History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 37

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

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In the warning for the annual meeting, March 25, 1773, there was an article,-

"5ly. To see if the Towo will Chuse a Committee to appoint places Where the school houses shall be Built for the Town's Servis, and to he Built by the Town."

" Relating to the fifth artikell in the warning ahout building school Houses, put to Vote : Passed in the Negative."

1757. Master Boys.

Master How

25.5 0

0 1758. Mr. Thomas Boies.

56 0

Ensign Quanton 57 14

Mis. Sarah Ingalls.

29 0

Dr. Ordway.

40 0

Mrs. Currionr.

33 0

13 Likewise neighbors about Bradbury Carr's ... 11

Likewise neighbors about Benj. Hills'

22 0

0 0

Mrs. Dudley

22 10

0 6

Thomas Shirlee.

0 0

Mrs. Dudley, about Mr. Ilills' Widow Currier

20 0

0 0

Paid to Charming Fair.

0 0 0

0 0

Master Scott.

141 15

1761. Mr. Hazzard, 8 months.

400

Mr. Jobn Crombie, 2 months 100

0 0

Ensign Jaores Quenton .. 68

0 Stephen Webster 30 0

Hiring schoolmasters and notifying each quarter to repair school-honse ..

1762. Joho Flagg, 10 months [Mrs. French has the original bill 444 8 I

Board 10 months.

217 10 1

()

0 0

Dr. Ordway

51 16

26 0 Freetown ...

Northwest part, joining Suncook.

1760. Master Hazzard

384

42 0 0

1 0 0 Mr. Bojes' widow

76 0

Ensign Quanton G3 16

1759. Dr. Ordway

156 17

Master Scott ...

141 0

Master Levol

O O

0 Mr. William Smith.

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CHESTER.

James Quanton, at the Long Meadows.

100

David Webster ...

John McNeel.

1763. Mr. Balch, 3 months. 10

155

10 Mr. Scott, 4 months, 3 weeks.

237

Master Herring, one month ..

Josiah Flagg, one month.

Dr Rand, one week.

North part, or Freetown. for three years past.

1764. Master Ordway

437

Master Quanton.

268

At Cornet Lane's

Upper part, 2 years ..

Henry Herring, the former master, has become a pauper, and warned out of town.

College Graduates .- The following is a list of those who were natives of Chester, or of those who were residents during their college course :

Dartmouth .- John Webster, 1778; Jonathan Calef, 1787; Josiah Webster, 1798; Francis Brown, 1805; Edmund Flagg, 1806; William White, 1806; Caleb Chase, 1811; Samuel Emerson, 1814; John Rogers, 1816; James White, Thomas Penney, 1825; John S. Emerson, Sewell Penney, 1827; Stephen Chase, 1832; Charles Penney, 1835; Christopher S. Bell, 1838; Daniel Penney, 1841; Amos Lufkin, 1843; John W. Ray, 1843; Charles H. Bell, 1844; Rufus J. Kitter- edge and Samuel N. Bell, 1847; David Bremner, 1850; George Bell, 1851; John Bell, 1852; E. N. Kitteredge, 1854; Nathan S. Hazelton, 1855; C. T. Melvin, 1856; M. W. Tewksbury, 1858; David Folsom, 1862; W. W. Chase, 1868; Albert A. Osgood and Gilman Jenness, 1871; James F. Savage, 1872; Charles W. Kimball.

Harvard .- John Flagg, 1761; Samuel D. Bell, 1876.

Union .- John Bell, 1820; Hiram Chase, 1844.

Bowdoin .- James Bell, 1822; Z. V. Bell, 1822.

Waterville, Me .- Henry J. Hull, 1827.

Wesleyan University .- John C. Clark, 1848.

Brown University .- Charles Bell.

Amherst .- Arthur Folsom, 1857 ; Richard Folsom, 1857.

Frederic Chase, Dartmouth, 1860, is now treasurer Dartmouth College, judge of probate Grafton County, and lawyer. He resides at Hanover.

Professional Men not college graduates natives of Chester .- Edward, Cyrus, and Ebenezer Dearborn, Jonathan H. Shaw, John Sargent, Joshua T. Hall, Rufus Shackford, II. B. Burnham, M. E. Cox, and James F. Brown, all physicians. John J. Bell, law- yer in Exeter.

Physicians .- Who was the first physician in Chester is not known. Tabitha Foss, in her admin- istration account, 1747, charges for having paid Drs. Rogers and Bond; and Mary Haselton, in 1759, charges as having paid Dr. John Bond, and they probably resided in Chester. There was a Master Wood who taught school in 1746, 1747, and 1748; and there was a Dr. George Wood in Chester, who re- moved to Londonderry about 1770, and practiced

there until about 1785, but there is no certainty that they were the same.

Dr. Samuel Moore was a school-teacher in 1749 and 1750. He married Mehitabel Ingalls about 1750. He removed to Candia Corner, and was a very promi- nent man there, though not as a practicing physician. Mrs. Moore was famous as a midwife. He died in 1793; she died in 1818.

Dr. John Ordway was a native of Amesbury, came to Chester and taught school in 1758; married Sarah, daughter of Samuel Robie, in 1760. He died about 1770.

Dr. John Manning is paid for a visit to a pauper in 1781, and is taxed in 1785. Nothing further is known of him.

Dr. Benjamin Page was in town, and his family had the smallpox in 1778. He was in Chester in 1785 and 1787. There was a Dr. Page in Raymond, who lived on No. 122, Old Ilundreds, and Dr. Benjamin Page is taxed for the Raymond place several years. His buildings in Chester were burned April 5, 1791. New buildings were put up, which he sold to Joseph Robinson, about 1793, and left town. He died at Hallowell, Oct. 28, 1825, aged seventy-eight.

Dr. Thomas Sargent came to Chester about 1777, and practiced until about 1818, and removed to Canada.

Dr. Samuel Foster was boru in Bilerica, Mass .; studied medicine at Woodstock, Conn. He came to Chester and married Mary Colcord, of Brentwood, Feb. 19, 1789. He removed to Candia in June of the same year, and practiced there until 1812. He died at Brentwood, 1826.

Dr. Benjamin Kittredge came to Chester in 1790, and died 1830.

Dr. Rufus Kittredge, his son, studied with his father, and practiced in Candia one year, and in Chester until 1849; then removed to Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dr. Frederick Mitchell practiced in Chester from 1815 to 1817 or 1818.

Dr. Josiah Richards came to Chester, June, 1814; M.D., Dartmouth, 1814. He stayed but a short time, and went to Claremont.

Dr. John Rogers graduated at Dartmouth, 1816; studied with Dr. Chadborne, of Concord ; M.D., Dart- mouth, 1819, when he settled in Chester; removed to Boscawen, 1821 or 1822; died 1830.

Dr. Nathan Plummer, son of Nathan Plummer and Mary Palmer, born Aug. 16, 1787 ; studied medicine with Dr. Robert Bartley, of Londonderry ; practiced a short time there; came to the Long Meadows, 1818; married, first, Sarah, daughter of Rev. Zacchens Colby ; second, Mehitabel, danghter of Robert Dinsmore ; alive 1869, but disabled for practice by the infirmities of age. Dr. Albert Plummer, M.D., Bowdoin, now of Hamilton, Minn., is his son.

Dr. Lemuel M. Barker, son of Lemuel and Mary Barker, studied medicine with Dr. R. D. Murray ;

1765. Master Ordway, 9 months, Lawful ... At the Long Meadows.

255 11

Upper part, next to Suncook, three years ...

Mr Flagg. for boarding. 12 Master Quanton. 716 months 375

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HISTORY OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

M.D., Dartmouth, 1824; commenced practice at Chester, 1825; removed to Great Falls, 1831; thence to Boston; has been superintendent and resident physician of the Massachusetts State Hospital and member of the State Senate ; now resides in Malden ; married Sarah, daughter of Hon. William M. Rich- ardson, 1826.

Dr. Joseph Reynolds, son of Rev. F. Reynolds, born at Wilmington, Mass., Aug. 2, 1800; studied medicine with Dr. James P. Chaplin, of Cambridge ; M.D. at Boston, 1828; came to Chester, March, 1830; thence to Gloucester ; thence to Concord, Mass., 1852.

Dr. William W. Brown, son of Ebenezer Brown and Mary Whittier ; born in Vermont, Aug. 28, 1804; fitted to the senior class of Union College, but was prevented by sickness; studied medicine with Dr. John Poole at Bradford, Vt., and with Professor Mus- sey ; M.D., Dartmouth; January, 1831, commenced practice at Poplin, had an extensive practice in that and the neighboring towns ; removed to Chester, 1834, and remained until 1845; spent the winter of 1845 and '46 at the university and hospitals of New York ; then settled in Manchester ; was surgeon of the Sev- enth New Hampshire Volunteers nearly three years. His son, William C., was hospital steward, and died soon after his return. His son, Charles L., was lieu- tenant in the Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers, died at Folly Island, S. C.

Dr. Darius A. Dow, born at Sugar ITill, Plaistow, came to Chester about 1847 ; removed about 1850; married a daughter of Abel G. Quigg, and is said now to reside at Westford, Mass.

Dr. Jacob P. Whittemore, son of Jacob Whitte- more and Rebecca Bradford, born at Antrim, May 10, 1810; studied medicine with Dr. Gregg, of Hopkin- ton, and Professor Dixi Crosby ; M.D., Dartmouth, 1847 ; practiced at Hartford, Vt., and Gilmanton ; came to Chester, December, 1847 ; removed to Hav- erhill, Mass., 1864.

Dr. James F. Brown, son of James Brown and Elizabeth W. Langford, born on the "Neck" in Chester, now Auburn, Sept. 6, 1838; studied medicine | Haverhill, and E. Moore, of Boston, and was ad- with Professor Crosby; M.D., Dartmouth, 1864; set- tled in Chester, October, 1864, and is yet in active practice there. He married Abbie, daughter of Dan- iel Scribner and Ann Langford, of Raymond.

Dr. George W. Manter, son of Francis Manter and Harriet Revall, born at Londonderry, Aug. 22, 1824; studied medicine with Dr. William H. Martin, of Londonderry ; M.D. at Castleton ( Vt.) Medical Col- lege, 1854; commenced practice at Auburn, February, 1855; removed to Manchester, May, 1862.

Dr. Hanson C. Canney, son of Paul Canney and Eliza Hanson, born at Strafford, Nov. 17, 1841; stu- died medicine with John Wheeler, M.D., of Barn- stead, and Professor A. B. Crosby ; M.D., Dartmouth, 1864 ; commenced practice in Auburn, 1865.

Dr. John Dearborn resided in Chester several years ; he was a botanic physician.

L. Chesley is also a practicing physician in Chester. E. L. Wright, eclectic physician.

The wife of Deacon Matthew Forsaith, the wife of Dr. Samuel Moore, and Mary Bradley, the wife of Caleb Hall, were noted in their day as midwives. These midwives bore the appellation of "Granny." The wife of Joseph Clark bore that appellation and probably officiated in that capacity. Likewise Mary, the wife of Robert Gordon, and mother of David White's wife, who died about 1795 at a very advanced age.

Capt. James Shirley, who died 1796, was a seventh son, and famous for curing king's evil or scrofula by the stroke of the hand.

Henry West, born 1781, was also a seventh son, and people made long journeys to come to him, and he made long journeys to visit patients.

Attorneys-at-Law .- John Porter, son of Asa Por- ter and Mehitabel Crocker, was born at Haverhill; graduated at Dartmouth in 1787; studied law; was introduced into ('hester by Toppan Webster to do his collecting ; came April 1, 1790; removed April 19, 1793, to Broome County, Canada East; died there, time not known.

Arthur Livermore came to Chester in 1793, and was appointed a justice of Superior Court Dec. 21, 1799, which office he held until 1810; chief justice from 1813 to 1816. He afterwards lived in Holder- ness, and died there.

Daniel French immediately succeeded Judge Liver- more ; died Oct. 15, 1840.

Amos Kent came to Chester in 1854.

Samuel D. Bell came to Chester in 1820; removed to Exeter in 1830.

David Pillsbury immediately succeeded Samuel D. Bell, and removed to Concord in 1854.

Henry F. French commenced practice in Chester in 1835, and practiced there till 1840.

John Kelley, son of Simeon Kelley and Elizabeth Knight, born at Plaistow, July 22, 1796, graduated at Amherst in 1825 ; studied law with Stephen Minot, of mitted to the Suffolk County bar.

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

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terian Church of Chester dissolved and passed into history.

The Congregational Church .- The meeting which called Rev. Ebenezer Flagg, the first pastor of this church, was held June 23, 1736. He accepted the call, and remained pastor until 1793. His successors in the pastoral office have been as follows: Rev. Mr. Bradstreet, Leonard, Jewett, Joel R. Arnold, Jonathan Clement, L. Armsby, H1. O. Howland, J. L. Tomlinson, and Rev. Chester Tenney.

In 1728 the following votes were passed by the town concerning the building of a church, etc. :

" Voted, That there shall be a meeting house built according to these Dimensions : Imprs, fifty foot in length, and thirty-five foot wide & twenty foot post, and finish it completely, both inside & outside, to ye turning of ye key, and set upon ye place appointed and before voted.

"Voted, That a Committee be chosen to agree wth ye Carpenter or Car- penters to build a Meeting house according to ye Dimensions before men- tioned, and that Dr. Edmood Toppio, & Sam1 Ingalls & Nathaniel Heally, be ye Committee to agree with ye Carpenters in ye behalf of yo propre of Chester.

" Voted, That there shall be Raised forty shillings in Money on Every full proprs share in Chester to be paid unto ye town treasurer (Jacob Sar- gent is chosen), at ye next propre meeting towards ye building of a meet- ing house in Chester to be drawo out by the Committee as there shall be Occasion ; viz., Dr. Edmoud Toppin and Sam" Ingalle & Nathaniel Haley, a Committee.

"Voted, That there shall be Raised twenty Shillings in money ou Every full propre lott in Chester for ye paying the town Debts, to be paid unto ye Constable for ye town's use at ye next proprs Meeting in Chester."

The Baptist Church .- Although there were indi- viduals who were Baptists in Chester, and might have been occasional preaching, there was no organized church until 1819, when a church was organized by the Rev. William Taylor, of Concord, consisting of sixteen members, of whom Capt. Pearson Richardson, Walter Morse, Jacob Green, and Timothy Smith, of Sandown, were prominent. Col. Stephen Clay and Josiah Chase united afterwards, and were active members. Walter Morse and Josiah Chase were the deacons. They worshiped in Capt. Richardson's hall until 1823, when a meeting-house was built on the west side of the Haverhill road.

They had for preachers, besides Mr. Taylor, Rev. Josiah Davis, of Methuen, and the Rev. Duncan Dunbar, a Scotchman, afterwards of New York City. Gibbon Williams was installed; George Kallock and John Upton were ordained pastors. A difficulty arose about a preacher, a part of the society believing him to be corrupt and a part adhering to him, which for'a time disorganized the church and society, and they had no preaching, and their early records were lost and the meeting-house went to decay.

At a meeting of the Portsmouth Association, held at Newton, 1845, a committee, consisting of Brethren Ayres, of Dover, Gilbert, of Northwood, Wheeler, of Plaistow, and Swain, of Brentwood, were appointed to visit the church in Chester and attempt to settle their difficulties. The committee met the church Jan. 13, 1846, and recommended to disband the ex- isting church and organize a new one, which was accordingly done, and a church of fifteen members

was formed and William Bell chosen deacon and clerk. The old church was sold and a new building was erected near the town-house and dedicated Aug. 29,1861.

Among the ministers who have officiated for this church are mentioned the names of H. W. Day, An- drew Mitchel, Horace Eaton, Joshua Clement, J. W. Merrill, and Daniel Gage.

The Methodist Episcopal Church .- There was a church organized in 1851 by Rev. Elisha Adams, the presiding elder for Dover District, and Rev. James M. Young, a member of the New Hampshire Confer- ence, supplying. The same summer a church edifice was erected near the south line of No. 36, 2d P., 2d D., on the road from Chester to Candia. It was built under the direction of Joseph Smith, Amos South- wick, Samuel M. Edwards, John Maynard, Isaac L. Seavey, and Simon Haselton, and dedicated in Octo- ber. It cost about one thousand dollars.

The following are the names of the preachers who have administered to the church and society : James M. Young, Charles U. Dunning, George M. Hamlin, Jesse Brown, Henry Nutter, C. Henry Newell, Edwin S. Chase, Charles W. Harkins, Joseph T. Hand, John Keogan, True Whittier, Ezekiel Stickney, Abraham Folsom, Silas Higgin, James Stedman, James G. Price, Josiah Higgin, and William H. Stewart.

The average membership since 1854 has been about sixty.

CHAPTER XXII. CHESTER .- ( Continued. ) CIVIL AND MILITARY.

Incorporation of the Town-Original Bonods-Moderators-Clerks- Representatives-Military History-The Heroes of Three Wars- War of the Revolution-1812-War of the Rebellion.

CHESTER was incorporated May 8, 1722, under the name of Chester, and included within its bounds, in addition to its present territory, the present towns of Candia, Raymond, Auburn, and portions of Derry and Hooksett.

Town Officers chosen at the first meeting under the charter of the town of Chester, held the 28th day of March, 1723 :

Thomas Phipps, Esq., moderator ; Clement Hughes, clerk ; Samnel Io- galls, Clement Hughes, Caleb Tole, selectmen; Zacchens Clifford, constable; Capt. Thomas Phipps, Maj. Jobn Gilman, Col. Peter Wiar, or any two of them be a committee to receive and allow the accounts; Benjamin Smith, Clement Messarvy, Samuel Ingalls, eur- veyors of high ways.

At Chester, March 31, 1724 .- Edward Emerson, moderator; Clement Hughes, towo clerk; Thomas Smitb, constable ; Samuel Ingalle, Joseph Worke, lot-layers; Sammel Iogalle, Joseph Works, Clement Hughes, Ensign John Sanborn, Timothy Kezar, selectmon.

At Chester, March 25, 1725 .- Capt. Henry Sherburne, moderator ; Thomas Parker, clerk ; Sammel Ingalls, Joo. Sanborne, Thomas Packer, 80- lectaien ; Samuel Ingalls, Thomas Smith, James Whitney, lot- layers and surveyors of highways ; Samuel Ingalls, constable ; Capt. Henry Sherburne, auditor.

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HISTORY OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

At Exeter, March 31, 1726 .- Clement Hughes, moderator; Clement Hughes, clerk ; John Sanborn, Clement Hughes, Robert Smith, se- lectmen ; James Whiting, constable; Samuel Ingalls, Thomas Smith, James Whiting, lot-layers ; Samuel Ingalls, surveyor of high- ways.

1727. This and all future meetings were held at Chester.

Thomas Pierce, moderator; Clement Hughes, clerk ; John Sanborn, · Clement Hughes, Robert Smith, selectmen ; William Powell, con- stable; Samuel Ingalls, Thomas Smith, James Whiting, lot-layers; Capt. Joseph Sherburne, Thomas Parker, auditors.

March 28, 1728 .- Samuel Ingalls, moderator; Eldad Ingalls, clerk ; Samuel Ingalls, Jacob Sargent, Thomas Smith, selectmen ; Jonathan Goodhue, constable ; William Powell, surveyor of highways; Wil- liam Wilson, Benjamin Philbrook, fouce-viewers; Samuel Ingalls, Eldad Ingalls, Jacob Sargent, lot-layers : Eldad Ingalls, treasurer. March 27, 1729 .- Eldad Ingalls, moderator ; Samuel lagalle, towo clerk; Ephraim llaselton, constable; Samuel Ingalls, Nathan Webster, William Wilson, selectmen; Jacob Sargent, Nathan Webster, sur- veyors of highways ; Thomas Smith, Benaiah Colby, fence-viewers; James Wilson, tithingman; Ephraim Haselton, Sammel Ingalls, Jacob Sargent, lot-layers ; Jacob Sargent, treasurer.

March 7, 1730,-Ebenezer Dearborn, moderator; Samnel Ingalls, town clerk ; John Tolford, constable; Samuel Ingalls, Nathan Webster, Ebenezer Dearborn, selectmen ; Jacob Sargent, William Wilson, assessors ; Enoch Colby, William Powell, Titus Wells, surveyors of highways and fence-viewers; James Whiting, Beoaialı Colby. tith- ingmen.

March 25, 1731 .- Moses Leavitt, moderator ; Samuel Emerson, town clerk ;1 Jonathan Blunt, constable ; Ebenezer Dearborn ; Samuel Emerson, Enoch Colby, Samuel lugalls, Jacob Sargent, selectmen ; Isaac Foss, Thomas Wells, Sylvanus Smith, surveyors of highways and tence-viewers; Thomas Glen, Thomas Haselton, tithingnien. Murch 30, 1732 .- Ichabod Roby, moderator ; Ebenezer Dearhorn, Jr., constable ; Samuel Emerson, Jacob Sargent, Ephraim Haselton, se- lectmen ; Nathaniel Ambrose, Titus Wells, Jr., tithingmen ; Isaac Foss, Nathan Webster, Thomas Glen, surveyors of highways.

March 29, 1733 .- Capt. Samuel Ingalls, moderator; William Wilson, constable ; Capt. Samnel Ingalls, Thomas Wells, Thomas Glen, se- lectoren ; Samnel Emerson, Ephraim IIaselton, Capt. Samuel Ingalls, lot-layers; Ithamar Berry, John Sherilla, Anthony Tole, Nathan Webster, James Wilson, surveyors of highways; Jonas Clay, Joseph Clark, tithingmen ; John Tolford, Jonathan Blunt, teuce-viewers; Euoch Colby, Henry Ambrose, field-drivers; Jonathan Blant, pound- keeper; Lieut. Ebenezer Dearborn, Samuel Emerson, Nathan Web- ster, auditors.

March 28, 1734 .- Capt. Ichabod Roby, moderator; Anthony Towle, con- stable ; Jacob Sargent, Samuel Emerson, Thomas Glen, selectmed ; Enoch Colby, William Crawford, tithingmen : Thomas Wells, Paul Smith, Isaac Foss, Jacob Wells, surveyors of the highway; Moses Tyler, John Calfe, John Aiken, auditors ; Jonathan Blunt, Thomas Haselton, fence-viewers; Capt. Samuel Ingalls, Samuel Emerson, Ephraim Haselton, lot-layers.

Murch 29, 1735 .- John Calfe, moderator; John Karr, constable; John Calfe, Samuel Emerson, Moses Tyler, selectmen ; Isaac Foss, Thomas Wells, John Sherrala, Jacob Wells, surveyors of highways; Paul Smith, James Whiting, tithingmen ; James Norris, Sylvanus Smith, fence-viewers ; Capt. Ingalls, Samuel Emerson, Ephraim Haselton, lot-layers.

TOWN CLERKS.

1731-87, Samuel Emerson ; 1788-1816, John Emerson ; 1817-23, Lemuel W. Blake; 1824-26, William Eaton; 1827-28, Samuel D. Bell; 1829-33, Joha S. Brown; 1834-43, Isaac Tompkins; 1844, Benja- min Fitte; 1845-48, William Greenough ; 1849-51, Silas F. Learn- ard; 1852, Jacob P. Whittemore; 1853-54, William Greenough ; 1855-59, Lucien Kent; 1860-65, William F. Robie; 1806, Charles S. Wilcouib; 1867, Clement A. West ; 1868-69, William Greenough; 1870-73, C. F. Marston; 1874-81, Henry Moore; 1881-82, C. F. Mars- ton.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1744-82.

1744. Precept sent out by the Gov- 1830. Samuel Aiken.

ernor. Benj. Hill elected, but not received by the House.

1831. Samuel Aiken.

John Bryant.

1748. Capt. Abel Morse.

1752. Sylvanus Smith.

1755. Samuel Emerson.

Stephen Dearborn.

1758. Capt. Abel Morse.

1834. Stephen Dearborn.

1765. John Webster.

1835. Jesse J. Underbill. Ephraim Orcutt.

1768. John Webster.

1771. John Webster.

1836. Ephraim Orcutt.

1774. John Webster.

David Currier, Jr.

1776-78. Robert Wilson.

1837. Isaac Thompkins.

David Currier, Jr.

1779. John Webster. Robert Wilson.

1838-39. Isaac Thompkins. Joseph Chase.

1780. Jacob Chase.

Robert Wilson.

1840. David Currier, Jr.

1781. John Underhill. Robert Wilson.

1841. John W. Noyes.

1782. Jacob Chase.

John S. Brown.

Williani White.

1842. John W. Noyes. David Pillsbury.

1783. Jabez lloit. William White.

1843. Jesse J. Underhill. William Brown, Jr.

1784 John Underhill.

1785. Willians White.

1786. John Underhill.

1787-93. Joseph Blanchard.

1794-95. Arthur Livermore.

1796-98. William White.

1346. G. W. Everet, F. S.

1847-48. Thomas J. Melvin.

1801. William White.

1802 Henry Sweetser.

1850-51. Thomas J. Melvin.

1803-8. Ilenry Sweetser.

1853-54. John W. Noyes.

1809-10. John Folsom.

1855. Edmund Sleeper.

1856. John Lock.

1857. James M. Kent.

1858. Osgood Richards.

1815-16. John Folsom. William Moore.

1859. Jacob Chase.

1817-18. William Moore. Benjamin Fitts.

1861. Daniel Bell.

1819-20. . lohn Folsom. Charles Goss.

1863. Silas F. Learnard.

1821. Sammel Aiken.

1864-65. William Crawford.

Charles Goss.

1866. William Tenney.

1822. Samuel Aiken. William Moore.

1867-68. David L. Bachelder.

1869. Rufus W. Moore.

1870. Lucien Kent.

1823-24. Samnel Aiken. William Graham.

1871. William P. Underhill.

1872. Daniel Sauborn.

1825-26. Samuel Aiken. Samuel D. Bell.

1873. Clement A. West.

1827. Sammel Aiken.

1×74. No representative.

Jesse J. Underhill.

1875-76. John W. Noyes.

1828. Jesse J. Underhill.

1877. Charles S. Wilcomb.

Julin Bryant.

1878. John Underhill.

1829. John Bryant.

1879. Janies F. Brown.

Jolin Folsomı.

1880. Henry H. Lane.

1830. Johu Folsom.

Military History .- " The first military law passed in New Hampshire was in 1718. All the means of knowing about the military organization in Chester is the titles prefixed to the names of the inhabitants. The first found on our records was in 1731. Samuel Ingalls has the title of captain, Ebenezer Dearborn of lientenant, and Jacob Sargent of ensign, which is probably nearly as early as there was any military organization. Thomas Smith is lieutenant in 1732; John Talford is captain, and Thomas Wells lienten- ant in 1744; Abel Morse is captain in 1746, and Thomas Wells in 1748 ; Thomas Craige is lieutenant, James Varnnm is ensign, and Robert Calfe sergeant

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History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 37

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