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Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
History <-> Genealogy
Map of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

For many years prior to 1740, the boundary lines of the province of New Hampshire were in dispute.

Massachusetts claimed that the division boundary between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was defined by a line drawn from a point on the Atlantic coast 3 miles north of the mouth of the Merrimack River, and running on the northerly and easterly side of the river, at a distance of 3 miles from it, to a point 3 miles beyond the parallel of the junction of the Winnipiseogee and the Pemigewasset; thence due west to the Connecticut.  This included all the territory included in the present-day limits of Hillsborough County, with the exceptions of the town of Pelham and a portion of the town of Hudson which was more than 3 miles from the Merrimack River.  It also included the whole of Cheshire County and the larger part of the present-day Merrimack and Sullivan Counties.

New Hampshire claimed for her southern boundary a line due west from the same point on the ocean.  By this claim the towns of Pelham, Hudson, Litchfield, Nashua, Merrimack, Hollis, Amherst and other towns lying within about 14 miles of latitude were conceded to be within Massachusetts.

The ancient town of Dunstable , which contained more than two hundred square miles, and included all of the towns named above and portions of other towns within the present limits of New Hampshire, made a part of the county of Middlesex, in Massachusets, and had not, before 1740, been regarded by any party as in part the territory of the province of New Hampshire.

The boundary between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was finally determined, in 1741, by the King himself who ended the controversy in favor of New Hampshire, and fixed the present boundary, granting a much larger territory to New Hampshire than had been claimed earlier.  Upon the settlement of the question, the towns which had had a corporate existence under Massachusetts were rechartered by the province of New Hampshire, and new towns were formed from those portions of existing towns cut off from Massachusetts.

In 1771, New Hampshire was divided into five counties.   Hillsborough County was formed at that time as one of the original counties.

By 1823, there were 42 townships within Hillsborough County  (see 1823 map and profile ).  Several of the northern townships were set off to the newly formed Merrimack County the same year.  The townships which became part of Merrimack County were:  Andover, Boscawen, Bradford, Dunbarton, Fishersfield, Henniker, Hooksett, Hopkinton, New London, Salisbury, Sutton, and Warner.

The county seat: Nashua & Manchester.

Communties in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire include the following:
Amherst, Antrim, Bedford, Bennington, Brookline, Deering, Francestown, Goffstown, Greenfield, Greenville, Hancock, Hillsborough, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, Lyndeborough, Manchester, Mason, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Nashua, New Boston, New Ipswich, Pelham, Peterborough, Sharon, Temple, Weare, Wilton, and Windsor.

Click HERE for General HILLSBOROUGH County information and links ,
OR
Select from the TOWNS Table below to view information and links specific to the town/township of interest.
OR scroll down the page to find the town(s) of interest in alphabetical order.


Notice:  An earlier Hillsborough County, NHGenWeb Genealogy site, was created by Fred Kunchick, and it remains online, though no longer being updated.  Though I do not know Fred personally, I believe that he was a dedicated County Coordinator for Hillsborough County for several years.



Please note:  Though the information on this web page is believed to be correct, the possibility of error remains.  Please notify Ann Mensch, the County Coordinator, should an error be found. 


 

 

 

USGenWeb New Hampshire Genealogy Project
by Peggy Tebbetts. 

NHGenWeb Hillsborough County Towns Table

Would you like to volunteer to assist with one of the Hillsborough County, NH Towns?  Please visit the Town Coordinators' guidelines page, and contact: Ann Mensch

 

TOWN

Formed 
From or Earlier Names

1st Colonial

Settlement

Town Inc.

Town Coordinator

Amherst

Narraganset No. 3, 
Souhegan West

1735

1760

Derick S. Hartshorn

Antrim

Cumberland, 
Society Land

1744

1777

Host Requested

Bedford

Narraganset No. 5, 
Souhegan East

1737

1750

Host Requested

Bennington

Society Land, Hancock Factory Village

Pre-1800

1842

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Brookline

Formed from Mile Slip (aka Groton Gore), the western portion of Hollis and a northeastern  section of Townsend.  First incorporated with the name of Raby, in 1769.

 

1769 as Raby; 1798 name changed to Brookline.

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Deering

Formed from area earlier known as Cumberland; then incorporated, as Deering, in 1774, from Society Land. In 1842, a small portion of Derring was annexed into Bennington.

1765

1774

Rob Gregg

Francestown

Formed from New Boston Addition and a portion of Society Land.

1760

1772

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Goffstown

Narragansett No. 4

 

1763

Host Requested

Greenfield

Formed from portions of Society Land, Peterborough, Lyndeborough & Lyndeborough Gore.  In 1792, and 1872, small portions of Greenfield were annexed to Francistown.

 

1791

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Greenville

 

 

 

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Hancock

Society Land

1764

1779

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Hillsborough

Township No. 7, granted to Col. John Hill by MA.

1741-46

1772

Linda Simpson

Hollis

Old Dunstable, MA granted 1673; West Dunstable 1739.

1728

1746

Ann Mensch

Hudson

Old Dunstable, MA granted 1673; early name Nottingham West (1746); Hudson (1830).

 

1746 as Nottingham West; 1830 as Hudson

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Litchfield

Old Dunstable, MA granted 1673.

 

1734 as Natticook

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Lyndeborough

 

 

1735

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Manchester

Formed from sw portion of Chester, nw portion of Londonderry, and Harrytown.

1722

1751, as Derryfield

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Mason

 

 

1768

Rhett Regina Owings

Merrimack

Formed from Nashua

 

1746

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Milford

 

 

 

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Mont Vernon

 

 

1803

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Nashua


Old Dunstable, MA granted 1673.

 

Dec 1836, name changed to Nashua, from Dunstable;  From 1842-1853, northern part was inc. as "Nashville", then in 1853 reinc. together as part of City of Nashua.



Linda Simpson


Nashua (Don' Dillaby's older site)

New Boston

 

 

 

Janice Maudlin Castleman

New Ipswich

 

 

 

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Pelham

 

 

 

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Peterborough

 

 

 

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Sharon

 

 

 

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Temple

 

 

 

Ann Mensch

Weare

 

 

 

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Wilton

 

 

 

Ann Mensch

Windsor

 

 

 

Host Requested

General Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
+ MAILING  LIST + QUERIES + FAMILIES and BIOGRAPHIES +

·         Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

·         Hillsborough County Cooperative Extension Homepage - includes a brief history, county profile, calendar of events and more.

·         Hillsborough County Clerk   

·              19 Temple Street - Nashua, NH  03060-3444  Phone: (603) 882-9471

·         Hillsborough Register Of Deeds   

·              19 Temple Street - Nashua, NH  03060-3444  Phone: (603) 882-6933

·         Hillsborough Superior Court   

o        30 Spring Street - Nashua, NH  03060  Phone: (603) 883-6461.

·         Hillsborough County Register Of Probate   

o        30 Spring Street - Nashua, NH  03060  Phone: (603) 882-1231.

·         Rules of Practice and Procedure in the Probate Courts of the State of New Hampshire.

·         The State of New Hampshire

o    New Hampshire Department of Cultural Resources

   20 Park Street - Concord, NH 03301;  Phone: (603) 271-2540.

§  New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources

   19 Pillsbury Street - Box 2043, Concord, NH 03301-2043
    Phone: (603) 271-3483   E-mail: preservation@nhdhr.state.nh.us

§  American Canadian French Cultural Exchange Commission.

§  New Hampshire State Data Center

   20 Park Street - Concord, NH 03301   Phone: (603) 271-2144.

·         State of New Hampshire Division of Archives and Records Management

71 South Fruit Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 271-2236

Genealogy Resources among the collection (includes early probate, land, military and naturalization records)

Index to The Provincial and State Papers of New Hampshire at http://www.sos.nh.gov/archives/PDF/Index_NH_State_Papers.pdf

New Hampshire State Papers at http://www.sos.nh.gov/archives/nhstatepapers.html

·         Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Deeds

·         New Hampshire Vital Records

·         71 South Fruit Street - Concord, NH 03301

·         Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet

·         Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Cemeteries (no longer being updated)

·         USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project for Hillsborough County, NH

·         State of New Hampshire

·         Hillsborough Historical Society & Franklin Pierce Homestead   P.O. Box 896 - Hillsborough, NH 03244
  Phone: (603) 478-3165  - Email: c_chadwick@conknet.com

·         1823 Map, Statistics and Profile of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

·         Map of Old Dunstable , from Charles J. Fox's: History of the Old Township of Dunstable including Nashua, Nashville, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield and Merrimac, N. H.; Dunstable and Tyngsborough, Mass.  Nashua: Charles T. Gill Publishers.  1846.

·         1895 Map of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire , by Pam Rietsch

·         Use the query form, at USGS, to map features including cemeteries, churches, populated places, and more.  Please note that the map town listed with a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see the location of the actual feature.  This database may not be complete, and, as with any database, there may be errors.

·         Interactive Census Bureau New Hampshire Profiles & Maps :

·         Hillsborough, New Hampshire Home Page

·         Men and Women of New Hampshire who Served During the Civil War, by Fred Kunchick.

·         Souhegan Valley Chamber of Commerce

·         The Poorhouse Story , by Linda Crannell and CCS - a collection of information, by state, which invites submissions to help tell this untold tale - Visit the page for New Hampshire which contains a postcard of Hillsborough County Farm and New Hospital, in Grasmere (in Goffstown), N.H. read " Emma's Story " to see the touching story behind the site!!!

·         New Hampshire Tombstone Project: Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Cemeteries

·         The Political Graveyard , for Hillsborough County , created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum , a web site about U.S. political history, politicians and cemeteries.

o        Cemeteries and Memorial Sites in Hillsborough County

·         NEHGS: Master Cemeteries Database Search

·         The Union Leader & New Hampshire Sunday News - Manchester

·         The Nashua Telegraph - online news

·         A Genealogical Dictionary of  The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692, Vols. 1-4 , By James Savage.

·         The Hillsborough Historical Society   

·              P.O. Box 896, Hillsborough, NH  03244   Phone: (603) 478-3165

·         President Franklin Pierce (14th U.S. President) biographical sketch:  Franklin PIERCE was born, in 1804, to Benjamin PIERCE and Anna KENDRICK in Hillsboro, N.H..."

·         Hillsborough County Genealogy  

·         NHGen Web Archives   & Contents for Hillsborough County 

·         USGenWeb Census Project for New Hampshire

·         American Canadian Genealogical Society in Manchester, New Hampshire.

·         New Hampshire Heritage, 1861-1865 and New Hampshire Civil War Genealogy, by Todd Grzywacz.

·         NARA: National Archives and Records Administration

o    The Genealogy Page.

o    About Census Records

o    1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm

o    1930 Census Microfilm Locator

o    The Soundex Indexing System

o    Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840

o    Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930

o    Indian Census Rolls

o    Nonpopulation Census Records

o    Prologue, Spring 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1, "First in the Path of the Firemen" The Fate of the 1890 Population Census, by Kellee Blake.

o    Native American Records

o    Immigration Records and Naturalization Records

o    o        "Any woman who is now or hereafter may be married... Women and Naturalization, ca. 1802-1940", by Marian L. Smith (Prologue, Summer 1998)

o    By Way of Canada: U.S. Records of Immigration Across the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895-1954, By Marian L. Smith (St. Albans Lists) (Fall 2000) — A guide to using immigration records of the U.S.-Canada border.

o    Military Records available from the National Archives

o    Military Service and Pension Records: Requesting Pre-WWI

o    Civil War Records: An Introduction and Invitation, By Michael P. Musick  (Prologue, Summer 1995)

o    Women Soldiers of the Civil War, by DeAnne Blanton (Prologue, Spring 1993)

o    Sailors, Soldiers, and Marines of the Spanish-American War: The Legacy of USS Maine, By Rebecca Livingston (Prologue, Spring 1998).

o    They Answered the Call: Military Service in the United States Army during World War I, 1917-1919  (Prologue, Fall 1998). -- A guide to looking for information about World War I army veterans - By Mitchell Yockelson.

o    State-level Lists of Casualties from the Korean Conflict (1951-1957) and the Vietnam Conflict , By Theodore J. Hull, (Prologue, Spring 2000).

o    Indian Bounty Land Applications, By Mary Frances Morrow (Prologue,

o    American Indians A Select Catalog of NARA Microfilm Publications Snakes & Scribes: The Dawes Commission and the Enrollment of the Creeks, By Kent Carter, in "Prologue" (Prologue, Spring 1997)

o    Genealogical Fallout from the War of 1812, By Ruth Priest Dixon (Prologue, Spring 1992) - "...The impressment of American seamen by the British was one of the causes of the War of 1812. The practice also resulted in the creation of extensive records about merchant seamen that are of great value to genealogists and historians..."

o    Genealogical Records of the War of 1812, By Stuart L. Butler (Prologue, Winter 1991) - "...National Archives records created during and after the War of 1812 offer the genealogist a diverse and fertile ground in which to obtain invaluable family information..."

o    Preserving the Legacy of the United States Colored Troops, by Budge Weidman (Prologue, Summer 1997)

o    A Guiding Light: Black History: A Guide to Civilian Records in the National Archives, By Debra Newman Ham (Prologue, Special Issue, Summer 1997).

o    From Slave Women to Free Women: The National Archives and Black Women's History in the Civil War Era, By Noralee Frankel (Prologue, Summer 1997)

o    Riding the Rails Up Paper Mountain: Researching Railroad Records in the National Archives, By David A. Pfeiffer (Spring 1997).

o    Prologue Magazine

·         Obtaining EDs for the 1930 Census in One Step (Large Cities), by Stephen P. Morse, PhD, Joel D. Weintraub, PhD and David R. Kehs, PhD

·         familysearch.org - 1880 Census Index

·         Tina's Adoption Reform and Search Pages (all states).

·         Order Forms for Military Service and Family History Records

·         Hillsborough County, New Hampshire , by Kathy Leigh, includes transcriptions of various, early Hillsborough County resources including:

·         1817 Gazetteer of Hillsborough County - Transcribed and submitted by Cathy Parziale, from The Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire, compiled by Eliphalet Merrill and the Late Phinehas Merrill, Esq., Printed by C. Norris & Co. , Exeter, NH, 1817, (p. 79).

·          The History of Manchester, formerly Derryfield, in New Hampshire; including that of Amoskeag, or the Middle Merrimack Valley.. ., written by C. E. Potter, Manchester: C. E. Potter, 1856.

·         History of the Town of Goffstown, 1733-1920 , by George Plummer Hadley, Concord, N. H. : The Rumford Press, 1922.

·         The Cabinet Press - Online Newspaper

·         Directory of New Hampshire Libraries - by city and town

·         Merrimack Valley State Parks and Historic Sites .- (The area of Concord, Merrimack and Manchester)

·         Cemetery Junction for New Hampshire Cemeteries

·         Related Mailing Lists hosted by rootsweb

·         Higgonson Book Company regarding New Hampshire books for sale    148 Washington Street - P.O. Box 778 - Salem, MA 01970   Phone: (978) 745-7170

 



Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Families Online



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AMHERST

·         Amherst, NH History & Genealogy, by Derick S. Hartshorn

·         Historical Society of Amherst, New Hampshire

P. O. Box 717 - Amherst, NH  03031

·         Vital Records Indexes

·         Amherst Town Library     14 Main Street - Amherst, NH 03031
    Phone: (603) 673-2288;  Fax: 603-672-6063;  E-mail:  library@amherst.lib.nh.us

·         Town of Amherst

·         Amherst History - Amherst, NH was first chartered in 1728 as Narragansett No. 3 and later called Souhegan No. 3. In January, 1760 it was chartered as Amherst...

·         Amherst Town Clerk    2 Main Street - Amherst, NH  03031  Phone: (603) 673-6041

·         Cricket Corner Cemetery, Amherst, Hillsborough County, NH, contributed and transcribed by Jackie Marshall with assistance from Nathalie Marshall, for use in USGenWeb Archives for Hillsborough County

Amherst area Cemeteries include:
Saint Patricks Cemetery -
     Located west off Hwy. 101, on the road to Milford;
     Latitude: 425013N; Longitude: 0713723W (see map of location)

Town Cemetery -
     Located in Amherst village;
     Latitude: 425151N; Longitude: 0713726W (see map of location)


Thank you for your kind offer of assistance Jackie!!!!

Jackie Marshall, genealogy chair for the Historical Society of Amherst, has graciously volunteered to do look-ups in some of the databases she has been working on.  The databases are listed below.  Please respectfully LIMIT your request to one or two names at a time.

1.  Amherst, NH Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1884-1903:
Description of database:  Vital record information from the Amherst Town Reports from 1884 to the present.  So far, Jackie has already indexed the births, marriages, & deaths from 1884 to 1903.  If you are looking for births, marriages or deaths after 1903, please specify a close, approximate date when requesting a look-up.  Contact: Jackie Marshall
Please note: The information contained in these records varies through the years as to what is included in the town report. It is a secondary source, subject to error, but a good indication for family researchers that there will be further information at the Town Hall or state vital records office.

2.  Names of out-of-town residents buried in Amherst, 1884-1952:
Description of database:  Jackie has indexed the existing names of people who died out of town & were brought to Amherst for burial (when the Town Reports have this listing, which isn't every year) from 1884 to 1952. The information for the out-of-town deaths is highly variable, sometimes just a name, sometimes the place where they died, and sometimes more.  Contact:  Jackie Marshall
Please note: The information contained in these records varies through the years as to what is included in the town report. It is a secondary source, subject to error, but a good indication for family researchers that there will be further information at the Town Hall or state vital records office.

3.  Cemetery Inscriptions for Cricket Corner Cemetery, Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Meadow View Cemetery and Amherst Town Hall Burying Ground.
Description of database:  An on-going cemetery survey project is underway, and plans are being made to post the completed index online.  Jackie has offered to look-up information in those completed by volunteers thus far.  She writes:  "So far we've recorded 2,466 burials from the following Amherst cemeteries: Cricket Corner, Chestnut Hill, and Meadow View. The Boy Scouts Troop 22 finished the Chestnut Hill cemetery, my daughter & I finished the Cricket Corner Cemetery, and Meadow View has a ways to go but is certainly well over 3/4 complete. I haven't entered the Amherst Town Hall Burying Ground in the data base yet, but have an index on hand. This cemetery has been transcribed in the past and I'd like to double check the stones. St. Patrick's cemetery still needs to be done."
Contact:  Jackie Marshall

4.  Jackie Marshall's Family Tree Maker File of Amherst Families
Jackie's description of database:  "First I entered all the families that Daniel F. Secomb recorded in the genealogy portion of his book, History of the Town of Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire [1883]. I've been adding to the
families using the cemetery information, the town reports, and the census. I've also used some other local town histories. You can't imagine how many differences there are between all these sources! Family Tree Maker lets me put in the multiple birth dates (for example) with each source. It would be up to the family researcher to locate the primary record and make the judgment about which is correct. Usually the differences are slight: May or Mar, Jan or Jun, the date off by a few days, or the year having one year difference. Sometimes it's way out of
the ballpark too. Interesting because it shows us how vulnerable secondary sources can actually be. Add that to the fact that I'm re-copying all this & am also susceptible to making typos (9 instead of 0), there is always room for error, but I think it can be a useful clue tool.  Contact: Jackie Marshall



ANTRIM

·         Town of Antrim, NH

·         A Brief History of Antrim

·         Antrim Town Clerk   

P.O. Box 517, 66 Main Street - Antrim, NH  03440;   Phone: (603) 588-6785.

·         James A Tuttle Library    P.O. Box 235 - Antrim 03440-0235;   Phone: (603) 588-6786

·         Antrim Community Profile

·         Antrim Historical Society

·         Antrim, NH - brief overview

·         Bird's-eye-view: Digital 1887 Map of Antrim, N.H. and Clinton Village , by Norris, George E., published Brockton, Mass., 1887.

·         Cemeteries include:

o   Maplewood Cemetery, North Branch Cemetery, Meeting House Hill Cemetery and Over East Cemetery

o   Antrim, New Hampshire Cemeteries:



BEDFORD

·         Vital Records of Bedford, NH To 1903, From the history of Bedford, NH From 1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, NH, 1903.  Online at Rays-Place.com

·         Bedford Public Library    3 Meetinghouse Road - Bedford, NH 03110
   Phone: (603) 472-2300;  E-mail: mailto:fwiggin@bedford.lib.nh.us

·         Town of Bedford    24 North Amherst Road - Bedford, NH  03110
   Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM and Tuesdays - 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM.

·         Bedford Town Clerk     24 North Amherst Road - Bedford, NH  03110;   Phone: (603) 472-3550.

·         Bedford, NH Links

·          Online Area News

·         Neighborhood NewsThe Bedford Bulletin



BENNINGTON

·         Town of Bennington, NH

·         An Historical Overview of Bennington, NH

·         Bennington Town Office      7 School Street, # 101 - Bennington, NH  03442;   Phone:  (603) 588-2189.

·         Bennington Town Clerk

·         Dodge Public Library    Main Street - Bennington, NH  03442;  Phone:  (603) 588-6585.



BROOKLINE

·          Town of Brookline, NH

·         Brookline Town Clerk     1 Main Street - Brookline, NH  03033;   Phone: (603) 673-8933.

·         Brookline Public Library    P.O. Box 157 - 16 Main Street - Brookline, NH 03033-0157;  Phone: (603) 673-3330.

·         Brookline History Committee

·         Brookline Historical Society

P. O. Box 595, Brookline, NH  03033

·         Brookline, New Hampshire, USA



DEERING
   Deering, NH is located in north central Hillsboro County, with the municipalities of Hillsborough, in Hillsborough County, and Henniker, in Merrimack county, at it's northern border.  Deering's neighbor to the east is Antrim and Bennington, to the west is Weare, and to the south is Francestown - all in Hillsborough county.
Deering Cemeteries include:
     Bartlett Cemetery, Corliss Cemetery, Dow Cemetery, and Goodale Cemetery.

·         Deering Town Clerk (for vital records information)     Deering Center Rd. - Hillsboro, NH 03244;  Phone:  (603) 464-3224.

·         Town of Deering , NH includes:

o   A Brief History of Deering, New Hampshire

o   Timeline

o   Deering Fire & Rescue

o   Cemetery Trustees 



FRANCESTOWN

·         Francestown Clerk   Route 136 & Poor Farm Rd. -  Francestown, NH  03043;  Phone:  (603) 547-6251.

·         George Holmes Bixby Memorial Library    52 Main Street - Francestown, NH 03043;  Phone: (603) 547-2730.

·         Francestown, NH Profile



GOFFSTOWN - inc. 1761 -
     communities include: Grasmere, Goffstown Village, Pinardville

·         Goffstown Town Clerk    16 Main Street - Goffstown, NH  03045;   Phone:  (603) 497-3613.

·         Goffstown Public Library     2 High Street - Goffstown, NH 03045;    Phone: (603) 497-2102.

·         Yourneighborhoodnews.com - area news

·         Town of Goffstown, New Hampshire

·         Town Overview and History

·         Town Hall Offices

·         Welcome to Goffstown, New Hampshire .

·         Pinardville - a community in Goffstown

·         Online Area News

·         The Poorhouse Story, by Linda Crannell and CCS - a collection of information, by state, which invites submissions to help tell this untold tale - Visit the page for New Hampshire which contains a postcard of Hillsborough County Farm and New Hospital, in Grasmere (in Goffstown), N.H. read " Emma's Story " to see the touching story behind the site!!!

·         Goffstown News

·         Hillsborough County, New Hampshire , by Kathy Leigh, includes transcriptions of various, early Hillsborough County resources including:

·         History of the Town of Goffstown, 1733-1920 , by George Plummer Hadley, Concord, N. H. : The Rumford Press, 1922.

·         Goffstown Tax Lists

·         Goffstown Genealogy, hosted by Kathy Leigh.

 



GREENFIELD

·         Town of Greenfield, New Hampshire

·         The Stephenson Memorial Library    Forest Road - Greenfield, NH 03047   Phone: (603) 547-2790.

·         Greenfield Town Clerk   P. O. Box 256,  7 Sawmill Road - Greenfield, NH  03047   Phone: (603) 547-2782.

·         Greenfield, NH Cemeteries Information and Trustees

·         Cemeteries: 

1.      Greenvale Cemeterylocated on Forest Road/Route 31S

2.      Meeting House Cemetery / aka Old Church Cemetery – located behind the Meeting House between Sawmill Road and Francestown Road.

3.      Shea Cemetery / aka Knight Cemetery – located off Slip Road

4.      Whittemore Cemeterylocated on New Boston Road



GREENVILLE  (See also MASON)

·         Town of Greenville, NH

·         Greenville Town Clerk      46 Main Street - Greenville, NH  03048;  Phone: (603) 878-4155.

·         Chamberlin Public Library   

46  Main Street - Greenville, NH  03048;   Phone:  (603) 878-1105.

·         Greenville (Mason) History - History of the Town of Mason, N.H. from the First Grant in 1749, to the Year 1858, by John B. Hill, Boston : Lucius A. Elliot & Co., 1858.

·         Bird's-eye-view: Digital ca. 1886 Map of Greenville, N.H. , by Burleigh Lith. Establishment, Troy, N.Y. : L. R. Burleigh, 1886.



HANCOCK (inc. 1779)

·         Hancock Historical Society    P.O. Box 138 - 7 Main Street - Hancock, NH 03449
   Phone: (603) 525-9379;    E-mail: hancockhistsoc@mcttelecom.com

·         Site Map of Resources

·         1852 Map of Hancock, NH

·         1858 Map of Hancock, NH

·         Hancock Town Library   25 Main Street - Hancock, NH  03449
   Phone:  (603) 525-4411;    E-mail: library@hancocknh.org

·         Friends of the Hancock Town Library

·         The Town of Hancock, NH - with government information, links and more.

·         Hancock Community Profile (.pdf)

·         KeensentinelRegional Information: Town of Hancock, NH

·         Hancock, New Hampshire with a Hancock, New Hampshire HISTORY, by John Grimes and John Hancock.



HILLSBOROUGH

·         The History of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, 1735-1921, Vol. 2: Biography and Genealogy, By George Waldo Browne, Hillsborough, N.H., Hillsborough (N.H. : Town), 1922.  (online at google books)

·         Fuller Library   

                   29 School Street - Hillsboro, NH 03244
                 Phone: (603) 464-3595   E-mail:  fuller_lib@conknet.com

·         Hillsboro Town Clerk   

                   29 School Street (P.O. Box 1699) - Hillsboro, NH  03244  

                  Phone: (603) 464-5571;   Town Offices E-mail: hillsboro@conknet.com

·         Bird's-eye-view: Digital 1884 Map of Hillsborough-Bridge, Hillsborough County, N.H. , by H. W., del., Brockton, Mass. : Norris & Wellge, 1884.

·         Town of Hillsborough.

·         Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) Homestead.

·         President Franklin Pierce (14th U.S. President) biographical sketch:  Franklin PIERCE was born, in 1804, to Benjamin PIERCE and Anna KENDRICK in Hillsboro, N.H..."

·         Historic Hillsborough

·         Architecture and Interior Design for the 20th Century : a search for New Hampshire provides several photos including:

·         Pierce homestead, Hillsboro, New Hampshire. Exterior II . by Gottscho, Samuel H. 1875-1971, (Samuel Herman), photographer, 1961 Sept. 13.

·         New Book:  Hillsborough Town History , by Cynthia Van Hazinga - "...a new history of Hillsborough and its people to be published in the fall of 1999..."

·         Fuller Public Library

     29 School Street - Hillsboro, NH  03244;   Phone:  (603) 464-3595

·         Gerry Cemetery Fox State Forest, Town of Hillsborough, Hillsborough Co., NH, contributed by Steve Tarry.



HOLLIS

·         Hollis Town Clerk    7 Monument Square -  Hollis, NH  03049;   Phone: (603) 465-2064.

·          Welcome to Hollis, New Hampshire - Community page

·         Hollis Historical Society    P.O. Box 754 - Hollis, NH 03049

·         Joan Tinklepaugh's "A Brief History of Hollis"

·         Ann's Welcome to Hollis, NH Genealogy and History

·         Sue's Hollis, NH Site includes some early Hollis marriages (1743-1877)

Hollis Cemeteries include:
   Pine Hill Cemetery - Latitude: 424606N; Longitude: 0713220W (see map of location)
              Located on Pine Hill Road, near the eastern boundary with Nashua.



HUDSON - Old Dunstable, MA granted 1673; early name Nottingham West (1746); Hudson (1830).

·         Hudson Town Clerk    12 School Street -Hudson, NH  03051;   Phone: (603) 886-6003.

·         Hudson, NH History from earliest settlement...

·         Town of Hudson and Take a Tour of Hudson

·         Hudson ~ Litchfield Online New

Hudson area cemeteries include:

Saint Patricks Cemetery
     Latitude: 424633N; Longitude: 0712629W (see map of location)

Senter Cemetery
     Located in northern Hudson, near the intersections of Londonderry and Griffin Roads;
     Latitude: 424851N; Longitude: 0712430W - (see map of location)

Sunnyside Cemetery
     Located in central Hudson, off Greeley Street and Hwy. 111;
     Latitude: 424550N; Longitude: 0712541W - (see map of location)

Westview Cemetery
     Located in central Hudson, off Greeley Street and Hwy. 111;
     Latitude: 424608N; Longitude: 0712457W - (see map of location)

Hudson, New Hampshire Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War


Source:  History of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, compiled under the supervision of D. Hamilton Hurd, "History of Hudson," by Kimball Webster, Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & Co., 1885.  (pp. 474-475).

     "It is a matter of regret that a complete list of the names of all the soldiers who served their country, from this town [Hudson], in the War of the Revolution, cannot be given.  
     "No town documents to show who they were can be found, and a few of their names only are incidentally mentioned in the town records.
     "Hon. Isaac W. Hammond, Assistant Secretary of State, has kindly furnished some valuable information, some has been gathered from the Adjutant-General's Reports, and some names have been obtained from other sources.
     "Within the limited time given to compete this history it has been impossible for me to make an exhaustive research for all the names of those patriotic soldiers possible to be obtained.
     "The following names are given as a partial list of the men from Nottingham West who were soldiers in the War of the Revolution.
"NOTTINGHAM WEST SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTION.
--The following was copied from the original paper in the possession of the New Hampshire Historical Society, by Hon. D. F. Secomb:
     "A muster-roll of Capt. Samuel Greeley's Company, who turned out as volunteers from Nottingham west, in New Hampshire, at the time of Lexington battle, on the 19th day of April, 1775."
     "Samuel Greeley, captain; John Kelley, lieutenant; John Pollard, ensign; James Ford, clerk; William Merrill, sergeant; William Burns, sergeant; Ebenezer Pollard, sergeant; Justus Dakin, corporal; Simeon Barrett, corporal; Jonathan Bradley, corporal; John Pollard, corporal; Benjamin Marshall, fifer; Samuel Currier, fifer; Samuel Marsh, Reuben Spalding, Peter Cross, Ebenezer Cummings, Ebenezer Perry, Elijah Hills, Ezekiel Hills, Jeremiah Hills, Samuel Hills, Richard Marshall, Daniel Hardy, Seth Hadley, Abijah Reed, Richard Cutter, Nehemiah Winn, Benjamin Whittemore, Abiather Winn, Stephen Chase, Jr., Joshua Chase, John Haseltine, David Glover, Oliver Hills, Page Smith, Samuel Campbell, Samuel Smith, Moses Barrett, Richard Hardy, Jonathan Blodgett, Joseph Greeley, Samuel Durant, Samuel Moore, Andrew Seavey, Stephen Chase, James Pemberton, John Osgood, Nat. Hardy, Benjamin Marshall, Daniel Marshall, John Walker, Joseph Gould, Jr., John Merrill, David Cummings, Thomas Wason, Alexander Caldwell, Thomas Caldwell, Asa Davis, Samuel Wason, Ichabod Eastman, Abraham Page, Nat. Davis."
     



LITCHFIELD

·          Town Clerk    2 Liberty Way -Litchfield, NH  03052;   Phone: (603) 424-4045.

·         Town of Litchfield, NH

·         Hudson ~ Litchfield Online News



LYNDEBOROUGH

·         Town of Lyndeborough, NH

·         Lyndeborough Town Clerk   

P. O. Box 164, Citizens Hall Rd. - Lyndeborough, NH   03082;  Phone: (603) 654-9653.

·           J. A. Tarbell Library - 164 Forest Road

Volunteer Lookups:  Below are resources which volunteers have graciously offered to consult to aid Lyndeborough, New Hampshire researchers:

The History of the Town of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire,1735-1905 , by Rev. D. Donovan
and Jacob A. Woodward. Pub. by the town.  [Tufts College, Mass.] The Tufts college press, H.W. Whittemore & co., 1906.
     Lookup by: Richard Putnam
                       Putnam's Store
                      Wilton, NH  03086
                       Phone:  603-654-6564
                       E-mail: Ptmclothes@aol.com

The History of the Town of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire : 1905-1955 , by Mrs. E. George
Warren, [et al.] History Committee.  Lyndeborough, NH : The Town, 1958.
     Lookup by: Richard Putnam
                       Putnam's Store
                     Wilton, NH  03086
                       Phone:  603-654-6564
                       E-mail: Ptmclothes@aol.com



MANCHESTER

·         The City of Manchester Home Page

·         Manchester Municipal Archives (for Births and Deaths)    Office of City Clerk - One One City Hall Plaza - Manchester, NH   03101
   Phone: (603) 624-6455
   Birth and death records information

·         Manchester Cemetery Dept    765 Brown Ave. - Manchester, NH  03103  Phone: (603) 624-6514.

·         Manchester Historic Association    129 Amherst Street - Manchester 03101  Phone: (603) 622-7531.

·         American Canadian Genealogical Society in Manchester, New Hampshire

·         St. Raphael's Catholic Church Parish in Manchester, NH

·         Manchester Genealogy & History alternate/temporary page

·         GenWeb Archives: Every Name Index to Clarke's "History of Manchester" : Surnames A-F

·         Hillsborough County, New Hampshire , by Kathy Leigh, includes transcriptions of various, early Hillsborough County resources including:

·         The History of Manchester, formerly Derryfield, in New Hampshire; including that of Amoskeag, or the Middle Merrimack Valley..., written by C. E. Potter, Manchester: C. E. Potter, 1856.

·         Manchester Cemetery Dept   

765 Brown Ave. - Manchester, NH  03103;  Phone: (603) 624-6514.

·         Manchester Cemeteries - with histories of several of the city's cemeteries

Manchester Cemeteries include:

Amoskeag Cemetery (est. 1885)
   Fieldcrest Road, Manchester, NH
Derryfield Cemetery (aka Center City; aka Huse Cemetery)
   Mammoth Road, Manchester, NH
Hall Cemetery (est. 1921)
   Young & Sunnyside Street, Manchester, NH
Merrill Cemetery (est. 1894)
   S. Willow Street & Huse Road, Manchester, NH
Moore Cemetery (aka Goffs Falls Cemetery) (est. 1921)
   Brown Avenue, Manchester, NH
Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery (est. 1881)
   474 Goffstown Road, Manchester, NH;  Phone: (603) 622-3215
Pine Grove Cemetery (est. 1851)
   765 Brown Avenue, Manchester, NH
Piscataquog Cemetery (est. 1915)
   Bowman Street, Manchester, NH
Stowell Cemetery (est. 1921)
   Bodwell Road, Manchester, NH
Valley Cemetery (est. 1841)
   at Auburn, Pine, Valley and Willow streets , Manchester, NH

 



MASON  (See also GREENVILLE )

·         Bird's-eye-view: Digital ca. 1886 Map of Greenville, N.H. , by Burleigh Lith. Establishment, Troy, N.Y. : L. R. Burleigh, 1886.

·         Welcome to the Town of Mason, NH

·         Mason Board of Selectmen and Town Officers     The Mann House - 16 Darling Hill Road - Mason, NH 03048;   Phone: (603) 878-2070.

·         Mason Public Library     16 Darling Hill Road - Mason, NH  03048-9600;  Phone: (603) 878-3867;   E-mail:  masonlib@monad.net

·         FCG: Family Magazine Celebrating NH : Historical Profile of Mason , with a wonderful picture collection online!

·         Mason, NH Genealogy, by Rhett Owings.

·         Parker's Maple Barn, in Mason - a commercial site with a brief sketch about Mason and an online tour of a Maple Sugar House "... how the Native Americans made "Zinsibukwud" (maple sugar)..."

·          Starch Mill Road Cemetery - Mason, NH



MERRIMACK

·         Merrimack, Hillsborough County, NH Genealogy , by Janice Brown .

·         War Veterans of Merrimack, NH (1775-1919)

·         Merrimack Town Clerk    Baboosic Lake Rd. - Merrimack, NH 03054;   Phone:  (603) 424-3651.

·         Merrimack Public Library     470 Daniel Webster Highway -  Merrimack, NH 03054-3694;   Phone: (603) 424-5021.

·         Official Site of Merrimack, New Hampshire .

·         Merrimack, NH Chamber of Commerce

Merrimack area cemeteries include:

Turkey Hill Cemetery
     Latitude: 425130N; Longitude: 0713116W



MILFORD

·         Town of Milford, NH official web site.

·         Milford Town Clerk    1 Union Square - Milford, NH  03055;   Phone:  (603) 673-3403.
   Certified copies of birth, marriage and death records are as follows:  $12.00 for 1st copy, $8.00 for subsequent copies when requested at the same time.

·         Milford, New Hampshire History in Pictures , by Chris Thompson

·         Milford Historical Society has an online Picture Tour of Downtown Milford .   

6 Union Street - Milford, NH 03055;  Phone: (603) 673-3385.

·         History of Milford, 1738-1901, by George Ramsdell, online from the Milford Historical Society.

·         Bird's-eye-view: Digital ca. 1886 Map of Milford, N.H. , Drawn & pub. by L. R. Burleigh. C.H. Vogt., Troy, N.Y., ca 1886.

·         UNH Dimond Library, Historic USGS Maps of New England:  Milford, NH area maps

·         Milford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire: Milford Civil War Soldiers , by

·         Milford, New Hampshire Genealogy and History , by Fred Kunchick, Jr.

·         Wadleigh Memorial Public Library    49 Nashua Street - Milford, NH 03055;  Phone: (603) 673-2408.

·         The Milford Cabinet Weekly Newspaper    The Cabinet Press, Inc.
      P.O. Box 180 - 54 School Street - Milford, NH 03055-0180;  Phone: (800) 773-3102.

·         Town of Milford, NH Community Web

·         Milford area Churches .

Cemeteries include:

North Yard Cemetery
     North River Road - Milford, NH 03055
Riverside Cemetery
    Nashua Street - Milford, NH 03055



MONT VERNON

·         Mont Vernon Town Clerk     2 S Main Street - Mont Vernon, NH  03057;  Phone:  (603) 673-9126.

·         Town of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire

·         Mont Vernon Cemeteries

·         History of the Town of Mont Vernon, by Charles James Smith, Boston : Blanchard Printing Co., 1907. (online book)

·         The Daland Memorial Library - P.O. Box 335 - Mont Vernon, NH 03057;   Phone & Fax: (603) 673 7888  



NASHUA

·         City of Nashua, New Hampshire

USGenWeb for Nashua, New Hampshire, by Linda Simpson

·         A Short History of Nashua

·         Nashua City Clerk    Nashua City Hall - 229 Main Street - Nashua, NH 03060;  Phone: (603) 594-3305

§  Genealogy

·         History of Nashua, NH

·         Nashua, NH Photos: Library of Congress American Memory Collection (ca. 1880-1910)

·         Bird's-eye-view: Digital ca. 1883 Map of Nashua, New Hampshire , [n.p., 1883].

·         Nashua, NH Genealogy, hosted by Donald Dillaby , includes a History of Nashua .

·         Nashua Public Library    2 Court Street - Nashua, NH 03060;    Phone: (603) 594-3412.

·          Nashua, NH - information, history, links and more.

·         Nashua Telegraph - News for southern New Hampshire.

·         Reality Times : Nashua, New Hampshire: 'America's Best City ', by Courtney Ronan - "...The name Nashua actually means "land between two rivers." Its history is unique..."

·         The Nashua Historical Society    5 Abbott Street - Nashua 03060-2119;  Phone: (603) 883-0015.

Nashua Cemeteries include:
Edgewood Cemetery
     107 Amherst Street - Nashua, NH 03060    Phone: (603) 594-3327;
     Latitude: 424617N; Longitude: 0712842W

Old Dunstable Cemetery -
     Located in southeastern Nashua;
     Latitude: 424253N; Longitude: 0712644W

Woodlawn Cemetery
     101 Kinsley Street - Nashua, NH 03060    Phone: 603-594-3354
     E-mail: <frizzellh@ci.nashua.nh.us>;
     Latitude: 424509N; Longitude: 0712838W

Saint Francois Xavier Cemetery -
     Located on Pine Hill Road, south of Amherst Street, east of Frederic Everett Turnpike.;
     Latitude: 424621N; Longitude: 0712922W

Saint Stanislaus Cemetery -
     Located west of Hwy. 3-Frederic Everett Turnpike, on the north side of Pine Hill Road;
     Latitude: 424629N; Longitude: 0712954W



NEW BOSTON

·         New Boston Town Clerk    5 Meetinghouse Hill Rd. - New Boston, NH  03070   Phone: (603) 487-5571.

·         Welcome to New Boston - webmaster site by Janet Chamberlain, with additions from Patti Armstrong, Giboney French, David Rising on by MV Communications

 , Inc.

·         Town Government

·         Town of New Boston - P.O. Box 250 - New Boston, NH 03070.

·         New Boston Historical Society    Central Square - New Boston, New Hampshire 03070

·         Postcards from New Boston, Late 1800's to 1925 includes: -

·         Postcards: The churches of New Boston .

·         Whipple Free Library    Central Square - New Boston, NH 03070;  Phone: (603) 487-3391


 

 

 


NEW IPSWICH

·         Town of New Ipswich, NH

·         New Ipswich Town History

·         New Ipswich Town Clerk    30 Tricnit Rd. - New Ipswich, NH  03071;   Phone:  (603) 878-3567.

·         Society for the Preservation of N.E. Antiquities    Barrett House - 79 Main Street - New Ipswich 03071;   Phone: (603) 878-2517.


 

 

 


PELHAM

·         Pelham Public Library

24 Village Green - Pelham, NH 03076

Phone: (603) 635-7581, Email: reference@pelhamweb.com ;  www.pelhamweb.com/library

   Scroll down near the bottom of the library's links page for links to Pelham history and the library's history!

·         Pelham Historical Society 

5 Main Street - Pelham, NH  03076;  Email:  info@PelhamNHHistory.org ;  http://www.pelhamnhhistory.org/

·         Pelham Town Clerk    

6 Main Street - Pelham, NH 03076-3723;  Phone: (603) 635-2040.

·         Pelham, New Hampshire Home Page.

A Brief History of the Town of Pelham .

Pelham History & Genealogy Exchange .


 

 

 


PETERBOROUGH

·         Peterborough Town Clerk   

·            1 Grove Street - Peterborough, NH  03458   Phone:  (603) 924-8010.

·            [for vital records]

·         Bird's-eye-view: Digital ca. 1886 Map of Peterborough, N.H. , Drawn and published by L. R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y. : Burleigh Lith., 1886.

·         Peterborough Historical Society Library   19 Grove Street - Peterborough, NH  03458   Phone:  (603) 924-3235.

o        "Peterborough's Past ," by Ellen Derby, Peterborough Historical Society

·         Peterborough Town Library    

·              2 Concord Street - Peterborough, NH  03458   Phone:  (603) 924-8040.

·         Town of Peterborough, NH: Peterborough Online.

·         Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce Site.

·         The MacDowell Colony  100 High Street - Peterborough 03458  Phone: (603) 924-3886.


 

 

 


SHARON

·         History of Sharon, New Hampshire, FROM: History of Hillsborough County New Hampshire,  Edited by: George S. Conover, Compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd, Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & Co., 1885.  Typed by Doreen Crocker.  Online at Rays-Place.com

·         Sharon Town Clerk    Town Office, Route 123 - Peterborough, NH 03458  Phone:  (603) 924-9250


 

 

 


TEMPLE
"History of Temple", from D. Hamilton Hurd's, 1885, History of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire1, pp. 672-677, transcribed here by Ann Mensch.
CHAPTER I.
TEMPLE.
Geographical--Original Grants--Masonian Proprietors--Incorporation of Town--First Town-Meeting--Petition for Incorporation--Secon Petition for Incorporation--Documentary History--Various Petitions--Lottery--Inhabitants in 1784--Columbian Library.
  
The town of Temple lies on the southwestern part of the county and is bounded as follows:
  
North, by Peterborough , Greenfield and Lyndeborough ; east, by Lyndeborough and Wilton ; south, by Mason and New Ipswich ; west, by Sharon and Peterborough .
  
This township embraced several tracts of land granted to individuals by the government of Massachusetts prior to 1740.  The territory was granted by the Masonian proprietors in November, 1750, with the usual reservations.  For some years it was called Peterborough Slip, and included the present town of Sharon .
  
The town was incorporated August 26, 1768, and included one tier of lots on the west side of Wilton and the easterly portion of what was formerly known as Peterborough Slip or Sliptown,  and was named for Hon. John Temple.  Ephraim Heald was authorized to call the first town-meeting, which duty he performed, and the meeting was held at the house of Zedekiah Drury, October 10, 1768.
  
A dispute concerning a strip of land between this town and New Ipswich resulted in favor of Temple.
  
By an act passed January 12, 1781, a tract of land containing about four hundred acres, lying north of this town, called Borland's farm, was annexed to Temple.
  
January 29, 1789, some territory was severed from the southest [sic] corner of Peterborough, and annexed to this town.
  
By an act approved June 11, 1796, a considerable tract of land was severed from Lyndeborough and annexed to Temple.
  
Petition for Incorporation.--The following is a copy of the petition for the incorporation of the town:

"We, the Inhabitants of a place Called Peterborough-Slip, in Sd province Humbly petetion your Excellency and Honour That where as The Monadnuck Mountains Runs a Cross our Township, which in Impractable For Roads, So That we Cannot Settle The public Worship of God on one side of the Mountains so as to aComodate the other side of the Mountains, where fore we Humbley pray That we May Be InVested with Town prevelidges To The following Bounds: To wit,--Be Gining att peterborough, Southeast Corner, Running west on sd peterborough Line Til it Comes to a Beech Tree marked, Being the Northwest Corner of the Lott, No Eleven, in the Eighth Range of Lots in Sd peterboroughslip, Then Running South Between the Eleventh & Twelveth Lots, on a Line marked on the pinnacle of The Mountains til it Comes to the North west Corner of the Lot Eleven, in the Sixth Range, Still Running on the pinnacle of the Mountain, Through the Lots Twelve in the Sixth and fifth Ranges, on a Line marked to a Spruce Tree, Being the North west Corner of the Lot Twelve in the Fourth Range, Still Runing on the pinnacle of the Mountain, Through the Lots thirteen in the fourth Range and fourteen & fifteen in the Third Range, on a line marked on the pinnacle of the Mountains to a white maple att the foot of the Mountain Called and Known By The Name of Moffetts Tree, Then Runing west about fifteen Rods to the west Line of the Lot Fifteen in the second Range, Then Running South on Sd Line to New Ipswitch North Line, Then Running a bout East on New Ipswich North Line To the Southeast Corner of Sd petersboroughSlip, Still Runing East on wilton South Line the Length of Two Lots, Then Runing North Between the Eighth & Nineth Ranges of Lots in Sd wilton, inCludeing Two Teer of Lots to Linds Borough South Line, Then Runing West on wilton North Line and peterborough Slip North Line To peterborough East Line, Then Runing South on peterborough East Line to the South East Corner first mentioned--all So we Humbley pray your Excellency & Honours That the Loss of Wilton may be maid up To Them By your annexing a Tract of Land to Them on the East Side of wilton Called and known By The Name of The Mild Slip, and we in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray : & : C peterboroughslip : 11 : April, 1768.
                   
"FRANCIS BLOOD, }
                   
"JOHN MARSHALL, } Committee"
                   
"EPHRAIM HEALD, }

   This petition, however, was not granted, and on the 10th of the following June a second petition was presented, as follows:

"To His Excellency Governor Wentworth and His Majestys Councel in the Province of New Hampshire :
  
"Where as the Monadnock Mountains Runs a Crost our Township of peterboroughslip wich is Impractible for Roads so that we Cannot be acomadated to settle the publick worship of God so as to be Conveanant for the Inhabetents on both sides of the Mountains we the Inhabitants of the East side of the Mountains Humbly pray your Excellency and Honours that we may Have part of wilton anexed to us or that we may be anexed to wilton from the penicle of the mountains a Greable to the Bounds set forth in the petition laid before your Excellency and Honours by our Committee the fourth of may Last and we in duty Bound shall Ever pray & C--
 
"Peterborough Slip June 10th 1768
  
"Zedekiah drury, Thomas marshall, Seth Cobb, Jonathan Blood Jur., Joseph Heald, Jonathan Drury, Albe Serverance, John Cutler, John Cutler Junr, Benja Cutler, Jonathan Drury Juner, Joseph richerd sen, John marshall, Ebenezer Drury, Francis Blood, Zacheus Richardson, Oliver Heald, Josiah Robins, Artemas Maynard, John Maynard, Stephen Cobb, Eldad Spafford, Petter Heald, Zedekiah Drury Juner, Nathan Drury, Garshom Drury, thomas Drury, Stephen parlin, John Heald, Zechariah Emery, Daniel Drury, William Brewer, Joshua Todd, Abijah Goold, Joshua Foster, Ezekiel Goodale, James Foster, Amos Emery, Ebenezer Drury Junr, Eleazer Taylor, Aaron Fellt, Peter Fellt, John Brown, Joseph Brooks, William Drury, Silus Anger, Jonathan Avery, Benja Cragin, Joseph Reed, Ephraim Heald."

   This petition was granted, and the town was incorporated, as mentioned above, August 26, 1768.

·         Temple Town Clerk     Route 45 - Temple, NH  03084   Phone:  (603) 878-3873.

·         Temple Town Information     Main - Temple, NH  03084   Phone: (603) 878-1479.

·         Ann's Welcome to Temple, NH Genealogy and History
Cemeteries include:
East Cemetery
     Wilton Road - Temple, NH


 

 

 


WEARE

·         Weare Town Clerk    P. O. Box 190 (15 Flanders Memorial Dr.) - Weare, NH 03281  Phone: (603) 529-7575

·         Town of Weare .

·         Weare Web

·         Weare Virtual Town Tour: Take a virtual tour and read a brief history, from the Weare Economic Developement Committee.

·         Weare Historical Society : P.O. Box 33 - Weare, NH  03281.

·         Meschech Weare (b. 16 Jun 1713, Hampton Falls/Seabrook; d. 14 Jan 1786, Hampton Falls), often called the father of New Hampshire...

·         Weare Public Library    10 Paige Memorial Lane - P.O. Box 227 - Weare, NH 03281  Phone: (603) 529 2044.

o        Brief History of the Weare Library

Weare CEMETERIES include the following:
    If you are aware of a cemetery which is not included, or know the name and/or address of one of the unnamed cemeteries below, please e-mail
Ann.

  
Bartlet Cemetery - Latitude: 430557N; Longitude: 0714815W (see map of location)
        Located near the Weare and Deering Townships' boundary, on Dudley Brook Road, by the intersection with Peter Wood Hill Road/Reservoir Road.

  
Corliss Cemetery - Latitude: 430205N; Longitude: 0714535W (see map of location)
         The USGS map of the locatio of this cemetery appears to place it in southwestern Weare, on Peacock Hill Road, southeast from Ferrin Pond.

  
East Weare Cemetery - Latitude: 430553N; Longitude: 0714315W (see map of location)
        Located in central Weare, on the east side Walker Hill Road, north from Flanders Memorial Road.

  
Hillside Cemetery - Latitude: 430306N; Longitude: 0714325W (see map of location)
        Located in southcentral Weare (Village of South Weare), by Dearborn Road.

  
Pine Grove Cemetery - Latitude: 430555N; Longitude: 0714323W (see map of location)
        Located in central Weare, by the intersection of Walker Hill Road and Flanders Memorial Road.

  
Quaker Cemetery - Latitude: 430608N; Longitude: 0714454W (see map of location)
        Located in north central Weare, on Quaker Road.

  
South Quaker Cemetery - Latitude: 430450N; Longitude: 0714534W (see map of location)
        Located in westcentral Weare (Clinton Grove), on Thorndike Road, near the intersection with Flanderes Memorial Road.

  
Weare Cemetery - Latitude: 430547N; Longitude: 0714314W (see map of location)
        Located in by the eastern edge of the Village of Weare, on Flanders Memorial Road.

  
Cemetery #1 (name unknown)
        Located in northeastern Weare, on the south side of Burnt Hill Road by the intersection with Hill Road.

  
Cemetery #2 (name unknown)
        Located in northwestern Weare, by the intersection of Reservoir Road and Upper Craney Hill Road.

  
Cemetery #3 (name unknown)
        Located in western Weare, on the west side of Dudley Brook Road, north from Bijah Bridge Road.

  
Cemetery #4 (name unknown)
        Located in western Weare, by Toby Hill.

  
Cemetery #5 (name unknown)
        Located in southwestern Weare, north from Frances Town Road.

  
Cemetery #6 (name unknown)
        Located in southwestern Weare, by the intersection of Lull Road and Peacock Hill Road.

  
Cemetery #7 (name unknown)
        Located in southcentral Weare, by the intersection of Dearborn Road and Lull Road.

  
Cemetery #8 (name unknown)
        Located in southcentral Weare, by the intersection of Maplewold Road and Lull Road.

  
Cemetery #9 (name unknown)
        Located in southcentral Weare, on Maplewold Road.

  
Cemetery #10 (name unknown)
        Located in westcentral Weare (Clinton Grove), on Flanders Memorial Road, by the intersection with Thorndike Road.



WILTON - Visit the new Wilton page


 

 

 


WINDSOR

·         History of Windsor, New Hampshire, FROM: History of Hillsborough County New Hampshire,  Edited by: George S. Conover, Compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd, Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & Co., 1885.  Typed by Doreen Crocker.  Online at Rays-Place.com

·         Town of Windsor     H.C. 68, Box 378 - Windsor, NH 03244  Phone:  (603) 478-3292.


 

 


Additional Research Resources:

·         New Hampshire Historical Society and Library

o        Library's Online Catalog Search

·         The State of New Hampshire .

·         City/Town Clerks

·         New Hampshire Vital Records

·         Brief History of New Hampshire

·         Chronological Historical Markers List

·         New Hampshire Department of Cultural Resources .    20 Park Street - Concord, NH 03301  Phone: (603) 271-2540.

o        New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources .    19 Pillsbury Street - Box 2043, Concord, NH 03301-2043
    Phone: (603) 271-3483   E-mail: preservation@nhdhr.state.nh.us

Portraits of Legislators On State House Third Floor, with brief biographies , Compiled by Russell Bastedo, NH State Curator, March 1999

o        American Canadian French Cultural Exchange Commission .

o        New Hampshire State Data Center .

·         New Hampshire Courts

·         New Hampshire Probate Court

·         State of New Hampshire Division of Records Management and Archives   71 South Fruit Street - Concord, NH 03301; Phone: (603) 271-2236

o        New Hampshire: Records Management and Archives Guide

o        Archival Holdings

·         Municipal Government in New Hampshire

·         New Hampshire State Library    20 Park Street - Concord, NH 03301   Phone: (603) 271-2144.

o        History & Genealogy Section

·         Directory of New Hampshire Libraries - by city and town.

·         New Hampshire Division of Records Management and Archives Home Page !    71 South Fruit Street - Concord, NH 03301
   Phone: (603) 271-2236  Fax: (603) 271-2272.

·         Bureau of Vital Records - a resource for Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce Records      6 Hazen Drive - Concord, NH  03301-6527   Phone: (603) 271-4654
(Note:  Though Birth, Marriage and Death records may be available from 1640, Divorce Records, from the Bureau of Vital Records begin in 1880.)
Vital Records may also be obtained from the town clerk, in the town where the event occurred.

·         New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association

·         NPS: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System:

Houghton's Company, Martin Guards, New Hampshire Militia - "...Organized at Manchester for 90 days July 25, 1864. Mustered out September 16, 1864..." View a list of 97 soldiers in this militia.

·         New Hampshire Newspapers

·         AJR NewsLink to New Hampshire Newspapers .

·         NH.com - online directory and information, with History & Historic Maps

·         Library of Congress: Maps of New Hampshire Locations

·         New Hampshire Society of Genealogists

·         USGenWeb for New Hampshire Genealogy

·         New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association (NHOGA)

·         Cemetery Junction for New Hampshire

·         Cemetery Records Online - Cemeteries and Genealogy.

·         Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory + for New Hampshire

·         NARA: National Archives and Records Administration

o    The Genealogy Page.

o    About Census Records

o    1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm

o    1930 Census Microfilm Locator

o    The Soundex Indexing System

o    Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840

o    Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930

o    Indian Census Rolls

o    Nonpopulation Census Records

o    Prologue, Spring 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1, "First in the Path of the Firemen" The Fate of the 1890 Population Census, by Kellee Blake.

o    Native American Records

o    Immigration Records and Naturalization Records

o    "Any woman who is now or hereafter may be married... Women and Naturalization, ca. 1802-1940", by Marian L. Smith (Prologue, Summer 1998)

o    By Way of Canada: U.S. Records of Immigration Across the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895-1954, By Marian L. Smith (St. Albans Lists) (Fall 2000) — A guide to using immigration records of the U.S.-Canada border.

o    Military Records available from the National Archives

o    Military Service and Pension Records: Requesting Pre-WWI

·         Library of Congress: American Memory All Collections Search - enter topic or Indiana town and/or county location to find available online photos, maps, and more!

·         USA Veterans' Administration

·         U.S. Census Bureau Interactive County Maps for New Hampshire .


 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist

Researching onsight, and with the vast resources of The Allen County Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in North America.  Search the Library's online catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a location or topic.


 

 

 


Return to:
USGenWeb New Hampshire Genealogy Project , by Peggy & Birdie.
USGenWeb Project orWorldGenWeb
New Hampshire Local History and Genealogy Main Page. 


 

 

 


Printed Resources:
1 Hurd, D. Hamilton.  (Supervisor of Compilation).  History of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.  Philadephia:  J. W. Lewis & Co.  1885.

Map of Hillsboro County, New Hampshire, From Actual Surveys by J. Chace, Jr.  Boston : Smith, Mason & Co., 1858.


 

 

 


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