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.

Tour Pef^s humbly Pray that yo'" Exy will grant them your Licence for building a Church in Kingsberry of Sixty feet in lenght and forty feet Avide, to Perform Divine Service according to the Liturgy and Rites of the Chiu'ch of England as by Law Established : as also to grant your Pet''^ the Liberty to Crave the favour and Charity of well disposed People for such aid and assistance as may enable them to Erect such a Place for Divine Service in the manner aforesaid, w^^ will remain a Monument of yC Piety and where yo^ Pete's will in their joint Publick as in their Private Prayers as in Duty boimd ever Pray for Yo"" Excellency's prosperity &c.

John Fred : Hager. New York y^ S^h October 1715.

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