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 JOSEPH WORTH Selectmen 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 8ih yr of our reign, Anno'q Dom. 1734. By His Excy Comand wth the advice of yo Coun. J. BELCHER. R. Waldron, Secy Agreement relating to Rev. Ward Cotton. 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 Reva 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 SAM PALMER, Jr. Sam Dow Town Clerk. 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 Generall 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 ye 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 Honble 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 John Bachelder with other Traffick Twill in a year we want to sell, and having experenced Sumthing of benifet of a Time and place for Marketing s 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. Grant of a Fair to Hampton Falls, 1734. George the 20 by the Grace of God of Great Britain, [Prov. Seal] France and Ireland King Defend of ye 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 October in ye 8th yr of our reign, Anno'q Dom. 1734 Agreement relating on Rem M Att a Legall meeting of the fecholine at Hampton P March 1733-4. 3ly Wee the freeholders doe agree to see My Wash Corgarh, từ thị work of the ministry with the Rev Mr kone pisikofot to pooj be such as we can comply with and that these men he tee to Treat with Mr Cotton and to know he purposes 1 and port to the Town at this meeting The committee chosen are Sea CHRISTOPHER PAGE & SAM PAYMER, I Sam' Dow Down & berb Jonhn Wedgwond Will Godfrey Tho Marston Tim Dalton Daniel Samborn Petition adverse to setting off a new Parish To his Excelency Jonathan Belcher Esq. Governor and Com mander in chief in and over His Maje Provence of New Hampsher & and to ye Honble Counsell and Hous of Map resentatives conveand in Generall Assambly, The humble petition of us who are Inhabitants of y' we part of Hampton Falls parish most humbly sheweth That whare as thare is a petition prefered to y Bullunnily afore s by Sundry of Inhabitants of y est part of Town of Kingston and sy of ye Inhabitants of y wow port A Hampton Fall para be set of a pertica sras de pas senct with preve and Limets as is And we Inhin that part of of that Doos Beamon Falls sion Declara ASICTET REL ceedings ar fiz prefer w shold be among to ch Abraham Moulen? Beniamen Cram Timothy Huchison Joseph Row Reasons against the same. Whare as thare is a pettion Exebeted to his Exelency and the honble Councell and house of Representatives in the Provence of New hamsheir by Sundry of the Inhabitants of the Est part of Kings town and the west part of the Inhabitance of the Falles parrish in Hampton to be sett of two miles and a halfe In to Kingstown and two miles and a halfe in to Hampton as it is set forth in the petition for a peteckluer destrict or precint for the maintaining a minister with priveledges of cayring one the affairs of a town or parrish and your Excelency y Honble Councell and house of Representatives in your grat wisdom Clemency & Justess ordered y' ye parrish of hampton ffalles and the town of Kingstown be sarved with a copy of ye petition and to appeare the second day of the next falle session to Shue the Resons if thay have any why y prayer of petition should not be granted for which we the Inhabitants of Kingstown are Inxpresably thank full for your gratt wisdom prudence and Justess In this affaire and with your Leve give these following Reasons why ye said petition should not be granted, firstly those of our town that are pettetioners are all of them new comers to setell In our town and som of them young men and no famelyes and none or but one of them ware att any truble or charge with us In the Long and Tedus wars that we indured in this town with the heathen enemy nore in building our meeting house In Said town for above twenty yeares agoe. 2ly The meeting house which thay have Raised Is so neare to the Sid of y destrict petitioned for that grate part of the ajasent inhabitance which for a Long time have borne grate charges in y" Wars and all other Charges In the plase and It is more defecult and worse for them to go to meeting there then where they now do. 3 Many of y petetioners are new comers from other plases to setell neare the Line sume call it between the Masetusets and new Hampsheir and so as ocasion sarves them shift and shrink and bare no charge any whare if they cane help it the Line being not yett determened. 4ly Sume of the petetionrs Lives In the Provence of the Masetusets about Seven of them sume of them In Nebury and Sume of them att Salsbury and sume of them may heir the Salmes Sung at the meeting house in the houses where thay now live, and Sume others of the petitioners are amost as neare, If not quitt to a meeting house Thay have raised and have moved from Salsbury and Amsbury and other plases whare the Gospell is plentefuly preched and good orders Keept and for them to say thare is allmost a famine of y word of God amongst thei Is very obsurd and Redekules. 5ly And to us the Inhabitants of Kingston It is well known that we |