apprehend as a Very Great burden on them as they think they were properly Cleard from that Duty for the Reasons aforesaid Wherefore the Petitioners would be Glad of the Consideration of this Court on the matter. and order us Such Releif in the Last mentioned Tax as to you may Seem Right. John Brown in behalf of himself & Brother [For other matter relative to this, see Vol. XI, page 709.— ED.] [4-235] [Relative to Incorporation of Seabrook, 1768.] Province of New Hamps In the House of Representatives March 10th 1768 Whereas a Number of the Inhabitants of Hampton falls have Liberty by the Votes of the General Assembly to be set off as a Distinct Parish the Dividing line between the Old Parish and the New to be Setled by a Committee to be Appointed by the General Assembly And have moved for Such a Committee to be Appointed Voted That Josiah Bartlett Esq' Doc' John Giddings And Doc' Ebenezer Thompson be the Committee to Settle the Dividing Line Above mentioned And make Report to the General Assembly As Soon as may be In Council March 18th 1768 Assented to M Weare CITM Geo: King Dep' Sec [In accordance with the foregoing, an act was passed June 3, 1768, setting off the south-westerly part of the town, and incorporating it into a parish by the name of Seabrook.ED.] [4-235%] [Objections to the Meeting called by Justices Bryant and Emery, 1770.] Province of New Hamp To the worshipfull Walter Bryant and Noah Emery Esq" two of his majestys Justices of the Peace for said Province who have warnd a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Hampton falls to be held the 30th Jany 1770 The following Objections to the Legality & Propriety of the Calling and holding said Meeting are humbly offered 1. Justices have no authority to Call town meetings unless the Selectmen Refuse-But such a meeting as is now Called hath not been Requested of the Selectmen or Refused by them Consequently the Justices authority cannot take place 2 The Denial of the Selectmen must appear to be unreasonable Otherwise Justices have no authority and the Justices cannot know that the Denial is unreasonable without hearing what Reasons the Selectmen have to offer unless they will Judge Exparte which cannot be presumed-But in the present case the Selectmen had Sufficient Reason to give (if they could have had Opportunity to have offered them) why they Did not call the meeting Requested So that if the warning for this Meeting had been the same as was Requested of them their Denial was not unreasonable 3 On Supposition that in Strictness you might have authority yet it is humbly Submitted whether it is Prudent to call a meeting for such Purposes as have a Direct tendency to bring the Parish into much Greater Confusion and Difficulty than any already arisen: and this appears to be the tendancy of the present warning [No signature.-ED.] [4-236] [Petition for the Appointment of a Committee to settle Parish Difficulties, 1770.] Province of New Hamp To his Exellency John Wentworth Esq' Captain General Governer and Commander in Cheif in and Over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire. The Honble his Majestys Councell And House of Representatives for said Province in General Court Assembled March 26th 1770 Humbly Shew Your Petitioners Freeholders and Inhabitants of Hampton falls in said Province, That many Disputes and Difficulties have Arisen and Still are Subsisting in said Parish Respecting the Situation and Building of a Meeting House for the Publick Worship of God in said Parish-That at present there Appears no Prospect of Accomodateing Matters and Setling said Disputes But Great Danger that Lawsuits may Arise And the Parish be Greatly Divided And put to Great Expence and Difficulty if not wholly Broken up without the Interposition of this Honourable Court. Wherefore your Petitioners Humbly Pray that a Committee may be Appointed to view the Situation of the Parish to hear what Any Party may have to offer Respecting the Situation And Building of A Meeting house And to Make Report to the General Assembly what is best to be Done by the Parish to put An End to those Disputes which have Arisen Respecting these Matters. And your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray &c. [In H. of Rep., April 11, 1770, Thomas Westbrook Waldron, Richard Downing, Esqrs., and Dr. Ebenezer Thompson were appointed as a committee to look into the matter, and report.-Ed.] [Report of the Committee.] Province of New Hampshire, June 11th 1770 Pursuant to the order on this Petition, we have viewed the Parish of Hampton Falls and heard what the Petitioners & others of said Parish tho't proper to offer on the Subject matter thereof-And altho' it does not appear that the new Meeting House is placed as it could have been for conveniency when the Parsonage House &c is bro't into consideration, yet it is well Situate for a House of Publick Worship for said Parish. And therefore are of opinion that all concerned would do well to accept of it as such. And for conciliating affairs in the Parish, we think two things would have a tendency that way, viz, That such persons of the Parish who in three months signify their inclination to have Pews in the new Meeting House, should by some resolution of said Parish (after said three months, to be taken) be put on the same foot relative to having Pews as tho' no sale thereof had been. And Secondly that those persons who are better accommodated by the new Meeting House & assisted in building the same, (and no others) should present the Revd Mr Pain Wingate, with the Sum of Sixty pounds, in order to provide Suitable carriage &c for Travel of himself & family to and from Meeting. And this seems reasonable, in consideration the House of Publick worship will be near Two miles distance more from him than it was when he settled; and in general so much the more commodious to those on which this otherwise seeming burthen is proposed to be laid. All which is most Humbly submitted by Thos Wk Waldron [R. 2-45] [Louisbourg Soldier, 1746.] [In a petition dated May 6, 1746, Sarah French, of Hampton Falls, states that she is "Widow and Relict of John French Late of Hampton falls who Died at Louisbourg in the service of his King and Country and left a Large family of Small Children." She asks for assistance. The petition was dismissed, as her husband was in the service of Massachusetts. ED.] [R. 2-46] [Crown Point Soldier, 1756.] [William French of this town was in the Crown Point. expedition, Ezekiel Worthen's Co., Col. Nathaniel Meserve's Reg. He entered May 1; dismissed October 18.— ED.] [R. 2-47] [Abigail Dwinnell's Petition, 1759.] [In a petition dated May 15, 1759, Abigail Dwinnell, of Hampton Falls, states that she is the widow of Amos Dwinnell, who "was a soldier in the Service of this Province at Albany in the year 1756 where he died."-ED.] [R. 2-4S] [Petition of Isaac Tobey, 1760.] [In a petition dated January 15, 1760, Isaac Tobey of this town states "That your Petitioner was a soldier in the Service of this Province the Summer Past, That while he was in the Service at Sarratoga he had his Gun Stolen." He asked for an allowance for the same, but the petition was "dismissed."-ED.] [R. 2-49] [Jonathan Knowlton, Soldier, 1760.] [Jonathan Knowlton, son of Ebenezer, was in the service under Capt. Marston in 1759, and was taken sick at Albany Flats. His father went after him, and took him home, where he died soon after. His father presents bill of Dr. John Weeks for attendance, which was allowed to the extent of thirty-two shillings sterling.-ED.] [R. 2-51] [Isaiah Row, Soldier, 1760.] [Petition of Isaiah Row, of Hampton Falls, who states that he was in the province service in 1760, returned home in December, and was soon after taken with small-pox. He was attended by Dr. Anthony Nutter, and presents a bill for all expenses, amounting to £325 old tenor, and was allowed £13 sterling.-ED.] [R. 2-54] [Eleazer Quimby, Soldier, 1760.] [Petition of Eleazer Quimby, who states that his brother Elisha was in the service in 1760, came home in December, was taken sick with small-pox, and died. He was allowed £7, 11, 2.-ED.] [R. 2-57] [David Steward, Soldier, 1761.] [David, a minor son of Jonathan Steward, was at Crown Point in 1761; was sick at Keene on the way home. His father went and got him home, and was allowed 30 shillings.-ED.] |