NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS. 821
The Names. In Family The Names. In Family, George Boyle - - : 6 James Armstrong : - Sy | James Boyle - - - 5 Andrew Stevenson - 3 John Boyle : - : 6 David Douglas - . 2 Benjamin Murray : - - Hugh Campbel - - - 5 Charles Reed : - : 8 Total in Family 379.
*,* The last enumerated 71 subseribers 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 Province of New York whose Names are hereunto subscribed.
Most humbly sheweth That your Petitioners and those under whom they claim formerly obtained Grants for the several Townships 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 One thousand seven hundred and sixty four.was pleased to declare the Western Bank of Connecticut River where it enters the Province of the Massachusetts Bay to be the Boundary between the Colonies of New Hampshire and New York. .
That some time afterwards on the humble Petition of the then Inhabitants, the Lands on the West Side of the said Connecticut River were erected into two new Counties by Letters Patent under the 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 the Blessings and advantages of Peace, Order, and good Government. |