PROBATE RECORDS
OF THE
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
VOL.
3
1741-1749
STATE PAPERS SERIES
VOL. 33
HENRY HARRISON METCALF
Editor of State
Papers
OTIS GRANT HAMMOND
Assistant
CONCORD, N. H.
THE RUMFORD PRESS
1915
JOINT RESOLUTION relating to the preservation and publication of portions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
That His Excellency the Governor be hereby authorized and empowered, with the advice and consent of the Council, to employ some suitable person and fix his compensation, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to collect, arrange, transcribe, and superintend the publication of such portions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire as the Governor may deem proper; and that eight hundred copies of each volume of the same be printed by the state printer, and distributed as follows: namely, one copy to each city and town in the state, one copy to such of the public libraries in the state as the Governor may designate, fifty copies to the New Hampshire Historical Society, and the remainder placed in the custody of the state librarian, who is hereby authorized to exchange the same for similar publications by other States.
Approved August 4, 1881.
Albert S. Batchellor, Editor of State Papers:
You are hereby authorized to arrange, transcribe, and superintend the publication of such abstracts of the early records of wills and probates of persons and estates relating to the provincial period of New Hampshire as are available, the material being so prepared as to avoid the transcription and publication of merely formal and immaterial parts of documents, and arranged in a chronological order, beginning with the earliest accessible papers and records.
You will also cause such explanatory notes, citations, tables of contents, and indexes as you may deem useful to be prepared and made a part of this work.
This I deem proper to be done, and these directions are given in accordance with the authority vested in me as Governor by the provisions of the joint resolution relating to the preservation and publication of portions of the state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire approved August 4, 1881.
Given under my hand at Concord this 2nd day of January, 1897.
CHARLES A. BUSIEL, Governor.
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
To Henry H. Metcalf, Esquire, Greeting:
KNOW YOU, That we, reposing especial trust and confidence in your Fidelity and Ability, have constituted and appointed you Editor and Compiler of Early Province and State Papers, Hereby giving and granting unto you, the said Henry H. Metcalf, all the power and authority given and granted by the Constitution and Laws of our State to an Editor and Compiler of said Papers, To HAVE AND TO HOLD THE SAID OFFICE, With all the powers, privileges, and immunities to the same belonging, for the term of years, from and after July 11, 1913, provided you are of good behavior during said term.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused our seal to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS, Samuel D. Felker, Governor of our State, at Concord, this 11th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty eighth.
By his Excellency the Governor, with advice of the Council.
EDWARD N. PEARSON, Secretary of State.
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
MERRIMACK SS. July 14, 1913.
Then the said Henry H. Metcalf took and subscribed the Oath of Office as Editor and Compiler as prescribed by law.
Before us.
EDWARD N. PEARSON, ARTHUR L. WILLIS,
Justices of the Peace.
Quorum Unus.
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
Volume I of this series of New Hampshire State Papers, presenting, in abstract, the Probate Records of the Provincial Period, from the earliest days up to the time of the division of the Province into counties (after which the several counties had separate courts of Probate established, whose records have been independently kept at the respective county seats, and are, therefore, more readily available to interested parties), covered a period of more than eighty years from 1635 to 1717. Naturally enough, from the increase in population and the corresponding increase in Probate business, the period covered by Volume II, issued in 1913, seven years after Volume I was published, was only twenty three years, from 1718 to 1740, inclusive; while this third volume, of substantially the same size (each volume approximating eight hundred pages of text) includes abstracts of the record for nine years, only, from 1741 to 1749, inclusive, making it evident that not less than three more volumes, or six in all, will be required to present the record of wills and probates for the entire Provincial Period, or up to the time when the county courts went into operation.
It will be noted that the period covered by this volume (Volume III) was included in the incumbency of Judges Richard Waldron (Jr.) and Benjamin Gambling, with William Parker serving as Register. In the Introduction to the last volume Volume II of Probate Records, the succession of the Judges of Probate for the colony was traced, as fully as possible, and brief sketches of the individual judges presented. It was remarked, also, that further investigation might, perhaps, determine the succession of Registers and their approximate terms of service.
Quite an effort has been made, involving close and extended examination of the records; but, while the succession has been
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ascertained with practical accuracy, so far as the names of incumbents are concerned, the precise dates of the beginning and close of terms cannot be stated; nor can definite biographical data be given in all, or even in a majority of cases.
The first person whose name appears in the records, in the capacity of a Register, was Renald Fernald, who signed as "Recorder" when the will of one Daniel Maud, recorded in Volume I, page 1, of Probate Records, and presented in the first volume of this series, pages 27-29, was proved, January 26, 1655-6. This is the only instance in which his signature is found in this capacity, nor is there any available record establishing the identity of the man himself, so far as the writer has been able to ascertain. The only Renald Fernald of whom any account can be found, and that a very brief one, came from England in 1630 or 1631, having been sent out by Capt. John Mason, and settled on the island which is the site of the present Navy Yard, and is reputed to have been the first surgeon among the New Hampshire settlers. He is mentioned by Dr. John R. Ham in his "Dover Physicians," as undoubtedly the physician to the Dover settlement in its early days, living, as he did, only five miles from Hilton's (now Dover) Point. There is also reference to him in "Memorials of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati" as an ancestor (great-grandfather) of Tobias Fernald who was a captain in Colonel Scammon's regiment at the siege of Boston, and, later, a lieutenant-colonel. He is said to have had seven children four sons and three daughters but the name of only one son (William, the grandfather of Tobias) is given. It is manifest that either the Doctor, himself, who died in the same year in which the record spoken of was made, or a son of the same name, was the "Recorder" in question.
The first man to hold the office of Register for any considerable period of time, was Elias Stileman, whose name appeared in this connection at a date as early as 1661 and continuously up to 1686, and probably later. He was a native of England, born about 1617, and came to America with his father, of the
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same name, about 1629, and settled at Salem, Mass. He removed to Piscataqua, or Portsmouth, some time before 1658, as in October of that year he was made a commissioner for the trial of small causes there. He was a man of no small importance in the community, holding the office of selectman of Portsmouth most of the time from 1659 to 1666, and of "clerk of the writs" from 1659 to 1663. He was chosen town clerk in 1667, continuing many years, and was again selectman for an extended term. He served several terms in the Provincial assembly, between 1667 and 1690, and was an associate judge of the county court many years from 1666. He was also a captain in the militia, and at one time commanded the fort on Great Island. Upon the establishment of the provisional government, under President John Cutt, in 1680, he was made a Councilor and Secretary of the Province, and on the death of President Cutt was made Deputy President by his successor, Major Waldron, holding the position till his removal by Cranfield, in 1683. Later, in 1692-3, he was Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. He was one of the nine founders of the First Congregational Church in Portsmouth. He died December 19, 1695, at the age of seventy-eight years.
Between the time of Elias Stileman, and Charles Story, who served from about 1700 to 1715, the signatures of three men, who served as Register, appear in the records. That of Thomas Davis, the first of these, appears but once or twice, in 1792-3, and of him nothing can be said, nor is there any available information concerning William Redford who served as early as 1694, or earlier, and up to 1697, or Francis Tucker, who was Register from 1697 to 1699, though the latter was probably a descendant of that Richard Tucker who, with George Cleeves, made the first attempt at the settlement of Portland, Maine, in 1633. and removed to Portsmouth about 1653, where he died in 1659, leaving six sons.
Referring to William Redford, it may be said that Brewster in his Portsmouth "Rambles," Volume 2, page 66, mentioning
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Elizabeth Wibird, says "she was the Widow Elizabeth Redford when married to Richard Wibird Sr., July 10, 1701" and queries thus: "Was her first husband William Redford who was Register of Deeds at Portsmouth, 1693 to 1697?" It is safe to say that if so well informed a historian as Mr. Brewster, writing two generations ago, could tell nothing definite about William Redford, it would be idle to attempt to ascertain anything about him now.
Charles Story, previously mentioned, who served as a Register for fifteen years, was a lawyer of much ability, born and educated in England who came to this country in 1697, bringing a commission as Judge of Admiralty for the Province, and located at Great Island, now Newcastle, then regarded as a part of Portsmouth, and died there in March, 1716. He held his position as Judge of the Court of Admiralty for some time; was made Secretary of the Province and clerk of the Council in 1699, and continued in the former office, with the exception of about one year, in 1703-4, till the time of his death. He served as Register of Probate, also, as has been stated, from 1700 to 1715, inclusive, besides being engaged in many important causes, as a legal practitioner. His case illustrates the fact that in the early days it was not unusual for one man to hold two or more important public offices at the same time. A more striking illustration is furnished in the case of Meshech Weare, who was President of the Council and the executive head of the government, under the temporary constitution from 1776 to 1784, and at the same time, or until 1782, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature.
From 1715 to 1717 the name of Richard Gerrish appears as Register. Whether this Richard Gerrish was the one who was a member and Speaker of the Assembly from 1710 to 1715, promoted to the Council in 1716 and died a year later, or whether his son, Richard, was the Register is a question. However, Quint, in his "Historical Memoranda of Ancient Dover," page 311, speaks of Richard Gerrish as a son of John Gerrish of
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Dover, who "lived in Portsmouth," and "was a Councilor and Register of Probate." John Gerrish, the father, is said to have married Elizabeth, daughter of the famous Major Richard Waldron and to have been a representative in 1684, and a member of the Convention of 1689. He had five sons, of whom Richard was the eldest. This Richard, the senior, made a will in October, 1617, just before he died, which appears in Volume I, page 808, in which he disinherited his son, Richard, because he carried himself "very undutyfull & Disobedient," in that, as it was said, he intended "to marry Elizabeth Cutt, the widdow of John Cutt late of Portsmo Marriner Deceas'd; which is utterly against my will." Shortly before his death the senior Richard Gerrish had been appointed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. In Brewster's "Rambles About Portsmouth," Volume 2, page 66, in a list of names of those occupying seats in the old Town Meeting House in Portsmouth, in 1693, that of Mr. Richard Gerrish appears among those occupying a seat in the "Men's Gallery fronting the Pulpit," that of John Cutt also appearing among them.
From 1718 to 1728, inclusive, Benjamin Gambling, subsequently for many years Judge of Probate, filled the office of Register, and therein so familiarized himself with the methods of procedure in probate affairs as to qualify him to an unusual degree for the higher office in which he became distinguished. Further reference to Judge Gambling may be found in the Introduction to Volume 2, p. VIII, Probate Records.
For a brief period, in 1729, Richard Waldron, Jr., served as Register. Mr. Waldron, who was succeeded in 1700 by John Penhallow, was himself made Judge of Probate immediately following the death of Judge Gambling in September, 1737, and is also mentioned on the same page with the latter, in the Introduction above referred to.
From 1730 to 1735, John Penhallow of Portsmouth was the incumbent of the Register's office. This John Penhallow seems to have been the second son of Samuel Penhallow, a native of
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Cornwall, England, born July 2, 1665, who came to Boston in 1686, and removed to Portsmouth the following year, where he became prominent in public affairs and was Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature from 1717 to 1726. He married Mary, daughter of John Cutt, first President of the Council and acting Governor.
John was born January 13, 1693. He was prominent and successful in mercantile life and extensively engaged in the West India trade. He married Elizabeth (Butler) widow of John Watts, who had been his partner in business. They had two sons Samuel, a church deacon, and John, who was also a reputable citizen. The Penhallow name is still a familiar one in Portsmouth, and is borne by one of the city's streets.
The last of the Provincial Registers, and the one holding the office for by far the longest term, and whose name is most familiar to those who have had occasion to make extended examination of the early records, was William Parker, incumbent from 1735 to 1771. He was a native of Portsmouth, born December 9, 1703, the son of William and Zerviah (Stanley) Parker. He was educated privately, taught school in youth, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1732. He received his appointment as Register from Governor Belcher. He was for a time Surrogate Judge of the Admiralty, and was for many years the only notary public in the province. He was clerk of the commission to settle the boundary line between New Hampshire and Massachusetts in 1737; was a Representative in the Assembly from 1765 to 1774, and was a Justice of the Superior Court from 1771 to the end of the Province Period. As a lawyer he stood at the head of his profession and his counsel was widely sought in legal matters. He was a great reader and a close student of classical literature. Harvard College, in 1763, conferred upon him the honorary degree of Master of Arts. He married Elizabeth Grafton in 1728, and had eleven children. John P. Hale was one of his grand-children. He died April 21, 1781.
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Judge Parker was a remarkably fine penman, his hand-writing almost rivalling the finest copper plate, and the records of the Probate Court, as kept by him during the many years of his service, are admired to the present day by those having occasion to examine the same, for the clearness, smoothness and fairness of hand with which they are distinguished.
As in case of the former volumes of this series, the compilation of Volume III has been in charge of Capt. Otis G. Hammond, long the capable assistant in this department.
HENRY H. METCALF,
Editor of State Papers.
August 30, 1915.
LIST OF ESTATES
Abbott, Reuben, Portsmouth, 1744/5 257
Adams, James, Londonderry, 1742/3 148
Addison, Jonas, Exeter, 1749 721
Aiken, William, Londonderry, 1745 301
Alcock, Elizabeth, Portsmouth, 1743 169
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1747 466
Almary, John, Portsmouth, 1749 736
Ambrose, Henry, Chester, 1746 379
Nathaniel, Chester, 1745 268
Annis, Charles, Exeter, 1741 75
Atkinson, Joseph, Exeter, 1749 689
Austin, Nathaniel, Dover, 1749 718
Banfield, John, Portsmouth, 1745 271
Thomas, Portsmouth, 1742 104
Barker, Noah, Stratham, 1748 624
William, Concord, 1742 127
Barr, John, Londonderry, 1748 629
Bartlett, Christopher, Haverhill District, 1747 470
Thomas, Newbury, Mass., 1744 213
Batchelder, John, Kensington, 1748/9 649
Stephen, North Hampton, 1748/9 655
Bean, Richard, Exeter, 1749 718
Beard, Robert, Nottingham, 1747 490
Bell, James, Windham, 1744 205
John, Londonderry, 1743 159
Beverland, Joseph, Nottingham, 1748 592
Bickford, John, Dover, 1744 202
Peircy, Portsmouth, 1745 297
xiv LIST OF ESTATES
Bishop, James, Portsmouth, 1742/3 147
Joseph, Boscawen, 1749 722
Bixby, John, Amherst, 1745/6 336
Blair, James, Londonderry, 1745 303
William, Boston, Mass., 1747/8 534
Blake, Hezekiah, Kensington, 1746 349
Moses, Kensington, 1746/7 429
Philemon, Hampton Falls, 1741 48
Blodgett, Caleb, Woburn, Mass., 1746/7 431
Jacob, Litchfield, 1742/3 144
Blunt, John, Newcastle, 1748 586
Boyes, James, Londonderry, 1747 510
Brackett, Joshua, Greenland, 1749 685
Bradley, Jonathan, Exeter, 1746 408
Brewster, John. Portsmouth, 1743 180
Brooks, Edward, Portsmouth, 1746/7 426
Brown, John, Hampton Falls, 1747/8 548
Burbank, Samuel, Hopkinton, 1747/8 549
Burnham, John, Durham, 1749 698
Butler, Abigail, Nottingham, 1746 365
Calfe, John, Chester, 1747/8 542
Cameron, Mary, Portsmouth, 1743 152
Campbell, Alexander, Amesbury District, 1749 723
Cass, Jonathan, Kingston, 1745 312
Caswell, John, Chester, 1749 717
Cate, John, Greenland, 1740/1 16
Chambers, William, Londonderry, 1747 485
Chase, Jonathan, Stratham, 1744 218
Jonathan, Stratham, 1749 693
Cilley, Benoni, South Hampton, 1745 309
Clark, John, Portsmouth, 1744/5 242
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1742 105
Clay, Jonas, Chester, 1747 495
Clements, Job, Dover, 1749 725
LIST OF ESTATES xv
Clifford, Isaac, Kingston, 1745 298
Clough, Ichabod, Kingston, 1745 321
Rebecca, Kingston, 1749 736
Cochran, Andrew, Londonderry, 1743 157
John, Londonderry. 1746/7 438
Colby, Philip, Kingston, 1746 412
Compton, John, Boston, Mass., 1747 487
Converse, Joshua, Litchfield, 1746 355
Cook, Thomas, Boscawen, 1748 563
Coombs, William, Portsmouth, 1745 314
Cotton, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1745 306
Cowen, Thomas, Dunstable, 1748 615
Craige, David, Londonderry, 1747 487
Cummings, Alexander, Concord, Mass., 1744/5 243
Jerahmeel, Hollis, 1748 561
Currier, Reuben, South Hampton, 1744/5 252
Cutt, Richard, Portsmouth, 1749 721
Danforth, Jonathan, Hollis, 1748 561
Davidson, John, 1748 612
Davis, Eleazer, Dover, 1745 258
James, Durham, 1748 608
John, Portsmouth, 1741/2 96
Dearborn, Edward, Greenland, 1746/7 425
Dearborn, John, North Hampton, 1746 367
Dennett, Ephraim, Portsmouth, 1741 50
Joseph, Portsmouth, 1747 473
Moses, Portsmouth, 1748/9 639
Dickey, Adam, Londonderry, 1746 398
Dinsmoore, Thomas, Hollis, 1747/8 544
Doe, John, Durham, 1742 100
Sampson, Newmarket, 1748 554
Dolbear, Sarah, Boston, Mass., 1745 301
Dolloff, Richard, Exeter, 1744 198
Samuel, Exeter, 1741 33
xvi LIST OF ESTATES
Doran, William, Exeter, 1745 278
Dow, Amasa, Hampton, 1747 496
Benjamin, Hampton Falls, 1747/8 547
Jabez, Hampton, 1749 757
Stephen, Haverhill District, 1743 161
Dowen, Mary, 1745 259
Downing, John, Newington, 1743/4 196
Joshua, Newington, 1747 478
Richard, Newington, 1747 447
Downs, Ambrose, Gosport, 1748 550
Thomas, Somersworth, 1749 742
Drew, Francis, Portsmouth, 1746 386
John, Somersworth, 1747 497
Dudley, James, Exeter, 1746 369
Trueworthy, Exeter, 1749 733
Durgin, Eleanor, Stratham, 1747/8 537
Eastman, Ebenezer, Concord, 1744/5 250
Ebenezer, Kingston, 1746 352
Jonathan, Haverhill District, 1747/8 538
Edmunds, Jonathan, Portsmouth, 1748 551
Thomas, Portsmouth, 1744 201
Elkins, Jonathan, Hampton, 1746 381
Emerson, Mary, Portsmouth, 1745 403
Robert, Haverhill District, 1742 137
Emery, Edward, Boscawen, 1743 167
Fabyan, John, Newington, 1748 587
Fellows, Ebenezer, Kingston, 1742 105
Samuel, Salisbury, Mass., 1741 60
Fernald, John, Portsmouth, 1740/1 7
Fogg, Simon, Hampton Falls, 1749 737
Follett, Benjamin, Stratham, 1746 397
Folsom, Edward, Newmarket, 1743 194
James, Exeter, 1748 582
LIST OF ESTATES xvii
Folsom, Jeremiah, Newmarket, 1746/7 432
Jonathan, Damariscotta, Me., 1745 324
Jonathan, Exeter, 1740/1 18
Joseph, Newmarket, 1741 69
Ford, John, Portsmouth, 1746 363
Foss, John, Chester, 1745 315
John, Dover, 1746 411
Freese, Jonathan, Hampton, 1748 555
Friend, Peter, Margate, Eng., 1748 513
French, Ebenezer, South Hampton, 1747 482
Jacob, South Hampton, 1742 124
John, Londonderry, 1747 495
Nathaniel, Kingston, 1746/7 434
Frost, Benjamin, Hudson, 1748/9 657
Mary, Newcastle, 1745 278
Furber, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1744 228
William, Newington, 1741 81
Gains, John, Portsmouth, 1743 177
Gambling, Benjamin, Portsmouth, 1743 190
Garland, Joseph, Hampton Falls, 1746 363
Nathaniel, Dover, 1742 104
Gee, Joshua, Boston, Mass., 1746 396
Gerrish, Paul, Dover, 1743 164
Gilchrist, Robert, Chester, 1746 356
Gilman, Edward, Exeter, 1748/9 645
Joseph, Newmarket, 1748/9 643
Judith, Exeter, 1749 732
Moses, Exeter, 1741 43
Nathaniel, Exeter, 1741 44
Nicholas, Durham, 1748 570
Nicholas, Exeter, 1749 663
Nicholas, Jr., Exeter, 1745/6 327
Gilmore, James, Londonderry, 1745 264
Glenn, Thomas, Chester, 1744 198
xviii LIST OF ESTATES
Godfrey, William, Hampton, 1741 52
Goffe, John, Cohass, 1748 580
Gordon, James, Exeter, 1741 64
Nicholas, Exeter, 1747 444
Gould, Daniel, Kingston, 1745 320
Nathan, South Hampton, 1747 473
Gove, Ebenezer, Hampton Falls, 1745/6 334
Graham, Robert, Chester, 1747/8 521
William, Chester, 1747 497
Graves, Joseph, Exeter, 1745 259
Samuel, Haverhill, Mass., 1747 500
William, Exeter, 1744 210
Greeley, Peter, Portsmouth, 1741/2 97
Green, Benjamin, Hampton Falls, 1749 729
Joseph, Keene, 1746 377
Robert, Portsmouth, 1748 618
Samuel, Stratham, 1743 154
Greenleaf, Stephen, Portsmouth, 1749 698
Greenwood, Samuel, Boston, Mass., 1741/2 100
Haines, Matthias, Greenland, 1741 56
Hall, Joseph, Dover, 1743 181
Ham, Clement, Dover, 1748 608
Elizabeth, Portsmouth, 1745 316
Samuel, Dover, 1743 153
Hanson, Joseph, Dover, 1749 722
Nathaniel, Dover, 1748 621
Tobias, Dover, 1742 118
Hardy, John, Hampton Falls, 1744 205
Harvey, John, Nottingham, 1748/9 643
Heard, James, Dover, 1749 657
Joseph, Rochester, 1746 395
Heath, James, Haverhill District, 1744 229
Joseph, Haverhill District, 1749 737
Hill, Nathaniel, Durham, 1741/2 91
LIST OF ESTATES xix
Hilliard, Timothy, Hampton Halls, 1745 288
Hills, Nathaniel, Hudson, 1748 560
Hilton, Matthew, Portsmouth, 1741/2 99
Samuel, Hampton, 1748 556
Hodgdon, Israel, Dover, 1739/40 1
Hogg, Thomas, Londonderry, 1747/8 541
Homer, Thomas, Londonderry, 1749 727
Hoyt, Joseph, Stratham, 1748 558
Thomas, Amesbury, Mass., 1748 593
Huntress, John, Newington, 1746 387
Ingalls, Samuel, Chester, 1747 500
Jackson, Ebenezer, Portsmouth, 1745 286
Ephraim, Portsmouth, 1748 598
Ephraim, Jr., Portsmouth, 1746 388
Joseph, Newcastle, 1741 34
Jaffrey, George, Portsmouth, 1749 701
James, Benjamin, Hampton, 1744 208
Kinsley, Exeter, 1745 306
Jameson, John, Londonderry, 1741 85
Jenness, Elizabeth, 1748/9 644
Hezekiah, Rye, 1745 263
John, Rye, 1744 220
Joce, Richard, Portsmouth, 1746 389
Johnson, Ebenezer, Greenland, 1748 617
James, Haverhill District, 1742 136
John, Portsmouth, 1749 688
Michael, Haverhill District, 1749 723
Nathan, Greenland, 1745 324
Jones, John, Stratham, 1744 232
Joseph, Durham, 1744 221
Joseph, Stratham, 1747 482
Stephen, Durham, 1743 172
William, Newcastle, 1748 583
XX LIST OF ESTATES
Judkins, Benjamin, Kingston, 1744/5 246
Samuel, Kingston, 1741/2 93
Kelly, Abiel, Methuen, Mass., 1746/7 436
Kelsey, Hugh, Nottingham, 1746 370
Kendall, Jacob, Litchfield, 1741/2 89
Kennard, Atkins, Portsmouth, 1747 451
Kent, Robert, Durham, 1748 581
Kezar, George, Haverhill District, 1745/6 330
Kidder, Benjamin, Bedford, 1746 370
Kimball, Benjamin, Haverhill District, 1741 65
David, Concord, 1745/6 342
King, Samuel, Greenland, 1745 320
William, Portsmouth, 1745 286
Knight, Temple, Portsmouth, 1741 52
Knipe, William, Portsmouth, 1749 732
Knowles, Amos, Hampton, 1746 343
Lang, Benjamin, Portsmouth, 1746 388
John, Portsmouth, 1748 613
Langdon, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1749 747
Larey, Samuel, Exeter, 1743/4 198
Thomas, Exeter, 1746 380
Leavitt, James, Exeter, 1746 414
Moses, Hampton, 1745 316
Seeley, Exeter, 1748 579
Stephen, Stratham, 1749 715
Leighton, Thomas, Newington, 1744 209
Linkfield, Edward, Haverhill District, 1748 617
Little, Joseph, Boston, Mass., 1747 505
Loggin, John, Portsmouth, 1747 451
Long, Pierse, Portsmouth, 1746 398
Loud, William, Portsmouth, 1742/3 151
Lovewell, John, Dunstable, 1742/3 147
Lowe, Nathaniel, Boston, Mass., 1742/3 143
LIST OF ESTATES xxi
Marsh, James, Hudson, 1748/9 652
Marshall, Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1748 597
Obadiah, Portsmouth, 1746 396
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1749 753
Marston, Caleb, Hampton, 1746 361
Jeremiah, Hampton, 1741 39
Thomas, Greenland, 1745 282
William, Hampton, 1749 689
Martyn, Sarah, Portsmouth, 1744/5 239
Mathes, Francis, Jr., Durham, 1742 118
Maxfield, Nathaniel, South Hampton, 1745 287
Maybury, William, Kittery, Me., 1745 323
McClary, John, Londonderry, 1741 89
McClellan, Hugh, Chester, 1746 398
McCoy, Alexander, Londonderry, 1741 70
McMaster, Hugh, Londonderry, 1746 361
McPherson, William, Londonderry, 1743 170
McQuaid, James, Bedford, 1747 487
James, Londonderry, 1747 495
McVicker, John, Somersworth, 1748 558
Melcher, Samuel, Hampton Falls, 1745 260
Merrill, Joseph, Stratham, 1747 468
Nathaniel, Haverhill District, 1742/3 147
Thomas, South Hampton, 1748/9 635
Meserve, Daniel, Dover, 1747 463
Miller, Benjamin, Portsmouth, 1746/7 423
Mitchell, John, Hudson, 1748 619
Moore, James, Londonderry, 1749 751
John, Chester, 1747 480
John, Londonderry, 1741 58
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1744/5 243
William, Stratham, 1747 448
Morrison, Ezekiel, Londonderry, 1742 116
Moulton, David, North Hampton, 1745/6 336
Mudgett, John, Brentwood, 1746 359
xxii LIST OF ESTATES
Mudgett, Thomas, Brentwood, 1744/5 247
William, Haverhill District, 1742 136
William, Londonderry, 1745/6 331
Nason, Jonathan, Hampton Falls, 1741 82
William, Falmouth, Me., 1748 571
Neal, Richard, Newcastle, 1748 551
Newmarch, Mark, Portsmouth, 1744 219
Noyes, Timothy, Haverhill District, 1745 303
Nudd, Samuel, Hampton, 1746 392
Nutter, Hatevil, Newington, 1745 310
John, Newington, 1746 393
Odiorne, Ebenezer, Portsmouth, 1746/7 437
Odlin, Dudley, Exeter, 1747 506
Ox, Robert, Boston, Mass., 1748 562
Page, Christopher, Hampton, 1740 2
Samuel, Hampton, 1747 459
Paine, Philip, Rye, 1746 380
Pattee, Peter, Haverhill District, 1748 565
Peacock, John, Portsmouth, 1744 211
Pease, Nathaniel, Newmarket, 1749 678
Peirce, George, Portsmouth, 1747/8 531
Joseph, Portsmouth, 1748 555
Joshua, Portsmouth, 1742 131
Perkins, Nathaniel, Somersworth, 1748 552
William, Newmarket, 1740/1 25
Philbrick, Ephraim, Exeter, 1747 451
John, Hampton Falls, 1747/8 534
Joseph, Exeter, 1749 723
Nathan, Hampton, 1749 683
Thomas, Hampton, 1747 442
Philpot, James, Dover, 1747 491
LIST OF ESTATES xxiii
Pickering, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1748 597
Sarah, Portsmouth, 1749 748
Thomas, Portsmouth, 1744/5 254
Pike, Solomon, Portsmouth, 1741 54
Pinkham, James, Dover, 1749 740
Piper, John, Stratham, 1743 189
Plaisted, Sarah, Portsmouth, 1749 732
Plummer, Richard, Dover, 1745 270
Pray, John, Portsmouth, 1742 142
Prescott, Jonathan, Kensington, 1745 272
Rand, Nathaniel, Rye, 1740 5
Randall, Nathaniel, Durham, 1749 659
Reed, Hugh, Newcastle, 1747 450
Reid, James, Londonderry, 1743 187
Richardson, Hugh, Pelham, 1748 628
Robbins, William, Portsmouth, 1748 583
Roberts, Ephraim, Dover, 1748 589
John, Brentwood, 1746 413
John, Somersworth, 1749 680
Jonathan, Haverhill District, 1746 371
Joseph, Dover, 1744 200
Nathaniel, Dover, 1745/6 336
Thomas, Dover, 1745/6 338
Robinson, John, Exeter, 1749 719
Thomas, Epping, 1745 275
Rogers, Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1746 347
Rollins, James, Newington, 1743 191
Joseph, Newington, 1748/9 641
Joseph, Stratham, 1746/7 438
Rundlett, James, Exeter, 1742 118
James, Exeter, 1749 721
Satchwell, Stratham, 1744/5 248
Russ, John, Concord, 1743/4 195
Rust, Henry, Stratham, 1748/9 653
Rymes, Christopher, Portsmouth, 1741 28
xxiv LIST OF ESTATES
Sanborn, Benjamin, Hampton Falls, 1747/8 516
Benjamin, Newmarket, 1744 206
Ebenezer, Hampton, 1744/5 249
Ephraim, Epping, 1749 697
Jonathan, Kingston, 1740/1 8
Sargent, Jacob, Chester, 1749 717
Savage, John, Portsmouth, 1742 115
Sawyer, Joseph, Kingston, 1748 563
Scales, Matthew, Durham, 1741 84
Scammon, William, Stratham, 1743 180
Seavey, Hannah, Rye, 1741 71
Stephen, 1743 143
William, Rye, 1745 244
Senter, John, Londonderry, 1742 111
Shaw, John, Hampton, 1746 365
Joseph, Kensington, 1743 178
Sherburne, Job, Portsmouth, 1748 615
John, Newcastle, 1743 181
John, Newcastle, 1748 552
Joseph, Portsmouth, 1744/5 239
Mary, Portsmouth, 1745 285
Paul, Portsmouth, 1748 578
Shurtleff, William, Portsmouth, 1747 494
Simpson, John, Portsmouth, 1747 473
Sinclair, John, Exeter, 1747 490
John, Stratham, 1745 306
Samuel, Exeter, 1748/9 651
Slade, Arthur, Newmarket, 1746/7 425
Sleeper, Thomas, Kingston, 1746/7 422
Smith, David, Brentwood, 1747 484
Elisha, Hampton, 1748 623
Jacob, Exeter, 1741 73
John, Durham, 1748 571
Jonathan, Exeter, 1741 62
Josiah, Stratham, 1748/9 631
LIST OF ESTATES xxv
Smith, Samuel, Haverhill District, 1746/7 427
Samuel, Newbury, Mass., 1748 555
Snow, Joseph, Hudson, 1747 490
Spaulding, Phineas, Nottingham, 1746 411
Spriggs, William, Portsmouth, 1748 613
Stanyan, James, Hampton, 1742 121
John, Hampton Falls, 1748 620
Stevens, Daniel, Salisbury and Amesbury District, 1746 371
Ebenezer, Kingston, 1746 405
Ephraim, Hampton Falls, 1746 389
John, Haverhill District, 1749 738
Nathaniel, Haverhill District, 1746 395
Nathaniel, Stratham, 1740/1 10
Samuel, Haverhill District, 1748 590
Stewart, Charles, Hampton Falls, 1748 576
John, Londonderry, 1741 41
Stockbridge, Abraham, Stratham, 1745 276
Stockman, Robert, Kingston, 1741/2 95
Swett, John, Kingston, 1748 568
John, Jr., Kingston, 1748 577
Taylor, Abraham, Dunstable, 1743 176
Anthony, Hampton, 1743 177
Thing, Samuel, Exeter, 1748 599
Thomas, James, Nottingham, 1746 421
Thompson, Alexander, Portsmouth, 1744 233
William, Londonderry, 1745 295
Tibbetts, , 1748 555
Ichabod, Dover, 1746 419
John, Somersworth, 1742/3 145
John, 3d, Somersworth, 1745 326
Joseph, Dover, 1745/6 332
Paul, Rochester, 1743 158
Thomas, Dover, 1748 584
Tilton, Daniel, Hampton, 1745/6 331
xxvi LIST OF ESTATES
Tilton, Joseph, Hampton, 1742 129
Titcomb, James, Portsmouth, 1743 153
Todd, Samuel, Londonderry, 1741 87
Townsend, George, Portsmouth, 1742/3 149
Treadwell, Sarah, Hampton Falls, 1743 192
Triggs, Robert, Portsmouth, 1743/4 195
Tripe, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1742 142
Trull, John, Manchester, 1746 351
Tuckerman, Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1744/5 236
Twombly, Daniel, Dover, 1748 612
John, Dover, 1747 508
Sarah, Dover, 1747 508
Vance, David. Londonderry, 1745 291
Vaughan, Margaret, Portsmouth, 1747 489
Vincent, John, Newington, 1743 174
Wadleigh, Jonathan, Exeter, 1747/8 515
Wallis, Samuel, Rye, 1741 55
William, Portsmouth, 1747 441
Ward, Shadrach, Kensington, 1746 399
Thomas, Hampton Falls, 1747 441
Waterhouse, Arthur, Portsmouth, 1746 390
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1744 234
Timothy, Portsmouth, 1748 564
Watson, William, Portsmouth, 1743 178
Weare, Ebenezer, Hampton Falls, 1741/2 99
Peter, Hampton Falls, 1746/7 437
Robert, Londonderry, 1741 65
Webster, Nathan, Chester, 1745/6 339
Nathaniel, Exeter, 1744/5 237
Weeks, Jonathan, Greenland, 1746 400
Samuel, Greenland, 1745 293
LIST OF ESTATES xxvii
Wentworth, Daniel, Portsmouth, 1747 479
David, Portsmouth, 1741 68
George, Portsmouth, 1741 88
Paul, Somersworth, 1747/8 523
Sarah, Portsmouth, 1740/1 26
White, Nathan, Newcastle, 1747 466
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1744/5 244
Whitehouse, Thomas, Dover, 1744 228
Wiggin, Henry, Stratham, 1748/9 644
Joseph, Newmarket, 1749 678
Wight, Ebenezer, Litchfield, 1746 365
Willey, John, Salem, Mass., 1743 158
Williams, Edward, Hampton Falls, 1746 394
Wills, John, Portsmouth, 1740/1 15
Wilmot, James, Dover, 1746 348
Wilson, Mary, Greenland, 1749 729
William, Londonderry, 1745/6 332
Wooden, John, Portsmouth, 1744 218
Wormwood, William, Durham, 1743 153
Worthen, John, South Hampton, 1741 75
Wright, Ebenezer, Litchfield, 1746 463
Yeaton, John, Somersworth, 1747 505
Young, John, Dover, 1741 47