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Under date of June 25, 1675, the selectmen, Job Clements, Peter Coffin and Timothy Nutter, make known the fact "that the said Peter Coffin doth make over the said Neck of Land with all Towns Rights to the same which the said Coffin bought of the Town unto the said Capt. Richard Waldron, his heirs and assigns forever & whereas the Selectmen upon the Discounting of one hundred & fifty pounds Due to Capt Richard Waldron from the town of Dover Due in Behalf of the towns assign and
1 Stich'd Book No. 1, called the Burnt Book.
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set over and Grant unto the said Richard Waldron his heirs & assigns forever the above said Neck of land, with all Rights and Privileges Belonging to the Town upon the said Neck at the time of the sale thereof." His garrison was attacked in the Indian massacre at Dover, January 27, 1689.
The town granted to Capt. Peter Coffin, February 21, 1698, "Liberty to Lay Logs in the Eddy and creek afore his mill att Lamperill river .; " also at the same time 200 acres of land on "the north side of Lamperill river saw mill above Mr Wad- leighs mill for the Land the new meeting house stands upon not to preiudice any former grant nor highway."
The town measurers, Biley Dudley and Robert Coffin, August 22, 1698, laid out 100 acres according to this grant, "bounded by Lamperell riuer opposite Nicholas Doe near the path that leads to ye Seacon fall." He presented a claim for enter- taining soldiers in garrison at Oyster River, May 15, 1694, and of Exeter for soldiers at Oyster River, November 30, 1694; was commissioned Justice by William III, August 16, 1699; and agent of Richard Waldron of Portsmouth in renewing the bounds of Squamscot with the lot-layers of Exeter, Moses Leavitt and Robert Coffin, 1697. In March, 1702, the governor and council ordered him to send two men to scout from Exeter to Pickpocket mill, thence to Kingston and so back to Exeter; also to send two men to Lamprey River to the house of John Smith and so back to Exeter; had 200 acres of land granted him, April, 1702; acted as justice of the peace, Exeter, 1704-05 and 1713; on committee of the parish, 1706; had an account against the es- tate of Col. Winthrop Hilton, 1711. He died at Exeter, March 21, 1715.
39. Peter Coffin, Jr., was born August 20, 1660; was ap- pointed September 18, 1693 "to agree with Rev. John Clark to come to this town to be our minister;" in 1695, "to keep the account of the work done on the meeting house;" January 1, 1696, "to build the meeting house;" and petitioned in 1697 for the renewal of the bonds of Squamscot.
He was chosen August 26, 1698, to make provision for the gathering of a church and the ordination of Mr. John Clark September 21, 1698, when he and Deborah Coffin, his wife, joined the church in covenant and profession of faith. The first
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parish voted November 16, 1728, that a new meeting house should be built and set on "some part of that land which the present meeting house standeth on, which land the town purchased of Captain Peter Coffin for that use." Mr. Coffin was a contribu- tor to the building of the high steeple, April 4, 1739; petitioned to be joined to Massachusetts, 1739; was trader in Exeter pre- vious to the Revolution, and major in Col. David Gilman's regi- ment.
40. Robert Coffin, son of Peter Coffin, Sr., was born in 1667, and married Joanna, twin daughter of John and Elizabeth (Treworgie) Gilman, who was born April 30, 1679. He was town measurer in 1697-98, 1700 and 1703; received, September 9, 1701, "all ye right ye town of Exeter hath or had in ye Lower falls att Lamperell riuer with all ye priueleg of ye flats 20 rods below sª falls," he "to pay fiue pounds per annum a yer yearly to the town or ministry by way of rent." "Fiue Aykers" of the 100 granted him in April, 1702, were laid out August 9, 1713, with bounds, "a pckit Rock which Layes in Lam- perill Riuer Lower falls . Douer Line, God- dards Creek, . Lamperill Riuer Lowwater mark." A place for a pew in the meeting house was assigned February 3, 1698 "to Robert Coffin and his Wif and Elizabeth Coffin, and the widda Coffin, and his children, joining to Captain Wad- leighs pew." He died May 19, 1710.
41. William Moore received lands in the first allotment at Exeter, December 4, 1639, 22 acres and 110 poles upland and 2 acres 40 poles marsh "this side Mr. Hiltons," and 120 poles at Lamprey River. He petitioned the governor, deputies and magis- trates, May 3, 1643 "to appoint the bounds of our town," and also "that we may still peacably enjoy these small quantities of marshes which are at Lamperel riuer;" received grants of land January 16, 1645, November 4, 1647, 10 acres, December 15, 1647, 30 acres, January 21, 1666, 36 acres, March 3, 1674, 12 acres, and April 2, 1675, 300 acres, which was laid out with Robert Smart's 300 acres, April 22, 1698, at the "Head of mr Edward Hilton's Land and to Pascasick Riuer and joyning to Lieut Hall's four hundred acres;" was also granted 60 acres, February 21, 1680; was on a committee to run the line between Exeter and Hampton, March 29, 1668, between Exeter and Dover,
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July 10, 1671; and to equalize the distribution of land, March 11, 1679; signed in favor of continuing with Massachusetts in 1677; was on a committee to make a new agreement with Rev. Mr. Dudley, June 13, 1655, and to seat the new meeting house, February 3, 1698; was a delegate for Exeter to the convention which decided it best that New Hampshire return to its former union with Massachusetts, January, 1690; was commissioned captain, March, 1690; joined the church in covenant and con- fession of faith, September 21, 1698. His name appears last up- on the town records as moderator, in 1699.
42. Andrew Burley, son of Giles Burley, was born at Ipswich, Mass .; married Mary, daughter of Roger Conant, March 14, 1681; was granted liberty to burn a kiln of brick at Jeffries Neck, March 20, 1687; purchased lands at Bayside, New- fields, January 18, 1695, of Samuel Cutt, Richard Waldron and Samuel Penhallow; subscribed for "a bigger bell," 1699, and January 16, 1700, was assigned a seat in the new meeting house at Ipswich; divided land with his brother, James, at Newmarket, 1715, and died, Ipswich, February 1, 1718.
43. James Burley, his brother, was born in Ipswich; bought 150 acres of upland and meadow at Bayside of Daniel King, January 31, 1685; settled there, 1699; was surveyor of high- ways, 1704; bought marsh of Stephen Minot, 1712, and land of Joseph Hilton, 1714; divided land with his nephew, son of Andrew, May 22, 1718; was appraiser of the estate of Robert Smart, May 22, 1718; conveyed lands to his sons, Joseph, James and Giles, 1719; and died at Bayside about 1721.
44. Josiah Burley, son of James, and grandson of Giles Bur- ley, was born in 1701; chosen tithing-man, March 29, 1725; mar- ried Hannah, daughter of Andrew and Abigail (Follett) Wig- gin, and died in 1756.
45. Richard Glidden, probably son of Charles, was of Ports- mouth in 1665, and of Exeter in 1677, in which year he signed in favor of continuing with Massachusetts. He received grants of land in 1698 and 1725; joined the church in covenant and profession of faith, September 21, 1698; was administrator of his brother John's estate, January 4, 1710. His will, dated October 18, 1727, and probated December 4, 1728, mentions wife Sarah and seven sons and three daughters. The family lived
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in the vicinity of Wadleigh's falls. His heirs had 10 acres of land assigned them, August 9, 1738.
46. John Wedgewood, son of John and Mary Wedgewood of Hampton, received from his uncle, John Smart, one half of the 300 acres of land which was granted to Goodman John Smart May 25, 1646, and re-surveyed July 21, 1780; received by his father's will, November 24, 1654, a dwelling house and other estate in Exeter. He is first mentioned on Exeter records, March 3, 1673, when he was chosen to look after the manufacturers of pipe staves with reference to their ministerial rates; was one of 62 persons taxed in Exeter, April 20, 1680, and was landowner at Newfields, June 13, 1681; was commissioned to lay out lands, 1698; of Exeter, 1700; was with Hampton men at Fort William and Mary from May 18 to June 1, 1708; taken captive by the Indians, June 1710, carried to Canada, but escaped and returned with two other men; enlisted from Major Smith's company with the scout of Capt. James Davis, 1712. Wedgewood Point, lying between Shute's Point and the Fowler place, locates his residence.
The name appears here for more than a century and a half and represented an orthodox faith. "Mr. John Wedgewood died March 6, 1828, aged 95." "Mrs. Mary Wedgewood died August 20, 1824 aged 79."1
47. Capt. Eliphalet Coffin was apportioned 100 acres of com- mon lands, April 12, 1725; bid off pew No. 30 on the main floor for £18 10s. March, 1731; was on committee to call the selectmen to account in 1732; sold to Stephen Pendergast 84 acres of land with the garrison house at Lamprey River second falls, now known as the Pendergast Garrison, October 9, 1735. Captain Coffin died August 16, 1736. His will dated January 15, 1735, and probated September 13, 1736, gives to his wife "my mulatto girl named Tinne and my negro girl named Peg, and my negro man Jack," and to his son, Peter, lands in Exeter, Stratham and Dover with the orchard upon it, including 100 acres at Lamprey River and "my negro man Jack after his mother has done with him."
48. Philip Chesley, son of Philip, and grandson of Philip, bought of Thomas Packer, December 1, 1711, 50 acres of land adjoining Lamprey River together "with ye privilege of erecting
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a mill or mills upon ye said riuer." Samuel, his brother, sold to Samuel Lindsey, March 1, 1728, one eighth of the sawmill at the falls in Lamprey River "commonly called Packers falls." The falls were so named from Thomas Packers who received from Dover a grant in this region, April 11, 1694.
49. Joseph Chesley, son of Thomas, and grandson of Philip, acquired land, March 26, 1707, on Lubberland shore, where his garrison stood, purchasing of Sampson Doe all the land between John Goddard's and Richard York's. He also secured at the same time six acres, and two islands, since called Chesley's and now Channell's Islands.
50. Jonathan Wadleigh, son of Captain Robert, and grand- son of John, styled Lieutenant and Captain, married Ann, daughter of Humphrey Wilson, and widow of Col. Winthrop Hil- ton. He was assigned a seat in the pew of his father, February 3, 1698 ; received a grant of 50 acres of land, February 21, 1698; was appointed by General Sessions to run lines between town and town throughout the province, December 3, 1701, March 6, 1711, and December 24, 1715; witness for Samuel Allen in his entry upon Mason's claims, December 22 and 23, 1707 ; on a com- mittee of Exeter to locate roads in the province March 16, 1711; with his wife petitioned the council board for a re-hearing of the case between them and George Jaffrey, and John Brown and wife Mary, October 11, 1718; received 200 acres in the distribu- tion of common lands, 1725; was selectman, 1727-28; on the committee to build a new meeting house, October, 1729; paid £15 for pew No. 22 in the new meeting house, March, 1731; on committee to secure and deliver the town books to the newly elected clerk, March 1738; petitioned to be joined to Massachu- setts in 1739; and against a township in the southwest of Exeter, 1642.
51. William Ardell was a merchant at Boston in 1684, at Portsmouth about 1686, and resident of Lamprey River in 1700, where an inventory of his estate was returned June 5, 1710, by Richard Hilton. A writ of attachment was served upon him by Robert Tufton Mason, May 22, 1684, "for entering &c the half part of Hilton's mill at Lamprey river;" complained of the exorbitant taxation by Governor Cranfield, November 6, 1684; had timber and boards attached at Hilton's mill at Piscassic,
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July 15, 1685, or his body seized by writ of Walter Barefoote; had account with Mr. Hilton, January 24, 1686, to July 8, 1689, which was allowed against the estate November 14, 1701; was sheriff of the province, 1697-99; received a grant of 100 acres of land February 21, 1698, which was laid out March 12, 1699, near his sawmill at Piscassic River; mortgaged all his lands, houses and mill or mills on Piscassic River to George Jaffrey, July 26, 1700, and gave him possession September 3, 1701; brought action against B. Young in 1707 to recover a book account; had account with Col. Winthrop Hilton in 1710; his house, barn and sawmill were given in possession to Mr. Culton about 1710. He died, and an inventory of his estate was returned by Richard Hilton, June 5, 1710.
52. Archibald McPheadris of Scotland was an opulent mer- chant at Portsmouth and a leading projector of iron manufac- ture in America. He was at the head of a company which es- tablished the Lamprey River Iron Works in 1719. The general court encouraged the enterprise by granting them a strip of land two miles wide at the head of Dover line. The company en- deavored to procure workmen from Europe.
53. John Doe, son of Nicholas and Martha Doe, was born August 25, 1669, and lived in the garrison house on the Neck, where he joined in asking for 15 or 20 soldiers to defend Lub- berland, 1694; petitioned, November 11, 1715, that a ministerial tax be assessed in Oyster River; and for the incorporation of Durham, May 15, 1732. He died intestate about 1742, leaving his wife, Elizabeth, and children.
54. Sampson Doe, brother of John, was born April 6, 1671; served ten days in Capt. James Davis's Scout, 1712; petitioned for a parish at Oyster River November 11, 1715, which was incor- porated May 4, 1716; selectman, and committee of the parish in 1717; and became a member of the church at Oyster River at its organization March 26, 1718; was mentioned in the records, 1720; apportioned 20 acres of land by the committee of Exeter, 1725, and 80 acres, 1738 ; petitioned for the incorporation of Dur- ham, May 15, 1732; for a bridge over Squamscot River, 1746; and with Nicholas, Joseph and John Doe, Jr., and others, "having endured the brunt and hardships of the late war," for a township anywhere.
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55. Joseph Hall was the son of Joseph and Mary (Hilton) Hall. He married (1) Mary Moody of Newbury, who died April 1, 1755, aged 73 years, and (2) Eunice -, who died his widow March 27, 1790, aged 97 years. He was among his Uncle Col. Winthrop Hilton's haymakers when attacked by the Indians July 1, 1706, and escaped, while others were killed or captured; was selectman in 1715-17, 1721, 1723-25; lieutenant, 1720, and in June and July, 1744, on Capt. John Gage's scout of seven men "to guard Mast men"; received grants of land November 1, 1718, ten acres; March 9, 1725, ten acres; certified to taking ten acres of swamp land by fencing and clearing, December 16, 1718; in 1725, was apportioned 150 acres; original proprietor of Nottingham, May 10, 1722; on committee to regulate the streets of Nottingham, October 12, 1727; and at a meeting of the pro- prietors March 25, 1729, was chosen with Andrew McClary "to Lay a Flore and fitt one End of the Block house for a minister to preach in"; received in the second division of lands in Not- tingham, November 4, 1730, "Lot No. 9, Summer St.," and in the third division, 1733, drew Lot 7 Range 4 and Lot 15 Range 3; lot-layer reporting to the town the action of lot-layers, 1731; on committee to receive claims of persons whose lots had been over- laid on other lots, October 18, 1731; at Newfields he was assessor of the parish in 1729 and 1732; committee of the parish on the settlement of Rev. John Moody, February 9, 1730, and on the parish committee to convey to Rev. John Moody the land voted him in settlement. The committee bought twelve acres of Jona- than Hilton which they deeded to Mr. Moody August 7, 1730, for the pastor's home. He protested against the proceedings of a town meeting as illegal, June 17, 1738; was moderator, 1745; justice, 1746; petitioned the general assembly for a bridge over Squamscot River, November 21, 1746; for a lottery to aid in building the bridge, 1759-60, and for its location at Newfields in 1766. In 1769 Joseph Hall had died leaving a widow and six daughters.
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56. Edward Hall, brother of Joseph, married (1) Mary, daughter of Humphrey and Judith (Hersey) Wilson, who died December 2, 1737, aged 57; and (2) Hannah, daughter of Rob- ert Lord, and widow (1) of John Light, and (2) of Josiah Hall. He was captured by the Indians among Col. Winthrop Hilton's haymakers July 1, 1706, and suffered greatly in making his escape after several months' captivity ; his experience as cap- tive and surveyor was valuable and he was consulted about the Indian troubles by the governor's council in 1716; was surveyor of his majesty's woods in 1715; on important committees in town and Legislature in 1713, 1722, 1724, 1726-27, 1729, 1732 and 1740; selectman, 1718, 1720, 1722, 1726-27; took a mortgage of Richard Hilton's estate subject to previous incumbrances, December 28, 1721; appointed to cut a highway to "Lake Win- nispesseogee," 1722; was an original proprietor of Nottingham, May 10, 1722, where he was on a committee, 1724, 1726-27 and 1729; lot-layer, 1730 and 1732, and received in the second division of lands, November 4, 1730, Lots No. 29 Range 9, and No. 1 Range 8; was "Essessor for the parish of new-market," 1723, 1728, 1732, 1734-35 and 1738; apportioned 150 acres of land in 1725; overseer to go with the chainmen to keep tally and give just allowance in running the line between Chester and Londonderry, January 6, 1726, making return to the General Court, October 18, 1726 ; also between Exeter and Chester, 1727; to regulate the streets of Nottingham, October 12, 1727; select- man of Nottingham, 1728-31; empowered "to Gitt a horseway cutt to Amuskeige as Chepe as he can gitt it done and as Low as possible he can," December 10, 1729 ; lot-layer, 1726, 1732, 1736- 39 ; he headed the petition to the general assembly, December 14, 1727, for the formation of Newmarket parish, and was named in the act of incorporation, December 15, 1727, as one of the parish officers till others should be chosen; and appointed to take the census of Newmarket in 1731. He gave quitclaim deeds, March 26, 1734, to Rev. John Moody, of the twelve acres in settlement, and to the parish of the one acre for a burying ground. He was captain in 1736; representative, 1736, 1738-40, 1748, and 1752-53; commissioner of the peace, 1738; certified in the quaint petition of Rev. Hugh Adams to Gov. Jonathan Belcher, May 3, 1738, to be "exemplary in Church communion and attendance
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on the other ordinances of the Gospel of CHRIST;" was among the 263 petitioners to be joined to Massachusetts in 1739; on a committee of the House to draw up and act relating to the ad- mission of "Town Inhabitants," February 19, 1740; petitioned for Squamscot bridge, November 21, 1746, and for a lottery in aid of bridge at Newfields, 1759-60 and 1766. He died about 1767, leaving no son, but several daughters. The eldest, Ann, was the wife of Rev. John Moody, and another daughter married Rev. Mr. Page.
57. Andrew Glidden, son of Richard and Sarah Glidden, had the old homestead of fifty acres laid out to him March 22, 1716, by the heirs of Moses Gilman's grant of 600 acres; was tithing- man, 1721; constable, 1722; assigned March 27, 1725, by virtue of the town order in 1681, ten acres of meadow at the Sand Banks, but afterwards laid out to his heirs "at the head of Hilton's Grant line," August 9, 1738; was apportioned 100 acres of common land, 1725; named executor of his father's will, Octo- ber 18, 1727; named in the act of parish incorporation as "selectman" till others should be chosen; and died before the close of 1730. Edward Hilton, son of Richard, January 5, 1731, caused the arrest and fine for profanity and personal assault of "a negro man called Sambo who was formerly servant to Andrew Glidden deced. & belongs now to the Widdow of said Glidden or her son-in-law Joseph Smith."
58. William Perkins, born in Cornwall County, England, in . 1616, was one of Oliver Cromwell's old soldiers, and was visited, May, 1729, by William Burnet, the accomplished governor of New Hampshire, in the summer of 1729 to talk over the stirring events during the civil wars of the Commonwealth. He was in Dover, 1662; took the oath of allegiance, 1669; and died at New- fields, 1732, at the age of 116 years, the greatest age ever attained by any resident in New Hampshire. His son died in 1757 aged 87, and several of his children lived to be more than 70.
William Perkins' family came here from Oyster River, and purchased of William Hilton, July 28, 1675, sixty acres by the First Creek in Squamscot River near the old centre.
59. William Perkins, Jr., held claims against the state of Wil- liam Hilton, November 14, 1701, and of Col. Winthrop Hilton October 3, 1717; was apportioned forty acres of land in 1725;
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named in the act of parish incorporation, December 15, 1727, "selectman" until other parish officers should be chosen; com- mittee of the parish to agree with Mr. John Moody respecting his settlement, February 9, 1730; elected on parish committee, June 29, 1730, to convey to Rev. John Moody the land voted him in settlement, and assigned, August 7, 1730, twelve of the twenty acres voted, which became the home of Mr. Moody; "constable to some in the parish of New-market," 1734. Ten acres of land were assigned his heirs, August 9, 1738. He died intestate and Mary Perkins, "Widdow & Relict," administered on the estate.
60. Samuel Doe, son of Sampson Doe, was baptized at Lub- berland by Rev. Hugh Adams, March 21, 1718; apportioned by the town of Exeter twenty acres of land in 1725, and twenty acres in 1738; committee of parish on the settlement of Mr. John Moody, February 9, 1730; petitioned for a bridge over Squam- scot River, 1746; bought of John Boreman his right as a soldier to Louisburg, 1746; sold to Stephen Bordman, May 1, 1754, for £7,000 old tenor, land with edifices on Doe's Neck; petitioned for a lottery in aid of Squamscot bridge, 1746; joined the church in Durham, December 31, 1780. He married Abigail, daughter of Judge Andrew Wiggin, who is mentioned in the settlement of her father's estate, November 24, 1757.
61. Thomas Young was a cordwainer; petitioned, February 20, 1690, for the government and protection of Massachusetts "as formerly"; was counted, April 25, 1715, among the "house- holders and inhabitants that live nearer the old meeting house on Dover Neck than the new one at Cocheco"; presented his claim against the estate of Col. Winthrop Hilton, October 3, 1717; was of Exeter and purchased part of the 600 acres granted to Moses Gilman of his sons, Jeremiah, James and Caleb, September 4, 1720; bought John Willey's proprietor rights in the township of Canterbury, March 16, 1730; committee of Newmarket parish on the settlement of Mr. Moody, February 9, 1730; justice, 1744; representative "unduly elected" and superseded, 1745; peti- tioned for bridge, November 21, 1746; bought a portion of the homestead estate of Benjamin York "over against Lamprey river landing place," November 9, 1749 ; with widow Eliza Young was rated for parish dues at Dover, 1753. His will was dated May 2, 1767, but not signed. He died May 11, 1767, aged 76.
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His wife Sarah, daughter of Ephraim Folsom, died May 13, 1768, aged 76.
62. Jeremy Folsom, son of Dea. John, and cousin of John at Piscassic, settled about 1712 on the hill south of Lamprey River village, where in 1719 he built the two-story brick house which stood till 1874; was highway surveyor, 1725, and 1727; on parish committee, 1730; bought fifty acres of land of Richard Hilton on the west side of Hilton's mill grant at Piscassic River, on south side of Wadleigh's mill grant, January 4, 1730. His father's will, dated November 24, 1715, has the following:
"Item. I give to my son Jeremiah Foulsom one hundred acres of land at Lamperele River where he lives."
In 1720 he was chosen tithing-man; in 1725, apportioned fifty acres of common land; on the parish committee June 29, 1730, which conveyed to Rev. John Moody, August 7, 1730, twelve of the twenty acres voted him in settlement. He had eight children, and died in 1757. His wife, Mary, died October 8, 1744, aged 57 years.
The descendants of the Folsom family have resided in the vicinity for more than 200 years.
63. Robert Pike, son of Robert, who died August 22, 1690, aged 35, grandson of Major Robert, and great-grandson of John, was born September 3, 1687. He came to Exeter as early as 1720, and was admitted proprietor of Nottingham, June 13, 1722; constable at Exeter in 1723; apportioned fifty acres of com- mon land in 1725; was of one party in a division of land which had belonged to Winthrop Hilton, September 25, 1725; chosen on the parish committee June 29, 1730, to lay out twelve of the twenty acres voted to Mr. Moody in settlement; gave land for a highway from Newfields landing to Nottingham, 1733; petitioned for Squamscot bridge, November 21, 1746; for its location at Newfields, November 25, 1755; for lottery in aid of its building, 1760, and again for its location at Newfields, 1766; entered the company of Capt. Jeremiah Marston in Colonel Goffe's regiment for invading Canada by way of the Green Mountains, from which he was reported "deserted 6th Oct, C. Point"; states in a peti- tion June 14, 1764, that he was in the expedition against Canada in 1760, and among others left Crown Point about a fortnight before dismission, yet prays for pay for that year, but the peti-
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