Petition against being set off as a new Parish. To His Excelency Bennen Wintworth Esqr. Capt. General and Governor in chief in and over the Province of New Hampshire, and to the Hone Councill of the same. The Humble Petition of us the Subscribers in our own behalf and others, belonging to the Westerly Part of Haverhill District that now belongeth To the Rev. Mr. James Cushings Parrish Humbly Sheweth, that it is our Desier and Prayer that we may not be separated in to any other Town or Parrish (from the Easterly Part) of the District but that we may all be Incorporated in to a Town or Parrish (Excepting what has bin voted off by the District To Timber lane) so that we may Injoy our Priviledge and Proprties for us and our children that we may have our meeting House and our Minister That we have bin at Great Cost and charges for building Seteling and maintaining for near Twenty years last Past and if your Excellency and the Hon Councill think it proper to mak us a town with the Easterly Part of the District we Shall Leave that to your Hon Wisdom, other ways Pray that we may abide as we are and In fullfilling our Desier and Humble Petition you will Greatly oblig your Sarvants, Who as in Duty bound shall Ever Pray. Timothy Page Caleb Page Junr. James Noyes John French Samuel Little Jonathan Page Junr. Joshua Knight Ebenezer Knight Joseph Noyes Thomas Noyes John Knight Nathaniel Knight Jun. Joseph Page Daniel Whitticker Moses Belknap Joseph Little Junr. Timothy Ladd Jonathan Nelson Jonathan Clements Moses Page Petition of the Inhabitants in the West part of Haverhill District desiring not to be incorporated. To his Excellency Bening Wentworth Esqr. Governor and Comander in Cheaf in and over his Majesties province of New hampshear in New England and to the Honourable his Majesties Council &c. We the Subscribers being inhabitance in the South west part of Haverhill District and Included within the Boundarys of the Last Petition brought forward by Capt. John Pecker and Mr. John, Watts Considering the small number of Inhabitance and the Low Sircumstances that many of them Labours under it is our Humble opinion that we are no ways able to supporte the Gospell amongst ourselves at present therefore we Desier your Excellency and Honours to take our case under your wise Consideration and not incorporate us into a town or Distinct parrish according to the prayer of the above s Petition till we are better abell to bare the Charges for we are obliged by Contract to the Rev. Mr. Cushen and are not as yet set of from his Parish. Dated Haverhill District July y 24th 1749 John Webster Edmund Page Joseph Noyes Joseph Page Hog & others Petition not to Foyn with Mr. Hazzen accord ing to his Plan. To his Excelency Bennin Wintworth Esqr. and Honrable Counsel. We your humble Pertisioners take Leave to Let you know part of our Greavies Coused by Mr. Richard Hazzen Pertisions and plan if he obtains will Cut and Carve our Land & privelage all to pieces who ware Orderly Settled on Kingstown Property & have a Petition Lodg with the Select men of our town in order to be set of as a parish. We pray that we may have the opertunity to Let your Excelency and Honrable Counsel know what the town does for us who are Lawfull Setlars who can have now privelage in that Regard unless we have part of what is in his Plan. We subscribe ourselves yoor Humble Pertisinors. NOTE. A Plan of the district is found in the MS. Vol. p. 284. ED. Petition against being set off as a new Parish. To His Excelency Bennen Wintworth Esqr. Capt. General and Governor in chief in and over the Province of New Hampshire, and to the Honble Councill of the same. The Humble Petition of us the Subscribers in our own behalf and others, belonging to the Westerly Part of Haverhill District that now belongeth To the Rev. Mr. James Cushings Parrish Humbly Sheweth, that it is our Desier and Prayer that we may not be separated in to any other Town or Parrish (from the Easterly Part) of the District but that we may all be Incorporated in to a Town or Parrish (Excepting what has bin voted off by the District To Timber lane) so that we may Injoy our Priviledge and Proprties for us and our children that we may have our meeting House and our Minister That we have bin at Great Cost and charges for building Seteling and maintaining for near Twenty years last Past and if your Excellency and the Hon' Councill think it proper to mak us a town with the Easterly Part of the District we Shall Leave that to your Hon Wisdom, other ways Pray that we may abide as we are and In fullfilling our Desier and Humble Petition you will Greatly oblig your Sarvants, Who as in Duty bound shall Ever Pray. Petition of the Inhabitants in the West part of Haverhill District desiring not to be incorporated. To his Excellency Bening Wentworth Esqr. Governor and Comander in Cheaf in and over his Majesties province of New hampshear in New England and to the Honourable his Majesties Council &c. We the Subscribers being inhabitance in the South west part of Haverhill District and Included within the Boundarys of the Last Petition brought forward by Capt. John Pecker and Mr. John, Watts Considering the small number of Inhabitance and the Low Sircumstances that many of them Labours under it is our Humble opinion that we are no ways able to supporte the Gospell amongst ourselves at present therefore we Desier your Excellency and Honours to take our case under your wise Consideration and not incorporate us into a town or Distinct parrish according to the prayer of the above s Petition till we are better abell to bare the Charges for we are obliged by Contract to the Rev. Mr. Cushen and are not as yet set of from his Parish. Dated Haverhill District July y 24th 1749 John Webster Edmund Page Joseph Noyes Joseph Page Hog & others Petition not to Foyn with Mr. Hazzen accord ing to his Plan. To his Excelency Bennin Wintworth Esqr. and Honrable Counsel. We your humble Pertisioners take Leave to Let you know part of our Greavies Coused by Mr. Richard Hazzen Pertisions and plan if he obtains will Cut and Carve our Land & privelage all to pieces who ware Orderly Settled on Kingstown Property & have a Petition Lodg with the Select men of our town in order to be set of as a parish. We pray that we may have the opertunity to Let your Excelency and Honrable Counsel know what the town does for us who are Lawfull Setlars who can have now privelage in that Regard unless we have part of what is in his Plan. We subscribe ourselves yoor Humble Pertisinors. NOTE. A Plan of the district is found in the MS. Vol. p. 284. ED. Sanborn, Palmer & Weares report of Haverhill District. In Obedience to your Excellencys appointment we have View'd het Situations of the Inhabitants of Haverhill District to see if said District may Conveniently be Incorporated into three Townships having Regard to those People of Salisbury and Almsbury District above South Hampton that they may be Provided for in one of the Townships, And Beg leave to Report That upon the best survey we Could make and Information we could have from the Inhabitants it appears to us that the Circumstances & Situation of the Inhabitants of saic District (as well as their Desire) is such that they cannot at present Conveniently be Incorporated into more than two Townships. It appears to us that at the upper or Northwesterly part of said District the Inhabitants are Compact and Conveniently Situate for a Township or Parish, The Bounds o: which (in Our Opinion) may be as follows. To begin at the North East Corner of Tyngs farm mentioned in Mr. Hazzens Plan and from thence to Run to the South west Corner of Hales farm from thence to Woodbridges Corner Bounds from thence to Morses Corner as mentioned in said Plan and from thence to Run north to Shapleys line then to follow Shapley's line westwardly till it strikes Haverhill Northwest line so called then to follow Haverhill Northwest line to the head of the District, And for the Bounds on the other side to begin at the North East Corner of Tyngs farm beforementioned from thence to run on the line of Tyng's farm, half way to the Bounds on Hog Hill and from thence on a strait Course to Clements Southwest corner bounds by Islandy Pond and then as Described in the Plan to the head of the District. This we think will conveniently make a Township and the other part of the District we cannot find any way be Divided at present to be Incorporated into more than one Tounship to be so well for the Inhabitants as they are now. John Sandburn Portsm° Sep 18th 1746 Petition of Haverhill district for a new Parish. To His Exelency Bening Wintworth Esqr. Goviner and Commander in cheaf in and over his Majesties Province of New Hampshear in New England and to the Honourable His Majesties Councill &c. The Humble Petition of the Inhabitance in Haverhill Destrict and Province afore s Humbly sheweth, that we are so Remote from the Place of the Publick worship of God that we cannot attend on it unless with Greate Difficulty and our other charges No Less Difficult. May it therefore Please your Excelency and Honours to take our case under your wise Consideration and Incorporate us and all that Do or shall |