History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and representative citizens, Part 26

Author: Hazlett, Charles A
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago : Richmond-Arnold
Number of Pages: 1390

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The following is a list of volunteers for nine months, who were paid a bounty of $150 each: Levi Barker, Andrew J. Mead, Daniel B. Langley, Edward P. Lane, died at New Orleans, Henry T. Eaton, Walter W. Bean. Franklin Clay, John H. Bean, Samuel C. Nay, P. Gerrish Robinson, Daniel Hall, died at New Orleans, Frederick Clay, Joseph Avery, George W. Taylor, Charles W. Holt and John A. Haines.

List of volunteers under the call of October 17, 1863: Patrick Donnelly, Augustus Archer, Charles Smith, Edward Black, John Wilson, John Brown, Horace Colburn, Nelson Hurd, Carl Neagle, George Smith, George C. Brown, John Nelson, Martin Rapee, Frederick McPherson, James Webber and Charles Fifield.

Substitutes for drafted men: James O'Donnell, Cariz Fitzrun, James Sullivan, Thomas Marks, John Stevens and James Han.

The above were paid $300 each by the town.

The following is a list of those enlisted in 1864 who were paid a bounty

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of $400: James Thomas, James Wright, George Bower, Charles Dearborn, William Robinson, Alexander White, Nicholas Johnson, Willie F. Eaton, A. Frank Patten, Reuben H. Fitts, Thomas Harvey, Edward Bailor, Malcolm McKinna, George A. Turner, Richard Howard, Robert Field, Cyrus W. Truel, John H. Brown, Orlando Brown and Samuel C. Nay.

The following enlisted under the vote to pay $600 bounty: John C. Fifield, Lewis H. Cate, George L. Merrifield, Lewis D. Moore, John H. Mears, Orestes J. Bean, William G. Fitts, John L. Quimby, Samuel L. Carr and Frank G. Bursiel.

The following is a list of substitutes furnished by enrolled men, to each of which the town paid a bounty of $300: Joseph B. Quimby, Thomas Smith, John Logan, Frank Rogers, James Cheney, James Green, Edmund Boyle, Charles Fuller, John Curdines, Frank Stanton, James Webb, William H. Williams, John Haynes and Jacob Shenan.

Candia had in the early years several semi-public libraries. In 1791 the Candia Social Library ; in 1795 the Female Library ; in 1824 a library asso- ciation which lasted till 1850; then in 1858 the Farmers' and Mechanics' Library prospered for a while and finally gave their books to the Smyth Public Library, which was founded in 1888, by ex-Governor Frederick Smyth of Manchester, a native of Candia. He supported it liberally and at his death left a legacy of $5,000, the interest to be used for the purchase of books. E. E. Paige is the librarian. The library has over three thousand books.

Samuel Walter Foss, the well-known poet and librarian, was born in Candia, January 1, 1859. At his graduation at the Portsmouth High School, July 12, 1877, he was awarded a Haven medal and was the class poet.

He died February 26, 1911.

The lawyer is C. F. Flanders and the physicians are A. M. Foster and H. P. Bobinson. The societies are: Candia Grange P. of H .; Leola Lodge, I. O. O. F .; Wenona Rebecca Lodge; Rockingham Lodge, A. F. and A. M .; Adah Chapter, E. O. S .; Fraternity Commandery, U. O. G. C .; D. B. Dudley Post, G. A. R .; D. B. Dudley Relief Corps.

CHAPTER XXI

CHESTER

Geographical-Proprietors-Early Votes-Petition for Grant of the Town-

The Royal Charter-Names of Original Grantees-Pioneer Mills- Pioneer Schools-Civil and Military-Public Library-Eccleciastical History.

Chester lies in the western part of the county and is bounded as follows : On the north by Candia and Raymond, on the east by Fremont and Sandown, on the south by Sandown and Derry, and on the west by Auburn. Population in 1910, 818.

This town was granted to a number of residents of the towns of Ports- mouth and Hampton. They were known as "The Society for Settling the Chestnut Country," as this section was then called.

At a meeting of the proprietors, held October 15, 1819, the following votes were passed :

"Ist, Voted, That Capt. Henry Sherburne be Moderator.

"2dly, Voted, That Joseph Tilton be Clerk of the Society.

"3dly, Voted, That Capt. Henry Sherburne be Receiver.

"4thly, Voted, That Joseph Tilton, Ichabod Robie, Caleb Tole, Clement Hughes, Capt. Henry Sherburne, Eph. Dennet and Jacob Stanyon, be a Com- mittee to manage the affairs of the Society; And That the sd Committee Shall have power to Call meetings of the Society as often as they Shall Think Necessary, and to act in all other matters that they Shall Think proper for the good of the whole Society.

"5thly, Voted, That Ichabod Robie, Jacob Stanyan, Caleb Tole & Michael Whidden be a Committee to Lay out the Lotts.

"6thly, Voted, That all priviledges of Streams shall be Reserved for ye Use of the Society.

"7thly, Voted, That the Number of the Society for the settling Shall not Exceed ninety persons.

"8thly, Voted, That the Committee shall have power to admit Such as they Shall Think proper till the aforeSd number of ninety be Completed.

"gthly, Voted, That Three men Shall be kept upon the spot at the charge of the Society.'

At a meeting of the Society for Settling the Chestnut Country, held at Hampton, the 20th of December, 1719,

"Voted, That in case of a warr with the Indians before the Three years Limited for the Settling of the Chestnut Country be Expired, the Same Time of Three years shall be allowed after a conclusion of a Peace with the Indians for the sd settlement."

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"At the Same Time the Proprirs drew their home Lotts."

Petition for the Grant .- The petition for the grant for a township in "ye Chestnutt Country" was presented "to his Excellency Samuel Shute, Esq., Cap. Genll & Commandr in Chief in and over His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire, &c., and the Honble the Council, now sitting in Council at Ports- mouth," September 24, 1719, and was signed by the following persons : Thomas Phipps, Henry Sherburne, Joseph Pierce, Benjamin Gambling, Thomas Packer, Joseph Sherburne, Joseph Tilton, Clement Hughes, Nathaniel Batchelder, Jr., Samuel Plaisted, John Cram, Eleazer Russell, Philemon Blake, Samuel Hart, Jacob Stanyan, Ephraim Dennett, Robert Row, Sr., John Preston, David Tilton, Benjamin Sanborn, Reuben Sanborn, Joseph Sanborn, John Morrison, James Prescott, Samuel Blake, Jr., Jonathan Pres- cott, Jr., Nathaniel Healey, Richard Sanborn, Nathaniel Sanborn, Richard Clifford, Joseph Batchelder, George Veazi, Jr., John Sealy, Jonathan San- born, Jethro Tilton, Nathan Longfellow, Ichabod Robie, Samuel Sanborn, Edward Sanborn, Jacob Green, John Prescott, Jr., Henry Dyea, Zachariah Clifford, Benjamin Field, Joseph Batchelder, Jr., Sherburne Tilton, Samuel Blake, Sr., Benjamin Fogg, Edward Gilman, Joseph Love, John Searll, Jacob Gilman, William Godfree, Joseph Young, Nehemiah Leavitt, Ephraim Hoit, John Morrison, Abraham Sanborn, Samuel Elkins, Israel Blake, Robert Wade, Jr .. William Healey, Jeremiah Sanborn, Charles Stuart, Daniel Tilton, Enoch Sanborn, Thomas Veazi, Daniel Lovering, Joshua Prescott, Ebenezer Lover- ing. John Cass, Jonathan Robinson, Daniel Ladd, Reuben Smith, Abner Herriman, Thomas Veazi, Jr., Samuel Prescott, Nathaniel Stevens, Jr., Nathaniel Bachelder, Sr., James Leavit, John Ladd. William Stevens, Porchth., Oliver Smith, Jonathan Plummer, Edward Fifield, John Smith, John Gilman, Jr., Benjamin Tole, John Knowles, Caleb Tole, Samuel Veazi, Abraham Drake, Benjamin Veazi, Samuel Smith, Thomas Veazi, Jr., Thomas Garton, Nicholas Norris, James Purckins, John Norris, Jacob Moulton, Nicholas Seavy, Jonathan Nason, Thomas Rollins, Elisha Smith, Joseph Lorrane, Jonathan Dearborn, John Roberts, Thomas Leavitt, Moses Norris, Sr., James Fogg.

The Royal Charter .- The charter of the town was dated May 8, 1722, as follows :

[ PROVINCE SEAL. ]

"GEORGE by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defendr of the Faith, etc. :

"To all People to whom these presents Shall come, Greeting. Know ye That we of our Especial Knowledge and meer motion, for the due en- couragement of Settling a new plantation, by and with the advice of our Council, have given and granted and by these prsents as farr as in us lies do give and Grant, in Equall Shares unto Sundry of our beloved Subjects, whose names are Entered in a Schedule hereunto annexed, That Inhabit or Shall Inhabit within the said Grant within our Province of New Hamps, all That Tract of Land within the following bounds: (Viz. to begin at Exeter South- erly Corner bounds and from thence run upon a West and by North point two miles along Kingston northerly Line to Kingston North Corner bounds, then upon a South point three miles along Kingston head Line to Kingston

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South Corner bounds, then upon a West Northwest point Ten miles into the country, Then to begin again at the aforesaid Exeter Southwardly Corner bounds and run seven miles upon Exeter head Line upon a Northeast point half a point more Northerly, Then fourteen miles into the Country upon a west Northwest point to the river Merrimack, and from thence upon a Straight Line to the End of the aforesd Ten-Mile line; and that the same be a Town Corphrated by the name of Chester to the persons aforesd, for ever To have and to hold the said Land, to the Grantees and their Heirs and assigns forever, and to Such associates as they Shall admit upon the Following Conditions :

"I. That Every proprietor build a Dwelling House within Three years and Settle a Familley Therein, breack up Three acres of Ground and plant or Sow ye same within four years, and pay his proportion of the Town Charge when and so often as Occasion shall require the same.

"2. That a meeting House be built for the Public worship of God within the said Term of four years.

"3. That upon default of any particular Proprietor in Complying with the Conditions of this Charter upon his part, Such Delinquent proprietor Shall forfeit his Share to the other Proprietors, which Shall be Disposed according to ye major vote of the Said Comoners at a Legall meeting.

"4thly. That a Proprietor's Share be reserved for a Parsonage; another for the first minister of the Gospell; another for the Benefit of a School.

"PROVIDED nevertheless that the Peace with the Indians Continue during the aforesaid Term of Three years; but if it should so happen a warr with the Indians Should commence before the Expiration of the aforesd Term of Three years, the aforesaid Term of three years Shall be allowed to the Proprietors after the Expiration of the warr for the performance of the aforesaid Conditions, Rendering and paying therefor to us, our Heirs and Successors, or Such other officer or officers as shall be appointed to receive the same, The annual quit rent of acknowledgemt of one pound of Good merchble Hemp in the said Town on the Twentieth of December yearly for- ever ; reserving also unto us, our Heirs and Successors, all mast Trees grow- ing on said Land-according to acts of Parliament in that behalf made and provided, and for the better order, Rule, and Government of the said Town we do by these prsents Grant for us, our Heirs, and Successors, unto the said men & Inhabitants, or those that shall Inhabit the Said Town, That yearly & every year upon the last Thursday in march forever, they shall meet to Elect and Chuse by the major part of them Constables, Selectmen, and all other Town officers, according to the Laws and usage of our aforsd Province, for the year ensuing, with Such Power, priviledges and authority as other Town officers within our aforesaid Province have and Enjoy.

"In Wittness whereof we have Caused the seal of our Said Province to be hereunto annexed. Wittness, Samll Shute, Esqr, our Governour & Com- mandr-in-Chief of our Said Province, at our Town of Portsmouth the 8th day of may in the Eighth year of our reign, annoq. Domini 1722.

"By His Excellency's Comand

"wth advice of the Council.

"R. WALDRON, Cler. Con."

"SAMLL SHUTE.

"PROVINCE N. HAMPE, May 10th, 1722.

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"His Excellency the Governr and the Honble Lieut. Governr and Council Entered associate with the within persons, (viz.)-

"His Excellency a Farm of five Hundred acres and a home Lott.

"The Lieut Governr the same.

"Samll Penhallow, Esqr, a proprietor's Share; Mark Hunking, Esqr, a proprietor's Share; George Jaffrey, Esqr, a proprietor's Share; Shada Wal- ton, Esqr, a proprietor's Share; Richd Wibird, Esqr, a proprietor's Share; Thos Packer, Esqr, a proprietor's Share; Thos Westbrook, Esqr, a proprie- tor's Share.

"A True Copy of Chester Charter and the Schedule annexed to it. "Compared Pr Richd Waldron, Cler. Con."

THE ORIGINAL GRANTEES OF CHESTER

Philemon Blake, James Boyd, Abraham Brown, George Brownell, Nathaniel Bachelder, Sr., Jonathan Brown, Moses Blake, Samuel Blake, Josiah Batchelder, Nathaniel Bachelder, Jr., Joseph Batchelder, Jacob Bas- ford, John Calfe, Amos Cass, Richard Clifford, Zachariah Clifford, Jonathan Clough, Rev. Theophilus Cotton, John Cram, William Crosswait, Cutts and Akerman, William Daniels, Thomas Dean, Jonathan Dearborn, Ebenezer Dearborn, Ephraim Dennet, Abraham Drake, Nathaniel Drake, Ebenezer Eastman, Edward Emerson, Jonathan Emerson, James Failes, Rev. Ebenezer Flagg, James Fogg, Benoni Fogg, Robert Ford, Benjamin Gambling, Esq., Jacob Garland, Jacob Gilman, Maj. John Gilman, Edward Gilman, William Godfrey, Ephraim Guile, Richard Haseltine, William Healey, Rev. Moses Hale, Clement Hughes, Col. Mark Hunking, Samuel Ingalls, George Jaffrey, Esq., John Jaquish, Richard Jaquish, Stephen Johnson, Capt. Richard Kent, Jonathan Kimball, Thomas Leavitt, John Littlehale, Ebenezer Loverell, Samuel Marston, Capt. Archibald McPhedris, Clement Messervy, Luther Morgan, Col. Thomas Packer, Samuel Page, John Packer, Parsonage lots, Samuel Penhallow, Esq., James Perkins, Thomas Phipps, Esq., Capt. Joshua Pierce, Capt. Thomas Pierce, George Pierce, Jonathan Plummer, John Pres- cutt, John Prescutt, Jr., James Prescutt, Samuel Prescutt, Ichabod Roby, Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, Robert Row, Eleazer Russell, Capt. William Rymes, Joseph Sanborn, Nathaniel Sanborn, Benjamin Sanborn, Reuben Sanborn, John Sanborn, Enoch Sanborn, Edward Sanborn, Capt. Jonathan Sanborn, Jerry Sanborn, School lots, John Shackford, Samuel Shackford, Capt. Henry Sherburne, Samuel Sherburne, Capt. Joseph Sherburne, Dea. Samuel Shaw, John Silly, Rev. Thomas Simms, Thomas Silver, Susannah Small, Thomas Smith, Benjamin Smith, Elisha Smith, Samuel Smith, Capt. Henry Sloper, Jacob Stanian, Stephen Sweat, Capt. Joseph Tilton, David Tilton, Jethro Tilton, Samuel Thompson, Philip Towle, Benjamin Towle, Caleb Towle, Col. Shadrack Walton, Col. Peter Weare, Nathan Webster, Stephen Webster, Capt. Ebenezer Wentworth, Benning Wentworth, John Wentworth, Esq., Michael Whidden, Thomas Whiting, William White, Capt. Richard Wibird, Capt. Joshua Wingate, Col. Thomas Westbrook, Henry Works, Joseph Young.

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Pioneer Mills .- The first reference to mills found on the proprietors' records is under date January II, 1720-21, viz. :

At a general meeting of the proprietors of "Checher," held at Hampton the IIth day of January, 1720-21,

"Voted, To Collo Packer, Collo Wiar, Caleb Towle, and Samll Ingalls, the whole Priviledge upon the upper Falls of the great Brook forever, to build a Saw mill or mills on, and also ten acres of Land Gratis, on Each Side sd falls for the sd mills Conveniency, with Condition That the sd mills shall be fitt to Cutt boards in a Twelvemonth from this Time; and that they Shall Saw at halves the Proprs. Loggs, So much as they shall have occasion for Building. And those props. that Shall have Occasion to buy boards shall be Supplyed with So many as they Shall have occasion for, at the Rate of thirty shillings per Thousand at the mill. And if the making a pond or ponds for sd mill damnifies any of the proprs., the society shall make good the damages."

At a meeting at Hampton, March 16, 1720-21,

"Voted, That the four persons to whom the Stream is granted, Shall give each a bond of Fifty pounds to the Committee, to perform the Conditions of sd Grant, and if any of them Refuse to do it, the Committee is Impowered to admitt others."

At a meeting of the committee, September 29, 1721,

"Voted, That the proprietors of the upper Falls on the great Brook have the priviledge of the Lower falls also, for their further Incouragent, to build a mill according to a vote of the Society, at a publick meeting held Jan. IIth, 1720-21, and in consideration of which Additional Privilege they are to build a Grist mill as Soon as the Town will need it."

James Basford at one time owned most of the mill. In 1731 he sold Ebenezer Dearborn one-fourth of the "old saw-mill." In 1732 he sold to William Wilson one-eighth of the "old saw-mill." In 1734 he had some difficulty with the proprietors about the mill, and they voted to have a reference.

In 1735 Ebenezer Dearborn deeded to his sons, Ebenezer, Jr., Benjamin, Thomas, and Michael, one-fourth of the "old saw-mill."

In 1743, in consideration of twenty-two pounds, bills of credit, Ebenezer Dearborn, Ebenezer Dearborn, Jr., Thomas Dearborn, and Michael Dear- born convey to Thomas Wells four-sixths of the "old saw-mill."

We know little more about the mill or its owners until about 1780, when Hugh Tolford, Jacob Wells, Captain Clough, Moses Haselton, John Haselton, Benjamin Haselton rebuilt it. It was rebuilt once after that, and again in 1848.

Jonathan Blunt had a saw-mill previous to 1730.

At a meeting March 7, 1730, it was

"Voted, That there be encouragement given for building a Grist mill on the middle falls of the Grate Brook, that is to John Aiken's, and fourteen or fifteen acres of land to the Eastward of sd falls, as convenient as can be had of common land, provided sd Aiken build a sufficient Grist mill by this time twelvemonth, and keep sd mill in good Repair from time to time, and at all times hereafter."

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This was probably the first grist-mill in the town.

Pioneer Schools .- The first reference to schools is under date January 25, 1720-21, viz. :

At a meeting of the committee, January 25, 1720-21, viz. :

"Voted, That whereas the number of proprietors is Con . . and no provision made for a School Master, That the next proprietor that Shall Forfeit his Lott, the Same Shall be appropriated for a School.'

"This provision was made after the first grant of the land, but before the charter, and there was hardly a permanent settler there."

The next we find on the records is at an adjourned meeting, April 7, 1737 : "Voted, To Rais thirty Pounds to Hier a Schoolmaster this present year."

"Voted, That the Selectmen shall Remove the said schoolmaster to the several Parts of the town as shall be Conveniant."

Though there is no evidence that anything had been done by the town, it is hardly to be supposed that nothing had been done to educate the children for about eighteen years. The schools were held at private houses, and al- though removed to different parts, all the children in town might follow the master into the several quarters.

At an adjourned meeting, November 2, 1738,

"Voted, That their Shall be twenty Pounds Raised to Support a School in this town."

At an adjourned meeting April 8, 1740,

"Voted, That their Shall be a School maintained in the town this year throughout ; Partly by School masters, and Partly by School dames, as the Selectment Shall Judge best for the town."

In the warning, March 9, 1721, is an article

"To act what may appear needful about building a School house or houses."

"Put to Vote, Whether to build a School house in the Senter of the town or no. Passed in the negative."

At the annual meeting, March 25, 1742,

"Voted, That there shall be a school Keept in this town the year through out, and that the Select men Shall Remove the Said School into the Severall Quarters of said town, so that they Shall have their Equal Proportion of the Same, according to what Rates they Pay."

They probably refused to build a school house in the Centre, because the school might be kept there all of the time.

In the warning for a meeting, March 29, 1744, is an article

"To see if the town will build a School house or housen, or to act and do any thing about Keeping a School, or Schools, or building a house or housen, as Shall appear mose for the benefit and advantage of the town.

"Voted to Build School Housen.

"Voted, That a Committee shall be Chosen to Divide the town into Sev- erall Parts, in order to acomodate School Housen.

"Voted, That Capt. Samll Ingalls, Benjamin Hills, Insin Jacob Sargent, william Haley and andrew Crage, Shall be the Comitte.

In the warning for the annual meeting, March 28, 1745, is an article

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"To See if the town will Except of the return of the Committee that was chosen to Divide the town into parts for the Conveniancy of building School housen; or act and do anything that shall be thought needful and nessecery about a school or schools, and a school-house or housen."

At an adjurnment of the meeting, April 4,

"Voted, that the Committee's Return that was Chosen to Divide the town into parts, In order to accomedate School housen, be Excepted.

"The Persons under named Decents against the foregoing Vote, .... John Robie, Samll Bartlet, Jonathan Blunt, Jonathan Moulton, Robert Runells, Enoch Colby, David Crage, Isaac Foss, Page Bachelder, Benjamin Bachelder, Samll Powell, Francis Towl, Ebenezer Dearborn, Junr., Benjamin Hills."

"We have no means of knowing to a certainty into how many parts the town was divided, or their boundaries, but there probably were but three; for if there had been one at the Centre, John Robie, Jonathan Blunt, and Ebenezer Dearborn, Jr., who lived near the Centre, and Benjamin Bachelder and Robert Runnels, who lived within about half a mile up the street, and others-Jonathan Moulton, Enoch Colby, and Samuel Bartlett-within a mile below, would not have dissented. I have conversed with people who remembered the three. One stood on John Sanborn's, opposite Moses Web- ster's home lot, No. 21, one at Walnut Hill, not far from Robert Shirley's, and the third at the Long Meadows, between Samuel Aiken's (Charles C. Grant's) and David Witherspoon's (the Hardy place). Mrs. Whittier, daughter of Samuel Aiken, recollects this house, or of hearing her parents tell about it."-Chase.

In 1746 the selectmen charge:

s. d.

Paid unto master Wood. 66 0 0

Paid unto Decn Ebenezer Derbon, for boarding 19 9 0

Paid unto Insd Jacob Sargent, for bording ye master 4 10 0

Paid unto Abel Morse, for bording ye master. . 5 12 0

Paid unto John Haiseltine, for bording the

. master 8 II 0

Paid unto Andrew Crag, for bording the master 8 2 0

Paid to Capt. Morse, for three days, horse and man, for going after a Coolmaster I 15 0

1847. Master Wood is paid. 80 0 O

and Dea. Dearborn, John Haseltine, and An- drew Craige, for boarding 80 0 0

1748. Master Wood is hired again at .. . .

44 O 0

and Capt. Blunt, Joseph Calf and Dea. Dear- born boarded.

John Robie is paid for bringing up the master, time and expenses. 2 0 0

Master Wood, it seems, lived somewhere down country, and is probably the one who was afterwards Doctor George Wood.

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£ s. d.

1749. Paid Doctor Samuel Moores, for schooling .. 108 0 0

Paid to the Long meadow Quarter for Schooling. . ... 31 0 0

The Long Meadows had one-quarter of the money paid to them. Doctor Moores is said by Eaton ("History of Candia," page 91) to have come from Hampstead. He settled at Candia Corner.

s. d.

1750. Paid to mr Henry Herring, for Schooling II2 O 0

Paid to mr John Hickey, for Schooling.

88 O

Paid to mr Samuel Moores, for Schooling. 40 O

0 for a journey to newbury after a Schoolmaster 2 O 0

for time and expence hireing Schoolmaster 3 O 0

1751. Paid to mr John Hickey, for Schooling 104 C

Paid to mr James Dresler, for Schooling.

Paid to mr nehemiah mc neal, for schooling.

32 O

Paid to Nathaniel Blaisdell, for bording the masters. .

I5 O

for three Days, man and horse, after a Schoolmaster .. 4 IO 0

for one day of a man and two horses, bringing up the master from Bradford. 2 O

for time and Expense hireing Schoolmasters

I IO

for time and expense making up with Schoolmasters. . I O

In 1752, Master McNeil is paid £154. Deacon Haselton, Andrew Craig, Enoch Colby, Peter Dearborn, Mr. Carr, Deacon Dearborn, Mr. Knowles, and Mr. Basford are paid for boarding. It seems that this year, though they had no school house, they had a school in the north part.

In 1753, Mr. Haselton and Mr. McNeale were the masters, and Deacon Dearborn, Mr. Craige, Jacob Chase, and John Knowles boarded.

In 1754, "master Heseltine, master mcfarson, and master mcneal, at the Longmeadows," were masters, and Deacon Dearborn, Jacob Chase, and Thomas Haseltine boarded.

In 1755, "Paid to mr. Hessard, for teaching school, £132; To mr. Boies, for teaching school, £28."

The Presbyterian Church .- In most of the towns of New England the congregation of the church was co-existent with the settlement of the town. So it was in Chester, but, unlike most other towns, the church here was of the Presbyterian order instead of the Congregational, which in the province history of this country might have been truly styled the "State" church. The first pastor was Rev. Marks Hall, from 1730-34. Subsequent pastors were as follows: John Wilson, from 1734-79; Rev. Mr. Clark, supply; T. Howe, A. S. Stickney, Hutchinson, Pickle, James Davis, D. Aman, David McGregore, Z. Colby, William Harlow, Clement Parker, Abel Manning, Benjamin Sargent, and Rev. Samuel Ordway. In 1843, Mr. Ordway organ- ized the Second Congregational Church of Chester (now Auburn), and the Presbyterian Church of Chester dissolved and passed into history.

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History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and representative citizens, Part 26

Author: Hazlett, Charles A Publication date: 1915 Publisher: Chicago : Richmond-Arnold Number of Pages: 1390

Author: Hazlett, Charles A
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago : Richmond-Arnold
Number of Pages: 1390