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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01085 9103
THE
TOWN REGISTER
EPSOM CANTERBURY LOUDON DEERFIELD NORTHWOOD CHICHESTER
1909
AUGUSTA, MAINE: PUBLISHED BY THE MITCHELL-CONY CO., INC. 1909
TABLE OF COTENTS
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HISTORY OF CHICHESTER
Original Grant of Town 9
Early Settlement 12
Representatives 13
Town Officers
14
Military Account 16
Church Account
19
HISTORY OF CANTERBURY
23
Indian Incursions
23
Early Settlement
25
Municipal Account
28
Military Matters
30
Schools
36
History of Kezer Seminary 36
Churches 38
The Shakers
40
HISTORY OF EPSOM
Town Charter 41
First Meeting of the Proprietors 43
Early Settlement. 45
Incursions of the Indians 47
Town Officers. 54
Representatives 56
Military Account 57
Civil War 58
Church Account 59
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TABLE OF CONTENTS-Contiued
HISTORY OF LOUDON
Charter of the Town by the King 63
The Town Incorporated in 1773 64
First Meeting
Town Officers
66
69
Marriages by Jedediah Tucker
71
Churches
Military Account 80
77
HISTORY OF DEERFIELD 82
Military Matters 86
Professional Men
Prominent Men 92
94
Secret Societies 96
Representatives to the Legislature 97
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HISTORY OF NORTHWOOD
Indian Account 104
Early Settlement. 105
Organization of the Town 106
Town Officers 106
Schools IIO
Military Account. III
Churches and Pastors II3
PART II
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CENSUS OF EPSOM 2
CENSUS OF CANTERBURY 19
CENSUS OF LOUDON 35
CENSUS OF CHICHESTER 56
CENSUS OF NORTHWOOD 69
CENSUS OF DEERFIELD 95
History of Chichester
ORIGINAL GRANT OF TOWN.
"George, by the Grace of God, of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.
To all people to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
Know ye that we of our Special Knowledge and meer motion for the Dew Encouragement of Setling a new Plantation By and with the advice and Consent of our Council have Given and Granted and by these Presents as far as in us Lies do Give and Grant in Equall Shares unto Sundry of our beloved sub- jects whose names are Entered in a Schedule hereunto annexed, that Inhabit or Shall Inhabit, within the Said Grant, within our Provence of New Hampshire all that tract of land within the following bounds, viz: To begin on the Southwest Side of the Town of Barnsted, and from Thence Runing South westerly on the head of the town of Nottingham untill Eight miles be accomplished, and then North west Eight miles, and then North east Eight miles, and then South east by the said Town of Barnstead to the place where it first began, and that ye same be a Town Corporate by the Name of Chichester to the Persons affore Said for Ever. To Have and To Hold the Said land to the said Grantees and their heirs and assigns for ever, and to such associates as they shall
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admitt upon the following condition: (1) that the Proprietors within three years Buld, or Cause to be Bult, Sixty Dwelling Houses and Settle families in the Same and Cleare three acres of Ground Fitt for Planting or mowing, and that Each Pro- prietor Pay his Proportion of the Town Charges when and so often as occasion shall Require ye same. (2) That a meetting house be Built for ye Publick worship of God within the Tearm of four years. (3) That upon Default of any Perticular Pro- prietor in Complying with the Conditions of this Charter upon his Part, such Delinquent Proprietor Shall forfeit his share of ye said land to the other Proprietors, which shall be disposed of according to the major vote of ye said Proprietors att a Legall meetting. (4) That a Proprietor's Share be Reserved for a Parsonage; and another for ye first minister of the Gospel of that Shall be there settled and ordained, and another Pro- prietor's Share for ye Bennefitt of a Scoole in ye Said Town, provided nevertheless that ye Peace with ye Indians continue for ye Space of three years. but if itt Should happen that a warr with ye Indians Should Commence before the Expiration of the affore Said Tearm of three years that then ye Said Tearm of three years Shall be allowed the Proprietors after ye Expiration of the warr for ye Performance of ye affore Said Conditions rendering and Paying therefor to us our heirs and Successors, or Such officer or officers as Shall be appointed to Receive the Same, the anuall Quitt Rent or Acknowledgement of one Pound of Hemp in ye Said Town on ye last wensday in march yearly for Ever if Demanded. Reserving also unto us our heirs and Successors all mast Trees Growing on Said Tract of land according to acts of Parliament in that case made and
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provided and for ye beetter order Rule and Government of ye Said Town we do by these Presents and for our Selves, our heirs and Successors, Grant unto the Said men Inhabitants, or those that Shall Inhabit Said Town, that yearly and every year upon the Second Wendsday in march for Ever Shall meett to Elect and Chuse by the major part of the Proprietors then Present, Constable, Seleetmen and other Town officers aeeord- ing to ye laws and useages of our afforesaid Provinee with Power, Priveleidges and authority as other Towns and Town officers within our afforesaid Province have and Enjoy, and for ye Notifing and Calling of ye first Town meeting we do hereby appoint Peter Weare, Esq., John Sanborn and Jacob Freese to be the first Seleetmen, and thay to continue in Said Respective office as Selectmen untill ye Second Wensday in ye month of march which shall be in ye yeare of Our Lord one thosand Seven hundred and Twenty Eight, and untill other Select men Shall be Chosen and appointed in thare Stead in Such manner as is in these Presents Expressed. In Testimony where of wee have Caused the Seale of our Said Province to be hereunto affixed.
"Wittness, John Wentworth, Esqr., our Lineftenant Gov- ernor of Commander in Cheife in and over our Said Province att our Town of Portsmouth, in our Said Province of New Hampshire, ye Twentieth Day of may, in the thirteenth of our Reigne, anno Domine, 1727.
"By order of his honor the Leiftenant Governor with the advice of the Counsell.
"JOHN WENTWORTH.
"RICHARD WALDON, Clerk of ye Counsell."
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EARLY SETTLEMENT.
The settlement of the town for many years after its grant by the Province progressed but slowly. We are told that the first settler was Paul Morrill, who came here about 1756. He received 500 acres of land in the southwest part of the town and established himself thereon. This tract has always been known as "Morrill's Grant." He cleared up two farms and built houses upon them; one was what is now known as the John F. French place and the other as "Horse Corner," where he spent the remainder of his days.
Several of his sons settled in town. One son, John, was born about the time of his father's settlement here and was granted fifty acres by the proprietors as the first white child born in town.
The real start toward settlement of the town was made about 1770 when John Cram was granted land and waterpower on the Suncook river in what is now Pittsfield. He settled there and soon after many others followed and established themselves here. Among the number were Dows, Sanborns, Drakes, Hilliards, Browns, Hooks, Lakes, Davises and many other young men.
Colonel Simeon Hilliard settled on Brown's Hill. Jon- athan Leavitt, Esq. settled here on a traet of land sutuated on both sides of the Canterbury road which place later became a part of the property of his grandson, Hazen K. Leavitt. Another settler was Capt. John Langmaid. He was soon fol- lowed by David Brown, Thomas Lake, Joseph Dow, Joshua and Jeremiah Lane, Dyer Hook, Peter Hook, and Ebenezer Lane.
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In 1797, John Hilliard, Jos. Dow, Joshua Lane, Jacob San- born, John Bickford, Thomas Lake, Timothy Prescott, Asa Lane, Daniel Tilton, James Drake, Robert Tebbetts, Jona. Per- kins, Joshua Berry, Abram Greene, John Cram, William Chase, Enoch Butler and Joseph Sanborn represented to Abram True that they were proprietors, owners and grantees of more than one sixteenth of the township and requested him to call a meeting for the election of proprietor's officers at the house of Lieut. John Hilliard. Very little was accomplished at this meeting and the many more that followed during the next three or four years' time. Before very long the original pro- prietors' shares of land had nearly all been sold to pay taxes.
We find, however, that on March 18,1773 the "Original Settlers" presented a petition to John MeClary to call a meet- ing of the legal voters for the election of town officers.
This call was issued in due form and town organization followed.
REPRESENTATIVES.
1825-27, D. M. Carpenter : 1828, D. M. Carpenter; 1829-31. Samuel Sargent; 1831-33, Henry Robey; 1833-35, Nathaniel Sherburn; 1835-37, John True; 1837-39, James Batchelder ; 1839-41, J. N. C. Leavitt; 1841-43, John Bailey ; 1843-45, Na- thaniel Seavey ; 1845-47, Hosea Knowlton; 1847-49, George S. Mason ; 1849-51, Edward Langmaid ; 1851, Peter J. Hook; 1853. John Lake; 1855, Charles H. Carpenter; 1857, Benjamin F. Leavitt; 1859, Joshua Lane; 1861, Thomas Berry ; 1863, Moses
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R. Lake; 1865, Madison Baily; 1867, Hiram Bachelder; 1869, John S. Sherman ; 1872, Samuel Langmaid ; 1874, John Fellows ; 1876, Carpenter S. Stevens; 1877, Charles Lake; 1879, George W. Lane; 1881, David T. Brown; 1883, Hiram Hook; 1885, Charles C. Shaw.
TOWN OFFICERS.
CLERKS.
1825-26, D. M. Carpenter ; 1827-28, Cheney Reed; 1829-31, D. M. Carpenter; 1832-39, Nathaniel Sherburn; 1840-45, E. Langmaid; 1846-50, H. C. Knowlton; 1850, H. C. Knowlton; 1852, George P. Haines; 1853, E. Langmaid; 1857, William F. Loeke; 1860, John Fellows; 1862, David T. Brown; 1865, Charles Lake; 1869, John C. Leavitt; 1871, G. W. Lane; 1875, Charles Lake; 1877, C. A. Langmaid; 1883, Nathaniel Bach- elder; 1885, Walter S. Langmaid.
SELECTMEN.
1825-Henry Robey, James Batehelder, Caleb Parker. 1826-Joshua Lane, James Batehelder, John Marden. 1827-8-Benjamin Emery, James Batehelder, Daniel Kelley. 1829-Henry Robey, James Batchelder, David Drake. 1830-David Drake, John True, Henry Robey. 1831-Benjamin Kaime, James Batehelder, Abram Drake. 1832-Abram Drake, John True, Benjamin Kaime.
1833-Henry Roby, John True, Abram Drake.
1834-J. N. C. Leavitt, James Batehelder, Henry Robey. 1835-36-D. R. Kelley, D. M. Carpenter, J. N. C. Leavitt.
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1837-38-D. K. Foster, G. S. Mason, William Swain. 1839-40-Nathaniel Sherburn, John Baily, H. C. Knowlton. 1841-D. R. Kelley. James Batchelder. H. C. Knowlton. 1842-D. M. Carpenter, Nathaniel Seavey, D. R. Kelley. 1843-G. S. Mason, D. M. Carpenter, H. C. Knowlton. 1844-E. Langmaid, D. M. Carpenter, G. S. Mason. 1845-H. C. Knowlton, Malachi Haines, George S. Mason. 1846-E. Langmaid, Malachi Haines, G. S. Mason. 1847-48-E. Langmaid, D. R. Kelley. J. N. C. Leavitt. 1849-H. C. Knowlton, Peter J. Hook, G. S. Mason. 1850-H. C. Knowlton, Peter J. Hook, Joseph C. Greenough. 1851-D. K. Foster, G. S. Mason, J. C. Greenough. 1852-G. S. Mason, H. C. Knowlton, Joshua Lane. 1853-E. Langmaid, Joshua Lane. Thomas Berry. 1854-E. Langmaid, Thomas Berry, John S. Durgin. 1855-H. C. Knowlton, James Blake, Benjamin F. Leavitt. 1856-H. C. Knowlton, B. F. Leavitt, Hiram Bachelder. 1857-Charles H. Carpenter, Hiram Bachelder, Madison Bailey. 1858-C. H. Carpenter, Madison Bailey, J. L. Bachelder. 1859-J. N. C. Leavitt, J. L. Bachelder, Charles H. Carpenter. 1860-J. N. C. Leavitt, J. L. Bachelder, J. S. Sherburn. 1861-J. N. C. Leavitt, J. S. Sherburn, Stephen Perkins. 1862-J. L. Bachelder, Amos Hoyt. Stephen Perkins. 1863-J. L. Bachelder, C. H. Carpenter, Amos Hoyt. 1864-C. H. Carpenter, G. S. Mason, D. A. Farrington. 1865-C. H. Carpenter, D. A. Farrington, G. S. Mason. 1866-D. A. Farrington, David T. Brown, C. S. Stevens. 1867-David T. Brown, C. S. Stevens, Augustus Leavitt. 1868-69-A. Leavitt, Charles C. Shaw, John Fellows.
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1870-A. Leavitt, Charles Lake, L. W. Towle.
1871-Augustus Leavitt, Charles Lake, Lewis W. Towle. 1872-Charles Lake, James S. Greene, L. W. Towle.
1873-Augustus Leavitt, S. Ambrose Brown, Asa F. Hutch- inson.
1874-S. Ambrose Brown, Asa F. Hutchinson, Jeremiah L. Perkins.
1875-David T. Brown, Hiram Bachelder, Jacob S. Sanborn. 1876-J. S. Sanborn, John Shaw, George M. Warren. 1877-John Shaw, George M. Warren, Horaee Carpenter. 1878-D. T. Brown, G. Munsey, Horace Carpenter. 1879-D. T. Brown, George Munsey, Stephen R. Watson. 1880-A. Leavitt, Albert Sanborn, Jacob S. Sanborn. 1881-Augustus Leavitt, Jacob S. Sanborn, Albert Sanborn. 1882-G. M. Warren, Noah Edmunds, Benjamin Shaw. 1883-George M. Warren, Noah G. Edmunds, Benjamin Shaw. 1884-Noah G. Edmunds, Benjamin Shaw, Nathan Fitts.
1885-N. G. Edmunds, John S. Sherburn, Abram M. Drake.
MILITARY ACCOUNT.
The Town of Chichester has a record in military affairs that may well excite the pride of her citizens. The Revolution. the War of 1812 and the Rebellion all brought forth represen- tatives of the bold strong manhood of the town and they did valiant service for the flag. No account would be complete without their names.
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SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION.
Josiah Barton, Ephraim Garvin, Jona. Locke, John Bick- ford, Nathl. Martin, James Ahern, Benj. Brown, Benj. B. Berry, Jacob Abbott, Ephraim Connor, Daniel Paige, Neil Cate, Jos. Morrill, Daniel Seavey, Jos. Brown, Jos. Dow, Jos. Goss, Jeremiah Abbott, Eliphalet Connor, Simeon Lovering, Dudly Swain, Joshua Smith, Richard Smith, John Chase, John Maxfield.
An interesting item of Revolutionary days has come to our notice as follows: "They (the citizens of the town) also voted to raise all the men wanted from this town for the army during the year, and passed the following very singular vote, which not only shows the ingenuity of the people, but shows to what extremity poverty and zeal in a just cause had driven them:
"Voted to go to raising young stock, and that each and every citizen of the town who enlisted for the term of three years, or during the war. and actually went into the service, should receive, at the expiration of his term of service, twenty three year-old heifers, and chose Jeremiah Sanborn, Captain Jabez Haskell and Joshua Berry a committee to hire soldiers, and voted to pay this committee forty dollars per day for time spent in furnishing the men, and thirty dollars per day for use of horse."
WAR OF 1812.
The following men enlisted in the United States service in the War of 1812 :
Joseph Dearborn, Isaac Stanyan, Samuel Drake, Theoph- elus Mason, Christopher Page, Jona. Maxfield, Benj. W.
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French, David P. Shaw, Edw. Edmunds, David M. Carpenter, Mathew Sanborn.
CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS.
The following were the men who were mustered into the United States service during the war of the Rebellion :
George S. Sanders, Elbridge G. Locke, Jas McGuire, Albert Hook, Wm. H. Jackson, Jno. P. Haines. Hiram E. Locke, Wil- liam Spiller, Jos. C. Munsey, Frederick Brown, William Buz- zell, Chellis E. Hall. Chas. H. Edmunds, Jos. C. Perry, Samuel M. Perry, Ira B. Perry, Henry M. Sanborn, Jas. Stanyan, Chas. H. Towle, Cyrus Sanborn, James H. Haines, Thos. Haines, Peter Mehier, Thos. Ames, Wm. Stanley, Hugh Burns, Alfred Langmaid, Chas. Robey, Chas. H. Staniels, Jno. A. West, Hiram Hook, Levi Hook, James M. Meserve, Joseph Cilley, Warren Langmaid, Jonathan H. Leavitt, William Sanborn, Hiram Stanyan, Edw. West, Geo. H. Haines, Herbert T. Sanborn, Chas. L. Brown, Chas. H. Greene. Alonzo P. Hall, James P. Hook, Geo. P. Haines, Chas. H. Johnson, James Bachelder, Geo. A. Lear, Sewell B. Bailey, John M. Haines, Jas. J. Locke, Jos. M. Walker, True Sanborn, Jr., (enlisted Sept. 20, 1861, Fourth Reg., 2d Lieut., promoted 1st Lieut., June 12, 1862; promoted Capt., Nov. 9, 1864), Jona. D. Leavitt.
The following men were hired by the selectmen to fill quotas of the town under drafts, and substitutes for drafted and enrolled men :
Wm. Walker, Geo. H. Pearson, Jno. Ames, Thos. Eagan. John Friar, Edward Morris, Jos. Miller, Win. Robertson, James Noble. Wm. R. Fleming, Chas. Hogan, Jno. Smith, Jas. John-
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son, Jno. Thomas, Elbridge L. Swain, Edward Anster, Jos. O. Perkins, Chas. Marston, Wmn. Stearns, Edgar L. Carr, Geo. Johnston, Lewis Woodbury, Jno. Wilson. Orrin H. Weeks. Wil- liam Sinclare, Geo. W. Dwinnel, Patrick R. Garitis, Jos. Murry. Minor Smith, Peter White, Andrew J. Gilman, James Wilson, Martin Johnson, James Smith, Richard Rodgers, Chas. Ander- son, Jno. Rodgers, Thos. Williams, Nathan Munsey. George W. Fitch, Francis Dolan, Wm. D. Locke, Wm. Cook, John Cate, Jno. Ames, Jno. F. Stanyan.
CHURCH ACCOUNT.
CONGREGATIONALISTS.
From all that we can learn little was done toward religious worship in this town till after the Revolution. From the end of the war till 1791 even, no active and effective steps were taken toward this end. During that year Rev. J. Carpenter came here from Vermont and preached a part of the time, the town appropriating money for his services. This same year it was decided to erect a house of worship and Abram True, Capt. James Marden, and Jeremiah Sanborn were chosen a committee to attend to the work. The church was completed some time in the next three years. Mr. Carpenter was chosen for the regular pastor and continued to act till 1826, when he was dismissed and the contract made for his establishment was declared ended. In December of that year a new society was formed and designated The Union Congregational Society of Chichester, in the County of Merrimack. Supplies filled the
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pulpit till 1832 when Rev. Rufus A. Putnam was settled. He remained pastor for twelve years. A new church was built in 1838. Rev. E. Dow and Chas. Willey preached from 1843 to 1845. Then Mr. Willey was settled, remaining till 1850. Rev. Thos. Kidder preached till 1853, when Rev. Silas Blanch- ard began his pastorate of four years. Other pastors have been Revs. Joshua Gay, 1858; Mark Gould, 1872; Geo. A. Foss, 1876; John F. Aiken, 1880; H. W. L. Thurston, 1884.
FREE BAPTISTS.
This society in Chichester was organized by Elders Winthrop Young. Samuel Dyer, Ebenezer Knowlton, and Arthur Caverno, at the house of Benjamin Kaime, May 27, 1825. The following members were included : Benj. Kaime, Ebenezer Fellows, Stephen Robey, John Fellows, Samuel B. Miller, Dearborn Mason, Levi Staniels, Sarah Fellows, Mary Miller, Sally Kaime. Rhoda Page, and Mary Mason. A church was built in 1826 by active effort on the part of the members
and through private subseription. In 1827, Rev. William Swain became the regular pastor and remained for six years. Other pastors were Rev. Silas Bean, 1837-40; Elders Garland, McCutehins. Knowles. Holmes, Quimby, Brown, Maek, Harvey and others during the next forty years.
In 1883 the old church having become so dilapidated that it was deemed wise to repair it and a very thorough over- hauling of the structure was had.
METHODISTS.
This church seems to have taken its start from the labors of Rev. John Lord, who preached in various places here in
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1819. In 1829 active measures were taken to install services and Rev. E. Stickney preached half the time. The members of the class were John Mason, leader, Hannah Winslow, Nancy Bachelder, John Morrill, Betsey Seavy, Hannah Drake, Josiah Knowles, Deborah Marston, Amos Barton and Mehitable Barton. In 1830, Rev. Orland Hinds came here and started a revival with the result that some sixty members were added to the church. The church building was dedicated in 1833. Other pastors have been as follows: Rev. R. S. Locke, 1833-34; Wm. S. Kidder, 1835-36; Warren Wilber, 1836-37; Arnold Adams, 1837-39 ; B. D. Brewster, 1839-40; M. A. Howe, 1840-41; R. Tilton, 1841-42; Lewis Howard, 1842-43; J. G. Gale, 1843-44 ; A. H. Worthing, 1844-45; C. F. Bailey, 1845-46; F. A. Hewes, 1846-48; A. Folsom, 1848-49; A. Heath, 1849-50; G. W. T. Rogers, 1850-52; Jas. Adams, 1852-54; E. Wilkins, 1854-55; John Gould, 1855-57; A. Kidder, 1857-58; J. Faweett, 1858-60; Wm. D. Cass, 1860-62; M. T. Cilley, 1862-64 ; C. H. Smith, 1864- 66; S. F. Lougee, 1866-68 ; H. H. Hartwell, 1868-69; Geo. Beebe, 1869-72; Samuel Bedle, 1872-74; L. Draper, 1874-75; A. R. Lunt, 1876-78; A. A. Caswell, 1878-81; S. Holman, 1881-82; A. Twichel, 1882-83; J. W. Bean, 1883-85.
ADVENTS.
At one time in this town there was considerable interest in the doctrines of this sect. There is no very definite informa- tion as to the time the sect appeared but the meetings were held in schoolhouses till 1864 when Eneas Ordway agitated the idea of erecting a chapel for the use of the supporters of the creed. The building was dedicated in that year and we are told that Mr. Ordway himself bore a considerable part of the
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expense, although several others responded liberally. The vestibule of the building contained this very singular notice : "All seats free. and no politics or slavery to be preached in this house."
Mr. Ordway died in 1884 and the chapel was sold by his administrator to George H. Haines.
History of Canterbury
The town of Canterbury, N. H., situated in the eastern part of the County of Merrimack, was granted in conjunction with Louden and Northfield to Richard Waldron and associ- ates, May 20, 1727. The inhabitants received town privileges by legislative act, March 19, 1741; additional area was granted on the southwest side, June 13, 1765; but on January 23, 1773, Louden was set off and June 19, 1780, the northwesterly part was set off as Northfield in Rockingham County. Still again changes were made by the annexation of a small portion of Concord, June 2, 1784, and another to Louden, January 7,1853.
INDIAN INCURSIONS.
Like most other towns in this section Canterbury suffered in the early days from Indian depredations. The first recorded of these occurred in 1757 when a lad, Moses Jackson and Dor- set, a colored man, were captured at the home of Thomas Clough. The captives were taken to Canada in spite of the fiercest efforts of the settlers to rescue them. Four years later Jackman was released and returned. Dorset was released for a sum of money paid by Mr. Clough. but on the journey home
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he lost both feet. He was however comfortably supported by Mr. Clough for the remainder of his life.
Mrs. Clough narrowly escaped capture at the same time the above-mentioned two were taken. She ventured from the garrison-house to her own cabin to attend to some household duties and discovered traces of the Indians shortly after their departure. She fled to the fort, screaming as she ran, and gave the alarm.
Another time, two settlers, Messrs. Shepherd and Blaneh- ard, were surprised by seven Indians only a few paces from the garrison house and fired upon. The settlers returned the fire at the same time. Shepherd escaped but Blanchard was mortally wounded. During the hostilities, this garison-house was the headquarters for a company of volunteers under the command of Capt. Jeremiah Clough which for some time searched the forests for the enemy beyond the line of the set- tlements.
However the great arbitrator between the nations the world over-trade-was present even in this backwoods ham- let. There was a trading post established here in the early days and the following voted concerning it by the General Court in 1743 :
"In the House of Representatives Xr the 22d, 1743.
"Voted that Mr Jotham Odiorn Jr & Mr Hunking Went- worth be a committee to Purchase thirty pounds worth of Goods to Send up to Canterbury for a Supply Trade with the Indians which Shall be laid out in the following Man- ner viz:
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"For Rum £ 3 15
for Blankets 10 0
for Cloth Suitable for Indian Stockings. 3 15
for Linen for Shirts 5
0
for Powder Shot Bullets & Flints 5 0
Knives Pipes and Tobacko 2 10
£30 0
The Act contained a further article providing for the manner in which exchanges should be made, what produce, furs and other articles should be received in exchange with the Indians, who should have the goods in charge, and what should be the final disposal of them.
EARLY SETTLEMENT.
After the granting of the town in 1727 settlements were made but on account of the exposed condition of the frontier they were but few. Indians frequently assumed hostile atti- tudes and as we have previously noted on two occasions be- came warlike; at all times they were a dreaded menace. In the face of this danger only the most daring and hardy of the pioneers risked a settlement. A few were courageous or reck- less enough to attempt the establishment of a home here soon after the granting of the town. Among those who were here early are the following: Jeremiah Clough, who came here and made a settlement in 1727. Mr. Clough built the old Garrison
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House soon after a beginning had been made toward a settle- ment. His family have always been prominent in the history of this town. both in civil and military affairs, he commanding the town's first military company. his son Jeremiah being Captain of the company that served with the Continental Army in the Boston campaigns in the Revolutionary War. His great- grandson, David M. Clough, widely known as the "Corn King" from his extensive farming operations was prominent in the politics of the county and state for many years, being at dif- ferent times selectman of his town, member of the state legis- lature, member of the Governor's Council and a member of the National Convention that nominated John P. Hale for President.
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