[Mass. House Journal, June 17, 1737.] A Petition signed Andrew Lane, in behalf of the present Proprietors of the Township granted to John Simpson and others, lying on the Banks of Piscataquioag River in the County of Middlesex, praying they may obtain a Grant of some of the unappropriated Lands, being Part of the Southermost Part of Narraganset Number Four so called, from the Line of Col. Gorham's Township to Narragansett Number Five, and from the Petitioners Township East to Merrimack River, and that all the said Lands within the Lines above, which includes several private Grants may be annexed to the Petitioners Township and accounted all one intire Township, and among other Duties, they are willing over and above to pay sixty Pounds towards building a Bridge over Nashua River in such Place as shall be ordered by the Court. Read and Ordered, That the Petition be considered on Thursday the 23d. Instant. [Mass. House Journal, June 23, 1737.] A Petition of the Proprietors of the Township granted to John Simpson and others, lying on the Banks of Piscatquoiag River in the County of Middlesex praying for an additional Grant to their Township, that they are willing to pay among other Duties sixty Pounds towards building a Bridge over Nashua River, as entred the 17th. currant, Read again, and the Question was put, Whither the Prayer of the Petition shall be granted? It pass'd in the Negative. [Mass. Archives, Vol. 115, p. 841.] A List of the Names Subscribed to ye Aforementioned Petition Vizt John Hill Thos Downe Gilbert Warner att a Meeting of ye Propriators Ap1 21st 1736 Wm Dudley Esq' Chosen Moderator Wm Salter Clerk Thos Greene Treasurer Wm Dudley Esq' Josiah Willard Esq' of Lunenburgh John Chandler Jun' Esq' Wm Bant Gideon Ball Capt Edward Durant Gershom Keys Rob' Auchmooty Esq' Admitted Associates to ye Originall Petitioners & ye other Lott to make up ye 60 was Reservd in Common Voted yt ye Committee Imploy a Surveyor & Chainman to Lay out ye home lotts which was Accordingly done built a Saw Mill Raised a Meeting house & built Sixty Houses Clear'd Roads built bridges &c ye Committee upon ye Whole Expended as much as Amounted to Each Share between Seventy & Eighty pounds Old Tennor which each owner paid Readily (& Nottwithstanding Said Grant on ye Divisionall Line being Run between the Provinces sd Grant fell within ye Line of New hampshire) they were determin'd to Settle ye Same Agreable to ye Grant of this Province & Some Settlers were on ye Premises & many More Agreed with to go on, Some Hunters or Evill minded. persons by Setting Fire to ye Woods many of Said houses & pt of ye Meeting house were burnt, which together with ye Expectation of a French war & which did Soon After Happen putt a Stop to any further progress for y' time, the next lett or Discouragement was a Number of ye Gentlemen of ye Province of New hampshire purchasers of Masons Claim gave them to Understand they Should not allow them to go on under Sd Grant from this Province unless they would Come under them & Acknowledge their Purchase Legall & Valid whereupon they did by a Committee wait on så Claimers & finding their Demands as they thought Extravagant Nothing Since has been done as Proprietors some few have in their own Right disposd of their Shares to Inhabitants of yt Province at a Less Sum Than they had Expended Rather than have any further Contention with sd Masons Claimers; The Above Township Lyes on the branches of Piscataquaog River nigh Merrimack Above Dunstable. With ye Above Grant is the Substance of ye Case as it now standsWm Salter Proprietors Clerk Suffolk ss Attest Boston 25th March 1751 Capt William Salter appeared & made solemn oath that the following Return is to the best of his knowledge just & true Thos Hubbard Just Peace Before me NEWINGTON. [Formerly a part of Dover, known as Bloody Point. The date of incorporation is doubtful, but is given by some authorities as July, 1764. A small portion of the town was severed and annexed to Portsmouth, June 26, 1821. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 153; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 710; Index to Laws, 404; historical sketch, Hurd's History of Rockingham County, 1882, p. 392; consult authorities cited under title of Dover.] [Petition of Bloody Point to Belong to Dover Instead of Portsmouth.] [Mass. Archives, Vol. 3, p. 442.] To the Right Wor" Governour and the Wor" Assistants of the Massachusetts The humble peticon of the inhabitants of Blody poynt in the River Pascataway. Humbly showing unto you' good Worpps that you' peticon" the inhabitants of Bloody poynt being as they are informed ordered to be within the Township of Strawberry Banck wch was done altogeather against our consent wee ever having beene wthin the towneship of Dover & in Combination with them at ou entrance under you' gov'ment and had promise from you to enjoy all our lawfull libertyes of felling Timber & the like wch you petition" are De barrd of wch is upon record in you' Books and have beene formerly to their great losse & dammage, Alsoe your petion" further shew unto your good Worpps that Strawberry Banck lyeth 4 Myles from them or therabouts wherby they shalbe Debarred from hearing the word by reason of the Tides falling out that wee cannot goe but once a fortnight & then can stay but te of the day wch will rather be a day of toyle & labour then rest unto the Lord & yet must be forced to pay for the mainetenance of their Minister And sithence the Court they have layd out to themselves 50. 100: or 200 Acres a pte round about us penning us up & deniing us falling of any Timber without their leave & making every one that will have of the said Land to pay yearely 50 for a C Acres & soe after the rate for more or lest they being some 14 or 15 familyes living remote from one another scatering upon the River 2 miles & 4: 5. o 6 myle from us yet have taken to themselves all ou' best land adjoyning to us Humbly Beseeching you good Worpps to be pleased to take ou Case into you' cerious consideracons & to take some order for us that wee may enjoy ou' former libertyes & continue in the same Towneship we were of And that the order of Court may be confirmed wch was that ou' Neck should be in Dover Towne otherwise wee shalbe forced to remove wch wilbe to our undoing being poore familyes And you' poore peticon" shalbe bound to pray for yor Worpps &c a Seba Godard (?) The names of the Inhabitants that agree to this peticon the mke of Thomas F ffurson John Fayer[weather?] the mark of [illegible] A H NEW IPSWICH. [Granted by Massachusetts, Jan. 15, 1735-6, to John Wainwright, John Choate, and others, inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass. Granted by the Masonian Proprietors, April 17, 1750, to Reuben Kidder and others. Incorporated as Ipswich, Sept. 9, 1762. Incorporated as New Ipswich, March 6, 1766. See New Hampshire charters and Masonian Papers in this and following volumes; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 604; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 730; Index to Laws, 402; Sketches of History, by Charles Walker, 5, Collections of N. H. 15 Historical Society, p. 155; History from First Grant, 1736, to 1852, by F. Kidder and A. A. Gould, 1852, pp. 488; Historical Discourse, by Samuel Lee, 1860, pub. 1861, pp. 88; historical sketch, Hurd's History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 610.] [Mass. House Journal, June 15, 1722.] A Petition Signed John Wainwright in behalf of himself and 80 others Inhabitants of the Town of Ipswich, praying that as the Lands which they Surveyed by Order of this House is not suitable to make a Settlement for a Township. They are informed that there is a Tract between Shew-brook which is the Southermost bounds of the Land lately Surveyed between Suncook and Cuntacook and Amaskeeg-Falls, consisting of good Land suitable for a Township. Praying that it may be granted to them, &c. Read, and referred to the Committee appointed to consider the Report of Mr. Buckminster, Mr. Sheple, and Mr. Winslew, to make their Report thereon also. And that the Accompt of the Expences given in by Col. Buckminster, &c. be also referred to them. [Mass. House Journal, Jan. 14, 1735-6.] A motion was made by John Wainwright, and John Choate, Esqrs; Representatives of the Town of Ipswich in the County of Essex in behalf of sundry Inhabitants of said Town, praying that a Grant of some of the unappropriated Lands of the Province for a Township may be made to some of the Inhabitants of the said Town; which was seconded by divers Members; and the House thereupon came into the following Vote, viz. In answer to the prayer of John Wainwright, and John Choate, Esqrs; Representatives of the Town of Ipswich, in behalf of sundry Inhabitants of said Town, Voted, That the prayer be granted, and that John Wainwright, and John Choate, Esqrs; together with such as shall be joined by the honourable Board, be a Committee at the charge of the Grantees, such of the said Inhabitants as they shall think most proper, to lay out a Township of the contents of six miles square, in some of the ungranted Lands of the Province, and that they return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for confirmation; and for the more effectual bringing forward the Settlement of the said new Town, Ordered, |