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