Province of New Hampshire, Jan y. 3 1763. The within Petition read & considered, & the Prayer thereof granted & ordered that the second Tuesday in March be appointed the time for the Annual Town Meeting for the within mentioned town of Pownal for the choice of Town officers &c. agreeable to the Laws of this Province, and that the Charter for said Town & the record thereof be accordingly altered. Read & concurred T. Atkinson, Jun. Secy NOTE.-There is an evident discrepancy in the above dates. ED. PUTNEY, In Vermont. Petition for a Grant of Land. To his Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq' Capt. General and Governor in chief in and over his Majesties Province of New Hampshire &c. And to the Honorable his Majesties Council of s1 Province: The Petition of Josiah Willard and others humbly sheweth; That your Excellency's Petitioners are desirous of having his Majesties Grant of a Township of Land of ye contents of six miles square on ye westerly side of Connecticut River, at a place called y Greate Meadow adjoining to y Township of Westminster at ye Northerly End of the Land called y Equivalent Land in the Province of New Hampshire, as your Excellency's Petitioners shall in duty bound ever pray. Josiah Willard John Armes Nathan Willard Lois Butler John Peirce Joseph Ashley John Moor John White Benja White James Clemmens JOSIAH WILLard. Thomas Hill Henry Hill James Hews James Hews, jun. Francis Bowls Isaac Bowls John Bowls Samuel Sparhawk Jeremiah Hall Samuel Hall Joseph Ashley (1) Thomas Chamberlain (1) Thomas Prentice (1) These two names have a X before them ED. [Raymond, formerly belonging to the town of Chester, was incorporated as a Parish, 9 May, 1764. ED.] Anno Regni Regis Georgii Tertii Magnæ Brittaniæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ Quarto. An Act for Erecting a New Parish within the Township of Chester in this Province: Whereas at a Town meeting held at Chester on the twenty-Sixth day of January 1763, it was granted & Voted that a part of said Township commonly call'd Free Town described in said Vote, might be incorporated into a new Parish (as far as their consent was necessary) and it appearing to be convenient considering the situation of the Inhabitants; Be it therefore Enacted, by the Governo' Council and Assembly, That there be and hereby is a new Parish constituted, Erected and Incorporated there, by the following Bounds namely, Beginning at the North East corner of Chester upon the head line of Epping at a maple tree being a boundary between Chester and Nottingham, then runs south twenty nine degrees West, bounding partly on said Epping & partly on Brentwood, to the South East corner of the Lot Number'd thirty in said Chester, as may appeare by Records of the Proprietors of Chester, then West North West so far as to contain all the old Hundred Acre Lots so called in said Township, then North twenty Nine Degrees East to the South East corner of Candia, then by & joining upon Candia to the Line of Nottingham upon that side & by that Line to the Maple Tree where it begins; and that the same Parish be called, Incorporated & Named the Parish of RAYMOND; And all the Polls and Estates within the limits aforesaid are hereby exonerated and Discharged of & from all Duties, Taxes & Assessments (excepting what is hereafter mentioned & excepted) in & to any other place or part of said Town and are hereby Invested & Enfranchised with all common Privileges which other Parishes have & legally hold, & likewise with all the Legal powers & authorities of other Parishes in this Province, and may raise money for the necessary uses of the said Parish as any Town or Parish may Legally do, To have succession and continuance forever: And Samuel Emerson Esq of Chester, is hereby authorised to call the first meeting of said Inhabitants for the choice of the necessary Parish Officers and any other affairs they may judge proper at said meeting, giving due notice of the time, place & Design of such meeting, in the usual & customary manner in said Town. Provided, & Excepting, that the Polls & Estates of & within said Parish shall continue to be taxed & assessed to the Province Rates as they have usually been until a new Proportion of said Rates shall be made among the several Towns & Parishes in this Province. Province of New Hamp In the House of Representatives, May 4th 1764 This Bill having been read three times, Voted, that it pass to be Enacted H. Sherburne, Speaker. In Council, May 9th 1764. Province of New Hampshire [ To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq Captain Generall, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over his Majesty's Province of New Hampshire, to the Honourable his Majesty's Council and House of Representatives for said Province in General Assembly convened: The Humble Petition of the Subscribers, freeholders and Inhabitants of the Parish of Raymond in said Province, Sheweth: That the Said Parish was Incorporated in May A. D. 1764, and have ever since been Destitute of a Meeting-house for the Publick Worship of God in said Parish; That the Parishioners cannot agree where to set a Meetinghouse, altho they have had sundry meetings for that purpose; but the Major part of the Inhabitants Living in the North Easterly part of said Parish, have Voted to set the Meeting house about a mile from the North Easterly side line of said Parish, which will greatly discommode many of the Inhabitants of the upper part of said Parish, which is likely in a short time to be the best part of sa Parish. That your Petitioners humbly conceive that if the meetinghouse was to be placed as near the Center of the Parish as possible, It would Accommodate all the Inhabitants that now are or hereafter may be settled there. And as some of your Petitioners live almost five miles from the place proposed & Voted to set the said House, which is to your Petitioners a great grievance, & if so done will be to them a heavy burthen; your Petitioners therefore humbly pray the Interposition of your Excellency & hon's in this matter, and that a Disinterested Committee may be appointed to view the said Parish & Report where they shall think most proper for said House to Stand, to accommodate the Inhabitants in the best manner, and that such report may be established, or that your Petitioners may be otherwise relieved in such way & manner as your Excellency & Hons in your Wisdom shall see fit. And your Petitioners as in duty bound shall Pray &c. New Hamp Stephen Dudley Joseph Smith Samuel Cram Alexander McCluere Province of In the House of Representatives Octob 20th 1768. Upon reading this Petition, voted, That the Petitioners serve the Selectmen of Raymond with a Copy of this Petition & order of Court thereon that they may be heard thereon, on Friday the 28th Instant, if the General Assembly be then sitting, and if not then on the third day of the sitting of the Assembly after the first day of November next. In Council, Eodem Die. Read & concurr'd. Sam Hobart, Clk. Pro Temp. Geo. King, Dep. Sec. Province of In the House of Representatives, Octo 28th, 1768. New Hamp The parties being heard on this Petition and agreeing on a Committee to be appointed, Voted, That John Webster, Colo Ebenezer Stevens, Esq and Capt. Eliphalet Morrill be a Committee for the purpose mentioned in the Petition, to proceed therein and make Report to the General Assembly as soon as may be. In Council, eodem die. Read & concurred M. Weare, Clr. Geo. King, Dep. Sec3. RINDGE. [This Town was granted by Massachusetts in 1738, to John Tyler, Joseph Pike and others, officers and soldiers in the Canada expedition in 1690. It was called for many years Rowley-Canada, and sometimes Monadnock No. 1. It was incorporated by charter, August 11, 1768, John Wentworth being then Governor of the Province of New Hampshire. JOHN FARMER, Esq.] Certificate. Francis Peabody & Huberd Gould boath of Lawfull age testifyeth & saith, That in y year 1742, we went to work at Rowley Canada & we kept our horses on Able Plats is hay in mado whare y trespas is said to be done & paid him for ye same, & ye sd Plats hath bin in possession of sd meado ever since till he gave it to his son Joseph, y defendant, who hath ben in possession ever since & as to y upland whare ye trespass is sd to be done we se Able Platts in yo year 1742 y* 29 & 30 days of September cut wood & Timber on the Lot whare y trespas is said to be done & ye sd Able Plats hath ben in possession ever sence till he gave it to his Sun Joseph Plats the defendant & he hath ben in possession to this day. Francis Peabody Essex SS. January ye twenty seventh day 1752 Then the within named Francis Peabody and Hubard Gould both being strictly casuned to the truth of what is above written and then made oath to the same, -the adverse partys not Notified living more than thirty miles Distance: before me the subscriber: Copy of the grant to Rowley-Canada, now Rindge, 1738. At a Great & Gen' Court or Assembly for his Majesties Province of the Mass Bay in New England begun & held at Boston upon Wednesday the 31st day of May 1738 & continue by prorogation to Wednesday the 29th day of Nov' following & then met: January 231 a plot or Tract of Land of y Contents of six miles square laid out by Nathan Haywood Surveyor & chainman on oath to satisfy a grant made by this Court to John Tyler, Joseph Pike & others officers & soldiers in y Canada Expedition in the year 1690, Lying to the Southward of the mountain called the Grand Monadnock & adjoining to y Township granted to Sam' Haywood & others, Beginning at a maple Tree y northeasterly corner of Dotchester-Canada Township, from thence Runing north 32 deg East two miles & one hundred poles to a heap of stones, Thence north 22 deg's East four miles, Thence North one mile till it meets with y said Township granted to Samuel Haywood &c. Thence West four miles by ye sd Township to the southwesterly corner thereof, Thence north by y s Township three miles & two hundred & twenty poles, Thence west 30 deg · South five miles & one hundred & eighty poles to a wild cherry Tree on the Southward of y Grand Monadnock afores, Thence South one thousand & eighty poles, Thence East 41 deg South two thousand five hundred perch to a heap |