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Neglected to fulfill, Whereby They have Forfeited their said Rights or shares and his Majesty is become Resiezed thereof Your Petitioner Therefore prays your Excellency would grant your Petitioner the said Two Rights or shares of Land under such Conditions & Quit Rents to His Majesty as your Excellency shall think fit.

And your Petitioner as he is in Duty bound shall Ever Pray &c. SAMUEL LIVermore.

Portsmouth June 18th 1770.

Deposition of Samuel Eaton.

The Deposition of Samuel Eaton of New Holderness who Testifies & Says that he had Lived in New Holderness about Five years and has been acquainted with said Town ever since the first settlement Thereof, and that William Cammell and William Garrow both being Grantees in said Township have not nor either of them Cultivated any land in said Town nor done any thing Towards the settlement of their Rights Therein or any part thereof and further this Deponent saith not. Samuel Eaton.

Province of May 30th 1770. The said Samuel Eaton personNew Hampshireally appeared and made solemn Oath to the truth_of the foregoing Deposition, Taken In perpetuam Rei

Memoriam Before us.

John Newmarch | Justices of the
Reuben Kidder peace, unis Quorum

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Deposition of Thomas Vokes.

The Deposition of Thomas Vokes of New Holderness who Testifies and says that he has Lived at said New Holderness about Three years, and has been acquainted with said Town ever since the first settlement thereof and that William Cammell & William Garrow both being grantees in said township have not nor Either of them cultivated any land in said Town nor done anything towards the settlement of Their Rights Therein or any part Thereof, and Further this depo' saith not his

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Said Thomas Vokes person

New Hampshire} ally appeared and made Solem Dath to the Truth

of the foregoing Deposition, Taken In Perpetuam

Rie memoriam. Before us,

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Petition of Proprietors for extension of their grant. To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq. Captain General Governor and Commander in Chief in and over His Majestys Province of New Hampshire, In Council

The Petition of Hercules Mooney and divers others, Proprietors of New Holderness, whose names are hereunto subscribed, Most humbly shews:

That the said Proprietors have clear'd much land in the said Township, and made considerable Improvement there, but have not hitherto been able to comply strictly with the Terms of the charter. That as the said Proprietors have nothing more at Heart than to compleat the settlement of said Town, and have already got twenty Families there and hope soon to see it in a flourishing Situation, They most humbly pray your Excellency (with advice of His Majestys Council) That such further time may [be] given to your Petitioners and the rest of the proprietors to compleat the said settlement as to you in your great wisdom shall seem meet. And your Pet' as in duty bound shall ever pray &c.

Hercules Mooney John Sheperd Thomas Ellison

Archelaus Miles

Andrew Baker

William M⭑Crillis

Portsmouth 22 Jan'y 1772.

Jacob Shepard

Charles Bamford

Charles Bamford Jr
Francis Drew

Daniel Evans

Petition to send a Representative.

Province of New Hampshire

To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq. Capt General Governour & Commander in Chief of said Province of New Hampshire &c, &c.

The petition of the Subscribers being Freeholders & Inhabitants of New Holderness in the County of Stratford in said province of New Hampshire, Humbly sheweth that no more than four of the towns in said County send representatives to the General Assembly & that none of those are situated in the upper part of said County, That the upper part of said County is increasing & has lat ly increased, with Surprising rapidity & that the Priviledge of sending representatives to the general assembly always has been & is Esteemed a great incouragement to the inhabitants of this province, and as the said town of New Holderness is likely to become the most considerable town in that part of said county, your petitioners humbly pray the said priviledge of sending a representative to the next

general assembly, may be extended to them, and your petitioners as in Duty bound, shall ever pray &c.

New Holderness, January 31st 1774.

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[This town was originally a part of Dunstable, being, as early as 1743 the West Parish of that town. It was incorporated 3 April, 1746. ED.]

Petition for a Committee to locate the Meeting-house. To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Govt & The Honble His Majestys Council & House of Representatives in Gen' Court assembled &c.

The petition of Stephen Aims of Holles in Behalf of himself and Sundry other of the Inhabitants of the said Town Humbly sheweth: That the Inhabitants of that part of Old Dunstable were by the Massachusetts about seven years ago Incorporated into a parrish taking about three miles more eastward than their town line now Runs:

That while under that Incorporation a meeting house place was agreed on justly situated as was then apprehended tho' a meeting house was not then Erected. The Settlement being new the additional Inhabitants settled as near that place for the sake of being in the middle of a town as they could:

That by the late Incorporations here about three miles of the East end of the Parish is taken to Dunstable which Brings the East line of Holles within one mile & an half of where the meeting house place was agreed to as afores1

That the west line of the town is near upon Five miles to the West of s Place and some Inhabitants already settled to

the Out Side; And agreat deal of Land there good for settlements that cannot be accomodated else where which as we apprehend Renders that place very unequall & unjust, Notwithstanding there is at present the major part of y" Inhabitants accomodated to that place, there setling there occasioned by the apprehension of it being the middle of the town (tho Nothing in proportion to the selleable Land else where, who have voted that same place again for that use and have agreed to Raise a meeting house there next Wednesday that some of us your Petits with some Others since in the whole applyed to the select" for a meeting Further to know the minds of the town and to Consider of the unreasonableness of its being sett in that place, but the Laws of this Province Requiring thirty Subscribers (our town Consisting of but about fifty might well be expected Impracticable) was refused and should the meeting House be now Raised and finished it would be very unequall much Discourage the settlement of the west part and as soon as any considerable number more is settled must be pulled Down, Many Changes in Hyways and we be Loaded with great Charge as well as leave Room for much Contention and disturbance.

Wherefore your Pete's most humbly pray that your Excellency & Hon would consider of the premises, and appoint a Committee att the charge of this town or as your Excellency & Hon's shall order to view our situation and circumstances, and to order where the Said House shall be Erected and in ye mean time to Direct that the Raising y House now Framed may be deffered till that can be done & your PetiTM as in Duty Bound shall pray.

In Council read &c.

STEPHEN AMES.

recommended Aug. ye 11, 1746.

R. Wibird, pro Sec

Province of Wee the Subscribers Inhabitants of the town of HolNew Hamples do hereby desire & Impower Stephen Aims in our names & behalf to peti" the gov' & Council or whole Gen" Court of the province of New Hamp & Represent our circumstances in erecting a meeting House in s Town in a place we apprehend unreasonable & pray for Relief in the Premises. Dated at Holles ye 5th of August 1746.

Joseph McDaniell

Stephen Ames

William Admes
Sam Parker
Moses Proctor

James Whiting
Samuell Douglass

Jasher Wyma n

Isaac Farran
Jonathan Melven

John Melven
James McDaniell
Randel M Daniell

Petition of Samuel Cumings for protection against the Indians.

To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Capt General, Governour and Commander in cheif in & over His Majestys Province of New Hampshire, The Hone His Majestys Čouncil & House of Representatives for said Province in General Assembly Convened the 2" Day of April 1747.

The Humble Petition of Samuel Cummings of Hollis in said Province yeoman in behalf the said Town of Hollis, Shews, That the said Town is a Frontier Town & much Exposed to Danger from the Indian enemy and the number of Effective men belonging to the same not exceeding fifty who have all or most of them families to take care of & being mostly new Setlers have much Labour on their hands to subdue & cultivate their Lands &c; That their situation is such that they dare not venture to work without a guard & their work so great & disproportion'd to their strength Especially Including their necessary care of Defending themselves that they are unable to perform it without assistance which if they cannot have they must unavoidably neglect their Husbandry & spend their time in watching & warding & in that case many of their families must suffer for want of necessaries of Life;

That they are apprehensive of the Great charge the Government is now at & that the case of the said Town is doubtless the case of other Places in this Regard & therefore would desire nothing more than appears to them to be absolutely necessary which is, and for which they Humbly Pray that they may be allow'd a scout of ten or a dozen men for the Ensuing season till the Danger of the summer & fall of the year is over & the harvest past who may be a guard to the People of the Town while & where they may have occasion of working in places of Danger or to be otherways Imploy'd for the safety of the People as the commanding officer or Officers of the Town should Direct an I your petitioner shall as in duty bound in behalf of his constituents ever pray

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SAM CUMMINGS

Province of In the House of Representatives 14th New Hampshire May 1747.

Voted, That in answer to the annexed Petition the whole of the Lands in sd Town of Holles be taxed annually for four years next ensuing two Pence p' acre to be apply'd for the support of the ministry & finishing y meeting House & that they be enabled to collect ye same and that they have Liberty to bring a Bill accordingly

D. Peirce, Clr.

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