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L. a. Morrison.
THE
HISTORY OF WINDHAM
In New Hampshire (Rockingham County).
1719-1883.
A SCOTCH SETTLEMENT (COMMONLY CALLED SCOTCHI-IRISH), EMBRACING NEARLY ONE THIRD OF THE ANCIENT SETTLEMENT AND HISTORIC TOWNSHIP OF LONDONDERRY, N. H., WITHI THE
HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF ITS FIRST SETTLERS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS,
AND MOST OF THE FAMILIES OF ITS PAST, AND ALL OF ITS PRESENT PERMANENT INHABITANTS, COMPRISING MORE THAN
TWO HUNDRED DIFFERENT FAMILY NAMES.
WITH MAP, AND SIXTY PAGES OF ENGRAVINGS, TOGETHER WITH THENTY AUTOGRAPHS AND CUTS.
BY LEONARD A. MORRISON,
AUTHOR OF THE "HISTORY OF THE MORISON, OR MORRISON, FAMILY," -AND MEMBER OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
" History has a great office, to make the past intelligent to the present for the guidance of the future." CHARLES KNIGHT.
BOSTON, MASS .:
CUPPLES, UPHAM & CO, 283 WASHINGTON STREET. 1883.
28089.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883, by LEONARD A. MORRISON, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Vox Populi Press : Iluse, Goodirin & Co., Lowell, Mass.
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Dedication.
THIE PEOPLE OF WINDHAM, N. H.,
AND TO THOSE WHO DERIVE DESCENT FROM THE FIRST SCOTCH SETTLERS THERE, BENEATII WHATEVER SKIES THEIR HOMES MAY BE,
This Memorial
OF THE PAST AND PRESENT IS DEDICATED WITH SENTIMENTS OF HIGHI REGARD,
BY
LEONARD ALLISON MORRISON.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Leonard A. Morrison (see p. 684). Steel Engraving . John Hopkins Morison (see p. 678). Steel Engraving,
Frontispiece Faces page 295
314
George W. Armstrong. Steel Engraving
66
324
Charles II. Campbell. Steel Engraving
66 360
John Campbell (of Henniker). Steel Engraving
66 364
James M. Campbell. Steel Engraving . William Campbell. Albertype
367
John Campbell. Albertype
66 372
Samuel Campbell. Albertype 66
373
George C. Clyde. Wood Engraving
384
Milton A. Clyde. Steel Engraving
66 387
Group : John Cochran, Margaret (Hemphill) Cochran. Albertype ..
398
Group : Isaac Cochran, James Cochran, William D. Cochran, Charles Cochran, Samuel II. Cochran, Isaac A. Cochran. Albertype ·
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.. 400
Joseph S. Cogswell. Wood Engraving .
403
Group : Charles Cutler, Carroll Cutler, Evarts Cutler, Marcia A. Cutler, Lucia Cutler, Emma Cutler. Albertype . James Dinsmoor (see p. 507). Steel Engraving .
421
Silas Dinsmoor. Steel Engraving .
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66 451
Samuel Dinsmoor, Sr. Photograph
479
Anne Belle Jameson. Steel Engraving .
486
James Dinsmoor (of Kentucky). Photograph
6.
487
William B. Dinsmore. Steel Engraving
6 489
Theodore Dinsmoor. Albertype
491
John Taylor Gilman Dinsmoor. Steel Engraving
66 493
Group : Jacob N. Dinsmore, Samuel Dinsmore, Maria Dinsmore, Nancy Dinsmore, Robert Dinsmore, John H. Dinsmore, Luther Dinsmore, Louisa A. Dinsmore, Clarissa Dinsmore, Sarah E. Dinsmore. Albertype
Samuel H. Dinsmoor. Albertype .
66
.. 501
Samuel Dinsmoor, Jr. Photograph
503
Jacob Harris. Wood Engraving
6.
550
Group : Mrs. Ruth (Pratt ) Harris, Sally Harris, Edward Harris, Samnel Harris, John M. Harris, Jacob
Harris, Wm. C. Harris .Atbestype:
.. 569
Margaret ( Davidson), Bijis. .. Alberty's
6 6 585
Jolm Hills. Albertype
66 586
437
499
William H. Anderson. Steel Engraving
365
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Nathaniel Hills. Albertype
Faces page 587
Rei Ilills. Photo-electrotype .
66
588
Aaron P. Hughes. Albertyne
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66 599
Benjamin H. Hughes. Albertype ..
66
66 645
Nancy (Morrison) Merrill. Albertype
6.
66
646
Jeremiah Morrison. Albertype
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669
Alva Morrison. Steel Engraving .
66
66 673
James Morison. Steel Engraving .
66
66
680
Group : Robert P. Morrison. Samuel Morrison, Rufus A. Morrison, John Morrison. Albertype
66
682
Jacob M. Nesmith. Steel Engraving
66
66
693
Thomas Nesmith. Steel Engraving
16
66 695
John Nesmith. Steel Engraving
66
66
698
Jonathan L. Noyes. Steel Engraving
66
66
710
Joseph Park. Photo-electrotype
66
725
Group : William Park, Sarah Park, William Park, Jr., Francis E. Park. Ilbertype
George Reid. Silhouette
66
6 .
747
George E. Seavey. Albertype
6:
66 757
Group : Loren Thayer, Elizabeth C. Thayer. Albertype,
66
786
Charles H. Bell. Steel Engraving
66
66
793
Map of Old Londonderry, including Windham, N. II. . View of Windham Range and Cobbett's Pond from Dinsmoor's Hill. Albertype
66
25
Breaking and Swingling Flax. Wood Engraving
66
115
Snow-shoe
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116
An Ancient Axe
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118
Carding and Spinning Wool, Cotton, or Tow
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119
Inside View of Church, with Sounding-board over the Pulpit. Wood Engraving
66 126
Presbyterian Church and Town Hall (see p. 255). Albertype,
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66
129
Ancient Part of the Cemetery on the Hill. Albertype .
182
Butterfield's Rock (see p. 34), and Manufactory of George S. Neal. Albertype
66
187
View of West Windham and Windham Junction. Albertype
Residence of William H. Anderson. Albertype
313
Fac-similes of Autographs of John Cristy
66
410
William Johnston
66 608
John Kinkead .
614
James McKeen .
66 639
Morison Arms
.: 654
Fac-similes of Autographs of Morisons
655-662
Isaac Thom
791
Simon Williams
815
66
708
Charles Packard. Albertype .
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726
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66 192
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66 602
Abraham Dow Merrill. Albertype
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PREFATORY. - (PAGES iv-24.)
List of Illustrations, iv-v. - Introdnetion, 1-10. - Preliminary Chapter. 11-24.
CHAPTER I. - (PAGES 25-39.)
In the Beginning : Copy of John Wheelwright's Deed to the Proprietors of London- derry, p. 25. - The Indians, 26. - Windham, its Situation, 27 .- Wild Animals, 29 .- Birds. 31. - Snakes : Arboreal Products ; Flora of Windham, 32. - Localities, 34. -Surface, 35. - Indications of Glacial Period, 36. - Scenery. 37.
CHAPTER II. - (PAGES 39-44. ) LANDS LAID OUT IN WINDHAM.
The First Grant of Land in Windham, Oct. 1662, 39. - Laying out of Land in Windham after the Advent of the Scotch Settlers in Londonderry in 1719. - Origin of the Farms in Windham Range in 1728, 40 .- Ministerial Lot laid out April 17, 1729, 42.
CHAPTER III. - (PAGES 44-47.) FIRST SETTLEMENTS.
Early Settlements and Early Settlers; First Settlement ; First House : Names of Early Settlers. 4. - Early Times. 45. - Petition against the Establishment of a new Parish in 1740- Names of Petitioners : Fourteen Families emigrate to Cole- raine, Mass., in 1740, 46.
CHAPTER IV. - (PAGES 47-53.)
WINDHAM INCORPORATED.
Petitions for a Charter. 47. - Charter Granted, 48 .- Charter of the Town of Windham. 49 .- First Warrant, 50. - Windham's First Town-meeting ; First Moderator and Town Officers, 51. - Ministers' Fees, 52.
CHAPTER V. - (PAGES 53-64.) WAR. - POLITICAL HISTORY.
French and Indian War : War's Alarms, 53; Windham's Roll of Heroes; Things look Warlike in Windham in 1752. 54. - Trouble with Salem, 1752, and Dismember- ment of Windham, 55. - Names of Windham Men annexed to Salem, 56. - The Scotch People in Salem remain Scotch still : The French and Indian War, and Names of Men, 57. - New Hampshire Men serve in a Massachusetts Regiment, 60. - Paper Currency. Old Tenor, New Tenor, etc., 61. - Exempted Farms ; Law- suits : Civil Affairs; Emigration, 1770, and Belfast, Me., colonized by the Scotch. 62 .- Gov. John Wentworth loses $10 by a bad Investment. 63.
CHAPTER VI. - (PAGES 64-79.) REVOLUTIONARY WAAR.
First Militia Law in New Hampshire : The Impending Crisis, 64. - Lexington Alarm. 66. - Committee of Inspection, 1775. 67. - Windham Men in the Battle of Bunker Ilill : Casualties and Losses, 68. - Historie Day, 69. - First Military Company in Windham: An Account of all the Men belonging to Windham who were in the Continental Service on July 8, 1775. 70. - First Province Tax under the Author- ity of Congress, Nov. 28, 1775. 72. - Important Events in 1776; New Regulations of the Militia. 73. - The Continental Congress- The Association Test. 74. - Its Signers, 75. - Windham Soldiers in 1776 ; Men immediately respond to the call of the Government, 76.
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CHAPTER VII. - (PAGES 79-06.) REVOLUTIONARY WAR -CONTINUED.
The Year 1777, 79 .- Court Prices; The Town still Angry; Windham's Quota for the Continental Army, 80. - Getting Desperate, 81. - Casualties to Windham's Sol- dlers In the Bennington Battle ; Windham's Sons at the Bennington Battle. Aug. 16. 1777. 83. - Political Action of the Town; The Exempted Farms set back into Windham, 85. - The Day Brightening. 86. - Town Legislation ; Afraid of Debt ; The War continues, 1778, 87. - Substitutes; Receipt for Men ; Raising Money to pay the Debt, &s. - Soldiers, Bounties, and Town Legislation in 1779, 89. - Iligh- est Town Bounty of the War; The Beginning of the End, 1780. 90, - Bounty of Corn for Soldiers in 1780, 91. - Beef for the Army ; Bounties, and Names of Sol- diers in 1781. 92. - Trouble with the Currency, 93. - Depreciation Scale of Paper Money, 1781; Events of 1782; The Last Windham Soldier in the Revolutionary War, 93. - End of the Revolution and Treaty of Peace ; The Town Records, 91.
CHAPTER VIII. - (PAGES 96-103.)
FROM THE CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTION TO THE CLOSE OF 1812-15 WAR.
Oath of Allegiance to the State ; Overplus Money : First Written Ballots, 1782, 96. - The Town Instructs its Representative in 1783; War Legislation, 1784; Windham's Last Continental Soldier still in the Army, January, 1784 ; Windham Petitions to send a Representative, 1784, which is granted, 97. - Trouble with the Currency ; Fiat Money Favored ; Violations of the Sabbath, 1785; The Pound, and a stable Pound at last, 99. - A Curious Vote ; War of 1812-15, 100 .- Men from Windham in the 1812-15 War. 101.
CHAPTER IX. - (PAGES 103-107.) REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED.
Formation of Independent State Government in New Hampshire ; Constitutional Con- ventions ; First Convention ; First Constitution, 103. - Windham suggests Amend- ments to the Constitution ; Votes to Accept the Constitution, Ang. 27, 1792. 105. - Names of Members of different Conventions, 106.
CHAPTER X .- (PAGES 107-122.) NAMES AND HISTORY OF EARLY SETTLERS.
First Settlers ; Their History, 107. - Early Names and Vanished Names, 109. - Indus- trial History and Habits of the Early Settlers, 111 .- Snow-shoes, 116 .- Umbrellas, Cloeks and Time-keepers, 117. - Shade Trees : Blacksmiths ; Pen-Pictures of our Father's Homes, 118. - Carding and Spinning Wool, Cotton, or Tow, 119 .- A change comes on the Death of Parson Williams, Nov. 10, 1793, and the Removal of the Church in 1798, 120. - Many People Remove to the new City of Lowell, 121.
CHAPTER XI .- (PAGES 122-139.) ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
Rev. William Johnston, the first Minister Installed, 1747 ; Dismissed, 1752 ; First Meet- ing-house Built, 1753 ; Installation of Rev. Jolm Kinkead in Oct. 1760, and his Dis- missal in April, 1765; Names of Elders, 124. - Ordination of Rev. Simon Williams, Dee. 1766, 125. - Death of Mr. Williams, Nov. 10, 1793; Names of Ellers, 126. - Removal of the Church to the Centre of the Town, 1798. - Rev. Samuel Harris or- dained Oct. 9, 1805 ; Dismissal of Mr. Harris, Dec. 6. 1826 ; Names of Persons added to the Eldership, 127. - April 9, 1828, Rev. Calvin Cutler is Installed ; He dies Feb. 17, 1844. - Additional Elders ; Rev. Loren Thayer Ordained Nov. 5, 1845; Remains Pastor till April 25, 1866, 128. - Rev. Joseph Lanman Installed June 2, 1868 ; Dis- missed Feb. 6, 1872 ; Parsonage Built, 1868 ; Rev. Charles Packard Installed April 29, 1873; The Church Repaired, 1874; Revival in 1876, 129. - First Sabbath School. 130. - Death of Rev. Charles Packard. Feb. 20, 1881, 131 .- Officers of the Sabbath School ; Dissolution of the Church and State, July 1. 1819, 132. - The Presbyterian Religions Society Organized March 19, 1827 ; The Choir : Its Conductors, 133. - Present Members ; Rev. Joseph S. Cogswell Installed as Pastor, Dec. 21, 1881, 134. - Names of Members of the Church. 135.
CHAPTER XII .- (PAGES 139-159.) SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION.
First Schools in New England, 139. - School Law of 1789; Schools in Windham, 140. - Early Schools and Sehool-teachers, 141 .- Family Sehools, 143. - The Lamented Teacher, Margaret Hamilton, 145 .- Early Teachers in each of the School Districts.
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146. - School-books in Early Times, 147. - Williams' Academy, 1768-90, 148. - For- mation and History of School Districts to 1882, 149. - First School-honses, 150. - History and Number of School-houses in each District, 151. - School Funds, and Cost of School-houses; High School; School Taxes from 1789 to 1809 ; Manage- ment of Schools and School Taxes from 1809 10 1828. 154. - Committee of Inspection from 1809 to 1828, 155. - Money Expended for Schools from 1828 to 1882, 156 .- Super- intending School Committees from 1828 to 1883; State Literary School Fund, 157 .- Military School, 158.
CHAPTER XIII. - (PAGES 159-168.) HIGHWAYS.
Early Highways, 159. - Highways laid out before the Incorporation in 1742; The " Range Road," Jan. 24, 1739 ; First Highway found upon the Town Records, 160. - Londonderry Turnpike Built. 1805, 163. - Mammoth Road, 1831, 165. - Improve- ments in Road Building ; First Guide-posts, 1794, 166. - The Town Sued, 1846; The Long Writ, 167.
CHAPTER XIV. - (PAGES 168-178. ) . INNS, INTEMPERANCE, PAUPERISM.
Publie Houses and Names of Inn-keepers, 168. - First Temperance Legislation, April 23, 1781 ; First License, June 11, 1793 .- Intemperance and Temperance, 169 .- Light Breaks in ; The Temperance Reformation, 1831 ; Pauperism and First Warning out of Town, May 21, 1751. 170. - A Sensible Vote. July 14, 1780. - Vendueing the Poor, 173 .- First Overseer of the Poor chosen March 14, 1820, 174. - Town Farm Purchased Jan. 18, 1838, 175. - The U. S. Surplus Revenue ; Windham's Portion used to buy the Town Farm, 176. - Town Farm sold, Nov. 14, 1868 ; Annual Expen- ses for the Poor from 1870 to 1882, 177.
CHAPTER XV. - (PAGES 178-181.)
CALAMITIES.
Accidents ; Sudden Deaths ; Freshets and Fires, 178.
CHAPTER XVI. - (PAGES 181-186.) CEMETERIES AND BURIALS.
First Cemetery laid out, 1749; First Burial, 1749, 181. - Cemetery on the Hill laid out about 1753 ; First Burial in the Cemetery on the Hill. 182. - New Cemetery laid out 1835, 183. - Receiving Tomb built 1872 ; Cemeteries enlarged, 1872; Manner of Early Burials ; Mort Cloth, 184. - First Hearse and Hearse-house, 1827, 185.
CHAPTER XVII. - (PAGES 186-194.) MANUFACTORIES.
Fessenden's or Neal's Mill, 187. - Simpson's Mill built, 1788-89; Old Nail Factory ; Brown's Mill, 1850 ; Seavey's Mill, 188. - Haskell's Saw-mill at the Junction ; Mer- rill's Mill ; First Steam Saw-mill, 1866; Mills at West Windham, 189. - Potash ; Brickyards ; Stores and Store-keepers ; Store at Windham Centre commenced in 1815, 190, - Store at West Windham before 1838; At Windham Junction, 1861 ; Mis- cellaneous Items of Interest. 191. - Relies ; Railroads, 192. - Poliey Pond Grove started 1850 ; Business Directory of Windham. April, 1882, 193.
CHAPTER XVIII. - (PAGES 194-201.) WINDHAM LITERATURE, PROFESSIONAL HISTORY.
Books and Authors, 194. - College Students and Graduates, 195. - Ministers, 196 ; Phy- sicians ; Lawyers, 197 .-- Deputy Sheriffs ; Post-office, Post-riders aud Post-masters. 198 .- First Post-office ; First Post-master ; Windham's Post-riders ; Names of Post- masters at Windham ; At West Windham, 199. - Windham Junction and Fessen- den's Mills, 200.
CHAPTER XIX. - (PAGES 201-221.) TOWN OFFICERS FROM 1719 TO 1883.
Town Offieers and their Duties, 201. - Voters and their Qualification before 1775; Town Officers of Londonderry from 1719 to 1742, 202. - Town Offfeers of Windham from its Incorporation, 1742 to 1883, 203 .- Organization of Republican Government, 1776 ; Town Offfeers Elected under Republican Government, 206 .- Permanent Goy- erminent Established in New Hampshire in 1784; Brief Nottee of Political Par- ties, 207 .- Votes of Windham for President of the United States and for Governor. with the Name of Persons Elected, from 1784 to 1883, 208.
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CHAPTER XX. - (PAGES 221-224. ) VOTES FOR PRESIDENT.
History of Political Parties from 1788 to 1883, 221 ; Votes for President of the United States from 1792 to 1883. - Dates of Presidential Elections ; Names of Candidates. and Names of Persons Elected President from 1792 to 1883, 222.
CHAPTER XXI. - (PAGES 224-226.) CENSUSES.
First Census of Windham in 1767; First Census of New Hampshire in 1773, 224. - All Exact Account, Ang. 25. 1775; Another Census in 1786 : Greatest Population of the Town in 1830 ; Summary of all the Censuses of Windham, from 1767 to 1883, 225.
CHAPTER XXII. - (PAGES 226-230.) EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS FROM 1764 TO 1883.
Names of Justices of the Peace, and Dates of Appointment, from 1776 to 1883, 226. - Coroners ; Military Appointments and Military Officers, from 1764 to 1883; Officers of the First Military Company, in 1775, 227. - Officers in the War of the Rebellion. 1861-65. 229.
CHAPTER XXIII. - (PAGES 230-232.) CELLARS.
Old Cellars found in Windham ; Their Location, 230.
CHAPTER XXIV. - (PAGES 232-237.) DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
The Windham Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company ; Debating Societies, 232. - Society for the Reformation of Morals, 1815, 233. - Female Benevolent Sewing and Moral Reform Society, 1841. 235.
CHAPTER XXV. - (PAGES 237-241.) SLAVERY.
Slavery in New Hampshire, 237. - Slavery in Windham; The Antislavery Move- ment, 238. - Antislavery Society in Windham, formed April 8, 1834. 239. - Names of its Prominent Members, 240.
CHAPTER XXVI. - (PAGES 241-251.) IMPORTANT EVENTS FROM 1719 TO 1821.
Colored People, 241. - Witch Story ; Strange People, 242. - Anecdotes, 243. - The Min- ister's Disappointment, 244. - First Death and Burial in Windhain about 1721 : Fe- ver and Ague ; First Framed House ; Change of Dates from Old Style to New Style ill 1752. 245. - Dark Day of May 19, 1790, 246. - The Hopkins Willow Tree ; The Great Frost, May 17. 1794; The Great Muster Storm. 1801 or 1802 ; Cold Friday, Jan. 19, 1810, 247. - Spotted Fever in 1812. - First Wagon, 1813. - The Great Gale, Sept. 23. 1815. 248 .- Fourth of July Celebration, 1815; " Poverty Year," 1816, 249. - Sab- bath Breaking in 1818 ; Great Gale. Sept. 9, 1821, 250.
CHAPTER XXVII. - (PAGES 251-270.) IMPORTANT EVENTS FROM 1821 TO 1883.
History of Bissell and Bissell's Camp, 251. - Visit of Lafayette, 1824; Fourth of July Celebration, 1825 ; First Cooking-stove, 1828. 253. - Shower of Stars. Nov. 13. 1833. - Destruction of R. B. Jackson's House. Aug. 11, 1856, 254. - Granite Quarry, 1857 ; Fourth of July, 1862; Dedication of Town Hall, Sept. 22, 1868, 255. - Speeches of George W. Weston and William C. Harris, 256. - Address of Nathaniel Hills, 258. - Londonderry Celebration, June 10. 1869. 265. - Pleuro-pneumonia, 1871 ; Disease among Horses ; Dedication of Union Hall at West Windham, Nov. 27, 1880, 266. - Death of President Garfield, 267. - A Day of Darkness, Sept. 6. 1881, 268. - Singu- lar Appearanee in the Heavens on the Evening of Sept. 11. 1881 ; Remarkable Thunder Shower, Sept. 24, 1881. 269.
CHAPTER XXVIII. - (PAGES 270-281.) WAR OF THE REBELLION.
Windham's part therein ; The Irrepressible Conflict, 270 .- Names and Dates of Enlist- ment and Discharge of Windham Soldiers, with their Bounties from 1861 to the elose
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of the War in 1865 ; Soldiers in the different Regiments ; Legislation of Windham Soldiers who Enlisted without Bounties, 274. - Enrollment of Windham, April 30. 1865 ; Amount of Bounties paid, 279. - The War Indebtedness of the Town ; The Town free from Debt, 280.
CHAPTER XXIX. - (PAGES 281-290.) HISTORY OF LIBRARIES FROM 1800 TO 1883.
First Town Library, 1800: Sunday-school Library, 1832 : School-District Libraries, Oct. 1839 ; Library of Rev. Loren Thayer, 283. - Second Library Established in Town in 1852; Nesmith Free Public Library Established 1871, 284. - Will of Col. Thomas Nesmith in relation to the Library, 285. - First Instalment of Books pur- chased May 9; Dedication June 21, 286 ; Address by Hon. JJohn C. Park. 287. - Do- nations to the Nesmith Library, 289.
CHAPTER XXX. - PAGES 290-297.) CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FIRST SETTLERS,
Derivation of the term Scotch-Irish, 290. - Prominent Traits of the Seoteh Character, 291. - Londonderry Fairs, 292. - Extract from the Address of Rev. John II. Mori- SONI, D. D., on the Characteristics of the Descendants of the Scotch Settlers, 295.
HISTORY OF FAMILIES .- (PAGES 297-836. )
Introduction to History of Families, 298-299. Part Second, 300 to end of Genealogies.
includes the Genealogy and History of the First Settlers of Windham in New Hampshire and their Descendants, from the earliest Settlement of the Town, about 1720, 10 1883, with the History and Genealogy of other Families who have Settled in Town at a later date, including every Family now permanently located in Windham, embracing more than two hundred different Family Names : -
Abbot, 300-5 | Copp,
404 | Hadley,
555 | McGaw,
632-3 | Russell, 754
Alexander, 305-7
Collins,
404
Hall,
555-7
Mcilvaine, or
Salmond,
755
Allen, 307
Corliss,
405-8
Hanseoul,
557
MeAlvin, 633-8
Sargent, 756
Anderson,307-14
Cottle, 408-9
Hanson,
557
MeKeen, 638-41
Scott,
757
Annis, 314
Cristy,
409-14
Hardy,
557
MeVoy,
641
Seavey,
757
Archibald, 315
Crowell,
414-7
Harris,
558-68
Merrill, 641-8
648
Shedd,
761
Armstrong,
Darrah,
422
Haselton,
574
Motlit,
649
Simpson, 781-71
Bachelder, 326-7
327
Demott,
436
Hemphill, 575-84
Morrill, 652
Bailey,
328-9
Dickey,
436
Hilands,
584
Morison,
653-85
Steele,
777
Balch,
330
Dimock, 437
Ilills,
584-9
Morrow, 685-7 Stickney,
Thayer,
785-7
Bell,
336
Dunlap,
519
Humphrey,
603
Owen,
709-10
Thom, 787-99
Berry,
336-7
Duston,
520-3
IIunnewell, 604
60.4
Page, 713
Blanchard, 345-7 Bolton,
347
Esty,
527
Jameson,
605-6
Parker,
731-4
Towns,
801-3
Boynton,
347-8
Evans,
528
.Johnson,
606-7
Pease,
734
Tufft, 803-4
Bradford,
348
Farley,
Farmer,
529
Kelley,
610-2
Perkins,
735-8
Varnum,
805
Bughee,
351
Fegan, 530
Kezer,
612
Plummer,
738
Ward,
805-6
Burbank,
351-2
Fessenden,
530
Kimball,
€13
Poole,
739-40
Watts,
806
Burnham, 352-4
Fish,
531
Kinkead,
613-5
Prescott,
740
806-7 Waugh, Webster, 807-10
Buttrick,
351-5
Foran,
532
Kyle,
615
Putnam,
74.4
Weston,
810-1
Caldwell,
355
Frye, Galt,
532-3
Ladd,
616-8
Quigley,
745
Wheeler,
White,
812
Campbell, 356-74
Gilbert,
534
Lane,
618
Reed, or Reid,
Whittaker, 812-3
Carey,
374-5
Giles,
53.4
Lanman,
619
746-7
Wilds,
813
Carr,
375-6
Gilmore,
534-7
Lewis,
620
Reynolds, 748
Williams,
813-8
Cashman,
376
Goodwin,
537
Lynde, Marden,
621-1
718-51
Woodburn, Woodbury, 830 $29
Chase,
377
Graham,
512
Marshall,
62.4
Richey, or
Ritchey, 751-2
Worledge,
$30
Clyde,
380-90
Gregg,
543-4
MeCleary, 627-9
Ripley, 752
Worden,
830
Cochran, 390-403
Griffin,
554
McCoy,
629-32
Robinson, 753-4
Wyman, 831
Cogswell, 403-4 Grimes,
555 | McDaniels, 632 | Rowe,
75.1
York, 831-2
331
Dinsmoor,
Holmes, 589
Neal, 687 Stuart,
Taylor,
782-3
Barrett,
334
Dow,
510-9
Nesmith, 687-701 Hopkins, 589-95 Howe, 595 Nichols, 701
Templeton, 783-5
Bartley,
334-6
Downing, 519
Hughes, 596-603
Noyes,
Packard, 710-2
Thompson,
Betton,
337-45
Early,
Emerson,
524-7
Jackson,
605
Park,
713-31
Titcomb, 801
Perker,
734
Vance, 80-1
Butterfield, 354
Fitzgerald,
532
Knight,
615
Proctor,
741-4
Call,
355-6
534
Lamson,
618
Quinton,
745
Wilson, $18-29
Caswell,
377
Gordon,
538-12
Clark,
377-80
Greene,
513
MeAdams, 625-7
475
Montgomery,619 Moore, 649-52
Smiley,
771
Davis, 435-6
Hayes, 575
Smith,
Snelling,
776
778-82
Barker,
331-4
437-510
Haseltine, 568-74
Milner,
Senter,
757-61
Armour,
315-7
Cutler,
417-22
317-26
Davidson, 423-35
Hawkins,
Hunt,
523
529
Johnston, 607-10
Brown,
348-51
772-6
Bahan,
777-8
Baldwin,
702-9
799-800
621
Richardson,
Record of Unassigned Births and Deaths, 832 .- Corrections. 835, - Index of Sub- jects, 836 .- General Index to Names, 839.
INTRODUCTION.
WITHIN a century history has undergone great changes. It is no longer merely the record of courts, of kingly craft, of wars, of the meeting of embattled hosts, and the shouts of victory. It has advanced to a higher, broader, and truer plane, and is founded on a more substantial basis. It is now the story of peoples, - of their life, habits, and customs; of their modes of thought; of their mental sloth or intellectual activity; of their rapid advance- ment or swift decay. It chronicles the advancement of the race in civilization ; the progress of science, the triumphs of art; it describes not only the conquests of war, but the more beautiful and lasting triumphs of peace. Now
"The individual withers, And the world is more and more."
The value of history is in its teaching power. Men, busy with the practicalities of life, read the pages of history, and draw from them lessons of instruction and warning. As we read the history of our fathers, the early settlers of this town; of their hardships and sufferings; of their sacrifices and manly endurance; of their heroism and unbounded faith, -we, their children and successors, should emulate their heroic virtues, and the holy fires of religious faith, of patriotism, endurance, and love, thus kindled in our hearts, should burn with a brighter and purer light.
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