dious place for building a bridge across sa river, this day made their Report to the Board as follows: Committees Report. Ordered, That the Clerk serve the selectmen of Dover wth two copys of ye said report, and direct them to serve the selectmen of Exeter with one of the sa copys, and withal to lett the sd selectmen of Dover know that his Honour the Lieut. Govr and Council expect that a suitable bridge be built assoon as possible at the place mentioned in ye sd Report, wch they have accepted, and that they communicate the same to the sa selectmen of Exeter, in order to that town's bearing their proportionable part of the charge of said bridge, as to right and justice doth appertain. Rich Waldron, Cler. Con. Pro. N. Hamp❜. At a Council, Jan. 22, 1723-4. Col. Plaisted and Capt. Frost appointed Justices of Peace, and sworn and ordered to be inserted in the Commission of the Peace accordingly. His Hon' presented a Commission to Sam1 Penhallow, Esq., to be Treasu' of this Province, and acquainted him that he had ordered y Clerk to prepare a bond for him to sign wth two sureties for his fidelity in ye office, &c. Feb: 24. Ye bond signed pr Mr. Penhallow, Rich Wibird, Esq., and Benj. Gambling, (1) Esq., as on file. At a Council, July [P. 9.] Mr. Present, Mr. Jaffrey, Mr. McPheadris. Ordered, That ye Treasurer provide necessary for 40 men to be detached for a cruice after ye Eastern Ind". (1) Benjamin Gamblen (or Gambling), Esq., was a gentleman of property in Portsmouth. Capt. Jno. Salter & Tho Mannery appearing at ye Board by order of his Hon', and being examined of a late cruise they were imployed in after ye Eastern Indus; upon which there appeared that there was just cause to suspect them guilty of horrible cowardice: whereupon it was ordered, yt ye sd Salter and Mannery appear at y Council Chamber on ye 12th of Augst next, at 10 o'clock A. M., to undergoe a proper & regular tryal by a Court for that end to be appointed, & yt [P. 11.] Pro: N. Hamp'. At a Council held at New Castle, y 26 July, 1729. Present, His Honour John Wentworth, Esq. Lieut. Govr Sam'. Penhallow Mark Hunking Geo. Jaffrey Esqs. Shad. Walton Ye Indian Scooner first discovered under ye Eastermost Green Island to ye Westward of Munpomecus [?] last Fryday, between 3 & 4 o'clock P. M. & that Capt. John Salter was then abt a league & distant to ye Eastwd & to windward withall, & yt ye Deponent tack'd his vessel to speak with his Consort Salter & came up wth him, & spoke wth him in less than an hour, & then told that under yonder Green Island were the Enemy they came to seek for, and asked him if he would go & see him;-to which Capt. Salter replyed, he would; & upon sa Salter's so saying ye Deponent shot along ahead of him toward ye Ind" scooner, & Salter follow'd on; but being at some distance behind, ye Deponent asked his men if yy were willing to run down upon ye scooner and board ym, and some of his people reply'd, it was best to stay for Salter: then the Deponent wore his shallop round to speak wth Salter again, & haled him, & desired him to bring too in order to attack the enemy; ye Deponent plainly seeing ye Indus on board ye scooner, & supposing that Salter did the like; upon which Salter wore also and said that he would have ye Deponent take the first fire, & that the Deponent said he was willing & would never leave him. Upon which Salter pray'd y Deponent not [P. 12] to take the wind from him that the scooner dogged the shallops abt an hour & . That when ye Deponent offered to go if 10 men would stand by him, ye people generally that were forward said yy were not willing to fight without Salter;-& yt he supposed Hooker & Hooper were there. John Hooker, sworn. Benja Yeaton - Benja Libby. That they heard Mannery say, if after Salter was gone, yt if 10 or 11 would but come aft & hold up their hands & stand by him, he would fight ye scooner; yet but they themselves were not willing wthout Salter. Joseph Cowel: That he was not willing to fight wthout Salter was there. Wm. Packer: That he heard Mannery say, if 11 men would come aft & hold up their hands to stand by him, he would fight ye Indns in ye scooner. Jn° Jones: That he was not willing to fight after Salter was gone, but he heard Mannery say something ab' 11 men, but he would not say certainly what. Immanuel Martin: That he was not willing to fight after Salter was gone. [P. 13.] Sam1 Emery: Yt he heard Mannery say, if 11 men would stand by him, he would fight ye scooner, but yt himself was not willing without Salter. Tho. Barns: That he was not willing to fight after Salter was gone. Andrw Barns: That he heard Mannery say, if 11 men would stand by him, he would tack upon y° scooner and fight them; but y' he himself was not willing. [P. 14.] Pro: N. Hamp". At a Council at Portsmouth, 7br 26th, 1724. Present His Hon' John Wentworth, Esq., Lt. Govr His Honour yo Lt. Gov' laid before ye Board a warrant signed GEORGE R. & by His Majties Command, Hollis, New Castle, Dated at Kensington, ye 9th day of July, 1724, for admitting and swearing Arch MacPheadris, Esq., to be of ye Council of this Province. And another for John Frost, Esq., signed as afores, and dated ye 10th day of July, 1724. And another for Jotham Odiorne, Esq., signed as afores, & dated ye 11th of July, 1724. And the s Arch MacPheadris, Esq., John Frost, Esq., being sworn before, Jotham Odiorne, Esq., (1) was sworn & admitted to be of the Council accordingly. (1) Hon. Jotham Odiorne was, in early life, a resident of Newcastle; but afterwards lived in a house on Market street in Portsmouth, which was burnt in the great His Honour the Lt. Gov' pursuant to y° vote of Gen' Assembly, having appointed Mr. Theo: Atkinson a Commissioner to join yo Commissioners of the other Governments upon a Message to yo Gov' of Canada, and furnishing him for his Journey, Ordered that a Warrant be issued out for ye Paymt of 130£ out of ye Treasury. [P. 17.] To the Honourable John Wentworth, Esq. Lieut. Govern' and Commander-in-Chief in and over his Majesties Province of New Hamp, and to the Honourable the Council sitting in Portsmo in the s Province;-the Complaint and Petition of Rich Scotton, Attorney to Cha: Ungle, High Sheriff of the County of Dorchester in the Province of Maryland most humbly sheweth: That James Smith alias Spurling was by lawful authority in the month of December, 1724, committed to the keeper of the Goal in Dorchester County aforesd for suspecion of Felony, for offering to sale and selling to a certain Theophilus Pugh of Nansemond County in the Colony of Virginia, malleable composition of minerals or mettals heavier than silver, which the sa Smith alias Spurling rated and sold as good gold of the value of one hundred twenty and three and halfe ounces, at four pounds pr ounce, currt money of America, altho' at the same time he knew the sd composition to be false and counterfital agst the Peace and Contrary to the Statute in such case made and provided; and the said Smith, alias Spurling, being so committed to custody, did soon after make his escape from the aforesd Ungle, High Sheriff as aforesd, and is come into this his Majesties Province, and the sd Ungle in danger of being highly amerced and being a great sufferer thereby Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that your Honour and fire, in 1802. He married, about 1720, Mehitable, daughter of Robert Cutt, of Kittery, and had three daughters: Sarah, who first married Henry Appleton, and second, William Appleton, (who, though of the same name, was not a relative of her first husband); Mary, married Capt. Peter Pearse, of Portsmouth; and another daughter was the mother of Mrs. John Peirce. Hon. Jotham Odiorne, died August 16, 1748, aged 73. See Ram. about Portsmouth, p. 150, and Farm. Belk., p. 412. NOTE.-Brewster in his "Rambles" says Jotham Odiorne died 1761. this Honourable Board would please to order him to be sent back from thence to the County from whence he escaped, [P. 18.] that Justice may be done: - and your Petitioner shall ever pray, as in duty bound. 31 Jany, 1725-6. RICHARD SCOTTON. Forasmuch as Rich Scotton hath followed James Smith alias Spurling from Maryland to this Province, by hue and cry, for an escape from Mr. Sheriff Ungle, of ye County of Dorchester, in sả Maryland, who was there committed to the custody of the s Sheriff on suspicion of felony, and hath produced a full Power of Attorney from the sd Ungle; and Whereas the sd Scotten hath preferred a Petition to the board praying that the 8 James Smith alias Spurling, now in Goal in this Province, may be sent back to the said County of Dorchester for the reasons set forth in the sa Petition: Ordered, That the sd James Smith alias Spurling, be delivered into the hands of the sa Richard Scotten, by Benja Gambling, Esq. High Sheriff of this Province, in order to be transported from hence to the said County of Dorchester;-he the sd Scotten paying the Goaler all the law full fees due for ye imprisonm', Diet, &c., of the s Smith alias Spurling. R. Waldron, Cler. Con. [P. 19.] By ye Honble Jno. Wentworth, Esq. Lt. Gov and Command'-in- Forasmuch as our Good God is ye bountiful bestower of all our benefits; & whereas it is or bounden duty & highest interest to implore ye smiles of his Providence on all or affairs, & especially wth regard to ye advancing seasons of ye year, I have thought fit, with ye advice of his Majties Council, to order & appoint ye Thursday, ye 24: of ye Instant March, be observed as a day of publick |