First Grantees of Tamworth

First Grantees Town of Tamworth, NH
The township was granted 14^th Oct 1766, to Lt. John Webster and others in 68 equal shares. The First Settlers in 1771 were William Eastman (who became a lifelong resident and was a deacon in Parson Hidden's church for years), Richard Jackman, David Philbrick, and Jonathan Choat. But, according to Rev. Mr. Cogswell in his "Memoirs of Rev. Samuel Hidden", published in 1842, says: "The first white man who settled in Tamworth was Mark Jewell (1772), whose father resided in Sandwich. Col. Jonathan Moulton was the original proprietor. The Bryants, James Head, Israel Gilman and Jacob Fowler owned land here. The hardships undergone by these early settlers were severe. Jonathan Philbrick brought cornmeal from Gilmanton on his back. Henry Blaisdell went to Kingston for a supply of mean and was gone two weeks. During his absence his family lived on milk alone. Gamaliel Hatch was inventive enough to make a mortar where he pounded flaxseed into meal which made a substitute for flour in making bread.

The Grantees of Tamworth
Lt. John Webster James Cochran Enoch Webster Ja. Cochran Jr. Jn. Merrill George Abbott Will Rogers Jn Moore A---McMillan Sam Osgood Wm Cochran Jn Webster Junr Jona Stickney Tho Stickney Josiah Miles Joseph Hall Jr. Sam Moore Dan Stickney Walter Bryant esq. Joshua Abbott Jona Merril Jno Noyes Esq. Tho Wallis Rob Rogers Jun. Moses Coffen Phinehas Virgin Sam Dickey Sam Gilman Col Todd Lt Col Barre Hon. Geo Jaffrey	John Cochran Moses Bennett Jas Wallis Sam Cochran Alexander Lessley Stephen Holland Abel Lovejoy Joseph Emery Jon Cochran Abel Chandler Timy Walker Jr. Isaac Cochran Jn Davison Hamilton Davison Jon Morrison Tho Clough James Head W. Bryant Jun. Esq Peter Coffen Robert Fuller Will Coffen R. Barnett Jn Kimball J. Barnett Jn Webster Jas Dwyer Enoch Coffen Israel Gilman Dan Rindge Esq. Jon Warner Esq Jacob Fowler