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at high tide surround it with water. It is now merely called " the island" without any prefix. Notwithstanding its old name, this island originally formed part of a grant to Thomas Willey, which was adjacent to that of Thomas Canney. Leonard Weeks con- veyed to his son Samuel, Ap. 23, 1706, " all the mash [marsh] and Island of upland" which he bought of Thomas Willey. (See Willey's Spring.)
CANNEY'S MARSH and CREEK, other- wise KENNEY's. Canney's marsh is on the Greenland shore of the Great Bay, adjacent to Canney's creek, and now forms part of the Weeks land. It is so named from Thomas Canney of Dover, who, before 1651, had a grant of nine acres of marsh on the S. W. side of the Great Bay, " bounded on the south running into ye marsh of George Webb's creek, and ye whole marsh in tire till you come out of ye Great Bay at ve north end upon a cove, a neck of land all on ye S. E. side between Geo. Webbes and that. More, two small spots lying by the water side, near to the above marsh, bounded upon ye south west side of ye Great Bay." Thomas and Grace Kenney of Dover, May 4, 1696, con- veyed to Leonard Weeks of Green- land "three acres of meadow on the Great Bay, given by Ould Thomas Kenny to his son Thomas, deceased, as appears by a deed to his son Joseph." Leonard Weeks conveyed to his son Joseph, Ap. 3, 1706, one acre and a half of salt marsh, lying westward of Canney's creek, so called. And, Ap. 23, 1706, he conveyed to his son Samnel Weeks " the marsh I bought that was Cannyes, that lyeth next to Wm. ffurber's marsh, except- ing the cove and flatts belonging to
it, which I have given to my son Jonathan Weeks, and one acre and a half of salt marsh and flatts that I have given to my son Joseph, lying by the westward side of Cannies Crike." This creek is again men- tioned Ap. 23, 1743, when John and Prudence Johnson conveyed to Sam- uel Weeks two acres of salt marsh bounded " on the southwest side on Kenes creek."
CANNEY'S POINT, otherwise KEN- NEY'S. Mentioned in Wm. Week's will of June 13, 1777, in which he gives his son Joshua a piece of land in Greenland, on Kenney's Point, ad- joining the river or Bay, and on the S. E. side of a piece of salt marsh he bought of John Allen.
CAPTAIN'S HILL. This is a little hill on the old road formerly called Low street, in the lower part of Dover Neck. It is said to have de- rived its name from Capt. Thomas Wiggin, but no authority is given for this statement.
CARD'S COVE. This name is now given to Pomeroy's cove, from Capt. Thomas Card, who lived on the north side. He died about twenty years ago at the advanced age of 100 years and 22 days. Card's cove is on the east side of Dover neck, nearly half a mile above Dover Point. It is crossed at the west end by the Ports- mouth & Dover railway.
CARTER'S BROOK. This brook is often mentioned in the early records as "the freshett that goetli into Broad Cove," and "the creek in Broad Cove." (See Broad Cove Freshet.) It is mentioned June 13, 1839, when Cyrus Frink conveyed to Wallis Lane a tract of land in New- ington, beginning at Rocky Point, at
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Carter's brook, so called, thence run- ning west to a stake in the marsh 3 rods N. W. of the site of the old mill formerly owned by John Coleman, and along said creek to a marked rock, then S. to a rock beside the road from Pascataqua bridge to Portsmouth, thence E. by said road to Carter's Lane, then N. to the first bound. This land was conveyed March 17, 1842, to Mr. F. W. de Rochemont, who sold it to Mrs. Mary Orr of Boston, March 21, 1847. Hence the name of Orr's brook and De Rochemont's brook, by which it is sometimes called.
CARTER'S LANE. This is an old road in Newington, leading to Rocky Pt., laid out early in the last century. Geo. Walton conveyed to Samuel and John Shackford, Feb. 27, 1718- 19, ten acres of land (part of fifty acres bought of Henry Langster) " running down between the freshet and the lane that goes to Rocky Poynt." Carter's Lane is now the western boundary of Mr. Valentine M. Coleman's farm. It is one's ideal of a rural lane, being left almost entirely to nature-the path- way grassy from present disuse, shady with overhanging trees, and bordered with a tangle of rose- bushes, vines, and shrubs, and its lower extremity washed by the ebb and flow of the tide around the great flat ledge called Carter's Rocks.
CARTER'S MARSH. This marsh is mentioned in 1658. (See Robert's Creek.) It is on the Greenland shore, where Richard Cater or Carter had a grant, afterwards conveyed to Thomas Packer. (See Hall's Marsh.)
CARTER'S ROCKS. These rocks are on the Newington shore of Broad
Cove, a little below C'arter's brook. At high tide they are separated from the shore, but at other times form a projection from the main land that is commonly called Rocky Point. Here was once a landing-place, to which led the old road now called Carter's Lane. The name is derived from one of the oldest families in Newing- ton. Richard Carter was living near Pine Pt. before 1648. Among his descendants were John and Richard Carter, who owned land in the vicin- ity of Broad Cove in 1719. (See Broad Cove.)
There is a ledge off Penhale Point, on the Cornish coast of England, called Carter's Rock, from people of that name living on the neighboring shore.
CART-WAY. This name was given as early as 1648 to the road that led from Cochecho Falls to the Great Cochecho marsh, north of the " Great hill." It is now the Garrison Hill road. Several other cart-ways in early times are mentioned, one of which led from Tolend falls into Cochecho Log Swamp, and another across Bunker's Neck, " for trans- porting timber," mentioned as early as 1653.
CAULLEY'S MARSH. This marsh is in the Durham Point district, and still retains its ancient name. Mat- thew Giles's land at Colles marsh is mentioned in 1658. Thirty acres were granted " Mr. Thomas Edgerlie, Sent.," March 19, 1693-4, " between Collies marsh and the hornes." John Ambler, Jan. 31, 1725-6, conveyed to " Zebulon Trickey of Kitery, Co. York, province of Mass. Bay," seven or eight acres " on ye high way yt goes from team hill to Collyes marsh."
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Col. James Davis, in his will of Oct. 18, 1748, gives his son Daniel 17 acres granted him in the common land in Durham, adjoining Caulley's marsh. And the land of Francis Footman " at a place called Caulley's marsh" is mentioned in the county records of 1752. A portion of Caul- ley's marsh that formed part of the estate of Robert Mathes, is now owned by Mr. John Meader.
No Canlleys appear in the early rate-lists of Dover. The name may be a corruption of Crawley. Thomas Crawley was brought before the Dover authorities July 14, 1657, for three offences, viz :- for living idly in his calling, for stirring up strife between neighbors, and for drinking with Matthew [perhaps Mat- thew Giles] 14 pints of wine at one williams time at the house of John Webster. For the last offence he was fined, and for the two others admonished and required to pay the fees. This did not subdue him, however. A suit was brought against him June 26, 1660, by Thomas Canney for slander- ing his daughter Phebe, then under age, after which Thomas Crawley disappears from the Dover records.
CEDAR POINT. This point is so called the 5th, 5 mo., 1652, in the grant of Goat Island to Wm. Pom- frett. It is now owned by Mrs. Alley. It is on the upper shore of the Pascataqua, below the mouth of Oyster river, and at the southwest side of Royall's cove. It is a bound of the three townships of Dover, Durham, and Madbury. When the bounds between Dover and Madbury were perambulated Jan. 19, 1793, the line began "at Cedar point, so called, by the river," then ran north
40 deg., or thereabonts, to the south- west corner of Joseph Jenkins' house, thence north 342 deg. W. to a beech tree on Stephen Hanson's land, on the north side of the road to Barring- ton, thence on the same point about 6 ft. from the corner of Dr. Ezra Green's pasture, and thence north 343 deg. W. to the Barrington line.
When the line between Durham and Madbury was perambulated Jan. 9, 1802, it began at " a long rock on Cedar Pt., so called, on the west side of the back river," marked M. on the north, and D. on the south ; thence ran about north 55°, 30' west, to a red oak on the north side of the creek, on land lately belonging to the heirs of Thomas Wallingford, deceased, thence on the same course to the middle of Johnson's creek bridge, thence N. by E. to, and across, Beech hill, and thence to the north-east corner of the town of Lee.
CEDAR SWAMP. This swamp, which is partly in Greenland, and partly in Portsmouth, did not form part of ancient Dover, but is mentioned in connection with its inhabitants. Nathaniel Huggins of Greenland, Jan. 2, 1723-4, conveyed to his son Nathaniel two acres of fresh marsh lying by ye side of Sam1 Neal's meadow, joining to ye Cedar swamp. Thomas Pickering of Newington, in his will of Ap. 4, 1782, gives his son William " my cedar swamp in Ports- mouth, bought of John Holmes."
CHAMPERNOWNE'S CREEK. Men- tioned April 15, 1664, when Samuel Haines had 80 acres of his "divident land " laid out to him adjoining Francis Drake's, " neere Capt. Cham- pernoune's creek," thence running west 72 rods to the cartway at the
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fence between " Gudman Haynes and Walter Neale." (Portsmouth Rec- ords.) This creek rises in the Great Swamp, flows through Greenland, and empties into the Great Bay cast of Packer's Point, but the name is no longer in use. It is now called Packer's creek, from Thomas Packer who acquired part of the Champer- nowne lands, and sometimes Peirce's creek, from Col. J. W. Peirce, who bought part of the Packer estate.
CHANNELL'S ISLANDS. (See Ches- ley's Islands.)
CHARLES'S POINT. Mentioned, ap- parently about 1654, when Jonas Binn or Bine had the grant of an island of two acres, or thereabouts, next Charles Adams' lot, at ye entrance into Little Bay, over against a point called by the name of Charles's point. The only islands at the entrance into Little Bay are Ambler's islands, the largest of which does not contain more than one acre. Goat island, below, has about three acres, but was already granted to Wm. Pomfrett in 1652. Charles's Point is supposed to have been named from said Charles Adams, but the land where his garrison stood was within the mouth of Oyster river, not at the point, which was owned by Jonas Binn or Bine. (See Jonas Point.) The only other land owned by Charles Adams near the river was at Branson's creek, near the mouth of the Great Bay.
CHERRY HILL. This name is given to the homestead of the late Lorenzo Stackpole in Rollinsford, from the profusion of wild cherry trees in the vicinity. Cherry is also used, in part, for the interior wood-work of the house, which was built in the early
part of this century by the Philpot family.
CHESLEY'S HILL. This hill is men- tioned in the Durham records. It is at the west end of Durham village, near the railroad station. It derived its name from the old Chesley resi- dence at the top, where lived five or six generations of this name. The Chesley lands adjoining, originally a part of Valentine Hill's Five-Hundred- Acre grant, extended south as far as Chesley's mill on Oyster river. The house and grounds, now enclosed be- tween the old Mast road and the turnpike road, have recently been acquired by the Agricultural College. There is another Chesley's Hill at Lubberland. (See Great Hill.)
CHESLEY'S ISLANDS. These islands, two in number, are in Great Bay, off that part of the Durham shore ceded to Newmarket in 1870. The name is derived from Joseph Chesley, who, March 26, 1707, bought of Sampson Doe all the land between John God- dard's and Richard Yorke's, and with it six acres and two islands, whichi Joseph Smith had previously sold Nicholas Doe. These islands orig- inally belonged to Richard Yorke, who, about 1652, had a grant of seven acres of marsh in the Great Bay, butting upon two small islands. John
York, Oct. 14, 1680, conveyed to Roger Rose 80 acres of land, granted said York's father, with all meadows, flats, creek, thatch-bed, islands, and islets, belonging to said grant. Roger Rose conveyed this land to John Smith July 17, 1705.
Merrill's Gazeteer of New Hamp- shire, in 1817, mentions Chesley's island as " the south corner boundary of Durham at the west." When the
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bounds were perambulated in 1805, the line on this shore ran from the mouth of Goddard's creek to " Ches- ley's little island." " Chesley's great island" is spoken of in a deed of May 18, 1743. These islands are now called Channell's islands, from the present owner.
CHESLEY'S MILL. See Oyster River Falls.
CHESLEY'S PONDS. These ponds are in the lower part of Barrington. " Chesley's upper pond " and " Ches- ley's lower pond " are on the Barring- ton map of 1805. They are now known as Bodge's and Swayne's ponds. The latter is the source of the Bella- my river. These ponds were formerly separated by a narrow isthmus, but when Sawyer's reservoir dam was built at the outlet of Swayne's pond it caused an overflow which converted them into one pond.
CHURCH'S BROOK. Mentioned Dec. 23, 1712, when a 20 acre grant to Thomas Hanson, Sr., in Ash Swamp, was laid ont to Nathaniel Hanson, beginning near the S. W. corner of Robert Evans' three score acres (ac- quired by John Hanson in 1713), thence running N. 80 rods to a beech tree, then W. 40 rods to a birch near Church's brook. This brook crosses the Dover road to Madbury near Mr. O. K. Hayes's, and empties into the Bellamy. John Church and wife Mary, March 23, 1736-7, conveyed to Wm. Twombly 30 acres of land granted to John Church, Sr., de- ceased, and laid out in Ash Swamp in 1696, but, found to intrench on another grant, 24 acres were removed to " a place called Barbadoes " May 8, 1721, beginning at the west end of Pomfrett Whitehouse's land, sold to
Nathaniel Hanson, thence running N. W. 40 rods to " Bellimon's bank freshet," then N. N. E. 96 rods by the river, then E. S. E. 40 rods to a lot laid out to Thomas Hanson, de- ceased.
John Church, Sr., was killed by the Indians May 7, 1696. His son John, who seems to have married Mercy Hanson, was also killed by the Indians in 1711.
CLAM BROOK. This name is given to one of the two brooks that afford an outlet to Meader's swamp in South Lee, near the site of French's garrison. These brooks unite and empty into Lamprey river below Wadleigh's falls.
CLARK'S BROOK. This brook rises near the source of Wednesday brook, in the Demeritt pasture on the west side of Wednesday Hill, and empties into Lamprey river near Dame's mill, at the head of Lee Hook. Another Clark's brook rises in Rochester, and empties into Blackwater brook in the upper part of Dover.
CLARK'S FERRY. This ferry ran across the Cochecho river, above the mouth of Fresh creek. It is men- tioned Feb. 26, 1730-31, when a road was ordered to be laid out there- to, " along by Ephraim Tebbetts's." This is doubtless the road to Perkins' landing, at the upper side of Bantom's Point, mentioned on Whitehouse's map of Dover. The name was no doubt derived from Elisha Clark, who conveyed to his daughter Katharine James, May 4, 1739, twelve acres of land, " beginning at the road running by John Bampton's down to a land- ing-place on Cochecho river." On one side it extended to Samuel Tib- bet's fence. (See Bantom's Point.)
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CLARK'S PLAINS. These plains, once owned by Abraham Clark, are south-east of Pudding hill, on the line between Dover and Madbury. They were formerly somewhat noted for horse-races.
CLAY POINT. Mentioned the 4th, 10 mo., 1656, when three acres of upland on the east side of Dover Neck, "at a poynte called Clay poynt," were laid out to Joseph Twamley (Twombley), and again Jan. 5, 1669, when Jedediah Andrews of Salisbury, Mass., conveyed to the Rev. John Reyner three acres of land, 22 poles square, at Clay Point, being the same land given Ralph Twamley as a house lot. This land was near said Andrews' house lot, also conveyed to John Reyner ; and between the house of Thomas Rob- erts and land previously owned by John Reyner. The name of Clay Point has not been perpetuated, but it was no doubt near the Roberts land on the east side of Dover Neck.
CLEFT COVE, otherwise CLIFF. This cove is on the Lubberland shore, be- tween Crummit's creek and Pinder's Point, but the name is no longer re- tained. It is mentioned July 1, 1669, when Thomas Roberts, Sr., conveyed to John York a tract of land " begin- ning at ye little poynt in Cliff cove, adjoining Thomas Morries, and so over the neck to a pine tree by ye path going to Lubberland." And again May 16, 1681, in a deed from John York to John Pinder. (See Pinder's Point.) Benjamin and Jo- seph Pinder conveyed to Dependence Bickford of Newington, July 2, 1763, their farm in Durham where they then lived, beginning at Cleft cove, so called, and running northerly by the
land of John Durgin, westerly by Ebenezer Smith's, southerly by Benj" Colbroth's to the Great Bay, and thence by the bay to the first bound.
CLEMENT'S BROOK. This name is given to the upper part of Twombley's brook in Rollinsford, that flows through the old Clement land. Ralph Twombley's grant next " Mr. Clem- ent's " (no doubt Job Clement) is mentioned in 1725. (See Twombley's Brook.)
CLEMENT'S POINT. Whitehouse's map of Dover in 1834 gives this name to the point at the mouth of Back river, on the west side. It is also so called in Sanford & Evert's Atlas of Strafford Co. The Clement land in the lower part of the Back River district, adjoining the lands of Sam- uel Emerson and Thomas Layton, is repeatedly mentioned in the early records. Job Clement had one of the twenty acre lots in that vicinity in 1652. He married Joanna, widow of Thomas Layton, July 16, 1673. March 15, 1704, he conveyed 30 acres on the west side of Back river to John Laiton. The inventory of Job Clement's estate Dec. 1, 1716, men- tions 16 acres of pasture and meadow land "on the back cove point, on ye west side of ye Back river." This land was given his wife during her lifetime.
COCHECHO. This name was for a long time given to the settlement around the lowest falls in the Coche- cho river, in order to distinguish it from the settlement on Dover Neck. James Ordway testified in 1705 that sixty years previous, Major Waldron with some others began the plantation called Cochecho, and two or three years later built a saw-mill and corn-
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mill there. (Dr. Quint's ed. of Pike's Journal, p. 10, foot-note.) " Peter Coffin of Cochecha, in the township of Dover," is mentioned Ap. 1, 1673. (See Muchadoe.) " Lands and tene- ments in Cochecho, Dover," are men- tioned Oct. 8, 1683. (N. H. Prov. Pap., 1: 468.) "The road which leads to Cochecha" is mentioned in the will of Judge John Tuttle, Dec. 28, 1717. "Samuel Heard of Coche- cho, in the township of Dover," Aug. 13, 1731, conveyed to Richard Rookes of "the parish of Sumersworth," schoolmaster, 30 acres of upland and swamp "in ye parish of Cochecho aforesd," on the S. E. side of the road from Salmon falls to the Cochecho boom. Thomas Roberts and Eliza- beth conveyed to Benjamin Roberts, Jan. 3, 1734-5, 30 acres of land, bounded east by " ye highway yt runs up to Cochecho, a place in Dover, so called." " The meeting-house at Co- checho in Dover " is mentioned May 22. 1754 (N. H. Town Pap. XI : 524). " Thomas Westbrook Waldron's mills at Cochecho, below ye lower falls," are mentioned Jan. 22, 1770. (Ibid., p. 534.)
The Cochecho settlement is now the city proper of Dover.
COCHECHO RIVER and FALLS. This river rises among the ponds of New Durham and Middleton, and empties into the Newichawannock at Cochecho Point. The word Cochecho signifies, according to Dr. Quint, "the rapid foaming water." It was the Indian name of the falls in Dover city, but the early settlers extended it to the whole stream, and gave it to the set- tlement that grew up around these
falls. It is now generally, but incorrect- ly, written Cocheco-the form adopted by the Cocheco Manufacturing Com- pany, said to be owing to the error of a clerk of the N. H. legislature when that company was incorporated. The name of "freshet " was often given to that part of the river above the head of tide-water. John Wal- dron and Mary, Jan. 2, 1721, con- veyed to John Horn 60 acres of land, running S. W. by John Hilton's land to Cochecho river freshet, and bounded on the N. W. by Thomas Downs' 50 acres.
COCHECHO FALLS. The first falls, reckoning from the mouth of the river-the " Cochecho falls" par ex- cellence-are in the heart of Dover city, and now owned by the Cocheco Manufacturing Company. A mill privilege here was granted the 1st, 6 mo., 1642, to Richard Waldron, who built a mill on the north side. An- other mill privilege on the south side was granted him in 1648.1 These rights were inherited by his son, Col. Richard Waldron, in 1689. The lat- ter bequeathed his rights to his son Richard Waldron in 1730. In 1753 they fell to Thomas Westbrook Wal- dron and his brother George. The former bought his brother's part and became sole owner. By his will, proved in 1785, they fell to Daniel Waldron. They were acquired, Jan. 30, 1820, by the Strafford Bank, the directors of which conveyed them, Ap. 23, 1821, to Wm. Payne of Boston, who represented the Dover Manufacturing Co.
The Second falls, called the Tole End or Tolend falls, and otherwise Whitch-
1 Pike's Journal says, Jan. 3, 1682-3: "Col. Waldron's mills burnt down in a very Rainey night."
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er's or Whittier's falls, were granted to Thomas Wiggin and Edward Star- buck the 4th, 5 mo., 1650. The lat- ter, July 29, 1652, conveyed his right in the "Cochecho upper falls," with all privileges of water and timber, to Peter Coffin, who had married his daughter Abigail. Sarah Wiggin of Qnamscott in the township of Exeter, widow, and Thomas her son, convey- ed to Richard Waldron of Cochecho one full half of the second falls of Cochecho in the township of Dover, with half of the timber granted to Capt. Thomas Wiggin (grandfather of the above Thomas) the 5th, 10 mo., 1652.
Richard Waldron, the 6th, 10 mo., 1652, was authorized to build a saw- mill on the north side of the second falls, provided it did not entrench on any former grant.
" The Second fall of the River of Cochecha, commonly called or known by the name of Tole End full," is mentioned March 3, 1702. Richard Waldron of Portsmouth having con- veyed to James Chesley, Joseph Han- son, and John Hayes, the hundred- acre grant to Thomas Wiggin in 1650, on the north side of the Coche- cho, near the second falls, this tract was divided among them July 27, 1734. Twenty-six acres were as- signed to John Hayes at the S. E. corner, adjoining the river, near the Tolend mills. Twenty acres fell to Joseph Hanson in the S. W. corner, adjoining the river, "at ye Eleware wading-place." This was, of course, the Lower Eelweir. James Chesley had the remaining 54 acres. This Eelweir above Tolend falls is again mentioned Dec. 2, 1734, when Ezra Kimball conveyed to Joseph Hanson
one acre and three quarters of land adjoining the Cochecho river on the north side, "at a place called ye Eal- ware falls," and also joining to ye S. W. corner of ye 100 acres granted Thomas Wiggin by the town of Dover, beginning at a small oak in a little valley on the line between said Kimball and Hanson, thence running W. to the river, by a small hemlock between ye cove and ye island, thence down the river, including said island, to the first bonnd.
The name of " Whittier's mill " was derived from Obadiah Whittier, who is called a "cloathyer " March 28, 1797, when William Brown and Abi- gail conveyed to him 9 acres. 16 sq. rods. bounded by "the highway in Dover called Scatnate" (Scatterwit), and by the land of the widow Conner, and that in possession of Thomas Hanson. Obadiah was succeeded by his son Moses, who had a clothing- mill, carded wool, and manufactured homespun cloth. This was on the easterly side of the river. On the opposite shore was Ephraim Ham's grist-mill. "The mills at Tolend, known by the name of Whittier's mills," were burned down Jan. 7, 1818. (Dover Sun of 1818.) Clough's gristmill is now at Tolend falls.
The third falls are mentioned Ap. 6, 1702, when Richard Waldron had a grant of " three score acres of land on the north side of the Cochecho river, adjoining to the third falls, commonly called Hayes's falls, or as near adjacent thereunto as it can be found in common." In 1704 he had a grant of the falls, "commonly called haises fall," with dne regard to the falls below. Richard Waldron conveyed the above grant of 60 acres
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to Daniel Horn, July 15, 1729, when Hayes's falls are again mentioned. Joseph Twombley, Jr., conveyed to Ezra Kimball, June 14, 1733, sixty acres of land, part of a hundred-acre grant to Peter Coffin, adjoining the Cochecho river on the north side, a little above the third falls. Nehe- miah Kimball conveyed to his brother Ezra, Dec. 2, 1734, one half of his right in " a certain pair of falls wh unto my land doth joyne, known as Hayes' falls." Hence the name of Kimball's falls and mill, at one time given to the dam and mill at this place.
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