Inhabit with us and a sufficient Parcell of Land Into a town or Distinct Parrish so that we may sit up and maintain the worship of God amongst us and Carry on Such business as shall be Nessesary with the following Boundaries. Begining at the Stake which stands in the Province Line near Jonathan Clements Dwelling House thence Runing noth notheast till it strikes Haverhill norwest Line thence by s Line till it Comes to the angle pond thence westerly to the wash Pond and so by the Wash pond brook to the Islande pond and so westerly to London Dary Line thence by s London dary Line till it comes to Methuen Line thence South easterly by Methuen Line till it comes to the province Line thence by the Province Line to the first Bounds mentioned and you will Gratly oblige your Humble Petitioners and we shall as in Duty bound for ever Pray &c. Peter Pattee Moses Page Caleb Page Benja Richards Edmund Page Joseph Page Obadiah Dustin Obadiah Eastman Jonathan Wheeler Benjamin Wheeler Jonathan Wheeler junr Daniel Flood Jonathan Hutchins Nathaniel Knight George Little John Watts Joseph Noyes James Noyes Humphrey Noycs Nathaniel Knight Jun Seth Patee Benjamin Heath Hazzen and others Petition for a Special Act, &c. Province of To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esqr. New Hamps Governour and Commander in chief in & over s Province of New Hampshire, The Hon His Majesties Council & House of Representatives in General Court assembled at Portsmouth August 1744 Humbly Shew the Subscribers That sometime in the months of September October or November last many persons liveing in Haverhill District in sa Province or near to the same in the Town of Haverhill had severall of their Cattle taken out of their fields, or pastures and kill'd also Severall Swarms of Bees were stolen & the Honey carry'd off by some thievish & ill minded persons, as also axes Poultry of all sorts & other things. That severall of the hides were found in that part of s District which is Commonly called Rumford Parish either hid in barns under y hay, or in other dark holes with the head and horns cut off for which reason with many other evidences we are well satisfied, the actors of these thefts & Robberies live most of them in s District or Parish. That forasmuch as these actions are for the most part committed in the dark where positive evidences can scarcely ever be had, it is very hard & difficult to detect & convict the criminals in the Ordinary course and Method of the Law, by which means the Guilty are become verry bold & daring in their evil practices and the sufferers not like to have any recompense unless Some further provision in the law can be made. We therefore Earnestly request your Excellency & Honours to Compassionate our distressed circumstances and afford us releif either by making Some act to bring suspected persons & their aiders & assistants on their oaths which we humbly conceive has been of Great Service in Trespass or Otherwise as your Excellency & Honours in your known wisdom goodness & piety shall think best & for your Excellency & Honours your Humble petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c. Stephen Huse Daniel Bradley James McHard had stolen 3 fatt Catl & on Hors & Cow Samuel White Jun. Richard Hasseltine Samuel Johnson Stephen Dow Stephen Wheteaker William Stevens Nehemiah Stevens Peter Morse Edward Calton Jun. Henery Springler Nathaniel Balch Solomon Springler Daniel Nathaniel March Jonathan Springler James Wise Edward pees Hoit? Isaac Johnson James Black Province of} Province of To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq' Governor the Honourable his Majesties Council and Representatives of said Province in General Court assembled. The Memorial of James White and others humbly sheweth Whereas by a late act or Law of this Province the Town of Plaistow is Divided and part of it become a New and Separate Parish, which Includes our Houses and Lands, we apprehend that our Situation and other Circumstances will render it very Difficult for us to become members of the said new Parish. And it being Just and reasonable to alow all men freedom and Liberty with respect to the choice of a society wherein to join in Public worship We therefore Pray that your Excellency and Honours will according to your wonted favours Enact and order that we with our Estates may be set off from said new Parish, be annex'd and belong to said Plaistow (old Parish) in the Same manner as heretofore. And we as in Duty bound Shall ever Province of To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq' Captain General Governor & Comander in Chief in and over his Majestys Province aforesaid &c & the Honorable his Majestys Council and the House of Representatives in General Court Assembled at Portsmouth. : The Petition of us the Subscribers Humbly Shews, Whereas there has been lately part of Plaistow set off and made a new & Seperate Parish bounded according to certain Lines which goes by the Name of Atkinson in which we with Our Estates falls into the said new Parish, Our Prayer & request to this Honourable Court above mentioned is that Whereas we have heretofore assisted in building a Meeting House a Parsonage House & have now a Minister settled in Plaistow according to our principles & minds Therefore Our Desire & request is that We with our Estates may be set off from said New Parish and be annexed to the Old Parish or Town of Plaistow that we might be & remain as heretofore. We therefore Pray that your Excellency and Honors will take the matter under Consideration & grant such Relief for those who desire to be set off as aforesaid as you in your wisdom shall think best, And we as in Duty bound shall Ever Pray &c. Plaistow Septemb' 1767 Province of\ JAMES WHITE MOSES GREENOUGH New Hample In the House of Representatives Septem' 14th 1767 The within Petition being Read & Considered, Voted that the Petitioners be heard thereon the third day of the Siting of the General Assembly after the first day of Novem' next & that they serve Mr. Thomas Noyes who is appointed to call the first meet ing in said Atkinson with a Copy of this Petition & Order that Objections may be made to granting the Prayer of the Petition if any there be. M. Weare Clr. Province of } Petition for release from support of Hugh Potter. Province of To His Excellency the Governor to the Honble His Majestys Council, and the House of Representatives of said Province in General Court assembled May y 18th A Domini 1774 In behalf of the Town of Plaistow in the County of Rockingham in said Province-the Petition of the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of said Town of Plaistow Humbly Sheweth, That about Twenty years Since one Hugh Potter, a very aged man, without leave or liberty orderly had, or obtained, from Said Town, or the Selectmen thereof, Did come into and Obtrude himself upon the said Town of Plaistow by takeing residence therein, & dwelling there to this day-That according to the best accounts from the said Potter he was a native of Great Britain & had never gained a legal settlement elsewhere. That from Early life till near the time of his Coming into said Plaistow he the said Potter had been in his Majestys Service both by sea & land, and that he had been in several Fights as long ago as in y Reign of Queen Ann &c. and that by reason of yest Hughs account of & about himself he was not legally warned to depart out of the Said Town of Plaistow. That the said Hugh Potter has been unable to support & maintain himself ever since his residence in said Town. That for Seventeen years last past the said Hugh Potter hath been maintained & supported at the Public Cost & charge of y s1 Town of Plaistow, that the Cost & charge thereof has not been less than Eleven pounds lawful money p' an" for several years past, and is now increasing So as greatly to Distress, & burthen the s1 Town &c. Wherefore the petitioners in behalf of said Town of Plaistow Humbly pray yr. Excel & Hon' to take y° premises under consideration and in your great goodness Grant and make an order that the s Hugh Potter may for the future be maintained, & supported at the Cost & charge of this, his Majes |