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Petition for a new Parish.

To His Excellency Jonathan Beicher Esq Governor and Commander in cheif in and over His Majestys Province of New Hampshire in New England

And To the Honourable the Council for said province and to the Gentlemen of the house of representatives now sitting in Gen ass for said province,

The humble petition of the Inhabitants in that part of kingstown called the East part of kingstown and the west part of the inhabitants of the falls parish in Hampton

Humbly sheweth

That there being fifty familys & upwards within the precincts above named who having for a long time lived at a grate distance from any meeting house where the publick worship of God has been carryed on and most of us having great familys which very Rare above one or two of a family can go to the house of God y greater part of the time by reason of the great distance we live from any meeting house and thereby the greatest part of our familys have been deprived of the dispensation of ye Gospel and there has been almost a famine of y word and worship of God amongst us thear being near four hundred souls whereof not above ye sixth or seventh part can attend said worship which is very prejudicial to the Glory of God and destructive to our eternal wellfare for the Greatest part of us thus to be brought up in ignorance which is a greater Grief to us than we can herein express and yo only cause of addressing your Excellency and the honble Council & assembly herein and for preventing the difficultys and hardships which we have for a long time laboured under, and for the advancement of the glory of God and good of souls we the subscribers hereof humbly pray your excellency & y Honnorable the council that we may be set of a particular district or precinct for the maintaining a Minister with the priviledges of carrying on the affairs of town or parrish according to the bounds hereafter expressed or as your Excellencie and the Honorble the council & house of Representatives shall in wisdom see fit the bounds of y precinct herein petitioned for we desire it may run two mile and a half on Almsbury line, westward into Kingston from ye line y divides Hampton and Kingston & one mile and halfe on Exeter line and from ye same dividing line to run Eastward by Almsbury & Salisbury line Eastward towards Hampton two miles, 1-2, and to carry that same breadth of two mile and a half to Hampton north line upon a north line parallel to the dividing line afores" and if your Excellency & ye hon ye council & house of Representatives in your wisdom shall see meet to grant your Petitioners -so reasonable a request, we most humbly pray if possible it

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may be so y' we may be able to build a meeting house this summer and your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c

John Darling

Joseph Greele
Joshua Prescutt
Nathan Bachelder

Phinehas Bachelder

Richard Clifford William Smith Isick Gresen (?) Abraham Smith Benj Swett Daniel Darling Edward Fifield Joseph Berry (?) Samuell Look Beniaman French Jonathan Dole Jonathan Greely Ebenezer Fellows Ichabod Clough Jeremy Webster Isaac Godfrey John Clifford

Benjamin Morrill

Jeremiah Prescutt
Elihu Chase

Isaac Fellows
Ebenezer Collins

Ebeneza Sleeper
Samuel Amons

John Weare
Samuel Clifford
Jonathan Palmer
Beniamin Brown
John Graves
Josiah Bachelder
Ebenezer Bachelder
Joseph Shaw
Gideun Shaw
Philip Dow
Edward Lock
Ezekiel Dow
Nathan Prescut
Joshua Prescut Jr
Josiah Tilton
James Tapin
Ruben Currier
Henry Currier
Ezekiel Morrill
Abner Morrill
Richard Fites

In the House of Representatives May 9th 1732

The within Petition Read & ordered that the Parrish of Hampton Falls & the town of Kingstown be served with a copy of this Petition, & ordered to appear the Second day of the next fall sessions to shew reas sons if any they have why the prayer of petition should not be granted. This to be at the charge of the Petitioners

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James Jeffry cler. Assm.

In the House of representatives March 1st 1732-3

J. BELCHER

The within petition being read & the pleas and allegations on both sides being heard & considered tis Voted that the sd petition be dismissed

George Walton, Clr. protem.

Concurrence in foregoing petition.

To His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq & Gov & Comander in Chief in & over his Majesties Province of New Hamps in New England & to the Honnourable Council & to the Gent of the House of Representatives now sitting in General Assembly for s1 Prov.

This is to Signifie to y Excellency & to the Hon Council

& to the Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, That Whereas we the Subscribers of Hampton Living whithin y Limits or Bounds of this Petition for a Precinct or Parish out of Hampton & Kingstown, we are willing to Joyn with them & Desire to be Received & accepted as Petitioners with them and so we Rest with them in our Capacity his Majestys most dutiful Subjects & Humbly hopeing for a Gracious answer to our Petition.

Hezekiah Blake
Ruben Smith

Nathaniel Derbun

James Perkins

Andrew Webster

{Mary Longfellow Executrix to Nathan Longfellow Ded

Jonathan Dow

Objections thereto.

At a Leaugual Meetting of the freeholders of Hampton New parish held this 28th day of August 1732.

1st Nathaniel Weare Esq. Chosen Moderator for said meetting

3dly Left Ichabod Robie Chosen a Commite man to Appeare at the General Court to give in Reasons why the West part of the new parish in Hampton may not be set of to the East part of Kingstown to be a parish.

4ly Capt Nathaniel Healys Chosen a Commite man for the Eand above said.

Hampton February the 22; 1732-3
A True Copie as attest

Joseph Tilton Clerk.

At a Lagull town meting held agust yo 28 1732. 25 Voted that we wont not seet of the Est part of ouer town for a district or parish to Joyne with ye West part of hampton and that there was not one voter appared for ye sating them of att said meeting the Rason is Becase we are sensaball it will Rueine our town.

3 Captn Johathan Samborn and Mr Ebenezer Stevens are chosen to Represent ye town at our Generall Cortt to give in our Rasins Why we did not grant the petitionars thare petition for to be sat of for a dis trict or parish at y Est End of our Town.

A True Coppy by

Mr John Swett Town Clerk.

Petition of Hampton Falls for a Fair.

To His Excelency Jonathan Belcher Esq. Governour and Commander in Chief in and over his Majestys_Province of New Hampsh' and to the Honble his Majestys Councel. The Humble Petition of the Select men of the Parish of Hampton falls in said province Most Humbly sheweth

That whare as in this our Parish and in the Touns and Parishes Round about us, and to ye East ward of our Province Thare are Raised a Bundance of Quick Stock which to geather

with other Traffick Twill in a year we want to sell, and having experenced Sumthing of benifet of a Time and place for Marketing sa Stock and Traffick in our sd Parish, which Benifett not ondly our Parish but also our Province togeather with y' eastward Touns have shaired with us in by Reason of the Seathuation of our Parish" being ye most conveanient to accomodate Boath Provinces. We your Petitionours Therefore most Humbly pray

That his Excelency and y Honble Councel order that y second Wednesday and Thursdays in May and ye Third Wednesday and Thirsday in October to be days of Fair for Publick Traiding in this Parish att the now most noted Publick hous and Cuntory Road yearly and for ever, for the Benyfites above Expressed As in duty bound will ever pray.

JOSEPH TILTON

JONATHAN PRESCUTT

JOSEPH WORTH

Selectmen
of yo
parish

ISRAEL BLAK

of

BENJAMIN GREEN

Hampton-Falls.

Hampton Falls Oct. 10th 1734.

Grant of a Fair to Hampton Falls, 1734.

George the 2d by the Grace of God of Great Britain, [Prov. Seal] France and Ireland King Defend of y faith & To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting-Know yee that we of our Especial Grace certain knowledge and meer motion for the due encouragment of Trade and Traffic within our Parish of Hampton Falls in our province of New Hamp' in New England and for the more effectual carrying on of the same there-Have Given and Granted and do by these presents give and grant to the Inhabitants of our Said Parish & their successors the privilege of having holding & keeping two yearly Fairs in the sd parrish forever, each to continue 2 day together & no more, The one To begin on the last Tuesday in April, and the other on y last Tuesday in October, Annually, To have and to hold the said Privilege of keeping Two yearly Fairs as abovesaid for the Ends and purposes above expressed to the said Inhabitants and their successors forever In Testimony whereof we have caused our Province seal to be hereunto affixed

Witness, Jonathan Belcher Esq. Our Gov & Com' In Chief in and over our sd Province the twenty fourth day of October in ye 8th yr of our reign, Anno'q Dom. 1734.

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J. BELCHER.

Agreement relating to Rev. Ward Cotton.
Hampton 1733-4.

Att a Legall meeting of the freeholders of Hampton this 12th day of March 1733-4.

8ly Wee the freeholders doe agree to settle Mr Ward Cotton he in the work of the ministry with the Revd Mr Gookins provided his proposals be such as we can comply with and that three men be chose as a comittee to Treat with Mr Cotton and to know his proposalls and make Report to the Town at this meeting The comittee chosen are

Se CHRISTOPHER Page &
Capt JONATHAN MARSTON

Vera Copia as attest

Majr Wingett

Dissents.

SAM PALMER, Jr.

Sam Dow Town Clerk.
Jonhn Wedgwood
Will Godfrey

Simon Marston

Morish Hobs

Sam" Dearborn, Sen.

Tho Marston

Tim Dalton

Daniel Samborn.

Petition adverse to setting off a new Parish.

To his Excelency Jonathan Belcher Esq. Governor and Commander in chief in and over His Majties Provence of New Hampsher & and to ye Honble Counsell and Hous of Representatives conveand in General Assambly.

The humble petition of us who are Inhabitants of y° west part of Hampton Falls parish most humbly sheweth

That whare as thare is a petition prefered to y° authority afore s by Sundry of y' Inhabitants of y est part of ye Town of Kingston and sundry of y° Inhabitants of ye west part of Hampton Fall parish to be set of a perticular District or presenct with preveledges and Limets as in s petition is Exprest

And we Inhabiting in that part of sd Destrict petitioned for that Doos Belong to Hampton Falls parish do with submission Declare ourselves posatively against sd petitioners proceedings and conduct in that afair and that s petition was prefer without our knowledg or Desire and if sd petition shold be granted we fere it will caus Devisions and parties amongst us on that acompt, which will be veary hurtfull both to church and Comunwelth, And there fore we His Majt most Loial Subjects and your most humble suppliants mot humbly pray that your Excelency ye Hon'ble Councell and Gentlemen of ye Hous of Representatives in your wisdom and easiness will not suffer us to be carried away by constraint but will see caus not to grant thair Request and wee your petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray &c

John Prescut
Robert Row

John Bachelder
Richard Samborn

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