THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ‘ D GE NE ALOGIC AL REC OR . An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine DE V O TED TO GENEALOGY HISTOR Y AND I R PH . , B OG A Y Y OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE N E W HAM P SHIRE G E NEA LO GIOA I . SOCIET . The publi cati o n of an e xact tran sc ript of the Ge n eal ogi cal Re c ords of n Ne w Hampshire i s the s pe c ial prov i n c e of the magazi e . V OL . I . — 04 JU LY 1903 APRIL 1 9 . D H V . O ER , N H W . BB T S D R A N D UB L SHER . C ARLES TI E T , E ITO P I 19 O4 . CONTENTS OF V OLUME I . — JULY 19 03 APRIL 19 04 . BOO K NOTICES DE V ON A N D CORNWALL RECORD SOCIETY D ONATIONS . D V ER TA X A E 1648 O R T , DURHAM GENEALOGICAL RECORD S Bi t s a a es and eat s r h , M rri g D h Y FR E D S EC RD S D V ER . H . HL EE G I N R O , O , N , MONT M TIN Marriage s IND EX OF PERSONS N EW CASTLE GENEALOGICALRECORD S T ow n Tax 172 0 (Is lan d Side L i s t) B t s a a e s an d e at s ir h , M rri g D h N E W AM P SH RE E EAL G CAL C E Y HE H I G N O I SO I T , T A c t of In c orp orati on L s t of O fii ce rs 190 3 i , By -L aws Don at i on s ’ P N E W JERSE Y S IN D E B TE DNESS T o N E W HAM SHIRE . 0 D . B . LEONAR A N D 80 110 NOTES QUERIES , NOTICE PORTS M OUTH GENEALOGICAL RECORD S S t rawbe rry Ban k Lan dg ran ts an d Dee ds u s c i t i on L st s 1658 an d 1666 S b r p i , u sc i t on L st 167 1 S b r p i i , Grave st on e In sc ript i o n s in Po i n t of Grave s Ce me te ry RYE GENEALOGICAL RECORD S B t s a a e s an d eat s ir h , M rri g D h STRATHAM GENEALOGICAL RECORD S B t s a a e s an d e at s ir h , M rri g D h INTRODU CTI ON . w as 1 623 New Hampshire settled in , and in genealogical and historical records is one of the richest states in America . There has been for many years a growing interest in gen ea logical research . The New Hampshire Genealogical Society was incorporated by special act of the legislature , approved 24 1 9 03 w as February , , and organized on the ninth day of the following month . With the advent of the new society, n Ne w the eed of a magazine , devoted to Hampshire gene Th . e alogy and the interests of the society , was felt at once b - v m y laws pro ide for such a magazine and fix its na e . An arrangement has been entered into whereby the editor as m its n su es support and conduct, and though u der private fi . management, it is the Of cial organ of the society The chief object of this magazine is to preserve , by pub li i n cat o . therein, the genealogical records of New Hampshire There are many town histories having a large space devoted O to genealogies , which , as published, are ften incorrect and l incomp ete , depending upon the extent of the research of the author , but the publication , in full , of the original m records from Which these genealogies are compiled, is seldo or never attempted . In publishing the original records , an exact transcript, verbatim et li teratim , Will be given , which in every case Will be n verified with the utmost care and pai s , and a reference to the original record, book and page , will follow or precede Th each record . e records Will be printed each town or city ts l by i elf, under running tit es , and these divided into sub Th . e d inten titles recor s include births , marriages , deaths , m tions of arriage , gravestone inscriptions , baptisms , admis sions and dismissions from the churches , tax lists , lan d rants subscription lists , g , town meeting records , probate l d records and original Wi ls , dee s , civil and criminal co urt o rec rds , proprietors records , Bible records , diaries , j ournals , letters , obituary notices , parish records , colonial , provincial ’ m and state records , Revolutionary and other soldiers uster and pay rolls , only a part of which have as yet been pub lished m o , genealogical records fro England and ther places INTRODUC TION old w pertaining to New Hampshire families , newspaper ne s n - s i n 850 . items , Ni e tenth of the public records are not t xed and . T de , none of hem have an index of names here will be printed at the end of each v olume a complete index Of n ames . Gen ealogical sketches of the families of the early settlers Will occasionally be inserted , together with biographical n Ne w i notices of persons promi ent in Hampsh re history , or d n esce ded from New Hampshire ancestors , also the Pro din s The cee g of New Hampshire Genealogical Society . THE ED ITOR . X E PLANATION . o' m The follow m abbreviations will someti es be used . Ref d u erences to recor s by giving the initial letter, the n mber of n n and fi volume in Roma umerals , page in gures thus R . : v (P . T . , I would be the abbre iation for Portsmouth T n c 1 10 . un ow Re ords , Volume , page All words that are intelligible or torn off are represented by leaders : . In the genealogies bapt for baptized ; b . for born ; m . : . for married d for died ; dau for daughter . THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GE NE ALOGIC AL RE C ORD . D N H J 1 VOL. 9 03 I OVER, . , ULY, . GENEALO GICAL RECORDS OF P ORTSM OU TH B LANDGRANTS AND D D STRAW ERRY BANK EE S . o ume I of the o n e co ds of t a e B an has een l ost [V l T w R r S r wb rry k b , an d olume II e i n n i n i n 1652 has a ec o d of b ut fe w of the an t V b g g , r r gr s m ade i o to the e i n n i n of the oo on t ose t at f or some pr r b g g b k , ly h h e as on e r - o d d or had n eve e en e c o ded o ume II i n r wer e rec r e r b r r . V l s ow n o n as olum I of o tsmout o n e c o ds t a r B n k w V e P r h T w R r . S r wber y a k w as sett e d i n 1623 an d its n am e w as c an ed t o o ts mout Ma 28 l , h g P r h , y , ' 1 r d i f h n of h 653 . The st e c o s t at o t e a t t e G le e and made fi r r h gr b l , Ma 25 y , Whereas diners Sundry of the Inhabitants of the Lower end of Pascataquac k whose names are hereunder theire if VOllun tar written, of ree y mind good Wills as sents Without c onstre int or compulsion of any maner of iuen b person or persons , haue granted g contri uted , e diners se uerall sums of moneys to ward y building erect t h W a cha ell ing and founding of a parsonage house , pp thereto eh united as alsoe fiftie acres of Glebe land w is anexed iu 9 T tw el ue g e n to y sd parsonage . hat is to say Acres " thereof adjoyne th to y sd parsonadge house Layd out al b meetes abbutteth ready y bounds , the South part upon the edg of y e Salt creek e marsh soe trendeth along beyond 8 Roger Knights field , on y North part it Extends towards 3 e Strabery banke c re eke on y North East toward y Riue r P ascatta uack e q ending at the great pyne by the house , y h r west stretcheth up into the mayn land, whereof t ere is th ee acres or thereaboute s already inclosed wt h a pale for a Corne feild and a garden thereto belonging the Residue of ye 50 3 8 e l " Acres being is thus to be taken , that is to say y fu l i3 8 tenth part of y fresh marish lying at y head of Strawbery' D F 2 G EN EA LOGICAL R EC O R S O PO RTS MOUT H .