{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3568", "width": "2163", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Glass\\nCOPYRIGHT DEPOSIT", "height": "3454", "width": "1976", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3454", "width": "1976", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "/f", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "iV\\n(fyO~e ny JL^^r^", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "HisTOEY OF Old Chester,\\nFROM 1719 TO 18(5 9.\\nBY\\nBENJAMIN CHASE,\\nAUBURN, N. H.\\nPUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.\\n1869.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "Entered according to Act of Congress, iu the year 1869,\\nBy Benjamin Chase,\\nIn the Clerk s Office of the District Court of the District of New Hampshire.\\nPRINTED BY JOHN B. CLARKE, MANCHESTEli, N. H.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nIn my youth I was accustomed to hear my father, and other\\naged people, relate the incidents of olden time, in -which I was\\nalways interested, and therefore remembered. When Dr. Charles\\nBell s Facts in lielation to the History of Chester appeared in\\nthe seventh volume of the N. II. His. Soc. Coll., it was so small\\nin compass, containing little or nothing respecting the Long\\nMeadows, I thought of collecting and preserving the traditional\\nhistory of that i)art of the town.\\nUpon mentioning the subject to the Hon. Samuel D. Bell, he\\ninsisted that wc should have a history of the whole old town, and\\nhave it published, and wished mo to undertake the work. I at\\nlirst declined, but seeing that the alternative was presented of my\\ndoing it or having all the traditional part pass away and be lost, I\\nat length consented, having the assurance of Judge Bell that he\\nwould aid me. He has done me the favor of perusing most of the\\nwork as it has been written, and has greatly aided by his advice\\nand suggestions. Upon our comparing notes, our ideas have run\\nnearly in the same channel. He furnished most of the mate-\\nrials for the notice of the grant ees of Chester. I greatly regret\\nthat he did not live to see the work completed.\\nI have endeavored to ascertain and show who the early settlers\\nwere, who their ancestors were, where they came from, the iden-\\ntical spot where they settled, who their children were, and Avhat\\nbecame of them. To do this, it was necessary to examine thor-\\noughly the records of deeds and probate, and also to have a mai)\\nof the town as laid out into lots, which is an important part of\\nthe history of the town. These locations are thus lixed for all\\ntime.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "IV PREFACE.\\nI am a^varc that main will object to so much space being taken\\nup with the genealogy. It was according to my own taste and\\nthat of Judge Bell, and may be an aid to descendants of Chester\\nabroad, in tracing back their lineage. I have suppressed many\\ndates, and much respecting the later generation which I had, or\\nwhich was easily accessible, that many will yet wish had been\\nprinted. I have attempted to show how those pioneers lived,\\nwhat they did, and the energy they exerted, c., not in a poet-\\nical style, being sadly deticieut in imagination, but by a plain\\nstatement of facts.\\nWhere documents are coi^ied, they are literal copies, capitals,\\northography and abbreviations, and arc indicated by quotation\\nmarks. I have used the orthography of names as found on the\\nrecords from which I was copying. Judge Bell, when residing\\nin Chester forty-five years ago, collected the tradition of some of\\nthe old families from Col. White and others, of vvdiich collection\\nI have availed myself. Stephen Chase, Esq., kept a diary from\\n1784 to his death in 1819, from which I have derived a good deal\\nof information. I would gratefully acknowledge the courtesies\\nextended to me by those having charge of the various public\\noffices I have had occasion to examine. I am greatly indebted to\\nCapt. William F. Goodwin, late Librarian of N. H. Ills. Soc, for\\nfinding and copying documents in the Secretary s office. While\\nall of whom I have made inquiries have treated me courteously,\\nand cheerfully given such information as they possessed, I can-\\nnot refrain from acknowledging my great obligations to Miss\\nMargaret Shirley for the information given resi^ecting the ancient\\nfamilies; she and her sister having much more traditional knowl-\\nedge than any other persons consulted. I am indebted to Henry\\nM. Eaton, Esq., for aid in putting the names of the early settlers\\nof Candia on the map, and also to John Brown, Esq., and the\\nEev. Joseph Fullonton for those of Eaymond. Last, though not\\nleast, I woiild acknowledge my obligations to the compositors and\\nproof-reader for their skill and x^af ience in deciphering bad copy.\\nI lay no claim to literary merit for the w^ork. There are, no\\ndoubt, many errors, some merely clerical or typographical others,\\nfrom uncertain and sometimes conflicting traditions; and prob-\\na])ly I did not always uudcrsUind the idea meant to be conveyed;", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "PREFACE. V\\nbesides, -when I liuvc msulo statements from my own recollection\\nI may liavc fallen into error.\\nThe -work has greatly exceeded my ex]icctations when I com-\\nmenced, and the labor of preparing it many times wliat I then\\nanticipated but I have never regretted the nndin takiug. What-\\never may be its merits or demerits, or the labor bestowed upon it,\\nI have derived a great amount of satisfaction in its compilation,\\nand if the reader shall derive a quarter as much in reading- it, he\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2will be amply repaid for his money and time expended.\\nBenjamin Cuase.\\nAuburn, N. H., May, 18G9.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "TABLE OF CONTENTS.\\nCnATTER I.\\nPAGE\\nThe Proprietary Ilistoiy from 1719 to obtaining the Charter, IMay 8, 1721, i\\nCHAPTER II.\\nThe First Settlement and Laying out of the Lots, 25\\nCIIyVPTER III.\\nOriginal Grantees and their Lots, 42\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nSettlement of the Lines, 59\\nCHAPTER V.\\nSettling Ministers Presbyterian Controversy Closing the Proprie-\\ntors Affairs, 69\\nCHAPTER VI.\\nHistory of the Town of Chester from 1737 to 1773, 89\\nCHAPTER VII.\\nHistory of the Town continued, from 1774 to ISOO, .128\\nCHAPTER VIII.\\nHistory of the Town continued, from 1800 to 1868, .164\\nCHAPTER IX.\\nHistory of Roads, 191", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "VIU TABLE OP CONTENTS.\\nCHAFTER X.\\nHistory of Mills, 222\\nCHAPTER XI.\\nPauperism Rates or Taxes\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mail aud Stage Facilities, .252\\nCHAPTER XII.\\nLiterary and Professional History, 272\\nCHAPTER XIII.\\nEcclesiastical, Religious and Moral History, 315\\nCHAPTER XIV.\\nMilitary History 365\\nCHAPTER XV.\\nHow the Early Settlers Lived, or the Industrial History, .409\\nCHAPTER XVI.\\nTown Officers, or Official History, 447\\nCHAPTER XVII.\\nGenealogical and Biographical History, 462\\nCHAPTER XVIII.\\nHistory of Candia, 632\\nCHAPTER XIX.\\nHistory of Raymond, C54", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "LIST AND LOCATION OF ILLUSTRATIONS.\\n1. ThcIMap.\\nJ 2. Portrait of the Rev. El)cnezer Flagg, opposite title page.\\n3. A Ground plan of the Old Meeting-house,\\n4. A View of the New Meeting-house,\\n5. A View of Long-Meadow Meeting-house,\\nC. An Inside View of the Long-Meadow Meeting-house,\\n7. A View of the Congregational Church in Chester,\\n8. A Portrait of Dr. Nathan Plummcr,\\n9. A Portrait of Dr. James F. Brown,\\n10. A View of the Congregational Church in Auburn,\\n11 A View of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Auburn,\\n12. Carding and Spinning Wool, Cotton or Tow,\\n13. Breaking and Swingling Flax,\\n14. Combing Flax and Spinning Linen,\\n1. An Old-fashioned Plow,\\n16. A Snow-shoe,\\n17. A Portrait of Samuel D. Bell,\\n18. A Portrait of B. Pike Chase,\\n19. The Besidence of Benjamin Chase,\\n20. Portrait of Benjamin Chase, face his residence,\\n21. A Portrait of Stephen Chase,\\n22-23. Portrait of John Clark and E. C. Clark, face each other be\\ntwcen,\\n24. A View of the Residence of George P. Clark, face,\\n25. A Portrait of Hendrick Dearborn,\\n26. A Portrait of John Folsom,\\n27-28. Portraits of Nathan and Sally Griffin, face each other between\\n29. A Portrait of Natt Head,\\n30. A Portrait of Frederick Smyth,\\n31. A Portrait of Jesse J. Underbill,\\n32. An Old-fashioned Ax,\\n96\\n122\\n158\\n1 39\\n185\\n312\\n314\\n346\\n417\\n419\\n421\\n426\\n530\\n704\\n487\\n488\\n488\\n489\\n490, 391\\n492\\n506\\n522\\n536,537\\n543\\n596\\n605\\n606", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION.\\nI (liiiik lliat the earliest of anything which I liave ^ecn about\\nChester is Oct. 23, 1717. Samuel Smith of Ilavorliill deeacd a\\nrig-ht in Kingstown to Sanuud Ingalls of Cheshire. Clement\\nHughes, the first clerk, spells it Chccher. The records com-\\nmence Avith A Society for Settling the Chestnut Country, and\\nin the charter it is called Chester. It is useless for me to spec-\\nulate about the origin of the name, any further than to say that\\nthey arc all nearly related in orthography and sound.\\nThe surface of Chester is very uneven, and most of it stony,\\nmuch of it not susceptible of cultivation; but v.iieu it is culti-\\nvated, the soil is strong and produces such crox:)3 as are adapted\\nto a Xew England climate. The forests, which were heavy, were,\\nat the lower i)art where the settlement- commenced, composed\\nmostly of walnut and chestnut, intermixed with oak and pine\\nand other woods. At the Long Meadovrs the same, vrilh less\\nwalnut and more hemlock. Ilooksett, or Chester Woods, abound-\\ned more in the yellow- or pitch-pine and oak, and when bunit\\nover, as it frequently was, the oaks came up and grew rapidly,\\nand produced an abundance of material for hoop-poles. Candia,\\nand perhaps Raymond, luid a greater predominance of maple,\\nbeech and hemlock. There is a great tendency when the growth\\nis cut otl for the hard woods to sprout from the stump, aud the\\nsoft woods, especially white pine, to come up from the seeds,\\nwhich makes even the roughest land valuable.\\nAlthough the laud is uneven, there are no large hills, but\\nsimply swells which have names: Walnut Hill, near the lower", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "Xll INTRODUCTION.\\ncorner, so called from that timber; lugalls Hill, because Capt.\\nIiigalls settled there Robie s Hill, because John Eobio lived and\\nhad a tan-yard near its base; and Stockman s and Severance s\\nHill, from people of that name who lived on its side. The farms\\nof Thomas Richardson and Thomas Craige went back ou to Great\\nHill. At the Long- Meadows is Mine Hill, in which the Devil s\\nDen is situated. The Devil s Den is a cave on the southwesterly\\nside of the hill, near its base, and some thirty rods from the\\nroad. Peter French of Sandown gave Dr. Belkuap a description\\nof it (which was published in his History in 1792, and copied\\ninto Morse s Geographies) in wliich he drew largely from his\\nimagination, telling of a room fifteen or twenty feet square.\\n1 have never had the curiosity to explore it, but it is only\\na mere tissure in the rock, and so large that a man can with\\nditRculty go in sixty feet. Rattlesnake Hill lies south of the\\nl^ond and west of Londonderry turnpike. The swell between\\nthe two bays of the pond is called in the records Mount Misery.\\nThe hill lying north of the Oswego mill, mostly in Candia, is\\ncalled in tlie records Tower Hill; but a small circumstance, which\\noccurred a little more than fifty years ago, gave Hazen McDuffee,\\nwho lives there, the appellation of the butcher, and the hill\\nhas since been called Butcher Hill. A few years ago a liberty-\\npole was raised and a Fourth-of-.July celebration held on the\\nswell of land near school-house No. 5, in Auburn, when it was\\nnamed Bunker Hill, which name it has since borne.\\nThere are no larr/e streams, but an abundance of small ones.\\nA stream has its head in Beech Hill pond in ITooksctt, and pass-\\ning through Tower Hill pond, partly in Candia and partly in\\nAuburn, taking the name of Oswego brook, empties into Massa-\\nbesic pond. Another branch passes through Little Massabesic\\npond and unites with Oswego l)rook, near the old Calfe fulling-\\nmill.\\nThe pond is said to have derived its name from the circumstance\\nthat an Indian whose squaw s name was Massa, being inquired\\nof in regard to the health of his fiimily, replied, My massa be\\nsick. It is a beautiful sheet of water with a hard shore and\\nbottom, and some fine beaches of sand. The stream leading from\\nthe pond to Merrimack river is called the Cohas, and has a fall of", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION. xiii\\nabout one huiulrcd and fifty foet. Alewivos, and pcrhaprs sliad,\\nformerly passed into the pond.\\nTliove arc tAVO of the sources of Exeter river which liave their\\nrise in Chester; one risiii:^ in Tliree Camj) Meadows, passing I v\\nthe old saw-mill into Sandov. n, and ag-aiu into Chester, and\\nanother flowing from the North pond, uniting witli it and passing\\nthrough Haymond. Another hi anch rises in Candia, passing near\\nthe station and through rjaymond, unites with the main river\\nnear the lines of the towns. This last is called the North Brand;,\\nand the locality near their junction, the Branch.\\nThe stream rising near the Congregational church in Auburn,\\nand passing through Auburn into Londonderry, and thence into\\nManchester, and emptying into the Cohas, has meadows most of\\nits leugth, which were called the Long JNFeadows, and hence llie\\nwest part of the town is called the Long ^Meadows. The stream\\nin Manchester is called the Little Colias.\\nThere is a stream rising in Candia, passing the village and the\\nisland into Bayniond, and through Jones j^oud; and another com-\\ning from Deerfield, uniting near Baymond Centre, forming Laiii-\\nprey Eel river, whicli passes Freetown mill, and into Epping.\\nMerrimack river passes a short distance into Old Chester, the line\\nbeing .some distance west of the river at Martin s Eeri-y. The\\nFalls are called in (lie records He Iloxey Falls, but were not in\\nChester, the line crossing belovr. The stream from Lakiirs pond,\\npassing Head s mill and entering the river above the tails, is\\ncalled He Iloxey brook in (lie records.\\nA small stream entering the river near Martin s Ferry is called\\nin the records Lousy brook. The meadow on this brook, near\\nthe old Concord road, was called Bushneli s meadow, and the\\nhills on the south and west Avere called Bushneli s hills, from\\nthe fact that a man by that name had a camp near the meadoAV,\\nwhere Sranuel Bowell formerly lived and Josiah Clark now li\\\\ es,\\nin Ilooksett. It Avas a stopping place for travelers in early times,\\nand Avas called Bushneli s Camp.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "XIV INTRODUCTION.\\nMONEY,\\nThere T\\\\ ere different species of money used. Four shillings six\\npence sterling was equal to a Spanish milled dollar. Six shil-\\nlings lawful was equal to a dollar. The principal part of the\\nmoney in actual use was bills of credit issued by the Province,\\nwhich depreciated, and its value was continually changing. The\\nfollowing values are extracted from Belknap s New Hamp-\\nshire, Yol. III., p. 125:\\nIn 1720 an ounce of silver was worth 7s. 6d. 1725, 16s. 1730,\\n2Us.; 1725, 27s. 6d. 1740; 28s.; 1745, 3Cs.; 1750, 50s.; 1755, 70s.;\\n17C0, 120s., or one pound was equal to one shilling lawful.\\nThis was called old tenor, and sometimes when there had\\nbeen a new emission, was called new tenor. I And by old ac-\\ncounts that from 1760 up to the issue of the Coutinental money\\nby Congress, one pound old tenor was equal to one shilling\\nlawful. Massachusetts also issued bills of credit, which did not\\ndepreciate so much as those of New Hampshire. One pound\\nMassachusetts old tenor was equal to two sliillings sixpence,\\nlawful.\\n]N[ay 10, 1775, Congress issued two millions of dollars, and in\\nJuly three millions more, and in December three millions more,\\nwhich was called Continental money, and promised to pay in\\nSpanish milled dollars, or its equivalent in gold or silver. This\\nwas assigned to the several States, and they were to redeem it;\\nbut tiiis State (New Hampshire) had more of its own paper than\\nit could redeem, and it was counterfeited to a great extent, and\\ntherefore depreciated. One hundred dollars in silver was equiv-\\nalent to the following sums\\nJanuary, 1777. it was at par; July, one dollar in silver was\\nequal to 81.04; January 1, 1778, to $;).25; July, to $4.25; Jan-\\nuary, 1779, to .s7. 42 July, to $14.77; January, 1780, to $29.;;4;\\nJuly, to 860.00; January, 1781, to $75.06; June, to $120.00.\\nPaper money Ijccamc entirely worthless, and the currency came\\nto a specie basis. I gi\\\\-e copies of the bills of sojue of the issues\\nof paper money, and would give fac-similies, but the expense is\\ntoo great for mv work.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION. XV\\nThe following is a sami)lc of the Province bills of credit\\nTins rNDKXTKi) iLL of Uircc Pounds ten\\nshillin \\\\s Due from y*- Province of Ncav Hamp\\nin New England, to y Possessor thereof shall\\nbe in Value equal to Money and shall be\\naccordingiV accepted by the Treasurer and\\nReceivers subordinate to him in all Publick\\npayments for any Stock at any time in y**\\nTreasury. Portsmouth tlie Twentyeth of May\\n1717. i)V Order of the General Assemblv.\\nThe following is a copy of a nicely engraved bill. On the left\\nof the siguatures is a boat with men in it, uearing a wharf:\\nN O 4039\\nVII Shill\u00c2\u00bb 6 Pence Vn Shill= G Pence\\nWk Joiktly -VXD SEVERALLY promise to pay\\nIsaac Wixslow Mcrch or order in Boston\\nseven penny w half (Joiu d Silver Ster=,\\nAlloy, Troy -Weight or Gold pro Rata by the\\n31 Decemb 17oi3; Value Rec Boston.\\n7^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 G N.E. It Augt; 1740. 7 G\\nEdw*^ Ilutchinson\\nThomas Oxnard\\nE.NGRAVI -G.] JosllUa WluSlOW\\nSani Sewall\\n(Xo. 220) 6d\\ni Colony of the Massachusetts\\nBay, June W 177G.\\nJ^ITTS Bill entitles the Beaver to rece/ re\\n,SIX BBNCE L. M. out of tlie\\nTreasury, hy the ISth o/ June, 1778; and\\nshall be reccircd for that Sum in all Pay-\\nments agreeable to an Art of the Assembly\\nof said Colony.\\nJ. Pautiudge, Com.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "XTl\\nINTRODUCTION.\\nThe following is a copy of a Contiueutal bill\\nNo. 476427\\nHALF A DOLLAR.\\nAccording\\nto a Besolution\\nof CONGKESS,\\npassed at Phi-\\nladelphia, F E\\nB R U A K T 17,\\n1776.\\nIn this space is a Jig-\\nuro of a siiu-dial, with i\\nMind your Basi ie\\\\sii\\nbeneath it.\\nW. COALE.\\nHALF A DOLLAB.\\nOu the reverse side is a chain with tlurteeu links, to represent\\nthe thirteen United Coloiiies. Printed by Hall Sellers in\\nPhiladelphia, 1776.\\nABBREVIATIONS.\\nIn ancient writings a great manj^ abbreviations are used, such as\\ny*^ for the, y for that, y for them. For the lots I have used\\nII. L. for Home Lot, O. H. for Old Hundreds, 2d P., 2d D., for\\nSecond Part of the Second Division, 3d D. for third Division, \u00c2\u00abfcc.\\nIn the Genealogy, b. is used for born, m. for mari ied, unm. for\\nunmarried, and d. for died. In one generation I have used\\nRoman numerals, and in tlie next figures, to denote the number of\\nthe children also the parent in one generation is printed in small\\ncapitals, the next in Italics, and the next in Roman.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "IIISTOEY OF CHESTEE.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nPROPRIETARY HISTORY FROM 1719 TO THE PROCURING OF THE\\nCHARTER, MAY 8, 1722.\\nThe records of Chester commence with the proceedings\\nof a meeting of The Society for Settling the Chesnut\\nCountry, held at Said Country the fifteenth day of October,\\n1719. This society liad proltably existed some time, and\\nheld meetings and kept records. It was composed princi-\\npally of Hampton people, witli a few Portsmouth men.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors of Chester, held by ad-\\njournment, at the house of Joshua Wingate of Hamjiton,\\nOct. 7th, 1729, it was\\nVoted, That Capt. Henry Sherburne and Dr. Edmond\\nTopin be a Committee to Examine and Compare y town\\nbook, and y Duplicate book, see y they Exactly Agree,\\nthey being upon Oath to Compare Em.\\nVoted, That Dr. Edmond T\u00c2\u00a9PP i keep y*^ Duplicate\\nbook, and it be kept at Hampton from year to year, and\\nthat y town Clerk Send attested Copi\u00c2\u00bbys after Every Meet^\\ning to him y keeps y* Duplicate book, in order to be En-\\ntered in said book.\\nThe records of the earlier meetings were probably en-\\ntered in the book kept at Hampton; but it is, proluilily,\\nwith other papers, lost. The Hon. S. D. Bell has made\\nenquiries for it, but without success.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nThere were also otlier parties who petitioned for a grant\\nof this territory, or hinds adjoining, and made efforts to\\nhave possession, wliich I will notice before following up the\\nproceedings of the society.\\nIn Council,\\nAugust 24, 1720. The petition of John Calf k Compa.\\nprefered to this board, praying for a township above Exeter,\\nwas read.\\nThis was by Massachusetts men, Mr. Calf being an in-\\nhabitant of Newbury.\\nThere is a deed on the Rockingham records, dated Oct.\\n23, 1717, from Samuel Smith of Haverhill to Samuel In-\\ngalls of Cheshire, Blacksmith, of a right in Kingstown.\\nIf Capt. Ingalls was in Chester at all at that time, it is\\nprobable that it was to have possession for some of the\\nparties.\\nIn Council,\\nOct. 26, 1720. A message to the board by Mr. S})eaker,\\nand Lt. Col. Wear, praying that the Consideration of the\\npetition of Mr. John Calf and Company be suspended for\\nthe present.\\nIn board,\\nOrdered that the Petition of Mr. John Calf and Com-\\npany praying for township north westward of Exeter be\\nsuspended till the land disposed of in that part of the\\nprovince be laid out and bounded to prevent interfering of\\nbounds.\\nRichard Waldron, Cler. Con.\\nIn Council,\\nApril 19, 1721. A petition signed by about one hun-\\ndred persons was prefered to this board by Messrs. Ezekiel\\nWalker, John Calf and Elisha Story, praying for liberty\\nand Encouragement to settle a town on a certain tract of\\nland North westward from Exeter, lying partly between\\nCheshire and New Portsmouth and partly above new Ports-\\nmouth adjoining Ciieshire line, containing the Quantity of\\nten miles Square, upon Such Conditions as in Said petition\\nas is on file is contained: Wherefore it is ordered in Coun-\\nf il that the petitioners have liberty To build and Settle", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "proprif:tarv history, 3\\nupon tlic said tract uj)on the Conditions in Said petition\\nmentioned, ])rovided it in no way infringe on or Interfere\\nwith any former grants or possessions or propertys.\\nRichard Waldron, Cle. Con,\\nMr. Calf s former ])etition was probably for Chesliire,\\nwliich being postj)oned, he witli others now petitioned for\\nNottingham. There is a deed on the Rocl^ingham records,\\ndated 1721, from Mary Cottle to John Calf for Moses Lit-\\ntle, of a right of settlement in land lying westward of\\nExeter, called New Boston, The New Portsmonth was\\nprobably Barrington, Barrington was granted to the tax-\\npayers of Portsmonth, according to the amount of rates\\nthey had paid for the last four years, May 10, 1722, It is\\nsaid to have been used as an out-lot to settle their poor peo-\\nple on.\\nNottingham charter is not in the Secretary s office, f)rolj-\\nahly having been burnt in the office in 1786. It was, how-\\never, granted in 1722, shortly after that of Chester, In\\nthe House, Aug. 26, 1720 Whereas our House having a\\npettion from Mr. Brown Company for a town Ship, We\\nThink Itt Infrindg on our towns, especiall on Cheshire\\nwhare We have a pettion on file for this two years. Have\\nsent up the petition and Memorial to the upper House\\nwhich Lays on file In y Clark s office,\\nWho Mr. Brown and his company were, or where they\\nresided, does not appear.\\nStephen Dudley of Freetown (Raymond), who was of\\nExeter before and afterwards, obtained a deed from an\\nIndian named Peter Penuet, and Abigail his squaw, of a\\ntract of land at Freetown, as appears by a deed on Rocking-\\nham records, dated May, 1722, wdierein,in consideration of\\naffection, Dudley conveys to Francis James of Gloucester\\nhis right in four hundred acres of land in Freetown to lie\\ntaken out of that tract bought of Peter Penuet and Abigail\\nhis squaw, by deed dated Jan. 17, 1718-19, also in virtue of\\na power of attorney from John Tickers of Charlestown.\\nThe deed to Dnlley is not on the records. This was ])rob-", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "4: HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nably a move for color of title and possession for some of\\nthe parties.\\nAVe now return to the proceedings of the Society and the\\nGovernor and Council in relation to them.\\nAt the aforesaid meeting Oct. 15, 1719,\\nl^S Voted, That Capt. Henry Sherburne be Modera-\\ntor.\\n2^ y, Voted, That Joseph Tilton be Clerk of the So-\\nciety.\\n8 Voted, That Capt. Henry Sherburne be Receiver.\\n4 y, Voted, That Joseph Tilton, Ichabod Rol)ie, Caleb\\nTole, Clement Hughes, Capt. Henry Sherburne, Eph. Den-\\nnet and Jacob Stanyon, be a Committee to manage the af-\\nfairs of the Society; And That the s Committee Shall\\nhave power to Call meetings of the Society as often as they\\nShall Think Necessary, and to act in all other matters that\\nthey Shall Think proper for the good of the whole Society.\\nu 5thiy^ Voted, That Ichabod Robie, Jacob Stanyan, Ca-\\nleb Tole Michael Whidden be a Committee to Lay out\\nthe Lotts.\\n6* Voted, That all priviledges of Streams shall be\\nReserved for y Use of the Society.\\nV^^y, Voted, That the Number of the Society for the\\nsettling Shall not Exceed ninety persons,\\n8 Voted, That the Committee Shall have power to\\nadmit Such as they Shall Think proper till the afore num-\\nber of ninety be Completed.\\n9 Voted, That Three men Shall be kept upon the\\nspot at the charge of the Society.\\nAt a meeting of the Society for settling the Chesnut\\nCountry, held at Hampton the 20th of December, 1719,\\nVoted, That in case of a warr with the Indians before\\nthe Three years Limited for the Settling of the Chesnut\\nCountry l)e Expired, the Same Time of Three years shall\\nbe allowed after a conclusion of a Peace with the Indians\\nfor the s^ settlement.\\nAt the Same Time the Propri drew their home Lotts.\\nThe home lots of twenty acres had been laid out since the\\nOctober meeting, but (he list of those who drew does not\\ncontain any names of the Massachusetts men who after-", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 5\\nwards became proprietors. There are the names of eij^hty-\\nniiie persons who drew their home h)ts at this time, eleven\\nof which are erased as having sold out, or forfeited their\\nrights.\\nJosej)!! Small died, his wife was a daughter of Col.\\nThomas Packer, and her husband s right was voted to her,\\nand her home lot exchanged for one near her father s. Thus\\ncame a woman to be a proprietor. She kept a pul)lic liouse\\nin Portsmouth, and many of the committee meetings were\\nheld there. There is a deed on the Rockingham records.\\nBook 14, page 20, in which Thomas Packer conveys to\\nSusannah Small one negro girl.\\nThere is recorded in another j)lace in the Proprietors\\nrecords, those Propriet* y did not draw for their Home\\nLotts at the first. The list contains thirty-nine names, a\\nlarge portion of whom were those taken into the Society\\nfrom Massachusetts.\\n[Council Records, Sep. 24, 1719, p. 388.]\\nMr. Clement Hughes prefered a petition to this board\\ndirected to His Excellency the Gov and council, signed l)y\\naiy 100 Persons, praying for a township above Kingstown as\\non file, which being read, it was resolved that the Same\\nshould be considered when His Excellency comes next into\\nthis province.\\nAt a meeting of the Proprietors of the Chesnut Country,\\nheld at Greenland the 16th day of March, 1719-20\\nI Col. Packer Chosen moderator.\\n2 Joseph Tilton Chosen Clark.\\na giy^ rpj^g form Committe are Confirmed in their place\\n-w^ the Same power as formerly.\\n4 The former Lott Layers are confirmed.\\n5 Capt. Sherburne chosen Receiver.\\n6 That whereas there was a petition formerly i)reforcd\\nto the Governm for the Granting the Chesnut Country for\\na Township to the Society, That the same be withdrawn\\nand another prefered when there is a convenient Season.\\n7 Voted, That our Annual meeting to chuse prudential\\nmen Shall be on the third Wednesday in March, yearly.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "b HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nAt a mooting of tlio Committee, April 25, 1720,\\nVoted, Tiiat a homo Lott and a Farm of five hundred\\nacres be given to His Excellency our Govern or fifty\\npounds in money.\\nVoted, Also a home Lott and a Farme of five Hundred\\nAcres to his Honn our Lt. Govern^\\nBy the Council records this company seems rather to\\nhave the ])referenco over the others, yet it was deemed wise\\npolicy to hold out this inducement, which looks a little like\\nbribery. But we do not know the inducements offered by\\nthe other parties.\\n(Council Records, April 28, 1720, p. 148.]\\nThe petition Prefered l)y Mr. Hughes at the Sessions in\\nSeptember last, signed l)y altout 100 persons, and suspended\\ntill tliis Time, and also another signed by Capt. Henry\\nSherburne and Mr. Clem Hughes and comp^ as a Sujiple-\\nment To the aforesaid petition, prefered this day, was read\\nat the board, praying for a Township in the waste land ad-\\njoining Kingstown, fec.\\nOrdered, that the Clerk give notifications to Such per-\\nsons as have claim upon the Said land or have anything to\\nobject against the making a Township according to the\\ntenor of the above petition. To apj)ear before His Honor the\\nLieut. Gov and Council, to whom the matter is referred.\\n[Council Records, May 24, 1720, p. 154.]\\nThe Petition of Clement Hughes and Henry Sherburne\\nprefered last session in behalf of themselves and sundry\\nothers, praying for a township at a Place called Cheshire,\\nread at y*^ board also another petition from sundry persons\\nof Exeter and Haverhill, ])raying to be joined with the first\\npetitioners in the settlement of the township, was read as\\non file.\\n[Proprietors Record.s, May 24, 1720.]\\nThis day the Committee (agreeable to a vote of the\\nSociety of y 16th of March last) jjrefered a Petition to the\\nGovern and Council for withdrawing the form Petition and\\na grant of a Township in the Chesnut Country of ten miles\\nSquare, w Lys under consideration till next Term.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 7\\n[Council Records, August 2C, 1720, p. 10)9.\\nThe petition of Afessrs. Henry Sherburne, Clement\\nIlvighes and comp prefcred ^lay 24, praying lor a town-\\nsliip A c, is granted, and Col. Hniikine;, Ca[tt. Wil)ard, Capt.\\nHenry Sherburne and Capt. Tilton appointed to lay out the\\nlands.\\nI have made an examination at the Secretary s onice for\\nthe foregoing petitions, but without success. There are pe-\\ntitions relating to Chester, bound np in a volume with\\nother towns back to 1726, but none of these are among\\nthem. The old files are in a very confused condition, every\\nthing mixed together, due partly, probably, to their being\\nremoved to rebuild the State-House, so that it would be\\nalmost an impossibility to make a thorough examination.\\nThe followiug (apj)arently genuine) is co{)ied from Bell s\\nFacts in relation to the history of Chester in N. H.\\nHist. Soc. Coll., Vol. VH, p. 403.\\n[Froin the Council Records of 1719.]\\nPETITION FOR GRANT.\\nA petition for a township in y Chestnutt County, signed\\nby about 100 hand, preferred by Mr. Hughes, Sept. 24,\\n1719. Minuted Head again, Apr. 28, 1720.\\nTo his Excellency Samuel Shute, Esq., Capt. Gen Com-\\nman in Chief in an over His Majesty s Province of New\\nHampshire, Arc, and the Hon the Council, now sitting\\nin Council at Pourtsmouth, in and for said Province\\nThe huml)le petition of sundry of the Inhabitants of s\\nProvince Humbly sheweth That y Petitioners have asso-\\nciated themselves together to settle a certain tract of waiste\\nland containing Eight miles square, laying in the Province\\nof New Hampshire afores* and adjoining on the East to\\nKingston and Exeter, and on the South to Haverhill, and\\non the West and North to y\u00c2\u00ae woods.\\nAnd forasmuch as y Petitioners are informed that sun-\\ndry persons belonging to severall Towns in the Province of\\nthe Massachusetts Bay design to petition y Excellency\\nHon to have the same lott of land granted to them for a\\ntownshi]),", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "8\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nYour Petitioners therefore most humbly pray that they\\nmay have the preference (having been at a vast expense\\nof blood and treasure to maintain the same against the\\nEnemy), and that the said tract of land may be granted a\\ntownship to them, and as many more as are willing to set-\\ntle the same, so as to make up the number of one hundred\\n(and twenty five) persons, under such limitations for the\\nsettling of it as y Excellency Hon will in your great\\nwisdom see convenient for the speedy settling thereof, and\\ny Petitioners ever will pray as in duty bound.\\nSept. 24, 1719.\\nTho* Phipps,\\nJos. Pierce,\\nTho. Packer,\\nJoseph Til toil,\\nNath Batchelder, jr.,\\nJohn Cram,\\nPhilemon Blake,\\nJacob Stanyaii,\\nRobt. Ilow, Sen\\nDavid Tilt on,\\nReuben Sanborn,\\nJohn Morrison,\\nSam Blake, jr.,\\nNath Healey,\\nNath Sanborn,\\nJoseph Batchekler,\\nJohn Sealy,\\nJethro Tilton,\\nIchabod Robie,\\nEdward Sanborn,\\nJohn Prescott, jr.,\\nZachariah Clitibrd,\\nJoseph Batchekler, jr,\\nSam Blake, senr.,\\nEdward Gilman,\\nJohn Searll,\\nWilliam Godfree,\\nKeheni Leavitt,\\nJohn Morrison,\\nSam Elkins,\\nRob Wade, jr.,\\nJeremiah Sanborn,\\nDaniel Tilton,\\nHeni-y Shnrburne,\\nBenj. Gambling,\\nJos. Sherburne,\\nClement Hughes,\\nSami Plaisted,\\nElez Russell,\\nSamuel Hart,\\nEph Dennett,\\nJohn Preston,\\nBenj. Sanborn,\\nJoseph Sanborn,\\nJames Prescott,\\nJonathan Prescott, jr.\\nRichard Sanborn,\\nRichard Clitlord,\\nGeorge Veazi, jr.,\\nJonathan Sanborn,\\nNathan Longfellow,\\nSam Sanborn,\\nJacob Green,\\nHenry Dyea,\\nBenj. Fitield,\\nSherburne Tilton,\\nBenj. Fogg,\\nJoseph Love,\\nJacob Gilman,\\nJoseph Young,\\nEphraiin Hoit,\\nAbraham Sanborn,\\nIsrael Blake,\\nWilliam Healey,\\nCharles Stuart,\\nEnoch Sanborn,", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY.\\nThomas Veazi,\\nJo.slma Prcscott,\\nJohn Cass,\\nDaniel Ladd,\\nAbiKu- IleiTiiiian,\\nSam Prescott,\\nNath Bachelder, seiir.,\\nJohn Ladd,\\nOliver Smith,\\nEdward Fi field,\\nJohn Gilman, jr.,\\nJohn Knowles,\\nSam Vcazi,\\nBenj. Veazi,\\nThomas Veazi, jr.,\\nNicholas Norris,\\nJohn Norris,\\nNicholas Seavy,\\nThomas Rollins,\\nJoseph Lorrane,\\nJohn Roberts,\\nMoses Norris, senr.,\\nDaniel Lovering\\nEbenezer Lovering,\\nJona Robinson,\\nRenben Smith,\\nThomas Veazi, jr.,\\nNath Stevens, jr.,\\nJames Leavit,\\nWm. Stevens, Porch\\nJona Plummer,\\nJohn Smith,\\nBenj. Tole,\\nCaleb Tole,\\nAbraham Drake,\\nSam Smith,\\nThomas Garton,\\nJames Pnrckins,\\nJacob Monlton,\\nJonathan Nason,\\nElisha Smith,\\nJonathan Dearborn,\\nThomas Leavitt,\\nCOPY OF THE LAYING OUT OF THE FIRST GRANT.\\nWhereas we the subscribers were Ordered and directed\\nby the Committee appointed by Ilis Excellency the Govern\\nand Council to Lay out a new Town adjoyning to Haver-\\nhill, Kingston Exeter, Pursuant to the afors Directions\\nwe have ru)i the following Lines, viz. We begun at a\\nwhite pine Tree marked R. W., H. S., L T., W. B., Stand-\\ning on the Supposed Kingston line, where Haverhill Sup-\\nposed Line Cutts it, and run Ten miles upon a W. N. W.\\nLine to a pitch pine Tree notcht on four Sides Then we be-\\ngun again at the afors white pine Tree and run Three\\nmiles, along Kingston Supposed head Line to the Supposed\\nKingston North Corner Bounds next to Exeter And from\\nthence Seven miles upon a N. b E. Line to a Hemlock Tree\\nmarked R, W., H. S., I. T. the other two Lines being run\\nparralell to those two Lijies will make a Tract of Ten\\nmiles Square, Agrcable to the Petition prcff ered by Capt.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "10 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nHenry Sherburne, Clem Hughes Comp to and Granted\\nby His Excellency the Governour Council. Dated at\\nPortsmouth\\nJan^ 4 1720-1.\\nTho Pierce,\\nEph Dennct,\\nGeorge Pierce,\\nJo^ Tilton.\\nProv. of\\nN. Hamp S Whereas, we the Suliscribers were aj (pointed\\nby His Excellency the Govern Council a Coniittee to\\nLay out a Tract of Land of Ten miles Square adjoyning to\\nHaverhill Kingston Exeter, for a Township, and after\\nhaving duly considered how the Said Tract of Land ought\\nto be Layd out Consonant to the Petition prefercd to His\\nExcellency the Gov and Council by Henry Sherburne,\\nClem Hughes Comp^, and that the Land may not In-\\nfringe on any Former Grant, and having Chosen Capt. Jo^\\nTilton, Capt. Tho^ Pierce, m Ephraim Dennet, m George\\nPierce, nV Ich Roby mr. Jacob Stanyan to run the Lines\\nfor y*^ bounds of y* above Township, we did order and direct\\nthem the s Capt. Tilton, c., to run the Lines as is Ex-\\npressed in their return on y*^ other side being persuaded\\ny y same will not Lifringe on any former Grant, we do al-\\nlow Confirm y s return as far forth as it Lyes in our\\nPower, and pray that y same may be allowed and Con-\\nfirmed by His Excellency the Governour Council.\\nThe corner bound of Chester, next to Londonderry, near\\nMv. Tenney s, doAvn to 1801 was a beech tree, which is ex-\\n])ressly mentioned in the charter of Londonderry, June\\n21st, 1722. this survey they commenced at a white\\npine, but if the points were not identical they were not\\nfar ai)art, for a range of the home lots laid out in 1719\\ncertainly commenced near the present corner. This return\\nruns on Kingston line three miles (probably to the corner\\nnear David Lane s) and next to Exeter, whereas Exeter\\ncorner was finally established more than two miles farther\\ncast. The lines were all uncertain, as we shall see when\\nAve come to the settlement of the lines. This was merely\\na grant of the land, not the charter of a town, and whether", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 11\\nsatisfactory or not, the Ijounds of the charter were essen-\\ntially different, includini^ nnich more land. The Society\\nseem to have made great efforts, and spent time and\\nmoney to sccnrc their oI)ject. They built a possession fence\\naround the country. The committee had a mee(in .lunc\\nlo, 1720, and examined and allowed various accounts, includ-\\ning an account of Mens days Fencing the Chesnut Country\\ngoing there to Oppose the Haverhill ])eople. There\\nwere 484 days allowed, at an expense of .\u00c2\u00a3144, 18s. This\\ncould hardly have been expended since the October meet-\\ning.\\nWhether the claim of the Haverhill people was merely\\nan effort to get a grant, or a claim under the charter of\\nHaverhill from JSIassachusetts, or both, I do not know.\\nWhen I was surveying on the additional lot No. 31, in\\n1819, Mr. Peter Hall and h\\\\ Abraham Sargent were\\n})resent, and they said that they had seen a monument\\nnear there, said to have been erected by Haverhill people.\\nTheir tradition was that the charter of Haverhill began at\\nHolt s Rocks (so called), and was to run thence N. W.\\nto Merrimac river that they started at the Rocks and run\\ntwenty miles failing of provisions and liquor they erected\\ntheir monument and went home. They were probably\\nright in regard to the monument, but wrong in regard to the\\nexplanation, as the following, which is taken from a copy\\nin the case of French vs. Morse, before the Court of A])-\\npcals in the Secretary s Ofiice, will show\\nHaverhill, July y* 4 1674.\\nAt the Request of the Selectmen of Haverhill, the\\nBounds of Said Town were perfected as foUowcth From\\nHolts Rocks we run due northwest according to the Com-\\npass, not allowing any variation, allowing almsbury their\\nlull and just bounds, as hath been determined by the hon-\\noured General Court all the other line on tiie west Side of\\nthe Plantation we run from Merrimack River due North\\nnntil it cutt with the first line, where we erected a great\\nPillar of Stones, this last line was Set out A: begun to\\nrun by Ensign Noyes and Sargeant John Parker at eight\\nmiles distance from Haverhill meeting [house], upon a due", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "12 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nwest Line, which is according to the grant of the General\\nCourt, the Running lines on both Sides of s Plantation\\nwere bounded by markt trees and heaps of stones, laid out\\nby Jonathan Danforth, Survey Bilereca 12 8m., 1G75.\\nThe Court approves of the Return, as attests Edwd. Raw-\\nson, Secretary.\\nThis pillar of stones was prolmbly the one seen liy ^Ir.\\nHall and Mr. Sargent. Capt. David Shaw tells me that\\nthere used to be an oak tree by the poor farm which was\\ncalled Haverhill bounds. Margaret Shirley and Mrs.\\nCowdery recollect the tree. By looking at the map it will\\nbe seen that the northwestern line from the corner of\\nChester and Derry (the road over Walnut Hill and down\\nJack s Hill) does not correspond with the northeastern end\\nof the additional lots at and above the poor farm, and the\\nquestion may arise, If they intended in laying out the home\\nlots to follow Haverhill line, how came the offset In\\nanswer, we may suppose that Haverhill line was not well\\ndefined that if trees were marked in 1G75 many of them\\nwere down and that they started at the supposed intersec-\\ntion of Haverhill and Kingston lines, and on the sup])Osed\\ncourse, and run on to near Three Camp meadow, and then\\noffset about sixty rods to keep clear of the meadow to the\\nroad through HalFs Village. The line of the home lots\\nover the hill, if extended, would be about the northeast\\nline of home lot 124, on which John Shirley settled, where\\nMr. Cowdery now lives. They then found that they were\\nabout sixty rods northeast of the old Haverhill line, the\\noak tree and perhajts other monuments, and they run that\\nrange of lots to the line, and then continued on as far as\\nthe home lots extend.\\nThis is corroborated by the fact that, accompanying a\\npetition of Richard Hazzen, Jr., and others, to the Council\\nof Massachusetts in 1728, comjJaining of the encroach-\\nments of the people of Londonderry, was a plan in which\\nthe line running northwest j)asses over the corner of Ches-\\nter, and extends into Chester, so as nearly or quite to cor-\\nres})ond to this monument. A reduced copy of this plan is", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 13\\ninserted in Chase s History of Haverhill, page 200. And\\nfurther, the first settlers of Londonderry obtained a deed,\\ndated Oct. 20, 1719, from John yheelwright (a grandson\\nof the original grantee of the AVheelwright claim), of A\\ncertain tract of land l)ounded as foUoweth, not exceeding\\nthe quantity of ten miles square beginning at a i\u00c2\u00bbine tree\\nmarked, which is the southwest corner of Cheshire, and\\nrunning to the northwest corner of the said Cheshire, nnd\\nfrom tiie northwest corner running a duo west line unto\\nthe River Merrimack, and down the River Merrimack, until\\nit meets with the line of Dunstable, and there turning east-\\nward upon Dunstal)lo line until it meet with the line of\\nDracut, and continuing eastward ui)on Dracut Line untill it\\nmeets with the line of Haverill, and Extending northward\\nupon Haverill until it meets with the line of Cheshire, and\\nthen turning westward upon the said Line of Cheshire unto\\nthe pine tree first mentioned where it began.\\nThis line of Haverhill is probably the one on Hazzen s\\nplan, but sto]iped at the line of Cheshire running west north-\\nwest, according to the grant of 1720, which had prob-\\nably been previously surveyed, and not up to the northwest\\nline to the monument seen by Mr. Ilall and Mr. Sargent.\\nIt would probably intersect the Londonderry line not far\\nfrom the Derry road.\\nAt any rate, there was a line of Haverhill run up into\\nChester, and the proprietors or lot-layers, in laying out the\\nhome lots in 1719, did not intend to trespass on Haverhill,\\nand began on what they supposed to be the intersection of\\nHaverhill and Kingstown lines, and run north-west the\\ncourse of the supposed Haverhill line and the gore, be-\\ntween these lots and Londonderry line as established by\\nthe charter, was laid out into additional lots in 172G.\\nThe return says We the subscribers have lay out an\\nadditional lot of fifty acres to Each home lott, beginning first\\nat y^ south-east corner of y^ town next Haverhill, Running\\nwesterly along Derry line, called the first Range.\\nThere was allowed at the same time, June 15, 1720,\\nFor time about the Law suits, 9 days, \u00c2\u00a32 14s. Also of", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "14\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nMoney expended on the Law Suits paid by Capt.\\nHenry yiierburne the Receiver for the Prop\u00e2\u0084\u00a2.\\nIt would seem from the Proprietors records that they\\nhad lawsuits, but who the parties were, and what legal\\nauthority any body had, does not appear. There is a credit\\nMarch oO, 1723 So much recovered of Jarvis Ring,\\n\u00c2\u00a32 12. I have examined the Court records of that period,\\nbut have found no such cases.\\nPaid to Mr. Acmuty for pleading\\nto Cap Phipps, do. Sundry times\\nto Mr. Waldron\\nto Mr. JeliVies\\nto Jno. Pray, serving a writ\\nto Michael Whidden, for do\\ns. d.\\n1 10 00\\n2 10 00\\n1 00 00\\n1 00 00\\n2 00 00\\n15 00\\nIn 1723, there is credit given for cash recovered of Jarvis\\nRing, \u00c2\u00a32 12. There is also an account of men s Labor\\nSince the Lotts were drawn, amounting to \u00c2\u00a347 10, giving\\nthe inference that the other was before the lots were laid\\nout.\\nTo Lot-layers\\nto Committee\\nto Committee s expenses\\nClement nughes charges.\\nTo drawing a petition\\nto cash paid the Clerk of the Council\\nto Drawing articles for the Society to Signe\\nto do. a plat for the Society\\nto Copy of an Indian Deed (probably the deed to\\nStephen Dudley)\\ns.\\nd.\\n24\\n10\\n00\\n8\\n2\\n00\\n6\\n00\\n00\\ns.\\nd.\\n5\\n00\\n10\\n00\\n00\\n5\\n00\\n6 00\\nThere is also a charge for 4| gallons of rum, G lbs. of\\nsugar of Capt. Sherburne, w^ was given y men at work in\\nthe Country, \u00c2\u00a31 16 6. Tiic wliole amount of their ac-\\ncount current, June 15, 1720, was \u00c2\u00a3247 7 0.\\nAt a meeting of the Committee the following persons", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 15\\nwere adniif led i)r()i)riet()rH in the Town of Chcclicr agree-\\nable to the Desire of the Govern^ viz\\nAVilliaiii White, Joiia. Cloujjcli,\\nJoiia. Kiiiersoii, Thus. Wliitiny,\\nJiK). Packer, Jno. Ja(iiiish,\\nJoiia. Kimball, Wm. Daniols,\\nStcph. W ebstor, Step. Johnson,\\nI lios. Silver, the liev. Thos. Sinims,\\nSam Iiij^alls, Ivich Ilaselton,\\nJames Fales, Nathan Webster, of Bradford,\\nJmo. Littlehale, IJichard Jacjuisli.\\nEph. Guile,\\nAt a meeting of tlic committee Nov. 20, 1720, tlic fol-\\nlowing |)ersons were admitted proprietors, viz.\\nCai)t. Ilemy Sloper, Jacob (Jilman,\\nJames Bold, Ed. CJilmaii,\\nBenning Wentworth, Thos. Smith, in the\\nWm. Crosswait, Iloom of Richard Swain,\\nClem* Mishervey, liobcrt Ford,\\nthe Rev*^ Nath Rogers, Amos Cass,\\nSamuel Sherburne, in y Eben P^astman,\\nRoom of Wm. Stivens, Lutlier Morgan,\\nJos. Young, Samuel Thompson.\\nThe first, and a part of the second list, were Massachu-\\nsetts men, and a part were Exeter men, including probably\\nthe petitioners mentioned May 24, 1720, and was a matter\\nof compromise and put an end to the contest with Haver-\\nhill people.\\nAt a General Meeting of the Proprietors of the Town\\nof Checher held at Hampton the 11th day of Januarv,\\n1720-1,\\nVoted, Col Packer moderator.\\nVoted, That each prop that does not Settle pay ten\\nShillings per year during three years, the whole to be\\nDivided yearly among them that Settles.\\nVoted, To Coll Packer, Coll Wiar, Caleb Tole and\\nSam Ingalls the whole Priviledge of the upper Falls on the\\ngreat Brook forever, to build a Sawmill or mills on, and\\nalso ten acres of land gratis on Each Side of s falls i ^V", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "16 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\ns*^ mills conveniency, with condition that the s*^ mill shall\\nbe fitt to Cutt boards in a Twelve month from this time and\\nthat they shall saw at halves the Prop Loggs, So much\\nas they shall have Occasion for, for Building,\\nAnd those prop ^that Shall have Occasion to buy boards\\nshall l\u00c2\u00bbe su])})lied with So many as they shall have occasion\\nfor at the Rate of thirty shillings per thousand del at the\\nmill.\\nAnd if the making of a pond or ponds for s** mill dam-\\nnific any of the prop the Town shall make good the\\nDamage.\\nA^oted, that as soon as Thirty Householders are set-\\ntled there Shall be a minister of the Gospel maintained by\\nthe whole proprietary and as soon as fifty families are\\nSettled there shall be a meeting House for the Publick\\nWorship of God built by the Whole Proprietary.\\nThis was a grant of the privilege of the Old (Has-\\nelton s) sawmill. Samuel Ingalls was one of the grantees,\\nand the Haverhill people were quieted before this.\\nThus early, too, was provision made for preaching, and a\\nmeeting-house.\\nAt a meeting of the Committee, Jan^ 25, 1720-1,\\nVoted, that whereas the number of proprietors is con-\\n[a part of this word is torn off] and no ])rovision made\\nfor a school master, that the next proprietor that shall\\nForfeit his Lott the Same Shall [be] appropriated for a\\nSchool.\\nAt a meeting of the Committee, March 15, 1720-1,\\nThe following acco* were rec allowed of. Ac* of charges\\nabout y bridge the first time. There are the names of\\npersons and the days worked amounting to sixty-two days.\\nAcco* of Charges about the Bridge the Second time,\\neighteen days. The third time, twenty-seven days, the\\nwhole amounting to X134 10s.\\nThis was on the bridge between Sandown and Danville,\\nwhich was always called Cheshire Bridge.\\nAcco* of time Searching the Country, thirty days by\\nfive persons, \u00c2\u00a39.\\nAce* of Charges in Running the Line. There were", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "rUOPPJETARY HISTORY. 17\\nt\\\\\\\\ clvc men five days each seven liands four days eacli,\\nand one man three days, X38 IGs,\\nAcco of Charges Looking and cutting ilie Avay, and\\nkeeping possession, tc. There were twelve men five days\\neach fifteen men four days each seven men six dnys\\neach amounting to \u00c2\u00a348 12s.\\nThe committee liail a ])ill for settling, from three to ton\\ndays cacli, XIC) Gs., l esidcs collecting the assessments, c.\\nJosejth Tilton charges six days attending the (Jov\\nCouncil.\\nAcco* of Time laying out y^ Haverhill mens lots, four\\nmen six days each, \u00c2\u00a39 12s.\\nAccount of Charges Repairing the possession fence,\\nseven men two days each, two men four days each, \u00c2\u00a3(3 12s.\\nAce* of time to Give Evidence at Court, two men\\ntwo days each, \u00c2\u00a31.\\nAce* of time to find if any Trcspas upon the Society,\\nfour men three days each, \u00c2\u00a3S 12s.\\nAccount of what allowed the Connnittce ap}iointed by\\nthe Governor to Layout y* Town, four men one pound\\neach, \u00c2\u00a34.\\nClement IIiKjhes charges.\\nTo Attendance on the Govii 2 days\\nTo do. on Courts 3 days\\nTo P Dan Lcvit for two liorscs tliat run away\\nfrom people left hi the Country to keep pos-\\nsession\\nTo drawing 2 new mapps\\nand many other items.\\nThere was i r(jlwl)ly no kiml of a ro.ad tins siileof Kingston Plain, and v;\\\\\\\\on they\\nfirst came to the Chestnut country they must liave come through the viklerness on\\nhorse-back, if not on foot, and therefore kept soutli of Exeter river, and come up\\non to Walnut Hill. I5ut they afterwards lookeil outand cut a way over Beech I lain,\\nand built some kind of a bridge across Exeter river, to come through the north iiart of\\nSandown.\\nAt the June Term of the Cotirt of Sessions, 1736, the grand jurymen from Londin-\\nderry represented that there was no highway from Kingstown to Chester. An order\\nof notice was served on the selectmen of Kingstown, who appeared in 1737, and\\nprayed for time.\\n\u00c2\u00a30\\n12\\n18\\n7\\n10\\n\u00c2\u00a310\\n00", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "18 HISTORY or cHr:sTr;R,\\nCapt. Ilenry Sherburne rlutrfjes.\\nTo a book 9s. Gd.; pair of marking- irons 3s. Gel. 13\\nTo a mapp 10\\nTo So much paid Mrs. Small for expenses w y\\nLt. Gov. c 1 00\\nand other items. Tlic general price of labor and time is (3\\nshillings per day. The whole amount is stated March 80,\\n1723. The Dr. side is Xo83 4s. 7d.\\nThe Credit\\n125 proprietors 60s. each \u00c2\u00a3olb 00\\nFor forfeitures 6 16\\nRecovei ed of Jarvis Ring* 2 12\\nBalance due from the Proprietors 198 16 7\\n\u00c2\u00a3583 04 7\\nThe account current is stated again for 1724 and 1725.\\nThe Dr. side, including the above balance, \u00c2\u00a3541 16s. 9d.\\nThe Credit side consists of:\\n126 Propri** 50s each 2 payment \u00c2\u00a3315\\n126 do 3 payment 20s. .126\\n126 do 4 do lOs. G3\\nOne for the lirst omitted 3\\n507\\nBalance \u00c2\u00a334 16 9-^\\nI give these items of the accounts to show something of\\nwhat these men did and paid to start the settlement of\\nChester.\\nAt a Publick meeting of the Proprietors, held at Capt.\\nWingate s at Hampton, March 1(J, 1720-1\\nVoted, mr. Eph Dennot moderator.\\nVoted, Clem Huglies CP\\nVoted, Capt. Tho^ Pierce, Clem Hughes, Ej-h. Den-\\nnet, Capt. Jo Tilton, Caleb Tole, Ich. Roby and Jacob\\nStanyan be a Committee to manage the affairs of the So-\\nciety for y Year Ensuing.\\nVoted, Capt. Jo Tilton Receiver.\\nVoted, Cap Tilton, Caleb Tole, Ich. Roby, Geo.\\nPierce and Jacob Stanyan Lott Layers.\\nVoted, That y Lott layers lay out a Second Division\\nof 100 acres each Lott, and Such Highways as they see\\nmeet.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "PROPRTETARY HISTORY. 19\\nYotod, That Cap* Wiiio-it, Deacon Sluiw, S: nir. lii-\\ngalls 1)0 a Ci)ininitt(H to audit the tyominittec s a(H;o\\n\\\\^)(c(l, That loach propricitor pay thirty Shilliiifi s hy\\nthe lirst day of ^lay next to discharge y\u00c2\u00ae Society s (k bts.\\nVoted, That the four j)ersons to whom the Stream is\\ngranted Shall give each a bond of Fifty j)ounds to the Com-\\nmittc to perform the Conditions of s (Jrant and if any\\nof them Refuse to do it, the Committee is lm})o\\\\vered to\\nadmit others.\\nVoted, That y* Ilavd hill ))eophi tliat are proprietors\\nmake their way to the (Jhesnut Countiy j)assal\u00c2\u00bbie for Carts,\\nat tlieir Charges, and that mr. Ingalls be Surveyor.\\nVoted, Tiuit the bridge on the Road from Kingston to\\nthe Ciiesnut Country be made passable for Carts, and that\\nJo Sanborn, Jun l)e Surveyor.\\nAt a meeting of tlic Committee Sep. 20, 1721, the fol-\\nlowing persons were admitted Pi-oprietors, viz., Coll I eter\\nWear, Capt. Rich Kent, Capt. Josh. Wingate, Tho^ Dean,\\nSam Shaw, John Calf.\\nVoted, That the proprietors of the nj)per Falls on the\\ngroat r^rook have the j\u00c2\u00bbriviledge of the Lower falls also, for\\ntheir Further Incouragement to Imild a mill according to a\\nvote of the Society at a publick meeting held Jany. 11,\\n1720 And in consideration of w*^ additional Priviledgo\\nthov are to build a Grist mill as Soon as the Town will\\nneed it.\\nThis grant was Avhcre Ilaselton s grist-mill and pail-\\nfactory are.\\nAt a meeting of the Committee Jany. 2, 1721-2,\\nVoted, Sam Welsh, and Jacol) ^Monlton have forfeited\\ntheir Right in the Town of Checher, they not having jiaid\\ntheir Charges.\\nAt a meeting of the Committee Jan 22 1721-2,\\nPresent, Thos. Pierce, Eph Dennet, Clem* Hughes and\\nCaleb Tole.\\nSundry of the Proprietors having com] lained to the Com-\\nmittee That it was Detrimental to the Town That the sec-\\nond Division was not Laid, nor the first yet perfected, and\\nhaving also Desired That a meeting of the Prop\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 might be\\nwarned to con^iult the Affairs of the Town", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "20 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nYoted, That Notifications be Sett up accordingly.\\nVoted, That His Excellency s Farm of 500 acres be\\nLaid out as near the Center as may be without Discommod-\\ning the home Lotts.\\nTHE NOTIFICATION, VIZ\\nThese are to Notifie all Concerned That a Gen meeting\\nof the Propriet of the Town of Chccher is appointed to be\\nheld at the House of mr. Nicholas Ferryman in Exeter on\\nMonday the Fifth day of Feb next, at ten of the clock in\\ny*^ morning, to Choose lot layers to Lay out the Second\\nDivision, the lot Layers chosen at the last meeting having\\nneglected to do it, and Further to Consult and do what\\nmay be Thought Needful for the Town Service.\\nJan 22 1721-2. Tho^ Pierce,\\nEph Dennet,\\nRich Webard, I j p^ Clement Hughes,\\nTho\u00c2\u00ab Packer, j^^^st.i. Caleb Tole.\\nAt a Publick meeting of the Proprie of the Town of\\nChecher held at Exeter, Feb. 5, 1721-2,\\nVoted, ColP Tho^ Packer Moderator.\\nVoted, That the Second Division be two hundred acres\\ninstead of 100 before voted.\\nVoted, Sam Ingalls, Clem Hughes, and Caleb Tole Lott\\nlayers, to Lay out the same.\\nVoted, That tlie Lott layers go on the same as Soone as\\npossil)ly they can, and as soon as they have accomplished it\\nand make a Return thereof to the Committee, That the\\nCommittee Notifie the Prop to meet to draw their Lotts\\nAnd whereas there is a former vote that there should be a\\nmeeting annually on the Third Wednesday of March, and\\nit not lieing pr()bal le that tlic Said lotts can be laid out\\nbefore that time, That the meeting be Defered till the\\nfirst Monday in may next Except the Committee See Cause\\nto call the meeting Sooner.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "Province\\nSeal.\\nPROPRIETARY HISTORY. 21\\nTHE R O Y A L C 11 A R T lO R\\nGeorge by tlio Grace of God of (!roai Briluiii,\\nFrance and Ireland, Kinij;-, Defend of the\\nFaith, t*ec.\\nTo all People to whom these i) .seiits Shall come, Greeting.\\nKnow y That wc of our Especial Knowledge and nicer\\nmotion, for the due encouragement of Settling a new jtlan-\\ntation, by and with the advice of our Council, have given\\nand granted and l y these p sents as farr as in us lies do\\ngive and Grant, in Equall Shares unto Sundry of our beloved\\nSubjects, whose names are Entred in a Schedule hereunto\\nannexed. That Inhabit or Shall Inhabit within the said\\nGrant within our Province of New Hani)/, all That Tract\\nof Land within the following bounds: (Viz) to begin at\\nExeter Southerly Corner bounds and from thence run u))on a\\nWest and ))y North jioint two miles along Kingston north-\\nerly Line to Kingston North Corner bounds, then uj)on a\\nSouth point three miles along Kingston head Line to Kings-\\nton South Corner bounds, then upon a West North West\\npoint Ten miles into the country, Then to begin again at\\nthe aforesaid Exeter Soutlnvardly Corner bounds and run\\nseven miles upon Exeter head Line upon a North East\\npoint half a point more Northei ly, Then fourteen miles\\ninto the Country upon a west North west point to the\\nriver Merrimack, and from thence upon a Straight Line\\nto the End of the afores Ten Mile line and That the\\nsame be a Town Corporated by the name of Chester to the\\npersons afores for ever To have and to hold the said Land,\\nto the Grantees and their Heirs and assigns forever, and to\\nSuch associates as they Shall admit upon the Following\\nConditions\\n1. That Every proprietor l)uild a Dwelling House Avithin\\nThree years and Settle a Familley Therein, breack up Three\\nacres of Ground and })lant or Sow y same within four\\nyears, and pay his proportion of the Town Charge when\\nand so often as Occasion shall require the same.\\n2. That a meeting House be built for the I ublic worship\\nof God within the said Term of four years.\\n8. That upon default of any particular Proprietor in Com-\\nplying with the Conditions of this Charter upon his ]iart.\\nSuch Deliuipient projjrietor Shall forfeit his Share to the\\nother Proprietors, which Shall l)e Disposed according to y*\\nmajor vote of the Said Comoners at a Legall meeting.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "22 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n^thiy^ Tliat a Pro])rietor\\\\s Share be reserved for a Parson-\\nage another for the first niiuister of the GospcU, another\\nfor tlie Benelit of a Sehool.\\nProvided nevertheless that the Peace with tlie Indians\\nContinne during the aforesaid Term of Three years l nt if\\nit slionld so happen That a warr with the Indians Should\\nconnnenee before the Expiiation of the afores Term of\\nThree years, the aforcs-aid Tei m of three years Shall be\\nallowed to the Projtrietors after the Exjiiration of the warr\\nfor the pertbrmanee of the aforesaid Conditions, Render-\\ning and paying therefor to us, our Heirs and Successors,\\nor Such other officer or officers as shall be appointed to\\nreceive the same, The annual (piit rent of acknowledg-\\neni of one pomid of (lood merch Hemp in the said\\nTown on the Twentieth of December yearly forever re-\\nserving also unto us. our Heirs and Successors, all mast\\nTrees growing on said Land according to acts of Paidia-\\nment in that behalf made and provided, and for the bet-\\nter order, Rule ami Government of the said Town we do l)y\\nthese p sents Grant for us, our Heirs and Successors, unto\\nthe said men A- Inhabitants, or tlujse that shall Inhaltit the\\nSaid Town, That yearly every year upon the last Thurs-\\nday in march forever, they shall meet to Elect and Chuse\\nby the major [jart of tliem Constables, Selectmen and all\\nother Town ofiicers, according to the Laws and usage of our\\nafores Province, for the year ensuing, with Such Power,\\njtriviledges and authority as other Town officers within our\\naforesaid Province have and Enjoy.\\nIn Wittness whereof we have Caused the seal of our\\nSaid Province to be hereunto annexed. AV ittness, Sam\\nShute, Esif, our Governour Command in Chief of our\\nSaid Province, at our Town of Portsmouth the 8 day of\\nmay in the Eighth year of our reign, annocp Domini 1722.\\nBy His Excellency s Conuind\\nw advice of the Council. Sam Shute.\\nR. Waldron, Cler. Con.\\nA SCHEDULE OP THE PROPRIETORS NAMES, OF THE TOWN OF\\nCHESTER.\\nCap Ileiu-y Sherburne, Jetlu-o Tilton,\\nJienj Gambling Esq Amos Cass,\\nI lio** Phipps Esff, James Perkins,\\nCap Josh Pierce, Susan Small,", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "rtiOPRIETARY HISTORY.\\n23\\nCoil IVLei- Wear,\\nliev i Niith Rogers,\\nClem Iliiyhcs,\\nCap Tho Pierce,\\nCap Jos Sli(!rl)uriie,\\nC:ip Arcli Macphcadris,\\nEph Dciiiicl,\\nBeimiiij^- VN ciitwortli,\\nCap Eheir Wciil worth,\\nCai) IMch Kent,\\nGeor ,^e Pierce,\\nEl en// I lissell,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i Icliahod Koby,\\nEeV Tiio^ Siinms,\\nSam Sliackford,\\nJu Sliackford,\\nWill White,\\nSam Iiig-alls\\nWu:W^ Wliidden,\\nAVill K,vmes,\\nWill God fry.\\nEheii Dearboii,\\nJohn Cram,\\nJohn Prescut, Jun\\nAhram Browne,\\nJohn Present, Sen\\nJoseph Bachclder,\\nJohn Packer,\\nJohn Silly,\\nTho Levit,\\nSam Pa.ii-e,\\nNath Sanborn.\\nJames Present,\\nNath Bachelder, Son\\nDavid Tilton,\\nJon- Emerson,\\nElijah Smith,\\nSam Smitli,\\n.Fon Dearborn,\\nAbram Drake,\\nCap Joshna WinJet,\\nSam Blacke.\\nJos Sanbnrne,\\nJfulicn Sanbnrne,\\nGeorge BrowMiell,\\nWill llally,\\nZach\u00c2\u00bb Ciillord,\\nEuocJi Sanborn,\\nJosiah Bachelder,\\nSam Prescot,\\nXath Bachelder, Jun^\\nBenoiu l oii g,\\nKich Clilford,\\nJames P^ogg,\\nEben Easnian,\\nKi)en Loverell,\\nJkoiy Kow,\\n.Philip Tole,\\nImIw Sanborn,\\nTienry Works,\\nJery Said)orn,\\nCaleb Tole,\\nJon Plnmmcr,\\nBenJ^ Tole,\\nI enj Snn fh,\\nCap Jon Sanburn,\\nMoses Blacke,\\nJacob Bastbrd7~~\\nJacob Garland, Sen\\nJon- Brown,\\nPhilemon Blake,\\nStephen Sweat,\\nJii Sanburn,\\nSam Marston, Jim\\nNalh Drake,\\nHenry Sloper,\\nTho Smith.\\nWill CrosswMit,\\nJami s Buid,\\n.Joseph oung.\\nClem Mesharvy,\\nI^nther Morgan,\\nPtich Ilasleton, y\\nJacob (Jilman,\\nSam Sherbnrne,\\nEd Gilman.\\nTho l an,\\nSam Shaw,\\nJohn Calf,\\nJon Clongh,", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "24\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nBenj Sanburne,\\nEob* Ford,\\nMaj Jn Gillman,\\nJn\u00c2\u00b0 Jaquisli,\\nSam Thompsou,\\nWill Daniel,\\nSteplieu Webster,\\nSteph Johnson,\\nEdward Emerson,\\nNath Webster,\\nTho^ Silver,\\nRich Jaquish,\\nTho Whiting,\\nJames Tales,\\nJn\u00c2\u00b0 Littlehale,\\nJn\u00c2\u00b0 Cutt\\none prop\\nEpli Gnile,\\nBenj Ackerman,\\nshare.\\nJon Kimball,\\nProvince N. Hamp% May 10 1722.\\nHis Excellency tlie Govern and the Hon Lient. Govern\\nand Council Entered associate with the within persons,\\n(viz)\\nHis Excellency a Farm of five Hundred acres and a\\nhome Lott.\\nThe Lieu Govern the same.\\nSam Peiihallow. Esq a proj^rictor s Share,\\nMark Ilunking, Esq ditto,\\nGeorge Juftrey, Esq ditto,\\nShad Walton. Esq ditto.\\nRich Wibird, Esq ditto,\\nTho^ Packer, Esq ditto,\\nTlW Westbrook, Esq ditto.\\nA True Copy of Chester Charter and the Schedule\\nannexed to it.\\nCompared P Rich Waldron, Cler. Con.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER II.\\nTHE FIRST SETTLEMENT AND LAYING OUT OF THE LOTS.\\nTHE FIRST SETTLEMENT.\\nThe grantees of Londonderry were actual settlers Ijiit\\nthe grantees of Chester were not residents, and very few\\nof tlieni ever did reside in Chester. Most of tliein were\\nresidents of Portsmouth and IIamj)ton, but several dwelt\\nin Haverhill, Bradford, Newbury and other places. Among\\nthem were merchants, farmers, meclianics and clergymen.\\nHowever patriotic and desirous to develop the resources of\\nthe country they may have been, the idea of making money\\nby the enterprise entered largely into tlieir jdans. As has\\nbeen seen, they spent a great deal of time and money.\\nMany grew tired and refused to j)ay more, and forfeited\\ntheir rights, both before and after the charter, and others\\ntook their places. At nearly every meeting, while tlie af-\\nfairs of the town were managed by the Proprietors, there\\nwas a vote passed and a committee chosen to enforce pay-\\nment of the assessments due. The Rights were thrown\\non the market like railroad shares of the present day, and\\nin order to show sometliing of their value, I insert a few of\\nthe sales, with the consideration named in the deeds\\nJohn Calfc sold his right, in 1725, for fifty pounds.\\nE[)hraim Dennet deeded H. L. 143, in consideration of\\nsettlement, building a house and t)reaking up three acres of\\nland.\\nJohn Karr sold II. L. 13 and luilf of the rigid of Henry\\nSlierliurnc, to Alexander Craige, 1725, for thirty-four\\npounds current money.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "2G HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nEJinondXappan sold to Joseph Dearboni half of Nath.\\nDrake s right, iii 1727, for sixty pounds money.\\nThomas Syramcs sold to Richard Haselton his father s\\nright, for one hundred pounds hills of credit.\\nRichard Kent sold to John Tyler his right, in 1727, for\\none hundi ed pounds good money.\\nJulm Wentworth sold to ]\\\\Ioses Hale his liome lot, ex-\\ntending from the meeting-house to Shackford s Corner, for\\nthirty pounds, in 17o0.\\nMoses Hale to Ehenezer Flagg, two home lots and a house,\\nfor two hundred pounds, in 17o6.\\nLovovvell s war (as it was called) with the Indians com-\\nmenced al)0\\\\it the time the charter of Chester was ob-\\ntained, wliicli no doul)t retarded the settlement. There\\ndoes not seem to have been any great accession to the pop-\\nulation before 1727 and 1728. The settlement at London-\\nderry was commenced in 1719, by the Scotch Irish, as they\\nwere called Scotch j)eople who had emigrated to the North of\\nIrehmd). Others came over, and some stopped awhile in\\nthe ohler towns, Alexander Craige in Chebacco,the Wil-\\nsons in Stratham, Tolford in Bradford, c. Others came\\nto Londonderry first, and then came to Chester. Here\\nwee t^o races, and a consideral)le prejudice existed be-\\ntween tliem, though I think not nearly as much as is rep-\\nresented by the writer of the New Hampshire Churches.\\nThey were of two denominations, but both united in the\\nsetllenient of- Rev. Mr. Hale, though after lie left the Pres-\\nbyterians settled a minister of their own, and refused to\\n])ay taxes for the support of Mr. Flagg, which would, no\\ndoulit, produce ill feeling. Then they liad different modes\\nof li\\\\ing. The Irish ate potatoes and the English did not;\\ntlie Irish churned their milk and drank 1)uttermilk and the\\nEnglish did not; the Irish ])ut liarley into tlieir ])ot-liquor\\nand made l)arley l)roth, the English put in beans and had\\nIjcan j)orridge. It is true tliat intermarriages were con-\\nsidered improper. As late as 17d2, when Benjamin Melvin\\nmarried Mehital)le Bradley, it was considered an improper\\nconnection. But, after all, I have seen no evidence to", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "rROPRIETARY HISTORY. 27\\nshow that they as iieighhors, did not live quietly and\\npeaeoahly too-ethor, or that there was any dirterence made\\nin the election of olTieers.\\nThe question, ivhcn the settlement commenced and ivho\\n-were tlie first settlers, is difficult to answer. We have seen\\nthat Sanniel lug-alls is said, in a deed, to have lieen of\\nCheshire in ()ctoI)er, 1717. lie was a Haverhill man,\\nand would, naturally, helong to the Haverhill people, whom\\nthe So(;iety were opposing. Mr. Ingalls is said in a deed\\nto he of Haverhill in 17r.\u00c2\u00bb. In March, 1721-2, Sanuiel In-\\ngalls, of Winfield, otherwise Cheshire, conveys to the Rev.\\n]\\\\Ir. Phillips the right of Stephen Wchstcr, reserving the\\nhome lot No. Gl, which lu; lives on, so that he had\\nnuide a permanent settlement previous to that, and was\\n])rol al)ly the tirst settler. There is a list of the pro])rie-\\ntors who were allowed Scttlery for y first year, C(.\u00c2\u00bbntain-\\ning twenty-four names, hut I think only two of them were\\nactual settlers Samuel Ingalls and Thomas Smith and\\nSmith nught not then have resided in town. The projirie-\\ntors had voted, January 11,1721, That each Prop that\\ndocs not settle shall pay ten Shillings per year during three\\nyears, the whole to he Divided yearly among those tliat set-\\ntles. The proprietors would l)uild a house and l)reak up\\na piece of ground, and would be entitled to the money.\\nThis settlement money, amounting to twelve pounds, is\\ncharged hy the receiver or treasurer as having been i)aid to\\nSamuel Ingalls in 1728. There is another list, For y 2^\\nfc Third year, of eighteen, all hut Ingalls and Smith non-\\nresidenis. But this account has no date. The town ollicers\\nwere chosen and all business done by the pi-oprietors, so\\nthat it is somewhat difficult to determine which of the offi-\\ncers were residents and which were not, in some cases.\\nIchabod Roljie was a })ro))rietor and held several offices,\\nwhich would indicate a residence but probably he never\\nlived in town.\\nThe following is a list of those who were allowed ten\\nshillings for settlement in 172: For the first year, with\\nthe numbers of their lots and the name of later owners\\nthey erected a log house and cleared a piece of land", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "28 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nClement Meshervey, No. 31 Epliraim Elliot boiiglit of\\nEzekiel Worthen of Kensington, 1747.\\nAmos Cass, No. 100 sold to John Calf, 1724 and after-\\nwards owned by John Stockman, and by Benjamin Sever-\\nance in 1751.\\nGeorge Pierce, No. 121 sold to Dea. Ebenezer Dearborn\\nof Hampton, Oct. 3, 1720.\\nCol. Wear, No. 124 Sampson Underbill, 1730, and John\\nShirley, 1731.\\nCol. Packer, No. 30 Robert Rnnnels previous to 1733\\nBen. Brown, W. M. Richardson, have owned since.\\nCapt. Thos. Pierce, No. 131 Ebenezer Dearborn, Jr.,\\n1731.\\nJohn Sanborn, No. 120 John Smith, and he deeded it to\\nhis sons Paul and Sylvanus in 1751.\\nZaeh. Clifford, No. 53 Anthony Towle now Samuel\\nKendal.\\nTliumas Smith, No. 109 James Basford, Moses Hills,\\nJacolj Hills now Calvin Hills.\\nThomas Smith lived on No. 150.\\nBenjamin Smith received settlement money on 111.\\nCaleb Towle on 55 Francis Towle, his son, lived on it.\\nJona. Kimball, 63 Samuel Ingalls.\\nSanuiel Ingalls, 70 Dea. William Tolford lived on it.\\nEphraim Gile, 61 Thomas Wells now Wni. Tenney.\\nRol)crt Ford, 149.\\nWilliam White, 74 Thomas Hascltine now Z. Shirley.\\nThomas Dean, 19.\\nJames Perkins, 59 Henry Hall lived on it.\\nI now insert the names of some of the eai-ly settlers, and\\nwhen their names are found on any record, to make it\\nnearly certain that they resided in Chester:\\nSamuel Ingalls is named in a deed, March, 1722, though\\nsaid to be of Haverhill.\\nThomas Smith received settlement money, 1723, was a\\ncommittee to run Londonderry line in December, 1722, and\\nwas constal)le, 1724.\\nJohn Tolford, of Bradford, l)ought of John Packer, H. L.\\n06, on which he settled May 25, 1724 was constable 1730.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "PROPRIKTAllY HISTORY. 29\\nJames Wliitiiig was lot-layer in 1725, had a child l)()rn in\\nin Haverhill in 1724, and one born in Chester in 172(!, and\\nwas constable in 172G.\\nJohn Karr of Chester sold to Alexander Craiu;e of Che-\\nl)acco II. L. 113, in 172. and divided lots with Caleb\\nTowlo in 1727.\\nJonatlian (loodhuc had deeds in 1727.\\nWilliam Powcl, constable in 1727.\\nJacol) .Sargent, surveyor of higliways, 1727.\\nEldad Ingalls, town clerk and treasurer, 1728. lie sold\\nto Thomas Wells, 1729.\\nWilliam Ilealey settled on his II. L. in 1728 child born\\nin Chester, 1729.\\nWilliam Wilson was in .Stratham, 1727 was fence-viewer\\nin 1728.\\nJames Wilson was in Stratham in 1727 had a deed in\\n1728, was tythingman in 1720.\\nRobert Wilson of Stratham had a deed of Geo. Jaffrey\\nin 1725 was in Chester in 1729.\\nJohn Smith is mentioned in the return of Cov. Went-\\nworth s farm of 200 acres in 1728. He was the first set-\\ntler at the Long ]Mcadows, on Brownel s additional lot\\nNo. 51.\\nE] hraim ITa!r:cltine, lot-layer, 1728 constable, 1720.\\nNathan Webster, selectman, 1720.\\nBcnaniah Colby, fence-viewer, 1729.\\nIsaac Foss of Greenland, deed, 1720 surveyor in 1731.\\nSylvanus Smith, committee to prosecute trespassers, 1720.\\nThomas Glen, deed, 1729, fence-viewer, 1780.\\nBenjamin Sanborn gave to his son-in-law, Enoch Colby,\\nhalf his right with the house in 1723. He was assessor in\\n1730 child born Jan., 1730.\\nThomas Wells of Amesbury, deed, 1729 surveyor, 1731\\nTitus Wells, fence-viewer, and child ])orn, 1730.\\nEbenezer Dearborn of Hampton, deed, 1729 selectman,\\n1730.\\nIsrael IIuss, field-driver, 1730.\\nPage Bachelder, deed, 1730.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "so HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nJames Basford, deed, 1730.\\nLemuel Clifford of Chester, tanner, deed, 1730.\\nJohn Shirley, deed, 1730 surveyor, 1733.\\nJonathan Blunt had a sawmill, 1730 constable, 1731.\\nJohn Bold, highway across his lot, 1730.\\nJolin Aiken, highway and mill grant, 1730.\\nWilliam Crawford, deed, 1730 tythingman, 1734.\\nSanniel Emerson, selectman, 1731.\\nSam|)son Underhill sold his farm in Salisbury, April 1,\\n1730, probably came to Chester in 1730.\\nJohn Amlirose, deed, 1731.\\nHenry Ambrose, deed, 1731 field-driver, 1733.\\nNathl. Ambrose, road across his land, 1733.\\nRobert Graham, deed of No. 128 in 1733.\\nWho were the early surveyors in laying out the lots is\\nuncertain. Clement Hughes charges for drawing a plat\\nfor the society, To drawing a Second plat, To draw-\\ning two new Mapps. He might have been a practical\\nsurveyor.\\nIchaljod Robie was a lot-layer to lay out the north divis-\\nion, and was voted fifteen shillings per day while the others\\nhad liut ten shillings. In his account in 1723, he has credit\\nfor seventeen days lot-laying, and five days running the\\nline, which may indicate that he was a surveyor.\\nSamuel Emerson, Esq., was probaljly surveyor in laying\\nout the 2 P. 2 D., and all subsequent divisions, and it was\\nsaid that his memory was so tenacious that he was seldom\\nat a loss to find any bound or tell where it stood if lost.\\nTheir surveys were inaccurate. There is no certainty that\\nthey ever surveyed the side lines of the lots, but probably\\nrun through on one side of the range-ways and marked\\nbounds on both sides. The manner of measuring may be\\ninferred from the complaint against the Londonderry com-\\nmittee, that they would not allow eleven chains for ten.\\nOn the old plans of the Old Hundreds (Raymond) the\\nlines next to Chester and Candia are both straight wliere-\\nas both are really very crooked. The same is true of the", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 31\\nthird (li\\\\isi(in. There were prohal ily ron,u;li plans nuule of\\nall the divisions at the time, which accompanied the j ru-\\nprietors records.\\nAt a Pro[)rietors meetinti;, Jan. (5, 1747, it was Voted,\\nThat the Propri(!tors !-^hall Pay for Ritinu; a Ivetnrn and\\nDrawing a Plan of the fonith Division Lotts.\\nIJon. S. D. Bell says, in the index which he ])re])are(l for\\nthe two volnmes of the Proprietors Records, that the j)lan\\nthere inserted, of the home and additional lots, was made\\nfrom a cojiy which he made from the original plan in the\\nfirst volume. I recollect the jilan ])erfectly well in 1 SPJ\\nand 1S20. That plan is now lost hut it was far fi om being\\naccurate.\\nTlie corner of the additional No. 101, lying on Samlnwii\\nlino, is, according to that jdan, the corner of Sandown\\nwhereas the record of the lot says that it is about tliirty-\\ntwo rods west of it, and it is tliirty-one rods and a half.\\nThe range-way (the roa l ])assing Renaiah Spofford s), on\\nthe plan, is four lots of about thirty rods each aljove the\\ncorner of Sandown whereas it is actually but one lot.\\nIn that plan three home lots, Nos. 41,42 and 10 h-ne a\\ncorner cut off by Sandown line whereas, according to the\\nrecord, and as a matter of fact, the additional lot No. I A,\\nat the north end, is thirty-two rods wide between the home\\nlots and Sandown line. The additional lot No. 182, accord-\\ning to the plan, is some forty rods from the home lots, but\\nthe records bound it on the home lot. And Three Camp\\nMeadow is not correctly represented on the plan.\\nI have seen several plans of the Old Hundreds (and\\nhave one in my possession), apparently ancient copies, and\\nsimilar, drawn on a scale of eighty rods to an inch. 1\\nthink there are some old copies of the third division.\\nWhen I was tirst ac(piainted with the records in 1811)\\nand 1820, I think there were vestiges of plans of some of\\nthe other divisions. This was earlier than Judge RcU s\\ncopies. Rut I copied from the plans of Stephen Chase,\\nEsq., the same that Judge Bell copied from into the Index\\nand as he commenced surveying about 1785, I supposed", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "6Z HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nthat lie miglit have originally copied from the old lans,\\nthough the plans I then copied from were comparatively\\nrecent, made, I think, in 1810, by his son Stephen Chase,\\nJr. Ee(|uire Chase made a plan of all the lots in town\\nmuch earlier than that, which I think is yet extant.\\nAn act was passed December 30, 1803, requiring the sev-\\neral towns in the State to cause surveys to be made and\\nplans to be sent to the Secretary s office for a State map.\\nThe map was contracted for by Philip Carrigain, and was\\ncalled Carrigain s map. Stephen Chase, Esq., made the\\nsurvey and plan of Chester, Joseph Shepard, Esq., of\\nRaymond, Richard Emerson, Esq., of Candia, and David\\nPatten, Esq., of Derryfield. There are great discrepancies\\nin their measures and some in the bearings of tlieir lines.\\nPatten makes the line of Derryfield, from No. 131 across\\nthe pond, 80 rods longer than Chase does. Shepard makes\\nRaymond line 62 rods shorter than Cliasc. Shepard s plan\\nhad been returned and a letter was endorsed on the back,\\nsaying that he at first drew partly from other men s sur-\\nveys, but he had now surveyed for himself and he knew\\nthat he was correct. In making a preliminary plan for the\\nmap I followed Shepard, as he was so positive and Ray-\\nmond was too short, and crowded the lots out of place, so\\nI am confident that Chase was nearer right than Shej)ard.\\ni\\\\rassabcsic Pond agrees, essentially, with a more recent\\nsurvey.\\nIn making the plan, the outlines were drawn as near as I\\ncould from these surveys. I then made an examination of\\nCandia linos, in respect to the lines of the lots, and made\\nextensive examinations and some surveys in respect to\\nroads, etc., and have availed myself of my own surveys\\nand those of Stephen Chase, Esq., to make corrections,\\nbut mathematical accuracy is not claimed. It has been a\\nvery pcr[)lexing job to construct the map, for many times\\nwhen an alteration was made to correct one i)lace it in-\\njured one or two more.\\nIt is, after all, what tlic lawyers would call a chalk,\\nbut it gives a good general idea of the situation of the lots,\\nof the roads and the early settlers.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "rROPRIETARY HISTORY. 33\\nTHE LAYING OUT OF THE LOTS.\\nWc liavc seen that the nomc Lots, of twenty acres each,\\nwere laid out in the fall of 1710, before, so far as I have\\nseen, that they had olttaincd any grant of the land. They\\nlaid out small lots, so as to live conii)act and be safer from\\nthe Indians. The settlement seems to have commenced at\\nWalnut Hill and HalFs Village, and the first burying-\\ngroimd was near Three Canij) meadow. But it seems\\nthat they had an idea that the town, the centre, was\\nto be at its present location, and it was laid out on rather a\\nmagnificent scale, for in laying the lots they reserved a ten-\\nrod Avay northwest and southwest one mile, and northeast\\nhalf a mile to Shackford s, and southeast as far as the lots\\nextended, to near where G. W. Everett now lives.\\nIn laying out the road from Sandown Ijy Asa Wilson s,\\nJuly 5, 1731, the selectmen allowed Every one of these\\nmen to take uj) six Rods of the ten Rod Highway tliat\\nLyeth at the southend of their home Letts. The lots\\nwere laid out in squares, and reserves left tor roads, many\\nof them traveled a long time liefore there was any formal,\\nlegal laying out. What induced them to make the offsets\\nin their squares of lots and reserves is incomprehcnsiljle to\\nme. The idea of Haverhill line running northwest gave that\\ndirection to the lots. The home lots, when laid out in\\n1710, were not recorded in the book, if any record was\\nkept. There was afterwards a committee chosen to renew\\nthe bounds of the several lots when called upon 1iy the\\nowners. Only a portion of them vrere re-surveyed, and\\nthose returns were made by the committee on separate\\nsheets of paper, and were not recorded until r eceml)er 1,\\n1704, when Capt. John Emerson and F^tephen Chase, Esq.,\\nwere chosen a committee to record, in regular order, in\\nthe Proprietors ])ook all the Homo lots they can find on\\nold records, and other matters that appear to concern the\\nProprietors. They did it, and most of the home lots are\\ndated about 1740.\\n3", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "34 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors held March 16, 1720-21,\\nVoted, That y^ Lott layers lay out a Second Division\\nof 100 acres each Lott, and such Highways as they See\\nmeet.\\nThese lots were never laid out.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors of the town of Checher,\\nheld February 5, 1721-2,\\nVoted, That the Second Division be two hundred acres\\ninstead of 100 before voted.\\nThis was not laid out at that time.\\nTHE ADDITIONAL LOTS OF FIFTY ACRES.\\nAt a general meeting of the proprietors of Chester, held\\nthe 2Sth day of March, 1723 (the iirst under the charter),\\nVoted, That the Comons he laid out in fifty Acre lotts\\nfor an Addition to the home lots and what is wanting to\\naccomodate all the homo lotts, to have as many of the 200\\nacre lotts divided into 50 acre lotts as will Comploat it.\\nThose additional lots were laid out nearly all around the\\nhome lots, extending from Sandown and Dcrry to near\\nthe Long meadow, and it Avas voted that The Proprietors\\ndraw fur their addition on the same Quarter of their home\\nlott Lyes. They were laid out in 1721.\\nTHE OLD HUNDREDS OR NORTH DIVISION.\\nThis division includes the town of Raymond. At a\\nmeeting of y jirop of the town of Chester, held at the\\nhouse of Sam Ingalls, lOtli of June, 1728,\\nVoted, That there Shall l e a Division of Land La/\\nout, Containing 100 acres to Each originall prop which is\\nlialfe y* Second Division whicli was formerly Voted to be\\n200 acres. It is to be understood that this Division of land\\nShall be laid out in parish order, viz, beginning on Exeter\\nhead line where Nottiiiuham line Divides between them", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY IIISTOP.Y. 85\\nUS, tt SO Extcndino- five ]\\\\[il s ii])Oii Eacli line or so farr as\\nto Make up Every Tall i)rop 100 acres to his Share.\\nVoted, m lidialiod Ixohy\\nm Nath. lleley to be a Committee\\nin Jacob Oilman to lay out\\nm El)en Dcrbern y 100 acre lotts/\\n111 Ephraim lleseltou J\\nNov, 27 1728. The wages of the committee set,\\nIchabod Robie 15 Shilliiig-s, the rest 10 Sliillings per day.\\nThe report of the committee was accepted Nov. 19, 1720.\\nBefore these lots, called the Old Tlundi-eds or North\\nDivision, were laid out, there was a mill l)uilt at Eroetown,\\nand a road made from there to Exeter line. Home of Ihe\\nlots were bounded on the mill ])ond, othei-s on the Easterly\\nside of y** highway y^ leads to the aforcs mill ))Oiid. There\\nwas one tract of about forty acres where the mill stood,\\nand another of about sixty acres between the OGth and\\nmill |)oiid, not lotted. There were a great many votes\\npassed, and committees raised, about these tracts, and some-\\nthing was sold to James Wilson and Robert Wilson, and\\nthe residue was finally sold at auction, Sept. 6, 1774, to\\nCapt. John Underbill for eleven dollars; he to have no\\nclaim on the proprietors if he did not recover any thing.\\nThe lots appear more regular on the old plans than they\\nlay in reality. The lots in the twelfth range, the one\\nbordering on Chester, were not l)ounded at the south end,\\nand were supj)Osed by the early purchasers to extend south\\nto the reserve where the road now is, and they ^settled\\nthere. The proprietors called them to account, and in 1778,\\nthe owners employed Nathan Lane to survey these lots, who\\ndecided that the lots extended only to where Raymond line\\nnow is, forty-three rods north of the road. In June, 1773,\\nthe proprietors chose a committee to prosecute the owners\\nof these lots unless they would settle, and the first of\\nOctober, 1773, they voted to John Lane the land against\\nNos. 126 and 128 for twenty-four shillings to Joshua IJall,\\nagainst No. 129 for twelve shillings to John Lane, Jr.,", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "86 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nagainst No. 1-30 for twelve sliillings to Abigail Smith,\\nagainst No. 127 for twelve shillings to the owners of 123?\\n125, 127, 131 and 132, twelve shillings each.\\nTHE MEADOWS.\\nClu sJure abonnded in beavers that l)nilt dams across the\\nvarions streams, which, by flowing killed the growth, if\\nthere was any before there were beavers and when the\\nhnnters killed the beavers, the dams went down and the\\nland came into grass, which was of great nse to the early\\nsettlers. Beaver ponds and beaver dams are frequently\\nmentioned in the records.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors held Feb. 5, 1721-2,\\nVoted, That the Lott Layers survey the ])rincipal mead-\\nows and Reserve them out of the Second Division for the\\nPublick use untill the Prop See Cause to Divide em.\\nApril, 1727, it was\\nVoted, That The Inhal)itants, and those That are com-\\ning to Settle, divide y Cutting of y^ meadows in Equal\\nProi\u00c2\u00bbortion among Themselves for y*^ Year Ensuing; and\\nthat none Cutt any before the Last day of July on the\\npenalty of 20s. to be ])aid by each person for Every day y*\\nhe or they shall offend, to be paid to the Selectmen for y**\\nuse of the Poor of the Town.\\nMarch, 2S, 1728, it was\\nVoted, Tliat there shall be a Division of j\\\\[cadow to\\nEvery Right according as it will hold out in quantity\\nquality^ according to y goodness or badness of y Meadow,\\nto make every man s share as E(|ual as can be.\\nThe meadows were in all parts of the town from Three\\nCamp meadow to the White Hall mill and Derryfield.\\nThe most prominent one commenced just below the Con-\\ngregational church in Auburn, and united with the north\\nbranch just back of the burying-ground, and extended to\\nLondonderry line, and was the Long Meadow hence\\nthat part of the town was called until recently the Long\\nMeadows.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "riiOPlllETAllY HISTORY. 6i\\nSECOND PART OF THE SECOND DIVISION.\\nAt ail adjourned meeting lield Deceiubcr 11, 1~ it was\\nVoted, That there shall he a Division ol Jjsnid of one\\nhundred acres Laid out to Each lull Proprielor s J^Jiarc Ibr\\nQuantity and (Quality, Ijcginning at Kingston Ijine and so\\nfilling uj) the Va(|uency between the additional liotts and\\nthe nortli division Hundred acre Lotts, so Extending Round\\nthe additioiiiil Lotts, which is one half, and to Coin])lcat\\nthe second division formerly voted to he two hundred ac-res,\\nVoted, Cap* Sam Ingalls, Lisiii Jacol) Sergent, Epli-\\nraim lEaseltine, Sam^ Emerson, and James Campbell, be\\nthe Committee to Lay out the same.\\nThis division w^as laid out in ITof), and tills the space\\nbetween the additions and Old Hundreds, and extends into\\nCandia and Aul)urii to the neck of the pond.\\nTHE THIRD DIVISION.\\nAt a meeting held Jan. 17, 1738-9,\\nIt was put to vote whether to Lay out another division\\nor divisions of Land. Past in the negative.\\nAt .an adjournment of this meeting May 10, 1739,\\nVoted, That the Vote Relating to Laying out another\\nDivision or Divisions of Land, that was Passed in the neg-\\native, shall be Reconsidered.\\nAnd it was\\nVoted, That there shall be a third division of Land\\nLaid out for Each full Proprietor s ^^liare, Containing Eighty\\nacres; bounding the same Easterly on the old Hundred\\nacres Called the north division. Northerly on Nottingham\\nLine, and Southerly on the Second part of the second divis-\\nion, so Extending Westerly to Complcat the same the Com-\\nmittee having Power if they meet with mean Land to give\\nreasoiial)le allowance, and if they meet with Exceeding-\\nmean land to leave it undivided.\\nA^oted, That Lt. Ebenezer Dearborn, Insiii Jacol) Sar-\\ngent and Mr. James Campbell to be the Committee to Lay\\nout the s third Division of Land.\\nVoted, That Sam^ Emerson be Sirvaior to assist to Lay\\nout the s third Division of Land but if by Sickness or", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "38 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\notherwise he be disabled, tlic Committee to Provide sum\\notlier Sirvaior as to them shall appear needful and for\\nEach Lott shall bo Paid fourteen Shillings before the Lotts\\nbe drawn, Ijy the Proprietors Respectively.\\nThis division lies in Candia and the lots are more regular\\non the old plans than tliey are in reality, though it is pre-\\nsumed the C(3minittee did not meet with any exceedingly\\nmean, or even nuuiii land.\\nWhat was the inducement to lay out the upper end of\\nthe hrst raugo at such an angle, I cannot explain. The\\nupper lot, instead of N. 29 E., is with the present variation\\nof compass, N. 08 E. This division lay entirely in Candia.\\nTHE FOURTH DIVISION.\\nAt a meetiug March 27, 1745,\\nVoted, That Capt. Jolm Tulford, Lieut. Thomas Wells\\nCa|)t. Saui Ingalls be a Committee to lay out another\\nDivision Containing GO Acres to each full Proprietor s\\nshare considering the Quality, If it don t exceed 120\\nacres to a Lott.\\nVoted, That the Afores Committee for Laying out\\neacii L;jtt shall have three shillings Lawful money to be\\npaid to them by the Proprietors.\\nVoted, That tiie afores Committee shall lay out the\\naforos Division of land make return to the Proprietors\\nby the ilrst day of Docemb next.\\nThe return is dated 174G.\\nThe Fourth Division lay partly in Auburn, but mostly in\\nManchester and Hooksctt.\\nFIFTH DIVISION.\\nAt a meeting held December 28, 1740,\\nVoted, That the Ivemainder of the Common Lands in\\nthis town Shall be Divided and Laid out and Called the\\ntilth Division.\\nV^oted, That ]\\\\[essrs. William CraiTord, Anthony Towl\\nand Jolm Tolford shall 1)0 the Connnittee to lay out the\\nlillh Division of Lands agreeable to the foregoing Vote, and", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "PROPPJETAUY HISTORY. 39\\nto Lay it out for Quantity and Quality as near as they Can,\\nSo tliat Every Proprietor may have tlicir equal rro[)ortioii\\nas near as may he, nnd as soon as may he.\\nThe return is dated 17o2.\\nThe Fifth Division lay l\u00c2\u00bbet\\\\veen the Fourth Division and\\nAllenstown line in Ilooksett.\\nSIXTH DIVISION.\\nThe vote for layint; out the Sixth Division was [)assed\\nNov. 9, 177:^. Tlie lots were called ten acres eacdi. The\\ncommittee were John ToUbrd, John Underhill and William\\nCralford, who made their return June 7, 1774. This Divis-\\nion was made u|) of tracts of undivided laiul, and of super-\\nnumerary lots in the other divisions in all parts of the\\ntown.\\nTIIK GOVERNOR AND LIEUT. GOVERNOR S FARMS.\\nIt has been seen that the committee for managing- the\\nprudential affairs of the proprietors of the Chestnut Country,\\nApril 25, 1720, voted a home lot and a farm of five hundred\\nacres to the Governor and the same to the Lieut. Governor.\\nThis was also a condition of tlie Charter.\\nGov. Sliute s home lot lay on the southeast side of the\\nDerry road, southwest from the meeting-house. His farm\\nwas hounded on the southwest l)y Pennac(jok jiath, sixty-\\nfour rods, extending from tlie farm of Jacoh Chase scnith-\\neast hy east, and extending hack nearly two nnles. To\\nwhom it was originally sold I have not learned. There is\\nrecorded in flu. Rockingham Records, i ook 21, ])aire 44^\\nan indenture dated 17-) in which Sanuud Shute, of the\\nParish of St. James, Westminster, England, gives to his\\nnephew, John Yeomans, of the same ]i!ace, all his lands in\\nChester, Nottingham, Rochester, l ow, Rarnstead and che-\\nwhere. It is nuide in two parts and certified hy the Lord\\n!Mayor of London, and the great seal aftixed.\\nA power of attorney was made hy Yeomans to Yrillinm\\nShirley, Richard Waldron, John Boydel, Samuel Ingalls,\\nEpliraini ilasclton, Samuel Emerson, Hugh Montgomery", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "40 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nand John Morrisou, to enter and take possession in his\\nname. Dated April 21, 1736 July 1, 1736, proved in the\\nInferior Court of Boston June 18, 1736, John McJMur-\\npliy, John Calf, John Boydel, Samuel Ingalls and Ephraim\\nHasclton entered and took formal possession.\\nYeonians brought an action of ejectment against Eliz-\\nabeth Underhill (Sam[)Son s widow), in September, 1738,\\nwho appeared and entered a disclaimer.\\nGov. Wentworth s home lot lay from the meeting-house\\nto Shackford s Corner, and was sold \\\\)y liini to Rev. Moses\\nHale, May, 1730. Mr. Hale sold to Rev. Ebenczer Flagg\\ntwo home lots, Septem))er 22, 1736. The corner was about\\neight rods north of the meeting-house. Jabez French\\nIjought live rods of the ten-rod way, and James Yarnnm\\nfive rods against liis lot.\\nGov. Wentworth s farm was laid out in 1728 in three\\ntracts. Two hundred and fifty acres, nearly the square on\\nthe southwest side of the road southeast of tlie Congrega-\\ntional church in Aul3urn, sold to Andrew and Alexander\\nCraig two hundred acres in the south part of Aul)urn set-\\ntled by Nathaniel Linn fifty acres sold to John Moore on\\nSandown line.\\nThere were a great many tracts laid out as amendments\\nof lots and comjjensation for highways. Many tracts were\\nsold to pay debts. One hundred and fifty acres lying on\\nOswego brook, from Clark s mill to the Oswego mill, ex-\\ntending l)ack northeast, Avere sold to the Rev. Moses Hale,\\nto pay arrears of his salary. Land was sold to the Coch-\\nrans to })ay arrears for building the meeting-house, and a\\ngratuity for their loss in building it. A large tract was\\nsold Robert Boyes, Esq., on which is the Head tavern in\\nHooksett.\\nJoseph Brown, Samuel Gault, a Knox and Andrew\\nOctterson settled at the upper end of the town on land not\\nlotted, and claimed by the proprietors, and long lawsuits\\nwere carried on, connuenccd in 174*J, some of which were\\ncarried before the Governor and Council as a coui t of ap-\\npeal, but were finally settled by the individuals purchasing", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 41\\nand quieting their titles. June 10, 1753 it was Volcd,\\nthat an au rccnient be made Avitli ^Icssrs. Gallt, Knox,\\nBri)\\\\vn and their assoeiates that tlie iiroprietors have Sued,\\nof the northwest part of the town, they })aying the Pro-\\nprietors of Chester Sixty jKjunds ohl tenor in part \\\\v,\\\\y of\\noui Charges, and Sink their own cliarges and jiay twenty\\nShillings i)er acre for their Land tliey are Sued lor, that\\nthey have Deeds of, according as what they were laid out\\nfor in Quality hy them. They i)rol)al)ly settled under\\ntiile from Suncook, which was granted hy the General As-\\nsemljly of JMassachusetts, as Tyngstown, was granted.\\nThe deeds were dated 17o4, The pro])rietors kept dui-ing\\nnearly the wlujle time of their corj)orate existence equiva-\\nlent to a standing committee to prosecute trespassei-s, and\\nheld hardly a meeting without passing a strong vote on tho\\nsubject. AVhen the l?ev. Mr. Flagg was settled the pro-\\nprietors gave him, by way of settlement, two hundred\\nacres, lots No. 20 and 21 in the second ])art of the second\\ndivision. The Presbyterians dissented, and in return a\\nlarge tract was given to Rev. John Wilson\\nThat piece of Common Land about the west meadows,\\nl)ounding southerly on Londonderry line and Easterly and\\nNortherly on Cochran s land and on Governor Wentwortli s\\nfarm of two hundred acres, northerly on the Ilighwav by\\nthe side of the 89^ lott and westerly on the 88^ and 1)2\\nhundred acre lotts, which Land was set a})art for the use of\\nthose who dissented against giving away Land. At their,\\ntlie dissenters re(iuest, it is voted and given to the Rev. mr.\\nJohn Wilson their minister.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER III.\\nTHE ORIGINAL GRANTEES AND THEIR LOTS,\\nThe grantees of Londondeny were actual settlers, who\\nwere on the ground before they procured their charter.\\nThe grantees of Chester, on the other hand, were non-resi-\\ndents, very few of whom ever resided in Chester. They\\nmay be chiefly placed in three classes First, the original\\nassociation for settling the Chesnut Country, formed\\nat Hampton or Hampton Falls, which included, from the\\nfirst, some Portsmouth gentlemen like Clement Hughes,\\nCol. Packer, etc., but was mainly composed of residents of\\nHampton and Hampton Falls, and a few from Exeter and\\nKingston. A second class consisted of people belonging\\nto Haverhill, Bradford and other towns in that vicinity.\\nkSouic of thoni were proprietors or purchasers in Haverhill,\\nand laid some claim to the Chesnut Country, or wished to\\nprocure a grant of it, and tried to obtain possession, and\\nwere admitted proprietors by desire of the government.\\nA third class were the Governor and Council and their\\nfriends, and others in and about Portsmouth. Many of\\nthese secured their places in the list of grantees as a mat-\\nter of personal favor, or by such means as were sus{)ected\\nto have influence, in those days no less than our own. We\\ncannot always Ije certain that individuals are arranged in\\ntheir proper classes, though in most cases there is little\\ndoubt. Then, some not belonging to either class, and some\\nwho were not petitioners, and some were petitioners who\\nwere not grantees. The first class had some men known\\nto our day as prominent men, men in public stations; but", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 43\\ntlic mass of them and tlio second class were the substantial\\nyeonianry of their towns the farmers and mechanics.\\nTheir motives were })rohably various some went tlu-m-\\nselves as settlers, othei-s settled their sons there, and still\\nothers soon sold out their rights, either to make money or\\nto get rid of paying bills without any immediate })ro(lt.\\nThe third class were induced to take an interest in Ihe\\ngrant chiefly from an expectation of realizing a j)ro(it from\\nthe sale of their lands. But ])robably their lots fell in such\\nlocations as, in many cases, to disajipoint their cxpcclafions.\\nWe will now give some facts ()l\u00c2\u00bbtained in regard to them:\\nJoseph Batciieldkr, Josiah Batciiklder, Nathaniel\\nBatchelder, Nathaniel Batciielder, J^i. They were de-\\nscendants of Nathaniel, son of the Rev. Stephen Batchel-\\nder, the first minister of Hampton. Both were early\\nsettlers of Hampton and ancestors of a numerous race\\nwidely scattered. Nathaniel Batchelder was one of the as-\\nsessors of Hampton Falls in 1710-20, and Nathaniel Batch-\\nelder, Sen., probably the same nuxn, was selectman in\\n1722-3.\\nJacob Basford. (See Early Settlers.\\n!^^osES Blake, Philemon Blake, Samuel Blake. Tliey\\nwere all tax-[)ayers in Ham{\u00c2\u00bbton Falls in 1727, and were\\ndesi-endants of Jas[)cr Blake of Hampton, who died l(.)7o.\\nPhilemon and Samuel were petitioners, but Moses was not.\\nAbraham i R0WN and Jonatiian Brown. They were\\ndescendants of John Brown, an early settler of Hampton,\\nwhoso descemlants are numerous and widely scattered.\\nThey were tax-payers in Hami)ton Falls in 1727. Numer-\\nous persons of the name of Brown, and probably of the\\nsame origin, are found in ancient Chester.\\nAmos Cass was a tax-jiayer in Hampton Falls in 1727.\\nHe was a descendant of John Cass, an early settler of\\nHampton, who was selectman in Itloo, 7, 8, and in 1072 and\\n5 to his death in June, 177 In 1727 five of the name,\\nAmos, Eiieuez.er, Jonathan (ancestors of the Candia I lnni-\\nlics), Samuel and Jose[\u00c2\u00bbh, Jr. (ancestor of Cen. Lewis\\nCass), paid taxes in Hampton Falls.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "44 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nEiCHARD Clifford and Zachary Clifford. They were\\ntax-payers in Kingston in 1727, and Richard in Exeter the\\nsame year. Zachariah ClitFord .s home lot was No. 5o. The\\nnortli end was sold to Lemnel Emerson l)y Sanmel Clifford\\nof Chester, tanner, in 1734. Peter Clifford had children\\nrecorded in Chester from 1739 to 1750. Several Cliffords,\\nprobably descendants, were early settlers in the northeast\\npart of Candia.\\nRev. Theophilus Cotton was minister of Hampton Falls,\\nson of the Rev. John Cotton of Plymouth, grandson of the\\nRev. John Cotton of Boston, nephew of the Rev. Seaborn\\nCotton of Hampton born 1682, graduated at Harvard in\\n1701, ordained 1712, and died August 12, 1720.\\nJohn Cram Avas selectman of Hamj)ton Falls in 1722,\\ntax-payer in 1727 a descendant of old John Cram of\\nExeter, afterwards of Hampton. Three descendants each\\nhad a son John of a suitable age to be a grantee of Chester.\\nEbenezer Dearborn and Jonathan Dearborn. (^See\\nEarly Settlers.\\nThomas Dean. His name appears in a deed as of Exeter.\\nAbraham Drake and Nathaniel Drake were sons of\\nRobert Drake, an early settler of Hampton. Abraham was\\nancestor of the eminent antiquarian, S. G. Drake of Boston.\\nBenoni Fogg, James Fogg. Benoni was a tax-payer in\\nHampton Falls in 1727, and James Fogg in Hampton in\\n1732. They were descendants of Samuel Fogg of Hamp-\\nton, 1050, who died in 1072, leaving sons, Samuel, Daniel\\nand James.\\nJacob Garland was on the tax-list in IIam])ton Falls in\\n1727, and at Hampton in 1732 was taxed for a saw and\\ngrist-mill. He was a descendant of John Garland wlio\\nwent to Hampton previous to 1053.\\nAVilliam Godfrey was a tax-])ayer in Ham])ton in 1732\\na descendant of Dea. William Godfrey who was of Hamp-\\nton in 1051 and died there 1071.\\nWilliam Healey was of Hampton Falls, and moved to\\nChester. (See Early Settlers.\\nNathl. Healey, brother of William, and great grand-", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 45\\nfather of llic Hon. S. D. Bell s wife, though not a grantee,\\nwas one of the society, and early l)ccame a proprietor and\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was one of the lot-layers of the North Division. He was\\nof ITampton Falls, where his descendants still reside.\\nTiioJiAS Leavitt was a tax-payer in Hampton Falls in\\n1727 a descendant of Thomas Leavitt who signed the\\nExefcr comlnnalion in Id- IO, and removed to Hnmpton\\nbefore IG t-l. He left several sons, among whom was\\nThomas, ))ut the grantee was prohably a grandson.\\nSamui^l Marston, TnoMAS Marston, were tax-]iayers in\\nHampton in 11 2. Tliomas and William IMarston were\\nearly settlers in Hampton, having had lands assigned them\\nbefore June, 1G40. Both were selectmen several years.\\nThomas was representative in 1(!77.\\nSamuel Page was prol)al)ly of Hampton, where the name\\nis on the tax-list of 1732.\\nJames Perkins, His name not found, though Perkins is\\na connnon name in Hampton, Hampton Falls and Exeter.\\nAl)raham Perkins was an early settler in Hampton, having\\nland assigned to him lioforc 1740, and was one of the\\nselectmen in 1G50, and five other years.\\nJames Prescott, John Prescott, John Prescott, Jr.,\\nSame. Prescott. James, John and Samuel were tax-payers\\nin Hampton Falls in 1727, and James was selectman of\\nHampton in 1718. They were descendants of James Pres-\\ncott of Hampton, s})okcn of as early as IGGO. James mar-\\nried Mary, daughter of Joseph Sanljorn, 1717. James and\\nJohn were sons of the first James, John, Jr., son of John,\\nand Samuel, son of the second James.\\nICHABOD RoBiE was of Hanipton Falls. (Sec Early\\nSettlers.\\nRobert Rowe and Robert Rowe, Jr., were tax-payers in\\nHampton Falls in 1727. Thomas Rowe was of Hamjiton\\nin 1G78, and Richard Rowe, who had a son Thomas, was of\\nHover in IGoO.\\nBenjamin Sanborn, Enoch Sanborn, Edward Sanborn,\\nJerry Sanborn, John Sanborn, Jonathan Sanborn, Joseph\\nSanborn, Nathaniel Sanborn, Reuben Sanborn. The Rev.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "46 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nStcplicn Batcliclder had a sou-iu-law Sanborn, supposed to\\nbe John, who died in England leaving two sons, John and\\nWilliam, Ijorn about 1020 and 1022, who came over with\\nMr. Batchelder, and moved with him to Hampton and\\nthere settled. They had large families and are the ances-\\ntors of all the Sanborns in the country, so far as is known.\\nThe oldest, called Lt. John, had eleven children, and died\\nOct. 20, 1092 and the second called Esq. William, had\\nsix children, died Sept. 18, 1092.\\nOf the Chester grantees, Enoch, son of John, Jr., and\\ngrandson of Lt. John, was taxed in Hampton Falls in 1727.\\nEdward, son of Joseph and grandson of Lt. John, mar-\\nried Dorothy Roby.\\nJeremiah, son of Nathaniel and grandson of Lt. John,\\nborn 1701.\\nNathaniel was ])robably father of Jeremiah and son of\\nLt. John married Rebecca Prescott in 1091, who died at\\nnamj)ton Falls, Nov. 9, 1723 was a tax-payer in Hampton\\nin 1732.\\nJohn, son of Richard, grandson of Lt. John, tax-payer\\nin Hampton in 1732.\\nReuben, son of Joseph and grandson of Lt. John, mar-\\nried Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Sanborn, 1714. He was\\na tax-payer in Hampton Falls in 1727.\\nBenjamin, son of Lt. John, tax-payer in Hampton Falls\\nin 1727.\\nJonathan, son of Jonathan and grandson of Lt. John,\\nmarried Theodate Sanborn. He was a tax-payer in Hamp-\\nton ill 1732. He is mentioned in a deed as being of Kings-\\nton, and a tax-payer there in 1727.\\nThe wives of several other grantees were Sanl)orns.\\nAbigail, sister to Reuben and Edward, married Ebenezer\\nDearborn, who settled in Chester.\\nSarah, daughter of Benjamin, married Reuben Sanborn.\\nAbigail, daughter of Nathaniel, nuirried Luther Morgan.\\nMary, daughter of Benjamin, married William Healey,\\nsettled in Chester.\\nAbial, daughter of Benjamin, married Enoch Colby of\\nChester.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 47\\nTheodatc, daughter of Benjamin, married Jona. Sanborn.\\nMary, daugliter of Joseph, sister of Renben, married\\nSaml. Prcscott.\\nHannah, daughter of Josiah, married Jacol) Garhmd.\\nBesides these, three others were i)etitioners, who were not\\ngrantees, Abraliam, Riehard and Samuel, sons of Joseph,\\nNathaniel, and Jonathan.\\nDea. Samuel Shaw was of Hampton Falls taxed there\\nin 1727 a descendant of Roger Shaw, an early settler of\\nHampton. He was selectman of Hamj)ton Falls in 1712,\\n17 and 10.\\nJohn Silly was of Hampton Falls a tax-])ayer in 1727\\nson of Thomas Silly, who came to namj)ton about IG J-, and\\nmarried Ann, daughter of John Stanyan and Mary Brad-\\nbury. They had two sons, John, born June 7, 1600, and\\nJose})h, of Nottingham, born Oct. 4, 1(301, father of Gen.\\nJoseph Cilley.\\nJohn Silly is named in the will of John Stanyan, son of\\nAnthony, of Exeter, as his grandson.\\nBenjamin Smith, Elisha Smith, Samuel Smith, Thomas\\nSmith. Elisha Smith is on the list of tax-payers of 17o2.\\nLt. Thomas Smith is said to have come from Hampton to\\nChester, though ])orn in Ireland. (Sec Early Settlers.\\nAmong several families of Smiths in Hampton, the\\nnames of the other grantees are not found. Benjamin,\\nSamuel and Thomas Smith were cut off from Haverhill by\\nthe settlement of the province line in 1741. Thomas and\\nBenjamin were paid settlement money in Chester, and were\\nprobabably Haverhill Peak men.\\nJacob Stanyan was of Hampton. Anthony Stanyan of\\nExeter had a son John, who married Mary, daughter of\\nThomas Bradbury of Salisbury, who in his will, 1718,\\nnames his son Jacob, born 20, 4th m., 1GG7, who was\\nuncle to John Silly above. He is, however, mentioned in a\\ndeed as of Kingston.\\nStephen Sweat, probably of Hampton, son of Benjamin\\nSweat and Theodatc Hussey, born Aug. o, 1G80. This\\nBenjamin was son of Capt. Benjamin Sv/cat, who married", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "48 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nHester Weare, sister of Councillor Weare, and removed\\nwith him to Hampton Falls in 1602. Capt. Sweat was\\nkilled by the Indians at Scarl)orongh, Me., June 29, 1G77.\\nCapt. Joseph Tilton, David Tilton, Jethro Tilton,\\nSherburn Tilton. They were all of Hampton Palls, de-\\nscendants of William Tilton, of Lynn, whose widow mar-\\nried Roger Shaw, and moved to Hampton. Capt. Tilton\\nwas first town clerk of Hampton Falls, and in 1721 was\\nmoderator, town clerk and selectman. Sherburn was his\\nson, born in 1G99, and David was probably his brother.\\nJethro s marriage and children are recorded in Hampton\\nFalls.\\nBenjamin Towle, Caleb Towle, Philip Towle, were of\\nHampton. Benjamin and Caleb were in the tax-list of\\n17-32. They were descendants of Philip Towle, and early\\nsettlers of Hampton, in 1670, or earlier. (Sec Early Set-\\ntlers.\\nCoL. Peter Weare was of Hampton Falls, son of Coun-\\ncillor Nathl.; himself Councillor in 1698, and Judge of the\\nSuperior Court from 1726 to 1730. He was one of the\\ngrantees of the old saw-mill privilege in 1721. He sold\\nhis right to Sampson Underhill in 1730. No descendants\\nof his name remain.\\nCapt. Joshua Wingate was of Hampton, taxed in 1732,\\namong other things, for his trade. He Avas selectman in\\n1709 and 1722. He was son of John Wingate, of Dover,\\n1660, and had a l)rothcr John of that town. He was the\\nfather of Hon. Paine Wingate, of Stratham.\\nThomas Dean was probably of Exeter. His name is on\\nthe tax-list for 1727, but is mentioned as of Dover in a\\ndeed.\\nJacob Oilman, ^Iajor John Gilman, Edward Oilman.\\nJacob Oilman was a tax-payer in Kingston, and one of the\\nselectmen in 1727. IMajor John Oilman and Edward were\\ntax-payers in Exeter 1727. Major John Oilman was son\\nof Hon. John Gilman, born Jan. 10, 1676. Edward was\\na grandson of Edward, a l)rother of John, who was lost\\nat sea on a voyage to England for mill-gear, in 1653. hi", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 49\\na division of land in Exeter, in 1725, thirty, out of two\\nhundred forty-nine persons, were Gihiians. Maj. John had\\n250 acres, Edward 140, Edward, Jr., 50, hut no Jacob.\\nEdenezer Lovereign was of IIami)ton in 1730, and of\\nNorth Hampton in 1742, and deeded hind in Chester.\\nSamuel Welch, whose share was transferred to the Rev.\\nTheophilus Cotton, was a tax-payer in Kingston in 1727.\\nThe following were admitted proprietors at the desire of\\nthe Governor\\nWilliam White was a descendant of a William Wliite\\nfirst of Ipswich, then of Newbury, and one of the first\\nsettlers of Haverhill. William the grantee was a clothier\\nmarried Sarah Phillips, and had a son Samuel. Both were\\nlarge land-holders in Chester. Samuel had a daugliter\\nSarah, Avho married David Howe, and Rebecca married\\nJames Duncan, two leading merchants of Haverhill.\\nTlie Cliester lands descended to Mrs. Duncan, and were\\ncalled the Duncan lots. The last was sold to Hon.\\nRichard H. Ayer and Hon. Richard Bradley, about 1832.\\nJonathan Emerson was of Haverhill, and was cut off V)y\\nthe province line he was the father of Samuel Emerson,\\nEsq., of Chester. (See Early Settlers.\\nDea. Edward Emerson was of Newbury, so named in\\ndeeds.\\nJohn Packer was of Haverhill, so mentioned in deeds,\\nand was a cordwainer in 172G. He was left in Haver-\\nhill on running the line.\\nJonathan Kimball. There was a Jonathan Kimball\\nwho lived in that part of Haverhill which fell to New\\nHamjisliire, but I think the grantee lived in Bradford.\\nBenjamin Kimball, of Bradford, sold half his father s\\n(Jonathan) right to Samuel Ingalls.\\nStephen Webster, Nathan Webster. (See Early Set-\\ntlers.\\nThomas Silver Avas of Haverhill in 1709. John and\\nThomas, and others, had leave to build seats in the gallery\\nin 1708.\\nSamuel Ingalls. (See Early Settlers.\\n4", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "60 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nJames Fales, of Dedham, sold land in Chester in 1728.\\nJohn Littlehale was probably of Dracut, His son John,\\nof Dracut, sold his additional lot to McFerson in 1733.\\nEphraim Guile or Gile, was of Haverhill, named re-\\npeatedly in Haverhill records. He helped cut out the first\\nway to Cheshire.\\nJonathan Clough was mentioned in connection with\\ndividing lands in Haverhill in 17 20.\\nThomas WhitinCx was jjrobably of Haverhill. David and\\nJohn were left in Haverhill in 1741. James was probably\\na son was in Chelmsford in 1719, in Haverhill in 1724,\\nand in Chester in 172(3. He settled on the home lot of\\nThomas, No. 62, next west of where William Tenny now\\nlives.\\nJohn Jaquish was of Bradford, and sold land in Chester\\nin 1731 also sold land to Richard Jaques, of Haverhill,\\nin 1728.\\nRichard Jaquish was probably of Newbury. Sebastian\\nRalle was killed in 1724 by Lieut. Jaques of Newbury, at\\nNorridgewock.\\nWilliam Daniels was of Salisbury and sold his home\\nlot to Nathan Webster in 1728.\\nStephen Johnson was of Haverhill, where were seven\\nJohnsons who fell to New Hampshire in the settlement of\\nthe line in 1741, among them Stephen and Stephen, Jr.\\nRev. Thomas Simmes was minister of Bradford, son of a\\nformer minister, Rev. Zacariah Simmes of that place. He\\nhad a son Thomas who sold his father s right to Richard\\nHaselton in 1728.\\nRich Aiii) Haselton was of Bradford. (See Early Set-\\ntlers.\\nNathan Webster of Bradford, Stephen Webster. (See\\nEarly Settlers.\\nThe following grantees were Massachusetts men but not\\nadmitted by request of the Governor\\nEbenezer Eastman was of Haverhill. He and his wife\\nSarah, taverner, sold his home lot to Ebenezer Dearborn\\nin 1729. He was active in the first settlement of Penna-", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 51\\ncook and it is said the he was first settler there, that his was\\nthe first ox-tcain that went from Haverhill, and that he set\\nout for rennacook with a barrel of molasses. (Sec His-\\ntory of Roads.\\nlloBERT Ford was uf that part of Haverhill which fell to\\nNew Hampshire in 1741.\\nCapt. Richard Kent was of Newbury, and sold his right\\nto John Tyler of Boxford, in 1727. See Early Settlers.\\nGeorge ]]rownal is described in a deed to John Smith as\\nof Roston, Schoolmaster, in 1735.\\nJohn Calpe was of Newbury. (See Early Settlers.\\nPortsmouth Grantees, including the Governor and Coun-\\ncil, and iheir friends.\\nAkerman and Cutts, were of Portsmouth. Benjamin\\nAkerman and Richard Cutts were on the tax-list for 1732.\\nWilliam Crosswait was of Portsmouth, and was taxed\\nthere in 1732.\\nEphraim Dennett, Esq., of Portsmouth, taxed in 1732\\nson of John Dennet, who was freeman in 1G72 appointed\\nJune, 1731, Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, con-\\ntinued till 1741 appointed Councillor by mandamus in\\n1732, and held the office one year.\\nBenjamin Gambling, Esq., of Portsmouth, taxed there\\nin 1739 son of Robert Gambling of Roxbuiy born October\\n20, 1081 graduated at Harvard in 1702 preferred to spell\\nliis name Gambling. He was much in public office Clerk\\nof the Court, Register and Judge of Probate, Sheriff,\\nJudge of the Superior Court and Councillor.\\nCoL. Mark Hunkins of Portsmouth, taxed there, 1732\\nAvas a Councillor from 1710 to 1731, and Judge of the\\nSuperior Court from 1712 to 1729. His daughter, Sarah,\\nwas the wife of Lieut.-Gov. John Wentworth, mother of\\nBcnning AYeiitworth and grandmother of Gov. John Went-\\nworth.\\nClement Hughes was a merchant of Portsmouth taxed\\nin 1732 Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in 1717,\\nand of the Superior Court in 1717 and 1718. He was\\nclerk of the society for settling the Chcsnut Country,", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "62 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nand of the proprietors from 1719 to 1727. He wrote a\\nbeautiful hand.\\nGeorge Japprey, Esq., of Portsmouth taxed there\\n1732 son of Hon. George Jaffrey of New Castle born in\\n1683 graduated at Harvard in 1700 Councillor from\\n1716 to his death in 1749 Treasurer in 1726 Judge of\\nthe Superior Court from 1717 to 1726 Chief Justice from\\n1726 to 1730.\\nArchibald McPhedris, Esq., Portsmouth taxed there\\nin 1732 was a native of Scotland and an opulent mer-\\nchant. He married Sarah Wentworth, one of sixteen\\nchildren of Gov. John Wentworth. After his death she\\nmarried George Jaffrey. He was Councillor from 1722 to\\nhis death, about 1729.\\nClement Messerve was of Portsmouth, but was not\\ntaxed in 1732. A Clement Messerve, perhaps the father of\\nthe grantee, was taxed in 1673 took the oath of allegiance\\nin 1685 had a seat in the meeting-house in 1693.\\nThomas Packer was of Portsmouth born in London\\nbred a surgeon was at Salem removed to Portsmouth\\nwas eminent as a physician and surgeon Lieut.-Col. in\\nthe militia Judge of the Court of Common Pleas from\\n16S6 to 1698, 1692 to 1695, and 1698 and 1699 Council-\\nlor from 1719 to his death in 1728.\\nGeorge Pierce, Capt. Joshua Pierce and Thomas Pierce\\nwere all probably of Portsmouth. George and Thomas\\nare on the tax-list of 1732 Joshua is not.\\nSamuel Penhallow, Esq., of Portsmouth born in Corn-\\nwall, England came to Portsmouth married Mary Cutt,\\ndaughter of President Cutt, who inherited a large estate\\nwas a successful merchant was elected a Representative\\nin 1699 and 1702 Speaker in 1702 Recorder from 1702\\nto 1705, 1719 to 1722 Councillor from 1702 to 1726\\nJudge of the Superior Court from 1714 to 1716 Chief\\nJustice from 1717 to his death in 1726, at the age of 61.\\nHe wrote a history of the Indian wars.\\nNathaniel Rogers was of Portsmouth son of Rev.\\nNathaniel Rogers; born 1700; graduated at Harvard in", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "PKOPRIETARY HISTORY. 53\\n1717 physician, Representative and Speaker; died Novem-\\nber 20, 1745, First wife was Olive Plaisted; second, widow\\nllynies, daughter of Henry Sherburne.\\nEleazeii Russel of Portsmouth; married Margnret Wal-\\ndron. He was taxed in 1732 was Postmaster and Sheriff\\nin 1733, 4, 5, 8 and 41. His son, of the same name, born\\nin 1720, was naval ofiicer and acting collector at Ports-\\nmouth several years.\\nWilliam Rymes was perhaps of Portsmouth, but of Do-\\nver according to some deeds.\\nJohn Shackford and Samuel Siiackford were of Ports-\\nmouth. See Early Settlers.\\nCapt. Henry Sherburne, Joseph Sherburne and Samuel\\nSherburne were of Portsmouth descendants of Henry\\nSherburne, who came to Portsmouth about 1032, married\\nRebecca, only daughter of Ambrose Gibbins, and whose\\nwill was set aside in favor of his younger children. He\\nwas Commissioner for small causes seven years Clerk of\\nWrits in 1649 Selectman eleven years in 1659 and 16G0\\nDeputy to the General Court. He died in 1680. Capt.\\nHenry Sherburne is on the tax-list in 1732. Samuel and\\nSamuel, Jr., Capt. Joseph and Capt. Joseph, Jr., and five\\nothers, were also on the tax-list of Portsmouth in 1732.\\nSusannah S.mall. Joseph Small died. His wife,\\nSusannah, was a daughter of Thomas Packer and took her\\nhusband s right. She kept a tavern in Portsmouth, and\\nseveral of the early meetings of the society and committee\\nwere held at her house.\\nHenry Sloper was of Portsmouth. Richard Sloper of\\nDover married Mary, daughter of Capt. Henry Sherburne,\\n1658, and had a son Henry.\\nSamuel Thompson was probably of Newington. Mr.\\nSamuel Thompson is on the tax-list of Xewington in 1727.\\nCol. Shadrach Walton was of New Castle, son of Geo.\\nWalton, of Exeter in 1639. He was at the taking of Port\\nRoyal in 1711 was of the Council in 1716, and presided in\\nthat body in 1731 and 1736 Judge of the Common Pleas\\n1695 to 1697, and from 1716 to 1737, and Chief Justice", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "54 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nfrom 1729 to 1737 died October, 1741, aged eighty-\\nthree.\\nBenning Wentworth, Ebenezer Wentworth, Thomas\\nWentworth, were of Portsmouth descendants of Elder\\nWilliam Wentworth of Dover. Lieut.-Gov. John Went-\\nworth had fourteen children 1st, Benning, the Governor\\n2d, John, Judge of Probate of Portsmouth 8d, Hunking\\n4th, William 5th, Samuel, father of Mrs. Gov. John Gth,\\nMark Hunking, father of Gov. John 7th, Daniel 8th,\\nEbenezer 9th, George 10th, Hannah, married Samuel\\nPlaisted and Theodore Atkinson 11th, Sarah, married Mc-\\nPhedris 12th, Mary 1-^th, Elizabeth 14th, Rebecca, mar-\\nried Thomas Packer. Benning and El)enezer were taxed\\nin Portsmouth in 1732. Benning was Councillor from 1732\\nto 1741, when he l)ecame Governor and remained in oflice\\ntill May, 1767. How Thomas is related does not appear.\\nCoL. Thomas Westbrook is on the Portsmouth tax-list\\nin 1732. In 1721 he commenced an expedition against\\nNorridgewock, l)ut Ralle escai)cd. He was of the Council\\nfrom 1700 to 1732, and died 1736.\\nMichael Whidden was of Portsmouth, and taxed there\\nin 1732, with Michael, Jr., and John. He was a builder.\\nRichard Wibird was of Portsmouth, came there about\\n1700, from England was successful and became wealthy.\\nIn 1727 he paid the largest tax in Portsmouth. He was\\nCouncillor in 1716 to 1732. He had three sons, Richard,\\nJr., a councillor, Thomas and John, and a daughter Avho\\nmarried Hunking Wentworth. He was shcritf in 1732,\\n34, 35 and 36.\\nHenry Works. Nothing found in regard to him.\\nJoseph Young was on the Exeter tax-list for 1727, and\\nin a deed of 1738, as being of Kingston.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "TABLE\\nCONT.VINIXf! TTIE NAMKK OT TIIK OuiC.INAL GRANTKES OP CHESTER, IN ALPIIA-\\nliKTlCAL OHDF.I!, WITH THE Nu.MHEH OF THEIU LOTS.\\nNAMES.\\n0. H.\\n2i 2d.\\n124\\n93\\n85\\n80\\n129\\nGO\\n4G\\n37\\n122\\n104\\n47\\n39\\n77\\n97\\n13!)\\n26\\n137\\n41\\n23\\n113\\ncn\\n71\\n107\\n73\\n43\\n12\\n10\\n44\\n20\\n75\\n15\\n95\\n128\\n56\\n50\\n68\\n113\\n100\\n116\\n22\\n108\\n7\\n75\\n110\\nlOG\\n46\\n136\\nGG\\n64\\n35\\n86\\n86\\n53\\nIG\\n78\\n99\\n62\\n33\\n24\\n126\\n81\\n42\\n1th I). 5th D. Gth D\\nPhilemon Blake\\nJames Boyd\\nAbraham Brown\\nGeorge Browiiell\\nNathaniel Bachclder. Sen..\\nJonathan Brown\\nMoses Blake\\nSamuel Blake\\nJosiah BatcheUler\\nNathaniel Batchelder, Jun\\nJoseph Batchelder\\nJacob Basford\\nJohn Calfe\\nAmoa Cass\\nKichard Clifford\\nZachariah Clifford\\nJonathan Clough\\nKov. ThcophiUis Cotton.\\nJohn Cram\\nWilliam Crosswait\\nCutts Akorraan\\nWilliam Daniels\\nThomas Dean\\nJonathan Dearborn\\nEbenezer Dearborn\\nEphraim Dennet\\nAbraham Drake\\nNathaniel Drake\\nEbenezer Eastman\\nEdward Emerson\\nJonathan Emerson\\n117\\n59\\n151\\n21\\n1\\n38\\n114\\n119\\n37\\n50\\n130\\n42\\n123\\n100\\n110\\n53\\n77\\n46\\n141\\n32\\n10\\n71\\n19\\n80\\n17\\n143\\n132\\n1.38\\n122\\n129\\n73\\n97\\n18\\n4G\\n51\\n104\\n121\\n113\\n38\\n105\\n115\\n110\\n24\\n87\\n100\\n20\\nC\\n94\\n41\\n72\\n31\\n130\\n48\\n47\\n26\\n95\\n76\\n36\\n75\\n127\\n101\\n40\\n19\\nU\\n9\\n16\\n77\\n56\\n87\\n83\\n57\\n118\\n100\\n34\\n85\\n94\\n49\\n119\\n99\\n67\\n113\\n39\\n95\\n105\\n25\\n71\\n46\\n63\\n123\\n73\\n72\\n82\\n68\\nG3\\n96\\n133\\n104\\n48\\n24\\n67\\n32\\n93\\n110\\n119\\n127\\n56\\n90\\n17\\n21\\n83\\n85\\n59\\nCO\\n12\\n110\\n19\\n94\\n33\\n117\\n14\\n37\\n133\\n99\\n89\\n100\\n79\\n16\\n70\\n58\\n118\\n76\\n41\\n121\\n67\\n129\\n26\\n17\\n109\\n114\\n55\\n29\\n10\\n115\\n87\\n123\\n74\\n12\\n28\\nII\\n17\\n104\\n64\\n90\\n87\\n120\\n96\\n26\\n39\\n31\\n48\\n10\\n68\\n42\\n93\\n25\\n116\\n36\\n67\\nS3\\n73\\n95\\n44\\n59\\n72\\n70\\n41", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "56\\nHISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nTABLE continued.\\nH. L.\\nADD.\\nO. H.\\n2p2d.\\n3dD.\\n4tll D.\\n5th D.\\n76\\n4\\n131\\n36\\n13\\n109\\n20\\nSI\\n24\\n52\\n4\\n61\\n50\\n120\\n25\\n36\\n86\\n8\\n102\\n27\\n86\\n101\\n1-1!\u00c2\u00bb\\n33\\n44\\n77\\n129\\n98\\n82\\nli2\\n40\\n9\\n1\\n41\\n95\\n60\\n23\\n35\\n83\\n34\\nC2\\n76\\n127\\nlot;\\n125\\n3\\n87\\n110\\n23\\n47\\n201\\n59\\n2S\\n17\\n5\\n97\\n97\\n41\\n42\\n35\\n43\\n124\\n18\\n86\\n18\\n45\\n30\\n49\\n130\\n99\\n23\\n01\\n132\\n33\\n106\\n37\\n15\\n110\\n75\\n15\\n19\\n55\\n102\\n92\\n45\\n7\\n74\\n110\\n112\\n61\\n36\\n125\\nM\\n96\\n80\\n130\\n12\\n31\\n73\\n28\\n55\\n29\\n108\\n110\\n4\\n71\\n20\\n55\\n102\\n59\\n53\\n100\\n83\\n70\\n10\\n74\\n72\\n10\\n130\\n147\\n131\\n40\\n121\\n35\\n39\\n15\\n78\\n17\\n30\\n90\\n08\\n9\\n128\\n72\\n7\\n135\\n110\\n43\\n34\\n11\\n69\\n11\\n100\\n82\\n44\\n61\\n122\\n5\\n43\\n6\\n3\\n112\\n89\\n4\\n63\\n1\\n03\\n105\\n115\\n51\\n103\\n4\\n93\\n16\\n50\\n15\\n125\\n124\\n79\\n8\\n123\\n19\\n86\\n129\\n12\\nTA\\n53\\n17\\n127\\n20\\n40\\n39\\n52\\n91\\n2\\n79\\n117\\n16\\n56\\n125\\n27\\n99\\n91\\n79\\n13\\n18\\n31\\n71\\n73\\n14\\n104\\n37\\n2\\n126\\n21\\n114\\n74\\n128\\n130\\n53\\n30\\n62\\n140\\n52\\n100\\n128\\n116\\n104\\n114\\nr^o\\n13\\n126\\n108\\n84\\n66\\n19\\n91\\n98\\n64\\n132\\n51\\nJames FaUes\\n*Rev. Ebenezer Flagg\\nJames Fogg\\nBenoiii Fogg\\nKobert Ford\\nBenjamiu Gambling, Esq..\\nJacob Garland\\nJacob Gilman\\nMajor John Gilman\\nEdward Gihuau\\nWilliam Godfrey\\nEphraim Guile\\nRichard Haseltiue\\nWilliam Healey\\nRev. Moses Hale\\nClement Hughes\\nCol. Mark Hunking\\nSamuel Ingalls\\nGeorge Jaftrey, Esq\\nJohn Jaquish\\nRichard Jaquish\\nStephen Johnson\\nCapt. Richard Kent\\nJon.athan Kimball\\nThomas Leavitt\\nJohn Littlehale\\nEbenezer Loverell\\nSamuel Marston\\nCapt. Archibald McPhedris\\nClement Messervy\\nLuther Morgan\\nCol. Thomas Packer\\nSamuel Page\\nJohn Packer\\nVoted to him by way of settlement.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "riiOPEIETARY PIISTORY.\\nTABLE continued.\\n57\\nNAMES.\\nParsonage lots\\nSamuel Peiihallow, Esq.\\nJames Perkins\\nThomas Phipps, Esq..\\nCapt. Joshua Pierce.\\nCapt. Thomas Pierce.\\nGeorge Pierce\\nJonathan Plummer\\nJohn Prescutt\\nJohn Pre-scutt, Jr\\nJames Prescutt\\nSamuel Prescutt\\nIchabod Koby\\nRev. Nathaniel Rogers\\nRobert Row\\nEleazer Russell\\nCapt. William Rymcs\\nJo.seph Sanborn\\nNathaniel Sanborn\\nBenjamin Sanborn\\nReuben Sanborn\\nJohn Sanborn\\nEnoch Sanborn\\nEdwaril Sanborn\\nCapt. Jonathan Sanborn\\nJerry Sanborn\\nSchool lots\\nJohn Shackford\\nSamuel Shaokford\\nCapt. Henry Sherburne\\nSamuel Sherburne\\nCapt. Joseph Sherburne\\nDja. Samuel Shaw\\nJohn Silly\\nKev. Thomas Simms\\nThomas Silver\\nn. L.\\nADD.\\nO. II.\\n2p.2d\\n3dD.\\n4tllD.\\n5th D.\\n6th D.\\n37\\n90\\n78\\n90\\n38\\n32\\n1 2S\\n31\\n57\\n122\\n93\\n54\\n92\\n89\\n56\\n50\\n133\\n84\\n70\\n88\\n119\\n29\\n25\\n126\\n95\\n101\\n80\\n122\\n78\\n109\\n57\\n10\\n21\\n123\\n90\\n11\\n104\\n06\\n131\\n57\\n5\\n18\\n53\\n121\\n1.34\\n118\\n121\\n44\\n39\\n10\\n84\\n19\\n42\\n111\\n103\\n111\\n79\\n15\\n8S\\n05\\n108\\n52\\n105\\n120\\n25\\n58\\n31\\n42\\n113\\n88\\nlie\\n128\\n120\\n51\\n122\\n120\\n21\\n82\\n33\\n65\\n1.30\\n70\\n121\\n29\\n90\\n98\\n20\\n61\\n90\\n31\\n17\\n75\\n120\\n3\\nlie\\n119\\n82\\n81\\n54\\n124\\n1.30\\n02\\n142\\n88\\n111\\n05\\n2\\n107\\n7\\n53\\n2\\n117\\n45\\n40\\n4\\n78\\n30\\n127\\n32\\n38\\n1.33\\n28\\n134\\n34\\n2\\n135\\n80\\n58\\n54\\n59\\n28\\n28\\n60\\n40\\n106\\n92\\n103\\n8\\n27\\n72\\n120\\n3\\n31\\n38\\n55\\n47\\n91\\n21\\n115\\n118\\n117\\n72\\n89\\n55\\n.3\\n119\\n14\\n122\\n54\\n2\\n60\\n7\\n90\\n84\\n120\\n25\\n127\\n117\\n120\\n30\\n22\\n99\\n49\\n112\\n27\\n107\\n103\\n49\\n1\\n100\\n8\\nOS\\n120\\n28\\n100\\n94\\n40\\n50\\n112\\n124\\n48\\n48\\n33\\n77\\n31\\n38\\n29\\n58\\n59\\n128\\n3\\n45\\n1.37\\n13\\n79\\n89\\n07\\n91\\n64\\n43\\n148\\n22\\n55\\n47\\n97\\n70\\n75\\n81\\n51\\n92\\n119\\n8\\n74\\n118\\n02\\n34\\n13\\n89\\n49\\n63\\n21\\n00\\n44\\n114\\n11\\n90\\n109\\n45\\n30\\n80\\n40\\n113\\n137\\n60\\n50\\n76\\n69\\n50\\n105\\nVIC,\\n60\\n29\\n37\\n90\\n107\\n100\\n85\\n54\\n35\\n107\\n1\\n115\\n1\\n91\\n6\\n43\\n68\\n3\\n105\\n29\\n26\\n20\\n120\\n76\\n67\\n9\\n22\\n25\\n38\\n117\\n112\\n107", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "58\\nHISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nT ABLE concluded.\\nNAMES.\\nSusannah Small\\nThomas Smith\\nBenjamin Smith\\nElisha Smith\\nSamuel Smith\\nCapt. Henry Sloper\\nJacob Stanian\\nStephen Sweat\\nCapt. Joseph Tilton\\nDavid Tilton\\nJethro Tilton\\nSamuel Thompson\\nPhilip Towle\\nBenjamin Towle\\nCalel) Towle\\nCol. Shadfack AValton\\nCol. Peter Weare\\nNathan Webster\\nStephen Webster\\nCapt. Kbcnczer Wentworth\\nPenning Wentworth\\nJohn Wentworth, Esq\\nMichael Whidilen\\nThomas W lilting\\nWilliam White\\nCapt. Richard Wibird\\nCapt. .Joshua Win gate\\nCol. Thomas AVestbrook.\\nHenry Works\\nJoseph Young\\nH. L.\\nADD.\\n0. H.\\n2p. 2d 3d D.\\n4th D.\\n5th n.\\n134\\n61\\n76\\n124\\n73\\n113\\n68\\n109\\n109\\n18\\n9\\n7\\n74\\n111\\nHI\\n30\\n132\\n53\\n114\\n35\\n9\\n45\\n102\\n51\\n125\\n81\\n112\\n13\\n39\\n108\\n103\\n5\\n51\\n33\\n106\\n145\\n129\\n97\\n114\\n36\\n1\\n50\\n136\\n67\\n66\\n62\\n6\\n46\\n52\\n16\\n39\\n26\\n60\\n108\\n111\\n135\\n15\\n98\\n7\\n24\\n78\\n62\\n38\\n150\\n49\\n134\\n132\\n45\\n22\\n5\\n113\\n60\\n72\\n120\\n65\\n44\\n24\\n34\\n5G\\n65\\n110\\n98\\n115\\n54\\n41\\n101\\n42\\n64\\n14\\n105\\n49\\n102\\n99\\n60\\n57\\n10\\n131\\n102\\n55\\n23\\n12\\n85\\n18\\n8\\n88\\n4T\\n116\\n112\\n23\\n111\\n102\\n80\\n124\\n54\\n11\\n111\\n76\\n43\\n59\\n65\\n14\\n13\\n89\\n60\\n3\\n107\\nC4\\n12\\n61\\n27\\n123\\n58\\n131\\n9\\n70\\n68\\n83\\n92\\n2\\n69\\n133\\n78\\n32\\n109\\n29\\n71\\n74\\nB\\nFarm\\nOf\\n200\\n50)\\nacres.\\n101\\n84\\n41\\n30\\n125\\n41\\n77\\n62\\n5\\n34\\n118\\n24\\n26\\n35\\n74\\n13\\n138\\n94\\n127\\n103\\n132\\n48\\n123\\n14\\n32\\n.32\\n53\\n27\\n58\\n2\\n84\\n129\\n58\\n66\\n81\\n143\\n69\\n115\\n4\\n42\\n101\\n8\\n12\\n103\\n118\\n92\\n23\\n14\\n61\\n43\\n28\\n121\\n11\\n48\\n57\\n30\\n32\\n20\\n75\\n47\\n33\\n125\\n102\\n108\\n19\\n85\\n117\\n97\\n45\\n71\\n63\\n69\\n86\\n22\\n79\\n1\\n4\\n58\\n14\\n40\\n101\\n24\\n61\\n7\\n115", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER IV.\\nSETTLEMENT OF THE LINES.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors held at Kingston, Dec.\\n31, 172B,\\nVoted, That a Committee be Chosen to Join willi tlie\\nLondonderry Committee to run tlic Line between Chester\\nand Londonderry.\\nVoted, That Sam Penhallow, Esq George Jaffrey,\\nEsq and Capt. Henry Sherburne be the Committee.\\nAt a meeting March 31, 1726, it was\\nVoted, That the Selectmen be a Committee to Apply\\nto the Gov Council for a Committee to run the line be-\\ntween Exeter Chester, and that they forward the Com-\\nmittee that are Appointed to run y^ line between Chester\\nLondonderry to make their return as Soonc as possible.\\nAt a meeting on the 31 of Oct., 1T 2G,\\nVoted, That Caleb Towl Sam Ingalls be a Commit-\\ntee w the Selectmen to see that the line between Chester\\nXottingham be run d according to Charter, and also the\\nhead line of Chester.\\nThese lines were run soon after, as appears ])y the\\naccounts. Ichabod Rohy charges for four days between\\nExeter and Chester, five and a half days next Nottingham.\\nI have not been able to find any return of the running of\\nthese last lines, but there was a tradition which I had from\\nmy father, many years since, that they ran out their four-\\nteen miles, and not finding the river, stopped and took\\nlegal advice, and were directed to run to their monument\\nregardless of the measure that they ran to and across\\nthe river, and then made the head line curve half a mile.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "60 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nThe liead line is crooked but the most probable hypothesis\\nis that they started at the three pines at Londonderry, and\\ntook a course too far west and so made a curve, and per-\\nhaps came out the west side of the river. This line comes\\nto the river just bqlow Martin s Ferry and crosses the\\nriver. The road to the Ferry laid out in 1766 came to\\nthe river where Lousy brook enters the river, then\\nbegan at the west bank and ran about northwest to the\\nline of the town.\\nAt a town meeting, March 13, 1704,\\nVoted, Stephen Chase, Arthur Livermore, WilP\\nWhite, Esqrs., be the Committee (with full Power in behalf\\nof the Town of Chester) to settle witli Derrifield and Gotfs-\\ntown, and petition the General Court in Order to make the\\nRiver the Jurisdiction line from allenstown down to Derri-\\nfield.\\nThere was probably an Act passed to that effect, but I\\nhave not seen it.\\nThe fourteen-mile line, according to the surveys for Car-\\nrigain s map taken about 1805, was Raymond against Not-\\ntingham, three miles two hundred and fourteen rods\\nagainst Deerfield, two hundred and eighty-eight rods\\nCandia, six miles two hundred and twelve rods Chester,\\nnow Ilooksett, against Allenstown, five miles one hundred\\nand sixty rods making sixteen miles two hundred and\\nthirty-four rods to the river.\\nEXETER LINE.\\nOct. 15, 1726. Clement Hughes, Robert Smith and John\\nSanborn, selectmen, preferred a petition to the Governor\\nand Council, showing that Capt. Tobias Langdon, Capt.\\nTimothy Gerrish and John Smith had been appointed to\\nrun the head line of Exeter, and did it under the direc-\\ntion of the selectmen of Exeter, and made a return to them\\ninstead of to the Court. They pray for a committee to\\nrun the two miles that Exeter is to run a W. I). N. point\\nabove Dover, and then upon a straight line to a beech tree", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "PROrRIETAKY niSTORY. 61\\non Kingston side line, appointed and marked in 1718 by\\nthe grand committee chosen by the General Asscmljly to\\nfix the bonnds of each town whicli straight line is the\\ndividing line between Chester and Exeter.\\nDec. 16, 1720. Clement TInghes, for himself and in be-\\nhalf of the rest of the selectmen of the town of Chester,\\npetitioned the Lient.-Governor and Council, showing\\nThat the Prop^ of y Town of Chester in the year 1722\\nObtained a Charter which bounded the said Town on\\nExeter head bound, Avhich bonnds were made certain in\\nthe year 1718 hy a Grand Committe chosen for that pur-\\npose l)y y\u00c2\u00b0 Gen Asscmldy in y year 1715, as ap{)cars by\\nthe return of said Committe in the Secretary s oflice\\nbut the Clerk that drew up the return of said Committee\\nmade a mistake therein, Saying that Exeter Should run ten\\nmiles upon a W. b. N. Line from the North tree, whereas\\nthe Committee s Intent and former settlement was from\\nthe South tree, as can be made to appear by Living Evi-\\ndence, c., Sundry of y\u00c2\u00b0 Gentlemen that were of y Com-\\nmittee being now alive and the Selectmen of Exeter taking\\nadvantage of s mistake would tend to the ruin of the Town\\nof Chester.\\nYo petition therefore huml)ly prays that the said Mis-\\ntake may be rectified, and that no room may Itc left for\\nFuture Contention between .the afore Towns. And your\\nPetitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray.\\nDec. 1(), 1726. Clement Hughes.\\nLi Council, Dec 15, 1726.\\nThe Selectmen of Chester appearing to Prosecute their\\nPetition for a Committe to run the head line of Exeter\\nwhich is the Dividing line between the s Towns, and the\\nSelectmen of Exeter also appearing, and both parties being\\nfully heard. It is Or that the Prayer of the Petition be\\nGranted that Nath Weare, Es(i[., Deacon John Gate\\nDan Lunt l)e a Committe, or the JMaj of them, to run and\\nsettle y s Dividing line, and That they begin at the red\\noak tree marked for Dover west northerly bounds, and run\\nfrom thence upon a West by North point of the Com])ass\\ntwo miles for Exeter bound on that side, and from thence\\nupon a straight line to the beach tree marked for Exeter\\nwest northerly bounds, according to the grand committee s", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "62 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nreturn in y^ year 1718, and that they measure from the\\nsaid Beach tree along Exeter side line, being E. h. S., to\\na Commonly Called Exeter South tree, which is the bound\\nnext Hampton and they make report to this l)oard of their\\ndoings therein sometime between this time and the Tenth\\nof Jaii-^ next, and that the Charge be paid by the two Towns\\njointly.\\nR. Waldron, Clr. Con.\\nTHE COMMITTEE S RETURN.\\nPursuant to an order of the hon^ the Lieut Governor\\nt Council of his Majest/* Prov of New Hamp bearing date\\nDec 15 1726, Wee, The Subscribers, have been at the\\nRed Oake Tree Marked for Dover West Northerly bounds,\\nRun from Thence ujjon a West by north Point of the\\nCompass two miles, making allowance for Windfalls Un-\\nevcness of Ground, and there markt a Young Red oak Tree\\nfor Exeter Bounds on tliat Side from thence Run South\\ntwenty-nine Degrees and Thirty Minuts West, Eight miles\\nand ninety Rods, without allowance to the Beach Tree\\nMarked for Exeter West Northerly Bounds.\\nJan^ 9, 1726-7. John Catc,\\nDaniel Lunt.\\nLONDONDERRY LINE.\\nJanuary 6, 1725-6. Henry Sherburne, Thomas Packer,\\nSamuel Ingalls and John Sanborn, in behalf of the pro-\\nprietors of Chester, petitioned Gov. Wentw^orth and Coun-\\ncil, showing\\nThat two years since they Chose a Committe to Join\\nwitli a Committe of Londonderry to run the Lines be-\\ntween the two Towns, which the said Committee accord-\\ningly began, and made some Progress in it, but did not\\nCompleat them l)y reason that the Committee of London-\\nderry would not Consent to allow tlic usual allowance (of\\nEleven Chains for ten) for windfalls, etc., in y woods in\\nthe measure in the W. N. W. side Line, and would allow\\nonly bare measure, which was unreasonable, and never\\nPracticed before the reason being so Exact is because the\\nProprietors of Londonderry have artfully contrived to have\\nit in their Charter to In ;ross to themselves the fishino;", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "TROPRIETARY HISTORY. 63\\nplace at Anioskcag, by taking into their Town a small gore\\nof Tjand at tlic llead of Chester, untill it takes tlie said\\nfishing j)lace, they liaving nieasnred it Ijeforehand for tliat\\npui pose. Their Ingrossing to tliemselvcs y fishing i ]aec\\nwill not only be greatly })rejudicial to Cliestcr bnt also to\\nthe other new towns.\\nThey pray for a committee. Pay of hearing the 2oth in-\\nstant and order of notice. The prayer granted and James\\nStevens a})pointed snrveyor, Bcnj. Barker and Jno. Call-\\nton chainmen, and Capt. John Gilnian and Edward Hall\\nto keep tally and see that proper allowance is made.\\nTHE committee s RETURN.\\nProvince of New Hampshire\\nPnrsuant to an order from y*^ Hon Jo Wcntworth,\\nEs([% Lieut. Govern and y Hon Council for the province\\naffbrs passed in Council Jn 25, 1725-G, Ordered, that M\\nJames Stephens should be Surveyor to Run y*^ Course of\\ny* Dividing lines Between y towns of Londonderry Ches-\\nter, and M Benj- Barker and John Callton to Carry y\\nChain to IMcasurc y s lines, and that Capt. John Gillman\\nand ^V Edward Llall to go one w y\u00c2\u00b0 One Chain man y\\nother w y other Chain Man to give just allowance as\\nthey thought fitt.\\nThe forementioned Committe y 18 of this Instant\\nOct and began a Beetch tree on Kingstown head line and\\nRun W. X. \\\\V. Course and Measured y* Same, and gave a\\njust Allowance according to y best of our Skill S: .Tndg-\\nmcnt, Untill we Made up ten Miles to three pitch ])ine trees\\nstanding on a plain Marked, and then turned on a North\\nCourcc three miles an half to a great Rock in a little hol-\\nlow w^* a heap of Stones upon it and ]\\\\[arked trees beside\\nit. all y* aflfors lines by Marked trees, the aforesaid Com-\\nmittee being upon oath.\\nJa* Ste])hcns, Surveyor.\\nBenj Barker, p,\\nJohn Callton, j\\nJohn Gillman,\\nT^ d TT n Overseers.\\nEdw Hall, j\\nProvince of New Hampshire, Portsm Mar. 2-), 172G-7.\\nEntered Recorded this above written Listrument in y\\nprovince Records, Book 15, page 251 and 155.\\nP M. Hunking, Record^", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "64 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nKINGSTOWN LINE.\\nThe charter of Kingstown is dated Aug. 6, 1694. Be-\\ngins 7 miles westward of the Meeting house in Hampton,\\nthence a due course W. B. N. ten miles into the country\\nfor its breadth is 4 miles Northerly from said head point of\\nthe west line from s Meeting house, and southerly to within\\nthree miles of the Northermost side of Merrimack River.\\nThis had been run by the grand committee as far as\\nIsland Pond, though crooked against Chester, or at least\\nnot ill a line to the beech tree, the corner between Chester\\nand Londonderry. The charter of Londonderry on a con-\\ntinuation of this line lay due south.\\nMay 10, 1728, David Cargil preferred a petition in behalf\\nof the proprietors of Londonderry, asking for a committee\\nto settle the line between Londonderry and Kingstown.\\nHe represents that Kingstown charter says southerly,\\nand they claimed S. by W., and that Londonderry charter\\nsays south and that there is no discrepancy, the meaning\\nbeing south. The committee repaired to the north bound\\nof Kingstown and found the old line to run south between\\neight and nine degrees west. The line in 1805 ran south\\nthree and a half degrees west. Hence the controvei-sy.\\nAt a meeting October 6, 1741,\\nVoted, That mr. John Macmurphy, Robert Boyes, Esq\\nand Insin Jacob Sargent Shall be a Committee to See how\\nLarge Kingstown Grant is, and to see what Land yet re-\\nmains to be Laid out between Said Kingstown head Line\\nand the Land already Laid out in this town.\\nAt a meeting June 27, 1745,\\nVoted, messrs. Capt. John Tolford, John Robie, John\\nMoore and Enoch Colby Shall be a Committe to treat with\\nKingstown Committe that are Chosen to Settle the Lines\\nbetween Said towns of Kingstown and Chester, and to Set-\\ntle with them upon the following Conditions if they will\\nSettle with us (viz.) agreeable to their Charter and our\\nCharter as they bound one upon the other, and to make\\nReturn of their doings to the Proprietors at their next\\nmeeting.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "TROPRIETARY HISTORY. 65\\nAt a meeting of tlic i)i-oprictors of Chester, Dec. 4, 1743,\\nVat to vote whether to Settle the lio iuds with Kings-\\ntown agreeal)lc to their Desire, passed in the negative.\\nVoted, That Rohert Boycs, Esq% mr. Nathan AVe1)stor\\nand Lieut. Thomas Wells Shall be a Committee to take\\nCare and got a Sirvaior to Run our town Line Bounding\\nnpt)n Kingstown, and from the Corner of Nottingham to\\nthe River and the head Line of the town, agreeable to our\\nCharter and to get Chainmen to measure whore it is need-\\nfull and to do what is needfull to l)C Don in that affair at\\nthe Proprietors Charge, and inake return to the Proi)rietor3\\nat the adjournment of this meeting.\\nAt the adjournment March 4, 1745 [174G],\\nVoted, That Robert Boyes, Samuel Emerson, Esqrs.,\\nand Capt. John Tolford, Shall he a Committe to Petition\\nthe Governor and Council for a Committe to be appointed\\nby them to Run and Settle the Line between Kingstown\\nand Chester agreeable to our Charter.\\nThe petition of Samuel Emerson and Robert Boycs,\\ndated Jan. 24, 174(3, to the GovQrnor and Council, in the\\nSecretary s ofiice, shows, That the petitioners, the tenth\\nday of May, 1722, obtained a Charter from this Hon. board,\\nwith a great many valuable Priviledgcs, c., with a grant\\nof land set forth in said Charter by metes and bounds; but\\npart of said lines or bounds have never been run by order\\nof this Hon. board, especially between your petitioners and\\nKingstown, whereby your petitioners hath been laid under\\nconsiderable difficulty Avhicli yet subsists. May it therefore\\njjlease your Excellency and this Hon. board to appoint a\\nsurveyor and chainmen to run and mark out said line\\naccording to the metes and bounds in said Charter, etc.\\nThe petition seems not to have been granted.\\nThere seem to be discrepancies in the dates. The peti-\\ntion for a meeting is dated Nov. 15, 1745 the warrant\\nNov. IG, 1745 the adjournment March 4, 1745 but if the\\nadjournment was 174G,then the petition is dated before the\\nchoice of the committee.\\n5", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "60 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nThe next we find is at a meeting of the proprietors of\\nChester, June 20, 1759,\\nVoted, That major John Tolford, mr. John Robie and\\nCapt. Anthony Towl sliall be a Committee to Treat with\\nthe Proprietors of Kingstown and make a Settlement of the\\nLines Between the s Towns of Cliester and Kingstown\\nwith them, agreeable to our Charter and theirs, if they will\\nand if they Refuse to Do tliat, then they have Power and\\nare hereby autliorized to Petition the Governor and Council\\nfor a Committe to Establish and Settle the Said Lines, In\\nbehalf of the Proprietors of Chester.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors of Chester, March 11,\\n1760,\\nVoted, That Major John Tolford, Mr. John Robie, and\\nCapt. Antliony Towl, all Proprietors of Chester aforesaid,\\nthey or either of them be, and hereby are, agents and attor-\\nnes for the Proprietors aforesaid, for them and in their\\nname to agree with the Proprietors of Kingstown and\\nmake a final settlement of the Lines between said towns of\\nChester and Kingstown, or in order thereunto, if necessary\\nand advisaljle, to Prosecute and defend in the Law any\\nPetition, action or actions, Real, Personal or mixt, wherein\\nthe Said Proprietors arc or may be Interested or Concerned,\\nin any Court or Courts, to final Judgment and Execution,\\nwith full power to Substitute one or more attorney or attor-\\nnies under them, and to transact and Do to all Intents and\\n})urposcs as the said Proprietors might do if Personally\\nPresent.\\nVoted, That the Charge that our Said agents and attor-\\nnies shall be at in Prosecuting and Defending the aforesaid\\nPetitions, action or actions, Shall be Raised and Repaid\\nthem by the Proprietors of Chester aforesaid and also for\\ntheir time and trouble their-in.\\nIt seems that Kingstown Proprietors take their turn to\\npetition, for we find that John Tolford for the proprietors\\nof Chester, April 23, 1771, made answer to a petition of\\nBenja. Stephens and Elislia Sweat, agents for the propri-\\netors of Kingstown, preferred to the General Assembly\\nApril 2, 1761, in which he says, And the respondents )jeg\\nleave to say that the petitioners suggest that the respon-\\ndents have lately raised a dispute concerning the bounds", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 67\\nbetAvcon Kingstown and Chester, and would remove the\\n-west Hne of Kingstown further eastward. Now, the respon-\\ndents say that the said dispute has been of hjng standing,\\nand tliat tliey, the rcsjiondents, now are, and always have\\nbeen ready to run the line between Kingstown and Chester\\nagreeable to the bounds of Chester Charter, and that they\\ndo not desire one foot of land more than is contained\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0within the bounds of Chester Charter and that they would\\nfurther observe that were it not for Chester Charter, the\\nrespondents apprehend that the westerly bounds of Kings-\\ntown would be nearly a mile and three (quarters more to the\\neastward than where the respondents claim, and that they\\nhave often desired the Proprietors of Kingstown to run the\\nlines l)etwecn them agreeable to Chester Charter, and have\\nno objection to the bounds between the said two towns to\\nbe properly run and settled, agreeable to the Charter of\\nChester, by persons nnpredjudiced and that understand the\\ncompass and running of lines.\\nThe line was run, as appears by the petition of Isaac Bias-\\ndel, Joseph Linn and Jabez Hoit, and was as it now stands\\nand ran as the north road to Sandown runs, twenty rods,\\nor at right angles seventeen rods, east of the crooked line\\nclaimed l)y Kingstown. But this did not end the contro-\\nversy but at a meeting of the proprietors Novemltcr 9,\\n1772, John Tolford and k^amuel Emerson were made agents\\nwith similar powers to those given in 1760.\\nJune 10, 1783, Isaac Blasdel, Joseph Linn and Jabez\\nHoit, selectmen of Chester, preferred a petition to the\\nGeneral Assembly, showing that they had been called upon\\nto return a true inventory of all lots or tracts of land in\\nChester to the Secretary s oftice, which they had done, but\\nfind that seventy-two acres of the land have been inven-\\ntoried ill Sandown that the lines between the towns were\\nnever, so far as they knew, perambulated according to law,\\nthough the selectmen of Kingstown and also the selectmen\\nof Sandown had often been requested to do it. Though\\nthe selectmen of Sandown, in November, 1782, consented\\nto perambulate the line between said towns, which was sur-", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "68 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nvojod and marked by Walter Bryant, Jr., Esq., in Decem-\\nber, 1761, by agreement of the proprietors of Kingstown\\nand the proprietors of Chester, agreeajjly to a resolve of\\nthe General Assembly in May, 1761, and the agreement of\\nthe proprietors and Esq. Bryant s return, yet the selectmen\\nof Sandown refused to sign any return to be recorded.\\nThey pray the General Assembly to consider the difficulty,\\nwhen Chester claims a straight line and Sandown a curve\\nor rather a crooked one. [An abstract.] Day of hearing,\\nthe second day of the next session.\\nThe ]n-oprietors of Chester June 7, 1785, Voted to\\nJames Waddel, Samuel Wilson, Timothy Wells, Sargent\\nWells and Benjamin Wells, the land they have respectively\\nin their possession laying west of Bryant s line, which\\nwas the end of the controversy.\\nTYNGSTOWN LINE.\\nAt a meeting held June 9, 1741,\\nPut to vote Avhether to take any notice of the Propos-\\nals made l)y the Committees meet to Confer upon the town-\\nshi[\u00c2\u00bbs of Chester and Tyngstown Infringing upon Each other;\\npast in the Negative.\\nThis was at first thought to be a clerical error and to\\nmean Kingstown. But such is not the fact. There was a\\nlong controversy between Massachusetts and New Hamp-\\nshire al)out the line between them, and Massachusetts had\\ngranted towns up the Merrimack. Among others there\\nwas a company of volunteers went on snow-shoes, in the\\nwinter of 1703, to Winnepissiokee, against the Indians,\\ncommanded by Capt. William Tyng of Dunstable. A pe-\\ntition was presented to the General Court of Massachusetts\\nDecember 13, 1734, by Ephraim Ilildreth and John Shep-\\nley, in ])ehalf of themselves and other soldiers, for a grant\\nof land lying on the east side of Merrimack river, between\\nSuncook and Litchfield. The grant was made on certain\\nconditions and was Tyngstown. Major Hildreth settled\\nthere and built the first mill on the Cohas at Harvey s.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "rROPRIETAIlY HISTORY. 69\\nTlicy had a mecting-liousc near the old corner of Chester,\\nthe three pines. The McClentos ^vcre prohahly within\\ntlic hounds of Tyngstown. It Avas from these settlers, nn-\\nder a Massachusetts grant, that the proposition came to\\nsettle the line, which Chester so summarily rejected. (See\\nPotter s ]\\\\[anchcster, pp. 190-212.) The settlement of the\\nProvhicc line in 1741 ended the Tyngstown claim.\\nCHAPTEIl V.\\nSETTLING MINISTERS, PRESBYTERIAN CONTROVERSY, AND CLOS-\\nING THE proprietors AFFAIRS.\\n1723. The first meeting of the proprietors, under the\\ncharter, was held the 28th day of March, 1728. The\\nnames of the officers are given in the list of town officers.\\nIt Avas Voted, That forty shillings be paid by each pro-\\nprietor by the lo^ of June next, besides the Ten shilP w\\nis given to those that have settled. Forty acres of land\\nwere granted to Thomas Brown, but for what consideration\\ndoes not appear. It was laid out on Londonderry line. A\\nhome lot was granted to Clement Uughes in consideration\\nof his serving the town as surveyor the year past.\\n1724. The annual meeting for 1724 was held at the\\nhouse of Samuel Ingalls, in Chester, and adjourned to the\\nhouse of Joshua AVingate, in Hampton, the second Tues-\\nday in June. Votes were passed about drawing their addi-\\ntional lots and paying arrearages, on penalty of expulsion.\\nAlso, admitting Rev. Thco. Cotton in the room of Samuel\\nWelsh, and Thomas Smith and William Couch in the room\\nof Jacob Stanyan. This ycdv is memorable on account of\\nthe capture of Lieut. Thomas Smith and John Karr l)y the\\nIndians, the only hostile incursion in Chester. An account\\nof it is given in a biographical notice of Lieut. Smith, on\\na subsequent page.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "70 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n1725. The annual meeting for 1725 was held at the\\nlionse of ]\\\\[rs. Susannah Small, in Portsmouth, the 25th of\\nMarch. Adjourned to the house of Thomas Webster, of\\nExeter, the 24th of May.\\nVoted, To those that live at Cliester the Sum of twenty\\npounds to hire two Souldiers to guard them four months\\nnext ensuing.\\nIn Samuel Ingalls account is a credit, By the hire of\\ntwo soldiers as per vote, \u00c2\u00a320. There was also a vote\\npassed forbidding proprietors cutting or carrying away any\\ntimber on penalty of forty shillings, and a committee\\nchosen to prosecute offenders.\\n1726. A similar vote was passed March, 1726, and re-\\npeated again at an adjournment in June, and a committee\\nchosen to prosecute and another committee to present\\nthis vote to y*^ next Court of Quarter Sessions for their al-\\nlowance.\\nThe account current for 1726, including the former l)al-\\nanee of \u00c2\u00a3U 16s. 9d., is \u00c2\u00a392 4s. lOd. Cr., 126 proprietors\\n6th payment, 10s. each, X63. Balance due, \u00c2\u00a329 4s, lOd.\\n1727. The annual meeting was held the second Thurs-\\nday of xVpril, 1727.\\nVoted, That y*^ Surveyors hire men to rc])air the ways,\\ny\u00c2\u00ae wages not to Exceed 4s per day nor the sum of \u00c2\u00a310.\\nVoted, That each Proj^rietor pay Ten Shillings to y\\nSelectmen to defray the Town Charges By y Second\\nThursday in May next.\\nThe Account Currant for y year 17:?7.\\nTo y^ ballauce of last years acct\\nTo Sam Ini, -alls, 49^ days work on y* ways, 4s.\\nTo do. for laying out land as pr acct\\nTo James Whiting for his assistance jier do.\\nTo (Jlem Hughes for sundry payments per do.\\nTo liobert Smith as Selectman, 3i d a (Js^\\nTo John Sanborn as ditto, 2^ d^\\nTo Selectmen, expences p per Clement Hughes to\\nMr. Ludd and Mr. Ingalls\\nDr\\n\u00c2\u00a329\\n4\\n10\\n9\\n18\\n00\\n17\\n2\\n09\\n3\\nIG\\n00\\n28\\n7\\n6\\n1\\n1\\n15\\n00\\n11\\n10\\n\u00c2\u00a390\\n16", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "PROPPJETAUY HISTORY. 71\\nUt Supra. Cu.\\nBy rate on 126 Prop at lOs pr \u00c2\u00a3r,;]\\nBallance due from the Prop 27 KJ 1\\n\u00c2\u00a3liU IG 1\\nThis is the last account contained in the records. Up to\\nthis time, and in 17:^8, and prohably longer, tlie money\\nwas raised by a tax on the pnjjn ietors shares, resident and\\nnon-resident. So far, a large ])ortiou of the officers have\\nbeen non-resident proprietors, but in 1728 tliere is a\\nchange, all the town officers are residents.\\nThe annual meeting Avas held at Chester, March 28th.\\nEldad Ingalls was chosen town clerk, and Ca|)t. Henry\\nSherburn, Capt. Josc])h Sherl)urn and Thomas Packer\\nwere chosen to make up accompts w Chester s Old\\nTown Clerk, M Clement Hughes, and to Receive y* town\\nBook and Deliver it to Eldad Ingalls y present town\\nClerk.\\nA vote was past at y* Ann ^Meeting in Marcli that all\\ny i)ropr of Chester should pay ten Sliillings ai)iecc at y\u00c2\u00ae\\nadjournment of the ann meeting, whicli will be y*^ second\\nTuesday of June next, concerning y hiring a ilinis for\\nthis Year.\\nEldad Ingalls was chosen town treasurer, and the con-\\nstable was to gather the rates, and deliver it to the treas-\\nurer.\\nThere was a vote ])assed at tlie adjournment, that if any\\nsettler settling on lands laid out should be molested by\\nnon-proprietors, the expense of trying the title should be\\npaid by the proprietors.\\nThere was a meeting held, Nov. 1 2, 1728, at the house\\nof Samuel Ingalls. It was\\nVoted, tliat y* Stating y* plan for y Meeting house\\nshould be left in consideration till next March Meeting.\\nBut the meeting was adjourned to Hampton, on tlic last\\nTuesday in December, and there\\nVoted, That y place called y\u00c2\u00ae Center where four prin-\\ncipal Ro ids meet, being near y Minis lott, be y* place for\\nSetting up the meeting house.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "72 HISTOEY OF CHESTER.\\n1729. The Annual Meeting was held at the house of\\nSamuel Ingalls, and after chooshig officers, adjourned until\\nJune 10, and a new meeting called at the same time and\\nplace, To make Clioicc or give a call unto M John Tuck\\nof Hampton to settle w us in y work of y* Ministry, and\\nto see what encouragement we shall give him for his main-\\ntainance with us.\\nAt the meeting it was\\nVoted, That Mr. John Tuck of Hampton is Chosen to\\nsettle w y Inhabitants of Chester in work of y*^ Min-\\nistry.\\nVoted, That 120 pounds be Raised for y*^ support of y\\nGospel Ministry (amonge us) by y Inhabitants and prop\\naccording to their settlement for live years ensuing, and\\nthen hQ Raised as the law directs.\\nVoted in y^ affirmative.\\nVoted, Samuel Ingalls, Dr. Edmond To] pin and Wil-\\nson, are chosen a Committee to wait on Mr. John Tuck to\\nInvite him to y work of y Ministry in Chester.\\nIMeeting adjourned to the third Tuesday of September,\\nat Capt. Joshua Wingate s at Hampton.\\nMR. tuck s answer.\\nHampton, Oc 7 1729.\\nTo y\u00c2\u00b0 prop of y*^ town of Chester tliis day met at Capt.\\nWingates in Hampton.\\nG-entlemen,\\nWhereas you, w y^ freeholders of y town of Chester,\\nDid somtime ago Invite me to y work of y\u00c2\u00b0 Ministry in\\nCliester now these are to Signifie, tliat for Weighty\\nReasons I Decline settling there. I wisli you a happy set-\\ntlement in God s good time. Tliis from\\nYour Hum serv\\nJo Tucke.\\nAt the adjournment, Sept. IGth, adjourned again to Oct.\\n7th.\\nVoted, Tliat Mr. John Tuck liC paid thirty shillings\\nper Sabbath for fourteen Sabl)aths last past.\\nVoted, That there shall a Committe be chosen to look", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 73\\nout and get a minis to preach at Chester in order to his\\nSettlement there.\\nVoted, That 8am Ing-alls Jaeoh Sargent be a Com-\\nmitte chosen to look out for a suitalJe orthodox good man\\ny shall be aproved by y Neighboring JMinis\\nA oted, That there shall be a meeting house built ac-\\ncording to these Dimensions: Imp hl ty foot inlcngfli, and\\nthirty-live foot wide twenty foot post, and iinisli it com-\\npletely, both inside outside, to y turning of y key, and\\nset upon y place a])pointed and before voted.\\nVoted, That a Committee be chosen to agree w y\u00c2\u00ae\\nCarpenter or Car])enters to l)uild a jMocting house accord-\\ning to y\u00c2\u00ae Dimcntions before mentioned, and that Dr.\\nEdniond Toppin,. Sam Ingalls Nathaniel Ileally, bo y\\nConnnittce to agree w y* Carpenters in y* behalf of y\\nprop of Chester.\\nVoted, That there shall Ijc Raised forty shillings in\\nMoney on Every full prop sbarc in Cliester to be paiil unto\\nyc town treasurer (Jacob Sargent is chosen), at y next\\nprop meeting towards y^ building of a meeting house in\\nChester to be drawn out by the Committee as there shall\\nbe Occasion viz., Dr. Edmond Toppin and Sam Ingalls\\nNathnniel Haley, a Committe.\\noted. That there shall be Raised twenty Shillings\\nin money on Every full propr lott in Chester for y jjaying\\ntbo town Debts, to be paid unto y\u00c2\u00b0 Constable for y town s\\nuse at y^ next prop* Meeting in Chester.\\nIn regard to the location of the meeting-house, it sat on\\nthe ten-rod way. James Varnum bought of the town five\\nrods in width of the ten-rod way, where Mr. Batchelder\\nlives, so that the north side would be not far from where\\nthe north side of the street- is now. When the Rev.\\nMr. Hale sold to the Rev. Mr. Flagg, the corner was\\ndescribed to bo about eight rods northerly of the meet-\\ning-house. Jabez French bought five rods of the ten-rod\\nway so the corner of the church is now probably near\\nwhere the corner of the lot was, and eight rods from\\nthere would nearly correspond with the tradition that the\\nhouse stood where the liberty-pole now stands.\\nAt a meeting Nov. 19, 1729,\\nVoted, That Capt. Thomas Pierce be a Collector for", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "74 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nPortsmouth, and Dr. Edmoiid^Toppin for ITam]:)ton, Jon-\\nathan Emerson for Haverhill Bradford, Mr. Will Blunt\\nfor Andover, Mr. John Calf for Newberry and the Above\\nnamed to Collect and gather y Rates off those that are\\npropr in Chester and lives in the aboves precincts.\\n1780. At a meeting held January 15, 1729\u00e2\u0080\u009430,\\nA^otod, That y^ Rev. Mr. Moses Hale is chosen to settle\\nw us in y work of y\u00c2\u00ae Ministry in Chester.\\nA-^oted, That tliere shall be 120 pounds in Current\\nmoney or bills of Credit be Raised for y Support of y gos-\\npel miiiisf-^ amonge us, to be paid by the inhabitants\\nprop of y*^ town of Chester, to y* Rev^. Mr. Moses Hale, out\\nof y town treasury annually as long as he Shall Continue to\\n1)0 our minis Said money to be Raised by y prop*\\nInhabitants acording to their interests for five years Ensu-\\ning, then to be Raised as the law Directs and y^ s money\\nbe paid annually, according to y*^ Same A^ alue that it pas-\\nseth for at this present year.\\nVoted, That Lieut. Thomas Smith, M Ebenezer Dear-\\nbon, Nath AVebstcr, AA^ill\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 AVillson Sam Ingalls, be a\\nCommitte to treat w^ the Rev. Mr. Moses Hale, to ac-\\nquaint him w what y town hath done, to Invite him\\ninto the work of y*^ Minis among us in Chester, and to\\nReceive his answer and to make Return thereof to the\\ntown.\\nAt the annual meeting March 20, 1730,\\nA oted, That y Proprietors of Chester pay two hundred\\nand twenty pounds to defray y Charges for y* year en-\\nsewing.\\nA^oted, That y Rev Mr. Moses Hale have twenty shil-\\nlings apiece of each full propriator s share, which amounts to\\none hundred and twenty seven pounds, to be payed y*^ pres-\\nent year insewing in Money or labor.\\nVoted, That the meeting-house be set on the plan it\\nhath bene formerly agreed on and voted for, agreeable to\\nthe vote in 1728 entered in the town Book in page 104.\\nA^jted, That Mr. AVill\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 White, Nathan Webster, Eben-\\nezer Derbon, a committe to agree with a carpender or\\ncarpenders to build a meeting house acording to the de-\\nmenshins formerly agreed on and entered in y* town book.\\nA^oted, A gristmill priviledge to John Aiken. (See\\nHistory of John Aiken s Mill.)\\nAt an adjournment June 0th,", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 70\\nTok-a, That Doct. Risers, Mr. Ilnghcs, Ricli Ward,\\nBo:iJ. Iliiss, 1)0 allowed tlierc accounts in suppressing the\\nIlyiot in 172(1, five days a man at Os. per day,\\nVoted, Whereas there was formerly a vote |)ast that\\nthe meeting house should be bultc 35 fete in width, that s\\nmeeting house shall be bulte thirty eyght fete in width, and\\nthat the comite chosen last meting, Namely, Mr. William\\nAVHnte, Natli Webster, Eljez/ Dcrben, be fully impowcred to\\nngree with any Parson or Parsons to l)uild s meeting\\nhouse and whatever Covenent or agi eement they in there\\ncapasity shall make, the propriators will Ratify and Cou-\\nfirme.\\nAt a meeting July 15, 1730, there was a committee\\nchosen to deliver the minister s lot to Rev. Mr. Moses Hale\\nas soon as he l)ecomes rpialified to receive the same, with\\na proviso that should he be at any expense on it and not be\\nsettled, it should be repaid. There was another committee\\nto provide a parsonage.\\n1731. At the annual meeting held at the meeting-house\\nMarch 25, 1731, adjourned to May 12, they chose a com-\\nmittee to sell all delinquents shares.\\nThere was an act passed by the General Assembly April\\n29, 1731, the preamble of which says, Whereas the towns\\nof Chester, Nottingham and Rochester la])Our under incon-\\nveniences in carrying on y publick affairs, especially sup-\\nortiug the gospel ministry, enacting that lands of non-\\nresidents may l)c assessed and taken on execution if the\\ntaxes Ije not paid to continue in force three years.\\nVoted to Rais money for finishing the meetin hous,\\nX230 and for ordaining the minister the present year,\\n\u00c2\u00a330 and for the minister s salary this year, X120.\\nThere is a memorandum as follows\\nThe money raised in thetov^rn of Checherin the year\\n1729, by Samuel Iiigalls,Natliau Webster and Wil-\\nliam Wilson, their present Selectmen, and Commit-\\nted to Constable Hascltine to Colcc and gather 378 00 00\\nS l Constable Heseltine has paid 219 00 00\\nKemaius in s Constabel s hands unpaid 159 00 00", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "76 HISTORY OF CHESTER,\\nThe money Raised hi the town of Chester in the year\\n1730, by Cap Samuel Ingalls, Ebenezer Dearbon\\nand Nathan Webster, the Present Selectmen and\\nCommittee to Constabel John Tolford to Collect\\nand gather is 282 00 00\\nwhich S selectmen have not Counted for.\\nGiven under our hands a Comite to Call s selectmen.\\nIchabod llobie, n^\\nMoses Leavit,\\nmarch the 24\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb, 1700-1.\\nThere is an advertisement calling a meeting July 21,\\n1731:\\n1. Tliat the Committee that Stand Ingaged to the Car-\\npendors for Building the meeting hous want their money\\nand must have it this meeting, or Else they are Liabel to\\nbe Sued.\\n2. To Lett y\u00c2\u00b0 know that tlie Lands of several that have\\nLcatly been put to sale to pay their Charges, and they that\\ndo not pay theirs at this meeting may Expect the same.\\nAt tlie meeting,\\n2. Many things proposed but nothing acted.\\nThe meeting-house was built, probably by contract, by\\nThomas Cochran and Peter Cochran of Londonderry, and\\nwas so far finished that the annual meeting in March of\\ntliis year was held in it; l)ut it seems that it was not paid\\nfor until 1737, when forty-six acres of land were sold to\\nThomas Cochran to pay what was due to him and Peter\\nCochran for building the meeting-house.\\nAt the same meeting June 7, 1737,\\nVoted, That Thomas Cochran and Peter Cochran have\\nsome gratuity to make up their loss, agreeable to their Peti-\\ntion, and that the Same be to the Value of fifty pounds.\\nThis was laid out in 1743 on the west side of Massabesic\\npond.\\nAt a meeting held September, 1731,\\nVoted, That the Reverend Mr. Brown of Haverhill,\\nRev. Mr. Pliillips, and the Reverend mr. Barnard of And-\\novcr, be a comitty to take for gathering and Setling a Church\\nin Chester and ordaining the Reverend Mr. Ilail.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 77\\nYotcd, that Insign Jacol) Sai-frciit, mv. Ebcnczcr Dear-\\nborn, Enocli Culby, Captin ^anniol Ingalls, Samuel Emer-\\nson, be a Comniity to take Care for provislian of tbe ordina-\\ntion.\\nThe ordination is said to have been October 20.\\n11^ 2. Tliere was a i)rovision in the charter that every\\nproprietor should build a dwelling liouse witliin three\\nyears and settle a family therein, and break up three acres\\nof ground, and plant and sow the same within four years,\\nand pay his proj)ortion of the town charge when and so\\noften as occasion shall require. At a meeting August 2d\\nthere was a committee chosen to enquire and report on this\\nsubject. August 23,\\nVoted, that there shall be a Comite Chosen, aiul fully\\nImpowered to here and Determine the pleas of lliose pro-\\nl)rietors that arc brought in Delinquent in their settlements\\nby the Comitee, Lt. Ebenezer Dearborn, Ins. Jacol) Sargent,\\ntfe Capt. Samuel Ingalls, and to allow or disallow of their\\npleas for Settlement as they shall see Just Reason, and to\\ngrant them sutabel time to perform their settlements, pro-\\nvided they speedily pay their arrears, and that Comite make\\nreport of their proceedings to the proprietors of Chester at\\ntheir next meeting.\\nYotcd, Moses Leavite, Esq., Deacon William Yfhite\\nand Samuel Ingalls be the Comite.\\n1738. At an adjournment of the annual meeting May\\n28, 1733,\\nYotcd, to Rais 127 pounds to be paid this year towards\\nthe meeting lious and to Defray other necessary town\\nCharges.\\nAt a meeting September 25, 1733,\\nYotcd that Doct. Nathaniel Rogers of Portsmouth is\\nChosen fully Impowered to Prefer a Petition to the\\nGeneral Court at their next session to get them to make an\\nact in behalf of the Proprietors that are Settled in the\\ntown of Chester pursuant to the first article in the Warn-\\ning.\\nThat is, in regard to delinquents not settling in town.\\nYoted, Lt. Ebenezer Dearborn, mr. Nathan Webster", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "78 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nCapt. .^amucl Ingalls, to agree with and hier a minister\\nto Preach with us a Quarter of the year.\\nMr. Hale s health failed and he became deranged in\\nmind, so that he performed very little ministerial duty in\\nChester.\\n1734. At the annual meeting March 28, 1734,\\nVoted, that there shall be a Counsell Called to Dissolve\\nthe pastoral Relation Between Mr. Hale and the Church in\\nChester.\\nAt a meeting held June 27, 1734,\\nVoted,- that there shall 1)0 men chosen to wait on the\\nministers at their next associate meeting to urge a Counsel\\nfor the Dissolving the pastoral Relation between mr. Hale\\nand the Church in Chester.\\nAt a meeting held August 15, 1734,\\nVoted, that the first Wednesday in September next l)e\\nheld as a day of. fasting and Prayer for advise for another\\nminister.\\nA^)led, that there shall be 5 men Chosen to receive the\\nad^ ise of the ministers at the fast.\\nVoted, that Capt. Samuel Ingalls, Lt. Ebenezer Dear-\\nborn, Lt. Thomas Smith, Mr. John Calfe, John Sherala\\nand John Aken be the men.\\nVoted, that Lt. Smith and Mr. John Calfe wait on the\\nRev Mr. Thompson of Londonderry to acquaint him when\\nthe fast will be.\\nVoted, that mr. nathan Weljster wait on the other min-\\nisters to acquaint them when the last will be.\\nAt an adjournment September 1, 1734,\\nVoted, that the Result or Determination of the Councell\\nbe Excepted Ijy the proprietors.\\nVoted, that after three sabljath Days from this time,\\nthat then the pulpit Sliall be Sui)j)lied three months at the\\npublick Ciiarge of the proprietors.\\nThe Presbyterians, who were the Scotch Irish settlers,\\nhad previous to this hired the Rev. John Wilson, and ten\\nof them protested against paying for the support of another\\nminister.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF CHESTER. 79\\nTHE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL.\\nAt an Ecclesiastical Council held at Salisbury, Au rust\\nIv), lTo4, cousistiuii, of the Elders and niesseng ers of the\\nChurches following, viz.\\nChurches. Elders. Jfesson/ers.\\nSalisbury 1 chh, nu-. Caleb Cushing, mr. Justes Bradbury.\\nSalisl)ur\\\\ 2 clili, mr. Joseph I ersons, Deuc Jabez True.\\nExeter, mv. John Odliu, Deac Joseph French.\\nIlaniptou Falls, Mr. Joseph AVHiipple, Dea. oiiiseferos Pag-e.\\nBradford, Mr. Jos Persons, juu Dea. Joua. Woodman.\\nNe\\\\vl ury, m John Lowel, Dea. Edw d Emerson.\\nKingston, uu AVard Clark, Dea. moses lillkins.\\nAmesbury, 2 chli, uu Puiu AVinget, Dea. Joseph Uarllet.\\nBeing Regularly assembled by virtue of letters sent fi-om\\nthe chh. in Chester to the aforesaid Churches to here. ad\\\\ isc\\nand direct the said Chh. of Chester what may be most\\n])roper for them to do under their present difficult circum-\\nstances, l)y Reason of the Revr mr. moses Halo the Pastor\\nbeing wholly Disabled from Serving them in the work of\\nthe ministry, and having made due inquiry into the Case\\nand circumstances of the said minister and peojjle, we find\\nthat the said mr. Hale, Having done Lettel or no service\\namong them, and l)eing by the Providence of God brought\\nuiuU r greate disorder of body and distraction of mind,\\nand for a time bereaved of his reason and understanding,\\nand thereby Rendered uncapabell of Discharging the work\\nof the ministry among them, and so Remaining without any\\npresent appearance or prospect of being restored to his\\nministry, aiul therefore we Judge and determine that, it is\\nthe wisdom and Duty of the chh. and people of Chester to\\n])roceed in Regular steps to Call and Settle a gospel minis-\\nter among them, that so they may no Longer be Destitute\\nof the word and ordinances of Christ and would also ad-\\nvise and direct the said chh. and people of Chester that be-\\nsides allowing the said mr. Hale the town Right which\\naccrued to him u] ()n settlement and what also was then\\ngiven him to Incomage his settlement, they should lujt for-\\nget their obligations to be Rcdy to Contribute to his sup-\\nport and Relief according to their power and ability. So", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "80 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nCommending tliem to the God of grace and peace we sub-\\nscribe jour Brethren in Christ.\\nCaleb Cushing, moderator.\\nJolm Odlin, Scribe.\\nIn the name and behalf of the Council.\\n1735. The annual meeting held March 28, adjourned to\\nMay 14, 1735.\\nTlie matter, after it was fairly set forth Relating to mr*\\nHale s circumstances, It was put to vote whether mr. Hale\\nhad given satisfaction that he was Qualified for taking the\\nfull Charge of the ministry and whether the people Could\\nReceive him as such, it past in the negative.\\nVoted, that the proposals made by mr. Hale, Feb^ 6*^,\\n1734, Shall be a Direction to us and forasmuch as by Vote\\nof the town mr. Hale appears not to have given satisfaction\\nto the ])eople, we with mr. Hale do apply to the Elders and\\nmessengers of the Churches therein mentioned, who are\\nDesired to Consider and Determine all matters Relating to\\nmr. Hale and us as in their wisdom they Shall Judge Right.\\nVoted, that the Elders and messengers meet at the\\nhons of Deacon Dearborns in Chester the first Wednesday\\nin June next at one o Clock in the afternoon.\\nThis council probably dismissed Mr. Hale.\\nAt another adjournment held June 10 1735,\\nVoted that the town of Chester apply to the Neighbor-\\ning towns for help in our Difficulties by a brief for paying\\nmr. Hale s arrears.\\nJohn Calfc, Capt. Samuel Ingalls and Lieut. EbeiKzer\\nDearborn were chosen for that purpose.\\nVoted that Lieut. Ebenezer Dearborn, mr. Nathan\\nWebster be Chosen and Impowered to take Care and pro-\\nvide a gospel minister to suply the puljiit, and idso for\\na further Suply in order for settlement when occasion shall\\nbe.\\nSixteen of the Presbyterians entered their protest against\\nhireing, calling or settling any other minister in this town\\nthan what we now have. At the request of a major part\\nof the church a meeting was called and held November 6,\\nXi oO.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 81\\nVoted the Rev mr. Timothy White Chall be the min-\\nister of the town of Chester.\\nA salary of \u00c2\u00a3120 was voted, and a committee, consisting\\nof Deacon Ehenezer Dearborn and ^Messrs. Nathan Web-\\nster and John Calfe, chosen to treat witli Mr. White and\\nreceive his answer.\\nAt an adjonrnment held November 27, 1735,\\nVoted, that whereas there was 120 Ponnds Voted for\\nMv. White s Salery per annum, so long as he should Con-\\ntinue tlie minister of the town, it is Intended by it that\\nthe money Shall be accounted at the same Value that ])a-\\nper money was when the agreement was made with mr.\\nHale.\\nThe money to pay the minister and all other purposes\\nhad been voted and raised by the Proprietors, by the\\nProprietors and inhabitants, and now the Freeholders\\nand inhabitants are warned to meet. The pro]\u00c2\u00bbriotors\\nof the common and undivided land held separate meetings\\ndistinct from the town after this time but the money to\\nsupport the minister was raised from the whole town.\\nIn building the meeting-house and supporting Mr. Hale,\\nthe Presbyterians were active; but they now have their\\nown minister, and claim that a proviso in a certain statute\\nlegally exempts them from paying a minister tax, and at\\nthe meeting of Nov. 6tli they enter another protest, signed\\nby thirty-one men.\\nAt a meeting, held June 23, 1736,\\nVoted, That the Rev Mr. Ebenezer Flagg shall be the\\nminister of the town of Chester.\\nVoted, that there shall be one Hundred and twenty\\nPounds Paid to the Rev M Ebenezer Flagg, as silver at\\ntwenty shilings an ounce, per anum. During his ministry in\\nChester.\\nThe following protest of the same tenor, and more\\nnumerously signed than those before mentioned, was en-\\ntered\\nWe the Prcsbetcrian Congregation and Propriators, In-\\nhabitants and Freeholders of Chester afforsaid, do Enter\\n6", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "82\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\ntliis our Protest and Desent against luring, calling, or set-\\ntling, any other ministers or minister in this town other\\nthan the Rev*^ M John Wilson our Pastor, and also we pro-\\ntest against paying any charges or charge or salary that\\nshall arise from or by such hiring, calling or settling any\\nother minister then we have as afforsaid, or giveing or\\nsetling any Lands for that or any other uess. given under\\nour hands the day and year above, and farther we Insist\\nupon the Benefit of the Province Law witli Respect to the\\nsuport of the ministry, and also we declare this meeting\\nIlegall.\\nJames Wilson,\\nJames Wilson,\\nRobert Grimes,\\nJames Quantou,\\nElexeandr Crage,\\nJames W^hiting,\\nWilliam Wilson,\\nJohn Boid,\\nJolni Carswell,\\nJames Croset,\\nAVilliara Carswell,\\nVv illiam Craford,\\nJohn Sherala,\\nWilliam White,\\nThomas Smith,\\nThomas Glen,\\nRobert Wilson,\\nRobert Grames,\\nRobert Gillcreast,\\nJames Parson\\nWilliam Wilson,\\nRobert Boyes,\\nAndrew Crage,\\nJoseph Steel,\\nJoseph Neill,\\nJohn Steel,\\nJohn moore.\\nThomas megee.\\nCharls moore,\\nJames Wilson,\\nRobert mills.\\nThomas Colwell,\\nJohn aiken,\\nJohn niacmurphy,\\nJohn Dickey,\\nJohn mills,\\nPaul mcferson,\\nJohn Tolford,\\nJohn mills,\\nThomas Horner,\\nPatrick melven,\\nJohn Ramsey,\\nHugh Wilson,\\nWilliam Patterson,\\narchebald Canigham,\\nWilliam Tolford,\\nJames Campbell,\\nSanuiel Brown.\\nJohn Wadell,\\nRev. Ebenezer Flagg was ordained Sept., 1736. Tlie\\nselectmen continued to rate the Presbyterians and some\\nrates were collected, and tlio Presbyterians presented the\\nfollowing petition to the General Assembly", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 83\\nTo lii.s Excellency Jonatlian Uclelier, Esq. Gov and Com-\\nmander in cliief in and over His Majesty s Province of\\nNew Hamp the Hon His Majesty s Council, House\\nof Ropresontatives for the Province aforesaid.\\nThe Petition of sundry of the Lihabitauts of Clicstcr in\\nthe Province of New Hampshire, Humbly Hhoweth\\nThat your Petitioners, thoug h at present Inhabitants of\\nChester afor f(n-merly belonged, most of them, to the\\nKinLi dom of Scotland Ireland, where they were educated\\nin the principles of Kirk of Scotland, tor wliich they have\\na great Veneration That while Mr. Moses Hale was the\\nMinister of the Town, your Petitioners paid taxes towards\\nhis Support, tho they went many of them to Londonderry\\nto nie;jting, most if not all of them constantly to receive\\nthe sacraments, not then being in a Condition to settle a\\nminister of the Presbyterian order After Mr. Hale s mis-\\nfortunes had necessitated him to lay aside the work of tlie\\nMinistry, the Town being Destitute of a Gospel Minister,\\nyour Petitioners proceeded to call ordain a Minister of\\ntiiat Denomination among them, tho Scarce able to pay the\\ncharge, that they might worship God enjoy the ordinances of\\nthe Gospel in a way (which they apprehend) more agreeable\\nto Script* the primitive pattern, at least more agreeable to\\ntheir consciences than they could among the Congregation-\\nalists That during the time that y* Town was Destitute\\nof a minister of the Congregational order, your Petition\\noften invited the Brethren of that Denomination to join\\nwith them, if not longer at least till they were better pro-\\nvided for, that such Conformity should be no Expense to\\nthem, for that your Petition would siij^port their own ^lin-\\nister themselves But they refused to accept the orlTer\\nThat about two years after Mr. Hale had left Chester those\\nof the Inhabitants who Differ in Sentiments from your\\nPetition in conjunction with the non-resident Propriet\\nproceeded to call and settle in the town a Congregational\\nMinister who is still there That your Petition api)i-e-\\nheuding that those who had called settled such a min-\\nister would be for supporting him by a tax on all the In-\\nhabitants, representing to them in their Public meeting\\nto the Selectmen of the Town that it was highly unreason-\\nable and unkind, all things and circumstances considered,\\nto oblige your Petition to pay towards the support of a\\nminister they did not call, nor hear when settled, c., tt\\nprayed they might be Exempted, the rather because they\\nconceived themselves to be such Persons as were Intended", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "84 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nand Exempted by the Proviso in the Law of the Province,\\nEntitled an Act for maintenance Supply of ministry\\nwithin this Province. But all would not })revail the\\nStdc ctmen of said Town rated all the inhabitants without\\nException of any sect, have Distrained Imprisoned\\nsome of your Petitioners for such Rates. Your Petition\u00e2\u0084\u00a2\\ntherefore pray the aid of this Court as the Dernier Resort\\nof the Distressed, that you would be pleased in your Great\\nWisdom and Goodness to explain the Proviso in the afores^\\nact say whether your Petition are Exempted thereby\\nfrom being taxed to the Settling Support of the said\\nminister. And if your Excellency the Hon the other\\nBranches of this Court shall not think the law already\\nmade excuses your Petition from the aforesaid charge,\\nthat you would be pleased to Commiserate the case of\\nyour Petition^^ (being as it now Stands they must either\\nact against their own Judgment, or dearly purchase the\\nLiberty of the Contrary) and make a special act whereby\\nthey may be Discharged Exonerated from any part of\\ntiie Burtben of Settling supporting any minister except\\ntheir own, from paying the afores Rates already made\\nand that such may have their money allowed them from\\nwhom the Same has l;)een distrained hj virtue of the afore^**\\nRates. And yo Petition in duty bound shall ever pray.\\nhis his\\nAlexander -f- Crage, William Poul, [Powel]\\nmark. mark.\\nJames Campbell, Joseph Nill, [Neal]\\nAndrew Crage, William Carswell,\\nWilliam Whit, Robert Kilcrist,\\nFranciss Cooks, John Dickey,\\nRobert Mills, Tliomas Cohvell,\\nWilliam Colwell, Jlugh Willson,\\nJames Wilson, David Crage,\\nJohn Carswell, William Graham,\\nSamuel Brown, Thomas Glen,\\nJohn Waddel, James Whit,\\nRobert Graham, John Akan,\\nJohn Bold, Thomas Smith,\\nJohn Karr, John Smith,\\nRobert Wilson, James Whiting,\\nJames Quenton, Samuel Ingalls,\\nPaul McFersou, William Crafford,\\nJames McFersou, Robert Daj cr,\\nAVilliam McFerson, William Patterson,\\nSamuel McFerson, William Willson,", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "TROPRIETARY HISTORY. 85\\nRobert Knocks, Joliii Tolford,\\nItubert (ji rimes, Joliii Mills, -iuiir.,\\nliis\\nJolin rouc l, John Mills, Scnr.,\\njiiark.\\nJames Crossett, Jolni Sherala,\\nIlobort Cnmi)l)ell, Cliarlos Moore,\\nJames Willsou, John Waddall,\\nJames Willsou, Junr., John Buid, Jun.\\nThe petition was received in Council Mai ch 23, 1780-7,\\nand sent to the House, who voted an order of notice, wliich\\nwas served on the selectmen of Chester by John Sherala.\\nIt was postponed to the next session, when the parties were\\nheard. The House voted to dismiss the petition the\\nCouncil non-concurred, being of the opinion that the peti-\\ntioners are within the saving clause of the act of this prov-\\nince, Entitled an act for the Maintenance and supply of\\nthe ministry within this Province, in which the House\\nconcurred Oct. 19, 1787, and Gov. Belcher assented Oct.\\n20. So the Presl)yterians had the decision in their favor.\\nThe act referred to was passed 1714, and i)rovidcd that\\nthe freeholders of the res})cctive towns in this province in\\ntown meeting might choose a minister, and agree upon a\\nsalary, and he should be considered the settled minister of\\nthe town and the selectmen shall make rates and assess-\\nments upon the inhabitants of the town, for the payment of\\nhis salary, etc Provided always that this act do not at all\\ninterfere with her Majesty s grace and favor hi allowing her\\nsubjects liberty of conscience nor shall any person under\\npretence of being of a different i^ersuasion be excused from\\npaying towards the support of the settled minister or minis-\\nters of such town aforesaid but only such as are conscien-\\ntiously so, and constantly attend the public worship of God\\non the Lord s day according to their own persuasion and\\nthey only shall be excused from paying towards the su})port\\nof the ministry of the town.\\nThe following is the reply of John Calfe, John Tolford,\\nEphraim Haselton and Enoch Colby, selectmen of Chester,\\nto the Presbyterian petition", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "86 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nThat after the Rev. Ebr. Fla^^g was Settled in s Town\\na consideral)le No. of ])ei-sons petitioned the Gen. Court lor\\nan explanation of the law of Liberty, rfnpposing they, being\\nPresbyterians, were exonerated from paying Mr. Flagg,\\nwhich was explained in their favor. Since which time they\\nhave proceeded in a cordial manner, and have endeavored\\nto take the best method the circumstances will admit of to\\nRaise money for the Respective ministries as follows at a\\nTown ^Meeting warned for that purpose they voted separate\\nfor Mr. Flagg s salary, and the Presbyterians voted a Salary\\nfor the Rev. Mr. Jno. Wilson their minister, and the select-\\nmen Signed the Respective Warrants to y\u00c2\u00ae Constabel or\\nCollectors to collect the same.\\nIf tliis method were not agreeable to the G. C. they pray\\nfor particular directions.\\nIt was ordered Aug. 6, 1740, that the two congregations\\nact separate.\\nTlie tradition is that John Tolford and James Camp1)ell\\nwere imprisoned for their minister rate, and tliat they sued\\nfor false imprisonment and recovered. That somebody was\\nimprisoned is made nearly certain by the words, some of\\nyour petitioners have been distrained and imprisoned, in\\nthe Presbyterian petition. But I have examined the court\\nrecords pretty thoroughly, and cannot find any lawsuits\\nthere.\\nTliere was a petition, dated Aug. 20, 1735, preferred to\\nthe selectmen, representing that Whereas it often hap-\\npens that Business of Importance Requires Consideration\\nRelating to the Common or undivided Land in Chester\\nwhich Cannot be so well accommodated at a general town\\nmeeting as by the Respective Proprietors of said Lands dis-\\ntinct. The petition is signed by seventy-three individuals\\nwith their respective interests attached to tlieir names in\\nrights and quarters of rights. They represent sixty-seven\\nrights and three (piarters. Of these seventy-three, so far as\\nI can tell, thirty-eight were residents and thirty-five were\\nnon-residents. They asked to have a meeting called, which\\nwas done by John Calfe and Samuel Emerson, selectmen of\\nChester, and held at the meeting-house Oct. 16, 1735.\\nI have already given, under the heads of Settling the Lines", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "riiOPRIETARY HISTORY. 87\\nand Laying ont of the Lots, what they did on those sub-\\njects 1 shall now follow thcni to tlie close of their cori)0-\\nratc existence, before taking up the town of Chester. Mr.\\nJohn Calfe was chosen moderator, and Samuel Emerson\\nproi)rietors clerk. Esq. Emerson held the office mitil his\\ndeath. The last record that he made was the first Monday\\nof September, 1793. On the second day of June, 1794, his\\nson, John Emerson, was chosen clerk, and held the office\\nuntil his death. When he was superseded as town clerk\\nin 1817 by Lemuel W. J)lake, he claimed to be proprietors\\nclerk and held the books during his life, when they went\\ninto the town clerk s office.\\nThe Proprietors Records are contained in two volumes,\\nand have often been called into court in the settlement of\\ncontroversies about land. These volumes were nearly out\\nof their binding, and otherwise injured l)y continual exam-\\nination, and in 185o were in court in Hillsborough county,\\nand the Hon. S. D. Bell took them into his possession, car-\\nried them to a binder, and at his own expense had them\\nput into substantial binding, and otherwise repaired. He\\nalso, with great labor, prepared a copious and valuable\\nindex, which greatly facilitates the examination of the rec-\\nords, and prevents their wear. The town of Chester, and\\neverybody who shall ever liave occasion to examine the^^c\\nrecords, should hold Judge Bell in grateful remembrance,\\nand nobody more so than the writer.\\nAt the aforesaid meeting it was\\nVoted, that the Proprietors Clerk be iinpowered to\\nwarn meetings for the Present at the Request of twenty or\\nmore of the Proprietors of the undivided land in Chester,\\nthey Setting forth the occasion of the same, and the time\\nwhen and where and for the warning of such meeting it\\nshall be accounted sufticient warning to have Notifications\\nposted up, one at Chester, one at Portsmouth, one at\\nHampton, one at Newbury, and one at Haverhill, at sum\\nPublick Place, fourteen days before said meeting and the\\npresent Petitioners for every meeting shall be at the Charge\\nof setting up the Notifications for the said meeting.\\nSome of the home lots fell short of measure, and Capt.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "00 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nSamuel Ingalls, Samuel Emerson and Ephraim Hascltine\\nwere chosen a committee to examine them and report.\\nJohn Calfe owned two home lots and a half, and the\\nlot-layers had laid out eighty acres between the ponds at\\nMassabesic, which the proprietors refused to accept but\\nat an adjournment they reconsidered and accepted, and\\nalso\\nVoted, that Mr. John Calfe have Liberty to build a\\nfulling- mill at massabesick brook between the two Ponds,\\nagreealjle to his own Proposals.\\nWhat these proposals were does not appear, but he built\\na fulling mill there, o})posite Nathan Gi-iffm s barn. (See\\nHistory of the Calfe and Blanchard Mills.)\\nIt was also\\nVoted, That for settlement of the Rev. Mr. Timothy\\nWhite, or the Next Lawfully Settled minister, their shall be\\ngiven two Hundred acres of Land in the Next division, or\\ntwo Hundred and fifty pounds of Land fairly apprised.\\nMr. White not being settled, it was given to Mr. Flagg\\nlots No. 20 and 21, second part of the second division.\\nAt a meeting held May 16, 1739,\\nVoted, That Mr. John Macmurphy, his heirs and Suc-\\ncessors, have Liberty to set up and Erect a grist mill at\\nmassabesick River below the Create Pond in two years,\\nnot hendring Iron Works or saw mill if the town shall see\\nit needful to have them or either of them built, t^ c. (See\\nHistory of the McMurphy or Webster Mill, on a subsequent\\npage.)\\nThe proprietors hold many meetings for the transaction\\nof their business, which consisted in laying out the differ-\\nent divisions and making amendments, and about their\\nlawsuits, and selling land to pay expenses.\\nA vote was passed the first Tuesday of November, 1785,\\nchoosing Dea. Jonathan Hall, Capt. John Underbill, and\\nRobert Wilson, Esq., a committee to sell all the common\\nland in this town that Lays scatring about in sundry places,\\nto any Person or Persons as the Committee shall Judge\\nBest.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 89\\nNovem])er 14, 1794, Stephen Chase, who had been chosen\\nin the place of Robert Wilson, deceased, and Samuel\\nUnderliill in tlic ])lace of John Underhill, advertised all\\nthe nndivided land belontring to the proprietors at auction,\\nwhich was sold to Stephen Chase, Esq., for one })ound\\nseventeen shillings.\\nMarch 16, 1795, thej adjusted their accounts, and had a\\nbalance of \u00c2\u00a32 17 8, whicli was divided between William\\nWhite, Stephen Chase, John S. Dearborn, Samuel Wilson\\nand Thomas Shirley, representing one right each, and John\\nEmerson, representing eight and a half rights.\\nThus ended the affairs of the Proprietors of Chester.\\nCHAPTER VI.\\nHISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER FROM 17o7 TO 1773.\\n17o7. At an adjournment of the annual meeting April\\nrr -1 .tr-\\n1 O\\nVoted, That their shall be a sufficient Poujid l)uilt\\nwith Loggs thirty foot square. Six foot High, with two posts,\\na good gate, and a Lock and Key, and set on the Left hand\\nof the way a Little to the soutliward of John Boid s, and\\nCompletely finished by the first Day of July next.\\nVoted, That their Shall be five Pounds Raised to pay\\nfor building a Pound agreeable to the foregoing Vote.\\nVoted, That Capt. Ingalls Shall build a pound for five\\nPounds and finish the same as hath been before men-\\ntioned.\\nThere had been a vote passed in 1735 to build a pound,\\nand Jonathan Blunt in 1733 was chosen pound-keeper, but\\nprobably without any pound.\\nJohn Bold lived between where John Hasclton and\\nEdwin Ilaselton now live. The first road laid out in town\\nwas through John Boid s lot toward the meeting-house. In\\n1748 the road was laid out from there, Beginning at the", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "90 HISTORY OP THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nbridi^ C by the Pound wlicrc the Highway is laid out across\\nJames Koid s home Lott originally, and extending south-\\nerly to Ephraim Ilaselton s. This fixes the location of the\\npound.\\nA^oted, That their shall he fiveteen Pound Raised to\\nPurches a town Stock of ammunition for the town s use.\\n17o8. The Presbyterian parish records commence this\\nyear.\\nJun. y 19, 1738, at a meeting held at Liftenant Thomas\\nSmiUfs of mr. wilson s Congregation, Capt. Samuel Ingulls\\nchosen moderator James Quenton Chosen Clerk.\\n1. Voted, Ther meeting hous is to be sect on mr. Wil-\\nson s lot over against mr. wilam Powel s hous.\\n2. Voted, Tliat s meetiug hous shall Builded C8 foot\\nlong -io foot wide with a 20 foot post.\\no. Voted, Capt. Samuel Ingalls John Tolford wil-\\nliam wilson. Lift, thomas smith John Kar shall be y\u00c2\u00ae\\nComitee to oversee the building of s meeting hous.\\nWilliam Powel lived on lot No. 14, at the southwest end,\\nand the meeting-house stood southwest across the way on\\nNo. 119, which Mr. Wilson purchased in 1736.\\nSept. 18, 1744,\\nVoted, John Moor, John Tolford Andrew Craig a\\nComity to take a deed from y Rev. mr. John wilson of the\\nland wher y* meeting hous stands, or half an acre in all,\\nfor a burying place of y*^ s Congregation.\\nTlie town tliis year voted to raise five pounds to add to\\nthe town s stock of ammunition.\\n1739. At an adjourned town meeting held April 4,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Voted, to Rais Sixty Pounds to pay for the Supplies\\nin the ministry we have had in time i)ast, and for mendiug\\nthe glass of the meeting house, and for other necessary\\nuses.\\nVoted, that two hundred and forty Pounds bo Raised\\non the Presl)yterian inhal itants towards building a meeting\\nhouse for the Rev mr. John Wilson.\\nAt the Presbyterian parish meeting Jan. 3, 1739,\\n1. voted, that Capt. samuel Ingalls, mr. James Camp-\\nbell John Aiken, Chosen a [committee] to sess mr. wil-", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CUESTFR. 91\\nsou s Colory for tliis present year; likewise to scss y money\\nfor building the meeting hous, lor the (irst liundi ed jiound.\\n2. voted, y John Moor John rfhirlec John Smith\\nRobert mils it Andrew Crage, Ciiosen for a Comite to\\nChns a workman wilh the uiulertakcrs of the work of s\\nmeeting lions S: likewise to give security to y underiakei s\\nfor y* money for Building s hous, providing y*- Congregation\\nGive security to them for s money likewise to take secu-\\nrity of the undertakers for their performance.\\n1740. In the warning for the annual town meeting\\nMarch 27, 1740, is an article (G) To take Effectual means\\nand methods to prevent the killing of fish as they Come\\ninto niassaijcsick Pond, any more than what is for family\\nbupj)ort, c. There is no action on it recorded.\\nAt an adjournment of the meeting April 8tli, it is re-\\ncorded,\\nWhereas at the Settling of the Rev mr. El)ciiezer\\nFlagg in the work of the ministry at Chester a number of\\nInha!)itants Entered their desents, allcdging that they were\\nof a different Persuasion, Presbyterians according to the\\nKirk of Scotland, and supposed the Law freed them from\\nPaying they applyed themselves to the general Court\\nwhere the Law was explained in their favour, the Rev mr.\\nJohn Wilson being their minister, and they have Paid mr.\\nAVilson distinct from the Rest of the towiie, separate from\\nnn-. Flngg s herers. But now it happens that the fifth article\\ninserted in the warning for the Present meeting is to Settle\\na Salhiry upon the Rev mr. John Wilson the moderator\\nnot thinking this meeting Proper for that affair, they insist-\\ning to Have Sumthing done upon it, the Rest of the town\\nbeing first withdrawn from mr. wilson s Herers the moder-\\nator addrest himself to them in the following manner If\\nit be your minds that the RcV mr. John Wilson, minister\\nof the Presbyterians, shall have one Hundred Pounds\\nmoney for his sallery for the year Ensuing, to be Paid by\\nthe jn-esbyterians his herers, manifest it by holding up your\\nhands they that are of a Contrary mind, manifest it by the\\nsame Signe.\\nPassed in the affirmative by mr. Wilson s Hearers.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "92 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nThe following act was passed by the General Assembly\\nAug. 7, 1740, constituting two parishes, which quieted the\\ncontroversy\\n-r, c Anno Regni Rea is Georgii Secundi, mas;-\\nw rrovuice oi f tti 4. tj-i\\no T na3 britainai, i^ranci* et JiiberniEe,\\nNewHaulpsh^ t^ n V\\nDecimo Quarto.\\nAn act of inable the Two Congregations in the Town of\\nM Chester in the Province of New flanipshirc to raise\\nr money to pay their Respective Ministers Salary, c.\\nWhereas the Inhabitants of the Town of Chester in the\\nProvince of New Hanp have represented to tliis Court\\nthat they labour under great dificulties with Respect to\\nraising their Ministers Salary and collecting the same, and\\nhave petitioned the Court for Relief\\nBe it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Govern\\nCouncil and Representatives convened in (general Assem-\\nbly, and by the authority of the Same, That Each Congrega-\\ntion in Said Town be and hereby is authoriz and impow-\\nered to Act Separate and Distinct from each other as to\\nParrish afiairs, and that Each Respective Congregation\\nbe and hereby is authorized and Impowered to Raise\\nMoney to pay their Respective Ministers Salary, for the de-\\nfraying the charges of 13uilding and Repairing their Respec-\\ntive Meeting houses and other Parrish charges, and to\\nchusc Wardens in each Congregation to assess tlie Persons\\nand estates of Each Congregation as shall be rais by them\\nRespectively for the ends purposes afores*^ And to Chuse\\nCollectors to Collect the Same, which collectors Sliall have\\nthe Same power and Authority as Constables in this Prov-\\nince by Law have to gather or Collect Rates and that Such\\nAVardens Cliosen as aforesaid be and herel^y are authorized\\nand Impowr to give a warrant to Such Collectors as fully\\nand Amply to all intents and purposes as Selectmen* are\\nauthorised and impower to do.\\nAnd that John Calfe, Ephraim Ilazeltine and Enoch\\nColby be and hereby are autliorised and impower*^ to call\\nthe first meeting for y Congrcgationall Parish, And Capt.\\nSam Ingalls, John Tolford and John Carr to call the first\\nmeeting for the Prcsbeterian Parrish, and the said Congre-\\ngations shall have power to Chuse all officers necessary to\\nmanage Transact Parrish affairs, as other Parishes have\\nor ought by Law to have within this Province.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 93\\nAug. 7 Read three times in tlie House of Repre-\\n1740. sentatives and Passed to be enacted.\\nAndrew Wiggins, Speaker.\\nEadeni Read three times at the Council Board, and\\nDie. Voted a concurrence.\\nRichard Waldron, Sec.\\nSame day I assent to y* foregoing Bill.\\nJ. Belcher.\\nCoppy Ex.\\nTheodore Atkinson, Sec\\nThe Congregational records commence with a copy of the\\nact. A warning to call the first meeting, dated August 27th,\\n1740, the meeting to be held on the second Wednesday in\\nSeptember, is signed by John Calfc, Enoch Col!)y and\\nEphraim Hazeltine. John Calfc was chosen moderator,\\nand adjourned to the 17th. At the adjourned meeting,\\nJohn Calfe was chosen clerk Benj. Hills, James Var-\\nnum and Eliphaz Sanliorn, wardens, and Paul Smith, col-\\nlector.\\nAt a parish meeting, November 7, 1840, a committee\\nwas chosen to repair the meeting-house (but not to glaze\\nit), and to sweep the meeting-house and buy a burying-\\ncloth.\\n1741. At the annual town meeting, the last Thursday in\\nMarch, John Tolford and James Varnumwere chosen In-\\nvoice men, to take the Invoice of the heads estates of the\\nWhole town. They took and returned to the Secretary s\\noffice an inventory of the town. Chester had not hitherto\\npaid any province tax, but a new proportion was now made,\\nand Chester was required to pay. This inventory is given\\nunder the head of Rates or Taxes.\\nAt the annual meeting of the Congregational parish,\\nMarch 25, 1741, it was\\nVoted, that the Rev Mr. Flag s Salary shall be raised\\none third part on the poll if there be no law to the con-\\ntrary.\\nCattle above one year old, and horses above two years\\nold, were to be rated, if there be no law to the contrary.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "94 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nA committee was chosen to underpin the meeting-\\nhouse, mend y\u00c2\u00b0 gkiss, Doors, and Seats, c., as need Shall\\nrequire,\\nThe Presbyterian parish meeting, March 10, lT41,is said\\nto have been the first according to law, though called l)y the\\nwardens, and not by the persons named in the law. One\\nhundred pounds is voted to Mr. Wilson, and that one-half\\nbe raised on the poll, and the other half on the estate.\\nVoted y John Telford s money which he laid out at y\u00c2\u00ae\\nLaw be laid on this ])arish by Rat, which is X18 4s. 8d.\\nVoted y 5 pounds shall lie laid on this parish by way\\nof rate, to defray y Charge of a debate y hapned between\\nJohn mill, Sener, this parish.\\n1742. At the annual meeting, March 25, the selectmen\\nwere empowered to exchange a piece of land with. Jona-\\nthan Blunt, so as to accommodate a decent burying-place,\\nand let him have a part of the ten-rod way by his house.\\nThey did not make tlie exchange. They began to bury on\\nthe ten-rod way behind the meeting-house. It is the uni-\\nform tradition that Sampson Underbill was the first per-\\nson buried there, his estate being apprised in May, 1732.\\nMany years since I was shown a grave, as his, just inside\\nthe wall, opposite the meetingdionse. The town sold Jabez\\nFrench live rods of the ten-rod way, and there were graves\\nfurther north-west, which fell in the road as now fenced.\\nMarch 10, 1742, the Presbyteriaus Voted 1000 of\\nJoyces 1000 of boards for tl e gallery, and two years\\nlater appropriated X20 for the gallery, and that John I ol-\\nford shall do the work.\\n1743. March 31, The town voted to Pnrchis a Book to\\nRecord births, marriages and deaths in.\\nVoted, That Whosoever shall Kill a grown Wolfe in\\nthis town this year shall have twenty shillings Paid him by\\nthe town, old tennour, and ten shillings for a Woulfe s\\nwhelp.\\nThe Congregational parish, in consideration of the dep-", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 95\\nrcciation of money, voted to give Mr. Flagg thirty pounds\\nold tenor in addition to his sakiry.\\nVoted, That Samuel Emerson, Deacon Dearborn, John\\nCalfe, Jacob Sargent and Julni Rol)ie shall be a Committc\\nto sell to the highest bidder belonging to this Parish all\\nthe places for Pews in this meeting house, c.\\nVoted, that three windows In the (ralleries Over Each\\nDoor and the two long windows on the back side shall be\\nwholly taken out and Don up with Bords and Clalioards.\\nVoted, That messrs. Jacob Sargent, Benja. Hills and\\nEnoch Colby Shall be a Committe to take Care of, and\\nDis{)ose of all the old Ledd and Glass that is In the meet-\\ning house, as well as they Can for the advantage of the\\nParrish, and take care and Glase the meeting house with\\nnew Sashes and Glass and Do any thing Elce to said\\nmeeting house that they shall Judge to be for the benefit\\nand advantage of the Parish, and make. Do and Complete\\nSaid work by the Last day of September next, and make\\nreturn to the Parish for their recompence.\\nThe glass was the diamond glass, similar in form to that\\nof the Episcopal and Catholic churches in ^lanchester. There\\nwas a wooden sash outside and lead between the pnnes in-\\nside. It was now glazed with square glass. Whether the\\nspace in the meeting-house which was now to be sold for\\npews was ever seated, does not appear, and we have no\\ncertain knowledge of how it was seated. But in the new\\nmeeting-house the depth of two pews on each side of the\\nbroad aisle, from in front of the deacons seat (which was\\nin front of the pulpit) back half way to the front door, was\\nseated with long seats made of plank and high backs.\\nThese were common seats. In 1784 two of these seats\\non each side of the aisle were taken out and the sjiace\\nmade into pews, which were sold for the purchase of a\\nbell. The last of those seats were removed in 1820.\\nProl)ably the old house was seated in this manner, and the\\ngallery too the west end for men and the east end for\\nwomen. April 21, ITlo, the committee proceeded to sell\\nthe ground for seventeen pews, which are so recorded and\\ndimensions given that, with the aid of the diagram in Dr.\\nBelTs history, I give a ground plan of the old house.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "96\\nHISTORY OP THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nMarch 28, 1753,\\nVoted, That the hind seats upon Each side of the\\nGrate alley that goes froni the south Dore to the Pulpit\\nhe taken away, and that there shall be previledges for\\nBuilding four pews, two on each side of the alley, c.\\nIt was sold March 28, 1754. November 7, 1753,\\nVoted, that if any Number of young persons in this\\nparish, Sufishant to fill any seat on the Back Side of the\\nseats in the Galleries, Shall agree to Build them into pews,\\nthey shall have Liberty to do it.\\nCOOR\\nMENS\\nST/iIRS\\nMENS\\nSEAT S\\nWC!VI\u00c2\u00a3?4 S\\nSEATS\\n3\\n1\\n4-\\n10\\nn\\nEAST\\nDOOR\\nWOMESJS\\nSTAIRS\\nA GK0U:ND plan of the old MEETING-norSE AS SEATED IN 1754, WHEN THE\\nGROUND OR THE SECOND TIER OF PEWS WAS SOLD.\\nA. Minister s pew.\\nB. Deacons seat.\\n1. Jatnea Varnum.\\n2. Francis Towle.\\n3. Jacob Sargent.\\n4. Winthrop Sargent.\\n5. Henry Hall.\\nC. Abraham Baclielder.\\n7. John Calfe.\\n8. Ben. Hills.\\n9. Sylvanus Smith.\\n10. John Ilobie.\\n11. Sam. Kobie.\\n12. Peter Dearborn.\\n13. Anthony Towle.\\n14. Joualhan Blunt.\\n15. Lt. Ebeii Dearborn.\\nIC. Samuel Emerson.\\n17. Dea. Eben Dearborn.\\nTHE SECOND TIER, SOLD 1754.\\n1. Nathan Web. iter.\\n2. Sylyantis Smith.\\n3. Jona. Moulton.\\n4. Sylvanus Smith.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 97\\n1744. In 1741 an inventory of the heads and ratable\\nestates had been taken and sent to the Secretary s ofhee,\\nand a new proportion of taxes made, in Avliich Chester is\\ncalled upon to i)ay rates to the province, and with onr\\nideas of taxation and representation we might infer that\\nChester shonld be n^prcscnted as a matter of right, bnt\\nsnch were not the ideas then. There was a continnal con-\\ntest between the prerogative of the crown and the rights of\\nthe people. The crown called assemljlies as a mere favor\\nor grace. The Governor, as the representative of the\\ncrown, claimed the right to send writs of election for rep-\\nresentatives to snch towns as he chose, which, almost as a\\nmatter of course, would be to such as he supposed would\\nfavor the prerogatives of the crown. A writ was sent to\\nChester and a meeting called to l)e held January 21, 1744,\\nTo make Choycc of a man to Represent the said\\ntown in General assembly. ]\\\\Ir. Benjamin Hills was\\nchosen. Mr, Hills appeared at Portsmouth the 24th, and\\nI coi y from the printetl journal the proceedings in the case\\nat full length\\nA JOURNAL\\nOf the House of Representatives, at a General Assembly of\\nJ lis ^lajesty s Province of New-Hampshire in New Eng-\\nland IJegun and held at Portsmouth, in said Province,\\non Thursday the 24 Pay of January, Anno Domini\\n1744.\\nAt Twelve of the Clock in the Forenoon were present\\nin the Court House the Representatives of Portsmouth,\\nHampton, New Castle, Rye, Exeter, New ]\\\\farkct, Green-\\nland, Stretham and Newington, in all 14 Members Be-\\nsides Five Gentlemen who said they came to represent\\nsome Places that never sent any Re{)resentatives to this\\nCourt before. After One o cP all the above meml)ers\\nwithdrew, hearing nothing from His Excellency the Got-\\nernour or Council. At three of the Clock met again, and\\nwere present at the same Place all the al)ove Rejiresenta-\\ntives, and also the Representatives of the Towns of Dover,\\nDurham and Kingston, 19 in numl)er.\\nAll these Mem!)ers waited till Five, and then the Secre-\\ntary came and told them that his Excellency the Govern-\\n7", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "98 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nour sent him to tell them that he had adjourned the Gen-\\neral Court till To-morrow, Eleven o clock Tiiat the Sheriff\\nhad Init just returned the Precept, and the Council were\\nadjourned. Upon which it was tlio proper to send Na-\\nthaniel Rogers, Esq., and Major Ebenezer Stevens, to inform\\nliis Excellency how many Members had been waiting, and\\nhow long; Who returned, and informed that his Excellency\\ntold them that the Sheriff had but just returned the Pre-\\ncept, and that he did send tlie Secretary to adjourn the\\nGeneral Court till To-morrow, Eleven o Clock.\\nFriday, January 25\\nMet at Eleven o clock, all but the Representative of\\nDurham. Mr. Secretary Atkinson came to the House and\\nsaid. That his Excellency sent him to see if the House\\nwere together And immediately after the Hon. Theodore\\nAtkinson, Richard Wibird and Samuel Smith, Esqs., came\\ndown from the Council Board, and acquainted the House\\nthat they were appointed by his Excellency the Governour\\nto administer to the Mcmljcrs present the Oaths appointed\\ninstead of the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, and see\\nthem subscribe the Declaration: Which being done, they\\nwithdrew. And besides the above-mentioned Members, the\\nOaths were administered to Col. Benjamin Rolfe, of Rum-\\nford IMr. Henry Saunders, of Methuen and Dracut Dis-\\ntrict Mr. Joseph Jewell, of South-Hampton Mr. Benja-\\nmin Hills, of Chester Capt. Nicholas White, of Haverhill\\nDistrict Places that never were entitled by the House or\\nGeneral Court to send a Representative to sit in the Gen-\\neral Assemldy of this Province. Soon after the adminis-\\ntration of the Oaths, c., the Secretary came down and\\ntold the House that his Excellency required the House to\\nciioose a Speaker, and present him. Upon which one of\\nthe Members observed that there were several Persons\\n])resent more than used to be in former Assemblies, viz\\nCol. Benjamin Rolfe, Mr. Henry Saunders, Mr. Joseph\\nJewell, Mr. Benjamin Hills, and Capt. Nicholas White,\\nfrom the above-mentioned Places AVho being asked how\\nthey came there, answered. That the Places from whence\\nthey came were required l)y the high Sheriff s Writ to\\nchoose and send Representatives to attend and serve in\\nthis Court; and that agreeable thereto, they were chosen\\nand sent. Whereupon a Motion was made, and unani-\\nmously agreed, to send Col. Peter Oilman and Nathaniel\\nRogers, Esq., to his Excellency the Governour, with the\\nfo^ owing written Message, Viz..", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 99\\nJ/f/// it pJeane your Excellency\\n11i(; House liavin received a verl)al ^lessage from your I*]x-\\ncellcucy, by 3Ir. Secretary Alkiuson, requiriiij^ tlieni to choose a\\nSpeaker; And ol)st rviii;4 tliat live (ieiitlenieu, viz., Col. Benja-\\nmin K olte, Capt. Nicliolas Wliitc, INIr. Joseph Jewell, Mv. I eiija-\\nmiu Hills and INIr. Henry Saunders, apj)ear amoiif them as\\nMeinhers ol (he House, who, upon Encpiiry, are Ibund to come\\nIVoin Iiundbrd, Haverhil District, South Hampton, Chester, and\\n!Methueu and Dracut District, Places which have no I ower, by\\nany Law or Usai^-e of this Province, that we know of, to send any\\nPerson to represent them at this Court, tluM efon^ pray, that (be-\\nfore tiiey proceetl to the Clioice of a Speaker) your Kxcellency\\nwould be pleased to inibrm them by Avhat Means those Tlaces are\\nautliorizetl to send Members to this Court.\\n]\\\\rr. Secretary Atkinson came down and said tliat he\\nwas directed by his p].\\\\cellcncy to ac(iiiaint the Members\\n(in answer to their Message) That tlie Members Enfjuired\\nal ter were called here by the King s Writ, which was issned\\nby the Advice of the Council. And soon after Mr. Secre-\\ntary Atkinson came and told the House that his Excellency\\nliad adjourned the General Cotirt till four of the Clock in\\nthe Afternoon.\\nThe House met according to Adjournment, and present\\nas before. While they were preparing another written\\nMessage to send to his Excellency, ]\\\\Ir. Secretary and Mr.\\nSol ley came and told the House that his Excellency re-\\nquired them immediately to choose a Speaker. But lie-\\nfore they had Time to choose a Speaker, or send the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Message which was ]ireparing, j\\\\Ir. Secretary came and\\nadjourn the House till To-morrow, ten of the Clock.\\nSaturday, ten o Clock, Jan. 26 1744.\\nMet according to Adjournment, and after some Debate\\nthe Question was put, Whether the five Gentlemen, viz.,\\nCol. Rolfe, etc., from llumford, itc, should have a Voice in\\nthe choice of a Speaker. It pass in the Negative l y a\\ngreat Majority, only two Members (viz., Greenland and\\nNewington) voting in the Affirmative, and two others not\\nbeing clear did not vote at all. Then the House proceeded\\nto take a list of the Members Names, which are as fol-\\nlows\\nPortsmouth Nathaniel Rogers, Esq., Eleazer Russell,\\nEs(|., Mr. Henry Sherlturne, Jun.\\nDover Thomas Millet, Esq., Capt. John Wingct,\\nThomas Wallingsford, Esq.\\nHampton Falls Samuel Palmer, Esq., Mr. Joseph\\nPhillbrook, Mr. Meshech Weare.\\nLofC.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "100 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nExeter Col. Peter Oilman, Mr. Zebulon Gideons.\\nNew Castle William Frost, Esq.\\nKin ;ston Maj. El)enezer Stevens.\\nStratham Moses Leavitt, Esq.\\nNewington George Walton, Esq.\\nRye Mr. Jonathan Lock.\\nGreenland Clement March, Esq.\\nDurham Capt. Jonathan Thompson.\\nNewmarket Capt. Israel Gillman.\\nThe House proceeded to bring in their Yotes for a\\nSpeaker, which being examin it appear that the Hon.\\nNathaniel Rogers, Esq., was chosen Speaker of the House\\nby a Majority of Votes, and was accordingly conducted to\\nthe Chair.\\nThen the House proceeded to make choice of a Clerk, and\\nMr. Henry Sherliurne was chosen, Nemine Contradiccnte,\\nto be Clerk of this House, till another should be chosen\\nand sworn in his Room. And the Oath proper to said\\nOffice was administered to him by Ebenezer Stevens, Esq.\\nVoted, That Major Ebenezer Stevens, Col. Peter Gill-\\nman, Capt. John Wingett, and Mr. Henry Shcrliurnc, jun.,\\nbe a Committee to wait on his Excellency, and inform him\\nthat the Honsc had made choice of Nathanael Rogers, Esq.,\\nto be their Speaker, which ^lessage they delivered And\\n]\\\\Ir. Secretary Atkinson and Richard Wibird, Esq., came\\ndown and told the House that his Excellency sent them to\\nen(]uire Whether all the ^Members that were qualified vt)ted\\nin the Choice of a Speaker. Upon which\\nVoted, That William Frost, Esq., and Mr. Henry Sher-\\nburne, jun., go up with the following Message to his Excel-\\nlency, viz.\\n3fay it jy^ ease your Excellency\\nIn iuiswer to your Excellency s INfessap-e by Mr. Secretary ami\\n]Mr. AVibird, all the Members Avliicli represent the Towns and\\nParishes which heretofore used to semi Ivepresentatives to sit in\\nthe (ieneral Assembly of this I rovince voted in the choice of a\\nSpeaker, and no)ie other.\\n^Ir. Secretary and ^Mr. Wibird soon came down with\\nthe following Message\\nBefore his Excellency can approve or disapprove of the choice\\nof a Speaker, lie desires to know why those members were ex-\\ncluded from a Vote in the Choice of a Speaker.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CIIIvSTER. 101\\nThe House imincdiatcly scut up Mr. Slici-burue and\\nMr. Gideons, with the following verbal Answer\\nIf your Excollcucy means, in your ]\\\\rc ss;i i-( l)y Mr. Secret ary\\nand Sir. Wibird, (lie Persons which (old the House they came troni\\nJiunitbi-d, ilaverhill District, Melhueii and Dracut District, South\\nlIanii)ton and (Jhestcr, the Reason why they were excluded in (he\\nchoice of a Speaker was because (he House do not know any Law\\nor Usa^c of tiiis Province by whicii those, I laces are eiUided to\\nthe Privilege of sending- Members to represent Lheni in this Court.\\nMr. Secretary Atkinson came down with the following\\n]\\\\Iessage from his Excellency\\nHis Excellency sent me to acquaint the Jlouse that the Members\\nwere called in by the King s Writ, agreeable to former Practice;\\nThat his Excellency knows of no other way; That if the House\\nknew of any other Precedent of their being called in any other\\nway, his Excellency desired they Avould acquaint him, that the\\npublic business uuiy not be hindered.\\nUpon which the following ^lessage was innncdiatcly\\nvoted, and sent up by Mr. Sherburne and Mr. Wingctt.\\nJ/rt// it 2)lease your Excellency\\nThe House in the short Time tliey had to search, liiul ui)on\\ntheir Kecords, in the Year 1714, a V^ote, entitleing the Town of\\n]vings(on to send a Member to sit in this Court. Jn the Year\\n172(), a Vote, that a Precept should go to the Town of New-Castle\\nretpiiring them to choose a Representative for Rye. In the Year\\n17; 2, o, a P(!titiou from tlie Parish of (xreenhind, praying the\\nI rivilcge of having a Representative, which was granted. By all\\nM hich it appears to the llouse, that no Town or Parish (not be-\\nfore privileilged) ought to have a Writ sent them to choose a Rep-\\nresentative, without a Vote of this House, or Act of tlie General\\nAssembly.\\nA oted, Tluat Capt. Israel Gillman, ]\\\\[r. I^Ieshech Weare\\nand ^Ir. Jonathan Lock be a Committee to go to Mr. James\\nJaifery, the late Clerk of the House of Representatives,\\nand demand of him all the Books, Records and Files that\\nbelong to this House, and bring them directly to this\\nHouse.\\n^Ir. Secretary Atkinson came down and told the House\\nthat his Excellency had adjourned the General Court to\\nMonday next twelve of the Clock That his Excellency\\nwill furnish himself with Precedents, and desires the\\nHouse will do the same.\\nMonday, Jan. 28 1744.\\nSome of the Members being present, Richard AVibird,\\nEsq., came to the House, and by Order of the Governor,\\na(\\\\i()urn d the General Court to four of the Clock in the\\nAt tcrnoon.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "102 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OP CHESTER.\\nFour o clock. Met according- to adjournment And\\nRicliard Wibird, Esq., came into the House, and said\\nTwas his Excellency s Order that the General Court should\\nbe adjourned till To-Morrow half an B[our past Ten.\\nTuesday, Jan. 29 1744.\\nMet according to Adjournment. Present, all but Mr.\\nStevens. And sent up Mr. Wcare and Mr. Gideons to\\ninform his Excellency that there was a House.\\nMr. Wibird came down and t(^ld the House That his\\nExcellency desired to know if there was any Law of the\\nProvince supporting the setting aside any Members, called\\nin by the King s Write, from voting in the Choice of a\\nSpeaker.\\nThe House immediately sent up the following Message\\nby Clement March, Esq., and William Frost, Esq.\\nMay it please your ExceUency\\nOil your Excellency s desirliii^ us to produce some Precedents\\nof the Right s being in the House or General Court, to gnait the\\nPrivilege to any Towns or Parishes of sending lie])resentatives to\\nsit iu the General Assembly, we Informed your Excellency that\\nwe found in the Records of (he House, that in the year 1714 a Vote\\nwas passed in the House, entitleiug the Town of Kingston to the\\nPrivilege of sending a Member to sit iu this Court In the Year\\n172(), a Vote that a Precept should go to the Town of New-Castle,\\nto choose a Representative for Rye; In the Year 1732, a Petition\\nfrom the Parish of Greenland, praying tlie Privilege of having a\\nRepresentative, which was granted. Since which, on further Ex-\\namination, we tnid, that iu the Year 1725 a Vote was passed and\\ncoucurr d above, desiring his Honour tlie Goveruour to send a\\nPrecept to Londonderry, requiring them to send a Person duly\\nqualified to re[)reseut them in this Court.\\nAnd for further Instances of the Power s being iu the General\\nAssembly, we would refer your Excellency to several Acts iu the\\nSecretary s Office, by whicli New-Market and Durham were en-\\ntitled to the Privilege of sending Members to sit in the General\\nAssembly; and also to the Acts by which Brentwood, Ei)ping,\\nc., were incorporated into Parishes, which plainly infer the\\nRight to be in tlie General Court.\\nAnd therefore, that such as are called iu from Places that are\\nnot i)rivileged bj^ the General Court, ought not to vote iu this\\nHouse in the Choice of a Speaker. But the House ought to ex-\\nclude them as much as if they came fj om another Province.\\nSoon after this Va\\\\ Wibird and Col. Downing came to\\nthe House and read the following Message from his Excel-\\nlency, and carried the Pa})er they read it out of away\\nagain, viz.:\\nIn tlie present Situation of Aflairs in Respect to the War, bis\\nExcellency thinks it for His ]Majesty s immediate Service not to", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OP CHESTER. 103\\nenter furllier into the Dispute with tlie ]Meinber.s called by the\\nKind s Writ, and qualified as the Iviu coininands, touciiiiig- the\\nrejeeting the Votes of several Members in the clioice of a Speaker,\\nwhich he esteems iuvadiuj^ the Prero j:ative of tlie Crown, and\\ntlierefore submits it till his Majesty s Pleasure shall be known\\nthereon.\\nHis lOxcellency therefore, that no farther Delay in the Publick\\nAffairs may iiappen, approves of the choice of Nathanael JJogers,\\nEs(|., for tiieir Six^aker, and Commands tiie Attendance of the\\nHouse of ltei)resentatives in the Council Chamber.\\nThe territory whicli was claimed by Haverhill and Aiiies-\\nhnry, which was north of the province line, as rnn and\\nsettled in 1741, was called the Haverhill district, and\\nincluded Ilampstead, Atkinson, Plaistow and Newton.\\nThat taken from Methuen and Dracut was called the Me-\\nthuen and Dracut district, and included Salem and Pel-\\nham. Rumford was old Pennacook, modern Concord and\\nBow.\\nThe Governor laid the case before the King and received\\nthe following instructions\\nBY THE LORDS JUSTICES.\\nGower, P. S. Additional instruction to Penning \\\\Ycnt-\\nBcdford, worth, Esq., his majesty s governor and\\n^lontagu, commander in chief, in and over the ))rov-\\nPemijroke. ince of New-Hampshire, in New England\\nin America, or to the commander in chief\\nof tlie said province for the time being.\\n[Seal] Given at Whitehall, the 30th day of\\nJune, 1748, in the 22d year of his maj-\\nesty s reign.\\nWhereas it hath been represented to his majesty, That\\nyou, having in his majesty s name, and by virtue of your\\ncommission, issued a writ to the sheriff of the ])rovinee\\ntmdcr your government, commanding him to make out\\nprecepts, directed to the selectmen of certain towns, par-\\nishes and districts therein mentioned, for the election of fit\\n])crsons qualified in law to rcjn-escnt them in the general\\nassembly, appointed to be held at Portsmouth, withiii the\\nsaid province, on the 24th day of January, 1744\u00e2\u0080\u0094 by\\nwhich writ the towns of South Hampton and Chester, and\\nthe districts of Haverhill, and of Methuen and Dracut, and\\nthe district of Rumford, were impowcred to choose repre-", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "104 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nsentativcs as aforesaid the said general assembly did\\nrefuse to admit the persons duly elected to represent the\\nsaid towns and districts to sit and vote in the choice of\\nspeaker: And whereas the right of sending representa-\\ntives to the said assembly was founded originally on the\\ncommissions and instructions given by the crown to the\\nrespective governors of the province of New-Hampshire,\\nand his majesty may therefore lawfnlly extend the priv-\\nilege of sending representatives to such new towns as his\\nmajesty shall judge worthy thereof\\nIt is therefore his majesty s will and pleasure, and you\\nare hereby directed and required to dissolve the assembly\\nof the province under your government as soon as conven-\\niently may be, and wdien another is called, to issue his\\nmajesty s writ to the sheriff of the said province, connuand-\\ning him to make out precepts directed to the selectmen of\\nthe towns of South-Hampton and Chester, the districts of\\nHaverhill and of Methuen and Dracut, and the district of\\nllumford, requiring them to cause the freeholders of the\\nsaid towns and districts to assemble to elect fit persons to\\nrepresent the said towns and districts in general assembly,\\nin manner following, viz. One for the town of South-\\nHampton, one for tlie town of Chester, one for the district\\nof Haverhill, one for the district of Methuen and Dracut,\\nand one for the district of Rumford AND it is his maj-\\nesty s further will and pleasure, that you do support the\\nrights of such representative, when chose and that you do\\nlikewise signify his majesty s pleasure herein to the mem-\\nbers of the said general assembly. [Douglass Summary,\\nVol. 2, p. 35.]\\n1745. The town was this year divided into school dis-\\ntricts. (See History of Schools and School-houses.)\\nVoted, that the town s stock of ammunition shall be\\nKept and taken Care of by Messrs. Jonathan Blunt, John\\nRobie and William Tolford as a Committe.\\n174G. At the annual town meeting March 27,\\nPut to Vote whether to Petition for an assembly man\\nPast in the Negative.\\nPut to Vote whether to set off a parish in that part of\\nthe town Called Harry town past in the negative.\\nThe ungranted land between Chester and the river above\\nLondonderry was called Harrytown.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 105\\nRov. Mr. Flagg receipts for .\u00c2\u00a3240 ])ouiicls, old tenor, in\\nfull for his salary.\\n1747. At the annual town meeting, March 20,\\nVoted, that the whole of this meeting shall be Carrycd\\non l)y liand vote.\\nThe Congrcgationalists voted Mr. Flagg twenty-five\\npounds, old tenor, to purchase firewood, giving every person\\nthe privilege of paying his part in wood at twonty-fivc\\nshillings a cord, if delivered in season. The Preshytei-ians\\nvoted one hundred and forty pounds to ]\\\\[r. Wilson also\\nTo build a Session house 18 feet in length, IG feet in width\\nand 7 feet post, and chose John ^loor and John Aiken\\na committee to see what way will be most proper to\\nbuild it.\\nVoted y* the pco])lc at the long meadows is not to have\\nany sermon \\\\ip ther till furder orders.\\nBy an act })assed in 1701 a penalty was inflicted fur pro-\\nfane swearing, of sitting in the stocks not exceeding two\\nhours, and for a second offence not exceeding three liours\\nfor drunkenness to sit in the stocks three hours. Theft\\nmight in some cases be jmnished l)y whipping, not exceeding\\ntwenty stripes. The stocks and wlii})ping were legal pen-\\nalties, by an act ])assed in 1701, and in force in l81o. So\\nthe stocks and whipping-post were a part of the })olicc of\\nthe town, and would naturally be erected near the meeting-\\nhouse. In the selectmen s account for 1747 is, Paid nnto\\nWilliam Turner, for making the stocks, c\u00c2\u00a3o 00 0. The\\nguide-post at the Centre has, within my recollection, had\\nstaples and rings in it as a whipping-post.\\n1748. A leaf is lost from the town records, containing\\nthe warrant and a part of the proceedings of the annual\\nmeeting.\\nIvelating to the third artikcll In the warning of Said\\nmceiing. Put to Vote whether to Set of [off] a Paritsh at the\\nSouthwest Corner of the town, agreeable to Petition, or\\nnot past In the [not said how, but probably in the neg-\\native].", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "lOG HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nThey voted not to petition for the privilege to send a\\nrepresentative.\\nVoted, That Capt. John Tolford and Capt. Thomas\\nWells he Impowered to Prefer a Petition to the Governor\\nand Conncil, In order to Stop and Pave any men from lie-\\ning Sent out of town Into the Service and further, when\\ntheir may be a Convenient opportunity Regularly to Pro-\\nceed, to have a Suitable number of men Put and kept in the\\nService In our own town.\\nThere seems to have been more fear of the Indians this\\nyear than in any other. There were several garrisons kept\\nin town. The house now occu})ied by Benjamin Hills still\\nhas the port-holes through the boarding. Lieut. Thomas\\nSmith s, Maj. Telford s, Abel Morse s and others, tradition\\nsays, were used for that purpose. Mr. John Butterfield\\nsaid that they used to go from there (the Lane district) to\\ntown to garrison. The old Gault house in Hooksett was a\\ngarrison. There was a man killed by the Indians near\\nHead s mill in Hooksett this year.\\nThe three following petitions to the captains of Chester\\nwere from different jjarts of the town, and accompanied the\\npetition of Messrs. Tolford and Wells to the General As-\\nsembly\\nTo the lionorable Captins of Chester^ Greeting\\nWhereas there is a Considerable number of families\\nscattered in the wilderness in the out skirts of Chester,\\nsome lives four miles and a half, some three and a half;\\nWe are so scattered that we think we are very unfit to live\\nas we dund, nevertheless we would be willing to imatat\\nsomething of the spirit of the people of zx ljulan an napt-\\nlem who joperded there lives on the high place of the field;\\nand whereas we have a velue for our loss lil)erties, we Earn-\\nestly beg that your honours would look u})on us in our Dis-\\ntress, and help with some suldiars, a sertain number; we\\nare not willing to arm, yourselfs Knowing our surcum-\\nstances and how it is with us. l)elieves you will helji ns\\nthis way now, then we with ])rudence could arm, and in\\nso doing your poor fellows will ever pray, if no help", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "IITSTOIir OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. lOT\\ncomes wc must Icvc our houses and bonis and go lik scat-\\ntered sliecp.\\nJames Basford, Jonas Clay,\\n])avid McCluer, John Chiy,\\nJoshua Prescott, David McCvhiro,\\nJabcz French, Jacob liasford.\\nTo the Tionorahle Capts. of Chester g-7 eetinrj\\nWliereas we y subscribers live remote from the town,\\nand for some years ])ast have been obliged to leave our\\njjlaces for want of a sufticient number of men to Keep a\\ngarrison, which has been greatly to our damage, and we\\ni)eing desirous to live here if we can have three or four\\nmen to help surport a garrison. We remain yours to\\nservo.\\nThomas Carly, Philip Grifen,\\nZachariah Butterfiekl, Allet Bcry, [Berry]\\nStephen Webster, Joshua Hall.\\nAlcrson [Aaron] Butterfield,\\nTo the Captins of Chester\\nwc the subscribers earnestly Request your aid and as-\\nsistance in petitioning the General Court for some help,\\nyoursclfs knowing how we are Scattered and how far a\\nDistance from the Meeting House, some 7, some 8, some 1)\\nmiles from it. Gentlemen, we are your humljlc servants,\\nWilliam Allet, William ]\\\\IcClinto,\\nWalter McFarlan, Nathneal Boyd,\\nWilliam Gimel, [Gambel,] Micheal McClinto.\\nTo his Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq., Cajitain\\nGeneral, Governor and Commander in Chief in and\\nover the Province of New Hampshire the Honorable\\nhis Majesty s Council and House of Representatives in\\nGeneral assembly convened, the Tenth dav of May,\\n17^8:\\nThe petition of John Tolford and Thomas Wells of\\nChester, in the Province of New Ham])shire, in behalf of\\nthe inhal)itants of s Chester, most humbly shews, that the\\ns town of Chester exposed to the Indian Enemy, and lind-\\ning of the Dwelling houses in s Town so ex])Osed that un-\\nless there be more men to defend them than the Town\\nitself can afford they will unavoidably be ol)ligcd to leave\\nthem and their lands also that thereby the Enemy will", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "108 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\ngain an advantage and the Frontier be bro t nearer the\\nCenter That Sundry Persons who live in the out Skirts\\nof said Town have prey d for help, as by their respective\\nPetitions hereunto annexed and herewith presented may\\nmore fully appear. Wherefore your Petitioners most hum-\\nbly pray Your Excellency and Honors to allow such a num-\\nber of men for the Defence and protection of s Town as\\nin your great wisdom shall be tlio t reasonable.\\nJohn Tolford,\\nTho^ Wells.\\nIn Council May 11, 1748, read and sent Down to the\\nHon House.\\nThe*^ Atkinson, Secretary.\\nIt does not appear that any soldiers were granted.\\nThe Presbyterians A oted, two hundred pounds old\\ntenor of yearly Celery to y** Rcvt. mr. Jolm wilson as long\\nas lie Dispenses y\u00c2\u00b0 Duty of a presbyterian minister amongst\\nus. The money used was bills of credit issued by the\\nprovince, and it depreciated in value, hence there is in Ijoth\\nparishes a continual fixing of the minister s salary. June\\n29, they\\nVoted, that y\u00c2\u00b0 Long meadow people sliall have their\\nproportionable share of the Gospel according to their pay-\\nment.\\nVoted, y the preaching is to Be held at andrew Crags\\nhowes. [Andrew Craig lived at what was the Presbyte-\\nrian parsonage, where John Ray now lives.]\\nVoted that their meting howes is to be Builded at y\\nCrotch of the Road between andrew mcfarlands peney\\nCooke Road on peney Cooke Road. [Where the Congrega-\\ntional house now stands but it was built where the Rev.\\nMr. Holmes house stands, the opposite side of the main\\nroad.]\\nTlier was a vot tried if the parish would refund the\\nmoney y the long meadow pepole laid out to Build this\\nmeeting howes, But y vote did not Cary.\\nLift. Thomas Craig, John Sliirla, wilam Gilcrist, Each\\nof them Enters their protests against mr. wilsons preach-\\ning up at the long meadow, likewise against settling two\\nhundred pounds Celery to the rever*^ mr. John wilson\\nlikewise adein dickey Enters his protest against nu wil-\\nsons going up to the long meadow to preach tlier.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 109\\nThe Presbyterians who tlien lived at the Long Meadow\\nhad helped build the Presbyterian meeting-house, and had\\nthus far gone there to meeting; but now that they were to\\nliave preaching a part of the time, and were about to build\\na new meeting-house, they wanted tlicir money refunded.\\nThe Little Meeting House, as it was called, was prob-\\nably l)uilt l)y subscription, as there is no mention of Imild-\\ning it on the records. The first that there is any intimation\\nthat there is one is in a warning for a meeting, February,\\n1754, at their first meeting house.\\n1740. A town meeting was called, to be holden January\\n2d, in obedience to a precept Directed to us by the\\nSheriff of Said Province, to elect and clioosc one man to\\nrepresent this town in General Assembly. Capt. Abel\\n!Morse was chosen. The House had not ordered the writ\\nissued, but the Governor, as before.\\nCapt. John Tolford and Matthew Forsaith Desents\\nagainst the Elegallness of this meeting. But Mr. Morse\\nwas })romptly at his post, for in the House, January 4, a\\nMessage from His Excellency to enquire whether all the\\nmeml)ers that were returned had taken the oath, particu-\\nlarly Abel Morse, of Chester.\\nTlie Governor disapproved of the choice of a Speaker,\\nand the (piestion arose whether Mr. Morse should vote.\\nJan. 17th, the Governor directs that the members from\\nthe new towns have a vote. Mr. Morse had his seat.\\nChester had been taxed some five years, and not repre-\\nsented.\\nAt the annual meeting, Jfarcli 30,\\nVoted, that the Selectmen, or major part of them,\\nshall be a Committee to Sell off from all the ten Rod High-\\nways at any time, near the old meeting house, as they shall\\nliiink fit and Proper, without Infringing any nearer Said\\nhouse than the fences now stand and are already made,\\nnor to make Said Highway Loss than five Rods wide and\\nso purches a Burying place from mr. Jonathan Blunt for\\nSaid town, and to build a Pound.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "110 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nThere had been several attempts to exchange land with\\nMr. Blunt, but without success. But now they sell the land\\nand imrchase a burying-place. At the annual meeting,\\nMarch, 1751,\\nVoted, that messrs. Jonathan Blunt, John Robie, and\\nCapt. Abel morss, Shall be a Committee to fence the\\nBurying place with Bords as they Shall Judg Suitable and\\nHansom.\\nMr. Flagg acknowledges the receipt of three hundred\\nfifty-five pounds, old tenor, in full of salary and wood.\\nJohn Mills, Archibald Dunlap and William Kilchrist,\\nformer collectors of the Presbyterian parish, were in ar-\\nrears, and a committee was chosen to look them up, and\\nproceed according to law.\\nVoted, that the i)rcsent wardens is to rais as much\\nmoney as they see needful to defray law charges.\\nJohn McMurpliy lived in Londonderry, but was a pro-\\nprietor in Chester, and a large landholder. He signed the\\nPresljyterian petition in 1737, as being aggrieved in being\\ntaxed for the support of Mr. Flagg. The Presbyterians\\ntaxed him for the support of Mr. Wilson.\\nMr. McMurphy complained to the Court of Sessions by\\npetition, saying that he lived in Londonderry, and ought\\nnot to 1)0 taxed in Cliestcr. Entered September term,\\n174G. An order of notice was served on the selectmen of\\nChester, who not being parties, the Presbyterian parish\\nwas notified. The case was heard, September, 1748, and a\\nverdict given for the parish. The complainant appealed,\\nand the judgment in tlie court below was reversed, and there-\\nfore Mr. McMurphy was released from taxation.\\n1750. In the warning for the annual town meeting,\\nMarch 20, is an article, To see if the town will appoint,\\nChuse and Impower a Committee to Sue, Receive and Re-\\ncover of the Last year s Selectmen the town Booke Called\\nthe Selectmen s Booke and also what money they have\\nwhich belongs to said town of Chester To prosecute them", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWX OP CHESTER. Ill\\nto filial Judgment and Execution. Put to rote, and\\nl)asscd in tlic negative. The l)0()k is lost.\\nThe Congrcgationalists voted Mr. Flagg twenty cords of\\nwood yearly during the whole of his ministry, or money\\nequivalent.\\nITol. Ill the warning for the annual town meeting,\\nIMarch 28tli, is an article, To see if the town will vote\\nthat a Certain i)arcel of Land Laying at the south west\\ncorner of the town, Containing four miles and. a half in\\nlength and about two miles and three Quarters in wcdth,\\nbeginning at the South East corner of the 134 Lott in\\ntlic fourth Division, and Running north four miles and a\\nhalf to the nortli East corner of tlie 71 Lott in Said.\\nDivision, then went nortli west to the head Line of the\\ntown, may be adjoined to a part of Londonderry and the\\nLands about ammoskeag not Incorporated into a parrish, or\\notherwise as the town shall then think and Judge Best.\\nUelating to the Second artikell in the warning,\\nVoted, that the Land may be Set off as a parrish upon\\nthe following Conditions (viz.) Tiiat any Person that has\\nany Land fall within Said Tract never pay any Taxes for\\nthe same until they make Settlement upon the Same and\\nthat this Vote shall be of none Effect unless they obtain a\\nGrant of the Governor and Council to be Incorporated into\\na Parrish, taking in Land not Incorporated into a township\\nby amoskeeg and part of Londonderry, as is Set forth in a\\nplan i)resented in meeting this day.\\nCapt. John Tolford, Archibald Dunlap, William Craw-\\nford, Robert Wilson, Decents against the foregoing Vote,\\nhccausc it Cutts of ])art of the Parrish alredy set of by the\\nGeneral Court, and further Cutts them of from a Priveledge\\nto their own land.\\nThe territory was incorporated by an act of the General\\nAssembly, September 3, 1751, into a township l)y the name\\nof Derryfield. It will be seen that the following bounda-\\nries do not correspond with the vote of the town\\nBeginning at a Pitch Pine Tree Standing upon the\\now 11 line between Chester and Londonderry, marked (134),\\nbeing the bound of one of the Sixty acre Lotts in said", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "112 HISTORY or THE TOWN OP CHESTER.\\nChester, l)eing the South East corner of said Lott Thence\\nrunning South into the Township of Londonderry one hun-\\ndred and sixty rods to a stake and stones thence run-\\nning West to Londonderry North South Line thence\\nrunning upon Londonderry Line to the head line of Liteh-\\nfiekl to a stake stones thence running upon the head line\\nof Litchfield to the Bank of merriniack river thence run-\\nning up said river as the river runs Eight miles to a stake\\nstones Standing upon tlie Bank of the said river tlicnce\\nrunning East South East one mile and three Quarters\\nthruugli Land not Granted to any Town untill it comes to\\nChester Line thence running Two miles and a half and\\nfifty Two Rods on the Same Course into the township of\\nChester to a Stake Stones thence running South four\\nmiles a half to the bound first mentioned.\\nThere is a tract between Chester line and the river, ex-\\ntending above this tract to Martin s Ferry, since annexed\\nto Berry field.\\nJohn McMurphy was to call the first meeting, which was\\ndone, and held at the house of John Hall, September 23,\\n1751. John Hall was one of the most active men in town\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was paid .\u00c2\u00a3251, old tenor, for time and expenses in procur-\\ning the charter. He was the first town clerk, and his rec-\\nords are a literary curiosity, as may be seen by the return\\nof sonic roads in this work. Also\\nVoted, to Rase 24 pounds, old tenor, to be rased to\\npaye fore Preeehing for this present year.\\nThe memljers of the Prcsljyterian parish lived from Wal-\\nnut hill to Dca. William Leatch s and John Orr s at Massa-\\nbcsic pond, a distance of nine miles. They had voted in\\n1747 to have Mr. Wilson preach at the Long Meadow, a\\npart of the time but there seems to have been some uneasi-\\nness, and an effort was made to move the meeting-house to\\na more central location. At the annual meeting March 12,\\n1751,\\nVoted, Capt. John Tolford, Hugh Cromey, Thomas\\nCrag, William Leatch James Quenton a Comitc to Ex-\\namin and try to find out a Convenient jjlace to move the\\nmeeting house to.\\nAt a meeting June 27th,", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "niSTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 113\\nVoted, y meeting liovres is to be moved to a ])roper\\nseiiter.\\nVoted, 110 money to be Raised to move the meeting\\nliowes.\\nVoted, the proprietors is not willino; to give np tlieir\\nRights of the meeting hows. Because those that has lately\\nCome into the parish is not Avilling to give any more\\ntowards y moving of said meeting house than those that\\nBuild it.\\n\\\\^oted, mr. Wilson is not to preach any more at y* long\\nmeadow.\\nVoted, No Comitte Chosen.\\nVoted, The parish Except of the Comitte s rej)ort for\\nthe sentcr Between Capt. John Tolford tfe Wilam Leatch s\\nfor to set the meeting howes.\\n1752. It appears that the small pox was in town this\\nyear.\\nIt was voted to pay \u00c2\u00a35 5s. old tenor for talcing care of\\nThomas Grear s family.\\n1753. The Congregational parish March 28, 1753,\\nVoted, That the hind Seat upon Each Side of the\\nGrate alley that goes from the kSouth Dore to the Pulpit\\nShall be taken away, and that thair Shall be preveledges\\nfor Building four Pues, two upon Each Side of Said alley.\\nEach Pue Shall be four feet and Eight Inches wide and as\\nLong as halfe the Seat the Platforaie for Said Pues Shall\\n1)0 but eight Inches high from the meeting house flore.\\nVoted, Capt. abel morss, John Robie, nathan webster,\\nShall be a Committee to Sell to the highest Bider Belong-\\ning to Said Parish the Preveledges that was voted for\\nBulding four Pues in the old meeting house, and that the\\nvandugh Shall l)e on the fust wensday in april next, at\\nthree of the clock in the afternoon, at the old meting\\nhouse.\\nNovember, 1753,\\nVoted, That the money that the Last (pewes) was\\nSold for Shall be put to the parish youse to Defray charges\\nthis present year.\\nVoted, That if any Number of young persons in this\\nparish Sufichant to fill any Seat on the Back Side of the\\nScats in the Galleries Shall agree to Buld them into pews,\\nthey have the Liberty to do it.\\n8", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "114 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nAn attempt is made this year to divide the Presbyte-\\nrian parish. An article was inserted in the warning for\\nthe annual town meeting to see if the town would vote\\nto set off a parish, including nearly the same territory as\\nthe present town of Auburn, which was voted. Seventeen\\nPresbyterians protested against it because it would ruin\\nthe parish. It did not come to a head until 1771. The\\nPresbyterians chose William Tolford, Andrew Jack and\\nSamuel Aiken a committee To see Dissatisfaction of some\\npeople in the Parish. Tlie same committee was to Build\\none pair of Stairs against the fall sacrament.\\nTheir collectors were in arrears, and one of the articles\\nin the warning was, The Collectors from John Mills to\\nthis present time are to meet at Ca})t. John Tolford s the\\nEighteenth Day of September next, to make up their ac-\\ncounts with the Comity upon their Perile.\\n1754. A parish meeting was called Oct. 8th, to make\\nan addition to Mr. Flagg s salary, but the parish refused to\\ndo it. The Presbyterians voted to add forty pounds old\\ntenor to Mr. Wilson s salary.\\n1755. The Congregational parish at a special meeting\\nvoted to pay the collector eighteen pence old tenor for\\ngathering the rates (on the pound.) The Presbyterians\\nvoted to raise twenty pounds to repair their meeting-\\nhouse.\\nThis year was noted for the most violent earthquake ever\\nknown in North America. It occurred Nov. 18th at about\\n4 o clock A. M., and lasted four minutes and a half. In\\nBoston about one hundred chimneys were leveled to the\\nroofs of the houses, and about fifteen hundred were in\\njured.\\n175G. Mr. Flagg s salary was raised to XG40 old tenor,\\nincluding wood. The Presbyterians voted to raise \u00c2\u00a3200 to\\nrepair the meeting-house.\\n1757. Mr. Flagg s salary was \u00c2\u00a3800, and \u00c2\u00a3G0 for wood.\\nThe Presbyterians voted to raise XlOO old tenor to build\\na pulpit.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 115\\n1758. In the warning for the annnal town meeting was\\nan article To see if the town will pay the Damage of\\nflowing the Land Round Massabesick pond, so called, by\\nCapt. Alexander McMiirphy s mill. Past in the neg-\\native.\\nThe Presbyterian parish voted one hundred pounds old\\ntenor Be Raised to Repair the long meadow meeting\\nhouse.\\nThe town was called upon for jurors, and Jonathan\\nBlunt was chosen grand Juror, and Jacob Chase [)etit\\njuror, to the May term of the t^uperior Court. These were\\nthe first called for. Lieut. Thomas Heseltine and ]\\\\Ir.\\nZej)haniah French were chosen petit jurors to the Inferior\\nCourt of Common Pleas at the September term. Lisin\\nEnoch Colby was chosen grand juror, and Capt. Thomas\\nWells, petit juror, at the November term of the Superior\\nCourt. The selectmen have a charge to making a staff\\nfor Constable Bean \u00c2\u00a31 5, old tenor.\\n1759. There were articles in the warning for the annual\\ntown meeting, to see if the inhal)itants should be required to\\nreturn an inventory to the selectmen, and whether they\\nwould doom tradesmen and shop-keepers. Passed in the\\nnegative.\\nThe Presbyterian parish voted ^Ir. Wilson six hundred\\npounds, old tenor, salary, and voted money to repair the\\nmeeting-houses.\\n17G0. Mr. Flagg acknowledges the receipt of ,\u00c2\u00a31060\\nin full of salary and wood the year past, and the parish\\nvoted .\u00c2\u00a31200 the year ensuing.\\nThe Presbyterian parish voted to add XoO, old tenor, to\\n^Ir. Wilson s salary, and to raise X300, old tenor, for finish-\\ning the two meetingdionses.\\nThey Toted to major John Tolford six foot in length,\\nfive and a half in width, of ground in their old meeting-\\nhouse on the right hand of the south Door.\\nVoted, The meeting house is to Be seated with long\\nseats.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "116 HISTOriY OP THE TOWN OP CHESTER.\\n17(U. Samuel Dudley, who lived in Raymond,, was\\nch(wen surveyor of highways in 1760, and he built a bridge\\nnear Raymond Centre across the Lamprey river. The\\nselectmen refused to pay him and he sued them.\\nIn the warning for the annual meeting was an article to\\nTo See if the Town will Chuse a Committee To Defend a\\nCase or Cases Now Depending at Law Between Sam Dud-\\nley, Plaintiff, and this Town, Defendents, or to act and Do\\nwhat may then be thought Proper and Needful.\\nThe old selectmen, who were sued, were made agents and\\nattorneys with power to prosecute the suit to final judg-\\nment and execution. Dudley recovered.\\nThere is also an article To See if the Town will Vote\\nthat the North Parish Shall be Set otf by the authority as\\nset forth in a Petition to the Selectmen by messrs. Jethro\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Batchelder, Daniel Lane, Benjamin Smith and others.\\nPast in the negative.\\n1702. At the annual meeting March 25, 1762,\\nVoted, That the following Tract of Land may be\\nIncori o rated into a Parrish, Ijeing about five miles and a\\nHalf in length, and about four miles in width. Bounding\\nNortherly on Nottingham Line, Easterly on the old Hun-\\ndred acre Lotts, so called, Southerly on the Long medow\\nParrish, so called, as that is voted alredy, and westerly on\\nthe forty acre Lotts.\\nThe Long Meadow parish, as voted in 1753, was from\\nLondonderry line to the northwest corner of the 48d lot,\\nthen west-northwest to Tower-Hill, and then to the corner\\nof Dcrryfield.\\n(For the petition for Candia, see a sketch of the history\\nin this work.)\\n1763. At a meeting Jan 26, 1763,\\nVoted, That that part of the Town of Chester Called\\nthe North parrish, or Freetown, as much as was laid out in j\\nParrish forme, Shall be set of as a Town or Parrish.\\nThis includes the Old Hundreds or North Division.\\nMarch 31,\\nVoted, That it be Left with the Selectmen to Inquire", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 117\\ninto and Sco how mncli is jnstly Due the North Panisli, so\\nCalled, for their proportion of tlie school money liaised in\\nthis Town for tliree years past and if they liave not liad\\ntheir share, they Deliver the same to them, Provided they\\nLay out the same for schoolint^ amonji themselves and\\nalso all the other parts of the Town that have not had\\ntheir ))roportion of the schooling;, nor money as al)ove men-\\ntioned, shall he Considered and have their proportion on\\nthe same Condition.\\nVoted, That a work house 1)0 Built or Provided l y the\\nSelectmen To Putt and keep those Persons in that Idle,\\nPooer, Disorderly and Lasey, and will not work and to\\nprovide a master to Take Care of all such Persons as shall\\nhe Committed to said house, that they may he Kept to\\nwork and he Proceeded with as the Law Directs.\\nProbably this was never carried into execution.\\n1704. It was voted that James Fullerton s Rates be\\ngiven him for the year past. The Congregational }\u00c2\u00bbarisli\\nalso abated their tax against him. He lived in Raymond.\\nIt was on account of his house being burnt.\\nJohn Robie, Nathan Webster and Andrew Jack were\\nchosen a committee to settle about highways in Raymond\\nand make return. They made return March 6, 1700.\\nThis day agreed upon by us the Subscribers, being\\nChosen by the Town of Chester and Parrish of Rayniond\\nas Committees to settle the Debates about the Highways\\nand all things that was Debateljcll from the Beginning of\\nthe world to this Day viz., that Raymond is to have all\\nthe Reserves that is left in that Parrish for Highways to\\nconvert them to that use, and to Pay all Demands nuide\\nand to be made for Highways in Said Parrish and Like-\\nwise that the Parrish of Raymond is to Have their pro-\\nportion of money that was in Bank when they wei-e\\nIncorporated as a Parrish. as Witness our hands. The\\nline between Chester and Raymond is Excepted.\\nJohn Cram,\\nEzekel Lane, I Committee for Chester\\nJohn Robie, and Raymond.\\nNathan Weljster, J\\nVoted, That the Parrish of Candia shall have the\\nPriviledge to Dispose of all the Common Land left for", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "118 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nhighways within the said Parrish as they see Cause as fully\\nas the Town authority to do, on Condition that the Said\\nParrish shall Pay all the Demands for the Highways\\nalready Laid out in Said Parrish, and Lay out and Support\\nall for the future and that the selectmen of Chester take\\nSecurity of the selectmen of Candia for their Performing\\nthe above mentioned.\\n1765. Voted, That the Parrish of Candia shall Have\\ntheir proportion of the money that wijs in Bank when they\\nwere Incorporated by the Court act Lito a Parrish.\\nThere Avere votes passed by the Congregational parish\\nrespecting seating the meeting-house, and the singers sit-\\nting together, for which, see the Ecclesiastical History.\\nThe Presbyterians voted to fence their graveyard.\\n1766. The town voted that the parish of Candia should\\nhave their proportion of the money that was in bank when\\nincorporated.\\nStandard weights and measures were obtained this year\\nat a cost of \u00c2\u00a36.\\nMr. Flagg s salary, wood and all, was \u00c2\u00a3Q0 lawful money.\\nSamuel and Daniel Martin s taxes abated. They lived\\nat Martin s Ferry.\\nAppended to the warning for the Presbyterian parish\\nmeeting was, The Parish is desired to Consider what they\\nwill do In Regard to some Person to take Care to sweap\\nthe meeting-house and shut the Doors for time to come.\\nHr. Wilson s salary was to continue to be \u00c2\u00a3800, old\\ntenor, or \u00c2\u00a340 lawful money. Mr. Wilson was to preach at\\nthe Long Meadows, as formerly.\\nVoted, that william White, Junior, John Moors,\\nJames mills, Robert mills, Tliomas White, James Gra-\\nham, mark Karr, Hugh Shirlee, James Grims at the long\\nmeadow, John mac farland, moses mac farland, Daniel\\nwithcrspoon, Alexander witherspoon, Joshiia moors, Jon-\\nathan moors, David wilson, Joseph Dunlap, James Dunlap,\\nCharles moors, Robert fursyth, John wilson, william Shir-\\nley, John frain, is to have Liberty to Build Saits or Pews Li\\nthe Gallery Beginning at the north Corner, from thence\\nall along the west Lend next the wall, Clear a Cross to the\\nsouth west Corner, from thence along the south side next", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 119\\nthe wall as far as the Post that goes up IVoin the south\\nEast Coruer of major Tolford s Pew.\\n17G7. There is nothing of note on tlie records this year.\\n1768. In the warning for tlic annual meeting of the\\nCongregational parish was an article to See if the parish\\nwill Grant moscs marshal and the other Petitioners thair\\nRequest in this article (viz.), to See if the parish will vote\\nthat the meeting house T)(3ors Shall l)e o])ened to any ortho-\\ndox minister to Preach in the Pulpit when Providentially\\npassing throw the town, and Desired by a numl)cr of Peo-\\npel to preach, or when Sent for l)y a number of Persons to\\nPreach when it Does not Interfere upon y Rev mr. Flagg s\\nStated Exercise. Passed in the negative.\\n17G9. Up to this time the province had not been divided\\ninto counties, but the records were kept and all the courts\\nwere held at Portsmouth. There was quite an exciting\\ndiscussion on the subject, in which the old contest between\\nthe prerogatives of the crown and the rights of the people\\ncame up. August 21, 17G7, the House resolved to divide\\nthe province into four counties, and establish courts. The\\nCouncil said two counties were enough, and that it was the\\n])rerogative of the King s Governor to establish courts. Each\\nhouse proposed lines of division which the other nega-\\ntived. The King was appealed to, and he gave leave to\\nhave the House pass a bill subject to his revision, and\\nrecommended five counties, which was finally agreed to.\\nThen there was a contest about the places of holding the\\ncourts, Portsmouth claiming all in this county, and Exeter\\nclaiming a part and there was a dispute in Hillsborough\\ncounty between Amherst and Merrimack. There was a\\npetition with seventy-six signatures, sent from Chester just\\nbefore the passage of the bill, praying to be annexed to\\nIIillsl)orough county, which the House was inclined to\\ngrant, but the Council rejected. There was a like petition\\nfrom Londonderry, and some other towns. Finally Ajtril\\n27, 1769, a bill passed, though the counties were not\\norganized until 1771.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "120 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OP CHESTER.\\n1770. At the annual town meeting,\\nVoted, that the upper part of the Town Next to Pem-\\nbrook Have the Liberty to build a Pound where it shall\\nbest suit the Inhabitants, Provided they Do it upon their\\nown Cost and Charge, and from time to time support and\\nmaintain the Same Without any Cost or Charge to the said\\nTown.\\nThe following is a copy of a warrant to a surveyor of\\nhighways\\nTo M James Wilson Servayer of the Highways for the\\ntown of Chester\\nWe order you to repair and Keep in good repair the High-\\nAvays (viz.). From Dr. John oinlways Barn Down the old rode\\nto Sandown line, and tliat rode by James waddels to Sandown\\nline and that rode between Jethro Colbys and Hugh wil-\\nsons land, round by widow longs to widow worthcns, and\\nthat rode Ijy Timothy Wells to the main rode, with the\\nHands that live in said rodes.\\nby order of us,\\nJohn Robee, Selectmen\\nAnd Jacke, of\\nChester Apr. 16, 1770. Nath. Webster, Chester.\\nAll the men in town were rated to pay one or the other\\nof the ministers. This year Samuel Martin, Daniel Mar-\\ntin, John Martin, Caleb Dolton, and Daniel Foster, all of\\nwhom lived near Martin s Eerry, had their parish rates\\ngiven in, on account of living so far from the meeting-\\nhouse.\\n1771. At the September term of the Superior Court,\\n1771, Andrew Jack, Nathan Webster, and John llobie,\\nselectmen of Chester, were indicted for not having a gram-\\nmar school, Cliester having more than one hundred fami-\\nlies. March term, 1772, Jack and Webster were lined\\n\u00c2\u00a310, and costs \u00c2\u00a31 12.\\nTills year the corn was nearly large enough to weed, and\\nwas cut down by frost, the first day of June.\\n1772. At the annual town meeting, March ll\\nVoted, Tliat for the Rcjjair of Highways the present\\nyear, their shall Be Raised Seventy live pounds Lawful\\nmoney.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 121\\nVoted, tliat tho wages of Labour on the Iligliways shall\\nbe two shillings per day.\\nThe Congregational parish at their annual meeting,\\nMarch 28\\nVoted to Buld a new meeting house by the parish\\nwithin two years from the Date of this meeting.\\nVoted to Build a meeting house sixty feet long and\\nforty-five feet wide, and a suitable height, and that it be\\nl)uilt l\u00c2\u00bby the pews, so far as they shall go.\\nVoted, that there shall be a Connnittee to Sell Said\\n])ews within a convenient time, Sold for Bords, Shingle,\\ntimber. Labour, or any article that is wanting for Said\\nmeeting house, at cash price.\\nJohn Webster, Esq., Jabez French, Saml. Emerson, Esq.,\\nSaml. Robic, and Jabez Hoyt, were chosen to sell the pews\\nand build the house.\\nAt a meeting, October IGth,\\nVoted, to build a steple and porch to the New meeting\\nhouse, agreeal)le to the Plan.\\nVoted, to Set the New meeting house upon the Land\\nthat the Rev*^ mr. Flagg gave for that youse.\\nThe house was built on land which Mr. Flagg bought of\\nGov. AVcntworth his home lot. The deed is recorded,\\nLib. 124, fol. 120, dated Oct. 15, 1772, and conveys\\ntwenty-four square rods of land. The house faced the\\nsouthwest, the posts twenty-eight feet, I think, the steeple\\nat the northwest end some fifteen feet above tho roof, and\\nand a spire, with a weather-vane in the form of a gilt\\nrooster, being more than one hundred feet high. The\\nwindows were forty panes, seven-liy-nine glass.\\nIt was heavily timbered, and of first-rate materials, and\\nthe work done in a thorough and workmanlike manner.\\nOver the pulpit was a sounding-board. In front of the\\npulpit was a pew called the elders seat, and in front of\\nthat the deacons pew, the occupants facing the congrega-\\ntion. On each side of the broad alley from the deacons\\npew, about half the width of the house, were seats some\\nfifteen feet long, made of plank, which were common or\\nfree scats. The remainder was built into pews about six", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "BTSTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 123\\nfeet square, and as liit-li as a man s slioulders \\\\\\\\liil( sitting\\non the seat. Tlic pews Averc ])ancl-woi k, witli a row of\\ntni ned balusters about eight inehcs long near the top.\\nThree sides of the pews were seated, so that the congrega-\\ntion faced, sat sideways and back to the minister. The\\nseats turned up for convenience of standing during\\nprayers. At the close of the prayer there was quite a re-\\nfreshing clatter l\u00c2\u00bby the falling of these seats. Nol)ody at\\nthat day thought of sitting during prayers, excepting some\\nvery infirm old woman, and she woukl arise before the\\namen was pronounced. In the gallery there was a\\ntier of pews all around the walls of the house on three\\nsides, and one pew in the front of the gallery at each end\\non the back side of the house. There was one pew at each\\nend of the southwest side of the door, for a negro pew,\\nwhich was not ornamented by l)alusters. The remainder\\nof the gallery was seated with long common seats. The\\nnorthwest end was for the men, tlie southeast end was\\nfor the women.\\nThere were on the ground floor forty-four pews, which\\nsold for \u00c2\u00a3607 15s. The highest was bought by Col. John\\nWebster for X30 the next by Abner Hills, for \u00c2\u00a325 16s.\\nCol. Webster bought four pews. In the gallery were\\ntA enty-two pews, which sold for XlOO 14s.\\nThe house was a noble structure, and did credit to the\\nparish, the committee and the workmen.\\nAt a parish meeting, March 30, 1774,\\nVoted to accei)t of the Committee s accomjit that was\\nto build the New Meeting house.\\nVoted, that the ReV Mr. Eben Flagg shall preach in\\nthe New meeting house for the futeur.\\nVoted, that the Rev mr. Eben Flagg shall preach in\\nthe New ^[ceting house the Next iSabbath Day.\\nA petition was preferred to the General Court by John\\nPatten and others, showing,\\nThat the Subscril)ers Being in Number the greatest Part\\nof- a District or Parish Commoidy Called the Long jMead-\\nows, and that by a Vote of the Town at there Anuel Meet-", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "121\\nHISTORY OP THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\ning in tlie Month of March, A. D. 1753, Voted of for a\\nParish By Certain Limited Bounds More Clearly Set forth\\nin Said Vote, the Coppy of Which Being Heady to Be Pro-\\nduced, Humbly Prayeth that Your Excellency ct Honors\\nwould be Pleased to Confirm Establish Said Vote\\nBounds, and Grant Unto us all Parish Priviledges, with full\\nPower to Hier a Gospel Minister to Preach Unto us, or to\\nSettle fc Ordain one over us for the Better Convenicncy of\\nour attending the Public Worship of God and your Peti-\\ntioners as in Duty Bound will Ever Pray.\\nJolui Patten,\\nNatli Linn,\\nRobert Craig,\\nJolm Orr,\\nSamuel Dinsmcr,\\nWells Chase,\\nBarnaid Bricket,\\nStephen Dearborn,\\nNathaniel AVood,\\nJoseph Calfe,\\nSamuel Blunt,\\nMansfield McDoffy,\\nDaniel Witharspoou,\\nAnthony Stickney,\\nRobert Witharsijoou,\\nDavid White,\\nAVilliani Letch,\\nMoses Underbill,\\nSam Aiken,\\nRob Calf,\\nHugh Crombie,\\nThomas Sharley,\\nJames Sharley,\\nSamuel Sharley,\\nWin. Brown, Junior,\\nJoseph Linne,\\nCaleb Hall,\\nMoody Chase,\\nMoses Hills,\\nDavid Witharspoou,\\nPeter Aiken,\\nJames AYitherspoon,\\nThomas Fowler,\\nThomas Fowler, Junior,\\nHugh Mc allee,\\nKath Presby,\\nhis\\nJames Horn,\\nnmrk.\\nBenja. Pierce,\\nSam Pierce,\\nRobert McKinley,\\nStephen Morel,\\nWilliam McMaster,\\nRobert Gilcrest,\\nJoseph Dearborn,\\nMoses McFarlaud,\\nWilliam Grimes,\\nJohn Grimes,\\nAdam Willson,\\nJames Grimes.\\nIn Council Dec. 19, 1771. The foregoing Petition was\\nread and ordered to be sent down to the Hon Assembly.\\nGeo. King, Dep. Sec.", "height": "3444", "width": "1930", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 125\\nThere was an order of notice upon this i)ctiti()n. OUjcc-\\ntions were made as follows\\nIt is answered by Andrew Jack, ITenry I^Foore S: Rob-\\nert Wilson, in beliali of the Presbyterian I arish, That the\\nI etitioners joined with tiie rest of s Parish in the (Hioicc\\nof Rev. John Wilson for their minister, S: voted him a\\ncertain yearly salary and have been, and still are. salished\\nAvitli his life and Doctrines, bnt for other Reasons desire to\\nhe set off as a distinct Parish, altho they are convinced that\\nit is their duty to pertbrm their contract with Said minister,\\nand did at a legal meeting- held in Chester, nnitually agree\\nwith the rest of s Parishioners in the lower End of the\\nParish to have one half the Preaching for nine months\\nyearly, from the last day of March to the lirst day of De-\\ncember, during the time the said minister was able to\\n])reach, and the remainder of his Preaching should be to\\nthe People of the lower end of said Parish and that the\\nsaid PetitifMiers i)ay the sum of twenty pounds lawful\\nmoney Yearly during the ministry of said John Wilson,\\nand collect their part of the money themselves and the\\nParishioners at the lower End of said Parish Then agreed\\nwith the Petitioners to pay s Minister Twenty five pounds\\nlike money Yearly during said Term, and collect the same\\nthemselves.\\nNow, we in lichalf of the lower End of said Parish\\nhave no objection to the prayer of said Petition being\\ngra^ited, so far as respects their being set oiT as a distinct\\n])arisli, provided they continue to fulfil their agreement\\n])efore mentioned by paying s minister duly, the said sum\\nby them agreed to pay him.\\nJ3ut inasmuch as the lower end of the Parish is utterly\\nincapaljle of maintaining a minister themselves, they pray\\nthat the said Petitioners may not be freed from paying the\\nsum aforesaid agreeable to their before ment*^ contract.\\nMay 21, 1772.\\nJan. 7, 1773, another petition was preferred by twenty-\\nnine of the former petitioners in which they repeat the\\nprayer of their former petition.\\nMarch 11, 1773, a counter petition, of which the fol-\\nlowing is an abstract, was preferred, showing that fhey had\\nformerly signed a petition, and that at a late pul lic meet-\\ning of the inhabitants of that part of the town voted almost", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "126\\nHISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nunanimously that the former petition should lie dormant\\nthat it would not relieve them of their present troubles\\nthat, instead of having the gospel preached twice a month,\\nthey should not have it at all that the former petition was\\nclandestinely propagated among the inhabitants by design-\\ning men. Therefore, they supplicate that the General\\nCourt will view the former petition as propagated by a few\\npersons to gratify their own humor, c. Signed by\\nJames Sliavlay,\\nJoliii mctarland,\\nJamt s Litch,\\nMaiisHekl mcafte,\\nJoim ratbrd,\\nMoses Underhill,\\nJohn Orr,\\nWilliam Vance,\\nMatthew Templeton,\\nKobert Craig,\\nRobert McKinly,\\nStephen Merril,\\nStephen Derbeu,\\nMoody Chase,\\nNathaniel wood,\\nJoseph Derbeu,\\nMoses Hills,\\nDavid Underhill,\\nDavid Cuiniingham,\\nSam Blunt,\\nWilliam Craig,\\nJohn Craig,\\nTlioinas Sharley,\\nJermia Coner,\\nDavid Dinsmore,\\nArthur Dinsmore,\\nRobert Dinsmore,\\nThos. mcmaster,\\nTlios. McMaster, Jr.\\nWm. McMaster,\\nDavid Dickey,\\nAaron Rollings,\\nWilliam Gilchrist,\\nWilliam ^ilillcr,\\nJames Miller,\\nMichael Gordon,\\nAndrew McFarland,\\nJames McFarland.\\nIn the House of Representatives May 13, 1773, this peti-\\ntion was heard, considered and dismissed.\\nThe following are the proceediugs of the Presbyterian\\nparish in regard to the division of the parish. In a warn-\\ning for a meeting of the Presbyterian ])arish, Ajnil 16,\\n1772, was an article To Se if the Parish Will Cliuse a\\nCoramittc, one part From the Lower End of the Parish,\\nand another part From the Uper End, to Endeavor to Settle\\nthat the I arish May be one as formerly. That If this\\nComittc Dos not agree, to Se if the Perish Will Chuse a\\nCommitte To Opose the Petition latly caried into the Gen-\\neral Cort, and to Act and Doe What They May think Best\\nfor the Benefit of the Perish.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\n127\\nA ^otccl, That tliair k^hould be five men Chose as a Com-\\nmittc to settle the Parish.\\n]\\\\rathe\\\\y Forsaitli, Coramitte\\nTlionias JIcMaster, For t])e\\nRobert Wilson, Prisbetairen\\nHenry Moor, Parisli.\\nJoseph Lin,\\nmemmerandom\\nAg read Upon By tlic Subscribers Chosen as A Com-\\nniitte for tlie Prisbetairen I erish in Chester, Part from the\\nLower End of the Town and part from tlie Loni^ meadows,\\nSo Caled Yiz., that the Long meadows ])art, So Calcd, is\\nto have the one half of the Preaching- for Nine Months\\nfrom the First of March to tlie First of December, During\\nthe time tliat the Reverand John Wilson is Abel to Preach,\\nand the Remainder to the Lower End of the town and\\nthat the Long ]\\\\Iedows Party is to ))ny the Sume of twenty\\npound LawfuU Money Yearly, During the Reverand John\\nWilson s Minisstrey, and Colcct That part of the Money\\nthemselves, and the Lower End of the town to Pay twenty\\nfive pound and Colect thair own Money themselves.\\nChester, Aprile the 20 1772.\\nN. B. Each Party Bound in Bonds to Perform the\\nabove a Greemint, or aply to the Generil Cort to Estabelish\\nThe agreement acording to the above Themselves.\\nMathew Forsaith, Committee\\nThomas Mc]\\\\raster, For the\\nRobert Wilson, v Prisbetairen\\nHenery Moor, f Parisli.\\nJoseph Lin, J\\n1773. The town Voted that their shall be a sufficient\\nPound Built, and that the pound be set on the south side of\\nthe Highway Near Dustin s shop. Col. Moses Dustin,\\nafterwards of Candia, was a blacksmith proliably his\\nshop was somewhere to the south of the meeting-house.\\nVoted, That the Pound shall be at Least Thirty feet in\\nLength, and Twenty four feet in width, and Seven feet\\nHigli tlie Sils and posts to be white oake, Hued Six by\\nEight, or Eight by Six the Rails to be Chesnut, ILied\\nfour by five and the plates of yellow pine, Hued 6 by 8\\nBraced at Each (;oriicr from the sills to the Plates, and a\\ngood gate to it.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "128 PIISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nIt was voted tliat the town sliould pay jurymen one shil-\\nling and sixpence per day, while attending the several\\ncourts. The town voted to raise one hundred and five\\npounds to repair highways.\\nThere was an article in the warning To see if the Town\\nwill liaise any thing by vote on Houses, as their is no Law\\nfor it without a vote of the town to tax them. Passed in\\nthe negative.\\nDec. 27, Thomas Wells, having in some way interfered\\nin some difhculty between John Tolford, son of Dea. Wil-\\nliam, and Betty Waddel, Tolford shot and killed him.\\nMarch term, 1774, he was tried, plead insanity, and acquit-\\nted. He was so insane afterwards that he was kept in a\\ncage about forty years.\\nCHAPTER VII.\\nFROM 1774 TO 1800.\\nIn a warning for a meeting, to be held July 19, 1774,\\nwas this article To Chuse and Impower one or more\\npersons in our liehalf to meet at Exeter the Twenty-first\\nDay of this Instant July, at ten of the Clock in tlie fore-\\nnoon, To Joyn in the Choyes of Delegates for the Generell\\nCongress, to be liolden at Pliiladelphia the first Day of\\nSeptember next, to Devise and consider what measures will\\nbe most advisable to be taken in order to Effect tlie Desired\\nEnd for the Establishment of our rights and Libertes upon\\na Just and Soiled foundation and for the restoring of\\nunion and harmony Between the mother Country and the\\nColanics and to Contribute our proportion of the Ex-\\npence of Sending that the Same may be Raised by Sub-\\nscriptions or other wise, and if Convenient Sent by the\\nperson of our Town appoynted to Goe to Exeter. Our\\nproportion is five pound Eighteen Shillings Lawfull\\nmoney.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER, 129\\nVoted, John Webster, Esq., moderator for said meet-\\ning.\\nVoted, That their Shall be Two men Chosen to meet\\nafc Exeter Tuesday next for the Ends mentioned in the\\nwarning of said meeting.\\nVoted, That John Webster, Esff, and Cap Rol)ert Wil-\\nson Sliall be the men.\\nVoted, that their Shall be Raised by a Rate upon tlic\\nInhabitents, as the Law Directs, the Sum of five pound\\nEighteen Shillings Lawfull money to Defray the Charge of\\nthe Deligates as mentioned in the warning.\\n1775. In a warning for a meeting to be held January\\n23, 1775, were the following articles\\nTo See who the Town Will Chuse for Deputies in their\\nBehalf to meet at Exeter on Wednesday, the 25 Day of\\nthis Instant January, for the Choyes of Delegates to Rep-\\nresent this Province at Such Intended Congress as is above\\nmentioned and also to Impower Such Deputies when so\\nmeet to Chose a Committee of their Body to proi)ortion\\nthe Sum Each Town ought to Pay Toward Sending Such\\nDelegates.\\nTo See if the Town will Vote to Pay the money that\\nwas our proportion to Pay for the Charge of Sending Dele-\\ngates to the Continential Congress held at Pheledellia Last\\nSeptember, 1774.\\nTo see if the town Will appoynt a Committee to See\\nthat the agreement of the american Continential Congress\\nbe Strictly adheared to and faithfully Executed.\\nVoted, John Webster, Esq., moderator for Said meet-\\ning.\\nVoted, That there Shall be sum men Sent as Deputies\\nto meet at Exeter the 25 Day of this Instant January, To\\nChuse Delegates in order to Represent this province at the\\nIntended Congress to be held at Phelidelfia the Tenth Day\\nof may next, agreeable to the warning of Said meeting.\\nVoted, That John Webster, Esq Capt. Rob Wilson,\\nCap Sam Robie, Deacon Forsaith, major French and\\nRobert Calfc Shall be the men.\\nVoted, That the above Deputies, when meet, have\\npower to Chuse a Committee out of their Body to propor-\\ntion Each Town s part or portion what they ought to pay.\\nVoted, That wliat money was our proportion to Pay\\nfor Sending Delegates To the Congress held Last Septem-\\n9", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "130 HKTOBY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nber, at Pheiidelfia. Slmll be Raised of the Town with the\\nother Taxes.\\nVoted, That a Committee be chosen to see that the\\nagreement of the american Contenentell Congress Shall be\\nStrictly adheard to and faithfully Executed.\\nVoted, That Cap* Dearborn, Amos Emerson, William\\nWhite, Jacob Chase, John Patten, Simon Bailey, Pearson\\nRichardson, Jethro Colby, Doctor ordway, Josiah Bradley,\\nRobert Calfe, Lent. Hoit, John Hesseltine, Cap Wilson,\\nCapt. Robie, Deacon Forsaith, Stephen merrill, John San.\\nDearbon, Abner Hills, Sam Brown, William Sherley,\\nJohn Lane, Jun^, Jacob Hills, Thomas Sherley, Isaac\\nTowl.\\nThis was called a committee of inspection or safety.\\nMarch 30th, 1775,\\nVoted, That the Town Pay our proportion of the\\ncharge of Sending Delegates to tlic Continential Congress,\\nto be held at Pheiidelfia Next May, if Nescecry.\\nVoted, That one Hundred and fifty pound L money\\nbe Raised for the Repare of Highways the present year,\\nat the same Wages as Last year.\\nAt a meeting of the Committee of Inspection held at\\nChester, at the house of John Webster, Esq the 15 Day\\nof march, 1775 They have Requested to Know the minds\\nof the People of this Town whether they will Consider any\\nthing at our Town meeting (Viz.), What Incouragement\\nthey will Give Voluntears that Will hold themselves in\\nRediness upon the Shortest notice to goe against our Ene-\\nmies that Shall Presume to Invade us and upon the Com-\\nmitee s Request this meeting is called.\\nVoted, Jolm Webster, Esq moderator for Said meet-\\ning.\\nVoted, that this meeting Shall be adjourned Till\\nThursday, the 13 Day of April Next.\\nAt a meeting of the freeholders of Town of Chester,\\nheld at the new meeting-house in Chester, the 13 Day of\\nApril, 1775, by adjournment from the 30 Day of march\\nLast past. Now opened by the moderator, John Webster,\\nEsq.\\nVoted, to Give Incouragement to a Number of men\\nthat will hold them Selves in Rediness if called for to Goe\\nagainst any Enemy that Shall Presume to Invade us or our\\nproperty.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 131\\nVoted, To Raise fifty Good Effective aide Bodyed iikmi\\ninto the Town s Servise, that Will Hold them iSclvcs in\\nRedyness if called for by the Town to Goe against any\\nEnemy that Shall Come to Invade ns or our Projicrty.\\nVoted, to Give Six Spanish milld Dollers or Equele their\\nimto pr month to fifty Good Effective men Each, and find\\nthem their Provision as Long as they arc in the Town s\\nServise They finding their own Guns.\\nVoted, That the Select men Shall Inlist the before\\nmentioned fifty men and Say when they Shall march.\\nVoted, that their Shall be a muster master to View\\nthese men.\\nVoted, that Caj/ Sam Robie Shall be muster master.\\nVoted, That if any of these fifty men Shall Loose their\\nGuns in an Ingagement the Town Shall Pay for them.\\nVoted, that the Select men Shall prise these fifty men s\\nGuns l)efore they march.\\nVoted, that these fifty men have the Liberty to Cliuse\\ntheir officers in this Town.\\nVoted, that this meeting be adjourned till monday, the\\nfirst Day of May next.\\nMay 1^ 1775,\\nWhereas their was a Vote pased at the Last meeting\\nthat there Should be fifty Effective al.ile Bodyed men In-\\nlisted into the Town s Servise to be in Redyness upon tlie\\nShortest warning to Goe against our Enemies which may\\nInvade us. Which Number appears to be full Large upon\\nwhich it is Voted that Instead of the Said fifty men their\\nShall be thirty men Inlisted, which men shall have the\\nSame Incouragement Paid them that the minuet men have\\nin the Massachusets Bay.\\nVoted, That if the above Thirty men Shall Inlist and\\nfit themselves they shall have a Reasonable allowance for\\ntheir Extreordinary charge.\\nMay 15, 1775,\\nVoted, To Chuse Two men to attend the Provential\\nasociation or Congress to be held at Exeter the I Day of\\nmay Instant.\\nVoted, That M Stephen morss and Capt. Roliert Will-\\nson Shall be the men, and that they have full Power, as set\\nforth in the warning of Said meeting.\\nIn a warning for a meeting, to be held December 11,\\n1775, is the following article", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "132 HISTORY OF .THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nTo Elect Two Persons having a Rcall Estate of the\\nVahie Two Hundred pound Lawfull money in this Culhjney\\nTo Represent Them in Generall Congress to be held at\\nExeter on the Twenty first Day of December Next at three\\nof the Clock in the afternoon And to Impower such Rep-\\nresentatives, for the term of one year from their first meet-\\ning, To Transact Such Business and Persue kSuch mesures\\nas they shall or may Judge Nescecry for the Publick Good\\nand, in Case there Should be a Recomendation from the\\nContiuential Congress that the Colony asume Government\\nin any Perticuler forme which will Require a house of Rep-\\nresentetives, that They Resolve them Selves into Such a\\nhouse as the Contincntel Congress Shall Recomend and it\\nis Resolved that no person be allowed a Seat in Congress\\nwho Shall by him Self, or any other Person for him, Before\\nsaid Choyce, Treat with Liquer any EUectors with an ap-\\nparent view of Gaining Their Votes, or afterwards on that\\naccount.\\nStephen Morse and Capt. Robert Wilson were chosen.\\nAt a meeting, June 8,\\nVoted, that the Select men Drop the Graer [grammar]\\nSchool for the present.\\nVoted, that the Town Will Secuere the Select men\\nfrom any Cost, Charg or Damiage They may be Put too for\\nnot Providing a Grammcr School for the present as the Law\\nDirects. Jacob Chase Decents against the foregoing Vote.\\nThey reconsidered a vote for a highway tax, and directed\\nthe surveyors to re})air the highways, as formerly.\\nThe Presbyterians voted that Mr. Wilson should preach\\nnine months day about, and three months down here.\\nThe battle of Lexington was on the 19th of April, and\\nwhen the report of it came to Chester, many of the men\\nwent to the hcad(]uarters of the army at Cambridge, and\\nwhile they were absent reports spread in different places\\nthat the British, or Redcoats, as they were called, were\\nsomewhere in the neighborhood, killing all before them.\\nI will relate the circumstances of the alarm at what is\\nnow called Bunker Hill, in Auburn, as I have heard my\\ngrandparents and father relate them. There were five\\nfamilies within half a mile, and in four of them the men\\nwere gone to Cambridge. Beginning at the north, was", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 133\\nCapt. (afterwards Colonel) Stephen Dcarlmrn, His Amiily\\nconsisted of his wife, his son Ricliard, aged eleven, and\\ntwo other lads. One of tlie lads, Thomas Wells, ])rought\\nthe word that the Britisli were at Sandown, killing all the\\npco])le. They turned the cows and calves together, and\\nstarted to the next neighbor, Calel) Hall s. Hero were\\nMrs. Hall and five children, the oldest eleven years, and\\nthe youngest eight months old. They started on to Moody\\nChase s, lie had gone to visit his brother Jacob s wife,\\nwho was sick. His wife had three children. Next came\\nWells Chase (my grandfather). JVfy grandmother, with\\nher son B. Pike, fell into the monrnful procession. Next\\ncame Nathaniel Woods. His wife had three children, the\\noldest perhaps four years old, and the youngest two weeks.\\nThey marched on towards Chester, directly towards the\\nenemy. Somewhere on the road they met Moody Chase\\nreturning home, who contradicted the report, and they re-\\nturned homeward, and kept garrison that night at the two\\nChases The wife of Joseph Calef, who lived on the main\\nroad near the corner, buried her pewter ware, to prevent\\nthe Redcoats from running it into bullets to kill her\\nwith. Hezekiah Underhill had a quantity of silver money,\\nwhich he put into a stocking, and put it into tlie well.\\nWilliam Graham s family heard the report of muskets all\\nnight, but it proved in the morning to be a horse stamping\\non a j)lank floor.\\nI have heard it said there was much such an alarm at the\\nBranch and at Newbury the British had landed\\non riuml) Island. These were times that tried womeri s\\nsouls. Mrs. Healey, the mother of Hon. S. D. Bell s wife,\\nsaid there was such an alarm at Hampton Falls, where she\\nlived, and that she was old enough to remember it.\\n17TG. At a meeting, held march 28, 1T7G, it was\\nVoted, That Those men that went Down at the Battel\\nat Concord, be Paid for what time they Stayed after the\\nothers came away, which was al)out Eight Days, at the Rate\\nthe other Proventals wages are.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "134 HISTORY OF THE TOWN CHESTER.\\nJuly 9, 1776,\\nVoted, That all those Thirty men that have or shall\\nIiilist into the Servis of this present Expedition to Rein-\\nforce the armey under Generell Sullivan, Shall be paid by\\nthe town as a bounty, over and above what the Colony\\nproniis to pay as a Bounty, the sum of Thirteen Dollers\\nand Two thirds of a Doller each and all those Persons\\nthat have or Shall Inlist into the present Servise, and have\\nDon their proportionable part Towards Supporting the\\npresent warr for Said Colony before, they making that ap-\\npear to the Select men or a Committee that Shall be chosen\\nby the town, that then their part of this tax Shall be Repaid\\nBack to them again.\\nVoted, Capt. Henry moorc, Nathan morss, Capt. John\\nUnderbill, Shall be a Committee to Joyn with the Select\\nmen to see that Justice be Don with Regard to the fore-\\ngoing Vote.\\nNovember 25, 1776,\\nVoted, that the Charge of the present warr, So far as\\nit Concerns us, Shall be {)aid by the Inhal itants in equal\\nproportion as the other Town Charges are Paid.\\nSept. 27, 1776, Nicholas Gilman, Treasurer and Receiver\\nGeneral, Requires of the town of Chester 56 pounds Law-\\nfull money for the Currant year, and 26 for the charge of\\nthe late Congress and assembly, making 82 pounds.\\nThe Congregational parish\\nVoted, To Give those Soldiers their Pole Rate to the\\nparish, the province Gave.\\nASSOCIATION TEST.\\nColony of JSfew-Itampshire.\\nIn Committee of Safety.\\nApril 12 1776.\\nIn order to cary the underwritten Resolve of the\\nHou ble Continental Congress into Execution, You are\\nrequested to desire all Males above Twenty One Years of\\nAgo (lunaticks. Idiots and Negroes excepted) to sign to\\nthe Declaration on this paper and when so done, to\\nmake return hereof, together with the Name or Names of\\nall who shall refuse to sign the same, to the General As-\\nsembly, or Committee of Safety of this Colony.\\nM. Weare, Chairman.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF TUE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\n135\\nIn Congress, March 14 1776.\\nResolved, That it be recommended to the several As-\\nsemblies, Couvcutioiis and Councils, or Committees of\\nSafety of the United Colonies, i)nmed lately to cause all\\nPersons to be disarmed within their Respective .Colonics,\\nwho are notoriously disaffected to the Cause of America,\\nor who refuse to associate to defend by Arms the United\\nColonics against any Uostile Attempts of the British Fleets\\nand Armies.\\n(Copy.) Extract from the Minutes.\\nCharles Thom})Son, Secr y\\nIn Consequence of the above Resolution of the Hon.\\nContinental Congress, and to shew our Determination in\\njoining our American Brethren in defending the Lives,\\nLiberties and Property of the inhabitants of the United\\nColonies\\nWe, the Subscribers, do herel)y solemnly engage and\\npromise, that we will, to the utmost in our Power, at the\\nRis({ue of our Lives and Fortunes, with Arms, oppose the\\nHostile Proceedings of the British Fleets and Armies\\nagainst the United American Colonies\\nJohu Crawford,\\nWilliam Lock,\\nSauiucl Blunt,\\nWilliam Tolford,\\nDaniel Greenough,\\nRobert McKinley,\\nMatthew Forsaith, Jr.,\\nEdward Robie,\\nEdward Robie,\\nArchibald MaKafee,\\nJohu Webster,\\nNathan Morse,\\nSam Emerson,\\nHenry Moore,\\nStephen ]\\\\Iorse,\\nJoseph Linn,\\nDaniel Webster,\\n-Moses Hills,\\nSteplien Dearborn,\\nJonathan Hall,\\nAdam Willsoii,\\nStephen Liifkiu,\\nRobt. Calle,\\nJames Rankin,\\nAnthy Somb. Stickuey,\\nEdmund Stickney,\\nDavid Wetherspoou,\\nPeter Ailcen,\\nJohu Grimes,\\nMatthew Templcton,\\nWilliam Underliill,\\nJoseph Dearborn,\\nDavid Crage,\\nJohn Underliill,\\nJames Pearce,\\nWilliam White,\\nNathan Fitts,\\nJames Dunhip,\\nNatlian Webster, Junior,\\nJohn Ilasseltine,\\nPeter Dearborn,\\nPeter Hasseltiue,\\nNathaniel Blasdall,\\nEbenezer Basford,\\nBenjamin True,\\nSam Hasseltiue,", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "136\\nHISTORY OP THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nJasiel Havriman,\\nEbenezer ToAvnsend,\\nNathaniel Glidden,\\nyniks West,\\nCaleb Hall,\\nWells Chase,\\n2 Ioody Chase,\\nStephen Merril,\\nAlex Weatherspoon,\\nEobert Craige,\\nJames Aiken,\\nBracket Towl,\\nAnthony Towl,\\nBenjamin Melvin,\\nParker Carr,\\nEzekiel Morse,\\nDavid Currier,\\nEobert Rowe,\\nJohn Dearborn,\\nJethro Colby,\\nWilliam McMaster,\\nBenj Hills,\\nSamuel Hills,\\nEzekiel Worthen,\\nJohn Shackford, Jur.\\nAaron Townsend,\\nTheod-- Shackford,\\nDaniel Richardson,\\nMoses Richardson,\\nIsaac Forse,\\nIsaac Forse, Jr.,\\nJonathan Forsaith,\\nTliomas Wason,\\nRob Wilson,\\nWill\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 Wilson,\\nJames Wason,\\nCharles Moore,\\nSamuel Moore,\\nDavid Fuller,\\nBenjamin Hoyt,\\nJohn Hoyt,\\nJoseph McClellan,\\nStcplien Mardcn,\\nJohn Pain,\\nJoseph Knowles,\\nSimon Bayley,\\nMoses Underbill, Junior,\\nStephen Hills,\\nRichard Haseltine,\\nJonathan Darbon,\\nDavid Foss,\\nIsaac Blasdel,\\nJosiah Hall,\\nPearson Richardson,\\nSamuel Kinsmaud,\\nSam Wilson,\\nJohn Knowles,\\nJohn Knowles, Jun\\nNathan Knowles,\\nJoshua Prescott,\\nJoseph Long,\\nJames Wilson,\\nNathan Webster,\\nJames Waddell,\\nAmos Merril,\\nJosiah Bradley,\\nFrancis Towle,\\nJacob Hills,\\nTliomas Haseltine,\\nBenjamin Haseltine,\\nJabez Hoit,\\nBenjamin Fuller,\\nSamuel Jones,\\nJohn Tolford,\\nHugh Tolford,\\nJohn Robie,\\nGideon Rowell,\\nJohn Coulby,\\nSamuel Rowel,\\nSamuel Forster,\\nHenry Hall,\\nPeter Hall,\\nSam Jacks,\\nSimon Berry,\\nThomas\\nJohn Willson,\\nJames Shirlee,\\nHugh Shirley,\\nWilliam Shirlee,\\nSam Robie,", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\n137\\nAmos Pain,\\nNathan Norton,\\nSamuel Bi own,\\nAVilliam Brown,\\nWilliam Gilchrist,\\nAbraham Sargent,\\nWintrup Sargent,\\nJohn Karr,\\nWilliam Mills,\\nKobcrt Grahams,\\nJohn Grimes,\\nJohn Mills,\\nNath Sweetser,\\nSamnel jNIcFerson,\\nRobert Dickey,\\nParker INIorse,\\nJosiah Morse,\\nEdmund Sleeper,\\nJoseph Morse,\\nJoseph Blanchard,\\nAbner Hills,\\nJabez French,\\nIsaac Hills,\\nJames Randall,\\nJohn Lain,\\nDaniel Dolbeer,\\nJohn lUitterlield,\\nJohn Lane, Jr.,\\nJonathan Norton,\\nJoseph Norton,\\nJonathan Berry,-\\nJoseph Smith,\\nJohn Sevi,\\nEllet Berry,\\nBenja. Hills,\\nDavid Richardson,\\nBradbury Carr,\\nJoseph Carr,\\nCharles Tiloore, Junor,\\nBenj. Currier,\\nJohn Quimby,\\nRobert Gordon,\\nJames Richardson,\\nEbenezer Dearborn,\\nJohn Gross,\\nINtark Carr,\\nThomas Fowler, junr.,\\nJames Wetherspoon,\\nDaniel Wetherspoon,\\n]\\\\[anstield McAfee,\\nSamuel Aiken,\\nRobert Patten,\\nSamuel Crombey,\\nAYilliam Miller,\\nHugh Miller,\\nThomas McMaster,\\nWilliam Gilchrist,\\nDavid Dickey,\\nRobert Dinsmore,\\nBenjamin Pierce,\\nSamuel Pierce,\\nBarnard Brickct,\\nJoseph Hills,\\nDavid Underbill,\\nJonathan Emery,\\nHezekiah Underbill,\\nJonathan Underbill,\\nIsaac Towle,\\nJohn Orr,\\nJohn Burley,\\nJoseph Hall,\\nJoseph Clark,\\nEdward Presson,\\nCornelius Morgan,\\nSanmel AYorthen,\\nEdmund Elliot,\\nPaul Healey,\\nMoses Underbill,\\nJacob Perley,\\nJames Hidden,\\nSamueL Davis,\\nWilliam Brown,\\nFrancis Carr,\\nTimothy Carr.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "138\\nHISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nThe following persons signed the Association Test in\\nCandia. It was not returned to the Secretary s office, but\\nwas found among the papers of Nathaniel Emerson, Esq.:\\nWilliam Baker,\\nThomas Dearborn,\\nJames Eaton,\\nEzekiel Knowles,\\nNath Maxfield,\\nThomas Emery,\\nJohn Clay,\\nJonathan Pillsbury,\\nNathaniel Emerson,\\nWalter Eobie.\\nMoses Baker,\\nBenjamin Batchelder,\\nSamuel Dearborn,\\nEnoch Kowel,\\nSamuel Moores,\\nAbr m Fitts,\\nNicholas Smith,\\nEnoch Colby,\\nNehemiah Brown,\\nSamuel Wortheu,\\nScwell Brown,\\nStephen Palmer, Jr.,\\nJohn Prescott,\\nIlichard Clough,\\nObededom Hall,\\nBenjamin Fellows,\\nBiley Smith,\\nJonathan Smith,\\nJoseph Palmer,\\nBenjamin Hubbard,\\nElijah True,\\nSamuel Brown,\\nJonathan Brown,\\nAaron Brown,\\nJethro Hill,\\nSherburne Kowe,\\nJoseph Fitield,\\nStephen Fitield,\\nTheophilus Clough,\\nJonathan Hills,\\nSamuel Morrill,\\nZebulon Winslow,\\nJesse Eaton,\\nJohn Lane,\\nJohn Sargent,\\nThomas Patten,\\nHenry Clark,\\nZachariah ClilTord,\\nBenjamin Cass,\\nJohn Colbjr,\\nWilliam Turner,\\nRobert Smart,\\nDavid Beau,\\nObadiah Smith,\\nJames Miller,\\nBenjamin Rowell,\\nNath Burpee,\\nJeremiah Burpee,\\nNicholas French,\\nIsaiah Rowe,\\nStephen Palmer,\\nJohn Sargent,\\nEphraim Eaton,\\nRobert Wilson,\\nJames Varnum,\\nSamuel Bu swell,\\nJohn Clark,\\nDaniel Hall,\\nJohn Hills,\\nWilliam Eaton,\\nObadiah Hall,\\nMoses Sargent,\\nThomas Anderson,\\nEbenezer Eaton,\\nRobert Wason,\\nPaul Eaton,\\nDavid Hill,\\nSamuel Towlc,\\nJohn Robie,\\nSimon French,\\nBenaiah Colby,\\nDaniel Dolber,", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 139\\nWilliam Tlills, John Moor,\\nJohn (Jainniet, JIui^li Moclollau,\\nElius Caimnet, Joiiatlian King,\\nSamuel Clough, Joshua ]\\\\[oore,\\nDavid Jewett, Stephen Clark,\\nJohn Carr, John Cliltbrd,\\nJames Prescott, Jonathan Cammot,\\nJonathan Bagl)y, Jacob Bag-ley.\\nAmos KnoAvles,\\nAt a meeting held April 14tli, 1777,\\nVoted, That a Committee of five men he chosen to\\nagree with and liier if they can as soon as posibell so\\nmany Good men as Shall apjiear to he onr proportion of\\nmen Demanded to Serve in the Continental Servis.\\nV^oted, Capt. John Underhill, Jacob Chase, Escf,\\nIlcnry moorc, Esq Capt. Stephen Dearborn and Capt.\\nSam Robie to be the Committee.\\nVoted, That whatsoever man or men the aforesaid Com-\\nmittee Sliall agree with and Hier into the aforesaid Servis as\\nonr proportion of men, Wliatsoever Said Committe Shall\\nagree to pay them, the Select men Shall Hier money and pay\\nas agreed npon by said Committee, and Shall Raise Said\\nmoney by a tax upon the Inhabitants as the Other Town taxes\\nare Raised Alowing to those persons that have Don part\\nof their projxH tion Toward Suporting the warr Sence the\\ncommencement of the Same also allowing to those men\\nthat Have alredy Inlisted into the Continentel servise for\\nthe tliree years the Same Bounty and Encouragement as\\nas these shall have ther is to be hired, Saving and Stoping\\nout what they have alredy Received from perticuler\\nmen.\\nMay 2Gth, 1777,\\nVoted, that the Select men Raise the whole of the\\nmoney this year they have hired to pay those men that the\\nCommittee hired into the Continental Servise, agreeable to\\n.the vote of the Town.\\nDec. 2d, 1777,\\nVoted, That the Report of the Committee that was\\nChosen to allow the Soldiers an Equality p month up to\\nthe three years men, for their Servise Done in the present\\nwar, be Excepted as they have Given it in.\\nThe committee agreed to allow the foUowinff", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "140 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nThose that went to Cambrig-e in the year 1775, s. d.\\n8 mouths, 6 pev month.\\nThose that went to Cambrige of the militare, 6 per month.\\nThose that went to Portsmoutli, 6 per month.\\nThose that went to Cambrige, and to New York\\nafter Leaving Cambrige, 10 per month.\\nThose that went to Cambrige and York, and\\nthen to Canada Twelve months after Leav-\\ning Cambrige, 15 per montli.\\nThose that went to Ticontroge 5 months, 10 per month.\\nThose that went from portsmontli to Tye, after\\nLeaving- Portsmouth, 10 per month.\\nThose that went to York with Lent. Sam Hes-\\nseltiue and Lieut. Ezekiel Worthin, 6 per month.\\nSam Robie,\\nJacob Chase, ri\\n^^-\u00e2\u0080\u00a211- -iTn -i r Committee,\\nuilham White,\\nNathan Fitts, j\\n1778. At the annual meeting March 27,\\nVoted, that there Shall l)e Raised this year for the Re-\\npairing of the Highways, \u00c2\u00a390 0.\\nVoted, That their Shall l)e Seven men Chosen for a\\nCommittee of Safety in tliis Town.\\nVoted, that Lent. Sam Hcsseltine, Deacon Mathew\\nForsaith, Henry moore, Es(f, Capt. Sam Roliie, Jethro\\nColby, Isaac Blasdell, and Nathan morss. Shall be the\\nmen.\\nAt a meeting held Feb. 6th, 1778,\\nVoted, Relating to the Thirteen artikels of confedera-\\ntion proposed to be Entred into by the thirteen united\\nStates of america, they were all Carefully Read and Con-\\nsidered, and i\\\\\\\\Q\\\\\\\\ Put to Vote and Voted that they be\\nExcepted and approved of.\\nVoted, That our Representatives he Desired and Di-\\nrected to propose that the assemldy and CounccU may\\nforme a plan or System of Government for this State, and\\nSend it through the state into the Severell Towns and par-\\nishes, in order for their Perusal, Consideration, and excep-\\ntancc.\\nMay 12th, 1778,\\nVoted, that their Shall be one person Chosen to Convene\\nand meet in Convention at Concord, in this State of New-\\nhampshirc, on the tenth. Day of June Next, for the Sole", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 141\\npurpose of forming and Laying a permanent j)lan or Sys-\\ntem Governments for tlic future llappines and well being\\nof the Good peo])lc of this state.\\nVoted, That Sam Emerson, Esq shall be the per-\\nson.\\n:^rarch 2G,\\nVoted that the Widow mary Emerson be allowed and\\npaid l)y the Town for her Husband, who Died on His way\\ncoming home out of the wars, as the other Solders ware\\nallowed and paid by the Town.\\nNov. 30th, 1778,\\nVoted, That Lent. Sam ITesseltine and R()l)ert Wilson,\\nEsqs., Shall Represent the Town in the asseml)ly to be\\nheld at Exeter on the Third Wednesday in December Next\\nat three o clock in the afternoon. With full Power for one\\nyear from their first meeting to Transact such Buisness\\nand Pcrsuc Such mesurs as they Shall Judge Nescecry for\\ntiie Pablick Good.\\nCol. ]\\\\[oses Dustin, who had had the small-pox, was home\\nfrom tlie army, and employed the wife of Elijah Pillsbury\\nto wash his clothes. She went to a brook liack in the\\npasture, and Joseph Norton s wife happened to pass, and\\ntook the small-pox, and the whole family, including two\\nPalmer girls, had it. Mr. Norton had then three children.\\nMrs. Norton and one of the Palmer girls died, and Mr.\\nNorton lost one eye. Dr. Page s family also had the\\ndisease, and they purchased Merchant Blasdel s shop, and\\nmoved it into the south woods, on to the parsonage lot, and\\nremoved the family there. Two of Dr. Page s children\\ndied.\\nAt a town meeting Nov. 80th, 1777,\\nVoted, to pay for the shop that the Select men Re-\\nmoved (that belonged to Nathanel r lasdcl), for Doctor\\nPage s famely to have the Small pox in, and that it lie left\\nwith the Select men to agree with said Blasdcl how much\\nto give for it, and Settle that matter with him.\\nVoted to give mary Palmer her cost when she had the\\nSmall pox. Being foreteen pound, Eleven shillings, nine\\npence, two farthings.\\nThey voted against giving Mr. Norton anything for his\\nexpense.\\nX", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "142 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nThere was a meeting of the Presbyterian parish, Dec. 8.\\nIn consequence of the high price of the necessaries of\\nlife, they voted to add pounds to the Rev. John Wil-\\nson s salary.\\nVoted, that the Town will send one man to Joyninthe\\nConvention, to be held at Concord the 22d Day of Septemb\\nInstant, in order to Regulate the price of things.\\nVoted, that Jacob Chase, Esq to be the man.\\nOct. 18, 1779,\\nfirst Put to Vote whether to except and approve of\\nthe prices set by the Convention at Concord, and past iu\\nthe affermetive.\\nVoted, that messrs. Jabez Hoit, Capt. Underhill, Isaac\\nBlasdel, Deacon Forsaitli, Anthony Stickney, AVilliam\\nLock, Epliraini Pitts, Simon Bayley, and Robt Wilson,\\nEsq Shall be the Committee.\\nNovember 29th, 1779,\\nfirst Put to Vote to see if the Town will Except of the\\nReport of the Comittee ajipoyntcd to Regulate ])rices for\\nthe Inhal\u00c2\u00bbitants of this Town, In this Town, and Voted\\nthat it be Excepted.\\nVoted, that a Committee be Chosen to Sec that the\\nforegoing prices be observed and Voted that Jacob Chase,\\nEsq Deacon Forsaith and anthony stickney Shall be the\\nComittee.\\nVoted, Tliat any Person in this Town that Shall not\\ncomply with the prices Set by the Committee, but Shall\\nSell for more than the artikells are Set at. They Shall for-\\nfit and pay the Value of the Thing so Sold To the Com-\\nmittee and on their Refusal to Pay that Sum, They Shall\\nbe advertised in the publick Prints as Innimecal to their\\nCountrcy.\\nVoted, that the Comittee Shall Get the proceedings of\\nthis meeting printed in the Publick prints, at the Cost of\\nthe town.\\nAn act of the General Assembly for regulating prices,\\npassed January 18th, 1777, has the following preamble\\nWhereas the exorbitant Prices of the Necessary and\\nconvenient Articles of Life, and also of Labour, within this\\nState, at this Time of Distress (unless speedily and effec-\\ntually remedied) will be attended with the most fatal and\\npernicious consequences.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF TUE TOWN OF CHESTER. 143\\nThe act fixes among others the following prices\\nB.\\n(1.\\n8.\\n(i.\\nWheat,\\n7\\n6\\nSugar,\\n8\\nRye,\\n4\\n6\\nMolasses,\\n3\\n4\\nCorn,\\n3\\n6\\nSalt,\\n10\\nOats,\\n2\\nCoffee,\\n1\\n4\\nPeas,\\n8\\nCotton,\\n3\\n8\\nBeans,\\n6\\nFlax,\\n1\\nPotatoes, ill fall,\\n1\\n4\\nAVool,\\n2\\nPotatoes at any season,\\n2\\nStockings pr, pair,\\n6\\nCheese,\\n6\\nFlannel pr\\nya.,\\nii\\nButter,\\n10\\nTow Cloth\\n2\\n3\\nPork, fr m 100 to 140 lbs\\n,0\\n4i\\nCoarse Linens,\\n4\\nPork, fr m 140 to 200 lbs.\\n,0\\n5\\nCotton, or\\nCotton and linei\\n,3\\n8\\nRaw Hides,\\n3\\nGood N. E\\nbar iron.\\n40\\nSole Leather,\\n1\\n6\\nFarming labor in summer.\\n3\\n4\\nWest India Rum,\\n6\\n8\\nMechanics\\nto be in propor-\\nN. England Ruin,\\n3\\n10\\ntion, according to usage\\nAn additional act was passed April 8th, 1777, raising the\\nprice of some articles in Portsmouth rye, 5s., corn, 4s.\\nand towns were to choose a committee to regulate prices\\nin proportion as such goods have heretofore borne, com-\\npared to Portsmouth.\\nThe line between Chester and Raymond was settled this\\nyear. The Rev. Mr. Wilson died Feb. 1st of this year.\\nAt the annual meeting, March 9th, Deacon Adam Wil-\\nson, Anthony Stickney and Maj. John Tolford were chosen\\na committee to hire {U caching, and make provision for the\\nministers they shall hire. They voted to raise one hun-\\ndred and twenty pounds.\\nAt a meeting, August 9th, they voted to raise four hun-\\ndred dollars more. They had no settled minister until Mr.\\nColby was settled in 1803, but depended upon temporary\\nand stated supi^ies. They got up a subscription and had a\\nmeeting Dec. 7, and chose a new committee to expend the\\nmoney.\\nAt a meeting held Jan. 2\u00c2\u00ab3, 1779,\\nVoted, That those persons that are gon into the Con-\\ntinentel ^Servis for three years or Longer for this town,\\ntheyr famelyes Shall be Supplied with Such Nesicaries of", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "14J: HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nLife as they Need, agreeable to the Resolve of the Gcnerell\\nassembly.\\nApril 5, 1779,\\nVoted, That their Shall be a Committee of Safety\\nchosen in this Town.\\nVoted, That mathew Forsaith, Joseph Lynn, Capt.\\nBenjamin Currier, Lt. John San. Dearbon, Lt. Jabez Hoit,\\nto be the Comitte for that purpose.\\nApril 10,\\nVoted, That the Town will advance and Raise the\\nBounties to Hier the Solders for the Town s proportion as\\nDemanded or Required by the Committee of Safety for the\\ncontinent and State.\\nVoted, That their Shall be a Committe of three men\\nChosen to Inlist Twelve men as Soldiers to Serve in the\\nContinentel Servise During the war.\\nVoted, That Robert Wilson, Esq.,Insin William Litch\\nand Capt. John Underliill to be the men.\\nVoted, That the Select men Shall Hier money to Pay\\nthe Bounty allowed to the above Solders when Inlisted, and\\nthe muster master Shall muster them and Request the\\nmoney to Pay said Bounties.\\nJuly 5,\\nVoted, That Jacob Chase and William White, Esq.,\\nShall be added to the former Committe in order to pro-\\ncuer and make up our pro})ortion of the Contentell Battel-\\nion according to the order of the Committe of Safety in\\nApril Last and that the Committe be Impowered to pro-\\ncure and Get the men upon the Best Terms they can, and\\nwhat they are obliged to Give more then the Continent and\\nState have allowed as a bounty, the Town Shall Repay\\nthem.\\nVoted, That the above mentioned Committe (viz.), Rob-\\nert Wilson, Esq., Ca}) John Underliill, William Litch,\\nJacob Chase and William White, Esq Shall ])rocure and\\nget five or six men for Solders to Goe to Road Island for\\nsix months upon the best terms they Can for the Town.\\nVoted, That the above Committe Shall Call upon the\\nSelect men for wliat money they Shall Hier as Solders as\\naforesaid and the Select men Shall Ingage to })ay those\\nmen they Shall Hier or Raise, and pay the Same to them\\nor their order.\\nAugust 11,\\nVoted, That we are willing to Joyu with Portsmouth,", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 145\\nExeter and other towns in this State for Rcdusing the\\nprices of the Ncseccrys of Life as Kccomendcd by them\\nto us.\\nVoted, That the town Except and a])i)rove of what the\\nComniite and Select men Did withe Regard to Ifiering two\\nmen as solders to Goe to Portsmoutli.\\nSeptember 6,\\nVoted, That Capt. Stephen Dearbon, Oapt. David With-\\nerspoon, Cai:)t. Beny Currier, Shall be a Cunnnitte to Pro-\\ncure our ])roportion of what men is Sent for to Ooe to\\nPortsmouth as Solders upon as Reasonable terms as they\\ncan lie Got.\\nIt was put to Vote Whether to Except and approve of\\nthe Plan or forme of Government as now Read in said\\nmeeting formed by the Convention at Concord and 52\\nVoted to Receive and approve of it, and five voted au ainst\\nit.\\n1780. At a meeting held June 20, 1780, it was\\nVoted, That a Committe be Chosen to Procure our pro-\\nportion of men for this town to fill up the Battalion in the\\nContinential army, till the Last Day of December next,\\nbeing p]leven men.\\nA oted, That Capt. Stephen Dearbon, Capt. David\\nWcthd^poon, Capt. Behj Currier, Lent. Jabez Hoit and\\nmajor William White to be the Committe to Procure s**\\nmen.\\nVoted, That the above Committe be Instructed and\\nDesired to Procure the above Number of men to Serve as\\naforesaid at as Reasonable a Rate as they can and what\\nsum Soever the Said Connnitte Shall Ingage to Pay any\\nman so Hiered, the Selectmen Shall furnish the Committe\\nwith money or Specie soficient to pay them and Raise the\\nSame of the town by way of assessment.\\nAt a meeting held July 5, 1780,\\nVoted, That those Twenty men that is Required to\\nmake up our proportion of men Shall be Hired.\\nVoted, To Chuse a Committe to Hire said men.\\nVoted, That Capt. John Underbill, Jacob Chase, EsqS\\nand maj William White be that Committe.\\nVoted, That the Said Committe Shall Call upon the\\nSelect men, and they Shall Give theyr Securety to those\\nmen that they Shall Hier for what they shall agree with\\nthem for, and Pay them.\\n10", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "14G HISTORY OF THE TOWN OP CHESTER.\\nAt an adjourned meeting held July 10, 1780,\\nVoted, That what men the Committe Have Raised, be\\nExcepted on the Terms the committe agreed with them for\\n(Viz.), that they have iO lUishels of Indian Corne p month,\\nand 250 Dollers for three months, and in proportion for a\\nLonger or a Shorter time.\\nVoted, That the Selectmen Proceed as they have Be-\\ngun in Respect to Beef untill they have Compleated the\\nSum the Court Have Called on the Town for (Viz.), that\\ntliey Ingage money Equal to Corn at three Shillings p\\nrHisheUfor what they Purches.\\nAt a meeting in November,\\nVoted, That the Selectmen Shall make a Corn Rate on\\ntho Inhabitants, to Pay the Solders what Corn they have\\nIngaged to them.\\nThe Presbyterians voted to raise one thousand dollars to\\nhire preaching, and to pay the ministers fifty dollars per\\nday.\\nThe winter of 1780 was remarka])le for its severity.\\nCoffin s history of Newbury and Chase s history of Haver-\\nhill both say that for forty days, thirty-one of which were\\nin March, there was no perceptible thaw on the southerly\\nside of any house. It is my impression that it was in\\nJanuary instead of March that it did not thaw.\\nDavid Allen, Esq., of Salem, N. H., related to me, about\\nforty years ngo, the circumstances as they occurred there.\\nHe or his father owned a grist-mill, and tlie people wanted\\na path to get to it. It would snow one day and blow the\\nnext. They broke with oxen until the snow was so deep\\nand the oxen so cross, that they gave it up and tried a sin-\\ngle track, so that they coidd go to mill on horseliack but\\nthey had to give that up also, and carry their grists on\\ntheir backs, traveling on snow-shoes.\\nThe same year is also memorable for the dark day,\\nthe 19th of May. The sun Avas seen at its rising, but was\\nsoon obscured by clouds and smoke, and it was so dark in\\nthe middle of the day that the fowls went to roost and\\ncandles were needed. It continued dark through the day\\nand first part of the night.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP THE TOWN OP CHESTER. 147\\n1781. At a meeting held Jan. 29, 1781,\\nVoted, That a Committc Sliall l)c chosen to Procure\\nour proportion of Solders for tliree eurs, or J)iiring the\\npresent warr.\\nVoted, That the above (-omniitte Consists of five men.\\nVoted, Capt. imderhill, Lent. Jahez lloit, Eoli Wilson,\\nEsq., Capt. Stephen I)earl)on and John (Jrahani to be the\\nConnnitte to Procure the Said men.\\nVoted, That the above C. ommitte be Desired to Procure\\ntheir above proportion of men upon as Reasonable terms as\\nthey can for the J enefit of the Town and that the Select-\\nmen llier money and pay what they Shall Ing-age them;\\nand as soon as Reasonalde Raise ye money of the town\\naccording to Law, by way of assessment, as other town\\nCharges are Raised.\\nAt a meeting held ]\\\\[arch 5, 1781,\\nVoted, That the Selectmen procuer in the best manner\\nthey can, and Deliver agrcealde to the Court order, one\\nthird of the Beef called for liy Congress for tlie year 1781,\\nby the Last Day of march Listant (V^z.), 9200 pounds.\\nVoted, To add four men as Conimitte men to joyn the\\nCommitte chosen to Lilist Continentell Solders.\\nVoted, Joseph Lynn, Callal) Hall, C:ip^ Benj Currier\\nand Cap Henry moore, for the Said Committe.\\nAt a meeting held July 5,\\nVoted, To Raise our proportion of Beef for the armey.\\nVoted, To make a iieef Tax.\\nVoted, Tliat the selectmen Sliall Divide the Town into\\nclasses in order to Procure the above said Beef.\\nVoted, That the Selectmen be Lupowcred to Set a\\nTaluo upon Beef, that any Delinquent class Should have\\nprovided, or any Individual lielonging to any Class and\\nmake assessmeiits on them Soficient to j)urches Said Beef,\\nand that one half of s beef be paid within three weeks,\\nand the other half in Septcmbr next.\\nVoted, That Lent. John San. Dearljon and pearson\\nRichardson be added to the Committe for Procuring our\\ncota of the Contentel Solders.\\nAt a meeting July oO,\\nVoted, That in order to Procure tlie three months\\nmen now Rctpured, the Selectmen Shall Divide the Town\\ninto Classes according to their Poles and Estates, and make\\nas many Classes as there is three months men Required", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "140 HISTORY OP THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nout of this Town and that Every Class be ohliged to pro-\\ncure one man for that Service and if any Class, person,\\nor persons in Said Class Shall Refuse or Neglect to pay his\\nproportion towards Hiering or paying said man, the Select-\\nmen Shall assess him Duble his proportion for the Hier of\\nsaid man and he or they Shall be obliged to pay it.\\nAt a meeting Nov. 1,\\nVoted, That Jethro Colby Shall be a Collector to Colect\\nand Gather what Corn is yet Due to the Town, and that the\\npresent Selectmen Shall Give the Said Colector a warrant\\nto Colect Said Corn, or the Value thereof in money, as the\\nSaid Selectmen Shall Judge Right and just.\\nCapt. John Underbill and Robert Wilson, Esq., were\\nchosen representatives to the General Assembly To trans-\\nact such Business, and Pursue such mesurs as they may\\nJudge Necessary for the Publick Good, and Particularly to\\nvote in the Choyce of Delegates for the Continental Con-\\ngress.\\nMr. Flagg acknowledges the receipt of eight thousand\\ncontinental dollars in full of his salarj^ the year past. The\\nPresbyterians voted to raise four thousand dollars this\\nyear.\\n1782. January 8, 1782,\\nIt was Put to Vote to See if the Town Will Except of\\nthe plan of Government as it now Stands, and it was past\\nuniversally in the Negative 149 Voters being present.\\nA^:)ted, That Lent. Jabez Hoit Shall carry these Votes\\npast with Regard to the plan of Government, with the\\nCommitc s proposed alterations and amendments, to Con-\\ncord, and Deliver them to the president of the Convention\\nto be held there the foarth Wednesday of Januar^ Instant.\\nVoted, That six more persons be added to the former\\nCommitte to make any further Remarks or amendments on\\nthe plan of Government that they may Think Nescccry,\\nand make return at the adjournment.\\nVoted, Lent. Sam Hesseltine, Joseph Linn, Joseph\\nBlanchard, Capt. Benja. Currier, Sam Emerson, Esq., and\\nthe Reve mr. Flagg be the men.\\nVoted, That Jethro Colby be Cleared from Colecting\\nthe Corn that Remains Not Colected.\\nJanuary 14,\\nVoted, That a Committe be chosen to Take the minds", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 149\\nof Such Inhabitants of the Town as liave not Voted in the\\nmeetings Respecting tlie Plan of Government.\\nVoted, That tlie Committee Consist of five persons.\\nVoted, That L^ William Lock, Theodor Shackford,\\nJose])h I lanchard, Joseph Linn and Richard Hesseltine be\\nthe members of the Committee.\\nA^oted, That Hezekiah Undcrhill and Sam Crnmbio\\nbe Colectors to Colect tlie Remainder of the Corn tax which\\nwas Due for the year 1780.\\nApril 9,\\nhi order to procure our Quota of men to fill up the\\nContentinetel army it is Voted, that the Select men class\\nthe Town into Seventeen classes Equel as they can accord-\\ning to poles and Estate and that Each Class Shall Frocuer\\none man Each Class and Further A oted, that if any class,\\nor any Ferticular person in Said Class, Shall Refuse or un-\\nreasonably Neglect to pay his proportionable part of the\\ncharge Toward Hiering and paying Said man as atforesaid,\\nthe Select men Shall assess Such Class, or Such Ferticuler\\nman in Said Class, Duble his proportion for Such Neglect.\\nSaid money Shall be paid l)y the 20 Day of may next.\\nVoted, That the Select men Shall pay for the Rum that\\nwill not be Received by the State as Soon as possablc, and\\nmake the Best of the Rum the Town has now at Ilaverhill.\\nThe following Avas found among the papers of Col. Ste-\\nphen Dearborn\\nTo Capt. Steph:n Dearborn and 3Ir. Robert Roive\\nAgreeably to an act of the General Court and a vote of the\\ntown, the following persons who are named, with the\\namount of their ratable estate, are to procure one able-\\nbodied, effective man for the continental service three\\nyears, or during the war, to be ready to be mustered in, on\\nor before the 10th day of May next, or pay the fine agree-\\nable to law and vote of the town. You are desired to\\nnotify each one in this list to meet and prescribe such\\nmethod as they shall think proper in order to procure said\\nmen.\\nJabez Hoit, Selectmen\\nStephen Morse, of\\nJoseph Blanchard, Chester.\\nChester, April 29, 1782.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "s.\\nd.\\n9.\\nd.\\n1 9\\n1\\nBarnard Bricket\\n2 1\\n4\\n3 6\\n10\\nJohn Clark\\n1 7\\n10\\n00\\nAbraluun Morfie\\n12\\n9\\no\\nCapt. S. Dearborn\\n2 14\\n2 17\\n7\\nCaleb Hall\\n1 12\\n1\\n2 10\\n11\\nJonathan Emery\\n1 14\\n4\\n12\\n00\\nSamuel AYliite\\n16\\n6\\n2 18\\n8\\nAnthony Stickney\\n3\\n2 14\\n5\\nJNIoody Chase\\n1 18\\n9\\n1 6\\nWells chase\\n2 2\\n8\\n1 16\\n2\\nJeremiah Underbill\\n1 17\\n2\\n1 13\\n6\\nNathaniel Wood\\n1 14\\n2\\n150 HISTORY OP THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nDavid Richardson\\nJoseph Carr\\nEzekiel II. Kelly\\nWid. Ann Carr\\nLieut. John Lane\\nJonathan Norton\\nSimeon Norton\\nJoseph Norton\\nJonathan Berry\\nJeremiah Griffin\\nKobert Rowe\\nSamuel Murray\\nMay 23, 1782,\\nVoted, To Send Two men to the Convention.\\nVoted, That Jacob Chase, Esrf and major William\\nWhite Shall be members of the Convention to be held at\\nConcord the first Tuesday of June Next, by adjournment,\\nto frame a permanent Sistem of Government for the State\\nof Newhamp.\\nDecember 23,\\nIt was put to Vote to see if the Town will Exce})t of\\nthe Report of the Committe appoynted by the Town to\\nRevise the plan of Government and it was Voted that said\\nReport be Received and sent to the Convention at Concord,\\nas their Reasons and oljections wby they will not Receive\\nSaid plan as it now Stands, by the N\u00c2\u00b0 of 78 yeas and not\\none Nay.\\nJacob Hills refused to serve as constable, and paid his\\nfine. Two others were chosen, and it was voted that\\nthey should have nothing for their service. They had the\\nrates to collect.\\nThe money last year was the old continental, at alioiit\\nits lowest point. This year it must have been upon a\\nspecie basis.\\nCapt. Pierson Richardson agreed to deliver twenty cords\\nof wood to Mr. Flagg for |28. The Presbyterians voted to\\nraise t|!l50.\\n1783. At a meeting held May 15,\\nVoted, that Lent. Jabez Hoit Shall Represent the\\nTown as a member at the Convention to be held at Con-", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 151\\ncord on the first Tucsflay of June Next, for the purpose of\\nframin,!^ a pcrniencnt Plan of Goveruuient for the State of\\nNew Hampshh-e, in the pUice of Jacob Chase, Esq wlio\\nis Dismissed at his own Request.\\nMay 20,\\nPut to Vote whether to Except of the plan of Govern-\\nment as it Now Stands, past in the Negetivo by 127 one\\nfor it. Then it was put to V^ote to See if they Will Except\\nof it withe the pr()[)oseil amendments; And it Was Voted\\nto Except of it when the proposed amendments were made\\nto it.\\nAugust 28,\\nA^oted that the Last Peace ])nblis]ied l)y the Last Con-\\nvention held at Concord, Called the Alternetive, Be Ex-\\ncepted by t\\\\io Town 6i Votes for it Two against it.\\nThere was a great frost August 10.\\n1784. Two ini[)ortant events transj)ired this year Peace\\nhad been made witli Great Britain, the independence of\\nthe United States being acknowledged and the army dis-\\nhanded and a constitution of State governments formed.\\nThe chief executive was a president, and Meshecli We;ire,\\nof nani[)ton Falls, was nearly unanimously elected. The\\nCouncil was to consist of a certain number from each county,\\nami Rockingham was to have five.\\nThe votes in Chester were nearly unanimous. Chester\\nwas entitled to one representative, and Capt. John Under-\\nhill was elected. Two hundred dollars were voted for\\nschools. A committee of live v.as chosen to sell all the\\nwood and timber on the school and parsonage lots. The\\nCongregational parish Voted to take up the two Hind\\nSeats Each Side the Broad alley in order to Build four\\npews for the purpose of procuring a Bell. They chose\\na committee to build the pews, sell them at auction, and\\npurchase a bell. The pews were huilt and sold and bell\\nbought. See 1788.\\nMay 28, in a drunken row at the raising of I latter\\nUnderhill s barn, Sam. Blunt struck ;^^atthew Tcmijleton\\nwith a stone in the forehead, and broke in the skull. Dr.\\nKittredge was fccnt for, who removed the fractured bone", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "152 HISTORY OP THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nand replaced it with a piece of silver it healed and he\\nlived more than forty years afterwards.\\n1785. The Congregational parish, March 30,\\nPut to Voate to See if the parrish would take np the\\nShort Seats at the Right and Left hand of the Galery\\nDoors in the meeting house and build two pews whear s\\nSeats now air, and Sell the pews at A ^anduo and Let the\\nmoney Be Laid out as the parrish shall think best, and\\npast in the Affarmative.\\nVoated to Leave it to the wardens to Sell the ground\\nfor the pews or to Build the pews and then Sell them at\\nVandue to the Llighest Bidder, as they think Best.\\nVoted, that the money which the pews Shall Fetch\\nShall be Laid out toards Colloring the meeting house.\\nThe Presbyterian parish chose a committee to settle with\\nall wardens, collectors and committee-men who had the\\nparish money, and to pursue it to final judgment and exe-\\ncution.\\nVoted to raise thirty pounds to hire preaching, and\\nchose Dea. Forsaith, Tliomas McMaster and John Grimes\\nto supply the pulpit.\\nIn a warning for a meeting April 19, is an Article to\\nSee What Method the parish Will take Relating a petision\\nBy a number of parsons Belonging to Said parish, about\\nRemoving the Meeting house to a Senter to aComedate\\nthe Parish, c. John Crawford, John Grimes, Capt.\\nHenry Moor, Benjamin Melvin, Col. William White, Capt.\\nDavid Wetherspoon and Robert Grimes were chosen a\\ncommittee to fix a place. They reported to set the Meet-\\ning hous in at about Esqr. Chase s Brook. the parish\\nnot Satisfied. Adjourned and continued the committee.\\nAt the adjournment the committee reported to set the\\nmeeting hous on Cap John Underhill s land on the South\\nSide of the Rode, as Near his old hous as we Can Conve-\\nniently Set it as the Ground Will ajllow and it was\\nVoted that the Meeting house shall Set their.\\nThis year was remarkable for the quantity of snow, the\\nhardness and lateness of going off. James Graham at the", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. loo\\nLong Meadow died April 14. John Waddel, of Deny,\\ncame with horse and sleigli to the funeral across, over all\\nfences in his way. It came on warm, tlic snow went off,\\nand {)l()wing was done the 2oth.\\nOctoI)er 12, a daiigliter of Moses McFarland had her\\narm torn off in a cider mill.\\n178G. Tlie currency before the war had l)ecn l)ills of credit\\nissued by the Colony, depreciated and called old tenor.\\nDuring the war Congress had issued what was called Con-\\ntinental money in large qnantitios, which had been largely\\ncounterfeited and had depreciated, it is said, to one hun-\\ndred and twenty to one, and had been by nniversal consent\\nlaid aside. There Avas little gold and silver and little for-\\neign commerce, and we can hardly conceive the difficulties\\nthey experienced. There was a wide-spread dissatisfaction.\\nAs a specimen of the pecnniary condition of this time\\nMy father, B. P. Chase, in November, 1785, purchased a\\ntract of land of the proprietors, and to raise the money to\\npay for it, he made hogshead hoops shaved fit to set, and\\ncarted them to Newbnryport and sold them for ten dollars\\nper thousand took his pay in New England rum, carted\\nthat to Chester, and sold it to the traders for the same he\\n[)aid in Newkuryport. Staves were sold six score to the\\nhundred, and I think hoops were.\\nAbout September 20th a company of men, that may be\\ncalled a mol), assemlded at Exeter and demanded of the\\nGeneral Court to issue paper money. The Court put them\\noff, and meanwhile called in the militia and dispersed\\nthem. A man by the name of Eaton, of Sandown, and\\none by the name of Morse, of Londonderry, were im-\\nprisoned.\\nIn the warning for a town meeting, November 14, were\\narticles To see if the Town will accept the plan the Gen-\\neral Court have sent to the Several towns and places of\\nthis State for Emiting a paper Currency as it now stands,\\nTo see if the Town will Vote to have Sum allcrations\\nmade than what is set forth in Said plan. Both articles\\nwere voted in thanegative.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "15-1 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OP CHESTER.\\nThis year was remarkable for the number of wolves.\\nStephen Chase says in liis diary Fol)ruary 6, Hunting\\nwolves started seven plentier than for fifteen years.\\nFeb. 14, Shot a wolf. I\\\\[arch 8, Mr. Brown killed a wolf.\\nWilliam Graham, Esq., told of his mother taking him to\\nthe door to hear the wolves howl, and that they came\\naround the barn in the night after the shioep, but the barn\\nhappened to be shut up. Col. Thomas Wilson, who lived\\non the mountain in the upper part of Candia, related to me\\nthat one day in the spring his cattle were in the woods to\\nbrowse. He heard a roaring among them, and ran to them,\\nand a wolf had a young creature by the flank. He went\\nup, put his hands on the creature s back and drew his foot\\nback to kick the wolf, but the wolf let go his hold, gave a\\nsnarl and ran away.\\nMarch 28, the Presbyterian parish voted to build a meet-\\ning-house on the plan appointed by the committee. They\\nchose Mr. Morse, Hugh Tolford, Thomas McMaster, Col.\\nWliite, Samuel Sherlcy, Anthony Stickney, William Bell,\\nJohn Grimes and Peter Aiken a commiLtce, To Consider\\nthe Bigness of the house and draw a draft of the Pues, and\\nmake Ileturn as soon as may be.\\nApril 24,\\nTlie Comitys plan of the house and Pues is Excepted.\\nV that this former Comity is empowered to sell the Pues.\\n1T87. Samuel Emerson, who had been town clerk\\nsince 1784, was chosen again this year, and John Emerson,\\nhis son, was chosen assistant clerk, and the hand-writing\\nof the records changes.\\n1788. At a town meeting held January 1, Joseph\\nBlanchard was chosen a Delegate to set in a Convention\\nthat is to Be Holdcn at Exeter Court House on the second\\nWednesday of Fcbu next, for the Purpose of taking into\\nConsideration 1h,e Purposed Constitution made by tlie Fed-\\neral Convention tlic 17 of Scpf, 1787, for the approba-\\ntion or Disap})robation of the same when meet.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP THE TOWN OP CHESTER. 155\\nThe first meeting to choose representatives to congress\\nand electors of president and vice-president, under the\\nFederal constitution, was lield December 15. The com-\\nmittee had purchased a ])ell weighing about six hundred\\npounds. It was said to have l)ccn a first-rate one, having\\nbeen heard at McFarland s tavern, a mile and a half this\\nside of Haverhill, being more than fourteen miles as the\\nroad is traveled. It was raised the 12 day of Juno. A\\nparish meeting was held June 2l5, at which it was i)ut to\\nVote to see if the parisli would Except of the Boll as it\\nhang, free of all Costs Exce})t what the pews sold for past\\nin the affirmative. They voted to be at the cost of ring-\\ning it Sunday, and other public days, and that others might\\nring it at their own expense at eight, twelve and nine\\no clock on other days.\\n1789. The town voted to vendue the poor of the town\\nto the lowest bidder.\\n1791. The town voted to sell all of their school lots.\\nJoseph Blanchard, Esq., was chosen to set in Convention\\nto be holden at Concord, the first Wednesday of Sept. next,\\nfor the })urpose of Revising the Constitution.\\nFebruary 17, 1791, an act was passed to give Jacob\\nGreen, Enoch Noyes, William Duncan and Daniel Liver-\\nmore, their heirs and assigns, the exclusive right to build a\\nbridge across Merrimack river, at any place one mile above\\nor one mile below Isle Ilooksett Falls, to be held as tenants\\nill conunoii and not as joint tenants.\\n1792. There was an article in the warning of the an-\\nnual meeting, To see if the town will Vote to Give their\\nConsent that the General Court should annex the North-\\nwesterly part of this town to I eml\u00c2\u00bbrook, etc. Jetliro\\nColby, Jabcz Hoit and John Porter were chosen a commit-\\ntee at the expence of the petitioners, to Join with Pem-\\nbrook Conimittce and see if it is expedient, etc., and report.\\nThere vras no report.\\nThe committee to sell the school lots made a return that", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "156 HISTORY OP THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nthe whole amount of all the lots was X139 8s, 3d. Richard\\nDearborn purchased No. G7, 2 P., 2 D.\\nMay 7th a meeting was held for accepting or rejecting\\nthe amendments proposed to the Constitution. The amend-\\nments were taken up separately, and almost unanimously\\nadopted.\\nMr. Flagg had become infirm, and unable to perform his\\nministerial duties, and two committees were sent to enter\\ninto arrangements with him. A vote was tried whether\\nthe parish would give him three-quarters of his salary dur-\\ning his life, but it did not pass.\\n]\\\\Iay 30, 1703, voted to give Mr. Flagg thirty pounds and\\ntwelve cords of wood yearly during his life, he relinquish-\\ning his pastoral charge.\\nOctober 2, began to take toll at McGregorc s Ijridge,\\nthe first bridge across Merrimack river.\\nOctober 27, Isaac Hill s negro had the small-pox.\\n1793. The revised (our present) constitution was rati-\\nfied and in force. The senators were chosen by districts,\\nthe councilors by counties.\\nJoseph Blanchard, Stephen Chase and Stephen Dear-\\nborn were empowered to sell all the parsonage lots in\\nChester, reserving the proceeds of the hundred-acre lot to\\nthe Long Meadows, should they be incorporated into a\\nparish before 1801. There was an attempt this year to\\nunite the two parishes. The Congregational parish chose\\nStephen Chase, Esq., Caj)t. Benj. Currier, Ca})t. Simon\\nTowlc, Capt. Locke, and Josiah Flagg, Esq., a committee to\\ntry to agree with the other parish relating to settling a\\nminister. Li tlie warning for a meeting of the Presby-\\nterian parish, March 12, 1793, was an article To see if\\nthe parish will choose a committee to Joyn a committee of\\nthe Congregational Parish to confer and report the pro-\\npriety of settling two ministers in said town to be paid by\\nthe town at large, or otherwise to make proposals of con-\\nditions for both Parishes to join together as one, and lay\\ntlie same before said Parish at some future mectino;.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 157\\nEnsign Slicrley, Esq. White, Samuel Slierley, Esq. Blanch-\\narcl, and William Bell, were chosen a committee. There is\\nnotliing more on the Congregational records about it. The\\nPresbyterians voted not to accept of the report, whatever\\nit might have been.\\nAt a meeting of tlie Congregational parish, INIay 30, it\\nwas voted to give Mv. Nathan Bradstreet a call to give him\\n\u00c2\u00a313 yearly during Mr. Flagg s life, and a parsonage worth\\nfifty-foiu- dollars per annum, and after Mr. Flagg s decease,\\na salary of X90 as long as he should perform tlie work of the\\nministry. Jethro Colby, Jacob Hill, Amos Merril, Stephen\\nMerril and David Hall entered their dissent against the\\nvote. The parsonage was afterwards, at Mr. Bradstrect s\\nrequest, exchanged for the money. The last Wednesday\\nin October was appointed for the ordination. Esquire\\nFlagg was to entertain the ministers free of cost, Edmond.\\nWebster was to provide for the delegates, and a room for\\nthe council.\\nAt a meeting of the Presbyterian parish. May G,\\nVoted, that the old Meeting house Shall be taken Down\\nand Set on the Ground that Capt. Underbill Purposes to\\nthem. Near Josej)!! Calph s.\\nVoted, tluit Will Bell, William Wilson, John Grimes,\\nHugh Tolford, and Joseph Lins, is empowered To take\\ndown these old meeting houses, and Build a New one, or\\nCause it to be Done.\\nThe first Presljyterian meeting-house, built about 1739,\\nand the Little meeting-house, which stood where the\\nRev. Mr. Holmes house stands, were taken down, and the\\nmaterials, as far as could be, were wrought into tlic Long\\nMeadow meeting-house, which stood where the burying-\\nground is, on No. 73, 2P. 2 D. The new house was raised\\nJuly 4th, and the pews were sold July 11th, 1793. Dedi-\\ncated January 1st, 1794.\\nThe Chester Social Lilirary first opened June 0, 1798.\\nIt was incorporated in 1797.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 159\\n1704. TliG account of tlic committee to sell the parson-\\nage lots was rendered. Tliey sold I or X240 8s. I d. Ex-\\npenses, X5 7s. Gd. remains, \u00c2\u00a3244 Is*. 3d.\\nThere was an article to see if any encourag emeut\\nshould be given to raise our quota of 80,000 men that had\\nbeen called for. Dismissed.\\nThe Presbyterian parish cliose William IMills, Jolni\\nGrimes, William Shirley, Joseph Blanchard, David Currier,\\nJames Wason and Benjamin Mclvin, ruling elders. Josepli\\nBlanchard, William Wilson and John Grimes accepted,\\nand were ordained l)y the Rev. David Annan.\\nI\\nf 1\\n.-ifi\\n-ITT-\\ni\\n1.\\ni; 1 1 1\\n,j-\\ni I\\n11 Bl\\niNsiiiE View of LoNG-5tKAT ow MEKXixn-HorsE.\\nThis year was remarkable for the forwardness of the\\nseason, and for the great frost the night of the 17th\\nand morning of the IStli of May. Richard Mclvin, Esq.,\\nrecollects that when Esquire Blanchard moved his wife\\nhome, April 23d, the a])ple-trees were in blossom. The\\nrye was headed and the flax up, but the apples and all wore", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "160 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nkilled by the frost. It is said that the canker worms,\\nwhich had been very troublesome for years before, were\\ngreatly checked by the frost.\\n1795. The two parishes chose committees to make rules\\nin regard to taxing, and changing from one parish to\\nthe other, which were adopted but the document is too\\nlong to be copied. The Congregationalists refused to divide\\nthe parsonage money. They voted to take up seats, and\\nhave a singing pew built. November 19th, the Presbyte-\\nrian parish voted to hire the Rev. David Annan two-thirds\\nof the time for four years, and pay him two hundred dol-\\nlars each year. The committee engaged Mr. Annan a\\nhouse to live in, and they entered into a strong written\\nobligation, which, however, Mr. Annan proving intem-\\nperate, was dissolved October 7, 1799. This is the first\\nintimation we have in the records of those who had been\\nemployed to preach. Money had been voted, collectors\\nchosen, and committees to supply the pulpit, and nothing\\nfurther.\\n1796. May 18th, David Carr s wife was buried the\\nfirst in Long-Meadow burying-ground.\\nNovember 7, the town voted to divide the proceeds of\\nthe sale of the parsonage lots equally between the two\\nparishes. It was done March 28th, 1797, each parish\\nreceiving X572 9s.\\nThere remained in the hands of the treasurer six hun-\\ndred dollars, the proceeds of the sale of the school lots.\\nNov. 14, Rev. Mv. Flagg died.\\n1797. There was an attempt to build a new pound, or\\nremove the old one, which stood near El)enezer Townsend s\\nbarn. It was voted that it should remain there ten years,\\nand to sell Mr. Townscnd the land incumbered by his\\nbuildings.\\nJune 14, 1786, there was a meeting-house raised in Ray-\\nmond, at what was considered the centre of the town, near\\nwhere David Page lived. October 18, 1797, it was moved\\nto the present centre. It is the present town-house.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 161\\n1798. Gov. Gilman in two or three years reviewed all\\nthe militia in the Stale. October oth of tliis year, he re-\\nviewed the Seventeenth Reginunit. The iniistcr was on\\nBenjamin Browji s (now V/oodhury Martin s) held. Col.\\nStephen Dearborn commanded, and he killed an ox and\\ngave a lunch of beef and bread to the regiment. It was\\nsaid that the whole cxj^ense cost him one hundred dollars.\\nThey were late in forming the line and the Governor kept\\nthem and performed the firing after dark. There was a\\nCol. Hubbard who made powder at King s Falls in Exeter,\\nof Avhich it was said tliat a cask of it caught lire, and more\\nthan half of it burned up before they could blow it out.\\nSomething of the kind was used on this occasion, and a\\nstream of fire could be seen two yards from tlie nuiz/le of\\nthe gun when they fired.\\n1799. There was another attempt to have the upper end\\nof the town annexed to reml)roke, aud a hearing was to l)e\\nhad in June. There was an article in the warning of the\\nannual meeting respecting it. It passed in the negative.\\nJosiah Flagg died April 2 1 he bell was broken while\\ntolling for his funeral. There was a parish meeting called\\nMay 29, on the sul)ject. It was voted to have a bell to\\nweigh eight hundred pounds. Benjamin Brown, Isaac\\nHills and Edmund Webster were chosen a committee to\\nprocure it. They were to take the old bell and a subscrip-\\ntion of 627 that had been raised, and draw on the parish\\ntreasurer for the balance. Aug. 14, the bell was raised.\\nThe committee rendered their account Oct. 9, 1799. They\\npaid Aaron Ilolbrook for casting and new metal, \u00c2\u00a323 12s.\\npaid ibr more metal in Boston, \u00c2\u00a312 15s. lOd. other bills,\\nso that it cost besides the old bell, X-17 Gs. 4d, Avhen it\\nwas hung.\\nDecember 14, Gen. Washington died.\\n1800. On Monday the tenth day of Fel)ruary, Anno\\nDomini 1800, a mnnber of the inhabitants of the town of\\nChester met at the lower meeting-liouse in said town, to\\ndetermine on some suitable mode of ))aying resjiect to tiie\\nmemory of Gen. George Wasiiington. After choosing\\n11", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "162 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nJoseph Blancliard, Esq., moderator of the meeting, and\\nAmos Kent, Esq., clerk, the following resolves were unan-\\nimously passed\\nl That it he recommended to as many of the Inhah-\\nitants of Chester as convenient, to meet at or near the\\nHouse of Mr. Benjamin Brown in said Chester on Saturday,\\nthe 22 of this Ins Feb^ to pay a Tribute of Respect to\\nthe virtues of the late Deceased General George Wash-\\nington.\\n2 That the Inhabitants when met form in Procession\\nand march to the meeting-house, and that the Rev M\\nBradstreet be Requested to officiate on the occasion.\\n8 That the front of the gallery and Pulpit be mantled\\nwith Black.\\n4 That Cap*. Abraham Towle with his company of light\\nInfantry, be requested to attend on the occasion as a Mil-\\nitary Escort.\\n5 That messrs. Benjamin Brown, Benj^ True, Jif,\\nOzias Silsby, Joseph Blancliard and Amos Kent, Esq be\\na committee to carry the foregoing Resolves into effect, and\\nto make such other arrangements as they shall think suit-\\nable on the occasion.\\nThe committee above named having met, unanimously\\nagreed to recommend to the inhabitants of Chester, and of\\nother towns who should think ])roper to attend on the occa-\\nsion, to meet at the house of Mr. Benjamin Brown at ten of\\nthe clock in the forenoon of February 22, each having a\\nblack crape on the lower jiart of the left arm. The com-\\nmittee also recommend to the keepers of shops and to the\\ndifferent mechanics, to shut shcir shops on the 22d of Feb-\\nruary, and to the different classes of citizens to abstain from\\nlabor on that day. On the morning of the 22d of Febru-\\nary, a large concourse of people from Chester and the\\nneighboring towns met as re(iuested at the house of Mr.\\nBenjamin Brown. At half-i)ast eleven o clock a procession\\nwas formed in the following order\\n1**. Music Drum muffled and fifes trimmed with black,\\n2 Cap*. Towle s company of Light Infantry, with arms\\nreversed, as a military escort.\\n3 Committee of arrangements.\\n4 Selectmen and town clerk.\\n5 Chaplain and orator.\\n6 Civil magistrates.\\n7 Field ofticers.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. IGo\\n8 Capt. and subalterns of the Infantry and trooj) in\\ntlicir uniform with their side arms trinnned with bhick.\\nit Deacons, cklcrs and wardens of churches.\\n10 Musicians.\\n11 Professional characters.\\n12 Private citizens.\\nThe procession marched a slow march toward the inoet-\\ning-honse, the bell tolling, and the military escort moving\\nwith their arms reversed. On arriving at the meeting-\\nhouse the military opened to the right and left, and rested\\non their arms until the procession had marched through.\\nThe solenmities were opened by a funeral anthem. A Judi-\\ncious prayer followed, a discourse, pertinent and well\\nadapted to the occasion, delivered by the Rev. Mr. Brad-\\nstreet, and several pieces of music suited to the occasion\\nwere performed to general acceptance by the singers. After\\nthe services were over, the procession returned in the same\\norder as they came, a quick march to the place where they\\nfirst formed, when the militia opened to the right and left,\\nthe procession walked through and each one retired to his\\nhome.\\nA solemn and decent deportment appeared in every class\\nof citizens upon this occasion the countenance of every\\none bespoke the most sincere and nnah ectcd sorrow for the\\nloss of a man who had rendered such signal and eminent\\nservice to his country.\\nAt the annual meeting, Benjamin Brown, Simon Towlc\\nand Stephen Chase were chosen a committee to consider\\nthe petition of Nathl. Head and others, praying to be\\nannexed to Pembroke. They re})orted that they had been\\non the ground and heard the parties that nearly one-half\\nthe residents of the territory were opposed to the measure\\nand that it would be a greater burden on Chester to main-\\ntain the road through Chester woods, and recommended\\nthat an agent be choscji to oi)pose it. Simon Tuwlc, the\\nrepresentative, was chosen agent.\\nThere was also a committee chosen, consisting of Jose|ih\\nBlanchard, William White, Benjamin Brown, Amos Kent\\nand Daniel French, to make report on the expediency of the\\nrevision of the Constitution. Joseph Blanchard, in behalf\\nof the committee, made a report in favor of the measure.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "164 HISTORY OP THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nI give some of his statistics and calculations that they may-\\nbe compared with ])rcscnt expenditures. The Legislature\\nthen held two sessions.\\nTravel of 158 members to Concord .$1500\\nII days attendance 3476\\nTravel to Exeter 1550\\n28 days attendance 8840\\n$15366\\nThey were in favor of reducing the members to as few\\nas one hundred and twenty, and alter the time of sitting so\\nas to have one session of twenty-five days only, and ^oot up\\nTravel, about $1200\\nPay of members GOUO\\n$7200\\nMaking a saving of $8096\\nThis is but a specimen. The committee went through\\nthe whole expenditures of the State, and made so good a\\ncase that there were ninety-six votes in favor of a revision\\nand none against it. But the Constitution, after sixty-\\nseven years fnrther experience, remains unchanged.\\nCHAPTER VIII.\\nFROM 1801 TO 1868.\\n1801. The Presbyterians from the lower part of the\\ntown owned pews and attended meeting at the Long\\nMeadows, more or less. Quite a numljcr of families of Eng-\\nlish descent, as a matter of convenience, joined the Presby-\\nterian parish, and they considered their meeting-house too\\nsmall and at a parish meeting. May 7th, the parish voted\\nto cut the meeting-house asunder and put in 15 feet.\\nJoseph Blanchard, Esq., Mr. James Wason, and Mr. Paul\\nAdams, were chosen a committee to build the addition and\\nsell the pews. The house was cut in the middle, moved", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CIIFSTER. 165\\napart, and fifteen feet put in, October 1st. It created some\\ndifficulty, because it removed people s pews further fi-oni\\nthe pulpit. James McFarland left the meeting, and went\\nto Candia.\\n1802. The Prosl)yterian meeting-house was not finished,\\nand the committee was instructed to finish it all but\\npainting.\\n1803, The Presbyterian parish voted to have the sing-\\ning carried on in the singing pew all of the time. They\\nprobably had had congregational singing a part of the\\ntime. At a parish meeting, ]\\\\[ay 30th, the parish voted to\\ngive the Rev. Zaccheus Colby a call to settle, and voted three\\nhundred dollars as an annual salary. Mr. Colby made a\\nlong communication, giving his views respecting baptizing\\nthe children of parents who had been baptized, but were\\nnot in full communion with the church, which was called\\nthe half-way covenant. (See Ecclesiastical and Religious\\nHistory.) Mr. Colby had been the ordained minister at\\nPenil)roke, and was re-installed October loth.\\nMay 8th, there was a fall of six inches of snow. The\\npeach trees were in blossom, and the grain and flax were\\nup. ]jcnaiah Spofford says that he went from Hawk to\\nHaverhill in a sleigh the Oth day, but came home on bare\\nground.\\nThe l)ell was broken, and there were a num])cr of indi-\\nviduals who were taxed in two places, and a parish meet-\\ning was called December 5th. Josiah Hall, Joseph If all,\\nand Benjamin Hall, were taxed by the Presbyterian pai-isli,\\nand probalily attended meeting there. The Congregational\\nparish voted to relinquish Benjamin Hall s tax, and not\\nthe others. William Murray s and John ^furray s taxes\\nwere relinrpiished, they procuring receipts that they had\\npaid in Candia.\\nVoted, to sell the old bell, and purchase a new one.\\nHenry Sweetser, Josiah Bradley, and Benjamin Brown,\\nwere chosen a committee to transact said Business.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "16 tJ HISTORY OP THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\n1804. At tlio annual town meeting, Henry Sweetser\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was chosen an agent to petition the General Court to have\\nthe line altered, and established in the following manner\\nto begin at the S. W. corner of s Chester, being a pitch\\npine No. 134 then on the east side of said lot No. 134, in\\nthe 4 Division of the fang of the pond, so called then di-\\nviding the waters so as to leave Great Island in Derryiield\\nand Deerneck in Chester, to the south west bounds of lot\\nNo. 41, in said 4 Division and on Northerly between\\nit and No. 42, to the N. E. corner of s 42 then about W.\\nN. W., on the middle of tlie reserve ])etween the 8 9\\nranges, until it comes to No. 102 thence to run N. 10 W.\\nto the original head line of Chester then on the said head\\nline to the river. The alteration was not made.\\nThe General Court passed an act December 30, 1803,\\nrequiring the several towns in the State to make surveys of\\ntheir respective towns, and make plans and send to the\\nSecretary s office, for the purpose of making a State map.\\nAt a meeting August 27, Stephen Chase, Joseph Blanchard\\nand William White were chosen a committee to make the\\nsurvey. The town lines, the principal roads, including two\\nturnpikes, Massabesic pond and Exeter river, were sur-\\nveyed, and a plan made by Escpiire Chase, aided by his son\\nStephen Chase, Jr., which is now in the Secretary s office.\\nThe expense was Joseph Blanchard, twelve days, $18\\nWilliam White, eleven days, $14.07; Stephen Chase,\\nthirty-six days, 147.\\nThe General Court made a contract with Philip Carri-\\ngain to get up the map, which after long delays was pub-\\nlished, and a copy sent to each town. It was called\\nCarrigain s Map.\\nAt the same meeting it was voted That the selectmen\\nbe Impowered to build a stone pound on the main Road\\nleading to Pembrook, on the N. E. corner of David Undcr-\\nhill s Land, he giving the same for s use. The pound\\ncost $46.45.\\nThe committee to procure a bell sent the old one to a\\nMr. Holbrook, of Brookfield, Mass., to be recast. His bill", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 167\\nwas 823G.95 the whole expense, 8298. Oo. Tlie bell was\\nraised August 20th. At the same thne a town ch)ck was\\npurchased of Mr. Ilolhrook I)y subscription, at a cost, I\\nthink, of one hundred dolUirs. The parish paid the ex-\\npense of putting up a dial, c., 822.1-1. The clock proved\\na bad bargain, as it never went well, and a great deal of\\nmoney was expended on it to little purpose.\\nJohn Emery and Stephen Heath shot a bear, and about\\nthe same time Capt. James Orr caught one in a trap, the\\nlast killed in Chester. A little later B. P. Chase saw one.\\nThe late Judge Bell states that as late as 1810, as Cul.\\nIsrael W. Kelley was riding on the river road in Goffstown,\\nabout a mile above the falls, he saw two girls very nuich\\nfrightened, who said they had seen a bear when, looking\\nup tlie bank in the direction they pointed out, he saw the\\nbear. He walked his horse and guarded them to the next\\nhouse. Probably this was the last in this region.\\n1805. Chester turnpike was built this year, and the\\nbridge across the pond for the Londonderry turnj)ike.\\nThe Presbyterian parish gave lil)erty to some individuals\\nto build horse-sheds on the parish land. Hitliertu the\\nhorses, some of them coming six miles, stood entirely ex-\\nposed to the weather.\\nThe singers had lil)crty to extend the singing pew.\\nThere was a very unfortunate occurrence this year.\\nDecember 12th, in the evening, several men who were at\\nwork on the Straits bridge started ostensibly to go to Peter\\nSeverance s to procure his cattle the next day. One by\\nthe name of Barnes arrived there long enough before the\\nrest to have Mrs. Severance get up, dress herself, and draw\\na mug of cider for him, and he went to the door and tln-ew\\nit open against her two or three times. By this time, the\\nrest of the party having arrived, Mr. Severance, suspecting\\nthat some violence was intended, fired his gun, the charge\\npassing Barnes, who still stood in the door, and killed Ben-\\njamin Whittier, of Boscawen. At the February term,\\n1806, he was convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to\\ntwelve months imprisonment, and pay costs.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "68 HISTORY OP THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\n1806. The town voted to pay a bounty of twelve cents\\nfor killing crows. The question of having a work-house\\ncame up and was dismissed.\\nThere was an act passed Dec. 28, 1805, authorizing\\ntowns to divide the towns into school districts. The town\\nwas divided into twenty districts, rather indefinitely\\nbounded.\\nJune 16, sun totally eclipsed four minutes and a half.\\n1807. There had been an act passed for furnishing sol-\\ndiers with rations muster day. The bill this year amounted\\nto $63.25.\\nGreat Britain and France were carrying on a most san-\\nguine war, and Avere not at all disposed to respect the\\nrights of neutrals, and American commerce suffered se-\\nverely. The Americans enjoyed, notwithstanding all of\\ntheir losses, a lucrative carrying trade, but the government,\\nto protect their rights or to prevent further wrongs, laid\\nan embargo on all foreign commerce. This entirely par-\\nalyzed all business in the sea-ports. As an illustration of\\nits effects, Edward and Stark Ray had bought the Oswego\\nmill, with some two huudred acres of land, covered with a\\nheavy growth of pine timber at this time they drew their\\nlumber to ]\\\\rartin s Ferry, rafted it to Newbury port, and\\nsold it for eight dollars per thousand, and the market was\\nlimited at that price.\\n1808. At a town meeting held .Sept. 26, a committee,\\nconsisting of John Bell, John Folsom, Benjamin Brown,\\nHenry Sweetser, Nathaniel Head, Joseph Blanchard, Wil-\\nliam Moore, Benjamin Eaton, John Wason, John Wilson,\\nAmos Kent and Ebenezer Townsend, was chosen to consider\\nthe propriety of preparing a respectful petition to the Pres-\\nident of the United States, praying him to suspend the\\noperation of the laws laying an embargo on the ships and\\nvessels of tlie United States so far as relates to Spain,\\nPortugal and their rcs])ective colonies. The committee\\nmade a very long report that it would not be expedient, but\\nuseless, inasmuch as respectful petitions from a great num-", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. IGO\\nbor of large and populous towns had been presented to llio\\nPicsident, praying* to have the embargo suspended so far as\\nrelates to the countries against which we have no cause of\\ncomplaint, and where we could have exchanged our provis-\\nions and lumber for articles of the first importance, A^c;\\nthe answers to these petitions have uniforndy Ijccn of the\\nsame tenor, that while the causes for laying it still existed,\\nthe embargo must remain, i^ c. They vindicated themselves\\nfrom the charge of want of patriotism and exhorted the\\npeople to gain and impart correct information on political\\nsubjects, G.\\nJuno 27, there was a tornado which blew down the barn\\n^of Wells Chase while he and his grand-daughter Sarah\\nChase were in it milking. They escaped with little injury.\\n1800. Rev. Mr. Colby had a paralytic shock in the desk\\nwhile reading the last hymn, in the summer of 1808, which\\ndisabled him from preaching. There was a parish meeting\\ncalled Jan. 2, 1809, to which Mr. C( ll)y made a communi-\\ncation, saying that if he were no better before March meet-\\ning he would resign his charge. At the annual meeting\\nhe asked a dismission, which was granted.\\nThere was a petition presented to the Congregational\\nparish by certain individuals, for the ]\u00c2\u00bbrivilege of having\\nministers of other denominations preach in the meeting-\\nhouse when it would not interfere with Mr. Bradstreet s\\nliicctings. Liberty was granted for the admission of JMcth-\\nodists, Baptists and Freewill Baptists, but only of those\\ntliat the committee, consisting of Rev. Mr. Bradstreet,\\nBenjamin True and Nathan Knowles, should approve.\\n1810. There were individuals who once paid taxes to\\nthe Congregational parish Avho were inclined towards other,\\ndenominations and being dissatisfied with Mr. Bradsti eet,\\nthey declined paying taxes. At the annual meeting there\\nwas a committee of twelve chosen to confer with Mr. Brad-\\nstreet to see ort what condition he would dissolve the con-\\nnection, and also confer Avith the disaffected members.\\nThey reported at the adjournment that Mr. Bradstreet s", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "170 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nterms ^vere to pay the loss which ho shoiikl experience in\\nthe sale of his real estate and the depreciation on his\\nsalary, which he supposed would amount to three thousand\\nand eight hundred dollars. The committee thought few of\\nthe disaffected persons would willingly be members of the\\nparish. Therefore they reported against a dissolution.\\nReport accepted.\\nJanuary 19 was the famous cold Friday. The day\\nbefore was warm for winter, but about 4 o clock there\\ncame up a squall and the wind blew a gale from the north-\\nwest, Y/hich blew down a great deal of timber. The house\\nin which the writer now lives was moved on its foundation\\nso that the north corner went to the bottom of the cellar.\\nStephen Chase s diary says, Has not been so cold for forty\\nyears by three degrees.\\n1812. The spotted fever prevailed in Londonderry,\\nwhich caused a great deal of alarm. A town-meeting was\\nheld April 18.\\nVoted, that in case of the appearance of the spotted\\nfever within the limits of the Town, the selectmen for the\\ntime being be authorized to procure experienced medical\\nassistance at the expense of the Town.\\nIt is not known that anybody in Chester had tlie disease\\nat that time.\\nJune 18, war was declared against Great Britain.\\nNovember 16, the Presbyterian parish voted to hire the\\nRev. Mr. Ilarlow for one year, and offered him two hun-\\ndred dollars, a house and twelve cords of wood., Mr.\\nHarlow supplied the desk three years.\\n1811. There was a petition presented to the legislature\\nby James Otterson and fifteen others, praying to have a\\npart of Chester, part of Hunbarton and a part of Ailcns-\\ntown incorporated into a new town. There was an order\\nof notice. May 30 the town voted that it might be set off.\\nThere were men drafted at three several times to go, to\\nthe defense of Portsmouth one detachment in the sum-\\nmer one draft was made August 20, for sixty days\\nanotlier was made September 10, for ninety days. (See\\nMilitary History.)", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 171\\nThere was a town-meeting October 3. There was one\\nai liclc to authorize the selectmen, in case more men were\\ncalled for, to hire them. Another article was to authorize\\nthe selectmen to furnish any detachment with powder and\\nball. Both were dismissed. It was voted that the town\\npay each soldier drafted since March such sum as will\\nmake up fourteen dollars per month, including what the\\ngovernment paid. The government paid eight dollars per\\nmonth.\\nThe dissatisfaction with Mr. Bradstreet continued and\\nincreased. Several individuals, including several members\\nof the church, were taxed l)y the Presljyterian j)aiis]i, and\\nattended meeting there, and refused to pay for the support\\nof Mr. Bradstreet. The parish held several meetings, and\\nchose a committee to confer with Mr. Bradstreet and with\\nthe disaflfected members. The committee reported that\\nMr. Bradstreet proposed that if on mature deliberation the\\nparish determined to dissolve the connection he would\\nleave their pecuniary matters to arbitration. The delin-\\nquent members were willing to belong to the parish if Mr.\\nBradstreet were dismissed. The committee reported\\nagainst a dissolution, and against the collector making dis-\\ntress on the delinquents.\\nDecember 29, a Moral Society was formed, to discounte-\\nnance profanity, Sabbath breaking and intemperance. It\\nwas ou tlie moderate drinking basis. (See History of the\\nTemperance Reform.)\\n1815. The treaty of peace was signed at Ghent, Decem-\\nber 24, 1814. The news of peace came to Chester Feljruary\\n14. The President appointed April 13 as a day of public\\nThanksgiving, the same day that was appointed Ijy the\\nGovernor as a day of fasting. The day was celebrated at\\nChester. A procession was formed near Benjamin Brown s,\\nescorted by the Chester Light Infantry accompanied by\\nmartial music, and marched to the meeting-house where\\nthe Rev. Mr. Bradstreet delivered a discourse, which was\\nprinted, from the text, Psalms 120 7, I am for peace,", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "172 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nin which he recounted the causes of the war. The pro-\\ncession marched back and had a supper, toasts, etc.\\nSeptember 23, there was a northeast storm. About\\neleven o clock the wind veered to the south and blew a\\ngale, blowing down buildings and uprooting large quantities\\nof timber.\\nAt the June session of the General Court, 1815, there\\nwas a petition of Jonathan Gillis, Isaac Iliise and John\\nDwinnell, a committee in behalf of the town of Manches-\\nter, presented, praying for the exclusive right of catching\\nalewives in Cohas brook. There was an order of notice to\\nChester, Londonderry, Bedford and Goffstown. I will re-\\nlate the fate of the petition as related to me several years\\nsince by John Lane, Esq., who was the member from Can-\\ndia at the time. Mr. Huse, who had the petition in charge,\\nengaged some member who proved to be a wag to advo-\\ncate his cause when it came up. The gentlemen referred\\nthe House to the member from Bedford (Mr. Chandler, I\\nthink) as a specimen of the Bedford people, large and\\nathletic, being brought up on chestnuts and acorns and as\\na contrast referred to Mr. Huse (who was a small man) as\\na specimen of Manchester people, who were brought up on\\nwhortlel)erries and lamprey eels, and were a diminutive\\nrace of men, not able to contend with Bedford people, and\\ntherefore ought to be protected. It created a laugh, and\\nthe prayer of the petition was refused.\\n1816. At the annual meeting, March, 1815, John Bell,\\nJohn Folsom and B, Pike Chase were chosen a committee\\nto consider and point out in what way the business of .the\\ntown can be conducted so as to make a saving of time and\\nmoney to the town, and to report. At the annual meeting,\\nMarch, 1816, they reported, that for the three years past\\nthe expense of transacting the town business had been six\\nhundred and nineteen dollars, or aljout two hundred and\\nsix dollars per year. They proposed to divide the town\\ninto three districts, and each selectman take the inventory\\nin one district have one assessor to make the taxes one", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 173\\noverseer of the poor and treasurer. They make llic fol-\\nlowing estimate of the expenses\\nSelectmen s services, $50 00\\nAssessor s, 15 00\\nOverseer of poor s, 15 0\\nTreasurer s, 15 00\\nMaking in the whole, $95 00\\nThe report was accepted. We cannot show precisely\\nwhat the saving was, but Josepli Elanchard charges as se-\\nlectman, sixty dollars and ninety-nine cents Benjamin\\nFitts, thirty-five dollars and thirty-six cents Joseph Rob-\\ninsonj twenty-eight dollars and twenty-four cents. Henry\\nSweetserwas chosen overseer of the poor, and charges his\\nservices and expenses of maintaining together, six hundred\\nand eighteen dollars. Stephen Chase was chosen treas-\\nurer, but was also collector and had no extra bill. It was\\nvoted at this meeting that in the future two-thirds of the\\ntown meetings be held at the East meeting-house, and the\\nother third at the West meeting-house.\\nThe summer of 1816 was the coldest ever known by the\\noldest inhabitant it was also very dry. 1 give a few\\nextracts from a diary kept at the time May 15, froze\\nhard enough in plowed land to bear a man June G, snow\\nsqualls June 8, a squall of snow June 10, frost last\\nnight; June 11, a heavy frost last night; killed a great\\ndeal of corn, some of it entirely dead, and five-sixths of\\nthe apples killed. Tlie 5th of June the thermometer was\\n88\u00c2\u00b0 the Gth, at 40\u00c2\u00b0 the 9th, at 37\u00c2\u00b0. June 22, ice in James\\nWason s tan-yard July 10, frost in low land August 22,\\nfroet last night which killed a great deal of corn and pota-\\ntoes August 20, a S(piall of rain, but snow on the moun-\\ntains at Goffstown.\\nIt was so cold and dry that corn did not grow to ripen,\\nand was killed early, so that very little was raised. Abra-\\nham Sargent, Jr., had removed from Randolph, Yt., on to\\nhis father s farm, ami brought with him a very early\\nkind of corn. He raised a crop of tolerably sound corn\\nwhich he sold the next spring for four dollars per bushel", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "174 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nfor seed, and it was a great favor to the farmers to\\nobtain it at that price. There was a very short crop of hay.\\nWheat and rye Avere extremely good.\\nIn consequence of the shortness of crops, stock was very\\nlow. My father sold a pair of four-years-old cattle for\\nthirty-nine dollars.\\nThe first elephant ever exhibited here was at Sweetser s\\ntavern. May 17 of this year.\\nThe troubles in the Congregational parish about Mr. Brad-\\nstreet continued, and it seems that an ecclesiastical council\\nhad been held that had recommended that if the pastor and\\nchurch could not live together in peace, the pastor should\\nask a dismission, which he had not done. The parish at their\\nannual meeting chose a committee, consisting of William\\nWhite, Peter Hall, Isaac Lane, Henry Sweetser, Rieh Dear-\\nborn, Jona. Emery, Stephen Hills, Perly Chase and Stephen\\nClay, 3d, whose Duty it Shall be to take into Consideration\\nall applications which may in any way Concern the Prudential\\naffairs of the Parish not in any other way Provided for. A\\nlong communication was made by Richard Haseltine, Nathan\\nKnowles, Benj. Haseltine, Ebenezer Townsend, Thomas\\nSargeant, John Emerson and Benja. Hills, Jr., church\\nmembers. They complain that Mr. Bradstreet had not\\ncomplied with the result of the Council, and violated his\\nown engagements, and intimate that the church may be\\ndriven to unpleasant measures. They say that if the par-\\nish would join vrith the church in dismissing the ])astor,\\nmost, if not all, who had left would return and endeavor to\\nbuild up the parish, g. At a meeting May 23, the parish\\nvoted not to dismiss Mr. Bradstreet.\\nAfter the Rev. William Harlow s term had expired, the\\nPresbyterian parish had three or four young men as candi-\\ndates for settlement, but would not agree to settle any of\\nthem.\\n1817. The town did not realize the expected saving in\\nthe expenses, especially in the support of the poor. They\\nvoted to accept the accounts all but tlie charge of the over-\\nseer of the poor. The town cliuse Amos Kent, Stephen", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. llO\\nChase and John Folsoni a committee to cxamhic the ac-\\ncounts and report the most eligible mode of supporting the\\npoor. The committee reported that the expense ol sup-\\nporting the poor had been unnecessarily large and that\\nthere Avere too many officers, and reconniicnded to have one\\nselectman oversee the poor, another be treasurer, and\\nanotlier take care of the roads, A. c. William Graluim was\\nchosen treasurer, Moses Ilaselton, overseer of the poor,\\nand Jesse J. Undcrhill to superintend the highways. The\\nselectmen s services were about fifty dollars each, and\\ntwenty dollars extra for overseeing the poor.\\nAt a town meeting April 28, the selectmen were directed\\nto prosecute all persons who may be guilty of a breach of\\nthe laws res})ecting retailing spirituous liquors. Ilefailcrs\\nwere not permitted by law to sell in less quantities than ono\\npint, and that not to be drank on the premises. The law\\nwas entirely disregarded and li(pior dealt out to tipplers by\\nmost of the retailers.\\nIt was voted, that a sum be raised equal to one-half that\\nshall be raised by sul)scription, for the encouragement of\\nerecting a court-house here in the event of the courts of\\nlaw being removed from Portsmoutli. John Folsom, John\\nBell, Daniel French, Joseph Blanchard and Charles Gos3\\nwere chosen a conmiittee to wait on the honoralde commit-\\ntee to locate tlie county buildings. John Folsom was\\nchosen agent to attend the legislature on the subject of\\nremoving the courts.\\nThe difficulties about Mr. Bradstrcet continued. At a\\nparish meeting a committee, consisting of Isaac Lane,\\nRichard Dearborn, Noah Weeks, Samuel Shackford, I erly\\nChase, Peter Hall, Henry Sweetser, Aljraham Sargeant and\\nJonathan Emery, was chosen to confer with the Bcv. Mr.\\nBradstrcet. They made a I cport at an adjournment, which\\nwas accepted. Five hundred dollars were borrowed from\\nthe i arish fund and paid to Mr. Bradstrcet, and the con-\\ntract was ended.\\nIn the fall of 1816, the Presbyterian committee pi ocurcd\\nthe Rev. Clement Parker, a mid dle-aged man with a family,", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "176 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nas a candidate for settlement. The last day of December\\nthere was a parish meeting which gave him a call and\\noifered him a salary of $350 and $100 settlement money.\\nMr. Parker was ordained.\\nOct. 16, there was a brigade muster near N. Head, Esq. s,\\nat the upper end of the town. The town voted to give the\\nnon-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, thirty-\\nfour cents each.\\n1818. Stephen Chase, John Bell and John Folsom, who\\nhad been chosen a committee to consider the expediency of\\nerecting or purchasing a work-house for the use of the\\ntown, made report at the annual meeting that it was not\\nexpedient, which was accepted.\\nAt the June session of the General Court there was a\\npetition of Henry Moulton, and thirty others, inhabitants of\\nDunbarton, presented, praying that a part of Dunljarton\\nand a part of Chester may be formed into a new town.\\nOrder of notice on Chester and Dunbarton. At the annual\\nmeeting March, 1819, the town gave their consent, but the\\nprayer was not granted.\\nIn the Presbyterian tax and account book, in the hand-\\nwriting of Joseph Blanchard, Esq., is a copy of a commu-\\nnication addressed to the wardens, stating that for a number\\nof years they had been members of the parish, but that the\\ncauses that induced them to join no longer continued, and\\nasked not to be considered members. Dated March 4,\\n1818 signed Benjamin Eaton, Amos Kent, Benjamin\\nFitts, Thomas Sargent, Benjamin Kittridge, Rufus Kit-\\ntridge, Lemuel W. Blake, Nathan Knowles, 3d, Ezckiel\\nBlake, Joseph Robinson, Thomas Haselton, Joseph Long,\\nBenjamin AVilson, John Wilson, William Moor, James\\nMoor, Jr., Joseph Richardson, Jethro Sleeper, William\\nWalker and Nathan Knowles, Jr. There is also a frater-\\nnal answer by Joseph Blanchard, Nathaniel W. Linn, Sam-\\nuel Dinsmore, wardens. There is also a memorandum\\nstating that they had paid in four years 1324.03.\\nAt a meeting of the Congregational parish, May 4,", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CIIKSTER. 1 1\\nYoted, To try tlic Persons Singly as they stand on the\\nPetition to the wardens for admittance as members to join\\nthe ]*arisli.\\nBenj Kittrige, Amos Kent, John Wilson, Will Moore,\\nJames Moore, Jr., Jose])h Ricliardson, Cyrus Moore, IJenj\\nEaton, Rufns Kittrige, John Emerson, Ezekiel Blake, Jo-\\nseph Robinson, Edward S. Hills, Nathan Knowles, od,\\nBenj Wilson, Thos. Sargcant, Jethro Sleeper, Nathan\\nWilson, Jose{)h Long, Nathan Knowles, Jr.\\nYoted, To Receive all of the above Persons as mem-\\nbers of the above Parish.\\nThe Hon. Samuel Bell, Stephen Chase and Isaac Lane\\nwere chosen a committee to make a certificate tov the\\nRev*^ Nathan Bradstreet. A Mr. Jewctt was em2)loyed to\\npreach.\\n1819. The Congregational parish voted to shingle and\\nrepair the meeting-house, and chose Benjamin Eaton com-\\nmittee to do it. It was partly done by subscription. An\\narticle to sell the ground for four floor pews in front of the\\npews last built was referred, the committee reported, and\\nreport was accepted.\\nThe Rev. Clement Parker purchased the Paul Adams\\nplace (where Andrew Craige had made the second settle-\\nment at the Long Meadows), and being unable to meet the\\npayments, the parish voted to purchase it for a parsonage,\\nand Mr. Parker to allow rent equal to the interest of the\\npurchase money, $iil5.\\nMay 28, Benjamin Pike Chase, James Wason and Rob-\\nert Dinsmore Avere chosen ruling elders. The two first\\nwere ordained.\\n1820. At the June session of the General Court,\\nThomas W. Thompson and others petitioned to have a new\\ncounty formed out of the northerly part of the counties of\\nRockingham and Ilillsborougli. At the annual town meet-\\ning, 1820, the sense of the voters was taken: Against the\\nsubject matter, 157 for, 9. It was voted that no swine\\nbe allowed to go at large in any part of the town.\\nThe Congregational parish had voted to oiler the Rev.\\n12", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "178 HISTORY OF THE TOAVN OF CHESTER.\\nJoel R. Arnold five liiindred dollars salary, and chose a\\ncommittee to call on the persons l)elonging to the parish,\\nand see if they would unite in giving the Rev. j\\\\Ir. Arnold\\nan Invitation to settle with us. The parish had had so\\nmuch trouble in getting rid of Mr. Bradstreet, they made\\na proviso that if either party was dissatisfied they might end\\nthe contract by giving six months notice.\\nThere was a parish meeting, February 10, 1820.\\nVoted to adhere to the former vote, and confirm the\\nCall to the Rev. Mr. Arnold.\\nThe parish appointed the second Wednesday of March\\nfor the ordination.\\n1821. The mode of supporting the poor came up again,\\nand John Folsoni, Esq., Capt. William Graham and Capt.\\nSamuel Aiken were chosen a committee to report upon the\\nsubject at the next annual town meeting.\\nAt the June session of the General Court, 1821, Samuel\\nHead and thirty-two others presented a petition, show-\\ning that they lived from ten to sixteen miles from the\\nplace of business and worship, etc. They pray that the\\nlands and inhabitants of that part of Chester north of a line\\ndrawn from the northeast corner of Manchester to the\\nsouthwest corner of Candia, may l)e set off with a part of\\nDunbarton, into a town. Order of notice to Chester and\\nDunbarton.\\nAnother petition was presented by Nathl. Head and\\nseventy-two others, inhabitants of the northwesterly ])art\\nof Chester, the easterly part of Dunbarton and the easterly\\npart of Goffstown, showing that they were from ten to six-\\nteen miles from places established for transacting town\\nbusiness and holding public worship in said towns, c.\\nThey pray that a portion of these towns may be incor-\\nporated into a town, c. Order of notice to Chester,\\nGoffstown and Dunbarton, to be heard the first Tuesday of\\nthe next session.\\n1822. At the annual meeting, March 12,\\nVoted, that so much of the Town of Chester as lies", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 179\\nNortherly c^ westerly of the foHowing line viz., Beirinning\\nat a tStake Stones at the South west corner of Candia,\\nthence S. 29 Deg. West to the soutli head Ihie of Lot No. 94,\\nin the 4th division thence N. 70 West, across part of Lot\\nNo, 94 95 to the S. W. corner of said No. 95 thence\\nSoutherly on the Easterly line of lots No. SO, 71 60, to\\nthe S. E. corner of said No. (iO thence strait to a Stake\\nand Stones, which is the Northeast corner of Manchester;\\nbe set off erected into a new Town, on condition that\\nthey take their proportion of the paupers of said Chester,\\npay their proportion of the debts Due by said Town, re-\\nceive their proportion of debts due the said Town.\\nThis, with a portion of Dunbarton and Gotfstown, was\\nincorporated into a town by the name of Hooksett, July 2,\\n1822. Previous to this, the farthest inhalntants had to\\ntravel more than seventeen miles to Chester two-thirds of\\nthe time, to town meeting, and fourteen miles the other\\nthird, to the Long Meadows.\\nA very able and elaborate report of the committee chosen\\nat the last annual meeting to take into consideration the\\nsubject of a change in the mode of supporting the poor be-\\nlonging to the town of Chester, was received and adopted.\\nAt a meeting, April 2, the town voted to purchase a f:\\\\rm\\nfor the poor. (See llistoi y of Pauperism.)\\n1824. There was an effort this year to have the courts\\nremoved from Portsmouth to Exeter. The sense of the\\nvoters in Chester was taken, and there were one hundred\\nseventy-eight in favor, and none against.\\nUpon a settlement with Hooksett, $173.42 was paid in\\nfull for all funds.\\nThe Presbyterian parish chose Dr. Nathan Plummer and\\nSamuel Dinsmore ruling elders. They were ordained.\\n1825. There was an effort this year to have the sessions\\nof the courts removed from Exeter to Chester, and seven\\nhundred dollars were appropriated towards erecting a coin-t-\\nhouse, provided the Legislature should by law direct (he\\nholding the courts, or any of them, at Chester.\\nThere was a committee, consisting of John Folsom,", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "180 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nSamuel D. Bell and Daniel French, chosen, and one hundred\\ndollars ai)})roi)riated, to aid persons in defining or regaining\\ntheir rights, who have been, or may be, taken undue advant-\\nage of. The reason of this measure was that there were\\nsome men, of whom Rufus Wilson was the principal, who\\nwould buy up demands against poor people, institute suits,\\nand by settling and taking notes for larger sums and then\\nsuing again, greatly oppressed them, and endangered their\\nbecoming paupers. Wilson was afterwards convicted of\\nforgery for erasing a clause from a mortgage deed, which\\nsecured possession for a limited time to the mortgager, and\\nhe forfeited his recognizance and left the State, which\\nbroke up the gang.\\nA valuable large Bible for the desk had been donated by\\nCapt. Moses C. Pillsbury, then warden of the New Hamp-\\nshire state prison, and a vote of thanks was passed by the\\nPresbyterian parish also a vote of thanks to Joseph\\nBlanchard, Esq., for the many services he had rendered\\nthe jiarish. There was a meeting of the Presbyterian jiar-\\nish July 13, when it was voted to dissolve the connection\\nbetween the Rev. Clement Parker and the parish on the\\nfirst day of March next.\\n1826. The law for dividing towns into school districts\\nrequired that the territory should ])e divided, but the\\ndivision heretofore had been of the inhabitants, and inhab-\\nitants had been changed from one district to another. At\\nthe annual meeting, John Eolsom, Josiah Chase and John\\nS. Brown were chosen a committee to survey the town,\\nand divide it into school districts. They divided the town\\ninto eighteen districts, and their report was accepted.\\nTwo hearses for funeral purposes were purchased this\\nyear, for which $225 were paid. Previous to this the dead\\nhad been carried on a bier on men s shoulders, to the grave.\\nThey were sometimes, in case of deep snows, carried on a\\nsleigli. I have heard my grandfather say that he was one\\nto carry John Craig to Londonderry, a distance of at least\\nnine or ten miles. I helped, in 1817, to carry Lydia Dear-\\nborn to Chester, four miles and a half.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "IIISTOIIY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 181\\nThe Presbyterian parish hired Rev. Abel ^Manning at\\n$300, and the use of the parsonage. He supplied the desk\\nuntil March, 1831.\\nThere was a very long storm in August, injuring a great\\ndeal of hay and grain, and then a very heavy southerly\\nrain, which caused a slide at the White Mountains.\\n1828. The bell was broken and a new one procured,\\nraised May 29.\\n1829. An act was passed, June, 1821, to establish a\\nliterary fund by taxing the banks half of one per cent, of\\ntheir circulation or capital stock, to be invested for the\\nendowment of a college. By an act passed December 31,\\n1829, the fund was to be divided between the towns in pro-\\nportion to their State tax, for the support of common\\nschools. The selectmen of Chester received i^lOT. At the\\nannual meeting it was\\nVoted, that one-fourth part of the Literary Fund re-\\nceived by this town from the State Treasury, be annually\\ndistributed to the several school districts, in proportion to\\ntheir respective valuations, for the support of schools for\\nfour years ensuing, and that the interest which shall have\\naccrued on said fund at the time of such annual distribu-\\ntion be distributed in the same manner.\\nA fire engine was purchased by individuals on Chester\\nstreet. At a town meeting, held July 21, it was\\nVoted to adopt the first fourteen sections of an act\\nentitled an act defining the powers and duties of firewards\\nin certain cases.\\nFirewards were chosen.\\nAt the annual meeting of the Congregational parish\\nSamuel D. Bell, Jethro Sleeper and Samuel Aiken were\\nchosen a committee to report by-laws for the government\\nof this society at an adjourned meeting. At the adjourn-\\nment, April 6, the committee reported a code containing\\nsixteen sections. The first was that any person subscrib-\\ning his name to the parish book should become a member,\\nand liable to taxation. The fourteenth provided that any\\nperson who should become a member before the first day", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "182 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nof Juno, 1829, should be exempt from paying any liigher\\ntax than one dollar on the poll, and in that proportion on\\nhis estate. The report was accepted and adopted. Some\\npersons signed the book after the first day of June and\\nwere not taxed, but claimed the right to vote. A meeting\\nwas called September 22, to see if the parish will admit\\nsuch persons to vote before the next annual meeting. The\\narticle was dismissed.\\nAt a meeting September 22 it was\\nVoted, that the contract between the Congregational\\nparish in Cliester and the Rev. Joel R. Arnold be dissolved\\nat the expiration of six months from the time Mr. Arnold\\nshall receive this vote.\\nAt the annual meeting, 1830, a proviso was added to the\\nby-laws, that no person shall be allowed to vote in any\\nmatter coming before the parish, without the consent of the\\nparish, until he shall become actually liable to pay a parish\\ntax.\\n1830. At a meeting of the Congregational parish,\\nAugust 2d, a committee of nine persons was chosen to\\npresent the parish book to persons for their signatures to\\nthe following, to become members of the parish, viz.\\nThe subscribers promise the Congregational parish in\\nChester that so long as they continue members of said\\nparish they will pay all parish taxes assessed upon their\\npolls and estates, provided the same does not exceed the\\nrate of eighty-four cents upon the single poll, and in the\\nsame proportion upon their taxable property.\\nAt an adjournment August 7, the parish invited the Rev.\\nJonathan Clement to become their minister on tlic follow-\\ning terms That the parish will pay him so loug as he\\ncontinues to be their minister the sum of five hundred dol-\\nlars annually, and that he shall at all times have the right\\nto put an end to said contract, giviug six months notice of\\nhis intention so to do, and that said parish shall in like\\nmanner have the right to put an end to said contract, giv-\\ning six months notice.\\nMr. Clement accepted the call, and the second Wednes-\\nday of October was appointed for the ordination.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 183\\n1831. August 20, Stcplieu Heath and Oliver Welch\\nliaving been to Deny with a team, Welch for some cause\\nstruck Heath with a stake so as to cause his death. He\\nwas convicted of manslaughter and sent to the state\\nprison, and in a few years was pardoned.\\nAugust If), the Presbyterians voted to hire the Rev. ]3en-\\njamin Sargent.\\nNovember 22, William j\\\\[. Richardson and others formed\\nthe Chester Musical Society and assumed corporate\\npowers.\\n1832. The representatives were instructed to use their\\nefforts in the legislature to have the courts removed from\\nExeter to Chester.\\n1833. The Presbyterian parish voted to give a call to\\nthe Rev. Benjamin Sargent, and offer him the use of the\\nparsonage and two hundred dollars. He was installed the\\nlast Wednesday in May.\\n1834. The town voted to purchase of Jonathan Dear-\\nborn half an acre of land for an addition to the burying-\\nplace, and pay one hundred and fifty dollars.\\n183(5. A record of marriages and births had been kept\\nin an unbound book from 172(3 to about 180(3, when a\\nbound book was procured for the purpose. The old book\\nwas much worn and at the annual meeting, 183G, the town\\nclerk was authorized to copy the old book into the new one.\\nThis was done in a good bold hand by Mrs. Tompkins, the\\ntown clerk s wife.\\nNovember 7, voted, ninety-two yeas, two nays, that it is\\nexpedient for the State to grant an appropriation to build\\nan insane hospital. It was also voted to authorize the se-\\nlectmen to cause the accounts of the town to be ])rinted,\\nwhich has since been done, I think, annually.\\n1837. There had accumulated in the treasury of the\\nUnited States a large surplus of revenue beyond the lia-\\nbilities of the government, which by act of Congress had\\nbeen apportioned among the several States. At a town", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "184 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nmeeting February 1, it was voted to receive it, and an\\nagent was cliosen to receive it and directed to loan enough\\nto the town to pay their debts, and the residue to individu-\\nals and the interest of tlie money to be divided equally\\namong the several school districts.\\n1838. At a town meeting Aug. 28, the agent reported\\nthat he had of surplus revenue $4,718.67.\\nThe selectmen reported that wlien they came into oflBce\\nthe town owed $2724 06\\nLiabilities for roads, bridges, c 4933 66\\nTotal indebtedness $7657 72\\nIt was voted to appropriate all the surplus revenue and\\ninterest, excepting one year s interest to be added to the\\nschool money, to defray town cha^rges.\\n1839. hi the warning of the annual meeting of the\\nCongregational parish for 1836 was an article To see if\\nthe parish will consent to alter or repair or otherwise dis-\\npose of the meeting-house, and similar articles were in\\nthe warnings for 1837 and 1838, all of which were dis-\\nmissed. This year was an article To see if the Parish\\nwill alter the meeting-house, and choose a Committee to do\\nthe same, or to authorize John Picket, John W. Noyes,\\nNathaniel F. Emerson, and others, members of the Parish,\\nto alter the meeting-house, provided they will give satisfac-\\ntory bonds to the Parish. On motion of Henry P. French,\\nEsq.,\\nVoted, That the Parish authorize a Committe to alter\\nthe meeting house, provided tliey give a bond satisfactory\\nto the Wardens of said Parish to indemnify said Parish\\nagainst the expenses of said alteration and complete said\\nalteration by December 1, 1839, and pay over the amount\\nreceived by them above tlie expenses of said alteration to\\nthe Parish Yeas 34, Nays 17.\\nJohn Picket, Nathaniel F. Emerson, Thomas J. Melvin,\\nJohn W. Noyes and Benjamin White were chosen for the\\nsaid committee. John Lane of Candia, Nathaniel Parker\\nof Derry, and Isaac Smith of Ilampstead, were chosen to\\nappraise the pews when the house is altered.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWW OF CHESTER.\\n185\\nThe noble structure built in 1773, whicli faced the south-\\nwest, witli a steeple at the northwest end and a porch at the\\nsoutheast end, was turned around, the spire cut away, the\\nposts cut down, the whole interior altered, having- onl-y a\\nsinging gallery. It was finished into seventy-eight pews,\\nwhich were appraised at from fifteen to eighty-five dollars\\neach.\\nCongregational Cuurch in Chestek, Remodeled in 1839.\\n1840. Seventy-five dollars were appropriated to pur-\\nchase a grave-yard near the Methodist meeting-house.\\nOct. 10, the Presbyterian parish voted to dissolve the\\ncontract with the Rev. Benjamin Sargent.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "186 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OP CHESTER.\\n18-13. This year was remarkable for the lateness of the\\nspring. There was a great snow storm March 16, and\\nsledding till about the middle of April. Pike Chase sled-\\nded down the Dearborn mill-pond April 21.\\n1844. By a statement of the treasurer, the town owed\\nmore than was due to it, 14,300.25.\\nA motion was made at the meeting of the Congregational\\nparish that it is expedient to dissolve the connection be-\\ntween the parish and Mr. Clement negatived. Mr. Clem-\\nent took a strong interest in the alteration of the meeting-\\nhouse, and that and other things raised so strong an oppo-\\nsition that he gave notice, Dec. 1, to dissolve the contract\\nafter six months.\\nA town meeting was holden for the choice of electors\\nNov. 4. The Whig candidates, headed by Gen. Joseph\\nLow, received one hundred votes the Democratic, headed\\nby William Badger, one hundred and seventy-one votes\\nthe Abolition, by Jesse Woodbury, twenty-three votes.\\nThe Democrats prevailed in the State, and voted for James\\nK. Polk, who was elected. The question was taken respect-\\ning the abolition of capital punishment affirmative, thirty-\\none negative, one hundred and twenty-two.\\n1845. The town voted to instruct the selectmen not to\\ngrant licenses to retail spirituous liquors.\\nA petition by John Clark and others having been pre-\\nsented to the Legislature in 1844 to have the town divided,\\nthe west part to be named West Chester, and an order\\nof notice having been served on the town, there was a com-\\nmittee, consisting of John White, Jacob Cliase, David Cur-\\nrier, Stephen Palmer, Abel G. Quigg and James Brown,\\nchosen to report a line for the division at an adjourn-\\nment. The question was taken by ayes and noes, whefher\\nthe meeting would consent to a division provided the com-\\nmittee should report a satisfactory line ayes one hundred\\nand forty-eight noes eighty-three. There seem to have\\nbeen two reports, and the one made by that part of the\\ncommittee from the westerly part of the town was adopted\\nayes two hundred and ten noes fifty-nine.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF TIIR TOWN OF CHESTER. 187\\nThere was a strong opposition from individuals in tlio\\nwest art, headed by Jesse Patten and Pike Chase, a re-\\nmonstrance sent in and counsel employed before the com-\\nmittee, but the petitioners prevailed, and an act passed June\\n23, 1845, that all that part of Chester lying westerly of\\ntlie following lines, to wit beginning on the line between\\nChester and Candia at a stake and stones in the reserve\\nbetween lots numbered forty-lhree and fifty-two in the\\nsecond division of lots in Chester thence south seven-\\nteen degrees thirty minutes west, five hundred and sixty.\\ntwo rods to a spruce tree marked then south twenty-seven\\ndegrees west, two hundred and ninety-eight rods to a stake\\non the northerly side of the road leading from Jesse\\nWood s to Chester turnpike; thence south sixty-eight de-\\ngrees east, seventy rods, to a stake on the northerly side of\\nsaid road thence south twenty-five degrees west, two hun-\\ndred and eighty-seven rods, to a stone set in the ground,\\non the southerly line of the road leading from Concord, N.\\nH., to Haverhill, Mass. thence north seventy-one degrees\\nwest, twenty-four rods by the southerly line of said road to\\na stake and stones thence south twenty-three degrees\\nwest, seven hundred and seventy-two rods, to the line be-\\ntween Chester and Deny be, and the same is hereby, sev-\\nered from the town of Chester, and made a body politic\\nand corporate by tiie name of Auburn. Samuel D. Bell\\nof Manchester, Nathaniel Parker and William Choatc of\\nDeny, were named in the act to divide the property and\\ndebts. Auburn was to pay two dollars and twenty-six\\ncents and Chester four dollars and two cents, of State tax.\\nThe first meeting of Auburn was notified by John Clark,\\nDavid Currier and Stephen Palmer, and holdeii July 28,\\nand officers chosen at an adjournment.\\n184G. There had accumulated a surplus of revenue in\\nthe treasury of the United States, and Congress luid passed\\nan act for dividing it among the States, and the question\\nwas laid before the towns whetlier it should be received.\\nChester voted unanimously to receive it, and Auburn forty-\\nsix to seven to receive it.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "188 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\nThe Congregational parish voted unanimously to give the\\nRev. Lauren Armsby a call, with a salary of five hun-\\ndred dollars. The Congregational society in Auburn voted\\nthat it is expedient to sell the old meeting-house and ap-\\npropriate the proceeds towards building a new house.\\n1847. The building of the new house was taken in\\nthirty shares of fifty dollars each. The share-holders and\\nsociety chose David Currier, Pike Chase and Graham Hall,\\nbuilding committee. Miles Burnham gave the land, J.\\nW. Spofford took the contract of the wood-work and David\\nHall gave the bell. The house was raised October 5,\\n1847, and dedicated February, 1848.\\n1848. The question of a prohibitory liquor law having\\nbeen sul)mitted to a vote of the people, Chester voted: yes,\\nninety-six no, 33. Auburn voted in the affirmative.\\n1850. A convention to revise the State constitution\\nhaving been ordered, John White was chosen delegate by\\nChester and David Currier by Auburn.\\nThe snow laid till April 20, and some drifts till the 2Gth.\\nFroze hard the 24th and froze May 19.\\n1741. The Constitutional Convention having been held,\\nand many alterations proposed, fifteen questions were sub-\\nmitted to the towns. In Chester the highest affirmative\\nvote was twenty-four the lowest, nine. In the negative\\nthe highest was one hundred ninety-eight the lowest, one\\nhundred eighty-two.\\nIn Auburn the highest affirmative was thirty-seven the\\nlowest, eleven the highest negative, one hundred and five\\nthe lowest, one hundred and four. The whole work of the\\nConvention was rejected by the State.\\nChester voted, sixty-eight to forty, that it is expedient\\nfor the Legislature to pass a law exempting a homestead to\\nthe value of five hundred dollars, from attachment.\\nFrom September 8th to 13tli was the warmest weather of\\nthe season 15tli and IGth, frost 23d, the ground froze.", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OP CHESTER. 189\\n1852. April loth, a severe snow-storm 19th and 20th,\\na great rain, carrying off all tlie snow, and causing a great\\nfreshet, the water being over the bridges at Auburn Yillagc,\\nand up above the base of the great rock at the pond shore.\\nOctober 18th, a heavy thunder shower. There were sev-\\neral Itarns burnt by lightning.\\n18. ).3. The Legislature had proposed the question of a\\nnew county, Manchester to l)e the shire town. Chester in-\\ndefinitely post[)oned the article.\\nAt a meeting of the town of Chester, July 19, adjourned\\nto September lo, it was voted to erect a town-house two\\nstories high, thirty by fifty feet, the upper story for a school-\\nroom, provided that $500 be furnished by donation, and\\nthe expense to the town not to exceed !\u00c2\u00a71000. Passed,\\nseventy-five to fifty-one.\\nISol. In 1854 the building was erected hy a few indi-\\nviduals, at an expense of i?2500, including furniture. In\\n1855 the building and land were sold to the town of Ches-\\nter for a town-house, for -f 1250, reserving forever the sec-\\nond story for school purposes, to be vmder the control of\\nthe trustees of Chester Academy. A high school has been\\nkept in it a portion of each year since that time.\\nTlie question of building a town-house has several times\\ncome before the town of Auburn, but has always been neg-\\natived.\\nThe town of Auburn voted, seventy-one to thirty-seven,\\nto instruct their representative, in case the famous Ne-\\nbraska Bill, repealing tlie ivlissouri Compromise, should\\ncome before the next Legislature for approval or disap-\\nproval, to exert his influence against it.\\nNathan Griffm and a Mr. Kendall had the small-pox.\\nMay 7, ice froze an eighth of an inch. No rain from\\nJuly 26th to September 1st.\\n1855. Chester appropriated $200 to purchase a piece of\\nland for a burying-ground, and a committee was chosen to\\npurchase and lay out the same. Auburn api)ro[)riatcd", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "l90 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER.\\n$250 for a hearse and house at the biirjing-ground near\\nthe vinagc.\\nFebruary 6th, the thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0 below December 25,\\nthere was a cold rain, and there was no more rain till\\nApril 2,1856.\\n1856. December 18th, thermometer 10 below; 19th,\\n8 below.\\n1857. January 12th, thermometer 19\u00c2\u00b0 below, and at\\nnight a very severe snow-storm a gale, which did a great\\ndeal of damage to shipping. January 23d, 22\u00c2\u00b0 below\\n24th, 20\u00c2\u00b0 below 25th, 6\u00c2\u00b0 below; 26, 2\u00c2\u00b0 below at Auburn,\\nand in many places it was from 30\u00c2\u00b0 to 40\u00c2\u00b0, freezing tlie\\nmercury. Portsmouth harbor froze over, which was never\\nknown before.\\n1858. The question of purchasing a county farm for\\nthe support of the poor was suljmitted to a popular vote.\\nChester, yeas, four noes, ninety-four. Auburn, yeas,\\nthirty-five noes, forty-two.\\n1860. The question of a new county was again taken.\\nChester voted, yeas, thirteen noes, two hundred sixty-six.\\nAuburn voted, yeas, forty noes, one hundred forty-seven.\\n1861. Tlie question of a convention to revise the Con-\\nstitution, to be limited in its compensation to travel and\\nten days attendance, and in its action to diminish the num-\\nber of representatives, to increase the number of senators,\\nand to make provision for future amendments to the Con-\\nstitution, was taken. Cbester voted, yes, forty-six no,\\nfourteen. Auburn voted to dismiss the article.\\nSeveral town meetings were held about raising men for\\nthe army, the proceedings of which are given in the Mil-\\nitary History. There is notliing more of much interest on\\nthe records.\\nThe summer and fall of 1865 were remarkable for the\\ndrouth. There was no rain but some small showers till\\nSeptember 17. The Bald Hill in Manchester was burnt\\nover, destroying large quantities of wood. The fire got", "height": "3454", "width": "1940", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF ROADS. 101\\ninto the spruce swamp in Auburn, and burnt three weeks,\\nburning out large trees by the roots. It remained com-\\nparatively dry through the winter and ensuing svmimer.\\nThe spring of 1808 is remarkable for the quantity of\\nfoul weather and rain. May 8th, six inches, of snow fell.\\nFrom jMay loth to 27th was a continued storm, with very\\nlittle sunshine, and large quantities of rain fell, causing\\nmore than an ordinary spring freshet. There was little\\nplowing and planting done before June.\\nAt a town meeting, Septemljer 12, the town voted to in-\\nstruct the selectmen to sul)scribe for two hundred shares\\nin the Rochester and Nashua Railroad, and appropriated\\n$20,000.\\nCHAPTER IX.\\nHISTORY OF ROADS.\\nMost of the roads were cut out and traveled before they\\nwere formally laid out, some of them on reserves, others\\nacross lots, and many of them are described in the returns\\nas where, or near where, the path now goes.\\nThe first travel from Walnut Hill was down the hill\\nby tlie Jack jJace, and through Hall s Village, and up by\\nthe Presl)ytcrian meeting-house and the Rev. Mr. Wilson s\\nto the Derry road. In laying out Governor Shute s home\\nlot, the cross-road is called the road to Haverhill.\\nThe first that is said in the records about laying out\\nroads, was at a meeting, January 14th, 1729-30. It was\\nvoted to choose a committee to View two Squeers of lotts,\\none that lays by John Boyd s, y Squeer that m Blunt s\\nSaw Mill is built on. Blunt s mill was probably below\\nthe tan-yard, and Boyd lived on lot No. G9, between John\\nHazelton s and Edwin Ilazelton s. Ichabod Robic, Alex-\\nander Craig, Jonathan Blunt and Wm. Powel dissented.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "192 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nThe first road laid out and recorded was June, 1730.\\nThe selectmen say, There behig a grate necessity of an\\nhighway across G homb Letts, proceeded to lay one out\\nthree rods wide by marked trees, as the path or rode\\nnow goes, First threw James Boid s homb Lott [No. 59]\\n2 threw John Aiken s homb Lott [No. 145 where John\\nHazelton now lives] 3 threw Jonathan Marshes homb\\nLott [No. 56] 4 threw Zachariah Chandler s homb\\nLott [No. 146, where Mr. Aiken subsequently lived] 6\\nthrew John Powcl s homb Lott [No. 57, Daniel Wilson\\nlived on this lot] 6 threw Robert Wilson s homb Lott\\n[No. 147, Mr. Wilson and his son John lived on this lot].\\nThe next laid out was March 6th, 1730-31, Three rods\\nwide, for conveniency to goe to meeting, and General Ben-\\nefit of the town which highway begins first over against\\nEnoch Colby s, Southwest corner of his homh Lott, and so\\ngoes a litel anguling across six homb Lotts, running nor-\\nnorwest, or thereabouts, by marked trees, across Jonathan\\nEmerson s homb Lott, and William Bowel s homb Lott, and\\nacross Alexander crage s and Jonathan Blunt s home\\nLotts; then north and by west ])y marked trees and staks,\\nacross Ichabod Roby s homb Lott, and Morice Hobbs and\\nRichard Taylor s homb Lotts, and bringing out s highway\\nto the Ten Rod highway about 40 rods to y* south east of\\ny\u00c2\u00ae meting house, at the norwest corner of hobl)S and Tay-\\nlor s homb lott. The terminus of this road was between\\nJames Bell s and Deacon Lane s, but probably was never\\nbuilt there.\\n1 In 1756 it was Voted, That the Highway that was Laid\\nout acrost Taylor s Lot So called may be Exchanged for a\\nHighway by the Side of Sam^ Robie s land, where the Cart\\nway now Goes, whom Taylor s Land So Called.\\nFebruary 23, 1732-3, it was exchanged to Lay some-\\nthing to the west of the aforesaid Highway, near where\\nthe old path used to go, and now goes. The lots crossed\\nby this road are 52, 14, 110, 12, 116 and 13.\\nThe next was from Sandown line by Asa Wilson s, four\\nrods wide, July 5, 1731, Beginning on Kingstown head", "height": "3439", "width": "1857", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP ROADS. 193\\nline wharc the Road now goes tlirongli Jeffries additional\\nLott, thronuli Jacob Oilman s home Lott as the path now\\ngoes; next throngh James Basford s home Lott and a half;\\nnext through William wilson s homo lot and half; next\\nthrough Page Bacheldor s home lot next through Enoch\\nColby s home lot.\\nAt the June term of the Court of Sessions, 17-5*!, the\\ngrand juror from ^iondonderry complained that there was\\nno road from Kingstown to Chester. There was an order\\nof notice, and the selectmen of Kingstown appeared at the\\nSeptember term and promised to lay one out as soon as\\npossible.\\nAt the annual meeting, 1732, it was\\nVoted, That the Highways Shall be Repaired ])y a\\nRate this year.\\nVoted, To Rais Sixteen Slylings upon Every Propria-\\ntor s Share to Repare the Highways this year.\\nVoted, that Every man Shall have the Liberty to pay\\ntheir part of this Rate in Labour at four Shilings pr. Day.\\nVoted, that the hole slniU be Compleated and paid by\\nthe last of Sej)tember next.\\nSeptember 20, 1732,\\nVoted, That their Shall be a hors path or Cart path\\nCleared from tliis meeting hous to the Senter in the north\\nparrish, and that the Same be Left with the Sovairs.\\nThis was to near where David Page did live in Ray-\\nmond, and went by the Lanes.\\nJune 20, 1732. The road from the main road below\\nEdwin Haselton s, through additional lot No. 127, to the\\nmill brook at the tail of Said Sawmill, was laid out.\\nMay 25, 1738. The road from the main road l)elow\\nSamuel Haselton s to Londonderry line, across additional\\nlot No. 2, was laid ont.\\nAugust 28, 1738. The road to Londonderry from near\\nthe meeting-house to the southwest corner of Indue Jacob\\nSargent s home lot, ten rods wide, thence four rods wide\\nto Londonderry line, was laid out. It was returned\\nstraight on the reserve between the 16th and 17th addi-\\ntional lots, but was built further west.\\n13", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "194 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nAugust 28, 1738. _A highway beginning at a red-oak tree\\nnear the meeting-house, the southwest corner of Jonathan\\nBhnit s home lot, where he now lives then southeast to\\nJohn Sillcj s bound (liome lot No. 35) then southeast to\\nthe bound of Samuel Smith s lot, No. 39 (below Jacob\\nGreen s), to be ten rods wide beginning again at Silley s\\ncorner thence northeast to Cram s lot (this is across\\nfrom Robie s hill to the Hills road) tl^en a highway from\\nthence northwest on the reserve to Gov. Shute s farm (the\\nNorth Pond road), and southeast to William Wilson s land.\\nAugust 28, 1738. On the reserve from Haselton s on Wal-\\nnut hill, northwest, down the hill by the Jack place to\\nThree Camp meadow. This was on the first traveled road\\nthrough Hall s A illage to the Centre.\\nJune 28, 1742. A road ten rods wide, from the meeting-\\nhouse northeast to Shackford s Corner, Not to infringe\\non the burying-ground.\\nIn Bouton s History of Concord, page eighty-three, it\\nis said At a meeting held at Ipswich, 9th of Septem-\\nl)er, 172(5, Ensign John Chandler, John Ayer and Wil-\\nliam Barker were chosen a committee to go out and clear\\na sufficient cart way to Penny Cook, the nighest and best\\nway they can from Haverhill. Richard Ilazzen also was\\none who went to search out a way from tlie jdace Avhere\\nChester meeting-house stands to Penny Coolc, and mark\\ntlie same.\\nOn age eighty-eigiit: According to tradition Ebenezcr\\nEastman s team six yoke of oxen with a cart was the\\nfimt that crossed the wilderness from Haverhill to Penacook.\\nIt was driven l)y Jacob ^SV/ who, in order to get safely\\ndown Sugar Ball felled a pine tree and chained it top fore-\\nmost to his cart, to stay the motion of it down the preci-\\npice. He also relates tlic following of Ebenezer Eastman,\\npage r). 2 Among the many traditionary anecdotes it is\\nrelated that soon after settling in Penacook, he made a\\njoui ney to Haverhill on horseback and purchased a bari el\\nof molasses, which ho intended by some means to carry\\nhome witii him. He contrived what was called a car, that", "height": "3439", "width": "1857", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF ROADS. 195\\nwas formed of two shafts, one end of which was fastened\\nto tlio horse, and the other to drag on the ground. Lash-\\ning the barrel of niolasscs to the car with ropes he pro-\\nceeded on his way liomeward ah)ng the patli through tlie\\nwiklerness. He got ah_)ng very well until he came to Sou-\\ncook river. After crossing, the hill was xovy sleep and in\\nascending the horse would stop to rest a few moments.\\nHaving nearly reached the to[) of the liill, on stalling, the\\nrigging gave way and down wimt ihe barrel full speed, and\\nwas dashed in pieces against a tree, the molasses over-\\nspreading and sp t tevi)ir/ ilie ground in all directions.\\nThe captain, summoning all (he jiaiience he had at com-\\nmand, exclaimed, Oh dear my wife will coml) my head,\\nyes, and harrow it too It was truly a hard case.\\nThis was the traveled road to Pcnacook up to 17- )8. It left\\ntht! ])resent main road })ro1)ably somewdiere near the Ja(;ob\\nChase place, and on to a little cast of Pike Chase s in Au-\\nburn, and over the top of the Green Hill to the mouth\\nof the l\u00c2\u00bbropk. The lot ilazen Davis now lives on. No 78,\\nwas the parsonage, and two acres and a half were reserved\\non the east side for a meeting-house lot, which was sold in\\nITiU to John (,)uiniby, for \u00c2\u00a31 10s. Prol)ably, at first, ibey\\nforded the brook on the sand-bar and went up the west side\\nto Oswego and on to White Hall, in Hooksett, and\\nprol)ably near Lakin s pond and Head s saw-mill. Daniel\\n.Davis showed me, some forty-five years ago, places in that\\nregion where the road })assed. There were wood roads on\\nit then in places. One was at the southwest end of lot No.\\n12o, in the third division, but it would l)e impossilde to\\nlocate it precisely at the present day.\\nThe road to the Long Meadows was up somewhere\\nthrough the South woods. In Inying out Gov. Went-\\nwortlTs farm of two hundred acres, in 1728, it was to begin\\nabout fifty rods from dohn Smith s corner where he now\\ndwells [on tlie additional lot No. and four rods from\\nthe S. W. corner of the outside additiomd lot in tliat\\nrange [No. (37]. When the second part of the second\\ndivision was laid out, in 17o6, the northeast end line of the", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "196 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n89th lot is described- as crossing the brook by the path\\nto Crage s, Andrew Craige bought of Governor Went-\\nworth fifty acres of his farm of two hundred acres, in 1730,\\nand settled near where John Ray now lives. Previous to\\n1740 James Cam})beli had built a vsaw-mill near the school-\\nhouse No. 4 in Auburn, and he probably came up that\\nway.\\nIn a warning, IMarch, 17o9, was 9.n article\\nTo consider of a Pettition Prefered to the Select men of\\nthis town by tiie Inhabitants of Rumford and Canterbury,\\nin behalf of themselves and their other neighbouring towns,\\nRelating to the Laying out of a Highway.\\nAt the meeting it was\\nVoted, that the affair of the Highway to Rumford and\\nCanterbury be Left with the Selectmen to order as they\\nshall think it best Conveniant.\\nMay 23, 1738, there was a road laid out, leading from the\\nmcciing-house in said Chester to Massoljosic. It began at\\nthe meeting-house and ran northwest, and was to be ten\\nrods wide, about to the brick scliool-house then west\\nnorthwest, four rods wide, between the second and third\\nranges of additional lots. It was where the road now runs\\nnearly to Long Meadow brook, then turned to tbo north,\\nand kept about fifteen rods north of Beaver pond. It was\\nsome sixty or seventy rods southwest of where Hazen\\nDavis now lives, and came out by Haynes s and the Moses\\nHall place, to the brook leading into the pond, and so\\ncrossing the brook, and running by the pond forty rods\\nfarther.\\nIn a warrant for a meeting, August, 1739, is an article\\nTo see if the town will Procure and Lay out a Highway\\nas conveniant as Can be had, for the Inhabitants of our\\ntown that live about the Long meadows to come down to\\nmeeting, and about their other Nessary business. It was\\nvoted to change the road to the south side of Mine hill\\nand Beaver pond. This was about the time the Presby-\\nterian meeting-house was built, and several Presbyterians\\nhad settled at the Long Meadows. At the same meeting\\nit was", "height": "3439", "width": "1857", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP ROADS. 197\\nVoted, Tliat Cii] t. Sam In^alls, nV Natlian Webster\\nand iii John Telford Sliall be a Coniniittce to take bonds\\nof the Inhabitants of Runiford for the making and main-\\ntaining a good soficiant Roade for Passing massibeecik\\nPond towards their town, agreeable to their proposals made\\nto us, and to Enter into bonds to them to make and main-\\ntain one on this side, and over the said pond, as good.\\nNovember 22, 1740. A highway was laid out from the\\ngreat bridge by Massal)esic Pond, running up the brook\\nto Cairo s fulling-mill. Tliis was sometimes under water.\\nIt was changed to higher land January 24, 1743.\\n]\\\\larch 10, 1740. A highway was laid out below Calfe s\\nfulling-mill, across the river or brook to the reserve.\\nAt a meeting, March, 1741, it was\\nVoted, That if any Persons will freelj goe to massabee-\\ncek, and build a bridge over the Brook below mr. Calfe s\\nfulling mills, it shall goe for their turu of Work upon the\\nHighways other Where, Day for day.\\nMarch 24, 1749. A highway was laid out, beginning at\\nthe westerly side of Calfs bridge, and running across three\\nlots to near where Robert Patten now lives, to the west\\nend of No. 127, 2d P. 2d D.\\nJanuary 8, 1762. At the request of Joseph Brown and\\nothers, a highway was laid out, Beginning at the End of\\nthe old Recorded Highway above Adam Wilson s [who\\nlived near G. P. Clarke s, l)ut the road began near Rol)ert\\nPatten s]. It went about the old Roade, and by 8ani\\nNutt s farm, and so on about the old Rode to the bottom of\\nthe first of BushncU s Hills so called then Turning a\\nLitle to the north East of said Plills, l)y marked trees, to\\nthe old Roade in Sight of Bushnars niedow, so Called\\nand along in and about the old Roade, till it strikes al)ner\\nFowler s Land and so on, in and about the old Roade,\\nthrough Es(f Boys es Land, and along by Sam Brown s\\nand William Brown s, along the old Roade as Near Jose])h\\nBrown s house as a Good Roade can be had up along to\\nmcCoy s house, and along by s macoy s in and about\\nthe old Roade till it strikes Chester Line. This road\\nwent to Londonderry turnpike, near where it now does,", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "198 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nand crossed the Martin s Ferry road at what used to\\nbe the March place, one hundred rods west of Martin s\\nschool-liouse, and kept west of where the turnpike is,\\nand west of a small pond, until near the Amoskeag\\nCompany s quarry (once Simeon Carr s), then to Head s\\ntavern, and as the road now is to Allcnstown line. The\\nroad from where Jonathan Davis formerly lived, up into\\nHooksett, went to the west of the present road. The pres-\\nent road was laid out in 1816.\\nThe Ininks of Peter s brook, on the old road below the\\nturnpike, being steep and badly gullied, an alteration was\\nmade further east, crossing the brook above the turnpike,\\nin 1801, Beginning on the main Road near Simon Carr s\\nHouse, running on the east side of the pond the most direct\\nCourse the Ground will admit, to Lieut. Joseph Whitcher s\\nHouse [the Clark tavern], thence Southwesterly to the\\nmain road.\\nMarch 2(3, 1740. Beginning at the northeast bound of\\nhome lot No. 56 (near where Daniel Wilson lately lived),\\nthen nortliwest on the reserve to the northwest bound of\\n151 (to the Emerson place) then southwest on the reserve\\nto the southeast corner of No. 60 (to the poor farm) then\\nnorthwest between said No. 60 and the additions to the\\nhighway from Dea. Dearborn s to Londonderry so running\\na bridle road of four rods wide at the easterly end of the\\nadditional lots Sam Brown, John Mills and William Karr\\nlives on, to the N. W. bound of No. 29 [this is from\\nthe Derry road northwest by Gihuan Morris s up into the\\nwoods] tiien W. N. W. at the southerly end of the second\\nrange of additions then N. W. at the S. end of No. 89 2\\nP. 2 D. to Campbell s sawmill [the old McDuftee mill\\nnear school-house No. 4 in Auburn]. This is the first road\\nprobably traveled to the Long Meadows, and went near\\nJohn Smith, the first settler there.\\nNov. 22, 1740. At the request of Moses Tyler the road\\nfrom the corner near No. 2 school-house in Auburn to the\\nCongregational church was laid out.\\nApril 20, 1741. At the request of Paul McFerson a four-", "height": "3439", "width": "1857", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF ROADS. 199\\nrod higliway on the northwest side of Add. No. 9. This is\\nthe roiid from the road down Jack s liill to Three Camp\\nm a(h)W, laid out Aug. 2 S, 17-)8, southwest to Derry line.\\nThe road from IlalTs V^illage to James Quenton s Ijouud,\\nto meet it, was laid out ^larch 20, ITol.\\nJune 2S, 1742, Between home lots 49 and 112 from near\\nFrancis Towle s to Jona. Moulton s. (From the Haverhill\\nroad acr-oss to Hiram Basford s.)\\nSame day, from the end of the last road southeast on the\\nheads of the home h)ts, to the Add. No. 182. (From near\\nHiram Basford s, hy the Jacob Hill place, to G W. Fvcret s.)\\nMay 18,- 1748. From the southeast corner of home lot\\n39, (near No. 4 school-house in Chester), northeast the\\nlength of the lot, then southeast, then northeast the length\\nof additional No. 100 (to near the David Wilson, or Joseph\\nRichardson place), thence northeast across No. 101 to 110\\nadditional, over the Great hill.\\ntSame day, the east side of additional Nos. 93 and 118\\n(from near the Worthen saw-mill northeast), and then\\nsoutheast to Joshua Prescott s. A new road was laid out\\nFeb. 13, 1838.\\nOctoljer 20, 1744. Beginning at the southeast corner of\\nadditional No. Ill (the David Wilson, or Joseph Richard-\\nson place), thence northwest on the reserve by Richardson s\\nand Thos. Craige s (Marston s and Spofford s, by French s,)\\nto No. 118, the last mentioned road.\\nSame day, the road through Hall s Village.\\nApril 6, 1744. A continuation of the road laid out INlay\\n18, 1743, beginning at a red oak near Joshua Prescott s\\nhouse, thence northeast to Prescott s northeast bound,\\nthence easterly across Jacob Basford s, David McCluer s and\\nBenja. French s land, to near Charles Stevens saw-mill.\\nThis was continued on by the Branch March 10, 1748.\\nApril 17, 1744. Beginning at the southeast corner of\\nadditional 91 (Shackford s Corner), by Daniel McB arlaiid s\\nand Israel Doll)y s, to the reserve between the old and new\\none4uindred-acre lots, near Lane s, thence W.N.W. so far\\nas Ithaniar Berry s house. This as fiir as Lane s was prob-", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "200. HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nably on or near tlie lior.se or cart path, which in 1732 was\\nvoted to he cut out to the North Parish.\\nMarch 27, 1745. Between home lots Nos. 57 and 146, from\\nHall s Villat!:e to the Haverhill road, near Daniel Wilson s,\\nformerly John Powel s.\\nDec, 7, 1745. From near the old Presbyterian meeting-\\nhouse, northwest to Derry road (where J. Dearborn Morse\\nlives). For a long time previous to this laying out, William\\nPowel, Alexander Craige and the Rev. John Wilson lived\\non it, and it was early called the Road to Haverhill. It\\nAvas also laid out thence northwest across the Derry road\\nhalf a mile by where Peter and Asa Dearborn lived.\\nDec. 7, 1745. Beginning at the northeast corner of\\nhome lot 132 (on Chester Street where Capt. B. Fitts lived),\\nsouthwest to the bridle road laid out March 26, 1740, above\\nGilman Morse s, then between additional Nos. 21 and 22, to\\nLondonderry line, from where Stephen Morse lived, by Jo-\\nsiah Morse s.\\nDec. 5, 1746. A highway laid out the southwest side of\\nGov. Wentworth s farm of two hundred and fifty acres, by\\nMcKinley s, Lulkin s and Ray s, and southwest by Samuel\\nAiken s, now Grant s, and also northeast, on the southeast\\nside of the Governor s farm, to the main road near Calef s\\nin Auburn.\\nDec. 18, 1746. Between the additional lots 52 and 53,\\nfrom near Jacob Chase s, northeast to near Southwick s.\\nIt was continued on, March 25, 1752.\\nMarch 5, 1747. From the end of the road by Samuel\\nAiken s (Grant s), southwest to the west end of Hugh Mc-\\nDuff(3e s corn-mill, and turning southerly, by schoohhouse\\nNo. 4 in Auburn, through Daniel McDutTee s, John Wither-\\nspoon s (now J. M. Hall s), Wentworth s farm of two hun-\\ndred acres and Cochran s land, to Londonderry line, to\\nthe road from widow Murdock s.\\n]\\\\Iarch 10, 1748. On the east side of additional lot 111,\\nfrom the Jose])h Richardson ])lace, northeast over the\\nGreat hill to where Josiah Basford lived. A part of this\\nroad had been laid out May 18, 1743 altered again, March\\n30, 1774.", "height": "3439", "width": "1857", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF ROADS. 201\\nMarch 10, 1748. Bcgiuuing at the southwest corner of\\nadditional lot No. 101, and tlience east by south on Sandown\\nline, the Icniitli of the lot, then northeast across eight lots,\\nj\u00c2\u00bbassiug where John Moore lived. The first part was\\nmoved one lot northeast between Nos, 101 and 102, July 2,\\n1T it is the I oad from near the Joseph Richardson\\n])lace, by James Towle s.\\nMarch 10, 1748. A continuation of the road laid out\\nApril 1744, from dabez French s northeast corner,\\nnear Charles Stevens mill through the 11th, 12th, 13th,\\n14th lots, 2 P. 2 D., crossing the N. E. Bi-anch below the\\nsaw-mill ujion the 4(Uh Old Hundred acre lot, then across\\nNo. 45, 44, 43, 27, 2(3, 2o, 24, to Exeter head line, to the\\nroad there laid out. (To the road from Freetown mill to\\nExeter.) This was a ne\\\\y route to Exeter.\\n^larch 10, 1748. From Joshua Frescott s, northeast to\\nthe road below James Marden s, formerly Geo. Mardcn s.\\nSept. 2, 1748. Beginning at the bridge at the Pound\\nwhere the highway is laid out [June 1730], across James\\nBoid s lot originally, [near Edwin Haselton s] thence\\nsoutherly to the S. W. corner of Home Lot No. 72 [near\\nJohn Haselton s].\\nSc[)t. 2, 1748. From the county road by Crawford s\\ncider-mill, southeast by the bounds of the home lots, till\\nwe come to John Aiken s grist-mill pond, crossing the\\nbroolc above said mill, and running about thirty rods across\\nJohn Boid s home lot to the reserve, then running north-\\neast on the southeast side of home lot No. 45, and across\\nWadel s and Hill s, to the road to Sandown.\\nDec. 9, 1748. A road from the old saw-mill down by\\nHaselton s grist-mill, to Sandowii line, then south on the\\nline to Thonuis Wells home lot.\\nThe Londonderry jieople would early have some kind of\\na road to Amoskeag. The tradition is, that they Ijuilt a\\nlarge lire near the falls, and took the direction for a road\\nfrom the east village. The first road laid out from Lon-\\ndonderry was returned in 1729, but it was probalily not\\nmade. The Chester people got on to the Loudonderiy road\\nthrouuh the south woods.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "202 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n]\\\\Iarch to, 1748. The first road Chester laid out to\\nDerrvficld l)egaii at the corner between Nos. 83 and 84,\\n2d P., 2d D. (southwest of the corner near school-house\\nNo. 2 in Auburn), thence southwest the length of the lot,\\nand through Nos. 85 and 95, so on, over Rattlesnake hill,\\nto the bound of 133 and 134, 4th D. thence on London-\\nderry line to Amoskeag path, then as the ])ath now goes\\nto Michael McClento s house, near the Dea. Sawyer place,\\nand so on to William McClento s house (the Huse place),\\ncrossing the 9th lot, the 14th and 15th by Rolicrt Andrew-\\nson s house (the Daniel Hall place), to tlie beaver dam, near\\nwhere the stream crosses the road soutlicast of Halls^ ille,\\nthen west-northwest to Londonderry line. This road was\\nintended to go south of the summit of Rattlesnake hill, but\\nprobably was never cut out or traveled until it struck the\\nDcrry road but a path was cut out and traveled near\\nwhere the present road is, to the fang of the pond, and\\nthe road laid out by Derryiield, June 6, 1769, Avas intended\\nto meet it. The present road was laid out 1792. From\\nMcClento s to the beaver dam it was near the present road.\\nThe first Amoslvcag path probably crossed the stream l)elow\\nthe Haselton mill at the old fordway. The McClentos\\nbuilt bridges across the Cohasscs on tliis route, and asked\\npay of the toAvn in 174G, l)ut did not get it.\\nSept. 16, 1748. Beginning at the southeast bound of tlie\\n14ih lot, 4th D., thence east-southeast on the reserve to the\\nmiddle of the 12th lot, near Gamble s, to the corner of\\nJohn Hogg s land, and across the 13th lot, crossing the\\nGreat brook north of the old fordway to the nortlieast cor-\\nner of Nat. Boid s fence, now J. Goff Webster s, and across\\nthe lirst lot to the highway laid out. It probably crossed\\nthe brook below the Haselton mill and came into the\\nDerry road near the Dea. Sawyer ])lace, but was never built,\\nfor Derryfield, (Jet 25, 1751, laid out a road beginning at\\nMikell McClento s, on the eaist sied of his house where the\\nfence is marked, Ac. as the tree is marked into Eallwifc falls.\\nThis is in exchange for a i-hoad formerly laid out through\\nMikul McClento s and Nathaniel Boydc s land.", "height": "3439", "width": "1857", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF ROADS. 203\\nDec. 10,1751. At tlie Ellwife falls, ilicii a cms ihc\\nWastwatcr to the sawmill, then bci:;iiHiiiiir at tlie I oro-\\nminsliiiiod Elhvifc falls, running by niai kcd trees throw\\nJolin Hong c s land where they formerly past, al)ont .40\\nRoudcs to the north of a bridge whit li is in said honge s\\nlaud then across uiathrow Ramsey [lot No. 12] liy mai ked\\ntrees on the north side of a whit Pine swamp to the Conor\\ntree Betwixt William gamble s and the said Ramesy lot,\\nwhich is a whit Easli then from thence By marked\\ntrees acrose the IS lote and the IT lole then a(n-ose\\nBroukoup land in waltoi mack farland s land then by\\nmarked trees iido a rhoad Jn John llall s land to the\\nsouth of said HalTs hones, to marked trees, as good\\nground will allow.\\nPotter s History of ]\\\\ranchester, i)p. )02 and COS, has\\nAlewife Falls at the IJaselton null and Sanmel Gamble\\n(who is probaldy better jiosted than any other j)erson says\\nthat McClento lived on No. lo3, where the lu-ick house\\nnow is that Alewife Falls is just below the Webster mill\\nthat there was then a saw-mill there that the waste water\\nwas the natural stream; that now the road crosses above,\\ninstead of below the mill, but is essentially the same now\\ntraveled to the Mammoth road. The road from ]\\\\IcClento s\\nto the falls is sui)erseded by one laid out Jan. 2, 1709\\nBeginning- at a while pine near Michael McClento s house,\\nupon the Grate Road Leading from Londonderry to Name-\\nSkeog falls and from thence northward to Sauuiel Isold s\\nH()u^e, Standing upon the Road Leading to Capt. mcMur-\\nphy s mill in the most Convenient Land.\\nSept. 10, 1748. Beginning near William McClenlo s\\nthen by William Ellett s then to the southeast coi ner of\\nthe Sih lot so on west-northwest to the southwest corner\\nof the 7th lot.\\nJames A. Weston, Esq., says this was never buili, Init\\nthe last part of the following was a substitute. There was\\na road laid out by Derrylield, Oct. 4, 1751, beginning at\\nthe town line, through William Perham s land to the east\\nend of John Harvey s house, across Perham bridge,", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "204 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nacross Barber Leslie s and William Ellett s land, to the\\nroad recorded by Chester.\\nMarch 1, 1755. Beginning on the line between John Hall\\nand Robert Andrewson (Nos. 14 and 15, 4th D.), running\\neasterly the nearest and best way to the reserve thence to\\nthe northwest corner of the IGth lot thence to the north-\\neast corner thence north the best way to the sow west\\ncorner of the 33d lot then running about more East to\\ny\u00c2\u00b0 Brook, about ten rods below y* forard way; thence\\neasterly to lot No. 32. This was probably intended as a\\nroad from Candia to the falls.\\nAug, 6, 1761. A road was laid out from Alexander Mc-\\nClento s, near the Huse or McQuenton place, northeast to\\nJohnson s beach.\\nJune 6, 1769. Beginning at Londonderry line, near\\nGillis brook, easterly on the line about half a mile thence,\\nthe Nearest and Best way to the South Eand of the Long\\nfang. So caled, as far as our Town Gows.\\nMarch 14, 1749. iV road from the northeast corner of\\n103, Id P., 2d D., in the neck of the pond near where Joseph\\nBrown now lives, to Miller s, now Sam Anderson s, by\\nwhere Thomas Coffin now lives, to the road to the Congre-\\ngational Cluirch in Auburn, which was laid out Nov. 22,\\n1740.\\nSspt. 22, 1749. The first road into Candia began at the\\nsouthwest bounds of 0. H. No. 128, owned by John Lane,\\nranuiiig north 29, east 120 rods, then across lots 129, 130,\\n131 and 132 (would pass somewhere near Chataugue\\nmill) to common land, then northerly on common land to\\nthe northeast corner of No. 32, 2d P., 2d D., then across 31\\nand 30, and across 128, 127, 83 and 84, 3d D., to the re-\\nserve tlien west northwest to QQ and 91, called the Sen-\\nter. It went near Wason s, Patten s, Willis Patten s, and\\nCapt. Smith s, and by Candia Corner to the meeting-house.\\nMay 5, 1750. From the road laid out near Marden s,\\nMarch 10, 1748, east-southeast down across No. 122, N. D.\\nto the reserve then north 29 east, to Jethro Batcheldcr s\\n(the Todd road).", "height": "3439", "width": "1857", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF ROADS. 205\\nAug. 17, 1750. Froni Aiken s grist-mill down to the\\nnortii side of the brook, at the tail oi the sawmill. Dis-\\ncontinued.\\nMay 11, 1750. From Clark s mill in Anbui-n to the main\\nroad.\\nJuly 8, 1751. From the Branch by Osgood Trnc s, to\\nWhitticr s in Raymond. Altered May 7, 17G5.\\nNov. 5, 1751. From near Osgood Wason s in Candia,\\nnortheast by Dearborn s, towards Lang! ord s on the reserve.\\nMarch 24, 1752. From the east end of additional lot\\nNo. 107, near Chajles Moore s, northeast to the Branch\\nroad near the Locke ])lace.\\nMarch 25, 1752. A continuation of the road to Candia,\\nfrom John Undcrhill s or Jacob Chase s, laid out Dec. 18,\\n1746. From the southeast corner of additional lot No. 70,\\nnear where Mr. Houthwick now lives, and by Capt. Weeks s,\\nby Norway meadow and David Craig s to the north line\\nof No. -IS, 2d P., 2d D., near where Asahel Weeks lives.\\nAug. 21, 1752. From Exeter line up the old cart road,\\nthat was, when the lots were laid, to David Bean s, near\\nFreetown mill. This road was cut out to go from Free-\\ntown mill to Exeter, and is marked on the old plans, and\\ntiie lots are bounded on it.\\nJuly 0, 1753. From near Mr. Orcutt s to the North\\nPond road Ijetwcen home lots Nos. 7 and 1. j5.\\nMarch 2, 1754. Beginning between Capt. Morse s saw-\\nmill and grist-mill (Couch s), and on to Derry line, near\\nJacob Couch s.\\nilarcli, 1754. From Charles Moore s and John Moore s\\n(Wilbur s) additional lot 104, by William Moore s (Daniel\\nSanborn s), and John Iloit s (Simon M. Sanborn s), to the\\nroad laid out by the Parish of Brentwood (Fremont).\\nThis followed the north lino of Gov. Wentworth s fifty\\nacres, and No. 6 to the reserve, then on the reserve the\\nwidth of No. 2, and on the south line of No. 3 to the sled\\npath, and across No. 3 to the road by Brentwood. The\\ncorners have since been cut off.\\nJuly 10, 1755. From the main road at Emerson s Cor-", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "206 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nner, in Auburn, additional G4, nortlierly by Pike Chase s,\\nover Bunker Hill to tlie new, or Dearl)orn, saw-mill on\\nlot No. 57, 2d r., 2d D. It led by Joseph Basford s, the\\nonly settler at that time.\\nJ^Iarch 1, 1756. The road by Archibald McDuffee s, now\\nThomas Goldsmith s, by the Fowler place, now Savage s in\\nAuburn, to where John Smith lived.\\nJuly 12, 1756. From Cornet Lane s east southeast by\\nMardcn s, to the road to the Branch, by Joseph\\nKnowles s.\\nApril, 1757. From near Joshua Hall s house, now Geo.\\nS. Smith s, between 121 and 130, old hundred, northeast\\ninto Raymond, and passing where Garland Was-on lives, to\\nJ. Osgood AVason s, then Thomas Wason s, to the old road\\nto Candia.\\nOct. 18, 1757. Began at the northwest corner of No. 3,\\nold hundred, then south 29 west, on the reserve to where\\nthe gate now hangs. Then across the 5th, 6th, and part\\nof the 7th lot, to Exeter line, northward of the burying-\\nplace, and between Berijamin Smith s house and barn. It\\nis the road from near J. Fullonton s in Raymond to Ep-\\nping.\\nSept. 9, 1758. Candia High Street from the north-\\nwest corner of the school lot No. 91, 3d D., to the westerly\\nend of the third division. The upper end probably was\\nnever built on the reserve as laid out.\\nDec. 6, 1758. Beginning at the north end of No. 35,\\nthird division, where the westerly path now goes, from\\nJeremiah Bean s bars [near the Candia village school-\\nhouse], crossing the river at the tail of the saw-mill, and on\\nby p]noch Rewell s [Candia Corner] to Emerson s [now\\nParker s Corner], then west northwest to the southwest\\nbound of the 92d lot. Tbis would be by the Colby and\\nCass j)laces, in all, live lots, or aljout three hundred and\\nsixty rods.\\nJune 12, 1759. From Freetown mill, hy Raymond Cen-\\nter to Dudley s mill.\\nJiuie 12, 1759. At the request of Jonathan Dearborn,", "height": "3439", "width": "1857", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP ROADS. 207\\nWadloigli Cram and David Du.stiii, beginning at llio\\nsoutheast corner of No. It), old hundred, running across\\nlots Nos. 16, 15, to Nottingham line.\\nJune 13, 1759. From Freetown mill, crossing tlie bridge\\nbelow the mill, going to the west of the outlet mill, and\\neast of Daniel Ro!)ic s house (Rev. J. Fullonton s), Y\\\\ ad-\\nIcigh Cram s and John Cram s, to the road laid out Oct. 18,\\n1757 (the road to Nottingham).\\nFeb. 11, 17 )0. Between Ithamar Berry s and Zacliariah\\nButterfield s, between Nos. 21 and 22, 2d P., 2d D.,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the\\nroad from the Lane road up to the J. Norton place.\\nMarch 17, 1700. From Derry line, near James Adams s\\n(now Rol)crt Adams s), passing llearne and Presby, to ^fc-\\nDuffee s mill in Auburn.\\nMarch 17, 1760. From David Withcrsi)oon s, on tlic\\nsoutheast side of Gov. Wentworth s farm of two hundred\\nand fifty acres, in Auburn, northeast over the hill, instead\\nof across the corner, as it now goes, and was at first laid\\nout.\\nJune 14, 1760. From the outlet of Jones s pond, and\\npassing the northeast corner of the r)7th lot, old hundi cd,\\nto Jonathan Bean s house in Raymond, to the road there\\nlaid out, in April 6th, 1741.\\nSe|)t. oO, 1760. Beginning near Dudley s mill, at the end\\nof the road laid out Juno 12, 175V running westerly, eiiter-\\nmg No. 27, od D., between a swamp and a great ledge of\\nrocks, some thirty or forty rods north of the ])rescnt road\\nat Caudia and Raymond line, and passed up the valley to\\nnear the Village school-house in Caudia. There was an\\narticle in a warning in 1775, To see if the Parish will vote\\nto have the highway flung up that Icails from Jeremiah\\nBeau s to Joseph Ilomans Past in the negative. IJo-\\nmans lived near Bean s Island. There was a Snuirt above.\\nFeb. 11, 1761. Beginning near Jethro ]]atchelder s\\nhouse, at the road laid out May 5, 1750, thence nortli 29\\neast to the northeast eiul of lot 122, old hundred, then west-\\nnorthwest to Lane s.\\nDec. 9, 1761. At the rcrpiest of Josiah Fogg, Robert", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "208 HISTORY OF CHESTER.*\\nPage, Elisha Tole, Jedediali Brown, and Jonathan Brovrn,\\nfrom tlic old Freetown road, across lots 31, 13, 12, 11, 10,\\n9 and 8, old hundred^ to the road laid out April, 1757, near\\nthe old burying-gronnd.\\nApril 30, 1762. A road was laid out the northwest side\\nof additional lots Nos. 40 and 30. Began nearly opposite\\nthe Jacol) Chase place, then southwest the length of those\\ntwo lots, then southeast to the road from the Fitts place to\\nMorse s. If this was ever iDuilt there is none there now.\\nNov. 27, 1702. From Enoch Rowell s (Candia Corner),\\npassing between Emerson s house and barn, passing to the\\nwest of Samuel Tole and Jonathan Tole, down by French s\\nto Jacob Griffin s, to near the Methodist church in Chester.\\nNov. 27, 1702. From the new or Dearborn saw-mill, in\\nAuburn, crossing Nos. 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 and 62, on to the\\nreserve, then north 29 east, so far as No. 113, 2d P., 2d D.,\\nto the clay pits, so called, in Candja. The last part of\\nthis road on the reserve was sold by Candia in 1797.\\nMarch 24, 1763. From Lane s in Chester to Lane s in\\nRaymond.\\nMarch 24, 1763. North Pond road from Nathan Morse s,\\nacross the Governor s farm, and on to Southwick s. Altered\\nFeb. 2, 1767.\\nNov. 25, 1763. From William Preston s, near Rufus\\nPhillips in Chester, to the Fowler place (now Savage s in\\nAuburn), to the road laid out March 1, 1756. Afterwards,\\nMay, 1768, changed to its present location above Charles\\nChase s, between 45 and 46 additional.\\nThe path from what is now called Bunker Hill, in Au-\\nburn, to the pond and Calfe s mill, left the present road\\nnear the school-house, and crossed the farm of the writer,\\nnear the lower end of the field, sixty rods from the present\\nroad, where David White first settled, and on in that direc-\\ntion until it came to the base of the Mine hill, then I\\nalong near the base of the hill to the present road, near I\\nwhere Mr. Ilaynes lives. Wells Chase drew boards for j\\nhis house over this path in 1771. j\\nSept. 1764. From Massabesic Pond, by William Craig s,", "height": "3439", "width": "1857", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP KOADS. 209\\n(the ]\\\\roscs Hall place) l)y William Adams (S. Kimball s),\\nand on tlie reserve at the end of David White s lot (B.\\nChase s), on to the road by Licnt. Basford s (it came out\\nat the nortli of 11. Dockluun sj afterwards altered across\\nthe lot to the school-house.\\nSept. 2, 1766. From the old main road in Hooksett, at\\nthe March place, to the river where Lousy brook empties\\ninto the river (at Martin s Ferry); then beginning at\\nthe west hank of the river and running northwest to the\\nline of the town.\\nJune 27, 1767. From Charles Moore s, now Daniel San-\\nborn s, east end of No. 5, 2d P., 2d D., northeast to Whittier s\\nland, No. 30, old hundreds, then northwest to the highway\\nby Joseph True s.\\nMarch 3, 1768. From the end of the highway l^y David\\nFoss s additional lot No. 107, on the reserve, northeast to\\nthe road to the Branch.\\nJune 10, 1768. A road from nearj. M. M. Elliott s, on\\nChester street, southwest eighty rods. This road led down\\nto additional No. 39, where Jacol) Wells formerly lived,\\nand Joseph Colby then lived. Discontinued.\\nJan. 5, 1769. From southwest of Prescott s (now Wil-\\nliam True s), northwest on the reserve to the road from the\\nmeeting-house to Lane s.\\n^farch 3, 1769. From the old Berry place, at the end of\\nthe road, laid out April 17, 1744, to where Simon Haselton\\nnow lives, south of the Methodist church.\\nAug. 22, 1769. From, Sandown line, up by the Waddel\\nplace, and to the road by Jacob Hill s.\\nApril 6, 1771. The northwest corner of additional lot\\nNo. 2, and running southeast to a beech tree, being the\\nsoutheast bounds of the town, also the present main road to\\nDerry line.\\nApril 26, 1771. Across additional lot 101, from the\\nManley Lane place (now Davis) to Sandown line.\\nDec. 29, 1772. From the southwest corner of No. 100,\\n2d P., 2d D., (on the Folsom place) southeast, crossing the\\n14", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "210 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nDerryfield road, and on by Brown and Pierce s mill to the\\nroad to Derry from Auburn, at N. Presby s. (Probably no\\npart of it is tra.veled now.)\\nSept. 14, 1773. From Robert Calfc s (now Nathan\\nGriffin s) over Campliell s bridge, to Candia line, towards\\nAnderson s.\\nMarch 28, 1774. From Hugh McDuffce s mill, at the\\nLong Meadows, west-northwest on the reserve, to the Derry-\\nfield road near Mrs. Shannon s. There is no road there\\nnow.\\nMarch 30, 1774. From the southeast corner of Abner\\nHill s land, nortliwest on the reserve, between the additions\\nand 2d P., 2d D., to the highway by William Kendall s and\\nDaniel Dolbear s (to the road to Lane s).\\nFeb. 21, 1775. From the house where William Gross\\nnow lives [James Hooke s] to Raymond line.\\nMarch 26, 1776. At Candia line at the northeast of lot\\n34, 2d P., 2d D., by Griffin s (now John B. Rand s) to the\\nroad from Simon Haselton s to Lane s. Discontinued.\\nSept. 14, 1784. Beginning at Candia road, northeast\\ncorner of additional lot No. 74, thence west-northwest to\\nthe northwest corner of No. 77. Tliis was to go to No. 39,\\n2d P., 2d D., where Griffm hadformerlij and Eliphalet Poor\\nthen lived.\\nDec. 15, 1788. From near Clark s saw-mill in Auburn,\\ntowards the John Crawford place, towards Candia. It was\\naltered. May 16, 1805.\\nDec. 9, 1791. At the request of Nathaniel Emerson and\\ntwenty-nine others of Candia, a private way was laid out,\\nbeginning on Candia line, on lot No. 108, 5th D., crossing\\nlots No. 103, 102, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119 and 120, to Al-\\nIcnstown line. It was laid out tor the purpose of going to\\nSiincook to mill, and to Concord.\\nApril 4, 1792. Beginning between John Graham s and\\nthe Little mecting-houso, where the Rev. James Holmes\\nnow lives, northeast- to James Wason s, now Stephen Kim-\\nball s between 69 and 70 2d P., 2d D.\\nOct. 12, 1792. Be 2;innins near David Patten s, where E.", "height": "3439", "width": "1857", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF ROADS. 211\\nA. Heath lately lived, on No. 102, 2d P., 2d D., across 104\\nand 10 to the pond, and across the straits (the pond)\\nand through Deer Neck to Derryficld line.\\nIn 17l 4 the Legislature ))assed an act laying out a road\\nfrom Hale s bridge, in Walpolc, to Chester, a distance o\\nsixty miles, in order to take the travel to Portsmouth. It\\npassed Amoskeag bridge, and over Bald hill, and terminated\\nat a pine tree on Deer Neck, where, or near where, the\\nabove road ended. I think the road was cut out so as to be\\nsometimes traveled, but was never made either in Chester or\\nDenyfield. There wais a l)ridge built across the strait of\\nthe }iond, the remains of which were there until about 1810.\\nOct. If), 171\u00c2\u00bb2. The present road from McKinley s in\\nAuburn, over Rattlesnake hill by the Fang of the pond\\nto Dcrrylield line, near the Island-Pond House. This is\\ninstead of a highway laid out March 16, 1748.\\nDec. 9, 1801. From James Wason s (now Stephen\\nKimball s) in Auburn, northerly over the hill to the north-\\neast corner of the parsonage lot thence west-northwest\\nacross two lots to the Kent ])lace.\\nDec. 8, 1801. From near Hugh Crombie s in Auburn, to\\nnear the Oswego mill.\\nJan. 12, 1803. From near Joseph Carr s (George W.\\nClark s, in Chester), west-northwest, crossing Chester turn-\\npike, to Cyrus D. Wood s in Auburn. It is nearly on the\\nrange way between the additional lots.\\nApril 4, 1804. From the main road near Otterson s, to\\nthe mills at Hooksett.\\nMay 16, 1805. From the end of the road laid out Dec.\\n15, 1788, from Clark s mill by Crawford s to Candia line\\ntowards Anderson s.\\nNov. 23, 1805. From Chester turnpike, near where\\nAlfred Sanborn now lives, southwest by Coleman s, to meet\\nthe road laid out Dec. 1 1801.\\nDec. 6, 1805. From the main road near Nathaniel Mar-\\ntin s in Hooksett, to Thomas Wicom s.\\nDec, 1805. From the Murray saw-mill yard, to the turn-\\npike at Hook s mill in Auburn. Altered March 10, 1810.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "212 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nDec. 26, 1805. The White Hall road, a continuation\\nof Candia High street, crossing Chester turnpike at Rowe s\\ncorner, by White Hall mill (then Wheeler s), Daniel\\nDavis s, Martin s school-house to Martin s Ferry. It was\\nindicted Sept., 1815, and discontinued to evade the indict-\\nment Sept., 1816, and laid out again as a private way Oct.\\n13, 18-20.\\nA very large share of the country trade was at Newbury-\\nport, and a large portion of it passed through Chester,\\nwhich was a great thoroughfare from the upper part of the\\nState to Newburyport, Haverhill, a^id to a considerable\\nextent to Boston. The transportation was all with teams,\\nespecially horse teams, in the winter. More hay and less\\ngrain were fed then than now. I have heard Dea. E. H.\\nKelly say that frequently he had drawn home a load of hay\\nand fed it out baiting horses without ever unloading it into\\nhis stable. Perhaps this current might have been checked\\nby the construction of the Middlesex canal, but it continued\\nto a much later day. The road through Chester woods was\\nbad, few people living on it to repair it, and the town had\\nnearly every year to appropriate money to repair it, over\\nand above the highway tax. The road was very hilly, and\\nvarious plans were devised as a remedy. One was to take\\nthe travel down the North Pond road, and save going on\\nthe street, and also save Robie s or Stockman s hill. Hence\\nthe petition of Joseph Blanchard and others, for a road\\nfrom Long s Corner to the two-mile stone. Also the peti-\\ntion of Gideon George and others, to go from Joseph Rob-\\ninson s to Nathan Webster s, keeping the south side of\\nRol)ie s hill. The travel could then go through tlie south\\npart of Sandown, Hampstead Peak, and over the Rocks\\nbridge. Another plan was to go down the old road to the\\nbrook then near Benjamin Hills and keep east of Ingalls\\nhill, when one might go out on to the Haverhill road by\\nMr. Tcnney s, or on to the Sandown road. Still another\\nroute, petitioned for by Mr. David Poor, was to leave the main\\nroad near Capt. Emerson s, and by Hall s Village, keeping\\nwest of Ingalls hill to Ordway s Corner in Hampstead.", "height": "3439", "width": "1857", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP ROADS. 213\\nThis route, according to Stci)licii Chase, Esq. s, survey,\\nwould be in Chester five hundred and eighty-five rods and\\ntlie whole length, twelve hundred and fifty-five rods. The\\nold road, thirteen hundred and thirteen rods, making a sav-\\ning of fifty-eight rods. The road Avas opposed by London-\\nderry and Chester, and was not laid out. The road was\\nwidened and straightened from Blake s tan-yard to Benja-\\nmin Hill s, Fel). 20, 1807.\\nAt the August term of the Court of Common Pleas,\\n1807, Benjamin Fitts and sixteen others presented a peti-\\ntion fur a road, from the end of the road running soutlnvest\\nfrom said Fitts s dwelling-house to the southwest side of\\nIMoses Sanborn s land. The petition was not granted.\\nThe great move, however, was the building the turnpikes.\\nChester turnpike was designed in order to have a better\\nroad, and shorten the distance from Pembroke to Chester.\\nThe turnpike was fourteen miles and two hundred and\\nforty rods long, and shortened the distance two miles and\\ntwenty-eight rods. It was said that a Pembroke man, in\\nhis enthusiasm, said that when the turnpike was completed\\nit would be all down hill from Pembroke to Chester. A\\nbystander inquired how it would be the other way. He\\nreplied, About the same. But it was a very hilly road\\nboth ways. There was, however, a large amount of travel\\nover it, and Anderson s tavern was widely celebrated as a\\nstopping place. In the end it proved a dead loss to the pro-\\nprietors. It was, however, on the whole a public benefit.\\nIt opened a road to a section that otherwise would not have\\nhad any, and gave a great stimulus to building roads.\\nBefore the building of the turnpikes it was not practiced\\nto elevate the centre, and have gutters on the sides to carry\\noff the water. They merely cleared the traveled road of\\nthe worst obstructions stumps and stones, and caus-\\nwayed the wet places with logs. If the side of a hill\\nbecame gullied, they carted in small stones, and covered\\nthem so that it soon became a rather uneven pavement. In\\nconsequence of this mode the roads were laid out narrow.\\nA petition was presented to the Legislature, at its June\\nsession, 1802, showing", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "214 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nThat the distance from Concord Bridge to Chester\\nEast Meeting house may from actual survey he shortened\\nthree miles that the road leading from s*^ Bridge to said\\nmeeting house is much used in traveling, and in the trans-\\nportation of Country produce carried from the westerly\\npart of this state and from the state of Vermont to market.\\nPerhaps no one road in the state of the same distance\\nwould be more useful to the Pal)lick than this, provided\\nit were as good as it might be made. But we despair of\\never seeing such a road made in the way that has been\\nheretofore Practiced. Ten or twelve miles distance of said\\nKoad is through land scarcely habitable, and those who\\nsettle on such land cannot reasonably be Expected to do\\nmuch in the repair of highways.\\nWhen Persons belonging to Vermont or the upper Part\\nof this state arrive at Chester, they have generally an o})])or-\\ntunity of knowing what place will alford the best .market\\nfor the articles they have to Dispose of, and they can from\\ns^ Place, without any material inconvenience, go to Exeter,\\nPortsmouth, Haverhill, Newbury Port, Salem or Boston.\\nThis advantage over any other Road has heretofore induced\\nPeople to travel through Chester on their way to the sea-\\nport towns, notwithstanding the extreme badness of the\\nRoads.\\nYour Petitioners are of opinion that a Turn]jike road\\nmay be made, and su])ported for such a reasonable toll as\\nwill greatly relieve tlie Publick from the inconveniences of\\nthe road they have been so long subject to.\\nYour Petitioners therefore humbly pray that they, with\\nsuch others as may hereafter become proprietors with\\nthem, be corporated into a Body Politic corporate, for\\nthe purpose of making a Turnpike road from Concord\\nBridge to Chester east meeting house, under such regula-\\ntions and restrictions as you may think reasonable and as\\nin Duty ))ound will ever pray.\\nChester, June 9 1802.\\nJoseph Blancluu d, Jolni Bell,\\nJohn Wingate, Pearson Richardson,\\nBenj Brown, Ebcn Townsend,\\nThos. Sargeant, Joseph Robinson,\\nAmos Kent, Simon Towle,\\nIsaac Hill, Daniel French,\\nBenj Kitterage, Ozias Silsby,\\nStephen Hill, Nath Head,\\nJohn Emerson, Henry Sweetser.\\nEzekiel Blake,", "height": "3439", "width": "1857", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF ROADS. 215\\nThere was a day of hearing appointed, and an order of\\nnotice, but tl)e prayer was not then granted.\\nJune 19, 1804, Henry Sweetser, Asa Robinson, Jolui\\nBell and Amos Kent, and their associattjs, were incorjwrated\\ninto Chester Turnpike Corporation, and were authorized to\\nmake a road from Chester street to Chester line, in the\\ndirection of Pembroke street, and to erect gates and take\\ntolls. They were not to take tolls of persons going to\\nmeetings, funerals, to mill, or ordinary business in town,\\nnor of soldiers going to attend military duty. The Htatc\\nmight in forty years repay expenses and nine per cent,\\ninterest, and the road be the property of the State.\\nThe stock was divided into three hundred shares, of\\nwhich were taken in Chester, by Brown Sweetscr, eight\\nJohn Bell, ten Amos Kent, ten Thomas Sargent, three\\nSimon Towle, four Ben. Brown, two James Wason, Jr.,\\nthree John Wingate, four Isaac Hills, four E. Hills,\\ntwo Dr. B. Kittridge, four Asa Prescott, two Samuel\\nShackford,- tlireerpi)aniel French, two Jacob Elliot, two;\\nJohn Emerson, two David Hall, 3d, Ebenezer Townsend,\\nB. P. Chase, John Melvin, John Folsom, Joseph Robinson,\\nBenjamin Currier and Jethro Sleeper, one share each.\\nThe shares were assessed ninety dollars each, making\\ntwenty-seven thousand dollars.\\nDecember 5th, 1804, the grant was extended to Pem-\\nbroke street. Damages were assessed to known land-\\nowners to the amount of 1895.80 to unknown, one dollar\\nper acre.\\nThe road was built by contract. Jonathan Richardson\\ncontracted from the lower end to one hundred and sixty\\nrods beyond the spruce swamp, the path to be twenty-six\\nfeet wide, the center to be thirty inches aliove tlie gutters\\nthe causeways to be twenty-two feet wide, and covered with\\ngravel eighteen inches deep the bridges to have seven\\nstring-pieces, beveled so that the plank touch not over one\\ninch the planks to be four inches thick. The hills were\\nto be reduced so that the ascent should not be more than\\neighteen inches in a rod. Richardson was to be paid ^^3.75\\nper rod.", "height": "3439", "width": "1904", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "216 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nSimon A. Heath of Epsom, contracted for a mile and a\\nquarter from Pembroke street, excepting Suncook bridge, at\\n$2. 12:V i)er rod and also for a piece beginning at an angle\\non tlie easterly side pf Lakin s hill, to the south side of the\\nstream below Hall s mill, including the bridge, for 14.50\\nper rod. Stephen and Daniel J. Mack contracted to build,\\nfrom the brook at Hall s mill to Jona. Richardson s job, for\\n$3.72 per rod. John Melvin and Abraham Sargent con-\\ntracted to build over Lakin s hill, for ^o,000, if the road\\nmeasured a mile and three-quarters, or in that proportion.\\nAsa Robinson contracted to build the bridge over Suncook\\nriver, for $1,000. Samuel Cochran, Asa Robinson and\\nDavid Kimball contracted to build a tavern house at the\\nupper gate for $1,990, and to build a stable for $450.\\nJames Sargent to build a barn for $265. Abner Blasdcl\\ncontracted to build the lower toll-house for $225, exclusive\\nof the chimney. Simon French was paid $187 for the lot\\nat the upper gate. They hired ten acres of it cleared.\\nBy an account rendered to the Superior Court, from Jan.\\n1806, to Jan. 1812, they had received for tolls and rents,\\n$6,487.67. From 1808 to 1815, they made dividends\\namounting to $18.55 to each share.\\nAn act passed the Legislatui-e, July 4, 1838, repealing\\nthe Chester Turnpike Corporation, which made a public\\nhighway of it.\\nI have not been able to find the records of tlie London-\\nderry Turnpike Corporation, but it was laid out in 1805,\\nfrom Butters Corner in Concord, leading towards Boston.\\nJohn Folsom and John Melvin, of Cliester, contracted to\\nbuild fifteen miles from Hooksett bridge for $1,050 per\\nmile, and $1,000 for straits bridge across tlie pond. The\\nroad was built in 1806 and was the great thoroughfare from\\nthe country to Boston. Head s and Folsom s taverns in\\nChester, and Rcdfield s, afterwards Melvin s, in Derry, were\\nthronged with guests. But afterwards, before the rail-\\nroad was built, the travel went down the west side of the\\nriver and much of the way now, on either Chester or Lon-\\ndonderry turnpike, there is seldom even a solitary traveler.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF ROADS. 217\\nA public liighway was laid out over the Londondcny\\nturnpiiie in 1839.\\nFeb. 20, 180G. Across the Blanchard mill-pond instead\\nof going up to the Calfe place (Nathan Griffin s).\\nJune 17, 1807. The selectmen laid out a road from\\nLong s Corner to the Sandown road, near the second mile-\\nstone. Discontinued by vote of the town, July 27, 1807.\\nAt the January term of the Court of Common Pleas,\\n1808, Joseph Blanchard, and forty-seven others, petitioned\\nto have it laid out. The Court laid it out, and in the Jan-\\nuary term execution was issued for ^65.38.\\nTlie plea for the road was, that the travel to Newbury-\\nport would turn off the main road and go down the North\\nPond road, to avoid the hills.\\nTo evade building it, and another petitioned for by Gid-\\neon George and fifty-five others, January term, 1807, pray-\\ning for a road from Joseph Robinson s to Nathan Webster s\\nto go to the southwest of Robie s hill, it was voted Sept. 7,\\n1807, lo raise half a day on the j)oll and estate accord-\\ningly, and have it laid out under the direction of Stephen\\nChase, Esq., on Robie s hill. George s petition was not\\ngranted.\\nOct. 9, 1807. From Candia line by Benjamin Eaton s to\\nthe Murray saw-mill.\\nMarch 8, 1819. From near where James Underbill for-\\nmerly lived in Auburn, lOG, 2d P., 2d D., by the Kent place,\\nto near the bridge, across the Blanchard mill-pond.\\nSept. 12, 1822. From near John Wilson, Esq. (now\\nJames Towle), by James Wason s to Richard Basford s,\\nadditional Nos. 102 to 110.\\nSept. 12, 1822. From the bridge below Oswego mill\\nto Candia line, towards McDuffeo s.\\nFrom 1830 to 183G. There were various roads Avidened\\nand straightened which it is not necessary to detail.\\nThere was a stage run from Dover to Lowell through\\nChester, which went with the mail to the office of Daniel\\nFrench, Esq., and Orcutt s tavern. A shorter route to ])ass\\na mile southeast of the meeting-house was planned by Dorry\\npeople.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "218 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nDec. 2, 1834. A petition was filed hy Henry Willey and\\nothers, with the clerk of the Conrt of Common Pleas, set-\\nting forth that there was a large amonnt of travel from\\nDover to Lowell, and asking to have the old road widened\\nand straightened, and a new road made from Epping Cor-\\nner to Col. Mark Fisk in Derry. Thomas D. Merril of\\nEpsom, Jacob Freese of Deerlicld and Jeremiah Wilson of\\nGilmanton were appointed a committee.\\nIn Ciiester they laid ont a road from near John Lock s,\\nby Long s Corner and Hall s Village to Derry line. The\\ndamages assessed were -11,722, and the cost of making\\nestimated at 81,722.\\nFebruary term, 183G. Chester petitioned for another\\ncommittee, and Titus Brown of Francestown, Stephen\\nWebster of Haverhill, and Josiah Bellows of Walpole,\\nwere appointed. The committee reported against making\\nthis piece of new road on condition of the selectmen laying\\nout the following, which was laid out Aug. 15, 1837.\\nAugust 15, 1836. The road from the Worthen saw-mill,\\nby Shackford s mill to the old road near the bridge (which\\nwas built), thence diagonally across the farms to the old\\nMelvin place on the street, thence across the farms to Dr.\\nRufus Ivittredge s, on the Derry road (which was discon-\\ntinued ])y vote of the town, Aug. 28, 1838) also from the\\nschool-house No. 2, southeast nineteen rods, thence to\\nDerry line.\\nWhole damage awarded $2,043 00\\nShacki ord road 2 J3 08\\nTowards Derry 613 46\\nThe discontinued part was not paid for.\\nSept. 2, 1836. Laid out from near Webster s, to connect\\nwith the above.\\nOct. 2, 1837. The road from Poplin line to Daniel San-\\nhorn s was widened and straightened from Daniel San- 1 j\\nborn s to near the river, a new road thence widening and i\\nstraightening to Hale True s thence a new road to Joseph l\\nTrue s land thence widening and straightening to Benja-\\nmin French s.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF ROADS. !219\\nJune 2, 1886. A new road from John Prcscolt s to the\\nWorthcn saw-mill laid out.\\n1 Sept. 1, 1836. A petition of John Folsom and others\\nI for a road on Londonderry turn})ike was presented.\\nFebruary term, 1887. A viewing committee was sent\\nout. The proprietors of tlie turnpike objected, unless they\\ni could have some pay. The road cost 867,248, but they\\ni did not expect that. The committee reported in favor of\\nj laying it out. Ambrose Cosset of Claremont, Horace Chase\\nof Hopkinton and Jacob Frcese of Deerfield were ap-\\npointed a committee, who laid it out and awarded $2,000\\ndamage, of which Chester was to pay $279, which was\\nrefunded by the county, return Feliruar} term, IHoO.\\nI By an act of the General* Court passed Jtdy 4, 1888, the\\ncharter of the Chester Turnpike Corporation was repealed,\\nmaking it a free road.\\nIn 1888, the road from near Candia line, passing below\\nthe Oswego mill and to Manchester Centre, was laid out by\\na court s committee. Chester made no opposition, but the\\nI selectmen attended to advise as to its location. It was\\ni built in 1839.\\nIn the town account for 1838, there is a charge of $137\\nfor the selectmen s services and expenses about the Amos-\\nkeag road. There is also a charge of $405 for compen-\\nI sation for highways, all but $35 of which was paid for the\\nPoplin road.\\nIn the account for 1839 are the following charges\\nRoad Coinmittce s services and expenses\\nCompensation for the new llayinond road\\ni Making the Poplin i*oad\\ni Piece of new road by Jeremiah Ray s,\\nI The Aiiioskca road\\n$430 97\\n1,U5\\n70\\n227\\n29\\n50 00\\n2,7;i2\\n83\\n$4,586\\n79\\n542\\n00\\n$5,128\\n79\\nPaid in one year for new roads\\nAdd paid in 1838 as above\\nFebruary term, 1838. Petition of John Moore and otiiers\\nfor a road from John Locke s to Adams saw-mill, in Derry,\\nto go into Sandown. The committee reported against it.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "220 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nOct. 14, 1840, the road from near the Dearborn saw-mill,\\nin Auburn, easterly across Chester turnpike to the Candia\\nroad, near Seavey s, was laid out.\\nIn 1840, upon the petition of John Clark and others, a\\nroad was laid out from below the Blanchard mills across\\nCandia road, over Bald hill to Manchester. July 16,\\n1841, the selectmen were instructed to build it imme-\\ndiately. They purchased a team and hired help and\\ncommenced, but a town-meeting was called at the request\\nof the opponents of the road and counter instructions\\ngiven, A part of the petitioners for the road turned\\nagainst it and had to pay the petitioners expenses of the\\ncontest, and be taxed to the town to pay for the opposition.\\nIt was built, however, to the Candia road, and one hundred\\nand thirty-seven dollars for land damages paid and six hun-\\ndred and thirty-eight dollars for building it. Beyond the\\nCandia road it was discontinued.\\nOct. 28, 1840. A road was laid out from near Reuben\\nSenter s (the old Crosett or William Brown place), to tlie\\nroad to Berry, south of No. 4 school-house in Auburn,\\nacross 86 and 87, 2d P., 2d D.\\n1843. A road was laid out from near Joseph Smith s\\nhouse westerly to the Borough road, laid out October, 1840.\\nDecember 4, 1843. The road from near Amos Morse s or\\nDinsmore sawmill to the Derry road, was laid out.\\nNov. 2, 1844. A road from the road to Candia, south of\\nthe Methodist church, southeast to the old Berry place, in-\\nstead of one over the hills laid out March 3, 1709, was\\nlaid out.\\n1846. The road commissioners, on the petition of John\\nMoore and others, laid out a road from near Hale True s\\n(the old .John Moore place) to near the Methodist church\\nin Sandown. This was to lead towards Lawrence.\\n1846. Jona. B. Sanborn and others preferred a petition\\nto the commissioners for a road from Daniel Sanborn s (the\\nLt. William Moore place), in Chester, to the Methodist\\nchurch in Sandown. Not granted.\\nJune, 1846. The petition of Stephen Dearborn and others,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF ROADS. 221\\nfor a road from Auburn Villag-e to Lovereigivs Corner in\\nRaynioiul. Final action Scptcnil)cr, 1847 laid out. Au-\\nburn built from the Village to the Murray road and paid\\nlandholders 801)1, and for building- the road 11784.80. The\\nwhole damages were for Auburn, 81*73 Chester, 8-j23, and\\nexpenses, $438.83.\\nFebruary term, 1748. Raymond petitioned for a discon-\\ntinuance.\\n-August, 1848. Chester petitioned for a discontinuance.\\nFebruary, 1850. Auburn petitioned for a discontinuance\\nof that part not built, all of whicii was granted afterwards\\nlaid out and built, Chester, 1864 Auburn, 18G8.\\nSeptember 3, 1847. A new road laid out from Osgood\\nTrue s to the old road from the Locke place, and the old\\niroad widened and straightened to Hale True s, towards\\niLawrence or Haverhill.\\nOct. IG, 1847. A road was laid out from near Ebenezer\\nMarden s, southwest to the road from Chester to the Branch.\\nOct. 23, 1848. An addition to the above to near Wal-\\nter Basford s shop.\\n1 July 1 1853. A road was laid out from near Frederic\\niWason s (the old David McClure and Juhn Knowles\\nIplace), southeast to Wason s.\\nIn 1847 a road was laid out from Londonderry turn-\\n;pike passing the steam saw-mill to the Scnter road.\\nIn 1849 a road was laid out from Londonderry turnpike\\ni southeast to Londonderry line towards Wilson s Crossing.\\nIn 1853 a road was laid out from the corner near school-\\nhouse No. 2 in Auburn, southwest to meet the road laid\\niout in 1847.\\nIn 18(!4 the county commissioners laid out in Chester\\nthe road laid out upon the petition of Stephen Dearborn\\nand others and discontinued, and in 18G7 the selectmen\\nof Auburn laid out the part of the same in Aul)urn.\\nThe Mammoth road, leading from Hooksett to Lowell,\\nwas laid out after a long contest in 1831, which passes a\\nlong distance in Old Chester, in Hooksett and Manchester,\\nwhich cost the town of Hooksett between three and four\\nthousand dollars.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "222 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nA road was laid out in 1840 from the Factory Village\\nacross the farms to the old Suncook road near Matthew\\nGault s. When the Londonderry turnpike was laid out as\\na free road in 1836, Hooksett bridge was reserved by the\\ncorporation, which the town of Hooksett purchased in 1853\\nfor ;$1,G-10, which was l)urncd with the railroad bridge Sept.\\n30, 1857, and a new one built at a cost of 86,000, which\\nwas carried off by a freshet and ice, March 20, 1850, and a\\nnew one built by the town at an expense of about $^8,000.\\nCHAPTER X\\nHISTORY OP BULLS\\nBefore giving a history of tlie Iniilding of mills I propose\\nto give a description of the early mills, and of the modern\\nimprovements.\\nThe early saw-mills were built with flutter or undershot\\nwater-wheels, with heavy rims, and at least three feet and\\na half high, and about four feet wide, with a wrought-iron\\ncrank, from sixteen to eighteen inclies long. The water p\\nwas brought on in a tangent of about forty-five degrees. 1\\nThe gate hoisted perpendicularly. The saw-frame ran in i?\\nrabbets in the fender posts, secured by wooden knees called\\nhook pins. The pitman, to connect the crank to the\\nsaw-frame, was all of wood. The saws were of iron, so\\nthat wlien the breast was worn hollow they would heat the\\nsaw and strike the back on an anvil, and straighten it. The\\nsaw was strained by a key or wedge. The carriage ran on\\npieces of plank, called nogs, about two feet apart, set\\nperpendicularly in timbers, the corners cut out to receive\\nthe carriage. Only one carriage side was cogged. Reel\\ndogs were used at both ends, so that the dogs were drawn f\\nevery run. To feed, a roller went across the mill, in front\\nof the saw, resting on wooden bearings on the plates, and", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "IIISTOUY OF ^RIILLS. 223\\na head hanging down, from which there was a pole some\\nten feet h)ng, with a j)awl or liand on the end, to work the\\nrag-wheel. They had no apparatns for raising the hand,\\nbut always had to be there, to take it np and lay it on a pin.\\nThey had no negro-, or gig-wheel, bnt ran the carriage\\nback with their feet and to have it go back easier, would\\nhave the mill incline a foot and a half, or two feet, in the\\nlength. .1 have seen all of this in operation in my day.\\nAbout 1808 there came along a millwright by the name\\nof Oliver Hawkins, wdio introduced wider and lower wheels,\\nwith the floats fastened to arms, lie used short cranks,\\nand had the water brought on nearly perpendicular, and\\ni after striking the wheel, the water was ])rought round in a\\ncurve. The gate was drawn horizontally on the bott()m of\\nthe fhime. He introduced cogging both carriage sides, and\\nj running upon a continued track in the centre of each side.\\nt Some mills were built l)y Joseph Wilson, of Hudson, with\\nI the rolling gate, and other improvements, perhaps earlier\\n1 than Hawkins The first change of water-wheel from the\\nj flutter, was the spiral vent, invented by Clark Wilson, of\\nf Swanzy, in 1830. It was a reticting wheel, with iron\\nbuckets and wooden rim.\\nI The first balance wheel I ever saw in a saw-mill, was at\\n1 Osgood s, at Methuen, Mass., in 1827. It was a heavy\\nwooden wheel, five feet in diameter, with a cast-iron seg-\\ni ment, for counter-balance. It was put in l)y James Butter-\\nfield. It waded so heavily in the water that it did no good.\\nIll 1838 the Exeter manufacturing company built two\\nsaw-mills, and sent to Hallowell for their irons, and had\\niron balance-wheels.\\nThe first slides for saw-frames, so far as I know, were in\\nthe Locks and Canal Co. s mill at Lowell, in 1832, V slides\\nI on the saw-frame running in grooves in the posts. It was\\nnearly impossible to keep them tight on the frame, and\\nthere were other difficulties. The next was V slides on the\\nposts and grooves in the saw-frame. The Exeter mills, be-\\nfore s})oken of, had square slides on the inside of the j)Osts,\\nj and composition boxes on the saw-frame. In 1839, larger", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "224 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nsquare slides on the inside of the posts, with wooden bear-\\nings on the frame, were introduced. Aliout 1845, round\\nslides in front of the posts, and soon after the present\\nform of square ones in front of the posts were introduced.\\nSo far as I am aware the first belted saw-mill was built\\nfor Ralph Bricket, of Hampstead, ift 1836, in connection\\nwith a shingle-mill, to split the stuff. It had no counter-\\nbalance, and was not substantial enough to do great busi-\\nness. The first iron segments on the carriage running on\\nan iron track, so far as I know, were in a mill built by the\\nAmesbury Flannel Manufacturing Co. at the Tewksbury\\nmills. The track was round on the top. This was in 1839.\\nThe first steam saw-mill in this region was built by Webster\\nPage, at South Kingston.\\nThe clapboards and shingles were all riven. The earli-\\nest clapboard machine was introduced a little previous to\\n1820, and the log hung upon centres, and passed over the\\nsaw, and was so adjusted as to saw the requisite depth for\\nthe width of the clapboard. It was self-setting, and had\\nsappers attached to the saw to straighten the edges. The\\nshingle machine was a later invention. The first of either\\nof these machines in Chester was by John Clarke, in 1833.\\nThe early grist-mills were driven by undershot water-\\nwheels, about fifteen feet high and four feet wide, the\\nwater brought on at an angle of about twenty-five degrees.\\nThe gears used were wooden face or crown gears. The\\nrunner was hung on a stiff horn, sometimes a. tripod, so\\nthat the spindle had to be exactly perpendicular to the face\\nof both bed, stone and runner. The tub-wheel was in-\\nvented by a Mr. Hitchcock, the first part of the century.\\nIt was at first a small and deep wheel, with the runner\\nattached to the top gudgeon. They soon, however, made\\nlarger wheels, usually six to eight feet in diameter, fifteen\\ninches deep, and geared. These wheels were mostly used\\nfrom 1810 to 1835, for grain mills. The spiral vent, ,j\\nand other reacting wheels, and then centre-discharge, and f\\nvarious combinations of direct and reliction wheels, super-\\nseded them. In the early mills, wrought-iron gudgeons or", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MILLS. 225\\nbearings were used. The earliest east-iron wing-gudgeon saw\\nwas put into N. Clark s mill, Handown, by Joseph Wilson,\\nin 1812, though they were probably used earlier. The cap\\nor flange-gudgeon was invented l)y Butler AVilson, a son of\\nthe above, at a later date.\\nAs the cloth was of home manufacture, fulling- or cloth-\\ning-mills were common. The fulling-mill or stock was\\ndriven by an undershot wheel alxnit ten feet high, with two\\nwooden ovals or cams set opposite to each other on the\\nshaft, to force the feet or mallets alternately against the\\ncloth, and they fell back by their own gravity. When the\\novals were too flat, or the motion too quick, the mallet\\nwould not fall back as fast as the cam, and they would\\nmeet with a heavy concussion. Cranks, with smaller\\nwheels, were introduced about 1810.\\nThe raising the nap on cloth was done by a small card,\\nby hand. Mr. Ilaynes got up a machine for raising the\\nnap on cotton and linen cloth, called fustian. It con-\\nsisted of a main cylinder on wooden bearings, two or two\\nand a half feet in diameter, covered with teasels, and the\\ncloth passing over rollers above and below. Instead of\\ngetting motion by attaching it to his water-wheel, he had a\\nrope attached to the shaft of the machine, and passing over\\na sheave at the beams of his mill, with a heavy weight at\\nthe other end of the rope. This was wound up until the\\nweight was raised to the beam, and then the machine would\\nrun until the weight had run down then it must be wound\\nup again.\\nThe shearing of fulled cloth was done with hand shears.\\nThe blades of these were about seven inches wide, and\\nabout thirty inches long. The cloth was laid across a\\ncushion about as wide as the length of the blades of the\\nshears. The bottom blade lay flat upon it, and weighted\\ndown with fifty or sixty pounds of lead the other blade\\nconnected by a large bow or spring, and standing at an\\nangle of about forty-five degrees. A strap was attached to\\nthe bottom blade, and to a wooden handle or lever made to\\nbear against the top blade, by means of which the shears\\n15", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "226 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nwere sprung. In shearing, tlie shears were sprung with\\none liand, and, weighing in all nearly one hundred pounds,\\nmoved evenly across the cloth, and then lifted and moved\\nhack again. It required a great deal of skill, and was\\nvery laborious work. These shears were exclusively used\\nuntil 1812 to 1814, when Hovey s vibrating shears were\\nintroduced, in which by turning a crank the shears were\\nsprung, and the cloth-beams moved, also a brush to raise\\nthe naj). About the year 1825, spiral blades were in-\\ntroduced.\\nThe dyeing of fulled cloth for every-day wear was mostly\\nwith butternut, or oilnut, bark for handsome, black or\\nLondon brown, dyed with camwood darkened, and much\\nlater indigo blue was introduced. There was, for men s\\nsummer wear, a cotton and linen cloth made, called fustian,\\nwhich was dyed with fustic, darkened, and a nap raised\\nand the cloth pressed.\\nAt a general meeting of the proprietors of Checher,\\nheld at Ham})ton the 11th day of January, 1720-1,\\nVoted, To Coll- Packer, Coll Wiar, Caleb Towle, and\\nSam Ingalls, the whole Priviledge upon the upper Falls of\\nthe great Brook forever, to build a Saw mill or mills on,\\nand also ten acres of Land Gratis, on Each Side s falls for\\nthe s mills Conveuiency, with Condition That the s mills\\nshall be fitt to Cutt boards in a Twelvemonth from this\\nTime and that they Shall Saw at halves the Proprs.\\nLoggs, So much as they Shall have occasion for Building.\\nAnd those props, that Shall have Occasion to buy boards\\nshall be Supplyed with So many as they Shall have occa-\\nsion for, at the Rate of thirty shillings per Thousand at the\\nmill. And if the making a jiond or ponds for s mill\\ndamnifies any of the proprs., the society shall make good\\nthe damages.\\nAt a meeting at Hampton, March 16, 1720-1,\\nVoted, That the four persons to whom the Stream is\\ngranted. Shall give each a bond of Fifty pounds to the\\nComittee, to perform the Conditions of s Grant, and if\\nany of them Refuse to do it, the Comittee is Impovvered to\\nadmitt others.\\nAt a meeting of the committee, September 29, 1721,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MILLS. 227\\nVoted, That the proprietors of the upper Falls on the\\ngreat lirook have tlie privilcdgc of the Lower ialls also, for\\ntheir Fiirtlier Icouragoii*, to build a mill according to a voie\\nof the Society, at a pu1)lick meeting hekl Jan. 11 1720-1,\\nand in consideration of which Athlitional Privilege thej are\\nto build a Grist mill as Soon as the Town Avill need it.\\nJames Basford at one time owned most of the mill. In\\n1731 he sold Ebenczcr Dearborn one-fourth of the old\\nsawmill. In 1732 he sold to William Wilson one-eighth\\nof the old sawmill. In 1734 he had some difficulty\\nwith the proprietors about the mill, and they voted to have\\na reference.\\nIn 1735 Ebenczer Dearborn deeded to his sons Eljenezer,\\nJr., Benjamin, Thomas and Michael, one-fourth of the old\\nsawmill.\\nIn 1743, in consideration of .\u00c2\u00a322 bills of credit, EI)ene-\\nzer Dearborn, Ebenezer Dearborn, Jr., Thomas Dearborn\\n,aud Michael Dearborn convey to Thomas Wells four-sixths\\nof the old sawmill.\\nWe know little more about the mill or its owners until\\njabout 1780, when Hugh Tolford, Jacob Wells, Capt.\\nClough, Moses Haselton, John Ilaselton and Benjamin\\niHaselton rebuilt it. It was rebuilt once after that, and\\nagain in 1848, and is now owned by Edwin Haselton and\\niParker Morse.\\nJonathan Blunt had a saw-mill previous to 1730. He\\niOwned home lot No. 12, and it was probably on that, near\\nithe Blake tan-vard.\\nAIKEN S GRIST-MILL.\\nj At a meeting, March 7, 1730, it was\\nVoted, that there be encouragement given for building\\nla Grist mill on the middle falls of the Grate Brook, that is\\n^to John Aiken s, and fourteen or lifteen acres of land to the\\nEastward of s falls, as convenient as can be had of com-\\nmon land, provided s Aiken build a sufficient Grist mill by\\n,:hi8 time twelvemonth, and keep s mill in good Repair\\nifrom time to time, and at all times hereafter.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "228 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nMr. Aiken built the mill on his lot, No. 145. This was\\nprobably the first grist-mill in town.\\nWilliam Graham, who married Mr. Aiken s daughter\\nMargaret, purchased the mill and land adjoining in 1745.\\nIn 1750, Graham purchased at the Long Meadows, and\\nMr. Aiken died, and gave by will his three home lots to his\\nsons John and James. As the mill was on one of those\\nlots, it had probably been re-deeded. John Aiken, Jr., lived\\nwhere John Haselton now lives, and I think owned the\\nmill. It was on that lot.\\nhaselton s grist-mill.\\nThe privilege of the Lower falls on the Great l)rook\\nwas granted to the proprietors of the upper falls, Sept.\\n29, 1721, but they probably never availed themselves of\\nthe grant.\\nMay 5, 1746, it is recorded, William Crafiford having\\nbuilt a grist-mill upon the Great brook in Chester at the\\nLower falls so called, the fifth day of May, 1746, doth\\nRecord his son Robert miller of said Grist mill. Henry\\nLunt owned the mill in 1753, died in 1761. Samuel Cur-\\nrier owned it in 1770.\\nIn 1779 Samuel Currier, of Hampfetead, conveyed to\\nRichard Haselton thirty acres of land with the grist-mill,\\nthe land I^ounded on Crawford s and Mark Carr s. In 1780\\nhe bought a pair of millstones of Francis Chase, of New-ij\\ntown, for one hundred and fifty pounds so he probably re-\\nbuilt at tliat time. The mill was once carried off l)y a\\nfreshet; Peter Haselton thinks about 1793. It was oncei\\nburnt. It descended to Thomas Haselton, then to his son\\nAmos Haselton. He put in a machine for sawing clap-\\nboards from the logs in 1839. In 1853 the mill was en-\\ntirely rebuilt, using the timber of the old Long Meadow\\nmeeting-house. Machinery for making pails was put in in\\n1857 planer and box machine in 1858. Water being\\nshort a steam engine was put in in 1860 a second pail-\\nlathc in 1862. In 1866 about thirty-two thousand pails wercj", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MILLS. 229\\nmade, and fish-kits to the vahic of six thousand four huudied\\ndollars, and about one hundred and fifteen thousand feet of\\nI boards made into boxes.\\ncarr s, morse s, now couch s mills.\\nPrevious to 1741 John Karr had built a saw-mill and\\ngrist-mill wiiere Couch s mills now are, for in his inventory\\nf for that year there are two mills set down to liim.\\nI In 1743 there was an effort to have a new road to Lon-\\nj donderry to go by Karr s mills. In the return of the\\ni road, March 21, 1754, it Began at a stake near the\\nBridge Between Capt. Morse s saw-mill and grist-mill.\\nIn Cai)t. Morse s will, proved May 25, 176o, he gave his\\nI sons, Josiah and Oliver, the mills in equal shares. Oliver\\n;had the homestead farm, and died in 1770. The dam was\\ncarried away by a freshet, and at the time Josiah got wet,\\nItook cold, and died in 1794, and the mills went down.\\nOliver Morse s widow married Taylor Little and had a\\nI daughter Hannah, who married Isaac Dinsmore, who\\n(bought the place and rebuilt the saw-mill about 1806 and\\nagain about 1830. It was some time owned by Henry\\nAbbot, who in 1834 put in a shingle-mill, the second in\\ntown. lie sold to Col. Couch, who put iu a run of stones\\nibelow the road with the shingle-mill.\\nTHE MCDUFFEE MILLS, NEAR SCHOOL-HOUSE NO. 4, IN AUBURN.\\nii\\nj| In the inventory of 1741, James Campbell (who lived\\njat the Pearly Cliase place at Walnut hill) is set down as\\nhaving a mill, and Daniel McDuffee (who lived at the\\nDaniel Kimltall place in Derry) had also a mill. The re-\\nctum of the bridle road from where Oilman Morse now\\nilives, through the south woods, March 25, 1740, ended at\\nCampbell s saw-mill. This had been the road to the\\nLong Meadows. In the return of the road, March 5,\\n1747, it runs by the west end of Hugh McDuffec s corn-\\nmill. Hugh McDuffee owned the corn-mill during his life,\\niaud Archibald and Mansfield McDull ee the saw-mill.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "230 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nJames McDuffee is taxed in 1801 for two mills, which is\\nthe last tax on them. They soon went down. John Mc-\\nDuffee, son of Hugh, fell through the place for turning the\\nrunner and broke his neck. The saw-mill stood just above\\nthe present road leading to Derry, the corn-mill several\\nrods below.\\nNUTT S, CRAIGE S, CROSETT S and brown s mill, AT THE\\nAUBURN steam-mill.\\nIt is uncertain when or l:\u00c2\u00bby whom the first mill was Iniilt.\\nThere were two men by the name of Nutt who lived at the\\nPierce and Brown place and might have had a share in it.\\nThe first title which I have seen is Thomas Shirley sold to\\nJames Wilson one quarter of a saw-mill, commonly called\\nNutt s mill standing on Cohas brook, in 1750, and An-\\ndrew Craige, Jr., sells to Andrew Craige one-half of lot\\nNo. 93, 2d P., 2d D. (on which the mill stood), and one-\\nfourth of the saw-mill, in 1764. Andrew Craige bought\\none hundred and sixty acres, a part of No. 87 and one-half\\nof No. 93 (a part of the Nutt place), and sold to James\\nand Benjamin Crosett. They sold half the land and one-\\nhalf the saw-mill to Robert Fulton. James and Benjamin\\nCrosett sold to Benjamin and Samuel Pierce and William\\nBrown two hundred and seventy-four acres in 1771, and it\\nis understood that they had the mill, but it eventually went\\ndown. The mill stood on the Long Meadow brook some\\nseventy or eighty rods al)Ove the steam-mill.\\nIn 1802 Lt. William Brown and his son John built a\\nnew mill down the stream near the steam-mill. It was\\nafterwards owned by Stephen II. Reid, Alanson Tucker,\\nEsq. (who new geared it in 1836), and John B. Adams.\\nIn 1816 a company was formed, consisting of John B.\\nAdams, John C. Pillsbury, George H. Taylor and Nathan-\\niel Brown, who built a steam saw-mill, including circular\\nsaws for various purposes, at an expense of about five\\nthousand dollars.\\nIn 1855 it was sold to the Land and Water Power Com-", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MILLS. 2^1\\npany of i\\\\ranclicstei% and since owned by William Vincent\\nand Robert Thompson, and is now, 1868, out of use.\\nsiiackford s corn-mill.\\nWhen the first mill was built is uncertain. In 1776\\nJohn Shackford conveyed to John Sliackford, Jr., mil-\\nler, one-half of his home farm so the mill was built\\nprevious to that time. John, Jr., died in 1779, and his\\nson Samuel iniierited it and held it during his life-time.\\nThe gears were rebuilt in 18S6 and 1837, and a run of\\nstones added. Samuel s son, Jonathan, sold to James\\nLocke.\\nTHE WORTHEN SAW-MILL.\\nJosiah Forsaith says that his grandfather, Dea. Matthew\\nForsaitli, purchased the privilege of Dolly Worthen, and\\nbuilt the first mill. She was the widow of David Worthen,\\n1 who died November 19, 1766, and she married Jacob Chase\\nI about 1776. The mill was prol)ably built before 1770.\\nI There was a new mill raised in 1785.\\nIn 1790, Matthew Forsaith, Josiah Forsaith, Michael\\nWorthen and Benjamin Currier are taxed one-sixth each,\\nand Gideon Currier one-third. Capt. Shackford subse-\\nquently was an owner, and Cyrus Eaton, George Weeks,\\nDaniel Clay and Alfred Dearborn. Samuel M. Edwards is\\nI now, 1868, the })rincipal owner, and has put in a circular\\nsaw for sawing boards.\\nbenjamin hills mill.\\nPrevious to 1741 Benjamin Hills had built a saw-mill on\\nthe North brook on his farm. He sold one-eighth })art of\\nit in 1748 to Thomas Craig. Whether there were other\\nowners, and how long it stood, is not known.\\nJune 3, 1784, Benjamin Hills, 3d, and others, raised a\\nmill farther up the same stream. In 1791, Stephen Hills,\\nBenjamin Hills, 3d, and Josej)h Long were taxed one-third\\neach. In 1792, Eliphalct Hills was taxed for one-sixth.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "232. HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nThere was a mill kept up until 1816, when Benjamin Hills,\\nEdward S. Hills and Joseph Long were taxed for one-third\\neach.\\nFrench s corn-mill.\\nOctober 6, 1785, Benjamin French raised a corn-mill on\\nthe same stream still farther up, nearly opposite where his\\ngrandson, David French, now lives. Mr. French died Jan.\\n18, 1797. The mill was taxed to his widow several years,\\nand then to Sherburn Dearborn, who married her, down to\\n1820. Capt. Benjamin Currier and Gideon Currier once\\nhad a corn-mill on the same stream, opposite where\\nBenaiah Spotford now lives.\\nISAAC hills wind-mill.\\nMay IG, 1789, Isaac Hills, Esq., raised a wind-mill. He\\nfitted it with the usual oblique vanes, and could do some\\nbusiness with it. But he conceived a plan of what he called\\nan air-mill. He had an octagon tower with large win-\\ndows or doors in the several sides, to open on opposite\\nsides, according to the direction of the wind. The wind was\\nto pass through, and operate on a large float-wheel in the\\ninside. He first made a working model, and told to Mr-\\nDavid Clark how it operated. Mr. Clark shrewdly enquired\\nwhether he put any corn in to which he replied in the\\nnegative. Mr. Clark said that that would make quite a\\ndifference, which he found to be true, as it never proved\\neffective. The building was standing long within my rec-\\nollection, and its foundation is yet to be seen.\\nISAAC hills CORN-MILL.\\nIn 1805, Isaac Hills, Esq., built a corn-mill on the stream\\nbelow the Blake tan-yard.\\nEBENEZER BASFORD s MILLS.\\nEbenezer Basford built a corn-mill with lidit stones to", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MILLS. 233\\noperate by wind or by hand at pleasure. There was after-\\nward a water-mill back northeast of the house.\\nTHE LOCKE MILLS.\\nThe first Locke mill was on Exeter river, up near where\\nCharles Moore, Sen., formerly lived, not far from the road\\nfrom Wilbur s. It was ])robably built as early as 1780. It\\nwas owned by Capt William Locke, Robert Wilson, Esq.,\\nLt. William Moore, John Basford, and I think that Domin-\\nicus Prescott once owned a share. It was burned, by Mr.\\nBasford s leaving fire, March 27, 1796.\\nIn 1810 John Locke and Benjamin True, Jr., built a saw-\\nmill further down the river, some eighty rods al)Ove True s\\nhouse. About 1820 Mr. Locke built a corn-mill on the op-\\nposite side of the stream. In 1847 it was rebuilt by John\\nand True T. Locke, and a shingle-mill added. It was after-\\nwards sold to John Wason, and was burnt in 1857.\\nTHE KNOWLES MILL.\\nIn 1802 Nathan Knowles built three-eighths, Joseph\\nBrown a quarter, Nathan Knowles, Sen., Dominicus Pres-\\ncott, one-eighth each. New gears were built in 1838, and\\nit was burnt in 1847.\\nCharles Stevens built a new one in 1859.\\nTOWLE AND SANBORN s MILL.\\nJames Towle and Rufus Sanborn built a belted saw-mill\\non the North brook in 1848.\\nmcmurphy s or Webster s mill.\\nIt seems by the following document, that there was an\\nidea that there was iron ore somewhere in the vicinity, and\\nthat iron works might be erected on the Cohas.\\nTherckwas an act passed in 1719, the preamble of which\\nsets forth that there is very good iron mine or ore in New", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "234 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nHampshire that the workuig of it was likely to prove of\\ngreat advantage, and that sundry gentlemen have already\\nadvanced stock for setting up several furnaces, c., and the\\nact forl)ids carrying any ore out of the province under a\\npenalty of ten pounds per ton. The British I arliament\\nwould encourage the manufacture of iron in the Colonies\\nto be sent to Great Britain to be manufactured.\\nBy a statute of 23 of Geo. II., it is provided that after\\n1750 no subsidy, or custom, should be paid on any bar-iron\\nimported from the Colonies into the port of London. The\\nact also prohibits the erection of any mill for rolling or\\nslitting iron, or any plating forge to work with a tilt-ham-\\nmer, or any furnace for making steel, under the penalty of\\ntwo hundred pounds that every such mill or furnace\\nshould 1)0 deemed a nuisance, and the Governor and Lieut.-\\nGovernor were required to cause them to Ije aljated.\\nSo, though they might have made iron there, it would\\nhave been unlawful to have slit it into shoe shapes or nail\\nrods, or converted it into steel and the Governor would\\nhave been bound to have abated it as a nuisance.\\nMay 16, 1739, there Avas a vote passed making a grant\\nto John McMurphy, of land and a mill privilege, at Mas-\\nsabesic river, below the great pond, and a committee\\nconsisting of IMr. John Calfe Lmn Jacob Sargent and Sam-\\nuel Emerson, were appointed to finish this matter. The\\nfollowing is the report and agreement of this committee\\nThe said Committee for and in behalf of the said Pro-\\nprietors, and as far as in them Lies, Persuant to a Vote of\\nthe said Proprietors Pased at the said meeting in may\\nafforsaid, do by these Presents give, grant, Enfooffand Con-\\nfirm unto the Said John ma.cnmrphy, his heirs and assigns,\\nfor ever, free Liljerty to Erect, Set up, and maintain a Grist\\nmill at massaliesick River, at any place he shall find most\\nconvenient below the Create Pond, Provided, and on this\\nCondi (icii. that the Said macmurphy, his Heirs or assigns,\\nShall Erect the said mill at the Place afibrsaid, and fitt and\\ncompleat the Same so far as to grind Corn for the use of\\nthose that Shall bring it to the said mill to be ground, for\\nthe Custemary Toll, within two years from tl|e deate\\nhereof, and the Said inacnuirphy Performe as is Expresed", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MILLS. 235\\nin tlic tliirfl article and on failnro of jicrformino: tlic Saici,\\nmill as alForsaid, then the Privelod^-c to bo ibrlited, and to\\nReturn to the Said Proprietors, and tiieir Snceessoi-s for-\\never: and it is further aureed hetween tlic said Parties,\\nand the Said Committee do liereby on the behalf of the\\nsaid Proprietors Expresly limit and Provide, that tiie Said\\nJohn macuiuri)hy, his heirs or assigns, shall not bnild,\\nErect, and Place the Said grist mill on the Stream or River\\nalforsaid so as to hinder, or be any Prejudice to the placing,\\nBuilding and Erecting Iron works, a Sawmill, or mills, in\\nCase the Stream will be suflicient for that Purpose, and\\nthe Same can be doncVvithout any Prejudice to the Said\\nGristmill; and if the Said Proprietors Shall at anytime\\nHereafter see meeat, or think Proper that the Said Iron\\nworks. Saw mill, or mills, or any of them. Should be built\\nand Placed on the Said River at the place afifoi s or near\\ntheirunto, and Should Resolve to have the same done, but\\nthat neitlnu the said works. Sawmill, or mills, nor any\\nother building, shall hereafter be Erected on the Said\\nStream so as to be any Prejudice, Inturrnjjtion or Incon-\\nveniancc to the Going, maintaining and Support of the Said\\nGrist mill and further, in Case the Said Pro])riot(^i-s shall\\nat any time hereafter Resolve to Build Iron AVorks in Case\\na s liciancy of oare or Iron mine can l)e found conveniantly,\\na Sawmill, or mills, or any of them, the Said macmurphy\\nand his heirs Shall have the Lil)erty, and the Same is here-\\nby granted to him and them, to Erect, bnild, and maintain\\nthe Said Iron Works, Sawmills, or mills. So Long as he and\\nthey Shall see Cause and Whenever he or they shall see\\nCause to Resign the said Priveledge, the Same shall Re-\\nturne to the Said Proprietors, and their Successors, and the\\nbuilding and Labour of the said macmnr])hy or his heirs,\\nthat he or they shall have done before such Resignation\\nshall IIap])en, Shall lie Valued by the Selectmen of the\\ntown of Cliester affors for the time th(Mi being, and What-\\nsoever Sum the Said Selectmen shall Value the said l)nild-\\nings and [jal)Our at, the Said Proprietors shall Pay or Cause\\nto be Paid, to the said macmurphy, his heirs or assigns, on\\ndemand, after such Valuation Shall be made.\\nSecondly, the Said committee. Pursuant to the said Vote,\\ndo herel)y Give and Grant to the Said macnuu-phy, his heirs\\nand assigns, fifty acres of Land at the falls of the said\\nRiver, to be Laid out on both sides the said River, Equally\\nto the out Lett of the said Pond, as near and as conveniant\\nfor the accomodation of the said Grist mill, and other mills,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "236 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nor mill, or Iron works, as aforesaid, as the Said Land can\\nbe laid the same being Given and Granted by the said\\nProprietors to the said macmurj)hy and his heirs, for his\\nIncouraoemcnt towards Building the Said Grist mill and\\nin Consideration of the Grate Expence and Charge which\\nlie must necesserely be at to accomplish the same within\\nthe time Limeted herein, and the Said committee are to\\nProceed and Lay out the said fifty acres of Land in manner\\nafors as soon as the Same can be Conveniently done, and\\nto make a Returne theirof by meets and Bounds, and Record\\nthe Same on the Said Proprietors Book of Records, or\\nCause the same to be done as Soont as Laid out. More-\\nover the Said Comittee Shall Lay out to the Said macmur-\\nphy and his heirs, at his or their Request, a Small Quantity\\nof Land at the Discretion of the Said Comittee, as shall be\\nEfectuall to Prevent any Person or Persons from L-egularly\\nand Clandestinely or unfairly drawing out the Water from\\nthe Said Pond, to the Deturment of the said mill or mills,\\nor Works, as aforesaid and further, that the said mac-\\nmurjjhy, his heirs or assigns, shall have at all times here-\\nafter free and full libei ty to flow and Raise the Watter in\\nthe Said Pond, as he or they shall have need or occasion\\nfor the Carrying on the work and ])uiseness of the Said\\nGrist mill, or Saw mill, or mills, or L on W^orks, as afore-\\nsaid.\\nThirdly, that the Said macmurj\u00c2\u00bbhy, in building the Said\\nmill, or mills, or any of the W\\\\jrks theirunto belonging,\\nShall not Stop or Impede the course of the Fish up the\\nsaid River, but shall and will leave, and Contrive, and\\nmake sufficient passage for that Purpose. Moreover, it is\\nfurther agreed by and Between the Said Parties that the\\nSaid macmurjjhy, his heirs and assigns, shall and will at\\nall times after the said Grist mill is lifted and Com])leated\\nfor Grinding, as aforesaid, Grind for the Proprietors and\\nInhabitants of Chester aforesaid, and their Successors, be-\\nfore and in Prcfference of their Grists, to the Grists of any\\nother Person or Persons Whatever, for three days in a week\\nforever (Viz.), Every tuesday, Wednesday thursday, for-\\never, and the Comittee appoynted and chosen by the Pro-\\nprietors of Chester aforesaid, to Lay out the aforesaid Fifty\\nacres of Land at the falls of the afores River, on both\\nsides, to the out Lett of the aforsaid pond, and the Small\\nQuantity of Land to Prevent the Iregular and Clandestine\\nor Unfaire drawing out the Water from the atforsaid Pond,\\nto the damiage of the afforsaid mill, or mills, or Iron", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MILLS. 237\\nWorks, is mr. John Calfc, Ensign Jacol) F^argont Samuel\\nEmerson, of Chester afforsaid, alhvays Reserving a Lil\\nerty and Priveledge to the Proprietors and Inluihitents\\nof the town of Cliester atVorsaid, to {)ass and Repass with-\\nout Interruption too and from the afforsaid massaheeeek\\nRiver to Catch and take at the falls of said River, below\\nthe afforsaid Pond, for nesecery famely Support, Such Fish\\nas may be obtained.\\nThe small (jnantity of land to prevent the mifair drawing\\nof water was laid out at the beach and valley, near where\\nthe Island Pond House now stands, to prevent making\\nanother outlet through the Long Pond.\\nIn 17r)0 John McMurphy sold the mills and land to\\nAlexander McMurphy. The mill stood on the southeast\\nside of the stream, several rods above the present road and\\nabove the present mill-j)ond, and had a low head of water\\nwithout flowing Massabesic and at a meeting of the pro-\\nprietors, October 18, 17G3, it was\\nVoted, not to support the flowing more than was\\nnatural.\\nVoted, that the privilege of grinding for the proprietors\\nof Chester three days in a week at macmnrphy s mill at\\nMassabeeceek shall cease, and it shall become a common\\npriviledge for grinding as other mills are, upon condition\\nthat the said macmurphy and his heirs shall forever keep,\\nmaintain and su})port a Grist mill there, u})on his and their\\nown charge.\\nWhen a saw-mill was first built, or the Haselton mill\\nbelow, is not known, and the traditions are vague and con-\\ntradictory. If Potter be right, in his History of Manches-\\nter, that Alewife Falls, mentioned in the return of a road\\nlaid out December 10, 1751, page 680, were at the Hasel-\\nton mill, then that mill was l)uilt before that, and probal)ly\\nMcMurphy had none. But if Samuel Ganil)le l)e right,\\nthat Alewife Falls were just below McMurphy s, and that\\nthe waste water mentioned in the return was the natural\\nstream, and that tliere was a canal to carry the water to\\nthe saw-mill, then McMurphy had dug a canal and built a\\nsaw-mill before that date, and the Haselton mill is probably\\nof a later date. (See History of Roads.)", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "238 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nNoveml^er 18, 1778, Alexander McMurphy sold for\\n\u00c2\u00a31800, additional lot No. 60, No. 23, 2d P., 2d D., and\\nthe ]\\\\fcMurpliy grant, to John Sheldon, together with\\nthe saw-mill and grist-mill. So there was a saw-mill there\\nthen\\nMarch 11, 1782, Sheldon conveyed to John Webster, for\\nfive hundred and seventy pounds in silver, at six shillings\\nand eight pence per ounce, the McMurphy grant, including\\nthe house and mills. Webster dug a new and better\\ncanal.\\nHis son, Israel Webster, next owned the mills. About\\n1810 he sold to James Patterson a privilege above the Mc-\\nMurphy mill, who built a saw-mill, and flowed Massabesic,\\nand flooded Blanchard s mills, so that it entirely stopped\\nthem. The water for a long time was above the base of\\nthe great stone by the road, at the head of the pond.\\nBlanchard commenced an action, but the legal remedy\\nwas slow, and four young men (Esquire Blanchard s neigh-\\nbors), having previously reconnoitered the premises, went\\none night and cut away the dam, which was a very haz-\\nardous performance.\\nPatterson once owned the saw-mill below, but not the\\ngrist-mill, and he failed, and the premises went back under\\na mortgage. Mr. Webster s sons sold, and the mills are\\nnow occupied by Oilman Clough. Nothing delinite has\\nbeen learned about the Haselton mill.\\nTHE DEARBORN SAW-MILL, FORMERLY CALLED THE NEW MILL.\\nIn 1751, Thomas Dearborn sold to six other persons,\\namong whom were Theoi)hilus Sargent, Winthrop Sargent,\\nSylvanus Smith, Ebenezer Dearborn and Thomas Wells,\\nJr., three-quarters of an acre and a half of land for a mill\\nprivilege at the south corner of lot No. 67, second part of\\nthe second division. The corner of the lot stood just\\nbelow the north abutment of the bridge. They proceeded\\nto erect a saw-mill. Thomas Dearborn built one quarter,\\nthe others an eighth each. We can hardly appreciate the", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MILLS. 239\\nenergy and enterprise of these men. Tliere svas no road\\nnearer than the main road at Emerson s Corner, two miles\\ndistant, Joseph Baslbrd had a settlement where Wells C.\\nUnderhill now lives. The lumber, if drawn in tlie sum-\\nmer, must be done over a rocky ])ath through the Avoods,\\non one i)air of wheels. None of them lived less than live\\nmiles from the mill and nuist have gone that distance to do\\nall of the work. They built a small house for their accom-\\nmodation just north of where the IJorongh road now goes.\\nIn 1772, William AVhite, administrator of Sylvanus Smith s\\nestate, sold James Graham one-eighth of Dearborn s\\nsaw-mill. The owners have been continually changing,\\nbut the turns have been kept along uninterruptedly, it is\\nbelieved, ever since.\\nSeveral years previous to 1810 nothing Avas done with\\nthe mill on account of a difficulty about flowing but in\\nconsequence of a vast amount of timber being blown down\\nby the wind, Cold Friday, Jan. 19, 1810, new gears were\\n])ut in by Abner Blasdel, millwright, on the Hawkins\\nmodel. The frame was rebuilt in 1821, and an entire new\\nmill, with stone foundation, built in 1843, and a shingle-\\nmill added in 1860.\\nOne-half of Lieut. Ebenezer Dearborn s share has re-\\nmained in the family of his son Stephen until the present\\ntime. The other half remained with Ebenezer and Jon-\\nathan while tliey lived. Among the owners have been\\nJames Wason, Jr., Stephen Lufkin, Joseph Carr, Joseph\\nHill, B. P. Chase, Jonathan Emery, W. H. Underbill,\\nJoseph Chase, Jr., Jacob Chase, Noah Weeks and others.\\nhall s mill, now harwood s.\\nIn 1771 Caleb Hall bought of John S. Dearborn a part\\nof lot No. 57, second part of second division, and erected a\\ngrist-mill. He went to the Catamount mountain in Allens-\\n.town, for the stones, and worse-gritted stones could hardly\\nbe found. The runner, with- the date on it, is the door-step\\nat the shoe-shop, at Clarke s building in Auburn village.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "240 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nIt was a great undertaking to go np tlirough Chester woods\\nand get them. They put up at what was then called the\\nRed IIo\\\\ise, and afterwards Simeon Carr s. John Aiken\\nJr., was the mill-wright. The mill was rebuilt about 1803,\\nand about that time conveyed to his son, Moses Hall and\\nafterwards re-conveyed to Caleb Hall and in the settle-\\nment of his estate, given to Elijah Hall.\\nIn 1823 or 24, Capt. David Hall, Elijah Hall and Isaac\\nHall built a saw-mill John Locke was mill-wright. The\\ngrist-mill was rebuilt about the same time. The mills\\npassed into the hands of Rodney Allen, who rebuilt then\\nto Noah Clark; and were burnt about 1845.\\nIn 1853, Rament Preston purchased and built a grist-mill,\\nand he and his brothers, Nehemiah and Paschal, built a\\nsaw-mill. The part belonging to Rament Preston was after-\\nwards purchased by Nathan K. Harwood.\\nIn 1707, Samuel Haynes, a young man from Greenland,\\npurchased of Caleb Hall a privilege a few rods below the\\ngrist-mill, and erected a fulling-mill and carried on cloth-\\ndressing. In 1802 or 3, he sold to Moses Hall, who did\\nsomething at cutting nails there. Mr. Haynes then pur-\\nchased the place now owjied by Alfred Sanborn, and built\\nthe house and a fulling-mill, and carried on the business\\nuntil 1807, when he sold to Charles S. Bagley and in\\n1809 Bagley sold to Moses Chase. Mr. Chase in 1810\\nput in a carding machine, the third probably in the State.\\nHe sold the clothing department to Samuel D. Wason in\\n1812, and he, in 1814, sold to William Coult. Moses\\nChase sold the carding department to B. P. Chase, and in\\n1816 he sold it to William Coult, who put in another card-\\ning machine, and in 1820 it was burned. It was rebuilt,\\nand new machinery was put in, and sold to Jonas B. Bow-\\nman, who removed the machinery and took down the\\nbuilding. In 1865 Joseph Dunlap of Goffstown, a large\\nlumber and wood dealer, built a new saw-mill, with a cir-\\ncular saw, on the privilege.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MILLS. 241\\nCALFE AND BLANCIIARD S MILLS.\\nAt an adjourned meeting of the proprietors, Dec. 11,\\n1735,\\nVoted, The land which the Lotlayers Laid out at the\\nRecpiest of Jolni Calfe for an anicnchnent to two lionic\\nLotts and a half held l)y him, which Transcript was Read\\nat the Last Proprietors meeting and Put to A ote for Con-\\nfirmation and Past in the Negative, was Reconsidered and\\nRead at this meeting, and Put to A^otc and Past in the\\nEfifermctive.\\nWilliam Haley, Ithcmer Berry, Enoch Coll)y, Silvanus\\nSmith, muses Tiler, deccnts against the foregoing Vote.\\nThis tract, containing eighty acres, lay from just above\\nthe bridge crossing the mill-pond, above Anljurn village,\\nup to the bend in the brook near Campbeirs bridge.\\nAt the same meeting it was Voted that mr. John Calfo\\nhave Liberty to build a fulling mill at massabeecek brook\\nbetween the two Ponds, agreeable to his own Proposals.\\nThe fulling-mill was accordingly soon built, and stood\\nnearly opposite Nathan Griffin s barn.\\nAt a meeting of the projirictors, June 20, 1750,\\nVoted and Granted to Robert Calfe, Liberty to Erect\\nand build a Saw mill upon the Supposed Priveledge Granted\\nto his father, John Calfe, To Set up a fulling mill Be-\\ntween the two ponds at massabecek, and forEver to Lijoy\\nthe Same with the Lands Left on Each Side of Said River\\nfor that use he, the Said Calfe, Procuring and allowing\\nSoficicnt Highways Towards Penicook, as may be needful!\\nThrough his Lands and he Paying to the Proprietors forty\\nPounds old tenor for the Same ujion their Demand Within\\none year from this time, and Support all Damages by\\nflowing.\\nThe saw-mill was probal)ly soon l)nilt. There was cer-\\ntainly a fulling-mill and saw-mill there in 1771. The dam\\nflowed all of the meadow around the Little Massabesic,\\nand up towards Clarke s mill, on the Oswego brook.\\nThomas Anderson, having purchased lot No. 107, and\\nthe meadows in it, which were flowed, in May, 1772, com-\\nmenced an action against Robert Calfe, and in May, 1773,\\n16", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "242 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nthere was a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff ap-\\npealed to the Superior Court, and September, 1773, the\\nverdict for defendant, for costs, was \u00c2\u00a31 15s. 3d.\\nDec. 11, 1764, Jesse McFarland sold to Thomas Shir-\\nley fifteen acres at the north end of No. 123, the west side\\nof t\\\\\\\\Q brook, and reserved the privilege of building half a\\nmill. The mill probably was not built.\\nOct. 15, 1770, Rol)crt Kennedy sold to Samuel Shirley\\n(son of Thomas) fifteen acres, the west side of the brook,\\nand fifteen acres on the east side, with the buildings. Sam-\\nuel Shirley soon built a corn-mill on the east side. He\\nalso bouglit a part, or all, of lot No. 115, in which Little\\nMassabesic and the meadows around it lie, and took a\\nmoi-e summary process than Mr. Anderson had done to\\nabate Calfo s flowage. He procured a party of men, who\\nwere probably well stimulated, and proceeded to cut away\\nCalfe s dam. Mr. Calfe prosecuted them for a riot, and\\nShirley became frightened, and to get out of it sold to Col.\\nJohn Webster. Col. Webster sold to Joseph Blanchard,\\nwlio had married Mr. Calfe s only daughter and Blanch-\\nard deeded one-half to Calfe in 1777. The Calfe dam was\\nnot rel)uilt the fulling-mill was removed to the Shirley\\nprivilege and the business was carried on there by Calfe\\nand Blanchard. Mr, Blanchard built a small house and\\nremoved there. Mr. Calfe died in 1788, and Mr. Blanchard\\ncarried on the clothing business until 1796, when the shop\\nwas burned. Esq. Blanchard said that there was no fulling-\\nmill between there and Canada and that they had cloth\\nbrougiit two hundred miles to be dressed. A saw-mill was\\nprobably built on the west side of the stream, soon after\\nBlanchard purchased it.\\nIn 1794, William J. and John Folsom came to Chester\\nand set up the manufacture of cut nails, Avhich was carried\\non liy them initil 1806, and by Joseph Blanchard, Esq.^\\nuntil 1816. The nails were cut by water and headed by\\nhand. Esq. Blanchard, from August, 1815, to October,\\n1816, cut and carried to the state prison, to be headed by\\nthe convicts, to the amount of $2,240.28. John Melviu", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MILLS. 243\\nhad a blacksmith sliop Avith tilt-lianinicr and started mak-\\ning scyihcs; but his forcuian })roviiig unskillful ho soon\\nabandoned it. Mr. Folsum and j\\\\[r. iNfclvin, having taken\\na large contract on the Londonderry turnpike and the\\nbridge across the pond, left the mills in the fall of 1805.\\nIn 1825, Samuel D. Wason purchased the mills and\\nrebuilt the saw-mill, and in doing some of the work in the\\nold nail-shop it took fire, and the shop and grist-mill were\\nburned. In 182G, Col. Wason built a new grist-mill with\\ntwo runs of stones. It was said by William Graham, Esq.,\\nwho had the title of the mills from Col. Wason and settled\\nthe bills, that he })aid for seven barrels of New England\\nrum u:=ed that summer by Wason s family and help. In\\n1830 Grraham put in an iron cob-cracker, the first in town.\\nIn 18:J5, Jay T. Underbill and Flagg T. Underbill pur-\\nchased, and built an edge-tool shop with two spiral-vent\\nwater-wheels (the hrst of the kind in this region), one to\\ndrive a tilt-hannner and the other to do the grinding and\\npolishing. The tool business was carried on here by dif-\\nferent individuals, J. T. Underbill, F. T. Underbill, John\\nS. Brown, Nathaniel Brown and W. W. Leigh ton, under\\ndifferent iirms until 185G, when J. S. Brown sold to John\\nClarke, W. W. Leighton and Jacob Lufkin, and the tool\\nbusiness was carried on by Leighton and Lufkin then by\\nLeighton alone. In 18(33, the saw-mill was rebuilt. In\\n1865, the concern was sold to George G. Griffm, and the\\nedge-tool business ceased there.\\nClark s saw-mill.\\nThis mill was built in 1790, by Deacon William Wilson,\\nSamuel Crombie, and Caleb Hall. It was partially burned\\ntwice, and about 180G sold to John Clark, who repaired it,\\nand about 1814 built a gri.st-mill. In 1832 the saw-mill\\nwas rebuilt. In 1833 a clapboard- and shingle-mill were\\nput into the old grist-mill the lirst in Chester. In 1838\\na new grist-mill was built. The same year the Oswego\\ndam went away, and carried away a part of the dam and", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "244 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nthe shinglc-mill. In 1866, George P. Clark put in a new\\nwater-wheel, and a circular saw for cutting boards.\\nOSWEGO MILL.\\nA saw-mill was first l)uilt l)y Robert Wilson, Esq. I\\nhave heard my grandfather tell of working on it, I think\\nthe year he came to Chester, in 1771. The mill stood\\na few rods above the present mill. There was probably a\\nconsideralde period that there was no mill there.\\nIn 1799 James Shirley is taxed for a mill, and also in\\n1800, and Samuel Shirley for one-fourth and Alexander\\nShirley for three-fourths of a mill. So probably James\\nbuilt a saw-mill in 1798, and the others a corn-mill in 1799.\\nThese mills were a few rods below the present mill. The\\nShirleys sold to Edward and Stark Ray, in August, 1806.\\nThe one hundred and fifty acres sold by the proprietors\\nto the Rev. Moses Hale, called the Boston lot, with a\\nheavy growth of timl)er, went with the mills, and they in-\\ntended to do a large business luml)ering, but the emljargo,\\nnon-intercourse and war so depressed Ijusiness, that after\\nmanufacturing lumljer, drawing it to Martin s Ferry, and\\nrafting it to Newburyport, they sold it for eight dollars per\\nthousand.\\nAbout 1819, Edward Ray, who had acquired the whole\\ntitle, sold to John Clark, and he soon after to John H.\\nReid,who held it about ten years and sold it to Butterfield\\nCarken, and he to James Davis.\\nIn 1835 Jay T. Underhill purchased, and commenced a\\ndam. A stock company, The Oswego Mill Company,\\nwas formed, a stone dam erected to flow Tower Hill }K)nd\\n(partly for a reservoir for the Blanchard mills), and a saw-\\nmill was built.\\nIn June, 1888, a portion of the dam went away, under-\\nmining and carrying away the mill. The privilege was\\nsold to David and Franklin Howe, who built the dam about\\ntwo-thirds its original height, and built a saw-mill and\\nshingle-mill, with planing-machine, c. It is now owned\\nby Mr. E. P. Offut.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MILLS. 245\\nTHE WHITE-IIALL MILL.\\nThe first mill at White Mall, in TTooksett, was l)uilt hy\\nMajor John Tolforcl, hnt the |)rccise time is not known.\\nWhat should induce him to build there is a mystery. The\\nland tiowed is a very little lower than the head of Isle\\nHooksett brook, which jiasses thronti-h Lakin s i)ond to\\nHead s saw-mill, and the first season the water ran that\\nway, giving him no head, lie then built a dam at that end\\nof his pond.\\nIn 1801 Hugh Tolford rebuilt it, and in 1803 or 04 sold\\nto John S. Wheeler, and he soon sold to Captain Daniel\\nSawyer.\\nIn 1834 Captain Sawyer built a grist-mill and shingle-\\nmill.\\nhead s SAW-MILL.\\nThe Browns early built a mill below the road, on Isle\\nHooksett brook. In 1790 Nathaniel Head, Esq., owned\\nthree-cpiarters, and Dr. James Brown one-quarter.\\nAbout 1802 Nathaniel Head^ Esq., built above the road,\\nand owned the whole mill.\\nIn 181G or 17 the present canal and wheel-pit were\\nexcavated, and a mill built.\\nTHE FACTORY MILL IN HOOKSETT.\\nThe first saw-mill at the falls was built by Thomas Coch-\\nran, of Bow, in 1787, which was carried away by a freshet.\\nCochran died in 1701, and it was sold to Rufus Harriman,\\nand he sold to William Reside and Isaac Rowel, who built\\ntwo mills, which they owned in 1803. William Reside\\nwas drowned in the falls.\\nWilliam Otterson bought, and sold to the Hooksett\\nManufacturing Company in 1823, and they rebuilt, and\\nbuilt a grist-mill. The Hooksett Manufacturing Company\\nwas incorporated in 1823, and was comj)osed of Messrs.\\nJohn Bell, Samuel Bell, Isaac Hill and Richard II. Ayer,\\nwho erected a cotton-mill, forty by eighty feet, three stories,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "246 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nexclusive of basement and attic, and run at first by tub-\\nwheels.\\nIn 1831 tbey blasted a canal througli tbe ledge, put in\\nbreast-wlieels, and rearranged the machinery. It was\\neventually merged with the Amoskeag Manufacturing\\nCompany.\\nAbout 1789 Nathaniel Martin and Lalmn Harriman built\\na saw-mill above where the Mammoth road crosses Bush-\\nnel s or Lousy brook. Tliere was a saw-mill afterwards\\nbuilt lower down on the same stream, at what was called\\nthe Smoke House, and was once owned by George\\nManter.\\nAbout 1790 there was a saw-mill built on the same\\nstream, above the road, near Martin s Ferry, by a man by\\nthe name of Thompson, for John Stark, a son of General\\nStark.\\nBenjamin Hall, son of Obedcdom, of Candia, built a mill\\non the stream from Beech-Hill pond, just above Chester\\nturnpike. He owned it when Chester turnpike was built,\\nin 1805, and several years after. It passed into the hands\\nof James Sargent, and went down. About 1822 or 23 it\\nwas rebuilt by a Mr. Greer, and, I believe, afterwards\\nburnt.\\nLieut. Joseph Whittier built a saw-mill on Halton s\\nbrook, which empties into the river above Martin s Ferry,\\nabout 1810.\\nTHE MURRAY SAW-MILL.\\nThe precise time when this mill was built, or who built\\nit, is not known. The earliest tradition I have about it is\\nthat Captain John Wason, born in 17G4, told that when he\\nwas a lad or young man, the owners met to take down the\\nold mill. After they had comjJetcd the job, they tried to\\nsee who could lift the crank, weighing one hundred and\\nsixty or one hundred and seventy ])Ounds, the highest, at\\narm s end. He said that Benjamin Eaton could easily\\nthrow it over his head, and that Major Jesse Eaton was the\\nnext strongest, but could only get the crank about as high", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "niSTORY OF MILLS. 247\\nas his breast. The story lias been told that ^Mr. Eaton\\nthrew it over his head with his teeth, but that is rather\\napocryphal. The present mill was Iniilt in I80O.\\nhook s mill.\\nIsrael Hook, or Ilawkc, owned lot No. 116, 2d P., 2d D.,\\nas early as 1796, and it was taxed to him until 1807. He\\nprobably built a saw-mill and grist-mill that year, and ])ut\\nhis son James T. Hook there, as he was taxed for two mills\\nin 1808. Phincas Hook owned an interest in the pro})erty.\\nHe sold to Samuel Sargcant and Jesse Eaton.\\nJames T. Hook exchanged i)laces Avith Samuel Hook in\\n1818. The mills were then owned l)y him and his son-in-\\nlaw, Sel)astian SpofTord. The mills were l)urnt in 1825,\\nand rebuilt. Al)rahain Hook and H. G. Smith, the present\\nowners, have a circular saw, for sawing boards.\\nMOSES TRESTON S MILL.\\nMoses Preston built a saw-mill in 1709, on the stream\\nleading through the spruce swamp to Dearborn s saw-mill.\\nIt stood on additional lot No. 75, near the southwest end,\\nand near Chester turnpike. It was owned by John Melvin\\nand Samuel Underbill, Jr., in 1808, afterwards by Lt.\\nJacob Elliot, then by Daniel French, Esq.\\nLieut. Joseph Hill built a saw-mill on the Long Meadow\\nbrook, about half a mile below the main road, in 1801.\\nLieut. Josiah Underbill Imilt a corn-mill on the small\\nbranch of the Long Meadow lirook on his farm, in 1812.\\nIn 1832, his son, Jesse J. Underbill, converted it into an\\nedge-tool shop, with tilt-hammer, grinding, polishing, c.\\nIt was ])urnt in 1841, and rebuilt.\\nDeacon E. H. Kelly built a saw-mill in 1812 rebuilt by\\nliis son Ephraim Kelly in 1833.\\nCHESTER STEAM-MILL.\\nIn 1847 a stock company was formed, and a steam saw-\\nmill and grist-mill, with two runs of stones, were built on", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "248 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nthe old Lt. Dearborn place, near the Derry road, at an ex-\\npense of about fourteen thousand dollars. It proved an\\nunprofitable speculation, and after disposing of some por-\\ntions, the residue was sold to the Aniesbury Manufacturing\\nCompany, and removed.\\nPORTER AND HEATH S STEAM-MILL.\\nIn 1849, Porter and Heath, of Haverhill, Mass., pur-\\nchased additional lot No. 30, which had a heavy growth of\\ntimber on it, also some other land, and erected a saw-mill\\nwith a single saw, and also a gang, and light stones for\\ngrinding corn, at an expense of nine thousand five hundred\\ndollars. After working up the timber at little or no profit,\\nthe mill was sold and carried to Alton Bay.\\nMILLS IN CANDIA.\\nThe first mill in Candia was built by William Turner, at\\nthe Village, and was a saw-mill, and stood where the grist-\\nmill now stands, al)Ove the road. In 1756, Jona. Blunt\\nsold to Winthrop Sargent one-eiglith of a sawmill on lot\\nNo. 35, 3 D., which he bought of William Turner. When\\nthe road was laid out in 1758, it went at the tail of the\\nsawmill. Joseph Bean built the first grist-mill there, the\\ndate not known.\\nMr. Elihu B. Cheney carried on cloth-dressing there\\nmany years. Asa Ordway purchased a carding-machine\\nand put it into a mill which stood above, back of the church,\\nwhere there was a saw mill. Mr. Ordway died in 1812, and\\nMr. Cheney bought the machine and ran it. Charles S.\\nBaglcy, of Goffstown, put up a mill Ijclow, and sold to\\nFreeman Parker in 1821, who finished it and put in ma-\\nchinery, and did carding and cloth-dressing till 1846, when\\nlie sold, and a saw-mill was put in.\\nEASTMAN AND BEAN S MILLS.\\nFebruary, 1756, William Eastman, of Kingstown, deeded\\nto Samuel Eastman, of Kingstown, one quarter of lot No.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP MILLS. 249\\n78, d D., on wliicli a iiiill was Imilt. lu 1700 a road was\\nlaid out from the reserve at Eastinau s mill iiorilieast to\\nthe road from Dudley s. In 1700, Samuel Eastman and\\nSamuel Eastman, Jr., had their rates abated on aecount of\\nhaving their house and goods burnt. The house stood\\nthirty or forty rods south of the mill. The road they prob-\\nably traveled to get there was from Chester by Lane s, and\\nthe first road into Candia, laid out in 1749, and following\\nupon or near the gore between the old hundreds and third\\ndivision. David Bean purchased the mill, and })roba1)ly a\\nhouse, both of which were destroyed by fire running in the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0woods. He rebuilt, and the roperty descended to his son,\\nDea. Abraham Bean, who built at the Island, the present\\nlocation, in 1812, and the saw-mill is yet standing.\\nhall s, or north road mill.\\nObededom Hall was the first settler in the northwest part\\nof Candia, about 1704, and soon after built a saw-mill on\\nNo. 42, d D., which has been kept up, and owned by the\\nHalls, Browns, and others.\\nMAPLE-FALLS MILL.\\nThis mill stands on the reserve between fifth and sixth\\nranges of lots in the third division, on the Oswego brook.\\nAaron Brown, Benj. Cass, K^amuel Morrill, Theo. Clough,\\nBenj. Rowe, Benj. Hubbard, David Brown and Samuel\\nCass have been proprietors. Date not known.\\nGENESEE MILL.\\nThis mill is on the stream from Moose meadow to T(^wcr\\nIlill pond, and built by Benj. Hubljard, John Camet, Ste-\\nphen Fifield and Capt. Jona. Brown. Date not known.\\npatten s mill.\\nThere was early a saw-mill built on No. 128, .3d D., on the\\nNorth Branch stream. -The precise time when, and the\\nowners, are unknown, but it has always been owned by a", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "250 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\ncompany of the neiglil)ors. This is said to be the fifth mill\\non this privilege. It was built in 1833.\\nKNOWLES S OR CASS s MILL.\\nEzekiel Knowles was the first settler, and built a corn-\\nmill on No. 116, 3d D., in 1777. It was afterwards rebuilt\\nby the Knowles family in 1805, and purchased by Col. Sam-\\nuel Cass. He new-geared in 1830, and his son, J. Q. Cass,\\nagain in 1853.\\nEmerson s mill.\\nA saw-mill was built before the Revolution by the Emer-\\nsons, on the stream below Knowles s, and rebuilt some\\ntwelve rods lower down the stream in 1805 or 6, and an-\\nother one built below the new road by Abraham Emerson\\nand Coffin Moore, with a circular saw, about 1855.\\nMILLS IN RAYMOND.\\nFREETOWN MILL.\\nThe Old-Hundred-Acre lots were laid out in 1728, and\\nthe 22d and 23d lots bound on tlie mill-pond, and 31st, 32d,\\n33d and 34th bound on the higliway that leads to the mill\\ny* stands on Lampereel River. There was therefore a mill,\\nand a road made from it, previous to that time. In July,\\n1736, Ephraim Oilman, of Exeter, sold to James Campbell,\\nof Chester, one half of all his undivided land in Chester,\\nreserving The mill and mill-])ond At FrectoM^n and in\\n1769, Nicholas Oilman, who had in 1732 bought Edward\\nOilman s right, sold land at Freetown to Daniel Roljie, and\\nto J. Dudley at the same time. It is probable that the Gil-\\nmans, a!id perhaps the Dudleys, of Exeter, built the mill\\nand made the road. The mill stood a few rods higher up\\nthe stream than the present mill, and the dam was high\\nenough to flow up l)y the Center to where Horatio Page\\nlives, and the waste water ran a few rods north of the mill,\\nwhere there was a mill just 1)clow the road, which was\\ncalled the Outlet mill in the return of the road in 1759.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MILLS. 251\\nTHE BRANCH MILL.\\nThe road from Chester by the Branch to tlic old\\nExeter road was laid out in 1T4S, and it crossed tlio N.\\nBranch of Exeter river below the sawmill so tlicrc was a\\nmill there previous to that time, l)ut it is unknown who\\nbuilt it or owned it for many years after. It is said that\\nWilliam Todd and perhaps Jethro Batchelder and Stephen\\nHarden were owners. There was a mill there until about\\n1801, when it was carried away by a freshet.\\nDudley s mill.\\nSamuel Dudley came from Exeter and settled on Xo. 87,\\nold hundreds, where Judge John Dudley afterwards lived\\nand built a saw-mill. In 1T;39 a road was laid out at the\\nrequest of him and others, from Freetown by the Center,\\nto the river below Dudley s mill. There has probably\\nj been a mill there since that time, and now a very dilapi-\\ni dated frame yet stands. Joseph Dudley, a nephew of the\\nJudge, came from Exeter and built a mill on Lamprey\\nriver, near where Elias True s mill now is, on No. 80, old\\nhundreds.\\nJones s mills.\\nJune 14, ITGO, for the convenience of Ephraim Robin-\\nson, Charles Rundlet and John Leavitt, there was a road\\nlaid out Beginning at the outlet of the pond above Jones\\nmill which crossed the brook between the two mills\\nso there were two mills there at that time. John Leavitt\\nlived Avhere they now, 18(38, are building a large house.\\nThese were probaljly Exeter men, and the other two might\\nI never have lived in Raymond. I have learned nothing of\\ni Jones who gave name to the pond and mill. Clement\\nDoUof lived a little lower down the stream and once owned\\nsome share of the mills. He perished in a snow storm\\nFebruary 1, 1791. One of the mills possibly might have\\nbeen where the Hodgkins mill now is. Now, 18(58, pre-\\nparation is being made by blasting to lower the pond, and", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "252 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nby raising it four feet to create a power and do an exten-\\nsive lumber business, making boxes, shooks, etc., owned\\nby Moses Nutter and others.\\nThere was a mill on the Lamprey river, below Freetown,\\ncalled Wallace mill, burnt in 1765 and the rates abated.\\nJohn Fullonton and Jonathan Dearborn built a mill on\\nthe Patuckaway, on No. 2, old hundreds, called Stingy\\nMill because the liquor fell short at the raising.\\nJonas Clay deeded to Cornet John Lane No. 112, old\\nhundreds, with one whole saw-mill and half of another.\\nDaniel Lane and others had a saw-mill on the Branch\\nbrook when the road was laid out in 1772.\\nJoshua Hall once had a saw-mill on his lot, No. 129, and\\nGeorge S. Smith and Henry H. Lane built a circular saw-\\nmill on the same site in 1868.\\nCHAPTER XI.\\nPAUPERISM, RATES OR TAXES, AND MAIL AND STAGE\\nFACILITIES.\\nI do not propose to give any detailed history of pauper-\\nism in Chester, but to state a few cases as specimens of\\nwhat the town was compelled to do. By an act jiassed\\nMay, 1719, it was enacted That if any person come to so.\\njourn in any town in the province and be there received and\\nentertained by the space of three months, and not having t}\\nbeen warned by the constable to leave the place, and the\\nnames of such persons, with the time of their abode there,\\nand when such warning was given, returned to the quarter\\nsessions such person shall be rei)uted an inhabitant of\\nsuch town, and the town be liable to maintain such person.\\nIt is also enacted, that any person so warned out, and neg-\\nlecting for fourteen days to remove, may by warrant from\\nthe next Justice of the Peace be sent from constable to", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "PAUPERISM. 253\\nconstable unto the town where he properly belongs, or had\\nhis last residence, at his own charge, if able to pay the\\nsame, or otherwise at the charge of the town sending him.\\nIn 1772 Robert Patten is paid for carrying Peter J^nrvie s\\nwife and tlirce children to Coiis but whether by legal pro-\\neess or not does not apjiear. There is also a chai-ge to\\ngoing to ]\\\\[oscs Underhiirs in order to find out y Names of\\ny^ People that come into y long meadows, which was four-\\nteen in Number, and Drawing y warrants, and committing\\nit to y Constable, to warn them out of town. Sixteen\\nwere warned out by John Patten, and one carried out of\\ntown. The pauper laws of one state have never been rec-\\nognized by the courts of other states, so that Chester could\\nnot go into Massachusetts or Vermont to find a residence\\nfor paupers. Such was the case of Mrs. Smith, mentioned\\nhereafter.\\nThere is on file a letter dated Dec, 1808, to the clerk of\\nthe court, enquiring if from 1782 to 1785 one Hannah\\nSeaver was warned out. Answered in the negative. In\\nthe town account for 1809 is a charge, Paid the town of\\nEnfield for the maintenance, Doctor s bill, and funeral\\ncharges of Hannah Seaver, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2$40.; 7. This did not prove a\\nI very protracted case.\\nIn 1789, Aquila Worthcn, of Amesbury, in consideration\\nof certain provisions for house-room, and specific articles\\nfor the maintenance of himself and wife, Rebecca Worthen,\\ndeeded to his son Stephen a place in Chester, now Auburn.\\nAquila Worthen lived in Chester one year, and proliably\\nI was not warned out, and his wife, Rebecca, became a pau-\\nper in 1798, and was supported l)y the town at a heavy ex-\\nI pense until her death in 1819, at the age of ninety-four\\nI years.\\n1 Joshua Currier, a young man from Sandown, resided in\\n1 Chester as a hired man, two years. In 1791 he was taxed,\\nI and the tax abated on account of minority. In 1792 he\\nwas taxed, and probably paid. He was either non compos\\nI or deranged, and became a pauper, and a lawsuit was had\\nwith Sandown, and in 1796 an execution was paid, of", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "254 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\n$50,07 and to Alpheus Ferrin for boarding fifteen weeks\\nand four days, sjIo.ST and he was supported at an expense\\nof al)out a dollar per week until 181G, when he strayed off,\\nand it was supposed that he died in the woods in the north\\npart of Hooksett, or Allenstown.\\nI give the following case in detail as a matter of curios-\\nity, and to show the general fortune of Chester in pauper\\ncases.\\nState of New Hampshire, To Capt. Simon To wl. Constable\\nRockingham, ss. J for the town of Chester,\\n[l. s.] Greeting\\n[l. s,] Sir, You are hereby required, in the name of the\\n[l. s.] State, forthwith to warn Jeremiah Griffin, Sarah\\nGriffin, his wife, and Rachael Griffin, Lydia Griffin and\\nNathaniel Griffin, their children, (if they may be found\\nwithin your precinct) forthwith to depart out of the town\\nof Chester, that they may be no further cost or charge to\\nsaid town.\\nHereof fail not, and make return of this warrant with\\nyour doings thereon to the Clerk of the Session of the\\nPeace of said County within sixty days of the date. Given\\nunder our hands and seals, this twentieth day of July, 1789.\\nIsaac Blasdel, j\\nWilliam White, Selectmen of Chester.\\nStephen Chase,\\nState of New Hampshire,\\nRockingham. Pursuant to the within pre-\\ncept, I have executed the within warrant according to law.\\nSimon Towle, Constable.\\nChester, August 24, 1789.\\nChester Paupers, rec d on file Aug. 26, 1789.\\nAttest, N. Emery, Clerk.\\nCopy Examined by N. Emery, Clerk.\\nGriffin and his family became paupers, and it was held\\nthat Constable Towle s return was bad, not stating the facts\\nof what he had done, and the town was held chargeable for ij\\ntheir maintenance and in the town accounts for 1792, 3,\\nand 4, are charges for their maintenance.\\nJames Calfe, a son of John Calfe, made a settlement near j\\nthe school-house at Auburn Village, and had one or more", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "PAUPERISM. 255\\nchildren born there. lie soon removed to Massacliusetts,\\nand a daughter Elizabeth married a man by the name of\\nSmith. She became a widow, and removed to Rochester,\\nN. II., and purchased a tenement, and became ])Oor. At\\nthe February term of the Superior Court, 1823, Rochester\\ncommenced a suit for the support of Mrs. Smith, who had\\nnot been in Chester for llfty or sixty years. Chester proved\\nthat Mrs. Smith s property in Rochester was sufficient to\\ngive her a residence there, and Chester for once recovered\\ntheir case.\\nThere are a large number of notices served upon Ches-\\nter, on file, claiming support of paupers. In 1799, Han-\\nover claims for the support of Mary Wormwood. She and\\nWilliam Wormwood were supported for a long period.\\nIn 1818 Londonderry claimed for the support of Sully\\nAiken. Samuel Aiken, 4th, of Chester, (Peter s son) mar-\\nried Sally Cofiin, of Londonderry, wiio had inherited a con-\\nsiderable property. Between them they soon spent it, and\\nAiken abandoned his family, and they became paupers.\\nLondonderry commenced an action for their maintenance,\\nwhich was contested, but was decided against Chester, and\\nin 1820 an execution for $193.49 was paid, and ^lOLOO\\nfor further support. She and two or three children were\\nsupported several years. In 1817 Weare claimed for the\\nsupport of Joshua Willet s children Chichester claimed for\\nthe support of his wife. In 1835 Deering claimed for the\\nsupport of Joshua Willet. They were supported a long\\ntime.\\nPrevious to the purchase of the farm and almshouse in\\n1822, it was customary to vendue the board of such of the\\npaupers as were in town to the lowest bidder. They fre-\\nquently fell into poor hands. As a specimen I give some\\nof the conditions of sale, names of paupers, prices and\\npurchasers in 1814, Joseph Blanchard, William Graham\\nand Josiali Worthen, selectmen\\nThe purchaser to take them from their present res-\\nidence, supply them with necessary meats and drinks,\\nwashing and lodging the selectmen to furnish clothing.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "256\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nIf any die, are to be paid in proportions the purchaser to\\nfind them rum, tobacco and snutt if needful.\\nPurchasers.\\n$40 00\\nto ElizabetVi Shirley.\\n51 70\\nJames Hoit.\\n47 00\\nJoseph Hills.\\n56 50\\nJeremiah I?aiid.\\n19 50\\nJoseph Brown.\\n56 00\\nJoseph Brown.\\n16 50\\nJesse J. Uiiderhill.\\nnot sold, supplied.\\n29 12\\nNathaniel Head.\\n43 24\\nMrs. Sanborn.\\n42 51\\nhis daughter Joanna.\\nPaupers jS^a7nes.\\nNanny IMcDuftbe,\\nRebecca Worlhen,\\nRuth Badger,\\nMrs. Hodgkins,\\nJoshua Cui rier,\\nThomas Bennet,*\\nNancy Allen,\\nDaniel Allen and wife,\\nRuth Hills,\\nRachael Sanborn s lame boy,\\nSolomon Seavey,\\nAt the annual town meeting in Candia, 1824,\\nVoted, That the services and keeping of the paupers,\\ntwenty-four in number as per list presented by the Select-\\nmen, sbould be let Ijy auction for the term of one year from\\nthe 20th of March, instant that they should be well used,\\nand kept as well clothed as they now are and that one\\nor more of the Selectmen should A isit them as often as once\\nin each month the purchaser to pay all bills incurred on\\ntheir account, whether in health or sickness, or death, fori\\nthe above term of time.\\nThey were struck off at 1131.50.\\nIn the warrant for holding the annual meeting, March ij\\n13, 1821, was an article, To see if the town will make-\\nany alteration in the mode of supportiiig their poor, by\\nbuilding or })urchasing a work-house, itrrd buymg land tof\\nset those to work who are able to labor or take any other\\nmeasure that shall be thought best when met. It was\\nVoted, John Folsom, Esq., Capt. William Graham and||\\nCapt. Samuel Aiken be a committee to report on tbe sub-j|\\nject matter of said lltli article at the next annual town!\\nmeeting.\\nAt the annual meeting, March 12, 1822, the committee\\nmade a very elaborate and able report, drawn up by Mr.(\\nTh nia i Bonnet was non compnx, anil was brouglit from some place unknown andu\\nleft in Chester in the night, and was a pauper ten or twelve years.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER. 2o i\\nFolsom, stating replies they had received from Londonderry\\nand Exeter as to the resnlt of their exi)erieneo. Tlic com-\\nmittee recommended to tlie town to pnrchasc a farm, cstal\u00c2\u00bb-\\nlish a house of industry, and l^eep their poor all together\\nin one place.\\nAt a meeting holdcn April 2, 1822,\\nVoted, That the town })urchase a suita])le farm and\\nappropriate the same to the residence, support and employ-\\nment of the poor of said town.\\nThey appropriated any funds in the hands of the treas-\\nurer to raise by tax twenty-one hundred dollars by seven\\nannual installments; and to raise l\u00c2\u00bby loan what is necessary.\\nVoted, That the Selectmen (John Folsom, Josiah\\nChase and Lemuel W. Blake) be a conunlttee to {)urchase\\na farm.\\nThe selectmen purchased of Peter Shirley the farm\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0where James Shirley, sen., first settled, and {)aid s{^2,200.\\nThey made an addition to the house and repaired it. The\\nstock, tools, furniture, q., cost \u00e2\u0080\u00a21 1,22().29. Cost of the\\nestablishment, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2^B,42(;.20.\\nRATES OR TAXES.\\nThe pul)lic expenses were at first l)ornc by the original\\nproprietors or grantees, and as they were mostly non-) esi-\\ndents they soon sold their rights, or parts of rights, to act-\\nual settlers, or other non-residents, who then became pro-\\nprietors and chargeable with the exjiensc. Some items have\\nbeen given in the Proprietary History. Tiie proprietors\\nwere sometimes slack in their payments which caused\\ngreat embarrassment.\\nIn April, 1731, there was an act passed, the preamble of\\nwhich recites, That, Whereas the several towns of Ches-\\nter, Nottingham and Rochester labor under many incon-\\nveniences in carrying on public affairs and especially in the\\nmaintenance and support of the gospel ministry among\\nthem, by reason of the great numbers of the proprietors of\\nland within said townships living out of the Province, by\\nwhich means the constables or collectors of the aforesaid\\n17", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "258 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\ntowns are unable to collect the rates due from their re-\\nspective proprietors living out of the province as aforesaid.\\nIt was enacted that the lands within any of those towns\\nmight be extended on for rates and cost, to continue in force\\nthree years. There were continually votes being passed\\nand committees raised for selling the rights of delinquents,\\nbut as there came to be inhabitants who were not proprie-\\ntors the rates were levied on ])otli but in what manner I\\nhave seen nothing to indicate. An act passed in 1703\\nprovides that the justices, yearly at their December ses-\\nsion, shall appoint one freeholder in each town to go\\nthrough the town in which he liclongs, unto every inhabi-\\ntant, and take an account of such person s ratable estate,\\nand sliall deliver it to the selectmen between December and\\nMarch each year, and such person shall have power to ap-\\npoint one or more assistants. At a town-meeting held the\\nlast Thursday of March, 1741, John Tolford and James\\nVarnum were chosen Invoice men to take the Invoice of\\nthe heads and Estates of the Whole town, which was\\ntaken. That document is in the Secretary s office and in\\nthe excellent hand-writing of Mr. Varnum. The town had\\nnever before been rated to the province and this inventory\\nwas for fixing the |\u00c2\u00bbroportion. There are D houses and S\\nhouses. In some of the inventories the distinction is\\nmade of two-story houses and one-story houses, which is\\nprobal)ly meant here.\\nThe following is the inventory interesting, as showing\\nthe taxable persons and property then in town", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "RATES OR TAXES.\\n259\\nAn Invoise Taken of y mens Estates whose names arc\\nhere mentioned Between the montli of December and\\nMarch, which is in y year 1741.\\nPr. James Varnnm, i\\nT 1 TIC] Invois\\nJolni loliord,\\nClicstcr, Febuary 2T 1741.\\nmen.\\nI N V O I E T A P. L E\\nXAMES.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a03\\nB\\na;\\nS\\na\\nu\\ny.\\nO\\no\\no\\n2\\no\\n4^\\n6\\n4\\na\\ni\\n1\\ni\\n1\\n1\\n1\\ni\\ni\\n6\\n4\\n4\\n5\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n3\\n8\\n3\\n4\\n3\\n1\\n5\\n6\\nk\\nC\\n5\\n14\\n(i\\n5\\n6\\n11\\n5\\n3\\n2\\n13\\n3\\n6\\n2\\n9\\n3\\n2\\n2\\n2\\n1\\n1\\n1\\ni\\n2\\n1\\n3\\n1\\n1\\n1\\ni\\n1\\n1\\ni\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n4\\n3\\n2\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n1\\nI\\n3\\n1\\ni:\\n1\\n1\\n1\\ni\\ni\\ni\\n1\\n1\\ni\\n1\\ni\\n1\\n1\\ni\\ni\\n1\\n1\\ni\\n1\\n1\\ni\\n1\\nr\\n1\\n1\\n2\\ni\\ni\\ni\\ni\\ni\\n3\\ni\\n5?\\n4\\n1\\nWilliaiu Wliite\\n1\\n3\\nEbenezer Gial\\nNathan Hale\\nJohn Clement\\nJames mac I ascn\\nJames Shirley. rini\\nEdward Crage\\nThomas Kielianlsoii\\nNatlum WV i.ster\\nStei Urn Wi-lister..\\nDaniel Welisler\\nWid. Elisabeth Criderhill..\\nWid. Elisabeth Hi. well\\nJohn I5as( i)i-.l,\\nMoses Uii!iai-dson\\nTliomis Wassoii\\nJoiiu Wadwell\\nWilliam Turner\\nRobert Gillcrees\\nRobert Mills\\nMartha Forsith\\nJohn Carswell.\\nJoseph Taylor\\nJohn Robie\\nSarall. Kobio...\\n2\\n1\\n1\\nSamll. Powell\\nWilliam Powell\\n2\\nTittis Wells\\nRobert Graham\\nRoliert Graham,, jun\\nWilliam Graham\\nPatrirli ^r.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lvin\\nJohn Allen\\nThomas Worthi ii\\nElipha- Sanborn\\nIthamer Berrv\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0losepU Clark.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "260 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nINVOICE TABLE continued.\\nJoiiatlian Hall\\nBeiija. Biifliilder\\nPaf, ii IJachilder\\nJames Calfe\\nKiiiy: Calle\\nRobert Calfe\\nDanil Calle\\nJoseph Calte\\nJohn Foss\\nJohn Ambross\\nHenry Anibross\\nCapt. Sauill. ]nj, a!p\\nLieut. Ebcnezer Heibon..\\nEns. JacDb Sargent\\nNathan Webster\\nJohn Calfe\\nBenja. Hills\\nWiliiaiu Wils.in\\nEphraiiii Hes.sfltine\\nTlKimas llesselliiie\\nJohn Ile.-^seltine\\nTlionia.s Wells\\nJohn Talll.ril\\nWilliam Tallbnl\\n.John .Shirley\\nAnt idjiey Tovvle\\nThiimas Smith\\nJanus am|)ble\\nBenaih (_ .(ilbe\\nEnock Colbe\\nSamli. Emerson\\nJonathan Blunt\\nIsaac Fciss\\nJonathan iMoultoii\\nEbeiiezar Derbon, Jnn.\\nSilvaniis Sniilli\\nPaul Smith\\nPeter JJerbon\\nWilliam Healv\\nRobert Kiuials\\nJoshua Prescott\\nJac il Basstbrd\\nJoseph 15asstbril\\nEbeiie/.er Blunt\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Steplimi (;lav\\nJiihn Smith\\nluibert (.ronlen\\nHniiih Ifcimscv\\nArchabakl Macaphee\\nDaniel Macaiihee\\nJames Cro.swheit\\nAleii J emlington\\n;Bc)bert (hage\\nAle.xaniler rage\\nNatlianal Hall\\nJelhro Tilton\\nIsaae Foss, ffun\\nJames Wadwell\\nJames mac. clnre\\nNathan Colbee\\nPeter Clillbnl\\nJosopli a.vis\\nThomas llill\\nThomas (!rage\\nDavid mac (Uuro\\nWid. Mary Carswcll\\nArcliabaiil Dalaph\\nWilliam Grimes, Jim", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "RATES OR TAXES. 261\\nINVOICE TABLE concluded.\\nC X\\nMoses Hills\\nJohn lv:ui-\\nThoiuus Oliiiii\\nHenry Hall\\nJohn Weljster\\nJohn A ken\\nRohert Willsmi.\\nFrancis rnwio\\nHn^ll Willsoii\\nJames Willson.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0yVilli^un nit;. 1(1...\\nSanill. Hills\\nBeii.ia. D.Tl.oii\\nAii lrcw r:n;e\\nWinlhro|i Sar^oiit.\\nWllliani Ivarr\\nJohn Ivarr, .Inn.\\nSamuel Brown..\\nThomas Dorb m.\\nPaul M.ie fas 11.\\nJohn Moore\\nCharles Moore\\nNathanal Wooil..\\nJonas Clay\\nJonas Clay, Jnn.\\nJames Bassfonl.\\n1\\nIS\\n12\\n2\\ny\\n12\\n8\\n1,5\\n11\\n.s\\n9\\nfi\\n1.5\\n9\\n2\\n2\\n2\\n:i\\n1\\n2\\n2\\nI\\n.3\\n2\\n3\\nf.\\n1\\n8\\n2\\n1\\n1\\n2\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n2\\n1\\n1\\nThe following from an old act in regard to making taxes,\\nI in.sert as a curiosiiy From the Generall Lawes and\\nLihaties of the Province of New Hampshire made by the\\nGenerall Assembly in Portsm the K of March, 1G70-80,\\nand approved by the l^iesid and Council.\\n^[.\\\\KiN (i Matk.s.\\nThat tlKM c may h(^ a just and equall way of Raising means for\\ntletVayiiig y^ pnhliqur -liarge. l) )atii in clnu ch and civill aflairs,\\nwlioroof every p rson dotli or may receive y benetit; these persons\\nand estates shall he asseasted or rate l a.s followetli: viz., to a\\nsingle i-a!e of a [xMiny in the jiound, every male ])erson above the\\naii e of IT) yenrs is v.ahied at IS/.; ;in(l all land within fence, med-\\ndow or mar li. mowahle, shall he a! A^. j,cr acre; all pasture land.s\\nwitli )rii lence rate free; all oxen 4 years old and upward, 3s.;\\nsl( er eows and heilfers of three years old at ts.; steers and\\nheitVers of:. years old at )s. yearlings lOs. liorses and mares of\\nyears old and upwarcb at JO^. sheej) above one year old at 5.s.\\nswiiH! above one year old at lOs. and all other estates whatsoever,\\nin y* hands of whome it is at y time when that shall be taken,\\nsh dl he rated by some eijuall i)ro])ortion by y selecitnien of each\\ntown w orate care y p licnlars be notwronoed; ;ind all sliips,\\nketches, bojites. barques and all oilier vessells w soever shall be\\nrateable, as allso all dwellino- houses, ware houses, whartis, mills\\nand all handycrafl.s men as car])enters, masons, joiners, shoe-\\nluakers, ta\\\\ lors, tanners, curriers, butchers, baker.s, or any other", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "262\\nHISTOEY OF CHESTER.\\nartificers, victuallers, mercb and innkeepers shall be rated by\\nestymatyon,\\nThis was probably the law for a long period, as I have\\nexamined a reprint of the laws from 1706 to 1770, also all\\nthe acts in the Secretary s office during that period, without\\nfinding anything on the subject.\\nThe following is one page of an inventory, found among\\nthe papers of Deacon John Hills. Tliere is no date, but it\\nmust have been as early as 1745, for Moses Tyler sold to\\nAndrew McFarland that year. There is, on the back side, a\\nfooting, probably of tlie wliole inventory. There are two\\ntaxed for faculties, some trade, or other extra mode of\\nmaking money. Mills, or a trade, were taxed as faculties\\nin Hampton in 1732\\nINVENTORY.\\nNames.\\nNathaniel Wood\\nJonas Clay\\nJona. Saunders\\nHenry Ambrose\\nJames Varnum\\nBenj Dearborn\\nRobert Runnels\\nWllliaiu Healey\\nKinKCalle\\nBen,). Batclielder\\nJames Hast ord\\nItliamar Berry\\nJolm Allen\\nTitus \\\\V.-lls\\nTliomas Hill\\nEli|iliaz Sanborn\\nJohn Underbill\\nPage Baclielder\\nPeter Clitford\\nJoseph Clark\\nJona. Hall\\nMoses Tyler\\nJames Calfe\\nNathl. Hall\\nCapt. Tilton\\nEbenezer Dearborn\\nPeter Dearborn\\nWidow Bowel\\nWidow Underbill\\nDavid Cralge\\nNathan Webster, Jr.\\nNathan Colby\\n049 66 too 53 55 59 69 51", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "RATES OR TAXES,\\n263\\nThe following table shows the proportion of province\\nrates in 1709, to raise j\u00c2\u00a31720\\nPortsmoutli \u00c2\u00a3377 10s.\\nDover 301 9\\nExeter 325 8\\nHiuni)t()ii\\nNew Castle\\n\u00c2\u00a3605 13s.\\n150 00\\nIn order to show the relative ])rogress of the several old\\ntowns in the province, I give the projjortion of province\\nrates to each \u00c2\u00a31000:\\nTABLE Showing the I uorouTioN of Pkovinok Ratks.\\nTOWNS.\\nPortsmouth\\nDover\\nExeter\\nIlainptoii\\nIlaiMptou Falls\\nNew Castle\\nKiiigstoAvn\\nNewingtoii\\nStratham\\nGosport\\nLoiidouderrv\\nRye\\nGreenland\\nOyster River\\nSomersworth\\n1723.\\n171\\n171\\n128\\n74\\n7-4\\n81\\n44\\n3,S\\n4;t\\n1728.\\n187\\n217\\n127\\n94\\n88\\n24\\n45\\n30\\nOO\\n10\\n08\\n29\\n9\\n5\\n3\\n4\\n8\\n14 11\\n4\\n3 10\\n7 1\\n1732.\\n8. (1.\\n142 10 3\\n103 13 5\\n114 3 6\\n94 12 6\\n90 10 8\\n21 3 2\\n54 3\\n25 1 4\\n57 4 7\\n52 13\\n32 10\\n35 15 10\\n97 10 3\\n39 15 6\\nTABLE II\\nTOWNS.\\n1742.\\n1753.\\n1702.\\ns.\\ns.\\ns.\\nPortsmouth\\n140 00\\n95 00\\n91 14\\nHampton\\n70 00\\n34 12\\n55 07\\nDover\\nso 00\\n70 OS\\n29 12\\nExeter\\n89 00\\n47 00\\n35 12\\nLoudonderrv\\n54 10\\n51 12\\n49 ](i\\nChester\\nIS 00\\n;;3 17\\n30 11\\nKiu fstoii\\n30 10\\n40 00\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a02-2 09\\nDerrvtield\\n_\\n5 05\\n4 19\\nRuiriford\\n13 00\\n_ _\\nBow\\n24 00", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "264\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nFootings of the Invkntoky in Chester in 1753.\\nPolls -241\\nHouses 179\\nTillage 4u2\\nMowing 10!)8\\nPasture 070\\nHorses oS\\nOxen 302\\nCoAVS 389\\nThree-year-olds 87\\nTwo-year-olds 121\\nOne-year-olds 170\\nThree-year-old colts 15\\nTwo-year-old colts 12\\nOne-year-old colts 11\\nMale slave 1\\nOrchardino- 51\\nAn act was passed July 3, 176G, pi-oviding that tlie\\nProvince rates might be paid in tlie fulluwing articles of\\nproduce at the folhnving prices, new tenor:\\ns. d.\\nBar iron per cwt\\n00 00\\nHemp per pound\\n3 00\\nIndian corn, bush\\n10 (10\\nRye\\n10 00\\nPeas\\n1\\n1 00\\nWinter wheat\\n1\\n5 00\\nBarley\\n10 00\\nPork per pour\\nd\\n1 00\\nBeef\\n9\\nFlax\\n3 00\\nBees-wax\\n5 00\\nBayberry wax\\n3 00\\ns. d.\\nWell tanned sole leath-\\ner per i)Ound\\nTallow per pound\\nWinter and Spring cc\\ntisli per quintal\\nPilch i)er barrel\\nTar per barrel\\nTuri)eutine per barrel\\nW. P. joists per M.\\nW. P. boards per M.\\nW. O. two-inch ]jlank\\nper M. 25 00 00\\n4 00\\n2 6\\n4 00 00\\n3 00 00\\n2 00 00\\n4 00 00\\n4 00 00\\n5 00 00\\nCENSUS OF 17G7\\nMales.\\nFemales.\\n~i\\nQ\\nB\\nTowxs.\\nV\\nu\\n6\\n6\\nIs\\no\\n3\\nClieister.\\nUG\\n108\\n1!\u00c2\u00bb0\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a224\\n2!/5\\n153\\n7\\n2\\n34\\n916\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a221\\n2!t\\nOS\\n7S\\nol\\n!I0\\ni\\nSO\\n7\\n1(1(1\\n134\\n81\\nOS\\nS\\n38\\n1\\nG\\n5\\n3G3\\n362\\n230", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "RATES OR TAXES.\\n26^\\nINVENTORY OF 1777\\nrs\\na\\nes\\no\\nf\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nc\\ncS\\nO\\nH3\\n131\\n2T\\n1\\\\%\\n2115\\n311\\n440\\n445\\n^52\\n1033\\n51\\n49\\n10\\no\\n24\\nG\\n11\\n5\\n115\\n76\\n241\\n229\\nPolls\\nOrchard\\nArable\\nMowitig\\nPasture\\nHorses\\nThree-years Colts\\nTwo-years Colts.\\nOne-year Colt\\nOxeu\\nCows\\n339\\n102\\n003\\n1751\\n2749\\n141\\n30\\n17\\n243\\nGOO\\niTliree- years old\\n[Two-vears old 331\\nOne-year old 317\\nlllents of milKs .-\u00e2\u0082\u00ac95 no\\niStock in trade 280\\nJMoiiev i Ml\\nIIG\\n87\\n104\\n1.38\\n137\\n118\\n429\\n\u00c2\u00a3fi4\\n125\\n100\\n083\\n52\\nState tax, 1788, whieli must liave been lawful money, as\\nthe Continental was worthless\\nConstable Joseph True to pay\\nRobert Witherspoou\\nJoseph Brown, Jr.\\nr 43\\ns.\\n5\\nd.\\n9\\n361\\n12\\n10\\n80 00 00\\nPROPORTION FOR STATE TAX.\\nTowns.\\n1773.\\n1789.\\n1803.\\ns. d.\\ns.\\nd.\\ns. d.\\nChester\\n22 8\\n16 2\\n10\\n11 19\\nCandia\\n8 (_;\\n8 2\\n4\\n6 4 7\\nRaviiioiul\\n7 13\\n6 4\\n8\\n4 2 1\\nConcord\\n13 14\\n12 7\\n4\\n10 8 2\\nExeter\\n24 4\\n15 10\\n8 8 6\\nLondonderrv\\n35 15\\n20 15\\n3\\n15 2 1\\nPort.smouth\\noS 2\\n_ _\\n_\\n27 8 5\\nDerrvtield\\n3 12\\n2 10\\n4\\n2 2", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "266\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\no\\nPh\\nH\\no\\na\\nf\u00c2\u00bb\\nd\\nCO\\no\\n;S\\no\\ng\\noc-\\n4^\\nM\\nc/j fs. Jj ir: CO x th -^_ -1^\\nCO O C-l 0 1-- IC CO o\\nr-H 00 lO t-; t- O CO IC\\nf^* ,H* 1-H r-J r-I C4 1-i\\nC^ -t -f CI to C CO\\n\u00c2\u00bbOt\u00e2\u0080\u0094 CD^-tO-fiOCOO\\nC-1 OC X o o r-- cc t-\\nt- t- Cj c; t-; iq CO CJ\\n:-i 1-H r-J r-H r-^ rH rH C)\\nt o O O O UO C-1\\nCi lO O -t; lO rl^ C-i\\nM c-i T^ T^ tA 1-1* c-i\\n-X r-(\\nC)\\nw CI I-*\\nt- 00 CO\\nt iO X\\na\\ns\\na.\\nc\\nc\\ns\\nd\\nT\\\\\\nC\\no\\n00\\n0)\\nrt\\ng\\nO\\nin\\nin\\n2 s", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "RATE.S OR TAXES.\\n267\\nThe earliest tax-list which we have is for 1785, which is\\nnot inserted on account of its length.\\nT A r. L E\\nIIOWINO TIIK NUMHEK OF I.N IIA lUTANTS, NU.MHKll OF POLL.\u00c2\u00abl .iND PuoI OItTION- OF\\nState T.\\\\xes in Sevek.il Towns i\\\\ 1820; also tiif, Propoutiox in 1^29, I oi\\nULATION IN 1860, VALU.VTION AND PUOI ORTION IN 1864.\\nTowns.\\n1\\n1\\na\\no\\no\\no\\nu\\ns\\no\\nt i\\no\\nYalua t i n\\n1864.\\nProporti o ii\\n1864.\\n1\\nChester\\n2,262\\n1,273\\n961\\n3,127\\n761\\n2.3.18\\n2,114\\n1,098\\n57-\\n847\\n7,327\\n415\\n240\\n177\\n515\\n133\\n498\\n457\\n187\\n100\\n170\\n1,100\\n.\u00c2\u00a79.03\\n5..54\\n3.62\\n13.27\\n2.48\\n13.48\\n9.90\\n4., 8\\n3.40\\n3,67\\n54.36\\n$7.40\\n4.90\\n3.43\\n5.17\\n7..54\\n2.69\\n1.3.73\\n9.46\\n4.67\\n3.27\\n3.67\\n42.41\\n1,276\\n88\u00c2\u00bb;\\n1,575\\n1,269\\n1,717\\n1.990\\n20.108\\n10,889\\n3,309\\n1,230\\n621\\n1,216\\n9 335\\n$389,234\\n29(!,K58\\n427.803\\n320.676\\n627, iO I\\n67S,6r)\\n10,176,142\\n5,(:36,0I4\\n1.6(;i,274\\n548.991\\n;?93,121\\n435,713\\n6,442,062\\n$2.99\\n2 29\\nCandia\\n3.29\\n2 47\\nLondoiiilorry\\nDerryt\\nManchester\\nConcord\\nExeter\\n4.83\\n5.22\\n78..38\\n38.84\\n12.79\\n4 22\\nHampton Falls\\nKhigstoii\\nPortsmouth\\n3.02\\n3..36\\n49.C7\\nIncor porated June, 1845. t Incofporated July, 1827.\\nThese statistics are given to show the absolute and rel-\\native progress of these towns.\\nIn 1782, Portsmouth had 479 polls Exeter had 333\\nHampton had 224. In 1727, Hampton Falls had 224 jjoIIs;\\nand Kingston had 120.\\nUp to 1833, in making taxes a specific value was put\\nupon animals of each grade, irrespective of their real\\nvalue, and also on acres of land. At that time there was\\nan act passed requiring all property to be appraised at its\\ncash value.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "268 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nSTAGE AND MAIL FACILITIES.\\nBesides occasional private conveyance for letters, there\\nwere sometimes persons who periodically traveled on horse-\\nback and carried letters and newspapers. My grandfather\\ntook a Newbnryport paper, during tlie Revolutionary war,\\nwhich was probably brought by a Post-rider.\\nThe Committee of Safety, Dec. 2, 1779, appointed Peter\\nRobinson for the term of six montlis, to ride from the post-\\noffice in Portsmouth, to set out from thence Saturday morn-\\ning, and ride to Peterl^orough in this State, and send a man\\nweekly to Charlcstown, No. 4 and carry and return all\\npublic letters and dispatches free of charge, for which ser-\\nvice he shall receive from the State the sum of three hun-\\ndred pounds lawful money. [N. II. Hist. Col., Vol. 7, p.\\n211. J\\nThere was proljal)ly no regular mail or stage through\\nChester before 179o or 1704. In the New Hampsliirc Reg-\\nister for 1794 there is the following list of dejmty post-\\nmasters Jeremy Lil)]3ey, Portsmouth; J.W. Oilman, Ex-\\neter George Mough, Concord Sanniel McClure, Hanover\\nand Sannicl Crosby, Charlestown. There might have been\\nothci s, however, in the State. Tappan Robie, Esq., of Gor-\\nliam, Maine, says that his uncle, Edmund Webster, was\\nappointed postmaster about 1793 that he was clerk in his i\\nuncU s stofL and acted as assistant in the post-(_)ffice and\\nthe office suj)])lied Clu stor, Sandown, llam})stcad, Candia\\nand Itavmond, and t rJn(jis LatidoxJtrn/. He recollects\\ntluit ()zi;is Silsby, of (Mi-. sier, I ode post and carried a mail\\nfrom t oi-tsiuoulh to Andicrst. [He went to Peterborough.]\\nI he nmil was carried on horseback. This sujjplied Chester\\nvrith a mail. (Jha.se, in tlie liistory of Haverhill, p. 453,\\nsays:\\nAt this poriod (al out 1791) news))a]iers and letters\\nwere carried through tlie country by persons who rode on\\nhorsei\u00c2\u00bback, called Poxf-rnlo-s. Samuel Bean was post-\\nrider fVom I oston to (^)ncord, N. H. His route was\\nthrouiih Andover, Haverhill, Atkinson, Kingstown, Exeter,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "STAGE AND MAIL FACILITIES. 2G9\\nEppiug, Nottingham, Dj- erfield and Peni! rnke, to Concord\\nreturning, passed throngli [jondundcM-ry and ITavcrhiil. He\\nperformed the rontc once a week.\\nTlic first stage from Flavciiiill to I oston was started\\nabout this time. It was a two-liuse cn;uh, hy a ^Ir. (Jage.\\nHe performed tlie route only \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\cn lie liad cnstoni. It\\ntook twelv^e hours to jjerfoi m tlic joiii-ncy. An advei iisc-\\nment in a Boston paper und r date nf April M\\\\y- informs\\nthe public tiiat the iJaveiliill Slage oach is conipletc,\\nwith genteel curtains and cushioiis, and an alilc jiair of\\nhorses ready for service. !l was to set out IVom Chad-\\nwick s Ferry, in Bradford, on i uesday the It lh, at si.x.\\no clock precisely, arrive at Air. A ubo1 s, in Ando\\\\cr, before\\neight, and at Mr. Peabody s in Boston, before one. flie\\nproprietor gave notice that he inli uds in a short time that\\nthe stage shall perform this route twice a week. Fare, od.\\nper mile. In November, 179:), a, stage commenced running\\ntwice a week from this place [llaverhillj to Concord N. H.,\\nconnecting with the Boston stage. It was owned by par-\\nities in this town, Chester, and oncord. The mail, how-\\ns ever, continued to f^e carried on horsel)ack for several years\\nI after the establishment of a r(?gular line of stages.\\nMr. Robie says that the first stage was owned by Rogers\\nand Kendall. Mr. Chase further says, p. 454\\nAt the cclebi ation attending the opening of the Ando-\\nver and Haverhill Railroad to Bradford, Oct., 1887, Hon.\\ni Leverit Saltonstall, late of Halem, said he well recollected the\\nI first setting up of the first stage-coach bet\\\\veen Boston and\\nHaverhill, some forty or fifty years before, by Judge Blodg-\\nett, of Haverhill. It started very early in the morning\\nfrom Haverhill, in order to have time to perform the dis-\\ntance, and arrive comfortably in Boston before dark. The\\nf boys followed it through the villages, and the w^omen put\\nI their heads out of the window^s gazing upon the wonder\\nI and the welkin rang with the shout of The Stage The\\nI Stage A stage was afterwards established to run between\\nI Haverhill and Concord, N. II. This was considered a most\\nextraordinary event; and one of the leaders had a bell of\\na size nearly equal to that of the IjcU of an academy, sus-\\nponded to his neck, the sound of whi ch could be heard a\\ngreat distance, to give the intelligence that the stage was\\ncoming!\\nI have heard it said that Mr. Benjamin Brown drove\\nthrough Chester the first trip. A negro subsequently", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "270 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\ndrove. It is said that Matthew Templeton and others as-\\nsembled at Dea. John Graham s to see the stage. Mr.\\nTempleton was probably dressed in an uncouth manner,\\nand had a large dent in his forehead, where his skull was\\nbroken, which caused some of the passengers to laugh.\\nMr. Templeton cautioned them against laughing, as they\\nwere all going to the d 1 together, with a nager to drive\\nthem.\\nThe earliest I recollect of a stage it passed over Chester\\nturnj ike twice a week each way, and was driven by a man\\nby the name of Hall, and was owned by Kendall. This\\nwas in 1806. ^ome time after it was removed to the Lon-\\ndonderry turnpike. There were several changes each way,\\nand at length there was one put on each route, when it was\\nthought both must fail. There could not be business to\\nsupport two stages. Thomas Pearson, of Haverhill, for a\\nlong time drove through Chester, and Nathaniel Walker, of\\nPlymouth, through Londonderry. Father Gihbs for a long\\ntime rode post on Silsby s route, from Exeter to Peterbor-\\nough. He rode horseback, carried a mail, and carried\\nPortsmouth, Exeter and Andierst papers, and did express\\nbusiness generally.\\nEdmond Webster died May 12, 1801, and Dr. John Win-\\ngate, who married Sarah Webster, was appointed post-\\nmaster. He lived in the Webster house, and held the office\\ntill 1807, when he removed from town, and Daniel French,\\nEsq., was appointed April 25, 1807, who held the office\\nuntil near the close of his life, when he resigned, and his\\nson, H. F. French, was appointed.\\nAbout 1826 a post-office was established at what is now\\nAuburn village, called the West Chester office. David\\nCurrier, Esq., then David Currier, 3d, procured the estab-\\nlishment of the office, and was appointed postmaster. The\\noffice was first served. with a mail from Anderson s tavern,\\non Chester turnpike. Afterwards a mail was carried from\\nKingston, serving Hawke, Sandown and West Chester, to\\nHooksett. Afterwards, about 1827, the Haverhill and Con-\\ncord stage ran on the old road. About 1837 there was a", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "STAGES AND MAIL FACILITIES, 271\\npost-office cstablisliccl at Walnut Hill called East Ches-\\nter, and Robert Shirley appointed postmaster. After the\\nbuilding up of Manchester, about 184-3, a stage was lun,\\nand carried a mail through West Chester, Candia, Deerlield,\\nfec., to New Market, until l8i;:5, when the mail was i)ut on\\nthe cars, and the stage stoi)ped, and Aulnirn had a (hiily\\nmail.\\nThere are no postmasters given in the New Hampshire\\nRegister for (Jandia or Raymond, before 1818. Probably\\nthose offices were esta])lished in 1S17. Moses Fitts, Fred-\\neric Fitts, 1821, and Benjamin Pillsl)ury from 1822 to\\n1833, are named as postmasters in Candia. Joseph Blake\\nis named as postmaster in Raymond from 1818 to 18-5\\nAccording to the best information 1 have been able to ob-\\ntain, there was a post-rider who carried a mail on\\nhorseback from Exeter or Portsmouth, to Concord, i)assing\\nthrough Brentwood, Poplin, Raymond, Candia, South Deer-\\nfield and AUenstown, (jnce a week each way. He also\\ncarried newspa] ers. There was for a season a post office\\nat Anderson s, called Candia Tarnpike, and also one on\\nCandia north road.\\nAbout 1830 there was a joint stock company formed, and\\na stage run from Dover to Lowell, passing Raymond and\\nChester, which carried a mail. Al)0ut 1734 Stephen Os-\\ngood, of Raymond, having purchased a large share of the\\nstock, put on a stage from Pittsfield to Chester, connecting\\nat Chester with the Lowell stage, which would supply Can-\\ndia witli a mail. These stages I think ran three times a\\nweek until the Boston and Maine railroad took the travel,\\niu 1838 or 1839. After the Manchester and Lawrence\\nrailroad went into operation, a stage was run from Chester\\nto Derry depot, which carried a daily mail, and the Haver-\\nhill stage ran into Manchester, and finally ceased. For a\\nlong time after stages ran and mails were established,\\nnewspapers were carried by a post-rider. About 1808 or 9\\none James Tallant, of Concord, rode post from Concord to\\nChester, and perhaps farther, and carried the New Hamp-\\nshire Patriot and Concord Gazette in his saddle-bag s", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "272 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nbut wlictlier botli papers could agree to be in one end, I do\\nnot know. After Tallant, my brothers, Moses and John,\\nhad papers conic Ijy stage, and carried them on horseback\\nthrougli Candia, Deeriield, etc., to Exeter; and my father,\\nB. P. Chase, canned them through the Long Meadows to\\nthe Neck.\\nCHAPTER XII.\\nLITERARY AND PROPESSIOXAL. HISTORY OF SCHOOLS.\\nEARLY STATUTES IN RELATION TO SCHOOLS.\\nNov. 11, 1647.\\nIt being one chief point of that old deluder, Satan, to\\nkeep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in for-\\nmer times by keeping them in an unknown tongue so in\\nthese latter times, by persuading from the use of tongues,\\nthat so at least the true sense and meaning of the original\\nmight 1)0 clouded by falfse glosses of saint-seeming deceivers\\nthat learning may not be buried in the grave of our fathers,\\nin the church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our\\nendeavors\\nIt is therefore ordered, that every township in the juris-\\ndiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number\\nof fifty householders, shall then forthwith ajtpoint one\\nwithin their town to teach all clnldren as shall resort to\\nhim, to write and read, whose wages shall be paid either by\\nthe parents or masters of such children or by the inhabi-\\ntants in general, by way of supply, as the major part of\\nthose that ordered the prudentials of the town shall ap-\\npoint provided those that send their children be not\\noppressed by paying much more than they can have them\\ntaught for in other towns.\\nAnd it is further ordered, that where any town shall in-\\ncrease to the number of one hundred families, or house-\\nholders, they shall set up a Grammar school, the master\\nthereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be i\\nfitted for the University: provided, that if any town neg-\\nlect the performance hereof above one year, that every such i\\ntown shall pay \u00c2\u00a35 to the next school, till they shall per-\\nform this order.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SCHOOLS. 273\\nAll act passed in 1714 provided,\\nThat ibr building and repairing niccting-lionscs, minis-\\nters houses, scliool-houscs, and allowing a salary to a\\nschoolmaster of each town within their province, the select-\\nmen in their respective towns shall raise money by an e(|ual\\nrate and assessment upon the inhabitants, in the same man-\\nner as in the })resent act directed lor the maintenance of\\nthe minister; and -every town within this province shall,\\nfrom and after the publication hereof, provide a schoolmaster\\nfor the snpjdy of the town.\\nAn act passed 1719, provides,\\nThat every town within this province having the number\\nof fifty householders, or upwards, shall be constantly pro-\\nvided of a schoolmaster to teach chiklren and youth to read\\nand write. And when any town or towns shall have the\\nnumber of one hundred families or houscholdei s, there shall\\nbe a grammar school set up, and kept in every such town,\\nand some discreet person, of good conversation, well in-\\nstructed in the tongues, shall be procured to l)e master\\nthereof; and every such schoolmaster to be suitably encour-\\naged, and paid by the iidiabitants.\\nThe act empowers the selectmen to employ such masters,\\nand raise money by way of rate to pay tlie same, and inflicts\\na penalty of twenty pounds for neglecting to settle such\\nmaster six months.\\nAn act passed in 1721, provides,\\nThat not only each town, l)ut each parish of one hun-\\ndred families, shall be constantly provided with a grammar\\nschool.\\nA ])cnalty of twenty pomids is infirctcd upon the select-\\nmen for neglecting one month. An act passed January,\\n1779, recites in the preiimblc, that the jienaliies in the fore-\\ngoing acts were originally ect in paper bills-of-credit, and\\nnot in lawful money, and reducing the penalty to ten pounds-\\nAn act passed Dec, 1805, provided for dividing towns\\ninto districts, and empowered districts to raise money for\\nbuilding and repairing school-houses. Arc.\\nAn act passed Dec. 22, 1808, requires the selectmen to\\nraise a sum equal to seventy dollars for each dollar of the\\ntown s proportion of the state tax and authorizes districts", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "274 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nto hold land. It also roqiiircs towns to choose three or\\nmarc inspectors or visitors of schools.\\nAn act passed July G, 1 S27, rcoiiires selectmen to raise\\nninety dollars for each dollar uf the town s proportion of\\nthe state tax.\\nAt a meetinp; of the committee, January 25, 1720-21,\\nVoted, That whereas the nnml)cr of i)roprietors is\\nCon and no provision made for a ^cliool ]\\\\laster, That\\ntlie next proprietor that iShall Foi-feit his Lott, the Same\\nShall be appropriated for a School.\\nThis provision was made after the first grant of the land,\\nhut ])cfore the charter, and there was hardly a permanent\\nsettler there.\\nThe next we fi.nd on the records is at an adjourned meet-\\ning, April 7th, 1737,\\nVoted, to Rais thirty Pounds to Ilicr a Schoolmaster\\nthis present year.\\nVoted, that the Selectmen shall Remove the said\\nschoolmaster to the severall Parts of the town as shall be\\nConveniaut.\\nThough tliere is no evidence that anything had been done\\nby the town, it is hardly to be supposed that nothing had\\nbeen done to educate the children for about eighteen years.\\nThe schools Avere held at private houses, and although re-\\nmoved to different parts, all the children in town might fol-\\nlow the master into the several quarters.\\nAt an adjourned meeting, November 2d, 1738,\\nVoted, That their- Shall be twenty Pounds Raised to\\nSupport a School in this town.\\nAt an adjourned meeting, April 8, 1740,\\nVoted, that their Shall be a School maintained in the\\ntown this year throughout; Partly by School masters, and\\nPartly by School dames, as the Select men Shall Judge best\\nfor the town.\\nIn the warning, March 0th, 1721, is an article\\nTo act what may appear needful about building a\\nScho(jl house or houses. j\\nPut to Vote, Whether to build a Scliool liousc in the\\nScnter of the town or no. Passed in the negative.\\nAt the annual mcctii g, March 25, 1742,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SCHOOLS. 2(0\\nVoted, That there shall be a school Kcc[)t in lliis touu\\nthe year through out, and that the Select men Shall Jlo-\\ninove the Said Scliool into the Severall Quai ters of Said\\ntown, so that they Shall liave their iMpial Proi)ortion of tlie\\nthe Same, according to what Hates they Pay.\\nThey probably refused to linild a school-house in the\\ncenter, because the school might be ke})t there all of the\\ntime.\\nIn the warning for a meeting, ]\\\\rarch 201 h, 1743, is an\\narticle,\\nTo see if the town will build a School liouse or housen,\\nor to act and do any tiling about Kecjiing a School, or\\nSchools, or building a house or housen, as Sliall appear\\nmose for the benefit and advantage of the town.\\nVoted to Build School Housen,\\nVoted, That a Committee shall be Chosen to Divide the\\ntown into Severall Parts, in order to accomodate Scho(jl\\nllousen.\\nVoted, That Capt. Sam Ingalls, Benjamin ITills, Insin\\nJacol) Sargent, william Haley and andrcw Crage, Shall be\\nthe Comitte.\\nIn the warning for the annual meeting, March 28tli,\\n1745, is an article,\\nTo See if the town will Except of tlie return of the\\nCommittee that was chosen to Divide the town into parts\\nfor the Conveniancy of Imilding School housen or act and\\ndo anything that shall Ix; thought needful and nessecery\\naboi\\\\t a school or schools, and a school-liouse or housen.\\nAt an adjournment of tlie meeting, April 4th,\\nVoted, that the Committee s Beturn that was Chosen\\nto Divide the town into parts, In ordcrto accomedate School\\nhousen, be Excepted.\\nThe Persons under named Deccnts against the fore-\\ngoing Vote, John Bobie, Sam Bartlet, Jonathan\\nBlunt, Jonathan Moulton, Bobert Bunells, Enoch Colby,\\nDavid Crage, Isaac Eoss, Page Bachelder, Benjamin l ach-\\nelder, Sam Powell, Erancis Towl, Ebenezer Dear] orn.\\nJunr., Benjamin Hills.\\nWe have no means of knowing to a certainty into how\\nmany parts the town was divided, or their boundaries but\\nthere probably were but three for if there had I)ecn one at\\nthe Centre, John Robic, Jonathan Blunt, and Ebenezer", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "276 HISTORY OF SCHOOLS.\\nDearborn, Jr., who lived near the Centre, and Benjamin\\nBacheldcr and Robert Runnels, who lived within about\\nhalf a mile up street, and others Jonathan Moulton,\\nEnoch Colby, and Samuel Bartlett within a mile below,\\nAvould not have dissented. I have conversed with people\\nwho remembered the three. One stood on John Sanborn s,,\\nopposite Moses Webster s home lot No. 21 one at Walnut\\nhill, not far from Robert Shirley s and the third at the Long-\\nMeadows, between Samuel Aiken s (Charles C. Grant s)\\nand David Witherspoon s (the Hardy place)? Mrs. Whit-\\ntier, daughter of Samuel Aiken, recollects this house, or of\\nhearing her ])arcnts tell about it.\\nIn 1740 the select men charge\\nPaid unto ynastcr AYood\\nPaid xinto Dec Ebenezer Derboii, for boardin;:!;-\\nPaid ixnto lus*^ Jacob Sargant, for bording y master\\nPaid unto Abel Morse, for bording y master\\nPaid unto John Ilaiseltine, for bording the master\\nPaid unto Andrew Crag, for bording the master\\nPaid to Cajit. IMorse, for tlu-ee days, horse and man, for\\ngoing after a Coolmaster\\n1847. Master Wood is paid\\nand Dea. Dearborn, John Ilazeltine, and Andrew\\nCriiige, for boarding\\n1748. Master Wood is hired again, at\\nand Capt. Blunt, Joseph Calf and Dea. Dearborn\\nboarded.\\nJohn itobie is paid for bringing up the master, time\\nand expenses 2\\nMaster Wood, it seems, lived somewhere down country,\\nand is probably the one who was afterwards Dr. George\\nWood.\\n9. d.*\\n1749. Paid Doctoi- Samuel Moorcs, for schooling 108\\nPaid to the Long meadow (^^uarter for Schooling 31\\nTlic Long Meadows had one-quarter of the money paid\\nto them. J)r. Moores is said by Eaton (History of Candia,\\nS. (1.\\nf.()\\n00\\n19\\n9\\n4\\n10\\n5\\n12\\n8\\n11\\n8\\n2\\n1\\n15\\n80\\n80\\n44.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "M.\\ns.\\n1.\\n112\\n88\\nA{)\\n2\\nt)\\n101\\n27\\n10\\n52\\n1\\nHISTORY OF SCHOOLS. 277\\npage 91) to have come from Ilampstcad. lie settled at\\nCandia Corner.\\nIT.JO. Paid to in Henry Herring-, tor Schooling\\nPaid to m Jolui Ilickcy, for Schooling-\\nPaid to M Samuel Moorcs, for Scliooling\\nfor a Journey to newbury after a Sclioohnaster\\nfor time and expence hireing School master\\n17ol. Paid to m John Ilicl-cey, for schooling\\nPaid to in James Dresser, for schooling\\nPaid to m nchemiah mc neal, for scliooling\\nPaid to Nathaniel Blasdell, for bording the masters\\nfor three Days, man and horse, after a School-\\nmaster 4 10\\nfor one day of a man and two horses, bringing up\\nthe master from Bradford 2 00\\nfor time and Expense hireing School masters 1 10\\nfor time and expense making up with School-\\nmasters 1 00\\n111 17o2 Master McXeil is paid X154. Deacon Hasel-\\nton, Andrew Craig, Enocli Culhy, Peter Dearborn, Jlr.\\nCarr, Deacon Dearborn, jMr. Knowles and Mr. ITasford\\nare paid for boarding. It seems that this year, thongli\\nthey had no scliool-hou e, they liad a scliool in the north\\npart.\\nIn 1758 Mr. Ilazelton and Mr. McNeele were the mas-\\nters, and Deacon Dearborn, Mr. Craige, Jacob Chase and\\nJohn Knowles l)oarded.\\nIn 1754 master llcscltinc, master mcfarson and mas-\\nter mciioal, at the Longmeadows, were masters, and Dea-\\ncon Dearborn, Jacob Chase and Tliomas Haseltinc boarded.\\nIn 1755, I aid to mr. ITessard, for teaching school,\\n\u00c2\u00a3l- 2 To mr. Koics, for tcachimg school, \u00c2\u00a328. Captain\\nlUunt, Charles Moore, William Tolford and IJradlcy Carr\\nboarded, and William Graham and Fatten, at tlie Long\\nMeadows.\\nAt the annnal meeting March, 174S,\\nVoted, To Raise two Hundred Pounds, old tenor, tlie\\npresent year for Schooling and other necessary town\\nCharges.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "278 HISTORY OF Chester,\\nVoted, That Each Quarter of the town as it is Divided\\nShall Share theyr Eijiieli Proportion of the money Raised\\nfor Schooling, appro[)riated to that use and no otlicr.\\nVoted, That the town Defend and Secure the Select-\\nmen from any Damage they may come at, for not Provid-\\ning a Gramer School.\\nIn a warning for a town meeting, Jane 21, 175G, is an\\narticle,\\nTo See What the town Will Do Concerning Hicring a\\nGramer School inaster for the year IToG It being an\\nExpress from the Court by the Grand Juryman to the\\n])rc:^ent Selectmen.\\nVoted, That the present Selectmen (viz.), John Robie,\\nAnd^ Craige and Jacob Basford, Shall take Care, and if\\nthey can. Provide a Grammer School master for the town,\\nSo as to fulfil and answer the Intents of the Law and if\\nthey cannot obtain one, then they are fully impowcred to\\naddress the Court In behalf of, and in favor of, the town on\\nthat account, and at the Charge of s Towu.\\nIn the warning for the annual meeting March 30, 1758,\\nare articles,\\n2 To See if the town Will Vote that all the people\\nwithin three Quarters of a mile from the old meeting-house\\nin Chester Shall have their proportion of the schooling at\\nthat place according to the taxes they pay, and chuse their\\nown School master or mistress, as they shall See Cause.\\n3 To see if the Town Avill Raise Such a Sum of money\\nas they shall judge Needful for schooling and to see if the\\nTown will give Every Division their Proportion of the\\nmoney so Raised, and every Quarter to be obliged to Put\\nSaid money to said use and that the Quarter may Chuse\\ntheir own master or mistress as they Shall Judge Needful.\\n0 To see if the town will vote that Charming fare, so\\ncalled, shall Have their Projjortion of schooling.\\n10 To see if the town will vote that tlie North Parish,\\ncalled Freetown, shall have their proportion of Schooling.\\n12 To see if the Town will Vote that the Society about\\nJacob Basford s Shall Have the Schooling made up to them\\nwhich was omitted the year past, 17o7.\\nRelating to the second article in the warning of said\\nmooting, Put to\u00c2\u00bbVotc, ])ast in the Negative.\\nRelating to the Third artikill in the warnhig of said\\nmeeting, It was })ut to Vote and past in the Negative.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "HISTOIIY OF SCHOOLS. 279\\nIvelatin.ii; to tlic ninth and tenth artikclls in tlic warnini;;\\nof this meeting, It h Voted tliat tiio inhabitants oi the\\nNorth parish, so ealled, and tlic Inhabitants of Charniing--\\nilire, so called, shall have Their pro})ortion of schooling\\namongst them, according to the whole tax they Pay towards\\nschooling.\\nRjlating to til twclftli artikell in the warning, pnt to\\nVote, past in the Negative.\\nA meeting was called the second day of ^fay, IToS,\\n2 To See if What money the town will liaise this\\npresent yc^tr for the use of Schooling.\\n3. To See if the Town will allow the north ])art of the\\nTown by Cornet Lane s, and tlie Inhabitants Round about, a\\nLarger Share of the School this year for their not having\\nhad their ])art of the School for live or six years j)ast,\\nExcept one month the Last year.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24. To See if the town will allow the north I ]nst i)art of\\nthe Town by Jacob Basford s, anil the Lihabitants their-\\nabout, any thing this year, they not having their part of the\\nSchooling Last year.\\nRelating to the Second artikell in the Warning of this\\nmeeting on account of Schooling,\\nPut to Vote Whether to Raise any Certain Sum of\\nmoney for that End; and,\\nVoted, That the Selectmen Raise for the use of school-\\ning the present year, the sum of six Hundred Pound, old\\ntenor.\\n3. Voted, That that part of the Town near Cornet\\nLane s shall have their part of the Schooling for the present\\nyear, according to what they Pay towards that Rate.\\n4. Voted, That the north East part of the Town about\\nJacob Basford s, shall have forty two Pounds, old tenor,\\nI aid to them this year Towards Schooling more than their\\nproportion, they not Having any the year past.\\nIn tlic warning for a town meeting, March 20, IToO, was\\nan article,\\n4 To See if the Town will Vote off the middle of the\\nTown, three Quarters of a mile Each way from the old\\nmeeting house, with Respect to the school; or further, if\\nthe Town shall think itliest; and the Rest of the Town,\\nEach and Every part of it, may have their Equal part of\\nthe money that is Raised, or their equal proportion of the\\nschool the vear Ensuing.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "280 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nAt the meeting it was\\nVoted, That for Conveniency of schooling Three Quar-\\nters of a mile Round the old meeting house shall have the\\nPriviledge of sending to !chool there and the other parts\\nof the Town Shall Have the Liberty of Joining together for\\nConveniency in the several parts of the same and Every one\\nof Said Parts shall Have their Equal proportion, according\\nto what money they Pay Towards the schooling this year\\nProvided, they Lay it out in Schooling this year.\\nIn the warning for the annual meeting, Marcli 27, 17G0,\\n2. To see what method the Town Shall think proper\\nThe year Ensuing With Respect to the schools.\\nVoted, To leave it to the selectmen.\\nIn the warning for the annual meeting, March 20, ITGl,\\nwas an article,\\n5. To See if the Town will Vote To build a school house\\nNear Thomas Worthen s, in this town, and another a])out\\nFrancis Towl s, and their Shall be a school Kept Eight\\nmonths in a year, four montlis in Eacli of them school\\nhouses yearly or to act and Do what shall then lie Thouglit\\nneedful. Raise money for the out-parts of the town accord-\\ningly as sliall be needful.\\n5 Upon the fifth article. Put to vote V licther to Build\\nSchool* Houses or not Past in the Negative.\\nThomas Worthen lived at the old Friend Stevens\\nplace a few rods east of where J. M. Elliott now lives\\nFrancis Towle lived on the Haverhill road nearly opposite\\nthe road across to Hiram Basford s.\\nIn the warning for a meeting called expressly for the\\npurpose, Nov. 4, 1700,\\n2. To See if the Town will Vote to secure the Selectmen\\nfrom the fine for not Providing for tlie Town a Cramer\\nSchool master the Present year, in as much as they are in\\nDanger of being Presented or to act and Do what then\\nand their shall be Thought Needful.\\nAt the meeting,\\nRelating To the Second artikcll, Put to Vote Whether\\nto Secure the selectmen from the fine for not Providing a\\nCramer School for the Town the Present year, past in the\\nNegative.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0304.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "HISTORY or SCHOOLS. 281\\nIn the warning for the annual meeting, March 2.3, 17G2,\\nsvas an article,\\n7 To sec \u00e2\u0096\u00a0what method the Town will take in Respect\\nto their School houses, whether they -will think titt to Raise\\na sum of money of the wliole Town to l)uikl and Repare\\nSchool liouses or what method they will take in that\\nRcsj)cct.\\nAt the a ljourned meeting, May 4, 17G2,\\nRelating to the sixth and seventh artikells in the warn-\\ning of this meeting. They Were Rut to Vote and ])ast in\\nthe Negative.\\nThe sixth article was respecting building a pound at\\nFreetown.\\nAt tlic annual meeting, ]\\\\larrh 31, 17G\\noted, That it be Left With the selectmen to Inquier\\ninto and see how much is Justly Due to the North rarish,\\nso Called, for their proportion of the School money Raised\\nin this Town for three years jiast, and if they have not had\\ntheir share then to deliver the Same to them Provided\\nthey Lay out the Same for Schooling among themselves\\nand also all the other ])arts of the Town that have not had\\ntheir pro|)ortion of the Schooling, nor money as above men-\\ntioned, shall !)e Considered, and have their proportion on\\nthe same Conditi(nis.\\nAt the September term of the Superior Coui-t, 1771,\\nAndrew Jack, Nathan Webster and John Robie, the select-\\nmen of Chester, Averc indicted because Chester, having more\\nthan one hundred families, had no grammar school. At the\\nMarch term, 1772, Jack and Webster were tried and lined\\n\u00c2\u00a310, and cost, taxed \u00c2\u00a31 12s. 4d.\\nLi the warning for the annual meeting Marcli 25, 1773,\\nthere was an article,\\no To sec if the Town will Chusc a (Committee to\\nappoint places Where the school houses shall l\u00c2\u00bbe Ruilt for\\n,tlie Town s Servis, and to be Ruilt Ijy the Town.\\nI Relating to the fifth artikell in the warning about l)uild-\\ning school Houses, put to ()te Passed in the Negative.\\nIn the warning for a town meeting, June 8, 177. w as an\\narticle,\\ni 2 To see if the Town will Vote that the Selectmen", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0305.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "282 HISTORY OF CHESTEK.\\nsliall not maintain a Granimor School at present, and make\\nthe Selectmen Secure, so that they shall Come to no Dam-\\nage or Cost for not Proceeding according to the former\\nLawes.\\nAt the meeting it was\\nVoted, that tlie Selectmen Drop the Gra cr school for\\nthe present.\\nVoted, that the Town will secure the Selectmen from\\nany Cost, Charge, or Damage, They may be Put Too for not\\nProviding a gramer School for the present as the Law Di-\\nrects. Jacob Cliasc Decents against the foregoing vote.\\nThe indictment, and fining tlic selectmen, had caused\\nthem to liave a grammar school, but now the pressure of\\nllie Ijurdcn of the incipient Revolution caused them to dis-\\ncontinue it.\\nAt llie annual meeting, ilarch 28, ITTG,\\nVoted, that what money Shall Be Raised in tliis Town\\nthe })i-cscnt year for the Support of Schooling Sliall l e Laid\\nout so as to accommodate all parts of the Town as Well as\\nmay be.\\noted, To Raise fifty pound Lawful money for School-\\ning the present year.\\nAt tb.c annual mooting, 1777, one hundred pounds were\\nVoted for schooling; in 1778, two hundred ])ouuds were\\nvoted; 1771b f ii hundred ])Ounds 17S0, twelve hundred\\n])ounds 17S1, voted not to I aisc any money 17S2, the\\narticle not acted on; 17So, left with the selectmen; 1784,\\ntwo hiMidred tlollars.\\nThe following list of teachers, their componsation, Ac,\\nis extracted from the select men s accounts in an old book\\nwhich 1 had not f jund when the other was written\\n17:.7. Muster I .oys, \u00c2\u00a3.3r. 00 00\\nI\\\\I:isler How, 2Gh 00 00\\n17. )S. Mr. Tiios. IJolcs, oO 00 00\\nJ jisi.mi (.,)iiantoii 57 14 00\\nMrs. Sarah liio-aUs, L 9 00 00\\n?tlr. William Sniitli, 42 00 00\\n])r. Onlway 40 00 00\\nMv. Holes widow, 70 00 00\\nI\\\\!rs. iirri.)ur, V^:] 00 00\\nLiktiWJ.SL) ueiLj hburs al)i)ut IJradlnu-y Carr .s, 1^ 11 G", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0306.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SCHOOLS.\\n283\\nLiko\\\\vi?;e noi^ libfirs about TJi UJ. Hills\\n^IiN. Dudl. v,\\nI7. Dr. Onlway,\\nMaster Scott,\\nThomas Sliirlce,\\n]\\\\la-ter Levol,\\nMrs. Diulley, a])()ut Mr. IIiil.\\nWidow Currier,\\nDr. Orel way,\\nI aid to Cliarmiiiy Fair,\\nFreetown,\\nNorthwest part, joining Sunco\\n17(50. INfaster Ha/.zard,\\nJ.Iastcr Scott,\\nITiJl. Mr. Hazzard, S month,-;,\\nI\\\\lr. Jolin Cronibie, 2 montlis,\\nl^nsign James C^uenton,\\nSteplien Webster,\\nHiring schoolmasters ami notifying each (juarter\\nTo repair school-liouse, S\\n17u2. John Flagg, 10 months, [Mrs. French has\\nthe original bill,]\\nBoard 10 months,\\nJames (Juantoii, at the Long Meadows,\\nDavid Webster,\\nJohn McNeel,\\nITO.j, i\\\\[r. Balcli, months,\\n!Mr. Flagg, for boarding,\\nMaster (Juanton, 7i months,\\nMr. Scott, 4 months, weclis.\\nMaster Herring, one nutnth,\\nJosiali Flagg, one month.\\nDr. IJand, one week,\\nXorth part, or Freetown, for three years past,\\nUpi)er part, next to Suncook, three years,\\n17t)l. Master Ordway,\\nINIaster C))aantoM,\\n1713-3. ]\\\\Iaster (Jrdway, ninths, Lawful,\\nAt the Long Meadows,\\nAt Cornet Lane s,\\nUpper part, 2 years,\\n22 00 OO\\nt;;5 iG 00\\n22 10 00\\ni:,(i 17 G\\n111 OO 00\\n40 00 00\\n48 00 00\\n22 00 00\\n20 00 00\\nl IG 00\\n2G 00 00\\n4 00 00\\n10 00 00\\n3St 00 00\\nMl lo 00\\n400 00 00\\n100 00 00\\nCS 00 CO\\n30 00 00\\n8 00 00\\n4U 8 11\\n217 10 00\\n100 00 00\\nr.o 00 00\\n,^)S (jO 00\\n1. 10 tio\\nDO 12 00\\n07.:) 00 00\\n2;i7 10 00\\n00 00\\n[,i) OO 00\\n10 00 00\\n2. 11 G\\n;;i) 00 00\\n4;;7 00 00\\nI GS 00 00\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2M 00 00\\n7 o 00\\n1 10 00\\n1 G 00\\nHoiu-y Herring, the former ma.s cr, has become a pauper,\\nlud warned out of town.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0307.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "284\\nHISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nU 9 9\\n10 00 00\\n5 00 00\\n00 00\\n2S 2 C\\nb 00 00\\n2 00 00\\n1 12 00\\n12 00\\n9 00\\n32 10 00\\n1 8 00\\n9 00\\n17GG. Master Eand, o montlis 5 Jays (Lawful),\\nMaster Evans, 4 months,\\nMaster Quenton, 2 months,\\nMaster Smith, 2 months,\\nMaster Evans, 11 months G days (Lawful)\\nMaster Quaiiton, 2 months,\\nMaster Ilasclton, one month,\\nCornet Lane, their proportion,\\nJoseph Brown, do\\nSame for 17GG,\\nDr. Kaiid is boarded at tlic expense of the town five\\nweeks, when sick.\\n17G8. Master Evans (Lawful),\\nMaster Morse,\\nJoseph ihown, their proportion,\\nMr. Brown received for all the town that is now in Hook\\nsett.\\n1770. Master Evans,\\nJoseph Brown,\\n1772. Master Sliaw, months.\\nMaster Donovcn, 3 montlis one vrcek,\\nMaster True, 3 months,\\nJosiah Flapg in 1770,\\nPaid Kcv. ]Mr. Elagg- and John Tucker, for board,\\nJoseph Brown,\\n1773. i\\\\I aster Ordway,\\nMaster Chcever, kept at AValnut Hill,\\nGoing to Hampton Falls, two men and horses, aftc\\nschoolmaster,\\nLong Meadow proportion,\\nJoseph r r()wn,\\nCornet Lan(^,\\nJohn San. Dearborn (No. 2),\\nGoing to Hampton and Xewbury after sclioolmaste\\nMaster Ilerrick,\\nGoing to Epping and Beverly,\\nMaster Evans kept ])rol)a!)ly tliis year at the Long Mead-\\nows, in Stephen Merril s kitciien, as my father went to him\\nthere.\\n1774. [There is a charge for man and horse going to ITavcrhill to\\nbring up Mr. Prentice.]\\nMr. Prcnlice, from April 17, 1771, to March 4, 1775, 24 12 00\\n32\\n10 00\\n10\\n10 no\\n21\\n8 4\\n9\\nJ- 00\\n5\\n00 00\\n1\\n17 G\\n8\\n7 10\\n1\\n9 00\\n7\\n4 00\\n4\\nIG 00\\n12 00\\n9\\nl.j 00\\n1\\n10 00\\n14 00\\n15 00\\n12 00\\n7\\n3 00", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0308.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SCHOOLS. 235\\nMatlliew Forsaith, Jr., 3 1100\\nLong .MeudoAV,- 10 100\\n177G. Benjainiii Hill s quarter, 40 11\\nMeeting house quarter, J 13 00\\nStephen Darbon, 1 17 11\\nJohn Ilazelton, 4 17 2\\nJoseph Richardson, f) 4\\nJacob Chase, 4 CO 8\\nDavid Witherspoon, for Long Meadow, 10 4 2\\nTowns were not districted by law into districts until 1805.\\nThe districts before this were by arrangement of tlic inhab-\\nitants, or ])y the selectmen, I copy\\nTHE rROPORTION OF SCHOOL MONEY FOR THE YEAR 1785.\\nLt. John Dearborn, Esqr. Ciiase, Eliphalet Poor,\\nJohn Robie, Francis Towl, Jonathan Dearborn, 15 10 9\\nMr. Poor lived at the back part of Chase s i)lain, on lot\\nNo. 39, 2d P., 2d D. Francis Towlc was on home lot Bo.\\nStephen Morse, Isabel Dickey, John Shiilcy, Siuiou\\nBerry, Lt. Duulap, 10 4 5\\nIsabel Dickey lived where Jacob Couch now lives.\\nEsqr. Iloit, Samuel Jack, James Crawford, 7 9 4\\nThe Walnut Hill District.\\nDea. Hills, Widow Severance, ^Michael Worthen,\\nJames Waddel, William Wilson, G 16 5\\nJamas Waddel lived below where G. W. Everett now\\nlives.\\nEsqr. Robert; Wilson, David Foss, Benj. French,\\nWilliam Moor, 7 G\\nDavid Foss lived near the top of the Great Hill William\\nMoor then lived on the old John Moor place.\\nJohn and Benj. Iloit, John Knowles, 3d, 13 2\\nCapt. Joseph True, Joseph McLellan, Joseph\\nKnowles, Jr., Joseph Knov.ies, 2 9 4\\nJohn Ivnowles, J^sathau Ivnowles, Jacob Basford,\\nSamuel Hills, 3 17 5\\nLt. John Lane, Jonathan Burrey [Beriy], An-\\nthony iSIorss, 4 12\\nMoses Richardson, David Richardson, Ithamer\\nBurry, Nathaniel Levait, 4 2 9\\nMr. Leavet lived on the old discontinued road north of\\nJohn B. Raud s.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0309.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "S^6 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nCapt. Uuderhill, Obadiah Hall. Josopli Carr, 3 9\\nlloLcrt Calf, James Cukler, Kobcit Wiiherspooii,\\nDciiis Duniitin [Doiiovoii], 529\\nMaj D(!ai-born, Abraliaiu ^lurse, Mo.-es Preston,\\nJeremiah Uiulerhill, 2 IG 00\\nAljraluim ^.lorse lived wlicrc jMoody B. Carr once lived,\\nnortliwest of Geo. Clark s. (The Bradlmry Carr jilace.)\\nWhy Moses Preston s tax should be put there I cannot con-\\nceive.\\nDoct. Joseph Brown, David Ivnox, Samuel Davi.\\nJames Emerson, Nutli. Martin, o 11 10\\nThis included all of Hooksett.\\nJosepli Linn, Capt. Wctlierspoon, Capt. Silver,\\nSamuel Pierce, 4 00 5\\nAnthony Stickney, Aaron P.url)ank, John Patten,\\nWilliam Graham, Lt. AVilliam Brown, 7 15 4\\nMr. Burbank lived at the James Iloit place, on London-\\nderry turnpike.\\nTlie districts remained much the same without being\\nnumbered.\\nDISTRICTS, WITH THEIR PROPORTION OF MONEY, NUMBERED,\\nAND THE NAMES OF PERSONS LIVING IN THEM IN 1801.\\nNo. 1. Daniel- IIod!j;kin-;, Pcarley ^Vyer, Ens. Iioliin-\\n8on, Bradbury Quimby, Beiij. Hills, Jonatlian Cur-\\nrier, $90 91\\nBradbury Quimby lived at Forsaith s Plain, and Jonathan\\nCurrier at Worthcn s saw-mill.\\nNo. 2. Samuel Jolmson, John Mills, Lt. AVilliam Wil-\\nson, William JMills, Lt. James Dunhip, Cort. David\\nSliaw, 50 80\\nNo. ;5. Josiah Chase, AVidoAV Anna Undcrliill, and Jo-\\nsepli Calt e, 44 77\\nThis included all of No. 1 in Auburn.\\nNo. 4. Joseph Loii Susanali Wadwcll, AVidow Sev-\\nerance, Isaac Hills, Esq., 3G SS\\nNo. 5. Paul Adams, Samuel AVhite, Ens Patten,\\nDea John Grimes, George Farinuu, 34 30\\nSamuel White lived on tlic hill between Severance s and\\nthe Folsom jdace Ens. Patten v.diere E. A. Heath s family\\nlive, and Ceorgo Farnum lived on the Folsom place.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0310.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "y\\n40\\n8\\nCQ\\n18\\nfiO\\n27\\n21\\nHISTORY OF eCIiOOL?. 287\\nKo. G. W^ri-ench, James Worson, Mnj Ilciiry )oro, 2r) 81\\nXo. 7. Esq Iloit, W Jack, Dea Jlicliaril llusclliiio, 27 H)\\nXo. 8. Capt. Lock, Joshua True, Daniel Trescolt,\\nGeorge INfardeu, Jacob Basibid, 32 14\\nNo. 9. John ratten, John WilIioivp;);)n, Dcac AVil-\\nliani Wilson, 2(i\\nXo. 1*\u00c2\u00bb. Lt. Peter Hills, Joseph Xortou. .lonalh Lerr\\\\-, l( M\\nNo. 11. Capt. iVetherspoon, Joseph Liiiu, Josc[i]i v il-\\nver, Lt. Will Brown, Benj Teal )otly, 21 19\\nMr. Peabody lived the west side of rattlesnake hill, near\\nManchester line.\\nXo. 12. Silas Cammott, Ilhamor Borry, John GriOlii,\\nJoseph Smith, B. Moody Cai-r, 29 Gt\\nNo. lo. Natlr AYootls, Sam Haynes, James Yv orson, 22 22\\nNo. 14. Lt. Will Moore, Levy lloit,\\nNo. 15. Samuel Murrey, John Clark,\\nNo. IG. D^ a _ Adam Wilson, John CraiFjrd, Jon.atli\\nDavis,\\nNo. 17. Josiah Kowel, Simeon Carr, John Lakeii,\\nNo. 18. Lt. Joseph Whlcher, John Prescott, Jesse\\nKimball, Samuel Howell, Jun 15 12\\nNo. 17 and 18 were in Ilouksett.\\nAn act was passed Dec. 28, 1805, authorizing iowns to\\ndivide into school districts. At a town-meeting, ^March 2(1\\n180G,\\nVoted, that the Town Clerk he directed to make a rec-\\nord in the Town Book of all the school classes in the Town,\\nas tliey now stand.\\nTiicn tlie selectmen were directed to divide the fifth and\\nmake report at an adjournment. At the adjournment, the\\nthird Monday of April, the town voted to reconsider tiie\\nformer vote, and John Emerson, Joseph Blanchard- and\\nBenjamin Brown were chosen a committee to district the\\ntown, and report at an adjournment of the meeting. The\\nmeeting was adjourned to the third jMonday of May. But\\na meeting was called tlic 12tu of May (the second Monday),\\nat whicli it was\\nVoted, tliat the committee cliosen at tlie last Town\\n^Meeting shall not be a Committee to district the Town into\\nschool Districts.\\nVoted, Not to choose any Committee to district the\\nTown into school Districts.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0311.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "288 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nVoted, that the report tlie selectmen have made to this\\nmeeting Respecting the dividing of tlie fifth school Class\\nbe accepted [which is as described in the boundaries of\\nthe 5th and the 20th school Districts, as will hereafter\\nappear]\\nVoted, that the selectmen 1)0 directed to give to the\\nTown Clerk all the Boundaries of all the school classes by\\nthe bounds of the land they now own in tliQ Intermediate\\nspaces.\\nVoted, that if any Person, or persons, has, or shall\\nsettle in the intermediate s|)aces between the Extreem parts\\nof two Classes, he shall l)elong to the Class the land he\\nsettled belonged to.\\nA oted, if any person lives in one C^lass and shall move\\nto a farm he may now own, and adjoining me Class he\\nmoved from, he may still belong to the Class he moved\\nfrom l)y applying to the Town Clerk, and having it recorded\\non the Town book, in the month of April following, and\\nnot afterwards.\\nVoted, that the selectmen determine immediately which\\nclass the non-resident Lands belong to, agreealjle to law,\\nand famish the Town Clerk with a Copy.\\nRecord of School Classes for the Town of Chester,\\nacxreeable to sundry votes rast at a meeting held\\nMay 12th, 180G, for dividlxg the town lnto School\\nDistricts, tvuich are as follows, viz.\\nDistrict No. One.\\nLaying between the two mile stone below Benj Hills\\nthe 1** I ridgo E. of Crawford s House the bend of the\\nRoad E. of Peter Hall s S. E. corner of Capt. Emerson s\\norchard S. End of Doc Kittridge s house S. W. corner of\\nCapt. Fitts Land Corner on ]\\\\Iain Road between Fitts\\nplace and Escf robie N. W. corner of Benj Brown s land,\\non Cammct s Road Doct. Sarueant s Bars at Clay jjlace\\nN. E. Of Lieut. Forsaith s land Sawmill N. of Wid Ste-\\nvens S. E. corner Robie place Near Wid Severance\\nExcepting the Dunlap farm, is to belong to District No. 2.\\n[Doct. IJeiijamin Kittredgc then lived on the Derry road,\\nwhere i cnjumin Davis now lives, the Robert Graham\\nplace.]\\nDistrict Ko. Two.\\nLaying between the S. End Doc Kittridge s house S.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0312.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP SCHOOLS. 289\\nE. corner of Capt. Emerson s orchard the bend of the\\nRoad E. of Peter Hall s House the Brook between Lieut,\\nWilson and Wid Jack s on all the Roads to Derry line\\nup to Wardwell s Meadow Brook; W. of Stephen Morse s\\nMoses Sanborn s S. W. corner; the Dunlap farm out of\\nDistrict No. 1.\\nDistrict No. Three.\\nLaying between the bridge E. of Capt, Preston s house\\nN. W. corner of David UiiderHiirs, Junr,, land N, E.\\ncorner of Rev Mr, Colby s land Guid Post W, of David\\nWeatherspoon s House S, E, corner of Deac Hall s land\\nwith the farm of Joseph Carr B. Moody Carr, out of Dis-\\ntrict No. 17. [David Underbill, Jr., lived on the Jere,\\nUnderbill jJace, and the line went to the S. E. line of No.\\n73, 2d P., 2d D. This includes No. 1 in Auburn.]\\nDistrict JVo. Four.\\nLaying between the S. W. corner of Wid Severance\\nthe S. E. Corner of Joseph Wetherspoon s land the 1\\nbridge E. of Crawford s House Haseltine s sawmill San-\\ndown line on both Roads the Corner E. of Joseph long s\\nthe corner by Capt. Worthen s.\\nDistrict M). Five.\\nLaying between the Guide Post E. of Paul Adams N.\\nE. corner Rev. jMr. Coltiy s Land, on the Mane R();id N.\\nE. Corner of John Patten s Land Mount Misery Brook\\nthe S. W. corner of Dennis Dunnivan s land 1-2 way on\\nthe Road from Deac Grimes to James Worsen. [Dennis\\nDonovan then lived where Matthew Dickey lately lived,\\nthe old Fulton place. This is No. 2 in Auburn.]\\nDistrict JVo. Six.\\nLaying between the corner E. of Joseph Long s San-\\ndown line, S. of William Wilson, 4 bridge over Exeter\\nriver N. side of Esq. Wilson s land the bridge at the\\nGreat Hill, S. of Jacob Basford s; sawmill by W Slevens\\nN. E. Corner of Jjieut. Josiah Forsaith s land. [No. G is\\nnow No. 5 in Chester.]\\nDistrict JVo. Seven.\\nLaying between the Brook W. of W Jack s Derry line\\non both Roads S. E. Corner of Chester Sandowji line on\\n19", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0313.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "290 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nl)oth roads the 2 m. stone at the corner Moses Hasseltine s\\nLand.\\nDistrict No. Eight.\\nLaying between the N. side of Esq Wilson s land the\\nN. side of John Hoit s land Raymond line on all the\\nRoads N. E. corner of Garland s Pasture N. E. corner\\nof Melvin s Land the corner W. of Sherburn Dearborn s\\nthe Bridge at Great Hill, by Jacob Basford s.\\nDistrict No. Nine.\\nLaying between the N. E. corner of John Patten s Land;\\nE. of I^eut. David Hall s land over Cammcl s Bridge N.\\nside of Escf Blanchard s Land, on main Road. [David\\nHall lived on the parsonage lot, where Hazen Davis now\\nlives. This district is No. 3 in Auburn.]\\nDistrict No. Ten.\\nLaying l)etwccn Doct. Sargeant s Pasture Barrs, at Clay\\nplace N. E. corner of Melvin s Land N. E. of Garland\\nPasture Raymond line on both Roads first brook W. of\\nWid Betsey Berry s S.- side Joseph Norton s Land.\\n[Lane district.]\\nDistrict No. Eleven.\\nLaying between Guid Post W. of Cai\u00c2\u00bbt. Weatherspoon\\nthe N. side his orchard Deac Hall s S. E. corner Derry\\nline on both Roads, ct Likewise on the turnpike Derry-\\nfield line S. side John Folsom s land on Derry Turn-\\npike, road the S. AV. corner of Dennis Dunnivan s land.\\n[This embraces about No. 4 in Auburn.]\\nDistrict No. Twelve.\\nLaying l)etween the S. corner of Phineas Morse s land\\ntlie brook W. of Wid Betsy Berry s Candia line on both\\nroads the S. E. S: N. W. of Joscj^h Smith s Land. [This I\\nis No. 11 in Chester.]\\nDistrict No. Thirteen. I\\nLaying between David LTnderhill, Junr. s land. Joining\\nJesse Wood laiui, on Candia road Lt. Moses Preston s\\nsawmill; and the road down by Caleb Hall, S. side of;;\\nTurnpike N. side of Hains end of the road at Kent s I\\nHouse; E. side of Lt. David Hall s land; 1-2 way on the J\\nroad to Deac Grimes [This is No. 6 in Au])urn.] f", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0314.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SCHOOLS. 291\\nDistrict No. Fourteen.\\nLnyiiif^ between the lirid^e on Exeter River PojAin line\\nby lovi Holt s N. side of John Iluit s land on the road\\nto Raymond. [No. 9 in Chester.]\\nDistrict JVo. Fifteen.\\nLaying between the S. side of the turnpike by Sam\\nHaines Great bridge on theturn))ike in the spruse swamp\\nCandia line on Road turnpike Murray s Sawmill. [No.\\nG in Auburn.]\\nDistrict No. Sixteen.\\nLaying ])etwecn the TV. side of Esff Blanchard s Land\\nCandia line, N. of John Crawford s Sharloy s, at Swago\\nthe lU mile stone. [No. 7 in Auburn.]\\nDistrict No. Seventeen.\\nLaying between the corner, between Esq. Robie s fe Capt.\\nFitts s the S. W. corner of Capt. Fitts s, on home place\\n1st Bridge E. of Capt. Preston s Saw mill Great bi-idge\\nin spruse swamp, on Turnpike S. corner of Phineas\\nMorse s land N. W. corner of Benj Brown s land, on\\nCammct s Road excei)ting the farm of Joseph Carr and\\nB. Moody Carr, which belong to Dis No. 3. [No. 3 in\\nChester.]\\nDistrict No. Eiglitecn.\\nLaying between AUenstown line Isle Hoxet fall, the\\ntwo roads, Derry Turnpike at Peter s Brook W. line of\\nNo. G2, in the o division turnpike and AUenstown line,\\non s Chester Turnpike.\\nDistrict No. Nineteen.\\nLaying between the lO Mile stone on Main Road\\nCandia line on Chester turnpike, Road the W. side of\\nNo. 62, in 6th divis on Chester Turnpike Peter s Brook\\non the two roads Londonderry Turnpike Martin s Fer-\\n;ry; Dcrrificld line, and the Road to Thomas Wicom s.\\nDistrict No. Twenty.\\nLaying between ^Mount ^lisery Brook Herrifield line on\\nBerry turnpike and Highway; E. side of John Folsom s\\nLand on said Turnpike Highway. [No. 8 in Auburn. J", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0315.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "292 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nDistrict No. Twenty-one.\\nAt tliG annual maothig March lo, 1821,\\nVoted, That the Inhabitants of Beach hill (so called)\\nbe erected into a Scliool District by themselves. [This\\nincluded all the inhabitants on and east of Chester turn-\\npike in Ilooksett.]\\nAt the annual meeting March 14, 1826, John Folsom,\\nJosiah Chase and John S. Brown were chosen a committee\\nto survey the town into school districts, and fix suitable\\nmonuments, and report. The committee made no actual\\nsurvey, but defined the lines of the several districts by the\\nlines of lots, roads, streams, etc., without changing the\\ninhaljitants from one district to another. The three dis-\\ntricts in Ilooksett were of course omitted, leaving eighteen.\\nNo. twenty in the old division was numbered eighteen.\\nAt the annual meeting March, 1832, a portion of district\\nNo. two, including Hall s Village, was set off into a district\\nSlumbered nineteen, but was re-annexed.\\nProbably the early scliool-houses, after those l)uilt in\\n1745, were built by individuals. At any rate there are no\\nrecords about them, and wo have to rely upon tradition.\\nThere were no school-house taxes previous to 1808.\\nNiimher One.\\nWhetlier one of those );)uilt in 1745 was built at the cen-\\ntre is not certain, but proliahly was not. The earliest tra-\\ndition I have is from Mrs. French, born 1782. Her earliest\\ngoing to school vras in a rather old, poor house whicli stood\\nnot far from the present house. There was a move in\\n1805 for building a new liouse, but it did not succeed. In\\n1811 there was another move to buy the old academy or\\nbuild a new house, but two hundred dollars were expended\\nin repairing the old one. Dec. 8, 182G, there was a vote\\npassed to rai:~e two lunidred dollars to })urcliasc the acad-\\nemy and repair it, and a connnittec chosen with autiiority\\nto sell ,thc old house but there appears to have been no\\nmoney raised by tax and afterwards an article to see if\\n.the district would accept of the committee s account was", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0316.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP SCHOOLS. 293\\ndismissed. The old house was moved first to near Daniel\\nBell s for a vestry, then near N. F. Emerson s for a ten-\\nement. Dec. 28, 185G, the scliool-house, together with\\nRichards Greenough s store, was burned. In 1857 the\\nthe present house was built at an expense of sixteen hun-\\ndred dollars.\\nIn l-SOl an academy building was built by individuals\\nand finished in good style for the time. Several terms of\\na high school were kept in it, l)ut it did not prove a perma-\\nnent school. It was eventually sold to District No. 1, for a\\nschool-house. It was burned as above.\\nNumber Two.\\nThere is little doubt that one of the first school-houses\\nwas in this district, and stood near the corner of the road\\ninto the south woods, nearly opi)Osite Moses Webster s (the\\nold Sargent place). About ITOG, a new school-house was\\nbuilt on the south-west side of the cross-road on Carr s\\nland, which was burned. Then one was built at the corner\\nof the Mills road.\\nThe llalTs Village district was re-united with the sec-\\nond, and in 18G1 a new house was built at an expense of\\nabout six hundred and thirty dollars.\\nNumber Three.\\nFormerly extended from Josiah Chase s, on Gov. Shute s\\nfarm, to Joseph Calfe s, above the Long Meadow meeting-\\nhouse. The school-house then stood in Thomas Merril s,\\nnow G. W. Chase s, orchard (additional lot No. 69). In\\n180-4 the seventeenth district was formed and the school-\\nhouse removed to nearly opposite to where the present\\nhouse in No. 1 in Auburn now stands, on additional lot\\nNo. 48. Its date is not known, but probably about 1780.\\nIt was a very poor, rickety concern, but was used until\\n1815, when a new one was built and set on the southwest\\ncorner of David Hall s lot. No. 63. In 1857, it was re-\\nmoved to its present location and remodeled at an expense\\nof two hundred and twenty-five dollars. It is No. 1 in\\nAuburn.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0317.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "294 HISTOEY OF CHESTER.\\nNiimher Four.\\nThe old school-house stood a little southeast of Edmond\\nSleeper s, and was open and cold and the door unfastened,\\nso that sometimes animals lodged in it. In 1825 it was\\nremoved to the fork of the road, the site of the present\\nhouse, and repaired. In 1850 the district voted to Ijuild a\\ngood new house, and appropriated three hundred dollars,\\nand chose G. W. Everet, Asa Wilson and Edmond Sleeper\\na committee, and they went on and erected a good house\\nand furnished it with modern chairs and desks, the first I\\nthink in town, at an expense of about four hundred dollars.\\nIt would have done credit to the district had thej paid for\\nit. But for some reason the district was dissatisfied and\\nthe selectmen paid over but one hundred and fifty dollars.\\nThe committee commenced an action for the balance due,\\nbut the court held that they were not justified in going\\nbeyond the appropriation, and they recovered the other one\\nhundred and fifty dollars appropriated, and lost the one\\nhundred dollars over-expended.\\nNumber Five.\\nNo. 5 originally included No. 2, No. 4 and No. 8, in\\nAuburn. One of the school-// owst-n built in 1745, was\\nprobably in this district, and stood near the northeast cor-\\nner of lot No. 82, 2d P., 2d D. In 1773, my father, B. P.\\nChase, went to school to Master Evans in Stephen Merril s\\nkitchen of course there w^as no school-house in modern i\\nNo. 5, then. In 1780 Thomas Anderson came from Can-\\ndia and went to school to Hugh Crombie in a school-^^ouse\\nwhich stood on a corner of then Miller s, since Anderson s,\\nland, near where Mr. Wiman s house now stands. So the\\nhouse was built previous to 1780.\\nIn April, 1808, a school-meeting was held (one of the\\nfirst under the law of 1805), and Voted to raise one hun-\\ndred and forty Dollars for the Purpose of Building a scliool-\\nhouse for S District. The house was built by contract\\nby Paul Adams. This house stood some forty rods from\\nthe corner towards McKiulcy s, and was used with repairs", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0318.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SCHOOLS. 20;\\nuntil 1837, wlicu the present house was built at an expense\\nof six hundred and forty-seven dollars for the lot, house\\nand furniture.\\nKumher jSLv.\\nAs near as I can learn, there was no school-house in this\\ndistrict until about the year 1800, when one was built cor-\\nresponding to the times, which stood where Mr. Asa Noyes\\nhouse now stands. In 1808 one hundred and forty-six\\ndollars and eighty-live cents school-house tax was raised to\\nrepair it. It was afterwards removed to its present loca-\\ntion, near the corner of the road to Wason s.\\nN timher Seven.\\nOne of the original school-housen was built in this\\ndistrict. It stood nearly opposite, though a little north of\\nwhere John X. Haselton now lives (the old Ephraim Ilas-\\nelton place). It stood so long that Peter Haselton, born in\\n1783, and Thomas Haselton born, 1785, went to school in\\nit several years, though it was open and cold. After that\\nwas untenable, the schools were kept several years in {)i i-\\nvate houses. Then one was built, located where the pres-\\nent one stands. This gave place to a new one, built in\\nI 1858, at an expense of six hundred and fifty dollars.\\nI li umber Eight.\\nThe first school-house in this district is supposed to have\\nbeen built about 1785. It stood on the northeast side of\\nthe road, to the southeast of the present one. The pres-\\nent one was built in 1823 by a tax, but different portions\\nwere jobbed out to different members of the district, and\\ni done like job-work generally but one did not dare to com-\\nI plain of another. There were one hundred and fifty-five\\ndollars and eighty-four cents raised by tax. It was en-\\nI larged, remodeled and moved Ijack on the lot in 1858.\\nKumhcr Nine.\\nThis is No. 3 in Auburn. The old house, which was\\nbuilt before the memory of the oldest inhabitant, stood\\nnear the pond and near the road from Captain Orr s. Its", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0319.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "296 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nquality was ahout on a par with its fellows. In 1827 John\\nClark, Jr., was disanncxed from No. 16 and annexed to\\nNo. 9, and a new school-house was built above the Blancli-\\nard mills, at the corner of the road from the Kent place.\\nIt was quite a good house for its day, and two hundred and\\nten dollars and sixty-three cents were raised by tax to defray\\nthe expense. In 1857 the old house was removed, and a\\nnew one built, which, with its furniture, cost one thousand\\ndollars.\\nNumhcr Ten.\\nThe first old house, perhaps twelve feet square, is still\\nstanding-, near the old Joshua Hall house (George S.\\nSmith s). It is beyond the memory of the oldest inhabi-\\ntant. The new one, standing near Deacon John Lane s,\\nwas built in 1848, and two hundred dollars were raised by\\ntax.\\nNumber Eleven, noiv Number Four in Auburn.\\nWhen the first old house near Aiken s went down, a new\\none was built southwest of the brook and the west side of\\nthe road, near where David Ball s house stands. April 28,\\n1817, there was a petition to the selectmen to call a district\\nmeeting, To see how much money the district will vote\\nto have raised To finish the School house where the frame\\nnow stands. One hundred and nine dollars and fifteen\\ncents were raised by tax.\\nNumber Twelve, now Number Eleven in Chester.\\nThis district, previous to the formation of the 17th, ex-\\ntended from Camet s tolthamar Berry s (William Weeks\\nand the school-house stood just above Ensign William\\nWeeks now Captain Noah Weeks Then a new one was\\nbuilt where the present one stands, near the Methodist\\nchurch. The present house was built in 1853, and cost\\ntwo hundred and ninety-two dollars and thirty-nine cents.\\nNumber Thirteen, noiv Number Fifteen in Auliirn.\\nThe earliest tradition I can now get about the old school-\\nhouse is from Samuel Chase, Esfj., of Portland, son of\\nMoody Chase, born in 1780. It was there the earliest of", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0320.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SCHOOLS. 297\\nhis recollection. As it is wlicrc the writer received his\\ncommon school, academic and collegiate education, except\\nliterally his senior year in the new honse, and as it\\nis probably a fair sj)ecimen of the old school-houses and\\nschools at least in the Long Meadows he will describe\\nit. The house was fifteen by sixteen feet, six feet stud.\\nThe outside boarding was feather-edged the walls on\\nthe inside were ceiled a loose floor overhead the door\\nopened into the room, and was furnished with a wooden\\nlatch and string. There were at first three vrindows of\\nnine |)anes each, but afterwards another was added. At\\nfirst there were on a part of three sides, writing-lienches,\\ncom})osed of planks some fifteen or eighteen inches wide,\\none edge supported against the walls of the house, the\\nother by legs inserted in auger-holes. For seats, slabs\\nwith legs were used. The writers, of course, sat with\\ntheir Ijacks to the teacher. Inside of the writers seats were\\nsimilar ones for the smaller urchins. The Master had\\na chair and a pine table in the center, and Master Rus-\\nsel swayed a scepter in the form of a hickory switch long\\nenough to reach every scholar in the house. There was a\\nbrick chimney, with a wooden mantel-piece, iii one corner of\\nthe house, which so far counteracted the laws of nature\\nthat the smoke came down into the house, instead of risino-.\\nGreen wood was used, which was out in the snow until\\nwanted, so that it took a considerable part of the forenoon\\nbefore the house was warm, the scholars meanwhile rubbinsr\\ntheir eyes on account of the smoke. By this time the\\nmantel-piece is on fire, and some one must get snow and\\nquench it.\\nA No. 13 boy was the actor in the following incident,\\nthough I think it occurred in another district Master\\nRussel had the lad reading some of the proper names in\\nthe Old Testament (and probably those old worthies, if they\\nhad been present, would not have suspected that ho was\\nreading their names), when the master says, .Stop, stop,\\nElijah you bring tears to my eyes, for you are calling the\\nnames of my old friends in Ireland", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0321.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "298 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nIn 1815 tlie old school-liouse was sold at auction to B.\\nChase, for six dollars, and may now be seen in the form of\\nPike Chase s sheep-shed, with half the middle beam cut\\naway for kindling. The members of the district put up a\\nnew frame, and raised a tax and finished it at an expense\\nof one hundred and fifty-eight dollars and forty-four cents.\\nIn 1851, the district having refused to raise any money,\\nthe selectmen raised one hundred and seventy-five dollars,\\nwith which the house was thoroughly repaired.\\nNiimher Fourteen.\\nThere was no house here early, the district being very\\nsmall. Dully Hoit, born in 1774, says she generally went\\nto Poplin to school, but there was sometimes a school kept\\nat John Knowles s. The first school-house tax raised was\\njn 1834, one hundred and seventy-five dollars, and in 1836\\nfourteen dollars.\\nNumber Fifteen, Number Five in Auburn.\\nSo late as 1810 they either had no school-house, or it was\\ntoo open to have a school in winter. R. S. Clark says that\\non the cold Friday, January 19th, 1810, the school was\\nkeeping at Moses Pricket s. The first house was probably\\nbuilt by individuals, and in 1813 there was a tax raised of\\nthirty-two dollars. The old house stood a little north of\\nthe present road to Auburn village. In 1856 the district\\nvoted to remove the old house on to the Dearborn road,\\nthirty-two rods east of the turnpike, and repair it. Mr.\\nAmherst Coult offered to give the frame if they would\\nbuild a new one, which offer was rejected. Two hundred\\nand eighty-five dollars were expended.\\nNumber Sixteen, Number Seven in Auburn.\\nThis district erected a liouse as early, perhaps, as 1796,\\nbut it remained unfinished so as to be unfit for use in cold\\nweather, and Nathaniel UnderhiU s house and Deacon\\nKelly s shop were used. The house stood near where the\\npresent brick one stands, and underwent several repairs,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0322.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP SCHOOLS. 299\\nand ill 1827 gave place to the present one, for wliich the\\ndistrict was taxed, in 1827 and 1828, two hundred and\\nsixteen dollars.\\nDistrict No. Seventeen, now Ho. T/tree i)i Chester.\\nThis district was formed from No. 1 and No. 8, in 1805.\\nThe school-honse was prol)al)ly built hy individuals, and\\nstood a few rods southeast of the Josiah Chase bouse, now\\nFred. Morse s. In 1808 fifty-two dollars and twenty cents\\nschool tax was raised. The house was afterwards moved\\nto near where the present brick house stands, and in IH\\nsold to Elijah Hall for a tenement, and the brick one built.\\nTax raised, 183o, three hundred and fifty dollars ISoG,\\ntwo hundred and seventy dollars.\\nDistrict No. Uighteen, HeacVs, in Iloohsctt.\\nThe first school-house in this district was built aliout\\n1805, and burned in 1808. A tax of two hundred and fif-\\nteen dollars raised, and the house rebuilt in 1808. The new\\none ])urncd in 1839, and a good brick one built in its place,\\ncosting five hundred dollars. Tliis district has been No. 1\\nin flooksett. Sometime prior to 1842 it was divided, and\\na new district. No. 7, constituted at the Factory, and a\\nhouse built in 1848,^ costing five hundred dollars. There\\nhas been another district formed from the Head district.\\nNo. 9, and a house built near the Head tavern in 1857,\\ncosting six hundred dollars.\\nDistrict No. Nineteen, Martin s QNo. Two in Iloolcsetf.\\nAll of Chester woods was once in one district. Robert\\nMartin, born 1778, informed me that when a boy there was\\na log school-house near Martin s Ferry, which probaV)ly\\naccommodated that part of Chester, and the upper part of\\nDerryficld. There was probably no other school-house\\nbefore the turnpike was ))uilt in 180G. In 1808 one hun-\\ndred and twelve dollars were raised by tax, and a house\\nbuilt at the junction of the turnpike and White Hall road.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0323.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "300 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nDistrict No. Twenty, No. Eigltt in Auburn.\\nThis district was a part of No. 5, and was constituted in\\n1806. The scliool-liouse was prol)ably commenced by indi-\\nviduals. In 1808 fifty dollars were raised by tax.\\nDistrict No. Twenty-one, Beech Hill QNo. Three in Hook-\\nsett.\\nConstituted 1821. Was in Chester but one year. The\\nschool-house stands l)y the turnpike above liall s-mill\\nIn ook, where the road to Candia turns from the turnpike.\\nThere have been two school-houses burned there.\\nIn 1851 a building was erected by a few individuals at an\\nexpense of two thousand five hundred dollars, including\\nschool furniture. In 1855 the building and land were sold\\nto the town of Chester for a town-house, for one thousand\\ntwo hundred and fifty dollars, reserving for.cvcr the use of\\nthe second story for school purposes, to be under the control\\nof the trustees of Chester Academy. A high school has\\nbeen kept in it a portion of each year since that time.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0324.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SCHOOLS.\\n501\\nC 00 .CCM-H -O C3\\nt: 1- -rr\\nc lO P5 o\\ncc -T^ IC iO\\nL-5 t-\\nX\\nC) \u00e2\u0096\u00a0i 0 CO :o c-s r- c\\nX o o L.- t- o I t- o Ci c CI\\nC. CO\\nCl O-^jr-. CJ?3M\u00c2\u00ab a -lfO -IO CCCO -i-iO\\nIff cj J\\nc:: X r: c; .-t -M c-1 1- o o\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-r X X t- o o o ;o o I- 1^ c lO\\n-t r; -r ri o r: X c) L- X o c/. i.- o\\n:i rr CO O CO r3 -^r C4 Ci c^ CO c-4 CJ Ci t^ co\\nX CI o r- c; ic C5 cC CI lo ci o cc -f co t-\\nm lO rr 0-. lo -.o cc I- C-. o to I- -r a 1\\n:8\\n-\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l\\nCO Iff Iff CO. 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CO 10 ^1 c 01 X o\\nO t- X O 07 t- t- C: 10 X C5 O 10 C 10 x\\nCO iC) CO c^ CO c-i CO o\u00c2\u00bb rH cs ,-1 Ci r-i ;o CO CO CI rH\\n\u00c2\u00ab0=\\n-H\\n_\\n10\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^tw\\nCO\\n4\\nt-\\n:o\\nt\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nc\\nirt\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nCO\\n..M\\n_\u00c2\u00ab t_\\nr\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nr\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nt^\\n1\\nir\\n-v\\n.-J\\nT-1\\nC-t\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t\\nCJ\\nCO\\nCI CO 10 t-- X c; o r- CI CO -f Iff to t- X c; o\\ncS _i\\nSI e5", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0325.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "302\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nMoney Appropriated for Schools ix Auburn.\\nDistrict\\n1846.\\n1850.\\n1855.\\n1860.\\n1865.\\nNo. 1\\n$15 92\\n$34 12\\n$48 03\\n$45 30\\n$31 02\\n1\\n9 00\\n10 00\\n10 00\\n2\\n28 41\\n47 95\\n57 06\\n07 59\\n55 .59\\n3\\n50 07\\n80 32\\n95 03\\n109 30\\n117 71\\n4\\n2i; 42\\n57 16\\n81 87\\n75 24\\n46 27\\n5\\n27 17\\n47 02\\n60 56\\n72 34\\n62 07\\n6\\n27 56\\n40 41\\n58 41\\n59 56\\n59 01\\n7\\n27 77\\n49 42\\n76 16\\n90 23\\n81 03\\n8\\n33 37\\n57 48\\n67 05\\n63 36\\n51 12\\n$236 69\\n$413 88\\n$553 17\\n$592 98\\n$513 82\\nMoney received from Chester in No. 1.\\nIll 1759 there was paid to the northwest part of the\\ntown, towards Suncook, ten pounds, old tenor, equal to\\nal)out one dollar and sixty-seven cents for their part of the\\nschool money.\\nIn 17G7 Joseph Brown was paid twelve shillings lawful\\nmoney and for 1766, nine shillings.\\nIn 1810 District No. 18, Head s, had thirty-nine dollars\\nand twenty cents No. 19, Martin s, thirty-six dollars and\\nnine cents; No. 21, Beech-IIill, fourteen dollars and ninety-\\ntwo cents.\\nNo. 18 has been divided into Nos. 1, 7 and 9 No. 19 is\\nNo. 2, and No. 21 is No. 3.\\nMoney Appkopriated to these Districts by IIooksett.\\nDistrict\\n1842\\n1845.\\n1850.\\n1S55.\\n1860.\\n1805.\\nNo. 1\\n$6S\\n85\\n$78 ,52\\n$99 05\\n$217 42\\n$125 05\\n$116 72\\n7\\n83\\n28\\n98 89\\n116 23\\n222 87\\n185 65\\n116 72\\n9\\n110 40\\n86 20\\n2\\n57\\n77\\n83 69\\n117 00\\n216 86\\n190 57\\n177 72\\n3\\n27\\n12\\n32 40\\n46 73\\n116 37\\n98 68\\n76 64\\nWhere the school money was one dollar and fifty cents\\nin 1760, it was seven hundred and eighty-nine dollars and\\nforty-two cents in 1865.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0326.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "GRADUATES. S03\\nLIST OF GRADUATES.\\nThe fullowing list contains the names of those who were\\nnatives of Chester also of those who were residents dur-\\ning their college course, though not natives.\\n1701. John Flagg, son of Rev. Ebenezer, and Lucretia\\nKeys, born Feb. 24, 1742, graduated at Harvard, 1701\\nM. I)., 1700 settled at Lynn, Mass.\\n1778. John Webster, son of Col. John Webster and\\nHannah Hobbs, born jMarcii 13, 1754 graduated at Dart-\\nmouth, 1778; studied theology and ])reachcd some, but\\ngave up the profession from dillidence settled in Chester,\\nand removed to Franklin, t., and died Jan. 7, 1838, aged\\neighty-three.\\n1787. Jonathan Calef, son of Joseph Culcf and Eliza-\\nbeth Jewel, graduated at Dartmouth was pastor of the\\nCongregational church, Bloomtield, Maine, 1794, dismissed\\n1798; installed at Lyman, 1801, dismissed 1831; died\\nApril 25, 1845, aged eighty-three.\\n1798. Josiah Webster, son of Nathan Wcltstcr and\\nElizabeth ClitTord, Ijorn Jan. 10, 1772; graduated at Dart-\\nmoutli, studied theology with Rev. Stephen Peal)ody, of\\nAtkinson ordained Fourth Congregational church, Ips-\\nwich (Chebacco), 1799, dismissed 1800 installed at\\nHampton, June 8, 1808 married Elizabctli Knight, of At-\\nkinson died in 1837. John Calvin, graduated at Dart\\nmouth in 1832, Joseph Dana, 1832, and Claudius Buchan-\\nnan, 1836, were his sons.\\n1805. Francis Brown, son of Benjamin Brown and\\nPrudence Kelly, born Jan. 11, 1784 graduated at Dart-\\nmouth tutor at Dartmouth from 1800 to 1809 studied\\ntheology; ordained at North Yarmouth, Maine, Jan. 10,\\n1810, dismissed 1815 appointed President of Dartmouth\\nSept. 27, 1815 went a tour to western New Yoik for a\\nconsumptive tendency in 1818, and to South Caroliiia and\\nGeorgia in 1819, and died soon after his return, July 27,\\n1820. In person he was commanding and dignitlod, and\\nof prepossessing manners, and had a mind of uncommon", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0327.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "c04 HISTORY OF CHESTER,\\naciitcncss and moral worth. He was forced into a conflict\\nbetween the college and the state, the trustees having re-\\nmoved President Wheelock and appointed him, the Legisla-\\nture and the Su[)crior Court being in favor of President\\nWheelock. But the case was carried to the Supreme Court\\nof the United States, by writ of error, and was decreed in\\nfavor of the trustees. His course was unexceptionable, and\\nfor the college effective. Williams and Hamilton conferred\\nD. D. in 1810. Ho married Elizabeth, daughter of Rev.\\nTristram Oilman, of North Yarmouth, Feb. 4, 1811, and\\nliad three children. Samuel Gilnian Brown, Dartmouth,\\n1831, Professor at Dartmouth and President of Hamilton\\nCollege, Clinton, N. Y., is his son.\\n180G. Edmund Flagg, son of Josiah Flagg and Anna\\nWebster, born July 13, 1787, graduated at Dartmouth was\\npreceptor of Mojre s school, 1803 and 7 read law with\\nDaniel French, of Chester, and F. D. Channing, of Boston\\nsettled in Wiscassett, Maine, 1810 was Register of Pro-\\nbate, 1812, and is said to have possessed shining talents.\\nHe went abroad for his health, and died at St. Croix, W. 1.,\\nDec. 14, 1815. Ho married Harriet, daughter of Col. Da-\\nvid Payson of Wiscassett.\\n1803. William White, son of C.d. William White and\\nElizabeth Mitchel, born May 13, 1783 graduated at Dart-\\nmouth. He read law with Amos Kent, of Chester, and\\nJohn Wilson, of Belfast commenced practice at Union,\\nMaine, 1809; was post-master from 1809 to 12 removed\\nto Thomaston and Belfast published orations and a his-\\ntory of Belfast died June 17, 1831.\\n1811. Caleb Chase, son of Moody Chase and Anna\\nWebster, born Feb. 4, 1783, graduated at Dartmouth. He\\nstudied tlieology but never preached was several years a\\nteacher, and in a bookstore. He died at Portland, Sept. 2,\\n1850.\\n1814. Sanmel Emerson, son of Capt. John Emerson\\nand Elizabeth French, born Fob. 4, 1792, graduated at\\nDartmouth read law with Amos Kent, of Chester com-\\nmenced practice at Moultonborough, 1817 Sandwich 1824", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0328.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "GRADUATES. 305\\nMoultouborough again in 1827 Solicitor of Carroll county;\\nSenator, 1859; married Mary Ann F.Morton, 1817, and\\nElizabeth (Merril) Picket, 1800.\\n181(3. Sanmcl Dana Bell, son of Hon. Samncl Boll,\\ngraduated at Harvard LL. D. at Dartnijuth, 1851. (See\\nthe Genealogy.)\\n181G. John Rogers, son of Major William Rogers and\\nAbigail Worth, born at West Newbnry, Mass., May 24, 1787\\ngraduated at Dartmouth. His mother married Moody\\nChase, which brought him to Chester. Before preparing\\nfor college, he learned the art of dressing cloth of Wil-\\nliam Haselton of Suncook. He studied medicine with Dr.\\nChadborne of Concord graduated from the Medical De-\\npartment of Dartmouth in 1819 commenced practice in\\nChester; removed io Boscawen, and died January 5, 1830.\\nHe married Sarah, daughter of Caleb Knight of Wake-\\nfield.\\n1818. James White, son of Colonel William White and\\nElizalicth Mitchel, born Scptemlier 2, 1792, graduated at\\nDartmouth. He read law with his })rother William, at\\nBelfast, and began practice there in 1821. Was State\\nTreasurer from 1842 to 1847. He married Lydia Siiaw\\nWood and Mrs. Hannah W. Cushman.\\n1820. John Bell, son of Hon. Samuel Bell, graduated at\\nUnion.\\n1822. James Bell, son of Hon. Samuel Bell, graduated\\nat Bowdoin.\\n1822. Luther V. Bell, son of Hon. Samuel Bell, gradu-\\nated at Bowdoin. (See Genealogy of the Bell Family.)\\n1825. Thomas Tcnncy, son of Silas Tcnney and Rel^ecca\\nBailey, born at Bradford, INfass., November 10, 1798 grad-\\nuated at Dartmouth taught at IMoore s scliool Hampton,\\ntwo years Portland, one year; studied theology with Rev.\\nN. Bouton ordained at Standish, Me., dismissed in six\\nyears taught in Gorham four years has preached at\\nMason City and Plymouth, Iowa. He married Martha\\nTenncy, daughter of William Parker of Dunbarton.\\n1820. John S. Emerson, son of Captain John Emerson\\n20", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0329.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "306 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nand Elizabeth French, born December 23, 1800, grailuated\\nat Dartmouth; graduated at Andovcr in 1830; agent of\\nA. B. C. F. M. in 1830- 31 ordained a missionary in 1831,\\nsailed November, 1831, arrived at Honolulu in May, 1832\\nvisited the United States in 18(30, when Dartmouth con-\\nferred upon him the degree of M. D. staid eleven months\\nand returned. He has published several valuable elemen-\\ntary books in the languages of tbc Sandwich Islands. Died\\nMarch 2G, 18G7. He married Ursula Sophia, daughter of\\nRev. Gad Newell, of Nelson, October 25, 1831.\\n1827. Henry J. Hall, son of Joseph Hall and Ruth Har-\\nriman, born October 25, 1795, graduated at Waterville, Mo.\\nHe is a minister at Kalamazoo, Michigan. He married\\nEmily A. Wood in 1828.\\n1827. Sewell Tenney, son of Silas Te nncy and Robecca\\nBailey, born at Bradford, Mass., August 27, 1801, gradu-\\nated at Dartmouth taught at Sanbornton one year grad-\\nuated at Andovcr in 1831 ordained in 1831 installed\\nover the Bethel church, Portland, and dismissed in 1835.\\n1832. Stephen Chase, son of Benjamin Pike Chase and\\nMary Chase, born August 30, 1813, graduated at Dart-\\nmouth studied at Andover one year in the class of 1834\\nj)reccptor at Gorham one year taught in Virginia and\\nMaryland two years tutor and proiessor at Dartmouth\\nfrom 1838 till his death. He published a treatise on Alge-\\nl)ra. He died January 7, 1851. He married Sarah T.\\nGoodwin, of South Berwick. Frederic Chase (Dartmouth,\\n1860), and Walter Wells Chase (Dartmouth, 1865), were\\nhis sons.\\n1835. Charles Tenney, son of Silas Tenney and Rebecca\\nBailey, born at Chester, Septemljer 23, 1814, graduated at\\nDartmouth preceptor at Gilmanton one year at San-\\nl)ornton in 1 S37 graduated at Bangor in 1840 Gilman-\\nton again from 1841 to 1844 professor of rhetoric of\\nthe theological seminary at Gilmanton in 1844; ordained\\nin 1844 installed at North Haverhill and Plaistow in\\n1853, dimissed iu 1858; installed at Biddeford, Me., in\\n1858.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0330.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "GRADUATES. 307\\n1833. Christoplicr S. Boll, son of lion. John Boll and\\nPersis Thorn, born Juno 4, 1810, graduated at Dartmouth.\\n(See the Bell Family.)\\n1811. Daniel Tenney, son of Silas Tcnney and Rebecca\\nBailey, born Dccombcr 10, 1816, graduated at Dartmouth\\ngraduated at Lane Seminary in 1844 settled at Oxford, Ohio,\\nfrom 1845 to ISoG Lawrence, Mass., from 1857 to 18G2\\nBoston from 18(J2 to 1865. He married Mary Adams,\\ndaughter of Deacon Nathaniel Parker, September 22, 1844.\\n1842. Perley Smith Chase, son of Josiah Chase and\\nAbigail Shaw, born November 8, 1817, graduated at Brown\\nUniversity. He read law, and {iracliccd at Lawrence.\\n1840. Amos Lufkin, son of Nohomiah Lufkin and\\nRacliael Currier, l)urn Septemljer 1, 1810, graduated at\\nDartmouth taught at Taunton and Cleveland, Ohio.\\n1843. John Wason Ray, son of Stark Ray and ITannah\\nWason, born December 23, 1814, graduated at Dartmouth\\ntaught at Atkinson in 184o- 44 Manchester, from 1844 to\\n1848; Eastport, 1848-49; Rood s Ferry, 1850; also at\\nDerry ordained, and stated supply at Goffstown. He is\\nnow at Hastings, Minnesota.\\n1841. Charles Henry Bell, son of Hon. John Boll and\\nPersis Thom, born November 18, 1823, graduated at Dart-\\nmouth. (See Genealogy of the Bell Family.)\\n1844. Hiram Chase, son of Josiah Chase and Abigail\\nShaw, born July 1, 1810, graduated at Union died August\\n31, 1845.\\n1817. Rufus Jay Kittredge, son of Dr. Rufus Kittrcdge\\nand Sally Temple Undcrhill, born in 1828, graduated at\\nDartmouth, and M. D. at Jefferson ]\\\\Iedical College. He\\ndied in 1850.\\n1848. John Currier Clark, son of John Clark and Eliza-\\nbeth Currier, born at Chester (now Auburn), March 3,\\n1822, graduated at the Wesleyan University, Middloton,\\nConn. immediately became teacher of mathematics at the\\nNew Hampshire Conference Seminary then Principal of\\nthe institution in 1850 resigned in 1852, on account of\\nill health then went into the lumber trade at Cleveland,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0331.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "308 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nOhio; then at Detroit, and now resides at St. Clair, Michi-\\ngan, where he is County Superintendent of Schools.\\nIS-jO. David Brenmer, son of William Bremncr and\\nHelen Frazer, horn in Scotland June 25, 1828, graduated\\nat Dartmouth, and at Andovcr in 1853 pastor of the Sec-\\nond Congregational church at Rockport from 1855 to 1861\\nat Plymouth in 18G1.\\n1851. George Bell, son of Hon. Samuel Bell, Ijorn June\\n28, 1829, graduated at Dartmouth.\\n1852. John Bell, hrother of the above, graduated at\\nDartmouth.\\n1853. Charles Bell, brother of the above, graduated at\\nBrown University. (See Genealogy of the Bell Family.)\\n1854. Edmund Webster Kittrcdge, son of Dr. Rufus\\nKittredge and Sally Temple Underbill, born Novcmljcr 20,\\n18 33, graduated at Dartmouth read law at Harvard, and\\npractices in Cincinnati, Ohio.\\n1855. JSIathan Sherburne Hasclton, son of Thomas Ilas-\\nelton and Elizabeth Sanborn, born March 29, 1829, gradu-\\nated at Dartmouth, and at Andover in 1858 ordained at\\nSpringfield, Yt,, January, 1859 died January 22, 1800.\\nH.C married Mary A.., daughter of Rev. Robert F. Lawrence,\\nof Claremont.\\n1855. David Quigg, son of Abel G. Quigg and Lydia\\nBixby, born at Litchfield iu 1834- read law at Peoria, and\\npractices at Chicago.\\n1850. Charles Tenney Mclvin, son of Thomas J. Mclvin\\nand Harriet Tenney, born June 23, 1835, graduated at\\nDartmouth, and Andover Theological Seminary in 1859\\npastor of the Presbyterian church at Columbus, and Elk\\nGrove, and Rising Sun Prairie, Wisconsin married Eliz-\\nabeth, daughter of Thomas Tracy, in 1800, and Sarah A.\\nVanderburg in 1804.\\n1857. Arthur Folsom, son of Hon. John Folsom and\\nDorothy Temple Underhill, born July 4, 1833, graduated\\nat Amherst studied theology at Danville Theological\\nSeminary, Kentucky about 1802 went a missionary to\\nCanton, China, under the Old School Board of Foreign\\njMJssious.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0332.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "UNDER-GRADUATES, 309\\n1857. Richard Folsom, brother of the foregoing, gra(hiatc(l\\nat Amherst studied law at the Harvard Law School, and\\nis in jjractice at Cincinnati, Oliio.\\n1862. David Folsom, ))rother of the above, born July 4,\\n1839, graduated at Dartmouth. lie was a merchant at\\nMemphis, Tennessee, in 18(32- C)3 at New Orleans to -Feb-\\nruary, 18G4 then at St. Louis, Mo. The three above\\nwere born in what is now Auburn.\\nUNDER-GRADUATES.\\nElcazer lauchard, son of lion. Joseph Blanchard and\\nSarah Calfc, died 1809, aged twenty-seven, a Sophomore at\\nDartmouth.\\nArthur Livermorc French, son of lion. Daniel French\\nand Betsy Y. M. Flagg, died April 2 1825, aged nineteen,\\na Junior at Dartmouth.\\nJames Isaac Bell, son of Hon. John Bell, entered Dart-\\nmouth 1837. (See the Bell Family.)\\nSamuel Francis Murry, of Auburn, son of Sanuicl Murry\\nand Eveline French, entered Dartmouth 18G1 after one\\nterm enlisted into the second regiment U. S. Sharp-shooters,\\nwas promoted to captain, and is now a druggist at Man-\\nchester.\\nCharles Warren Kimball, son of Lewis Kimball and El-\\neanor Elkins, born 1847, now, 18G8, a Sophomore at Dart-\\nmouth.\\nAlbert Augustus Osgood, of Auburn, son of Cady] Os-\\ngood and Mary Kelly, born Feb. 9, 1844, now, 1868, a\\nSophomore at Dartmouth.\\nOilman Jenness, son of Abraham Jenness and Abigai 1\\nHasclton, born at Derry, Feb. 25, 1850, now a resident of\\nChester, Soidiomorc at Dartmouth.\\nJames F. Savage, of Auburn, son of Rev. Isaac A. Sav-\\nage and Mary Ann, daughter of John Clark, born Feb. 24,\\n1849, Freshman at Dartmouth.\\nCharles Almond Goldsmith, of Auburn, son of Thomas\\nGoldsmith and Esther McDuffee, born June 29, 1846, is\\nnow a Senior in the Medical Department of Harvard Uni-\\nversity.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0333.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": ")10 IIISTOKY OF CHESTER.\\nPROFESSIONAL MEN, NOT COLLEGE GRADUATES, NATIVES OF\\nCHESTER.\\nDr. Edward Dearborn, son of Jonathan Dcar])orn and\\nDelia Robie, studied medicine and practiced at Seabrook.\\nDr. Cyrus Dearborn, brother of Edward, studied medi-\\ncine, and practiced at East Salisbury, IMass.\\nDr. Ebenezer Dearborn, another Ijrothcr, studied medi-\\ncine, and practiced at Nashua. (See under the name in\\nearly settlers.)\\nDr. Jonathan Hilliard Shaw, son of Cornet David Shaw\\nand Abigail Smith, studied medicine with Dr. Benjamin\\nKittredge, practiced in Candia and Dunbarton, and went as\\nsurgeon on board of a privateer iu 1814 died Sept. 3, 1821.\\nDr. John Sargent, son of Abraham Sargent and Lydia\\nRichardson, born Jan. 6, 1703, studied medicine with Dr.\\nZadock IIowc, of Concord, practiced at Loudon, Sandwich\\nand Tamworth died at Moultonborough, May 17, 1840.\\nDr. Josiah I. Hall, son of John Hall and Hannah Ingalls,\\nborn March 1, 1805, studied medicine with Drs. Benjamin\\nand Rufus Kittredge, and Dr. McMullan of New oston,\\npracticed in Manchester, and now resides in Chester, but\\ndoes not practice.\\nJohn James Bell, son of Hon. S. D. Bell and Mary\\nHealey, born Oct. 30, 1827 attorney-atdaw now at Exeter.\\n(See genealogical part of this work.\\nDr. Rufus Shackford, son of Capt. Samuel Shackford and\\nHannah Currier, born Dec. 17, 1816, studied medicine with\\nDr. James M. Cummings, Groton, Mass. in the Tremont\\nstreet medical school, Boston attended lectures at Dart-\\nmouth in 1842, also at Harvard in 1843 and 44; graduated\\nfrom Harvard March, 1845 practiced at Groton, also at\\nLowell, and removed to Portland, where he is still in prac-\\ntice.\\nDr. Hosea Ballon Burnham, son of Miles Burnhnm and\\nSaloma Hall, born at Chester, now Auburn fitted for col-\\nIcf^e at Gilmanton and Sanboruton Bridge entered the", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0334.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "PHYSICIANS. 311\\nWesloypai Uuiversity 1848, rcniaiiied there tlirougli his Jun-\\nior year, then left on account of ill health studied niedi-\\nciue with Dr. W. D. Buck, of ^[auchestcr M. D., A^ennont\\nMedical College, 1858; is a fellow of the N. II. ^Medical\\nSjcjiety and member of the American Medical Association\\nin practice at Epping\\nDr. Mary E. Cox, daughter of Rufus San])oni and etsy\\nFitts, born at Chester, Nov. 1834, studied medicine and\\nreceived the degree of M. I), at N. Y. Hygeio Therapeutic\\nCollege, 1864 at present resides in Chester, travels and\\nlectures on the laws of health.\\nDr. James F. Brown. (See Physicians.)\\nPHYSICIANS.\\nAVho was the first ])hysician in Chester is not known.\\nTabitha Foss, in her administration account, 1747, charges\\nfor having paid Drs. Rogers and Bond and Mary llas-\\ncltou, in 1750, charges as having paid Dr. John Bond, and\\nthoy ])roljal)ly resided in Chester. There was a Master\\nWood wlu) taught school in 1746, 47 and 48 and there\\nwas a Dr. George Wood in Chester, who removed to Lon-\\ndonderry about 1770 and practiced there until about 1785,\\nbut there is no certainty that they were the same.\\nDr. Samuel Moore was a school teacher in 1749 and 50.\\nHe married Mehitabel Ingalls about 1750. He removed to\\nCandia Corner and was a very prominent man there, though\\nI think not as a practicing physician. Mrs. Moore was\\nfamous as a midwife. He died in 1703 she died in 1818.\\nDr. John Ordway was a native of Amesbury, came to\\nChester and taught school in 1758 married Sarah, daugh-\\nter of Samuel Robie, in 1760, and lived nearly opposite\\nwhere John Robinson now lives. He died about 1770.\\nDr. John Manning is paid for a visit to a pauper in 1781,\\nand is taxed in 1785. Nothing further is known of him.\\nDr. Benjamin Page was in town and his family had (he\\n8 ,Tiall-pox in 1778. lio was in Chester in 1785 and 87.\\nThere was a Dr. Page in Raymond, who lived on No. 122,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0335.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "312 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nOld Hundreds, and Dr. Benjamin Page is taxed for the Ray-\\nmond place several years. His buildings in Chester were\\nburned April 5, 1791. New buildings were put up, which\\nhe sold to Joseph Robinson about 1793, and left town.\\nHe died at Hallowell, Oct 28, 1825, aged seventy-eight.\\nDr. Thomas Sargent came to Chester about 1777, and\\npracticed until about 1818, and removed to Canada. (See\\nhis name as an early settler.)\\nDr. Samuel Foster was born in Bilerica, Mass. studied\\nmedicine at Woodstock, Conn. He came to Chester and\\nmarried Mary Colcord of Brentwood, Feb. 19, 1789. He\\nreinoved to Candia in June of the same year, and prac-\\nticed there until 1812. He died at Brentwood, 1826.\\nDr. Benjamin Kittredge came to Chester in 1790, and\\ndied 1830.\\nDr. Rufus Kittredge, his son, studied with his father and\\npracticed in Candia one year, and in Chester until 1849,\\nthen removed to Cincinnati, Ohio. He is yet alive. (See\\nthe name in the genealogical history.)\\nDr. Frederic Mitchell [jracticed in Chester from 1815 to\\n1817 or 18. Nothing further is known of him.\\nDr. Josiah Richards came to Chester, June, 1814 M. D.,\\nDartmouth, 1814. He stayed but a short time and went to\\nClaremont.\\nDr. John Rogers graduated at Dartmouth, 1^6 studied\\nwith Dr. Chadborne of Concord; M. D., Dartmouth, 1819,\\nwhen he settled in Chester removed to Boscawcn, 1821 or\\n22 died 1830. (See Graduates.)\\nDr. Nathan riummer, son of Nathan Plummer and Mary\\nPalmer, born Aug. 16, 1787 studied medicine with Dr.\\nRobert Bartley of Londonderry practiced a short time\\nthere came to the Long Meadows 1818 married first,\\nSarah, daughter of Rev. Zaccheus Colby second, Mehit-\\nabel, daughter of Robert Dinsmore alive 1869, but disabled\\nfor practice l)y the iniirmities of age. Dr. Albert Plum-\\nmer, M. D., Bowdoin, now of Hamilton, Minnesota, is his\\nson.\\nDr. Lemuel M. Barker, son of Lenuicl and Mary Barker,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0336.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": ",^,,/W^KV ^t**^*^^\\n^^z", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0339.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0340.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "PHYSICIANS. 313\\nstuiliod modicliic with Dr. R. D. IMiirray M. D., Dartnioutli\\n1824 coiniucnccd ])racticG at Chester, 182. removed to\\nGreat Falls, 18-)1 thence to ])Ostoii lias been siipcrintcn-\\ndciit and resident })hysician of the Massachusetts State\\nHospital and member of the State Senate now resides in\\nMaiden married Sarah, daughter of Hon. William M.\\nRichardson, 1826.\\nDr. Joseph Reynolds, son of Rev. F. Reynolds, born at\\nWilmington, Mass., Aug. 2, 1800 studied medicine with\\nDr. James P. Chai)lin of Canibridge M. D. at Boston,\\n1828 came to Chester, March, 1880 thence to Gloucester\\nthence to Concord, Mass., 1852, where he still resides.\\nDr. William AV. Drown, son of Ebenezer Drown and\\nMary Whittier born in Vermont, Aug. 28, 180-1 fitted to\\nthe senior class of Union College, but was prevented l)y\\nsickness studied medicine with Dr. John Poole at Brad-\\nford, Yt., and with Prof. Mussey ]\\\\I. D., Dartmouth Jan.,\\n1831, commenced practice at Poplin, had an extensive\\npractice in that and the neighboring towns removed to\\nChester, 1834, and remained until 1845; spent the winter\\nof 1845 and G at the University and hospitals of Xevs\\nYork then settled in Manchester was surgeon of the\\nSeventh N. H. Yols. nearly three years. His son, William\\nC, was hospital steward, and dieil soon after his return.\\n(His son, Charles L., was lieutenant in the Fourth N. IT.\\nVols., died at Folly Island, S. C.\\nDr. Darius A. Dow, l)orn at Sugar Hill, Plaistow, came\\nto Chester about 1847 removed about 1850 married a\\ndaughter of Abel G. Quigg, and is said now to reside at\\nWestford, ilass.\\nDr. Jacob P. Whittemore, son of Jacob Whittemorc and\\nRebecca Bradford, born at Antrim, May 10, 1810 studied\\nmedicine with Dr. Gregg of Hopkinton and Prof. Dixi\\nCrosby M. D., Dartmouth, 1847 ])racticed at Hartford,\\niVt.,and Gilmanton came to Chester, Dec, 1847 removed\\nto Haverhill, Mass., 1864. His son, James H., M. D., Dart-\\nmouth, 1861, is assistant physician at the McLean Asylum.\\nDr. James F. Brown, son of James Brown and Elizabeth", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0341.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "314 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nW. Langford, born on the Neck in Chester, now Auburn,\\nSept. 6, 18 ^)S studied medicine with Prof. Crosby M. I).,\\nDartmouth, 18(34 settled in Chester, Oct., 1804, and is yet\\nin active practice there. He married Abbie, daughter of\\nDaniel .Scribner and Ann Langford of Raymond.\\nDr. Geo. W. Manter, son of Francis Manter and Harriet\\nRevall, born at Londonderry, Aug. 22, 1824 studied med-\\nicine with Dr. William H. ]\\\\[artin of Londonderry M. D.\\nat Castleton (Vt.) Medical College, 1854; commenced prac-\\ntice at Auburn, Feb., 185.3 removed to Manchester, May,\\n1862, and is in practice there.\\nDr. Hanson C. Canney, son of Paul Canney and Eliza Han- 1\\nson, born at Strafford, Nov. 17, 1841 studied medicine\\nwith John Wheeler, M. D., of Barnstead and Prof. A. B,\\nCrosby M. D., Dartmouth, 18(34 commenced ])ractice in\\nAuburn, 18(35, and remains there.\\nDr. John Dearborn has resided in Chester several years,\\nand is a botanic physician.\\nThe wife of Dea. JMatthew Forsaith, the wife of Dr.\\nSamuel Moore, and Mary Bradley, the wife of Caleb Hall, I\\nwere noted in their day as midwives. These midwives bore\\nthe appellation of Granny. The wife of Joseph Clark\\nbore that a})pellation and pro])ably officiated in that ca-\\npacity. Likewise jMary, the wife of Robert Gordon, and\\nmother of David White s wife, who died about 1795 at a\\nvery advanced age.\\nCapt. James Shirley, who died 1796, was a seventh son\\nand famous for curing king s evil or scrofula by the stroke\\nof the hand.\\nHenry West, born 1781, was also a seventh son, and\\npeople made long journeys to come to him and he made\\nlong journeys to visit patients.\\nATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.\\nJohn Porter, son of Asa Porter and Mehitabel Crocker,\\nwas born at Haverhill graduated at Dartmouth in 1787\\nstudied law was introduced into Chester hy Toppan Web-\\nster, to do his collecting came April 1, 1790 removed", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0342.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "k^\\n7\\nlUo^-^ P^^-\\n^-^^^^r^o", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0345.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0346.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL CONGREGATIONAL. 315\\nApril 19, 1793, to Broome county, Canada East died tliere,\\ntime not known.\\nArtliur Livermore came to Clicstcr in 1793, and was ap-\\npointed a Justice of Superior Court Decenil)cr 21, 1709,\\nwliich oflice he held until 1810 Chief Justice, from 1813\\nto 1810. He afterwards lived in Holderness, and died\\nthere.\\nDaniel French immediately succeeded Judge Livermore\\ndied Octol)er 15, 1840. (See the Genealogy.)\\nAmos Kent came to Chester in 1854; died June 8, 1824.\\n(See the Genealogy.)\\nSamuel D. Bell came to Chester in 1820 removed to\\nExeter in 1830. (See the Genealogy.)\\nDavid Pillsbury immediately succeeded Samuel J). Bell,\\nand removed to Concord in 1854. (See Graduates in\\nCandia.)\\nHenry F. French commenced practice in Chester in 1835,\\nand practiced there till 1840. (Sec the Genealogv.)\\nJohn Kelley, son of Simeon Kelley and Elizabeth Knight,\\nborn at Plaistow July 22, 1790, graduated at Andierst in\\n1825 studied law with Stephen ]\\\\iinot, of Haverliill, and\\nE. Moore, of Boston, and was admitted to tlie Suffolk\\ncounty bar practiced law three years taught at Atkinson\\nsix years, and at Adams Female xVcademy three years\\ncame to Chester in 1842, and removed to Atkiiison in\\n1844, and has been much engaged in surveying and civil\\nengineering.\\nCIIArTER XIII.\\nTHE ECCLESIASTICAL, KELIGIOUS AND MORAL HISTORY.\\nCONGREGATIONAL PARISH AND CHURCH.\\nThe proceedings of the town and parislies, in i-clntion to\\nbuilding meeting-houses and settling and dismissing minis-\\nters, have already been given in the general history of the", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0347.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "316 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\ntown. The grantees and the earlj settlers were mostly\\nof English descent, and were Congregationalists l)nt Lt.\\nThomas Smith, John Smith, the Wilsons, and others who\\ncame early, were of Irish descent, and were Prcsl;yterians.\\nIt is true that there was a prejudice of race, and each, of\\ncourse, like all other sects in all countries, had a strong\\npreference to their own doctrines and modes of worship\\nbut that the Irish were considered intruders, and that that\\ndegree of hostility prevailed that is represented in the\\nHistory of New Hampshire Churches, I see no evidence.\\nTliese Irishmen seem to have been just as freely elected to\\noffice and that as soon as they came to town as others.\\nThe Irish being poor and few in number, joined in set-\\ntling Mr. Hale, and, so far as appears, as promptly paid\\ntheir taxes as others did. Of course, when their numbers\\nincreased, and Mr. Wilson came, they settled and had to\\npay him, to do which they no doubt had to practice great\\nself-denial, and they did not wish to be taxed to pay\\nanother minister. A more noble document, as to its spirit,\\nits language, and its penmanship, was never drawn, than\\nthe Presbyterian petition presented to the Governor, Coun-\\ncil and Assembly, in 1737 (page 83).\\nThen, in relation to the Congregationalists, they were\\nthe standing order, and, it is said, put Major Tolford and\\nJames Campbell to jail. They did no worse than my\\nfather did, Ity the warrant of tlic Presbyterian parisli, as\\nlate as 1807, wlien he took a cow from Samuel Underbill\\nand drove her off and sold her, to pay a minister tax.\\nMr. Underbill, being a Quaker, refused to pay. The cow\\nbrought tliree dollars more than to i)ay the tax, and I\\nrecollect distinctly Aunt Sarah came up Sunday morn-\\ning through the mud, and left the money, saying that\\nthe cow was hers, but tlie money was not, and she could\\nnot sleep with the cursed stuff in the house I\\nRev. Moses Hale was ordained October 20, 1731. He is\\nsaid to have been a native of Boxford, and graduated at\\nHarvard in 1722. Governor Wentworth s home lot lay on\\nthe road from the meeting-house to Shackford s Corner,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0348.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL CONGREGATIONAL. 317\\nwhich Mr. Hale boug lit May, IToO. By tlic cliartcr, tlio\\nfirst settled minister had a right tlu-ou 2:h tlio town. The\\nliomc h)t was next to Governor Wentworth s. wliich Mr. I laic\\nhad, aiUl probably bnilt a house where, or ni ar where, the\\nthe Bell house now stands. The L ])art of that house was\\nthe Rev. Mr. Flagg s. Uv. Hale sold to Mr. Flagg, !\\\\hireh,\\n173G.\\n]\\\\Ir. Hale s health was poor, and it was said that he\\nwas deranged, and after some negotiation, lie was dismissed\\nAugust 13, 1734. It does not appear that there was any\\ndifficulty excepting Mr. Hale s inability. His wife aj)j)cars\\non a deed as Abigail. lie removed immediately to Haver-\\nhill, and was there in 175(3.\\nThe difficulties between the Congrcgationalists and Pres-\\nbyterians have been given in the Proprietory History. The\\nmeeting that gave Mr. Flagg a call was holden June 23,\\n173G.\\nThe controversy about taxes, then commencing, would\\nnaturally })roducc some iin})leasant feeling, and Mr. Wilson\\nwas of a retiring, cautious turn of mind. Mr. Flagg, on\\nthe other hand, was very social and genial, and was deter-\\nmined to cultivate harmony and friendship with Mv. Wil-\\nson. ^0 one day he walked to Mr. Wilson s and rapped,\\nand ilr. Wilson came to the door. !Mr. Flagg introduced\\nhimself by saying that he was the minister who had recently\\ncome t(3 Chester that there were no other ministers near,\\nand that it 1)ecame them to be on terms of friendship and\\nintimacy. The only reply he received was an Umph\\nAfter talking a few minutes, he bade Mr. Wilson a good-\\nbye, saying he would do himself the pleasure of calling\\nagain in a few days. He accordingly called again, but\\nwith a like result. The third time, after some hesitation,\\nMr. Wilson ventured to invite him in, and they ever after\\nlived on terms of intimacy and friendship.\\n^[r. Flagg was not what would be called at this day a\\nrevival preacher, but was suspected of leaning towards Ar-\\nminianism, preaching good wonks, which v as certainly\\ngood so far. lie succeeded in keeping the parish united,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0349.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "318 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nand, so far as appears, united in him daring a ministry of\\nnearly sixty years; all who were not Presbyterians being\\ntaxed, and paying, except some who lived in Hooksett and\\nothers in Raymond sometimes having their rates abated.\\nNearly everybody at that day went to meeting riding on\\nhorseback, or in a sleigh in winter, the horses standing\\nexposed to the weather, and the men, women and children,\\ndaring two long services and intermission, sitting in a cold\\nhouse witliout fire, excepting that the women might have a\\nfoot-stove.\\nThe usual preliminary to marriage was the publication of\\nbans by the minister or town clerk but before the Revo-\\nlution a lircMise was sometimes procured from the governor,\\nfor which it is said two crowns were paid. This mode was\\nvery convenient for the purpose of clandestine marriages,\\nthough not conhned to such. Mr. Parker, in his History\\nof Londonderry, p. 76, says The ministers of this town\\nopposed the practice. Mr. Flagg approved of it, and of\\ncourse all of those in the neighborhood wishing to lie mar-\\nried under a license resorted to him, and they were there-\\nfore called Flagg marriages^\\nThe following is a q,o\\\\)Y of a license in the hand-writing\\nof Gov. Wcntworth\\nProvince of To Either of the Ordained Ministers\\nNew Hampshire, of the Gospel, of the Province Aforesaid:\\nYou arc hearby Authorized and Impowered to Join to-\\ngether in holy Matrimony, Mr. Robert MacMurphy and Mrs.\\nJean Sliirla, unless Some Lawful Impediment a])pears to\\nyou to the Contrary. Given at Portsmouth the Eleventh\\nDay of Eebruary, 1747-8.\\nB. Wentworth.\\nCliester.\\nThese may Certify that lh\\\\ Roltert ^Lac:Murphy Ansl Mrs.\\nJane Shirley were Lawfully Married This Tenth Pay of\\nMarch, 1747-8, pr\\nEbon Flagg.\\nIt seems to have Ijccn a toleral)ly prolific marriage, for\\neight births are recorded on the back of the license also\\nthe death of the wife, Dec, Jl, 1801, aged about eighty-\\nfour years.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0350.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL CONGliEGATIOXAL. 31 9\\nAlthough most aged people when they sec the degeneracy\\nof the present age, look back to the good old times and say\\nIt u lts not so u hen I was yoiuvj^ yet there were radical\\ninnovators even then, who disturl)cd tlie ([uiet ot tlie con-\\nservatives.\\nThere was then very little of the science of nuisic known.\\nThe singing was mostly by roti ])erhaj)S instinctive, like\\nthat of the l)irds. Tliere were two metrical versions of the\\nPsalms which were used in pnl)lic and private worship.\\nThe English, called Tate and IJrady s, containing also the\\nSongs of Moses, Del)orah, Solomon, some from Isaiah,\\nLamentations, c., which was used by the Congrcgational-\\nists and the Scotch version, which was used by the Pres-\\nbyterians. The Scotch version is pro])a])ly now used in\\nScotland, as an edition of the luble printed in Glasgow in\\n1858 contains it; and Carlcton, the correspondent of the\\nBoston Journal, tells that on the voyage to England,\\nafter a religious service on board, a Scotch clergyman s\\nconscience was not satisfied until he had sung one of those\\nPsalms. Tlie following are specimens\\nSixth Psalm. {Kii jJixli versio:!.)\\n1. Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not,\\nNor hi thy hot wrath chasten nie,\\n2. Lord, pity me, for I inn weak\\nLord Ileal me, for my bones vex d be,\\n3. Also my soul is vexed sore\\nHow lonu:, Lord, wilt thon me forsake\\n4. Ecturn, Lord, my soul release\\n0, save me for thy mercy s sake.\\n5. In death no mem ry is of thee\\nAnd who shall praise thee in the jjravc\\nf). I faint with groans all night my bed\\nSwims I with tears my couch wash d have,\\n7. Mine eye with grief is dim and old,\\nBecause of all mine enemies.\\n8. But now depart away from me,\\nAll ye that work iniiiuities.\\nBecause Jehovah now hath hoard\\nThe voice of these my weeping tears\\n9. The Lord hath heard my humble suit,\\nJehovaii will receive my pray rs.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0351.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "320 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n10. Let all mine enemies he ashamed\\nAnd greatly trouhled lot them be\\nYea, let them be returned back,\\nAnd be ashamed suddenly.\\nSixth Psalm. {Scotch irrsion.)\\n1. Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not,\\nnor in tliy hot rage chasten rae.\\n2. Lord, pity me, for I am weak\\nheal me, for my bones vexed be.\\n3. My soul is also vexed sore\\nbut, Lord, how long stay wilt thou make\\n4. Return, O Lord, my soul set free\\n0, save me for thy mercy s sake.\\n5. Because those that deceased are,\\nof thee shall no remembrance have\\nAnd who is he that will to thee\\ngive praises, lying in the grave\\n6. I with my groaning weary am,\\nI also, all the night, my bed\\nHave caused for to swim and I\\nwith tears my couch have watered.\\n7. Mine eye, consum d with grief, grows old\\nbecause of all mine enemies.\\n8. Hence from me wicked workers all,\\nfor God hath heard my weeping cries.\\n9. God hath my supplication heard,\\nmy pray r received graciously.\\n10. Sham d and sore vex d be all my foes,\\nsliam d and back turned suddenly.\\nA Part of the Sixty-Fifth Ppalm. (English version.)\\n1. Silence to thee; thy praise, God,\\nIn Sion paid shall be\\n2. The vow to thee, who hearcst prayers.\\nAll flesh shall come to thee.\\n3. Works of iniquity prevail\\nAgainst me sore do they\\nBut as for our transgres-si-ons,\\nThou shalt them purge away.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0352.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL CONGREGATIONAL. 321\\n4. blessed is tlie man of whom\\n1 hoii thy free choice dost make\\nAnd tiiat he may dwell in thy courts,\\nllim near to thee dost take\\nFor with the g )o l things of thy house\\nBe satisfy d shall we;\\nAnd with the holy things likewise\\nTiiat in thy temple be.\\n5. In righteousness thou by the things\\nThat dreadfully are done\\nWilt answer give to us, U God,\\nOf our sal-va-ti-on,\\nOn whom the ends of all the earth\\nDo confidently stay\\nAnd likewise they that are remov d\\nFar ort upon the sea.\\n6. He, girt with might, doth by his strength\\nFix mountains he doth swage\\n7. The noise of seas, noise of their waves,.\\nAlso the people s rage.\\nA Part of the Sixty-Fifth Psalm. (Scotch version.\\n1. Praise waits for thee in Zion, Lord,\\nto thee vows paid sliall be.\\n2. O thou that hearer art of pray r,\\nall flesh shall come to thee.\\n3. Inicjuities, I must confess,\\nprevail against me do\\nBut as for our transgres-si-ons,\\nthem purge away shalt thou.\\n4. Blest is the man whom tliou dost choose,\\nand mak st approach to thee,\\nThat he within thy courts, Lord,\\nmay still a dweller be\\nWe surely shall be satisfy d\\nwith thy abundant grace,\\nAnd with the goodness of thy house,\\nev n of thy holy place.\\n5. God of our salva-ti-on.\\nThou in thy righteousness.\\nBy fe.arful works unto our j)ray r3\\nthine answer dost express\\n21", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0353.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "322 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nTherefore the ends of all the earth,\\nand those afar that he\\nUpon the sea, their confidence,\\n(_) Lord, will place in thee.\\n6. Who, heing girt with pow r, sets fast,\\nby his great strength the hills.\\n7. Who noise of seas, noise of their waves,\\nand peoj)le s tumult stills.\\nThe singing was congregational. The minister read the\\nPsahn, and repeated the first two lines, which the choris-\\nter took up and sang. A deacon in a pew directly in front\\nof the pulpit then read a line, in which the whole congre-\\ngation joined in singing then another line was read and\\nsung, and so on, through the Psalm. As the reading was\\ndone hy a deacon, it was sometimes called deaconing the\\nPsalm.\\nIn the warning of a meeting of the Presbyterian parish,\\nMarch 11, 1760, was an article to see if the parish will\\nraise any money for hiring a man to Pais the Salms in the\\nmeeting house.\\nThe practice of the minister s repeating the first two\\nlines continued till quite a recent date long after the\\noccasion ceased. The same mode was practiced in family\\ndevotions. Colonel R. E. Patten, of Candia, tells me that\\nhis grandfather, Thomas Patten, continued the jn acticc\\nthrough his life, having but one tune, and that only the\\nlength of one line, and which suited all measures. I have\\nheard my mother tell of stopjnng, when passing in the\\nevening, to hear John Craigc and his housekeeper Ruth\\nPorter and licr son Samuel, who performed their devotions\\nin the same way. However unscientific and unharmonious\\nall this might ap}\u00c2\u00bbcar to a scientific and practiced car, it no\\ndoubt inspired as true and deep devotion as the great\\nMusic Hall organ will in a modern audience.\\nIt was also sometimes practiced at raisings to sing a\\nPsalm after the frame was up and probably they some-\\ntimes sang with the spirit^ if not with the understand-\\ning and 1 have heard of some very ludicrous parodies", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0354.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL COXGREGATIONAL. 823\\nbeing made, when a wag was called npon to deacon the\\nJ salni.\\nThe first meeting-houses were seated with long seats,\\nwhich were common, each individual sitting where he chose\\nor could get a scat.\\nIn March, 17G2, the Preshyterians chose PIngh Cromliy,\\nCap. James Shirley, Robert Grayms, a Committee to Di-\\nvide the seats in the old meeting house, or to act therein\\nas they Shall see Prop))cr.\\nIn the warning for March, 17G4, the parish arc notified\\nto appear and hear the re])ort of the committee.\\nIn a warning for a meeting of the Congregational ]iarish\\nfor August 1, 17G5, is an article To see if the i)arish will\\nvote to Chose a Committee to Seat the meeting house, to\\nprevent Disorder in Said meeting house. Passed in the\\nnegative. This was to appropriate particular seats to indi-\\nviduals or families.\\nIn Hampton records, 1G50, is a record of the seating the\\nmeeting-house. There are seats assigned to Roger Shaw,\\nWilliam Marston, and others and the women s seats,\\nRoger Shaw for a wife, Goodey Marston, Goodey Dalton, A C.\\nIn the same warning was an article To see if tlie\\nparish will vote that those persons that Come nighest the\\nap|)roved Rale of Singing may have the Previlidgc of Being\\nSeated to Getiier in the Second Long Seat in tlic men s\\nGalery, for the Benefit of helping Each other in said Rule\\nand that they may be Seated to gather, to prevent Disorder\\nthey Desire to be Seated in said Seat, or Elsewhere, to\\nGather in Said meeting house.\\nIt was Voted, that those ])arsons tb.at Can Sing l)y Rule\\nShall Set to Gather in the meeting house in the front Short\\nScats in the men s Gallery.\\nHere was an innovation. They had singing-schools, and\\nhad learned by rule, and of course had new tunes, and had\\na choir. How the conservatives l)ore it is not fully known.\\nPut I once heard Deacon ]\\\\Ioscs Richardson, Avho was one\\nof the innovators, relate an anecdote upon the subject.\\nCajitain Amos Emerson was the chorister, and named the", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0355.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "324 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\ntune to ))e sung loud enough to be heard all over the house,\\nso that the congregation knew what to sing. There was\\none tune which Jethro Colby would not hear, but when he\\nheard it named would leave the house. On one occasion\\nCa|jtain Emerson agreed with the choir to name some other\\ntune and then sing the bad one. So he gave out an agree-\\nable tune in a loud, clear voice, and sung the disagreealde\\none, Mr. Colby, meanwhile, keeping his seat. Upon return-\\ning from meeting, Mr. Colby was inquired of why he did\\nnot leave, and replied that that tune was not sung but\\nwas finally convinced by Captain Emerson that it was. He\\nwas cured of leaving the house.\\nAbout this time the Anti-Pedo-Baptism began to creep in.\\nIn 1768 Moses Marshal and others asked to have the\\nmeeting-house doors opened to any Orthodox minister provi-\\ndentially passing, which was negatived.\\nIn 1772 Gideon Rowel and Elijah Heath asked to have\\ntheir rates abated, on account of professing to be Anti-\\nPedo-Baptist, which was negatived.\\nAt a parish meeting, October 12, 1770, it was Voted\\nto have Doct. Watts Psalms and liymns sung in this con-\\ngregation in the future.\\nThere seems to have been a compromise between the\\nprogressives and the conservatives about deaconing the\\nPsalm for at a meeting May G, 1789, there was a commit-\\ntee chosen, consisting of Capt. Emerson, Capt. Towle, Lieut.\\nJohn Dearborn, Maj. Dearborn and Stephen Morse, to\\nconsult with the singers and report. The result was, that\\nin the forenoon the Psalm was to be sung witliout reading\\ntwice in the afternoon to be read two lines at a time, and\\nonce sung without reading. Dea. John Webster and Dea.\\nJoseph Dearborn were chosen to read the Psalm.\\nVoted, That the Singers Shall Lead the Singing, and\\notlicr {)Cople Join with them as they think fit; and that\\nthe Singers shall appoint a man to pitch the tune among\\nthemselves.\\nWe may, perhaps, as Avell say wliat is to be said about\\nsinging here, as elsewhere.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0356.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL CONGREGATIONAL. 325\\nWhen Watts Psalms and ]Iymns were first introduced\\nby the Presbyterians is not known, but couhl not have\\nbeen so early as by the ong-regationalists it is certain, for\\nthe Rev. Mr. Clark would not have tolerated it. In rela-\\ntion to having a choir there had been sonic innovation and\\ncompromise, as we find, ^hirch 8, ISO^J, that the parish\\nVoted, That the Singing be carried on in the Singing\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Pew the whole of the day.\\nAbout 180G Sanniel (Jraham carried his bass-viol into the\\nmeeting-house thanksgiving day, but no sooner did he\\nbegin to sound it, than Dea. William Wilson took his hat\\nand left in hot haste, and Moody Chase followed, who came\\ninto my grandfather s after meeting, being nearly ready to\\nburst, and gave vent to the bile.\\nI find an entry in a diary, Aug. 14, 1814 (which was\\nSunday), Jesse J. Underbill carried a Bass Viol into the\\nmeetinghouse. Dea. Wilson moved to Henniker in 1809,\\nand lived there until perha{)S 1822; and meanwhile not\\nonly a bass-viol, but a clarionet was used, which he had to\\nbear, enquiring who blowed that whast/e up there.\\nAt a meeting of the Congregational parish, March 23,\\n1808,\\nA oted, To give leave to the Singers to use a Bass viol\\nin the meeting house, and Tenor one.\\nBefore musical instruments were introduced they had a\\nliome-made instrument, a kind of whistle, so constructed as\\nto make it longer or slinrter ami thus give flatter or sharper\\nsounds, which was used to pitch the tune.\\nThere are now no church records to be found earlier\\nthan 1810. The Rev. Lauren Armsl)y, Avho was formerly\\npastor and wrote the history of the church in C hestcr for\\nthe History of the New Hampshire Churches, says that\\nthere was a small Ijook containing little of interest, and\\nthat the authority he used in the case of Mr. Bradstreet\\nwas mainly an account drawn up l)y Capt. John Emerson\\nand the records of the Haverhill Association. As I have\\naccess to neither, I shall rely on him.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0357.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "326 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nMr. Flagg became old and nnaljle to perform the duties\\nof liis office. January, 1793, it was voted to hire the Rev.\\nMr. Bradstreet to supjily the pulpit, and he was ordained\\nOct. lo, 170-3. Mr. Bradstreet was apparently a young\\nman of great promise, and the parish and church were as\\nstrong as any in the neighborhood, and the connection\\npromised to be lasting and prosperous. But Mr. Brad-\\nstreet s salary depreciated in value, and he, perhaps, might\\nhave been unduly avaricious, and was naturally rather lazy,\\nand gradually grew remiss in his pastoral duties and shorter\\nin his sermons, until he went through his exercises in less\\nthan half an hour, having no singing, v.hen it took about\\ntwenty minutes to ring and toll him there. When some\\none complained to him of tlie shortness of his sermons, he\\nreplied that he preached the worth of his money, and if\\nthey wished longer sermons they nmst pay more money.\\nOf course an alienation grew up l)etween him and the\\nchurch and parishioners, though it is quite possilde that the\\nblame was not all on one side. In 1S14, about twenty of\\nthe parish removed their taxes to the Presbyterian j)arish,\\nand many of them attended meeting there. In a commu-\\nnication sent him in 1S14, or early in 1815, approved by\\ntwo-thirds of the nrale members of the church, they say\\nThey saw you initiated into the ministerial offices of\\nthe ])arish, and charged with the pastoral functions of the\\nchurch in this place; they saw you young, exemplary and\\nassiduous to perform the duties of your charge. With this\\nflattering examj^e they had anticipated that numbers would\\nhave been added to their then lai-ge and fiourisliing church\\nand congregation, and that you, Rev d Sir, would have gone\\nout and in before them would have solaced and supported\\nthe faint-hearted liy your conversation and advice would\\nhave tempered and brought down the ))assions of the stub-\\nborn and high-minded and, in fine, that you would have\\nproved an exam| le for them in private and in public, in\\nperson and in family.\\nThe letter goes on to state tliat their anticipations had\\nbeen disappointed. The church had dwindled during Mr.\\nBradstreet s ministry from thirty male members to eleven.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0358.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL CONGREGATIONAL. 327\\nMr. Bradstreet declined joining- in a mntual council, and\\nail ex parte one was called, April 2(5, 181 The council\\ndid not succeed in healing- matters, and were recalled, with\\ntwo additional churches, Oct. 11. They persuaded the\\nparties to call a mutual council, which convened and sat\\neight days. The church had i)reviously excommunicated\\nMr. Bradstreet, which the council condemned and they\\nrecommended that the church rescind their vote of excom-\\nmunication, and that botli parties consent to a sej)aration.\\nBoth parties wished to maintain their ground, and the dis-\\naffected members carried the matter before the Association\\nwith which ^Ir. Bradstreet was connected. After a severe\\ncontest there, the disatfected majority, and Mr. Bradstreet\\nand the adhering miiun-ity, backed down somewhat. Mr.\\nliradstreet asked a dismission, which was granted and con-\\nfirmed by a council, 0(;t. 7, 1(S17. Thus ended a very\\nunpleasant and unchristian controversy.\\nRev. Leonard Jewet, of IloUis, preached nearly a year\\nand his health failed. In Dec, 1819, a call was extended\\nto the Rev. Joel R. Arnold, and he was ordained March 8,\\n1820. So much trouble had been experienced with Mr.\\nBradstreet, the })arish made the condition in the contract\\nthat either i\u00c2\u00bbarty might end it by giving six months notice.\\nMv. Arnold was a man of strong convictions and he\\nexpressed them strongly. Among other things, he saw the\\nterrible evils of intemjjerance, and had his ideas quickened\\nby a man dying in the road with a jug of rum by his side,\\nsold l)y a mcml)er of his church, and preached against it,\\nbefore the technical temperance movement came up, whicji\\ngave offence to some. He was dismissed March 31, 1830.\\nFelj. 28, 1828, the church resolved,\\nThat it is the decided opinion of this churcli that it is\\ninexpedient for ])rofessed Cliristians on any ordinary occa-\\nsion to call for and drink spirituous liquors or wine at any\\nstore or tavern in this town.\\nIn August, 1830, a call was extended to the Rev. Jona-\\nthan Clement, which was accepted, and he was ordained\\nOct. 13. He graduated at Middlebury College in 1818.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0359.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "328 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nHe was a teacher in the Phillips Academy at Andover ten\\nyears, and while there was one of the first signers of the\\npledge of the first temperance society formed on the prin-\\nciple of total abstinence from ardent spirits. He did not\\nbring the subject into the pulpit until the opponents dared\\nhim to do it, saying that he had not done it, and dare not;\\nwhen he delivered, I think, three discourses, on three suc-\\ncessive Sundays, which had a favorable effect not only on\\ntemperance, but on religion generally. June 13, 1832, the\\nchurch Voted to require from all those who shall here-\\nafter be received to their communion, a pledge to entire\\nabstinence from the use of ardent spirits. There is a\\npledge of the same date having the names of thirty-three\\nmales and fifty-nine females appended to it. The period\\nof Mr. Clement s ministry was the period of protracted\\nmeetings and of revivals. He was dismissed Sept. 10, 1845.\\nThe Rev. Lauren Armsby began to preach Jan., 1846\\nwas settled May 27. He graduated at Amherst in 1842.\\nHe was dismissed in 1856, and went West. He was a chap-\\nlain in the army, and returned to New Hampshire, and is\\nnow, 1868, at Candia.\\nRev. H. 0. HowLAND was ordained Aug. 12, 1857. He\\nwas dismissed May 21, 1862, and removed to Pennsylvania.\\nRev. J. Logan Tomlinson was ordained Oct. 1, 1863.\\nSTATISTICS OP THE CONGREGATIONAL PARISH AND CHURCH.\\nThe earliest tax-list on the records is in 1801, when\\nnearly everybody was taxed to either of the ])arishes, and\\nthere are two hundred and forty-three names, and a poll-\\ntax is forty-seven cents. Capt. John Emerson paid the\\nhighest, five dollars and seventy-four cents Benjamin Hills\\nthe next, five dollars and twenty-six cents.\\nIn 1810 two hundred and eight persons were taxed, and\\na poll-tax was sixty-seven cents. The largest, John Bell,\\nten dollars and sixty cents Stephen Chase the next, eight\\ndollars and forty-one cents.\\nIn 1820 there were one hundred and eighty-seven persons", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0360.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL CONGREGATIONAL. 329\\ntaxed, and a jioll-tax was one dollar and eight cents. John\\nBell paid twenty dollars and seventy-nine cents Daniel\\nFrench, sixteen dollars and ninety-four cents.\\nIn 1830 one hundred and ninety persons were (axed, and\\na poll-tax was eighty-four cents. Fifty-one of these paid an\\nadditional tax.\\nIn 1840 one hundred and ten persons were taxed, and a\\npoll-tax was ninety-eight cents.\\nIn lsr)0 eighty-five persons were taxed, and a i)oll-tax\\nwas one dollar and twenty-five cents.\\nIn 1 S()0 forty-seven persons are taxed to the amount of\\nthree hundred and seventy-three dollars and forty-two\\ncents. The current expenses were six hundred and thirty-\\ntwo dollars and fifty-four cents. The rest by subscription\\nor unprovided for.\\nWhat was called the great revival was in 1741, and\\nin 1742 thirty-eight united with the church. Whole num-\\nber under Mr. Flagg, two hundred and forty-three to full\\ncommunion, and two hundred and eighty-seven who owned\\ntlio covenant. (N. H. Ciuirches.) In December, 1819,\\nthe church drew up and signed a covenant, and there are\\nthe names of thirty males and fifty females a))peiided to it.\\nRev. Joel 11. Arnold, born at Westminster, Yt., 1794,\\nwas not a graduate. Admii^sions to the church during his\\nministry, one hundred and ten.\\nRev. Jonatiian Clement, born at Danville, Yt., June 21,\\n1797, graduated at Middlcbury, and studied at Andover\\nTheological Seminary. Additions, two hundred and seven.\\nHe has been at Woodstock is now at Norwich, Yt.\\nRev. Lauren Armsby, born at Northbridge, Jan. IG, 1817,\\ngraduated at Amherst in 1842 studied at Union Theologi-\\ncal Seminary one year, and at Andover two years. Addi-\\ntions, sixty-one l)y profession, thirty by letter.\\nRev. Harrison 0. Howland, born at West Brookfield,\\nMass., June 25, 1813, graduated at Amherst in 1841, at\\nUnion Theological Seminary in 1844. Additions, twenty-\\nsix by profession, thirteen l)y letter.\\nThe charter of the two parishes has been given, page", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0361.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "330 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n92, ami I liad prepared a complete list of parish officers,\\nbut my work proves so voluminous that I reluctantly omit it.\\nTHE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH AND CHURCH.\\nThe prominent points of the history of the Preshyterian\\nparish have been given in connection with the history of\\nthe town and Congregational parish, and little remains to\\nbe done more than to give a brief notice of some of the\\nministers, and touch npon some few points not before men-\\ntioned.\\nThe Rev. John Wilson was ordained over the Presbyte-\\nrian parish, and a church formed, in 1734, but by what\\necclesiastical authority is not known, or of how many\\nmeiv!)ers the church was composed, as tliere are no records\\nextant. Mr. Wilson continued his ministrations nntil his\\ndeath, Feb. 1, 1771: and all that is known about his family\\nis given in the genealogical part of this work. He was\\nprobably a very good, well-disposed man, and in all the\\ncontroversies which arose about preaching at the Long\\nMeadows, and dividing tbe parish, there is no evidence\\nthat any fault was found with him. I have heard my father\\nsay that his preaching was mostly expository that he took\\nsome portion of scripture (in coui sc, I tiiink), and ex-\\n]\u00c2\u00bblaincd and enforced it. lie had either his discourses or\\nskeletons of them, written, and often looked them over\\nafter entering the desk, but made no use of notes in\\npreaching.\\nFrom the dcatli of i\\\\Ir. Wilson to the hiring the Rev.\\nDavid Annan, in 171 we have no record whatever, except\\nraising money, and choosing committees to supply the\\ndesk, but have to rely exclusively ui)on tradition, and that\\nis very meager, mostly what I have heard my father tell.\\nThe first of the stated supplies, I think, was a Rev. Mr.\\nClark, who, it is said, had been settled at White River, N.\\nY., and he supplied several years. He was probably some-\\nwhat bigoted in his ideas, and eccentric in his manners,\\nbut a very sincere, good man, and faithful to his own con-", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0362.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL rRESIJYTERIAN. 331\\nvictions. There arc many anecdotes related of liini, sonic\\nof which I will relate, lie was called upon to soleuiiii/.e a\\nmarriage hetwccn .lames Calder and !Molly Linn, and on\\nthe occasion thev had tea, which he refnsed, saying he\\nAvould have a bowl of barley broth. It might have l)een\\na patriotic motive which intluenced him. lie believed the\\nold Scotch version of tlie Psalms to be the only proper\\nmatter to sing in religions w(jrship, and held in great ab-\\nhorrence what he termed Watts great bundle of psalms\\nand imitations.\\nThe singing Avas congregational, and ho vvIsIumI all to\\njoin. lie said on one occasion, Sing sing all o ye, and\\nshame the devil for we read of the devil having a pi-aycr,\\nbut never of his having a psalm On one occasicni he\\ntook for his text the death of Joshua, and said that when\\nthey buried him, they buried a great deal of religion wilh\\nhim. Some country sleighs i)assing at the time, he added,\\nYes and they are now carrying all the religion out of\\nthe land by sleigh-loads.\\nThe women of the present day cannot rightly claim the\\ninvention of all the foolisli fashions. Their grandmothers\\nand great-grandmothers had even the waterfall, though in\\na little different form. They let the foretop grow long, and\\ncomljcd it forward, and put a cushion called a roll, on the\\nhead, and turned the hair back over it. Good Father Clark\\nlield this in utter aljomination, it being a device of the\\ngreat adversary.\\nSunday schools did not then exist, but the rcligi(^us food\\nfor children was the Assemljly s Catechism, whicii was the\\nlesson for Sunday evening at home, and Saturday forenoon\\nat school. It might l)e thought rather dry, if not strong\\nfood, for infant minds, though I do not at all regret that I\\nwas fed with it.\\nWell, Parson Clark used to pay his ])arochial visits, and\\nassemble the young people of the household, and chatechisc\\nthem. On one occasion he made a visit to the familv of\\nRobert Wilson, Esq., who had some half-dozen daughters,\\nand a brother-in-law by the name of Mitchell having about", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0363.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "332 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nas many more living in the same house. Now these girls\\nwere prol)ably not much better nor much worse than the\\ngirls of the present day. They wished to be in the fashion,\\neven if, in the opinion, of the minister, at the expense of\\nserving the devil. Well, Father Clark had them seated\\naround the room, and they, understanding that he was\\ncoming, had the rolls out of sight, and their hair combed\\nsmoothly down. Mr. Clark commenced by commending\\ntheir modesty he had not in a long time seen such a mod-\\nest com[\u00c2\u00bbany of lasses they had none of those wicked rolls\\non their heads. Just at this instant Jonathan Wilson\\nopened the door, and threw a lot of the rolls into Mr.\\nClark s lap, greatly to his horror, and to the chagrin of the\\nmodeat lasses. What became of Mr. Clark is not known.\\nThe next minister that is kijown was the Rev. Tillotson\\nHowe. Where he came from, or went to, is not known.\\nAnthony Somerby Stickney was quite active among the\\nPresbyterians, and was collector of taxes, and one of the\\ncommittee to hire preaching several years, though once\\nthere was a protest entered against it, Ijecause he was not\\na meml)cr of any church. Mr. Howe was hired, and\\nboarded at Mr. Stickney s, and after a while married Mr.\\nStickney s daughter.\\nThere was a man by the name of Hutchinson who\\npreaclicd awhile, and another by the name of Pickle, of\\nwhom nothing more is known.\\nThere was a Rev. James Davis, a revival preacher, who\\npreached a few months, and caused a considerable religious\\nexcitement, and, it is was said, several conversions.\\nThe Rev. David Annan came from Scotland, and had\\npreached awhile at Peterborough. He came to Chester\\nand preached awhile, and March 14, 170(), a written con-\\ntract was entered into, engaging him for four years. He\\nproved intemperate, and said and did many foolish, if not\\nwicked tilings. He said he tried the cx{)eriment of pray-\\ning over one bed of onions and fiddling over another, to\\nsee which would do best. The people became dissatisfied,\\nand the Presbytery was about to discipline liim, and the", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0364.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL PRKSHYTERIAN. 333\\ncontract was dissolved October 7, 1.790. It is said that he\\nreturned to Scotland, but some of his sons remained in this\\ncountry.\\nThe Rev. I avid McGregork, afterwards of Bedford, snp-\\n})lied the desk for some time.\\nAt a parish meeting-, held ilay ^0, 1803, a call was oiven\\nto the Rev. Zacciieus Colby to settle. (lie had been settled\\nin Pembroke, and for his family connections, see the gene-\\nalogy part of this work).\\nIn order to nnderstand the history of the circumstances\\nattending this call, it will be necessary to refer to the\\nrresl)yterian polity. The government of the church lay\\nin a board of ruling elders, called the jSesnion, who ad-\\nmitted and disciplined the members, sul)ject to an appeal\\nto the Presbytery. Memljers were required to Ijring for-\\nward all their children for baptism. These children stood\\nin rather an anomalous position partly, but not wholly, in\\nthe church. It was their duty, however, as soon as they\\ncame to years of discretion, to come into full communion\\nwith the church. In this way many l)ecame nnitcd with\\nthe church without any jiretence of experimental religion,\\nand seldom, if ever, came to the communion, or even to\\nmeeting. Then it was the custom for these baptized chil-\\ndren, tliough never having joined in full communion, to\\nbring their children forward for baptism. In some cases\\n(perhaps with those in full communion, as well as those\\nunder the half-way covenant, as it was called), the\\nchild offered for baptism was born rather prematurely,\\nreckoning from marriage in which case the parents,\\nstanding in the broad aisle, received a severe admonition,\\nand made a very humljle and penitent confession. I think\\nthat the same practice prevailed in the Congregational\\nchurches in respect to baptism, for I see that parents who\\nnever belonged to the church had their children baptized.\\nA committee was chosen to wait on Mr. Colby and\\nreceive his answer, who reported with a communication\\nfrom Mr. Coll\u00c2\u00bby which is here given in full", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0365.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "334 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nMR. Colby s communication.\\nCuESTKR, June 11, 1803.\\nTo the Committee of the PresJjijterian Society, to be commu-\\nni rated:\\nIf diflereiit Ideas liave l)eeii taken from my conversation on the\\nSubject of Infant Ihiptism, it was doubtless owing to my neglect-\\ning to give my Ideas in positive tevms relative to one part of the\\nsubject, which I thought proper to do at that stage of the business\\nbefore us. Now it appears duty, and I feel happy to give you my\\nsentiments in full and plain. 1 believe the children of believing\\nParents or Parent have right to Baptism, whether theirs by birth,\\nor adoption. It ever has, and still does appear to me an error to\\nadmit Parents under the vows of the covenant to the Privilege of\\nBaptism for their Children, when at the same time they take\\nthemselves off from the communion of Saints at the Lord s Table!\\nThough this has been a custom with many, I do not find any thing\\nin the Bible or in your Constitution to justify it in my view.\\nIf I should be active in the admission of any in this way, while\\nI verily believe it is wrong, to me it would be sin. God would\\nhide his face from me and I should be troubled; nor could you\\nput confidence in a man who would sin against his own under-\\nstanding. Yet, as I believe this is among those things concerning\\nwhich every one must be fully persuaded in their own mind, I\\nfeel no disposedness to be offended with those Persons, Churches\\nand Ministers who differ f*rom me in O[)inion. If, upon exchanges\\nwith neighboring ^.linisters, any of the Peo[)le that I may have\\nthe charge of shall conscientiously think it their duty to offer\\ntheir Children in Baptism, while they do not see it their duty to\\napproach the Lord s Table, and the minister thinks it his duty to\\nindulge them, I shall not attempt to huit their minds or lord it\\nover their consciences, but I must be excused from this practice.\\nNew additions upon tliis ground after my settlement in any\\nplace must not expect Baptism for their Children by my own\\nhand, until they be Avillingly moved by the love of Christ to come\\nto his Table and whatsoever he commands. All this is plain in my\\nview.\\n2 ly, You wish to know on what ground I consider, and in\\nAvhat ligh t I view those Parents who have had Baptism for their\\nChildren, but have not come to the communion with Christ and\\nhis People at his Table, and what usage they may expect from me\\nif r should become their Minister, llespecting this I observe, 1st,\\nIf I receive a church to my Pastoral care, I receive all her real\\nproper members, for thci-e nuxst be no schism in the church. These\\nPel sons have been received by the cliurch as real proper members", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0366.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL PRESHYTERIAN. 5;5;)\\nof tlioir Christian Body, ami tlial, upon their personal request, so\\nare under their watch and care. I) wunld not be ri iht Cor me to\\nseparate thcni from the IJody to \\\\vhi h llu s are joined by Holy\\nCovenant. It would not be reiiular oi- I ricndly for llie Imnli lo\\ncut tlieni off suddenly wliih^ tliey liiid no more ei-ror in them liian\\ntliey Icnow of at the time when they received ihem. Tlierelbre llieir\\nmembership must be acknowledifed. These, Parents by ijrofes-\\nsion are on Gospel ground. They have professed the same Kaitli\\nin the Father, in the Sou, in the Holy (Jhost and in th(^ Scriiitures\\nthat every Christian does. Tiiey nuist not l)e driven from it, but\\nthey must live in it, and let their lives and conversation con-es-\\npoud with it. These Parents have made a solemn and evcrht-ting\\nCoveiumt before Angels and men, with the Father, Son and\\nSpirit, one God, to be liis forever; jjromised to obey Christ as\\ntiieir King, from which they cannot go I)ack with safety, i hey\\nmust not be driven back by any, but be encouraged by all to\\nobserve all Christ s sayings, and to do his Will in all things, that\\nthey perish not, nor be found wanting when weiglied in t .ie Bal-\\nance. Those deticiencies which were about them when they came\\ninto the Covenant, and have still been with them, must now be\\nmade up by stronger and more pure exercises of faith in, and love\\nto Christ, whereby they will feel constrained willingly to follow\\nthe Lamb wherever he calls them, and be \u00e2\u0096\u00a0willing to suffer almost\\nanything rather than take themselves off, or be cut olf IVom the\\ncomnmnion of Saints at Christ s Table. AVith these things in\\nvi(!W, I think it will be my duty to Iiai)fi/,e the Children of these\\nParents until some other fault shall be found in tliem beside their\\nomitting the Lord s Table, unless it shall appear plain to tlie Ses-\\nsion, that their omission is from Avickcd inattention to the Scri[)-\\ntures, to their own Holy profession and Covenant, and from warit\\nof real love to Cln ist i)ut not from pious Fear, i.e., an overlieariiig\\nsense of the sacredness of the ordinance, and of their own vile-\\nness, which may be the case Avith some old Christians for a time.\\nAs these wish to have Baptism again for their Children before\\ntheir approach to the Table, they nnist feel their Bonds to Avalk as\\ncircumspectly and live as religiously as (hough they liad come to\\nthe Table for years. They must be sober and chaste in conversa-\\ntion, temperate, just, kind, peaceable, attentive to the Scriptures,\\nto all Iveligious Instruction which falls in their way, and ])rayer-\\nful iu their Families and Closet. Then they may expect the same\\nkind, gentle, loving and faithful usage from the Minister and\\nElders as old communicants receive, with whom they an- eijual\\nsubjects of discipline. Wishing you divine direction and a Bles-\\nsing on all your pious attempts to promote the cause of (Jhrist\\namong you and build up his church, I subscribe, your affectionate\\nFriend, Zacueus Coluey.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0367.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "336 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nI may perhaps as well here as elsewhere describe some\\nof the customs of the Presbyterian cliurch ditfering from\\nothers, or from present customs.\\nI think they held but two sacramental occasions at the\\nLong Meadows (for I must rely mainly on my own recol-\\nlections) yearly. These were great occasions. They held\\na fast on Thursday previous, Avhich was kept with great\\nstrictness. I recollect that my grandmother would eat\\nnothing before the going down of the sun. They would\\nhave two long sermons. In some places they would have\\nsermons Friday and Saturday, though I think not usually\\nat the Long Meadows, within my recollection although\\nthey might have had in earlier times. When Sunday came\\nthere was a general rush. Li the first place there Avere tlie\\nPresbyterians from the lower part of the town, who did\\nnot usually attend meeting liere on account of the dis-\\ntance, James Wason, William Bell, Col. White, the Shir-\\nleys, Forsaith, Tolford, etc., came up then many from\\nLondonderry and other places who were communicants\\nthen a great many young people from this and the neigh-\\nboring towns, moved by much tlie same impulse which\\ncarries multitudes to a Methodist camp-meeting at the\\npresent day. They had a plan for preventing any goat\\nfrom mingling with the sheep, which was practiced some\\ntime within my recollection. Each church had a quantity\\nof small pieces of metal stamped with the initials of the\\nchurch, called tokens, which were distributed by the elders\\nto the communicants. These were a kind of tickets of\\nadmission. The first part of the service was called fenc-\\ning the Lord s table.\\nI most vividly remember Father Morrison (who used\\nto come over when they were destitute of an ordained minis-\\nter) with his broad Scotch brogue, with his spectacles, when\\nnot reading, up on his forehead. He would proceed to\\nemmierate the qualifications and disqualifications of wor-\\nthily })artaking of the ordinance, and invite those qualified\\nand debar those not qualified. They had a long, narrow\\ntable, extending from near the pulpit to near the front", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0368.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "t\\nECCLESIASTICAL PRESBYTERIAN. 337\\ndoor, covered with neat and white linen tahle-clotlis, on\\nwhich were j)laced the flagons of wine, and fiat, thin cakes\\nof mileavened bread on pewter platters covered also witli\\nneat wiiitc clotlis for tlie ])urpose. Tlie elements were l)otli\\nconsecrated with one service. The comnmnicants were\\ninvited to come forward and fdl the table (seats on either\\nside being provided) which was done hrst l)y tbe ehlerly\\ncommunicants, tlic choir nieanwliilc singing a stanza or\\ntwo.\\nA favorite hymn for the occasion was the loth of B. IIL\\nof Watts\\nIIdw sweet and nwfiil is the plncc\\nWith Christ within the doors,\\nand as the services proceeded, vacating and filling the\\nseats,\\nWhy was I made to lienr thy voice,\\nAnd enter while there s room 1\\nand\\nPity tlie nations, O onr (lod.\\nConstrain the earth to come.\\nAYhilc the elements were being passed along the talde\\nby the elders, Father Morrison continued talking, making\\na most earnest and affectionate exhortation. The table\\nwas vacated and (lUed, the choir meanwhile singing, and it\\ngenerally took three tables to serve the communicants, dur-\\ning whicli the same services were repeated. Mr. jMorrison\\nwould make an exliortation to faithfulness to the commu-\\nnicants, and a very affectionate appeal to the unrepentant.\\nThe whole was a very solemn and impressive service, and\\nwould last until nearly sunset. The whole was closed by a\\nmeeting and thanksgiving sermon on Mondaj\\nDec. 31, 1822, the Session voted, That the mcml)ers of\\nthe church all partake at one time, tlie elderly members at\\nthe table as usual, and the remainder in the front Ijody\\npews, or the adjoining i)cws.\\nIt may be proper here to say that there are no Session\\nrecords extant previous to 1804, those kept previous to that\\ntime supposed to have been carried to ITenniker by Dea.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0369.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "338 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nWilson when he moved there abont 1801*, which is greatly\\nto 1)0 regretted, as they would have been at least quite a\\ncuriosity. The records which we have- contain very little\\nof general interest, being merely a routine of business, ad-\\nmissions of members, and a few cases of discipline.\\nMr. Colby was reinstalled Oct. 13, 1803. Some time in\\nthe summer of 1808, while reading the hymn after sermon,\\nhe had a paralytic shock, so that he could not finish, and\\nwhich disabled him. In January, 1809, he made a com-\\nmunication to the parish, saying that if he did not recover\\nbefore March meeting he should resign, and that he would\\npreach one sermon a day, if aide, at his own house, which\\nI think he did sometimes, although unable to stand.\\nThey had only temporary supplies, partly from the sem-\\ninary at Andover, until Nov., 1812, when the Rev. William\\nHarlow was hired, who supplied until 1815. Where he\\ncame from is unknown. He was a|)parently a sincere man,\\nbut of moderate abilities. He Avcnt to Plymouth county,\\nMass. They then employed a Mr. Wheeler, Philip Colby,\\nand a Mr. White, as candidates, but neither of them suffi-\\nciently united the ])eoplc to Justify his settlement. In the\\nfall of 181G, the Rev. Clemi:nt Parker, then of Cabot, Yt.,\\nor vicinity, was procured, and was ordained Feb. 19, 1817.\\nThe first Sunday schools at the Long Meadows were in\\n1819. They were held at the several school-houses after\\nthe meeting. The exercises were reading and recitation\\nof passages of scripture and hymns. Earlier than this,\\nperhaps as early as 1810, the children were required to\\ncommit to memory and meet statedly on a week day and\\nrecite passages to support points of theology. Emerson s\\nEvangelical Primer, and a (picstion book by Rev. Harvey\\nWilbur, afterwards famous as a lecturer on astronomy,\\nwere used as text-books.\\nRev. Mr. Parker was dismissed Oct., 1825, and Rev. Abel\\nManning supplied until 1831, when the Rev. Benjamin\\nSarcext was hired, and installed April 19, 1833.\\nThe subject of abolition on Mr. Garrison s principle was\\nfirst introduced at the monthly concert Jan., 1834, as one", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0370.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL PRESBYTERIAN. 339\\nof the proper objects of prayer, which caused a great deal\\nof excitement, as being very improper for the occasion.\\nMr. Sargent, however, expressed liis gratification that it\\nwas introduced, said tliat he had some time felt an interest\\nin the subject, but had not deemed it prudent to introduce\\nit. Mr. Sargent was a man of very sensitive feelings, and\\nhe entered very warmly into the al)olition movement, which\\nwas as warmly o})posed in the i)arish, and in the Confer-\\nence and Presbytery with which he Avas connected. It was\\nsupposed that upon that subject he was a monomaniac,\\nand that he embraced some very erroneous ideas, but\\nwhether any more erroneous than that slavery is a divine\\ninstitution may be a (piestion.\\nThe Temperance and Aljolition movements excited a good\\ndeal of interest. The documents are very lengthy, and I\\nwill give sufficient abstracts to give a clear idea of their\\npurjtort. In April, 1835, a preaml)le and resolutions were\\nunanimously adopted by tiie Session, and the following\\npledge We hereby promise totally to abstain from the\\nuse of ardent spirits as a drink.\\nVoted unanimously that all the present members of\\nthe church l)e respectfully invited to sign the foregoing\\npledge and all new members be required to sign it before\\nadmission.\\nTiicre are seventy-six names a])j)ended to the ])ledge.\\nJan. 25, 1840, a vote was passed unanimously to striice out\\nthe word required, and insert the words respectfully\\ninvited. The Session at the same time passed a vote re-\\niterating their former convictions on the sul\u00c2\u00bbject, and dis-\\nclaiming any power to exonerate any one, but yielded lo\\nwhat ajjpeared to be the honest convictions of some peojde.\\nIn order for the general reader to understand what is to\\nfollow, it seems necessary to ex2)lain some points about the\\nPresbyterian church.\\nIn 1794 the General Assembly gave their views of slave-\\nholders as being sinners of tlie first rank, and guilty of tlie\\nhighest kind of theft. In 1818, the xVssemldy gave tlicir\\nviews of slaveholding, that it was a violation of the most", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0371.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "340 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nsacred and precious rights of liiiman nature utterly incon-\\nsistent with the law of God, and irreconcilable with the\\ngospel of Christ.\\nAlthough all avow^edly took the Bible for their guide and\\nthe Westminster Confession of Faith as an exposition o^\\nit, there was nothing like uniformity of belief in matters\\nof speculative theology. Fcrhaps the most important point\\nof difference, and .the source of the others, wo.s, the Old\\nSchool held that Adam s sin was imputed to all his pos-\\nterity, and therefore infants were actual sinners; the New\\nSchool held something different. It so happened that those\\nportions of the church most tinctured with New School\\ntheory were somewhat tinctured with anti-slavery, and\\nother reforms. The Old School element had the ascendency\\nin 18-j7. The Assembly, in organizing, excluded the com-\\nmissioners from three synods in the Western Reserve, who\\nwere most contaminated by New School theory and anti-\\nslavery, with the pretext that they came in under an un-\\nconstitutional plan of union, passed in 1801.\\nIn their circular letter they say: One of the most\\nformidalilc evils of the present crisis is the wide-spread and\\never restless spirit of radicalism, manifest in both church\\nand state. It has in succession driven to extreme\\nfanaticism the great cause of revivals of religion, temper-\\nance, and the rights of man. There does not appear to\\nliave been any action this year on the subject of slavery.\\nIn 18:^8, 1 think, though I have not the minutes at hand^\\nthe New School had the ascendency, and the Old School\\nportion seceded, sued for their portion of the funds, and\\niinally recovered. During all these contentions about spec-\\nulative theology, slavery and slaveholders went entirely\\nunrel)ukcd, but the Princetown Review, as well as the\\nreligious press, were pul)lisliing long and labored articles,\\nT)roving tVoni the Bible that slavery was right.\\nThe Londonderry rrcsl)ytcry were in much the same\\ncondition as the Assembly. Part were Old School, and part\\nwere New ))art were anti-slavery, and part pro-slavery.\\nThe first decision of the lawsuit was in favor of the New", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0372.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL PRESBYTERIAN, 341\\nSchool, and tlicir delegate, the I\\\\cv. E. L. Parker, was on\\nhis own motion instructed to go into the Assenddy which\\nliad the decision of the civil coin-t, but before lie arrived\\nthere, a full bench had reversed the former decision, and\\nlie was forced to go into the Old School Assembly, and the\\nconnection has remained.\\nAt a meeting of the Session, held January 25, 1840, the\\nfollowing resolution was brought forward and adopted\\nResolved, that the following petition be presented by\\nthe Session to the Presbytery, at its next meeting, to be\\nholden at Lundunderry on the last Wednesday of April\\nnext.\\nThe Session of the Prcshytcvian Church in Chester to the Lon-\\ndonderry rrcsbytery\\nDear Brethren, We would affectionately and respectfully re-\\nquest you to pass a resolution withdrawing- all ecclesiastical cou-\\nnectiou Avith both bodies claiming to be the General Assembly ot\\nthe Presbyterian Church in the United States, and to send copies\\nof said resolution to both bodies claiming to be the General\\nAssembly.\\nThe Session would assign the following reasons for passing- such\\nresolution and seceding- from the bodies.\\n1st. The Session can see no possible good resulting- from said\\nconnection.\\n2d. The sending up Commissioners involves an expense in time\\nand moiu v, which might be otherwise appropriated in the benev-\\nolent operations of the day to produce great good, while it now\\nproduces very little, if any.\\n;kl. We cannot conscientiously be associated with the Old School\\nAssembly, because it nourishes the awful sin bf slavery in its\\nbosom, enslaving- their own brethren, reducing- them to chattels,\\nbuying- and selling them, and depriving them of the word of God\\nand also because said Assembly has exercised the most arbitrary\\nand unchristian authority, endeavoring to lord it over Clod s lieri-\\ntage in cutting oil three Synods, and passing such resolutions, if\\ncarried into operation, would cut olf many of our ministers and\\nsome of our churches.\\nWe cannot conscientiously be associated with the New School\\nAssembly, because they also tolerate slavery, and also because\\nsaid Assembly does tolerate such heresies as is said by some that\\nthey do, we cannot give them countenance.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0373.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "342 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nWc cannot fellowship cither Assembly, because they indulge in\\nunwarrantable, unchristian and disgraceful strife, brother going\\nto law with brother, and tliat before unbelievers.\\n4th. Because secession would tend to restore and keep peace in\\nyour own body. Difference of opinion existing among the mem-\\nbers of the Presbytery, wliich Assembly the Presbytery should be\\nconnected with, occasions discussions and perplexities which\\nwastes the time of your Sessions, which would all be removed by\\nsuch a secession as we ask.\\nThis cowld not be granted, if not for any other reason, be-\\ncause if Londonderry did not behjng to the legal Presby-\\nterian cliurch, Major Pinkcrton s heirs would reclaim\\ntheir fund.\\nAt a meeting of the Session, February 14th, 1840, the\\nfollowing resolutions were unanimously adopted\\nResolved, Tliat for a man to claim property in man,\\nupon which is founded the system of American slavery, is\\nat all times and under all circumstances a gross usurpation\\nof power, a heinous sin against God, and should be imme-\\ndiately repented of and forsaken.\\nResolved, That we will not invite any professed min-\\nister of the gospel to officiate as such in God s house, nor\\nany professed Christian to commune with us at the Lord s\\ntable, whom we know to be guilty of this sin, but will rather\\nadmonish all such of their sin and exhort them to repent-\\nance.\\nResolved, That wo consider all who apologize for slave-\\nholding, or in any way palliate its sinfulness, and thereby\\nsoothe the conscience of the slaveholder, and do not as far\\nas in them lies warn the oppressor of his guilt and danger,\\nto be gnilty in the sight of God.\\nResolved, That we believe it to be agreeable to the\\nspirit of the gospel voluntarily to associate so as unitedly\\nto act against any moral evil, and we believe tliat the\\nAmerican Anti-Slavery Society is an association whose ob-\\nject is the entire abolition of slavery, and that we cordially\\napprove of its measures.\\nResolved, That the clerk be directed to cause these\\nresolutions to be published in the Herald of Freedom, and\\nChristian Panoply, and transmit a co})y to the Presbytery\\nat its next meeting.\\nA very long document dated June 0th, 1841, was pre-\\nsented to the Session, of which on account of its length an", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0374.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL PRESBYTERIAN. 343\\nabstract only is inserted. Christian kindness and fraternal\\naffection are expressed. The former expressions of the\\nGeneral Assembly and their j)rescnt position and practice\\nare recited and that the church in Chester, being an in-\\ntegral part, was implicated, and that a further connection\\nwould be to consent with thieves, and to be i)artakers\\nwith adulterers. They say that church organizations and\\ncreeds are of mere human origin, and tend to divide the\\nworld into parties to war with each other and they ]m o-\\nfess to fall l)ack on Christ as their ruler and the gos|)cl as\\ntheir guide, and profess a Avillingness to suffer any obloquy\\nor other result that might follow. They conclude by ask-\\ning to be dismissed from the church l)ut not recommended\\nto any other.\\nThe paper contained the following names Amos Chase,\\nNathan Plummer, Mchitabel Plummer, Mary C. Plummer\\nJudith C. Plummer, Alonzo R. Dinsmoor, Louisa R. Dijis-\\nmoor, Ruth Chase, Mary Gilbert, William Coult, Laura\\nCoidt, Catharine M. Porter, Grace McKinley, Ezekicl Fox\\nSarah Fox, James Ray, Lucy Ray, Ann C. Ray, Lucy S.\\nSargent. (Laura Coult afterwards erased lior name.)\\nThe subject was taken up in Session, Aug, 12, 1841 and\\nanswered in a kind and fraternal manner. That the Ses-\\nsion considered it altogether inconsistent with the ju-inci-\\nples of the gospel and the rules of other churches to com-\\nply, unless it be with a view of joining some other church\\nor forming a new one. Subsc(iuently Renjamin Chase made\\na communication, which is not on the record, much the\\nsame, with the addition of his expressing his conviction that\\nthe New Testament taught the doctrine of non-resistance\\nto the extent of not going to hiw, and instead of asking a\\ndismission dismissed himself.\\nAt a meeting of the Session, December 17, 1842\\nVoted unanimously. That all such members of tliis\\nChurch as are desirous of uniting to form a new Church in\\nthis place, under the name of Tlie Second Conu-rcirational\\nChurch in Chester have liberty to do so and when they", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0375.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "344 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nhave so united in forming such a new church, or shall have\\nunited with such church, then their connection with this\\nehurcli shall cease.\\nOctober 10, 1840, the parish voted to dissolve the con-\\nnection between them and the Rev. Benjamin Sargent,\\nIn April, 1841, the Presbytery dissolved the pastoral re-\\nlation, and at Mr. Sargent s request dissolved his connec-\\ntion with that body. They express great concern for the\\nfuture happiness of Mr. Sargent and in the welfare of the\\nparish and church.\\nIn September, 1841, Rev. Samuel Ordway was hired as\\nstated supi\u00c2\u00bbly and continued until Jan., 1843, when he or.\\nganized the Second Congregational church in Chester, and\\nthe Presbyterian church ceased to have an active existence.\\nSTATISTICS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH AND CHURCH.\\nThe tax-lists and accounts commence at the same time\\nof the Session records in 1804. At that time nearly or\\nquite everybody ])aid a tax to one of the parishes. A few\\nof the Long Meadows paid to the Congregational parish.\\nIn 1804 there were one hundred and thirty-four persons\\ntaxed, of whom William Bell, George Bell, Lt. Jacob El-\\nliott, Lt. Robert Forsaith, Andrew Jack, Wid. Mary\\nJack, William Mills, Heirs of David Mills, estate of\\nHenry Moore, Ro1)ert Mills, Mary Moor, Capt. Simon\\nMerril, William Shirley, Peter Shirley, Hugh Tolford,\\nJames Wason, James Wason 3d, Col. William White,\\nLt. William Wilson, Samuel Wilson, Edward Wilson, Mer-\\nibah and Susannah Wadwell and Robert Jack belonged to\\nthe lower part of the town. The highest tax was of Dea.\\nE. H. Kelley, $^8.71, the next of Lt. Elliott, $7.76. A\\nsingle poll paid 73 cents.\\nIn 1820 one hundred and seventeen were taxed, of whom\\nnine belonged at the lower part of the town. A poll tax\\nwas 11.09.\\nIn 1830 sixty-one were taxed, and a poll tax was 81.30.\\nThe last tax made was in 1841 when thirty-one were\\ntaxed and paid $100.22, and the residue, about one hundred\\ndollars, raised by sul)Scrii)tion.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0376.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL SECOND CONGREGATIONAL. 345\\nTlicrc is a list of chiu ch members in 1802 containing\\niiincfy-fivc names. Hugh Tolford and wife, William Bell\\nand wife, William White and wife, William Mills and wife,\\nHugh Shirley, Uciijamin ^Melvin, Margaret Moore, nnd Jean\\nMcClellan, belonged to the lower part of the tinvn, and\\nThomas Anderson, Sen., William Anderson and wife, the\\nwife of Thomas Patten, and Jean, the wife of Joshua Moore\\nof Candia.\\nThere is another list made October 27, 1827, containing\\nthe names of seventy residents and five who had removed\\nfrom town.\\nCol. William White and Avife were all wlio lomained of\\nthe old Presbyterians at the lower end of the town.\\nThe only means which we have of knowing who the Rul-\\ning Elders were, is the titles prefixed to their names when\\nthey were elected to some office, which does not date their\\noffice. W^illiam ^V^hite, :^cn., is styled Deacon in 17- 2\\nMatthew Forsaith in 1740; William Lcatch in 17o2;\\nMatthew Forsaith in 176G Adam Wilson in 1777 William\\nTolford in 1780 John Graham, William Wilson and Jo-\\nseph Blanchard were chosen in 17 J4 and ordained l)y Mi-.\\nAnnan Pavid Currier and Ezekiel 11. Kelley were chosr^en\\nin 1800 B. Pike Chase and James Wason, Jr., were chosen\\nin 1819 Dr. Nathan Plummer, Jr., and Samuel Dinsmoor\\nwere cliosen in 1824, and John Folsoni, Bonjannn Chase\\nand Amos Chase were chosen in 183o.\\nI had ])rei)ared a complete list of the officers of the Pres-\\nbyterian parish, but my work is so voluminous that I omit it.\\nTHE SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND SOCIETY IN\\nCHESTER.\\nFor some reason it was deemed expedient to dissolve the\\nPresbyterian jiarish and church, and organize a Congrega-\\ntional one. Accordingly, agrcealdy to an act ])asscd Jidy o,\\n1827, The Second Congregational Society in Chester was\\norganized June 11, 1842, and a code of by-laws adopted.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0377.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "346\\nHISTORY OF MILLS.\\none article of which was that all moneys should be raised\\nby voluntary subscription. The condition of membership\\nwas signing the by-laws and paying one dollar annually.\\nOn the first day of January, 184o, sixteen members of the\\nPres] yterian church adopted articles of faith and a cove-\\nnant, and were organized into a church by the Rev. Samuel\\nOrdway, and assumed the name of The Second Congrega-\\ntional Church in Chester. After the town of Auburn was\\nincorporated, in 1845, the name of the society and church\\nwas altered to the First in Auburn. There is a list of mem-\\nbers of the church up to May 3, 1857, containing eighty-\\nCONGKEGATIONAL ClIUKCU IN AUBUEN.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0378.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL BAPTIST. 347\\nsix names. Rev. Samiiol Onhvay, avIio liad liccii stated\\nsupply to the Presliytcrian parish, continued to Labor till\\nthe summer of 1846, when the Rev. James Holmes, a na-\\ntive of Londonderry, a graduate of Dartmouth in 1838,\\ncommenced his latjors and was installed j)astor Dec. 5,\\n1849, and yet sustains that relation, liut has asked a dis-\\nmission.\\nTiie Presbyterian parish deeded the society their prop-\\nerty, consisting of the meeting-house and lot, and the\\nparsonage. The parsonage was sold for six hundred dol-\\nlars, and widow Ehzabeth Bebee made the society residuary\\nlegatee, from which they received live hundred and forty-\\nfive dollars and twenty-nine cents.\\nA new house of worship, Avith a vestry in the basement,\\nwas erected in 1847, and dedicated in Feb., 1848, costing\\nabout twenty-six hundred dollars. Wdcs Burnham gave\\nthe land, and David Hall, of Roxbury, Mass., gave a bell.\\nThe old Preiibyterian house was sold and taken dov, n.\\nHISTORY OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH,\\nAlthough there were individuals who were Baptists in\\nChester, and might have been occasional preaching, there\\nwas no organized church until 1810, when a church was\\norganized by the Rev. William Taylor, of Concord, consist-\\ning of sixteen members, of whom Capt. Pearson Richard-\\nson, Walter Morse, Jacob Green, and Timothy k^milh of\\nSandown, were prominent. Col. Stephen Clay and Josiali\\nChase united afterwards, and were active members. Walter\\nMorse and Josiah Chase were the deacons. They wor-\\nsliiped in Capt, Richardson s hall until 1823, Avhcn a meet-\\ning-house was l)uilt on the west side of the Haverhill road,\\non home lot No. 13, which cost about two thousand two hun-\\ndred dollars.\\nThey had for preachers, besides Mr. Taylor, Rev. Josiah\\nDavis of Methuen, and the Rev. Duncan Dunbar, a Scotch-\\nman, afterwards of New York city. Gibbon Williams was\\ninstalled Geo. Kallock and John Upton were ordained", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0379.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "348 HISTORY OF CHESTER,\\npastors. A difficulty arose about a preacher, a part of the\\nsociety believing him to be corrupt and a part adhering to\\nhim, which for a time disorganized the church and society,\\nand they had no preaching, and their eai ly records were\\nlost, and the meeting-house went to decay.\\nAt a meeting of the Portsmouth Association, held at\\nXewton, 1845, a committee, consisting of brethren Ayers\\nof Dover, Gilbert of Northwood, Wheeler of Plaistow,\\nand Swain of Brentwood, were appointed to visit the\\nchurch in Chester and attempt to settle their difficulties.\\nThe committee met the church Jan. 13, 1846, and recom-\\nmended to disband the existing church and organize a new\\none, which was accordingly done, and a church of fifteen\\nmembers was formed, and William Bell chosen deacon and\\nclerk. There are the names of sixty-three members on\\nthe records, and James D. Bell and Silas F. Leonard are\\nthe present deacons. The society had failed to hold their\\nannual meeting, and April U, 185i a meeting of the cor-\\nporation was held liy a warrant of a justice of the peace.\\nAt sul sequent meetings in 1860, a constitution and by-\\nlaws Averc ado[)ted, to which twenty-two names are ap-\\npended. It was also voted to sell the old house and land,\\nwhich was done the house for one hundred and ninety-\\nseven dollars, and the land for twenty-six dollars. A small\\npiece of land was |)urchased of Alfred S. Dearborn, near\\nllic town-honse, and where Wilkes West s shop stood, for\\none hundred and seventy-five dollars, and a contract was\\nmade with Hiram S. Pollard to build a house for twelve\\nhundred dollars, which was dedicated August 29, 1861.\\nPreaching has since been had by various individuals, as\\nstated sui)i)lies.most of the time, paid for by voluntary\\nsul)Sci i} tion.\\nMETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.\\nIMethodism did not proljably make much progress in\\nChester before 1800.\\nIn 1802 the Congregational i)arish voted to give in Levi\\nHolt s tax, and not tax him in future, provided he should\\npay for the supjiort of tiie ministry in I o])lin.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0380.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL METIIODTST. 349\\n111 March, L ^O William AVllson, -Itli, Johii LocivO, and\\nWidow Mary ]\\\\roorc, presented certilicates tliat lliey beloiiiied\\nto the jMethodist society in Poplin, signed by i)avid Batch-\\nelder, deacon.\\nAbout 1807, John Clark came to Chester from San down.\\nlie purchased the farm of Deacon Adam and AVilliam AVil-\\nson. lie was a Methodist, and he pi-ocured Ihe Kev.\\nGeorge Pickering, a gentleman of Soulhern birth, a man\\nof education, tall, and of gentlemanly appearance, who\\npreached in Mr. Clark s house the first Methodist sermon\\n]n-eached at Long Meadows, prol ably a oout ISOU. Mr.\\nPickering afterwards preached in the Long Meadow meet-\\ning-house. j\\\\Ir. Clark named his oldest son for him.\\nMr. Clark being a man of energy and means, occasion-\\nally procured other preachers, among whom were Rev.\\nJohn Broadhead (who was once a member of Congress),\\nCass, Newhall, and others, who preached in Mr. Clark s\\nhouse, the Kent house and barn, the llerrick house, and\\nschool-house, which then stood near the pond shore.\\nWhen a new school-house was Iniilt, in 1827, at the site\\nof the present one, near the bridge across the Blanchard\\nmill-pond, the question arose whether that should be used\\nby the Methodists. The Rev. Sir. Manning was then\\n])reaching to the Presbyterians, and had a strong antipathy\\nto the Methodists, and said that if they were permitted to\\npreach in it, he never would. The district, however, voted\\nthat it should l)e open for religious and moral meetings,\\nand Mr. Manning was as good as his word, and refused to\\npreach in it.\\nThere was a class formed early, and quarterly meetings\\nheld. In September, 1826, there is an entry in a diary,\\nQuarterly meeting at the Kent place. The old school-\\nhouse would not be sufficiently capacious for such an^occa-\\nsion, as people came from Hooksett, Candia and Chester\\nto those meetings.\\nIn I806 a meeting-house was Iniilt. A subscrij)tion was\\nstarted, and fifteen hundred and seventy-five dollars su!)-\\nscribed, including four hundred bv Mr. Clark. Mr. Clark", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0381.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "f^ilMf\\nf a\\njir \u00e2\u0096\u00a0W,\u00e2\u0084\u00a2l! i ii!\\nI m\\nmi\\nm\\n\\\\i: m^\\ni I\\nj^^r\\nrim", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0382.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL METHODIST. )1\\ntook a contract to furnish a site and Imild a house for two\\nthousand dollars, and whatever it cost more than others\\npaid, he gave.\\nDecember 4th, 1880, B. B. Hall was cla})l\u00c2\u00bboarding tlie\\nextreme top of the eastern gable, standing on a sav.-horse\\nAvhich tipped over and preci})itatcd him to the ground, l)y\\nwhich he was badly injured, but survived.\\nThe house was dedicated July 20, 1827.\\nRev. Mr. Fales was stationed here in 1838, and after-\\nwards Messrs. Quimby, Stearns and Smith, and protracted\\nmeetings mere held, and accessions made. But adilTiculty\\narose between some of the mcml)crs, and they became dis-\\norganized, and for a season meetings were not held, and the\\nold records are lost.\\nSince 1843 the desk has been mostly sn})plied ])y stu-\\ndents from the Biblical Institute at Concord. In 18 8 and\\n1850 the Rev. Joseph Scott, avIio had completed his\\nstudies, supplied, and was a man of talent, radical in his\\nideas, inflexible and persevering in his purjiosc, taking a\\nhigh stand on the temperance and anti-slavery movements,\\nand was active in getting up and sustaining the Band of\\nHope. He joined the New England Conference.\\nThere were twenty-seven church-members in 1850. In\\n1801 there were eighty-four scholars in the Sal)]jatli school.\\nIn 1805 there were forty-one names on the list of members.\\nThe succeeding ministers have been, Messrs. Marsh,\\n1800 Spencer, 18(51 DeForrest,1802 II. B. Copp, from\\nthe Conference, 1803; R. J. Donalson, 1804; A. Folsom,\\nfrom the Conference, 1806.\\nTHE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN CHESTER.\\nThere was a church organized in 1851, liy Rev. Elisha\\nAdams, the Presiding Elder for Dover District, and Rev.\\nJames ]\\\\I. Young, a member of the New Hampshire Con-\\nference, supplying. The same summer a church difice\\nwas erected near the south line of No. 30, 2d P., 2d D., on\\nthe road from Chester to Candia. It was built uudor the", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0383.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "352 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\ndirection of Joscj)!! Smith, Amos Southwick, Samuel M.\\nEdwards, John Maynard, Isaac L. Seavey and Simon\\nHaselton, and dedicated in October. It cost about one\\nthousand dollars.\\nThe following are the names of the preachers who have\\nministered to the church and society\\nJames M. Young, two and one half years Charles U.\\nPunning, tvro years; George M. Hamlin, of the Biblical\\nInstitute, one year Jesse Brown, two years Henry Nut-\\nter, of the New Plampshire Conference, one year C. Henry\\nNewell, of the Biblical Institute, two years Edwin S.\\nChase, one year Charles W. Efarkins, one year Joseph\\nT. Hand, one year; John Keogan, one year; True Whit-\\ntier, one year Ezekiel Stickney, local preacher, one year\\nAbraham Folsom, of the New Hampshire Conference.\\nThe average membership since 1854, has been about\\nsixty.\\nTHE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT.\\nDrunkenness, or intoxication from the use of intoxicat-\\ning liquors, has prevailed since the days of Noah, and has\\nbeen condemned by all good men. From the earliest time\\nin the history of New England there has been legislation to\\nregulate the sale of liquors to prevent drunkenness.\\nBy an act of the General Assemldy of New Hampshire,\\npassed 5th of George II., all taverners, innholdcrs and\\nretailers are required to procure a license. Taverners and\\ninnholders were required to jiay an excise of eight pence\\nper gallon on all wine, rum, and other spirits, and retailers\\nto pay six pence per gallon.\\nBy an act 4th of George II., nobody was allowed to sit\\ntippling more than two hours, nor after ten o clock at\\nnight and no taverner was allowed to trust more than\\nfive shillings, or retailer more than twenty shillings.\\nBy an act passed in 1715, no apprentice or negro was\\nallowed to have any kind of drink without special allow-\\nance of his master nor any other person after ten o clock\\nat night, nor to sit more than two hours, nor to drink to", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0384.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "TEMPERANCE. 353\\ndniiikenness, or other than strangers to remain in any\\ntavern on tlie Lord s day. Tything-nicn were to be chosen\\nto inspect licensed houses, and inform against offenders,\\nand had ])ower to bring them before the next Justice of tlie\\nPeace, without making information, and all persons were\\nrequired to assist them. The number of taverns or ale-\\nhouses in the several towns was limited to, Portsmouth,\\nsix Hampton, three Dover, three Exeter, two New\\nCastle, two Kingston, one, and Newington, one.\\nBy an act paiesed February, 17r)8, it is })rovided that no-\\nbody should be licensed in Londonderry without being\\nrecommended by the selectmen, and not more than three\\ntaverners and three retailers. In ITGl the selectmen of\\nLondonderry petitioned the General Assembly, represent-\\ning that they had not so many taverners and retailers as the\\npublic good required and an act was passed that the Ses-\\nsion might license so many proper persons, well qualified,\\nas will be for the advantage of the public, and no more.\\nA stringent license-law was passed in 1791.\\nAt a meeting of the Haverhill Association, lield at\\nthe house of Rev. Nathan Bradstreet, in Chester, on the\\nsecond Tuesday of June (the 10th), 1812, action was\\ntaken with a view to discountenance the improper use of\\nardent spirits and it was voted that no brother shall be\\ndeemed wanting in generosity or hospitality if he neglects\\nto })rovide ardent spirits for his brethren, when they meet\\nat his house. Rev. Messrs. Smith and Church were also\\nappointed a committee to confer with the Londonderry\\nPresbytery on the subject, and to obtain their cooperation\\nwith them in measures calculated to prevent the intemper-\\nate use of ardent spirits.\\nThe following preamble and rules of conduct were unan-\\nimously adopted at the same time and place.\\nThe Haverhill Association being deeply impressed with\\nthe numerous evils which grow out of the excessive use\\nof spirituous liquors, and feeling themselves to be under\\nsacred obligations to be patterns of sobriety, and to avoid\\nevery appearance of evil, do agree to adopt the following\\ngeneral rules of conduct\\n23", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0385.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "354 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n1. This association agree that they will consider the\\nexhibition of spiritous liquors in their meetings as no part\\nof brotherly entertainment and they agree in common\\ncases of health to wholly refrain in their use.\\n2. The members of this Association, being acquainted\\nwith each other s determination, do decide that a brother\\nof this body shall not be deemed deficient in the rites of\\nhospitality, who omits in ordinary cases to set spiritous\\nliquors before us in our common intercourse, but shall be\\nconsidered as acting a decorous, brotherly and Christian\\npart.\\n3. This Association do agree that they will, in their\\nparochial visits, in their social interviews and circles, in\\ntheir attendance on funeral and marriage solemnities, do\\nall tliey deem consistent with Christian prudence to dis-\\ncountenance and sui)press the common use of ardent spirits.\\n4. This Association, feeling a deep and tender concern\\nfor the temporal and eternal welfare of the people under\\ntheir parochial care, beg leave to solicit their particular at-\\ntention to this important subject. They unitedly and earn-\\nestly recommend, that they would refrain from the use of\\nardent spirits in their friendly social intercourse and in\\nparticular on funeral occasions, when God is calling us to\\nsolemn thoughtfulness, that everything might be avoided\\nwhich tends to weaken the impression and render us less\\nmindful of our latter end. [Congregational Quarterly,\\nApril, 1864, p. 171.]\\nThere was a ]\\\\roral Reform Society formed in Chester,\\nDecember 29, 1814, for the purpose of restraining profan-\\nity. Sabbath-breaking and intemperance. The members\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0were pledged not to drink too much.\\nThese movements were good in themselves they were\\nsetting the face Zion-ward, but being merely local and on a\\nlow standard they did not get the community far that way.\\nI do not know what the Haverhill Association, or any other,\\ndid at their private meetings, Imt I think that long after\\nthis it was a custom, if not an indispensable one, to.have ar-\\ndent spirits at ecclesiastical councils and ordinations, and I\\nknow that it was at funerals and at weddings.\\nIt is pertinent as a matter of history to describe the drink-\\ning usages of the times, and I will not go back of my own\\nrecollection. Chester Avas a farming town, and a large ma-", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0386.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "TEMPERANCE. 355\\njority of the people did not use ardent or distilled liquor\\nconstantly every day, though carpenters, masons and other\\nmechanics expected to be furnished with it. The land sur-\\nveyor could not run a straight line without it, and every\\nfarmer used it during his haying and reaping. On all pub-\\nlic occasions, such as military trainings, raisings, and haul-\\nings, it was universally furnished. A guest was not cordially\\ntreated who had not the decanter placed before him. To\\nget absolutely drunk was disgraceful, but not to get rather\\ntight. At the Long Meadows it was a custom for a por-\\ntion of the men, especially in cold weather, Sunday noon to\\ngo to Captain Wason s bar-room and Avarm the outer man\\nby a good fire, and many of them the inner man with a\\nglass of liquor. I recollect one good deacon who would be-\\ngin to cough as though there was something in his throat,\\nand put one hand on his breast, observing that he did not\\nfeel very well, and reach out the tumbler for a glass of\\nliquor. He apparently had much the same feeling when\\nasked to make a prayer at an evening meeting. He did\\nnot feel well and would rather join with somebody else.\\nThe minister did not live near the meeting-house, and\\nwhen a neighboring minister preached he, and some of the\\ndeacons to keep him company, went into what was called\\nthe session room and had a decanter of liquor placed be-\\nfore them.\\nAt Chester a considerable portion of the congregation re-\\nsorted to Captain Richardson s tavern, and he stood during\\nthe intermission in his bar to serve customers. The same\\nwas true at Derry at Dr. Isaac Thorn s store, and I saw the\\nsame operation at Windham as late as 1832.\\nThen cider was a common drink at the table and in the\\nfield. When a lad, if a neighbor happened in on an errand,\\nI had to draw a mug of cider to treat him with and had\\nto put up half a gallon or a gallon, according to the number\\nof hands, to carry into the field morning and noon. The\\nliquor itself, though drank alone, was supposed to be bene-\\nficial at all seasons and in all temperatures but certain\\nmixtures and preparations were invented to adapt it to the\\nemporature of the occasion.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0387.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "856 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nTo clear the cobwebs from the throat in the morning and\\ngive an appetite for breakfast in summer, green tansy or\\nwormwood was pounded, and the juice squeezed into the\\nliquor. Flip was a favorite drink for cold weather. To\\nmake it, a loggerhead^^ was needed, which was a piece of\\niron about six inches long and an inch square, with a shank\\nor handle about three-eighths thick and two feet long.\\nThis was put into the fire and heated red-hot. A quart\\nmug or pewter quart three-fourths full of malt or hop beer\\nsweetened, and the hot loggerhead thrust in to heat it and\\nmake it foam, when half a pint of rum was poured in, and\\na mug of flip was produced, which was drank quickly while\\nfoaming. In taverns of good business one or more logger-\\nheads were continually in the fire in winter. Take half a\\npint of rum, and add lemon juice to sour and sugar to\\n.fiweeten, and water sufficient, and you had a mug or bowl\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2of punch, good to cool you in hot weather. The rum\\nsweetened and hot water added made sling. Another mix-\\nture was toddy. The rum was put into a glass tumbler\\nand a quantity of loaf sugar added. They had an instru-\\nment called a toddij-stick. It was seven or eight inches\\nlong and about an inch in diameter at the lower end, with\\nwhich they crushed the sugar and stirred it up, and water\\nwas added and a little nutmeg grated in. The ringing\\nnoise of the toddy stick against the sides of the tumbler\\nwas very musical in the ears of the drinker. It was some-\\ntimes poured into a bowl and the bowl filled with milk,\\nwhich was milk-toddy Still another mixture was egg-nogg.\\nOne or more eggs were put into a bowl with sugar. To\\nbeat up and thoroughly mix the eggs and sugar, they used\\na piece of wood about eight inches long, three-quarters of\\nan inch in diameter, with a transverse piece two or three\\ninches long inserted in the lower end. This was taken\\nbetween the palms of the two hands, by rubbing which,\\ngave a revolving motion. The half pint of rum and milk\\nbeing added and mixed, made a bowl of egg-nogg.\\nDuring the war of V6V1 spirits were very dear, and dis\\ntilleries were erected and potatoes were distilled and po-", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0388.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "TEMPERANCE. 357\\ntato whisky was produced, which was a very nauseous ar-\\nticle, but was drank with avidity by confirmed topers, and\\nmore or less l)y all. The great wonder is, that all were not\\ndrunkards. 1 do not suppose that the people of the Long\\nMeadows were very nuich worse than other peojile.\\nThe store-keepers had license to retail spirituous li(iuors,\\nbut not in less quantities than one pint, and that not to 1)0\\ndraidv on the premises but all the traders in town, I think,\\nexcepting John Bell, did sell by the glass. Capt. Benj.\\nFitts did a large business at shoeing oxen, and it was a\\nciHtom for every owner of the oxen shod to go to Swcet-\\nser s store and get a pint of New England rum, which\\nmade the shop the resort of loafers.\\nAt a town meeting held April 28, 1817, the selectmen\\nwere instructed to prosecute all persons who should violate\\nthe law relating to retailers.\\nAt the June session of the Governor and Council in\\n1817, Samuel D. Wason, who had commanded the militia\\ncompany at the Long Meadows, was promoted to the office\\nof major. He called out the company to fdl the vacancy\\nand treated the company and spectators to as much punch\\nas they would drink. Among the spectators were some of\\nthe most respectable men of the parish, including church\\nmembers and deacons. They did not keep the pledge of\\nthe Moral Reform Society, but many of them were a good\\ndeal intoxicated. The next Sunday the Rev. Clement\\nParker delivered a discourse advocating total abstinence\\ninstead of moderate drinking, maintaining that ardent\\nspirit was entirely useless that a man could do more work\\nwithout it than with it. This is the first discourse, so far\\nas 1 know or believe, ever delivered taking so high a\\nground. It caused a great deal of talk. One old man\\nasked for its publication, saying that he wished the world\\nto know how great a fool Mr. Parker was. Young men\\nsaid that it was the greatest folly to suppose that a man\\ncould work at haying and harvesting without rum, and that\\nso long as they were able to purchase a gallon of rum they\\nwould have it. It is possible that Mr. Parker s practice", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0389.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "858 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nwas not always as good as his preaching, but the writer\\nwas a convert, and has never tasted ardent spirit since.\\nThere were two other young men who soon after abandoned\\nits use, David Currier and Pike Chase and there is one\\nman in town over seventy years of age (Amherst Coult)\\nwho never drank any.\\nSince the foregoing was written a book has come to hand\\nentitled History of Temperance in Saratoga County,\\nwhich gives an account of forming a temperance society\\nthere on the principle of total abstinence, in 1808, which,\\nthough not relating to the history of Chester, may be in-\\nteresting to preserve. The prime mover was Dr. Billy J.\\nClarke, who was born at Northampton, Mass., Jan. 4, 1778,\\nand removed with his father, first to Williamstown, Mass.,\\nthen to Powiial, Yt., where his father kept a store, and Billy\\nwas a clerk, dealing out liquors, against which his moral\\nsense revolted, and he studied medicine, and commenced\\npractice in Moreau, Saratoga county, N. Y. At the winter\\nterm of the Court of Common Pleas, at Ballstown, in\\n1808, he attempted to organize a County Temperance Soci-\\nety, but it was regarded by both bar and bench as visionary\\nand impracticable. But on a stormy night in March, 1808,\\nafter a day of toil, visiting his patients, and wet and mud-\\ndy, he entered the parsonage and accosted its occupant,\\nRev. Leblieus Armstrong, and said, Sir We shall become\\na community of drunkards unless something is done\\nspeedily to arrest the progress of intemperance. Dr.\\nClarke personally solicited a meeting of his ncighliors,\\nwhich was convened at Mawney s tavern, April 13, 1808, at\\nwhich time it was resolved to form a temperance society,\\nand that the members of this meeting wholly abstain\\nfrom all spirituous liquors. There are thirteen names re-\\ncorded as members. The book gives a biographical notice\\nof Dr. Billy J. Clarke, Rev. Lebbeus Armstrong, Hon.\\nGardner Stow, and James Mott, the only survivors of the\\noriginal members when the book was printed, in 1855.\\nBut liquor continued to be drank to great excess. About\\nthe first of December, 1821, a new store was opened, and", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0390.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "TEMPERANCE. OoU\\nby way of dedication, the owner treated free of charge, all\\nwho called on a certain day. One individual imbibed rather\\nfreely, and bought a jugful to carry home, but he never\\narrived there, having been found dead in the road the next\\nmorning. At the funeral it was tliought that some of the\\nfamily were not as sober as they should be. This aroused\\nthe Rev. Mr. Arnold to preach and talk against intenijicr-\\nance. Things however went on in the old track. In\\n182G, Dr. Lyman Beecher })rcached his six sermons against\\nintem[)erance, which were printed and widely distributed.\\nNearly if not the first organized movement on the\\nprinciple of total abstinence was at Andover, Mass. The\\nRev. Jonathan Clement, afterwards of Chester, who v.as\\nthen a teacher in the academy there, was one of the\\nfirst to sign the pledge. Tlie first organized action in\\nChester was in 1829. Dr. Justin Edwards, one of the\\nformers of the first society, came to Chester and spoke on\\nthe subject. A call was issued for a meeting to consider\\nthe subject. One deacon refused to sign the call on the\\nground that a little did him good, and he did not wish to\\ndeny himself of a good thing because others abused it.\\nHe, however, afterwards signed the pledge and became a\\nwarm advocate of the cause. H(^said that he found all of\\nthe drunkards in town hanging to his skirts. The meet-\\ning was held and a society formed, pledging its members\\nto total abstinence from all distilled liquors. I have\\nnot been able to find the records of that society. But\\nmeetings were held and the pledge was circulated, and the\\ncommunity were aroused as never before on the subject.\\nAmong other things encjuiries were addressed to tlie retail-\\ners as to the quantity they sold, and the result was that\\nabout ten thousand galluns of New England rum were re-\\ntailed in Chester that year, at a cost of at least four thou-\\nsand dollars, besides the West India rum, gin, etc.\\nIn April, 1835, the Session of the Presbyterian cliuroli\\npassed a preamble and resolution, adopting a pledge to\\nabstain from ardent spirits as a drink, and requesting the\\npresent members of the church to sign it, and requiring its", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0391.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "360 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nsignature l)y all candidates for admission. (See History of\\nthe Presl)ytcrian Church, in this work.)\\nThere was an idea prevalent tliat the whole evil lay in\\ndistilled liquors, and that it was best rather to encourage\\nthe use of fermented liquors as a remedy, rather than a part\\nof the disease. But the idea was soon found to be falla-\\ncious, and the most active friends of the movement changed\\ntheir base, and adopted a pledge of abstinence from all in-\\ntoxicating liquors. A society was formed and a constitution\\nadopted on that basis at Chester, Feb. 13, 1838, called the\\nChester Washington Total Abstinence Society. There\\nare the names of ninety-one males and one hundred and\\nseventy-four females attached to the pledge.\\nMarch 17,1858, another society, called the Chester To-\\ntal Abstinence Society, was formed, and the pledge circu-\\nlated by a committee of females, and the names of two\\nhundred and twenty-nine males and two hundred and fifty-\\nsix females are attached to the ])ledge.\\nIn April, 1849, the Auburn Total Abstinence Society\\nwas formed. Tlie pledge was afterwards circulated by a\\ncommittee of females, and the names of eighty-one males\\nand one hundred and one females are attached to it. These\\nfemale committees were ets which caught quite a number\\nwho did not stay caught.\\nIn the winter of 1858 and 59, Auburn was canvassed\\nhy Rev. James Holmes and Rev. Joseph Scott, meetings\\nheld in the different school-houses, and names of children\\nup to sixteen years of age ol)tained to a pledge to abstain\\nfrom all intoxicating liquors, tobacco, and the use of pro-\\nfane language. Jan. 18, 1859, they were organized into\\nthe Auburn Band of Hope. There are the names of\\none hundred and fifty-eight males and one hundred and\\nthirty-seven females attached to the pledge.\\nTHE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT.\\nIn order to duly appreciate the formation of an anti-\\nslavery society it will be necessary, for the benefit of those\\nnot acquainted with the history of the time, to relate some", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0392.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT. 361\\nfacts showing the state of pulilic opinion on the snbject at\\nthe time. Very nearly everybody, Sonth as well as North,\\nhad professed to believe slavery to be a great evil, some\\ntime and in some way to come to an end. Benjamin Lundy\\nhad advocated gradual emancipation without malcing any\\ndisturbance. But when Mr. Garrison started the Liber-\\nator, January 1st, 1831, advocating immediate and uncon-\\nditional emancipation, without compensation or expatria-\\ntion, it produced a great excitement through the whole\\ncountry. The excitement was at its height in 1835. Tlie\\nAmerican people have never been so well united on any\\nquestion as that al)olition must be put down. The most\\neminent saints and the most eminent sinners were for once\\nunited. The jarring sectarians for the time forgot the\\nother heresies in view of the greater one that the ^egro\\nwas a man within the meaning of the golden rule. Eccles-\\niastical l)odies passed resolutions denouncing abolition, and\\nreligious newspapers and theological quarterlies published\\nlong and labored articles defending slavery from the Bible.\\nThe most conflicting and contradictory reasons were brought\\nagainst emancipation. In one breath the negroes were a\\nlazy and indolent race, and if free would either live by\\ntheft or starve in the next they would all come North and\\nwould come into competition with white laborers and wages\\nwould be down to the starving point. One moment God\\nhimself had made such a line of demarcation between the\\nraces that civilization or education or religion itself could\\nnot remove it that they could never dwell together in\\npeace and the next moment that if emancipated universal\\namalgamation of the races would ensue.\\nOctober 20th, 1835, the Rockingham Western Confer-\\nence met at Candia, and Stephen Chase was a delegate and\\non the business committee, and l)rought forward a resolution\\nsaying that it was the duty of Christians to examine every\\nmoral question and engage in every right one. It was ad-\\nmitted, with the supposition that it meant temperance\\nmerely but when it was found to mean a)jolition also, it\\nthrew the Conference into a great excitement. One mem-", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0393.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "362 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nber, generally very quiet, said that if this question was to\\nhe mooted in the Conference lie would leave it. The minis-\\nter of Candia (who was one of tlie business committee and\\nhad consented to the introduction of the resolution) se-\\nverely rebuked Mr. Chase in private, saying, You\\nknew I did not want my people to hear one word on the\\nsubject.\\nMembers of the Londonderry Presbytery argued by the\\nhour in favor of taking evidence to convict a minister of\\nsaying something derogatory to the doctrine of a particular\\nelection, because it was against the standards of our\\nchurch, and then opposed the passage of a very weak\\nmilk-and-water anti-slavery resolution, because it was de-\\nrogatory not to the standards alone, but to the church\\nitself. The resolution, however, passed, and the editor of the\\nNew Hampshire Observer, the Congregational paper, re-\\nfused to publish it. At the meeting of the General Associa-\\ntion at Plymouth in 1835, a request was made that they hear\\nGeorge Thompson of England, on Anti-Slavery. The mo-\\ntion was negatived by Dr. Church saying, We won t hear\\none word on the subject.\\nMr. Thompson went to Concord and took lodgings with\\nGeorge Kent, and was there mobbed. The Observer\\napologized for the mob, saying that they only wanted a\\nlittle sport. The Statesman said that it was as harm-\\nless as a military muster. The Patriot contradicted\\nboth, saying that it was the determination of the people of\\nConcord that the Abolitionists should not be heard there.\\nThe politicians were equally devoted to stopping the\\nheresy as the ministers, the heresy that a negro is a man\\nwithin the meaning of the Declaration of Independence.\\nIn Concord they held a great meeting, and Isaac Hill,\\nthe very soul of Democracy in New Hampshire, and Dea-\\ncon Samuel Fletcher, a leading Whig, stood shoulder to\\nshoulder and made speeches.\\nIn Portsmouth they also held a meeting, at which Abner", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0394.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT. 363\\nGreenlc.if, the quintessence of Democracy, and a leading\\nWhig, Mr. Hackett, I think, valiantly faced the enemy.\\nAugust 21, 1735, there was an immense gathering at\\nFaneuil Hall, in Boston, and great s[ eeches made to put\\ndown the heresy. This resulted in a great mob, October 2]\\n1835, of five tliousand gentlemen of property and standing\\nto quell a meeting of tlic Female Anti-slavery Society, com-\\nposed of thirty or forty inolTunsive women! Like meetings\\nwere held in all the principal cities and villages.\\nThe abolition heresy did not take much root in Chester\\nuntil 1834. About the first of January of that year a copy\\nof the declaration of the convention which formed the Amer-\\n.ican Anti-slavery Society strayed into town. Mr. Henry\\nAbbot, who owned the Dinsmore saw-mill, had the Lib-\\nerator that year, and the leaven spread. Early in 1835,\\nthe Herald of Freedom was started in Concord, and\\nsome half-a-dozen copies were taken in town.\\nSeptember 12th, 1835, a meeting was called at the Pres-\\nbyterian meeting-house to discuss the subject of slavery.\\nThe Rev. Mr. Clement had a special invitation to attend.\\nBut a few weeks before he had preached at Haverhill, and\\nthe Rev Samuel J. May preached to the Unitarians and\\nwas to deliver a lecture in the Christian Union Chapel in\\nthe evening Mr. Clement went to the meeting, but it was\\nentirely broken up by the mob outside throwing stones and\\ngravel against tlie windows, breaking the glass. A loaded\\ncannon was being drawn to the spot, to add to the noise of\\nthe mob, if nothing more, and it was understood to have\\nbeen the intention to have removed the stairs leading into\\nthe chapel, so that those inside rushing out should be\\nplunged headlong some eight feet. Mr. Clement deemed\\ndiscretion the better part of valor, and declined. Rev. Mr.\\nSargent had agreed with the Rev. Mr. Pcckham for an ex-\\nchange to hav C him speak at the meeting, Init he deemed it\\nprudent to stay at home. The meeting, however, Avas held,\\nand a society formed.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0395.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "364 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nA preamble and constitution drawn up by Stephen Chase\\nwere adopted. The following are the leading articles\\nBelieving that slaveholding is a sin against God, as\\nwell as a violation of the dc^irest rights of man, and that its\\ncontinuance involves the dissolution of the Union, tlie insur-\\nrection of slaves, and curse of God upon our country; and\\nfeeling it our duty unitedly to remonstrate against it, we\\nhave formed ourselves into a society, to be governed by the\\nfollowing constitution.\\nArt. 2. The object of this society shall be to enlighten\\nthe public mind on the subject of slavery, and if possible to\\npersaiade the slaveholder to emancipate his slaves.\\nArt. 3. This society will never advise or countenance\\na resort to force, but will use for the accomplishment of its\\nobject those means, and those only, which are sanctioned by\\nthe Constitution and Laws of our country.\\nOne would hardly, at first sight, see in the above either\\ntreason or inlidolity, but it was held to contain both. The\\nconstitution was signed by those present, and officers\\nelected B. Pike Chase, president Isaac Hall, vice-pres-\\nident; Amos Chase, secretary; Benjamin Cliase, treasurer.\\nThe constitution was afterwards circulated through the\\ntown, and there are now the names of fifty-one males and\\nsixty-one females attached to it. Little more was done by\\ntlie society tlian electing officers and sending delegates to\\nthe various cou^entions. The following extracts from the\\nTreasurer s report show aljout what was done.\\nEarly in the season of 1835 your Treasurer, on his\\nprivate account, ordered a few publications of the A. A. S.\\nS., for distribution, and in the summer extended the num-\\nber to six Emancipators, sixteen Human Rights, forty Anti-\\nSlavery Records, and forty-eiglit Shive s Friends. Tlie pub-\\nlications were distributed in this town, and more or less in\\nthe following towns Candia, Raymond, Poplin, Brentwood,\\nExeter, Plaistow, Haverhill, Hampstead, Hooksett, Man-\\nchester iind Goffstown. Several individuals contributed to-\\nAvards the expense of the publications.\\nThe Kinancipator was a large-sized paper the\\nHuman Rights, a half-sheet pa})er the Anti-Slavery\\nRecord, a large tract; Tbe Slave s Friend, a small one\\nfor children, printed montlUy.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0396.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY, 365\\n111 Marcli, 1886, four individuals, members of this\\nsociety, namely, John Clark, Amos Chase, Bcnja. Chase,\\nand Stephen Chase, engaged to sustain one twenty-fifth jtart\\nof the Herald of Freedom, which was issued at a very\\nlow price to subscribers, and distril\u00c2\u00bbuted gratuitously to some\\nextent, and upon the settlement of the accounts were as-\\nsessed in the sum of lifty dollars, or twelve dollars and\\ntwenty-five cents each, which has been paid.\\nIn January, 1837, when the Rev. Mr. Root lectured in\\nthis place, a collection was taken up in belialf of the\\nA. A. S, S., amounting to ten dollars and seventy-five\\ncents, which was paid over to ]\\\\Ir. Root. Two other indi-\\nviduals gave liiiii one dollar each.\\nOne hundred of the A. S. Almanack for 1838 has been\\npurchased by Mr. Wm. B. Paine, which are in a course of\\ndistribution.\\nJuly 4th, 1837, the Rev. T. H. Miller, of Portsmouth,\\ndelivered an address on slavery in the Baptist meeting-\\nhouse.\\nCHAPTER XIV.\\nTHE MILITARY HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nThe first military law passed in New Hampshire was in\\n1718. All the means of knowing about the military organ-\\nization in Chester is the titles prefixed to the names of the in-\\nhabitants. The first found on our records was in 1731. Sam-\\nuel Ingalls has the title of captain Ebenezer Dearborn of\\nlieutenant and Jacob Sargent of ensign which is prob-\\nably nearly as early as there was any military organization.\\nThomas Smith is lieutenant in 1732 John Tolford is\\ncaptain, and Thomas Wells lieutenant, in 1744 Abel\\nMorse is captain in 1746, and Thomas Wells in 1748\\nThomas Craige is lieutenant, James Yarnuni is ensign,\\nand Robert Calfe sergeant, in 1749 Enoch Colby is also\\nensign, and Ebeii Dearborn, Jr., sergeant, in 1749 Silva-\\nnus Smith lieutenant, in 1752 Samuel Robic in 1753", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0397.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "36.6 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nand Benaiah Colby in 1756 and Jonathan Blunt captain\\nthe same year. John Lane was appointed cornet of the\\nninth troop of the first regiment of cavalry, commanded\\nby Col. John Downing, September ITtli, 1754, by Benning\\nWentworth John Tolford is major, and Andrew Jack\\nlieutenant, in 1757 James Shirley is captain, and James\\nQuentan ensign, in 1750. Henry Hall is ensign in 1761\\nt Sam. Robie captain in 1764 Robert Wilson lieutenant in\\nI 1765 Captain Underbill, Lieutenant Joseph Basford, and\\n}i Ensign Joseph True, in 1765 Oliver Morse and Henry\\nu Moore lieutenants, and Samuel Hazelton cornet, in 1766\\nRichard Emery major, in 1769 Andrew Jack captain, in\\n1770 Joseph True captain. Lieutenant Witherspoon, in\\n1775 Major French (Jabez), 1774 Hugh Shirley, 1775\\nDavid Witherspoon captain, and James Duiilap lieuten-\\nant, in 1766. Stephen Dearborn had a commission of cap-\\ntain under the king. May 3, 1767 and under Congress,\\nSeptember 5, 1775 major, March 25, 1785 lieutenant-\\ncolonel, April 5, 1793 resigned, September 18, 1800.\\nA militia law was passed, September 19, 1776, enroll-\\ning in train-bands all able-bodied men from sixteen to fifty\\nyears of age exempting nearly all officers, ministers,\\nQuakers, negroes, Lidians, and mulattoes each company\\nto be mustered eight times a year.\\nThen tliere was to be an alarm list, composed of all\\nmale persons from sixteen to sixty-five years of age not in-\\ncluded in the train-band, Avith some exceptions, if of suffi-\\ncient ability, to be inspected twice a year. The captains of\\nthe alarm list by custom had a brevet title of colonel.\\nThere was to be a military watch kept by those belonging\\nto the train-band and alarm list, under the direction of the\\ncommissioned officers of the town.\\nIn looking over the rolls of the men in the French and\\nIndian wars from 1745 to 1760, in the Adjutant-General s\\nReport, vol. ii., 1866, I find the following Chester names,\\nalthough it is not certain that tlicy were all Chester men\\nand some Chester men may have been overlooked.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0398.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "MILITARY FRENCH WAR. 307\\nIn the winter of 1745-G, Captain John Goffe had a com-\\npany of thirty-seven men scouting the woods on snow-shoes,\\nof which Samuel Brown was a sergeant under Jeremiah\\nClough, Ilcnry Ervine under Andrew Todd scouting at\\nCanterbury, 174G, Archibahl Miller, Adam Wilson, Wil-\\nliam McMaster, John Grimes and James Wilson. Adam\\nWilson and Archil)ald ^liller afterwards lived in Chester,\\nbut j)robably went from Londonderry.\\nCaptain Daniel Ladd s company, at Canterbury, 1746\\nEnoch Rowel, Zc1)edee Berry, Paul Healey, Samuel Moore,\\nand John Nutt William Presson and Henry Ervine, July\\nto December, 1746 Samuel Moore again in 1747. Daniel\\nFoster (lived near Martin s Ferry) was in Eastman s com-\\npany. Under Moses Foster at Suncook, John Moore, John\\nCarr. John Webster was lieutenant in John Goffe s scout-\\ning party in 1748 he might have been Col. Webster of\\nClicster. He was afterwards captain and raised a scout\\nof twenty men, and none of them Chester men it is prob-\\nal)lc tliat he was not tlie man. In what way the men com-\\n})Osing these scouts were raised, whether by voluntary en-\\nlistment or impressment, or both, I do not know.\\nIt has been seen tliat in 1747 the town voted to petition\\nthe Governor and Council to stop, and save any more\\nmen being sent out of the town into the service, and to\\nhave a suitable number of men kept in the service in our\\nown town. In 1748 there were petitions sent from differ-\\nent parts of the town to the captains, and by John Tolford\\nand Thomas Wells to the Governor and Council for men\\nl)ut probal)ly Chester never had any direct aid. (See 1747\\nand 1748 in the history.)\\nIn the expedition against the French Forts, DuQuense,\\nNiagara and Crown Point, in the winter of 1755, New\\nHanij shire furnished a regiment of six hundred men, un-\\nder Col. Joseph Blanchard, in which the following Chester\\nnames appear: Joseph Morril, Daniel Martin, Caleb Dal-\\nton, Robert Gordon, John Shackford, Nathan Morse, Saml.\\nTowle, Samuel Emerson (son of Saml. Emerson, Esq., died\\nat Albany, Nov. 17, 1755), Rol)ert Kennedy, John Rowe,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0399.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "368 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nJohn Craig, Saml. Dudley, James Eaton, John Hall, clerk,\\n(might have been the first town clerk of Derryfield,) Ithiel\\nGordon, James Fulerton, Sam l Daulton, Reuben Towl,\\nCurtis Bean, John Dalton, Jonas Clay, William Aiken,\\nRobert Witherspoon, William Wilson, Daniel Wilson,\\nJames Aiken, John Gage, Nathaniel Ethcrage.\\nFor the expedition against Crown Point in 1756, New\\nHampshire raised a regiment of seven hundred men, under\\nthe command of Col. Nathaniel Meserve, of Portsmouth, in\\nthe roll of which the following Chester names appear\\nJesse McFarland, William McMaster, John Nutt, Robert\\nGordon, Francis Towle, Joseph Dudley, John McClellan,\\nBenja. Fuller, William Baker, Gideon Rowel, Ben. Bachel-\\nder, James Shirley.\\nIn 1757 New Hampshire furnished a regiment of five\\nhundred men for the Crown Point expedition. Chester\\nnames Robert Kennedy, Hugh Quinton, John Carr, Sam-\\nuel Towle, sergeant, Paul Healey, corporal, Benj. Bachel-\\nder, Edmund Elliott, Ebenezer Eaton, Samuel Hazelton,\\nAmos Merril, Jonathan Towle, Stephen Dearborn.\\nThe sixth company was commanded by Richard Emery.\\nRichard Emery, of Chester, married Mary Blunt, 1765, and\\nis styled major in Chester records in 1767. The Kenne-\\ndys might have been Goffstown men, and the Chester Dal-\\ntons did not spell their names Daulton.\\nIn August, 1757, a reinforcement was sent to Charles-\\ntown No. 4, which served until November. Timothy Foss,\\nDavid Webster, David Hill, Samuel Dalton, Isaiah Rowe,\\nBenja. Fuller and Samuel Brown are Chester names.\\nThere was a company sent in 1757 to garrison Fort\\nWilliam and Henry. Chester names Benjamin Libley,\\nStephen Marden and Nathl. Rand.\\nIn 1758 another regiment was sent to Crown Point, in\\nwhich Samuel Towle is second lieutenant, and several\\nChester names before mentioned and James Clay, Benja.\\nCurrier, Nath l Wood, Hugh Quinton, Thomas Wason, John\\n^lills, Joseph Linn, Mathew Templeton, Hugh Shirley, Rob-\\nert McKinley, Oliver Morse, second lieutenant of the eighth", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0400.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY. 369\\ncompany, Joshua Prcscott, Ezekicl Morse and Juhii\\nQuiiuby.,\\nIn 1700 a regiment was raised to invade Canada. John\\nGoffe was colonel, and Richard Emery, probaljly of Ches-\\nter, major. Hugh Quinton, David Weathcrspoon, James\\nGraham, Archibald McDaffee, Robert McKinley, James\\nQuinton, Hugh Shirley, Robert Wasson, James Weather-\\nspoon, Samuel Hascltihe, David Webster, Jacob Basford\\n(died), Ebenezer Basford, Jonas Clay, David Craige, Jona-\\nthan Emerson, (son of Samuel Emerson, Esq., died at Crown\\nPoint, November Tth, 1760,) John Gage, Samuel Ingalls,\\nJohn Karr, John Seavey, Titus Wells, Jacob Griffin, Stephen\\nWebster, John Mills, Jacob Quimby, Nathaniel Maxfield\\nand Nathaniel Rand were from Chester.\\nBesides the foregoing found on the rolls, it is said that\\nMatthew, son of Samuel Gault, was an officer, and died at\\nCape Breton, 1759. His will was proved August, 1759.\\nWilliam Otterson,the grandfather of the Hooksett Ottersons,\\nis said to have been in the army and drowned in crossing\\nLake Champlain in 1760. It has also been said that Abra-\\nham Morse was in the French war, and that Elijah Pills-\\nl)ury was liefore Quebec when Wolfe was killed. lie prob-\\nably enlisted at Newbury. Wells Chase went from New-\\nbury a campaign under Governor Shirley to Norridgcwock\\nin 1754, and was hi the battle of Ticonderoga in 1758.\\nArchibald McDuffee was in the French war. The king\\nissued a proclamation, dated Feb. 19, 1754, offering certain\\nbounties in land to such officers and soldiers as should en-\\nter his service against the French and another proclama-\\ntion, dated Oct. 7, 1763, ordering the land for the New\\nEngland states to be laid off in the state of Virginia, about\\none hundred miles above the mouth of the Ohio river. In\\n1816, James Miltimore, of Windham, came along and pro-\\ncured powers of attorney from the Chester soldiers, among\\nwhom were Wells Chase, Robert McJIinley, Matthew Tem-\\npleton and Archibald McDuffee, empowering liim to re-\\ncover and sell the lands, and gave bonds back to i)ay them\\none half of all that he should receive. I think nothing fur-\\nther was Iieard about it.\\n2i", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0401.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "370 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nThe news of the battle at Lexington spread with amazing\\nrapidity. Nathaniel Emerson received the news at mid-\\nniglit at Candia, and aroused the people, and drummer\\nDavid Hill beat up for recruits, and Moses Dustin is said to\\nliave been the first to fall in, and he served through the\\nwar. They soon raised a squad, which soon started for\\nthe scene of the war. Probably more than half the able-\\nbodied men started, with such arms as they had and with\\nsuch conveyance as was at hand, and went to Cambridge,\\nthe headquarters of the army.* A portion of the men en-\\nlisted, and the rest returned home. So far as the action of\\nthe town of Chester is concerned, by votes in town-meet-\\ning, it has been given in the history of those years. The\\narmy rolls, and other papers relating to the war, are con-\\ntained in eleven large volumes in the Adjutant-General s\\noffice. The matter is very voluminous and difficult to\\narrange, and I know of no better way than to give the rolls\\ncontaining Chester men, always including Candia and Ray-\\nmond, designating the respective towns, Chester A, Candia\\nand Raymond C, so far as practicable. I will also sup-\\nply any seeming deficiencies by documents or tradition.\\nAccording to the Report of the Adjutant-General, 1866,\\nvol. 2, New Hampshire had three regiments in 1775 the\\nfirst commanded by John Stark the second by Enoch\\nPoor; the third by James Reid. Stark s and Reid s were\\nstationed at Medford, and were at Bunker Hill and Col.\\nPoor remained on duty at home. The tenth company of\\nthe third regiment was commanded by Hezekiah Hutch\\nins, and Amos Emerson of Chester was lieutenant and\\nthe names of David Currier, Josiah Morse, Peter Severance,\\nThomas Wilson and Samuel Moore appear on the roll.\\nCapt. David Sliaw says that William Gross, his mother s\\nhalf brother, was in the Bunker Hill battle, under Emer-\\nson. There were two other men known to be in the battle\\nwhose names I have not found, Caleb Hall, who went\\ndown at the time of Lexington battle and enlisted, and\\nDea. John Hills of Candia, who, while lying behind the\\nSee page 132.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0402.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY. 371\\nrail fence stuffed with hay, had a hall strike his foot, which\\nhe picked up, and not fitting his gun, he brought it home.\\nThere is a letter from Parker Morse to Dea. Hills extant,\\ndirected to him as belonging to Hutchins company at Mys-\\ntic. Some of the men who went down at that time and\\nstaid, might have enlisted in Massachusetts regiments, be-\\nfore the New Hampshire ones were organized.\\nCHESTER. IIEZEKIAII IIUTCniNS COMPANY.\\nSimon Merril, A, Joseph Spillad, A,\\nWilliam Shannon, David Currier, A,\\nJoseph Smith, A, Thomas Wilson, B,\\nSaml. Brown, A, John Lane, Jr.. A,\\nJames Gross, A, John Tucker, C,\\nPeter Severance, A, John Lane, 3d, C,\\nSaml. Morse, Simon Norton, A,\\nReuben Sanborn, A, James Randal, C,\\nJosiah Morse, Jr., A, William Randal, C.\\nThose from Chester are marked A, Candia, B, and Ray-\\nmond, C, and the uncertain are left unmarked.\\nIn the selectmen s accounts for the year 1776, there are\\nthe following items charged\\nPaid Joseph Linn, Hugh Cromby, Andrew Aiken, John\\nVance, Alexander Wetherspoon, Timothy Lunt, Jeams\\nCraft, their wages for service done at Medford.\\nPaid Joseph Louge, Samuel Webster and Benj. Long,\\nfor service done at Medford.\\nIn 1775 there is a charge for pork sent to Cambridge,\\n\u00c2\u00a36 7s. 5d.\\nPaid to Maj. Jabez French money that we hired to sup-\\nport the Delegates that went to Philadelphia, \u00c2\u00a39 8s. 6d.\\nThere are also charges for blankets, and for numbering\\nthe people.\\nPhilip Tilton, captain, Jacob Webster, lieutenant, both\\nof Raymond, and John Tilton, second lieutenant, of San-\\ndown, were the officers of the third company, second reg-\\niment, June 12, 1775, and Caleb Richardson s name is on\\nthe roll.\\nThere is a pay-roll of Capt. Nathan Brown s company,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0403.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "372\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nDavid Gilman s regiment, April 10, 1776, in which are\\nChester names: Nathaniel Blasdel, James McFarland, John\\nShannon, John Lane, Reuben Hall, Zachariah Butterfield,\\nJacob Lane, William Shannon, Theophilus Lovereign of\\nRaymond, Hugh Crombie, James Aiken.\\nJuly, 1776. A roll of Capt. Joseph Dearborn s company.\\nNo. 6 in Col. Wyman s regiment, in the Continental service\\nagainst Canada, as mustered and paid by John Dudley,\\nEsq., muster-master and paymaster of said company\\nJoseph Dearborn, Capt., A,\\nDavid Wetkersiioon, Lieut., A,\\nMathias Haines, Private, C,\\nWilliam Leatch, A,\\n-Samuel Webster, A,\\nJeremiah Ricliardson, A,\\nJcremiali Towle, A,\\nThomas Wells, A,\\niSamuel Dinsmore, A, died,\\nAnthony Towle, A,\\nGideon Currier, A,\\nJohn Knowles, A,\\nRichard Payne,\\nJoseph Knowles, Jr., A,\\nJosiah Wells, A.,\\nJohn Roberts, C,\\nThomas Wason, B,\\nJohn Wason,\\nNathan Lane, C, d. Sep. 2G,\\nIsrael Gritfin,\\nBenjamin Cass, B,\\nJohn Prescott,\\nMoses Hills, A,\\nPeter Moore s, B,\\nJoshua Moores, B,\\nEnoch Colby, B,\\nJacob Cliftbrd, B,\\nObadiah Hall, A,\\nBenjamin Hall, A or B,\\nJames Aiken, A,\\nJames Bell,\\nJoseph Linn, A,\\nHugh McDuflee, A,\\nMoses McFarland, A,\\nJohn McClellan, A,\\nDavid Taylor,\\nJoseph Hills, Jr., A,\\nEzekiel Morse, C,\\nJohn Batchelder,\\nJohn Leavitt, C,\\nEzekiel Knowles, B,\\nJames Willson, A,\\nJames McFarland, A,\\nJohn Vance, A,\\nEbenezer Collins,\\nAsa Dearborn, A.\\nEach private received ten pounds, four shillings and nine\\npence sum total, six hundred and twenty-nine pounds,\\nnineteen shillings and three pence. Extra wages, paid\\nfour sergeants, viz., William Leatch, Enoch Rowel, B,\\nCalel) Morril and Moses Sanborn, A, eight shillings four\\ncorporals, viz., Anthony Towle, A, Benaiah Colby, A,\\nEzekiel Knowles, B, and Asa Heath, at four shillings each\\nDavid Hill, B, drummer, four shillings.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0404.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY.\\n373\\nMuster and pa}M oll of men in Capt. Samuel McConnel s\\nCompany, Col. David Oilman s regiment, raised out of\\nthe regiment commanded by Col. John Webster to rein-\\nforce the Continental army at New York, and mustered and\\npaid by Col. John Webster, December, 177G\\nEzckiel Wortlien, Lt., A,\\nIchsibod Rc)l)i( Sergt., 1$,\\nJohn Clark, Corporal, B,\\nTiuiotliy Jewel, Private,\\nAbraham Brown,\\nJosiah Forsaith, A,\\nPaul Eaton, B,\\nAmos Knowles, B,\\nJohn Clay, B,\\nDavid Underhill, A,\\nIsaac Blasdel, A,\\nNathaniel Blasdel, A,\\nEllphalet Gordon, C,\\nPeter Severance, A,\\nDaniel Moody, C,\\nDearborn Heath, A.\\nMuster and pay-roll of men raised in Col. Thornton s and\\nCol. Webster s regiment, to serve in Capt. Runnels com-\\npany. Col. Thomas Tasker s regiment, September 26, 1776.\\nThis company was raised from the Londonderry and Ches-\\nter regiments. Men from Londonderry marked L, as far\\nas known\\nDaniel Runnels, Capt., L,\\nSamuel Ilaselton, Lt., A,\\nSamuel Buswcll, Ens., B,\\nIchabod Ilobie, B,\\nJames Sharle^^, A,\\nJeremiah Conner, A,\\nCaleb Smith, C,\\nGilman Dudley, C,\\nJohn Berry, A,\\nJonathan Dearborn, A,\\nNicholas Gilman, C,\\nDerbon Ileth, A,\\nWilliam Anderson, B,\\nMoses Turner, B,\\nWilliam Wilson, B,\\nWilliam Moore, A,\\nSamuel Pierce, A,\\nJoseph Presby, A,\\nWilliam Wilson, A,\\nSimon Towle, A,\\nJonathan Undei hill, A,\\nJacob Hills, A,\\nSamuel Hart,\\nBenjamin Ilaseltine, A,\\nJohn Colby, C,\\nJames Eichardson,\\nKobert Wason, B,\\nBracket Towle, A,\\nJohn Shirley, A,\\nDavid Mills, A,\\nSamuel Morse, L,\\nJames Hazard, A,\\nSamuel Dunlap,\\nJosiah Dearborn, A,\\nSamuel Thompson, L,\\nPierce Gage, L,\\nRichard Hall,\\nZibah Kimball, L,\\nJohn Williams, L,\\nJohn McGown, L,\\nJohn Tarbox, L,\\nJames Sprag-ue, L,\\nAbiel Cross, L,\\nArthur Darrah, L,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0405.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "374\\nHISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nHenry Campbell, L,\\nJames Mooreland, L,\\nJohn Morrisson, L,\\nJohn Cochran, L,\\nThomas Wilson, L,\\nGeorge Orr, L,\\nJoseph Caldwell, L,\\nDavid Morrison, B,\\nJohn Ferguson, L,\\nWilliam Moore, A,\\nJohn Clifford, C,\\nJohn Sargent, C,\\nPeter Haselton, A,\\nAlexander,\\nShirley, A,\\nDaniel Whitcher, C,\\nThomas Archibald, L,\\nThomas Wallace, L,\\nJames Cambel, L,\\nSeptember 26, 1776, by John\\nPeter Robinson,\\nSamuel Spear,\\nRobert Morrisson, L,\\nJohn Hughes, L,\\nWilliam Bayers, L,\\nJonathan Holmes, L,\\nJohn Stuart, L,\\nJames Fei guson, L,\\nJoseph Hobbs, L,\\nAndrew Robertson, L,\\nJohn Turner,\\nHumphrey Holt, L,\\nNathan Plummer, L,\\nSamuel Tasker, L,\\nRobert Wilson, B,\\nRobert Boid, L,\\nMathew Dickey, L,\\nElijah Town, L,\\nStephen Donald, L.\\nWebster.\\nChester and Londonderry probably belonged to one regi-\\nment up to 1775.\\nIn Raymond records, June 15, 1775,\\nVoted, to impower John Dudley, Esq., with some other\\npersons, to nominate suitable persons for field officers for\\nthe regiment that did belong to Col. Thornton s regiment.\\nVoted unanimously that they are willing fliat the said\\nregiment should be divided into two regiments.\\nPay-roll of Capt. Stephen Dearborn s company, Thomas\\nStickney s regiment, in Gen. Stark s brigade, which com-\\npany marched from Chester, in the State of New Hamp-\\nshire, and joined the Northern Continental army, 1777,\\nfrom July 19 to September 18\\nStephen Dearborn, Capt., A,\\nEzekiel Lane, Lieut., C, killed,\\nJohn Lane, Jr., 2d Lieut., A, ad-\\nvanced to 1st Lt., Aug. 16,\\nRobert Wilson, Ensign, A, ad-\\nvanced to 2d Lt., Aug. 16,\\nAndrew Aiken, Scrgt., A, ad-\\nvanced to Ensign, Aug. 16,\\nNathl. Maxfield, B,\\nIchabod Robie, B,\\nEbenezer Dearborn, A,\\nDavid Currier, A,\\nJoseph Brown, A,\\nJosiah Gordon, A,\\nSherburne Dearborn, A,\\nRobert Din more, A,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0406.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY.\\n375\\nJoseph Cass, Sergt.,B,\\nBracket Towle, Sergt., A,\\nThomas Dearborn, Sergt., B,\\nJohn UnderhHl, Sergt., A., ad-\\nvanced to Sergt. Aug. 16,\\nBenja. Fellows, Corp.,\\nLevi Ssvain, Corp., C,\\n\\\\l David Underhill, Corp., A,\\nRobert Rowe, private. A, ad-\\nvanced to Corp. Aug. 16,\\nIsrael Cliilbrd, private, B,\\nNatlianiel Grillin, A,\\nJose[)h Peavey,\\nJohn Ganimet, B,\\nDaniel Allen, A,\\nJohn Blake,\\nMoses Leavit, C,\\nMoses Webster, Jr., A,\\nJosiah Hall, A,\\nDavid Perkins,\\nBenjamin Smith, B,\\nEnoch Osgood, C,\\nSamuel Robie, A,\\nSimon Towle, A,\\nAnthony Cliflbrd, B,\\nJohn Patten, A,\\nJames McFarlaiid, A,\\nJames Presby, A,\\nJoseph White, A,\\nStephen Fogg, C,\\nJacob Chase, A,\\nSamuel Hills, A,\\nWilliam Towle,\\nJacob Elliot, A,\\nJames Richardson, A,\\nDavid Patten, A,\\nMoses Webster, A,\\nBenjamin Haseltiue, A,\\nIsaac Blasdel, A,\\nSinkler Fox,\\nWm. Pattredge Fox,\\nJona. Bachelor,\\nDaniel Todd, C,\\nAmos Kimball, A,\\nJoseph Rollins,\\nSamuel Fogg, C,\\nSamuel Moore, B,\\nSamuel Dearborn, B,\\nAmos Knowles, B,\\nJames Libbey, B,\\nBenjamin Eaten, B,\\nBenjamin Wadley, B,\\nPhillip Morse, C,\\nRobert Wilson, Jr.,\\nOliver Smith, B,\\nElisha Thomas,\\nEnoch Colby, B,\\nJohn Bagley, B,\\nJohn Clay, B,\\nMoses Emerson, B,\\nBenjamin Fuller, A,\\nJohn Knowles, A,\\nWilliam Brown, A,\\nWilks AVest, A,\\nThomas Wilson, B,\\nBenjamin Packard,\\nJohn Moore, B, died Aug. 21\\nJohn Elliott, Drummer, A,\\nDavid Hall, A.\\nThis regiment served\\nAugust 16.\\nin the battle of Bennington,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0407.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "!76\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nPay-roll of Captain Moses Baker s company of volun-\\nteers, who marched from Candia, in the State of New\\nHampshire, and joined the Northern Continental army at\\nSaratoga, September, 1777.\\nEntered Sept. 27, discharged Nov. 3.\\nMoses Baker, Captahi, B,\\nAbraham Fitts, Lieutenant, B,\\nJonathan Bagley, Ensign, B,\\nIsaiah Row, Sergeant, B,\\nJoseph Cliflbrd, Sergeant, B,\\nSewall Brown, Private, B,\\nJonathan lling, B,\\nJohn Sargent, B,\\nNathaniel Burpee, B,\\nJacob Clifford, B,\\nBenjamin Hubbart, B,\\nRichard Clough, B,\\nStephen Palmer, B,\\nEnoch Rowell, B,\\nJames Hazard, A,\\nSilas Cammet, B,\\nSamuel Bagiey, B,\\nJohn Hills, B,\\nJesse Eaton, B,\\nBenjamin Whitcher, C,\\nNathan Fitts, A,\\nSamuel Haselton, A,\\nJohn Dearborn, A,\\nJosiah Flagg, A,\\nEdward Robie, A,\\nMoses Haselton, A,\\nStephen Hill, A.\\nPay-roll of Capt. Joseph Dearborn s company, in Col.\\nMoses Nichols regiment; marched to Rhode Island, en-\\ntered Aug. 5, discharged 28th 2 days travel home.\\nJoseph Darbon, Captain, A,\\nBenja. Cass, Lieutenant, B,\\nJacob Wortheu, Ensign, B,\\nJabesh Hoit, Sergeant, A,\\nBenj. Batchelder, Sergeant, B,\\nSamuel Ruuel, Sergeant,\\nEphraim Fitts, Corporal, A,\\nWilks West, A,\\nJohn Wilson, A,\\nCaleb Hall, B,\\nPhilip Morse, C,\\nObed Edom Hall. B,\\nJonathan Camet, B,\\nSilas Camet, B,\\nZebulon AVinslow, Corporal, B, Walter Clay, B,\\nAaron Brown, Corporal, B,\\nBenja. True, Private, A,\\nBenja. Carrier, A.\\nJohn Lane, A,\\nJames Whitten, C,\\nWilliam Mills, A,\\nAsa Dearborn, A,\\nJohn Emerson A,\\nBenja. Haselton, A,\\nJoseph Knowles, A,\\nJames Pierce, A,\\nRobert Runnels, A,\\nAllowance for forty horses at .\u00c2\u00a310 each.\\nHenry Clark, B,\\nJoseph Bean, B,\\nAmos Knowles, B,\\nEnoch Colby, B,\\nCaleb Brown, B,\\nThomas Wilson, B,\\nOliver Smith, B,\\nBurleigh Smith, B,\\nWilliam Shannon, B,\\nSewel Brown, B,\\nJonathan Pilsbury, B.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0408.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY. 377\\n111 the summer of 1778, a brigade was sent from New\\nHampshire to Rliode Island.\\nThere was a company attached to Col. Pcahody s regi-\\nment, of which Daniel Reynols, of Londonderry, was cap-\\ntain, Bracket Towle first lieutenant, and Jacob Elliott\\nsecond lieutenant, a portion of which was from Chester.\\nEntered service June 1, 1778, discharged Jan. 1, 1779\\nWilliiun Moore, Corporal, A, Samuel Shannon, A,\\nJames Ilazzard, Corporal, A, Paul Ilealey, A,\\nJacob Lane, Corporal, C, Jotbro Colby, B,\\nSamuel Robie, Drummer, A, Thomas Shannon, B,\\nDearborn Heath, A, John Shannon, B,\\nIsaac Blasdel, A, c Nath Griffin, A,\\nSamuel llobie, Jr., A, Isaac Colby, killed Aug. 27,\\nMoses Webster, Thomas Morse, C.\\nIn James Aiken s company for Rhode Island, 1778,\\nThomas Shirley, James Otterson, Samuel Davis and Benj.\\nTrue went to Rhode Island in Capt. Marston s company,\\n1777.\\nIn the early part of the war the soldiers were mainly\\ncitizens, and enlisted for short terms, and many of them\\nappear on several rolls, and with a degree of accuracy can\\nbe assigned to their respective towns but later many\\nstrangers were enlisted, who, when their names appear on\\na roll, cannot be assigned to any town with any certainty.\\nThere are recruits credited to the towns, some without any\\nmention of Avhat companies they were assigned to, or what\\nservice encased in.\\no o^\\nCREDITED TO CHESTER, 1777.\\nCompany. Couii a iy-\\nMichael Lamey, Capt. Richards. Sam Hoyt, Emerson.\\nJas.Russ.kl d, Isaac Farewell. Reuben Hall,\\nBartho* Stevens, Ebeuz Fry. John Berry, killed,\\nSam Doltcn, Ebenez^ Berry,\\nStephen Lovekin, Blodgett. James Akin,\\nJouath Forsaith, died, John McClennen,\\nJohn Lane, Jerem* Towle\\nJosiah Hills, died, Emerson. James Akin, Jr.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0409.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "378\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nCompany.\\nCompany,\\nWil- White,\\nEmerson.\\nWil Moore,\\nRobertson.\\nEnos Jewell,\\nRobertson.\\nJonath Karr,\\nFry.\\nTho\u00c2\u00ab Wells,\\nCarr.\\nDaniel Shirly,\\nEmerson.\\nWil Funiell,\\nMcClary.\\nHenry True,\\ni(\\nBenj Akin,\\nEmerson.\\nSam Akin,\\nSam Wells,\\nMorrill.\\nJohn Vance,\\nFry.\\nPeter Wells,\\na\\nRECRUITS SENT BY COL. WEBSTER, JULY 13, 1779.\\nResidence.\\nWent for\\nThomas Whittaker,\\nChester,\\nChester,\\nReuben Sticknee,\\nRaymond,\\nTimothy Clay,\\nCandia,\\ni\\nSamuel Nay,\\nR. t\\nTimothy Ingalls,\\nChester,\\n4\\nJacob Elliot,\\nPliineas Bean,\\nCandia,\\nCandia.\\nJoseph Marston,\\nDeerfield,\\nK\\nJosiah Tucker,\\nNottingham,\\nRaymond,\\nRECRUITS SENT BY CHESTER.\\nEnlisted for\\nThomas Wells, War.\\nSam Hoit,\\nGeorge Cooper,\\nEnos Jewell,\\nSamuel AVells,\\nJeremiah Griffin,\\nGiven uj) to Meredith.\\nPeter Wells,\\nW Garrison, 3 years.\\nRichi Flo(^,\\nLived in Raymond.\\nStei)heu Keyes,\\nEnlisted for\\nLived in Plymouth.\\nValentine Sargent, 3 years.\\nLived in Londonderry.\\nJos. Davis, 3 years.\\nSam. Richardson,\\nGeorge Mansfield,\\nSam Houston, 6 mos.\\nLived in Bedford.\\nMoses AVebster, 6 mos.\\nSam Robie,\\nReuben Tole,\\nDan Parker,\\nTROOPS RAISED IN 1779 FOR SERVICE IN RHODE ISLAND.\\nThomas Whittaker, Timothy Ingalls,\\nReuben Stickney (Raymond Jacob Elliott,\\nenlisted for Chester), Hardy, July 28, 1779, two\\nTimothy Clay, months,\\nSamuel Nay (Raymond, for Dearborn Heath, July 28, 1779,\\nChester), two months.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0410.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY.\\n379\\nJonathan Wilson,\\nWilliam Moore,\\nBenjamin True,\\nSam Walker,\\nJohn Knowles,\\nJohn Brown,\\nRobert Runnels,\\nIsaac Blasdcll,\\nMoses Webster,\\nJohn Aiken,\\nJames Russ,\\nJona. Burrow, Sergt.,\\nCha Hanson,\\nJedediah Knock,\\nSam Akens,\\nBarnard Merrill,\\nJon Rankin,\\nJuly 1, 1780.\\nPhineas Stevens\\n(Tamworth hired him first),\\nDaniel Shirley,\\nSamuel Wells,\\nSamuel Holt,\\nWilliam Moore,\\nStephen Lufkin,\\nRobert Ilastins,\\nReuben Hall,\\nGeo. Cooper,\\nJames Akcn, died,\\nJeremiah Towle,\\nHenry True,\\nJohn McClenneu,\\nJona. Knock,\\nAbiel Stevens\\n(Tamworth hired him first).\\nC((2 t. Livermore s Co., Third Regiment.\\nThos. Shronder, d.,\\nJames Thompson,\\nJosiah Wjells, d.,\\nThomas Wells,\\nWilliam White, d.,\\nJohu Barry,\\nEben Barry,\\nParker Morse, Sergt.\\nRobert Shade,\\nDaniel Sharle,\\nWilliam Moer,\\nJoseph Brown,\\nJohn Spiller,\\nBenj. True, Jr.,\\nCaleb Richardsou,\\nGilbord- Morse,\\nTheoder Morse,\\nW Garrison,\\nJohn Lane,\\nAVilliam Furnal,\\nSam Daltou,\\nJona. Forsyth,\\nJohu Vance,\\nBarth Stevens.\\nJuly 1, 1781.\\nJos. Davis,\\nSam Richardson,\\nSam Houston,\\nMoses Webster,\\nSam Robie,\\nReuben Tole,\\nDan Parker,\\nGeo. Mansfield,\\nThomas Wells,\\nSam Hoit,\\nGeo. Cooper,\\n6 mos.\\n3 vears.\\n(Mustered but claimed by Mass.)Euos Jewell, Southampton,\\nRich i Flood,\\nStephen Keyes,\\nValentine Sargent,\\nThomas Wells,\\nSamuel Hoit,\\nPeter Wells,\\nJoseph Davis,\\nValentine Sargent, Londonderry,\\nAUGUST 25, 1781.\\nWar. Joseph Davis,\\nSam Richardson,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0411.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "380 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nGeorge Cooper, War. Geo. Mansfield, I\\nEuos Jewell, Sam Houston, Bedford, G mos.\\nJere. Griffin Moses Webster,\\n(Given up to Meredith), Sam Robie,\\nPeter Mills, 3 years. Reuben Tole,\\nWilliam Garrison, Daniel Parker,\\nRichard Flood, Raymond, Charles Mann,\\nStephen Keyes, Plymouth, Jonathan Conant.\\nValentine Sargent, Londondeny,\\nAPRIL 12, 1782.\\nJohn Worth, Thomas Dollof,\\nReuben Stickney, Eben Currier,\\nJosepli Tucker, William Batchelder,\\nDaniel Clay, William Hall,\\nAbraham Brown, Daniel Doyne,\\nEd^^ Hamilton, Rob\u00c2\u00bb H. Hill,\\nMoses Basford, Andrew Nelson.\\nThere is a history of the First New Hampshire Eegi-\\nment, by Frederic Kidder, 1868, containing a roll of the\\nenlisted men who served between January, 1777, and Jan-\\nuary, 1782, which contains the names of John Knook and\\nDavid Shirley of Chester, and of Thomas Capron of Candia,\\nnot on the foregoing list.\\nThe foregoing is a list of the soldiers furnished by Ches-\\nter, as correct as can be conveniently made from the army-\\nrolls but those cover so much ground, and so many\\nstrange names occur, which are not assigned to any par-\\nticular town, that it is probably very incomplete. There\\nare names of men on the town accounts to whom bounties\\nwere paid, and the names of others to whom notes were\\npaid, probably for bounties, without being so designated,\\nwhich mostly, if not all, are included in the foregoing rolls,\\nso that it was not thought best to spend the time in col-\\nlecting, and space in the History to print it.\\nGreat exertion had to be used to raise men. The town\\nwas divided into classes, according to the number of men\\nto lie raised, and one or more men assigned to each class,\\nwhich they were required to raise. The town was also\\nclassed to raise beef and corn for the army, and also to\\nsupport the soldiers families.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0412.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY.\\nC81\\nThe following specimen of the requisitions was found\\namong the papers of Col. Stephen Dearborn\\nTo Capt. Stephen Dearborn and liohert lloive Agree-\\nably to an act of the General Court and a vote of the\\ntown, the following persons who arc named, with the\\namount of their ratable estate, are to procure an al)le-\\nbodied, effective man for the Continental service three\\nyears, or during the war, to be ready to be mustered in on\\nor before the lUth day of May next, or pay the fine agreea-\\nble to law and vote of the town. You are desired to\\nnotify each one in this list to meet and prescribe such\\nmethod as they shall think proper in order to procure s**\\nman.\\nChester, April 29, 1782.\\nJabez Hoit, J Selectmen\\nStephen Morse, V of\\nJoseph Blanciiard, Chester.\\n8.\\n8. i.\\nDavid Richardson,\\n1 9 1\\nBarnard Bricket,\\n2 10 1\\nJoseph Carr,\\n3 6 10\\nJohn Clark,\\n1 7\\nEzekiel H. Kelley,\\n10 00\\nAbraham Morse,\\n12\\nAVidow Ann Carr,\\n9 3\\nCapt. Stepli u Dearborn\\n,2140\\nLieut. John Lane,\\n2 17 7\\nCaleb Hall,\\n1 12 1\\nJona. Norton,\\n2 10 11\\nJona. Emery,\\n1 U 4\\nShnon Norton,\\n12 00\\nSamuel White,\\n10 6\\nJoseph Norton,\\n2 18 8\\nStickney,\\n3\\nJona. Bcny,\\n2 U 5\\nMoody Chase,\\n1 18\\nJereniiali GriflSn,\\n1 6 00\\nWells,\\n2 2 8\\nRobert Rowe,\\n1 16 2\\nJere. Underhill,\\n1 17 2\\nSamuel Murray,\\n1 13 6\\nNath Wood,\\n1 U 2\\nThe following are recruits furnished by Candia, as\\nfound on various muster-rolls, and given, as found in the\\nAdjutant-General s office\\n1777. John Magoou,\\nStevens Bailey,\\nJonathan Green,\\nIsaac Morse,\\n1778. Nehemiah Leavitt,\\nJohn Kent,\\nAsa Pierce,\\nJohn Mitchell,\\nJohn Colby,\\nEleazer (Juimby,\\nJohn Tavlor.\\nJohn Loveren,\\nJohn Kent,\\nJames Tiel,\\nThomas Capron,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0413.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "382\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n1779.\\nEben Williams,\\nWilliam Wilkins,\\nHenry Gotham,\\nNat. iVadley,\\nDavid Bagley,\\nW Patteu,\\nDauiel Libbe,\\nJohn Caldwell,\\nDavid Libbie,\\nJohn Caldwell,\\nMichael Poor,\\nJohn Anderson,\\nJohn Lovei in,\\nJames Jeel,\\nJames Bragdon,\\nDavid Hill,\\nHob Holland,\\nJonas Perry,\\nHenry Kimball,\\nJoseph Gilman,\\nHumprey Hunt.\\nJohn Kent,\\nPhineas Bean,\\nJoseph Marston,\\nJohn Grattan (2 mos)\\n1780.\\nSamuel Shannon,\\nJohn Eaton,\\nAlex Eaton.\\n1782.\\nBenjamin Eaton,\\nSamuel Clay,\\nEdward Currier,\\n1781. Col. John Webster certifies that he sent forward the fol-\\nlowing four men for Candia, Avhen there ought to have been five\\nJohn Wasson, Nathaniel Underbill,\\nJonathan Davis, Thomas Anderson.\\nJona. Morris, John Moore,\\nPeter Cammet, Benja. Sanborn,\\nEben Eaton, Jason Hazard.\\nMoses Norris,\\nRECRUITS FURNISHED BY RAYMOND.\\nCax)t. Mark s Co., Col. Long-s Begt.\\nBenja. Fox, Ezekiel Holman.\\nJames Fullington,\\nCol. JSfathan Hales Regt.\\nW Tole, Jo^ Fullongton,\\nDavid Batchelder, Theo Lovering,\\nJon Fullonton, Ithiel Gorden.\\nCajit. Waifs Co., Col. StarJv s Begt.\\nEichard Robinson.\\ndipt. BowcWs Co., Col. Nathan Hale s Begt.\\nWilliam Towle,\\nJoseph Fnllington,\\nIthiel Gordon, juiu\\nEliplialct Gorden,\\nAmos D. Leavitt,\\nAaron Sanborn,\\nJames Hersey,\\nJohn Lane,\\nCaleb Gilman,\\nThomas Taylor,\\nJoseph Jewel.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0414.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY.\\n1779. Hezekiah Pollard,\\nJohn INIoore,\\nJames Libbey,\\nJames INIack,\\nJames Delap,\\nJosiah Tucker, from Nott-\\ningham, enlisted for llay-\\nmond,\\n1780. W\u00c2\u00bb Pat. Presoott,\\nTimothy Jewell,\\n1781. Eliph Gordon,\\nJames Libbey, of Candia,\\nTheo Loverin,\\nElijah Pollard,\\nEzek Pollard,\\nBarton Pollard,\\nHezeki^ Pollard,\\nRich i Robinson, Capt. Bos-\\nton s Co.,\\nNat. Richai dson,\\nJonathan Fullcrton, Row-\\nell s Co.,\\nJohn Fox, for two mos.,\\nBenj. Whitticr, enlisted for\\nKingston,\\nThomas Dolloff, enlisted\\nfor Kingston,\\nJos. DollofT Leavitt, en-\\nlisted for Kingston.\\nSmith Cram,\\nRichard Flood.\\nWm. Towle,\\nJames VYells,\\nJolm Moore, of Chester,\\nJames Dunlap, of Massa-\\nchusetts State,\\nIthiel Gordon,\\nEliph* Gordon,\\nTheo Lovrin,\\nJoseph Fullerton,\\nWilliam Towle.\\nThe following is a list of soldiers who enlisted in the\\narmy from Chester in the war of 1812, furnished by Josiah\\nForsaith\\nJosiah Forsaith, died August 18, 18G8.\\nJonathan Currier, died at Sackett s Harbor.\\nDavid Dolbier, of Raymond.\\nJosiah Sanborn, discharged at Concord.\\nBradbury Moody Carr, died at Concord.\\nJolm Colby, died at French Mills.\\nAbner Blasdel, said to have deserted.\\nEbenezer Blasdel, died at Acworth.\\nSamuel Davis, died at Concord.\\nJoseph Neal.\\nJohn Crawford, died at Nottingham in 1866, aged 80.\\nJosiah Moore, died in 1821.\\nHenry Moore, killed in battle.\\nMoses Underbill, Jr.\\nBenjamin Currier, Jr.\\nNathan Webster.\\nJohn Dunlap, died in 1867.\\nNath Griffin.\\nWilliam Griffin, died in the army.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0415.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "!84\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nFrom Raymond.\\nAmos Davies, killed at French Mills.\\nTlieophilus Stevens died.\\nDRAFTED MEN.\\nThere Avas a draft made of men to defend Portsmouth\\nharbor. The following is the roll of a company which\\nserved from May 24 to July 4, 1814, and were from the\\nseventeenth regiment. Those from Chester are marked\\nA Candia, B Raymond, C Allenstown, D.-\\nGeorge Evans, Capt., D,\\nSamuel Aiken, Jr., Lieut., A,\\nNoah AVeek, Ensign, A,\\nAVilliam Stanwood, Sergt., A,\\nJonathan Morrill, Sergt., A,\\nSamuel W. Evans, Sergt., D,\\nKeuben Beau, Sergt., B,\\nTrue C. Graves, Corp.,\\nJohn Dinsmore, A,\\nMoses Dudley, B,\\nJames Wilcomb, A,\\nMoses Crichet, Musician, B,\\nMoses Chase, Musician, A.\\nPrivates.\\nJosiah Anderson, B,\\nAndrew Buntin, A,\\nJohn Brown 3\\nDavid Brown 3\\nJona. S. Brown,\\nEbeuezer Brown,\\nJonathan Ball, A,\\nJoseph Calfe, A,\\nZacheus Colby, A,\\nJonathan Cass, B,\\nJeremiah Chandler,\\nSamuel Clark,\\nJoseph Cressy, A,\\nJames Dinsmoor, A,\\nBenjamin Edgerly,\\nNathan French,\\nDavid Glidden, C,\\nWilliam Greenough, A,\\nPhineas Haley, C,\\nHenry Hall, A,\\nJohn Johnson, A,\\nAmos Kimball, A,\\nJohn Lane, C,\\nThomas Leonard,\\nJohn Mars,\\nCharles Mars ton. A,\\nMoses C. Magoon, C,\\nRichard Morse,\\nSupply Morse,\\nNath. Martin,\\nThomas Montgomery, A,\\nPeter Niel, A,\\nNathan Poor, C,\\nJacob Randall, A,\\nRichard Robie, B,\\nWadley Richardson, B,\\nJohn P. Rowell, A,\\nOrlando Spofford, A,\\nJohn Seavey, A,\\nRichard Straw,\\nJona. H. Shaw,\\nHenry Thatcher, C,\\nElisha Towle, C,\\nSamuel Thompson,\\nDaniel Towle, C,\\nEnoch Worthen, B,\\nJohn AVilson, S A,\\nStephen Worthen, Jr., A,\\nAbram Smith,\\nEdmund Richardson.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0416.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY.\\n385\\nThe following is a roll of the company of Capt. Samuel\\nCollins, of Decrfield, which served three months from Sep-\\ntember 12, 1814\\nMoses Ilezeltoii, 3^, Lieut., A, Josiuh AVhichcr, Corp., B,\\nHenry Osgood, Ensign, 0, *^Johu Brown, Jr., C,\\nJonatliau Cass, Sergt., B, James C. Rand, A.\\nJames Severance, Sergt., A,\\nSquires Bacliclder, B,\\nEbenezov Brown, C,\\nJohn lirown, A,\\nJoscpli Clilibrd, B,\\nNehemiah Clay, A,\\nJoseph Chase, Jr., A,\\nDaniel Carr, A,\\nHenry riifford, C,\\nRichard Currier, B,\\nGilman 1). Cass, B,\\nJonathan Emerson, B,\\nPrivates.\\nDavid Emerson, A,\\nJames P. French, B,\\nJJeuben Gale, B,\\nPhineas Ilealey, B,\\nPeter M. Mills, A,\\nHenry Morse, C,\\nSamuel Roberts, C,\\nDaniel Robey, C,\\nJohn Towle, B,\\nHaly True, C,\\nDaniel McDuftce, A.\\nThe following is a roll of the company of Capt. Samuel\\nAiken, Jr., of Chester, which served sixty days from Sept.\\n20, 1^14.\\nWilliam Aiken, Sergt.\\nSamuel Lane, Corp.\\nFrancis Folsom,\\nA,\\nA,\\nC,\\nSamuel ^Viken, .Tr., Capt., A,\\nJoseph Unbbard, 1st Lieut., B,\\nWm. Stanwood, Ensign, A,\\nJabez rookcr, Sg t and Cl k, A, Benjamin Ro^ve, B,\\nWilliam Turner, Sergt., B-, James Wilcomb, A,\\nJonathan Morrill, A, Xathan Brown, Musician, C,\\nAbel Read, B, Richard Eaton, B,\\nJeremiah Chandler, C, Gilman Lovering, C.\\nOrlando SpofFord, A,\\nJohn Hall, A,\\nBenjamin Mills, A,\\nWilliam Greenough, A,\\nJohn Davis, A,\\nEbeney.oi- Wilcomb, A,\\nDavid M )rrill, A,\\nDavid Murry, A,\\nJohn Shirlev, A,\\n25\\nPrivates.\\nSamucl.Laue, Jr., A,\\nJosiah Turner, B,\\nDaniel Taylor, B,\\nf;ilman Richardson, B,\\nl.-aiali Lane, B,\\nJohn Clark, B,\\nWillri Patten, B,\\n:\\\\ro.sef Patten, B,\\nJohn Colby, B,\\nV", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0417.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "38G\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nJohn Butler, A,\\nBenjamin Preston, A,\\nDaniel Ball, A,\\nJohn Dolby, A,\\nEobert Wilson, A,\\nWilliam Dearborn, A,\\nJeremiah Rand, Jr., A,\\nL. 11. Seavy, A,\\nJonathan Norton, A,\\nTlieodore Jewett, A,\\nRobert Mills, A,\\nNathan Webster, A,\\nJohn Scavey, A,\\nJohn Wilson, A,\\nHenry West, A,\\nDavid Leach, A,\\nJames Calfe, A,\\nIsrael Blake, A,\\nReuben Dinsmore, A,\\nStephen J. Woi then, Jr., A,\\nMead R. Underbill, A,\\nJolm Chase, A,\\nMathew Dickey, A,\\nJonathan Williams,\\nSamuel Thompson, A,\\nJohn Ilosdcn, A,\\nJoseph Brown, A,\\nJohn A. Otterson, A,\\nJoshua Martin, Jr., A,\\nJeremiah Brown, B,\\nParker Hills, B,\\nBenjamin Eaton, B,\\nMoses Stephens, B,\\nSewall Brown, B,\\nJohn Mooi c, B,\\nMoses Critchet, B,\\nBiley Smith, B,\\nSargent French, B,\\nJames Wilson, B,\\nAaron Rowe, B^\\nWilliam Eaton, B,\\nJonathan Robej^,\\nNathan Thorne, B,\\nJoseph Rand, B,\\nSamuel Moody, C,\\nDavid Clitlbrd, C,\\nDavid Gill, C,\\nDavid Brown, Jr., C,\\nSupply Morse, C,\\nMoses Ilealey, C,\\nDaniel Scribner, C,\\nJames Dudley, Jr., C,\\nJonathan Holman, C,\\nIsaiah Cram, C,\\nNathaniel Towle, C,\\nDavid Robie, C,\\nJohn Smith, C.\\nA ROLL OF MEN SENT INTO THE ARMY FROM CHESTER DURING\\nTHE REBELLION.\\nAbbreviations used, disch. dis., discharged for disability;\\nre-e., re-enlisted; pro., promoted; Corp., Corporal; Scrg., Ser-\\ngeant; k., killed; d., died; w d, wounded; trans., transferred;\\ndes., deserted; rec, recruit.\\nSecond Regiment, mustered into IT. S. Service June 10, 18G1.\\nThree Years.\\nCo.\\nC, Andrew .Nichols, w. Gettysburg, d. Andersonville June, 1864.\\nC, Cliarles J. Rand, disch. dis.\\nE, Arthur T. Leonard, Corp., discli. dis.\\nE. (Icorgc S. Brown, pro. Corp.\\nE, Aaron Everet, disch. dis.\\nE, Joseph Everet, disch. dis.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0418.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "MILITARY niSTORT. 387\\nItecruits.\\nWilliam Broard, trans, to Navy.\\nI, Frank J)oiiayluic.\\nK, James Farrel.\\nI, James McGuirc, w d June 3, 18G4.\\nI, Frank Strickland, deserted.\\nA, John E. Ilartwell, enlisted Sept., 18G5, mustered out, Dec, ^(jb.\\nThird Begiment, Three Tears.\\nB, Converse L. Weymouth, w d severely, disch. dis. Jan., 18C5.\\nD, John S. Blasdel, re-e. veterau, disch. dis., 1805.\\nFourth Berjiment, Three Years.\\nC, Orrin T. Dodge, re-e. Feb., 1864.\\nI, Franklin A. Brown, Corp., disch. dis. July, 18G2.\\nI, Charles ^l. Ordway, re-e. Feb., 18G4.\\nK, Stickney S. Gale, Scrg., re-e. Feb., 18G4.\\nFifth Begiment, Three Tears.\\nK, Josepli Bronilland, rec. Dec., 18G3, k. at Petersburg, June, G4.\\nir, Jacob Pollatscheck, rec. Dec, 18G3.\\nC, James Eogers, rec. Aug., 18G3.\\nC, Joseph Trickey, rec. Dec, G3, w d June, G4, d. Aug., 18G4, at\\nAlexandria, Ya.\\nSixth Begiment, Three Tears.\\nD, James Farrel, rec. Nov., 18G3, deserted Camp Nelson, Ky.,\\nDec, 18G3.\\nC, Henry Scott, rec May, 18G4.\\nE, Thomas J. Wilson, rec. Nov., 18G3.\\nC, William M. Locke, re-e., Dec, 63, pro. Corp., d. dis. Aug., G4.\\nC, William Smith, rec May, 18G4, disch. dis., Sept., 1864.\\nSeventh Begiment, Three Tears.\\nA, Henry O. Davis, re-e. Feb., 1864, pro. Corp., vt^ d severely\\nOct., 1864, disch. dis., Dec, 1864.\\nFighih Begiment, Three Tears.\\nA, James M. M. Elliott, nms. Nov., 18G1, dis. May, 1862.\\nF, Joseph Everett, Corp., Dec, 61, pro. 1st Serg., k. Pt. Hudson,\\nMay, 1863.\\nF, Charles II. Kent, mus. Dec, 1861, trans, to V.K. Corps, ]\\\\Iay,-G4.\\nF. Samuel C. McDuilec, mus. Dec, 1861, disch. dis., Dec, 1863.\\nF. John llobinson, Feb., 18G3.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0419.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "388 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nITinth Regiment, Three Years.\\nA, James A. Cole, miis. July 3, 1862.\\nB, Charles F. Shaw, disch. dis., Fredericksburg,\\nJan., 1863.\\nEleventh Ile(jiment, Three Years.\\nI, John Uuderhill, Serg., Sept., 1802, w d Dec, 62, dis.March, 63.\\nI, Daniel S. West, Corp., w d severely May, 1864,\\nI, William E. C. Cooledge, Sept., 1802.\\nI, James M. M. Elliott, Sept., 1802.\\nI, AVarrcn J. Hills, Sept., 1802, missing in action, July, 1804.\\nI, Dudley J. Marston, Sept., 1802, w d Dec, 1862.\\nI, Cyrus E. Roberts, Sept., 1802, trans, to I. C, Sept., 1863.\\nI, Edmund T. Roby, Sept., 1862, des., June, 1804.\\nI, Thomas O. Reynolds, Sept., 1802, w d Dec, 1862.\\nI, Sewell W. Tenuey, Sept., 1802, w d Dec, 1802, disch. April,\\n1803.\\nI, Nathaniel West, Jr., Sept., 1802.\\nFourteenth Regiment, Three Years.\\nFranklin C. Weeks, Asst. Surg., Sept., 1S02, dis. dis.,Mar., 1864.\\nF, Charles A. Clark, rec Jan., 1804.\\nFifteenth Regiment,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 JSTine 3Tonths\u00e2\u0080\u0094Oct., 1802.\\nK, Wallace T. Larkin, 2d Lieut., Nov., 1862, disch. to accept pro-\\nmotion, Aug., 1863.\\nK, Luther C, Stevens, Sergt.\\nK, Albert F. B. Edwards, Corp.\\nK, Jolui A. Hazelton, Corp.\\nIv, Marston L. Brown.\\nK, Milton S. Brown, disch. dis. July, 1863.\\nIv, Henry N. Brown.\\nK, Emerson Cliilds.\\nK, David F. Clay.\\nK, John S. Currier, disch. dis., July, 1863.\\nK, David C. French.\\nIv, Matthew Forsaith.\\nK, George M. D. Mead.\\nIv, Samuel V. Osgood.\\nIv, Benj. F. Spoflbrd.\\nK, Jolm W. AV est, 2d.\\nFighteenth Regiment, Three Years.\\nrSilas F. Learnard, Maj., July, 1865; not mustered; mustered out\\n.as Captain, July, 1865.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0420.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY. 389\\nP, William S. Grecnough, Capt., com, Sept., 18C4.\\nD, Johu Uiulcrliill, 2d Lieut., com. Sept., 180 1.\\nD, Albert F. B. Edwards, Corp. Sept., 1864, pro. to Sergt.\\nD, Perlcy C. Inoalls, Wagoner, Sept., 1864.\\nD, Richard II. Currier.\\nT), Samuel V. Oi^good, pro. Corp.\\nI), George S. Suiitli, pro. Corp.\\nJ), Francis Savoic.\\nD, Aaron D. Sargent, discla. dis.\\nD, Isaac F. Underhill, pro. Corp.\\nD, Albert Ilasou, d., dis. at City Point, Oct., 18G4.\\nII, Silas F. Learnard, Capt., com. Feb., 1865, pro. Major, July,\\n1865.\\nH, Cyrus S. DollolT, Sergt.\\nH, Augustus P. Grecnough, Sergt.\\nH, John T. Lovitt, Corp.\\nH, Joseph R. Morse, Musician.\\nH, Ephraim Nichols, AVagoner.\\nII, Samuel S. Adams, pro. Corp.\\nII, Willard E. Colburn.\\nJl, Albert B. Goldsmith, d., dis. at Concord, N. IL, Feb., 1865.\\nII, Henry 11. Hook, d., dis. at Concord, N. H., Feb., 1865.\\nII, Richard C. LaAvrence, yvo. Corp.\\nII, Fred. D. Morse.\\nPI, William B. Robic.\\nH, AVilliam II. Underhill.\\nII, Benj. F. Underbill.\\nIleal-}/ Artillery.\\nJames P. Batchcldcr, mustered Aug., 1863, disch. dis., March,\\n1864.\\nC, Joseph W. Chase, mustered Sept., 1864.\\nK, Charles P. Abbott, appointed Artilicer, Sept., 1864.\\nK, Jacob J. Elliott, Sept., 1864.\\nK, John W. Hazeltinc, Sept., 1864.\\nK, George 11. McDuiree, Sept., 1864.\\nK, Charles F. True, Sept., 1864.\\nK, George F. Tebbetts.\\nK, Elbridge Wason.\\nK, Clement A. West.\\nK, George W. Wilcomb.\\nK, Charles II. West.\\nK, John W. West, 2d.\\nSharjysliGotcrs.\\nSilas W. Tenney, mustered Nov., 1861.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0421.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "390 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nThe foregoing list is made from the report of the Adju-\\ntant-General. There has been a list made l)y Miss Noyes\\nof Chester, which she calls the Roll of Honor, which\\ndoes not contain the names of a number of foreign\\nrecruits credited to Chester, and contains the following\\nnames not in the foregoing list\\nLouis Bell, Daniel Osgood,\\nJohn Bell, Samuel S. Parker,\\nHenry Beals, Curtis B. Robinson,\\nWilliam Brown, Charles B. Robie,\\nMark Carr, Edward I. Robie,\\nPerley Chase, Joseph S. Rowell,\\nJoseph Dane, D. Leroy Sanborn,\\nCharles A. Dearborn, Page R. Smith,\\nDavid J. Dearborn, Alphonso P. R. Smith,\\nLloyd G. Gale, John P. SpofTord,\\nJames Gerah, Frederick Spollett,\\nNelson Gillingham, Charles L. Seavey,\\nJesse Hall, Daniel A. Webster,\\nJoseph W. Hazelton, Robert Wason,\\nKenniston, Frank C. Wood,\\nCyrus F. Marston, Charles C. Willey,\\nBenj. F. Morse, Charles S. Wells\\nFrank Morse, Charles H. ~\\\\Veymouth.\\nPROCEEDINGS OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER IN REGARD TO\\nSOLDIERS.\\nAt a meeting held the 16th of May, 18G1, the following\\npreamble and resolution were passed\\nWhereas, there exists open rebellion against the Govern-\\nment of this country, threatening the destruction of our\\nglorious Union, and requiring the prom[)t action of every\\nloyal citizen, therefore\\nResolved, that the town of Chester pay each man, citi-\\nzen of the town^ who may enlist or has enlisted into the\\ngovernment, the sum of eleven dollars a month, and three\\ndollars additional to such of said men as have families,\\nduring such enlistment, and also provide to said men one\\nrubber and one woolen blanket, fit for military service,\\nprovided they do not receive extra pay from any other state\\nor town. Said sum of money to be paid on their return", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0422.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "MILITARY IlISTOIiy. 391\\nfrom service, or for the support of their families during\\ntheir al)sencc, out of any money in the town treasury not\\notherwise appro[)riatc(l.\\nAt a meeting- held January 7ih, 1802, it was\\nVoted, that the town accept the tict of the Legislature\\nof New Hampshire in regard to furnishing aid to the fami-\\nlies of volunteers, and apj\u00c2\u00bbroved July 4th, 1801, and that\\nthe selectmen be instructed to carry it out accordingly.\\nAt the annual meeting, March, 1802, it was\\nVoted, that the town instruct their selectmen to bor-\\nrow a sufdcient sum of money for the support of families\\nof volunteers in the United States service, agreealdy to\\nthe law for that })urposc, approved July 4th, 1801.\\nAt a meeting, held August 80th, 1802, the following\\nvotes were passed\\nVoted, to pay to all who enlisted or may cnliKst imder\\nthe call of the President for three hundred thousand volun-\\nteers, dated July 2, 1802, the sum of one hundred dollars.\\nVoted, that we pay volunteers (sufficient to complete\\nour quota) under the call of the President of the United\\nStates for three hundred thousand militia, dated August\\n4th, 1802, for nine months, the sum of one hundred and\\nfifty dollars, and the same aid to their families that the\\nthree years volunteers receive, provided they do not re-\\nceive said aid from the state.\\nVoted, to instruct the town treasurer to issue proposals\\nfor five thousand dollars, to ])ay said volunteers on their\\nbeing mustered into the United States service, and that\\nsaid money be raised by five annual installments to pay\\nsaid debt.\\nAt a meeting held August 1, 1803, it was\\nVoted, that each drafted man (or substitute) 1)0 ]iaid\\nthree hundred dollars, ten days after being mustered into\\nservice, and that the selectmen be authorized to borrow the\\nsum of forty-five hundred dollars on the credit of the town\\nfor this purpose.\\nAt a meeting held January 4th, 1804, it vras\\nVoted, to authorize the selectmen to borrow the sum of\\nseventy-five hundred dollars on the credit of the town, to\\nreimburse Silas F. Lcarnard for money he has or may pay\\nout for volunteers under the last call of the President.\\nAt a meeting held May 4th, 1804, it was\\nVoted, to pay to each rceiilisted soldier who has reeii-", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0423.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "392 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nlisted to fill the quota of Chester under previous calls of\\nthe President of the United States, the sum of one hundred\\nand fifty dollars each, additional, and voted to instruct the\\nselectmen to borrow the sum of ten hundred and fifty dol-\\nlars on the credit of the town for that purpose.\\nAt a meeting held June 7, 18G4, it was\\nVoted, to pay to each erson drafted from Chester and\\naccepted, since May 1st, 1864, or who has furnished a\\nsul)stitute, the sum of three hundred dollars; and to each\\n])erson who may be drafted and accepted, or furnish a sub-\\nstitute, to fill the (juota of Chester, the same sum of three\\nhundred dollars, and that the selectmen be instructed to\\ni-aise, by taxation or otherwise, the sum of three hundred\\ndollars for each person, as demanded by this vote.\\nVoted, Silas F. Leariiard, a war agent, to jjay out all\\nbounties to drafted men who are accepted or who furnish\\nsubstitutes, and to control tlio raising of men to fill the\\nquotas of Chester, and that he be paid the sum of three\\ndollars per day, and expenses, for his services.\\nAt a meeting held July IGth, 1864, it was\\nVoted, that the war agent for the town be instructed to\\nprocure volunteers sufficient to fill the quota of the town\\nof Chester under future calls of the President of the\\nUnited States for volunteers for the army, by paying a town\\nbounty not exceeding tlie amount authorized ))y the laws\\nof the State, and the said agent shall have discretionary\\npower to procure volunteers in anticipation of calls. And\\nthe selectmen are authorized to hire a sum of money not\\nexceeding six thousand dollars, for said purpose.\\nAt a meeting held September 1st, 1864, it was\\nVoted, that the selectmen (or war agent) be author-\\nized to pay to each volunteer citizen of the town who shall\\nvolunteer for one year to fill the quota of Chester under\\ntlic last call of the President fur five hundred thousand\\nmen, the sum of five hundred dollars.\\nAt a meeting held Novcnil)Cr Sih, 1864, it was\\nVoted to raise five thousand, dollars in addition to the\\namount already raised, to ])ay the bounty to the soldiers\\nwho have enlisted from Chester, and instruct the selectmen\\naccordingly.\\nAt a meeting held January ITth, 1865, it was\\nVoted, that the town pay the sum of five hundred dol-\\nlars to each person, citizen of the town, who shall enlist to", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0424.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY. 393\\nllic nnnihcr not exccc(.1ing sixteen, and that the selectmen\\nl)e autliorizcd to hire the snm of cii lit thousand dollars for\\nthat |iiu poso.\\nVoted, that the town ])ay Silas F. Leai-nard ten dollars\\nfor each enlisted man to fdl the (^uota of Cliester under\\nsaid call, instead of three dollars per day and expenses, as\\nbefore voted.\\nROLL OP ENLISTKI) MKN FOR AUBURN.\\nFirst Reylment, Three Months, JTuste7 etl in 3Iai/, 1861.\\nCo.\\nC, Ainos ^Y. Brown.\\nSecond Reyime at, Tlircc Years, Jfustered, June, 1861.\\nC, John Cliase, pro. Corp., avM at Gettysburg.\\nC, John Davis, pro. Corp.\\nC. Ilazeu Davis, Jr., w d slioluly, July, 1863.\\nC, Edwin Plunnncr, w d s]ioI)|ly, July, 1863.\\nC, Alfred J. Sanborn, diseh. dis. July, 1861, rc-c. Nov., 186-1.\\nD, John D. Wood, rcc. Sept. 1861, d. hi hospital Nov., 18G2.\\nF, Felix C. Hackney, rec, d. Oct., 1865.\\nTldrd liefjiment Three Years, Mustered, August, 1861.\\nA, John C. Ilagan, appointed Wagoner, mustered out Aug., 18G1,\\nsince died.\\nII, Lanson IJiake, rc-e.\\nII, Alonzo D. Emery, dis. Dec, 1861.\\n11, Leroy McDufl ec, pro. Sei-gt., re-e. Jan., 1864.\\nFourth lieyiment, Three Years, JInstered, September, 1861.\\nC, Henry C. (Jriffin, pro. Corp., re-e., Feb., 1864, w d, cap. at\\nDrury s Blufl d. in Libby prison, Sept. 10, 1864.\\nE, Ebenezer S. Emery, disch. dis., Oct., 1862.\\nE, Carltoii C. Richardson, re-e. Jan., 1864.\\nG, ^Villiam Gunston, rc-e. Feb., 1864, Ivilled at Drury s Bluff\\nMay 16, 1864.\\nG, Amos W. Brown, re-e. Feb., 1864.\\nIv, Thomas B. Flatts, re-c. Feb., 1864.\\nFifth Reyinient, Three Years, Mustered October, 1861.\\nC, Isaac Boxall, rec.\\nF, John Whitehouse, rec.\\nF, Thomas Darty, rec.\\nF, Murtz Sullivan, rec.\\nSixth lleyiment. Three Years, Mustered, Xovembcr, 1861.\\nI, Frcdericlv Schaeficr, rec.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0425.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "394 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nSeventh Regiment, Three Tears, October, 1861.\\nA, Thornton Hazen, w d Ft. Wag-ner, July, 63, died of wounds\\nAug-. 29, 18G3.\\nI, Otis F. Butrick, discli. dis. Aug., 1862.\\nH, Jolni AValton, rec.\\nEightli Regiment, Three Years, Clustered December, 1861.\\nD, Franlv C. Wood, discli. dis. at Camp Parapet, La., July, 1862.\\nNinth Regiment, Three Years, MustercdJuly, 1862.\\nA, Eben Bean, died at AVashiugton Dec., 18G2.\\nA, George AY. Goodwin.\\nA, Moses Reed, died at Ivichmond, Ky., April, 1863.\\nA, Alonzo D. Emery, trans, to Bat. E, U. S. Art. Sept., 1862.\\nA, John D. Neller, rec. Dec, 1863, cap., died in Rebel prison\\nat Salisbury, N. C, Feb., 1865.\\nA, James R. Preston, trans, to Sixth N. H. Vols. June, 18G5.\\nB, Charles F. Shaw, disch. dis. at Fredericksburg Va,, Jan. 15, 63.\\nIv, Charles Delos, rec. Dec, 1863, deserted Jan., 1864.\\nTenth Regiment, Three Years, 3fustered August, 18G2.\\nA, Albert Plummer, Hospital Steward, pro. Asst. Surg. Jan., 65.\\nA, Lucian Holmes, Corp., pro. Sergt., captured at Fair Oaks, A^a.,\\nOct., 1861, died in Rebel prison at Salisbury, Jan. 4, 1865..\\nA, John Y. Demcritt, died at Washington, Jan. 5, 18G3.\\nA, Jacob P. Buswell%\\nA, Charles H. Bus well, trans, to U. S. S. Corps.\\nA, Joseph L. Davis, died of wounds received June 3, 18G4.\\nA, Charles H. Grant, pro. to Corp., captured at Fair Oaks, A^a.\\nOct., 1864, died in Rebel prison at Salisbury Feb. 14, 65.\\nA, Edward M. Melvin, disch. dis. Dec, 1864.\\nA, Henry C. Moore, w d June, 1864, died at De Camp Hospital,\\nN. Y., Sept. 8, 1864.\\nA, George B. Sanford.\\nA, Franklin Shannon, died of wounds June 16, 1864.\\nA, Charles Pingree, pro. to 2d Lieut, of Co. I, 23d U. S. colored\\nvolunteers, killed before Petersburg, July 3, 1864.\\nEleventh Regiment, Three Years, Mastered Aiigiist, 1862.\\nB, John Cole, rec. Dec, 1863.\\nK. AVilliam Clark, rec. Dec. 1863.\\nTwelfth Regiment, Three Years, Mustered August, 1862.\\nI, Felix C. Hackney, rec Dec, 1863.\\nE, James Krotzer, [ISCA\\nH, James Murray, killed at Cold Harbor June,\\nE, William Moll, deserted Nov., 1864.\\nH, Oliver Riuker, trans. to_2d N. H. A^ols.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0426.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY. 395\\nFourteenth Regiment, Three Years, Mastered Se2)temher, 18C2.\\nD, Stephen C. Coult.\\nFifteenth Regiment, J^ine Jfonths, Clustered Octoljer, 1862.\\nE, Moses B. Davis.\\nE, Daniel C. Abbott.\\nE, Willis II. Brown.\\nE, Jesse Woods, d.\\nE, Frank C. Woods, discli. di=;., d. at Auburn.\\nE, Jonathan Ballon, nuistered out, Aug. 1863.\\nEighteenth Regiment, JIustered September, 1864.\\nII, Alexander M. Ballon.\\nH, Jonathan Ballon.\\nK, Sylvester E. Emery.\\nK, Carlton Emery.\\nK, Alfred D. Emery.\\nK, Alonzo D. Emery.\\nK, George A. Wood.\\nFirst Regiment Cavalry Clustered Dec, 1861.\\nTroop.\\nL, John S. Coffin, re-e. Jan., 18G4.\\nI, Warren J. Davis, capt d June, 1864, paroled March, 186d.\\nK, Chester C. Smith, disch. June, 1862.\\nFirst Light Bidtcrg, Three Years, Clustered Sept., 1861.\\nDavid H. Bean, bugler, re-e. Dec., 1863.\\nRobinson Brown, bugler.\\nJames M. Bus well.\\nJohn H. Goodwin, dropped from rolls, Oct., 1864.\\nJames M. Preston.\\nWilliam Preston.\\nBenjamin S. Stewart, rec. Dec., 1863.\\nHugh B. Cochran, drafted.\\nFirst Regiment Heavy Artillery, Mastered Sejyt., 1864.\\nCo.\\nC, Edwin Coleman.\\nC, George Coult.\\nC, George E. Edmonds.\\nC, Benjamin Eaton.\\nC, Jacob Lufkin.\\nC, Henry M. Preston.\\nC, Stephen Pingree.\\nG, Charles II. Lyman, disch. dis., Jan., 1865.\\nK, Joseph P. Brown.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0427.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "396 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nK, William G. Brown.\\nK, D oniiis I onovaii.\\nK, Luther Preston.\\nK, Harrison Preston.\\nK, Robert T. Plummer.\\nK, Simon G. Prescott.\\nK, Beuj. F. Sherburne.\\nK, Jolm E. White.\\nM, George C. Kimball.\\nSecond linjiment Sharpshooters 3Listered Kovemher, 1861.\\nSamuel F. Murry, 1st Lieut., 2d Lieut., pro. to Capt., Sept.,\\n18G3.\\nF, Alfred J. Sanborn, w d May, 18G4, mustered out .Nov., ISCi.\\nThose Who Furnished Volunteer Substitutes.\\nWells C. Underbill, Harrison Burnham,\\nAndrew F. Fox, Joseph Underbill.\\nDaniel Webster,\\nDrafted 3Ien.\\nEvander Ci. Preston, Benj. D. Emery,\\nJuhn N. Claflin, Edward O. Prescott,\\nGeorge AY. Hall, Charles H. Patten,\\nAlexander M. Philip, Charles H. Merrill.\\nW. I. Gilbert,\\nSubstitutes For Drafted 3fen.\\nAugust Shaflcr, Isaac Powell,\\nJames McKew, Patrick O Niel,\\nEdward Haley, Charles Boiid^\\nWilliam Warren, Charles A. Varnham.\\nHenry Cole,\\nCommutation fee of three hundred dollars paid by Arthur\\nDinsmorc.\\nPROCEEDINGS OF AUBURN IN REGARD TO SOLDIERS.\\nJune 1, 18G1, there was a town meeting to see if the\\ntown wonkl give bounties to such as had enlisted or should\\nenlist in tlic support of the Government in the present\\nemergency. Also to see if the town would provide each of\\nsaid men with one rubber and one woolen blanket fit for\\nmilitary service. The articles were dismissed.\\nAt a meeting, Sept., 26, ISGl, it was\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A uled, to j)ay for the support of such of the wives", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0428.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY. 397\\nand families of those who have enlisted or may enlist in\\nthe service of the United States, as arc entitled to support\\nby the provision of an act of the Legislature passed last\\nJune session.\\nVoted, the selectmen be authorized to liirc a sum of\\nmoney not exceeding eight hundred dollars, and a} propri-\\nate the same.\\nAt the annual meeting lield March 11, 18G2,\\nVoted, to raise a sum not exceeding three hundred\\ndollars to aid the families of volunteers.\\nAugust 14, 18G2,\\nVoted, to raise eight hundred dollars to aid the fam\\nilies of volunteers.\\nVoted, to pay one hundred dollars to each man\\n(citizen of our town), wlio has enlisted or may enlist to fill\\nour quota of three hundred tliousand three-years men.\\nVoted, to pay one hundred dollars to each man\\n(citizen of our town), who may enlist to fill our quota of\\nthe last call for three hundred thousand nine-months men.\\nVoted, that the selectmen be authorized to borrow a\\nsum not exceeding three thousand dollars on the credit of\\nthe town.\\nDec. 22, 18G2,\\nA^oted, that the selectmen be authorized to procure\\nvolunteers from this town or any other iliat may be\\ncredited to us, until our quota is filled, by l aying a sum\\nnot exceeding one hundred dollars to each volunteer.\\nVoted, that the selectmen be authoi-ized to hire on\\nthe credit of the town, a sum not exceeding six hundred\\ndollars to carry the foregoing vote into orfect, and pay the\\nexpense of recruiting and other incidental cx[jenscs.\\nOn motion,\\nVoted, to raise one hundred dollars in addition to the\\nforegoing.\\nIMarch 10, 18G3,\\nVoted, to raise a sum not exceeding a thousand dol-\\nlars to aid the families of volunteers.\\nAug. 27, 18G3,\\nVoted, that the town raise and j^iay to every drafted\\nman who shall enter the service or furnisli a substitute,\\nthe sum of three hundred dollars at the expiration of ten\\ndays after such drafted man or substitute shall have been\\nmustered into the service of the United States.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0429.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "808 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nVoted, that the selectmen be authorized to borrow or\\nhire, on the credit of the town, a sum not excecdint^ six\\nthousand dolhirs to carry out the foregoing vote.\\nAt a meeting held Oct. 3, 18G3, the foregoing votes were\\nrescinded. On motion,\\nResolved, that the town raise and appropriate three\\nhundred dollars as a bounty to each of the members of the\\nenrolled militia of the state from the town of Auburn who\\nmay be, or have been, drafted or conscripted under the laws\\nof the United States to serve in the army of the United\\nStates during the existing rebellion, or to the substitutes of\\nsuch conscripts, and that the selectmen be authorized to\\npay such bounty to the order of such drafted man, or his\\nsubstitute, or his order, after ten days from the time when\\nsuch drafted man or his substitute shall have been mus-\\ntered into the service of the United States.\\nAnd that the selectmen hire on the credit of the town,\\nthe sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars to carry out\\nthe foregoing vote, and that they give the notes of the\\ntown, and therefore cause a copy of all such notes to be\\nrecorded by the town clerk in the records of the town.\\nVoted, that the selectmen borrow or hire on tlie\\ncredit of the town, a sum not exceeding eight hundred dol-\\nlars, to carry out the laws of the state rendering aid to\\nfamilies of volunteers.\\nDec. 3, 18G3,\\nVoted, that the town raise eight thousand dollars to\\nencourage voluntary enlistment to fill the quota of said\\ntown under the last call of the President of the United\\nStates for three hundred thousand volunteers that the\\ntown assume and cash the United States and state l)oun-\\nties coming to each volunteer, upon their assigning the\\nsame to the town that the town pay to each volunteer\\nbelonging to said town, who is entitled to -$402 United\\nStates bounty, upon his assigning all bounties that may be\\ndue him to tlie town, eight hundred dollars to each vol-\\nunteer belonging to said town who is entitled to 8302\\nUnited States bounty, upon his assigning all bounties that\\nmay be due him to the town, seven hundred dollars to\\neach volunteer not resident in town, a sum not exceeding\\nsix hundred and fifty dollars upon a like assignment of his\\nbounties said sums to be paid upon their being accepted\\nand mustered into the United States service, and in no", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0430.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY. 399\\ncase shall a liounty be paid to any person enlisting after\\nthe quota is full that the selectmen arc hereby author-\\nized to borrow a sum not exceeding said eight thousand\\ndoHars to pay the aforesaid l)ounties and give the notes of\\nthe town for the same, and cause a copy of said notes to\\nbe recorded in the book of the town clerk.\\nApril 2, 1864,\\nVoted, to pay all volunteers that have enlisted, or\\nmay enlist, to fill the quota of tlie town under the call of\\nthe Pi osidont for two hundred thousand men, three hun-\\ndred doUai s.\\nVoted, to hire four thousand dollars on tlie credit of\\nthe town to carry out the foregoing vote.\\nAug. 8, 186-1,\\nVoted, that the town raise and appropriate a sum not\\nexceeding six thousand dollars to encourage voluntary en-\\nlistments in said town, and that tlie selectmen be author-\\nized to hire the same on the credit of the town, and that\\nthe town treasurer be instructed to pay to each volunteer\\nfor one year, or his substitute, or to the order of his substi-\\ntute, the sum of one hundred dollars and to each volun-\\nteer for two years, or liis sul)stitute, or to the order of his\\nsubstitute, tlie sum of two hundred dollars and to each\\nvolunteer for three years, or his sultstitute, or to the order\\nof his sulistitute, the sum of three hundred dollars. Said\\nsums to be paid when such volunteer, or his substitute, shall\\nbe mustered into the service of the United States.\\nVoted, that the town assume and cash the state bounty,\\nand take an assignment l)ack from the state.\\noted, to instruct the selectmen to hire the sum not\\ncxcecdiug six thousand dollars, to pay drafted men or their\\nsubstitutes.\\nVoted, that any person putting in a substitute can take\\nan assignment of the state bounty from their substitute,\\nand have the same cashed by the town.\\nAugust 16th, 1861,\\nVoted, to pay two liundred dollars in gold, or its\\nequivalent, to each man, to pay expenses in procuring sub-\\nstitutes.\\nVoted, to instruct tlie selectmen to hire a sum not\\nexceeding eight thousand dollars to cash the state bounty.\\nVoted, that the selectmen be instructed to hire a sum\\nnot exceeding eight thousand dollars, to pay for procuring\\nsubstitutes.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0431.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "400 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nVoted, that the selectmen be authorized to pay three\\nper cent. l)()nus on money, if it cannot be procured for less.\\nVoted, that the town appoint one agent to act in uni-\\nson with the selectmen in procuring substitutes.\\nAndrew F. Fox was chosen agent.\\nSeptember 2d, 18G-1,\\nVoted, to instruct the selectmen to pay the sum of\\nfour hundred dollars in addition to the one hundred dollars\\nwhich was voted at tl,ie meeting of August 8th, to citizen\\nvolunteers under the last call of the President.\\nVoted, an agent to see to the roll of the militia of this\\ntown.\\nKendrick Emery was chosen agent.\\nVoted, tiiat the agent be paid the sum of three dollars\\nper day, and his expenses.\\nVoted, to authorize the selectmen to hire on the credi t\\nof the town, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars,\\nto pay their own citizens that have enlisted, or may enlist,\\nto till the quota of the town, under the call of the Presi-\\ndent.\\nJanuary 9th, 1865,\\nResolved, that the town raise a sum of money not ex-\\nceeding eight thousand dollars, and ajjpropriate the same\\nas bounties to such persons as may voluntarily enlist, as\\nvolunteers or as substitutes for enrolled or drafted men,\\nto fill the quota of the town under tlie last call of the Pres-\\nident of tlio United States for three hundred thousand men\\nto serve hi the army and navy.\\nResolved, that the town }iay each man voluntai-ily en-\\nlisting or olimteering as a substitute for an enrolled or\\ndrafted man of this town, the sum of one hundred dollars for\\none year, two hundred for two years, three hundred for\\nthree years and to each man who has l^een an inhaldtant\\nof this town lor three months preceding this meeting, en-\\nlisting in the quota of this town, the sum of six hundred\\ndollars for one year, seven hundred dollars for two years,\\nand eight hundred dollars for three years and that per-\\nsons so enlist iiig by this vote to receive them or their order\\nas soon a.s they are mustered into the service of the United\\nStates.\\nVoted, that the selectmen be instructed to raise a sum\\nof money not exceeding eight thousand dollars, to carry\\nout the fore^ uino; vote.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0432.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY.\\n401\\nThe following list of soldiers furnished by the town of\\nCandia, and the bounties paid them, has been given by\\nAljraliam Emerson, Esq. I prepared a list from the Adju-\\ntant-General s Report, showing the companies and regi-\\nments in which they served, but the names of many were\\nnot found there credited to Candia, owing probably to the\\nlarge number classed under unknown, and some otlicrs\\nwho enlisted into Massachusetts regiments. The following\\nlist is certified by the selectmen as having enlisted from\\nCandia into the service of the United States in ISGl, or\\nprevious to any bounty being paid by the town\\nJ. Lane Fitts,\\nStephen Dearborn, killed at\\nJames Island,\\nGeorge Emerson, killed at\\nFx-edericksburg-,\\nWells C. Haines, wounded\\nat Bull Run, taken pris-\\noner, and died at Rich-\\nmond,\\nJehu G. Burbeck,\\nDavid Bcdee,\\nWilliam Bcdee,\\nllichard B. Brown,\\nJohn Brennard,\\nFrancis Fifield,\\nEdmund J. Laagley,\\nLewis B. Carr,\\nEdwin J. Godfrey,\\nGeorge W. Clay,\\nRufus Ward,\\nHenry Buzzell,\\nLorenzo Fifield,\\nAVilliam Norton,\\nRichard Xorton,\\nLucieu Carr,\\nCharles Turner,\\nHorace Dearborn,\\nAlbert Harlow,\\nChester C. Smith,\\nJ. Henry Worthen,\\nJohn Sullivan,\\nStephen Fifield,\\nWilliam Robinson,\\nJames Gannon,\\nGeorge Robinson,\\nWilliam Daniels,\\nGeorge A. Turner,\\nGuilford Batchelder,\\nE. Morrill,\\nDavid R. Daniels, died in\\narmy,\\nDavid Dudley, died in INfary-\\nland,\\nJolui Hal],\\nWilliam Roberts,\\nCharles B. Carr,\\nE. Matthews,\\nCharles Robinson,\\nDavid Norton, Jr.,\\nHenry Norton,\\nReuben Batchelder.\\nOn the 17th of October, 1861, we find the following vote\\npassed by the town of Candia in aid of volunteers\\nThat the selectmen be authorized and instructed to\\nraise by loan, or otherwise, a sum of money not exceeding\\n26", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0433.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "402 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nfive hundred dollars, and expend so much of the same as\\nthey may think proper in aiding the families of such per-\\nsons as have enlisted and been mustered into the service of\\nthe United States from this town the same to be expended\\nagreeably to the law of New Hampshire, passed June,\\n18G1. Also, that tlie same provision be granted to all who\\nmay hereafter enlist.\\nAt tlie annual meeting in March, 18G2, the following vote\\nwas passed\\nVoted, that the selectmen abate the poll-tax of all sol-\\ndiers that have enlisted into service from this town.\\nAt a legal town-meeting, held on the 14th day of August,\\n18G2, the following votes were passed in the affirmative\\nToted, that one thousand dollars be raised to aid the\\nfamilies of volunteers.\\nVoted, that the selectmen hire, at the lowest possible\\nrate of interest, a sufficient sum of money to pay each vol-\\nmiteer who has enlisted, or may enlist into the service of\\nthe United States for three years, and who has been mus-\\ntered into said service to make up the quota of Candia,\\nagreeable to the last call of tlie President for three hun-\\ndred thousand men, two hundred dollars.\\nAt the same meeting it was\\nVoted, to add one hundred dollars, making three hun-\\ndred to each volunteer.\\nOn the 13th of the same month it was\\nVoted, to pay the nine-montlis men one hundred and\\nfifty dollars each.\\nThe following is a list of names of those who received a\\nbounty of three hundred dollars each, at the time Captain\\nW. I\\\\. Uatten enlisted his comi)any. Here is the receipt:\\nWe severally acknowledge to have received from tlie\\ntown of Candia the sums set to our names, agreeable to the\\no i^- vote of the town passed August 14tli, 10 82, to encourage\\nI volunteer enlistments into the service of the United States\\nfor the term of three years.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\Villia:m R. Pattex, Captain, II. Baxter Biiowx, 1st Lieut.\\nW illiara Clark, sickened in Henry W. Kowc,\\ntlie army, returned to Coil- Lcwfllyn Wallace, died in\\ncord and died, :u-iuy,\\nRobert Clark, Charles li. Rowe,\\nAnsell Emerson, Gcoryc W. Ilartlbrd,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0434.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY.\\n403\\nEdwin Ilaiues,\\nFrank Sovaine,\\nEdward B. Robinson,\\nThomas C. Eunuells,\\nOliver Haynes,\\nGeorge Mead, died.\\nDexter Read,\\nWoodbury Hartford,\\nJoel P. Bean, returned, died,\\nJesse D. Bean,\\njST. F. Brown,\\nDaniel BroAvu, Jr., died,\\nE. W. Foss,\\nC. R. Stacy,\\nCharles E. Wason,\\nManson M. Bricket,\\nLevi Baiker, Jr.,\\nFrederick F. Emerson,\\nCharles M. Lane,\\nNathl. Hardy, died,\\nCharles C. Page,\\nLeonard F. Dearborn,\\nGeorge W. GrifSn,\\nHem an O. i\\\\Ia(hews,\\nCharles C. Brown,\\nE. F. Brown, died,\\nN. J. Dearborn,\\nRufus Ward,\\nEzekiel L. Shurtleff,\\nJohn H. Harrison,\\nThomas J. Morrill,\\nJoseph L. Gleason,\\nAlbert M. Morrill,\\nAugustus B. Gile,\\nJames H. Morrill,\\nCharles A. Jones,\\nHiram G. Gleason,\\nGeorge C. Fifield,\\nAsa E. Buswell,\\nJohn A. Gilo,\\nDaniel C. Davis,\\nWoodbury D. Dearborn,\\nReuben II. Dunn,\\nGeorge W. Brown, Jr.,\\nWilliam Collins.\\nThe following is a list of volunteers for nine months, who\\nwere \\\\md a l)ounty of one hundred and fifty dollars each\\nLevi Barker,\\nAndrew J. Mead,\\nDaniel B. Langlcy,\\nEdward P. Lane, died at\\nNew Orleans,\\nHenry T. Eaton,\\nWalter W. Bean,\\nFranklin Clay,\\nJohn H. Bean,\\nSamuel C. Nay,\\nP. Gerrish Robinson,\\nDaniel Hall, died at New\\nOrleans,\\nFrederic Clay,\\nJoseph Avery,\\nGeorge W. Taylor,\\nCharles W. Hoit,\\nJohn A. Haines.\\nAt a legal meeting held on the lOtli of January, 18G3,\\nthe following vote passed affirmatively\\nThat the selectmen be instructed to appropriate six\\nhundred dollars to aid the families of volunteers.\\nAt the annual meeting, 1863, it was\\nA^oted, to raise one thousand dollars to aid the families\\nof volunteers.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0435.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "404 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nJuly 14th, 1863, it was\\nVoted, to appropriate two thousand dollars to aid the\\nfamilies of volunteers.\\nAt a legal meeting, held on the 2d day of September,\\n1863, the following vote was passed affirmatively\\nTo pay each drafted man three hundred dollars,\\nwhether he serves himself, or procures a substitute.\\nAt a meeting of the town, held on the 30th day of No-\\nvember, 1863, to see what measures the town would take to\\nfill its quota, the selectmen were instructed to procure a\\nsufficient number of men at as low a rate as may be, and\\nthat the town raise a sum of money not exceeding eight\\nthousand dollars, and appropriate as much as may be\\nnecessary in procuring said men.\\nLi t of Volunteers under the call of October 17th, 18C3.\\nPatrick Donnelly, Carl Neagle,\\nAug iistus Archer, George Smith,\\nCharles Smith, George C. Brown,\\nEdward Black, Johji Nelson,\\nJohn Wilsort, Martin Eapee,\\nJohn Brown, Frederick McPherson,\\nHorace Colburn, James Webber,\\nNeLson Hard, Charles Fifield.\\nAt the annual meeting, 18G4, it was voted to raise one\\nthousand dollars to aid families of volunteers.\\nAt a meeting of the town, April 28, 1864, it was voted\\nto pay veteran soldiers three hundred dollars bounty.\\nAt the same meeting it was voted to raise two thousand\\nfive hundred dollars, to be paid as bounties to raw re-\\ncruits; also to raise five thousand dollars to be expended in\\nfilling our future quotas, if any calls be made prior to\\nMarch next.\\nAt a legal meeting of the town held Aug. 30, 1864, it\\nwas voted to raise fifteen hundred dollars to aid families of\\nvolunteers.\\nAt tlic same meeting it was voted to raise five thousand\\ndollars in addition to what had already been raised and to\\npay to drafted men, or substitutes for drafted or enrolled\\nmen, the highest bounties allowed by law.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0436.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY. 405\\nAt a meeting hold Doc. 28, 18G4, it was voted to pay\\nvolunteers, residents of Candia, six hundred dollars for one\\nyear.\\nVoted, to raise a sum not to exceed twelve thousand\\ndollars, to pay volunteers or substitutes.\\nSubstitutes for Drafted 3Ien.\\nJames O Donnel, Thomas Marks,\\nCarlz Fitzruu, John Stevens,\\nJames Sullivan, James Han.\\nThe above were paid three hundred dollars each, by the\\ntown.\\nThe following is a list of those enlisted in 18G4, who\\nwere paid a bounty of four hundred dollars\\nJames Thomas, Thomas Harvey,\\nJames AVri fht, Edward Bailor,\\nGeorge Bower, Malcom McKinna,\\nCharles Dearborn, George A. Turner,\\nWilliam llobiiisoii, Eichard Howard,\\nAlexander White, llobert Field,\\nNicholas Johnson, Cyrus W. Truel,\\nWillie F. Eaton, John H. Brown,\\nA. Frank Patten, Orlando Brown,\\nlieubon H. Fitts, Sam C. Nay.\\nThe following enlisted under the vote to pay six hundred\\ndollars bounty\\nJohn C. Fifiekl, Orestes J. Bean,\\nLewis H. Cate, William G. Fitts,\\nGeorge L. Merrifield, John L. Quimby,\\nLewis D. Moore, Samuel L. Carr,\\nJohn n. Mears, Frank G. Bursicl.\\nAt the annual meeting, 1865, it was voted to raise twelve\\nhundred dollars to aid families of volunteers.\\nHere follows a list of substitutes furnished by enrolled\\nmen, to each of which the town paid a bounty of three\\nhundred dollars:\\nJoseph B. Quimby, Charles Fuller,\\nThomas Smith, John Curdiues,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0437.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "406\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nJohn Logan,\\nFrank Rogers,\\nJames Cheney,\\nJames Green,\\nEdmund Boyle,\\nFrank Stanton,\\nJames AVebb,\\nWm. H. Williams,\\nJohn Ilavnes,\\nJacob Shenan.\\nThe following list of the soldiers furnished by the town\\nof Raymond has been given by the Rev. Joseph Fullonton,\\nwho is preparing a history of Raymond as with the town\\nof Candia, there are discrepancies between that and the\\nAdjutant-General s Report\\nSewel J. Tilton, Capt.,\\nJohn A. Cram, Lieut.,\\nGeorge B. Cram,\\nGeorge II. Tilton,\\nJohn Brown,\\nOrren T. Dodge,\\nSamuel G. Bartlet,\\nWai-ren True,\\nAugustus A. True,\\nElias True, Jr.,\\nElbridge G. Moore,\\nWilliam B. Green,\\nHazen Cui-rier,\\nGeorge P. Sargent,\\nGeorge S. Fullonton,\\nJ. Francis Fullonton,\\nHenry Robinson,\\nDavid T. Osgood,\\nGeorge S. Gove,\\nGeorge D. Rowe,\\nGeorge B. Robinson,\\nDaniel R. Bean,\\nAndrew C. Nowell,\\nGilford F. Gilman,\\nCharles H. Edgerly,\\nJohn H. Dearborn,\\nDavid W. Towlc,\\njSTathan 11. Magoon,\\nThomas R. Tuttle,\\nIsaiah G. Young,\\nChase O. Wallace,\\nWm. A. Wallace,\\nGeo. W. Gilman,\\nElisha Towle,\\nNathaniel Emery,\\nRichard Abbot,\\nRufus A. Tilton,\\nDaniel W. Osgood,\\nNathan Norton,\\nJonathan P. Ilolman,\\nAbraham S. Healey,\\nJohn Gile,\\nWilliam II. Ferren,\\nCharles H. Abbot,\\nAYilliam H. Kenniston,\\nAlvali Fogg,\\nJames Pecker,\\nJohn H. Hill,\\nFranklin P. Morrison,\\nHoratio H. C. Morrison,\\nDaniel W. Norton,\\nLaoijii G. AV^arren,\\nGeorge C. Johnson,\\nJames Card,\\nCharles Dow,\\nJona. F, Brovrn,\\nTimothy Gleason,\\nGeorge W. Ilealey,\\nSamuel II. Robinson,\\nJames H. P. Morrison,\\nJesse F. Morrill,\\nJosiah W. Lane,\\nGeorge M. Brown,\\nSamuel C. Nay,\\n(claimed by Candia),\\nFrank S. Heath,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0438.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY.\\n407\\nWm. Y. Griffin,\\nLeonard G. Tilton,\\nCyrus ^Y. Dwiglit,\\nJames O. Scribucr,\\nCharles E. Dodge,\\nJo8e])h Gleasoii,\\nIlirani Gleasoii,\\nEdward Gleasou,\\nCharles H. Perkins,\\nJoliu D. Folsoni,\\nDaniel Robinson,\\nJohn I), Brant,\\nIlobert l\\\\ Kennard,\\nJoseph A. Littlefield,\\nk5aniu(!l M. Heath,\\nJames L. Stevens,\\nSamuel Spaulding,\\nAbner Lowell,\\nCharles L. Hand let,\\nCyrus E. Poor,\\nWm. IL Thurston,\\nCharles Jones,\\nDavid S. Healey,\\nGeorge Tripp,\\nJoshua Smith,\\nOrieii B. Cram,\\nSamuel G. Ilealcy,\\nJohn M. Smith,\\nDaniel Bachelder,\\nGeorge S. Gove.\\nThose who furnished substitutes for llavnioud\\nCharles VV. Lane,\\nT. M. Gould, M. D.,\\nWilliam B. Blake,\\nSaml. I. Locke,\\nCliarles A. Bachelder,\\nElisha T. Gile,\\nThomas B. Bachelder,\\nJohn F. Lane,\\nHorace G, Whittier,\\nIrving Folsoin.\\nThe following votes were passed by tlie town of R.13\\nniond, respecting raising men, paying bounties, etc.\\nSept. 28, 18G1, voted to adopt an act authorizing cities\\nand towns to aid the families of volunteers, and authorized\\nthe selectmen to pay the families of volunteers.\\nApril 5, 18G2, six hundred dollars were appropriated.\\nAug. 22, 1802, voted to pay a bounty of two hundred\\ndollars to all those who have enlisted since the first of\\nAugust, 18(32, and all that may enlist, to a numlicr suOicient\\nto fill the quota of the town for the six hundred tliousand\\nto be ])aid on their being mustered into service. The\\nselectmen were also instructed to pay the families of volun-\\nteers the full amount that the law allows.\\nMarch 10, I8G0, the selectmen were authorized to hire\\neight hundred dollars to pay the families of volunteers.\\nJuly 31, 18G3, Josiah S. James was chosen agent to see\\nthat the quota of the town was allowed.\\nAugust 20, I8G0, voted to pay a bounty of two liundred", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0439.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "408 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nand ninety dollars to all those who are drafted and mus-\\ntered into the service, and compelled to serve in the army\\nof the United States, and also to all substitutes that may\\nbe mustered in and serve.\\nSeptember 24, 1863, voted to pay all men drafted from\\nthe town of Raymond, up to the present time, mustered\\ninto the service of the United States, or their substitutes,\\nthree hundred dollars, agreeable to an act of June, 1863.\\nMay 31, 1864,\\nVoted, that the town jiay three hundred dollars, drafted\\non a call for two hundred thousand men, or their substitutes\\nwhen mustered into service.\\nVoted, that the town pay two hundred dollars to all\\nthat have, or may reenlist, to keep the quota full for the\\ntown.\\nVoted, that the selectmen be authorized to hire men to\\nenlist, to fill the quota of the town, all that the town may\\nbe called upon to furnish by the government in future, not\\nto exceed three hundred dollars per man, and hire a sum\\nnot exceeding ten thousand dollars.\\nJune 5, 1864, the selectmen were authorized to hire\\nsubstitutes for drafted men, and pay not exceeding three\\nhundred dollars each, and also for those called for in\\nfuture and to hire a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand\\ndollars.\\nDecember 26, 1864,\\nVoted to pay citizens of the town, who may volunteer,\\none hundred dollars in addition to the state bounty for .one\\nyear, and two hundred dollars for two years.\\nVoted to pay substitutes for volunteers three hundred\\ndollars.\\nVoted to pay drafted men all the law allows.\\nVoted to authorize the selectmen to advance the state\\nIjounty.\\nVoted to authorize the selectmen to hire not exceeding\\nfive thousand dollars.\\nMarch 14, 1865,\\nVoted to refund to each and every person who may\\nliave provided a Ribstitutc the one hundred dollars paid\\nby them, over and above the amount previously received\\nfrom the to^Yn.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0440.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "CIIAPTEE XV.\\nI HOW THE EARLY SETTLERS LIVED, OR THE INDUSTRLVL HIS-\\nTORY OF CHESTER.\\nEvcryl)ody will understand that the first tenements must\\nhave been log-huts with stone chimneys. As a specimen of\\nthe early chimneys, Joseph Basford built a frame house on\\nthe i)lace where Wells C. Underhill lives, which was sold\\nto Moody Chase in 1769, who reared in it a large family.\\nHis daughter Mary (wife of B. P. Chase) us5d to i-elate\\nthat they could see to work the longest by the light which\\ncame down chimney, of any place in the house and that\\nthe child who sat the farthest back against tlie l^ack-log\\nwas the one ayIio complained most of the cold. Cranes to\\nhang their kettles over the fire were not in fashion, but\\ntwo pieces of wood called cross-bars were put into the\\nchimney, some three feet above the mantel-piece (which\\nwas of wood), and another called a lug-pole across them\\non which to hang trammels. The ovens were built in\\nbeyond the back of the fireplace, so that the smoke came\\ninto one common flue. Then came half-flue ovens, being\\nbuilt about half way from the back to the jamb. Next\\ncame ovens built out to the jambs with a separate flue for\\nthe smoke, called whole-flue ovens. Perhaps there were\\nno chimneys Ijuilt without cranes, or with back ovens,\\nsince 1800, but a great many have been in use since\\nthen. Some of the fireplaces were so capacious as to burn\\nwood four feet long. They would first put on a back-\\nlog, from a foot to a foot and a half in diameter, and a\\nback-stick, smaller, on the top, then a fore-stick, and\\nsmall wood in front laid on andirons, if they were able to\\nhave them, if not, on stones. Where such a fire of good", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0441.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "410 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nhard wood was in operation, it gave out a great amount of\\nheat, and tlie cooking had to be done over such a fire.\\nThe ancient windows were of what was called diamond\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2glass. The sides of the panes were about five inches and\\nthe angles oblique. The longest diagonal stood perpen-\\ndicular, so of course the outside of the casement was half-\\npanes. The outside sash was of wood, and between the\\npanes was lead. At a meeting of the Congregational par-\\nish April 21, 1743, Jacob Sargent, Benj. Hills and Enoch\\nColby were cliosc]i a committee to sell the old lead and\\nglass, and glaze the house with new sashes and glass.\\nSTOVES.\\nI make a few extracts relating to the history of stoves,\\nfrom an article in the Scientific American of Nov. 9,\\n18G7.\\nStoves are comparatively of recent general use, though\\nthey were known in this country as early as 1700. In that\\nyear Mr. Pettibonc of Philadelphia was granted a patent\\nfor a stove which he claimed to be capable of warming\\nhouses by pure heated air. Pettiljone s stove was soon\\nafter put up in the alms-house at Philadelphia. This was\\nprobably the first attempt to use, at least in this country.\\nFrom this time forward, for many years, the stove was\\nconfined to public places its use for warming private\\nhouses or for cooking purposes not having been thought of.\\nThe long box-stove, capal)le of taking three-feet wood, was\\nthe only stove our ancestors knew anything about. The\\nfirst advance towards a cooking stove was making the\\nFranklin stove with an oven and the first that deserves\\nthe name was an oblong affair, having an oven running\\nthe whole length, the door of which was in front, directly\\nover the door for supplying fuel and having also a Ijoiler-\\nhole and boiler on the back part of the top near the pipe.\\nThen a stove similar in arrangement, with swelling elliptic\\nsides was made, generally called the nine-plate stove.\\nAbout 1812 cooking stoves were made at Hudson from\\npatterns made by Mi\\\\ IToxie, wno was the first to elevate\\nthe fire-l)ox above the oven. In 1815 William T. James of\\nLansingburgh, afterwards of Troy, made the stove known\\nas the James stove, which not only continued the loading\\ncooking stove for nearly a quarter of a century, but may", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0442.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL HISTORY. 411\\nyet be seen on board of small eastern coasting vessels,\\nwhere, ))cing cheap and durable, it supnlies the place of a\\ncaboose.\\nIn the James stove, the oven was directly over the fnr-\\nnace, and the sides were swelled out to give jAacc for an\\noval boiler on each side they were cast heavy and were\\nvery durable. They wxrc very liable to burn whatever was\\nin the oveii, unless the utmost care was used. I have\\nheard it related that when one of these stoves was first set\\nup, the goodman waited to be called to breakfast until out\\nof patience, and upon going into the house found the good-\\nwife in a perfect storm: the stove was good for nothing,\\nthe biscuit were burned, and as a penalty for getting\\nsuch a piece of furniture he would have to dispense with\\nhis breakfast. With a good deal of coaxing he prevailed\\non her to mix another batch, which, with careful atten-\\ndance, he succeeded in baking, and at ten or eleven o* clock\\nsucceeded in having his breakfast. There was a cooking-\\nstove made at Franconia (a heavy, coarse-made concern)\\nearlier than the James stove was used here, but I think\\nwas never used in Chester. Jonathan Aiken, Esq., of\\nGoflfstown, had used one of them several years and thrown\\nit by previous to 18-30. Other patterns were soon intro-\\nduced with the oven by the side of the furnace and under\\nthe furnace.\\nPeople were very punctual in going to meeting, and some\\nof them riding three, four, or even six miles on horscl)ack,\\nwhen there was not sleighing, their horses standing out of\\ndoors exposed to the cold, and they remaining in the\\nmeeting-house without fire during two long services and\\nintermission, except that a part of the men would resort to\\nthe neighl)oriiig tavern where they could warm inside as\\nwell as outside. In 1821 Samuel D. Bell, Esq., drew up a\\nsubscription paper and carried it round and collected\\nmoney and purchased a stove which was put into the Con-\\ngregational meeting-house. In 1822 the Rev. Clement\\nParker went round at the Long Meadows and procured a\\nsubscription, and when people plead poverty he offered to", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0443.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "412 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nadvance the moViey and take his pay in wood. The stove\\nwas procured and |)ut into the house in the broad aisle in\\nfront of the pulpit, the funnel going up nearly to the ceil-\\ning, and then out at the front window. The first time a\\nfire was kindled the stove cracked, when the conservatives\\nsaid, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0Itold you so.^^\\nTlie first cooking stove in Chester was bought by Daniel\\nFrench, Esq., in 1824. The next aliout the same time by\\nHon. Samuel Bell. The James pattern was perhaps the\\nearliest here.\\nThe first cooking stove in the Long Meadows was one of\\nthe James, by Hon. John Folsom, about 1830, but not\\nliking it, he carried it back and the first to permanently\\nremain was a rotary, in which the top turned to bring five\\ndifferent boilers over the fire, bought in January, 1835, by\\nthe writer; and several others were bought the same winter.\\nBefore cooking stoves were generally introduced, the tin\\nbaker was invented, and used to bake cakes, pics, c.,\\nbefore an open fire. It consisted of a tin box about twenty\\ninches long, the bottom about a foot wide, inclining about\\ntwenty-two and a half degrees, and set on legs a perjien-\\ndicular l)ack four or five inches wide, with a hinge, and the\\ntop similar to the bottom, with a sheet-iron bake pan sus-\\npended ]jetween them, so that when the baker was set\\nbefore tlie fire at a suitable distance, the inclined surfaces,\\ntop and bottom, reflected the rays of heat upon the materi-\\nals to be Ijaked. The first of these in the Long Meadows\\nprobal)ly in Chester was bought by the writer in the\\nspring of 1832.\\nPrevious to the stove or l)aker was the Dutch-oven, for\\nbaking, frying, c. It was a shallow cast-iron kettle, with\\na cast-iron cover. The articles to be leaked were put into\\nit, over the fire, and the cover filled with coals.\\nPrevious to any of these devices, for roasting meat a spit\\nwas used. It was an iron rod about a yard long, with a\\ncrank at one end. The andirons liad bearings to support\\nthe s}\u00c2\u00bbit riveted to the side next the fire. The meat was\\nattached to the spit, which was laid into these bearings,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0444.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL HISTORY. 413\\nand the crank turned to bring all sides to the fire. I have\\nseen tlie apparatus, but I tliink not in use.\\nAnother mode, which I luive seen a great many times,\\nwas to. suspend the spare-rih by a hook and line belbre tlic\\nfire, with a dripping-i)an under it, and one oi the cliikh-en\\nwould turn it with a stick. When tlie line became hard\\ntwisted, it would turn itself tlie other way until untwisted.\\nBefore the introduction of stoves, they endeavored to\\nkeep fire by burying a good hard-wood brand in the\\nashes. When fire was lost, and neighbors were not at linnd\\nto borrow from, resort was had to flint and steel, with\\ntinder (a cotton or linen rag burnt to coal) to catch, and\\na sulphur match to take from that or a gun, with a little\\npowder and tow, was sometimes used. When stoves be-\\ncame common, about 1832 or 33, friction or lucifer matches\\nwere introduced.\\nA story used to be told of a Mother Hoit, who, when\\nher fire was low, poured powder from a horn, intending to\\nstop it ol f with her finger, but it proved too quick for her,\\nand the horn went out at the top of the chimney. It used\\nto be a saying, as quick as JSIother Hoit s powder-horn.\\nOliver Eaton, of Seabrook, informed us that it occurred\\nthere, and that he once heard the expression used on a\\nwharf in New York by an English sailor, who said that\\nhe had heard it used on the wharves of London.\\nThe milk-pails then in use were wood, and the pans of\\nearthen, tin not being used until within the present\\ncentury. Their dishes were of pewter, the dresser a set\\nof open shelves being set otf with platters and plates,\\nbasins and porringers. These may be seen in the back-\\nground of the cut illustrating combing flax and spinning\\nlinen. Then the children had wooden plates, or, perhaps,\\na square trencher to eat from. I used a wooden plate\\nwhen a boy, also a pewter spoon. Their spoons were\\nmostly made of pewter. They were clumsy, and very\\nliable to be broken.\\nRolicrt Leathhead, who lived where Matthew Dickey", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0445.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "414 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nlately lived, used to itiiierate with ladle and spoon-mould\\nto run pewter spoons. He was a religious man, a Presby-\\nterian, and knew nothing of res])onses, or the use of amen,\\nexcept as a finis to a religious exercise. On one occasion\\nhe put up with a family of Freewill Baptists or Metho dists,\\nwho invited him to lead in their family devotions. He had\\nhut just commenced, when there came a loud, responsive\\namen, which Mr. Leathhcad took as a signal for him to\\nclose, -which he reluctantly did.\\nThey had a piece of cooper s ware, called a jiu/rjin, hold-\\ning about a gallon, one stave of which projected four or five\\ninches above, for a handle. It served as a ladle to dip\\nwater, and also as a wash-dish. They also used a gourd-\\nshell as a ladle. It had a long neck, like some species of\\nsquash, which made a convenient handle. One may be\\nseen lying on the floor in the forementioned cut. Hard-\\nshell pnmpkin-shells were used to store balls of yarn and\\nremnants of cloth. It was told of one old lady that at her\\ndeath she had pumpkin shells which she carried from her\\nfather s at her marriage, fifty years before.\\nAlmost as a matter of course, coming poor into a new\\nand hard, rocky country, our ancestors must have fared\\nhard, and sometimes had a scanty living. I have heard it\\nrelated that a lad, some sixty or seventy years ago, re-\\nmarked that he supposed Mr. So-and-so s folks lived well\\nthat they had meat all the year round implying that his\\nfolks had not, which was probaljly true. I have heard the\\nwoman of the other family relate that they were short of\\nmeat, and ])oiled a small piece with some sauce and greens\\nthat they had a caller to dinner Avho was probably meat-\\nhungry, and he took the whole and ate it.\\nIt was usual for a man who had a family to go to the\\nFalls, or to Haverhill, and get and salt a barrel of ale-\\nwives, or the Derryfield folks of lamprey-eels. Once when\\nthe fish were rather short at the Falls, and many were wait-\\ning, one of the fishermen fell in and went down through the\\nfalls some distance, and when he got his head above water\\none of tlie anxious customers in(iuircd And saw ye any\\nfish in your downcoming", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0446.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL HISTORY. 415\\nTITe English, by boiling beans very soft Avith their boiled\\ndish, and thickening the liquor, made bean-porridge, which\\nwas a common and favorite dish. It has been said 1 do\\nnot voucli for its trutli that when the man was going\\naway with his team the woman would make a ])ot porridge\\nand freeze with a string in, so that he could hang it on his\\nsled-stake, and when ho wanted to bait, would cut off a\\npiece and thaw it. The Irish had a corresponding dish in\\nbarlcy-lu oth, barley ])eing substituted for ])eans. It was\\nrelated of old Mrs. Linn that she had com})any one day,\\nand had some charming good broth, but forgot to put in\\nthe meat. The Irish used to churn their milk and cream\\ntogetlicr, and use the buttermillc as a common drinlc.\\nThere was another dish which was a great luxury, which\\nwas baked pum} kin and milk. In the autumn and early\\nwinter, take hard-shell pumpkins and cut a hole in the stem\\nend sufficiently large to admit tiie hand, and scrape the in-\\nside o^ii clean, and replace the top. If the oven was not,\\nlike Nebuchadnezzar s furnace, heated seven times hotter\\nthan it was wont to be heated, it was a great deal hotter\\ntlum usual, and after the pumpkins were in, it was plastered\\narbund the lid to keep the heat in. Dr. Bouton, in his\\nHistory of Concord, says tliat they filled them nearly\\nfull of new milk, and ate directly from the shell, and that\\nGovernor Langdon, wlien boarding at Deacon Kimball s,\\npreferred that mode as ))eing the most genteel. I never\\nsaw that mode practiced, Ijut have eaten pumpkin and milk\\na great many times. The shells were very useful to hold\\nl)alls of yarn and remnants of cloth.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00baSome wheat was raised, and the flour used, but most of\\nthe liread used was brown, composed of rye and Indian.\\nSuch a thing as purchasing flour was hardly known previ-\\nous to 1810, or later.\\nJi. favorite and good method of cooking potatoes was to\\nopen the hot embers on the hearth, and put the potatoes in\\nand cover and roast them.\\nThe most common drink was cider, but in warm weather\\nbeer was made. In some places malt-l)eer was used,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0447.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "416 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nbut I have seen no indications that it ever was in Che!feter.\\nIt was commonly made of hoj^s, though sometimes by boil-\\ning spruce boughs. Spruce beer has been made at my\\nfather s long since my recollection. Beer would be an\\nindispensable article for every inhholder in cold weather,\\nfor the purpose of making fill?.\\nWhen the people had large families it was not uncommon\\nto have but one suit for each of the children, and the\\nmother must wash and dry the clothes after the children\\nwere in bed. I have heard an old man say that when he\\nwas a boy his mother made him wear his shirt backside for~\\nward half of the time, to make it wear out alike.\\nThe clothing was mostly of domestic manufacture. The\\nmen, however, sometimes wore leather small clothes of\\nmoose-hide, buck-skin or sheep-skin. The Committee of\\nSafety (Col. N. H. Hist. Soc, vol. 7, p. 63) agreed with\\nMr. Daniel Oilman for 100 coarse moose hide breeches at\\n18s. Simon Berry and William Locke came from Rye about\\nthe same time, and their fathers soon made a journey to\\nChester to see their sons. Mr. Berry wore a pair of sheep-\\nskin breeches, and being caught in a shower, the breeches\\ngot wet and sagged to the calf of the leg. Mr. Berry toak\\nhis knife and cut them off at the proper place at the knee\\nsoon the sun came out, and the breeches shrank, so they\\nwere as much too short as they had before been too long.\\nTheir sheep were of a coarse-wooled kind. The wool\\nwas carded Avith hand-cards, v.hicli was very laborious\\nwork for the women. Sometimes, to make it more cheer-\\nful, they would have a hee or uiool-hreaking. It was, I be-\\nlieve, as much work to card as to spin it, and a woman s\\nstint of spinning was five skeins per day, for which the\\nusual price v/as fifty cents and board per week, perhaps less\\nsometimes.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0448.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL HISTORY.\\n417\\nI /\\\\71\\nCardi.vo and SriN xiNG Wool, Cottox or Tow.\\nIll Cor/iu s Ilistoiy of Xcwbnry, under date 1701, it\\nis said In June of tliis year tlic first incorporated\\nv. bolcn factory in ]\\\\rassa( husctts was erected at the falls of\\nthe river Parker, at Ncwliury. The machinery was made\\nin Newburyport, by ]\\\\Icssrs. Stanlrinj^, Armstromr and\\nGruppy. This was probably the first wool-cardiiiu: done\\nby machinery in this reji;ion, if not in the country, and I\\nam so informed by Mr. Dnstin, of Salem, N. II. The next\\nwas by Mr. Alexander, where Mv. John Taylor s factory now\\nis, in Salem, N. II., soon after the year 1800. The people\\nof Chester used to go there with their wool, and pay a out", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0449.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "418 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\neight cents per pound for carding. I believe Mr. Alexander\\ndid some manufacturing.\\nIn 1805, Samuel Haynes, of Chester, procured a carding\\nmachine, and ran it that season, and then returned it to\\nthe vender. The next carding machine in this region was\\nm^de at Chelmsford, Mass., and put up at Poplin Rocks,\\nby Samuel Gibson, who came from Mcthuen, Mass., in 180G.\\nThe next carding machine was made by D. J. Marsh,\\nHaverliill, Mass., for Moses Chase, and set up in the Haynes\\nfulling-mill, in 1810. Some of the conservatives, or fogies,\\nwere much offended at tlie innovation, as it would ruin the\\nwomen, and make them idle and lazy. The cards were\\nthen all set by hand, giving employment to women and\\nchildren to set the teeth.\\nFor men s wear, fulled cloth was made and dressed by the\\nclothier at from ninepence to one shilling and sixpence per\\nyard. Sometimes, to save this expense, heavy waled cloth\\nwas made and dyed with bark at home. For women s win-\\nter wear, baize was made and dyed green, or without any\\nfulling or napping, dyed with redwood or camwood, and\\npressed, and called pressed cloth; or sometimes merely\\ndyed with bark at home. Nearly every good house-wife\\nwould have a Idue vat, in the form of a dye-pot, in wliich,\\ninstead of dissolving the indigo at once with sulphuric acid,\\nit was put in a bag and dissolved gradually in urine.\\nTliose old enough to remember the operation will retain\\nvivid recollections of tlie operation of wringing out the\\ndye-pot, on their olfactories. Here was dyed the wool\\nfor stockings, and mother s and grandmother s woolen\\na]:)rons. Many times when I was a small boy, when I came\\nfrom sliding, or other recreation, with my hands aching\\nwith cold, I had them wrapped in grandmother s blue\\nwoolen apron.\\nFor summer wear the men had a cotton and linen cloth\\nQ?i\\\\\\\\Q(\\\\. fustian. The women had for dresses, aprons, c.,\\nplaids of various patterns. So occasionally a wcl) was\\nmade for handkerchiefs.\\nThe raising of ilax and the manufacture of linen was", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0450.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL HISTORY,\\n419\\nfirst introduced by the cinig rants from Ireland to London-\\nderry, in 1719, and they wore eminent in that line of man-\\nufacture. It may l)e wise to preserve a knowlcMJge of the\\nvarious processes of it.\\nAfter tlie fiax was pulled, the sccil was HuH^slicd off,\\nand the flax was spread to rot. It lay expo.sed o tlie dews,\\nrain and su!i, until the woody jtart had become tender, so\\nas readily to l)reak in pieces. Tbe libre wonld meanwhile\\nturn of a darker color, and become more pliable. After\\nthe sledding had broken up, about the first of i\\\\rarch, the\\nflax was got out. The lirst operation was breaking.\\nw^\\nV\\nitWM\\nBreaking a d Swingling i lax.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0451.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "420 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nThe flax-1)rcak was an oak stick some six feet long and a\\nfoot square, set on legs, with about four feet of it about half\\ncut away diagonally, leaving one foot square of each end.\\nHero Avei-e inserted four hard-wood slats, edgewise, with\\nthe u})i)er edge sharp. To match this were another set of\\nslats, one end inserted in a block called a head, and the\\nother in a wooden roller hung to the back part of the l)ody\\nof the ))rcak. The operation of l)reaking was to raise the\\ntop slats with the right hand, by means of a pin or handle\\nin the head, and with the left hand put tlie fiax into the\\nIjreak, aud it was oi)erated until the woody part of the flax\\nwas In-uken fine, and most of it fallen on the floor. The\\nnext operation was conil)ing the seed ends by drawing it\\nthrouirh a comb of twelve or sixteen iron teeth inserted in\\na board. The next operation was swingling. A l oard\\nabout seven inches wide and four feet long was set in a\\nheavy block to keep it steady and upright. This was a\\nswingling board. A heavy wooden knife about two feet\\nlong vras used to beat the flax over this board to separate\\nthe liner shives and the coarser tow. This operation\\nwas called swingling. A very smart man, with good\\nflax and a good dry day, and leaving it rather rough, would\\nswingle forty pounds in a day, tliough twenty pounds A^ould\\nbe an ordinary day s work. The l)reaking was about equal\\nto the swingling, which would make ten to twelve pounds\\non an average, as an ordinary day s work of dressing from\\nthe straw.\\nThe next process in the manufacture was coml, ing. The\\nfiax coml) was made by inserting teeth made of nail ods,\\nsay six inches long, and pointed, into a l)oard or jilank,\\nwhich would be secured iinnly to a chair, or somethiug\\n.else. }tly grandmother s, yet in good condition, has twelve\\nteeth, about half an inch ajtart, and seven deep, the teeth\\nin each row standing opposite the spaces of the preceding\\nrow. The flax was drawn continually through this comb,\\nuntil tiie tow or short and imperfect fibres of the flax\\nwere all drawn out. The ihix was then ready to put upon\\nthe distaff. The Irish, or linen wheel, was about twenty", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0452.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL HISTORY.\\n421\\ninches in diameter, hung on an iron crank, and was opera-\\nted by tlie loot on a trt udlo. The wheel had two grooves\\nin its cireuuirerence, one to i ecei\\\\e a l)and to di-ive the liiers\\nand the other to drive the spool with a (jnicker motion\\nto take np the yarn. The distaff was a sapling about\\nan incii thick, with four or live branches, wliich were tied\\ntogether at the top. The liax was put on this and the thread\\ndrawn from it. Two double skeins was a dav s work.\\ni!-\\niVFlr\\n-5,3^\\nCoMi .iNi; Flax and Si Inmnu LI^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2E^\\nThe linen niannfactni-e was quite a I)usinoss wi(li the\\nScotch Irish of Londonderry and Chester, making fine\\nlinen cloth and thread, and bleaching it and sending it to", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0453.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "422 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nthe towns to market. The l)each of ifassabesic was a fa-\\nvorite phicc for bleaching. Linen constitnted a very impor-\\ntant part, with cotton, of honscliold fabrics and barter,\\nshu-ts, sheets, table linen, summer dresses, handkerchiefs,\\nmeal l)ags, etc.\\nThere was a process to facilitate bleaching, called buck-\\ning. It Vv as to put the cloth or yarn into a tub, cover it\\nwith a clotli, and fill the tub with ashes, which were leached,\\nthe lye passing through the cloth. The process was re-\\npeated at ])leasure.\\nAfter bleaching tlie cloth, came the final operation of\\nbeetling, which was performed by folding the clotli and\\nlaying it on a flat, smooth stone. The beetle was of ma})le,\\nor some hard wood, jterliaps two feet long and live inches\\nin diameter, two thirds the length turned down to a suita-\\nble size for a handle. The cloth was l)eaten witli tliis, and\\nthe folds continually changed, until tlie whole web was ren-\\ndered snfliciently pliable and soft. I have seen tlie ojiera-\\ntion performed by laying the cloth on the stone hearth, and\\nusing the pestle.\\nThe smaller girls would take the swingling-tow and\\nIjeat out the shives, and spin and douljle and twist it, and\\nsell to the merchant for wrapping-twine. The older ones,\\nto make their purchases at the store, would make all-tow,\\ntow-and-linen, or cotton-and-lincn cloth, to barter with the\\nstore-keeper. My sisters tell me that when one was about\\nnine and the other thirteen, in 1810, the elder one sjmn\\nthe warp and the younger one the filling, and made a web\\nof tow cloth, and bouglit them dresses and that they now\\nhave pieces of those dresses.\\nAlso the shoe-thread was of linen, and all shoes were\\nthen sewed. Pegging the soles is a modern invention.\\nThe jicople wanted ropes for bed cords, and other purposes,\\nwhich were frequently, if not universally, of home manu-\\nfacture. The flax or tow was spun and warped in three\\nstrands, of the required length. A machine was made by\\ntaking three pieces of hard-v. ood ])oard aliout a foot square,\\nand making round tenons or bearings on the opposite cor-\\nners, forming cranks, one end of which was inserted in a", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0454.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL HISTORY. 423\\nstationary standard with hooks, to which to attach the three\\nstrands of the roj)C. A shorter and movable piece of board\\nwith corresponding holes wjts put on to the other tenons,\\nby moving wliich gave a crank motion, and twisted the\\nstrands. A sim])le crank at the other end twisted the\\nrope. A small lilock, with three grooves for the strands,\\naided in laying the rope even.\\nIn the culture of tiax there was a weed very prolifi* in\\nsmall seed, called wild llax. This increased so fast that it\\nwas necessary once in two or throe years to clean the socd.\\nThis was done by having a cylinder of tin or sheet-iron,\\nperforated so as to let the wild seed pass and retain the\\nflax seed. This screen was suspended on bearings, the\\nseed put in and the machine turned by crank until the seed\\nwas cleaned. The two last named machines, I think, might\\nhave been seen about the premises of the late Jacob Cliase,\\na few years since, probably made and owned by his grand-\\nfather. Tow was carded and spun on a large wheel like\\ncotton or wool.\\nCotton has l)ecn a constituent part of clothing as lar\\nhack as I have any knowledge. It was of course carded\\nand spun by hand until the starting of factories, when cot-\\nton warp was made and sold at tlio stores, and the weav-\\ning done by hand. Cotton was also sold at the stores. The\\nweaver s reed or slaie, was made of sticks of cane, whittled\\nwith a knife, and the twine wound by hand. Peter Aiken and\\nJames and Alexander Shirley were famous in Chester for\\nmaking them. Their looms were lieavy, clumsy things.\\nThe web was sprung by the feet, the shuttle was thrown\\nand the lathe swung to beat in the tilling with the\\nhands, so that with every throw of the sluittle and Ijcat of\\nthe lathe, the hands had to be clianged from one to tlie\\nother. Five or six yards was a day s work of weaving.\\nThe yarn was reeled in threads of two yards each, forty of\\nwhich made a knot, and seven knots a skein, and\\nfourteen knots a double skein. The warj), for warping\\nwas wound on spools, and the fdling on (piills made\\nof elder. The spooling and (quilling gave employment to\\nboys and girls.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0455.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "424 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nAnother brancli of houseliold manufacture was 3^arn cov-\\nerlets for bed covers, in which a good deal of taste and\\nmechanical ingenuity were displayed in the colors and fig-\\nures. Among those eminent for weaving this article in a\\ngreat variety of figures was the wife of John Locke, and\\nafter her death his daughter Polly, now the wife of John\\nCiu rier of Sandown.\\nThe tanners had no chemical process or hot liquor. To\\ngrind the bark they used a circular stone, generally a worn\\nout mill-stone. They fitted a central post or shaft with\\nwooden bearings, Avith a horizontal shaft or axlctree, one\\nend working with a wooden bearing in the post, the other\\nend fitting and passing through the eye of the stone i ar\\nenough to attach a horse. A circular platform of wood was\\nbuilt nearly twenty feet in diameter. As the horse made\\nhis circuit, the stone rolled over, crushing the bark. A\\nhand was always in attendance to continually rake the\\ncoarse bark out under the stone, and shove the fine to the\\ncentre.\\nThe first Imrk-mill was invented and patented in 1808,\\nby Paul Pillsbury (an uncle of Parker Pillsbury of aboli-\\ntion notoriety), who was born at West Newbury, and lived\\nat Byeficld. Instead of the cylinder and cone being cast\\nwhole, as in modern mills, they were cast in segments, and\\nfitted to wood. He sold liis ])atent for two thousand dol-\\nlars, but iiCver got liis pay. Tlie first bark-mills introduced\\ninto Chester were at a later day, probably about 1812, and\\nwere cast whole, the cone being fitted to a perpendicular\\nwooden shaft, and standing in the centre of the ])latform,\\nand the liorsc attached to a sweep and traveling in the old\\ntrack. Tlie farmers were their own batchers, and carried\\nthe hides to the tanners, wlio tanned either by the piece or\\nu})on shares. Up|)ei leather would tan in the course of tlie\\nsummer, and it W(ndd be a winter business to curry it. It\\nwas all shaved down with the currying-knife, there being\\nno sj)litting-niachines before 1810 or 1815. Tlie sole\\nleather took a year or more to tan. There is the name of\\nLemuel Clifford of Chester, tanner, in a deed as early as", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0456.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL HISTORY. 425\\n1734, but whether he actually tanned here is uncertain.\\nIchahod Rol)ie, a grantee, was a tanner at Hampton Falls,\\nand iauulit liis sons the art. Uq settled his son John on\\nhome lot No. oo, about IToo, who had a yard where Robin-\\nson s yard lately was, and he taught his sons the art. Ham-\\nucl Kobie settled on his father s lot, IIG, and had a yard\\nwhore ilie Rlakc yard lately was, and taught his son Ed-\\nward the art, who once carried on the business in Candia\\nat the brook north of Parker s Corner. Tanner j\\\\[artin set\\nnp the business in Chester Woods al)Out 1780, and James\\nAVason at the Long Meadows about 1785, and Ca])t. Ezekiel\\nlUake came to Chester in 1702 and did quite a business at\\nthe SamuLd Robie yard.\\nThere was no such thing as sale-shoe work then. The\\npeople can-led their stock to the shoemakers, or sometimes\\nslioemakors Itinerated from house to house with their kit.\\nI recollect about fifty-five to sixty years ago, Mr. Stocker,\\na very small man, father of Aaron Wilcoml) s wife, nsed to\\ngo througli our neigh oorhood. It ^s said of Samuel JMur-\\nray that he would make shoes for Dea. John Hills, and that\\ntlie Deacon would pay him in labor on the farm that Mr.\\n]\\\\rurr;iy would work with the Deacon day-times and make\\nshoes to i)ay him nights.\\nAt that time the utmost economy had to lie ])racticed.\\nAll of the young peo})lc and some of the old ones Avent\\nl)arefo()t during the summer, and the maidens when gohig\\nto meeting would cither go barefoot nntil nearly there or\\nwear thick shoes and carry the morocco ones in their\\nhands to save the v/ear. Lojig within my recollection, the\\nmaidens going across to the Long Meadows to meeting\\ncarried their shoes in their hands until across the brook.\\nThe lather and mother, if n(jt the grandfather and grand-\\nmother, had the horse with the saddle and pillion, and the\\nyounger ones walked, sometimes from three to six miles.\\nThe heel pegs were made with a knife. Sonu^timc, j)rob-\\nably from 1812 to 1^1.3, Mr. Pillsbury, the inventor of the\\nbark-mill, fixed a tool to ])low grooves across a block of\\nma[)le, and then cross-plow it, which pointed the pegs, and", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0457.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "426\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nthen they were split with a knife and lualkt. Vn Pills-\\nbury soon got up improved machinery and did a large\\nbushiess at making pegs, and then ]\u00c2\u00bbcgged shoes were in-\\ntroduced. (See Shoe and Leather Reporter, July 16, 1868.)\\nBoots were not in common nsc. They had leggings\\nor buskins, Icnit lo reaclv irom the knee to tlie shoe,\\nwith the bottom widened so as to cover the shoe, and\\nleather strings to tic them down. 1 wore them myself\\nwhen a lad, and I liave heard my grandfather say that he\\nnever had a pair boots of nor an outside coat before he\\nwas tw3nty-one years old. Boots made by crimping in the\\nankle?; wero not in use before 1805 or 6, and they weie\\nknown ibr many years as Suwarrow boots, from the\\nname of the Russian General Suwarrow. Before that the\\nfronts worj in two parts. The foot had a tongue Avhich\\nvv cnt \\\\i\\\\) two or three inches into the leg. They were gen-\\ncrallv vrorn with white tops and small clothes or breeches\\nwhich came down just Ijelow the knee. Breeches were\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0enerally worn till ab(jut that time, and some old men wore\\nthem oi xong as they lived.\\nPLOW s.\\nThe plows had the wrought-iron shares, the beam being\\nvery long with Avooden mould-board, })lated Avitli old hoes\\nand other scraps of iron. What are now bent for handles\\nwere then straight, and were called thorough-sliots, as\\nwas also the stud at the forward part of the irons, which", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0458.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL HISTORY. 427\\nprojected far eiiong;li above tlic beam to attacli tlie handles\\nto it. The handles were k)n, pieces of wood attached to\\nthe forward thoroiig h-shots, and also to those behind,\\nwith woollen pins, and extending back two feet or more\\nbehind, making a very long ])low. Franklin Cronibic, Esq.,\\nsays that he measured one that formerly belongeil to ^\\\\at-\\nthew Templeton, which was nearly fourteen feet long.\\nAfter a while the crooked handles were introduced, though\\nwithin the present century. They then M cnt into the\\nwoods and found a tree with as good a turn as they could,\\nand split out their handles. When the turni ik(^s were\\nbuilt, ill 1805, the Dutch plow was introduced. It was a\\ntriangular piece of iron, so made as to form a wing and\\npoint, and the forward part of the mould with a wooden\\nland-side, plated and attached to the wood by a l)olt. The\\nplow was very short. Many of them were afterwards made\\n])y Abraham Sargent, Jr., and Daniel Wilson, as late as\\nI SoO. The first cast-ii on lov. s, so far as I know, were the\\nHitchcock pattern. Probal ly the first bi-ought into Chester\\nwas by Ilawlcy j\\\\[arsliall of Brentwood, 18;:30-18o.\\nIron or steel shovels were not much, if any, used here,\\n])revious to building the turnpikes in 1805. They used to\\ntake a large red-oak tree and split out the shapes and make\\nwooden shovels and have the edge shod with iron, which\\nAvere called shod shovels. July 0, 1775, the committee\\nof safety ordered James Proctor paid nine pounds for\\nsixty /Shod Shovels by him delivered. In Stephen\\nChase s diary Feb. 24, 171)7, is an entry Sawed gi-cat oak\\nlog, making shovels. Mr. John Brickett of Haverhill\\nwas, as late as about 1810, famous for making shod-shovels.\\nThe manure-forks were of iron, very heavy, Avith long\\nhandles like a pitch-fork haiulle.\\nHoes were made by common blacksmiths, of iron and\\nlaid with steel, and were frequently new-steeled.\\nThe scythe-snaths were either straight or Avith a natural\\nbend, and home-made. Probably there Avere none man-\\nufactured by being steamed and bent previous to 1810.\\nThe rakes were also of home manufacture, and much", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0459.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "428 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nheavier than the modern ones. The first that my father\\nhad of a diiferent kind was a Shaker rake in 1808.\\nThe pitch-forks were iron and very lieavy and chimsy at\\nthat, steel ones not being used much before 1830. My\\ngrandfather s, made about 17G2, are yet in good condition.\\nWAGONS.\\nWhen wagons were first introduced into Chester is not\\nknown. The first that I liave seen any mention of a wagon\\nis xingust, 1707. Lieut. Josiah Underhill charges Joscpli\\nHall with Itinding of wagon Avlieels, and in Octolier of\\nthe same year, credits Mr. Hall for his wagon to Haver-\\nhill, 3s. Gd. It appears from Lieut. Undcrhiirs accounts,\\nthat soon afrer that time he had a wagon built himself,\\nand often let it to others. Simon M. Sanborn says that the\\nfirst ox-wagon in that part of the town was owned by his\\ngrandfather, John Iloit, he thinks, not more than sixty-five\\nyears ago. Capt. Noah Weeks, born 1790, says that the\\nfirst ox-wagon on the street was procured by Mr. Sweetser\\nto draw his st(n C-goods on and tliat he had taken eight\\n])arrels of cider on a cart wiih hags of apjJes on the top,\\nand di ivcn the team to Newbnryport. It is related of one\\nCloses Williams of Sandown, that he procured an ox-wagon\\nto move a family from Danvers, and that he lay avv^ake the\\nlijght before starting, jJanning how he should turn his\\nv. agon when ho arrived there.\\nThe moilo of drawing boards on one ])air of wheels was\\nto have drufts, a si)ire aljout twenty leet long spread\\n\\\\Qvy wide, pinned on tlic top of the axletree and extending\\nback four or live feet, so that the lioards were to l)car on\\ntlie (h alts l;efore and hehind and not tip on the axletree.\\nDn such a vehicle large quantities of l)oards were drawn to\\nHaverhill and Sweat s Ferry. It has l)cen done within my\\nov. u recoileclion by my father.\\nThe earliest light, one-horse wagons were about the year\\n1810. Deacon Walter ]\\\\Iorse says that he had the iirstone\\nin Chester, about 1811. They were rather rough and", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0460.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL IIISTOIIY. 429\\nheavy, tlie body on the axlctrccs, without tlioroiiGh-hraccs\\nor sprhigs. Tlic first g;ig-wa,i::{)ii in the Ijoiio Meadows was\\nowned by Deacon James Wason, 1 think, a oiit lSli\\\\\\nJohn Ordway, Esq., says tlic first lie ever saw ov licai-d of\\nwas made l)y Samncl Smith, of Uampslcad, about I -O J or\\n1810. Before this, a few of the wealthiest had a heavy,\\nchnnsy, square-top chaise. In 180 tlicre \\\\\\\\(Me about twenty\\npersons taxed in Chester for a chaise. The tire of wliecis\\nwas formerly cut in pieces the length of the fi^lloes, and\\nnailed on. The whole or hoo])-tire camo into urc with the\\ngig-wagon. The first on ox cart wheels was al\u00c2\u00bbout l^iiO.\\nShort boxes were used, for cart wheels, about three inches\\nlong, and for light wheels al)out two ineb.es. i he ]npe\\nboxes and iron axlctrees, I think, were not used previous\\nto 1820. The boxes were then made with a chamber, so as\\nnot to licar in the middle. They were not made without a\\nchamber lie fore 1830.\\n]\\\\Iost of the traveling was done on liorscba(;k, and fre-\\nquently (Zo?/^?^ the man before, and the woman on the\\npilUon behind. Much transportation, especially of small\\nand light articles, such as bottles, jugs, sugar and butter-\\nl)0xes, was done in saddle-bags. Most of the going to\\nmill was also on horse1)ack. Sometimes larger and heavier\\narticles were transported long distaiices. When Wells\\nChase Iniilt his house in 1771, he brought Avindows ready\\nglazed on horsel)ack from Newbury. When bo built a pair\\nof cart-wheels in 1780, he and another man went to Deer-\\nfield for the iron on horseback. I find on liis account-book\\na charge, By myself and horse to Deerfield, 4\u00c2\u00a3 IGs., Old\\nTenor, to E. Fitts also for a day tiring the wheels.\\nThis iron was made in Deerfield 1)y Daniel Ladd, on the\\nLamprey river, about a mile above Robinson s mills, South\\nDeerfield. The ore was the bog ore, and was dug near the\\nbase of Saddleback mountain, and near Northwood line,\\nand transported to the furnace. The quality was indilTer-\\nent, containing sulphur, or some other foreign snbstanco,\\nwhich made it difficult to weld but it answered a purpose,\\nthe supply from the mother country being cut off by the\\nwar.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0461.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "430\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nIt is related of Deacon Jonathan Hall, that when he\\nvisited his daughter, the wife of Deacon Joseph Dear-\\nl)orn, at Rumney, he carried her a bag of meal on horse-\\nhack. ^Vhen Jonathan, the son of Deacon Jonathan Hall,\\nmoved to Rumney with his wife and child, they went on\\nhorseback with two horses, and carried their bed and cook-\\ning utensils, and a child. She sometime probably after-\\nwards carried a linen- wheel before her on horseback to\\nRumney.\\nSNOW-SnOES.\\nSnow-shoes Avere much used in traveling on foot on deep\\nsnows, and, presenting so large a surface, prevented slump-\\ning. The following description and tlie annexed cut are\\nmade from a pair of snow-shoes which my grandfather\\nbought about one hundred and five years ago, which are\\nnow in good condition\\nThe snow-shoe consisted of a piece of\\ntough, hard wood, generally about seven-\\neighths of an inch thick, bent at the front\\n])art in a semicircle about sixteen inches\\nin diameter, and the hinder i)art elon-\\ngated, so tliat the ends came togetlier side\\nby side, and were ^I iveted and loaded with\\na small piece of lead, so that when walk-\\ning that end would trail on the snow. The\\nextreme length was three feet. Near each\\nend, and tenoned into the bow, were flat\\npieces of hard wood, to which, and to the\\nbow, Avas fastened a strong netting of\\nleather or green-hide. The foot Avas fast-\\nened near the toe l^y means of a leather strap and strings,\\nwhile tlie heel Avas left free. A man used to thcni Avould\\ntravel vfitli great ease, some said easier than on liare ground\\nAvithout.\\nIn ITO^j Ca))tain Tyng raised a comjjan} of volunteers at\\nDunstable, and marclied to AVinnipiseogee against the\\nIndian enemy on snoAv-shoes, for which the survivors had", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0462.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL HISTORY. 431\\na grant of land from the General Court of Massachusetts\\nin 178G, lying on the cast side of Merrimack river, three\\nmiles wide, extending from Litchfield to Suncook, wliich\\nwas called Tyngstown. Once within my recollection\\nmy fatlicr took a bushel of corn on his shoidder and\\ntraveled on snow-shoes to Blanchard s mill, a distance of\\ntwo miles and a half. I have, many times since I have kept\\nhouse, traveled across to the Long Meadow meeting-house\\nto meeting on snow-shoes. I have heard my grandmotlier\\ntell of being cauglit out in a snow-storm at a childbirth,\\nor other occasion, and walking homo on snow-shoes.\\nBLACKSMITHS.\\nThe blacksmiths did all kinds of work. They not only\\ndid the jobbing, such as slioeing, forging chains, plow-irons,\\nfcc., but made the axes and hoes, shod the shovels and made\\nscythes. Slitting-mills were not common, and they took the\\nRussia and Swede s bars and split them with a chisel, and\\ndrew the iron to its j)roi)er size and shape.\\nSwings for shoeing oxen, 1 think were not used mucli,\\nif any, before 1810, and not uniformly used until a much\\nlater date. A bed of straw was prepared the ox was\\nthrown down and turned upon his back a man sat and\\nheld Ids liead the fore and hind legs were drawn and\\nlashed together, so that they crossed each other between\\nthe knee and ankle, and were shod in that position. Lieut.\\nJosiali f nderhill used to prepare the shoes and nails, and\\ngo up to Deacon Kelly s and in his stal)le shoe all tlic oxen\\nfrom tiiere to Martin s and White Hall. I find on Lieut.\\nUnderhill s ledger, 1798, charges for a scythe, Cs.; laying\\na broad-axe, 9s. laying a hoe, 2s. 6 two new hoes, 9s.;\\nshoeing a shovel, 3s. laying an axe, 3s. a crooked shave,\\n3s. new axe, 8s. breasting a mill-saw. Is. 4. [The saw^\\nwas of iron, and when worn so as to be hollow^ on the\\nbreast, was heated, and the Ijack struck on the anvil and\\nso straighted.] Cutting new teeth on a mill-saw, 3s.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0463.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "432 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nSCYTHES.\\nAltliougli Lieut. Josiali Uudci liill, and perhaps other\\nblacksnnths, made scythes, a large portion of those used in\\nChester must have been hi-onglit from abroad and al-\\nthough not particularly relating to the history of Chester,\\nsome facts may ])C \\\\yortli preserving, and illustrate the his-\\ntory of the times.\\nMaj. Benjamin Osgood made scythes by hand at Methuen\\nabout fifty or sixty years ago. lie was a very powerful\\nman to work, and of great endurance and he once told\\nme that he had worked from four o clock in the morning\\ntill eight at night, with two sledgemen, who took turns in\\nblowing and striking. They took Russia l)ars and S})lit\\nthem u}) with a chisel, and also the steel, and they would\\nmake eight scythes in a day, so that four scythes would 1)0 a\\na very large day s work to make. The earliest scythes that\\nI recollect were stamped with the name of Waters.\\nSutton, now Millbury, Mass., was a great place for mak-\\ning scythes, and I have the following facts from Mr. Na-\\nthaniel \\\\Yatcrs, an aged man, througli his grandson. He\\nsays that the lirst scythes made in this country were made\\nat Salem, Mass., about the year 1700, entirely t)y hand.\\nQuite early a man by the name of Putnam commenced\\nmaking scythes by hand on Putnam Hill, in Sutton. There\\nwas an act of Parliament cited in the history of Mc-\\nMurphy s miil, in this work, forliidding the use of tilt-\\nhammers. Putnam, to evade the law, as he supposed, ran\\none by horv^e-power many years. About 1770 Deacon Asa\\nWaters erected a shop in Sutton, and ran tilt-hammers in\\nviolation of tbe law, and several other shops v* ere built in\\nthat regioii about 1795. The Waters scythes and Sut-\\nton scythes, much used in Chester from fifty to sixty-five,\\nor more, years ago, came from there.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0464.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL HISTORY. 433\\nCOOPERS.\\nCoopers work was of course done by hand and with\\ncoarse tools. The earliest howcl for crozing the staves for\\nthe head, which I ever saw, was a small adz with the edge\\ncurved and a short liandle, somewhat resembling in shape\\na shoe-hammer. When I was a lad they had one at Dea.\\nMorse s with which we used to crack nuts. This gave way\\nbefore my day to a crooked shave or drawing-knife, with\\nan iron shank for the right hand in the barrel, and a han-\\ndle for the left outside. About 1815 the stock liowel, a\\nkind of heel-plane with a curved iron, was introduced. At\\nthat time and later, a large business was done at fish bar-\\nrels, also on beef barrels and of course staves and hoop-\\npoles were quite an article of traffic, as they were before\\nthat time. It appears by Lieut. Uiiderhill s ledger, men-\\ntioned under the head of Blacksmith, that he took them\\nin pay for his work and hired them drawn to Haverhill and\\nNewbury.\\nFor a season, making shooks was quite a business.\\nThey were red-oak hogsheads for molasses, set up, trussed,\\npared and howeled, and taken down and bundled and sent\\nto the West Indies. But so many unskillful men and\\ncheats went into it that they ran it under. Corresponding\\nwith this was making hoops to go with these shooks.\\nMaking staves and heading was once quite a business, as\\nwas also cutting hoop-poles. Wood land was owned by non-\\nresidents, and the old hoop-pole men were not over-particular\\nabout their lines. One of them had a novice at the business\\nhelping him one day, who inquired if they had not got to\\nhis line he replied, My line always goes till sunset, sir.\\nRum, beef and fish barrels, also molasses hogsheads, were\\nmade in Chester, and large quantities of stock carried to\\nHaverhill, Newbury and other places and sold.\\nThere were no pail- and tub-factories, all was done by\\nhand. When we consider the enormous quantities of such\\narticles turned out at these establishments now, we are led\\n28", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0465.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "434 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nto wonder what is done with them on the one hand, and\\nhow our ancestors got along on tlie other. Their work\\nwas from the best materials and was heavy and substantial,\\nand was carefully used. My grandmother was married in\\nITGO, and soon went on to a farm, and procured a cheese-\\ntul) and milk-pail which were in use long after my recollec-\\ntion, I tli;nk till her death in 1814, at least fifty years.\\nHATS.\\nThe wool for hats had first to be carded l)y hand and\\nthen bowed. Tlie bow was a catgut line fastened to a\\nwooden bow, similar in form to an Indian s bow, which was\\nstruck liy a wooden pin and snapped into the wool, wliicli\\nthrew it into a liglit mass into the desired form. The\\nbowing was quite a trade to learn. Probably Hatter\\nUnderbill was the earliest hatter in town, afterwards Dan-\\niel Greenough, Perley Ayer, Stiles, Daniel Langmaid and\\nJames French.\\nPOPLAR AND PALMLEAF HATS.\\nDaniel Pressy was a wool-hatter, and resided below\\nIngalls hill where Francis Chase now lives in Sandown,\\nand had a brother-in-law by the name of Mason Lincoln,\\nalso a hatter, who worked with him, who was the inventor,\\nor brought the art of getting out the stuff and making the\\nhats. A gauge with several spurs at suitable intervals?\\nfrom one-sixteenth to one-eighth of an inch, was passed\\nheavily over a iece of po])lar Avood about eighteen inches\\nlong, then a jointer with the iron lying very flat cut the\\nstuff off, which was braided with seven strands and sewed\\ninto hats. Mr. Lincoln and Micajah Rogers, who lived\\nwhere John Hunkins lately lived, got up a set of tools, and\\ncommenced the business of getting out the stuff. Jonathan\\nBondj who lived where Ezekiel Currier now lives, got sight\\nof the tools, some said clandestinely, and did a great busi-\\nness in getting out the stuff. It was at first a great secret,\\nbut it soon became an open one. This was in 180G, and", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0466.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL HISTORY. 435\\ntlio first liats sold for fifty cents each. It became a threat\\nbusiness in all the region, nearly all tlie women and cliild-\\nren going into it, and all of the traders dealing in the hats.\\nThey were sent South and West in vast quantities. The\\nprice of common coarse hats eventually came down to four\\nor five cents each. They were very light, good sunnner\\nhats, and in a rain would swell so as not to leak l)adly.\\nThe business was liowever overdone as to quantity and\\nquality. William Hazelton of Chester, and John Ordway\\nof Hampstead, dealt largely in these hats, and happened to\\nbe in IJoston together in March, 1827. A dealer who pur-\\nchased of them had just im})orted some palmleaf, and got\\na man by the name of King, from Rhode Island, to instruct\\nin the art of making hats. They jjurchascd stock and\\nhired !Mr. King to come up and instruct the girls at two\\ndollars each. Mr. Hazelton and Mr. Ordway had twelve\\nor fourteen girls each to learn the trade. From this l)egin-\\nning it became a great business. The leaf was then split\\nwith a knife by hand, and the hats were pressed by hand.\\nFor the fine hats they then furnished stock and paid one\\ndollar each for making, and sold in Boston for one dollar\\nand fifty cents. They were sent to South America and\\nsold there for five dollars each.\\nThese facts are communicated by Mr. Ordway. Since\\nwriting the above, I have received the following account\\nfrom Mr. Jabez Boyden, of South Pedham, aged about\\neighty years. He says that the first he ever knew of the\\npalmlcaf-hat business was in 1823 or 4, he does not remem-\\nber which. He was engaged in the sennit or l)raidcd-hat\\nmanufacture, and used to peddle them in Rhode Island.\\nOne day at a tavern in Newport, some one asked him why\\nhe did not hire a man by the name of King, whom he\\nknew in that place, who knew how to make palmleaf liats\\nbraided whole. The man King said he had been a sailor,\\nand had been captured Ijy the S})aniards and put in prison\\nwhere he learned to braid })almleaf hats. Mr. Boydeu\\nhired Mr. King to come to South Dcdham and teacli the\\ngirls to make them. He says that the first hat cost him", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0467.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "436 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nfifty dollars. After he got everything ready he had to give\\nfive dollars for the first hat to new beginners, and one dol\\nlar each afterwards. The hats sold at from three to ten\\ndollars each, according to quality. After Mr. King had\\nworked for him three or four months, some one from New\\nHampshire offered him great pay to go there and teach the\\ngirls. He went and was gone a few months and returned.\\nMr. King was dissit)atcd and would not work when he had\\nmoney. About the time Mr. King came to South Dedham,\\na woman at Dedham Centre took an old hat to pieces and\\nlearned to make them, made one for her husband and\\nclaimed to be the first to invent the art of making them,\\nand tlireatened to sue Mr. Boy den for infringing upon her\\nrights. He got his first leaf from South Carolina, but it\\nwas not strong, so they chartered a schooner from Salem\\nto go to Cuba and get a cargo. The first lot of liats he\\nsent to New York was sold wholesale at two dollars and\\nfifty cents each.\\nPOTASH.\\nThe boiling of potash was quite a business in early times.\\nThe early inhabitants burnt good hard, green wood, in an\\nopen fire, and made good ashes and an abundance of them,\\nand nearly every trader took in ashes in pay for goods. I\\nthink that Col. Weljster was a manufacturer. I find in\\nmerchant Blasdell s ledger, date 1770, an account of what\\nhis potash cost. The potash Citals were three hundred\\nand twenty pounds bringing the Citals from Haverhill,\\ntwelve pounds. The whole expense was six hundred and\\nsix poimds, equal to one hundred and one dollars. Robert\\nCalfc made potash, and paid nincpence per bushel for ashes.\\nIn 1700 Samuel Shirley had a potash manufactory near the\\npond and paid eight pence per Inishel for ashes. After-\\nwards George Bell, son of William, had a store on the east\\nside of the road, opposite the pond, and made potash where\\nMr. Shirley had done. For a long period after John Bell\\ncame to Chester he had a manufactory, which I think was\\nthe last iu Chester.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0468.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL HISTORY. 437\\nCLOCKS.\\nThe early inhabitants had few clocks. Tlic i)eo|)le -were\\npoor, and clocks were scarce and dear. As a sul)stitutc,\\nsuu-dials wore used. The dials ^vere made of ])cwter with\\na triau idar piece called the i-nomon jdaccd on ilie me-\\nridian to cast a shadow, and the circnmfcrence was o-rad-\\nuated to show the honrs. The English school-l)0()ks llien\\nused gave rules for dialing. JUit dials were useless in the\\nnight and in cloudy weather.\\nThe earliest clocks were of English manufacture, and\\nsome had only an hour hand and struck but once at each\\nhour. One, apparently very ancient, was owned by Dea.\\nRichard ilaselton, and afterwards by his son Thomas. I\\nam informed by tlie Rev. T. IT. Miller that thei-e were\\nclocks made in Portsmouth about one hundred and fifty\\nyears ago, and that there was a clock-maker there ])y the\\nnanie of Fitz, who llourished al)out one hundred years ago\\nand later. There was a David Blasdell of Amesbury, born\\nin 1712, who was a clock-maker. I have seen several of\\nhis clocks, one with the date 1741 on it. His son Isaac\\ncame to Chester in 17G2 and carried on the clock-making\\nbusiness until his death in 1791.\\nThe clocks were of brass, rather heavily made, and to\\nrun one day. The line was of linen, passing over grooved\\nwheels armed with points to prevent slij)})ing. One line\\nand one weight carried both time and striking. Chester\\npcoi)le and others were su|)plied with these clocks as far as\\nthey were able to iturchase. My grandfather, Wells Chase,\\nmade a great effort, and in 171^8 imrchased one, for which\\nhe paid twenty dollars for the movement, and had tlie case\\nniaili. He paid a part of the purchase in wood at eight\\nshillings per cord, drawn to Cliestcr, where John West now^\\nlives. Col. Stephen Dearborn had one about the same time\\nwith the name of Mr. BlasdelFs son Richard on it. My\\ngrandfather s is yet good, and I have it running. Mr.\\nBlasdell made a few eight-day clocks near the close of his", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0469.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "438 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nlife. There was a Simon Willard, of Roxljury, Mass., who\\nwas a celeln-ated clock-maker, but I believe none of his\\nclocks came to Chester. Timothy Chandler, of Concord,\\nborn April 25, 1TG2, first learned the trade of card-making,\\n(wool cards) and at the expiration of his apprenticeship\\ntraveled on foot from Pomfrct, Conn., about 1784. He did\\nnot go into card-making, but hired a man by the name of\\nCumniings, who was an apprentice to Mr. Willard, and set\\nup clock-making in Concord, and did a large business. He\\nmade eight-day clocks of a lighter and better finish than\\nthe Blasdell clocks. Several of these clocks came to Chester.\\nIt may not be improper to give here a short description\\nof the manner in which clock work was once done, wliich I\\nhave from Al)iel Chandler, son and successor to Maj. Tim-\\nothy Chandler. The wheels were cast blank and the teeth\\nwere cut on a gear engine which was turned with one hand\\nand the tool held down with the other. The teeth Avere\\nrounded up with a fde. The pinions were imported cut,\\nbut the lever had to be rounded with a tile. Mr. Clian-\\ndler, however, thinks that on the earlier pinions the teeth\\nwere sawed out by hand. The pivots were turned in a\\nlathe composed of a spring polo overhead with a line pass-\\ning from it and around the piece to l)e turned, to a treadle\\noperated by the foot, so that when the treadle was Ijorne\\ndown the piece turned towards the operator and his tool\\nwould cut, the spring of the pole carried it back again.\\nSometimes, in such light work as clock-making, a bow sim-\\nilar to a fiddle bow was used, the string passing round the\\npiece to l)e turned, and operated l)y one liand and a file held\\non by the other. I think the spring pole and treadle was\\nthe only lathe then in use by chair makers and cabinet\\nmakers. Tobias Cartland, of Lee, born 1705, did (piite a\\nbusiness at chair making, and got out and carried a great\\ndeal of stuff to Portsmouth on horseback, and his lathe\\nwas standing two or three years ago. Mr. Chandler says\\nthat when Low Damon set up chair making in Concord,\\nin 1806, and for several years after, they used such a lathe.\\nLevi and Abel Hutchins, of Concord, learned their trade of", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0470.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL HISTORY. 439\\nMr. Willard and sot up the business there about 1788, per-\\nhaps a little later than Maj. Chandler. The first, or one of\\nthe first clocks made ])y .^bel Ilutchins, is now owned l)y\\nhis grandson, and is running. The dial or face was made\\nof an old brass kettle. Quite a number of their clocks\\ncame to Chester and sold for from fifty to sixty dollars each.\\nThey were well made and in well finished cases, and some\\nof them at the io[) of the face showed the phases of the\\nmoon. Levi Hutchins, in his autobiography, says that\\nprobably he and his Itrother Abel made the first brass clocks\\nthat were made in New Hampshire, but Isaac Blasdell made\\nclocks in Chester twenty -five years before they did in\\nConcord.\\nJames Critchet, of Candia, was a man of great mechani-\\ncal genius. When a young man he saw a clock which had\\na cuckoo that crowed instead of striking, which excited his\\ncuriosity, and he made quite a number of wooden clocks\\nwhich ran twenty-four hours one he made for Dea. Abra-\\nham Bean, and altered it to an eight-day clock. Making\\nwooden clocks was not much of a business previous to l ^20.\\nFrom 1820 to 1830 the Connecticut clocks were hawked\\nabout the country l)y peddlers, and the movement sold for\\nabout twenty dollars, and many of thcin were put up in a\\ncorner of the room and run for many years without a case,\\nand did good service.\\nUMRRELLAS.\\nIt is said that there were a few umbrellas used in France\\nand England early in the eighteenth century, but were not\\ncommon there until about 1775, and a few were imported, but\\nwere not common previous to the year 1800. I think the\\nfirst owned in the Long Meadows was bought by my mother,\\nin 1804, and is yet in existence. The first in Chester is\\nsaid to have been bought by Josiah Morse, Jr., the precise\\ndate not known, but probably a little earlier. The first\\nowned in Sandown is said to have been purchased l)y a\\ndaughter of Deacon Nathaniel French, soon after the death\\nof her father, which occurred April 30, 1803, for which she\\npaid five dollars.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0471.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "440 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nVARIOUS ACCOUNTS.\\nIn order to show how our ancestors lived, in what they\\ntrafficked, and the prices of arftcles, I make extracts from\\nvarious old accounts\\nExeter, Nov. 14, 1754.\\nEec of Mr. James Wilson, two thousand and a lialf of red oak\\nhog s*^ staves, at sixteen pounds old teuor, per thous*^\\nJohn Gilman, Jr.\\nThat would be five dollars and thirty-three cents per.\\nthousand, drawn to Exeter.\\nThe next is from a ledger of Merchant Blasdell, who\\ntraded at Chester Street and did an extensive business,\\ncommencing in 1759. The money was old tenor, of which\\nit would take six pounds to make a dollar. He charges\\nJesse Johnson with\\n8.\\n200 board nails, 2 4\\nA pound of Coflee, 1 6\\nA gallon of Molasses, 3\\nA pound of alum, 12\\nA thousand of boards, 24 00\\nHe gives credit for 30 primers, at \u00c2\u00a36 each 67 pair of\\nbuckles, large ones, at \u00c2\u00a31 10 small ones, at \u00c2\u00a31 5.\\nThis seems to have been with a dealer, as it is all on one\\npage\\ns.\\n2 doz. aud three buttons, 1 16\\nSi of serg, 22 15\\ni y buckram, 9\\nU y*i\u00c2\u00bb black shaloou, 12 7\\ni y cotton cloth, 1\\nWife making a coat, 4 10\\njacket and breeches, 9 00\\nBed blanket, 15 00\\n2 gallons N. E. rum, 8 00\\n2 qts. W. I. rum, 3 00\\n4 lbs. sugar, 2 8\\n4 thousand shingles, 32 00\\n1 i^aper of pins, 15\\nA nuig, 1 00\\n1 lb. powder, 7", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0472.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL HISTORY. 441\\nPewter bason, 3 10\\nAn ounce of indigo, 18\\nli yard of broadcloth, 18 00\\nU lbs. cotton wool, 2 17\\n1 gallon of molasses, 3 00\\n2 bread pans, 14\\n1 pair of cards and a slate, 6 18\\n2 bushels of corn, 6 00\\n1 gill of rum, 1 10\\nHe charges James Croset with articles when you broke\\nyour leg.\\nFrom Wells Chase s account-hook, 1771, Calel) Hall is\\ncharged for self and oxen to Suncook, 12s. This was to\\nthe Catamount hill, in Allenstown, after mill-stones.\\n179,1, Samuel Shirley is charged with ashes at 8 pence\\nper bushel. He is credited with rum, at Is. 4 ])er quart,\\nand tobacco at 2 pence per yard. They had tobacco for\\nchewing, called pig-tail, which was twisted into a cord\\nabout five-sixteenths of an inch thick, and rolled into bun-\\ndles and sold by the yard.\\nI will next give some items from a ledger of Lt. Josiah\\nUnderhill, commencing in 1707. The money is lawful, six\\nshillings to the dollar. Although Mr. Underhill began very\\nsmall at first (probably not far from 1780), his business\\nwas now large, extending to Daniel Davis and Jcdediah\\nKimball, at White Hall in Hooksett, to John Clarke,\\nBricket and Murray, and to Dea. John Hills and Simon\\nFrench, in Candia.\\nJohn Clarke is charged for a mill-saw, \u00c2\u00a32 8 for\\nbreasting a saw, Is., 4. Tlieir saws were iron, and when\\nworn hollow, were heated, and the back struck on the an-\\nvil and straightened. Mending a mill-saw.\\nIn 1799, Alexander and James Shirley were charged\\nwith paying for a German mill-saw 13 dollars. This\\nwas probably one of the earliest steel saws. The Shirleys\\nowned the Oswego mill. They are at the same time\\ncredited with 1000 boards at the mill, $5.00. There\\nare several saws charged which he made, and quite often\\nbreasted. Scythes are quite frequently charged, usually at", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0473.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "442 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n7s. Gd.,or 8s. each; narrow axes, at 8s.; new steeling, 4s.\\nto 5s new hoes, 5s., new steeling, 2s. Gd. shoeing oxen,\\n7s. 6d. horse, 5s. 4d. James and Silas Hunter are charged\\nto making an instrument to haul teeth, 2s. 6. So it\\nseems that he made surgical instruments. Stephen Chase\\nis charged with a pair of corks for his hoys. Is. 4 shoe-\\ning a shovel, 2s. 6 for a gripe for the sliaij^ Paul Adams\\nis charged for a hook and buckles for a sleigh harness\\nand bits, 4s. 6. The hooks were attached to the leading\\nlines to hitch to the bits. He is also charged with mak-\\ning a loggerhead, 9d. They had a drink called filp, for\\ncold weather, composed of rum and beer. The loggerhead\\nwas heated red hot, and immersed in the liipior to warm it\\nand make it foam. There is work charged to the Folsoms,\\nfor making and repairing their nail machinery. There\\nare several charges for flax-comb teeth mending and\\nmaking cranks for linen wheels spindles for woolen wheels,\\nc. He took much of his pay in l)arter. Heading was\\nabout four shillings per hundred, and staves about the same\\nprice. They were counted six score, or one hundred and\\ntwenty, to the hundred. They were then drawn to Haver-\\nhill at about four dollars per thousand. He took coals at\\nsix cents per bushel. There are frequent credits for loads\\nof pine (pitch wood for lights).\\nFrom the account-l)ook of Richard Dearborn the follow-\\ning prices are learned\\n1811, rum, 70 cts. molasses 60 cts. scythe, $1.00 salt,\\n81.00 souchong tea, 81.00. 1812, mowing 67 cts. per day\\nbark at Hampstead, 16.00 per cord cotton, 23 cts. sugar,\\n17 cts. dry pine wood, $2.00 ])cr cord at Chester calico?\\n34 cts. glass, 9 cts. per light. 1815, war prices, N. E.\\nrum, $1.33 nails, 12 1-2 cts. scythe, $1.00. 1816, X. E.\\nrum, 67 cts. 1817, rye was two dollars, in consequence\\nof the cold season of 1816. James French is credited for\\na napt hat, $4.00; a wool one, $1.75. 1815, James\\nWason is credited with a four-wheel carriage to Deer-\\nfield. This was the first gig-wagon at the Long Meadows.\\nFrom B. P. Chase s book 1804, Polly Blasdel is cred-", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0474.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL HISTORY. 443\\nited with twenty-one weeks work housework and nursing\\n810.50, and with an umbrella (the first in the Long\\nMeadows and yet in a condition to be used), 83.00.\\nShe is charged with a yard and a half of baize, 75\\ncts. Pair of calf skin shoes, 1.12 Six yards of calico\\nand a fan, 2.0G Five yds. drugget, 2 1-4, checked, 3.50.\\n1803 to 180G, another girl, who worked for fifty cents per\\nweek, is charged Horse and side-saddle to Bow, IG\\nmiles, 83 cts. Sheeting, 50 cents, India cotton, 42 cts.;\\n[Tins India cotton was a very coarse and thin cloth, not so\\ngood as the lowest priced shirting of the })resent day]\\n1 1-2 yds. striped linen for a loose gown, 50 8 yards of\\ncalico, at 3s. 8, and a pair of mitts, 5.G5 4 yds. of wooleii\\ncloth for a great coat, making, 4.83 one pair silk gloves,\\n1.08, 1 pr. calfskin shoes, 1.04, 2.12; G yds. cotton and\\nlinen cloth, 3.00 Yellow liaizc, 42 cts. per yard,\\nIn 1819 he charges another girl,Avho,I have good reason\\nto know, was one of the very best, who worked for sixty-seven\\ncents ])er week at house-work, including spinning, milking,\\nand nursing an invalid woman, 1 pair cow-hide shoes, 1.34\\n1 pair calf-skin uliocs, 1.42 1 pair morocco shoes, 1.57.\\nTHE DATE OF SOME OF THE HOUSES IN CHESTER,\\nCai)t. Samuel Ingalls was the first settler, had the first\\nchild born, and built the first framed house about 1732,\\nwhich was lakcn down several years since to give })lace to\\nthe one where Humphrey Niles lives, on Walnut Hill.\\nTrobaljly the oldest house now standing is the old Fitts\\nhouse. Dea. Ebcnezer I)earl)orn deeded to his son Benja-\\nmin home lot No. 132, in 1735, and he is rated for a D\\n(two-story) house in 1741, and the house was probably\\nbuilt between those periods. Dearborn sold to Nathan\\nFitts, in 17G7. Lt. Ebenezer Dearborn was married in 1730\\nor 31, and the L part of the house (where James R. Gor-\\ndan lives probably was his first house, and older than the\\nPitts house. He afterwards built the frunt part, date not\\nknown. Francis Hills says that the liouse where Benjamin\\nHills lives, built by his great grandfather, Benjamin, Sen.,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0475.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "444 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nwas a garrison, and that the port holes may yet be seen\\nthrough the boarding, though covered on the outside with\\nclapl)oards. If that be the fact it ^was probably Ijuilt as\\nearly as 1750. Wells Chase and a fellow apprentice by the\\nname of Moses Haskall took their tools on their backs,\\nat Newbury, and came to Chester and built a house for\\nStephen Morse, in 1755, being the old part of the house\\nwhere Oilman Morse now lives. The L part of the John\\nBell house, where William Greenough lives, was built by\\nthe Rev. Mr, Flagg time not known, but probably as early\\nas 1750 or 60. It was moved back, and the front part\\nbuilt by John Bell, Esq., in 1806. Col John Webster built\\nwhat is now Bachelder s hotel, in 1761.\\nProbalily the oldest house in Auburn was built by Joseph\\nCalfe, who was married in 1746, and it might have been\\nbuilt previous to that, or they might have lived awhile in a\\nlog house. Barnard Bricket built the house where his\\ngrandson David P. Bricket lives, in 1766. Wells Chase\\nIjiiilt a one-story house where his grandson. Pike Chase,\\nlives, in 1771 second story added in 1828. Col. Stephen\\nDearborn built a house the north side of tfte Borough road,\\neast of the saw-mill, in 1761, but soon moved it on to the\\nhill, and it is a part of the L or low part of the present\\nhouse. The front, or two-story part, was built in 1776 or\\n1777. Samuel Murray lived in the cellar kitchen while\\nbuilding his house in 1781. Isaac Blasdel Iniilt the house\\nin which John West lives Lt. Josiah Underliill and Jacob\\nChase built houses in 1785. Tappan Webster built where\\nMr. Orcutt lives, in 1787.\\n1788. William Hicks built where Woodbury IMasters\\nlives.\\n1791. Dr. Benjamin Page s house was burnt, April 5\\na new frame raised April 30, sold to Joseph Robinson, who\\nfinished it.\\n1793. Alexander Eaton l)uilt the house opposite the\\nLong Meadow meeting-house.\\n1794. Dr. Thomas Sargent built his house where John\\nWhite lately lived. Cornet Isaac Lane built where his son\\nIsaac lives.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0476.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "INDUSTRIAL HISTORY.\\n44^\\n1796. Natlianicl Woods and Joseph Linn Luilt at tlie\\nLong Meadows, and the Rev. N. Bradstreet where John W.\\nNoycs lives.\\n1798. Samuel Underhill ])uilt where Geo. S, Underhill\\nlives.\\n1799. Amos Kent built where Mrs. Aiken lately lived.\\n1800. Daniel French, Esq., built his house. Joseph\\nWetherspoon built where Henry ^loore lives. It h.as been\\noccupied by Moses Emerson, Charles Goss, Jolni Bryant,\\nand others.\\n1804. Gilbert Morse l)uilt what has been the Congrega-\\ntional parsonage, where Sarah Rol)inson lives.\\n1807. Jacob Elliott built about this year.\\n1808. Thomas Anderson built where his son Samuel\\nnow lives, in Auburn. Capt. David Hall built where Hazen\\nDavis lives, in Auburn. Joseph Mills built about this year.\\n1809. Benjamin Hills built at the John Fowcl placci\\nwhere Daniel Wilson lately lived. He had not moved into\\nit before the cold Fiiday, January 19, 1810, and the wind\\nmoved it on its foundation.\\n1812. Josiah Haselton built where Lewis Kimball lives,\\non Walnut Hill.\\n1822. Thomas Coffin built where Rev. James Holmes\\nlives.\\n1832. Jay T. Underhill built where Mr. Chamberlain\\nnow lives.\\n1833. Hon. Samuel Bell built his house.\\nFIRES OCCURRING, SO FAR AS ASCERTAINED.\\nSamuel Eastman and Samuel Eastman, Jr., house and\\ngoods, Candia, 1759 James FuUonton s house, Raymond,\\n1763 David Bean s mill and house burned in Candia\\nDea. Richard Hazelton had his grist-mill burned, time not\\nknown Jonathan Berry s house, April 15, 1786 Phillip\\nGriffin s house, March, 1788 Nathaniel Head, two barns\\nand six oxen, Nov. 25, 1788 John Crawford s house, July\\n10, 1789; Dr. Page s house and barn, April 5, 1791;\\nJoseph Blanchard s clothier s shop, July 10, 1795 Capt.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0477.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "446 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nLocke s saw-mill, March 27, 1796 Haselton s barn, Octo-\\nber, 1700 John Haselton s house, June 14, 1800 Daniel\\nTrue s house, Jan. 6, 1801 James Stevens blacksmith-\\nshop, Dec. 12, 1801 Silas Cammet s house. May 1, 1802\\nMoses Preston s shop, Sept. 7, 1805 John Melvin s black-\\nsmith-shop, Dec. 11, 1807 Capt. Fitts s blacksmith-shop,\\nJan. 7, 1814 John Clark s house, July 15, 1818 William\\nCoult s fulling-mill, and two carding-machines and cloth-\\niers tools, 1820 Samuel Anderson s tavern-stand in Candia,\\nincluding a large two-story house with L, a large stable and\\nbarn, and all of the contents, including twenty-three horses\\nand eleven swine, Oct., 1821: the house of the widow of\\nRobert Forsaith at Walnut Hill, May, 1822 the saw-mill\\nand grist-mill of Samuel Hook and Sebastian Spofford,\\nApril, 1825 the grist-mill and old nail-shop at the Blanch-\\nard mills owned by Col. S. D. Wason, burned in the fall of\\n1825 the house of John French of Candia, April 21,\\n1831; Zaccheus Colby s house. May 24, 1837; Candia\\nmeeting-house, Jan. 25, 1838 Jesse J. Underhill s edge-\\ntool shop, 1841 the Hall grist-mill, owned by Noah Clark,\\nabout 1845; the Knowles saw-mill, 1847 Ephraim Kelly s\\nhouse and shop, April 25, 1850 William P. Underhill s\\nbarn and L to his house, Sept. 20, 1850 John Moore and\\nJohn Wason s saw- and shingle-mill, 1851 Samuel Colby s\\nhouse and barn, March 2, 1853 Hale True s house,\\nformerly the house of Robert Wilson, Esq., 1853 Rich-\\nards and Grecnough s store, and school-house No. 1, Dec.\\n28, 1856 William P. Underhill s house and barn, Dec. 20,\\n1857 Capt. Moses Haselton s barn by lightning, 1862\\nPollard s steam saw-mill, 1864 the Perley Chase house,\\nJune, 1867.\\nTREES.\\nPaul and Sylvanus Smith came from Hampton to Chester\\nabout 1730. Soon after making an opening they brought\\nfrom Hampton some apple-trees on horseback and set out,\\none of which bore a peck of apples in 1868. A large elm\\nat the Templcton place, at the Long Meadows, was set out\\nwhen Matthew was just large enough to steady it, probably", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0478.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "TOWN OFFICERS. 447\\nabout 1745. Barnard Brickct came to Chester in 17G5, and\\nthe great chn, wliose toj) now extends eighfy-five feet, and\\nAvhose trnnk at four feet from the ground, whicli is its\\nsmallest phace, girts about fourteen feet, was then a small\\nsapling, which he then })runed. It has several large\\nbranches, so that it is larger ten or twelve feet iVom the\\nground. The elm at Isaac Lane s was either a sapling\\ngrowing there when Cornet John Lane came there in 1749\\nor set soon after. The elms in front of the French office,\\nopposite the house, were set by II. F. French aljout 1829.\\nThe other trees above the old Melvin place were set by Mr.\\nFrench, aided by T. J. Melvin and others, from 1881 to\\n1884. Those opposite the Melvin place were set l)y Mr.\\nMelvin and John White in 1848. The trees on the Haver,\\nhill road, near where the old Baptist church stood, were set\\nby Silas F. Learnard in 1845. The three elms nearest the\\nhouse of the writer, were set by Benjamin Chase, Jr., in\\n1855. The other elms and maples were set a year or two\\nlater. The maples i]i front of the house were set in 18G7.\\nCHAPTER XYI.\\nTOWN OFFICERS, OR THE OFFICIAL HISTORY.\\nIt may not be improper, preliminary to giving a list of\\ntown officers, to say something about the duties of some\\nthat have become obsolete. There probably were laws oa\\nthe subject previous to those I have examined.\\nDEER INSPECTORS.\\nIt was supposed to be l)encflcial to preserve the deer and\\nto destroy the wolves, though deer, being the natural game\\nof the wolf, probably had a strong tendency to preserve\\nthe wolves.\\nBy an act of the 14th of George II, it is enacted that\\nno deer shall be killed from the last day of December to", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0479.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "448 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nthe first day of August annually, under the penalty of ten\\npounds and in case of inability to pay, to work forty days\\nfor the first offence, and fifty days for subsequent offences.\\nAny venison or skin newly killed was evidence of guilt.\\nEvery town was required to choose two proper persons to\\ninspect and search suspected houses.\\nAn act was passed in 1758, forbidding the killing any\\nbuck, doe or fawn, from the first day of December to the\\nfirst day of August annually, under a penalty of fifteen\\nshillings. Towns were authorized or required to choose\\ntwo suitalile persons annually, whose peculiar office it shall\\nbe to prevent as much as may be, the breach of this act\\nand shall have full power to search in any place within\\ntheir respective limits, to open any doors, chests, or other\\nplaces, locked or concealed, where they shall have any\\nreason to suspect any flesh or skin of buck, doe or fawn\\nto be hid, etc.\\nIn 1741, James Camp])ell, Thomas Wells and Joshua\\nPrescot were chosen a committee to prevent the killing\\nof Deer contrary to law. Deer-inspectors were chosen\\nuntil 1707.\\nHAYWARDS OR FIELD-DRIVERS.\\nBy an act of 4th George the First, 1719, towns were re-\\nquired to maintain pounds, and that other persons, as well\\nas hawanh or field-drivers, take up and impound any swine,\\nneat cattle, horses or sheep, as shall be found damage-feas-\\nant in any corn-field or other inclosure, or swine found\\nunyoked or unringed, c.\\nAn act of February 9, 1760, enacts that towns shall have\\nfull authority at their annual meeting to make rules and\\norders to prevent cattle and horses of such as are not free-\\nholders going at large and grazing on any unfenccd land.\\nAnimals found at large, contrary to such rules, shall be\\ntaken up and impounded by the field-driver, (fee. Field-\\ndrivers were chosen in 1729, and until 1790. They had\\nsuch officers in England.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0480.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "TOWN OFFICERS. 449\\nHOGREEVES.\\nBy an act of 4tli of George First, 1710, towns are re-\\nquired to choose two or more meet persons to see to tlie\\ndue observance of the laws and orders relating to swine?\\nand with a penalty of twenty shillings for not serving.\\nThe liogreevG, upon coni[)laint that any })crson neglects\\nto yoke and ring his swine, is to notify the owner and if\\nhe still neglects to yoke and ring them, the said oflicer\\nshall yoke and ring them and liave twelve iicncc. All\\nswine going at large from the first day of April to the last\\nday of October are to Ije yoked, and all the year to be\\nsufficiently ringed. No yoke shall be accounted sufficient\\nthat shall not be the depth of the swine s neck, and half so\\nmuch below, and the sole or bottom three times as long as\\nthe thickness of the swine s neck.\\nThere was an act passed in 1759, authorizing towns hav-\\ning commons to make l)y-laws respecting swine going at\\nlarge, but they must not go without being ringed. The\\nringing was to insert a piece of iron wire thi ough the hog s\\nnose, bring the ends together, and twist them so that it\\nshould project aljont an inch above the nose, which would,\\nprevent rooting.\\nThere was a by-law made in 1792, that swine might go\\non any highway or common, being well ringed and not\\nyoked, provided they did no damage but if damage was\\ndone, comi)laint might 1)0 made to the hog-constable (hog-\\nreeve), who was to proceed according to law and such was\\nthe law for twenty-five years. Hogreeves were chosen in\\n1771. Until about 1820, most of the swine ran in the\\nhighway. It was a custom in Chester to choose every man\\nlately married as hogreeve.\\nFISHWARDS.\\nAn act was passed February, 17G1, the preamble of\\nwhich recited that, Whereas, the catching of lif^h at\\nAnioskeag Falls has been of great advantage, Arc, and\\n29", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0481.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "450 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nenacts that fisli shall not be caught at Amoskeag Falls be-\\ntween sunset Saturday and sunrise Monday, under penalty\\nof twenty shillings sterling.\\nAn act was passed May 5, 1764, forbidding catching fish\\nin Merrimack river more than three days in a week Tues-\\nday, Wednesday and Thursday under the penalty of four\\npounds. There have been various other acts passed regu-\\nlating the catching of fish, and fishwards were chosen until\\na recent date.\\nSEALERS OF LEATHER.\\nBy an act passed in 1701, it is enacted that no currier\\nor shoemaker shall be a tanner, and no tanner or shoe-\\nmaker shall be a currier. Tanners and curriers were re-\\nquired to do their work well, and shoemakers were for-\\nl.)idden to work bad leather.\\nAll leather was to be searched before it passed out of the\\nhands of the tanner or currier, l)y searchers or sealers\\nchosen by the towns, who should have two seals with one\\nthey should seal all leather well tanned, and with the other\\nall leather well curried. They were empowered to search\\nany house or place where they suspected there was leather\\nunsealed, and sieze all insufficient leather. The sealers\\nwere to have one penny per hide for searching and sealing,\\nand three pence per mile, after the first mile, traveling fee.\\nSealers of leather were chosen up to 1829.\\nTYTHINGMEN.\\nBy an act passed in 1715, it was enacted that no taverner\\nor retailer should suffer any apprentice, servant or negro to\\ndrink in his house nor any inhabitant after ten o clock at\\nnight, nor more tlian two hours nor suffer any person to\\ndrink to drunkenness, or others than strangers to remain\\nin his house on the Lord s day, under a fine of five shill-\\nlings.\\nThe second section provided that the selectmen should see", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0482.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "TOWN OFFICERS. 451\\nthat at least two tytliingmen should be annually chosen,\\nwhose duty it was to inspect all licensed houses, and inform\\nof all disorders to a justice of the peace, and also inform\\nof all who sell without license, and of all cursors and\\nswearers. Each tythingman was to have a black staff two\\nfeet long, with al)Out three inches of one end tipped with\\nbrass or pewter, as a badge of office. In 1TG3, in the town\\naccounts, is Paid to Jabez lloyt, for a tythingman s staff,\\n\u00c2\u00a31 and in 1775, Paid Willies West, for a tythingman s\\nstaff, 2s. Gd. The penalty for not serving Avlien chosen\\nwas forty shillings, and in default of payment or want of\\nproperty, was imprisonment.\\nBy an act passed December 21, 1799, for the better\\nobservance of the Lord s day, and repealing all other acts\\nfor that purpose, all labor and recreation, traveling, and\\nrudeness at places of public worship on the Lord s day, are\\nforbidden. Tavefners are forbidden to entertain inhabi-\\ntants of the town. The tythingmen had power to com-\\nmand assistance, and forcildy stop and detain all travelers,\\nunless they could give sufficient reason. The tythingmen\\nwere rcijuircd to inform of all breaches of the act, and\\ntheir oath was sufficient evidence, unless invalidated.\\nHaving given the votes for Governor, and marked them,\\nand the Representatives, to show the position of the town\\nin regard to the political parties since 1803, it may be\\nnecessary to give an outline of the various parties.\\nThe first division into jiolitical parties was in regard to\\nthe federal constitution those favoring it were Federalists,\\nthose opposing it, Anti-Federalists. The Federalists pre-\\nvailed, and the government under the constitution went\\ninto operation, and all united in electing and rel-lecting\\nGeneral Washington president. But some had more faith\\nin democracy, of the people, than others. The French Rev-\\nolution occurred, and as they were avowedly fighting for lib-\\nerty, for democracy, or rcjjublicanism, and they liad aided\\nus, there was a natural sympathy with them, while the\\ngovernment took neutral ground. Two parties grew up", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0483.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "452 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nout of these elements, called the Federal and Republican.\\nJohn Adams and Hamilton may be considered the represent-\\native men of the Federal party, and Jefferson of the Repub-\\nlican. The Republicans prevailed, and Jefferson took the\\npresidential chair in 1801. The political lines do not\\nseem to have been drawn in Chester until 1803.\\nThe Republicans kept the control of the government\\nthrough embargo, non-intercourse, war, and the European\\nwars, all exciting topics, and elected Munroe president\\nby an overwhelming majority, in 1817. He took a very\\npacific course, and for various reasons the political elements\\nwere hushed, and he was reelected all but unanimously,\\nand the old parties, Federal and Republican, were at an\\nend. At the next presidential election. New England was\\nnearly unanimous for J. Q. Adams. William H. Crawford\\nwas a caucus candidate General Jackson and Henry\\nClay were also candidates. There was ho choice ])y the\\nvclectors, and Adams was elected by the House. A furious\\nopposition grew up. The parties were Administration and\\nOpposition.\\nAt the next presidential election they were Adams and\\nJackson. Jackson prevailed, and his adherents became\\nDemocrats at last, and his opponents called themselves at\\n-first National Republicans, then Whigs. The Wliig party\\nwere not successful, and sometimes the election went by\\n.default.\\nThe Abolitionists made some political demonstrations,\\n;and in 1840 formed the Free Soil party but it made very\\nlittle progress. In the presidential election of 185G the\\nold Whig i)arty became utterly extinct, and a new party was\\nformed, the distinctive principle of which Avas to prevent\\nthe extension of slavery into new territory. It was named\\nthe Republican party. John C. Fremont was its candidate\\nfor i)resident, who was defeated.\\nThere are some of the votes for governor which do not\\ncome strictly under the party names. Isaac Hill had been\\nchief political manager, and had nearly everytliing his own\\nway, but some of his own party were not entirely satisfied.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0484.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "TOWN OFFICERS. 453\\nIn 1828, Saml. Dinsmore was the regular candidate for Gov-\\nernor, and Levi Woodbury was nominated as an indepen-\\ndent candidate, and supported by all who were dissatisfied\\nwith Mr, Hill s management. He was elected, but Tyler-\\nized and went over to Mr. Hill. I think that in 1826,\\nD. L. Morrill, though l)elonging to the Democrat party, was\\nan independaut candidate, in opposition to Pierce, the regu-\\nlar nominee.\\nTOWN OFFICERS\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Chosen at the first meeting imder the charter of the\\ntown of Chester, held the 28th day of March, 1723.\\nTlios. Pliipjis, Esq., Moderator. Capt. Tims. Pliipps, or any two of tliem be\\nClcineiit lluglie.s, Clerk. IMa.j. .John (iiliiian, a Com. to receive and\\nSamuel lnjj:alls, J Coll. Peter Wiur, allow the accounts.\\nClement Hughes, Selectmen. Benjamin Smith,\\nCaleb Tole, Clement Messar^ y, ^l 1\u00c2\u00b0^\\nZaccheusC^brd, Constable. Samuel Lugalls, g ^wajs.\\nAT CHESTER, MAHCII 31, 1721.\\nKdwanl Kmerson, Moderator. Samuel Ingalls, I\\nClement Hughes, Town Clerk. Jos. Works,\\nThomas Smith, Constable. Clement Hughes, [\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Selectmen.\\nSamuel Ingalls, I r \u00e2\u0080\u009ef Ensign John Sanborn,\\nJos. Works, j i-ot-iajei3. Timothy Kezar, J\\nAT CHESTER, M.A.RCU 25, 172.3.\\nCapt. Henrv Sherburne, Moderator. Samll. Ingalls, t i i c\\nThomas Parker, Clerk. Thos. Smith, Lot-layers and Survey-\\nSamuel Ing.ills, James Whitney, bighways.\\nJno. Saiih(uiie, 5 Selectmen. Samuel Ingalls, Constable.\\nThos. Packer, Capt. Henry Sherburne, Auditor.\\nAT EXETER, MARCH 31, 172G.\\nClement Hughes, Moderator. James Whiting, Constable.\\nClement Hughes, Clerk. Samuel Ingalls,\\nJohnTSanboru, J I lionias Smith, Lot-layers.\\nClement Hughes, I Selectmen. Jaiuts Whiting,\\nKobert Smith, Samuel Ingalls, Surveyor of highways.\\n1727. This and all future meetings were held at\\nChester.\\nThomas Pierce, Jloderator. Samuel Ingalls,\\nClenient Hughes, Clerk. Thomas Smith, j Lot-laycrg.\\nJohn Sanborn, J James Whititig,\\nClement Hughes, J Selectmen. Capt. Joseph Shorburiio,\\nRobert Smith, Thomas Parker, Auuitors.\\nWilliam Powell, Constable.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0485.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "454\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nAT CHESTER MARCH 28, 1728.\\nSamuel IiiKalls, Moderator.\\nEliiad liiijall.s, Clerk.\\nSamuel lin, :ills,\\nJacob Sartieiit, Selectmen.\\nThomas Smith,\\nJoiiathaii (idodliue, Constable.\\nn illiam Powell, Surveyor of highways.\\nWilliam TTilson, 1\\nBenj. Philbrook, Fence-viewers.\\nSamuel Iii{, all8,\\nEldad Ingalls, Lot-layers.\\nJacob Saigent,\\nEldad Ingalls, Treasurer.\\nMARCH 27, 1729.\\nEldad Ingalls, IModerator.\\nSamuel Ingalls, Town Clerk.\\nEiihraim Haselton, Constable.\\nSamuel Ingalls,\\nNathan Webster, Selectmen.\\nWilliam Wilson,\\nJacob Sargent, I\\nNathan Webster, Survey s of highways.\\nFence-viewers.\\nThomas Smith,\\nBeiiaiah Colbv,\\nJames Wilson, Tvthingman\\nEpliiaim llast-lton.)\\nSamu.-l Ingalls, [Lot-layers.\\nJacob Sargent,\\nJacob Sargent, Treasurer.\\nMARCH 7, 1730.\\nEbenezer Dearborn, Moderator.\\nSamuel Ingalls, Town Clerk.\\nJohn Toltbrd, Constable.\\nSamuel Ingalls,\\nNathan Webster, Selectmen.\\nEbenezer Dearborn, 1\\nJacob Sargent,\\nWilliam Wilson,\\nEnoch Colby,\\nWilliam Powell,\\nTitus Wells,\\nJames Whiting,\\nBenaiah Colby,\\nI Assessors.\\nSurveyors of highways\\nand fence-viewers.\\nTythingmen.\\nMAECH 25, 1731.\\nMoses Leavitt, Moderator.\\nSamuel Kmoi-soii, Town Clerk.*\\nJonathan Hlunt, Constable.\\nEbenezer Dearborn\\nSamuel Emerson,\\nEnoch Colby, Selectmen.\\nSamuel Ingalls, I\\nJacob Sargent, J\\nIsaac FoRs,\\nThomas Wells. Surveyors^ higl;\\nSylvanus Smith, teiic?-viewt\\nThomas Glen, I rp\\nThomas Haselton, Tythingmen.\\nMARCH 30, 1732.\\nIcliabod Roby, Moderator.\\nEbenezer Dearborn, Jr., Constable.\\nS.imuel Emerson,\\nJacob Sargent, J Selectmen.\\nEphraim Haselton,\\nNathaniel Ambrose, o^\\nTitus Wells, Jr. Tythingmen.\\nIsaac Foss,\\nNalhan Webster, Surveyors of liighwavs.\\nThomas Glen, j\\nMARCH 29, 1733.\\nCapt. Samuel Ingalls, Moderator.\\nWilliam Wilson, Constable.\\nCapt. Samuel Ingalls,\\nThomas W^ells, Selectmen.\\nThomas Glen,\\nSamuel Emerson,\\nEphraim Haselton, Lot-layers.\\nCapt. Samuel Ingalls,)\\nIthamar Berry,\\nJohn Sherrila,\\nAnthony Tole, Surveyors of high ways\\nNathan Webster, f j\\nJames Wilson,\\nJonas Clav,\\nJoseph Clkrk, J lyt ilngmen.\\nJohn Tollbrd,\\nJonathan Blunt, ^^e lce-viewers.\\nEnoch Colby, I tt.-\\nHenry Ambrose, j t eld-drivers.\\nJonathan Blunt, Pound-keeper.\\nLt. Ebenezer Dearborn,\\nSamuel Kmer.son, Auditors.\\nathan Webster. I\\nHo was re-elected till 17S7.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0486.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "TOWN OFFICERS.\\n455\\nMAKCII 28, 1731.\\nCapf- Ipli ibod Roby, Mmlcrator.\\nAiilliiiiiy Towle, Cou.stablc.\\nJai olv Sai^ iit, j\\nSaiimel Eiuersoii, J Selectmen.\\nThomas Uleu,\\nlil .V,^: l Tythingmen.\\nWilliam Crawford,\\nThomas Wells, 1\\nPaul Siuitli, [Surveyors of the\\nIsaac Foss, highway.\\nJacob Wells, j\\nMoses Tyler,\\nJohn Calle, J Auditorg.\\nJohn Aiken,\\nJonallian Blunt,\\nThoiiiMs llaselton,\\napl. Saiuuel liifjalls,\\nSauiucl Kinersoii, J I.ot-layers.\\nEphraim Haseltou,\\nFence- viewers.\\nMARC 11 29, 1735.\\nJohn Calfe, Moderator, Paul Smith.\\nJohn Karr, Constable. James Whiting,\\nJohn Calfe, James Norris,\\nSamuel Kniorson, [Selectmen. SylvanuR Sinith,\\nMoses Tyler, J Capt. Ingalls,\\nIsaac Foss, I Samuel Kmer.son,\\nThomas Wells, I c\u00e2\u0080\u009ervPvorR of biLrbwivs Ephraim Uabelton,\\nJohn Sherrala, ^\u00c2\u00bbllr^eyors ol hiyiiysa}8.\\nJacob Wells,\\nTythingmen.\\nFence-viewers.\\nLot-lavers.\\nI have prepared a list of town oflicers for each year to\\nthe present time, but my work proves so vohiminous that I\\nam under the necessity of abridging and condensing it.\\nMOUEUATOKS.\\n173G to 1739, Ensign Jacob Sargent.\\n1740, John Calfe.\\n1711, Capt. Samuel Ingalls.\\n1742, Lieut. Kbeiiezer Dearborn.\\n1743, ,Iohn Calfe.\\n1744, Moses Tyler.\\n1745, Samuel Ingalls.\\n1740 to 175G, Capt Abel Morse.\\n17.57 to 17GI). .John Webster.\\n1701, Abel Morse.\\n170- 1703. .John Webster.\\n1704, S.imuel Robie.\\n17ir. to 170.S, .John Webster.\\n170, ,i, Samuel Robie.\\n1770 to 1775, John Webster.\\n]77i;, 1777, Samuel Robie.\\n1778, 1779, John Webster.\\n1780, Jacob Chase.\\n1781, John Web.ster.\\n1782, .Jacob Chase.\\n1783, Sti plien Dearborn.\\n17S1, .lotin Webster.\\n17^5, .Jacob Cliase.\\n17S0, Robert Wilson.\\n1787, Jacob Chase.\\n1788, Isaac Blasdel,\\n1789 to 1793, Jacob Chase.\\n1791. William White.\\n1795 to 1797, .Jacob Chase.\\n1798, .loseph Blaiichard.\\n1799, .Jacob Chase.\\n1800, .Joseph Blancliard.\\n1801, Henrv Sweetser.\\n1802, William White.\\nl8o:(, Joseph Blanchard.\\nIsoj, Iloiiry Sweetsor.\\n1805, .Joseiili Ulanchard.\\n18U0 to 1808, Henrv Sweetser.\\n180!) to 1S12, .lohirBell.\\n1813 to 1810, Joseph Ulanchard.\\n1817 to 1822, John Bell.\\n1823 to 1827, Samuel Aiken.\\n1828. John Folsom.\\n1829 to 183.5, .Samuel Aiken.\\n1830 to 1841. David Currier, Jr.\\n1842, David Pi llsbury.\\n1X43, David Currier.\\n1S44, Davi l Pillsburv.\\n1845, J)avid Currier.\\n1840, Pcrlev S. Chase.\\n1S47, 1848, Ch.arlesH. Bell.\\n1849 to 1809, Thomas J. Melvin.\\nTOWN CLERK.S.\\n1731 to 1787, Samuel Emerson.\\n1788 to 1810, Jolni Emerson.\\n1S17 to lK2.i, Lniiuel W. Blake.\\n1824 to ls2\u00c2\u00ab, William Eaton.\\n18L 7, 18JS, Samuel I). Bell.\\nlS2;i to 1833, John S. Brown.\\nls:u to 1843, Isaac Tompkins.\\n1844, Beiijamin Fitts.\\n1845 to 1848, Williaiu Orceuough.\\n1849 to 1851, Silas F. Learnard.\\n1852, .Jacob P. Whittemore.\\n18,53, 1854, William Greenough.\\n1855 to 1859, i,ucien Kent.\\n1860 to 1805, William F. Robie.\\n1800, Charles S. Wilcomb.\\n1807, Clement A. West.\\n1808, 1809, William Greenough.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0487.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "456\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nSELECTMEN.\\n1736, Samuel Ingalls,\\nEphraim Haseltine,\\nJacob Sargent.\\n1737, Samuel Emerson,\\nJohn Oalte,\\nJames Norris.\\n173S, Beiijaniin Hills,\\nNathan Webster,\\nJohn Telford.\\n1839, Samuel Emerson,\\nThomas Wells,\\nAnthony Towle,\\nJohn Tolfortl,\\nJames Camiibell.\\n1740, John Calfe.\\nKphraim Hasseltine,\\nEnoeh Colby,\\nJohu Tolford,\\nJohn Karr.\\n1741, Samuel Ingalls,\\nBenjamin Hills,\\nJames Campbell,\\nJohn Calfe,\\nWilliam Wilson.\\n1742, Ebenezer Dearborn,\\nNathan Webster,\\nJohn Karr.\\n1743, Samuel Emerson,\\nEnoch Colby,\\nJohn Karr.\\n1744, John Kobie,\\nJohn Webster,\\nW illiam Tolford.\\n1745, Moses Tyler,\\nEphraim Hasselthie,\\nJohn Moore.\\n1745, Abel Morse,\\nJohn Robie,\\nAndrew Craige.\\n1747, Lieut. Ebenezer Dearborn,\\nJohn Karr,\\nJohn Robie.\\n1748, is lost frcmi the Records.\\n174J, Abel ;Morse,\\nJohn Toltbrd,\\nTliomas Craige,\\nJames Varnum,\\nRol ert Calfe.\\n1750, John Webster,\\nNathan Webster,\\nMatthew Forsaith.\\n1751, Johu Webster,\\nMatthew Forsaith,\\nNathan Webster.\\n1752, John Robie,\\nAndrew Craige,\\nBradbury Carr.\\n1753, John Webster,\\nAn lrew McFarland,\\n.Tolin Robie.\\n1754, Thomas Ilaspeltine,\\nJames Sherala,\\nSamuel Robie.\\n1755, Henry Hall,\\nJohn Haseltine,\\nAndrew Jack.\\n175C, John Robie,\\nAndrew Craige,\\nJacob Basil. rd.\\n1857, Samuel Robie,\\nAndrew .Tack,\\nNathan Webster.\\n1758. Tluiinas H. isseltine,\\nStephen Webster,\\nJames Quantan.\\n1759,\\n1760,\\n1701\\n17G2,\\n17G3,\\n17G4\\n17G5;\\n17G6,\\n17C7,\\n17G8\\n1709\\n1770\\n1771\\n1772\\n1773,\\n1774,\\n1775,\\n1776,\\n1777,\\n1778,\\n1779,\\n1780,\\n1731,\\n1782,\\n1783,\\nSamuel Hills,\\nAndrew Jack,\\nStephen Webster.\\n.John Robie,\\nJona. Rlunt,\\nJohn Tolford.-\\nSamuel Robie,\\nNathan Webster,\\nHugh Crombie.\\nJohn Webster,\\nBradbury Carr,\\nMatthew Forsaith.\\nMatthew Forsaith,\\nNathan Webster,\\nBenjamin Hills.\\nRobert Wilson, Jr.,\\nJohn Robie,\\nAbraham Fitts.\\nRolxjrt Wilson,\\nJabez French,\\nJohn Webster.\\nMatthew Forsaith,\\nJohn Robie,\\nNathan Webster.\\nJohn Underbill,\\nRobert Wilson,\\nEbenezer Dearborn.\\nJohn Underhill,\\nRobert Wilson,\\nJohn Lane.\\nStephen Morge,\\nThomas Mc.Master,\\nJohn Orilway.\\nJohn Robie,\\nAndrew Jack,\\nNathan Webster.\\nJohn Robie,\\nAndrew Jack,\\nNathan Webster.\\n.Samuel Robie,\\nJoseph True,\\nRobert Wilson.\\nSamuel Robie,\\nJoseph True,\\nRobert Wilson.\\nSamuel Robie,\\nJoseph True,\\nRobert Wilson.\\nDr. John Oidway,\\nNathan Fitts,\\nWilliam White.\\nSleiilien Dearborn,\\nDavid Witherspoon,\\nBenjamin Hills.\\nSte[)hen Morse,\\nWilliam White,\\nNathan Fitts.\\n.William White,\\nNathan Fitts,\\nSamuel Haseltine.\\nPearson Richardson,\\nHenry Moore,\\nEdward Robie.\\nJosiah Forsaith,\\nIsaac Hills,\\nJosiah Flagg.\\nStejihe)! 31nrse,\\nBeiijaiiiin Hills,\\nWilliam White.\\nJabez Hoit,\\nStei)ben IMorse,\\nJoseph Rlanchard.\\nJabez Hoit,\\nJoseph Lynn,\\nIsaac Blasd\u00c2\u00abl.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0488.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "TOWN OFFICERS.\\n457\\n1781\\n17S5,\\n1786,\\n1787\\n1788\\n1789,\\n1700,\\n1791,\\n1792,\\n1793,\\n1791,\\n1795,\\n179G,\\n1797,\\n1798,\\n1799,\\n1800,\\n1301,\\n1802,\\n1803,\\n1804,\\n1805,\\n180G,\\n1807,\\n1808,\\n1803,\\nIsaac Ulasilel,\\nJaliez J^)i^,\\nWilliam White.\\nI^iae Ulasilel,\\nWilliam Wiiite,\\nStophou Deatborn.\\nR()l)ui t Wilson,\\nStephen IJearborn,\\nBenjamin Long.\\nUobert Wilson,\\nStejihen Dearlioru,\\nlieiijainin Lony.\\nIsi.ic lUas lel,\\nWUliam White,\\nStL-phcn Chaso.\\nIsaac Hlasdel,\\nWilliani Wliite,\\nStephen hase.\\nIsaac Blasilel,\\nWilliam White,\\n.Stephen Chase.\\nIsaai Klasilel,\\nWilliam White,\\nStfplKMi Chase.\\nWilliam White,\\nSteiihen Chase,\\nSimon Towle.\\nWilliam White,\\nStephen Chase,\\nSimon Towle.\\nStephen Dearborn,\\nJohn (jiahani,\\nBenjamin Hall.\\nStephen Dearborn,\\nWilliam White,\\nStephen Chase.\\nStephen Dearborn,\\nWilliam Wliite,\\nStephen Chase.\\nStephen Cliase,\\nJohn Kmerson,\\nJohn Wilson, Jr.\\nStejihen De;.rborn,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2John I hnersoii.\\nJolm Wilson, Jr.\\nWilliam .Moore, Jr.,\\nBenjamin Hall,\\nB. Pike Ch. ise.\\nWilliam Moore, Jr.,\\nBenjamin Hall,\\nB. I ike Cliase.\\nWilliam b)ore, Jr.,\\nBenjamin Hall,\\nB. Pike (;hase.\\nSteiihen Chase,\\nJolin Wilson,\\nJosiah UiKlerliill.\\nStephen Chase,\\nJohn Wilson,\\nAbr.aham Towle.\\nStephen Chase,\\nJohn Wilson,\\nAbraham Towle.\\nStephen Chase,\\nJohn W ilson,\\nAbraham Towle.\\nSteiihen Chase,\\nJohn Wilson,\\nAbraham Towle.\\nJames Orr,\\nJosiah Forsaith,\\nJohn Folsom.\\n.Tames Orr,\\nJosiah Forsaith,\\n,Tohn Folsom,\\nJoseph BlancharJ,\\nSteplien Chase,\\nEzekiel Blake.\\n1810,\\n1811,\\n1812,\\n1813,\\n1814,\\n1815,\\n1816,\\n1817,\\n1818,\\n1819,\\n1820,\\n1821,\\n1822,\\n1823,\\n1824,\\n1825,\\n1826,\\n1827,\\n1828,\\n1829,\\n1830,\\n1831,\\n1832,\\n1833,\\n1834,\\n1835,\\nJoseph BlancharJ,\\nStephen Chase,\\nK/.ekiel Blake.\\nWilliam White,\\nBenjamin True,\\nKioharil Dearborn,\\nWilliam White,\\nWilliam Moore,\\nWilliam (irahain.\\n.losepli Blanchard,\\nWillirtin Moore,\\nWilliam Graham.\\nJoseph Blanchard,\\nWilliam (irahani,\\nJosiah Wortheii.\\nJosepli Blancharo,\\nBenjamin Fitts,\\nJoseph Robinson.\\n.7osepli Blanchard,\\n15enjamin Fitts,\\n.Joseph Robinson.\\nWilliam (iraliam,\\nMoses Haselton,\\nJesse J. Underbill.\\nWilliam Graham,\\nMoses Haselton,\\nJesse J. UiKlerhill.\\nWilliam Graham,\\n.Tesse .1. I nderhill,\\nSamuel Aiken.\\nSamuel Aiken,\\nWilliam H. Undorhill,\\nEphraim Kelly.\\nWilliam H. Uiiderhill,\\nKphraini Kelly,\\nWilliam Moore.\\nJohn Folsom,\\nJosiah Chase,\\nLemuel W. Blake.\\nJolin Folsom,\\nJosiah Chase,\\nLemuel W. Blako.\\nJohn Folsom,\\nJosiah Chase,\\nJethro Sleeper.\\nSamuel Aiken,\\nNathan Knowles, 3d,\\nWalter Morse.\\nSamuel Aiken,\\nNathan Knowles, 3d,\\nWalter Morse.\\nSamuel Aiken,\\nThomas Coftin,\\nDaniel Wilson.\\n,Josi;ih Chase,\\nThomas ofHn,\\nDaniel Wilsmi.\\nJohn Folsom,\\nDavid Currier, Jr.,\\nWilliam Haselton.\\nDavid Currier, Jr.,\\nWilliam Haselton,\\nZ. ieclicus Colby.\\nStephen Dearborn,\\nBenjamin Fitts, Jr.,\\nIsaac Lane. .Jr.\\nStephen Dearborn,\\nBenjamin Fitts, Jr.,\\nIsaac Lane, Jr.\\nBenjamin Fitts, Jr.,\\nJoseph Cha.se,\\nRobert S. I rench.\\nJoseph Chase,\\nRobert S. French,\\nWilliam H. Uiulefhii:.\\nJoseph luise,\\nWilliam H. Underbill,\\nSamuel Anderson.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0489.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "458\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n183G, Samuel Anilcrson,\\nJohn S. lU-own,\\nKobiM-t Sliii ley, Jr.\\n1837, John Fcilsom,\\nKiilifi-t Shirley, Jr.,\\nKicliurd Dciirbom.\\n1838, Samuel Aiken,\\nAmos Uhase,\\nBenjamin White.\\n183i), Ephraim Orcutt,\\nAmos Chase,\\nBenjamin White.\\n1840, Epliraim Orcutt,\\nBenjamin Fitts, Jr.,\\nIsaac Lane,%rr.\\n1841, John Locke, Jr.,\\nJohn Lane, Jr.\\nFranklin Crombie.\\n1842, Noah Weeks,\\nBenjamin Fitts, Jr.,\\nJames Brown.\\n1843, John White,\\nJohn W. Koyes,\\nJames M. Kent.\\n1844, Abel G. Quigg,\\nJames Brown,\\nTrue T. Locke.\\n1845, Thomas J. Melvln,\\nJames M. Kent,\\nSamuel Anderson.\\n1846, Tliomas J. Melvin,\\nJames M Kent,\\nGeorge W. Hook,\\n1847, John S. Couch,\\nSilas F. Learnard,\\nNeliemiah Simonds.\\n1848, Henry F. Chase,\\nDaniel Sanborn,\\nAsa Wilson.\\n1849, Henry F. Chase,\\nAltred S. Dearborn,\\nThomas F. Kevuolds.\\n1850, Henry F. Cha.se,\\nThomas F. Keynolds.\\nAmos Haselton.\\n1851, Kphraim Orcutt,\\nAmos Haselton,\\nAVilliani P. UnderhllL\\n1852, K|.hraim (Jreutt,\\nWilliam 1 Underliill,\\nHiram Bressey,\\n1853, William P. Underbill,\\nHiram Pressey,\\nKut us W. Moore,\\n1854, James M. Kent,\\nRufus W. Moore,\\nAustin G. MerriL\\n1855, James M. Kent,\\nAustin G. Merril,\\nParker Morse.\\n1856, Parker Morse,\\nThomas F. Reynolds,\\nHenry Moor.\\n1857, Thomas F. Reynolds,\\nHenry Moor,\\nGeorge Marden.\\n1858, Henry M.)or.\\nGeorge Jlanlen,\\nLewis Kimball.\\n1859, James I\\\\l. Kent,\\nLewis Kimball,\\nCharles Chase.\\n1860, Thomas J. Melvin,\\nCharles Chase,\\nHiram Basford.\\n1861, Thomas J. Melvin,\\nHiram Basford,\\nEdwin Haselton.\\n1862, Thomas J. Melvin,\\nEdwin Haselton,\\nWilliam T. Green.\\n1863, James M. Kent,\\nWilliam T. Green,\\nEben. Marden.\\n1864, James M. Kent,\\nWilliam T. Green,\\nEben. Marden.\\n1865, Thomas J. Melvin,\\nLucien Kent,\\nJoshua B. Cheswell.\\n1866, Lucien Kent,\\nJosliua B. Cheswell,\\nGeorge W. Clark.\\n1867, George W. Clark,\\nJames B. Gordon,\\nAnderson Holman.\\n1868, James K. (iordon,\\nAnderson llolman\\nWilliam Crawford.\\n1869, William Crawford,\\nCharles S. Wilcomb,\\nJames D. Lane.\\nEEPRESENTATIVES.\\n1744,\\n1748\\n1752\\n1755,\\n175S\\n1765,\\n176S.\\n177i;\\n1774,\\n1776\\n1779,\\n1780,\\nPrecept sent out by the Governor. 1781\\nBenj. Hill elected, but not received\\nby the House. 1782,\\nCapt. Abel Morse.\\nSylvanus Smitli. 1783,\\nSamuel Emerson.\\nCapt. Abel ISIorse. 1784,\\nJolui Webster. 1785,\\nJohn Webster. 17X6\\nJohn Webster. 17H7\\nJohn Webster. 1794,\\nto 1778, Robert Wilson. 1790\\nJohn Webster, 1799,\\nRobert Wilson. 1801,\\nJacob Chase, 1802,\\nRobert Wilson.\\nJohn Underliill,\\nRobert Wilson.\\nJacob Chase,\\nWilliam AVhite.\\nJabez Hoit.\\nWilliam White.\\nJohn Ciiderhill.\\nWilliam White.\\nJohn Underbill,\\nto 1793, Joseph Blanchard.\\n1795. Arthur Livermore.\\nto 179S, William White.\\n]Soo, Simon Towle.\\nWilliam White.\\nHenry Sweetser.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0490.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "TOWN OFFICERS.\\n459\\nREPRESENTATIVES AND VOTES FOR GOVERNOR.\\nAt this time the lines of party were drawn, .and those names with a star indicate\\nHepuhllcaii.t, wliilc tlie others are Fcderah, I liave also given the votes for Guveruor,\\nindicated in the same manner.\\nThe old parties wore dissolved under Monroe s second term.\\n1803,\\n1804,\\n1805,\\n180C,\\n1807,\\n1808,\\n1809,\\n1810,\\n1811,\\n1812,\\n1813,\\n1811,\\n1815\\n1816,\\n1817,\\n1818,\\n1819,\\n1820,\\n1821,\\n1822,\\n1823\\nIIoTiry Swcctser,*\\ntlolm T. (iilinan,\\nJohn Laiiudon,*\\nHeiirv Swcetser,*\\n.1. T. Gilman,\\nJ. Laii};don,*\\nHenry Sweetser,*\\nJ. T. Ciihiiaii,\\n,T. Lan ^ilon.*\\nHenry Sweetser,*\\nJohn Langdon,*\\nLevi Bartlett,\\nHenry Sweetser,*\\nJohn Langdon,\\nLevi Bartleft,\\nHenry Sweetser,*\\n,Iohn Langdon,*\\nJ. T. (iilnian,\\nJoliii Folsimi,\\nJohn 1/uigilon,*\\n.Icreiiiiali Smith,\\nJohn Folsom,\\nJeremiah Smith,\\nJohn Langdon*\\nHenry Sweetser,*\\nJohn Langdon,*\\nJere. Smitli,\\nJiihn Folsom,\\nJ. T. Oilman,\\nWilliam Plummer,*\\nJohn Folsom,\\ntlolm T. Oilman,\\nWilliaTu Plummer,*\\ntJnhn l olsoni,\\nT. (Jilman,\\nWilliam I lummer,*\\nJohn Folsom,\\nWilliam Moore,\\nJ. T. Oilman,\\nAVilliam IF liimmer,*\\n.Ti)h!\\\\ Folsom,\\nWilliiim Moore,\\nWilliam Plummer,*\\n.I.iiufs Sheaf,\\nWilliam Moore,\\nBenjamin Fitts,\\nWilliam I lummer,*\\nJames Sheaf,\\nWilliam Jloore,\\nBenjamin Fitts,\\nWilliam Plummer,*\\nWilliam Hale,\\nJohn Fols(mi,\\nCharles Ooss,*\\nSamuel Bell,*\\nWilliam Hale,\\nJohn Folsom,\\nCharles Ooss,*\\nSamuel Hell,*\\nSamuel Aiken,\\nharles Ooss,*\\nSamuel Bell,*\\nSaiuuel Aiken,\\nWilliam Moore,\\nSamuel Bell,*\\nSamuel Aiken,\\nWilliam Oraham,\\nl evi Woodbury,\\nSamuel Dinsmore,*\\n17i\\n1S21,\\nl.-ss\\n79\\n1825,\\n143\\n12U\\n1826,\\n110\\n(13\\n1827,\\n115\\n81\\n118\\n11\\n1828,\\n1.3G\\n211\\n1829,\\n1G4\\n143\\n1830,\\n173\\n140\\n19fi\\n120\\n1831,\\n197\\n126\\n1832,\\n211\\n175\\n1833,\\n216\\n152\\n1834,\\n1S7\\n214\\n1835,\\n174\\n1C6\\n1836,\\n13.5\\nC9\\n1837,\\n1838,\\nin\\n25\\n1839,\\n256\\n260\\n1840,\\n236\\n1841,\\n159\\nGT\\nS.amuel Aiken,\\nWilliam Oraham,\\nLevi Woodliurv,\\nDavid L. Morril,\\nSamuel Aiken,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Samuel 1). Bell,\\nDavid L. Morril,\\nSamuel 1). Bell,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Samuel Aiken,\\nDavid L. Morril,\\nBenjamin Pierce,*\\nSamuel Aikeu,\\nJesse .J. Underhill,\\nBenjamin Pierce,*\\nDavid L. Morril,\\nJesse .1. Underhill,\\nJohn Brvant,\\nJohn Bell,\\nBenjamin Pierce,*\\n.John Pryant,\\ntlohn Folsom,\\nJohn Bell,\\nBenjamin Pierce,*\\n.John Folsom,\\nSamuel Aiken,\\nTimothy Upham,\\nMatthew Harvey,*\\nSamuel Aiken,\\nffolin Brvant,\\nIch.ahod Bartlett,\\nSamuel Din.smore,*\\nDavid Currier, Jr.,\\nSamuel Aiken,\\nIclmbod Bartlett,\\nSamuel Dinsmore,*\\nDavid Currier, Jr.,\\nSteiihen Dearborn,*\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Samuel Dinsmore,*\\nSte)ihen Dearborn,*\\nJesse J. Underbill,\\nWilliam Badger.*\\nJesse J. Underhill,\\nKphr.tim Urcutt,\\nJoseph He.aley,\\nWilliam Badger,*\\nEphraim Urcutt,\\nDavid Currier, Jr,,\\nIsaac Hill,*\\nJoseph Healey,\\nIsaac Tompkins,\\nDavid Currier, Jr.,\\nJsa.-ic Hill,*\\nIsaac Tompkins,\\nJoseph Chase,\\nJanu s Wilson, Jr.,\\nIsaac Hill,*\\nIsaac Tompkins,\\nJoseph Ch.ise,\\nJ.ames Wilson,\\nJohn Page,*\\nDaviil Currier, Jr.,\\nIsaac Tompkins,\\nKm PS Stevens,\\nJohn I age,*\\nJohn W. Noyes,\\nJohn S. Browu,\\nKnos Stevens,\\nJohn Page,*\\n202\\n146\\n9\\n2f)3\\n59\\n2%\\n70\\n256\\n87\\n212\\n90\\n194\\n93\\n127\\n164\\n1.^5\\n137\\n99\\n274\\nl .;l\\n209\\n115\\n178\\n169\\n200\\n131", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0491.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "460\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n1842, John W. Noyes,\\nDaviil rillsbury,*\\nHenry Hubbard,*\\n147\\n1855,\\nEuos Stevens,\\n91\\n1843, Jesse J. Umlerhill,\\nWilliam Brown, Jr.,\\nHenry Hubbard,*\\n171\\n1S5G,\\nAuthonv Oolby,\\n14G\\n1844, David Pillsbury,*\\nStephen Dearborn,*\\nJohn H. Steel,*\\n200\\n1857,\\nAnthony Colby,\\n172\\nDaniel Ifoit, Free Soil,\\n2G\\n1845, John Folsoni,\\n1858,\\n\u00c2\u00a3phra;iia Orcutt,\\nAnthony Colbv,\\n225\\nJohn H. Steel\\n201\\n1859,\\nDaniel Hoit, F. S.,\\n19\\n1846, G. VV. Everet, F. S.,\\nJared W. Williams,*\\n139\\n1860,\\nAnthony Colbv,\\n113\\nNathl. S. BerrV, F. S.\\n39\\n1847, Thomas J. Melvin,\\n1861,\\nJared W. Williams,*\\n1 23\\nAnthony Colby,\\n121\\nNathl. S. Berry, F. S.,\\n37\\n1862,\\n1848, Thomas J. Melvin,\\nNathl. S. Berrv, F. S.,\\n1C2\\nJared W. Wiliiams,*\\n13.1\\n1849, William Greenough,\\n1803,\\nNathaniel S. Berry, F. S.,\\n20\\nSamuel Dinsmore,*\\n133\\nIjevi Chamberlain,\\n129\\n1850, Thomas J. Melvin,\\n1804,\\nSamuel Dinsmore,*\\n1.32\\nIjevi Chamberlain,\\n144\\nNathl. S. Berry,\\n10\\n1865,\\n1851, Thomas J. Melvin,\\nSamuel Dinsmore,*\\n97\\nThos. E. Savvver,\\n92\\n1866,\\nJohn Atwo.Mi; F. S.\\n44\\n1852, Thciiiias K. Sawyer,\\n1,35\\nNoah Martin,*\\n131\\n1867,\\nJohn Atwood, F. S.\\n34\\n1853, John W. Noyes,\\nJames Bell,\\n155\\n1868,\\nNoah Martin,*\\n131\\nJohn H. White,\\n25\\n1854, John W. Noyes,\\n1869,\\nJames Bell,\\n148\\nNathl. B. Baker,*\\n108\\nJared Perkins, F. S.\\n20\\nEdmund Sleeper,\\nJames Bell,\\n37\\nNathl. B. Baker,*\\n105\\nKalph Metcalf,\\n155\\nJohn Lock,\\nIcliabdd (idodwin.\\n30\\nJohn S. Wells,*\\n101\\nKalph Metcalf, Rep.\\n136\\nJames M. Kent,\\nJohn S. Wells,*\\n84\\nWilliam Haile,\\n152\\njsgood Richards,\\nAsa P. Gate.*\\n90\\nWilliam Haile,\\n166\\nJacob Chase,\\nAsa P. Gate,*\\n106\\nIchabod Goodwin,\\n162\\nParker Morse,\\nAsa P. Gate,*\\n93\\nIchabod Goodwin,\\n193\\nDaniel Bell,\\nGeorge Stark,*\\nNathl. S. Berry,\\n90\\n174\\nHenry Moore,\\nNathl. S. Berry,\\n159\\nGeorge Stark,*\\n79\\nPaul J. Wheeler,\\n20\\nSilas F. Learnard,\\nJoseph A. Gilmore,\\n124\\nIra A. Eastman,*\\n92\\nWalter Harriman,\\n62\\nWilliam Crawford,\\nJoseph A. Gilmore,\\n210\\nEdward W. Harrington,*\\n70\\nWilliam Craw lord.\\nFrederick Smyth,\\n179\\nEdward W. Harrington,*\\n78\\nWilliam Tenney,\\nFrederick Smyth,\\n190\\nJohn G. Sinclair,*\\n78\\nDavid L. Bachelder,\\nWalter Harriman,\\n204\\nJohn G. Sinclair,*\\n88\\nDavid L. Bachelder,\\nWalter Harriman,\\n208\\nJohn G. Sinclair,*\\n101\\nKufus W. Moore,\\nOnslow Stearns,\\n183\\nJohn Bedel,*\\n74\\nTOWN OFFICERS IN AUBURN.\\nMODERATOR.S.\\n1846, Stephen Dearborn,\\n1847 to 1852, Franklin Crombie,\\n18.53, 51, An hew F. Fox,\\n1855, 5i), Franklin Crombie,\\n1857, 58, John F. Patten,\\n1859, Franklin Crombie,\\n1800, Elisha A. Heath,\\n1^61 to 63, Andrew F. Fox,\\n1864 to C9, Franklin Crombie.\\nTOWN CliEUK-S.\\n1846 to 49, Samuel Anderson,\\n18.50 to 54, Harrison Burnham,\\n1855, Jacob Lufkin,\\n1850 to 58, Nathl. Brown,\\n1859, John Moore,\\n1860, 61, Samuel Dame,\\n1862, Luther Brown,\\n1803, Harrison Burnham,\\n1S04 to 00, Evander G. Preston,\\n1807, Harrison Burnham,\\n1868, 69, Evander G. Preiton.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0492.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "TOWN OFFICERS.\\n4G1\\n18-J6, .Tames TJrown,\\nJames Hoit,\\nSamuel Murray.\\n1847, David Currier,\\nI il e Chaso.\\nSteplien Dearborn.\\n1846, Piliediasc,\\nGeo. P. Clarke,\\nAndrew V. Fox.\\n1849, Pike Chase,\\nWilliam lioyt,\\nFrederic A. Mcirse.\\n1850, Stejilien Dearborn,\\nAiiilrew F. Fo.x,\\nKlisha A. Heath.\\n1851, Aii.lrew F. Fcx,\\nKlisha A. Heath,\\nGilnian C. Smith.\\n1852, Ellsha A. Heath,\\nJairies UiKlerhill,\\nWillard C. Watson.\\n1853, Klisha A. Heath,\\n.lames Uiiderhlll,\\n)Villard Watson.\\n1854, Andrew F. Fox,\\nOliver Miles,\\n(ieorjre G. Griffin.\\n1855, Hugh Crombie,\\nWilliam Hall,\\nWilliam I lirown.\\n1S5C, Franklin Crombie,\\nWilliam li. Urown,\\nPasehal Preston.\\n1857, Franklin Cr )ml)ie,\\nDavid L. Osgood,\\nWm. W. Leighton.\\nREPRESENT\\n184G, Samuel Anderson,\\nJar.;d W. Williams,*\\nAnthony olby,\\nNath. si J5errv, Free Soil\\n1847, Samuel Anderson,\\nJared W. Williams,*\\nAnthonv Colby,\\nathl. S. ISerry,\\n184S, Franklin (Jronibie,\\n-Tared W. Williams,*\\nNathl. S. Berry,\\n1849, Frunkliii Cronibie,\\nLevi Chamberlain,\\nSamuel Dinsmore,*\\nNathl. S. Herrv,\\n1850, Hidden Hrown\\nSanuitd Dinsmore,*\\nLevi (handierlaiii,\\nNathl. S. Herry,\\n1851, Hidden P.rown\\nSamuel Dinsmore,*\\nThomas C. Sawyer,\\nJohn Atwood, F. S.,\\n1852, Andrew P. Fo.x,*\\nNoah Martin,*\\nTliomas E. Sawver,\\nJohn Atwood, F. S.,\\n1853, Andrew F. Fox,*\\nNoah Martin,*\\nJames Bell,\\nJohn H. White, F. S..\\n1854, Klislia. A. Heath,*\\nNathl. B. Baker,*\\nJames Ball,\\nJared Perkins, F. S.,\\n1855, Voltaire K. Larv,\\nNath. B. Baker\\nKal|.h Metealf,\\n1856, Hu^li Crombie,\\nRalph Metealf, Ker)ub.,\\nJohn S. Wells,*\\nSELECTMEN.\\n1858, David L. Osgood,\\nWilliam 11. ^Murray,\\nNathan B. Goldsmith.\\n1859, Hugli Crombie,\\nWilliam II. Murray,\\nKnoeh Ci. Watson.\\n18(!0, Khslia A. Heath,\\nStephen Kiml.all,\\nAlfred T. Wood.\\nISGl, An.lrew F. Fo.v,\\nAllied T. Wood,\\nHidden Brown.\\n18C-2, Andrew F. Fox,\\nStei)lien l-;mery.\\nNathan Iv. Ha rwood.\\n1SG3, Andrew F. Fox,\\nKben. 51. Leavett,\\nAbraham Hook.\\n18G4, John Moore,\\nHugh Crombie,\\nFoster ISerry.\\n18C5, Franklin Crombie,\\nJloses C. Clark,\\nKdwin Plnmmer.\\n18G6, Franklin Crondiie,\\nMoses C.Clark,\\nKihvin I lunimer.\\n1807, Andrew F. 1m x,\\nJacob Lut kin,\\nCharles C. Grant.\\n18C8, Jacob Lufkin,\\nCliarle* Grant,\\nArthur Dinsmore.\\n18G9, Charlc.HC. Grant,\\nArthur Dinsmore,\\nHenry Dockham.\\nATIVES AND VOTES FOR (JOVERNOK.\\n1857, Hugh Crombie,\\n85\\nANilliam Haile,\\n107\\n7!\\nJohn S. Wells,*\\n80\\n1 l-l\\n1858, William W. Leigbton,\\nWilliam Haile,\\n108\\n78\\nAsa P. Cate,*\\n89\\n78\\n1850, John Clark,\\n24\\nlehabod Goodwin,\\n101\\nAsa P. Cate,*\\n101\\n7S\\n18G0, George 1 Clark,*\\nlOG\\nlehabod (ioodwin,\\n113\\nAsa P. Cate,*\\nIIG\\n79\\n18GI, Geo. P. Clark,*\\n85\\nGeorge Stark,*\\n122\\n14\\nNathl#S. Berry,\\n18G2, William Vincent,*\\n110\\n85\\n(Jeorge Stark,*\\n97\\n75\\nNathl. S. Berry,\\n81\\n14\\n18G3, William Vincent,*\\nIra A. Kastman,*\\n111\\n89\\n.lose|ili A. Gilmore,\\n77\\n73\\nAValter Harrimau,\\n23\\n31\\n1864, Pa.schal Preston,\\nJoseph A. Gilmore,\\n113\\n83\\nKdward W. Harrington,*\\nyi\\n57\\n18G5, Paschal Preston,\\n32\\nFrederick Smyth,\\n96\\nKdward W. Harrington,\\nC7\\n89\\n16GG, Samuel F. Murry,\\n56\\nFrederick Smyth.\\n108\\n25\\nJohn G. .Sinclair,*\\n1867, Pike Chase,\\n71\\n89\\nWalter Harrinian,\\n104\\n5-2\\n.John G. Sinclair,*\\n89\\n37\\n18C8, Key. .lames Holmes,\\nWalter Harrinian,\\n111\\n93\\n.Tobn G. Sinclair,*\\n9T\\n116\\n1869, Jacob Luikin,\\nOnslow Ste.arns,\\n105\\n119\\nJohn Bedel.*\\n79\\n81", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0493.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XVII.\\nA NOTICE OP THE EARLY SETTLERS, OR THE GENEALOGICAL\\nAND BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nAIKEN.\\nJohn Aiken was born in Ireland about 1689, and came to this\\ncountry, it is said, with Jolm Tolford, who was in Bradford in\\n172-i. He appears first on Chester records in 1730, wlicn a grant\\nof land is made to him to encourage him to build a grist-mill, and\\na road was laid out across his home lot No. 145, where he then\\nlived, and on the northeast end of which he built the first grist-\\nmill in Chester. He afterwards purchased two other lots, Nos. 58\\nand 146, where he afterwards built. The subsequent occupants\\nof the first lot have been his son John, Jr., Moses Hills, and John\\nHaselton; of the last, Josiah Deai boi-n, Benjamin Hills, Read\\nand Peabody. He appears to have been an energetic business\\nman, and his wife, whose maiden name was Kaui is reported to\\nhave been a very shrewd manager after his decease, and that they\\ngave their children a good education for the times. They had\\ntwo sons, John and James. John, Jr., was a millwright, and\\nmarried. They had fiva daughters: Margaret, m. William Gra-\\nham, Sen., and came to the Long Meadows; Martha, m. John\\nWaddel, of Londonderry, and d. March 23, 1817, a. eighty-eight;\\nJane, m. James Crosett, at the Long Meadows, and went to the\\nMohawk country; Elizabeth, m. a Taylor, of Derry, and has de-\\nscendants there Mary, born 1739, m. John Karr, of the east\\npart of DciTy. She had two sons and four daughters, the young-\\nest of Avhom, Elizabeth, m. Edmund Adams, of Derry, at the\\nmills, whose children yet reside there. John Aiken s will is dated\\nNov. 22, 1750. He d. Dec. 1, 1750; will proved Dec. 26, 1750;\\npersonal estate, \u00c2\u00a31982 real, \u00c2\u00a34000.\\nSamuel Aiken was a younger brother of John and there was\\nanother brother, William, an educated clergyman, who d. in Ire-\\nland before Samuel came over. Samuel m. a Young in Ireland,\\nand came over about 1736, and had a very long passage. They", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0494.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY AIKEN. 463\\ncame into Portsmouth, and lived a wlillc in Greenland, and tlien\\ncame to Chester. June 22, 1738, he purchased one half of No.\\n82, 2d P., 2d D., and settled where Charles C. Grant now lives in\\nAiiburn. They afterwards purchased the other half of tlie lot,\\nand settled, James on the northeast end, where Deacon Bri^ham\\nlately lived, and Peter on the southwest end. There were, at the\\ntime of hi^ settlement, two families of friendly Indians living-\\nnear. They probably had two sons b. in Ireland.\\nI. William, settled at the Neck, between Severance and\\nSpoftbrd, and went to Passamoquoddy, and was with his wife\\ndrowned, leaving- a dan. Sarah, and sons, William, James and\\nRobert, who lived with their g-randf\\\\xther. James and Robert\\nwent to Bunker Hill and never returned. (J/r.s\\\\ Whitticr.)\\nII. James, m. Mary, dau. of Andrew McFarland. Chillron:\\nAndrew, b. 17.3o; William, d. young; Margaret; Samuel, b.\\n1761, m. Martha, dau. of William Graham; James, b. 17i i2 John,\\nb. 1764, m. Betsy, dau. of Archi. McDuffce, d. July lyOl Mary,\\nb. 1774, m. Stephen Heath. James, Sen., Andrew, James, Jr.,\\nand John, are said to have been in the Revolutionary army.\\nJames and James, Jr., d. there, and Andrew was wounded. The\\nwidow d. April 2, 1818, a. 85.\\nHI. Peter, b. on the passage from Ireland, used to say tliat he\\nwas not born n the face of the earth. He m. Rebecca, dau. of\\nThomas Fowler lived on his lather s lot, and on the southwest\\nend of No. 83, Avhere Benjamin Crosett had lived. Children:\\nRebecca, m. John, son of Jona. Emery; Peter Thomas; and\\nSamuel, m. Sally Coffin, about whom there was a lawsuit between\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Chester and Dcrry. They all went to Canada. Peter Aiken d.\\nOct. 21, 1806 Rebecjifi d. 1796.\\nIV Sarah, m. Robert AVitherspoon.\\nV. Samuel, m. Isabella McDolo, of Goffstown, and lived on the\\nhomestead. He d. Jan. 4, 1825, a. 76; she d. March 18, 1837, a.\\n78. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1. Rosanna, b. March 2, 1784, m. Alex. McGregore and Dear-\\nborn Whittier; d. Nov. 23, 1867. She had a very retentive mem-\\nory, and gave much tradition about the Aiken families, and Long\\nMeadow people generally. Her grandmother lived till she was\\ntwelve years old, and she used to read for her the old letters re-\\nceived from John Aiken and John Tolford to them in Ireland.\\n2. Samuel, b. Jan, 10, 1786, m. Nancy Marston, of Hampton,\\nOct. 15, 1811. He was fiimous as a teacher, was a military officer,\\nand a magistrate; was representative several times, and held\\nvarious other offices, and was a trader. He d. March 30, 1840;\\nshe d. Aug. 6, 1867, a. 85. They had several children who d.\\nyoung. Those who sui vived were", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0495.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "464 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nNancy, b. April 3, 1816, m. John ^Y. Noyes; Jane, July 16,\\n1818, ra Prof. Daniel J. Noyes; Isabel, b. Dec. 16, 1820.\\nSamuel and IsaheUa also had\\n3. Lucy, b. June 7, 1788, m. Alvin Jones, of Boston, ni. (2)\\nJames Ray, d. Sep. 20, 1854; 4. Jane, b. Aug. 6, 1790, u.m.; .5.\\nJohn, b. Jan 2, 1793, went to Belfast; 6. William, b. April 25,\\n1795, m. Betsy, dau. of Archi. McDuffee; 7. Katharine^ b. April\\n14. 1798, d. suddenly of some malignant disease, Sept. 9, 1819;\\n8, Mary, b. June 20, 1800, m. Levi Whitney, of Boston; is now\\nalive; 9. Eobert, b. Feb. 5, 1804.\\nAMBROSE.\\nNathl. Ambrose was the son of Henry and Hannah, and was\\nb. at Salisbury, Mass., Dec, 14, 1677 m. Sarah Eastman, Dec,\\n1697. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nI. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 2, 1698, m. Sampson Underbill and Benj.\\nBatchelder.\\nII. Henry, b. Aug., 1701, came to Chester, d. 1746.\\nIII. John, b. Sept. 28, 1707.\\nIV. Sarah, b. June, 1716, m. a Veasey.\\nV. Abigail, m. Joshua Prescott.\\nNathl. Ambrose and his sons Henry and John, and daughter\\nAbigail, probably came to Chester in the fall of 1731. INIr. Am-\\nbi ose bought the II. L. No. 110, of Alexander Craig, and lived a\\nlittle west of the old Presbyterian meeting-house. His will was\\ndated June 3, 1745, proved, June 26, 1745. His sou Henry seems\\nto have had no permanent place of residence in Chester, is not\\nnamed in the will, and is taxed for nothing but a poll in 1741.\\nJohn s wife was Elizabeth. He settled on Add. No. 97, a\\nlittle west of Francis Hill s. He had six children, Robert, the\\noldest of whom, b. March 6, 1732, m. Mary Etiiredge, a grand-\\ndaughter of John Calfe, and sister to Joshua Hall s wile. John\\ngave to Robert one half of his farm, but he sold out and moved\\nto the East Village at Concord, where the family have been con-\\nspicuous.\\nANDREWSON OR ANDERSON.\\nThomas Andrewson, as he is called in the early records, or\\nAnderson, the present name, came from Ireland at the same time\\nwith David Dinsmore at the age of 13 years. He m. Jean Craige\\nand settled on No. 132, 2d P. 2d D., where Luther Flint now lives\\nin Candia. In 1762 there was an article in the warning of the\\ntown-meeting to see what the town would do about a road, he", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0496.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY BASFORD. 465\\nhaving lived in town more than live years and had no road. It is\\nsaid that he was a vei-y strong, couraj4Cons man and once killed\\ntwo bears with a pitch-wood knot, lie d. Oct. 10, 1804; she d.\\nJune, 1780. Children:\\n1. William, b. Aug G, 17. m. lived on No. DJ.I, :^d P.,\\n2d D. d, Sept. 19, 1808.\\n2. Joseph, b. June 17, 1758.\\n3. John, b. Dec. 19, 1709; went to Ohio.\\n4. Thomas, b. June 19, 17fi2; m. Elizabeth, dan. of James Gi a-\\nham, and lived at the Long- Meadows, on the Archi. Miller i)lace.\\nNo. 81, 2d r. 2d D. He d. Jan. b, 1841 slie d. Aug. 1854, a. 79.\\n5. Agnes, b. May 14, 1764; m. Thomas Wilson ol Candia; d.\\nApril 5, 1803.\\n6. Joseph, b. Oct. 28, 17GG went to Maine.\\n7. Allen, h. Feb. 25, 1769; moved to Holden, Mass.; d. June,\\n1839.\\n8. Samuel, b. Aug. 23, 1771; m. (1) Anna, dan. of Moses Sar-\\ngent; in. (2) Mary, sister of his lirst wife. He lived first on the\\nhomestead and after Chester turnpike was built he built there,\\nand was widely known as a landlord. See Fires. He d. 1850;\\nhis first wife d. 1817.\\n9. Margaret, b. Dec. 9, 1773; m. (1) John Crawford; m. (2)\\nJonathan Sanborn d. July 21, 1847.\\n10. JMcid, b. Jan. 1, 1779; m. Lydia Ayer; lived at Lebanon,\\nN. IL\\nKoiiicRT Andreavsox was an early settler on No. 15, 4th D., in\\nDerryfield (the Daniel Hall place). On the Derryfield records is\\nIJobert Anderson, son of Jolni and Gien his wife, married\\nSarah McQuestion, dauler of Hugh, Dec 2, 1742. There are the\\nbirths of Mary and Gien.\\nA K W I N\\nHenuv Arwin was in Cliester in 1757, lived and kept tavern\\nafter the Hatter Underhill style, on the old i*oad, on No. 110, 4th\\nD., and sold to Ezra Badger.\\nBADGER.\\nEzra Badger bought Arwin s tavern stand; kept a tavern in\\nthe same style, the guests sleeping ou the floor. Mrs. Badger\\nwas a long time a pauper, and d. very aged, July 27, 1815.\\nBASFORD.\\nJACOB BASFORD was a grantee, and liis wife Avas Elizabeth,,\\nand they lived at Hampton. lu 1729, he deeded his estate in\\nHampton to his eldest son Ja^ies, tlien of Dover, who was baptized\\nMay 9, 1697. James, about 1730, came to Chester, and settled on\\n30", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0497.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "466 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nH. L. 146, since owned by Moses Hills, Jacob Hills, now Calvin\\nHills. He owned three lots, and at one time a large share of the\\nold saw-mill and the saw-mill grant, and seems to have been a\\ntrading man, though not very thrifty, as there are a large number\\nof cases of debt on the court records against him, which were de-\\nfaulted, and his mother became a town charge. In Oct., 1735, he\\ndeeded his farm to his son Jacob, and Jan., 1737, he deeded to\\nMoses Hills. His name is not on the inventory of 1741, but there\\nis a Jolui, probably his son, rated for a poll.\\nJoseph Basford, probably another son of Jacob, m. Elizabeth,\\ndan. of Jona. Goodhue, Jan. 8, 1740, and settled at the Long\\nMeadows, on No. 73, 2d P., 2d D., where Wells C. Underbill now\\nlives. The old house was taken down in 1851. They had Jona-\\nthan. Joseph, Jacob, Benjamin, Elizabeth, James and Aaron, but\\nnothing is known of them. In March, 1760, he joined Avith\\nNathaniel Wood and Elizabeth (the Wid. Goodhue), in selling to\\nJabez Hoit H. L. No. 3, the Goodhue or Clay place. The same\\nyear he sold to Wood, and in 1769 to Moody Chase, and in 1771\\nto Wells Chase, his lands at the Long Meadows. An anecdote iS\\nrelated of him, that while residing at the Long Meadows, some\\none tuld him that his muther had fallen into the well. He replied\\nthat he Avould light his pipe and hasten!\\nJacob Basford, probably another son of the grantee, purchased\\nthe east half of No. 18, 2d P., 2dD., March, 1737, and settled near\\nwhere Charles Stevens now lives; he married Abigail Silver, at\\nHaverhill, Apiil, 1734. He went into the French war and died,\\n170U. The inventory of his estate was returned, Feb., 1761.\\nChildren:\\nI. John, b. 1741, lived on the homestead, and went to Maine.\\nII. Ebenezer, born Nov. 9, 1744; m. (1) Mary llichardson, Feb.\\n14. 1765; lived near the homestead. Children:\\n1. Sarah, born 1765. 2. Moses. 3. Abigail. 4. Ebenezer. 5.\\nand 6. David and John, 1772. 7. Reuben. He m. (2) Wid. Me-\\nhitabel Yonng. Children: 8. Betsy, b. 1781, m. William Hoit, Jr.,\\nd. 1.S07. 9. Nathaniel. 10. Walter, b. July 22, 1785, m. ^arah,\\ndan. of John Knowles, Jr. He d. Aug. 30, 1865; she d. Oct., 8,\\n1859. 11. Lucretia, born 1787, d. 1865. 12. Mary, 1790. 13. Amy,\\nb. Nov. 10, 1794.\\nEbenezer d. Sept. 21, 1816. Mehitable d. April 10, 1836, a. 84.\\nIII. Abigail, b. Jan. 2, 1748.\\nIV. Jacob., born April 22, 1750; m. Abigail, dan. of Jonathan\\nMoulton, and lived on a gore between Add. Nos. Ill and 17, 2d P.,\\n2d D., N. E. side of Great Hill. Children\\n1. Jonathan, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Geo. Mardcn. 2. Abigail,\\nm. John, son of Dominicus Prescott, d. 1816. 3. Rebecca, m.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0498.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY BACIIELDER. 467\\nEobert Kuowlcs, d. Feb. 2, ISoO. 4, Jo.^iab, b. April, 178.3, m.\\nBetsy Osgood and lived on flie boinestead; d. Nov. 1:5, 1835.\\n5. Eichard, born 1789, m. Betsy, dau. of Master Morrice Gibbons;\\nlived near the homestead for a time, but went to parts unknown,\\nJacob d. I ^IS; liis widow ni. Jonathan Brown; d. 1811.\\nV. Jamci^, born Aug. 8, 175-4.\\nVI. JJari/, b. 1758.\\nB A E T L E T T\\nAVhen John Calfe sold his homestead in 1745, it was bounded\\nby Sa.muel Bartlett, who lived on II. L. No. 37. He had a dau.\\nElizabeth; m. Jethro Colby, and lived there. They had a dau.\\nLydia, m. Edmund Sleeper and lived there. INIr. Bartlett had a\\ndau. Abigail, m. Lieut. Ezekiel Worthen. lie d. March 25,\\n1762, a. 57; she d. April 1, 180l, a. 85.\\nB A C II E L D E 11\\nPage Bachelder was a son of Benjamin B. and Susanna\\nPage, and was baptized July 20, 1707. In 1731, when the road\\nby Asa AVilson s was laid out. he owned II. L. No. 104, aiul prob-\\nably lived near scliool-house No. 4, in Chester, and about that time\\nhad a mortgage of James Basibrd s place. He afterwards settled\\non Add. No. 55, afterwards owned by Capt. Edward Preston, W.\\n11. andAV. P. Underbill. He m. Elizabeth Hill March 24, 1744\\n(perhaps a second wife). He d. 1756.\\nBenjamin Bachelder was a brother of Page; baptized June,\\n1708, and lived on II. L. No. 138, on Chester Street, about where\\nthe house owned by Mr. Sargent stands. He m. for a second wife\\nElizabeth Ambrose, the widow of Sampson Underbill. He also\\nowned the laud opposite where Mr. White lived, which was sold\\nby his administrator to Dr. Thomas Sargent in 1782. Hannah,\\nthe wife of Dr. Sargent, bought the homestead in 1785. There\\nhave since lived there, Dea. John Webster, John Kimball, the\\nteacher of singing, and James French.\\nJetiiko Bachelder. There Avas a man of that name b. at\\nHampton in 1698; m. Dorothy Sanborn in 1721, who, I think,\\nmust have been too old to be the settler in Cliester.\\nOn Chester records is Jethro Bachelder and Abigail, his wife.\\nChil., Maiy, Daniel and Nathaniel. He lived in Raymond on 122\\nO. H., on the Todd road, and was a petitioner for the incorpora.\\ntion of Kaymond.\\nBEAN.\\nDAVID BEAN, b. 1725, m. Mary Judkins of Kingstown in 1748,\\nd. 1793. He settled in Epping and built a set of buildings which", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0499.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "468 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nwere soon destroyed by fire. He then settled and built a house in\\nEayniond, and thence removed to Candia, at, or near the Island,\\nand bouyht Eastman s mills, which were destroyed by fire from\\nthe woods. He raised a family of ten children, six sons and four\\ndaughters, all but one of whom married and had families. Dea.\\nAbraham m. Mary, dau, of Nicholas Gordon of Poplin, and lived\\non the homestead, and had four sons, Joseph, David, Abraham\\nand Gordon who all settled on the old homestead. He also had\\nsix daughters. David is named in a deed as of Chester in 1755,\\nand was probably then in liaymond. He was surveyor of lumber\\nin Candia in 17G8. Abraham d. Oct. 29, 1833.\\nReuben Bean, son of David, had a son Moses, who learned the\\nai t of tanning and shoemakiny, and set up at what is now Candia\\nA^ illag H, and may be considered, in a sense, tlie father of the place,\\nas it was the commencement of the shoe business there, and Dea.\\nSamuel Dudley learned his trade of him. He also built the first\\nmeeting-house and Avas pastor of the church several years. He\\nwent to St. Josei^h, Mich., and d. 1838.\\nBELL.\\nJO MX BELL, though not of the first colony to Londonderry,\\nin 17 19, had a grant of land made to him in 172U, in Aiken s\\nrange, on which he settled and spent the remainder of his life,\\nand where his son Jolm lived. After commencing a clearing and\\nbuilding a cabin, he returned to Ireland for his wife and two sur-\\nviving children, in 1722. He was b. in the county of Antrim,\\n1678, m. Elizabeth Todd, and had two sons and two dau. b. in\\nLondonderry. He d. July 8, 1743; she d. 1771. The daughters,\\nLetitia, Naomi, Elizabeth and Mary, all m. men by the name of\\nDuncan. Samuel, b. Sept. 28, 1723, removed to Cambridge, N. Y.\\nm. Sarah Storrow. John, b. Aug. 15, 1730, m. Mary Ann Gilmore,\\ndau. of James Gilmore, Dec. 21, 1758. He held various respon-\\nsible ofiices. He d. Nov. 30, 1825; she d. April 1, 1822, a. 85.\\nChildren:\\nI. II. Jamks and Ebenezek, d. in jouth.\\nIIL .lONATiiAX, m. Sarah W., dau. of Josiah Flagg. Esq., lived\\nand traded at the Toppan Webster place, in Chester; d. 1808. The\\nwidow m. Daniel French, Esq.\\nIV. John, b. July 20, 1765.. He received his early education in\\nLondonderry, and when he arrived at manhood, being of an en-\\nterprising disposition, he dealt for a time in the products of Can-\\nada. In this business he had occasion to make repeated journeys\\nto Montreal, which were then no holiday excursions, but toilsome,\\nand not without danger. At a later period he established himself\\nin trade in Chester, where he resided during the remainder of his", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0500.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY BELL. 469\\nlife. lie was successful iu busiucss, und some years before his\\ndeath retired with a competency. In 1817 lie was elected a mem-\\nber of the Executive Council, and was annually re-elected for five\\nsuccessive years. In 182;! he I cceived the appoinlment of Ili^h\\nSheriir for tJie county of Iiockin.i;l am, and in 182.S was elected\\nGovernor of the State. He died ^Nlarch 2;), 1836, having sustained\\nthrou.^ii life the character of an honest man. lie married, Dec.\\n25, 180;3, Persis, daughter of Dr. Isaac Thorn, of Londonderry,\\nwho survived him more than a quarter of a century, d ing in\\nNov., 1802, at the age of 81 years, beloved and deeply lamented.\\nGov. Bell had ten children\\n1. Marij Anne Persia, h. Sept. 2, 1804; m. Rev. Nathaniel Bou-\\nton, D. 1)., of Concord, where she died, Feb. 15, 1839, leaving\\nfive chiUlren.\\n2. Ji/i-a Thorn, b. Jan. 23, 180r m. Hon. John Nesmith, of\\nLowell, Mass. She d. Sept. 22, 183(5, leaving one dan.\\n3. Jolni, h. Nov. 15, 1807, educated at the ]\\\\[il. and Scientific\\nInst., Norwicli, Vt., d. in New York City, Jan. 26, 1828.\\n4. Snuun Jane, d. in infancy.\\n5. Hdrriette Adeliu, b. April 11, 1812, d. Aug. 29, 1836.\\n6. Jane Gibson, b. April 30, 1814, d. Aug. 4, 1835.\\n7. Caroline, d. in early childhood.\\n8. Christopher Sargent, b. June 4, 1819, grad. at Dartmouth\\nCollege iu 18;38, commenced studying for the ministry, and died\\nin Havana, Cuba, Jan. 20, 1839, where he had gone on account of\\na pulmonary aflfectiou.\\n9.. Jones Isaac, b. March 1, 1821, entered Dartmouth College in\\n1837, left in the autumn of 1838 and ^nade a voyage to tlie East\\nIndies for the biMieflt of his health, and was lost with other pas-\\nsengers in the ship Harold, which was burned at sea, Oct. 26, 1839.\\n10. Charles Henri/, b. Nov. 18, 1823, grad. at Dartmouth College\\nin 1844, studied law, and practiced at Chester, Somersworth and\\nExeter.\\nY. Samukl, b. Feb. 9, 1770, grad. at Dartmouth, 1793, LL. D.\\nBowdoin, 1821. He studied law with Hon. Samuel Dana, of Am-\\nherst; admitted to the bar 1796, practi(;ed at Francestowu till\\n1808, Amherst till 18J0, removed to Cliester 18J2; lived on the\\nMelvin place on the Street, and built a new house near where\\nThomas Dearborn had lived, II. L. No. 23, 1833; d. Dec. 23,\\n1850. He was Representative from 1804 to 1806; Speaker 1805\\nand 6; was Senator and President 1807 and 8; Justice of the\\nSuperior Court 1816 to 1819; Governor of New I lampsliire 1819 to\\n23; U. S. Senator 1823 to 35; Trustee Dart. l,s()8 to 11. Ho m.\\n(1) Mehitable B., dau. of Hon. Samuel Dana; she d. islO; ni.\\n(2) Lucy G., dau. of Jonathan Sniith, of Aaiherst. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0501.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "470 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n1, Samuel Dana, b. Oct. 9, 1798, grad. Harvard ISIG, LL. D.\\nDartmoiitli, 1854. He read law in the office of Hon. George Sul-\\nlivan, of Exeter, admitted to the bar Feb. 1820, practiced at Mer-\\nedith Bridge six months then in Chester till 1830 then cashier\\nof Exeter Bank till 1836, when he resumed the practice of the law\\nin Concord, and in 1839 he removed to Manchester. He was Rep-\\nresentative from Chester 1825 and 1826. He was appointed Solic-\\nitor of Rockingham countv 1823 Justice of the Court of Common\\nPleas 1818 Justice of the Superior Court 1849 to 1859 then\\nChief Justice, which office he resigned Aug. 1, 1861. He was one\\nof the several commissioners to I evise the statutes of New Hamp-\\nshire in 1830, 1812, and 1867. lie was a very industrious man,\\nand of varied acquirements, and especially eminent as an antiqua-\\nrian, as the reader may see by a reference to the notice of the\\nChester grantees, p. 42, the materials of Avhich he mainly fur-\\nnished, probably without leaving his office. He m. Mary, dan.\\nof Newell Healey, Aug, 8, 1826. He d. July 31, 1868 she d. 1864.\\nChildren\\n1. John James, b. Oct. 30, 1827. He studied lavr and practiced\\nin Maine and Exeter; 2. Samuel N., b. March 25, 1829, grad.\\nDart., 1847; read law with Hon. William C. Clarke, and is in\\npractice in Manchester; 3. Maiy W., m. John P. Newell, d. 1858.\\n2. John, b. Nov. 5, 1800, grad. Union, 1819; studied medicine\\nwith Dr. Shattuck of Boston, and afterwards at Paris; M. D.,\\nBowdoin, 1822; Prof. Anatomy, University, Vt. Editor of theN.\\nY. Med. Surgical Journal; went South for his health, d. of\\nconsumption at La Fouche, Lou., Nov. 29, 1830.\\n3. 3fary Ann, b. Oct. 26, 1802, m. John Nesmith, of Lowell,\\nd. 1830.\\n4. James, b. Nov. 13, 1804, grad. Bowdoin, 1822, read law with\\nhis brother Samuel D. Bell, practiced at Gilmanton, Exeter and\\nGilford; U. S. Senator, 1855, to his death. May 26, 1857; m. Ju-\\ndith Almira, dan. of Nathl. Upham. Charles Uphani Bell, Bow-\\ndoin, 1863, now an Attorney at Ex(!ter, is their son.\\n5. Luther V., b. Dec. 2, 1806; grad. Bowdoin. 1823; M. D.,\\nDart., 1826; LL. D., Amherst, 1855; practiced in Derry, 1831 to\\n1837 Superintendant McLean xisylum for Insane, Charlestown,\\nMass; Surgeon, 11th Mass. Vols; Brigade Surgeon and Medical\\nDirector, Hooker s Division; d. Feb. 12, 1862, at Budd s Ferry,\\nYa. He m. Frances, dan. of Dea. James Pinkerton, of Derry,\\n1835; she d. 1855.\\n6. George, b. June 21, 1829; grad. Dart., 1851; read law\\nwith ^Vhei lor and Faulkner, of Keeiie; jjracliced in Chicago,\\nManchester and Cleveland; he was Autlior of Bell s Digest. He\\nwas drafted and went into (he army and d. soon alter his return,\\nSept. 2, 1864. He m. Emma Preston.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0502.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "r^r^r,, -^y^", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0503.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0504.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY BERRY, 471\\n7. John, b. July 19, 1831; \u00c2\u00ab;Tad. Dart.. ls52: studied modioine\\nat the University of Pa. A[. D., 1854 praclictd at Iviiij^stoii, Derry\\nami N. Y. City; Surj^eou of f)tli U. S. Cavalry, 18(;i to 18G4 n\\\\.\\nMary Ann, dan. of Phineas IJedee.\\n8. Charles, b. Auf 10, 1833; grad. rown, 1853; studied\\nmedicine and practiced in Concord; be was autlior of Facts in\\nRelation to tbc Hist, of Cbester, N. H. Hist. Soc. Coll. Vol. 7;\\nm. Elizabetb, dan. of Natlil. F. Emerson: d. Feb. 29,1856.\\n9, Louis, b. March 8, 183(); studied law and oi)ened an olRce at\\nFarminoton; was appointed Col. 4tli N. II. Vol ]May Ifi, 18G3:\\nkilled at Fort Fisher, Jan. 15, 1S(;5. He ni. ISIary A. P., dau. of\\nRev. Xathl. Bouton. She d. soon after he did.\\nWiLLiAjr BicLL was b. at Pai ley,in Scotland. He m. Peatress\\nParr, of Glasgow, and they came to America jirevious to 1780,\\nand first settled in Greenland, and went into trade; he soon came\\nto Chester and purchased the Cai)t. Plunt i)Iace. Ills name is not\\non the tax-list of 1785, and is on that of 1790. Heat first lived\\nin what has been called the Greenough house, where Mrs. Lang\\nnow lives, and had a store, but soon built the large house where\\nhis grandson James now lives. He d. July 2, 1817 she d. March\\n1, 1825. a. 84. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1. AVilliam. .Jr., was b. at Paisley in 1775; ni. ^Nfary ^[cMas-\\nter, of Augusta, Me.; was a trader there; came to Chester: d.\\nMay 10, 1848; she d. March 8, 1861, a. 79. 2. George, b. in\\nGrccidand, 1781); once traded and made polash near the Pond,\\nin Aul)urii d. unm., 1803. 3. Elizabeth, m. Gilbert Morse: d.\\nSept., 1812.\\nBERRY.\\nItiiamau Berry came from Greenland. He first settled on\\nChester Street, on H. L., No. 32, where Thomas Worthen and\\nJames Stevens afterwards lived, a little east of where J. M. M.\\nElliott now lives, but soon moved back ui)on, or near Xo. 22. 2d\\nP., 2(1 I)., on wiial has l)een called the l erry place.* where his\\nson and grandson Jonathan liv (l. lie was certainly on the Street\\nin 1732, and back towards Payniond wlien the road was laid out\\nin 1741, His wife was xVnu. Children:\\nI, Zebedee, b, June 5, 1726, He lived on Xo. .50, 2d P., 2(1 D..\\nwhere Coffin M. French now lives, in Candia.\\nII. iV/c/, b. 1727; lived in Chester, on 37. 2d P.. 2d D. He d.\\n1785; his wife d. 1835, said to be 90.\\nHI. Ithamxr, b. 17;$5; ni. Abigail. Lived on Xo. 41, 2d P.,\\n2d 1)., where AVilliam AYeeks now lives d. iM b. 19. 1803. Chil-\\ndren\\n1. Dolly. 2. Moses, b. 1762, lived where lii- Uncle Zebedee", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0505.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "472 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nlived; in Candia, d. at Staiistcad, 1810. 3. Aaron. 4. Eadiael.\\n5. Eliot and John, twins; went to Me. 6. Eliplialet.\\nIV. Elizabeth.\\nY. Ann, ni. Joseph Smith.\\nYI. Jonathan, b. 1741; m. Betty Smith of Brentwood, and\\nlived on the homestead; d. 1805. The widow m. Lt. Samnel Bus-\\nwell, of Candia. Chil: 1. Pearson S., b. 1771, noted in his earh\\nlife for his dissolute habits, and in later life for his religious zeal.\\n2. Jonathan, b. 1773; ni. a dau. of Elijah Pillsbur.v, lived on the\\nhomestead. 3. John. 4. Sally, m. EichardBuswell and Asa Pot-\\nter.\\nYIl. Dolly, m. John Seavey, b. 1743.\\nVIII. John.\\nSniON Bekry came from Rye about 1760, lived on H. L. No. 7(5?\\nwhere Col. Webster first settled. He had a dau. Phebe, m. Lt.\\nWilliam, son of Robert Wilson, and lived on the homestead. She\\nd. 1819. Mr. Berry went to Corinth in 1787.\\nBLAKE.\\nCapt. Ezekiel Blake came from Milton, Mass., in 1792, and\\ncarried on the tanning and currying business at tlie Samuel Robie\\nyard. He m. Deborah AVard Sept. 2, 1785; he d. Dec. 1, 1830;\\nshe d. Nov., 1833. They had seven children, the five youngest\\nborn in Chester. His second son, Lemuel Ward, was born at\\nMilton, Mass., Feb. 21, 1791; m. Susan S., dau. of Dea. Nathan\\nKnowles, Jr., Oct. 6, 1814, and had chil., GHlman, Geo. W., Otis,\\nHemy, Emeline, James, Charles C. and Miranda C.\\nLemuel W. worked with his father at tanning and currying\\nnntil 1824. This business, however, did not suit his taste or genius.\\nHe would spend a portion of his time repairing watches or oa\\nnuisical instruments, and in other mechanical employments. In\\nFeb., 1824, he entei-ed the machine shop at Naslma as an appren-\\ntice, o) on trial, Avithout any particular bargain as to compens-\\nation. Although a green hand he took hold of the work like an\\nold workman. After trial they told him that they Avould give him\\nas mucli as rliey dared to on account of ofiending the old hands.\\nHe after a while took a job. His oldest boys, by mounting on a\\nbox, could tend a lathe. Wliile at Nashua he was organist at the\\nC!i ,ir(;h which he attended. In Aug.. 1833, he wciit to Springfield,\\nMa^s., and worked under the celebrated John Chase. He was\\nconst ai Illy, wherever he worked, making improvements in the\\nmode of doing work, getting up new and improved tools, c.\\nHe j)urchased a shop and removed to Peppereli, Mass., in May,\\n1,S3C. Ho invented and patented in 1841, a center-discharge", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0506.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY BLANCHARD. 473\\nwater-wheel, one of tlie very hvM of its class, and A ory cxten.\\nsively used, and gotnpiii lirst-r.ite style, lie also iitvcnied and\\npatented an extension auj, er. and a belt-fastener, llc^ d. Feb. 13,\\n1864, and left the business to his sons. His live sons and two\\nsons-in-law are all machinists, and it is very rare that o much\\nmechanical genius can be found in one family.\\nRLANCIIAKD.\\nThere was a Joseph Blax iiaki) of Dunstable, who was a Jus-\\ntice of the Superior Court from 1749 to 1758, and was surveyor\\nfor the ^[asonian Proprietors. He had a son Joseph, named in\\nthe will in 1758. His name, with the i)retix of Col., is in the list\\nof tax-payers in Litchlield on the west side of the river (3lerri-\\nmack) in 1745. He was a grantee of Thornton, removed and d.\\nthere. He had three sons, Josei)h, Eleazer and Zaccheiis.\\nJosKrii v. as b. 1753. He iiartially learned the clothier s trade\\nand came ro Chester about 1772, and went to work with liobert\\nCalfe at the clothier s trade. H(! m. Sarah, Mr. Calfe s only child,\\nand continued there, and in 1777 purchased the mill and i)rivilegc\\nat the present location, and removed there and conveyed one-half to\\nMr. Calfe. His advantages of school education v/ere very limited,\\nbut his natural talent was fiir above mediocrity, and he was soon\\npromoted in public business. From 1788 to 1 7U3, he was Repre-\\nsentative. He was delegate from Chester to the convention which\\nratilied the Federal Constitution, and also to revise the State Con-\\nstitution. He was tvro or three years in the Senatt\\\\ and two\\nvears, ISi O and 1801, in the Council. He was a very gtmial com-\\npanion. aI)Ounding in anecdotes. It is said that in arly life he\\nwas a very hard Avorking, industrious man, l)ut in later years not\\nso thrifty in pecuniary matters. An anecdote will illustrate two\\ntraits of his character. A man who Avas hardly compos mentis,\\nwho was then at the mill, observed that he had profitable mills.\\nHe replied, Yes. You have profitable otfices, too. Yes.*\\nWell, with it all you do not get rich. The joke v, as so good\\nand true and from sucli a source, Ks(j. IJlanchard delighted in\\ntelling it. Several of their first children died young.\\n1. Joseph, m. Abigail Rogers, a dan. of Moody Chase s second\\nwife, and had live childreti. The oldest, Josei)h, is station agent\\nat Martin s Ferry. Joseph absconded and was supposed to have\\nd. 1809.\\n2. Lucy, m. Thos. Montgomery and went into Vermont.\\n3. Eleazer, Avas an under-graduate at Dartiziouth, and d. 1800,\\na. 27.\\n4. JSJancy, d. unm. in 1809.\\n5. Sally, m. Josiah Melvin and AA^cnt to Maine.\\n6. Cyrus, d. 1809, a. 22.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0507.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "474 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n7, Hannah, b. Jan, 7, 1790; m. Dca. Samuel Dinsmore in 1811.\\n8. PoUy, m. IJichard Fitts and went to Salisbury, N. II.\\nMrs. Blanchard d. Dec. 2, 1793, and he m. (2) Dorotliy John-\\nson, widow of David Folsom, April, 1794. He d. March 7, 1833,\\na. 80. She d. May 14, 183G, a. 88.\\nBLASDELL.\\nThere were early at Aniesbury two men by the name of Blas-\\nDALE, Hem-y and Ralph, and there are a great many of the\\nname on Amesbuiy recoi ds,\\nNathaniel Blasdell was a wheelwright and lived on H. L. 34.\\nTiie house and an acre of land were sold to Dr. Sargent in 1780,\\nand he sold to Daniel Frencli, Esq., who erected the present\\nhouse. Mr. Blasdell purchased a quarter of an acre of land of\\nWilliam and Paul Healey in 1759, and built a store where the\\nFrench ofiice now stands, which was sold to the town in 1778,\\nand removed into the south woods for a i)est-house when Dr.\\nPage s family had the small-pox. He did quite a business as a\\ntrader several years, selling goods and taking his pay in produce\\nand lumber. He also made potash. He always went by the name\\nof ]Merchant Blasdell, and I have one of his ledgers in m^- posses-\\nsion. He d. Dec. 22, 1786. Chil. on Chester records:\\nWilliam, born 1747, Micajah, Molly, Abijali, Nathan, and John,\\nof whom nothing fs known,\\nIsaac Blasdell. Jonathan and Hannah Blasdell, of Amesbury,\\nhad nine children; the first b. 1699; David, the sixth, b. Feb. 5,\\n1711-12; wife, Abigail. He was a clock-maker, and I have seen\\nseveral of his clocks. They had seven children. The third, Isaac,\\nb. March 27, 1738, m. Mary, dan. of E. Currier of Amesbury. In\\nMarch, 1762, he purchased of Dr. John OrdAva}^ five acres of H.\\nL. No. 34, and five rods of the ten-rod way (where John West\\nnow lives) and came to Chester and set up his trade of clock-\\nmaking. He was in the Revolutionary array several times, select-\\nman, and continually sealer of weights and measures. He d. Oct.\\n9, 1791. His widow m. Jona. Swain of Raymond, and d. Dec. 6,\\n1795. Children:\\n1. Hannah, b. April 6, 1758; m. Dea. Amos Morse, 1780; d.\\nFeb. 6, 1795. 2. Isaac, b. 1760, went to Salisbury, N. H. 3. Blch-\\nar h b. Nov., 1762, lived with his father; d, unm, July 26, 1790.\\n4. Molly, b. 1765, m. a Wadleigh, and went to Canada. 5.\\nDavid, went to Peaclir.m. Vt. 6. Anna, b. July 13, 1769. m, B.\\nP. Chase, Oct. 7, 1792, d. Feb. 22, 1808. 7. Ahner, b. April 18,\\n1771, m. Jemima Melcher and lived in Chester; had a son John\\n(the father of Albert Blaisdell of Greenland, the builder). He\\nenlisted in 1813, and went to the Canada frontier and never", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0508.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY BRADSTREET. 475\\nreturned. 8. LycUa, b. July 5, 177i5, in. Josiah, sou of Jacob\\nChase, d. April 1, 18o7. 9. Ahirjail, b. 1775, d. iEay 19, 1803. 10.\\nEbenezcr, b. 1778, m. Nauey Noycs; eulisted, d. at Acnvorth, N.\\nH., on Ills way to the frontier, April 12, 1813.\\nBOID.\\nJAMES BOID, the grantee, lived in Portsmouth. There was a\\nJohn Boid, who lived on James Boid s H, L. No. 59, Avherc the\\nfirst road was laid out in 1730; and he was the first pound-keeper.\\nHe was said by Col. Wliite to have been a brother of the Rev. Mr.\\nMcGreu or s wift\\nJohn Boid, sou of the above, made a Avill dated Jan., 1751-2,\\nproved 1752. He had uo real estate. His inventory Avas, Two\\nJackets, one pair of cloth br(?eches, three old checked shirts, one\\nold hat-cap, and handkerchief, one ])air of old stockings, and an\\nold blanket. Money and notes, old tenor, \u00c2\u00a3536. He gives his\\ncousin, Margai et McGi-egor, eldest dan. of the Rev. David Mc-\\nGregor, \u00c2\u00a3310, and the residue after some small leg:acies.\\nThere was a Thomas Boid, owned H. L. Xo. 27, in 1730, and\\nprobably liv( d on it, southwest of the Dearborn farm, near where\\nthe steam-mill lately stood.\\nNathaxiel Boid was one of the first settlers in Dorryfield, on\\nNo. 1, where J. G. Webster uow lives. He signed the petition in\\n1748. The road laid out Sept. Ifi, 1748, ran to his fence. His wife\\nwas Margaret, and had Margaret, b. 1752. in. Ai chibald Gambel;\\nAVilliam, b. 1755.\\nThere was a Nathan Boid on No. IC, in Derryfield.\\nBRADLEY.\\nJosiAii Bradley m. Anna, dau. of Jonathan Moulton. and lived\\non his place, H. L. No. 113, where Hiram Basford now lives. He\\nd. May 2, 1778. Chil.:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1. Josiah, b. May 17, 1770, in. Phebe,\\ndau. of Abel Webster, 1792, lived on the homestead, and went\\nto Maine. 2. Jonathan, b. 1776.\\nBRAD S II A ^V\\nJosiiL-A Bradshaw lived on H. L. No. 03, at the Josiah Cliase\\nplace, on Walnut Hill. Chil. Peter, John and Sarah.\\nB R A D S T R E E T\\nThe Rkv. Nathan Bradstreet is said in the History of New\\nHampshire Churches to have been born in Ipswich, Mass., in 1770;\\nbut I always understood that he was a native of Rowley. He grad.\\nat Dart, in 1791, and studied theology at Newburyport. He m.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0509.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "476 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nPhebe Dexter, of Chai-lcstowu, a neice of Lord Timothy Dexter^\\nAug-. 10, 1796. Her father afterwards lived at Westford, Mass.,\\nand when Mr. Bradstreet left Chester he went there. Mr. Brad-\\nstreet buiU a house on II. L. No. 8, where John W. Noyes now\\nHves. He d. Jan. 29, 1827. Children:\\nFreeborn, h. Aug. 22, 1799; 3Ielissa, h. 1801; Nathan Dexter,\\nb. 1803; William, b. 1808; Susannah, h. 1811. Nothing is known\\nof the children. See further. History of the Congregational\\nChurch.\\nBLUNT.\\nCapt. Jonathan Blunt was b. at Andover, about 1708, and was\\nin Chester and had a saw-mill in 1730. In 1734, William Blunt,\\nof Andover, deeded to Jonathan H. L. Nos. 1 and 12. He settled\\non No. 1, where Sarah Kobiuson now lives. His wife Avas Mary,\\nand they had eight children, the oldest, John, b. 1735. Joshua, h\\n1740, m. ]N[ary Grove, and had Isaac, b. June 1780, d. March, 18G5.\\n3Iar)/ Blunt, b. 1743, m, Maj. Richard Emery. Capt. Blunt\\nwas a prominent man in town, an innkeeper, and d. May 24, 17G2.\\nB R O AV N\\nSajiuel Brown was in Bradford in 1734. John Jaqnes sold to\\nhim Add. No. 17, and Thomas Smith gave to his cousin, Samuel\\nBrown of Bradford, No. 6(3, O. II., June, 1734. He came to\\nChester and built on No. 17, a little southwest of Avhcre Amos\\nGreen now lives. When an attempt was made in 1743 to have a\\nroad laid out across the lots by Kai-r s mill to Londonderry, he\\nagreed to give the present road across his land provided they\\nwould not go by his house. He signed the Presbyterian protest,\\nNov., 17;)5. He probably sold to John Mills, who afterwards\\nlived there, and moved to wliere Jabez French first lived, on the\\neast half of No. 17, 2d P., 2d D. He bore the appellation of Dr.\\nr rown. His wife was Susaniiuji. He d. May, 1794; she d. May\\nI;, 1789. They had several children, the oldest of whom d. young.\\nOf those Avhom we know any thing about:\\nI. /o.vt ^^/i, b. Feb. 23, 1758, m. (1) Lydia, dau. of Caleb Hall,\\n1782. Chil. Sara; Abraham and Samuel, went to Maine Betsy,\\nm. Moses Chase, son of B. Pike Chase. She d. Dec. 15, 1700. He\\nlii. (2) Lydia Mace, and had several children who settled in San-\\ndown and Haverhill, Mass. He lived on the homestead; d. 1802.\\nII. Jonathan, b. Nov. 22, 1760, m. Sarah, dau. of Jonathan\\nI .Ioulton, and settled in Poplin, now Fremont, about a mile south\\nof the Ilocke bridge. To dislinguish him from another and older\\nman, he was generally called Chi-sherman Brown. Children\\n1. Jonathan, lived in Poplin. 2. Ebenezer, m. Mary Wliitcher,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0510.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY BROWN. 477\\nof Brentwood, and settled iu Venshire, el\u00e2\u0080\u00a2nlollf. and made iron\\nfrom the boy ore there. They were tlie paixnits of Dr. William\\nVV. Brown, b. Aug. 28, 180-i. See Physicians. Eliphalet, set-\\ntled in Vienna, Maine. 4. Josiah, went to sea and never returned.\\n5, Sally, m. i eter, son of Stephen Morse, of (^hester, 171)9. 6.\\nSusaniuxh, ni. Moses II., son of Sherburne SaiiI)orn, 1801, and\\nlived in Poi)lin.\\nSarah d. March 15, 1Sl 2. and he ni. (2) her sister Abigail, wid.\\nof Jacob Basford. Shed. 1S4L.\\nIII. David, h. Si .[)l. 17, IH lived in llayniond on 11. No.\\nlOO, near the railroad.\\nJedediah Brown came from Kensington, and settled on No.\\n11, O. II., and is mentioned in the return of a road across his lot\\nin 17ul. He had two sons, Levi and Josiah, and three daughters,\\nMary, Dolly and Abigail.\\n1. Levi ,m. Elizabeth, dan. of Jona. Swain, Kstj. Children\\nI. Jedediah, d. Nov., 1808. 2. Jonathan S., lived on tlie Swain\\nplace. 3. Libby. 4, Levi. 5. John, Esqr., b. 17 J(), m. a Worthen,\\nand has been noted as a laud surveyor, auil a very ingenious\\nblacksmith.\\nII. Juaiah, lived in Raymond.\\nThere were three brothers by the name of Brown who came\\nfrom Scotland and settled in the iipper part of Chester, towards\\nSuncook.\\nI. Samuel, m. Jean Gibson, in Scotland, and settled on No. 28,\\n6th D., on what is now the Ilooksett poor-farm. Children:\\nI. Joseph. 2. Margaret.\\n3. Ann, m. Frederic McCutcheon, of Pembroke.\\n4. JokUjin. Betsy Burgiii; lived in Ilooksett; d. in Newbury-\\nport a. J8.\\n5. Jlolly, m. Robert, son of Samuel Davis, Avho was drowned\\nin Laken s i^ond, July, 180.3. She died at Newbnryport, a. 96.\\nNathaniel Head, Esq., related to me the following-, which he\\nsaid that he had from Mr. Brown and his wife:\\nSome persons sowed a large quantity of rye on the plain on the\\neast side of the river at Concord, and set stakes at each luishel,\\nfor the purpose of leuing the reaping for the seed. Mrs. Browu\\nprepared breakfast, nursetl her child, and went to Concord, a dis-\\ntance of live or six miles, reaped her bushel sowing, tinishing be-\\nfore any of the men, and returned home.\\nII. Joseph, usually called doctor, on account of preparing\\ndrops for fits, m. Ann Otterson, a sister of AVilliam Ottcrson, and\\nsettled on land not granted by the proprietors of Chester, near\\nHead s saw-mill. He probably had a title from the proprietors of", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0511.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "478 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nSuiicook, but be, with others, was sued. (See page 40.) Chil-\\ndren\\n1. Ann, m. James Knox, of Pembroke.\\n2. Joseph, settled at Peacham, Vt. m. 2d, Molly Gay\\n3. Jeniy. 4. llaclmeL\\n0. James, also calk l doctor, m. Mai-garet Moore, 1793, and\\nlived on the homestead, and afterwards on the west side of the\\nriver.\\n6. Lydia. 7. Mury. 8. Jlarthn.\\nDr. Joseph d. 179G.\\nIII. AVii LiAM m. Ruth, dau. of Daniel McDuffee, of London-\\nderry, and lived on Xo. 30, 5th D. Children:\\n1. Daniel, m. Joanna Durgin, settled at Corinth.\\n2. 3IoUy, m. Ezra Abbot, d. a. 83.\\n3. James, m. Molly McCurdy, settled at Grand Isle, Vt.\\n4. Sarah.\\n5. Capt. John, ra. Polly, dau. of Matthew Gault.\\n6. Capt. William, m. Sally Buntin, lived where Samu fel, Sen.,\\nhad lived. Cliildren:\\n1. Anna, b. Feb. 2(], 1799, m. Col. John Head, d. April 3, 1849.\\n2. Hiram, b. Jan. 23, 1801. He was the first Mayor of Manches-\\nter. 3. Andrew. 4. John. 5. Calvin.\\nLt. William Brown was a ship-carpenter at Newburyport, and\\ncame to Chester in 1771, in company with his father-in-law, Ben-\\njamin Pierce. They purchased of James and Benjamin Crosett\\n274 acres of land lying in 86, 87 and 93, 2d P., 2d D. Mr. Brown\\nlived where Israel Senter now lives, and Pierce fifty or sixty rods\\nto the northeast. He d. 1805. Children:\\n1. William, m. Sarah Sheldon, lived on the Pierce place. They\\nwent to Mount Desert, Me., with their children, and d. there, he\\na. 95, she over 90. 2. Joshua, went to Vermont, had a dau.\\nPamela, m. James Hoit. .3. Benjamin P., m. a dau. of Asa Bur-\\nbank, lived at the intersection of the Rattlesnake-hill road with\\nLondonderry Turnpike went to Vt. 4. Judith. 5. Eunice. 6.\\nJohn, m. a Merril, on the homestead, and Avent West.\\nBenja:\\\\iin Brown came from Newbury, m. Prudence Kelly.\\nHe lived on Add. No. 85, where Nathan Morse had lived, and\\nafterwards on the Street, 11. L. No. 135, where Woodbury Masters\\nnow lives. lie was a long time a partner in trade with Henry\\nSweetser. She d. Sept. 9, 1798; he married (2) Widow Lunt.\\nHe d. 1818. at Piscataqua Bridge. Children:\\n1. liancy, m. Henry Sweetser, 1798, d. April 28, 1799.\\n2. Jlercy, m. Daniel French, 1799, d. March 8, 1802.\\n3. II ()inah.\\n4. Lydia, b. Feb. G, 1782, m. Toppan Robie, Oct. 8, 1804, d. Feb.\\n23, 1811.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0512.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY P.ROWN. 479\\n5. Francis, b. Jau 11, 1781; f^rad. Dart. 180r in. r:iizabetli,\\ndau. of Rev. Tristram Gihnan, of North Yanuouth, Feb. 4, ISll,\\nd. July 27, 1820. (See Graduates.) Chil.: Samuel Gilmaii,\\nDart., ISol; Mary; and Frances, d. y.\\n6. Prudence, b. April 3, 178G, m. Key. David Tliur-ton. of Win-\\nthrop, Me., Oct. 31, 1811.\\nNatiiamkl Buowx, b. at Hamilton Mass., Sept. 3, 1770, m.\\nMary Sleeeper, of NeAvburyport, who was b. March 1(5, 1779; re-\\nsided at Xewburyport until 1811; removed to Chester, on to the\\nElliot place. Children:\\n1. John Sleeper, b. Nov. 6, 1797, m. Phcebe C, widow of Kev.\\nAmasa Hayes, Nov. 1, 1832. lie was,/roni 1823, Deputy Sheriff\\nfourteen years; 1855, Sheritl live years; was Justice of the\\nPeace. Notary Public, and Coroner; was several years in the\\nUnderhill lirm, in tlie ed.ye-tool business, and carried it on him-\\nself several years at Auburn. In 1861 he was appointed Inspec-\\ntor of Customs at Boston.\\n2. Xathaaiel, b. Sept. 2, 1799, m. Sarah, dau. of William Gra-\\nliam; was in the tool business; lives in Aul)urn.\\n3. William C, b. Aug. 2, 1801. lie was several years a\\nteacher; a teacher of music in Boston; a composer of music; a\\ncompiler of three collections of music, and author of a celebrated\\npoem on rum. He was seven years editor of Ziou s lleiald,\\ntlie Methodist paper in Boston, and editor and publislier o\\ntlie Mother s Assistant. He has been twelve years Keyister\\nof Proltate of Suftblk County.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a04. /Simon, b. Nov. 29, 1802, m, Ann C, dau. of lion. Daniel\\nFrench, May, 1827. He learned the art of printing- in the\\nPatriot office, at Concord. He Avas a partner in establishing\\nthe Hiugham Gazette; and afterwards in publishing the N.\\nII. Spectator at Newport. In 1837, went into the office of the\\nClerk of the U. S. House of Pepresentativcs; and was Secretary\\nof the Commissioners of Public Buildings was in the General\\nPost Office; and Librarian of the House of Representatives from\\n1840 to 1848; since 1855, has been agricultural editor of the N.\\nE. Farmer, and is a practical farmer at Concord, Mass. In 1855,\\nwas elected Lieut.-Gov. of Mass, and in 1857, Kepresentative\\nfrom Concord.\\n6. Mari/, b. Dec. 18, 1806, m. F. T. Underhill.\\n6. S arah S., b. Oct. 4, 1810, m. Jay T. Underhill d. Aug.\\n17, 1862.\\n7. EUzaheth E.,h. Oct. 4, 1810, m. a AVhitney: d. Oct. 21, 1864.\\n8. Charles II., b. Sept. 29, 1814, resides in Manc]ie lcr.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0513.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "480 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nB E I C K E T\\nBarnard Bricket came from Newbury in 1765, and settled on\\nJSTo. 60, 2d P., 2d D., where his grandson David P. now lives.\\nThe great elm was then a saphng- wliicli he trimmed. He m.\\nMary, dau. of Nathl, Hall, Mareli 5, 1767. Ch. :\u00e2\u0080\u0094Josiah, h. June\\n27, 176y, d. umn. 3Iary, ni. Capt. Jacob Libby. Sarah, b. 1775,\\nm. Josiah, sou of Capt. John Sargent. Jloses, b. June 5, 1780, m.\\nSally, dau. of Da\\\\ id Pillsbury lived on the homestead: d. Sept.\\n25, 1859; she d. Nov. 12, 1859, a. 79. Aima, h. 1783, m. Henry\\nClark.\\nBarnard m. (2) Mehitabel French, of Ilawke, 1798. He d.\\nAug-., 1805. The wid. m. John Buttertield; d. Feb. 7, 1824,\\na. 70.\\nBUTTER FIELD.\\nZACHARtAH settled about 1740, on the west end of No. 21, 2d P.,\\n2d D., uear the road to the Norton place: had several children;\\nd. in 175-4. Nothing is known of the family.\\nAaron Buttkrfield settled near the east end of the lot where\\nStephen llugree now lives; had one son, John, b. April 8, 1746,\\nm. dau. of Israel Dolby, Sen., who d. Aug., 1805; lived on the\\nhomestead, had no cliildren. He m. (2) Meliitable French, wid, of\\nBarnard Bricket she d. Feb. 7, 1824, a. 70. He gave his property\\nto Kobert S. French. He d. Sep. 17, 1833. They came fn;ni AVil-\\nmington, and had sometimes to go to town to garrison, and both\\nsigned the petition for soldiers in 1748.\\nBUIILEY.\\nJohn Eurley m, Huldey, only dau. of Sylvanus Smith. He\\nwas a mariner; sailed from Newburyport in July, 1781, was\\ntaken by the British and carried to Ireland and imprisoned, and\\ndied there in the summer of 1782. They had John, h. July 3,\\n1780. The widow afterwards m. Daniel Greenough.\\nBUEPEE.\\nNatiiakiilL Burpee came to Chester from Eowley in 1753, and\\nsettled on No. 37, 3d D., whei*e \\\\Yinthrop Wills had lived. He m.\\nEsther Eolli. He was one of the early settlers of Candia, having\\nWilliam Turner on one side, and Obedllall on the other as neigh-\\nbors. He was a tailor, and a teacher of singmg. He was one of\\nthe first deacons. He was in the French war, and was at the siege\\nof Cape Breton in 1745 d. 1815, a. 94. Cliildren\\nJeremiah; Nathaniel, m. Dorothy Currier, lives on the home-\\nstead; Nalhaii, Ezra, 3Iehitable; Sally, h. 1782, m. Peter Hall,\\nJr., d. 1831 Esther and Patty.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0514.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY CALFE. 481\\nB U 8 W i: T. L\\nTliere was a Wii.i.iam Uiswkt.i. in Salisl)ury. who was ouo of\\nthe Couiniissioncrs (o run the line Ix twccii Salisbury and Ilaiui)-\\ntoii, in 1GG7, but the records of Salisbury do not alford us any\\nconnect iou between him and Lt. Samukl Buswkll, who came\\nfrom that town (o Chester in 17():3. He was tlio son of John and\\nTaiutiia, b. Oct. Ji 1711. He m. lU fsy, (hui. of apt. .Tohu\\nUnderhill in 17Gt. lie setthnl on the west half of Xo. 120, L d\\nP., 2d D. He was a carjjenter. He was in the French war and\\nat Capo Breton, aiid also in the iJevolutionary war. Mr. Bus-\\nwell s sou Sauuicl went to (Jcor^-ia about the year 1800, against\\nhis mother s desire, as she supposed that she should never see him\\nagain. She having a strong taiut of hy])ochondria, took her bed\\nand never h ft it or spoke; for H or 7 years. She d. Sept. bSOG-\\nLt. Buswcll m. (2) Betty Smith, the widow of Jonathan Berry,\\nChildren:\\nI. John, m. ]\\\\[ehitable ^NFcClure, dau. of James McClure, in 1792,\\nlived on the homestead and had: 1. Samuel, m. Susan, dau. of\\nMaj. Jesse Eaton. 2. Jacob, m. ]\\\\rary Sargent, lives on the Dca.\\nKelly ])lace, in Aulmrn. O. ]\\\\taliala. 4. Nancy. 5. Eichard. He\\nd. 1851. a. Si.\\nII. Jfosrs. a physician, d. in Elaine.\\nIII. Sorah, m. Moses Cnderhill (son of the hatter) d. 1S26.\\n1\\\\ Bichard, ni. Sarah Berry, and Avas drowned.\\nV. Wi liam, went to Cana(hi.\\n\\\\l. Jld.lDtdll.\\nyil. Dacid, lived in Bradford, N. IL\\nCALFE, or as now va-itten C A L E F\\nJoiix Calfe was a signer of a i)etition for a graiit of Xotting-\\nham. He was a clothier, and lived at Newbury, Mass. His\\nparentage is not known, but he was ])robal)ly a descendant \u00c2\u00bbf the\\nfamous Bobert Calfe, a merchant of Boston, who opposed the\\nwitchcraft delusion in 10112. He was one of the grantees of Ches-\\nter. He however sold his right to Tristram Knight and Thomas\\nPike, of Newbury, Jan., 172 and by Knight sold to Jonathan\\nLocke, the father of Cai)t. William, and the Capt. settled on the\\n2d r.^ 2d D., No. 12. In 1721, he bought of Amos Casb half his\\nright. The home lot was No. 100, on which Cass had built a\\nhouse, and received settlement money. When he came to Chester\\nis not certain, but he settled there. He bought another lot and a\\nhalf adjoining in 17:34. He had an amendment to these lots of 80\\nacres, laid out in 1735, Iving from where the road crosses the\\n31", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0515.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "482 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nBhiiu liard mill-pond, up by Nathan Griffin s to Campbell s bridg C,\\nAvhlcli the Proprietors refused to accept until he made proposals\\nto build a fulling--mill, for Avhich the} gave him a grant in 17; .3,\\nand he built the mill. lie probably removed to the mill, but in\\n174;j he sold to a Towle, of Exeter, two home lots, reserving- two\\nacres on which Kobert Gordon lives, and it was his homestead\\nwhere I now dwell.* It was soon sold to John Stockman, and\\nby him to Benjamin Severance, and his widow lluth lived there\\nmany years. Where ilie house stood is now owned by Charles\\nAV^ilcom, southeast of the road from the hill across to the Hills\\nroad. March 9, 1734, he was chosen one of a committee to adjust\\nthe selectmen s accounts, and he held various offices. He m. Deb-\\noi ah King, of Boston, 17U2. Children:\\nI. John, 1), 170;): m. Xaomi Elliot.\\nII. Deborah, b. 1705.\\nHI. William, b. 17on.\\nlY. 3Iar)/,h. Feb. 1707; m. Ethridge, and had: Nathl., who\\nsettled in Eaymoud Deborah, ni. .Joshua Hall and Mary, m. Itob-\\nert Ambrose, and went to Concord.\\ny James, b. 1700 lirst settled on the amendment, and removed\\nto Massachusetts. (See Hist. Pauperism.)\\n\\\\l. Juiir/, first settled on the farm owned by the writer, and\\nwent to Massachusetts.\\nA ll. Joseph, h. Oct. 31, 1718; m. Elizabeth Jewell, of Ames-\\nbury. Sept. 30, 174:0. He settled on Add. No. tU, just N. W. of\\nthe road over Bunker hill to Candia, where James Emerson after-\\nwards lived. The house is still standing and probably the oldest\\nin Auburn. He d. Dec. 21, 1793. They have live children on\\nChester records, all of whom d. young, of throat distemper. On\\none or more occasions while they were gone to the grave with\\none cliild. another died. They had, who survived: 1. Jonathan,\\ngrad. at Dart., 1787, was pastor Cong. Ch., Bloomlicld and Lyman,\\nMe.: d. April 2J, 1845, a. 83. (See Graduates.) 2. Joseph, m.\\nEunice, dau. of Capt. James Silver, lived near the Long Meadow\\nmeeting-house. IMale ch., James and Joseph. He d. about 181)4.\\nShe d. Nov. 15, 1855, aged 8(5. 3. David, m. Mary Ilaselton, 1792;\\nlived on the homestead exclianged tarms with James Emerson and\\nwent to Londonderry. Had a son John, who was a woolen man-\\nufacturer at Moore s Village, and resides in jNIanchcster.\\nV^III. There was a son Diaiel, not on the Newbury records, but\\nnamed in the will, and ni. JNIary Gile, 1743. Ch. Moses, b. 1744,\\nbut where he lived, or .vlicre went, is not known.\\nIX. Jioberl. not on llie records, m. Haunah Flaiulers, 1748.\\nSarah, b. June 12, 1749, m. lion. Joseph Blanchard; d, Dec. 2,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0516.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY CARR. -183\\n1793. l ol)orfc procui-ed a grant and built a saAV-mill, ami Avas\\nqnitca. bii-inessiuan. JTis lirst wife d. and lie in. (l Mary Folsoni,\\nthe widow of Samuel Bradley who was killed by the Indians.\\nShe lived at Chester more llian (liirly years, but went back to Con-\\ncord about 1796, and d.-at her grandson, Kichard IJradley s,\\nAug. 10, 1S17, aged 98, She was a woman of great energy and\\nof superior education, having Ixmui bi-ought up in the family of\\nNicholas Oilman, father of ({ov. d. T, Gllman. Kobert Calfe d.\\n1788.\\nJoiTX Calfe s will is dated March 11, 1748, proved May2 1748,\\nand Eobert was executor and residuary legatee. John s Avife was\\nthen alive.\\nC A :\\\\I P B E L L\\nJames CA^rrBELT/s name is found on the records as an auditor\\nin 173G. It is also on the Presbyterian protest, June, 173G, and\\nthe tradition is that he, with John Tolford, was imprisoned for\\nnot paying the minister rate. lie lived on Add. lot Xo. 1, at the\\nPerley Chase ])lace. lie removed from town and his name is\\nfound in Loudouderry.\\nKEPt, KERR, KARR, CARR.\\nDifferent ways of writing the same uaine. In 172.3, Joiix\\nIvAKK. of Chester, sold to Alexander Craige a lionie lot. There is\\na memorandum on the Proprietors records, 1727, that John Karr\\nhaving bought John Shackford s additional lot, he and Caleb\\nTowle ha.d agreed to divide both lots crossways, and Karr to have\\nthe S. W. end and Towle the X. E. end of both lots. In April,\\n1730, Ik; bought Add. Xo. 20. In the inventory of 1741, John\\nKarr is rated for two mills. In 174;?, a contemplated road was to\\npass Karr mills, and also across Abel ]\\\\[orse s land. Jan. 18,\\n1743, John Karr aud his wife Mary, of Chester, sold to Abel\\nMorse, of Xewbnry, Add. lots 20 and 21. lie then probal)ly\\nmoved into Londonderry. lie was a large laud-holder. His\\nestate wa-; divided July, 17G9. Heirs: John, was dead; Ilitgli;\\nAnn ^[i)ore, wife of James Moore; Mary Karr and Margaret\\nKarr. There is a tradition that two men, Thomas Smith and\\nJohn Karr, were captured by the Indians in 1724. It was prob-\\nably this man and not another, as has been supposed. (See notice\\nof Thomas Smith.) The Xos. 20 and 21 is where Amos Morse\\nlived; Shackford and Towle s, 22 and 23. Couch and Beiij. Wil-\\nson now own the southwest end.\\nThere Avas another Joiix Karii or Keu, A\\\\dto Avas in Ireland in\\n1736, as appears by a certitlcate in the po-^scssiou of his great\\ngrandson, Xathau Carr, of Candia: That John Ker and his", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0517.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "484 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nwife Elizabeth Wilson lived Avitliin the hounds of this congregation\\nfrom their infancy, behaving themselves soberly, honestly, and\\npiously, free from any Public Scandall, so that tliey may be re-\\nceived as members of any Christian Congregation or .Society\\nwhere God in his Providence may order their lot, is certitied.\\nBally Wollon, June 23, 173(), l)y Ja. Thompson. They were\\nprobably a newly married couple, and came immediately to this\\ncountry.\\nJohn Tolford sold to Joiix Karu two liome lots, Nos. 21 and 9,\\nwhere his great grandson, Sand. Carr, now lives, Feb. 28, 1738.\\nChildren\\nI. John, b. 1737, m. ^lary Wilson, dau. of Robert, and settled\\non No. C(), 3d D, near the meeting-house, in 17G4r, and built the\\nhouse in which Nathan Carr now lives, supposed to be the oldest\\nliouse in Candia. He d. 1813, she d. 1829. Chil. of John Carr,\\nJr. Elizabeth, m. Samuel Clay, resided Concord, Vt. Ann, m.\\nWilliam, son of Dr. Coffin Mooi-e John; Robert, m. a Marden;\\nMary, m. William Murray; Joseph, m. jSTancy Brown, lived on\\nthe homestead, d. 1842.\\nII. Hark, b. about 1743, m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Gil-\\nchrist; d. July 2G, 1782. She m. Abraham, son of Capt. James\\nSilver, and moved to New Chester; she came back to Chester, d.\\nAug. li 1834, a. 8G. Ch. Sanmel, m. Mary Stinson, and lived on\\nthe homestead.\\nIII. Joseph, b. about 1744, m. Sarah, dau. of William Gilchrist,\\nd. July 30, 1783. She m. (2) liobert Graham. Karr and Gi-aham\\nlived on the Robert Gilchrist place, where Dr. Josiah I. Hall now\\nlives, n. L. 10 and 43.\\nJohn, Sen., d. Oct. 22, 1792, a. 7o Elizabeth, d. Sept. 22, 1781,\\na. 76.\\nThe fore-mentioned proposed road passing Karr s mills would\\ncross the land of Abel Morse, John Karr, Jr., Robert Graham, and\\nJohn Karr; and in the inventory of 1741 there are John Karr,\\nJohn Karr, Jr., IMark Karr and William Karr. In tiic return of\\nthe road from Derry road to (Tihnan Morse s, in 1740, it was at\\nthe easterly end of the additional lots that Sam. Brown, John\\nMills and William Karr Lives on. William Karr probably lived\\nwhere Gilman Morse lives, and gave place to Stephen Alorse, and\\nmoved into Londonderry, and had a son John who m. Mary, young-\\nest dau. of John Aiken, Sen., who were the parents of the wife of\\nEdmund Adams, at the mill. There was a Mark Karr at a later\\nday near the foot of the hill, west of J[aseltoji s grist-mill.\\nBu.vT i?uiiY Karu is on the inventory of 1741, but his name is\\nCarr in all other places. Tlic other Kari s were of Scotch descent\\nand were Presbyterians. It is said by his desceudants that he was", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0518.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY CHASE. 485\\nof Welsh origin. Tie 8cflled on Add. Xo. 71, wlicro liis oroat\\ngrandson, Geo. W. Clark, now lives. His wife was Anna. Chil.\\nI. Joseph, b. Nov. 20, 1742, m. Hannah Aver, lived on the\\nhomestead, d. Feb. 27, 1835 she d. Feb. 2o, 1833. Chil. 1 Han-\\nnah A., b. Nov. 10, 17() ni. Green, of Salem, Mass. 2, Joseph,\\nb. Feb. 2(;, 17G7, m. llelty, dau. of Daniel Richardson, d. Oct.,\\n185.5. 3, Anna, b. X\\\\\\\\%. 2(), 1770. m. a Silver, and John Clark, Jr.\\nd. Jan. IS. 1S5I). 4. Bradbury Moody, 1). Dec. 15, 1773, m. Susan,\\ndau. of David Hall. He enlisted In tsi3, d. at Concord, April 13.\\nH. JfoUii.\\nIII. Pai lcer, h. 1750, settled on Add. No. 72. He sold to Wil-\\nliam Weeks, and went into the country.\\nIV. Judifh.\\nSi.MEox C.VKR lived on the Boycs land, half a mile southeast of\\nthe Head tavern, in Ilooksett, by the Amoskeag Company s\\nquarry; kept tavern; had a dau. b. about 1778, m. Maj. Nathl.\\nHead, who sold to Mark Wliittier and went Avest.\\nDavid C.vnit, a brother of Simeon, bought Hatter Underhill s\\nplace, and built the house lately owned by Gilman C. Smitii. Ills\\nwife was buried May 18, 171)0, and was the fu st person buried in\\nthe Long- ]\\\\[eadow buryJng--ground. He sold to Capt. John Wa-\\nson, and moved to ricrmont.\\nC H A S F\\nI shall dij^cres.s so far from the History of Chester as to pve\\nthe genealogy of several prominent Chases not connected with\\nChester.\\nThere were two of the name who came from Cornwall, Eng-\\nland, to Hampton, N. II., about 1039, Thomas and Aquila.\\nAqih.a m. Anna Wheeler and went (o Newbury in 1G4G. Cliil-\\ndre 1 1\\nI.Sarah. 2. Anna. S.rriscilla. 4. :\\\\Iary. 5,Aqui]a. 6. Thomas,\\nb. July 25, 1054, m. Iveljecca Folausbee, Nov. 22, 1077. 7. John.\\n8. Elizabeth. 9. ]Julh. 10. Daniel, b. Dec. 9, 1001, m. IVfartha\\nKimball. 11. ]Moses, b. Dec. 24, 1003, ni. Anna Folausbee, Nov.\\n10, 1081, and settled in what is now West Newbury on the main\\nroad about one hundred rods above Bridge street, and a part of\\nthe farm is now owned by his g. g. g. son, Samuel Carr, He d.\\nSept. 0, 1743. A large majority of all the Chases in the United\\nStates arc probably his descendants.\\n6. Thomas and licbecca had a son Thomas, b. 1080, who had a\\nson Abel, b. 1702, m. ISIary Bricket, 1728, and settled in Sutton,\\nMass. He had a son Abel, b. 1732, m. Judith Gale. He had a sou\\nAbel, b. 1754, m. Hannah Bond. He had a son Jonas, b. 1782, m.\\nLavina Bayden. He had a son Leonard who came to ]\\\\lilford,\\nN. II., b. .Vug. 12, 1812, was one of the Executive Council several\\nyears, d. 1808.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0519.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "486 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nTiiOJiAS and Eebecca had another son, Jonathan, h. 1G83, m.\\nJoanna Pahncr, settled in Stratham. They had a son James, to\\nwhom lie gave add. lot No. 97. James came to Chester and lived\\na short time, about 1740 sold his lot to Benjamin Hills (the\\nAmbrose place) and went to Epping, North river, where liis\\ndescendants still reside.\\nThomas had another son, James, b. Sept. IG, 1G85, m. JNfartha\\nRolfe. When a child she was knocked in the head by tlie Indians\\nand left for dead, but recovered. They had a son JOHNSON, b.\\nOct. 25, 1730, m. Abigail Pike, July 9, 1753. After the death of\\nher husband she came to Chester; d. 1804, a. 80. Children\\nII. Hanxaii, b. Nov. 14, 1754, m. John Haselton, son of Eph-\\nraim, March 21, 1782, d. of cancer July, 1S2G.\\nIII. Pekley, b. June 2, 1758, m. Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Ingalls.\\nShe d. Sept. 15, 1791. He lived at llrst on the south side of AVal-\\niiut Hill, then near the top, at the James Campbell place. Chil-\\ndren\\n1. Nunoj, m. EA an.\\n2. Josidh, b. Oct. 2, 1791, m. Abigail, dau. of Cort. David\\nShaw, 181G. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nPerley S., b. Nov. 8, 1817, grad. at Brown University, 1842;\\nHiram, b. July 17, 1819, grad. at Union College, 1844, d. Aug.\\n81, 1845.\\nAbigail d. June 20, 1824. Josiali m. (2) Adaline Aycr, and had\\nGeorge S., b. July 28, 183G, grad. at Newton Theo. Sera., 18GG.\\nPekley ni. (2) Achsah Mudget. Chil., John, JIar// and\\nLouisa, all d. of consumption witliin llfteen months.\\nDaniel, the tenth child of Aquila had a son Daniel, b. Oct. 15,\\n1702, m. Mar} Carpenter, 1723. He settled in Concord, N. H.\\nHis will was proved March IG, 1775. He had a son JONATHAN,\\nb. March 1, 1733, m. Sarah Stickney. Jonathan and Sarah had Sam-\\nuel, b. March 10, 17G1, m. Molly Stanley. They had a sou Horace\\nb. Dec. 14, 1788, grad. at Dart., 1814, is Attorney at Law in IIop-\\nkinton, and has been Judge of Probate. Jonathan s 5th son,\\nChaules, m. Sarah Currier and had a son Carlton, grad. at Dart.,\\n1817, is now (1868) Bishop of N. 11.\\nMoses, the eleventh child of Aquila, had IMoses and Daniel,\\ntwins, b. Sept. 20, 1685; Moses d. young.\\nI. Daniel, m. Sarah March, Jan. 2, 1707, lived at Newbury till\\nabout 1725, then in Littleton, then in Sutton, Mass. They had\\n10 children;\\n1. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 28. 1707, ni.:\\\\rary, dau. of Judge Dudley.\\nHe went to Cornish, N. IL, and was a Judge in Cheshire County,\\nd. Aug. 12, 1800.\\nThe tenth cliild of Daniel was Moses, b. March IG, 1727, m.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0520.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0521.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "tJ*i^Cy ^,\u00c2\u00a3^^jC^ 4 i-i-^ /z* V*-,^^ (y CU^^ (L^\\nno\\n\\\\\\\\.v^\\nL ly his\\nJ I", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0522.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0523.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "d ^^K fX.\\nz^^-t,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0524.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "r.EXKALOGY CHASE, 487\\nllaiiii. ih r r()AVii and had II cliililrrn. He Avas two yoars uiii-\\ncillor tor Cheshire ouiity, under Ihr onstilutiou of iTsi.\\n1. .SAMUKTj and ^lai-y Dndlry had nine chilth-en tlie econd.\\nDcDLKV, 1). IT.X). m. Alice Coi-brl. Aul; IT. and iiad 1. i-hilchcn\\nof whom 14 lived to aialurity, and i;-rad. at Dart.\\nG. Sdhiioi}, b. Jidy 14, 17G1, j^Tad. !78.j. was a hiwyer at Port-\\nland, d. isoij.\\n7. Jfhff)i ar, h.Sc])t. 17. l ni. .Tennetle Ral-ton.wasa I arnier,\\nand one of tlie Council years. I hcy had lo children. 7. Sal-\\nmon Porlland, b. Jan. 1:5. ISOS. o-rad. at Dart.. ISlT,, (ioy. of Ohio.\\nU.S. Senator, Sec. Treas., Chief Justice of tlie Sui)renie Court\\nU. 8.\\nS. Bm-Kch. March 27, 17(11. i;rad. 17sn. was a lawyer of\\nJ[oi)kintou, N. H.\\nV2. Ilaber.h. Sept. 2, 1770, .j^Tad. 17*JI,was a physician, d. at\\nI)eniarara, S. A.\\ni:;. Diidkii. b.Dec. 30, 1771. ^-rad. \\\\l\\\\n, d. ISin. lived at IJan-\\ndoli\u00c2\u00bbh. t.. IJep. Gen. Assembly, C. J. Supreme ouri. \\\\lr\\\\). and\\nSen. in Congress.\\nIT). i^A/Vfo^/e/-, b.Dec. 14, 177.3, yrad. 17!l(;, Hi^liop first of Ohio,\\ntlieu of Illinois, d. 1832.\\nTlie third child of SAMUP:!., Joxatiiax. b. 17:12. was a Col. in\\nthe Revolutionary uriny. [See X. 11. Hist. Soc. Coll., Vol. VIl\\npp. 72, 219, 22;}, 229, 2.U, 20:!.]\\njMosics, sou of Afpiihi, had II. ^Moses. b. Jan. 20, IG ^S. m. Eliz-\\nabeth, dau. of Rev. Thomas Wells of Amesbury. Oct. 12. 1709;\\nlived on the east lialf of the honie-fead: d. Sept. 17, 17i;o. had U\\nchildren\\n1. WELLS, b. 1710, settled in .\\\\nie bury. but went to Concord,\\nX. JI.,d. 178o; had Thomas,h.^h\\\\\\\\ 14, 17;i. lived awhile in Ches-\\nter. 111. ]\\\\Iarv, dau. of Ileiny Hall, had tv,o miih, Tinioihy and\\nMoses, b. in Chester, went to Salisbury, X. 11., jireviou.^ to 1771.\\n2. MOSES, b. July 1. 171:!. m. .In lilli HartleSt, settled on the\\nliomestead, d. Oct. 9. 17.S9. They had 10 children:\\nI. AVr.i.LS.b.Sept. 9, (O.S.) 17o7; m. Sarah liovey, Feb. 2, 17(iO;\\nlived at, Xewbiu v till 1771; bought .JO acres of land, part of Xo.\\n73, 2d T*, 2(1 D, of Joseph IJaslbrd. and removed to Chester.\\nChildren\\nJicnjmnia F!l-e, b. June 28, 17G2: m. :^b)lly. d.ui. of Caleb Hall,\\nJuly G, 178.J; lived on the homestead. Children:\\nL ]\\\\Ioses, b. Feb. 7, 178G m. Bet-y, dau. of Joseph Brown: now\\nalive in Maryland.\\nII. Wells, b. Aug. 5, 1788; in. Amelia Jameson and went to\\nBaltimore in 1810; now a merchant in Ballimore.\\n.Molly d. Dec. 18, 1790. P. C. iasc m. (2) Anna BI: Mlell,\\nOct. 7, 1792. 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Benjamin, h. July 7, 1799; m. TTiinnali, dan. of IMoscs\\nK. !lall,:\\\\iarfh2. ISl i lives on Xo. 71, 2d 1 2d I)., where David\\nAVhitc l ornu i-ly lived. Jle worketl at the trade of mill-wrii;lit.\\nChildren:\\n1. Caroline, h. Sci)t. M, 1S2.S; m. Charles, son ofjosoijh Chase,\\nDec. li;. IS 17: had John Carrol, 1). July 2G, 1\u00c2\u00ab1 Mie d. Mv^.\\n11, 1S19. 2. Louisa, b. Dc Kl, I.sl H: ni. Frank D. Junory, Dec.\\n12, isiu. :5. IJenjanii)!. I). Awj;. IS, is:;2.\\nII. Molly, dau. of 1 I*., I). An- 11, ISOl, m. John, son of\\nJeremiah Underhill, 1N2I li\\\\rs v.hcre Joseph Lasford lirst set-\\ntled, Xo. 7:5, 2d r., 2d D.\\nA lll. I ikc, h. July s, lsO|: m. Hannah S., dau. of Xchciniah\\nLnfkin, is;!; lives on Ihc homesUT.d. Anna d. Feb. 22, isijs.\\nJJ. r. Chase m. iNIary, dau. of Moody Chase. Children:\\nIX. Anna, 1). Xov. 7, 1S09; m. Amherst Coult: d. l,s:)2.\\nX. Stephen, b. Au^-. io, isi:); m. Sarah T. Goodwin. Aiug\\nI^3S. lie read the Xew Te iauien( through in course before he\\nwas three yeai s and nine months old; _i;-) ad. at Dai t. ls;12; tntcu*\\nis;;s; Prof. ?,lalii. 1S;)S, and published a treatise on Algebra; d.\\nJan. 7, 1S.31.\\nB. P. Chase d. rarrh H), lSo2. j\\\\[ary d. Feb. 1- 1.^2;3.\\nMoses, Sen. s 8th child -losi-.rii, b. S(-pt. 9, 170:3, m. Hilary ISforse,\\nSept. 7, 1721; lived on the west half of the homestead; d. Xov.\\n17S1. Shed. 1792. They had 10 children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nI. 31 AlvY, b. ;May Jl, 172. m. Josiah, son of Cap(. Abel ?k[orse,\\nd. July IS, IS 11.\\nII. JACOB, b. Dec. 2. 1727, m. Prudence, diui. of Benjamin\\nJlills, Sen., Xov. 7, 1751 setlled on Add. Lot. Xo. deed dated\\n1751. lie was a prominent man in town, very freijuently moder-\\nator, and active during- the Revolution. One item of ci edit in\\nthe selectmen s account for 17sO is recorded of Jacob Chase, Esq.,\\nas a present to the town, \u00c2\u00a3157: 10. Children:\\n1. SArjAH,b. Xov. 28, 175(3, ni. Moses, son of Daniel Kichardsoii,\\n177S; went to Protectworth (now^ Springileld), (L Dec. 10, 1S22.\\n2. Sn.riiKX, b. ^Nlarch 27, 1759, m. Ithoda Blake, of lampion,\\nJan. 1787; lived on the homestead; d. Feb. is, 1S19; she d,\\nAng. 15, 1815. Chil.: 1. Susanna, b. Xov. 22, 1787, m. John, sou\\nof Moses Sanborn. 2. Joseph, b. xVug. 2, 1789, m. Mehitabel,\\ndau. oi iNIaj. Benj. Hall, Xov. 4, 1817; lived on the Joseph Clark\\nor Thomas ^lerril place; d. Sept. 1-i, 1811. 3. Stephen, b. May", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0537.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "400 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n23, 1791, d. unmarried, 1829. 4. Tolly, b. 1793, d. 1807. 5. Ja-\\ncob, b. Feb. 2G, 1797, m. Ilaiiiiah James and Nancy Ilasclton;\\nlived on tbe homestead; d. in 18(31. C. Dolly, b. Jan. 12, 1799,\\nni. Ro])ert, son of John Crawford, d. Aug-. 31, 1SG4. 7. Elioda,\\nb. April 2, 1802, m. Ira James. 8. Sally, d. youny-. 9. Sally, b-\\nOct., 1805, m. ]iichard, son of Kichard Dearborn, d. 1818. 10.\\nHenry Franklin, 1). Any. 30, 1808, m. Abig-ail Mitchel: lived iu\\nChester on the Capt. John Underbill place; d. at Westminster,\\nVt., March 20, 18G7.\\n3. JosiAii, b. April G, 17G7, m. Lydia, dau. of Isaac Blasdell,\\n1791, lived on the south end of Gov. Sluite s farm, and Grantham,\\nN. H.\\nJACOB, Sen., m. (2) Dolly Colby, widow of David Worthen.\\nHe d. Dec 12, 1803. Prudence d. 1775. Dolly d. 181G.\\nStephen Chase, Esq., came on to the sta.ye of active life about\\nthe time th:it Samuel Eaicrson, Esq., left it, and iu some respects\\nfilled al)out the same sphere. He was noted as a land surveyor\\nfor more than thirty years, and made the survey and plan of Ches-\\nter for Carrig ain s map, which is remarkably accurate. He wrote\\na very large proportion of tlie deeds and wills, and administered\\non the estates of his time, and held the office of selectman many\\nyears. In Esquire Emerson s day, he was a kind of oincle, and\\nnearly all the small disputes Avere referred directly to him. lUit\\nthing s changed, and in Esquire Chase s day there was njore lili-\\ngation, and he was the Justice to try the causes, or one of the\\narbitrators. Although not a finished workman, he had (piite a\\nmechanical genius, making carts, plows, and other tools, and\\nplastered houses. From 1781 to near his death he kept a diary,\\ntilled lai gely with his labors on the farm, and oilier luisiness,\\nwhich shows him to have been a very industrious man and in it\\nare also entered the births, marriages and deaths, and many of\\nthe interesting events ol the times, from which I have drawn\\nmany facts otherwise lost.\\nJosEiMi Chase s tenth child:\\nX. MOODY, 1). Oct. 7, 174 1, m. Anna, dau. of JohinVebsler, of\\nHampstead, Oct. 25, 17G8. She d. Dec. 4, 17!)1. He m. (2) Abigail\\nWorth, wid. of William llogers, April 19, 1772. He d. July 27,\\n1808. She d. Dec. 9, 182G. He bought of Joseph Basford part of\\nhis homestead No. 73, 2d P., 2d D., where AVells C. Underhill\\nnow lives. Children\\n1. John W., b. 17GI), m. Prudence Stark; lived at PiiM-moiit; d.\\n18G3. 2. Mary, b. Feb. 24, 1771, m. B. P. Chase, 1.S08; d. Feb.\\n15, 1823. 3. Joseph, b. April 4, 1774, m. Nancy, d. of 3Iaj. Jesse\\nEaton; lived on a part of the homestead; went to Canaan 181G;\\nd. Sept. C, 1820. 4. Jacob, b. March 22, 177G; lived at Newbury", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0538.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0539.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "i^Ay^^ Jyf^^f/^", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0540.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "XD\\na^I\u00c2\u00b1", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0543.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0544.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY CLARK. 4i^l\\nand Ilopkiiiton. 5. Moody, b. April 17, 17G7, lived at Haverhill,\\nMa^^s.; d. Any. 2G, 18:33. G. .Sanuicl, b. Alio-. 11, 17S0, went (o\\nrortland, 18UU; d. July 20, 18G7. 7. Caleb, b. Felj. 3, 178:3, grad.\\niiated at Dai tniouth 1811; never followed any profession d. at\\nrortIand, 8ep(. 20, 1850. 8. Anna, b. 1785, d. 1800. 0. Kli/.abetli,\\nb. 1787, m. ]\\\\Ioses, son of Caleb Chase. 10. Tlionias, b. Xov. 8,\\n1789, m. Sarah, dau. of Sanuud Sliannon; d. 18. )2, at Haverhill\\n^lass. 11. Hannah II., b. Xov. 23, 1791, m. lieuben, son of Jere.\\nUiiderliill.\\n[For a more detailed and extensive g cnealogy of Chases, sec a\\nmanuscript collection by the Avriter.]\\nC L A K K\\nJoSKi ir Clauk was in Chester previous to 1730. In 1810 he had\\nan anienduient laid out, and was tythinynian in 1743. lit; settled\\non Add. lot Xo. 58, where Gr. W. Chase now lives. lie had chil-\\ndren recorded from 173G to 17G0:\\nMart/, m. Tiiouias JNIerril, who lived ou the homestead.\\nlleiibeii, b. 17G0, went to Cabot.\\nJosKrii Clark s estate was divided in 1782.\\nJoiix Claiuv was from rortsmouth. His father came from\\nEnj-land, and d. M hen John Avas youni^ He came to Candia, and\\nlearned the art of tanninj; of Walter Eobie. He purchased of\\nJosepli Dearborn ])art of 59, 2d P., 2d D., in 1777, and lived\\nthere. He Avas b. Oct. 15, 1751; m. Sarah Wadloy, of TJrenI v. ood,\\nAvho Avas born March 22, 1755. He d. 1827; she d. 1842. Chil-\\ndren\\n1. Jolin, 1). 1770, m. Anna Carr, Avidow of Silver.\\n2. Abigail, b. 1778.\\n3. FJeazcr, b. 1779, Avent to Stanstcad.\\n4. licujinnin. 5. Sarah.\\n6. Henry, b. 1788, Avent to Xew Boston.\\n7. Charlotte, m. Jonatlian Dustin.\\n8. Anna m. Cotton Xorton.\\n9. Abner B. 10. Manj.\\n11. llichard S., b. April 21, 1801, m. Abra, dau. of Georg-o\\nWood; lives in Auburn.\\nA -CESTOiis OF Joiix Clark, 2d.\\nNathaniel Clark, of XcAvbury, d. Aug. 25, 1G90, a. 40. Ho\\nwa.s a merchant in Avhat is noAV Xewburyport; owned a Avliarf,\\nAvarehouse, brigantine, .G. He m., 10fl3, Fli/.abelli Sonierby,\\ndau. of Henry (Avho came to XcAvbui-y in 1039, and had eleven\\nchildren, one of Avhom, Kev. John, b. 1G70, grad. Harvard 1090)", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0545.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "492 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nordained in Exeter, 1G98). .JSTatlianicl Clark, b. 16G6, m. Elizabeth,\\ndau. of Dr. Peter Tappan, and sister of Kev. Christopher Tappan;\\nd. 1G90, on board of the Six Friends, in the Canada expedition,\\nleaving- one son, Nathaniel, b. 1(180, ni. Sarah Grcenleaf, 1710.\\nThey had a son\\nNatiiaxikl, born 172S, m. Mary Hardy in 1753; lived in TTaver-\\nhill, Mass. Their eldest son, DAVID, learned the art of dressing\\ncloth, and set np in business at Allen s mills, in Salem, and after-\\nwards at Sandown. He m. Anna Woodman, and their eldest son,\\nJohn, was b. in Salem, May 25, 178 1. He came to Chester about\\n180G, and bought the Dea. Wilson place, No. 1-2G, 2d P. 2d D., and\\nafterwards large tracts of other lauds, and did an extensive busi-\\nness at lumbering and farming. lb; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Dea.\\nDavid Currier,(who was b. July o, 1787) Nov. 12,1812. lied.\\nMay 15, isr,:} she d. Marcli 14, 18G8. Chil. who survived Geo P.,\\nb. Aug. 2. 1813, m. (1) Jane Graham; m. (2) Susan J. Crombie\\nlives on the homestead. 3Ia/ i/ Ann, m. Rev. Isaac A. Savage.\\nCdthari/ie P., m. Eev. Wm. C. Tenney. Jo/ni C, grad. Middle-\\nton. (See (n-aduates.)\\nGreenlcaf Clarke, of Atkinson, of the Council William C, grad.\\nDart. ]S: )2, and Attorney-General; and John B., grad. Dart.\\n1843, puijlisher of the Mirror, are sons of Greenleaf, a brother of\\nDavid Clark.\\nC L A Y\\nIn Chester records is the marriage of Jonas Clay and Margaret\\nNaton, 17. i5, and the birth of Pegge, Jan. 3, 1737. She was nuted\\nin her day as a witch. On the petition for soldiers in 17-18, are\\nthe names of Jonas and John; on the petition for the incorpora-\\ntion of Paymond, are the names of Darld and James; and there\\nis the name of Jonas, Jr., on same record. These were probably\\nchildren of Jonas, Sen. He once lived on No. 112, N. D., which\\nhe deetled to John Lane, with one Avholc saw-mill and half of\\nanother, in 1765. This must have been Jonas, Jr., for Jonas\\nClay s will was proved in 1748.\\nStkpiikx Ci.AY lived on the nortliwest side of the road from\\nShackford s to Lane s, probably on .\\\\dd. lot No. 123. The divis-\\nion of the school districts was the pasture bars at the Clay place.\\nHe m. Mary Powell, Oct. 12, 1740. Children:\\nJames, b. 1741.\\nStephen, b. Aug. 1, 1743, m. Sarah, dau. of Moses Richardson,\\nApril IG, 1772, lived on H. L. No. the Goodhue place. Chil.\\n1. Betsy, m. Eliplaalet Danforth.\\n2. Stephen, b. Jan. 18, 1777, m. Abigail, dau. of Daniel Dolby.\\nShe d. 181i), a. 38. He m. (2) Nancy, dau. of AValter Robie, Esq.\\nShe d. 1827. He m. (3) wid. of Jonathan Ball; lived on the\\nhomestead.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0546.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "11%", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0549.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0550.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY COLDY. 403\\n3. Moses, b. Sept. 19, 1780, m. Juno Lane, -witl. of Ezekicl\\nBlake, Jr. I\\n4. Nohemiali, b. Au^-. .1, 1783.\\nJohn Clay settled cast of Candiii iiieetiiiiz--house, on No. Ct h\\\\\\nD., m. a (lau. of John llobie. Their cliiklren wei-e, ]Vi /ler, Avho\\nlived on the homestead, jSlcphen, imdJolni. Ileni. (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0_ [;ydia Ko-\\nbie, dau. of Samuel, and wid. of IMchard Ordway. i hcir daugh-\\nter, Sail} m. Richard Emerson and I hiucas Colby.\\nC L I F F O Ti D\\nTiio CiJKFOUDS Avero of King ston, and several have been in\\nChe-^UM-, of whom little is known. In 17;31:, Lonuicl Cliir)rd, of\\nChester, tanner, sold to Samuel Muerson the uortli end of two II.\\nL. s, 0.) and 101. He uiiyht have lived on the soutli end, where\\nMr. Kendall now lives. From 17:)9 to 1750, Feter Clillbrd has\\nchildren reeorded. In 171 Samuel Ilealey sold a (ju.arter of his\\nfarm, No. 110, II., to Isaac Cliffoud, of Kin i;ston. lie m.\\nSarali, dau. of William Ilealey, and Aveut to llumney. lie bad\\n10 children:\\nSarah, m. Sherburne Rowc, of Caiidia.\\nElizabeth, in. Nathan AVebster, of Chester.\\nBridijet, Jonathan IMllsbury, of Candia.\\nlaaac, Avent to \\\\Ventworth.\\nNathaniel, llumney.\\nJohn and Samuel, to Stanstead.\\nJoanna, m. John Sliaw, of BrentAVOod.\\nJIaldah, m. Cliarles Nichols, of Rumney.\\nJohn Clifford and AVilt.iaai lived on No. 82, 3d D.\\nZACiiAiiiAH, on No. 2, 3d D.\\nCOLBY.\\nENOCH COLBY is said to be of Hampton, but liis name appears\\non the Hampton Falls tax-list of 1727; m. Abial, dau. of Benja-\\nmin Sanborn, a grantee, Avho Avas a son of Lt. Jo ui. She was\\nsister of the Avife of William Healcy, b. July 20, 1700, m. Dec. 16,\\n1725. Jan. 1, 1723, Benjamin Sanborn, of Hampton, in consider-\\nation of atrection, conveyed to Enoch Colb)^, also of Hampton,\\none lialf of his right in Chester, and the bouse on said right. The\\nII. L. is No. llf), Avhere he settled, Avhere the ]Misses Pressey noAV\\nlive. He probably did not come to Chester till about 1728; his\\nname first appears on the record as surveyor of liighw ays in 1730.\\nWill proved, Aug. 30, 1780. Children:\\nI. Enoch, probably b. at Hampton, m. Abigail Bla^dcll, settled", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0551.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "494 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nin Cautlia, south end of ]S[o. 89, 3d D., and had nine children.\\nJohn, Enoch and Jethro, were soldiers in the Revolution.\\n1. John, d. at Valley Forge.\\n2. Jefhro,vras at R. I., d. on the dark day, 1780, after his\\nreturn home.\\nEnoch, m. Lydia Worthcu, and settled in Thornton. He was\\nRepresentative, Senator, and Councillor, five yeai s from 1813.\\n4. JS^ehemiuh, lived on the homestead, m. Mary Rowe; d. 1810,\\na. 82.\\n5. Abner.\\nC. Samuel m. Ruth French, and carried her behind him on\\nhorseback to Derby, Vt.\\n7. Abigail, m. John Colby, of Amesbury.\\n8. 31 irij, d. 1780.\\nII. Sauaii, m. William Turner, the second, if not the first set-\\ntler in Candia. She d. May 30, 1810.\\nIII. DouoTiiY, b. Jan. 5, 1730, m. (1) David Worthen, and m.\\n(2) Jacob Chase, Esq. d. Aug. 15, 181G.\\nIV. Jethko, b. May 8, 1733, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Bart-\\nlett, Nov. 1, 175G. He lived on II. L. No. 37, the Bartlett place.\\nHe d. April 4, 1803 she d. July 13, 1778. He m. (2) Nanne Moul-\\nton, wid. of Josiah Bradley, Sen. She d. 1793. Child:\\nLydia, b. Feb. 17, 17G0, m. Edmund Sleeper, 1779, d. Jan. 3,\\n803.\\nV. SusAXXAii, b. Aug-. 22, 1735, m. Blake, of Hampton, parents\\nof Stephen Chase s wife.\\nVI. AiiiEL, b. July 10, 1741, m. a Hni. EXOCII m. (2) Sarah\\nSargent, 1748.\\nVII. AiUGAiL, b. Dec. 19, 1749, m. James Towle, of Hawke.\\nVIII. MAin ,b. Nov. 9, 1756, m. Benj. Long, went to Schenec-\\ntady, N. Y.\\nIX. Elizai .etii, b. June 27, 1758, m. John Wilson, Esq.\\nX. Judith, b. Aug. 10, 17C0, m. Joseph Long.\\nBenaiaii Colby came to Chester about the time that Enoch did.\\nHe was fence-viewer in 1729. He settled on II. L. Xo. 51, where\\nFrancis Ilaselton now lives. He m. Mary, dau. of Xathan Web-\\nster, Sen., the grantee. ChildrCii:\\nSarah, b. 1729.\\nJohn, b. Jan. 10, 1731.\\nBenaiah, b. May 29, 1734; m. Abigail Emerson 1764.\\nIlary, b. Oct. 3, 1736.\\nAnne, Oct. 27, 1738. He m. (2) Elizabeth Emerson 1745.\\nJohn, b. April 19, 1750; m. Ruth Wells.\\nNathan Webster in his will gives legacies to his gi-andchildren,\\nBenaiah and Mary Colby, in 1746.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0552.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY COLP.Y. 40.\\nBenaldh Colby. Jr., in. A1)i.i:;ul l^iaorson, ITdl. Jlc lived at\\n(litlrrcul place s; (Mice on No. \\\\\\\\2 O. II., the Jonas lay place.\\nCliilili-en:\\n1. Moses, b. July 11, 17(j.j; wcnl \\\\o Rockporl, I\\\\[ass.\\n2. Sarah. 1). ITGd; ni. u Colby of Poplin.\\n3. Elizabeth, b. 1708; rn. Stephen, sou oi Joshua I rescot; went\\nto Sandwich.\\n4. Ai/i,i;ail, b. 1770; m. lOben Tabor and a Sawyer of Saudown.\\n5. Jonathan, b. 1772; m. Uetsy, dan. of Jonathan Jieriy.\\n6. Josepli. b. 1775; ni. Ilhoda Ijarrct aud went to Corinth.\\n7. Benaiah, d. young\\n8. Mary. b. 1771); m. John, sou of Jonathan Nortou.\\n9. Aiuic. 1). Jidy i 17S1 ui. Ebeuezer Marden.\\n10. Benaiah, b. Sept. 2, 17ao.\\nBr.XAiAH Colby s son John, b. 17r)0, m. liuth Wells. 1270; has\\nseven children on the record, of whom nothiui^ is known.\\nTlicre was a Xathax Coi.nv who sold II. L. Nos. 30 and 13\\n(where oodbury Masters lives) to Col. Webster in 17. j7, aud a\\nJosicni Coi.uv, who owned, aud probably lived on x)art of Add.\\nNo. 40 (where Williani AVhitteuiorc now lives) in 17G0. John\\nUnderbill, Jr., afterwards lived there.\\nThe IJev. Zacciiicus Coluv was the sou of Zacchcus and Mary\\nEastman Colby, b. at Newton, N. 11. lie served an a])prentiee-\\nship at tanniny aud curryinjj;- with Col. John Calfe of Kingstown.\\nAfter he became of ago lie lifted for college at Dummer school at\\nByelield, aud grad. at Dart., 1777. He married Mary Calfe, dau.\\nof Ills former master. He was settled as a minister in Pembroke,\\n1780, aud his children were all born there. It is said that lie wag\\nonce offered a Professor s Cliair at Bowdoiu, but he declined it.\\nChildren:\\n1. John, b, 178.\\n2. /Sionnel, b. 1787; m. Lydia Coult lives at Pembroke.\\n3. Mary, b. 1789; d. num.\\n4. JI nnic(h, b. Jan. 13, 1791, num.\\n5. Sarnh, b. March 2, 1793; m. Dr. Nathan Plummer; d. March,\\n1835.\\nZaccheus, m. Mary Coult and lived on the homestead.\\n7, Judith, Avent a missionary to Harmony Station, Osage\\nIndians,\\nMr. Colby lived in Chester on Gov. Wentworth s farm of 250\\nacres where Alexander Craige lived. He d. Aug 10, 1822, a.\\n75. She d. May 20, 1837, a. 78. See further. Hist. Presbyterian\\nChurch in this work.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0553.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "496 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nC E A I G E\\nALEXANDER CRAIGE i)r()bMl)ly came from Irelaud, Feb. 27,\\n1724 or T). Joliu Can- of Chester conveyed to Alexander Craige\\nof Cliebacco (Hamilton, Mass..) the 11. L. No. 13, and one-half of\\nall other divisions. June 11, 1721). he exchanged lots wilh Mor-\\nrice Hobbs and Richard Taylor, and took Xo. 110, on which the\\nsaid Craig-c now lives. This was a little west of the old Pres-\\nbyterian meeting-house and joined the Rev. Mr. AVilson s lot.\\nWhen the road was laid out from Enoch Colby s across the lots\\nto the ten-rod way, in 1730, damage was awarded to Alexander\\nCraige, and when it was changed in 1733. it was across the land\\nof Nathaniel Ambrose. July, 1730, Mr. Craige bought of Gov.\\nWentworth 1-JO acres of his farm of 250 acres, and his son Andrew\\nbought about the same time 50 acres of the same farm, and they\\nmade, probably, the second settlements at the Long Meadows Al-\\nexander, at the Colby place, wdicre Jacob Lufkin now lives, Aisr-\\n1 UEW, his son, at what has been the Presbyterian parsonage, where\\nJohn Ray now lives. The road to get there was through tlie south\\nwoods, probably from where Gilman Morse now lives. Tlie name\\nof Alexander Craige is on the protest against hiring or settling\\nany otlier minister, June, 1735, and Alexander and Andrew are\\nboth signers of the protests of Nov. 6, 1735, and June, 1730. His\\nwill is dated Sept. 5, 1750, proved Oct. 31, 1750. The legatees are\\nAlexander Craige, Jr. (50 acres of his homestead), grandson\\nDavid, daughter Agnes and granddaughter Mary; Andrew was\\nexecutor and residuary legatee. David Craige sold to Andrew\\nhis right in his ftither s estate.\\nAlexander, Jr., sold the place to Ayilliam Graham.\\nAndrew m. Agues, dau. of Robert Graham, and was a very\\nprominent man in towii, and especially in the Presbyterian parish.\\nHe was one of the committee to take a deed of Mr. AVilson of\\nhalf an acre of land that the lueeting-lioiisc stood on in 1744. In\\n1748 it vras voted that the meeting [at the Long Meadow] be\\nheld at AndrcM Craige s house. He is termed Esquire in 17G1.\\nAndrew and Agnes his wife have a sou Andrew, Jr., on the rec-\\nords, b. Dec. 15, 1740. He sold to his father iu 17G4 one-fourth of\\nthe Crosett saw-mill. Where he went to, and whether there were\\nother children is not knoAvn.\\nAndkew^ Avas a large land-holder. Tie sold his homestead to\\nElizabeth Stickney and Eduuiud Stickney, May 23, 1771, and w^as\\nin New Chester in 1774, but there is no tradition of Craiges there\\nnow.\\nDavid Ckakje settled on No. 88, 2d P., 2d D., just above where\\nAsahel Weeks now lives. He and Abigail his wife had Alexander.,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0554.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "GEXEALOGY CRAIGE. 497\\nb. Feb. 22, 1711; Darid.h. Sept. 2, ]7l*^.: Abif/ail, h. Aui;-. 4,\\n1748.\\nDariJ, Jr., in. Elizalx-ili liicliurd^ioii, dnu. of Moses TJicliai dson,\\nSept. 23, 1770. Slie was b. Am,--. 11, 17o0. Tlie Avhulo iamily\\nwent to Rnniney.\\nDavid, Sen., d. about 170. and his wile lived to])e 10 1 years old,\\n^/e.f\u00c2\u00abj (/er lived in ]{uniney,and probably lived and kept laveru\\nin Cliester, where Mr. Orcntt now lives, but died in IJuniiiey.\\nD-tvid, Jr., hud 7 sons, Steplien was the father of Ca])l Stephen\\nDearborn s second Avife. Tai)[)an Webster Craige, the youiii est,\\nwas 1). 1790, is now (l.S(i7) alive, and has a large family. JJyroii\\nM. lis ed on the hoinesiead at Uuiniiey, others in Saxonville, Law-\\nrence, c.\\nDavid Craig-e, Jr., d. at the age of G2, his wife Elizabetli at the\\nage of t)!J years and G months.\\nAbiiiail, dan. of David, ^i.^n., m. Thos. Ramsey of liamney,\\nAng. 27, 1772. Tlieyboth died Jan. 18;}7.\\nLtkl t. Thomas Cuaioe lived on Add. No. 114, where Benaiali\\nSpoff.);d now lives, lie might liavc been a sou of Alexander\\nthough Ihave seen nothing to indicate it. In the oUl Presbyier-\\nian burying-ground is a stone, Margaret, wife of Thomas Craige,\\nd. Sep. 17, 17o4, aged 28.\\nWiLLiAji CuAiGE and Jane, his wife, settled ou No. 7.7, 2d P.,\\n2d D., where Moses Hail lately lived, lie had tvro sons\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hubert\\ndied early; JoJm, d. March, 1805. His poll not iK ing taxed 1790,\\nsupposed to be over So. He was blind many years. Both were\\nbachelors.\\nWilliam Craige had a dan. f/i-z^e buried at Derry, d. Ocf. H. 1745,\\naged 18. Tliero was also a diau. Isnbd, in. Alexander McMurphy\\nof Londonderry; and Uobert Archibald, d, 1806.\\nSome of the itubles of longevity make \\\\ViIliam and Jane, d.\\n1775, aged 100, but by the ago of the daughter she could not have\\nbeen so old.\\nThere was a family of Craiges came over in 1736 or 1737 with\\nJohn Mclvinley, Allen Templeton and John Orr.\\nIlorKiiT Ckaige m. Margaret Crosctt. lie purchased 25 acres\\nof Gov. Wentworth s farm of 250 acres. She d. Sept. 15, 1754;\\nTho)iia j, their son, d, 1757, and Roljert made Ivobert Mclvinley\\nhis heir. He d. Sept. 14, 1790.\\nAxx CuAiGE m. John Mclvinley, wlio did not come to Chester\\nbut stopped in Boston.\\nAgxi:s Craige in. Allen Templetou, who settled to the N. W.\\nof Iiobert Craige. She d. 1797.\\n32", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0555.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "408 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nJaxe Craige m. John Guiiyoii, ami lived on what was tlie\\nDerl)y place in Deny.\\nThomas Craige settled in Londonderry. His will was proved,\\nMay 27, 1778. The legatees were his wife Martha, sister Ann\\nMcKinley, and brother-in-law John Gnnyon.\\nCRAWrOED.\\nWILLTziM CRAWFORD came from Irehmd, it is said, when\\nhis son Roljcrt was two years old. Ebenezer Ayers, of Haverliill,\\nsold to William Crawford, of Chester, II. L. No. 47, Sept. 8, 1730,\\nreserving the light for liis father to ent firewood. It is probable\\nthat Ayers had a honse then. It was N. E. of the main road, near\\nwhere Daniel Wilson lately lived, and was taken down by Joseph\\nCarr, Jr., 1828, said then to be the oldest honse in town. He\\nbuilt the flrst-grist mill, where ITaselton s now is. In the Propri-\\neti:)rs Records is entered, AV illiam CrafFord, having built a Gris\\nmill upon the Great brooke, in Chester, at the Lower falls, so\\ncalled, the fifth day of May, 1746, doth Record his son, Robert\\nCraflbrd, miller of said Grist-mill. In 1748 he deeded Add. lot\\nNo. 129 and the mill to Robert. William s wife was then Jean.\\nWILLLVJM m. Mary, dan. of Robert Graham; d. 1786. Chil-\\ndren\\nI. Robert.\\nII. William, mentioned in Graham s will in 1747. William,\\nJr., liad a road laid out from his lot No. 129, 2d P., 2d D., near\\nClark s mill, in Auburn, to the main road, in 1749. He probably\\ndied, as we hear nothing more about him.\\nRobert, it is said, exchanged the mill with Henry Luiit, for land\\nin Saudown, and removed there. He m. Joanna, dan. of Jona-\\nthan and Theodate Sanborn, April 10, 17o5. She was b. July 3?\\n17o(]. Children:\\n1. Jolin, b. Sep. 2.3, 1757; m. Margaret, dau. of Thomas Ander-\\nson; lived on lot No. 130, 2d P., 2d D., and had his house burnt,\\nJuly 10, 1789. He d. Nov. 8, 1831. She d. July 21, 1837. Chil-\\ndren:\\nRobert, b. Aug. 29, 1792; m. Dolly, dau. of Stephen Chase,\\nEsq.. Nov. 6, 1821. He d. Dec. 26, 1825. She d. Dec. 31, 1814.\\nChildren: 1. William, b. Jan. 9, 1823; m. Eliza R., dau. of Rev.\\nLutliin- Crawford, Sept. 25, 18G6. 2. Lucinda A., Oct. 2, 1824, d.\\nJan. 24, 1841.\\n2. William, b. March 1, 1759; m. Susan IMelvin, 1786, lived in\\nPlymouth till 1798, then in Alexandria. He d. Oct. 15, 1837.\\nShe d. Dec. 20, 1822. Children\\nJoanna; William; Susan; Ida; Mary; Sarah; James; Luther,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0556.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY CRITC IIET, 499\\nb.Xov. 1. isOG, frracl. at r.rowii. [x M. in. Alinini Evcret. Feb. 1,\\n183-i, (1. Feb., is;3s; Louisa, b. Sop. :i isio.\\n3. llohcrt, b. May 10, ITiU, d. April 1^7, 1838.\\n4. JL ry. h. July IG, 17G.3, d. July 8. ls41.\\nEonKitTui. (2) Jano, dau. of Allen Tomplcton and Agnes Craijro.\\n5. Thomas, b. 177:?. d. Sep. 11. 1812.\\n6. George, b. 17.so. d. Xov. 1:5. 181G.\\n7. Jaitv. b. 1780, d. Jan. iT), IblJ J.\\n8. Jodima.\\nTboo last six livcil uninarrifd on tbe lioniostoad in Sandmvn\\nand tbec-tatc dosceuded to William, son of Kobort. Ih icniovcd\\nto Clicstcr. KonKKT d. Sep. 17 Jl; Jane d. July l i. 1n:!2. a. 01.\\nAV lLLl AM t llAWFOJJl S second wife was Jane. bildivn\\nIII. Joiix, m. a air, lived tui No. Ij .t. I d F.. I d near\\nClark s niill afterwards moved to tlic main road Avliere lln -h\\nCroml)ie lately lived. C bildreii:\\nJ/ f/-// ^l;//^eaiid Ellzahiili. One ol these dauirliters m. a French,\\nof Knlieiil, and d. lNf G, over 0\\nJoiiNJii. Marj^aret, dau. of Dea. Adam Wilson. liildreii:\\nJohn, was in the army, 1812, lived at Xotliiighaiii, d. July, 1SG5,\\na. 80.\\nJlauii ih, h. July. 17s8, m. a oniifr, d. 1SG7.\\nJohn, Sen,, d. Oct. 27, 17 Jo. Tlie widow m. Samuel Crombie,\\nd. Sop. 1 1S12.\\nW J AMKs lived unm. on the homestead.\\nV. A dau. m. a Wilson of New F.oston. James gave Mr. Wil-\\nson the place and d. at New l o.~toii. It was sold about 1n27.\\nCRITCH KT.\\nThe C ritchcts are said to be of AVel-h origin. At the Mareli\\nterm of the court, 17. 0, Avas a cas(\\\\ TJiomas Critchet of ICxeter,\\nJoiner, against Ebcnczor Critchet of Fortsmouth.\\nThomas CnrrcnKT came early to Candia, and settled on Xo. 1.\\n3d I)., aliout 40 rods back frmn the i)rescnt road; was surveyor\\nin 17G. lie had four sons.\\nKihriii- l Crilrhct was a hayward in 17G8.\\nEduyii-il and Thomas settled in Epsom.\\nBenjiiiiiin had a roving turn and never settled.\\nJames m. Susannah Smith o( IJaymond, and lived on the home-\\n.stcad. lUi Inula remarkable mechanical talent. He was self\\ntaught; was noted as a mill-wright made wooden clocks; and\\ndid iuite a business at repairing clocks and watches. Ife d. of\\ncancer, 3ilay, 1819, aged 88, comparatively otherwise a robust man.\\nChildren\\nThomas; James; Caleb, d. y. Moses; Isaac, now on the home-\\nstead; John and Joseph.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0557.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "500 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nC R O ]M B I E\\nJoiix Ckombie came from tlie north of Ireland, and settled\\nnear the lower end of the Eng-lish i-ange in Londonderry. He\\nhud a son IIiujli, who m. Rebecca Jordan, and settled in Chester,\\non jS o, yO, 2d L*,, 2d D., where Thomas Coffin lives, in Auhurn.\\nHe d. of apoplexy, Nov. 23, ITDG.\\nHe had a son Samuel, who m. the widow of James Graham, and\\nliad a son Samnel, who went to Vermont. Samuel m. (2)\\nWidow Margaret Crawford, and had Hugh, b. 1796; d. isoii.\\nHugh, Sen., had also a daughter Molly, m. Capt. William\\nLeatch.\\nBkxjajux Crombie was half-brother of John, b, near Bally-\\nmore, in Ii-eland. His father d. in Ireland, and his mother came\\nover with him. He m. Rebecca Davis, of Ipswich, Mass., and\\nsettled at New Rowlej In 1773 he came to Dcrryfield, and in\\n1782 to Chester, where his grandson, Franklin Crombie, now\\nlives. No. 74, 4th D. He was a teacher. He had eleven children:\\n6. 3Io!^es, b. Sept. 7, 1751, m. Abigail, dau. of Moses (Halter)\\nUnderhill. She d. April 29, 1849. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nMoses, Jr., d. March 4, 1868, a. 87. Elizabeth, b. M:irch 22,\\n1790, m. Matthew Reid.\\n11. Amos, b. Aug. 29, 1764, m. Anna, dau. of John Patten,\\nDec. 29, 1802. They had Franklin, Esq., b. Oct. 2,3, 1803, and\\nLuther, 1808.\\nBexjamix d. May 2, 180G, a. 90. His vrife d. Dec. 13, 1809, a.\\n80. Amos A. Sept. 10, 18.54. His Avife d. Dec. 29, 1842. These\\ntwo sons arc all who came to Chester,\\nC R O S E T T\\nJames Crosett m. a Young, a sister of Samuel Aiken s Avife, in\\nIreland. His name appears iii the Presbyterian i^rotest, June,\\n1836. Ills name is not on the inventory of 1741. He had two\\nsons\\nJames, m. Jane, dau. of Robert Graham.\\nBen jam in, m. a daughter of William Graham.\\nIn 1745 they purchased No. 83, 2d P., 2d D. James settled op-\\nposite to Robert Craige, at the corner of the road over Rattlesnake\\nhill, Avhere the old McKinley house stood, wliich they sold to\\nRobert Craige in 1760. James, in 1763, purchased the northwest\\nfifty aci cs of Gov. Wentworth s tAvo hundred and fifty acres, and\\nsettled on it, and in 1771 sold to Williani Graham, Avho settled his\\nson David there. Subsequent occupants: Wm. Crombie, Samuel\\nRemie, Jesse Patten, noAV Albert Pratt.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0558.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY CURRIER. 501\\nBenjamin settled on the soiitliwest half of .S:i, Avhic^Ii has since\\nbeen occupied by Peter Aikeii, I;imi1)imi Diiuoii. and Stark l\u00c2\u00bbay.\\nAbout 17(1!) tliey sold to Audi-ew Craiiii^, and i)urclias( d the Nutt\\nplace, wliicli included Nos. .SG and 87, and part of U;}, 2d P., 2d I).,\\nwhich in 1771 they sold to Benjamin and Sanniel Pierce and AVil-\\nliam Brown. They went to some place on the Moluiwk river.\\nCUKJMl Mi.\\nThomas Currier and ^STary, his wife, were of Amesbury. lie\\nd. Sept. 27. 1712. Slie d. March 2, 1705. Their seventh child Avas\\nIJEX.J A:\\\\nX, b, ]\\\\rar -h 27, lOGS. His wife was Abigail. Their\\ntirst son was Gideon, b. Feb. 21. 1712, m. Mary. She d. Oct. 13,\\n1781. lie settled in Chester on Add. lot No. k Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1. Benjamin, b. Sept. 18, 1710, m. Abij^-ail, dan. of .Joshua Pres-\\ncott, Dec. (J, 17G1. He d. ISKJ. She d. Jan. 2, 1821, a-vd 80.\\nTliey lived on Add. lot No. Ill, wliere Benaiah Si)()flbrd now\\nlives, and was a Captain in the militia duriny the Ifevolntion.\\nChildren:\\n1. Lucrctia, b. Oct. 28, 1705, m. Moses K. Hall, Dec. 29, 1785,\\nd. Aug-. 18iU.\\n2. Lydia, b. March 21, 17G7, m. Dr. Samuel (Juimby; went to\\nMaine.\\n3. Hannah, d. younji-.\\n4. John, b. March 4, 1770, m. Hannah Currier; lived at Sand-\\nwich.\\n5. Anna, b. July 24, 1773, m. Sanniel Lane, of Chesicn-; d. May\\n23, 1833.\\nG. Dolly, b. .June 23, 1775, m. Sanniel Joy, Winthrop, Me.,\\n171)3.\\n7. Sarah, b. Feb. 17, 1777. m. Nafhl. ?Jcrril. 1707.\\n8. Abigail, b. 1779, m. Pev. Jo ej)h Merrll, Skowhegan, ]\\\\[e.,\\n1803.\\n9. Benjamin, m. Dolly Taylor 1804; went to Maine.\\n10. Hannah, b. July 13, 1785, m. Samuel Sluickford, Chester,\\nApril 21-, ISDG; d. Aug 7, 18G5.\\n11. David, b. Feb. 9, 1787, m. Betsy AVorlhen; lived on home-\\nstead.\\n12. Bet y, b. Aug., 1787, m. John Lane, of Maine.\\nII. Simeon, b. July 13, 1745, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan\\nMoulton. He lived on Add. No. 17, on the Derry road, whei c\\nCapt. Su vens now lives. He d. Aug-. 29, 1824. She d. April 21,\\n1834, a. 8G. They had:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1. Joseph, m. Anna Hall.\\n2. Gideon, m. Hannah Jack; d. :\\\\[arch 10. 1851, a. 7G.\\n3. Abel, m. Sally Qiiimby, went to Norwich, Vt.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0559.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "502 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n4. Sarali, m. Jos. Taylor, Wilinot.\\nThese were born iu AmesburJ^\\nIII. Gideon, b. Aug. 13, 1754, in Chester, m. Anna, dau. of\\nDaniel llichardson, and had a son Asa, now living in Raymond\\nlived at the Branch, No. 44, O. II. He died Oct. 1, 1835. She d.\\nMarch 19, 1827.\\nIV. Jonathan, b. Sept. 29, 175G, went to Plymouth.\\nV. Sarali, b. Jan. 18, 1759, m. Reuben, son of Samuel Hills,\\nand went to Maine.\\nVI. Anna, m. Joseph, son of Benjamin Severance, and went to\\nSalisbury, N. II.\\nThomas Curkier lived near the Worthcn saw-mill; in. Sarah\\nCoburn, and had\\n1. TJiomas, settled in Maine.\\n2. Ebenezer, m. a Dresser, and Xancy, the wid. of Eljcn Blas-\\ndell. He was a soldier in the Revolution.\\n3. Jonathan \\\\n. ]\\\\Iary Prescott, 1794; d. in the army at Sackett s\\nHarbor, Aug. 22, 1813.\\n4. 3far}j, m. Stinson.\\nThomas, Sen., d. previous to 1780, aiul his widow m. Mansfield\\nMcDufiec, and d. 1835, aged 105.\\nDea. David Currier was born in 176G, in Leslie, a parish of\\nScotland, near Perth Head, about thirteen miles north of Edin-\\nburgh, and the seat of John Leslie, Earl of Rathers. He came to\\nthis country in the ship Minerva, and landed in Boston, May\\n11, 1774. He was a tailor, and worked a sliort time in Boston,\\nbut soon came to Chester, and Ijoarded with James Wilson, where\\nJacob Green now lives. When tlie war broke out, in 1775, he vol-\\nunteered, and went to the headquarters of the army, and was in\\nBunker Hill battle, stationed behind the rail fence. He served\\nseven months. In 1777 he Avas in Capt. Stephen Dearborn s com-\\njiany, at tlie battle of Bennington. He in. Mary, only daugliter\\nof David Dinsmore, and bouglit tliat i)art of No. 123, 2 1 P., 2d\\nD., lying the west side of the brook, and lived near the Blanchard\\nsaw-mill. He d. April 1, 1840, a. 85. She d. Aug. 20, 1846, a.\\n82. Children:\\nJames, in. Catherine Patten, went to Genesee County, N. Y.\\nElizabeth, b. July 5, 1787, m. John Clark; d. Marcli 14, 18G8.\\nJohn, d. unmarried, 1S23.\\nMary, in. Samuel Fletcher.\\nMargaret, m. William Graliam, Esq.\\nDavid, b. Sept., 1800, in. Lydia R., dau. of John ]Melviii. He\\nheld various offices in Chester and Auburn; now cashier of Deny\\nBank.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0560.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "S-c^xaV Jo\\nCyC^ t t-^^", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0563.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0564.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY DEARBORN. 503\\nD A I S\\nThere -was a Joseph Davis hi Chester, who had six chililreu\\nrecorded IVoui 1739 to 17ol, but nothing- is Ivuown of them.\\nSamuel Davis was an early settler on No. 121, 4th D., at what\\nis called White Hall, in Jlooksctt. Children:\\n1. liolwrl, ni. JNlolly, dan. of Samuel Brown of Ilooksett. He\\nwas drowned in Lakin s Fond, l.si\u00c2\u00bb,3.\\n2. Jonathan, m. Susey, dau. of John Patten, and lived on Xo.\\n78, 4tli D., where Hidden had lived.\\n3. Joseph.\\n4. Daniel, lived on the homestead.\\nb. Samuel, ni. Betsey, dau. of Jere. Underhill d. at Concord,\\nin tlio U. S. service, April 7, 1813, Samuel Davis, Sen., d. Oct.\\n20, 1806.\\nD A L T O X\\nJohn, Samuel and Caleb lived on Xo. 110, 4lh D., between the\\nold main road and river in Ilooksett. Some of the name were in\\nthe Indian war. They sometimes had their minister rales abated\\noil account of living so far from the nieeting -housc.\\nDICKEY.\\nJohn Dickey lived on Add. Xo. 27, where Jacob Couch lately\\nlived. His wife was ]\\\\Iurgaret, and their cliildren, Daniel, b. 1737,\\nIsabel, 1739, and liobert, 1742.\\nAdam Dickey s will was proved 17. Ilis children, Elizabdh\\nJane, Joseph, William, Janet and Adam, all minors.\\nDavid Dickey probably came from Ireland. His Avife was\\nIsabella. AVhether he came to Derrylleld or not is uncertain.\\nHis son Jolrn m. Janet ^IcCiento, and lived about the centre of\\nlot Xo. 12, 4th D. He had two sons, John, b. 178(3, lived on the\\nhomestead where his son David now lives Uavid, lived south of\\nJonas Harvey s.\\nDEARBOIIX.\\nGodfrey Dkakboun was the patriarch of the Dearborn family\\nin the United States. He is said to have been a native of Exeter,\\ncounty of Devon, in the S. AV. part of England. The time of his\\nbirth is not known. He was twice married, but the name of his\\nfirst wife and time of marriage is unknown. She was living in\\n1650, and d. previous to Xov. 25, 1602, when he in. Dorothy the\\nwid. of Philemon Dalton, by which marriage there was no issue.\\nIn 1639 XxQX. John Wheelriglit removed with a company of his\\nfriends from Mass. to Exeter, and founded a settlement. They", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0565.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "504 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nframed and pinned among- themselves a kind of pocial compact.\\nIt AYas signed by thirty-live persons. Oodfrey Dearborn signed\\nby making his mark, as lie did his will more than forty years\\naftervv ards. His farm in Exeter is said to have been in what is\\nnow Stratham. He remained in Exeter about ton years, and then\\nremoved to Hampton, where ho spent the remainder of his life.\\nHe was selectman of Exeter, IG-iS; and March 4, IGyO, seats were\\nassigned to goodman and goody Dearborn, in Hampton meet-\\ning -honse. In ]Iampton he settled at the West End, and the farm\\nin IShS Vv^as occupied by some of his descendants. For a very full\\ngenealogy, see Hist, and Gen. Reg., Vol. 2. Godfrey Dearborn\\nhad six children, three sons and three daughters\\n1. Henry, b. IGo. 2. Thomas, b. Kioi.\\n3, 4, 5, three daughters, of wlyjm little is known except that\\nin his will is a legacy to my three daughters, though Sarah m.\\nThomas Nudd.\\n6. John was b. in Exeter, about 1742, m. Mary Yv ard.\\n1. Henry, b. in England about 103;), came over with his father\\nwhen about six j ears old; m. Elizabeth Marrian, Jan. 10, loGG.\\nHe was one of the selectmen of Hampton, 1G7G and 1G02; d. Jan.\\n18, 1725. Henry had seven children, three sons and four daugh-\\nters. One of the daughters, Sarah, m. Philemon Blake, who was\\na grantee of Chester, sou of Jasjior arid Deborah Blake. The old-\\nest son, JOHN, b. Oct. 10, IGGG. m. Abigail Bachelder, lG8t), d.\\nNov. 14, 1736. He liAcd in what is now North Hampton, and was\\na deacon in Hampton, and afterwards in North Hampton. When\\nhe I emoved to North Hampton it was a wilderness. His house\\nwas standing in 1848, and had remai)ied in the family up to about\\n1820.\\nDEA. JOHN DEARBORN had ten children, four sons and\\nsix daughters. His second child was Joxathan, b. May 8, IG Jl,\\nm. Hannah Tucke, Dec. 21), 1715. He removed to Stratham. He\\nd. Jan. 21), 1779.\\nJonathan had a son John, who resided on the homestead in\\nStratham, b. April 2, 1718, d. March 22, 1807.\\nHe had a son Jonatli;ui, who settled in Chester, now Raymond,\\non No. 17, O. H. In lliA) there was a road laid out at the request\\nof Jonathan Dearborn and others. His wife was Abigail. Chil-\\ndnui\\n1. John, m. Mehital)el Cram. 2. Abigail, m. Simon Page. 3,\\nJonathan, m. Sarah Page. 4. Nathaniel, m. I\\\\Iary Cram. 5. Sarah,\\nm. (1) Nehemiah Cram, m. (2) Jusiah Brown, m. (3) John Moody.\\nAll lived in Raj-mond.\\nDEA. JOHN S nijith cliild was Sniox, lived on the i)aternal\\nestate; v/as executor to his father s will, and residuary legatee,\\nand had twelve children, the youngest of whom was", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0566.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY DEAr.nORN. 505\\ni/eyiri^, b. Feb. 23, 1751. JIo Avas a i)hy.sici;ui in Xolringham,\\nN. II., 1772; Capt. in the N. II. rcginieut at llio batllo of Ijiiukci\\nHill, 177.5; Capt. in Arnold s fxpcdition a^^ uinst Quebec, 177,J-G;\\nMajor with the comuiaiid of a distinct corps at the bailies of Still-\\nwater and Saratoga, 1777; Lt.-Colonel at the battle of Momnouth,\\n1778; Deputy Quarterniaster-Cieneral at Yorktown and (he sur-\\nrender of Coruwallis, 1781 Col. of the first X. II. reg. from 1781\\nto the end of the war; removed to Maine, 1784; Brigadier-Cen.\\nand Marslial of Maine; member of Congress, 17!).3; Sec. of AVar,\\n1801; Collector of Boston, 1809; MaJ.Gen. U. S. Army, 1.S12;\\nMinister to Portugal, 1822; d. at IJoxbury, Mass., June (5, Iy29.\\nGodfrey had\\n2. Thomas, b. in England about 1031, m. Hannah Colwell, Dec\\n28, IGGj. His residence was in that part of Hampton called\\nDrake Side. He was a deacon; d. April 11,1710. His second\\nchild was EBEXEZEK, b. Oct. 3, IGSl), ni. Alngail, dau. of Jo-\\nseph and granddaughter of Lt. John Sanborn, Oct. 7, 1703. She\\nwas b. Oct. 1, 168G. He was one of the grantees of Chester, and\\nremoved there, and also live sons. In a deed of H. L. Xo. 121,\\nin Chester, Oct, 3, 1729, lie is said to be of Hampton. His name\\nis oil tlie inventory of Hampton Falls, 1727. His own home lot\\nwas Xo. 17, lying by the side of the one he purchased, and he\\nprobably settled there nearly opposite the old White i)lace, Avhero\\nJoseph Webster now lives.\\nHis name first ai)pears on Chester records as moderator of the\\nannual town meeting, ]March 2G, 1729-30, and he was chosen one\\nof the selectmen at the meeting. In 1731, Samuel Ingalls is\\nstyled Capt., Ebeuezer Dearborn Lt., and Jacob Sargent lu-\\nsigii, being probably the first military officers in Chester. lu\\n1731 he is called Deacon. He was elected to very many offices in\\ntown. His will was dated March, 17G7, and proved March 27,\\n1772. He d. March 15, 1772. His wife d. Feb. 2G, 17G8. They\\nhad eight children: T. Ebenezer; II. Meliitable; IH. Peter; IV.\\nBenjamin; V.Thomas; VI. Michael; VII. Abigail; VJH. Mary.\\nI. Ebenezer, Jr., usually called Lieut. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 27,\\n1705,111. Huldah Xason. Jan. 13, 1731; ni. (2) Elizab(?th Swain,\\nthe widow of Samuel Hills. Ho settled on H. L. Xo. l:!!, where\\nJames 11. Gordon tnow lives. He d. Jan. 10, 1790. His will is\\ndated July, 1780, proved Jan. 20, 1790. Elizabeth d. July 31, 1793.\\nChildren\\n1. Hannah, b. Oct. 13, 1731, m. Elijah Heath of Chester.\\n2. Surah, b. Jan. 9, 1734, m. John Shaekford, Jr., of Chester;\\nd. Aug. 18 or 19, ISU.\\n3. lluhkih, b. Aug. 18, 1735.\\n4. Stephen,., b. May 15, 1738.\\n5. Phebe, b. Feb. 20, 1741, in, AVilkes West, d. 1783.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0567.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "506 HISTOEY OF CHESTER.\\n6. Ehenezer, b. Sept. G, 1744.\\n7. Jonathan, b. Dec. 26, 1740.\\n8. liichard, b. May 2, 1747 who d. young.\\n4. Stephen, b. 1738, m. Rutli, dau. of John Eobie, Sept. 18,\\n1761. She WHS b. 1739, d. Feb., 180S, He m. (2) Lydia. dau. of\\nSamuel Robie, who had been ni. to Richard Ordway, brother of\\nDr. John, and to John CLay. She d. Sept. 29, 1817, aged 74. He\\nd. Oct. 10, 1827. Stephen and Butli had Richard, b. Sept. 21,\\n1764, m. Molly Ordway, dau. of Richard, June 6, 1788. He d.\\nMay 21, 1823; she d. Dec. 11, 1842, a. 78. Children: 1. Ruth,\\nb. Feb. 12, 1789, d. unmarried, Dec. 7, 1842. 2. Lydia, b. July 27,\\n1790, d. unmarried, June 21, 1817. 3. Mahala, b. June 27, 1792, d.\\nAug. 30, 1806. 4. Sally, b. May 17, 1784, d. unmarried, Jan. 19,\\n1867. 5. Stephen, b. Aug. 10, 1796, m. (1) Lydia, dau. of Rev.\\nSamuel Harris, m. (2) Mary Ann Craige, d. March 16, 1859. 6.\\nRichard, b. Oct. 9, 1798, m. Sally, dau. of Stephen Chase, Esq.,\\nd. Feb. 1, 1853. 7. Hendrick. b. June 22, 1803, m. Sylvenia\\nFletcher, d. March 25, 1861, had three daughters and one son on\\nthe homestead.\\nCol. Stephen Dearborn was appointed Captain under George\\nIII, by John Wentworth, May 3, 17 ;7; Capt. under Congress,\\nSept. 25, 1775; Maj. Sept. 25, 1785; Lieut.-Col. April 5, 1793;\\nresigned Sept. 18, 1800. His son Richard was adjutant. He\\ncommanded a companj at Bennington, in 1777. Colonel Dear-\\nborn was several tijuos selectman. He first settled near tlie New\\nor Dearborn sav/-mill, but soon removed his house up the hill\\nwhere his great grandchildren yet reside, on No. 68, 2d V. 2d D.\\n6. Ebenezer, b. 1744; m. Edith, or Adah, dau. of Nathan Rhil-\\nbrick of Hampton, 1769. Lived on JI. L. No. 34. He d. Aug.\\n18,1825. She d. May 5, 1819, a. 72. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1. John, m. Susan Luf kin and moved to Coi inth. 2. Jonathan,\\nm. his cousin Anna, dau. of Jonas Dearborn. She d. 1808; m.\\n(2) Jane Stinson. No male issue. He was born the day the\\nmeeting-house was raised; lived on the homestead Nov. 2, 1831.\\nShe d. 1833. 3. William, m. a Lowell, of Amesbury, and resided\\nthere.\\n7, Jonathan, b. 1746; m. Delia, dau. of John Robie, and lived\\non the homestead. He d. Nov. 22, 1826 a. 80; She d. April 7,\\n1814, a. 63. Children:\\n1. Richard, b. Aug. 8, 1774; m. Dolly, dau. of Samuel Under-\\nhill, and went to New Chester and had a large family; among\\nwhom was Jonathan, a physician at Seabrook. He m. (2) Susan-\\nnah Sargent, widow of John Melvin, 2. Edward, b. July 16,\\n1776; m. Knight of Atkinson; no issue. He studied medicine\\nwith Dr. Cogswell of Atkinson settled in Seabrook, Avhere he", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0568.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0570.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "(fCe^ciC-mc--^ ^n^^-(ic ^p C^v *i^\\ni^", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0571.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0572.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY DEARBORN, 507\\nhad a lar^e and successful practice for more tlian fifty years, and\\nreceived the honorary degree of ^l. I). IIo, by -will, j- ave $10,000\\nto endow an academy at Seabrook, and ,000 to the Conjrrcg a-\\ntional society there. 3. Jonathan, b. Jan. 25, l?;^! m. Sarah,\\ndau. of Dea. Amos Morse, 1805, and lived on tlic homestead and\\nat the Glidden place in Chester. Had Charles E. and Alfred S.\\n4. Cyrus, b. Aug. 2, 1785; studied medicine Avith his brother\\nEdward; settled in practice at East Salisbury, Mass., and liad a\\nsuccessful practice there between lifty and sixty yeai-s. lie has\\nbeen representative of the town and held various offices. 5.\\nEbenezer, b. July 30, 1793, m. Hannah D. Dyson of lieverly,\\n1826 studied medicine two years with his brother Edward, and a\\nyear and a half witli Dr. Thomas Kittridge of North Andover,\\nMass.; attended a course of lectures in Boston; also a course at\\nDart.; M. D. Dart., 1821; -^vas Coiuicillor and President of the\\nN. II. Med. Society; settled in practice in Nashua in 181(), and\\nhad a successful practice there for forty-five years and then retired\\nfrom practice, but still resides there. Charles Ebenezer Dear-\\nborn, Dart., 1842, is his son. There were also three daughters:\\nAnna, m. her cousin Jonathan, sou of Ebenezer; d. July, 1808.\\nIluldah, umu., and Delia. n\\\\. a Tloit of New Chester. Jonathan\\nm. (2) Elizabeth Pike, who d. May 1, 1855, a. 88.\\nII. MEniTAKLE, b. Nov. 12, 1703; m. Dea. Nathaniel Fitts of\\nSalisbury, Mass., May, 1744; d. June 11, 1765.\\nHI. Pktkii, b. Nov. 14, 1710; m. Margaret Fifield o i Kingston,\\nDec. 2, 1736, He liA cd on H. L. No. 25, up the cross road from\\nthe Derry road. He d. Oct. 28, 1781. Children\\n1. Ai))i((, b. Oct. 17, 1737; m. John Haseltou, son of E[)hraim,\\n1764; d. Nov.. 1780.\\n2, Peter, b. Jan. 20, 1740; m. Tabitha Morril, Dec. 26, 1765; d.\\nOct. 24, 1770.\\n;5. 7)ea. Joseph, b. Aug. 17, 1742; m. Betty, dau. of Dea. Jonas\\nHall, in 1761; settled on No. 59, 2d P., 2d 1).; sold to John\\nClarke, 1777. He was a Lt. and Capt. in the army. Chil.:\\nLydia, Anna, Sarah, Mehitable, Betsy, John, and Eleanor b,\\n1785. He removed to Rumney. She d. Jan. 1816.\\n4. JLo-}/, b. 1746.\\n5. JoKiah, b, Oct. 24, 1751 m. Susannah, dau. of Samuel Em-\\nerson, Esq,, Aug,, 1779, lived on the old John Aiken place, and\\nremoved to Weare. Chil. Neheniiah, Susannah, Henry, Josiah,\\nEdward, Samuel, David and Jonathan, twins, Peter and John.\\nHenry, Josiah, Samuel and David are said to have settled iu\\nCorinth.\\n6. Sarah, b. Sep. 16, 1764.\\n7. Asa, b. July 25, 1756; m. Anna, dau. of Sam. Emerson, Esq.,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0573.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "508 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nDec, 1781; lived on the homestead, and went to Chelsea, Vt.\\nwas Capt. of Cavalry. Chil.: Peter, Lucretia, Isaac, Catharine,\\nNanc} Sainncl, Wilder, Ilnbbert, Sally, Perley, and Adaline.\\n8. ISherbiirne, b. Sept. 5, 1758; ni. Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac\\nTowle, May, 1779. She d. 17l)S. Chil. Elizabeth, Benjamin,\\nEdmond, Xancy, Cyrene and Billy. lie m. the widow of Benj\\nFrench, and Snsan, dan. of Moses Emerson; d. Oct. 9, 1852.\\nIV. Benjamix, h. Aug. 13, 1713; m. a Colcord of Kingston.\\nOct. 31, 1735, his father gave him II. L. 132, and a part of the\\nold saw-mill. He settled on the lot and bmlt the house where\\nCapt. B. Fitts lately lived. It is on the inventory, 1711, and is\\nprobably the oldest in town. lie sold to Xathan Fitts, Nov., 17G7,\\nand removed to Plymouth, N. II.\\nV. Tiio:\\\\rAS, b. Dec. 3, 1713; m. Dorothy Sanborn. Sept. 10,\\n1741. In 1742 his father gave him H. L. 23 and 122, on wliich he\\nsettled. He built a quarter of the New or Dearborn saw-mill, in\\n1751. His will was dated Jan. 7, 1754, proved Jan. 30. 1754.\\nHe gave his sou, Jolui Sanborn, the homestead, saw-mill, c.\\nHis widow m. Samuel Emerson, Esq. Children:\\n1. Mart/, b. May 23, 1752; m. Samuel Towle, son of Anthony,\\nsettled in Candia.\\n2. John Simborn, b. Dec. 12, 1743; m. Mary Emerson of\\nHaverhill, S( pt. 25, 1764, lived on tlie homestead, and in 1778\\npurchased of Samuel ]tobie the llobie place (John Iiobinsou s)\\nand tan-yard (the Blake yard). She d. April 25, 180G. Hem.\\nMehitablc Bradley, the widow of Benj. Meivin, Oct. 20, 1S(J7,\\nHe d. Dec. 2, 1813. She d. Feb. 14. 1824. He was a deacon-\\nChil.:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1. Mary, b. Aug. 12, 1765; m. Ozias Silsby. 2. Lydia, b.\\nJan. 24, 1767; m. Benj. Hills, 3d, 1736. 3. Olive, b. Nov. 24,\\n1768; m. Joseph Bobinson. 4. Abigail, b. July 0, 1770; m. Bev.\\nJolm Kelly. 5. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 1, 1772; m. Natlianiel Abbot\\nof Concord, 1792. 6. Sarah, b. Sept. 13, 1773; m. Moses Carlton;\\nd. March 18, 1869, at West Concord. 7. Susanna, b. June 23,\\n1775; m. Capt. Benj. Fitts. 8. Hannah, b. Feb. 14, 1777; m.\\nBenj. Pain and Sargent. 9. John, b. Sept. 9, 1778; d. Dec. 3,\\n1.S09. 10. Bebecca, b. April 26, 1780; m. Nathan Knowles, 3d.\\n11. Nathaniel, b. June 15, 1781, m. Newman; was an attorney;\\nd. at Northwood.\\n3. Thomas, b. Marcli 11, 1745; m. INFary Morrison, 1768; settled\\nin Candia, near the meeting-liouse. on No. 67, 3d D., was killed\\nhy a cannon ball, at B. L, 1778. The wi l w m. Joseph Palmer,\\nand had anotlier fannly: d. Dec, 1820. Chil.:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1. David, settled\\nat (Jazeno, N. Y.; was a lawyer. 2. John, settled in Sanl)()rnton.\\n3. Samuel, settled in Candia; his sons Thos. and Benj. live in\\nCandia, and Leonard in Lowell. 4. Thomas, settled in Raymond.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0574.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY DINSMOIIE. 509\\n4. Dolh/, b. Jan. 12. 1748; ni. Nulhl. Emerson, and went to\\nStoddanUN. 11.\\n5. SamHeJ,h. Nov. 7, 1751; ni. Sarali, dan. of Wiuiln-o]) Sargent;\\nsettled in Candia, on No. 34, od D.; d. 181.S.\\nG. Elizabetli, d. young.\\nVr. :\\\\ri(jirAi:L, 1 April 24, 171 ni. Dorotliy Colby, April 11,\\n17.J1. Tliey bad Nabbe, I), -bin. !J, 1751. ^Mirliad s will, dated\\nOct. 20, 1753, proved. Jan. 30, 1754; d. Jan. 5, 1754.\\n\\\\ll. Deacon Ebcnczer s sevenlb eliild Ai .KiAir,. Jan. 27\\n1721; James Varnum. Ocl. 2(i, 1742, and lived in Chester,\\nwhere l achelder s inn now is, and after Mr. N arnnm s death iu\\n1756, m. John llobie,\\nVlir. M.VHV, b. June 11, 1743. In Dea. Ebenezer s will, dated\\nMarch, 1767, g. d. Nabbe, Meliitable Fitts, Anna ^Morril and\\nAbigail ilobie are legatees.\\nDEXTER.\\nLoiu) TniOTiiY Dexter was of Newbuvypoi-t. Ihi was a\\nleather-dresser; was remarkable for his eccentricity, ignorance,\\nand luck iu pecuniary alVairs. He once wished to send a venture\\nto the AVest Indies, and inquired of some one what it was best to\\nsend, lie was answered, AVarming-paus. Not knowing but\\nwarming-pans were ueeded there to warm beds, he invested\\nlargely, and it proved a rich speculation, the warming-pans sell-\\ning for ladles, and the covers for strainers.\\nHe had quite a number of statues of the prominent men of the\\ntime, full sized, carved in wood and mounted on ])edes(als, in\\nfront of his residence at Newburyport. He had a tomi) built and\\na coffin made, and was put into it, and mock funeral ser\\\\ ices per-\\nformed. He wrote a book entitled, A Pickle lor the Knowing\\nOnes, with all the marks of puiu-tuation together at the close,\\nthat eacli reader might season for himself.\\nHe was brother to the father of the wife of Rev. Nathan Brad-\\nstre(;t. He bought the Toppan AV ebster place, and moved into\\nChester Feb., 17 J6, and lived there a year or two. He offered to\\npave the street from there to the meeting-house if they woidd\\nname it Dexter street, but they vrere indifferent about the name\\nor having it paved, and it was not done. He moved back to\\nXewburyijort, but owned the place several years.\\nDINSMORE.\\nThe early tradition of the Dinsmorc family is derived from a\\ndiscourse by Rev. John Dinsmore. at a golden wetldiiig of Arthur,\\nJr., at Anson, Me., Sept. 10, 1865:", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0575.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "510 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nTlie original progenitor of all the Dinsmores that live in this\\ncountry and the old, so far as we are able to trace the genealogy,\\niived in a phxce in Scotland called Achenwead, about the time the\\nPilgrim Fathers landed on Plymouth Pock. He was a wealthy\\nfarmer, being called the Laird of Achenwead, having tenants\\nunder Inm. He had two sous, the younger, called John, left his\\nhome at seventeen years of age, and went to Ireland, and settled\\nnear Bellywaitche, in the county of Antrim. He had four sons.\\nJohn, the oldest, emigrated to America, the first one of the name\\nwho ever came, date unknown. He landed at Gorges, in Maine,\\nwas captured by the Indians, and carried to Canada; went back\\nto Gorges, thence to Buxton, thence to Londonderry. The pro-\\nprietors gave him a farm. He was a mason, and built him a stone\\nhouse; sent for his fixmily, who arrived in 1730. He lived to the\\nage of ninetj^-uine.\\nDavid Dixsmore, a grandson of John, was a tailor in Ireland,\\nand, I think, worked with anotlier tailor by the name of Kennedy.\\nKennedy died, leaving two children. David married the widow,\\nand about 1745 they set sail from Londonderry in Ireland. They\\nhad a long, tedious voyage, it being three months before they\\nlanded in Boston, and were put on short allowance. They\\nbrouglit tlax and a linen wheel with them, and she immediately\\ncommenced making linen thread for sale. They soon removed to\\nLondonderry, and he worked at his ti-ade. In May 8, 17-47, James\\nAdams deeded to David Dinsmore of Londonderry, tailor, No.\\n22, 4th D., in Chester, which was in Derrytield. In 1758 he pur-\\ncliased the west half of lot No. 8-4, 2d P., 2d D., on which he set-\\ntled. Slie d. 1807, a. 97.\\nDavid Dixsmoke was b. in 1714; Elizabeth, I^QIO. Children:\\n1. Samuel, b. 1741, m. Mary, dan. of John Waddel; lived on\\nNo. 66, 2d P., 2d D. They had Elizabeth, who m. James Wason,\\nwho lived there, and (2) m. Bebee. Slie bequeathed her property\\nto the Presbyterian parish. Samuel d. in the army about 1776.\\nMary d. Sept 14, 1784, a. 38.\\n2. James, b. 1743, lived in the English range, Londonderry.\\n3. David, b. 1746, settled at Minot, Maine.\\n4. Thomas, b. 1748, settled at Anson, Maine.\\n6. Arthur, b. March 24, 1752, m. Margaret, dau. of James Ful-\\nton; lived on the south end of the liomestead. Children:\\nDavid, Elizabeth, James, Sanmel, William W., Thomas, Mar-\\ngaret, Jane AV., and Arthur, b. 17U4. About 1794, he removed to\\nAnson, Maine; d. 1829.\\n6. llobert, b. March 24, 1752, m. Abigail Sanborn, and lived on\\nthe homestead. He d. Jan. 10, 1824. She d. Nov. 27, 1800.\\nCliildren", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0576.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY DUDLEY. 611\\nDavid, d. young. ]loberl, b. 1784, Aveiit to ]Me. Ivcuhcn, b.\\n1785, went to Me. Samuel, b. Feb 15, 1788, ni. Hannah, dau. of\\nJoseph Bhinchard, Esq., Dec. 2G, 18lf d. Marcli, 1SG4; lived on\\nthe homestead. John, b. 171)0, d. nnmarried in Texas. Eliza-\\nbeth, b. 1791, m. Nathl. B. lleniie; went to Anson, ]\\\\re. James,\\nb. 179G, m. Zilpha Taylor; d. at Westminster, A^t.\\nllobert m. (2) Ilainiah Long. Mehitabel, b. 1802, m. Dr.\\nNathan Plummer, Dec. G, 183G. .Judith, b. 1804, m. John Scott;\\nd. 1814.\\n7. Mary, b. 1754, m. Dea. David Currier; d. Aug. 20, 1838,\\na. 82.\\nDOLBY.\\nIsrael Dolby was probably from Eye. The name of Xicless\\nDolby is on tlie tax-list of Eye in 17:32. He bought of Cornet\\nJohn Lane all of lot Xo. 20, 2d P. 2d D., lying southeast of the\\nroad from Chester to Lane s, and was there when the road was\\nlaid out in 1748. He moved to Candia previous to 1778, and lived\\nnear where Cofiin M. French now lives. He d. 1797. Children\\n1. Israel, m. Jane, dau. of Joseph Morril; residence on the\\nhomestead and at Candia; d. 1823. ChiL, Isaac and Sarah, went\\nto Sutton, N. H.\\n2. Daniel, m, a Haynes, settled in Candia. Children: Wil-\\nliam; John, m. Lydia, dau. of Walter Robie, Esq., lived on the\\nhomestead; Abigail, m. Col. Stephen Clay, d. 1819, a. 38^\\n3. Sarah, m. Ens. John Butterlield, d. 1805.\\nDUDLEY.\\nRev. S.vMUKL Dudley, of Exeter, son of Gov. Thomas Dudley,\\nAvas b. at Xorthamptou, in England, in IGOG, d. at Exeter, 1G83.\\nHe had a son Stephex, m. Sarah Gilman, dau. of Hon. John Gil-\\nman, 1G84, d. 1734. He had a son\\nSTEPHEN, b. at Exeter, :\\\\rarch 10, 1G88, m. Sarah Davidson,\\nand d. at Exeter, 1734. He purchased a tract of land at Freetown,\\nof an Indian, Peter Penuet, and Abigail his squaw, Jan. 17, 1718-\\n19. He had a commission from Gov. Shute of which the follow-\\ning is a copy\\nProvince of Xew Hampshire.\\nSanuiel Shute, Esq., Captain Gcnci-al, and Commander in\\nChief in and over his Majestie s Province of Xew Hampshire in\\nNew England, c.. To Stephen Dudley, of Freetown, in the\\nProvince aforesaid, Gredinfj\\nBy virtue of the Power and Authority invested by his Majesty s\\nRoyal connnission to me granted, to be Cajjtain General. c., over\\nthis His Majesty s Province of Xew llampsliire aforesaid. 1 do (by\\nthese Presents) reposing especial trust and contldence in your loy-", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0577.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "512 HISTORY OF CnESTER.\\nalty, courag-o, and o-ood conduct, coustilutc and appoint yon the\\nsaid Stt idicn Dndley, to I;e Colonel and Town Major of Free-\\ntown aluiciaid, which land yon have obtained by deed from Peter\\nPennet and Abigail his Sqnaw. Given nnder my liand and seal\\nat arms, at Boston, the seventeenth day of Angnst, in tb.e seventh\\nyear of the reign of his ilajesty, King George, Annoqne Dom-\\nini 172!). [17lO?] Samuel Shute.\\nBy his Excellency s command.\\nJohn Boydel, his Secy.\\nThis was copied from the genealogy of the Gilman family by\\nJohn Kelly, in the Exeter Xews-Letter. Dudley deeded to\\nFrancis James, of Gloucester, 400 acres of this laud, May, 1722,\\nand refers to his deed as dated Jan. 17, 1718-19. He also deeded\\nsome of tliis tract to his sou James, the father of Judge Dudley.\\nIf this commission be genuine there must be some mistake about\\nthe date, as Gov. Slmte left and went to England immediately after\\nsigning the charters of Chester, Londonderry and some other\\ntowns in 1722, and the seventh year of George would be 1720.\\nStephen Dudley had a son Jabies, b. at Exeter, 1715, m. Maiy\\nFolsom, d. 17(j1. He had a son Samuel, b. at.Exeter, 1720. He\\nsettled on No. G7, O. H., and built a saw-mill. He was a peti-\\ntioner for the road from Freetown by the Centre to Dudley s mill\\nin 17G1). la 17uO he was chosen surveyor of highways, and built\\na bridge across the river near Raymond Centre, but the selectmen\\nrefused to pay the bill. He sued the selectmen of Chester, and\\nlost his case in the Inferior Court, but appealed, and at the May\\nterm of t^ie Superior Court, 17G1, obtained a verdict for \u00c2\u00a318 7s.,\\ndebt, and \u00c2\u00a34:8 4s., cost. He had a large family; sold to his\\nbrother, the Judge, went to Maine, d. Aug. 30, 1797.\\nHon. Joiix Dudley was son of JAMES, b. April 9, 1725, at Ex-\\neter; m. Elizabeth Gilman, June 22, 1749, d. 180G. He came to\\nEaymond in 1766, to where Samuel had lived, where his great\\ngrandson, James T. Dudley, now lives. He was one of the Com-\\nmittee of Safety from April 2, 1776 to May 29, 1784, and a Judge\\nof the Su,^)erior Court from 1785 to 1797. He had a son Jloses,\\nEsq., b. 1760, m. Nancy Glidden, and lived on the homestead; d.\\n1843. They had 10 children. The 7th, Elbridge G., grad. at\\nDart. [Slio Graduates in Raymond.]\\nJames had also a sou Joseph, b. at Exeter,* 1728, and he had a\\nson Joseph, b. at Exeter, 1750, removed to Raymond, No. 81. O.\\nH. He built a mill. Ho had nine children: 2. Joseph, b. Feb. 7,\\n1790, m. Sally, dau. of Thomas Dudley, moved to Candia Village,\\nd. 18G8. His son Alvin is an extensive shoe manufacturer there.\\nJ. Francis graduated. [See Graduates.] 3. Dea. Samuel, b. May\\n5, 1796, m. Judith Pillsbury. He learned the art of tanning and\\nshoemakiug of Elder Moses Bean, and succeeded him, and did an", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0578.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY DUSTIN. 513\\nextensive business; and did iniicli to build up the villajio and tlic\\nBaptist society there.\\nD U X L A V\\nArcitiijald Dunlap cainc from Ireland, m. ]\\\\rartha, dau. of Jo-\\nsepli Xeal, 1711, and lived on Neal s homestead, H. L. Xo. 2G.\\nChildren\\n1. Joseph, b. 1742, m. Anna, dau. of IFugh AVilson, settled in\\nGoflstown.\\n2. James, b. 1744, ni. Doreas Davis, had one son John, b. 1790,\\nd. 18G7. Lived on the back (uid of the homestead, d. 1SU3.\\nJohn, h. 174G, lived in Uedtbrd.\\n4. Jlur)/.\\nfj. milium, m. IJoyes, -went to Schenectady.\\n6. Sarah.\\n7. Samuel, m. Mary Cochran, went to Salisbury, X. II.\\n8. 3Iavtha.\\nThe father and three daughters died in two weeks of throat\\ndistemper.\\nD U S T I X\\nSKS Di STix, son of Xathaniel and Triphena iraseltou, and\\ngreat-grandson of Thomas Dustin and Hannah Emerson (re-\\nnowned for being captured by the Indians, and killing her cap-\\ntors and escaping), b. at Haverhill iu 1741, m. Mary Bucd-:. He\\nAvas a blacksmith and lived in Chester until about 1772, when he\\nremoved to Candia, on to Xo. 44, 2d P., 2d D. Upon hearing of\\nthe battle of Lexington, Drummer Hill beat up for volunteers,\\nand Mr. Dustin was the tirst to fall in. A considerable luimber\\nvolunteered and went to Cambridge. Dustin served first as Lieu-\\ntenant, then as Captain to tlie end of the Avar, and Avas afterwards\\nCai)taiu of the Alarm Li^t, wliich gaA-^e him a brcA et title of\\nC?)l )nel.\\n(-ol. It. E. Patten has his Avatch Avliich he carried through the\\nAvar, and also his papers. lie had 10 children, of A\\\\iiom 7 lived:\\n1. Jonathan, b. 17G8, m. Polly, dau. of Walter Robie; Aveut to\\nStanstead.\\n2. Moses, AA eut to AVindham.\\n3. Hannah.\\n4. Geo rye W.\\n5. H athaniel.\\n6. Sail!/.\\n7. Lydla, b. Aug. 11, 1792, m. Joseph, son of Peter Hall. He\\nd. 1795, a. 51. She d. 1827, a. 77.\\nJohn Dustix was a physician, and was at Martin s Perry iu\\n1775, and his Avidow lived there in 1818.\\n33", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0579.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "514 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nEATON.\\nTliort were two distinct families of the name wlio came to\\nCandia, tliougli they were probably distantly related.\\nBenjamin Eaton, of Dunstable, m. Anna Rand. He d. at Dun-\\nstable, but Anna came to Candia, and d. at her son William s.\\nChildren:\\n1. n ilUam, m. Ruth Bradley, and settled on No. 62, 2d P., 2d\\nD., since occupied by Solomon Stevens and Jacob Mead. Chil-\\ndren:\\nBenji/.min, m. Anna Worthcn, d. 1835. Anna, m. Solomon\\nStevens, d. Jan. 21, 1847, a. 8.3. Relief, m. Prescott, went to\\nNew York. Sarah, m. Harriman, of Bath, Me. Jesse, m. Bas-\\nford, went to Banjjor, Me. Moses, died. Patty, m. Glines, of\\nMoultonborough. William, went to Portland.\\n2. Da rid, m. a Clement, went to Sutton, N. H.\\n3. Jonathan, settled in Plaistow; had Benjamin and Deacon\\nAVilliam, Avho lived in Chester, and Rev. Asa, of Boston, and\\nJames, on the homestead.\\nA. James, m. Abigail, dau. of Nathl. Wood, Sen. lived on No.\\naO, ;:.d D. She d. March, 1733, a. 98. Children:\\nAlexander, in. Edna, dau. of Capt. Edward Preston. John,\\nwent to Maine. Benjamin, w(Mit to Maine. They were all in\\nthe Revolutionary army. Abigail, m. Jonathan Pressey, of Ches-\\nter. Betsy, m. a Baker and Webster.\\n5. FJienezer, m. Phebe Sargent, lived at the corner of the road\\nwest cf William Eaton s. Children:\\nEbrnezer, went West. David, m. a Rowe, went to Bridge-\\nwater. Sarah, m. Thurston, of Hill. Phebe, m. Ph?!sted, of\\nNew Hampton.\\nC. J xse, m. Sarah Worthen; lived also on No. 61, 2d P., 2d D.\\nHe d. Dec. 23, 1808. She d. June 3, 1801. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nNancy, b. Sept. 30, 1775, m. Joseph, son of Moody Chase; d.\\nJan. I J, 1857. Mary, m. French, and Cilman, went to Unity.\\n8arah, m. Benjamin Pillsbury, Esq., of Candia. Hannah, m.\\nHenry, son of Ephraim Eaton. Jesse., m. Sarah, dau. of Dea.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Caleb Prince lived in Candia. Susan, m. Samuel, son of John\\nBuswell; lives in Candia. Eleanor, m. John, son of Dea. Caleb\\nPrince. Ebenezer, m. Sarah, dau. of James Shirley. Love and\\nAsa. not married.\\nJouN Eaton, Senior, the first of the name in Salisbury, Mass.,\\nwas made freeman by the General Court of Mass., May 2i), 1636.\\nHe had two sons, John and Thomas. John settled on the home-\\nstead and had EPIHIAIM, m.Mary, dau. of Capt. Henry True of", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0580.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "GENEALOr.Y ELLIOT. 515\\nSalisbury. Feb. 5, 1GS9, ami h;ul 4 sons, Epini.vnr, Samuel,\\nIlKNiiv ami .Taiucz.\\nHi;ni\u00c2\u00a3V, b. Jan. 17, 1704, m. !Mary, dau. of Ensiirn Henry True,\\nand lived in Salisbury on the farm of bis fatber-in-law.* Children:\\nUpftra.ini, 174 Peter, Murij and Sarah.\\nEphraiin m. (1) Abigail rcrkins, 1708; m. (2) Sarah StPvens,\\n1772. lie came to Candia in 177:5 and i)urchased of Den. Bach-\\nrjder Xo. li: id P.. L d D.. -where his grandson, Henry M. Eaton,\\nnow lives, lie d. 1S2G, a. 81. She d. ls2i a. 74. Children:\\n1. Molly, m. Dr. Jacob Moore of Andover, X. II., son of Dr.\\nCotfin Moore, They were the parents of Jacob B. Moore, for a\\ntime (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(innei tod with Isaar, Hill in publishing, the Xew Hamp-\\nshire ratriut, and with John l- armer in publishinjf a (Gazetteer\\nof X^ew llauii)shire and Ilistiuical CoUectinns also of Henry C.\\nMoore, a celebrated musician.\\n2. Henry, m. Hannah, dan. of Maj. Jesse Eaton and lived on\\nthe homestead; d. March, is.ji a. 7.3.\\n;3. Hannah, m. Closes, son of Thoma-; Patten.\\n4. Peter, m. Hannah Hale. dau. of Dea. E. H. Kelly; was a\\ntrader in Candia and went to Manchester and was father of F. B.\\nEaton, the historian of Candia.\\ni Sally, d. umnarried.\\nPaul Eahjii. the son of .Taiiiv, and Sally Truo, came from .Sea-\\nbrook {o Candia previous to 177o, and bouj^ht of I-aiah Kowe\\nXo. 114. I d P., I ll D., now occupied by his irrandchildren. He\\nm. Molly Tilton about 17ij.j, wiio d. about 177. m. (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0_ Hannah\\ni:mcrson. He d. 18:10, a. OD. Children:\\n3Iol!y Anna; Henry T.: John; Sally; Lydia, m. Josiah\\nFri ncli and Luke.\\nCol. H. T. Eaton lived on the homestead: m. Elizabeth, dau. of\\nCol. X athaniel Emerson. Hi d. 18.jl she d. 1 ^1 5.\\nE L L I O T\\nEr)Mr\\\\r ELLtor, of Amesbury, bought H. L. Xo. :U. in 1747,\\nand afterwards Xo. Kii; m. Mehitabel Wortheu. He d. Oct. 8.\\n17^0; she d. April 11, 180(3. Children:\\n1. Jona mi, b. DCc. 8, 1748. settled in Pembroke.\\n2. Elh. bdh, b. 1750. 3. MrhitaheL b. 175G.\\n4. Jacob, b. Xov. 5, 1755, in. Martha Sleeper, April 10. 1708;\\nliveil on the homestea l, was at Bennington and at P. 1.. in the\\nKevolution d. Dec. 0, 1841. She d. 1850. Chil. \u00e2\u0080\u0094Edmund. Hves\\nat Exeter; Eliza; Martha; Jacob, live at Kaymond: John S., d.\\nat Chester; Janies M. M., lives at Chester.\\n5. Sarah, b. 1758.\\n6. Juhii, b. 17G1, went to Ohio.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0581.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "516 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n7. Z^.hrnim, b. 17G4, m. Mary, dau. of Edward Robie 8. Ed-\\nmund; and 9. EzekieL The last three settled in Thornton, N. H\\nEMERSON.\\nIn 1G56 Michael Emerson moved into Haverhill, and in 1661\\nlie had a lot of meadow assigned him. In 16G5 he Avas chosen\\nto view and seal all leather in town. It was the first choice oi,\\nsealer of leather in Haverhill, and he was annually re-elected for\\nmany years, so it is probable that he was a shoemaker. It is said\\nthat he settled near the present site of the depot, and that his\\nfarm lay the east side of Little River. He m. Hannah Webster,]\\nApril 1, 1057^ and they had fifteen children, the oldest of whom\\nwas Hannah, b. Dec. 23, 1657; m. Thomas Dustin, Dec. 3, 1677.\\nand by him had tlnrtecn children. She was the heroine who was\\ncaptured by the Indians and carried to the confluence of the Mer-i\\nrimac and Contoocook rivers, Avith Mary Nelf and a young man\\nnamed Samuel Lannerson, and they killed their captors and took\\ntheir canoe and returned to Haverhill.\\nMichael Emerson had a son JOXATH^VN who was one of the\\ngrantees of Chester and was admitted at the request of the Gov-\\nernor. In 1690 he was conunauder of one of the garrisons ai\\nHaverhill, and in 1701 the Indians attacked his garrison and Ik\\nrepulsed them. In 1705 he and others had a privilege grantecj\\nthem of setting up a grist-mill. In 1741, in the settlement of th{\\nprovince line he was left in Haverhill.\\nJonathan Emerson had a sou Sajiuel, b. 1707, who settled ii\\nChester. In 1722 Jonathan purchased the right of Samuel Mars\\nton, the H. L. No. 62 on which Samuel settled, and September\\n1735, it was deeded to him, and the lot was called Jonathan Emer\\nsou s when the road was laid out in 1730, Samuel first appear\\non Chester records in 1731, when he was chosen town clerk, am\\nhe was re-elected eveiy year up to 1787. He was at the sanv\\nmeeting chosen one of the selectmen. He filled a place in Che-\\n-ter which no other man has filled, or could till. He was the firs\\njustice of the i^eace in town. After he came to Chester he di\u00c2\u00abij\\nnearly all the land surveying, and wrote most of the deeds hj\\nwas surveyor to lay out the second part of the second division i^ j\\n1736, and all subsequent divisions. It was said that he had sij\\ntenacious a memory, and his organ of locality so largely developed\\nthat if any bound Avas lost he could tell nearly where it stood. H\\nwas a man of such integrity and judgment, and the people had s\\nmuch confidence in him, that nearly all the minor controversic\\nwere without any legal formalities referred to him, and his deci; j\\nion was bej ond reVicAV or appeal. 1", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0582.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY EMERSON. 517\\nSA:\\\\iri:L Emehson m. Sarah Aver, of Iluvorhill, Feb. lo. 17.03.\\nChililivu\\nI. SniiuK-U h. Sept. i: 17;U. il. 17:1G.\\nII. Jonathan, b. Ai\u00c2\u00bbril I J. 17. n d. Xov. 7, 17G0, at Crowu\\nVo\\\\\\\\\\\\{.\\nin. SdinncL b. Jan. 11. 17. d. Xov. 17, 17.j:n at Albany.\\nI lie and Jonalliaii were soldiers in tlie Freneli war.\\nIV. Sarah, b. Oet. 17. 17; in. I)ca. Stevens, of Kiii,i:-^ton.\\nV. XathanlcL h. Mxxw J. 1711. ni. Sarah Tihon. Xov. 1. 17r.4.\\ntied on Xo. 117, kl I where Freeman I arker now live-;, in\\niiidia; and where Jonathan hud eomnienecd a settlement. Chil-\\ndren\\n1. Jonathan, d. yonni.\\nJ. Anna, ni. Scth Kn\\\\)\\\\vles, went to Maine.\\nSainu m. Miry, d.iu. of .lohn Varnnni, lived in Kaymond.\\nS.irah. m. Edward IJ )l)ie, went to orinth.\\nr Xathaniel, m. Polly, dan. of Sim )n Norton, lived in Maine,\\n[i and on the homestead.\\ni C. llichard, m. Sally, dan. fif John Clay, lived on the homc-\\nstead; mil the survey and plan f r :irri!_ -ai n s map; d. ISUG.\\n7. Elizabeth, m. Tol. IF. T. Eaton, d. isis.\\nN. Hannah, m. IJiehard Jcnness, went to I iermont.\\nLy lia. m. Samuel ratten.\\nin. Xai.I)y, m. John Lane. Esq.. Xov. 21, isil; .he d. 1HG7.\\nCdf. Xiithanli l Enirrsni) lilled many ollici-s, i-ivil ami militarv.\\nHe was an i lVn-er in the militia from 17t i;! to 177. under the Kinir.\\nI and Lt.-Col. under tin. State. Ht^ was in the l)attle of r ennin;r-\\nton, and Lt.-Col. in 177s. He was lleiiresentative 17 J0, 17 Jl\\n17:i1 and 17!is. He d. April isi vhed. Jan.. IM I.\\nL ua i!l. b. 171. d. 17.Vt.\\nII. Ilaimah, b. 174. d. 171 ,t.\\n\\\\ilL Lii I!a, b. 17b;, d. 17ot.\\nJ:il-:aljclh,h. Feb. J;!, 1717, ni. Col. Barnard, of South\\nHampton.\\nX. Ihnnuih, 17.^0, d. 17. 1.\\nSarah Ayer d. Xov. is. 17. )1. S.vMt:r.i, m. (2) Dorothy Sanborn,\\nwiiL of Thomas Dearborn, Xov. I d, 17. )4.\\nXL Jfo.yr.N 1). Xov. 1. 17. m. (1) I.,ydia, dau. of Theojihilus\\nSarj^n-nt. She died, and he ui. (2) Lydia, dau. of Abraham Fitts,\\nChildren\\nCloses, lives in Candia.\\nLydia, m. Kiehard Towle; Avent to Steulx-n Co., Xew York.\\nSusan, m. Sherburne Dearborn.\\n.lonathan, lives in Candia; John and Sarah, went to X. Y.\\nAbraham, b. Sept. 11, ISOO, i,i. Abigail, dau. of John Dolby,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0583.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "518 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nlives on the homestead; had t U O sons g-raduatcd, John D., 1853,\\nand Luther Wilson, 1862. (See Graduates in Candiu.)\\nThomas, m. Sarah Ann Haynes, lives at Manchester; and Dor-\\nothy, Avent to New York.\\nJloses lived on No. G5, 2d P., 2d JD., where his son Abraham\\nnow lives.\\nXII. John, b. Aug. 13, 1757, m. Eliabeth, dan. of Dea. Nathl.\\nFrench, Dec. 25, 1783 lived on the homestead. Children\\n1. Waity Gray, b. Nov. 3, 1781, m. Israel Iluse, 1S07.\\n2. Sarah, b. Sept. 8, 1786, m. Josiah Haselton, 1809, alive 18G9.\\n3. Belsy, b. Feb. l-l, 1789, m. Gen. Daniel Hoit, of Sandwich.\\n4. Sanmel, b. Feb. 4, 1792, grad. at Dartmouth, 181-1, a lawyer\\nin Moultonborough. (See Graduates.)\\n5. Nancy, b. June l-l, 1794, m. Eev. Isaac Jones.\\n6. Susan, b. 1796, d. 1812.\\n7. Clarissa, b. Nov. 13, 1798, m. (1) Edwin Frost, went a mis-\\nsionary to Bombay; m. (2) Henry Woodward, a missionary at\\nCeylon m. (3) AYilliam Todd, a missionary.\\n8. John S.,b. Dec. 28, 1800, grad. Dart. 1826. (See Graduates.)\\n9. Nathaniel F., b. May 11, 1804, m. Clarissa Goodhue, 1831;\\nlived on the homestead, and at Chelsea, Mass.\\nXIII. Nahhe, b. Oct. 13, 1760, m. Benjamin, son of Dea. Jona.\\nHall, and Capt. Isaac Towle, d. April 5, 1844.\\nXIV. Susanna, b. Ai^ril 13, 1762, m. Josiah, son of Peter Dear-\\nborn, went to Weare.\\nXV. Anna, b. Nov. 14, 1763, m. Asa, son of Peter Dearborn;\\nwent to Chelsea, Vt.\\nSamuel d. Sept. 26, 1793; Dorothy d. March 25, 1804; John\\nEmerson d. April 3, 1844; Elizabeth d. July 15, 1852, a. 90.\\nCapt. Amos Emersox m. Susannah, dau. of Capt. Abel IVEorse,\\n1762, lived in difierent places in Chester, and was a Capt. in the\\nRevolutionary army; d. in Candia, 1823. There arc seven chil-\\ndren recorded from 1764 to 1778, of whom nothing is known.\\nE M E R Y.\\nIn 1755 Richard Emery was of Exeter, and Tno:\\\\[AS Emery\\nwas of Plaistow. In 1757 Richard Emery commanded a com-\\npany in the Crown Point expedition. Oct., 1765, Richard Emery\\nand Mary Blunt were m. by the Rev. Mr. Flagg; and he is styled\\nMajor in 1767, in Chester records; but nothing further is\\nknown of him.\\nThomas Emery afterwards lived in Hampstead, and d. at Brad-\\nford, N. 11., and had a son Eliphalet, who settled in Bedford, and\\na duu. who m. a Burroughs, and lived nearly opposite Judge", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0584.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY FITTS. 519\\nC. ilfc, iix Ilainpsteatl. Jonathan, 1). about 1750. learned tlie trade\\nof carpenter of Capt. Edward Pre ;toii. He m. Elizabeth Gliddeu.\\nTil 177-t he bought part of No. 74, 2d P.. id I)., and settled on it,\\nnear No. b school-house in Auburn. Children\\nDolly, unmarried; John. in. Ivebccca, dan. of Peter Aiken, was\\nlost at sea; David, ni. Polly Porter, d. 1809; Betsy, rn. Jacob\\nBurrill I honuis, lived at Sheldon, Vt. Closes, m. Lois Stebbins\\nand d. on the homestead; Ilichard, m. Polly Palmer and lived on\\ntlie Dca. Leach place, near the Pond, where his son Stephen now\\nlives; Jonathan, m. Nancy Eat ni, now alive at Washin tou, t.;\\nSamuel, m. Abigail Noyes, lived at Washington; James, lived in\\nVermont.\\nFIELD.\\nJoiix FiKLi), leather-dresser, bought No. 77, 4th D., 1770. and\\nsettled there. He d. 1791, and the place was sold to Dea. E. II.\\nKelly, in 1792.\\nF I T T S\\nThe American ancestor of (he family of Fitts, or Fit/., was\\nRoBKin who. with his wife, (Jrvck D., was among the original\\nsettlers of Salisbury, Mass. The plantation was begun by ^[r.\\nBradstreet and others in lG.i9. The record of land granted to\\nKobert Fitts is on i)agc 21 of the oarly town records. The list\\ncontains (58 names, among which is Rob. H itts. The name of\\nKob. Fitt, Planter/ as he signed it, appears several times on\\nthe Salisbuiw and Norfolk county records, from 1G40 to 1GG2. He\\nremoved to Ipswich, and was there Jan. 5, 16G3, and d. May 9,\\n16G.J, leaving a wife, Grace, and a son Abraham. His wife d.\\nApril 25, 1G84.\\nAbuaiivm Fitts m. Sakaii Toaisox, ]\\\\Iay IG, 1655, by ye wor-\\nshipfull Symou Bradstreet. She was dan. of Simon Tonison.\\nlie m. (2) wid. Rebecca Birdly, Jan. 7, 1GG8. Abraham P itts d.\\nMarch 27, 1G92, Avill proved April G, 1G92; inventory, \u00c2\u00a3oGG 10s.\\nThey had seven children. The sixth,\\nRichard, b. Feb. 2G, 1G72, m. Sarah Thorne, ]March 18, l(i94-5.\\nJan. IG, 1G91, his father conveyed to hini all of his lands in Salis-\\nbury, including tlie original grant to his grandfather, and the land\\nis yet in the possession of his descendants. Richard Firts d. Dec.\\n3, 1744; she d. March, 177:3, a. 100. They had eight children, the\\nseventh.\\nDANIEL, b. April 30, 1710, m. Ruth Brown, at Salis1)ury. Nov.\\n11, 1734. She was b. 1712, d. June 3, 1788. Daniel d. March 30,\\n179G. He was celebrated as a blacksmith. Children:\\nAbuauam, b. Oct. 24, 173G. He learned the blacksmith trade", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0585.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "520 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nof his fatlici-, and came to Chester in 17-30. He m. Dorothy, dau.\\nof Ensign Henry Hall, May 27, 1700. It is said that he worked\\nawhile near Enoch Colhy s, but he owned 6 acres of land nortli-\\nwest of the brick school-liousc in Clicster, which he sold to Moses\\nUnderliill in 1778. July 2, 170; in consideration of \u00c2\u00a3720, old\\ntenor, Enoch Colby, Jr., sold him 20 acres of the north end of the\\nlot on which he lived (Xo. 89, od D.), with two rods on the west\\nside, to the brook, for watering. He there set up his trade, and\\nby industry became wealthy, and settled his sons on farms. He\\nand his descendants have tilled a large space in the history of Can-\\ndia. He was one of the fourteen original members of the cluirch\\nin Candia, in 1770; was a petitioner for the incorporation of Can-\\ndia, liud held various offices of trust. He was selectman of Ches-\\nter in 170 1. He d. Aug G, 1808 she d. Nov. 8, LSOi. Children\\n1. Lydia, b. March 9, 1701, m. Moses Emerson, 1785, d. 1835.\\n2. Dorothy, b. Oct. 31, 1702, m. Dea. Samuel Cass, and Dca.\\nEben Nay, of Raymond; d. 1830.\\n3. Daniel, b. Jan. 21, 1705, m. Eacliel French, of Salisbury\\nMass., 1790. He lived on No 01, 3d D., d. Sept. 17, 1829. She d!\\nJune 21, 1830. Children:\\nMary, b. 1790, d. unmanied, 1\u00c2\u00bbS18; Salome, m. Moses Buswell;\\nDaniel, b. Dec. 4, 1-794, m. Nancy Hall, of Bradtbrd, and Mrs. Lu-\\ncinda (Johnson) Kiml)all; Josei)h, m. Mahala Buswell; Rachael,\\nm, John Pillsbury Benjamin; Judith Hall; and Abraham.\\n4. Moses, b. Nov. 14, 1707, m. Sarah Ordway, dau. of llev. Ne-\\nhemiali Ordway, d. 1838; she d. 1823. Children:\\nSophia; Sally; Frederick; Moses Hall, grad. Dart., 1831;\\nFranklin, a physician and Alfred.\\n5. lieuben, b. March 8, 1770, m. Anna, dau. of Jethro Hill,\\n1792, lived on Mr. HilFs lot, d. 1838. Children:\\nJohn, b. March 19, 1794, m. Abigail, dau. of John Lane, and\\nwere the parents of Rev. James H. Fitts, the author of the Fitts\\ngenealogy; Joshua, m. Sarah Knowles; Eliza; and Pliebe.\\nC. Sally, b. April 20, 1772, m. Jonathan Carr, d. 1704.\\n7. Samuel, m. Sarah Towlc, 1790, lived on No. 64, d. 1850; she\\nd. 1831. Children:\\nLydia; Sarah, m. Jonathan Brown; Clarissa, m. John Emer-\\nson; and Asa, a teacher of music.\\n8. Elizabeth, b. April 17, 1777, m. Benaiah Fox; d. 1823.\\n9. Abraham, m. Susannah, dau. of John Lane, 1804. He d.\\nOct., 1805; she d. May, 1805, a. 87. Children:\\nJohn L. Isaac N. Dorothy; Hannah G. Sabrina; Jesse R.\\nAbraham; Ruth L. Benaiah; and Susan.\\n10. A^c///n m.. Nancy Dearborn, 1805. Children:\\nChiistopher C; Edward D.; Mary; Isaac; and Sarah.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0586.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY FLAGG. 521\\nNathan Fitts was a sou ol Daniel Fitts, ami was b. at Salis-\\nbury, Mass., D(!c. 1?), IT. il). His tut her put hiui ai)preuticc to liis\\nbrother Abrahaiu, and he canu! to Chester with him. lie ui. Abi-\\ngail, (lau. of ^laj. .lal)ez French, Juuc 17( )S. [fc d. Jan. 27,\\n1781. I he Avid. m. Dea. Xatiianiel Frcneh, and d. ls;!l. In I7G7\\nMr. Filts bought of r euj. Dearborn 11. L. Xos. l .V2 and 22, wlierc\\nlie lived. Childrcu:\\n1. Hannah, b. ^lay 4, 1709, ui. Moses, sou of John Saiiboru,\\n1789, and weut to Coriuth.\\n2. Benjamin,]). S\\\\\\\\\\\\w i 1771, ui. Ilauuah, dau. of John Iloit.\\nChildrcu:\\nSally, m. INIoscs llobie; Betsy, ui. IMattliew Holmes; llaiuiah,\\nd. Oct. 11, 1797.\\nHe ux. (2) Susannah, dau. of Dea. Jolm S. Dearborn, April\\n10,1798. Children:\\nSusau, m. John Tabor; Benjamin, b. 1800, m. Climcna Green;\\nNathan, m. Judith Colby; Charles; Mary, m. Frederick Morse;\\nJohn D.; George W. Hannah H. Lutlici*, m. E. F. Ilaseltine,\\nlives on the homestead; Ann C, d, young.\\nCapt. Benj. Fitts did a large business as a blacksmith, on the\\nhoinestead, as did his son Benjamin. He d. May 20, 1857; she d\\nApril ]si;o.\\n:5. X((iJian, b. Aug. 1774. ui. Hannah, dau. of Joseph Morse,\\nlived on the Jabcz French place; d. 1825. No issue.\\n4. J-Jlizabeth, b. 1778, m. Daniel Tilton.\\nEi HiiAni Fitts, son of Kichard Fitts and Sarah Brown of\\nSouthampton, b. May 10, 1745, m. JilKnla, dau. of Tlios. A\\\\ orthen,\\nof Chester, 17(J5. He came to Chester and learned the trade of\\nblacksmith, of Abraham Fitts, and lived at the head of Cliestcr\\nStreet, nearly opposite the turnpike, southeast of the i)arsonage\\nI oad. Isaac Blasdeil, Jr., and Josiah Underhill, were his appren-\\ntices. He had 10 children. He went back to Southampton, and\\nd. 18U0; she d. Feb. 28, I82(i, a. 82.\\nFor a very copious and well-i)repared genealogy of the Fitts\\nfamily, see h work by Kev. James H. Fitts, of West Boylston,\\nMuss!\\nFLAG G\\nIvKV. Ehenezeu Flagg was the son of Ebenezer, born 1678,\\nwho was the son of Gershom, b. 1G41, Avho was the son of\\nThomas, who in 1C37, at the age of nineteen, came over with\\nEichard Carver from Scratby, Norfolk county, a few miles imrth\\nof Yarmouth, in the huiulred of East Flagg, England, and settled\\nin AYatertown, Mass. CJershom m. Hannah Leflingwell, and\\nthey had ten children, of whom the sixth was Ebenezer, Avho m.\\nElizabeth Carter, and they had eleven children, oue of whom was", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0587.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": ".522 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nRev. Ebcnezcr, b. at Wobuni, Mass., Oct. 18, 1704. ITc gradu-\\nated at Harvard, 1725, and came to Chester in 173G. Rev. IMoses\\nHale, now a resident of Ilaverliill, deeded him two home lots,\\nmarked on the map B and M, being Gov. Wentworth s and\\nthe first settled minister s. The L part of the Bell house was Mr.\\nFlagg s. He was married ta Lucrctia Keys by Rev. Mr. Hooper,\\nof Boston, Nov. 15, 1739. Children:\\nI. Lucretla, b. Jan. 27, 1741, m. Coffin, of Portsmouth.\\nII.. John, b. Feb. 24, 1743, graduated at Harvard 17G1; M. D.,\\n176G; settled in Lynn; d. May 27, 1793.\\nIII. Thomas, b. Oct. 17, 1745, went to Virginia.\\nIV Josiah, b. April 8, 1748, m. Anna, dau. of Col. John Web-\\nster, March 18, 1777; lived on the#homestead; was an officer in\\nthe Revolution; d. April 25, 1799. She d. May 1, 1799. Chil-\\ndren\\n1. Betsy Van Mater, b. Feb. 12, 1778, m. Daniel French, Esq.,\\n1805 d. April 23, 1812.\\n2. Catherine Gardner, b. Jan. 8, 1780, m. Wm. J. Folsom d.\\nSept. 25, 1807.\\n3. Sarah Wingate, b. May 31, 1782, m. Jonathan Bell, and m.\\n(2) Daniel French, Esq.; still (1869) alive in Chester.\\n4. Henry, b. April 9, 1785; still living, 18G9.\\n5. Edmund, b. July 3, 1787, graduated at Dartmouth 1806; d.\\nat Island of St. Croix, Dec. 15, 1815.\\nV. Sarah, b. July 8, 1751, m. Evans; d. July 29, 1831.\\nVI. Itichard, b. April 25, 1754, d. Jan 21, 1762.\\nVII. Ebeuezer, b. March 19, 1757, m. JNIary Emerson, 1781;\\nlived at Salem, and was a brass founder; d. 179G.\\nVIII. Mary, b. July 4, 1759, m. Greenough, brother of Daniel.\\nIX. Catherine Flagg, b. 1762, died in infancy.\\nRev. Ebeu. Flagg d. Nov. 14, 1796. Liicretia d. March 30,\\n1764, a. 41. Mary d. Nov. 10, 1783, a. 62. (See further, notices\\nof Clergymen.)\\nF o L s o :m\\nJOHN FOLSOM, b. at New Market July 7, 1723 Sarah Veasey\\nb. at Stratliam, Nov., 1727; m. Jan., 1748. She d. Sept. 19, 1756.\\nTheir second child, David, b. May 20, 1750, m. Dorothy, dau. of\\nRev. William Johnson, of Newbury, Mass. He was a clerk for\\nGen. Moulton, of Hampton. They had WiUiani J., b. 1774, and\\nJohn, b. March 11, 1776. He had the idea suggested to him of\\ncuttino nails by seeing a tin-worker cut off a piece from the end\\nof an iron lioop with his shears. AVlien John Avas about twelve,\\nwhich would be iu 1788, the family removed to llarrisburg, Penn.,\\nand there Mr. Folsom got up machinery for cutting and heading", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0588.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "%/fi/rb ^otdanxf.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0591.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0592.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY FOLSOM. 523\\nnails, wliicli was very rude. Tlic_y wore cut with shoavs so fixed\\nthat they could be operated by the foot, Avhile the iron was fed in\\nby the hand. They were screwed into a couuuon vise, and receiv-\\ned a l)low witli a hammer to head them. They soon made an im-\\nprovement in headin They had two bars of iron hinj^ed at one\\nend, one fastened to a bench, and the other to vibrate, Avith dies to\\nreceive the nails near the joint. A rope or chain Avas attaclicd to the\\nend of a movable bar and to a treadle, so that Avith the foot^ they\\nAvere draAvn together to hold the nail to be headed. At first they\\nnot only put in every nail Avilh their iingers, but also took them\\nout. The next step Avas to bore a hole through the bench, and let\\nthe nails drop out. This machinery Avas used until after they\\ncame to Chester, and the heading was dojie in the same Avay\\nAvhile it Avas carried on there. I lind charges on Lieut. Under-\\nhill s book, in 1790, to W. J. Folsom, for \u00e2\u0096\u00a0making and mend-\\ning sliears.\\nIn about six months after arriving a( TIarrisburg, David Folsom\\ndied of small-pox. The sons, yonng as they Averc, carried on the\\nbusiness some four years, or until about 179l Avhen, having the\\nfevcr-aud-ague badly, they Avcrc advised to come North. They\\nprocured a horse and cart, and came to New Hampshire. !Mrs.\\nFolsom, after a Avhile, opened a boarding-house at Exeter, and the\\nsons Avent (for Avhat reason I do not knoAv) to Tamworth. The\\nwife of lion. Joseph Blanchard died in 1703. He was senator,.!\\nthink, and the Legislature sat at Exeter, and he boarded at Mrs.\\nFolsom s, and iinally married her in April, 1794.\\nThe Folsoms soon came to Chestei and built a shop near Avherc\\nMrs. Wiley s house uoav is, and Aveut to Avork Avith such machin-\\nery as I have described. After a Avhilc they turned Esquire\\nBlanchard s fulling-null into a nail-tactory, and commenced cut-\\nting by Avaler. WlUiam J. Folsom left the concern, Aveut to\\nChester and Avent into trade. He m. Catherine G., dau. of\\nJosiah Flagg, Esq., and had Henry, Frederic and Catherine, AA ho\\nm. Israel Webster, Jr. Mrs. Folsom d. 1807, and he Aveut back\\nand cut nails for Esquire Blanchard, and d. lSi)9, Dec. 11.\\nJohn Folsom, carried on the nail business until the fall of 1805,\\nwhen he and John Melvin took a contract to build tiftcen miles of\\nthe Londonderry turnpike from Ilooksett bridge, and also the\\nStraits bridge. He the next year bought, and built a hou.-e and\\nopened a tavern on that road, Xo. 98, 2d P., \u00e2\u0080\u00a22d D., and Avas noted\\nas a landlord. He Avas niiich in public business as a selectman,\\nrepresentative, c. From 1802 to 1808, the Republican party pre-\\nvailed, and sent Henry Sweetser representative, and he boasted\\nthat he had been seven years, and could go seven more, but in\\n1809 Mr. Folsom Avas elected. He Avent one or more veurs from", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0593.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "524 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nDeny, after he removed (here, and was the oldest member in the\\nHouse.\\nIn 1820 a Court of Sessions was established for laying out\\nroads, auditing- accounts, c., and John Harvey, Hall Buri;in\\nand [John Folsom were appointed judges. He was a straight-\\nforward, upright man. He m. Meliitabel, dau. of Benj. Mclvin,\\nDec. 2o, 1800. They had no issue. She d. March 23, 1824. He\\nm. (2) Dolly T., dau. of Lieut. Josiah Underbill, who Avas a niocc\\nof his first wife, Dec. 9, 1824. John Folsom d. Aug. 9, 18o0.\\nDorothy T. d; Dec. 5, 1846. Tbcy had eight children, three of\\nwhom graduated. (See Graduates.)\\nI have given a detailed account of the making of nails, as re-\\nlated to me by Mr. Folson^, and corroborated by Richard INIelvin\\nand Mrs. Dinsmore. I suppose it was the first nail-cutting in\\nthe world. Tlie self-heading machines of Odiorne Perkins\\nsuperseded all hand work.\\nF O R S A I T II\\nDea. Matthew Forsaitii was born in Scotland, and went\\nthence to Ireland. He there m. Esther Graham, a daughter of\\nKobert Graham, and came over wilh the Graham family about\\n1730, and at first lived south of the meeting-house, but made a\\nfi.nal settlement on Add. lot No. 91, where his grandson Josiah\\nnow lives. He was an enterprising business man, and his name\\nappears frequently on the town, and Presbyterian records. Chil-\\ndren\\n1. JIatlhcw, Jr., was a i^hysician. and went out in a man-of-\\nwar and died at sea.\\n2. Jonathan, was in the army at Ticonderoga, and d. there July\\n9, 1777.\\n3. David, came home and died May 21, 1778.\\n4. Edher, d. March 29, 1778.\\n5. Robert, b. 174(3, m. Margaret, dau. of Dea. AVilliam Tolford,\\n1767, and lived on the Tolford place, where Mr. ^Merrill Uves, at\\nWalnut Hill. He d. 1810.\\n6. J/((nnah, m. Wilkes West, d. Jan., 1793.\\n7. Dea. WUliayn, went to Deering; d. about 1808. He had a\\nson James.\\n8. Josiah, m. Katy Richardson, dau. of Caleb R., and lived\\nwhere liis father did; d. March 18, 1833. He had several chil-\\ndren, among whom was Josiah, b. Jan. 2.3, 178.3; lived on the old\\nplace; d. Aug. 18, 1868.\\nDi Foiis.viTii s wife was famous as a midwife. She d. July\\n1, 1784. He d. Sept. G, 1791, a. about 90.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0594.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY FREN CII. 0 2o\\nF OSS.\\nIsaac Foss was in Greenland in 172;\u00c2\u00bb, and bonglit ILL. No,\\n37, Avhere Edmund Sleeper now lives, and niiL;lil have settled\\nthere, but he soon went back on to Add. liU, and deeded it to\\nliis son 7\\\\ )iio//nf, in 17.J7; sid)scqucntly owned by Daniel liich-\\nurdson, and Daniel, Jr., now by David Lane. There was au\\nIsaac. Jr., Thomas, and Joseph, of whom nothinj^ is known.\\nJdiix Foss, proljably iVom Cireenland, m. Tabitha, dau. of En-\\nsign Jaeob Sarg-ent, ]\\\\[areh 11, 174.3, and settled on the northwest\\nend of Add. No. 10.3, on the Great IJill, the lot IJufiis Sanborn lives\\non. They had a son Darid, b. Oct. 12, 171-1, m. Anne llichardson,\\n1707, and had 11 children. The second, Hannah, b. Sept. 20,\\n1770, m. Jethro, son of John Sanborn, and was moihcr of John\\nand Ivufus, of Chester.\\nThere Avas one Jonathan L nderhill, b. 1780, named prol)ably\\nfor llczekiah L^nderhill s son who d. in the army. John Foss d.,\\nand administration Avas granted, 17 IG, to the Avidow, Avho charges\\nfor nursing David since Nov. 10, 174:.5. Tabitha ni. llezekiah, son\\nof Sampson L uderhill. She d. May 24, ISOo.\\nF O AV L E R\\nThere Avas a man by the name of FoAvler Avho AA as b. in Wales\\nand gave seven years service for his passage, lie settled in\\nAmesbury and m. there, and had a son Thomas, who ni. a DaA is,\\nand came to Chester about 17()4, and d. 1794. Chihb-eu\\nI. Thomas, Jr., Avas b. in Amesl)ury in 1750, and one brother,\\nand some sistei s. They settled near the east side of No. 89, 2d\\nP. 2d D., probably Avhere Archi. McDiiffee, Sen., settled.\\nII. Jeremiah, the brother, Avas a soldier in the Revoluilon, and\\nd. soon after liis return.\\nIII. Jlebecca, ni. Peter, son of Sanmel Aiken, Sen., d. 179().\\nThomas m.Phebe Colburn in 1781, d. June, 182S. (Jhildreu:\\n1. Thomas, m. a Worthcn, Avent to Ncav Yoi k. 2. Anna, m. Jo-\\nsei)h Worthcn, went to Dorchester, N. H. 3. ITaniiah, m. Win-\\nthrop Rollins, went to Dorchester, N. H. 4. Rebecca, m. Joseph\\nCarlton. 5. Stephen, m. Ann, dau. of Daniel McDufl ce; liA cd\\nllrst on the homestead, AA^ent thence to New York, and theuce to\\nMichigan.\\nFRENCH.\\nT)Kx.rAAiTX Frexcii AA as of KingstoAvn, in 1741, and sold to Da-\\nvid McClure the west half of No^ 17, 2d P. 2d D., and the same\\nA-ear the road Avas laid out through his laud.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0595.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "528. HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nMarch 10, 1748, the road to the Branch was laid out, Beg-iu-\\niiing- at Jadez Fkexcii s N. E. corner. Jahez was probahlj the\\nson of Benjamm, and settled where Dr. Samuel Brown once lived,\\nnorthwest of Charles Stevens saw-mill. May 10, 17ol, Joseph\\nBasford and wife, and Moses Richardson and wife, deeded to Ja-\\nboz French 11. L. Nos. 2 and 140, on whicli he lived, and gave it\\nto liis grandson, IS atlian Fitts, Jr. lie m. Hannah, the dau. of\\nBenjamin Hills, Sen., Jan. 5, 1743. He was a major. He d. Oct.\\n!i, 1806. His wife d. Oct. 5, 1800, and they were both buried in\\none grave. Children:\\n1. Ilminah, b. Xov. 10, 1744.\\n2. Abigail, b. Sept. 4, 1740, m. Natlian Fitts, and Dea. Nathl.\\nFrench of Sandown; d. June 18, 1831.\\n3. Bath, b. May 20, 1753, m. Josiah Hall; d. Nov. 25, 183G.\\nZepiiaxiaii French ni. Mary Greeley, 1746. He d. June 24,\\n1763. He settled on Add. No. 117, where his descendants have\\nlived. Besides children who d. young, they liad\\nI. Benjamin, b. 1751.\\nII. Sarah, b. 1759, who was a deaf mute.\\nHI. 3Iari/, b. 1761. who was tamous as a fortune-teller.\\nIV. ZepJtaniah, b. 1763, a deaf mute, who was burnt to death\\nin a coal camp, 1788.\\nBenjamin Frencli m. Esther Currier, and had. 1. Jonathan; 2.\\nBenjamin; and 3. Nathaniel. He d. 17 J7. The widow m. Sher-\\nburne Dearboi^n,.\\nli\\nSimon French came to Chester from Salisbury, Mass. Joseph\\nFrench sold to Simon French 25 acres, which he bought of Samuel\\nMcPhersou, Add. Nos. 8 and 9. Benjamin Porter sold to Simon\\nFrench, for 133 Spanish dollars, one half of No. 51, 2d P. 2d D.,\\non which he settled, in Candia, in 1765. He m. a dau. of John\\nShackfoi d, Sen., of Chester. She was a feeble woman, and was\\nmostly confined to her bed for nine years, and they endured severe\\nhardships. At one time he went to Trickling Falls, East Kings-\\nton, a distance of twenty miles, and bought a bushel of corn\\nand brought it home on his back. It is said that he and Daniel\\nDolby once went to Plymouth and bought corn and brought it\\nhome on horseback, lie d. Aug. 3, 1823; time of her death not\\nknown. Children:\\nI. Buth. m. Samuel Colby, of Candia, settled at Derby, Vt.,\\nand had Nehemiah, a merchant, and Moses, a physician.\\nII. Dolly, m. Andrew IJankin, settled at Littleton. They were\\nthe parenis of Eev. Andrew liankin, a minister who was settled\\nin Salisbury, N. H., and d. at Danbury.\\nIII. John, b. March 25, 1770, m. Comfort, dau. of Dr. Coffin", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0596.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY FRENCH. 527\\nMooi-c, Dec. 20, 179:3; slie b. Jan. 21-, 1770. He d. Dec. 24, 184.5;\\nshed. Dec. 1, IS. Lived on (he hmuestead. Cliildrcu:\\n1. ISIai-tluu b. Oct. 22. 17 J1.\\n2. Simon, b. Feb. 2, 17 J(J, m. Aim B. Evans, lives on the home-\\nstead.\\no. Coffin M.. b. April G, 17 J9, m. Dolly Pillsl)ury. and lives on\\nthe Zebedee lieriy place, near the homestead. They have a son\\nSamuel Franklin, b. Dec. 22, IB.). grad. at Dart. 18G0, Andover\\nTlieo. Scm.. 180.3; settled at TLaniilton, Mass. Also Gcoryo II.\\nFrencli, b. July 27, 18;i8, orad. at Dart. 18G2, entered Andover\\nTheo. Sem. 18G5. (Sec Graduates in Candia.)\\n4. Lucinda, b. 1803, m. Frederick Fitts.\\n0. Eveline, b. 1805, m. Samuel Murray, d. 1848. Simon Frencli\\nSon., m. (2) Comfort AVccks, wid. of Dr. Coffin Moore. She d-\\nNov. 1, 1814.\\nHon. Damkl French v/as the son of Gould and Dorothy\\nFrench, b. at Epping, Feb. 22, 17G9. lie was a student at Exeter\\nunder Dr. Abbot, two years, and also was under the tuition of\\nllev. Iiobert Gray, of Dover, some time. He studied law Avith\\nHon. AVllliam K. Atkinson, of Dover, and was admitted to the\\nbar in 17iiO. He practiced law at Deertield Parade two yeai s, and\\ncame to Cliester, and succeeded Hon. Arthur Livermore, wlio was\\nappointed Judg-c of the Superior Coui t, Dec, 1799. He was ap-\\npointed Solicitor, June, 1808; wa^ admitted to practice in the\\nUnited States Court in 1809; was appointed Attorney-General\\nFeb., 1812, and resigned in 1815; continued to practice, attending-\\nall the terms of the courts till within a few years of his death,\\nOct. 15, 1840. He was apjiointed Postmaster, April, 1807, and\\nheld the office until 1839, when he resigned, and his son, Henry\\nF., succeeded him. Loanuni Davidson, Edmund Flagg, Abner\\nEmerson, Stephen Crooker, .hibez Crooker, B. B. French, Eben\\nFrench and Henry F. French, were students at law in liis office.\\nBesides his profession he was quite a farmer.\\nGould French d. May 12, 1823, a. 83; Dorothy d. Dec. 12, 1804.\\nDaxikl French ni. Mercy, dan. of Benj. Brown, Sept. 15, 1799.\\nChildren:\\n1. Bcnyimhi B., b. Sept. 4, 1800.\\nMercy d. March 8, 1802. He ni. (2) Betsey V. M. Flagg, dau. of\\nJosiah Flagg, Esq., June 30, 1805. Children\\n2. Arthur Livermore, b. May 28, 180G, d. April 25, 1825, an un-\\ndergraduate at Dartmouth.\\n3. Ann Caroline, b. Feb. 3, 1808, m. Hon. Simon Brown, lives\\nat Concord, Mass.\\n4. Catharine J., b. Jan. 12, 1810. m. Dr. P. P. Wells, Brooklvn,\\nX. y.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0597.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "528 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\n5. S lrah. h. Aug. o, 1811, m. Dr. S. L. Chase, Lockport, N. Y.\\nHe in. Sarah W. Flagg, dan. of Josiah Flagg, Esq., and wid-\\now of Jonathan Bell, Nov. 6, 1812. Cliildren\\nG. Ilenr)/ F., b. Aug. 14, 18l;j.\\n7. Ihirriette V. M., d. March 9, 1841.\\n8 Elizaheth Jane, d. July 4, 1848.\\n9. Edmund Fl(i j j, b. July 17, 1819, m. Margaret Brady, lives\\nat Washington City.\\n10. Arlanna,vi\\\\. Charles E. Soule, Brooklyn, N. Y. d. May\\n14, 1865.\\n11. Helen Augusta.\\nBenjamin B., son of Daniel French, besides being aii attendant\\nat tlie public schools of Chester, was a student at the academy at\\nNorth Yarmouth, Me. studied law in liis father s office, and was\\nadmitted to the bar Feb., 182.5. Dartmouth conferred the honor-\\nary degree of A. M. on him in 1852. lie practiced law at Hook-\\nsett and Sutton, N. H., and was appointed Clerk of the Couris,\\nand went to Newport in 1827 was Assistant Clerk of the Senate\\nin 1830, and Representative in 1831, 32 and 33; and was propri-\\netor and editor of the N. H. Spectator. lie was an Assistant\\nClerk of the U. S. House of Representatives, 1833; and Clerk of\\nthe House in 1845. He was President of the Magnetic Telegraph\\nCompany, and Commissioner of Public Buildings. He was\\nelected to the thirty-third degree in Masonry, and was Grand\\nMaster of the District of Columbia. .He m. Elizabeth S., dan. of\\nHon. Wm. M. Richardson, and had two children. She d. May,\\n1861 m. (2) Mary Ellen Brady.\\nHenry F. French was educated at the Pinkertou Academy at\\nDerry, and at Pembroke, and at Hingham Mass., where he went\\nto study French. He studied law in his father s office, and at the\\nlaw school at Cambridge, Mass., and was admitted to the bar\\nAug. 14, 1835. He practiced law with his father till his death;\\nwas at Portsmouth one year, then removed to Exeter, and held-\\nthe office of Solicitor icii years from 1838 and that of Bank Com-\\nmissioner four years from 1848 and practiced law in Exeter until\\nappointed a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Aug. 15, 1855,\\nwhich office he held till Aug. 1, 1859. He opened an office in\\nSostou in Sept., 1859, and removed his family to Cambridge in\\n1860; was appointed Assistant District Attorney for Suftblk\\ncounty, Nov. 19, 1862, and held the offi(;e (at the same time prac-\\nticing law) until June, 1865, when he was elected the first Presi-\\ndent of the Mass. Agricultural College. He removed to Amherst,\\nwhere the college was established, Sept., 1865, having resigned\\nliis office in Boston. Being unable to organize the college accord-\\ning to his ideas of what such an institution should be, he resigned", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0598.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY FULLONTON. 529\\nhis position tlierc Oct. 17, ISGG. and rosumed his profession in\\nBoston in tlie spring of 1807. ]Ie pm-chased a farm in Concord,\\nMass.. on which he still resides, still practicing his profession in\\nBoston. Dartmouth conferred the honorary degree of Master of\\nArts 111)011 him in 1852; and he was elected an honorary member of\\nthe Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge, July, 18G1. He has\\nalways taken a deep interest in agriculture, ^was active in orna-\\nmenting his native town with trees. He set the elm trees in front\\nof his father s office and nearly opposite the dwelling, about the\\nyear 1829. He was also a leader in setting other trees on Chester\\nstreet. After removing to Exeter he was active in ornamenting\\nthat ancient town with trees. He Avas President of the Kocking-\\nham Agricultural Society, from its organization, in 1852, till he\\nleft the State. He was long a regular contributor to several agri-\\ncultural papers, and published a very full treatise upon farm\\ndraining soon after his agricultural tour in Europe in 1857.\\nHe in. (1) Anne, dan. of Chief Justice Richardson, Oct. 9, 1838.\\nShe d. Aug. 29, 1856. Children: Ilarriette Van Mater, m. Maj.\\nA. HoUis, Concord, X. II.; ^Vm. M. Riohardson Sarah P lagg;\\nand Daniel Chester. He m. (2) Pamela M. Prentice, of Keene.\\nFULLONTON.\\nJOHN FULLONTON came from England and settled in Ep-\\npiiig, and had\\nI. James, who lived in Raymond, and had his house burnt, and\\nwent to Sanbornton.\\nII. William, went to Wolfeborough.\\nlU. John, who is called Captain, settled iu Raymond on lot\\nNo. 3;. in. (1) Delia Locke. Children:\\n1. Ezekiel, went to Cambridge, Vt.\\n2. Mari/, m. Eliphalet Folsom, of Raymond.\\n3. Joseph.\\n4. John, killed in the army.\\n5. Francis, went west.\\nJOHX m. (2) Molly Cram, of Hampton. Children:\\n6. JJphraim, m. (1) Margaret, dan. of Thomas Patten, and (2)\\nMiss Foster, of Cambridge, Vt.\\n7. Anna, m. Eben Osgood, of Loudon, d. 1848.\\nJoiix m. (3) Rachael French. Children:\\n8. Ebenezer, m. Lydia Purrington.\\n9. Jlachael, m. David Page, of Raymond, d. 1834.\\n10. Jeremiah, m. Hannah, dau. of Joseph Dudley. Children:\\n1. Susannah, d. 1831.\\n2. Rev. Joseph, b. Jan. 31, 1808, is a minister; preached at Ac-\\nton, Me., Danville, N. H., and Raymond; lives on the Daniel Ro-\\n34", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0599.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "530 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nbie place, and is the liistoriaii of Kaymond. He m. Abigail D.\\nRobinson, of North Hampton.\\n3. Jeremiah, lived on the homestead.\\n4. John, grad. at Dart, in 1840. (See Graduates of Raymond.)\\nFULTON.\\nThere were two men of that name at the Long Meadows.\\nRobert Fulton bought of Benjamin Crosett part of Nos. 87\\nand 93, 2d P. 2d D., and half the saw-mill, iu 1768.\\nJames Fulton lived on No. 85, 2d P. 2d D., where Matthew\\nDickey lately lived. His wife was Margaret. Children\\nJean, b. April 18, 1745, m. Robert Leathhead, and went to Me.\\n3Iargaret, b. Dec. 22, 1749, m. Arthur, sou of David Diusmore,\\nwent to Anson, Maine.\\nGAGE.\\nJohn Gage lived on home lot No. 13, probably near where Dea.\\nJohn Lane now lives. He bought two and one half rods of the\\nten-rod way iu 17G7.\\nSamuel N. Gage lived on Add. No. 27, where John Dickey\\nformerly lived, and Jacob Couch lived; d. suddenly, 1800.\\nG A ISI B E L\\nWilliam Gambel or Gamble came from Londonderry, Ire-\\nhiiid, at the age of fourteen, with the McClentos and Starret.\\nHe lived awhile at Londonderry, and married a widow Clark\\nthere. Previous to 1748, he bought lots No. 10 and 11, 4th D.,\\nand a corner of No. 12, on which he built, where Samuel Gamble\\nnow lives. He was a petitioner for soldiers iu 1748. His will is\\ndated Nov. 25, 1785, at which time he died of colic, a. 77. Chil-\\ndren\\nI. Janet, m. Alexander, son of William McClento, Feb. 22,\\ni7r,o.\\nIL Jfarr/aret, m. a Love.\\nHe m. (2) Ann, dau. of Archibald Stark. She was burnt to\\ndeath by the burning of the house, Jan. 28, 1805.\\nIIL William.\\nIV. Archibald, m. (1) Margaret, dau. of Nathl. Bold, who d.\\nin childl)cd; in. (2) Elizabeth, dau. of John Patten. He lived\\non the homestead. He d. 1844, a. 82. She d. 1834. They had\\nseveral children, of whom Samuel sui vives on the homestead.\\nG A U L T\\nSAMUEL GAULT was l)orn in Scotland; m. Elsie Carlton,\\nof AVales, and had three children born in Scotland. He moved to", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0600.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY GILCHRIST. 531\\nLoiicloiulony, Ireland, and liad two cliildrcMi born there. TTe\\ncame to tliis country, and settled on the farm now owned by his\\no-reat y-randsoii, ^Matthew Gault, near the upper end of Chester,\\nnow Ilooksett, on the Suncook g rant. Cliildren\\nI. Patrick, m. Anna Thompson, and had live children. He d.\\naged 70.\\nir. Samuel, m. Ann Cochran; settled in Bradfoi-d, Vt., and had\\nnine children.\\nIII. Andrew, m. Molly Ayer, of Londonderry, and settled in\\nPembroke, and had three sons and four dauglifers:\\n1. SumacL 2. Matthcir. :5. Andrew. 4. Elsie, b. IToNi/. G.\\nJenni/. 7. Jietsi/. lie d. in I enibroke, a. 83.\\nIV. Mattiieav, m. Betsy Marsh, and was an ofScer in the\\nFrench war, and d. at Cape Breton, a. 35. He made a Mill\\nMarch 19, 1750, probably before leaving home, which was proved\\nAugust, 1751), in which he gave all his property to his Avife.\\nV. Jenny, ;m. Robert Clark, of Merrimack. They were both\\ndrowned aboiit a year after their mai-riagc.\\n1. Samuel, sou of Andrew, m. Anna Gile, and settled in Bow.\\n2. Matthew, b. 1755, m. Elizabeth Buntou; lived on the old\\nGault farm, and had twelve children, nine of whom lived to be\\nmarried, among Avhom,\\n2. Polly, m. John Brown, of Chester. She is now of Milton,\\nVermont.\\n8. Matthew, m. Dollie D. Cochran, and lives on the old (Jault\\nfarm. They liave communicated the Brown and Gault fiimilies.\\nMatthew d. Oct., 1824, a. 69. His wife d. 1818, a. 56. The old\\nGault house was a garrison.\\nGILCHRIST in the early deeds KILCHRIST and GILCREAS.\\nThere were two men of that name who settled in Chester, axid\\nwere brothers, ROIiERT and WILLI AlVf. Their ancestors ane\\nsaid to have lived near Ayrshire, in Scotland, and emigrated to\\nthe neighborhood of Londonderry, in Ireland.\\nROBERT GILCHRIST, of Chester, bought of Joshua Brown\\nH. L. IN o. 10, Dec, 1732, on Avhich he settled; since occupied by\\nJoseph Carr, Robert Graliam, now by Josiah J. Hall. Children\\nI. John, b. 1731. He was a house carpenter, and went to Hal-\\nifax to work. It is said that in consequejice of an ugly dream\\nwliich alarmed him, he left in the first vessel bound to Boston.\\nThere he came in contact with the small-pox; came home, had\\nthe disease, aiul died in 1746. The neighbors were afraid to go\\nnear the house, but somehow learned that lie was dead, and pro-\\ncured a rough board coffin, and left it on a high snow-drift. The", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0601.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "532 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nmother and Alexander, aged about fifteen, with the younger chil-\\ndren, managed to dig a grave back some distance from the house,\\nand bury him at eleven o clock at night, drawing liim on a sled\\nwith a pair of steers.\\nII. Alexander, b. Oct. 28, m. Martha, dau. of John Shirley.\\nIII. William, b. Jan. 8, 173(J, was never married; lived awhile\\non lot No. 99, 2d P., 2d D., where Isaac Towle, Jr., afterwards\\nlived, and subsequently near Mr. Parker s meeting-house. Deny,\\nhis sister Elizabeth keeping house, and after her death a niece,\\ntill about 1811; then went to Gotfstown and lived with Alex-\\nander; d. of spotted fever about 1815.\\nIV. Agnes, b. May 28, 1738, m. John Kelso.\\nV. Elizaheth, b. Aug. 8, 1740, unmarried, lived with William.\\nVI. Robert, b. Oct. 8, 17-13, settled in Goffstown, and is said\\nto have died in the old war.\\nROBERT S will v/as proved Sept. 24, 1746; legatees,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 his wife\\nAgnes, who d. Sept., 1758 sons John, Wllliam, Alexander and\\nRobert, two home lots, 10 and 43; dau. Agnes and Elizabeth;\\nbrother AVILLIAM, executor. The place was sold to John Carr,\\nand Alexander went to GofFstown about 1763, and bought a\\nfarm of one of the Millers, near Bedford line. He u^sed to say\\nthat he attended school but two days, but acquired such an educa-\\ntion tliat he surveyed land and wrote many deeds. Children:\\n1. Mary, b. 1763; unm.; resided with her parents.\\n2. Samuel, b. Jan. 12, 17G4, m. Sarah, dau. of John Aiken, of\\nBedford, 1791 lived in Bedford and Goffstown West Village, and\\nd. 1822. They had sixteen children, three of whom, John, James\\nand Matthew, were physicians, and settled in Candia, and several\\nf the others settled there.\\nJohn,h. May 8, 1765, m. Sarah Aiken, Aug. 24, 1790; d.\\n8, 1855, a. 90. They had ten children. The eighth, Alex-\\nJuly 6, 1808, is a cabinet-maker at Candia Village.\\nb. June 12, 1768, m. William Riddle, of Bedford,\\n9; had eight children, two of whom, Polly and\\nP. B. AVoodbury, of Bedford.\\n4. Janet\\nunt*\\n1791- d 18.\\n_ 772, m. jNIargaret ]Moore; settled in Dunbar-\\nMartha, m. Dr. w- i -i i\\nThev had live children.\\n5. James, a. yo. rr i i t i t- i\\n1 m. Hannah, dau. of Robert Ivennedy,\\nG. Alexander, h. no -.o,- m,\\nhomestead; d. Nov. 28, 184 I hey\\nton; d. July 2b, 1844.\\n7. David, b. Dec, 177. -\u00c2\u00bbr y j. i.\\n-,r.,^r i.i J dia Morrison; is a merchant at\\nDec. 31, 1805; settled on tL. -r t -r,\\n^8, m. LA dia Russel, was a\\nhad eight children:-\\nDavid, b. Aug. 24, 1813, m. L, z^., w\\n1 1 01 Alexander Gilctirist,\\nFranklin, N. H. Robert, b. 18.\\ncrockei-y and glass dealer at Manches,\\nThere were among the grandcUildre.\\nSept.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0602.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY GOODHUE. 533.\\nwho are wklcly scattered, quite a number of prominent ])cr?ous,\\na very copious account of whom lias been ,nvon by David Gil-\\nchrist of Franklin; but my limits do not i)crniit giving the\\ndetails.\\nWILLIAM GILCTIRIST. who Avas a brother of Kobert, Sen.,\\nwas of Andover, ]\\\\larch, 1740. and bought of Alexander Craige\\nfifty acres of the northwest end of Gov. Wcntworth s farm of\\n250 acres, where James Crosett and David Graham afterwards\\nlived, but whether he ever lived there is uncertain.\\nThomas Glen, in March, 1743, in consideration of \u00c2\u00a310 and aflec-\\ntion, conveyed to Elizabeth Miller (his sister, and had been m. to\\nRobert MUler), ILL. Xos. 21, 125 and 22. Dec. 31, 1744, Jane\\nGlen, widow, quitclaimed to William Kilchrist all her right in\\nher husband Thomas s estate;\\nWilliam Gilchrist m. Wid. Elizabeth Miller, and they lived\\non the (Jlen place, and had three daughters:\\nMolly, m. Joseph Linn, d. 1822.\\nSarah, m. Joseph, son of John Carr, Jr., and Robert raham.\\nElizabeth, m. Mark Carr and Abraham Silver, d. Aug. 15,\\n1834, a. 86.\\nWilliam Gilchrist d. Aug. 5, 1795. The farm was.sold to Moses\\nSanborn, and he sold to his father, John Sanborn, and Avent to\\nCorinth. John made an heir of his grandson, John Sanborn,\\nwho now resides there.\\nGLEX, GLINN, GLYN.\\nThe family probably came from Ireland to Boston between 1720\\nand 172.S. A dan. Martha m. David McClure there, about 1730.\\nThe father probably d. there the mother d. in Chester, March 19,\\n175G, a. 88.\\nThomas Glex, b. about 1700, bought II. L. 129 (afterwards\\nOAvned by Peter Dearborn) in 1729. He was constable in 1733,\\nHe OAVned H. L. 21, 125 and 22, Avhere he lived, and gave to Eliz-\\nabeth Miller before his death. He m. Jeau Wilson. He. d. March\\n18, 1744, a. 44. The AAad. m. Rev. John Wilson, and d- April 1,\\n1752, a. 36.\\nEUzaheth Glen m, (1) Robert Miller; (2) William Gilchrist.\\nGOODHUE.\\nJoHXATHAX Goodhue aa^is of Chester, and bought land in 1727;\\nwas constable in 1728; m. Elizabeth I^owel, April 28, 1720. Chil-\\ndren: Elizabeth, b. March 16, 1729, m. Joseph Basford; ]\\\\Iary\\nb. May 2, 1730, ra. Moses Richardson d. Oct. 13, 1809. He set-\\ntled on II. L. 142. He Avas killed by the fall of a tree, and is said\\nto have been the last person buried at Three Camp Meadow. Tho", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0603.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "534\\nHISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nvrhl. m. Nathl. Wood, and slie had the estate appraised, and took\\nthe oatli by the name of Ehzaheth Wood, June, 1731. The pUxce\\nhas been occupied by N. Woods, Jabcz Iloit, and by Stephen Clay.\\nGLIDDEN.\\nNatiil. Gliddex was from Exeter; was brother of Moses (the\\nhatter) UnderhilTs wife was a cabinet maker, and lived directly\\nbelow the burying-g-round at Chester; m. Phebe Butterlicld, dau.\\nof Samuel Robie s second wife. His son, John L., b. 1782, m.\\nMary Simonds, wid. of Nathan Webster, Jr. Nathl. d. 18 U.\\nJohn L. d. 18o8. Mary d. Dec, 1863, a 83.\\nGORDON.\\nRobert Gordon lived on II. L. No. 3G, on the homestead of\\nJohn Calfe. Mr. Calfe reserved his lot Avhen he sold iu 1745.\\nDavid White m. a dau., and the mother lived witli them. She\\nwas famous for the manufacture of fine linen, and was probably\\na midwife, as she bore the aiipellation of Granny Gordon. She\\nd. about 1795, a. over 90.\\nThere was another Robert Gordox, who lived above Head s\\ntavern, in IIo(Tlvsett, at a later day.\\nG R A II A M\\nROBERT GRAHAM was born in Ireland, and m. Janet Hume,\\nand had a family of children born there. The precise time of\\ncoming over is not known. In 1733 he purchased H. L. No. 128,\\nwhere he settled, since occupied by Drs. Benj. and Rufus Kit-\\ntridge, and now by Benj. Davis. In 1747 he deeded the north-\\nwest half to his son AVilliam, who soon died without issue. He\\nsigned the Presbyterian protest, Nov., 1735 he and his son Rob-\\nert that of June, 1736. His will was proved Dec, 1748, when it\\nis said he was 80 years old. The cliildren, according to the will,\\nand ^he division of William s estate, were: Robert, m. Jane\\nKarr, of Londonderry A ;nes, m. Andrew Craige; Jean, m.\\nWilliam White, Sen.; Esther, m. Matthew Forsaith; Mary, m.\\nWilliam Crawford; and Ann, unmarried; and his wife, Janet,\\nwas then alive. He was a blacksmith.\\nRobert lived on Add. No. 16, on the aast side of the Derry\\nroad, d. May, 1790. Children\\n1. James, m. Molly, dau. qf John Carr, settled on Add. lot No.\\n22, near Stephen Morse moved to the south part of Dcering.\\nShe d., and he m. (2) a dau. of William Graham, Sen. None of\\nhis descendants remain at Deering.\\n2. John, d. unmarried, in Chestbr, in 1793.\\n3. Itohert, m. Sarah Gilchrist, wid. of Josejih Carr, and lived", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0604.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY GREENOUGII. OdO\\non II. L. No. 10, the Robert Gilchrist place, where Josiah I. Hall\\nnow liv^es. Children: Xaucy, ni. Jesse Mills; Sally, m. Robert\\nMills; Polly, m. John Shirley; and Jane, ni. Jesse Christie.\\n4. fni/iam, m. Mary Karr, of Londonderry, 1709, lived on the\\nhomestead, and Avent to Gollstown.\\nWilliam Gr.vham came from Ireland, it is said, willi Rev. Mr.\\nWilson; was a brother, or some relation, of Robert. Jle m. Mar-\\ngaret, dan. of Jolui Aiken, Sen., and in 1745 bong-ht Aiken s grist-\\nmill and a tract of land. In 1750 he bonght No. 70, 2d I 2d D.,\\nand settled on it. lie was a linen w^eaver, and after liis children\\nAvere grown they raised llax, dressed and spun it, and he wove it,\\nand they did a thriving business, so that he settled liis sons on\\nfarms. He d. April 21, 1789, a. 7;L Children:\\nI. John, m. Elizabeth Anderson, and lived at first on (tov.\\nWenlworth s farm, the Alex. Craige place, and then on the home-\\nstead d. April 17, 1S19, a. 75. Children:\\nI. William, m. Sarah, dan. of Benj. Hall, and Margaret, dau.\\nof Dea. David Currier; lived on the homestead; d. Aug., 18G1, a.\\n85. 2. Samuel, in. Catharine J., dau. of Lt. Josiah Underhill\\nlived on No. C9, d. 1808. 3. JNEartha, m. David Hall, d. 18G1, a.\\n83. 4. Elizabeth, m. Jesse J. Underhill. 5. Jane, m. John Hall,\\nwent to Vt.\\nII. James, m. a Carr, had, 1. Margaret, m. James IMcMurphy\\nm. (2) Jane McMurpliy. Children: 2. Elizabeth, m. Thomas\\nAnderson, d. 1854, a. 70. 3. Alexander, went to Lebanon. 4.\\nJohn, lived in Chester and Atkinson. 5. Mary, d. 185(), a 7G. 6.\\nSarah, m. David Porter, d. 1851, a. G7. James d. April 14, 1785.\\nThe wid. m. Samuel Crombie.\\nIII. David, m. Mary Kennedy, granddaughter of David Dins-\\nmore s wife: settled on the northwest end of Gov. Wentworth s\\n250 acres, since occupied by Remic, Jesse Patten, and Albert\\nPratt; liad: Mary; Jane; Elizabeth, m. John AYharf, 1807;\\nCatharine, m. Robert Wason. David d. June 5, 1790. The wid.\\nm. William Crombie, went to Maine.\\nWilliam, Sen., had six daughters. One, m. James Graham,\\nson of Robert, went to Deering; one, m. Benjamin Crosett, w ent\\nto the Mohaj^^k country; Sarah, m. John McMurphy, of London-\\nderry; Jane, m. James, son of John Waddel, of Londonderry, d.\\n1803; MiU-garet, m. Samuel Shirley, d. 1793; Martha, in. Samuel,\\nsou of James Aiken, d. 1850, a. 8G.\\nGREENOUGII.\\nDaxiel Greexougii was a hatter; m, Huldah Smith, wid. of\\nJohn Barley, 1783. Children: David, d. in the E ist Indies;\\nHannah; Smith, b. 178i, m. Sally, dau. of Moses Underhill, d.\\nFeb. 19, 1819; Mary; AVllliam; Sally, b. 1805.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0605.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "536 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nGRIFFIN.\\nThe Griffius were of Kensington. Tlie first who settled in Ches-\\nter, Philip (I tliink) settled at the back part of Chase s plain,\\nnear the southeast corner of No. 39, 2d P., 2d D., and some of\\nthe family were buried there. Jacob settled on No. 3G, 2d P., 2d\\nD., a little below where the road from Auburn crosses the road to\\nCandia. The cellar is yet open in French s pasture. Philip set-\\ntled on the gore between the O. II. and 2d P., 2d D., where John\\nB. Hand lived. lie had a son John, whose family was for a long\\nperiod a heavy expense to the town. Obadiah settled on No. 120,\\n0. H.\\nRichard Griffin was the son of Isaac Griffin, of Kensington.\\nHe ra. Sally Batclielder, of Ilawke, and lived in Sandown and\\nWeare, and was a soldier in the Revolution.\\nNathan, b. Oct. 3, 1788, in Weare, and came to Chester April\\n1, 1810. He purchased a part of Calfe s amendment, and settled\\nwhere Robert Calfe lived, near the old fulling-mill privilege. He\\nm. Sally Evans, Jan. 23, 1820, who was b, at Springfield, N. H.,\\nMarch 18, 1795. He d. June 23, 186G. Children:\\nPage S.; Geoi ge G., who lives on the homestead and owns the\\nBlanchard mills; French B. and Sebastian S.\\nII xV L L\\nDea. Richard Hall settled in Bradford, Mass, as early as\\n1G73. His wife was Martha. He had six children, among whom\\nwere: JOHN, b. March 22, 1G73, m. Mary Kimball, and lived in\\nMethuen, and d. Nov. 12, 17G3; JOSEPH, b. Feb. 19, 1G80, and\\nlived in Bradford.\\nJOHN HALL had ten children, among whom was Henry, b.\\nNov. 23, 1712, m. Joanna and settled at Hall s Village, in\\nChester, on II. L. No. 5G, and had:\\nI. Jfary, b. Nov. 14, 1735, m. Tliomas Chase, and went to\\nSalisbury, N. H.\\nII. Dorothy, b. May 7, 1737, m. Abraham Fitts, and lived in\\nCandia.\\nIII. Caleb, h. Nov. 1, 1738, m. Mary Bradley; made a settle-\\nment in 17G3, on the road leading by Pike Chase s in Auburn,\\nabout sixty rods from the main road, and afterwards on the hill\\nwhere Henry Dockham now lives, No. 73, 2d P., 2d D. He d. Feb.\\n15,1835. She d. April G, 1822, a. 77. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1. Lydia, m. Joseph Brown, d. Dec. 15, 1790.\\n2. Molly, b. June, 17G(;, m. B. P. Chase; d. Dec. 18, 1790.\\n3. Anna,\\n4. Judith, d, uuinarricd.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0606.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0607.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "c^.*^i^,\\nCfC 5\\n-e.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0608.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "cXi^/y 7", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0611.jp2"}, "591": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0612.jp2"}, "592": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY HALL. 537\\n5. David, b. Aug. 7, 1774, in. Mai tha Graham, dau. of Deacon\\nJohn Graham. lie d. 1842; she d. May 1, 1\u00c2\u00abG1.\\n6. Moses, b. June 7, 1782, m.Mary Orr; lived on the William\\nCraiye place d. 1856.\\n7. Elijah, h. July 22, 1784, m. Lydla Smith, 1809; d. 1855.\\n8. Isaac, b. Sept. 20, 1788, m. Lucy Palmer; m. (2) Anna\\nWason, widoAV of Jesse Witherspoon. He. d. Oct. 10, isds.\\nIt is related that when living in the old house, as Mrs. Hall sat\\nrocking the cradle, a bear came in af one door, and passing\\nthrough the room, went out at another. It is also related by\\nIsaac Hall, that while his father was in the army, in 1775, his\\nmother tended the grist-mill enough to bread her family of live\\nchildren and purchase a case of drawers, which he owned.\\nIV. Ilenry, b. INIay 30, 1740, ni. a Bradley and settled in Candia\\nremoved to llumney.\\nV. Joanna, b. May 17, 1742.\\nVI. Ohededom, b. Dec. 1, 1744, m. Mary lumball of Hamp-\\nstead, Dec. 27, 1764; settled on No. 19, 3d D., in Candia, about\\nthat time, and was the first settler in the northwesterly part of\\nthe town. It is related of his wife, that once when her husband\\nAvas sick or lame, she threshed a grist of rye and cauglit and sad-\\ndled the horse, and rode upon his back to Trickling Falls, East\\nKingston, about twenty-tive miles, to mill. They had twelve\\nchildren. He d. Sept. 8, 1805. She d. Dec. 25, 1799.\\nVII. Judith, b. Oct. 4, 1746.\\nVIII. Peter, b. June 9, 1751, m. Lois Atwood; lived with his\\nfather, and liad ten children, of Avliom Henry and Closes still sur-\\nvive, living at Hall s Village, in Chester. Children:\\nDavid, d. young. Anna, b. 1778. m. Joseph Currier: d. 1865.\\nPeter, b. 1780, m. Sally Burpee; lived in Candia; d. 1S(;2. John,\\nb. June 16, 1782, m. Hannah, dau. of Xathl. Ingalls; d. 1860; she\\nd. 1868. Joseph, d. young. Josei)h, b. 1786, m. Mary, dau. of\\nCol. Moses Dustin, and m. (2) Mary Knowles; he d. Oct. 11,\\n1829; the Wid. m. Josepli Knowles. Henry, b. 1788, m. Lydia\\nMarston; lives on the] homestead. Lois, m. John Proctor, 1828.\\nLucy, num., d. Oct., 1829. Moses, m. Mary Cochran; lives at\\nHall s Village.\\nJOHN HALL S youngest son was Joshua, b. Dec. 11, 1724,\\nm. Deborah Ethridge, Se])t. 12, 1750. She was a granddaughter of\\nJohn Calef, and sister of the wife of llobert Ambrose, of Con-\\ncord. John Hall, of Methuen, gave to his son Joshua, of Chester,\\n25 acres of No. 129, O. H., on Avhich he settled, where George S.\\nSmith now lives. He d. Jan., 1794. She d. Jan. 1, 1801. Chil-\\ndren\\n1. Sarah, b. 1753, m. Matthias Hayncs; went to Moultou-\\nborough.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0613.jp2"}, "593": {"fulltext": "538 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n2. Reuben, m. Betsy Hook, lived in Chester; d. 182C.\\n3. Motics K., b. Jan. 25, 1758, m. Lucretia Currier, dau of Capt.\\nBenjamin Currier. He d. Aug-. 18, 1837. She d. Aug. 17, 18G1.\\nChil: Hannah, m. Benjamin Cliase; Charlotte, num.; Sarah, m.\\nIsaac Howe; Kimball, m. Sophia Emerson, d. 1854.\\n4. Josiuh, -went to parts unknown.\\n5. Joshua, b. 1762, m. Poll} dau. of Joseph Morse. He d.\\n1845; shed. 1856.\\n6. Jesse, b. 17G4, m. Pol dau. of Wilkes West lived in Campton.\\n7. William, d. in the army. 8. David, unmarried.\\n9. John, m. Nancy Brown, went to Tuftonborough.\\n10. Elizabeth, m. Jonathan Bagley, went to Maine.\\nJOSEPH HALL, son of Dea. Richard, b. Feb. 9, 1G80, m.\\nSarah had eight or nine children, among whom was Jona-\\nthan, b. Aug. 15, 1716, m. Mehitabel Kimball, about 1740; re-\\nmoved to Chester settled on Add. No. 40, where Daniel Porter\\nlately lived, and had eight children\\n1. Betty, b. March 28, 1742, m. Dea. Joseph Dearborn, and\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0went to Rumney.\\n2. Susan, b. Feb. 10, 1743, m. Walter Robie, and settled in\\nCandia. She d. Oct. 2, 1821.\\n3. Jonathan, b. Dec. 8, 1745, m. Hannah Butterfield, settled in\\nRumney.\\n4. Josiah, b. Oct. 7, 1747, m. Ruth French, dau. of Maj. Jabez\\nFrench settled at the Long- Meadows, where his grandson, John\\nM. Hall, now lives; d. Sept. 10, 1825.\\n5. Jlchifabel, b. June 15, 1749, m. John Robie; settled in\\nCandia; d. July 5, 1832.\\n6. Joseph, b. Jan 31, 1752, \\\\a. Ruth ILarriman; lived on a part\\nof his fother s farm, where J. AV. Chase now lives; d. Dec. 18,\\n1832.\\n7. Benjamin, (Maj.) b. Sept. 4, 1756, m. Nabbe, dau. of\\nSamuel Emerson, Esq., and lived with his father; d. May 23,\\n180G.\\n8. Prisrilla, b. April 4, 17G0, ra. Francis Porter, of Salem,\\nMass.\\nDea. Jonathan Hall d. July 2, 1809. His wife d. Feb. 21, 1808.\\nJoseph Hall, son of Dea. Richai-d, had also Nathaniel, or, as\\non the Bradford records, Nathan, b. Ai)ril 2, 1719, m. Mary\\nsettled in Chester, on Add. No. 63, Avhere Jonathan Bailey\\nlately lived. Children:\\n1. Mary, b. July 17, 1744, m. Barnard Bricket; lived in Chester.\\n2. NatJuiuiel, b. Dec. 20, 174G, m. Nelly Merrill; Avent to\\nGoshen.\\n3. David, b. Dec. 11, 1749, m. Judith, dau. of Winthrop Sar-\\ngent, March 8, 1781 lived on the homestead.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0614.jp2"}, "594": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY IIASELTINE. 339\\n4. Obadiah, h. May 13, 17.52, m. Sarah Sticknoy.\\n5. Sarah, h. June 22, 1757, in, Peter Severance.\\n6. Eleanor, h.. .hiiie 2!), 1759, m. Col. Simon Towle ]May 13,\\n1779; lived in Cliester and Ilavcrliill, N. II.\\nNathaniel d, April 5, 1803. Mary d, June 23, 1809,\\nThomas JIau. and Marcey, his wife, came IVoni IVeland to\\nLondonderry, It is related ol him that he undertook to fell a\\ntree, and not understandinj it, he cut all around it, and when it\\nbe.yan to fall he ran, hut the wronj^- way, and it fell on him and\\nkilled him, lie had a son Jo/ni, m. Elizabeth, dan, of William\\nDickey, .Jan, 4, 1741, He was an early settler of Derryiield.\\nThomas Smith sold to John Hall, of Chester, a lot in Bare\\n]\\\\[eadow, in 1744, and Thomas Hall, of Chester, bought of James\\nAdams, No. C, 4th D., in 1745. John, and perhaps his father\\nwith him, settled on No. 15, just below Manchester Centre. He\\nwas an innkeeper, and the i)Iace has been occupied for a ])ublic\\nliouse until Avithin a few years, when the house was burned. He\\nwas active in procuring the charter of Derryfield, and at a town-\\nnieeting-, Nov. 25, 17^1, John Gofte, AVilliam McClento and Wil-\\nliam Perham were chosen a conunittce to examine liis accounts\\nand allow what they thought right, who reported thatfwliat he\\nhad expended in time and money, at a reasonable or rather\\nmoderate allowance, amounts to the sum of two hundred pounds,\\nold tenor. He was chosen the iirsttown clerk, and held the office\\nseveral years. The orthogTax^hy and grammar of his records are\\na curiosity. Children:\\nJanet, b, Nov. G, 1742, Daniel, b. July 2ft, 1744, Samuel, b.\\nFeb, 28, 1747, Thomas, b, Nov, G, 1748. Elizabeth, b, Jan. G,\\n1750. Marcy, b. Aug, 12, 1752, Sarah, b, Jan., 1755, John, b.\\nSept, 22, 1758. Martha, b. April, 17G0, William, b, Sept. 28,\\n17G2,\\nHARRIMAN.\\nJazaf.l ILvTiRnrAX lived on No, 123, 2d P., 2d D,, aljout half\\nAvay from the pond to the mills, and had a dan, Sarah, m, Kobert\\nMcKinley; Mercy, m. David C^rr, Avent to Piermont.\\nLaban IlAKRnrAX came from Hampi^tead, and lived above the\\nHead tavern, in Hooksett, toAvards Siuicook, a few years, about\\n1780, and Avent back to Hampsteed, and his brother, Rri us Har-\\nRI3IAX, took his place, and in a fe\\\\A years sold and went to Corinth.\\nHASELTINE.\\nThe Haseltincs were of that part of Rowley noAV Bradford,\\nJoiix and Jean had Samuel, b, Dec. 20, 1G45; J/t/ry, b. Sept.\\n10, 1G48; 2\\\\athaniel, b, Feb. 7, 1G56.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0615.jp2"}, "595": {"fulltext": "540 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nEgbert and Ann had, A)ine,h. Feb. 1, 1641; Jfary, 1642;\\n3Iary, 164G; Abraham, b. Marcli 23, 1048; Deliverance, 1650;\\nmizaheth, 1653; Bohert, 1657; Gershovi, 1662.\\nAbraham and Elizabeth had, Mary, 1672; Robert, 1676;\\nEICIIAKD, the grantee of Chester, b. Nov. 13, 1679.\\nllICILiJlD, m. Elizabeth Chadwick, Jan. 14, 1702-3. Chil-\\ndren\\nI. Efiiraim, b. Sept. 23, 1703; II. Richard, b. Aug. 18, 1705;\\nIII. TiioJiAS, b. March 18, 1707; IV. John, b. Nov. 22, 1708; V.\\nMary, b. Feb. 7, 1710-11; VI. Abigail, b. April 15,1715; VII\\nand VIII. William and James, twins, b. July 20, 1729.\\nI. Epiiraim probably came to Chester as early as 1727. He\\nwas chosen lot-layer in 1728. lie was m. to Ruth, dau. of Capt.\\nSamuel Ingalls, by the Rev. Mr. Wilson, 1735, and settled on Add.\\nNo. 2, a little back of where his great-grandson, John A. Hasel-\\nton, now lives. His will was proved July 30, 1772. Children:\\n1. John, b. June 9, 1736, m. Anna Dearborn and Hannah Chase.\\n2. Peter, b. April 29, 1738, m. Molly French and Hannah Iloit,\\nhad no children. Lived Avhere Samuel H. lived. He d. March\\n22, 1807.\\n3. 3Iary, b. May 2, 1740, m. Simon Bailey, who lived in Ches-\\nter, and ^fas many years sealer of leather. Moved to Dunbarton.\\n4. liichard, b. Oct. 2, 1742, m. Lucy Cross.\\n5. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 5, 1745, m. her cousin Samuel, son of John.\\n6. Susanuali, b. Jan. 31, 1748, m. Nathan Merril, of Poplin; d.\\nSept. 21, 1828.\\n7. Buth, b. May 8, 1750, d. unmarried, Sept. 20, 1800.\\n8. llannali, b. March 15, 1754, d. young.\\n9. Ephraini, b. June 21, 1759, unmarried.\\n10. Hannah, b. June 18, 1760, m. Dea. E. H. Kelley, d. Jan.,\\n1805.\\n1. John Haseltine, son of Epiiraim, m. Anna, dau. of Peter\\nDearborn, Feb. 1, 1764. She d. Nov. 29, 1780. Children:\\n1. Sarah, b. Sept. 27, 1766, m. Stephen Clay, son of John Clay,\\nof Caiidia. She d. March, 1846. He m. (2) Hannah Chase, dau.\\nof Johnson Chase, March 21, 1782.,\\n2. John, b. Jan. 1, 1783, m. Mary Wells, Sept. 3, 1823, d. 1867.\\n3. Mary, 1). July 18, 1784, ni. John Wells, and a Davis.\\n4. Sanuicl, b. June 15, 1786, m. Abigail Tabor, d. Jan., 1869.\\n5. William, b. May 5, 1789, m. Mercy J. Cochran, March 4,\\n1822. Lived on the old E. Haseltine place d. March, 1864.\\n6. Ihimiah, b. Aug. 4, 1791.\\n7. Eunice, b. Aug. 15, 1794, m. Natli. Lane.\\n8. Ephraim, b. Nov. 9, 1797, d. 1803.\\n9. Ruth, b. Nov. 10, 1800, tn. Clark.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0616.jp2"}, "596": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY IIASELTIXE. 5-il\\nJohn Ilaseltine d. June 27, 1815. Iluiinali d. July, 182G.\\n4. Dea. Richard, sou of Epiiraim, in. Lucy Cross, of Bradford.\\nLived on (he Capt. Ingalls i)laco, and bought the urist-niill in\\n1779. He d. Jan., 1811). Chihlren:\\n1. Sarah, b. Oct. l.J, 1773, in. ileubcn Wells, d. Oct. 10, 1810.\\n2. Epiiraim, b. Jan. 27, 1775.\\n3. liichard, b. Oct. 26, 177G.\\n4. Mary, b. April 18, 1778, m. Samuel Dodge, d. 180G.\\n5. Kuth, b. Aug. 29, 1780, m. Philip Well^, d. I b. 20, 18r)4.\\nG. Peter, b. March 20,1783, m. Susanna B. Ptobinson, Jarch\\n20, 1810. lie d. March 14, 1868; she d. March 22, 1868.\\n7. Tliomas, b. Aug. 4, 1785, m. Elizabctli Sanborn, Xov. 22,\\n1810., Lived at the mill; d. Sept. 4, 1846. She d. Sept. 10, 1843.\\nTheir children who survived, Capt. AiTios, (lives on the home-\\nstead) and John N., carry on making pails, boxes, c., at the\\nFalls on the Great Brook (see ]\\\\[ills) Susan D., m. Ephraim\\nOrcutt; Nathan S. (see Graduates).\\nIIL Thomas Haskltike, son of the grantee, cainc to Chester\\nabout the same time that Ephraim did. Dec. 28, 1730, the Avid.\\nof the Rev. Theo. Cotton conveyed to Ephraim and Thomas H.,\\nof Chester, the 46th IL L., on condition of settlement. lie m.\\nJoanna Hills, dau. of Benjamin Hills, Sen., May 8, 1738. Chil-\\ndren\\n1. AbiyaU, b. Feb. 18, 1739, m. Jabez Iloit, Esq., of Chester, d.\\n1817.\\n2. llehecra, b. Nov. 6, 1741, m. a Coffin, v. cnt to New Boston.\\n3. llwmas, b. May 22, 1744.\\n4. Moses, b. Feb. 18, 1745, in. Bridget French.\\n5. Benjamin, b. Aug. 15, 1752, m. Susanna Richardson.\\n6. Joanna, b. Oct. 24, 1757, m. David Bartlett, of Campton.\\nThomas settled on II. L. No. 73, where Z. Shirley now lives.\\n4. Moses m. Bridget French, June 1, 1775. Lived on the home-\\nstead; d. Aug. 19, 1807. She d. June 27, 1808. Children:\\n1. Thomas, b. INIarch 23, 1776, m. Lucretia Hill, June 26, 1800.\\n2. Peter, b. Oct. 26, 1779, d. 1800.\\n3. Moses, b. March 24, 1782, m. Sarah Ayer; she b. April 8,\\n1784. Lived on the Beuaiah Colby place d. Aug. 9, 1862.\\n4. Josiah, b. Dec. 18, 1784, m. Sarah, dau. of Capt. John Emer-\\nson, April 13, 1809, d. Juue 2b, 1840.\\n5. Benjamin Ilaseltine m. Susanna Richardson, dau. of\\nThomas Richardson, Oct., 1779. Lived on H. L. No. 68, where\\nParker Morse now lives. Moved to Orford. Children:\\nPearson; Amos; Anna; Benjamin, b. Feb. 1, 1786; Susanna;\\nJames, b. Aug. 4, 1790 Priscilla and Betsey.\\nIV. Jonx Haseltine, son of the grantee, came cai-ly to Chester,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0617.jp2"}, "597": {"fulltext": "542 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nm. Mary, dau. of Capt. Samuel Ing-alls, and lived near wliere Ed-\\nwlu Ilaseltiue now lives. Children:\\n1. Samuel, b. June 28, 1740, m. his cousin Elizabetli.\\n2. Mary, b. Nov. 23, 1741.\\n3. John, b. Feb. 14, 1743, d. young\\n4. IJbcu, b. May 3, 1747.\\n5. James, b. March 27, 1750.\\n6. BiUe, b. March 10, 1751.\\n7. Sarah, b. March 20, 1754.\\n8. John, b. Nov. 8, 175G, ni. Rebecca Barton, Nov. 15, 1781.\\nJohn, Sen., d.; administration to Mary, Sept., 1759. His wid.\\nm. a Hall, of Bradford, and the j ounger children went with her.\\n1. Samuel m. Elizabeth, Dec. 17, 17G7, lived on the homestead.\\nChildren: John, b. July 14, 1771; Mary; Elizabeth; S^uel;\\nHannah, b. June 20, 1780. The family moved to Corinth.\\n8. John m. Rebecca Barton, lived in Bradford, and d. 1837.\\nChildren: Abigail, b. March 15, 1788, who was preceptress of\\nBradford Academy, still living; Nancy, b. Dec. 2,1789, m. Dr.\\nJudson, one of the first missionaries to Burmah; Mary, still liv-\\ning in Bradford.\\nHEAD.\\nJOHN and NATILVNIEL IIE^VD, brothers, came from Wales,\\nand settled in Bradford, Mass., and both subsequently removed\\nto Pembroke. NATHANIEL had three sons: Nathaniel, born\\nin Bradford, Mass., March 6, 1754; James and Richard. James\\nsettled in Conway, where he died. Richard, the youngest,\\ndied in Bradford, Mass. It is related of Nathaniel, that when\\na young man, he paid his addresses to a Scotch-Irish girl by the\\nname of Knox, to whom it seems his fatlier had taken an aver-\\nsion, probably on account of her parentage. As the boy was\\ndriving the oxen for Ms father to plow, the following conver-\\nsation is said to have taken place: Nathaniel, do you intend\\nto marry that Irish girl? Yes, father, Avas the reply.\\nThen understand you can never share in my propert} Very\\nwell, said the son, I will take care of myself; and suiting\\nthe action to the word, he dropped the goad-stick and left his\\nfather s home. He afterwards married the young lady in ques-\\ntion, Anna Knox, daughter of Timothy Knox, of Pembroke, b.\\nDec. 30, 1753. He came to Chester about 1780, and built a log-\\nhouse on the same spot where his grandson Natt now lives,\\nwhere he remained until his death. His father, true to his threat,\\ngave him in his will one dollar, and the rest to his brothers. He\\nwas an energetic business man, and successful in the accumulation\\nof property. He was a captain in the Revolution. (See Adj.-\\nGeneral s Report, 1866, Vol. 2, p. 364.) He d. Oct. 24, 1829, a.\\n75; Anna d. Feb. 3, 1821. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0618.jp2"}, "598": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0619.jp2"}, "599": {"fulltext": "Cl\u00e2\u0082\u00ac", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0620.jp2"}, "600": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY HEALEY. 543\\n1. Samuel, h. July 5, 1778, la. Sarah, dan. of Dr. Thomas\\nSargent, b. Juno 21, I78t; rcsulcd at Hk; placo known as the\\nHead Tavern nntil his death, and was celebrated as an innkeeper.\\nHe d. Sept. 29, 1854; she d. Nov. 0, IHrA. Tlicir sons, Thomas\\nN. and Saniu(!l, now reside in ITooksett.\\n2. lilrhard, b. June 9, 1780, m. Sally DollolV of Epsom lived\\non the farm adjoining- SnmueVs. He d. Sept 10, IS.Il.\\n3. Polly, b. June 10, 1782, m. Thomas Cochran, of rcmbroke;\\nd. Sept. 2, 1819.\\n4. John. b. Jan. 10, 1784; d. ISfay 13, 1788, a. 4.\\n5. XatlKdiiel, b. June 22, 178r., m. Lydia, dau. of Cai)t. John\\nWason, of Candia. He d. in Sanbornton, Feb. G, 1831, leaving\\ntwo chihh-en, John 0. Head, now residing in Manchester, and\\nMrs. Levi Sargent, in Plattsburg, N. Y., where the widow now\\nresides with her.\\nG. mincy, h. Dec. 2, 1788, d. Jan. 5, 1834.\\n7. Co/. John Head, b. May 30, 1791 m. Anna Brown, of Ches-\\nter, b. Sept. 26, 1791, d. April 3, 1819. He remained at the old\\nhomestead nntil his death, Aug. 7. 1835. He left five children:\\nHannah A., wife of Col. Josiali Stephens, Jr., of Concord; Sally\\nB., wife of Hall B. Emery, of Pembroke, d. 18G8; Natt, Adjutant-\\nGeneral of New Hampshire; William who now resides upon\\ntlie old farm in Hooksett; and John A., resides in Iowa.\\n8. IMseii, b. July 1, 1794, d. Oct. 20, 1795.\\n9. Mar(jarel, b. Dec. 10, 1796, m. Isaac C. Otterson of Hooksett;\\nd. Dec. 30, 18GG.\\nHEALEY.\\nWilliam Healey was a grantee, and was the son of Samuel\\nHealey, of that part of Hampton now Hampton Falls, and grand-\\nsou of William Healey of Cambridge. He was b. Jan. 29, 1689-\\n90; in. Mary, dau. of Benjamin Sauborn, 1715. He came to\\nChester about 1728, and settled on his home lot No. 7, since OAvncd\\nby Toppan Webster, Timothy Dexter, and now by Ephraim\\nOrcutt. His Avill was dated 17G7 proved 1772. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1. rhche, b. Oct. 18, 171G, ni. Winthrop Sargent; d. Nov. 9,.\\n180G.\\n2. Jonnna, b. July 20, 1718, m. Capt. John Underhill; d. 1809.\\n3. Samael, b. 1720, m. xibigai\\n4. Jfart/, b. 1722, m. Isaac CliObrd; went to Ilumucy.\\n5. Dorothy, h. 1724, m. Winthrop Wells, son of Thomas;\\nfirst settled in Candia, then in Plymoutli.\\nG. Sarah, b. 1G2G, m. a Cliflford, of Kingston.\\n[These Avere born at Hampton Falls.]\\n7. Paul, b. Jan. 8, 1729.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0623.jp2"}, "601": {"fulltext": "544 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n8. Hannah, m. Wm. Preston, Jr. lived in Chester, and moved\\nto Plymouth.\\nWilliam Healey deeded to his son Samtiellns O. H. j^o. 110,\\nin 1743, on which he settled. lie sold 25 acres of the southwest\\ncorner to Isaac ClilTord, of Kingston, in 1745. Samuel sold the\\nresidue of the lot to Simon Batclielder, in 1765.\\nSamuel s children were William Smith, b. 1745 Sai-ah Sam-\\nuel, b. 1749; Lydia; Jona., d. young; Elizabeth and Abigail, d.\\nyoung. By a second wife Flanders; Benjamin, b. 17G0; Jona-\\nthan and Elizabeth.\\n7. Paul lived on the homestead. William Ilealey and Paul\\nHealey sold to Nathl. Blasdell a quarter of an acre of land, on\\nwhich he built a store in 1759. Paul Henley and Abigail sold to\\nDr. Thoma? Sargent the southeast half of the lot in 1785. The\\nother half was probably sold to Edward Eobie and wife; for Dr.\\nSargent and wife and Edward Robie and wife sold to Toppan\\nWebster an acre and a half, on which the house was built in 1788.\\nPaul Healey and Paul, Jr., were taxed in Chester in 1785. Wil-\\nliam Healey owned H. L. 133 in 1766, and Paul Ilealey, Jr., set-\\ntled on it, and sold to Edward Robie, where his grandson John\\nRobie now lives. It is said that they went to Dunbarton. It is\\nsaid that Mary, the wife of William, lived to be one hundred\\nyears old. If she d. in Chester, would not be more than ninety-\\nfive.\\nHEATH.\\nElijah Heath m. Hannah, dau. of Lt. Ebenezer Dearborn, and\\nsettled on Add. No. 57, where Samuel Hall now lives; adminis-\\ntration to Hannah. May, 1776. Children:\\n1. Anna, m. Jeremiah Underhill Sept., 1775; d. 1844.\\n2. Elijah, d. 1784.\\n3. Levi.\\n4. Stephen, Tn. MviYx, dau. of James Aiken; lived on No. 84,\\n2d P., 2d D., where Arthur Dinsmore had lived; went to Pennsyl-\\nvania.\\n5. Hannah. 6. James. 1. Miriam.\\n8. Huldah, m. Samuel, son of David AVhite.\\nThese were under fourteen years old, Feb., 1779, except Elijah.\\nHILLS.\\nJoseph Hills, b. 1602, was in New England, 1638 Charlestown^\\n1639; Maiden, 1647 to 1655, thence to Newbury; m. Anne. wid. of\\nHenry Lunt, 1665, d. Feb. 5, 1688, a. 86. Children: Samuel;\\nWayt; Gershom; and four daughters. Samuel m. Margaret\\nlYheeler, 1679, and had 14 cliildren. The fifth,\u00e2\u0080\u0094", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0624.jp2"}, "602": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY HILLS. 545\\n1700, b} tho Tlev. Mr. Belehor. lie was a cooper. Tic bouglit of\\nPhilemon Blake half of his rii^ht, and of lleuhcn Sanborn half of\\nhis, excepting tlic home lot, in 172. nnd other land in ,1732, and\\nwas of Xewbnry, and did not settle on any of these lots. He\\nwas an Auditor in 1737. In 17-14 he was chosen Representative,\\nand sent home, (See that year in the History.) lie settled on\\nAdd. No, SIS, where liis great-grandson lU njamiu now lives.\\nHis liouse was a garrison, and the port-holes are yet seen in the\\nboarding-. He d. Nov. 3, 1702, a. 7D, She d, Sept. l, 17()D, a. 79.\\nChildren\\nI. Samuel, b. Aug-. 10, 1710, ni. Rebecca Thurston.\\nII. AiJKJAiL, b. March 21, 1713.\\nIII. Rebkcca, b, April 1, 1715, m. ]\\\\Ioses Hills, Jan,, 173.\\nIV. JoANXA, b. ]March 1. 1717, m. Tliomas Haseltine, 1738,\\nV. Ruth, b. duly in, I7r.\\nVI. Benma.^iix, b. Marcli 12, 1721, ni. Eleanor, dau. of Stephen\\nMorse, Sept. lo, 17(11.\\nVII. AnxEH, b. Feb. 13, 172:5, m. ]Mary Stockman, June 10,\\n1747.\\nVIII. Hanxaii, b, Nov, 13, 1724, m. dabez French, d. 180G.\\nIX. PuuDKKCE, b. Feb, 12, 1726, m. Jacob Chase, d. May, 1775.\\nX. :Moses, b. 1728,\\nI. Samuel Hills m, Rebecca Thurston, Jan, 2S, 1735, came to\\nChester about 1730, settled on Add, lot No, JO, where his son Sle-\\nl^hen afterwards lived. He d, Feb, 2, 1702; she d. May 21, 1713,\\nChildren\\n1. Edmund, b. Dec, 7, 1735, at Newbury.\\n2. John, b. Marcli 25, 1738, at Chester, m. Mary, dau. of Josiah\\nMorse, Sept. 22, 1704; settled in Candia on No. Ill, 2d P., 2d I),,\\nwhere his grandson, Edmund, now lives. He was at lUinker Hill,\\nand the taking- of Burgoyne, He was one of the first dearons,\\n1771, He d. Feb, 27, 1818; she d, .Ian, 24, 1839, Children:\\nMary, b, Sept. 20, 1705, d, uumarrietl, March, 1854; Edmund, b.\\n1707, d, 1789; Susannah, b, 1770, m, Samuel Hardy, 1797, d, Nov,,\\n1824; Josiah, b. May 8, 1772, m, Sally Wilson, lived at Deering:,\\nd. 1818; JoMi, b. Feb, 4, 1777, d, unmarried, on the homestead,\\n3Iarch 19, 1841; Elizabeth, b, 1781, d. unmarriod, Nov,, 1\u00c2\u00ab30;\\nParker, b. Feb. 23, 1785, m. Charlotte, dau, of Edward Prcscott,\\nNov, 26, 1818, lived on the homestead, d. Jan. 1, 1805. His sun\\nEdmund lives on the homestead.\\n3. Samuel, b. March 12, 1743, m, Anne, dau, of Josiah Mor-e,\\n1770, went to Sandwich, N. H.\\nSamuel, Sen,, in, (2) Elizabeth Swain, Xov, 18, 1743,\\n4. Isaac, Esq,, b, Aug, 31, 1744, m, Luci-etia Tilton, 1773,\\nChildren\\n35", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0625.jp2"}, "603": {"fulltext": "54G HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nEiichael, b. 1773; Lucretia, h. Sept. 15, 1770, m. Thos., son of\\nMoses Hasolton, d. 1868. Her mother d. same day. Isaac m. (2)\\nMehitabel Stevens, 1781. Chil. Edward S., b. Jnly 10, 1785, m.\\nDorcas Sawyer; Jolni and Sally. Isaac lived on Add. No. 95, d.\\nSept. 24, 1824. Meliitabel d. Aug. 26, 1851, a. 99.\\n5. Stephen, b. March 29, 1746, m. Anna Stevens, of Brentwood,\\nDec. 11, 1783; lived on the liomestead; d. Jan. 31,1831; shed.\\n1842, a. 85. Children:\\nI. Hannah, ni. Nathan, son of Joseph Long. 2. Ebenezer, b.\\nMay 26, 1786, m. Mary, dan. of Josepli Robinson; lived at Anies-\\nbnry, d. Ang. 17, 1864. 3. Rufns. 4. George.\\n6. Elizabeth, b. 1747, m. Joseph Norton; d. of small pox, 1778.\\n7. Hannah.\\n8. Ileiihen, b. Aug. 14. 1752, m. Sally, dan. of Gideon Currier,\\nwent to Maine.\\n9. Eachael.\\nID. liebecca, b. 1756, m. her cousin Benjamin, son of Abner\\nHills.\\nII. Josiah, b. 1758.\\n12. Ebenezer.\\n13. llachael, b. 1762.\\nElizabeth, the widow of Samuel, m. Lt. Ebenezer Dearborn,\\nd. July 31, 1793.\\nVI. Bknjamin, sixth child of BENJAMIN, m. Eleanor, dau. of\\nStephen Morse, Sept. 15, 1761 lived on the homestead; di May 6,\\n1801 she d. Jan. 2, 1814. Children:\\n1. Benjamin, b. Nov. 1, 1762, m. Lydia. dau. of Dea. John S.\\nDearborn, Oct. 29, 1786 had 15 children, 4 d. young; lived on the\\nliomestead. He d. Sept. 25, 1851 she d. June 2, 1844. Childi-en:\\nNathl., b. 1789; Henry, b. 1792, m. Harriet Clay, went to Me.;\\nLydia, b. 1795, d. Sept. 4, 1822; James, b. 1796; Eleanor;\\nCharles, b. 1800; Lucinda, 1801; Benjamin, b. Nov. 28, 1802, m.\\nJane, dau. of Thomas Wilson, lives on the homestead; Elizabeth\\nA. and Rufus.\\n2. Eleanor, b. Oct. 8, 1764, m. James Stevens.\\n3. EliphaJet, b. 1767 was insane or, as some said, was be-\\nwitched, did not speak for two years; d. Jan. 5, 1797.\\n4. Sarah, b. Nov. 7, 1767, m. a Thing of Brentwood.\\nYII. AiJXEU, the seventh child of BENJAMIN, Sen., m. Mary\\nStockman, June 10, 1747 lived near tlicE. side of No. 15, 2d P., 2d\\nD., on the road from near Joshua Prescott s to Marden s; d. Oct.\\n3, 1794. Children:\\n1. JJenjaniin, b. April 24, 1748, m. his cousin Rebecca, dau. of\\nSamuel Hills, July 16, 1782; lived on the old John Aiken place,\\nand built the present house on the Powel place where Daniel Wil-", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0626.jp2"}, "604": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY HTLLS. 547\\nson lately lived; d. June 14, 1829; she d. May 20, 1827. Child-\\nren:\\nAsa, b. 1783; Jesse, b. 1784, m. Sally, dau. of Daniel IJichai-d-\\nsou; Aohsah; Zillali; Ziba, lives at Kuniney; Anuni; and Adah.\\n2. Peter, b. Xov. 25, 1750, m. Abijiail Vanium, the wid. ofEzc-\\nkiel Lane, 1780; she d. Jan., 1802. Jfc ni. (2) Edna Davis. She\\nm. (2) Peter Hall; d. Jnly 22, 1848, a. 8 J.\\n3. John.\\n4. Abner.\\n5. Joseph, b. May 18, 17o7. m, 3Iarv KnoAvlcs, who d. 1813; m.\\n(2) ^fary Page, lived on the homestead, and where Amos Stevens\\nnow lives. Ho d. Sept. 10, 1843; Mary Page d. Sept. 20, 184 J, a.\\n82.\\n6. John. 7. Edmund.\\nMosKS Hills and Rkbecca Hills, probably dan. of BEXJA-\\nMIX. were m. at Newbury, Jan. 28, 1735. In January, 1737, ho\\nbought of Jacob Basford, son of James, a part of 4 home lots, 42,\\nlot), 14(3 and 105, and came to Chester and settled on No. lOf). He\\nafterwards went back to Newbury, fell down stairs and broke his\\nneck. Cliildren:\\n1. Jacob, b. Oct. 25, 1735, m. Margarett Platts lived on his\\ntiither s homestead in Chester. He d. Nov. 2, 1815. She d. Sept.\\n9, 1809. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nAbigail, b. 1700; Molly; Edmund; Daniel, b. Nov. 19, 17G7,\\nm. Mary, dau. of John Knowles, Jr., lived on the Monlton or\\nBradley place, H. L. No. 49, d. July 20, 181(i; she d. Nov. 21,\\n1807; Susannah, b. Feb. 17, 1770, m. Nathan, son of John\\nKnowles. Jr., d. 1862; Rebecca; Betty; Moses, b. April 24, 1777,\\n111. Hannah Moi se, lived where John Aiken first lived, IL L. No.\\n145, d. Jan. 2, 1813; she d. Sept. 10, 18( 3, a. 85; Sally.\\n2. Jloses, b. 1740, lived on Add. No. 49, at the Long Meadows,\\nS. E. of Long Meadow Brook; went into the country.\\n3. Joseph, b. Jan. 18, 1745, m. Prudence Sargent. His father\\nin 1772 gave him Add. No. 02, on which he settled; sold to\\nJoseph Bailey, built on Add. No. 49, where Nehemiah Lufkiu\\nlately lived. No issue. He. d. April 11, 1823; she d. Dec. 23,\\n1842, a. 93.\\nJonathan Hills was of Newbury, m. Hannah, dau. of Thomas\\nMerril, of Newbury, Oct. 2b, 1749 settled on Candia High street,\\nNo. 94, 3dD.; d. 1812; she d. 1809.\\nJet iiiio Hill, m. MehitabelJewet; came from Shetham, 1705,\\nsettled ou No. 98, 3d D. d. May 25, 1722.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0627.jp2"}, "605": {"fulltext": "548 HISTORY OF CHESTER,\\nII O I T\\nJOHN IIOIT of Newtown d. 1752; Maiy, his wife, d. at Ches-\\nter, 177G; had two sous, Benjamin and John; came to Chester.\\nBenjamin, b. 1736, m. Mary Colby, b. 1738. He d. 1803; she d.\\n1824 settled on Ko. 3, 2d P., 2d D., near Poplin Une. Children\\nBenjamin b. 17G().\\nBetty. Mary.\\nHuldah, b. 17G5, ni. Tabor, went to Maine, d. 1851, a. 85.\\nAbner.\\nMiriam, m. Smith of New Hampton.\\nLevi, b. March 23, 1771, lived on tlie homestead; had a son\\nBatclielder, lived on the homestead, drowned in Exeter river,\\nFeb. 15, 1841.\\nHannah, b. 1773, m. J. Abbot of Poplin, d. March 16, 1864, a.\\n91.\\nDolly, b. Dec. 15, 1774, unmarried, on the homestead; alive iu\\n18G9.\\nJohn IIoit m. Sarah Collins, came to Cavil mill in Poplin,\\nthence to Chester. Children\\n1. 3IoUy, b. 1764, m. Sherbnrn Sanborn. He d. 1831, a. 80;\\nshe d. Sept. 24, 1852. Children: Moses Sanborn of Fremont and\\nSimon M. Sanborn of Clicster.\\n2. Hannah, b. 177G, m. Capt. B. Fitts, d. Oct. 11, 1797.\\n3. 2L-S. Dowse, of Deerfield, d. about 1860, a. 84.\\n4. John, m. a Glidden, who gave birth to three children at a\\nbirth, who all lived. He d. 1790.\\n5. A dau., m. John, son of Joseph Knowles, d. a young woman.\\nJohn Hoit m. (2) wid. Miriam (Brown) Hobljs. He. d. Nov.\\n14, 1818, a. 89; Sarah Collins d. Dec. 24, 1788; Miriam d. March\\n19, 1826, a. 95 y. 9 m.\\nWiM.iAJi IIoiT came from Amesbury, 1785 to 90; lived on Gov.\\nWentwortirs farm of 200 acres; m. Atla, dau. of Aqnila Wor-\\nthon. He d. 1820, a. 82; slie d. 1830, a. ^-2. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nWilliam, m. Betsy, dau. of El)en Basford. He d. at Nashua\\nabout 1864.\\nJames, h. 1780, m. Pamehi, dau. of Joshua Brown; lived in\\nAuburn; she d. 1868. He d. 1848.\\nJ Jli~((beth, h. 1791, m. Amos Stickney, d. Sept. 20, 1842.\\nJabez Hoit m. Abigail, dau. of Tliomas Haseltine, April 17,\\n17G0. March 6, 17G0, he bouglit of Natlil. and Elizabeth \\\\7ood,\\n11. L. No. 3, (the Goodhue or Clay pliicc). After the death of\\nThomas Wells he sold, probably to Stephen Clay, and bought\\nwhere William Teuney now lives, H. L. 61. Children:", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0628.jp2"}, "606": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY IXGALLS. 549\\nAbigail, b, Jan. Ifi, 1701.\\nThomas, b. 1762, d. 1779, at Surinam.\\nJabez, b. 17G5, lived at Ifainpstcad.\\nJosiah, b. 1770, lived at Sandown.\\nIfoses, b. 1773, was a teacher; d. in Dcitv.\\nJesse, b. 1774.\\nSamuel, b. 1781.\\nJabez d. Any. 7, 1817, a. 82; his -wife d. May 1, 1817, a. 77.\\nIIODGKINS.\\nDaniicl IIodgkixs was a cabinet maker lived on a tract bought\\nby Eliphaz Sanborn, adjoining- Gov. Shute s farm on the east. His\\nwife I^ancy was insane, and a lonir time maintained by the town;\\nshe d. April 2;), 1822. Son Daniel, insane, and lived with Deacon\\nAVecks, of Greenland, and in a paroxysm shot the deacon; was\\ncontined in jail dui ing life.\\nI N G A L L S\\nCapt. Sa.miel Ixgalls was b. at Andover, Mass., May 7, 16 83.\\nHe moved to Haverhill, and Oct. 23, 1717, Samuel Smith, of\\nHaverhill, de(ded to Samuel Inyalls of Chesher, blacksmith,\\naright in Kingston. He probably was in Chester, and had at\\nleast a constructive residence to have possession in behalf of\\nHaverhill people. He did not belong to the society originally,\\nbut was admitted with eighteen others, at the request of the (Jov-\\nernor, in 1720. He was one of the grantees of the saw-juill privilege,\\nand is a g:rantee named in the chai ter. It is said that he actually\\nremoved to Chester in 1720, though in deeds he is said to be of\\nHaverhill after that time. In March, 1722, Samuel Ingalls of\\nAVintield, otherwise Cheshire, deeded to Phillips the right of\\nStephen Webster, reserving the home lot Xo. (3-1, on which I\\nlive. He was a very prominent man in toAvn, held various offices\\nwas selectman in 1723, 24 and 25; lot-layer in 1724 to 1728; town\\nclerk in 1730; was the first captain in town, being so called in 1729.\\nHe built the first framed house in town about 1732, which stood\\nwhere Humphrey Xiles now lives, and was taken down when the\\nj)resent house Avas erected. He d. Oct. 6, 1747. The inventory\\nof his estate was returned March, 1750; his homestead of (57 acres\\nappraised at \u00c2\u00a33^80; account settled in 1700. The heirs were\\nSanuiel ZiEoores, Thomas Wells and Nathaniel Ingalls. He m.\\nMary Watts. Children (born in Haverhill)\\nI. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 8, 1709, m. Thomas Wells.\\nII. Sarah, b. Oct. 27, 1710; unm.\\nHI. Saxiuel, Sept. 15, 1712.\\nIV. JTari/, b. Xov. 27. 1714, m. John Haseltinc, of Chester,\\n.md (2) a llall, of Bradford.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0629.jp2"}, "607": {"fulltext": "550 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nV. l^xth, h. Jan. 31, 1717-18, m. Ephraim Ilaseltine of Chester.\\nVI. Timothy, b. April 20, 1720.\\nThose born in Chester were\\nVII. Jfehltabel, b. 1723, being the first white chiki b. in Clies-\\nter, ni. Dr. Samuel Mooi es, one of the early settlers of Chester,\\nand a ver}^ prominent man in Candia. She d. April 12, 1818.\\nVIII. Abigail, b. 172.3, m. Stephen Morse; d. Maj^, 180G.\\nIX. jVathanieL b. Dec. 12, 1727, m. Abigail Huse, and lived in\\nSandown. Children:\\n1. Israel. 2. Peter, d. y. 3. Polly or Mary, m. Perley Cliase.\\n4. Peter. 5. Abigail, m. Benjamin Smith, of Hanover. 6. Me-\\nhitabel, m, John Clough, 1793; lived at Concord, N. IT. 7,\\nJosiah, m. Olive Sanborn, of Andover, N. 11. d. at Chester. 8.\\nSamuel, m. Bets}^ Clough; lived at Sandown; d. 18GG, a. 93.\\n9. Hannah, m. John Hall; d. 1808.\\nEldad Ingalls came to Chester from Haverhill, and lived on\\nH. L. No. 61, at the corner of the town. He was moderator and\\ntown clerk in 1728. In Dec, 1729, he was of Haverhill, and\\ndeeded his lot to Thomas AYells, of Amesbury. It has since been\\noccupied by Jabez Hoit, ami Silas and William Tenny.\\nThere was a Peter Ixgalls in town, who d. in 1751.\\nJACK.\\nAndrew Jack s name first appears on the Presbyterian records\\nas warden in 1747, and moderator from 1752 to 1755, and on the\\ntown records as constable in 1752. He settled at the foot of\\nJack hill, on the road from Walnut hill to Three Camj) meadow.\\nHe had a son Samuel, m. Molly McMurphy; he d. 1793. Chil-\\ndren:\\nJean, 1776; Hannah, b, 1777, m. Gideon, son of Simeon Cur-\\nrier, 1798; Andrew, 1780, lived on the main road near the Tol-\\nford place, d. May 1828; llobert; James; Polly; Samuel, d.\\n1822; Alexander, b. 1793.\\nAndrew also had a dan., who m. John Moore, who was killed\\nin 1778 m. (2) Lt. Samuel Scribner lived in Candia.\\nKARR see CARR.\\nKELLY.\\nDea. Ezekiel H. Kelly Avas the son of John Kelly and Han-\\nnah Hale, of Newbury; m. Hannah, youngest dan. of Ephraim\\nHaseltine, 1784. He lived several years on the Thomas Woi--\\nthen place, opposite Elliot s. In 1792 he purchased No. 77, 4th\\nD., of the estate of John Fields, and opened a public liouse,\\nwhich he kept in good style, and had a great run of custom. She", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0630.jp2"}, "608": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY KITTRIDGE. 551\\nd. Jan., 1805. He iii. (2) lliith Davis. He d. 1S;;;5. Cliildreu:\\n1. Hannah Hale, b. 1787, lu. Peter, sou of Kpliraiin Jvitoii.\\n2. Ephrai)n, b. 1789, lu. Nancy, dau. of James Orr.\\n3. lluth, b. 1791, m. Amos Cliase.\\n4. Susan, b. 1797, m. Samuel, son of Kiehard Dearb(jru, of\\nHill.\\n5. 2far!i, b. 1799, m. (ieor ,a! K. Gilbert; d. 18G7.\\n6. Lydia, b. Dec, 18U4, m. James Douovon.\\nK I :\\\\I V, ALL.\\nJohn Kimi .all came from Bradford, and lived at tlie Fx-nja.\\nBaclielder place. He was a teacher of music. He in. a niece of\\nCol. \\\\V^ebster. He d. 1805. The widow in. Dr. John Wingate,\\nand went to Maine.\\nJesse Kimball lived on the IJiver road between Martin s Ferry\\nand Derrytield liiw; had son Jcdedidli, who lived on 117, 4th\\nD JEzra and Amos, who lived on or near the homestead.\\nKENT.\\nAmos Kext, Esq., was born at Kent s Island in Newbury. Oct.\\n16, 1774; graduated at Harvard 1795; studied law. and came to\\nChester in 1798; m. Abigail, dau. of Hon. Joshua Atherton, of\\nAmherst, Nov., 1799. He was a good counsellor, but a poor\\nadvocate. He was Senator for District No. 1814 and 1S15. He\\nhad a tasle for farming, and purchased at difl erent times aliout\\n200 acn-es of land on lots lOG, 115, 7G and 77, 2d P., 2d D., which\\nwas called the Long Meadow farm, on which he built a house and\\nlarge barns, and hired a great deal of heli), all of which w:is un-\\n})rotitable, and involved him in debt. He d. June 18, 1821. His\\nwife, so far as now know, survives. Children:\\nCharles; Abhjdil; Jfari/; Philip; Joshua; liebe ^ca F.; Amos;\\nGeorge, a deaf mute; and Frederic\\nThe Long Meadow farm was sold to John Clark, Es(i. The\\nhomestead was assigned to the widow as dower, and sold to Sam-\\nuel Aiken, Esq.\\nKITTRIDGE.\\nThe Kittridges were of Tewksbury, Mass., and were hereditary\\nphysicians. Dk. Benjamin was the oldest of eight sons, all of\\nwhom were physicians, of Avhom Dr. G. W., of Ei)ping. was the\\nyoungest. His mother was a Baldwin, of the family where the\\nname of the world-famous apples originated. He was less cau-\\ntious than Dr. Sargent, and was considered superior as a surgeon.\\nHe cams to Chester in 179U, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Col. John", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0631.jp2"}, "609": {"fulltext": "552 HISTORY OF CUESTER.\\nWebster, Dec. 30, 1792, and settled on the old Eobert Graham\\nplace, n. L. No. 128, where Benjamin Davis now lives. Chil-\\ndren\\nliufu.^, b. Nov. 21, 1794, m. Sally T.. dau. of Lt. Josiah Under-\\nhill, and practiced in Chester many years, and went to Cincinnati,\\nOhio.\\nElizabeth d. 1802. He m. (2) Catherine J. Underbill, the\\nwidow of Samnel Graham, in 1812.\\nGenrf/c, b. March 31, 181-1, d. a yount, man.\\nIn 1807 he purchased the Col. Webster place and moved there.\\nHe d. 1830, aged 62. The wid. m. John Bradley.\\nIv N O AY L E S\\nJoiix Knowles, Jr., of Rye, b. Oct. 12, 1714, d. March 20,\\n179.S: m. Sarah Moulton, b. Aug. 14, 1714. Nov. 2, 1749, he\\nbought of David McClure the west half of No. 17, 2d P., 2d D.,\\nand moved the house to the present site. Children:\\nI. Juhn, b. Feb. 19, 1743, m. Mary, dau. of Cort. John Lane.\\nChildren: 1. David, b. May 14, 17G4, went to Andover, N. II.\\n2. Jonathan, m. Sarah Ilacket, went to Canterbury. 3. Ezekiel,\\nb. Feb. 12, 17G9. 4. Nathan, b. March 8, 1774, m. Susannah, dau.\\nof Jacob Hill. 5. Mary, b. Aug. 18, 1781, m. Daniel Hills, d.\\nNov. 21, 1867. 6. Sarah, b, Jan. 8, 1785, m. Walter, son of Eben\\nBasford, d. Oct. 8, is.yj.\\nII. JSfuthan, b. Nov. 14, 1748, m. Susannah, dau. of Theodore\\nShackford, Nov. 28, 1775. He d. April 30, 1837; she d. Dec. 29,\\n1841. Children:\\nNathan, b. Dec. 25, 1776, m. Sarah, dau. of Robert AVilson, Esq.,\\nJune 2, 1795. She d. Sept. 20. 1806. He m. (2) Rebecca, dau. of\\nDea. John S. Dearborn, Dec. 31, 1807. He d. Sept. 10, 1861 she\\nd. Jan. 2. is6t. Tlicy lived near the Avest end of lot No. 12, 2d\\nr.. 2d D., where Dearborn Knowles now lives.\\nIII. Marl/, b. Nov. 28, 1755, m. Josei)h, son of Abner Hills, d.\\n181,). Others d. young.\\nJoSKiMi Knowles came fiom Rye, m. Sarah Paine, sister of\\nCapt. AVilliam Locke s wife; settled on lot No. 16, 2d P., 2d D.\\nJIc d. Feb. 2, 1797. She d. June 24, 1808. ChiUlren:\\n1. John, m. dau. of dohn Hoit, and lived near where Mr. Iloit\\nlives. She d., and he m. again and went to Centre Harbor.\\n2. Joseph, went to Northlield.\\n3. iSarah, b. Oct. 2, 1765, m. Josiah ]\\\\Iorse, d. 1850.\\n4. Bobert, b. jNFay 8, 1768, m. Rebecca, dau. of Jacci) uast\\nlived on the homestead; d. July 22, 1857.\\n5. Ahii/ iil, b. ISlay 31, 1771, m. AVilliam, son of Robr\\nEsq., Aveut to Corinth.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0632.jp2"}, "610": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY LANE. 553\\nLAN E\\nWilliam Lane was of Eii lish origin, and was of Boston, and\\nadmiKc d freeman ]\\\\ray 8, K152. The tradition is lliat one brother\\nsettled in Beverly and anotlier in ^Nfaine, and that they were all\\ncordwainers. I lis wife s name was Wary, and, accordinjr to Bos-\\nton records, d. JSIay 2, IGf^G but as a dan. was b. May 1; it should\\nprobably be May 22. lie m. (2) Mary, dau. of Tliomas Brewer,\\nof lioxbury. Children:\\nI. Samuel, b. Jan. 2.;, IG.JL IL Jolin, b. Feb. 5, 1653. III.\\nMary. b. :\\\\ray 1. 1G5G. IV^. Sarah, b. June 15, 1G57. V. Wil-\\nliam, b. Oct. 1, 1G59. VI. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 3, 1GG2. A^ll. Ebeu-\\nezer, b. IGGG.\\ny. \\\\Villi((m, b. in Boston, rn. before 1G85, Sarah Webst.er, wlio\\nwas b. in Hampton 1G59, and removed to Hampton before 1G88,\\nand resided near tlie s])ot wliere the academy noAV stands, and was\\na tailor. He d. Fob. U, 171!); she d. Jan. 7, 1745. Children:\\n1. JOHX, b. Feb. 17, 1G85, m. Mary Libbey, of Kye. Soon\\nafter marriage he Avent (o sea, Avas taken by pirates and kept in\\ncaptivity seven years; returned home and Avent to sea ag ain, and\\nnever returned.\\n2. Sarah, b. 1G88, 3. Elizabeth, ICIH. 4. Abioail.\\n5. JOSHUA, b. June G, IG JG. G. Sanmel, 1G J8. 7. Thomas,\\n1701.\\nJohn Lane Avas son of JOTIX LAXE and Mary Libbey of\\nRye, b. Oct. 12, 170 J, m. (1) Hannah Lamprey. She Avas b. 1710.\\nHe m. (2) :\\\\Iary Knowles, b. Xov. 2, 1718. He d. Feb. 13, 1784.\\nMary d. 1787. Jan. 13, 1742-3, he bought of Ei)hraim Blunt, of\\nAndover, Xo. 128, O. H., iwid Xo. 20, 2d P., 2d I). Ho sold to\\nIsrael Dolby all but about 20 acres of the Avest side of Xo. 20.\\nHe built on tlie 20 acres, Avhere his grandson, (Jol. Isaac Lane,\\nnoAV lives. He niOA^ed to Cliester about 1741). He was appointed\\nby Benning AYentworth Cornet of the ninth troop of the first\\nllegt. of Cavalry commanded by Jolm DoAvning, Col., Sept. 17,\\n1754. He Avas the first otlicer of that rank in tov.n; and in all\\nrecords is called Cornet John Lane.* (Miiidren\\nI. John, b. Oct. 17, 1733, m. ]Mary Colby, dau. of Benaiah, 1755,\\nlived on 130, O. IL, d. 177!). Children:\\n1. Hannah, 175G, m. Jeremiah Band, 1782. 2. John, 1758, 3.\\nSamuel, 17G0, m. Hannah, dau. of Daniel Lane, ami Aniiii, dau.\\nof Benjamin urrier. 4. Joseph C, b. 17G2. 5. Benaiah, b.\\n17G4, m. Al)igail Lufkin, dau. of Stephen. G. AVebsler, 17GG. 7.\\nMary, b. 17(i8. 8. ]\\\\Iatthias, b. 1770.\\nIL Daniel, b. July 8, 1735, m. Mary Buttcrfield, June 20, 1756;\\nm. (2) wid. Batchelder; d 1825; lived on Xo. 116, O. H. Clul-", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0633.jp2"}, "611": {"fulltext": "554 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\ndren: 1. Jacob, b. 1757. 2. Hannah, b. 1759, m. Samuel, son\\nof Joliu Lane, Jr. 3. Lydia, 17G1. 4. Ezekiel, in. a Page, lived\\non the homestead. 5. Thomas.\\nIII. Ezekiel, b. July -4, 1739, m. Abigail, dau. of James Var-\\nnum, 17G2, lived on the north end of No. 128, O. H. He was First\\nLieut, in Capt. Stephen Dearborn s Co., and was killed in the\\nbattle of Bennington, Aug. KS, 1777. The wid. m. Peter, son of\\nAbner Hills, 1780, d. 1802. He left one son, Josiali. b.l7Cl, m.\\nBetsy, dau. of Jolni Shackford, lived on the homestead.\\nIV. David, b. Feb. 21, 1711, m. Hannah Morse, 17G2, lived o n\\nNo. 115, O. ]I., d. Aug., 1824. Children:\\n1. Mehitabel, m. Jonathan Ambrose, of Concord. 2. David,\\nm. Polly Norris, lived on the homestead, and had Jonathan Am-\\nbrose and Daniel Norris was killed by a cart-wlieel running over\\nhis head May 13, 1807. 3. Isaac. 4. Hannah. 5. Nathan.\\nV. Ifdry, b. Feb. 24, 1743, m. John Knowles, Jr.\\nVI. llan.iiah, b. Feb. 25, 1745, m. Ezekiel Morse.\\nVII. Natluin, b. June 12, 1747, m. Hannah Holmes about 1770,\\nlived on No. 121, O. II., where Garland Wason now lives; d. in\\nthe army, Sept. 2G, 177G. Tlie wid. m. William, son of Thomas\\nShannon. One dau., Lois, m. a ]Morse.\\nVIIL Isaac, d. young.\\nIX. Sarah, b. 175S, in. Levi Swain, d. 1839.\\nX. Jsaar, b. April 19, 17G0, ra. Abigail Garland, 1780. lived on\\nthe homestead, lie d. April 21, 1834. He was appointed co)-net\\nby John Sullivan. His son Isaac held the same office, and rose to\\ncolonel. Children\\n1. Sally, b. 1782, m. Josiah Seavey, 1802. 2. Abigail, b. 1784,\\nm. Thomas AVason, 1802. 3. Molly, b. 178G, m. Dea. Amos\\nBatchelder, 1844. 4. Anna, b. 1788, m. Jona. A. Lane, son of\\nDavid. Jr. 5. John, b. 1791, m. Putb Page, 1821. G. Betsy m.\\nJona. A. Lane, 1822. 7. Isaac, b. Feb. 25, 1799, m. Caroline\\nMarshall, 1837, lives on the homestead. 8. Peter, b. Feb. 22, 1802,\\nm. Sarah Simpson, 1837.\\nXL Jonathan, m. Susannah Emerson, 1785. lived on the north\\nend of No. 12G, O. II., d. March 2, 1847. Children: \u00e2\u0080\u00941. Susan,\\nm. Jona. James. 2. Sally, m. Jona. Woodman. 3. Abigail, m\\nDr. Abraham French. 4. Polly, m. Dea. Amos Bachelder. 5.\\nEelief, imm. 6. Betsy, m. John Page, of Kingston. 7. Ruth, m.\\nMoses Page. 8. Jason, lived on the homestead.\\n5. JOSHUA, son of William and Sarah Webster, m. Bathshcba,\\ndau. of Samuel and Mary Pobic, and resided about half a mile\\nnorth of the old Baptist meeting-house in Hampton, and was a\\ntanner. He was a deacon. He was killed by lightning, June 14,\\n17GG. llis wife d. April 13, 17G5. Tliey had 16 children from", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0634.jp2"}, "612": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY LINN. 555\\n1718 to 1741. Tlic fiftli, JosHLTA, b. July 8, 1724, m. Eulli Batoli-\\nelder, Dec. 10, 1747, ami resided in the nortlieast part of I opliu\\n(Fremont), and was a carpenter and cabinet-maker. He d. Jan.\\ni;3, 171)4; slie d. June 12, 1812. They had 10 clnklrcn from 1748\\nto 1770. Tlie second, John, b. Oct. 24, 1750, m. Hannah, dau. of\\nJosej)]! and Susannah Godfrey, Nov. 30, 1775. She b. Nov. 19,\\n1755. They setlled In Candia, on the east half of No. 8, 8d D.,\\nwliore his son, Dea. Ezekiel Lane, now lives. He Avas a cai i)entcr\\nand cabinet-maker, and held various oflices. He d. [March 12,\\n1823; she d. Oct. 15, 1845. Children:\\n1. Ruth, b. Feb. IG, 1777, m. Abel Keed, March G, 1800.\\n2. u sauna, b. April 22, 1778, m. Abraham Fitts, of Candia,\\nApril 30, 1804.\\n3. Joseph, b. Oct. 22, 1779, m. (1) fJrata Melvin; in. (2) Sarah\\nWhi(nuii-sh; lived in Danville, Vt., Portland, Me., aud Milledge-\\nvillc, Ca.\\n4. Josiah.b. Aug-. 15, 1781, m. Phebe Morril, lived in AVIieelock,\\nVt,, Ogden, N. Y., aud Pawpaw, Mich.\\n5. John, b. Oct. 15, 1783, m. Abigail, dau. of Natld. Emerson,\\nEsq., Nov. 21, 1811. lie lived on the north end of No. G5, 3d D.,\\nwhere Moses French had lived. lie was a land surveyor, and was\\nmuch in public business. Pichard Emerson Lane, grad. Dart.\\n1841, Avas his son. He d. 1851 she d. June 25, 18GG.\\nG. Hannah, b. 1787, d. iimnarried, 1846.\\n7. Joshua, b. Jan. 6, 1790, m. Lydia Fitts, 1821, lived in Candia.\\n8. Ezekiel, b. Aug. 17, 1792, m. Mary Rowe, Dec. 8, 1824, lived\\non the homestead.\\n9. Sally, b. 1794, d. uimiarried. l8i;5,\\n10. Isaiah, b. May 31, 1797, m. Frances Baclielder, Nov. 15,\\n1S25. He was a physician, and practiced in Candia from 1827 to\\n1.S55 removed to ]\\\\Ieriden. N. II., and d. soon after. James P.\\nLane, grad. at Amherst, is his son, Avho is preparing a genealogy\\nof the Lane family, and has furnished the materials for the early\\npart, and his branch, for this notice.\\n11. Abigail, b. Dec. 22, 1798, m. John, son of Reuben Fitts, of\\nCandia.\\nLINN.\\nNatiiaxiel Lixx of Dover, laborer, bought land in Canterbury\\nin 1735. When he came to Chester is uncertain. He settled on\\nCJov. Wentworth s farm of 200 acres. He had:\\n1. Joseph, m. Molly, dau. of William Gilchrist; lived on the\\nhomestead. Joseph d. 1823, a. 82 ;:Molly d. 1822. Children\\nNancy, m. John AVitherspoon Lucy, m. John, son of David\\nUnderhill; Nathaniel W., m. Ruth, dau. of Archie McDuOee; aud\\nI think there were other daughters.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0635.jp2"}, "613": {"fulltext": "556 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n2. Af/ueti, m. Capt. David Witherspoon.\\n3. Jfo/If/. in. James Caldor.\\nThe wife of Nathl. Linn, Sen., d. 1799.\\nLEATCH.\\nWilliam Leatch was of Londonderry in 1738; is first found\\non Chester records in 1742. lie settled on lot No. 75, 2d P., 2d D.,\\nnear the shore of the pond. lie was called Deacon in 1776. He\\nhad one son, Capt. William, m. Molly, dau. of Hugh Crombie,\\nwho had a large f^xmily; all left town but William, m. Polly,\\ndau. of Nathl. Martin.\\nLUNT.\\nHexuy Lunt purchased, probably of Robert Crawford, the\\ngrist-mill on the great brook at the lower falls (Ilaselton s),\\nand owned it several years; d. 17G1.\\nLOCKE.\\nCapt. William Locke was a son of Jonathan Locke of Rye;\\nm. Christiana Paine, sister of Joseph Knowles Avife. His father\\nin 1761 purchased the right of Jolni Calfe, including the 2d P.,\\n2d D., and all subsequent divisions. William settled near the\\ncentre of Xo. 12, 2d P., 2d D., on the road from Charles Moore s,\\nby James McClure s, to the road to the Branch. He. d. Nov.\\n16, 182o, a. 87. She d. 1800. Children:\\n1. Mary, m. Capt. Benj. True, d. Nov. 13, 1839, a. 71.\\n2. Abigail, m. James Tucker and went to Andover, N. H.\\n3. Jo/m, m. Eleanor Tucker and lived on tiie homestead. He\\nd. June 13, 1846, a. 81; shed. Feb. 16, 1821, a. 53.\\n4. Ifargaret, m. Capt. William Moore; d. March 29, 1844.\\n5. Doll II, b. June 9, 1780; m. (1) Josiah, sou of Charles Moore,\\nJr.; in. (2) Thomas Shannou; alive 1868,\\n6. Hannah, d. unmarried.\\nLONG.\\nNathan Long was surveyor of highways in 1747. He settled\\non Add. lot No. 99; m. Naomi Eastman, Sept. 19, 1748. He d.\\nJan. 6, 1768. The widow m. John llobie, but soon left him; she\\nd. July 18, 1821, a. 93. Children:\\n1. JJenJamin, b. 1750; in. Maryy^dau. of Enocli Colby, and\\nwent to Schenectady, N. Y.\\n2. Joseph, b. Sept. 18, 1752; m. Judith, dau. of Enoch Colby;\\nd. Nov. 26, 1836; lived on the homestead. Children:\\nNatlian, m. Hannah, dau. of Capt. Stephen Hills. Enoeli, m.\\nPolly, dau. of James Moore lived on the homestead and in the\\nGreeuough liouse. Sally, d. uhmarried.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0636.jp2"}, "614": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY v AUTIN, 00 i\\n4. Nathayr, b, Nov. 19, 17G1; lived al Amcsbury; was father of\\nEev. J. A. E. Long-, who d. at Ilookbott, May 3, 184G, a. (35.\\nL U F K I X\\nStkimiex Li KKiN wa^i a mariner, and (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2aiiie fn)iii Ma acliusetts,\\najul boughl of Moses .^[arshall the west lialf of Add. lot No. 40:\\nm. Saraii Choate. IIo d. July 9, 1803; she d. 1788. Children:\\n1. Elizabeth, b. 175o.\\n2. /Stephen,}). 17 J; d. young\\n3. Abigriil, m. IJenaiali Lane; d. in Clicstcr.\\n4. David.\\n6. Sarah, m. a Forsaith, and moved into the country.\\n6. liuchad, b. 1771; m. .Moses, son of Capt. John Unch rhill.\\n7. Susannah, b. 177o; m. .John, son of Ebenezer Dearborn, and\\nwent to Corinth.\\n8. IlHmi)hrey,\\\\). March .0, 1775; m. Lois March, lived on the\\nhomestead; d. June 19, 1842.\\n9. Polly, b. 1777; m. a Mudgett and went to Weare.\\n10. Xehemiah, b. April 14, 1780; m. Kaehael Currier and lived\\nwith Joseph Hills on Add. lot No. 49 d. May 15, 18G4. She d.\\n1857.\\n11. Itiith, m. an Eastman and w ent to Corinth.\\n12. Stephen, was lost at sea.\\n13. Jacob, b. 1787; m. a Farrar and was a mariner.\\nMARTIN.\\nWhen the road to ]\\\\[artin s Ferry wms laid out in 177G, it crossed\\nland owned by several of the Martins.\\nDaxikl Mauxix lived near, and kept the ferry; sometimes, it\\nis said, sitting in the house and permitting his wife to row people\\nacross the river. He had a son Ensign Joshua, who lived at the\\nintersection of the White Hall road with Londonderry turnpike.\\nHe had a large family.\\nNatiianikl JSIartix came from Pembroke and l^ought No. 84,\\n4th D., about 1780; built on the old road, a little Avest of the turn-\\npike. He was a tanner, and was always called Tanner Martin.\\nHe m. Jane Green. Children:\\nWillia)ti, went to Maine. Betty, m. a Favour, of Hill. Robert,\\nb. July, 1778, m. Margaret McDutiee. d. at Auburn, Dec. 25, 18C5;\\nshe d. 18G8. Samuel, went to INIainc. James, m. Sarah, dau. of\\nCapt. John Wason, d. in Ohio. Ilann (h, in. Edward Ray. Polly,\\nm. William Leatch, d. at Auburn, 18G7. John, Dudley and Abigail,\\nwent to Maine. Isaac, d. in Chester, num.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0637.jp2"}, "615": {"fulltext": "558 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nHARDEN.\\nStephen Makden lived on No. 14, 2d P. 2d. D., where Thomas\\nFeruald once lived, and where Thomas Lane now lives. He was\\na petitioner for Raymond; his wife was Elizabeth; the}^ had nine\\ncliildren recorded from 17G0 to 1781, of whom nothing is known.\\nThe widow was taxed in 1785.\\nGeorge Marden was b. at Rye, Jan. 29, 1741 Sarah Webster,\\nhis wife, b. April 12, 1745; he d. Feb. 22, 182G; she d. Sept. 27,\\n1835. They came to Chester and settled on No. 123, O. H. Chil-\\ndren\\nJames, b. Oct. 17, 1769, went to Palermo, Me., and m. there.\\nSarah, b. 1771, m. a Muggridge.\\nManj, b. 1772, m. Geo. Carr, went to Corinth.\\nElizabeth, b. 1775, m. Jonathan, son of Jacob Basford, went to\\nBelfast.\\nAbigail, b. May 18, 1777, m. Asa, son of Joshua Prescott, lived\\nin Chester and Piermont.\\nJosiah, b. 1779, m. Hannah AYebster, lived in Rye.\\nEbenezer, b. Jan. 22, 1781, m. Nancy, dau. of Benaiah Colby,\\nJr., lived on the homestead.\\nGeorge, b. 1782, went to Palermo, m. there.\\nJV^a/icg, b. 1790, m. Joshua, son of Doniinicus Prescott, went\\nto Washington, Vt.\\nMARSHAL.\\nMoses Marshal was an early, if not the first, settler on the\\nWest half of Add. lot No. 40. He lived there in 1759 and in\\n1768. He was a cabinet-maker; sold to Stephen Lufkin, and\\nwent to Deerfield.\\nMcCLENTO,\\nThe first settlement in Derryfield was by William Perhani,\\nArchibald Stark, McNeil and others, about 1736. The first in\\nthat part of Chester was by William and Michael McClento.\\nMichael was in Londonderry and bought land there in 1731, and\\n1733. He is in Chester in 1744. William McClento of KingstOAvn\\nbought of Thomas Packer of Dracut, 1 lot in the 3d range in\\nTyngstown, in June, 1739. So they probably settled there\\nunder a claim from Tyngstown, about 1740. But so far as Chester\\nwas concerned, they were squatters.\\nThe Proi)rietors sued them, and a verdict was rendered in favor\\nof the defendants, Dec. 8, 1743, and appealed. The land on\\nwhich tliey settled was not lotted until 1745. They came up from\\nLondonderry on foot with their efiects. It is said by some that", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0638.jp2"}, "616": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY M CLURE, 559\\nMichael settled on No. 1, 4th D., near wliere the present road to\\nVVebster Mill leaves the Derryroad; but Samuel (Janible (who\\nis most i\u00c2\u00bbrobably right,) says tluit he lived on No. 13:3, Avhere the\\nbrick house now stands. William* with his pack, and his wife\\nwith a balni iu her ai ms, forded the brook some distance be-\\nlow the present road, with the ^vater to their hannrhefi,^ and\\nerected a hut near the river, Init afterwards built at the lluse place,\\non lot No. 4. William s wife was Agnes. They had\\nWiUid.m, Jr., m. Ogilbe, 17(55.\\nJohn, m. Christian McNeal, 17G8.\\n3farii, m. David Starret, son of AVilliam a nd Mary, Oct, 28^\\n1760, and had 7 children.\\nAlexa7uler,Vi\\\\. Janet Gambel, dau. of Wm. and Elizabeth, 17G0\\nJanet, in. John Dickey, son of David and Isabella, Feb. 26, 1760.\\nDavid Starret sold the place to Isaac lluse, about 1780, and went\\nto Francestown.\\nMichael McClexto had a daughter Xanc;/. He nscd to buy\\nthread and perhaps line linen cloth, and he and his daughter\\nwould take each a i ack, and cariy it to Boston to sell, taking\\nfrom four to six days, and sometimes netting them three pounds.\\nXtincij m. Alexander Arwin, who had a hut near the river,\\nfurther down, and was famous for telling fortunes. It is said\\nthat Arwin would take a bag of ashes on a handsled, and go\\ndown to Dea. Pinkerton s to replenish his stock of rum and tobac-\\nco. The McClentos signed the petition for soldiers in 1748.\\nMoCLALLON.\\nJohn jMcClallox is named in 1751 in the return of a road, and\\nJosEi iiln 1765, in an alteration. They were probably father and\\nson, and lived on No. 13, 2d P. 2d D., on the road to the Branch,\\nbelow the Locke house (Dennis s), near where Pollard s steam\\nmill now is. Joseph had a dau. Sally, m. Capt. Abraham Towle,\\nd. 1814.\\nMcCLURE.\\nJames M( Clure of Londonderry bought Add. lot No. 109, in\\n1736, and settled on it on the road from Wilbur s to the Locke\\nplace, .n 1747 an inquest was hel I on his body; verdict, death\\nby misfortune (killed by felling a tree)\\nDavid McClure, it is said by Eaton s History of Caiidia, p. 89,\\ncame from Edinburgh, or vicinity, about 1720. Ilis inarriag( to\\nMaiiha Glen (sister to Thomas) ten years after, on the Uth of\\nJune, was the tirst nuptial ceremony performed by the Rev. Dr.\\nMorelicad, after his ordination as Pastor of the llrst Presbyterian,\\nnow Federal Street church [Boston] Most of the children were", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0639.jp2"}, "617": {"fulltext": "560 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nthere born and baptized. May 17, 1744, lie purchased the west\\nhalf of No, 17, 2d P. 2d D., and built a house some distance west\\nof the present house where Frcdericlv Wason now lives, there then\\nbeing no road laid out. After John Knowles purchased, he moved\\nit to the present location and it is in the pi esent house. In 1748 he\\nand his son David sigMied the petition for soldiers to defend them\\nfrom the Indians. It is said that the wife was a very energetic\\nand courageous woman that Avhen an attack from the Indians\\nwas expected, and the men absent, she stood sentry, gun in hand,\\nand the Indians came, but left without making an attack. He\\nsold his place to John Knowles, Jr., of Rye, Nov. 22, 1749, and\\nbought No. oO, 2d P. 2d D. He built a log house near the centre\\nof the lot. In 1753 he deeded the north half of his lot to his son\\nDavid, who sold to Thos. Patten. It has been supposed that he\\nwas the first settler in Candia, but it is doubtful whether William\\nTurner was not earlier. He perished in a snow storm in return-\\ning from a visit to a daughter in Ilaymond, Administration on\\nhis estate, May, 17(J2. Chil.: Darid; James; Martha, m. James\\nBliller; Mary, m. Thomas Patten, 1752, d. 1815.\\nMcDUFFEE,\\nDaniel ItlcDuFFEE was one of the original grantees of Lon-\\ndonderry and in the settlement of the Province line in 1741, there\\nwas said to be cut ofl from Haverhill, Daniel Mackafee, Hugh\\nMacaflee and John Macaflee; the two latter were sons of the\\nformer,\\nDaniel lived on the Daniel Kimball place in Derry, and was a\\nblacksmith. He and his Avife, llutli. came from Ireland, In 1748\\nhe gave to his son John half of his farm joining Rev. David\\nMcGregor s, but it is said that John and his brother Daniel after-\\nwards went to Bradford, Vermont. In 17o7 Daniel bought No.\\n89, 2d P., 2d D., and in 1741 was taxed for a mill. It was a corn-\\nmill, and stood near the southwest corner of the lot. In 1741\\nho gave his dear brother Archibald one-half of the lot; and\\nliis name was on the inventory of that year. He lived where\\nThomas Fowler lived, and nothing further is known of him. In\\n1744 he gave to his son Hugh, as his portion of his estate, all that\\npart of No. 89, west of the brook and meadows; together with\\nhis corn-mill, reserving the right to build a saw-mill there if he\\nchose, which probably Avas never done. The deed was witnessed\\nby Samud Macajf ee. Children\\nI. Ilu(jh had\\n1. Joiin, who once owned the Manter mill in Londonderry, but\\nfell through a place for turning the runner in the Chester mill,\\nand broke his neck.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0640.jp2"}, "618": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY MCDUFFEE. 561\\n2. James, lived on tlie lionicstoud ami liad Ilazen, Tlionia?. .lulin,\\nand Martha, avIio ni. Dudley C. Sweatc. He d. 1\u00c2\u00ab()1.\\n3. Betty, ni. Samuel Sliirley, d. 1S4:1, a. sn.\\n4. Anna, /ton cojitjios. and was a lonii tinn^ a pani)er. lli ijh d.\\nApril, l.SO:\\n11. Maii.sjie/(f, served in the Ikcvolutionary army, and atlei his\\nreturn m. ISarali Coburn, the wid. of Thomas Cun-ier, in 17S7,\\nand lived on No. Ks, 2d 1 I d 1).. where Daniel I .all liilely lived.\\nThey had no eliildren. hut made I ^lien Curriei- iii iieir. lied.\\nApril, lyi. she d. \\\\K)r a. KLJ. When nearl i r .juile I K cars\\nold she would walk Irom her son s, near llooksctt line, tn her\\ndaui^-hter-in- law s, near the Worthen saw-mill, eleven mile- in a\\nday. On one oceasion a person invited iier to ride; she re[)lied\\nthat she eould not stoj). ami kept cm her cdur-e.\\nIn 1710 Daniel M(d)ii(ree i)ouj:ht of the projjrietors for twiiily-\\nsix pounds, bills of eredil, the east half of lot Xo. bS, 2d P.. 2d D.,\\non Avhieh ho settled his son,\\nIir^ Arch thai (J, Avho lived near the northeast eornei- where\\nThomas Goldsmith now lives, lie m. Sai-ah lOmerson of Derry-\\nfield. He d. Feb. 2;i, l.s;3(), a. 01; Sarah d. Dec. 2 J, ISIn. a. 77.\\nChildren\\n1. Daniel, m. Ann, dau. of Sanund Shirley, and lived the last\\nof his days on lot No. iil, 4th D.. on Tower liiil in Candia: had\\nfive sons, llazen, Samuel, Arelii., Danii l and Da\\\\id. He d.\\nApril 5, ISofj, a. 84 years and G months; she d. Nov. 2 ,i. ISiiO,\\na.\\n2. Arcliibald, b. April 13,1771. d. Nov. 11. is:.:,; m. S irah,\\ndau. of SteiJhen ^Merril. Sept s, iso,); he b. Dee. H. 17.- d.\\nSept. 29, ISoG. They lived on the honu slead. hildr n:\\nAlmira, b. Sept. 2(;. Iso:,. m. Kufus Forsaiih; d. ls.;;i; 11 ram,\\nb. 1807, m. Mary Ami Wallace, d. is: f. Mahala. 1 l-- d.\\n1827; Esther, b. Au.i;-. 2:5. 1811, m. Tiionias (Joldsmilh. lives on\\nthe homestead they iiave a son Charles Almond, b. June 20,\\n1846, now, 18(;s, an underii-raduate of ihe .Med. Dep. ll.iivard\\nUniversity; xVmos, d. 1832; Mary Jane. d. 1S47 Susa i, d.\\n1839; Stephen Mcrril, b. Dec. 19, 1S2( m. Ilepsibah l*in-ree;\\nHarriet, b. Nov. 20, 1,S2J, m. Natlian (r ,ld-milh.\\n3. Charles, settled in Cabot, Vt.\\nArchlbdld had six daughters: Susa. m. James Shirley, s :rali,\\nin-, a Clark. l?uth, m. Nathl. W., son of Joseph Linn. Xaonu,\\nm. Edward P. Whidden of Auburn. Polly, m. McMurpliy. l etsy,\\nm. John, son of .lames Aiken, and a Ilazeiion of ]\\\\Eanclie i; i-.\\nDaniel, Sen., liad a dau. Ruth, m. W illiam lirown, one if the\\nbrothers who settled near Suncook.\\n36", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0641.jp2"}, "619": {"fulltext": "562 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nMcFARLAND.\\nDamel McFarland in 1738 bought Add. No. 128, and a ten-\\naci e amendment on which lie settled. His will was i)roved in\\n1761. Chil.: Samuel, Isabel, Elizabeth, Hainiah and Jerusha.\\nSince owned by Anthony Morse, Petev Hills and G. W. Hook.\\nAndkeav M(jFAr:LAKi) bought of Moses T}ler 70 acres with\\nbuildings, on the road from No. 2 school-house in Auburn to the\\nCongregational church, lately owned by John Cross. Children:\\nJesse and John, once owned the Dea. Currier place, No. 123,\\n2d P., 2d D.\\n3Toses, had a daughter who had her arm torn off by cider-mill\\nnuts, Oct. 12, 1785.\\nJames, lived on the northeast end of the 70 acres m. wid. Ben-\\nson; had Andrew, b. 1780, d. 18U.\\nWalter McFauland probably lived in the east part of Lon-\\ndonderry, being one who was cut off fi om Haverhill in 1741. He\\nbought of Samuel Emerson No. 16, 4th D, April, 1747, and pi ob-\\nably settled on it (lately the Hunt place). He was a petitioner\\nfor soldiers in 1748. His estate was settled by John Hall in 1748.\\nChil.: Martha, Margaret and Joseph. It is said that Nathan\\nBoid afterwards lived there.\\nThere was a Jajies McFaiilakd who came from Scotland, who\\nwas called i\\\\\\\\c fiddler ix\\\\\\\\(\\\\. weaver; lived at the Long Meadows\\nfirst at the Dug Hill, between Anderson s and Severance s; then\\non the lOO-acre scliool-lot, near whci e Richard S. Clark now\\nlives. Went to IJyegate, Vt.\\nMcFERSON McFARTEN.\\nIn the scLtlemcnt of the Province line, in 1741, Paul Macfiirten\\nand James Macfiirten were cut off from Haverhill. Paul Mc-\\nFerson owned Add. lots No. 8 and 9. His name is on the Pres-\\nbyterian i:)votest, Nov. G, 1735; in 1741 a road was laid out at his\\nrequest on the west side of No. 9. In 1742 ho gave his son James\\n36 acres at the north end of these lots, and bounded it on John\\nWebster (lot No. 7), ami on 4 aci-es sold to AVilliam Turner.\\nJames m. Mary McNiel, and moved to New Boston, and liad a\\nson William, b. 1774, grad. Dart. 1797, and was a physician.* In\\n1748 Paul deeded to ISamuel McFerson the south end of these lots,\\nwith half the orchard and half the buildings.\\nIn the will of AVilliam McFerson, of Londonderrj dated 1743,\\nJames McFerson, of Chester, and Samuel, and Elizabeth Young,\\narc legatees. James lived on Add. lot No. 18, back southwest of", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0642.jp2"}, "620": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY MCKINLEY. 563\\nwhore Mv. Cooledgc now lives, and (he place was afterwards\\nowned by Simeon Cnrrier. In tlie inventorv of (Jollslown for\\n1772, are the names of James Ferson and James Ferson, Jr.\\n:m c g e e\\nTnoM.vs McGee was b. in Ireland. He first came to London-\\nderry, and was a weaver. In 17. he bought of James Wilson\\nof Chester, the southwest lialf of Add. No. 14, with the privi-\\nlege of passing on Wilson s half by Robert Mills land, to the\\nhighway. Robert Mills wife was his sister. About 171.) he I e-\\nmoved to Colerain, Mass. This land, with the north end of the\\nlot, was sold by Adam Morril to Hugh Shirley, in 1790, and is a\\npart of the town farm.\\nMcM ASTER.\\nWilliam and Thomas McMastkr setlled on No. 101, 2d P., 2d\\nD., in the Xeck of the Pond; William where Joseph Brown now\\nlives; and Thomas Avhere Charles Spolford now lives. It is not\\nknown that William had any children. Thomas had a son Thomas,\\nwho lived a bachelor on the homestead, d. 1822, a. 72.\\nMcMURPIIY.\\nAlexander McMurphy, of Londonderry, m. Isabel, dau. of\\nWilliam and Jane Craige, of Chester. Children\\n1. JVone.v, brought up by his grandfather Craige, m. Margaret,\\ndau. of James Graham, lived where the Huntings now live, in\\nAuburn, and in the Neck where Franklin Brown lives.\\n2. Jane, in. (1) James Graham; (2) Samuel Crorabie.\\nMcKINLEY.\\nJohn ]\\\\rcKinley m. Ann Craige, a sister of Robert, and came\\nover with the Craiges, and stopped in Boston, where Rohert\\nwas born, in 1737, At ten years of age Robert came to Chester\\nto live with his uncle, who made him his lieir. He m. Sarah\\nIlarriman, dau. of Jazael. Their children were,\\n1. Ifaryaret, n\\\\. Oliver Hill and lived in Belfast, Maine, and\\nthey were lost at sea.\\n2. Join), m. Dolly Johnson, lived at Belfast.\\no. Thomas, d. at sea.\\n4. Au)}, h. 1785, in. Jame^ Badger, Avho was lost at sea. She is\\nalive, 18G9,\\n5. Jlari/, m. Elislia Cole, Southbridge, [Mass.\\n6. S((ll /,h.^ldy C), 1789, m. David Abbot, lived at TEooksctt,\\nChester, and Windham; d. Jan. 30, 18G9.\\n7. Elizabeth, m. Amos Adams, went west.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0643.jp2"}, "621": {"fulltext": "564 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n8. Jane G., m. Elislia Andrews, went to Louisiana, d. Sept.,\\n18C8.\\n9. Eobert, b. April 22, 1790, m. Grace Smith 1827, lived on the\\nhomestead; d. Aug-. 11, 18^5.\\nHis sons live in Auburn. Robert, Sen., d. Aug. 27, 1830, a. 93.\\nSarah, his wife, d. Dec. 19, 1845, a. 91.\\nMELVIX.\\nPatrick Melvin s name first appears on the records as signer\\nof the Presbyterian protest of June 10, 1735, tliougli probably he\\nwas in town earlier. He settled on H. L. No. 29. His wife was\\nMary. His will was proved April 28, 1759. The legatees were\\nhis Avife Mary, Benjamin, Abraham, Elizabeth, Mary, John, and\\nJane. Tlie widow Avas a remarkably smart woman, and kept\\nhouse for Dea. Matthew Forsaith, and had a legacy in his will.\\nShe d. Oct. 1, 1795. Children\\nI. Benjamin, b. Dec. 9, 1733, m. Mehitabel, dau. of Samuel\\nBradley (who Avas killed by the Indians at Concord, Aug. 11,\\n174G), July 13, 17(;2. She was b. Dec. 27, 1745. The widow of\\nMr. Bradley m. Robert Calfe, of Chester. Benjamin Melvin d.\\nDec. 29, 1802. The widow m. Dea. John S. Dearborn: d. Feb.\\n14, 1825. Children\\n1. Anna, b. March 27, 17G3, m. Lieut. Josiah Underhill, 1784,\\nd. March 17, 1847.\\n2. Samuel, b. 1765, Avent to Me.\\n3. Sarah, b. Sept. 20, 1767, m. James Orr, d. March 29, 1861.\\n4. Polly, b. 1770, m. Tarlton, d. 1824.\\n5. Benjamin, b. 1773, m. Betty, or Elizabeth, dau. of Abraham\\nSargent, Avent to Me.\\n6. John, b. Jan. 8, 1776, m. Susannah, dau. of Abraham Sar-\\ngent, NoA\\\\ 13, 1800; lived on the homestead; d. June 11, 1814.\\nThe wid. m. Richard, son of Jona. Dearborn, d. 1868. Chil.\\nLuther, b. 1801; John F. Lydia R., m. David Currier; Thomas\\nJ., b. April 11, 1808, m. Harriet Tenney, had a son, Charles T.,\\ngrad. at Dartmouth, 1856. (See Graduates.)\\n7. Josiah, b. June 28, 1778, m. Sally, dau. of Joseph Blanchard,\\nEsq., and lived in Chester and Maine.\\n8. Mehitabel, b. April 14, 1781; m. Hon. John Folsom; d.\\nMarch 23, 1824.\\n9. William, b. 1783; went south.\\n10. Richard, b. Feb. 14, 1786; m. Ann. dau. of David Patten,\\n1825; she d. Aug. 15, 1842; m. (2) Jane D. Carr, Feb. 2, 1843;\\nlives at Derry village. No children alive.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0644.jp2"}, "622": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY MILLER, 565\\nIT. Abraham Melvin, went to Wcare. Nothing is Icnown of\\nhim.\\nIII. Elizabeth\\nIV. John, went to ]\\\\rainc.\\ny. Mary, b. 1715; ni. (1) David, son of AVilliam Wliite, Sen.;\\nm. (2) Steplien Merril d. July 13, 18;J;3.\\nVI. Jane, b. 171:7; ni. James, son of Tliomas Wason, Sen.\\nMERIIIL.\\nAmos Mkurii. came from Newbury was a bachelor; lived the\\nlast of his days with Edmund Sleeper; d. 1824, a. 93.\\nSnu UKN MiouKiL was brother of Amos. In 17G8 he bought of\\nAndrew McFarland 50 acres of the Tyler land at the Long Mead-\\nows, lie m. a sister of Barnard liricket. Children\\n1, Barnard, lived in Chester. 2. Hannah, ni. a Bartlett and\\nwent to Sanbornton. ISIary. m. John, son of Edward Prescott;\\nwere parents of Capt. John, of Ilooksett, and Mary. b. 1793, m.\\nEdward Ivobie. 4. Nelly, m. Nathl.. son of Nathl. Hall; went to\\nGoshen.\\nHe m. (2) Mary Melvin, Avid. of David White. Had:\\n5. Sarah, m. Archi. McDuffee, Jr. He d. 1822, a. 86. Mary d.\\n1833.\\nThomas Merkil was from Cambridge; was a painter; in. Mary\\nClark, dan. of Joseph Clark, and lived on the Clark i)lace where\\nC W. Chase now lives; d. 1808.\\n]\\\\I I L L E R\\nThere was a Miller, probably Robert, who m. Elizabeth, sis-\\nter of Tiiomas Glen and also sister of David McClure s wife.\\nThey had one son, James. Robert d. and the wid. m. William\\nGilchrist, who in 1752 gave to his son-in-law (step-son) James\\n]MiIlcr of Chester, a tract in a new plantation, the west side of\\nthe Great River, called Gofistown. James in. Martha, dau. of\\nDavid McClure, and settled on the above tract; and afterwards\\nsold to Dea. Thomas Shirley and Alexander Gilchrist, who lived\\ntliere; he went to Candia to live with his father McC-lure. Chil-\\ndren: William, Samuel, Thomas, Josiah, Matty, and Joanna, m.\\nJoseph Abbott.\\nAucmi .ALn Miller in 1747 1)0ught No. 81, 2d P., 2d D., and\\nsettled on it, where Samuel Anderson now lives. March, 1754,\\nthe widow, Mary, and Andrew Craige were appointed adminis-\\ntrators. The wid. m. John Sliirley. Children: William, James\\nand Hugh, and perhaps others. They sold to Thomas Anderson.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0645.jp2"}, "623": {"fulltext": "566 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nMILLS.\\nJohn Mills came from Irclaiul, ami was in Haverhill in 1733.\\nIn 1734 lie bought half of Add. No. 19, west of where Mr. Cool-\\nedge now lives. He was there in 1740, when the road was laid\\nout, hut afterwards moved to Colerain, Mass., and was killed by\\nthe Indians soon after.\\nRobert Mills was a brother of John, ami probably came to\\nChester about the same time, and bought of liichard Ilaseltine\\nhis Add. lot No. 15, on which he settled. He was married before\\nhe came from Ireland, and had a son John, who lived on Add.\\nNo. 51, where John Smith tirst settled, and he lived there in 175G,\\nwhen the road was laid out. There was a John 3Iilh., probably\\nthe same man who bought Dr. Samuel Brown s place, Add. lot\\nNo, 17, m. Susan Ferren. Children: John, Thomas, James\\nand Mary. Thomas m. a Stinsou; he d. 1804; the wid. m. Peter\\nAbbott; d. about 1831.\\nRobert m. (2) Jane McGee, sister to Thomas; d. 17G2, a. 80.\\nChildren\\nI. David, m. Mary, dair. of William Wilson, Jr.; lived on\\nthe homestead; had: 1. Robert; m. Sally, daii. of Robert Gra-\\nham. 2. Jesse, m. Nancy Graham and lived on the homestead.\\n3. Peter, went to Conn. 4. Hugh, m. a Dodge and lives in Derry\\nPeak. 5. Stephen, d. unm. G. Mary, m. Reuben Heath and\\nwent to Pembroke. 7. Asenath, m. Simon M. Sanborn of Ches-\\nter. David Mills d. April 21, 1802.\\nRobert Mills also had\\nII. Jonathan, went to Colerain thence to New York.\\nIII. 3Iary, m. Col. William AVliite; d. Dec. 24, 1780, a. 43.\\nIV. 3Iarthn, m. John Sweetser of Deering.\\nV. Jane, m. James Wilson of Colerain.\\nVI. VII. VIII. lloberf, James and Joseph, went to Deering.\\nIX. WiUiam, m. Ann, only dan. of Rev. John Wilson, and\\nlived on Mr. Wilson s place d. March 19, 1840, a. 94. Children\\nJoseph, m. Hannah Greenough; Benjamin, m. Jane, dau. of Lt.\\nWilliam Wilson.\\nMORSE.\\nThere were seven men by the name of JNIorse, who came from\\nEngland to America.\\nAnthony Morse was b. at Marlborough, AMltshire, England,\\nMay 9, 1G06 emigrated to this country and settled at Newbury,\\n1635, and d. there Oct. 12, 1686. He had 10 children; the second,\\nDea. Benjamin, b. Mitrcli, 1640, m. Ruth Sawyer, and had 11\\nchildren the oldest BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 24 168G, m. Susannah,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0646.jp2"}, "624": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY MORSE. 567\\n(lau. of Abel Merril, and graiuldaiii-hlcr of Aquila Cliasc, and\\nluid nine children, the oldest of whom, Capt. AHEL, b. Oct. 5,\\nUm, m. Grace Parker of Bradford, 1714. JIo d. April 20, 17C3;\\nshe d. 1755. Tlis Avill dated Dec 5, 17(;o, Among tlic legatees\\nare grandchildren, Ezekicl and Edna Stevens, children of Abel.\\nEzokiel lived on north end of No. 121), O. II., near where John\\nMaVden now lives.\\nALJEL ^NIOKSE of Newbnry bought of [John Karr Add. lots\\nNos. 20 and 21, where Amos ]\\\\[orse lately lived, Jan. 18, 17i;5. He\\nsoon after bought the other side of the road, Nos. 22 and 23, with\\nthe mills. lie was the tirst representative admitted into the Genl.\\nAss., in 1748. lie had the title of Capt. in 174(). Gliildren\\nI. rAUKKU, b. April 20, 1715, graduated at Harvard, 1734, m.\\nHannah Tluse; was a physician at Woodstock, Conn.\\nII. AitKL, b. March l; 1717, went to Sutton, ISIass.\\nIII. Natiiax, b. June 12, 1719, settled on Add. lot. No. 85, on\\nthe North Pond road (the Camet place), went to^NIoultonborough.\\nIV. JosiAii, b. 1721, m. ]\\\\Iary. dan. of Joseph Chase, sister of\\nJacob and Moody, and lived on Add. No. 21, d. Feb. 8, 1795; she\\nd. July 18, 1815.\\nV. Stephen, b. Feb. 15, 1721. m. Abigail, dan. of Capt. Samuel\\nIngalls; lived on the N. E. end of Add. No. 21 d. March G, 1807;\\nshe d. ^lay, 1808.\\nVI. Rehecca, b. 172(1.\\nVII. Ei.EANOU.b. 172S,m. Dca. Benjamin Hills, d. Jan. 14,1814.\\nVI H. Omvkk, b. 1730, m. Elizabeth Eaton, 17G0, lived ou the\\nhonuistead. Chil. Elizabeth, Rebecca, James, True, Ferley and\\nSarah. He d. 1770; the wid. m. Taylor Little, and Avent to New\\nBoston, and some of the children settled there. She had. two\\ndaughters. Hannah Eittle m. Capt. Isaac Dinsmore, and lived\\non the ]Morse place. Little and wife d. there; she d. Sept. 22,\\n1821, a. 82.\\nIX. AcKAiiA:\\\\r, 1). 173; m. Sai-ah Woodman, June 2, I7G3; lived\\nin diflerent })lacGS in Chester; slie d. 182S, ii. 98; he d. 1S07.\\nChildren:\\nDavid; Sarah, b. 17G7 Pliineas; Betty, b. 1771, d. Oct IG,\\n18G2; Ednab. 1774, d. 185G. AH unmarried.\\nCai T. ABEL m. (2) Sarah Kiml)all, Sept. 29, 1757.\\nX. Susanna, b. 17G3, m. Capt. Amos Emerson.\\nIV. Issue of JosiAii and Maky:\\n1. Jfirt/, h. May 31, 1745, m. Dea. John, son of Samuel Hills,\\n2. Jo^iah, b. Oct. 17, 1747, m. (1) Lois Webster, 1773; m. (2)\\nSarah, dau. of Joseph Kuowles, 179G. Ib^ d. July 9, 1812; she d.\\nJuly 9, 1850, a. 84 y. 9 m. He built the house where Daniel\\nGreeuough formerly and Enoch Long lately lived. Children:", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0647.jp2"}, "625": {"fulltext": "668 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nJosiah; Echvard; Asa; Martha; John,!). IMarcli 16, 1797, m. Judith\\nHardy, d. Nov. 1851; slic d. Dec. 0, 1801; Eliza, b. 1788, m-\\nNatlil. French 1818; Sarah, d. v.; IJu/.on, b. Oct. 23, 1803, m.\\nHunkins and Nancy Norton, d. at Chester.\\n3. Anna, b. July 26, lli J, ni. Sanuicl, son of Samuel Hills,\\nAvent to Sandwich.\\n4. Parker, b. Nov. Ifi, 17;J1, went to Deering.\\n6. Joseph, b. May 12, 1753, ni. Mary Kandal, lived on H. L. 114,\\nwhere John llowcl and Pearson Richardson had lived, d. Dec. 27,\\n1811 she d. Feb. 8, 1831, a. 80. Children\\n1. Molly; b. Sept. 4, 177G, m. Joshua Hall, d. 1856.\\n2. Rachael, b. 1778, m. Graham of Concord.\\n3. Hannah, b. 1781 m. Nathan Fitts.\\n4. Lucy, b. Jan. 5, 1783, num., alive 1869.\\n5. Joseph, b. 1784, m. Phebe D. West.\\nC. Oliver, d. y.\\n7. Levi, 1787, Salem, Mass.\\n8. Walter, b. April 10, 1789, m. Edna Davis, 1812, lived on the\\nhomestead, d. March 14, 18G5.\\n9. Edmund, b. 1792, m. Clarissa Blake.\\nC. Amos, m. Hannah Blaisdell, 1780, lived on the homestead.\\nChildren\\n1. Piichard, b. 1781, m. Mehital)el Piper, d. 1846.\\n2. Sarah, b. 1784, m. Jona. Dearborn, d. 1861.\\n3. Josiah, b. 1786, m. Lydia Shannon, d. 1858.\\n4. Mary, b. 1788, m. Daniel Carleton, alive 1869.\\n5. Abiyail, b. 1790. m. Eliphalet Sargent, d. 1846.\\nG. Elizabeth, b. 1792, m. Luther AYaterman, d. 1865. Hannah\\nd. Feb. G, 1795. Amos m. (2) Juditli (AV^orth) Kelly, 1796.\\n7. Amos, b. 1796, m. Abigail llogers, lived on the homestead.\\n8. Oliver, b. 1799.\\n9. Judith, b. 1802, umn.\\n10. Parker, b, 1807, ni. Mary Jcnness, lives on H. L. 68, the Ben.\\nHaselton i)lace.\\nV. Issue of Stephen, son of Capt. Abel and Abigail Ingalls:^\\n1. Samuel, b. July 30, 1750, d. 1848, at Plymouth, N. IL\\n2. Abiyail, b. Oct. 8, 1752, d. unm., 1830.\\n3. Gilbert, b. Nov. 8, 1754, m. Elizabeth, dan. of AVilliam Bell\\nbuilt the l)ouse which has been the Congregational parsonage.\\n4. Jonathan, h. March 3, 1757, d. March 3, 1840, at Haverhill,\\nN. H.\\n5. Theodore, b. July 27, 1759, d. Feb., 1829, at Springfield, N. H.\\nC. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 18, 1761, d. Dec. 12, 1820, at Kingston,\\nN. H.\\n7. Sici hen, h. Alarch 13, 1764, m. Susan Parker, d. at Dracut.\\n8. Adah, b. March 22, 1766, d. unji.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0648.jp2"}, "626": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY MOORE. 5G9\\n9. Isaac, 1). Nov. 26, ITno, in. Xaiicy. dan. of SloplicinVortlien,\\nlived on tlie lioniestcutl, d. June 29, IS.V.i.\\n10. Peter, b. Dec. 8, 1774, ni. Sarali, dan. of Juna. l?i-o\\\\vii, of\\nPoplin; lived iit Poplin and Chester; d. isd;;.\\nAntiiow i\\\\[()KSK came from Newbui-y, m. a IMatts. sister of\\nJacob Hills wife, had dan. Hannah, m. Moses, son of Jacob Hills.\\nHe lived where I)ani(!l McFarhmd formerly lived, Avli(, re Peter\\nHills and W. Hook have lived; went to Xorthlield, N. H.\\nM O O Pt E\\nJoiix ^fooKK and CiiAKM.Ks MooiiK came from Ireland too-ether^\\nJohn ]\\\\I(m)i;k of Londonderry bought Gov. Wentwortlfs farm\\nof llfly acres, in 17;38, but he settled on the cast end of Ad l. lot\\nNo. lOi. He m. .Tane INIorrison in Ireland. Children:\\nI. James, m. Mary, dan. of AVilliam Todd, lived near the\\nliranch on lot No. -1.3, H.; d. a young man. The Avidow m.\\nPobcrt Wallace of Londonderry, had James, John, b. about 1785,\\nlived in Ilaymond, and liobert; she d. 18;)2, a. 91. Children:\\n1. Capt. William, m. Margaret, dan. of Capt. William Locke,\\nlived on Add. 102, on the Caleb Richardson place. He d. Oct. 31,\\n1840, a. 78; she d. March 29, 1844.\\n2. Pobert, m. Mary, dan. of William Todd, Jr., lived on the\\nhomestead; he d. Jan., 1804; she d. Nov., 18o(), a. .S4.\\nJames, m. Anna, dan. of William Todd, Jr., lived at I ree-\\nport, jNIe.; he d. March, 1797. The widow m. Pobert AVilhcrs-\\npoou, d. at Aubvu ii, 1852, a. 78.\\nJ I. John, m. a dan. of Andrew Jack, lived in Candia, on lot\\nNo. 7;), 3d 1).; had a sou Andrew, b. 177G, Avho m. Putli. dan. of\\nThomas I atten, d. a. 69. John was killed in the arm}-, 1778; the\\nwid. m. Sam. Scribner.\\nin. ^lajor Ilenrij, lived unmarried on the homestead, (L 1801,\\na. 73.\\nIV. Charles, m. Molly Whittier, lived on Cov. Shute s farm, on\\nthe N. Pond road, where Samuel INI. Edwards now lives, d. 1811;\\nshe d. about 1830. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1. James, m. Nancy Young, dau. of Ebon Basford s wife, lived\\nin dilferent places in Chester, d. at Exeter, Feb. 1827.\\n2. Josiah, m. Dolly, dau. of Capt. William Locke, lived on the\\nhomestead. (L 1821; the wid. ra. Thomas Shannon, alive 1869,\\n3. Ilcubcn.\\n4. liobert.\\no. John, m. Susan IJobie, went to Belfast, ^Nle.\\nG. Henry, killed in the army.\\nJoEix MoouK had two daughters, Perifpj and JfoUi/, unm. ^Nlolly\\nd. 1808. He d. 1777; she d. Oct. 5, 1786.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0649.jp2"}, "627": {"fulltext": "570 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nCharles Moore was a younger brother of John; m. Jane, daii.\\nof William Wilson, Sen. bought lot No. 5, 2(1 P. 2(1 D., settled\\non the West end on the road across from John Moore s bj Locke s\\nto McClellan s d. 1799. Children\\nI. Lt. William, m. Mary, dau. of Koberl Wilson, Esq., settled\\non the E. end of homestead, where Daniel Sanborn now lives; d.\\nabout 1803; she d. Dec. 1819. Chil.:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1. Ira. 2. Betsy, m. a\\nlOmball. Susannah. 4. Polly. 5. Cyrus, m. Polly, dau. of\\nCapt. Ezekiel Blake. G. Alice, m. Benj. Poor. 7. Anna.\\nII. Joshua, m. Jean, dau. of Thomas Patten, lived in Candia,\\non 127, 3d D., d. 1810. Ills son Sclden lives on the homestead.\\nDr. Coffin Moore Avas a native of Stratham, came to Candia\\nabout 17(30, and was the first physician there, and was said to\\nhave been skillful. lie m. Comfort Weeks, of Greenland. lie\\nd. 17G8. The wid. m. Simon French; d, Nov. 1, 1814. Chil-\\ndren:\\nI. William. II. John. III. CaJJin..\\nIV. Jacob JJ., m. Marv, dau. of Ephraim Eaton, and was a\\nphysician; settled at Andover, N. H., and had:\\n1. Jacob B., a partner with Isaac Hill, in the N. II. Patriot;\\none of the authors of Moore and Faiiuer s Gazetteer, of N. II.;\\nalso of the N. II. Hist. Coll.\\n2. Henry E., celebrated as a musician.\\n3. Mar} m. Dr. Thomas Brown.\\n4. John W., once editor of the Bellows Falls Gazette.\\nV. Patti), ni. Dea. Caleb Prince.\\nVI. Folly.\\nVII. Coi. /forl, m. John, son of Simon French.\\nSamuel Moores was an early settler, and a nu^n of great influence\\nin Candia. He lived at the Corner, on No. 69, 3d D. The name\\nis found on records as of Portsmouth, but is said by Eaton to have\\ncome from Ilauip.stead. He m. Mehitabel, dan of Capt. Samuel\\nIngalls, v/ho was b. 1723, being the first white child born in\\nChester. He nuist have lived in Chester before settling in\\nCandia. She was celebrated as a midwife. He d. Oct. 28,1793;\\nshe d. April 12, 1818, at Deerileld. He was always called Doc-\\ntor Moores. Children:\\n1. Peter, b. Dec. 13, 1751, m. Maiy Varuura; went to Maine.\\n2. David, b. 1754.\\n3. Samuel, lived on Ihc Itomcstead; was a major in the militia.\\n4. Tiinothi/. 5. JSfalhaittd. G. Josiah.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0650.jp2"}, "628": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY MURRAY. 571\\n:\\\\r o li R ILL.\\nJoseph Morrill oamc from South Uainptou; lived on the\\nnortheast end of Add. Xo. 1-1, and Tiioniius McGee on the south-\\nwest end. He had a son Ada/ii, Avho sold the place to Hugh\\nShirley in 1790, and settled on the north Pond road, on Gov.\\nShute s farm, where Barnard P. llobic now lives. Children:\\n1. Joseph, m. Abigail, dau. of Dea. Xathl. French, aud went\\nto Maine. 2. Joslah. 3. Lydia, m. Eliphalet P erry. 4. Kachael.\\n5. Sarah, m. Heath, of Boscawen. G. Jonathan, 7. David, went\\nto Northlield. 8. Polly, m. Heath.\\nJoseph, Sen., had a dau. Jane, m. Israel Dolby, Jr.\\n3r O U L TON.\\nJonathan Moulton of Bradford, bought of James Xorris, of\\nChester, three home lots, Xos. 102, 38, and 113, in Jan., 1741.\\nThey lived on Xo. 113, and it has since been occupied by Josiah\\nBradley, Josepli Witherspoon. Daniel Hills, and novr by Hiram\\nBasford. He m. Sarah. Children:\\n1. 2\\\\ anne, h. 1741, m. Josiah J radley; lived on the homestead,\\n2. Sarah, b. 1743, ni. Jonathan Brown of Poplin; d. INIarch 15,\\n1822.\\n3. Jielty or EUzahcth, b. 1700, m. Simeon Currier; d. April 24,\\n1834.\\n4. AhUjall, m. Jacob Basford and Jona. Brown; d. 1841, a. 88.\\nJona. Moulton d. 1771; his widow d. Feb. 22, 1807.\\nMUUR AY.\\nSamukl ^Murray came from Bye to Chester about 1780, and\\nbought lot Xo. 109, 2d P., 2d D., and a piece of Xo. GO, to enable\\nliim to settle on the road. He m. (1) Elizabeth Berry. Chil-\\ndren\\n1. Samuel, lived in Greenland.\\n2. Susannah, m. 11. Lamprey; lived at Lunenburg, Yt. Sam-\\nuel m. (2) Hannah Dalton.\\n3. Elizabeth, Ui. John, sou of John Carr; lived in Springfield,\\nX. H.\\n4. William, m. Mary Carr; lived on the homestead; d. Dec. 15,\\n1851.\\n5. \u00c2\u00bb/o.v/rt/ m. Dolly Prescott; lived in Ilampstead.\\n6. John, m. Elizabeth Pillsbury; lived near the homestead. He\\nd. June 5, 1802, a. 85; she d. Xov. 2, 18GG, a. 84.\\nSamuel Murray d. Jan. 18, 1826, a. 92. Hannah d. Xov. 30,\\n1820, a. 80.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0651.jp2"}, "629": {"fulltext": "572 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nNORTON.\\nJoseph Nokton came from Jreonlaiul m. Elizabeth, dau. of\\nSamuel Hills, He settled on the northeast end of Gov. Shute s\\nfarm. She d. of small-pox 1778. He m. (2) widow Molly Tabor.\\nChildren\\nLy(Ji((, m. Daniel, son of Jonathan Norton d. 1SG3, a. 92.\\nJofiephy d. unm.\\nSally, d. unm.\\nJosiah, was drowned in Whetstone pond, unm.\\nJoseph Norton d. Feb. 17, 1818, a. 81. She. d. March 21, 1840,\\na. 100 y. 1 m.\\nJonathan Norton was a brother of Joseph; settled on 131,\\nO. II., where Josiah Seavey lately lived. Children:\\nI. Simon, m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Patten; had: 1. David.\\n2. Simon. 3. Polly, m. Nathl. Emerson, Jr.\\nII. John, m. Polly, dau. of Benaiah Colby; lived on the home-\\nstead.\\nIII. Daniel, m. Lydia Norton lived in Raymond.\\nIV. Nathan, and V. David.\\nHe d. 17 J1. The widow m. Stephen Lufkiu.\\nNUTT.\\nJohn Nutt and William Nutt lived on No. 86, 2d P., 2d D.,\\nwhere the Crosetts, and Brown and Pierce afterwards lived.\\nThey were probably the first settlers, and owned a large tract of\\nland in 86, 87 and 93, and probably built the tirst saw-mill there.\\nJohn d. 1758, William, 1760.\\nO R R\\nJohn Orr came from Ireland with Robert Craige, Allen Tem-\\npleton, and others; m. Martha, dau. of Allen Templeton settled\\non No. 76, 2d P., 2d D. Children\\n1. James m. Sarah, dau. of Benja. Mclvin lived on homestead;\\nhad a large family. James d. 1841, a. 81; she d. 1861, a. 93-^.\\n2. Molly, m. David, yon of John Patten; d. Nov. 16, 1838.\\nOTTER SON.\\nThe present generation of Ottcrsons, at Ilooksett, know noth-\\ning beyond their grandfather William and a brother Andrew,\\nwho came from Ireland with the Browns. But there is the will\\nof James Ottersou of Londonderry, on the Probate record, dated\\nOct., 1760, the legatees of which are wife Agnes, James, George,\\nJohn, and grandson James and granddaughter Mary, correspond-", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0652.jp2"}, "630": {"fulltext": "GENEALOr; Y PATTEN 573\\niiijr to tlio name. of tlicii- fatlier and aunt, and tlio tirno soon al tor\\nAVilliain died.\\n^Vii.i.iA.M m. !Miss ToJiiplo, in Inland, and scltlcd lir t on land\\nbouii lil by IJoycs, near Simeon an but in .bin.. IT. iT.be ltonjj;bt\\nof Itobert Boyes No. li S, itii I)., w iicif I-aae )ttfr.-\u00c2\u00ab n now\\nlives. He enlisted into tbe army, and was drowned in cros^in*^\\nLake Champlaiu, in 1700. His estate was administered on by\\nJosepli IJrowii, in 17()(t.\\nTlio mime of Andkkw ai)i)ears on the records, sometimes a of\\nCliester. ami sometimes as of Londonderry, and be went to parts\\nunknown.\\nTbere was a sister Ann m. Dr. Jo ei)li Ibown.\\nAVii.i.iAJi bad\\nL Jtnnes. h. An s. 17. )7, m. ^lary Chase of Sutton. X. 11.;\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was a soldier at Hhode 1-land in 177S; d. Dee. 1 2, ist*;. Shed.\\n1840, a. 8(1. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1. AVilliam. b. 17s:t, m. lictsy Cochran; liv( s in Hooksett.\\n2. James, b. 17LI2, m. a Shirley, and .Mehitabel Orr: d. lsti7.\\n:3. Elizabeth, m. Nicholas Dollof.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24. Isaac C. b. 17117, m. Mar^-aret Head: lives on the home.-tead.\\n5. John A., twin. b. 171\u00c2\u00bb7, lives at Clinton, Mass.\\nG. Mary, b. \\\\SU-J, m. John Younir: lives in Hooksett.\\n7. Jotham D., b. lsu.3, an iron founder at Nashua, and flayer\\nof the city in 18(59.\\n8. ^lartin Luther.\\nn. Jlin\\\\i/, num., (L Nov. 22, 184 a. 8().\\nIn some tal)les of lonirevity there i-; the name of James Otter-\\nson, dyin^ at the a re of 1(J3 years; but nothing is known of him.\\nr ATT EN.\\nDea. K ni;itT Tattion came from Ediidturiili or vicinity to 15os-\\nton about 1724, and lived there about l. years, and then removed,\\nto Exeter. Jlis children were b.in Boston. July 7, 1741. In- pur-\\nchased of Samuel Emerson No. 7 2d P., 2d D., on which he\\nmade a settlement. He d. 17.J4. Children:\\nI. T/ioDi is, b. 172.J; m. Mary, dau. of David ^[c( lure. I7.J2,\\nand bou-ht-the west half of :^[cClure\u00e2\u0096\u00a0s lot. No. :VK 2d 1 2d I).,\\nin 17. 1. and settled there. He d, 1810, a. JL She d. 181. Chil-\\ndren\\n1. Elizabeth, m. .John, sou of .lames arimm, and Moses Clark.\\n2. Thonuis, unm. Mary, m. Simon Norton. 4. .lean, m.\\nJoshua Moore, and lived near her father s. Martha. m..loseph\\nL. .Scavey of Kyc. (J. Sarah, ni. Benjamin Wadiey. 7. liichard,\\nin. Lemuel Dimou. 8. Marj^aret, m. Jacob, son of .lohn Sargent\\nof Candia. 9. Haiuiah, m. Ephraim Eullington and went to", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0653.jp2"}, "631": {"fulltext": "0(4 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nCambridg-c, Vt. 10. Eutli, in. AndrcAY, son of John Moore of\\nCaiidia. 11. Samuel, m. Lydia, dau. of Nathaniel Emerson, and\\nliyed on the McCliire place. 12. Moses, m. Hannah, dau. of\\nEphraim Eaton, and lived on the homestead.\\nII. John, m. Jean Karr, 1753, and lived on the homestead. She\\nd. 1769; he m. again; 2d wife d. 1811; he d. 1812. Children:\\n1. Janet. 2. Molly, unm. d. 1836, a? 80. 3. David, b. Sept.\\n2. 17o8; m. Molly Orr, 178-1, and lived at the Neck, and on the\\nhomestead. They had a large family; among whom were Jesse\\nb. April G, 1788, m. Hannah Orr and Lucinda Evans; and Ann,\\nb. 1798, m. Eichard Melviu, d. 1812. David d. 1835. 4. Eliz-\\nabeth, m. Arclii. Gamble of Manchester. 5. Susej^, m. Jonathan\\nDavis. G. John, d. young. 7. Anna, b. 1766 m. Amos Crombie;\\nd. 1842. Children: \u00e2\u0080\u0094Franklin, Esq., b. 1803, and Luther.\\nIII. liobert, m. Catherine Karr and settled first on the south-\\nwest side of the homestead, where the Huntings now live. About\\n1774 he bought of Zebulon Winslow No. 83, 3d D., and removed\\nto Candia. They had 9 children. William kept the homestead;\\nm. Abigail, dau. of William Turner; had AVillis, who lives on the\\nhomestead. Robert m. (2) Abigail Clark, and had Dea. Francis\\nand 4 other children.\\nPEAKCE.\\nJames Peakce m. Molly, dan. of Capt. John Underbill, 1765;\\nlived on Jajnes Basford s amendment, W. of the brick school-\\nhouse, where Aaron Wilcomb and Elijah Hall have since lived;\\nhad 9 cliildren d, 179G the widow and children went into the\\ncountry.\\nPIERCE.\\nBexjamix Pierce, with his son Samuel and William Brown,\\ncame from Ncwburyport and bought of James and Benjamin\\nCrosett 270 acres in Nos. 86, 87 and 93, 2d P., 2d D., where the\\nNutts had lived. Brown lived where Israel Senter now lives, and\\nPierce some 50 rods further northeast. Samuel Pierce m. a dau.\\nof Nathl. Presby who lived on No. 92, where Iluntou lately lived\\nshe m. (2) a Nichols. Eunice Pierce m. William Brown,\\nPOOH.\\nJohn Poor came from Wiltshire, Eng., to Newbury in 1635, and\\nthere have been many of the name there Indian Hill seems to\\nhave been the seat of the settlement. James Bricket and Samuel\\nPoor, of Newbury, divided certain lauds they owned in Chester\\nin 1765, and Samuel Poor, Sen., deeded to Samuel Poor, Jr., No.\\n26, O. 11., Feb. 17G5, on which he settled. He appears to have", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0654.jp2"}, "632": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY PRE^COTT. 675\\nlived but a sliort time, for in October of (lie saino year, adininis-\\ntnition of Ills estate was granted to Saiimel Poor, lie had two\\nsons:\\nI. SamneL ni. Lydia 8wain, and lived on tlio Jioniestcad, and\\nhad a son Samuel.\\nJl. J^h(iie:icr, ni. Mary, dan. of apt. Xatlian r)rown. and\\nl)ouglit of John Poor 0 acres of the cast end of Xo. 1;; If., in\\n1770, on Avhich he lived, Avhere his son IJenjamin, b. March 4,\\n1798, now lives, Avho m. Alice, dan. of Lieut. illiani M(jore.\\nSamuel, Jr., had also Jfin-i/, ni. a Jviniball of Boxlord, and\\nJlmniaJi, ni. a Keynolds.\\n1 o E L\\nWiLl,iA Powi .L came (o Chester previous to 1728, f^r lie was\\nsurveyor of highways, and his dan. Eliz((belh was m. to Jona.\\nGoodhue that year, lie bought and settled on the southwest end\\nof II. L. Xo. 11. It was voted to set tin; Presbyterian nieeting-\\nliouse over against Wm. Powels. Ho was probably somewhat\\nadvanced in years, for in 173. he deeded to John I owel II. L. Xos.\\n11 and iu in consideration of maintenam-e. ai\\\\d took a deed back\\nof all of Xo. .J7, north of the road, Avhich is where the Daniel\\nWilson house stands. The brook there Avas called PoweFs\\nbrook. There Avas a William PoAvel Avho had children recorded\\nfrom 17;)7 to 1755, probably his son.\\n1 I L L S B I \\\\l Y\\nEi.r.T.Mi PiT.i.snruv Avas tYom Xewbury about 17G5; settled on a\\ntract oi land sold to ^Nlaj. Tolford, lying between X os. ;)7 and 38,\\n2d P., 2d 1)., and Gov. Shute s farm on the side noxt to Xorton s,\\nbut afterAvards moved out on the road to Candia. on X o. 38. lie\\nm. Anna IJartlett. Children: Sarah, ni. Jonathan SeaA cy;\\nStephen, Anna,\\\\n. Isaac Towle, Jr. lie d. 1830, a. 92;\\nshe d. about the same time, a. 93.\\nP P. E S CO T T\\nJosiii .v PijKsroTT probably came from Kensington and settled\\nnear the southwest end of the nortliAvest lialf of Xo. is, 2d P.,\\n2d I). lie was deer inspector in 1741. He m. Abigail, dau.\\nof Xailil. Ambrose, and sister of Sampson Underbill s wife. She\\nd. 1785. Children:\\nI. ^arah, m. Josej)]! True.\\nII. Abifjail, b. ;il)out 1741; m. Capt. Dcnjamiu Currier; d. Jan.\\n2, 1824, a. 80.\\nIII. Joshua.\\nIV. John, went to SaudAA ich.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0655.jp2"}, "633": {"fulltext": "576 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nV. Doniinicus, m. a Moultou and lived on the homestead. Had\\n1. Hannah, m. Edward Prescott. 2. John, in, Abigail, dan. o^\\nJacob Basfovd and lived on the homestead. 3. Michael. 4.\\nJoshua, m. Nancy Harden. 5. Jesse, m. Hardy. Abirjail died.\\nJoshua m. (2) Mary ]Mouhon. Children:\\nVI. Daniel, went west.\\nVII. Am, b. 1765; m. Abiji ail Marden; was along time Dei^-\\nuty Sheriff in Chester, and went to Pierniont.\\nVni, Josej^h.\\nIX. E(l r((rd, b. 17(30; m. Hannah, dau. of Dominicus Prescott.\\nJoshua Prescott had a brother Edwahd who came to Chester,\\nbut does not appear to have had any permanent residence, an d\\nlittle is known of bini. He had a son,\\n1. John, who m. Mary, dau. of Stephen Merril, and had Capt-\\nJohn of Hooksett, and Mary, b. 1793, m. Edward llobie, Jr.\\n2. A dau., m. Samuel AVhidden.\\nP R E S S O X\\nWn,LiAM Pressox came from Beverly, and settled on Add*\\nNo. 44, nearly opposite where Kufus Phillips now lives. His wife\\nMary took out administration on his estate in 17GG. Children:\\nI. li t llinni, Jr., m. Hannah, dau. of AVilliam Healey, .Tune 12,\\n1752. Ciiil.: Molly, William, Hannah, Mary and Benjamin.\\nHe owned a tract of land near the brick school-house, which he\\nsold to Moses Underbill in 17G1, and went to Rumney.\\nII. Capt. Edward Presson, lived on Add. lot. No. 55, where\\nPage Bachelder liad lived, and where AViiliani P. Uuderhill now\\nlives; hem. Edna Greenough, 17G3. Chil.: 1. Moses, b. 17G4\\nm. Joanna, dau. of Capt. John Uuderhill, lived on Add. lot, No.\\n67, where Rufus Phillips lived. wentAVest. 2. Robert Greenough.\\n3. Edna, m. Alexander Eaton. 4. Edward, went to Vt.\\nEdirard ni. (2) Molly Moore. Chil.: 5. Ednunid Moore, m.\\nPolly Weeks, d. in Baltimore. 6. John. 7. Benjamin, b. 17 J2,\\nlives at Auburn.\\nEdirard m. (3) AVid. Pollard. 8. Rament, lived in Auburn.\\n9. Nehemiah, in Manchester. 10. Emerson, in Auburn. 11,\\nPaschal, b. 1808, lived in Auburn and Manchester, Capt. Presson\\nd. Feb. 21, 1823.\\nIII. A daughter, m. a Chamberlain, lived at Newbury, Vt.\\nQUANTON.\\nJasies Quantox, in 1737, bought Add. lot No. 10, and settled\\non it near Three Camp meadow. He was clerk of the Presbyte-\\nrian parish, from 1738 to 17G J. His will was dated and proved\\nDec, 1772, Legatees, wife Agxes, son Hugh, g. daughter Susan-\\nnah Watson, dau. of Ann\\\\ dau. Elizabeth McFarland; Joshua\\nand John, had land in New Chester; Agnes and David, Executors.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0656.jp2"}, "634": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY RICHARDSON. 577\\nii V T M IJ Y\\nJacob (Jrnii .v in. Aim IJobio. dan. of .lolm. ami widow of\\nJoiiatliau Towlo; livud on Xo. Jd 2d I)., wlun raliner\\nnow lives; liad one son Joliii, wlio was Itrouiilit n\\\\ 1)\\\\ ol. Stc-\\nl)luMi Dearborn. He went to Stanslead. (^)irniil)y d. early, and\\nthe widow ni. James, son of James arnuni.\\nI}i{.vi r.rKV (^)riMr.v ni. Sarah, dan. of John Siiackford. Jr.,\\n177,s. Child:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 harlotte, b. 1SU I, ni. Capt. Xoah Weeks.\\nJl A X I\\nThere st ciu to ii;ivc been three men of the name, but not to\\nliavc had pi rmaiKMit residences, and lillh^ is known of them.\\nli athtiiiicJ had no son so far as known.\\nJohn liand liad one son, Jeremiah, m. Hannah, dan. of John\\nT^ane. Jr., and had a lari e family.\\nWlUiiiiii 11(1 iitl liad a son Jo-ej)!!, b. Ajiril !\u00e2\u0080\u00a2_ alive, 1S(I8.\\nAVilliam d. 17S7. John and William v,n i-e brothers.\\nIlIC ir A KDSOX\\nJOSEPH rJCTIARDSOX, .Ik., the son of Jox iih and :\\\\Iar-a-\\nret Godfrey, b. Dec. ;)1, 1(1.S( at Xewl)ury, m. ^Vnn Kigy-, at\\nGloucester, Feb. 24, 1712. Children:\\nT. Anne, b. 1712. 11. Thomas, b. On. ?A, 171G. DI. Moses,\\nb. .Inly 2S, 17is, IV. William, b. J71 .i. V. Daniel, b. ^[areh 28,\\n1722. VI. Mary, b. Sept. 1:5, 172- Nil. Caleb, b. May 17;n.\\nA early as 172. Joseph liicluirdson began to trade in Chester\\nland.\\nII. Thomas Uk riATJDSox and Priscilla Pearson m. Xov. 17.\\n17; 7. The I earsons owned a tide-mill, at X ewluiry Old Town.\\nThomas settled on Add. lot.Xo. ll; In 1717 hi.- father gave him\\nthe X. ^V. half of the lot next to Tiiuma- Craiye s. He d. 17 J.3,a.\\n78; she d. 1803, a. 87. Children:\\n1. Elizabeth, b. in Xewbury, m. a IJolfc of Xewbury.\\n2. Iffniiiah, b. Xov. 2 1740, m. Eastnum of Boscaw en.\\n5. Pmrson, b. Feb. 21. 1742, ?ilartha Webster. 17(;i, and\\nWid. Simonds; lived on 11. L. Xo. 114, where Dea. AValter 3Iorsc\\nlived, and also where Charles Wih om lives; Avas ;in innholder;\\nhad no children, d. Xov. 2G, 1827.\\n4. Priscilla, b. July 18. 174. m. Kimball of IJoscawen.\\nb. Thomas, b. July 0, 1747.\\nG. Lydia, b. Aug 2S, 174 J, m. Abraham, son of Winihrop Sar-\\ngent, d. Feb. G, 1840.\\n7. Abiijail, b. Dec. 9, 17.32, m. a True of Vt., d. a. 65.\\n37", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0657.jp2"}, "635": {"fulltext": "578 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n8. Susannah, h. Mai cli 26, 1754, m. Benjamin, son of Thomas\\nIlaselton, lived in Chester and Orford.\\n9. Jeremiah, h. March 25, 1757, lived at Ilartland, Vt.\\nIII. Moses Riciiakdsox, b. 1718, m. Mary, dau. of Jonathan\\nGoodhue, 1746, settled on Add. lot No. 70, east of the Carr place,\\nwhere G. W. Clark now lives, d. March 30, 1806; she d.Oct. 13,\\n1809. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1. JIary, b. 1747.\\n2. David, b. 1748, m. Sarah, dan. of Theo. Shackford, 1773.\\n3. Elizabeth.\\n4. Sarah, b. Feb. 29, 1751, m. Stephen Clay of Chester.\\n5. NeUe, m. Bracket Towle, and went to Corinth.\\nC. Fiiith. 7. 3Ioses.\\n8. Jonathan, b. 1765, m. an Edmonds, lived opposite where\\nCapt. Weeks now lives moved to North wood.\\n9. Lucretia. 10. Anna.\\n11. Edward, b. Feb. 1, 1772, m. Mary, dan. of Silas Camet, 1797,\\nd. 1804. The wid. m. Robert S. Huntoon, went to Unity and\\nOrford, d. at Anburn, Dec., 1863, a. 83.\\nV. Dakiel Richardson m. a Davis, settled on Add. lot Xo. 101,\\nwhere Isaac Foss lived, and near where David Lane now lives\\nhe d. March 23, 1799; she d. March 30, 1799. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1. Hoses, b. at West Newbury, Nov. 12, 1752, m. Sarah, dau. of\\nJacob Cliase, Esq., 1778, went to Protectworth, now Spring-tield\\nd. 1841.\\n2. Joseph, m. Anna, dau. of Robert Wilson, Esq., lived on Add.\\nNo. Ill, where Lt. David Wilson had lived; no issue; d. June 6,\\n1752, a. 84.\\n3. Daniel, in. Lois Knapp, 1791, lived on the homestead, d. Feb.\\n1826.\\n4. Anna, in. Gideon Currier, d. March 19, 1827.\\n5. Lydia, m. Nathan, son of Abel Webster.\\n6. Betty, m. Joseph Carr, Jr.\\nVI. Caleb, b. 1731, m. Catharine, lived on Add. No. 102, east of\\nwhere Capt. William Moore lived. Cliil.: 1. Caleb. 2. Catha-\\nrine, m. Lt. Josiah Forsaith, b. March 30, 17G8, d. 1818; and 3,\\nMary.\\nDANIEL RICHARDSON was a farmer of Relham, N. II. he\\nm. Sarah Merchant of Boston. Children:\\n1. William Mekchant, b. Jan. 4, 1775, graduated at Ihirvard,\\n1797; LL. D,, Dart., 1827. He read law in the office of Hon.\\nSamuel Dana, of Groton, Mass, and was associated with him in\\nthe practice of the profession for a season. He was elected a", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0658.jp2"}, "636": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY ROBIE. 679\\nTJcprosontative to Coiijiress in ISll.and re-clcoh djMit rcsiiriicd iii\\n1S14 and roinoveil to rortsniouth. Hu was apjtDiiited hicf .lus-\\nticc (irilic Superior oiirt in ISIH, wliii li oWu-c he held lo liis\\ndeath. \\\\li^ purchased tiie farm of Benjamin Hrown. and removed\\nto liester in ISI*); lie m. I etsy Smith, dan. of I eter Smith, ot\\nIVlliam. 171IS; d. Man-h S.i, is:5.s. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1. Sarah Jf., m. Dr. Lemuel M. Barker.\\n2. William, b. ISO:. d. ISID.\\n3. Klimhdh, b. 180 m. lion. 15. li. Freiicli, 1S21, d. ISGO.\\n4. J\\\\[anj, m. S. J. S. ose, of Lancaster.\\n5. A)nu\\\\ b. IMl, m. Hon. Henry V. French, d. Is.jG.\\nJjiiiha, b. ISU, m. IJev. C. C. P. Kussel, now of Wa-himr-\\ntoii. 1). v.\\n7. S(())iHd Mather, m. ?*Iary ^Viiiltemor(\\\\ formerly of Chester.\\nd. isi;!.\\nIL (ii:x. Samikl -M., who was a farmer, and was a member of\\nthe House of liepresentatives and also of the Senate, d. March 11,\\nIS.Jl), ;i. 82.\\nin. Hon. Daxikl, was a lawyer of Tyniisborou :h. Cliil.:\\n1. I). S. Iiichardson, m. Lsabella. dan. of Samuel Aiken, K-(i., of\\nChe.-ter. 2. WiUiaui A. ^r eo/v/e i- Mayor of Lowell.\\nFt O B I E\\nIn a list made Feb. 1, 1G77, of cottages erected in Ha\\\\frhill\\nsince Jan. 25, 1G75, is the uame of John Uoi .ii:. lie lived in what\\nis now Atkinson. June IG, 1G91, he set out to move his family,\\nconsisting of seven children, the oldest not quite eleven years old,\\n(his wife having died a few days before), to a i)lace of refuge,\\nwhere Benjamin Clement lately lived, at tlie Nortli Parish. He\\nwas returning Avith the family in a cart, and had got ojipositc the\\nl)urying-ground, near Jesse Clement s, where he was killed by\\nthe Indians, and his son ICHABOD, pro1)al)ly the oldest, Avas taken\\ncaptive by the Indians and carried off. There are two traditions,\\none that he was ransomed, and the other and most probaljle one,\\nthat by the aid of a friendly Indian he esca[)ed and returned\\nhome. (See Chase s Hist, of Haverhill, p. IGo.)\\nHe somewhere learned the art of tanning, and settled in Hamp-\\nton Falls. He was a member of the Society for Settling the\\nChesnut Country, attended the lirst meeting, and was one of the\\ncommittee to lay out the home lots, and also of the old hundred-\\nacre lots, and also for running the lines. His name api)ears so\\noften on the records that we might infer that he removed to Clies-\\nter, and he proljably built a house on his home lot Xo. IIG, where\\nJohn llobins(jn s old house is, and sjjeiit con ideraIjle time in\\nChester, but never permanently resided here. His will was dated", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0659.jp2"}, "637": {"fulltext": "580 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nOct. 10, 1752; proved Sept. 2G, 1753. The legatees are his wife\\nMary, sous, I. John, II. Henrj^, and III. Samuel, and Sarah Til-\\nton. John was to have a silver-fitted sword and silver-headed\\ncane, and thcj are both now in the IVimily of the late Ilendrick\\nDearborn, of Aubui-n. Col. Stei)hen Dearborn, son-in-law of\\nJohn Eobie, was an officer in the militia for more than thirty\\nyears, and commanded a company at tlie battle of Bennington,\\nand used this sword. ^(nniiel liobie was to have his pistols and\\nholsters, the ca]5 and brass-hilted sword and silver-headed riding\\ncane. Henry was to have the homestead, including the tan-yard,\\nand was residuarj legatee.\\nI. John Robie, b. 1712, m. Ann Williams, a woman of Welsh\\norigin. The Dearborns have some of her table-linen. ICIIABOD\\nbought H. L. No. 35, Dec, 1732, on which Johu settled, near\\nwhere Nathan Morse lately lived, and his tan-yard was where\\nRobinson s was. Children:\\n1. Edward, m. a Silver, went to Plymouth.\\n2. Ichahodj unm., was a tanner at Pembroke; d. at Springfield.\\n3. Walter, May 2 (O. S.), 1741. He came to Candia, and\\nbuilt a camp on No. 119, 2d P., 2d D., by the side of a large rock,\\nthe wolves sometimes looking in upon him. His first crop was\\nrye, and having no bai*n to store and thresh it in, he drew to\\nChester over the hill by Col. Dearborn s, where there must have\\nbeen little road. He m. Susa, dan. of Dea. Jonathan Hall, Dec.\\n23, 17r)3, and moved to Candia Jan. 10, 17G4. He was a justice,\\nand filled an imjiortant place in Candia. He d. June 28, 1818;\\nshe d. Oct. 20, 1821. Children:\\nWalter, b. Dec. 22, 1764, m. Dorothy Tilton, who was b.\\nAtig. 11, 17G3; lived on the homestead; Edward and Jonathan,\\nwent to Corinth; Susan, m. John Moore, went to Belfast;\\nPolly, m. Jona., son of Col. Moses Dustin Lydia, in. John\\nDolby; Sally, m. Thomas Towle Nancy, m. Col. Stephen Clay,\\nof Chester.\\n4. John, m. Mehitabcl, dan. of Dea. Jonathan Hall; settled on\\nNo. G4, 2d P., 2d D., 17G4. Children:\\nWilliam, m. Keziah Clark, 1797; lived on the homestead; d.\\n1850; Ichabod and Jonathan, went to Corinth; Ebenezer, to Bur-\\nlington; Priscilla, to Stanstead; John, m. Silver, and lived near\\nCandia Corner, d. 1866.\\n5. Ruth, m. Col. Stephen Dearborn; d. 1808, a. 69.\\n6. A daughter, m. John Clay, of Candia.\\n7. Anna, m. (1) a Towle, (2) J. Quimby, (3) James, son of\\nJames Varnum; lived in Candia; d. 1807.\\n8. Delia, m. Col. Jonathan Dearborn; d. April 7, 1814, a. 63.\\nAnn d. May 20, 1755, a. 42; JonN m. (2) Abigail Dearborn, dau.\\nof Dea Ebenezer, widow of James Varnum. Children:", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0660.jp2"}, "638": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY ROBIC. 581\\n9. A (Ian., m. Saimiel, sou (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f(;ol. John ^V(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l)-t( l\u00e2\u0096\u00a0; wont lo Xcw-\\npoit, X. 11.\\n10. Sarah, m. Dr. Saniiicl Fla;;*,\\n11. Sannicl, 111. Dorulhy Worllicii, dau. of Davul; wuut. lo\\nSi)riiij,^licl(l. X. H.\\nAnui.vrf. il. Oct. 2.5, 177. John in. Xaoini, wid. of\\nKatliaii Loiiii but ?lie soon le tl liini; Aw d. Inl I. a. J. Ikj d.\\nZMarcli, 17s,s.\\nII. IIi:m:v, b. 1711, lived on the honic-lcad, and liis di sccnil-\\nants still reside tliere. lie iii. Abigail lUiilcr Oct. J, 17.11, and\\ntliey had eleven children:\\n1. Daniel, b. Jan. 4. 17. settled at Freetown, on O. IF. Xo.\\n11, where Rev. Josej)!! Fulk)ntou now lives. Children\\n1. Xathan, father of Xathan, of Auburn, liev. Thomas, and\\nDavid. 2. Henry. 3. Daniel.\\n2. Irluibod, b. May 25, 1737. He settled on Xo. r,l, ^d D.,\\nwheri liis great-grandson, Samuel 15., now resides. lie was a\\nsoldier of tlie IJevolution, and liis name ai)pears often on the\\nrecords of Caiidia. Children\\nLevi, m. Anna, dau. of Ivicliard Ordway; lived on the home-\\nstead.\\nLowell, went to Alexandria, X. H. Oni* dau. m. Knowles: one\\na Tuck, Avent to ZSlaine.\\nHI. Samuel, son of Ichabod. b. 1717, ni. a Perkins; settled on\\nhis father s II. L. Xo. IIG; probalily built Joiiii liul)insoii s old\\nhouse. Children:\\n1. Sarah, Dr. John Ordway, 17()0; afterwards ni. a Dr.\\nGordon, and .lohn P. Williams. They d. in Xewniarket.\\n2. LyiJta, in. Richard Ordway. of .\\\\.ine l)ury, brother of Dr.\\nJohn; m. (2) John Clay of Candia; m. Col. Stephen Dear-\\nborn; d. Sept 20, 1\u00c2\u00ab17, a. 71.\\n3. Edirard, b. 174G, m. Sarah Smith, dau. of Col. Webster s sec-\\nond wife, in 1771. He settled first in andia, and came to Chester\\nStreet; d. Dec. 2(;, is;57, a. .I2. She d. ist.;, a. .SI).\\nS.VMLKr,, m. (2) widow J hebe IJutterfield, mother of Xathau-\\niel CJliddeu s wife, and had Sa)a)iel and PoUi/, wlio li\\\\ed at\\nGotfstown. Sanund sold his farm, including his tan-} ard, to .John\\nS. Dearborn, in 177.S, and took his pay in Continental money, and\\nit M ent down on his hands, and he lost it.\\nChildren of Edward and Sarah:\\n1. Mary, b. July 17, 1772; m. Ephraim, son of Kdmund Flliot;\\nwent to Thornton.\\n2. John Smith, b. ^larch 12, 177i m. a ^Idiitosh, of Dor-\\nchester.\\n3. Kdward. b. Xov. 2o, 177.S, m. ^lary, dau. of John I rescott,\\nantl lived on the homestead; d. Sept. 12, ls.J7.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0661.jp2"}, "639": {"fulltext": "582 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\n4. Toppan, b. Jan. 27, 1782.\\n5. Sarah, b. 1785, m. Stephen Brmnmer; -went to Maine.\\nC. Tliomas Sargent, b. Jan 14, 1791, went to Gorham, Maine\\nm. Clarissa Adams, and had three sons, all of whom are clergy-\\nmen, the llev. Edward liobie of Greenland, being one of them-\\nHe d. 1838.\\nBIOGRAriirCAL NOTICE OF TOrPAN ROBIE.\\nHe was named for his great nncle, Col. Christopher Toppan, of\\nHampton, who when he was a child, gave him a pistareen (twenty\\ncents) for his name. When a boy, at ten or eleven, he was pn^\\ninto the store of his xincle Edmnnd Webster, as a chore-boy, and\\nwhile there Mr. Webster was appointed the tirst postmaster in\\nChester, and he acted as assistant. In 1796, he went as an appren-\\ntice into the store of Capt. C. B. Brooks, of Haverhill, and had\\nfifty dollars for the first year, and sixty dollai-s afterwards, for\\nclothing. In 1799 he went to Gorham, Me., as clei-k in a store,\\nand in 1802 commenced business on his own account, and con-\\ntinued in a profitable retail business till 1850. He seems disposed\\nto be liberal with his accumulations. He has given to the minis\\nterial fund of the First Parish in Gorham, nine thousand dollars;\\nfor a soldiers monument in Gorham, two thousand dollars; for\\na clock on the Congregational meeting-house in Gorham, five\\nhundred dollars; to the Congregational Society in Chester, five\\nthousand dollars, and to the Congregational Society in Candia,\\ntowards the purchase of an organ, fifty dollars. He was Repre-\\nsentative from Gorham to the Legislature of Massachusetts from\\n1813 to 1819, and to that of INIaine in 1820 and 1821 one of the\\nExecutive Council of Maine has long been a trustee and treas-\\nurer of Gorham Academy, and held various town otfices. He m.\\nLydia, dan. of Benjamin Brown and Prudence Kelly, b. Feb. 6,\\n1782, m. Oct. 8, 1804. She d. Feb. 23, 1811. Children:\\nHarriet, b. Aug. 9, 1805, m. Oliver Lincoln of Boston, in 1829,\\nd. 18;)2; Francis Brown, b. Aug. 19, 1809, who graduated,\\nstudied medicine, and in making some chemical preparations lost\\nboth his eyes, and is totally bliud m. Martha Prince, lives in\\nGorham.\\nToppan m. (2) Sarah T. Lincoln. Children\\nCharles; George (died) and Frederic. She d. April 23, 1828.\\nHe m. (3) Wid. Eliza Cross. She d. Nov. 2, 1865.\\nMr. liobie says that he never used tobacco in any form, and can\\nsay about the same of ardent spirits is now (March, 1869) more\\nthan eighty-seven years old, and writes a most excellent, fair and\\nround hand.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0662.jp2"}, "640": {"fulltext": "^5?^ ^f^!y\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i^ ^jk", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0665.jp2"}, "641": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0666.jp2"}, "642": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY RUSSEL. 583\\nDaniki. Kowi: caiiic early l(\u00c2\u00bb aii li;i. III. Aliiirail Siockinaii d.\\nabout 17SG; slio d. Doc. IJ, isi:{. He wa-^ in (lie Freiicli war,\\nand wa at Capo Breton. Ho had a son /sainh, who settled on\\nlot Xo. UK I d P.. i-M 1)., on tiie Tine hill, and sold it to Panl\\nJviton, previous lo 177tt, and purcha-cd and settled on No. lo^ .d\\nHe ni. Sarah, dan. of Samuel llealoy, ITOl. Children: 1. .lon-\\nathan. 2. Susanna. Klizabeth. 4. Lydia. Nathaniel, who\\nlived on the homestead. Sarah. 7. Mehitahle. s. Olive.\\n9. Luey. 10. Dolly, m. Stephen Smith, and was mother of Hon.\\nFroderiek Smyth. II. Abij^ail.\\nJ^aiah d. Sept. IS, 1810, ii. G7. Sarah d. 1821.\\nKOAVKL.\\nJoiix EoAVEL Avas probaldy the lirst settlor on the north end of\\nILL. No. 114, where Dea. AValter Morse lately lived. July 1,\\n172 J. .Tolin Kowel, of Salisbury, bouiiiit No. J and he and IJen-\\naiah Colby jiroliably divided the two lots cros wi e, as when\\n.Tunics Norris bought No. 11.?, in 17. il, it was bounded on .lohu\\nEowol and Benaiah Colby. In 1744 Judith Ilotrel and Jolin\\nSnunders and ^rife sold to Enoeh Colby, caeli one sixth of their\\nfather John KoweTs riiiht in No. ^n. and Kiun-li llmrcl two\\nsixths, he being the oldest sou. In 171(1 Lnoch bought half of\\nNo. 87, d D., (at Caiidia Corner) where ho settled. Ilis wife\\nwas ]\\\\ririam. had 2 children d. young in 17.j2; ^firiam, 1). 17.3.0;\\nLnoch, b, ll Mary, b. 17i;:l. Jle d. 177\\nCri i: )N- lIowKi,, of Ame bury, bought of Lt. Thomas Smith\\nand wife ^lary, his homestead of 4ii a(-res. in March, 17. )2. He d.\\nprevious to 178o. Bc/ijawfn lived at Candia, on No. 12^. ;;d D.,\\nunmarried. Samxcl, d. isi. J/irirnn and Snralt, all unman-ietl,\\non the homestead.\\nU U S S I-: L\\n!Master Gkouge IIisskl was a native of Ireland, and v.as a\\ngrenadier in the army of (;on. Cage, at Boston. He Avas one of\\ntlio reinforcement sent out to Lexington. He said that the Urilish\\nsoldiers were instructed to lire breast high, but the Yankee s took\\naim, aiul instead of facing- their enemies, iirod I rom every rock\\nand tree. Ho determined to desert, and engaged with a country-\\nman to carry him out of Boston. He was put into a hog-head\\nand headed u]), with holes for ventilation bored in the head. I he\\nteamster, without knowing the nature of his cargo, rotle. sitting\\nou the hogshead, stOi)ping the vent lioles and nearly sullbcating", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0667.jp2"}, "643": {"fulltext": "584 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nMr. Enspcl. lie however survived, and came to Londonderry,\\nand his name appears on the Association Test, in 177G, and it is\\nsaid tliat lie served a campaign in the American army, praying\\nthat lie miglit he killed rather than bo captured.\\nHe came to Chester and settled on the south corner of lot No.\\n74, 2d P., 2d D., a little S. E. of the Auburn pound. He turned\\npedagogue, and for a long period taught nearly all the schools in\\nthe Long Meadows, and was looked up to with about the same\\nreverence that the minister was. The writer received the tirst ru-\\ndiments of his school education from Master Kussel. He was\\na man of very eccentric manners, and would hardly be tolerated\\nfor a single day as a teacher, at the present time. He m. Martha\\nMcNeil, of Londonderry. Children:\\nJohn, settled at New Boston.\\nDaivson, lived in Candia and in Londonderry.\\n3Iary, m. and went to (lalena. 111.\\nAbout 1806 he Avent to live with his son John, at New Boston,\\nand d. there.\\nSANBORN.\\nEliphaz Sanborn s name appears frequently on the records.\\nIn Dec, 1737, he bought of the proprietors 20 acres, lying on Pen-\\nnacook path, directly east of Gov. Shute s farm, and probably\\nsettled on it, where Daniel Hodgkins afterwards lived. Nothing\\nmore is known of him.\\nSARGENT.\\nJACOB, 5th Son to Will Sargent and Mary his wife, was\\nborn March l? An. Do. 1G87-8. Jacob Sargent, Jr., and Ju-\\ndith Harvey. Ijoth of Amesbury, were married together by Mr.\\nThomas Wells, Minister of Amesbury, Dec. ye 7 1710.\\nHis name appeal s first on Chester records as selectman in 1728.\\nHe is styled Ensign in a deed in 1730, and on Chester records in\\n17; )1. He occupied a very prominent place in Chester. The\\nname of Tnaine Jacob Sdryent appears on the records of\\nnearly every town meeting for many years. He settled on H. L.\\nNo. where Moses Webster now lives. In 173G he gave his son\\nWiiitln-op one half of three H. L s., 18, 19 and 123. He d.\\nApril Ci, 1749. Administration to his wile, Judith, June 28, 1749.\\nChildren\\nI. TV^iNTiiKor, b. Oct. 28, 1711, m. Pliebe, dau. of William Hea-\\nley. June 1, 1738. He lived on the homestead, back towards\\nHall s Village. He d. Dec, 1788; she d. Nov. 4, 1806, a. 90.\\nChildren:\\n1. Li.i-.ie, b. Dec 22, 1738, m. John Sanborn; lived first in San-", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0668.jp2"}, "644": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY SARGENT. 585\\ndown, then on the William Gik-hrisl place, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\vliere his ffianclson\\nJohn now lives. Mr. Sanborn d. Dec. ;i, ]S28; Lizzie d. April\\nG, 1832.\\n2. J/o.s e,s\\\\ 1). Xov. 2, 171;], ni. Sarah, dan. of Janic-; arnuni,\\nsettled on lot Xo. Ji, 2d 1 2d I)., d. 1820; i-he d. l.si:5. Chil-\\ndren:\\n1. Anna, in. Sanuu l Anderson; d. 1817. 2. Sanuicl, ni. Sally\\nPillshury, 17 JS. o. Abi ;ail. 4. Sarah, m. Sanuiel Ilayiies, tho\\nclothier, of Chester; d. 1811. Moses, ni. a AVhilinii, lived on\\nthe iioniestcatl, and went to Stan.-tcad. 0. Mary, m. Sanuul An-\\nderson.\\n3. Jlari/,h. May U. 1745.\\n4. John, h. March 17, 171C., m. ]Mary, dan. of William Tnrncr,\\nlived on the east half of Xo. 12o. 2d 1 2d D. He d. Xov. 17,\\n1834; she d. 1823. Children :\u00e2\u0080\u0094,losiah, m. Sarah IJricket. d. 1.S17;\\nSarah, m. Josiali, son of William Shannon; Moses, m. Sarah, dan.\\nof AVilliam Shannon.\\nAhnihcm, b. Feb. 28, 1748; in. T.ydia, dan. of Tliomas IJich-\\nard on, 17()9; lived where Ensi^rn Jacob li\\\\i d. lie d. March,\\n1S22; she d. Feb. C, 1S40, a. 90 years, o months. Children:\\nI. ^Slary, b. 1700. 2. Lydia, b, 1771; in. Sainnel Towle. 3.\\nAbraham, b. Jnly 25, 1773; m. (1) Polly Belknap, .Jan. 1, 1800;\\nshe d. Xov. 23, 1812; m. (2) Sarah Sanbtn-n, Jan. 10, isii; she d.\\nJuly 23, 1833; m. (3) Sally I nderhill, widow of Snntli (Jrcen-\\noniih, and lived at Kandolph, Vt., and on the liomcstead. He d.\\nOct., 1801. 4. Mar 4 aret, b. 177. m. Sli( rl)urnc WiL;L:iii: liv( (l\\nin Concord. 5. Susannah, b. June 17, 1777; m. John ^Iclvin and\\nliichard Dearborn, d. Feb. 4. iscs. G. lluldah. unm. 7. T.cnja-\\ninin, b. 1781. 8. Elizabctli, b. June 23, 17s4; in. Benjamin Mtd-\\nvin, 1M 4, and went to Maine. 9. Thomas, b. 1781). 10. Martha.\\n11. John, b. Jan. G, 1793; m. Sally Wilkins; d. at Monlton-\\nIxn-ough, ]May 17, 1840. He was a physician. (See rrofessional\\nHistory.)\\nG. Phehe, b. Vlh\\\\ in. El)enezer Eaton of Candia.\\n7. fJi lltk,h. Jan. 1.5, 17 )2; ra. David, son of Xalhaniel Hall, d.\\nJan., 17:3;\\n8. Sdvah, b. 17.55; in. Samuel, son of Thomas DcarI)orn. and\\nlived in Candia.\\nII. Jacob, b. Nov. 10, 1713. In 1748, Ins father ravc him Xo.\\n130, 3d D.. (the Ward i)lace) on wliich he lived; d. witliout issue.\\nIII. JiDiTii, b. March 27, 171G; m. Francis Towle, 1738.\\nIV. Sakaii, 1). :Mareh 8, 1718; in. Enoch Colby, 1748.\\nY. Eliza isKTir, b. 1722.\\nYI. DouoTHY, b. 1725. (The foreyoing were b. in Ame-bury.)\\nYIl. Taiutiia, 111. John Foss, 1744. He d. Xov. II, 1715; ni.\\n(2) Hezekiah Underbill; d. Any. 23, 1803.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0669.jp2"}, "645": {"fulltext": "586 PIISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nVIIT. Jonx, m. Susannah Harriraan and settled on ISTo. 70, 8d\\nD, where B. P. Colby now lives; d. Nov. 14, 1797. Children:\\n1. Jacob, m. Margarett, dan. of Thomas Patten. 2. John.\\n3. James, ni. Elizabeth Rowe, and once owned and lived at Hall s\\nmill on Chester Turniiike. 4. Hannah, m. Caleb Towle of Ilawke.\\n5. Sarah, unm. 6. Snsa, m. Thomas Emery.\\nIX. TiiEOPiiiLUS, lived nearCandia Corner; m. Lydia Mitchell,\\n1753 d. 1807. Children The first three d. young. 4. Lydla, b.\\nJan. 29, 1752; m. Moses, son of Samuel Emerson, Esq.; d. July\\n22, 1784. 5. Judith, b. 17G3; m. John Eaton. 6. TheojJhilus, b.\\n1765; m. Ruth Rowe and went to Belfast. 7. 3Ioses, d. unm.\\n8. Jonathan, m.. Anna, dau. of Thos. Wason and lived in Candia.\\nThe Rev. CHRISTOPHER SARGENT was a settled minister\\nat Amesbury, and afterwards at Methueu. He had thirteen chil-\\ndren, the youngest of wliom. Dr. Thomas, was b. at Amesbury,\\nJuly 22, 17G6. He received his preparatory education at Methuen.\\nDr. Isaac Thorn of Londonderry m. a dau. of the Rev. Mr. Sar-\\ngent, and it is supposed that Dr. Thomas studied his profession\\nwith him. He came to Chester about 1777 and boarded with Maj.\\nJabez French until he was married. He m. Hannah Smith, dau.\\nof Col. Webster s last wife, Oct. 15, 1780. In Jan., 17sO, he\\npurchased an acre of land with a house on it, where Mrs. French\\nnow lives, the Merchant Blasdell place. In 1782, he bought of\\nIsaac Blasdell, administrator of Ben. Bachelder, the land southeast\\nas far as the Eben Dearborn place, and afterwards built the house\\nwhere Mr. White lately lived. He was a very cautious, but\\nskillful physician, and had an extensive practice. He remained in\\nChester until 1819, and then went to Hartford, Lower Canada.\\nChildren\\nJohn, d. young.\\nSally, h. June 21, 1784; m. Samuel Head, Oct. 24, 1811; d.\\nNov. 6, 1 54.\\nEdmund Topimn, b. 178G d. 1796.\\nHannah Smith d. Nov. 15, 1788. Dr. Thomas m. (2) Nancy\\nHall of Concord, Feb. 26, 1792 she d. Nov. 22, 1817. Children\\nJohn, b. April 22, 1793; ra. Sally, dau. of Samuel Anderson.\\nHannah Smith, b. Aug. 12, 1794; m. Robert, son of Dr. James\\nBi^own of Hooksett, and Robert Smith of Bristol, N. H. d. May,\\n18C8.\\nNancy Hall, b. Nov. 15, 1798; m. Rice Dudley of Pembroke.\\nMary Jane, d. unm.\\nHe m. (3) Mrs. Elizabeth G. Ladd, Feb. 27, 1820. lie d. Nov.\\n18, 1829 she d. 1830.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0670.jp2"}, "646": {"fulltext": "GEXEALOCY^- SEVERANCE. 587\\nSCR I UN Ell.\\nSA:\\\\n-EL Scninxi:ii was of Excfcr, pcrlia]) of tliaf pari now\\nBrentwood, lie was accidentally shot by a man wlio was out\\nlluntinJ,^ lie liad a son John, who lived in Poplin (I roniont)\\nnear Cavel mill. He m. a Smith and had\\n1. Lieut. Sanuu l, who lived in Candia on the John ^loore place,\\nXo. 7;3, 3d D., and ni. ^Moore s Avidow; ui. a Harriman. and\\nhad\\n1. ^[anoah, m. Sarah, dan. of Daniel Fitts, and settled in Ray-\\nmond on Xo. lO. O. II., near Jones Pond, and had Daniel, ni.\\nAnn Laugford, and John, m. a Page, still residing- there.\\n3. John, resided on the homestead; d. 1853. His n-andson,\\nBenning S., resides there.\\n4. A daughtei m. Henry Smith; d. at Auburn, Xov. -1. 1808,\\na. 81.\\nSEAVEY.\\nJoiix Skavkv probably came from Pye; m. Dolly, dau. of\\nIthaniar Berry, 1702; settled on the west half of Xo. 30, 2d P., 2d\\nD.; d. May 18, 1800; she d. IsiC. (Iiildren:\\n1. Jonathan, h.lKJ Z; m. Sarah, dau. of Elijali Pill l)ury; m.\\n(2) Lucretia Pand.\\n2. J Jlliott Bcrrj/, h. 1700: m. a dau. of John Pand; no eliildrcn.\\n3. Ann, m. Isaac Libby of Candia.\\n4. Molly, m. Sam. Seavcy.\\n5. John, m. Betsy, dau. of Sherburne Dearborn; moved to the\\ncountry.\\n(j. Andrew, b. Feb. 21, 1778; m. Hannah Foss and lived on the\\nhomestead.\\n7. JosialK b. Auir. 11, 1780; ni. Sally, dau. of ort. Isaac Lane;\\nlived on the Jona. ^lorlon place; tl. July 31, 1803.\\n8. Crreenleaf.\\nSE VEPAXCE.\\nBr.NMAMiN Skvekaxck was from Kingstown; m. Pnth, dau. of\\nWilliam Long of Kingstown. In 17.j1 he bought of John Sujck-\\nman ILL. 100 and 30, where John Calfe had formerly lived. lie\\nd. early; she d. 181G, a. between 85 and 90. Children:\\nJo.sc/iJi, m. Anna, dau. of Gideon Currier, Sen.; went to Salis-\\nbury, X. II.\\nJ etcr, m. Sarah, dau. of Xathauicl llall. and lived on Xo. 100,\\n2d P.. 2d I). He d. 1S17; she d. Dec. 23, 183 J, a. 83. Sons, Geo.\\nNV., and James, lived iu Auburn.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0671.jp2"}, "647": {"fulltext": "588 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nSHANNON.\\nTnoMAS Sri.vxxoK is said to liave come from tlie Slioals; m.\\na sistei of Nathaniel Ivancl, and liad no permanent residence.\\nCliildren\\n1. William, m. Hannah Ilohncs. wid. of Nathan Lane. Cliil-\\ndren Dea. Josiah, m. Stirah, dau. of Capt. John Sargent;\\nSarah, m. Moses Sargent; Jane, m. Jona. Worthen. He d. 1807.\\n2. Samuel, m. (1) Lydia Taber; m. (2) Lydia(Leavitt) Griffin,\\n1792. He d. 1813; she d. May 25, 1812, a. 87. Children:\\n1. Lydia T., b. 1791; m. Josiah Morse. 2. Thomas, m, Davis.\\n3. Sarah, m. Thomas Chase.\\n3. Thomas, m. (2) Dolly Locke, widow of Josiah Moore.\\n4. John, m. a dau. of Jacob Grilfiu.\\nSHACKFOED.\\nWilliam Shackford was of Portsmouth, and was a retailer.\\nChildren\\n1. JOHN was also of Portsmouth, and a block-maker, and was\\na grantee of Chester.\\n2. SAMUEL, also of Portsmouth, vras a block-maker and a\\ngrantee. His will was proved March, 1730-31.\\nJohn, his son, was a shoemaker, and settled first in Andover,\\nthen came to Chester and settled on his father s additional lot No,\\n92, where his great grandson Jonathan now lives; d. Nov. 2,\\n1786. Children:\\nI. Theodore, in. Mary Bartlett, Feb. 14, 1754. Children\\n1. Sarah, b. Feb. 3, 1755; m. David Eichardson, 1773. 2.\\nSusannah, b. Feb. 5, 1757; m. Dea. Nathan Knowles. 3. Molly.\\n4. xinna. 5. Theodore, b. July 7, 1770.\\nTheodore, Sen., lived on the Plain, and he and his son removed\\njust out of Chester into Allenstown.\\nIL John, m. Sarah, dau. of Lt. Ebenezer Dearborn, and lived\\non the homestead. His will proved June 10, 1779. She d. Aug.,\\n1814. Children: 1. Billy. 2. Sarah, b. 1765, m. Bradbury\\nQuimby. 3. Samuel, b. Nov. 19, 1767 m. Hannah, dau. of Capt.\\nBenjamin Currier, April, 1806 lived on the homestead. He d.\\nJan. 23, 1843; she d. Aug. 17, 1865. 4. Jonathan, b. 1770; num.;\\nd. Dec, 1799. 5. Eichard, b. Nov. 6, 1772; num.; d. Sept. 3,\\n18(J1. 6. Betsy, in. Josiah Lane, son of Ezekiel Lane.\\n111. ^i dauyhter, m. Simon French, and lived in Candia.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0672.jp2"}, "648": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY SHIRLEY. 589\\nSHAW.\\nCkkxi.t Dvvii) SiiAW\\\\va son of Ilillianl Sliaw of naiii|i(ou\\nFalls; 111. Abif^ail. only dau. of I aul ami Love SiuitJi, 17mi; Hvcil\\non the Smith place, H. L. lll\u00c2\u00bb. He il. Nov. 11. 1slV hi d. Dec.\\n2.3, 1S47, a. lU. Children 7Vr\u00c2\u00bb/ Sutil/i, b. lls-j, unni., d. May\\n1 L ^O.-j; J()ii((tli(iii Jlillinrd. 1). ITst, was a physician, d. Sept.,\\nly-_n: IhiriiJ, 1). .June 20, ITss, m. Sally Mardeu, ISIT, resides on\\nthe liomc-tead; AhlijalK m. .Josiah, sou of I erley Clia e. INIG,\\nil. 1.S24.\\nSII I KLEY.\\nIt is ^aid that the Shirleys date back to tlio Germans, and that\\nthe Countess of IIuntinj:tloii, who was the patron of hitelield\\nand W oley. was a Shirley; but those who came to Chester came\\nIVoui Ireland, and were of Scotch origin.\\nJamk.s Siiiwi.kv eamc to Chester at a very advaiK-ed age, about\\nthe year 17. i and lived ou Add. lot Xo. l. Avhere the town farm\\nnow is. He had a large family. Several sons came over, only\\nthree of whom came to Chester:\u00e2\u0080\u0094!. JOTIX; IF. CAPT. JAMES;\\nIII. TirOMAS. He is said to have died 1754, a. lO.J.\\nI. JOIIX bongiit Add. Xo. l:^, Xov. G, 17o0, ou which his\\nfather lived. Xov., 17;)1. he bought of Sampson Uudei hill, IF. L.\\nX o. 121, ou wliich he settled, Avhero Marg arct Shirley and Mrs.\\nCoAvdery now live. He ui. for a secoud wife, thi widow of\\nAi chi. Miller. Children\\n1. .Tamks. Ill 1741, Jfiliii deeded to his son James the north\\ncud of Add. lot Xo. 1:5. X othiny further is kuoAvn of him.\\n2. Mauv. 111. James Wilson.\\n;3. Ann, m. Jlobert Wilson.\\n4. ]\\\\[ai:tiiv, m. Alexander iilcliri t and went to GonVtowu.\\n5. Jam:, ui. McMuri)hy of Londonderry.\\nG, Dea. Thomas, b. \\\\11^, in. Margaret, dan. of Ca]\u00c2\u00bbt. .Tameg\\nShirley, and went to Goflstow u and purchas(, d of James Miller;\\nd. l. ^os; she d. 1820, a. 9:3.\\n7. Damki. went to X ew Chester.\\nIssue of Dea. Tiioaias and Margaret:\\n1. Jane, m. Kobert Patten of P.radford.\\n2. PoUii, 111. Pobert, sou of Alexander Gilchrist.\\n3. Javit s, in. ^Mary Moore. He was three years old when they\\nmoved to Goflstowu, and I odc there ou horseback behind his\\nuiother. He lived ou the homestead; d. 18.vJ, a. HG. Children:\\n1. Xancy. 2. Jane. o. Thomas, d. at Memphis. 4. Daniel,\\nlived in Goflstowu.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0673.jp2"}, "649": {"fulltext": "590 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n5. James, was a lawyer and lived at Vicksbnrg Gen. Grant s\\nentrenchments went through his front yard and his house was\\ndestroj ed and Gen. Grant gave him possession of the house of a\\nrobel. After the surrender, a great many claimed to have always\\nbeen loyal, and Gen. Grant referred their cases to Mr. Shirley, and\\nthe labor and excitement wei e more than he was able to endure,\\nand he d. Aug., 1863. His son Robert Q. was admitted to West\\nPoint upon the recommendation of Gen. Grant.\\n6. John, is at Suspension Bridge, N Y. 7. Gilman, was a\\nteacher at Cortland, N. Y. 8. William, at the same place. 9.\\nRobert M., m. Maria McCutcheon; lived on the homestead, but\\nremoved to Manchester, and has a son on the homestead.\\nII. CAPT. JAMES SHIRLEY was a seventh son, and famous\\nfor curing king s evil, and was a man of considerable note. He\\nwas b. Dec, 1700, m. Janet Sliirley, in Ireland, and d. May, 179G.\\nHe came to Brookline, Mass., and in 1734 bought Add. lot Xo. 11,\\nand settled where Dudley C. Swain now lives. Cliildren:\\n1. James, who while coming from Exeter was caught in a thun-\\nder shower, got ofl his horse and was leading him, was struck by\\nthe lightning and killed silver money in his ijockct and silver\\nknee-buckles were melted.\\n2. Margaret, m. Dea. Thomas Shirley.\\n3. Agnp:s, m. John McNair, who was a mariner, and d. soon\\nafter marriage; she d. Feb., 1823, a. -80.\\n4. John, lived on his father s homestead, and had a son John.\\n5. Hugh, lived on Add. jSTo. 13; was several years clerk of the\\nPresbytei ian parish, and had a son Peter who sold the place to\\nthe town and went to Maine.\\n6. Lieut. AYilliam, m. Mary Morrison, 1788; lived on ILL.\\n124. He was several years clerk of the Presbyterian parish. He\\nd. 1807 she d. July, 1843, a. 83. Children:\\n1. Manjaret, b. Aug. 6, 1789; num., on the homestead.\\n2. James, b. 1791.\\n8. John, b. 1793, m. Polly, dau of Robert Graham.\\n4. WiUiam, b. 1799.\\n5. Manj, b. ISUl, m. Samuel Cowdery.\\n6. Bohert, b. 1803.\\nIII. THOMAS SHIRLEY was half brother of John and Capt.\\nJames. He lived in several places. He once lived on Add. lot No.\\n51, where John Smith first settled. In one deed he is said to be of\\nTimberlane (Ilampstead) but his final settlement was at what is\\nnow Auburn Village, his cellar yet being open in Amos Chase s\\nfield. He died in consequence of a blow from John Patten. He\\nand Patten met at Caiit. Underli ill s tavern and had some altercation.\\nPatten had an old scythe in his hand which he was carrying to a", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0674.jp2"}, "650": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY PILSUY. 501\\nblacksmith, and probal)ly without any iiitoiition of inflict iuj, any\\nseri )U injury, struck Shirley Avith the tani; of the scythe, niakin\\na wound in his head. Tiie wound was not considered .serious at\\nfirst. It was intlicted Dec. 2.j, 177. .Siiirley went to London-\\nderry, to Dr. ^Vood, for treatment, and died there Fel). 1. 177G.\\nPatten was indicted, aiul tried at the September term, and con-\\nvicted of manslauj^hter, and sentenced to be branded in tin- Jiand,\\nwhich was executed. lie had a surj^eon in attendance to apply\\nsome remedy, but it was so elighlly done that he thought his\\nservices needless.\\nThomas Shirley had live sons and one daughter:\\n1. .loirx. 2. Samukl. 3, Alexandku. 4. James. 5. Tiio^ias.\\nG. Anna. The names of most of them are on the army x olls.\\n1. Of Joiix I have no tradition.\\n2. Samuel, b. about 1710. lie lived on lot Xo. 12;), 2d P., 2d\\nD., near the pond, lie built the lirst grist-mill at Auburn vil-\\nlage, kept tavern and boiled potash. Jle moved to Xortlifield,\\nand thence to Union Bridge; died about IbUd. He in. (I) Mar-\\ngaret, dau. of ^Villiam Graham. Children:\\n1. Ann, m. Daniel McDutlee; d. Nov. 2l\u00c2\u00bb, 18G0, a. 8o.\\n2. Joltn.h. 1781,111. Joanna (Jale; was a builder of wharves\\nand pile-bridges; d. 1851. lie had a son John ]\\\\lajor, b. 1831;\\na lawyer at Andover, N. 11.\\n3. Molly, m. Alexander Donovan; d. 1820,\\n4. Betsy. 5. James, went to Long Island.\\n6. Jfargaret. 7. Sally. 8. Lvrretia.\\nMargaret d, 1792. He m. (2) Anna, dau. of ^Master James\\nHazard, Oct., 1793.\\n9. Sa)nuel. 10, William. 11. Stephen Denrborn.\\nHe in, (3) Elizabeth, dau, of Hugh 3IcDullee, 1798. She d.\\n1843, a. 80. She had:\\nJS anry, m, Rodney Allen, went to ^Michigan,\\n3. Alexander m. a dau. of James Hunter,\\n4. Jamks m. Susa, (hiu. of Archie McDulfee. They owned the\\nOswego mill, and sold to the Kays in 1800.\\n6, TiKJMAS m, Mary Ann, dau. of James AV ilson.\\nS I L S B Y\\nOziAS SiLSnv, son of Henry Silsby and Bethia Woodward, b.\\nat Windham, Conn., June 15, 17G0; graduated at Dartmouth,\\n178.3; studied theology, and preached at Henniker, and at AVells,\\nMe., but his health failing, he Avas never ordained. He came to\\nChester, and m. Mary, dau. of Dea. John S. Dearborn, 1791, and\\nbuilt a house, and lived on the llaverliill road, Avhcre James\\nStevens lately lived, nearly opposite the old Baptist meeting-house.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0675.jp2"}, "651": {"fulltext": "502 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nHe was the first mail-carrier tlirougli Cliester from Exeter to\\nPeterborough. His wife d. 1802. He m. (2) Frances Congdon.\\nHe afterwards lived in Bedford, Sutton, AYaruer, and died at\\nHillsborough, Feb. 28, 1833.\\nSILVER.\\nCapt. James Silver lived on Add. lot Xo. ol, where John\\nSmith, the first settler at the Long Meadows, lived; d. 1796.\\nChildren\\nJo! eph, lived on the homestead.\\nAbraham, m. Elizabeth Gilclnlst, widow of Mark Carr; lived at\\nNew Chester.\\nJEunlce, m. Joseph Calf, Jr., and John Downing; d. 1855, a. 86.\\nJIuIdah, ni. Eldridge.\\n3foUy, unm.\\nSLEEPER.\\nThomas Sleeper, b. in England about 1607, came to Hampton\\n1640 d. Jul} 30, 161)6. His wife, Joanna, d. at Kingstown Feb. 5,\\n1703, a. 80. They had 7 children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nVI. Aaron, b. Feb. 20, 1G61, m. Elizabeth Shaw May 23, 1682.\\nHe m. (2) Sarah; d. at Kingstown May 9, 1732, a. 71. He had\\n17 children by his first wife, and 2 by his second, of Avhom\\nII. MOSES, b. Jan. 22, 1685, m. Margaret, dau. of Capt. Jona.\\nSanborn (who was Lt. John Sanborn s fifteenth child), Jan. J,\\n1714. She was b. March 20, 1698. He d. at Kingstown, Jan. 13,\\n1754. They had 15 cliildren, of whom\\nIV. David, b. Nov. 16, 1721, m. Margaret Scribner, Nov. 24,\\n1743, and at that time removed to Sandown. He m. (2) Ruth\\nJeuness, b. 1735. He had 19 cliildren 13 sons and 2 daughters\\nlived to maturity, and the descendants are very numerous, par-\\nticularly in Bristol, N. H. He d. 1780.\\n3. David, h. 1748, settled on the homestead at Sandown; re-\\nmoved to Vershire, Vt., and back to Sandown.\\n4. Ednvmd, b. March 17, 1753, m. (1) Lydia, dau. of Jethro\\nColby, March 11, 1779; lived on the Colby pkice, H. L. 101 and\\n37. She d. Jan. 3, 1802. He m. (2) Elizabeth, dau. of Lt.\\nEzckiel Worthen, May 7, 1803. He d. June 1, 1838. She d. July\\n18, 1840, a. 75. Child:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nJethro, b. Nov. 9, 1780, m. Martha, dau. of Timothy Wells,\\nJan. 10, 1806 d. Sept. 9, 1844.\\n15. Benjamin, the fifteenth child of David, b. Jan. 17, 1771,\\nm. Betty Hills, 179G; had Josiah, b. April 3, 1798; lives in Lon-\\ndonderry. He d. at Compton, Canada East.\\nV. Henry, son of MOSES, b. Feb. 17, 1726, m. Sarah Morse of", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0676.jp2"}, "652": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY SMITH. 503\\nXo\\\\vl)uryport, 171S; rosidod ihovo. TFo d. Per. IH, 17 !1. She\\nwas b. March 28, 1731, d. 1793..1iad 7 cliil.IroM\\n4. \u00c2\u00bb/o^/ b. Aug. 2, 17. )4, d. unin., June l 7. is.U. llr wa- in\\ntlie Battle of Bunker Hill; also in tlic cxiitMlitidii iiiidri- ^lont-\\ngoincry, which went up throuii h tlio wood-; to (^nchec siifl i-rinL:\\nscvei ply. Upon the death of MontLToinrry he was taken i)i i-oiier.\\nand lay in prison nine luonths. He went on a voyaiic a-; cariion-\\nter in the frigate Boston, and several in privateers. He had pii(c\\na mechanical reiruis. T think that he once told nic lliat Ik- niad(r\\nthe lirst joiners niouldinii tools made in this country, lie came\\nto Chester with his brother-in-law Xathl. Brown in isi I.\\n7. Jfn-i/, b. March 10, 1770, m. Xathl. Brown; d. Xov. 11, 18: )5.\\nXIII. RiCH.viU), the thirteenth child of :\\\\rOST :S, b. April 17,\\n17;)S, m. Martha Fifield April 22, 17(;2; d. at King town isi. a.\\n7J; had a dau. Martha, m. Lt. Jacob Elliot 17 JS; d. 18o0.\\nSMITH.\\nLt. Thomas .S.mitii was a grantee, having been adniillcd by tlie\\ncommittee, Xov. 20, 1720, in the place of Kichard Swain. It is\\nsaid that he came from Ireland to Hampton, but his name is not\\nfound on Hampton records. He came early to Chester; was a\\nlot-layer in 172.3, and selectman in 1728. U is said that he marricil\\na sister of John Karr, Sen. Jle settled on II. L. Xo. l.jn. Ills\\nname appears frequently on the records at* Lt. Thomas Smilli. in\\nMarch, 1762, he sold to Gideon Kowel of Amcsbury, and moved lo\\nXew Boston. The Bowel heirs conveyed to Xathaniel Sleeper.\\nJohn Picket and Thomas Ilaselton have since owned it.\\nin 1721, he and John Karr were taken by the Indian-, an\\naccount of which I extrai-t from Dr. ISeil, X. II. His. Sue. Coll.\\nVol. 7, p. 404:\\niCarr was about eighteen years of age, and his sister was\\nSmith s wife. They were making bru-h fence to secure the cow\\nfrom the Indians. They Avere surprised by the crack of a gun,\\nthe ball passing between them, touching Smith. The Indians\\nsprang upon and captured them; a scullle ensued in which Smith\\nturned the butt of his gun with a view of sinking the lock into\\nthe head of Capt. Joe English, the leader of the Indians, but\\nmissed his aim. [The hill in Xew Bo ton, whose south end is\\nvery steep as seen from Auburn, was named for this Indian.]\\nThey were captured. They proceeded northward till niglit.wlicn\\nthe keepers each managed to secure his prisoner for tin- night.\\nThey were not allowed to see where each other lodged. Smith s\\ncaptor cut a notch in the spreading root of a beech tree, lilted in\\nthe ankle of the prisoner, then drove down a stake so as to make the\\nfoot secure, while the prisouer was lying on his back. His arms\\n38", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0677.jp2"}, "653": {"fulltext": "594 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nwere also tied above him with the sinews of a deer. The next\\nday tliey pursued tlieir journey, the prisoners not being allowed\\nto speak to each other. The next night Smith took special notice\\nin which direction Karr was placed from him. He was secured as\\non the night previous, with the addition of having hooks i^ut over\\nhis elbows and driven firmly into the gTound.\\nResolving to make his escape after his Indian was asleep (the\\nIndian slept on the ends of the cords with which he was bound),\\nhe gradually tried the strength of his strong arms, and the hooks\\ngave way. Then he found that the cords would give. He con-\\ntinued to strain upon them until he could get his thumbs under\\nthe cord tliat stretched across his breast. Then with that aid he\\nraised it upon his cidn, then got it into his mouth, and after a\\nlong trial, succeeded in raising it over his nose, and finally over\\nhis entire head. He might have killed the party but thought it\\nwould be murder. Leaving them to their pleasing dreams, they\\nfound a stream of water in which they traveled as far as possible\\nto elude the dogs. At length they climbed some trees, and soon\\nthe day dawned, when they heard the alarm war-whoop of their\\ndisappointed captors, which was answered by another party on\\nthe opposite side of them. Their position was now a critical one:\\ndirectly between two parties of Indians so near as to answer each\\nother with the voice. Descending, they made their way back\\ntowards Chester, where they arrived on the evening of the third\\nday after capture. The garrison was at Chester, not London-\\nderry.\\nThe above is the relation of Dea. Thomas Smith, a grandson of\\nLieut Smith, now (1852) over eighty years of age.*\\nJ( \u00c2\u00bbiix S:\\\\iiTH was probably a brother of Lieut. Thomas, and was\\nthe first settler at the Long Meadows. In laying out Goa Went-\\nworth s farm of 200 acres in 1728, they began about 40 rods\\nfrom John Smith s corner wJiere he now dwells. Thomas Smith\\ndeeded to him the Add. No. 51 in 1731, and something is said in\\nthe deed about his quarter or share. They had bought Brownell s\\nright, or a part of it. John and Rachel Smith sold John Mills\\nISTb. 51, in 1741. Thos. Shirley and Capt. James Silver afterwards\\noccupied it.\\nThere was another John Smith of Hampton, who was a com-\\nmissioner for running the line between Massachusetts and New\\nHampshire, and who had two sons Paul and Sylvanus, who were\\nearly settlers in Chester. Sylvanus Smith was surveyor of high-\\nways in 1731. They built their first camp on II. L. No. 20, some-\\nwhere opposite where the Rev. Mr. AYilson afterwards lived, that\\nbeing the main or only road; but after a road was opened by Dea.\\nDearborn s, they moved on to the northwest end of the lot a little\\nsouth of where Capt. David Shaw s barn now stands.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0678.jp2"}, "654": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY PMITn. 595\\nPavl Smith m. AA id. Love (INIarsfon) drops, Dec. IS, 1752.\\nAbigail, b. Dec. 19, 175. 5, in. Cornet David Shaw. The woods\\nAverc infested with bears after Mrs. Shaw s recollection. lie d.\\nabont 17Go.\\nMay 29, \\\\l\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^, Paul and Sylvanus Smith bouirht II. L. X 21,\\non which SyJrfoius settled. lie l)uilt one-ciglith of the New (fi*\\nDearborn saw-mill in 17ol, which his administrator sold in 1772.\\nlie was representative in 17.J2. lie ni. Wid. Mary AV eare of\\nHampton Falls. (Daniel AVeare of Chester ])onght of Thomas\\nShirley half of Add. Xo. 10. He was probably her son.) They\\nhad a dau. Hnldah, m (1) John Burley; m. (2) Daniel flreen-\\nough: d. Oct. 24, 1817, a. So.\\nBexjamix Smith came from Exeter about 17. )0, and settled on\\nXo. 73, ;3d D. He Avas probably the third settler in Candia. and\\nthey Avere much troubled Avith bears. He m. Sarah Hoit of Sca-\\nbmok, and had nine chiUlren. He d. Jan. 11, 1527, a. 99. Ciiil-\\ndren\\nBenjamin, m. Xancy Ilobie and lived on the homestead and had\\na sonCapt. John, Avho lives on the homestead; JS^afhL; J^lcholas;\\nDoUy; Elizabeth, m. Capt. John Wasou, d. Dec. 3, 1743, a. 81;\\nLydia, and Hannah.\\nBesides Benjamin Smith, there appear to liaA^e been four others,\\nsaid to be brothers, Avho came to Candia from Brentwood, and\\nAvere sous of ISRAEL SMITH, b. 17UG, and Mary, b. 1709, Avho\\nAverc m. Dec. 5, 1728. They were innkeepers at the sign of a\\nhorse.\\nI. Chase.\\nH. Oliver, settled on X^o. 49, 3d D. d. X ov. 20, ISIO.\\nHI. BiLEV, settled on the north end of Xo. 49, 3d D., about\\n1771, and about 1788 bought of Jacob AVortheu the gore lot Xo.\\n81, 5th I)., and lived where his son Biley noAV Ha cs. He had a\\ndau. Abra, m. George, son of Xathl. Wood, of Chester. He d.\\nOct. 3, 1829.\\nIV. J xATiiAX, settled on Xo. 26.\\nI. CiiASE Smith came with his family to Candia about 1771;\\nsettled on the north end of Xo. 49 d. Jan 3, 1810. He had a sou\\nJoseph Chase, b. Jan. 17, 17o9, m. Elizabeth Gilman (b. Sept. 5,\\n17o June 8, 1778, resided on the homestead. Children:\\n1. At i(iail, b. Dec. 12, 1779.\\n2. Joseph Chase.\\n3. Stephen, b. June 6, 1785.\\n4. Betsy. 5. JIary.\\n6. Jesse, b. Jan. 13, 1794, lives on the homestead.\\n7. Satly. 8. Meliitabd.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0679.jp2"}, "655": {"fulltext": "696 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\n3. Stephen, b. 1785, ni. Dolly, dau. of Isaiah Eowe, Dec. 26,\\n1809; lived on No. 25, and moved to Manchester. Children:\\n1. Gilman C. 2. Sarah. 3. Frederick. 4. Soi^liia. 5. Abra-\\nham Calvin.\\n3. Frederick, b. March 9, 1819, m. Emily, dau. of John Lane,\\nEsq. (who was b. July 22, 1822,) Dec. ll, 1814. They have no\\nchildren. The original name is said to have been Smyth, and for\\nthe ijurpose of business convenience when he commenced busi-\\nness he restored the y in writing his name. He was reared on a\\nfarm, Avith only common-school and academic education.\\nIn 1838 he went to Manchester and engaged in mercantile pur-\\nsuits. In 1849, 1850, and 1851, he was City Clerk. In 1852, 1853\\nand 1854, he was elected Mayor, and again in 18G4, unanimously,\\nby all parties. In 1855 he was appointed by the Governor and\\nCouncil, chairman of the commissioners to locate, purchase a\\nsite, and build the House of Reformation for juvenile offenders.\\nIn 18G1 he was appointed a commissioner to the AVorld s Fair in\\nLondon, and acted as one of the jurors at the distribution of the\\nawards. He made an extended tour on the continent of Europe,\\nand as he was connected with the State and National Agricultural\\nSocieties in an official capacity, he made the condition of European\\nagriculture a subject of especial investigation. In 1865 he was\\nelected Governor, and re-elected in 1866. In 1866 he was chosen\\nby Congress, for six years, as one of the managers of the National\\nAsylum for Disabled Soldiers.\\nAs Mayor of Manchester and as Governor of the state, he did\\nmuch to sustain the credit of the city and state, especially the\\nstate in the disordered condition of its finances and also did\\nmuch to alleviate the sutferings of New Hampshire soldiers in the\\ncamp and hospital. He has been cashier in the Merrimack\\nRiver and First National bank since its charter in 1855; also\\nti easurer and chief ofiicer of the Merrimack River savings bank\\nHe is also a trustee of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture\\nand Mechanic Arts, and is also officially connected with many\\nother benevolent, moral and industri;il enterprises in New Eng-\\nland.\\nThere was a Bexjaimix Smith settled in Raymond, on No. 7,\\nO. H. In 1761 a road vras laid out near his land, leading into\\nEpping.\\nJoseph Smith is said to have come from what is now Raymond\\nwhen a boy, and might have been a son of Benjamin. He gave\\nhis time till 21 to Jonathan J5erry for 50 acres of land. He Avas\\nb. March 19, 1753 m. Ann Berry settled Avhere Simon Ilaselton\\nnow lives; but afterAvards bought of Robert RoAve No. 40, 2d P.,\\n2d D. Avas a soldier in the Revolution, and, it is said, at Bunker\\nHill. He. d. May 24, 1825. Child:", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0680.jp2"}, "656": {"fulltext": "a\\nC^^2y7^.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0683.jp2"}, "657": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0684.jp2"}, "658": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY TEMPLETON. 507\\nJoseph, b., Nrarcli ID, 177s, m. Aiiiiu (iMi-luiul livc l on llio\\nhoincstotul; d. Oct. 24,18.38. CliiMivn l\\\\;i r: Aiuki; Jo^i iili,\\noil the lioincgtead.\\nSTIC K N K Y\\nEi.iZAi .KTii and Kdmind Sticknky, of Xowlmrvport, limiolil of\\nAndrew C rai i-c his lioniestead, the soiitli-ca.-( part of Gov. Wcnt-\\nAvoith s farm of 250 acres, in 1771. Tliere was an Antiionv\\nSrirKNKY lliere, upon whose estate Antliony .Suinerl)y Sllckney\\nadministered in 177G.\\njinUtoiiij S. Avas rjnite a proniincnt man, especially in the l*rcs-\\nbyti rian parish, thon^li on one occasion tliere was a pi otest\\nentered aj:ainst his serving- in some office because lie was not a\\nchurch-member. Tie and liis wife Rutii had Dorcas, b. 177(5, and\\nKutli, b. 1781. and some otlier c]iil(h-eu. One m. licv. Tilloi-on\\nIIowc. Stickney went to IVnibroke.\\ns 1-: e t s e k\\nITexry Sweetser came from Charlestown, ]\\\\rass., as a clerk in\\ntlie store of Toppau AVebster. After Mr. Webster stoppinl bu i-\\nnesp, he and Benjamin Brown formed a copartnership in trade,\\nand did a large business, much of it on credit, and to secure\\nl)aynicnt took several farms at a hi!:,her price than,, they could\\nrealize. The Republican party had the asceudency in town, and\\n]Mr. Sweetser was very popular, and was chosen JJeprescnlativo\\nfrom 1S()2 to 1808. lie also held vai-ious other offices. He ludd\\nthe office of (^uartermaster-Cieneral of Xew Hampshire. lie\\nseveral, years kei)t tavern in Toppan Webster s house. Jb; m.\\nNancy, dau. of Benj. Brown, Nov. 19, 17!)8. She d. childless.\\nHe m (2) Susan, dau. of John West of Concord and liad several\\nchildren, of whom I am not informed, lie removed to Concord\\nabout 1822.\\nT E M V L K T O N\\nAi.LKX Teaiplkton caiiK! over with IJobert Craigc and John\\nIMcKinley. He had been married in Ireland, and had a daughter\\nItorn there, and his wife died there. The daughter s name was\\nJlfirl/i and she ni. John Orr.\\nAllen m. Agnes Craig-e, sister of Robert, and had:\\n1. J/uffheir, who lived a bachelor on the homestead of 2o acres\\nof Gov. Wentworth s farm, west of Robert Craige s, until an old\\nman. when he irave his property to Thomas Crawford and went to\\nSandown, and d. Nov. 22, 1825, a. 87. He was very eccentric,\\nand many anecdotes arc related of him.\\n2. Jf.oie, 111. Robert Crawford, of Sandown. She d. July 10,\\n1832, a. 91.\\nAllkx d. 1755. Agues d. May 3, 1797.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0685.jp2"}, "659": {"fulltext": "598 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nTENNEY.\\nSilas Tennet, b, Dec. 4, 1772, m. Eebecca Bailey (b. Ma}^ 13,\\n1773) Oct. 26, 1795; lived in Bradford until 1804 or 5, when he\\npurchased H. L. No. 61, where Jabez Iloit had lived, lie d. July,\\n1834. She is alive (1869). Cliildren:\\nBailey, b. Jan. 7, 1797.\\nTliomas,\\\\ .^o^., 1798, 8\u00e2\u0084\u00a2d. Dartmouth, 1825; m. Martha T.\\nParker. (See Graduates.)\\nSevelh b. Aug. 27, 1801, grad. Dart. 1827.\\nSalhj, b. Jan. 13, 1804, m. Hale and Eev. J. R. Arnold.\\nWilliam, b. July 13, 1807, ra. Murray; lived on the home-\\nstead.\\nHarriet, b. April 8, 1^12, m. Thomas J. Melvin.\\nCharles, b. Sept. 23, 1814, grad. Dartmouth 1835; m. Emily G.\\nParsons 1841. (See Graduates.)\\nDaniel, b. Dec. 10, 1816, grad, Dartmouth 1841 m. ISIary A.\\nParker, 1844. (See Graduates.)\\nTODD.\\nWilliam Todd came from Ireland and lived some time in Bos-\\nton. He was probably married in Ireland. He settled on O. II.\\nNo. 56, in Raymond. He was one of the petitioners for Raymond-\\nChildren\\nI. Mary, m. James, son of John Moore, m. (2) Robert Wallace\\nd. 1832, a. 91.\\nII. William, went to Freeport, Me.; m. a Brown of N. Yar-\\nmouth. Chiklren: 1. Mary, ra. Robert, son of James Moore;\\nlived at the Branch; d. Nov. 10, 1856, a. 84. 2. Anna, m. James,\\nson of James Moore; lived at Freeport, Me. He d. 1798; she m.\\nRobert, son of Alexander Witherspoon d. at Auburn, April 19,\\n1852, a. 78.\\nIII. Daniel, m. Susan, dau. of James Wilson, and lived at Ray-\\nmond near the Branch.\\nTOLFORD.\\nJoiix ToLFORD was born about fifteen miles from Londonderry,\\nIreland, in July, 1701. He, it is said, came over in company with\\nJohn Aiken. In May, 1724, John Packer of Haverhill, Mass.,\\nconveyed to John Tolford of Bradford, the home lot No. 66, and\\none-half of all of the other divisions, on condition that he should\\nmake a settlement. He accordingly settled on that lot on Walnut\\nHill. He was a Major in the militia and held many civil offices.\\nHe became a large landholder and was an enterprising man. He", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0686.jp2"}, "660": {"fulltext": "GENEALOHY TOWLE. 509\\nIdiilt (lie first saw-mill at White Hall in llooksctt. IFi iii. .lean\\n^IcMui lihy;, Jan. 8, IT;)!, and had J children, o uf wlioni were\\nsons:\\n1. Joshua, b. Feb., IToO, and moved to Alexandria when he\\nwas about 22 years of age.\\n2. Ihuih, b. Dec. 22. 1747, m. Elizabeth Tallen of Bedford, and\\nlived on tlie liomestead. and had: Isaae, b. 17sG; William, b.\\n17y5, lives at Bedford; Jane; and Klizabcth, d. April 21, 1^2:!.\\n3. John, 1). Jan. 2, 17.00, lived in Danbury, X. II.\\nINIajor John Tolford-d. May 17 J0. Jean d. Dee. 21), 1702.\\nThe following is copied from the Collections of the N. II. ILi-t.\\nSoc, Vol, 4, p. 201:\\nHe Avas selected in 17.V1, being then a [aJor, by the govern-\\nment of X. U., as one of the otlici rs to conunand the party sent to\\nexi)lore the Coos country, which i)arty set out March in, and in\\nseven days reached the Connecticut river at IMermont. J hey\\nwere accompanied by John Stark, who had been the jtrecediug\\nyear a prisoner among the Indians, and was acijuainted with that\\nregion, as a guide. After i)assing one night and making such\\nobservations as their time Avould allow them, they retiu ned, and\\non the loth day from the time they left, reached Concord.\\nDk.v. AVilllv-AI Tolford Avas brother of Maj. John; owned II.\\nL. G J and 70, and liA^ed there, Avhere Mr. Merril now lives. lie m.\\nIsabel, dau. of John McMurphy. She d. Oct. 17, 1748, a. 3 lie\\nm. Agnes She d. Jan. 22, 178. a. C6. He d. Sept. 2.\\n1792, a. 92. His will dated 1787. The legatees Avere John,\\nElizabeth, wife of William PoAvel, Mary, Avit e of David Mc-\\nMurphy, Robert Forsaith residuary legatee. Children:\\n1. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 13, 1736.\\n2. John, b. X ov. 3, 1738, who was many years insane and cuii-\\nfined in a cage.\\n3. Mary.\\n4. David.\\n5. Margaret, b. 1746; m. Robert Forsaith, and moA cd to X ew\\nChester, 1770; had .3 children born there, and returned to the Dea.\\nTolford place, Avhere they had 4 more children. lie d. 1810.\\nT O W L I\\nCALEB TOWLE was son of Philip ToavIc and Isabel Asten of\\nHampton; b. May 14, 1678; m. Zipporah Bracket. He Avas one\\nof the Society for Settling the Chestnut Country, attended the first\\nmeeting, was chosen one of the committee to manage the affairs\\nof the Society, and likewise one of the committee to lay out the\\nHome Lots. He was also one of the grantees of the first saAV-\\nmill, and OAvned a part of it up to the time of making his will,\\nSept., 1763, and gaA C it to his sons Anthony and Francis. They\\nhad nine sons and three daughters.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0687.jp2"}, "661": {"fulltext": "GOO HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nCaleb, the second, b. May 9, 1701, had by the will his O. II.\\nlot, No. 12, on wliicli Elislia, his son, had previously settled, being\\na petitioner for a I oad in 17G1.\\nAnthony, the third sou, b. April 30, 1703, m. Sarah Ilobbs,\\nNov. 7, 1734. He settled on the soutlnvest end of H. L. 53 and\\n151, bought of the Clitfords; Samuel Emerson buying the north-\\neast end. He was constable in 1734. Administration granted to\\nPhineas Towle May, 1705. Children\\nI. Ileuben, b. 1735.\\nII. Samuel, b. Nov. 20, 1737, m. Mary, dan. of Thomas Dear-\\nborn, March 13, 17G0; d. 1793. He settled on the south half of\\nNo. 49, 2d P., 2d D., near school-house No. 4 in Candia. Chil-\\ndren\\n1. Ebzabeth, b. 1701.\\n2. Thomas, b. April 18, 1707, m. Sally, dau. of Walter Eobie,\\nEsq., and lived on the homestead.\\n3. Sanuiel, b. 1709, m. Lydia, dau. of Abraham Sargent, 1792;\\nkept tavern several years in the Toppan Webster house.\\n4. Olif. 5. Eben. 0. Sarah.\\n7. Jonathan, b. 1781; d. at Havana, 1801.\\n8. Eichard, b. 1783, m. Lydia, dau. of Moses Emerson, and\\nlived with his uncle, Dea. John S. Dearborn, sold out and went\\nto Steuben County, N. Y.\\n9. Polly.\\nIII. Jonalhan, b. 1739, m. Anna, dau. of John Eobie, and lived\\nnear Samuel. In laying out the road in 1702, it went* west of\\nSamuel Tole and Jonatliau Tole s housen. Walter Eobie settled\\nhis administration account, 1777.\\nIV. rJiii eas,h. 1742. V. 31orrts, b. 1743. VI. Bracket, b. 1740.\\nVII. Sarah. VIII. Simon. IX. Mary.\\nX. Anthony, b. Nov. 4, 1752; lived on the homestead; d. 1808.\\nFuANCis ToAVLE, eleventh -SOU of Caleb, b. Jan. 13, 1711, m.\\nJudith, dau. of Ensign Jacob Sargent, June 4, 1738, and settled\\non his fothcr s II. L., No. 55. V\\\\A{i\\\\vc\\\\\\\\: Elizabeth, Hannah,\\n3Iary, Zij^porah and Francis, who settled on No. 85, 2d P., 2d\\nD., the northwest side of the road over Eattlesnake Hill.\\nIsaac Towle, the son of Zachariah and Anna, baptized April\\nC, 1735, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Nathan Philbrick and Dorcas John-\\nson, Feb. 17, 1754. She was b. May 13, 1730. Isaac d. Aug. 24,\\n1791. The wid. m. Jonathan Swain, Esq., Jan. 9, 1797; d. Feb.\\n5, 1820. He settled on Add. No. 01; was a blacksmith. Chil-\\ndren:\\nI. Simon, m. Eleanor, dau. of Nathl. Hall, 1779; built and\\nlived in the house since occupied by Benjamin and William Eaton,\\nDrs. Brown, Whittemorc and Brown; moved to Haverhill, N. H.,\\nabout 1805; d. Dec. 11, 1808. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0688.jp2"}, "662": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY TRUE. GOl\\nEdward; ITcury; Cliarlcs; Elizabi tli; Frederic.\\nII. A/jrahani, m. (1) .Sally McCk llun; .she d. 1814. He in. (2)\\nNabby Eincrsuii, -widow ul Beiija. llall. Jle lived on the lumie-\\nstead. Children\\nCary. d. iinui. Sally, ni. Benjamin Bakev and Henry Kobie.\\nIII. Isaac, b. 1771, ni. Anna, dau. of Elijah Pillsbury, 17 J2; .she\\nd. 18U. Jle m. (2) AVid. Butterlield, LS1.3; she d. isiG. lie ni.\\n(3) Mrs. Hannah Shacktbrd. He lived on No. 10:5, 2d P., 2d 1).\\nbuilt the house where Andrew F. Fox now lives; moved to Fran-\\ncestown; il. June, 185(J.\\n1\\\\ Kllzabethy m. ijhcrburne, son of Peter Dearborn, 177 J; she\\nd. Nov. 25, 17 J8.\\nTOWNSEXD.\\nEbkmczkr TowNSKNU eanie from t harlcstown, Mas,s. settled\\non II. L. No. 11, where John (Jage had lived; m. Ann Parker\\nJune 4, 177G. He d. Ort. 12, 1840, a. 88; .she d. June 12, 18:31, a.\\n71. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nJohn, b. 1777.\\nXancy, b. 1778, m. Jona. Parker of Pittsfield.\\nJlan/iah, h. July 30, 1780, m. Dea. John Lane; lived on the\\nliomcstead; d. April 28, 18G1, a. 81.\\nEben, b. 1782, lived in New York City.\\nIsaac Parker, b. 1784.\\nBetsy, b. 178(3, m. William Stanwood lived at Xewburyport.\\nAhifjail, b. 1789, m. AVilliam Barstow.\\nXathan, b. 17 J1, m. Eliza Harding-; lived at AVilmington,\\nMass.\\nDeborah, b. Aug. 20, 17;_i;3; d. April 24, 182G, unm.\\nTRUE.\\nCapt. Joseph True came from Salisbury, Mass.; -u as sun eyor\\nof highways 1755; m. Sarah, dau. of Joshua Prescott settled on\\nNo. 1.) or 14, 2(1 P., 2d D., the southwest side of the river, below\\nthe Branch. Children\\nMoUy, b. 1757, m. Dr. Francis Hodgkins; Henry; AljitjaiJ;\\nSarah, m. David Glidden; Joseph, b. 176G Locc, b. 1770.\\nJoshua, b. 1772; Levi, d. 1832.\\nJoseph, Sen., d. April, 1800.\\nBenjamin True came from Sali.sbury, Mass. Avas surveyor of\\nhighways in 175G; m. Mehitabel Osgood. They settled lirst ou\\nthe northeast side of the river, near the Branch, but moved to the\\nsouthwest side, on Xo. 14, 2d P., 2d D. He d. May 5, 1817; she\\nd. Oct. 24, 1825, a. 94. Child\\nCapt. Benjamin, m. Mary Locke, dau. of Capt, AV iUiam Locke,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0689.jp2"}, "663": {"fulltext": "602 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nand lived on the homestead, where his son Osgood now lives.\\nHe d. Nov. 13, 1841, a. 81 y., 7 mo. She d.Nov. 13, 1839, a. 71.\\nTURNEn.\\nWilliam Turner, previous to 1712, had purchased four acres\\nat the northeast end of Add. No. 9, of Paul McFerson. He was\\neither the first or second settler in Candia. There is a tradition\\nthat David McClure was the first settler, and that Mr. Turner bor-\\nI dwed fire there when he moved to Candia; hut he bought lot No.\\n35, 3d D., 1741. He m. Sarah, dau. of Enoch Colby. Children\\n1. Sarah, b. Nov. 5, 1747, first child in Candia; d. unm., 1836.\\n2. 3fari/, b. April 9, 1752, m. Capt. Sargent; d. 1823.\\n3. Moses, b. Nov. 1755; lived on the homestead; d. 1844.\\n4. Susanna, Nov. 12, 1758.\\nWm. Turner d. Dec. 8, 1796; his wife d. May 28, 1811. Now\\nif Mr. Turner went to Candia when first married, he was there\\nbefore McClure. In 1756 Jona. Blunt sold to Winthrop Sargent\\none-eighth of a saw-mill, on No. 35, 3d D., which he purchased of\\nWilliam Turner.\\nTYLEE.\\nRichard Kent, of Newbury, sold his full right to John Tyler\\nof Boxford, May 2, 1727. He gave up the Home and Add. lots,\\nand in 1731 had them both laid out together Jiorthwest of Gov.\\nWentworth s farm of 250 acres, southwest of the Congregational\\nchurch in Auburn. In 1734, he deeded it to his son Moses, who\\nhad previously settled on it. The road from the corner near\\nschool-house No. 2, in Auburn, to the Congregational church,\\nwas laid out at his request in 1740. He sold to Andrew McFar-\\nland in 1745, including the orchard. He moved to Suncook.\\nMcFarland sold fifty acres to Stephen Merrill. Children\\nJoshua, b. 1735; Hannah; Adonijah; Jepthah; JSTabbi/, b.\\n1743.\\nUNDERHILL.\\nThe earliest of any of the name that we know anything about,\\nand the ancestor of all of that name in Chester, was Sami son.\\nThere are deeds on the records in his name as early as April, 1717,\\nin wliicli he is styled clothier. Sampson Underbill and Eliza-\\nbeth Ambrose, both of Salisbury, were married by Rev. Caleb\\nGushing, minister of the gospel in Salisbury, January 15, 1717.\\n(See Nathl. Ambrose).\\nSAMPSON UNDERHILL sold to Jenuess his f:u-m of fifty acres,\\non w^hich he lived and kept tavern, April 1, 1730, ifor \u00c2\u00a3500, and\\nprobably then came to Chester. He bought H. L. No. 28, and lived", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0690.jp2"}, "664": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY UNDERIIILL. 603\\nnear avIicvc D. L. Ba liclck r*s liotcl now is. II(! jwxibaMy died iu\\n17; 2, as his estate was appraised in May of that year at \u00c2\u00a3IX I Js.\\nCd. His wife was administrator. Tiie uiiiforni tradition is that he\\nwas the first person buried in the present Imrying-ground. It was\\non tlie ten-rod way, in the rear of the old nieetiiig--honse. A grave\\nwas shown me many years since, as his, just inside of the wall,\\nopposite the present meetiiijr-liouse.\\nThere is on Salisbury records: Jolni Undcrhill, son of Samp-\\nson and Elizabeth his wife, born March Ki, 1720-21; Jeremiah,\\nborn Dec. 29, 1724. There were also Ilczekiah and Closes, not\\non the records.\\nIn August, 1742, the widow settled her account of administra-\\ntion, and charges for the support of a son Ile/.ekiah li years;\\nMoses, Gi years, and a sick son Jeremiah, 10 years.\\nIn 1842, March 29, Elizabeth Underbill conveyed to James\\nYarnuni of Chester the home lot Xo. 28, and John Underbill\\nreleased the same; also a house aud barn on the highway between\\nthe lot and the Kev. iMr. Flagg s. The widow was soon after\\nmarried to Benjamin Batchelder. who lived where Mr. Sargent\\nnow lives, below ]Mr. Orcutt s II. L. 138. James Variuim i)ur-\\nchased of the town live rods of the ten-rod way. He sold to Col.\\nWebster. The place has been subseipiently owned and occupied\\nby Dr. John Wingate, Dr. Benjamin Kittridge, A. (I. (^uigg, J.\\nS. Brown, and others, now by D. L. Bachelder. Children:\\n1. JoHX Underiiill, m. Joanna Ilealey, daughter of William\\nHealey, Oct. 21, 1741. They lived on Add. .53, near Jacob Chase.\\nHe d. July 31, 1793; she d. Aug., 1809. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nI. Bi tti/, b. July 13, 1742, m. Samuel Buswell, of Candia. She\\nwas a hypochondriac, and lay in bed without speaking six years\\nd. Sept 30, 180G.\\nII. WiUiam, h. Feb. 15, 1744, m. Abigail Cfioate; settled on\\nlot Xo. 40, 3d D., in Candia; sold to X. Brown in 1771 removed\\ntoMoult(^nl)oi-ough; had i children.\\nIII. John. b. June 20, 1745, m. Hannah Colby: settled in Ches-\\nter, near the brick school-house, where W. AVhittemore now\\nlives, and removed to riaintield, and d. of hyi)o., 181G. Had 7\\nchildren.\\nIV. Molhj, b. Dec. 4, 1747, m. James Pierce; lived opposite\\nwhere John lived; moved into the country.\\nV. J/ow.v, b. Feb. 2, 1749, m. Patty Knight, X abby IClliot and\\nRachael Lufkin, and had a large number of chiklren, most of\\nwhom d. young:\\nPatty, ni. a Godfrey of Hampton; Moses, num., was in the war\\nof 1812; Sally, b. Xov. 26, 1790, m. (1) Smith Greenough, m. (2)\\nAbraham Sargent, Jr.; Polly, m. Thomas ^loutgomery; Stephen,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0691.jp2"}, "665": {"fulltext": "604 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nm. Sally Cnrrie^ David, was a whcelright, lived in Concord, re-\\nmoved to Amherst, and was connty treasurer, d. July 28, 1827\\nEutli, ni. G. W. Everett, and lived in Chester.\\nMoses lived a little west of the brick school-house in Chester;\\nhe d. Feb. 8, 1838.\\nVI. David, b. Sept. 9, 1751, m. Jemima Blake; resided on the\\nhomestead; d. July, 1827; she d. June 25, 1829; had one son,\\nJohn, m. Lucy Linn.\\nVII. Samuel, b. May 5, 1752, m. Sarah, dau. of Ilezekiah\\nUnderhill; resided on Add. lot No. 54, where George S. Under-\\nbill now lives. Hed. Sept. 20, 1828; she d. Aug., 1829. Cliil-\\ndren:\\n1. Richard, who lived at New Chester and on the Charles Moore\\nplace in Chester, and had 8 children.\\n2. William H., m. Sally March and Elizabeth Towle, dau. of\\nIsaac Towle, Jr. resided on Add. lot No. 55, where his son AYil-\\nliam P. resides; d. Dec. 14, 1843, a. 60.\\n3. Samuel, m. Betsy March; resided in New Chester and Bos-\\ncawen.\\n4. Dolly, m. Richard Dearborn, son of Jonathan; resided in\\nNew Chester.\\nVIII. Jeremiah, b. Aug. 6, 1755, m. Anna Heath; lived where\\nCaleb Hall lirst settled, on the road to what is now called Bunker\\nHill, in Auburn. They had 9 children, who were raised in a\\nhouse with but one large room and a bedroom. He d. suddenly,\\nSept. IG, 1794; she d. May 19, 1844. Children:\\n1. David, b. 1776. 2. Elijah, m. IMolly White. 3. Benjamin,\\nm. Polly Green. 4. Betsy, m. Samuel Davis. 5. Reuben, m.\\nHannah H. Chase. 6. Anna, m. Joseph Little. 7. James, m.\\nElizabeth Chase^ 8. Samuel. 9. John, b. Nov. 46, 1793, m.\\nMolly Chase.\\nIX. Sarah, m. Capt. Richard Greenough, of Atkinson d. 1838.\\nX. Joanna, m. Moses Preston.\\n2. Hkzekiah Underhill, son of Sampson, m. Tabitha Sargent,\\nwid. of John Foss. He was a shoemaker, and settled on Add. lot\\nNo. 47, where liis son Josiah and grandson, Jesse J., lived. He\\nd. March 8, 1800; she d. Aug 24, 1803. Children:\\nI. Jonathan, who probably died in the army.\\nII. Hannah, m,, and went to Cabot, Vt.\\nIII. Sarah, m. her cousin Sanmel Underhill; d. Aug., 1829.\\nIV. Josiah, b. about 1759, m. Anna, dau. of Benjamin Mehdn,\\nFeb. 26, 1784 d. May 1, 1822, a. 63 she d. March 17, 1847. Chil-\\ndren\\n.1. Jesse J., b. Oct. 2, 1784, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Dea. John\\nGraham; d. Oct. 21, 1860; she d. Sept. 18, 1851, a. 60.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0692.jp2"}, "666": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0693.jp2"}, "667": {"fulltext": "^CX^/^^^i^", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0694.jp2"}, "668": {"fulltext": "GENnALOGY UNDERHILL. G05\\n2. Ciitlieriue J., b. July 15, IT.sij, m. Samuel CJraliain, T)i\\\\ B.\\nKittridfjc, and .foliii IJradloy alive in IMO\\n;3. Ilazeii K., b, July 21, 178 i, d. at Detroit about l.S2\\n4. Edward Keed (ou the lamily rei-ords, but called Ned, and so\\nappears ou all the tax-books), b. 17 JO, ni. Aljij:ail Coiiuer of\\nExeter in 1.S17; lived nearly opposite his father s, and \\\\va- a job\\nblaeksniith. lie moved to I)0 lon and d. tiiere. The\\\\ had i chil-\\ndren.\\nj. ]\\\\[ack T., b. May 12, IT JS, drowned in Amoskea:4 Fall- Juno\\n1, isu,s.\\nG. Xancy T., b. Xov. 17, 170. ni. {\\\\deb ^rerrill, an attorney at\\nPitlslield, and James Thorndike; lives in Pittslield.\\n7. Sally T., b. 3Iay 7, 179s. m. T)r. Paifus Kittrid.iio.\\n8. Dolly T., b. April I, ISOO, m. Hon. John Folsoni; d. Dec.\\n184G.\\nJ. Jay Temple, b. March 17. 1S02, m. Sally Brown Oct. 0, 1828;\\nd. Feb. 7, l.s;3l) she d. Aug 17, 18G2.\\n10. Flayg T., b. Feb. s, isQl, m. Mary I .rown Nov.. ls:il d.\\n18.i0. His son, Arthur 15.. is master mechanic for the Bo-ton\\nAlbany IJailroad.\\nFamily of Jesse J. Underbill\\n1. Jane Eveline, b. Any. G, 1807, m. Elilm Thayer, Avho was an\\nedyc-tool maker at (iorte s Falls. He d. 183-1. She m. (2) Asa\\nEdgerton,\\n2. Samuel Graham, b. Jan. 22, 1809, m. ^Mary Ann Dinsmore iu\\n18. jo. In LS29 he went into tlie tool business iu Boston; lias now\\nretired, and lives at Somerville.\\n3. Catherine Graham, Dec. .30, 1811, m. David L. ()-i;ood;\\nlived iu Auburn, now iu Xasluia.\\n4. George W., b. July 19. isi. m.Mary M. Gale. He is super-\\nintendent of th(! Underbill Tool Company at Nashua.\\ni). Belinda K., 1). May 7, 1817, m. I Almund, son of Jethro\\nSleeper; d. Fel)., 18. )8.\\nC. Rufus K., b. March 8. 1819, m. ElutheraD. Webster, a great-\\ngranddaughter of Col. John Webster. He lives iu Bilerica, and\\nand carries ou the tool business iu Boston.\\n7. Hazeu R., b. March 27, ISjil, ui. Rebecca P. Dickey; carries\\non the tool business at Deny A illage.\\nAs the Underliill family have been not only locally but Avidely\\ncelebrated as edge-tool makers, and us Chester has been to a con-\\nsiderable extent the seat of their operations, I give here some ac-\\ncount of tlie rise and i)rogress of the business.\\nLt. Josiah I nderhill served a veiy short apprenticesliii) at the\\nblacksmitli trade with E. Fitts. When lie fu-st connnenced busi-\\nness he did not dare undertake to Aveld a collar ou to the bearing of\\na grind-tone crank, but upset the end, and the crank is\\\\el in use.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0697.jp2"}, "669": {"fulltext": "606 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nJesse J. once told me that Natluiuiel Hall had an ax in which\\nthe smith did not succeed in welding in the steel, and he riveted\\nit, and Mr. Hall had to carry a hammer to tighten the rivet. He\\ndid not tell me who the smith was, but one of his children told\\nme that it was his father. Mr. Underhill, however, hecame a\\nworkman, and drove a thriving business at all branches, includ-\\ning scythes, axes, hoes, c., as his account book shows.\\nThe earliest specimen of a narrow or chopping\\nax that I have seen, was apparently made of iron,\\ntwo to two and a half inches wide, and half an\\ninch thick, with no head or i)oll more than the\\nthickness of the iron. The eye was plated so as to\\nhave ears project inside on the handle, and the ax\\nwould be about nine inches long. They would\\nthen have a straight handle nearly three feet long.\\nGordon Bean, of Candia, has two which he found\\non his farm, one apparently considerably worn,\\nabout nine inches long, the other apparently new,\\nand longer.\\nThe lirst whom I knew to make a business of\\nedge-tools was Ingalls of Dunstable, at the Harbor,\\nI suppose, near where the shop of the Underhill\\nCompany now is.\\nAs Mr. Underbill s sons grew up, they learned the trade.\\nJesse J. settled where the (Jandia road crosses the Londonderry\\nturnpike, where Charles Oflut now lives, but soon returned and\\ntook his father s shop. He soon turned liis attention almost ex-\\nclusively to the tool business.\\nThe axes were then made of Russia iron and blistered steel.\\nAt the time of the war of 1812 it was very difficult to get steel, it\\nbeing of English manufacture. American steel was tried, but it\\nproved worthless. Mr. Underhill at length obtained a quantity\\nwhich was smuggled through Canada, for which he paid seventy-\\nfive cents per j^ound.\\nAt that time they had a very slow method of doing their work.\\nThey would take as long a piece of iron as they could well han-\\ndle, and cut and turn down about an inch to make a head, then\\nplate the cheek, and cut it oft and lay it aside for one-half of the\\nax; and then in the same manner make the other side, and weld\\nthem together. One of Mr. Underhill s apprentices, Nathaniel\\nBrown, informs me that he and Joseph Neil used to work three\\nhours in the winter evenings to make three polls, without welding\\nin the steel. But after a while they cut oft a pattern for an ax,\\nplated the cheeks, turned it over, and either welded on or upset a\\nhead. The steel was either split or drawn down with a welding", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0698.jp2"}, "670": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY UNDERIIILL. 607\\nheat, to weld up the Ijlistcrs. Afiur all, the tool would often\\nprove flawy.\\nIt was tlien a good day s svork for two men to make .\u00c2\u00abix axes,\\nworlani^ from moruiiiy till night, with no llnish whatever. It\\nwould then take the purchaser two or three hours on uu (udinary\\ngrindstone to grind an ax to an edge.\\nIn 1S22, ^Ir. Underhill, witii his apprentices (his l)roihi r Jay\\nT. and ICIihu Thayer) went to Avork at Boston for ]\\\\[r. Faxon,\\nthen a celebrated workman. The Avork was all done there by\\nhand, and with a common forge, but they had a horse-power to\\nput on some linish, and two hands were required to forge, temper\\nand grind six chopping or three broad axes per day.\\nIn 1.S2-1 Mr. Faxon died, and the Underhills took the shop. In\\n182(j Jesse J. returned to Chester and put up a horse-jjower, and\\nl)ut some tinisli on his tools. In 1^28 Jay T. built a sho[) on Ches-\\nter Street, and moved his horse-power from Boston, and ran four\\ntires. In 1829 Jesse J. and his sou Samuel (t. went to Boston,\\nand did business in the oldfasliion. In \\\\x:]2 Jesse J. returned to\\nChester and fitted up a Avater-power, with tilt-hammer, grinding\\nand pnlishing. in his father s old grist-mill.\\nIn IS.;. Flagg T. having learned the trade, J. T. and he bought\\nthe Blanchard mills, built a shop, Avith tilt-hammer, grinding, and\\nbloAving eonuiion belloAVS byAvater. In 18:37, J. S. Brown became\\na jiartncr. In 1839 Jay T. died, and the business Avas cai-ried on\\nunder diU erent firms by F. T. Underhill, J. S. BroAvn, Xiithaniel\\nBroAvn, and ^Y. W. Leighton.\\n.Vbout 1839 the business underwent a great rcA^olution. The\\nhard coal furnace Avith a fan-blower, Avliich gaA e a much hotter\\nfire Avith a constant blast, Avas introduced, and refined English\\niron of a more suitable size used, so that instead of being an hour\\nmaking one poll, four axes could be made with steel lit for the\\ngrinder in one hour, Avithout any division of labor. In the Under-\\nhill and Blodgett shops, Avhere there is a greater variety of tools\\nand division of labor, it is done much faster.\\nThese improvements Avere introduced into the large establish-\\nments of Collins at Hartford, and Hunt at Douglass, several\\nyears earlier. George Vf. set uj) at Xashua in 1839, but a large\\nstock company was formed in 18.31, of Avhiaii he is superinten-\\ndent, (ieorge AV informs me that Avhen he first started at\\nXashua in the old Ingalls shop AA ith a blower, nine narrow or five\\nbroad axes Avas a day s work. The Underhill company, in l8t\u00c2\u00bb5,\\nemployed about sixty men and produced three hundred chopping\\naxes, and about one hundred and sixty broad axes, and other\\nkinds of tools daily. Cast-steel Avas not used by Mr. Underhill\\nuntil about 182i). It was at first sui)posed to be incapable of\\nstanding, excepting laid on iron, as in chisels and plane irons and", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0699.jp2"}, "671": {"fulltext": "608 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nthere was a great secvccj^ about welding it, When it first came\\ninto use it was not of assorted sizes, but about an inch square.\\nFor axes it was cornered down, and for other tools had to be\\ndrawn. When blister steel was used, and in the early dt^-s of\\ncast-steel, German steel was used for small tools.\\n3. INfosES, the third son of Sampson Underbill, learned the trade\\nof a liatter at Exeter, and always went by the appellation of\\nHatter Underbill; lie owned land and probably lived and\\ncarried on his trade a little northwest of the brick school-house in\\nChester, where his nephew Moses afterwards lived. In 1770 he\\nbought of John Dearborn of Stratham, half of No. 127, 2d P., 2d\\nD. on which he built. His house stood the west side of the main\\nroad a few rods south of the barn where Gilraan C. Smith lately\\nlived in Auburn. His house was single in width with a stone\\nchimney sufiiciently capacious to receive wood eight feet long,-\\nwhich he drew in with a horse. The fireplace has been standing\\nwithin my recollection, and I have seen old men in i)assing point\\nit out to young men. He kept a tavern, furnishing his guests\\nlodging on bear skins on the tloor. Jesse J. Undei hill once had\\noccasion to call upon Daniel Webster at his ofiice in Boston. Mr.\\nWebster inquired of his relationship to the landlord of the B^r\\ntavei u. He said that when a lad he drove his fixther s team and\\nused to put up there and lie on bear skins; they therefore called\\nhim the Bear.\\nHe m. Anne Glidden of Exeter, sister to Nathaniel Glid den,\\nDec. 20. 1753. Children:\\nAbi-ail, b. Oct. 21, 1751, m. Moses Crombie, d. April 29, 1849;\\nElizabeth, b. Feb. 20, 1757, d. unmarried; Anne, m. John Wilson\\nand went to Coiinth, Vt. Nathaniel went to Piermont. N. H.;\\nMoses, m. Sarah Buswell and lived where Eobert Patten now\\nlives, on 127, 2d P., 2d D. He d. 1827 she d. 1826.\\nVARNUM.\\nJames Varnum and John Tolford were chosen invoice men in\\n1741, and the inventory which was returned to the Secretary s\\nofl3.ce to make a proportion of rates, is in his hand-writing, and it\\nis excellent. He m. Abigail, the youngest dau. of Dea. Ebenczer\\nDearborn, Oct. 26. 1742. March 29, 1742, he bought of Elizabeth,\\nwidow of Sampson Underbill, II. L. No. 28, with a house and\\nbarn on the ten-rod way, where he lived, and probably kept\\ntavern, as a proprietors meeting was adjourned from the meeting-\\nhouse to James Varnum s, on account of the cold. He sold to\\nCol. John \\\\Yebster, March 2, 1753.\\nAbigail aclministered on his estate April 28, 1756. She m. John\\nRobie. Children:\\n1. Abigail, b. 1743, m. Ezekiel, son of Cort. John Lane, 1762,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0700.jp2"}, "672": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY WASON. 609\\nwlio (1. in tlio army, 1777, and lic ni. Pcirr IlilN, 17 iO; d. Jan. 4,\\n1SU2.\\n2. Juiiics, 1). I Vl). 11, 174. j, ni. Anna, dau. of .TdIui ]Jnl)ii wiio\\nlull! been man-icd to a Towie and lo Jat ol) (Juiniliy, and lived\\nwhere Qnind\u00c2\u00bb}- liad livi d, Xo. (j:!, -Jd T., -!d 1). lie d. .\\\\mv. 7,\\n1827, at Stanstead. K.\\n3. John, I). Sc|(t. L I7l(i, m. JOiizabetli, dau. ol Tlmnia^ I alten,\\nand lived in Kaymond; d. .June, isu;}. Children: 1. r.illy. ni.\\nSamuel, son of Col. Nathaniel Kmersoii. 2. I eti r. .Inhii.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i. I ctcr. Jnsia/i. t). Jlin-//, m. Peter Moores, and went lo\\nMaine. 7. S.ira/i, b. Jan. 2 J, 17.J1, in. Moses, sou of intlii-op\\nSargent. She d. isi;;.\\nAVADDEL.\\nJ.VMics and Joiix AVai i i;i. lived on Ad l. I^ot 1;12. It i- not\\nknown that John liad a family. James maiiiiMl. ChiMicn:\\nBetty, killed by rbijni rolford; a (Jan.. m. \\\\Vood .woi tIi, d. iu\\nCliester; Susannah, d. Is24; Jfira/jah, b. 17. uni, d. is is, a. i)\\n^v A SOX.\\nThomas AVasox came from Ireland to Londonderry. In July,\\n17;38, he bou.iiht Add. Lot X o. loii. Isaae Foss had settled on tlic\\nAvest end of loi; John Foss on tlie west end of Id. in ]7t- Jolm\\njMoore and James Mcl lure on the east end of their lots, but ^\\\\y.\\nWason settled near the center of his lot, and the family remained\\nAvithout a road nntil lsi 2. lie d. Jan., isul, a. about IW. Chil-\\ndren\\nL Thomas, lived in Candia on the _a ore between the old and\\nnew hnndi-ed-. wiiere J. W ason now lives; d. 17 .i2.\\nII. Jiofii rf, m. a Wa-oii of Hudson, and lived in Candia. on the\\ncast end of Xo. lis, d p., 2d I).: d. iso.-), a. 7n. Children:\\n1. Dea. James, b. 17( i2,m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sanuii l l)in--morc,\\nand lived on Xo. M. 2d I 2d I).; d. ISi d.\\n2. Capt. John, b. 17tik m. Elizabeth, dau. of lienjamiii Smith\\nof Candia; lived near C;india corner and opposite the Long\\nMeadow meeting-house. lie d. IsiS, a. 84; she d. 1843, a. 81.\\no. Thomas, went to Corinth.\\n4. ]5etsy, m. Ebenczer (uegg of Dorchester,\\n0. Anna. m. a Clongh of Candia.\\nC. Sarah, m. JCdward liaker of Lyme.\\n7. Hannah, m. a Frost of Lyme.\\n8. liobert, ni. Catharine, dau. of Daviil (Graham: went to\\nMaine.\\nIII. John, went to St. Johns, X ew Brunswick.\\nIV. James, h. 174G, m. Jane, dau. of Patrick .Melviii. who was\\n89", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0701.jp2"}, "673": {"fulltext": "GIO HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nb. 1747; livca on the homestead. He d. March U, 1829. Chil-\\ndren\\n1. Jolni, m. Jane, dau. of Tlionias Wilson, who d. 1805; m. (2)\\n.Sarah Osgood; lived on the gore where Thomas Wason, Jr., had\\nlived.\\nJ.. Tliomas, b. Nov. 23, 1775, m. Abigail, dau. of Cornet Isaac\\nLane. He d. 18G2, a. 87.\\n3. Marj^, b. 1777, m. a lloit; d. 1829.\\n4. Sarah.\\n5. James, b. Feb. 13, 1780, m. Dorothy, dau. of Capt. Michael\\nWorthen, who was b. March 1, 1783; both alive 1869; lived on\\nthe homestead.\\nG. Samuel, b. June 13, 1783; lived num. on the homestead; d.\\nJuly 4. 18G8.\\nAV E B S T E E\\nSiEriTEN Webster was born in Ipswich, and came to Haverhill\\nabout IGGO. He was a tailor and Avas lather of the grantee of that\\nname, who is mentioned as having built a house previous to 1G75,\\nin Haverhill. Stephen. Sen., had a brother Nathan Avho settled\\nin Bradford, whose wife was JMary, and they had: 1. NATHAN,\\none of the grantees of Chester, b. March 7, 1G78-9. 2. Israel, b.\\n1G86. 3. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 25, 1G88, who was the lather of Col.\\nJohn Webster.\\nNATH^VN, the grantee, came to Chester between 1728 and\\n1732, and owned two home lots, Nos. 71 and 72, and settled on\\n7.;, a little north of whei-e Lewis Ivimball now lives. His wife\\nwas Martha. Children\\nI. Daniel, b. Oct. 26. 1712, who settled on Add. No. 4, north-\\nwest of Haselton s, towards Jack s Hill. He m. Mary Blasdell,\\nand had two daughters, Abigail, b. 174G, and Mary, b. 1749.\\nlOs will was proved May 30, 1780; had a grand-daughter, Martlui\\nSargent.\\nli. Nathan, b. Jnly 1, 1715, m. Martha Blasdell, Feb. 10, 1742;\\nlived on IT. L. No. 117, where Amos Green lately lived, and had\\n11 children, most of whom d. young. He d. 1794.\\nNatlian. his third child, b. Nov. 19, 1747, lived on the home-\\nstead; m. Elizabeth Cliflbrd, dau. of Isaac Clitlbrd, and grand-\\ndaughter of AV^m. Healey, May 8, 1771, and had 10 children.\\nJosiah, b. Jan. 16, 1772, graduated at Dartmouth, 1798; settled at\\nHamilton, Mass., and Hampton. He had a son John Calvin, who\\ngraduated at Dartmouth, 1^32 settled at Hopkinton, Mass. Also,\\nJoseph Dana, 1832, and Claudius, b. 1836. (See Graduates.)\\nsSfatltan and Elizabeth s 6th child was Nathan, b. April 9, 1780,\\nm. Mary Simonds, dau. of Capt. P. Richardson s wife, and lived", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0702.jp2"}, "674": {"fulltext": "GENEALOn Y WEnSTER. Cll\\nwitli Capt. R. He d. ^larcli 30, i^ir,. Tlio wid. m. Joliii L.\\nGliddeii. and d. Dec. 19, 180:3.\\nXA IMIAX WEr.STKIl, the ;rraiitcc, had also\\nIII. Stkimikv, b. Feb. 1 1717-18. lie lived on Xo. 131, O. IT.,\\nfeub e(iiieiilly owned by Jona. Norton, John Norton aiul Jo^iah\\nSeavey. lie must have been one of the earliest pettleivs in that\\npart of the town. He moved to Candia and was a petitioner for\\nthe eharter. His wile was Eaehael. Children:\\n1. Ihn-kU b. Dec. 12, 1738, who went lir t to Ilollis, then to\\nPlymouth. N. II. was in the French war, and was very active\\ndurinjf the devolution; was a colonel, and was sherifl of Oraflon\\ncounty. (See N. II. Hist. Soc. Coll. Vol. 7, pp. 132, 133, 2.04, 263,\\n2G-1, 2G J, 2 Jl and 2 .t2; also Adj.-ficn. Kep., A ol. 2, ISGU, p. 352.)\\nThere were also\\n2. Stephen; i. Lijdki; 4. Sarah; h. Amos. Kachael, the Avifc,\\nd. 17. 1. Stepiikx m. Sarah Clougii and had:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 G. JJanid, and 7.\\nliachaeJ.\\nNATHAN, the grantee, had also:\\nW. Ai!EL, b. July 2, 172G; m. Hannah Emerson, probably of\\nHaverhill. He lived on the homestead for a time. Children:\\n1. Xathan, who m. Lydia Kichardson, dau. of Daniel Pi.\\n2. rhcbe,m. Josiah Bradley, Jr. He d. at Mr. B. s, Feb. 14,\\n1801.\\nNATHAN, the grantee, also had a dau.\\nV. 3Iakv, m. Beuaiah Colby. His will, dated ]\\\\Iarch, 1746,\\nproved Oct. 29, 174G, in which he gave his sous the lots on which\\nthey lived, and other lands. The homestead has been owned by\\n!Moses Ilaselton, Josiah Ilaselton, who built the present house in\\n1812, and Lewis Kimball.\\nCor.. Joiix Webster, son of SA^^IL. and Mary, b. Aug. 9, 1714,\\ncame to Chester about 173.5. lie settled on II. L, 76, Avhich has\\nbeen subsequently owned by Simon Berry, and by his son-in-law,\\nLt. Wm. Wilson, and his son Daniel and now by Mr. Blackstock.\\nIt is said that he opened the first store in town about 1750, in a\\npart of liis house. March 20, 1753, he purchased of James Xar-\\nnum tlie U. L. No. 28, first settled by Sampson Underbill, Avith\\nfive rods of the ten-rod way where Bachelder s hotel now is, and\\nbuilt the present house, and kept a store, and I think a tavern.\\nHe was also surveyor of highways in 1743, and selectman in 1744,\\nand representative several years. He was an energetic business\\nman, and was vei v active during the Revolution; was muster-\\nmaster, and sometimes advanced money for bounties to the sol-\\ndiers. (See Coll. N. H. Ilist. Soc, Vol. 7, pp. 65, 116, 1G2, 171,\\n188, 189, 219 and 222.) He m. Hannah Hobbs, Nov. 29, 1739.\\nCliildren", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0703.jp2"}, "675": {"fulltext": "612 HISTORY OP CHESTEPw\\n1. Mary. h. June 2, 17^1; d. 1760.\\n2. Hannah, b. 1743; d. 17G3.\\n3. Sarah, b. Nov. U, 174,3, in. Dr. John Wingatc; lived on tlie\\nWebster place, but went to Maine d. 1810.\\n4. Anna, b, Feb. 4, 1749, m. Josiab Flagg; d. May 1, 1799.\\n5. EUzabeth,\\\\ 1752; d. 1754.\\nG. John, b. March 13, 1754, graduated at Dartmouth, 1778. He\\nstudied theology and preached awhile, but through diffidence gave\\nit up. He resided in Chester, was a deacon, and I think traded\\nawhile and removed to Franklin, Vt., where he was greatly\\nesteemed, and d. Jan. 17, 1838, a. 83. He m. Rebecca AVebster,\\nMay, 1782, and had Sarah Wingate, b. 1783.\\n7. Samuel, b. Feb. 15, 1757, in. a dau. of John Eobie, and went\\nto New^port, N. H.\\nPlannah d. Nov. 20, 17C0. Col. Webster m. (2) wid. Sarah\\nSmith of Hampton, Nov. 17, 17C2. Slie had two Smith children:\\nSarah, m. Edward Eobie, and Hannah, m. Dr. Thomas Sargent.\\nChildren\\n8. Toppan Webster, b. July 22, 17(35, m. a niece of Kev. Mr.\\nFlagg and had several daughters. He lived on H. L. No. 7, the\\nWilliam Healey place where Mr. Orcutt now lives, and built the\\npresent house. He was a trader and iiitroduced Henry Sweetser\\ninto town as a clerk, and John Porter, the first lawyer, to collect\\nhis debts. Webster failed and w^ent to Newburyport; thence to\\nWashington, and was for a long period engaged in the general\\npost-office, and d. there.\\n9. Mary, b. May G, 1768, m. William Hicks, who was a gold-\\nsmith, and built the house where Woodbury Masters now lives.\\nShe d. April, 1790.\\n10. Elizabeth, b. 1771, m. Dr. Ben. Ivittridge; d. Sept., 1802.\\n11. Edmund, b. 1773; lived and traded at the homestead; d.\\nnum. May 12, 1801.\\nCoL Webster d. Sept. 16, 1784. His vrife d. April 30, 1795.\\nWEEKS.\\nWiLLiAJi Weeks was of Greenland m. Susannah Haynes. Ho\\nd. Sept., 1821, a. 76; she d. May 31, 1845, a. 94. He was a car-\\npenter and lived in Portsmouth until the war; came to Chester,\\nand purchased of Parker Carr; lived on Add. No. 72. Chil-\\ndren\\nJohn, WlUiam and Bennin, went to Bangor, Me. Mnry. m. Ed.\\nMoore Preston; Susan, m. James Calef; Noah,h. 17D0, m. Char-\\nlotte Quimby, lives on the homestead.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0704.jp2"}, "676": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY WEST. 013\\n^V E L I. s\\nJac \u00c2\u00bbi5 Wi:i.r,s was an early sL ttlcr in f ho ;for, ami livod on Add.\\nlot Xo. al)out \u00c2\u00ab0 rods soiuhwost of Chcsler SLreot.\\nTrrL s AVi:r.r,s had an aniondniont ojijio^ite Elliott s, sruitlicast of\\nthe cross-road to the parsonaijfe lot. He was tliere in 17;;0.\\nLt. Th m.vs Wells of Aniosbiiry bou.nlit of ICIdad ln;;alls, II.\\nL. Xo. Gl, in 172 lie is said to liave ni. Elizabeth, oldest dau.\\nof ai)t. Inualls. b. 17 i j, and he is named as an heir in settlement\\nof Capt. Inyalls estate in 17C0. The inxnie of his wife is Hannah\\non the record. He was a man of note in Chester, and a large\\nlandholder. His will was dated Deo. 27, 17n and proved May\\n8, 17(J J. Legatees: son, 1. Winthvop, who m. Dolly, dan. of\\nWilliam Ilealey, and settled first in Candia on Xo. 57, ;!d D. sold\\nDea. Xathl. Burpee, and went to Plymouth, X. II. 2. Thomas.\\n3. /A lived in Sandown. 4. 7iV/?ic/i, and /SV?\u00c2\u00bbi7 e/, had tho\\nhomestead and were executors. Q Ebenezer. l.Pcfcr. 8. Sarah\\nCarr, and 9. Phebe Wells. His homestead, lyinj^ in Chester, con-\\ntained too acres. He had 170 acres in Goflstown, and 100 in X ew\\nChester. There was another Thomas Wells, probably the son\\nabove named, whose wife was Kuth, who avus killed by John\\nTolford, Dec. 27, 1773.\\nWEST.\\nWilkes West came from Beverly when about 21 years of a2:c.\\nHe m. Phebe, dau. of Lt. Ebenezer Dearborn, Any., 17(12. He\\nsettled on (tov. Shute s II. L., where A. S. Dearborn lately lived,\\nand was a carpenter and cabinet-maker. His shop stood about\\nAvhcrc the Baptist church stands. He was at the battle of Ben-\\nnington; d. April 10, 1830, a. lU. Children:\\n1. Esther, d. young.\\n2. Mully, b. 17G2, m. Jesse, son of Joshua Hall, went to Camp-\\nton.\\n3. Joseph, d. young.\\n4. Nason, d. at Plymouth.\\n5. John, d. at Beverly.\\n6. .Jiiclcson. (1. at Greenfield.\\n7. Thiriiias, was in the army, 1S12.\\n8. Jostph, b. Feb., 177 J, m. Polly, dau. of Jeremiah liund\\nlived on the homestead.\\n0. llenrij II., b. Sept. 5, 1781, Avas a seventh son, famous for\\ncuring king s evil; m. Sarah liogers; lived at Hall s Milage had\\na large family.\\nPhebe d. 1783. Wilkes m. (2) Hannah, dau. of Dca. Matthew\\nForsuith; she d. 1793. Children:", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0705.jp2"}, "677": {"fulltext": "614 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n10. Esther, m. Caleb Towle of Hawkc, 1809.\\n11. Phebe D., b. 1788, m. Joseph, sou of Joseph Morse, 1806.\\n12. Hannah, m. William Kelsey, 1808.\\n13. SaUi/, m. Thadaw Ilemmingway, 1814.\\nWHITE.\\nDea. William White (not the grantee of that name) was b. in\\nEngland in 1687. Ills father was a glovci-, and removed with him\\nto Londonderry, in Ireland, while he was an infant. His father\\nwas wounded in the siege of that city, in 16G8 and 1669. He came\\nto this country in 1725, and resided in Londonderry, in the double\\nrange, until about 1733, when he came to Chester and settled on\\nH. L. No. 126, where Joseph Webster now lives. His name iirst\\nappears in Chester records on the Presbyterian protest, INIarch 28,\\n1735. He was a linen weaver. He m. iu Ireland, and his wife d.\\nbefore arriving in tliis country. Children\\nI. Henry, resided in Litchfield; was a mariner; d. at Halifax\\nabout 1755.\\nII. t/c/meA was a mariner d. unmarried.\\nIII. Jane, m. Patrick AVhite and lived at Peterborough.\\nAfter William came to Chester he in. Jane, dau. of Robert\\nGraham. Children:\\nIV. Ilohert, lived in Goftstown and New Boston.\\nV. David, m. (1) Mary, dau. of Robert Gordon; m. (2) Mary,\\ndau. of Patrick Melvin. He lived on Ko. 71, 2d P., 2d D., first\\nback some 60 rods from the present road, on the first path to the\\npond, then where the writer lives. He d. 1776. The widow m.\\nStephen Merril d. July, 1833. They had a large family, the old-\\nest of whom, Samuel, m. Iluldah, dau. of Elijah Heath; lived on\\nthe homestead and at the Neck; d. Jan., 1827.\\nVI. an(.l Vll. Thomas and William, the first twins born iu\\nChester, b. March 4 (O. S.). 1740. Thomas d. unm. William\\nresided on the homestead. He was appointed Major in 1775; Lt.\\nCol. in 1784 was muster master in 1777 and 1778 Justice of the\\nPeace in 1791; Senator of District No. 3 in 1806, 7 and 8. He\\nm. (1) Mary, dau. of Robert Mills, Jan. 24, 1764. Children:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1. Jane. 2. Jonathan. 3. Susannah, b. 1768, m. Jonathan\\nQuimby, 1790. 4. Robert. 5. Mary. 6. Elizabeth. 7. Ann.\\nThey mostly went to Beltast, INIaine.\\nMary d. Dec. 24, 1780, a. 43. He m. (2) Elizabeth Mitchell,\\nSept. 17, 1782. Children:\\n8. William, b. 1783, grad. at Dartmouth in 1806 was a lawyer.\\n9. John, b. 1785. 10. Thomas, d. unm. 1830. 11. Sarah, b. Jnne,\\n1790, d. 1825. 12. James, b. Sept. 2, 1792, grad. at Dartmouth;\\nwas a lawyer. (The above, excepting Sarah, went to Maine.)", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0706.jp2"}, "678": {"fulltext": "GENKALOG Y WILSON. C15\\n13. David ]Nr., b. 170 (1. in ClicsbM-. 11. Olif. 1). IT .is. d. .Tnly\\n22, lH-Ji). 15. Luviiia. 1). l-smt, d. uiiiii. .July 10, l.s.Ki; all in\\nChester. 16. IJciijaiiiin, 1). Aw^ iH, l\u00c2\u00abo7, is now at JJaihird Vale.\\nWilliam d. Nov. 1), 18211. Elizaheth d. April 3, l\u00c2\u00bb:)2, a. 71.\\nWJIITTI KIJ.\\nEr.rr.KX AViuttiku was i)n lial\u00c2\u00bbly IVom Xewtown and early\\nsettled on lot Xo. 3 O. II., in Jfayniond. Jlis A\\\\ilc wa- Mary,\\nand they liatl eleven cliiklren on Chester records: 1. Moses, b.\\n17-10. -J. Kiehard, 1;. 174.;. 3. .)o iali, b. 1717. -1. Keul)en, 174!\u00c2\u00bb.\\n0. ;Mary, b. Si pi. 17, 17.J1, ni. Charles Moore, .Jr., d. abonl l.sji).\\nG. Joseph, b. 17.J2. 7. Daniel, b. 17. \u00c2\u00bb3.-^ 8. Deborah, b. 170.J. J.\\nSarah, b. 17.jt;. m. :Mii-riani, b. 1757. 11. Phineas. b. 17.3S.\\nAlvjiK Wiirrni.i!, b. ,lnly L*r 174(;. came from Xewtown about\\n17 .\u00c2\u00bbs, to Chester Woods, now llooksett. lie m. Elizabeth ^^an-\\nborn, b. April 13, 17. j; d. Oct. 4, -is:)!!. He d. Aul: 1, l\u00c2\u00ab2l.\\nChildren:\\n1. Joseph. 1). dune I l, 1774. came to Chester at the same time\\nhis father did. and settled (Ui No. ll. 4lh D.. at Avhat has been\\nthe Clark tavern, and owned a lai-ge tract of haul. He m. Sarah\\nAVhitakci-. He d. Auij;- I is IT); she d. July 31, LSOl, a. 71.\\nThey had two sons, Joseph and Sanmel.\\n2. Mark, b. Sept. 15, 177(!, m. Betsey Du tin. dan. of Dr. John\\nDu.-tin, of r^lartin s Ferry. May 2, isiMi. She was b. Jan. Iti\\n17.SIJ. They settled in Boscawen (now We!) ter). He d. A[)ril\\n2Q 1.S38;. slie d. Feb. 14, 18G5. They had four children: George,\\nBetsey, Olive and Mose-.\\n3. AhliKiil, b. Dec. I l. 177s: d. Feb. 8, ls;]8.\\n4. Di drborn, b. ]\\\\Iay I J, 1781, m. (li) IJosanna Aiken, wid. of\\nAlexander ]McGrei:or, and lived on the Simeon Carr place, iu\\nHooksett. He moved to Londoiulerry, and was killed by the cars\\nJan. -ii;. is.Oo.\\n5. Dolly, b. Feb. 24, 1781, num.: lived iu Hooksett; d. Oct. 10,\\n18.50.\\n0. SamveL b. Ai\u00c2\u00bbr. is. 17s p, lived in Xewtown; d. dan. 17, 1804.\\n7. Mary, b. July 2 J, 17ss. d. Xov. 2 1S15.\\n8. Jon((f/tan,h. Feb. 7, 17LL m. (1) Charlotte P. Abljott. of\\nAndover, ^lass. They had two children, Klizal)etii and Charles\\n!M He m. (2) IJhoda Whitlicr, wid. of John Jones. Lived iu\\nHooksett on the Carr plaice till is;)7, then on the Rowc jtlace in\\nthe villaiic; went to Plymouth in 185.1, and d. Sept. 14. l8i .8.\\n9. Ileuben, b. Oct. 4, 17L\u00c2\u00bbt;, d. March IG, 17y7.\\nAV I L S O X\\nThe earliest tradition that the Wilsons ]i;ivc is that a father,\\nJames Wilsou, and four sous, I. AVillium, 11. James, Hi. liubert,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0707.jp2"}, "679": {"fulltext": "616 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nand IV. Iluftli, came ovei* from Ireland and settled in Chester;\\nt\\nbut ill some tables of longevitj there is a James Wilson who died\\nin 1739, aged 100. This father conld not have been near as old at\\nthat time. Then the names of three James AVilsons are attached\\nto the Presbyterian protest, June 23, 173C), so it is nearly certain\\nthat the grandfather, an old man of nearly 90, came over with the\\nfamily,\\nJAMES, the father, w^as in Sti-atham in 1728, and purchased\\nH. L. 49 and 112, on which he settled. In May, 1732, he bought\\nof James Basford one-eighth of the old saw-mill. In Nov., 1732,\\nhe deeded the two home lots to his son Hugh, in consideration of\\nmainlaining liim and his wife.\\nI. William WiLSOX w^as in Stratham in 1727. lie was fenge-\\nviewer in 1728, selectman in 1729 and 1730. lie settled on H. L.\\nNo. 40, where his great-gi andson Asa now lives. His will was\\ndated Aug., 17G1; proved June 27, 1764; legatees, his wife, liob-\\nert, Martha Steel, James, Elizabeth JlitcheU, Jane Jloore, 2Iary\\nCraiqe and WilUam.\\n1. llohert, tirst settled on the cross-i-oad on Add. Lot, ISTo. 100;\\nthen on No. 102. He was a very prominent man in Chester. He\\nbuilt the tirst mill at Oswego; was active during the Revolu-\\ntionary war; was for a season one of the Committee of Safety.\\n(See Coll. N. H. Hist. Soc, Vol. 7, pp. 43, 90 and 319.) He was\\nrepresentative from 1776 to 1780. His will is dated Aug. 8, 1791\\nproved Nov. 16, 1791. He d. Oct., 2, 1791. He m. Jane Aiken,\\nNov. 13, 1759. She d. Sept. 29, 1821, a. 86. Children:\\n1. John, b. Sept. 7, 1760, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Enoch Colby;\\nlived on part of the homestead. He d. March 8, 1837 she d.\\nSept. 29, 1831. 2. Jonathan, 1762 went to Belfast, Me. 3. Mary,\\nb. 1763, m. William, son of Charles Moore, d. 1819. 4. Susannah,\\nb. 1765, in. Jeremiah Towle. 5. William, b. 1768, m. Abigail,\\ndau. of Joseph Knowles, in 1793; lived on the homestead; went\\nto Corinth, Vt. 6. Margaret, b. 1769, m. Morrice Gibbons, and\\nThomas Wilson; d. 1861. The Gibbons children, Betsy, m.\\nEichard Basford; Sopliia, m. John Robie; Susan, m. Samuel\\nWilson. 7. Anna, b. 1771, m. Joseiih Richardson. 8. Nathaniel,\\nd. young. 9. Sarah, b. Feb. 11, 1777, m. Nathan Knowles; d.\\nSept. 20, 1806. 10. Elizabeth, unm. d. 1812.\\n2. 3Iartha, m. David Steel of LondondeiTy.\\n3. James, d. unm.\\n4. Elizabeth, m. a Mitchel.\\n5. Jane, m. Charles Moore, Sen.\\n6. Mary, m. a Craige of Londonderry.\\n7. WilUam, lived on the homestead; m. his cousin Martha, dau.\\nof James Wilson. He d. Sept. 23, 1825, a. 89 years, 6 months.\\nChildreu", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0708.jp2"}, "680": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY WILSON. 617,\\nI. Miuy, m. David Mills. 2. BiMiJimin, livoil on the lioincstcad;\\nm. (1) Kcbt cca Huulviiis, 1780; m. {-j) .Iiulith Hn.wn, 17 Ji; tho\\nparents of Asa now living on the place, lie il. Feb.. IMt); she d.\\n[March 10, 1801, a. Do years, months. Jo.-lma, went to Salis-\\nbury, ,Ma s. 4. Martha, unm.; d. l if,2, a. ss.\\nII. Jamks Wilson settled on II. L., Nd. 10;1, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0whei-c Jacob\\nGreen lately lived. A James Wilson, probalily his father, was\\ntythin_i:inan in 1729. lie m. Mary, dau. of John Sjiirley. He d.\\nApril Itl, 17 Jl; she d. 17ltL His will proved Dec. 21, 17 1. Lo^\\nntees, his wife INIary, J)ari(l, Jiujics, J^dicdrcL Jane, JfarlJia,\\nEUzcthclh and ^Fdnj Ann.\\n1. D irlil, lived on Add. Lot Xo. Ill, wliere Joseph IJichardson\\naftcrward lived; went to Danville. Xi.\\n2. tldines, h. 17.J(); lived on the liomestead; m. ITitty, (hin. of\\nLevi Whitman; had riiebe. m. Jacob (h-een. lie d. 1S21; she d.\\n18.H. a. 77.\\n3. Ediravd, settled first on Add. Xo. 100; went to Canada.\\n4. Jane, unm.\\n5. Jfxrfha, m. AVilliam AVilson.\\nG. EU::abeth.\\n7. liebecfd., m. John Wilson.\\n8. Siistt/i, m. Capt. Daniid Todd.\\n9. Jlary A/in, m. Thomas, son of Thomas Shirley.\\nIII. lioi .KUT AVii.sox of Stratham boufzht half of Ceo. Jaffrey s\\nright in Chester, in 172. s and tlie other half of the J I. L.. Xo. 147,\\nin 1729. lie m. Ann, dau. of John Shirley, 17o;j. Children:\\n1. Ann.\\n2. Jruri/, b. July 8, 17;59. m. John Carr and settled in Candia.\\n./o/;/(. lived on the homestead; m. Iici)eoca, dau. of .James\\nWilson; d. isol. The wid. m. Timothy Wells.\\n4. liobert, h. 1744, settled in Candia on Xo. 1 12, 2d P., 2d D.\\n5. WiUinm, b. 1753, lived before marriag-e in Candia, on 121,\\n2d P., 2(1 D.; m. I hebc, dau. of Simon Berry; lived on II. L. Xo.\\n76; d. 1824; shed. 1819. Ciiildren:\\nZMary, m. Alexander (tordou of Windham; Daniel, m. ]\\\\Iehit-\\naljol Phelps; lived on the homestead and on If. L. )7, Avhere\\nJohn Powel first lived; d. isd; Jane. m. IJenJ. Mills; PIicIkn m.\\nDavid Worthen; William, went to Wolnirn, 3Iass.\\n\\\\y. UVi.n Wilson lived on II. L. Xo. 49; d. ]\\\\Iarch, 1790.\\nChiltlren\\n1. Samueh b. 1750, lived on the homestead, unm.\\n2. Annn, b. 1752, in. Joseph, son of Archi. Dunlap, and went to\\nGotTstown.\\n3. Sarah, b. 1755, m. a Tolford, and went to Boscawcn.\\n4. Thomas, b. Deo. 13, 1757, m. Ay^nos, dau. of Thomas Auder-", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0709.jp2"}, "681": {"fulltext": "618 HISTORY OP CHESTER.\\nson. She d. 1803. He m. (2) Margaret Wilson, wid. of Morrice\\nGibbous. He lived in Candia on 3i, 2d P., 2d D. He d. 1808;\\nshe d. ISGl. Childi-eu:\\nJane, m. Jno. Wason d. 1805 Sarah, m. Thos. Lane Margiiret,\\nm. Samuel Ferren Samuel, m. Susan Gibbons; John; Cj rus;\\nJane, m. Benj. Hills.\\nRev. John Wilson is said to have been b. in Ulster County,\\nIreland, in 1709. He entered the University of Edinburgh. The\\nHon. S. D. Bell has his Lat n grammar. He came to this country\\nin 1729, and collected a small church and congregation of the\\nScotch Irish, and was ordained in 1734. He lived on H. L. No.\\n12, on the southwest end, on what was then the Eoad to Haver-\\nhill. In 1735 he bought H. L. No. 119, except 5 acres owned by\\nSylvanus Smith where Capt. Shaw s house stands. The Presby-\\nterian meeting-house stood near the southeast end of it. He m.\\nJane or Jean AYilson, the widow of Thomas Glen. Glen d.\\nMarch 18, 1744. They had one dan., Ann, m. William Mills.\\nJean d. April 1, 1752, a. 3G. He d. Feb. 1, 1779. His will was\\ndated April 26, 1760; proved June 1, 1779. It represents that he\\nwas weak of body. It gives all of his property to his daughter\\nAnn if she shoiild arrive at age or marriage. Should she die the\\nproperty was to be sold; Sister Elizabeth Ellerson to have \u00c2\u00a38\\nsterling; brother James of Coleraine, inn-holder, to have \u00c2\u00a360\\nsterling; the residue to brother Thomas of Tluuiow, parish\\nBally Rally, and sister Martha Taylor of in Ireland; they\\npaying cousin Ann Miller \u00c2\u00a310 sterling. Capt. James Shirley and\\nSylvaiuis Smith, executors. Smith was dead, Shirley declined,\\nand Ann was appointed.\\nDea. Adam AVilson was the son of William Wilson of London-\\nderry or Windham; m. Elizabeth Horner; settled on No. 126, 2d\\nP., 2d D.; house stood near where Geo. P. Clark s cider-house\\nBOW stands. She d. 1803. He went to Ilenniker; d. 1817, a. 93.\\nChildren\\n1. John, m. Ann, dau. of Moses Underbill; went to Corinth.\\n2. Dea. William, m.. Janette Wilson; lived on the homestead\\nand in Ilenniker; d. in Me. She d. 1828, a. 84.\\n3. 3far(/aret- m. (1) John Crawford; (2) Samuel Crombie; d.\\nSept., 1842, a. 87.\\nCol. Thomas Wh^son was b. in Londonderry or Windham;\\nbrought up by Robert Wilson, Esq.; was in the army; m. Sarah\\nCurrier and settled on the mountain in Candia, on No. 109, 5th\\nD.; d. 1831, a. 84. He once told me that he used to be troubled\\nwith bears and wolves; that ouce he heard a roaring among the\\ncattle, and upon going to see the trouble, found a wolf hold of", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0710.jp2"}, "682": {"fulltext": "GENEALOGY WOOD. 019\\none of tlie youns cattle, and (he wolf kept his hold until he came\\nup and was about to kick him, Avhen the wolf let go with a growl\\nand ran away.\\nWITHERS POON.\\nJohn WiruKusrooN probaljly came from Ireland. He was in\\nYork in 1711, and bought of the Itev. John Wilson the land voted\\nto him by the proprietors, May, 1741, bounded by Londf)nderry\\nline and Gov. Wentworth s farm of 200 acres. He settlrd where\\nJ. M. Tlall now lives, in Auburn. Children:\\nI. Daniel, lived on the homestead and sold to Josiali Hall in\\n178-1, and went to Francestown.\\nII. Alexander, settled on the cast half of the Wilson grant,\\nand sold to Worthen and went to Frecport; m. the widow^ of\\nJames ]Moore.\\nHI. J((mcs, went to Elaine.\\nIV. Jhirid, m. Agnes, dan. of Xathl. Linn, and settled near tho\\nwest corner of Xo. UO, lM 1 2d I). He was an oflicer in the\\nRevolutionary army. Children:\\n1, John, m. Ruth Chamberlain; lived at Xewbury, Vt. 2.\\nJoseph, m. Elizabeth, dan. of Xathan Webster, 17 JU; d. 1806, 3.\\nRobert, m. Hannah, dau. (-)f Dea. James AVason. 4. Sanuiel, m.\\nSusan Tinker, and went to Bedtbrd. 5. Jesse, m. Anna, dau. of\\nCapt. John Wason; d. at Thetford, Vt., is:3(;.\\nV. Hubert, m. Sarah, dau. of Samuel Aiken, Sen., and settled\\non the north ciul of Xo. 74, 2d P. 2d 1)., and d, 17!Jo. They had\\none son, John, who m. Xancy, dau. of Joseph Linn, and lived on\\nthe homestead. He sold and removed to Cabot, Vt., about 1S17.\\nVI. Jrary, m. AVilliam McDole of Goirstown.\\nW O O D\\nXathaniel Wood came from Roxford and married Elizabeth\\nPowell, the widow of Jonathan tJoodhue. She took out ad-\\nministration on Goodhue s estate by the name of Elizabeth Wood\\nin 1731. They lived on the Goodiuie place until 17G0, when\\nthey sold to Jabez Iloit, and bought aO acres of Xo. 7o, 2d P., 2d\\nD., of Jos. Basford. He d, 177;). Children:\\nI. Obadiah, settled in Andover, Mass.\\nII. Ahiijail, m. James Eaton and lived in Candia; d. 1833, a. 98.\\nIII. 2s athaniel b. Aug., 1737, m. Mary, dau. of William Eaton;\\nlived on the homestead; d. 1817; she d. 181;!. Children:\\ni. Betty, d. 184G. 2. (ieorge, m. Abra Smith; d. \\\\xm, a. 33.\\n3. Jesse, m. Polly Davis; d. 1851. 4. Josiah, unm. on the home-\\nstead; d. l ^48, a. 71.\\nIV. liuth, m. a Porter; d. in Mauchcster.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0711.jp2"}, "683": {"fulltext": "620 HISTORY OF CHESTER.\\nWORTHEN.\\nThomas Wortren was sixrveyoi- of highways iu 1743; lived\\nwhere Titus AVells had lived, nearly opposite Edmund Elliott s.\\nHis will was dated 1769; proved Sept. 1, 1773. His widow, Dor-\\nothy, d. 1803, a. 99. The legatees were wife Dorothy, grandsons\\nMichael and Tliomas, sons of David granddaughters Sarah and\\nDolly Mehitabel and Dolly, daughters of Jonathan son Ezekiel\\ndau. Elioda Fitts, wife of Ephraim Fitts, the blacksmith Mary\\nClifibrd, Lydia Worthen Samuel, executor and i-eeiduary legatee.\\nI. Da eld m. Dorothy, dau. of Enoch Colby. He d. Nov. 19,\\n1766 the wid. ni. Jacob Chase, Esq. d. Aug. 15, 1816. He lived\\non Add. No. 93, where Michael and his sou David lived. Chil-\\ndren\\n1. Michael, b. Jan. 6, 1758, m. Dorothy Brown, 1778; d.\\n1840, a. S2. Chil. Lydia, m. Aaron Whittier Isaa6, b. 1781, m.\\nHannah, dau. of Capt. B. True; went to Canada; Dorothy, b.\\nMarch 7, 1783, m. James, son of James Wason; Betsy, m. David\\nCurrier; Da\\\\ id, m. Jane Wilson; Lucretia, m. Joseph Day.\\n2. Sarah, b. 1760, m. Reuben Sanborn and went to Springfield,\\nN. H.\\n3. Dorothy, b. 1763, m. Samuel, sou of John Robie; went to\\nSpringfield, N. H.\\n4. David, b. 1765.\\nn. Lt. Ezekiel, m. Abigail, dau. of Samuel Bartlett, 1762;\\nlived on H. L. No. 142; d. 1827, a. 86. Children: \u00e2\u0080\u0094Elizabeth, b.\\nDec. 6, 1774, m. Edmund Sleeper; Samuel; Ezekiel; Lydia;\\nJosiah, b. June 27, 1780, m. Betsy, dau. of James Stevens, d.\\n1862; Jonathan, b. April 9, 1783, m. Jane, dau. of William Shan-\\nnon; d. 1825.\\nni. Samuel, m. Abigail Ambrose, 1769.\\nLONGEVITY.\\nThere have been published at different times instances of lon-\\ngevity in Chester, but they are not reliable. Most of them prob-\\nably originated from Moore and Farmer s Gazetteer of New\\nHampshire. The person who supplied that merely went to a few\\nold men, and they told him what they had heard, as nearly as\\nthey recollected but it was all tradition, and, to say the least,\\nsome of it apocryphal, the dates being uncertain and the ages\\nprobably overrated. There are included in this table persons Vvho\\nwere natives and moved away, some of Ihem many years before", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0712.jp2"}, "684": {"fulltext": "LONGEVITY.\\nG21\\ntheir tloatli; ollicv.s, natives of olli -r jilaccs who ppoiit mo.tt of llioir\\nlives befoi-c coinini^ to Cliestcr, but died here. Of course it con-\\ntains more than an avera^^c of the longevity, (lion^-h no doubt it is\\nvery inipcrfrd, e i)erially in early tiiiies. (r. S. iiidicatcs iravc-\\nstone; the dates, time of deatli. Many of the dales and aL; es arc\\nnot certain.\\nYears.\\nITo J. James Wilson, fatlicr of .Taines, and ^nuKliatliei- of\\nWilliam, -Tames. lluLih aiid lJt)bert, is said to have\\nbeen 100\\n1747. Ilobert Graliam, said by Col. Wiiite to be 80\\n17. l. James Siiirley. said to be 105\\n17(;u. Alexander CraiLf. said to be 98\\n(Ills will was proved Oct. :U, 17. and tlicreforo\\nhe could not have been so old, but his father might\\nhave have been of that au c.)\\n17:.o. Jane (Jlen, G. S. dated :\\\\rarch 0, 83\\n17t;j. llobert :MilIs 80\\nr.enjamin Hills. G. S. :\\\\rareli 1. 79\\n17i;: lli beeea, his wife.Cr. S. Supl. 4, 79\\n1772. I )ea. Ebenezer Dearborn, S. March 1. 92\\n17( iS. Al)iL;ail. his AVife. (4. S. Feb. 2 83\\n177l ^Villiam Ilealey. will prove l. 82\\n?^[ary Sanl)i)rn. his wife born Kj JO, time of deatli not\\nknown, probably 17^5, about 95\\n177. AV illiam C raii; and wife, said to be 100\\n(I)Ut he was alive in 177s!. and (Iii-y liad a dau^ liler\\nJean, died 174.J. a. IG. whicli would nol indicate so\\ngreat an age of ;Mrs. Craig.)\\n177 John Dickey. G. S. April i 80\\nMargaret, his wife. July 4, 1787, 89\\n1786. Samuel Aiken. G. S. Jan., 84\\nIfis widow. 17 .)7, al)( ut 92\\nAVilliam Cravtlbrd, March, over 80\\n1790. :Maj. John Toltbrd. IMay 89\\nJane Mc:Murphy. his widow, Dec. 29, 1792.\\nIvieut. Ebcnez.er Dear])oni, 85\\n1791. Dea. Matthew Forsailh, Sept. C, about 90\\nEstiier (a-ahani, his wife, July, 1781, over 80\\n1792. Dea. William Tollbrd, Sept. 25, 92\\n1793. Samuel Emerson. Esq., (t. S. Sept. 26, 86\\nDorothy, his widow, March 27, 181)4, 83\\n1795. AVidow ]SIary Gordon, mother of David White s lir l\\nwife, about 90\\n]Mary, widow of Patrick ]\\\\[elvin, Oct. 1, over 80\\n1796. Capt. James Shirley, May 30, over 95", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0713.jp2"}, "685": {"fulltext": "622\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n1797.\\n1799.\\n1800.\\n1801.\\n1802.\\n1803.\\n1801.\\n1805.\\n1806.\\n1807.\\n1809.\\n1812.\\n1814.\\n1815.\\nUey. Ebcnczcr Flag-g, Nov. ll^,\\nAg-ues Craig widow of Alien Templeton, ]May 3,\\nJames AYaddel, Jan., more thau\\nSamuel Brown, Sen., of Ilooksett,\\nJean GJibson, liis widow, died at Corinth, date not\\nknown,\\nThomas Wason, Jan.,\\nElizabeth, widow of Samuel Bartlett, G. S. April,\\nDea. Benjamin Hills, G. S. May 6,\\nEleanor, his wife, CI. S. Jan. G, ISll,\\nHugh McDuffee, April, about\\nMartha Neal, wid. of Archi. Dunlap, G. S. May 8,\\nDorothy, widow of Thomas Worthen, ]March,\\nNathaniel Hall, April 5,\\nMary, liis widow, Jan. 23, 1809,\\nPriscilla Pearson, widow of Tliomas Eichardson\\nMay 11,\\nThomas RichardsMi, 1795,\\nJohn Mills, Jan.,\\nHis widow, wife of Peter Abbott, 1831, over\\nAbigail Pike, widow of Johnson Chase, or Perley\\nChase s mother,\\nJohn Craig March,\\nJolm Lakin, Cliester Woods, Sept. 24,\\nBenjamin Crombie, May 2,\\nKebecca Davis, his wife, Dec, 13, 1809,\\nMajor Jabez French, G. S. Oct. 9,\\nHannah Hills, his wife, Oct. 5,\\nPhebe Healey, widow of AVinthrop Sargent, Nov. 9\\nMoses Richai dson, March 30,\\nMary Goodhue, his wife, Oct. 13, 1809,\\nSarah, Avidow of Jonatlian Moulton, March 3, sup\\nposed to be about\\nStei)hen Morse, G. S. Marcli 6,\\nAl)igail Ingalls, his wife. May, 180G,\\nElizabeth, widow of David Dinsmore,\\nDea. Jonathan Hall, July 21,\\nMehitabel Kimball, his wife, Feb. 21, 1808,\\nJoanna Healey, widow of Capt. John Underhill\\nAug.,\\nTheodore Shackford, Oct. 18, at Allenstown,\\nJohn Patten, March 3,\\nJean, his Avife, June 0, 1811, about\\nHannah Gurdey,\\nSarah Dearborn, widow of John Shackford, Aug. 20,\\nMansfield McDuflee, April,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0714.jp2"}, "686": {"fulltext": "LONGEVITY.\\n623\\n181S\\nisiii.\\nISL O.\\nS:irali. liis widow oo ls; ,o),\\nA\\\\ i(lo\\\\\\\\ of Ezra Baducr, very ai^ed.\\nJacob Hills Nov. 2. (J. S\\n!Mary Chase, Avidow of .losiali Miir o, .Tuiio 2\\n1816. 1 ).)rotliy olhy OV i lli ii). wid. ol .larol) Cliase, E q\\nUntil Loiiii widow ol IJciijaniiu Suvcraucc, about\\n1S17. Xathaiiicl Wood, .Inly Hi,\\ndabcz Iloit, Auii. 7. 8\\nAI)i,i:ail Ilaultoii, lii wife, Sldv 1, 1817,\\nJ )fa. Adam \\\\ViI oii,\\nJ ciijainin i ruc Simi.\\nMary, widow of Kobert Calef, at Concord,\\nAbigail Craig, widow of David Cniiye, Sen., at\\nKiimnoy,\\nJoseph Norton, Feb. 17\\nMary Mcd arlaiid, widow of James Aiken,\\nJohn Hoit, Nov. 11 (sec is^i;).\\nMehitabel Inualls, widow of Dr. Samuel ]\\\\Ioore, a\\nDeertield. April 12 (lirst child born in Chester),\\nli ebecca, mother of Stephen AVorthcn, April 27,\\nAVilliam Iloit, Jan. 2() (see l.s;30),\\nElizabeth riiilbrook. widow of Isaac Towlc aiu\\nJonathan Swain, Es(j., Feb. 18,\\nI\\\\Iari:aret Shirley, wife of Dea. Thomas aiul dan. o\\napt. James Shirley, at (JoflstOAVn,\\nHannah Murray, wife of Samuel Murray, Nov. lO,\\n1821. Namni Eastman, widow of Nathan Long, July IX.\\nElizabeth Eaton, widow of Oliver Morse and Taylor\\nLittle, Sept. 22,\\nJane Aiken, widow of iJobert Wilson, E.-q.,\\n1822. Stephen Merrill. April 211,\\nITk wife (see ls:i:;).\\n^Vidow of l?enjamin Fuller,\\nWidow of Daniel Harper, very aged.\\n182:3. Agnes Shirley, Avidow of John McNair, and daughte:\\nof Cai)t. James Shirley, Feb.,\\nJoseph Lenn, Feb.\\nM.illy (iilchrist, his wife. Dec. 4, 1822, about\\nai)t. Edward Preston, Feb. 23,\\nj;i.berf Reynolds, ^[arch 2*^,\\n1S21. Aliigail Prescott, widow of Capt. Benjamin Currier\\nJan. 2\\nWidow Elliot, :March 1,\\nAnio- Merrdl. April J.\\nSiiiidU urrier, Aug. 21),\\nIsaac Hills, Esq., Sept. 24\\n105\\n81\\n90\\n85\\n00\\n80\\n82\\n77\\n93\\n98\\nVH\\n81\\n82\\n89\\n9. j\\n9-t\\n82\\nCO\\n03\\n86\\n93\\n82\\n86\\n86\\n80\\n80\\nS2\\n8\\n93\\n88\\n80\\n90\\n93\\n79\\n80", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0715.jp2"}, "687": {"fulltext": "624\\nHISTOHY OF CHESTER.\\n1827.\\n1828.\\n1829.\\n1833.\\nMolly Colby, sritlow of Benjamin Iloit, Oct. 3,\\nWells Chase, Dec. 28,\\nSarah Hovey, his wife, Oct. 5, 1814,\\n1825, Mehitabel Bradley, widow of Benjamin Melvin and\\nJohn S. Dearborn, Feb. 11,\\nBeatrice Bell, widow of William Bell, March 1, over\\nDennis Donovan, May If,\\nWilliam Wilson, Sept. 2o,\\nMehitabel Osgood, wid. of Benj. Trnc, Sen., Oct. 24\\nCapt. ^V illiam Locke, Nov. G,\\nEbenezer Dearborn, Ang. 18,\\nMatthew Templeton, Nov. 22,\\n1826. Sanuiel Murray, Jan. 18,\\nHannah, his wife (see 1820),\\nMiriam Hoit, widow of John Iloit, March 19,\\nmonths over\\nGeorye Marden, Feb.,\\nSarah, his wife (see 1830),\\nJonathan Dearborn, Nov. 2,\\nCol. Stephen Dearborn, Oct. 27,\\nLieut. Ezekiel W orthen,\\nDinah Edwards (colored), lived at Capt. Emerson s,\\nCapt. Pearson Eichardson, Nov. 2(i, 7 months over\\nJanette Wilson, wife of Dea. William, Sept. 29,\\n(The Dea. went to ]\\\\[aine and lived many years.)\\nJohn Archibald, Oct. 12, between 80 and\\nJohn Sanborn, Dec. 3,\\nHis widow died in 1832,\\nSarah Woodman, widow of Abraham ]Morse, June 20\\nJames Wason, March 15,\\nBenjamin Hills, son of Abner,\\nWiliiam AFhite, Nov. 9,\\nArchibald McDuffee, Feb. 23,\\nHis wife died 1818.\\nWilkes West, April 10,\\nKobert McKinley, Aug-. 27,\\nHis wife (see 1845).\\nSamuel Porter (born at Boxford), May,\\nElijah Pillsbury, July 17,\\nAnna Bartlett, his wife, 1833,\\nAdam Morrill,\\nAphia Worthen, widow of W^illiam Hoit,\\n1831. Abi;4ail French, wid. of Nalhan Fitts, June 18,\\nMary Bandall, widow Joseph Moi se, Feb. 28,\\nAbigail IJowell, widow of Josiah Howell, of Hook-\\nsett, Aug. 3,\\n85", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0716.jp2"}, "688": {"fulltext": "LONGEVITY.\\n625\\n183i\\n183;J.\\n1834.\\n1835.\\n1830.\\n183^\\nITor liii l)inu l died, 1823,\\nC apt. St( i)lieii Hills. .Tail. 31,\\nHis widow, IHli\\nSanuu l Sliiricy, al Sanbonilnii, .laii. 7,\\nHis widow (sfo 1843).\\n.lo^epli Hall, Doc. 18,\\n.hiditli Saru t iit. widow of David Hall, Jan. 31,\\nHon. Joseph IJhimliard. Maivli 7,\\n8t\u00c2\u00ab itli( ii Woitlicii, April 27,\\nAbigail Woods, widow of Jaiiies Eaton, and motl\\nof Alcxandt-r E., and of ^Irs. rrcsscy,\\nJohn Buttcrlirld. Sept. 17, months ovor\\n]Mary Mclvin, widow t)f David White and Sto[)l\\n[Merrill. July 13,\\nElizabeth ]M(iultt n, widow of Simeon Currier, Aj\\n4,\\nHer husband, Aui;- 20, 1824,\\nJohn Slee\\\\)er, June,\\nElizabeth Gilchrist, widow of Mark Karr,\\nAsa Haselton, Sen., about\\nCaleb Hall, Eeb. 15,\\nMary Bradley, liis wife, Apr. 0, 1822,\\nJoseph Carr, Feb. 27,\\nHannah Ayer, his wife, Feb. 25, 1S33,\\nWidow of Elliot Berry,\\nSarah Coburn, wid. of Thomas Currier and ?ilan-\\nlield :McDulf(c\\nGideon Currier, died in Kayniond. Oct. 1,.\\nSarah Webster, Avid. of (ieorjie Marden, Sept. 27.\\nDolly Johnson, wid. of David Folsoni and Jo e[)l\\nBlancliard, Es(|., :May 14\\nMolly, daughter of John Batten, Jan. I. nearly\\nMehitabel, widow of Eben Ba-lord. i\\\\\\\\ 10,\\nSherburn Sanborn, May 8,\\nMolly Hoit, his Avife, Sept. 24, 1852,\\nJoseph Long, Nov. 2G,\\nButh French, widow of Josiah Hall,\\nJosiah Hall, Sept. 10, 1,S25\\nMartha Berley, wife of Samuel Borter, (born al Box\\nford,) Jan. 19,\\nDea. Nathan Knowles, April 30,\\nSusannah Shackford, his Avife, Dec. 2 J, 1812,\\nEdward Bobie, Dec. 2G,\\nSarah Smith, liis Avife, Aug. 4, 1843,\\n40\\n79\\n85\\n85\\nS J\\n81\\n81\\n80\\n81\\n08\\n.s7\\n88\\n86\\n71)\\nSO\\n8G\\nJl\\n06\\n77\\n02\\nS5\\n00\\n105\\n81\\nOi)\\nS8\\n80\\n84\\n80\\n88\\n84\\nS3\\n70\\n83\\n80\\nHo\\n02\\n89", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0717.jp2"}, "689": {"fulltext": "626\\nHISTORY OP CHESTER,\\n1858.\\n1839.\\n1840.\\n1841.\\n1842.\\n1843.\\n1844.\\nSarah Gilchrist^ widow of Joseph Carr and Eobert\\nGraham,\\nMoses Underliill, Feb. 8,\\nEdmund Sleeper, June 11,\\n]\\\\Iary Orr Patten, wid. of David Patten, Nov. 17,\\nDavid Patten, April 17, 1835,\\nDea. Jolin Webster,\\nSarali Hall, widow of Peter Severance, Dec. 28,\\nLydia Kichardson, widow of Abraham Sargent\\nFeb. 6, 7 months over\\nWilliam Mills, March 19,\\nMolly Norton, wid. Joseph, March 22, G months over\\nAbiah Orcntt, mother of Eph, Orcutt, March 4,\\nDea. DaA id Currier, Apr. 1,\\nMary Dinsmore, his wife, Aug. 20, 1830,\\nLevi Whitman, native of Bedford and lather o\\nJames Wilson s wife,\\nEbcnezer Towusend, Oct. 12,\\nMichael Worthen,\\nDolly Brown, his wife, (time not known,)\\nCapt. James Orr, Oct. 11\\nSarah Melvin, his wid., March 29, 18C1, 6 mos. over\\nAbigail Moulton, wid. of Jacob Basford and Jona-\\nthan Brown,\\nLieut. Jacob Elliot, Dec. 6,\\nThomas Anderson. Jan. 5,\\nSarah Wadley, Avid. of John Clark, Feb. 23,\\nIJuth Kelly, wid. of Parker Chase, May 17,\\nLydia Leavit Griffin, widow of Samuel AShannon\\nMay 25,\\nMargaret Wilson Crawford, wid. of Samuel Crom\\nbie, Sept. 9,\\nPeter Hall, Dec. 1, G months over\\nEdna Davis, widow of Peter Hill and Peter Hall\\nJuly. 1848,\\nPrudeuce Sargent. widoAV of Joseph Hills, at the\\nLong Meadows, Dec. 23,\\n]Mary Morrison, wid. of ^Villiam Shirley, July,\\nJoseph Hill, son of Abner Hill, Sept. 10,\\nMary J^o, his wife, Sept. 20, 1849,\\nElizabeth ]\\\\rcDulTee, wid. of Samuel Shirley, Sept. G\\nCapt. Benjamin True, Dec. G,\\nCapt. John Emerson, April 3,\\nElizabeth French, his widow, July IG, 1852,\\nNabbe Emerson, wid. of Benj. Hall and Capt. Abra^\\nham Towle, April 3, G months over\\n83", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0718.jp2"}, "690": {"fulltext": "LONGEVITY.\\n027\\n1845.\\n18-40.\\n1817\\n1848.\\n1849.\\n1850.\\n1851.\\nAnna TToath, widow of J(mc. I lidorliill. Afay 19.\\nEleanor Hlasdol. widow of Andrew Neal, Xov. 11,\\nSn.\u00c2\u00abaunali, wid. of .Jacob (irccn, Oct. ;]1,\\nJicv. Jonathan Calcf, at Lyman, ]\\\\lo.,\\nJoshua Hall, April 24,\\nTolly Mur^e, his wife. April 1x50,\\nSusannah Haynes, wid. of AVni. AVeeks, ]May .1,\\nAVilliain, her ]msl)and, Sept., isiM,\\nSarah IIaselt(\u00c2\u00bbn, Avidow of Stephen Clay, nearly\\nJames Otterson, of llooksctt, Dec. 26,\\nMary Chase, his wife, Feb. 9, 1815,\\n]\\\\Lary Otterson, Xov. 22, 1845,\\nJohn Loeke, .fune is,\\nEben Currier, 3Iay, about\\nAnna Eaton, wife of Solomon Stevens, Jan. 31,\\nMr. Stevens (see l.s54).\\nAnna ^lelvin, wid. of Lt. Josiah Underliill, ^lar. 17,\\n^Irs. Larabee,\\nIluldah Smith, wid. of Daniel flreenou^di, Oct. 24,\\nAbii^ail Smith, wid. of Cornet David Shaw, Dec. 25,\\nPaul Adams. Fel). 22,\\nMrs. Gould, mother of the wife of John S. IJrown,\\nJuly 21,\\nCapt. John AVason. July S,\\nElizabeth Smith, his wife. Doc. 1843,\\nAVifoof Asa llaselton, Sept. 4,\\nMeril)ah Waddel, Aujr. 30,\\nAbi iail Underliill, widow of Moses Cronibie, April\\n29, G months over\\nJohn Criffin, at ahnshouse, March .yf\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nliutli Sctivey, his wife, about the same ago.\\nHannah, mother of Dea. John Lane. May 25,\\nJudith Worth Kelly, widow of Dea. Amos Morse,\\nSei)t.9,\\nElizabeth liichardson, widow of David Craiyc, Jr.,\\nat liumney,\\nWilliam, son of Lt. William Brown,\\nSarah Sheldon, his Avife,\\n(They died with their children at Mount Desert,\\n3Ie., the exact time not known.)\\nSarah Knowlcs, wid. of Jo-iah Morse. ,Ir.. July 9,\\n9 months over\\n^Eartha Graham, widow of Samuel Aiken, Feb. 2\\nHon. Samuel Bell, Dec. 23,\\nDea. Benj. Hills, Sept. 25,\\nLydia Dearborn, his wife, June 2, 1844,\\n86\\n85\\n94\\n83\\n83\\n80\\n94\\n76\\n80\\n89\\n80\\n86\\n81\\n86\\n85\\n84\\n80\\n85\\n94\\n85\\n85\\n81\\n81\\nSG\\n98\\n94\\n86\\n81\\n89\\n99\\n95\\n90\\n84\\n8G\\n81\\n88\\n77", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0719.jp2"}, "691": {"fulltext": "628\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n1852.\\n1853.\\n1854.\\n1865.\\n1856.\\n.1857.\\n1858.\\nMcliitabcl Stevens, wife of Isaac Hills, Aug. 26,\\nIsaac, her husband, Sept. 24, 1824,\\nMrs. Evans, mother of the wives of N. Griffin and\\nJesse Patten,\\nThomas Wiconi, of Ilooksctt,\\nAnn Archibald, Nov., nearly\\nB. Pike Chase, March 16,\\nMr. Flint, March 29,\\nJames Stevens, June 3,\\nHis widow, Nov. 10, 18G5,\\nJoseph Pichardson, June 6,\\nAmos Crombie, Sept. 10,\\nSherburne Dearborn, Oct. 9,\\nBett} Dan. of Abraham Morse, Oct. 16,\\nMolly Brown, widow of Robert Davis, d. at her\\ndaughter, Mrs. Ilalc S, at Newburyport, April 12,\\nJohn Brown, d. at his sou Samuel Brown s, Bangor,\\nApril 19,\\n(Children of Samuel Brown of Ilooksctt.)\\nLydia Senter, widow of Peubcu Sentcr, April 19,\\nPeuben, her husband, Dec. 12, 1842,\\nSolomon Stevens, Oct. 14,\\nHis wife (see 1847).\\nAlexander Donovon, Nov. 19,\\nMartha Smith, widow of Silas Camet, Sen., d\\nford, July 21, 6 months over\\nBetsy Elkius, wid. of Sanuiel Wallace, Oct. 21\\nBetty Hoit, dan. of Beuj. Hoit, Feb. 22,\\nDaniel McDuffle, April 5, 6 months over\\nAnn Sliirlcy, his wife, Nov. 29, 1860, d. in Caudia,\\nDavid Porter, July 12,\\nElizabeth Pike, widow of Jona. Dearborn, May 1,\\nJohn Coffin, Aug. 8,\\nEunice Sargent, his wife, July 2, 1860,\\nEunice Silver, widow of Joseph Calef and\\nDowning,\\nJoseph Carr, Oct., 8 months over\\nEdna. dau. of Abraham jNIorse,\\nCapt. Benj. Fitts, May 20,\\nSusan Dearborn, his wife, April 15, 1860,\\nRobert Knowles, July 22,\\nEdward Robie, Jr., Sept. 12,\\nJoseph Robinson, Dec, 6 months over\\nSephen Webster, March 3,\\nDolly Pillsbury, his wife, Feb. 19, 1857,\\nit Or\\nJohn", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0720.jp2"}, "692": {"fulltext": "LONGEVITY.\\nG20\\nJosoph Smith. Oct. 21,\\nBcnj. Davis, Nov. If),\\nTlioiiuH oleinaii, Nov. 22,\\n!Marv Stiiison, widow of Saimiel Carr, .Sept.\\nAVidow of Ilciirv Siuitli, Xov. 4,\\n1859. Nancy Carr, wid. of John Clark, Jr., Jan. If^,\\nIsaac ]\\\\rorso, June 29,\\n:Nrosos r rickctt, Sept. 2.\\nSally IMllslmry, liis Avife, Nov. 12,\\n18C1. Sarah ^[elvin, wid. of James Orr, :Marcli 2.3,\\nJames Orr d. Oct 11, ISH,\\nHannah Townsend, wife of Dea. John Lane,\\n28,\\nMartha (Jraham, wid. of David Ilall, May 1,\\nLucretia Ciirrii r, with of ]\\\\Ioses K. Hall, Any.\\nMoses, her hushand, Aug. 18, 1837,\\nWilliam Graham, Esq., Aug. 3,\\nDea. Xathau Knowles, Sept. 10,\\nEe1)ecca Dearborn, his wife, Jan. 2, 18G1,\\nAbigail C. Heath (Ch. Eec.),\\n1SG2. rcter TTall, Jr., d. ^farch 29,\\nJolm Kimball at Aut)urn, Ai\u00c2\u00bbril 2o,\\nJohn ^lurray, June .3,\\nElizabeth Pillsbury, his wid., Nov. 2, 18GG,\\nCapt. :N[oscs Haselton, Aug. 9,\\nJosiah AVorthen, Aug. 10,\\nSusanna Hills, wid. of Xathau Knowles, Jr.,\\nZMartha, dau. of AVilliam AVilson,\\nI ersis Thom, wid. of Hon. Jolui Bell, Xov. 22\\n18G3. John Clark, Es(|., May 15,\\nIJobert Mills, June G,\\nJosiah Seavey, July 31,\\nPeter ^Nlorsc,\\nHannah ^lorse, wid. of Moses Hills, Sept. 10,\\nMary Camet, wid. of Edward Kichardson, and\\nof 11. .S. Hunton, Dec. 7,\\nMary Simonds, wid. of Xathau AA ebster and\\nL. tUidden, Dec. 19,\\nLydia, wid. of Daniel, and dau. of Josei)h X\\nd. in Haymond,\\n18G1. Hannah Hoit, wid. of Joseph AbbotI, :March\\nEremout,\\nNehemiah Lufkin, Alay 15,\\nJudith Brown, wid. of Benj. AMlson, May 10,\\n15,\\n\\\\pri\\n17,\\nwife\\nJoin\\nrton\\n,at\\n80\\n80\\n87\\n84i\\n81\\n89i\\n90\\n79\\n79\\n9oi\\n81\\n81\\n8.3\\n9G\\n79\\n85\\n85\\n84\\n92\\n82\\n84\\n85\\n84\\n82\\n82\\n92\\n88\\n84\\n79\\n82\\n83\\n89\\n85\\n81\\n83\\n92\\n91\\n84\\n95i", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0721.jp2"}, "693": {"fulltext": "630\\nHISTORY OF CHESTER.\\n1865.\\n1866.\\n18G7.\\n1868.\\n1869.\\nRichard Shackford, Sept. 30, 92\\nLydia Ayer, wid. of Daniel Anderson, Dec. 2, 84\\nPolly Green, wid. of Benj. Undcrhill, 82\\nWid. of James Stevens (sec 1852), 88\\nIsaac Blunt, March, 85\\nRobert Martin, Dec. 25, 5 months over 87\\nHannah Currier, wid. of Samuel Shackford, Aug. 7, 80\\nAnna Hall, wid. of Joseph Currier, Oct. 13, 87d\\nPolly Porter, wid. of David Emery and Charles\\nEmerson, 80\\nAmos Green, April, nearly 79\\nNathan Griffin, June 23, between .78 and 79\\nNancy Marston, wid. of Saml. Aiken, Esq., Aug. 6, 85\\nPatty Davis, wife of Hazen Davis, Aug. 10, 88i\\nMary Knowles, Avid. of Daniel Hills, Nov. 21, 86\\nRosauna Aiken, wid. of Alex. McGregor and Dear-\\nborn VVliittier, at Londonderry, Nov. 23,\\nJohn Hasclton, Dec,\\nPolly Gault, wid. of John Brown, Oct. 31, at Milton\\nVt.,\\nPamela Brown, wid. of James Hoit, iicarly\\nJohn White, Feb. 8,\\nSusanna Sargent, wid. of John Melvin and Richard\\nDearborn, Feb. 4, 7 mouths over\\nMoses Crombie, March 4,\\nElizabeth Currier, wid. of John Clark, Esq., March\\n14, 8 months over\\nJohn Clark, her husband, May 15, 1803,\\nHannah Ingalls, wid. of John Hall, March,\\nPeter Haselton, March 17,\\nSusan B. Robinson, his wife, March 20,\\nLucretia Hills, wid. of Thos. Hasclton, June 19,\\nmonths over\\nSamuel Wason, July 4,\\nJosiah Forsaith, Aug. 18, 9 months over\\nRuth Wood, wid. of Ebeuezcr Wood, Sept. 12,\\nIsaac Hall, Oct. 10,\\nAsa Noyes, Dec. 28, 8 months over\\nWife of Samuel Kendall, Jan. 4, 3 months over\\nSanmel Haselton, Jan. 16\\nSally McKinley, wid. of David Abbott, Jan. 30,\\nSarah, dau. of Dea. John S. Dearborn, and wid. of\\nMoses Carlton, d. at West Concord (was the old-\\nest native of Chester at her death),\\n84\\n85\\n84\\n80\\n84\\n90\\n87\\n80\\n79\\n81\\n85\\n72\\n88\\n85\\n83\\n79\\n80\\n88\\n82\\n82i\\n95^", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0722.jp2"}, "694": {"fulltext": "LONGEVITY. 031\\nAgku Pkusoxs, inci,udix(; Nativks, so:mk oi- whom havf, i;i.i;n\\nAliSKXT MANY VKAKS. AND FuKSKM liKSIDKNTS NOT XaTIVES.\\nTlio oldest luitivc, so f:u as is known, is Dolly Holt, clau. ol\\nBenjamin lloit, Avho has rcsidt d in Chester nearly all of lier life;\\nb. Dec. l.J, 1774.\\nThe next oldest native is James \\\\Vason; 1), Feb. 1:5. 17S0.\\nDorothy AVorthen, his wile, b. March 7, 17 i.\\nDorothy Locke, the widow of Josiah Moore and Thomas Shan-\\nnon 1). .Inne 9, 1780.\\nThe oldest resident is IJebecea Hailey. (he widow of Silas Ten-\\nuey b. May 13, 177.\\nHannah I orter, widow of William Preston and James Emer-\\nson; i). 1781.\\nSamuel Kendall: b. :\\\\(ay VJ, 1782.\\nHannah Foss, the widow of Andrew Seavey; b. Sepi. -7, 1782.\\nLncy Morse; b. Jan. 5, 178:3.\\nJosei)hRand; b. April li\\\\ 178.3.\\nSarah Ayer, M idow of Capt. !Moscs Ilaselton; b. April 8, 178-1.\\nBetsy Green; b. 17.si.\\n^[ary Ilaselton, widow of John AVells and Davis; b. July 18,\\n1784.\\nStei)hen Farnliam; b. Aui; 2 178,\\nAnn McKinley. wid. of James IJad i er; b. 178.5.\\nJohnson Morse; b. at Draeut. Feb. 12, 1780; now of Chester.\\nPeter Card; b. at Woolwich, Me., April 7, 1780; now of\\nAuburn.\\nSarah Emerson, widow of .Tosiah Ilaselton; b. Sept. 8. 1786.\\nEdnah Davis, widow of Walter ^lorse b. Sept. 18, 1780.\\nBenaiah SpoUord; b. Sept. i), 1780.\\nPolly Paye, his wife: b. Aui;-. 9, 1792.\\nAaron Ball; b. at Prinretown, ^fay, 178G; came to Chester,\\n1824.\\nAbiiifail Lane, widow of Thomas Wason b. ,Tuly 17, 17.s2.\\n]N[olly Lane, widow of Dea. Amos Baehelder, June 29, 1780.\\nAnna Lane, wife of Jona. A. Lane; b. Aug. o, 178s.\\nJohn Lane; b. Jan.!!, 1792. (The last four are children of Cor-\\nnet Isaac Lane.)\\nJohn Porter; b. Feb. 12, 1787.\\nHannah Hall, Avife of Benjamin Chase; b. Feb. 18, 1787.\\nDr. ]S athan Plumnier, Auj.; 11, 1787.\\nElizabeth Chase, Avidow of James Underbill; b. Sept. 1 1787.\\nJohn Colby; b. 1785.\\nSamuel Colby; b. 1787.\\nHannah Colby; 1). 1791.\\n(Last three arc children of Rev. Zaccheus Colby.)", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0723.jp2"}, "695": {"fulltext": "632 HISTORY OF CANDIA.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\Yilliam Otterson; b. Oct. 30, 17S9.\\nMary Morse, widow of Daniel Carlton; b, March 5, 1788.\\nHemy.Hall; b. April 18, 1788.\\nSally Stevens, widow of Henry Dockliam; b. May, 1788.\\nPhebe West, widow of Joseph Morse, May 13, 1788.\\nCapt. David Shaw; b. June 20, 1788.\\nMargaret Shirley; b. Aug. 25, 1789.\\nMary Judkins, widow of Asa Noyes; b. Oct. 9, 1789.\\nDea. John Lane; b. at Ipswich. Oct. 28, 1789; came from New-\\nburyport to Chester, 1815.\\nHannah Blanchard, widow of Dea. Samuel Dinsmore b. Jan.\\n1, 1790.\\nCapt. Noah Weeks; b. 1790.\\nElizabeth Crombie, widow of Matthew Eeid; h. March 22, 1790.\\nSally Underbill, widow of Smith Greeuough and Abraham\\nSargent; b. Nov. 26, 1790.\\nCharlotte Hall, dan. of Moses K. Hall, Dec. 30, 1791.\\nMary Prescott, widow of Edward llobie; b. March 27, 1793.\\nCHAPTEK XVIII.\\nHISTORY OF CANDIA.\\nI greatly regret that my time and space do not permit\\nme to give a fuller history of that part of old Chester. It\\nis disputed, and is of little consc(|uence, who was the first\\nsettler in Candia. Eaton, in his History of Candia, page\\n8, says that David McCluro came from Chester to Candia\\nabout the year 1743. He did not buy his Chester lot\\nuntil 1744, and in 1748 he was a petitioner for soldiers\\nwith others in that neighljorhood, and sold his place there\\nto John Knowles, Jr., of Rye, November 2, 1749. William\\nTurner bought his lot in 1741. There is a tradition that\\nhis daughter Sarah was the first white child born in\\nCandia. She was born in November, 1848. There soon\\nremoved to Charming Fare (as that part of Chester was\\nthen called) quite a numljer of families, among whom\\nwere Benjamin Smith from Exeter, Winthrop Wells, John,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0724.jp2"}, "696": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF CANDIA. G33\\nThcopliilus and Jacob Pargcnt, Dr. Samuel ;^^ool\u00e2\u0080\u00a2c, Enoch\\nKowel and Ohedcdom Hall, from Clicstor.\\nA petition was jtrescnted to the (Ien(M-al Assemlily, dated\\n^March 22, 17 5-), praying to be set oil as a (Hstinet ])arish,\\nsigned by the foHuwing persons, who probably constituted\\nmost of tlie voters in town\\nBenjamin BachcUlor, Wiiruun Tnnior,\\nSunuK-l Moored, NViiithrop AVells,\\nJoiKitliaii Hills, Abraliiun Fitts,\\nSaiimel Towle, SiK rbiirn Ixowe,\\n!XicUliis Smith, Asel (^uimby,\\nJonatlian Towlo, CJilmaii Dudloy,\\nNath lii.ii-alls, Zai-luiriali litibrd,\\nTlieopliilus Clough, Enocli Colby,\\nJohn Karr, Hoses Smart,\\nThomas Chrotchet, Xalh Emerson,\\nSamuel Eastman, Jolm Sarji ent,\\nJohn Clay, Jonathan Bean,\\nCloses Baker, Benj. Smith.\\nTlioop. Sarj^ cnt, James McClurc,\\nStephen AVebster, Stephen Palmer,\\nJoseph Smith, Jaeob Sari^-ent,\\nJeremiah Bean, lehabod Bobic,\\nZebedee Berry, Elislia B ean,\\nPhineas Towie, David Hills.\\nThe jn-ayer was granted, and a charter given, dated\\nDeceml)er IT, IT i-). The boundaries were as follows\\nBeginning at tlic North Ivast Corner of said Parish, on\\nthe Line of tiie Townsbip of Nottingham at a Hemlock\\ntree, at the head of the Old Ilniulred-acre Lotts then runs\\nSouth twenty Nine Degrees West, joining to said lotts as\\nthey are Entered on the Droin-ietors Records, about four\\nmiles to a stake and stones then West North West to a\\nMaple Tree, l)eing the North East l)onnds of the Lott Num-\\nber forty-three, in the Second part of the Second Division,\\nand continuing the same course l)y towerhill j)ond to a\\nstake and stones, what com])letes five miles and a half upon\\nthis course then North Twenty Nine Degrees East to a\\nPitch Pine, Avhich is the South West Boundary of the\\nEighty acre lott in the Third Division, Numl)er one hun-\\ndred twenty three; then North twenty Nine Degrees East\\nto Nottingham Line, and tlien on that Line to the Llem-\\nlock Tree first mentioned.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0725.jp2"}, "697": {"fulltext": "634 HISTORY OF CANDIA.\\nSamuel Emerson, Esq., was appointed to call tlie first\\nmeeting. The meeting was lioldcn March 13, IICA.\\nModerator, Dr. Samuel Moores.\\nParish Cle7 Jc, Dr. Samncl Moores.\\nCojistahle, Winthrop Wells.\\nSelectmen, Lieut. Benjamin Bacliekler, John Sargent,\\nJeremiah Bean.\\nTythingynan, Jolm Clay.\\nSurveyors of Hiyliwaijs, Lieut. Saml. Towl, Moses\\nBaker, Elisha Bean, Zebedee Berry.\\nFence Viewers, Matthew Ramsey, Stephen Webster.\\nHawards, Stephen Palmer, Moses Smart.\\nBeer Inspectors, Theophilus Clough, Jonathan Bean.\\nCommittee to Examine the Selectmen s Acconipts, Stephen\\nWebster, Walter Rol)ie, Nathaniel Emerson.\\nOn the first leaf of the old records is the following\\nA Parish Book of Records, No. 1, Kept by Samuel\\nMoores, Esq., from the Incorporation of said Parish up to\\nOctober, 1793, and at liis Decease succeeded by Samuel\\nMoores, Jr., and kept until March, 1798 and then by\\nWalter Robie, Esq., until March, 1806 and then by Rich-\\nard Emerson, until the month of Octolter, 1806, Avhen he\\nDeceased and then by John Lane, until March, 1820 and\\nthen by Peter Eaton until March, 1831 and then by Fred-\\nerick JB itts, until March, 1832 and then by S. A. Sar-\\ngent until March, 1836 and then by Dr. Samuel Sargent\\nuntil Feb., 1840.\\nThe old 1)ook closed in 1807.\\nThe selectmen Wie. first year charge Paid Asahel Quim-\\nby for a constaljle s staff, \u00c2\u00a34. This was old tenor, equal to\\nabout sixty-seven cents. The staff is now in possession of\\nEdmund Hills, Esq. It is of hard wood, aljout eighteen\\ninches long, and an inch and a lialf in diameter, stained\\nblack, with a pewter ferule about three inches long on one\\nend. It was a badge of office.\\nI shall continue the history under different heads.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0726.jp2"}, "698": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL. 636\\nBUILDING THE MEETIXG-IIOUSE.\\nAt a meeting of the parish, held Sept, 8, 1TG6,\\nVoted, to build a meeting House.\\nA oted, that the meeting house Shall he set on or near\\nthe North west eorner of the Parsonage lot, so ealled,\\nVoted, that the meeting house frame Shall he IJoguu\\nupon the 22 Day of this instant September John Clay,\\nWalter Robic, Es(i., IJenja. Cass, Moses IJaker, Jonathan\\n]jean, Xathl. Emei-son and Aljraham Fitts, a Connnittec.\\nThey voted to raise sixty pounds, to be paid in work at\\ntwo shillings and six penee i)er day for connnon hands, or in\\nlumber, and to hire workmen, ttc., the frame to lie com-\\npleted l)y the last day of October. If any did not pay in\\nwork or lumber, the constable was to collect it in money.\\nThe house was to be forty-five feet wide and fifty-five feet\\nlong. Five pounds lawful money was voted to bo raised,\\nto be used l)y the committee, if needed.\\nAt a meeting, Oct. 20. 17GG,\\nVoted, that the Selectmen shall Assess a Sufficient Sum\\nto finish the meeting house Fraim.\\nVoted, That there Be Provided for Raising Supper,\\nCodfish, Potatoes and Butter.\\nAt a meeting, February o, 17GT, it was voted to sell the\\n])ew-ground for the wall ])ews, and William Baker, Dr.\\nSamuel Moores and AVilliam Turner were chosen a com-\\nmittee to sell it, and take care that the frame Ijc boarded,\\nshingled and underpinned. The pew ground was sold\\nFebruary 10, 17G7.\\nSei)tembcr 17, 17G7, it was voted to sell the ground for\\nsix more pews behind the men s and women s seats, in\\norder to finish the outside of the meeting-house this fall as\\nfar as said pew-ground will go. It was sold October 1,\\n17G7. The purchase was to be paid in merchantable pine\\nboards, at eighteen shillings {)er thousand, and shingles at\\nseven shillings per thousand., by the first day of June.\\nThe second sale, the same articles, at the nuirket price.\\nNov. 23, 17G7, it was voted that the meeting-house shall\\nbo glazed this fall, as soon as may be conveniently done by", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0727.jp2"}, "699": {"fulltext": "636 HISTORY OP CANDIA.\\nway of assessment, and liberty was given to cnt timber on\\nthe parsonage and school lots to make red-oak hogshead\\nstaves to defray the expense, to be three feet eight inches\\nlong, and delivered at the mccting-honse by the tenth day\\nof February next.\\nAugust 28, 1769, voted that the meeting-house com-\\nmittee build the men s and women s scats in the meeting-\\nhouse.\\nJune 15, 1773, voted that there shall be a pulpit built in\\nsix months. Jonathan Bagley entered his dissent.\\nFebruary 21, 1775, it was voted to sell ground for pews\\nin the gallery to the highest Ijidder, and the finishing the\\nmeeting-house to the lowest bidder.\\nMarch 9, 1779, Voted, that the Seats Shall be made in\\nthe Galleries, and the Brest work lined this season.\\nJuly 21, 1783, it was voted that y*^ Brest work and\\nseats in the Galleries in the meeting house be Built the\\nPresent Year. The committee Shall Build a pew in the\\nfront Galleries, from Pillar to Pillar, for the use of\\nSingers.\\nMarch 29, 179G, the question was taken about building a\\nsteeple and porch, and negatived, lifty-two to fifty-nine, jjut\\na vote was passed to give up the stairway and sell it for\\npew-ground, to go towards building a steeple and porch,\\nprovided a sufficient number of men can ]3e found to build\\nthe rest of the steeple and porch. They were Ijuilt.\\nMarch 9, 1802, it was voted to raise one lumdred and\\ntwenty-five dollars to be annexed to what is subscribed to-\\nwards purchasing a bell. It seems that Major Samuel\\nMoore had purchased a weather-cock of Mr. Jones, of New-\\nburyport, and had failed to pay him in 1802 the town\\nvoted to pay him.\\nThe old house was burned January 25, 1828, and the\\npresent one built the same year.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0728.jp2"}, "700": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL. G37\\nHIRING AND SETTLIN(; MINISTERS.\\nIn the selectmen s account for 17 U is an item, Paid\\nJohn Clay for ])oarding the minister, .\u00c2\u00a34.\\n1705. Paid Mr. Oilman for preaching fourteen sab-\\nbaths .\u00c2\u00a314. Theophilus Sargent going to Exeter alter a\\nminister, 5s, Lieut, liachelder, going to IlamplKn after a\\nminister, 4s. Theo. Clougli, for going after a minister, 5s.\\n17(j(). Mr. Gibnan, jireaching twelve sal^batlis. ^Mr.\\nniUard, preaching four sabl)aths. There were some Pres-\\nbyterians in the parish -svlio probably asked not to be rated,\\nand it was voted, Concerning those jiersons that call them-\\nselves Presbyterians, past in the negative.\\n17G7. John Clay, Ichabod Rol/ie and Closes Baker were\\nchosen a connnittee to hire a minister, and Mr. Webster\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was paid for lifteen sabl)aths X18.\\n1708. Tbc former committee was reelected and X20\\nvoted to hire i)reaching, and ^Ir. Oilman paid for fifteen\\nand Mr. Hall for two sabbaths. Mr. Clay is i aid for\\nboarding ]\\\\Ir. Hall and bis liorse two weeks, and John\\nClay, Es(p Robie, ]\\\\[oses Baker, Ichaltod Robie and Aljra-\\nhaiu Fitts are paid for going after ministers.\\nJune 8, 1708. A oted, that there Shall l)e a minister\\nSettled as soon as may be Conveniently done.\\nVoted, that the Comt that is api)ointed to hire Preach-\\ning, shall appoint a day of Fasting and Prayer, in order to\\nthe Calling of a Oospel minister, and hire a minister upon\\nprobation or trial.\\nVoted, that the Parish have Pitched upon ^\\\\y. Tristram\\nOilman as a minister, that the Committee shall hire upon\\ntrial in order to for settlement.\\nSei)t., 1768, they voted to give Mr. Oilman forty pounds\\nforl7ti;t; add two pounds ten shillings per aim., until it\\namounts to sixty pounds; that he shall have the improve-\\nment of half of the parsonage, and to l)ring more into\\ncultivation, and to build a liousc suitable for a minister, as\\nsoon as may be (conveniently done) afterwards, \u00c2\u00a35 per\\nann., till it amounts to \u00c2\u00a370.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0729.jp2"}, "701": {"fulltext": "638 HISTORY OF CANDIA.\\nNov. 7, tliGj voted him the whole of the parsonage. Mr.\\nGihnan declined the call.\\nJune 20, 1769, voted to raise o\u00c2\u00a320, lawful, to be laid\\nout in preaching, and Walter Rolne, Doct. Samuel Moores\\nand Benj, Cass were chosen a committee to lay out the\\nmoney. Voted to make choice of one of the three min-\\nisters for further trial, and a universal Choice made of\\nMr. Jonathan Searle.\\nAugust 28, 1769, the parish gave Mr. Searle a call, and\\noffered him X 40 and the nse of the parsonage, and bring\\nthirty acres under improvement, and find him a conve-\\nnient dwelling house. Mr. Searle gave a negative answer.\\nMr. Searle is paid for preaching ten sabbaths, Mr.\\nJoseph Currier for two, and Mr. Thomas Lancaster for\\nfour sabbaths.\\nNov. 26, 1770, it was voted to give Mr. David Jewett\\na call to the work of the ministry amongst us, and to give\\nhim cfoO, lawful, the first year, and add .\u00c2\u00a35 per year until\\nit amounts to \u00c2\u00a365 per year, and that to be his stated sal-\\nary, with the income of the parsonage to finish the\\nho.use, build a Ijarn and dig a well, as soon as can conve-\\nniently be done. Mr. Jewett s answer was in the affirma-\\ntive, and is upon the records.\\nFeb. 5, 1771, it was voted that he be ordained the first\\nWednesday of September next.\\nMarch 11, 1777,\\nVoted, that all those persons that have heretofore\\nJoined with the Baptist Society in Deerfield, bring a Cer-\\ntificate within two months from this Date, from the asses-\\nsors of said Baptist Society, that they were rated there,\\nthen the Selectmen of this parish are to make a Draw\\nback of the minister rate the present year.\\nIn the Parish accounts the rates of the following persons\\nwere abated for 1776, they being Baptists Benjamin\\nRowel, Benjamin Carr, Capt. John Sargent, Ensign Jona-\\nthan Bagley, Robert Smart, Jonathan Woodman, Edward\\nCritchet, Thomas Critchet and William Turner.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0730.jp2"}, "702": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL. 639\\nFebruary 8, 1779,\\noted, that the Parish Desires nir. Jewett to ask a Dis-\\nmission from this People ul the Pastoral Care ami harge\\nlie has taken upon him.\\nA committee was at the same time chosen to ire (t with\\n]Mr. Jewett. Money had depreciated in value, and in con-\\nsequence, proljaldy, ^Ir. Jewett asked for more salary.\\nMay 27, 1779,\\nA oted unanimously not to make any addition to mr.\\nJewett s Salary for the Present year.\\nA oted, to Chuse a Committee of seven to Confer with\\nmr. Jewett, and sec what he Avill take as to his Civil Con-\\ntract with this Peo])le, and ask a Dismission by way of a\\nCouncil from the Pastoral Care and Charge he had taken\\nupon him.\\n]\\\\Ir. Jewett piroba tly made a connnunication, for June 10,\\nVoted, not to act any thing upon the jiajtcr or letter\\nSubscribed to the moderator of this, and Signed by mr.\\nJcwet, and read at this meeting.\\nAnother large committee was chosen and cmi)Owercd to\\nsettle with Mr. Jewett as to the civil contract.\\nIMarch t3, 1780, a vote was taken respecting making Mr.\\nJewett satisfaction by making up his salary, is cgatived,\\nforty-four to eighteen.\\nIt appears that Mr. Jewett had made a proposition in\\nwriting to sul)mit the matters in controversy to a mutual\\ncouncil of five statesmen. The ])arish chose the latter, and\\nraised a committee of live to give and take bonds. The\\nreferees were chosen, Ijut a part of them declined to at-\\ntend, and Judge Weare advised another trial for settle-\\nment. Mr. Jewett made a long communication, and the\\nj)arish voted to comply with his proposals. The currency\\nhad depreciated, and Mr. Jewett had built wall n tlie ]iar-\\nsonage, which he claimed pay for. lie was dismissed, and\\nI have no further knowledge of him.\\nMarch lo, 1781, it was voted not to raise any money to\\nhire jircacliing, but the deacons were chosen a connnittee\\nto lay out the money subscril)ed.\\nJan. 7, 1782, it was voted to employ the Rev. Mr. Prince", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0731.jp2"}, "703": {"fulltext": "640 HISTORY OF CANDIA.\\nfor the term of six or seven years to preach amongst us.\\nHe was to have the use of the parsonage, and a hired hand\\nsix months in each year. He was blind. He preached\\nseven years. His son Caleh resided in Candia, and was a\\ndeacon many years.\\nMay 23, 1789. Voted, to hire Mr. How to prcaeli three\\nmontlis.\\nJuly 12, 1700, it was voted, seventy-six to twelve, to give\\nthe Rev. Jesse Remington a call, and give him the use of\\nthe parsonage and sixty pounds lawful money, and draw\\nhim twenty cords of wood yearly, with the privilege of\\ncutting on the parsonage what should be sufticient in addi-\\ntion to keep his fires. He was ordained Oct. 20, 1790\\ndied March 3, 1815.\\nRev. Isaac Jones was ordained Feb. 7, 181G dismissed\\nMay 12, 1818. His salary, 8500.\\nRev. Abraham Wheeler was installed January 13, 1819\\ndismissed October 29, 1832 salary, 1525.\\nRev. Charles P. Russel, ordained December 25, 1833\\ndismissed May 26, 1841 salary, 8500.\\nRev. William Murdoch, ordained December 1, 1841 dis-\\nmissed Jaly 5, 1854 salary, 8500.\\nRev. William T. Herrick, installed July 5, 1854 dis-\\nmissed July 2, 1858 salary, $1)00.\\nRev. E. N. Hidden, installed Nov. 2, 1859 dismissed\\nDecember 31, 1864 salary, 8600 and use of the parson-\\nage.\\nOctober 10, 1865, a call was extended to Rev. Lauren\\nArmsby, formerly of Chester.\\nThe number of church-members in 1816 was twenty-\\neight in 1822, seventy in 1823, one hundred and eighty-\\ntwo in 1824, two hundred and fifteen; in 1857, two\\nhundred and sixty-eight.\\nIn 1869 a church organ was purchased at an expense of\\n8450.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0732.jp2"}, "704": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL. 641\\nUNION OR FREEWILL SOCIETY AND CIK RCII.\\nTliorc -was quite an interest in reliii ion near tlic mountain\\nin Nottinphain in 1 700, which extended into the neii:hl)orin!X\\ntowns, and in 1^02 a cliurch Avas organized, the menihei S\\nliving in Nottingham, Deerfiehl, Candia and Rnvmond.\\nThere was another revival in 1810, and another in ISI.\\nCloses llean, a son of Reuhen Bean of Candia, was ordained\\nat Deerfield, 1810. The first mari-iage solemnized hy him,\\non record, is ^fay 1, 1^10. He hnilt tlie mceting-honso at\\nthe Village about l. ^li after the revival. In ]S1 1 tlio\\nchurch was divided, the brothers and sisters in Peorfiehl\\nand Xottingliam forming one church, and those in Caiulia\\nand Raymond forming another, Itut giving to cv(^\\\\-y indi-\\nvi(hial lilierty to belong to the chui-ch lie or she dcsiied.\\nThey entered into covenant and constituted a church, wliich\\nis signed in behalf of the church by Jeremiah Fullonton.\\nThere is a catalogue dated 1821 (although some were\\nadded later) containing aI)out two hundred and twenty\\nnames, some belonging to Dccrfielil and some to Ejjping.\\nIn the record of a church meeting, Aug., 1820, it is said\\nthat five were baptized and al)Ove one hundred spoke in\\nmeeting. At a church meeting ^Ia\\\\ 24, 1824, it was\\nagreed t(^ divide the church by the town line, and Ihose\\nnear the line have lil)erty to join wliich church they should\\ndesire. Samuel Dudley was chosen deacon, and William\\nTurner clerk. Sept. 9, 1830, agreed to a new covenant,\\nand sixty-three names are appended.\\nThe new meeting-house was built in 1847. The base-\\nment and vestry cost 8400, and the sui)erstructure cost\\n81 ,oOO. The following are among the pi cachers emjtloyed\\nPrevious to the division the name of Elder David Ilar-\\nriman is frequently found. Elder Moses Bean was the son\\nof Reuben Bean, and grandson of David Bean, and seems\\nto have been in a sense the father of the church, as he\\nbuilt the first meeting-house, and it was voted Xov. 17,\\n1824, to receive Elder Moses Bean as Pastor of this\\n41", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0733.jp2"}, "705": {"fulltext": "642 HISTORY OF CANDIA.\\nChurch. Nov. 15, 1830, Elder Bean resigned and Elder\\nJ. Knowles was called dismissed, and Elder B. S. Manson\\nchosen; dismissed April 4, 1830, and Elder S. P. Fm-nald\\nchosen dismissed, and Elder S. Whitney chosen.\\nMETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND SOCIETY.\\nMoses Colby came from Hawke (Danville) in 1806, and\\npurchased the John Sargent place. He was the first Meth-\\nodist in Candia, and his children have ever been efficient\\nsupporters of that denomination. Others moved into town\\nor became Methodists and retained their connection with,\\nor joined the churches of Hawke, Poplin and Sandown.\\nWhen the church was organized at Chester, now Au1)urn,\\nthey generally united with that and constituted a class.\\nA society and church were formed in Candia in 1850, and\\nthey then erected a place of worship with a stone basement\\nfor a vestry, at the expense of 81,500. There is a mem-\\nbership of about forty, and they have been regularly sup-\\nplied Avith a Conference preacher Henry Nutter, 1850\\nLorenzo Draper, 1860 and 61 James Adams, 1862 and\\n63 N. H. Chase, 1864 and i55 James Adams, 1866\\nSilas Green, 1867 to 60.\\nTHE PARSONACxE.\\nThe parish of Candia had the parsonage lot No. 00, and\\nschool lot No. 01, in the third division.\\nMarch 10, 1767, voted c\u00c2\u00a320, lawful, in lal)or, Ite laid out\\non the parsonage lot at 2s. 6d. per day. There was a like\\nvote in 1768.\\nOct. 31, 1768, it was voted to build a sufficient parsonage\\nhouse in one year linisli two rooms dig a well clear up\\nand bring under improvement thirty acres within four\\nyears. It was determined Feb. 6, 1760, that the house\\nshould be 28 by 26 feet, two stories high and as near the\\nmeeting-house as the land will admit that X30 lawful be\\nraised, one-half in merchantable boards and the other half", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0734.jp2"}, "706": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL. 648\\nin sliinglcs that the frame sluill 1)e raised hy the loth of\\nApril.\\nj\\\\Iarcli 24, 17()9,thc dlinciislons were altered to 58 l)y 20,\\nwith a Citchiiig Hoom upon the South side at the East\\nEnd, two Stories high. Eighteen feet s(piare.\\nAugust, 17G9, voted that the overphis of the staves be\\nlaid out in buying brick for tlie parsonage-house chimney.\\nDee. 13, 1770, voted to Imild a stack of chimneys with\\ntwo lircj (laces, and finish one room by the first day of\\nOctober next likewise finish another room 1)y the first day\\nof Deceml)cr next; dig a cellar and also set out an orcliard\\nof one hun(h-ed trees next spring.\\nMay 7, 1701, X.IO was voted to finish the house and\\nbuihl a barn dig and stone a well dig and stone a cellar,\\nand set out an orchard this present year.\\nSept. 13, 1813, voted to sell one acre of land olT the\\nfront of the ])arsonage lot to the llev. Jesse Remington for\\none hundred dollars. Mi\\\\ Ecmington commenced the\\nerection of a house.\\nOct. 2,1815, it was voted, 00 to 35, to sell the i)arsonage\\nlot and not to divide the interest money of the [)roceeds\\namong the different denominations.\\nA very long ])re;imble ami resolutions were also passed,\\nsetting forth that the proprietors of Chester reserved and\\nset apart a lot of land as a jtarsonage, and that the Con-\\ngregalionalists have, without molestation for nearly half a\\ncentury, appropriated the income to the support of their\\nteachers agreeably to the original intent of the j)rojn ietors\\nit was obvious that the in-ojirietors could not have intended\\nthat any denomination which did not then exist, and espe-\\ncially whose religious tenets impel them to proscribe and\\ndisclaim all annuities and salaries to their religious teach-\\ners, should have the benefit of such a grant; that it is\\nbelieved that all the ratable inhabitants of the town, except\\nthose from principle opposed to stipendiary contracts with\\nreligions teachers, do pay taxes to the support of Congre-\\ngational teachers. It was resolved that the interest of the\\nmoney for which the parsonage should be sold should be", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0735.jp2"}, "707": {"fulltext": "644 HISTORY OP CANDIA.\\nappropriated to the Congregational society. The hit was\\nsohl in lots to different individuals Dec. 4, 1815, for\\n$4,280.\\nAt the January term of the court of Common Pleas,\\n1818, the Union Baptist society of Candia commenced a\\nsuit against the town, claiming $1,000. It was tried in that\\ncourt and decided in favor of the town was appealed and\\nreviewed, and a final decision in the Superior court, Feh.,\\n1819, which sustained the former verdict.\\nThe affairs of the Congregational society were carried on\\nhy the town until May, 1831, Avhen a separate society was\\norganized.\\nAt a town meeting held Dec. 31, 1831, votes passed\\ngiving the meeting-house to the Congregational society,\\nreserving the right to hold town meetings in it until a town\\nhouse shall he huilt, also to give to said society $3,500 of\\nthe parsonage fund, and to the Union Baptist society $889.\\nIn 1835 the smallpox prevailed in Candia. William\\nTowle d. March 12 Owen Runnels, March 25 Asa Ilun-\\ntoon, March 31 a dan. of Owen Runnels, April 6 Nelson\\nHealey, April 7 David Heath, April 18 and Asa Heath.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nAt a meeting April 4, 17G4, Yoted XlOO, old tenor, to\\nHire Schooling. The selectmen paid Dr. Moore for keep-\\ning school, \u00c2\u00a340. In 17G5, \u00c2\u00a3200 was voted and paid Dan-\\niel Row for keeping school; \u00c2\u00a39 3s. 6d. to Zachariah Clif-\\nford or his wife for keeping school. In 1766 they voted\\nto raise \u00c2\u00a3250, old tenor, or \u00c2\u00a312 10s. lawful money, equal\\nthereto, to hire schooling. They paid Master Haselton for\\nkeeping school one month, \u00c2\u00a32 paid Isaac Clifford s wife\\nfor keeping school, six weeks and one day, 17s. Zach-\\nariah Clifford s wife, 12s. Mr. Bowen, for keeping school,\\n\u00c2\u00a31 IGs. 9d.\\nMoney is paid that year to the south quarter to the\\nsoutheast quarter to the centre quarter to the west quar-\\nter and to the northeast quarter. In 1767, Master Shaw", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0736.jp2"}, "708": {"fulltext": "SCHOOLS. 645\\nis paid for keci)hig scIidoI in the souUi quarter; K (|uire\\nMoore and Nathaniel Emerson in the center quarter and\\nIsrael (lihium s wife in the northeast quarter. There was\\na ]*aul Jewett wlio kejjt school several years; also ]?ichard\\nClilTord s Avife, Samuel UusNvell and Ezekiel Worthen. In\\n177o a motion was made to hire a grammar-school master\\n(that is one to teach the languages), negatived.\\nAnd likewise it is voted that y Parish Does Except\\n[acccfjt] of a Reading and writing School this 1 resent\\nyear, and that Each Quarter Kes[)cctively shall have the\\nLiberty to Choose there own School master upon y Pro-\\nviso the major i*art of Each Quarter Shall IjC agreed in\\none Person within tlie Si)ace of ten Days from this Date,\\nand make application to the Selectmen to Employ him.\\nIn 1744, Abraham Fitts, Master Forsaith, Master Otis,\\nMrs. Ilazzard, Mrs. Rendall and ]\\\\[rs. Cram arc teachers.\\nIn 1778, \u00c2\u00a380 lawful was raised for schooling.\\nIn 1782, paper money being nearly worthless, it was\\nvoted to raise one hundred silver dollars for schooling.\\nThe jireseut division of Candia into thirteen school dis-\\ntricts was made in 1844, liut it does not appear Ity the rec-\\nords Avhat proportion of money each district has had,\\nalthough No. 1, at the Corner, No. 2, at the meeting-house,\\nand No. o, near .T(dni Robie s, arc large and have more\\nmoney, l)ut s(jmc of the smaller districts liy giving wood\\nand board have had nearly as much school.\\nCandia has made liberal expenditures for schools has\\nhad, besides the town schools, a high school in the fall, a\\nlarge portion of the time and the town, as will be seen,\\nhas furnished a large numljcr of graduates and professional\\nmen.\\nIn the year 1795, the town raised for schools, 8450\\nfrom ISOO to 1824, 8500; from 1825 to 18:35, 8iiU0; in\\n1845, 8050 in 1850, 8700 from 1855 to 18G5, 81,000.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0737.jp2"}, "709": {"fulltext": "646 HISTORY OF CANDIA.\\nPROFESSIONAL HISTORY OF CANDIA.\\nGrraduates of Dartmouth.\\n[The following is furnished by Abraham Emerson, Esq.]\\n1827. David Pillsbury, the son of Benjamin Pillslmry\\nand Sarah, daughter of Maj. Jesse Eaton, was born at Ray-\\nmond, Feb. 17, 1802, and died at Concord, May 25, 1862,\\naged 60. He read law with the Hon. Henry Hubbard of\\nCharlestown, and the Hon. Samuel Dana Bell of Chester;\\nwent into practice at Chester in 1830 lived there many\\nyears, then removed to Concord; was appointed judge of\\nthe Police court, in which office he died 1862.\\n1828. Frederick Parker, the son of Thomas and Mar-\\ngaret, dau. of James Aiken of Bedford, was ])orn at Bed-\\nford, Oct. 3, 1799, was a lawyer; lived in Bangor, Me.,\\nwhere he died May 19, 1831, aged 34.\\n1829. Jacob Hook Quimby, the son of Jacob H. Quimby\\nand Susanna, dau. of Reuben Bean of Candia, was born at\\nSpringfield, June 6, 1806 was professor of Latin and\\nGreek at St. Mary s College, Md. died Feb. 6, 1838,\\naged 31.\\n1830. William Henry Duncan, the son of William\\nDuncan and Mary, dau. of ]\\\\rcMurphy of Doi-ry,\\nwas born at Candia, Sept. 26, 1807 Ijcgan practice as a\\nlawyer at Hanover, where he still resides.\\n1831. Moses Hall Fitts, the son of Moses Fitts and\\nSarah, dau. of Rev. Nehemiah Ordway, was born at Candia,\\nJan. 1, 1808. He has been principal of Lewiston Acad-\\nemy, N. Y. county sciiool commissioner now principal\\nof Palmyra Academy, N. Y.\\nEphraim Eaton, the sou of Henry Eaton and Hannah,\\ndau. of Maj. Jesse Eaton, was Ijorn at Candia, Sept. 13,\\n1808, practiced law at Concord was afterward agent of a\\nmanufacturing company at Troy, N. Y., where he died\\nMarch 3, 1863.\\n1833. Jesse Eaton Pillslniry, the son of Benjamin Pills-\\nbury and Sarah Eaton, dau. of Maj. Jesse Eaton, was born", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0738.jp2"}, "710": {"fulltext": "PROFESSIOXAL HISTORY. 647\\nat Candia, Dec. 10, 1807. He tau.c^-lit at Biitralo, X. Y.,\\nbut is now i)riiici|)al of tli(3 aca(l(3iny at Iviugatou, X. Y.\\nUq was hrother of I a\\\\ ul alune iiaiucil.\\n1811. Richard Emerson Lane, the son of Jolm Lane,\\nEsq., and Ahiuail Emerson, was born at Candia, June 2,\\n181;), was teaehinii and reading- hiw at Lewistown, X. Y.,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0where he died suddenly in 1812.\\n1848. Lorenzo Clay, the son of Walter Clay and I olly,\\ndan. of David rillslmry, was born at Candia, Xov. o, 1817.\\nHe settled as a lawyer at Augusta, ^le., where lie sliU\\nresides.\\n18. 0. !Moscs Patten, the son of Moses Patten and Han-\\nnah, dan. of Ephraim Eaton, was born at Candia, July 4,\\n18:^4 graduated at Andover Theological ^eminary in\\n18or settled at Plym]\u00c2\u00bbt()n, ilass.\\nIs John DuUtcer Emerson, the son of Abraham\\nEmerson and Abigail, dan. of John Dull\u00c2\u00bbeer, was l)orn at\\nCandia, ]\\\\Lay 21 1828 graduated at Amlover Theological\\nSeminary in l^oS lucattid in Haverhill, X. JL, nine years,\\nand is now at liiddeford, i[e.\\n18; Jonathan C. Drown, the son of Jonathan Drown\\nand Farah, dan. of Samuel Filts, was ])orn at Candia,\\nJan. I .i, Ds27. He engaged in teaching, and fmally in a\\nbroker s oflicc in X. Y., where his health failed al)out 18G0.\\n18o, Daniel Dana Patten, the son of Moses Patten and\\nHannah Eaton, was born at Candia, April 2 182U read\\nlaw in Doston is now engaged as a teacher at Stonchani,\\nMass. He is brother to Closes- above named.\\n18.)8. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^amuel Collins Dean, the son of Josepli Dean\\nand Lydia, dan. of C()l. Samuel Collins of Decri icld, was\\nhorn at Candia, Dec. D D ^^o graduated at Harvard\\nDivinity School, and is now sotllcd at Salem, Mass.\\nls. )S. Josci)h Francis Dudley, the son of Joscjih and\\nSarah Dudley, was Itorn at Raymond, Jmie 11, 18:50. JIc\\nstudied law in Boston graduated at Dangor Theological\\nSeminary, ami settled in Winona, ^linn.\\n18 AUiert Palmer, the son of Joseph Palmer and\\nAbigail, dau. of Col. Thomas Wilson, was born at Candia,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0739.jp2"}, "711": {"fulltext": "648 HISTOEY OF CANDIA.\\nJan. 17, 1831. He became a tcaclicr in Boston Latin\\nschool, and is now in business at Boston.\\n18G0. Caleb Gushing Sargent, the son of Jonathan Sar-\\ngent and Sarah, dan. of Isaac Marston of Hampton, was\\nborn at Candia, Dec. 24, 1885. He studied law, and is now\\na teacher and merchant at Corinth, Vt.\\n1800. Samuel Franklin French, the son of Dea. Coffin\\nM. French, was born at Candia, Dec. 22, 1835. He\\nstudied divinity at Andover Theological Seminary, and\\nis now settled at Hamilton, Mass.\\nISOO. Wilson Palmer, the son of Joseph Palmer and\\nAbigail Wilson, was born at Candia, March 1, 1833 grad-\\nuated at Albany Law School, and is now superintendent of\\ncity schools at Independence, Iowa.\\n1800. Alanson Palmer, the brother of the preceding,\\nwas born at Candia, May 12, 1835. He is a teacher in\\nNew York city.\\n1801. William Robie Patten, the son of Dea. Francis\\nPatten and Rebecca, dan. of Dea. Aaron Knight of Han-\\ncock, was born at Candia, Aug. 30, 1837. He practices\\nlaw at Manchester, N. H.\\n18G2. Luther Wilson Emerson, brother of John D.\\nEmerson, was born at Candia, Oct. 14, 1838 read law in\\nthe office of Lewis Cox, New York city, where he was\\nadmitted to the bar, and is now practicing.\\n1803, George Henry French, brother of S. Franklin\\nFrench, was born at Candia, July 27, 1838 graduated at\\nAndover Theological Seminary in 1808.\\n1805. Charles Hubbard, son of J. Pike Hubbard and\\nAdaline, daughter of Captain Eben Eaton, was born at\\nCandia July 4, 1830, graduated at Andover Theological\\nSeminary in 1808.\\nThe following are graduates of other colleges\\nJames P. Lane, son of Dr. Isaiah Lane, a graduate of\\nAmherst College, and of Andover Theological Seminary,\\nsettled in Noi th Andover, ]\\\\Iass.\\nAlvali Smith, son of Charles Smith, graduated at Michi-\\ngan University, and is a teacher at the West.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0740.jp2"}, "712": {"fulltext": "PROFESSIOXAL HISTORY. G49\\nITenry Ilol)ic ^Morrill, son of Sanincl ^Morrill and Miranda,\\ndanuhter of Josiali Short, graduatt d at the AVcsleyan Uni-\\nversity, Middletuwn, Conn. is now a teaehcr.\\nThe following- is a list of j)rofessional men, natives of\\nCamlia, not graduates of college\\nMoses Palmer, self-educated an ordained minister of\\nthe Methodist denomination, located for many years in\\nUnity, X. II., where he died.\\nDr. Moses Bagley practiced in Candia from ISIT to 182o,\\nwhen he died.\\nDr. Isaiah Lane practiced in Candia from 1824 to about\\nIS when he removed to Plainlleld, X. II., where he died\\nsoon alter.\\nJacob Read, Groveland, ^lass., a self-taught lawyer, was\\nadmitted to the Essex bar, where he holds a high jiosition.\\nDr. Thomas Wheat, son of Dr. Xathaniel Wheat, now a\\npracticing hysician of note in ^Manchester, X. II., a grad-\\nuate of JelTerson Medical College, Philadelphia.\\nDr. Fi-anklin Fitts, son of Moses Fitts, a graduate of\\nHanover iledical College, commenced jiractice at Ihiffalo,\\nX. Y., in ISo.j, where he soon died.\\nPev. James 11. Fitts, son of John Fitts, a graduate of\\nthe theological seminary, Bangor, settled in West Boyl-\\nston, Mass., married Celina, daughter of Cofhn French.\\nJames II. Eaton, son of Capt. I ]l)en Eaton, studied law\\nat Lawrence, Mass., and was for many years jtrincipal of\\nthe high school there is now cashier of a bank in that\\ncity.\\nDr. John Wilson Rol ie, son of John Pobie and Sophia\\nGibbons, of Chester, is a graduate of Xew York medical\\nschool, and is a physician of that city.\\nJohn Taylor Moore, son of John Moore, Esq., and Polly,\\ndaughter of John Taylor, Esq., counsellor-at-law, Man-\\nchester, X II.\\nDr. J. Frank Fitts, son of Joseph Fitts and Mahala,\\ndaughter of John Buswell, a graduate of X ^cw York Medi-\\ncal School, and is located in Francestowu, X II.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0741.jp2"}, "713": {"fulltext": "650 niSTOBY OP CANDIA.\\nVOTES PASSED BY THE PARISH OF CANDIA RESPECTING THE\\nREVOLUTIONARY WAR.\\nJuly 18, 1774, Abraham Fitts was chosen to meet at\\nExeter on the 21st, to join in the choice of delegates to\\nthe General Congress.\\nJanuary 3, 1775, Lieut. Moses Baker was chosen to rep-\\nresent the parish in a meeting at Exeter, on the 2oth\\ninstant.\\nWalter Ilobie, Esq., Capt. Nathaniel Emerson, Dr. Samuel\\nMoore, Mr. Benjamin Cass and Mr. Jacob Worthen were\\nchosen a committee to inspect all persons who do not con-\\nform to the advice of the late General Congress.\\nVoted, to buy a barrel of powder, flints and lead,\\nanswerable thereto as a Parish stock.\\nVoted, Capt. Emerson, Lieut. Baker and Ens. Bean\\nDesire all the males in Candia from sixteen to sixty years\\nold, to meet at Some Convenient time at the meeting house\\nin Candia, in order for viewing with arms and ammunition.\\nVoted, that the People, as above mentioned, sliall meet\\nat tlie meeting house in Candia, this day fortnight, at one\\nof the Clock in the afternoon.\\nFel ruary 21, 1775,\\nVoted, that the Parish Do Confirm y Transactions of\\nthe last meeting and approve of what the Committee of\\nInspection have Drawn up. Relating to y*^ affairs of the\\nPresent Day, and made an addition to y\u00c2\u00b0 Committee of\\ninspection of 4 Persons, (Viz.) Dea. Nath^ Burpee, Mr.\\nAbrm. Fitts, Lieut. Moses Baker and mr. Ichabod Robie.\\nMay 11, 1775, Dr. Samuel Moore was chosen to repre-\\nsent the parish in the Provincial Congress, to be held at\\nExeter May 17.\\nJune 14, 1775, Capt. Nathaniel Emerson, Lieut. Moses\\nBaker and Dr. Samuel Moores were chosen a committee\\nto consult with the several officers, towns, parishes or com-\\nmittees out of the same, what way or manner shall be\\nthought best to regulate the militia in this regiment accor-\\nding to the direction of Congress.\\nApril 3, 1777, ten dollars each year was voted to each of\\nthose eighteen persons who had enlisted for three years,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0742.jp2"}, "714": {"fulltext": "KEVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 651\\nand a committee chosen to collect the money (if any)\\nwliich had liccn suhscribcd.\\nAt an adjournment, April 8, ten dollars to each was added\\nto the above. A committee was also chosen to enquire\\nand see how much time and money each person has ex-\\npended in supjKjrtin;^ the war since the Concord fiuht.\\nTlie committee reported as follows, which was accepted\\nConcord men Is. jier day, and extra char i-os.\\n8 montlis men, with Lieut. Emerson, 4 dollars each.\\n8 months men, with Lieut. Dust in, 2 dollars each.\\nWinter Hill men with Capt. IJaker, 1 dollar each.\\n1 years men to York 8 dollars those to Delaware,\\n2 dollars each.\\nTy men, 18 2-3 dollars each.\\nNew York men last fall, 2 dollars each.\\nJo.seph Bean to Canada, 20 dollars.\\n]\\\\ray 10, 1777, Moses Baker, Walter Rohie, Abraham\\nFitts, L Rowe and Benjamin Cass were chosen a commit-\\ntee to affix and settle the prices of goods and articles in\\nthe i)arish of Candia, in pursuance of an act in addition\\nto the regulation act. (See in the history of Cliester for\\n1779, pp. 142, 143.)\\nJanuary 19, 1778, a committee was appointed to })rocurc\\nour quota of Continental soldiers for three years or during\\nthe war, and at an adjournment, in February, another com-\\nmittee of five was chosen to make further trial.\\nApril 20, the committee was instructed to make further\\ntrial, and hire money and 2)ursue the Imsincss without loss\\nof time.\\nAugust 3, 1778, a committee was chosen to make in-\\nquiries respecting the families of those in the Continental\\nservice for three years, and supply them with the neces-\\nsaries of life.\\nAugust 19, 1779, it ^vas voted to ado})t measures similar\\nto the town of Portsmouth, and use the utmost of our\\npower in reducing the prices of the necessaries of life, and\\ngain the credit of our currency. Capt. ^^argcnt and John\\nClilford were chosen delegates to attend a convention at\\nConcord.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0743.jp2"}, "715": {"fulltext": "652 HISTORY OF CANDIA.\\nOctolier 2G, 1779, it was voted to comi)ly with the prices\\nthat tlie kite Convention stated, and a committee of seven\\nwas chosen to state prices upon articles which the Conven-\\ntion did not, and to carry the same into execution.\\nJuly 4, 1780, a committee was chosen to hire twelve sol-\\ndiers by way of a jmrisli tax. A committee was also\\nchosen to make an average of what every person had done\\nin the war since it commenced.\\nJuly 10, 1780, a committee was chosen to assist the\\nselectmen in procuring our quota of beef for the Continen-\\ntal army.\\nNovember 14, 1781, it was voted that the selectmen\\nmake a tax in Indian corn to pay the six- and three-months\\nmen. There had been several votes passed respecting rais-\\ning soldiers, which had proved ineffectual.\\nJune 17, 1782, it was voted to divide the parish into as\\nmany classes as will sup})ly the deficiency, and if any class\\nor person refuse to pay their proportion for hiring a soldier\\nthey shall pay double, to be assessed by the selectmen.\\nTHE EARLY PATHS AND ROADS IN CANDIA.\\nThe first road laid out and probably the first traveled in\\nCandia, was that laid out Sept., 1749. David McClure set-\\ntled near it. It is said that Mr. Turner, instead of going\\nup to the Corner, had a path across from Benjamin Smith s\\nto his ])lace. Obed Hall early settled on No. 19, and Win-\\nthrop Wells on No. 37, where Dea. Burpee afterwards\\nlived. They had a path from Mr. Turner s, crossing the\\nstream above Clay s null. Samuel Eastman came from\\nKingstown, probably through Chester, and took the first\\nroad and followed up between the 0. H. s and 3d D.,to the\\nstream below Bean s Island where he built a mill. But that\\nwas a round-about way from Exeter, and Samuel Dudley\\nprocured a road laid out June 12, 1759, from Freetown,\\npassing near the Centre to the tail of Dudley s saw-mill,\\nwhich was extended Sept. 30, 17G0, passing north of the\\npresent road to the Island, and bearing to the north to\\nJeremiah Bean s, near the tillage school-house. The re-\\nmains of the road may yet be seen. Joseph Homans lived", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0744.jp2"}, "716": {"fulltext": "EOADS. 653\\nnear the Island, and ^Foscs ?mai-t above. This was after-\\nwards discontinued. July i^f!, IT Iil, Camlia hiid out a road\\nbeginning at Raymond line hetween the first and second\\nranges of h;)ts (near Critchct s) then west northwest to the\\nroad by Jereiniali Ilcan s. In 1771, Raynionil laid out a\\nroatl from Dudk y s to meet it.\\nIt is said that Enoch Colby had a path acros- to the\\nreserve between Xos. Go and 114, 2d P., 2d 1 iiid (h)wn\\nto the clay pits, and over tlie road laid out Nov. i!7, 17\\nand by the Dearborn mill, and over what is now called\\nBuidcer Hill in Auburn, to Chester. It is said that John\\nEobie and the Towlcs sometimes traveled that way. The\\nfirst road laid out by Camlia was Oct. 20, 17(i4, from\\nEmerson s Corner by ]\\\\[oses Baker s and Thomas Patten s,\\nto the road laid out Ijy Chester, J^cpt., 1741\\nMatthew Ramsey lived on Xo. 110, -id D., and P enjaniin\\nBachelder owned No. ll^), 2d P., 2d D., and lived towards\\nthe east end. Oct. 21 17(!4, a road was laitl out, l)cgin-\\nning at the southwest corner of No. 81 od I)., then west\\nnorthwest, following the reserve to ^latthew Ramsey s\\nhouse, and onto the reserve between Xos. 114 and 122;\\nthence to Ben. Bachelder s, then l)ack to the west end of\\nhis lot to the reserve near where If. ^l. Eaton now lives,\\nami l\u00c2\u00bby ^aniuel BuswelTs to Walter Roljie s house.\\nTlio south road was laid out at the east end of X os. 121\\nand 122, 2d P., 2d D., April (i, 1770. Dec. 0, 17t;0, the\\nroad was laid out from Es([uire Robie s by Dea. Hills\\nThe same day a road was laid out on the north side of X o.\\nIll 2d P., 2d D., (Robie s) west northwest to the reserve\\nthen 2D west on the reserve to Chester line. Chester laid\\nout a road, passing over Campbell s bridge to meet this,\\nSei t. 14, 1778. This was to give Candia peojdc a way to\\nCalfe s and Shirley s mills.\\n;March 20, 17U4. From the mecting-housc southwest\\nbetween the parsonage and school lots.\\nApril 17t)l). From Deerfield line to Jeremi;ili Ilcan s.\\nThe same day from Dea. Burpee s to Capt. Rrown s.\\n(The north road.)", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0745.jp2"}, "717": {"fulltext": "654 HISTOEY OF RAYMOND.\\nApril 6, 1770. From William Underhiirs to Henry\\nHalFs.\\nJune 30, 1773. Extended to Allenstown line.\\nCHAPTER XIX\\nHISTORY OF RAYMOND.\\nThat part of Old Chester which is now Raymond was\\nformerly called Freetown, and whatever is known about\\nit has been given in the history of Chester.\\nThe following is a copy of the petition for being set off\\nas a separate parish:\\nTo his Excellency Bcnning Wentworth, Esq., Governor\\nand Commander-in-chief in and over his Majestic s Prov-\\nince of New Hampshire To the Hon ljle His Majestie s\\nCouncil and the Hon ble House of Representatives in\\nGeneral Assembly convened\\nThe Petition of us, the su])scril)ers. Inhabitants of that\\npart of Chester Call the North Parish, or frcetown, Hum-\\nbly Sheweth That your Petitioners Living at such a great\\nDistance from the Town that they have no advantage of\\nthe Ministry nor School, Notwithstanding they have for\\nmany years Paid Their proportion to the support of Both\\nAnd The Town being Sensible That It would be Just for\\nus To be freed from that Charge, have at a meeting held at\\nChester, Jany. 2Gth, 17 03, Voted That That Part of the\\nTown of Chester Called the North parish, or freetown, as\\nmuch as is Laid out parrish form, shall be sett of as a\\nTown or parrish. the l)ounds of s north Parrish so CalP\\nare as fols. beginning at the North East bound of Ches-\\nter upon the head line of Exeter at a birch or maple tree,\\nbeing the bounds between Chester and Nottingham So\\nRunning South at 29 degrees West, bounding on Exeter\\nhead line five miles to the South East Corner of the Lot\\nNo. 30 then west northwest five miles, or so far as to con-\\ntain all the old hundred acre Lotts then north 29 Degrees\\neast. Five miles to Netting Line then on s l;ne to the\\nfirst l)Ounds.\\nWe therefore Pray That all the Lands Included in S", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0746.jp2"}, "718": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF RAYMOND.\\n65i\\nBounds, with all the ])olcs and Estates therein Contained\\nmay be Incorporated into a distinct Tarrisli iroiu tlic Town\\nof Chcsler, and Invested with the ^ame Powers and Priv-\\niledgcs That Towns in This Province are hy Law Intitled\\nto, and Tluit we may have Liberty To bring in a bill\\naccordingly.\\nAnd vonr Petitioners as hi Duty bound shall Ever\\nPrav.\\n:March Lst, 17G3.\\nI);mi( l .Tordcu,\\nDaniel irolman,\\nKli-lia Towlo,\\nJonathan l rowii,\\nSimeon IJoriy,\\niJsoali nioultou,\\nV Wadleigh Cram,\\nJoseph li-Igiles [Giles],\\nDaniel Lane,\\nEzekiel Lane,\\nDavid Lane,\\nNathan Moulton,\\nJo.-iah Fog^,\\nDaniel Clay,\\nStei)hon mardcn,\\nObadiah Griffin,\\nMoso.s Sanborn,\\nCaleb Kow,\\nKobert Page,\\nJohn Sweet,\\nDaniel TJobie,\\nJames Clay,\\nStephen Wilson,\\nJethro Batehclder,\\nBenj. AVhittier,\\nClement Dollof,\\nDaniel Gordon, iur.,\\nJohn (/ram,\\nAlexander Mel,\\nStei)hen Fogg,\\nIJenJamin Smith,\\nJames Fullonton,\\nSanuiel Cram,\\nJohn Stevens,\\nJonathan Dearborn,\\nBenia Bean,\\nCurtis Bean,\\nIsaac Clirtbrd,\\nPaul Smith ]\\\\Lirstou,\\nP\u00c2\u00bbenjamiu Prescott,\\nJohn Fullonton,\\n.lohn AVells,\\nJ(jhii Prescott Downs,\\nWilliam Todd,\\nTimothy Clough,\\nEzekiel Smith,\\nDavid Bean,\\nAlexander Smitli.\\nBarton Pollard,\\nDavid Bean, -Jr.,\\nNat haniel Ethridne,\\nThe etition was received in the House Decomber 1,\\n1T\u00c2\u00bb1-) an order of notice to be advertised in tlic New\\nHani] )sli ire (lazette. The petitioners hail leave to bring\\nin a bill, Ajiril 12, 1704. Passed the House May 4, and\\nthe Council May 1\u00c2\u00bb, 1704. Samuel Emerson, Esq., was to\\ncall the first meeting.\\nThe first meeting was held at the house of Benjamin", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0747.jp2"}, "719": {"fulltext": "656 HISTORY OP RAYMOND.\\nBean, iniiliolder, May 20, 17G4. Samuel Dudley was\\nchosen moderator Ezckiel Smith, parish clerk Benja-\\nmin AVhitcher, constable Caleb Row, Samuel Dudley and\\nRobert Page, selectmen Stephen Fogg, Josc})h Dudley\\nand Ezckiel Lane, committee to examine the selectmen s\\naccounts, and also assessors Josiah Fogg, Jonathan Dear-\\nborn, Josc[)h Dudley, Simon Barry and Clement Dollof,\\nsurveyors of highways Stephen Thurston, Jona. Dear-\\nborn, Joseph Smith, Curtis Bean, Samuel Philbrick and\\nDaniel Scribner, hawards James FuUonton, Nathl. Eth-\\nredge, Moses Whitclier and Joseph Dudley, tythingmen\\nJohn Swatt, John Stevens, deer mspectors Benj. Bean,\\nAlexander Smith, surveyors of luml)er John Smith,\\npoundkeeper.\\nVoted, the Pound be Iniilt between Benj. Bean s orch-\\nard and the mill.\\nVoted, the Selectmen be a Committee to run the Parish\\nLine.\\nVoted, that the first monday in march be the Day to\\nhold the annual meeting in the Parish of Raymond for\\ntime to come.\\nBUILDING A MEETING-HOUSE.\\nThey had a great deal of trouljle about locating and\\nbuilding a meeting-house, l)ut my limits do not permit me\\nto go very fully into detail.\\nJanuary 25, 17G8, it was voted to build a Parish meet-\\ning house for the public worship of God in said Parish.\\nEnoch Fogg dissented. They voted to raise .\u00c2\u00a3100, and to\\nset it somewhere near Avherc David Bacheldcr now lives\\nchose James Moore and Elislia Towlc a committee, and\\nauthorized them to purchase land, to build it as big as they\\nshall think proper, and to pay laborers two shillings and\\nsix pence per day.\\nAt the annual meeting, March T, 1TG8, an attempt was\\nmade to revoke the former vote, which failed.\\nApril 4, 1768, it was voted to revoke the former vote,\\nand to set it between Benjamin Bean s and the pound.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0748.jp2"}, "720": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL. OO i\\nSeptember 22, 17(38, a inolion to revoke the vole of\\nA])ril 4 was iieiiativcd, also ono to set off tlic southwest\\nj\u00c2\u00bbart of the parish to Chester oM ti\u00c2\u00bbwii. It was also voted\\nto sell i\u00c2\u00bbrivile,ii-es for j)e\\\\vs aeeordiuii to a jilau lr;iwii by\\nNieholas (iilniau of Exeter, and the jiroeeeds u o towards\\nbuilding- a house. A jieiition was sent to the General As-\\nscnihly to send a eonmiittee to loeate the house, whirli was\\ndone, and Mareh 2; ITii they reported that tlie westerly\\nend of lot Xo. .7, at a place called Sled Hill, would l\u00c2\u00bbest\\naeconimodate the parish, which report was laid on the\\ntable.\\nJune IT, 1770, K/ekitd Lane moved that it lie adopted,\\nbut it was ordered to lie foi- further eonsideratitui.\\nJuly -J, 17ii a niotion to set it there was negatived. It\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0VN as voted to choose a eoiuiuittee to build tlie house, lait\\nalso voted not to act any furtln r on it. The coimuittee\\nhad cut and hewn tindicr, and ]\\\\iarch 4, 1771, a conuuiuec\\nwas chosen to take cai-e of it.\\nMarch 1, 177-5, the (|uestion was taken respecting pa\\\\ing\\nfor cutting and drawing the timlicr; negatived.\\nA[iril 12, 17-V), it was voted, forty-three to fifteen, to set\\nit as near the centre as nuiy be, on a pitch-pine plain,\\nat the easterly side of Freetown pond. Nicholas (iihnan,\\nElisha Towle and E/.ekiel Lane were chosen a coiuniiiieo\\nto raise it, put in the window frames, underpin and shingle\\nit. It was to be thirty-live feet wide, forty-live feet long,\\nand twenly-(jnc feet post, and to Ije so far done in one year.\\nThe eomnuttee were to purchase tiic laml to set it on.\\nThere were fourteen who entered their dissent.\\nJiuic 1774, voted to revoke all former votes in relation\\nto setting the meeting-house, and to set it near the dwell-\\ning house wliere Stephen Clale now lives, on the great road.\\nThere were eighteen who dissented against setting it at\\nthat j)lacc.\\nBenjannn Cram, John Ihidley and Ibiberi I .ige were\\nclioscn a committee to build the nuH fing-house and jiur-\\nchasc the land to set it on. Seventy-li\\\\e pounds was V(jted\\ntowards building the house and i\u00c2\u00bbaying the old commiltec\\n42", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0749.jp2"}, "721": {"fulltext": "658 HISTORY OF RAYMOND.\\nfor cutting, liewiiig and hauling the timber in 1768. The\\nframe was to be ready to raise the first of October. There\\nTrere twenty dissenters. The frame was raised.\\nMarch 6, 1775, a motion was made to remove the mcet-\\ning-honse to some other place negatived. Also to set off\\na numljor of inhabitants to the old town also negatived.\\nThe house was not finished and January 4, 1779, it was\\nvoted to sell the frame to the highest bidder. It was sold,\\nand the timber used for a bridge.\\nAugust 29, 1785, it v/as voted to build a meeting-house.\\nA committee was clioscn to locate it.\\nFeptember 15, Voted to Set the meeting house on the\\nPlain nigh the senter, on the easterly side of the Ijranch on\\nmr. James Gorge s land, nigh the Road that leads across\\nSider fery. So called.\\nDaniel Xorris, Samuel Nay, Matthias Haynes, Caleb\\nSmith, Benjamin Cram, Levi Swain and Clement Dollof\\nwere chosen a committee. Two acres of land were to be\\nbought, and the frame put up, boarded, shingled, under-\\njjinned and clapboarded, and the window-frames and doors\\nput in. The committee vrere to build as big- as they saw\\nlit, and have it done by the first day of December, 1786.\\nThe house was set on lot No. 137, near the railroad, and\\nnear where Horatio Page now lives. It was raised June\\n14, 1780,\\nJune 28, 178G, voted to have pews built and sold, and\\napproj riate the money to finishing the house.\\nMarch 5, 1787, voted that the parish meetings shall for\\nthe future l\u00c2\u00bbe held in the meeting-house.\\nThe meeting-house stood very near the centre of the\\nparish, but in rather a by-place and surrounded by woods,\\nso tluit some one said that a meeting-house had l)cen found\\nin the woods.\\nMay 22, 1797, it was voted, fifty-one to thirty-seven, to\\nremove it on to the main road from Deerfield to Poplin.\\nFour hundred dollars were approjjriated towards paying\\nthe expense.\\nSeveral ineffectual attempts were made to reconsider the", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0750.jp2"}, "722": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL. 659\\nvote, and ])rotcsts entered against moving it. A large\\nteam from Kaymond and adjoining towns Avas collected,\\nand moved it OetoUer is, IT JT, to its present site.\\nA ngnst 20, 1 voted to sell the remaining pew ground,\\nfinish the house, and 1)uild porches.\\nAfter the Baptists had a society they claimed their share\\nof the house, Avliich created some confusion, and the Con-\\ngregational society, which had in 181G, procured an act of\\nincorj)oration, erected a new house in 1S:14. They divided\\nthe stock into forty-five shares of twenty-five dollars each.\\nThe old house l)ecame much dilapidated, l\u00c2\u00bbut has heen\\nthoroughly repaired for a town-house and school-room.\\nHIRING AND SETTLING MINISTERS.\\nJune 10, 1704, three hundred pounds, old tenor, was\\nvoted to hire jircaching, and the same sum in IT*! It was\\nalso voted that those i)ersons wIkj Ijelong to the Prcsliytery\\nshall l\u00c2\u00bbc eased of their rates. Tlie tax-lists, as far back as\\n1768, show that there were a number of persons who were\\nnot rated to pay the minister, and probably none were ever\\ncomjielled to pay, which shows great toleration for the\\ntimes.\\nThere is little to show who Avcrc employed for jtreachers.\\nIn 17 .Samuel Wel)ster, Solomon ]\\\\Ioorc and Tristram\\nOilman are i)aid for preaching. In 1708, ^iv. Gilnian in\\n1770, Jona. Searles 177-3, Mr. Wel)ster 1774, Mr. Web-\\nster, seventeen weeks, X24. Little or no money was\\nraised during the war.\\nOct. 1 1787, voted to give ^Ir. Stei\u00c2\u00bbhen Williams a\\ncall and offer him lifty pounds the ilrst year, and add five\\njiounds each year till it amounts to sixty-five ])oimds onc-\\ntliird part in Ijeef, pork, corn, or grain. It was voted to\\nIjuild a parsonage house and barn give him the use of the\\nparsonage lot to clear twenty acres of the lot, and give\\nhim twenty cords of wood annually. He did not acce[)t.\\nAug. 17, 1700, voted to give Mr. Thos. ^loore a call, and\\noffer him fifty pounds the first year, and add live pounds until", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0751.jp2"}, "723": {"fulltext": "G60 HISTORY OF RAYMOND.\\nit amounts to sixty pounds yearly the nsc of the parson-\\nage l)uikl a house and barn clear twenty acres and give\\nhim twenty cords of wood yearly. He did not accept.\\nIn 1791, articles of faith and covenant were drawn up,\\nand twenty-one names are ai)pcnded also the names of\\nJonathan and Mary Swain from the cluirch in Kensington.\\nRev. Nchcmiah Ordway preached as stated supply most\\nof tlic time from 1703 to 1707.\\nJuly 7, 1800, voted, to give Mr. Jonathan Stickney a\\ncall; offer liim two hundred dollars salary; give him the\\nincome of the parsonage build a house and barn dig a\\nwell and give him twenty cords of Avood. They were also\\nto clear twenty acres of the parsonage. There were\\nvotes passed for making great preparation, and ajipoint-\\ning Wednesday, Oct. 22, for the ordination.\\nMr. Stickney s health failed, having consumption, and\\nthe parish voted, Oct. 26, 1807, that the connection be\\ndissolved according to the result of council.\\nMay 25, 1817, twenty-three were admitted to tlie church.\\nJune 20, 1817, forty-four Avere admitted and it is said\\nin the cliurch. records that such a time we never saw\\nbefore. There is a list of memljcrs, Oct., 1817, containing\\none hnndred and forty-four names.\\nThe following are the subsequent ministers\\nStephen Bailey, from Oct. 1, 1817, to Oct. 22, 1822\\nSeth Farnsworth, Oct. -3, 1824, to 1834 Andrew H. Reed,\\n.Nov. 13, 1834, to Oct. 20, 1836 Anson Sheldon, June 28,\\n1837, to Oct. 15, 1839 John C. Pa^e, Oct. 6, 1841, to May\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07, 1851 David Burt, Nov. 5, 1851, to 1855 D. B. Brad-\\nford, Dec. 4, 1855, to July 23, 1858 George W. Sargent,\\nDec. 21, 1859, to Jan. 16, 1865; E. D. Chapman, Dec. 6,\\n1866.\\nFREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH IN RAYMOND.\\nIt is said that the first sermon preached by a Freewill\\nBaptist minister in Old Chester, was in the meeting-house\\nin Raymond, by Elder Jeremiah Ballard about 1802, fol-\\nlowed by Elder Randall sometime afterward. An account", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0752.jp2"}, "724": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL. 661\\nof llic organization and division (jC llic cluircli has licen given\\nin the history of Candia. A house of worsiiii) was liuilt in\\nRaymond in 182G. Elder Uirani Holmes was pastor until\\n18-)! Elder Tohias Foss, five years, ending in iSo^i\\nElder Josej)h Fullonton, the historian of Rayuiond, from\\n18.3;3 to the present time, Isill*.\\nPresent mcmhership, forty-two.\\nMETHODIST EPISCOrAL SOCIETY AND CHURCH IN RAYMOND.\\nThe legal society was formed Xov. 23, 1841, and was\\nmaintained as an organization imtil Dec. 30, 1848. During\\nthis [leriod the society worshijied in the town hall.\\nThe first l)oard of trustees, ajipointcd Dec. 30, 1848,\\nwere Samuel Poor, Dudley Lane, John C. Dearl)orn, Joshua\\nF. Lane, J. ISl. Fitts, David Grithn and John F. Folscmi.\\nThey had l)cen connected with other societies in the main-\\ntenance of ministers under the circuit system.\\nIn 1841 they erected a commodious house of worship\\ncosting al)Out -^1,500, exclusive of a ground story, used as\\na store.\\nThe following have hcen the pastors:\\n1847, Rev. A. C. :Manson and Kev. Silas Greene 1848,\\nRev. ]\\\\Ir. Loveland 1841 Rev, James Adams; 18r)0, Rev.\\nMr. Emerson, now in a Southern field 1852, Rev. G. W.\\nRogers, now deceased 18 )3, Rev. E. Mason 1855, Rev.\\nS. P. Heath; 1857, Rev. Charles Yomig 1858, Rev. L.\\nL. Eastman 18(KJ, Rev. X. L. Chase 18G1, Rev. N. M.\\nBailey 18G3, Rev. James Adams 18i)5, Rev. R. J. Don-\\nelson 18G7, Rev. G. W. Ruland, its present pastor.\\nDuring the year 18G8 the house of worship has l)ecii\\nrefitted and much improved, and the society has been\\nT)lessed with a revival, and (piitc a numhcr united.\\nThe ijresent membership, over one hundred.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0753.jp2"}, "725": {"fulltext": "662 HISTORY OF RAYMOND.\\nLITERARY AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY OF RAYMOND.\\nScJiools and /School-houses.\\nThere were probably no scliool-houses previous to the\\nincorporation.\\nApril 1, 1765, voted whether there should be school-\\nhouses built, and it Past in the negative. 1767, \u00c2\u00a3(jO voted\\nfor schooling; 1770, X80 1771, \u00c2\u00a335.\\nMarch, 1770, it Avas voted to build four school-houses,\\none in each quarter. John Dudley, James Moore, Ezekiel\\nLane and Robert Page were chosen a committee to fix a\\nplace, and say where said houses shall stand, and build\\nsaid houses.\\nIn 1781, voted not to raise any money for schools.\\nIn 1766, the selectmen charge for paying James Moore\\nfor Daniel True for schooling and boarding, X9 4s. John\\nDudley for Nathaniel kStillman, schooling and boarding two\\nmonths and a half, 48s. Abel Morse for schooling 1767,\\nAbel Morse again in 1768 again in 1770, for three\\nmonths, =\u00c2\u00a34 10s. Josiah Flagg, six weeks, c\u00c2\u00a32 5s. Ezekiel\\nLane for boarding him, \u00c2\u00a31 10s. Dr. Hodgkins taught the\\nsame year. Ezekiel Lane is paid \u00c2\u00a312 9s. lOd. for building\\na school-house in the southwest part of the parish. In\\n1786, Master Melville in the norihwcst part; Mrs. Nal)by\\nWelch in the southeast and northeast parts Master llob-\\ninson in the northeast and David Lane for boarding Mas-\\nter Calfe.\\nPrevious to 1800, the sum generally raised for schools\\nwas \u00c2\u00a345 in 1825, ^300 in 1845, by tax and literary\\nfund, $600 in 1864, 8800.\\nThe first Teachers Institute was held at Exeter in 1828^\\nat which Raymond Avas represented. In 1865, the town\\ngranted the privilege to individuals to finish the second\\nstory of the town-house (the old meeting-house) for a high\\nschool.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0754.jp2"}, "726": {"fulltext": "GRADUATES. 6Go\\nGRADUATES FROM RAYMOND.\\n1^27. David PilLsbmy was born in Raynioii l, lint after-\\nwartl livci] in Caiidia, and is chiinicd as a graduate of\\nCandia.\\nl^ -V.K El tridji c CJcrry Dudley, tlic son of ]\\\\Ioscs Dudley\\nand Xancy (Jliddcn, was Iiorn at Raymond Auuust l-i, ISll.\\nlie read law, o[tencd an olTicc in Hoston, and lias since died.\\n1840. .lolin FuUouton, the sun of Jeremiah Fnllonton\\nand Hannah Dudley, was horn at Raymond Auti ust 3,\\n1S12. lie tang-ht at Parsonsfield, Me., also at Whitestown,\\nN. Y.; studied divinity at Whitestown was ordained an\\ncvanu elist there l^eeame |irofessor in the above seminary\\nfrom 1851 to l8o4, and since then at Xew namj)ton. Dart-\\nmouth conferred the honorary dei;-rce of D. D. in lsr)2.\\n1840. Timothy Osu ood X orris, the son of James X^or-\\nris and Martha Osti ood, was Ijorn at Raymond Aug-ust lo,\\n1812. He taught at Hampton several years, and now re-\\nsides in Iowa.\\n1840. George A. l^lake, the son of Joseph Blake,\\ngraduated at Williams College, and Boston ^ledieal College,\\nin 18. )2 })racticed at Walfjole, Rollinsford, and Jjurlington,\\nIowa, and was connected with the sanitary service of the\\narmy, and continued till after the close of the war.\\n1S. )1. Luther Eastman Shepard, the son of Jesse Shep-\\nard and Mary Robie, was I)()rn at Raymond December 2S,\\n1820. He taught from 1852 till 1858; then read law at\\nLowell, Mass., and went into ]\u00c2\u00bbracticc there.\\n1852. Wilson Smith Abl)ott, the son of David Abbott\\nand Affii Smith, was l)orn at Raymond July 18, 182(). Ho\\nwas a teacher from 1852 to 1858; was commissioner of\\nschools, and president of the X^ew Hampshire Board of\\nEducation f)r LsiiO and 18i)l.\\n1855. Robert Wallace, the son of Jolm Wallace and\\nMary Currier, was born at Raymond in l ^27.\\n1S58. Josei)h Francis Dudley was born at Raymond\\nJune 11, I8o0. (See Candia graduates.)", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0755.jp2"}, "727": {"fulltext": "664 HISTORY OF Raymond,\\n1850. Calvin Howard Brown, the son of Joseph Brown\\nand Elvira Howard, was Ijorn at Raymond, October 19,\\n1834. He was a teacher, then read law at Boston, and\\nwent iixfco practice there. He was lost in the wreck of the\\nsteamer Melville, on the way to Hilton Head, South\\nCarolina, January 7, 1865, aged thirty.\\n1860. John Peaslee Brown, the son of Jonathan Brown\\nand Hannah Heath, was born at Raymond, October 12,\\n1833. He was a teacher from 1860 to 1862, then studied\\nmedicine graduated at Harvard ]\\\\Icdical School, and is\\nnow assistant surgeon in the insane asylum at Concord.\\n1861. David Henry Brown, the son of Joseph Brown\\nand Elvira Howard, was born at Raymond, August 17,\\n1836. He taught from 1861 to 1864 was clerk in the\\nU. S. quartermaster s department at Nashville, Tennessee\\nis now with Taggard Thompson, publishers, Boston.\\n1862. Gilman Henry Tucker, the son of Henry Tucker\\nand Nancy Dudley, was born at Raymond, January 20,\\n1836. He read law, w^as on the staff of the Governor of\\nNew Hampshire two years, and then went into the school-\\nbook business at Boston.\\n1863. Daniel Norris Lane, the son of Daniel Norris\\nLane and Hannah Lane, was born at Raymond, Scptemljcr\\n25, 1834. Ho was principal of the high school at Wey-\\nmouth, Mass.\\n1864. John Woodbury Scribner, the son of John Scrib-\\nner and Betsey Dearborn Page, v/as jjorn at Raymond,\\nMarch 7, 1S40.\\nJames W. Brown vras a senior at Dartmouth died De-\\ncember 22, 1864, aged twenty-three.\\nAbbie Scribner, daughter of Daniel Scribner and Ann\\nLangford, graduated at Holyoke Seminary in 1863, mar-\\nried Dr. James F. Brown, February, 1863,\\nPHYSICIANS.\\nDr. Francis Hodgkins came to Raymond about 1770, and\\nheld various offices in town. He married a daughter of\\nCapt. Joseph True, of Chester, He died October 8, 1812.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0756.jp2"}, "728": {"fulltext": "EARLY ROADS. 665\\nDr. Benjamin Piia;c Avas in Clu slcr in 1T7\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 ami in 17. 5,\\nLnt at some time lived in Kaymoml, on Xo. 1:J-, 0. II.,\\nand i-L (nnic(l to Chester, wlieie he lived nntil 17I -j.\\nDr. Jolui Pillsliury }n-aetieed from ITl S to 1S04, and\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\vent to Can lia.\\nDi-. rhineas Trull, from ]so:, to 180! ^vent to New\\nMarket.\\nDr. (Tiionias Iv. ]\\\\Icrrill, from 1S20 to 1823 went to\\nBooth Day, Elaine.\\nDr. Stephen Gale, from 1824 to 184().\\nDr. Stephen Drown, 1821 one year; went to Deerficld.\\nDr. Theudore Wells, son of Dev. Nathaniel Wells, 1829\\nafterwards settled as a minister at Barrington.\\nDr. I eter Y. Fry, 184(j to 18o,3, Avent to Oyster Bay,\\nLong- Island.\\nDr. John 0. Ilaynes, cclcetie, 1848 to 1857 lived in the\\nLangford distriet went to Deerlield.\\nDr. True ^I. Gould, l8. still in ])racticc.\\nDr. David Brown, hotanie.\\nDr. ?tl()ses L. Magoon, a native of Raymond, is a dentist.\\nTHE EARLY ROADS IN RAYMOND.\\nFreetown mill was huilt previous to 1728, when the lots\\nAvcre laid out, and a road eut out i rom Exeter to near tho\\nmill, on whieh the lots arc bounded, ^vhich was laid out by\\nthe selectmen of Chester, August 21, 1702.\\nSeptember 20, 1732, Chester voted that there shall be a\\nhorse-path or cart-path cleared from this meeting-house to\\nthe centre of the north parish.\\nMarch 10, 1748, Chester laid out from the Branch to\\nFreetown, and others Sc])temljcr 22, 1749, ^lay 1750,\\nJuly 8, 1751, April, 1757, October 18, 1757, June 12, 1759,\\nfrom Freetown to Dudley s Mill June 12, 1751 June D3,\\n1751 from Freetown towards Xottingliam June 14, 17G0,\\nfrom Jones pond to N^o. 89 and the main road. (Sec\\nHistory of Hoads in Chester.)\\nApril 11, 17b8, a road was laid out from near John Ful-\\nlonton s, by Stingy mill to Epjung line.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0757.jp2"}, "729": {"fulltext": "666 HISTORY OF RAYMOND.\\nJune 6, 1770, on Candia lino from Jacob Sargent s to\\nW. Clifford s.\\nDecember 25, 1770, from near Ezekiel Lane s, east,\\nsoutheast, on the reserve towards the Todd road.\\nJune 26, 1770, from near Reuben Whittier s, near Ches-\\nter line, to the Branch road.\\nMarch 4, 1771, from near John Dudley s, northeast to\\nthe road laid out by Candia, near Thomas Critchet s.\\nMay 20, 1772, from near Daniel Lane s, northeast, pass-\\ning Lane s mill, the length of No. 116.\\nOctober 2, 1772, the Oak Hill road.\\nMarch 6, 1775, and March 4, 1776, the Pond road from\\nCandia line, near William Clifford s, passing William\\nSmith Healey s and ])ctween E,o] crt Wadleigh s house and\\nbarn to the rangeway at the northerly corner of John\\nSweat s field, and on the parsonage and school lots, and\\nthe lot of Benjamin l^Ioulton and Henry Trasher, to the\\ngreat road that leads down to Freetown.\\nJuly 4, 1783, from tlie above road, across No. 100 to the\\nroad leading to the meeting-house, by Sider ferry.\\nFebruary 4, 1790, from Dr. Page s, No. 122, passing\\nNay s on the rangeway to Jones road.\\nFebruary 14, 1789, the Green road, beginning at Candia\\nline on the south end of No. 110, east soutlieast, to the\\nroad laid out March 7, 1785 then to run to the west end\\nof Samuel Nay s, where he now lives. This last probaldy\\nwas never built.\\nNovcmljer 7, 1792, from near David Lane s, across land\\nof Samuel Shaw and several lots, to the Jones road. This\\nis the present road from Lane s to the Centre. Before this\\nthey had probably passed di^wn the reserve on the road\\nlaid out December 25, 1770, to the road laid out from Dr.\\nPage s, 1790, which must have been traveled before laid\\nout, as Jonas Clay, and others, lived on or near it. The\\nMountain road is mentioned in the return of Oak Hill\\nroad, but I have not seen any return of it.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0758.jp2"}, "730": {"fulltext": "REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 667\\nVOTES PASSED BY RAYMOND RESPECTING THE REVOLU-\\nTIONARY WAR.\\nJuly 18, 1774, Joliii Dudley was chosen deleuMlc to\\nExeter to choose delegates to the Congress at I liiladelphia.\\nJanuary G, 1775, John Dudley and Jonathan Swain were\\nchosen delegates to Exeter to choose delegates to the Con-\\ngress at Philadelphia, on the 10th of ]\\\\Iaj.\\n]\\\\ray 1775, Jolni Dudley was chosen delegate to Exeter\\nthe 17th of ^lay, to a convention to ado])t and ])ursue siich\\nmeasures as may l\u00c2\u00bbe judged most expedient to preserve the\\nrights of this and the other colonies.\\nIt was voted to enlist ten able-bodied men, fixed with\\narms and ammunition, that they may be ready to g(; against\\nany violence or invasion, at any time when called for, and\\nCaj)t. I ^lisha Towle was chosen to enlist the men and that\\nthey should meet half a day each week, and to allow each\\nman one shilling per week, and Capt. Towle two shillings\\nper week Cai)t. Towle to have, if called for, three ])ounds\\ntwelve shillings per monfli, and each man thirty-six shil-\\nlings also to receive three pounds to purchase ammunition,\\nand fifty pounds to purchase provisions.\\nJuly 10, 1775, John Dudley, Jonathan Swain, TJcnjarain\\nWhittier, Ezckicl Lane, Denjamin Cram, Robert Page and\\nThomas Gordon, were apjiointed a committee of safety.\\nMay 12, 1777, Daniel Robie, Ithiel Gordon, and Joseph\\nDudley were chosen a committee to settle and affix the\\nprice of such goods and articles in said jjarish, according\\nto an act of court.\\nToted to raise 8000 or c\u00c2\u00a3180, to add to the l\u00c2\u00bbounty of\\nthose mCn who should enlist for three years, and chose a\\ncommittee to enlist them.\\nFeb. 2, 1778, voted to accej)! the articles of confed-\\neration adopted by Congress, except the -Ith, 5th and 8th\\narticles.\\nApril 20, 1779, voted to raise two thousand dollars to\\nhire five men to enlist during the war. Chose Capt. Ben-", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0759.jp2"}, "731": {"fulltext": "668 HISTORY OP RAYMOND.\\njaiuiii Whitticr and Capt. John Fdlonton to procure the\\nmen.\\nJuly 19, 1779, voted to give two soldiers one hundred\\ndollars per month, including state bounty and wages for six\\nmonths, and forty shillings of it in corn per month, at three\\nshillings per bushel for two months of the six and to\\nadvance ten pounds to each man for traveling expenses.\\nAug. 9, 1779, voted to accept the plan of government\\ndrawn u]) at Concord.\\nVoted to come into similar measures with Portsmouth in\\nreducing the prices of the necessaries of life, and chose\\nCapt. John Montgomery, Ithiel Gordon, Capt. Benjamin\\nWhitticr, Joseph Dudley and Jedediah Brown a committee\\nto report a plan.\\nAug. 30, 1779, voted to refer the regulating prices of\\nthe necessaries of life to the convention to be held at Con-\\ncord the 22d day of September, and chose Jona. Swain to\\nrepresent this parish at the convention.\\nMarch G, 1780, voted to allow Capt. Whittier s account\\nof XloO, for time, expense and depreciation of money pre-\\npaid to enlist five men.\\nJuly 6, 1780, voted that the selectmen be a committee\\nto purchase lieef for the su|)})ort of the army as ordered by\\nthe General Court. A connnittee was also chosen to hire\\na numljer of soldiers for six months, and also a number\\nfor three months.\\nAug. 27, 1781, voted to empower the selectmen to pur-\\nchase the beef cattle for five cojjpers per pound, and pay\\nfor it in merchantable pine boards at four dollars per thou-\\nsand at Freetown.\\nDec. 18, 1782, voted, twenty-six to one, not to have any\\ngovernor or privy council.\\nRATES OR TAXES.\\nThe earliest tax-list on the records is for 1768 and the\\nearliest selectmen s account is for 1766.\\nThe highest tax is Benjamin Bean s; parish, \u00c2\u00a31 15s.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0760.jp2"}, "732": {"fulltext": "RATES OR TAXES. 669\\nG(l. minister, lis. lod. provim-c, 10s. 4 1-4(1. Tlic |)ar-\\nisli aiuouiits to _\u00c2\u00a3i)o 17s. ^d. the minister to \u00c2\u00a321 4s. d.\\nand the province to C2 18s. 7 l-2d. there was due from\\nConstnlile John Fulluiilon, on. d.\\nIn 17 Josiuli FojiLi s is the liiuhest arish \u00c2\u00a31 17s.\\n111. province, los. niinister, lis. ^Id.\\n\\\\n 1774, John Dudley s and Josiali FoLi fr s were flu hijjli-\\ncst, and eijual province and county, Ss. od. parish, los.\\nId. meetinii diouse, Dudley, not taxed FoL: g, 8s. -Jd.\\nminister Dudley, not taxed Fo,u ,L!;, -Is. lOd.\\nIn 1777, Josiah Fogg s was the highest: parish, ill Is.\\n8d. state, 7s. 4 :M 1. war. Cs. d.\\nIn 177 John Dudley, Fsip s, is the liighesl first\\ncontinrntal, Clii 10s.; second, \u00c2\u00a31:1 His.; first slate, \u00c2\u00a30\\n7s. tid second, \u00c2\u00a3M 7s. tjd. jiarish, os. od. This was\\ndc])rcciatcd currency.\\nIll 17S(), liesides the same rates as in 177 there is a\\nwar-rate and a heef-rate. Josiah Fogg is again ujiin riuost\\nwar, \u00c2\u00a3;]:U lOd. heef, \u00c2\u00a31(*.. l. .s.\\nIn 1788, Jjcnjamin Cram is tlie highest: sfntc specie v\\norders, \u00c2\u00a31 Is. 8d. state specie, 10s. ;]d. state cci lilicates,\\nX4 lis. 4(1.; indents. 8s. Cd. school, i l Is. 8d.\\nminister, lOs. lOd. This was nn a sjiecie hasis, the old\\n])aper having hecome woi thless, and was t(, fie pai 1 in jiart\\niu state securities.\\nTlu jiaupers iu Ivayninud were suhl at auction as in\\nother jjhice.s. Iu the warrant for the annual meeting. 17i \u00c2\u00bb7,\\nis an article To Pass a oat to See whather tliat Henry\\nHood and his fiimily Shall I)e Set up to the Li.)\\\\vest Didder,\\nor him to have him tliat will ke( p hini CJieeiicst for the\\nyear insuing, and to he set up this niglit after the metting\\nt(,) a vaiulue. The vote jiassed.\\nMr. Flood was afterwards a Ivcvolutionarv soldier.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0761.jp2"}, "733": {"fulltext": "670\\nHISTORY OF RAYMOND.\\nL0NG51VITY IN RAYMOND.\\n[By Rev. Joseph FuUonton.]\\nSamuel reaver, Jan. 11, 1811,\\nDaniel Lane, March 28, 1825, nearly\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Sarah Pao-e, 1831,\\nMrs. Mary Wallace, 1831,\\nDaniel Norris, Oct. 13, 1835,\\nMercy Xay, Dec. 31, 1842,\\nMary Lovereign, June, 1851,\\nMary B. Poor, Jan. 18, 1852,\\nCol. Theophilus Lovereign, April 15, 1852\\nJacob York, Sept, 13, 1856,\\nPtuth Gihnan, 1859,\\nWidow of Daniel Norton, 18G3,\\nJames ]S[orris, Jan. 17, 1864,\\nJohn Bachelder, Jan. 26, 1864,\\nDavid Page, over\\n96\\n90\\n95\\n91\\n90\\n93\\n92\\n94\\n93\\n91\\n91\\n92\\n93\\n94\\n90\\nThe Rev. Joseph Fullonton lias for several years, as he\\nhas had leisure, been collecting materials and writing a\\nhistory of Raymond. He made the very liberal offer to\\ngive his manuscript to the town, provided the town would\\nprint it.\\nAt the annual meeting, 1867, the town voted to accept\\nthe offer and to give a copy to every family in town. Mr.\\nFullonton Vv^shcd some time to revise his work, and has\\ndelayed printing it.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0762.jp2"}, "734": {"fulltext": "ACKXOAVLKDGMKXTS.\\nAt tlic annual town meeting in 18G8, the town of Auburn\\nvoted to pay one dollar and (ifty cents for each and every\\nco})y of Chase s Plistory wliicli should l)e sul)seril)ed for I)y\\nthe iulKil)itants of the town, to lie deducted from tlie suh-\\nscri[)lion price. In August, 1808,1 issued a circular, invit-\\ning thi. natives of Chester, and others interested in the\\nhistory, in order to defray the expense of the illusti-ations,\\nto sutiscriljc and advance money, those advancing ten\\ndollars to liave one copy of tlic work, and those ad\\\\ancing\\ntwenty dollars to have two copies, and to have their names\\nand donations inserted in the hook. This circular has been\\nvery liliorally responded to, greatly exceeding my most san-\\nguine expectations, and the donors have my hearty thanks,\\n^lany of them being men of limited means, must in these\\ntimes of high taxation find it difficult to s[)arc the money.\\nWithout this liberality, the work could not have been\\nprinted without a heavy loss.\\nSUBSCKITTIONS IX CUKSTKR.\\nJohn AV. Xoyes,\\nTlioniJi^ .1. ]\\\\Ielviii,\\nWilliam Crawford,\\nIvaac Lane,\\nEpliridin Oirutt,\\nWilliam P. Undorhill.\\nBenjamin F. Underhill,\\nChark Cliaso,\\nJosepli W. Chase,\\nBarnard P. Robie,\\n$20\\n8tei)lii n Pingree,\\n810\\n20\\nJamr-s Hook,\\n10\\n10\\nDr. James F. Brown,\\n10\\n10\\n.Silas F. Learnard,\\n10\\n10\\nKdnnnid Slc( p( r,\\n10\\n10\\nTliram Ba-ford,\\n10\\n1\\nParker 3Iorse.\\n10\\n10\\nEdwin Hasellon,\\n10\\n10\\nFrancis llasclton.\\n10\\n10\\nClark B. Hall.\\n10", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0763.jp2"}, "735": {"fulltext": "672\\nACKNOWLEDGMENTS.\\nDr. Josiali I. Hall,\\na 10 Gc\\nJohn S. Couch,\\n10\\nAUBURN\\nGcovye S. Smith.\\nGeorgo I*. Clark,\\nGeorj^e G. (friffiu,\\nAmlicrst Coult,\\nBenjamin Chase, Jr.,\\nWeils C. Undcrhill,\\nPike Chase,\\nStephen Coult,\\n820 Georo-e Coult,\\n20 Charles C. Grant,\\n20 Andrew F. Fox,\\n20 Samuel Anderson,\\n10 David B. Dickey,\\n10 Olonzo R. Dinsmore,\\n10\\n$10\\n810\\n10\\n10\\n10\\n10\\n10\\nFrederick Smyth,\\nSamuel X. Bell,\\nBenjamin li. Chase,\\nWilliam 31. Plummer,\\nNoah S. Clark,\\nM A X C II E S T E K\\n820 Dr. Wm. W. Brown, $10\\n20 Jolni F. Brown, 10\\n10 Paschal Preston, 10\\n10 William W. Leiyliton, 10\\n10\\nCharles II. Bell,\\nEXETER.\\n$20 John J. Bell,\\n820\\nNatt Head,\\nHOOKSETT\\n820\\nHazen U. Undcrhill,\\nDavid Currier,\\nDERRY.\\n820 Charles Currier,\\n10 Eicliard Melvin,\\n$10\\n10\\nArthur B. Underhill,\\nn O s T o X\\n820 Orkxndo II. Underliill,\\nNASHUA.\\nGeorge W. Underhill, 820 Jothani D. Otterson,\\nDr. El)enezcr Dearborn, 10\\nHenry F. Fi-ench,\\nCONCORD, MASS.\\n$10 Simou Brown,\\n810\\nBOSTON II I O II L A N D S\\nGraham Hall, $10 Harriet Newell Hal], $10\\nHiram Hall, 10 Hazen Basford, 5\\nE I L E R I C A MASS.\\nEufus K. Underhill, 820\\n$10\\n$10", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0764.jp2"}, "736": {"fulltext": "ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, 673\\navasiiin ;tux citv\\nr.eiijainiii V,. Frcurli, ^i- U F. O. French, $10\\nU U Hv L V X N V\\nMrs. Cullionnc J. F. AVelN, sKj\\nI OItTLANl), Mi:.\\nhr. Rurus Sluirklbrd, sl i\\nI, Y X X MAS-.\\nluiiii F. Falten. -^lO\\ns i: V i i. i. i: m ss\\nSaiiuK l UinliThil!, =1\\np. (ISTUX n I C 111. A XDS\\nGi-aluiiii Hall (aiMiti Uial), M\\nI ri ixi:\\nDr. II(i-ra lUiniliaiii. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^M\\n(11 K s r r. i:\\nIsaac Lam; (additional;, il ::ii\\\\ Il.uri-uii Lauv. ^i\\nST. I. A I K 3n II\\nJolm C. Clark, si\\nI EKK K 1 I, L X Y\\nr.ciij;iinili KiltlV(lL;-M. l\\n1X I X X A I r OHIO.\\nEdnuin.l W. Killrol-c, .*M\\nII A r I xi; s M 1 XX\\nllrv. -Tohu W. IJay, .^1\\nV i: M i;oK E\\nXancy II. DiuUcy.\\nr. A 1. Ti M OKI; :\\\\i I)\\nWolls Cliapc. \u00c2\u00ablo\\nn I c A o I r. T.\\nAllVoil ITall. two (lay taking view.-, al- t paid for use of instm-\\niin iits and printing 8lo,\\n43", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0765.jp2"}, "737": {"fulltext": "ERRATA.\\nTiic following errors have l)eeu discovered, which the reader is desired*to\\nturn to and correct\\nPaOi-: 28 Top line, for Ephraim Elliot, road Edmniid.\\ni 4th lino f;om the toj), read Samuel Emerson and Lemuc\\nClifford.\\n168 Eor the year 1741 read I.\\n196 tii\\\\ line from the top, for two hundred acres read two hun\\ndred and fifty acres.\\nrJS 5th piiragraph from the top, fur Peb. 13, ISOS, read June 2,\\n1836.\\n204 4th ])arag raj)h, for TwcQiK nron read IMcQ^icston.\\n;2 JG 12th line from rhc hotlom, for No. Eleven in Chester, read\\nKo. Five. 4t!i line from the hottom, for No. Fifteen, rcai\\nNo. Five in Auburn.\\n2 .(S 2d line from the to-), for B. Chase, read B. P. Chase. ITth\\nline, for Xo. Five, read No. Six.\\nZOri \u00e2\u0080\u0094For Luther V. Bell, graduated 18^2, read 1823.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2j:.-; l-:;;;, Ii;i from the top, for lSo4, read 1708.\\n:;43 18th line from the l ottom, for Lucy S., read Lucy L.\\n;,7; 14th line from the bottom, for Joseph Longc, read Longc.\\n;-;8 19th name, for Reuben Din^more, read Di:non.\\nJSi) -Ist line from the top, for I\\\\lead R., read Ned R.\\n453 For Zaccheus CliiTorl, Constable, read Zachariali.\\n477 IGth line from tlic bottom, for John Brown, d. at Nev.-bnry-\\nport, read Bangor.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i j^, 8ih line from tlie bottom, rc: d Dee. 3, 18i)l, instead of 1SI4.\\n512 22d line from the top, for 1709, read 1759.\\n57.1 9i:h line from the top, read 1825, instead of 1S24.\\n582 2d line from the toi), read Beeman, instead of Brummer.\\nG23 9th line from the toj), for Abigail llanlton, read naselton.\\n2d line from the bottom, for Simon Currier, read Simeon.\\n10th line from tlie lioltom, read Linn, instead of Lenn.\\n037 17th line from the fop, insert is between Oilman and paid.\\nG72 Erase Iliram Hall of Boston Highlands.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0766.jp2"}, "738": {"fulltext": "A DDENDA\\nPa.irc 307, insert\\n1847. Suiinic! X. T...;!! f;railiialed at Dartmouth. (Sec Boll faniilv, i-.a^-f\\n.:70.)\\nPaj^e 444\\nThe l)uil(Iii)- now nsod as a wood-hoa.sc, etc., liv Eenjnmiii Wil.--Mn, was a\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.volli io-hoiiso, anil prolj.il) was biiilt y .Tolii! Karr, ]in vi( i ,s tu 1740. The\\ni /oriniis aru sj;!it out au l not .-vawed. Jolin Karr has two uiiils on li s inven-\\ncry in 1741, r,n l if tliore h;- l h^ en a mi!! wlien the lionse v,:;-^ lv, .i!r, t le\\njoriays wotilil hu\\\\j h. r;i sawed, not sjjht. TIiO lionse v.-as used, as a. L;;u ri:-ori.\\nj-lierc are some vestiges of^ui Indian encampment by tlic side of the niill-])ond.\\ni ai^e 1 ar!)i);-n Heath, w!io-?e name iVciiuentiy aupeirs oa the arniy-\\n.o!ls, was a son of Kiijali Ileatli.\\nIhige 582\\nJo-SKi M R(.M!!:;soN- eaiiie y:: m TJrookline, ?Jass., and wa,s a saddKn* hy trade,\\nlie purehased Dr. Benjamin P;ij;-e s piaee al)0ut 17 .i2, and set out and j;rafted\\nthe orehard, V, hieli wa-; tlic lir^t orcharil of a considerable i/.: evL-r vv-holly\\ncrrafred in Chester. It lias been very produetive.\\nHe m. Oiir dan. of ])ci. John S. De.u-l) )ni, July 2o, 1790. He d. Dec.\\n1S.j7, a. 8 ,t years ;nid G rafinths. Clnldren\\n1. b. 17;.ll.\\n2. Sii.^ii,iii/i, h. 17;)2, m. Pcier Iiaselton d. Slareh 2;), IfG?.\\n3. J in:..^, b. 17; 4, live ii! Ki;nsin;;-toii.\\n4. fury, b. 17 in. T ljeiuzer. son of Cajit. Stephen Iliils.\\nC ^ir ri /J., b. 17 uani., in C lester.\\nG. OV/; d. youn-.\\n7. Ctr i:i b. l )4, d. u:i;a.\\n8. Jo- h. 1S09, uniu.\\n.^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0aire 5S\\nRonmrr Buxnki.s wa at; uarly settler, pvoi)ahly tlie lli st iuK; on Xl. L.\\n15.;, where TVoodbm-y v.Iaster lives. I!e had a son li .lcri wlio lived on Add.\\n:-.o. 40, nearly oppr-i;- the l.rieh ^rhlHJ-ho:i:\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2. He d. 1 a. tc. ilo u:.\\n!Sn.s:;una hhn-iiald. Children:\\nMolly J i;i Williain Owen. b. 179i), lived in Caadia he and a dangh-\\n;er d. of s!!iai:-j ox in is;;,!. The Rev. Tliom.is P. P.eynoM.-, wlio wa.s .-^eleet-\\nman of C!; s;;r in lS5o and 1S57, was his son.\\nPaso G22\\n1793. Jolm Knowles, sen., d. 3Iareh 2G, 8. J\\nPa;:j:e G24\\n1S2G. Abigail, widow of Moody Chase, 82", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0767.jp2"}, "739": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0768.jp2"}, "740": {"fulltext": "b\\nb\\nI X I) K X\\nAr.\\\\i FMV\\n:ni l town linii- r.\\nAccounts 14. Is. 7 T\\nto jTinliMl 1-:;\\nvari.Mi.- Il i\\nAliii ii..ii\u00e2\u0080\u009e- ]-v..\\nAsN .ri.itii.ii [v^\\\\ i:;i\\nAiili l;i\\\\ iiN .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:!i, I, -I\\nAiibuiii m;\\nsoMi, i\\notlicors iCO\\nlV\\\\Tri,i: itf Li xiii^ t.Mi, :U.-inn at 1: J\\nI .aiitisi- :;iT. r,ii. ir.o\\nn-.u-U mills .(?t\\nlias-, viol\\nHiviii i.orri.JL, .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Mill liark V Ki-olli tl.\\nHi ars loT\\nliclls i.-l. 1.-.-,. ii;i. n;.-,. II\\nA II I in ni 47\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0;in l,.i ly.-r.\\nniai-^csiiiitlis l:;i\\nlloois. ^Ii.i san.l in .^s 4-0\\nJirow II. KiioK (1:11111 sill I lo\\nniirvini; u l oini.I. I l. li^ii. lln. k;- is.\\n1-.-,. is.\\nCANiiiA. voti ii otr. lie. lis\\nIti-t.i-or .:;;o\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iroiii- 111.1. liiiii s JID, 417. 41\\nC.i .-i i/ 1 ii l;i:i;i. surv.jv I ll :;_ Ill\\nCliart,-,- i;l\\n-1 i :iri~li.s\\nClinr.li roiiM./.l 7i;\\nchii-s. .l. t.i .vii. r.i- iiicii aii l lioof. ..117. 1 l:i\\nClo.-ks 4:o\\no. i :;ii:. laint l aii-1 i, raiitL il to. Ai\\\\. 7i;\\nCiiiili .i.iMtioii. avrirl.j-; of. I4II, i: i.c;i:;7\\nCon:-uiuii 11 oi ,-\\\\v Maiiiiisliiro, 101,\\nI.V.. i.-ii-,. ii;;;, iss, ilhi.\\nFf l. ral l. -,4\\nConvon i M lor lonniii a ;;ovoniuic iit,\\nll i. 1 i4s. i.-,().\\nt l n ;4ul:tlo priiT;;... .14l 144, (mI, r.r.\\nConjiois 4. .:i\\nCouiitii-s li;t\\nXow 177. 1:hi\\nCount V iiinn l;iii\\nCourt li -ilse 17.%. 17:1, isi\\nCoviiiati Iiall-wav\\nCunviiry \\\\-,:i\\nDa::i; ilav 140\\nDi-cil. IViiu. f to Dmllcy\\nWiii ohvri^ ht to I.omlon lcrry 1.\\nPimm- iiisi .tors. 417\\nl i_ linijiiriir iirojiricrors 77\\ni (i.uti. s.iio..;..n iji). y.n, r.v2\\nDcrrvtiil l votcilorV. Ill\\nliii.- Ifir,\\nveil.- 412\\n1 1; I. V .si?t t Icrs I o .11. |ri\u00c2\u00bb\\nliow tliiv liveil 1i;j\\ni:irili(pia!;e 114\\ni;.:clvsiastical :;iri\\nCoiit, i i, ^;atioiial. .l. in Aiiliiirii.\\ny4. i; ill (/.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iiwlia. yj t in l;ay-\\ninoii l, i; ;i.\\nProslivtriiaii m. !ii\\nIJaiili.sr, ::47; in Camiia, iMI in\\nItavnioml. r,.;ii.\\nTtlitlioilisl, k in Aiiliiim, :)s;\\nin Caudia, 041; in l{:i\\\\ iiioiiil,\\n(T.I.\\ni:.r--nof;;r..\\nKiiiliar^,\\n?,-r,\\nlOH\\nl.sl\\ni ifi.T) (Iriv\\n44K\\n!a\\\\\\n41S\\nii-sl .si-llliT.-J. L o-no. .-,.i;i; ill tin.. L,,ii^\\nMeu lows, I .il: in amlia, .00,\\nOiij.\\ncliiM. in; in Caivlia Onr,\\ntwins 014\\nliou.se 41:!, 1:1\\ni-aw-ii ill. L L in -.ni lia, J!^ :ii\\nKaviiiouil, J ii.\\nKrist-iiiill 7\\niiirL tini;;-li iiisi. .|7: iiii .unlia,\\nin Kavnioml 050\\nIiark mill 4-. 4\\nfulliii;: mill J41\\ncanlin;, machine .Mn. 417. 4IS\\ncookini, -stovo U2\\numlirclla 4:\\nlie.arso l. ^O\\nwa;:oii 4 H\\nFla laiKl giantu i 1 41\\nmarriages\\nFlip :t.jii\\nFreetown. Du.lley .s .lee l of .ll\\nCoinmissitm a.s town innjor of. il 1\\nmill 2.50\\nvotciot^-. no\\nSettleliieiit with 117\\nGeNKAI.iiiiv 402\\nAiken 402\\nAml.id.se, Amlers.n 404\\nAiwin 465\\nJJa.lsrer. Ilasfonl 40.5\\nr.arllell, Jtacli.Mi r. Kean 4riT\\nI5ell 40.S\\nHerrv 471\\nWake 4T2\\nBlanelianl 47.3\\nHla.s.l.-ll 474\\nBoi.l. Kr.a.lley, iira lsliaw, lirml- __\\nstreet 47.5\\nIJliuit, I rown, 476", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0769.jp2"}, "741": {"fulltext": "678\\nINDEX.\\nGkxkai. x^v n. ickGtt, Buttcrliekl,\\ni!ir. U V. iJunicc -i^- i)\\nBii.-v.cli Wi\\nCillib I^l\\nC;iMi.liel!, iy.)\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ii;ist\\nCiiirk i .ii\\ni;!mv Jli^\\nliilfinl, Ci-viliy\\nCr.-i\\\\vt;.i-ii. ..A\\\\ y-\\n:ril\\\\-ljft A JO\\nCromliio, Crosctt, r:. i)\\nCurrioi .V l\\nPuvis. DalfoM, Dickey, Dearborn,\\nDi- X ter, Diusiaore oOD\\nDoShy, Dii ;!cy 511\\nJliuibip, Dusiiu Tiiy\\nJCatoii 514\\nK!lii t. 515\\nJuircrsiiii 5!l\\nKni-L-v 51,s\\nFit M. Fitts 51!)\\nFl. Lg t 5-_ l\\nFills.. ill 5L 2\\nFi)i-s:vif li r -Ji\\nynr-s. Fnwlcr, Frviich i S~)\\nFulluiilou 5l\\nFaiton 5.!i)\\nGrii,w. Gmi.i I, cJaiilt 5:i0\\nGilrhrisi: 5;;i\\n0!, n. (iir)!!mo 5:!;!\\nG!i.liii/n, (luri i;)!], (iraliiuu 5ol\\nGrfeiinii;.;h 5. .5\\nGrilliii 53G\\n}l:i!l 5:\\n]i;;rri?:i:i!i, I!iise!ti;ie 51\\nl\\\\ rM 542\\njiealov 54:;\\nDuiirli. liills 544\\nHoit.. 54S\\n]I Mh;: ui:s 51i)\\nIl L;all;-; 5U\u00c2\u00bb\\nJack 550\\nKarr (me Ciirr).\\nKil.-hrist {see Gilchrist).\\nKci;v 550\\nKiiiilKill, Kent, Kittri lge 551\\nKlHiwlew 552\\nLnne 55:i\\nLinn 555\\nhea1:-!i, hi:iil, j^ocko, Lniiy 55(;\\nLiill^iu 557\\nT.Iarliii 557\\nJfarileii. .Ma rsliall. .McCieiito 5r,S\\n]Vii rl;:l!o!i. .MeChirc 55 .l\\nlleDiiHee 5i;0\\nl\\\\U i a.ii; :i(l, MeFersoii 5ii2\\nBh-CJee, ^ScMaster. :sri-Mun liv.\\n}.U-,i uh;y ;.5G:i\\nMelviii....; 5 ;4\\n]\\\\[ervill. ;\\\\Iiller 5(;5\\nWills. .Aioi so r.cc,\\nMoore 5(;0\\nMorrill. .MiuHdii, .Murray .571\\nNorl.oii. Niitt 572\\nOrr, OtUa-sou 572\\nPatten 5;;!\\nPierce. Poor 574\\nPow el, i illsbtiry, Prescott 5r5\\nPre.-snii :;.7(;\\nQnaMf.on 5j;\\nQniiii ov 5i7\\nHaiii!, Richarilsoii 577\\nKol.le 57!)\\nKowe. Pon-el 1, Kussell 5s:!\\nSaiiliorn, Sargent. .5nI\\nScriliiier. Heavey, ^ovoraiicc 5s7\\nSliiimiyiij Sliuekforcl 5S8\\nG E NE A T.OG V SI la w. Sli! rle v 5sn\\ntSilsby .51)1\\nSilver, Sieeper 5:i2\\nSmith \u00e2\u0080\u00a25 .i;\\nStickiiey, Sweetser .5o7\\nIVauplet.on 5!t7\\nIViniey. Toilil, Tolfonl r, M\\nI owlc 5;\\nTownsciiil, J nie i01\\nTurner, Tvler i2\\nITnaerhill. !;n2\\nVarnuni .kh\\n^Vall(K\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ll, Wasoii IW\\nWebster tilO\\nT\\\\ ceks G12\\nWells, West iii:i\\nWhite (514\\nWhittier, Vt ils .n i;i5\\nWithersiioon, Wood 01!)\\nWorlheii f.20\\nGovermnent, pLan of, 140, 145, 148, 150,\\n151.\\nGovernor and Lieut. Governor, farm\\nvoted, fl, 24; laid out 39\\nGraduates, SO:!; in Candia, G4G; Kay-\\nmond, GC3.\\nGrammar school, iisdictment for not\\nbavini: 120\\nVoted not to have i:;2. 045\\nGr.ant of Cheshire 7 to 10\\nGrantees, scliciiulc of. 22\\nNotice of 45 to 51\\nAlphabetical Kst of, and their\\nlots 53\\nHale, Rev. Moses, ordination of 7G. 77\\nDismission of. 78-80\\nHalf-way covenant \u00e2\u0096\u00a0J:!^\\nHarrytown 101-1 12\\nHats 434\\n}lav\\\\vards or tie!d- irivers 448\\nilaverhill line 10-13\\nPeople to make their own wav. 19\\nCut oft from iJC 0, 502\\nHearses 180, 189\\nHighways, (see roads) liU\\nHogreeves 443\\nHooksett, i)etilions for, 15, 101, 1G3,\\n170. 178, 179.\\nHou.ses, dates of 443\\nT ;niA :s\\nIndustrial.\\n.09, 100, 107, .503\\n409\\nIn llie ord.or in which they occur\\nin the i ook\\nKesidences 40!)\\nStoves 410\\nllaKer anil Dutch oven 412\\nIM.afches, j.ails. spoois 413\\nScanty livi;ig, tish 414\\nP.ean porridge, baked i.unipkins, 4!5\\nClothiiii, -10\\nCarding niacbines, and woolen\\naTid lin(Ui 410-423\\nTanning and shoes and boots,424-42G\\nPlows, shovels and forks^. .420-428\\nAVagons. transjiortation miliorso-\\nback, snow-shoes 4J. -430\\nBlacksmilhs, scvllies 4:;i-4. 2\\nro(ii)ers, bars. 4: .3-4;iG\\nPotash, clix ks, umbrellas.... 430-4.39\\nAccounts 440\\nDales of houses 443\\nFires 445\\nTrees 44t!\\nInventorv 93, 2.59-207\\niron nmdeat Deerlield 429\\nIron works at J.Iassabosic 34\\nInsane asylum 183", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0770.jp2"}, "742": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n070\\n,11 M:!ls, luu, _;,,\\nWhi:.^ II. ,11. Il.-.i,rs i:i ;:.,rv i\\nIk}., ll.ill. .Maiiin.WliittiL-i-. .Mi .r-\\n^tr.llU\\ni.AN-I -ivni in. 11,-\\nL;i\\\\VMii! II, !i). lii\\nwill, Uu.IIlv II\\nS;in.|..vvn\\nK... r\\nL..N.|..!i I.Ti-v \u00e2\u0080\u00a2_\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.-\\nLe:itli.-r. IS .if I.-\\nLexiiii:l :i iMlr .ihiriu :il\\n.S..1.;,. IS :it. I.c [\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.d 1 .I.\\ni.,il rur\\\\ I \u00e2\u0096\u00a0iiiii I. .7\\nMl, I ll lM.,l::lLi.|ui-f II-\\n^illL-S. I. -111. -Ill\\nj;.\\\\-.-;..T r..i\\nJ.Mi|.loii.|,Ti-y\\nKiiijj^li-.vii I M iu\\\\v\\nTmi- ~im\\\\mi \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I .Mtisii.il sn,-iclv.\\nLitcravv l,i-i tv\\nL,i li,^ liii:i :.n\\\\ 1.. li.i\\\\c 11. lil e.ii-liiiit. I N \\\\1 l.s, rii;, lii:inur;i(.-!liri..il L lL .j\\n|l....k-s I l,-;..,\\nJ ...-M-.v II. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0.ih\\niii :,ii.li:i\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ill.i;.-., ili-il.-s.\\nIt. Ihill s, M. i,|ls, (i. 11.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ii .s, L l;i; Kii..ul. ...r\\ni:!ii,-;s..ii s. L .-ii.\\nill 1; iviii 1. i- r. i-|..\\\\vn, L ii;\\nl;, 11.. I,. |.ll.l!,.\\\\- ,l,,|\u00e2\u0080\u009e --,1;\\nW.ill:, l. i.li. iI.iiiV. CliivV-,\\nhi.h, I. .-1,11. 1 IlallV\\nMiuis|.-i:-.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .I..I1M Tii.-k 7J\\n.M- ,-s III!. T!--.i\\nliiaciliv Wliiti- M\\ni;i.L-iie/. ..-l- Flit, ^1\\nM\\nxits, l:r. ill.; ..iit\\nTal.l.\\nJ1..IU..\\nA. I .:.:,l\\nUl.l il.lM II- I.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J IV, 1 1\\n:5.| I\u00c2\u00bb\\n4t!. 1). ,ii..l.Mli I).\\nClh L\u00c2\u00bb\\nI.\\n.I r.T. i.:.s, I.-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:;s, .-ii-lv iiiilii.-iry\\nI .MUi, 117, -l.j.!; in Aulniiu...\\nMai r;irri;4:i ill s l\\nCor l!...- lii.^t.irv J.\\n.Uceuiii,-!.. 71.7;, 7. 7. Ln;, Ki\\n11:1, 1-1, 1-1.\\ns..iiii.- :;j:;\\nPiv-.l.v!en:.ii, Oi), i:.J, l. (l, i:.7. Iwl,\\n:;i7.\\nI V \\\\i; i!i:s. i..,lifi,-;.l\\ni r...i, .lai. .i i7i\\nI II -....I;. l!n lir-i i.:i:li an.) tiMiii I.),\\nr.:nii..iis. i .1\\n.;..iiii f.-iiii- 2\\n7 1 !.-iii. iii l{iiL;!ii s 1. i. 7-i\\nI r. .11 -.i\\n;i r.r .livi liii, ih.j iMi-i.-li 1 /i\\nI |-,rs..|.li..i.s I..10\\nt. s \u00e2\u0096\u00a0ftlif iijii.i-r uii l, I. li l.\\nh;:;, 17.;, 17^, i, ;i.\\nrii l.-i:iiis 311\\nin Kayiii-iii l (^irJ\\nPlans Ml |.,ts oi.i-ol\\nI .r an- i,:.:.-! ill s map J, Ii; i\\nt .r !hi- iiiaj\\nI L.v.s 4 r.\\nSi-.-ii i l i; .iii;;r.* a(iiii;al 1--. .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0!7 I it, an. I [iaiii..--iisiii.\\nI .ll tist.\\nr..::i.~)i\\n17.;. 178, ir.\\nM..;)i...1l-;. in raii.lia. ri.iin.l .s:i, l-T\\ni; ill l;a;, iii.iU i, C. t.iwanls Siiiic.i.ik I .ii\\nlilitaiv at U ivin.iti l 0\\nKaiiv ,.lli...M-s .i;^ Pri.-. s iv-iiI.UlmI 14J, 1\u00c2\u00ab, f. iir.s\\nl-i.iMi.Ts ill FfcikIi aii l In.liaii I liiiii.Uins l.alco.l 41.\\nK- .Ti:.s or taxes \u00e2\u0096\u00a0j. 7\\nill ICa\\\\ iii.iiiil r.r.S\\n111,1 III ].:.i l ill iiri iliiL ._ l:i;I\\nliuMiMiiil viitci .itf. m;, 1)7\\niii. i.irv .if o:.i\\nW.llS\\ni;. v..i.,iii.iii\\nH,jl..;lii.i|l. il.jslcT. vil.-s,\\n:;;i.i; .Vuiinn, :;:i:!. v..!es,\\nill .iiiili.i, I ll l:aviii.iii I. -Mi;,\\niills, l.iivil... .s iMi:t._ .l 1. li.Tni .ls. .l.ll.li. It. 1\\nr. .Ml- l,.r. 1 I l;.,i)!v.-.- iil:i;ivc ..-allc 1 fur am I n-iurtcii.\\n.I..:,.i .viKi ii 7; 7-liil.\\n.1 iliii .MiMuipIiv ss, II,-, cIm.s. Ii 10:i-inj\\n,r..! Ill (a lie ss nut t.i tr.jat I.;.\\nli.--.:ri[.ii.iii ..f J.- insirii. lf.l 110\\n]Ii-t.iry .if. L in cii. r.t. r 4. .S\\n0\\\\ i saW-iiiill L in .Viiliiirn 4i;i\\nAikfii s ._ 7 pL Vi iiii,-, surjilus l-s7\\nlias. Iti.ii s J. s li.ia.ls, lli-torv of. i:il\\nCairV, .M.;I utr.:-.; s \u00e2\u0096\u00a0.i Walnut liill, I .M, l: l, I l-. J H, ii;)\\nNmfs ..i- ;r.ist!tf.s\\nSlia.-kf n-.Ts. W.irtli. n s, U. Hills 1\\nr.vn. ii Hills It.isf. r.r.S\\nJ. KiL.wl. .s- TowK .V Siii-\\nI. .ni s, .Mi-.Miiri,liy d or Wcli-\\nX V Ii. .-uli irii s i::;s\\nCal.-I. II ill s\\n.ill. c niaiii-liar.rs l II\\nC! ii-:; ur;\\n1 I,.iii.l iiiil rrv 1: ll s, -jo.-,. ^j;\\ni,i Sni.l.iu II, i:i_ l;il, l;ni, _iii, ;:i.i;\\ni;i7, :-jii.\\nto KavM.n 1 l.v Laii.j*.s. ITO, 104.\\n1:i;i. Jlo.\\nl.v 111! ItiMiicli 1 :i. 11, -Ti;!\\nIV.iin il..|ni.. -Mil. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0J07, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0_ I ll. L Jl\\nM is-:iii -i. l;.i;, l: 7. L n.s\\nIVima k I ll. I;i7\\nt 1 (/ill ual I. an.; i:, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0_ .iO, I lj-,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0771.jp2"}, "743": {"fulltext": "080\\nINDEX.\\nEoad, bv the Boron g!i 2n0, 2f)n. 208\\nover Bunker liill 205, 208\\nat the Long Woadows, Kif), IOC,\\nlOS, 200, 204, 20r 20(5, 207, 208,\\n20;\u00c2\u00bb, 210, 211, 220,221.\\nto DerrytieUl 201 204, 211\\nto Poplin 199, 201, 205, 209, 21S\\nHall s Village 198, 199, 200\\nto the saw-mill 193, 201, 205\\nChester turnpike 213, 2in, 2V.)\\nLondon ierry turnpike 210, L 19\\nto evade Kobie s hill 212, 217\\nto Jlanchester 219, 2-iO\\nJ. Blanchanl s jietitio!! lor 17\\nS.Dearborn s 220\\nB. Fill s 13\\nGideon Georgia s 212\\n.T. B. Sanborn s 220\\nJ. Moore s 219\\nH. Willey s 218\\nCross-roads in Chester 199-221\\nRoads in an iia 204-210. (ioL\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Kavuiond 201, 205-210. CG5\\nHo oksett, 197. 208, 210, 211,212,\\n221, 222.\\nSaora MKXT T. occ. -.sions 33G\\nSafety. Conraulfee of, 130. 140, 144, G50, 0(;7\\nSchools, lots ajiproiiriated for 10\\nLots to be sold l. )5, 100\\nDistricts 104, 1G8, 180, 288, 292\\nHistory of. 272\\ninCaudi;i 044\\nin liayinond C(i2\\nScythes 4. !2\\nSeating the nieeting-honse 3l 3\\nSelectmen s book 110 i W.\\nSelectmen, list of 4. G W;\\nin Auburn 4( )1 W\\nSettlers, lirst 25-^30 ^,y,\\np:arly 4G\\nShovels 4-.;7\\nSinging 319-.325 W.\\nSnowshocs 430 AV\\nSocietv for settling the Chestnut conn- i\\ntrv r 1,2.4.5 W\\nMoral Kefbrni 354 I W\\nSociety, Temperance .358-.3G()\\nAntislaverv 363\\nSoldiers .70, lOG, 108, 130, 131, 139\\nin the French war 36G\\nin tlie Uev(dutiou 37\\nin war of 1812 383\\nin Itebellion, .38G; Auburn, 303;\\nCandia, 401 K.aymond, 40G.\\nStages 26-\\nStocks built 105\\nSuncook grant 41\\nTaulr of grantees and tlieir lots 55\\nInvoice 259,20^\\nProportion of taxes 20^\\nCensus, inventory 264-2C7\\nSchool mouey 30.\\nTanners 42\\nTares 25 1\\nCongregational 3\\nPresbyterian 3-1\\nliayniond tiOi\\nniiiv be pnid in produce 2t 1\\nTempletdn, Matthew, skull broken 151\\nTemperance 327, 339, 352-3\\nTools, edge 005\\nTod.ly \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J\\nTown ofiicers 447, 4.j.-\\nAuburn 4i;o\\nTurnpike. Chester 1G7, 211\\nLondonderry 21G, 2b\\nTyngstown\\nTy thingi uen 45\\nUmbrellas\\n,43 J\\nACiOXS 42S\\nashingtou s funeral services ICi\\natt s Psalms to be snng 32^\\neatlier, rem.arkable, 1 20, ]4G, 152,\\n159, 1G5, 109, 170, 172, 173, 181,\\nISO, 188, loo.\\nells, Thomas, killed\\nhipping and stocks .0-5\\nilson, ilev. John, laud granted to. 41\\nolvcs 94, 154\\norkhouse voted 117, 179, 25", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0772.jp2"}, "744": {"fulltext": "INDEX TO NAMES\\nIn In.loTiinj:. t)\\nal9 t\\\\\\\\ -r iVtlil. Ii\\nin 111- till.;.- ..i 1\\nfolI..\u00c2\u00ab\\n.1 iM III.\\n111 1ll.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l...l|.^.^.^-^\\nAiuuiit- II,. J.-,.\\n.illlV ll\\nuuuil ir\\ntain .-milt. .l: Til.- iinin. f ll..- frnntros In ll tiJjlc. i, \\\\.ni.: .Vi\\nili..|l Ii -.1. |.ii^-. VA: 111-,, ll,.- nail, r ll,... |.nn 1,1- ..r ll,.- j.-i u,il.-. .-.ild\\n111.- Iiii I.\u00e2\u0080\u009eih1 Bii.l it 111.- Ii..tli t-ivi-ii. ll... ii..,i,. ..I ll..- vii-- i- ..ii.ini-.l.\\n1..U.I.. rr,il..ilii-inn.l ...1,,.- |.i-..luiiu-lil ill.l! i.iu:l l.llv..- I..,.. n..KXL-a.\\nv\u00c2\u00bb t ccun-iiii--. prcliubly t.ltn rs liiivu i-5i-u|ioil m.li. i\\nAniiOTT fliarks H A^r, Aiu iCis-n. l,v.Ii:i CO.T\\nJ Miiiil C .i.-i I .S:iiiiucl. 17 Ill, 41. 4 It;. i5T.\\nll;iim:ili t:j;i I -li .O. ti .l,i;TL\\nIlciirv -s- Thiiiiiiis :;il, 3 l!. 1 r. iG\\nMr -Si;.! wiiiiHiii ir\\nKii li.-ml -mr, Aiiiln \\\\v.-,.n. V. lainilv iC\\nS:illv (:.;ii K.-ln-ri, l-iiiiilv. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2JhJ. -:i4\\nil^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ll S r,i;:; Annan, llrv. Ii.ivi.l 1-7. li;;i. :::;l\\nAclinmlv Mr it Ai. her. Aii;, iistus lit\\nAUiiiiis. Kfv. K :i--| ArL liil.:iM. Ann i;.\\n..iMiiivs jiC 1 .loll 11 i -L 4\\nllfV. .I;inn-s (Ml lii-I TlimiKis o74\\n.li liii I lj Ariiisliv. K,_-v. I-iLuixn, l^s, :rj, ;;_\\n.T..lin iiincv 4. .l .i.\\n:miI ...li;4, ITT. L i!J. i;;T Ann fr.,iu V.- V. I. r:.jO\\nsaiuii,-l s Arn,.M. J;-v. .i.-c-l i;.. its, 1 J. -T.\\nAVi Ilia 111 L oli A!\\\\v,i. I. .I.,liii 41 n. 4iil\\nAiken. All In-.v :;Tl,oTt Avltv, -pli 4il.1\\nJ lijaiiiiii .,s\\nJ..i,ii. r.u, liivi 4i;l lM iiiin?rT4 TV,\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^J. .^1. II. II I;iL L-il. I ll--.. -JJT,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2jr.i. :;t:i. 4.-..-|.\\n,T-.n:illiiiu 411\\n]\\\\larlliiL Ccl\\nX.in. v\\nMarv i;j3\\nrctiT. i;inulv..4r.:;; i. l. i:; 1.-4.4L\\n.Saniuol.l aniilv, 4(;l 114. r. 4. i;;7,\\n2Ti;. -jtMi. .-iT.s. 3Ti r.- l.\\nSaiinuO. I-:s.|.. IT-i, lf-1, ^TiO, 3.Sj,\\n4--.T. 4.-|S, 4.71.\\nSaiiuii-1 ami ^ally 2\\nWilliam r.r,s, :i-s.-\\nAUoniian ami (Jutt.s .I\\nAllil. William in;\\nAllen. D.ini.n \u00e2\u0080\u00a2^r\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l-,, ST.J\\nDaviil lie,\\nNaiii v \\\\i )C,\\nAloxamliT. Mr 4IT\\nAmbr.isi t aiiiilv 4r4\\n1 1, my 30, GO, 2 V2, 4. 4\\nrl.ilin !ii. 2r.O\\nNatli.aniil 30, 4.-.4\\nAnder.-^nii, rmiilv 41)4\\n.Toliii 3yj\\nJosiah 3\u00c2\u00bb4\\nArwiii. lli iirv.\\nAtkiii -.n. Till\\nAver, .Ii liii.\\nK.v. Mi\\nIVilov.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0l.Tl\\nU. II. ami n. nrall.-v.\\n.I. im, tiis\\nI .i4\\n:;-|.s\\n4- 4\\n4!J\\nBa( iiKi.) i:n, or ISatclicMer, family .4(;7\\nAliraliam :m;\\nllonjaniiii, ji;i i. 275, 271\\n37i;. (;:j3. ;:;4. 037: 053.\\nCliarlfS A 4(i7\\nDaniel 4ii7\\nDavi.l L 73\\n(iuiir.inl 401\\nJames P .s!\\nJeTliio 11(1. 2i 4,2iiT. i;.-,.5\\nJohn 3T2, r.TO\\n.Tonatlinn 37. i\\n.loscph S, 2:1,43\\n.Ii.sei.li, ,Tr S\\n.losiah 2:1,43\\nMnllv y-il\\nNalhaniol, .Jr 2::. 43\\nI .-i:, 20. 103. 2i .ll, 2r.2, 275\\nliriilM n 401\\nS liiires 3.S5\\nItiv. Stei lion 4:{\\nThuuias i: \u00e2\u0096\u00a0U\u00c2\u00bb7", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0773.jp2"}, "745": {"fulltext": "682\\nINDEX.\\no\\n(;;u\\n....Ki.-.\\n2. c -s.\\nI U. {51)\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:i --is\\nj- ii\\nBaclioliltn-. Williaiii\\nBailgef, Aim\\nl./.va\\nriutii\\nAViliium\\nBaglev. iJhiiiics.S\\nJ):iv; I\\nMises\\nJ.iliu \u00e2\u0096\u00a0:.7r\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f.i;i:uU:iu .7t;, i;,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Smiiuoi r.Ti;\\nBailey. Urv. S. M dW\\nSim ii Kill, Hli, 51(1\\nIttiv. .Slophcn (icit\\nHroveiis :;si\\nHailni-, l-Mw:i:M |||5\\nlUikcr. XiUlniiio.l B -!i;i)\\n(J:i|)l:. i\\\\losos, aT(i, l .!3, liji, 0:j5. tj37,\\n(;5(). CM. i;53.\\nAViUiam CIijS. (;ri5\\nBalcli. Masi.T -s;;\\nBailar.l. i ^ldor .Jercniiah o\\nBall, Aaron ;;:u\\nJ)auit;l i)\\nrlonadiaii\\njBallo .i. AlcxamUa- :v.\\nJonaihati ;;;i5\\niJarker. Beiij i;:;\\nr. L. 31 r;i2\\nL. vi -id:;\\nWilliaui liM\\nBarnavil, Kcv. IMr Til\\nBanies. .\\\\ir liiT\\narU(;tt, Elix.a ufth _\\nI )(!a. .fosopl 1 7:)\\nSaiimel, raniiiv liiT; 275, L Ti!\\nSiinuiul G r,\\nI hah. I\\n,Lc\\\\ i -15!)\\nL .asior .l, taiiiilv -i(;5\\nKU,-.\\\\^ MC V.i uiill 2M. :W.)\\nH-i/.c-.i i;72\\nHlraiii l!i \u00e2\u0080\u00a2]5-i. 071\\nli)T. 2i:;; :;77,\\n:;(ji KJ-;.\\n,iain,-s :S, 00, 117, 2-. 7, 2(!l, 2ii\\n-lohii 250\\nj.vs^iii!! lO, 2iM. ;:;(;r 4(i9, 4(;i)\\nA!.-rlifait;l (125\\nM ls.-s\\nL!oals, i lonry\\niJoai la .ailv -;o7\\nAli .-ah m \u00e2\u0080\u00a2j-l;)\\n15.;aii sls!an(l r;j\\nJ- ii:i f; ;5. ;5(;\\nH ^nJ G55.\\nC- i^iraMc .115\\nui-;is :;i;-;, v\\nPa:.i.-1 I{ JO;;\\ni avi i. fimilv. 4 ;r. 205; luill, 2N;\\n-i45. 5H, Gj5.\\nI avi.l.jr f;55\\n1/avi 1 11\\nKii.ii :i;n\\nKlislia i;::,;, U\\n(i.r,- !()ii cm;\\nSBC f; i!i:;\\nV(;:nia 2 -!r. i;;;i, (;5::. i;5;:\\n,T .rl P 4o:i\\nrh }:n ;i hi:;\\n,!itiia 1:117, 2P:i. i::;:;, i;:u\\n.I sr,,ii ......:;7i5. f;5l\\n.KMcv M.) ;:s i;n. (;12\\nII\\nJt-nl di u-1. fill\\nS::!U!irl. .;n; SalMllcl (;!7\\nWalter W 4\\nBehee. Kli7..al)eth 11\\nBeilee. David 401\\nWilliam 401\\nBcilel, Jolin 4(;7\\nBocclun Ui!v. Lvniaii\\nB(!l(;licr, Gov...; n3\\nBell, lainilv 408\\nBeatrice 024\\nCliarles, 7,95; llistorv :!0.S\\nGh.arles 11 .:i07, 455. (172\\nChristophers :;07\\nGeovuc :!0S, 4:ifi\\n.lames 102, ;!05, 372. 400\\nJaaie.-; I) iLS\\n.lariies I 30i)\\nJolni. 1(;s, ITi, 175. 170. 214, 215.\\n:^,i)5. 3 is, ,s2s, ;;i;!), :55T. 300, 430,\\n414.455, 4.59.\\nJoliii J 310, 072\\nDr. John .305,30:!\\nLouis :i90\\nLuther V 305\\nFer is 029\\nHon. SatiiueL..I77. 412,445. 459. 027\\nHon. S. D.. 1. 31.87. 133, l(i7. ISO,\\niHh Vil, 305. 31.5, 412, 4,55. 4.59.\\nSamncl X. ..470.072\\nWilliam. .151. 1.57. 3:3G. .344. 345, 31S\\nBellow.^, .fosiah 21,S\\nr.ennet. !1r mas 2.5(;\\nBerry, Family 171\\nAllot 107\\ni:;.,:-,e er 377, .379\\nBliamar.. .199. 207, 2.59, 202. 290. 454\\nJohn :57;?, :S77.3-9\\nJonathan 1.50, 3sl. 44.5\\nXaflr niel S 400, 401\\nSimeon 0.5.5\\nSinmn 410, 0.5C\\nWidow 025\\nZehe lee :;07. K 034\\nBiack. Ivlwa-rd -!i 4\\nBlake, familv 472\\nLzekiei -l-(;, 177, 214, 425. 457\\nGeorw A OO:!\\nIsratd 8, 3SG\\nJa.sper 43\\nJohn 375\\nJ. SH|di ..271\\nLanson 93\\nLemuel W S7, 170. 2.57, 4.55. 4.57\\n:\\\\Ioses 23, 43\\nPiiilemon. 23; Samuel 43\\nWilliam I? 407\\nI51ano!iar.l. lamilv 473\\nDollv 025\\nKle.\u00c2\u00abzer 309\\nJose)di. U-^. 119.151. 1.55. 1.50. 1.57,\\n159. V-2, 103. li;i, 100, 10S, 173,\\n175, 170, ISO, 212, -JU. 217. :;45,\\n.3.S1. 4 15, 4-55. 4,5(;, 4.57, i 025;\\ninil!.241.\\nr )!..Iose. h :507.473\\nlUasdell. fa-.nilv 174\\nAhner 210, :;-*3\\nDavid 4.37\\nKh.ui 3!^3\\nis.aae. 130. 110. 142. 251. .373.\\n:;V5. ;i77, :!79, 4:57.444, 450. 457.\\nJohn S oS-\\nXalhaniid. 135, Ml. 277. :i72. :!73,\\n4::!0, 440.\\nBollv 1!2\\nKicharil !-7\\nBloilgor. Col. Sainnel 209. :i77\\nBlunt, familv 470\\nLh,.ne;:er 2o0\\nIsaac 030", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0774.jp2"}, "746": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nG :J\\nMiiHit, .r-.i,-iiii;iii, r,.t, 80. KU, mo, 11(1, wv.iv.u .i.iin r\\nl: l:iJ, l^i; 27. ^Ti;, oMi,\\n.1. irAi.\\nS.i:ii.i.-1 ll l, I JG, lo.- l.-il\\nWilli iM 71\\nUn!, JMii.iix ^7.-;\\n.i:i^n.., 13, :;:t, Oil. i:.:;\\n.i .:i.i i; i, Nj, 1, s. NO, un, iMi\\na iMi.-l I.i7, -uj\\n1 j.\\n.o74\\n1)1-. .I..I111\\n1\\nI!--\\n1; 1. lalllli.t.\\n4i\u00c2\u00bb\\nU p \u00e2\u0080\u00a2:iii..\\nl!..v.l^ U. .l.il.o/.\\nl;.,..-..r 1; .Mr.\\nli.l.cit\\nIJiiW.-M. .Ml-\\ni!..v,i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lii. i;i\\n.;;o. 411\\n4:r.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I.\\n4.!r.\\n1:17\\nI 1 1\\n.1^1\\n111.: I). 1;\\nKnil.r.. V-\\n70\\n.III\\n.47.-.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I.\\nI i\\n-I.-., sA,\\ni5iM.!-ii. r. iii^-\\niii:i.U:..- i:,,.,i:-.-\\nj;. V. i,,i)i, 1.-7, irj. ii;.;,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2:k 1; I. 17. 177. 17 ;;_:.,\\n.r-i-4 1.1. -i.i;!,!:-\\nr.i-un:.\\nI. i.i .1 1\\ni .r. .iij ir I. .;.;(iii\\nUu jiio:. i..;,iilv\\nIJ.i-n.i. .L.\\nIM.- V\\n.1 ill I\\n-Aim... n .\\\\i\\nAl\\nl;.i:i. i\\nBr...-|.l. \\\\V,;!i:..ii\\ni;i- ..i ii:^ I... i;cv. .i.iim\\nIlr.-iiili III. I, .U -i\\nIjiowii, liiiinl 47ii; ii..\\n.\\\\,ir..ii\\n.i-.iil\\n.Al.i:ili:lln\\n1 11 Swi. i:t.-S i\\nA-H W\\nI.. I. li. 1)11. ii;i, iiij, ir.:;, v;:,, ics,\\n171. _\u00e2\u0080\u00a2!.:,,\\n,|..liii. .Ir\\n.I..I111 1*\\n.I..lih .S\\n.(..irilli.iii\\n.roii.iiiiuiM\\n.IkiiiiiIi.iii F.\\nJ.-mmIi. I II\\n:;7l, .;7:i.\\n.InM pIl 1-\\n.M .11 1... I lill\\n.Mili.in s\\nN;illiaii\\nill. Nilli.iii\\n1\\nN. F\\nOrl.iii.l..\\nJ mIIv\\nU Mr\\nK. l:i\\\\i.r\\ni;i.-!i.iM l;\\nK.. .nis.iii\\n.Siiiim. l. .Hi, i.;o, lv7. lO-i. 1:1\\n;7, ^cs, ojj.\\nS. %v.4 07\\nCnl\\n.017\\ni^ l 1:1\\n4-11 1\\nI\u00c2\u00bbr ^ii-iliiii\\nTlLMins\\n\\\\vi!ii:i iii. 107, ;;7. i \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a01. cuo\\nWillimii 1;\\nM i:ii;im 1; ^.^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.C^\\nWilliiiui, Jr IL 7\\nl r. \\\\Villi;iiii \\\\V lU.!. |-.71\\nWi lis li\\nlii. .l.,l(ii 1, l-;i\\nWiiltr.-, .Ir\\nIJl, l.-.O, 441, +44. 4-17 i Tluutiii. .\\\\:i.l;ru-\\nH+ I Hull.. .\u00e2\u0096\u00a01C..I..1.II\\nCM.\\nI il I\\nI l:.\\nII\\niir. I .i i I.\\nKi..-i..v.,T.\\nFrill\\nFr..i.; liti A.\\niiriiliaui. II;iril.-.i.i\\n1M-. II. 1;\\nM l.s\\nI urj I jniily\\nI X;il ;iiii.-l\\n-I Ruvp.w. .1 ..1:1\\n:;-7 l .iu ;.l. I iMiik (1\\n1 r. irt. lO v. iMvi.i\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0*7i i;.i.^Iiii.- ,lV liillsaii.l iiua.l\\nKuswril, i;.;m;1v\\n.\\\\sa K\\nCliar!, !l\\n.1 nil s M\\n,I:ir., I\\nS..iinirl\\n1 nnVr-y. .1 .!,i.\\n..iJ U Ki,:t. r;i.-M. laiiiilv\\n..4:i.;| .\\\\ar.li...\\n..il-:; .1 .i.!!\\n1. :.-i .l /i.-liari.i i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2U I .ultri.U. Mi F\\nI ii:; :^l. Henry\\n1. (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a074\\nI\\n..i.M)\\n4:;, ;i-o\\n..4-1\\n.4ii;i\\n.:;:ii\\ni(i7. JIT. ;;7.\\nli- .r M.\\n1 C.VT,Ii .V|-|.L. .L Sri ll\\n..\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-7i I. .1,11\\n.4 M Calf. ..r Cal. f. Hani\\n.4 111, .laiiiri-\\n1. liil\\nII. iir,- N\\nHi I.;.;:.\\n,),i:ii\\nH.-. 1,, F\\n.1 ill V,\\nM iiia 2 i-. il\\nJ.jhu... J70, Zrl, USj, 4n4, 4 lO, OUc\\n4i;i i\\n.r-ii. I.v, |i;|\\n.i-. u\\nJ..;iii. OiTi.iU. 4^1; \u00e2\u0096\u00a02,: 10. l;.\\nL III. .-,1, 71. 7-. Ml. M, i, -7,\\n,s-. 0 0.:. 0.-.. on. L -;t; mill. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0_\u00e2\u0080\u00a2!!,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2jiiii. i:,r,, 4. 4.-1.\\nJiaailia:. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a01\\n,h U. la.iiily l-r;, i. .n. .7.;.\\nFiiiLT. 7;\\nM-irv\\nl.ili.-rt i:;. 111:11 -\u00e2\u0080\u00a211", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0775.jp2"}, "747": {"fulltext": "684\\nINDEX.\\nCarlton, J .hn 03\\nMary (;:i2\\nSariili\\nCamet, John :i75\\nJoiiathaii oTG\\n?.!:irtlia li-js\\nPotor :;s?\\nSilas L fK), ,7!;\\nCampbell, bridge .L lo\\nrienr3- :;7 i\\n.lames 37, 8 2. 84, SC, JO, liKi, lOS\\nWill 22!), 2G0, 3IG, 448, 45(1\\nliobert 85\\nCaiir.ey, I-)r. Hanson C 314\\nCunniiigluun, Arelii S2\\nDavid I2i;\\nCni)ri n, Th im.-is :;si\\nCard, James 40i;\\nr :(er .31\\nCargi!, David (U\\nCarly. Tliouias Ili7\\nCarrigaiti, I hillp 32, ir.!)\\nCarr, Wid. Ann 150, 3Si\\ni;en.ia:iiin is\\nI5iadl. U!-v, landiv .483; 259, 277, -15(.;\\niJrndbnrv^r.... ;-N3\\nCliar!.-;^ i; -inl\\nI a,viil 4.S: liis wife IC!)\\nl:U;:abetli 5\\nCa;)! Ja .nos. .7.S\\nJohn, faiuilv. 483; 25, 21J, 69, 84, HO,\\nii2; mill. 229. r.. 3.\\nJohn, Jr., fainilv, 483; 201, 307,\\n3(18, 450.\\nJ. hn, of (.Tandia, family 4 4\\nJi uathaii 378\\nJosi ;i!i. familv, 485; 150, 211, 3S1,\\n025, (;2S.\\nLuelen 4ni\\nl.ewi.s r, 4al\\nmIi -v J^^/^^!^ .(;2;!\\nSi. u/ue! 5\\nSimeon 4s5\\nCari?\\\\vi-!!..T )!ni 82,8.!, 2~ii\\nWi I. :\\\\rarv 2(,o\\nWiUiam 82, 84\\nCass, Am. s 1. 2. 28, 43\\nBriijaniin, :;72, hG, 035, G3S, (J.jO, ,51\\nKbcnoxer 43\\nC;ili!K-.n D 3S 5\\nJi.hii ;i, 43\\nJoi.a .aan, Jr 43\\nJonatban 384. .3, -:5\\nJ osei ill 375\\nDewis 43\\nKev. Jlr 340\\nSaniiiel 4:\\nCartland. Tobiu:; 43\\nCate, Asa P 430, 4f;l\\nJohn (;i,(;2\\nLewis IT 4(15\\nChambevl.-Jn, Mr 445\\nLevi ica, -in\\nChandler. M 172\\nJ ntny/. aU\\nJeremiah 3s-l\\nMa.j. J imotliy\\nZ.-iehari.ah 10\\nChase, Abi-.;ail (\u00e2\u0080\u00a222\\nAmos .343, 345, .301, 3C5, 4.58\\nA l iibi, fiimilv Is5\\nI .arneh 4.x7\\nBenjamin, family, 4.89; 345, 3C4,\\n3C5, 417. -V\\nChase, Benjamin Pike, family, 4. ^7; 1.33,\\n153, 1G7, 172, 177, 215, 272, 294,\\n298, 345, 304, 409, 442, 457, 628.\\nBenjamin H 672\\nBenjamin, Jr 447, 672\\nCalei) 304\\nardeton. Bishop 486\\nCharles 4.58, 671\\nDaniel, family 486\\nDorothy 623\\nDudley, family 4S7\\nLev. Edwin S 3.52\\nFrancis 228, 434\\nGeorge W \u00e2\u0080\u00a2203\\nHannah 631\\nHeber 487\\nHiram 30r\\nHistory of Haverhill, l. i, 14(;, -.CS, 269\\nHenry F 4,58\\nHorace 486\\nItliamar 487\\nJacob, laniilv, 4,s9; .30. 11.5. l. iO,\\n132, 130. lib, 142, 144 145 150,\\n151, 1.52, 180, 1!)5, 200, 2!I5, 2o8,\\nf!77, 282, 2.S5, ,375, 444, 455, 458,\\n400.\\nJohn 272. .386, 303\\n(;en. Jonathan 487\\nJoseph 3^5, 4.57, 459\\nJoseph SV 380, 671\\nJosiah l.so, 257, 292, 209, 317, 4.57\\nLeonard 485\\nI Jondy. family. 490; 124. 126, 133,\\n150. 296, 325. 381, 409.\\nMoses, Sen., tamily 48/5\\nBloses. mill 240, 272. 384, 418\\nKev. X. H (!42\\nBev. K. L 661\\nPcrlev, familv, 480; 171, !7,5, 300, 416\\nI erloy S 307, 4.55\\nPhilander, Bi.shoi) 487\\nPike, ISO, 1N7, 188, 195, 298, 3.58,\\n414.401. G72.\\ni;uth.... 626\\nSalmou, Salmon P 4. 7\\nJ- itephcn, Esq., fandlv, 489; 31, 32,\\n33, 89. 154. loO, 163, lG0, 170, 173,\\n174, 176, 177, 213, 217, 254, 328,\\n427, 442, 4.57.\\nStephen. Pn f. S06. 301, 364. 365\\nAVells, familv, 4,^7; 124. 133, 1.50,\\n169, 208, 309, .381, 429, 4; .0, 437,\\n441, 444,624, 673.\\nChapman, Rev. E. D 660\\nCheevcr, Master 2. ^4\\nCheney, James 4!iG\\nChes\\\\v ell. J. B 458\\nChilds, I hnerson 3^;8\\nhoate. William I.s7\\nChnreh. BeV. J. H 353,362\\nCl.ulin, John K 3i)6\\nChirk, Billy J 3,58\\nfMiarlesA .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.n8\\nDavid 492\\nElizabetli 6.30\\nGeorge V. 4.58\\nIler.ry 375\\n(Jeorge P 197. 401,492, 672\\nJoluf, familv, 491; 150, 373, 381,\\n3.^5, 441; mill. 243.\\nJohn, 2d. familv. 491; mill, 40,\\n243. l^i\\\\ 220, 349, 365, 446, 461\\n629, 630.\\nJolui B 403\\nJohn C 307,673\\nJosepI). family, 491 250, 2i;2 wife,\\n314. 4.54.\\nKev. 3Ir 325, 330, 331\\nKancy 29", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0776.jp2"}, "748": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n085\\nClark, Xatlianicl I lr, c.jlo, Zici-licns 4 It;\\nNoah 4\\\\n\\\\ .laiiio.H.V .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0;.ss\\nNnali S i;7-j .T..l,n \u00e2\u0096\u00a0.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.:r2\\nKu-hanl S 191, .Cij llsiirv :vj3\\nIfol c Tl -tiij CoIUiis, i:bciK-: .CT (574\\nMosos C nil :i|. -aiiu.H ;is5\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^aiiuu l :;s4 I Wilhain 4(i:5\\nSarali (V. O Coli iiiaii. IMwiti :;;P5\\nWilliaiii ;;:i4, 40 Tin. mas CJO\\nClay, liaiii.l 3 0, r,il\\\\vi-ll. Tlmiiias v. si\\nDavi l F ass\\nKraukliii -lo.i\\nFn-iloric MY.i\\niJ.Mi-^ W mi\\nHl Iuv I.-.J\\nJames .us, ii. )5\\njoiiii, MT, r.7r r.,so, r.si, i^. is,\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2..!4, rx (;;{7.\\n.liiin-, lauiilv. ii C; 107, .iOl, 2liJ,\\n;ti;-., :w. ioi, ceo.\\nI.or. ir/..) ni7\\nXili. iiiiah :!.s.\\nSamuel .s_\\nSar::h (;J7\\nWilliam S4\\nf Diiaiit, .Iiiiia ;iso\\nCoinier, Joreniiali I .Ti\\nO.aleil-e. William K. C :jsS\\nf o ilier. Cie(n-:.je ;!7s. .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0j70, .VO\\nCopp. Kev. H. 15 :ir)l\\n.i.-i.-^rf r. .\\\\ml.ro.sc 210\\nOut til .M.irv .1\\nCoU 1!, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2I. liu 4 1\\nSoabi.ni 44\\nTlie. t liiliis 44. 40, r,:)\\nCoucli, .Ii.hii S., mill 2L .i, VjS, (;7 _\\n.la.ol. ,50.3\\nAVMliam CO\\n.StrpU-n, liUiiily 40. 174, .i; Coult, Amlier. t Z M. iV\\n1 im.\u00c2\u00abtliv 17S\\nWalter .:ii\\nC .jmcnl, IJev. .Join., !-_ 1^0, 327, o20.\\nClitlor.l. .\\\\iithonv.\\nKavi 1\\nil-i.iv\\nIsaie\\nIsrael\\nJa.v.b\\n.I..h;i\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2T l l\\nl.enriel\\n.^Ir.s\\nr. T.^r\\n.:i7.\\n;^7r.\\n....:!74, 0.-1\\n:j7t;, 3K.-)\\n(K t, 424\\n....(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.14. C.l.-.\\n44, 2C.n. 2C.2\\nCt\\nKi. haril s. 2. 44\\nWilliaiii n !ii\\nZa.- i,iri,ah l 3. l-;, .ji, C.. CM\\nClougli. Caff\\n.Tereiiiiali i\\n.T..ii!ithaii i.- \u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.3, r,n\\nKi. hanl ....:;7\\nTlieuiihilus c.::?, (.;:(4. c:;7\\nTiiii lliy c.\\nCochran 41. 2ei)\\nHii-li 15\\n.lolin \u00e2\u0080\u00a274\\nTil. mas aii l Peter 7i;\\nCin .ii. Hi :.)rv M 117\\nJoin..: t;-s\\n,r..lm S\\nTil. mis 44.-.. 4.-7\\nColbiirii. Willaril K\\nIl.iri v; !(i4 Tressev. .rnsei.li\\nColbv, .\\\\iit!i iiv 4C Criti lief, lamilv\\nit.M h.ii C :!0.-, (;72\\nWil. i.im 2!i .l. 4ir.\\nCiiwilerv, Samiul 12\\nCcix, Dr. .M.ary K ;511\\nCrai^ e, .\\\\le.\\\\aii Kr, familv, 4: C .5, 2i\\n20. 4il, 2, b4, I Jl.lO-. JKi, 2i;ii, i;2l.\\nAii lrev.. !0, s2, ^;i, 00. I l. III. 177,\\nl:i.;; mill, 2o0, 2G1, 27. 27C, 277,\\n4,-t!.\\nPnviil. S4, 135, 205, 2.?. 202, 275, .3(19\\nK.Uvanl .25!)\\nF ini.eth r.27\\n.Ti.iiii 1.0, iMi, 2, :;(W. o-. 2\\nK ..!.er!. familv I i7; 124, 120\\nTlmma.s, 108, 112, 100, 231, 200, 30,5,\\n4.^.0.\\nWilliam, family 407; 120,20^,021\\nCrau: ..ril, f.uiiilv lOS\\n.T .lm. 120, 135, 1,52, 210, 211, :.S3, 445\\nH..V.ert 2-js\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\Villi:ii:i,: .0. -iS, 30, S2, 81. 111,201, 021\\nrail, .lames 371\\nram, Beiii i.l. 7. 05s. ct;7. or.!*\\n(l. .r-e C .400\\nI-.iiiU 380\\n.I..li:i .8, 23, M. 1 17, 10;, 207, 055\\n.l.iliii A 406\\nMrs 015\\nirieii 1; 407\\nSamuel 0.55\\nSmith .3.s,-{\\nWa.llei;:h 2i 7,i:.55\\n3S.I\\n40;)\\nJleit.-d ill. familv, -404 20, 200, 300,\\n372. I.Tl.\\nKii li. lamilv. 40. 20. 04, 85,\\n0 05. ll.-i. \\\\:H. 103. 200. 27\\n27 277. 305. .72, 370, 410, 451,\\n4-.-., 4.50, (;;i3, 053.\\n.03S\\n.430\\nv:\\\\^. 000\\nKil\\\\v:iril\\n.James....\\n?t,,si.S\\nTli.iinis.\\nCroiiker. .Jal.cz.\\nSteiilv^ii .5 27\\nTlaiiTiah 03t Cr.imbi. fiiiiilv .500\\nIsxic 377 Abigail 027\\nJethii, lamilv, 404; 1 20, 130,140, Am-s 02S\\nTV-niamia fi 22\\nF-aiiI;liii 458. 400. 4tJl\\nIliiSh .23. 4.50, 461\\nf I iret 0 j6\\nM .s.s 0.30\\nCro.^sett. lamilv .-iOO\\n.fa ii. s. .S2. 85. 441; mill, 2,30\\nCro.?.^, Al- ial 373\\n11-;. 1.55, 157,321.3\\n,T,,hii .373, 381, 38.3, 385, 031\\n.J..s.i.h 00\\nM,,s,.s OK\\nX ith 111, f iniilv 4 .r 200. -jivi\\nK.-v. I liilU|. 38\\nSamii-1 410, (531\\nKev. Zi. .-li.Mis. familv, 4;:)5; 143,\\n105, 10.1, 3::;3, 334, 33S.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0777.jp2"}, "749": {"fulltext": "(386\\nINDEX.\\nCl\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ossw.^i^. Jam\\n2fi0 Dcailiorn.TToracG\\n401\\nYi illiam 15,23.51\\nCumniings, Mr 4. W\\nCurdip.c, liu -ion\\nCurrier, Abigail tii o\\nAnna C30\\nBenjamin, family, 501; 14i, 145,\\n147, 148, 156, n6, 308, 376, 383.\\nCli.-ules 672\\nL tM. D;t.\\\\id. faniilv, 51)2; 15y, 315,\\n370, 371, 374, 626.\\nDavid. Ksq., 18G, 187. 188, 270, 35S;\\n4.15. 4.-7. 45\u00c2\u00bb, 461,672.\\ni:i)enezer 380, 027\\nEdward 3K2\\nElizabetli 625\\nEzckicl 131\\nOidcon 372, 6 5\\nliazon 4S6\\n,h,]m s\\nJ )iiat!Ui:i\\nKcv. .losepb i:: .s\\n.To.*hua 2. 256\\nj.lrs 282. 2. ^3\\nliicliar l 5\\nI i. lmrd If ^;i\\nSimeoii *i.3\\nTh..uiu:-, i-imnv 2\\nDaltoa t ;iiaiiv\\nPariio. S; niio]\\nl)aii -..i s :li\\nDaii i li! .Ii isaioan\\nDuniels. I^jnid K 40i 1 IX-nicrritr, John V\\nDarral Artluir 373, lieniiett. E] l!r:tiiu,\\nJuhn 37G\\nJohn O 061\\nDr. John 314\\n,Jouu 11 ii G\\nDea. John S., family, 508; 89, 130\\nl;i6, 144, 147, 284, 324.\\nJonathan, tlie grantee, 23,44;\\nof Kaymoiid, 206, dUri, 6-50.\\nJonathan, liunilv. 506; i:. i. 37:H. 024\\nJos eiih. 26, 124, l26, 135, 324, 372,\\n376, 430.\\nJonah ,73\\nLeonard E 403\\nLvrtia l. sO\\nMeliitabel 024\\nMichael 227, 2.59\\nMill 2(18. 220, S)) 653\\nN. J 413\\nPeter, family, 5!,7; va. i::5, tv,\\nKiclmrd. .1,50, 174, 175, 442, 4.57, 458\\nSamuel 375\\nSherburne 374. 028\\nCol. Siojihen. ramilv,.5 0; i2l. 126,\\n13^ 1:^3, 135. V. 145. 1 7. 14!),\\n1.50, 156, 1(;i, 220, 221. 2. -T 324,\\n306, 3f;s, 374, :M, 40i, .;:;7. 4-!4,\\n!-55, 456. 4.57, 45-1. 400. H 0: 4.\\n.Susanna 0.30\\nThouias. fai: .i!y. 5 227. 2 201, 375\\nWilliam 3! 6\\nWoodbury I) 403\\nDeEonvHt, Kcv! Mr 351\\n7 el.)s, G! arlos ;!94\\n!2 D(!l;;!.. .ranv s ;;k3\\n394\\n10, J. i;. 20,\\n.3(;.S\\n:;7ii\\n00\\nn iMiam.\\nP.irl-v. Thovnas.\\nDavics, Amos..\\nDavir;\\niU- M.iainin\\nDn.i-i\\nI^nnicl C...\\nJiazrtu\\nHenry\\nI .ov. -Xamea\\nMil\\nonallian...\\n.lose),!, L...\\ni. cv. ,!ow.;b\\nIV v.rv\\n^b Hv\\ns\\nV\\n,24 5 Vn 23,25.51.\\nI .i:; Diekev. f ^-milv 50.3\\n,4 Adam.. ?r,\\n.-.03 David, IL G\\n(W) David 1; 072\\n5. 4-1 i ohi 2. 021\\n-lo:; jil:!ttl;.i\\\\v 374. SO\\nli 5. I jO, 445, 3:i3 I;in.-.nn,r( Ir.iiiiiv 509\\n3S7 i rill Mr ;li\\\\ 0. 401\\n3:!2i Davit! 1-0\\n3| EHzab.v!!i t:-2\\n2 I linniiab i;:;3\\n.Sn 1 .Invnek y. .y 4\\n.r,. ,i John S4\\noionzo K ;i;;. 072\\n7?enb n 3 0\\nKobert i-..;. !77. :i74\\nSamuel, 121. 17,;. 179^ ;j.;;^^ \u00e2\u0080\u0094j^\\n15-;. 430, 461.\\nDockhai ilfiii v.\\n,44. 4.^\\n\\\\raireii\\nDavev. ocr\\nDtan, i li i!i:!-\\nDearbivn. i:i!ii:!v o, ^s.ilv\\nAlfV-ul 348 I. oda-e. luiri\\ns:! .372. 376 Orrin .I\\n201. 26:. 4;\\n40;\\n,:.ar!cs A\\nDollofi\\nvrjif\\n.461\\n407\\n4( G\\nDavi,! J....\\nD.:i. Fb.oie:\\nKraidi.\\noiK) i on:i rui-(\\nr. Cnj ilv. 5 5: 23, Donald. S!c., ben\\nL^ 2! H. .^7. 11. 74. 75. 70. 77. DonoDon. Kev. D. J.\\n7:-. .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:(i. !:5. ;*0. 1!i8. 2-J7. 200, I mKellv. Patrick..\\n;:i;2. V-o, JT7. 05. 413. 454. 021. Do l.r. Wiw^v\\ni.i-;i|-. b:Ocnr;-or. family. 505: i j I mli... Clement.\\ni. .7. 227, 200, 275, 374, 443, 454, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2D;iiiov;in, .Moxnuder\\n4.-,;;. (;::t. I Master\\nJ- beuezer i 21 I Dennis.\\nDr. b.-.ie-/.-^r 310, c -J Pow, Charl r-s .^OO\\nDr. I Mvar.i il i 1 Dr. D. A 31.-^\\nEliv.: b,;t;i Ol I Downes. J. Pre.scott 0.55\\nlKvi!4i \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a077 Dowiri oT, r,,l v.r2, iOO\\nGua. ilonvy .5(13 Eunice .628\\n;i,s7\\n....374\\n:;51. CO I\\n..r.\\\\^\\n056. 58\\nIi28\\n2S4\\n:;:m;. 024", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0778.jp2"}, "750": {"fulltext": "JNDEX,\\nnSi\\n.)nviio. l :liUOl H-; I Klliot l.flir:i.i,i\\nDrake, Aliraiiau 11 .l:i. ,.i,, l,t., .i:, ill, .iT.j,\\nN;itli:iiiiul S.i, M II i\\\\j,,.\\n\\\\:,\\\\u\\\\ II ,1... .1\\nStiiiuiel j 44\\nDniii.;!-, Loionz.i frij\\n1 ris.-ii-, .M;i.-lor, -JTT\\nDuillcv. family 511\\ni i I ll\\nl :ilin i-.m;\\nciiin:!!! c:-:\\n.l:iii|. S\\n.I.liu,: l r,lJ\\n.loliii i;:!, r., ,7, civj, ly.r,, i:r,-, i;i .:i\\n.f..so|.li .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0MK. i-.r,!-.. i: i;.;,\\n.lo^.-l.li r i\\\\i7.\\nXill LMi-,, -jn;, L -,i, c,.-\\nM.. os ;ii\\n:Mrs\\nX I II i::;\\nN-i..r!, I iii;. ;:i.-. lUi, r.)i:. i.;.i;\\nSt, |ili,-ii\\n1 )iin M ir. i; V. 1 Cuiraii\\nDun. Ill .I,i;u 11..\\nMr-\\n!;..ii II\\nMur;;i. K \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i ..ii\\nI i-;iim;i._ i. 1\\nn,.-ii\\nin\\nJ. M. M L d .l, .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2!H7, :s\\n,l..liii \u00e2\u0096\u00a0.nr,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\Vi.i.,\\\\v (jL-a\\nAViUiani L d.;, 204\\nKnier^ ii iiilv\\nAl. I .ill. nil. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2Iiii.uk;\\nAm. It i:;i .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2;l ::ji. ;i7(), :i77. .7s\\nAii^ol 4iii;\\nHuvi.I\\n1 )i:i. Ivlwanl -Jl, lii. 7; i.\\nrr.M. ii. F U :i\\n.1-.- Ml\\n!i;i.ni.ili i-Jl\\n.I..IMI..;.;. l.-ii, 174, 177. i i::. .M4. Jl.\\n.j. :;70. i. .7. (I Ji;.\\nI ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a27\\n..iii\\n.1 .iiitniii 1.1. Jo, 4:), 71, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iy.i. -.yr,\\nl,u;li. T w i;4.s\\nM A\\nl:.-v. Mr Ml\\nMl :u.i-l. lai.rl,. j:\\nAr,\\n.1 IK.\\n:s.,.!..iii;i-i\\nj:-. .i i.\\nHI,\\n1-li. 1).-:. i.-.l i.a\\nw -.i yui,- in\\n^:lm;l^. Ali.v 1 I\\n,1 Ai.mtv. I) ;;;ii\\nHfiii. i\\nD i (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rnt NV\\nl)\\\\viiim_l, ,.!..lm 17\\nli;i A\\n.in.-:;. -o, vi\\\\.:u\\\\7\\n!.;ii\\n.f,.liM\\n,i.. .:i^;i:.M. i.uuii.,-, :.u 1 i::.\\nIl. n l i i,\\nU V. .V^l\\n^:^^^ii. -r i-i, I\\n-;il ri;.-. Num..,\\n.-li i;v;,i.-.\\nKvor.- .Xx:-..!!..\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2liin\\n.Ti\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0;.;l\\nt\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2;4\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-4\\n,(:im.\\n.1\\nl .i:: i\\nf. V. Mr\\n.::M\\ni r\\ni- .I l\\n^Vl\\n::iv.., w :.i 1\\n.I l\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^l^l--^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.. f s -ri\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0|;V; K.il .v. l%: m;u\\n,:,74\\n71\\n..-.4\\nI ll!\\nr. I;\\n1 lA:..r l\\nI l-C i-.\\n.Snm ,.1 M -SW\\nElkiiit. I i. :\\\\I.. o.i Ill ..:ii.\\ni!.ii.-l 1.\\nElliut. I l.niU- S: 1,\\nKauiuud ui.io F.rtlc. C- l. :i[aik\\nMl\\n.I\\nI ll\\nU\\nMl", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0779.jp2"}, "751": {"fulltext": "688\\nINDEX.\\nFitts, fainilv .519\\nAbi;;ail G-J4\\nAbi-a,;iam, 37C., GX!, o:So, t;37, 045,\\n65(1, (ijl.\\nBenjaniin, 173, 170, 200, -13, 357,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01 1 c. 45S, 459, 451, 628.\\nE|)Iiniim 142, 37G\\ni ni)ildin CiiU\\nIVciiji-ick 271, u: A\\nJames II G4!)\\nJ. Frank 04;t\\nJ. Lane 401\\nJ. M G(il\\nWosos 27 1\\nMoses H (Mij\\nMr 437\\nNathan 135, MO, 370, 4 !3\\nIleiibcn II 405\\nWilliam (J 4!;5\\nFitzrun, Carlz 405\\nFlsigg, liimih 521\\nKev. Kbenezer, 2G, 40, 41, 73. 81,\\nW. SO, 91. 93, 95, 105, 110, 111,\\n114, 115, 118, 119, 121, 14,H, 1.50,\\n150, 1.57, 160, 2S3, 317, 318,326,\\n.329, 444, 622.\\nEdmuuil 304\\nJohn 2S3..303\\nJosi.lli, 15ii, 1.57. 101, 2S3, 284, 37G,\\n45(;, 662.\\nElelelier, Samuel 302\\nFlint 628\\nFlooil, TIf nvv 6G0\\nliicUard 37;-, 379, 380, 383\\nFogg, Alvah 406\\nJk-u .aniiii 8\\nUuiiV.nl 23, 44\\nI ;riii.-1 44\\nKiiocii 6,55, 656\\nJaim^ 9.23.44\\nJosiah 207, 6.55. a56, 069\\nSamuel ..41,375\\nSteplien 375, 655. 650\\nPolsorn iaiuily 522\\nKev. AbValia .n 351, .352\\nArthur 30.S\\nDavM 309\\nFrancis ;w5\\nli-viiig 407\\nJohn, ICS, 172, 175, 17( 17S, 179,\\nli;0, 2(19, 215, 216, 219, 256, 2.57,\\n292, 345. 412, 442, 455, 457, 458,\\n4.59.\\nJohn T) 407\\nJohuF OGl\\nKichara 3it9\\nFord, Itobei-t 15, 21, 28. 51\\nForsaith. faiailv 524\\nKsthcr... 314\\nJonaJhan .377, 379\\nJi.siah 231, 373, 383, 457, 630\\nMast(n- .645\\n?.T:i(;hcw, 109. 1 7, 129, 130, 110,\\n142. U4, 152, 259, 4.50,621.\\nSlaMlimv, .Jr., 135, 285, 336, 3SS;\\nmill, 231.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Robert lis, 34!, 446\\nFoss, familv 525\\nDavid 200\\nK. W 403\\nIsaac 29, -60, 275, 4,54. 455\\nJnlui 260\\nTabitlia 311\\ni imothv \u00e2\u0080\u00a2368\\nI-:i.!erT..bias C lil\\nFoster. Daniel 120, .67\\ny.i\\nMM\\nTrier, family 5 5\\nThomas 124, 206, 208\\nFox, Andrew .,396,400, CO 461, i62, C72\\niieiyannn 382\\nJ izekiei and Sarah 343\\nJohn 383\\nWiUiam r. 375\\nFrain, John 118\\nFreeze, Jacob 218, 219\\nFremont, John C 452\\nFry, Dr. Peter Y 665\\nFrench, lamily 525\\nArtliur L 309\\nBenjamin 199, 218\\nBenjamin B 673\\nDaniel, 163, 175, ISO, 214, 215, 217,\\n270. 315,329,412,445.\\nDavid C .388\\nF. 673\\nGeorge H 648\\nllLiiry F 184, 270, 315, 447, 672\\nJabez, 40, 73, 107, 121, 129, 201,\\n306, 371, 62-2.\\nJames 434, 442\\nJames P 385\\nJohn 446\\nDea. Joseph 79\\nMm 292\\nvs. Jlorse 11\\nNathan 384\\nDea. Katlianiel 439\\nSamuel F 648\\nKobert S 457\\nSargent 386\\nSimon 208,216,441\\nZephaniah 115, 121\\nFrost, William 100, 102\\nFry. Cai t. Kbenezer 377\\nFuller. lienjamin 36,^, 375\\ndiaries 405\\nWidow 623\\nFullonton, family 529\\nGeorge S 406\\nJames 117, 368, 382, 445, 655, 6.56\\nJerenuah 641\\nJohn 206, 655, 663, 66.5, 668, 669\\nJona 382,383\\nJoseph 382, 383\\nBcv. Joseph 207, 406, 661, 670\\nJ. Francis .406\\nFuniaM, Elder S. P 642\\nFunic!, William 378, 379\\nGage, Mr 269\\nPierce 373\\nJohn 368, .369\\nGale, IJoyd G 390\\nBeuljcu 385\\nStephen 657\\nDr. Stephen 665\\nStiekney S 387\\nGambel or Gamble, fan)ilv .5.30\\nSamuel 203, 237\\nWilliam 107,202\\nGambling, Benjanun 8, 22, 51\\nUobert 51\\nG. immet, .Tohn 375\\nGannon. James 401\\nGarland. Jacob 23, 44\\nJohn 44\\nGarton. Thomas 9\\nGarrison, William 378, 379, .380\\nWni. Lloyd .361\\nGault. family 530\\n]\\\\Iatthew 369\\nSamuel 40, 41, 106, .369\\nGeorge. Giileon 212, 217\\nJames 6.58\\nGerah. .Tame* 390\\n(terrisli, Tinwthy 60\\nGial, Kbenezer 259", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0780.jp2"}, "752": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nGni A -r\\nGilisiiri, ;cimii;l.\\nP-. Ill\\nMr...\\nW. I.\\nT 1 Crn npi. U 1 .rt _\u00e2\u0080\u00a2, ,^1,\\n-IIS i;,;\\niiif,, 101^ :t_ Willi -I. 1.1. i:;:;. ir,i. i i:\\ni;j-; mill, JOii,\\ni r-. \\\\y r-j.\\n(Iraiit, !i:ir!.., C Li\u00c2\u00ab\\nC.i!i.-i- i.-. lilrrori^^^r \u00e2\u0096\u00a0l.Ti.-t, lan.ily-. ;t Cl ir;.^ 11...\\ny\\\\ ::riT, .T (JraM.tu, .J. ha\\nj; rt .-L -1, i-. J. :iMV(.\\\\-i, fill\\nv:i:;ii;i my, im, I .u (.;n. :ir. i l;..:,,.!.^\\nOi! ii ;i: .Viicjii^M;- H I (irccu, Aiii .i\\ni: -l T I C 1!.;;m/\\nV- r-i itl V,,-2i,U A:\\\\r:,\\\\.\\n.IlllJ. S\\n.1 ,11 A ,Ii ii.irli:iii..\\ni I/ i:i;V. .Sila.s\\nGill, l i -i I Sus imuilL..\\n(ViWv-, .tj wniiiiii n.\\n(m!i\\niMvi.l..\\nv.\\nr] F.\\n!s-iK l\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0L\\n-J AVilli.i;:. I\\n;Cj. :;T. IrCfi;! li .V lrii 1\\nI, i, l. v rtL iicu. l iuniiK\\nii Aii.;ii^lits 1-.\\n4Jt; Ii;u)i..l\\nI ll, JOl I llul.i..ii\\ns, 13. -s^, i;). Viiiium\\n1, I ;ij,!. Vir. .iim S.\\nUU, Gn.Uf.lUiuilv\\nJ JXivM\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0w-},\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r.n\\ni ..-lLV.\\n.iJi,\\nC-.T-.- u., u.ill\\nGo t w\\nlU):v\\\\\\niMiui y.\\nJiiri b\\n.Jcrouii.iU J lid+i oif,\\nJ. hn\\nK;it)i;t7i s^, 1 i:.\\nXatli:x;iicl .T.j. /7\\nba.liali\\nPliiliip V.;.\\nWilliui.i\\nA^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i!ll..i.l V\\nClcn, ::;-iTi or Olv. n:l:!!!v GimsV .i;, V, i.U:iiii\\nIr crl Gurdev, Il.i.uiuli\\ni -^.K 2 U, VA. -r^r,]\\nC! ii.ih- r.ol II.v.:iiF.TT, ;Mr\\n::-J I[.i.-kii j F. :ix C\\nr i: O. IhiL;;!!!. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0.liihii C\\niriiol Hall, i:.u.ilv\\nr i M-.i -i Allri l\\nr r .1 I ll I\\n.1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0[\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I\\n1 G.\\ni.-\\nr I ,!;:i\\nI .j. L--. a; .-t K\\nli v\\n:i::;c,i i:.\\nG :.;.Jh; i-i. I v.\\nuM;:i:i\\nGov:w W,\\nIchril. .il\\nTI\\nGor.\\n.;-j j\\n:jii.)\\nlOi\\nicii,; ;i\\nn.\\nJGS, 3^2, 3vj,\\n....:;ti;\\nr.J. liaol.\\n.-t\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.i ,.;iia5\\nGos3, *,:it.;\\n(i.idiai:. .1 nrv\\nU MiUl. ,M.:-. I i T. M 4^:. Oo\\nU lvu, i;.- \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^vS ii;, MT\\nGraliai i r Irimcs Lauilv A\\ni ...i,-.-; lin. l-.;4, Ivj, 30j\\nJ. l 11. 10.1, 147, l. i. 1:H, 1o7,\\nI /i, -i C:7U. :iij, oOT.\\n41\\nIJ av.in. .ii -IC\\nn. u\\nCakl 1-4. n:^. 117 ill\\ni-l;;, H70..!- 1, u\\\\,rc\\nn,ai!.;;.\\nClaik l;\\nIVivi l. i:.7, i.^-:-, 21.-.. ;347.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0C.-j, 4 I.\\nrianicl\\nK-lua\\nE Uvanl\\nKliiali\\niviri; AV\\n(.rahai.i 1\\nH.r.inali\\nllaiTii:^ Xu\\\\7 jll I\\nlloiirv 4, LI- ^1.\\nIlo:,rv J\\nlliK iM\\nIsaa.- ^1\\nJ.\u00c2\u00bbc\\nJ ii.i. ll2,-(:\\nJ.ii:a:iiaii. l^- i,\\nI l\\n.l.silUl l l- ~;2\\n])r. .l.-ali 1 \u00e2\u0080\u00a24 i.\\nJu UlU", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0781.jp2"}, "753": {"fulltext": "GOO\\nINDEX.\\nU.ill, Lncrctin r,2\\n:.rarv 311, :j5\\nMiTvfha (;i;!\\nMiU*^ v. .b:;;; ii i;.\\n3Ii- I TO\\nivfiv. J!i- ;7\\nJSailKiiiU;! 2G0, t:0-, (;?2\\n(ii ailiali 37:;\\nOlioileiloui, null. JID, OttO, 537, 03;!.\\n(ir)2.\\nIVtor 11, 171. ITrv C.-i\\\\ (-v;-)\\nliculici! 372, 377, 37\\nKiiib\\nVjIlnKc :i3. J\\n^Viliiani Mi, IGI\\nTiale. I;(n^ Mo^^cs, lo, 73, 7-1, 7. 7\\n7.S. 7! Wi. ,s,-, JIG 317.\\nCol. Ka-liaii 3J52\\nWilliiun -iCi, 4i;i\\nHaloy, Kilwanl .3:.i;\\nliainiitnii, A!o ;.n!i:Icv\\nI ^d \u00e2\u0096\u00a0avit\\nIlaiiilin, Rev. (Tei\u00c2\u00bbv;iv,. ?.l :;.,l\\nHa!!, flames i i\\nHaml. iiov. J. T ::~2\\niiaiif^on Charl. s\\nlinnly -T\\nXailiaiilcl i: 3\\n}!a,^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ldil^^, i;. v. W :-l\\nli;ll-l )\\\\v. A llKTt, 3 I\\nllov. \\\\V I7i iTi. :;:s\\njTariior, Willow i\\nliatriiiiaii. lauiilv 3;;3\\nAlui 3\\nDuvi l :41\\n\\\\V;.!i. r i(;i),4(U\\nJTan-iu^jroii. K. W -lOO, 101\\nIlarri.^n!!, Jolm H 4i)3\\nHai-t, Sa;uii?l 8. 373\\niiaiilonl. G(M,i-c W 102\\nWnudlmrv 40.\\nirartwell. .Joini E 3s7\\nIlarvcv, .Tolm 2i)3\\nilatlhew 4.j;i\\nI\\\\nil tis\\nThoiiias HI.\\nIlaseltiiie or l!asfl(, ii, limiily 3\\nAuius 22.^, r}~ X\\nAs-a 0/3\\nT .ciijaiiiiii. 174, \u00e2\u0080\u00a227. r.3\\\\ 37.~ .371!. 437\\nEdwin 81 13.-^, 227. G71\\nEjilu-aiui. 20. ;-17. .3:), 4lt. 7.J, i,\\n^.S. IKi. ;.2, !)3. 13(1, u77, 23.J, 434,\\n4.V,. 433.\\nFrancis 371\\n.John. 83. 1.311. 2-7, 2.8, 200, 270,\\n2S3, 4 13, 43r.. t;j;t.\\nJolni A 3S8\\nJohii \\\\V 3;-!i\\n.lo.\u00c2\u00abi i.li W 330\\nJo^iali 143\\nLucrotia 030\\nSlarv 3ii.(;:il\\nMaster 277, 281, Git\\nItill 201, 22K,\\niMuscs 173, 2::7. 373. 3n5, I i I. 023\\n:JIiS 027\\nl\\\\alUa!i ,S \u00e2\u0096\u00a008\\nPolo,- 133. 205. 374. 0:!ii\\nKicUanl. 13. 2:!, .30. 110, 174,22s,\\n437, 445.\\nSaiuru-1. 1.35. 14- ni, 148, 193. 300,\\n33S, 309, 373. 370 03\\nSarah 03i\\n.Simon 332\\nJh Miias. 2.-i, 1i5 200, 277, 295, 4.37,\\n451. 4.-5, 453.\\nHaECltiuc, William 43.5, 437\\nHaskalJ, ]\\\\roses 444\\nHaw)ii, .iVlbert 389\\nHastings, K^ibert 79\\nUawkJiLs. Oliver 223\\nHaynos. Edwin 403 i.\\nJohn 40G\\nJohn A 403\\nDr. John O 005\\nMatthias 372. C.5ft\\nMr .106\\nOliver 403\\nSainncl, 225 mill 240, 41S\\nYt ollsC \u00e2\u0096\u00a0.401\\nH.azen, Tlioniion 304\\nHazaril. Jasou 382\\nMr 277, 233, 373, ,370, 377\\nMrs 045\\nHazzoii, Kicl.ard 12, 194\\nHead, faiuilv 542\\nNalliaoiol. 1G3, 108,170,178,214,\\n253, 20; 445.\\nKair 672\\n8aniucl 178\\nTa,v:-rn 40, 210\\nHoalay, fcinilv 513\\nAbraharn S 40G\\nDavids 407\\nOeovge W 400\\nMosci 3S0\\nMrs 133\\nXatlianicl 8. 35, 44. 73\\nKelson 014\\nPaul 307, ,308. .377\\nPhincas 384, 385\\nS.a!i!!iclG 407\\nSmilh G06\\nAVillirau, 8. 23, 29, 44, 200, 202, 275,\\n021.\\nIleai-ne. Mr 207\\nHeat i, laijiilv 544\\nAhi-!iii C 029\\nAsa G44\\nDavid t544\\nDeal horn 373, 377, 3.78\\nElijah 32-1\\nE. A 210,401\\nFrank .S 400\\n?.a nuel3I 40?\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Simon A 21G\\nKev. S. P 061\\nStojihoii 183\\nirerrii;k, ir 284\\nKcv. Wio.T 040\\nHerrinf;, Mr 277. 283\\nHcrsev, James 3s2\\nEM(d Vi i!lia,ta 444\\nHiokcv, John 277\\nHiddi-n, ib-f. E. N 040\\nHildreih. Eidirauu 68\\nHill, Isaac -152, 453\\nJohn H 406\\nKobert H 380\\n.Hillard, Mr o.:;t\\nHillB, faiiiilv 544\\nA^ujiei- 1.30, 2;0\\n15ciiiuniin. 93, 05. 90, 97. 08, 99. lOG,\\n275, 2^:3, 2S5, 328, 443, 445. 450,\\n021, 022, 024. G-i\\nBeig. Jr., 174, 212; mill, 231, 200,\\n275.\\nCalvin 2^\\nDavid 308. 370. 372, 382, 033\\nK 215\\nEihnnnii o\\nEdwards 177\\nFraaois 443\\nHan!:ab 029\\nIsaao, JGl, 214, 215; mill, 232. 302,\\nG23, 028.", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0782.jp2"}, "754": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nCOl\\nHillii, Tsiao, noRro l.-C UuMonl, Clonfl. ini\\nJa.v ill, -H, 130, 150, 157, 190, jriji, IK-nrv li.o\\n7. ci^. I ,io!:,.,;ii :;.-j\\nJohn 070, 3;i,:;7G IlMgliis, I !i-ii,ciit, \\\\.r.. s. 1(1, A. 17,\\nI)f:i. .r.liii -JCi, 37C. 42. HI, r..-r! is, l;i. ja. i;:), -i.i_ ij,:\\\\, 01, i 7.1,\\n.J( ii;iili:m .T 71. 7. 47.3.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ins. i.h 1:50,37:;, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0-r. I ,i.,iui rr.\\\\\\nJcisi;ili ;,77 ITiiiiUiiis-. n|. M.irk jl!, 1\\nai.irv ,311 I .lolin I J\\nMoliiCilKl ii .K Hiiiitim, M.irv t\\\\:0\\nM. s. s L S, 1 J4, 12(;, LT), A;1, .37-J I IluiiliMiti. Asa r. 1 1\\nI ;irl;cr 3m; U liil. M miijilir-.-v J\\nJ ni.|i. iire C l; lluuiiT. Till ii;s iiiiil Silas I I J\\ni;iit!i JV: Iliir.i. N. 4iil\\nSmiuu-I li.;i, :;73 1 Hum Isanc KU\\nSi,,pl.. M 174,-14. cr, IIii^s. I;.ni.:I ^;i\\nWarr.!! J 3-- IhUoliiiis, .VImI iiii! I.ovi 4: !::i\\nMr.\\nS.;l.ll\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2:l 4\\n.374\\n.r.l\\n;i\\nHobbs ,1\\nM..\\nH.xlckiii. ihh.i v\\n:mi.l.\\nJ r. Fnuifis\\nMrs\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ITopjT, .j,,l,,,\\nlloir, tiiiiiilv .VIK/\\nAi.hi i\\nlioitv (Vj.-*-!\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2h-rk W Jii;\\nDi. .J.v 1 1\\nKjiliraim ,s\\nJiil-./::. I Jl. 13i li J. 144. M.i,\\nM7, MS 1t:i, l.JO, 155, 37i;, 3-1,\\n4.-i;. 457, CL\\nJauiis I ^fi. 401\\n.Tnhii 205, 42S f. jrvl\\njA vi :ti\\nIiri;uii 4 f Jau)e.\u00c2\u00ab. .Tosiali S\\nWilliam T., stoves\\nCai t. Ik-zikiah J\\niNfiAI.l.s, fainilv Mn\\nl.M:l.]....\\\\ 71,;-.4\\nNalliaiiiel C.:.!\\nI url. V C 3 ;i\\nSai. Ofl. 2, 15, in. l:i. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0_\u00e2\u0096\u00a0. 3. L7, C\\n31. 37. 3 40, 4:i. c i.:v. 7o,\\n7- 73. 71, 75, 7(;. 77. 7s. mi. l,\\ns ^:l. i l: 7. v i, 27^, i 5,\\n3 ;:i, 453. 451. 455, 450.\\nSii-.1i 2^2\\nTim .,liv 37.S\\nJack, familv ...550\\nAii.lM-.v. ...114, 117, I -T 1. 5, L-1,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l. 300. 4.71\\nMary\\nKol.rrr 3!4\\n.Tack.soii, I ;cii i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Pi7\\n.410. -ni;\\ni.-.. Ji. ij\\n15, Li. -n\\nM. llv 0-. 4.-\\nM.itjiir 4i3 I Jaquisli. J.ilin.\\ni*auul:i o,;ii Kicljard.\\nSainiicl 377, .37:^, 37:i I .Tcel. Jaincs 2\\n^VilUaIll 0 j;*r4i;i I Joirrey. (.ienrge 14, 2 1. 5.\\nHnl Tonk. Aaron 101, llIi;. li.7 .faiiirs lol\\nIfnllaiiil, rc Inrt .vj I .Teniips.s. (iilinan 3ii:(\\nUoliiif. KI.Kr Hiraii 001 Jewell. Kn.is 37S 7i, .M\u00c2\u00bb\\nKev. Janic.*, lot;. 157, :U7, 300,415. 40 1 J sui.li 3S2\\nJonathan :;T4 Tiniotliy 37,;, 3.s3\\nLuoicn ;;:i( j Jcwett. Ucv. L 3j7\\nHolt. HiuMi.liiL-,- .374 I R.v. Mr i .:;n\\nSaiiin.i ,37:1 1 p.-iiii i\\nUdltuaii. Ai ilerei ii 45x Johns.m, Ceo K\\nI aiiirl 035 I Jessv 410\\nKzekiel 3 -2 Ji.hn C i\\nJiiiialhaii SO Ni li.ilas l\\nJ.-iiallian I 4i 0, Steplioii 1, i\\nIlnniaiis. J. S 2 7, C5j Joiics. Cbarles 1 7\\nHo.jk. Aliraliam .101 1 Cliarlfs A\\nfJ.i-Drw W 4.-.S Key. Lsaac r.io\\nHenry }I .3s:i Mr 1 I\\nIsrael, J. T. an 1 Samuel, Diill .217 INrnd 7. 5\\ntlaiui-i.. 071 Jordan. iJaniel i\\nMill 211\\nSamuel 1 10 K.VLr.oric, Kev. Occrge 017\\nKom, Jame.-J Ijl I I i.r K.irr, see Carr.)\\nHonicr, i liitinas S2 Kcllv. family\\nl!..s.i..ii.,l(.hii .3m;! Eiilir:iim 4! ;57\\nHongh, (i.T.r .:e Dca. Kzikiel U., l. O. 2!2. 2;i-, 314,\\n}Iniis;.-in, .Samuel 37s, 370, 3^0 1 345.3^1. 131.\\nUov, Mr 2S2 Israel \\\\V 1^7\\nl!ey. .Mr r,10 ,I.,lni -I i\\nTill..rs..n .332 j Kendall, Mr 1^: 270\\nHoT^-ard. Ki.-leird 405 Sannel i 3I\\nHov.c. D.ivid and Franklin, mill 2!\u00c2\u00bb I ll s vile\\nHovev -s shears 2.50 Kcntianl. I;..i.ert P :o7\\nH.ixie. Mr 410 Kenne.Iv. K-.l.ert ;:i;7. .M-S\\nllubbaril, r.eniaiiiin 37C I KeiUiist.io. Mr\\nCharles. C48 \u00e2\u0096\u00a0WillJaiu II H-G", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0783.jp2"}, "755": {"fulltext": "602\\nINDEX.\\nKrnf-, fiimil V 551\\nAiuos ll 2, 1G3. 1HS, 174, 176, 177,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J14. 215, yio, 445.\\nClKU-les it 3W\\n(ieorge SCi2\\n.Inuw.fi M 458, 4(;0\\n.ImIim :!Sl, 3S2\\nr,uc,ieii 455, 453\\nKo-gan. Hr\\\\-. J 352\\nKt VCfi. StciOicii 378, 379, 3^0\\nK(:; .;ir, TimoOir 453\\nKii!!lt:iU, lUniilv 55!\\nAnios 375, 31^4\\nJSKii.iainiii 4;i\\nniarics w :m\\n.D.-i.vi i 21fi\\n;icon 415\\nGeorge C :VM)\\nHiiurv 38-;;\\nJo.tei linli 441\\nciolm r.2!)\\n./oiial-liaii 15, 24, 28. 4!\\nL -.v,is 145, 4.58\\nZibaii ;;73\\nICing, Mr [35\\nii-: a:, laniilv 551\\nDi .u.iranin, 17G, 177, 214, 215,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0U G73.\\nl^r 151\\n7: !piiiti W D Sri,\\n111-. linUiB 170, 177,218. 3!2\\nr ufn.- .,i .307\\nKnock, Jeiediali :370\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2T:ii. it)vi,ii 379\\nKi;ov, s. family 5.52\\n.\\\\u\\\\ m...! 373, .375. 37(\\nK;wkid 372\\nF i or J (!12\\n.).)hu 27V. fi8, .372, ,375, 37!^, G32\\n.Toscpli, 20G, 3i/, 370; Mr., 277;\\ninill, 4-il!.\\nK^. .h^j. ;G!J, 171, 170, .177; ml!!,\\n233. GL-r., 629.\\nT^ ib.irr G:\\nK .i. ^u.niia G2!,i\\nKnox. Mr 10, 4i\\nK cr* S5\\nK rotzei JaiLOrt SUi\\nI. A.Di:). Dar.iol 9, 123\\nCr].r. ]K .v.U:l rST\\nL;i cin, .f \u00e2\u0096\u00a0],n C22\\n],r;tiu\\\\v, Iviicn^oj .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0;77\\nLaiuMBfer, Ta.^v. j ho.iias f;: H\\nKa.tiP, frtliiiiy\\nAiHia G3)\\nCiiarlo;^ M 403\\nC liurlosW 407\\n(aiiic.l IIG, G55, COG, 070\\nI a-.iicl K GGl\\nPavid 10, 055, GG2, OGO\\nT n ih;v GGl\\nE Iwarrt P 403\\nEze iel, 117, 374. 0.55, G57, 002, GGG, G(;7\\nHaniiali G27. G29\\nIsaac 174, 175, 444, 447, 458, 071\\nI a;ri.ll 3*-5, 04!)\\nJaccu) 372,377\\n.fame. I 45,s\\nJanes T G4S\\nJo mi, 35. 13i!. 206. 208, 279, 283,\\nLSi, 290, 360, 372. 376, 377, 379,\\n3 I, 382, 384,458, 031.634.\\nJohn, Jr 35, 130, 150, 371, 374\\nDca. JiihTi 192, 371, 0.32\\nJ(;hn, Ei^ii 172, 184\\nJohn F 4(17\\nJ shua Got\\nJosiah W 4! 6\\nLane. Natlian 35, 372\\nKichani E .647\\nSamuel 3J-5\\nLangilon, John 415. 4.59\\nLaiiglev, Edmuuil J 401\\nD.aniel 15 403\\nL.ajig uaid, Daniel 43-J\\nLarkiii, Wallace T 38.S\\nLar.al)\\nMrs.\\n.627\\nLary, Voltaire E 461\\nLawrence, Riclianl C 389\\nLeatcl), family .5,56\\nr avi J 386\\nJames 1-/6\\nDea. William 112, 113\\nLieut. ^Yilli,anl 124, 259. .345\\nLeatbliead, Robert .413\\nLeanianl, Sil.as F.. 348, ,388, 389, 391,\\n392, 393. 447, 458, 400, C71.\\nArthur T 386\\nLeavit t, Amos D 3. -:2\\nDajiic! 17\\nJainos 9\\nJohn 372\\nJoseph D 383\\nMoses 76, 77, 100, 375. 4.54\\nK; tha!;iy! ,381\\nNehemiali 8\\nThomas 9, 23, 4.3\\nLoighton, W. W.. 4G1; and Liifkin,\\nTriill, 243, 6T2.\\nLeonard, Thozaas .?84\\nLeslie, Barber 204\\nLibber, Beiijamin 308\\ni aniel 382\\nDavid. 382\\nJames 375. 383\\nJeremy 208\\nLincoln, Mason \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^34\\nLiim, family 5.5. 5\\nJo.^ei h, 67, 124, 127, 135, 144, 347.\\n14S, 149, 157, 368, 371, 372, 445.\\n400, 623.\\nKailiauiel 40, 124\\n-^.IvH 4!5-\\nKatbaniel Yv uG\\nLittle. Eli .abeth 023\\nMoses 3\\nLittlelisld, Joseph A 407\\nLittleliale, Jolm If.. 24. r.O\\nLivcrniore, Arthur Co. 315, 4.58\\nDaine! 1.55\\nliocke, family 5.56\\nJohn, mill 233, 340, 424, fi27, 458\\nJonathan lOO, 101\\nSamuel 1 407\\nTrue T 45S\\nWillJS m, 112, 149, 156, 135; mill,\\n233. 41G, 446, 624.\\nWilliam M 387\\nLog.ivi, John 4 )fi\\nLong, iamily 556\\nBenjamin .371. 457\\nColonel 3S2\\nJ(ifopb 477,371,025\\nNaomi G23\\nWi.lov/ 120\\nLoveland, Eev. Mr 601\\nLovereign, Ebon 23, 49\\nGilman -38.7\\nJohn 381, 3.H2\\nMary 070\\nTheodore 383\\nTheopliilu3 372, 3S2, 383, 070\\nLevitt, John T 389\\nj.,orrane, Jos 9\\nLow and Damon 438\\nGen, Joseph 186\\nLowell, Abner 407\\nKov. John 79", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0784.jp2"}, "756": {"fulltext": "INDKX.\\n003\\nLmii, I\\nLu;\\n31\\nM.I\\nMi irli. H U\\nI}. \\\\V\\nI ll, I\\niTt\\n.:v.\\n1\\n..lMl5\\n...:;s;j\\nM.-ir\\n:i,.r h\\nI-iUldii. f.iinily ,v,7 McDufloo. Arclii 135, jitc. iOn, ;;.v.i, cij\\nAm .s ,(I7 li;uii(- l -UU, -JIIU, i, (.JS\\n.1 1. I- 305, -im. li-.i/ (iu..i;:e II\\n110 JIiit;li ii:4, ;;Ti. r.jj\\nii irii.ili tij;) l_ J.cp.v 3\\n.Lir). 377. :(7!l 1/ 5I:ilisIiel.|. IJI. TJi _ mill, JH),\\nJII7, L lu, :;j j.\\nKlllll-V U id\\nSiunnel C\\n.Siinili i;\\nMcFarluiiil. lUiuilv .iv^\\nAnclrow.... V I..;, r,j\\n:iniol\\nJiiiuos r.i ii;. .;._\\n.M n- :;s() .Icssu :;i;s\\n.V isi, :5:;s. :!i;i i ,jolm us, U i\\nI iiii .Ill IMd.si s iiis, i-ji. 1. ..Ti;\\n1 Ii. \\\\V :;ill J lv.ni i.r.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0;i ^n s! Walu-r I(i7\\nc ;;s4 McFiTsiiii, fiimilv ,i;j\\n,i.\u00c2\u00ab-.. Kix-loiUk. ,.4\\n.1m; .luiiK s sj.\\nM.!!;- :.M. wu..;-:.:o :j7 mi Panl 5 1. .-J, f-4, -M\\nis i: C i.i;i S;iiiniel .1\\nI .M. ll.S (M- William ^!.:.i;::\\nM. .i 1. 1 II iM-t liMi. Hi_ MoGec. laiiiily ,M,.;\\n11 I fis Till liia.M S2\\n:i!.\\\\ McC Own, .John .:7.i\\nr i. .,s McGiiire, .JaiMos 7\\nL Ol, -juj, Jm;. i.ji .-McLir. sior, liridgi l.V!\\n1 Kcv. Iiavid :i:^;i, ;;.i\\nMcKow. .l.-mics\\n.McKiiili V. laiuilj- i\\nUo l.er t, 12-1, iifi. r;-; L:,1, i:ii,\\\\,,;:i,\\n-Nl tL l.\\nil .1 41S McKiim.i, Malci. lui -pi.\\n.Mc.Ma. ^tor. fainilv .i;:!\\nTlionias.. r.i i.-.l\\nWilliam 1_1. Ij;. .,i,7. i\\n.McMiuiili V, liiinilv .^l\\nAkxaii lor. II. ji:j\\nJoliii, 10,04, -S, 111., IIJ; uiill,\\n2:13.\\nl{..l)wt r,i\\nMcXair, Allies 1\\nMcNeil, .John _\\nNelieiuiah lT7\\nM( I liedris, Arcbi L j\\nMcl^uostcm. (ieii ..U\\n11.S. 12!i. .;i.7 Mead, Andrew J 4.. J\\nCcor^.. Jn3\\n.1 .:i.i ijo C,i^uTt:o. M. 1) s\\nI ::.-r. Mo.ar.-;. .I(.liii II ^I j\\nN i: i m .l 211. SI. 1-.- Mil, Alexander r.r.5\\n4tiii. .|i;i .Melville. Master GCS\\nr 2:1: .Melvin, family .5i 4\\n.N-nij t,_. 11\u00c2\u00ab. I2.I l:enianun 2i;, 1. l In,\\n^r- I. i^i-| CliailcsT :;..s\\nMa:-f.-:-. n- |i,;ivv :n K.lwardM :::n\\nM.ui i. 1. i| .lalin Ll i. Lli;\\nl-:! Mary (,.1\\nI 1 T; ratriek \u00e2\u0080\u00a22.\\nHiiliard i: iTJ\\nTli..ni:is.T I -l, ir, l, it 1 i.;i\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.I.-. Merrilield. (ie -lKe I. I..-.\\n.1 .III! 3(W. 372. 377, Merril. lUiiiilv\\n-.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:.U...\\ni.loll.\\n.M\\nMr.\\nwly.h r.i\\n.M.\\nyi ir~l..i.. 1 .-u t.\\ni \\\\rM\\n:.::-rli\\nl\\\\\\n,1.\\ni::\\n.110, .\u00e2\u0080\u00a224\\n377\\ni\\n...23,\\n.-n, 323\\nJlci -l. itv.\\nJlet.-;. r ,.,i y\\n.\\\\1 .-.li h-v.\\n\\\\:i i-;\\n^r.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.|| .s\\n:!7\\n.2(4\\n.1117\\n.fiO.\\nMc\\n.107. 2M2. 203\\niu\\nMM 107, 100, 2G0, r.32. (o2\\n.Ia:ii.- 2i .0, (-..Xt\\nM ^f^uTliii-l. C ijit. S iniuel .37\\nMeCov. Mr I .i7 Meuerv.-, Clem.Mil\\nMe I \u00c2\u00bbutr.;e, I aiuil y r^CO Vol. Nathl..\\nAm..s 1-7, 3i;\\nA\\\\l^;ill i.s\\niJ.irii.i d\\nOiirleslf ::m\\nMarv I .j.T\\nSiiii in :M..:;1\\n.St. l.lii ii, 124. 120, l. ;.i, l,:i,2i-4,2;i4,\\ni;s.i.\\nTluMn,-\u00c2\u00bbs T) 2IX\\nDr. niom.-i-i K 0155\\n^iS", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0785.jp2"}, "757": {"fulltext": "604\\nINDEX.\\nMetcalf, Ralph 4G0, 4fil\\nMiles, Oliver 4G1\\nMiller, tUinilv 505\\nArelii.. 20-1,307\\n.Tmiucs 126\\nKev. T. H aC5, 437\\nWilliam VIG\\nMiller, TUoiuas\\nMills. Ctmily r/ O\\nBcuiaiaiu :i. ^5\\nDavi.l 341,373\\nJames 118\\nJolin, 82, 85, 94, 114, 198, 259, SG\u00c2\u00ab,\\n309, 622.\\nJoseph 445\\nPeter 3s0, 3bo\\nKohert, 82, 81, 91, 118, 259,344,\\n38G. 021, 029.\\nWilliani 159, 344, 345, 370, C2G\\nMiltcuiore, James 309\\n.-Minot, Stei.lien 315\\nMireliel. Dr. Frederick 312\\nJ..]m 3hl\\nMoll, William 394\\nBloiitironierv, Hugh 39\\n(.Vv:. Johu GfiS\\nMootl y, )anicl\\nS:uii uel 386\\nMoore, family 509\\nCh;i.vies, 82, 85, 118, 205, 209, 201, 277\\nOnius 177\\nElbri lgo O 400\\nHeiiry, 125, 127, 134, 135, 139, 140,\\n147. 1.52, 344, 300, S83, 445, 450,\\nHenry C 94\\nJame. 177, 0.50, 002\\nJolin, 40.64. 82, 90, 91, 105, 118,\\n201, 205, 219, 220, 201, 307, 375,\\n3*^2, 383, 380, 450, 460, 401.\\nJoliiiT C49\\nJ.iiiatliau 1|8\\nJos ma 118, 345, 372\\nJosiali 3 3\\nLewis D -...405\\n]\\\\Iar j;aret 345\\n]\\\\l;.rv 344,319\\nl\\\\feliit.abel 311. 023\\nllufiisW 4.58,400\\nMoore Wasoii, miU 233, 410\\nS llmiion 0,59\\nTlioinas 059\\nAVilliaiii, 108, 177, 373, 374, 377,\\n378, .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0!79. 4.57, 459.\\nMo.T olaii l .Taiiiett 74\\nMoovos. fauiil 570\\nI eler..: 372\\nDr. Saiimcl, 270, 277, 311, 317, 370,\\n375. (;33, 034. 035, 638, 044, 15,\\n050\\nMajor Samuel 034, 0.36\\nHforcran. Lulher 15. 23\\nMorrill, t aiiiilv 571\\n,Ailam..: 024\\nAlber! M 403\\nC;ileb :5T2\\nCapl\\nDavi.l\\nDMvi.l T. 453, 1.59\\nK 401\\nlienry K 049\\nJames 11 403\\nJesse V 40(;\\nJoseph 07\\nJnr.a ^1\\nTlmmas J 4o:;\\nMorris. Joita\\nMorrison, Fraiikliii P 400\\nMorrison, Horatio H, O. 406\\nJames H. P 406\\nRev. W 330, 337\\nMorrisson. David ,374\\nJohn 8, 10, .374\\nRobert 374\\nMor.se, family 500\\nAbel. iOO, 109, 110, 113, 205, 229,\\n276, 305, 002, 4,50.\\nAbraham 150, ,309\\nAmos 220, 433\\niSenj 390\\nPetty 02S\\nEllnaF 02^ 633\\nEzekiel 369, 372\\nFrank 390\\nFred. A 401\\nFred. D .389\\nGilbert 37-9, 445\\nGilm,au 414\\nHenry 385\\nIsaae 381, Ojo\\nJ ohusoa 031\\nJosiah 200, 370, .371, 439\\nJoser h R 3s\\nJudith 027\\nLucy 031\\nMary 6; 3. 024\\nMr.; 1.5:;, 151. 284\\nNathan 134, 135, 140, 2=i8. 307\\nOliver 300, 368\\nP.arker, 227, 371, 379, 45S, 400,\\n071.\\nFetiv 029\\nPhebe 032\\nPhilin 375, ,376\\nRichard 4 ;i\\nSamuel 37!, 373\\nSarah 02!. 027\\nSleiiheii. 131, 13:?, t35, 149, 2r,),\\n,324, 381, 444, 450 022.\\nSnpplv 381,386\\nTheodore .379\\nThomas .377\\nDea. Walter 347, 428, 457\\nMot.t. .Tallies r A\\nMoulton, tamily 571\\nBen,jannii 000\\nHenry 176\\nJac ;b 9. 19\\nJona. 90, 199, 200, 275. 27()\\nNathan 055\\nNoah 0.55\\nSavnli 022\\nMunros, James 152\\nMurdoei Kev. AVm oH)\\nMurra family 57 1\\nDavid... 3s5\\nHannah 0.23\\nJames 3!i4\\nJohn 105. 029\\nMil! 211. 210\\nSamuel. 1.50, 381, 425, 411, 444.\\n-ioi. r.-jl.\\nPa-au -l F 3r.9, .390. 101\\nWilli.im ......105\\n()X. Jona 9\\nav. IVlerev 070\\nSarnne! 78. 0.58. (:(;6\\nSamuel C 403 405, 400\\nea^lo, C arl 104\\noiler. Jolm D .394\\nO son, A!idrc\u00c2\u00ab 3s0\\nJolin -104\\neal, Klouor 027\\neil, J. seph .^2, 81, 3. ^3\\nPotor 384", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0786.jp2"}, "758": {"fulltext": "INDKX,\\nr. .i.j\\nNewell. nw.C. K....\\nK. ttliall, Urv. .Mr...\\nK;. :i:iiiii\\nr.il. .M.. S\\nXilcs. ll Hiiii ircv.\\nni.-. hiiiu-l..:....\\n.Iiiiic-\\nM\\nNi. Ii..|,i-\\niMii I. v.)\\nNort !imIv\\nD.n .l \\\\V\\n-.J I ;i;,-,, ir..iali..\\n.ImIiii\\nKrv. .1.,I,ii\\nI s.L... I\\noTi; l^.l..\u00e2\u0096\u00a0,\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^.\\nII:; .S:,!,Mi, 1\\nr.-,-.i.:o -^..i:.li\\n.4.V., 4; .(i. (,7tp Wihu-. W. I\\ny.-J i\\\\ ii r. A .ii.s..-\\nJlfiirv.\\n.V-\\n.Jill\\n.Ml.. It,\\nS i.iM\u00e2\u0080\u009e.l.\\nWiK. .u\\n,r,,i:. ...^..\\\\-.i\\\\ -Mil-. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0.;:.:_\\n.i.iH, li Mi. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0:ft7. :-?i. !;\u00e2\u0080\u00a2_ I .mi.\\niv.li I I.:; i;.-v. y.iw.i.\\nM .llv lMC.|..-|i.k\\nN :ill|:ili -Uif ,:illi:iiii. l.\\nl; -|.:ir.! S.-I...I1.1 S.\\nill I... II 1. u.\\\\. i ..ri., .-i ij. 1\\n\\\\Vi low DiaxlA\\nV. illii;u\\nv. I, .\\\\ii.ivc\\\\v C v\\nN.. .c-, .\\\\-i\\nKii-i-n 11\\n.l..hii \\\\V... .lsl.4-!?, i.\\\\ I. 4i:.i. (iTl\\nM irv c.::-\\nNuti. l-.iuilv\\nMill j i\\n.I..I111 V, ;:ii-\\nXiif. r. i:. v. U VJ\\nl!is!..r.\\n401 -Tlltl. 11. r M!!\\nI.n.l.- ;i\\nU .^ii\\n.1.1.1 1\\nOl.l.lN-, It. V. .T.iliii\\nOi-furt. .Vl.i.ili\\ni:|.hr;,i!ij, liO, -JIT, 441, 4.\\n4:;. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a071.\\nOrr, Cp rv\\nl; .i.. r\\n::7I\\n.l.nii.s\\n.I..!m\\n.S;ir;ili\\n0;-.lw;.v. Cliiu-lo.s M\\nVt/lli;ii,i i;\\nV,-Illi\\n,lr,7, L 4. ;7, C -y-\\nllV. 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O. 112, 199, 259, 2^2,\\nI l-iiSle 8;Miii;el SI 2 2-1, 3( !i, S09.\\n1 la.! is, .I l iritias B 393 iOuisr a; -I ISO, 45S\\nPiuiniMO Dr. Albert 312, 314 ^Iinvia 30\\n--^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v.4n 3;!3 (juiiiiby, la aily 577\\nhu^ Caiiil Juilitb 3- 3 .\\\\sal..;l G33, G14\\n.N. .Mi Mehitabel :n: Kiviv-n- 3S1\\nX-i;i,an :!Ti 1 ,ia .b V.\\n1)1. N i;l:aii 17 :i, 3i5. C31. (i:2 I Jncob H 04G\\nPiOk. Ji.nics K .V!s6j John 105,300\\nPolLii .l. V t: foil 3. *-33 Jub i L. 405\\ni i:-!!. 3S3 I Jc-i; ih li 405\\ni; x: it;l I Kc-v. :Mr 351\\njlozi l.i;ili 3^Hi Kai,l ^,;^::^na!: 50. 51\\nPirani liO j l;;;ni!-f-i\\\\ Tin^b 200\\nMill J-!;! ,b,b:i.. K2\\nPnllc( ri.vik, Jacob :..-V M- :bov 203, 034, 053\\nPoor, liiniily .574 1 Rami, fT.niiy .577\\nI) iVi l yl^ l J .V\\nKiiiibab t -b J;:nu;:- C\\nrant. Kiioob riv;.^;ab\\nlUai v j; i^iH wos.; .h\\nIvHclKicl ^a-il\\nKatbaii Uiiu s .^m; b\\nPorter lluatli s mill 2- i .bi.;;;.:.\\n;-3, 2:-l\\n30^, 3 B\\n3S 1\\nV-.]\\\\\\nKarnbl L C\\nKanbh,,.;\\nJoi-\\ni\\n024\\nR^rco ^b\\nKay, b.\\nIC.S, 1\\n.V{i8. t\\n.b.bn\\nINbirll a\\nKaiii\\nSaijiiK l.\\nPotter s HistMry\\nPowel, tiiuiily\\nl^a.lC\\n,b.b i.... S5, b-;!. !f 445 J-\\nSauiiitl 2uii. 275 Ko llie!.;\\nWilHaui, 20, tb HO, 101, 102, 20 lleiaii!--;\\n_.5;). -!5-!:. Peiu arj.\\nPrav. Joiiii 14 ?b\\nPreiiii.-is. r.bv.^ter 2N4 Pen/t.\\nPrcSCi^r.t. tniiiiiv .575 Read.\\n.\\\\si 215 I lb\\nJ -aiiaiiiia 055 1 c\\nJbb.anl O 300 lb:\\n.lauujs 2:^45 Cr.\\n.bbiii 23,45 Jb.-;,s\\nJnliii .Tr S, 23, i Eeynab-b bai. TiHViisjl\\nJoiiatliaii Dr. .;-e}ib\\n.1 sbua. Kb, 100, 201. 200, 300. -I 1 Ilob\\n:uel 0, 23. 45 Tb iras!\\n.u G :3 0 Tb- ^-T.- CI\\nam P 3n3 Ricbards c: (.becii-nui\\nPn: 4;, lies 375 fa;:t\\n-41 -73 Pi. i.wi..b\\nbf! !-aii;.l !24.207, 210 Osi;-, b...\\np^^.ss^ I iiii.l .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0!31 Kiobarib.;;!, 1aR;ib\\nlb. am -i. i.S i I\\nPrestii i r Pr\u00c2\u00ab SS( ii, faviiily ,570 Cai i\\nl ;MMainin 3.SO Piiviib\\nKlvaru 023 (4ibiK.a\\n307,\\n010,\\nr,73\\n2I1;\\n043\\n.riii\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2553\\n\\\\ii4rcM- H.\\nallies 370\\nC.\\n.371, 37\\nr.v\\n^50, 3\\nIcr G.\\n!hi ?is ili\\nliu-av ?.l\\n,b.n,. M...\\n.306, 40\\n;oo i\\n.la.i.ics .._*;)\\ntloreiaiiii 72\\nJoiia 215\\nJoseph 177, 109, 200, 201, 285, G2S", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0788.jp2"}, "760": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nG97\\nItichaTfl^nn. Ms:-: J.-D, 323. 022\\nNiitliiMiii-l aS3\\n1 M1 -.11, l:;il, U7. l.-^O, L U, 347, 3^.5.\\nPiixillii f.2*j\\nSfiniurl 37S.37!t\\nTIl-imus... 25;t, .22\\nAV:i.!!(\\nII. ii.\\\\Vm. .M 2s, is.-i\\nEinK. .r:;rvis 14. ix\\nJ .iiii 370\\nRinkiT, Oliver IM\\nlioborts. vnts iss\\n,T,.l,i. 9. ;(7L\\nS:iit.ii..! .V\\nWilli.-UH 4 11\\nl L?I.rT:.-..li, A li ll 3 4\\n(;:i|.l mS\\nRibit.-. t rii.iilv r 7;i\\nl:aiii.ir.| P f.7I\\nciiuiU-s i: 3:tn\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ivM 3sr,\\nDm 2117.. e. ).i. r.r,7\\ni;.ii PiP.i T :N .i\\ni-..-.iM i:;-. :;7n. 42:^. (ii^j, f;i;8\\n]-.h-.;ir.| 1 3; 0\\n!i:il....!. 1. M. III. is, 23, L 7. 30. ,T.,\\n7(1. I .il. I .iL ,\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^7:?, 374. 425,\\n]r.i. r;rv;. ir7. imh.\\nJ. l.h. 1; (V.. !ii;, M4. no, 113,\\nM7, I-. i. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2Si j. -.75, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0:7(;, 2-^1, 425,\\nt.-.i;.\\nJ .l;ii \\\\V ,r.49\\n,l..ii;itli:ui 3sr,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Mliv (i32\\n.^:iiii i. i, :;n. ilm, 12:1. i. i\\\\ t;i. i ri.\\nI I L. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2j i. 3 i. (T,, ;,7,-,, 377,\\n37- 37:i, 3 4-5. 4/15.\\nTH|.i:m 20.^. 2(10, .-S2\\nAValiri- (;:u. r,:-;5. (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.37, (i.50. Col, f-,3\\nI^oliir I, ill 212\\nR.,bins..n. .\\\\-;i 215.211\\nA wln 74\\nl,:il\\\\ 401\\nriivti..^ r. 3:10\\nI :.i:iO 407\\nI .|v.:,nl I! 403\\n411]\\nCi-.!; 1; Ji.i;\\nir.-i.iv 4iii;\\n.T..lin. 3. 7\\nJ iii;:li:iii 9\\nI.. 173. 17 177. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0;2, 214, 215.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jir. ij. lit. 4.57 (;\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J.^.\\nM:]-i,r r.r.2\\nr. !.r 21;!?, 374\\ni ii::-!i 403\\n\\\\V,-r, T.l 3^3\\nSan.M.;! II 4fi(;\\nSmvmI; 4!5\\nWilli, 401. 405\\nKobiTiS. ii .-ii.il! 429\\nl;.;-i..:s. r,;,nk 4.!r.\\n1;. Av (ici\\n.laiL. s C 3s7\\n.J. It. 305, 31-.\\ni;. ._r,Ts :ni.l Kcridiill 2\\niMi.-.i:\u00c2\u00bbli 434\\nK. V. Nail.ai.i.-1 15.-23, 52\\nl r. X:iiIi. iiiiol. .VJ, 75, 77, 9**, 99,\\nKillV. r.r:. i:iuiin OS, 99\\nK^-lIii s ,\\\\-,v.,n 1^0\\n.I..m;.Ii 375\\nMl.. s 9\\nU.Mt, 1;. V. P:Lvi.l .305\\nl;n\\\\VL-. liii.iilv 583\\nAmv..:i 3sC\\ni;ciii:ui,::i 385\\nRove, ralfh 055. r, -.G\\nChurl, s R 402\\nDaiiiil 5s3\\nH. iir;, V 400\\nIl. iirv W 402\\nIsaiah .3i;s, 370. (;5t\\n.l..lin :;07\\nIti.hanl 4r5\\nRiili.Tt .S, 23,45, 149, 150, .375.3. 1\\nf^lu iLiirii U33\\nJ li.iiiia.^ 45\\nRowe i Conier 212\\nRowi l, (hiiiilv s3\\ni Al.i-aii 1124\\nH f :f.^2\\nI Klizalictli 259. 202\\nI Kii.H-h 2ik;, 211S, 307, .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0;72, mi oa-j\\nI (!i.l..iiii .324, .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.OS\\nI- John p 3^4\\nI .Ii..-:ci.hS ;i;iO\\nI Rnl.mii. R.v. (i. W roi\\nRuiiiirls, Cai.t. I).aiiiol .73\\nI Owen 014\\nR.iburt, 2S. 200. 202, 275. 270. 370. 37 9\\n.Saitiud 370\\nThomas C 403\\nRus JUii.j.iiiiiii 75\\n.faii. .s :j7.,)\\nRussul. raiiiily \u00e2\u0080\u00a2,.^3\\n]\\\\t;v. Charles I o.ti\u00c2\u00bb\\nKloai:.^. .X, 23, .53. I O\\nMasttir ficor(, e 297\\nRynies, William. 23. 53\\nSANlaii-.x. fii!iii!v 5. ^4\\nAbr;;li;nn.. 8. 47\\nAllVril ,1 39.3, 390\\nJ;eii,;ai,iiii 2:-, 29, 45, 10. 4V. 3.^2\\nDaniel ..2b l. .S\\nD. lA-ro\\\\- .390\\nEdward s. 23. !5\\nKlijiliaz 9.;. 2.59. 202\\nKlioch 1^. 23. 45. 40\\nJcroinidli 8. 23. 15\\ntb.hii, 23, 2. 45, 10, CO, 02, 70, 270,\\n024.\\n.Tiiiiiithan 23. 45. 16\\n.T iiarliaii R .220\\nJ..st !.li S, 19. 23. 45. 47\\n.bisi.ib 47. 3s3\\nl\\\\k s.s 213. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2=,72. cr,5\\nIsatliariicl 8. 23. 45\\nItacb.l 2,-0\\nRenbiii ,s, 23. 45. .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0;71\\nKichard s. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2:7\\nS.-iniucl 47\\n.Sherbiir.H r.25\\nSiiiiouM 42H\\nSanf.inl. GeorL e R ;r,4\\nSaltnTis:; 11. I.cvinelt Ji.9\\nSarycid, family .;4\\nAaron I) .389\\nAbraham, 11. 12, 1.37 173, 17.5, 210,\\nRi V. Reii.iamiii. 183. 185, .3.38, 339,\\n3 1.4.. 30\\nCaleb C 048\\n0, nxKi R 40G\\nRiv. (ii-n 0 AV 000\\nJacob. 29, 37, 0!. 73. 77 95. 90,\\n193. 23i. 2,54. 200. 275. 270, 30^.5,\\n410. .;51, 435. 4.50. O\\nJauos 216\\nJ.ihii. .371, 370, C32, 0.33, 0.34,038,\\n0)2. 1.51.\\nDr..I .bii 310\\nLiu-v I .^13\\nRvdia 026\\nrhebo 022", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0789.jp2"}, "761": {"fulltext": "608\\nINDEX.\\nSargent, Dr, Sannicl 034\\nS. A\\nTheophilus 5SC, G3;!, (107\\nDr. TLomas, 174, 170, 177, 214, 215,\\n312, 444.\\nValevitine 378, 379. 3S0\\n^Viuthroi) 96, 137, 238, 248, 2lil\\nSaunders, Kenry OS, 1)9\\nJoiia 259, 2n2\\nSavage, Jamei5 V 3f)i)\\nSavoie, Francis 3:;;)\\nSawyer, Daniel, mill 245\\nDeacon 202\\nScliaefiev, Fred 373\\nScott, Henry 3)^7\\nKev. joseii .i\\nMaster 283\\nScribner, faiuilv 5.S7\\nAbbie.... fiW\\nDaniel 38G, 056\\nJames 407\\nJobu W mi\\nSealy, John 8\\nSear .es Rev. Jona C59\\nSearll, Joliu 8\\nPcaver. lla .niali 253\\nSeavcv. familv 5si\\nCharles L 390\\nHannah 631\\nIsaac L 35-2\\nJohn 309, 334. 38ti\\nJosiah .G29\\nL. IT 3SG\\nK ;\u00c2\u00abiio]fis 9\\nSenter, Lydia (V2h\\nReuben 220, f.- 8\\nSeverance, fiimilv rs~\\nBen 28\\nJames 385\\nPeter ifir, 370, S71, 373\\nRuth C23\\nSarah OiiG\\nShacktbrd, t lmily 5 ;s\\nHannah 030\\nJohn, 23, 53 mill 231 3Ci7\\nRichard t;30\\nDr. Ri .fus 310, (.73\\nSamuel 23, 53, 175. 215\\nSarah .f:22\\nfin.saiiiiah 025\\nTheodore. 149, 022\\nSliacljford s corner 191, rX)\\nShaticr, Aut^nst :iOi;\\nShannon (am jly T:\\nDovolliv V. l\\nFnvnklin\\nJohn 372, 377\\nLy.iia 02G\\nSaniuul 377, 3S2\\nThomas .377\\nWilliam 371, 372, oO\\nShaw, family.\\nAl.ii;a!l 027\\nCharlfsF 3;i4\\nDavid 12, .370. 032\\nI r. Jona. II 3,ii), ;!s4\\nMaster 2.^4. Oil\\nRoger 47. 323\\nSamuel 19, 23. 47\\nSheldon, Kev. Anson GOO\\nJohn 2.is\\nShenau. Jacob 400\\nd, Jo\\nLu;hor K 003\\nShcplev, John G\u00c2\u00ab\\nSherhurne. Itenianiin F 390\\nHcnrv. 1. 4. 5. 0, 7, 8, 10. 18. 22,\\n25. 53,59,02, 71,99, 100. 101. 4.53.\\nJoseph. 8, 23. 53, 71, 453\\nSherburne, Samuel 15, 33, .53\\nShirley, lamily ,5.-9\\ni)aniel ,378, 379\\nElizabeth 250, 0-:\\nGovernor 309\\n^Hiigh 118. 1.36, 345, 306, 308, 3G;J\\nJames, 124, 120, 130, 257. 259, 314.\\n323, 300, 308, 373, 456, 621.\\nJames and Alexander s mil!. 244, 441\\nJohn, 12. 30, 78, 82, 85, 91, 108. 200,\\n385, 455.\\nMargaret 12, 623, 032\\nMary 026\\nPeter 2,77,344\\nRobert 271, 276, 379, 458\\nSamuel. ...124, 1.54, 157, 1.30.441,625\\nThomas, 89, 121, 120, 130, 283. 377. 590\\nWilliam, 39, 118, 130, 136, 157, 159, 374\\nZaccheus 28\\nShronder, Thoma.s 379\\nShurtlelF, Ezekiel L 403\\nShute, Jacob 194\\nGov. Samuel. .7, 22, 39, 191, 194, 208\\nSilly, John 2:!, 47, 194\\nJosciih 17\\nThon:rts 47\\nSilsbv, familv 591\\nOzias. r 102, 214, 268, 270\\nSilver, familv .592\\nThomas 1.5,24,49\\nSinjras, Thomas 15, 23, 20, .50\\nSimonds, Nehemiah 458\\nSleeper, family .592\\nKdinund 294, 620, 071\\nJeihro 176, 17 i, 181 215, 4.57\\nJohn 1325\\nSloper, Henry 15, 23. 53\\nSmall, Jo :cph 5\\nSusannah 5, 53, 70\\nSmart. l^Tr 207\\nMoses 033, 034, 053\\nRobert 038\\nSmith, tamilv .593\\nAbigail 30\\nAbn; iifim 3 4\\nAle.xander 055. 050\\nAlphouioP. R 390\\nAlvah 648\\nBeiiianiin, 23. 28. 47. 116, 206, 375,\\n453,0:i2, 033, 052, 055.\\nBurlcij^h .370, .380\\nCaleb 373.058\\nCharles .404\\nChester C 395. 101\\nElislh! 9, 23. 47\\nMrs. Eli.jaberh 253, 255\\nEzekiei 055,050\\nGeor^ e 404\\nGeorges 290, 3.-9, 0T2\\nIsaac I8i\\nJolm, 9, 28, 29, 00, ;l, 91, 195, 200,\\n200, 310, o.SO. 05G.\\nJolm M Jor\\nJos.iph .352, 371, 029, O.JO, G.iO\\n.losiiu i 407\\nR!v. Ml- 351.353\\nNicklus 033\\n_)liver 9,375,376\\nPage R 390\\nPaul 28,93,200,440\\nReuben\\nRobert 00, 453\\nSamuel 2. 9. 23, 47, 98, 194, 4-J9\\nSvlvanus, 28, 20, 90, 200, 365, 440,\\n454, 455.\\nThom.as, 15. 23, 27, 28. 47, 69, 74,\\n7.-;. 82, 84, 90, !U0, 200, 316, 40.5,\\n4.53, 4,54, 5S3,\\nTimothy 347", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0790.jp2"}, "762": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n699\\nSmitli, William 2S2, L i Tarlmx, John 373\\nWidow r.T.i I Taskor, S.-iinufl ,\u00e2\u0080\u00a2574\\nSmvth, Kro.liTick V J Col. TIm.iiiiisi 373\\nS lUliwiik, Aiiios L Taylor, It. iiiiL l.\\nSDvaino, I ri-ik -Iii-i\\nS|i.iuMiii;^. SiiinKjl \u00e2\u0080\u00a2JII7\\nSi C ir. S.iiiinil ;i7l\\nSpi iicor, Uov. Ml- .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i^.I\\nSi.ilhcl, .7..^ H71\\nSiiill.n-, Julni :!7:t\\nI iivi4 37 -J\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rt, W ti :i\\nJohn, ftictorv 417\\nR VJ2\\nTlioiiins ;)s2\\nK.-v. \\\\Vi;ii;iii! 317\\n1, ir, ii;l i Ti-Miits. lirc.igcF\\nNs 1 jvil, .riiiiii s 3hi\\n;^1 I TL iiii lfi.ii. llimily \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2117\\nCll.Tl\\nSixjll oi l, rRimiiil\\nKuiijaiiiiu F\\nJolm P\\nJ. -e! S t:nos C i;\\nJiwi-jili W If^K j AMfii -.Od\\no.iiiii.io f:ijhi.-v. ion, i.:r,. i,-;i, ::;,j, iv,:-.,\\nI ,,ilv fC ,1 I ;;c.;i, .!l7, Ki:, cji.\\nS[ oUet, l- f^a 3!ii I Tcnney, r utiily\\nSpraLriie. J:i-,;!i. 37.\\nS;:k v. C. K 403\\nSt;uili ri, Vniuk 4i f,\\n.Sr;ni vo.\u00e2\u0080\u009el \\\\y IS.--,\\ntjiaiiv.ri. Aiiihoiiv IT\\n,Ia./.,b -1. s. IS. 47. r. i\\nStuik, il. ii. J- bn 370, 374, 3S _\\nStc ^.-I -i, i;. V, -ir 3.-.1\\nSteel, J.. In. .T.-,!.ii U\\nJ...-.;,!!..\\nSfcveiw, Al.iel\\nIf.uiic!\\n3! 7\\nSir\\n11\\nSjv, .1\\nSewcl W\\n3 S\\nSlla.s\\nL l_\\n4r\\nSil;.:- W...\\nTl!..in;i^...\\nVL W.Jli.-iiii\\n7: I TIi. .trli,-r. ll.. i.r:,\\nr.. 7 Tlii.ni. 1 v. l ;i:u\\n377 1 N;iflrin...\\n-.r. Tlionin K;i.lK:.\\nl;i; L lH. L -l,; l J::iMe-^\\nr.ir-! .lew\\nl-r-,i -niii\\nCliiules, iMiil\\nI- ..-;,.-,:pr M Tlior-i -.ii. r,i ,,rv:c ;-i_,^\\nl-Aioa I Joint s r 37!)\\nJ.imo^ 03, 44C, C.: .Toli.-i li;()\\n,!;iiii.-;L 4..7 lU v. y\\\\r 7^\\n,1 .liu Wn. C t-,.-ir; SaiiHifl 1.-, 1. 4, 53, 373\\nLiiiliur C 3SS Tlioiiiri.s W 177\\n^1- L^ H; ,-i:;..,i, C..!. Mr.Mi,;\\\\v\\nPiiiii. !s 37!t Thr;i.-.).er. H.-iivy .i.W\\nSm1,i:iV)1i I lnir.-f-ii. Slci ln/ii i.r.J\\nWi l nv (I .0 Wiliiiiin a 4i)7\\nWillia 1. Tilt .ii. Ii;;i,i(.-I S\\n:ir Iji.i.jjiiiin S.\\nAn.Jt .iM-,s. 1_-1, i.;.-., 11-. 143. 1-.4.\\nEillnirai.^ 1\\ni;. v. K: tl;i.-1 \u00e2\u0080\u00a2r r,-\\nlii V. in:lt!iiii ii i\\n1;p;i1m-ii 37s. ;;s.i\\nt TixULiHS .3.74\\nSfilo8. 3r;- 43!\\nStilha-iii, ^^L^:^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 lyj\\nSt M-kir, Mr 4J-\\nSl -Kiii.!ii, -i /n. J-\\nSfry. Kiis Ki\\n,Sti \\\\v. liar 1 lie r\\nStraw, Uic-bari! 1\\nS vl.-klatrl. Fniiik ::-7\\nStuart. .Tolm _ .374\\nSjwaiii. .I Mi. i haii i i,\\nLevi :;7i. n--\\nMarv ^11\\nKev. Mr 31-\\nWi lov, f,-.:;\\nSweat. Iliniaiuiii 47\\ni:ii-ii-i r.\\nSf I i e!l 47\\n,1 .iMi --.kr.itij\\nSwco s. r. t -iinilv .ii T^v\\nU.-iirv. lit.-,. MV,. KM. 173, 171, 17.7.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Jl4. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lA, 4l s, 4. 4,-iS, 4, ;:i,\\nSi;lliv;vi. ,I;iiiie^ Anr,\\nJ..li i 4 il\\nMiirlz y.i i\\nTai.l.vnt, Jaiacs j71\\n23. 4-!\\n.,4 :i\\n370. 371\\n.4i 5\\n4;iS\\n4.S\\nC. r::e H\\nJe liro S. -1\\n.1 .hii\\nJ...-e;.h. ...4. r,, 7, s, lo n\\nI.-. mini G\\nrioiii.\\nIviitas A\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:ii.r. S.^v.el J\\nSlierI.arr;o\\nWiUia\\nT.mM. Aii.lrew ?,r.7\\nn.ii.iel\\nWiiii. uii, faliiilv Sr S, r-,\\nT.Uor.l. l-iiiiil ,-,as\\nHiitrli. )3 i.-.4. l.-,7. JL7, -XX. 3!!. 315\\nJ liii. UC. 3s, iM. i.\u00c2\u00bb;. i\\n7l^ KJ. m:. :iii. :i. ;i. i. in.;,\\nli T ,l(is. I(\u00c2\u00bb;, III. IfJ. li;!. 114,\\nii. p. i. iL s. i;; u;;, i:^ laiii,\\n47. J/^s, i;.-:!. -Ji-.n,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i;7. 4. .l. 4. .ii. (IJI.\\nA\\\\ ilnaia. Js. .vj, Int. 114. U S, l. lj,\\n;n. L 77, r,-jl.\\nr.inliii-.n. I:ev. J. I 2s\\ni ..ieM :ii:^. Mrs\\nI .ieil .:i:j\\nAt rali :iii i(j2\\nAiitlionv, i;,:. jr., iIk, 4,\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0C J. 4,M. 4.Vj, ir,!\\nl;-ii. .in:iii.... .r\\nC l eii. 4. 1. i.^, i:i, 23, 8, rj,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0791.jp2"}, "763": {"fulltext": "700\\nINDEX.\\nTowlc. Daniel 384\\n])avi l \\\\V 40()\\nElisha. .28, 20?, 3 ?4, 400, 635, 650, 057\\nraiicis JG, 199, 261, 275, 280, 3GS\\nIsaac 1:50\\nt1t;ieiiiiali 372, 377, 70\\nJ..I111 3^5]\\nJoiDuliaii 20;^, SOS. 033\\nNabbo 020\\nKalbl 3 0\\nPhii]c;i\u00c2\u00bb 033\\nPiiillii. 23, 4S\\n.Keul-eu 30S, 37S, 3 3S0 i\\ntiduboYU s mill 233\\nSninuei 20. 307, 308, 033, 034 I\\nSon a J5a, J03, 514. 215, 254, 373 I\\nWi)li;:iu .375, 3t2, 3^3, 044\\nTown, Kli,i; ;t 74 j\\nTdwnt^eiKi. Kbenci ier. iC 174, 214, 215,020\\nTric^ev, Jir-ci l; o. -T\\nTrii), Goors\\nTruo, f;ui il\\\\ COi\\nAlu 1j.C! i; A 400\\nlie^.!-u.;!ii. K;5, li;2, li;;i, 370, 377,\\n379. 457, 023, G2C.\\nClK;r!c.-:F 3^-0 j\\nl :\\\\iii.;l 440,0021\\nI-.i^ ^iv \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i t\\nV:i\\\\c 2i ^22n, 221,3 :5, 410\\nHoiirv 378, 379\\nDm.lhihez 7:\\n.luhi- .U 2;i!i, 2G5, 300, 450, 004;\\nILiWer 2S4!\\nOs;;:...l\\nTnu l.r.i-.i., \\\\V\\nTniil, J)i. I hK.o\\nTuck, i: --v. ,U,i,.\\nTuckt;r, C::ui::n\\nJ h,\\nJ .:-,i;!;.\\n.iiisiii .l\\nTu:-iioi-, ;U)i;ilv-..\\nChuilcs.\\nG-. A.\\nJ.lr.r.\\nii(;s;;\\\\h....\\n.221\\nGO)\\n371\\n3K)\\nCJC\\n4.)1\\n..4!M. 4115\\n371\\n3H5\\n373\\nS;u;..!; G32\\nAV:::,.in, r^.- -jr,.). 3f.o, 032, G33,\\n0:;5, G3N. Oii,G:2.\\nTutilo. U it.a.wu It.., 4ilG\\n.Tolin. .y. .V. 20, 5T\\nM..Si:S 1! S, 202\\nTyng Capl. Wni CK 430\\nUxDEi::;:!.:.. ;;in.ily C02\\nAnnu 027\\nAv Juir B 072\\nPel iaiiiii. K 07 i\\niivi 1.0. 100,373,375;\\ni;ii,;alK;!i ai, 25! 2C2, -:31\\nUracw r. G72\\nG.M--. 445\\nG. iO.: W 072\\nHo;xUi;i!i 133, l-iy\\nIs.iac K 3sf.\\nJa,:..-s 217. lill\\nJav r .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ai i T., mill... .213. 214\\nO.N\\\\:,.ii;-,li 150, 3S1\\nJ^^.^c J 175, 250, 325, 41G, 457, 451\\ntl,):imia 22\\nJohn. 35, i. .l. sS, l J, 134. 1.35, 130,\\nli J, 111, !5. 1!7. 1 IS, l, 152,\\n1,57, 2\u00c2\u00bb5, v.5:f, 1^02, 3GG, 375, 3^8,\\n3vS:), 45o, 45S.\\nUnderbill, Jonatiiar. 373\\nJoseph 31 lO\\nJ ,siab 428, 431, 432, 441. 444. 005\\naiosvs, 124, 126, 151,253,383,434,\\nXai baiiltil 208, 3P.2\\nKeu K 3SG\\nOrlaudoH 072\\nPollv 0.30 J\\nPufusK 072 I\\nSaiii]ison 2S. 30. 48. 04 1\\nSiimuel f ;:i, 310, 445\\nWc-Uti C 3 JG, 4(;:;, 072\\nWilbaiu 135, 0.54\\nWilliam ir 3.v,). 1.57\\nVv iliiaia I 440. 457, 45.3, 071\\nUptoi!, liuv. John 347\\nVaxct, .T. !,n 371. 372, .37S\\nWiUi-iiu ..12C\\nYariihniii. Obarlos; A 3 G\\nVanillin, familv GOS\\n,laui.;;i, 40, 73, !)3, CO, 258. 253. 202,\\n305. 450.\\nVoazi, Beiijaiuiri\\nGoorge, Jr 8\\nSam iscl\\nTlioiuas, Jr i)\\nVii kers, J, dm .3\\nWAr.l KT., familv cm I\\nPcdv 128\\nJarnvw 08, 82. 120. 2 2 022\\nJob!) 82, S4. 85, 15;:!; -5 i\\nMoi-ibah 3i4. 027\\n.Siis;iiiiia 344\\nWade, Kob;?)-|: 8\\nAV. vili Igli. Pohei-t rOG\\nWadlcv. Pciijaiaiu 375\\n;nth:!!iid 3.-2\\nWait. Cajit 3 -2\\nWablron, Riclianl i:. 3, 4i. 22, 24, 3:)\\nWalkov, F; -l,ie! 3\\nNailinniyl 270\\nSanuio! 373\\nWi;i-U 17G\\nWallai t P t.--v 0;:8\\nCharles. 1;)G\\nLcM cln 11 \u00e2\u0096\u00a0!02\\n:\\\\irs. .Alarv 07)\\nTlliinias!. J. ^/^^^374\\nWi... A 4;k;\\nWalliiijiivvf!, Thomas\\nWalton, Geoi-jre !i i)\\n,jr,i,ii 3;-4\\nShaaraeh 21.53\\nWanl. Hielauu 75\\nPi;; ii:, mi. SiKi\\nWarren. L.f.mi G .4(, G\\nWillsam 33G\\nWasbillgi!!;, lleei;;-!; 101, 102\\nWasoii. Vamilv. OO!)\\nAb:u;i;b 031\\nCliaiies K G\\nliv 031\\nKHnj.lj.;., 3^;5\\nPr.-u\u00c2\u00abndi 221\\nGar i. sii;! 2i.iG\\n.lames, I5! 1G4, 173. 177, 204, 2b.i,\\n215, UK, 2;i5. 3::G. 341. 315. 425.\\n129,412.024.031.\\nJohn 108. 210, 3.55, .372, 3S2. 027\\n,!o inO 20 2i0\\nMl- 1\\n1\\nSaiJiUL l iiiill 243. 357,", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0792.jp2"}, "764": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n701\\nWlioehvvi;;hf9cl;ui\u00c2\u00ab 13\\n.tohii 13\\nAVlii.Mi ii, iM!. !i:;c! 5. 1 -3. )-l\\nWhitclior, llo .Jai .iiu\\n.losinh S5\\nCloses ti\\nWliitf. faiiiiK-\\nAloxandcr -iiiS\\nI?c.Ua;:,ia 1\u00c2\u00bb4\\n]):i\\\\:.! ii;i, 20-;, -f O\\n.Tail..-: f:}.3f 5\\n.r,.l-. ,i lb If-. -l^-l, 4ir. (\u00c2\u00ab0\\n.Ir.iiii\\nJci-ci.!; 375\\nKov;^,:r\\n:-.;;.-!aA... 3\\nS;v,,i..l iSi,3-l\\nI -ioii-is .....US\\ni,. v. i .ii l.!-, ^f\\nWason. Tliotnp.s. SO-l, 2i 5. 25: 3t S, 372,\\n1-J2.\\nWaters. Xatlmnic! \u00e2\u0080\u00a2;32\\nWatts Ps:ilms find llvr.ms. .324, 32.^.. :vM\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Wear. Col. Peier. 13, 19, 23, ZS, -18, 22r\\nWeare, V.-shcck ;i!t, 1(11, i,-,i\\nXath.uiiel CI\\nWebb. J.inios 4i)i\\nWebber. Jmuujs 404\\nWebster, ftinih- C.lo\\n1 laviii 250, 2. ^3, 308, 310\\nDiiniL 135, oOt!, (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.o^\\nIXvii.l 300\\nEt .miiiiil l. iT, 161,2(;s, 270\\nIsvao 2;i.S\\nJacob.. 371\\nJohn 23S. (;2i;\\nJohuG 202\\nCol. .I-jhil. 123, 120. lo K V. 307,\\n373. -Ml, 3^;2. 43G. 455, 150, 45S.\\nI ea. John 3ii3, .324\\nKev. .Josiah 3o;5\\nPa ?c. mill 221\\nBIoscs. 27(;, 203. 375. 377, 37. .370, ISKd\\nXatb;!!-.. 15. 24, 20. 4;). 05. 74. 75,\\n7( 77. S.o. .s.i. i ii:i, 117, J2.\\n1:M. 130, )07, 212, 217, 250, 202,\\n2:S1. 3o; 3 33. 3to. 450,\\nSanuiel.. 371. 372\\nliov. Samne! 050\\nStei beu. 15. 2i, 27, 40. 5 loV, 2i8,\\n250, 2S3, :jOO, G2 (33, G3t. Oi;7.\\nWebster s mills .i-?, 203, 2:33\\nVreeks. family 012\\nFranklin C 3.s8\\nNoah 175, 200, 3S4,42.Si, 458, KV2\\nSuBannah 027\\nWilliam 200\\nWelcb. Mrs, .Nabbv 002\\nOliver U:i\\nWells, tauiiiy IU3\\nOaUiariiic F 07:\\nBe.iijaiiii.a C\\nCbarbs S 300; Wbii-iuo, Kov. Jo?\\nJaco!) 2C0, 227 vVibar.l, ra- RU-.i.ar.l, 7, 20,\\n.Jamc-s 3. 3 100, lol, ll)^.\\nJolu! 055 Wioom, T i nuis\\nJosii. ;i 372 370 Aa.r.,Ti\\npi n.r 378. 370 Wilcoiiib. iono;;cr\\nSai.iu -I .378 Co.. \\\\V\\n1 v/v)u:oilora. 005 VCi b ir, i .cv. H\\nTKo!,,a?. 28, 20, 38, 05, l-^o, Vi., j ^Vi. ^il\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 Will ain\\nbi-. 115, 128. 201. 227, 2.;-i, 305. I Willan!. Siiiioi.\\n307: 572. 378. oV.i, 418, -r,u. I Wiil.jt. -b biia\\nWinr!:r-iT 32. 0;!3, C.34 I VvM .k-v. Charles C\\nWcl.^i. .SaiiiiuU 1!-.. 40, 00 j Hcv;ry\\nWeutwortli, JJeniiinfr, 15, 23, 5t, ioo, I Willi;;ni\u00c2\u00ab. Kbyii 30,2\\n107, :;18, .Miii. 054. I Kov. Gibbon 31T\\nEbeii.zcr 23, 4 Jobn 3T3\\nGovcrn.H- Jobn. 2(1. 39. IC, .54. 105, o-ia 3 5\\n200,205,207.490.407. Mo ;os 428\\nWest, family 013 Rev. Steplion\\nCharles II .3.^9 WiliiMn H 4if5\\nCkntif^nt A 3.8!i WiLson. ftunily fib 20, 72,315\\nDaniel .8 .3. ^s 1 A. .a i!. 124, 135, 143, 197, 337, 345,\\nl. r. Henry 3b:-. 3sr, i h.;7, f,-J3.\\nJohn 4!4 I Asa 33, 102, 204\\nJohn A\\\\ O ^S nenja iin 1 7\\nro.\\niliiam.\\n0^.\\n1 30. 1.35,\\n140,\\ni _ 1 5\\nK.i\\n,52. 15b 1-57,\\n10..0.\\niT .i\\n25\\nooo, ;:4i, 37:\\n55\\ntV/i\\nIb a-\\nWilli\\n77 ^2. 8 \u00e2\u0080\u00a2.-50, 315\\nWbit.-l!.. 11.^1\\n.iobn-\\n:;03\\n\\\\YIn.iii4. J.\\n.nies.\\n20. 70,82.84\\n.15.24, 58\\nWbiliiia;-,\\nW!!;iT!.-v, E\\nfL O\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0!cr S..\\nC-i),\\nWbi! inker,\\ni ii- nia.-^\\n37.\\nWbiltevi; r-\\nPr. J.\\n1\\n3!3\\nWbirloii, .5:\\nn;.\\n376\\nWlOttior, 1;\\nnrily,..\\nF.1.5\\nic. 5, f (-7\\nCanv.a\\nb 1\\nf;(;8\\nJ anic\\n374\\n]-!.jra;\\nG....\\n-SOV\\nJo,,-,.,\\nb\\n108, 24f\\nKcv.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0n\\nI riK\\n205. 200, 00*)\\nK: a;\\nna\\ne::.\\n5 4,\\n211, r2.\\n423\\no J\\n....38.;, 385\\n.3-8\\n3-2\\n43\u00c2\u00ab\\n255\\n300\\n218\\nKatbaniel 388 I\\n\\\\V ilkes 34S, 375, 370, 624\\nWestbrook-, Thos 24, 54 I\\nWeston, .bunes A 203 j\\nWeymouth, Charles H. .390 i\\nConverge L ;i.S7 j\\nWheeler. Kev. Abraham 040 I\\nJ. S., mJl 212,245 1\\nKev. Mr 338,348 1\\nWheat, Thomas 049 i\\nButler\\nM ;!son .sCr..iSsinj\\nJtanicI\\nDavi.l\\nJiMwar l\\nHusrh.\\n2,5\\n221\\nSC^i, 427, 445\\n118, 190\\n3tt\\n.82. 84, 120, 2G1\\nJames. 29, 3.5, 82, 84, 85, 120, 259,\\n2(31, 3G7, .372, 386, 440, 021.\\nJane G2.3\\nJunotte 62-i", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0793.jp2"}, "765": {"fulltext": "702\\nINDEX.\\nWilson .Jeremiah 218\\nJohn. 168. 177, 217, 376, 384, 388, 404\\nKov. John, 41, 78, 82, 86, 90, 91,\\ny-i. 105, 108, lly, 112, 113, 114,\\n115, 118, 125, 132, 142, 143, 101,\\n200, 316, 317, 330.\\nJonat)ia:i 332, 370\\nJoseph 223, 225\\nJu.iiih 620\\nMartha CJO\\nKathan 177\\nKobert, 20, 3,-), 84. 88, 125, 127, 120,\\n130, 131, 132, 141, 142, 144, 147,\\n148, 244, 261, 331, 306, 374, 375,\\n37G, 455. 456, 457, 4.58.\\nSamuel 68, 80, 344\\nThomas. .104, 370, 371, .374, 375, 376\\nSf eplien 655\\nThoPias J. 387\\nATir.iRRi. 20. 74. 75, 82, 84, 103, 227,\\n2G0, 340 36-i, 4,56, G24.\\nDen. Wniiain 157, 243, 325, 345\\nLiont. WiUiam 344, 340\\nWiraan, Mr 294\\nWingato, John 48, 90. 100, 101\\nT)r. Johu 21 1, 215, 270, 612\\nJoshun. 1, 18. 10, 23, 48, 60, 72\\nRev. Paine 48, 70\\nTTinslow, Zobiiloii .-.7?;\\nWitkerspoon, familv 610\\nAlexajulcr. 138, 136, 371\\nDaniel 118, 124, 137\\nDavid, 124. 135, 145, 152,207, 285,\\n306, 369, 372.\\nJames 124, 1.37, .360\\nJoseph 445\\nEobert 12i. 205, 308\\nWoorl, family 610\\nDr 311\\nFraiiii 300, 304. 05\\nGeoi-geA 5\\nJe=;so ::05\\nJohn D 303\\nM.aster 278\\nNathaniel, 124, 126, 133, 150, 261,\\n262, 368, 381, 44S, 623.\\nRuth 630\\nWoodbury, Levi 453, 459\\nJespe 185\\nWoodman, Dea. Jonathan 79\\nJonathan 638\\nWorliS, Henry 23, 54\\nWormwood, Alarv SS\\nWilliam... 255\\nWorth, John 380\\nV^orthen family 620\\nAquila 253\\nDorothy 6?2\\nEnoch 384\\nEzelciel 28, 273, 624. 645\\nJacob S7C, 6.-0\\nJosiali 457, 9\\nJ. Henry i )1\\nMichael; mill 2;;M ::i;\\nRebecca 253, 023\\nStephen 3S6. 025\\nTJioaias ^0\\nWright, James 405\\nTeomaxs, John 30, 40\\nYork, Jacob OTO\\nYoung, liev. Charles\\nIsaiah G 40G\\nJoseph 15, 23, 54", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0794.jp2"}, "766": {"fulltext": "Miin^\\nli", "height": "3439", "width": "1863", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0795.jp2"}, "767": {"fulltext": "i\\nKM\\nL3Fe 05\\n\\\\i\\\\\\\\", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0796.jp2"}, "768": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0797.jp2"}, "769": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0798.jp2"}, "770": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3429", "width": "1837", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0799.jp2"}, "771": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3611", "width": "2081", "jp2-path": "historyofoldches00chase_0800.jp2"}}