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John Shaw, Elizabeth Folsom ; 28 May 1785.
Nathan Shaw of Kensington, Sarah Haines; 3 Nov. 1787. Jonathan Shepard, Elizabeth Severance of Kingston ; 1 Dec. 1792. William Short, Patty Nowell of Newburyport ; 9 Dec. 1787. Levi Sleeper of Kingston, Elizabeth Lovering; 1 Feb. 1800.
Caleb Smith, Lydia Gordon ; 12 Dee. 1789.
David Smith, Sally Bennett ; 25 June 1795.
Ebenezer Smith of Gilmanton, Judith Pearson; 3 Jan. 1789. John Smith. Hannah Wiggin of Stratham ; 8 March 1794.
Peter Smith of Brentwood, Hannah Sanborn ; 2 Aug. 1783. Reuben Smith, Elizabeth Wadleigh; 9 May 1789.
Richard Smith of Pittsfield, Sally Gilman ; 16 July 1785.
Chase Stevens, Hannah Dow; 29 Dee. 1798. George Sullivan, Clarissa Lamson ; 7 Sept. 1799. Ebenezer Swasey, Jr., Mary Lyford ; Jan. 1781.
Joseph Swasey, 3d, Elizabeth Fogg ; 7 Aug. 1790.
Nathaniel Swasey, Mehitable Rowe ; 25 Aug. 1792.
Dr. Samuel Tenney, Tabitha Gilman ; 6 Sept. 1788. Lieut. Winthrop Thing, Lydia Gilman ; 28 March 1794. Daniel Thurston of Stratham, Hannah Creighton ; 1 June 1792.
Oliver Thurston, Anstris Cross ; 25 Aug. 1792.
Reuben Thurston, Sarah Cross ; 19 Nov. 1796.
David Tilton of Hampton Falls, Mrs. Mary Merrill ; 11 Jan. 1800.
George Trefetheren, Anne Hilton ; 3 Jan. 1789.
John Wadleigh, Polly Beeket ; 25 Dee. 1785.
David Watson, Elizabeth Hook of Chichester ; 21 May 1795.
William Webb, Deborah Nelson; 30 April 1795.
Benjamin Wentworth of Portsmouth, Abigail Bennett ; 17 May 1795. Gideon Wiggin, Dorothy Lyford : 22 July 1797. Joseph Wiggin, Jr., Mehitable Kimball ; Aug. 1788.
John Wilson of Sandwich, Abigail B. Hopkinson ; 6 Aug. 1791. Samuel Winslow, Sally Johnson ; 25 July 1794.
Daniel York of Brentwood, Anne Smart ; 17 Sept. 1799.
INDEX.
THE alphabetical arrangement of names which is adopted in this work is believed to obviate, in great part, the need of a very copious index.
Abbot, Benjamin, 294. Academy, Phillips Exeter, 126.
Advent society and pastors, 207. Allen v. Waldron, 10. Andros, Edmund, 68.
Antinomian, 6. Aqueduct, 101, 103.
Association test of 1776, 90.
Authors in Exeter, 311.
Bachiler, Stephen, 155, 156. Banks, 343. Baptisms in first society, GEN., 66. Baptist society and pastors, 201. Barker, Josiah, 86, 93. Barlow, George, 18, 22.
Bates, George, 12, 22.
Bean, John. 59, 119.
Bells, 183, 188. Bell, James, 107, 368.
Bicentennial celebration, 106: ad- dress, Appendix III, 448. Biggs, Thomas, 43, 44, 59, 131.
Births in Exeter, GEN., 63,
Blake, Sherburne, 107, 108. Booth, Robert, 59, 131.
Boulter, Nathaniel, 44, 45, 59, 131.
Bounds of Exeter, 113; enlargement of. 117.
Brentwood parish set off, 184. Bridges, 124, 125. Bridger, Col. John, 70, 72.
Brooks, Samuel, 84, 85, 86, 88, 93, 197.
Bulgar, Richard, 12, 17, 19. 22, 44, 47, 48, 131.
Burial-places, 408.
Burley, James, 108, 395.
Bursley, John, 45, 59.
Cadets, Exeter, 239.
Carleton, Theodore, 80, 85, 86, 88.
Cartee, Philip, 59, 65, 119.
Cass, Jonathan, 98, 394.
Cass, Lewis, 108, 394. Cattle, care of the, 49.
Census of 1775, 87.
Chadwick, Peter, 107, 198, 421.
Chesley, Philip, 59.
Christian society and pastors, 204.
Church, first, 12 ; re-organized, 174.
Clark, Rev. John, 171, 175, 176.
Clark, John, 59, 116. Clifford, Ebenezer, 418.
Cobbs, Waddy V., 396.
Coffin, Eliphalet, 80, 180.
Coffin, Peter, 69, 72, 80, 86, 88, 93, 171, 172, 174, 175, 176, 177, 181, 221, 239, 351. Colcord, Edward, 9, 23.
Colcord, Harvey, 201. Cole, William, 8, 18, 23, 44. Collins, Moses N., 281.
Colored population, 395.
"Combination" for government, 15. Common field, 133, 137, 141. Compton, John, 8, 23, 318. Conner family, 392.
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Connor, Jeremiah, 59, 71, 181, 182. Constitution, earliest written, 89.
Conventions, constitutional, 95, 99, 101. Copeland, Lawrence, 8, 24. Copyhold, 73.
Cornish. Thomas, 59, 114.
Cotton, Rev. John, 6, 169.
Court-house, 71, 101, 106, 108.
Cram, John, 18, 24, 44.
Cranfield, Edward, 63, 64, 65, 66. Crawley's falls, 322.
Crawley, Thomas, 18, 24, 131, 322.
Crown Point expeditions, 233.
Cunningham, Timothy, 227.
Deane, Thomas, 180, 378. Dean, Ward Clark, 101.
Dearborn, Godfrey, 18, 25.
Dearborn, Henry, 245.
Deaths in Exeter, GEN., 64.
Derby, James, 341.
Dolloff, Christian, 59, 65, 119.
Dolloff, Richard, children, 225.
Drake, Abraham, 44, 45, 59, 123. Dudley family, 390. Dudley, Biley, 59, 167, 169, 175. Dudley, John, 80, 200, 390.
Dudley, Rev. Samuel, engaged, 159; defended, 161; new contract, 164; his salary, 166; death of, 168.
Dudley, Theophilus, 59, 72, 167, 174, 175, 176, 177.
Dunbar, David, 73, 74, 75. Elkins, Henry, 12, 17, 25, 59.
Emery, Noah, 80, 89, 91, 99, 247, 355.
Episcopal society and pastors, 210. Epping parish set off, 184.
Exeter. 5, 10, 11 ; statistics, 425.
Families, early: Dudley, 390; Fol- som, 391; Leavitt, Thing, Con- ner, Lyford, 392 ; Gordon, Robin- son, Smith, Odlin, etc., 393.
Family Registers, GEN., 3. Farrar, Timothy, 107, 370. Fellowes, Jeremiah, 364.
Female academy, 299. Field, Darby, 14, 18, 25. Fire engines, 101, 103; steam 110. Fish, Gabriel, 16, 17, 25. Fishery in rivers, 47. Flats divided, 132.
Folsom family, 391.
Folsom, John, 53, 56, 39, 65, 66, 116, 118, 119, 123, 171, 175, 180, 182.
Folsom, Nathaniel, 59, 65, 80, 81, 83, 86, 87, 93, 232, 234, 391.
Folsom, Peter, 57, 58, 59, 65, 116, 119, 167, 171. Folsom, Samuel, 59, 80, 81, 82, 86, 93, 239, 391.
Fort William and Mary, raid upon, 240 ; powder from, 241. Fowle, Robert L., 96, 301. French, Henry F., 372. Furnald, Joseph, 107.
Gardner, John, 419. Garland, John, 59, 62, 161.
General court, 7, 13, 44, 46, 48. Giddinge, Eliphalet, 91, 93, 190, 422. Giddinge, Jolın, 80, 84, 86, 87, 89, 91, 380.
Giddinge, Zebulon, 73. 75, 78, 188, 422.
Gilman, Daniel, 423.
Gilman, Edward, 57, 58, 59, 66, 67, 116, 158, 159, 162, 163, 167, 318. Gilman, Edward, Jr., 49, 59, 114, 123.
Gilman, Ezekiel, 231.
Gilman, John, 58, 59, 64. 69, 74, 115, 117, 118, 119, 125, 163, 164, 171, 174. 175, 179, 181, 349. Gilman, Major John, 336. Gilman, John T., 92, 93, 99, 104, 126, 421. Gilman, Joseph, 81, 84, 86, 91, 419. Gilman, Josiah, 80, 82, 93, 181, 194. Gilman, Moses, 59, 118, 119, 171. Gilman, Nathaniel, 97, 180, 182, 198.
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HISTORY OF EXETER.
Gilman, Nathaniel 3d, 106, 108, 126, 191, 257.
Gilman, Nicholas, 70, 74, 80, 81. 84, 86, 87, 92, 98, 99, 120, 126, 174,
175, 177, 178, 180, 181. 185, 352. Gilman, Nicholas, Jr., gift for pious uses, 193.
Gilman, Peter, 78, 80, 81, 82, 180, 182, 189, 194, 195, 416. Gilman, Samuel, 73, 76, 80, 82, 84, 180, 181, 186, 194, 195, 352. Gordon family, 393.
Gordon, Alexander, 59, 218.
Gordon, Nathaniel, 86, 91, 93.
Gordon, Nicholas, 70, 179, 181.
Gorham, David W., 387.
Gove's rebellion against Cranfield, 63.
Grants of lands by town in 1643 and 1644, 131 ; in 1645, 6, 7, 132 ; in 1648. 9. 50, 133; in 1651-2, 134; in 1654 to 1664, 135; 1665- 1678, 136; 1681 to 1693, 137; in 1697-8, 138; 1699 to 1706, 139; 1706 to 1724, 143; in 1725, 141 ; in 1740, 146. Grant. Daniel, 91. Grant, Francis, 308. Great bay, 3. Greenfield, Samuel, 45, 47, 48. 51, 59, 131. Grist-mills, 324. Gross, Isaac, 12, 19, 26. Hackett, James, 243, 338. Hale, Eliphalet, 86, 93, 380. Hall, Kinsley, 61, 65, 169, 173, 174, 175, 350.
Hall, Ralph, 4, 18, 26. 62, 65, 116. 118, 119, 131, 166. Hatch, Samuel, 395. Helme, Christopher, 18, 26. Hethersay, Robert, 45, 60, 131. Highways, repairs of, 122; laying out, 123, 125. Hildreth, Rev. Hosea, 198. 294. Hilton, Dudley, 225.
Hilton, Edward, 3, 8, 20, 27, 56,
114, 115, 130, 157, 159, 163, 173. Hilton, Richard, 77, 173, 176, 177, 352.
Hilton, Col. Winthrop's expeditions, 223 ; death, 225.
Hilton, William, 20, 27, 68, 130. Hobart, Samuel, 328.
Homicides in Exeter, Mrs. Willix, 403; Johnson, 404; John Wad- leigh, 405; Mrs. Ferguson, 407.
Houses, early : Clifford house, 416 ; Dean house, 418; Ladd house, 420 ; Rowland house, 422; Odiorne house, Hildreth house, 423; Peabody house, Gilman house, 424; Tilton house, 425.
Hoyt, Joseph, 9, 109, 295. Hutchinson, Anne, 6, 7, 11. Hutchinson, Samuel, 8, 28.
Independence, earliest suggestion of, 87.
Indian deeds of 1638, 8, 9 ; of 1639, 14; disputed deed of 1629. 10; Appendix 1, 431.
Indian wars, 215.
Inhabitants prior to 1680, 59.
Insurance companies, 347.
Jones, Abner, 204.
Jones, Thomas, 45, 60, 131.
Judges and lawyers, notices of, 349. Kelly, John, 109, 369. Kimming, John, 60.
King, Thomas, 45, 54, 60, 114, 123, 157, 161, 162.
Ladd, Daniel, 229.
Ladd, Eliphalet, 190, 420. Ladd. Nathaniel, 60, 64, 167, 181, 217, 421.
Lamson, George, 364.
Lamson, John, 80, 236, 304. Lamprey river, 3, 20. Lamprey, Henry, 61. Lands, first allotment of, 19, Appen- dix II, 435.
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HISTORY OF EXETER.
Lands, grants of, 130; see " Grants of lands."
Lands, final distribution of, 145.
Lary, Cornelius, 60. Lawrence, David, 60, 177.
Lawrence, Jotham, 198, 363.
Lawson, Christopher, 17, 28, 42, 44, 47, 48, 158. Lawyers, 349.
Leavitt family, 340.
Leavitt, Jeremy, 60, 116.
Leavitt, Moses, 60, 65, 70, 167, 169, 172, 173, 175, 176, 177.
Leavitt, Samuel, 53, 60, 68, 119, 171, 172, 173, 175, 176, 177.
Leavitt, Thomas, 4, 18, 29.
Legat, John, 44. 45, 50, 51, 52, 60, 114, 123, 158, 159, 161, 162.
Legislation, earliest, 21, 41.
Light, John, 69.
Listen, Nicholas, 60, 114, 118, 119.
Littlefield, Edmund, 18, 29, 317.
Localities, 426.
Long, John C., 395.
Lougee, John, 225.
Louisburg expedition, 230.
Lumbering, 51, 335.
Lyford family, 392.
Manufacturers, 341.
Marriages, GEN., 50.
Marshall, Christopher, 12, 30.
Marston, Gilman, 109, 111, 279.
Mason, John, 55, 62. 65.
Mason, Robert Tufton, 55, 62, 63, 64, 65.
Massachusetts jurisdiction, 45.
Mast trees, 70 ; riot of 1734, 72.
Mathews, Francis, 18, 30.
Maverick, Samuel, 55, 56, 57.
Meeting-houses. 71, 160, 162, 167, 173, 179, 181, 191, 194, 198. Merchants and trades, 342.
Merrill, Abner and sons, 340.
Merrill, Charles A., 109.
Merrimac river, 8, 9, 13.
Methodist society and pastors, 205.
Mills and' manufactures, 317, 331. Mob, paper money, of 1786, 96.
Montague. Griffin, 30, 317.
Moore, William, 30, 44, 45, 68, 118, 119, 164, 173, 175, 319. Morrill, William B., 111.
Morris, Richard, 12, 17, 19, 31.
Moses, Henry C., 203, 340.
Moses, John F., 201, 203, 340.
Mount Wollaston, 11.
Needham, Nicholas, 8, 9, 17, 31, 42. New Hampshire, a royal province, 62.
Newmarket parish set off, 178.
New parish, 186 ; set off, 188 ; history of, 194.
Newspapers, 301.
New Testament first printed in New Hampshire, 304.
Norris, Charles, 306.
Norris, Nicholas, 60, 127.
North, Nathan, 385.
Notices of settlers of 1638-9, 21.
Nutter, Elder Hatevil, 156.
Oath of the elders, 18 ; of the people, 19. Odiorne, Thomas, 80, 86, 304, 339, 423.
Odlin family, 393.
Odlin, Rev. John, engaged, 177; sal- ary, 182; death of, 187.
Odlin, Rev. Woodbridge, colleague, 185; death of, 189.
Officers, town: rulers, assistant rulers, town elerks, selectmen, 148 ; mod- erators, representatives, 151.
Oyster river, 3, 5, 9, 14.
Paper-mills, 327.
Paper money, 70, 93, 95.
Parker, Nathaniel, 357.
Parker, William, 86, 87, 355.
Paseataqua river, 3, 7, 9, 11, 57.
Peabody, Nathaniel, 383.
Peabody, Oliver, 73, 99, 104, 126, 356, 424. Peabody, Oliver W. B., 365.
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HISTORY OF EXETER.
Pearson, Henry H., 281. Pearson, Joseph, 395.
Peavey, George C., 375.
Perkins, Albert M., 282. Perry, William, 191, 385.
Perryman, Nicholas, 77, 185, 186, 354.
Pettit, Thomas, 18, 32, 44, 52, 114, 164.
Phillips Exeter academy, 293 ; notices of officers and benefactors, 294.
Phillips, John, 80, 81, 84, 99, 194, 239, 335. Physicians, notices of, 378. Pickering, John, 356.
Pickpocket mills, 321, 326.
Pike, Robert, 114, 117, 118, 119.
Poor, Enoch, 80, 81, 86, 87, 245, 394.
Poor of Boston, tax for, 85. Poor, support of, 105.
Pormort, Philemon, 12, 18, 32.
Powder house, 82; mills, 328. Prayer in town meetings, 105. Prices, scale of, fixed, 94.
Printers, 301.
Provincial congress first, 84 ; second, 87; fifth, 88. Public library, 109.
Publishments, 1783 to 1800, GEN., 79.
Quakers, 200. Ranlet, Henry, 102, 304.
Rashleigh, Thomas, 44, 60, 131, 155. Read, Robert, 18, 33, 318. Rebellion, see " War for the Union." Records of town, 43, Appendix II, 435.
Revolutionary soldiers from Exeter, in 1775, 242, 245; in 1776, 247; in 1777, 249; in 1778, 251; in 1779, 253 ; in 1780, 253 ; in 1781, 254; bounties and supplies to, 255.
Rice, John, gift of, 189. Rishworth, Edward, 18, 33, 41.
Robinson female seminary, 291. Robinson family, 393.
Robinson, Ephraim, 78, 86. Robinson, John, 60, 75, 123, 163, 179, 216.
Robinson, Jonathan, 60, 65, 167, 175.
Roby, Henry, 18, 33, 44, 45, 50, 123, 159, 161.
Rogers, Rev. Daniel, engaged, 195 ; death of, 196.
Rogers, John, 395.
Rogers, Rainsford, 413.
Rollins, Thomas, 60, 64, 116, 218.
Roman catholic society and pastors, 208.
Rowland, William F., 73, 190.
Rundlet, Charles, 80.
Ruobone, George, 17, 34.
Saddlery and carriages, 339.
Sail cloth, manufacture of, 339.
Saw-mill privileges granted, 321, 323. Saw-mills, taxation of, 165.
Seminary, Robinson female, 291.
Seward, Robert, 18, 34, 44, 60.
Schools of Exeter, 285; early in- structors, 286; school districts, 289; grading of, 290. Scrivener (Scribner), John, 175.
Ship-building, 336.
Sinclair, John, 60. Sleeper, John S., 308.
" Small causes," commissioners to end, 51.
Smart, John, 20, 34, 45, 60, 173.
Smith, Edward, 57, 58, 60, 64, 116, 167. Smith, Jeremiah, 103, 106, 107, 126, 359.
Smith, Robert, 18, 34, 44, 46, 51.
Smith, Theophilus, 71, 80, 91, 177, 181, 182. Smith, William, 364.
Societies, 426. Soldiers, first officers of, 42, 48. Soule, Gideon L., 295.
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HISTORY OF EXETER.
Squamscot patent 4 ; annexed to Exe- ter, 120.
Squamseot river, 4, 12.
Stamp act, effigies burned, 78.
Stanyon, Anthony, 19, 34, 45, 51, 124, 319.
Stickney, William W., 107, 111, 374.
Storre, Augustine, 8, 9, 17, 19, 35.
Storrs, Rev. George, 206.
Streets : named, 103, 107; lighted, 110; 126.
Sullivan, George, 126, 358.
Sullivan, John, 84, 87, 97, 366.
Swain, Francis, 60, 160, 161.
Swamp land, clearing of, 137.
Swasey, Joseph, 80, 91.
Swasey, Nathaniel, 220 n. (see “ Cor- rections").
Swett, Samuel B., 388.
Swett, Simeon, 205.
Taylor, William, 61, 160.
Taxation, illegal, of Cranfield, re- sisted, 66. Tedd, John, 45, 61.
Temperance action of town, 104, 106, 108.
Tenney, Samuel. 99, 101, 126, 382. Thing family, 392.
Thing, Bartholomew, 74, 75, 179.
Thing, Benjamin, 71, 76, 181, 182, 185.
Thing, Jonathan, 61, 65, 67, 68, 70, 116, 118, 119, 120, 167, 171, 176, 177, 218. Thing, Samuel, 70, 175, 177. Thom, James, 258, 362. Tilton, Dr. Joseph, 381. Tilton, Joseph, Jr., 104, 107, 198, 362. Timber trees, respecting cutting, 52, 53.
Tippen, Bartholomew, 62. Town-house, 109.
Transcripts of Exeter records, Ap- pendix II, 435.
Trees, ornamental, 415 ; oldest elm, 415.
Tuek, Amos, 370. Unitarian society and pastors, 208. Universalist society and pastors, 203. Wadleigh, John. 61. 64, 171.
Wadleigh, Jonathan, 75, 120, 174, 179. Wadleigh, Robert, 61, 64, 68, 171, 174, 349. Walker, Samuel, 17, 35, 44.
Walker, Seth, 395.
Wall, James, 8, 18, 36, 45, 50, 51, 114, 123, 124, 131, 159.
Walton, George, 17, 36.
War of 1812, 104; Exeter soldiers in, 257.
War for the union, 261; Exeter sol- diers in, 261, 277.
Wardell, Thomas, 12, 18, 36, 42, 44, 46. Wardell, William, 12, 18, 37.
Warren, John, 61, 116, 123.
Washington, visit of, 1789, 99; honors to, 102.
Water works, 110.
Webster, Nathaniel, 149 (see "Cor- rections"), 181.
Wedgewood, John, 53, 61.
Wehanownowit, 8, 9, 10, 14.
Wells, John S., 373.
Wenbourne, William, 18, 37, 44, 46. Wentworth, William, 17, 38, 169, 170.
Wheelwright, John, 4, 5, 6. 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 17, 21, 38, 49, 112, 131, 155, 156, 157. " White Caps," the, 411. Whitefield, Rev. George, 187, 196, 424.
Wiggin, Andrew, 65.
Wiggin, Simon, 174, 176, 177.
Wiggin, Thomas, 3, 13, 45, 51, 112, 116, 120, 121, 163, 175. Wight, Thomas, 17, 39, 45.
Williams, John J., 307.
Willix, Balthazar, 40, 45.
Wilson, Gowen, 49, 50, 61, 125.
Wilson, Humphrey, 45, 61, 65, 114, 125, 159, 171, 174, 325. €
Wilson, Thomas, 4, 17, 40, 42, 48, 125, 130, 185, 317.
Winieowet (Hampton), 13. Winthrop, Gov. John, 160, 169. Wood, Alva, 375. Wool trade, 30. Young, John, 61, 64, 116, 119, 218, 220.
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