object of uncertain charity, as shown by the votes referring to one.

The grant of the township,. which had been named Londonderry in memory of the old home of the majority of the pioneers, was made June 21, 1722, by Gov. Samuel Shute to John Moor and one hundred and seventeen others, whose names appear upon page 41.

There is no gainsaying the fact that these new-comers were a fearless, hardy race. While determined efforts have been put forth to show that they were of Irish ancestry, there does not seem to be any sustained argument to show it. They were of Scotch descent, with a character founded during the stormy period of early Scottish struggles, confirmed and strengthened after their emigration to the north of Ireland in 1612 by their long and sanguinary conflicts against royal and ecclesiastical tyranny. Profound in their convictions, inflexible in their will and of strong sensibilities, they were indeed a hard people to crush. The story of sufferings and persecutions in religious and civil liberties had become such a stern influence in their lives, from generation to generation, it was small wonder if they displayed a continual spirit of obstinacy that seemed to contradict their love of liberty and fair play. Yet that very trait served to develop that faith in fair. doing, which has so marked the race. The outspoken opinions of the individuals and the fearlessness in giving these expression is shown by the frequent protests made at the town meetings against the prevailing actions.

In one respect the pioneers of Londonderry were fortunate. They did not suffer at the hands of the Indians. This, too, during the period when that fearful uprising and bitter struggle between the races known as Lovewell's war occurred before they had fairly entered upon their settlement. This immunity from harm has been explained in two ways. One explanation accounted for this peace through a friendship existing between Rev. Mr. MacGregor and Marquis de Vaudreuil, the French governor of New France. It is even claimed that the former, owing to this friendly relation, had induced

the Catholic priests not to allow the Amerinds to molest the Scotch people, as they were different from the English. Another reason explains that a fair and acknowledged Indian title, secured through the Wheelwright deed, had gained for them the friendship of this race. It is possible both of these. claims had some bearing upon the situation. But there are two other reasons more potent than these. The towns nearest to the rivers, which were the natural highways of the red men, were always the ones to suffer first and most. While Londonderry was not far removed from that important wartrail, the Merrimack, yet it lay out of the regular line of travel. This, coupled with the fact that the English settlers of Old Dunstable and Exeter were constantly beating back the enemies through their scouting parties, kept the Indians from entering their territory. Again, the Scotch had not been in this country long enough to have formed any enmity to the aborigines, especially when in order to do this they must ally themselves with a people against whom they had long cherished a bitterness of heart. One man from Londonderry, Samuel Moore, was with Lovewell in his second expedition.

During King George's War, 1744-1748, however, we find Londonderry beginning to participate in the struggle. Early in the summer of 1746 Capt. Samuel Barr, at the head of seventeen men, marched through the wilderness of the "North Country." Later in the season Capt. Andrew Todd went with twenty-three men to Canterbury, hoping to find some of the enemies and put them to rout. Some of the followers under these leaders were from Londonderry, but neither of the bands seemed to have met with foes, who had become too wily to be caught napping as they had in the days of Lovewell. Between the homes of these hardy pioneers and the headquarters of their enemies lay a wide belt of wilderness, the White Mountain range forming a natural barrier behind which the Indians found a common resort with the French. Thinking to meet them upon their own ground, Governor Shirley planned his Quixotic campaign, which has

passed into history as "The Expedition to Canada." Londonderry furnished her share of the soldiery of this march into the wilderness as far north as the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee, where the heavy body of foot soldiers rested, hunted, and fished without finding an Indian. While this was being done the Indians were active where they could be the most effective, and on the whole they got the best of the border warfare; but the day of reckoning came only a few years later. Several Londonderry men were with Major Rogers and his Rangers during the Seven Years' War, though I do not think any great number were in the service. Their activity was most noticeable in the American Revolution, and at Bunker Hill, Bennington, and elsewhere they performed heroic parts.

It seems proper to insert here the Muster Rolls of the men employed in His Majesty's service, scouting in the woods, by order of the Governor, under Captains Barr and Todd, all of whom I think were from Londonderry.

Enlisted the men the 16th of May, began our march 30th of

May, and discharged them the thirtieth of said month.

Sam'l Barr, Capt.

*Son of Rev. James McGregor, the first minister of Londonderry.-ED.

MUSTER-ROLL OF CAPT. ANDREW TODD.

Andrew Todd, Captain, Samuel Morrison, Sent.
William Holmes, Sergeant John Reside, Sent.

James Wilson, Sergeant,
William Brownlee, Sent.
Thomas Hogg, Sent.
John Miller, Sent.
Joseph Ayers, Sent.
Alexander Gault, Sent.
John Grimes, Sent.

James Boyce, Sent.

William McMaster, Sent.

James Leggett, Sent.

Hugh Thompson, Sent.
William Caldwell, Sent.
Adam Wilson, Sent.
Archibald Miller, Sent.
David Alexander, Sent.
Joseph Hamblee, Sent.
Samuel Marston, Sent.
Hugh Boyd, Sent.
Joseph Stewart, Sent.
Arthur Boyd, Sent.

Captain Todd and his men were scouting at Canterbury and vicinity fourteen days from the 14th of July, 1746.

The town was divided into two parishes by an act of the court approved February 25, 1740, after the matter had been agitated by the town for six years, and a vote taken December 1, 1735, but which was strenuously opposed by a good-sized minority. Petitions and counter petitions followed, until at last it was decided to make the division.

The southern portion of the grant was set off into a parish to be called Windham, February 12, 1742, the first meeting of which was called March 8, 1742, by Robert Dinsmore, Joseph Waugh, and Robert Thompson.

September 3, 1751, another part was severed from the original body and joined with a tract from Chester and ungranted land about Amoskeag falls and incorporated under the name of Derryfield.

A portion of Londonderry was annexed to Nottingham West, now Hudson, March 6, 1778.

Though we are passing the limit of the period covered by the following records, it may be well to state here that Windham received the estates of several persons from Londonderry September 26, 1777. November 26, 1778, Samuel Clark and

his estate were annexed to Windham. The line between the towns was not established by the courts until November 22, 1782. After this, December 25, 1805, Windham received another portion of Londonderry.

July 2, 1827, the remaining township was divided by an act of the legislature, the east half incorporated under the name of Derry.

MODERATORS, 1719-1762.

The moderators for this period acting at the annual meetings were as follows: James McKeen, 1719-1721; James Gregg, 1722; James Nichols, 1723; Robert Boyes, 1724; John Blair, 1725; Robert Boyes, 1726-1727; James Gregg, 1728; James McKeen, 1729; James Nesmith, 1730; James McKeen, 1731; Robert Boyes, 1732; Robert Wear, 1733; Robert Boyes, 1734-5; John Blair, 1736; Nathaniel Weare, 1737; Andrew Todd, 1738; Robert Boyes, 1739; John Morrison, Sen., 1740; Andrew Todd, 1741; Hugh Wilson, 1742-1748; Robert Boyes, 1749; Hugh Wilson, 1750-1752; John Mitchell, 1753; James Clark, 1754; Samuel Barr, 1755; James Clark, 1756; Andrew Todd, 1757-1762.

CLERKS, 1719-1762.

During the period of the records given here there were five town clerks, viz.: John Goffe, 1719-1722; John McMurphy, 1723-1736; John Wallace, 1737-1742; Moses Barnett, 17431749; James Nesmith, 1750-1753; Moses Barnett, 1754-1771.

REPRESENTATIVES, 1719-1762.

James McKeen, 1727-8; Lt. John Goffe, 1729-30; John McMurphy, 1731-2-3; Robert Boyes, 1734-5; James Gregg, 1736; Robert Boyes, 1737; Hugh Wilson, 1738; Robert Boyes, 1739-40; Samuel Barr, 1741; Andrew Todd, 1742; no election for 1743-4; John Wallace, Jr., January to June, 1745; John McMurphy (elected in June), 1745-54; Robert Clark, 1755-7; Matthew Thornton, 1758-60; Samuel Barr, 1761-7.

G. W. B.