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"Williams Oliver, farmer, h. Island Pond road, near Massabesic lake Williams Patrick, M. P. W. house 211 Park
Williams Robert E. boards 322 Pine
Williams Thomas, house 66 Cedar
Williams William, house 209 Park
Williams William E. slater, house 80 Bridge
Williamson George M. farmer, at Mrs. S. Gamble's, Island Pond rd. Williamson John E. painter, house near tannery, Bakersville
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Willis John, fancy goods, 47 Cedar, house 45 do. Willis Mary, widow, house 1307 Elm
Willis Thomas, Manchester, house 88 Spruce Wilson Abbie, house 9 Dunn's block, Concord Wilson Adam D. at Hovey's, 1030 Elm, house 17 Nashua
Wilson Albert, Amoskeag, boards 126 Willow
Wilson Alfred, Amoskeag, boards 126 Willow Wilson Bartlett N. Manchester, house 53 C (P.)
Wilson Charles, at Olzendam's, boards 542 Chestnut
Wilson Charles H. Mrs. dressmaker, 13 Wells' block, Elm, h. do. Wilson David A. mason, house 315 Park
Wilson Ebenezer, blacksmith, house 205 Hanover
Wilson Ebenezer Mrs. clairvoyant, house 205 Hanover
Wilson Edward P. M. (New York), boards 25 Stark corp. Me- chanic
Wilson Edwin O. overseer at Olzendam's, house 101 Orange
Wilson Eugene F. butcher, Hanover-street road, Youngsville, h. do.
Wilson Frank W. mason, house 259 Pine
Wilson Fred. O. butcher, boards 13 Wells' block, Elm
Wilson George E. groceries and provisions, 1061 and 1063 Elm, h. 146 Myrtle
Wilson (George H.) & Moody (H. M.), boots and shoes, 790 Elm, house Pearl, cor. I ine
Wilson George W. clerk, 995 Elm, house 548 Maple
Wilson James W. clerk, 1167 Elm, cor. Bridge, bds. 458 Lowell, cor. Beacon
Wilson John, Amoskeag, house 530 Chestnut
Wilson John K. Stark, carpenter, house 67 Blodget
Wilson John W., C. R. R. freight-conductor, house 347 River (P.) Wilson Joseph, house 266 Concord cor. Maple
Wilson Joseph B. Amoskeag, house 124 Willow
Wilson Josephine L. millinery, 905 Elm, boards 58 Myrtle
Wilson (Julius E.), Mooar (George F.), & Co. news agents and periodical dealers, 12 and 11 Hanover
Wilson Julius E. insurance agent, 14 Hanover, house 22 Prospect Wilson Lydia L. Mrs. boarding-house, 25 Stark corp. Mechanic
Wilson Martha Mrs. house 373 Laurel
Wilson Mary Mrs. house 325 Laurel
Wilson Mary F. widow, house 58 Myrtle
Wilson Moses A. teamster, boards 17 Nashua
Wilson Newton H. counselor, 9 Patten's block, 936 Elm, house Massabesic, Hallsville
Wilson Robert, machine-printer, house 262 Spruce
Wilson Stephen M. brush-maker, house 255 Pine
Wilson Susan Mrs. house 578 Beech
Wilson Thomas Mrs. widow, house 63 Harrison
Wilson Walter M. boards 25 Stark corp. Mechanic Wilson William, house 126 Willow
Wilson William H. Stark, overseer repairs, house 1589 Elm Winegar E. R. Miss, physician, 23 Smyth's block, h. do. Winegar O. M. Mrs. physician, house north Union
Wingate Charles B. clerk, 67 Hanover, house 422 Merrimack Wingate Eliza Mrs. house 324 Pine
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Wingate George, Cheney's paper-mill, house old hotel (A.)
Wingate Marvin J. Stark, machinist, house 1 do. corp. Winkler Mary, dressmaker, boards 95 Lowell
Winkler Sarah, dressmaker, boards 95 Lowell
Winlock Charles, M. L. W. brass-molder, house 24 Brook Winn Patrick P. laborer, house 14 Second (A.)
Winters David R. Amoskeag Ax Co. house 29 Front (A.)
Wise Charles M. belt-maker, Mechanics' row, house 1304 Elm Wise George S. machinist, boards 9 Langdon corp.
Witherill William, Amoskeag, boards 1075 Elm
Witherspoon Edward B. clerk, 720 Elm, boards 341 Chestnut Witters Marshall B. traveling salesman, house 146 Central Wolf Charles, Amoskeag, weaver, boards 2 do. corp. Canal Wolf Emil, Amoskeag, weaver, house Barr's block (P.) Wolf John, Amoskeag, weaver, boards 8 do. corp. Stark Wolf Valentine, Derry mills, boards Goffe's Falls
Wood Charles E. Amoskeag, house 136 Merrimack
Wood Charles H. ornamental painter, 896 Elm, house do.
Wood Frank, C. R. R. freight depot, boards 40 Stark corp. Spring
Wood George W. Mrs. widow, house 274 Laurel
Wood Henry M., C. R. R. house 357 Central
Wood Selina Mrs. house Goffe's Falls
Wood, see Woods
Woodbridge William B. music teacher, 12 Post-office block, Hano- ver, house 459 Maple
Woodburn George W. clerk, 831 Elm, boards 264 Merrimack
Woodburn James R. Manchester, boards 174 Manchester
Woodburn Mary A. Mrs. house 100 Laurel
Woodbury Alfred, sash and blind maker, boards 10 Pearl
Woodbury Caroline E. Mrs. house 8 Manchester corp. Merrimack Woodbury Clarence M. Manchester, boards 8 do. corp.
Woodbury Daniel, Cheney's paper-mill, house Front (A.)
Woodbury Edward B. Manchester, clerk, boards 8 do. corp.
Woodbury George D. farmer, Straw place (A.)
Woodbury James F. Stark, spinner, boards 32 do. corp.
Woodbury John F. & Co. horseshoers, 54 Manchester, house 102 Orange
Woodbury Silas B. stone-cutter, 1398 Elm, house 40 Orange Woodcock John H. produce-dealer, house 322 Pine
Wooden Alfred, carpenter, house Island Pond road, near Massa- besic lake
Woodhed James, professional ball-player, boards Haseltine House Woodman Elbridge G. Amoskeag, watchman, h. 120 do. corp. Canal Woodman John L. (George R. Vance & Co.), 706 Elm, house Valley corner Massabesic, Hallsville
Woodman John P. Forsaith's planing-mill, house 294 Spruce
Woodman Levi Mrs. widow, house 306 Laurel corner Wilson
Woodman Peter O. farmer, house Massabesic cor. Jewett, Hallsville Woodman Susie G. teacher, Suburban School No. 8, Youngsville, boards P. O. Woodman's
Woodman Thaddeus, house rear 134 Manchester
Woods Ann widow, house 242 Chestnut
Woods Charles H. Manchester, house 2 Laurel avenue
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Woods Charles O. Amoskeag, boards 108 do. corp. Merrimack Woods Clara E. teacher, boards 26 Stark corp. Mechanic Woods George L. boarding-house, 26 Stark corp. Mechanic
Woods Lemuel, Langdon, weaving, boards 1 do. corp.
Woods Oliver C. boarding-house, 550 Elm
Woods, see Wood
Woodson Wm. M. L. W. house near Goffstown road (A.) Woodward Albert A. machinist, house 522 Chestnut
Woodward Charles N. engineer at Forsaith's, house 284 Spruce
Woodward John T. & Co. top roll coverers, Franklin cor. Auburn, house 26 Orange
Worcester John E. farmer, house River road, south
Workman George, driver, 95 Manchester, house 1263 Elm
Worthen Byron, Amoskeag, fireman, house 335 Chestnut
Worthen Charles F. (F. S. Worthen & Son), 112 Milford (P.), b. do.
Worthen Eugene B. Amoskeag, house 335 Manchester
Worthen Frederick S. & Son (C. F. Worthen), florists, 112 Milford (P.), house do.
Worthen Gilman K. farmer, house Bald Hill road
Worthley Emma L. Mrs. music-teacher, 97 Orange, house do.
Wright Alexander, M. P. W. house 108 Auburn
Wright Annie S. Mrs. house 493 Beech cor. Hanover
Wright Daniel, laborer, house 345 Cedar
Wright Elgin C. Manchester, rooms 110 Merrimack
Wright George, shoemaker, 393 Chestnut, house 108 Auburn
Wright George, carpenter, boards 13 Merrimack
Wright Harriet Mrs. widow, house 205 Hanover
Wright Ira E. boards 205 Hanover
Wright Jane Mrs. boards 13 Nashua
Wright Mary G. Mrs. boarding-house, 39 Stark corp.
Wright Walter H. farmer, boards Z. B. Wright's
Wright Zadoc B. night police, h. Hanover, east of Mammoth road Wrixon John, Manchester, boards 6 M. P. W. corp.
Wycom Alonzo, farmer, house River road, north
Wyman Bion, M. P. W. boards 105 West (}'.)
Wyman Caroline Miss, housekeeper, 213 Water (P.)
Wyman Columbus, stone-mason, house 495 Granite (P.)
Wyman Edson, Manchester, house 4 M. P. W. corp. Granite Wyman Edson F. Manchester, boards 4 M. P. W. corp. Granite Wyman Edward, stone-mason, house 105 West (P.)
Wyman Edward A., M. P. W. boards 105 West (P.)
Wyman Franklin G., M. & L. R. R. section hand, h. 213 Water (P.) Wyman Henry C. stone-mason, boards 105 West (P.)
Wyman James F. (Dewey & Wyman), Main corner Mast (P.) house 5 Mast (P.)
Wyman (Jesse E.) & Hardy (Ephraim T.), cigar-manufacturers, rear 1105 Elm, boards 93 Pearl
Wyman Lysander C., M. L. W., house 510 Chestnut
Wyman Sarah Mrs. house 466 Granite (P.)
Wyman Warren, paper-carrier, boards 105 West (P.)
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YANDER FERDINAND, Amoskeag, weaver, h. 211 Douglas (P.) Yarrington Charles J. foreman, E. Yeaton & Co.'s, Mechanics' row, house 17 Orange
Yeaton E. & Co. (A. Philbrick), loom-harness manufacturers, Me- chanics' row
Yeaton William, commercial traveler, house 301 Park
Yeatter George, hairdresser, 15 Amherst, h. 6 Stark, Central block York Carl E. groceries and provisions, 127 Hanover, h. 559 Union York Charles W. teamster, 494 Chestnut, house 99 Orange
York George, job-teamster, house 412 Chestnut
York George W. carpenter, house 32 Prospect
York George W. Manchester, house 307 Pine
York Horatio B. clerk, 127 Hanover, boards 559 Union
York Ivory S. harness-maker, 20 Bridge, house 14 do.
York Jacob S. Mrs. widow, house rear 191 Hanover
York Lorenzo D. house 559 Union, cor. Lowell
Young Albert, Amoskeag, dressing, boards 73 do. corp. Middle
Young Alexander, Manchester, house 62 Spruce
Young Andrew J. wood-dealer, 560 Elm, boards John Young's, Harvey road
Young Arthur W. student, boards 53 Amoskeag corp.
Young Catherine, widow, house Barr & Clapp's block (P.)
Young Charles E. Amoskeag, boards 148 Merrimack
Young Charles F. house 35 Clark's avenue, Orange
Young Charles H. carpenter, h. Nutt road near Londonderry line Young Daniel, Olzendam's, boards 45 Pearl
Young David H. agent Portland Drain-pipe Co. 146 Bridge, house 610 Union, cor. Bridge
Young Earle, boards Barr & Clapp's block (P.)
Young Edgar A. boards 369 Merrimack
Young Edward, M. P. W. boards 273 Main (P.)
Young Eleazer, stone-cuttter, bds. 9 Smyth & Maynard's blk. Elm Young Ephraim S. grocer, 369 Merrimack, house do.
Young Frank H. student, boards J. B. Young's, Candia road
Young George, farmer, house Bridge, Youngsville
Young George, paper-maker, boards 351 Amherst
Young George L. boards 220 Myrtle
Young Henry G. Stark, dressing, house 50 do. corp. Bridge Young Hiram, house 351 Amherst
Young Hiram P. slater, house 351 Pine
Young Horace H. farmer and butcher, h. Young road, Hallsville Young James M. Rev. house Nutt road, near Londonderry line Young Jesse S. carpenter, boards 142 Orange
Young John, farmer, house Harvey road
Young John C. roofer and slater, 72 Merrimack, also (Dickey, Young & Co.), 690 Elm, house 156 Myrtle
Young John P. farmer, house Hanover, east of Mammoth road Young John R. concrete-paver, boards 273 Main (P.)
Young Joseph B. stone-mason, house Candia road, Youngsville Young Lorenzo J. Stark, house 273 Pearl, cor. Russell
Young Lucius L. Stark, dressing, boards 50 do. corp. Bridge Young Mary J. Mrs. house 57 Riddle's building, 885 Elm
Young Mary O. Mrs. house Taylor, cor. Valley, Hallsville
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Young Men's Christian Association, rooms Masonic Temple, 31 Hanover
Young Samuel S. boarding-house, 148 Merrimack
Young Sarah, widow, boards 26 Amoskeag corp. Market
Young Sayward J. Amoskeag, overseer, h. 53 do. corp. Market Young Sophia W. Mrs. boarding-house, 47 Amoskeag corp. Market Young Sylvester, Amoskeag, dressing, house 73 do. corp. Middle Young William, M. P. W. boards 128 Willow
Young William E., M. P. W. boards Barr & Clapp's block (P.)
Young William Q. teamster, house 326 Laurel
Yuill John, M. L. W. house 112 Auburn
ZEISEL CAROLINE MRS. house 340 Merrimack Ziegler Charles, Amoskeag, weaver, boards 196 Second (P.) Ziegler Martha Mrs. house 196 Second (P.)
CLARKE'S HISTORY OF MANCHESTER.
THIS WORK GIVES ALL THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE CITY, OF GENERAL INTEREST, AND
A PICTURE OF ITS PRESENT,
Including An Account of its Settlement and of its Growth as Town and City ; A History of its Churches, Societies, Schools, Banks, Post-offices, Newspapers, and Manufactures; A Description of its Government, Police, and Fire Department, Public Buildings, Library, Water-works, Cemeteries, Streets, Streams, Railways, and Bridges ; A Complete List of the Selectmen, Moderators, and Clerks of the Town, and Members of the Councils, Marshals, and Engineers of the City, with the State of the vote for Mayor at each Election ; The Story of its part in the War of the Rebellion, with a Complete List of all its Soldiers who went to the War, and Sketches of its Representative Citizens, with
Thirty-eight Steel and Eighteen Wood Engravings of its Prominent Men and Buildings.
Published by JOHN B. CLARKE, MANCHESTER, N. H.
Price, - - - $2.50.
SANBORN'S
HISTORY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,
FROM ITS FIRST DISCOVERY
To the year 1830 ; with dissertations upon the rise of opinions and institutions ; the growth of agriculture and manufactures, and the influence of leading families and distinguished men, to the year 1874.
BY FEDWIN D. SANBORN, LL. D., PROFESSOR IN DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
Published by JOHN B. CLARKE, MANCHESTER, N.H.
Price,
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$2.00.
THE DIRECTORIES OF MANCHESTER.
Since commencing this work we have examined a com- plete file of all the directories ever published in the town and city, and as an illustration of the growth and prosper- ity of the city a descriptive sketch of the different books may prove of interest in this connection.
The first attempt at directory-publishing was made in the year 1845, before Manchester became a city. It was entitled the " Manchester Almanack and Directory, and Annual Advertiser," and was a small 32mo book, contain- ing 144 pages. The publisher was S. F. Wetmore, and the book was printed in what was then the best style of the art, on a hand-press, at the " American " office. It was prefaced with a brief but interesting historical sketch of the town, which had just then commenced to make its history among the towns of the State. The book contained 3,178 names.
For some reason Mr. Wetmore did not continue the pub- lication of the work, as the next year's directory appeared with a change of title, and with a new publisher. It was called a " Directory for the City of Manchester," the place having just been incorporated. It was issued September, 1846, and printed at the " American" office, and was published by James O. Adams, the present secretary of the New Hampshire Board of Agriculture. This was also a small 32mo of 148 pages, and contained 4,462 names, an increase of 1,284 over the previous year.
The next issue was entitled, " A Business Directory of
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the City of Manchester," and was published by C. A. Brown, in April, 1848, being printed at the " American " office by Mr. Adams. The page was somewhat larger than its pred- ecessors, being a 24mo, and comprising 206 pages in all. The contiguous villages of Piscataquog and Amoskeag, be- ing then parts of Bedford and Goffstown, respectively, but closely connected with the city by business and social interests, were canvassed and catalogued separately, as was also the village of Goffe's Falls. The number of names was as follows : In the city proper, 5,034; Piscata- quog, 127 ; Amoskeag, 274; Goffe's Falls, 37; making a total of 5,472, an increase of 1,010 over its immediate predecessor.
The next issue appeared two years later, with still another change in publishers, and a modification of its title, which was, " The Manchester Almanac and General Business Directory, for the year 1850." It seems to have passed entirely into new hands, being published by Gage & Forsaith, and printed at the " Messenger" office. It was, in many respects, a very decided improvement over its predecessors, containing a good collection of historical and statistical matter, and a wood-cut map of the city from surveys by E. A. Straw, Esq., extending from the river east to Walnut street, and bounded north by Bridge street and south by the Valley cemetery. The number of names, however, was less by 637, Piscataquog and Amoskeag being again taken separately, the entire canvass aggregating as follows : City, 4,624; Piscataquog, 139; Amoskeag, 72; making a total of 4,835. Whether this was due to less population or a less thorough canvass, we are unable to say. The work comprised 204 pp., 24mo, and, like its predeces- sors, was bound in paper covers, the issues following all being in boards or muslin.
The directory for 1852 appeared with yet another new publisher, and a modification of its title, which reads as follows : "The Manchester Directory, embracing the
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names of the citizens ; a Business Directory, an Almanac and Memorandum for 1852, with a variety of useful infor- mation." The work was published by Wm. H. Fisk, and comprised 272 pp., 24mo. It bears no imprint, but appears to have been printed partly in Boston and partly at home, as the almanac portion contains Massachusetts statistics, evidently compiled for the Boston Almanac. There is a still further falling off in names, there being 977 less than in the issue of 1850, and 1,614 less than in 1848, which must have been due to the method of canvassing, as the city was steadily growing in population. The number of names was as follows : City, 3,582; Piscataquog, 175; Amoskeag, 101; total, 3,858.
Mr. Fisk's connection with the book business enabled him to make a success of the enterprise, as his name ap- pears as publisher of the issue of 1854, the work being en- titled " The Manchester Directory and Advertiser ; embrac- ing the names of the citizens, a Business Directory, and an Almanac and Memorandum for 1854, with a variety of use- ful information." It was printed by Abbott, Jenks, & Co., and was a 24mo of 242 pages. Piscataquog and Amoskeag villages had been annexed the previous year, and the iden- tity of the two places was lost in the canvass, which foots up an aggregate of 4,497 names.
The growth and importance of the city had now given it such proportions as to make the publication of the direc- tory an assured success, and at this juncture the parties from Boston stepped in, the issue for 1856 being published by George Adams, 91 Washington street, Boston. It will be seen by the foregoing facts, that the claim of the Boston publishers of having published the directory during the time when it was not self-sustaining, is without foundation, and due credit should be given to the pioneer printers of Man- chester for sustaining a directory during the earlier years of the town and city, when it was not a sufficient object for a publisher to issue two numbers in succession.
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The fact concerning its transfer to Boston is, that when a Manchester publisher had demonstrated its self-sustaining character by issuing two successive numbers, then the Bos- ton parties seized upon it and continued its publication with profit to themselves.
The issue for 1856 comprised 260 pages and contained 4,541 names. It was entitled No. 4 by its publisher, who was evidently ignorant of the fact that six numbers had been previously issued, making that No. 7 instead of No. 4. The error has been perpetuated in the succeeding issues of the Boston publishers.
The directory for 1858 was essentially like that of 1856, with the addition of a summary of general events for the two previous years, and contained 264 pp., 24mo. The number of names was 4,231, less by 310 than the previous work. The publishers were Adams, Sampson, & Co.
The book for 1860 shows an increase of 568 names over that of 1858, the number being 4,799, and contained 264 pages. After this issue, four years elapsed before another directory appeared, 1862 being one of the most exciting years of the civil war, with many of our citizens in the army, rendering the question of a directory a consideration of little importance.
In 1864 another directory appeared, published by Adams, Sampson, & Co., and containing 276 pages. It shows a decrease of 396 names in the four years, which is attribu- table to the fact that Manchester was well represented at the front.
In 1866 the style and size of the book were changed, and it appeared as an octavo of 224 pages, bearing the names of Sampson, Davenport, & Co., as publishers. The number of names was 5,442, an increase of 1,039 since the previous issue.
Three years later, in 1869, another octavo volume ap- peared, from the same publishers, containing 266 pages, and 5,912 names, an increase of only 470. The price of
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this book was advanced to $1.50, that of the previous issue being marked at $1.00.
In 1871, the book increased in size to 334 pages, retain- ing the octavo size, and having 7,245 names, an increase of 1,333 over the number in the previous volume.
The issue for 1873 contained 376 pages, and 8,484 names, an increase of 1,239. The price was advanced to $2.00.
The directory for 1875 contained 346 pages, and 8,168 names, or 316 less than that of 1873. As this was the next issue after the " hard times " commenced, it may be presumed that there was little or no increase of popu- lation, with possibly a decrease.
The book for 1877 contained 364 pages, and 8,574 names, an increase of 406 names over that of 1875, and of 90 over that of 1873, showing that the temporary check which had apparently been given to the city's growth by the hard times had ceased to operate in the reduction of its popu- lation.
The present book contains 9,512 names, an increase of 938 over the directory of 1877. How much of this in- crease is to be attributed to the increase of population we are unable to say, as the canvass has been a most thorough one, with unusual facilities for making it complete. The work has been done by our own citizens, who were familiar with the localities assigned them, and acquainted with the best methods of acquiring the necessary information. The obstacles in the way of absolute correctness are numerous, and to a stranger more difficult to overcome than to one acquainted with the peculiarities of the people. That these have all been surmounted we do not claim, as absolute per- fection in a directory is an impossibility. We believe, how- ever, that this work will be found the most reliable one of the kind yet published.
The growth of the city during the thirty-four years in which it has been favored with directories, is amply illus- trated in the books themselves, as well as by the facts which
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they contain, and the comparison of the little 32mo and its 3,178 names with the present volume, and its 9,512 names, is a reliable indication of the substantial progress of the city in material prosperity.
For a detailed description of the various industries which have contributed to the city's growth, and now constitute its elements of prosperity, the reader is referred to the follow- ing pages, giving a historical and descriptive account of Manchester from its beginning to the present time.
HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.
The territory which is now the city of Manchester was for an unknown period the hunting and fishing grounds of the aboriginal savages, and its early history, within the knowledge of white men, commences with its occupancy by the Pennacook tribe, with Passaconnaway at their head.
In the year 1719, the adjacent town of Londonderry was settled by the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, who had fled to this country for refuge from the persecutions which they were compelled to endure in the old world. That town was originally named Nutfield, from the abundance of its chestnut trees, and was intended to include the territory now occupied by the city of Manchester, on account of the great value of its fisheries, but in their ignorance of the locality their surveys were improperly made, and a strip of land on the bank of the Merrimack River, eight miles long and over a mile in width, was left outside of any provincial grant. This piece of land was called Harrytown, and was at that time occupied by Indian tribes, one of which, the Namaoskeags, subject to the Pennacooks, dwelt around Amoskeag Falls, where, in their season, the waters abounded in salmon, shad, alewives, and lamper-eels.
In 1722, John Goffe, jr., and his brothers-in-law, Edward Lingfield and Benjamin Kidder, men from Massachusetts who were related to the Londonderry settlers, built for themselves houses at Cohas Brook, being the first known white inhabitants within the present city. Goffe lived on the north bank of the brook, nearly opposite the falls to which he has left his name.
Eleven years later, in 1733, several families from Lon- donderry settled near Amoskeag Falls, for the purpose of establishing the claim of Londonderry to the locality.
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These were : Archibald Stark (father of the revolutionary hero), John McNeil, and John Riddell, and their families At about the same time seven tracts of land in New Hamp- shire were granted to soldiers of the Narragansett war of 1675, under the name of Narragansett townships. One of these grants included the village of Amoskeag, and another what is now the village of Piscataquog. Two years later Massachusetts granted a tract of land three miles wide, ex- tending from Suncook to Litchfield, on the east side of the Merrimack, to Major Ephraim Hildreth, John Shepley, and other soldiers who had fought the Indians in 1703, under Capt. William Tyng, in whose honor the place was named Tyngstown. This included the strip known as Harrytown, and Major Hildreth immediately built upon Cohas Brook a saw-mill, which was the first mill of any kind in Man- chester.
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