History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 2

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis
Number of Pages: 1714


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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


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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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