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Willard, 47, 48
Winnipisseogee Hotel, 47
Wonolancet, 46
Young's Hotel, 47, 48
Young's Tavern, 46 See also Tavernkeepers. Intoxicants. See Stimulants.
Lawrence, David, 67 Eben, 47
Gordon, 34, 62
Noah, 83, 85 Samuel, 59
Leavitt: graveyard, 39 Alice, 83
Broadstreet, 83
Dudley, 14, 19, 39
John, 6, 35
Mary (Smith), 66
Samuel, 66, 83 Thomas, 83 Warren B., 17 Leavitt Park, 83 Lee, -, 85 Leffingwell, Annie (Wadleigh), 70 Leonard, Mary C., 60
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Seneca A., 65 Mrs. William, 25, 47 William Henry, 25, 47 Ladd Hill, 38
Lady of the Lake, 64, 70
Lakeport, N. H., 1
Lamprey graveyard, 41
Lancaster, Daniel, 27, 30
Langley, Achsah (Quimby), 76 Stephen, 76 William, 76
Lauriat, -, 61
JAMES: graveyard, 40 Caleb, 30 Jabez, 40 Leland M., 40
Jenness, John, 32
Jewell, E. P., 28
Jewett family, 74; houses, 73, 74, (illus.) 75 Jacob, 13, 14, 42, 74
Mark, 29
S. S., 31 Samuel, 30 Jones, Clarence W., 45, 50 Judkins, Ebenezer, 101, 106 Job, 62 Robert D., 95
LACONIA, N. H., 1, 3; graveyards, 33, 42 Ladd family, 73 Alice, 39 Dudley, 26, 47 Eliphalet, 38
City Hotel, 46 Davenport Tavern, 45, 50
Eager Tavern, 46
Farmer's Hotel, 46
Lewis, Capt., 95 Libbey, Mary, 79 Library, Laconia, 73; Center Harbor, 93 Lincoln, Mrs., 98 E. S., 38 Long Bay, 28, 55 Longfellow, Jonathan, 1, 28
Lots, 1, 28, 51; center square, 1, 51; minister's lot, 1, 7, 48, 55; Point lots, 58 Lovejoy family, 95, 96 D. Stillman, 61, 95 Solomon, 94, 96, 97
Lowell, James Russell, quotation from, 89 Lyford, F. H., 17 Stephen C., 25, 32, 55
MACAULAY, Thomas B., quotation from, 68 Mackrice, Susan, 36
Magoon, Hannah, 76 Mallard, George, 25
Maloon family, 91, 94
Melissa, 94, 99 Stephen, 97 William, 59
Malvern, Lewis, 17
Mansfield, E. C., 91, 93
Manson, Benjamin, 16, 17
Marriage certificate, 62, 66
Marsh, Phebe C., 25
Marston family, 62 Hazen, 88 Jeremiah, 16, 106 Mary, 9 Polly, 16
Reuben, 7, 9, 51, 62, 63
Marston Hill, 88
Martin, Richard, 11
Mason, John Tufton, 1
McCoy graveyard, 41
McCrillis, George S., 65 James, 65 John, 65
Mead family, 39, 99; graveyard, 34, 39; home- stead (illus.), 100 -, 25 Daniel, 84 Eliza, 84 John, 3, 34, 62 Mary, 36
Stephen, 34, 62 William, 2, 3, 29, 30, 39, 99
Mead Hill, 39, 99 Measly Pond, 28 Meeting houses. See Church. Melcher, Woodbury, 25
Meredith, N. H .: original grant, 1, 28; growth,2; incorporation, 5, 67; maps, 3, 28 Meredith Center, N. H., 1, 83
Meredith Neck, 1, 90-100; graveyard, 39; map, 90 Merrill, Barnard, 26 Moses, 7 Sarah, 57
Mills, 30, 31, 32, 68, 83, 85, 87, 89, 96; bell in
mill belfry, 82; Wicwas Pond site (illus.), 83 Ministers, entertainment of ,23, 72; pastors and parishes. See Churches.
Minister's lot, 1, 7, 48, 55
Mission school, Balasore, India, 36
Money, old and new tenor, 29
Morgan, Mrs., 3 Reuben, 3, 6, 7, 35, 63
Morrill, Samuel, 5
Morrison, Daniel, 58 Jonathan, 58, 106 James, 25 Moulton, E. P., 17 Muskets: Joseph Jewett's, 74; Joshua Crockett's, 102
NASON, James, 17 Neal family, 71; graveyard, 37 Irene, 62 John, 29, 37, 60, 71 Joseph, 7, 37, 38, 51, 71, 72 Richard, 56
Neal Hill, 65
Negro servant, 47
New Hampshire School for the Feeble Minded, 3, 60, 63
New Hampton, 48
New Salem, 2, 5, 67
Nichols, Dolly (Bryant), 91-93 Nathaniel, 99 North Horn, 4
Norwood, Francis, 14, 23
OAK tree, boundary mark (illus.), 52-53 Obear, Lydia Ann (Swazey), 19, 22, 25, 46, 47 Odell, Eva Beede, 98 Odiorne, -- , 32
Odlin, John, 29
Old Day Gun, 3
Opechee Bay, 28, 54
Orchard Street, 59
Orne, -, 23, 26 Caroline F. (Chapin ), 26
Osgood, Enoch, 42 Ox team, day's journey for an, 38; concealed from drunken man, 89
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PAGE: graveyard, 37 Mary, 80 Page Pond, 91 Parade, 1, 63 Parsonages, 7, 10, 17, 64, 87, 97, 98
Parsons, -, 25
Paugus, 55 Peabody, Allen, 46
George, 49 William, 46
Pearson, Clarence H., 73
Pease, Simeon, 11 Pehaungun, 54 Perkins family, 20, 85; graveyard, 40
, 9 Annis, 62
Benjamin, 40
Jacob, 16, 17
Jacob F., 17
John, 7, 62
Josiah, 19
RAND, John, 9 Randlett, Asa, 17
Ray: graveyard, 37
William, 6, 7, 35, 37, 50, 64, 65, 72
Record book of Meredith, quotations from, 1, 5, 6, 7, 18, 19, 20, 29,30,50,51
Reed, Francis, 17
Richardson, Mrs. John, 86
Roads laid out, 29, 32, 35, 58, 60, 71
Roberts family, 98, 99
Dr., 88 James, 96
John, 7, 96, 97, 98
John Sawyer, 82
Piper, Augustine, 4
Piper house, 81
Piper's Mills, 4
Pirates, 56
Pitman: graveyard, 36 Rev. - , 88
Ebenezer, 36
Freeman, 88 Mrs. Joseph W., 47
Mrs. Stephen J., 17 Stephen J., 16, 17, 86
Plummer (Plumer) family, 57, 84; house site, 96
Almon, 95, 96
Gilman, 89 Joseph, 57, 84 Lane, 17, 86 Mary E., 5 Postmasters, 77, 86
Pottle, Simon, 11, 12
Pounds, 50; stone pound (illus.), ii, 50 Preaching the gospel, public support prior to 1777 of, 1, 2, 3 Prescott, , 94
Horatio Gates, 46 Lucy, 62
Prince, John, 15
Proprietors of Meredith, 1; reward to first set- tlers, 1; meetings, 1, 2, 5, 6, 48, 62, 78 Province Road, 29 Prush, Sarah, 1
QUAKERS, 25, 47, 62 Quimby (Quinby), Achsah, 76 Ben, 95
Caleb, 106
James, 76
M. A., 17
Polly, 95
Lucy (Prescott), 62 Perley, Martha M., 15 Stephen, 15, 22, 55 Petrifaction of buried bodies, 34
Philbrick, Elias, 6
Physicians, 35, 59, 88
Pickering, -, 64
Andrew, 4 G. V., 15
Pike: graveyard, 36 James, 45 Phoebe, 36 William, 7, 36, 45
Pinkham, George H., 17
Joseph, 6, 7, 9, 33, 62, 99
Moody, 96
Orrin N., 97, 98
Sarah, 63
Sarah (Whitton), 82
Thomas, 98; homestead (illus.), 98 William, 34 Robinson family, 84, 86; graveyard, 35, 38, 40 -, 64 Chase, 6, 7, 9
David, 38
Ebenezer, 88
Gideon, 7
Have, 46
John, 40
Joseph, 35, 106
John H., 17
Marquis De Lafayette, 38 Mary, 71 Nathaniel, 64, 35
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Robinson, Peter, 16 Sullivan, 88 Mrs. Thomas, 86 Round Bay, 28, 54 Rowe: graveyard, 40 Sarah, 40 Rum. See Stimulants. Rundlett, Asa, 20 Josiah, 42 Russell, E. P., 17 Russian Count, 55
SABBATH keeping, 97-98 Saltmarsh, Nathaniel, 26 Sanborn family, 63, 73, 84 Dr. , 14 Albert H., 74 Ashael, 17, 84 Mrs. Calvin J., 22 Dorothy, 46 Dyer H., 25, 26 John, 87, 88 Josiah, 2 Phoebe A., 80 Stephen R., 58, 59, 63 Susie (Noyes), 58 William A., 70
Sanbornton, N. H., 5, 57 School books, 24 School laws, 18 School lot, 1
Schools and schoolhouses of old Meredith and vicinity, 18-27, 38, 86
Schools, Court House used for, 25, 26; Bear Island, 21, 94; discipline, 24; Gilford, 21, 25-27; Gilmanton, 68; interior of a school- house, 23; Laconia, 21-27; Meredith Neck, 97; private, 15, 25, 47; store premises used for, 21; union school, 3, 19, 21 Secret place, 46, 93 Settlers, earliest, 1-2, 58-64
Sewall, Alice, 76 Henry, 14 Jotham, 14 Thomas, 76 Shad Path, 63 Shannon, Mrs., 74
Shaw, Jonathan, 30 Sheafe, Mehitabel, 62 Sheep, 62, 72, 93 Shepard, Samuel, 2 Shoemakers, 60, 64 Sibley, George L., 58 Nathaniel, 41
Sibley, Samuel, 106 Sinclair family, 36; graveyard, 36 Thomas, 36, 106 Singing school, 19 Slave holding, 15 Sleeper, Hiram, 17 Smith family, 62, 67, 68; graves, 33, 36, 39 A. D., 17 Annis, 62
Betsey (Bean), 84, 89
Charles, 62, 80
Daniel, 4, 7, 9, 26, 60, 67; house (illus.), 61
Daniel P., 88
David, 14
Ebenezer, 2, 5, 6, 9, 29, 30, 32, 33, 58, 60, 62, 66,67
Hannah, 72
Irene (Neal), 62 J. G., 97
Jacob, 62, 63
Jeremiah, 3, 9, 18, 33, 56, 63
John, 4, 60
Jonathan, 9, 18, 19, 30, 59
Joseph, 84
Mary, 66 Mehitabel (Sheafe), 62
Nancy, 70
Noah, 61
Pain, 9
Samuel B., 22 Sarah, 9
Somes family, 58 Timothy, 58, 42, 106
Spiller, Sarah, 67 Stanton, -, 85 Stevens, Rev. - , 87 Stimulants, 9, 15, 23, 35, 48, 59, 63, 72, 88, 89,
91. See also Inns; Tavernkeepers Stonedam Island, 95 Stordivant, Capt., 9 Storekeepers, 21, 23, 85, 86 Strate, Mary R., 80
Streeter, Sebastian, 15
Swain, -, 83, 87 Abraham, 2, 36, 106; house (illus.), 37
Aeseneth, 88
Bennett, 88 Elias, 64 Mrs. Helen A. V. R., 71
Helen W. (Robinson), 84 Hezekiah, 36 John, 16
Swazey: graveyard, 38 Lydia Ann, 22
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TANNERIES, 60, 65
Tar Rock, 95
Tavernkeepers, 2, 4, 38, 44-48, 59, 62, 81, 86. See also Inns. Taxes: reward to first settlers, 1; support of preaching the gospel, 2, 5, 6; Province Road assessments, 29; school funds, 18, 19, 20 Taylor family, 101 Chase, 4, 101-3 Edward E., 73 Phebe (Hays), 101
Tidy man, 72 Tilton family, 81; monument, 33 , 60, 61,64 Abraham, 37, 80, 81
James H., 27
Joseph, 81, 86
Judith, 73 Stephen, 38, 65 Torrey, Samuel, 35, 80 Towle, James, 38 Levi, 38 Town hall, 6, 7
Town meeting, first, 2; in meeting house, 2, 5, 6; in the home of a resident, 2, 5, 6, 46, 48, 50, 62, 63, 67 Tracy, Etta G., 17 Olin, 17 Trafton, W. H., 17 Training field, 1, 63
Trees: red oak as boundary mark, 53; willow by Sanborn house, 73; Dolly Nichol's well, 92; hemlock sheltered Dolly Nichols in snow- storm, 92. Trojano, Mrs. Mary E., 71 True, Abram, 20 Ezekiel, 17 Jennie, 85 Walter H., 85
Tucker, - -, 77 Turner, John, 13
Tuttle: graveyard, 35 Stoten, 35
UNCLE SAM, 95
VIRGIN MARY, buried image of, 39
WADLEIGH (Wadley, Wodley) family, 68-71; graveyard, 35-38; homestead, 35 John, 3, 5, 35, 64, 69, 70 John S., 68, 70 Nathaniel, 64, 35, 71 Simeon, 38, 64 Walker, Lyman B., 26, 47
War of the American Revolution, records im-
perfect, 43; Chase Taylor's company, 101-103; Bennington campaign, 103-106 Wardwell, Amelia, 26 Washington, George, 78 Watson, David, 62 Smith P., 47 Waukawan Lake, baptism in, 12
Weare, Meshech, 75 Weeks family, 80; graveyard, 40 Fred, 41 Grace E., 64
Weirs, The, N. H., 1, 29
Wells, Lewis S., 17
Wentworth family, 70
Weymouth, Blanche, 88
Whispering bill, 24
Whitten, Reuben, 82 Sarah, 82 Whittier, Horace G., 21 Wiggin: graveyard, 37 -, 64 Chase, 80, 98 Joshua, 80 Wigwam Pond, 28
Wilcomb, Deborah, 67
Wiley, F. L., 17
Wilkinson: graveyard, 42 Jacob R., 95 Williams family, 10 Elizabeth, 10, 11
Mary (Floyd), 9, 10, 11
Peter, 11, 55
Polly, 10, 11
Simon Finley, 1, 6-11, 48, 55, 62
Willis, John, 17 Wingate, -, 22
Winnipesaukee River, changes in, 28 Winnisquam, On (C. H. Pearson), 75 Witch, 84
Wood, -, 22
Wood, Horace, & Co., 21
Woodman family, 60 Joshua, 6, 7, 60 Wyatt, Nellie M., 99
YOUNG, Eleazar, 42, 46 John C., 98 John K., 23, 62 Judge, 40 Young People's Society of Advocates of Chris- tian Fidelity, 17
ZINCHERCOFF, Count, 56
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