PROBATE RECORDS
OF THE
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
VOL. 8
1764-1767
STATE PAPERS SERIES
VOL. 38
Edited by
OTIS G. HAMMOND
Director
of the
New Hampshire Historical Society
PUBLISHED BY
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
1940
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, John, Portsmouth, 1764 73
Adams, Ebenezer, Dover, 1765 127
William, Londonderry, 1764 97
Alexander, Robert, Londonderry, 1765 209
Allen, Elizabeth, Greenland, 1767 396
William, Madbury, 1764 91
Anderson, John, Portsmouth, 1767 384
Apthorp, Henry, Portsmouth, 1765 220
Austin, Samuel, Somersworth, 1766 297
Ayers, John, Portsmouth, 1764 97
Thomas, Greenland, 1764 61
Bartlett, Gershom, Newton, 1765 166
Batchelder, Jeremiah, Kensington, 1764 115
Nathan, Kensington, 1764 59
Bean, Jonathan, Kingston, 1765 122
Joseph, Raymond, 1764 92
Joseph, Kingston, 1766 370
Miriam, Kingston, 1764 5
Beck, Thomas, Jr., Portsmouth, 1767 401
Bickford, Benjamin, Durham, 1764 74
Thomas, Madbury, 1765 125
Blanchard, Nathaniel, Milford, 1766 354
Blood, Simeon, Nashua, 1765 198
Borland, Jane, Boston, Mass., 1765 211
Bowden, John, Exeter, 1765 206
Boynton, Nathan, Rowley, Mass., 1767 406
Brackett, Samuel, Newmarket, 1766 268
Samuel, 1766 370
Brewster, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1766 360
Brown, John, New Ipswich, 1765 153
vi LIST OF ESTATES
Brown, Thomas, Hampton, 1765 136
Thomas, Hampton Falls, 1765 223
Bryant, Andrew, Plaistow, 1765 158
Buzzell, Henry, Barrington, 1764 63
Caldwell, Alexander, Litchfield, 1765 229
Canney, John, Dover, 1764 77
Carson, John, New Boston, 1765 147
Cheney, Thomas, Plaistow, 1767 417
Chesley, Jonathan, Durham, 1765 169
Christie, John, Windham, 1766 326
Cilley, Benjamin, Danville, 1765 228
Clarkson, Andrew, Portsmouth, 1765 208
Coburn, Zachariah, Pelham, 1767 439
Colburn, Thomas, Hudson, 1765 216
Colcord, Ebenezer, Brentwood, 1766 297
Collins, John, Windham, 1767 380
Cook, Richard, Dover, 1764 43
Crommett, John, Durham, 1765 212
Crown, John, Portsmouth, 1766 364
Cummings, Helen, Concord, Mass., 1764 42
Currier, Isaac, Exeter, 1764 106
Phoebe, South Hampton, 1766 332
Samuel, Hampstead, 1766 338
Dam, Sarah, Madbury, 1766 364
Davis, Deliverance, Durham, 1765 151
Dean, Katharine, Exeter, 1766 307
Dearborn, Joseph, North Hampton, 1766 308
Dimond, Reuben, South Hampton, 1764 35
Doe, Samuel, Newmarket, 1767 379
Dow, Ezekiel, Kensington, 1766 335
John, Kensington, 1764 108
Duncan, William, Londonderry, 1764 103
Dustin, Obadiah. Salem. 1765 233
LIST OF ESTATES vii
Dustin, Thomas, Salem, 1766 356
Dutton, Elijah, 1764 122
Eastman, Joseph, Kingston, 1767 392
Obadiah, Kingston, 1765 171
Obadiah, Salem, 1767 398
Elkins, Obadiah, Danville. 1764 81
Emerson, David, Plaistow, 1764 54
Estes, Joseph, Dover, 1767 384
Fernald, Humphrey, Portsmouth, 1764 8
Fifield, Edward, Stratham, 1765 203
Fletcher, John, New Ipswich, 1765 147
Foss, William, Dover, 1764 32
Fox, Benjamin. Nottingham, 1766 270
French, Samuel, South Hampton, 1767 414
Simon, Kingston, 1764 46
Zephaniah, Chester, 1764 82
Frost, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1764 65
Sarah, Portsmouth, 1766 246
Fuller, Thomas, Sandown, 1765 180
Fullerton, John, Epping, 1764 31
Furber, Moses, Newington, 1764 90
Gale, Daniel, Raymond, 1767 400
Edward, Portsmouth, 1767 442
Gambling, Mary, Portsmouth, 1764 37
Gerrish, Paul, Madbury, 1764 20
Gibbs, Robert, Portsmouth, 1767 441
Gilman, Jacob, Kingston, 1765 174
John, Kingston, 1765 233
Joseph, Newmarket, 1767 395
Moses, Jr., Exeter, 1767 383
Sarah, Exeter, 1766 339
Trueworthy, Exeter, 1765 159
viii LIST OF ESTATES
Glidden, Ann, Exeter, 1764 40
Goodwin, Bartholomew, Portsmouth, 1765 128
Gorrell, John, Windham, 1766 245
Gove, Jeremiah, Hampton Falls, 1766 243
Graves, James, South Hampton, 1765 163
Phineas, Charlestown, 1767 413
Greeley, Insley, Salisbury, Mass., 1765 197
Richard, Portsmouth, 1766 325
Green, John, Hampton Falls, 1765 169
Greenwood, Thales, Portsmouth, 1766 342
Gregg, John, Windham, 1767 383
Grindall, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1766 366
Hale, Eliphalet, Exeter, 1765 126
Hall, Joseph, Newmarket, 1767 387
Hamblett, Josiah, Pelham, 1765 237
Hanson, Samuel, Epping, 1766 377
Hardy, Biley, Brentwood, 1766 362
Harriman, Abner, Plaistow, 1765 123
Hart, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1766 354
Heard, John, Dover, 1765 163
Heath, Joseph, Kingston, 1764 87
Joseph, Kingston, 1765 231
Henderson, John, Jaffrey, 1766 364
Hildreth, Levi, Pelham, 1765 209
Hill, Samuel, Rochester, 1764 110
Hixon, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1765 191
Hobbs, James, Pelham, 1765 217
James, Somersworth, 1767 411
Noah, Kensington, 1765 201
Holmes, Nathaniel, Londonderry, 1765 154
Holt, John, Andover, Mass., 1766 248
Horney, Hannah, Portsmouth, 1764 107
Hoyt, Ephraim, Chester, 1767 402
Hubbard, John, Epsom, 1766 325
LIST OF ESTATES ix
Huggins, Nathaniel, Jr., Greenland, 1765 205
Hunt, Zebedee, Rye, 1764 21
Huntress, George, Portsmouth, 1764 121
Jewell, Samuel, Jr., Newton, 1765 134
Jewett, Joseph, Stratham, 1765 140
Johnson, Josiah, Pelham, 1764 56
Jones, John, Portsmouth, 1766 348
Mary, Stratham, 1766 331
Kelsey, John, Nottingham, 1764 22
Moses, Nottingham, 1764 42
Kelso, William, Londonderry, 1764 6
Kielle, Moses, Dover, 1766 301
Kimball, Isaac, Bradford, Mass., 1765 219
Kinnicum, John, Merrimack, 1766 248
Knight, John, Portsmouth, 1765 238
Lamont, Neil, Portsmouth, 1765 237
Langdon, William, Portsmouth, 1766 343
Laskey, John, Durham, 1764 94
Lawrence, Tilton, Stratham, 1767 432
Leavitt, John, Exeter, 1764 11
Lewis, William, Portsmouth, 1764 19
Libby, Joseph, Rye, 1764 43
Lincoln, Jacob, Somersworth, 1764 88
Little, Thomas, Plaistow, 1766 345
Lovering, John, Exeter, 1764 119
McCutcheon, Phedris, Barrington, 1766 292
Mann, ——— , 1765 171
Marston, Elisha, Brentwood, 1766 287
James, Newmarket, 1767 435
Jonathan, North Hampton, 1766 252
Martin, Jonathan, Newcastle, 1766 275
x LIST OF ESTATES
Mason, Samuel, Somersworth, 1765 173
Merrow, Benjamin, Rochester, 1764 4
Miller, Isaac, Rochester, 1765 174
Mills, Luke, Portsmouth, 1764 70
Montgomery, Hugh, Londonderry, 1766 295
Morrill, Moses, Kingston, 1766 349
Moulton, Daniel, Chester, 1764 105
Jabez, Hampton, 1767 440
Murray, James, Londonderry, 1764 31
William, Londonderry, 1767 407
Musset, John, Rochester, 1767 416
Nesmith, John, Merrimack, 1766 269
Nevin, James, Portsmouth, 1766 301
Newmarch, Joseph, Newcastle, 1765 221
Norris, Benjamin, Stratham, 1764 77
Samuel, Epping, 1764 111
Norton, Daniel, Portsmouth, 1765 149
Nute, Samuel, Dover, 1764 33
Odiorne, Jotham, Portsmouth, 1765 145
Ordway, Sarah, South Hampton, 1766 317
Owen, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1764 119
Paige, John, South Hampton, 1766 289
Palmer, Samuel, Hampton. 1764 102
Parker, Thomas, Litchfield, 1764 100
Thomas, Dracut, Mass., 1766 341
Peirce, Mary, Portsmouth, 1764 1
Pendergast, Edmund, Durham, 1764 113
Perkins, Abigail, Hampton, 1764 56
Moses, Hampton, 1764 67
Philbrick, Nathaniel, Epping, 1765 142
Philpot, Elias, Somersworth, 1764 86
Richard, Somersworth, 1766 304
LIST OF ESTATES xi
Pickering, Daniel, Portsmouth, 1765 144
James, Newington, 1766 305
Pinkham, Otis, Dover, 1764 4
Place, James, Rochester, 1764 28
Poor, Samuel, Raymond, 1765 232
Pray, Mary, Portsmouth, 1766 278
Prescott, Nathan, Kingston, 1764 107
Presson, William, Chester, 1766 344
Pulsifer, Jonathan, Brentwood, 1766 316
Putnam, Nathaniel, Wilton, 1766 298
Rand, Edmund, Hampton, 1764 47
Randall, Jacob, Portsmouth, 1764 89
Samuel, Somersworth, 1765 210
Richardson, Amos, Pelham, 1765 167
James, Dracut, Mass., 1764 25
Ricker, Thomas, Somersworth, 1764 100
Ritchie, William, Peterborough, 1766 346
Robinson, James, Brentwood, 1767 419
Roby, Thomas, North Hampton, 1766 249
Rogers, James, Londonderry, 1765 223
Rollins, Caleb, Stratham, 1766 280
Joshua, Exeter, 1765 191
Runnells, Joseph, Dover, 1766 277
Thomas, Deerfield, 1766 247
St. Clair, George, Hampstead, 1767 438
Sanborn, Joshua, Epping, 1764 2
Richard, Nottingham, 1764 5
Sargent, Joseph, Newcastle, 1765 232
Sawyer, Mary, Hampstead, 1766 341
Senter, Jean, Londonderry, 1764 13
Shackford, John, Portsmouth, 1765 181
Shannon, Cutts, Portsmouth, 1764 21
Sherburne, John, Kensington, 1767 434
xii LIST OF ESTATES
Sherburne, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1765 129
Shirley, John, Chester, 1764 92
Sloane, William, Lyme, 1766 348
Smith, Ebenezer, Durham, 1764 15
Francis, Salem, 1766 312
Jacob, Nottingham, 1765 189
Jean, Londonderry, 1766 369
Joseph, Durham, 1765 182
Paul, Chester, 1766 322
Samuel, Dunbarton, 1764 118
Snell, Solomon, Barrington, 1764 76
Spead, John, Stratham, 1766 293
Stanyan, Jacob, Hampton Falls, 1764 110
Stevens, Mary, Portsmouth, 1765 150
Stockell, Robert, Portsmouth, 1764 89
Swett, Mary, Hampton Falls, 1764 14
Tarbox, Noah, Londonderry, 1766 276
Taylor, Timothy, Merrimack, 1766 333
Thing, Daniel, Exeter, 1765 226
Thompson, Benjamin, Wilton, 1767 432
Thurston, Samuel, Exeter, 1764 39
Tibbetts, Gideon, Rochester, 1766 273
Obadiah, Rochester, 1765 144
Todd, Samuel, Peterborough, 1765 156
Toppan, James, Kingston, 1765 132
Towle, Anthony, Chester, 1765 172
Caleb, Jr., Danville, 1765 221
Twaddell, James, Salem, 1766 252
Twombly, John, Dover, 1764 48
Ulmore, Jacob, Portsmouth, 1767 440
Usher, John, Merrimack, 1766 337
Wadleigh, Philip, Exeter, 1765 136
Walker, Lucy, Portsmouth, 1766 266
LIST OF ESTATES xiii
Walton, George, Newington, 1764 95
Ward, Abel, Kensington, 1766 240
Watson, Joseph, Dover, 1766 272
Webster, Josiah, Rye, 1764 77
Wentworth, Joseph, Somersworth, 1765 151
Wheat, Josiah, Narragansett No. 6, Mass., 1764 1
White, Robert, Newcastle, 1765 191
Whitney, James, Dunstable, Mass., 1764 101
Wibird, Richard, Portsmouth, 1765 174
Thomas. Portsmouth, 1765 217
Wiggin, John, Stratham, 1764 27
Wilder, Andrew, Lancaster, Mass., 1767 433
Willey, John, Durham, 1766 255
Williams, Joseph, Durham, 1764 19
Wilson, Joshua, Exeter, 1766 255
Wingate, John, Dover, 1764 51
Joshua, North Hampton, 1764 25
Winn, Benjamin, Nottingham, 1765 198
Woodman, Daniel, Kingston, 1767 407
Worthen, Jonathan, Bow, 1764 93
Wright, Abel, New Ipswich, 1764 115
Wyman, Levi, Pelham, 1766 267
York, Richard, Epping, 1766 240