PROBATE RECORDS
OF THE
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
VOL. 5
1754-1756
STATE PAPERS SERIES
VOL. 35
Edited ay
OTIS G. HAMMOND
Director of the
New Hampshire Historical Society
PUBLISHED BY
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
1936
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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Alcock, Keturah, Portsmouth, 1754 164
Alexander, Elias, Winchester, 1756 493
Allen, David, Salem, 1754 125
Anderson, Allen, Londonderry, 1755 340
Ayer, John, Portsmouth, 1754 24
Baldwin, Henry, Pelham, 1754 21
Bartlett, Nathaniel, Exeter, 1755 294
Batchelder, Nathan, East Kingston, 1755 249
Theophilus, Hampton Falls, 1754 62
Bean, Joseph, Kingston, 1753 566
Beverland, David, Londonderry, 1756 387
Bickford, Joseph, Newington, 1754 183
Bigelow, Jonathan, Charlestown, 1755 301
Blagdon, Hannah, Portsmouth, 1756 404
Blake, John, Hampton, 1755 349
Joseph, Epping, 1755 364
Blood, Josiah, Hollis, 1754 190
Bolton, William, Windham, 1755 271
Boyd, Eleazer, Londonderry, 1756 489
Nathaniel, Manchester, 1755 353
Bradden, Noah, Portsmouth, 1756 476
Bradley, Abraham, Concord, 1754 129
Brewster, Margaret, Portsmouth, 1754 191
Brown, Abraham, South Hampton, 1756 421
Edmund, Portsmouth, 1755 246
Joshua, Kingston, 1756 477
Samuel, Hollis, 1755 317
Burleigh, Joseph, Newmarket, 1756 384
Buss, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1756 379
Butterfield, Zachariah, Chester, 1754 30
iv LIST OF ESTATES
Caldwell, Alexander, Dover, 1755 362
Cass, Joseph, Epping, 1754 20
Chandler, Thomas, Bedford, 1752 565
Zachariah, Roxbury, Mass., 1756 416
Chapman, Job, North Hampton, 1754 79
Chase, Paul, Sandown, 1756 507
Stephen, Hudson, 1755 304
Chesley, Jonathan, Durham, 1755 225
Christy, James, Chester, 1756 498
Clark, Amos, Hampstead, 1756 397
James, Dover, 1754 22
Josiah, Portsmouth, 1754 179
Clifford, Peter, Chester, 1754 68
Clough, Jacob, Chester, 1756 491
Josiah, Salem, 1756 504
Obadiah, Kingston, 1756 402
William Brown, Kensington, 1756 517
Cochran, David, Londonderry, 1753 566
Colby, Joseph, Hampstead, 1754 68
Colcord, Edward, Brentwood, 1756 482
Collins, Joseph, South Hampton, 1754 202
Connell, Thomas, Pembroke, 1756 515
Copp, Moses, Hampstead, 1756 512
Crockett, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1754 154
Cunningham, Archibald, Londonderry, 1755 359
Currier, Henry, South Hampton, 1756 462
Dalton, Timothy, North Hampton, 1756 400
Dam, John, Portsmouth, 1754 69
William, Dover, 1754 10
William, Portsmouth, 1755 359
Davenport, Addington, Boston, Mass., 1756 488
Davis, Ebenezer, Durham, 1755 291
John Hampstead, 1756 520
Robert, Concord, 1755 212
LIST OF ESTATES v
Dearborn, Benjamin, Portsmouth, 1755 270
Henry, Hampton, 1756 441
John, Hampton, 1754 72
Nathaniel, Kensington, 1754 171
Reuben, North Hampton, 1755 331
Thomas, North Hampton, 1754 95
Thomas, Chester, 1754 4
Dickey, Adam, Chester, 1753 567
Elias, Londonderry, 1755 233
Downing, John, Newington, 1755 332
Downs, Samuel, Somersworth, 1755 256
William, Somersworth, 1754 147
Drake, Robert, Hampton, 1756 499
Dudley, Trueworthy, Exeter, 1754 163
Duncan, John, Londonderry, 1754 174
Thomas, Portsmouth, 1755 350
Dunlap, Archibald, Chester, 1755 246
Eastman, David, Sandown, 1756 516
Eaton, Jeremiah, Hampstead, 1754 197
Samuel, Plaistow, 1754 139
Samuel, Hampton Falls, 1756 433
Edgerly, Joseph, Rochester, 1755 304
Elkins, Henry, Rye, 1756 476
Ellinwood, Robert, Salem, 1754 54
Elliot, John, South Hampton, 1756 437
Emerson, Timothy, Durham, 1755 285
Farrar, John, Epping, 1756 428
Fernald, Elizabeth, Portsmouth, 1756 457
Fletcher, Daniel, Nashua, 1754 181
Fogg, James, Hampton, 1754 101
John, Hampton, 1754 120
Jonathan, Exeter, 1755 273
Folsom, John, Exeter, 1756 388
William, Newmarket, 1755 203
vi LIST OF ESTATES
Footman, Francis, Durham, 1756 379
Fowler, Philip, Newmarket, 1754 106
Freese, Jonathan, Hampton, 1748 563
French, Jonathan, Nashua, 1751 564
Joseph, South Hampton, 1754 183
Frost, Elizabeth, Portsmouth, 1755 206
Gage, Thomas, Pelham, 1756 550
Garland, Jonathan, Jr., Hampton, 1756 486
Gerrish, Timothy, Kittery, Me., 1756 410
Gilman, Jonathan, Exeter, 1756 510
Glidden, Nathaniel, Exeter, 1754 117
Richard, Brentwood, 1755 355
Gordy, Jacob, Chester, 1755 262
Gould, Joseph, Amesbury, Mass., 1756 530
Grant, Joshua, Somersworth, 1755 304
Greeley, Jonathan, Kingston, 1755 320
Joseph, Kingston, 1754 194
Reuben, Hudson, 1755 363
Green, Abraham, Kingston, 1751 563
Ann, Portsmouth, 1754 170
Benjamin, Epping, 1755 316
Griffin, Isaac, Kingston, 1755 231
Haines, Matthias, Portsmouth, 1754 54
Hammond, Nathaniel, Swanzey, 1756 519
Hannaford, John, Stratham, 1755 258
Hanson, John, Jr., Dover, 1756 494
Robert, Dover, 1754 121
Hardison, Hannah, Portsmouth, 1755 248
Hardy, Theophilus, Exeter, 1754 176
Hart, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1756 412
Hayes, Benjamin, Rochester, 1756 432
Elihu, Dover, 1755 303
Peter, Dover, 1756 405
LIST OF ESTATES vii
Hazzen, Richard, Hampstead, 1754 55
Heard, Samuel, Jr., Dover, 1756 461
Hersey, Peter, Newmarket, 1754 191
Hill, James, Swanzey, 1756 529
Joseph, Greenland, 1755 207
Hilliard, Benjamin, Hampton Falls, 1756 374
Hinkson, Robert, Epping, 1755 273
Hinman, Alexander, Londonderry, 1755 222
Hobbs, James, North Hampton, 1756 367
Jonathan, North Hampton, 1756 412
Morris, North Hampton, 1756 417
William, Amherst, 1756 435
Howe, Caleb, Hinsdale, 1756 478
Hoyt, Ezekiel, Brentwood, 1754 86
John, South Hampton, 1754 89
Hunking, John, Hampstead, 1754 191
Hunter, David, Londonderry, 1754 174
Huse, Israel, Sandown, 1756 502
Jackson, Joseph, Dover, 1756 532
Mary, Portsmouth, 1755 260
Samuel, Durham, 1754 79
Jenkins, John, Durham, 1754 178
Joseph, Dover, 1754 145
Jenness, Richard, Rye, 1754 110
Johnson, Elisha, Hampton, 1753 565
John, Jr., Hampstead, 1756 401
Timothy, Greenland, 1756 427
Jones, Jonathan, Stratham, 1754 35
Joseph, Durham, 1755 280
Judkins, Joel, Kingston, 1754 14
Kelsey, Alexander, Londonderry, 1755 360
Kezar, George, Hampstead, 1755 257
King, James, Westford, Mass., 1754 155
viii LIST OF ESTATES
Knight, Nathaniel, Plaistow, 1754 1
Samuel, Plaistow, 1756 478
Lamb, Richard, Kittery, Me., 1755 329
Langley, Job, Durham, 1755 346
Lavers, George, Portsmouth, 1755 329
Jacob, Portsmouth, 1756 550
Lear, Tobias, Portsmouth, 1755 242
Leavitt, Emerson, Exeter, 1756 531
James, Stratham, 1754 84
Moses, Stratham, 1754 26
Samuel, Stratham, 1754 110
Stephen, Brentwood, 1755 274
Timothy, Brentwood, 1756 371
Leighton, John, Dover, 1756 505
Light, Robert, Exeter, 1756 540
Linn, Joseph, Boston, Mass., 1755 258
Littlehale, Ezra, Pelham, 1756 502
Long, John, Portsmouth, 1756 479
William, Kingston, 1754 21
Lord, Elizabeth, Gosport, 1755 358
Jonathan, Scarborough, Me., 1754 201
McClurg, John, Londonderry, 1756 506
McConnell, Thomas, Pembroke, 1754 178
McDonnell, James, Hollis, 1756 486
McFarland, Walter, Manchester, 1756 408
McKellips, David, Salem, 1755 356
McMurphy, John, Londonderry, 1755 238
Marsh, James, Hudson, 1748/9 563
Marshall, John, Hudson, 1756 426
Mason, Benjamin, Somersworth, 1754 82
Francis, Exeter, 1754 163
Mead, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1756 472
Merrill, Abraham, Newton, 1755 213
LIST OF ESTATES ix
Merrill, Nathaniel, Hampstead, 1754 177
Nathaniel, South Hampton, 1754 186
Meserve, Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1756 450
Miller, Archibald, Chester, 1754 159
Joseph, Newmarket, 1755 284
Joseph, Portsmouth, 1756 466
Mitchell, George, Portsmouth, 1755 336
Moore, James, Londonderry, 1755 345
Morrill, Benjamin, Kingston, 1755 218
Samuel, South Hampton, 1754 198
Moulton, James, Hampton Falls, 1755 341
Samuel, Hampton, 1754 12
Neal, Samuel, Greenland, 1756 392
Walter, Newmarket, 1755 269
Nelson, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1755 330
Philip, Plaistow, 1756 458
Newbold, Deborah, Portsmouth, 1754 154
Newmarch, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1756 369
Nock, Thomas, Somersworth, 1754 95
Noyes, James, Plaistow, 1755 351
Nudd, James, Greenland, 1754 98
Nute, Abraham, Dover, 1756 459
Nutter, Valentine, Portsmouth, 1756 475
Odlin, John, Exeter, 1754 64
Judith, Exeter, 1756 552
Ordway, Jonathan, Kingston, 1754 77
Joseph, Kingston, 1755 354
Page, Francis, Hampton, 1755 277
John, Salem, 1755 351
Jonathan, Plaistow, 1756 434
Jonathan, Jr., Plaistow, 1756 447
Samuel, Hampton, 1755 280
x LIST OF ESTATES
Parsons, Josiah, Newmarket, 1755 254
Patch, Thomas, Nashua, 1756 467
Patterson, Samuel, Londonderry, 1756 410
Peabody, Ebenezer, Portsmouth, 1754 179
Peaslee, Joseph, Salem, 1755 353
Peirce, Joshua, Portsmouth, 1754 133
Perkins, Daniel, Hampton Falls, 1756 415
James, Kensington, 1754 142
Samuel, Durham, 1756 477
Pettengill, Benjamin, Plaistow, 1756 522
Philbrick, Ebenezer, Rye, 1755 209
Jedediah, Kingston, 1754 70
Jeremiah, Kingston, 1754 116
Pitman, Benjamin, Portsmouth, 1754 11
Powell, John, Brentwood, 1756 420
Prescott, Elizabeth, Hampton Falls, 1755 2I1
James, Kensington, 1754 155
Purrington, Joshua, Epping, 1754 180
Quimby, John, Jr., Kingston, 1755 293
Rand, Thomas, Rye, 1756 369
Richards, Benjamin, Rochester, 1756 395
Richardson, Moses, South Hampton, 1755 232
Ricker, George, Somersworth, 1754 47
John, Somersworth, 1756 429
Rindge, William, Portsmouth, 1756 449
Ring, Seth, Portsmouth, 1756 386
Roberts, Daniel, Hampstead, 1756 428
Daniel, Jr., Hampstead, 1755 364
Ebenezer, Somersworth, 1755 319
John, Brentwood, 1756 498
Love, Somersworth, 1755 223
Robinson, George, Chester, 1754 54
Jonathan, Exeter, 1754 75
LIST OF ESTATES xi
Roby, Ichabod, Kingston, 1755 337
Rogers, James, Londonderry, 1755 343
Rollins, Edward, Rochester, 1756 437
Thomas, Jr., Stratham, 1755 362
Rowell, Rice, Nottingham, 1754 32
Thomas, South Hampton, 1755 260
Rowen, Andrew, Plaistow, 1754 85
Runnells, John, Durham, 1756 469
Mary, Stratham, 1755 208
Rymes, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1755 347
Sanborn, Elisha, Epping, 1755 348
Ephraim, Epping, 1754 119
Reuben, Hampton Falls, 1756 424
Tristram, Kingston, 1753 264, 566
Savage, John, Portsmouth, 1754 94
Scott, Silvanus, Portsmouth, 1754 132
Scribner, John, Exeter, 1756 481
Joseph, Jr., Exeter, 1756 434
Scruton, Michael, Barrington, 1755 356
Shortridge, Richard, Portsmouth, 1756 479
Simpson, William, Portsmouth, 1754 198
Sinclair, Ebenezer, Exeter, 1754 129
Slayton, Ann, Portsmouth, 1756 500
Sleeper, Moses, Kingston, 1754 6
Smart, Joseph, Newmarket, 1754 34
Smith, Benjamin, North Hampton, 1755 310
Benjamin, Exeter, 1756 553
Isaac, Kingston, 1756 561
Ithiel, Brentwood, 1756 495
Jabez, Exeter, 1754 61
Jacob, Jr., Brentwood, 1755 317
Samuel, Durham, 1755 299
Snow, Jonathan, Nashua, 1755 319
Spaulding, ——— , 1754 13
LIST OF ESTATES xiii
Weeks, Elizabeth, Portsmouth, 1754 125
Wesendunk, Stephen, London, Eng., 1754 145
Weymouth, Benjamin, Somersworth, 1754 104
Whipple, Joseph, Hampton Falls, 1754 78
White, James, Pembroke, 1754 179
Wiggin, Nicholas, Stratham, 1752 565
Willard, Moses, Charlestown, 1756 537
Worthen, Samuel, Hampstead, 1756 521
Wright, Benoni, Hinsdale, 1756 420
Thomas, Portsmouth, 1754 93
Wyman, Edward, Pelham, 1754 165
Edward, Pelham, 1756 501
Yeaton, John, Newcastle, 1756 519
Young, Samuel, Dover, 1755 307