PROBATE RECORDS
OF THE
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
VOL. 4
1750-1753
STATE PAPERS SERIES
VOL. 34
Edited by
OTIS G. HAMMOND
Director of the
New Hampshire Historical Society
PUBLISHED BY
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
1933
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.
LIST OF ESTATES
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Adams, Henry, Merrimack, 1753 440
Hugh, Durham, 1750/51 104
Susanna, Portsmouth, 1750 45
William, Portsmouth, 1752 280
Aiken, James, Londonderry, 1753 353
John, Chester, 1750 80
Allen, Deborah, Stratham, 1753 464
Jacob, Dover, 1752 246
William, Greenland, 1753 469
Amazeen, Christopher, Newcastle, 1752 212
Ames, Daniel, Newmarket, 1753 498
Archibald, James, Londonderry, 1753 377
John, Londonderry, 1751 140
Badger, John, Bedford, 1752 211
Ball, Peter, Portsmouth, 1752 225
Barker, Enoch, Hampton Falls, 1751 154
Bartlett, Joseph, Newton, 1752 219
Batchelder, Joseph, Hampton, 1750 42
Bean, Joseph, Kingston, 1753 371
Berry, Nehemiah, Rye, 1751 106
Blair, John, Londonderry, 1753 361
Blake, Israel, Nottingham, 1753 349
Bowers, Jonathan, Dunstable, 1750 . 49
Boyd, John, Chester, 1752 192
Brackett, Thomas, Greenland, 1753 444
Brewster, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1752 253
Briard, Thomas, Stratham, 1752 237
Brown, John, Brentwood, 1753 423, 522
Bunker, Zachariah, Dover, 1751 153
Butterfield, Joseph, Nashua, 1749/50 8
vi LIST OF ESTATES
Caldwell, Alexander, Portsmouth, 1749 518
Cameron, Mary, Portsmouth, 1751 176
Canney, John, Dover, 1751 152
Carr, James, Pembroke, 1753 376
John, Londonderry, 1750 58
Chamberlain, William, Rochester, 1753 362
Chandler, Abiel, Concord, 1750 44
Thomas, Bedford, 1752 286
Chapman, Joseph, North Hampton, 1749/50 21
Chesley, James, Dover, 1753 370, 520
Christie, Peter, Londonderry, 1753 381
Clark, Jacob, Newcastle, 1751 163, 520
John, Stratham, 1750 50
John, Kingston, 1753 488
Thomas, Manchester, 1753 481
Clough, Daniel, Kingston, 1753 327
Nathan, Kensington, 1752 208
Theophilus, Kingston, 1753 297
Zaccheus, Brentwood, 1752 292
Clyde, Daniel, Windham, 1753 425
Cochran, David, Londonderry, 1753 319, 521
Robert, Londonderry, 1753 438
William, Londonderry, 1750 75
Collins, John, Hampton Falls, 1751 155
Cook, John, Dover, 1752 287
Coss, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1752 231
Cotton, Solomon, Portsmouth, 1753 331
Thomas, Portsmouth, 1745 514
Craige, Alexander, Chester, 1750 68
Cram, Thomas, Hampton Falls, 1751 157
Crosby, Anthony, Hampton Falls, 1753 453
Cunningham, ——— , 1752 231
Dam, Moses, Newington, 1751 138
Samuel, Dover, 1750 92
LIST OF ESTATES vii
Darling, John, Kingston, 1753 461
Davis, Joshua, Rochester, 1752 281
Dearborn, Jeremiah, North Hampton, 1751 136
Michael, Chester, 1753 468
Decker, John, Wiscasset, Me., 1752 272
Dennett, Nicholas, Portsmouth, 1753 437
Deverson, John, Portsmouth, 1751 182
Dickey, Adam, Chester, 1753 403
Dinsmoor, Robert, Windham, 1752 191
Dix, Joel, Litchfield, 1753 432
Dow, Samuel, Hampton, 1751 149
Downing, John, Jr., Newington, 1750 83
Downs, Gershom, Somersworth, 1750 30
Drake, Abraham, Hampton, 1752 289
Duda, Joseph, Durham, 1751 186, 520
Dudley, Joseph, Durham, 1751 176
Dunshea, William, Portsmouth, 1750 39
Eastman, Benjamin, Kingston, 1751 178
Samuel, Kingston, 1753 494
Thomas, Kingston, 1752 187
Eaton, Benjamin, Londonderry, 1753 439
Edgerly, Joseph, Durham, 1752 223
Edwards, Robert, Exeter, 1753 426
Evans, Joseph, Dover, 1750 83
Joseph, Durham, 1751 144
Facey, Charles, Durham, 1750 44
Felch, Daniel, Hampton Falls, 1753 348
Felker, Charles, Barrington, 1753 401
Fellows, Jonathan, Kensington, 1752 195
William, Portsmouth, 1751 171
Ferguson, John, Pelham, 1753 405
Fogg, Seth, Hampton, 1753 334
Follett, Ichabod, Durham, 1752 256
Folsom, Benjamin, Exeter, 1753 387
viii LIST OF ESTATES
Ford, Thomas, Nottingham, 1753 380, 522
Fowler, Jacob, South Hampton, 1752 278
Thomas, Newton, 1750 40
French, Thomas, Stratham, 1753 466, 521
Garland, John, Rochester, 1750 83
Gent, Hannah, Kingston, 1752 282
Gerrish, John, Dover, 1749/50 7
Paul, Dover, 1743 508
Gilman, Cartee, Exeter, 1753 483
Israel, Newmarket, 1750 33
John, Exeter, 1751 120
Nathaniel, Exeter, 1749/50 18
Simon, Exeter, 1749/50 23
Thomas, Newmarket, 1753 326
Gilmore, William, Londonderry, 1753 393
Gilson, ——— , 1752 193
Goodwin, Richard, Hampstead, 1753 419
Gordon, William, Londonderry, 1753 350
Gorwood, Charles, Portsmouth, 1752 230
Goss, Jethro, Rye, 1753 447
Gould, Joseph, South Hampton, 1752 294
Joseph, South Hampton, 1753 307
Stevens, South Hampton, 1752 270
Gowell, Richard, Kittery, Me., 1749/50 1
Graves, Deborah, Kensington, 1751 120
Green, Abraham, Kingston, 1751 118
Jonathan, Portsmouth, 1751 155
Nathan, Salisbury, Mass., 1753 318
Gregg, William, Londonderry, 1753 378
Griffin, Jonathan, South Hampton, 1751 124
Haines, Matthias, Portsmouth, 1753 500
Ham, Daniel, Dover, 1750 95
Ephraim, Dover, 1752 198
John, Dover, 1753 485
LIST OF ESTATES ix
Ham, Nathaniel, Dover, 1753 464
Hanson, Mary, Dover, 1752 214, 520
Thomas, Dover, 1751 152
Hardison, John, Portsmouth, 1753 418
Harford, Paul, Dover, 1751 117
Hayes, Elihu, Dover, 1751 110
Heard, Benjamin, Dover, 1750 95
Heath, Caleb, Hampstead, 1753 369
James, Plaistow, 1753 356
Heaton, James, Swanzey, 1753 451
Herrick, Daniel, Beverly, Mass., 1750 41
Hill, John, Stratham, 1752 262
Hobbs, Nehemiah, North Hampton, 1753 417
Samuel, North Hampton, 1753 427
Holden, John, Dover, 1749/50 11
Holmes, Abraham, Londonderry, 1753 435
Hughes, James, Kingston, 1753 454
Huske, Ellis, Portsmouth, 1751 184
Ingalls, Peter, Chester, 1751 177
Jackson, Benjamin, Newcastle, 1750 41
James, Jabez, Hampton, 1752 254
Jewett, Samuel, Hollis, 1752 251
Johnson, Elisha, Hampton, 1753 312
James, Greenland, 1752 206
John, North Hampton, 1749/50 15
Susanna, Greenland, 1753 422
Jones, Benjamin, Stratham, 1749/50 17
Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1751 174
Joy, Samuel, Durham, 1752 203
Kelsey, William, Nottingham, 1750 37
Kennard, John, Portsmouth, 1753 448
Kidd, Daniel, Kingston, 1753 454
x LIST OF ESTATES
Lang, John, Portsmouth, 1748 516
John, Portsmouth, 1752 277
William, 1752 268
Lavers, George, Portsmouth, 1749/50 7
Leach, Rachel, Chester, 1751 175
Lear, Tobias, Portsmouth, 1751 183
Leavitt, Samuel, Stratham, 1738/9 506
Libby, James, Portsmouth, 1751 131
Nathaniel, Exeter, 1752 195
Lord, Hannah, Exeter, 1750 29
Lowe, Jonathan, Portsmouth, 1750 54
Joseph, Stratham, 1752 260
Lund, William, Nashua, 1750/51 97
Lyon, Eleazer, Merrimack, 1752 203
Lyons, William, Pembroke, 1752 255
McAllister, David, Londonderry, 1750 47
Maccress, Joshua, Greenland, 1753 444
McCurdy, James, Londonderry, 1744 511
McDaniel, Randall, Hollis, 1753 325
McDougall, John, Bedford, 1752 210
Mace, Joseph, Gosport, 1752 274
McFee, John, Rochester, 1751 134
McGaffey, Neal, Brentwood, 1753 400
Mack, John, Londonderry, 1753 351
McKeen, Samuel, Londonderry, 1751 142
McMath, John, Barrington, 1752 275
McNeil, Alexander, Londonderry, 1750 88
Magoon, Samuel, Exeter, 1753 407
Marden, William, Jr., Rye, 1753 485
Marsh, James, Hudson, 1748/9 517
Marshall, Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1748 517
Marston, Samuel, Hampton, 1749/50 19
Thomas, North Hampton, 1749/50 4
Martin, Nathaniel, Londonderry, 1753 466
LIST OF ESTATES xi
Massey, George, Portsmouth, 1753 329
Meader, Daniel, Durham, 1751 165
Mercer, John, Portsmouth, 1752 225
Miller, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1751 170
Mills, Hannah, Portsmouth, 1752 237
Mitchell, John, Hudson, 1753 324
Moore, Hugh, Londonderry, 1753 398
Mary, Portsmouth, 1753 347
William, Dorchester Canada, Mass., 1753 453
Moorehead, John, Merrimack, 1752 266
Morgan, Robert, Stratham, 1752 275
Morris, Henry, Kingston, 1750/51 104
Morrison, Daniel, Kingston, 1753 328
John, Jr., Londonderry, 1753 479
Samuel, Jr., Londonderry, 1752 217
Moulton, Benjamin, Hampton Falls, 1749/50 26
Muchmore, John, Gosport, 1752 218
Mudgett, Thomas, Brentwood, 1744/5 513
Mugridge, Thomas, Somersworth, 1753 467
Naylor, James, 1753 303
Noble, Moses, Portsmouth, 1750/51 100
Nock, Drisco, Somersworth, 1752 259
Silvanus, Somersworth, 1750 73
Norris, Moses, Epping, 1750 52
Nute, James, Dover, 1752 249
Nutt, William, Chester, 1752 276
Odiorne, Jotham, Portsmouth, 1751 125
Sarah, Portsmouth, 1751 181
Orr, John, Bedford, 1753 396
Packer, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1752 214
Page, Abraham, Hudson, 1753 317
Paine, John, Rye, 1752 223
xii LIST OF ESTATES
Parker, ——— , 1752 231
Alexander, Litchfield, 1751 171
Pattee, Peter, Salem, 1748 516
Pearl, John, Dover, 1753 421
Pearson, William, Portsmouth, 1750 35
William, Portsmouth, 1752 210
Peaslee, Jacob, Amesbury District, 1752 223
John, Newton, 1752 216
Peirce, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1749/50 10
Pendergast, Stephen, Durham, 1753 458
Perkins, Thomas, Isles of Shoals, 1753 348
Perry, Obadiah, Plaistow, 1753 395
Peverly, John, Portsmouth, 1753 332
Phillips, Edward, 1750 52
Pitman, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1753 482
Prescott, Ebenezer, Hampton Falls, 1750 40
James, Hampton Falls, 1750 77
Richards, Joseph, Rochester, 1753 422
Richardson, Jonathan, Chelmsford, Mass., 1753 450
Ring, Oliver, Hampton Falls, 1753 317
Roberts, Samuel, Somersworth, 1751 107
Roby, Ichabod, Hampton Falls, 1752 268
Rogers, James, Dunbarton, 1753 436
Rollins, Caleb, Jr., Stratham, 1753 482
Jeremiah, Somersworth, 1752 283
John, Exeter, 1753 417
Thomas, Stratham, 1753 339
Ross, Alexander, Portsmouth, 1750 96
Francis, Portsmouth, 1752 218
John, Portsmouth, 1752 258
Runnells, Owen, Stratham, 1752 242
Salter, John, Rye, 1752 227
Sanborn, Daniel, Hampton Falls, 1749/50 21
LIST OF ESTATES xiii
Sanborn, Daniel, Hampton Falls, 1750 29
Ephraim, Epping, 1749 518
Sargent, John, Fort Dummer, 1750 96
Seavey, William, 3d, Rye, 1753 318
Shannon, Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1753 471
Shaw, Benjamin, Hampton, 1753 350
Roger, Hampton, 1751 179
Sibley, Samuel, Salem, 1751 117
Sinclair, Richard, Stratham, 1751 145
Sinnott, Edmund, Portsmouth, 1752 238
Sleeper, Aaron, Kingston, 1753 368
Benjamin, Kingston, 1751 133
Edward. 1753 437
Joseph, Kingston, 1752 204
Smith, Benjamin, Merrimack, 1750 73
Daniel, Exeter, 1752 232
Israel, Brentwood, 1750 33, 519
James, Londonderry, 1753 305
John, North Hampton, 1751 160
Nathaniel, Kingston, 1753 428
Nicholas, Brentwood, 1753 501
Reuben, Brentwood, 1753 383
Thomas, Portsmouth, 1751 178
Snell, Thomas, Durham, 1750 72, 519
Spaulding, Phineas, Hudson, 1750/51 105
Stevenson, Thomas, Durham, 1753 366
Straw, John, Kingston, 1750 76
Strong, Job, Portsmouth, 1752 211
Swain, Caleb, Hampton Falls, 1753 355
Swett, David, Hampton Falls, 1749/50 11
Taylor, Joseph, Hampton, 1750 70
Richard, North Hampton, 1753 303
Thompson, Andrew, Londonderry, 1746 515
Robert, Durham, 1753 341
xiv LIST OF ESTATES
Tibbetts, Henry, Dover, 1753 337
Tilton, Elizabeth, Kensington, 1753 493
Tirrell, Henry, Portsmouth, 1751 165
Towle, Joshua, Hampton, 1752 294
Trefethen, Foster, Newcastle, 1751 113
Jethro, Hampton Falls, 1751 108
Trickey, John, Newington, 1753 307
Turner, Thomas, Concord, 1752 215
Twombly, Daniel, Dover, 1748 516
Mary, Dover, 1750 92
Varney, Ebenezer, Dover, 1753 471
Veasey, George, Stratham, 1751 168
Vincent, John, Newington, 1743 507
Walton, Benjamin, Portsmouth, 1750 28
Samuel, Amherst, 1750/51 102
Samuel, Somersworth, 1753 477
Waters, Isaac, Mendon, Mass., 1733/4 505
Watson, Isaac, Dover, 1753 376
Weare, John, Kensington, 1753 310
Webster, Nathaniel, Salem, 1752 291
Samuel, Kingston, 1753 499
Welland, William, Dover, 1752 234
Wells, ——— , 1752 238
Edward, Portsmouth, 1751 170
Wetherbee, Ephraim, Lunenburg, Mass., 1750 72
Wiggin, Andrew, Stratham, 1753 441
Joseph, Stratham, 1749 517
Nicholas, Stratham, 1752 194
Willard, Josiah, Fort Dummer, 1750 86
Willey, Samuel, Dover, 1753 496
Samuel, Durham. 1753 500
Williams, Thomas, Durham, 1750/51 99
Wilmot, Elizabeth, Hampton, 1751 116
LIST OF ESTATES xv
Wilson, John, Chester, 1753 437
Mary, Greenland, 1751 116
Nathaniel, Londonderry, 1753 484
Thomas, Exeter., 1753 433
Woodman, Jonathan, Durham, 1749/50 1
Worthen, Ezekiel, Chester, 1752 260
Young, Daniel, Kingston, 1751 111
Jonathan, Dover, 1752 239