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CHAPTER CXXI. DOVER .- (Continued.)
Town and City Officers and Representatives. 821
CHAPTER CXXII. DOVER .- (Continued.)
Ecclesiastical History
$26
CHAPTER CXV. DOVER .- ( Continued.)
Tax-Payers in 1793.
797
CHAPTER CXXIII. DOVER .- ( Continued. )
CHAPTER CXVI.
DOVER .- ( Contiuned.)
French and Indian War
¥99
CHAPTER CXVII.
DOVER .- ( Coutinned.)
The Revolutionary War ..
801
CHAPTER CXXV.
DOVER .- ( Continued.)
DOVER .- ( Continued.)
The People called Quakers-Masonian Claims.
807
SUPPLEMENT 887
BIOGRAPHICAL.
PAGE
PAGE
Adams, Rev. Jolin F
30G
Brown Family
201
Atkinson, Wm. King ..
588
Brown, Elisha R.
880
Bachelder Family.
331
Brown, Dr. James F
159
Ball, Capt. G. T
310
Brown, Capt. Simon 420
699
Barker, Ezra
548
Burleigh, George W.
604
Barker, Gilman
Burleigh, Jno. A
604
Barker, Hiram
630
Burleigh, M. C ...
695
Barker, Josiah II
330
Burley, Jonathan
402
Barton, Chas, C.
423
Burley, J. C.
237
Bartlett, Enoch
29
Burnham, II. B ..
239
Bartlett, Ichabod
22
Burroughs, Dr. Charles.
77
Bartlett, James.
Butler, Josiah.
27
Bartlett, Joseph
20
Carlisle. Jacob.
293
Bassett, Dr. Thos
380
Cater, Ephraim
615
Batchelder, Emery
350
Caverly, Robert B
716
Batchelder, James,
420
Chandler, Isaac
699
Batchelder, John T
349
Chapman, Rev. J. A. M.
307
Batchelder, Moses
349
Chase, Amos C.
381
Beede, Daniel
298
Chase, Charles K
755 590
Bell, Chas. Henry
35
Cilley, Horatio Gates.
27
Bell, Jamies.
32
Clagrett, William
21
Bell, Louis
601
Claggett. Wysrman
19
Bell, Samuel Dana,
26
Clapham, Charles
588
Bell, Samme]
2G
Clark, Joseph
602
Berry, Nathan
311
Clark, Hon. Reed P
581
Betton, Silas.
38
Cloutman, John F 629
659
Bracewell, John.
875
Coggawell, Francis,
598
Brackett, John L
306
Cogswell, Dr. Williamı
123 34
Brown, Rev. Arthur.
76.
Conner, Jewett ...
292
Brown, Capt. Jos
366
Converse, Joshua.
679
Brown, Levi.
424
Copeland, William J
605
Brown, Rufus. 201
Copp, Amasa 602
Brown, Hun. Warren
344 Copp, David, Jr.
588
CHAPTER CXIII. DOVER .- ( Continued.)
Lumber Business-Grants. 781
CHAPTER CXIV. DOVER .- (Continued.)
Indian Wars
785
The Press-Schools,
837
CHAPTER CXXIV. DOVER .-- ( Continued.)
Societies-Physicians-Banks, etc.
842
CHAPTER CXVIII.
The War of 1861-65-Military Record-Biographical Sketches. 853
Barker, David, Jr.
603
Buffum, David II.
Beede, Horatio. .between 298, 299
Christie, Daniel M.
Betton, Thornton,
28
Coburn, F. W
Brewster, Chiarles W
114
Collins, Moses Norris.
The Combination-Names and Genealogy of the Signers of the Combi- nation-Annexation to Massachusetts-Names and Boundaries-Early Records
CONTENTS.
xi
PAGE
PAGE
Crosby, Oliver.
5×9
Hardy, Aaron P
584
Cushman, Samuel
24
Harvey, D. L.
230
('utter, Charles W
Hatch, Albert Ruyter. 23
Cutts, Edward.
21 Hatch, Charles W
305
Daniels, A. Il.
615 Hatch, Samnel A
30€
Davis, Frederick H.
27 Haven, Alfred Woodward.
114
Davis, George W.
309
Haven, Nathaniel A., Jr ..
21
Dearborn, Hon. J. J
167
Hayes, Chatles W.
643
Dearborn, John
328
Hayes Family, The.
632
Dearborn, Nathaniel
38
Hersey, Jacob.
540
Demeritt, Joseph L.
637
Hilliard, Francis.
363
Demeritt, Mark
637
Hobbs, Dr. Moses L
-117
Dennett, Charles
757
Hobbs, John F
419
Dickey, David W
38
Hobbs, J. W. F
417 589
Dodge, George II
348
Hoitt, Alfred.
859
Drake Genealogy
425
Bolt, Rev. Edwin
308
Durell, Daniel M
589
Houghton, Josiah
27
Duston, Obadiah
482
Howe, Phineas
27 394
Eastman, Nehemiahı
601
Humphreys, Daniel
20
Eastman, Royal.
604
Iluutoon, Nathaniel.
37
Edwards, Jonathan
85
Janvrin, Joshna.
514
Ela, Richard ..
601
Janvrin, Jefferson
346
Eldredge, Marcellus.
113
Jenness, B. W
712
Eldridge, Melburn F
33
Jenness, Jos Disco,
Elkins, David H
351
Jewell, John W.
Elkins, John
164
Jones, Frank
108
Elwyn, John Langdon.
103
Jones, Jeremialı
639
Emerson, Joseph
638
Jordan, Ichabod G ..
604 384
Emerson, John
81
Kelly, John,
32
Emery, Noah
30
Kelly, John
25
Evans, John C ...
524
Kelly, Nathaniel K.
442
Farrar, Timothy, Jr.
33
Kent, Amos
25
Farrington, James,
747
Kent, James M
160
Fellows, Jeremiah
3
Kent, John Horace.
110
Foss, A. W.
714
Kent, Moodey
27
Foss, Charles A
614
Kimball, David
107
Fogg, M. V. B.
240
Kimball, Richard.
592
Fogg, John 11
329
Knowles, Deacon Levi
433
Fogg, Sherburne.
240
Ladd, Alva W.
234
Folsom, John Lewis
236
Ladd, Daniel W
231
Folsom, Thomas.
235
Lamson, George.
32
Freeman, Asa
590
Lane, Col. Isaac
160
Freeman, l'eyton Randolph
21
Lane, Capt. Levi E
347
French, Daniel
25
Langdon, John.
100 31
French, John.
365
Lawrence, Samuel
243
French, Rev. Jonathan
415
Leighton, Levi W., Sr.
637
French, John F
421
Leighton, Levi W., Jr.
637
French, Jonathan.
163
Livermore, Arthur.
25
French, Peter
374
Livermore, Edward St. Loe.
20
French, Robert S.
297
Livermore, Matthew
19
Frost, Pepperell
424
Livermore, Sammuel
19 286
Gibson, Richard.
49
Lord, O. H.
698
Gilman, Samuel Taylor
32
Longee, Isaac W
748
Goodrich, Charles B
22
Mack, Robert Clark.
583
Goodwin, D. L.
386
Manter, Francis
585
Goodwin, Ichabod
101
Manter, Samuel.
586
Gordon, Hon. Nathaniel.
291
Marston Family.
331
Gove, Edw. L
514
Marston Family, The
424
Gove, John H
347
Marston, Gilman
34
Grant, Charles C
128
Marston, W. A
604
Grant, Gilbert A
37
Martin, Noah
:58
Greenfield, Charles
756
Mason, Jeremiah ...
20
Gregg, David Aiken
28
McDuffee, Franklin.
741
Gregg, Joseph A
28
McDuffee, John.
743
Guppey, Joseph D
885
McGaw, Isaac.
38
Hackett, William Henry Young.
23
McMurphy, James.
29
Hale, John P
592
Melcher, Samuel.
352 588
Hall, Daniel.
873
Merrill, Jeremiah L
289
Ilanson, D.
745
Merrill, Jesse.
27
Hunson, Timothy
638 . Mitchell, Stephen.
601
Dodge, George D
348
Hodgdon, Moses.
Eastman, Dr. J. C.
316
Hoyt, James
469 713
Emerson, Luther.
483
Judkins, Joseph
Freuch, Ebenezer
38
Lawrence, Jothan
Garvin, William R
680
Long, Commodore J. (".
Hale, John P
Mellen, Henry
xii
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Moody, Isaac P.
36
Richardson, Jolm A ... .....
601
Moore, E. B
211
Richardson, William M ..
38
Morrill, Charles E
203
Roberts, Amasa. 598
Morrill, Jonathan
136
Roberts, Hiram R 674
Morrill, Sammel.
135
Robie Family
352
Morrison, Leonard A
564
Roby, Jeremiah H
423
Morton, William II
678
Rollins, Augustus
678
Moses, John F 295
Rollins, Daniel G ...
693
Moniton, Capt. Benjamin
365
Rollins, E. IT
674
Murphy, Charles M
877
Rollins Family, The.
551
Neal, Moses L
589
Rollins, Paul
394
Nichols, Nicholas
387
Rowe, Robert 134
Norris, Rev. Samuel
539
Rundlett, James L
242
Noyes, Hou, John W
158
Sanborn, Caleb T.
352
Nute, Alonzo.
031
Sanborn, James M
199
Nute, Lewis W.
657
Sanborn, John
398
Nutter, William W
394
Sanborn, Joseph T
345
Odell, Capt J. E
550
Savory, Jonathan
584
Odlin, Woodbridge
288
Sawyer, Charles H
SG2
Osgood, Hiram
29
Sawyer, Ezra A. J
168
Page, Moses
.between 386, 3×7
Sawyer, Jonathan
860
Page, Rev. Jesse.
123
Sawyer, Thomas E
592
Panı, Amos.
538
Sawyer, Luther D
598
Paul, Moses.
859
Sewall. Jonathan Mitchell
39
Parker, Amos A
37
Shackford, Charles B
600
Parker, Dr. David T
636
Sherburne, John Samnel
19
Parker, Rev. E. L
180
Shun tleff, Rev. Wm.
83
Parker, Edw. Pinkerton
28
Simes, William
104
l'arker, Frederick
37
Small, William B
37
Parker, H. R.
:0
Smith, Deacon Ebenezer.
715
Parker, William, Je.
:10)
Smith, Franci- Peter
36
Parker, William
19
Smith, Jeremiah
31
Parsons, Edward
37
Smith, John H
598
Patten, William Colcord
5 :*
Spabling, George B
883
Penbody, Nathaniel.
123
Stackpole, Lorenzo ..
680
Peabody, Rev. Stephen.
123
Ste kpole, P. A.
36
Peabody, Oliver W. B
32
St Clair, Ira
27
Peaslee, Luther D
Stearns, Rev. Josiah Il
228
Peavy, George (' ..
Steele, David
602
Peirce, T. W
86;
Steele, Jonathan
600
Peirce, Joshua Winslow
105
Stevens, Samuel Hubbard.
33
Perkins, B. R
293
Stevens, Solon
31
Perkins, Solomon J
29
Story, Abraham B
38
Philbrick, Hon. E. B.
40×
Story, Charles,
19
Pickering, E. A
311
Sturtevant, John T
718
Pickering, John
19
Sullivan, George
30
Pickering, William
36
Sullivan, John
32
Pike, John Henry.
238
Sullivan, John.
600
Pillsbury, David.
181
Tarlton, S. 11
541
Pinkerton, J. M ..
170
Tebbets, Nonh.
603
Plumer, George W
2:30
Tebbets, Samuel,
589
Plumer, William.
28
Tenney, William
37
Plumer, William, Jr.
29
Tewksbury, I-nac.
317
Plumer, Joseph
657
Thom, James.
28
Poor, Benjamin.
Tilton, Joseph.
31
Porter, John, Jr
25
Toppan, Edmund.
36
Porter, John
28
Torr, John F
756
Porter, Joh
294
True, Ezekiel
753
Pray, T. J. W.
36
Tuck Family. The.
303
Prentice, John.
227
Tucke, Eben Franklin
34
Prescott, Benjamin F
136
Twombly, N. C
541
Prescott, True M
351
Varney, A. H
638
Quinn, Patrick
881
Varney, John R
598
Quint, Alonzo H
588
Wadleigh, Daniel ..
385
Rawson, John
37
Wadleigh, Joseph B
385
Reid, George.
383
Wallace, Ebenezer G 750
Reynolds, T. O.
757 Wallace, Edwio.
751
ichardson, Jeremiah D
Talpey, Charles W
632
Pillsbury, Col. William S.
Tibbetts, Daniel
643
Porter, Joseph T
Tuck, Amos.
33
715
Prescott, Samuel
538
Varney, Joh.
27
Peirce, Andrew
292
Stickney, Hon. William Weir.
Perryman, Nicholas.
Smith, Ebenezer.
600
Parker, Nathaniel
Smith, William
32
Patterson, Hon. George W.
l'eabody, Oliver
Manyan, John Edward
Steele, David, Jr.
PAGE
xiii
CONTENTS.
PAGE
PAGE
Wallingford, Z. S.
869
Whipple, Oliver
36
Warren, Osman B
758
White, John II
592
Weare, John M
513
Whitehouse, Judge George L
628
Webster, Daniel.
20
Whittier, John
208
Weeks, George.
309
Wiggin Family, The ..
548
Weeks, Rufus W
312
Wiggin, Jusinh B
552
Weeks, Willinin
310
Winkley, Daniel
707
Wells, John Sullivan
33
Wood, Alva ..
34
Wells, Nathaniel.
603
Woodbury, Levi.
22
Wentworth, Bart.
673
Woodman, Charles
589
Wentworth, Benning.
77
Wondman, Charles W
597
Wentworth, George T.
598
Woodman, Jeremiah H.
602
Wentworth, John
77
Woodman, John S
603
Wentworth, John, Jr
587
York, Daniel G.
364
Wentworth, Sir John
77
Young, Andrew 11
872
Wentworth, Toppan
603
Yonng, Charles E
586
Wheeler, J. W.
482
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
PAGE
Adans, J. F
between 306, 307
Demeritt, Joseph L ..
between 636, 637
Ball, George T
310,311
Demeritt, Mark
638, 639
Barker, Ezra .facing 548
16
296
Dodge, George D
= 348
Barker, Hiram
630
Dustou, Obadialı 483
Barker, Josiahı 11
330
Eastman, J. C ... .facing 316
Barton, Charles C
423
Eaton, Oliver. between 350, 351
Bassett, Thomas,
380
Eldredge, M.
facing 113
Batchelder, Charles J
44
332
Elkins, David H
between 350, 351
Batchelder, Emery
350
Elkins, Joha. .facing 164
=
103
Batchelder, John T
.between 348, 349
Emerson, Joseph between 638, 639
Batchehler, Mary A., Residence of.
facing 322
Evans, John C. facing 524
747
Beede, Daniel
.facing 298
Fogg, John H
329
Brede, Horatio ..
between 298, 299
Bell, Charles H
facing 35
Fogg, Sherburne.
241
Berry, Nathan between 310, 311
Folsom, John 1.
between 236. 237
Bracewell, John. facing 875
Brackett, John L
307
FORS, A. W.
714
Brown, James F
159
Foss, Charles A. 614
Browa, Joseph.
366
.between 364, 365
Brown, Levi 425
44
201
French, Jonathan.
=
163
Brown, Samuel E
200
French, Peter 374
=
421
French, Robert S. .facing 297
424
Brown, Hon. Warren, Residence of.
334
Garvin, W. R
between 680, 681
Buffum, D. H.
=
699
Goodwin, Daniel L. .facing 386
Burleigh, G. W.
604
Goodwin, Ichabod
101
Burleigh, M. C.
Gordon, Nathaniel
291
Borley, J. C
238
Gordon, Nathaniel, Residence of ..
262
Burley, Jonathan
402 Gove, Edward L ... 514
Gove, John H between 346, 347
Carlisle, Jucob
292, 293
facing 128
Cater, Ephraim.
614, 615
Greenfield, Charles.
between 756, 757
Caveily, Robert B
facing 717
Guppey, Joseph D
fitcing 885
Chandler, Isaac ..
700
Hale, Joha P
592
Chapman, J. A. M.
between 306, 307 Hall, Daniel
873
Chase, Amos C.
facing 381 Hanson, D
745
Chase, Charles K.
= 755
Hausun, Timothy
639
Christie, Daniel M.
590 Hardy, Aaron P
between 584, 585
Clark, Reed P.
581
Harvey, D. L
236, 267
Cloutmau, J. F.
629
Hatch, Charles W
facing 305
Cloutman, J. F., Residence of.
622
Hatch, Samuel A
306
Cobura, F. W
659
Haven, A. W
114
Conuer, Jewett
between 202, 293
Hayes, Charles W
642
Converse, Joshua
678, 679
Hayes, Martin L
633
Daniels, A. H.
614, 615
Hersey, Jacob
540
Davis, George W
44 308, 309
Hersey, Jacob, residence of.
532
Dearborn, J. J
facing 167
Hilliard, Francis. 362
Dent born, John
וי 328
Hobbs, J. W. F. 417
Dearborn, Lydia, Residence of. 318
Hobbs, J. W. F., residence of.
108
.
44
44
695
French, John.
French, Jonathan
facing 415
Brown, Rufus
Brown, Simon, Jr.
Brown, Warren
344
Folsom, Thomas
facing 235
Batchelder, James.
420
Elwyn, John L.
Batchelder, Moses
between 348, 349
Farrington, James,
Fogg, M. V.
240
Dennett, Charles
.facing 757
Barker, Gilman.
=
Frost, Pepperell
Burnham, IL. B
between 238, 239
Grant, Charles C ..
xiv
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Hobbs, John F
facing 419
Pillsbury, W. S.
facing
182
Hobbs, Dr. Moses L
416
Pinkerton, J. M.
I70
Hobbs, Dr. Moses L., residence of.
412
Plamer, George W
230
Hoitt, Alfred.
860
Pinmer, Joseph.
657
Holt, Edwin
308
Plumer, William
4 .
28
Hoyt, James.
44
394
Plumer, William, Jr.
29
Janvrin, Jefferson
346
Poor, Benjamin
454
Janvrin, JoshDa.
=
515
Poor, Benjamin, Lesidence of.
450
Jeuness, B. W.
712
Porter, J. T.
204
Jenness, J. Disco
469
Pray, T. J. W.
=
Jewell, John W
713
Prescott, B. F ..
227
Jones, Frank
108
Prescott, T. M
between 350, 351
Jones, Frank, Residence of.
between 42, 43
Quinn, Patrick
538, 539
Judkins, Joseph,
facing 384
Kelly, Nathaniel K
442
Reynolds, Thomas O.
383
Kent, J. Ilorace.
110
Richardson, J. D
between 758, 759
Kent, J. M
160
Roberts, Hiram R.
facing G74
Kinlmll, David
107
Rohy, Jeremiah II
422
Knowles, Levi
432
Rollins, Augustus
678
Ladd, Alexander H
GG
Rollins, D. G.
075
Ladd, Daniel W.
=
232
Rollins, Jantes W. 551
392
Lane, Levi E
between 346, 347
Rowe Robert.
134
Langdon, John
freing 100
Lawrence, Sanmel
54 2.13
Sanborn, J. M
199
Leighton, Levi W., Sr.
between 636. 637
Sauborn, John.
198
Leighton, Levi W., Jr ...
" 636, 637
Sanborn, Joseph T
345
Long, J. (:
facing 286
Lord, Oliver 11
698
Louge, Isane W
7.18
Suwyer, E. A. J
168
Manter, Francis.
Suwyer, J
861
Manter, Samuel.
simes, Wm.
104
Map (outline) of Rockingham County
frontispiece
Map (outline) of Strafford County ..
faring 587
Marston, David.
331
Martin, Noah.
44
858
Stackpole, Lorenzo,
between 680, G81
MeDuffee, Frank
741
Stackpole, P. A
facing 878
McDoflee, John.
743
Stearns, J. 11
44
228
Melcher, Samuel.
3.52
Stickney, William W.
34
Merrill, Jeremiah L.
290
Morrill, Charles E
203
31
136
Tuilton, Samuel HI
542
Morrill, Samuel
=
135
Tewksbury, Isanc.
facing
317
Morrison, L. A
564
Tewksbury, Isaac, Homestead of.
314
Morton, W. H.
between 678, 679
Tibbetts, Daniel
643
Moses, John F
facing 297
Torr, John F
between 756, 737
Moulton, Benjamin between 364, 365
True, Ezekiel
.furing 753
Murphy, Charles M facing 877
Tuck, Henry C ..
between 364, 365
Nichols, Frederick G
387
Tuck, Jonathan
facing 363
Twombly, N. C
6 .
715
Noyes, John W
fucing 158
Noyes, J. W., Residence of.
144
Varney, Jol
between 636, 637
Nute, Alonzo
631
Varney, John R
furing 598
Nute, Lewis W
656
Wadleigh, Daniel
385
Nntter, William W
395
Wadleigh, Joseph B.
2×5
Odell, James E
5.00
Wallace, Ebenezer G facing 750
751
Odlu, Woodbridge.
288
Wallingford, Z. S.
= 869
Page, Je-se
123
Warren. O. B between 758, 759
Weare, John M facing 513
20
Parker, E. L
180
Weeks, George.
.between 308, 309
Parker, H. R.
884
Weeks, Rufus'W
facing 312
Patterson, George W.
582
Weeks, William between 310, 311
Wentworth, Bart
facing 673
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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 Merri- mac Counties, N. H.
Rockingham is the only county in this State that borders on the Atlantic, its coast being about seven- teen miles in extent.
Incorporation .- It was incorporated March 19, 1771, and named in honor of Charles Watson Went- worth, Marquis of Rockingham, by Governor Benning Wentworth.
There are thirty-eight towns 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 Wil- liam 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 are as follows : At- kinson, Auburn, Brentwood, Candia, Chester, Dan- ville, Deerfield, Derry, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Freemont, Gosport, Greenland, Hampstead, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston, Londonderry, New Castle, Newington, New Market, Newton, North Hampton, Northwood, Nottingham, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Raymond, Rye, Salem, San- dowu, Seabrook, South Hampton, South Newmarket, Stratham, and Windham.
Rockingham is a shire county, courts being held alternately at Exeter and Portsmouth.
The principal rivers are the Piscataqua, Lamprey, Squamscot, Pantuckaway, and Spiggot. The princi- pal elevations are Pantuckaway Mountain in Deer- field and Nottingham, and Saddleback in Deerfield and Northwood.
CHAPTER II.
CIVIL LIST.
The following is a list of the judges of the highest judicial court of New Hampshire, which by various changes of the laws has been known at different pe- riods as the "Superior," the "Supreme Judicial," and the "Supreme Court," and at present bears the last of these designations :
JUSTICES OF THE SUPERIOR COURT.
Nathaniel Weare, Robert Wailleigh, and Joseph Smith, 1694-99; William
Partridge, 1696; Kingsley Ilall, Shadrack Walton, and Richard Hil- ton, 1698-99; John Hauckes, 1699-1705; Peter Coffin, 1699-1712; John Gerrish, 1699-1714; John Plaisted, 1700-17: William Vaughn, 1708 -15; Mark Hnuking, 1712-27; Samuel Penhallow, 1714-26; George Jeffrey, 1717-31 ; Thomas Packer, 1717-172 -; John Frost, 1723-30; Peter Weare, 1723-30; Nathaniel Weare, 1730-38; Andrew Wiggin, 1729-30; llenry Sherburne, 1731-42; Nicholas Gilman, 1731-39; Benjamin Gambling, 1734-37; Thomas Millet, 1740-42; Ellis Iluske, 1740-50; Sammel Gilman, 1740-47; George Jeffrey, 1742-49; Jotham Odiorne, 1742-47; Thomas Wallingford, 1748-71, Mesheck Weare, 1748-82; Joseph Blanchard, 1749-63; Theodore Atkinson, 1754-76: Leverett Hubbard, 1763-84; William Parker, 1771-76: Matthew Thornton, 1776-82; John Wentworth, 1776-81; Samuel Livermore, 1782-90; Woodbury Langdon, 1782-83; Josinh Bartlett, 1782-90; William Whipple, 1783-85 ; John Dudley, 1785-97; Woodbury Lang- don, 1786-90; John Pickering, 1790-95; Simeon Olcott, 1790-1>02; Timothy Farrar, 1791-1803; Ebenezer Thompson, 1795-96; Daniel Newcomb, 1796-98; Edward St. Loe Livermore, 1797-99; l'ayne Wingate, 1798-1809 ; Arthur Livermore, 1799-1816; Jeremiah Smith, 1802-9; Wm. K. Atkinson, 1803-5; Richard Evans, 1809-13; Jona- than Steele, 1810-12; Clifton Claggett, 1812-13; Caleb Ellis, 1813- 16; William M. Richardson, 1816-38; Samuel Bell, 1816-19; Levi Woodbury, 1817-23; Samuel Green, 1814 40; John Harris, 1823-33; Joel Parker. 1833-18; Nathaniel G Upham, 1833-42; Leonard Wil- cox, 1838-42; John J. Gilchrist, 1840-55; Andrew S. Woods, 1842. -55; C. J., 1855.
Ira Allen Eastman, Gilmanton, J., Ang. 31, 1849, to Ang. 17, 1855. Samuel Dana Bell, Manchester, J., Ang. 31, 1849, to Ang. 17, 1855. Ira Perley, Concord, J., June 28, 1850, to Oct. 1, 1852.
Ira l'erley, Concord, C. J., July 20, 1855, to Oct. 1, 1859, and from Ang. 1, 1864, to Oct. I, 1864.
Ira Allen Eastman, Concord, J., July 20, 1×55, to Dec. 1, 1859. Asa Fowler, Concord, J., July 20, 1855, to Feb. 23, 1861.
George Yeaton Sawyer, Nashua, J., July 20, 1853, to Nov. 1, 1>59.
Samuel Dana Bell, Manchester, J., July 20, 1855, to Sept. 23, 1:59; ('. J., Sept. 23, 1839, to Aug. 1, 1864.
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Jonathan Everett Sargent, Wentworth, J., July 5, 1859, to March 17, 1873; C. J., March 17, 1873, to Ang. 18, 1874.
Henry A. Bellows, Concord, J., Sept. 23, 1859, to Oct. 1, 1869; C. J., Oct. 1, 1869, to March 11, 1873.
Charles Due, Rollinsford, J., Sept. 23, 1859, to Ang. 14, 1874. George W. Nesmith, Franklin, J., Dec. 3, 1859, to Oct. 31, 1870. William Henry Bartlett, Concord, J., Feb. 23, 1861, to Sept. 24, 1867. Jeremiah Smith, Dover, J , Oct. 19, 1-67, to Jau. 26, 1×74. William L. Foster, Concord, J., Oct. 1, 1869, to Aug. 14, 1874. William S. Ladd, Lancaster, J., Oct. 31, 1870, to Aug. 14, 1874. Ellery A. Hibberd, Laconia, J., March 17, 1873, to Aug. 18, 1874. Isaac William Snuth, Manchester, J., Feb. 10, 1874, to Aug. 18, 1874. Edmund L. Cushiag, Charlestown, C. J., Ang. 18, 1874, to July 22, 1876. William S. Ladd, Lancaster, J., Aug. 14, 1874, to July 22, 1876. Isaac W. Smith, Manchester, J., Aug. 15, 1874, to July 22, 1876. Charles Doe, Rollinsford, C. J., July 22, 1876.
Clinton W. Stanley, Manchester, J., July 22, 1876. William L. Foster, Concord, J., July 22, 1876, to 1881.
Aaron W. Sawyer, Nashua, J., July 22, 1876, to June 18, 1877. George A Bingham, Littleton, J., July 22, 1876, to 1880. William H. H. Allen, Claremont, J., July 22, 1876. Isaac W. Smith, Manchester, J., July 22, 1876.
Lewis W. Clark, Manchester, J., Ang. 13, 1878.
Isaac N. Blodgett, Franklin, J., 1880.
Alonzo P. Carpenter, Bath, J., 1881.
CIRCUIT JUSTICES.
Charles F. Gove, Nashua, Jannary, 1843, to December, 1847. Noah Tibbetts, Rochester, January, 1843, to September, 1844. Ira A. Eastman, Gilmanton, September, 1844, to 1849. Leopard Wilcox, Oxford, December, 1847, to 1×48. Samuel D. Bell, Manchester, June, 1848, to 1849. George Y. Sawyer, Nashua, September, 1851, to August, 1854. Charles R. Morrison, Haverhill, September, 1851, to August, 1855. Josiah Minut, Concord, September, Is52, to March, 1855. Charles W. Woodman, Dover, Aagast, 1854, to Angust, 1855. Edoand L. Cushing, Charlestown, March, 1855, to August, 1855.
JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Until 1680, Exeter and Kingston were annexed to the old county of Norfolk, and their courts were holden at Salisbury, Mass. Of course the justices of the Norfolk court are not included in the following list, although some of them may have been from the towns now in Rockingham County. Until 1680 the Common Pleas, a county court, was held by some one or more of the Council and by persons in the province appointed for this purpose as judges. The names of the latter only are given in the list. The counselors who attended at different times were Thomas Danforth, Humphrey Atherton, Capt. Tyng, Maj. Lusher, Capt. Pike, Maj. HIathorue, Daniel Gookin, Mr. Symonds, Fr. Willoughby, Maj .- Gen. Leverett, Mr. Stoughton, Maj. Thomas Clark, Maj. Willard, Worshipful and Joseph Dudley.
The following is a list of the justices :
Thomas Wiggin, 1659-63; Bryan Pendleton, 1659-65 ; Valentioe Hill, 1659; Richard Waldron, 1659-82 ; Edward Ililton, 1661-64; Richard Cutt, 1663-65; John Cutt, 1665-73; Elias Stilemaa, 1662-82; Job Clement, 1670-82; Peter Coffin, 1670-74; Richard Martyn, 1676- 83; Thomas Daniel, 1676-82; William Vaughan, IGS0-86; John Gilman, 1680-82; Samuel Dalton, 1680-81; Christopher Hussey, 1680-82; Walter Barefoote, 1683-87; Nathaniel Fryer, 1683-95 ; Thomas Packer, 1683-95; George Jeffrey, 1695; S. Walton, 1695; John Tuttle, 1695; Richard Waldron, 1702-6; Henry Dow, 1696- 1707; Joha Woodman, 1702-6; Theodore Atkioson, 1702-18; Winthrop Hilton, 1706-10; George Vanghan, 1707-15; F. Dad- ley, 1707-13; John Wentworth, 1713-18; Richard Gerrish, 1717; James Davis, 1717-29; Jotham Odiorne, 1719-30; Joshua Pierce, 1729-30; Nicholas Gilman, 1729-30; Richard Waldron, 1730-42; Paul Gerrish, 1730-42; E. Denoett, 1731-41; Nathaniel Rogers, 1737-42; Richard Wibird, 1741-42; Theodore Atkinson, 1742-
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