This 6000 acres or the Camp is included within the bounds and limits of the Grant and Confirmation in 1715, and tho' the Grant of the Soil of those 6000 acres is excepted, they are nevertheless included and made part of the Mannor as much as any other part of it is. Consequently all the freeholders in that 6000 acres, or the Camp have aright to vote for the Representative sent by the Mannor of Levingston tc serve in General Assembly of this Colony."

MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 703

PETITION for LEAVE to ERECT a CHURCH at KINGSBERRY.

To His Excellency Robert Hunter Esq'' Cap* General and Governour in Chief of his Majesty's Provinces of New York and New Jerseys and vice Admiral of the Same The Humble Petition of John Frederick Hager Clerk, John Cost & Godfrey De Wolven on belialf of themselves and upwards of Sixty families of the Palatins in Dutchess County. Shew

That from the time that your Petitioners were by your Exc^ Singular goodness Settled on a Tract of Land, within the County aforesaid, yo^" Pet'^ have in the best manner Performed and attended Divine Service as often and as decently as was possible, but with great difficulty for want of a Convenient place, to shelter yo' Pete's from the Inclemency of tlie weather : and whereas your Pet ^ hold themselves in Duty bound to his most Sacred Majesty to continue on the said Tract of Land and since nothing can more effectually contribute to render that settlement both easy and Comfortable to yo^ Pefs as a convenient place of Publick worship.