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Wakefield School
Early Teachers
Wakefield, NH
Very early on the town made provisions for at
least limited education. It is interesting to note the monies
that the "charter of grantees" allotted in 1776 it was £8, only one
half to be paid out in the winter, and the other half in the summer.
By the year 1782 monies considered sufficient to support a "man
school" for six months was £60.
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1776 |
William Blaisdell -(appears he occupied this
position for 25 years) |
1791-1793 |
Master Nicolson pd-12 shillings, Master
Robinson pd-£2 , Colonel J. Wingate pd-£3, Master John
Blasdell,
David Glody, Isaac Fellows, Capt. Andrew Gilman, Walter
Neal, Joseph
Gage, Abner Allen, Master Evans
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1794 |
Daniel Hall, John Dame, Mr.
Newlson
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1807 |
Elizabeth Piper |
1808 |
Richard F. Dow, Sally Copp,
Samuel Fellow |
Early Schools |
1796-1805 |
The first schools were in private homes, but
in the fall of 1796 a schoolhouse was built.
Act of legislature (1805) authorizes town
to divide into school districts.
Before this was done by arrangement of the
inhabitants or selectmen. In 1827 the former town system gave place
to the district system.
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1796 |
Wiggin District
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1798 |
Piper, Lower District, Oak Hill, Wingate
(corner), Fellows, Dow, Horn, Clark, Pine River, Wentworth |
1882 |
Twelve school districts
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Academies
Many of the fathers were college
learned, and the first minister and other leading men took great
interest in education. In some towns the parish minister was the
only educated man. Not so in Wakefield. College graduates this town
had right along. Dartmouth, Harvard and Yale are some of the
schools familiar to former young Wakefield students |
1817 |
Dow Academy |
1827 |
Wakefield Academy |
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Brewster Free Academy |
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