The Bay State Monthly. Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884. Various

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      To His Excellency Jon^a. Belcher Esq^r. Captain General and Governour in Chief &c The Hon^ble. the Council and House of Rep^tives in General Court Assembled at Boston November the 29th 1738

      The Petition of the Subscribers Inhabitants and Proprietors of the Towns of Dunstable and Groton.

      Humbly Sheweth

      That your Petitioners are Situated on the Westerly side Dunstable Township and the Northerly side Groton Township those in the Township of Dunstable in General their houses are nine or ten miles from Dunstable Meeting house and those in the Township of Groton none but what lives at least on or near Six miles from Groton Meeting house by which means your petitioners are deprived of the benefit of preaching, the greatest part of the year, nor is it possible at any season of the year for their familys in General to get to Meeting under which Disadvantages your pet^rs has this Several years Laboured, excepting the Winter Seasons for this two winters past, which they have at their Own Cost and Charge hired preaching amongst themselves which Disadvantages has very much prevented peoples Settling land there.

      That there is a Tract of good land well Situated for a Township of the Contents of about Six miles and an half Square bounded thus, beginning at Dunstable Line by Nashaway River So running by the Westerly side said River Southerly One mile in Groton Land, then running Westerly a Paralel Line with Groton North Line, till it comes to Townsend Line and then turning and running north to Grotton Northwest Corner, and from Grotton Northwest Comer by Townsend line and by the Line of Groton New Grant till it comes to be five miles and an half to the Northward of Groton North Line from thence due east, Seven miles, from thence South to Nashua River and So by Nashua River Southwesterly to Grotton line the first mentioned bounds, which described Lands can by no means be prejudicial either to the Town of Dunstable or Groton (if not coming within Six miles or thereabouts of either of their Meeting houses at the nearest place) to be taken off from them and Erected into a Seperate Township.

      That there is already Settled in the bounds of the aforedescribed Tract near forty familys and many more ready to come on were it not for the difficulties and hardships afores^d of getting to meeting. These with many other disadvantages We find very troublesome to Us, Our living so remote from the Towns We respectively belong to.

      Wherefore your Petitioners most humbly pray Your Excellency and Honours would take the premises into your Consideration and make an Act for the Erecting the aforesaid Lands into a Seperate and distinct Township with the powers priviledges and Immunities of a distinct and Seperate Township under such restrictions and Limitations, as you in your Great Wisdom shall see meet.

      And Whereas it will be a great benefit and Advantage to the Non resident proprietors owning Lands there by Increasing the Value of their Lands or rendering easy Settleing the same, Your Pet^rs also pray that they may be at their proportionable part according to their respective Interest in Lands there, for the building a Meeting-house and Settling a Minister, and so much towards Constant preaching as in your wisdom shall be thought proper.

      Settlers on the afore^sd Lands

      Obadiah Parker

      Will^m Colburn

      Josiah Blood

      Stephen Harris

      Jerahmal Cumings

      Tho^s Dinsmoor

      Eben^r Pearce

      Peter Pawer

      Abr^m Taylor Jun^r

      Benj^a Farley

      Henry Barton

      Peter Wheeler

      Robert Colburn

      David Vering

      Philip Woolerick

      Nath^l Blood

      William Adams

      Joseph Taylor

      Moses Procter

      Will^m Shattuck

      Tho^s Navins

      Non Resident Proprietors

      Samuel Browne

      W Browne

      Joseph Blanchard

      John Fowle Jun^r

      Nath Saltonstall

      Joseph Eaton

      Joseph Lemmon

      Jeremiah Baldwin

      Sam^l Baldwin

      Daniel Remant

      John Malven

      Jon^a Malven

      James Cumings

      Isaac Farwell

      Eben^r Procter

      In the House of Representatives Dec^r 12th. 1738. Read and Ordered that the Petitioners Serve the Towns of Grotton and Dunstable with Coppys of the petition.

      In Council January 4^th. 1738.

      Read again and Ordered that the further Consideration of this Petition be referred to the first tuesday of the next May Session and that James Minot and John Hobson Esq^rs with Such as the Honourable Board shall joine be a Committee at the Charge of the Petitioners to repair to the Lands petitioned for to be Erected into a Township СКАЧАТЬ