in Canterbury ^ //c?/.] Canterbury 24^^ July 1781 We whose Names are underwritten hereby acknowlege to to have volentarily inlisted to serve as Militia in the Conti- nental Army for the term of three Months from the time of our joining said Army On the encouragement given by the Town of Canterbury at a Muster for the purpose of raising s*^ Men, And engage to equip, and march whenever we shall re- ceive orders. his Samson X Battis mark thomas Curry peter Blanchard John Sutton 75 8 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [12—38] \_Capt. yohn Cram^ s Return^ Chichester^ ijy6.~\ Colony of New Hampshire To the Honourable Thomas Stickney Esq Colo" of the Thir- teenth Reigement of Miletery in the Colony Aforesaid — Percuent to orders I have Received from vour honour I have •/ acordingly Mustered my Company and have Enlisted Ei ght Able Bodyed Elective men — Also An a Count of all the Training Soldiers under my Command from Sixteen to fifty years Id Drumer one 001 Sargents and privates Seventy Eight 078 Also those of the alarm List Eighteen 018 Those Gone into the Service for twelve Months four 004 Also the frinds or the People Called quakers Six 006 Chichester July the 12*’^ i77^ 107 P’’ me John Cram Cap* [12-39] \_Co7tcord Enlistme7tt^ z/yp.] Concord July 12**^ ^779 We 'the Subscribers do hereby Enlist as Soldiers In one of the New hampshire battalians for one year and promise obedi- ence to our officers and Subject to the regulation of our armey Nathan Martin [12-40] [ Concord Enlistments.^ iy8i.~\ Concord, July 17*^ 1781 We the Subscribers do voluntarily Inlist ourselves as Soldiers in the service of New Hampshire for the Parish of Concord for the Term of Three Months after our Arrival at the Place of Rendavous unless sooner discharged and we promise obedience to our Officers and to be subject to the Rules of the Army dur- ing said Term — As witness our hands Jeremiah Virgin Jeremiah Chandler Moses Reed Phenehas Ayer Joseph Blanchard David Eastman Miller Kimball APPENDIX. 759 {^12-41]] \_Ag'reement between the Town of Exeter and Ed- ward Gilmaji^ j64y.~\ The of November 1647 : The Agreem* of y® Inhabitants of y® Towne of Exiter — Imp® That we do accept of Edward Gilman the youngest to be a Townsman amongst us and do give an grant him liberty to sett up a saw mill or mills in any River within the liberty of Exiter, and to have the liberty of y® River for y® use of y® mills and of y® pines for Sawing or mast or any other timber for Sawing, to have the privilege of it w“‘ in the liberty of Exi- ter. — 2 : The afores'^ Edw*^ Gilman do engage himself to come and live as a townsman among y’" and to sett up a mill by the last of march next Ensueing if he can or at the farthest by the last of August next Ensueing : 3 the sd Gilman doth Engage himself to lett y® Townsmen have what boards thay stand in need of for their own use in y® Town at 3®^' a hundred, and w^ two Inch plank thay shall need for floring at y® same price and to take Cuntry pay at price Curr*‘ if the mill shall saw it. 4: The s'^ Gilman doth Engage himself that what masts he makes use of to give y™ as much as if he sawed y'" into boards and to allow half a hundred in every 2000 to the town. 5. It is Agreed that iVnthony Stanion shall have liberty to put in a quarter part for a saw mill, provided he do make good his proportion or quarter part in every respect of charges as a partner so that the work be not hindered by him, if he doe so forfeit his share to the afores‘^ Gilman, and to pay w‘ damage he shall sustain by it, for the true and sure performance of w®** wee do bind our selves in fortie pounds Sterling In Wittness whereunto we have sett our hands — Edward Gilman W™ More Sam'* Grinfield hit — , mark Nath" Boulter [^Townsmen Beltisha : Willex | Edw** Hillton J m*^ Thomas Dudley as he is a Selectman apeared before me at Exiter in New Hampsh*" & made Oath that this writing is a true Copie of this grant in the Town book this 3d Xb'’ 1694. Rob‘ Wadleigh : J : P vera Copia : Test W"’ Redford Clr : EARLY TOWN PAPERS. 760 At a Town meeting the day of June 1657 It was Ordered that all the pines upon the Comons from this time forward shall be reserved for the use of the said mills that are sett up allready, and for y"* that shall be sett up w*^^ are now Granted ; Provided that notwithstanding this order there is liberty for masts, fuel building and Cannoes, and if at any time there shall be any particular grants of Lands made to any : Yet the owners of Saw mills shall have liberty to Carrie of the Pine Timber Except before Excepted a true Copie att‘ Thos Dudley Abily Dudley Moses Gilman vera Copia Test: W*" Redford Clr : [12-42] [^Deed^ Wado7ionami7t^ alias yoliTi yoh7tso7t^ to Ed~ 'voa7'd Hilto7i^ 1660. ~\ Know all men by these presents y* I Wadononamin In Eng- lish John Johnson y® Indian and Sagamore of VVashucke and Piscataqua now Living at Washucke w‘'’ in y® Collony of N EngP for y® love I bear to English men and especially to Edw*^ Hilton of Piscataqua Eldest son of Edw*^ Hilton of y® Same Piscataqua CenP of y® s*^ Collony as for divers other Reason- able Causes and Considerations me thereunto Moving have Voluntarily and freely given Grant'^ Enfeoff‘d and Confirmed & by these presents do Give Grant Enfeoff and Confirm with y® s*^ Edward Hilton Jun*' all my Lands of what Nature Qiiality or kind sover they are of lying Bounded between two Branches of Lamprell River, Called Washucke being about Six Miles In Length and In Breadth about some place of it Six Miles being a Neck of Land togfether w*’^ all Meadows Timber Mines or Minerals and all premises and Appurten® To have hold Pos- sess & Enjoy all & Every part of y® Afores^ Land w‘^ all y® Appurten® Rights and privileges thereunto belonging unto y® s*^ Edw*^ Hilton Jun’' his heirs and Assigns forever In Such Large and Ample Manner Sort & forme as I y® s*^ Wadonon- amin In English Jn® Johnson may Grant Convey and Assure y® Same only Excepting y® use and Improvem* of y® one halfe (if need be) of Convenient Planting Land for & Dureing" my Naturall Life ; y® s^ Land & Every part thereof as before Bound‘d w‘^ y® Appurten® Rights and privileges thereunto be- longing as Afores*^ (Excepting part thereof for life as before is Except‘d) then and from thenceforth to be Continue and Re- maine unto y® s*^ Edw^* Hilton Jun’’ his heirs and Assigns for- ever as is Afores'^ as his and their own proper Right of a good APPENDIX. 761 perfect and Absolute Estate of Inheritance a Gift out Any y® Least Let Molestation or Expulsion of me y® s*^ Wadonon- amin In English Jn° Johnson my heirs or Assigns or Any Claiming Any Title Claim or Interest to y® Same or Any part or parcell thereof from or under me — In Witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand & Seal this i^th Jan^'y In y® year of our Lord 1660 Anoq Regni Regis Caroli Secundi & H Alias & iii Wadononamin alias ^ John Johnson his mk Sign‘d SeaE & In presence of us Witness® — Edw^^ Hilton Sen^ Walter Barefoote m’’ W"’ Indian w‘*^ one Eis his — X N Mark Wadononamin Alias Jn” Johnson Appear^ before me & Ac- knowledged this Deed Above written to be his voluntary Act & Deed to y® use of Edw*^ Hilton Jun'" this 22 '^ of March 1668/69 Before me — Samuel Dalton Commiss’’ Be it Remembered y* upon 3'® day of y® Date hereof quiet & Peaceable Possession of y® land w‘^' in Grant‘d was Given & De- liver^ by y® w^'Hn Nani‘S Wadononamin Indian In English Jn® Johnson unto y® w^^D'n Nam^ Edw'^ Hilton JuiP In Name & Possession of all 3^® Lands In y® Deed w“' in written Contain‘d To HAVE & TO HOLD uiito y® s*^ Edw‘^ Hilton his heirs and Assigns forever According to y® Tennor and true meaning of y® Deed w‘*^in written — In presence of us Jan*^^ y® 14^^ 1668 — ffrancis Thornes Antipas Manerick Record^ According to 3’® Orig” the 10*^ of Jan’’^ 1669 Per Elias Stileman Record' Pro® N Hampsh' the foregoing is a True Copy from y® Pub- lick Records of y® Pro® Afors*^ In Book N® 3 : Page i 2 ^^ Com- par‘d Nov' 27 ,^ 1731 — Per Josh : Peirce Record' 762 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. [12-43] \^Docu 7 nents relative to a Convention of Delegates fro?n sundry Towns ^ l'/ 8 yC\ To the Honourable the Council and House of Representatives in Generali Assembly Convened at Concord in the State of New Hampshire on the Twenty Eighth Day of October AD 1783— Humbly Sheweth your Petitioners from the purest motives did early take an Active part in the Support and Defence of the libertys of the American United States — Despising all the Bombastick Thunder and hauty threats of Britain — and have never been Seduced from a firm and steady Attachment to the Interest of Our Country by All the Allureing Eloquence and Guileful Sophistry of the Archest of her Emisaries — and it is no Exaggeration to say that many of your Petitioners have as Faithfully Served, as Greevously Suffered — and as patiently Endured the fatigues and Distresses of the Severest Cam pains, and faced as many Dangers in the Service of the United States, as any class of men New-Hampshire can boast of — nor is it doing of us Justice to suppose that all the true Valour and Vir- tuous principals of the Army ; were above our humble Sphere, and only to be found amongst those who were Honoured with Commissions, some of whose characters we should not Injure should we say they did not excell many to be found in the Ranks — so much in their mental powers, as in the Glitter of Dress and Military Parade and though your petitioners have greatly suffered in the Army by the UnparalleP fatigues of long and tedious marches — Severe Conflicts — and Miserable Accomo- dations in Our Cantonements from the want of money and neces- sary supplys so that many times we were Naked and Destitute, yet the Glorious prise for which we Struggled and the pleasing prospect of future happiness in a land of Freedom Excited to that fortitude and patience So Conspicuous in the Army — nor Can it be pretended that the Army were the only Sufferers by the War — many yea very many of our Virtuous Cityzens have Suffered almost unparalleled Distress by the Desolating Rave- ges and Barbarous Cruelty of the Enemy — And those virtuous Patriots who have Served the publick in Court and Congress ; with but a Scanty pittance for their Im- portant Services together with those who have Used every Effort, by loaning their Interest to the publick to make the cir- cumstances of the Army as Easy as possible and have Suffered Great loss by the Depreciation of a paper Currency and are now with us Suffering for their Dues have Justly merited the Attention of Our Legislature — Your petitioners therefore beg leave to Unbosom their Poign- ant Grief to their Fathers and Guardians in General Court APPENDIX. 763 Assembled (when we find that by the Resolves of Congress the Officers of the Army are Intitled to half pay for life or five Years full pay ; as a Reward for their Sufferings — while those who (to say the least) have as Greatly Suffered are liable to be Taxed for the payment thereof) and Also to Expostulate a lit- tle on the Injustice of adding Unnecessarily to the Miseries of the Distressed And wherein cloth it appear necessary that this Additional grant, should have been made to the Officers — were their Sufferings Greater than of those Already Enumerated — why then should they be thus Distinguished by the particular favours of Congress hath not their pay been Doubled since the Commencement of the War — and had the Soldier a propor- tional Allowance — If it be said the Grant was necessary to prev'ent their leaving the Army — were thev not under Equal or Greater obligations to Continue in the Service than the Soldier (if their Obliga- tions Rose in proportion to their important trust) or why Doth the Deranged officers participate the Boon ; while those whose impared health Caused them to Resign are excluded — Can it be supposed that the murmerings of the Soldier would have so Readily procured him a Pension as a place in a Gaurd-house — Can it then be Just to Raise the Officers to a State of Opulence at the Expence of the happiness of those full as Deserving — Will the State of Our Finances Admit of such liberal Dona- tions — and Amidst the Acclamations of Joy at the Establish- ment of a happy Peace — how Dissonant must be the Groans of a Distressed multitude Sinking under the weight of an Accu- mulated Debt — and we are Confident that the most Deserving among the Officers of the Army Do not desire any Emolument which will so grievously Affect their Distreesed Brethren — nor can your petitioners suppose the afore S^ Resolves of the Na- ture of an irreversible Decree — Therefore in the most Humble and Importunate manner We Implore the interposition of Our Legislature that by a Remonstrance and Petition to Congress — Accompanied with particular Instructions to our Members they Endeavour that Congress Recind the afore S*^ Resolves and that such measures be taken as will be most Eligible for the Speedy payment of our Wages and for Discharging the Inter- est on the publick Debt and finally to preserve the States from Bankruptcy — Or that such other methods be taken as You in your Wisdom shall think most Effectual for the Accomplishing those Important purposes, and securing the peace and happi- ness of the State — And your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray — Ebenezer Drury Bunker Clark Ichabod Perry Michael George James Stanford James Taggart Henary James Moore James Haukley 764 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. Reuben Hosiner Benj^ Williams YYiljm Pi-Jciiard Jonas Whiting Sam' Whiting Jonas Adams William Hewitt Benjamin Bary Sam' Holt Sam' mitchel John Swan Georg Cooper Ruben Hosmer Will"^ Blair Thimothey mellone W”' Tompson Zillai Sticknee Lemuel Sticknee Benj“ Smith Paul Sticknee Sam' Potter Abner Preston Levi Adams [12-49] from aforenafned Conventio 7 i^ To the the Hon'^''* Council & house of Representatives of the state of New Hampshire, to be conven’d at Concord on the Third wednesdav of December next — Ivlay it please your Honours — We the delegates of Twenty Three Towns in said state having met, beg leave to address & remonstrate to your honors & say, that the Convention being deeply impress^ with the im- portance of the subject wou’d lay the same before your Honors & permit us to be humbly importunate on the subject — The Convention at their last meeting remonstrated, and laid before the Late HotP’® Court (in part) their matters of grievance but the Close of the year & other causes enduced that HoiP'® body to dissolve earlier than was Thought they wou’d have done, so that our desir’d redress cou’d not be Effected in any part. The Convention assur’d that Hon'^'® bodv of their firm intention to keep that good order & discipline, which all good govern- ment most necessarily require — The Convention beg leave again to assure your Honors of their same disposition & inten- tion of doing all in their power to keep up that same good order — And be assur’d the Convention has the greatest abhor- ence of a state of anarchy (so much to be dreaded) & that they will be as careful as in them lies, to shun every act that may tend that way — The many Grievances which was laid before the late Hon'*'® House, were, the multiplicity of Lawsuits, the Enormous gra- tuity s to be given to the officers who serv’d in the late war, the Tax on money at interest & the not laying the duty of 5 per Cent, on all imported Articles so strongly Urg’d & recom- mended by Congress — The people, in the late war. have accumulated a learge Debt, a great part of the people Contracted the Debts the_y are now distriss’d for to support the war & many not having the least idea of the smallness of our finances, lent the Public learge sums, which the public pledged their faith that the same shoud APPENDIX. 76s be immediately paid on the expectation of which, they con- tracted Debts with their neighbours, the Public still withholds payment whereby individuals are Cruelly sued perplex’d Har- rass’d & Brot almost to desparation — The war with all its Calamitys did not seem near so distressing as the present times — nothing but gold & silver, (which your honors are sensible are not to be had) will satisfy the gentleman who laid his plan to disconcert every measure that the states were taking to gain the independence they so much desird & which they have gain’d notwithstanding the many obstacles thrown in the way The Convention apprehend that still those very men woud wish to do every thing that wou’d overturne the government & bring it into a state of anarchy & Distress (so much to be dreaded) & it seems, they embrace the opportunity to call for private debts which was contracted before & during the war for the Convention are really sensible those gen‘ wou’d not lend the Government one shilling in their distress, nor pay One shilling any otherways, than was extorted from them — Your Honors will be pleas’d to take into your wise consideration & adopt some measure that a medium of trade may be had or that a stop mav be put to distressing Suits that is or may be Bro’t — The Convention Humbly presume a new proportion will soon be made to levy future taxes by, beg leave to Hint to your hon- ors the great inequality of the present Tax on money at interest and stock in trade and that those articles may have due Consid- eration with you in your new proportion — the Commutation to be giv’n the Gen* Officers who have serv’d in the late war is extremely heavy on the people who are to pay it — The people at home have labor’d hard, have had the war to support in its other branches, & are now reduc’d almost to an alternative of giving their all, & flying to some Howling wilderness & there to begin anew. The Convention woud be exceeding glad to do every thing in their power to compensate those geifl who have serv’d in the field & at the same time woud beg you woud not extort the whole of what is conquered. The war is now clos’d and they cannot, nay they must not expect to be the only gainers therefore the Convention begyour honors to remonstrate, & if any remedy is to be had, that the same may be eflected which the Convention still hope & trust will be done — The duty which has been so strongly urged by Congress to be laid on all imported articles the Convention being fully sensible had it been done long before this it woud have been a great step towards raising a revenue and that the States woud by this time have rec^* great benifit from it as it woud have put it in their power at least to have paid part of the interest of the na- tional Debt, and that Other nations woud have lent us money in our Distress if they cou’d be assur’d even of their interest 766 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. when due — Other nations raise learge sums in this way, there- fore the Convention prays your honors to take this matter into your wise Consideration and grant the same as our other states have done — the present method of collecting the excise the Convention humbly conceive might be collected in some other W'ay less disagreable and of greater utilitv to the government The Convention w’ou’d beg leave to suggest to your honors that they think some person in each Towm might be appointed to collect the excise and be accountable in the same manner as other Taxes are accounted for — The Convention make no doubt but your honors wdll adopt the measure that will conduce to the good of the w’hole — The fee-table, the Convention woud beg leave to remonstrate to your honors that they think a regulation Ought to take place in many parts of it. Bills of Cost are mounted at this day to an Enormous sum. Nay, without being justly due in our humble opinion, therefore beg your honors to take into your wdse Consideration and make such alterations as may seem to be more equitable and just — The Convention are Deeply sensible of the great embarrasments the gov'ernment is in for w’ant of regular payment of the Taxes call’d for. But the people have not the money Neither can they get it to pay. The Convention wou’d beg if it is consistant that those Extents for moneys due to the government for the Hier of Soldiers may be postpon’d from being extended, at present — Till the average can be made — the test Act, so call’d, has caus’d much disturb- ance wdth numbers of scrupulous minds, therefore beg your Honours to repeal so much of the clause of that act as relates to voters in towm meeting — The confession act, so call’d seems to strike the minds of the people that the same if properly made will be verv salutary and of great utility to the Public ; therefore the Convention beg your hon’’ the same may be done — And that the Debtor have liberty to confess any sum that may be due and that a reasonable time (giving security for the personal appearance of the debtor or otherwise payment of the dept) be allow’d the debtor to make payment before Execution be issued — To all which w'e pray your honors to give that attention that the necessity of the Case requires, & as in duty bound will ever pray — In behalf of Convention — Amos Dakin Charman Nov^ 27‘^ 17S3 — APPENDIX. 767 [12-50] \_Another Address from the Chairman of the afore- named Convention To the Council & House of Representatives in General Assembly Convened at Concord in the State of New Hamp- shire — May it Please Your Honours — The delegates of the Towns of Wilton New Boston Raby Mason New Ipswich Peterborough Rindge Jaffrey Dublin Packerfeild Marlborough Keen Surrey Chesterfield Marlow L}'ndsborough and Richmond, Beg leave to remonstrate and lay before your Honors the distressing situation of the good people of this State, we wou’d Sincerely Wish the greatest good Order, and beleive us when we say we are determined (as far as in us lies) to maintain Our Government to the fullest extent, as we are Sensible Our All depends. On it. We are fully Sensible of the great embarrasment, and difficulfys this State labours Under, and More especially. Our Hon'’^® General Court and are well assured they would be glad to do every thing in their power. But the many Objections that Arises to every method proposed by individuals of the General Court, is Augmented & therefore every part is laid Aside — we take the liberty to inform Your Honours we have Addressed and in- structed the Hon'’'® Councilors and Representatives for the Sev- eral Towns before mentioned that thev lay before your Honours the greivances, we labour Under — Therefore we must pray Your Honours to give Some Attention, and that we be re- dressed. The greivances which the good People that have Constituted us to Make Known, is the great Multiplicit}’ of law Suits the Enormous Gratuitys to be given to the Otficers who Served in the late war. The Tax on Money at interest and The not laying tlie duty of five per®* on all imported Articles as Recommended by Congress and has been so Strongly Urged Therefore confiding in Your great Wisdom we rest Asured of Relief, and as in duty Bound Will Ever pray — Amos Dakin by Order & in Behalf of the Convention [12-51] \_Action of the Legislature iit the ?natter.~\ State of Newhamps*’ In house of Representatives Nov*' 6"' 1783— Voted that D’’ Preston, Maj*' White CoP Peabody M^ Shan- non, CoP M®Dufiee, Esq*' Blood Capt Clement M*" Barker and ;68 EARLY TOWN PAPERS. M*' Whipple with such of the Board as they Shall Join be a Committee to Consider of the petition of Amos Dakin in behalf of Sundry Towns — Also the petition of Ebenezer Drury and Others and all Similar matters and Report thereon Sent up for Concurrence John Dudley Speaker In Council the Same day read and Concurred & M*" Worces- ter M*" Farrar & M'' M®Clary Joined — E Thompson Sy The Committee report as their opinion that the President be desired to direct the Delegates of this State at the Continental Congress to remonstrate to Congress against their granting the five years pay to the Officers of the Army and urge a repeal of the Resolves of Congress already pass’d granting the same — the Committee also beg leave to recommend that a Committee be appointed to prepare a Draft of an Act for a more summary and less expencive way of trying Actions at Law and curtailing the number thereof and making provision for the ease of Debt- ors in this scarce time of money, and also revising the table of Fees and especially the Article of Travel John M®Cleary for the Com‘®® INDEX. INDEX OF TOWNS, PLACES, ETC. Academies, Gilmanton i4-i7 Haverhill 184 .. Marlow 572 ..New Hampton. .. .709 New Ipswich. .730, 747 Acworth 3q6, 463 Adams 288 Alewives 547, 558, 565 Alexandria. . .75, 76, 195, 196, 200 Almsbury Peak 85 Alstead 23, 573 Alton 9, 701 Amesbury, Mass 82. 256 Amherst. .. .46, 511, 519, 604, 606 643 Amoskeag 131, 541, 545 Andover, Mass 344 Antrim 152 Apthorpe 409, 424 Ashland 226 Atkinson 83, 92, 93, 177, 345 Barker’s Location 351 Barnstead 8 Bartlett 288, 289 Bath 177, 180, 363, 364 Bedford 28 Belmont i Bemis’ Heights 570 Bennington battle. 34, 52, 193, 257 267, 462, 541 Billerica, Mass 415 Bloody Point 65, 710 Boar’s Head 677 Boscawen 751, 752, 756 Boston Artillery Co 623 Boston, Mass 424, 642 Bow 256, 258, 451, 753, 754 Boyle (Gilsum) 18 Bradford 662, 668 Brattleborough, Vt 219 Brenton’s farm 414, 589 Brentwood 342 Bridgewater 195, 202 Bristol 195 f Brookfield 594 I Brookline 231, 236, 603 I Buck Meadow Falls 237, 238 Bunker Hill 167, 243, 292, 318 265, 461, 463, 541, 578, 652, 653 i 738 I Camden, Mass 746 I Cambridge, Mass.. . .461, 683, 736 I Campton 78 * Canaan 58, 162, 163, 385 i Canals 175, 541, 557, 559, 562 1 Canney’s Cove 714 ' Canterbury 485, 754-756 Cedars, battle at. .53, 462, 505, 661 { Centre Harbor 582, 707 ' Charlestown 214, 316, 320, 367 i 369 Chatham 289 Chelmsford, Mass 212, 415 i Chester.. .25, 28, 195, 443, 451, 540 553 : Chesterfield 223, 767 Chichester 1 16 I Chimneys, patent 412 , Chiswick 405, 424 j Chippewa 360 I Cockermouth 73 Colchester, Conn 572 ^ Concord. . . .258, 267, 319, 485, 756 758 I Concord, Mass 306, 461, 736 Contoocook 256 Conway 289, 356, 756 Cods county, formation of 356 772 INDEX. Cornish 56, 57, 369 Counterfeiters 242, 476, 655 Coventry, Conn 159 Cromwell’s Falls 423 Crotched Mountain 64 Crown Point. . .6, 91, 122, 141, 288 342, 450, 460, 504, 702, 722 Croyd^on 56 Dalton 355, 424 Danbury 79, 195, 196 Danville 83, 330, 347 Dartmouth College. .. 159, 160, 170 361, 380 Deering 195 Derry 430 Derryfield 33, 419, 429, 540 Dorchester 74, 76, 78 Dover 8, ii, 109 Dracut, Mass 25, 441 Dresden 381 , 382 Dublin, 152, 314, 522, 567, 641, 767 Dummer’s Ferry 215, 220 Dummerston, Vt 213 Dunbarton 25, 45, 254 Dunstable.. .231-233, 236, 273, 275 291, 342, 414, 586, 625 Durham 1 1, 390 Dupplin 396 Duxbury School Farm. . . .513, 519 530, 603, 604 East Kingston 330, 335, 347 Easton 361 Eaton 357 Effingham 5, 7 Enfield 57, 162, 167, 385, 388 Epsom 486 Equivalent Land 213 Exeter 105, 107, 759 Fair, town 131, 135 Fever, yellow 269 Fish, protection of. ..280, 549, 558 565 Fishersfield 46, 396, 662 Fitzwilliam.. 1 58, 299, 522, 567, 571 Fort Dummer 212 Edward 342 George 225 Herkimer 537 Sullivan 671 Washington. . . .654, 671, 692 Fort William Henry. ..292, 450, 542 William and Mary. ..in, 671 679 Fowle’s Location 288, 290 Franconia 229, 366 Francestown. .61, 62, 513, 532, 533 564, 649 Fremont 49, 56 Gilford I Gilmanton i-i 7 Gilman’s Location 289, 299 Gilsum 17-25, 307, 635 Goffstown. . . .25-46, 254, 540, 642 658, 660 Goshen 46-48, 396, 669 Governor’s Island i Grafton 48-56, 162 Grantham 56-61 Greenfield. . . .61-64, 509, 533, 536 Greenland 64-73, Greenville 578 Gridley’s Location 289, 290 Groton 73-82 Groton, Mass 18 Gunthwaite 357, 363, 405 Hampstead 82-98, 345, 388 451 Hampton 99-130, 330, 671 Hampton Falls. . .99, 130-1 51, 324 Hancock 152-158,522, 742 Hanover . . . 1 59-1 77, 382, 385, 506 507 Harvard College 177 Haverhill 177-189, 319, 356 Haverhill, Mass 82, 177 Harrytown 540 Hebron 74, 81 Hebron, Conn 424 Henniker 35, 189-195 Hill 195-203, 230 Hillsborough 203-212, 543 Hinsdale .212-226 Hogstye Cove 714 Holderness 226-230 Hollis 231-252, 291, 411, 586 610-612, 626 Hooksett, 25, 252-255 Hopkinton 195, 255-273 Hopkinton, Mass 256 Huckens’s brook 15 Hudson. . . .273-288, 414, 429, 467 INDEX. 773 Indians. . .5, 18, 214, 227, 256, 268 269, 273, 292, 306, 309, 310, 330 344, 351, 414, 542, 616 Ipswich, Mass 732 Island Pond 85 Isle au Hooksett 253-255 Jackson 288-291 Jaffrey. .158, 291-303, 314, 522, 767 Jefferson 303-306 Jerry’s Point 671 Keene 18, 22, 24, 142, 306-324 566, 767 Kensington 130, 135, 324-330 Kilkenney 304, 351 Kingston 83, 87, 99, 102, 106 330-350 Laconia 581 Lancaster 304, 351-361 Landaff 361-367, 405 Langdon 367-369 Leavittstown 595 Lebanon 162, 170, 171, 175 369-389, 405, 504, 507 Lebanon, Conn 159, 369 Lee 390-395^ 594 Leicester, Mass 342 Lempster 46-48, 396-403 Lexington, Mass 181, 239, 459 Lincoln 229, 361, 366, 404 Lisbon 361. 404-414 Litchfield .. .273, 414-424. 550, 643 Little Harbor 110, 682 Littleton . . .355, 357, 363, 424-428 Littleton, Mass 239 Londonderry .87, 189, 273,429-485 540, 548 Lotteries 32, 72, 124, 125, 223 312, 340, 560, 693, 696, 699, 747 Loudon 485-492 Louisbourg. . 141, 288, 341, 343, 686 Lunenburg, Mass 291 Lyman 363, 492-500 Lyme. ...74, 78, 160, 162, 501-508 Lyme, Conn 572 Lyndeborough 61, 62, 158 509-536, 606, 742, 767 Lyndeborough Addition. ...61,516 Lyndeborough Gore 527, 535 Lynn, Mass 683 Madbury 536-540 Manchester 25. 540-566 Mansfield, Conn 159, 387 Marlborough 158, 299, 307, 522 566-572, 767 Marlborough, Mass 189, 566 Marlow 23, 399, 572-577 767 Martin’s Ferry 254 Martin’s Location 289 Mascoma Mining Co 369 Mason. . t 58, 236, 522, 577-581, 742 767 Mason’s hall 671 Masonian proprietors..!, 18,20, 25 189, 195, 203, 256, 291. 479, 509 513, 540, 543, 566, 572, 577, 594 617, 621, 635, 666, 730 Massachusetts soldiers. . . . 102, 141 Meredith 8, 269, 581-585 Meriden 56, 60 Merrimack 239, 586-594 Middletown.. .5, 7, 9, 291, 594-603 Mile Slip 234, 235, 519, 603 Milford 509, 603-609 Minerals i, 49, 340, 369, 493 Monadnock No. 2 201, 203 No. 5 567 No. 6 635 Monroe 493 Monson 246, 593, 609-616 Mont Vernon 509 Moultonborough 8, 616-622 Moultonbough Gore 616, 706 Mount Independence 198, 266 267, 462 Mystic, Mass 683 Narragansett No. 5 586 Nashua 622-635 Nashville 623 Nelson 18, 23, 24, 205, 566 635-642 New Boston 25, 32, 45, 513 642-662, 767 New Boston Addition 649 Newbury 46, 396, 662-670 Newbury, Mass 424, 683 Newburyport, Mass 424 New Castle 72, 109, 670-701 New Chester 195, 230 New Durham 7, 9, 701-706 New Durham Gore . . .701 New Hampton 230, 706-709 Newington 66, 710-730 774 INDEX. New Ipswich 158, 232, 522 730-748, 767 New Market 288 New Marlborough 189, 190 Newport 46, 396 New Salem 581 Nora way pond 154 Northfield, Mass 212, 213, 223 North Hampton 99, 119, 122 Northumberland. 180, 353,355, 364 Norway Plains 1 1 Nottingham 273, 756 Nottingham West 273, 414, 419 Nova Scotia 343 Odiorne's Point 671 One Pine Hill 233, 622, 630 Orange 162, 163 Orford 78, 177, 424, 507 Oswego. N. Y 9O’ 537 Oyster river. ... 102, 103, 105, 107 Packer's bridge 66 Packerstield . . . 18, 23, 24, 152, 158 205, 307, 522, 735, 767 Paper currency,. . . .54, 93, 173, 183 327, 479, 482, 487, 579, 580, 601 Peekskill, N. Y 53 Pelham 83, 451 Pemaquid 104 Pembroke 228, 258 Pepperill, .Mass 747 Peterborough.. 61, 91, 152, 158, 205 517, 522, 528, 543, 742, 767 Peterborough Slip... 158, 292, 300 303. 522, 742 Piercy 355 Piermont 78, 80 Pillory 1 17 Piscataquog 541 Plainfield.. . .59, 370. 388, 506, 507 Plaistow 92, 345, 451 Plymouth. 74, 78, 201, 230, 319, 359 Polls ratable, returns of. ...10, 23 40, 59, 149, 171, 199, 209, 228 298, 321, 327, 352, 397, 422, 473 521, 539, 540, 550, 580, 634, 639 641, 655* 705 Portsmouth.. . .64, 66, 99, 100, 288 319, 320, 671, 722 Post route 319, 320 Quakers 67, 137, 343, 758 Quebec 460 Raby...23i, 232, 236, 248, 604, 767 Rhode Island expedition.. . .58, 69 91, 203. 205, 268, 464, 538, 591 . 703 1 Richmond 567, 767 : Rindge 158, 299, 314, 522, 735 747. 767 Rochester 12, 594, 715 Rogers's Location 289, 291 j Roxbury 307, 635 j Royalton, Vt 52, 738 [ Rumney 78 ; Rye 671, 697, 699 i Saint John, N. S 166, 413 Salem 345, 451, 581 Salem, Canada 509 Salem, Mass 216, 240, 509 Salisbury 106, 563, 564 Salisbury, Mass 134, 545 Salt-works 340 Sanbornton 7, 8, 563 Sandown 330, 345, 451 Sandwich 5, 9. 616, 620 Sandy Beach 671 Saratoga, N. Y.. .58, 142, 390, 635 653. 751 Seabrook . . .99, 130, 138, 150, 151 Sec’y of state, house burned.. .437 Sharon 578 Small-pox. . 123, 142, 1 61, 31 1, 316 317. 463 Society Land.... 61, 152, 154, 157 517, 522, 526, 543, 649, 742 Souhegan East 586 South Hampton 130, 347 Springfield 57 Squamscot 64, 112, 113, 710 Star Island. 677 Stark 351 Stillwater 257, 295, 345, 569 Stoddard. . 18, 20, 23, 24, 307, 572 574. 635 Stratford 352, 355 Stratham 64, 264 Sullivan 18, 24, 307, 635, 637 Sumner's Bound 389 Sunapee 46, 47, 396 Surry 18, 23, 573, 767 Swanzey 307, 566, 567 Tam worth 5, 7, 9 Taverns 444 J INDEX. 775 Taylor’s river 130 Temple 158, 205, 509, 522 534-536, 735 » 742 Thornton 359 Thornton’s Ferry 239, 414 Ticonderoga..52, 228, 232, 371, 418 463, 643 Timberlane 82, 85 Townsend, Mass 578 Treadwell’s Location 291 Troy 566 Tyng’s farm 85 Upper Ashuelot 18, 306 Upper Gilmanton i Unity 46, 47, 83, 89, 396 Valley Forge 269 Venter’s brook 213 Vernon, Vt 213 Vermont controversy. .57, 217, 319 369. 378, 507 Wakefield 7, 9 Wall Creek 64 Walpole 367 Warner 266, 267 Warren 78, 177 Washington 396, 568, 575 Washington’s guard 464, 496 Washuke 760 Watertown 618 Weare 32, 35, 195, 649 Wendell 46, 396 Wentworth 75, 78 Wentworth’s Ferry 324 Wentworth’s Location. . . .289, 291 Westbury, Mass 404 Westford, Mass 18 Westmoreland 18 West Point 465 Whitefield 359 Whitehall, N. Y 109 White Plain, N. Y 193 Wilmot 196 Wilton 158, 513, 522, 742, 747 767 Winchester 212, 213, 215, 223 Winchendon, Mass 747 Windham 429, 448, 468 Winnicumet 99 Wire factory 21 Winter Hill 35, 298 Wolfeborough 8, 594, 598 Wolves 292 Yellow Springs 269 Yellow fever ,269 index; to names of persons. Abbott, Abiel .518 Abraham 737 Benjamin.. .232, 252, 628, 630 Daniel 253 Ephraim 328, 516, 518 George 73» 252 Jacob 510, 747 Joshua 253 Joseph 253 Josiah 656 Kneeland 524 N. C 253 Nathaniel 253 Peter 347, 349 Philip 253 Samuel 566 Stephen 253 Abell, Elijah 398, 402 Phinehas 398, 399, 402 Sylvester 400, 402 Achilles, Henry 668 Adams, Aaron 191, 192 Asa.. 153, 154 Benjamin 336, 560, 723 726-729, 734, 747 Benjamin, Jr 738, 743 Caleb 97 David 473, 479, 480, 629 Dudley 727 Ebenezer 744 Ephraim.. . .275, 296, 579, 632 634, 734, 740, 743, 745, 747 Ephraim, Jr 737, 738, 746 Ezekiel G 723 Gideon 263 Henry 275, 632, 633 Jacob 634 James.. 440, 449, 457"459, 4^0 483, 656 Adams, John. .8, 92, 289, 291, 619 727, 738, 746 Jonathan 24, 449, 453, 457 458, 475, 479, 483 Jonathan, Jr 475, 484 Jonas 300, 481, 764 Joseph 337, 717, 727 Joseph, 3d 727 Levi 734, 764 Moses 263 Nathan W 726 Nathaniel 554, 555 Paul 560 Phinehas 275, 746 Richard, 479 Robert 449, 453, 457, 458 Robert, Jr 458 Samuel 424, 479 Silas 632, 744 Stephen 734, 738, 744, 746 Adams, Thomas 275, 733 William. . . .440, 443, 449, 452 453, 464, 475, 479, 480, 483 William, Jr 449 Winborn 345, 538 Addison, George, 28, 29, 31, 33, 36 Thomas 526 Aiken, Daniel 484 Edward 449, 452, 453 Edward, Jr 449 James 449, 452, 457, 458 472-474 John . .449, 452, 457, 458, 470 472 John, Jr 449 Nathaniel.. .440, 445, 449, 452 457, 458 Nathaniel, Jr 449 Nenian 195, 656 778 INDEX. Aiken, William 440, 449 , Ainger, Jesse 668? Ainsworth, Laban... 300, 303 ; Alden, Daniel Aldrich, Abraham... 50. 51 i Andrew 54 i Charles 50, 51 Nathan ....50, 51, 55 1 William 50. 5^ Alexander, Asa 223 1 Hugh 477, 478, 481 i Jabez James John 224, 434, 453, 481 i Jonas 192, 454, 456 ! Mary 477 Reuben, Jr 223 1 Robert 527, 649; Ronald 434 William 449, 453, 463, 475 477, 478, 481 ! Zaccheus 633 , Allard, Job 6| Shadrach 9 Alld, David 625, 634 1 John 625, 629, 632, 634 Samuel 548 Solomon 445 William 593 Allen, Abel 25 Daniel 28-31, 65 Darius 386 John ..65, 480, 752 Jonathan 263, 265 Jonathan, Jr. . . . 263, 264 Joseph Phinehas 386 Reuben William 697 Rev. William. . 64 Alley, Daniel Ephraim Francis Allison, Andrew Samuel 434, 445, 452, 456 459, 466, 548 Samuel, Jr 445, 452 Amazeen, Christopher 697 Ephraim .694, 696, 697 John 694 Joseph 697 Joseph. 3d 697 Nathaniel 697 Amazeen, William 697 Ambrose, Nathaniel 8, 6, 19 Samuel 751 Ames, David 153, 154, 755 . Jacob 154 Jeremiah 77, 250 Samuel 14, 480, 752 Stephen 75^ 77, 241 Stephen, Jr 76 Amey, Abraham 552 George 552 Amherst, Sir Jaifrey 288 Amsden, Noah 263 Uriah 192 Anderson, Allen 435, 480 Bartholomew 440 Daniel 435, 481 David, 445, 449, 456, 458, 480 James, 440, 445, 449, 452, 453 480 James, Jr 481 John 440, 453, 480, 548 John, Jr 481 Joseph 480 Robert 440, 453, 480 Samuel 440 Thomas 457, 458, 475, 477 478, 481 William. . . .476, 477, 480, 483 Andreas, Philemon 398 Andrews, Benjamin 191 Isaac 205-212 Isaac, Jr 206, 209 Levi 468, 589 Nathaniel 50, 55 Perkins 209, 210, 212 Solomon 204, 209-21 1 Annass, Benjamin 401 Annis, Charles 454 Jesse 466, 481 John 457, 458 Samuel 27 Apostle Paul 725 Appleton, Francis 739, 744 Isaac 733, 735-742, 747 Apthorpe, George 424 Arbuckle, Josiah 440 Robert 440 William 594 Archer, Benjamin 22 Benjamin, Jr 312 John 518 Jonathan 312 INDEX. 779 Arbuckle, Michael . . . 194 Avery, Simeon 507 Archibald, Arthur. . . 457 Ayer, Joseph ; . . David 440, 450 Phinehas 758 John 440, 481, 548 Richard 253 Robert 450, 457, 458 Samuel Samuel 449 Ayers, Christopher. . 450 Thomas 464 Edward 66 Armour, Andrew 454 Elijah Gawn 453 James 436, 437, 440 Armstrong, David. . . 452 Job John 452 John 73 John, Jr 452 John, Jr 73 Robert 684 Joseph Arnold, Benedict . . . 460, 505 Joshua 7 G 73 Jacob 39 ^ Mark Arwine, James Obediah 85 Ashley, Daniel Samuel 72, 400, 552, 589 Henry Samuel, Jr John 399 Thomas Samuel William ....437,449 Aspinwall, Zalmon. . . 372 William, Jr 449 Atherton, Joshua 704 Atkinson, George.. . .398, 420, 622 Babb, Israel 392 Theodore. . .134, 160, 178, 215 Babbitt, Nathaniel. . 174 303. 424, 683 Babson, Isaac 263 Thomas 527 Bachelder (see Batchelder). Attkinson, Theodore, 108, 109, 678 Bachellor (see Batchelder). 679 Bacon, Jacob 309 Atwill, John Badger, David 521 John Jr John James .93, 94 John 83, 94, 97 John, Jr 93 Moses 93, 94 Samuel 668 William 287 Austin, Benjamin 252 Nicholas 597, 598, 600 Thomas 234 Averill, David 516, 518, 524 Ebenezer 606, 689 Elijah 609 Avery, Benjamin 4 Jabez 399 James 361, 404, 424 John 6, 239, 399 Jonathan 5 Joseph 4, 12 Josiah 5, 14 Nathaniel 67 Samuel 4, 5 Samuel, Jr 4 Joseph, Jr 6, 14, 15, 17 Joseph, 3d 14 Peaslee ii, 12 Robert 512, 524 Stephen 346, 349 Thomas 393 William i Bagley, David 263, 488, 489 Enoch 491 Orlando 335 Bailey, Abraham 296, 314 Capt 193 Jacob 504 James 504 Jasher 294 John 480 Jonathan 71, 73, 320 Jonathan, Jr 73 Samuel 375“38o, 386 Bayley, Aaron 251 Amos 271, 272 Daniel 247, 612 INDEX. 780 Bayley, Daniel, Jr 247, Ebenezer Jacob 342, 409, James 64, Joel 247, John 229, Joshua.. 84, 256-259, 266, Levi 271, Richard Solomon Stephen Timothy Baker, Amos 738, 743, Andover Benjamin. . .548, 550, 662, Benjamin, Jr 548, Charles 599, Elijah Gideon 377, 379, 380, Jesse 548, 663, Joel 738, 744. Jonadab Jonas 355, 557, 359, Joseph Nathan Nathaniel 552, Thomas, 22, 321-323, 571 , Balch, Benjamin Isaac 61 Israel 61 John 312, Timothy . . . Baldwin, Col 193, Ebenezer Heth Jabez 355, 375, John 168, Loam mi Rufus 372, 379, Rufus, Jr Samuel Ball, Joseph Nathaniel 76 Ballard, Sherebiah Bancroft. Asa Ebenezer Thaddeus William Bangs, Joshua 5 Barefoote, Walter Barker, Ebenezer 251 650 537 187 251 409 267 480 272 246 271 .84 407 746 229 668 668 600 323 386 668 746 572 360 744 668 557 599 600 312 > 63 > 63 319 320 420 507 355 377 169 561 384 384 384 435 , 80 379 223 223 223 223 . 13 761 280 Baker, Eliphalet 399 John 6, 480 Joshua. 351 Moses 589 Philbrook 392 Theophilus 534 William 418, 638 Barkley, Robert 497 Barlow, Abner 505 Barnard. Joseph 265 Stephen 349 Barnes, Elisha 263 Joseph 418, 591 Silas 190 William 31 1 Barnet, James 453, 480 John. . .434, 436, 437, 443, 452 453 ^ 458, 461, 472 John, Jr 452, 458 Moses, 434, 441, 445, 448, 453 456* 459 Robert, 446, 447, 452, 453, 465 466 Barney, Aaron 49, 51, 56 Jabez B 50-52 Martin 55 Barr, James. . .28, 29, 31, 737, 744 James, Jr 28-31 John 454 Samuel 194, 263, 440, 44; 447, 456, 457, 543, 548 Barrett, Amos 154, 155 Charles 154, 155, 734, 737 739, 740, 747, 748 Elihu Isaac James. . . . James, Jr. Joel John John, Jr.. Jonathan. Moses. . . . Moses, Jr, Philip Silas .... Simeon. . Thomas. . Winthrop Barron, John. . Nathan . . Samuel. . . William. . 216 ... .216, 217, 281 239, 281, 446, 468 281 281 224 224 217 28 1 , 446. 468, 548 ' 281 216, 217 216, 217 281, 468 154, 281 13 503 503 522 512, 581, 592 INDEX, 781 Barry, Benjamin 764 Thomas 293 Barter, Henry 5 John 596 Bartlett, Daniel 744 Doctor 75 Enoch 180 Evan 77, 81 George 346, 350 Gideon 754 Isaac 350, 738, 743 Jeremiah 344 John 84 Jonathan 77. 81 Josiah..98, 138, 330, 348, 391 393 Nathaniel 198, 224 Noah 744 Pelatiah 76 Richard 554, 555 Samuel 737, 744 Seth 346 Thomas 230, 394, 751 Bartley, Robert 480 Basford, Jonathan 192 Joseph 386 Bassett, John 44 Batchelder, Bachelder & Bachellor. Abraham. .. 13 1, 485, 487, 488 489 Archelaus 609 Benjamin 107 Breed..- 241, 636, 638 640 Daniel 349, 487 David. . 125, 140, 143, 147, 148 151, 349 Ebenezer 335, 338 Elisha 346 Francis 336 Henry 1 16, 1 18, 1 19, 129 Isaac 12 James 129 Jeremiah.. 326, 328, 329 Jethro 485, 488-490 John . .115, 127, 129, 133, 326 329. 399 Joseph, 1 17, 129, 131, 136, 146 487, 512, 518, 528, 743 Josiah, 129, 131, 136, 329, 332 335. 350, 393. 747 488, 489 533 Batchelder, Bachelder & Bachellor. Nathan 332, 335, 338, 348 489, 492 Nathaniel ..103, 114, 115, 345 348, 489, 512, 516, 522, 533 Nathaniel, Jr. ... 1 14, 1 15, 488 Phinehas... .332, 335, 347, 670 Reuben 512 Ruth 640 Samuel 129, 216 Samuel, Jr 121 Simon 326 Stephen 108, 109 Theophilus 131 Thomas. ... 1 12, 117, 488, 489 Timothy 487, 491 William 487-489 Bates, Jonathan 76, 77 Joseph .300, 303, 734, 737 Batson, Nathaniel 696 Stephen 695-697 Stephen, Jr 697 Battis, Sampson 757 Battishall, Jonathan . .715, 71 7, 718 Bean, Benjamin 753, 754 Caleb 13 Daniel 56, 332 David II, 12 Edward 14 Jeremiah 346 John 4, 13, 755 John, Jr 12 Joseph, Jr 336 Joshua 4 Josiah 9 Jude 4, 13 Levi 14 Peter 13 Samuel 332, 336 Simeon 4, 9. 12 Stephen 412 Beary, Ebenezer 699 Jacob 698 Merefield 699 Nathaniel 698 Richard 698 Beard, Elijah 209, 210, 212 Jonathan 174 Simeon 442 Beaty, William 548, 656 Beckley, Lawrence 481 Beckwith, Jabez 397~399, 403 Joseph 399 Lebe Moulton INDEX. 782 Beckwith, Nathaniel 48 Niles ,398, 400, 403 Bedell, Moody 181, 184, 418 Beebe, Noah 25 Thomas Timothy Beede, Bezabel 13 Daniel, Jr 9 Jonathan 342 Rezia 349 Belcher, Jonathan. . . 131 Belding, Elisha Titus 311 Belknap, Joshua William 407 Bell, Abednego .694, 696, 697 Andrew 5 C 3 Benjamin 694 Benjamin, 3d. . . 694 Frederick 704 George 697 John... 33, 440, 449, 457, 459 464, 469, 473, 4 ^ 3 ’ 503 ’ 507 548 Jonathan ...33’ 38, 44 Joseph 436, 437 ’ 452, 458 489, 696, 697 Joshua 35 Matthew Matthew, Jr 694 Meshach Meshach, Jr 694 Meshach, 3d. . . . 694 Robert 437 Sampson .694, 696, 697 Samuel 507 Shadrach ,694, 696, 697 Shadrach, Jr . . . . 696 Thomas.. . .685, 690, 691, 694 696, 697 William.. .27, 33 35 ’ 503 ’ 554 William, Jr 503 Bellows, Benjamin.., .214’ 314 ’ 317 573 James 386 Bennett, Abel 355 Arthur Henry Jeremiah 487-489 John, Jr 14 Jonathan 153 ’ 154 Phinehas ...73, 74, 249 Phinehas, Jr 249 Bennett, Stephen 5, 153, 154 Tilton 196, 197, 199, 201 William 13, 199, 201 Benton, Stephen i68, 173 Berry. Ephraim 490 Francis 73 Isaiah 71 James 65, 68 Jeremiah 698 John 109, 1 12 Joseph 65 Joshua 68, 490 Levi 698 Nathaniel 65 Solomon 698 Thomas 67, 71 Thomas, Tr 67, 71, 73 William 68, 61 1 William, Jr 68 Betton. James.. .450, 452, 455, 553 588 Samuel 656 Bickford, Aaron 395 Andrew 602 Dependence 713 Dodavah 711 Edmund 518 Eli 490 Ephraim 13 Ichabod 726 Jethro 713 Jethro, Jr 717 John 1 10 Jonathan 60a Joseph, 516, 518, 598, 599, 710 Joshua, Jr 697 Lemuel 713, 717 Micah 391 Micajah 395 Paul 15 Rannah 391, 392, 395 Samuel 229, 393 Thomas 265, 71 1, 717 Bigelow, Asahel 358 John 25 Silas 747 Bigsford, Thomas .266 Bill, Ebenezer 24 Billings, Elkanah 503 Stephen.. 379 ’ 3^9 Bingham, Calvin 48, 398, 401 Daniel 40a Elijah 398, 399 INDEX. 783 Bingham, Harris 398, 400 James. . .47, 48, 398, 399, 402 403 Jabez 171, 173 Jonathan 386 Roswell 398 Silas 398 Thomas 379 Vine 398, 401 Binney, John 744 Sarah 287 Bird, Samuel 275 Birdet, Ebenezer 24 Bishop, David 216, 217, 225 Josiah 407 Seth 219 Bixbee, Andrew 204, 207-2 ii Andrew, Jr 204 Bixby, Daniel.. .419, 424, 591, 649 Jonathan 507 Thomas 424 William 424, 591 Black, Edmund 484 Blair, Alexander., 479 David 229, 480 Hugh 644 James, 440, 445, 449, 453 459 John. . .436, 437, 440, 644-647 S. L 229 William 453, 645-647, 656 764 Blaisdell, Enoch 335 Ezra 491 Harvey 487, 490 Henry 27, 40, 41 John 343 Jonathan 335 Oliver 487, 490 Ralph 332 Samuel 13, 515, 518, 524 William 140, 146 Blake, Christopher 140 Daniel 326 Ebenezer 6 Elijah 22, 309 Elisha 329 Elisha, Jr 329 Francis 6 Henry 147, 148, 264, 271 Hezekiah 329, 346, 348 Israel 1 1 1, 230 Jeremiah 147, 148 Jeremiah, Jr 149 Blake, John 143, 230 Jonathan 345-349, 363-366 Joseph 22, 312 Joshua 137, 147 Josiah 326, 329 Mark 708 Moses Ill, 1 15, 328 Moses, Jr 326 Nathan 117, 122, 308, 31 1 399 Nathan, Jr 320, 322 Obediah 309 Oliver S 199, 708 Paul 328 Philemon 107 114, 115 Philemon, Jr 329 Rial 312 Robert ' 309 Samuel 1 14, 1 15, 127 Sanborn 349 Simeon 128 Thomas 373 Timothy 1 12, 114 Timothy, Jr 13 1 Blanchard, Aaron 216 Ahimaaz 709 Augustus 245 Benjamin 754, 755 David 755 Edward 756, 757 James. 755 Teremiah 626, 620 Joel 754 John 253, 625, 629 Jonathan 20, 182, 587, 754 Joseph 122, 275, 292, 416 513. 559> 566, 586, 593, 623 625, 730, 758 Jotham 606 Peter 757 Richard 755 Simeon 235, 744 Simon 606, 609 Stephen 604, 606, 609 Stephen, Jr 606, 609 Thomas 275, 629, 632 Thomas, Jr 629, 632, 634 William 234 Blaso, Thomas 67 Bliss, Azariah 372 Azariah, Jr 372 Ebenezer 375, 377 Isaiah 372 INDEX. 784 Bliss, Jonathan 18 Joseph 184, 185 Levi 23 Blodgett, Archippus 355 Asahel 287 Benaiah 287 Benjamin. . . 419, 591 Daniel 419, 591 David 579 Elijah 355 Jeremiah 275, 287 Jonathan 287 Joseph 281, 287 Joseph, Jr 287 Joshua 419, 552 Josiah 355 Nathan 386 Newcomb 355 Oliver 634 Phinehas W 287 Samuel 27,30-36, 39, 541 557. 560 William 554 Blood, Ebenezer, Jr 578 Elnathan 233 Elnathan, Jr 247 Francis 252, 747 Joseph 578 Lemuel 244 Levi 25 Nathaniel 77 Nathaniel, Jr 77 Reuben 244 Samuel 744 Solomon 75 Timothy 70, 77 William 77 Blunt, Ephraim 487 Ephraim, Jr 487 John 700 Rev. John ....684, 696 Robert 697 William 518, 528 Bly, William 393 Boardman, Benjamin 201, 202 Elias 201, 202 Bodge, Benjamin 14, 392 Francis ,392 Josiah 393 » 395 Samuel 540 Bogel, David 437 Joseph 437 Thomas 434, 437 Bolster, Nathan 24 Bolton, Hugh 435 Bond, Ammi 480 Gilbert 480 John 12, 86, 87, 92, 480 Dr. John 84 Jonathan 480 Joseph 480 Bonner, John 245 Boody, Robert 9, 61 1 Booth, Epraphrus 398 Freegrace 398, 400 George 204, 206, 208-211 Jonathan 400 Joshua 398 Oliver 398, 400 Oliver, Jr 398, 400 William. .. .204, 206, 208-211 Bootman, Nathaniel 656 Thomas 350 Boulter, Nathaniel 759 Boutwell, James 512, 524, 525 Bowers, Jerathmeel 76, 77, 81 244 Oliver 246, 252 Oliver, Jr 252 Bowen, Jeremiah 366 William 51 Bowman, Abather 192, 194 David. . . 263 Jonas 35, 190-194 Boyd, Alexander 480 Joseph 453 Nathaniel 548 Robert 449, 458, 648 Samuel 44, 548, 654 Thomas 13 1, 480 William_ 449, 453 Rev. William 429 Boyes, Alexander 480 James, 434, 449, 472, 479, 480 548 James, Jr 461, 480 James, 3d 461, 472 John 484 Joseph 436, 437, 454, 646 Robert, 430-434, 445, 449, 452 454, 472, 480, 643, 646 Samuel 451, 480 Samuel, Jr 480 Thomas 440 William 646, 648, 652 Boynton, Abram 252 . INDEX. 785 Boynton, Amos 737, 738 Asa 184 David 585 John 25, 237, 265, 628, 709 Richard 606, 609, 709 William 335, 487-492, 709 Bracebridge, Edward 729 William 729 Brackett, George 72 James 72, 393 Dr. James 391, 392 Joseph 355-359> 393 Joshua 68, 71, 72 Dr. Joshua 538 Thomas 67 Bradcest, Simon 453 Bradbury, Ephraim 664 John 13 Sarah 285 Thomas 100, 10 1 Winthrop 556 Braddon, John 677 Bradford, Andrew 609 Eliphalet 208, 210, 212 John 606, 609 Joshua 13 Samuel 204-21 1, 656 Samuel, Jr 206 Timothy 204, 206 William 472 William, Jr 472 Bradley, Jonathan .. .279, 280, 287 Joseph 287 Timothy 253 Bradshaw, John 415, 416 Braley, Samuel 51 Brainard, Jabez 398, 400, 403 Israel 751 Shubael 399 Urijah 398, 399 Brattle, Thomas 231 William. .. .213, 240, 241, 279 Breed, Allen 737, 738 Dr. Nathaniel 636, 637 Brenton, William 414 Brewer, James 570 Peter 642 Brewster, Ebenezer. . 171, 173, 175 David 548 Isaac 450, 457, 459, 548 Brian t, John 298 Joseph 744 Kendall 732, 734 52 Brickett, John 93 Bridges, Sarah 604 Bridgman, Abel 169 Gideon 76 John 174 Briggs, Eliphalet 22 Elisha 224, 312 Nathaniel 312 Brigham, Asaph 297 Brintnall, George 637 Broadneck, William 453 Brock, John 71 1 Brockway, Woolston 25, 574 Brooks, John 737, 738 Samuel 184, 185 William 252 Broughton, Abijah 507 William 169 Brown, Abraham 112 Benjamin 1 13, 326 Benjamin, Jr 326 Caleb 328, 329 Clark 235 Daniel 128, 253, 338, 344 Ebenezer. . .326, 702, 736, 747 Edmund 1 31 Edward 348 Elijah 137 Elinda 168, 169, 172 Elisha 128 Eliphalet 253 Enoch 225 Ensley 271 Ephraim 386 Israel 552 Jacob 109, III, 129, 131 James. 92, 352, 355, 356 Jeremiah 136, 490, 699 Jethro 328 Joel 172, 173, 175 John. .2, 92, 94, 97, III, 127 129, 131, 134, 137, 230, 253 450, 550, 552, 638, 645-649 656, 698 John, Jr 736, 738 John, 4th 13 1 Jonathan ... 128, 129,326,698 Joseph 83, III, 328, 329 Joseph, Rev 748 Joshua 1 1 7, 337 Josiah 1 17, 202, 329, 736 738, 739. 751 Josiah, Jr 201 INDEX. 786 Brown, Moses 71, 93, 94, 127 Nathan 127 Nathaniel 348, 479, 480 Nehemiah 318, 326. 347 Philip 488, 489 Samuel.. 83, 92. 97, iii, 129 234, 281, 589, 591, 656 Samuel, Jr 12 Simeon 336 Simon 125, 128 Stephen 326, 328 Stephen, Jr 328 Stephen, 3d 328 Thomas.. 129, 131, 137, 168 263, 335 > 645-649, 736, 738 744 Titus O 358 William. . 1 1 1, 240, 241. 245 253, 329, 668, 733 Zaccheus Zachariah Zadpc Bruce. Joseph Phinehas William Bryant. Andrew. . . . Edmund John ^larv 128 172 357. 358 357, 358 93 737, 738 . .65, 603, 703 Robert.. .... . Robert, Jr 65 Walter 138, 416 Buck, Perlev 17^ Bucknam, Edwards. •3°5’ 35L 353“ 360 Nathan 309 Buel. Abraham.... 76, 77 Asahel 77 Buflum. John 56 Jonathan Bugbee, Amasa. — Nathaniel 37L 373 Bullard, Asa 732 Ebenezer 732, 744 John 746 Joseph 732 Peter 300, 746 Simeon 734 Bullock, Benjamin.. 51 Hezekiah Simeon Simon Bunker, David 395 t ] 1 Bunker, James G 393 John 392 Joseph 537 Thomas 537 Burbank, Caleb 271, 272 Enoch 480 Ezra 480 Gershom 751 Moses, Jr 752 Samuel 281, 287 Samuel, Jr 281 Burdoo, Moses 303 Burgan, John 603 Burgess, Jonathan 9 Burgoyne, Gen. John 167 Burke, Magnes 33 Burkley. Lawrence 558 Burleigh. Joseph 392, 395 Josiah 392, 395 Samuel... . . . 393, 394 Burley, Benjamin 6 Stephen 6 William 6 Burnam, Abraham 619 Amos 349 Billy 216 David 609 Ebenezer 393 Israel 394 James 515, 518, 524 Jeremiah 606 Jonathan. ., .23, 147, 148, 150 Joshua 606, 609 Nathaniel 516, 518, 524 Offen 216 Pike 67 Stephen 315, 518, 524, 606 609 William 23 Burnham. George 599, 602 John 484 Joseph 265 Joshua 393 Joshua. Jr 393 Burns, George.. 281, 285, 446, 607 614 John . .607, 614, 61 5, 642, 647 656 John, Jr 607, 614, 615 Burnside. James 355 Thomas 355, 449 Burpee, Nathan 480 Burroughs, Josiah 468 INDEX. 787 Burroughs, William.. Burrows, George 453, 468 Burt, Amasa Jonathan Joseph 404 Robert 273 Bushe, Benjamin 398, 402 Busiel, Cornelius. . . . Elias 346, 348 William 338 Bussell, John. ...196, 198, 201, 202 Moses 349 William 332, 336, 349 Buswell, John 33, 44, 491, 558 Joseph 33, 39, 40, 44 Nicholas 6, 271 William 487 Buzzell, Aaron 596. 603 Elijah John 603 Jonathan . .6, 596, 603 William .... 597, 599, 601, 603 William, 2d 603 Butler, Elijah Gideon 279, 280, 589 John John, Jr Jonathan 516, 518 Joseph 446 Ralph .131, 140, 146 Richard 513 Thomas Tobias Valentine Butterfield, Abel 632 Charles .625, 629, 634 Ephraim .275, 625, 629 Isaac 152, 649 John.. 28-33, 37. 38, 44^ 625 628, 632, 634 Jonathan 632, 633 Joseph 275 Josiah Peter 33, 38. 44 Samuel . .64, 152, 649 Thomas .625, 629, 632 Widow 27 William 417, 649 Buttrick, Francis 235 Cabot, Andrew 598 John 598 Cairus, James 472 Calcott, Samuel 330 Calder, Robert 598 Caldwell, Alexander. .76, 280-284 287 David 656 James. 280, 283, 285, 287 440-443, 472, 591, 648, 654 655, 658, 662 James, Jr 435 John 279, 280, 447 Joseph 287 Nathaniel 392, 395 Samuel 195, 281, 283, 287 593. 653 Thomas 76, 282-285 William 393 Calef, John 347, 349 John, 3d 349 Joseph 346 Joseph, Jr 346 Samuel 347, 348 Calfe, John. 83, 91. 93, 96, 97 Nathaniel 349 William 338 Call, David 61 1 Joshua 68 Camp, Israel 172 Campbell, Caleb 744 Daniel 46, 660, 661 David 424, 453 Henry 454, 455, 589 James 235, 445, 449 James, Jr 450 Jesse 191, 194, 263 Job 263 John.. 194, 263, 268, 452, 453 589 John. Jr 195 Phinehas 263 Robert.. .. 192, 235, 440, 449 472, 653, 656, 662, 732, 736 738. 744 Samuel 454, 466 Thomas 449, 453 William 452, 454, 589, 652, 656 Canfield, Samuel 399, 573 Canney, Isaac 540 James 291 Moses 540 Card, Henry 694 John 694 Thomas 694 Carey, Daniel 621 ;88 INDEX. Eleazer 398 Eliott 398 Lazarus 743 Oliver 398, 400 Samuel 503 William 397-400 William, Jr 400 Cargill, Daniel 430 Carleton, Jesse 736, 743 Jeremiah 512, 521, 530 Jonathan 93, 202, 203, 625 Moses 744 Nathaniel 288, 737 Oliver 472 Peter.. 366 Stephen, 2d. 289 Thomas. . . .516, 518, 524, 606 Carney, John 540 Carpenter, Eli 507 Carr, Elliot 490 James 1 12, 701 John 253, 437, 475 Joseph 755 Simeon 253 Carroll, John 697 Carsfoot, Jacob 114 Carson, John 645, 649 Carter, Daniel 253, 752, 753 Enoch 1 31 John 253, 710 Jonas 6 Joseph 253 Moses 253, 708 Nathaniel 424 Oliver 23 Samuel 490 Cartland. Elijah 391, 393, 394 Joseph 393 Tobias 393 Carruth, James 348 Carver, Jonathan 219 Case, John 31 1 Samuel 104 Casey, William 12 Cass, Amos 131 John 1 14 Jonathan 1 14 Joseph 1 14, 1 15 Nason 196, 201, 751 Samuel 107, 1 14 Caswell, Joshua 51 Nathan 424, 425, 427 Nathan, Jr 427 Caswell, Ozias 410 Cate, Andrew 71 Enoch 708 James 487 Jeremiah 72 John.. 65, 66, 452, 458, 472 585 Joseph 67, 73 Joseph, Jr 71 Nathan 71 Samuel 72, 488, 490 Samuel, Jr 490 Stephen 488, 489 William 71 Cavender, Charles 480, 527 Chadbourne, Benjamin 616 Chadwick, David 194 John 194, 256, 269 John, Jr 263 Joseph 194 Chaffin, Reuben 409 Challis, Ezekiel 350 John 347, 348 Thomas 350 William 349 Chamberlain, Aaron 737 Abiel 486, 488, 490 Benjamin 185 Daniel 709 Ebenezer 708 Ephraim 9, 489, 490, 708 James 598, 600, 603 John.. 503, 512, 596, 597, 601 602 Joseph 379 Moses.. 223, 486, 489, 490, 603 Nathaniel 485, 409 Richard 178, 673 Samuel 485-490, 512, 524 Samuel, Jr 486, 487 Thomas 597, 598 William 597, 601 Chambers, William 192, 263 Champney, Ebenezer 747 John 744 John, Jr 744 Chancy, Stephen 566 Chandler, Daniel 172, 604 David 168, 174, 606, 609 Eliphalet 664 Ezra 366 Gardner 224 Isaac 195, 257-259 INDEX. 789 Chandler, James 737-744 Jeremiah 12, 758 John 732 Joseph 92, 664, 665 Josiah 589 Moses 350 Samuel ... 744 Thomas 253 William 168, 306 Zachariah 553 Chany, Daniel 357 Chapman, Edward 117 James 1 12 Job 68, 73, 118, 119 John Ill Joseph 480, 589 Richard 398, 400, 403 Samuel 73, in, 392, 394 Chappel, Daniel 398, 400 Chase, Benjamin 169, 173 Betsey 583 Charles 349 David 329 Ebenezer 591 Elihu 328 Henry 281, 287 Isaac 287 Jacob 456, 458 James. 13, 487-489 John.. .5, 84, 106, 137, 287, 328 527, 696 Jonathan.. 55, 58, 137, 168, 169 265, 372, 377. 488, 489, 506 751 Joseph 93, 1 14, 419, 591 Joshua 140, 146, 281 Moses 265, 389 Nathaniel 583 Pratt 756 Robert 424 Samuel 265, 418, 422, 424 591 Samuel, Jr 424, 591 Simeon 418, 424, 591 Stephen 281, 329, 589, 696 Stephen, Jr 281 Rev. Stephen... .685, 686, 690 695 Stickney 400 Cheney, Daniel 457, 458 David 81 Elias 204 Isaac 264 Cheney, James 458 John 207 Thomas 558, 566 Tristram 207 Cherry, Samuel 460 Chesley, Andrew 291 Daniel 392, 395 Dennis 476 Ebenezer 393 John 394, 395 Joseph 391, 393, 395 Lemuel 392 Nathaniel 291 Samuel 392, 537 Sarah 391 Child, Amos 24, 641, 642 Jonathan 170, 503-508 William 1 13 Choat, Ammi 9 Benjamin 332 Benjamin, Jr 336, 338 David 167 Francis 733 Jonathan 9, 332, 337, 338 Christy, James 453 Jesse 434, 449 Thomas .449 Chubbuck, Ensign 44 Church, Ebenezer 23 Cilley, Jonathan 701 Joseph 166 Claggett, Edward 424 Wentworth 591 William 424 Wyseman . .242, 415, 419, 591 Clapp, Daniel 168, 171, 371 Samuel 169 Clark, Alexander 481 Amos 86, 92, 94 Benjamin 192, 194,392 Bunker 205, 763 Cephas 312 David 75, 484 Elijah 251 Enoch 14, 72, 73 Enoch M 73 Ephraim 202 Ezra 393 George 450, 457 George, Jr .450 George, 3d 450 Greenleaf 67 Isaac 31 1, 737, 738 790 INDEX. Clark, Jacob 271 James 440, 450, 480 Jesse 312 John 51, 1 13, io6, 230, 336, 363 449, 453, 454, 466, 480, 484 507, 512, 548, 656, 664 John, Jr 366 Jonathan 8, 366, 391, 603 Joseph... 12, 73, 204, 271, 272 Matthew 430, 449, 456, 458 475, 480 Nathaniel 44, 452, 656 Nenian 648, 652, 656 Peter.. .509, 512, 514, 530. 532 Peter, Jr — 656 Remembrance 537 Robert. .447, 453, 456, 480, 484 646, 656 Samuel. ..14, 429, 450-458, 466 479, 548, 603, 694 Sarah 84 Simeon 313 Thomas. .86, 166, 168, 169, 440 452, 457, 458, 633 Thyohry 507 Rev Ward 330 William. ... 154, 192, 481, 646 647, 656, 694 Wood 44 Zeph 664 Clamboul, William 697 Clary, Daniel 737, 744 David 744 William. .. .732, 738-740, 744 Clay, Benjamin 597, 598, 600 Jonathan 598, 600 Joseph 392 Joseph, Jr 392 Luther 253 Samuel 393 Clayes, Elijah 191, 205 Cleaveland, John ....198, 199, 201 363 John, Jr 201 Clement, David 271 James 33 Moody 267 Nathaniel 259 Philip 37-45 Richard 366 Thomas 76 Timothy 256, 260 William 266, 756 Clendinen, Andrew 434, 445 Archibald 432, 434, 454 David 453 James John John H 484 Robert 451, 466, 481, 484 William 434, 450 481 Clifford, Ebenezer. . . 329 Isaac 337, 347, 349, 490 Jacob . 104, 106, 1 12 John •130 335 -, 336 John, Jr 335 Joseph II , 12, 329, 336 Richard 332, 335 Samuel 329 Samuel, Jr 326 William 348, 488, 489 Zacharias 114 Clogston, John 27, 31 Clough, Abner 4, 13, 487-490 Benjamin 194 Caleb 335 Cornelius 333 . 336 Daniel 338 David ... .6, 13, 194, 265. 271 Ephraim 754 Henry 754 , 756 Ichabod 332, 335 Isaiah 13 James .264, 271, 272 Jeremiah .333, 488, 489 John 394, 395, 488, 489 Jonathan .348, 487-489 Jonathan, Jr 487 Joseph 487 , 754 Leavitt 754 Levi 754 Nathan 326, 487 Nathaniel 393 Nehemiah 754 Obediah 338,754 Oliver 195 Richard, Jr 754 Samuel 4 , 13 Theophilus 335, 336 Thomas 271, 755 Timothy William 395 , 497 Zaccheus 392 Clyde, Hugh 452 John 452 Joseph 452 INDEX. 791 Coburn, Isaac 287 Zachariah 442 Cochran, Abraham 644, 648 Alexander 452 Andrew 440 Elijah 452, 472 George 452, 466, 481 Isaac . .453, 457, 458, 475-480 Isaac, Jr . . .459 James, 435, 449, 452, 456, 459 466. 481, 644, 647 James, Jr 454, 648 John... 419, 422, 434, 440, 449 452, 457, 466, 484, 644, 647 651, 653, 656, 658 John, Jr 459, 648 Jonathan 452, 466 Joseph. 229, 445, 449, 452, 457 458, 656 Moses 481 Nathaniel 644, 648 Nenian 437, 453 Peter. .434, 435, 437, 484, 644 647, 652, 656 Robert 434, 443, 481, 656 Samuel 418, 419, 453, 477 478, 481 Samuel, Jr 481 Thomas 253, 435, 443, 452 643, 644, 647, 651, 656 Thomas, Jr 648 William 434, 435, 452, 668 Coffee, Melchisedec. 524 Coffin, Amos Enoch 253 Henry 314 Peter 338 Samuel 752 Simeon 547 Stephen 125, 547 Cofran, John 452 Cogswell, Jeremy.. . 4 . 5 ^ 13 John... 366 Thomas Colbath, Benning. . . 727 Joseph 727 Joseph Colburn, Andrew.. . . 567. 569 Asa 372 Benjamin 247, 252 James 76, 81 Jerahmeel Jeremiah .547, 626, 629 Colburn, John 373 Nathan 247, 251 Phebe 570 Reuben 629 Robert 247, 387, 612 Robert, Jr 247 Thomas 622 William 77, 612, 614 William, Jr 612 Zaccheus 287 Colby, Abner 266 Daniel 585 David 457, 458, 481 David, Jr 459, 481 Edmund 755 Elijah 754 Eliphalet 192 256 Enoch 195 Enos 346, 348 Ephraim 253, 264, 265 Humphrey 755 Ichabod 350 Isaac 256, 265 John 27, 94 Joseph 265 Moses 267, 269 Nathan 20 r, 202 Nehemiah 264 Philbrick 280 Richard 27 Samuel 755 Thomas 350 William 264 Colcord, Daniel 346, 348 Ebenezer 337 Samuel 108, 109. 332, 337 709 Cole, David 591 John 355 Samuel 507 Coleman, Benjamin 729 Eleazer 710, 712, 717 John 729 Phinehas 717 Collins, Benjamin 755 Benjamin, Jr 347, 348 Daniel 1 17 Ebenezer.. .269, 332, 335, 338 418 Jonathan 346, 349 Joseph 314 Joseph, Jr 348 Nathaniel 217 792 INDEX. Collins, Richard 27. 346, 349 William 349 Colomy, Richard 6. 704 Colquhoun, Peter 479 Colton, John P 599 Lemuel 58 Samuel 419 Stephen 58 Thomas 599 Ward 124 William 599 William, Jr 599 Combs. Jonathan 275, 629 John 276. 547 Medad 626, 632, 634 Comee, Henry 335 Conant, Asa 223 Benjamin 223 Charles 223 Ezra 224 Joel 424 Jonathan 373, 508 Zebulon 744 Cone, Jonathan 751 j Conn, Andrew 732 Connick, William 244 Connor, Elijah 326 Jeremiah 413 Jeremy 13 John T 269 Jonathan 194, 265 Joseph 94 Philip 585 Cook, Daniel.. . .391, 492, 583, 596 Ebenezer 315 Jesse 389 Joseph 595, 599-602 Joseph, Jr 603 Moody 230 Robert 599-602 Samuel 230 Silas 22. 213 William 602 Cooke, Noah 322, 736 Simeon 386 Coolbroth, Benjamin 717 George 710, 713 James 712, 713, 717 Cooledge, Nathaniel 204, 207 Paul 208, 210, 213 Uriah .208, 210, 21 1 Cooley, John 6 Cooper, Aaron 217, 219 Cooper, Benjamin 347 Elijah George 764 William Copp, Benjamin Benjamin, Jr David 86 Ebenezer 83, 92, 94, 69 Joshua 84 Moses 86 Simeon William Corbin, Thomas 332 Corev, Hezekiah •732, 736 Isaac 375 Corliss, Joshua ...27, 94 Samuel Corning, Benjamin Ebenezer 558 George John Joshua Costar, Ebenezer 33 Coston, Bishop .548, 551 Cotton, John Jonathan 593 Thomas .129, 698 Rev. Ward 124- -126, 130 Couch. Stephen 185 William 1 14 Cowen, William 592 Cox, Charles. . . . 229, 453, 466, 485 Charles, 3d Edward James 230 John Robert 230 William. . . .227, 229. 453, 457 458, 466, 629 William, Jr 453 Coxton, John 632 Cove, Stephen Vine Craig, Alexander. . . .201, 202, 437 462 David 201, 202, 452, 456 James John. .33, 37, 39-45, 434 , 437 440, 458 Robert 202, 445, 452 Thomas 445, 450, 452, 459 466 Thomas, Jr 459 INDEX. 793 Crain, Isaac 219 Cram, Benjamin. 1 1 1, 137, 521, 524 Jacob 512, 607 Rev. Jacob 270, 272 John 1 12, 758 Jonathan. . .131, 137, 144, I47 148, 357, 358 Joseph 104 Nathan 140 Nehemiah .... 147, 148 Solomon 512 Stephen 137, 140, 146 Thomas 131, 136, 137 Crane, Dr. John 161, 171, 173 Crawford, John 198 Jonathan. .. 196, 198, 201, 202 229 Robert 196 Thomas. 83, 197, 201-203, ^^9 Thomas, Jr 196 Cressey, Andrew.. 61, 63, 513, 533 Benjamin 267, 270 Daniel 269 Michael 220, 221 Richard 264, 271, 272 Cristie, Jesse 154 Cristy, George. ..... .647, 650, 656 Jesse 646, 651, 654-656 Jesse, Jr 656 Thomas 656 Critchett, Benjamin 668 Elias 393 Crocker, Andrew S.. . 179, 183, 184 David 379 Gershom 21 Crockett, Joshua 8. 585 Crombie, James 453, 466, 656 John . .453, 456, 457, 466, 479 Ji- 453 Cromey, John 435 Crosbie, Benjamin 585 Thomas 1 14, 585 Crosby, Alpheus 300 Anthony 1 1 1 Jaasariah 77, 80 Joel 732 Jonah 732 Joseph 300. 607, 609 Josiah 609, 61 1 Josiah, Jr 609, 615 Robert 732 Samson 607 Thomas 7 Crosby, William Cross, Ephraim Ichabod 371 Isaiah Jesse 755 John 755, 756 Joseph Peter Ralph 264, 271, 753 Simeon 198, 201, 202 Thomas 755 Crow, Jonathan 58 Crowell, David John 386 Samuel Cud worth. Samuel... 518, 526 'rimothv 527 Cummings, Andrew . David 453 Doctor 279 Ebenezer .281, 283, 284 629 Eleazer 155, 275, 277, 281 288, 737, 743, 747 Elisha ...7.453, 708 Elisha, Jr Isaac 453, 708 John 153. 235. 249, 416 John, Jr 153 Jonathan 547, 590 Josiah Leonard 417 Nathaniel Reuben 153 Samuel. 234, 237, 241, 610, 628 630, 738 Simeon 547 William . .80, 81 , 246-252, 281 616 Cunningham, George 28, 31 Robert 449 William 449, 457, 458 Currier, Abraham.... , .267, 271, 272 Alvah Asa 84 Benjamin. . .192, 194, 263, 366 Charles 13 David 28, 31 Ezekiel 93, 94 Ezra 345, 348 Henry Isaac Jacob 12, 93 794 INDEX, Currier, Jeremiah 348 John 263, 348 Jonathan 753 Joseph 93 Reuben 271, 272, 754 Rev. Mr 28 Samuel 93, 271 Samuel, Jr 93 Sargent 264,266, 272, 366 Thomas 6 Curry, Robert 754 Samuel 227-229 Thomas 757 Curtice, Benjamin 51 1 Jonathan 174 Joseph 488 Curtiss, David 167 George 391, 392 Israel 166 James 355 Jonathan 168 Joseph 175 Joshua 168 Thomas 224 William 355 Zebina 169 Curwin, George 240 Cushman, Ephraim 366 Joshua 174 Cutter, James 303 John 734, 737, 738, 744 Moses 300 Nathan 303 Richard 281, 286 Seth 281 Cutter, Nathan 632, 634 Zaccheus 420 Cutting, Daniel 570, 571 Zebedee 507 Cutts, Samuel 497 Dakin, Amos 580, 766-768 Justus 281 Dale, Hannah 309 Dalton, Josiah 128 Michael 125, 698 Philemon 1 1 1, 1 12 Samuel 100, 761 Timothy 1 16 Tristram 424 Dam, Eliphalet 717, 726 Issachar 726 John 710-712 Dam, Moses 710, 712 Richard 71 1, 1 17 Dame, Benjamin 727, 729 Hunking 393 Joseph P 727 Theodore 507 Timothy 727 Samuel 726, 729 Valentine 71 William 13 Dana, Burns 734 Samuel 579 William 369, 372-374, 379 384, 385 Dane, Daniel 656 John 528 Danford, Ezekiel 7 Jeremiah 755 Moses 491 Samuel 756 Danforth, Anna 243 Jacob 243, 487 Jonathan.. . .208-21 1 , 247, 442 Joseph 481 Samuel 208-211 William 419 Daniels. David 540 Ebenezer 309, 31 1 Jeremiah 755 Pelatiah 537 Samuel 309 Danley, Cornelius 626, 629 William 632 Danshe, Hugh 453 Darby, Abijah 355, 357, 359 Aseph 357 Isaac 357 Jonathan 507 Simeon 507 Darling, Benjamin B 266 John 94, 335 John, Jr 335 Moses 265 Peter 264 Robert 93 Timothy 265, 266 William 266 Darrah, Arthur 277, 453 James 418 Robert 419, 423 Darte, Eliphalet 25 Joshua 21 Thomas 21 INDEX' 795 Davenport, Thomas W William D|avidson, Alexander David George James John Josiah Robert Thomas William. . . .148, 446, 447, 460, 475, 476, 589, Davis, Aaron 391, 392, Abel Abraham Aquilla Asa 280, 284, Benjamin. .. 1 59, 168, 466. Clement 39C 393“ Danieh.65, 295, 552, 557, David 392. Edmund 1 54, 1 57, Elijah 737, Eliphalet 92 Ephraim 392, James. .153-155, 392, 395, James, Jr 39 ^~ 39 S^ John .. .27, 346, 349, 391, 472, 552, 602, 656, John, Jr 392, Jonathan... .154, 155, 734, Joseph 44, 198, 473, Josiah 84, Malachi 13, Moses 393, 552, Moses, Jr Nathaniel 281, Obediah Philip Phinehas 346, Robert Samuel 46, 65, Samuel, Jr 537, Silas Stephen Thomas Timothy Webster Day, Benjamin, Jr Ebenezer 308, 31 1, Isaac 515, John Pelatiah Day. Robert 516, 518, 524 Dealing, Daniel 61 1 Dean, Benjamin W 12 Dearborn, Abraham. 68, 71, 73, 755 Benjamin 73 Doctor 129 Ebenezer 106, 108 Edward 390 • Henry. . 1 17-1 19, 128, 346, 349 Henry, Jr 349 Isaac 291 Jeremiah 116-119, 328 John 73, 108, no, 115, 118 119. 755 John J 72 Jonathan 1 14, 1 17, 128 Jonathan, Jr 1 1 7 Joseph. 73, 1 19 Joseph S 127 Josiah 1 25-1 27 Levi 73 Levi, Jr 73 Nathan 328 Nathaniel . .1 16, 346, 349, 755 Reuben 1 17, 121, 125 Reuben, Jr 73 Samuel.. . .68, 72. 73, 105-111 116-121, 286, 329, 330 Shubael 755, 756 Simeon 72, 595, 6o[, 722 Simon 1 18, 1 19, 598, 600 Thomas. .68, 105, 108, 114, 121 Thomas, Jr 105, 108 Decker, John 710 DeMarianville, Charles 51 John 51 Demeritt, Ebenezer 540 Eli 540 James 540 Job, Jr 537 John 392, 540 John, Jr 540 Jonathan 540 Paul 540 Robert 540 Solomon 540 Solomon, Jr 540 Stephen 540 William 537, 540 Denboe, Cornelius 61 1 Nathaniel 61 1 Dennis, Arthur 656 Moses 158 224 216 453 481 452 300 452 698 449 460 457 698 395 ,592 398 ,263 286 491 -395 558 395 158 738 94 491 537 537 392 710 393 737 491 737 348 757 •392 291 •755 •349 349 •253 253 539 •738 •736 •537 ...9 •349 •503 312 518 .312 .640 796 INDEX. Dent, John 343 Dewey. Benoni 171, 173 Ebenezer 21 Ebenezer, Jr 21 , 22 Elias 507 Elijah 378 Simeon 169, 1 71 Timothy 23, 24 William 168 Dexter, Caleb 407, 410 David 92, 94, 97 Joseph 407, 409, 498, 499 Lemuel 407, 410 Diah, William 755 Diamond. Ephraim 548. 589 Israel 346, 348 Israel, Jr 347, 348 Dickey, Adam. ..452, 453, 458, 589 649 David 566 Ebenezer 480 Elias 656 James 649 John.. ,452, 458, 480, 548, 552 557, 558, 649, 650 John, Jr 558, 566 Matthew.. . .461, 475, 480, 589 Robert 452, 481, 548, 589 Rose 235 Samuel .... 152, 436, 440, 446 452 W illiam. . . .436, 440, 449. 452 458, 480, 489, 647, 649 Dimock, Timothy 23 Dinsmoor, John 308 Ruth 308 Dinsmore, Abraham 516, 518 Gershom 217, 219 James 459. 475, 479 John. .28, 29, 31, 33, 449, 453 459, 472 Robert 429, 449, 453, 472 484 William 449, 453, 459 Disbrow, Phi 676 Dix, Jonathan 252, 734 Doack, James. . .445, 452, 481, 484 548 John 452 Dockham, Enoch 492 John 65 Samuel 12 Dodge, Andrew 398 Dodge, Antipas 28, 29. 31, 472 Benjamin 473 Caleb 663 Elisha 473, 653. 656 Elisha, Jr 473, 656 Isaac 398, 480 John 485 Joshua 484 Josiah 51 1 Nathaniel 150, 656 Nathaniel H 140, 146, 150 Nehemiah 653 Nicholas 664 Noah 656 Samuel 656 Simon 656 Solomon 658 William 668 Doe, David 702 Elizabeth 702 Dolbeer. Nicholas 698 Dole, Benjamin 292, 296, 298 John ' 292, 296, 298 Dollolf, John 708 Samuel 707, 709 Thomas 585 Donaldson, James.. . .452, 457, 458 462, 480 Donohue, Geoffrey 466 Donovan, John 652 Doolittle, Benjamin 224 Oliver 216, 217 Door, Philip 71 1 Dorman. Elijah. ... 308 Ephraim 22, 308, 310 Douglass. John 451 Patrick 434, 440-452 Dow, Abraham 131 Benjamin.. .4, 12, 27, 117, 329 589 Daniel 121, 129 David 1 21, 129 Ezekiel 133, 324, 326 Henry.. 27, 102, 103, 104, 105 106, 108, 109, no Isaac 698 Isaiah 128 Jabez 105, III, 1 15 James 1 14 Job 27, 33 John 112, 127, 326 Jonathan 12, 326, 392, 395 709 INDEX. 797 Dow, Joseph. 27, 124, 125, 126, 128 329 Joseph, Jr 27 Josiah..ii2, 128, 326, 329, 391 392, 393. 394. 395 Lemuel 172, 174 Moses 177, 182, 185, 186 Nathan 329 Nathaniel 6,11, 12, 328 Noah 9, II, 13 Perkins 13 Philip 326 Reuben. . . . 127, 237, 242, 250 Salmon 168, 1 72 Samuel 103, 112, 127, 129 Simeon, Jr 272 Simon 105, 129 Thomas 1 12 Winthrop 13 1 Downer, Joseph 372, 379, 380 Moses 1 14 William 369-380 William, Jr 375-380, 714 Downing, Bartholomew.. 727 Harrison 717 John 65, 120, 710, 714, 718, 729 John, Jr. ...444, 713, 715, 717 Jonathan 73, 140, 141, 717 Joshua 71 1, 713, 727 Josiah 710, 727 Josiah, Jr 717 Palfrey 488, 489 Richard 213, 717, 727 Richard, Jr 717 Samuel 727 Downs, Henry 484 Drake, Abraham. 1 14, 345, 585, 709 Abraham, Jr 121, 708 John 6, 125 Nathaniel 1 14 Robert 105, in, 1 14 Samuel 124, 127 Draper, William 61, 63 Drew, Aaron 603 Daniel 597, 603 Daniel, Jr 603 Elijah 540 Ezekiel 540 Isaac 595-600 Jedediah 598, 600 John. .6, 7, 390, 395, 595, 597 600, 603 Joseph 490 Drew, Lemuel 490 Levi 229, 709 Robert 490 Samuel 202, 490 Samuel, Jr 490 Theophilus 5 Thomas 463 Drowne, Peter 702, 705 Drury, Ebenezer 763, 768 Duda, Joseph 392 Nicholas 392 Dudley, Abily 760 Billy 663 John 4, 10, 13 Peter 13 Stephen 4, 6, 13 Stephen, Jr 12 Thomas 759, 760 Dummer, William 213 Dunbar, E 324 Duncan, Abraham. . .452, 457, 458 George. 440, 449, 452, 456,458 George, Jr.. 452, 457, 458, 548 Isaac 472 James 155, 157, 452 John.. 1 54, 155, 434, 436, 449 452, 457, 458 John, Jr 449, 452 Josiah 461, 548 I^obert 153, 154, 452 Samuel 61 William. 255, 449, 452, 457-459 473. 548 Dunalls, Reuben 522 Samuel 195 Duncklee, David 615 Hezekiah 516, 518 John 615 Nathaniel 615 Dunham, Thomas 503 Dunlap, Ephraim 506 Hugh 296 John 28-31, 34 Samuel 263 William 28, 31 Durant, Jonathan 204, 206 Samuel 281 Durgin & Durgan. David . . . , Elijah . . . , Josiah ... Josiah, Jr Samuel. . . 597. 598. 601 265 39 L 393- 395 ••392. 395 393 798 INDEX. Durgin, Susanna Winthrop Dunham, John Durkee, Abijah Hem" John 'Thomas 164, Dustin, Eliphalet Moses John Timothy William Duston, Caleb James Dutch, Georo;e O Jeremiah Dutton, Asa Benjamin. .206, 208, 393 6 •434^ 451 172 168 .168, 172 170-173 453. 653 268 253 566 650 471 192 •391-395 393 51S 210, 21 1 513 Jacob 61, 63, 513, 533 James 206-21 1 John 206-211, 732,734 Josiah 512 William 512, 535 Dwight, Timothy 306, 566 Dwinnell, Abigail 141 Amos 141 Elijah 480 George 550 Thomas 480 Dwyer, Michael 228, 229 Eager, Fortunatus 358 George 171 Joseph 263 Luke 203 Eames, David 252 Jeremiah 353,356, 410 Jeremiah, Jr 355 Thomas 355 Eastham, John B 709 Eastman, Aaron 192 Abner 328 Amos 252, 632 Benjamin. . .328, 336, 347, 348 David 489, 758 Ebenezer 13, 333, 336 Edmund 87, 93 Edward 332 Enoch 265 Henry 264 Ichabod 281 Jacob 350 Eastman, James 264, 480 John.. 192, 256, 264, 270, 271 342, 346 John, Jr Jonathan. .93, , 94, 192, 252, 632 Joseph ....270. 335, 336 Joseph, Jr . . . 338 Joshua 93 Nicholas . . . . Obediah 494 Parson 756 Dr. Peter. . . . .. .84, 86, 87, 94 Samuel. 194, 267, 335, 336, 347 348 Simeon Stephen 347,348 Thomas 271, 272, 335, 338 William Eaton, Benjamin. 86 David Ebenezer.. . . Enoch 27 Ephraim . . . . Jabez 347,348 Jacob 174 J- H 64 James ....27, 33, 38-44 James, Jr. . . . 44 Jeremiah . . . . John. .91, 93, 94, 267, 270, 271 293, 294, 418 Joseph T . . . 347, 348 Joshua Nathaniel . . . Samuel 43, 44 Timothy S.. 328 Eayers, James . . ••••453, 479’ 548 Joseph William 437, 449, 452, 453 479, 484, 548 William, Jr. . 449 '484 Edgerly, David 4 Ezekiel 13 John 13, 539 John, Jr 5 Jonathan 4 Paul 540 Samuel ....540, 585 Edgerton, James 368 Edson, Nathan 507 Edwards, Brinsley . . . Ephraim 366 Jonathan 14 INDEX. 799 Edwards, Simeon 366 William 13 Eggleston, Thomas 398,400 Ela, David 481 Edward 481, 589 Samuel 487 Eli, Edward 458 Samuel 458 Elkins, David 4 Ephraim 333 Gershom 330 Henry 143 James 12 Jeremiah 347, 349 John 12 Jonathan. ... 13, 106, 108, iii Jonathan, Jr 1 16 Joseph 332, 338, 346, 350 Moses 106, 108, 333 Nathaniel 4 Peter 346 Samuel 698 Thomas... .117, 337, 346, 347 343 Thomas, Jr 348 Ellinwood, Joseph. . .515, 518, 524 Joseph, Jr 515, 518 Elliot, Andrew 697 Benjamin 392, 393. 395 Richard 391, 393, 394 Robert 673 Samuel 324 William 452, 580 Ellis, Abner 309 Benjamin 24, 307 Edward 597 Ephraim. .. .599. 600, 602, 61 1 Francis 61 1 Gideon 308, 3 1 1 Gideon, Jr . 312 Henry 312 Joseph. 24, 308, 31 1, 597, 599- 603 Josiah 312 Nathan 24 Robert 600 Samuel 457 Simeon 24 Timothy 307, 317, 321 Timothy, Jr 312 William 307, 312 Ellison, Jacob 229 Richard 754 Elmer, Hezekiah 216, 219 Ozias 219 Emerson, Abijah 552 Benjamin 84, 94, 247, 252 Caleb 84 Charles. 548, 550, 551, 557, 558 Charles, Jr 664 Daniel 61, 250, 747 Daniel, Jr 126, 245, 251 David 196-202 Eleazer 27 George 663, Hezekiah 48 James. 271, 557 Jeremiah 271 John 271, 272 Jonathan 8, 634 Joseph 393 Mark 12 Micah 392 Moses 265, 539 Oliver 418, 664 Peter.. 347, 349, 552, 558, 566 Richard 466 Samuel 245, 391, 392, 540 Smith 391, 393 Solomon 392, 537-539 Solomon, Jr 393, 540 Thomas 247, 252 Timothy.. . .246, 251, 271, 272 ^93 Timothy, Jr 246, 251 Watts 94, 97 Emery, Dr. Anthony 122, 123 Benjamin 196, 199 Clement 507 Daniel 559, David S 199 John 197, 481 Moses 93 Noah 35, 138 Richard 193, 542 Samuel 559 Thomas 92, 93, 97, 487 William 300, 664, 668 William, Jr 664 Emmons, Benjamin .. 197, 198, 202 John 348 Joseph 27, 199, 200, 202 Samuel 333 English. James 503, 507 Epes, Francis 61, 63, 512 Erskine, John 223 8oo INDEX, Erving, John 548 Esmons, Jacobet 287 Estabrook, Joseph 247, 462 Nehemiah 369-374, 378 Samuel 373 Estey, Isaac 312 Joshua. 204, 207, 208, 210, 212 Etheridge, Stephen G 6 Evans, Abner, Jr 12 Charles 219 Daniel 5 Eldad 217, 219 John 217, 219, 224 Peter 447 Randall 379 Solomon 540 Tappan 263 Uriel 217, 219, 222 William 324 William, Jr 326 Everdon, John 224 Everett, Edward 198 Fabyan, John< . .710, 714, 717, 727 Samuel 712, 713, 717, 727 Samuel, Jr 727, 729 Fairbanks, Nathan 308 Nathaniel 309 Fairfield, John 503 Walter 501-504 Walter, Jr 503 Fansher, John 405 Farley, Benjamin 251 Benjamin, 3d 252 Caleb, Jr 252 Ebenezer 247, 251 James 252 Joseph 233 Samuel .. .73, 76, 77, 234, 235 Stephen 251 Timothy 80 Farmer, David 668 Edward 281 James 287 John 64, 130, 231, 566, 671 Jonas 44 Joseph 550, 552, 594 Joseph, Jr 556 Oliver 507 Samuel 526, 614 William 556 Fanning, Joseph 104. 107 Farnham, John 264 Farnham, John S 269, 270 Timothy .. ..259, 264, 267, 269 270 Farr, Levi 738 Nathaniel 737, 738 Farrar, Isaac 585 Israel 13 Jeduthan 14 Jonathan 585 Nathaniel 743 Phinehas 570, 571 Phineas, Jr 567 Stephen 585 Rev. Stephen 737, 747 Timothy. . . .533, 737-74L 743 747 Farrington, Ebenezer 526 George 224 Samuel 253, 265 Stephen 253 Farris, William 737, 738, 744 Farwell, Edmund 738 Isaac 737, 738 Oliver 626, 629 Timothy 737 Favour, Cutting. 195-197, 201, 202 230, 751 Samuel 345, 346, 349 Faxon, Christopher 392, 394 Hunking 393 » 395 Felch, Phinehas 127 Fellows, Abner 197, 201 Ebenezer 332, 335 Isaac 326-329 Jacob 202 John 202 Jonathan 329, 349 Joseph 337, 338, 349 Josiah 751 Moses 202 Nathaniel 349 Samuel 76, 348 Ferguson, Alexander 442 John 442 Fernald, Amos 392, 394 Archibald 696 Diamond 488 John 695 Samuel 695 Ferren, Ebenezer 33 Jonathan 481 Philip... .27, 33, 39-42, 44, 45 Timothy 27 INDEX. 8oi Ferson, Henry. . . 644-647 James. . . . 29, James, Jr Paul 31, 644-647, 656 .29, 30, 647, 656 William 29, 31 Flagg. Asa Elijah 737 John Jonathan. . . . 13 William Flanders, Abner. 253 Asa ....342, 347, 348 Daniel David 76, 342, 347, 350 Jeremiah . . . . Jonathan . . . . • 12, 328 Joseph 5 Micah 253 Nathaniel. . . . 349 Oliver 253 Onesiphorus. 709 Parker Richard 253 Thomas, Jr . . 11, 13 Timothv Fleming, Robert. 223 Fletcher, Daniel.. 754 Ebenezer. . . . • 738, 744 Elijah Ephraim . . . . 744 Francis 732, 734, 737, 739 740, 744 Gideon 74 Gratia John. .528, 6 26, 629, 632, 634 676 John, Jr 634 Jonathan. . . . 738, 744 Joseph 744 Joshua 751 Ptiter 732, 737, 743, 745 Philip . . .516, 518, 524 Phinehas . . . . 754 Robert Samuel 738, 744 Seth 99 Simeon Thomas 732, 737, 744, 747 Thomas, Jr . . 738, 744 Flint, David 558, 566 David, Jr. . . 558 Edward 85 Jacob 53 Flint, John 152 Flood, Benjamin 314, 315 Humphrey 350 John 147 Richard 490 Flynn, Jacob 512 Field, John 338, 61 1 Moses D 25 Robert R 254 Thomas 312, 322 Fife, Daniel 570 Silas 570 Fifield, Benjamin. ... 103, 114, 253 David 13 Ebenezer 348 Edward 107, 113, 335 George 150, 1 51 John 13, 332 John, Jr 337, 338 John C 346, 349 Jonathan ... 1 14, 136, 140, 142 146, 148 Jonathan, Jr 140, 146 Joseph 104, 332, 337 Nathaniel 75, 263 Peter 346, 349 Samuel 4, 13, 332, 337-339 342, 348 Stephen 489, 490 William 100, loi, no, 253 Fisher, Aaron 309 Daniel 223, 224 Elias 400, 403 Rev. Elias 46-48, 403 Ichabod 311, 315, 322 James 650 John 260, 662, 666 Joseph 309 Josiah 306-309 Nathan 649 Patrick 435 Samuel. 309, 449, 456, 458, 649 William 224, 450, 481 Fisk, Amos 184 Eleazer 626, 629, 634 Jacob 224 Jonathan 533 Fitch, Ebenezer lyi, 173 Fitzgerald, Daniel 698 John 92 Fogg, Abner 129 Benoni 1 14 Daniel 121 802 INDEX. Fogg, James 105, in, 114 Jeremiah 329 Jeremiah, Jr 329 Rev, Jeremiah 324 John 73, 124-126 Samuel 106-109, 121 Seth Ill, 1 14 Seth, Jr 114 Simon 131 Follansbee, James 480 Joshua 547 Follett, John 224 Joseph 391, 393, 395 Samuel 12, 395 Thomas 71 1 Folsom, Asa 392, 393 Daniel 4, 13 David 13 Enoch 391, 392 John. ...6, 14, 68. 69, 392, 560 Jonathan 13 Josiah 603 Nathaniel 5, 149, 585 Peter 1 1, 13 Peter, 3d 1 1 Samuel 325 Theophilus 328 William 1 559 Foot, Jacob 346, 348 Footman, John 394 Forbes, John 677 Simeon 172 Forsaith, Robert 196, 198, 751 Forrest, John, Jr 755 William, 4th 755 Foss, Henry 694 John 679, 755 Robert 755 Foster, Abiel 16, 182 Amos 308, 3 1 r Asa ...76, 755 ^ 757 Daniel 737, 743, 757 David 308, 31 1, 754 Edward 247 Ephraim 737 George 173 Henry 224 Hezekiah 256 Isaac 518 James 224 John 153 Jonathan 755 Samuel 300, 737 Foster, Simeon 244, 245 Thomas 13 William 757 Fowler, Abner 756 Daniel 490 Ichabod 164 Jeremiah 271 John 9 Fox, Edward 585 Elijah 39 D 392 John 4 Jonathan 743 Dr. Jonathan 243 Timothy... .734, 738, 744, 745 Timothy, Jr 743, 747 Franklin, Jonathan 507 Freeman, Edmund. .. 159, 168,386 Jonathan .. ..159-161, 165, 170 389 Otis 171 Russell 172 Silvanus 168, 172 Freese, Jacob 131 Jonathan 129 French, Abiel 487 Abraham 346, 349, 350 Andrew 398 Benjamin. ..335, 336, 626, 634 Benjamin, Jr 337, 338 Ebenezer 487, 488, 489 Ezekiel 487, 488, 489 Green 264 Henry 347, 348 Israel 13 James 732, 744 John.. ..84, 104, 107, III, 141 181, 346 Jonathan... .275, 337, 344, 346 350 Jonathan, Jr 344, 346, 349 Jonathan, 3d 346, 350 Jonathan, 4th 346,349 Jonah 31 1 Joseph 84. 93. 94, 97, 107 246, 275, 292, 615, 626, 629 Joseph, Jr 84, 93, 94, 632 Joshua 287 Josiah 300 Nathaniel. . 104, 107, 332, 336 33 ^ Nathaniel. Jr 332 Nehemiah 246 Obediah 487, 490- INDEX. 803 French, Robert S Samuel . . . .267, 268, 281, 333^ 336, 349> 393^ Sarah Simon Theodore Timothy 252, William .... 141, 246, 328, 392, 395. William, Jr Frink, Calvin Flijah 397-403. Elijah, Jr 398, Henry Luther Thomas Frisel, Samuel Frost, Benjamin., 275, George 689, 695, 697, George, Jr 692, 694, John Jonathan 567, Joseph 695, Joshua 217, 219, Nicholas 597, Samuel 603, Walter Winthrop 392, 393, Frye, Elijah igi , John John, Jr Fryer, Nathaniel Fuller, Andrew.. 509, 512, 524, Asa . 494, Benjamin 121, 375, Benoni Chase 198, 199, 201, Daniel Hezekiah James Ill, 375, John Lemuel Nathan Thomas Fullerton, John Fulton, Robert 449, Furber, Eli Jethro 712-717, 726, John Levi 726, Moses. 71 1-7 1 3, Nehemiah 711, 712, Thomas Furber, Richard 717 William .... 71 1 , 712, 723, 726 729 Furnald, Diamond...,. 490 John 597 Gagart, Joseph 204 Gage, Amos 442 Daniel 442 John 265, 595 Josiah 442 Moses 442 Gains, George 695, 729 Gale, Amos 346 Daniel 1 1 Daniel, Jr 12 Emery 223 Gilman 349 Henry 348 Jacob 13, 335, 348 James 348 Joseph 12 Nathan 316 Nathaniel 13 Richard 223 Stephen 13 Gallop, Benadam 396 Thomas 370 Gamble, Archibald .. 552, 556, 558 William. ...548, 550, 552, 556 Gammett, William 204, 207 Gardner, Ebenezer 512 Ezekiel 556, 634 John 219 Garfield, Nathaniel 591 Garland, Amos 698 Benjamin 698 Benjamin, Jr 698 Ebenezer 599, 600 Gideon 393 Jacob 1 14, 330, 540 James 1 14 John 107, 1 1 2, 1 16, 698 Jonathan ... 1 14, 125-129, 698 Joseph 129, 698 Levi 698 Nathaniel 346 Peter 698 Simon 698 Thomas 5 99-603 Garman, James 550, 552 Joseph 129 Gates, Horatio 295, 414 ■349 287 490 141 332 634 490 391 615 246 401 577 402 702 402 .318 . 192 710 700 696 .654 568 697 224 603 696 .710 395 228 .699 .699 •673 525 496 377 .116 202 .507 •355 377 . 708 .496 .472 . 1 16 ...6 453 •393 729 599 729 717 717 .603 INDEX, 804 Gates, Isaac 192 i Laban 171 Samuel 157 Thomas 370 Gay, Robert 437 Geer, Capt 317 George, Austin 92, 94, 97 David 253, 460 Gideon 348 John 27, 44, 349, 480 Jonathan 93, 461 Joseph 547, 548 Michael 763 Thomas 333, 547 William 84, 348 Gerrish, Benjamin 539 James 602 Paul 539, 602 Samuel 610, 755, 736 Thomas 540 Gibbs, Benjamin. .. .732, 737, 747 Henry 216 Gibson, Bar® 285 Daniel 204, 207 James 8, 204, 487 John. . .204, 207-21 1, 491, 492 j Joseph 263 ’ Samuel 203 Thomas 754 Timothy 192, 264 William 280, 281,488, 489 Giddings, John 138 Gilbert, Samuel 18, 25 Thomas 76, 503 Gilchrist, Alexander 28-45 Robert 38 Gile, Ebenezer 86, 87 Moses 86 Noah 192 Jonathan 86 Giles, Benjamin 60 Daniel 332 Ebenezer 472, 480 John 472,480 Jonathan 754 Joseph 487 Paul .....39D 393 . 395 Gillingham, Benjamin 668 James 668 James, Jr 668 Gillis, Jonathan 527 Josiah 588 Jotham 76 Gilman, Antipas, Jr 11-17 Bartholomew 13 Benjamin 4 Daniel 332, 337, 338 Daniel, Jr 12 Dudley 13 Edward 4, 10, 759 Edward, Jr 4, ii, 13 Eliphalet 4 Ezekiel 755 Israel 721 Jacob 337 John 2, II, 332 John, Jr 13 John T 555 Jonathan 4, 6, 12, 13, 596 Jonathan. Jr 13 Jonathan, 3d 5 Joseph, Jr 5, 269 Joshua 12, 326 Joshua, Jr 12 Josiah, Jr 205, 521 Jotham 4, 5, 12 Levi 13 Moses 760 Nathaniel 5, 13, 77 Nicholas i, 4. 12, 173 Peter ii, 12, 75, 77 Peter, Jr 76, 77 Robert 33 Samuel 4, 13, 288 Samuel, Jr 13, 652 Samuel F 13, 14 Stephen 12, 338 Summersbee 4 Thomas 13, 755 William 490 Winthrop 4, 13, 14 Zebulon 12, 76, 77 Gilmore, David 300 James 453, 593 John 28, 297, 299, 445, 447 556 Jonathan 449, 457, 458 Robert 22, 27, 35, 594 Roger. .294, 296, 300, 303. 314 Samuel 594 Thomas 442 William 481 Gilson, David 626, 629 Ebenezer 246, 249 Given, John 434 Robert 435, 437 INDEX. 805 Gleason, Elijah 59 Job 25 Glidden, Andrew 4 Charles 755 John 6, 9 Samuel 391, 393 William 391, 392 Glines, Israel 487-490, 708, 756 James 435, 755 John 755 Nathaniel 755, 756 Richard 754 Robert 621 William 755 William, Jr 754 Glover, David 280 John 392 Robert 280, 281, 287 Timothy 393 William 280, 526 Goan, Samuel 492 William 487, 489 Godfrey, Ebenezer 117 Isaac.. 105, 109, 330, 333, 335 James 117-119, 129 John 1 18, 1 19, 492 John, Jr 1 18 Jonathan 117, 118, 129 Jonathan, Jr 127 Nathan 129 Tristram 128 William 119, 266, 330 Goffe, Griggs 589 John.^ . .25, 91, 123, 213, 303 304, 422,440, 541, 547, 550- 553^ 593. 625, 733 John, Jr 550 Samuel 588 Goldsmith. Josiah .21 Goodale, Enos 743 Goodell, David 656 Jonathan 507 Richard 86 Titus .503 Goodenow, Calvin 570 Daniel 566 John 263 William 312 Goodhue, Samuel. 77 Samuel, Jr 81 Stephen 77 Gooding, Simeon 180 Goodridge, Sewall 536 Goodwin, John 92 Nathan 84, 97 Simeon 187, 189 Timothy 92, 94, 97 Gookin, Daniel 73 Dorothy 122 Rev. Nathaniel 1 18 Goolden, Winsor 201, 463 Gordon, Alexander 12 Amos 271, 272 David. . . . ^ ... .350, 400, 401 Enoch 585 James 585 Jeremiah 12 John 652, 656 Jonathan 272 Nicholas 12 Phinehas 583 Gorman, James 457, 589 Goss, James 698 John 250, 698 Jonathan 698 Joseph 584, 698 Levi 698 Nathan 698 Nathaniel 71, 72 Philip 224 Philip, Jr 224 Robert 65 Thomas 698 Gotam, Robert 358 Gould, Amos 190 Benjamin 208, 210, 212 Christopher 271 Curtis 224 Daniel 171, 173, 509, 512 David 524 Elias .265 Gideon 265, 266, 702 Ichabod 271, 272 Israel 271, 272 James . . .73, 76, 166, i 71, 173 John. .271, 272, 314, 738, 745 Jonathan 287 Joseph. .281, 287, 335, 614, 615 Moses 265 Oliver 303 Richard 472, 606 Simeon 737 Stephen. .. .515, 518, 524, 526 Thomas 223 William 224 Gove, Ebenezer iii 8o6 INDEX. Gove, Ebenezer, Jr 131 Edward 131, 137 Elijah 329 Enoch 131, 137, 329 John.,,103, 104, III, 13 1, 146 John, Jr 13 1 Jonathan 13 1 Dr. Jonathan.. . .650, 655, 656 658 Nathan 328 Nathaniel 131 Gowdy, Samuel 696 Gowing, John.. 738 Graham, Arthur 153 George 548 Hugh 436, 440 John 204 Jonathan 204 Samuel 440, 449, 453, 480 William 453, 468 W. Elener 468 Grandy, Baz' 217 Grant, Andrew 94 Benjamin 5, 503, 508 Benjamin, Jr 503 Daniel 12 John 72, 516, 518 Noah 503 Peter 503 Peters 161 Reuben 503 Graves, James 87, 339 Jeremiah 345 John 326, 329 Rufus 175 Samuel 87, 333, 430 Gray, Aaron 312 Aaron, Jr 312 Ebenezer 504 James .66, 722 John 372, 375, 377, 380 Samuel 291 Samuel, Jr 291 Timothy 209-21 1 William 644, 645 Grear, Matthew 396 Thomas 480 Greeley, Aaron 46, 266, 66r Andrew .348 David 487-489 Edward 92, 349 Enoch 348 Ezekiel 277, 281, 468 Greeley, Jonathan... .335, 336, 556 Jonathan, Jr 350 Joseph 281, 288, 335, 338 Joseph, Jr 335-338 Moses 350 Nathaniel 348 Reuben 275 Samuel. .11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 278 281, 593, 625 Green, Abraham 131, 338 Amos 607 Benjamin 1 1 1 Bradbury 131, 137 Ebenezer 503-507 Henry 102 Isaac 104, 1 1 1 Jacob 1 10 Jeremiah 326 John.. .Ill, 114, 115, 128, 131 328, 552 Jonathan 131, 136, 328 Jonathan, Jr 137 Joseph 171 , 173 Nathan 137, 140, 253 Nathaniel 76, 253 Samuel 171 Stephen 328 Greene, Sarah 309 Greenwood, Joseph 314 Gregg, Alexander, Jr 647 Benjamin 452, 456, 458 David 452, 652 Ebenezer 481 George 457, 458, 475, 481 Hugh 449^645, 646 James. 152, 430, 440, 449, 452 454, 457, 458, 475, 480, 548 589, 646, 648 James, Jr 481, 646 John.. .152, 440, 450, 452, 457 458, 475, 648 John, Jr 475, 481 Jonathan 480, 589 Joseph 452,457, 458, 475 476, 481 Joseph, Jr 475 Reuben 653 Samuel . . . .440, 445, 450, 454 458, 548 Samuel, Jr 457 Thomas. 440, 445 William 434, 440, 443, 452 457, 458, 548 INDEX. 807 Gregory, David 33 Grendall, Daniel Gridley, Richard 288 Griffin, Cesar 552 Dudley Ebenezer .340, 346 348 Isaac 332, 335 James 556 John 550, 556 John, Jr 550 Jonathan .473-480 Moses .326, 480 Robert 594 Samuel 349, 641, 642 Theophilus.332, 335, 550, 552 556, 557 William 93 Griggs, Ephraim 355 John Grimes, Francis 453 Francis, Jr 263, 453 John 152 Jonathan 607, 614 Moses 450, 453 Patrick Thaddeus Grindle, Daniel 47 Grinheld, Samuel 759 Griswold, Isaac 315. 323 J eremiah 372 John •370, 372 Oliver 372 Stephen Grout, Amasa 355 Daniel 398 John William Guild, Abigail . ... 309 Benjamin • 309 » 310 Daniel 322 Gunnison, Daniel - - - '777 John 457, 458, 475 Samuel 666, 668, 670 Samuel, Jr William Guppy, Joshua .601-603 Gurdy, Jacob Gustine, Edward Samuel .272, 574 Thomas 572 Gutterson, Samuel .604, 609 Guy, Thomas 44 Hackett, Ephraim 709 Ezra 709 J eremiah . . . 755 Hadley, Benjamin. .. .86, 281, 287 54 D 547 David 84 Ebenezer. . , 44 Eliphalet.. . Enos Ezekiel George. . . . 27, 31, 664 John 27 Joseph 27, 46. 84, 86 Judith 84 Moses . 278, 280, 281, 285, 61 5 Nathan . . . . • 97 Obediah. . . . Seth i 55 » 156, 589 Stephen. . . . Thomas. . . . 31 Haines, Jacob. . . 71 James 69 John 72, 73 John, Jr. . . 68, 72, 73 Joseph 599 Joshua Josiah 71. 73 Lewis 72 Matthew. . . 65, 67, 68 Nathan 68 Nathaniel . , 68 Noah 67, 71, 73 Samuel . . . . 72, 49 C 754 Stephen. . . . 755 Thomas. . . . William . . . 65, 73 William, Jr 73 Hale, Aaron . . . , 756 Benjamin. . , 84 David 33. 44^ 76, 82 David, Jr. . , 44 Ebenezer. . , 84 Enoch 293, 314, 637 Henry 280, 634 Henry, Jr. . Israel 522 John 73, 76, 79, 240, 260 279-283, 287, 628, 630, 635 733 Jonathan . . 188 Jonathan R, 93. 94 Thomas .. . , 738 William ... 245 8o8 INDEX. Haley, Dennis 466 Hall, Benjamin 22, 320, 322 Daniel. 253, 548, 550, 552, 556 557, 565, 649 Daniel, Jr 556, 566 David 27, 77, 581 Ebenezer 253, 61 1 Edward 133 Elijah 500 Ephraim 316 Jacob 500 Jeremiah 306-311 Jesse 308, 312 John . . .77, 281, 487, 540, 543 548-552, 610, 649 John, Jr 557 John, 3d 556 Kinsley 104-109 Nathaniel 377 Nathaniel, Jr 379, 380 Nicholas 756 Ralph 291 Samuel . . . .308, 556, 557, 649 Stephen 253, 365 Talmage 465 Timothy 253 Webster 172, 174 William 552 Ziba 379 Ham, George 538 Nathaniel 722 Hambleton, Murray 227 Hamilton Joseph 50, 56 Hammett, Joseph 656 Hammond, Abel 223 David 224, 552 Elijah 169 George W 18 Isaak 25 Joseph 303 Hancock, George 755 Henry 363 John 152 Joseph 755 William 86, 309, 755 Hand, Oliver 494, 496, 497 Hannaford, Benjamin 253 Robert 271 Hanson, Aaron 391, 392 John 595 Maul 540 Richard 597-600 Timothy 599-603 Hanson, Timothy, Jr 539 Hard. Isaac 285 Hardy, Daniel 281 Henry ... 285 Isaac 252 John 281 Jonathan 287 Jonathan, Jr 281 Levi 252 Moody 281 Nathaniel 273 Nehemiah 76, 77, 251 Richard 281, 558, 566 Thomas 566 Harford, Nicholas 603 Harkness, Robert 300, 737 Harper, Daniel 708 James 708 John 292, 708 Harran, James 709 John 709 Thomas 709 Harriman, Ebenezer 263 John 84, 92, 94 John, Jr 94 Laban 253 Reuben 84, 93, 94 Stephen 271, 272 Harrington, Timothy 31 1, 469,479 Harris, Benjamin 424 Ebenezer 626-633 Ebenezer, Jr 626-633 Jonathan 634 Robert 253 Samuel 265 Thomas 112 William 629, 634 Harrod, James 418 Hart, Henry 727 Jabez, Jr 93 John 253, 317, 342, 344 Nathan 13 Nathaniel 393 Samuel 303,306, 719 Hartshorn, Aaron 487 Ebenezer 233 James 379, 607 Hartwell, Ephraim 743, 747 John 208, 210, 212 Jonathan 355, 357 Harvell, Gershom. . . .419, 424, 591 John 419, 550, 643 Joseph 589 INDEX. 809 Harwood, James 591, 626, 632 James, Jr 629 Thomas .... 547, 626, 629, 632 Harvey, David 556 Ebenezer 314, 315, 392 Enoch 663 Ezra 323 Isaiah 487, 490 James 395 John 548, 556, 663, 668 John, Jr 556, 663, 668 Jonas 556 Jonathan 344 Lemuel 668 Stephen 603 Thomas 21 William 626 Haseltine & Haselton, Asa .... 552 558, 565, 566 Asa, Jr 556, 558, 567 Benjamin 81, 557, 558 David 558, 566 John 74, 77, 80, 280, 407 409, 566 Jonathan 552, 566 Joseph 253, 473, 656 Moses 566 Nathaniel 280, 287 Peter G 77 Philip 558, 565 Philip, Jr 566 Samuel .... 76, 77, 80, 81, 751 Stephen 565 Haskell, Job 131, 492 Joseph 252 Zurriel 51 Hastings, Amos 365 James 756 John 279 Jonas 27, 663-665, 668 Joseph >271, 272 Moses 272 Robert 756 William 632 Hatch, Jonathan 503 Samuel 4» 64 Hathorne, Ebenezer . 190, 192, 292 John 192 Hawkley, James 763 Hawkins, Daniel, Jr 224 Ephraim 223 Stephen 223 Haws, Daniel 309 Hayden, Samuel 247, 252, 612 Hayes, David 172, 174 Jonathan 603 Robert 168, 172 Samuel 172, 174 Thomas 12 Haynes, Joseph 409 Joseph, Jr 409 Josiah 407 Hayward, Joseph 154 Nathan 25 Samuel 737, 744 Haywood, James 295 Joseph 252 Nathaniel 206 Hazzen, John . .84, 90, 91 , 177, 178 Richard 83, 85, 86 Richard, Jr 84 Sarah 84 Head, Isaac 228 Heald, Ebenezer 732 Thomas 736-740, 747 Heall, Abraham 626 Joseph 626, 634 Thomas 626, 629 Healey, Daniel 224 Ezra 223 Nathaniel 1 14 Nehemiah 224 Newell 329 Samuel 104, 224 Stephen 136 William 1 14 Heath, Benjamin 84, 86, 754 Bartholomew.. . .84, 86, 93, 94 Caleb 86, 754 Daniel 201, 202 Elijah 90 Isaac 93 Jacob 755 James 202 Jesse 93, 94, 375, 376, 377 379 John 198, 202 Jonathan.. .202, 346, 350, 755 Joshua 192, 194, 263 Josiah..i96, 198, 199, 201, 202 Nathaniel 84, 86, 87 Nehemiah 1 14 Peter 201 , 202 Richard 85 Sargent 192 Simeon 754 8io INDEX. Heath, William 84, 192 William, Jr 84, 90 Heaton, Daniel 480 Nathaniel 172, 174 Seth 306, 309 Hebbard, Asa 398 Milan 398 Hedges, Dr. Silas 655 Hemingway, Luther 567 Hemphill, Goen 754 Nathaniel 452, 481 Robert 452 Hendee, Joshua 169 Henderson, David 648 William 348 Henry, John 593 William 593 Herenton, William 33 Herrick, Daniel 264, 518 Jonathan 264 Jonathan, Jr 265 John 524, 597 Joseph 509, 515, 518-521 Pyam 526 Stephen 172 Hewett, William 746, 764 Hews, Nathaniel 503 Nathaniel, Jr 503 Hickey, James 399 Hickock, Andrew 76 Hicks, Joseph 537~54o Hide, John 392 Highlands, Thomas 548 Hight, Dennis 724, 729 Joseph 727. 729 Hiland, John 449, 452 Thomas 449, 452, 457, 458 480 Hildrith, Ephraim. . . .64, 267, 270 472, 738 James 418 Joel 744 John 591 Levi 92, 264 Simeon 736 Stephen 744 William 591 Hill, Asa 172, 174 Benjamin 540 Charles 370, 375-380 Ebenezer 392, 540, 594 Edward 393, 395 Eleazer 169, 172 Hill, Elijah Ezekiel Isaac Jabez James J esse .155, 281 277 ,308, 311 .415-417 219 John 203, 205, 207, 393 Dr. Jonathan 14 Joshua 348 Alark 395 Moses, Jr Nathaniel . .41 5, 416, 487, 490 Nathaniel, Jr 490 Oliver Philip Reuben 391, 392, 395 Robert 229, 537 , 539 Samuel 223, 393, 394 Thomas 229, 393, 540 Wille 393 William •595, 598 Hilliard, Joseph C .326, 329 Hilton, Andrew •393, 395 Edward .759-761 Edward, Jr Ichabod 392 Richard 105 Samuel 552 Hilyard, Benjamin. .. 1 12, 115, 131 Jonathan 136, 137 •13G 137 Simeon . 140, 146 Timothy loi. 104, 131 Zebulon . 140, 146 Hinckes. John 673 Hinds, Jacob Hindsdale, Ebenezer .212-215 Hinkley, David •379, 386 Hinman, Elijah • 355 , 356 Hitching. Josiah 648, 653, 656 Hix, John .600, 603 Hixon, Samuel : . . . . 64 Hoag, Hussey Thomas 434 Hoar, Benjamin 732- - 737 , 743 Daniel 306 Jotham 738, 744 Leonard 386 Leonard, Jr 744 Hobart, David 233, 628, 629 Gershom ■ 77 , 233 Jacob 245 James 233, 507, 751 INDEX. 8ll Hobart, John 77 Jonas 73, 77 Jonathan 233 Joseph 507 Josiah 81 Samuel 79, 232, 233, 298 Sarah 345 Hobbs, Benjamin 118, 119 129 James ii7» 698 Jeremiah 127 John 106, 109, III, 1 16 Jonathan 698 Joseph 468, 535, 588 Josiah 1 16, 121 Morris 1 16, 121, 127 Nehemiah 106, 129 Noah 329 Samuel 1 16 Hodge, Alexander 336 Hezekiah 73^ Nathaniel 1 1 5 Robert 461, 548 William 65 Hodges, David 494, 496 Janson 497 Lemuel 496 Nathan 494-497 Hodgdon, Alexander 711, 712 Benjamin 726-729 Hanson 328 John 727, 729 Phinehas 357 Joseph 726-729 Hodgkins, Nathaniel 743 Phinehas 355 William 229, 737, 738 Hodsdon 710, 712 Hogan, William 229 Hogg, Abner 656, 662 Alexander 401 James 263. 452, 462, 480 John 86, 87, 96, 401, 656 John, Jr 668 Joseph. 452, 461, 464, 480, 548 Robert 646 Thomas 437, 480 William 452, 656 Hoit, Enoch 270 Ezekiel 12 Jabez 97 Jonathan 487 Joseph B 324 Hoit, Nathan 612, 622 Samuel 271 Thomas 256, 756 Holden, John 756 Zachariah 418 Holderness, Earl of 226 Holland, Jane 471 Stephen 450, 453-457, 465 467, 472, 524 Holies, Thomas Pelham 331 Hollis, Thomas 231 Holman, Stephen 481 Holmes, Abraham 434, 437 Benjamin 265 Chauncey 230 Elijah..^ 265, 271 Jabez 533 Jeremiah 67 John.. 271, 306, 358, 434, 436 437, 453, 477, 478, 548 Lemuel 23 Nathaniel 445 Oliver. 649 Samuel 230, 306 Thomas 481, 548 William. .. .434, 437, 452,649 Holt, Barachias 518 Fifield 252 John 528 Jonathan 202 Joshua 518, 528 Joshua, Jr 518 Oliver 526 Samuel 764 Timothy 528 Holton, Jonathan 348 Homan, Joseph 347 Honey, John 626, 629 Parmenter 633 Peter 626, 629. 633 William 634 Hood, William 453, 468 Hook, Dyer 344 Humphrey 344, 346, 350 Humphrey, Jr 350 Israel 346, 349 Jacob 346, 348 Hoop, Thomas 436 Hooper, Jacob 473 Hopkins, Benjamin . .607, 610, 6ii 614 Beniamin, Jr.... 607, 609, 614 David 453 8i2 INDEX. Hopkins, Ebenezer. 607, 609 James. .449,452,447, 458, 473 649 John. .449, 451, 457, 458, 470 475, 649 John, Jr. ...449, 457, 458, 475 Noah 319 ^^obert 454, 457, 458, 649 Hore, Johnson 67 Horne, Benjamin ...6 Jethro 597, 599 Paul 61 1 Horton, Jonathan 24 Hosley, James 155, 157, 746 Hosmer, Reuben 764 Hough, David 382 Houghton, Amasa 224 Israel 22, 322 Jonas 730 John 22, 315 House, John 76, 165, 169, 170 173, 371, 372, 506 Obediah 27 Houston, Samuel. 464 Hovey, Ivory 246 James 503 Josiah 375 Nathaniel 361, 363, 364 Simeon 375 How, Daniel 357 Eliakim 190, 192 Isaac 732-744 Isaac, Jr 744 Josiah 361 Micah 263 Nehemiah 263 Otis 192, 208-21 1 Peter 265 Uriah 25 Howe, Dr. Adonijah.296, 300, 303 Ebenezer 263 Tilly 173, 507 William 224 Howard, Amos 97 Benjamin 507 Daniel 503, 507 Daniel , Jr ... 503 Edward 503, 507 Edward, Jr 503, 506 Enoch 507 Isaiah 503, 507 Jeremiah 367 Jonathan 224 Howard, Joseph 507 Joshua 187, 189 Nathaniel 204 Thomas 55, 386, 633 Uriah 507 Howlet, Davis 307, 315, 316 Thomas 192, 195 Hoyt, Abner.. . .271, 272, 400, 755 Benjamin. ..194, 263, 271, 272 727 Ebenezer 224 Ezra 265 George 195 Hanson 489, 490 Israel 710 Jacob 266, 271, 272 John ..265, 710, 712, 717, 727 Jonathan 489, 490 Joseph 49, 55, 56, 201 Moses 195 Samuel 272, 410 Simeon 13 Stephen 267 Thomas 754 Hubbard, Benjamin 349 David 154, 158 Erastus 24 Francis 348 James 215, 218-221 Jeremiah 333, 334, 344 John 337, 747 Jonathan 291 Roswell 24 Huckins, Benjamin 709 James 537, 708 John 5, 537 John, Jr 537 Jonathan 540 Joseph 12 Joseph, Jr ii, 13 Josiah 395 Robert 540 Robert, Jr 540 Sarah 392 Simeon 392, 395 Thomas 392 Huey, Henry. — 280, 283, 284, 287 Huggins, Nathaniel 65 Samuel 68 Samuel, Jr 71 Hughes. John 45 r, 480, 548 Hull, Eli *398, 400, 403 Richard 702 INDEX. 813 Humphrey, Benjamin T 484 Daniel 622 James 481 Tames, }r 481 John 435 William 223, 432, 434, 445 466, 481, 484 Hunking. Mark 65 Hunneford, Peter 755 Hunt, Abel 13 Abner 350 Charles 1 14 Enoch 13 Enos 264, 271 Henry 350 James 22 Jeremiah 634 Jonathan 86 Moses. 350 Nehemiah 350 Samuel 317, 503 William 84, 174, 632, 634 Hunter, Daniel . .457, 458, 470, 471 475 David 440 Edward 263 James 473, 643, 644, 648 John. .450, 457, 458, 484, 652 Robert 457, 458 Huntington, Asa 169 Gam^ 398 Theophilus 371, 378 Huntley, Elisha 576 Hezekiah 398-401 Jasper 572 Moses 401 Nathan 572 Samuel 398 Huntoon, Aaron 347, 349 Eli 348 John 332, 337, 346, 348 Joshua 349 Moses 346, 348 Nathaniel 338 Philip 332, 336 Samuel 336 Stephen 349 Huntress, Christopher 71 1, 712 George . . John Jonathan Joseph. . 717 ....727 712-714 717 727 Huntress, Mark 727 Nathan 726 Noah 727, 729 Samuel 713-71Q Seth 727 Solomon •’•49i William. . 713, 717, 727 Hurd, Jabez 398, 400 Jacob 363, 498-500 John 179, 186, 500 Shubael 398, 400 Uzziel 398, 400 Hurlbert, Elijah 172 Nathaniel, Jr 172, 173 Huse, Abel 552, 556-558, 565 Carr 195-202, 751 Isaac 552, 556, 558, 565 James 93, 94, 97 Josiah 566 Moses 192 Samuel 346, 349 Thomas 27, 202 Hussey, John loi Huston, Alexander . .450, 457, 459 Samuel 275, 277, 440, 450 457, 458, 513 Hutchins, David 490 Ephraim 92 Gordon 167 Hezekiah 84, 92, 94, 97 Jeremiah 363, 364 John 709 Joseph 184, 187, 189 . Nathaniel 269 Samuel 71, 177 Stephen 6 Hutchinson, Aaron 175, 389, Abner 606, 609 Bartholomew .609 Benjamin 609 Dudley 12 Elisha 5, 472, 606, 609 Jonathan 5 Nathan 607, 609, 614 Nathan, Jr 609 Nathaniel 512 Samuel 512 Stephen. 5 William 204, 205, 207, 209 210, 212 Ingalls, Ebenezer. . . . 197-199, 708 J onathan 1 96-202 8i4 INDEX. Ingalls, Jonathan, Jr 199, 200 Luther 1 71 Solomon 640 Ingraham, Abner 76 Junia 76 Junia, Jr 76 Innis, Archelaus 230 John 230 Isham, William 299, 400, 403 Jack, Andrew 454, 656 Jackman, Simeon 752 William 752, 753 Jackson, Andrew 289 Daniel 538 Elizabeth 398 Henry 297 James 538 Joseph 706 Sarah 65, 66 Jacobs, Daniel 168, 170 Samuel 490 Seth 539 Solomon 172 Stephen 490 Jaffrey, George... 65, 114, 292, 622 673^ 695, 700 James.... 3, 134, 135 James, Benjamin. .4, 106, 108, 112 326,329 Benjamin, Jr 117, 328 Caleb 13 David 328 Israel 326 Jabez 6, 14 Jonathan 6, 708 Thomas 1 1 7 Jameson, Alexander 76 Daniel 76 Hugh 461 James 449, 454 John 440 Samuel 407, 410 Thomas 454, 459, 466 William 440, 449, 454 Janvrin, George 694, 695 Jaquith, Ebenezer 236, 238, 622 Jefferson, Thomas 304 Jenkins, James 392, 395 John 393, 395 Mark 72, 73 Samuel 291 Stephen 695 Jenkins, William... .67, 71, 73, 392, 395 Jenness, Benjamin 698 Francis 698 Hezekiah 1 1 1 Isaac 129, 698 Job 73,698 John 698 John B 699 Jonathan 698 Joseph, Jr 698 Levi 698 Nathaniel 699 Noah 699 Peter 698 Richard. .73, 444, 689, 698, 699 720 Samuel 698 Simon 698 Jenney, Ebenezer 58 Isaac 58 James 58 Jennings, Ephraim 506 Israel 399 Stephen 506 Jennison, Hopestill 355 Lot 204, 206 Jewell, Benjamin 633 Benoni 633 David 118, 1 19 John 256 Justus 233 Nathaniel 626 Thomas 256 Jewett, David 410 Ebenezer 248 Edward 314 Jacob 13 Jacob, Jr 252: John 410 Joseph 366, 410 Nathaniel 410, 479 Samuel 13, 264, 275 Stephen 251, 264 Johnstone, Charles. .. 184-189, 389 405 John 656 Michael 184 Stephen 568 William 453 Johnson, Abraham 68, 93. Adam 512 Adam, Jr 512 INDEX. 815 Johnson, Benjamin 121, 755 Benjamin, Jr 1 21 Caleb 84 Charles 84 Daniel 84 David 68, 72, 73, 355 Ebenezer. . . .27, 65, 67, 71 , 86 Ebenezer, Jr 73 Edmond 109, 698 Gideon 600, 603 Henry 93 Jacob 64 James.. ..65, 66, 108, no, 129 214 Jesse 84, 89, 92, 388 John. 65, 68, 86, 117, 118, 190 366, 407, 61 1, 760 John, Jr 5C 68 Joseph . . .66, 93, 94, 1 16, 202 722 Joshua. . 68, 72 Josiah 595-603 Jotham 72 Moses 278, 281 Nathan 65, 72 Nathan, Jr 72 Nathaniel 127 Noah 92, 624, 626, 629 Obediah 326, 328 Peter.. 106, 108, in, 129, 167 Peter, Jr 698 Samuel. ..84, 93, 94, 106, 108 352, 355^ 357, 597-602 Samuel, Jr 93, 94 Simon 698 Stephen 84,86, 457, 481 Stephen, Jr 86 Thomas.. .67, 72, 73, 177, 179 185 Timothy 27. 38-45, 598 William 355, 357, 359 Winthrop 68 Zebediah 206 Zachariah 84 Johonnet, Prince 44 Jones, Anthony 393, 395 Benjamin 206, 392, 524 Caleb 606, 609, 614 Caleb, Jr 609 Daniel 219 Ebenezer 393, 743 James 206, 208, 210, 212 375-380 Jones, Jesse ........ John 255, 256, 393, 395 Jonathan •347, 348, 480 Josiah 480, 589 Joseph ....5, 13, 224 Loyd 756 Mary 393 Matthias 393 Moses 167, 271, 272 Nathan 348 Peter 299, 744 Philip 44 Richard 12, 537 Robert 654 Samuel 206, 537 Thomas 540 William .... 204, 206, 208, 210 212, 694-697 William, Jr Jordon, John 642, 656 Nathaniel 694 Joses, Richard Joslin, James Nathaniel 263 Joy, David, Jr Jacob 540 Judkins, Amos 349 Benjamin 332,336 Caleb 347 Henry 346, 349 Job 585 John 346, 349 Jonathan Joseph 346, 349 Josiah Samuel 332, 336 Kalley. Peter Karr, James John 454, 457, 458, 466 Samuel. .33, 38, 386, 449, 457 458, 481 Thomas. 27, 415 Thomas, Jr 651 Karson, Robert Kathan, John 56 Kay, Robert 407, 409 Keais, Samuel Keene, Benjamin ... 307 Keep, Michael 472 Keesey, William . . . . Kelley, Daniel 709 Ezekiel H 559 8i6 INDEX, Kelley, Hugh 466 Jacob 12 Micajah 12 Moses. .35-39, 42, 44, 69, 422 Nehemiah 93, 94, 97 Peter 466 Richard 466 Samuel 94, 97 William 434 Kellogg, Enos 173 Joseph 306 Kelman, Ebenezer 224 Kelsea, Moses 708 Kelsey, Alexander 481 Jonathan 481 William 647 Kelso, Alexander. . . .452, 652, 656 Daniel 656 William 652, 656 Kemp, Elijah 263 John 751 Levi 263 William 29, 30, 46 Zechariah 77 Kendall, Daniel 419, 591 Daniel, Jr 591 Ebenezer 74 ~ 77 i 80, 81 Ebenezer, Jr 81 Jacob 81, 418, 589 John W 81 Nathan 547 Nathan, Jr 547 Simeon 424 Timothy 419, 423, 424 Kendrick, Daniel 168, 247, 251 Daniel, Jr 252 Ebenezer 170 Kennedy, Alexander 28 John 656 Joseph 28-31 Matthew 29-31 Robert 28-31, 33 Samuel 28-31, 33, 41 Thomas 28-31 Kenney, Amos 273 Israel 252 John 140, 146 Samuel 61 1 Stephen 279, 280 Kenrick, Benjamin . ..610, 61 1, 615 Daniel 247, 61 1, 612, 614 Kent, Amos 560 Job 93, 94, 97 Kent, John 84, 346, 349 John, Jr 349 Kerwin, Edward Ketcham, Nathaniel .168, 172 Zopher Keyes, Elijah Stephen 751 Kezar, Ebenezer 84 Edmund 754 John 84 Moses .271, 272 Kidder, Aaron 732, 734 , 744 Benjamin 453, 468, 541 Job 27 John. .198, 199, 512, 524, 541 John, Jr 534 Jonas 512, 521, 523 Joseph •732, 733 Josiah 615 Josiah, Jr 615 Luther 743 Reuben. .46, 730, 732, 735, 737 747 Samson .453, 468 Thomas 738 Kielle, Samuel 540 Kilburn, Joel 21, 377-380 John 215 Josiah Killam, Benjamin • 534 , 535 Daniel .208-211 Joseph 534 Samuel 534 Killey, Jonathan 585 Killicut, Thomas •632, 634 Kimball, Aaron Abel 256-259, 264 Abraham 193, 256, 264 Andrew ...27, 38 Benjamin. . .84, 86, 89, 93, *^94 207-2 I I Caleb 27 David Dudley 98 Ebenezer 755 Ira 13 Isaac 94 James Jeremiah Jeremiah, Jr John. . .8, 92, 94, 97, 256, 265 583 Joseph 94, 192 INDEX, 817 Kimball, Joshua 192 Miller 758 Moses 84, 271 Nathaniel 12, 265, 266 Peter 752, 753 Reuben 63, 256, 533 Samuel 192, 263, 265 Smith 264 Stephen 253 Susanna 259 Timothy 44, 236 Kincaid, Daniel 106 Samuel 434 King, Daniel 50, 51 George 138, 144 Samuel 314, 509 Kingsbury, Absalom 574 Daniel 21 , 323 Jonathan 373 Nathaniel 312 Kindrick, Benjamin 349 Dudley 349 Kinnestone, David 755 William 755 Kinney, Samuel 737 Kinnison, Aaron 392 John 392, 598, 599, 600 Joseph 599 Josiah 393 Sa 598 Thomas 393 Waldron 597, 601 Kinrick, Dudley 346 Samuel 349 Kinsman, Ephraim 253, 753 Kinston, John 391 Kittredge, Ebenezer 38 James 38 Dr, John 344 Solomon 473 William 615 Knapp, Abiel 51 Elisha 223 Jonathan 494, 497 Peter 172 Peter, Jr 172 Kneeland, Rev. Abner 367 Knight, Benjamin 155, 744 David 744 Ebenezer 738, 744 Enos 156, 744, 747 Enoch, Jr 738 John 710, 713-715. 721 54 Knight, John, Jr 710, 717 Nicholas 713, 717 Knowles, Amos 116, 127 James 6, 7 Jeremiah 128 John 105, III, 117, 698 Jonathan 121 Josiah 121 Nathan 698 Samuel 698 Simon 109, in, 121 Knowlton, Benjamin 743 Ebenezer 142 Ezekiel 264 Jonathan 142 Robert 264 Ladd, Benjamin 337 Daniel 332 Ezekiel 183, 185, 186 James 12 Jeremiah 391, 393, 754 John 202, 332, 346, 348 Joseph 186 Nathaniel 1 13 Samuel 4, 9, 13, 14, 185 Thaddeus 271, 272 True worthy 342, 344 LaFayette, Gen 264 Laighton, George 727 Joel 727 Samuel, Jr . . .602 Lain, John 663 Lake, Thomas 694 Lakin, William 152, 153, 154 Lamb, James 270 Lamkin, Joshua 355 Oliver 355 Lamos, Moses 393 Lamper, Simon 698 Simon, Jr 698 Lamprey, Benjamin 109, 121 Daniel in, 127 David 127 Henry 326 John 127, 328 Morris 121, 129 Reuben 128 Landee, John 373 Landegal, Patrick 634 Lane, Isaiah 140, 146, 150 James 127 Jeremiah 147, 148, 150 8i8 INDEX. Lane, Jesse John 143 Joshua .114, 329 Samuel 131, 137, 147, 148 Samuel, Jr 147 Simon Simon, Jr William . 105, 109 Lang, Bickford 698 Ebenezer 346 George 68 John 698 Josiah 73 Mark 698 Stephen . 140, 146 Thomas •••63, 73 Thomas, Jr 73 William 47, 140, 146 Langdell, Joseph 473 Langdon, John.. 182, 367, 399, 554 616 Woodbury Langley, Jonathan 392 Levi • 39 L 394 Samuel 393 Thomas 391 , 392, 395 Thomas, Jr 392 Timothy • 39 D 393 Langmaid, Joseph 686 Stephen 487 Lannen, Thomas Lapish, Robert .694, 695 Larey, Joseph 603 Joseph, Jr 603 Lary, Jonathan Larrabee, Benjamin ,169, 31 1 Stephen 312 Laskey, William 393 Lathrop, Elisha 378 Latton, John 711 Thomas Lawrence, Charles 152 David 278, 281, 453, 468, 582 585 Eleazer Eleazer, Jr Gordon 585 Jonathan 332 Joseph 113 Rev. Micah 314 Noah 532 Oliver 153, 157, 241 Thomas 249 Lawrence, William i8, 577 Layn, John 391-394 Leach, James 679 John 94, 671 Joseph 127, 472, 480, 661 Samuel 597 Leamon, Abraham 612, 615 Merah*" 247 Samuel 614 Lear, Alexander 698 Benjamin 698 Samuel 600 Tobias 671 Willliam 596 Learned, Samuel 427 Leathers, Aaron 392, 395 Edward 301, 30c John 392, 395 Paul 392 William 393 Leavitt, Amos 137, 585 Aretas 109 Daniel 487, 489 Gideon 755, 756 James 117 John 1 17-1 19, 708 John, Jr 109 Joseph 599 Levi 585 Mary 122 Moses 106, ic8, 701 Moses, Jr 1 13 Nehemiah 9 Samuel 117 Sarah 9 Stephen 13 Thomas. ... 106, 108, 112, 131 622 Lee, Joseph 171 William 649 Leighton, Joel 729 Thomas 712, 713, 717 Leslie, Alexander 466 Jonas 252, 440 Joseph 252 Lett, Joseph, Jr 1 14 Lewis, Aaron 512, 649 Asa 604 Benjamin 606, 609 Benjamin, Jr. . . .472, 606, 609 David 649 Ebenezer 575 Isaac 649 INDEX. 819 Lewis, Joseph Moses 513 Rufus G Rufus, Jr Libbee, Abraham. . . Libbey, Abraham.. . Rpnia min .192, 194, 263 532, 533 ’ 649 698 10 Enh ra im George Joseph 537 Luke Ligget, James Limes, Richard 503 Lincoln, Luther. . . . Lindsey, James .440, 450, 453 John Linkfield, Benjamin Lion, Humphrey. . . 25 Little, Benjamin. . . . 84 Bond 668 Caleb • 33 ’ 4O’ 43 ’ 44 Daniel 84, 86, 90, 92, 97 Ebenezer 230 Enoch 84 George 33 ’ 38, 44 George, Jr 85, 86 James 552 John . . .28-33, 38, 39 ’ 44 ’ 552 Jonathan 92 ’ 94 Joseph 27, 33, 44. 84, 556 Josiah 185 Lot 44 Micajah Moses. . .27, 33, 36, 38-45, 84 Samuel 92 ’ 97 , 424 84 ’ 93 ’ 97 ’ 668 Stephen 84 Thomas 668 Walter 93 William .209, 210, 212 Littlehale, Isaac. . . 442 Livermore, Arthur. 230 Daniel 35’ 260 Edward 393 ’ 554 E. St. Loe 555 George W 230 Matthew 719 Samuel 79, 226, 228, 456 Livingston, Isaac.. 457 589 John . .454, 458, 460, 646, 648 Robert 656 647 Livingston, Robert, Jr 647 William. . . .472, 647, 653, 656 Lock, David 699 David, Jr 699 Edward 4, 329 Elijah 698 James 24 John 698 Jonathan. 127, 699, 747 Jonathan, Jr 699 Jonathan, 3d 699 Nathaniel 109, 127 Orson 324 Samuel 1 17, 335 Thomas 198-202 William 1 14 Logan, Robert 445, 450 Long, Caleb 347 Cesar 123 Ebenezer 338 Enoch 265 Isaac 263 Moses 271 Peirse 694 William 332. 336 Longfellow, Nathan 1 1 5 Lord, Charles C 257, 264 Nathaniel 76, 168 Loring, John 422 Lougee, Gilman 4 Jesse 12 John, Jr 5 Jonathan 12 Joseph 5 Nehemiah 12 Pitt 5 William 13 Love, William 204, 209-2 ii Lovejoy, Abel 77 Benjamin 204 Hezekiah 472 Isaac 487 Jacob 76 Jonathan 616 Nathan 528 Samuel 487 Simeon 76, 77, 81 Loveland, Jonathan 25 Loveridge, Amasa 401 Lovering, Benjamin 329, 349 Ebenezer 129, 329 Moor, Jr 488 Moses 487, 489 820 INDEX. Lovering, Moses, Jr 489 Osgood 487, 489, 490 Taylor 488, 489 William 487 Willoughby 489, 490 Lovewell, John 626, 629 John, Jr 275, 547 Jonathan. . .276, 624, 626, 630 633 Jonathan, Jr 632, 633 'Nathan 357, 358 Nehemiah 232, 460 Noah 286, 633, 634 Zaccheus. . .277, 547, 626, 629 632 Zachariah 232 Low, Joseph 1 14 Lowell, Gideon 490 Isaac 490 John 229, 23c Peter 398, 402 Lucas, Henry 1 14 James 567 Lucy, George 71 William 67 Lumbard, Stephen 507 Lund, Charity 593 Daniel 634 Ephraim 251 Joel 634 John 634 Jonathan. ..... .626, 629-632 Jonathan, Jr 632 Levi 634 Noah 634 Phinehas 276 I Thomas . . . .626, 629, 632, 634 Thomas, Jr 632, 634 William 547, 626, 629 William, Jr 276, 547, 632 Lunt, Daniel 67 John 1 12 William 1 12 Lutwyche, Edward G 239, 420 587-591 Sarah 239, 586, 591 Lyford, Oliver 708 Stephen 597, 600 William 597 Lyman, Daniel 492 Tertius 224 Lynch, Maurice 452 Lynde, Benjamin 509, 510 Lynde, William 518 Lyon, David 219 Ebenezer 643 James 480 Robert 480, 589 William . . .216, 462, 472, 477- 480, 548 Mabery, Richard 552 MacCluer, Samuel — .166, 171, 173 Mace, Andrew 348 Joseph 127 Joshua 128 Richard 146 Samuel 127 Macdorn, Alexander 434 Mack, Abijah 576 Andrew 469-471, 548 Elisha 572 John 450 Robert, Jr 449, 450, 453 Solomon 572 Mackintire, John 357 Macmurphy, Alexander 548 James 481 John 340, 430, 432 Robert. 453, 468, 475, 482, 484 William 462,475 Macreas, Samuel 7 Magoon, Benjamin 349 Jonathan 6 Joseph .491 Simon 349 Major, James 566 Maloon, Samuel 711 William 583 Malony, James 754 Malven, Benjamin 280 Manerick, Antipas 761 Mansfield, Achilles 22 Daniel. 737, 744, 747 Mann, Benjamin 580, 581 John 506 Nathan 506 Samuel 366 Thomas 453 Manning, John 634 Stephen 373 Manuel, Moses 752 March, Clement 73, 543, 720 George 722 Israel 65, 66 James 65 INDEX. 821 March, John 589 Stephen 73 Marche], Thomas 678 Marden, Benjamin 698 Benjamin, Jr 698 Edward 366, 407, 409 John 306 Nathaniel 698 Samuel 306 Stephen 698 Marr, Daniel 28-31 James 28-31 Marsh, Daniel 481 David 281, 556 James 281 Jeremiah 589 John 13, 457, 458, 480 Jonathan 281 Joseph . . 191, 195, 263, 268, 548 Mary Ann 475 Nathaniel 507 Noah 12 Onesipherous 612 Perley 222 Samuel 278, 281, 288, 457 458, 548 Marshal], Benjamin. .281, 283, 287 Daniel 280, 281,453 David 208-2 1 1 Dr 390 Ebenezer 668, 669 Elijah 281 Francis 140, 146 Gideon 146 Henry 283, 287 Isaac 606 John... .173, 453,468, 481, 589 Jonathan 668, 669 Joseph 201, 202, 668, 669 453, 468 Richard 281, 453, 468 Richard, Jr 453 Richard, 3d 453 Robert 125 William 84, 97, 98 Marston, Asahel 127 Benjamin M 116-119 Benjamin, Jr 1 18 Caleb 109, 117, 121, 122 Caleb, Jr 1 17 Daniel 48, 118, 119, 127 David 121 Elisha 121, 127 Marston, Elizabeth 689 Ephraim. ... 102, 103, 105, 127 129 Isaac 108 Jacob 127, 129 James 1 17 Jeremiah. ... 1 12, 1 17, 1 21, 127 John. .6, 12, 106, 1 16, 1 18, 1 19 698 John, Jr 1 18, 1 19 Jonathan.. .. 102, 105, 108, 117 1 18, 129 Jonathan, Jr 1 1 7 Josiah 128 Nathan 71, 117 Nathaniel 73 Nathaniel, Jr 67, 71 Nathaniel, 3d 67 Obediah 1 17, 121, 688 Reuben M 1 1 7 Samuel in, 128 Simeon 129 Simon 127 Stephen 127 Thomas... 67, 73, 99, loi, in 1 1 2, 1 14, 1 16-1 19 Thomas, Jr 73 William no, in William, Jr 253 Winthrop 1 1 7-1 19 Martin, Amos 558 Daniel 253 James 589 James, Jr 588 Jeremiah 366 John 598 Jonathan 27 Joseph 372 Joshua 27, 36, 40, 547 Luther 398 Nathan 758 Nathaniel 451, 472, 656 Richard 391, 393 Robert 473, 696 Samuel 407, 547, 649 Seth 5 L 55 Thomas 622 Mason. Benjamin 121 Daniel 698 Jeremiah 67 John 104,330 John T 568, 741 Josiah 127 822 INDEX. Mason, Lemuel B 727 Nathaniel 51, 55, 117, 121 Perez 51, 55 Robert 169-1 72 Russell 50-55 Simeon 14 Stephen 9 Masury, James 556 Mathes, Abraham 394 Benjamin 393 Francis 392-394, 597, 600 Gershom 490 Gideon 392, 393 John 392 Joseph 490 Samuel 391 , 392 Valentine 304 Maxfield, Joshua 668, 669 Joshua, Jr 669 Samuel 13 May, Hezekiah 503 Maynard, Stephen 404 McAdams, Samuel 453, 480 William 468 McAllister, Alexander 449, 454 Angus 437 Ananias 648, 656 Archibald 454, 472, 653 Benjamin 196, 472 Daniel 648-652, 656 Daniel, Jr 656 David 436, 437 George 452, 472, 480 John. . .454, 644, 647, 653, 656 John, Jr 656 Joseph 656 William 436. 437, 589 McBean, Evan 494, 496, 497 McCalley, James 203, 208-212 John 207-210 Hugh 27 Robert 33, 656 McCartney, John 452, 456 McCarty, John 463 McCleary, David 44, 452, 548 John . .207, 434, 435. 437, 480 768 Thomas 437, 452, 462, 480 548, 588 Thomas, Jr 480 McClenche, John 480, 548 Joseph 472 McClinten, William 436 McClinto, Michael 436, 437 McClintock, Alexander... .204, 207 John 204, 207, 210 William 440, 548 McCluer, David 28-33 James 548 John 424 Robert. 208, 457, 458,472, 548 William 626, 629 William, Jr .424 McClurg, Charles 437, 440 John 437, 533 McColley, John 694 McColom, Alexander .437, 548, 644 656 Robert 548 Thomas 648 McConihe, John 434, 594 Samuel 594 McConnell, Capt 35 Thomas 494, 495 McCormick, Archibald 440 James 450 Robert 594 McCoy, Alexander 28-31 McCrea, William 481, 526 McCrillis, John 393 McCurdy, James 434 John 481 Robert 434, 443 McDaniels, James 234,249 James, Jr 249 John 585, 755 McDoel, William 28-31 McDougal, William 29 McDuffee, Daniel.. . .440, 449, 458 463, 480 John 192 McElery, William 594 McFarland, Daniel 28-31 Nathan 440 Robert 449, 457, 458, 481 Samuel 28-38 McFerson, Henry 649 James 28, 650-653 James, Jr 28 John 28 Paul 652 William 28 McGavv, Jacob 592 McGee, Neil 463 McGilvary, John 424 McGregore, Daniel 440 INDEX. 823 Mcgregore, David 474 James. .430, 445, 447-460, 479 483, 484, 554, 555 James, Jr 457, 458 Robert.. .36, 40, 255, 554, 555 Mclntire, John 522, 605 Timothy 609 McIntosh, Alexander 234 Archibald 234 John 654 McKay, Robert 481 McKeen, Alexander 366 Daniel 309, 481 David 457, 458 James. .430, 440.457, 459, 475 481, 548 John. ..440, 445, 450, 457, 458 468, 548, 588 John, Jr 457, 458, 470, 473 474, 477, 481, 548, 589 Samuel 440, 481 Robert 440, 457 McKenney, Daniel 440 McKenzie, Joseph 656 McKillips, David 190, 194 McKinley, Thomas 484 McKnight, Robert 464 McLaughlin, David 656 James 588 John. ..440, 472, 547, 644, 648 John, Jr 648, 656 Joseph 589 Lawrence 263 Thomas 588, 650 McMaster, John 527 Thomas 434 William 434, 649, 650 McMillan, Archibald 653 Daniel 647 John 647, 653 John, Jr 473, 647, 653 McMurphy, Alex'ander. . ..449, 475 546 Archibald. .458, 475, 548, 553 Daniel 450, 462, 644 James 449-458, 548 James, Jr 449 John 75 Robert 450 Robert, Jr 475, 485 McNeal, Alexander 440 Daniel 204, 449, 453, 472 John 209-21 1 , 662 McNeal, John C 472, 552 Josiah 449 Robert.457, 458, 469, 479, 483 Thomas 642 William , . . .434, 483, 644-647 William, Jr 647 McQuesten, Simon 419 William 419 McQuig, David 418, 419, 591 McWilliams, Thomas 663 Mead, John.. 1 13, 204-212, 584, 606 Stephen 584 Meader, David 5, 13 Joseph 391, 393 Richard 140 Meginnis, Barnabas 652 Melcher, Benjamin 147 John 5. 328 John, Jr 5 Samuel ....104, 107, 112, 137 147 Samuel, Jr 147 Mellen, Charles 452, 650 Henry 256 Mellone, Timothy 764 Meloon, Benjamin 697 Ebenezer 140 Mark 73 Samuel 6 Melvin, Benjamin 314 Benjamin, Jr 314 David 737 Ebenezer 73, 76, 77 Ebenezer, Jr 76, 77 John 560, 737 Nathaniel 737 Merriam, Nathan 153 William 533 Merrick, Joseph 94, 97, 281 Merrill, Abel 84 Abraham 548, 550, 552 Abraham, Jr 548, 552 Daniel 236, 233, 622 David 272, 550, 552 Isaac 281, 283 John 84, 287, 363 Jonathan 177, 201, 668 Moses 548, 552, 558, 566 Nathaniel 184, 192, 264, 548-556, 566, 702 Nathaniel, Jr 281, 283 Rev. Nathaniel 274, 275 Paul 5, 12 824 INDEX. Merrill, Stephen • -335 Meserve, Clement. . . .288-291 ,711 Clement, 3d 540 Daniel 291, 539, 540 Ephraim 291 Isaac 291 John 291 Jonathan 288-291, 540 Jonathan, Jr 291 Joseph 539 Nathaniel 141 Silas 291 Messenger, Esther 309 Messer, Benjamin 246 Metcalf, Abijah 308, 312 Daniel 379 Ezekiel 77 Ezra 24 John 219 Michael 308 Michael, Jr 308, 31 1 Oliver 308 Samuel 77 Miles, Abel 737 Abner 755 Archelaus 756 Noah 747 Russell 399 Samuel 755 William 754 Miller, Alexander 453 Archibald 435 Benjamin 717, 727 James 593 John 153, 154, 452 Jonathan 150 Lemuel 399 Lemuel, Jr 452 Miltimore, John 484 John, Jr 484 William 450, 452, 457, 458 475, 483 Miner, Charles 398, 400 Ezra 401 Isaac 427 Thomas 172, 399, 427 Mitchell, Bradley 466 David 697 Francis 253 Henry 440 James 365 John. ..196, 201, 202, 277, 392 John, Jr 202, 434 Peter 698 Samuel 435, 764 Samuel, Jr 445 Thomas 466, 481 William 365 Moffatt, Zebulon 225 Monahan, John 33 Monroe, Philip 25 Thaddeus 206 Montgomery, David. .445, 449,453 General 460 Hugh. .440, 445, 452, 459, 481 548 John 185, 406, 450 Mooar, Jacob 251 Joshua 609 Moody, Bradstreet 195 Friend 283, 287 Jacob 366 John 4, 9, 13 Philip 332 Rev. Samuel 673, 675 Mooney, Benjamin 6 Matthew^ 548 Hercules. . . 227, 450 Nicodemus. . . 573, 574 John Robert 131 Moor and Moore. Samuel 434, 445, 548, 594 Allan. .... Thomas 28-38, 153, 154 Andrew. . . . 484 Mills, Amos 93 Coffin 357, 359 John 84, 88, 473, 756 Daniel 233, 481, 652 Thomas 76 Elkins 756, 757 Millikin, James. . . 452 Ephraim. . . 253, 709 Millington, Samuel 375-380 Ezekiel 487, 759 Samuel, Jr . . . 377 Fairbanks. . Solomon . . .372-380, 386 George 181, 449, 588 Milman, Dudley. . 13 Hannah .... 84 Miltimore, Daniel. ...452, 475, 483 Harry 365 James. .449, 452, 457, 458, 475 Hugh 440, 449, 456, 458 483 Isaac 409 INDEX. 825 Moor and Moore. James 28 ;-3i, 253, 440, 594 763 James, Jr. . . 593 John. ..122, 153, 154, 429-434 445-469, 475, 488, 489, 548 John, Jr 754 Joseph 449 ’ 556 Josiah 487 Moses 253 Nathaniel . . 487, 754 Reuben .... 552 Robert 452, 456, 457, 548 556 Sampson . . . 449 Samuel 281, 445, 548, 550 552, 556, 589, 755 Solomon . . . 648 Theodosius . Thomas . . . 487 Timothy. . . , 153 ’ 537 Timothy, Jr 537 William . . . . • 44 , 357 , 359 , 434 480, 485, 556, 588, 650, 652 759 William, Jr. 480, 589, 754 Moores, Edmund Herbert. 424 Parker More, Asa 634 Morgan, Edward 216, 220, 224 Isaac James Luther Nathan H. . , • * Nathaniel. . , Reuben .... 585 Timothy . . . 131 Morey, Benjamin Israel 424 ’ 503 James 507 John .... . , . 507 Macv 507 Samuel 177 Morrill, Abraham 754 Barnes 457 , 458, 481 Benjamin . . . 335 ’ 337 , 338 David 194, 263, 271 Ephraim . . . 4, 5, 192, 263 Henry 287, 347, 348 Hibbard . . . Isaac Jacob 336 Morrill, James 487 Jeremiah 12 John 263, 350 Joseph 10, 13,366 Laban 755 Marl 265 Micajah 5, 13, 14, 702 Moses 487, 490 Nathan 5 Nathaniel 346, 348 Oliver 490 Paul 487 Philip 348 Samuel 489, 490 Sargent 754, 756 Simeon 457, 458, 481 Thomas 13 Timothy 584 William 462 Morrison, Abraham. .452, 466, 481 David. .435, 437, 454, 481, 755 Halbert 434 Hugh 440 James 435, 451, 473, 566 John. ..435, 437, 445, 451, 453 462, 466, 472 John, Jr 451. 461 Jonathan 7, 13 Joseph 452, 466 Joseph. Jr 452, 466 Moses 1 52-1 54 Robert. . 14, 440, 445-458, 472 480 Samuel . .4, 192, 194, 434-466 480, 481, 548 Samuel, IJr 453 Thomas 434, 445 William 14, 194, 263 Morrow, James 453 John 453, 466 William 453 Morse, Abel 708 Abner 348 Benjamin 91 Edmund 84, 88, 93, 98 Eli. 314 Ezekiel ... 708 Humphrey 483, 484 Joshua 264 Micah 48 Moody 155 Moses 93, 488, 489 Peter 84, 86, 87, 91, 93, 94 826 INDEX. Morse, Reuben 314 .Stephen Thomas 23 Timothy Morton, Matthew... 131 Moses, Aaron 5» 487 George 5 Joseph 585 Joshua 585 Samuel 5 Timothy 392 Mosher, Michael. . . . Moulton, Abraham. . 326 Benjamin. . • .73, III, 137, 147 148, 328 Benning 707, 708 Daniel . 12, 109, 330 David. . .93, 94, 112, 114, 118 Edward 117 Edward B Elijah 306, 489 Elisha Ensign John. . . . Ezekiel Henry Jacob ii4> 115 James 106, 108, III, 137 Jeremiah Job 494, 496, 497 John 109, 129, 330 Jonathan. . . 108, III, 494, 496 497, 499, 616-622, 706 Joseph. 106, 1 1 7, 121, 128, 129 490 Josiah Ill, 1 1 5, 125, 126 Nathaniel Radmund 147 Reuben 698 Richard 147 Robert Samuel . 108, 349 William.. 84, 93 , 94, 1 16, 121 490 William, Jr Much, Willice 709 Muchmore, James. . Mudgett, Benjamin. . John Joshua 14 Samuel Scribner 5 > 13 Simeon 4 Thomas 4 Munroe, Josiah Munsey, David 393 David, Jr 393. 395 Murch, James 174 Stephen Murdoch, William.. . 435. 441 Murdough, Samuel.. . Thomas Thomas, Jr Murray, Daniel James 436, 437 William Muzzey, John . . .84-89, 279 Thomas •••• 93 . 97 . 98 Nahor, Hugh 424 James 416, 418, 424 James, Jr James, 3d 591 Naramore, Abiel. . . . Nason, David Jonathan 131 Richard. . . . 131, 136, 140, 146 Nay, John John, Jr 117 Neal, Andrew 709 Hubartus, Jr. . . . 393 James 694-697 John . . .65, 464, 477, 478, 484 587, 697 John, 2d 484 Joshua 72 Levi 483 Richard 697 Samuel William 697 William, Jr 697 Neally, Andrew 491 Needham, Stearns.. . 247 Nelson, Charles 503, 506 John Jonathan 13 William 12, 503 Nesmith, Benjamin., 449 James. .440, 445, 451, 456. 461 472, 480 James, Jr. . .440, 457. 458, 461 469, 470, 548 James, 3d •■••. 548 John.. .450, 457, 458, 463, 475 548 John, Jr 457. 458 Jonathan 472 INDEX. 827 Nesmith, Robert . . . .472, 480, 588 Thomas 449, 458 Nevins, Benjamin 247, 252 David 751 Joseph 247, 251 Tliomas 77, 612, 615 Thomas, Jr 76, 77 William .... 247, 612, 614, 632 New Castle, Duke of 331, 670 New'comb. Daniel 323 Newell, Elijah 743 Newhall, Jeremiah 77 Newman, Ebenezer 543 Thomas 550 Newmarch, Joseph.. .685, 690, 721 Newton, Ebenezer 312 Hezekiah 190, 192 Israel 507 John 337 Nahum 191, 192, 195 Nicholle, John 345 Nichols, Alexander 481 Jacob 480, 589 James 480, 481, 585 John 10, 492, 709 Jonathan 50, 51, 481 Josiah 264 Moses 244, 267, 592 Samuel . . . .398, 400, 645, 647 649 Timothy 398, 400 Nicola, Lewis 465 Nims, Alpheus. 315 David 308, 3 1 1 David, Jr 320 321 Ebenezer 308,311, 312 Eliakim 24 Zadoc 24 Noble. Oliver 697 Thomas 392, 395 Norris, David 755 James 372 Jonathan 372 Zebulon 265 Norse, John 481, 589 North ey, David 410 Eliphalet 409 Norton, Amos . . .491 Benjamin 68, 71 Benjamin, Jr 68, 71, 73 David 146 Moses 146 Simeon 68, 71, 73 Norton, William. .71, 73, 112, 698 Noyes, Christopher B 184 Cutting 752 Daniel 398, 400 Elijah. 75 Enoch 77 Enoch, Jr 76 James 349 Jonathan 366 Joseph 84, 92, 94, 97 Joseph, Jr 93, 97 Joshua H 92, 94, 97 Moses 366 Nathaniel 366 Oliver 194, 263 Philip 27 Samuel, Jr 366 Silvanus 401 Thomas 366 William 572 Nudd, Benjamin 67 Samuel 67, 73, 106. 108 Thomas 67, 117, 128, 129 Weare 328 William 575 Nurse, Benjamin 427 Nute, Abraham 61 1 Andrew 603 Daniel 291 John 291 Nutt, Elijah A 556, 557 James 552, 556, 557 Samuel 556, 557, 649 William 440, 548, 552, 557 Nutter, Dr. Anthony 142 Anthony 717 Benjamin 8 Christopher . ...... .727, 729 Ebenezer 726 Hateevil. . . .710-714, 726, 729 Hateevil, Jr 717, 726 Hateevil 3d 726 Henry 71 1 , 712, 729 James 712, 717, 727, 729 Jethro 729 John . .71 1, 712, 717, 726, 729 Jonathan W 727 Matthias 710 Matthias, Jr 729 Nathaniel 726,729 Samuel 710, 717 Thomas 727, 729 Valentine 71 1 828 INDEX. Nutter, William 729 Nutting, Benjamin 293, 303 James 235 James, Jr 235 Odiorne, Benjamin 697, 700 Eunice 688 John 671, 687 Jotham 120, 683 Odlin, Elisha 12 John.. . . 253 Olcott. Benoni 25 Simeon 317 Oldham, Abel 223 Oliver, Andrew 240, 241 Olmstead, Timothy 497 O’Neil, John 44 Orcutt, Jacob 503 Ordway, Daniel 487, 489 Ebenezer 272 Enoch 532 Jacob ... 349 John 172, 173, 374, 512 Joseph 547 Joses 488, 489 Moses. .485,487, 489, 490, 522 Moses, Jr 487, 489 Nehemiah 589 Ormsby, John 398 Orr, Benjamin 359 James 481, 559 Jean 475 John 28-31 Orvis, Samuel 224 Osborn, Isaac 169 Jacob 490 Osgood, Abner 355 Benjamin 315 Benjamin, Jr 31 Consider 24 Ezra 23 Joseph 18 Joshua 24 Reuben. • • • 5, 13 Samuel 5, 13 Osman, Henry 480 Otterson, David 452 Joseph 452 O’Wady, Joseph 27 Owen. Benjamin 373 Timothy 172 Packer, Thomas. . .65-72, 635, 638 Thomas, Jr 69' Page, Abner 127 Abraham 279-287, 458 Andrew 12 Benjamin 325, 326, 349 Caleb 85 Charles 328 Christopher 1 1 1, 129 Daniel 249, 708 David ..13, 128, 305, 351, 352 355 , 357 , 359 David, Jr 351 Elisha 1 16 Enoch 27, 38-45 Francis 108, 121 Isaac 281, 453, 468 Isaac, Jr 281 James 480 Jeremiah. . . .46, I2i, 325, 389 533, 659, 660, 661 Jesse 91 John. ...46, 1 16, 184, 185,327 328, 393 ■John, Jr 326, 328 Jonathan 128, 585 Joseph 1 14, 1 16, 121 Moses 12, 14, 44, 357, 359 Nathan 329 Phinehas 172, 490 Reuben 453 Reuben, Jr 453 Samuel. .76, 114, 127, 271, 326 Samuel S 127 Simon 350 Stephen 128, 328, 329 Thomas 116, 346, 350 Theophilus 326 True 5 William 413 Winslow 5 Paige, Ebenezer 4, 5, 13, 338 Ebenezer, Jr 13 Ephraim 344 John 340, 344 Pain, Amos 708 Benjamin 12 John 708 Philip 4 Richard 708 Samuel C 396 Paine, Noah 374 Samuel 373 Thomas 507 Pallet, Nathaniel 754, 756 Palmer, Abraham 507 INDEX. 829 Palmer, Amos 507 Benjamin 485 Christopher in, 117 Ichabod 507 James 484 James, Jr 484 John 329, 598 Jonathan. .. 121, 326, 329, 556 Joseph 1 12, 127, 328 Joseph, Jr 128 Philbrick 326 Samuel 105, 108, in, 117 127-129, 133 Stephen in Trueworthy 487 William 12 1 Parker, Abel 174 Abraham 80 Alexander. . .61, 152, 195, 526 649 Asa 172, 497 Benjamin 233 Daniel 744 Ebenezer 488, 489, 744 Ezekiel 169 Ezra 224 Ezra, Jr 223 Isaac 25, 642 John 418, 419, 588 John, Jr 419 Jonathan 419, 589, 629 Joseph 247, 736-739^ 745 Joseph, Jr 247, 744 Josiah 615 Lemuel 494, 497-499 Leonard 737, 738 Nathan 223, 744 Obediah 578 Oliver. . . 574 Robert 392, 419, 424 Samuel 496, 497, 732, 744 Solomon 494-497 Solomon, Jr 494-497 Stephen 737 Rev. Thomas 25 Timothy 172 William. . . .208, 210, 21 1, 419 516, 518, 524, 547, 371 Parkhurst, John 570 Jonathan 58 Jonathan, Jr 58 Nathaniel 58 Parkinson, Robert 445 Parks, Abel 172, 506 Alexander 435, 453 Robert 453 Parrish, Jonathan 263 Parry. Mary 10 Samuel 10 Parson, Ebenezer 606 Samuel 606, 609 Thomas 609 William 606, 609 William, Jr 609 Parsons, John 6, 13 Joseph 10-17 Kendall 299 Thomas 7 William, Jr 13 Partridge, Reuben 312, 322 Patch, Benjamin 711 Patrick, William 194, 195 Win 263 Pattee, Asa 31 Day . . . 366 Jedediah 548 John 31, 33 Savory 366 Patten, David 588 James 589 John 449, 452, 588 Joseph 589 Matthew 417, 589 Nathaniel 234 Samuel 452 William 346, 348 Patterson, Adam .... 153, 154, 615 Alexander 192, 450, 651 David 484 Gawen 73 Isaac 191, 192 James 434, 436, 437, 454 James W 193 John 453, 548 Joseph 191-193. 548, 727 Josiah 192 Peter 419, 454, 466, 548 Robert 450, 453, 473, 591 648, 652, 653 Robert, Jr 473 Samuel 589, 652 Thomas 453, 464, 533 Paul, David 457, 458, 473-475 James 457, 458, 475 Payne, Elisha.. .369, 385, 386, 388 John 169, 173 830 INDEX. Payne, Samuel i68 Payson, Rev. Seth 747 Peabody, Aaron 606, 609 David 453, 468 Isaac 656 Nathaniel ..268, 554, 555, 592 Stephen 286, 511, 702 William 606^609 William, Jr 609 Peacock, James 217 John 217, 219 Peake, Lemuel 503 Pearson, Amos 512, 606, 698 George 515, 518, 524 Jeremiah 131 Jethro 584 Jonathan 512 Jonathan, Jr 606 Joseph 186, 518, 585 Mary 533 Nathan 606 Noah 264, 271, 272 Samuel 345 Taylor 585 Thomas 606 William 606 Pease, Benjamin - 584 James 585 Joseph 585 Pelatiah 21, 22 Peaslee, Jacob 199, 201, 349 Peavey, Josiah 150 Peter 528 Thomas 528 William C 6 Peck, Ebba 372, 386 Israel W 50, 55 Matthew 50, 51, 55 Simeon 371, 378 Walter 386 Peirce, Daniel 179, 719 Ephraim 244, 245 James 548, 550, 552 John 555, 621, 622, 666 Joshua... 65, 66, 132, 281, 550 589, 720, 761 Pemberton, James 287 Pendleton, Bryan 99, loi Penhallow, John *497» 622 Penney, Oliver 379 Perham, John. . .548-551, 556, 557 565 John, Jr 556, 557 Perham, William. 548, 550-558, 566 William, Jr 556 Perkins, Abraham 507 Abraham, Jr 127 Benjamin 107, 112, 114 Caleb 103, 1 1 1 Daniel 131 David 146 Humphrey 105, 109, no Isaac 506 Jacob 77 James. .109, 114, 326, 698, 755 Jesse 249 Jeremiah 733 John. . . 127, 291. 399, 585, 698 Jonathan 487, 490 Joseph 136, 472, 61 1, 698 Joseph, Jr 472 Moses. 1 17, 127, 129, 598, 600 Nathaniel . .597, 599, 600, 755 Peter 503, 507 Peter, Jr 507 Robert 247 Samuel 61 1 Solomon 598-602 Stephen 487, 490 Thomas 65 Timothy 291 Wesley 733 William 68, 755 Perley, Isaac 271, 272 John 271, 272 Samuel 76, 77 Rev. Samuel 618 Perry, Doctor 543 Ebenezer 281 Ichabod 763 Obediah 256 Peters, Andrew 710 James 191, 192 John 710 William 190, 256 William, Jr 271 Pettee, Asa 27, 31 John 30, 31 Pettingill, John 283 Phinehas 480 Peverly, Joseph 355, 356 Phelps, Alexander 424 Barnabas 398, 400, 403 Barnabas, Jr 400 Benjamin 400, 403 Ebenezer 76 INDEX. 831 Phelps, Henry 77 Joel 507 John 252, 626, 629 Martin 185 Nathan 252 Nathaniel 507, 512 Samuel .76, 80, 507 Samuel, Jr 507 Theodore 503 Philbrick, Abner 131, 137 Benjamin 129 Daniel 699 David 128, 329 Elias 585 James. 127 James, Jr 127 Jedediah 332-338, 34 ^, 35 ° Jeremiah 338 John 131, 350 Jonathan 699 Joseph 4, 8 Joseph, Jr 1 17, 127 Joses 698 Reuben 698 Samuel 1 27, 650 Samuel, Jr 127 Thomas 1 14, 330 Thomas, Jr 330 Philbrook, George 72, 73 Isaiah 1 1 2 James 48, 109, 127 John 65, 68 Jonathan 103, 1 1 1, 1 15 Robert T 71 , 73 Robert T., Jr 71 Samuel 67, 71 Thomas 1 12 Walter 355 " 359 > 393 Zachariah 1 1 i Phillips, Amos 233 Asa 216 John 148, 149 Mulford 566 Pickering, Abigail 393 Absalom 73, 729 Anthony 391 Benjamin 727, 729 Benning 10 Daniel, Jr .73 Ephraim 725, 727, 730 George 73 James. 392, 393, 717, 726, 727 729 Pickering, John. . .99-101, 112, 710 717, 721-729 John, Jr 727, 729 John Gee 727, 729 Joh“ 73 Joseph 717 Joshua 596, 713, 717 Levi 729 Nehemiah 729 Nicholas 726 Richard 727 Samuel 71, 73 Thomas 66, 717, 722 Valentine 727 William 68, 72, 727 Pierce, Benjamin 212 Cyprian 216, 224 Elisha 224 Ephraim 252 Franklin 203, 212 Jacob 292 Simon 252 Stephen 738 Pike, Benjamin 149, 150 Daniel 629, 632, 634 Jacob 597-603 James 43 Jeremiah 585 Joseph 326 Henry 603 Robert 328, 702 Uriah 77, 8l William 584 Pillsbury, Benjamin 84 Caleb 487, 490 Isaac 488, 489 Joseph 84 Samuel 478 Pindall, John 170 Binder, Thomas 727 Pingree, Stephen. .. .552, 557, 558 565 Pinkerton, David 450, 459, 548 John 457, 458, 548 John, Jr 450, 459 Matthew 449, 459, 479 548 Pinkham, Daniel 291, 538 George 291 Isaac 537 James 537, 539 James, Jr 540 Joseph 291, 537 INDEX. 832 \ Pinkham, Joseph D 291, 540 Lois 393 Rufus 291 Stephen 539 Piper, Benjamin 75 Daniel 585 Elisha 585 John 6 Jonathan 73, 487 Nathaniel 229 Samuel 75, 487, 489, 490 Thomas 496 William 229 Pips, Joseph 540 Pitman, Benjamin 291 Ebenezer, 584 Ebenezer, Jr 585 John 392 Joseph 291 Samuel 8 Solomon 539 Pixley, Alexander 49, 55 Benjamin 55 Place, Ebenezer 710 James 710, 712 Richard 711, 712 Samuel 71 1 Plaisted, Ichabod 680 Samuel 708 William 8, 229, 708 William, Jr.... 708 Plum, David 201 Plumer, Jesse .585 Jesse, Jr 584 John 84, 86 Joseph 596 Judith 84 Moses 585 Plumley, Benjamin 172 Plummer, Abel 470 Amos 585 Bitfield 752 Daniel 481 Dodavah 393, 395 Nathan 480,585 Nathaniel 584 Samuel 86, 346, 348 Pollard, Amaziah 656 Benjamin 526, 737 Ebenezer 281, 287 Edward 589 Isaac 349 James 287 Pollard, John 281, 288, 547 Jonathan 349 Joseph 737 Samuel 281, 287 Thomas 283, 287 Pomeroy, Eleazer 314 Dr. Josiah 320. 322 Pond, Jonathan 312 Poole, William 251 Poor, David 92, 94, 97 George 43 John 71 Jonathan 366 Pope, David 190, 192, 194 Simeon 194, 263 Thomas 190, 192, 194 William .... 204, 206, 208, 303 Porter, Asa 178, 179, 186 Calvin 503, 507 Daniel 171 Eleazer M 372 Elijah 503, 507 Ezra 567 Huntington 698 Joel 567 John 230 Luther 503 Nathaniel 369, 370 Nehemiah 291, 733 Peter 399, 403 Thomas 503, 504, 507 Thomas, Jr 507 Vine 403 William 507 Post, Peter 507 Potter, Anthony 491 Ebenezer 329 John 73 Samuel 746, 764 Pottle, Christopher 104, in Powell, David. ... 202 John 6 Moses 192 William 199, 202 Powers, Francis 252 Grant 245 Isaac. .76, 77, 547, 61 5, 626, 629 Jonathan.... 234, 547, 626, 633 Jonathan, Jr 632 Nahum 751 Thomas 247, 614 Walter 14, 15 Whitcomb 737 INDEX. 833 Powers, William 74, 75, 77, 80 190 Pratt, Edward 73^ Henry 223 Jeremiah 224 John 738, 743 John, Jr 744 Nathan 223 Nathaniel 737, 73^ Noah 223 Prentice, John 16, 484 Nathaniel S..23, 314, 315, 576 Prentiss, John 368 Jonathan 398, ^00 Nathaniel 744 Presbury, William 190 Prescott, Abraham 329 Benjamin.. .117, 137, 297, 303 326, 329, 697 David 328 Dudley 13 Ebenezer 131, 137 Elisha 131, 137, 147, 148 Henry 686, 690-697 Henry, Jr 697 James.. 102, 114, 147, 150, 330 332 James, Jr 147-105 Jeremiah 335 John 340 Dr. Jonas 296 Jonathan 13, 133, 137, 323 Jonathan, Jr 328 Joseph 1 17, 329 Joshua... 9, 1 14, 332, 335,341 Martin 329 Nathan 332 Odlin 329 Oliver 303 Samuel 5, 13, 1 31, 136 147-149, 328 Samuel, Jr 140 Simeon 150 Simon 329 Stephen 13 William 147, 243 Presson, John 179 Preston, Abner 764 Asa 507 Isaac 503 Jedediah. . ..204, 208, 210, 212 John. .154, 155, 732, 734, 744 747 Preston, Samuel 204 Pressey, Paul 344 Price, William 12, 14 William, Jr 12 Prichard, Jeremiah. ..245, 246, 738 747 John 744 Paul 743, 746 William 738, 743, 747, 764 Pridham, John 690 Priest, Joel 225 Prime, Oliver 25 Proctor, Benjamin 744 Cyrus 252 Ebenezer 346, 349 Ezekiel 249 Jacob 481 John 346, 349 J onathan 346, 348 Joseph 746 Thomas 487, 490 William 349 Prout, Joseph 481 Prouty, John 367 Samuel 368 Puffer, William 306 Punchard, Benjamin 512 James 512 Samuel 516, 518 Samuel, Jr 516, 518 William 512 Purinton, Joshua 131 Phebe 326 Purmort, Joseph 674 Putnam, Ebenezer 316 Ephraim. .. .512-616, 521, 523 530 John 522 Joseph 152, 157 Putney, Isaac 194 John 192, 194, 256-259 Jonathan 266 Joseph 257, 266 Joseph, Jr 265, 271 Nathan 194, 263 Samuel 256 Stephen 267, 271 William 265, 272 Queen, John 634 Quigley, John 649 Thomas 649 William 649 55 834 INDEX. Quimby,_ Aaron.. 344, 346, 349, 418 Benjamin 346 Daniel 346, 349 David 333, 346, 350 Eleazer 142 Elisha 349 Isaac 264 James 708 Jonathan 264 Paul 349 j Robert 131 1 Samuel 346, 349 i Ouinby, Zachariah 492 , Quint, John 710 | Jonathan 727 | Joseph 726, 727 ' Thomas 726, 727 Ragg, Jaflfrey 714, 715, 718 | Ralston, Abner 312 Ramsey, Hugh 230 James 453, 471, 479, 484 527 James, Jr 453 John 435.445. 453. 527 | Robert 484 | William 453 Rand, Benjamin 47 | George 698 John 694, 697 j Joseph 698 * Joseph, Jr 698 Lemuel 4 : Nathaniel 698 i Nathaniel, Jr 698 \ Nehemiah 523, 524 Richard 689 ] Samuel 697-700 j Stephen 699 i Thomas 699 1 Thomas J 698 • William 12 Randall, Daniel 755 i Ebenezer 393, 394 | James 671 i Job 392 i John. .392, 395, 694, 696, 697 ' Jonathan 395, 487, 490 Joseph 391, 392, 394 Miles 391, 392 ' Moses 7 ' Nathaniel 393, 595 | Paul 696 ! Randall, Richard 487 Simon 392, 395 Simon, Jr 392 Thomas 395 William 61 1 Randlett, Levi 585 William 585 Rawlings, Alice 719, 720 Edward 717 Eliphalet 490 James 715 John 67, 490 Joseph 710, 714, 717, 727 Moses 490 Noah 727 Paul 729 Paul, Jr 729 Peter 490 Rebecca 718 Samuel 710, 714-716, 720 726, 727 Sarah 392 Rawlins, John 150 Jonathan 393 Thomas 393 William 393 Ray, John 532, 556 William 6, 8 Raymond, Jonathan 25 William 428, 423 Raynolds, Robert 56 Read, Ezra 367 John 434, 548 Thomas 18 William 251, 418, 419 Reed, Abram 454 Hugh 684 Gen. James. .20, 225, 243, 298 569. 745 Joseph 419 Josiah 317 Jotham 533 Moses 758 Nathaniel 737 Robert 240 Samuel 311 Thomas 97 Thomas N 743 William 224, 415, 591 Reid, Abraham 466 George 451, 457, 458, 482 483. 704 James 440 James INDEX. 835 Reid, John 451, 466, 481 Jonathan 477, 478, 481 Matthew 440, 453, 466 Matthew, Jr 451 Stephen 481 Redford, William 108, 109, 759 Redington., Enoch 386 Redknap, G 681 Redman, John .. 106, 108, 110,128 John B 1 18 Joseph 127, 129 Tristram 123, 129 Remick, Benjamin 350 Samuel 34 Rendell, Jacob 679 James 678, 679 Renkin, Samuel 452, 457, 458 William 457, 458 Reves, Ezra 357 Reynolds, Daniel 464, 482 John 515, 518, 524 Stephen 485 Rice, Benjamin 76, 159 Charles 318 Daniel 192 Elijah 192 Nathaniel 367 Rich, Jacob 223 James 398 Jonathan 503 Richards, Abigail 715 Bart 597 Benjamin 27, 40, 44, 710 Bradley 95 David 33 John.. .598, 599, 600, 602, 710 Joseph 711, 715, 718 Samuel 27, 33, 35, 36 Stephen O03 Tristram 599, 600 Richardson, Asa 309 Benjamin 13 Bradbury 8, 617, 619, 620 Ebenezer 410, 442 Henry 442 Jeremiah 4, 6, 13 Jeremiah, Jr 13 John 39, 40, 43, 92-94, 97 Joseph 8, 12, 309, 534 Joshua 581 Josiah 22, 321, 419, 591 Josiah, Jr 419 Luther 405 Richardson, Math"^ 44 Moses 93, 94, 97 Paul 223, 314 Robert 27 William 84, 92, 94, 97 Zachariah 589 Richey, Alexander ••454, 440 Richmond, Zephaniah 217 Rider, James 306 Riggs, Thomas 567, 568 Rindge, Isaac 305 Rines, John, Jr 537 Joseph 537 Josiah 490 William 61 1 Ring, Isaac 41 Seth 717 Ripp, William 1 14 Ripley, Eleazer 224 Levi 224 Sylvanus 171 William 224 Rix, Nathaniel 366 Roads, Thomas 71 1 Robbe, Alexander.. 91 John 524 Robbins, Ebenezer 223 Enoch 223 Josiah 743 Nathan 743 Paul 407 Samuel 222, 226 Roberson, Dinah 84 Joseph 393 Simeon 754 Roberts, David 398 Ephraim 6 John 1 13, 537 Joseph 9, 702 Merebah 84 Robertson, Peter 653 Simeon 468 Smith 206 Robey, Ichabod.105, 108-115, 332 Thomas 103, 105 William 632 Robie, Henry 131, 137 John 131 Samuel. ..37-45, 146, 332, 337 338 Roby, John 594 Samuel 626, 629, 633 Thomas 633 INDEX. 836 Robinson, Daniel 389 David 1 13 Douglass 526 Eleazer 375, 377, 380 John 267, 415, 416 Jonathan 1 13 Josiah 597, 598,600 Peter 453 Simeon 480 Walter 597, 598 Rockwood, Micah 217, 218 Nathaniel 306 Thomas 219 Roe, Seth 503 Rogers, Abner 92, 97 Daniel 179, 288 Hugh 434 Isaac 175, 490 James. .399, 400,440, 449, 463 480, 589 James, Jr 399 John 308, 449, 463 Jonathan 398 Joseph 76 Josiah. 400, 403, 734, 737, 743 Nathaniel 368, 399 Richard 547 Robert. .11, 152, 288, 485, 526 547 Samuel 291 Solomon 245 Thomas 480 William 6, 23, 452, 753 Rolfe, Daniel 206-212 Ephraim 552 Jesse 206 Moses 480 Rollins, Aaron 583 Joseph 1 13, 727 Moll}^ 689 Moses 1 13 Peter 489 Thomas 113 Rolstone, Alexander 314 Romer, Wolfgang W.671, 679, 68r Root, Elisha 306 Ephraim 570 Rosebrook, Charles 357, 358 Eleazer 359 James 505 John 357, 358 John, Jr 358 Ross, Jesse ...190, 192 Ross, John 463 Jonathan. II, 13, 192, 195, 357 Lemuel 192 Thomas 77 Timothy 190,192, 195 Walter 512 Roundy, Alvin 398, 400 Samuel 398, 400 Samuel, Jr 400 Row, Edward 71 1 Samuel 710 Thomas 710, 712 Thomas, Jr 710 Rowe, Dr. Benjamin 325, 328 Isaiah 142 Jacob 12 James 22, 24 John 21, 23, 512, 522 John, Jr 21 Jonathan 328 Joseph 329 Nathan 140 Pain 137, 140, 146 Philbrick 13 Philip 332 Robert 115, 131 Samuel 329 Winthrop 328, 329 Rowell, Abel 271 Abraham 271, 272 Daniel 13, 335 E>avid 552, 556, 557, 556 Isaac 556 Jacob 272, 348 Job 3D 84, 556, 566 Jonathan 30, 31 Moses . . .333 Nathaniel .265, 272 Thomas 199, 201, 202 William 12 Zebedee 556 Rowing, Andrew 756 John 756 Rowley, Thomas 121 Royce, Jonathan 575 Royes, Samuel 399 Rudd, Gideon 174 Ruff, Benjamin 204 Rugg, David 24 Nathan 314 Rundlett, Charles. .11, 12, 1 13, 392 Davud 392 Jacob 13 INDEX. 837 Rundlett, John 393 Jonathan 13 Josiah 5, 13 Nathaniel 332 Runnels, Daniel. 268, 462, 469, 548 Job .391, 393» 394 Jonathan 392, 394 Jonathan, Jr 395 Joseph 6 Miles 391, 392, 395 Nathan 395 Samuel 703, 706 Russ, John 552 Jonathan 233, 550 Russell, Daniel 295, 296 Dr. Daniel 535 Edward 754 Eleazer 432 George 234, 481 Henry 673 James 59T, 607 Jason 579 Joel 153 Moor 184 Olive 417 Pelatiah 417 Peter 518 Reuben 629 Samuel 234 Thomas 419 Sabins, John 398, 400, 403 SafFord, Abraham 481 Abraham, Jr 481 Benjamin 732 John 481 Nathaniel 733 Saint Clair, Widow 84 Salter, Alexander 698 Saltmarsh, Thomas 27 Samson, Zadoc 358 Sanborn, Abner. 117, 131, 137, 140 146, 149-151 Abner, Jr 140, 146 Abraham . . . 143, 327, 328, 336 Benjamin . ..1 14, 131, 137, 147 148, 330, 338, 349, 708, 754 Bradbury 71, 72 Caleb 125, 131, 140, 143 146-150 Daniel 1 17-1 19 David 12, 328, 346 Dudley 140 Sanborn, Ebenezer 131, 391 Enoch 115, 131, 140, 349 Ezekiel 595, 598 Henry 328 Jabez 73 James 114, 585 Jeremiah 12, 114, 326 Jethro 346, 349 Jewett 329 John. .4, II, 13, 100, iio. III 1 14, 348, 349, 487 John O 347 Jonathan. .. 117, 129, 332, 336 346, 349. 490^ 755 Jonathan, Jr 336, 349 Jonathan, 3d 336, 347 Joseph 1 14, 196, 199, 201 708, 754 Josiah 8, 114 Lowell 13 Mepheboshith 109 Meshech . . . . J 150 Nathan 1 18 Nathaniel. .. 1 14, 196-202, 330 Noah 349 Obediah 349 Peter 336, 338, 346, 349 Peter, Jr 346 Phinehas 393 Reuben. ... 1 14, 128, 131, 137 Richard 107, 114, 328 Samuel 127, 333, 348 Sherburn 201 Simon 755 Stephen 105, 109-112 Theophilus . 140, 146, 198, 201 203, 328 Tristram 337, 338, 350 Tristram, Jr 337 William. ... 105, 1 12, 1 14, 1 17 346, 349, 755 William, Jr 1 17 Winthrop 127 Zadoc 708 Zadoc, Jr 708 Sanderson. Bradford 357 William 732 Sanger, Abner 322 Benjamin 219 Eleazer 31 1 Jedediah 300, 303 Nathaniel 217, 219 Nathaniel, Jr 224 INDEX. 838 Sargent, Aaron. 755 Charles 44 Chelles 466, 481 Elias 27, 449 Erastus 224 Jacob 27 John 27, 490 John, Jr 488, 489 Jonathan .... 12, 204, 206, 208 210, 21 1 Joseph 44 Joshua 487, 489 Josiah 490 Nathaniel 1 1 5 Dr. Nathaniel 685, 686 Samuel 346, 348, 466 Thomas 224, 487, 490 True 40, 44 True worthy 449 William 194 Sartell, John 737 Sartwell, Hezekiah 745 Saturlay, Jacob 140, 146 Saunders, Daniel 49~52, 55 David 737 James 51 Joseph 27, 550 Oliver 247, 481 Samuel 10, 27, 466 Savage, John 515, 518, 519, 524 Savory, Samuel 481 Sawyer, Abner 84, 86, 92 Amos 480 Benjamin 410 Daniel 709 Edmund 38, 40, 43, 84, 86 Edward 507 Enoch. ...33, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44 45. 84 Gideon 350 Henry 291 Ichabod 507 James 350, 363, 629, 755 Jedediah 298 John 91 Jonathan. .. ,263, 270-272, 506 615 Joshua 84 Josiah 607, 614 Josiah, Jr 607 Joseph 84 Matthias 4 Reuben 350 Sawyer, Samuel.. 271, 272, 391, 393 Thomas 507 William 39, 40, 263 Scales, James 259 Rev. James 256, 258 Scammell, Alexander. .35, 245, 463 569 Scobey, John 440, 450 Scott, Abraham 224 Ebenezer, Jr 224 George 450 Henry 451 James 224 Jesse 224 John 398, 400, 503 William 297, 746 Scoville, Nathan 398, 400 Thomas 399 Scribner, Stephen 6 Seaford, Jacob 76 Searle, Daniel. ..547, 626, 629, 632 John. . .547, 626, 629, 632, 634 Jonathan.. . .278, 282, 283, 287 Samuel 275, 626, 629-633 Seavey, Amos 699 Andrew 281, 283, 287 Ebenezer 698 Eunice 687 James 287 John 694 Joseph 55 Nathaniel 283, 285, 287 Stephen 695 William 678, 699 Secomb, Joseph 336, 338 Simmons 350 Senter, Abel 419 Asa 463 Benjamin 453 Edward 229 Isaac 202 James io6, 108 John 434, 449 John, Jr 436 Joseph. .229, 616,617, 626, 629 709 Reuben 449, 453, 480, 589 Reuben, Jr 480 Samuel 419. 449, 453, 591 Simeon 249 Sessions, David 552 John 29, 30 Sever, Caleb 346, 349 INDEX. 839 Sever, Comfort 169 Elijah 349 Elisha 349 Robert 234 Thomas 349 Severance, Albe 732 Daniel 223 Ephraim 332, 349 Ephraim, Jr 338 John 349 Jonathan 346, 349 Jonathan, Jr 349 Joseph 528 Nathaniel 629 Peter 556 Samuel 349 Thomas 349 Sewall, Thomas 13 Seward, Josiah 24 Samuel 23 Shackford, John 726 Samuel 717, 722, 726 William 213, 717 Shannon, Cutt 688 John 694, 697 Mrs 695 Nathaniel 620 Richard Cutt 79,616 Shattuck, Benjamin 234 Cyrus 217-225 Daniel 216, 217 Edmund 77-82 Gideon 216, 217 Isaac 234 John 744 Jonas 246 Makepeace 216, 217 Peter 744 Sherman 744 William 737-741 Zachariah 247, 612 Zachariah, Jr 247 Shaw, Abraham 329 Benjamin 105, 125 Benjamin B 127 Benjamin, Jr 1 14 Caleb 107, 326 Daniel 393 David 328 George 391, 392 Gideon 1 17 Hilyard 140, 146 John ' 121, 229 Shaw, Josiah 107, 124, 125 Levi 491 Malachi 140, 146 Moses 128. 326-329 Nathan 329 Nathaniel 399 Roger 106, 108, 1 14 Samuel 104, 114, 115, 131 140 Simeon 124, 127 William 521, 522 Sheafe, Jacob, Jr 700 Sampson 697, 720, 721 Shearman, Ephraim 48 James 409 Jonathan 409 Reuben 410 Shed, Daniel 234 John 206, 209-21 1 Nathan 38-44 Shelden, John 550 Shellis, James. 452 Shepard, Daniel J 626 756 George, Israel 1 12 Jacob 229 James.... 93. 97, 98, 755, 757 John. .4, 13, 14, 226, 229, 450 Joseph 229 Richard 2^9 Roswell 316 Samuel 5, 227-230 Sherburne, Henry 671, 713 Jacob 487 Jethro 492 John 1 14, 671 John S 175 Joseph 134 Samuel 487 Sherwin, Elnathan 632 John 171 Shield, Alexander.. 503 Shipple, Oliver 656 Shirley, Alexander 560 James 33< 5^0 Samuel 39, 560 Thomas..28-3i , 36, 39-46, 442 Shute, Samuel 429 Sias, Benjamin 486 Charles 487 John 393-395 Joseph 390-392 Sibley, Joseph 25 840 INDEX. Sibley, Samuel 585 Sleeper, Samuel. Silloway, Greeley 349 Thomas. . . . William 336 Tristram. ... Silsbv, Samuel 403 William . . . . Silver, James Slingsby, John . . Timothy 44 Simms, William 56 Simonds, James 366 Jonathan 366 Joseph 153 Simeon 195 Simons, James .... ...755 William 755 Simpson, Alexander 454, 466 Benjamin 755 David 67, 71, 73, 507 George 73 John. .466, 642, 691, 694, 696 697 John, Jr 696 Joseph 720 ,698 Sloan, David 503 John 501-507 Joseph 507 Matthew 507 William. 501 Sloper, Henry 487 Smalley, Francis 435 John. . 435 Smart, Benning 265 Caleb 265, 270 Elijah 269, 270 Joseph 265 Smeed, William 308, 31 1 Smiley, David 453 William 296 Smith, Aaron 146, 169 Robert 507 Abijah Thomas Abraham . . 12, 335 William .67, 68, 466, 506 Abraham, Jr William, Jr . . 68 Adam 589 Singleton, John. . • 347 , 348 Andrew. . . . Sinkler, Bradburv 6 Ashahel . . . . 550 John Benjamin. . . 12, 121, 168, 521 Joshua 6 522, 626, 629, 630, 633, 708 * Richard 6-8 764 Skillen, Benjamin 65 Benjamin, J r 708, 709 Skinner, Abel. . . . 507 Caleb 355 Amos 638 Chauncy. . . Ephraim .... 507 Christopher • •• -50, 5 G 55 , 73 Joseph •..503. 504, 507 106, 108 • Joseph, Jr . . . 507 Daniel. .349, 393, 489, 490, 585 Slade, Samuel . . . . . ..[69, 172, 176 Daniel, Jr. . 349, 585 Slapp, Edward... 37 G 373 Daniel, 3d . 585 John • 37 G 374 David Simon ••• • 379 Ebenezer. . . 8, 15, 17, 582-585 Sleeper, Aaron. . . 333 621, 701 Benjamin, . . . •336, 349 Edward . . . Benjamin, Jr. 349 Elijah . 168 Ebenezer. . . . •332 , 335 Elisha Edward •338, 349 Ezekiel. . . . Gideon .196-199 Francis. . . . 58 Jedediah 147 Gideon. . . . 175 John ...199* 201, 349 Hugh 287, 453, 468 Jonathan . . . . 349 Isaac 338, 694, 697 Moses 201, 332, 336, 663 Rev. Isaac. 14, 15, 16 Nehemiah . . . 350 Israel . . 108, 1 13, 398, 400,401 Peter 198, 201 Jabez 114, 131 Richard 349 Jacob 8, 566, 596 IlNUEX. 841 Smith, James 391, 409, 656 Jedediah 217, 219 John.. 27, 43, 44, loi, 103, 114 121, 171, 172, 194, 196, 201 230, 285, 287, 453, 468,472 516, 518, 539, 548, 554 645-647, 656, 708, 709 John, Jr 121, 195, 287 Johnston 654 Jonathan. ..6, 7, 21, 25, 492, 574 Jonathan, Jr 7 Joseph loi, 104, 107-1 13 453, 488, 489, 708 Joseph, Jr 709 Joshua 235, 249, 252 Joshua, Jr 249 Josiah 264 Moody 264 Moses 192, 225 Nathaniel 336, 488, 490 Nicholas 585, 709 Oliver 217, 269 Page 279, 280, 287 Parker 171, 173 Reuben 646-653 Robert 452, 453, 459. 475 548, 709 Richard 137, 267, 348 Samuel. ...13, 43, 46, 106, 108 1 1 1, 1 16, 191, 192, 280, 287 391, 392, 394, 503, 552 645-648 Samuel, Jr 5, 287, 552 Samuel, 3d 287 Silas 48 Stephen 1 1 7, 265 Thomas. ..29, 30, 287, 453, 466 468, 645, 656 Timothy 13, 279, 280, 473 Waldron 342 William 4, 13, 15, 107, 128 219. 335 , 348 Smyth, Andrew 230 Caleb 230 James 230 Joshua 230 William 230 Snell, John 392, 395 Samuel 390 Snow, Benjamin 273 Henry 273 James 364, 366 John. ..273, 277, 626, 629, 632 634 Snow, John, Jr 634 Jonathan 547 Joseph 277 Soldger, Joseph H 349 Solley, Samuel 543 Somes, Timothy 7 Soper, Ebenezer 55 Samuel 736 Soule, Ebenezer 216 Ivory 216, 217 Souther, James 108 Southmayd, John 751 Spaulding, Abigail 235 Andrew 732 Benjamin 292 Daniel .• • • *355 Ebenezer ....... 399, 41 7, 446 Edward 357, 359, 522 Henry 235, 629 Ji»cob 399 Jesse 224 Jonathan 247 Levi. ...154, 155, 512, 514, 521 530, 535 Reuben 281 Samuel 593 Silas 246, 252 Stephen 192, 417 Thomas 738, 744 Thomas, Jr 744 William 235 Spearing, Joseph 710 Spear, Robert 28-33 Speer, Samuel 738 William 732, 734, 737, 744 William, Jr 738, 744 Spelgreen, Stephen 194 Spencer, Humphrey 673 Robert 312 Seth 201, 202 Zaccheus 398 Spinney, Mark 393 Spokesfield, John 488, 489 Sprague, Peleg 323 Spurling. Thomas 540 Squire, Daniel 191 Stalbird, Richard 306 Stanard, Charles 114 Jonathan 140, 146 Standley. Joseph 266 Stanford, James 763 Stanley, Dennis 357, 359 Jacob 263 Joab 271 INDEX. 842 Stanley, John 295, 314 Matthew 271 William 264 Stanton, Charles 598, 600 Elijah 598 , Isaac 595-600,- 603 Isaac W 507 John 598 Stanyan, Anthony 759 Jacob 1 14, 1 15, 131 James 104, 1 14 Jedediah 140 Jonathan 140 Stark, Archibald 547, 556 Archibald, Jr 547 Charles 556 Gen. John. .193, 318, 541, 547 55E 556, 565 John, Jr 556, 565 Jonathan 556 Moses 503 William 343, 503, 547 Samuel ...- 547, 54^, 55C 557 Starret, David 548 George .734, 743, 747 William 649, 736 Stearns, John 247 Joseph 244-247, 612 Jotham 168, 169, 247 Nathaniel 220, 222 Samuel, Jr 612 Timothy 737 Stebbins, Elihue 216, 224 Steel, David 445, 481 John 435, 451, 453, 481 John, Jr 453 Joseph 453, 468, 472 Moses 209-212, 458 Samuel 192 Thomas 434,451, 528 William 453 Stellings, Peter 597, 598 Stephens, Abel 506 Jonathan 566 Sterling, Hugh 547 Stevens, Aaron 253, 487 Abel 57-59, 168 Abiel 490 Amos 199 Anna 84 Archibald 84 Benjamin 12, 27, 33, 44, 84 86, 336-338, 348, 352, 356 Steven, Benjamin, Jr. . . .27, 38, 39 40, 44, 349 Benjamin, 3d 38 Caleb 490 Calvin 206, 209-212 Daniel 4, 8, 84 David 556 David, Jr 33 Ebenezer 13, 332, 336-338 346, 547, 550, 552, 557, 566 Ebenezer, Jr 336 Ebenezer, 3d 347 Ephraim 552 Ezekiel 548-557 Isaac 235, 556 Jacob 33, 668 James 297 leremiah 545 Jesse 755 John . .349, 370, 391, 392, 395 488, 489, 713, 727 John, Jr. 350 Jonathan. . .27, 38-45, 86, 392 395, 551 Joseph 372, 393 Josiah 481 Josiah, Jr 392 Levi 84 Moses 487, 490 Nathaniel 33, 38, 113, 393 395 Nathaniel, Jr . , .392 Nehemiah 85 Otho 84, 86 Parker 94 Phinehas 487-489 Samuel. .84, 333, 515, 518, 524 Samuel, 3d 347 Simeon 490, 552, 634, 668 Simon 755 Thomas . . .27, 33, 38, 44, 107 Timothy 27, 33, 38-44, 93 94, 551 Dr. Wait 84 William 84, 288, 556 Steward, Charles 131 David 142, 328 Jonathan 131 , 142 William 472 Stewart, Alexander 454 Allen 633 John 434, 451, 453, 503 John, Jr 434, 451 INDEX. 843 Stuart, John 466 Robert 287 Samuel 350 Stephen 346, 350 Thomas 194, 466 Sticknee, Lemuel 764 Paul 764 Zillai 764 Stickney, Amos 472, 480 Daniel 353 Daniel, Jr ... 267 David 267 Joseph, Jr 738 Moses 292 Samuel 656 Samuel, Jr 656 Thomas 35, 191, 193, 205 253, 263, 267 Stiles, Asahel 515, 518 Barnard 487-489 Barnet 755 Caleb 244, 245, 252 Caleb, Jr 245 Ebenezer 534 Eli 239 Jeremiah 308, 31 1-323 . John 513, 532, 533 Joshua 516, 518 Moses 524 Stileman, Elias loi, 678, 761 Stillson, William 260, 266, 267 462 Stinson, Archibald . 263 David 651 , 656 James 454 John 454, 466, 556 Nathan 454, 466 William 263 Stockbridge, John 169 Stocker, Michael 267 Samuel 270 William 694 Stockwell, David 357, 359 Emmons 351-361 Stoddard, Anthony 213 David 386, 400 Sampson 20 Stone, Benjamin 91, 216, 642 Calvin 572 Elias 732 Eliphalet 568, 571 Ezekiel 190, 192 James 192 Stone, Nathaniel 737 Thomas 192 Stoodley, William .....727 Storrs, Aaron 171, 173 Augustus 172 Constant 372, 382 Hunking 372 Nathaniel 377 Story, Jeremiah 265 Jeremiah, Jr 265 Joseph 265 Nathan 265 Thomas 265, 266 William .44, 48, 398, 401, 402 668 Zachariah 265 Stratton, Daniel 737 David ... .303, 524 Nehemiah 743, 746 Richard 275 Straw, Ezekiel 266 Jacob 265, 271, 272 Jacob, 3 271, 272 James 265 John 199 Jonathan 256, 259, 265 Moses 256 Samuel 265, 272 Samuel, Jr 271 Streeter, John 216 Strong, Benjamin 355 Jesse 503 Reuben .... 507 Sturtevant, Hosea 708 Lemuel 507 Sullivan, John 181, 526 Sulloway, Benjamin W. . .346, 349 John 76 Sumner, Clap 386 Rev. Clement 314 Thomas 18, 19, 501, 502 Sutton, John 757 Michael 754 Stephen 754 Swain, Abraham 584 Benjamin.* 490 Caleb 112, 1 1 5, 147 Dudley 491 Elias, Jr 585 Hezekiah 585 John 12, 115, 131, 137, 147 148, 585 John, Jr 5, 131 INDEX. 844 Swain, Nathaniel. . . . 737 Stephen 5, 12, 147, 148 William 104, 147 Swan, Israel John 764 Josiah 275 Sweat, Benjamin. — •73, 131, 333 Benjamin, Jr . . . . 131, 137, 342 Daniel 131 David 131 Elisha ••• 5 , 13, 332 John 12, 332, 349, 490 John, Jr 336 Jonathan 137 Joseph 103, 104, 1 14, 1 15 Moses Nathan 347 , 349 Peter 346, 348 Stephen 131 Stockman 174 William 347 , 348 Sweeney, Bryan John Sweet, Benjamin. ... 333 , 338 Elisha 337 , 338, 339 Nathan 337 Sweetland, Daniel. . . 386 Josiah 386 Symonds, Green 552 Joseph .204, 207-212 Nathaniel .209-211, 481 Samuel William .204, 209-21 1 Taggart, Archibald.. . James. .207, 208, 440, 445, 450 457 , 458, 763 John 440 Joseph Patrick 440, 594 Robert Thomas 457 , 458, 548 William . . . .204, 206, 208, 210 212 William, Jr Tall ant, Hugh 86 Tappan, James 335 , 350 John 350 Taplain, John 515, 518 Tarbell, David John 579 Tarbox, Ebenezer. . . .281, 468, 636 Tarlton, Elias Tarlton, John 694-696 Molly 69, 71 Richard . . .68, 72, 73, 696, 697 Tasker, Ebenezer 537, 539 Ebenezer, Jr 540 John 537 William 540 Tash, John 392, 595 Thomas 342, 701-705 Thomas, Jr 706 Patten, Isaac 398 Taylor, Adam. . .451, 457, 458, 475 481 Benjamin. . .113, 626, 629, 632 634 Benjamin, Jr . . . . Chase 8 Daniel David. .398, 400, 457, 458, 475 Eldad 172, 174 Hollis Jacob James 475 , 589, 592 John. 10, 106, III, 1 17, 121 458, 475, 481 589 124, 449, 457, John, Jr 475 , 481 John, 3d 475 Jonathan .... 10, 1 1 1, 1 14, 251 398, 400, 610 Joseph 108, III, 120, 129 Joseph, Jr Lemuel Matthew 449 , 451 Medad Nathan Reuben •732, 738, 744 Richard III, 1 17, 121 Samuel 451, 457, 475, 481 Simeon Thaddeus 738 Thomas 14, 219 Timothy 592 Wiggin William. .76, 1 73, 277, 450, 457 458, 475 , 481, 516, 518 Zebedee 744 Tebbetts, Edmund . . 598 Nathaniel 537 Samuel- Temple, Benjamin . . Ebenezer 571 Templeton, Adam . . . INDEX. 845 Tenney, Andrew Daniel 265, David 1 72, John 172, Jonathan Reuben 169, 1 72, Robert Silas 168, 169, 172, William 244, 263, Tewksbury, John Thacher, Elisha John 400, Thayer, Henry Thing, Dudley Jonathan Winthrop Thomas, Benjamin. .. 106, 108, Daniel 216, Elisha 703, Israel James 121, John 594, 739, 745, Jonathan Nathan 216, Philip 297, Samuel, Jr Stephen J 727, Thompson, Abraham Alexander Benjamin 348, Ebenezer. . 10, 35, 78, 138, 141, 163, David 594, Hugh James. .437, 451, 454, 462, 480, 488, 548, 552, John. 48, 71, 229, 449, 452, 501, 507, 524, 552, 588, Jonathan 392, 393, Joshua 548, Mr Nathaniel 227, Pelatiah 393, Prince Robert. 392, 429, 453, 470, Samuel. .66, 331;, 392, 436, 449 > 454 , 463, 589, 710, Seth William. .12, 46, 436, 437, 524, Thom, Benjamin Isaac 466- William Thorndike, Joseph 296, 298 Thomas, Francis 761 Thornton, Matthew. . . 163, 239, 370 445, 449, 452, 467, 469, 586 588 Thurber, Benjamin 264 Francis 264 Thurston, Benjamin 13 Enoch 550 John 12 Joseph 67 Samuel 12 Tibbetts, Henry 505 Robert 6 Samuel, Jr 599 Thomas 715 I Tidder, James 737, 743, 744 I Tiffany, Benjamin 27 Dr 167, 172 Gideon 174, 384 James 172 Tilden, Charles 373, 379, 384 Elisha 373, 374 Joel 384 Joseph 372, 379, 384 Joseph, jr.. .372, 375, 377, 380 384 Stephen. . . .373, 374, 379, 384 Tillotson, Daniel, Jr 507 Tilton, Benjamin 143, 146-150 329 Caleb 147-150 Daniel 102, 107, 350 Eavid 1 1 2, 1 14, 346, 349 Ebenezer 147 Jeremiah 329 Jethro 114, 1 15 John 13, 131, 137, 201 Jonathan. . .131, 137, 148, 213 228 Jonathan, Jr 146 Joseph. 1 14, 115, 131, 487, 491 492 Josiah 335, 350 Michael 147, 1 50 Nathan. 131, 137, 147, 148,487 Nathaniel. ...... 13, 350, 490 Peter 147, 1 50 Philip 348 Richard 349 Samuel 13, 1 12, 137 Sherburne 199, 201 Stephen 147 174 271 173 174 287 174 210 174 567 263 398 401 224 14 .14 .14 114 224 704 216 603 746 118 224 298 216 729 •493 ,277 486 140 393 671 551 466 553 454 711 395 734 .421 229 395 .756 548 437 722 .61 I 507 764 •453 -484 •453 INDEX. 846 Tilton, Timothy 131 William 487, 490 Tinney, David 168 Joseph 737 Silas 168 Tirrel, Jesse 84 Tisdale, Barna 379 Titcomb, Edmund 335 Moses 263 Tobey, Isaac 142 Todd, Andrew. . 189, 437, 441, 447 456, 548 Andrew, Jr 548 John 29 Samuel 437 Tolford, Joshua 77, 196-199 Tomlinson, John 741 ToplifF, Calvin 172 Toppan, Christopher. 124, 126, 128 Torr, Andrew 393 Towle, Benjamin 114, 117 Benjamin, Jr 1 16 Caleb.. .105, 108, III, 1 14, 117 129, 344, 346, 350 Caleb, Jr 1 16, 344 Ebenezer. . .489, 490, 663, 668 Elisha 127 Elisha, Jr 128 Francis 1 16, 330 Jacob 487, 488, 490 James. .116, 1 17, 121, 128, 346 349, 708, 755 Jeremiah 1 17, 349 John 1 16 Jonathan 1 16 Jonathan, Jr 121 Joseph. 109, III, 1 14, 1 16, 128 129 Joseph, Jr 121, 122 Josiah 708 Nathan 33 Paul 664, 668 Philip 107, 125, 126 Robert 230 Zachariah. . . 1 16, 121, 129,213 Towne, Archelaus.. . .615, 656, 738 Bartholomew 614 Edmond 734, 738 Elijah 480 Elisha 614 Ezra 734, 736, 744-747 Francis 314 Gardner 614 Towne, Jabez 453 Jonathan 614 Joseph 658 Moses 589, 607 Nehemiah 317 Richard . 524 Samuel 511, 606, 656 Thomas 614 Townsend, Thomas 192, 195 Ziba 202 Tracy, Reuben 349 Train, Ephraim 208, 210, 212 Treadwell, Jacob 288 John 13 1 Treat, Dr. M 371 Tredick, Edward 697 William. . 696 Trefethen, Abraham. . 689, 694, 696 Abraham, Jr 694, 696 Henry 678 Sampson 697 Trickey, Ephraim 291 James 291 John 710 Jonathan 717, 727 Joseph 727 Joshua 717 Thomas 710 Triggs, William 599 True, Daniel 346, 349, 489 Rev. Henry 84 John 92, 97, 98, 350 Reuben 346, 347 Trundy, William 695 Trussed, Henry 86 John 264 Moses 265 Reuben 267 Tubbs, Abishai 574 Tuck, Jesse 143 John... 102, 103, 108, 1 14, 1 15 Jonathan 1 17 Samuel 143 Tucker, Benjamin 566, 567 Benoni 192 Ezra 264 Francis 678 Ichabod 507 Jacob 12, 266 Rev. Jedediah 17 John 5, 263, 346 Joseph 346, 348 Lemuel 86 INDEX. 847 Tucker, Moses. ..571, 732, 734, 737 738^ 744 Richard 342 Samuel 332, 337 Swallow 334 Voden 507 Tuckerman, John 694 Tufts, Henry 392 John 454, 556 Nathaniel 289 Thomas 392 Turner, James 297 William 294, 296 Tuttle, George.. .391, 393, 394, 395 George, Jr 395 John 108, 109 Joseph 393 Jotham 27 Nicholas 595 Simon 27, 38 Stephen 33, 39 Thomas 393 Tuxbury, Benjamin 93, 94, 97 Josiah 349 Twist, Jonathan 738 Twitched, Benjamin 31 1 Daniel 31 1 Twombly, Benjamin 357 Daniel 539 Ezekiel 540 James 357 John 540 Paul 603 Reuben 540 William 538, 540 Tyler, Adonijah ... 190 Asa 507 Daniel 263 Jeptha 190 Joshua 190 William 264 Tyng, Jonathan 231 Tyson, Thomas 440 Underhill, Josiah 560 Underwoocl, James. . .419, 420, 422 533, 733 Jeremiah 737 Jeremy 298 Jonathan 308 Phinehas 288, 547 Usher, Gov. John no, 330, 670 John 415 Vance, David 434, 443 James 668 William 456 Varney, Nathaniel 595 Varnum, Ebenezer 756 Veasey, Daniel 708 Vickere, Benjamin 594 John 593 Thomas 594 Thomas, Jr 593 Vinard, William 694, 696, 697 Vincent, Anthony 726, 729 John 712, 726 William 726 Virgin, Ebenezer 264 Jeremiah 758 Vorbach, John 410 Philip 407, 409 Vose, Thomas V 38, 39, 43 Waite, Thomas 114 Samuel 350 Waddell, James. 457, 459, 475, 548 John 457, 458 Wade, Edward 150 Wadleigh, John 13 Joseph 329 Nathaniel 583 Robert 259 Wadley, Aaron 366 Benjamin 337 Daniel 349 John 449 Jonathan 755 Joseph 132, 324 Moses 94 Thomas 84, 93 Wadsworth, Samuel 192, 314 Wakefield, William 375, 377 Walcot, Stephen 171 Waldo, Calvin 173 Waldron, Col 65 Ezra 264 Jacob 267 Richard 3, 135 Thomas W 140, 141, 719 Wales, George 372 Walker, Alexander 27-30, 34 37-44 Andrew 645, 646 Bruce 253 Col 7, 52 Edward 711, 717 INDEX. 848 Walker, James 76, 253 Jesse 738, 744 John 281, 734, 737, 743 Josiah 352 Nathan 744 Peter 172 Samuel 726, 727, 744 Seth 367 Silas 28-31, 472 Timothy, Jr 253 William 556, 632, 756 Wallace, Fernald 392 George 457, 459 James. . 194, 263, 436, 437, 440 445, 452, 456-559. 468-471 606, 609 John. . .435, 437, 445, 450, 453 457, 458, 477, 609 Jonathan 484 Joseph 436, 437, 609 Matthew 292 Robert . 194, 434-437, 445, 457 458, 529 Samuel 453 Thomas 435-437, 445 William 194, 436, 437, 445 450, 452, 477, 478, 484 Wallingford, David.. .246, 247,615 John 710 John, Jr 71 1 Wallis, George 671 Joseph 434 Matthew 234 Samuel, Jr 698 William 69 Walls, Joshua 488 Walton, George 444, 71 1, 713 714, 717, 718 James 744 John 71 1 Josiah 737, 738, 743 Josiah, Jr 744 Shadrach 1 12, 679 Simeon 709 Ward, Abel 114, 326 Carter 409 Daniel 709 Henly 216 Isaac 751 Jeremiah 709 Jesse 195 Joseph .195 Josiah 190, 192, 195, 223 Ward, Melcher 147, 150 Phinehas 192, 195 Richard 606 Thomas 105, ill, 114 Wardwell, Solomon. .248, 251, 640 Ware, John 435 Nathaniel 309 Ziba 224 Warner, Daniel 632, 604, 720 John 481, 747 John, Jr 481 Jonathan 393, 700 Joseph 361 Nathaniel 481 Warren, Asahel 171, 172 Dr. John 296 Joseph 662, 737, 738, 744 Josiah 472, 648, 655, 656 Samuel 223 J 239 Thomas 648 Washburn, Lebeus 507 Simeon 22 Wason, James.. 280, 283, 285, 287 Samuel 278, 285, 287 Thomas 280, 285, 287 Waterman, Jacob 50Q Seth 507 Silas 369, 374, 379 Waters, Hezekiah 379 Watkins, Abner 287 Jane 694 John 684 Lewis 224 Watson, Abraham 333 Andrew 391, 392 Daniel 256, 395 David 597, 598, 601 Eleazer 487 Nathaniel 65 Samuel 392 Zebediah 13 Watts, Hugh 480, 548 James 480 John . .452, 458, 461, 480, 548 Moses 449, 452, 461, 480 Moses, Jr 480, 548 Waugh, James 653 John 526 Joseph 429 Robert 472, 527, 653, 732 William 653 Way, Benjamin 400, 403 INDEX. 849 Way, John. 398, 400, 403 Benjamin, Jr 398 Nathaniel 398-40 1 Samuel 497, 499 Thomas 403 Wells 576 William 400 Weare, Daniel 114, 127 Edward 1 14 John ..133, 324, 326, 445, 449 Joseph 326 Meshech.. . . 131, 136, 138, 140 146, 164, 182, 319 Nathan 140, 146 Nathaniel 136, 328 Peter 113, 114, 130, 132 Robert 434, 441 Samuel ....125, 140, 149, 150 Webber, John 262, 263, 71 1 Nathaniel 363 Richard 264 Thomas 262, 265 Webster, Abel 232, 628, 630 Amos 557, 558, 565 Andrew 333, 335 Barnum 342 Benajah 634 Benjamin 337~339 Caleb 92, 348 Daniel 106, 256 David 229, 230, 342, 552 556-558, 565, 666 David, Jr 229 Ebenezer. . . 106, 108, 109, 330 332, 335 , 338 Eliphalet 350 Enos. 552, 556 Ephraim 199-202 Ezekiel 106 Gideon 349 Iddo 342 Isaac 106, III Israel 552, 556-558, 565 Jacob 346, 349 Jeremiah 337, 349 Jeremy 332, 335 John .84, 86-89, 1 14, 332, 335 342, 552, 557 , 558, 565 John, Jr 1 14, 332, 335, 338 557 , 565 Jonathan 333, 342 Joseph 92, 666, 668 Joshua 336, 338, 344 56 Webster, Nathaniel 13 Samuel 332, 337, 338, 342 Thomas 106, 330 Thomas, Jr 109, 335 William 195, 230 Wedgewood, Daniel 105 David 699 James 73, 125 John Ill, 1 17-1 19 Jonathan 699 Weed, Jacob 9 Weeks, Benjamin 4, 13, 14 Brackett ... .64 Ebenezer 585 George 71, 73 Ichabod 71, 73 John . .13, 67, 71, 73, 124, 142 355-360 John, Jr 71 John L 13 John W 360 Jonathan 65 Joseph 65 Joshua. 65, 66, 71, 73, 754, 756 Josiah 14, 72 Matthias 13 Matthias, Jr 13 Nathaniel 14, 490 Noah 14 Phinehas 68 Samuel 65, 66, 526 William 68, 71, 73 Welch, Aaron 350 Benjamin 333 Joseph 332, 350 Moses 350 Samuel 332 Wellman, Jacob 512 Jedediah 312 Samuel 224 Wells, Aaron 27, 150 Abraham 668 Ezekiel 27 Jacob 196-201 John 473 Joseph 146, 150 Joshua. 489 Moses 27, 547 Moses, Jr 25 Philamon 337 Reuben 196, 201-203 Samuel 698 Simon 698 INDEX. 850 Wells, Stephens 490 Thomas 22, 201, 379 Timothy 43, 215 Wendall, John 497 Wentworth, Benning 424 Henry 6 Hunking 719 John 6, 134,45 s Major John 226 Joshua 506, 616, 723 Mark Hunking 288, 424 Moses 599, 602 Nathaniel 595-600 Samuel 227 West, Francis 398 John 754 Jonathan 754 Wesson, Ephraim 187 Isaac 297 Lucy 297 John 560 Wetherbee, Samuel 307, 316 Weymouth, Dennet 393, 537 George 14 William 392, 395 Wheat, Benjamin 734 Jonathan 737 Joseph 252 Wheatley, Andrew 379 John 370, 379, 387 Luther. 373 Wheaton, Simon 55 Wheeler, Abraham 224, 315 Abraham, Jr 315 Cornelius 400, 403 Daniel 612 David 398, 570 Fortunatus 207 James 612 John 348, 743 John, Jr 738, 744 Jonas 154, 736 Josiah 219, 224 Noah 155 Peter 232 Richard 743 Resolved 398, 402 Samuel 744 Seth 743, 747 Solomon 347 Thaddeus 247 Wilder 263 William 744 Wheeler, William, Jr 744 Zadoc 315 Wheelock, Eleazer 169, 171 Rev. Eleazer 159 Ithamar 743 Joel 737 John 169 Ralph 173 Timothy 737 Timothy, Jr 744 Whicherweed, John 541 Whidden, Ichabod 395 James 72 Whipple, Joseph 131, 136, 303 306, 355 General 296 Whitcher, William 335, 336 Whitcomb, Benjamin 181, 407 409 Charles 192 Jacob 190, 192 John 407, 409 Josiah 407, 410 Reuben 192 White, Andrew 652 Edward 696 Ephraim 480, 548 John 213, 272, 314 Joseph 181 Joshua 696, 697 Josiah 140 Nathan 696, 697 Phillips 149 Robert 644, 648, 652, 656 692-697 Robert, Jr. 656 Samuel 472, 480, 548 Thomas 548 William 392, 557, 565, 646 656 William, Jr 646, 656 Zachariah 649 Whitehouse, Charles 598, 600 Daniel 597, 6or, 602 John 597, 599, 600, 602 John, Jr 599, 603 Jonathan. . 599, 600, 603 Moses 598, 600 Paul 599, 603 William 598 Whiting, Benjamin 241 John 309 Jonathan 309, 626 INDEX. Whiting, Jonas 744, 764 Joseph. .138, 626, 629, 632, 634 Leonard 405, 408, 410 Samuel '744? 7^4 Whitney, Alexander 192 Bengbew 64 Benjamin 633 James 626 Joshua 191 Lemuel 224 Phinehas 634 Silvanus 275, 629 Whitridge, Josiah 192 Whittaker, Nathan 552 Thomas 287, 551 Whittemore, Aaron 512 A 61 Amos 515, 517, 532, 615 David 424 Jacob 419, 591 Jonathan 512 Nathaniel .424 Pelatiah 734 Pelatiah, Jr 629 • Samuel 512, 732, 736, 747 Whitten, John 229, 230 Whittle, Thomas 418, 591 Thomas, Jr 419 William 591 Whittier, Francis 263 Morris 350 Wiar, Adam 452 Robert 649 William 452, 462, 480, 548 Wibird, Richard 433 Thomas 720 Wicar, John 92, 94 Wicher, Benjamin 754 Jonathan 754 Nathaniel 755 Wiggin, Andrew 433 Charles 73 Chase 6, 597, 601 Benjamin 261, 263, 265 Bradstreet 585 David 67, 72, 392 Jesse 6, 598 Jonathan 73, 489 Jonathan, Jr 488 Joseph 67 Josiah 6, 598 Mark 73 William 488, 489 851 Wiggin, Winthrop 393 Wigglesworth, Dr. Samuel 395 538, 733 Wilcox, Comfort 398, 400 Jeremiah 357 John 169 Joseph 399 Uriah 402 Wilder, A 324 Elisha 357, 358 Ephraim 357 John 357 Jonas 354-358 Jonas, Jr 357 Joseph 357, 358 Manassah 357 Thomas 316 Tilley 219 Wilkinson, Luke 697 Wilkins, Abel 204 Abijah 472 Amos 472 Andrew 206 Eli 472 Elisha 524, 525 Israel 615 John . ._ 713 Nehemiah. ..204, 206, 209-211 Robert B 662 Timothy 204 William 472 Willard, Allen 215-224 Jonathan 367 Josiah 48, 213, 303, 314 Lockhart 324 Nathan. 218, 219, 224, 225,314 Samuel 253 Simeon 314 William 214 Wille, Ezekiel, fr 303 John 597, 598 Josiah 597 Thomas 537 William 598, 600 Zebulon 727 Willey, Allen 48, 397-403 Allen, Jr 398 Charles 398, 401, 403 Darius 751 David 398, 401 George 206 Nathan 48, 398, 403 Reuben 48, 398 INDEX. ■852 Willey, Timothy 263 Willex, Beltisha : 759 Williams, Benjamin. .737, 738, 764 Edward 1 12, 1 14, 131 Elijah 320, 322, 570 Isaac 393 Isaiah 392 Jeremiah 50 Joseph. 190, 192, 223, 346, 348 349 John. ...93, 172, 174, 393, 395 John, Jr 393, 395 John, 3d 394 John F 698 Dr. John 371 Oliver 50, 51 Peleg 426-428 Samuel 393 Rev. Simon 466 Rev. Simon F 17 Stephen 606, 609 Supply 737 Thomas. . . .84, 86, 93, 94, 614 Walter 131, 146 William 50, 51, 153, 154 William, Jr 153 Willis, Abiel 386 Daniel 386 Hezekiah 224 John 174 William 71 Willoughby, John. . . .233, 252, 751 Jonas 247 Samuel 252 Wilmot, Edward 129 Wilson, Alexander. ..453, 473, 653 656 Alexander, Jr .472, 656 Benjamin . ..154, 434, 437, 453 Daniel 315 .David 190, 315, 647 Francis 355, 356, 357 Hugh 432, 434, 441 James. .434, 436, 440, 457, 458 472, 475, 481, 651, 653, 654 656 James, Jr 656 John. . .434, 437, 453, 454, 651 Jonas 739 Jonas, Jr 737 Joseph. 281, 287, 449, 454, 522 Joseph B 287 Joshua 35, 36, 200 Wilson, Nathaniel. .4, 8, ii, 13, 437 Nathaniel, Jr 5 Robert.. 461, 473, 475, 481, 484 548, 651, 653, 656 Robert, Jr 656 Samuel 451, 457, 458, 656 Samuel, Jr 458 Stephen 357 Supply 747 Thaddeus 287 Thomas .194, 441, 445, 450 453, 454, 466, 472, 481, 644 647, 656 Thomas, Jr 656 William 64, 527 William, Jr 64 Winchester, E 351 Wingate, John... 73, 538, 540, 560 Jonathan 540 Joshua 113, 114 Rev. Paine 141, 151 Winn, Abiatha 281 Abigail 287 J oseph 281, 287, 288 Joseph, Jr 281 Nathan 285 Thomas 281 Winton, William 168, 169 Winslow, Bartholomew 349 Elisha. 332, 337, 338 Ephraim 349 Luther 219 Samuel 6, 339 Wise, Daniel 224 Ebenezer 80 Withington, Elias 194 Francis 192, 194 John 194 Mather 195 Withy, Luke 552 Wolfe, Gen. James 288 Wolley, David 224 Elijah 172 Wood, Daniel 633 Ebenezer 27, 33, 44, 634 Edward 43 Gideon 271, 272 Henry 747 Jonathan 33, 44 Jonas 252 Joseph 375, 379, 442 Joseph, Jr 372 Josiah 27 INDEX. 853 Wood, Oliver — 626, 629, 632, 634 Samuel 224, 271 William 22, 251 Woodbridge, Dudley 396 Woodburn, David. . .454, 480, 589 John ..440, 449» 45^, 454 Woodbury, Elisha ,.466 James 472 John 77 Josiah 252 Peter 472 Woodman, Edward 392 John 1 04- 1 09 Jonathan 698 Joseph 346, 349, 755 Rev. Joseph 17 Joshua 336, 338, 585 Moses 346 Thomas 708 Woodward, Abel 566 Bezaleel 171, 172, 384 David 165, 172, 173 Deliverance, Jr 169 Eleazer 512 Ithamar. .61, 63, 513, 532, 533 Jehial 168 John 513 Jonathan 168, 170 Nathaniel 172 William 168, 172 Woodwell, David 256 Woodworth, Benjamin 507 John 76 Silvanus 76 Woolson, Jonas.. 523, 731, 734, 743 Jonas, Jr 740, 744 Worcester, Francis. .526, 610. 628 Joseph E 232 Noah.. .79, 229, 241, 242, 250 Worth, John 131 Joseph 137, 140, 146, 344 Lionell 487, 537 Obediah 131, 146 William 487 Worthen, Enoch 328, 329 Ezekiel 141, 755 Jacob 328 Mehitabel 84 Moses 198 Samuel 198, 202, 751 Worthley, Timothy 650 Wright, Aaron 217, 219 Abel 38, 732 Wright, Benjamin — 251, 380, 386 606, 609 Darius 217, 219 David.. 168, 172, 174, 206, 208 210, 21 1 Delano 172 Ebenezer 174 Eldad 216 Ephraim 44, 3 1 5 James 315 John... 1 72, 626, 629, 632, 634 John, Jr 172, 632, 634 Jonathan 219, 373 Joseph 593, 625, 736 Joshua 194, 232, 263 Lemuel 252 Matthew 441 Nathan 171 Nathaniel 1 13, 168 Oliver.. . 634 Phinehas....373, 375, 377, 379 380 Remembrance 217 Samuel 252 Simeon 743 Thomas 734 Uriah 239, 251, 589 WinkalL. . .547, 626, 629, 632 634 Zebedee 634 Wylie, James 480 Robert 154 Wyman, Daniel 589 Edward 442 Isaac. ..266, 307, 316, 317, 462 Jonas 491 Joseph 442 Seth 44, 280, 287 Yeaton, Richard 694, 695 Samuel 696 York, Benjamin, 599-602 Benjamin, Jr 599 Eliphalet 392 Jacob 393, 395 James 392 John 6, 599-603 Josiah 597-603 Thomas .392 Robert 393 Young, Aaron 336, 347 Asa 410 Daniel 333, 336 Date Due — 1 i 1 1 THIS BOOK MAY NOT BE TAKEN FROM THIS ROOM BOSTON COLLEGE 3 9031 01 34681 3 7 i iili Boston College Library Chestnut Hill 67, Mass. 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