line where it crosses the mill Brook (so called) as heretofore settled between s Kingstown & s Chester & from thence viz where s Line Crosses smill Brook to run Southerly on s line to the Beach tree first mentioned. This is a true copy taken out of Kingstown Book of Records. Attest Jed. Philbrick, Town Clerk. Petition of Richard Hazzen, &c., about support of Rev. James Cushing. To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Governour & Commander in Cheif in and over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire in New England & to the Hon'ble his Majesties Councill & House of Representatives in Generall Court assembled at Portsmouth for sa Province, May 1748. Humbly Shews. Richard Hazzen for himself and in behalfe of the Inhabitants of that Part of Haverhill district commonly called Timberlane, That the Inhabitants of said Timberlane have for the greatest part of fifteen years past at a verry great cost and charge hired a minister to preach amongst them and at the same time been Excused from paying any thing towards the support of the Rev Mr James Cushing. That the Rev Mr Cushings Hearers (Exclusive of said Timberlane) live about two thirds of them on the North Side of the Boundary Line and in this Province and the other third on y other side on which side lyes also the greatest part of his Personage or Glebe Lands That at a meeting of the District in November last Pursuant to the selectmens warrant It was agreed & Voted that the inhabitants living on this side of y line (meaning those who lived out of Timberlane limits) should pay the Rev Mr Cushing Two Hundred pounds for his support this year, Old Tenor on consideration of the Depreciating of the money &c which would have been a small matter more than what they paid last year. That some time afterwards at a Legall meeting of the afore s Districts, The inhabitants of Timberlane were by vote set off from Mr Cushings Parish and near the same lines which a committee Sent By your Excellency & the Honble Council thought proper to be done as appears by their Report. That notwithstanding the meaning & intent of the afore s Vote respecting Mr Cushings Support by which the Inhabitants of Timber lane ought to have been excused from paying any thing thereto & after they were set off from Mr Cushings William Eastman Daniel Johnson Zecheriah Johnson Steven Emerson Beniamin Emerson Caleb Heath David Heath Samuel Stevens In the House of Representatives Apr 18th 1744. The within Petition Read and Voted that the Petitioners (at their own charge) serve the Selectmen of Kingston with a Coppy of this Petition and the Votes thereon that they may appeare the third day of the sitting of the General Assembly after the first day of May next. James Jeffrey Cler. Assm Vote of Kingston, setting off certain persons for a new Parish, &c. Prov. of New Hamp. At a Legall meeting of the Inhabitants & freeholders of Kingstown held the 24th of September, 1746, 1st Levt John Swett was chosen moderator of that meeting. 2d Voted, That we do hereby as far as in us lieth sett off of Kingstown above 'sd with a certain Tract of Land in s town for a Distinct Parish or Precinct Bounded as followeth viz: begining at the Beach tree which is the Dividing Boundary between London Derry and Chester s Tree standing on ye west line of sd Kingstown and Running Southerly on s Kingstown said Line as heretofore settled between s London Derry & s Kingstown to the Islands Pond (so called) then Running East and B South three miles. Then Northerly Till a North & B West Course will strike s Kingstown line where it crosses the mill Brook (so called) as heretofore settled between s Kingstown & s Chester & from thence viz where s Line Crosses s mill Brook to run Southerly on s line to the Beach tree first mentioned. This is a true copy taken out of Kingstown Book of Records. Attest Jed. Philbrick, Town Clerk. Petition of Richard Hazzen, &c., about support of Rev. James Cushing. To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Governour & Commander in Cheif in and over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire in New England & to the Hon'ble his Majesties Council & House of Representatives in Generall Court assembled at Portsmouth for sd Province, May 1748. Humbly Shews. Richard Hazzen for himself and in behalfe of the Inhabitants of that Part of Haverhill district commonly called Timberlane, That the Inhabitants of said Timberlane have for the greatest part of fifteen years past at a verry great cost and charge hired a minister to preach amongst them and at the same time been Excused from paying any thing towards the support of the Rev Mr James Cushing. That the Rev Mr Cushings Hearers (Exclusive of said Timberlane) live about two thirds of them on the North Side of the Boundary Line and in this Province and the other third on y other side on which side lyes also the greatest part of his Personage or Glebe Lands That at a meeting of the District in November last Pursuant to the selectmens warrant It was agreed & Voted that the inhabitants living on this side of y line (meaning those who lived out of Timberlane limits) should pay the Rev" Mr Cushing Two Hundred pounds for his support this year, Old Tenor on consideration of the Depreciating of the money &c which would have been a small matter more than what they paid last year. That some time afterwards at a Legall meeting of the afore s Districts, The inhabitants of Timberlane were by vote set off from Mr Cushings Parish and near the same lines which a committee Sent By your Excellency & the Honble Council thought proper to be done as appears by their Report. That notwithstanding the meaning & intent of the afore s Vote respecting Mr Cushings Support by which the Inhabitants of Timber lane ought to have been excused from paying any thing thereto & after they were set off from Mr Cushings Parish as much as the District had a power to do, The assessors have rated us to Mr Cushing and thereby made their own Taxes much less than last year, & taken away our money from us which we should have had to pay our own minister That we have been thereby necessitated to make a Rate amongst Our selves to pay our minister but as we had no legall power to do it some refuse to pay, so that we are now in a verry deplorable Condition unless your Excellency & Honours will Interpose on our behalfe. We therefore Humbly & Earnestly request your Excellency & Honours to compassionate our circumstances & give Such Orders that we may be excused from paying to y Rev Mr James Cushing & at the same time that he may not be cheated and defrauded of his honest due, & that we may be Impowered to raise a Tax amongst our Selves to pay our own minister or that you will afford us Such other Relief as to your Excellency & Honours shall think best for us. And for your Excellency & Honours your Humble petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c RICHARD HAZZEN for himself & in behalf of yo Inhabitants of Timberlane.. May 12th 1748. Petition of Edward Flint and others to be annexed to Hampstead. To his Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Governour & Commander in Chief in & over his Majesties Province of New Hampshire in New England & to the Hon the Councill of said Province, Humbly Shews, The petition of Edward Flynt, Samuel Stevens & others the Subscribers that your petitioners Liveing in that part of Haverhill District commonly called Timberlane have always together with the other Inhabitants chearfully paid their Taxes & when a petition was preferr by the said Inhabitants to your Excellency & Honours to be incorporated into a Township, your petitioners signed ye said petition & hoped that when the Township was incorporated that not only your petitioners Houses but their estates also would have been taken within ye charter being much more for the Interests of your petitioners than to be put any where Else. But so it is may it please your Excellency & Honours that by the Charter of Hampstead lately Granted, your petitioners Estates are so Divided that near one half lye within the Town of Hampstead & the other half is left out notwithstanding their Lands have for many years past been fenc in and improved & being so Divided & Split by the said Lines it is to the verry great damage of your petitioners We therefore earnestly request your Excellency & Honours to annex our whole lands to Hampstead according to our first petition. And for your Excellency & Honours your Humble petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c. Hampstead, February 14th 1749. EDW FLINT SAM STEVENS DAVID STEVENS SAM STEVENS JOSEPH STEVENS HAMPTON and HAMPTON FALLS. [Hampton belonged originally to Massachusetts, and was settled by people from that Colony, in 1638. In 1680, it was separated from Massachusetts and joined to New Hampshire. Hampton Falls was incorporated as a Parish in 1712. ED.] Petition of Selectmen about taxes. To the Honorable y Lieut Governer and Counsell &c: with the Assembly now sitting att New Castle The humble petition of us y Select men of Hampton Sheweth That y' petitioners by warrant from y Treasurer to make an assessment of 230 Is and y through a mistake in making y Rate have made it 04 short of s Sums and y time being now out according to s Warrant and yo" petitioners not having power to Asses ye Remainder Humbly pray yo Honors to impower y Treasurer to Grant a warrant to us y sd select men & Commissio and yo' petition will forthwith Make y Rate for y Remainder, & yo petitioners will by y blessing of God. never be wanting to pray for your Hons JOHN MOULTON ABRA. GREEN JN DEERBARNE PETER WEARE May y 20 1695. THOS PHILBRICK Selectmen of Hampton Voated, That ye Selectmen are Impowered to make assessment on |