New Chester; first settlement, about 1770, by Col. Peter Sleeper, Benj. Emmons and others.

BROOKLINE was formerly a part of old Dunstable. It was incorporated March 30, 1769, by the name of RABY. The name was altered in November, 1798.

BENTON was granted Nov. 6, 1766, to Clement March, Joseph Senter and others.

CAMPTON was granted in Oct. 1761, to Capt. Jabez Spencer of East Haddam, Ct.; first settlement made in 1765, by two families of the name of Fox and Taylor; it derives its name from a camp built by the first surveyors of the town.

CANAAN was granted by charter, July 9, 1761, to 62 persons, mostly from Connecticut, and took its name from Canaan in that State. The settlement was begun in the winter of 1766-7, by John Scofield, who, it is said, drew his effects from Connecticut river by hand-sled, 14 miles, over a crust of snow.

CANDIA was originally a part of the township of Chester, incorporated Dec. 17, 1763; said to have been named by Gov. Benning Wentworth, who was once a prisoner on the island of Candia (the ancient Crete). A settlement was begun as early as 1748, by William Turner; and in 1755, by John Sargent and a few others.

CENTRE-HARBOUR, or rather Senter Harbour, so named for Col. Joseph Senter, a prominent man, who settled there in 1767.

CHATHAM was originally granted to Col. Peter Livius and others, Feb. 7, 1767.

CLAREMONT was granted October 26, 1764, to Josiah Willard, Samuel Ashley and 68 others; it received its name from the country seat of Lord Clive, an English general; a settlement was begun in 1762, by Moses Spofford and David Lynde; in 1767, new settlers came in from Connecticut. The early settlers were about equally divided as Episcopalians and Congregationalists.

COLEBROOK was originally granted to Sir George Colebrook-and hence the name; incorporated 1790.

COVENTRY was granted January 31, 1764, but not settled till after the commencement of the Revolutionary war.

DANBURY was first settled in Nov. 1771, but not incorporated till June 18, 1795.

EAST KINGSTON was incorporated Nov. 17, 1738. Among the early settlers were William and Abraham Smith, who settled near the center of the town.

EFFINGHAM, formerly Leavitts-town, was settled a few years before the Revolution.

ELLSWORTH, formerly called Trecothick, was granted May 1, 1769. ENFIELD, formerly called Relhan, was incorporated by charter, granted to Jedediah Dana and others, July 4, 1761.

ERROL, granted Feb. 28, 1774.

FITZWILLIAM, formerly Monadnock, No. 4, incorporated May 19, 1773, and took its present name from the Earl of Fitzwilliam, Eng.

GILFORD was formerly a part of Gilmanton; it was settled in June, 1778, by James Ames and S. S. Gilman, but not incorporated until June 16, 1812.

GRAFTON was granted Aug. 4, 1761, to Ephraim Sherman and others; first settlement was made in May, 1772, by Capt. Joseph Hoyt, from

Poplin. Capt. Alexander Pixley and wife were the second family which settled there.

GREENFIELD was first settled in 1771, by Capt. Alexander Parker, Major A. Whittemore, Simeon Fletcher and others; and was incorporated June 15, 1791.

HANCOCK, so named in honor of Hon. John Hancock, of Boston, who was one of the original proprietors, was incorporated Nov. 5, 1779. A settlement was begun there by John Grimes in May, 1764.

HAVERHILL was known in early times by the name of the Lower Cohos. It was granted by charter May 18, 1764, to John Hazen and 94 others; Mr. Hazen began the settlement the same year on what is called Little Ox Bow. The first court was held there Oct. 21, 1773; Rev. Peter Powers, from Hollis, was settled as the firs: minister in 1765.

HAWKE, now Danville, derived its name from Admiral Hawke of the British navy; was incorporated Feb. 22, 1760; but settlements were made by Jacob Hook, Jonathan Sanborn and others, as early as 17351739.

HENNIKER was first granted by the Masonian Proprietors under the name of Number 6, to James and Robert Wallace and others from Londonderry; settlement commenced in 1761; incorporated Nov. 10, 1768, and called Henniker, by Gov. John Wentworth, in honor of his friend, John Henniker, a merchant in London and member of the British parliament. This town was formerly classed with Hillsborough.

KEENE, whose original name was Upper Ashuelot, was incorporated April 11, 1753, by its present name, in honor of Sir Benjamin Keene, British minister in Spain, and contemporary with Gov. Benning Wentworth, who in early life visited that country. Settlements were begun as early as 1736; being a frontier town, it was repeatedly attacked by Indians.

LANGDON, SO named in honor of Gov. John Langdon of New Hampshire, was first settled by Seth Walker in 1773; by Nathaniel Rice and Jonathan Willard in 1774; but it was not incorporated until Jan. 11, 1787.

LEBANON was granted July 4, 1761, to sixty-two proprietors from Norwich, Mansfield and Lebanon, Ct..-friends and some of them parishioners of Dr. Eleazer Wheelock; this was the first town settled on Connecticut river north of Charlestown, No. 4. A Congregational church was formed in 1771, and Rev. Isaiah Potter installed in 1772. LEE was originally a part of Durham, and was incorporated Jan. 16, 1766.

LINCOLN was granted Jan. 31, 1764, to James Avery and others, but not settled till after the Revolution.

LOUDON was formerly a part of Canterbury; was incorporated Jan. 23, 1773 but settlements had been made in 1760, by Abraham and Jethro Bachelder and Moses Ordway. It derived its name from the Earl of Loudon, Eng.

LYMAN was granted to Daniel Lyman and others, Nov. 10, 1761. MANCHESTER, formerly known as Derry-field (which was incorporated Sept. 3, 1751,) was formed from a part of Londonderry and a part of Chester. It was famous in early times for a fishing place at the Amoskeag Falls; was incorporated by its present name in 1810, and is now distinguished as the most populous and opulent city in New Hampshire.

MARLBOROUGH, formerly Monadnock, No. 5, was granted by charter April 29, 1751, to Timothy Dwight, Esq., of Northampton, Ms., and 61 others; the charter was renewed Sept. 21, 1764. Settlement was begun about 1760 by a Mr. McAlister, William Barker, Abel Woodward, Benj Tucker and Daniel Goodenough; and the town was incorporated Dec. 13, 1776.

MASON, formerly known as Number 1, and settled as early as 1751, was granted by charter Aug. 26, 1763.

MEREDITH was first called New Salem, and was incorporated Dec. 30, 1763.

MIDDLETON was incorporated March 4, 1778; the first settlers were from Lee and Rochester, N. H.

MILFORD was formerly known as the South West Parish of Amherst. It was not incorporated with its present name till Jan. 11, 1794.

MONT VERNON was originally a part of Amherst; its settlement commenced early, but it was not incorporated as a distinct town till Dec. 15, 1803.

MOULTONBOROUGH was granted by the Masonian proprietors, Nov. 17, 1763, to Col. Jonathan Moulton and 61 others, principally from Hampton; settlements commenced the next year.

NELSON was formerly known as Monadnock, No. 6; it was granted by the Masonian proprietors, and chartered Feb. 22, 1774, by the name of Packersfield, from Thomas Packer, who owned about one half of it. It took the name of Nelson in June, 1814.

NEW CHESTER (now HILL, in honor of Gov. Isaac Hill,) was granted Sept. 14, 1753, to $7 proprietors; the first settlement was in 1768, and incorporated Nov. 20, 1778.

NEW HAMPTON was incorporated Nov. 27, 1777, and called New Hampton at the desire of Col. Jonathan Moulton, an original proprie tor from Hampton. There is a tradition that Col. Moulton, in 1763, having an ox weighing 1400 pounds, fattened for the purpose, hoisted a flag upon his horns and drove him to Portsmouth as a present to Gov. Benning Weutworth, asking only of the Governor as a favor, to have a grant of a Gore of land lying near the town of Moultonboroughwhich, the record shows, was granted.

NEWINGTON is one of the old historic places or parishes of the State. It was embraced in what is called the Squamscut or Hilton's point Patent; and in it was was the Bloody Point. A part of Newington was claimed to lye in Dover and a part in Portsmouth. The name Newington was given by Gov. Dudley May 12, 1714; its bounds were settled July 28, 1714, at which time it was called a Parish. It had town privileges as early as 1737; but when incorporated, is not definitely ascertained. The late John Farmer, Esq., said it was in July, 1764. [See Prov. Pap. Vol. 3, pp. 562, 574, 586, 587, Vol. 4, pp. 824-826.]

NEW LONDON, first called Dantsick, was incorporated June 25, 1779; a settlement, however, was begun by Nathaniel Merrill and James Lamb, Eliphalet Lyon and Ebenezer Hunting, probably as early as 1775.

NORTH HAMPTON was formerly a parish in Hampton, known as North Hill. Settlements were early begun, and it was incorporated as a distinct township, Nov. 26, 1742.

NORTHUMBERLAND was first settled about 1767, by Thomas Burnside and Daniel Spaulding; it was incorporated Nov. 16, 1779.

NORTHWOOD, originally a part of Nottingham, was settled March 25,

1763, by Moses Godfrey, John Bachelder, Increase Bachelder, from North Hampton; and Solomon Bickford from Durham, in December, the same year.

ORANGE was granted by the name of Cardigan, Feb. 6, 1769, to Isaac Fellows and others. Its settlement commenced in 1773-4, by Silas Harris, Benjamin Shaw, David Eames, Col. Elisha Bayne and Capt. Joseph Kenney.

PLAINFIELD was granted August 14, 1761, and was settled in 1764, by L. Nash and J. Russell. The name is derived from a town in Connecticut where the proprietors held their first meeting.

POPLIN, now called Fremont, was incorporated June 22, 1764.

RAYMOND was originally a part of Chester, called Charming-fare. It was made a distinct parish in 1762, and incorporated as a town, May 9, 1765.

RICHMOND was granted to Joseph Blanchard and others, Feb. 28, 1752, and settled within five or six years afterwards by people from Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

SANDOWN was originally a part of Kingston, and was incorporated April 6, 1756.

SANDWICH was originally granted by Gov. Benning Wentworth, Oct. 25, 1763. six miles square. On the 5 Sept. 1764, an additional grant was made to the territory on the east and south, called Sandwich Addition.

SEABROOK was formerly a part of Hampton Falls. Settlements commenced here in 1638, by Christopher Hussey, Joseph Dow and Thomas Philbrick. It was granted June 3, 1768, to Jonathan Weare, John Moulton and others. A Presbyterian society was formed here in 1764.

SPRINGFIELD was granted Jan. 3. 1769, by the name of Protectworth, to John Fisher, Daniel Warner and 58 others. Its first settlement was made in 1772, by Israel Clifford and son, Nathaniel Clark, Samuel Stevens and others. It was not incorporated by its present name till Jan. 24, 1794.

STODDARD was formerly called Limerick; a settlement begun in June, 1769, by John Taggard, Reuben Walton, Richard Richardson, Åmos Butterfield, Joseph Dodge and Oliver Parker. It was incorporated Nov. 4, 1774, by the name of Stoddard, in honor of Col. Samson Stoddard of Chelmsford, Ms., an original grantee.

STRATFORD was incorporated Nov. 16, 1779.

SURRY was originally a part of Gilsum and Westmoreland; was incorporated March 9, 1769, deriving its name from Surry in England; a settlement was begun by Peter Hayward in 1764.

SUTTON was granted in 1749, by the Masonian proprietors, and first called Perrys-town, from Obadiah Perry, an original and principal proprietor; a settlement was commenced in 1767, by David Peaslee. TAMWORTH was granted Oct. 14, 1766, to John Webster, Jonathan Moulton and others, and was settled in 1771, by Richard Jackman, Jonathan Choate, David Philbrick and William Eastman.

TEMPLE is the easterly part of what was called Peterborough Slip-incorporated Aug. 26, 1768.

THORNTON is understood to derive its name from Hon. Matthew Thornton; it was granted July 6, 1763, to Matthew, James and Andrew Thornton and others; settlement made in 1770, by Benjamin Hoyt; and it was incorporated Nov. 8, 1781.

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TUFTONBOROUGH was granted to J. Tufton Mason, from whom the name; was settled about 1780, but not incorporated till Dec. 17, 1795. UNITY was granted by charter July 13, 1764, to Theodore Atkinson, Meshech Weare, and 45 others-called Unity from the termination of a long dispute between claimants in Kingston and Hampstead. Settlement was begun in 1769, by John Ladd and Moses Thurston.

WALPOLE was first known by the name of Great Fall; its first settlement was made in 1749 by Col. Benjamin Bellows; it was granted to Col. Bellows and 61 others, Feb. 16, 1752. For some time it was a border town exposed to the attacks of Indians, but was bravely defended.

WARREN was granted by charter July 14, 1763.

WASHINGTON was first known as Monadnock, No. 8; was granted by the Masonian proprietors to Reuben Kidder of New Ipswich, who began a settlement in 1768, and was called Camden till Dec. 13, 1776, when it took the name of Washington.

WENDELL, now Sunapee, was granted by the name of Saville, Nov 7, 1768; settled by emigrants from Rhode Island in 1772, and incorporated April 4, 1781, deriving its name from John Wendell, a principal proprietor.

WHITEFIELD was granted July 4, 1744, to Josiah Moody and others, and soon after settled by Major Burns and others-the name, probably, for Rev. George Whitefield, who preached in New England about that time.

WILMOT. The greater part of Wilmot was originally included in a grant made by the Masonian proprietors in 1775 to Jonas Minot, Matthew Thornton and others. It was not incorporated till June 18, 1807.

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