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This
web site is a resource for researchers of family tree
(genealogy)
and history in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
HISTORY | DOCUMENTS
| OTHER AREAS OF RESEARCH
MAP OF MERRIMACK COUNTY | TOWNS/CITIES
IN MERRIMACK COUNTY
For
Help with Researching your family tree,
see HISTORY & GENEALOGY OF NH (Main Site)
DOCUMENTS
(this site) for genealogical research -
unique to this web site!
These documents often refer to resident living on
numbered roads (i.e., road #1, #25, etc). These roads
can be viewed on the 1885 cheshire county map seen below.
- History
& Genealogy: Allenstown, N.H. - TXT File (this
site)
- History
& Genealogy: Boscawen, N.H.
- TXT file (this
site)
- Births
Recorded From 1733-1850 Boscawen NH - TXT
file (this site)
- Narratives
of Those Who Were Taken Captive or Killed By the Indians,
Boscawen NH - TXT file (this
site)
- Biographies
of Contoocook & Boscawen NH people - TXT file
(this site)
- History
& Genealogy: Chichester, N.H.
- TXT file (this
site)
- History
& Genealogy: Hill, N.H. - TXT File (this
site)
- Marriages
- performed in Loudon NH by Rev. Jedediah Tucker 1790-1815
- TXT file (this site)
- Tax
List 1774 of Loudon NH - TXT file (this site)
- History
& Genealogy: Wilmot, N.H. --TXT file --
See
history of New London NH for earliest history. This
history includes incorporation of the town, early
description, first town officers, Kearsage Mountain,
and some participants in the Civil War, 1810 U.S.
Census of Kearsarge Gore and New London NH.
- Town
histories of all towns/cities in Merrimack County
are coming soon)
OTHER
AREAS OF RESEARCH FOR MERRIMACK COUNTY, NH
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If you are looking for town/city specific resources,
click the blue hyperlink or the map of the town name you want.
For other resources
within Cheshire County
If you want to know about general genealogy resources (such
as how to find vital records, deeds and other documents),
visit the "Genealogical Research"
section.
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Current communities in Merrimack County include:
Allenstown,
Andover, Boscawen,
Bow, Bradford,
Canterbury, Chichester,
Concord, Danbury,
Dunbarton, Epsom,
Franklin, Henniker,
Hill, Hooksett,
Hopkinton, Loudon,
New London, Newbury,
Northfield, Pembroke,
Pittsfield, Salisbury,
Sutton, Warner,
Webster, Wilmot
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TOWNS
/ CITIES IN MERRIMACK COUNTY, New Hampshire
ALLENSTOWN
- Brief
History: Incorporated in 1831. First granted in 1721,
the town was named after Samuel Allen, the governor of the
province in the late 1600s. A portion of Bow was annexed
in 1815, and a portion of Hooksett in 1853. This town is
the home of Bear Brook State Park (the area was once known
as excellent bear and wild duck hunting ground).
- Villages
and Place Names: Suncook, Blodgett
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- MUSEUMS
& ATTRACTIONS:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- MAPS:
ANDOVER
- History:
Andover
New Hampshire was incorporated in 1779. According to the
"Topographical and Historical Sketch of the Town of
Andover" published in 1822 by Jacob B. Moore, Andover
was originally called New Breton "in honor of those
brave men who achieved the capture of Cape Breton in 1745."
Most of the original grantees were out of this expedition.
The regimental surgeon, Dr. Anthony Emery, was a college
friend of John Phillips, founder of the Phillips Andover
Academy in Massachuetts, which was completed in 1779. The
town was incorporated as Andover in that same year. Andover,
New Hampshire's first private school, as referenced in John
R. Eastman's "History of Andover, NH 1751-1906,"
was started in 1822 and closed in 1828; another was started
in 1848 and became Proctor Academy. East Andover Village
was the original center of the town of Andover prior to
the partitioning off, in 1828, of a portion on the east
side of the village to form part of Franklin.
- Villages
and Place Names: New
Breton, Cilleyville, East Andover, Potter Place, West Andover,
Halcyon Station
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH
- MUSEUMS
& PLACES OF INTEREST:
- Andover
Historical Society
P.O. Box 167
Andover, NH 03216
603-735-5694
Email: gupton@tds.net
- Andover
Historical Society Museum
Routes 4 and 11
Potter Place, NH
Phone: 603-735-5694
This museum is set in a Victorian era railroad station,
complete with a caboose, railroad artifacts, a log boat,
and an authentic station master's office. Open May - October.
Free admission.
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- History
& Genealogy: Andover N.H.- TXT file
(coming soon)
-
The
History of Highland Lake Inn
-
Sunny
Slopes, lost ski area of Andover NH
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Cemetery
Inscriptions, Old
Cemetery at the Center, Andover NH - Ray's Place
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Cemetery
Inscriptions, 8 Cemeteries, Cilley Cemetery on
Morrey Hill, Cilley Hill Cemetery, Dudley Family Cemetery,
Durgin Cemetery, Flaghole Cemetery, Marston Knoll
Cemetery, Sawyer Cemetery and Simonds Cemetery - Ray's
Place
-
GENEALOGY
Chapter of the History of the town of Andover, New
Hampshire 1751 - 1906, Concord, N.H., Printed
by the Rumford Print Co., 1910 - Ray's Place
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- MAPS:
BOSCAWEN
- History:
Originally called Contoocook, Boscawen was incorporated
in 1760. The town was named for an English
admiral, Edward Boscawen, who fought under General Amherst
in the conquest of Canada. One of the first log forts was
located here. The Contoocook Fort on the Merrimack, built
in 1739, was used for protection against the Indians. Boscawen
includes the village of Gerrish, and is home to the State
Veterans Cemetery.
- Villages
and Place Names: Boscawen,
Penacook (also see Concord), Gerrish, Contoocook
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY
- History
& Genealogy: Boscawen, N.H.
- TXT file (this site)
-
Biography
& Photograph of General John Adams Dix
- Biography:
Moody Currier, born Boscawen NH
- General
John Adams Dix (1798 - 1879), born Boscawen NH,
Governor of New York State 1873 - 1874 | 2nd
likeness
- Biography:
Boscawen New Hampshire Inventor, Prof.
Moses Gerrish Farmer (1820-1893) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
- Boscawen
New Hampshire Author, Lecturer, Activist for Peace and
Social Reform: Lucia
True Ames Mead (1856-1898)
- from blog, Cow Hampshire
- Genealogy:Gerrish
Family of Boscawen NH (personal web site and photographs)
- Genealogy:
Elliott
Family of Boscawen NH (personal web site)
- Tombstone
Inscriptions (some) - New
Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery
Boscawen - Internment.net
| 2nd
listing of inscriptions, same location from USGenWeb
- Births
Recorded From 1733-1850 Boscawen NH - TXT file
(this site)
- Tombstone
Inscriptions, Call
Cemetery, Boscawen NH - USGenWeb
- Narratives
of Those Who Were Taken Captive or Killed By the Indians,
Boscawen NH - TXT file (this
site)
includes narratives of Hannah Duston, Josiah Bishop,
Thomas Cook and Caesar, Elisha Jones, Putney, Nathaniel
Meloon and family, Call family, Ezekiel Flanders, Edward
Emery, Moses Jackman, and John Flanders. Source: A Chronological
Register of Boscawen, In the County of Merrimack, and
State of New-Hampshire, From the First Settlement of
the Town to 1820" by Ebenezer Price, A.M.; Pastor
of the Second Church in Said Town. Printed by Jacob
B. Moore, Concord (1823)
- Biographies
of Contoocook & Boscawen NH people - TXT file
(this site) including
John Aldrich, Sinkler Bean, Josiah Bishop, John Bowen,
Andrew Bohonnon, Capt. Abraham Burbank, Capt. Moses
Burbank, Philip Call, Martha Gerrish-Clough, Charles
Carleton Coffin, Thomas Cook, Rev. Enoch Corser, John
Corser, William Dagadon, William Danforth, Nathaniel
Danforth, Joseph Easman/Eastman, John Eliot Jr., Olive
Eliot, Edward Emery, Edward Fitzgerald, Jacob Flanders,
John Fowler, Stephen Gerrish, Mrs. Joanna Hale-Gerrish,
George Jackman, Richard Jackman, Joel Manuel, Nathaniel
Meloon, William Peters, Nathaniel Rix, Daniel Rolf and
Deacon Peter Stone.
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- Photographs
of some
Boscawen NH buildings
- Historic
Building: BOSCAWEN:
Penacook House, Daniel Webster Highway - American
Memory/HABS
- Hannah
Dustin Historical Marker, Boscawen NH
- Hannah
Dustin Memorial, Boscawen NH
- Hannah
Dustin Photographs
(multiple)
- County
Poor Farm, Boscawen NH
- Boscawen
Academy - NYPL Digital Library
- Boscawen
NH Library- NYPL Digital Library
- Benjamin
Ames Kimball, born Boscawen NH (b.1833-d.1920),
built "Kimball Castle" in Gilford NH
- flickr
Photographs: Boscawen
NH
- Hannah
Dustin Memorial, BOSCAWEN NH
- Historic
Building, BOSCAWEN,
Penacook House, Daniel Webster Highway (U.S. Route
3), Boscawen, Merrimack County, NH - American Memory/HABS
- MAPS:
BOW
- History:
Bow was incorporated in 1727. There is also a bend in
the Merrimack River within its borders, and the name Bow
may have come from that source. Bow is the birthplace of
Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the First Church of Christ,
Scientist and leader of the Christian Science movement.
Sergeant
John Ordway, a native of Bow was an influential member of
the Lewis and Clark expedition.
- Villages
and Place Names: Bow
Bog, Bow Center, Bow Junction, Bow Mills, South Bow
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- MAPS:
BRADFORD
- History:
The
town was first granted in 1771, the town was named New Bradford,
then Bradfordton, and finally was incorporated as Bradford
in 1787, the year of the constitutional convention. New
Hampshire's delegation was not going to approve the constitution,
but under the leadership of Bradford’s Thomas Stickney
the delegation approved ratification, and, being the ninth
state to do so, gave the United States its constitution.
Bradford includes the villages of Bradford Center and Melvin
Mills, and Lake Massasecum.
- Villages
and Place Names: New
Bradford, Bradfordton, Box Corner, Bradford Center, Melvin
Mills, Lake Massasecum
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- Brown
Memorial Library
72 W Main St
Bradford, NH 03221
(603) 938-5562
- Bradford
Historical Society
603–938–5386
Contact: Millie Kittredge
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- MAPS
CANTERBURY
- History:
Canterbury
was incorporated in 1741. It was first granted in 1727,
the town was named for William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Canterbury in England is famous for its cathedral, and for
being the center of English Christianity since 597 AD. The
town was originally a fort or trading post where the Penacook
Indians came to trade. Canterbury was home to the last colony
of Shakers, and the Canterbury Shaker Village is now a museum.
- Villages
and Place Names: Boyce,
Canterbury Station, Canterbury Center, Hills Corner, Kezer
Seminary, Shaker Village
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOLOGY:
- History
& Genealogy: Canterbury, N.H. -- TXT
file coming soon
- MUSEUMS
and INTERESTING PLACES:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- Shaker
Village, Canterbury | More
Photographs
- Diagram
of the south part of Shaker Village, Canterbury,
NH
- American
Memory: Shaker
Church Family Firehouse & Powerhouse, Shaker
Village Road, Canterbury, c. 1931
- American
Memory: Shaker
Church Family Broom & Carpenters' Shop, Shaker
Village Road, Canterbury, c 1931
- Historic
Building:CANTERBURY:
Shaker Buildings (multiple) - American Memory/HABS
- Canterbury:
Photograph
- Stephen Symonds Foster (1809-1881) - b. 17 Nov
1809 in Canterbury NH, son of Asa & Sarah (Morrill)
Foster; he died 8 Sep 1881 in Worcester, Mass.; Abolitionist
and reformer; Rejecting a career in the ministry because
he felt the church was not a genuine upholder of Christian
principles, he tried to make a living as an anti-slavery
lecturer. He was a close friend of William Lloyd Garrison.
He married Abigail "Abby" Kelley, abolitionist
lecturer and pioneer in women's rights at New Brighton
PA Dec 21, 1845. Foster wrote an anti-slavery pamphlet
in 1843, "The Brotherhood of Thieves," which
went through more than twenty editions. In 1860 living
in Worcester MA;. She was born in Pelham, Mass., Jan.
15, 1811. She was of Irish-Quaker parentage and was
educated at the Friends school, Providence, R.I. She
taught in Worcester, Millbury and Lynn, Mass. In 1837
she gave up her school and became a public lecturer
in the anti-slavery movement. She is accredited with
being the first woman in America to address mixed audiences
on a political subject, and she was received with great
disfavor. She helped to organize the Webster anti-slavery
society, and in 1840 was admitted as a member of the
American anti-slavery society, which act caused a division
in the society. She made lecturing tours through the
middle states, and while in Pennsylvania met Stephen
Symonds Foster, the well known abolition agitator, and
married him. They continued their work together, and
in 1850 they took up the advocacy of woman suffrage
and prohibition, spending their leisure time between
lecture engagements on her farm near Worcester, Mass.
Mrs. Foster objected to the principle of taxation without
representation, and suffered her cows to be sold, and
finally her farm, rather than pay taxes when not allowed
to vote. She died in Worcester, Mass., Jan. 14, 1887.
- MAPS
CHICHESTER
- History:
Chichester
is one of seven towns granted in 1727 (incorporated) when
New Hampshire was still a part of Massachusetts. As were
several other towns, it was named in honor of Thomas Pelham
Holles, Duke of Newcastle, Earl of Chichester, and England's
Secretary of State.
- Villages
and Place Names: Horse
Corner, Kelleys Corner, North Chichester
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- History
& Genealogy: Chichester, N.H.
- TXT file (this
site) Includes geographical description, names
off original proprietors and early town meetings; citizens
of the town who participated in the Civil War; schools
and schoolhouses; churches and church history; physicians;
civil list (town officers); manufacturers and businesses;
the turnpike; cemeteries; early tax lists; Biographic
Sketches of Charles H. Carpenter, Charles C. Shaw, Hosea
Chase Knowlton, and Oliver Drake. Original Source,
History of Merrimack and Belknap Counties, New Hampshire;
Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1885
- History
of Chichester NH
- from official town web site
- MARRIAGE
RECORDS of the Rev. Josiah Carpenter, Pastor in Chichester,
New Hampshire 1791-1844 - Ray's Place
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- Jonathan
Pearson (1813-1887) born in Chichester NH
- Historic
Building: CHICHESTER,
Jenkins House, South side of Dover Road (State Route
4), West of , Chichester, Merrimack County, NH - American
Memory/HABS
- Historic
Building: CHICHESTER,
Betsy Prescott House, South side of Dover Road (State
Route 4), West of , Chichester, Merrimack County, NH
- American Memory/HABS
- MAPS
CONCORD
- History:
Concord was incorporated in 1733.The first settlement in
1659 was named Penacook, for the Indian name 'Pannukog,'
meaning crooked place or bend in the river. The first land
grant was in 1725, and the town was incorporated as Rumford
in 1733. The name was changed to Concord in 1765 upon resolution
of a bitter boundary dispute between Rumford and Bow. Concord
became the state capital in 1808. The State House, built
in 1818 and first occupied in 1819, is the oldest in continuous
use in the country. In 1853, the State granted Concord a
city charter. It was in Concord that the Abbotts built the
famous Concord Coach, modeled after King George III's coronation
coach.
- Villages
and Place Names: Penacook,
Pennycook,
Rumford, Concord Heights, East Concord, Riverhill, West
Concord, Curtisville, Diamond Hill
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- History
& Genealogy: Concord, N.H. -- TXT file
-- coming
soon
-
History
of Concord NH - from official city web site
- Concord
NH (History); article written in 1895 in the New
England Magazine - from Cornell University Library
- Penacook
New Hampshire Sportsman and Coach: Robert Abial "Red"
Rolfe (1908-1969) = from blog: "Cow Hampshire"
- The
Concord Stone Polishing Machine [made by Concord Axle
Co of Penacook, and used in Concord] - from an 1890
article in Manufacturer and builder magazine - Cornell
University Library Online
- History
of the State House (in Concord NH)
- blog, Cow Hampshire
- List
of some Concord NH area cemeteries -
from USGennet
- Cemetery
Inscriptions
(some) Blossom Hill, Concord NH - Internment.net
- Cemetery
inscriptions (some) Woodlawn
Cemetery, Penacook - Internment.net
- Cemetery
inscriptions (partial,
Minot enclosure) Old North Cemtery, Concord NH -
USGenWeb
- "History
of Concord NH" online, free (PDF) - Concord
Public Library
- Gladys
Ward Dunn, Compassionate Doctor of Concord NH -
biography
- Concord
New Hampshire Daredevil: Joseph Albert "Jean"
Lussier (1891-1971) - from blog: "Cow Hampshire"
- Concord
New Hampshire Artist, Alice Ericson Cosgrove (1909-1971)
- Blog: Cow Hampshire
- Biography
& Genealogy: Concord
NH World War I Heroes, Twin Brothers: Ernest Potter
Runnells and Ellsworth Potter Runnells (1894-?)
- Blog:
Cow Hampshire
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- A
Walking Tour of Concord NH
- Turn
of the Century Photographs of Concord NH
- 1899
Birds Eye View of Concord NH - American Memory
- 1887
Birds Eye View of Penacook NH
- American Memory
- Jacob
H. Gallinger (1837-1918) b at Cornwall, Ontario,
Canada; died at Concord (NH). Printer; medical doctor;
state legislator. Printer at Ogdensburg NY; studied
medicine in Cincinnati, OH; praticed medicine in Keene
NH, moved to Concord NH in 1862 where he died; president
of the NH Homeopathic Medical Society.
- William
Eaton Chandler (1835-1917), also known as William
E. Chandler — of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H.
Born in Concord, Merrimack County, N.H., December 28,
1835. Son of Nathan S. Chandler and Mary Ann (Tucker)
Chandler; son-in-law of John Parker Hale; grandfather
of John Parker Hale Chandler, Jr.. Republican. Graduated
from Harvard Law School; Lawyer and politician; member
of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1862-64,
1881; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives,
1863-64; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1868, 1880; member of Republican
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1868-70, 1872-;
delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention,
1876; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1882-85; U.S. Senator
from New Hampshire, 1887-89, 1889-1901; delegate to
New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1902.
Died in Concord, Merrimack County, N.H., November 30,
1917. Interment at Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
He married Ann Caroline Coffin. Had sons, Joseph G.,
William and Floyd.
- Joseph
Carter Abbott | 2nd
Photograph (1825-1882), b. in Concord NH July 15,
1825, died in Wilmington NC Oct 8, 1882; son of Aaron
& Nancy (Badger) Abbott; lawyer, editor, he served
his state and country in the Civil War. Abbott was brevetted
brigadier general for his "gallant and meritorious
service." He was the owner and editor of several
newspapers during his life. He moved to North Carolina
after the war where he joined the Republican party and
was elected to the United States Senate.
- Jacob
Harold Gallinger (1837-1918); born Canada, resided
Concord NH; U.S. congressman (1885-89) and U.S. Senator
(1891-1918) from NH. He was trained as a medical doctor,
but spent most of his life working as a Republican politician.
-
Electric Railroad (trolleys) Photo
#2
- Merrimack
River & City of Concord, 1949 - Photo
#2 | Photo
#3 - American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Structure: Concord
Gas Light Company, 1922 Gasholder, South Main Street
| Photos
#2 - American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Building: Joseph
Walker Cottage, 278 North Main Street - American
Memory/HABS
- Historic
Building: Merrimack
County Bank, 214 North Main Street - American
Memory/HABS
- Historic
Building: Eagle
Hotel Garage, 102 1/2 North Main Street - American
Memory/HABS
- Historic
Buildings: Centennial
Block, 57-62 North Main Street - American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Building: Reverend
Timothy Walker House, 276 North Main Street - American
Memory/HABS
- Historic
Buildings: Merchants'
Exchange Block, 94-102 North Main Street - American
Memory/HABS
- Historic
Structure: Water
Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine Railroad
tracks at Water Street - American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Structure: Manchester
Street Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River at Manchester
Street - American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Structures: Concord
Gas Light Company, Gasholder House, South Main Street
- American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Building: Warehouse,
100-102 North Main Street (rear) - American Memory/HABS
- Concord
NH - Webcam
(from Concord Monitor Online)
- Railroad
Depot, Penacook NH
- flickr
Photographs: Penacook
NH
- Aerial
Views of Concord NH
- Concord
NH Post Office (old)
- State
House , Concord NH
- Circa
1905 photographs of various places in Concord NH
- Concord
NH in winter
- Photographs
of the old Concord
State Hospital / Asylum
- Washington
Street Fire Station, Penacook NH
- Hannah
Dustin Memorial - Penacook NH
- LOCAL
NEWS
- MAPS
DANBURY
- History:
The town of Danbury was not an original colonial grant,
but was formed (and incorporated) in 1795 from part of Alexandria
to the north, and later added land annexed from Wilmot and
Hill. The name was taken from Danbury, England, the site
of an eleventh century Danish camp. Danbury, Connecticut
was also named for the site, and a settler originally from
there suggested the name. Ragged Mt. Ski Area is located
on its southern boundary.
- Villages
and Place Names: Elmwood, Fords Crossing, Fords Mill,
South Danbury, Converse Station
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- Official
Danbury web site (none known)
- Danbury
Town Clerk
23 High St
Danbury, NH 03230
(603) 768-5448
- George
Gamble Library
Route 104
Danbury, New Hampshire
(603) 768-3765
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- MAPS
DUNBARTON
- History:
First granted in 1735 as Gorham's-town to soldiers returning
from the Canada Expedition, and regranted in 1748 as Starkstown
to Scots-Irish settlers led by Archibald Stark. It was incorporated
in 1765 as Dunbarton, named for Dumbartonshire in Scotland,
hometown to Archibald Stark. Stark's son was General John
Stark, patriot of Bunker Hill and the Battle of Bennington,
and his grandson Caleb was a famous industrialist who established
textile mills in Manchester. Dunbarton has three town cemeteries:
Center, Pages Corner, and East; and one private cemetery:
Stark. Historical Points of Interest: Molly Stark House,
Blacksmith's House, Town Pound.
- Villages
and Place Names: Baileys Corner, Dunbarton Center,
Pages Corner
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- Dunbarton
Church
- Dunbarton:
Photograph - Henry
Eben Burnham (1844-1917), b. 8 Nov 1844 in Dunbarton
NH, son of Henry L. & Maria A. (Bailey) Burnham;
died February 8, 1917 in Manchester NH; buried in Pine
Grove Cemetery; m. 24 Oct 1874 to Hannah Elizabeth "Lizzie"
Patterson; was a United States senator from New Hampshire
who served from 1901 to 1913. Attorney; was treasurer
of the Amoskeag Paper Mill; One of his three daughters,
Alice, married Aretas Blood Carpenter.
- MAPS
EPSOM
- History:
Incorporated 1727. One of seven towns granted by the Governor
of Massachusetts before New Hampshire became an independent
province. Epsom was named for Epsom, England, home of the
Earl of Derby, whose horse racing 'derby' at Epsom Downs
was famous. Epsom, England was also known for its mineral
springs, the source of Epsom salts. New Hampshire's Epsom
includes the village of Gossville.
- Villages
and Place Names: Epsom Circle, Gossville, New Rye,
Short Falls, Epsom Four Corners
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- Epsom
Old Home Days 2006
- Epsom
NH Bible Church Endangered
- Historic
Building: EPSOM,
Lamprey Blacksmith Shop, South side of Dover Road,
0.05 miles east of Gobor, Epsom, Merrimack County, NH
- American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Building: EPSOM,
Lamprey House, South side of Dover Road, 0.05 mile
east of Goboro, Epsom, Merrimack County, NH
- American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Building: EPSOM,
First Free Will Baptist Church, Parsonage, South
side of Dover Road, corner of Blackhall Road, Epsom,
Merrimack County, NH
- American Memory/HABS
- MAPS
FRANKLIN
(city)
- History:
Incorporated 1828. Situated as the junction of the Pemigewasset
and Winnipesaukee Rivers, the town was originally known
as Pemigewasset Village. It was taken from portions of Salisbury,
Andover, Sanbornton, and Northfield. The name Franklin was
adopted in 1820 in honor of Benjamin Franklin, and the town
was incorporated as a city in 1895.
- Villages
and Place Names: Webster Lake, Webster Place, West
Franklin
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- Winnepesauke
River, Franklin NH - flickr
- City
of Franklin NH Photo Gallery (from official web
site)
- DownTown
& City Hall of Franklin NH
- Indian
Head Resort, Franklin, NH -flickr
- Franklin
Falls Dam - flickr
- Historic
Building: FRANKLIN,
Calvin T. Call House, 49 Central Street, Franklin,
Merrimack County,
NH - American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Building: FRANKLIN,
A. Messer Building, 26 South Main Street, Franklin,
Merrimack County, NH
- American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Building: FRANKLIN,
Engine Company No. 1, Between 26 & 28 South
Main Street, Franklin, Merrimack County, NH
- American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Building: FRANKLIN,
Franklin Grocery Company Building, 1 South Main
Street, Franklin, Merrimack County, NH -
American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Building: FRANKLIN,
Horace Webster House, 39 Central Street, Franklin,
Merrimack County, NH
- American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Building: FRANKLIN,
William Thompson House, 45 Central Street, Franklin,
Merrimack County, NH -
American Memory/HABS
- Bird's
Eye View of Franklin NH - 1884,
from American Memory
- PLACES
OF INTEREST
- MAPS
HENNIKER
- History:
First known as Number 6, part of a line of settlements running
between the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers, and the area
was settled by families from Marlborough, Massachusetts,
naming it New Marlborough. In 1752 the land was granted
to Andrew Todd, who named it Todd's-town. In 1768, Henniker
was named for Sir John Henniker, a London merchant who had
shipping interests in Boston and Portsmouth prior to the
revolution, giving it the distinction of being the only
place named Henniker on earth.
- Villages
and Place Names: Colby, Henniker Junction, West Henniker,
Emerson Station
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- Tucker
Free Library Photo Gallery - flickr
- 1889
Bird's Eye View of Henniker NH -
American Memory
- Henniker
NH Bridge - flickr
- Quaker
Meeting House, Henniker NH - flickr
- Henniker
NH and River - flickr
- Looking
through the Bridge
- flickr
- Craney
Pond in Henniker NH - flickr
- Historic
Building: HENNIKER,
House, South side of Route 9, West Henniker, Merrimack
County, NH - American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Building: HENNIKER,
Wilcoxen House, Route 9, West Henniker, Merrimack
County, NH - American
Memory/HABS
- Historic
Building - HENNIKER,
Ocean-Born-Mary House, Route 202 vicinty, Henniker,
Merrimack County, NH -
American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Structure - HENNIKER,
Edna Dean Proctor Bridge, Spanning Contoacook River
at State Route 114, Henniker, Merrimack County, NH
- American Memory/HABS
- Henniker:
James
Willis Patterson (1823-1893) - born Henniker NH;
graduated from Dartmouth College (1848) and returned
there as a professor of mathematics, astronomy and meteorology
(1854-65). He served in the New Hampshire state house
of representatives in 1862 and again in 1877-78. Patterson
served as a Republican U.S. congressman from New Hampshire
(1863-67) and as a U.S. senator (1867-73).
- MAPS
HILL
- History:
Incorporated 1778. First granted in 1753 to a group of settlers
from Chester, New Hampshire, the town was known as New Chester.
In 1837, the town was renamed in honor of Isaac Hill, a
Democrat who served as governor, and as senator in President
James Buchanan's administration. In 1941, the entire village
of Hill was moved to higher ground to allow the original
land to be used for a Merrimack River flood control project.
- Villages
and Place Names: Hill Center, Murray Hill, South
Alexandria, New Chester
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- Town
of Hill
Board of Selectmen
PO Box 236, 30 Crescent Street
Hill, NH 03243
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- History
& Genealogy: Hill, N.H. - TXT File (this
site) Includes geographical description,
names of some original grantees, text of some early
documents including names of the signers; Residents
Paying Polls 1775; brief description early settlers
and prominent residents including Carr Huse, W.W. Sargent,
Gilman Kimball, Joseph Huse, Charles M. Winchester,
Gilman Currier, Augustus B. Johnson, W.W. Currier, George
W. Sumner, James Glines, David Shaw, and others;church
history; early manufacturers; description of cemeteries;
brief civic history; list of participants in the Civil
War; Biographic Sketch of Frank R. Woodward. Original
Source, History of Merrimack and Belknap Counties,
New Hampshire; Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1885
- Is
Hill NH a Ghost town?
- Cemetery
Inscriptions: Bunker
Hill Cemetery, Hill NH
- Cemetery
Inscriptions:Graveyard
behind Hill Center Church, Hill NH
- Cemetery
Inscriptions: Thompson-Hilliard
Cemetery, Hill NH
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- MAPS:
HOOKSETT
- History:
Incorporated 1822; First known as Chester Woods and Rowe's
Corner, this town was called Hooksett for nearly fifty years
before being incorporated. The name may have come from a
hook-shaped island in the Merrimack or from early fishermen,
who called the area Hookline Falls. Rocky ledges flank the
Merrimack River, and there were several cross-river ferries
located here, as well as lumber mills and a brick-making
establishment powered by the falls. In 1794, the lottery-funded
Hooksett Canal became part of the transportation facilities
of the Amoskeag cotton mills in Manchester.
- Villages
and Place Names: Martin, Martins Corner, Rowes Corner,
South Hooksett, Martins Ferry
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- NEWS:
- MAPS
HOPKINTON
- History:
Incorporated 1765. First granted in 1735 as New Hampshire
Number 5 to settlers from Hopkinton, Massachusetts, who
renamed the town New Hopkinton. Setting the pattern for
future towns, settlers were required to build homes, fence
in their acreage, plant it with English grass, and provide
a home for a minister, all within seven years. Contoocook
village, a substantial portion of the town, was named for
a tribe of Penacook Indians who once lived there, as was
the Contoocook River which flows through the town.
- Villages
and Place Names: Contoocook, Hatfield Corner, Tyler,
West Hopkinton, Barton's Corner, Drew Lake, Blackwater District,
Gould Hill District
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- MUSEUMS
& INTERESTING PLACES
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- Multiple
photographs (several artists)
- Hopkinton NH - flickr
- Railroad
Bridge, Hopkinton NH
- Rowell's
Bridge, Hopkinton NH
- Everett
Lake, Contoocook NH
- Hopkinton
NH town hall
- Contoocook
River, Hopkinton NH
- Contoocook
Academy, 1856
- Photographs
of Hopkinton NH (from official town web site)
- Historic
Building (Drawings): HOPKINTON,
Boulder Farm, Dunbarton Road, Hopkinton, Merrimack
County, NH - American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Building: HOPKINTON,
St. Andrew's Church (Episcopal), Hopkinton Village,
Hopkinton, Merrimack County, NH-
American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Structure: HOPKINTON,
Covered Bridge, Spanning Contoocook River, Hopkinton
vicinity, Merrimack County, NH
- American Memory/HABS
- MAPS
LOUDON
- History:
Chartered by Governor John Wentworth in 1773, Loudon was
originally a part of Canterbury. It was named in honor of
John Campbell, fourth Earl of Loudoun, a Scottish soldier
and aide-de-camp to the king during the Seven Years' War.
Under Lord Loudoun's orders Major Robert Rogers organized
the famous Roger's Rangers frontier fighters. One of Lord
Loudoun's aides, John Loudoun McAdam, is known for developing
the "macadamizing" process of road surfacing.
Loudon is home to the New Hampshire International Speedway.
- Villages
and Place Names: Loudon
Center, Loudon Ridge, Pearls Corner, Sabattus Heights
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- Loudon
NH Official Web Site
Town
Clerk
Mailing Address: PO Box 7837
Loudon, NH 03307
Street Address: 29 S. Village Road
Phone: 603-798-4542
- Local
State Goverment, Profile & Statistics - Loudon NH
- Loudon
Municipal and State Government
- Maxfield
Public Library
Contact: Nancy Hendy, Library Director
Mailing Address: 8 Rt. 129
Loudon, NH 03307
Street Address: 8 Rt. 129
Phone: 603-798-5153
- Loudon
NH Historical Society
PO Box 7837
Loudon NH 03307
Contact: Richard Malfait, President
603-783-4741
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- History
& Genealogy: Loudon, N.H. --TXT file --
coming
soon
- Marriages
- performed in Loudon NH by Rev. Jedediah Tucker 1790-1815
- TXT file (this site)
- Tax
List 1774 of Loudon NH - TXT file (this site)
- Biographies
of Loudon Individuals and genealogies of Families
of the following: Joseph Batchelder, Stephen Batchelder
Family, Philip Brown, Richard Brown Family, Elisha Buswell,
Carr Family, The Cate Family, Shadrach Mellen Cate,
Nathaniel Clark, Abner Clough, Rev. Jeremiah Clough,
Dimond Family, Samuel B. Lovering, Moses Lovering, Nathaniel
Martin, John Moore Family, Samuel Moore, Stephen Moore,
Moses Morse, Ordway Family, Osgood Family, Moses Rowell,
Thomas Sargent, Stevens Family, William Tenney, Tilton
Family, Deacon Stephen Weeks, Wood family (this site)
-TXT file
- NH
Historic Marker, Shaker Village
- MUSEUMS
AND INTERESTING PLACES:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- MAPS
NEW LONDON
- History:
First granted in 1753 as Heidelberg, in honor of George
II's visit to his German possessions at the time. The town
was granted again in 1773 as Alexandria Addition, but the
name didn't last. It was incorporated as New Londonderry,
shortened to New London, in 1779. New London is home to
Colby-Sawyer College, and includes the village of Elkins
on Pleasant Lake.
- Villages
and Place Names: Crockett Corner, Elkins, Hastings,
Lakeside, Otterville, Pages Corner
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- MAPS
NEWBURY
- History:
Situated at the south end of Lake Sunapee, this town has
gone through numerous name changes. It started in 1753 as
Dantzic, after the Baltic seaport. The first provincial
grant in 1754 named the town Hereford, in honor of Edward
Devereaux, Viscount Hereford. Governor John Wentworth renewed
the grant in 1772 under the name Fishersfield, for his brother-in-law
John Fisher. The town finally incorporated as Newbury in
1837, as suggested by settlers originally from Newbury,
Massachusetts. Newbury is home to Mount Sunapee, portions
of Lake Sunapee, and the village of Blodgett's Landing.
- Villages
and Place Names: Blodgetts Landing, Edgemont, Mount
Sunapee, Pine Cliff, South Newbury, Box Corner
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- MUSEUMS
& PLACES OF INTEREST
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- History
& Genealogy: Newbury, N.H.-- TXT file --
coming
soon
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- MAPS
NORTHFIELD
- History:
Incorporated 1780. One of the first towns created following
the Revolution, Northfield was granted in 1780 from part
of Canterbury. The town organized one of the first local
libraries, called the "Northfield Improving Society
for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge," the same title
used in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin for the American Philosophical
Society in Philadelphia. The library was chartered by the
state in 1718, operating with a membership fee of $5 annually,
and continued in existence under the original name until
1842.
- Villages
and Place Names: East W
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- History
& Genealogy: Northfield, N.H. --TXT file -- coming
soon
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- MAPS
PEMBROKE
- History:
Incorporated 1759. First granted in 1728, the town was known
as Lovewell's Town, in honor of Captain John Lovewell, who
built the stockade fort at Ossipee. Shortly afterward, the
town took the name Suncook, the Indian name of the river
flowing through the area. When the town was incorporated
in 1759, it was given the name Pembroke in honor of Henry
Herbert, ninth Earl of Pembroke in southern Wales.
- Villages
and Place Names: North Pembroke, Suncook
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- MAPS
PITTSFIELD
- History:
For many years prior to its 1782 incorporation, this town
was an unnamed parish of Chichester. Like Pittsburg in the
north, Pittsfield was named for William Pitt, Prime Minister
of England, and a great friend of the Colonies prior to
the American Revolution. The town was settled by several
families originally from Hampton.
- Villages
and Place Names: Rings Corner, Websters Mill, South
Pittsfield
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- MAPS
SALISBURY
- History:
First granted in 1736, before New Hampshire was a separate
colony, the town was named Baker's Town, in honor of Captain
Thomas Baker, a famous Indian scout. Following establishment
of New Hampshire, Governor Benning Wentworth regranted it
as Stevenstown. It was also held the names Gerrishtown and
New Salisbury, incorporating as Salisbury in 1768 after
Salisbury, Massachusetts. Salisbury is the birthplace of
Daniel Webster.
- Villages
and Place Names: Salisbury Heights, Scribners Corner,
Smiths Corner, Thompson Corner, West Salisbury
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- MAPS
SUTTON
- History:
First settled in 1748, the land had been granted to Obadiah
Perry and others from Haverhill, Massachusetts, and named
Perrystown. Because it was located in Indian country near
Mount Kearsarge, many settlers forfeited their claims. The
land was regranted in 1784 to settlers from Sutton, Massachusetts.
Sutton was at one time home to a religious sect known as
the Osgoodites.
- Villages
and Place Names: East Sutton, North Sutton, Shingle
Mill Corner, South Sutton, Sutton Mills
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- MUSEUMS
AND INTERESTING PLACES:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- MAPS
WARNER
- History:
First granted as Number 1 in 1735, this town was named New
Amesbury, Jennesstown, Waterloo, and Ryetown before it was
incorporated as Warner in 1774. It was named for a leading
citizen and relative of Governor John Wentworth, Jonathan
Warner. It was one of the last towns established under English
province rule prior to the American Revolution. Warner includes
the village of Davisville.
- Villages
and Place Names: Bagley, Davisville, Dimond, Lower
Village, Melvin Mills, New Amesbury, Number One, Roby, Waterloo
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- 1877
Birds Eye View of Warner NH
- American Memory
- Photo
Tour: WARNER
NH
- Old
Postcard Tour of Warner NH - from Warner Historical
Society
- Photograph:
Nehemiah
George Ordway (1828-1907) b. Warner NH; governor
of Dakota Territory 1880-1884. The highlight of his
administration was the tremendous growth in the territory's
population, which doubled between 1879 and 1884. Ordway
was indicted on corruption charges in 1883. He underwent
a criminal trial in 1884 and was removed from office
by President Arthur.
- Warner:
Photograph - Nehemiah
George Ordway (1828-1907) — also known as Nehemiah
G. Ordway, b in Warner, Merrimack County, N.H., November
10, 1828. Republican. New Hampshire Republican state
chair, 1860; member of New Hampshire state house of
representatives from Warner, 1875-77; member of New
Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1879-80; Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1880-84. Indicted on corruption
charges in 1883; his criminal trial in 1884 was cut
short by a jurisdiction ruling; removed from office
by President Arthur. Died July 1, 1907. Interment at
Pine Grove Cemetery, Warner, N.H.
- MAPS
WEBSTER
- History:
Originally a part of Boscawen, this town was named for Daniel
Webster, famous American lawyer and statesman. Webster served
as Secretary of State during the administrations of Presidents
Harrison, Tyler, and Fillmore. Mount Webster and Webster
Lake were also named for him.
- Villages
and Place Names: Dingit Corner, Gerrish Corner, Snyders
Hill, Swetts Mills, Courser Hill
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- Historic
Building: WEBSTER,
Webster Meeting House, Webster, Merrimack County,
NH - American Memory/HABS
- Historic
Building: WEBSTER,
Corser Hill Meeting House, Webster, Merrimack County,
NH
- American Memory/HABS
- WEBSTER:
2005 photographs: Corser Hill Meeting House, current
town hall and library, grammar school, general views,
some photographs of tombstones in Corser Hill Cemetery
- Photographs
of Webster NH (this site)
- MAPS
WILMOT
- History:
Originally a part of New London, Wilmot was carved out of
the gore of Mount Kearsarge and incorporated in 1807. It
was named in honor of Dr. James Wilmot, a scholar and clergyman,
and rector at Barton-on-Heath in Warwickshire, England.
Dr. Wilmot had joined with William Pitt, the Marquis of
Rockingham, and others in protesting the treatment of the
American colonies by the British crown.
- Villages
and Place Names: North Wilmot, Wilmot Flat
- GOVERNMENT
& RESEARCH:
- HISTORY
& GENEALOGY:
- History
& Genealogy: Wilmot, N.H. --TXT file --
See
history of New London NH for earliest history. Incorporation
of the town, early description, first town officers,
Kearsage Mountain, and some participants in the Civil
War, 1810 U.S. Census of Kearsarge Gore and New London
NH.
- Biography
of Donald Hall, former poet laureate of New
Hampshire; in June 2006 appointed the Library of Congress's
fourteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. Resides
in Wilmot NH.
- Tombstones,
Wilmot NH Carr Hill or Mt. Cemetery - Access Genealogy
- Tombstones,
Wilmot NH Church Cemetery - Access Genealogy
- Tombstones,
Wilmot
NH Eagle Pond Cemetery - Access Genealogy
- Tombstones,
Wilmot
NH North Road Cemetery - Access Genealogy
- Tombstones,
Wilmot
NH Pine Hill Cemetery - Access Genealogy
- Tombstones,
Wilmot
NH Stearns Hill Cemetery - Access Genealogy
- Tombstones,
Wilmot
NH Tewksbury Hill Cemetery - Access Genealogy
- Tombstones,
Wilmot
NH Whites Pond Cemetery - Access Genealogy
- PHOTOGRAPHS:
- MAPS
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