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Of the Chester grantees, ENOCH, son of John, Jr., and grandson of Lt. John, was taxed in Hampton Falls in 1727.
EDWARD, son of Joseph and grandson of Lt. John, mar- ried Dorothy Roby.
JEREMIAH, son of Nathaniel and grandson of Lt. John, born 1701.
NATHANIEL was probably father of Jeremiah and son of Lt. John ; married Rebecca Prescott in 1691, who died at Hampton Falls, Nov. 9, 1723 ; was a tax-payer in Hampton in 1732. .
JOHN, son of Richard, grandson of Lt. John, tax-payer in Hampton in 1732.
REUBEN, son of Joseph and grandson of Lt. John, mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Sanborn, 1714. He was a tax-payer in Hampton Falls in 1727.
BENJAMIN, son of Lt. John, tax-payer in Hampton Falls in 1727.
JONATHAN, son of Jonathan and grandson of Lt. John, married Theodate Sanborn. He was a tax-payer in Hamp- ton in 1732. He is mentioned in a deed as being of Kings- ton, and a tax-payer there in 1727.
The wives of several other grantees were Sanborns.
Abigail, sister to Reuben and Edward, married Ebenezer Dearborn, who settled in Chester.
Sarah, daughter of Benjamin, married Reuben Sanborn.
Abigail, daughter of Nathaniel, married Luther Morgan.
Mary, daughter of Benjamin, married William Healey, settled in Chester.
Abial, daughter of Benjamin, married Enoch Colby of Chester.
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Theodate, daughter of Benjamin, married Jona. Sanborn. Mary, daughter of Joseph, sister of Reuben, married Saml. Prescott.
Hannah, daughter of Josiah, married Jacob Garland.
Besides these, three others were petitioners, who were not grantees, Abraham, Richard and Samuel, sons of Joseph, Nathaniel, and Jonathan.
DEA. SAMUEL SHAW was of Hampton Falls ; taxed there in 1727 ; a descendant of Roger Shaw, an early settler of Hampton. He was selectman of Hampton Falls in 1712, '17 and '19.
JOHN SILLY was of Hampton Falls ; a tax-payer in 1727; son of Thomas Silly, who came to Hampton about 169-, and married Ann, daughter of John Stanyan and Mary Brad- bury. They had two sons, John, born June 7, 1699, and Joseph, of Nottingham, born Oct. 4, 1691, father of Gen. Joseph Cilley.
John Silly is named in the will of John Stanyan, son of Anthony, of Exeter, as his grandson.
BENJAMIN SMITH, ELISHA SMITH, SAMUEL SMITH, THOMAS SMITH. Elisha Smith is on the list of tax-payers of 1732. Lt. Thomas Smith is said to have come from Hampton to Chester, though born in Ireland. (See " Early Settlers.")
Among several families of Smiths in Hampton, the names of the other grantees are not found. Benjamin, Samuel and Thomas Smith were cut off from Haverhill by the settlement of the province line in 1741. Thomas and Benjamin were paid settlement money in Chester, and were probabably Haverhill Peak men.
JACOB STANYAN was of Hampton. Anthony Stanyan of Exeter had a son John, who married Mary, daughter of Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, who in his will, 1718, names his son " Jacob, born 26, 4th m., 1667," who was uncle to John Silly above. He is, however, mentioned in a deed as of Kingston.
STEPHEN SWEAT, probably of Hampton, son of Benjamin Sweat and Theodate Hussey, born Ang. 3, 1689. This Benjamin was son of Capt. Benjamin Sweat, who married
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HISTORY OF CHESTER.
Hester Weare, sister of Councillor Weare, and removed with him to Hampton Falls in 1662. Capt. Sweat was killed by the Indians at Scarborough, Mc., June 29, 1677.
CAPT. JOSEPH TILTON, DAVID TILTON, JETHRO TILTON, SHERBURN TILTON. They were all of Hampton Falls, de- scendants of William Tilton, of Lynn, whose widow mar- ried Roger Shaw, and moved to Hampton. Capt. Tilton was first town clerk of Hampton Falls, and in 1721 was moderator, town clerk and selectman. Sherburn was his son, born in 1699, and David was probably his brother. Jethro's marriage and children are recorded in Hampton Falls.
BENJAMIN TOWLE, CALEB TOWLE, PHILIP TOWLE, were of Hampton. Benjamin and Caleb were in the tax-list of 1732. They were descendants of Philip Towle, and early settlers of Hampton, in 1670, or earlier. (See " Early Set- tlers.")
COL. PETER WEARE was of Hampton Falls, son of Coun- cillor Nathl .; himself Councillor in 1698, and Judge of the Superior Court from 1726 to 1730. He was one of the grantees of the old saw-mill privilege in 1721. IIe sold his right to Sampson Underhill in 1730. No descendants of his name remain.
CAPT. JOSHUA WINGATE was of Hampton, taxed in 1732, . among other things, for his trade. He was selectman in 1709 and 1722. He was son of John Wingate, of Dover, 1660, and had a brother John of that town. He was the father of Hon. Paine Wingate, of Stratham.
THOMAS DEAN was probably of Exeter. His name is on the tax-list for 1727, but is mentioned as of Dover in a deed.
JACOB GILMAN, MAJOR JOHN GILMAN, EDWARD GILMAN. Jacob Gilman was a tax-payer in Kingston, and one of the selectmen in 1727. Major Jolin Gilman and Edward were tax-payers in Exeter 1727. Major John Gilman was son of Hon. John Gilman, born Jan. 10, 1676. Edward was a grandson of Edward, a brother of John, who was lost at sea on a voyage to England for mill-gear, in 1653. In
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a division of land in Exeter, in 1725, thirty, out of two hundred forty-nine persons, were Gilmans. Maj. John had 250 acres, Edward 140, Edward, Jr., 50, but no Jacob.
EBENEZER LOVEREIGN was of Hampton in 1730, and of North Hampton in 1742, and deeded land in Chester.
SAMUEL WELCH, whose share was transferred to the Rev. Theophilus Cotton, was a tax-payer in Kingston in 1727.
The following were admitted proprietors at the desire of the Governor : -
WILLIAM WHITE was a descendant of a William White first of Ipswich, then of Newbury, and one of the first settlers of Haverhill. William the grantee was a clothier ; married Sarah Phillips, and had a son Samuel. Both were large land-holders in Chester. Samuel had a daughter Sarah, who married David Howe, and Rebecca married James Duncan, two leading merchants of Haverhill. The Chester lands descended to Mrs. Duncan, and were called the " Dunean lots." The last was sold to Hon. Richard H. Ayer and Hon. Richard Bradley, about 1832.
JONATHAN EMERSON was of Haverhill, and was cut off by the province line ; he was the father of Samuel Emerson, Esq., of Chester. (See " Early Settlers.")
DEA. EDWARD EMERSON was of Newbury, so named in deeds.
JOHN PACKER was of Haverhill, so mentioned in deeds, and was a " cordwainer " in 1726. He was left in Haver- hill on running the line.
JONATHAN KIMBALL. There was a Jonathan Kimball who lived in that part of Haverhill which fell to New Hampshire, but I think the grantee lived in Bradford. Benjamin Kimball, of Bradford, sold half his father's (Jonathan) right to Samuel Ingalls.
STEPHEN WEBSTER, NATHAN WEBSTER. (See " Early Set- tlers.")
THOMAS SILVER was of Haverhill in 1709. John and Thomas, and others, had leave to build seats in the gallery in 1708.
SAMUEL INGALLS. (See " Early Settlers.")
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HISTORY OF CHESTER.
JAMES FALES, of Dedham, sold land in Chester in 1728.
JOHN LITTLEHALE was probably of Dracut. His son Jolin, of Dracut, sold his additional lot to McFerson in 1733.
EPHRAIM GUILE or GILE, was of Haverhill, named re- peatedly in Haverhill records. He helped cut out the first way to " Cheshire."
JONATHAN CLOUGH was mentioned in connection with dividing lands in Haverhill in 1720.
THOMAS WHITING was probably of Haverhill. David and John were left in Haverhill in 1741. James was probably a son ; was in Chelmsford in 1719, in Haverhill in 1724, and in Chester in 1726. He settled on the home lot of . Thomas, No. 62, next west of where William Tenny now lives.
JOHN JAQUISII was of Bradford, and sold land in Chester in 1731 ; also sold land to Richard Jaques, of Haverhill, in 1728.
RICHARD JAQUISII was probably of Newbury. Sebastian Ralle was killed in 1724 by Lieut. Jaques of Newbury, at Norridgewock.
WILLIAM DANIELS was of Salisbury and sold his home lot to Nathan Webster in 1728.
STEPHEN JOHNSON was of Haverhill, where were seven Johnsons who fell to New Hampshire in the settlement of the line in 1741, among them Stephen and Stephen, Jr.
REV. THOMAS SIMMES was minister of Bradford, son of a former minister, Rev. Zacariah Simmes of that place. He had a son Thomas who sold his father's right to Richard Haselton in 1728.
RICHARD HASELTON was of Bradford. (See "Early Set- tlers.")
NATHAN WEBSTER of Bradford, STEPHEN WEBSTER. (See " Early Settlers.")
The following grantees were Massachusetts men but not admitted by request of the Governor : -
EBENEZER EASTMAN was of Haverhill. He and his wife Sarah, " taverner," sold his home lot to Ebenezer Dearborn in 1729. He was active in the first settlement of Penna-
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cook and it is said the he was first settler there, that his was the first ox-team that went from Haverhill, and that he set out for Pennacook with a barrel of molasses. (See " His- tory of Roads.")
ROBERT FORD was of that part of Haverhill which fell to New Hampshire in 1741.
CAPT. RICHARD KENT was of Newbury, and sold his right to John Tyler of Boxford, in 1727. ("See Early Settlers.")
GEORGE BROWNAL is described in a deed to John Smith as of " Boston, Schoolmaster," in 1735.
JOHN CALFE was of Newbury. (See " Early Settlers.")
PORTSMOUTH GRANTEES, including the Governor and Coun- cil, and their friends.
AKERMAN and CUTTS, were of Portsmouth. Benjamin Akerman and Richard Cutts were on the tax-list for 1732.
WILLIAM CROSSWAIT was of Portsmouth, and was taxed there in 1732.
EPHRAIM DENNETT, Esq., of Portsmouth, taxed in 1732; son of John Dennet, who was freeman in 1672; appointed June, 1731, Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, con- tinued till 1741; appointed Councillor by mandamus in 1732, and held the office one year.
BENJAMIN GAMBLING, Esq., of Portsmouth, taxed there in 1739 ; son of Robert Gambling of Roxbury ; born October 20, 1681 ; graduated at Harvard in 1702; preferred to spell his name Gambling. He was much in public office : Clerk of the Court, Register and Judge of Probate, Sheriff, Judge of the Superior Court and Councillor.
COL. MARK HUNKINS of Portsmouth, taxed there, 1732; was a Councillor from 1710 to 1731, and Judge of the Superior Court from 1712 to 1729. His daughter, Sarah, was the wife of Lieut .- Gov. John Wentworth, mother of Benning Wentworth and grandmother of Gov. John Went- worth.
CLEMENT HUGHES was a merchant of Portsmouth ; taxed in 1732; Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in 1717, and of the Superior Court in 1717 and 1718. He was clerk of the society for settling the " Chesnut Country,"
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and of the proprietors from 1719 to 1727. He wrote a beautiful hand.
GEORGE JAFFREY, Esq., of Portsmouth ; taxed there 1732 ; son of Hon. George Jaffrey of New Castle ; born in 1683; graduated at Harvard in 1700; Councillor from 1716 to his death in 1749; Treasurer in 1726; Judge of the Superior Court from 1717 to 1726 ; Chief Justice from 1726 to 1730.
ARCHIBALD McPHEDRIS, Esq., Portsmouth ; taxed there in 1732; was a native of Scotland and an opulent mer- chant. He married Sarah Wentworth, one of sixteen children of Gov. John Wentworth. After his death she married George Jaffrey. He was Councillor from 1722 to his death, about 1729.
CLEMENT MESSERVE was of Portsmouth, but was not taxed in 1732. A Clement Messerve, perhaps the father of the grantee, was taxed in 1673; took the oath of allegiance in 1685 ; had a seat in the meeting-house in 1693.
THOMAS PACKER was of Portsmouth; born in London ; bred a surgeon ; was at Salem ; removed to Portsmouth ; was eminent as a physician and surgeon ; Lieut .- Col. in the militia ; Judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1686 to 1698, 1692 to 1695, and 1698 and 1699; Council- lor from 1719 to his death in 1728.
GEORGE PIERCE, CAPT. JOSHUA PIERCE and THOMAS PIERCE were all probably of Portsmouth. George and Thomas are on the tax-list of 1732; Joshua is not.
SAMUEL PENHALLOW, Esq., of Portsmouth ; born in Corn- wall, England ; came to Portsmouth ; married Mary Cutt, daughter of President Cutt, who inherited a large estate ; was a successful merchant; was elected a Representative in 1699 and 1702; Speaker in 1702; Recorder from 1702 to 1705, 1719 to 1722; Councillor from 1702 to 1726; Judge of the Superior Court from 1714 to 1716; Chief Justice from 1717 to his death in 1726, at the age of 61. He wrote a history of the Indian wars.
NATHANIEL ROGERS was of Portsmouth; son of Rev. Nathaniel Rogers; born 1700; graduated at Harvard in
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1717 ; physician, Representative and Speaker ; died Novem- ber 29, 1745. First wife was Olive Plaisted; second, widow Rymes, daughter of Henry Sherburne.
ELEAZER RUSSEL of Portsmouth; married Margaret Wal- dron. He was taxed in 1732; was Postmaster and Sheriff in 1733, '4, '5,'8 and '41. His son, of the same name, born in 1720, was naval officer and acting collector at Ports- mouth several years.
WILLIAM RYMES was perhaps of Portsmouth, but of Do- ver according to some deeds.
JOHN SHACKFORD and SAMUEL SHACKFORD were of Ports- mouth. (" See Early Settlers.")
CAPT. HENRY SHERBURNE, JOSEPH SHERBURNE and SAMUEL SHERBURNE were of Portsmouth ; descendants of Henry Sherburne, who came to Portsmouth about 1632, married Rebecca, only daughter of Ambrose Gibbins, and whose will was set aside in favor of his younger children. He was Commissioner for small causes seven years; Clerk of Writs in 1649; Selectman eleven years ; in 1659 and 1660 Deputy to the General Court. He died in 1680. Capt. Henry Sherburne is on the tax-list in 1732. Samuel and Samuel, Jr., Capt. Joseph and Capt. Joseph, Jr., and five others, were also on the tax-list of Portsmouth in 1732.
SUSANNANI SMALL. Joseph Small died. His wife, Susannah, was a daughter of Thomas Packer and took her husband's right. She kept a tavern in Portsmouth, and several of the early meetings of the society and committee were held at her house.
HENRY SLOPER was of Portsmouth. Richard Sloper of Dover married Mary, daughter of Capt. Henry Sherburne, 1658, and had a son Henry.
SAMUEL THOMPSON was probably of Newington. "Mr. Samuel Thompson " is on the tax-list of Newington in 1727.
COL. SHADRACH WALTON was of New Castle, son of Geo. Walton, of Exeter in 1639. He was at the taking of Port Royal in 1711; was of the Council in 1716, and presided in that body in 1731 and 1736; Judge of the Common Pleas 1695 to 1697, and from 1716 to 1737, and Chief Justice
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from 1729 to 1737; died October, 1741, aged eighty- three.
BENNING WENTWORTH, EBENEZER WENTWORTH, THOMAS WENTWORTH, were of Portsmouth ; descendants of Elder William Wentworth of Dover. Lieut .- Gov. John Went- worth had fourteen children : 1st, Benning, the Governor ; 2d, John, Judge of Probate of Portsmouth ; 3d, Hunking ; 4th, William ; 5th, Samuel, father of Mrs. Gov. John ; 6th, Mark Hunking, father of Gov. John ; 7th, Daniel ; 8th, Ebenezer; 9th, George ; 10th, Hannah, married Samuel Plaisted and Theodore Atkinson ; 11th, Sarah, married Mc- Phedris ; 12th, Mary ; 13th, Elizabeth ; 14th, Rebecca, mar- ried Thomas Packer. Benning and Ebenezer were taxed in Portsmouth in 1732. Benning was Councillor from 1732 to 1741, when he became Governor and remained in office till May, 1767. How Thomas is related does not appear.
COL. THOMAS WESTBROOK is on the Portsmouth tax-list in 1732. In 1721 he commenced an expedition against Norridgewock, but Ralle escaped. He was of the Council from 1706 to 1732, and died 1736.
MICHAEL WHIDDEN was of Portsmouth, and taxed there in 1732, with Michael, Jr., and John. He was a builder.
RICHARD WIBIRD was of Portsmouth, came there about 1700, from England ; was successful and became wealthy. In 1727 he paid the largest tax in Portsmouth. He was Councillor in 1716 to 1732. He had three sons, Richard, Jr., a councillor, Thomas and John, and a daughter who married Hunking Wentworth. He was sheriff in 1732, '34, '35 and '36.
HENRY WORKS. Nothing found in regard to him.
JOSEPH YOUNG was on the Exeter tax-list for 1727, and in a deed of 1738, as being of Kingston.
TABLE
CONTAINING THE NAMES OF THE ORIGINAL GRANTEES OF CHESTER, IN ALPHA- BETICAL ORDER, WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR LOTS.
NAMES.
H. L.
ADD.
O. H. 2P 2D. 3d D. 4th D. 5th D. 6th D.
Philemon Blake.
117
97
124
93
101
123
19
74
James Boyd.
59
18
85
80
40
25
94
12
Abrahanı Brown
151
46
129
69
19
73
33
28
George Brownell.
21
51
46
37
11
72
117
11
Nathaniel Bachelder, Sen.
1
104
122
104
9
82
14
17
Jonathan Brown
38
121
47
39
16
68
37
104
Moses Blake.
114
113
77
97
77
63
133
64
Samuel Blake
119
38
139
26
56
96
99
90
Josiah Batchelder
37
105
137
41
87
133
89
87
Nathaniel Batchelder, Jun.
50
115
23
113
83
104
100
120
Joseph Batchelder
130
73
63
71
57
48
79
96
Jacob Basford.
42
110
107
73
118
24
16
26
John Calfe
123
24
43
12
109
67
70
39
Amos Cass
100
87
10
41
34
32
58
31
Richard Clifford.
110
100
20
75
85
93
118
48
Zacharialı Clifford.
53
20
15
95
94
116
76
10
Jonathan Clough.
77
6
128
56
49
119
41
68
Rev. Theophilus Cotton
46
94
50
68
119
127
121
42
John Cram.
141
41
113
100
99
56
67
93
William Crosswait.
32
72
116
22
67
90
57
25
Cutts & Akerman.
10
31
108
7
113
17
129
116
William Daniels
71
130
75
110
75
21
26
36
Thomas Dean.
19
48
106
46
82
83
17
67
Jonathan Dearborn
80
47
136
66
22
52
109
83
Ebenezer Dearborn.
17
26
64
35
39
84
114
73
Ephraim Dennet
143
95
86
86
95
87
55
95
Abraham Drake.
132
77
53
16
105
85
29
41
Nathaniel Drake
138
76
78
99
25
59
10
59
Ebenezer Eastman
122
36
62
33
71
69
115
72
Edward Emerson.
129
75
24
126
46
12
87
70
Jonathan Emerson
73
127
81
42
63
110
123
41
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HISTORY OF CHESTER.
TABLE- continued.
NAMES.
H. L.
ADD. O. H. 2P 2D. 3d D.
4th D. 5th D. 6th D.
James Failes
76
4
131
36
13
109
20
35
*Rev. Ebenezer Flagg.
-
-
-
21
-
-
-
-
James Fogg.
24
52
4
61
50
120
25
127
Benoni Fogg
30
86
8
102
27
86
101
56
Robert Ford.
149
33
41
77
129
98
82
15
Benjamin Gambling, Esq.
22
40
9
1
41
95
60
103
Jacob Garland
23
35
83
34
62
76
127
57
Jacob Gilman
106
125
3
87
116
23
47
91
Major John Gilman
201
59
28
17
5
97
97
49
Edward Gilman
44
12
35
43
124
18
86
105
William Godfrey
18
45
30
49
130
99
23
9
Ephraim Guile.
61
132
33
106
37
15
110
18
Richard Haseltine
75
15
19
55
102
92
45
77
William Healey
-1
71
110
112
61
36
125
27
Rev. Moses Hale
MI
96
80
130
12
31
73
8
Clement Hughes
28
55
29
108
110
4
71
91
Col. Mark Hunking
20
55
102
59
53
100
83
100
Samuel Ingalls.
147
131
40
121
35
39
15
37
John Jaquish.
78
17
36
90
68
9
128
6
Richard Jaquish.
72
7
135
116
43
34
11
46
Stephen Johnson
69
11
100
82
44
61
122
78
Capt. Richard Kent.
5
43
6
3
112
89
4
23
Jonathan Kimball
63
1
63
105
115
51
103
122
Thomas Leavitt
4
93
16
50
15
125
124
110
John Littlehale.
79
8
123
19
86
129
12
30
Ebenezer Loverell.
54
53
17
127
20
40
39
80
Samuel Marston.
52
91
2
79
117
16
56
55
Capt. Archibald MePhedris.
125
27
99
91
79
13
18
51
Clement Messervy
31
"1
73
14
104
37
2
112
Luther Morgan.
126
21
114
74
128
130
53
124
Col. Thomas Packer
30
62
140
52
100
128
116
92
Samuel Page
104
114
52
13
126
108
84
121
John Packer
66
19
91
98
64
132
51
123
* Voted to him by way of settlement.
130
16
George Jaffrey, Esq ..
10
74
6
72
10
20 }
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TABLE- continued.
NAMES.
H. L. ADD.
O. H. 2P. 2D
3d D. 4th D. 5th D. 6th D.
-
Parsonage lots
-
37
90
90
38
32
-
Samuel Penhallow, Esq.
128
34
57
122
93
54
92
89
James Perkins
56
50
133
84
70
88
119
29
Thomas Phipps, Esq.
25
126
95
101
80
122
109
Capt. Joshua Pierce
57
16
21
123
96
11
104
66
Capt. Thomas Pierce.
131
57
18
53
121
134
118
George Pierce
121
44
39
10
84
19
42
111
Jonathan Plummer
103
111
79
15
88
65
108
52
John Prescutt
105
120
25
58
3I
42
113
88
John Prescutt, Jr
146
128
126
51
122
126
21
82
James Prescutt ..
33
63
130
70
121
29
90
98
Samuel Prescutt.
26
6-1
96
31
17
75
126
3
Ichabod Roby
116
119
82
81
54
124
136
62
Rev. Nathaniel Rogers
142
88
111
65
2
107
53
Robert Row
2
117
45
40
4
78
36
6
Eleazer Russell.
127
32
38
133
28
134
34
2
Capt. William Rymes
135
80
58
54
59
28
28
60
Joseph Sanborn
40
106
92
103
8
27
72
126
Nathaniel Sanborn
3
-
31
38
55
47
91
21
Benjamin Sanborn.
113
118
117
72
89
55
3
119
Reuben Sanborn
14
122
54
2
66
96
84
John Sanborn.
120
25
127
117
120
30
22
99
Enoch Sanborn
49
112
27
107
103
49
1
106
Edward Sanborn.
8
68
120
28
106
94
40
50
Capt. Jonathan Sanborn
112
124
48
18
33
77
31
38
Jerry Sanborn.
29
58
59
128
3
45
137
13
School lots
-
John Shackford.
148
22
55
47
97
70
75
81
Samuel Shackford.
51
92
119
8
74
118
62
34
Capt. Henry Sherburne
13
89
49
63
21
60
44
114
Samuel Sherburne
11
90
109
45
30
80
46
113
Capt. Joseph Sherburne.
137
66
56
76
69
50
105
196
Dea. Samuel Shaw
60
29
37
96
107
106
85
54
John Silly.
35
107
1
115
1
91
6
43
Rev. Thomas Simms
68
3
105
29
26
20
120
76
Thomas Silver
67
9
22
25
38
117
112
107
89
91
64
43
-
58
HISTORY OF CHESTER. TABLE- concluded.
NAMES.
H. L.
ADD. O. H. 2P. 2D
3d D.
4th D. 5th D. 6th D.
Susannah Small.
134
61
76
124
73
113
68
32
Thomas Smith
109
109
18
9
7
74
111
20
Benjamin Smith.
111
30
132
53
114
35
9
75
Elisha Smith
45
102
51
125
81
112
13
47
Samuel Smith
39
108
103
51
33
106
33
Capt. Henry Sloper
145
129
97
114
36
1
50
125
Jacob Stanian.
136
67
66
62
6
46
52
102
Stephen Sweat.
16
39
26
60
108
111
135
108
Capt. Joseph Tilton.
15
98
7
24
78
62
38
19
David Tilton
150
49
134
132
45
22
5
85
Jethro Tilton
113
60
72
120
65
44
24
117
Samuel Thompson
34
56
65
119
98
115
54
97
Philip Towle.
41
101
42
64
14
105
49
45
Benjamin Towle.
102
99
60
57
10
131
102
71
Caleb Towle.
55
23
12
85
18
8
88
63
Col. Shadrack Walton.
47
116
112
23
111
102
80
69
Col. l'eter Weare.
124
54
11
111
76
43
59
86
Nathan Webster.
65
14
13
89
60
3
107
22
Steplien Webster.
64
12
61
27
123
58
131
79
Capt. Ebenezer Wentworth
9
68
83
92
2
69
1
Benning Wentworth.
133
78
32
109
29
71
74
4
John Wentworth, Esq.
B
Farm
of
250 200
acres.
-
-
-
Michael Whidden
101
84
41
30
125
41
77
58
Thomas Whiting
62
5
34
118
24
26
35
14
William White
74
13
138
94
127
103
132
40
Capt. Richard Wibird
48
123
14
32
32
53
27
101
Capt. Joshna Wingate
58
2
84
129
58
66
81
24
Col. Thomas Westbrook.
143
69
115
4
42
101
8
61
Henry Works
12
103
118
92
23
14
61
7
Joseph Young.
43
28
121
11
48
57
30
115
50
CHAPTER IV.
SETTLEMENT OF THE LINES.
At a meeting of the proprietors held at Kingston, Dec. 31, 1723,
" Voted, That a Committee be Chosen to Join with the Londonderry Committee to run the Line between Chester and Londonderry.
" Voted, That Sam" Penhallow, Esq', George Jaffrey, Esq", and Capt. Henry Sherburne be the Committee."
At a meeting March 31, 1726, it was
" Voted, That the Selectmen be a Committee to Apply to the Gov" & Council for a Committee to run the line be- tween Exeter & Chester, and that they forward the Com- mittee that are Appointed to run ye line between Chester & Londonderry to make their return as Soone as possible."
At a meeting on the 31 of Oct., 1726,
" Voted, That Caleb Towl & Sam' Ingalls be a Commit- tee wth the Selectmen to see that the line between Chester & Nottingham be run'd according to Charter, and also the lead line of Chester."
These lines were run soon after, as appears by the accounts. Ichabod Roby charges for four days between Exeter and Chester, five and a half days next Nottingham.
I have not been able to find any return of the running of these last lines, but there was a tradition which I had from my father, many years since, that they ran out their four- teen miles, and not finding the river, stopped and took legal advice, and were directed to run to their monument regardless of the measure ; that they ran to and across the river, and then made the head line curve half a mile.
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HISTORY OF CHESTER.
The head line is crooked ; but the most probable hypothesis is that they started at the three pines at Londonderry, and took a course too far west and so made a curve, and per- haps came out the west side of the river. This line comes to the river just below Martin's Ferry and crosses the river. The road to the Ferry laid out in 1766 came to the river "where Lousy brook enters the river," then began at the west bank and ran about northwest to the line of the town.
At a town meeting, March 13, 1794,
" Voted, Stephen Chase, Arthur Livermore, & Willa White, Esqrs., be the Committee (with full Power in behalf of the Town of Chester) to settle with Derrifield and Goffs- town, and petition the General Court in Order to make the River the Jurisdiction line from allenstown down to Derri- field."
There was probably an Act passed to that effect, but I have not seen it.
The fourteen-mile line, according to the surveys for Car- rigain's map taken about 1805, was Raymond against Not- tingham, three miles two hundred and fourteen rods ; against Deerfield, two hundred and eighty-eight rods ; Candia, six miles two hundred and twelve rods ; Chester, now Hooksett, against Allenstown, five miles one hundred and sixty rods ; making sixteen miles two hundred and thirty-four rods to the river.
EXETER LINE.
Oct. 15, 1726. Clement Hughes, Robert Smith and John Sanborn, selectmen, preferred a petition to the Governor and Council, showing that Capt. Tobias Langdon, Capt. Timothy Gerrish and John Smith had been appointed to run the head line of Exeter, and did it under the direc- tion of the selectmen of Exeter, and made a return to them instead of to the Court. They pray for a committee " to run the two miles that Exeter is to run a W. b. N. point above Dover, and then upon a straight line to a beech tree
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