History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 35

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

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1765. "Paid Mr. Gilman for preaching fourteen sabbaths £14. Theophilus Sargent going to Exeter after a minister, 5%. Lieut. Bachelder, going to Hampton after a minister, 48. Theo. Clough, for going after a minister, 5s."

1766. Mr. Gilman, preaching twelve Sabbaths. Mr. Hillard, preaching four Sabbaths. There were 1 some Presbyterians in the parish who probably asked not to be rated, and it was voted, "Concerning those persons that call themselves Presbyterians, past in

1767. John Clay, Ichabod Robie, and Moses Baker were chosen a committee to hire a minister, and Mr. Webster was paid for fifteen Sabbaths, £18.

1768. The former committee was re-elected, and £20 voted to hire preaching, and Mr. Gilman paid for fifteen and Mr. Hall two Sabbaths. Mr. Clay is paid for boarding Mr. Hall and his horse two weeks, and John Clay, Esquire Robie, Moses Baker, Ichabod Robie, and Abraham Fitts are paid for going after ministers.

June 8, 1768. " Voted, that there Shall be a minister Settled as soon as may be Conveniently done.

" Voted, that the Comte that is appointed to hire Preaching, shall np- point a day of Fasting and Prayer, in order to the Calling of a Gospel minister, and hire a minister upon probation or trial.

" Voted, that the Parish have Pitched upon Mr. Tristram Gilman ns a minister, that the Committee shall bire upon trial in order to for settle- meut."

September, 1768, they voted to give Mr. Gilman " forty pounds for 1769; add two pounds ten shillings per ann. until it amounts to sixty pounds; that he shall have the improvement of half of the parsonage, and to bring more into cultivation, and to build a house suitable for a minister as soon as may be (con- veniently done) ; afterwards, £5 per ann., till it amounts to £70."

November 7th, they voted him the whole of the parsonage. Mr. Gilman declined the call.

June 29, 1769, voted to raise €20, lawful, to be laid out in preaching, and Walter Robie, Dr. Samuel Moores, and Benjamin Cass were chosen a committee to lay out the money. Voted to make choice of one of the three ministers for further trial, and a " uni- versal Choice" made of Mr. Jonathan Searle.

Aug. 28, 1769, the parish gave Mr. Searle a call, and offered him £40 and the use of the parsonage, and bring thirty acres under improvement and find him a convenient dwelling-house. Mr. Searle gave a negative answer.

Mr. Searle is paid for preaching ten Sabbaths, Mr. Joseph Currier for two, and Mr. Thomas Lancaster for four Sabbaths.

Nov. 26, 1770, it was voted "to give Mr. David Jewett a call to the work of the ministry amongst us, and to give him £50, lawful, the first year, and add £5 per year until it amounts to £65 per year, and that to be his stated salary, with the income of the parsonage ; to finish the house, build a barn, and dig a well as soon as can conveniently be done." Mr. Jewett's answer was in the affirmative, and is upon the records.

Feb. 5, 1771, it was voted that he be ordained the first Wednesday of September next.

March 11, 1777.

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" Voted, that all those persons that have heretofore Joined with the Baptist Society in Deerfield, bring a Certificate within two months from This Date, from the assessors of said Baptist Society, that they were rated there, theu the Selectmen of this parish are to make a Draw back of the minister rate the present year."

In the parish accounts the rates of the following persons were abated for 1776, they being Baptists : Benjamin Rowel, Benjamin Carr, Capt. John Sargent, Ensign Jonathan Bagley, Robert Smart, Jonathan Woodman, Edward Critchet, Thomas Critchet, and William Turner.

Feb. 8, 1779, " Voted that the Parish Desires mr. Jewett to ask a Dis- mission from this People of the Pastoral Care and Charge he has taken upon him."

A committee was at the same time chosen to treat with Mr. Jewett. Money had depreciated in valne, and in consequence, probably, Mr. Jewett asked for more salary.

May 27, 1779, " Voted unanimously not to make any addition to mr. Jewett's Salary for the Present year."

" Voted, to Cbuse a Committee of seven to Confer with mr. Jewett, and see what he will take as to his Civil Contract with this People, and ask a Dismission by way of a Council from the Pastoral Care and Charge he had taken upon him."

Mr. Jewett probably made a communication, for June 10,

" Voted, not to act any thing npon the paper or letter Subscribed to the moderator of this, and Signed by mr. Jewet, and lead at this meet- ing."

Another committee was chosen and empowered to settle with Mr. Jewett as to the civil contract.

March 6, 1780, a vote was taken respecting making Mr. Jewett satisfaction by making up his salary. Negatived, forty-four to eighteen.

It appears that Mr. Jewett had made a proposition . in writing to submit the matters in controversy to a mutual council of five statesmen. The parish chose the latter, and raised a committee of five to give and take bonds. The referees were chosen, but a part of them declined to attend, and Judge Weare advised another trial for settlement. Mr. Jewett made a long communication, and the parish voted to comply with his proposals. The currency had depreciated, and Mr. Jewett had built wall on the parsonage, which he claimed pay for. He was dismissed, and I have no further knowledge of him.

March 13, 178I, it was voted not to raise any money to hire preaching, but the deacons were chosen a com- mittee to lay out the money subscribed.

Jan. 7, 1782, it was voted to employ the Rev. Mr. Prince for the term of six or seven years " to preach amongst us." He was to have the use of the parson- age, and a hired hand six months in each year. He was blind. He preached seven years. His son Caleb resided in Candia, and was a deacon many years.

May 23, 1789, " Voted to hire Mr. How to preach three months."

July 12, 1790, it was voted, seventy-six to twelve, to give the Rev. Jesse Remington a call, and give him the use of the parsonage and sixty pounds lawful money, and draw him twenty cords of wood yearly,

with the privilege of cutting on the parsonage what should be sufficient in addition to keep his fires. 1Ie was ordained Oct. 20, 1790; died March 3, 1815.

Rev. Isaac Jones was ordained Feb. 7, 1816; dis- missed May 12, 1818.

Rev. Abraham Wheeler was installed Jan. 13, 1819; dismissed Oct. 29, 1832.

Rev. Charles P. Russell, ordained Dec. 25, 1833; dismissed May 26, 1841.

Rev. William Murdoch, ordained Dec. 1, 1841 ; dis- missed July 5, 1854.

Rev. William T. Herrick, installed July 5, 1854; dismissed July 2, 1858.

Rev. E. N. Hidden, installed Nov. 2, 1859; dis- missed Dec. 31, 1864.

Oct. 10, 1865, a call was extended to Rev. Lauren Armsby, formerly of Chester.

The number of church-members in 1816 was twenty- eight; in 1822, seventy; in 1823, one hundred and eighty-two; in 1824, two hundred and fifteen; in 1857, two hundred and sixty-eight.

In 1869 a church organ was purchased at an ex- pense of four hundred and fifty dollars.

Union or Free Will Society and Church .- There was quite an interest in religion near the mountain in Nottingham in 1799, which extended into the neighboring towns, and in 1802 a church was organ- ized, the members living in Nottingham, Deerfield, Candia, and Raymond. There was another revival in 1810, and another in 1815. Moses Bean, a son of Reuben Bean, of Candia, was ordained at Deerfield, 1810. The first marriage solemnized by him on record is May 1, 1810. He built the meeting-house at the village about 1816, after the revival. In 1818 the church was divided, the brothers and sisters in Deer- field and Nottingham forming one church, and those in Candia and Raymond forming another, but giving to every individual liberty to belong to the church he or she desired. They entered into covenant and con- stituted a church, which is signed in behalf of the church by Jeremiah Fullonton.

There is a catalogue dated 1821 (although some were added later), containing about two hundred and twenty names, some belonging to Deerfield and some to Epping. In the record of a church meeting, Au- gust, 1820, it is said that five were baptized and "above one hundred spoke in meeting." At a church meet- ing May 24, 1824, it was agreed to divide the church by the town line, and those near the line have liberty to join which church they should desire. Samuel Dudley was chosen deacon, and William Turner, clerk. Sept. 9, 1830, agreed to a new covenant, and sixty-three names are appended.

The new meeting-house was built in 1847. The basement and vestry cost $400, and the superstructure cost $1500. The following are among the preachers employed :

Previous to the division the name of Elder David Harriman is frequently found. Elder Moses Bean

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was the son of Reuben Bean, and grandson of David Bean, and seems to have been in a sense the father of the church, as he built the first meeting-house, and it was voted Nov. 17, 1824, " to receive Elder Moses Bean as pastor of this church." Nov. 15, 1830, Elder Bean resigned and Elder J. Knowles was called ; dis- 1 missed, and Elder B. S. Manson chosen ; dismissed April 4, 1839, and Elder S. P. Furnald chosen ; dis- missed, and Elder S. Whitney chosen.

Methodist Episcopal Church and Society .- Moses Colby came from Hawke (Danville) in 1806, and pur- chased the John Sargent place. He was the first Methodist in Candia, and his children have ever been moved into town or became Methodists and retained their connection with or joined the churches of Hawke, Poplin, and Sandown. When the church was organized at Chester, now Auburn, they generally united with that and constituted a class.

A society and church were formed in Candia in 1859, and they then erected a place of worship, with a stone basement for a vestry, at the expense of $1500. There is a membership of about forty, and they have been regularly supplied with a Conference preacher : Henry Nutter, 1859; Lorenzo Draper, 1860-61; James Adams, 1862-63; N. H. Chase, 1864-65; James Adams, 1866; Silas Green, 1867-69.

Schools .- At a meeting April 4, 1764, " Voted £100, old tenor, to Hire Schooling." The selectmen paid Dr. Moore for keeping school, £40. fn 1765, £200 was voted and paid Daniel Row for keeping school ; £9 38. 6d. to Zachariah Clifford or his wife for keeping school. In 1766 they voted to raise £250, old tenor, or £12 10s. lawful money, equal thereto, to hire schooling. They paid Master Haselton for keep- ing school one month, £2; paid Isaac Clifford's wife for keeping school, six weeks and one day, 17s .; Zach- ariah Clifford's wife, 128. ; Mr. Bowen, for keeping school, £1 168. 9d.

Money is paid that year to the south quarter, to the southeast quarter, to the centre quarter, to the west quarter, and to the northeast quarter. In 1767 Master Shaw is paid for keeping school in the south quarter, Esquire Moore and Nathaniel Emerson in the centre quarter ; and Israel Gilman's wife in the northeast quarter. There was a Paul Jewett who kept school several years; also Richard Clifford's wife, Samuel Buswell, and Ezekiel Worthen. In 1773 a motion was made to hire a grammar school master (that is, one to teach the languages) ; negatived.

" And likewise it is voted that ye Parish Does Except [accept] of a Reading and writing School this Present year, and that Each Quarter Respectively shall have the Liberty to Choose there own School master upon ye Proviso the major Part of Each Quarter Shall be agreed in one Person within the Space of ten Days from this Date, and make applica- tion to the Selectmen to Employ him."

In 1744, Abraham Fitts, Master Forsaith, Master Otis, Mrs. Hazzard, Mrs. Rendall, and Mrs. Cram are teachers.

In 1778, ₺80 lawful was raised for schooling.

In 1782, paper money being nearly worthless, it was voted to raise one hundred silver dollars for schooling.

The present division of Candia into thirteen school districts was made in 1844, but it does not appear by the records what proportion of money each district has had.

Candia has made liberal expenditures for schools ; has had, besides the town schools, a high school in the fall a large portion of the time ; and the town, as will be seen, has furnished a large number of gradu- ates and professional men.

Votes passed by the Parish of Candia respect- efficient supporters of that denomination. Others : ing the Revolutionary War .- July 18, 1774, Abra-

ham Fitts was chosen to meet at Exeter on the 21st to join in the choice of delegates to the General Congress.

Jan. 3, 1775, Lieut. Moses Baker was chosen to represent the parish in a meeting at Exeter on the 25th instant.

Walter Robie, Esq., Capt. Nathaniel Emerson, Dr. Samuel Moore, Mr. Benjamin Cass, and Mr. Jacob Worthen were chosen a committee to inspect all per- sons who do not conform to the advice of the late General Congress.

" Voted, to buy a barrel of powder, flints, and lead, answerable there- to as a Parish stock.

" Voted, Capt. Emerson, Lieut. Baker, and Ens. Bean Desire all the males iu Candia, from sixteen to sixty years old, to meet at Some Con- venient time at the meeting-house in Candia, in order for viewing with arms and ammunition.

" Voted, that the People, as above mentioned, shall meet at the meet- ing house in Candia this day fortuight, at one of the Clock in the after- noon."

Feb. 21, 1775, --

" Voted, that the Parish Do Confirm ye Transactions of the last meet- ing and approve of what the Committee of Inspection bave Drawn up, Relating to ye affairs of the Present Day, and made an addition to y. Committee of inspection of four Persons, (Viz.) Dea. Nath1 Burpee, Mr. Abrm. Fitts, Lieut. Moses Baker, and mr. Ichabod Robie."

May 11, 1775, Dr. Samuel Moore was chosen to represent the parish in the Provincial Congress, to be held at Exeter, May 17th.

June 14, 1775, Capt. Nathaniel Emerson, Lieut. Moses Baker, and Dr. Samuel Moores were chosen a committee to consult with the several officers, towns, parishes, or committees out of the same what way or manner shall be thought best to regulate the militia in this regiment according to the direction of Congress.

April 3, 1777, ten dollars each year was voted to each of those eighteen persons who had enlisted for three years, and a committee chosen to collect the money (if any) which had been subscribed.

At an adjournment April 8th ten dollars to each was added to the above. A committee was also chosen to inquire and see how much time and money each person has expended in supporting the war since the Concord fight. The committee reported as follows, which was accepted :

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"Concord men, la. per day and extra charges.

" 8 months men, with Lient. Emerson, 4 dollars each.

" 8 months men, with Lieut. Dustin, 2 dollars each.

" Winter Ilill men, with Capt. Baker, I dollar each.

" I year's men to York 8 dollars ; those to Delaware, 2 dollars each.

" Ty- men, 133% dollars each.

" New York men last fall, 2 dollars each.

" Joseph Bean to Canada, 20 dollars."

May 19, 1777, Moses Baker, Walter Robie, Abra- ham Fitts, I. Rowe, and Benjamin Cass were chosen a committee to affix and settle the prices of goods and articles in the parish of Candia, in pursuance of an act in addition to the regulation act. (See in the History of Chester for 1779, pp. 142, 143.)

Jan. 19, 1778, a committee was appointed toe pro- cure our quota of Continental soldiers for three years or during the war, and at an adjournment in Febru- ary another committee of five was chosen to make further trial.

April 20th, the committee was instructed to make further trial, and hire money and pursue the business without loss of time.

Aug. 3, 1778, a committee was chosen to make in- quiries respecting the families of those in the Conti- nental service for three years, and supply them with the necessaries of life.

Aug. 19, 1779, it was voted to adopt measures sim- ilar to the town of Portsmouth, and use the utmost of our power in reducing the prices of the necessaries of life, and gain the credit of our currency. Capt. Sargent and John Clifford were chosen delegates to attend a convention at Concord.

Oct. 26, 1779, it was voted to comply with the prices that the late convention stated, and a com- mittee of seven was chosen to state prices upon arti- cles which the convention did not, and to carry the same into execution.

July 4, 1780, a committee was chosen to hire twelve soldiers by way of a parish tax. A committee was also chosen to make an average of what every person had done in the war since it commenced.

July 10, 1780, a committee was chosen to assist the selectmen in procuring our quota of beef for the Continental army.

Nov. 14, 1781, it was voted that the selectmen make a tax in Indian corn to pay the six- and three- months' men. There had been several votes passed respecting raising soldiers, which had proved inef- fectual.

June 17, 1782, it was voted to divide the parish into as many classes as will supply the deficiency, and if any class or person refuse to pay their proportion for hiring a soldier they shall pay double, to be assessed by the selectmen.

College Graduates .- The following were graduates of Dartmouth ; David Pillsbury, 1827; Frederick Parker, 1828; John H. Quimby, 1829; William H. Duncan, 1830 ; Moses H. Fitts, 1831 ; Ephraim Eaton, Jesse Eaton Pillsbury, 1833; Richard E. Lane, 1841 ; Lorenzo Clay, 1843; Moses Patten, 1850; John D. I

Emerson, 1853; Jonathan C. Brown, 1853; Daniel D. Patten, 1855; Samuel C. Bean, 1858; Joseph F. Dudley, 1858; Albert Palmer, 1858; C. C. Sargent, Samuel F. French, Wilson Palmer, and Alanson Palmer, 1860; William R. Patten, 1861; Luther W. Emerson, 1862; George H. French, 1863 ; and Charles Hubbard, 1865.

The following are graduates of other colleges: James P. Lane, Amherst ; Alvah Smith, Michigan University ; and Henry R. Morrill, Wesleyan Uni- versity.

The following is a list of professional men natives of Candia not graduates of colleges: Moses Palmer, minister; Moses Bagley, Isaiah Lane, Thomas Wheat, Franklin Fitts, J. W. Robie, J. F. Fitts, physician ; Jacob Read and J. T. Moore, lawyers ; and James H. Eaton.

There are living in this town 104 persons who are over 70 years of age: 70 between 70 and 80 years; 31 between 80 and 90 years, and three over 90 years ; one has arrived at the age of 100 years; 49 of the above are males, 55 are females. In the above are 14 widowers and 31 widows, and three who were never married, two females and one male. There are living in this town 24 persons who have represented the town in the State Legislature. There were 26 deaths in this town in 1881, 15 males and 11 females ; 8 were over 80 years, and 5 between 70 and 80.

Military Record, 1861-65 .- The following en- listed prior to any bounty being paid by the town :

J. Lane Fitts.

Stephen Dearborn, killed at James Island.

Horace Dearborn.

Albert Harlow.

Chester C. Smith.

J. Henry Worthen.

John Sullivan.

Stephen Fifield.

William Robinson.

John G. Burbeck.

James Gannon.

David Bedee.

George Robinson.

William Bedee.

William Daniels.

Richard B. Brown.

George A. Turner.

John Brennard.

. Guilford Batchelder.

Francis Fifield.

E. Morrill.

Edmund J. Langley.

David R. Daniels, died in army.

Lewis B. Carr.

David Dudley, died in Maryland.

Edwin J. Godfrey.

John Hall.

George W. Clay.

William Roberts.

Rufus Ward.

Charles B. Carr.

Henry Buzzell.

E. Matthews.

Lorenzo Fifield.

Charles Robinson.

William Norton.

David Norton, Jr.

Richard Norton.

Henry Norton.

Lucien Carr.

Reuben Batchelder.

The following is a list of names of those who re- ceived a bounty of three hundred dollars each at the time Capt. W. R. Patten enlisted his company. Here is the receipt:

" We severally acknowledge to have received from the town of Candia the sums set to onr names, agreeable to the vote of the town passed August 14th, 1862, to encourage volunteer enlistments into the service of the United States for the term of three years."

William R. Patten, captain.

Robert Clark.

William Clark, sickened in the Ansell Emerson.

army, returned to Concord and died.

R. Baxter Brown, 1st lieut.

Henry W. Rowe.

George Emerson, killed at Freder- icksburg.

Wells C. Haines, wounded at Bull Run, taken prisoner, and died at Richmond.

Charles Turner.

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Lewellyn Wallace, died in army. Charles R. Rowe.

Leonard F. Dearborn. George W. Griffin.

Thomas Smith.

John Curdinee.

John Logan.

Frank Stanton.

Charles C. Brown.

Frank Rogers.

James Webb.

James Cheney.

William H. Williame.

James Green.

John Haynes. Jacob SbenaD.

Thomas C. Rnnells.

Oliver Haynes.

George Mead, died.

Jobb H. Harrison.

Dexter Read.

Thomas I. Morrill.

Woodbury Hartford.

Joseph L. Gleason.

Joel P. Bean, returned, died.

Albert M. Morrill.

Jesse D. Bean.

Augustus R. Gile. James II. Morrill.

Daniel Brown, Jr., died.

Charles A. Jones.

E. W. Foss.

Hiram G. Gleason.

C. R. Stacy.

George C. Fifield.

Charles E. Wason.

Asa E. Buswell.

Manson M. Bricket.

John A. Gile

Levi Barker, Jr.

Daniel C. Davis.

Frederick F. Emerson.

Woodbury D. Dearborn.

Charles M. Lane.

Reuben H. Dunn.

Nathaniel Hardy, died.

George W. Brown, Jr.

Charles C. Page.

William Collins.

The following ie a list of volunteers for nine months, who were paid a bounty of one hundred and fifty dollars 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, Fred- erick Clay, Joseph Avery, George W. Taylor, Charles W. Hoit, John A. Haines.

LIST OF VOLUNTEERS UNDER THE CALL OF OCT. 17, 1863.

Patrick Donnelly.

Carl Neagle.

Augustus Archer.

George Smith.

Charles Smith.

George C. Brown.

Edward Black.

Jolın Nelson.

John Wilson.

Martin Rapee.

John Brown.

Frederick McPherson.

Horace Colburn.

James Webber.

Nelson Hurd.

Charles Fifield.

SUBSTITUTES FOR DRAFTED MEN.

James O'Donnel.

Thomas Marks.

Carlz Fitzrun,

John Stevens.

James Sullivan.

James Han.

The above were paid three hundred dollars each by the town.

The following is a list of those enlisted in 1864 who were paid a bounty of four hundred dollars :

James Thomas.

Thomas Harvey.

James Wright.

Edward Bailor.

George Bower.

Malcolm McKinna.

Charles Dearborn.

George A. Turner.

William Robiosoo.

Richard Howard.

Alexander White.

Robert Field.

Nicholas Johnson.

Cyrus W. Truel.

Willie F. Eaton.

John H. Brown.

A. Frank Patten.

Orlando Brown.

Reuben H. Fitts.

Samuel C. Nay.

The following enlisted under the vote to pay six hundred dollars bounty :

John C. Fifield. Orestes J. Bean.

Lewis H. Cate. Willianı G. Fitts.

George L. Merrifield.

Jobn L. Quimby.

Lewis D. Moore.

Samuel L. Carr.

John H. Meare.

Frank G. Bursiel.

The following is a list of substitutes furnished by enrolled men, to each of which the town paid a bounty of three hundred dollars :

CHAPTER XXI.

CHESTER.1

Geographical-Topographical-Proprietors-Early Votes-Petition for Grant of the Town-Names of Petitions-The Royal Charter-Names of Original Grantees-Early Families-Pioneer Mills-Pioneer Schools -College Graduates-Physicians-Attorneys-Ecclesiastical History -The Presbyterian Church-The Congregational Church-Baptist Church-The Methodist Episcopal Church.

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.

This town was granted to a number of residents of the towns of Portsmouth 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 Oet. 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.

" 4tbly, Voted, That Joseph Tiltoo, Ichabod Robie, Caleb Tole, Clement Hughes, Capt. Henry Sherburne, Eph. Dennet and Jacob Stanyon, be a Committee to manage the affairs of the Society ; And That the sd Com- omittee 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.

" 5tbly, Voted, That Ichabod Robie, Jacob Stanyao, Caleb Tole & Mich- ael 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.

" Sthly, Voted, That the Committee Shall have power to admit Such as they Shall Think proper till the aforesd number of ninety be Completed. " gibly, 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 Chest- nut 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 Chesont 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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History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 35

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

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