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Soldiers in the War of 1812 from Deerfield .- David H. Allen, Joshua Bishop, True Brown, three months; Bradbury Brown, three months; Samuel Batchelder, three months; Serg. Joshua Bishop, sixty days; Stephen Brown, sixty days; James Brown, sixty days; Lowell Batchelder, sixty days; Levi Blaisdell, sixty days; George F. Blaisdell, sixty days; Stephen Bartlett, sixty days; David Bladgen, Jr., sixty days; William Coffin, substitute for Samuel Simpson; Samuel Coffin, substitute for David Chase; Capt. Sam. Collins, three months; True Currier, three months; Abraham Cram, three months; Christopher Collins, sixty days; Joseph Chase, sixty days; David Chase, sixty days; John Cochran, sixty days; John Cotton, sixty days; John Dearborn, three months; William Durrer, sixty days; James Dow, sixty days; James Dalton, sixty days; Jeremiah Eastman, sixty days; Ebenezer Fogg, sixty days; Daniel Haynes, three months; John Hilton, three months; Ebenezer Huckins, sixty days; Capt. David Haynes, sixty days; Benjamin Hazletine, sixty days ; Caleb Judkins, sixty days; Josiah Lunt, sixty days; Reuben Lang- lee, sixty days; Caleb Langley, sixty days; Jesse Libby, sixty days; John Langley, sixty days; - Mudgett, substitute for E. Thurston, three months; Nathaniel Marston, three months; Jeremiah Maloon, sixty days; Joseph Mer- rill, sixty days; Jacob Nute; John Palmer, three months; Timothy Pearson, sixty days; True Prescott, sixty days; Stephen Prescott, sixty days; Joseph Prescott, sixty days; Levi Palmer, sixty days; Reuben Prescott, sixty days; Josiah Rollins, sixty days ; Abraham Rowell, sixty days; William Rand, sixty days; Stephen Smith, sixty days; Samuel Stearns, sixty days; Isaac Shep- hard, sixty days: David Tandy, three months; Abraham True, sixty days; John M. Todd, sixty days ; Jacob Wallace, three months: James White, three months ; Mesheck Weare, sixty days; John Wallace, sixty days; Jonathan Veasey, sixty days.
Soldiers in the War of 1812 from Northwood .- Israel Durgin, sixty days; Job Durgin, sixty days; George Hill, three months; Oliver Knowlton, three months; Joseph Knowlton, three months; Sergt. Curtis Laws; Sergt. Gideon Moore; Burnham Morrill; David Rollins, Jr., sixty days; John Smith. three months ; Samuel Small, sixty days; Jeremiah Stokes, sixty days; Isaac Willie, three months; Levi York, sixty days.
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Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion from Nottingham .- Oliver P. Batch- elder, Addison F. Bean, William H. Brown, Sherburne K. Burnham, John Carr, Daniel F. Copp, Jacob Demeritt, Corp. John A. Demeritt, John H. Dow, Bradbury C. Davis, Corp. John D. Daniels, Albert W. Demeritt, Charles Dinsmore, Daniel W. Davis, Lyman Edgerly, Omri H. Eastman, Horace French, Gayton W. Fuller, Samuel J. Furber, Alexander Guyon, Samuel Glover, Charles F. Gerrish, Corp. William H. Gilpatrick, Charles G. Harvey, Amos S. Holman ; Bradbury W. Hill, William F. Holmes, Noah W. Holmes, John L. Holmes, Charles B. Harvey, George W. Jenness, David Jones, George Johnson, Thomas J. Kelley, Thomas Kennedy, Levi Leathers, Daniel Leath- ers, William Libby, Robert W. Lucy, True W. Lovering, Charles Leathers, Andrew Lovering, Joseph A. Langley, Joseph Martin, Isaac E. Miller, John McColley, Elvin F. Nay, Moses B. Nealley, John Newton, Alexander Nichols, John R. S. Prescott, Thomas R. Prescott, Patrick Ryan, Samuel A. Simpson, Samuel Sayles, James W. Smith, Horace Scales, Franklin Tilton, Joseph H. Thompson, Charles C. Tuttle, John H. P. Thompson, John P. H. Thompson, Sylvester E. Thompson, John Turpin, Levi C. Tuttle, Albert H. Tuttle, John M. Tuttle, Daniel A. Ure, Charles B. Wallace, Joseph Witham, Henry Wil- son, Harry Wade, John B. Witham.
Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion from Deerfield .- Alexander W. Ainslee, Joseph B. Ayer, George A. Abbott, James R. Anderson, Corp. Alfred E. Ambrose, John Boody, George W. Benson, James Boyd, John Bryson, Joseph C. Batchelder, Edmund R. Batchelder, Jonathan H. Batchelder, Charles H. Boody, Charles O. Brown, Edmund Batchelder, Franklin H. But- ler, Moses Barnard, George W. Corliss, Jesse H. Clay, Edward Carney, Charles N. Conway, Matthew Casey, Michael Coleman, John W. Cook, Abel R. Cook, Charles H. Carter, John C. Chafin, Lieut. Jeremiah Chadwick. Jo- seph W. Chase, Joseph H. Cram, Lauty Conklin, James Dickey, Joseph A. Doe, James M. Dickey, George Day, Benjamin F. Dennet, Rufus E. Doe, Henry E. Durgin, Thomas Donohue, William C. Donavan, John A. Emer- son, James Evans, Stephen F. Fogg, Henry M. Fife, Henry L. Fifield, James Gannon, Charles N. Graver, Rufus P. George, Jacob W. Hill, Charles E. P. Hoitt, Benjamin J. Hazleton, Albert M. Harvey, Ladd P. Harvey, William E. Hill, Sherman F. Hildreth, Isaac L. Hill, Martin V. B. Hill, John Hen- derson, James Jenkins, George H. Johnson, Lieut. Merrill Johnson, Charles H. Jones, Thomas H. B. James, John Jones, S. P. Jagers, William Jenkins, William H. Kenniston, James Kelly, William Kenney, Thomas Kennerley, Edward F. Lyford, chaplain, George P. Ladd, John K. Law, William H. H. Lang, Almond S. Langley, Mitchell P. Legro, John Livingston, James McIn- tyre, James Morrissey, John McGowan, Charles G. Marsh, Peter Menard, Capt. Isaac H. Morrison, Enoch F. Meloon, Samuel S. Meloon, Marvin L. Medlar, Frank O. Marrifield, Joseph W. Morrell, Henry J. Pettigrew, George P. Prescott, William H. Parsons, David M. Quimby, John L. Randall, Dana D. Robinson, Christopher Ransch, Samuel J. Randall, James Ritchie, Jr., William Ritchie, Abijah Ring, Stephen B. Robinson, Jr., Braning W. Robin- son, Francis F. Rollins, McNorman C. Smith, Peter Smith, William Smith, Thomas W. Sanborn, David Smith, Jr., Paschal Sturtivant, George F. Syl- vester, John Smith, Charles F. Smith, Charles F. Tilton, John O. Thomas, William S. Thompson, George B. Tilton, John L. B. Thompson, Francis B. Thorne, Charles H. Thompson, Charles E. Tilton, Charles S. Tyler, Henry
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Thompson, George Teel, Otis C. Witherell, George S. Witherell, John L. Woodman, Stephen Wheeler, James Ward, Charles E. White, David Young, Jr.
Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion from Northwood .- George H. Avery, John H. Bruce, Charles Brown, Ovide Baril, Patrick Butler, Daniel R. Brown, Richard Bennett, Paul P. Brown, Corp. Charles W. Bean, Charles Brown, William D. Burnham, John Bradley, James M. Canny, Henry L. Carter, Francis S. Clay, William Chesley, Thomas Casey, Patrick Comstock, John Clark, Eugene L. Cutler, James Donoughoue, Charles P. Durgin, Thomas Downy, Samuel T. Dow, Pearly B. Dow, Corp. William A. Dow, John R. Davis, William H. Day, Henry T. Day, Jonathan C. Drake, James English, John A. Emerson, Edward Fisher, George Fife, William Fife, Charles W. Foss, William W. Furber, George W. Greenleaf, John F. Good- win, William S. Gray, Alben Hall, Capt. Augustus J. Hoitt, Byron D. Hoitt, John C. Hanscom, Joshua J. Hoitt, Chrisham F. Hyes, William Hartman, James Harris, Alfred R. Hill, William T. Jones, Samuel S. Johnson, George F. Johnson, Corp. Benjamin F. Kelly, Jesse M. Knowles, Sergt. Charles H. Kelley, Samuel P. Knowles, George Knowlton, James M. Kempton, George W. Lawrence, Joseph P. Lovering John L. Lancaster, Charles H. Miller, Andrew Morton, Corp. John G. Morrison, Corp. Andrew J. Morrison, Charles H. Miller, Ira Meserve, Henry Norton, Charles A. Norcross, John O'Brien, James Poole, George H. Page, Charles H. Randall, Henry L. Ran- dall, John H. Ross, Arthur Reynolds, John Richardson, Eben R. Richard- son, Alvin H. Roberts, Alphonze S. Reynolds, William A. Reynolds, Mason F. Reynolds, Joseph Roderick, John B. Riber, Smith M. Seavey, John Smith, Charles Stockman, John A. Smith, Barnard Smith, Sergt. Jeremiah J. Swain, John W. Small, James Sanborn, Joseph Trombly, William R. Tuttle, Alfred Taylor, William Wilson, David P. Watson, Rowell S. Williams, Lieut. Plum- mer D. Watson, Sergt. John Waldo, Reuben B. Watson, James C. Watson. In 1873 the centennial celebration was held. The historical address was by Rev. Mr. Cogswell and poem by Miss Susan C. Willey of Kansas. Among the speakers was T. J. Pinkham of Chelmsford, Mass., who pre- sented a stalled ox which had been roasted whole for the centennial dinner.
Northwood Public Library was established with state aid in 1892, and contains over one thousand three hundred volumes, located in a dwelling house.
The Albion Knowlton Library, Northwood, was established in 1899 with- out state aid and contains over two thousand two hundred volumes. It serves part of Nottingham and Barrington, as well as Northwood.
A. E. Cotton is the resident lawyer. The physicians are: J. P. Merrill. C. W. Hanson and H. R. Whitney.
The societies are: Olive Branch; Equity Lodge; River Encampment, I. O. O. F .; Forest Rebekah Lodge; Northwood Grange; Mountain Laurel Grange : Morrison Lodge; A. F. and A. M. ; Charles H. Holt Post, G. A. R .; Woman's Relief Corps, and Maple Hill Rebekah Lodge.
Since the first shoe factory was built at East Northwood in 1866 by John and Alpha Pillsbury the shoe business has had many fluctuations and some misfortunes, the greatest being the loss of J. R. Towle & Son's new factory by fire in 1895.
CHAPTER XLVI
NOTTINGHAM
Geographical-Topographical-Petition for a Grant of the Town-Name of Town-The Royal Grant-Original Proprietors-The Survey-Ecclesias- tical-Attorneys-Physicians - Early Families - Public Library - The Square-Revolutionary-Indians
The town of Nottingham lies in the northern part of the county, and is bounded as follows : on the north and east by Strafford County, on the south by Epping and Raymond, and on the west by Deerfield and Northwood. The surface is hilly and rugged. The population by the United States census of 1910 was 607.
Nottingham originally comprised, in addition to its present territory, that of the present towns of Deerfield and Northwood, and was granted in 1721, chiefly to inhabitants of Boston and Newbury, Mass., and New Hamp- shire.
The petition for this tract of land was under date of April 21, 1721, and was signed by 101 persons.
After the petition had been granted, but before the royal charter was received, the proprietors at Boston, at a legal meeting, voted that the pur- chase should be called New Boston, and why the name of Nottingham should appear in the charter instead is not known.
The royal charter was obtained May 10, 1722. It was given by "George, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, etc.," and signed by Samuel Shute.
Original Proprietors .- The following is a list of the original proprietors of the town: Joseph Maylem, Ezekiel Walker, Elisha Story, James Pitson, Nathl Martin, John Walker, Peregrin White, Thomas Mandsly, Francis Hatton, Richd Greggory, Willm Pitson, John Grainger, Saml Whitwell, John Warrin, Zach. Fitch, David Chapin, Wm Pearse, Nicho Belknap, Ebenr Bur- gess, James Stringer, John Brown, James Wright, David Dolbeare, John Brock, John Russell, Stephen Perks, Willm Young, Nathl Hasy, John Pratt, Jeremiah Staniford, Ebenezer Messenger, Peter Gibbins, Benjamin Gambling, Thomas Phipps, Thomas Peirce, Clement Hughes, Majr John Gilman, Capt John Gilman, Benjn Harris, Willm Briggs, John Goodman, John Allen, Joseph Dodge, Thomas Creese, Willm Creese, Willm Cleferton, Richard Heard, Samuel Durant, John Proctor, Thomas Clerk, James Cumming, Robert Auchmuty, John Steel, Nathl Joslin, Jabez Joslin, Saml Story, Willm Langdon, Clement Renough, Joseph Calfe, Thomas Ward, Jeremiah Calfe, Saml Kindal, Willm Partridge, Henry Somerby, Edwd Sargent, Joseph Chandler, John Calfe, Mary Plummer, S. Bradstreet, Robert Addams, John Tufts, Thomas Arnold, Nathl Sargent, Jotham Odiorn, Benning Wentworth,
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John Newton, Joseph Richards, Benjamin Bickford, Jonathn Clement, Faun Clement, Daniel Sawyer, Beniah Titcomb, Nathl Hale, John Calfe Junr, John Bayly, Job Giddins, Mary Cottle, Richard Williams, Sarah Boardman, John Wiat, Joshua Moody, Anne Smith, Benj. Woodbridge, Richard Kent, Jacob Knowl, Samuel Jones, Aaron Morril, Stephn Sawyer Junr, Philip Hodgkins, Cutting Noyes, Abram Rowel, Mary Somerby, Stephen Ackerman, Mary Wheeler, John Faver, Ostin Boardman, Thomas Dean, Moses Stickny, John Wadleigh, Stephen Coffin, Stephen Coffin, Stephen Coffin, Edward Hall, Joseph Hall, Peter Gilman, Nathl Rodgers, George Smith, Richard Wilborn.
Province of New Hampshire, May II, 1722.
His Excellency the Governour, The Honourable the Lieut .- Govr, and the Council enterd associates with the within named persons, viz. :
His Excellency, a home Lott and farm of Five Hundd Acres.
The Lieut. Governor, the Same.
Saml Penhallow, a Proprietor's Share.
Mark Hunking, Ditto.
George Jaffrey, Ditto.
Shedrech Walton, Ditto.
Richard Wibird, Ditto.
Thomas Westbrook, Ditto.
Thomas Packer, Ditto.
Archd Maxfedrice, Ditto. 1722. 1723. March 26, admitted proprietors. Joseph Joslin,
June 13, admitted proprietors.
Joseph Savel,
Robt Pike, Eleazer Russell,
Joshua Peirce, Nath'l Rodgers,
John Cutt,
First Minister.
Joseph Moulton,
The whole 132 shares.
June 13, 1722, at a meeting of proprietors held at Exeter, at the house of Maj. John Gilman, it was voted, "That Maj. John Gilman, Capt. John Gilman, and Capt. John Wadleigh be a committee to agree with men to build a bridge and make good ways to Nottingham."
Selectmen seem for the first time to have been chosen at the annual meet- ing of the proprietors at Portsmouth, March 26, 1723. This meeting was held at the house of Mrs. Suzanna Small. "Col. Thomas Packer, Esq., was chosen moderator, John Calfe, clerk." And the selectmen were "Mr. Elisha Story at Boston, Capt. Edward Sargent at Newbury, and Mr. Benj. Gambling at Portsmouth."
The town was surveyed in 1732 by John Brown and Stephen Hosmer, Jr.
Ecclesiastical .- The institution of religious worship was contemporary with the settlement of the town. The first preacher was Reverend Mr. Maylem, in 1729. He was succeeded by Revs. Joshua Moody, Stephen Emery, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Goodhue, Benjamin Butler, Oliver Dodge, James Hobart. A church building was erected early in the history of the town, and a second one in about 1804 or 1805, which was taken down in 1840.
When the Congregational Church was organized we cannot tell; the people united in church relations in 1742. Rev. Stephen Emery preached for seven
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years, followed by Rev. Benjamin Butler and Rev. J. LeBosquet. In 1840 a church was organized. This was the third that had been formed, the first two having ceased to be. Rev. Jonathan Ward, Rev. E. C. Cogswell, Rev. E. Dow and Rev. C. H. Gates supplied at different times. Rev. E. C. Cogs- well was the author of "History of Nottingham, Deerfield and Northwood."
"The Free-Will Baptist Church was long since organized, and was min- istered unto by Elders Dyer, Tuttle, and others, while a Christian Baptist congregation centered at Tuttle's Corner. The Universalists claimed one- third of the meeting-house at the Centre, and sustained worship one-third of the time. Adventists held meetings in various parts of the town at their convenience and as interest demanded."-Cogswell.
Rev. I. D. Morrison is the present minister of the Universalist Society. One hundred and four signed the Association Test and twenty-five refused or neglected to sign, but nine of the twenty-five advanced money to hire men to go to Crown Point.
For military record, see history of Northwood.
Attorneys-at-Law .- Jonathan Rawson, a native of Massachusetts, com- menced practice in 178-, removed to Dover, died 1794, aged thirty-six.
Jonathan Steele, a native of Peterborough, practiced law for a while in Nottingham. His wife was a daughter of General Sullivan. Was appointed judge of the Superior Court of Judicature in 1810 and served until 1812.
Thomas Bartlett was appointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas, a county court, in 1790, and continued until 1805.
Bradbury Bartlett was appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 1832. He was son of Judge Thomas Bartlett.
James H. Butler was appointed to the same office.
Physicians .- Samuel Shepard, Henry Dearborn, and Charles S. Downs have practiced medicine here.
Early Families .- Among the early families are mentioned those of Bart- lett, Butler, Cilley, Colcord, Dearborn, Demeritt, Gerrish, Gile, Goodrich, Gove, Harvey, Kelsey, Langley, Lucy, McClary, McCrillis, Marsh, Nealley, Norris, Scales, Simpson Stevens, Tuttle, Watson and Winslow.
Nottingham Public Library was established with state aid in 1893. It contains about one thousand volumes. Pistuccoway is the name of the grange in Nottingham. The editor is indebted to the well known historian John Scales of Dover, a native of Nottingham, for the following sketches of "Nottingham Square," "The Company of April, 1775," and "In Indian Times.'
Nottingham Square .- After the Royal Charter was signed by Governor Shute. no settlements of any account were made until after 1732, when the first survey was made by John Brown and Stephen Hosmer, Jr. An elaborate plan of Nottingham Square was made, which is still preserved with the town records.
That "Square" is the same today as it was when the first settlers built their houses on its sides. No land owner has ever been permitted to encroach upon it. The location is level, on the summit of a magnificent hill, which commands far-reaching views at all points of compass.
The roads leading from it are the same today ( 1914) as they were marked out on the surveyor's plan. The road to the northeast is King Street ; that to the southeast is Queen Street; that to the southwest is Fish Street; that to the northwest is North Street.
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Joseph Nealley who was an officer in the Revolution resided on North Street, a short distance from Colonel Bartlett's store. It is one of the most beautiful locations about the Square. Two of his grandsons, Benjamin F. and John H. Nealley were mayors of Dover, N. H. A great granddaughter was wife of United States Senator James W. Grimes of Iowa. His grand- son, Capt. Joseph Cilley, who was also a grandson of Col. Joseph Cilley, of the Revolution, was a brave officer in the War of 1812. In later years he was known as Col. Joseph Cilley, and his grandfather as Gen. Joseph Cilley, they obtaining their titles by service in the State Militia.
Capt. Joseph Cilley resided in the house that stands on the south- west corner of the Square, and which is the residence of his grandson, Joseph Cilley ( 1914).
Rev. Benjamin Butler, the first minister of Nottingham ( 1757). He came to Nottingham in 1755, and at first resided where Joseph Cilley now lives but in 1750 he bought of Gov. Benning Wentworth the lot on which the present Butler residence now stands, and built that house that year, and took up his residence there, since when it has remained continuously in possession of the Butler family, 158 years.
Dr. Henry Dearborn, known in history as Gen. Henry Dearborn, had a house on the north side of the Square, on the east side of the street; the "Elsie Cilley Cilley Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution," has marked a spot with a stone marker.
Capt. Cutting Cilley lived on the north side of the Square, near Col. Thomas Bartlett. Nottingham Square furnished more officers in New Hamp- shire Revolutionary army than any other town in the state except one or two that had a larger population. Joseph Cilley was colonel of the Second New Hampshire Regiment, and in the service three years; after the war he was general of the New Hampshire Militia, and is known as General Cilley.
In the southeast corner of the "Square" was placed the. schoolhouse; it has been there continuously to the present time. In the northwest corner was the meeting-house and the town meetings were held there until about 1860, when the meeting-house was removed and a town house was built at the foot of the hill; on the north side where town meetings have since been held, the locality is known as Nottingham Center. In the southwest corner the garrison house, in connection with a large store-house was built. The first minister's house was close by, on the west, where now ( 1914) Mr. Joseph Cilley resides. Dwelling houses were located on all the streets, down the hill-sides and "The Square" was the center of business for more than a a century and a quarter, and during that time the families of good influence in town and county lived here, the Cilleys, the Bartletts, the Butlers, the Simp- sons, and others; it was from here that Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant's ancestor emigrated to Ohio (before it was Ohio), from whom the general received his middle name, Simpson.
Joseph Cilley, father of Col. Joseph Cilley of Revolutionary fame, located on Queen Street, near the line of the Square, and there his descendants lived until after the close of the nineteenth century.
William Nealley, ancestor of a distinguished family, lived on the same road about a mile from the "Square." Israel Bartlett, father of Col. Thomas Bartlett, who commanded a regiment at West Point, in the Revolution built his house on King Street, a short distance from the "Square."
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Another Colonel Thomas resided until his death in 1803. Colonel Thomas had a store on the northwest corner of the "Square," which was removed in 1806, when his son Bradbury Bartlett built the house which now ( 1914) stands there, owned by his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Brainard, who is now in her ninety-third year.
Thomas Bartlett was member of the Committee of Safety, and besides holding other important positions was colonel of a New Hampshire regiment that served at West Point. After the war he was major general of the New Hampshire Militia, succeeding his father-in-law Gen. Joseph Cilley. For the last ten years of his life he was one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas.
Dr. Henry Dearborn, who was brother-in-law of Col. Thomas Bartlett, having married Mary Bartlett, his sister, was captain of a company in Col. John Stark's regiment at the battle of Bunker Hill. Next he was captain of a company that went to Quebec, in the fall of 1775 with the regiment under command of Benedict Arnold, marching up the Valley of the Kennebec River, to its head waters and then through the forest to Quebec. He was taken prisoner there December 3Ist, but was released on parole in May, 1776, and exchanged in March, 1777, when he was appointed major in Scam- mell's (Third N. H.) Regiment, and served bravely in the battles of Still- water, Bemis' Heights, Saratoga, Monmouth and Newton. In 1781 he was appointed deputy quartermaster general on Washington's staff, with rank of colonel and served at the Siege of Yorktown. At the close of the Revolu- tion he resided in the District of Maine, where he was member of Congress; United States marshal; major general of militia; secretary of war in Presi- dent Jefferson's cabinet from 1801 to 1809. Major general United States army in command of Northern Department from January 27, 1812, serving till close of the war. Minister to Portugal from May, 1822, to June, 1824. On his return he settled in Roxbury, Mass., where he died June 6, 1829.
He was born in North Hampton, N. H., Feb. 23, 1751. General Dear- born in person was large and commanding, frank in his manners, and remark- able for his integrity. He published an account of the battle of Bunker Hill, and wrote a journal of his expedition to Canada, imprisonment at Quebec and other adventures.
Henry Butler, son of Rev. Benjamin Butler, who was born in 1754, was lieutenant in Capt. Joseph Parson's company, at Rhode Island, August, 1778. and captain of a company in Col. Thomas Bartlett's regiment at West Point. After the war he succeeded General Bartlett as major general of the militia. which office he held until his death January 17, 1808.
Cutting Cilley, a younger brother of Gen. Joseph Cilley, was captain of a company that was organized in Nottingham in the fall of 1775, and was stationed on Peirce's Island to defend Portsmouth Harbor against the ex- pected attack by the British war ships, which had destroyed Falmouth, Maine, and he with his company, remained in the New Hampshire coast defense through the year 1776 and part of 1777. Later he did other service in the war. Other Nottingham men held positions as lieutenant and lower offices in companies. So the Revolutionary military record of this town is one of the best in the state.
The Company of April, 1775 .- Dr. Henry Dearborn, who was born in North Hampton, February 23, 1751, studied medicine and commenced prac-
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tice of his profession, when he was twenty-one years old, in 1772, at Notting- ham Square. During that year he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Bartlett, sister of Colonel Thomas, and they commenced house-keeping in a house that stood on the east side of the road, that leads north from the "Square" and next to it. The spot is marked by a granite marker placed there by the D. A. R. of Nottingham. While he was studying medicine he also studied the military tactics of that period. He at once became popular with the people, being affable in his manners and thoroughly versed in his profession of medicine. His brother-in-law, Thomas Bartlett, kept a store of general supplies of everything in demand by the townspeople.
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