MR. HOBART

AND IN FAVOR OF REV. MORGAN JONES.

To his Exellency Collonell Thomas Dongan Gouernour of

his Maties province of New York

The Humble petition of y^ Inhabitants of Madnans Neck

Humbley Sheweth vnto your Exellencie that y*^ gratest part

of vs haue Lined vpon Madnans necke About twentie yeares and

haue Lined without any ministere Amongst vs and at y« first

settling of this necke it was Consented to by the Inhabitants of

hempsted that madnans neck people should not pay to any

Minister at Hempteed provided they would or coidd. maintaine

one Among tliemselues and whereas In y^ month of June 1682

we entertained one M^ Morgan Jones amongst vs to be our

minister and were very well satisfied with him. But soe it is

May it please your Exellencie that M^" Hobart that is Now

Minister of Hempsteed Did forbid the said Jones of Liueing

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Amongst vs, in maner as Aflforesaide wherevpon he was forced to goe away from vs to our grate Damage and our Children and whereas your Exellencie was pleassed to order y*' saide M^' Hobart to come And preach Amongst vs once A month y^ which he hath not performed on y^ Sabboth Day the most convenient times for y<^ worship of God but he hath bin here three times on the week days which is very inconvenient for your petitioners : for in y« weeke days we must Labour to Maintaine our Selves and our famielies notwithstanding the said M^ Hobart Demands Salary for foure yeares of vs without Any Benifiit that we haue recieued by his Ministry and his Collectors Doth threaten to Disstrain vpon vs for his pay and will we Humblely conceiue vnles it bee prevented by your Exelleucies Gracious Releife, Now may it please your Exellencie we Doe not only want A minister to instruckt our selues but Alsoe one that will instruckt our Children for other wise we cannot expect, but that Atheism or Irreligion will grow vp Amongst vs for we haue neare three score Children vpon madnans neck Afforesaide, and we haue Motioned it to ye saide Morgan Jones to come Againe to hue Amongst vs and finde him willing to Liue Amongst vs Againe If your Exellencie think it meet your petitioners therefore humbly crave yor Exellencie to take y^ premisses into yc serious consideration and to release vs from paying to y*' minister at Hempsteed from whome we can reciue noe beneffit, because we liue soe far remote from Hempsteed and to grant ye saide M^' Morgan Jones Induction into Madnans necke Aflforesaide if yo^ Exellencie shall think it meet and convenient and your petitioners as in ' Duty Bound shall Ever pray &c :