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Leddy, James A. 1057
Leddy, John S. 1057
Leddy, Thomas. 1057
Litch, Benjamin P 1024
Little, Adin S. 938
Littlefield, Elmer J. F. 748
Locke, Andrew G. 1130
Locke, John E. 1140
Locke, Reuben J. 965
Locke, Richard L. 949
797
London, Zelig. 807
983
Lowd, Clifford A.
817
Luce, Horace H. 915
Lydston, Fred W. 1093
Lydston, James C. 1090
Janvrin, Bertram T 1256
Janvrin, Geo. A. 1303
Janvrin, John A. 1115
Janvrin, Joshua. 987
Janvrin, Joshua N 987
Jellison, John G. 931
Jette, Joas 1176
Jewell, Arthur H. 896
Jewell, Asa E. 896
Jewell, David. 1114
Jewell, Fred L 897
Jones, Hon. Frank 1301
Jones, Capt. Josiah N. 851
Julian, Capt. George Naylor 1049
Keane, Thomas J. 926
Kelleher, Daniel J 1231
Kelley, A. G. 1147
Kelly, John D. 926
Ham, Charles W. 1159
Hannaford, Charles W., M. D 907
Hannaford, Richard E. . 1123
Hanscom, Justin Van Ness 953
Hanscom, William A 1094
Harrison, Hanson
1079
Hart, John D
1281
Harvey, James.
1017
Harvey, Matthew.
839
Haslam, Rev. George E. E.
1219
Hatch, Albert R.
859
Hatch, Chester D.
1051
Hatch, Francis L
1064
Hatch, Hon. John 858
Hayes, Albion E., Sr 1280
Lamprey, Charles C. 1029
Lamprey, David J. 1014
Lamprey, Howell M. 1123
Lancaster, William E. 1199
Landman, Elbert A., M. D. 1258
Lane, Albert C. 1196
Lane, Charles A. 771
Lane, George W 771
Lang, Frank E. 1013
Langdon, Samuel. 860
Langdon, Hon. Woodbury 772
Langley, Orlando S 845
Leach, Charles E. 1186
Leary, John. 1188
Leary, Thomas J. 932
Leavitt, Orin B 1101
Holmes, Edward W 1038
Hood, Harvey P 1210
Horne, Warren P. 1136
Horton, Arthur W 1245
Hovey, Ensign Chas. E., U. S. N.
738
Hovey, Rev. Henry E.
737
Howard, Thomas E.
1270
Hoyt, Benjamin S
877
Hoyt, Jackson M.
973
Hoyt, Hon. Louis G.
765
Hughes, Frank P. 937
Hunt, Leonard D. 994
Hurley, Michael. 821
Inglis, William D., D. V. S 1299
McCarthy, James A 1289
McCoy, M. A. 1283
McDevitt, Henry 1001
McDevitt, William H. 1001
MeDonough, John C. 1269
McGregor, Frank M. 1276
MeIntire, Daniel. 801
Loiselle, Louis C.
Lovett, Francis S
Heath, George W.
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INDEX
Me Intire, Edward E. 1214
Payne, Wesley W .. 1273
McKenney, Nathan A.
1136
Peabody, Ephraim A. 962
McLachlan, Donald C., M. D.
809
Peak, Walter S .. 1008
MeLaughlin, Kimball M. 1295
Peaslee, Luther D. 898
McReel, Albert E. 1063
Pender, George E., M. D. 1299
Mc Williams, Philip T 1039
Perkins, Frank B., M. D. 1185
Mace, Wilmot U .. 1135
MacMurphy, Rev. Jesse Gibson
760
Mahoney, Denis. 933
880
Philbrick, Cornelius O. 1098
Philbrick, Goodwin E. 804
Marcotte, Eli N
1151
Philbrook, Harlan L.
948
Marden, Joseph W.
1130
Philbrook, Harry E. 1093
Marden, Newell P.
1295
Phillips, Charles W 1305
Marston, Elizabeth B
960
Pickering, George W. 1226
Marston, Samuel M.
960
Pickering, John Andrew 769
Marvin, Hon. William E
777
Pike, Forrest W., M. D. 866
Maxwell, Fred I.
1165
Mayer, Hon. Edward D.
777
Pillsbury, Rosecrans W. 1293
Meras, Ralph E.
1266
Plummer, Granville F. 1084
Pollard, George W. 1068
950
Merrill, Harry .. 1009
Potter, Frederick E., M. D.
791
Mifflin, Charles W.
1043
Priest, Albert F
1060
Mitchell, Abram W., M. D.
1034
Priest, Albert M .. 1060
919
Moulton, Andrew Morse.
941
Moulton, Eliner D.
785
Moulton, Fremont P.
1120
Moulton, Mrs. Helen Smith.
941
Moulton, T. Greenleaf
1199
Moulton, Warren B
1089
Mowe, Harry P.
1285
Muchemore, Frank P. 797
Murray, George J.
1054
Nason, Wilfred E. 1002
Neal, John H., M. D. 781
1249
Newick, John. 1002
Rand, Henry S.
1146
Randall, Donald A.
1080
Randall, Isaac ..
938
Norris, Hon. True L. 1284
Randall, John D
1113
Ranney, W. H.
1226
Ray, John E 1181
Reckendorf, Fred. 1297
Redman, Edward E. 1119
Reich, Baldwin A 812
Remick, Charles M. 1246
Remick, George G. L. 886
Reynolds, Frederick W 1284
Rhodes, William I. 1244
Richmond, Martin S. 979
Ridge, Rienzi .. 1294
1146
Ring, Henry A ..
901
Packer, William C. 921
Ring, Lemuel C.
1165
Page, Hon. Calvin 748
Robie, Rev. Edward, D. D.
870
Page, Walter H. 1054
Robinson, Perey M 910
Rogers, Charles W. 1256
988
Rollins, George S.
1079
Parrott, Frederick T.
903
Rollins, Roy R.
1250
Parsons, Frederick D.
787
Rolston, Irving.
828
Parsons, Hon. John G. .
1058
Parsons, John W., M. D
1067
Ross, Eugene W 1075
Rowe, George. 848
Parsons, Thomas J. 1124
Rowe, Jefferson C 1169
753
Patterson, Charles F., M. D. 1140
Rugg, James A. N. 1142
Payne, Henry P. 915
Rundlett, Amos S 993
1029
Pulver, Willis Du Bois 1223
Putnam, Edwin. 816
Quimby, David Morrill. 1054
Rand, Blake H. 973
Rand, Charles M ..
1132
Rand, Edwin Alonzo 845
Rand, Edwin J.
1205
Rand, Howard F.
959
Rand, Jonathan J.
1124
Newick, Thomas. 1231
Norris, James D. 909
Norton, Nelson J. 979
Nowell, Edward E. 956
Noyes, Harry I. 1020
878
Noyes, John H.
878
Odell, George E
943
Odell, William A
823
O'Neil, P. F.
1210
Owen, Thomas F
942
Packard, Stillman A. 972
Rieb, Patrick W
Packer, Louis M. 1146
Palfrey, George R. 1273
Rogers, Roderick C.
Parker, James L.
802
Ronald, John R 996
Parsons, Langdon B. 1123
Paterson, Edward L.
1270
Rowe, Stewart E.
Perkins, Herbert. 1010
Perkins, James G. 925
Pevear, Norris B. . 1020
Manson, Nathaniel G.
Marcello, James
1250
Merrick, Randolph R. 1216
Merrill, Charles H.
1274
Pollard, Dr. Lewis P.
Morrison, J. G.
1305
Priest, Thurman A.
Prime, Herbert O.
1063
Pryor, Frank L. .
Pillsbury, Capt. Leonard H. 1204
Newell, Dr. C. E
Noyes, John.
Pahls, John B. 1182
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INDEX
Sacco, Joseph.
934
Sanborn, Daniel.
1160
Thurston, John P. 1076
Sanborn, Elmer A. 1185
Thyng, Warren M. 803
Sanborn, John Elmer 980
Tileston, Harry W. 1284
Sanborn, John N. 845
Tilton, Frank O 1209
Tilton, John J. 860
Tilton, Newell S 1272
Tobey, John G. . . 822
Toppan, Christopher S. 1125
Schurman, Arthur W.
1275
Torrey, Hon. Harry K. 763
Schurman, James W. 1281
Towle, Fred S., M. D.
828
Schurman, Israel M. 908
Towle, George H., Jr., M. D 1089
Towle, John E. 1044
Seavey, Charles E 980
Seavey, George E. 1097
980
Seavey, John E.
866
Trefethen, Ervin T.
823
Seward, William H. 1275
Trefethen, Everett W.
1008
Shaw, Fred L. 890
Trefethen, Ralph
836
Shaw, Simeon A.
1103
Shaw, Thomas B
1305
Shaw, Wilbur B .. 1059
Shepard, Richard.
1304
Sherwood, Clarence I. 1139
Shute, Henry A.
759
Shute, Richard E ..
759
Simes, Hon. Thomas H.
873
Sleeper, John N.
1003
Sleeper, John W.
1003
Underhill, Charles S 1129
Underhill, Lieut. John .. 1126
Underhill, Hon. William B 1126
Urch, Major David. 757
Vroom, Alvin M. 950
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Walden, Ellis G .. 1104
Walker, Arthur C 962
Walker, Harry E. 1225
Walsh, Rev. Edward J .. 866
984
Spinney, Frank A
1235
Stackhouse, Benjamin
1283
Weare, Everett A. 1017
Weare, George A 1017
Weare, Joseph H. 1004
Stearns, William F.
1046
Webster, Benjamin F. 898
Webster, Fred S. 1285
Webster, John E. 1175
Webster, John L. 830
Webster, Hon. John M. 1238
Weeks, John Porter. 863
817
Weeks, Williamı R.
788
Wentworth, Arthur D.
885
Wentworth, Edmund H.
1158
Weston, Edwin B.
1174
Wetherell, Albert S 961
Wheeler, John W. 942
Whenal, George W. 1194
Whidden, Fra
1244
Taylor, Dr. Fred K. 835
Taylor, Col. Harvey C. 1215
Taylor, Henry P. 1213
White, Philip
971
Whittier, David W 1179
Whittier, Otis H .. 1079
Templeton, John. 1306
Thayer, Rev. Lucius H. 967
Thom, George W. 966
Thompson, Albert C. 1254
996
Tasker, Charles E. 798
Tattersall, James H. 1044
Taylor, Frank W. 1052
872
Stockbridge, James Elmer. 872
Stoddard, E. Percy
1125
Sugden, John H. 1039
Sugden, Robert I. 1039
Weeks, John W.
Swallow, Frank W. 851
Sweeny, Henry L., M. D.
842
Sweetser, John G. . 802
Syrenius, Julius W., D.
812
Warner, John W. 914
Watkins, Frederick 972
Weare, Benjamin F. 1004
Staples, Lewis E.
1040
Stearns, Frank M.
1254
Stockell, Arthur D.
890
Stockbridge, Isaac M.
971
Smith, Lewis Everett.
794
Somerby, Joseph W. 1070
Soule, Lewis F., M. D
1245
Soule, Nicholas E
780
Spear, Charles W.
1131
Spinney, Ceylon. 1063
830
Sleeper, William H.
993
Smith, Charles Josiah
929
Smith, Harold M.
865
Smith, John L. 1196
Smith, Marvin F., M. D.
1094
Smith, Thomas.
True, Almon L. 1074
True, John L. 1074
Trueman, Sidney S. 1093
Tuek, George A. 1026
Tuck, John Elvin. 846
Tufts, Prof. James A. 1064
Turcotte, Arthur L. . 929
Sanderson, Lynn J. 919
Sawyer, Arthur H. 1287
Scammon, Hon. John. 788
Scully, James J. 1262
Trafton, George A. 1261
Treat, Hon. Capt. John Sheldon. 1020
Seavey, George L.
Tredick, Charles. 822
Trudel, Edmond G. 1253
Wilcomb, Charles S. 1181
1221
White, Herbert A., M. D.
White, Homer A. 1194
Taylor, Herbert L., M. D 1152
Taylor, Mathew 1213
Wiggin, George E., D. V. S. 1166
Wiggin, Howard M 953
Wilcomb, Arthur H. 1181
Sanborn, Lewis T. 1026
Thompson, John N. . 1045
Wadleigh, John M. 1243
Ward, Stanley M., M. D.
Sprague, Oscar S.
Sleeper, Stephen G.
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INDEX
Willey, George H.
1193
Woodbury, Benjamin C., M. D. 1188
Williams, Abbott.
1302
Woodbury, Frank P 1009
Williams, Harry C.
990
Woodbury, Levi. 1237
Wilson, Aaron A.
1132
Woods, William F 794
Wilson, B. F.
1286
Wright, John H. 847
Wilson, Frank D
1110
Wood, James S.
987
Yeaton, Hon. Harry B.
818
Wood, Rufus
978
Yeaton, Hon. Henry A.
756
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CHARLES A. HAZLETT
HISTORY OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE
CHAPTER I
GEOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE
Rockingham County lies in the southeastern part of New Hampshire, and is bounded as follows: On the north by Strafford County; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by Essex County, Mass. ; and on the west by Hillsborough and Merrimac counties, N. H.
Rockingham is the only county in this state that borders on the Atlantic, its coast being about seventeen miles in extent. The population by the United States census of 1910 was 52, 188.
As parts of Massachusetts Bay Colony ( 1641-3 to 1679) the towns of Strawberry Bank ( Portsmouth), Hampton and Exeter were comprised within Norfolk County, which was one of the four shires, viz. : Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk and Norfolk into which the Bay Colony was separated from "3d month, 10th day, 1643."
The name New Hampshire was first applied to these towns in 1697, as a province separate from Massachusetts Bay Colony, but it remained under the same governor, having a lieutenant-governor of its own until 1742, when it was completely separated from Massachusetts, and Benning Wentworth was appointed governor and held the office until 1767.
During Governor Wentworth's rule the territory was all one, no counties; in his quarter of a century he granted a great many townships in all parts of the province and on both sides of the Connecticut River.
All the courts were held at Portsmouth during his term, so the inhabitants of these new towns had to travel long distances, over bad roads, to attend courts and transact business with the governor and council and the assembly. Of course this caused them much inconvenience and no little expense. As early as January, 1755, a proposition to divide the Province of New Hamp- shire into counties was entertained in the assembly.
The Merrimac River was to be the dividing line and there were to be two counties-Portsmouth and Cumberland. . The council rejected the bill 1
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because it provided for a court at Exeter as well as Portsmouth, and they "could by no means consent to that." The two branches of the assembly continued to consider this question in various forms and failed to find grounds of agreement as to details until 1769, when the government was under control of the younger governor, John Wentworth, who had succeeded his uncle, Benning Wentworth, in 1767. The agreement as finally reached, April 29, 1769, established five counties, subject to the crown's approval of the act, which was done March 19, 1771. The county was named in honor of Charles Watson Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham, by Governor John Wentworth.
In 1776, while John Wentworth was in England, he was appointed governor of New Hampshire and surveyor of the king's wood for the whole thirteen colonies. He was paying court to the nobles Rockingham, Hillsborough and Strafford, and their English friends, for whom he afterwards in gratitude named five counties of his native province: Rockingham, Strafford, Grafton, Hillsborough and Cheshire. To these five have been added as many more by division of the older ones; Coos from Grafton in 1803; Merrimac from Rockingham and Hillsborough in 1823; Sullivan from Cheshire in 1827; Belknap and Carroll from Strafford and Grafton in 1842.
There are thirty-seven towns and one city in the county, of which two were incorporated in the reign of Charles I, one in the reign of Charles II, two in the reign of William and Mary, two in the reign of Queen Anne, George I, seven, George II, thirteen, George III, eight, and three by New Hampshire.
The present civil sub-divisions and their populations by the United States census of 1910 are as follows :
Atkinson
440
Newcastle 624
Auburn
637
Newfields
503
Brentwood
759
Newington
296
Candia
993
Newmarket
Chester
818
Newton 3,348
962
Danville
517
North Hampton
783
Deerfield
917
Northwood
1,059
Derry
5,123
Nottingham 607
Plaistow 1,173
Portsmouth 11,269
Exeter
4,897
Raymond 1,203
Fremont
622
Rye
1,104
Greenland
575
Salem
2,117
Hampton
1,215
Sandown
380
Hampton Falls
552
Seabrook
1,425
Hampstead
796
South Hampton
279
Kensington
417
Stratham 602
Kingston
1,015
Windham
656
Londonderry
1,533
East Kingston
413
Epping
1,649
Rockingham is a shire county, courts being held alternately at Exeter and Portsmouth.
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The principal rivers are the Piscataqua, Lamprey, Exeter or Squamscot and Pawtuckaway.
The principal elevations are Pawtuckaway in Deerfield and Nottingham and Saddleback in Northwood and Deerfield.
PISCATAQUA RIVER SYSTEM
The Piscataqua River is formed by the union of the Cocheco and Salmon Falls rivers at Dover. The second, in its whole length, with the Piscataqua, constitutes a part of our eastern state boundary. The area of this basin in New Hampshire, those towns on the coast which drain directly into the ocean being also included in this measurement, is about eight hundred and twenty- five square miles, or nearly one-eleventh of the state.
From East Pond, the source of Salmon Falls River, to the mouth of the Piscataqua is nearly thirty-eight miles in a straight line, the course being S 20° E. By the course of the river this distance is thirty-nine miles, the length of the Salmon Falls River being twenty-eight miles, and of the Pis- cataqua, from the junction of this river with the Cocheco, eleven miles. The course of Salmon Falls River in the first twelve miles is nearly south. The next thirteen miles to Salmon Falls is nearly southeast; thence the course is south to the mouth of Great Bay, thence southeast about seven miles to the ocean, three miles below Portsmouth. This river is affected by tide to Dover and South Berwick.
Between the townships of Durham and those of Greenland and Newington is a wide tidal basin, which receives the waters of several rivers.
Upon Exeter or Swamscot River, the largest of these, tide extends to the Village of Exeter. The area of this estuary, southwest from Dover point, including Little and Great Bays, is about nine square miles.
From Dover point to Portsmouth the Piscataqua is about half a mile wide. Below this city it contains numerous islands, the largest of which constitutes the Township of New Castle. The basin includes in New Hampshire nearly all of Strafford and half of Rockingham counties, averaging about eighteen miles in width and forty-five miles in length, measured from Wakefield to East Kingston.
From the sources of the Lamprey River to the mouth of the Piscataqua is thirty miles, from which point the width of this district diminishes north- ward, being ten miles at Farmington.
East Pond in Wakefield that flows into the Piscataqua River is 499 feet above the sea and Bow Lake, Strafford, 515 feet.
Lovell's Pond, Wakefield, flowing into Salmon Falls River is 550 feet, Middleton reservoir supplying Cocheco River, 600 feet.
Jones' Pond, Raymond, 258 feet and Pawtuccaway Pond in Nottingham, supplying Lamprey River, 258 feet and Phillips' Pond, Sandown, flowing into Exeter River is 215 feet above the ocean.
CHAPTER II CIVIL LIST
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
1856, William C. Patten, William S. Hadley, Portsmouth; Josiah W. James, Deerfield; 1859, Isaac Woodbury; 1860, Franklin Crombie; 1861, Horace P. Watts; 1862, John Hodgdon (2d), Portsmouth; 1863, John J. Leavitt; 1864, Caleb Moulton; 1865, John Rowe, Candia; 1866, James C. Brown, Portsmouth; 1867, John J. Leavitt; 1868, Abbott Norris; 1869, William S. Pillsbury ; 1870, John W. F. Hobbs, North Hampton; 1871, Frank D. Pollard, Plaistow; 1872, Frank W. Miller, Portsmouth; 1873, Woodbury M. Durgin, Northwood; 1874, Nathaniel H. Brown, Derry; 1875, Frank P. Cram, Hampton Falls; 1876, Sewall D. Tilton, Raymond; 1877, Newton Johnston, Portsmouth; 1878, Frank P. Cram, Hampton Falls; 1879, Newton Johnston, Portsmouth; Wells C. Underhill, Auburn; Joseph C. Burley, Epping; 1881, Newton Johnston, Portsmouth; Joseph C. Burley, Epping; Wells C. Underhill, Auburn; 1886, Newton Johnston, J. B. Clark, Moses B. Dow; 1888, G. W. Sanborn, J. F. Magraw, W. J. Dudley; 1893, W. D. Cochran, C. P. Griffin, F. R. Garrett; 1897, W. Colby, L. L. DeRochemont, G. W. Paul; 1901, J. H. Griffin, Ceylon Spinney, J. R. Rowe; 1905, J. P. Hardy, Ceylon Spinney, J. R. Rowe; 1906, J. P. Hardy, Ceylon Spinney, A. Hilliard; 1909, J. P. Hardy, G. A. Carlisle, W. A. Hodgdon; 1911 to 1914, Norman H. Beane, G. A. Carlisle, W. A. Hodgdon.
SOLICITORS
Oliver Peabody, 1789-91; E. St. L. Livermore, 1791-93; John Hale, 1793-96; Arthur Livermore, 1796-98; William Plummer, 1798-1802; George Sullivan, 1802-6; Charles Walker, 1806-8; Daniel French, 1808-12; Samuel Green, 1812-19; Ichabod Bartlett, 1819-21; Jonathan Steele, 1821-23; Samuel D. Bell, 1823-28; John Sullivan, 1828-38; Henry F. French, 1838-49; Albert R. Hatch, 1849-56; Charles H. Bell, 1856-66; William B. Small, 1866-72; John S. H. Frink, 1872-76; William B. Small, 1876-79; Walter C. Harriman, 1879-82; Edwin G. Eastman, 1883-87; Samuel W. Emery, 1887- 91 ; William H. Paine, 1891-93 ; Louis G. Hoyt, 1893-1901 ; John W. Kelley, 1901-5 ; Charles W. Batchelder, 1906-11; Ernest L. Guptill, 1911-14.
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SHERIFFS
The list of sheriffs prior to 1741 is necessarily incomplete. The following list is from 1683 to 1883, covering a period of two hundred years: Richard Jose, 1683; Thomas Phips; Theodore Atkinson, 1729; Richard Wibird, 1732; Eleazer Russell, 1733; Thomas Packer, 1741-71; John Parker, 1771- 91; George Reed, 1791-1805; Oliver Peabody, 1805-10; Josiah Butler, 1810-13; Silas Betten, 1813-18; Clement Storer, 1818-23; John Bell, 1823-28; Clement Storer, 1828-30; Benjamin Jenness, 1830-35; Joseph Towle, 1835- 40; Samuel Marshall, 1840-45; Stephen W. Dearborn, 1845; Nathan H. Leavitt, 1850; Rufus Dow, 1855; John S. Brown, 1855; Joseph B. Adams, 1860; Joseph P. Morse, 1865; Caleb Moulton, 1870; Samuel Rowe, 1871; James W. Odlin, 1872; Samuel Rowe, 1874; J. Horace Kent, 1876-87; Edward D. Coffin, 1887-95; George W. Weston, 1895-98; John Pender, 1898- 1901; Marcus M. Collis, 1901-9; Ceylon Spinney, 1909-14.
JUDGES OF PROBATE
For many years after the settlement of the province the county court was the court of probate; an appeal lying to the court of assessments. Subse- quently the governors of the province exercised the powers of judges of pro- bate either personally or by substitute. In 1693, Lieutenant-Governor Usher acted as judge of probate, as did Lieutenant-Governor Partridge in 1699. Prior to 1703, Thomas Packer and Nathaniel Fryer had at different times appeared as judges of probate. After 1703 no governor appears to have acted directly in that capacity.
The following is the list from 1693 to 1883: Thomas Packer, 1693-97; Nathaniel Fryer, 1697-99; Joseph Smith, 1703-8; Richard Waldron, 1708- 30; Benjamin Gambling, 1737; Richard Waldron, 1737-42; Andrew Wiggin, 1742-56; Richard Wibird, 1756-95; John Wentworth, 1765-73; John Sher- burne, 1773-76; Phillips White, 1776-90; Oliver Peabody, 1790-93; Samuel Penney, 1793-80; Jeremiah Smith, 1800-2; Nathaniel Rogers, 1802-15; Daniel Gookin, 1815-26; John Harvey, 1826-38; John Sullivan, 1838-48; Ira St. Clair, 1848-57; William W. Stickney, 1857-72; Joseph F. Wiggin, 1872-76; Thomas Leavitt, 1876-1902 ; L. G. Hoyt, 1902-14.
REGISTERS OF PROBATE
The following is a list of registers of probate from 1693 to 1883: Wil- liam Redford, 1693-97; Francis Tucker, 1697-99; Charles Story, 1699-1716; Richard Gerrish, 1716-17; Richard Gambling, 1718-30; Richard Waldron, 1730-31; John Penhallow, 1731-35; William Parker, 1735-81; William Parker, 1781-1813; John J. Parker, 1813-31; John Kelly, 1831-32; David A. Gregg, 1842-47; J. Hamilton Shapley, 1847-52; William B. Morrill, 1852- 57; S. Dana Wingate, 1857-65; Thomas Leavitt, 1865-76; Woodbury M. Durgin, 1876-87; A. J. Brown, 1887-93; I. M. Heath, 1893-1900; G. F. Richards, 1900-9; Robt. Scott, 1909-14.
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HISTORY OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
REGISTERS OF DEEDS
George Smyth, 1647-53; Renald Fernald, 1654-56; Henry Sherbune, 1657-59; Elias Stileman, 1659-82; Richard Chamberlain, 1682-87;' John Pickering, 1690-92 ; Henry Penny, 1692-93; Thomas Davis, 1693; William Redford, 1693-96; William Vaughan, 1697-1702; Samuel Penhallow, 1702-6; William Vaughan, 1705-17; Samuel Penhallow, 1719-22; Mark Hunking, 1722-28; Joshua Pierce, 1729-42; Daniel Pierce, 1743-73; Samuel Brooks, 1776-1801 ; Joshua Adams, 1801-9; Seth Walker, 1809-34; Francis D. Ran- dall, 1834-40; John Woodbury, 1840-45; Josiah B. Wiggin, 1845; David Murray, 1846-50; Josiah B. Wiggin, 1850-51 ; Nathaniel G. Gilmon, 1851-52; J. Hamilton Shapley, 1852-54; Thomas Smith, 1854-55; William H. Hills, 1855-57; Thomas Smith, 1857-58; Benjamin D. Leighton, 1858-60; Alonzo J. Fogg, 1860-63; Hiram Smart, Jr., 1863-65; William H. Belknap, 1865-72 ; George W. Weston, 1872-87; G. B. Hoyt, 1887-93; Wm. Morrill, 1893-97; J. W. A. Green, 1897-1914.
CLERKS OF THE SUPREME COURT FROM 1700
Theodore Atkinson, 1700; Clement Hughes, 1717; John Penhallow, 1729- 37; Benjamin Gambling, 1737-44; George Jeffrey, 1744-66; George King, 1767-80; Samuel Sherburne, 1780-81; Nathaniel Adams, 1781-1829; Peter Chadwick, 1829-37; Ira B. Hoitt, 1837-53; Albert H. Hoyt, 1853-56; Charles G. Connor, 1856-95 ; C. H. Knight, 1896-1901. Clerk of the Superior Court, C. H. Knight, 1901-14.
REPRESENTATIVES, 1913-ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
Atkinson. Not entitled.
Auburn, E. T. Underhill .R
Brentwood, John Lake D
Candia, G. E. Brown .. R
Chester, J. M. Webster D
Danville, A. B. Sargent. R
Deerfield, E. C. Hoague .R
.R
C. O. Butrick .D
J. F. Coburn .D
Wm. Neller D
E. Kingston, F. N. Tilton D
Epping, Daniel Slattery .D
Exeter, Dana Baker . R
E. G. Eastman .R
Rufus N. Elwell .R G. W. Lamprey .R
Fremont, A. R. Whittier R Greenland, W. P. Holt. D
Hampstead, C. W. Bailey D
Hampton, Herbert Perkins R
Hampton Falls, J. Weare R
Kensington, F. A. Mace. D
Kingston, F. W. Whippen. R
Londonderry, F. E. Avery D
Newcastle, C. C. Tarlton D
Newfields, H. W. Smith R
Derry, Wm. H. Benson
Newington. Not entitled.
Newmarket, M. B. Griffin D
G. M. Mathes D
C. A. Morse. D
Newton, G. S. Rowe. .R
N. Hampton, F. W. Berry D
Northwood, C. A. Foss. R Nottingham, C. A. Perkins D
Plaistow, J. W. Sleeper D
Portsmouth,
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AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS
Ward I, W. T. Entwistle R Rye, B. H. Rand. : R
E. P. Stoddard R Salem, A. J. Cowan. R
Ward 2, L. W. Brewster. R
B. R. Wheeler R F. J. Philbrick. R Sandown, J. G. Goodwin. D
A. J. Rutledge R
Seabrook, L. S. Beckman. R
Ward 3, W. H. Moran D
S. Hampton. Not entitled.
S. M. Trueman. D
Stratham, C. J. Brewster D
Ward 4, W. J. Cater R Windham, F. S. Webster
R
Ward 5, H. A. Clark R Republicans, 27.
Raymond, J. H. Fisk. D Democrats, 24.
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR, NOVEMBER, 1912 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
Towns
Rep.
Dem.
Prog.
Atkinson
33
33
20
Auburn
72
48
23
Brentwood
65
55
I3
Candia
II2
85
33
Chester
86
56
45
Danville
92
2I
18
Deerfield
I2I
78
35
Derry
328
474
I51
E. Kingston
46
52
8
Epping
77
200
34
Exeter
449
249
I68
Fremont
82
30
14
Greenland
45
49
26
Hempstead
93
45
28
Hampton
1 58
IOI
55
Hampton Falls
67
22
13
Kensington
39
48
I2
Kingston
84
95
42
Londonderry
143
83
49
Newcastle
33
64
18
Newfields
71
34
14
Newington
19
43
5
Newmarket
60
244
I37
Newton
I04
54
54
N. Hampton
78
IOI
I2
Northwood
II7
84
3I
Nottingham
95
74
IO
Plaistow
69
35
72
Portsmouth-
Ward I
206
186
II5
Ward 2
319
247
257
Ward 3
76
195
81
Ward 4
145
124
62
Ward 5
IIO
82
44
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HISTORY OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
Raymond
88
165
53
Rye
94
I20
49
Salem
I37
58
I26
Sandown
22
36
36
Seabrook
89
89
26
S. Hampton
28
27
9
Stratham
48
53
43
Windham
52
23
43
4,252
3,962
2,084
COUNTY OFFICERS-1914
COMMISSIONERS George A. Carlisle, Exeter. William A. Hodgdon, Portsmouth. Norman H. Beane, Portsmouth.
TREASURER
James L. Parker, Portsmouth.
SOLICITOR
Ernest L. Guptill, Portsmouth. SHERIFF
Ceylon Spinney, Portsmouth.
CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT
Charles H. Knight, Exeter. JUDGE OF PROBATE Louis G. Hoyt, Kingston. REGISTER OF DEEDS
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John W. A. Green, Exeter. REGISTER OF PROBATE Robert Scott, Exeter.
AUDITORS John W. Emery, Portsmouth. Fred J. Shepard, Derry JAILERS Ceylon Spinney, Portsmouth. Frank O. Tilton, Exeter.
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