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On the 10th of September, less than one year from the time of the original conception of the idea, the academy had been built, dedicated, and formally opened with appropriate ceremonies, in- cluding an address by Rev. Baron Stow. The first term of the school commenced September 10, with Rev. Oliver Ayer as principal and Miss Caroline Garland, who soon after became Mrs. Ayer, as assistant. The salary of the principal was $500 per year; that of the assistant, five dollars per week. The school was under the control of a board of nineteen trustees appointed annually by the Baptist association, the proprietors of the building having the right to nom- inate seven of the number.
The first annual report of the secretary, Rev. J. Newton Brown, showed a very prosperous condition of affairs. A philosophical apparatus had been secured, a library established, and a reading- room fitted up and supplied with current literature. The board of instruction had been increased to four. The attendance at the summer term had been ninety, the whole number of different schol- ars during the year 151. The income from tuition had been enough
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to meet all current expenses, and ninety-five students had been en- rolled for the ensuing term. By the second annual report, October, 1836, we learn that the fall term, under the instruction of Mr. Ayer and his assistants, had continued eleven and one half weeks, and was attended by one hundred and two scholars; the winter term of seventeen weeks by sixty-six scholars. The summer term had ninety-six pupils. The whole number of different scholars in at- tendance during the year was one hundred and thirty-eight.
An act of incorporation was obtained this year by which the building was to revert to the proprietors when the school should remain closed for six months. Mr. Ayer resigned his position as principal at the end of the second year. During the time Mr. Ayer was principal were the most prosperous years of the academy. The want of a permanent fund made it difficult to command and retain teachers of the first ability. This proved a serious impediment in the way of success. Efforts were made at different times to raise an endowment fund, but the friends of the academy in this town had done all they were able in erecting the building, and its patrons and friends were not wealthy. The deficiency commenced in the second year of the school's existence and continued all the time after except when the principals could be induced to assume the responsibilities themselves. Mr. Ayer died in 1899, aged eighty- eight years.
Mr. Ayer was succeeded by Mr. Moses Burbank for a year and a half. During his term of service there was a large falling off in attendance. In 1837, an unsuccessful attempt was made to raise funds to establish a boarding-house in connection with the school. The town's people must have been friendly to the school, when they were willing to take students to board at $1.50 per week, includ- ing lights and washing. Some students who wished to still further reduce their expenses boarded themselves in the room over the store. Mr. Burbank was succeeded by Rev. Timothy P. Ropes for one year. The tuition for a year was fourteen dollars for three terms. The attendance the first term was forty-one: second, forty- two; third, fifty-seven. Owing to ill health Mr. Ropes resigned at the end of the year. He died in 1874. From this time until May, 1842, the school was conducted by different principals with no very marked success, and a much smaller attendance than at first. Among those having charge during this time was Rev. J. W. Poland, who died a few years since at Goffstown, N. H. In May, 1842, the school was opened by Rev. O. O. Stearns, assisted by Mrs. Stearns.
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The school continued under his charge for one year, to the satis- faction of all. Mr. Stearns during this time supplied the pulpit of the Baptist church on the Sabbath. The combined duties were too much for his strength. After this the school was taught for a short time by Prof. A. Briggs, who also supplied the pulpit.
In November, 1843, Rev. Zebulon Jones signed an agreement, taking charge of the school upon his own responsibility. This arrangement continued until the summer of 1851, and it was the longest and most satisfactory of any in the history of the school. Mr. Jones was a man of endurance and of great executive ability. He was burdened with an invalid wife. He performed the duties of pastor of the church all the time he resided here. During a por- tion of the time he conducted a large boarding-house, boarding most of the out-of-town students. For a time he was county school commissioner. His school at times numbered seventy-five or more. The school suffered somewhat by his attendance upon other duties.
We are able to present the following sketch of the life of Mr. Jones: Rev. Zebulon Jones was the son of Dea. Amzi Jones, and was born in Cornwall, Vt., September 8, 1812. He labored on his father's farm until he was about eighteen years of age. He fitted for college at Newton Academy at Shoreham, Vt., and graduated from Middlebury College in 1836. Immediately after graduation he became principal of the academy at Hancock, N. II., and was at the same time pastor of the Baptist church in that town, having been ordained there to the work of the Gospel ministry. He re- mained there until 1839, when he became pastor of the Baptist church in Peterborough. In 1843, he removed to Hampton Falls, N. H., as principal of the Rockingham Academy and pastor of the Baptist church, in which relation he continued until 1851. While here he was county school commissioner and a member of the state board of education and was chairman of that body. His interest in educational work in the state at large was deep and fruitful of much good. For a few years after leaving Hampton Falls he was pastor of the churches in Monkton and Cornwall, Vt., and for some little time he was engaged in secular business, and for a year or more colporteur of the publications of the American Baptist Publication Society. About 1868, he resumed the work of the ministry as pastor of the Baptist church in East Hubbardton, Vt., and contin- ued in that relation until his death March 2, 1883. Mr. Jones was a ripe scholar, a thorough and successful teacher, a strong and ner-
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vous writer, an acceptable preacher. At the time of his death he was the oldest settled Baptist pastor in the state of Vermont.
For two terms after Mr. Jones the school was under the charge of Mr. Joshua M. Pitman, a good scholar and a fine man, but one who lacked discipline and executive ability. He was succeeded in March, 1852, by Lysander Dickerman, who had been serving as associate principal of Pierce Academy at Middleboro, Mass. He brought with him a number of young men of the better class who became students. His administration was characterized by thor- oughness of instruction and strictness of discipline, in both of which qualities the school had at times been deficient. The school under his management came nearer being an ideal school than anything ever seen in this vicinity. It is to be regretted that he could not have continued longer, and that a fuller record of his time could not have been preserved. No catalogue was issued during the six terms he was here. The residence and present whereabouts of many who were here at that time are unknown. After leaving here Mr. Dickerman graduated from Andover, Mass., Theological Sem- inary. He was settled in Rindge and Walpole in New Hampshire, and in other places. He is now a retired clergyman, living in New York City.
Lysander Dickerman was born June 8, 1825. He fitted for col- lege at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass .; was graduated from Brown University, Providence, R. I., in the class of 1851. He taught for a time at Pierce Academy, Middleboro, Mass., came to Hampton Falls February, 1852, and took charge of Rockingham Academy as principal. He remained here six terms, leaving in 1853. During his short stay in Middleboro he had become very popular with the students, eighteen of whom came with him to Hampton Falls to be fitted for college. These students added not a little to the popularity and high character of the school, which consequently numbered during his principalship from sixty to sev- enty pupils. He was graduated in 1857 from Andover, Mass., Theological Seminary; was settled as pastor of the Congregational church at Weymouth, Mass., until 1869. He then spent three years in Egypt and at the German universities of Halle and Berlin. January, 1873, he was settled in Quincy, Ill., and later in San Francisco, Cal., till the autumn of 1880. Since then he has lec- tured on Egyptian archeology in various universities. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from Brown University in 1893. Mr. Dickerman was loved and respected by his pupils, a
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few of whom still survive, and cherish pleasant memories of his instruction.
Mr. Dickerman was succeeded by Mr. Francis M. Dodge of Wen- ham, Mass., who taught the school successfully for a number of terms. He resigned in November, 1855, because the trustees would assume no financial responsibility. After this the school was taught for a short time by Mr. George B. Elden of Maine, Rev. Alfred Colburn, and others, with no great success. The number of scholars was small.
In 1864, the clerk was instructed to ascertain the names of the proprietors of the Academy building, and reported as follows: Richard Dodge, nine shares; George H. Dodge, seven; John W. Dodge, five; T. S. Sanborn, three; D. Janvrin, two; John S. Tilton, two. In 1865 and 1866, an attempt was made to ascertain the legal claims of the association upon the Academy building, and report some course for final action. This closes the record.
In 1871, the building was occupied as a shoe factory. This con- tinued for a year or two. In 1874, an attempt was made to have the town fit up the lower story for a schoolroom and the upper for a public hall. After an exciting contest at the annual meeting in March it was voted to do so, and a committee was chosen to carry the vote into effect. From some cause it was considered desirable to call another meeting in relation to the matter, which was accord- ingly done on the 29th of March. This meeting was very fully attended. The prosecution was conducted by N. H. Robie and Wil- liam H. Dodge as attorneys. The defense was attempted by a num- ber of citizens. The great legal ability shown on this occasion by these attorneys, together with the skill with which they handled the case, made it an easy matter for "Academy up" to be carried by a large majority. There was a great deal of ill feeling shown at this meeting. A committee was chosen to carry out the vote, but no one cared to be responsible in the matter, as the title of the building was in doubt. It probably belonged to those who claimed to own it, but no one of them had any documents which would substantiate their claims, so the matter which had excited so much ill feeling was allowed to drop. The Academy building was destroyed by an incendiary fire on the night of April 30, 1875.
Previous to the erection and occupation of the Baptist meeting- house in 1836, the church service had been held in the Academy hall, and up to 1871 this hall had been used more or less for religious services, sometimes on the Sabbath but more especially for evening meetings.
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LYSANDER DICKERMAN. Principal of Rockingham Academy, 1852-53.
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The presidential election in this town in 1864 was held in the Academy hall, as were a number of the special town meetings dur- ing the war of the Rebellion. The hall was also used for levees, lectures, entertainments, dances, etc. After its destruction it was much missed by those who had been in the habit of going there.
The bell which was destroyed by fire was the first and only one ever hung in the town up to that time. It cost about one hundred dollars, three fourths of which was contributed by the citizens and one fourth by the trustees. It was used by the Baptist church to call its congregation for religious services. It was tolled for the first time at the funeral of Dudley Dodge in 1834.
The following were prominent members of the board of trustees: Rev. Silas Insley, William Lampson, N. Hooper, C. W. Flanders, Oliver Ayer, Samuel Cook, J. W. Poland, Samuel Cleaves, G. C. Brown, Peter Sanborn, William Brown, Richard Dodge, and George H. Dodge. George H. Dodge acted nearly all the time of its active life as its treasurer, and always took an active interest in its welfare.
This institution exerted a very beneficial influence on the place in awakening a desire for culture and affording the means. The self-denying efforts of its founders were not wasted, for its alumni have an honorable record. The annual exhibitions held in its early days were of great merit and not soon to be forgotten.
Perhaps some may be led to ask why a school which had at times so large an attendance, and showed so much life, should have ceased to exist, and it is not a hard question to answer. There were a great many academies in existence at that time, all striving to get patron- age. There were not students enough to support them all, and the weaker and less favorably located ones were the first to suffer and succumb. Even those which were well endowed have seen hard times; the establishment of high schools in the cities and all large towns enabled the children to be educated and fitted for college while living at home at small expense. With all this to contend with only the stronger and more popular academies have been able to maintain an existence. The country academy, once so potent in educational work, is now largely a thing of the past. To show the people of the town at the present time something of the extent and nature of the school, and the large area from which it drew its students, we give the names and places of residence of those en- rolled in two of its catalogues. The first is the catalogue of 1835- 36, the second year of its existence. The school was at that time under Mr. Ayer as principal, and five assistants, and the whole num- ber enrolled for the year was one hundred and eighty-eight.
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CATALOGUE OF ROCKINGHAM ACADEMY, 1835-36.
John C. Akerman, Hampton Falls. Winthrop Gove, Seabrook. Franklin B. Abbott, Newburyport, William H. Gilman, Exeter. Mass. Nathan Griffin, Deerfield.
George L. Brown, Hampton Falls. James W. Green, Chester. Nahum Brown, Brentwood. Benjamin F. Gilman, Tamworth.
Emery Brown. Seabrook.
Peter C. Gayetty, Rindge. Benjamin F. S. Griffin, Pelham.
John Brown, Kensington. Theodore C. Brown, Falls.
Hampton Jeremiah C. Garland, Strafford.
Elijah Blake, Stoughton, Mass. Josiah Bartlett, Manchester.
James D. Bell, Chester.
John Burden,“ Hampstead.
John J. Bell, Exeter.
Joseph J. Hoyt, Salisbury. Josiah Hook, Brentwood.
Charles F. Chase, Hampton Falls. Nathaniel A. Kimball, Plaistow.
Charles Chase, Hampton Falls. Frederick P. Chase," Newtown.
Sewall G. Kinne, Canaan.
Levi E. Lane,* Hampton Falls. Perley S. Chase,* Chester. Alfred Lindsey,* N. Yarmouth, Me. Hiram Chase, Chester. Rufus Chase, Deerfield. Cyrus K. Littlefield, Wells, Me. Newell Lamprey,“ Kensington. Nathan Chase, Londonderry. William T. Merrill, Hampton Falls. Richard H. Chase, Haverhill, Mass. Nathaniel W. Merriam, Hampton Falls. Matthew Merriam, Hampton Falls.
John W. Colcord,# Exeter. George W. Cate.# Hampton.
Manning W. Cook." Hampton Falls. Thomas S. Montgomery, Concord.
Enoch P. Couch, Salisbury.
Orlando Morse, Norfolk, Va.
William F. Cushman,* Portsmouth. Phineas Merrill, Stratham.
Samuel H. Cushman,* Portsmouth. Isaac Merrill, Newtown.
Samuel Cochrane, Seabrook. James Clarke, Wells, Me.
John B. Marston,* Manchester. Daniel S. Morrill. Salisbury.
Benjamin F. Cram, Hampt'n Falls. Jonathan Merrium. Wells, Me.
Samuel R. Cleaves, Portsmouth.
Francis E. Cleaves,* Wenham, William Putnam, Danvers, Mass.
Mass.
Elbridge Putnam, Danvers, Mass. Joseph E. Cram, Deerfield. Joshua C. Perkins,* Hampton William J. Douglas,"; Salisbury, Mass. Falls. James Perkins, Hampton Falls. John W. Dodge,"; Hampton Falls. Lewis Perkins, Rye. James D. Dodge,“ Hampton Falls. Edward D. Philbrick, Seabrook.
Stephen Dodge, Hampton Falls. Benjamin Benjamin Evans, Salisbury, Mass. John Evans, Salisbury, Mass. Charles W. Flanders,"t Amesbury, Mass.
Poole,* Gloucester,
Mass. Solomon S. Poole,# Gloucester, Mass. James Poole, Gloucester, Mass.
William Foster, Gloucester, Mass. William H. Pervear, Hampton Horatio Foster, Beverly, Mass. Falls. Larkin Foster,* Beverly, Mass. Jabez Richardson, Gloucester, Mass.
Albert Gove, Seabrook.
Wells W. Healey,# Hampton Falls. Joseph Hobbs,* Wells, Me. Joseph C. Hartshorn,* Mass.
Boston,
Elias S. Putnam, Danvers, Mass.
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William P. Sargent, Amesbury, Julia A. Eaton, Candia. Mass.
Thomas L. Sanborn, Hampton Falls.
Edward Sargent, South Hampton. John C. G. Swazy, Boston, Mass. Dean R. Tilton,* Hampton Falls. Edward Tuck, Brentwood.
Josiah H. Tilton, Deerfield.
Eliza T. Emery, West Newbury, Mass.
Harriet Farley, Amesbury, Mass. Susan D. Felch, Sutton. Elizabeth Flanders, Amesbury,
Mass.
Charlotte French, South Hampton. Avis Ann Gove, Hampton Falls.
Mass. Salisbury,
Monroe G. J. Tewksbury,* Ames- Elizabeth L. Green, bury, Mass.
Elvira P. Gove, Seabrook.
Amos Towle, Exeter. William F. Towle, Hampton Falls. Susan T. Herbert, Amesbury, Mass. Thomas Tewksbury, South Hamp- Olive Hatch, Wells, Me.
ton.
John W. Wiggin,# Concord.
Windsor B. Wait,“ Paxton, Mass.
Rice R. Whittier, Deerfield.
Philip White, South Hampton.
Samuel L. Young, Gloucester, Elizabeth Lord, Brookline, Mass. Mass.
Martha D. Ayer, Plaistow.
Eliza A. Bartlett, Plaistow.
Cynthia Lane, Hampton Falls. Martha F. Mellen, Hampton Falls. Ellen W. Mellen, Hampton Falls. Elizabeth S. Merrill, Hampton Falls.
Hannah M. Brown,# Seabrook. Abigail A. Brown, Hampton Falls. Emily Brown, Hampton Falls. Judith S. Morse, Exeter. Almira Brown, Hampton Falls. Juliette T. Merrium, Wells, Me. Mary Norris, Stratham. Sarah L. Brown, Hampton Falls. Nancy Brown, Kensington. Angelina Peaslee, Newtown. Lucy Beal, Salisbury, Mass. Mary J. Pervear, Hampton Falls. Caroline P. Beal, Salisbury, Mass. Mary T. Prescott. Hampton Falls. Hannah Blake, Hampton Falls. Jane Plummer, Kingston.
Ruth Ann Boardman, Newbury, Harriet Poole, Gloucester. Mass. Mass.
Mary E. Parsons. Newbury, Mass.
Lucy Batchelder, Hampton Falls. Hannah C. Peaslee, Newtown.
Dolly Batchelder, Hampton Falls. Sally T. Rowell, Amesbury, Mass.
Nancy Batchelder, Hampton Falls. Mary O. Robinson, Epping.
Abigail Chase, Hampton Falls.
Sarah Chase, Seabrook. Harriet D. Cram, Hampton Falls. Gracia F. Cram. Hampton Falls. Clarinda F. Cook. Hampton Falls. Mary Carr, Poplin. Ann H. Cannon, Wilton.
Mary D. Dodge," Hampton Falls. Sally L. Dow, Epping.
Deborah G. Dudley, Brentwood. Margaret A. Denison, Gloucester, Mass.
Hannah E. Smith, Hampton Falls. Harriet W. Sanborn," Hampton Falls.
Susan Smith, Brentwood.
Sarah E. Sawyer,“ Salisbury, Mass. Harriet S. Swett, Amesbury, Mass. Sarah L. Swett, Amesbury, Mass. Eunice Smith, So. Reading, Mass. Susan W. Tilton, Deerfield.
Julia D. Tilton, Deerfield. Eunice Tilton, Hampton Falls. Mary A. Tewksbury, So. Hampton.
Mehitabel E. Harriman, Plaistow. Elizabeth A. Healey, Hampton Falls.
Sarah E. Janvrin. Hampton Falls. Augusta Ladd," Epping.
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Polly R. Tewksbury, So. Hampton. Sarah P. Wells,* Hampton Falls.
Parna Towle, Epping. Mary S. Winkley,* Amesbury, Mass. Mary Ann Towle, Hampton Falls. Sarah L. Winkley, Amesbury, Mass. Almira Tewksbury, Amesbury, Parna E. Wilson, Lee.
Mass. Nancy S. Wadleigh, Brentwood. Mary A. Tewksbury, Amesbury, Abigail Wells,* Hampton Falls. Mass. Lucy A. Wells, Hampton Falls.
Sarah Taylor, Amesbury, Mass.
Sally M. Webster, Kingston. Catherine Taylor, Newbury, Mass. Clarissa Wadleigh, Epping. Nancy A. Tewksbury, Amesbury, Eveline A. Young, Dover. Mass.
Those with an asterisk affixed to their names are in the study of the classics; those marked with a dagger are pursuing the freshman course in Brown University.
CATALOGUE OF ROCKINGHAM ACADEMY, 1843-44.
Rev. Zebulon Jones, principal, with three assistants. Those marked * are pursuing higher English branches, t Latin, ¿ Greek, I French, p. Italian.
David L. Ambrose,t Deerfield. William P. Kimball, Marblehead,
Hooper A. Appleton, Beverly, Mass.
Mass.
John T. Batchelder, Hampton Falls.
Otis Boyes,t Georgetown, Mass.
John N. Brown,* Seabrook.
Warren Brown, Seabrook.
Charles P. Brown, Seabrook.
Louis Cass, Marblehead, Mass. John Coulston, tf Boston, Mass. Samuel Cole, Jr.,*t Beverly, Mass. Charles E. Dalton,* Brentwood. Richard Dodge, Jr.,* Wenham, Mass.
Joseph G. Dodge,* Wenham, Mass. Charles S. Marston, Newburyport,
Francis M. Dodge, Wenham, Mass. Stephen Dodge, Hampton Falls. Charles Gove, Hampton Falls. Jeremiah Green, Seabrook.
John F. Dodge, Hamilton, Mass. William H. Hills, Plaistow.
George W. Hilton, Newmarket. Charles Hoyt, Amesbury, Mass. DeWit C. Jewell,* Stratham.
John R. Kimball, Marblehead, Mass.
Jacob E. B. Kierulff, *; St. Thom- as, W. I.
Richard Knight, Newbury, Mass. John Knowlton,* Hamilton, Mass. Samuel P. Ladd, *; Epping.
George L. Brown, Hampton Falls. Charles B. Leavitt, Boston, Mass. Nathan W. Brown, Hampton Falls. Michael Little, Newbury, Mass.
Benjamin Marsh, Hampton Falls. William T. Merrill, *; Hampton Falls.
John Merrill, Jr.,*+ Newbury, Mass.
Alva Merrill, Methuen, Mass.
Mass.
Charles W. DeMerritt, Plaistow. John M. Morse, *; Newbury, Mass. John G. Morse, Georgetown, Mass.
William P. Healey, Hampton Falls. Manley Morse, Georgetown, Mass.
Benjamin Osgood, Salisbury, Mass. George Parsons, ** Gloucester,
Mass.
Thomas L. Sanborn, *; Hampton Falls.
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Joseph Sanborn, Hampton Falls. Albert Sanborn, Hampton Falls. John F. Sanborn,* Chester. Luther C. Sanborn, Chester. David C. Sanborn, Seabrook. Enoch Stevens, Bradford, Mass. John Seaward, Gloucester, Mass. Hezekiah B. Stevens,# Deerfield.
Sarah A. Brown,* Seabrook.
Mary F. Brown," Hampton Falls. Mary Ann Brown,* Hampton Falls. Louisa J. Chase,"+ Chester.
Lydia A. Chase, Seabrook. Sarah E. Dodge,* Hampton Falls. Eliza A. Easterbrook," Haverhill, Mass.
Richard Stewart, Haverhill, Mass. Mary E. Gove, Hampton Falls.
John N. Sleeper, Plaistow.
Nathan Sargent,* Hopkinton.
Thomas F. Tewksbury,# Hopkin- Nancy Green, Seabrook.
ton.
Anna Green, Seabrook.
Sarah Janvrin, Hampton Falls.
Mary Janvrin," Stratham.
Elbridge A. Towle, Hampton Falls. Catherine Janvrin, Stratham. Dallion G. Varney,# Newbury, Louisa Johnson,# Haverhill, Mass. Mass.
Mary E. Jones, Hampton Falls.
Esther Lamprey," Kensington.
Betsey P. Laing,"+ Kittery, Me.
Alva Wood,"f Georgetown, Mass. Martha A. Morse, Newbury, Mass. Mary J. Akerman, Hampton Falls. Mary Philbrick, Seabrook. Elizabeth Allison,#t Peterborough. Fanny W. Pervear, Hampton Falls. Lydia Atwood,# Concord.
Ruth A. Rowe," Seabrook.
Sarah J. Sanborn,# Seabrook.
Lurana A. Weare,“ Seabrook.
Mary A. Smith, Hampton Falls.
Sarah Perkins,“ Seabrook.
Charlotte E. Stearns, Deerfield.
Orinda Jewell, Stratham.
EXPENSES.
Tuition in common English branches for 11 weeks $3.50
In higher English branches for 11 weeks. 4.00
In Greek, Latin, and French. 4.50
In Drawing additional to other branches. 1.00
Incidental expenses .121/2
Board in private families from $1.37 to $1.50 per week. There are rooms properly furnished in which students can board themselves, and thus reduce expenses.
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Elizabeth S. Green,# Hampton
Falls.
Otis Tilton, Hampton Falls.
Enoch J. Tilton, Hampton Falls.
John W. Wadleigh,“ Kensington. John A. White, Pittsfield.
Sarah E. Atwood, Concord.
Marianne Barker,# Stratham.
Caroline P. Barker,* Stratham.
Mary S. Boyd, tp Seabrook.
Almira A. Boyd,* Seabrook.
Ann Maria Brown,# Seabrook.
ROADS.
THE first account we find of a road was June 9, 1640, when a road was laid out from the meeting-house green in Hampton to the Falls, four rods in width. This road was probably located very nearly in the same place where it is today. Some slight alterations have been made, the bridge at the river now being a little lower down than at first. Tradition says that at that time there was no bridge, but that a ford had been made by filling up the stream with stones where the road went. Those on horseback could go over when the banks were nearly full; at half tide people could go over dry shod. The remains of the ford can be seen at the present time at low water. Afterward there was a bridge at the same place, but it was not very high and was liable to overflow during high tides. The old bridge was one half in Hampton Falls, and when the turnpike was built it was moved into Hampton, and this town escaped from helping to maintain an expensive bridge, which would not have been the case had the bridge remained upon the first location. Before the turn- pike was built the road was in poor condition, and was so low as to be overflowed whenever the tide was high enough to cover the marsh, which was usually the case for a number of days each month at or near the time of the new and full moon. This made traveling difficult and at times impossible, and at any time when wet disagree- able for pedestrians. It was a great comfort to the public when the turnpike was built. In 1700, the Hampton town meeting author- ized the Exeter road to be built from the Falls hill toward Exeter. The meeting being warned "to consider the best and easiest way for making of the way from Hampton Falls to Exeter, the town hath voted the surveyors shall forthwith take care to make the bridge over Taylor's river a good cart bridge, and to repair all the other way that belongs to the town to do. But from the bridge to the high land Ensign Tilton doth engage to make it good and maintain it, for which the said Daniel Tilton and his sons are to be freed from
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