Petition to His Excellency the Right Honourable Colonel Samuel Shute, 1718 March 26

Title:

Petition to His Excellency the Right Honourable Colonel Samuel Shute, 1718 March 26

Creator:

Boyd, William, Rev.

Object ID:

1998-028 (O)

Date:

1718/03/26

Dimensions:

1 document ; 32" x 32"

Description:

Petition to Samuel Shute, Governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, from a group of inhabitants of Northern Ireland seeking permission to settle in New England dated March 26, 1718. This document, known as the Shute Petition, contains 319 signatures. Reverend William Boyd was to act as the messenger for the petitioners. In April 1719, a group of about 16 families of Scottish descent who had immigrated the previous summer to New England from Ulster in Northern Ireland, settled in Nutfield, NH (now the towns of Londonderry, Derry, Windham, and the Derryfield neighborhood of Manchester). These early settlers were part of the larger group who petitioned Governor Shute.

Subjects:

Emigration and immigration , Immigrants , New Hampshire--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 , Petitions

People:

Boyd, William, Rev. , Shute, Samuel, 1662-1742

Place:

Londonderry, NH
Northern Ireland
New England

Language:

English

Accession Number:

1998-028 (O)

Type of Material:

textual record

Copyright Statement:

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Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society collection.

Participating Organization:

New Hampshire Historical Society