Historyoftownofd00stariala Bw.Pdf

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Historyoftownofd00stariala Bw.Pdf HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF DUNBARTON, MERRIMACK COUNTY, NEW -HAMPSHIRE, FROM THE GRANT BY MASON'S ASSIGNS, IN 1751, TO THE YEAH I860. BY CALEB STARK. CONCOED: PUBLISHED BY G. PAEKEK LYON. 1850. Entered according to an act of Congress, in the year 1860, BY CALEB STARK, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of New-Hampshire. M'FARLAND * JESKS, PRINTERS. KKKATA. Page 27, for Robert Mack read Robert Stark. Page 7i, l'r individual read undivided. Page 183, for B. W. Wentworth read B. "\\Vntwortli. F TO OUR READERS. A principal object in collecting the materials arranged in this publication was to obtain information relative to our native town, by an inspection of its public records. The interest created by their perusal determined us to em- body their contents, with an intention of publishing the result of our researches, should that design be countenanced by a subscription sufficiently large to justify the experiment. At the adjourned annual meeting of the present year, the question of publication was decided by a vote, granting one copy to each tax-payer in town.* Every inhabitant will, in consequence, be enabled to peruse a summary account of the settlement and progress of their now flourishing location, amidst whose formerly dense forests their adventurous ancestors established their abodes, without the trouble of tracing particulars through the records one hundred and nine years. To the inhabitants of Dunbarton, for whose consideration it is particularly intended, this Production is respectfully in- scribed by their often Obliged friend and Most obedient servant,. THE AUTHOR. * VOTE or THE TOWN. Voted, That the selectmen appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money to procure for each tax-payer in town a copy of the History of Dunbarton, now being written by Caleb Stark. A true copy Attest : CHARLES KIMBALL, Town-Clerk. The foregoing is a copy of a vote passed March 17th, 1860, at a meet- ing of the inhabitants of Dunbarton. 1088423 INDEX TO CONTENTS. Historical sketch, 9 Proprietors' records, 40 99 Charter and proceedings under it, Miscellaneous matters warning out, 138 Dr. Dugall's petition, , ,...139 Tithing-men, 139 Militia trainings, 140 Kaisings and trials of strength and skill, 141 Bounds of the Common, 143 Dr. Jackson's Survey, 143 Lease of town lands, 144 Grave-yard wall, 145 Grave-yard, 147 Physicians, 150 Magistrates, ., 150 Eeligious associations, 150 Eevolutionary soldiers, 151 Ecclesiastical statistics, 152 Post-offices, 154 Traders, 155 New meeting-house, , 156 Protest of Major John Stinson to the meeting of 1801, 161 Accidental deaths, 162 Disappearance of McCarthy, 163 Journal of E. L. Harris, 165 INDIVIDUAL NOTICES. Archibald Stark and sons, ......174 Major .Robert Eogers, ..178 Captain Caleb Page, 181 Captain "William Stinson, 194 Archibald Stinson, 196 John Stinson, Jr., 198 viii INDEX TO CONTENTS. Jeremiah Stinson, 200 William Stinson, 201 James Stinson, 201 Colonel John Stinson, 201 Jonathan Burbank, 201 Stephen Burbank, 202 Samuel Stinson, 202 John Stinson, 202 Rev. Walter Harris, 203 Mills family, 210 William Beard, 212 John Bunten, ". 213 John Fulton, 213 Joseph Putney aud James Rogers, 213 Thomas Caldwell, 249 Israel Clifford, 249 Phinehas Bailey, 249 William Tenney, 250 Nathan Gutterson, 250 James Hogg, 250 Samuel Gutterson, 251 Shubael Tenney, 251 Nathaniel T. Safford, 251 Jonas Hastings, 251 Robert Alexander, 252 Jonathan Waite, 253 Paul Healey, 251 Richard Cilley, 251 William Brown, .". 252 Benjamin Twiss, 253 Benjamin Marshall, 253 John Dodge, 253 James Morse, 253 Benjamin Perley, Jr., 254 Captain Joseph Leach, 254 Eliphalet R. Sargent, 254 Joshua F. Hoyt, 254 Thomas Tewksbury, 255 John Gould, , , ...255 HISTORY OF DUMBARTON. THE incidents attending the settlement and onward pro- gress of an inland agricultural town, cannot be expected to interest others than its residents, or the descendants of its early proprietors, the "forefathers of the hamlet," whose honored graves are located amidst the scenes of their former toil. Their indomitable resolution and life-enduring labors cleared away the wild forests, and destroyed or expelled their wilder occupants, the wily human savage, as also the ferocious animals that prowled at will amid their solitudes. They prepared the pleasant fields and pastures now adorn- ing our hill-sides and valleys, for the peaceable enjoyment of their posterity. The fortunate possessors of this fair domain, whose ac- quisition was attended by neither toil or danger, cannot too highly appreciate the noble sacrifices and cheerfully encountered perils of the stalwart pioneers who transmit- ted to them so goodly an heritage. They were truly, in the words of the Scottish bard, " Types of a race that shall the invader scorn, As rocks resist the billows round their shore ; Types of a race that shall to time unborn, Their country leave unconquered, as of yore." This location is noticed in Haywood's New-England Gazetteer as follows : / " DUNBARTON, MERRiMACK Co. This town lies nine miles south-west from Concord, and seven miles south-east from 2 10 HISTORY OF DUNBARTON. Hopkinton. Population in 1830, 1067. The situation of the town is somewhat elevated, though there are but few hills, nor any mountains. The air is clear, the water is good, and the health of its inhabitants seldom interrupt- ed sickness. The soil is suited for by good ; peculiarly corn, wheat, and orcharding. Almost every lot in town is capable of making a good farm. The farmers here have good buildings, and are excellent husbandmen. The ad- vantages in point of water privileges are not great. The inhabitants are principally descendants of the Scotch-Irish, so called, from the north of Ireland. Their descendants still retain many traits of character peculiar to that people. "Dumbarton was granted, in 1751, to Archibald Stark. Its present name (formerly Starkstown) is derived from Dunbarton, in Scotland, whence Stark emigrated. The first settlement was made about 1749. "William Stinson, born in Ireland, came to Londonderry with his father. He was much respected, and was a useful man. James Rogers was from Ireland, and father to Major Robert Rogers. He was shot in the woods, being mistaken for a bear." We will add to the above, that the scenery of this place is diversified with many considerable elevations, fertile valleys, and meadows, watered by numerous small streams. A portion of its territory affords excellent pastures. The extensive landscape prospects from the high lands in dif- ferent parts of the town are very interesting, particularly those presented *to view from the hill upon which the meeting-house and central village are located. From that height the White Mountains, one hundred miles distant, are at times distinctly visible. Mill sites are furnished by several ponds, and small streams issuing from or flowing into them. The principal ponds are Gorham's, Kimball's, and Long Pond. These, with a smaller one called Purgatory Pond, are situated in the southern and south-eastern quarters of the town. Stark's mill pond lies about mid way of its western border line, from which it is distant the length of two lots. This HISTORY OF DUNBARTOX. 11 township is considered one of the most healthy in the county. Many of its inhabitants have lived to advanced ages. The widow of Capt. Joseph Leach was the oldest person who ever died in this place. She attained the age of one hundred and two years. She died June 20, 1849. The inhabitants of Dunbarton are principally farmers, good livers, and generally in comfortable, independent circumstances. Population in 1850, 915. Valuation in 1854, $387,984. In another portion of this volume may be found Dr. Jackson's report of a vein of arsenic, discov- ered in the eastern section of this town, on the estate of Stephen Wheeler. The first settlement is supposed to have been made by James Rogers and Joseph Putney. The precise time is not known, although probably several years prior to 1746. They established their families on the border of a large " meadow called the Great Meadow," erected log-houses, and planted apple trees, which had so far advanced to- wards maturity as to produce fruit, when a body of Indi- ans appeared in the vicinity of Rumford (Concord). Two friends from that place traced their way in the " night, by spotted trees, through the forest, to the Great Meadow," to notify them of the impending danger. Upon the receipt of this intelligence they at once abandoned their homes, and, by a speedy retreat to Rumford during the same night, insured their personal safety. Returning in the course of the next day, to drive their cattle to the Rumford garrison, they found them all slaughtered, and lying scattered around in every direction. Their houses had been plundered and burned, and their apple trees, with one exception,* cut down. In 1749, Messrs. Putney and Rogers made a permanent settlement, having resided at Rumford during the three previous years. The year 1746 was memorable in conse- quence of the massacre on the Ilopkinton road, which occurred on the morning of August 11, 1746, near the * The stump of this tree is still visible on the land of Mr. James Bailey (lot No. 8, sixth range). The tree produced good fruit. 12 HISTORY OF DUNBARTON. place where the Bradley monument now commemorates the tragic event. Putney and Rogers had procured no title to the land, but their possession was confirmed by the proprietors, who in 1751 obtained a grant of the township.* The extensive range of meadow lands, already cleared by the industry of the beaver, and the abundant natural crops of tall blue joint grass, there produced, influenced these pioneers in selecting their location, to which James Rogers gave the name of Mountalona, from a place where he had once dwelt in Ireland.
Recommended publications
  • 1835. EXECUTIVE. *L POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
    1835. EXECUTIVE. *l POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. Persons employed in the General Post Office, with the annual compensation of each. Where Compen­ Names. Offices. Born. sation. Dol. cts. Amos Kendall..., Postmaster General.... Mass. 6000 00 Charles K. Gardner Ass't P. M. Gen. 1st Div. N. Jersey250 0 00 SelahR. Hobbie.. Ass't P. M. Gen. 2d Div. N. York. 2500 00 P. S. Loughborough Chief Clerk Kentucky 1700 00 Robert Johnson. ., Accountant, 3d Division Penn 1400 00 CLERKS. Thomas B. Dyer... Principal Book Keeper Maryland 1400 00 Joseph W. Hand... Solicitor Conn 1400 00 John Suter Principal Pay Clerk. Maryland 1400 00 John McLeod Register's Office Scotland. 1200 00 William G. Eliot.. .Chie f Examiner Mass 1200 00 Michael T. Simpson Sup't Dead Letter OfficePen n 1200 00 David Saunders Chief Register Virginia.. 1200 00 Arthur Nelson Principal Clerk, N. Div.Marylan d 1200 00 Richard Dement Second Book Keeper.. do.. 1200 00 Josiah F.Caldwell.. Register's Office N. Jersey 1200 00 George L. Douglass Principal Clerk, S. Div.Kentucky -1200 00 Nicholas Tastet Bank Accountant Spain. 1200 00 Thomas Arbuckle.. Register's Office Ireland 1100 00 Samuel Fitzhugh.., do Maryland 1000 00 Wm. C,Lipscomb. do : for) Virginia. 1000 00 Thos. B. Addison. f Record Clerk con-> Maryland 1000 00 < routes and v....) Matthias Ross f. tracts, N. Div, N. Jersey1000 00 David Koones Dead Letter Office Maryland 1000 00 Presley Simpson... Examiner's Office Virginia- 1000 00 Grafton D. Hanson. Solicitor's Office.. Maryland 1000 00 Walter D. Addison. Recorder, Div. of Acc'ts do..
    [Show full text]
  • A Tri-Annual Publication of the East Tennessee Historical Society
    Vol. 26, No. 2 August 2010 Non-Profit Org. East Tennessee Historical Society U.S. POStage P.O. Box 1629 PAID Knoxville, TN 37901-1629 Permit No. 341 Knoxville, tenn ANDERSON KNOX BLEDSOE LOUDON BLOUNT MARION BRADLEY McMINN CAMPBELL MEIGS CARTER MONROE CLAIBORNE MORGAN COCKE POLK CUMBERLAND RHEA FENTRESS ROANE GRAINGER GREENE SCOTT HAMBLEN SEQUATCHIE HAMILTON SEVIER HANCOCK SULLIVAN HAWKINS UNICOI A Tri-Annual Publication of JEFFERSON UNION JOHNSON WASHINGTON The East Tennessee Historical Society Heritage Programs from The easT Tennessee hisTorical socieTy Were your ancestors in what is now Tennessee prior to statehood in 1796? If so, you are eligible to join the First The easT Tennessee hisTorical socieTy Families of Tennessee. Members receive a certificate engraved with the name of the applicant and that of the Making history personal ancestor and will be listed in a supplement to the popular First Families of Tennessee: A Register of the State’s Early Settlers and Their Descendants, originally published in 2000. Applicants must prove generation-by-generation descent, as well as pre-1796 residence for the ancestor. The We invite you to join one of the state’s oldest and most active historical societies. more than 14,000 applications and supporting documentation comprise a unique collection of material on our state’s earliest settlers and are available to researchers at the McClung Historical Collection in the East Members receive Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. in downtown Knoxville. • Tennessee Ancestors—triannual genealogy
    [Show full text]
  • H. Doc. 108-222
    EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1823, TO MARCH 3, 1825 FIRST SESSION—December 1, 1823, to May 27, 1824 SECOND SESSION—December 6, 1824, to March 3, 1825 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—DANIEL D. TOMPKINS, of New York PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—JOHN GAILLARD, 1 of South Carolina SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—CHARLES CUTTS, of New Hampshire SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—MOUNTJOY BAYLY, of Maryland SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—HENRY CLAY, 2 of Kentucky CLERK OF THE HOUSE—MATTHEW ST. CLAIR CLARKE, 3 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—THOMAS DUNN, of Maryland; JOHN O. DUNN, 4 of District of Columbia DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—BENJAMIN BIRCH, of Maryland ALABAMA GEORGIA Waller Taylor, Vincennes SENATORS SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES William R. King, Cahaba John Elliott, Sunbury Jonathan Jennings, Charlestown William Kelly, Huntsville Nicholas Ware, 8 Richmond John Test, Brookville REPRESENTATIVES Thomas W. Cobb, 9 Greensboro William Prince, 14 Princeton John McKee, Tuscaloosa REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Gabriel Moore, Huntsville Jacob Call, 15 Princeton George W. Owen, Claiborne Joel Abbot, Washington George Cary, Appling CONNECTICUT Thomas W. Cobb, 10 Greensboro KENTUCKY 11 SENATORS Richard H. Wilde, Augusta SENATORS James Lanman, Norwich Alfred Cuthbert, Eatonton Elijah Boardman, 5 Litchfield John Forsyth, Augusta Richard M. Johnson, Great Crossings Henry W. Edwards, 6 New Haven Edward F. Tattnall, Savannah Isham Talbot, Frankfort REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Wiley Thompson, Elberton REPRESENTATIVES Noyes Barber, Groton Samuel A. Foote, Cheshire ILLINOIS Richard A. Buckner, Greensburg Ansel Sterling, Sharon SENATORS Henry Clay, Lexington Ebenezer Stoddard, Woodstock Jesse B. Thomas, Edwardsville Robert P. Henry, Hopkinsville Gideon Tomlinson, Fairfield Ninian Edwards, 12 Edwardsville Francis Johnson, Bowling Green Lemuel Whitman, Farmington John McLean, 13 Shawneetown John T.
    [Show full text]
  • Ye Intruders Beware: Fantastical Pirates in the Golden Age of Illustration
    YE INTRUDERS BEWARE: FANTASTICAL PIRATES IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF ILLUSTRATION Anne M. Loechle Submitted to the faculty of the University Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of the History of Art Indiana University November 2010 Accepted by the Graduate Faculty, Indiana University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Doctoral Committee _________________________________ Chairperson, Sarah Burns, Ph.D. __________________________________ Janet Kennedy, Ph.D. __________________________________ Patrick McNaughton, Ph.D. __________________________________ Beverly Stoeltje, Ph.D. November 9, 2010 ii ©2010 Anne M. Loechle ALL RIGHTS RESERVED iii Acknowledgments I am indebted to many people for the help and encouragement they have given me during the long duration of this project. From academic and financial to editorial and emotional, I was never lacking in support. I am truly thankful, not to mention lucky. Sarah Burns, my advisor and mentor, supported my ideas, cheered my successes, and patiently edited and helped me to revise my failures. I also owe her thanks for encouraging me to pursue an unorthodox topic. From the moment pirates came up during one of our meetings in the spring of 2005, I was hooked. She knew it, and she continuously suggested ways to expand the idea first into an independent study, and then into this dissertation. My dissertation committee – Janet Kennedy, Patrick McNaughton, and Beverly Stoeltje – likewise deserves my thanks for their mentoring and enthusiasm. Other scholars have graciously shared with me their knowledge and input along the way. David M. Lubin read a version of my third chapter and gave me helpful advice, opening up to me new ways of thinking about Howard Pyle in particular.
    [Show full text]
  • The Revolutionary War to the Republic of Texas Compiled by Pauline Stark Moore Author and Editing by Clovis Lafleur
    Newton County, Texas Stark Families Book 2: The Revolutionary War to the Republic of Texas Compiled by Pauline Stark Moore Author and Editing by Clovis LaFleur Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, New York. 17 October 1777. Issued 1936 commemorating 100th anniversary Painting by John Trumbull of the Republic of Texas Source: Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Wm. Hawley Stark Home, Bon Wier, Newton Co., TX Family Cemetery among Pine Trees in Background Copyright © 2003 Self Published by Clovis LaFleur & Pauline Stark Moore All Rights Reserved. By posting this copyright it is our intention to date this material. Reproduction of portions of this text will be discouraged by the authors if they do not receive credit and credit is not given to those, past and present, who have made major contributions to our knowledge of the Stark Families presented in this text. Newton County, Texas Stark Families Book 2: The Revolutionary War to the Republic of Texas 2 Newton County, Texas Stark Families Book 2: The Revolutionary War to the Republic of Texas About The Authors Clovis LaFleur Pauline Stark Moore Descendant of Prudence Jane Stark who married William Descendant of Asa Lafitte Stark who married Matilda Dona- "Bill" Herrin. They had a son named Edward Herrin who ho. They had a son named John Lawhorn Stark who married married Georgian Zachary. Their daughter was Maude Mae Mary Martha Zachary. Their son was Oliver Eugene Stark Herrin who married Oakdale, Louisiana Pentecostal Pastor, who married Cynthia Melinda Marlow. Their son was Clar- Rev. Robert L. LaFleur. Their son was Clovice LaFleur, Sr.
    [Show full text]
  • Lco~[), Nrev~ Lham~Sfn~[E ]977 SUPREME COURT of NEW HAMPSHIRE Appoi Nted
    If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. 6~N ~~~~'L~©DUCu~©u~ U(Q ll~HE ~£~"~rr»~~h\~lE (ot1l~u g~ U\]~V~ li"~A[~rr~s.~~Du 8 1.\ COU\!lCO~[), NrEV~ lHAM~Sfn~[E ]977 SUPREME COURT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Appoi nted_ Frank R. Kenison, Chief Justice Apri 1 29, 1952 Edward J. Lampron, Senior Justice October 5, 1949 William A. Grimes, Associate Justice December 12, 1966 Maurice P. Bois, Associate Justice October 5, 1976 Charles G. Douglas, III, Associate Justice January 1, 1977 George S. Pappagianis Clerk of Supreme Court Reporter of Decisions li:IDdSlWi&iImlm"'_IIIII'I..a_IIIHI_sm:r.!!!IIIl!!!!__ g~_~= _________ t.':"':iIr_. ____________ .~ • • FE~l 2 ~: 1978 J\UBttst,1977 £AU • "1 be1.J..e.ve. tha..:t oWl. c.oWtt hM pWl-Oue.d a. -6te.a.dy c.OWl-Oe. tfvtoughoL1;t the. ye.aJlA, tha..:t U ha.6 pll.ogll.u-6e.d . a.nd a.ppUe.d the. pJUnuplu 06 OUll. law-6 -Ln a. ma.nne.ll. c.o Y!.-6-L-6te.r"t wUh the. pubUc. iMe.Il.Ut a.nd that aU the. jud-LuaJty w-L.U c..oJ1-ti.nue. to be, a. -6a.6e.guaJtd to the. .V,b eJr.;t,[u, 1l.e..6 po MibiJ!ft[u a.nd d-Lg nUy we. c.heJLU h. " Honorable Frank R. Kenison, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of New Hampshire, liThe State of the Judiciary,1I 3 MAR 77 House Record, page 501.
    [Show full text]
  • Letters of Marque: Declarations Against America (HCA26/60-70; ADM7/317-218): 1777-1783
    Letters of Marque: Declarations Against America (HCA26/60-70; ADM7/317-218): 1777-1783 MIC-Loyalist FC LMR .G7A3L4A4 Index of Ships and Commanders HCA 26/68 (8 Nov. 1780- 17 Jan. 1781), HCA 26/69 (17 Jan. -7 Nov. 1781), HCA 26/70 (10 Nov. 1781- 20 Jan. 1783) NOTE: “Folio Number” matches written numeral, not stamped numeral. () variation of name in documents [] editor’s guess Reel 1 Index A (Volume 60) A Ship Name Commander Folio Number Aurora Robert Callow 31 Ann Susanna William Johnson 53 Augustus Casar John Deffell 62 Alexander Thomas Clubley 63 Alfred John Bolton 74 Alexander John Bain 78 Andrew Andrew Stephens 86 Ancona Pacquet John Hall 90 Adventure John Muir 91 Anglicana John Hughes 99 Aston Hall John Austen 130 Ann John Barkley 138 Ambuscade John Munns 167 Adamant George Jenkins 172 Anna Henry Williams 172 Antigua Planter James Johnson 174 B Ship Name Commander Folio Number Betsey James Leitch 25 British Queen James Hodge 48 British Queen Joseph Judge 105 Brilliant John Lewis 134 Bess Richard Perry 135 British King Richard Purvis 141 Bessborough Alexander Montgomerie 149 Britannia John Wheatley 157 Barbara Pacquet Alexander Forfar 158 Britannia James Furze 169 Brilliant William Priestman 171 C Ship Name Commander Folio Number Ceres Archibald Greig 18 Charming Sally William Wheatley 59 Charming Nancy John Bell 68 Christopher James Deas 81 Camden James Bonner 110 Caesar William Miller 165 Commerce Alexander Fraser 166 Clarendon John Amery 167 Catherine Thomas Boog 182 D Ship Name Commander Folio Number Dorothy John White 54 Derby
    [Show full text]
  • The Legislation for the Confiscation of British and Loyalist Property During the Revolutionary War
    THE LEGISLATION FOR THE CONFISCATION OF BRITISH AND LOYALIST PROPERTY DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR By Rolfe Lyman Allen Thesis submitted to the Faculty ot the Graduate School of the University of Maryland in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy LIBRARY. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 1937 ■3 61676 UMI Number: DP70060 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. UMI Dissertation Publishing UMI DP70060 Published by ProQuest LLC (2015). Copyright in the Dissertation held by the Author. Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code uest ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106-1346 The author desires to take this opportunity to express his gratitude to Dr, Hayes Baker-Crothers at whose suggestion this study was undertaken, and whose helpful suggestions, constructive supervision, and valuable criticism have been of* the utmost importance in its preparation. TA-BI.E OB' CONTENTS Chapter Page I. INTRODUCTION ............................... 1 II. VERMONT ................................... 12 III. NORTH. CAROLINA............. 25 IT. GEORGIA ................................... 55 V. PENNS YLVANIA............................... 77 VI. CONNECTICUT............................... 98 VII. DELAWARE......................................113 VIII. NEW HAMPSHIRE ........................ 122 IX. NEW JERSEY.................................... 138 X. MASSACHUSETTS................................ 158 XI. VIRGINIA......................................181 XII. RHODE ISLAND.................................. 197 XIII. NEW Y O R K ..........
    [Show full text]
  • Ancestry of Col. John Harvey, of Northwood, New Hampshire, An
    CS 71 .H341 1907 Copy 1 \9omfM>>men€4 o/ f€ime?>7 ^Lawrence, .yvlaM. Class_ C Qj I Book. HZtf/ PRESENTED BY W°1 ALSO AVAILABLE ON MICROFILM # ANCESTRY OF COL. JOHN HAKVEY, OF NORTELWOOD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AN OFFICER OF THE LINE IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION, AND AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE NEW HAMP- SHIRE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. BY JOHN HARVEY TREAT, A. M. < BOSTON : PRIVATELY PRINTED. 1907. 1 *:C* Gilt, Author. (P«rso<\). 5 Jl iJ07 !*=> > z3r§) ANCESTRY OF COL. JOHN HARVEY. INTEODUCTION. There were two persons in Boston at the same time bearing the name of William Harvey. One of them lived and died the other removed to there ; subsequently Taunton. Our Col. John Harvey was descended from William Harvey of Boston. " Oscar Jewell Harvey, author of The Harvey Book," of the Taunton Line, Wilkesbarre, Penn., 1899, says: " I think it very clearly proved by the public records herein referred to, and by other records, that there was no William Harvey residing at Plymouth in 1639, and that the two Will- iams ' then in New England,' were (1) William of Taunton, whose wife was Joanna Hucker, and (2) William of Boston, who married Martha Copp." (Page 35.) William Harvey of Taunton married Joanna Hucker of Co- hannet, April 2, 1639, and resided for some years in Boston. From what part of England William Harvey came is not known. We have a clue from the Will of Agnes Clarke of Ayshill, or Ashill, Somerset, three miles west of Ilminster, and 3 4 Ancestry of Col.
    [Show full text]
  • RIVERS, ENERGY, and the REMAKING of COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND by ZACHARY M
    FLOWING POWER: RIVERS, ENERGY, AND THE REMAKING OF COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND By ZACHARY M. BENNETT A dissertation submitted to the School of Graduate Studies Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Program in History Written under the direction of James Delbourgo And approved by New Brunswick, New Jersey May, 2019 ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION Flowing Power: Rivers, Energy, and the Remaking of Colonial New England by Zachary M. Bennett Dissertation Director: James Delbourgo This dissertation considers how river energy was a source of authority in colonial New England. The caloric, kinetic, and mechanical energy people derived from rivers was necessary for survival in New England’s forbidding environment. During the initial stages of colonization, both Europeans and Indians struggled to secure strategic positions on waterways because they were the only routes capable of accommodating trade from the coast to the interior. European and Native peoples came into conflict by the late seventeenth century as they overextended the resource base. Exerting dominion in the ensuing wars on New England’s frontiers was directly tied to securing strategic river spaces since the masters of these places determined the flow of communication and food for the surrounding territory. Following British military conquest, colonists aggressively dammed rivers to satisfy the energy demands of their growing population. These dams eviscerated fish runs, shunting access to waterpower away from Native Americans and yeoman farmers. The transformation of New England’s hydrology was a critical factor in the dispossession indigenous peoples before the Revolution and essential in laying the legal groundwork for the region’s industrial future.
    [Show full text]
  • H. Doc. 108-222
    SEVENTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1801, TO MARCH 3, 1803 FIRST SESSION—December 7, 1801, to May 3, 1802 SECOND SESSION—December 6, 1802, to March 3, 1803 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1801, to March 5, 1801 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—AARON BURR, of New York PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—ABRAHAM BALDWIN, 1 of Georgia; STEPHEN R. BRADLEY, 2 of Vermont SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—SAMUEL A. OTIS, of Massachusetts DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE—JAMES MATHERS, of New York SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—NATHANIEL MACON, 3 of North Carolina CLERK OF THE HOUSE—JOHN H. OSWALD, of Pennsylvania; JOHN BECKLEY, 4 of Virginia SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—JOSEPH WHEATON, of Rhode Island DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—THOMAS CLAXTON CONNECTICUT James Jackson Daniel Hiester Joseph H. Nicholson SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Thomas Plater James Hillhouse John Milledge 6 Peter Early 7 Samuel Smith Uriah Tracy 12 Benjamin Taliaferro 8 Richard Sprigg, Jr. REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE 13 David Meriwether 9 Walter Bowie Samuel W. Dana John Davenport KENTUCKY MASSACHUSETTS SENATORS Roger Griswold SENATORS 5 14 Calvin Goddard John Brown Dwight Foster Elias Perkins John Breckinridge Jonathan Mason John C. Smith REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Benjamin Tallmadge John Bacon Thomas T. Davis Phanuel Bishop John Fowler DELAWARE Manasseh Cutler SENATORS MARYLAND Richard Cutts William Eustis William H. Wells SENATORS Samuel White Silas Lee 15 John E. Howard Samuel Thatcher 16 REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE William Hindman 10 Levi Lincoln 17 James A. Bayard Robert Wright 11 Seth Hastings 18 REPRESENTATIVES Ebenezer Mattoon GEORGIA John Archer Nathan Read SENATORS John Campbell William Shepard Abraham Baldwin John Dennis Josiah Smith 1 Elected December 7, 1801; April 17, 1802.
    [Show full text]
  • Washington City, 1800-1830 Cynthia Diane Earman Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School Fall 11-12-1992 Boardinghouses, Parties and the Creation of a Political Society: Washington City, 1800-1830 Cynthia Diane Earman Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Earman, Cynthia Diane, "Boardinghouses, Parties and the Creation of a Political Society: Washington City, 1800-1830" (1992). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 8222. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/8222 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. BOARDINGHOUSES, PARTIES AND THE CREATION OF A POLITICAL SOCIETY: WASHINGTON CITY, 1800-1830 A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in The Department of History by Cynthia Diane Earman A.B., Goucher College, 1989 December 1992 MANUSCRIPT THESES Unpublished theses submitted for the Master's and Doctor's Degrees and deposited in the Louisiana State University Libraries are available for inspection. Use of any thesis is limited by the rights of the author. Bibliographical references may be noted, but passages may not be copied unless the author has given permission. Credit must be given in subsequent written or published work. A library which borrows this thesis for use by its clientele is expected to make sure that the borrower is aware of the above restrictions.
    [Show full text]