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RS 108 Land Petitions: Original Series 1783-1918
Petition of William Secord and others, Kings County, 1810, PANB microfilm F4174

To the Honorable Martin Hunter Esq'r President of His Majesty's Council and Commander in Chief of the Province of New Brunswick &c^a &c^a &c^a

The Memorial of William Secord
                          William Secord Jun^r
                          William Frost
                          Jacob Fluelling
                          James Secord
                          Elijah Secord
                          William MacKay
                          William Frost Jun^r
                          Ezra Frost and
                          James Frost

Humbly Sheweth

That they are Inhabitants of King's County and have never received any Grant from Government excepting Willaim Frost Sen^r who has completely settled and improved the lot which he drew upon the Kennebeckasis.

That they are desirous of settling a tract of Land upon both sides of the Westmoreland Road, to the Southward and Eastward of Lands applied for by Joseph Baxter and others, partly adjoining the Patticake stream, they therefore humbly pray that your honour in Council will be pleased to allot to each of the first four who have families 400 acres in this situation, and to each of the others, who are single men but of sufficient age and ability 250 acres and as in duty bound will ever pray -

For the Memorialists

W^m Frost Jun^r
William Secord Jun^r  

2^d Jan^y 1810 - the situation applied for in this Memo^l is Vacant, the applicants are very respectable people and likely to make good farms, they have rec^d no Lands from Government except W^m Frost a 200 acre lot.

Geo, Sproule
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[on reverse]

William Secord and nine others
January 5^th 1810

30^th March 1810
The married men may have 300 acres and the single men 200 ac^s each.