may arise for the future; And so your Petitioners shall as in duty bound ever pray &c. TRUEWORTHY Lad, In behalf & by order of the Proprietors and settlers. June the 12th day, 1765. In Council, June 20th 1765. Read & ordered to be sent down to the Honble Assembly. T. Atkinson jun. Secy. Province of In the House of Representatives, June 20th 1765. New Hamp This Petition being read, Voted, That the Prayer thereof be granted so far as that the Petitioner have liberty to bring in a bill accordingly. A. Clarkson, Clerk. In Council, Eodm die Read & concurr'd. T. Atkinson, jun. Secy. SANBORNTON. [Sanbornton was granted by the Masonian proprietors, in 1748, to several persons of the name of Sanborn, and others; and was settled in 1765 and 1766 by John Sanborn, David Duston, Andrew Rowen and others. It was incorporated, March 1, 1770. Rev. Joseph Woodman was ordained their minister in November, 1771, when there were about fifty families in town. ED.] Petition to be exempted from taxation. Sanborn Town, January y° 8th 1768. To his Excellency John Wentworth, Esq. Captain General, Governor & Commander in Chief, in & over his Majesty's Province of New Hampshire, in New England: The Humble Petition of ye Inhabitants of Sanborn Town: We, the Inhabitants of this Town, Promicing our selves your Excellency's Protection, Both in our Public & Private interests, Humbly beg ye Liberty of Declaring to your Excellency, ye Present Condition of this infant Town, which is as followeth, viz: We have thirty-two Familys in Town, & a number more we expect will sone move in, & we doubt not But that in a few years we shall if Prospered, be a flourishing Town, able to support our familys, and be a help to y° Publick, But at Present we are under a necessity of going to other Towns for meny things to support our selves and our Cattle which are but very few, y° time Being so very short since we moved into Town, there Being no more than seven familys that have Been in Town so long as two years, & they were Poor People that mov'd in for ye sake of Cetching a few fish to support their familys; many of us have Been here But one year & some not so long, our Land is very heavy to clear & after it is cleard & affords us a considerable Crop of indian Corn it is next to imposable to Plow the Land for some years by Reson of y stumps & Roots; there hath Been But a very few acres ever Plowd in Town, not more then six or seven men that have Plowd any & on ye whole it is not without a great deal of Difficulty that we Bring ye year about, Being obliged to spend on the Store we had Before we moved up, those that had any & those that had not, to Run in debt many of us or be beholden to friends, which cant we humbly conceive be thought strange considering that this was all a wilderness so very lately. Now with submission to your Excellency's Pleasure, our humble Petition is, that your Excellency would Consider our Sircumstances & Release us from paying any tax for a Little time your Excellency granting which we Humbly conceive will be an advantage, not only to your humble Petitioners But also to the Publick as it will enable us to make the greater Progress in clearing our farms & so of consequence to Pay ye greater tax which at present could be but very small, having but a Little to pay for. We remain your Loyal humble servants James Cates Thomas Sencler John Gale John Samborn Daniel Lary Aaron Samborn Jonathan Smith Jacob Smith Edward Kelly Jonathan Thomas Thomas Lyford Dan Fifield. [NOTE. The above names are mostly written by one hand: may account for the spelling of Sanborn, uniformly with an m. which ED.] 1 Petition for Incorporation. Province of New Hampshire. To his Excellency, John Wentworth, Esq' Captain General, Governor & Commander in Chief of the Province aforesaid, In Council. The Petition of Joseph Hoit of Stratham & his Associates, humbly sheweth: That your petitioners being agents for, & interested in the Township of Sanborn (so called) in which there are upwards of Forty Familys settled, who are very desirous of being incorporated into a Town, for many good reasons, humbly request your Excellency & Honours to grant them that privilege by a Charter of Incorporation as usual, and your petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray, &c. Portsmo 1 March 1770. JOSEPH HOIT Petition for the appointment of a Justice of the Peace. Province of New Hampshire To his Excellency John Wentworth, Esq Captain General, Governor & Commander in Chief in & over his Majesty's Province of New Hampshire, In Councill. The humble Petition of the Subscribers, Proprietors of the Town of Sanbornton in said Province Sheweth : That your Petitioners humbly conceive that it would be greatly for the Benefit of the Inhabitants as well as the Proprietors of said Town to have one of the Inhabitants of said Town Comissionated as a Justice of the Peace there, and having understood that the Inhabitants have already petitioned your Excellency that Daniel Sandborn Esq' of that Town may be Appointed by your Excellency to that honourable Place, We begg Leave to join them in the said request and Pray your Excellency to appoint him accordingly (and do heartily recommend him as the most suitable Person for keeping and Promoting Peace & Concord amongst the said Inhabitants). And your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray &c. July 10th 1771. Sam Folsom Joseph Hoit John Taylor John Folsom SHELBURNE. [As early as 1775, David and Benjamin Ingalls commenced a settlement at Shelburne, and not long afterwards several families were added. The town was not incorporated until December 13, 1820. ED.] Petition of Daniel Rindge, Esq Province of New Hampshire: To his Excellency, John Wentworth, Esq Governor in Chief in & over said Province The Hon his Majesty's Council in s Province, in Council convened 25th May, 1770. The Humble Petition of Daniel Rindge of Portsmouth in said Province, Esq' in behalf of himself and the other Proprietors of Shelburne in said Province, Sheweth: That the Township of said Shelburne is very mountainous and Rockey, by means whereof a considerable Part of the same is and ever will be useless to the said Proprietors. Wherefore, your Petiter humbly prays, in behalf of himself and said Proprietors, that your Excellency and Honors wou'd be pleased to make them an additional Grant of Land agreeable to the Plan herewith exhibited, or in any other manner thought advisable, and your Petition' shall ever pray. Granted 4th of July, 1770. DANIEL RINDGE. SOCIETY-LAND. [Incorporated 14th January, 1774 (1). ED.] To his Excellency John Wentworth, Esq. Captain General, Governor & Commander in chief in & over his Majesty's Province of New Hampshire & Vice Admiral of the same &c. the Honourable his Majesty's Council & House of Representatives in General Assembly convened. The Petition of the subscribers, Inhabitants on that part of that Tract of Land known by the Name of the Society Land, Humbly Shew-That we are Purchasors from the Purchassion of John Tufton Mason Esq" Patent, and have not Legal Authority to oblige any person to support the Gospel, Nor to Build Mills or Bridges, or clear Roads &c. & must either Live without all these great Privileges, or a few men be at the whole expence, which will ruin their families. Therefore your Petitioners Humbly Pray your Excellency & Honors to Incorporate the Tract of Land hereafter described into a Township, with Town privileges, (viz.) Beginning at the North West Corner of Francestown, from thence East to the Township of Weare, from thence North to the Township of Henniker, from thence West Bounding partly on Henniker, & partly on Hillsborough six miles, from thence South to the first bounds mentioned: & your Petitioners as in Duty Bound will ever pray, &c. Society Land, April 26th 1773 |