time to time to Defrey the charges aforesaid) as your Excellency & Hon's In your Great Wisdom shall see fitt. And your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever Pray & May 15th 1760. In Council May 16, 1760. Read & Ordered to be sent down to the Honble House Province of\ Theod' Atkinson Secry. New Hamor In the house of Representatives Feby 12th 1761 This petition being Read-Voted That the prayer thereof be Granted & have Liberty to Bring In a Bill accordingly. In Council Feb. 13th 1761 A. Clarkson, Clerk. Theodore Atkinson, Secry. Read & Concurrd. GILSUM. [This town was incorporated July 6, 1763. ED.] Vote of Westmoreland to set off a part of the Inhabitants to Gilsum. 1766. Att a Meeting of the free holders and the Other Inhabitants of the Town of Westmorland holden on March the Twelfth Day 1766, Voted to set of the people to Gilsum that Belong to the North East corner of this Town from Walpole Corner to Keen Line A Trew Coppy as Recorded on the Town Book. Isaac Butterfield Town Clerk Vote of Gilsum to set off the west end of the town. Province of New Hampshire. At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Gilsum meet at the House of Mr Jonathan Smiths in sd Town on Tuesday the 26th of August 1766 being meet and duly formed Mr Joseph Spensor Being chose Moderator to Govern Sd Meeting Sd Inhabitants Voted to seet off the West End of S4 Towne as far East as the Mountain RangeA True Coppy of the Vote as it was then past Test pr. me, Gilsum Septa ye 1st 1766. Tobadiah Willcox, Assent of inhabitants of Gilsum to be set off. Province of New Hampshear Gilsum, July the 1a AD: 1768, This may Certifie the Honerabell General Cort of this Provence, that we the Subscribers Inhabitince of the East parte of the Town of said Gilsum Do Agrea and give our free Concente that the West pearte of this the Said Town of Gilsum shold be sett off to be one Intier Town Pearish or presink with a part of Westmoland and to Extend as fear East as is here Disscribed (viz) To Begin at the South Line of said Gilsum 80 Rods East of the South East Corner of Westmoland Ledg (So cald) and to Run North by the neadel 260 Rods then Makeing a seatt off 80 Rods East, and then Running North by the Neadel a cross the said Town In Conformacion hereof we Subscribe Josiah Kilburn, Medad Thornton Henry White Petition for a new town. To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq. Captain General, Governour &c in and over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire-The Honble His Majesty's Council and House of Representatives for said Province The Petition of the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the Westerly Part of the Township of Gilsum and the Northwesterly Part of the Township of Westmoreland in said Province Humbly Sheweth: That said Westerly part of Gilsum being seperated from the Easterly Part of the Same Township by a long and impassable Mountain almost thro the Township of said Gilsum Dividing the Same so as leave about one third part of the Lands of the Township of said Gilsum on the Westerly side of said Mountain, and no convenient Communication can be had with the Easterly Part of Said Township, so very necessary for the well Regulating and management of Town affairs; and the Westerly part of said Gilsum being too Small in Contents of Land for a Seperate & Distinct Town, Parish or Precinct, And whereas the Northwesterly part of said Westmoreland being that part of said Town Called Westmoreland Leg Lying at a Great Distance from and very dificult Passage to the main Body of y Town and Inhabitants of said Westmorland and also Paying large Taxes for the Support of the Ministry & other Town Charges, without being able to Receive any Benefit or advantage therefrom And being adjoining to and conveniently Situate to be joined and incorporated with said Westerly part of Gilsum therewith to make one Seperate and Distinct Town &c. Now your Petitioners humbly pray your Excellency and Honour that Said Westerly part of Gilsum. and Northeasterly part of Westmoreland: (viz begining at the Southeast corner of Walpole thence running Southerly on a Straight Line to the North West corner of Keene thence running Easterly on the Line of said Keene to the Southeast corner of Westmoreland Leg so called and continuing the same Line Eighty Rods East of Sd (last mention'd) corner thence runing North two Hundred and Sixty Rods, thence East Eighty Rods, thence on a North Line to the North Line of said Township of Gilsum thence West on the Line of Said Gilsum to the Northwest Corner of the Same thence South on the Line between said Gilsum & Walpole to the first mentioned Bounds that part of said Westmorland & Gilsum included in the aforementioned Lines, may be taken off from ye aforesaid Towns of Westmoreland & Gilsum, and be Erected made and Incorporated into one Seperate & Destinct Town, Corporation & Body Politick with all the Powers, Priviledges and immunities that any town hath or by Law ought to have in said Province or otherways as to your Excellency & Honours seam fit and as in Duty bound shall Ever pray-(1) Dated Gilsum July the 4th AD. 1768. (1)_A plan of the proposed new town is found in the original MS., volume III., p. 77. ED. In Council October 22d 1768. Read & ordered to be sent down to Honble Assembly Geo: King, Depy Secry. Province of In the House of Representatives Oct 25th 1768. The foregoing Petition being Consider'd and the Votes of Each Town Shewing their willingness, also a Plan Produced, Voted That the Petitioners have liberty to bring in a bill for Incorporating said Town Pray'd for the Bounds to be Agreeable to the said plan M. Weare, Clr. GOFFSTOWN. [This town was originally granted by the Province of Massachusetts, and was incorporated June 16, 1761. ED.] Petition of Archibald Stark for soldiers to guard the garrison at Amoskeag. To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Capt General, Governour & Commander in Chief in & over His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire the Honble His Majesty's Council and House of Representatives for said Province in General Assembly Convened March the 9th 1747. The Humble Petition of Archibald Stark of a place called Amaskege in said Province Shews That your Petitioner has lived at said Place for the term of ten years last past and has at his own cost Built a Garrison there of Considerable Strength & Conveniency by which the Place may be Defended against the Common Enemy with the assistance of a Competent number of Soldiers: That there are upwards of twenty families that are settled there which have been Encouraged by your Petitioners Resolution hitherto to Stand their Ground & maintain their Settlements who must inevitably leave them if the said Garrison should be broken up- That the Situation is such as make it a place of Importance to be Supported being a Common Stage between Londonderry Chester and Pennycoke Suncoke & other Settlements & in the Course of Business there very Convenient for Travellers to Stop at, & proves a necessary means of Communication between the settlements as well as a Barrier & cover to many Settlements & families between that and Londonderry-That as your Petitioner has been at great charges to bring his Plantation there, to the Condition it is now in & laid out all his substance for that purpose (whereby he Conceives he may justly be Esteemed a Public Benefactor) it is not only of the utmost Importance to him that the Place be Defended, but also gives him some claim to ask it, and as his Fortune Depends upon it, and it may be his Life as well as others, He most Humbly Prays that a Competent Number of Soldiers may be allowed him to be Posted at said Garrison & to Guard & Defend him and others in Performing the necessary Labours of the Ensuing season, that their Husbandry may not be Dimminished and your Petitioner as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray &c. In Council March 9th 1747. ARCHIBALD STARK. Read & Order'd to be sent to the Honble House. Theodore Atkinson, Secy. Votes at a town meeting in Goffstown. County of Hillsborough in Province of New Hampshire July 1771. A meeting legally warned and held at the meeting house in Goffstown on munday the 15 Day of Votted, Capt James Karr Moderator. Votted, That the meeting be carried on by Poleing. Votted, That there be a comittee chose in order to treete with Mr Joseph Currier in order for settlement Votted, That there be seven men chose for sd committee. Votted, Samuel Blodget Esq Capt James Karr Jotham Tuttle Job Dow Tho Sherla Alexdr Gilcrest be said Committee. Votted, Fifteen pounds Lawfull money to Descharge the Debt of said Town. Votted, To throw up the Road from Jonathan Martins, to Capt Ladds and except of the Road that was laid out by the selectmen last year, and that Capt Ladd is Satisfyed for the same. Votted, That the Town will prosecute those that have trespassed on the ministers and school lots. Votted, That the meeting Stand adjourn'd until Monday the 29 Day of July at four oclock in the after noon. The Inhabitants being met according to said adjournment July 29, 1771, Votted, To Receive the Report of the Commitee, viz Samel Blodget Esqr Capt James Karr Jotham Tuttle Job Dow Tho Shirla Alex' Gilcrest Votted, That the meeting be Dismissed A True Coppy of Record attest pr Alex. Walker, Town Clerk. Petition for a Presbyterian Society. To His Excellency, John Wentworth Esq. Cap" Gen' Governour and Commander in Chief, in and over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire, In N. England-And to the Honourable his Majestys Council & House of Representatives In General Assembly Conven'd. The humble Petition of his Majesty's Subjects, Inhabts of Goffs Town and Province affors" Sheweth That your Petitioners most or all of them have been educated in the Presbyterian Persuasion and look on themselves as bound in conscience still to adhere to the same persuasion; That your Petitioners generally inhabit one part of said |