498
CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS.
(N° 6 Inhabitants of Skenesborongh.)
The Names.
In Family.
The Nemes.
In Family.
The Names.
In Family.
Philip Skene
44
Aaron Fuller Jur
- 7
John Smith
- 2
Timothy Force
4
Daniel Brundige
7
Samll Dewey
8
Robert Gordon -
1
Josiali Welch
. 8
Seth Stow
- - 5
Garrat Keating
5
Garshom Fuller
2
David Baverly
3
Morris Austin
4
John Austin
- 5
Thomas Willson
- 11
David Hunter
11
John Thomas Jr
1
his
14
James Thomas
- 1
Patt + Thomas
8
Jacob Cline
2
Hopestill Biglo
8
mark
John Dewey
5
Azriel Blanchard
- 5
Joseph Betholemew
- 4
Ephraim Ayers
2
Timothy Priudle
3
John Skiner
2
James Daily
3
Joel Prindle Senr
- 5
William Hutton
- 9
Thomas Roberts
2
Joel Prindle Junr -
2
Darius Joslen
4
John McFerran -
8
William Prindle
- 2
Asa Joslen
- 1
James Jackson
6
Jacob Stockwell
6
Samll Hubbard
1
Zechariah Thomas
8
James Smith
- 8
Daniel Ganger
- 2
Ornon Fuller Jr
5
Natt. Harvey
5
George Boyle
6
Silas Grainger
5
Levi Stockwell
- 7
James Boyle
- 5
Elisha Olds
6
Andrew Ranney
1
John Boyle
6
Jnda Fuller
5
Elisliama Fryer
- 5
Benjamin Murray
Jeremiah Burroughs
5
Ebenezcr Vinie
4
Charles Reed
- " - ’ 8
Zaacheus Grainger
8
Samuel Bacon
- 5
James Armstrong
. 7
William Winton
3
Samuel Keep
5
Andrew Stevenson -
3
John Thomas Sr
7
James Stewerd
2
David Douglas
- 2
Thomas Boggess
3
Larrance McKinsey
- 4
Hugh Campbel
5
Robert Vine
4
Alexander Young
6
Total in Family 3 1 9.
James Perkins
2
*«• The last enumerated 71 subscribers were Tenants to Major Skene.
PETITION OF THE INHABITANTS OF GLOUCESTER AND CUMBERLAND.
To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty.
The Petition of the Inhabitants of the Counties of Gloucester and Cumberland in the Provinceof New York whose Names are hereunto subscribed.
Most humbly sheweth
That your Petitioners and those under whom they claim formerly obtained Grants for the severalTownships on which they reside from the Government of New Hampshire .
That your Majesty by your Royal Order in Privy Council of the Twentieth Day of July Onethousand seven hundred and sixty four was pleased to declare the Western Bank of ConnecticutRiver where it enters the Province of the Massachusetts . Bay to be the Boundary between theColonies of New Hampshire and New York .
That some time afterwards on the humble Petition of the then Inhabitants, the Lands on the WestSide of the said Connecticut River were erected into two new Counties by Letters Patent underthe Great Seal of the Province of New York by the respective names of Cumberland and Gloucester since which the Course of Justice hath been duly established and the Inhabitants have enjoyed theBlessings and advantages of Peace, Order, and good Government.
That in many Instances they have obtained New Grants and confirmations of their several NewHampshire Claims under the Great Seal of the said Province of New York , and from the ExemplaryLiberality and Goodness of his Excellency William Try on Esquire your Majesty’s Governor of thesaid Province of New York they have Reason to expect when your Majestys Instructions willpermit that the rest of their Townships will be confirmed to them for one half of the usual Fees ofOffice which your Petitioners consider as a great mark of Favour and Indulgence .