PROBATE RECORDS
OF THE
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
VOL. 7
1760-1763
STATE PAPERS SERIES
Vol. 37
Edited by
OTIS G.
HAMMOND
Director of the
New Hampshire Historical Society
PUBLISHED BY
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
1939
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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Abbott, Jacob, Hollis, 1761 122
Adams, Samuel, Durham, 1762 319
Thomas, Charlestown, 1760 5
Addison, William, Londonderry, 1763 456
Alexander, John, Londonderry, 1761 69
Allen, Eunice, Chester, 1762 291
Allison, Samuel, Londonderry, 1760 22
Anderson, Mary, Londonderry, 1760 1
Robert, Manchester, 1762 360
Austin, Nathaniel, Dover, 1762 283
Ayer, Ebenezer, Salem, 1762 287
Ayers, William, Londonderry, 1761 182
Bailey, Josiah, Hampton Falls, 1762 357
Baldwin, Samuel, Newmarket, 1761 171
Banfill, George, Portsmouth, 1760 15
Bartlett, Israel, Newbury, Mass., 1761 197
Barton, Henry, Hollis, 1760 29
Basford, Jacob, Chester, 1761 87
Batbor, Mary, Londonderry, 1763 394
Batchelder, Jonathan, Hampton Falls, 1761 138
Josiah, Kingston, 1760 38
Battishall, Jonathan, Newington, 1762 348
Bedel, Jacob, Salem, 1761 146
John, Salem, 1761 75
Timothy, Salem, 1761 122
Bell, John, Bedford, 1763 391
Bennett, William, Portsmouth, 1762 332
Bergin, John, Newmarket, 1761 245
Bickford, Henry, Boston, Mass., 1762 264
Jethro, Rochester, 1763 427
John, Rochester, 1761 98
vi LIST OF ESTATES
Bigelow, Jonathan, Rockingham, Vt., 1761 186
Bixby, Thomas, Litchfield, 1761 227
Blake, Stephen, Epping, 1763 453
Blunt, Jonathan, Chester, 1762 309
Bogle, Thomas, Peterborough, 1762 266
Boothby, Jonathan, Portsmouth, 1762 306
Boynton, Joshua, Hollis, 1763 418
Bradford, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1762 347
Bridgham, William, Portsmouth, 1763 405
Brown, Jacob, Hampton Falls, 1761 124
John, New Ipswich, 1763 385
Bunton, Robert, Allenstown, 1761 229
Burleigh, Giles, Newmarket, 1761 149
Joseph, Newmarket, 1761 135
Burnham, Robert, Durham, 1760 16
Winthrop, Durham, 1762 265
Buss, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1762 299
Calfe, Jeremiah, Exeter, 1762 279
Call, Sarah, Boscawen, 1761 230
Campbell, Mary, Londonderry, 1762 349
Carr, ——, Hampton Falls, 1761 222
Daniel, Hampton Falls, 1761 108
Hezekiah, Hampton Falls, 1761 120
Joseph, Epping, 1761 121
Chambers, Margaret, Portsmouth, 1762 334
Chase, Abraham, Plaistow, 1761 95
Clark, Abraham, Barrington, 1762 324
Edward, Salem, 1760 23
Isaac, Keene, 1761 117
Joseph, Greenland, 1761 251
Thomas, Exeter, 1761 193
Thomas, Amherst, 1762 314
Clough, Isaac, Jr., Salem, 1762 320
Josiah, Kingston, 1760 58
LIST OF ESTATES vii
Coffin, Tristram, Dover, 1761 139
Coker, John, Stratham, 1761 135
Colby, Sampson, Hopkinton, 1761 114
Cole, Amos, Somersworth, 1762 263
Colfax, Sampson, Charlestown, 1760 5
Connor, Philip, Exeter, 1761 189
Cook, Peter, Somersworth, 1762 294
Cram, Benjamin, Jr., Brentwood, 1762 321
Cummings, Josiah, Hudson, 1761 137
Currier, Jeremiah, Kingston, 1761 194
Jonathan, South Hampton, 1762 357
Curry, William, Canterbury, 1762 379
Dam, Pomfret, Madbury, 1763 458
Samuel, Dover, 1762 333
Danforth, Jonathan, Hollis, 1763 385
Davis, Aaron, Dover, 1762 343
John, Kingston, 1761 123
Sarah, Portsmouth, 1763 429
Dinsmoor, John, Salem, 1761 155
Dodge, David, Londonderry, 1763 454
Dolbear, Jonathan, Rye, 1761 163
Donahue, —— , Londonderry, 1761 255
Dow, Benjamin, Hampton, 1762 280
Downer, Andrew, Exeter, 1761 99
Downing, Jonathan, Kingston, 1760 55
Drake, Nathaniel, Hampton, 1763 438
Nathaniel, Jr., Hampton, 1762 334
Drew, Lemuel, Dover, 1763 425
Dudley, Elizabeth, Exeter, 1762 282
James, Brentwood, 1761 157
Jonathan, Brentwood, 1762 301
Nicholas, Brentwood, 1763 398
Dustin, Samuel, Plaistow, 1760 49
viii LIST OF ESTATES
Emerson, Edward, Boston, Mass., 1763 460
Stephen, Newmarket, 1763 426
Emery, Samuel, Boscawen, 1761 230
Sarah, Boscawen, 1761 226
Fairbanks, Nathaniel, Keene, 1763 383
Farley, Joseph, Nashua, 1762 374
Farrington, Jeremiah, Amherst, 1762 339
Felch, Daniel, Hampton Falls, 1763 455
Fernald, Job, Durham, 1763 433
Field, John, Dover, 1762 257
Fifield, Elizabeth, Kensington, 1761 113
Fogg, James, Kensington, 1762 378
Samuel, North Hampton, 1760 45
Folsom, John, Durham, 1763 463
Foster, Amos, Keene, 1761 104
Frost, Joseph, Newcastle, 1762 275
Fuller, Benoni, North Hampton, 1761 119
Fullonton, John, Epping, 1761 195
Furber, Jethro, Newington, 1761 117
Garland, Moses, Dover, 1762 274
Giddings, Zebulon, Jr., Exeter, 1760 36
Gilman, Abigail, Kingston, 1762 278
Glazier, Stephen, Durham, 1761 73
Godfrey, Nathan, Hampton Falls, 1762 363
Goss, Thomas, Rye, 1761 185
Gove, Daniel, Hampton Falls, 1761 222
Jonathan, Hampton Falls, 1761 201
Gregg, James, Londonderry, 1762 258
Green, Bradbury, Hampton Falls, 1761 93
Greenough, Daniel, Salem, 1761 121
Griggs, Jacob, Boston, Mass., 1763 457
Grove, Nathaniel, Greenland, 1762 382
LIST OF ESTATES ix
Haines, Joseph, Greenland, 1761 86
Haley, Morris, Portsmouth, 1762 333
Ham, Eleazer, Rochester, 1760 25
John, Dover, 1763 433
Reuben, Newington, 1762 258
Hanson, Tobias, Dover, 1762 365
Harvey, Robert, Nottingham, 1762 363
Hayes, Reuben, Dover, 1762 297
Heard, Nathaniel, Rochester, 1763 410
Hight, Charles, Portsmouth, 1761 125
Hill, John, Portsmouth, 1762 271
Hills, Samuel, Chester, 1762 267
Hoag, Joseph, Stratham, 1762 265
Sarah, Stratham, 1763 411
Hooker, Michael, Portsmouth, 1762 292
William, Portsmouth, 1763 393
Hubbard, Jeremiah, Kingston, 1762 357
John, Townsend, Mass., 1762 264
Huse, Thomas, Hampstead, 1762 323
Hussey, Joseph, Somersworth, 1762 259
Jackman, Richard, Boscawen, 1761 102
Jackson, Joshua, Portsmouth, 1763 457
James, John, Brentwood, 1761 165
Jefts, Henry, Mason, 1760 6
Jenness, Mark, Rochester, 1762 317
Jewell, Henry Lancaster, Sandown, 1760 21
Johnson, John, Hampstead, 1762 324
Noah, Nashua, 1761 189
Jones, Ann, Durham, 1762 354
William, Portsmouth, 1761 184
Kemp, Zerubbabel, Hollis, 1762 335
Kendall, Amos, Litchfield, 1762 282
Kennedy, William, Portsmouth, 1763 421
x LIST OF ESTATES
Kenney, Thomas, Hudson, 1762 361
Kenniston, George, Greenland, 1761 108
Joshua, Stratham, 1761 112
Moses, Stratham, 1761 224
Kent, Jacob, Plaistow, 1761 93
Kezar, John, Jr., Hampstead, 1762 255
Kidder, Joseph, Londonderry, 1763 463
Kimball, Abner, Haverhill, Mass., 1761 82
Knight, Richard, Plaistow, 1761 156
Knowlton, Rice, Pelham, 1762 316
Ladd, Nathaniel, Exeter, 1763 401
Laney, William, Amherst, 1763 384
Lane, Joshua, Hampton Falls, 1760 65
Lawrence, Joseph, Stratham, 1761 70
Leach, Zachariah, Portsmouth, 1761 146
Leavitt, James, Hampton, 1761 174
Timothy, Brentwood, 1760 42
Libby, Jeremiah, Portsmouth, 1760 67
Light, Ebenezer, Exeter, 1762 329
Little, Joseph, Hampstead, 1762 257
Logan, Robert, Londonderry, 1762 303
Long, Richard, Salisbury, Mass., 1763 402
Loud, Abigail, Portsmouth, 1763 409
Solomon, Portsmouth, 1762 325
Lovewell, John, Nashua, 1763 430
Lucy, Benjamin, Portsmouth, 1761 101
Lunt, Henry, Chester, 1761 101
McClary, Daniel, New Ipswich, 1761 164
McClure, David, Chester, 1762 301
McClurg, Charles, Litchfield, 1762 308
McFarland, Daniel, Chester, 1761 147
McMurphy, Alexander, Londonderry, 1763 425
Mallam, Matthew, Newcastle, 1762 320
Maloney, John, Madbury, 1762 326
LIST OF ESTATES xi
Mann, Peter, Windham, 1762 303
Manson, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1761 243
Manuel, Joel, Boscawen, [763 452
Marden, Noah, Portsmouth, 1762 294
Marston, Elisha, Hampton, 1761 232
Ephraim, Hampton, 1761 179
John, Hampton, 1763 395
Jonathan, Hampton, 1763 394
Mathes, Abraham, Durham, 1762 261
Francis, Durham, 1761 162
Maynard, Daniel, Marlborough, Mass., 1761 187
Meloon, Daniel, Greenland, 1761 107
Henry, Greenland, 1761 109
John, Newmarket, 1761 72
Joseph, Jr., Greenland, 1761 109
Merrill, Samuel, Hudson, 1763 386
Meseat, Isaac, Portsmouth, 1761 114
Miles, William, Canterbury, 1760 62
Miller, Charles, Gosport, 1761 118
Thomas, Jr., Somersworth, 1762 327
Millett, Thomas, Dover, 1762 307
Mitchell, Joshua, Newmarket, 1761 172
Moores, John, Hampstead, 1761 194
Joseph, Chester, 1761 166
Morrill, Benjamin, Biddeford, Me., 1763 415
Micajah, South Hampton, 1761 141
Morse, Abel, Chester, 1760 60
Moulton, Henry, Sandown, 1762 336
Jonathan, Hampton, 1762 370
Joseph, Portsmouth, 1762 328
William, Hampton, 1762 345
Murdough, Robert, Merrimack, 1761 151
Nason, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1761 95
William, Portsmouth, 1762 322
xii LIST OF ESTATES
Newmarch, Elizabeth, Portsmouth, 1763 462
Thomas, Portsmouth, 1761 227
Norton, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1761 73
Nutter, Mary, Portsmouth, 1761 147
Odiorne, Robert, Portsmouth, 1762 340
O'Shaw, Daniel, Newcastle, 1763 410
John, Newcastle, 1763 395
Otterson, James, Londonderry, 1760 41
William, Chester, 1760 69
Page, David, Brentwood, 1762 360
Joshua, Haverhill, Mass., 1760 36
Palmer, Joseph, Plaistow, 1763 407
Park, Joseph, Windham, 1762 337
Parker, Isaac, Charlestown, 1762 315
Isaac, Jr., Charlestown, 1761 97
Pearson, William, Portsmouth, 1763 414
Peirce, Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1762 368
Pendergast, Stephen, Newmarket, 1763 464
Pendexter, John, Portsmouth, 1760 52
Philbrick, Joseph, Hampton, 1760 2
Pike, Joseph, Kensington, 1763 435
Pillsbury, Henry, Newton, 1762 338
Plummer, Samuel, Hampstead, 1762 350
Prescott, John, Kingston, 1761 186
Pressey, Paul, Danville, 1760 57
Quinby, Eleazer, Hampton Falls, 1762 297
Elisha, Kingston, 1761 93
Redman, Sarah, Nottingham, 1762 256
Reed, Margaret, Newcastle, 1760 27
Richardson, James, Pelham, 1761 126
Roberts, John, Madbury, 1763 403
Joseph, Dover, 1761 163
Thomas, Dover, 1761 166
LIST OF ESTATES xiii
Robinson, Daniel, Portsmouth, 1761 246
Rogers, Mary, Bow, 1763 453
Richard, Dunbarton, 1762 328
Rowell, Samuel, Salem, 1760 59
Runnells, Job, Durham, 1763 434
Russell, William., Hampton Falls, 1761 232
Sanborn, Jabez, Hampton Falls, 1760 8
John, Hampton, 1760 53
Nathan, Epping, 1760 10
Sargent, David, Newton, 1761 241
Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1760 31
Nathaniel, Newcastle, 1761 112
Sawyer, Jacob, Hampstead, 1763 417
Saxon, John, Crown Point, N. Y., 1763 403
Scammon, Richard, Dover, 1762 292
Seavey, Benjamin, Rye, 1761 167
Secomb, Joseph, Kingston, 1760 29
Selorgy, John, Portsmouth, 1762 316
Severance, Joseph, Hudson, 1760 24
Seward, Ebenezer, Portsmouth, 1761 148
Shattuck, William, Hollis, 1761 152
Sherburne, James, Portsmouth, 1760 50
Jethro, Barrington, 1763 427
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1760 58
Sleeper, Ebenezer, Brentwood, 1761 90
John, Brentwood, 1761 76
Smith, Elias, Hollis, 1761 238
Jabez, Hampton, 1761 128
Moses, Hollis, 1761 241
Richard, Exeter, 1763 412
Samuel, North Hampton, 1762 294
Snyder, Martin, Portsmouth, 1762 322
Spear, Thomas, Salem, 1762 308
Stackpole, Philip, Somersworth, 1761 192
xiv LIST OF ESTATES
Stearns, Zachariah, Merrimack, 1761 111
Steele, Robert, Exeter, 1761 135
Samuel, Londonderry, 1761 248
Stevens, John, Newington, 1762 314
Jonathan, Plaistow, 1761 99
Nathan, Concord, 1761. 160
Samuel, Exeter, 1761 165
Stewart, John, Windham, 1761 142
Stickney, Jeremiah, Concord, 1763 396
Stoodley, James, Portsmouth, 1760 4
Swett, Benjamin, Hampton Falls, 1762 295
Thing, Bartholomew, Epping, 1761 183
Joseph, Brentwood, 1762 380
Thompson, Alexander, Londonderry, 1761 197
James, Durham, 1762 329
Tilton, Samuel, hampton Falls, 1762 305
Towle, Caleb, Hampton, 1763 440
Matthias, Epping, 1763 456
Sarah, Hampton, 1762 293
Tucker, Nathaniel, Plaistow, 1761 169
Twombly, Benjamin, Somersworth, 1761 249
William, Dover, 1763 443
Varney, Thomas, Dover, 1763 405
Veasey, Benjamin, Brentwood, 1763 422
Samuel, Stratham, 1763 464
Thomas, Stratham, 1763 418
Wallingford, John, Rochester, 1761 228
Walton, Samuel, Portsmouth, [762 364
Ward, Ezekiel, Hampstead, 1762 361
Hezekiah, Hampstead, 1762 342
Webster, John, Kingston, 1763 388
Joseph, Hampton, 1761 137
LIST OF ESTATES xv
Weeks, Jedediah, Epping, 1760 63
John, Hampton, 1763 447
Leonard, Greenland, 1761 159
Samuel, Greenland, 1762 288
Welland, Nathaniel, Dover, 1761 107
Wentworth, Ezekiel, Somersworth, 1762 344
Grant, Dover, 1761 118
John, Portsmouth, 1763 472
Wetherbee, Joanna, Charlestown, 1762 330
Weymouth, John, Rochester, 1761 85
Wiar, Martha, Londonderry, 1763 434
Wiggin, Josiah, Durham, 1762 266
Willey, Samuel, Durham, 1761 226
Williams, Samuel, ,Amherst, 1762 368
Wilson, William, Chester, 1761 190
Wise, Wyman, Plaistow, 1760 68
Woodwell, David, Hopkinton, 1762 371
Worthen, Ephraim, Concord, 1763 449
Wright, William, Newcastle, 1762 319
Yeaton, Joseph, Newcastle, 1761 188
Young, Charles, Brentwood, 1761 156
Nathaniel, Dover, 1762 262