HISTORY OF DUBLIN, CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE
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TAKEN FROM THREE SOURCES:
1. History of Cheshire and Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire 
Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1886, 1073 pgs.
2. Gazetteer of Cheshire County, N.H., 1736-1885 by Hamilton Child,
Syracuse, N.Y.: H. Child, 1885, 882 pgs.
3.  Early Dublin : a list of the Revolutionary soldiers of Dublin, N.H., by Samuel Carroll Derby; Columbus, Ohio:  Press of Spahr & Glenn,  1901 
 
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HISTORY OF DUBLIN NH

The town of Dublin lies in the extreme eastern part of the county, 
in lat 45 degrees 54' and long. 4 degrees 59' and is bounded as 
follows: North, by Harrisville; East by Hillsborough Co; South by 
Jaffrey; West by Marlborough. The surface of Dublin is beautifully
diversified by hill, mountain, lakelet, dell and smiling valley.
This fact, with its high altitude, its cool breezed and salubrious
climate renders it a constantly increasing popular summer resord.
Particularly is the town noted for the grand old Monadnock, which 
rises to an altitude of 3,450 feet from its southern boundary line,
which passes over the mountain about at its summit.  The next highest
elevation is Beech hill, lying in the northern part, so named from the
large number of beech trees with which it was formerly covered. Its
summit lies 391 feet above the level of Monadnock lake, and affords
a magnificent prospect.  From here a beautiful view may be obtained
both of the Contoocook and Connecticut river valleys, and of the
Green Mountains in Vermont, as they rise in the form of successive
terraces from the Connecticut.  Kearsage and Ascutney may be seen,
and also Saddleback, and other mountains beyond the Merrimack.  WHen 
the atmosphere is favorable, the summit of one of the White Mountains
is visible.. The soil of the town, however is hard and rocky, and much
better adapted to grazing than tillage.  The streams flow, from the
west into the Connecticut, and from the east into the Merrimac(k).
Several ponds, or lakelets are distributed over the surface, of which,
Monadnock Lake, a handsome sheet about a mile in diameter, is the
largest.  It has an altitude of 1581 feet above sea level.

Dublin, a handsome post village, is located just north of the
geographical center of the town, upon the eastern slope of the 
mountain chain of which Monadnock is the highest peak, and near the
shore of Monadnock Lake.  When the town was divided it lost two
flourishing villages, Harrisville and Pottersville, whose manufactures
are spoken of in the town sketch of Harrisville.  Dublin, now the
only village in town lies upon one street, about a mile in length,
extending east-west, two churches (Unitarian and Trinitarian
Congregational), two stores, a fine town-house, and a summer hotel
constituting its accomodations for the public...

This town, originally known as Monadnock No. 3, was granted November 3,
1749 by the Masonian proprietors, to "Matthew Thornton, Sampson
Stoddard, William Spaulding, Joseph French, Zachariah Stearnes,
Peter Powers, Robert Fletcher, Jr, Eleazer Blanchard, Foster Wentworth,
Josiah Swan, Isaac Rindge, JOhn Rindge, Ezekiel Carpenter, Benjamin
Bellows, John Combs, Stephen Powers, Henry Wallis, Samuel Kenny,
Ebenezer Gillson, Jeremiah Norcross, Isaiah Lewis, Ezra Carpenter,
Enos Lawrence, William Cummings, Mark Hunkin, Joseph Jackson, Thomas
Wibird, Jeremiah Lawrence, John Usher, Nathanl Page, David Page,
Samuel Farley, Daniel Emerson, Joseph Blanchard Jr. Thomas Parker Jr.,
Anthony Wibird, Francis Worster, Jonathan Cummings, David WIlson and
Clement March Esqr.  The whole tract of land was to be divided into 
seventy-one equal shares, each share to contain three lots, equitably 
coupled together, and to be drawn for, at Dunstable, on or before the 
1st day of July 1750.

The charter was given by Col. Joseph BLanchard of Dunstable, and it
was called Monadnock No. 3 or North Monadnock. The grant comprised an
area of 36 square miles, or a territory seven miles long and five
wide.

Of the first settlement of the town but little is known with accuracy
or certainty. The first settlers was WILLIAM THORNTON, probably in
the year 1752.  His daughter, Molly Thornton, it is said, was the
first (white) child born in the township. He remained but a few
years--it is not known how long--when he abandoned his settlement,
it is supposed through fear of the Indians, and never returned. He
was a brother of Matthew Thornton, who was the first named, as he was
by the far most distinguished, of the proprietors of the township, and
was much the largest landowner in it, having at one time, it would
appear, twenty-eight shares, or eighty-four lots.

The settlers who came next into the township were Scotch-Irish, as
they were called, being the descendants of Scotch people who had
settled in the north of Ireland, whence they came to this country,
and established themselves at Londonderry [NH] and elsewhere, and, at
a later date, settled in Peterborough, and numerous other town.
As early as 1760, or thereabouts, there were in the town of this
description of persons, John Alexander, William McNee, Alexander Scott,
and William Scott, his son; James Taggart and his son, William
Taggart; and perhaps others.  They came mostly from Peterborough.
Henry STrongman came at a later day.  With the exception of him, none
of this class of settlers became permanent inhabitants of the township.
THey left probably at different times, but all prior to the year 1771,
as none of them are found upon the tax-list of that year.  Most or all
of them returned to Peterborough.  This WILLIAM SCOTT is the same
Capt. William Scott, of Peterborough, who, in his youth, served in
the French War, and who signalized himself by gallant achievements
during the War of the Revolution, and by no less heroic deeds in
scenes of danger afterwards.

As early as 1762 several of the settlers from Sherborn, Mass, were in
the township, and worked upon the roads.  Probably none of established
themselves here in that year.  During the next two years several
became permanent inhabitants.  Among the earliest settlers were
Thomas Morse, Levi Partridge, William Greenwood, Samuel Twitchell,
Joseph Twitchell Jr., Ivory Perry, Benjamin Mason, Moses Adams,
Silas Stone, and Eli Morse.

Of the first settlers, Captain Thomas Morse appears to have been the
leading man. He came from Sherborn, Mass, located on a farm on lot 16, 
range 5 in the autumn of 1762. In 1761 he cleared a piece of land, 
built a house, and during the following year (1762) he brought his
family to their new home (upon the farm now owned by C.W. Fiske,
on road 27)  He was doubtless the oldest person of the settlement,
being 63 or 64 years of age when he came here to reside.  He was a 
man of stability and force of character, and, it is said, of
remarkable shrewdness.  Withal, he was ardently attached to the cause
of liberty.  He was the first captain of the earliest military company
in the town  His commission bore date June 2, 1774.

OTHER EARLY SETTLERS:

ELISHA ADAMS, served during the American Revolution in Capt. Joseph
Wait's company, Col. Enoch Hale's regiment in 1778, and was then 20
years old.  He was one of the six months' men raised by NH in 1781
to reinforce the continental army at West Point after Arnold's treason.
He removed to Maine.  Elisha Adam's brother, JOSEPH ADAMS served from
Holliston, Mass and a fragment of the diary which he kept during the
siege of Boston was found in Dublin and was in the possession of
Mr. A.L. Ball.

THOMAS ALDEN, who came to Dublin as early as 1773, was a private during
the American Revolution in Capt. Joseph Parker's company, Col. Enoch
Hale's regiment, mustered July 18, 1776. He joined the Northern army
at Ticonderoga.  He removed from Dublin subsequent to 1787.

HART BALCH saw much service during the American Revolution. From
April 23 to August 1, 1775 he was a member of Capt. William Walker's
company, Col. James Reed's regiment.  In Col. Enoch Hale's return,
1777, he is described as a nine months' man, 26 years old, from
Jaffrey.  June 29, 1777 he went in Capt. Roger Gilmore's company,
under Lieut. Col. Thomas Heald, to reinforce the garrison of
Ticonderoga, and served 14 days. May 14, 1778 he enlisted for one
year in Capt. Caleb Robinson's company, Col. Nathan Hale's regiment.
April 24, 1781 he enlisted from Dublin for three years, and he was
a member of the 9th company of Col. Joseph Cilley's regiment.  He
married 27 Sep 1779, Dorcas, dau of Isaac and Abigail (--) Somes,
who came to Dublin 1777.  July 17, 1782, the selectmen of Dublin,
Joseph Greenwood, Moses Adams and Reuben Morse, made Hart Balch
bearer of a letter to the New Hampshire Committee on Claims, then in
session in Exeter.  He was "warned out" of town 1779.  Hart Balch
resided in DUblin for several years after the war; to what town
he removed is not known.

NATHANIEL BATES, who was a tax payer of Dublin in 1771 and bought
his farm in 1774 from Bartholomew Goyer, was returned by Dublin,
April 1777, as in Capt. Jason Wait's company [Revolutionary War]. He
was then 39 years old.  He was a member of the 3d company Col. Joseph
Cilley's regiment. He was killed at the battle of Stillwater,
September 19, 1777.  His widow, 'Abagil Bates' [sic] sent a petition
to the State of NH for relief [regarding property in Dublin]. 
Nathaniel Bates lived on the north side of the Derby Hill. John Stroud
appears to be the next occupant of Nathaniel Bate's little farm and
to have come to Dublin about 1778.

NATHANIEL BELKNAP, whose name appears upon the tax list of Dublin
first in 1775, was a corporal [during the American Revolution] in the
company of Capt. Daniel Emerson (Hollis), Col. Hercules Mooney's
regiment, raised July 1778 for service in Rhode Island.  Mr.
Belknap served six months and two days, and received pay and bounty.
He died in Dublin NH.

ASA BULLARD [during the American Revolution] was in Capt. Othniel
Thomas's company, Lieut. Col. Daniel Reynolds regiment. May 5, 1786,
he gave receipt to Dublin authorities for rations and traveling money
to Springfield, Mass in 1781. Probably he was an older (b 1743)
brother of Simeon Bullard.  He became a physician and settled at
Mont Vernon [Mt. Vernon] NH where he died about 1826.

SIMEON BUllARD, a native of New Ipswich MA, b. 1745, who came to 
Dublin about 1770 was [during the American Revolution] a sergeant
in Capt. Joseph Parker's company, raised in the 14th military district
and a part of Col. Isaac Wyman's regiment, which went in the summer
of 1776 to reinforce the northern army at Ticonderoga; rendezvous
at Haverhill NH.  He died in Dublin NH Jan 28, 1828, ae 82 years.
Bullard (Thorndike) Pond, on whose shore he resided, the spot still
marked by a magnificent elm of more than local fame, was named for
him.

SAMUEL BROWN, a native of Beverly, Mass, married Bethiah Adams, who
bore him two children.  His son SAMUEL BROWN married Olive Fairbanks,
of West Boylston, Mass.  He was a farmer and resident of Boylston,
and reared a family of twelve children, six of whom are living.
One of these, DEA. MOSES A. BROWN, married Susan, dau of Paul and
Ariathusa (Ross) Fairbanks.  Two children are now living. He resided
in this town upon a farm on road 6.

JAMES CHAMBERLAIN, who came from Sherburn Mass to Dublin 1772,
was probably [during the American Revolution] in Capt. Salmon
Stone's company, which went in 1777 to take part in the battles of
Bennington and Stillwater; the name "James Chandler" is supposed to
be intended for "James Chamblen." April 24, 1781 he enlisted for
three years and was a corporal in the 9th company, 1st regiment
(Cilley's). He died in Dublin Jan 24, 1826 ae 86 years. He commanded
the Dublin militia company from 1786 to 1793, when the company was
divided into two companies.

SAMUEL DERBY, a native of Hollis NH came to Dublin when he was 12
years old. He married 3 times, first to Lois Twithell [?Twitchell],
second to Betsey Knowlton and third to Ruth Perry. One two of his
ten children are now living, viz: Betsey Jane of Minnesota, and Dexter
of Dublin NH.  The latter married Julia, dau of Jonas Brooks and Julia
(Greenwood) Piper, and has two children, Samuel C. and Emily E.
He occupied the homestead farm on road 45.

WARREN L. FISK, son of Daniel and Esther Fisk, married Emily M.
Mathews, of Faribault, MN, has 5 children and resided on road 12 in
this town.  He has been justice of the peace 12 consecutive years,
town clerk 23 years, and town treasurer 24 years.

JOSEPH FROST [during the American Revolution] was in Capt. Othniel
Thomas's company, Col. Daniel Reynold's regiment. In 1781 he joined
the army at West Point. Nothing further is known of him.

JAMES GOWING JR. of Scotch descent, came to Dublin from Lynnfield,
Mass in 1788, married Abigail Greenwood in 1792 and reared eight
children.  His father, JAMES GOWING SR. settled in Jaffrey in 1777.
JOSEPH GOWING, son of James Jr. and father of CHARLES W. GOWING,
was captain of the Dublin Grenadiers.  ALMERIN GOWING, the fourth 
child, was born October 1, 1799 married Sarah Sanders in 1826. He was
selectman in 1837-39 and captain of the Dublin Grenadiers.  
GEORGE A. GOWING, the eldest son of six children, born December 8,
1827, married Lydia S., dau of Benjamin Perry, October 15, 1850 and
has two sons, CLIFFORD GOWING and CLISSON E. GOWING, and one daughter
ELLEN GOWING (Mrs. M.D. Mason) all residing in Dublin.  CHARLES W.
GOWING, son of Joseph, married Julia Foster of Walpole and has two
children. His son, FRED C. GOWING married Jennie Newton of Troy,
and resides on the home farm, with his father on road 22 in Dublin.

BARTHOLOMEW GOYER, a Frenchman, whose previous history is unknown,
but who was a resident of Dublin and bought land here in 1766,
[during the American Revolution] served as a private in Capt. John
Mellen's company, which went in June and July 1777, to reinforce
Ticonderoga.  July 29, 1779 he enlisted and received 6 pounds
billeting money to Springfield, Mass.  April 24, 1781 he enlisted for
the war and was in the 2d regiment, 5th company.  He was paid
60 pounds bounty. How he fared appears in a document (petiton) of
June 11, 1792 where he states he was captured while serving in the
continental line in Captain Dustin's company, Col. Read's Regt,
by a party of Indians and carried into Canada where he remained a
prisoner until September 1783 [when a report had stated he was 
killed by Indians], and requested compensation. George Reid, then Lt.
Col of the 2d NH Reg. certified this to be true.  SAMUEL FRENCH of
Hopkinton, a member of the same company, was taken prisoner,
apparently with Goyer at Little Falls, and held a captive by the
Indians until March 1787.  French was allowed by the NH authorities
96 pounds.  Goyer was allowed 30 pounds and interest from Sept 30,
1783.  He [Goyer] lived on Derby Hill in Dublin and removed from there
to North Adams, Mass about 1796.

WILLIAM GREENWOOD, a carpenter, came on in 1762, locating upon a farm
on lot 8, range 6. 

WILLIAM GREENWOOD (possibly the same as above) during the American
Revolution, was in Capt. Joseph Parker's company which was marched
to relieve Ticonderoga in July 1776, and also a member of Capt.
Salmon Stone's company, which took part in the battles at
Bennington and Stillwater, 1777.  He was a brother of ELI and JOSHUA
GREENWOOD, and died in Dublin in 1830.

JOSHUA GREENWOOD, son of William and Abigail (Death) Greenwood,
was [during the American Revolution] in Capt. Josiah Brown's
company, May 6, 1777; also in Capt. John Mellen's company, June 28,
1777 and in Capt. Samuel Twitchell's company, which took part in the
Rhode Island campaign of 1778.  All three companies were raised in
the 14th regiment (Enoch Hale's).

MOSES GREENWOOD, who removed to Dublin from Newton, Mass 1771,
[during the American Revolution] was a private in Capt. John Mellen's
company, which went to Ticonderoga June and July 1777. Died in Dublin
July 2, 1827.

THOMAS HARDY, during the American Revolution, is named in the return
of April 29, 1777; and described as 22 years old, 5 feet 8 inches,
"well set." He was sergeant in Capt. Benj. Spaulding's company at
West Point 1781; died in Dublin July 25, 1816.  He was a native of
Hollis NH.

JAMES HOUGHTON, who came to Dublin July 1781, enlisted [during the
American Revolution] June 4, 1782 for the war.  He may have been the
James Houghton, sergeant in Col. Timothy Bedel's regiment 1777-1778.
He removed from Dublin, whither is not known.

ELMER B. HOWE, son of Jotham and Myra (Kemball) Howe, married Lucy
dau of Israel and Tabitha (Wheelock) Marsh of Keene, and has four
children.  He was a soldier in the late war [Civil War] enlisting in
Company C, 15th Mass Vols, was taken prisoner, and was one of the
suffered in Libby Prison. He occupied a farm on road 10 in Dublin.

CALEB HUNT, when 16 years old [during the American Revolution] was a
private in Captain Samuel Blodgetts company, May 1777, Col. Nathan
Hale's regiment, and was left severely wounded at Hubbardston, Vt.
Dr. Abraham Downer of Charlestown was allowed 42 shillings for 
medical care of Caleb Hunt.  In 1779 he was in the 2d NH regiment
(Col. George Reid's) and is described as 5 ft 10 in tall, with light
hair and complexion.  July 18, 1781 he enlisted from Amherst for
six months, and was of Amherst in 1794, when he petitioned for a grant
of state land because of depreciation to pay.

HENRY HUNT [during the American Revolution] was a private in Capt.
Benj. Spaulding's company, Col. Moses Nichol's regiment, which
marched in 1780 to West Point.  In 1781 he enlisted from Amherst for
six months.  Perhaps a brother of CALEB HUNT.

WILLARD HUNT, who came to Dublin as early as 1774, during the
American Revolution served in Capt. Abijah Smith's company, which went
to reinforce Washington's army near New York in September 1776.  
April 1778 he enlisted for one year.  He revmoved from Dublin.  It is
not known from what town the Hunts came; they may have been relatives
of Willard Hunt, whose name appears upon the Dublin tax list,
first in 1774.

ITHAMAR JOHNSON, during the American Revolution, was a private in
Capt. Jacob Miller's company, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regiment
(Mass) at Winter Hill, Oct 6, 1775.

MOSES JOHNSON, who with his brother SIMEON JOHNSON, paid taxes in
Dublin in 1771, during the American Revolution was a private in
Capt. Abbott's command, Col. Stark's regiment at Medford, Oct 4, 1775.
He served, also in Capt. John Mellen's company 1777, and in Capt.
Samuel Twitchell's company, Rhode Island expedition, Aug 1778.

SIMEON JOHNSON, during the American Revolution, was in Capt. Jacob
Miller's company at Winter Hill Oct 6, 1775.  he removed 1819 to
Keene, Ohio.  All the Johnsons removed from Dublin.

SAMUEL JONES, from Framingham, Mass, came to Dublin in 1777,
settling upon a farm on road 12, which he bought of Joseph Adams,
the first settler on the farm.  His son, Samuel Jones, married Mary,
daughter of Joshua Farnum, a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He spent
his life on the home farm and reared a family of seven children. His
son, Corydon Jones, married Abbie G., daughter of Col. Rufus C. Piper,
of Dublin.  He had four children and resided on the old homestead.

IRA D. KNIGHT, whose father, PRATT KNIGHT, was a soldier in the
Revolutionary war, was a native of Marlow [NH]. His son, Ira D.
married Cordelia Hemingway, who bore him nine children, seven of
whom are living, and he was a resident of Keene, where his youngest
son, Walton Knight, resided.  His son Charles F. Knight married Maria
Moore, of Dublin, by whom he reared four children.  He resided on road
44.

JOHN KNOWLTON, a native of Holliston, Mass;came to Dublin from Mass.
about 1790, and was the first settler on the old homstead, on road
28. During the American Revolution was a private in Capt. Abijah
Smith's company, Col. Nahum Baldwin's regiment.  This regiment was
raised to reinforce Washington's army at New York; it served from
September to December 1776, and was at White Plains, Oct 28, 1776.
John Knowlton was a corporal in Capt. Salmon Stone's company, which
went from Rindge NH July 1777 to join the Northern army at Stillwater,
and served July-Sept. In Aug 1778 he was sergeant in Capt. Samuel
Twitchell's company in the Rhode Island campaign. He died in Dublin,
1835 ae 89. He married Susan Jennings, and reared a family of seven 
children, among whom was Silar, who was twice married, first to Susanna 
Nutting, and second to Elizabeth Hardy.  Only two of his six children 
are now living.  His son, Asa, married Lydia A., daughter of Luther and 
Lydia K. Darling, and has two children.  He served during the Civil
War in Co. A., 14th NH Vols, and was honorable discharged.  He lived on 
the homstead farm in Dublin NH.

BENAMIN MASON, during the American Revolution was a fifer in Capt.
Salmon STone's company, Col. Moses Nichols's Regiment, July 21 to
Sept 25, 1777. This regiment was present at the battles of Bennington
and Stillwater He died in Dublin March 11, 1806 ae 58.

MOSES MASON, during the American Revolution, was in Capt. Joseph
Parker's company, Col. Nathan Hale's regiment 1776, marched to
Ticonderoga; he marched to relive same place in Capt. John Mellen's
company June-July 1777; in Capt. Salmon Stone's company July-Sept
1777, he fought at Bennington and Stillwater; he went with the troops
under Col. Daniel Reynolds in 1781 to West Point. May 5, 1786 he
gave a receipt for rations and travel money to Springfield, Mass.
He removed from Dublin to Bethel, Me. in 1799, was much employed
there in public business, and died Oct 31, 1837, aged 80.

THADDEUS MASON JR., married Lydia, dau of Ivory Perry, and had born
to him six children, one of whom is now living. His son DEXTER MASON
married twice, first, Abigail, dau of James Adams, who bore him four
children, two of whom are now living, and second, Harriet G., dau of
Samuel and Mary (Adams) Farwell of Nelson who bore him three children,
all of whom are living. He was a native of Dublin NH and settled on a
farm on road 4.  He finally retired from the farm to the village of
Dublin where his widow later reisded.  He held many offices of trust
in the town, being selectman ten years, town clerk and treasurer nine
years, and representative at Concord two years. He died May 11, 1884.
His son MILTON D. MASON, a merchant in Dublin, married Ella Gowing
and has one child.  His son FREMONT E. MASON married Annie Piper and
has two children.

CAPTAIN ABRAM MOORE, a pensioner of the Revolution, was a native of
Bolton, MA.  His son ABRAM MOORE married Julian Holmes of Upton, Mass.,
reared seven children and finally settled in Dublin. His son,
ORSON H. MOORE married Sarah E. Southwick of Marlboro and had one
son, FRED W. MOORE who resided on the home farm with George W.

DANIEL MORSE, during the American Revolution, served in company of
Capt. Josiah Brown, Col. Enoch Hale's regiment and marched to the
relief of Ticonderoga, May 6, 1777; Aug 1778, he was a soldier in
Capt. Samuel Twitchell's company, Rhode Island campaign. He removed,
about 1800 to Queensbury, Vermont.

EZRA MORSE, during the American Revolution, was a soldier in Col.
Paul Dudley Sargent's regiment, Capt. Jere Stiles' company
Oct. 6, 1775 and was probably at Bunker Hill; he served also in
Capt. Twitchell's company in Rhode Island August 1778. He died in
Dublin NH June 3, 1830 aged 77.

JOHN MORSE, during the American Revolution, was a corporal in Capt.
Joseph Parker's company, which went to Ticonderoga in 1776; in
Capt. John Mellen's company June-July 1777, went again to Ticonderoga;
served six months in 1780 in Capt. Henry Dearborn's company at
West Point. He died in Dublin NH Feb 19, 1813, aged 58 years. In
later years he was styled, "Major."

JONATHAN MORSE, during the American Revolution was at Winter Hill
October 6, 1775 in Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regiment, and probably
fought at Bunker Hill; went to Ticonderoga in Capt. Joseph Parker's
company 1776; was corporal in Capt. Josiah Brown's company May 6, 1777;
in 1780 he served six months in Capt. Henry Dearborn's company;
July-Sep 1777 he was present with Capt. Salmon Stone's company,
Col. Moses Nichols' regiment at Bennington and Stillwater.  In 1781
he served in the NH Continental regiment (Col. Joseph Cilley's);
he was 24 years old in 1780.  He removed to Vermont and died at
Leicester, Vt. 1812, aged 56 years.

MICAH MORSE 1ST, during the American Revolution, was in Capt. Salmon
Stone's company July-Sep 1777; went to Bennington and Stillwater and
is said to have died in the war.  There is much obscurity about his
early life and his fate.

MICAH MORSE 2D, during the American Revolution, was at West Point
in 1780 in Capt. Henry Dearborn's company. He removed from Dublin to
Dansville, NY.

REUBEN MORSE, during the American Revolution, was a privte in Capt.
Salmon Stone's company; Lieut in Col Moses Nichols's regiment 1780,
and was present at Bennington and Stillwater.  He resided in Dublin
and died there April 27, 1810 aged 67 years.

THOMAS MUZZEY during the American Revolution was in Col. Ephraim
Doolittle's regiment, Capt. Jacob Miller's company at Winter Hill,
Oct 6, 1775 and probably fought at Bunker Hill. He removed from
Dublin.

LEVI PARTRIDGE, during the American Revolution, in Capt. John Mellen's
company, went to Ticonderoga June-July 1776.  Removed to Keene NH.
He was a resident of Dublin as early as 1762.

IVORY PERRY, who was a native of Dublin, and son of Ivory, a
Revolutionary soldier, married Lucy Hayward of Hancock NH. He was an
early settlers on the farm upon which Ivory Perry Jr. later resided,
on road 37. His son Charles was twice married, first to Mary A.
Salter of Peterborough who bore him one son, Charles H.F. Perry,
and second to Eliza Hall of Hancock NH by whom he had one child.
He resided on road 37.  His son Charles H.F. married Mary E.,
dau of James and Almira Moore, had seven children and resided on
road 45.

SAMUEL PIERCE came to Jaffrey from Rindge, married Hettie Brooks, and
reared a family of ten children, three of whom are now living. His
son, CHARLES W. PIERCE married Abbie G. Gowing of Dublin, who bore him
thirteen children, eight of whom are dead.  His widow occupied the
home farm with her son FRANK E. PIERCE, who married Ida M., dau of
James M. and Jane M. (Chandler) Hannaford.

SOLOMON PIPER, great-grandson of Nathaniel, who came from England and
settled in Ipswich  MA, was a soldier of the Revolution, and a native
of Concord, Mass.  He married Susannah Pratt, of Greenwich, Mass,
and reared a family of twelve children, only one of whom is now
living.  His son, RUFUS PIPER, married Anna Gowing of Dublin, and had
3 children, all now living.  His youngest son, Henry C., was twice
married, first to Maria E. Perry, and second to Harriet E., daughter 
of Calvin and Elvira W. Stone of Marlboro, and has two children now
living.  He resided upon a farm on road 12 of the town.  His brother,
James G., was also twice married, first to Abigail Clifford of
Edgecomb Me, second to Eliza dau of John and Charlotte Batchelder of
Boston, Mass, and has three children.  He occupied a farm on road 12,
the first settlers of which was William Greenwood, who located there
in 1765.

HENRY H. PIPER, son of Henry C., married Laura W., dau of Rev. George
M. and Persis (Weeks) Rice, has one child and resided on road 12.
He was appointed delegate to the Exposition of New Orleans for 1884,
by the Bureau of Education at Washington.

ASA POWERS, whose father, Elliot, was a soldier in the Revolution,
was a native of Temple NH, and married Rachel Cutler of the same
place.  He had but one child, ELLIOT POWERS, who married Mary,
dau of Joseph and Abagail Rollins.  Joseph W. Powers is their only
living son.

ASA PRATT, during the American Revoltuion, was a private in Capt.
Salmon Stone's company July-Sept 1777 and fought at Bennington and
Stillwater.

ABIJAH RICHARDSON, a native of Woburn, MA, and a soldier in the
Revolutionary war, was the first settler upon the farm on road 19,
where Luke F. and Malachi Richardson later resided.  He married
Elizabeth Richardson and reared seven children, two of whom are now
living.  His son Malachi Richardson married Tamesin, daughter of
Aaron and Mary (Townsend) Greenwood, and reared a family of seven
children, four of whom are now living.  He resided on the homestead
farm, where five old people are living; aged respectively 86, 86, 86,
79 and 75.

JAMES ROLLINS, during the American Revolution, was in Capt. John
Mellen's company for relief of Ticonderoga June-July 1777; enlisted
July 15, 1779 for one year and received 60 pounds bounty and 6 pounds
billeting money to Springfield, Mass.  He removed to Parkerstown,
Vermont (VT).

JOSEPH ROLLINS, during the American Revolution, was a member of Capt.
Othniel Thomas's company, Col. Daniel Reynold's regiment, for service
at West Point Sept 18-Oct 29, 1781; he died in Dublin NH Dec 20, 1836,
aged 73.

DR. HENRY H. SMITH, the only physician and surgeon of this town,
came here from Claremont NH in Oct 1865, commenced practice, and
remained. He married Arabella S., dau of Thomas and Sophia
(Appleton) Fisk.  He was a naval surgeon in the late war [Civil War], 
where he remained until its close.

JOHN STONE, during the American Revolution, was in Capt. Samuel
Twitchell's company for Rhode Island campaign Aug 1778; in 1780
he served in Capt. Benjamin Spaulding's company and went to West
Point.  In 1781 he enlisted for the war.  He received 13 shillings,
4 pence travelling money, Jaffrey to Cambridge.  He died in Dublin
NH Nov 1813, aged 62.

SILAS STONE, during the American Revolution, is named in Dublin's
Return of 1777, and was then 48 years old; he was in Capt. Samuel
Blodgett's company, Col. Enoch Poor's regiment.  Oct 6, 1775, he
was in Capt. Ben Bullard's company, Col. Jona. Brewster's regiment at
Prospect Hill.  His later history is unknown.

RICHARD STRONGMAN, during the American Revolution, was a private in
Capt. John Mellen's company June-July 1777.  He spent the rest of his
life in Dublin and died there Aug 12, 1791, aged 38.

WILLIAM STRONGMAN, during the American Revolution served in Capt.
Joseph Parker's company which went July 1776, to reinforce the
Northern army at Ticonderoga.  He removed to North Hero VT.

JOHN STROUD, during the American Revolution, was in Capt. Ben. Mann's
company, Col. James Reed's regiment 1775; in Capt. Salmon Stone's
company July to Sept 1777, in the Burgoyne campaign; in 1781 he
served from Peterborough.  He removed from Dublin and his later
history is not known.

JOHN SWAN, during the American Revolution, went in Capt. Abijah
Smith's company Sept 1776 to New York; in 1777 was a member of 
Capt. Samuel Blodgett's company, Col. Enoch Poor's regiment.
In 1779 he was in Col. George Reid's regiment; he is described as
38 years old, 6 ft tall, of light complexion and with blue eyes.
Other soldiers of the same name served from Peterborough and Sharon.

GARDNER TOWN, during the American Revolution, was in Capt. Joseph
Parker's company, July 1776; and in Capt. Samuel Twitchell's company
for the Rhode Island campaign August 1778.  He removed form Dublin.
He is supposed to have been the only slaveholder in Dublin.

DAVID TOWNSEND, a pensioner of the Revolution, came to what is now
Harrisville, from Lynn, Mass, and settled on the farm where Jabez
Townsend now lives. His son CHARLES M. TOWNSEND now occupies a farm
in Dublin on road 15.

ABIJAH TWITCHELL, during the American Revolution, served in Capt.
John Mellen's company June-July 1777. He died at Dublin July 11, 1777.
He was first taxed in Dublin in 1774.

SAMUEL TWITCHELL was the third permanent settlers. His first night
in the town he slept beside a large rock, which is still pointed out
to the curious from this circumstance.  He was then a young man
without family.  His father, Joseph Twitchell, of Sherborn, was an
agent for the proprietors (or a part of them), for procuring settlers
and for the sale of lands. 

SAMUEL TWITCHELL (probably the same as above) during the American
Revolution was Lieutenant in Capt. John Mellen's company which went
to reinforce the army at Ticonderoga, June-July 1777. He was captain
of a company for the Rhode Island campaign Aug 1778.  He died in
Dublin August 16, 1820.  He held higher rank than any other man who
served for Dublin in the Revolutionary War.

STEPHEN TWITCHELL, during the American Revolution, served as a private
in Capt. Abijah Smith's company. He also served in New York, Sept 1776.
He was in Capt. John Mellen's company June-July 1777. He removed from
Dublin and his later history is unknown.

ABRAHAM VAN NORTH, during the American Revolution, was in Capt. Samuel
Blodgett's company 1777; Jan 10 he is said to be absent from the
same company, Col. Nathan Hale's Regiment; he was in the 7th Co.,
Col George Reid's regiment 1780; His later history is unknown. He
paid taxes in Dublin 1774.

JACOB WELLMAN, son of Jacob, and a native of Linesboro [?Lyndeboro]
NH, was at the battle of Bunker Hill, under General Warren, and after
the war was honorable discharged and drew a pension.  His second wife
was Elizabeth Moore, who bore him 14 children. His son JOHN WELLMAN
married Betsey Moore of Bedford NH and reared nine children, six of
whom are now living. His second son, JESSE P. WELLMAN married
Acsah J. Coburn of Walton NH, has eight children and resided on road
39 in Dublin.

ROGER WESTON, son of Roger who was in the Revolutionary war and drew
a pension, married Deborah Lawrence of Mason NH, who bore him seven
children, all of whom are now dead.  His son ROGER WESTON, married
Mary Winn of Pepperell Mass, and had born to him four children, three
of whom are living.  His second son, SUMNER J. WESTON, married Sarah
Morse of Mason NH, and has 3 children. He resided on a farm on road 
37.

JOHN WRIGHT (WIGHT), during the American Revolution, served in Capt. 
Salmon Stone's company July 21-Sep 26, 1777 at Bennington and 
Stillwater; July 15, 1779 he enlisted for one year, receiving 60 pounds 
bounty. He removed from Dublin.  The name may be WIGHT, the names WIGHT 
and WRIGHT are often interchanged in the records.

SAMUEL WILLIAMS, during the American Revolution, was a private in
Capt. Mellen's company June-July 1777.  Four of his children m.
children of Thomas WHITE who removed to Cornish NH.

EBEN WOODS, during the American Revolution, recieved coat money in
Capt. Samuel Richard's company, Col. John Stark's regiment 1775;
he was in Capt. John Mellen's company with men from Dublin,
June-July 1777.  His later history is unknown.

OLIVER WRIGHT. [During the American Revolution] this name occurs of
frequently in the records that it is difficult to decide as to
identity.  There was a soldier of this name from Hollis, one from
Alstead, two probably from Marlboro, and possibly one from Dublin,
where Oliver Wright signed the Association Test 1776, and was on
the invoice list 1777. Oliver Wright was in capt. John Mellen's
company, 1777.  He and his family removed from Dublin.

EARLY TAX LISTS
In the tax-lists for 1760, 1761 and 1762 we find the names of
John Alexander in the first; John Alexander, William McNee, and
James Taggart in the second; and the following in the third: John
Alexander, William McNee, James Taggart, William Taggart, Henry
Strongman, Samuel Twitchell, Levi Patridge, William Greenwood and
Joseph Twitchell Jr.

From 1763 the population of the township increased with considerable
rapidity. New settlers came from various places--Sherborn, Natick,
Medfield, Holliston, Framingham [MA], Temple, Amherst [NH] and
elsewhere.  Of the earlier settlers, by far the greater number came
from Sherborn. In 1775 the population was 305. In 1768 a meeting of
the inhabitants of Monadnock No. 3 [as it was called them] was
held, with John Goffe, Esq. moderator.  The following officers were
chosen: Moses Adams, Eli Morse, John Muzzey, assessors; Joseph
Greenwood, clerk; Henry Strongman, collector; Moses Adams, commissioner
of assessment. [This John Goffe is probably Col. John GOffe of
Bedford NH].  The organiztion of the town was thus established.

The incorporation of the town took place in March 1771. The petition
was signed by Josiah Willard Jr. The town was incorporated by the
name of DUBLIN.  The petition indicates "described as a tract of
land "commonly called and known by the name of Dublin." When or
how long it had been commonly known by that name is not known.

Rindge (otherwise called Rowley Canada) was Monadnock #1; Jaffrey,
called Middle Monadnock or sometimes Middletown, was Monadnock No. 2;
Dublin or North Monadnock was Monadnock No. 3; Fitzwilliam, 
Monadnock No. 4; Marlborough, No. 5; Nelson, formerly Packersfield,
was Monadnock No. 6; Stoddard, which was Limerick, Monadnock No. 7;
and Washington, formerly Camden, was Monadnock No. 8.

The meeting for the organization of the town, under the charter,
was called, as provided in the instrument, by Thomas Morse, and
was held May 6, 1771.  Mr. Morse was chosen moderator.  The first
Board of Selectmen, then chosen, were Thomas Morse, Henry Strongman
and Benjamin Mason.  Joseph Greenwood was chosen town clerk.

Mr. Greenwood, for 20 years or more after this time, was by far the
most prominent business man in town.  He was town clerk in 1771,
and from 1776 for 17 years successively, during which time he was
also selectman ten years and town treasurer some part of the time.
He represented Dublin in the convention of delegates which met at
Exeter, May 17, 1775.  He was likewise a noted schoolmaster.
Furthermore, he was the first justice of the peace of the town.

At the second town meeting, held May 29, 1771 the town granted fifteen
pounds for preaching. 

The whole number of voters in Dublin in 1770 was only twenty-three.
A list of these voters, certified by Joseph Twitchell and John Muzzey,
two of the assessors of that year, contains the following names:
Levi Partridge, Thomas Morse, Eli Morse, William Greenwood, Joseph
Greenwood, Joseph Adams, Asa Norcross, Henry Strongman, Silas Stone,
Ivory Perry, Samuel Twitchell, Moses Mason, Joel Wight, Joseph
Twitchell, Ebenezer Twitchell, Reuben Morse, Daniel Morse, Benjamin
Mason, Moses Adams, John Muzzey, Eleazer Twitchell, Joshua Lealand,
and Edward West Perry. [The qualification for a voter at that period
was "twenty pounds estate to one single rate, beside the poll."

[SEE SEPARATE JPG file on the web site for the 1771 tax list]

In 1870 the township received a great curtailment of its territorial
limits.  Up to this time Nelson had bounded it on the north, the
boundary line passing through the center of Harrisville village.
But on the 2 of July of that year, all the northern part of the town
lying between the present northern line of the town and Harrisville
village, was set of towards forming, with the southern part of Nelson,
the NEW TOWNSHIP OF HARRISVILLE. 

It is supposed that the town of DUBLIN received its name from Dublin,
Ireland, as the early settlers of this territory were of Scotch-Irish
origin.

Among the early merchants were Joseph Abbot, Joseph Hayward,
Samuel Hamilton, Jonathan F. Southwick, Davison & Moore, Gershom
Twitchell, C.P. Jenskins and Ebenezer Greenwood. The details of 
manufactures, other than the few listed here, are listed under the
town of Harrisville.

The first physician was Dr. Nathan Burnap, who was in town as early
as 1776, and lived on lot 12, range 6. 

The first to graduate from college was Amos Twitchell, who graduated
from Dartmouth College [NH] in 1802.

The following bequests have bee made by different persons, the revenue
from which is to be used for public uses: Rev. Edward Sprague, for 
school puposes, $10,000 and for the Unitarian church $5,000; Samuel
Appleton, school fund, $1,000; Solomon Piper, said church, $1,000;
Betsey Twitchell, same, $500; Jacob Gleason, $1,350 for the same
purpose, and $1,3500. for the poor.

Joshua Stanford died here in 1855 at the age of 104 years, the oldest
person who ever lived in town.

THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
The first reference in the old town records to the War of the 
Revolution is under date of November 28, 1774 when twelve pounds was
voted for the town's stock of ammunition.

In March 1775 the town chose a Committe of inspection, who were to see
that the resolves of the Continental Congress were enforced.

On July 25, 1775, a document mentions a complaint by Ebenezer Hill
against Willard Hunt, stating that Hunt had taken possession of
some of Mr. Hill's hay that was in a meadow belonging to Samuel
Ames Jr. This document was signed by Benja Mason, Chairman.

In April of 1776 the following Dublin men signed the "Association 
Test:" John Swan, Richard Gilchrest, Thomas Morse, Eli Morse,
Joseph Greenwood, Moses Adams, Daniel Morse, Joseph Twitchel, Ebenezer
Twitchel, Samuel Twitchel, Stephen Twitchel, Simeon Johnson, Ivory
Perry, Benjamin Learned, John Morse, Henry Strongman, Joseph Adams,
Benjamin Mason, William Greenwood, Levi Partridge, Timothy Adams,
Eli Greenwood, John Knowlton, Simeon Bullard, John Muzzey,
Moses Johnson, Reuben Morse, Richard Strongman, Ithamer Johnson, 
Silas Stone Jr., Ezra Morse, Isaac Morse, Isaac Bond, Silas Stone,
Thomas Alden, Josiah Greenwood, Moses Greenwood, James Rollins,
James Chamberlain, Thomas Lewis, Samuel Williams, Ebenezer Hill,
Abijah Twitchel, Nathaniel Bate, William Strongman, William Yardley,
John Wight, Thomas Muzzey, Moses Pratt, Gershom Twitchel, 
Caleb Stanford, Jabez Puffer, Phinehas Stanford, Nathan Burnap,
Gershom Twitchel Jr., Gardner Town, and Oliver Wright.

Dublin had at least four men at Bunker Hill, namely, Jonathan Morse,
Richard Gilchrist, Thomas Green and John Swan.  The last-named of
these, it is said by Mr. Dunbar, in his "History of Peterborough,"
was on duty but not in the battle.  Mr. Gilchrist probably saved the
life of his friend Green, who was severely wounded, bearing him off
upon his back, in a fainting and almost expiring state, from the
field of battle to Medford.  Mr. Dunbar puts down Gilchrist, Green
and Swan as belonging to Peterborough.  But they were all three
taxed for a poll-tax in Dublin in 1775, and must, therefore, have
resided here on the 1st of April of that year.  Mr. Gilchrist, it is
presumed, never lived in Peterborough.
 John Swan was one of the most patriotic citizens of the town.
 Jonathan Morse must have been out during the greater part of the war.
The author of the "Memorial of the Morses" represents him to have
been in the battles of Bunker Hill, Bennington, Ticongeroga, and
Monmouth, and to have signalized himself by deeds of daring and acts
of magnanimity, some of which he recounts, and concludes with
saying, "In short, Jonathan was so humane and honest, so rough and
ready, that, had he lived to this time, he might have been President
of the United States."
  Thomas Hardy was in the service for some time.  There is a note
given to him by the selectmen, on behalf of the town, dated Apr 17,
1778, for sixty pounds, payable within ten months; and one of like
amount, date and tenor, to Jonathan Morse. [In April 1777 the town
had voted to give one hundred dollars "to each man sent for to this
town to join the three battalions now raising in this state."
 At the March meeting in 1779 a committee was chosen to hire 3
soldiers for the Continental battalions during the war, and then
again in February 1781 a committee chosen to hire the town's quota
of men to serve in the Continental army 3 years--one was Jonathan
Morse, one was John Stone [from a receipt dated March 19, 1781]...
the third was probably Hart Balch [as in Nov 1787 the town voted him
five dollars for the damange he had sustained by not having the
land cleared, which the town was to clear for him for his service
done in the army, in addition to a receipt of April 26, 1784
acknowledging the receipt from the town of keeping for a cow, 
firewood and house-room for one year].

The following is the list of Revolutionary soldiers from this town: 
[most of which, additional information is given on this page]
John Swan, Richard Gilchrest, Thomas Green, Thomas Morse, John Morse,
Henry Strongman, William Greenwood, Eli Greenwood, Reuben Morse,
Richard Strongman, Ithamer Johnson, Ezra Morse, James Chamberlain,
Nathaniel Bates, Samuel Twitchell, Lieut. Robert Muzzey, Hart Balch,
James Mills, Joshua Greenwood (1), Jonathan Morse, Micah Morse,
Micah Morse (1), Jabez Puffer, Thomas Hardy, John Stone and
Benjamin Mason.

A second list stating the soldiers in the War of the Revolution as
follows: John Swan, Richard Gilchrist, Thomas Green, Thomas Morse,
John Morse, Henry Strongman, William Greenwood, Eli Greenwood,
Reuben Morse, Richard Strongman, Ithamer Johnson, Ezra Morse,
James Chamberlain, Nathaniel Bates, Samuel Twitchell, Lieut. Robert
Muzzey, Hart Balch, James Mills, Joshua Greenwood 1st, Jonathan Morse,
Micah Morse, Micah Morse 2d, Jabez Puffer, Thomas Hardy, John Stone,
and Benjamin Mason.

NOTE: From those persons listed above as participating in the American
Revolution from Dublin, the following do not appear upon the
"Revolutionary Rolls" from New Hampshire.  This may be due to the
loss of certain rolls, or to their serving in Massachusetts regiments
who do not state the town from which the soliders came: namely,
Richard Gilchrist, Eli Greenwood, Thomas Green, James Mills,
Robert Muzzey, Jabez Puffer, Henry Strongman and Thomas Morse.  
  Richard Gilchrist is claimed by both Dublin and Peterborough. He
was taxed in Dublin for a poll tax in 1775, and in 1776 signed  the
Association test here.  It is not probable that he was ever a 
resident of Peterborough.  There is some evidence that he and Thomas
Green went from Swanzey to join the army at Cambridge.
  Eli Greenwood (a son of William Greenwood) is not found in the NH
Revolutionary rolls.  He died in Dublin Oct 8, 1827, aged 76.
  Robert Muzzey's name does not appear there, nor that of Jabez
Puffer, who died as it is believed in Dublin.  Robert Muzzey probably
served in the forces of Massachusetts from Holliston.  He removed from
Dublin to Sandy Creek, NY and died there Sept 9, 1831, ae 93.
  Jabez Puffer was a son-in-law of Capt. Thomas Morse.  it is 
probable that he was a Revolutionary soldier, but positive evidence
is lacking.
  Henry Strongman was probably above military age, yet he may have
seen service.  His name is not found on the Rolls.  He died in
Dublin 1786.
  James Mills served in the company of Capt. William Stilson,
Col. Isaac Wyman's regiment, July-Dec 1776.  He removed form Dublin
to Bethel, Me 1785 where he was killed by the fall of a tree 1790.
  Thomas Morse was a member of Capt. Abijah SMith's company, which
went to New York in the summer of 1776.  In the same company appears
the name of Eli Morse, who may have been one of the Dublin Morse's.
  Thomas Morse was in the company of Capt. Isaac Davis, Col. Sam.
Ashley's regiment which served at Ticonderoga Oct 21 to Nov 16, 1776.
He was also in Capt Elisha Mack's company, June-July 1777.  In 1778-
1779 he served in the Rhode Island campaign in Capt. Daniel Reynold's
company.  Thomas Morse (b 1748) appears to have made his home in
Keene, with his brother-in-law Daniel Wilson, and served with him in
Capt. Jere Stile's company and was present at the battle of Bunker
Hill.  Thomas Morse is said to have removed to Canada.
  Thomas Green was in the company of Capt. William Scott (Peterborough)
at Bunker Hill, where he was severely wounded.  He is credited in
the rolls to Swanzey and drew half pay as an invalid from Jan 1, 1776
to Jan 1 1779.  NH granted him a pension of 18 shillings a month after
1785.  Apparently he resided in Swanzey while drawing his pension.
He was returned in 1780 as 27 years old.  
  The case of Abel Twitchell, a brother of Capt Samuel Twitchell, may
be typical of several others.  He returned, it is said, to Sherborn,
Mass, his native place, and enlisted from that town.  It is likely
that his return to Sherborn, was late in 1775, or early in 1776.
It is also probable that he came back to Dublin some months after
the British evacuated Boston, March 1776.  Abel Twitchell died in
Dublin March 8, 1837.


WAR OF 1812-15
Only one man, George Washington Phillips, enlisted form the town,
and died in the service previous to the close of the war. A draft
was made, however, for soldiers to go to the defense of Portsmouth,
when the town sent out twelve men, paying a salary of $15 a month.
The British did not attack Portsmouth as was apprehended, so the
soldiers returned to their homes after a few weeks absence.

WAR OF THE REBELLION (Civil War)
The town had 115 men placed to its credit.  Of the sixty-one
volunteers, eleven were killed in battle, six were dangerously
wounded, two died of wounds, three were discharged on account of
wounds, seven died of disease, six were discharged for disability,
two died at home, of disease contracted while in the service, three
were made prisoners, one was drowned, and two deserted, making a total
death loss of twenty-three; of thirty-two recruits procured abroad
by the selectmen, two were killed in battle, two were discharged for
disability, one died of disease, three were captured by the enemy, 
seven deserted, one was slightly wounded, and three were not accounted
for; of the twenty-seven drafted men, thirteen were exempted, twelve
furnished substitutes, one paid commutation, one deserted; of the
twelve substitutes, two were wounded, seven deserted, one was
discharged, and two were mustered out of service; and of the ten
volunteer substitutes, furnished by different individuals, one died
of wounds, four deserted, one was captured by the enemy, one was 
absent sick, two were not accounted for, and one was mustered out of
service.

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY

THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY (UNITARIAN). The first meeting-house
was built by the proprietors by taxes assessed upon their shares.
At their first meeting, held in the township, in September 1764,
the fixed the place where the meeting-house should stand "by marking
a tree, and cutting down several small trees, near the east line of
the eleventh lot in the sixth range, where the land is to be set 
off..."  The spot thus selected, and on which the meeting-house was
built, is upon the high ground, across the old road, northly from the
burying-ground. In May 1767 at town meeting they voted to build a
meeting house, and chose Moses Adams, Henry Strongman and William
Greenwood, a committee "to take care to effect the work." After
several years delay, the pewground was planned out in 1773, but was
still not finished in 1778.  It is known that the meeting-house was
actually occupied in the winter of 1771.
  In 1808 it was voted "to build a new meeting-house" and a
nine-people committee was chosen including Samuel Twitch Esq.
Asa Fisk Jr., Eli Greenwood, Phinehas Gleason, David Townsend,
Isaac Appleton, Thaddeus Morse Esq., John Morse, and Aaron Appleton.
No report was made by this group. In 1810 another committee was
selected, Esq. Griffin of Packersfield; Esq. Farrar of Marlborough,
Esq. Gates of Hancock, Lieut. Buss of Jaffrey, and Mr. Oliver Carter
of Peterborough to pitch upon a spot for the meeting house to stand
in this town. They reported in November of the same year, and their
report was accepted [the record does not say what spot they pitched
upon, but it is supposed to have been north of Joseph Appleton's
blacksmith shop]. From this time until 1817 the town was in constant
turmoil over the site of the new meeting-house.  It was finally
located on School-House Hill and was completed in 1818.  This was
used until 1852, when a new church was erected.

The First Congregational (Unitarian) Society was originally organized
with forty members in 1772. Their first church building, erected in
that year, was succeeded in 1818, and that in turn by the present
built in 1852.
  The first pastor of the church was Rev. Joseph Farrar, who was
ordained June 10, 1772 and remained until June 7, 1776. He was
succeeded by Rev. Edward Sprague, November 12, 1777 who remained until
his death in 1817 [more in original document not included here].

CONGREGATIONAL cHURCH (TRINITARIAN)--November 21, 1827 the present 
Congregational Church was organized with the following members: Stephen 
J. Woods, Abijah Richardson, Thomas Hay, Luke Richardson, Martha Woods, 
Lucy Hardy, Rebekah Hay and ELizabeth Richardson.  They occupied the
meeting-house. The Rev. Samuel Harris remained as the hired pastor
two years. The church was dedicated in 1836, and the sermon
on the occasion was preached by the Rev. Dr. Bouton of Concord NH.
Rev. James Tisdale, who graduated at Brown University, Rhode Isaldn,
was engaged in the summer of 1836 and remained 3 years [more in the
original document not included here.] Their first house of worship
was a brick structure, erected in 1835.  The later edifice was
put up in 1877.

PHYSIcIANS--The first physician in Dublin was Nathan Burnap in 1776.
Others have been--Ward Eddy, A. Maynard, Benjamin Hills, Samuel
Hamilton, Moses Kidder, S.H. Spalding, Asa Heald, Daniel Carter,
J.H. Foster, S.S. Stickney, Dr. Eaton, R.N. Porter and J.G. Parker.

MASONIC--ALTEMONT LODGE NO. 26 was chartered June 14, 1815 with the
following members: Amos Heald, Stephen Harrington, Richard Strong,
Adam Johnson, Levi Fisk, Joseph Hayward Jr., Asa Fisk, Benjamin Hills
and Alexander Millikin. A dispensation from the Grand Lodge of
New Hampshire "empowered the said Amos Heald and others to assemble
at Dublin as a Lodge of Masons..." The first meeting was held at
Freemasons' Hall in Dublin July 3, A.L. 5815 [not a typo].  The first
officers were Amos Heald, Master; Stephen Harrington, Senior Warden;
Richard Strong, Junior Warden; Asa Fisk, Treasurer; Peter Tuttle,
Secretary; Levi Fisk, Senior Deacon; William Warren, Junior Deacon;
Aaron Lawrence, Joseph Gowing, Stewards; David Ames Jr., Tiler.
The lodge was subsequently removed to Peterborough.

The Post Office in Dublin was established 1810 or 1814, with Cyrus
Chamberlain postmaster.

The Dublin Social Library was established in 1793.

Schools were held in the town at an early day, but the first
school-houses were not erected until 1778, when it was voted to build
two.

CIVIL HISTORY
TOWN CLERKS from 1771-1886 
Joseph Greenwood 1771-1772, 1776-1778, 1779-1792
Eli Morse, 1773-1775
James Eames 1793
Andrew Allison, 1794-1797
Joseph Appleton 1826-1831
Thomas Fiske 1832-33
Dexter Mason 1835-42
Asa Heald 1843-45
Ebenezer Greenwood 1846-1859
James A. Mason 1859
Warren L. Fiske 1860-67, 1869, 1873-85
Thomas Fisk 1868, 1871-1872
Walter Harris 1870.

LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1790-1870
Reuben Morse, 1790
Samuel Twitchell 1792-1797
Thaddeus Mason 1795-1797, 1800
John Morse 1798-99, 1809
Isaac Appleton 1801-1807, 1812, 1816-1817
Andrew Allison 1808, 1818
Samuel Hamilton, 1810-1811, 1813-1815
Moses Marshall 1819
John Taggart 1820
Joseph Appleton 1822-1826
Samuel Adams 1827-1828
Rufus Piper, 1829-1831, 1838, 1840
John K. Smith, 1832-34, 1839
Richard STrong, 1835-1837
Calvin Mason 1842-1842
Moses Marshall, 1843-1846
Thomas Fisk 1847, 1857-1858
Cyrus Frost, 1848-1849
Jacob Gleason 1850-1851
Lovell Harris 1852
Thaddeus Morse, 1853-1854
Dexter Mason 1855-1856
Aaron Smith, 1859-1860, 1864-1866, 1869-1870
Calvin Mason 1861
Milan W. Harris 1862-1863
Henry C. Piper 1867-1868
Jesse R. Appleton, 1871-1872
James Allison 1873-1874
Walter J. Greenwood 1875-1876
Henry D. Learned 1877-1878, 1883-1884
Charles W. Gowing, 1879-1880
Warren L. Fiske, 1881-1882

DUBLIN AS A SUMMER RESORT--The high altitude, the invigorating
atmosphere and the delightful scenery have caused Dublin to be
become quite noted as a summer resort.  Many literary people find it
a healthful place in which to rest, and several residents of New
York City and Boston have erected elegant summer residences upon the
shadow of Mount Monadnock, upon the shores of the beautiful pond and
in the village, from which is presented a charming view of the
Lyndeborough Mountains and the intervening distance.  The
attractions are appreciated by numerous visitants, whose numbers are
increasing annually.

In 1880 DUblin had a population of 445 souls.  In 1884 the town
had six school districts and five common schools, and one high
school.  There wre 86 scholars taught during the year by one male
and eleven female teachers.  

MANUFACTURES
Moore Bros & Knight's grist-mill, saw-mill and threshing-mill is
located in the southern part of town.  This is the only saw-mill in
town. It was lately built by the gentlemen, who also manufacture
pail-stock.  The mill is operated by a turbine wheel, under an 18
foot head.



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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
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JESSE R. APPLETON
The Appleton family is well known in New England and elsewhere, and
many of its members are successful men in law, letters and lucre.
Their names stand side by side with those of Lawrence, Adams and others
prominent in Massachusetts.

JESSE RIPLEY APPLETON is a descendant in the seventh generation from
Samuel Appleton who came from England in 1636.  Samuel(2), his son,
was eleven years old at the time.  Isaac (3), fifth child of
Samuel (2) was born in 1664 at Ipswich, Mass.  Isaac (4), his third
child, was born in 1704 in Ipswich; he married Elizabeth Sawyer.
His son Francis (5) married, had children, among them Francis, born
May 28, 1759 at Ipswich, and Jesse A., who became president of Bowdoin
College.  
  Francis (6) Appleton Jr. a soldier in the Revolutionary war, was
born at Ipswich, Mass, May 28, 1759; when about twelve years of age, 
removed to New Ipswich with his parents, but, in 1786 [or 1780 one
source states], he settled in Dublin, NH, and after three years he 
married June 2, 1789, Mary [Polly] Ripley, a descendant of William 
Ripley, the English emigrant, who came to America and settled in 
Hingham, Mass in 1635, and died in 1656. He had children--John and Abraham.  The line to Mrs. Appleton is William (1), John (2), Peter 
(3), Peter (4), Noah (5) who married Lydia Kent. (She had nineteen children, of whom seventeen lived to maturity. Mrs. Lydia Ripley died 
in 1816, aged ninety-one, leaving thirteen children, one hundred and 
five grandchildren, and ninety-six great-grandchildren).  Mary was the 
fifteenth child; she was born September 3, 1766, and died AUgust 2, 
1840.   Francis Appleton made a home for himself and his wife on a lot 
of land worth about seventy dollars, given him by his father. He
felled the trees and cleared the land by persistent and laborious
exertions, and brought good, cultivated fields out of the tangled
wilderness, and became a farmer, as agriculture was the principal
occupation... Mr. Appleton and his wife, soon after their marriage
became members of the First Congregational Church, and in 1795,
Mr. Appleton was chosen deacon, which office he held thirty-six
years consecutively.  From the church records, "November 6, 1831.
At a meeting of the church, after divine service, Deacon Francis
Appleton tendered his resignation..."  His death occurred July 16, 
1849. The children of Francis and Mary (Riley) Appleton were Mary,
born September 22, 1792, married, February 16, 1813, Jonathan Warren;
Betsey, born February 12, 1794, died Sep 11, 1798; Ashley, born
December 23, 1796, married January 27, 1823, Nancy, dau of Captain
Thaddeus Metcalf of Keene; Francis Gilman, born February 24, 1799,
married, Sep 29, 1823, Mary Hayward; Eliza, born May 28, 1801,
married John Gould of Ipswich (they both died in 1840); Serena,
born June 1, 1804, married June 28, 1823, Thaddeus Morse Jr.;
Sophia, born Nov 15, 1806, married April 13, 1841, Thomas Fisk;
Jesse Ripley Appleton, youngest child, was born April 25, 1809 in
Dublin, and married APril 13, 1841, Louisa, dau of Thaddeus and
Lydia (Perry) Mason.  She died November 3, 1844.  He married, second,
March 11, 1852, Abbie Sophia, dau of Calvin and Rebecca (Kendall)
Mason. [The Mason family is an old and highly respected one in
New England].  Their children were Ellen R., born November 30, 1853,
died Sep 14, 1859, and Charles F., born April 6, 1856, married Lillian
G., Dau of Corydon and Abbie G. (Piper) Jones.  They have two
surviving children--Ellen E. and Arthur T.

JESSE APPLETON... left school, became a farmer, and succeeded to his
father's estate in 1834, and occupied the old homestead... He became
a member of the church before he was 25 years old. He was chosen
deacon in 1852. He was a life member of the Unitarian Association of
Boston, Mass.  He was a delegate to the Association at New York,
where was organized the National Unitarian Conference. He was in
close accord with the abolition movement [against slavery], and a
Republican. He represented the town of Dublin in the state legislature
for the term of 1871-72 [more in this document not included here].

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LEVI W. LEONARD, D.D. [excerpts only]
Born in Bridgewater (South Parish) Mass, June 1, 1790 and died in
Exeter NH 12 Dec 1864. Early days were spent on his father's farm, 
but an accident unfitting him for the severe labors of the farm,
he engaged in the, to him, more congenial pursuits of a student.
He graduated at Harvard University in 1815. He graudated at the
Cambridge Divinity School in 1818, and was two years the preceptor 
of Bridgewater Academy.  Early in the spring of 1820 he was asked to
supply the pulpit in Dublin a few week (6 Sept 1820) and he became
minister of the First Congregational Church. From 1822 to 1853 (31
years) he was the head of the school committee)... The degree of
Doctor of Divnity was conferred upon him by the corporation of
Harvard University in 1849. Dr. Leonard was twice married. His first
wife was Elizabeth Morison Smith, dau. of Hon. Samuel Smith,
the founder of Peterborough village. She died Sept 13, 1848. Two
children were born to them--William Smith born Oct 13, 1832, a
graduate at Dartmouth College in the class of 1856, and for the
last 25 years a practicing physician in Hinsdale NH; also Ellen
Elizabeth, born in June 25, 1846, who married Joseph H. Houghton,
and resided for many years in New Tacoma, Washington Territory.  He
married for his 2d wife,, Mrs. Elizabeth Dow Smith of Exeter NH,
widow of Samuel G. Smith, and soon after removed to Exeter where
he passed the declining years of his life.  He was buried in
Dublin NH. 



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