New Hampshire State Papers

 

 

PROBATE RECORDS

 

OF THE

 

PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

VOL. 6

1757-1760

STATE PAPERS SERIES

 

VOL. 36

Edited h
OTIS G. HAMMOND

Director of the
New Hampshire Historical Society

 

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PUBLISHED BY

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

1938

 

 

 

JOINT RESOLUTION

 

Relating to the preservation and publication of portions of the early state and provincial record. and other state papers of New Hampshire.

 

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

That His Excellency the Governor he 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.

 

 

 

                                  LIST OF ESTATES

 

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Adams, William, Hollis, 1757                                                         148

Akerman, Benjamin, Portsmouth, 1757                                          208

Allen, Robert, Londonderry, 1757                                                   144

Ambrose, Jonathan, Nottingham, 1759                                           475

Ames, David, Newmarket, 1757                                                       29

Anderson, John, Londonderry, 1757                                               179

Archdeacon, Peter, Portsmouth, 1758                                            330

Ayers, James, Londonderry, 1759                                                  397

          Samuel, Portsmouth, 1760                                                   507

 

Babb, Joshua, Portsmouth, 1758                                                    351

Bagley, Orlando, Amesbury, Mass., 1757                                         60

Barnes, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1758                                                 274

Batchelder, Daniel, Kensington, 1758                                           355

          Jonathan, Newmarket, 1757                                                  67

          Joshua, Brentwood, 1757                                                     114

          Josiah, Hampton Falls, 1759                                                479

          Nathaniel, Kensington, 1757                                                131

          Page, Chester, 1757                                                              22

          Samuel, Kensington, 1757                                                   149

Bean, Ruth, Exeter, 1758                                                              356

Berry, James, Greenland, 1758                                                     249

Bickford, John, Dover, 1757                                                           160

Blair, David, Londonderry, 1759                                                    372

Blanchard, Joseph, Nashua, 1758                                                  238

Boynton, Samuel, Stratham, 1757                                                 204

Brackett, John, Greenland, 1758                                                   226

Brown, Jeremiah, Hampton Falls, 1758                                         229

          Pearson, Hampton Falls, 1760                                              515

Bruce, William, Durham, 1759                                                      368

Burbank, Jonathan, Hopkinton, 1759                                             500

 

 

 

          vi                                LIST OF ESTATES

 

Burditt, Daniel, Malden, Mass., 1760                                             529

Burnside, David, Londonderry, 1757                                              162

Buss, Lydia, Portsmouth, 1758                                                      293

Butterfield, John, Nashua, 1758                                                    246

Buzzell, Samuel, Kingston, 1757                                                    130

 

Canney, Thomas, Dover, 1758                                                       240

Carty, Daniel, Exeter, 1760                                                           510

Cate, Tucker, Greenland, 1757                                                       83

Caverly, Moses, Barrington, 1758                                                  275

Chaddock, William, Somersworth, 1758                                         283

Challis, Enoch, South Hampton, 1759                                            369

Chase, Nathaniel, Londonderry, 1757                                            165

          Ruth, Londonderry, 1758                                                     237

          Thomas, Stratham, 1757                                                       30

Childs, Richard, Durham, 1757                                                       40

Choate, Benjamin, Kingston, 1758                                                 297

          Jonathan, Kingston, 1757                                                      38

Clark, Enoch, Greenland, 1759                                                      360

          George, Portsmouth, 1759                                                    395

Clement, Daniel, Sandown, 1758                                                   261

Clements, James, Somersworth, 1758                                                     315

          John, Salem, 1757                                                                70

Clifford, Samuel, Kensington, 1760                                                516

Clough, Ann, Brentwood, 1758                                                       301

Cochran, Joseph, Bedford, 1758                                                    284

          Peter, Amherst, 1738                                                           323

Colby, Nathan, Concord, 1759                                                        441

          Theophilus, Sandown, 1758                                                 320

Cole, Simeon, Durham, 1759                                                         490

Conant, Josiah, Hollis, 1757                                                            81

Connor, Meribah, Kingston, 1757                                                   138

Corliss, David, Salem, 1760                                                           537

Cotton, John, Portsmouth, 1759                                                     457

          Timothy, Portsmouth, 1759                                                  487

 

 

 

                                            LIST OF ESTATES                               vii

 

Cram, Jonathan, Hampton Falls, 1759                                                    501

Creighton, Ann, Exeter, 1758                                                        342

Crockett, Jonathan, Portsmouth, 1758                                                    352

Crockford, Daniel, Portsmouth, 1757                                               99

Cummings, Eleazer, Hudson, 1757                                                150

          Leonard, Londonderry, 1758                                                333

          William, Hudson, 1757                                                         182

          William, Nashua, 1758                                                         335

Cunningham, John, Londonderry, 1757                                           48

Currier, John, Kingston, 1757                                                       191

          John, Plaistow, 1758                                                            243

Cutt, John, Portsmouth, 1759                                                        483

 

Davis, Benjamin, Plaistow, 1758                                                    334

Daniel, Durham, 1759                                                                   381

          Joseph, Chester, 1759                                                         477

          Timothy, Portsmouth, 1758                                                  221

Dinsmoor, Asa, Hollis, 1758                                                           283

          John, New Ipswich, 1758                                                     282

Doe, Andrew, Newmarket, 1760                                                     512

Dole, Parker, Plaistow, 1758                                                          330

Dow, Daniel, Salem, 1758                                                             220

          Jonathan, Plaistow, 1759                                                     496

          Simon, Hampton, 1757                                                          93

Downs, Gershom, Rochester, 1757                                                  51

          John, Somersworth, 1757                                                      30

Dresser, Jeremiah, Concord, 1760                                                512

Drew, Joseph, Dover, 1757                                                              78

Dudley, Samuel, Exeter, 1758                                                       242

Dustin, Jonathan, Londonderry, 1757                                            204

Dwinell, Amos, Hampton Falls, 1757                                              110

 

Eastman, Thomas, Danville, 1760                                                  556

Eaton, Jabez, Hampton Falls, 1760                                                570

Emmons, Samuel, Kingston, 1757                                                   49

 

 

 

          viii                              LIST OF ESTATES

 

Fassett, Peter, Goffstown, 1760                                                     507

Fifield, Joseph, Kingston, 1757                                                      103

Flagg, Eleazer, Hollis, 1757                                                           111

Flanders, Jeremiah, South Hampton, 1757                                      77

          Philip, Chester, 1758                                                           221

          Samuel, Brentwood, 1758                                                    320

Fogg, Daniel, Rye, 1757                                                                 170

Forbush, Benoni, Amherst, 1758                                                   353

Foss, Isaac, Stratham, 1759                                                          456

Foster, Abijah, New Ipswich, 1760                                                 525

French, James, Salem, 1759                                                         499

          James, Salem, 1760                                                            566

          Samuel, Jr., South Hampton, 1757                                       139

 

Gage, William, Methuen, Mass., 1757                                                8

Gale, Jacob, Kingston, 1760                                                          554

Garfield, Benjamin, Hinsdale, 1759                                               388

Garland, Jonathan, Hampton, 1760                                               532

Gault, Matthew, Chester, 1759                                                      393

Gilman, Andrew, Brentwood, 1757                                                 166

          Jacob, Kingston, 1757                                                          105

          Stephen, Kingston, 1758                                                      278

          Timothy, Newmarket, 1759                                                  359

Gilmore, James, Windham, 1758                                                   257

Glines, John, Canterbury, 1757                                                       42

Godfrey, Simon, North Hampton, 1758                                                     327

Gooding, James, Newmarket, 1757                                                  46

Gordon, Thomas, Exeter, 1757                                                       186

Gould, Joseph, South Hampton, 1757                                              90

          Nehemiah, Mason, 1759                                                      373

Gove, Enoch, Hampton Falls, 1759                                                 444

          John, Hampton Falls, 1759                                                  460

Graham, Arthur, Londonderry, 1759                                              389

Graves, John, Kensington, 1757                                                      73

 

 

 

                                            LIST OF ESTATES                                ix

 

Griffin, Isaac, Kingston, 1757                                                        147

Grow, Ebenezer, Greenland, 1760                                                 568

 

Hadley, Joseph, Hampstead, 1758                                                 327

          Samuel, Hampstead, 1759                                                   411

Haines, Samuel, Greenland, 1760                                                 534

          William, Greenland, 1760                                                    538

Hale, Thomas, Plaistow, 1757                                                            8

Hamilton, Samuel, Newmarket, 1758                                             357

Hanson, Isaac, Somersworth, 1757                                                  91

          Isaac, Dover, 1758                                                               304

          Joseph, Dover, 1758                                                            315

Hardy, Dudley, Exeter, 1757                                                          130

          Samuel, Stratham, 1759                                                      381

          Theophilus, Durham, 1757                                                   184

Hazelton, John, Chester, 1758                                                      324

Heath, Richard, Plaistow, 1757                                                      174

          Richard, Plaistow, 1758                                                       277

Hill, William, Madbury, 1760                                                         590

Hilliard, Jonathan, Hampton Falls, 1758                                        301

Hills, Benjamin, Chester, 1759                                                     413

          Henry, Hudson, 1759                                                           150

Hinsdale, Ebenezer, Deerfield, Mass., 1760                                   521

Hobbs, Benjamin, North Hampton, 1757                                           44

          Humphrey, Wilton, 1757                                                        57

          John, Hampton, 1760                                                           580

          Stephen, Kensington, 1757                                                    87

Holland, John, Jr., Exeter, 1758                                                    282

Holmes, John, Portsmouth, 1760                                                   518

Honey, Gideon, Nashua, 1757                                                         91

Hopkins, William, Portsmouth, 1760                                              535

Homey, David, Portsmouth, 1757                                                     85

Houston, John, Nashua, 1759                                                        389

Hoyt, Daniel, Epping, 1757                                                            189

Hubbard, Jonathan, Charlestown, 1760                                         551

 

 

 

          x                                 LIST OF ESTATES

 

Hunt, Nathan, Sandown, 1759                                                       436

Huntoon, Josiah, Newmarket, 1758                                               323

Huntress, Samuel, Newington, 1758                                              232

 

Jackson, Dorothy, Portsmouth, 1758                                              331

          Elisha, Portsmouth, 1760                                                     526

          Joshua, Portsmouth, 1758                                                   211

          Samuel, Portsmouth, 1758                                                   253

          William, Durham, 1757                                                         27

Jenkins, William, Greenland, 1757                                                 76

Johnson, James, Charlestown, 1760                                              510

Jones, John, Durham, 1759                                                          430

          Jonathan, Amesbury, Mass., 1759                                        401

          Jonathan, South Hampton, 1759                                                    406

Jose, Ebenezer, Portsmouth, 1760                                                 518

Judkins, Joel, Brentwood, 1758                                                     222

 

Kelly, Richard, Salem, 1757                                                          178

Kidder, Benjamin, Bedford, 1757                                                    38

          Benjamin, Bedford, 1759                                                     368

Kimball, Aaron, Hopkinton, 1760                                                    546

          Joseph, Hampstead, 1758                                                    234

          Richard, Salem, 1757                                                          163

          Thomas, Jr., Exeter, 1757                                                      37

 

Ladd, Daniel, Epping, 1758                                                            334

Lancey, William, Nashua, 1757                                                      137

Lang, Daniel, Portsmouth, 1757                                                     101

          Robert, Portsmouth, 1757                                                    105

          Ruth, Greenland, 1759                                                        392

          William, Portsmouth, 1759                                                   395

Leavitt, Daniel, Exeter, 1760                                                         511

          Elisha, Stratham, 1758                                                        356

          Ephraim, Stratham, 1757                                                     106

          Jeremiah, Exeter, 1758                                                       279

 

 

 

                                            LIST OF ESTATES              xi

 

Leavitt, Moses, Hampton, 1758                                                      264

Leslie, Daniel, Londonderry, 1759                                                 501

Libby, Jeremiah, Portsmouth, 1757                                                  70

Liggett, James, Londonderry, 1759                                                394

Light, John, Exeter, 1757                                                                86

Little, George, Plaistow, 1758                                                        247

Littlehale, Isaac, Pelham, 1757                                                     167

Locke, Ward, Kensington, 1758                                                      281

Lord, Jonathan, Ipswich, Mass., 1757                                              51

Love, John, Londonderry, 1757                                                        95

Lovering, Samuel, Kingston, 1760                                                  518

Lunt, Daniel, Greenland, 1757                                                        54

 

McCargin, Philip, Hampstead, 1760                                                527

McConechey, John, Bedford, 1757                                                   26

Mace, Betty, Dover, 1758                                                               291

Mack, William, Londonderry, 1760                                                 589

McMurphy, John, Londonderry, 1757                                               29

McNeil, Abraham, Manchester, 1757                                              121

          John, Londonderry, 1759                                                     418

Main, Amos, Rochester, 1760                                                        529

Mann, Nathan, Windham, 1758                                                     341

Mannering, John, Portsmouth, 1757                                                  5

Marsh, Ephraim, Londonderry, 1760                                              591

Marston, Daniel, North Hampton, 1757                                                    176

Martin, Nolar, Portsmouth, 1758                                                    211

Mason, Robert, Durham, 1760                                                       560

Mattoon, John, Newmarket, 176o                                                   543

Mead, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1759                                                  428

Meader, Nicholas, Durham, 1759                                                   424

Melvin, Patrick, Chester, 1758                                                       262

Merrill, John, Jr., Bow, 1758                                                         236

          Joseph, Stratham, 1760                                                       547

          Samuel, Jr., Hudson, 1758                                                  346

Meserve, Hanson, Portsmouth, 1759                                              483

 

 

 

          xii                               LIST OF ESTATES

 

Meserve, John, Portsmouth, 1760                                                  514

          Mary, Portsmouth, 1759                                                       489

          Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1758                                               289

          Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1759                                               386

Mills, William, Chester, 1758                                                        348

Mitchell, George, Londonderry, 1759                                             430

Morgan, Timothy, Epping, 17,57                                                     158

Morrison, David, Nottingham, 1757                                                  71

          David, Londonderry, 1760                                                    538

          James, Londonderry, 1757                                                     87

          John, Epping, 1758                                                              266

          William, Nottingham, 1758                                                   319

Morse, Jacob, Kingston, 1758                                                        266

Moulton, Abraham, Kensington, 1757                                             135

 

Neal, Joshua, Stratham, 1760                                                       558

          Samuel, Newmarket, 1760                                                   569

Nealey, Matthew, Nottingham, 1757                                              123

Nelson, James, Portsmouth, 1759                                                  386

          Matthew, Portsmouth, 1757                                                 154

Nesmith, Arthur, Londonderry, 1758                                              259

Newmarch, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1757                                                    114

Newton, John, Kingston, 1757                                                         17

Nutt, John, Chester, 1757                                                             182

 

Ober, John, Jr., Salem, 1758                                                         328

Osgood, James, Concord, 1757                                                        13

Otis, Stephen, Madbury, 1759                                                        418

 

Packer, Ann, Portsmouth, 1759                                                      437

Page, David, Epping, 1757                                                                18

          Joseph, Plaistow, 1757                                                          58

          Onesiphorous, Kingston, 1758                                              354

          William, Brentwood, 1757                                                    194

Paine, John, Portsmouth, 1758                                                      292

 

 

 

                                            LIST OF ESTATES             xiii

 

Palmer, Joseph, Pembroke, 1759                                                   390

          Samuel, Jr., Hampton, 1759                                                442

Park, Alexander, Windham, 1760                                                   525

Parker, William. Litchfield, 1760                                                   508

Pattinson, Mary, Portsmouth, 1757                                                  47

Pease, Zebulon, hollis, 1759                                                          415

Peavey, William, Portsmouth, 1759                                                442

Pecker, John, Haverhill, Mass., 1757                                               25

Perham, Samuel, New Ipswich, 1760                                             543

Perkins, Joseph, Durham, 1759                                                     359

          Joseph, Hampton Falls, 1760                                               561

Perryman, Nicholas, Exeter, 1757                                                  120

Philbrick, Caleb, Epping, 1759                                                        416

          Joses, Rye, 1757                                                                   45

Pierce, Ebenezer, Hollis, 1759                                                       490

Pomeroy, —— , Goffstown, 1759                                                     388

Powers, Peter, Hollis, 1757                                                            143

Prescott, Jonathan, Hampton Falls, 1759                                       367

          Samuel, Hampton Falls, 1758                                              270

Pritchard, Christopher, Newcastle, 1758                                        348

Purmort, John, Exeter, 1758                                                          335

Putney, Henry, New Ipswich, 1757                                                 173

 

Quinby, Daniel, Brentwood, 1759                                                  421

 

Redman, John, Nottingham, 1758                                                  349

          Joseph, Hampton, 1758                                                        260

Reed, Philip, Portsmouth, 1759                                                      444

Richardson, Seth, Wilton, 1757                                                     183

          Timothy, Hollis, 1757                                                             81

Roberts, David, Plaistow, 1758                                                       264

          Francis, Somersworth, 1758                                                307

          Stephen, Dover, 1758                                                          286

Robinson, John, Merrimack, 1757                                                  165

          Jonathan, Brentwood, 1757                                                   97

 

 

 

          xiv                               LIST OF ESTATES

 

Rowe, Benjamin, Newington, 1758                                                 273

          Charles, Hampton Falls, 1758                                              232

          Robert, Hampton Falls, 1757                                                116

          Robert, Kensington, 1757                                                     205

Rowell, Job, Salisbury, Mass., 1758                                               279

          John, Epping, 1757                                                              175

Russell, Pelatiah, Litchfield, 1758                                                 247

          Peter, Litchfield, 1759                                                         488

 

Sanborn, Abraham, Kensington, 1757                                            151

          Ezekiel, Newmarket, 1757                                                   137

          Israel, Newmarket, 1758                                                      256

          Jonathan, Kingston, 1760                                                    563

Sanders, Avery, Haverhill, Mass., 1759                                          366

Sargent, Zebediah, Haverhill, Mass., 1757                                       69

Saylor, John, Nashua, 1760                                                           567

Scribner, Joseph, Exeter, 1757                                                      169

Searles, Samuel, Nashua, 1758                                                     209

Seavey, Samuel, Rye, 1760                                                            541

Severance, Ephraim, Jr., Kingston, 1757                                         97

Seward, George, Portsmouth, 1759                                                367

Seymour, Henry, Portsmouth, 1757                                               183

Shaw, Benjamin, Nottingham, 1757                                                  6

Shedd, John, Nashua, 1757                                                             52

Sherburne, Hannah, Newcastle, 1759                                            478

          Henry, Portsmouth, 1757                                                     195

          Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1757                                               191

Smith, Andrew, Londonderry, 1757                                                146

          Benjamin, Haverhill, Mass., 1758                                         290

          Elizabeth, Kingston, 1757                                                    145

          Oliver, Brentwood, 1757                                                        96

          Oliver, Exeter, 1759                                                             432

          Priscilla, Portsmouth, 1759                                                  421

          Samuel, Exeter, 1760                                                          513

Stackpole, Samuel, Somersworth, 1758                                          220

 

 

 

                                            LIST OF ESTATES              xv

 

Stark, Archibald, Manchester, 1758                                               276

Stevens, —— , 1758                                                                      281

          David, Hampstead, 1757                                                      122

          James, Portsmouth, 1759                                                    484

          John, Chester, 1757                                                            153

          Nehemiah, Hampstead, 1757                                               152

          Peter, Plaistow, 1759                                                           428

          Phineas, Charlestown, 1760                                                550

Stickney, Moses, Hampton Falls, 1758                                           353

Stinson, Samuel, Dunbarton, 1759                                                414

Stoneman, Charles, Portsmouth, 1760                                           515

Stoodley, Jonathan, Portsmouth, 1759                                           375

Swain, John, Hampton Falls, 1757                                                 118

Swett, Benjamin, Hampton Falls, 1757                                          173

 

Taylor, Joseph, Exeter. 1757                                                          175

          Willoughby, Exeter, 1758                                                     268

Thing, Jonathan, Brentwood, 1760                                                535

Thomas, Benjamin, North Hampton, 1758                                      312

Thompson, Benjamin, Londonderry, 1759                                       374

          William, Windham, 1757                                                        75

Tibbetts, Ephraim, Dover, 1760                                                      593

Tidd, Joseph, Hollis, 1759                                                              415

Titcomb, Daniel, Dover, 1758                                                         339

Towle, Benjamin, Hampton, 1758                                                  212

          Ebenezer, Brentwood, 1757                                                  204

Trussell, Moses, Plaistow, 1759                                                     492

Tuckerman, Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1758                                      311

 

Underwood, Phineas, Merrimack, 1757                                          151

Urin, Peter, Salem, 1760                                                               534

 

Varney, Moses, Dover, 1759                                                          403

          Samuel, Dover, 1759                                                           439

 

 

 

          xvi                               LIST OF ESTATES

 

Vaughan, Elliot, Portsmouth, 1758                                                 329

Vennard, John, Newcastle, 1759                                                   460

 

Walker, —— , Concord, 1757                                                           76

          Alexander, Jr., Londonderry, 1759                                       429

Walton, Benjamin, Amherst, 1760                                                 566

Ward, Dorcas, Portsmouth, 1760                                                    553

Warren, George, Portsmouth, 1760                                                528

Watkins, Andrew, Newcastle, 1759                                                380

Watson, Isaac, Dover, 1757                                                             64

          Samuel, Dover, 1757                                                             34

Watts, John, Plaistow, 1759                                                           422

          John, Salem, 1759                                                               419

Weare, Mary, Kensington, 1757                                                     160

          Nathaniel, Hampton Falls, 1758                                           357

Weeks, Joshua, Greenland, 1757                                                      1

          Walter, Jr., Greenland, 1758                                               245

Welch, David, Kingston, 1757                                                          96

Wentworth, Ebenezer, Portsmouth, 1757                                         21

          Ezekiel, Dover, 1757                                                              95

          Gershom, Somersworth, 1758                                              286

          Mark, Somersworth, 1757                                                      69

          Samuel, Somersworth, 1758                                                280

          Thomas, Somersworth, 1758                                                349

West, William, Portsmouth, 1757                                                     41

Weston, Ebenezer, Amherst, 1759                                                 398

Weymouth, Samuel, Somersworth, 1759                                        373

Wheeler, Abner, Salem, 1758                                                        267

Whidden, John, Greenland, 1757                                                     35

Whiting, James, Hollis, 1760                                                         560

Whittier, Abner, Amesbury, Mass., 1757                                          53

Wiggin, Bradstreet, Stratham, 1757                                               157

          Simon, Stratham, 1757                                                        107

Williams, Benjamin, Danville, 1759                                               493

 

 

 

                                            LIST OF ESTATES             xvii

 

Wilson, ——, Londonderry, 1759                                                    360

          John, Plaistow, 1757                                                            168

Winchester, Ebenezer, Portsmouth, 1757                                          6

Winslow, Elisha, Kingston, 1760                                                    569

Wood, Joseph, Charlestown, 1760                                                  552

Worcester, Jesse, Newbury, Mass., 1758                                        289

Worthen, Samuel, Plaistow, 1757                                                    19

Wyman, Thomas, Pelham, 1760                                                     508

 

York, Benjamin, Durham, 1760                                                     512

Young, John, Kingston, 1758                                                         318

          Jonathan, Rochester, 1759                                                  419