USA > New Hampshire > Sullivan County > History of Cheshire and Sullivan counties, New Hampshire > Part 117
USA > New Hampshire > Cheshire County > History of Cheshire and Sullivan counties, New Hampshire > Part 117
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145 | Part 146 | Part 147 | Part 148 | Part 149 | Part 150 | Part 151 | Part 152 | Part 153 | Part 154 | Part 155
In 1790 six others joined the little company. Their meetings were held at private residences in different parts of the town. The oldest church records, now known to exist, bear date of June 24, 1791. Rev. Jedediah Hibbard was pastor, Moses Weld clerk and Samuel Hilliard deacon. They sustained preaching only a part of the time and were thrown wholly upon their own resources by the removal of their pastor to St. Armand, P. Q., in 1795 Owing to the difficulty of sus- taining preaching, they attempted, at one time, to unite with the Plainfield, now the Meriden, Bap- tist Church ; at another time with the Newport Baptist Church; and still another time with the Cornish Congregational Church, in the support of preaching. But failing of success in each case, they contented themselves with the services ren- dered by some of their own number-Deacon Sam-
uel Hilliard at one time " improving his gifts," and Brother Uriah Smith at another. This con - tinued until 1803, when Rev. Ariel Kendrick be- came their pastor. He served them eighteen years, during which time they enjoyed three sea- sons of revival, and were greatly strengthened and blessed. 1 give the names of succeeding pastors, not including supplies, in their order : Simeon W. Beckwith, Gibbon Williams, Oliver Barron, David Burroughs, Nahum P. Foster, Phineas Bond, D. P. Deming, H. C Leavitt, G. S. Smith, G. A. Glines, J. K. Chase, D. Donovan.
The church edifice, erected on a hill near the centre of the town, was dedicated in 1805. This house was taken down in 1818, and removed to its present site at Cornish Flat, and the sermons at both its dedication and rededication were preached by Rev. Aaron Leland, of Chester. Vt. The house was remodeled in 1846, and a spire was added to it and other important repairs made in 1883.
The church gave letters of dismission to quite a number of its members for the purpose of organ- izing a Baptist Church in Claremont, N. H., in the year 1821, and sent its pastor, Rev. A. Kend- rick, and three of the brethren, to aid in the organ- ization.
A goodly number of preachers of the gospel have also at various times gone forth from this church. Prominent among these may be named Rev. Geo H. Hough, missionary to Burmah, an associate of Judson both in labors and in a part at least of his prison sufferings. There were also Daniel F. and Horace Richardson, Calvin Baker, Charles H. Green and D. P. Deming, men of tried fidelity and devotion, of whom the last named has many times rendered the church valuable service and is still active in his sympathies with it.
The church property includes a convenient and comfortable parsonage, with a good garden-plot of about half an acre of land. The grounds surround- ing the church are ample for all its wants, and a neat enclosure, adorned with shade trees, fronts it and forms the entrance to it from the centre of the village.
149
CORNISH.
The membership, though greatly reduced and depleted by frequent removals to business centres, is now about one hundred strong. Regular ser- vices are maintained, the Sunday-school is flourish- ing, and the outlook hopeful.
Good libraries, to which valuable additions are made from time to time, are connected with both church and Sunday-school. Thus an effort is made to foster a taste for good reading. May the foundations thus laid by good men and true sus- tain a superstructure worthy of the zeal and devo-
tion of its founders, and continue a source of divine blessing to all future time.
A Baptist Church was formed here in 1791. There is also a Methodist Church in the town at the Centre. The town has a population of eleven hundred and fifty-seven.
Postmaster, Cornish, W. E. Deming; centre, G. E. Hilliard ; south, G. E. Fairbanks ; Cornish Flat, J. C. Boynton; physician, G. W. Hunt. The town is sixty miles northwest from Concord, and its railroad station is Windsor, Vt.
1
HISTORY OF CROYDON.
BY EDMUND WHEELER.
CHAPTER I.
CROYDON, in Sullivan County, N. H., is situ- ated on the highland between the Connecticut and Merrimack rivers, is bounded on the north by Grantham, east by Springfield and Sunapee, south by Newport, and west by Cornish. Area, twenty- six thousand acres; distance from Concord, the capital of the State, forty-four miles; from Leb- anon, seventeen miles, and from Newport, nearest railroad station, seven miles. Much of its scenery is wild and picturesque. The soil is diversified. That bordering on Sugar River is rich and pro- ductive ; as we rise gradually back upon the hills it yields excellent grass, wheat and potatoes, while, as we ascend still higher up the mountain sides, we find only pasturage and forests, and these are over- topped with lofty piles of granite.
MOUNTAINS .- Croydon Mountain, which extends across the western part of the town, is the highest elevation in the county, being nearly three thou- sand feet above the level of the sea. It com- mands an extensive and one of the most beautiful prospects in the State, and its charms are attested by its many and enthusiastic visitors. The other elevations are the Pinnacle and Sugar Hill in the central, Baptist Hill in the southern, Pine Hill in the northern, and Baltimore and Camel's Hump in the southeastern part of the town. On the southern slope of the latter is a magnificent por- trait of the human face, known as "Aaron," sup- posed to be a sentinel placed there by the hand of a wise Providence to guide and protect a chosen people, the best view of which is obtained from the
old Croydon Turnpike, above the church, at the Flat.
PONDS .- Long, Rocky Bound, and Spectacle in the eastern, and Governor's in the southwestern part of the town, are the principal bodies of water, in some of which is excellent fishing.
RIVERS .- The north branch of Sugar River flows through the town in a southwesterly direc- tion, and affords some of the best water-power in the vicinity, although but little utilized at the present time. The other principal streams are Beaver, Ash Swamp and Long Pond brooks.
VILLAGES .- Four Corners, being near the centre of the town and on the Croydon Turnpike, thus the great thoroughfare, and having a church, tav- ern, store, offices and shops, was once the centre of trade; but railroads, diverting the travel, and the want of water-power, has caused its decline.
East Village .- Situated on the north branch of Sugar River at the head of Spectacle Pond, and on the main road from Newport to Lebanon, con- tains the town hall. a post-office, store, church, hotel, saw and grist-mill, carpenter and black- smith's shop. Here, also, is one of the best district schools in the county. Distant from railroad station, at Newport, seven miles, on the Concord and Claremont railroad.
Croydon Flat is situated on the north branch of Sugar River at its junction with Beaver Brook, and at the head of the extended meadows below. Here is a church, store, post-office and various mills and shops. From here large amounts of excelsior handles and lumber are shipped annually. Three
150
151
CROYDON.
and one-half miles from railroad station, New- port.
CHARTER .- The charter of Croydon, signed by Benning Wentworth, and countersigned by Theo- dore Atkinson, is dated May 31, 1763.
The following are the names of the original proprietors of Croydon :
Samuel Chase.
Moody Chase. .
Ephraim Sherman.
Daniel Marsh.
James Wellman.
Samuel Ayers.
Antipas Hollan.
Joseph Vinson.
Enoch Marble.
Timothy Darling.
Jonathan Chase.
Jones Brown.
Thomas Dana.
David Sherman.
John Stow.
Ebenezer Rawson.
Moses Chase.
Samuel Sherman.
Seth Chase.
James Richardson. Daniel Putnam.
Daniel Chase. Ephraim Sherman, Jr. John Temple.
Samuel Dudley. William Dudley. Abraham Temple.
Samuel Chase, Jr.
Benjamin Morse. James Whipple. Benjamin Morse, Jr.
Dudley Chase.
Gershom Waite.
Joseph Mirriam. John Whipple.
Phineas Leland.
Willis Hall. .
Luke Drury.
Benjamin Wallis.
Thomas M. Clening.
Silas Hazeltine. Jonathan Hall.
Solomon Aldridge.
Daniel Chase, Jr.
Richard Wibird. John Downing.
James Taylor.
Daniel Warner.
Joseph Whipple. Silas Warring.
Stephen Chase. Parsons.
Solomon Chase.
David Temple.
Benjamin Wood.
Solomon Leland.
Caleb Chase.
John Holland.
Moses Whipple.
William Waite.
Benjamin Leland.
They held their first meeting at Grafton, Mass., June 17, 1763; their first meeting in Croydon, January 17, 1798; their last, January 17, 1810.
SETTLEMENT .- In the spring of 1766 Moses Whipple, Seth Chase, David Warren, Ezekiel Powers and others came to Croydon from Graf- ton, Mass., and made some preliminary prepara- tions for a settlement. Soon after their return,
Seth Chase, with his wife and child, started for this place. This was the first family established in town. They arrived June 10, 1766, and three days after (June 13) commenced the erection of their log-cabin. On the 24th of the same month, Moses Whipple and David Warren arrived with their families. The next year Moses Leland and Ezekiel Powers came to town. In the autumn of 1768, four more families arrived, and in 1769 the tide of emigration, setting this way, soon made them respectable in numbers. The first town- meeting was held March 8, 1768.
Mr. Chase erected his cabin about one-half mile southwest from Spectacle Pond, on the farm now owned by Moses Barton; Mr. Whipple, on the swell of land between the Four Corners and East Village, on the farm of Horace S. Fowler, long known as the "Edward Hall place;" Mr. Warren, on the north side of the Pinnacle, near the cemetery; Mr. Powers, on the Caleb K. Lov- erin farm, near the East Village, and Mr. Leland in the north part of the town, on the farm now owned by Charles H. Forehand. The Stowes and Metcalfs settled in the southwest part of the town, in a district called Brighton ; the Wheelers, Ja- cobs, Townes and Hagars, in the south part, on an elevation known as Baptist Hill; the Kemptons, at the Flat; the Ryders, in the southeast part, and the Goldthwaits and Benjamin Barton, in the northwest part of the town. The Putnams settled near the centre of the town south of the Pinnacle; the Halls, on the place where Peter Hurd now resides, on the west side of Sugar Hill; the Coop- ers, on the northwest slope of Baltimore Hill.
The pioneers were intelligent, honest, indus- trious and frugal, and were distinguished for more than an ordinary share of physical and men- tal endowments. As a result, it would be ex- pected that their descendants would possess more or less of the peculiarities of their parents. As a result of this inheritance, wherever you find them scattered abroad over the country, in whatever calling or profession, they usually maintain a high standard for proficiency and integrity, and reflect honor upon their native town.
Stephen Hall.
Ebenezer Waters.
March Chase.
Jonathan Aldridge.
152
HISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
MILITARY.
THE REVOLUTION .- The sympathies of the first settlers of Croydon were early enlisted in the Revolutionary struggle. Soon after the Battle of Lexington, they sent Eleazer Leland and Abner Brigham to join the Provincial army ; enrolled a company of twelve minute-men; raised eight pounds to purchase a town supply of ammunition, and chose Moses Whipple, Stephen Powers, Phineas Sanger, Abner Brigham and Joseph Hall a " committee of safety." In 1777 nine men from Croydon joined a company of militia, commanded by Captain Solomon Chase, of Cornish, and marched to Ticonderoga. Eight men joined the company of Captain Hardy, of Hanover, and united with the forces of General Stark, at Charlestown. Captain Moses Whipple, with a company composed partly of men from Cornish, " turned out" to stop the progress of Burgoyne. Croydon maintained its interest and contributed its full share of men and means until the close of the war.
The following is an imperfect list of those citizens of Croydon who served in the Revolu- tionary War:
Bazaleel Barton.
Stephen Powers. Urias Powers.
Benjamin Barton.
Abner Brigham.
David Powers.
Cornel Chase.
Samuel Powers.
John Cooper, Jr.
David Putman.
Joel Cooper.
Caleb Putman.
Sherman Cooper.
Jacob Hall.
Ezra Cooper.
Benjamin Sherman. Ezekiel Rooks.
Benjamin Cutting. John Druce.
Daniel Rooks.
Amos Dwinnell.
David Stockwell.
Enoch Emerson.
Phineas Sanger.
Timothy Fisher.
John Sanger.
Ezra Hall.
Daniel Emerson. Edward Hall, Jr. Amos Hagar.
Bazaleel Gleason.
Jonas Cutting.
James How.
Moses Warren.
Abijah Hall.
Moses Whipple.
James Hall.
Joseph Hall.
Samuel R. Hall. Isaac Woolson.
Eleazer Leland. Nathaniel Wheeler.
Rufus King.
Samuel Whipple.
Rufus Kempton.
Seth Wheeler.
WAR OF 1812 .- The following is an incomplete list of the citizens of Croydon who served in the war of 1812.
Major, Abijah Powers. Ensign, Amasa Hall.
Privates.
Nathaniel Wheeler. Samuel Powers.
Charles Cutting. Elijah Darling.
Levi Winter. Sibley Melendy.
Isaac Cooper. Abijah Dunbar.
Tyler Walker.
THE REBELLION .- The following is an imper- fect list of those citizens who served in the Union army during the Rebellion :
Chaplains Robert Stinson, Anthony C. Hardy ; Captains John W. Putman, E. Darwin Comings ; Lieutenants Paine Durkee, Albert Miner, (wounded at Fair Oaks); Sergeants Oscar D. Allen, (wounded at Antietam, killed at Gettysburg), Lloyd D. Fore- hand, (wounded at Fair Oaks), John Blanchard, (wounded), Hiram K. Darling, William D. Angell, (died in the service); Corporals George E. Frye, (killed at Chancellorsville), Alvah K. Davis, Henry H. Haynes, Irving D. Tobie, Ephraim Plympton ; Privates, Alonzo Allen (wounded at Fair Oaks), Thomas Ames, (died in service), George Angell, Jr., Sanford T. Barton, (wounded at Fair Oaks), Henry Barton, (killed in battle), Frederick J. Burge, William Bushy, Charles Baggatt, Charles L. Bryant, Rufus W. Clark, Alonzo C. Crooker, John Cabner, James P. Darling, (wounded), Warren K. Darling, Walter P. Darling, George S. Davis, (died), Robert Dinsmore, Leroy Forehand, Stephen G. Ford, George H. Good- hue, Jeremiah Haynes, Charles C. Howard, (wounded), Franklin J. Hersey, (killed at Fair Oaks), Philip Harding, (killed at second battle of Bull Run), Edward Hall, Hiram C. Hall, Charles N. Harridon, Herman Jacobs, Ambrose Jerome, Charles K. Jack- son, (died), John A. Johnson, W. Wallace Kidder, Thomas Mack, Abraham Nutting, Elias F. Powers, (died at Poolesville, Md., February 17, 1863), Charles
Isaac Sanger. Robert Spencer. Benj. Swinnerton. Benj. Thompson. Greshorn Ward. Aaron Warren.
Phineas Newton.
Thomas Whipple. Aaron Whipple.
153
CROYDON.
S. Partridge, Theodore H. Payne, Nathan Peyton, Isaac P. Rawson, George H. Ross, Albert F. Robbins, John Riley, Henry H. Stockwell, (killed at Fair Oaks), John G. Stockwell, (died at Harper's Ferry), Henry H. Squires, Charles L. Stockwell, (mortally wounded), George N. Smith, George Tasker, Austin L. Whipple, (died in service), Emile Warren, (died at Andersonville Prison).
A few of the above were substitutes, and not actual citizens of the town. Twenty-five of them enlisted in the early part of the war, and received but ten dollars bounty. They were all volunteers. The highest bounty paid by the town was one hundred dollars per year. No citizen of Croydon is known to have deserted from the army during the war. Many of them re-enlisted and served until the close of hostilities.
The following are a few of the many natives of Croydon who enlisted from other places during the war :
Chaplain Joseph Sargent, (died in the service); Surgeons Ira W. Bragg, (naval surgeon, died in the service), Sherman Cooper, David C. Powers, Marshall Perkins, Willard O. Hurd, Willard C. Kempton ; Captain Walter Forehand ; Lieutenant Edward Dow ; Sharp-Shooter Sergeant Walter P. Blanchard; Priv- ates Leonard Barton, (mortally wounded in battle), Peter Barton, Hiram E. W. Barton, Edward W. Col- lins, (wounded at first Bull Run battle), David R. Eastman, Marshall P. Hurd, (killed at Antietam), Henry Humphrey, (died in the service), Orren Marsh, Simeon Partridge, Dexter Stewart, Stephen M. Thornton, John Thornton, George H. Thornton, (died in the service), Horace P. Hall.
Croydon has furnished to the militia of the State the following officers :
Maj .- Gen. N. Emery.
Colonels.
Jarvis Adams. Calvin Kempton.
Otis Cooper. Samuel Powers.
Freeman Dunbar. Nathan. Wheeler, Jr.
Daniel R. Hall. Moses Whipple.
Majors.
Abijah Powers. Peter Stow.
Lemuel P. Cooper.
The Croydon Light Infantry, and subsequently
the Rifle Company, with their tasty uniforms and equipments and fine drill, were for many years a source of pride to the town
CHURCHES.
CONGREGATIONALISTS .- The first church was organized September 9, 1778, and was of the Pres- byterian order. The following are the names of its members : Moses Whipple, Stephen Powers, Isaac Sanger, John Cooper, Joseph Hall, Jacob Leland, John Sanger, Catherine Whipple, Rachel Powers, Mary Cooper, Anna Leland, Lydia Hall, Hannah Giles and Lucy Whipple. The first meet- ing-house was built in 1794, and in 1828 it was taken down and converted into a town hall. The first minister, Rev. Jacob Haven, was settled June 18, 1787, and he continued pastor until 1834, after which he remained senior pastor until the time of his death, which occurred March 17, 1845, at the advanced age of eighty-two years. A new and commodious church edifice was built in 1826, which was regularly occupied by the society until 1874 when it was closed. Rev. Eli W. Taylor, a native of Hinesburg, Vt., was installed pastor June 10, 1834 and was dismissed December 27, 1837. Aurelius S. Swift, of Fairlee, Vt., was or- dained May 16, 1838, and dismissed in 1841. After his removal the desk was supplied by Rev. Joel Davis, a native of Massachusetts, for several years, after which it was supplied by various clergymen until 1881. At the latter date the Methodists at East village united with them and settled Rev. D. W. Clark, who remained until 1883. He was succeeded by Rev. H. A. Goodhue. John Cooper, Esq., left a legacy of $350 to this church and Mrs. Rebecca Kendall one of $300.
FREE-WILL BAPTIST .- In 1810 some thirty individuals united and formed a Free-will Baptist Church, with Elijah Watson as elder; Eli Davis and David Putnam were appointed deacons. It continued to flourish for some time. At length it was given up and a larger portion of its members united with a then flourishing church at North- ville, in Newport.
METHODIST .- Preachers of the Methodist order
154
HISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
had often visited the town and organized classes, but it was not until 1853 that a church was formed. At that time a society comprising some thirty-six members, was organized. In 1854 they erected a meeting-house at the East Village, in which their services have since been held. The Rev. C. H. Lovejoy was their first pastor. He has been suc- ceeded by the Rev. Messrs. Hays, Russell, Tilton, Whidden, Griffin, Hardy, Draper, Rogers, Quim- by, Bradford, Fiske, Spaulding, LeSeur, Pickles and Windsor. In 1881 this church united with the Congregationalist and settled the Rev. D. W. Clark of the latter denomination. ' After a pastor- ate of two years he was succeeded by the Rev. H. A. Goodhue.
UNIVERSALISTS .- From its earliest settlement Croydon contained many Universalists, and in 1832 a society was formed embracing some fifty members, who held their meetings in the town hall until 1854, when Paul Jacobs, Esq., a wealthy and liberal citizen of the town, built a house of worship at the Flat and gave it to the society. Rev. Rob- ert Stinson was the only settled pastor, but the desk has been supplied by able ministers of the denomination.
CALVINISTIC BAPTIST .- Many individuals of this town have connected themselves with the Calvinistic Baptist society at Newport Village.
CIVIL HISTORY.
TOWN CLERKS .- The following is the list of town clerks from 1768 to 1885 inclusive.
Moses Whipple, from 1768 to 1772.
John Cooper, from 1772 to 1775.
Moses Whipple, from 1775 to 1781.
From 1781 to 1783, no records.
Stephen Powers, from 1783 to 1789. Jesse Green, from 1789 to 1795.
Jacob Haven, from 1795 to 1798.
Reuben Carroll, from 1798 to 1805.
Benjamin Barton, from 1805 to 1806.
Reuben Carroll, from 1806 to 1807. Jacob Haven, from 1807 to 1815.
Stephen Eastman, from 1815 to 1816.
Jacob Haven, from 1816 to 1837.
Benjamin Skinner, from 1837 to 1841. Daniel R. Hall, from 1841 to 1850.
Nathan Hall, from 1850 to 1861.
Daniel R. Hall, from 1861 to 1862.
Dellavan D. Marsh, from 1862 to 1864.
Nathan Hall, from 1864 to 1865.
Dellavan D. Marsh, from 1865 to 1866.
Alonzo Allen, from 1866 to 1883.
Milon C. Cooper, from 1883 to 1885.
REPRESENTATIVES .- The following is a list of the Representatives of Croydon, from 1800 to 1885, inclusive.
1800 Benjamin Barton.
1838 Joseph Eastman.
1801 Samuel Powers. 1839 Joseph Eastman.
1802 Samuel Powers.
1840 John Putnam.
1841 Calvin Hall.
1804 Samuel Powers.
1842 (None.)
1805 Samuel Powers.
1843 Alexander Barton.
1806 Samuel Powers.
1844 Lemuel P. Cooper.
1845 Lemuel P. Cooper.
1808 Samuel Powers.
1846 Ruel Durkee.
1809 Peter Stow.
1847 Ruel Durkee.
1810 James Breck.
1811 James Breck.
1812 Samuel Goldthwait.
1813 James Breck.
1814 James Breck.
1815 Obed Metcalf.
1853 Alfred Ward.
1816 Nath. Wheeler, Jr.
1854 Alfred Ward.
1855 Freeman Crosby.
1856 Wm. M. Whipple.
1857 Martin A. Barton.
1820 Abijah Powers.
1858 Freeman Crosby.
1821 Abijah Powers.
1859 No choice.
1860 No choice.
1823 Abijah Powers.
1861 Paine Durkee.
1862 Daniel R. Hall.
1863 Daniel R. Hall.
1826 Carlton Barton.
1864 Den. Humphey. 1865 Den. Humphrey.
1827 Briant Brown.
1828 Briant Brown.
1866 Worthen Hall.
1829 Zina Goldthwait.
1867 Worthen Hall.
1830 Carlton Barton.
1868 Albina Hall.
1831 Paul Jacobs.
1869 Albina Hall.
1832 Hiram Smart.
1870 Eras. D. Comings.
1833 Zina Goldthwait.
1871 Eras. D. Comings.
1834 Samuel Morse.
1872 Otis Cooper.
1835 Paul Jacobs.
1873 Otis Cooper.
1836 Alexander Barton.
1874 Nath. P. Stevens.
1837 Alexander Barton.
1875 Nath. P. Stevens.
1849 Lester Blanchard.
1850 (None.)
1851 Pliny Hall.
1852 Pliny Hall.
1817 Stephen Eastman. 1818 Stephen Eastman.
1819 Stephen Eastman.
1822 Obed Metcalf.
1824 Amasa Hall.
1825 Amasa Hall.
1848 Lester Blanchard.
1807 Samuel Powers.
1803 Benjamin Barton.
155
CROYDON.
1876 John Blanchard.
1881 Hubbard Cooper.
1882 Hubbard Cooper.
1883 Daniel Ide.
1884 Daniel Ide.
1885 Sylv. G. Walker.
The following is an imperfect list of those who have been called to represent other towns, and who received their political training in Croydon :
Solomon Clement, Springfield, N. H.
Orra C. Howard, Springfield, N. H.
Amos Hall, Grantham, N. H.
Adolphus Hall, Grantham, N. H.
William Melendy, Springfield, N. H.
James Breck, Newport, N. H.
John B. Stowell, Newport, N. H.
James Hall, Newport, N. H.
Zina Goldthwait, Newport N. H.
Edmund Wheeler, Newport, N. H.
Levi W. Barton, Newport, N. H.
Paul J. Wheeler, Newport, N. H.
Henry Breck, Cornish, N. H.
Orlando Powers, Cornish, N. H. Horace Powers, Morristown, Vt.
John L. Marsh, Jefferson Co., N. Y.
Moses Humphrey, Concord, N. H.
Aaron Barton, Piermont N. H.
Hiram Smart, Jr., Plaistow, N. H. Orra Crosby Hardwick, Vt.
Luther J. Fletcher, Lowell, Mass.
Joshua B. Merrill, Barnstead, N. H.
Sherburne Merrill, Colebrook, N. H.
Alvin Sargent, Sanbornton, N. H. Charles Rowell, Allentown, N. H. John Ferrin, Morristown, Vt. Harrison Ferrin, Morristown, Vt.
Nathaniel Cooper, Leon, N. Y.
Alexander Barton, Ludlow, Vt. Jonas C. Kempton, Nashua, N. H.
James W. Putnam, Danvers, Mass.
George F. Putnam, Warren, N. H. William Breck, Claremont, N. H. Stillman Humphrey, Concord, N. H. Alvin Sargent, Holderness, N. H. Joseph Sargent, died in army. Daniel Warren, Waterbury, Vt.
SELECTMEN .- The following is a list of the Se- lectmen of Croydon, from 1768 to 1885 inclusive : 1768 .- Moses Leland, Moses Whipple, David Warren.
1769 .- Moses Leland, Moses Whipple, Stephen Pow- ers.
1770 .- Isaac Sanger, Moses Whipple, Stephen Pow - ers.
1771 .- Moses Whipple, Stephen Powers, David War- ren.
1772 .- John Cooper, Moses Whipple, Stephen Pow- ers.
1773 .- John Cooper, Moses Whipple, Benjamin Swin- nerton.
1774 .- Moses Whipple, John Cooper, Stephen Pow- ers.
1775 .- Moses Whipple, Stephen Powers, Phineas Sanger.
1776 .- John Cooper, Moses Whipple, Benjamin Swin- nerton.
1777 .- Moses Whipple, Stephen Powers, Phineas Sanger.
1778 .- Stephen Powers, Benjamin Swinnerton, Joseph Hall.
1779 .- Moses Whipple, John Cooper, Stephen Pow- ers.
1780 .- Moses Whipple, John Powers, Benjamin Pow- ers.
1781 .- Stephen Powers, Phineas Sanger, David Put- nam.
1782 .- John Cooper, Moses Whipple, Stephen Pow- ers.
1785 .- Edward Hall, Stephen Powers, Phineas San- ger.
1786 .- John Cooper, Edward Hall, Moses Whipple. 1787 .- Stephen Powers, Benjamin Barton, Simeon Partridge.
1788 .- Benjamin Barton, Jesse Green, David Putnam. 1789 .- John Cooper, Benjamin Powers, Ezra Cooper. 1790 .- Benjamin Barton, Abijah Hall, John Cooper, Jr.
1791 .- Benjamin Barton, David Putnam, John Cooper. 1792 .- Benjamin Barton, David Putnam, Samuel Powers.
1793 .- Benjamin Barton, David Putnam, Samuel Powers.
1794 .- Benjamin Barton, John Cooper, Jr., Nathaniel Wheeler.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.