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Joseph T. Cummings, Co. D, 3d Regt. ; enl. Aug. 23, 1861 ; re-enl. Feb. 16, 1864; disch. June 19, 1865.
Moses Lovering, Co. D, 3d Regt .; enl. Aug. 23, 1861 ; re-enl. Feb. 14, 1864; disch. July 20, 1865.
Frank Bidges, Co. H, 5th Regt. ; enl. Aug. 18, 1864; died May 5, 1865.
Francis Lovell, Co. G, 5th Regt .; enl. Dec. 28, 1863; missing April 7, 1865. Clonin Jean, 5th Regt. ; enl. Dec. 17, 1864.
John A. Randall, Co. A, 5th Regt .; enl. Feb. 6, 1865; disch. June 28, 1865. Miron B. McAllister, Co. A, 5th Regt. ; enl. Feb. 4, 1865; disch. June 2, 1865. Erastus C. Davis, corp. Co. C, 6th Regt .; enl. Nov. 27, 1861 ; disch. June 24, 1862.
John F. Jones, Co. C, 6th Regt. ; enl. Nov. 27, 1861 ; disch. Nov. 27, 1864. Washington Davis, Co. H. 6th Regt .; enl. Nov. 28, 1861 ; re-enl. Dec. 31, 1863; killed June 25, 1864.
William Hardy, Co. K. 6th Regt. ; enl. Jan. 5, 1864.
William Johnson, Co. E, 6th Regt. : enl. Jan. 5, 1864.
Andrew J. Lawrence, 6th Regt .; enl. May 18, 1864.
Hollis S. Peavy, Co. C, 6th Regt. ; enl. Jan. 11, 1864; died Sept. 7, 1864.
Andrew W. Locke, Co. D, 8th Regt. ; enl. Dec. 28, 1861 ; disch. April 10, 1862. Nathaniel Glover, Co. I, 8th Regt .; enl. Dec. 20, 1861 ; re-enl. Jan. 4, 1864, Vet. Bat .; disch. Oct. 28, 1865.
John S. Harvey, Co. H, 8th Regt .; enl. Aug. 28, 1862; trans. to Co. C, Vet. Bat. ; disch. Oct. 28, 1865.
Edwin Lamondan, Co. I, 10th Regt .; enl. Jan. 5, 1864; trans. to 2d Regt. Jan. 21, 1865; no discharge furnished.
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Joseph White, Co. D, 10th Regt .; enl. Jan. 5, 1864; trans. to 2d Regt. Jan. 21, 1865; disch. June 19, 1865.
Dana M. Dicy, Co. G, 10th Regt. ; enl. Jan. 5, 1864; killed June 27, 1864. Charles E. Linscott, musician, Co. I, 10th Regt .; enl. Jan. 5, 1864; trans. to 2d Regt. June 21, 1865; disch. Dec. 19, 1865.
Enoch Glover, Co. I, 10th Regt .; enl. Sept. 4, 1862; disch. June 21, 1865. Addison Osborne, Co. I, 10th Regt .; enl. Sept. 4, 1862; trans. to U. S. Cav. Oct. 25, 1862.
Alonzo E. Langmaid, Co. A, IIth Regt .; enl. Aug. 28, 1862; disch. June 4, 1865.
True W. Langmaid, Co. A, IIth Regt .; enl. Aug. 28, 1862; died May 30, 1863. David H. Lang, Co. A, IIth Regt .; enl. Aug. 28, 1862 ; missing Sept. 30, 1864. John N. Marsh, Co. A, 11th Regt .; enl. Aug. 28, 1862; disch. June 4, 1865. Albra Plummer, Co. A, IIth Regt .; enl. Aug. 28, 1862; pro. to corp .; disch. June 4, 1865.
Lawrence G. Otis, Co. E, 13th Regt .; enl. Sept. 19, 1862; disch. May 14, 1864. Daniel S. Randall, Co. E, 13th Regt .; enl. Sept. 19, 1862; trans. to Inv. Corps Feb. 15, 1864.
Charles A. Fernald, Co. E, 13th Regt .; enl. Sept. 19, 1862; disch. May 16, 1865.
George W. Hanson, Co. E, 13th Regt .; enl. Sept. 19, 1862; trans. to U. S. Navy April 28, 1864.
Joseph A. Jones, Co. E, 13th Regt .; enl. Sept. 19, 1862; died Feb. 3, 1862. Richard Randall, Co. E, 13th Regt. ; enl. Sept. 19, 1862; disch. Sept. 29, 1863. Bradbury C. Davis, Co. E, 13th Regt .; enl. Sept. 19, 1862; disch. June 10, 1865.
Orrin Dow, corp. Co. E, 13th Regt .; enl. Sept. 19, 1862; pro. to sergt .; disch. May 12, 1865.
John W. Emerson, Co. F, 13th Regt .; enl. Sept. 19, 1862; disch. June 6, 1863 True Emerson, Co. F, 13th Regt .: enl. Sept. 19, 1862; disch. April 2, 1863. Joseph G. Clay, Co. F, 13th Regt .; enl. Sept. 19, 1862; disch. June 21, 1865. Israel G. York, corp. Co. D, 15th Regt .; enl. Oct. 8, 1862; disch. Aug. 13, 1863.
Stephen Hilton, Co. D, 15th Regt .; enl. Oct. 14, 1862; disch. Aug. 13, 1863. Josiah D. Thompson, Co. D, 15th Regt .; enl. Oct. 8, 1862; disch. Aug. 13, 1863.
George W. Demerritt, corp. Co. I, 18th Regt .; enl. Feb. 6, 1865; pro. to sergt. May 18, 1865; disch. July 29, 1865.
Samuel Durgin, Vet. Res. Corps; enl. Jan. 5, 1864; date of disch. unknown. Frank G. Wentworth, 2d lieut. Co. A, Heavy Art .; pro. to first lieut. Sept. 19, 1864; disch. Sept. II, 1865.
Josiah D. Thompson, Co. B, H. A .; enl. Sept. 4, 1864; disch. Sept. 11, 1865. David S. Bennett, Co. D, H. A .; enl. Sept. 4, 1864; disch. June 15, 1865.
Albert S. Cummings, Co. D, H. A. ; enl. Sept. 4, 1864; disch. Sept. 15, 1865. Joseph B. Davis, Co. D, H. A. : enl. Sept. 4, 1864; disch. June 15, 1865.
Albert W. Davis, Co. D, H. A .; enl. Sept. 4, 1864: disch. June 15, 1865. George B. Haley, Co. D, H. A. : enl. Sept. 4, 1864; disch. June 15, 1865.
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Charles A. Rollins, Co. D. H. A .; enl. Sept. 4, 1864; disch. May 31, 1865. Nehemiah Randall, Co. D. H. A .; enl. Sept. 4, 1864; disch. Sept. 11, 1865. Jonathan B. Thompson, Co. D, H. A .: enl. Sept. 4. 1864; pro. to corp .; disch. June 23, 1865.
Josiah D. Thompson, Co. D, H. A .; enl. Sept. 4, 1864; disch. Sept. 11, 1865.
Robert McKee, Co. M. H. A .; enl. Aug 14, 1863; disch. June 9, 1865.
Dennis Lahay, Co. S. 12th Regt. ; enl. Jan. 2, 1864; trans. to 2d Regt.
Lawrence Keough, Co. H, 14th Regt. ; enl. Aug. 14, 1863 ; disch. July 1, 1865. William E. Smith, enl. Aug. 19, 1864. James Fitzgerald, enl. Ang. 19, 1864.
James McPherson, enl. Aug. 17. 1864.
John Powers, enl. Sept. 17, 1863.
James McClay, enl. Sept. 17, 1863.
John Mullen, enl. Sept. 17, 1863.
Edward Dalton, enl. Sept. 17, 1863.
G. Singer, enl. Oct. 1, 1863.
THE MINISTRY IN LEE
Lee has not only furnished valiant and patriotic men for war, but has also furnished men who were valiant in peace. The first minister was the Rev. Samuel Hutchins, who preached the gospel and led his people in ways of peace from 1766 to 1800, and during the Revolution he was a sturdy sup- porter of the cause for which his people were contending on the fields of battle; his sermons were alive with his patriotic spirit which enthused his hearers. Mr. Hutchins' successor was the Rev. John Osborn, who began about 1800 and served as minister more than a third of a century. He was very popular and his memory is held in high esteem to the present day. The first century of the ministry in Lee was completed by the Rev. Israel Chesley, who succeeded Mr. Osborne.
The following persons were natives of Lee and became ministers who did good service in other towns: Rev. Jesse Burhan, Free Baptist, was born in 1778. Moved to Sebec, Me., 1806. Began to preach there with success. He was ordained at Charlestown, Me., June, 1808. Residence there, 1808-15. Jointly with Rev. Ebenezer Scales and Rev. Mr. Libby organized a church there. Baptized many hundreds in the region where now are the towns of Atkinson, Charlestown, Corrinth, Dexter, Exeter, Bradford, and other places. Moved to Maxfield, Me., in 1815, and Howland, Me., 1818, and organized a church there; also in neighboring towns. Moved to Janesville, Wis., fall of 1840, and did circuit riding, preaching the gospel to scattered settlements in Illinois and Wisconsin. With the assistance of Rev. Mr. Cheney he organ- ized the first Free Will Baptist Quarterly Meeting in Wisconsin. Instru-
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mental in gathering a church at Janesville; organizing the Honey Creek Quarterly Meeting and the First Home Missionary Society in Wisconsin. Preached until within four weeks of his death. Died at Janesville, Wis., Dec. 5, 1863.
Daniel Elkins, Free Baptist, was born in 1760. Moved to Gilmanton in 1797. Began to preach about 1798. Ordained at Sandwich, N. H., June 21, 1804. Organized church in Jackson in 1809. Spent most of his ministerial life there. Died at Jackson on June 21, 1845.
Joseph Foss, Free Baptist, was born in 1765. Began to preach about 1802. Moved to Brighton, Me., about 1812. Preached there and in the towns around until near his death; died at Brighton, Me., Dec. 29, 1852.
Thomas Huckins, Free Baptist, born 1795. When a child his father removed from Lee to Parsonsfield, Me., and later to Canada East. Returned to New Hampshire and served at Portsmouth, as a soldier, 1812; afterwards as a marine on board a privatecr. At the close of the war returned to Canada East. Organized churches in several towns there. He was licensed to preach in 1827 and was ordained in 1828, being the first Free Baptist minister in the province. Later he organized Free Baptist churches in Canada West. Resided at Lexington, Mich., 1839 to 1853, having organized a church there. Died there May 23. 1853.
Christopher William Martin, Christian, son of Rev. Richard and Hannah (Faxon) Martin. Born 1790. Began to preach in 1816, in Vermont. Did evangelistic work in New York. In later years was preacher in Vermont. Died in Salem, Mass., April 5, 1859.
Robert Mathes, Christian, born 1772; commenced preaching at Milton, N. H., 1831, where he was ordained. Died there in 1840.
Levi Moulton, Free Baptist, born 1813. Removed from Lee to Maine, 1835; licensed to preach, 1838; ordained that year and did itinerant work. He was drowned by the capsizing of a boat in crossing Lake Cicilidibicis, May 10, 1846.
Charles Frost Osborne, Free Baptist, son of Rev. John and Mary (Frost) Osborne, born March 12, 1800. In early life lived at Alton. There in 1818. Afterwards settled in Scarborough, Me. Licensed to preach there in May, 1838. Ordained there in 1840, and pastor till 1845. Later he was pastor in several towns. Died at Gorham, Me., Jan. 23, 1856.
William W. Smith, Christian, son of Samuel Smith, born 1811. Licensed to preach in 1840. Went to California, 1849, via Cape Horn, and was a farmer, gold prospector and miller for fifty years, meanwhile doing evan- gelistic work among the miners and settlements. Served in the navy during the Civil war, and then perfected drawings for rapid fire guns, armored
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trains, etc., but before he took out patents his drawings were stolen, and others got the benefit of his inventions. Died at Antioch, Cal., Oct. 16, 1899 He was a Christian hero.
John G. Tuttle, Free Baptist, born 1802. His parents moved to Effing- ham about 1812. Licensed to preach, 1833. Ordained at Wolfborough, 1837. Pastor of churches of Gilmenton, Danville and South Weare. Moved to Lowell, Mass., 1845; died there June 23, 1846.
CHAPTER XXXVI HISTORY OF MADBURY (I)
ORIGIN OF THE NAME MADBURY
The name Madbury antedates the parish and the town by more than a century. It was made a separate parish, with town privileges, by the Provin- cial Assembly, May 31, 1755, and was incorporated a township May 26, 1768. An attempt was made in 1743 to secure parish privileges, but the town of Dover and the Provincial Assembly both refused to grant the petition that year, and the petitioners did not obtain this wish until 1755, when the terri- tory was made a parish for ministerial purposes. The town is in the shape of a wedge, in between Dover on the east, Durham and Lee on the west, Bar- rington on the north; on the south it comes to a point with the lines of Dover and Durham, at a ledge called Cedar Point, where one can put his feet in three towns and stand, facing south, and look down the Pascataqua river to the Hilton Point bridge. The distance along the Barrington line is a little less than three miles. The line between Dover and Madbury is seven miles long; the westerly line is about the same. The name Madbury was first applied to the territory west of Barbado pond, in the vicinity of the ancient Gerrish mill, on the Bellamy river. Just when it began to be used there is no record, but on March 19, 1693-4, it appears on Dover records when forty acres of land were granted to Francis Pitman "on the N. W. side of Logg hill, on the N. E. side of the path going to Madberry, where he had all Reddy begun to improve."
The "Logg hill" referred to is at the Gerrish sawmill, down which the lumbermen rolled the logs into the pond, ready to be used in sawing. At that date the name Madbury had become well established in use among the lum- bermen, so they knew where to locate Pitman's grant. Probably the name had then been in use among lumbermen thirty or forty years. The "path to Madberry" referred to above is the present road over the Bellamy river at the mill site. The reader will obseve that the record does not say Pitman's grant is in Madbury but on the side of the path going to Madbury; so the fair infer- ence is that the locality (a lumber lot) called Madbury, was somewhere
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between Gerrish's sawmill and New Town in Lee. There is no other town in the United States of the same shape or the same name as Madbury; in the old records it is sometimes spelled Medberry, or Medbury, but generally Mad- bury. A funny name; whence its origin ?
The late John Elwin of Portsmouth, who was thoroughly versed in everything relating to the early history of the Pascataqua region and was the grandson of Gov. John Langdon, and a descendant of Ambrose Gibbons, the early pioneer, who died at Oyster River, July 11, 1656, made a study of that word and came to the conclusion that is was derived from Modbury in Devonshire, England, the seat for centuries of the Champernowne family, to which belonged Capt. Francis Champernowne of the Dover combination of 1640. He received various grants of land, chief of which was on the east- ern side of Great Bay, which is now a part of Greenland but was then in the territory of Old Dover. He married the widow of Robert Cutt, brother of President John Cutt, and was one of the most influential men of the Prov- ince. He was a member of the Provincial Council in 1686, and held that office until his death in 1687. Captain Champernowne was of royal descent, and nephew of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, his mother being sister to the wife of Gorges. His great-grandfather, Sir Arthur Champernowne, of Modbury, took part in the battle of Bosworth Field, and was vice-admiral in the English navy.
At Modbury was born Katherine Champernowne (great-aunt of Captain Francis), who by different marriages was the mother of Sir Humphrey Gil- bert and Sir Walter Raleigh. The Champernowne house at Modbury, where the royalists had entrenched themselves under Sir Edmund Fortescen, was taken and devastated by the parliamentary troops in 1642.
Modbury is midway between Dartmouth and Plymouth. Some ruins are still left of the ancient manor house, where, according to the expressions of the old chronicler, "the clarious family of Champernon" once lived in dig- nity and splendor. But, alas, as John Elwyn laments,
"No crusader's war-horse, plumed and steeled,
Paws the grass now at Modbury's blazoned door."
Well, supposing Mr. Elwyn is correct, as I think he is, as to the origin. how did it ever get applied to a piece of land in Old Dover, a mile or so west of the Gerrish sawmill? There seems to be but one explanation ; it is that Cap- tain Champernowne at some date several years before 1693 had a grant of timber land up there, west of Bellamy river; he gave it a name, in order to locate it; he called it Modbury for the old home of the Champernownes. It was a common practice then to name the localities, in which were specially
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fine mast trees, for historic localities in England. The common people here corrupted the word and pronounced it Madbury, and so it is to this day.
Miss Mary P. Thompson well says in her excellent book, "Landmarks in Ancient Dover": "It is to be deplored that this historic name should have been corrupted into Madbury by our early settlers. The original name should be restored. Modbury is more agreeable to the ear and its association with the Champernownes would give it a significance not to be regarded without pride." It is to be hoped that some Representative from Madbury in the New Hampshire General Court, may win honor for himself and his town by having the letter o substituted for a in the name of the town, by the Legislature.
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CHAPTER XXXVII HISTORY OF MADBURY (II)
ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWN
Madbury was incorporated as a parish ( for ministerial purposes ) May 31, 1755, and as a town May 25, 1768, but the petition for a parish was pre- sented to Gov. Benning Wentworth, the Council and the House of Repre- sentatives May 13, 1743, as follows :
PETITION FOR A PARISH
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq., Governor and Commander- in-chief in & over His Majesty's Council & House of Representatives for said Province and General Assembly convened the 10th day of May, 1743.
The petition of Sundry Persons Inhabitants of the Westerly part of the town of Dover & the Northerly part of Durham in said Province Humbly shows that your Petitioners live at such a distance from the meeting houses in their respective Towns as makes it difficult for them & their Families to attend the Publick Worship there, especially in the winter & spring seasons of the year, which induced a number of your petitioners some years since at their own cost to build a Meeting House situated more conveniently for them where they have some times had preaching in those seasons of the year at their own expense though they were not exempted from paying their proportion at the same time to the standing Minister of the Town.
That the Towns aforesaid are well able as your Petitioners apprehend to bear their annual charges without the assistance of yr Petitioners and that they might be Incorporated into a new Parish whereby they might be accommodated their children & servants (as well as themselves) have more Frequent oppor- tunities of attending Publick Worship and all of them Reep the advantages of such an Incorporation which considering their present circumstances they think would not be a few, and the Towns not Injured.
That your Petitioners conceive a parish might be erected with out prejudice to the other part of the Town of Dover by the Following boundaries viz. Beginning at the Bridge over Johnsons Creek so called, where the dividing Line between Dover & Durham Cross the Country Road & from thence running as the said Road runs until it comes even with Joseph Jenkins his house & from
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thence to run on a North West & by North course until it comes to the head of said Township which boundaries would comprehend the estates & habitations of yr Petitioners living in Dover & the making a parish there will greatly con- tribute to the settling the lands within said Boundaries & those that Lay con- tiguous as well as be very convenient for yr Petitioners. Wherefore they most humbly pray that a parish may be erected & Incorporated by the Boundaries aforesaid with the usual powers & Priviledges & that such of yr Petitionrs as live within the Town of Durham may have liberty to Poll off into the same, or that such a part of the said Township may be annexed thereunto which would be the better way as will accommodate the Remote settlers in said Township near the said Boundaries as well as your petitioners or that they may be Relieved In such other way & method as this Honble Court shall see fit, & yor petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c
Thomas Wille
John Roberts Samuel Davis
John Huckins James Jackson Zachariah Pitman
Samuel Chesley Thomas Bickford
Ely Demerit John Foay, Jr
Daniel McHame
Solomon Emerson
James Huckins
Jacob Daniel
Ralph Hall
Joseph Rines
William Bussell
Benjamin Hall
Azariah Boody
William Demeret
Timothy Moses
John Demeret
William Allen his Nathiel O Davis mark
Zachariah Edgerly Joseph Daniel Francis Drew Daniel Young
Samuel Davis Jr
William Twombly
Robert Evens
Isaac Twombly Joseph Evans junr.
John Evens
Henry Bickford
Henary Bussell
Joseph Hicks
Joseph Tasker Derry Pitman
Joseph Twombly Abraham Clark Joseph Jackson James Clemens
Paul Gerrish, Jr John Bussell Job Demeret
William Dam Jr
David Daniel
Morres Fowler Robart Wille
James Chesle Reuben Chesle
Abel Leathers
Henery Tibbetes
Jonathan Daniel William Hill Stephen Pinkham Benjamin Wille John Rowe Hercules Moony
Jonathan Hanson
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In the House of Representatives May 13th 1743.
The within Petition Read and Voted That the petitioners at their own cost serve the select men of the Town of Dover and also the select men of the Town of Durham with a coppy of this petition and the Vote thereon. That the selectmen of the Respective Towns aforesaid may Notifie the said Touns to appoint persons to appear the third day of the sitting of the Generall Assembly at their next session of Genll Assembly to shew cause if any why the prayer of the petition may not be Granted.
James Jeffry Cler. Assm
Eodem Die
B. WENTWORTH.
Pursuent to the foregoing Notification a publicke Toun meeting was holden at the Meeting House at Cochecho in Dover July 19, 1742. And Capt Thos Willet Esq. was chosen Moderator of the sd meeting &c
And the Request of the Westerly part of the Town for Raising money for the support of ye Ministry in that part of the Town for six months as men- tioned in the above notification was then heard considered & put to Vote & it Passed in the Negative.
A true copy attested,
Pr. Paul Gerrish, Town Clerk.
Dover May 5th 1743.
The Petitioners for a Parish in Madbury & what they paid in the year 1743.
£ s. d.
£
S. d.
Thomas Willey
O I7
3
Daniel Meserve
I 7
9
John Roberts
16
2
Francis Drew
15
9
Samuel Davis
16 2
Thomas Bickford
14
3
Paul Gerrish
IO
II
Ralph Hall
16
II
Samuel Chesley
18
5
John Foy, Jr.
9
9
James Chesley
16
2
Henry Tebbets
I7
6
James Jackson
I
5
2
John Bussell
I.1
3
Job Demerett
I
2
1
William Bussell
IO
II
John Tasker
I
3
2
William Demerett
I3
II
David Daniel
16
II
Eli Demerett, Jr
I 2
6
Zachariah Pitman
15
0 Joseph Rines
8
3
Solomon Emerson
I
O
8 Jacob Daniel
13
II
Joseph Hicks
I 17
6 Timothy Moses
II
3
James Huckins
IO
II Benjamin Hall
13
2
Azariah Boody
IO
2 John Demerett
15
O
13 6
Dery Pitman
I I3
9
John Huckins
Province of 1 New Hamp S May 27th 1743. The above Vote read & concurr'd Theodr Atkinson, Secry Assented to,
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£ S. d.
E S.
d.
Zachariah Edgerly
19
II William Hill
18
9
William Allen
9
9
Stephen Pinkham
IO
II
Joseph Daniel
12
9 Henry Bussell
12 O
Nathl Davis
12
5
Benjamin Willey
7
6
Daniel Young
I5
0
John Row
7
6
Samuel Davis, Jr
I3 2
Herkules Mooney
8
3
Jonathan Hanson
O 0 O
Joseph Twombly
II
3
Robert Evans
II
3
Abraham Clark
O O
O
William Twombly 3rd. .
II
8
Joseph Jackson
I2
9
Joseph Evens, Jr
9
9
Reuben Chesley
12
5
Henery Bickford
II
8
40 IO
I
Jonathan Daniel
12 9
In the House of Representatives Aug. 24th 1744. The within petition read and the Parties on both sides heard, And the Return of the Committee appointed by the Genl Assm for the viewing of the Town of Dover, Read, and the House having considered thereon, Voted provided the petitioners pro- cure an Orthodox minister or ministers to preach to them at that part of the Town of Dover called Madbury, Six months or more in a yeare during ye space of three years to commence from the first of ye next. That then there be Raised by the town of Dover & paid by the select men or Town Treasurer of the said Town of Dover annually to the said Minister or Ministers the sum of one hundred & twenty pounds (Old Tenor) after the Rate of twenty pounds p month as the preaching is Performed annually for the said three years and that the petitioners have liberty to bring in a Bill accordingly.
James Jeffry Clr. Assm.
In Council Decemb. 21, 1744.
The parties heard on the within Petition & the Vote of the Houses above Considered & non concur'd. Nemine contradicente. Theod. Atkinson Secy
THE FIRST PARISH MEETING
The first parish meeting was held June 23, 1755, when the following officers were chosen: Moderator, Solomon Emerson; clerk, Ebenezer De- merit; selectmen, John Wingate, Paul Gerrish, and James Davis; assessors, Daniel Hayes and John Roberts; commissioners, Daniel Young and James Tasker, Jr. John Demerit was chosen the first representative to the Gen- eral Assembly, held at Exeter in December, 1776. Rev. Samuel Hyde was settled as minister of the parish soon after it was incorporated, and was succeeded by Rev. William Hooper, who was the last settled minister in the town. A meeting-house was erected soon after Mr. Hyde came into the parish, but it has long since been torn down.
Isaac Twombly
13
II
James Clements
7
6
John Evens
18
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CHAPTER XXXVIII HISTORY OF MADBURY (III)
MADBURY IN WAR TIMES
During the French and Indian wars the Madbury part of Old Dover suf- fered its share of the "brunt of the battle" during the half century of those conflicts with the enemy. It does not appear that the inhabitants began to build garrisoned houses until about 1694. Following are the names of the owners as given by Miss Mary P. Thompson in her "Landmarks in Ancient Dover" :
Clark's Garrison. This garrison stood on Clark's plains, on the hill, west of Knox's Marsh road, which the Boston & Maine Railroad now uses for a gravel bank, and near the boundary line between Dover and Madbury. It was built by Abram Clark, who owned a farm on the hill there. March 19, 1693-4, Richard Pinkham had a "grant of 30 acres drie pines and Abraham Clark's garrison." It was taken down about the year 1836.
Daniels' Garrison stood near the summer residence of Mr. Charles W. Hayes. David's Lane, so named for David Daniels who built the garrison, extends from Nute's Corner past where the garrison stood to Mr. Hayes' house. The house was torn down many years ago.
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