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perceiving the Vestry would proceed and draw for Pews,
being perswaded that in Case they did not draw they would
go without Seats in the said Chappel, under these Circum-
stances did draw, altho' they would much rather have kept
their former Seats, without being at the unnecessary Charge

Lib. C. B.

of building of Pews: And that the Pews so drawn for, for the
most part were by such of the Parishioners who live conveni-
ent to the Church & have Seats there
Your Pet^rs humbly conceive the Proceedings of the said
Vestry to be illegal, that the Intent of the Donors and the
Act of Assembly will be thereby defeated, and that your Pet"
and those living convenient to the s^d Chappel will lose their
Seats and Benches, and for the future be debarred the Benefit
of divine Service
Your Petit^rs therefore appeal from the Proceedings of the
said Vestry to your Excellency and Honours, and most hum-
bly pray that Notice may be given the said Vestry to appear
before Your Excellency and Honours, and a short day ap-
pointed them to answer the Premises and in the mean time
until your Excellency and Honours have made some Order
therein the said Vestry may desist from removing your Peti-
tioners Seats or Benches, or building or erecting Pews in the
said Chappel
And your Petit^rs shall ever pray &c.
W^m Cuming p Pet^rs

At a Meeting of the Vestry 10^th June 1742 at the Chappel
Present
Captⁿ Jerem: Bell M^r John Cooke Churchwardens

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The Rev^d M^r Jacob Henderson
Major Edw^d Sprigg
M^r Benjamin Hall

M^r Thomas Lancaster
M^r Osborn Sprigg
M^r Thomas Grant
Vestrymen