PROBATE RECORDS
ON THE
.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
VOL. II
1718--1740
STATE PAPERS SERIES
VOL. 32.
HENRY HARRISON
METCALF
Editor of State
Papers
OTIS GRANT
HAMMOND
Assistant
BRISTOL, N. H.
R. W. MUSGROVE PRINTER
1914
JOINT RESOLUTION relating to the preservation and publication of portions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
That His Excellency the Governor be hereby authorized and empowered, with the advice and consent of the Council, to employ some suitable person — and fix his compensation, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated — to collect, arrange, transcribe, and superintend the publication of such portions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire as the Governor may deem proper; and that eight hundred copies of each volume of the same be printed by the state printer, and distributed as follows: namely, one copy to each city and town in the state, one copy to such of the public libraries in the state as the Governor may designate, fifty copies to the New Hampshire Historical Society, and the remainder placed in the custody of the state librarian, who is hereby authorized to exchange the same for similar publications by other states.
Approved August 4, 1881.
Albert S. Batchelder, Editor of State Papers:
You are hereby authorized to arrange, transcribe, and superintend the publication of such abstracts of the early records of wills and probates of persons and estates relating to the provincial period of New Hampshire as are available, the material being so prepared as to avoid the transcription and publication of merely formal and immaterial parts of documents, and arranged in a chronological order, beginning with the earliest accessible papers and records.
You will also cause such explanatory notes, citations, tables of contents, and indexes as you may deem useful to be prepared and made a part of this work.
This I deem proper to be done, and these directions are given in accordance with the authority vested in me as Governor by the provisions of the joint resolution relating to the preservation and publication of portions of the state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire approved August 4, 1881.
Given under my hand at Concord this 2nd day of January, 1897.
CHARLES A. BUSIEL, Governor.
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
To Henry H. Metcalf, Esquire, Greeting:
KNOW YOU, That we, reposing especial trust and confidence in your Fidelity and Ability, have constituted and appointed you Editor and Compiler of Early Province arid State Papers, Hereby giving and granting unto you, the said Henry H. Metcalf, all the power and authority given and granted by the Constitution and Laws of our State to an Editor and Compiler of said Papers, To HAVE AND TO HOLD THE SAID OFFICE, With all the powers, privileges, and immunities to the same belonging, for the term of ——— years, from and after July 11, 1913, provided you are of good behavior during said term.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused our seal to be hereunto affixed.
WITNESS, Samuel D. Felker, Governor of our State, at Concord, this 11th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty eighth.
By his Excellency the Governor, with advice of the Council.
EDWARD N. PEARSON, Secretary of State.
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
MERRIMACK SS. July 14, 1913.
Then the said Henry H. Metcalf took and subscribed the Oath of Office as Editor and Compiler as prescribed by law.
Before us,
EDWARD N. PEARSON
ARTHUR L. WILLIS,
Justices of the Peace, Quorum Unus.
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The work of preparing and arranging the material for this second volume of Probate Records (Vol. 32, N. H. State Papers) was well under way when the present incumbent of the office of Editor of State Papers entered upon his duties, July 14, 1913, succeeding the Hon. Albert S. Batchellor of Littleton, who assumed the position October 27, 1890, and continued therein, with conspicuous zeal and fidelity, till his decease, June 15, 1913. A considerable portion of the composition and press work had also been done, and the work has been carried out as planned, the preparation of copy, compilation of index, proof reading, etc., being in charge of Mr. Otis G. Hammond, the efficient assistant of Mr. Batchellor throughout his long period of service, who is retained in similar position by the present incumbent.
Volume One of these records covered the period from 1635 to 1717, including copies or abstracts of all wills, probates, inventories, etc., pertaining to the estates of residents of the province, so far as the same could be secured, from the province records, or available outside sources. This second volume covers the time from 1718 to 1740, inclusive, the material increasing in volume, naturally, with the increase of population and the number and importance of estates; so that, undoubtedly, two or more volumes will be required to include the records for the remainder of the period up to 1771, when the Province was divided into counties and separate Probate Courts and registries soon after established.
In concluding his Historical Note in Volume One, introductory to this series of State Papers, Mr. Batchellor remarked:
"In the absence of anything but fragmentary minutes of the proceedings of the Governor and Council as an executive body, it may be difficult to trace, especially in the official records and files,
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the personnel of this court, but there is probably data among the records and files of the probate court by which the judges and registers from 1692 to the Revolution, may be identified with substantial accuracy."
A careful examination of the records covering the period enables us to establish the succession of Probate Judges with measurable accuracy, and it is not impossible that the Registers and their approximate terms of service might also be determined by farther investigation, which may hereafter be undertaken. For the present it may be stated that the first person serving as Judge of Probate, distinctively, in the province, was Thomas Packer, who acted in that capacity as early as December, 1693, and up to 1697. Judge Packer received his commission from Lieutenant-Governor John Usher, acting as Governor in the absence of Governor Allen, who, under the commission of the latter, was authorized to "constitute and establish" courts and "constitute and appoint" judges. His first official service, so far as determined from the records, was in December, 1693, and he continued in office until January, 1696/7, when he was removed by order of John Hinckes, President of the Council, and the Council, Hinckes having assumed executive power upon the ground that Usher's commission as Lieutenant-Governor was revoked, in effect, by the commission issued to William Partridge, June 26, 1696. Judge Packer was a physician and surgeon by profession, a native of London, who came to this country early in life, was for a short time at Salem and removed thence to Portsmouth about 1687, where he afterward resided, becoming prominent in his profession and active in public affairs. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the militia, from which office he was removed at the same time as from that of Judge of Probate. He was a Representative in the General Assembly from Portsmouth in 1717, and was chosen Speaker. In 1719 he became a member of the Council, serving till his death in 1723; also for several years as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He was one of the proprietors of the town of Gilmanton.
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The second incumbent of the office was Nathaniel Fryer of Newcastle, then a part of Portsmouth, who seems to have entered upon his duties early in 1697, upon appointment of President Hinckes, continuing through the following year. Judge Fryer was originally a sailor or mariner, and had resided in Boston, where he was admitted a member of the Second Church in 1654, but soon after removed to Portsmouth. He became active in public affairs, serving as a selectman in 1664-5-6, 1669, 1670, 1673, 1675, 1677-8-9 and 1680. He was also a commissioner for the trial of small causes from 1666 to 1670, and county treasurer for a number of years from 1668, chosen in pursuance of an agreement by the towns of Dover and Portsmouth, constituting a county by themselves, distinct from the County of Norfolk, whose courts were held at Hampton and Salisbury. In 1678 he served on a commission to treat with the Indians. In 1683 he was appointed a member of the Council to fill a vacancy, and was again a member of the Council under Gov. Allen in 1692, and under Gov. Dudley in 1702-3, being dismissed Nov. 4, 1703, at his own request. He was Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas from December 1693 to June 1695. He died August 13, 1705.
From 1699 to 1703, inclusive, Lieutenant-Governor William Partridge exercised the function of Probate Judge for the province, but in October of the latter year Joseph Smith, who had been commissioned as Judge, assumed the duties of the position and continued therein through 1708. Judge Smith was born about 1653, either in Exeter or Hampton, in which latter town he spent most of his life, serving as selectman seven years in all, and as a Representative in the Assembly in 1692, 1708, 1709 and 1716, He was Colonel in the militia; treasurer of the Province in 1696; Councilor in 1698-9; an Assistant Justice of the Superior Court from 1693 to 1696 and Chief Justice till 1699. He was three times married, his first wife being Dorothy, eldest daughter of the Rev, Seaborn Cotton, the noted minister of Hampton, He died November 9, 1717.
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Col. Richard Waldron of Dover, son of the noted Major Waldron, was the next in line, entering upon his duties early in 1709 and continuing through 1729 —— a longer term than any other incumbent. Col. Waldron enjoyed an extended and notable public career. He was born in Dover in 1650, and by occupation was a merchant, at first in Dover and later in Portsmouth where he resided till his father's death at the hands of the Indians in 1689, when he returned to Dover. He was a deputy in the first Provincial Assembly in 1680, and in April 1681 was chosen a Councilor to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of President John Cutt, being then Speaker of the Assembly, and was named, also, as a member of the Council in the Commission of Edward Cranfield as Lieutenant-Governor, dated May 9, 1682, and continued until removed the following year. In 1684 he was a Representative in the Assembly from Portsmouth, and Speaker, and was returned the following year. In 1692 he again became a member of the Council and continued several years. In 1699 he was made Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, holding the position for many years. He was twice married., his first wife being Hannah, daughter of John Cutt, and the second, Eleanor, daughter of Maj. William Vaughan. He died November 3, 1730.
From 1730 till 1737, inclusive, Benjamin Gambling, who had been for many years previous the register, held the office of Judge of Probate. Judge Gambling was a native of Roxbury, Mass., born about 1681. He graduated from Harvard College in 1702 and is recorded as of Portsmouth in 1709, when he was serving as clerk of the Court of Common Pleas. He was sheriff of the Province from 1717 till 1728, Representative in the Assembly in 1727 and 1728, a member of the Council from 1732, and a Judge of the Superior Court from 1733 till his death, September 1, 1737.
Immediately following the death of Judge Gambling, Richard Waldron, son of Col. Richard Waldron, who had been known as Richard Waldron, Jr., was appointed to the office, and was serving therein in October, 1737, as the record shows. He continued till 1742, when he was removed by Gov. Wentworth and Andrew
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Wiggin appointed in his place. This Richard Waldron was born February 21, 1694, and graduated from Harvard College in 1712, when only eighteen years of age. His home was at first in Dover, but he removed, after a time, to Portsmouth. He became a member of the Council in 1728, and Secretary of the Province soon after. In 1749 he was a Representative and Speaker of the Assembly. He is spoken of by historians of the period as a man of high attainments and great literary ability. He died in 1750.
Andrew Wiggin, who succeeded Richard Waldron as Judge of Probate in 1742, served in the office till 1756. Judge Wiggin was born in Squamscott, a section of Exeter now Stratham, January 6, 1672. He was a selectman of Exeter in 1699, 1712 and 1714. It was through his efforts that the town of Stratham was incorporated, and he represented it in the Assembly for a long time, and served, also, as Speaker for several years, from 1728. He was a Judge of the Superior Court from 1729 till 1732. He died early in 1756, his will having been proved on February 6 of that year.
The next incumbent of the office was Richard Wibird, of Portsmouth, son of Richard, who was prominent among the early settlers and built the first brick house in town. He was born July 7, 1702, and graduated from Harvard College in 1772. He held the office of Collector of Customs under Governor Belcher in 1730 and later, and was a member of the Council in 1741. He was made Judge of Probate in 1756 and served till his death, September 25, 1765.
The last incumbent of the office before the division of the province into counties, was John Wentworth, who was appointed upon the death of Judge Wibird, and continued till his own death in 1773. There has been no little confusion over the name of John Wentworth in our early historical records, no less than five men of prominence in our colonial history figuring under that name, which was also again made notable in more recent years by a son of New Hampshire and a scion of the same family, who became Mayor of Chicago and a Representative in Congress from
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Illinois in the middle of the last century. These five were the famous "Lieutenant-Governor" John Wentworth; "Judge" John or "Colonel" John, who was a resident of that part of Dover which became Somersworth and later Rollinsford, who was a colonel in the militia, a judge of the first Strafford County Court of Common Pleas, and chairman of the first Revolutionary Congress in the state held at Exeter July 21, 1774, to elect delegates to the Continental Congress; John Wentworth, Jr., son of the latter, who was an eminent lawyer of Dover, a member of the Assembly and Council, and a delegate in the Continental Congress in 1778, when he was one of the signers of the original articles of Confederation; "Sir" John Wentworth, the last of the royal governors, who left the country in 1775, and John, the son of Lieutenant-Governor John Wentworth, the incumbent of whom we now speak, who was born in Portsmouth, October 19, 1703, graduated from Harvard College In 1723, and who was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1754 till his death.
It is worthy of note that the men who held the office of Judge of Probate during the colonial period were, almost without exception, men of high character, of superior education for the times in which they lived, of recognized ability and of commanding influence in their respective communities in the province at large, qualifications not always so conspicuous in these latter days in the incumbents of like and other prominent positions.
HENRY H. METCALF.
Editor of State Papers.
LIST OF ESTATES
Abbott, John, Portsmouth, 1721/2 147
John, Portsmouth, 1735 536
Alcock, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1726 287
Alden, Thomas, Dover, 1732 442
Alexander, James, Londonderry, 1729/30 371
Allard, James, Gosport, 1722 150
James, Newcastle, 1727 307
Allen, Jude, Stratham, 1738 719
Almary, George, 1734/5 527
Robert, 1733 497
Ash, Thomas, Dover, 1717/18 2
Atkinson, Theodore, Newcastle, 1719 90
Ayers, Edward, Portsmouth, 1723/4 209
Thomas, Portsmouth, 1722 157
William, Londonderry, 1733 478
Babb, Sampson, Portsmouth, 1735/6 563
Ball, Peter, Portsmouth, 1725/6 266
Bonfield, Hugh, Portsmouth, 1727 323
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1735 528
Banks, John, Dover, 1724/5 255
Barker, Enoch, Portsmouth, 1727 320
Barnes, William, Portsmouth, 1738 713
Barton, John, Gosport, 1733 470
Batchelder, Benjamin, Hampton, 1717/18 1
Jethro, Hampton, 1723 166
Nathaniel, Hampton, 1736 595
Nathaniel, Jr., Hampton, 1723 176
XII LIST OF ESTATES
Bean, Daniel, Kingston, 1718 36
John, Exeter, 1719 82
Samuel, Kingston, 1737 640
Samuel, Exeter, 1737/8 691
Beard, Joseph, Dover, 1723 187
Bell, Shadrach, Newcastle, 1723 172
Bennett, Henry, Portsmouth, 1739 749
Bennick, Arthur, Dover or Exeter, 1722 149
Bickford, Benjamin, Newington, 1724 217
Susanna, Newington, 1731 425
Blagdon, George, Star Island, 1721 133
Blair, Abraham, Londonderry, 1733 471
John, Londonderry, 1738 737
Boule, Abraham, Portsmouth, 1723 166
Bowen, William, Cambridge, Mass., 1735 551
Boyd, James, Portsmouth, 1739 765
Robert, Chester, 1725/6 268
Boyes, James, Londonderry, 1723 188
Brackett, John, 1726 294
Brewster, John, Portsmouth, 1726 274
Briard, Elisha, Portsmouth, 1718 67
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1723 189
Briscoe, Robert, Exeter, 1728/9 350
Brown, Jacob, Rye, 1740 779
John, Hampton, 1735 556
Mary, Berwick, Me., 1731 423
Stephen, Hampton, 1724 248
William, Hampton, 1725 255
Bunker, James, Dover, 1724 219
John, Dover, 1737 632
Burbank, Ebenezer, Concord, 1736/7 623
Burleigh, James, Exeter, 1723/4 213
John, Exeter, 1723/4 209
Burn, Ralph, Portsmouth, 1727 314
LIST OF ESTATES XIII
Burnham, Jeremiah, Dover, 1718 64
Buzzell, John, Dover, 1737 670
Calley, Richard, Stratham, 1737 664
Canney, Samuel, Dover, 1735 514
Cargill, David, Londonderry, 1733 478
Carter, John, Gosport, 1726 288
Caswell, William, Portsmouth, 1720 123
Cate, Edward, Portsmouth, 1732 444
Cater, Edward, Portsmouth, 1732 440
Chapman, Samuel, Hampton, 1723 186
Chase, John, Hampton, 1727 324
Chesley, George, Dover, 1724 225
John, 1719 89
Joseph, Durham, 1730 374
Joseph, Dover, 1740 789
Christy, Jesse, Londonderry, 1739 759
Clark, Ann, Portsmouth, 1723 175
Benjamin, Newcastle, 1730 387
Jacob, Newcastle, 1722 156
Josiah, Portsmouth, 1734 541
Clark, Mary, Portsmouth, 1719/20 97
Matthew, Londonderry, 1731 416
Ward, Kingston, 1736/7 625
Clifford, ——— , Hampton, 1720 128
Joseph, Kingston, 1723/4 203
Zachariah, Chester, 1723 195
Clough, Joseph, Kingston, 1732 449
Coates, Robert, Newcastle, 1724 235
Cochran, Robert, Londonderry, 1734 518
William, Londonderry, 1738 698
Coffin, Eliphalet, Exeter, 1734/5 523
Colcord, Samuel, Jr., Kingston, 1718 36
Coleman, Jabez, Kingston, 1724 238
Collins, John, Portsmouth, 1739 771
XIV LIST OF ESTATES
Collins, William, Portsmouth, 1738/9 744
Connor, Jeremiah, Exeter, 1737 675
Coolbroth, George, Newington, 1738 722
Cotton, Abigail, Stratham, 1722 155
Benjamin, Portsmouth, 1724 251
John, Portsmouth, 1723 166
Theophilus, Hampton, 1719 92
William, Portsmouth, 1733 480
William, Jr., Portsmouth, 1717/18 17
Couch, James, Star Island, 1721 134
Cram, Benjamin, Hampton, 1737 676
John, Hampton Falls, 1734 520
Crawford, Hugh, Chester, 1729 363
Critchett, Martha, Durham, 1729/30 368
Crockett, Joshua, 1719 89
Crommet, John, Dover, 1724 223
Cross, Benjamin, Portsmouth, 1722/3 159
John, Portsmouth, 1724 216
Joseph, Portsmouth, 1739 755
Richard, Portsmouth, 1729 362
Crucy, Barnaby, Newcastle, 1726/7 303
Currier, Diamond, Isles of Shoales, 1731 410
Cutt, John, Portsmouth, 1717/18 17
Richard, Portsmouth, 1735 534
Samuel, Boston, Mass., 1731 410
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1738 722
Dalton, Philemon, Hampton, 1720/1 130
Philemon, Hampton, 1735 537
Dam, Pomfret, Dover, 1728 334
William, Dover, 1718 48
Daniell, Joseph, Dover, 1737 673
Davis, John, Portsmouth, 1723/4 215
John, Portsmouth, 1733 494
John, Portsmouth, 1737/8 684
Moses, 1725 257
LIST OF ESTATES XV
Davis, Timothy, Portsmouth, 1736 609
Demedis, John, Portsmouth, 1733 487
Dennett, Alexander, Portsmouth, 1729 366
Dinsmoore, John, Londonderry, 1736 594
Dolbear, Mary, Portsmouth, 1739 758
Nicholas, Rye, 1736 570
Dolloff, Thomas, Exeter, 1722 154
Dow, Isaac, Rye, 1735 544
John, Hampton, 1737/8 686
Josiah, Hampton, 1718 45
Drew, John, Dover, 1721/2 141
Drisco, Cornelius, Newmarket, 1732 454
Dudley, Biley, Exeter, 1722/3 158
James, Exeter, 1717/18 10
Samuel, Exeter, 1718 43
Stephen, Exeter, 1734/5 525
Duncan, George, Londonderry, 1739 755
Dunniford, Bridget, Greenland, 1735 545
Dyer, Henry, Exeter, 1719 90
Joanna, Exeter, 1720 128
Eastman, Samuel, Kingston, 1724 249
Edgerly, Samuel, Dover, 1725 262
Elkins, ——— , 1734 516
Moses, Kingston, 1737 641
Elliott, Richard, Portsmouth, 1718 65
Richard, Portsmouth, 1729 363
Robert, Newcastle, 1718 73
Ellis, Lawrence, Newcastle, 1730 407
Emerson, John, Portsmouth, 1731 426
Micah, Dover, 1734 518
Samuel, Durham, 1739/40 774
Evans, Ann, Dover, 1727 311
Benjamin, Dover, 1735 544
XVI LIST OF ESTATES
Fellows, John, Kingston, 1723 187
Samuel, Hampton, 1728 345
Samuel, Jr., Kingston, 1736 572
William, Portsmouth, 1737 632
Fernald, Amos, Portsmouth, 1739 767
Field, John, Portsmouth, 1718 65
Zachary, Dover, 1727 307
Fifield, Benjamin, Hampton, 1726 274
Jonathan, Hampton, 1738 728
Finlayson, Wallace, Portsmouth, 1738 720
Fletcher, Nicholas, Portsmouth, 1737 648
Fogg, Seth, Exeter, 1738 696
Follansbee, William, 1733 487
Folsom, Abraham, Exeter, 1740 803
John, Exeter, 1725 258
Peter, Exeter, 1717/18 19
Peter, Jr., Exeter, 1718 48
Ford, John, Jr., Greenland, 1735 552
Fowler, William, Amesbury, Mass., 1735 549
Fox, William, Star Island, 1720 122
Frederick, Christopher, Newcastle, 1737/8 690
Freeze, Jacob, Hampton, 1727 325
French, John, Hampton, 1717/18 28
Frost, John, Newcastle, 1730/1 395
Nicholas, Newington, 1718 47
Fuller, John, Hampton, 1719 85
Furber, Richard, Newington, 1728 336
Gardner, David, Portsmouth, 1723 164
Garland, Jacob, Hampton, 1735 559
Gerrish, Jane, 1719 80
Giles, Mark, Dover, 1735 551
Gilman, David, Exeter, 1735 532
Jacob, Kingston, 1740 801
James, Exeter, 1738 702
LIST OF ESTATES XVII
Gilman, John, Exeter, 1738 709
Joshua, Exeter, 1718 46
Glidden, John. Exeter, 1718 46
Richard, Exeter, 1727 321
Goddard, John, Dover, 1722 153
Godfrey, Jonathan, Hampton, 1733/4 502
Goodhue, Jonathan, Chester, 1731 411
Goodwin, Daniel, Somersworth, 1739 765
Gookin, Nathaniel, Hampton, 1734 519
Goss, Richard, Newcastle, 1719/20 103
Richard, Rye, 1734 511
Gould, Edward, Star Island, 1724 234
Gove, John, Hampton, 1737 663
Gowdy, George, Newcastle, 1721 138
Graham, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1734 516
Graves, Samuel, Kingston, 1734 519
Greeley, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1723 184
Green, Abraham, Hampton, 1717/18 3
Isaac, Hampton, 1728/9 355
Greenough, Robert, Boston, Mass., 1737 640
Grindall, John, Portsmouth, 1739 768
Haines, Joshua, Greenland, 1737 631
Hall, John, 1732 458
Josiah, Exeter, 1729/30 370
Kinsley, Exeter, 1736 580
Paul, Exeter, 1726 295
Thomas, Dover, 1732 449
Ham, John, Dover, 1727 319
John, Portsmouth, 1731 408
Joseph, Dover, 1724 236
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1731 419
Hammett, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1734 517
Hanson, John, Dover, 1727 323
John, Dover, 1737 632
XVIII LIST OF ESTATES
Hanson, Thomas, Dover, 1728 341
Harford, Nicholas, Dover, 1736/7 629
Harvey, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1726/7 302
Thomas, Portsmouth, 1736 577
Peter, 1718/19 80
Hatch, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1717/18 7
Hayes, Ichabod, Dover, 1735 532
Head, Arthur, Newcastle, 1718 36
Heard, Tristram, Dover, 1734 506
Heath, Nehemiah, Hampton, 1717/18 8
Hersey, Peter, Exeter, 1722 153
Hill, John, Greenland, 1718 67
Hillard, Benjamin, Hampton, 1723 182
Hilton, Dudley, 1722 149
Hobbs, Henry, Dover, 1724 247
John, Hampton, 1718 69
Morris, Dover, 1735 548
Morris, Hampton, 1739 752
Sarah, Hampton, 1718 71
Holcomb, John, Newcastle, 1718 44
Howard, Pitman, Portsmouth, 1728 349
Hubbard, John, Kingston, 1723 174
Huckins, Robert, Durham, 1719/20 95
Huckley, William, Hampton, 1734 514
Hunter, James, Boston, Mass., 1732/3 465
Hussey, Jane, Dover, 1733 486
Jackson, James, Dover, 1725 257
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1729 365
Jacob, Robert, Portsmouth, 1734/5 527
James, Edmund, Hampton, 1735 555
Janvrin, John, Portsmouth, 1720 125
Jaques, Henry, Portsmouth, 1721/2 145
Jenkins, Joseph, Dover, 1731 411
Jenness, John, Rye, 1740 805
LIST OF ESTATES XIX
Jenness, Thomas, Hampton, 1731 423
Joce, Richard, 1734 514
Johnson, Alexander, Londonderry, 1733 499
Edmund, Hampton, 1737 647
James, Hampton, 1720 105
Jones, Abraham, Portsmouth, 1728 346
John, Stratham, 1724/5 254
Joslyn, Nathaniel, Scituate, Mass., 1728 333
Judkins, Job, Exeter, 1737/8 688
Kenniston, George, Portsmouth, 1718 75
Joseph, Stratham, 1724 218
Keyes, Henry, Portsmouth, 1740 791
Keyser, Timothy, Chester, 1726/7 305
Kincaid, David, Dover, 1719 84
Kirk, Henry, Portsmouth, 1728 339
Knight, Bridget, Portsmouth, 1740 790
John, Newington, 1720 125
William, 1732/3 463
Knowles, John, Hampton, 1733 498
Laidley, Joshua, Portsmouth, 1732 458
Lancaster, Mercy, Hampton, 1733/4 501
Landell, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1723/4 215
Lane, Edmund, Dover, 1739 763
Langdon, Tobias, Portsmouth, 1724 221
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1725 263
Langley, James, Dover, 1730/1 400
Mary, Durham, 1736 579
Langmaid, Henry, Newcastle, 1737 645
Lawrence, David, Exeter or Stratham, 1724 224
Leavitt, Benjamin, Stratham, 1733 483
Daniel, Stratham, 1737 635
James, Portsmouth, 1718 33
John, Hampton, 1719 89
xx LIST OF ESTATES
Leavitt, John, Hampton, 1726 295
Moses, Exeter, 1730 389
Samuel, Stratham, 1740 800
Sarah, Portsmouth, 1733 496
Thomas, Hampton, 1736 618
Levally, John, Exeter, 1739 764
Libby, Anthony, Hampton, 1717/18 15
Joshua, Portsmouth, 1736 576
Light, John, Exeter, 1718 37
Lock, Jethro, Rye, 1737 644
Long, Mary, Newcastle, 1735 550
Longfellow, Nathan, Hampton, 1730 383
Lord, Nathaniel, Gosport, 1725/6 269
Lovell, Splan, Portsmouth, 1719 81
Loverill, Ebenezer, Hampton, 1723 180
Lowe, Joseph, Stratham, 1738 739
Lucas, Daniel, Nottingham, 1733 476
Lyford, Francis, Exeter, 1723 190
Thomas, Exeter, 1726 297
Magoon, Alexander, Exeter, 1731 421
John, Kingston, 1731 413
Mannering, Thomas, Newcastle, 1733 492
March, Israel, Portsmouth, 1728 340
Marshall, George, Portsmouth, 1718 40
Thomas, Newcastle, 1718/19 79
Marston, Mary, Hampton, 1731/2 434
Simon, Hampton, 1735 534
Martin, Michael, Portsmouth, 1721 135
Martyn, Mary, Portsmouth, 1717/18 6
Mason, Francis, Kingston, 1718 45
John, Stratham, 1718 50
Mattoon, Jane, Exeter, 1738 695
McGregore, James, Londonderry, 1729 359
McMurphy, ——— , Londonderry, 1734 514
LIST OF ESTATES XXI
Meader, John, Durham, 1736 605
Melcher, Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1722/3 163
Mighill, Samuel, Newmarket, 1736 575
Mitchell, ——— , 1735/6 565
Monroe, Peter, Durham, 1738 701
Montgomery, George, Dover, 1729 359
Moody, Clement, Exeter 1729 362
John, Exeter, 1730 382
Jonathan, Exeter, 1729/30 373
Moore, William, Londonderry, 1739 769
Morrill, Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1738 700
Morrison, John, Londonderry, 1735/6 561
Morse, Obadiah, Portsmouth, 1723/4 214
Moulton, Benjamin, Hampton, 1728/9 353
Daniel, Hampton, 1718 52
David, Hampton, 1732/3 467
Hannah, Hampton, 1738 723
John, Portsmouth, 1725 258
Jonathan, Rye, 1735 538
Robert, Hampton, 1727 308
Muchmore, John, Star Island, 1717/18 9
Richard, 1724 225
Muckleberry, Enoch, Newcastle, 1730 388
Murray, Andrew, Dover, 1739/40 773
Mussey, John, Kingston, 1723/4 210
Naylor, George, Exeter, 1723 171
Nealley, Andrew, Nottingham, 1733 488
Nelson, John, 1720/1 130
William, Portsmouth, 1732 442
Nichols, James, Londonderry, 1725/6 271
Noble, Lazarus, Portsmouth, 1727 310
Nock, James, Dover, 1724 248
Norris, Jonathan, Stratham, 1717/18 30
Norton, Bonus, Hampton, 1718 52
XXII LIST OF ESTATES
Nutter, Anthony, Newington, 1720 105
Hatevil, 1724/5 254
Henry, Newington, 1739 771
Odiorne, Jotham, Portsmouth, 1736/7 624
Odlin, Abigail, Exeter, 1735 530
Packer, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1723 197
Palmer, James, Stratham, 1739 761
William, Portsmouth, 1740 784
Parker, William, Portsmouth, 1731 393
Parsons, Thomas, Newcastle, 1726 288
Partridge, John, Portsmouth, 1722 152
Nehemiah, Portsmouth, 1726/7 303
William, Portsmouth, 1718 72
Paul, Moses, Boston, Mass., 1731 422
Pearson, Ebenezer, Bradford, Mass., 1734/5 524
Jethro, Exeter, 1738 743
Pierce, Daniel, Newbury, Mass., 1737 661
Penhallow, Abigail, Portsmouth, 1739 773
John, Portsmouth, 1735 548
Joshua, Portsmouth, 1739 769
Richard, 1737/8 677
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1726 283
Perkins, Isaac, 1726/7 306
James, Hampton, 1722/3 161
Thomas, Star Island, 1735 541
Peverly, John, Portsmouth, 1730 381
Philbrick, Jeremiah, Kingston, 1721 141
John, Greenland, 1737 646
Walter, Greenland, 1730 376
Phillips, Edward, Portsmouth, 1728/9 352
Mary, Portsmouth, 1728 336
Phipps, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1737 651
Pickering, John, Portsmouth, 1720 114
LIST OF ESTATES XXIII
Pickering, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1719 87
Pike, Robert, Portsmouth, 1731 426
Robert, Portsmouth, 1737 662
William, Exeter, 1726 294
Pinder, John, Durham, 1724 227
Plaisted, Samuel, 1732 441
Plummer, Benjamin, Portsmouth, 1740 785
Powell, Thomas, Stratham, 1722 149
Prust, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1740 785
Pulkinhorn, John, Portsmouth, 1737 646
Purington, Elisha, Hampton, 1736 570
Purmort, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1721 141
Ramsey, Hugh, Londonderry, 1736 612
Rand, Samuel, Rye, 1730/1 407
Samuel, Rye, 1740 800
Thomas, Rye, 1731/2 435
Randall, James, Newcastle, 1719 83
James, Newcastle, 1731 414
Reed, Thomas, 1725 255
Richards, George, Topsham, Eng., 1735 553
Rindge, John, Portsmouth, 1740 811
Roberts, Hatevil, Dover, 1724 241
Robinson, Timothy, Dover, 1736/7 618
Roby, Thomas, Hampton, 1719/20 99
Rogers, Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1724 233
Rollins, Aaron, 1723 178
Benjamin, Exeter, 1736 610
Moses, Stratham, 1718 56
Rowe, Richard, Portsmouth, 1724 231
William, Portsmouth, 1724 231
Rowell, John, Chester, 1737/8 683
Moses, Kingston, 1733 476
Rundlett, Charles, Jr., Exeter, 1722/3 160
James, Stratham, 1723/4 213
XXIV LIST OF ESTATES
Sachel, John, Stratham, 1725/6 265
Salter, ——— , 1728 336
Sanborn, Benjamin, Hampton, 1740 809
Edward, Hampton, 1727/8 327
John, Kingston, 1723/4 211
John, Hampton, 1727 316
Josiah, Hampton, 1728 330
Nathaniel, Hampton, 1721 138
Peter, Hampton, 1724 226
William, Hampton, 1718/19 79
Sargent, John, Portsmouth, 1737 661
Savage, Henry, Portsmouth, 1724 233
Scammon, Richard, Dover, 1723 193
Scribner, John, Exeter, 1735/6 565
Thomas, Kingston, 1718 31
Samuel, Exeter, 1730/1 395
Seavey, William, Rye, 1728/9 356
Seward, Henry, Portsmouth, 1734 511
Shackford, John, Portsmouth, 1738 724
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1730/1 404
Shaw, Benjamin, Hampton, 1740 780
Samuel, Hampton, 1723 179
Sherburne, Henry, Portsmouth, 1738 714
John, Portsmouth, 1723 191
Thomas, Portsmouth, 1725 261
Sherlock, Francis, 1721/2 146
Simes, John, Portsmouth, 1725 529
Simonds, ———, 1721 135
Simpson, Susanna, Portsmouth, 1737/8 678
Thomas, Portsmouth, 1733/4 500
Sinclair, James, Exeter, 1731 417
John, Exeter, 1730 388
Slayton, William, Portsmouth, 1740 811
Sleeper, John, Kingston, 1720 121
Thomas, Kingston, 1723 202
LIST OF ESTATES XXV
Sloper, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1738 721
Smart, Robert, Exeter, 1718 56
William, Exeter, 1723/4 202
Smith, Israel, Stratham, 1723 171
Ithiel, Hampton, 1717/18 26
John, Durham, 1729 358
John, Durham, 1739 758
John, Durham, 1739/40 775
Joseph, Durham, 1727 312
Samuel, Hampton, 1738 737
Theophilus, Exeter, 1736/7 628
Snell, John, Portsmouth, 1718 73
Spinney, James, Portsmouth, 1720 112
Spoore, Prudence, Portsmouth, 1729 364
Stackpole, James, Somersworth, 1736 577
Stacy, Philemon, Newcastle, 1730 377
Stanyan, John, Hampton, 1717/18 10
Starbird, Thomas, Dover, 1722 150
Steele, John, Boston, Mass., 1728/9 350
Stevens, Edward, Exeter, 1718 76
James, Durham, 1737 645
Joshua, Stratham, 1738 705
Samuel, Exeter, 1735 546
Thomas, Portsmouth, 1719 91
Stevenson, Bartholomew, Dover, 1718 34
Stiles, William, Dover, 1740 791
Stoneman, John, Portsmouth, 1738/9 744
Sumner, Isaac, Portsmouth, 1737 677
Swain, Roger, Portsmouth, 1734 516
Swett, Joseph, Hampton, 1720 124
Moses, Hampton, 1729 360
Symmes, Thomas, Bradford, Mass., 1727/8 325
Taylor, Edward, 1720 105
Edward, Exeter, 1727 318
XXVI LIST OF ESTATES
Taylor, Jonathan, Hampton, 1724 227
William, Exeter, 1735/6 567
Thackham, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1726 273
Thing, Bartholomew, Exeter, 1738 708
Jonathan, Exeter, 1720 106
Thom, Jesse, 1733 468
Thomas, James, Dover, 1719 82
Thompson, John, Portsmouth, 1732 459
John, Durham, 1733 468
Thomas, Londonderry, 1739 748
Thurston, Stephen, Stratham, 1728 337
Tibbetts, Henry, Dover, 1727 314
Henry, Dover, 1736 574
Samuel, Dover, 1725 262
Samuel, Dover, 1738 735
Tilton, Daniel, Stratham, 1722 157
Samuel, Hampton, 1725/6 263
Tobey, Richard, Portsmouth, 1739 764
Toogood, Edward, Portsmouth, 1737 639
Toppan, Edmund, Hampton, 1740 783
Trickey, Thomas, Newington, 1738 731
Tripe, Lucy, Portsmouth, 1738 719
True, Obadiah, Newcastle, 1735/6 566
Tucker, Catharine, 1718 43
Turner, James, Portsmouth, 1737 663
Tuttle, John, Dover, 1725/6 269
Twombly, John, Dover, 1724 229
Underhill, Sampson, Chester, 1732 439
Underwood, John, Newcastle, 1727 310
Urin, John, Greenland, 1734 504
Usher, Elizabeth, Charlestown, Mass., 1732 438
Varney, Peter, Dover, 1732/3 464
Vaughan, George, Portsmouth, 1724 242
William, Portsmouth, 1736 598
LIST OF ESTATES XXVII
Wadleigh, Henry, Exeter, 1732/3 463
Robert, Stratham, 1733 484
Walden, Nicholas, Portsmouth, 1720 104
Thomas, 1724/5 253
Waldron, John, Dover, 1740 787
Walford, Jeremiah, Newcastle, 1732/3 462
Walker, George, Portsmouth, 1740 793
Wallace, James, Londonderry, 1737 669
Wallingford, Ebenezer, Dover, 1721 136
Wallis, George, Newcastle, 1724/5 251
Walton, Shadrach, Newcastle, 1737 672
Ward, Sarah, Portsmouth, 1732 440
Thomas, Hampton, 1738 741
Warren, Walter, Portsmouth, 1736 604
Waterhouse, Richard, Portsmouth, 1717/18 27
Richard, Portsmouth, 1731 414
Watkins, John, Newcastle, 1723 173
Weare, Daniel, Hampton, 1733 472
Webber, Lydia, Portsmouth, 1720 123
Richard, Portsmouth, 1719/20 102
Webster, Ebenezer, Kingston, 1735/6 559
Isaac, Kingston, 1718 63
John, Rye, 1734 515
Weeks, Joseph, Greenland, 1735 552
Joshua, Jr., Greenland, 1736/7 620
Leonard, Portsmouth; 1717/18 26
Wells, Edward, Portsmouth, 1737/8 679
Wentworth, Benjamin, Dover, 1726 273
Benjamin, Dover, 1728 340
Ephraim, Somersworth, 1738/9 745
Ezekiel, 1720 104
John, Dover, 1718/19 78
John, Portsmouth, 1730 378
Thomas, Dover, 1719 81
Weymouth, Benjamin, Dover, 1724/5 254
XXVIII LIST OF ESTATES
Whidden, Michael, Portsmouth, 1738 728
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1732 442
White, Joseph, Antigua, 1718 34
Philip, Portsmouth, 1719 80
Richard, Stratham, 1718 64
Whittock, John, Portsmouth, 1731/2 437
Wibird, Elizabeth, Portsmouth, 1739 750
John, Portsmouth, 1730/1 400
John, Portsmouth, 1732 437
Richard, Portsmouth, 1732 459
Wiggin, Catherine, Stratham, 1724 236
Catherine, Stratham, 1738 697
Chase, Stratham, 1733 488
Jonathan, Stratham, 1737/8 693
Simon, Stratham, 1719/20 101
Thomas, Stratham, 1726/7 298
Wilcomb, Richard, Star Island, 1719 87
Wilson, John, Newcastle, 1738/9 745
Williams, John, Durham, 1735 539
William, Portsmouth, 1721/2 146
Winkley, Nicholas, Portsmouth, 1739 759
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1726 288
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1737 635
Wormwood, Jacob, Durham, 1735/6 563
Yeaton, Richard, Isles of Shoals, 1732 443