History of the Town of Hampton, NH - Chapters 32-Appendix



CHAPTER XXXII. STORES AND TRADES

ELISHA JOHNSON'S STORE

JOHN J. LEAVITT--SAMUEL POOR--JOHN WILLCUTT, JR.--NUTTER & BROWN--
SUCCESSORS

Elisha Johnson, born in 1786, began, when a young man, to keep a grocery
and variety store, at his home on Johnson's hill, towards the Landing.
The whole front of the house was fitted up in two rooms: the larger, for
groceries; the smaller, for dry goods and notions. There was at this time
no other store in town, so that all the trade centered here, and much from
adjoining towns, many coming from Seabrook, by boat, to the Landing. At
first, goods were transported from Boston in whale-boats; but as trade
increased, a larger vessel was needed, and Mr. Johnson, in company with
his brother John, procured the schooner, Clarissa, and later, in his sole
right, the Angola, for the purpose. About the yer 1840 he took into his
employ, as clerk, his grand-nephew, John J. Leavitt, then nine years of
age. Perhaps it was from this connection that he came to be called "Uncle
'Lisha," throughout the community. Honest and generous towards all, he was
emphatically the children's friend; and rarely did the child customer
leave the store without some small gift. No lock, nor even latch ever
cumbered the door, the only fastening being an oaken bar laid across it.
Customers knocked for admittance. The clerk's bed in the small room served
for a counter, on which to measure off cloth. Boys are not apt to be fond
of early rising; and it did sometimes happen, that the counter was needed
before the young clerk was up, and the customer had to wait. A new store
was built, at the foot of the hill, in 1851.

Though Mr. Johnson made small profits, he drew much custom and acquired a
competency. At his death, in 1856, Mr. Leavitt succeeded to the business,
by inheritance. He became town clerk at twenty-one years of age, and was
prominent, always, in political affairs.

In 1870 the old house, on the original Dow homestead, which Capt. John
Johnson had owned for some years, was taken down, and the store moved to
its site, where it stands to-day.

After Mr. Leavitt's death in 1881, Mr. Samuel Poor, of Manchester,
purchased the stock, which he enlarged, and carried on a thriving trade,
especially in grain, for five years, when he sold to John Willcutt, Jr.,
and retired from business. Mr. Willcutt removed from town in 1890. The
store was then kept for a short time by Austin F. Brown (of Hampton) and a
partner, under the firm name of Nutter & Brown. It is not now occupied.


LANE'S STORE -- J. A. LANE & CO., PRESENT PROPRIETORS

Four of the five sons of the late Ebenezer Lane, are merchants. In 1848
Edwin B., the eldest, built the store, still occupied, and having carried
on the business some years, moved to Boston; and his brother, George W.,
became proprietor of the Hampton store. After a successful run of fifteen
years, during much of which time, the next younger brother, Joshua A., was
associated with him, Mr. G. W. Lane removed to Salem, Mass., where he is
now a coal, four and grain dealer. He was for some years the principal
coal merchant in Hampton, before his removal. Mr. J. A. Lane was now sole
proprietor of the store till 1891, when he took into partnership Ernest G.
Cole, of this town, just graduated from the New Hampshire State College.
Mr. Lane has carried an annual business of thirty thousand dollars or
more, in groceries, grains, dry goods and the various departments that go
to make up the typical country store. Two order teams are kept on the road
the year round, and often, four, in summer.

After Mr. Edwin B. Lane removed to Boston, he went into company, in the
flour trade, with his father's cousin, David Lane, from Chichester, who,
in later years retired, leaving the junior partner sole proprietor.

The fourth son, Charles H. Lane, has had a somewhat romantic career. When
a young man he went to Iowa and was one of six to buy a township,
incorporate the city of Red Oak and set up a sawmill. With the first
lumber sawed, Mr. Lane built a store, with his own hands, bringing glass
and other building material many miles by rowboat. Then he sent to his
brothers to buy goods in Boston, to stock a store similar to the one kept
in Hampton.

The proprietors of Red Oak laid out a square of nine acres, for the center
of the city, and drew lots for the property. Mr. Lane's lot fell on the
west side of the squire. The city grew and established a bank, of which
Mr. Lane has long been the president. He now owns with one partner, an
agricultural implement and hardware store, covering an acre of ground. He
also owns two other stores, each built of brick, twenty five by eight-six
feet on the ground and three stories high; the one a grocery store, and
the other a dry goods, boots, shoes and clothing bazaar, in the building
of which our townman, Samuel W. Dearborn, was head carpenter.

It has always been Mr. Lane's pleasure to take young men into his employ,
teach them the business and then help them to set up business for
themselves. In this way, his nephews, George E. and Charles G. Lane, sons
of George W., have become established, the former as proprietor of a
variety store in Hampton, Neb., and the latter as cashier of a bank in
Hastings, Neb. Both these young men ar natives of Hampton.

Another business man of Red Oak, born in Hampton, Capt. Thomas H.
Dearborn, may be mentioned in this connection, as he was once Mr. Lane's
clerk. After the war, in which he bore an active part, he was in trade in
Seabrook for two years -- then went to red Oak, and has long been a
successful dealer in coal and ice.


D. O. LEAVITT - APOTHECARY AND GROCER

Successor, in 1865, to Joseph R. Towle, who himself succeeded to John P.
Towle, in the same business. After some years at the old stand and in the
J. A.Towle building, Mr. Leavitt removed temporarily from town. In 1884 he
associated with himself his brother-in-law, Robert F. Laird, as
apothecary, while he retained charge of the grocery department, in the old
John P. Towle store, which had been enlarged for Mr. Collum, tinsmith, and
the old part fitted up for post office and store, Mr. Laird having been
appointed postmaster.

In 1889 this building was moved away, to make room for Shaw's block, a
fine new edifice, opened in April, 1890. After moving into his commodious
store in Shaw's block, Mr. Leavitt began to run order teams, two of which
are constantly employed. Mr. Laird soon removed to Newmarket, and D.O.
Leavitt now takes personal charge of the whole, with the aid of two or
three clerks. Annual business, about twenty thousand dollars.


POST OFFICE STORE - STATIONERY, CONFECTIONERY AND TOBACCO

A small store of this nature has for many years been kept by the existing
postmaster, ever since the incumbencies of Edwin B. Lane and John A.
Towle, merchants. Postmasters Dow, Marston, Moulton, Perkins, Crane and
Akerman kept the office and store successively in Lane's building,
opposite Capt. David A. Philbrick's house; Robert F. Laird following, in
the John P. Towle building. Myron W. Cole, the present postmaster, removed
the office to Merrill's block in July, 1889, and continues the usual "post
office store," in connection with it.


GEORGE COLLUM - TIN-SMITH, PLUMBER AND STOVE-DEALER

Came to Hampton, from Gloucester, Mass., May 22, 1876; had his store and
work-shop first, in the J. P. Towle building, which was later enlarged for
his use; but removed to his own much larger building, near the Baptist
church, in October, 1887, to which he has since built an addition; keeps
his store well stocked; does work half a dozen miles away, in various
directions; and carries a business of from eight to ten thousand dollars
annually.


J. W. MASON & CO. - GROCERIES AND HARDWARE

Succeeded to the business of A. D. Brown, who, after about twenty years in
trade, in the old J. A. Towle building, sold to the present firm, January
1, 1875, and retired. They removed to Merrill's block, on the opening of
that building, in July, 1889; greatly enlarged the stock at that time;
keep two order teams constantly on the road; do an annual business of
twenty thousand dollars.


BATCHELDER BROTHERS - BUTCHERS

They sent out their first teams in 1874, from a slaughter-house on their
own farm, at Bride Hill. In later years,s they have bought much from
Boston and Portsmouth markets, besides their own supply; bought more than
ten thousand dollars' worth of meats in 1891; opened a meat market in the
old J. A. Towle Building, in November, 1887; removed to Merrill's block,
in July, 1889; continue to supply distant customers from the carts, two
being sent out daily; use a refrigerator cart in warm weather.


T. N. CHASE - DRY AND FANCY GOODS, AND MILLINERY

He opened the first and only store of the kind, in Hampton, in the fall of
1877, in the J. A. Towle building. In 1883 Mr. Towle built a new store, in
the rear of his old building, and into this Mr. Chase moved in October,
with a great addition to his stock. Here he remained till the opening of
Shaw's block, in 1890, when he removed thither. He keeps a good assortment
and has an attractive store.


JOHN S. GILMAN - CLOCK AND WATCH REPAIRER AND JEWELLER

He came to Hampton and began business in a small way, in the second story
of the old post-office building, in February, 1877. Skill and industry
have brought patronage, sos that he was enabled to buy land and build a
house, to which he removed in 1883, and where he has since continued to
make a comfortable living in his business.


FRED E. SANBORN - BARBER

Has now, after several removes, a well-appointed shop, opposite the shoe-
shop, where he deftly plies his trade, and receives liberal patronage.


E. B. TOWLE - DRY AND FANCY GOODS, AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHINGS

Opened his store in the old J. A. Towle building, in June, 1890, and has
prospered in the enterprise.

Several stores are kept, through the summer months, at the South beach;
the first, in point of time, being that of James Perkins, Jr., deceased,
now John W. Locke's. John M. Palmer has such a store near Boar's Head. The
rest are open but a little while, and kept mostly by strangers.


SOME FORMER STORES

The following advertisement, from an old-time newspaper will give an idea
of the country store of a hundred years ago:

Hampton November 30th, 1757, -- Just imported And to be SOLD by --
Jonathan Moulton, Junr Colonel, [afterwards General Moulton.] At his own
store, by Wh. or Retail -- A Fine Assortment of Braziery -- and Cutlery
WARE, almost every Thing suitable for -- House Keeping. And a large
Assortment of winter -- and Summer GOODS, suitable for Men's and Women's
Wear. Also WEST INDIA GOODS, SALT, &c --
Jonathan Moulton, junr

N.B. I will engage to sell any of the above GOODS as -- cheap for ready
Cash or any other Good Pay, or three months Credit, as the like are sold
any where in this Province. If any person (is) inclined to take a large
Quantity, I will give six Months Credit and take Merchantable BOARDS -- at
Exeter, New Market, Almsbury or Newbury Landings."

GERSHOM GRIFFITH, born in 1707, is styled "trader."

COL. CHRISTOPHER TOPPAN had a store in his house -- the old family
mansion, -- in the time of the Revolution.

In later times JOHN CARROLL was a trader in Hampton, a considerable time
before 1817.

MAJ. JOHN LOVERING, who was in trade in Hampton from 1814 to 1830, had his
store about three hundred feet south of the Perry house, on the same side
of the street. His brother, THOMAS LOVERING, was at first his clerk; but
in 1820, went into trade by himself in a store on the corner by Josiah
Dearborn's tavern (the store Mr. Carroll had vacated sometime before).
This he occupied till March 4, 1829, when he removed to Exeter. The store
afterwards had several successive occupants, but was moved to another site
at least, for a dwelling-house.

RICHARD GREENLEAF'S store was the building afterwards used by David Towle,
undertaker and carpenter.

JACOB and ASAHEL MARSTON kept a store near their home (now John A.
Nudd's). Later, ADNA B. LANE had the same building for a store and
tailor's shop.

----- KNIGHT kept a store, where A. J. Philbrick now lives. Sally Quarles,
who married Joshua Mace, was his clerk; also, David Moulton.

Some of the other storekeepers were: MOODY STOCKMAN and JOHN M. SEAWARD
(near C. G. Toppan's); JOHN C. FORSAITH (where Oliver Towle lives); JOHN
MASON (where John G. Brown Lives); AMOS J. and JOHN A TOWLE, dry goods and
groceries, in the present dwelling-house of the latter.


BRICK-MAKING

The "clay-pits" are mentioned in the early annals of the town, but nothing
is on record in regard to brick-making. Within the present century, this
industry seems to have been confined to one family, but when it was begun
is uncertain. Dea. Samuel Drake, when a young man, eighty years ago, more
or less, was a brick-maker, his yard being near the present residence of
Mr. J. T. Brown; and later, back of Mr. Clarence T. Brown's. The last
location of the brick-yard was in the large field south of Deacon Drake's
house, where his son, Samuel Drake, manufactured about a hundred thousand
brick annually. Since his death, in 1879, the business has not been
pursued.


TANNERIES

In 1711, complaint being made that there was a great waste occasioned by
oak trees being cut down on the commons, for the purpose of stripping off
their bark, to be used in tanning hides, a vote was passed, declaring all
bark thus stripped off, forfeited, wherever it might be found, and
subjecting the offender to a fine of five shillings for each tree so
stripped or barked.

Tanning was, no doubt, formerly, an important industry in our town. In
modern times, some shoe-makers and farmers have tanned hides for their own
use, and occasionally for their neighbors. Dea. David B. Elkins once had a
tannery of this kind, on the "old swamp run," flowing into the Bride Hill
mill-stream, a few rotten timbers of which, may still be seen. The
Garlands, at the "east end," operated such a tannery, situated in the
meadow over the ridge, back of the Garland homestead.


THE CATTLE TRADE

Ebenezer and Samuel D. Lane, Jacob T. Brown and David A. Philbrick were
formerly largely engaged in this traffic; which, however has declined,
since horses have mostly superseded oxen, for farm work. From 1857 to
1867, Captain Philbrick received from two to six car-loads of cattle a
week, except through the haying seasons.


MILK BUSINESS

Though there are no large milk farms in Hampton, many farmer keep
respectable herds of cows, and sell milk, chiefly to the "Lynn Milk
Company," which has made this town a depot since 1878.


ICE BUSINESS

Curtis DeLancey, resident in the town, and David J. Lamprey, of North
Hampton, are the principal ice dealers. Formerly, most of the ice was cut
on the meadow, near the ocean, and was sometimes a little brackish. That
has been abandoned, for ponds further inland.

Mr. DeLancey employs an average of twelve men and twenty horses during the
icing season, and cuts fifteen hundred tons of ice annually, from ponds at
Bride Hill, Drake Side and Leavitt's mill. He packs ice for most of the
hotels and boarding-houses, and supplies private families from his own ice-
houses.

Mr. Lamprey cuts two thousand tons of ice annually, in Hampton, besides
his business in other towns. The Lynn Milk Company, established a station
in Hampton, and built an ice-house, of a thousand tons' capacity, in 1878,
which Mr. Lamprey filled till 1884, when it was taken down, and the
present house, of thirteen hundred fifty tons' capacity was built. This,
Mr. Lamprey contracted to fill for ten years. Accordingly, he leased, for
that period, a meadow of forty acres, belonging to J. T. Brown, C. G.
Toppan and others; grading the road along its front, one and half feet,
and keeping it in repair at his own expense. This meadow is flowed from
Drake's river, and furnishes a full supply of ice.


EXPRESS BUSINESS

Lane's Express. -- Twenty-five years ago or more, Jesse A. Lane began to
do express business between Hampton and Boston, with great convenience to
the public, and fair profit to himself. As years went on, his trips became
more frequent, till patronage so increased that he went daily, sometimes
with an assistant; but failing health compelled him to retire, in 1884.
Batchelder's Express. -- Warren M. Batchelder, of the firm, Batchelder
Brothers, Butchers, began to do a local express business between Hampton
and Boston, in 1884, when Lane's express had been discontinued. After a
successful run of three years, he sold out, the first of August, 1887, to
John S. and Ames B. Robinson, in order to give his whole time to the meat
trade. There is now no local express.

The American Express Co. has an office in Hampton; also Jackson's Express,
of Portsmouth.


CARPENTERS - STEAM SAWMILL

There are many good carpenters in Hampton, most of whom are employed by
Samuel W. Dearborn, contractor, who began work as a carpenter, in 1866,
and by degrees, enlarged his business till now he employed from twelve to
twenty-five Hampton men; has building contracts constantly in Hampton, and
at various points within a radius of twelve miles or more; and handles,
annually, at lease a hundred twenty-five thousand feet of pine, three
hundred thousand spruce and hemlock, and a million shingle.

In 1879, in partnership with James W. Berry, he built the steam sawmill,
which has become so important a feature of the town. Some told them they
were "fools for their pains;" but the enterprise was successful, and has
long since proved itself a necessity. The mill was run, at first, with a
thirty horse power engine.

At the end of two years, the partnership was dissolved, Berry remaining in
the mill business, and Dearborn retaining an interest in the lumber-yard
and leasing the upper story of the mill for a workshop. Two years later,
Mr. Berry put in a forty horse power engine, and he now saws from five to
six hundred thousand feet, annually, of all sorts, mostly pine.


BROWN'S STEAM SAWMILL BUSINESS

In 1863, Jacob T. Brown bought a portable steam sawmill, and located it
successively in Kensington, Newton, West Amesbury and Hampton Falls, but
never in Hampton. This is the mill which he exchanged for property on
Taylor's river (mentioned under the caption, Browns' Mill).

Either in his own name or in company with others, Mr. Brown has employed
steam sawmills in operating wood-lots in Hampton, Stratham, Greenland,
Exeter, North Hampton, Seabrook and Salisbury, besides the towns above
mentioned.


MASONS

Joseph L. Blake and Edmund and Joseph W. Mason were long the principal
stone masons in Hampton, the last of whom still plies the trade. John Carr
Davis labors in the same vocation.

John W. Dearborn had formerly the monopoly of the brick and mortar
business. He carries a considerable stock, and employs several hands.

Thomas A. Brown and Otis W. Marston do a good amount of business, in the
same line.


PAINTERS

Rufus S. Johnson, George A. Johnson, and A. K. & N. T. Blake are much
engaged in this business, in Hampton and neighboring towns. They have
other men in their employ.


JOHN ALBERT TOWLE - COAL DEALER

Mr. Towle formerly kept a grocery store; began to deal in coal in 1884;
has now the monopoly for the town, though some individuals ship from
Portsmouth and Newburyport, for their own use, and Mr. S. W. Dearborn
supplies several families. Mr. Towle sold three thousand dollars worth of
coal in 1891.


BLACKSMITHS

From the sitting down as planter and smith, of William Fuller, in 1639
(Chap. I); of John Redman, in 1642; of Daniel Tilton, in 1667 (Chap. III);
and of Jonathan Wedgwood (born in 1649), Hampton has probably never lacked
for blacksmiths.

Benjamin Batchelder, of the fifth generation from Rev. Stephen and his
son, John Batchelder, were blacksmiths in the latter half of the last
century.

Adj. David Towle opened his shop in 1801, where his grandson, John C.
Marston, now lives.

Thomas Lane, born in 1785, pursued that calling at the "east end" till
late in life, and was succeeded by Simon L. Jenness and his son, Abbott
B., who still make the anvil ring at the old stand.

Thomas Lane, Jr., born in 1812, was long a blacksmith, on the Portsmouth
road. He died in 1873, and the shop has been taken down.

Josiah Dearborn built a blacksmith's shop on the low ground between his
tavern and his homestead; and later, his son Samuel, blacksmith, had his
house and shop on the same road, a few rods north of the Dearborn
Homestead. This was the same previously occupied by Thomas Leavitt,
blacksmith, and is now the residence of John G. Brown. The shop is gone.

Enoch P. Young's shop, established about 1847, still flourishes under his
son and successor, Abbott L. Young.

Oliver Godfrey in the north part of the town, and Joseph R. Sanborn in the
west, successor to his father, Jeremiah Sanborn, receive a full share of
patronage.


THE SHOE-SHOP

Shoe-making has been pursued from early times. A room in the dwelling or a
little shop near by has long been appropriated for the purpose, on many a
farm, and men have worked in field or at the bench, as occasion demanded.
Some did custom work; but in later years, a large amount of work has been
taken from Lynn, Haverhill and other manufacturing places. Till the advent
of the sewing-machine, shoe-binding gave employment to women; and at one
time, Robert F. Williams had a large number in his employ.

The shoe business took on much larger proportions than ever before, when,
in January, 1888, V. K. & A.H. Jones, of Lynn, Mass., consolidated their
branch establishments in Strafford and Barnstead and brought them to
Hampton. A stock company of Hampton men had built a shop eighty by forty
feet, of four stories height, with a three story wing, fifty by forty-six
feet, into which the new firm brought a considerable number of laborers
from the two towns above mentioned. Many Hampton men and women soon came
to be employed, and the quiet old town awoke to new activity and financial
life.

A wooden building, in close proximity to the steam sawmill and lumber
yards, demanded extra safeguards against fire. These were provided, in a
water tank, of a capacity of thirty thousand gallons, and a four-inch fire
house, operated by steam pump, for outside service; together with small
hose and automatic sprinklers for use through the building. A special
engine, used for this work only, carries water from the large tank to a
second tank, of three thousand gallons' capacity, at the top of the
factory. By connecting an additional hydrant, which is contemplated, not
only the immediate premises, but a considerable portion of the village,
would be protected.

In the factory, a thirty-five horse power steam engine carried the
machinery; and work embraced all grades and varieties of women's shoes.
Two hundred to two hundred fifty hands were employed, with a weekly pay
roll reaching twenty-five hundred dollars. After the Lynn fire, of
December, 1899, in which the Jones brothers lost their main factory, the
Hampton business was temporarily increased, by the removal hither of their
entire force, till they built anew and reopened in that city the following
autumn.

The career of this new industry was prosperous, but it was brief. In the
autumn of 1891, the firm of V.K. & A.H. Jones removed their Hampton
business to Lynn, and the great shop awaits its fortunes.

In the Genealogies will be found mention of other trades -- tailor,
cooper, glover, hatter, weaver, baker, basket-maker -- variety enough to
furnish occupation and supply the needs of the people.


GUNNING AND TAXIDERMY

No account of the industries of Hampton would be complete, without mention
of the taking of game in our woods and especially on the marshes and out
at sea. While with many it is a pastime merely, there have been men,
probably from the earliest times, who have followed gunning as a trade,
though few have found it lucrative. Charles G. Perkins and David F. Nudd,
living on the sea-shore, have been among the foremost gunners of recent
times, following the Palmers and others in long array; while the younger
men of many names seem likely to perpetuate the avocation, and strangers
book at the hotels every autumn for the season's sport.

James W. Blake, "a mighty hunter," familiar with forest and shore for
miles around, has kept a record of his game for more than thirty years;
and this he gives us, as follows:

Account of Game From 1857 to 1890

(Sea-fowl in general not included, nor crows and hawks, except for the two
years when bounties were paid. This game was all killed in Hampton.)

581 muskrats, sold for     $115.41
111 minks, sold for         258.35
598 rabbits, sold for        58.80
7 foxes, sold for             9.00
114 grey squirrels, sold for  6.90
758 partridges, sold for    287.29
73 woodcock, sold for        37.05
273 snipe, sold for          48.95
109 ducks, sold for          40.90
3879 marsh birds, sold for  450.27
64 teal, sold for            11.66
102 pigeons, sold for        13.60
9 geese, sold for             6.75
  2 years' bounty on
hawks and crows --
148 crows, sold for          14.80
97 hawks, sold for           18.40
Total 6923
Total                     $1380.13

Mr. Blake is a shoe-maker, mostly of sale work from the factories. His
record of shoes for the same period as above is 19,926 pairs, for which he
received $2483.38. During the same period he has stuffed and mounted 843
birds and quadrupeds.


MRS. ZIPPORAH J. JENNESS AND HER BIRDS
[All taken in Hampton.]

This brings us to the mention of taxidermists, of whom there are two in
Hampton, besides Mr. Blake -- Mrs. Abbot B. (Zipporah J.) Jenness and S.
Albert Shaw. So far as can be learned, no others have ever practiced the
art here to any extent.

The beautiful plumage first attracted the little girl, Zipporah J. Shaw.
Her brother used to shoot blue-jays in the corn-field and sometimes save
the feathers; and she would beg him to let her have a bird to stuff. At
last, he gave her a little bluebird and showed her how to skin it. She
succeeded so well, he soon let her have all she wanted and often shot
birds for her. Then people began to bring her work., She studied books on
taxidermy, and practiced the lessons so well, she has long since become a
famous taxidermist in all these parts, and without advertising, has an
average annual patronage of a hundred birds, stuffed and mounted by her
own hands in spring and fall, work extending into the winter for owls. Of
these Mrs. Jenness stuffed thirty-four in the winter of 1889-90, sixteen
of them being arctic owls, shot in Hampton.

Mr. S. Albert Shaw, her kinsman, stuffed a few birds as early as 1878, and
began to make his collection two years later. With him, it is not a trade,
but, as he says, a hobby. Mr. Shaw is a farmer, working early and late in
the fields; and since 1880 he has made a study of the habits and
migrations of birds and kept a record of his observations. In nesting time
and again in the fall he takes daily walks in the woods, with spy-glass,
note-book and pencil, often returning enriched by some new discovery. He
is an occasional contributor to the columns of the Ornithologist and
Oologist, a monthly magazine always to be found on his table. Mr. Shaw has
a collection, all taken, stuffed and mounted by himself, of 335 birds
representing 190 of the 202 species known to occur in Hampton. Oology
follows naturally; and he has eggs of fifty-nine of the sixty-seven birds
known to breed in Hampton. Egg of six other summer residents may possibly
be found hereafter. Some of those taken are very rare, notably, those of
the Nashville warbler, seldom found in New England, in the migration of
that bird to the farther north.



CHAPTER XXXIII. LAST WORDS.

LAST WORDS

The year 1888 dawns auspiciously upon the now ancient town. In the
different departments of this work, we have traced the course of events
through two hundred fifty years. The church, the first institution planted
here, has sent off branches or large accessions to Kingston, Hampton
Falls, North Hampton and Rye, and colonized in the Baptist and Methodist
churches, within our present limits. The common school has been maintained
without interruption; and the Academy, now, however, united with the free
high-school, is hastening on toward a century's growth. Seed-time and
harvest have never failed on these farmers, for which ground began to be
broken in 1638; while farming implements, undreamed of by our ancestors,
lessen the labor and increase the profits. The spinning-wheel and the loom
have been relegated to the great factories in the cities and villages that
dot the once wilderness land; communication with which, by easy carriage
drive or railroad train, by telegraph and telephone, contrasts with the
old-time bridle and cart paths, the slow-going stage-coach and the
uncertain watercourse. Low postal rates and quick transmission and a
multiplicity of books and newspapers have added many fold to our knowledge
of the outside world. Some of the old mill privileges are still utilized,
with improved machinery, and the use of steam makes it feasible to set up
a mill anywhere. Goods in great variety may be purchased within our
borders and delivered free, at our doors. Conveniences unknown to the
ancient dame are in every house. Only upon the seas have our industries
declined. But domestic trade has but changed her course for the iron rail,
where speed is greater and danger less; and foreign commerce is more
cheaply effected at second-hand. Sin and sorrow, indeed, cast their
withering blight here, as elsewhere; but while moral agencies strive to
purify, the philanthropy, to alleviate, these cannot overshade the
pleasing scene. Batchelder and Sanborn, Moulton and Palmer, among the
original grantees and settlers, and Blake, Brown, Dearborn, Dow, Drake,
Elkins, Godfrey, Hobbs, Johnson, Lamprey, Leavitt, Marston, Nudd, Page,
Perkins, Philbrick, Redman, Shaw and Taylor, within the first twelve
years, are still leading names within our narrowed limits; as are Fogg,
Garland, Jenness, Knowles, Lane, Locke, James, Mason, Towle and Weare,
that appeared before the eighteenth century. Other names that have grown
familiar in perusing these pages are familiar to-day, just over our
borders, north, west, and south, on our original territory. While by far
the greater number of these citizens have been farmers, artisans and
seamen, yet, as they pass in review, we find a goodly number in wider
spheres of influence -- legislators and judges, physicians, teachers,
clergymen, lawyers, inventors, soldiers of renown. What could be more
fitting, this anniversary year, than for the mother town to appoint a
great thanksgiving day and invite her children home to the old hearth-
stone.

Anticipating by two months the real anniversary day, the celebration took
place on the 15th of August, when the town became gay with flags and
streamers, and alive with thousands of people. Charles M. Lamprey, Esq.
was president of the day. Hon. John J. Bell, of Exeter, delivered an
eloquent address, from a stand, shaded by the old Toppan elms. An
industrial procession, with bands of music from Newburyport, Hampton Falls
and Rye, and various Lodges and Orders, civic and military; a dinner,
followed by stirring speeches from eminent men; a tent meeting in the
evening; and a display of fireworks, completed the chief features of the
occasion.

Dr. Claudius B. Webster, youngest and only surviving son of the good
"Parson Webster," whose pastorate is set forth in these pages, read, as
his contribution to the after-dinner speeches, a poem, of which the
following are the opening lines;

"We're looking round, good friends, to-day,
To see and guess, as Yankees may,
If here, among this goodly show
Of happy faces all aglow,
There's one, of seventy years ago;--
One, who looked out with eager eyes
With ours on the same sea and skies.
It is hard guessing -- for you know
There are no photographs, to show
The friends of seventy years ago.
And if there were -- alas, the change!
The wondrous transformation strange!
From these gray locks, that thinly flow
O'er bowing heads, how can we know
The child of seventy years ago?"

Then follow lighter strains, in a more tripping measure; and the poem
closes thus:

"And somehow, the hands that were joining then,
Reach out with a longing to join again.
Oh, few are the hands we can reach to-day
We held in the years that are far away!
Perhaps (could we see them) their hearts are here,
More true than we think, more real, more near;
Though dwellers long since on a foreign shore.
They lose not their love for the friends of yore.
Then this be our toast -- we will speak it low --
To th' friends that we loved in the long ago;
We drink it in silence, as here we bow,
The friends who loved then --
the friends who love now."

The old church, older than the town, had her celebration too. Never were
skies more fair than on that Sabbath day, the 19th of August, 1888, when
the commemorative services were held. [p. 460.]

But little more remains to be said. The anniversaries left Hampton
courageous to enter upon her sixth half century. Men and Women returned to
their daily duties, grateful for a brave ancestry, and with high resolves
to hand down their goodly heritage, untarnished, to future generations.

By the census of 1890, there are found to be thirteen hundred thirty
inhabitants in the town. Time bears them along, much as in former days,
through the summer of 1892. On them, fair Plenty showers her favors. High
over all, Heaven breathes the BENEDICTUM.



A TABULAR RECORD OF TOWN OFFICERS

MODERATORS UNDER THE ANCIENT ORDER, AS NOTED ON PP. 15, 16

28: 5 mo. 1641, John Crosse. 18: 6 mo. 1641, Christopher Hussey.
8: 4 mo. 1657, Thomas Wiggin. 4: 7 mo. 1662, Seaborn Cotton.
1663, 1664, Christopher Hussey. 1667, 1668, Robert Page.
Feb. 8, 1672, Christopher Hussey.
1689, four meetings, Thomas Philbrick, Sr., Samuel Sherburne, Francis
Page, Edward Gove.
1691, three meetings, Henry Green, Thomas Philbrick, Nathaniel Weare.
1692, four meetings, Nathaniel Weare (one). Thomas Philbrick.
1693, three meetings, Thomas Philbrick (one), Henry Green.
1694, three meetings, Thomas Philbrick (one), Henry Green.
1695, two meetings, Joseph Smith, Francis Page.
Dec. 6, 1697, Henry Green.
1700, two meetings, Nathaniel Weare.
1701, three meetings, Nathaniel Weare (two), Francis Page, Sr.
1703, 1705, Francis Page.
December, 1707 to July, 1709, Joseph Smith, sixteen meetings.
Aug. 14, 1709, Gershom Elkins.
1711, four meetings, Joseph Smith (three), Nathaniel Weare.
1712, 1713, Joseph Smith.


OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGS, AFTER THE CHANGE NOTED ON P. 176.

1714, 1717, Joseph Smith
1718, 1719, Joshua Wingate
1720-1724, Jabez Dow
1725, Joshua Wingate
1726, Jabez Dow
1727, Joshua Wingate
1728, 1729, Jabez Dow
1730,1731, Joshua Wingate
1732-1734, Jabez Dow
1735, 1736, Samuel Palmer
1737, Jabez Dow
1738-1740, Samuel Palmer
1741, Joshua Wingate
1742, Josiah Moulton
1743, Nathaniel Sargent
1744, John Sanborn
1745, Nathaniel Sargent
1746, Ephraim Marston
1747, Joseph Philbrick
1748, Samuel Palmer
1749, 1750, Joseph Philbrick
1751, Benjamin Dow
1752, Joseph Philbrick
1753, Samuel Palmer
1754, John Weeks
1755, Samuel Palmer
1756, John Weeks
1757-1760, Joseph Philbrick
1761, 1762, Jonathan Moulton
1763-1765, Christopher Toppan
1766, Josiah Moulton
1767, Jonathan Moulton
1768-1770, Christopher Toppan
1771, Jeremiah Marston
1772, Jonathan Moulton
1773, Christopher Toppan
1774, Jonathan Moulton
1775, Christopher Toppan
1776, Jonathan Moulton
1777, 1778, Josiah Moulton
1779, Jonathan Moulton
1780-1782, Josiah Moulton
1783-1786, Christopher Toppan
1787, Jonathan Moulton
1788-1793, Christopher Toppan
1794-1803, Oliver Whipple
1804-1807, James Leavitt
1808-1810, Edmund Toppan
1811, Mod. not recorded.
1812-1818, Edmund Toppan
1819, Not recorded.
1820, Richard Greenleaf
1821-1823, Edmund Toppan
1824, Thomas Leavitt, Jr.
1825, John Dearborn, Jr.
1826, Edmund Toppan
1827, 1828, Col. John Dearborn, Jr.
1829, 1830, Thomas Leavitt, Jr.
1831, Richard Greenleaf
1832, David Marston
1833, Aaron Coffin
1834-1836, David Marston
1837, Edmund Toppan
1838, David Marston
1839, Edmund Toppan
1840, Simeon B. Shaw
1841-1843, Amos Towle, Jr.
1844-1848, David Marston
1849, John D. Neal
1850, Uri Lamprey
1851, Timothy O. Norris
1852, Ebenezer Lane
1853, Uri Lamprey
1854-1856, Morris Hobbs
1857-1860, Meshech S. Akerman
1861-1865, Thomas Leavitt, Jr.
1866, Meshech S. Akerman
1867, 1868, Jacob T. Brown
1869, Morris Hobbs
1870, 1871, John W. Dearborn
1872, Jacob T. Brown
1873-1877, Sewell W. Dow


OF MARCH AND NOVEMBER MEETINGS, UNDER BIENNIAL ELECTIONS,
As Noted On p. 335.

1878—1880, Sewell W. Dow
1881, 1882 (Mar.), Morris Hobbs
1882 (Nov.), Sewell W. Dow
1883—1890 (Mar.), William H. Blake
1890 (Nov.), George A. Johnson
1891, 1892, William H. Blake


IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, PREVIOUS TO THE CHANGE TO BIENNIAL
STATE ELECTIONS.

1792, Christopher Toppan
1796, Not recorded
1800, Not recorded
1804, Jonathan Garland
1808, 1812, Edmund Toppan
1816, James Leavitt
1820, 1824, Edmund Toppan
1828, John Dearborn, Jr
1832, Aaron Coffin
1836, ?
1840, Amos Towle, Jr
1844, David Marston
1848, John D. Neal
1852, Uri Lamprey
1856, Morris Hobbs
1860, Thomas Leavitt, Jr
1864, Morris Hobbs
1868, 1872, Jacob T. Brown
1876, Sewell W. Dow


TOWN CLERKS

The first two clerks held the office till they left town. Dalton, Henry
Dow and his son and grandson, the Deacons Samuel, died in office. The
later Dows, Joseph, Josiah and Josiah Jr., were son, grandson and great-
grandson of the second Deacon Samuel; so that the office of Town Clerk was
held in direct descent in that family 134 years.

CLERK            TERM OF OFFICE
William Wakefield   1639-1643
William Howard      1643-1647
Robert Tuck         1647-1650
Christopher Hussey  1650-1653
Samuel Dalton       1653-1681
Henry Dow           1681-1707
Dea. Samuel Dow     1707-1714
John Tuck           1714-1730
Dea. Samuel Dow     1730-1755
Samuel Dow          1755-1756
Joshua Lane         1756-1761
Joseph Dow          1761-1796
Philip Towle        1796-1798
Ephraim Fellows     1798-1801
John Dearborn       1801-1813
Josiah Dow          1813-1833
Josiah Dow, Jr.     1833-1854
John J. Leavitt     1854-1858
John M. Palmer      1858-1860
John J. Leavitt     1860-1870
David O. Leavitt    1870-1877
John M. Akerman     1877-present


TOWN TREASURERS

The office of Treasurer was created in 1747. From 1755 to 1791 the town
money was probably again in the hands of the selectmen. Article three, in
the warrant for a town meeting, August 8, 1791, was: "To see if the town
will be of the mind to choose a Town Treasurer, which is thought to be
necessary, especially on account of the public securities belonging to
said town." In 1841 it was voted that the office of the Town Treasurer be
dispensed with; the present Treasurer to pay over to the Selectmen all
notes or property now in his hands, for which is is accountable to the
town. This arrangement continued till 1879.

CLERK            TERM OF OFFICE
Samuel Dow          1747-1755
Christopher Toppan  1791-1794
The Selectmen       1794-1795
Benjamin Shaw       1795-1811
David Garland       1811-1814
Josiah Dow          1814-1816
Samuel Dow          1816-1820
Samuel Batchelder   1820-1830
Daniel Towle        1830-1831
Samuel Batchelder   1831-1833
Daniel Towle        1833-1835
Samuel Drake        1835-1836
Daniel Towle        1836-1840
Jonathan Marston    1840-1841
George W. Lane      1879-1886
Joshua A. Lane      1886-present


REPRESENTATIVES

1. IN THE GENERAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS
SESSIONS        REPRESENTATIVES
Sept., 1639,     John Moulton.
1640-1; 3 Ses.,  John Crosse.
1641-4; 6 Ses.,  William Howard.
May, 1644,       William Eastow.
May, 1645,       William Howard.
1646-7; 2 Ses.,  William English.
1648-9; 2 Ses.,  William Eastow.
1650,            Jeffery Mingay.
1651-3; 3 Ses.,  Roger Shaw.
1654,            Anthony Stanyan.
1655-6; 2 Ses.,  Henry Dow.
1657,            Robert Page.
1658-60; 3 Ses., Christopher Hussey.
1661,            William Fuller.
1662,            Samuel Dalton.
1663-1; 2 Ses.,  William Gerrish.
1664-6; 3 Ses.,  Samuel Dalton.
1667,            William Fuller.
1668,            Robert Page.
1669-71; 3 Ses., Samuel Dalton.
1672,            Christopher Hussey.(*)
1673-6; 4 Ses.,  Samuel Dalton.
1677,            Thomas Marston.
1678-9; 2 Ses.,  Samuel Dalton.
(* Dow says "Joseph" Hussey here, but is mistaken)


2. AFTER NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS SEPARATED FROM MASSACHUSETTS
SESSIONS        REPRESENTATIVES
1680; 4 Ses.,.. Anthony Stanyan, Thomas Marston, Edward Gove.
1682; 2 Ses.,..       ?,         ?,         Edward Gove.
1684;
dis.1st Ses.,.. Anthony Stanyan, Joseph Smith, Jno. Smith (cooper).
May, 1684,..... Vacant.
July, 1684,.... Vacant.
Sept., 1692,... Lieut. John Smith, Joseph Smith, John Hussey.
Feb., 1693,.... Capt. Henry Dow, Ser. Tho. Philbrick, Ser. Joseph Swett.
Oct., 1693,.... Daniel Tilton, John Redman, Joseph Moulton.
Oct., 1694;
May, 1695,..... Lieut. John Smith, Nathaniel Batchelder Sr., Thomas Robie.
Nov., 1695,.... Daniel Tilton, Josiah Sanborn.
Sept. 16, 1696,
at Newcastle.,
By prorogat'n at
Hampton,
Sept.22;
dissolved,
Sept. 24,...... John Redman, John Tuck, Samuel Dow.
May, 1697,..... Ephraim Marston, John Redman, 2nd, Benjamin Brown.
Dec., 1697,.... Capt. Henry Dow, Lieut. John Smith, Benj. Fifield (dis.).
Jan., 1698,.... Joseph Swett (in room of B. Fifield).
Mar., 1698,.... Capt. Henry Dow, Lieut. John Smith, Lieut. Joseph Swett.
Aug., 1699--
Held by adj't,
but organized
anew under
administration
of Earl of
Bellomont,..... Capt. Henry Dow, Lieut. John Smith, Lieut. Joseph Swett.
Feb., 1703,.... Thomas Robie, Gershom Elkins, Samuel Shaw.
Mar., 1708--
in room of
G. Elkins,
dismissed...... Maj. Joseph Smith.
June, 1709,.... Maj. Joseph Smith, Ens. Daniel Tilton, Ephraim Marston.
April, 1715,... Maj. Joseph Smith, Peter Weare, Joshua Wingate.
Nov., 1715:
Dow being
constable was
disqualified,
& new election
ordered........ Joseph Smith, Jabez Dow, Peter Weare.
Nov., 1715--
in room of
Dow,........... Ephraim Marston.
Aug., 1716 &
Jan., 1717,.... Col. Joseph Smith, Maj. Peter Weare, Ephraim Marston.
May, 1717,..... Col. Joseph Smith, Maj. Peter Weare, John Tucke.
July, 1722,.... John Redman, John Sanborn.
Dec., 1727;
Apr., 1728;
Jan., 1731,.... Capt. Josh. Wingate, John Sanborn.
Dec., 1733;
Oct., 1734,.... Sam. Palmer, Jr., "Sr." John Sanborn.
Apr., 1735;
Apr., 1736,.... John Sanborn, Samuel Palmer Jr., Capt. Ichabod Robie.
Mar., 1737,.... Capt. John Smith, Nath'l Weare, Esq., Samuel Palmer.
Oct., 1739,.... Samuel Palmer, Jr., Capt. John Smith, Capt. Ichabod Robie.
July, 1740;
Feb., 1741,.... John Sanborn, Sr., Samuel Palmer, Jr.
Jan., 1742,.... Samuel Palmer, Jr., Joseph Towle.
Mar., 1742,
in room of
Palmer,........ Thomas Elkins
Jan., 1745,.... Samuel Palmer Esq., Dea. Jos. Philbrick.
June, 1745,
In session
3 years,....... John Sanborn, Samuel Palmer, Esq.
Jan., 1749;
Sept., 1752,... Richard Waldron, of Portsmouth, Joseph Philbrick.
June, 1745,
In session
3 years,....... John Sanborn, Samuel Palmer, Esq.
Feb., 1753,.... Jonathan Tucke (In place of R. Waldron, Esq.).
Oct., 1755,.... William Moulton (cooper), Capt. Jonathan Moulton.
Nov., 1758,.... Dea. Jona. Tucke, William Moulton.
Jan., 1762 -
Apr., 1771,
4 Assemblies,.. Jona. Moulton, Esq., Chris. Toppan, Esq.
May, 1771,..... Chris. Toppan, Esq., Capt. Joseph Moulton.
Apr., 1774,.... Chris. Toppan, Esq., Mr. Josiah Moulton.
Feb., 1775,.... Capt. Joseph Moulton, Mr. Josiah Moulton.


3. UNDER REDUCED REPRESENTATION
TERM.
(Dec.) 1775-80, Capt. Josiah Moulton.
1781, Dea. John Fogg.
1782, Joseph Dow.
1783-6, Col. Chris. Toppan.
1787, Joseph Dow.
1788 (Mar.), Col. Chris. Toppan.
1788 (July), Joseph Dow.
1789-92 (Mar.), Col. Chris. Toppan.
(Aug.) 1792-3, Joseph Dow.
1794-5, Capt. Jere. Marston.
1796-1800, Oliver Whipple, Esq.
1801-5, Maj. Benjamin Shaw.
1806, Jonathan Marston Jr.
1807-8, John Dearborn.
1809-16, Edmund Toppan.
1817, Dr. Eben. Lawrence.
1818-19, Edmund Toppan.
1820-1, Tristram Shaw.
1822-4, Edmund Toppan.
1825, David Nudd.
1826, Edmund Toppan.
1827-30, Joshua Lane.
1831-33, Amos Towle, Jr.
1834-6, David Marston.
1837-8, Josiah Dow, Jr.
1839, David Marston (unseated).
1840-1, Amos Towle, Jr.
1842, Jonathan Marston, Jr.
1843, Simon Towle.
1844, Jonathan Marston.
1845, David Marston.
1846-7, Ebenezer Lane.
1848, Amos Towle, Jr.
1849-50, Uri Lamprey.
1851-2, Thomas Ward.
1853, Josiah Page.
1854, (No choice).
1855-6. Edward Shaw.
1857-8, Edmund Mason.
1859-60, John Dearborn.
1861-2, Adna Garland.
1863-4, Adna B. Lane.
1865-6, Thomas Leavitt, Jr.
1867-8, John J. Leavitt.
1869-70, Rev. DeWitt C. Durgin.
1871-2, Alfred J. Leavitt.
1873, David O. Leavitt.
1874-5, Samuel D. Lane.
1876-7, Joseph W. Mason.
1878, John H. Fogg.


4. UNDER BIENNIAL ELECTIONS
TERM
1879-80, John C. Palmer.
1881-2, Jacob T. Brown.
1883-4, John C. Marston.
1885-6, William G. Cole.
1887-8, Horace M. Lane.
1889-90, Charles Philbrick.
1891-2, William H. Blake.


SELECTMEN
1644, William Fuller, Thomas Moulton, Robert Page, Philemon Dalton, Thomas
Nudd, Walter Roger, William Howard.
1647, William Eastow, John Moulton, Edward Colcord, Jeffery Mingay, Robert
Page, Francis Peabody, Robert Tuck.
1649, Roger Shaw, William Eastow, Robert Page, Robert Tuck, Thomas
Marston, Anthony Stanyan, William Moulton.
1650, William Fuller, Abraham. Perkins, Christopher Hussey, Jeffery
Mingay, John Sanborn, Thomas Ward, Richard Swaine.
1651, Edward Rishworth, Henry Dow, William Sanborn, William Swaine, John
Brown.
1652, Robert Page, William Marston, Sr., William Fifield, Thomas Moulton,
Robert Tuck, John Redman, Jeffery Mingay.
1653, William Eastow, William Fuller, Thomas Ward, William Moulton, John
Cass, Henry Moulton, Samuel Dalton.
1654, Roger Shaw, Thomas Coleman, William Godfrey, Seth Fletcher, Robert
Smith, William Swaine, Thomas Philbrick, Jr.
1655, Abraham Perkins, Godfrey Dearborn, Christopher Palmer, Samuel Fogg,
Robert Page.
1656, Jeffery Mingay, Thomas Marston, John Redman, John Brown, Henry Robie.
1657, Robert Tuck, Thomas Ward, Thomas Leavitt, John Cass, William Fuller.
1658, Christopher Hussey, William Moulton, Samuel Dalton, Anthony Taylor,
Abraham Drake.
1659, Robert Page, Abraham Perkins, Thomas Marston, William Fifield,
Morris Hobbs.
1660, Robert Smith, Henry Robie, William Sanborn, John Clifford, Nathaniel
Batchelder.
1661, John Sanborn, Thomas Ward, William Fuller, Henry Moulton, Henry Dow,
Jr.
1662, Anthony Stanyan, Abraham Perkins, Sr., Henry Green, Samuel Dalton,
Moses Cox.
1663, William Gerrish, Godfrey Dearborn, Samuel Fogg, Thomas Philbrick,
Jr., Thomas Nudd.
1664, Christopher Hussey, William Fuller, Thomas Marston, Nathaniel
Batchelder, Giles Fuller.
1665, Thomas Ward, John Sanborn, Samuel Dalton, Henry Robie, Henry Moulton.
1666, Abraham Perkins, Sr., Benjamin Swett, John Redman, Anthony Taylor,
Henry Dow.
1667, Robert Page, Thomas Marston, William Sanborn, Nathaniel Weare,
Thomas Leavitt.
1668, John Sanborn, Samuel Dalton, John Cass, William Marston, Jr., Thomas
Nudd.
1669, Christopher Hussey, Anthony Stanyan, William Fuller, Thomas Ward,
Joseph Dow.
1670, Abraham Perkins, Sr., Benjamin Swett, Thomas Marston, Anthony
Taylor, Thomas Page.
1671, Robert Page, Godfrey Dearborn, William Sanborn, Nathaniel Weare,
Thomas Ward.
1672, John Sanborn, Samuel Dalton, Thomas Ward, John Cass, Henry Moulton.
1673, Abraham Perkins, Sr., Thomas Marston, Nathaniel Batchelder,
Nathaniel Weare, Henry Dow.
1674-5, Samuel Dalton, William Fuller, John Sanborn, John Cass
(d. Apr. 7), Thomas Dearborn, John Smith (vice Cass).
1675-6, Benjamin Swett, Nathaniel Batchelder, Henry Moulton, Henry Dow,
Henry Dearborn.
1676-7, Samuel Dalton, Anthony Stanyan, William Fuller, Sr., William
Marston, John Moulton.
1677-8, William Sanborn, Christopher Palmer, Thomas Philbrick, Francis
Page, Thomas Dearborn.
1678-9, Samuel Dalton, Henry Moulton, John Sanborn, Nathaniel Weare, John
Smith (cooper).
1680, Henry Green, Thomas Marston, Abraham Cole, Joseph Dow, John Tuck.
1681, Henry Robie, Henry Dow, Christopher Palmer, John Sanborn, Jr., John
Marston.
1682, William Marston, Anthony Taylor, Nathaniel Batchelder, Edward Gove,
Joseph Moulton.
1683, Nathaniel Weare, Samuel Sherburne, Abraham Perkins, William Sanborn,
John Tuck.
1684-'85-'86, no record.
1687, Henry Moulton, John Smith (cooper), Benjamin Fifield, John Tuck.
1688, Samuel Sherburne, Henry Moulton, John Tuck, Edward Gove, John
Sanborn, Timothy Hilliard.
1689-'90-'91, no record.
1692, Nathaniel Batchelder, John Stanyan, Daniel Tilton, Henry Dearborn,
John Smith (tailor), Christopher Palmer, John Sanborn.
1693, William Marston, Thomas Philbrick, John Marston, Joseph Swett,
Thomas Dearborn, John Redman, Samuel Dow.
1694, John Moulton, Peter Weare, John Tuck, John Dearborn, Sr., Philemon
Dalton, Abraham Green, Thomas Philbrick, Jr.
1695, Francis Page, Jacob Green, Richard Sanborn, Josiah Sanborn, Thomas
Chase.
1696, Lieut. John Smith, Nathaniel Batchelder, Abraham Cole, Abraham
Drake, Jr., Benjamin Brown.
1697, Christopher Palmer, John Marston, Isaac Green, Timothy Hilliard,
Simon Dow.
1698, Henry Dow, John Tuck, Ephraim Marston, Joseph Swett, John Gove.
1699, Nathaniel Weare, Sr., Henry Dow, John Stanyan, John Redman, Jr.,
Josiah Moulton.
1700, John Tuck, Morris Hobbs, Jr., John Gove, Christopher Page, Nathaniel
Weare -- Samuel Dow and Jonathan Philbrick added, May 7, 1701.
Nov. 10, 1701, Joseph Smith, Thomas Robie, Abraham Green, Nathaniel Weare,
Jr., John Stanyan.
1702, Jacob Green, Abraham Cole, John Sanborn, Sr., Jonathan Moulton,
James Philbrick.
1703, Nathaniel Batchelder, Simon Dow, John Redman, Sr., Abraham Drake,
Jr., John Gove.
1704, Samuel Marston, Nathaniel Batchelder, Jr., Jonathan Philbrick,
Samuel Dow, Seth Fogg.
1705, Jacob Green, Ephraim Marston, Benjamin Brown, Philemon Dalton,
Robert Moulton.
1706, Simon Dow, Christopher Pottle, Caleb Shaw, Samuel Nudd, Jonathan
Marston.
1707, Abraham Drake, Joseph Cass, Samuel Dow, Peter Johnson, John Moulton
(son of Lieut. John).
1708, Joseph Chase, Joseph Smith, John Sanborn, Sr., John Gove, Samuel
Page.
1709, John Gove, Joseph Smith, John Stanyan, John Redman, Sr., Joshua
Wingate, Benjamin Hilliard, Jonathan Marston.
1710-11, John Tuck, Joseph Smith, Jabez Dow, Benjamin Brown, John Gove (in
Mar., 1712).
Dec. 15, 1711, Josiah Moulton, Sr., William Sanborn, Jr., Jonathan
Philbrick, Nathaniel Batchelder.
Dec. 29, 1712, Joseph Chase, James Philbrick, Joseph Smith, Samuel Shaw,
Joseph Swett.
Mar. 1, 1714, Joseph Smith, Nathaniel Weare, Samuel Robie, Josiah Moulton,
Sr., Benjamin Perkins.
Mar. 5, 1715, Christopher Page, John Tuck, John Sanborn (son of William),
Benjamin Sanborn, Joseph Tilton.
1717, John Tuck, Jabez Dow, William Sanborn, Sr., Samuel Shaw, Joseph
Swett.
1718, ----- -----, ----- Dearborn, ----- Moulton, Sr., James Prescott,
Jr., Jonathan Philbrick.
1719, James Philbrick, Elisha Smith, Christopher Page, Samuel Shaw, Joseph
Cass.
1720, Jonathan Marston, Samuel Dearborn, Sr., Francis Page, Jacob Freese,
Samuel Palmer, Jr.
1721, Joseph Taylor, Josiah Moulton, Sr., Jabez Smith, Samuel Nudd, Simon
Marston.
1722, Jabez Dow, Joshua Wingate, Robert Moulton, Sr., Jonathan Moulton
John Sherburne.
1723, Capt. John Smith, Joseph Towle, Josiah Moulton, James Philbrick,
Jabez Dow.
1724, Richard Taylor, Christopher Page, Caleb Towle, Jabez Dow, Jonathan
Dearborn.
1725, Robert Moulton, Sr., Joshua Wingate, Simon Marston, Jabez Dow, Caleb
Marston.
1726, Capt. John Smith, Abraham Drake, Samuel Palmer, Jr., Peter Johnson,
Deacon John Dearborn.
1727, Morris Hobbs, Jr., Jonathan Garland, Christopher Page, Elisha Smith,
Amos Knowles.
1728, Jabez Dow, Joseph Philbrick, Ebenezer Dearborn, Jeremiah Marston,
William Staniford.
1729, Joshua Wingate, Joseph Towle, Sr., Josiah Moulton, Benjamin Thomas,
Samuel Dow.
1730, Benjamin Lamprey, Caleb Towle, Simon Marston, Josiah Moulton,
Abraham Drake.
1731, Jabez Dow, Samuel Palmer, Jr., Jonathan Marston, Philip Smith,
Benjamin Hobbs, Nathaniel Drake.
1732, Samuel Palmer, Jr., Jonathan Marston, Morris Hobbs, Moses Perkins,
Benjamin Dow.
1733, Joseph Towle, Daniel Sanborn, Seth Fogg, Jonathan Godfrey, Jabez Dow.
1734, Samuel Palmer, Jr., Jonathan Garland, Christopher Page, Richard
Taylor, Jonathan Tuck.
1735, Thomas Dearborn, Philip Smith, Jr., John Sanborn, Samuel Palmer,
Jr., Samuel Dow.
1736, Capt. John Smith, Joseph Taylor, Jabez Smith, Joseph Philbrick,
Samuel Palmer.
1737, Josiah Moulton, Abraham Drake, Henry Dearborn, Jeremiah Marston,
Joseph Chapman.
1738, Jonathan Dearborn, Caleb Marston, Sr., Samuel Palmer, Jr., Ephraim
Marston, John Hobbs.
1739, Thomas Robie, Jonathan Garland, Josiah Moulton, John Dearborn, Jr.,
Jonathan Tuck.
1740, Joshua Wingate, Jabez Smith, Jonathan Marston, Samuel Palmer, Jr.,
Nathaniel Drake.
1741, Christopher Page, Thomas Elkins, Benjamin Smith, Joseph Philbrick,
Caleb Towle, Sr.
1742, Jonathan Tuck, Richard Taylor, John Dearborn, Ephraim Marston.
1743, Nathaniel Sargent, Philip Smith, Abraham Drake, Philip Towle,
Benjamin Dow.
1744, Nathaniel Sargent, Samuel Palmer, Jr., Jonathan Marston, John
Sanborn, Sr., Robert Moulton.
1745, Jabez Smith, Ephraim Marston, John Dearborn, Jr., Jonathan Tuck,
Samuel Dow.
1746, Jonathan Dearborn, Ephraim Marston, Benjamin Dow, Thomas Nudd, Amos
Towle.
1747, Clement Jackson, Moses Perkins, Joseph Towle, William Moulton, John
Dearborn.
1748, Samuel Palmer, John Dearborn, Jonathan Tuck, Noah Ward, Caleb Towle.
1749, Josiah Moulton, Robert Moulton, Jonathan Elkins, Jeremiah Marston,
Jonathan Moulton.
1750, Gershom Griffith, Henry Dearborn, Jonathan Garland, Nathaniel Drake,
Amos Towle.
1751, Joseph Philbrick, Moses Perkins, John Smith, Thomas Nudd, John
Taylor.

CHANGE OF STYLE IN 1752.
1752, Joshua Weeks, Joshua Lane, Robert Moulton, James Towle, John Lamprey.
1753, Samuel Palmer, Ephraim Marston, John Dearborn, Thomas Nudd, Jeremiah
Marston.
1754, Anthony Emery, John Weeks, Joshua Lane, Amos Towle, Samuel Drake.
1755, Benjamin Dow, Samuel Palmer, Moses Perkins, Samuel Dow, Jr., Noah
Ward.
1756, Samuel Palmer, Joseph Philbrick, Jonathan Leavitt, Jeremiah Marston,
James Leavitt, Jr.
1757, Samuel Palmer, John Sanborn, Nathaniel Drake, Anthony Emery, John
Moulton, Jr.
1758, John Weeks, John Nay, Samuel Dow, Jeremiah Marston, Josiah Shaw.
1759, Joseph Philbrick, Thomas Nudd, Jonathan Moulton, Christopher Toppan,
John Taylor.
1760, Robert Moulton, Joseph Philbrick, Jonathan Brown, Josiah Moulton,
Jr., Joseph Dow.
1761, Thomas Nudd, Jonathan Leavitt, John Lamprey, Samuel Drake, Joseph
Dow.
1762, Thomas Nudd, Jona;than Leavitt, John Lamprey, Samuel Drake, Joseph
Dow.
1763, Jonathan Tuck, Jeremiah Sanborn, Amos Coffin, Josiah Moulton, Jr.,
Cotton Ward.
1764, Jonathan Tuck, Jeremiah Marston, Josiah Moulton, Jr., Christopher
Toppan, Joseph Dow.
1765, Cotton Ward, Josiah Moulton, Joseph Dow, Jonathan Tuck.
1766, Jonathan Moulton, Joseph Dow, Samuel Garland, Josiah Moulton,
Jonathan Tuck.
1767, Thomas Ward, Josiah Moulton, Jeremiah Marston, Cotton Ward, Joseph
Dow.
1768, Thomas Nudd, Jonathan Moulton, Jeremiah Marston, Joseph Dow, Cotton
Ward.
1769-70, Josiah Moulton,. Christopher Toppan, Joseph Dow, Simon Nudd,
Philip Towle.
1771, Jeremiah Marston, Josiah Moulton, Joseph Dow, Samuel Drake, Philip
Towle.
1772, Josiah Moulton, Cotton Ward, Henry Elkins, Philip Towle, Joseph Dow.
1773-5, William Lane, Joseph Dow, Philip Towle, Simon Nudd, Joshua James.
1776, Joseph Dow, William Lane, Cotton Ward, Josiah Dearborn, Jonathan
Garland.
1777, William Lane, Joshua James, Philip Towle, John Fogg, Joseph Dow.
1778, Daniel Philbrick, Amos Knowles, Philip Towle, Joseph Dow, Simon Nudd.
1779, Joseph Dow, Cotton Ward, Amos Knowles, Simon Nudd, Philip Towle.
1780-1, Joseph Dow, Simon Nudd, Philip Towle, Philip S. Marston, Josiah
Dearborn.
1782, Joseph Dow, Simon Nudd, Philip Towle, Jonathan Garland, Elisha S.
Marston.
1783, Joseph Dow, Philip Towle, Elisha S. Marston, Moses Elkins, Sr., John
Moulton, Jr.
1784, Joseph Dow, Philip Towle, Cotton Ward, Jonathan Garland, Elisha S.
Marston.
1785-6, Joseph Dow, Daniel Philbrick, Cotton Ward, Philip Towle, Simon
Nudd.
1787, Joseph Dow, Josiah Dearborn, Philip Towle, Simon Nudd, John Dow.
1788, Joseph Dow, Philip Towle, Josiah Dearborn, John Dow, Jeremiah
Moulton.
1789, Joseph Dow, Philip Towle, Cotton Ward, Samuel Drake, Jeremiah
Moulton.
1790, Joseph Dow, Philip Towle, Josiah Dearborn, Jonathan Garland,
Benjamin Shaw.
1791, Joseph Dow, Philip Towle, Jeremiah Moulton, Jonathan Garland, Philip
S. Marston.
1792, Philip Towle, Cotton Ward, Benjamin Shaw, Elisha S. Marston,
Jeremiah Moulton.
1793, Joseph Dow, Josiah Dearborn, Samuel Drake, Jeremiah Moulton, Joseph
Towle, Jr.
1794, Philip Towle, Jonathan Garland, Jeremiah Moulton, Benjamin Shaw,
Joseph Towle, Jr.
1795, Jonathan Locke, Samuel Drake, Philip Towle, Capt. Jonathan Marston,
Jonathan Marston, 3d.
1796, Philip Towle, Jonathan Marston, Jr., Joseph Towle, Jr., Jonathan
Marston, 3d, Levi Batchelder.
1797, Cotton Ward, Simon Nudd, Philip Towle, Jonathan Marston, Jr.,
Stephen Coffin.
1798, Joseph Towle, Jr., Capt. Jonathan Marston, Abner Page, James
Leavitt, Jonathan Marston, 3d.
1799-1800, James Leavitt, John Dearborn, John M. Moulton, Josiah Shaw,
Samuel Brown, Jr.
1801, James Leavitt, Samuel Brown, Jr., Zacchary Brown, Nathaniel
Batchelder, Jr., Joseph Palmer.
1802, James Leavitt, Elisha S. Marston, Isaac Marston, Zacchary Brown,
Thomas Ward.
1803, James Leavitt, Thomas Ward, Zacchary Brown, Levi Batchelder, Elisha
S. Marston.
1804, James Leavitt, Benjamin Shaw, Isaac Marston, Abner Page, Joseph F.
Dearborn.
1805, James Leavitt, Josiah Dow, Henry Elkins, Philip Towle, Jr., Jeremiah
Hobbs.
1806, James Leavitt, Joshua Lane, Nehemiah Sanborn, Zacchary Brown,
Nathaniel Locke.
1807, James Leavitt, Capt. Jonathan Marston, Samuel James, David Nudd,
Ebenezer Lawrence.
1808-9, Thomas Ward, David Towle, Josiah Dow, Edmund Toppan, Joseph Towle.
1810, Joseph Towle, Josiah Dow, Ebenezer Lawrence, David Towle, Richard
Greenleaf.
1811, Joseph Towle, Ebenezer Lawrence, David Towle, Richard Greenleaf,
Moses Nudd.
1812, Ebenezer Lawrence, David Towle, Jeremiah Hobbs, John Dow, Isaac
Marston.
1813, John Dow, Jeremiah Hobbs, Richard Greenleaf, Samuel James, Jeremiah
T. Marston.
1814, John Dow, Jeremiah Hobbs, Samuel James, Daniel Towle, Jeremiah T.
Marston.
1815, John Dow, Jeremiah Hobbs, Isaac Marston, Jeremiah T. Marston, Daniel
Towle.
1816, John Perkins, Thomas Ward, Oliver Marston, Daniel Towle, Jeremiah T.
Marston.
1817, Thomas Ward, John Perkins, Amos Towle, Jr., Daniel Towle, Samuel
Batchelder.
1818, Daniel Towle, Samuel Batchelder, Samuel Dow, Tristram Shaw, Joseph
Ward.
1819, Edmund James, Daniel Towle, Samuel Batchelder, Samuel Dow, Tristram
Shaw.
1820-1, John Perkins, Tristram Shaw, Samuel D. Taylor, Daniel Towle,
Josiah Dow.
1822, Daniel Towle, Samuel D. Taylor, John Dow, Edmund James, Reuben
Lamprey.
1823-4, Daniel Towle, Jonathan Marston, 3d, John Dow.
1825-8, Daniel Towle, Jonathan Marston, 3d, Joseph Philbrick.
1829, Samuel Batchelder, Amos Towle, Jr., Josiah Dow, Jr., Samuel D.
Taylor, John Philbrick.
1830, Samuel Batchelder, Amos Towle, Jr., Josiah Dow, Jr.
1831, Daniel Towle, Jesse Knowles, Jonathan Towle, Jr.
1832, Jesse Knowles, Jonathan Towle, David Marston.
1833, David Marston, Jonathan Towle, John Johnson.
1834, Jonathan Towle, Josiah Marston, Jr., Joseph Philbrick.
1835, Col. Jonathan Marston, Simeon B. Shaw, John Perkins, Jr.
1836, John Perkins, Jr., Simeon B. shaw, Simon Towle, Jr.
1837-8, Simon Towle, Jr., David Page, Ebenezer Lane.
1839-42, Abraham Fogg, Simeon B. Shaw, William Brown.
1843, Josiah Dow, Amos Towle, jr., Anthony Emery.
1844, Abraham Fogg, David Marston, Joseph Philbrick.
1845, David Marston, Joseph Philbrick, John Redman, Jr.
1846, Josiah Dow, Simeon B. Shaw, John Redman, Jr.
1847, Josiah Page, Samuel D. Lane, Adna Garland.
1848, Simeon B. Shaw, Thomas Leavitt, Col. Jonathan Marston.
1849-50, Simeon B. Shaw, Abraham Fogg, Ebenezer Lane.
1851, David Towle, Jr., Joseph R. Sanborn, John Palmer.
1852, Josiah Page, Joseph R. Sanborn, Daniel Moulton.
1853, Josiah Page, John Dearborn, Moses Leavitt.
1854, Josiah Dow, John Dearborn, Edmund Mason.
1855, Enoch P. Young, Jesse Lane, Alba C. Taylor.
1856, Enoch P. Young, Edmund Mason, Simeon Shaw.
1857, Joseph Johnson, Jesse Lane, Simeon Shaw.
1858, Joseph Johnson, Ebenezer Lane, Daniel Moulton.
1859, Daniel Moulton, Ebenezer Lane, Oliver Towle.
1860, Meshech S. Ackerman, Oliver Towle, Jeremiah M. Lamprey.
1861, Joseph A. Dearborn, Abraham Fogg, Jonathan M. Lamprey.
1862-3, Joseph Johnson, Obed S. Hobbs, Alvin Emery.
1864, Joseph Dow, Jacob T. Brown, Edmund Mason.
1865, Jacob T. Brown, Edmund Mason, John H. Fogg.
1866, Jacob T. Brown, John C. Marston, Samuel J. Drake.
1867, Jacob T. Brown, Benjamin Hobbs, Jonathan Taylor.
1868, Jacob T. Brown, John C. Marston, Samuel J. Drake.
1869, John H. Fogg, John C. Marston, Reuben Lamprey.
1870-1, Edmund Mason, Jesse Lane, John Dearborn.
1872-3, J. Warren Dow, Daniel Weare, Christopher G. Toppan.
1874, Samuel J. Drake, Joseph Johnson, Nathaniel S. Locke.
1875-6, Jacob T. Brown, John H. Fogg, William H. Blake.
1877, Jacob T. Brown, John F. Marston, William E. Lane.
1878, Jacob T. Brown, Christopher G. Toppan, Henry J. Perkins.
1879, Enoch P. Young, William E. Lane, John F. Marston.
1880, John F. Marston, Joseph Johnson, William E. Lane.
1881, John F. Marston, William E. Lane, William H. Blake.
1882-3, William E. Lane, John W. Towle, Warren M. Batchelder.
1884-5, Frank B. Brown, William E. Lane, Samuel W. Dearborn.
1886, William E. Lane, George A. Johnson, Samuel W. Dearborn.
1887-8, William E. Lane, George A. Johnson, Joseph B. Brown.
1889, William E. Lane, Samuel A. Towle, John W. Mace.
1890, Joseph B. Brown, William E. Lane, Charles M. Batchelder.
1891, Horace M. Lane, Joseph B. Brown, Abbott L. Joplin.
1892, Horace M. Lane, Abbott L. Joplin, George W. Palmer.


PHYSICIANS
WITH LENGTH OF TIME IN HAMPTON AS FAR AS ASCERTAINED

Robert Tuck, "chirurgeon," 1638 - 1664.
Dr. Richard Hooper, here in 1684, and for a number of years.
Dr. John Groth, licensed by General Court Apr., 1679, to practice physic
and chirurgery in Hampton.
Dr. Benjamin Dole, from ab. 1700, to death, 1707, ae. 26 years.
Dr. Nathaniel Sargent, 1711? - 1748?.
Dr. Edmund Toppan, 1727?-death, 1739.
Dr. Clement Jackson, 1731? - 1747, or later.
Dr. John Newman, 1740? - 1747.
Dr. John Weeks, 1748? - death, 1763.
Dr. Anthony Emery, ab. 1750 - death, 1781.
Dr. Samuel Page, ab. 1770 - death, 1821.
Dr. Ebenezer Tilton, ab. 1771 - death, 1800.
Dr. ----- Dudley.
Dr. Asahel Dearborn.
Dr. Jonathan French, on school com. in 1801.
Dr. Obed Stearns, 1799 - death, 1800, aged 29 years.
Dr. Ebenezer Lawrence, 1801 - 1850.
Dr. Lucian French, died here Mar. 19, 1828, aged 25 years.
Dr. Robert Smith, 183-? - 184-?
Dr. Henry A. Jewett, 184-, - 184-.
Dr. George G. Odiorne, married, 1848.
Dr. Abram B. Lord, 184-, - 1854.
Dr. F. F. Forsaith, left in 1854.
Dr. Nathaniel Ruggles, 1854? - 1859.
Dr. William T. Merrill, since 1854; sole resident physician, 1859 - 1873.
Dr. Norberto Osorio, 1873 - 1875?
Dr. Marvin F. Smith, since 1888.
Dr. Charles P. Jackson, since 1891.
Dr. S. F. A. Pickering, dentist, 1890 - 1892.

Other physicians have resided and practiced in town temporarily.



APPENDIX

EXTRACTS FROM CAPT. HENRY DOW'S DIARY

"The 8th June, 1684. -- A storm of thunder; one sore crack fell in that
[place] called the nook; split a great red oak; killed Chris: Palmer's
horse and scattered the pieces of the tree. Myself, Henry Dow, measured
one place where lay several pieces, and amongst the rest was 4 or 5 foot
in length which lay fifteen rod from the tree root -- others found some 20
rod off. It tore up the roots of the tree and split rocks after a
miraculous manner.
"Bro. Sambourn put in prison, 21 October, 1684. Capt. Sherburne and I
compared a copie with the original execution and there was no return made
upon it the 1st November, 1684.

"June, 1687 -- millions of streaked worms this year."

* * * * *

SUPPLEMENT

CAPT. HENRY DOW'S DIARY

The little leather-covered book which has been quoted (pp. 248, 367, 578),
and a specimen folio of which, reduced, is represented, continues, up to
the latest date of possible use for this History, to baffle study as to
many of its arbitrary characters. We are indebted to George Rogers Howell,
M.A., of the State Library at Albany, N. Y., for the cipher alphabet and
many other signs, and for a good beginning in the transliteration of the
page presented. It has fallen to the editor to bring the study to its
present stage, while many pages remain untouched.

This page is found to be a copy, whole or in part, of a "declaration,"
drawn up by Jacob Leisler, of New York, May 31, 1689, which was soon after
published as a pamphlet in Boston, "but not affixed, or no copy allowed to
be had." It was at the beginning of the revolution in New York, just after
the seizure of Sir Edmund Andros, whose government had included that
colony. Citizens and soldiers, under the lead of Capt. Jacob Leisler,
Lieut. Henry Cuyler and others, seized the fort and placed Leisler in
power, awaiting orders from the new sovereigns of England.


FOLIO FROM CAPT. HENRY DOW'S DIARY, MARCH 1672 TO MAY 1696

The grammatical construction of this transliteration, though bad enough,
will perhaps compare favorably with that of many writings that have come
down to us in plain characters. Doubtless we have made some mistakes, but
the page given is substantially as follows, line for line:

An account of the proceeding at New York 1689

A
declaration of the inhabitants and soldiers belonging under the
several companies of the trained bands of New York
We declare that notwithstanding our several prayers and grievances these
many years
under a . . . power possessed by our late popish Govr Dongan
and several of his wicked creatures and pensioners, councillors now to
Left Govr
Nicholson: we were resolved to expect with great patience our redemption
from England expecting to have part of that gracious deliverance procured
under God
by His Royal Highness William Henry Prince of Orange but when we
challenged our
liberty property and the lives we were cajoled and terrified out of our
reasons but at last some being threatened by the said Lieutenant Govr
Nicholson
and with a pistol presented against the corporal and said to the Lieutenant
Cuyler that he would set the town on fire for doing our loyal duty:
we have thought fit for our security and fear to be liable to
answer for the life of every Protestant that might have perished and every
house burnt
or destroyed if we bear . . longer in submission and also seeing daily
arrive
from several parts officers and soldiers who were entertained by the said
Lieutenant
Govr Nicholson in the fort besides his several soldiers of which there was
a number of papists contrary to the law of England by which new comers some
of the burghers being threatened of some design against them in a few days
we thought
delay dangerous so we have unanimously resolved: to live no longer
in such . . danger but to secure the fort better which we have under God
with succor without resistance and bloodshed effected and we declare
to be entirely and openly opposed to papists and their religion
and therefore expecting orders from England we shelter and guard
surely and effectually the said fort in the behalf of the power
that now governeth in England to surrender to the person of the
Protestant religion that shall be nominated or sent by the power aforesaid
this post our most secure . . . that we . . . to manifest as well
to the power aforesaid that God hath pleased to submit us to
as to other persons to avoid their reproaches that they could
otherwise In J. Leisler by the aforesaid inhabitants:


FROM PHILIP TOWLE'S DIARY

July 22, 1770, the steeple was struck with Lightning, the spire very much
hurt.

Winter of 1772, died suddenly, Saml Brown, Saml Garland, Nathan Moulton,
Jonathan Dearborn, Anne Stanyan.

July 2, 1781, the steeple was struck the second time -- the spire stript
naked from top to bottom.

August 30th, 1787, their was a Ball of fire or Comet Shot a Long the sky
the sky being clear Leaving a stream Like Smoak & made a Report Like
Distant thunder 4 o'clock afternoon Daytime.


EXTRACTS FROM MAJ. DAVID MARSTON'S RECORD OF EVENTS

1840. -- No rain fell from May 6 to July 23.

Aug. 31, 1840. -- First time the steam engine went through [Eastern R.
R.].

Jan. 1841. -- Bought my first cook-stove.

1844 and 1845. -- Granite House built at Boar's Head.

Mar. 18, 1850. -- Severe snow-storm; about a foot of snow fell; wind
northeast; about four days very high tides and storm at sea; broke over
beach hill almost the whole length of the beach; filled muddy pond; water
three feet deep on the causeway bridge; filled the road with stones and
carried away fences.

July 21, 1854. -- Thomas Leavitt's hotel burned at Boar's Head.

July 21, 1859. -- Josiah Dearborn sold his tavern stand for $2000.

June 11, 1863. -- Joseph and Nathaniel Johnson's barn burned, with four
cows, one horse, two ox-carts and other farming tools.

July 31, 1863. -- 8 o'clock, evening: J. P. Whitcomb's stable to public
house burned--supposed set afire.

Mar. 13, 1864. -- James Lane lost his house and barn, set afire by his
little boy;--one cow, two wagons, seventy bushels corn, potatoes, two tons
hay;--furniture saved. $800 insurance.

Aug. 3, 1864. -- Dwelling house and barn of the Sanborn sisters at Bride
Hill burned, with most of the contents; -- caught fire from the stove.

June 24, 1866. -- The canker worm commenced its depredations some four
years ago. Most of the apple and elm trees have suffered badly, some
locations having escaped. They usually mature and leave about the 20th of
June. This year they are much later.

Apr. 23, 1867. -- Joseph W. Dow built a barn and large house last fall,
near the causeway;--had the house ready to plaster. At half-past ten they
were discovered to be on fire and all burned to the ground. Loss, $3000,
insurance, $2000. Rebuilt and finished, June, 1869.

Oct. 28, 1867, -- John A. Towle raised his store on the south side of the
road.

Jan. 18, 1871. -- Dwelling house of Randolph A. DeLancy was destroyed by
fire;--part of the goods saved.

Mar. 1, 1874. -- Joseph W. Dow burned out again--house, barn, one horse,
two cows, harnesses, carriages, sheep. Very little saved.

Mar. 30, 1874. -- David Brown, Jr.'s house and barn burned about one
o'clock, P.M. Buildings joined together--supposed, hay caught from a spark
from the chimney.

July 30, 1875. -- Cotton Brown's barn, carriage-house and wood-house
destroyed by fire, together with one horse, wagon and most other
contents;--house barely saved.

May 4, 1876. -- Granite House stable and bowling-alley burned. Incendiary--
house saved.

June 3, 1876. -- A. T. Wilbur's gristmill, shingle and box factory burned.

Jan. 10, 1878. -- A very heavy northeast blow and rain storm. John T.
Batchelder, of Hampton Falls, went in the marsh just at night, to get salt
hay--out all night--lost one man, named Wright, from Salisbury, and one
horse.

June 17, 1878. -- Simon P. Towle's barn burned, at a quarter past eleven
o'clock at night. Three cows, two bulls, two horses, three sheep.

July 3, 1878. -- Samuel F. French's house at North Hampton burned about 2
o'clock A.M. Algie B. Towle, son of Moses Towle, of Hampton burned in it.

1879. -- The Colorado potato beetle struck Hampton in 1866. This year they
are in immense numbers.



ILLUSTRATIONS

Map of Hampton as Originally Laid Out
Portrait of the Author (Joseph Dow)
View from the North Beach
Plan of Hampton in 1806
Portrait of Col. Christopher Toppan
The Old Toppan Homestead
Hotel Whittier
Portrait of Rev. Josiah Webster
Portrait of Prof. John C. Webster
Portrait of Rev. DeWitt C. Durgin, D.D.
Hampton Academy
First Graduating Class of Hampton Academy and High School, viz:
1. George Ervin Garland 2. Annie Elizabeth (Lamprey) Garland
3. Howard Garland Lane 4. Sarah Maria Hobbs
5. Frank Elmer Leavitt 6. Ida Pearl Williams
7. Caroline Belle Nudd 8. Grace Reed Williams
9. Ernest Gowell Cole 10. Alice Sarah Weare
11. Amos Towle Leavitt 12. Eugene Frank Nudd
13. Percy Downing Godfrey 14. William Eastman Philbrick
Portrait of William T. Merrill, M.D.
Mrs. Zipporah J. Jenness and her Birds
Portrait of Dr. Claudius B. Webster
Portrait of Joseph F. Dearborn, Esq.
The Dearborn Monument
Folio from Capt. Henry Dow's Diary
Portrait of Mr. John H. Fogg
The Original James Homestead
Weare Arms, Seals and Signatures
Portrait of Dr. Eliphalet K. Webster
Portrait of Gen. Joseph D. Webster