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History of Hancock, Hillsborough Co.,
NH
1764 - 1889
by William Willis Hayward
Publ: Lowell, Mass. Vox Populi Press: S. W.
Huse & Co.
1889
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PAGE |
| CHAPTER I. - |
Early Proprietors -
Incorporation |
1 |
| CHAPTER II. - |
Hancock Centennial |
8 |
| CHAPTER III. - |
Topographical Items |
55 |
| CHAPTER IV. - |
The Flora of Hancock |
60 |
| CHAPTER V. - |
Early Settlers |
67 |
| CHAPTER VI. - |
Sources of Income |
74 |
| CHAPTER VII. - |
Annals of the Town |
85 |
| CHAPTER VIII. -
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Annals of the Town (continued) |
127 |
| CHAPTER IX. - |
Annals of the Town (concluded) |
154 |
| CHAPTER X. - |
Church History |
188 |
| CHAPTER XI. - |
Marriages |
207 |
| CHAPTER XII. - |
Schools and Education |
224 |
| CHAPTER XIII. -
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Military History |
234 |
| CHAPTER XIV. - |
Societies |
242 |
| CHAPTER XV. - |
HANCOCK VILLAGE, Cemeteries,
etc. |
247 |
| CHAPTER XVI. - |
Roads and Bridges |
251 |
| CHAPTER XVII. -
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Society Land |
275 |
| CHAPTER XVIII. -
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BENNINGTON |
280 |
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER |
295 |
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APPENDIX |
1049 |
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INDEX |
1069 |
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS |
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William Willis Hayward |
Frontispiece |
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Map of Society Land |
4 |
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Centennial Committee
Orland Eaton, Joshua Stanley Lakin, John Peabody Hills. |
8 |
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First Meeting-Hosue, etc. |
19 |
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John Whitcomb |
24 |
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William Clark |
34 |
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Josiah Lafayette Seward |
37 |
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Daniel Goodhue |
47 |
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View of Centennial |
55 |
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Depot, Pond, and Village |
57 |
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Town Map |
67 |
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Plan of Pews |
109 |
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Present Meeting-house and
Town Hall |
158 |
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Ebenezer Hubbard |
168 |
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Abijah Hadley |
173 |
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Adolphus Carter Whitcomb |
174 |
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Archibald Burgess |
195 |
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Asahel Bigelow |
198 |
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Hervey Gulick |
200 |
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Hancock Common in 1840 |
229 |
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Whitcomb Library Building |
242 |
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Village, from the east |
247 |
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Village Plan |
248 |
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Hancock Junction |
275 |
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Bennington, from Darrah Hill |
283 |
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Goodell Co.'s Works |
285 |
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Algernon B. Baldwin |
322 |
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Bell |
340 |
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Shepherd L. Bowers |
377 |
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John Brooks |
397 |
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Brooks Group
John, Zophar Willard, Xenophon W., and Maro Spalding
Brooks |
399 |
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Arnold B. Burtt |
422 |
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Ninian Clark Place |
442 |
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Reed Paige Clark |
444 |
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Avery Monroe Clark |
445 |
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John Freeman Colby |
455 |
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Francis Kimball Cragin |
466 |
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John Addison Cummings |
477 |
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James Davis |
492 |
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Joseph Davis |
506 |
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John Dodge |
522 |
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Mrs. Sarah Miller (Duncan)
Upton |
536 |
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Christy Duncan |
539 |
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Richard Emerson |
561 |
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Joseph Hills |
656 |
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James Holmes |
658 |
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John Hosley |
667 |
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Ephraim Knight |
700 |
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Mr. and Mrs. Richard Taft |
706 |
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Elijah Knight |
718 |
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David Low |
740 |
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Morrison Coat-of-Arms |
776 |
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David Patten |
800 |
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Enoch D. Putnam |
827 |
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Charles Alexander Robbe |
837 |
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Josiah Stone |
885 |
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John Symonds |
893 |
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Mark True |
929 |
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Ebenezer Ware |
950 |
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Residence of Ebenezer Ware |
951 |
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Charles Wason |
980 |
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Ephraim Weston |
988 |
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William Weston |
993 |
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Amos Whittemore |
1019 |
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Jacob Abbot Wood |
1032 |
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Homestead of Salmon Wood,
Etc. |
1039 |
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ERRATA: |
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- line 6, read "sister town"
without the emphasis indicated by the italics. |
Page
6 |
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- line 17, for "Mrs. Davis,"
read Miss Dais," |
Page
12 |
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- line 2, insert "The success
of this part of the centennial programme is
largely due to Miss Antoinette Davis and Mrs. H.
R. Patten, Messrs. A. H. Knight and H. F.
Robinson. |
Page
13 |
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- line 3, for "Mrs. Simonds,"
read "Mrs. Symonds." |
Page
14 |
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- line 11, omit "a Mr.
Ferguson." |
Page
17 |
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- line 16, for "Aaron Barker,"
read "Aaron Parker." Same page, line 17,
for "Thomas Matthews," read "Thomas McMaster."
Same page, line 19, for "Daniel simes," read
"David Ames." |
Page
20 |
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- line 5. The number
lawyers, etc., were underestimated by the
speaker. |
Page
48 |
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- line 2, for "thee," read
"the." Same page, line 3, for "the," read
"thee." |
Page
50 |
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- line 29, for "it is
impossible," read "it is almost impossible." |
Page
56 |
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- line 14, after "Jack's,"
insert "or Warren's." |
Page
58 |
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- line 7, before the word
"Ferguson," insert "and." Same page, line
12, omit "after passing through a corner of
Peterboro it re-enters the town." |
Page
59 |
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- The map of the town is faulty
in making Ferguson brook pass into Peterboro'.
We were led into this error by copying from a
section of the Hillsboro county map of 1858.
At least two houses, standing in 1858, were
accidentally omitted - one known as the "Curtis
Johnson house," in the north part of the town,
and the "Morrison house," near Bradford's mill.
A house built later, near H. W. Ware's (see
Kelley), should have been inserted, and also Dea.
Asa Wood's new house. |
Page
67 |
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- line 2, for "probable," read
"possible." Same page, line 24, omit "if
at all." |
Page
69 |
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- line 32, for "Prentiss," read
"Prentice." |
Page
82 |
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- line 2, for "Mr. Spaulding,"
read "Mrs. Spaulding." |
Page
83 |
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- line 3, for "No. V," read
"No. IV." |
Page
84 |
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- for note at the bottom of the
page read "This location was the site of Pine
Ridge cemebery." |
Page
93 |
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- note at bottom of the page,
for "$50," read "$0.50." |
Page
161 |
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- line 34, "Symonds," read
"Simonds." |
Page
194 |
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- line 18, for "Symonds," read
"Simonds." |
Page
198 |
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- line 22, for "Aug. 10," read
"Sept. 10." |
Page
251 |
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- note, for "about 1863," read
"in 1863." In same note, for "an earlier
date, "read "in 1852." |
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-explanatory note, for "the
time is complete," read "the line is complete." |
Page
297 |
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- line 8, for "north-east,"
read "south-east." |
Page
299 |
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- line 28, for "Aug. 8, 1875,"
read "Aug. 8, 1795." |
Page
307 |
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- line 6, for "Newport," read
"Newport, Vt. Mr. Balcom now owns the
house marked 'M. Miller,' which he has improved.
One child, Florence Lillian4, b. July
6, 1888." |
Page
321 |
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- line 3, for "Marlboro'," read
"Marlboro', Mass." |
Page
335 |
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- Ambrose C. Blood res. at what
is now the "Forest house," and d. there. |
Page
352 |
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- under portrait, for "Zenophon,"
read "Xenophon." Same page, line 33, for "Alverey,"
read "Alverez." |
Page
399 |
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- line 5. There is a
mistake here in regard to the date of the birth
o f Mary Abigail Clark. No date was given
me, and this was copied from the History of
Amherst. I learn that she was b. Mar. 12,
1806. |
Page
440 |
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- line 38, for "1827, read
"April 28, 1829." |
Page
441 |
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- line 38, for "1827, read
"April 28, 1829." |
Page
441 |
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- under portrait, for "Arnold
Burtt, "read "Arnold B. Burtt." |
Page
422 |
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- line 9, for "Kitty," read "Hitty." |
Page
447 |
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- line 20, for "Boston, Mass.,"
read "Waltham, Mass." |
Page
461 |
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- line 2, for "Ezra," read
"Jabez." |
Page
465 |
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- line 18, for "Lizzie J.,"
read "Lizzie I." |
Page
471 |
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- line 11, for "Alonzo
Hubbard," read "Alonzo Hubbell, a Union
soldier." Same page, last line but one,
for "Samuel5 [5]," read "Samuel5
[4]." |
Page
551 |
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- line 14, for "1886," read
"1885." |
Page
569 |
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- line 11, for "Maj. John Gray3,"
read "Maj.-gen. John Gray3." |
Page
584 |
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- line 15, for "Mary," read
"Sarah." |
Page
589 |
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- line 26, after "res." insert
"at place marked 'A. Hall.' " |
Page
613 |
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- line 14, for "Crawell," read
"Crowell." Same page, line 30, for "Aug.
14," read "Aug. 17." Same page, line 31,
for "Sept. 29," read "Sept. 23." Same
page, line 34 for "Dublin, "read "New Ipswich." |
Page
648 |
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- Doctor Kittredge res. first
at place marked "Mrs. Marshall," in the village;
later at place marked "O. Nelson," which he
built and where he d. |
Page
698 |
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- Add to note "and a sister of
Noah Wheeler. (q. v.)" |
Page
711 |
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- line 15, for "Dec. 1809,"
read "April 3, 1810." |
Page
726 |
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- line 4, after "Sally2," add
"was a prominent teacher in her youth, and once
had Franklin Pierce, afterwards president of the
United States, for a pupil." |
Page
738 |
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