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The site of the first meeting house was on the southerly side of the Green where until the 19th century was a succession of churches. In 1811, after the old church site was abandoned, the Hampton Academy was put up near the foundation of the church and once more the Green became a center of activity. Our park was the school's baseball ground. After the Academy building was moved in 1883, the area became desolate, growing only weeds and brambles. Then came a man with an idea. Reverend Ira S. Jones came to town a stranger, learned to love its beauties and know its history. He determined to preserve the sacred spot and make a memorial to Hampton's founders. Meeting House Green Memorial Park, Tuck House, and Hall were the results of his plans, carried out with untiring effort. Mr. Jones asked only that the park be held with love and respect hereafter in everlasting memory of the ideals which caused the founders of Hampton to leave their homes and cross an unknown sea to establish a church an d a town in a wilderness. — adapted from Meeting House Green Memorial : An Historical Sketch by charter member and first Secretary (1925-1929), Caroline Lamprey Shea, 1929.
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Honorary President and Benefactor Edward Tuck (Paris, France) • Charles Francis Adams • George Ashworth (3) • Charlotte J. Batchelder • Fred R. Batchelder • Mrs. Fred R. (Annette) Batchelder • Edwin L. Batchelder • John Bradbury • Mrs. John Bradbury • Elizabeth E. Briggs • Jenny Brooks • William Brown (2) • Mrs. William Brown • John C. Chase • Mabel M. Chase • Ernest G. Cole • Fogg Family Association • Elizabeth K. Folsom • Anna H. Gillmore • Lewis R. Hovey • Emily C. Hutchings • E.P. Hutchinson • Mrs. E.P. Hutchinson • Lulu Moulton Hutchinson • Alice James • Vina M. Jones • Ira S. Jones (founder and first president) • Captain Randel Kernan • Mrs. Randel Kernan • Howell M. Lamprey • Howard G. Lane (4) • Sarah M. Lane • Frank E. Leavitt • Mrs. F. E. (Sarah) Leavitt • Norman Moulton Leavitt • William S. Leavitt • E. M. Leavitt • Harlan G. Little • Martha P. Locke • Eugenia Locke • Adeline C. Marston (7) • Lucy Marston • Ira C. Miner • Mrs. Ira C. (Clara) Miner • Maude C. Mudd • Harry D. Munsey • Harry I. Noyes • Vrylena F. Olney • James W. Perkins • Charles M. Perkins • Carrie H. Perkins • Leonard O. Philbrick • Arnold D. Philbrick • Elizabeth F. Philbrick • William E. Philbrick • Lemuel C. Ring • Lizzie Rollins • Mrs. William Ross • George F. Savage • Helena Savage • Edward Seavey • Marion W. Seavey • Caroline C. (Lamprey) Shea • Richard B. Shelton • Phebe H. Stevens • Christopher G.Toppan • Irene Trefethen (Burnham) • Annie M.True • Esther True (Proctor) • Helen Tufts • Professor James A. Tufts • Mrs. James A. (Effie) Tufts • Rev. Herbert Walker (5) • Rev. Edgar Warren • Mrs. Edgar Warren • Margaret C. Wingate


Presidents are marked in red
Reinhold Aberman • Ronny Ackerman • Norma Adams • Arlene Andreozzi • Percy Annis • Bruce Aquizap • Fred Ashenden • Judy Ashenden • Ann Antaya • Doug Aykroyd • Elizabeth Aykroyd • Peter Aykroyd • Shane Baker • Trlsh Baker • Mr. Barker • Ina Bambury • William (Bill) Barkley • Mrs. Margaret Barry (11) • Tocky Bialobrzeski • Edward S. Batchelder (6) • Horace Batchelder • Hyde Batchelder • Jean Batchelder • June Batchelder • Marjorie Batchelder • Robert Batchelder • Clifford Bean • June Bean • Caroline Beaulieu • Eleanor Becotte • Gretchen Behl • Larry Bell • Phillip Blake, Jr. • Virginia Blake • Earl Blatchford • Leonore Bleher • Laura Blizzard • Eden Blume • Hoban Blume • Gerhart Blume • Lynn Blume • Salem Blume • Isabel Bourgeault • Dorothy Bowen • Louise Bower • Kerry Bracco • Russ Brady • Carl Bragg • Doris Bragg • Ginny Bridge • Tom Bridge • Allen Bridle (16) • Rusty Bridle • Norma Broise • Olive Brooks • Peter Brooks • Annie Brown • Agnes Brown • Jewell Brown • Julia Brown • Lewis Brown • Priscilla Brown • Sheree Brown • Marilla Brown • Maurice Brown • Elinor Brown • Robert Brown • Sam Brown • Stanwood Brown • Dr. Wayne Bryer • Marcia Raynes Buber • Sandy Buck • Sharon Buck • Sammie Burns • Lorraine Parr Busch • Arthur Caira (23) • Priscilla Caira • J. Wesley Caldwell • Betty Callahan • Al Carlson • Barbara Carlson • Sue Carlson • Ann Carnaby • Mr. and Mrs. Mason Carpenter • Alfred Casassa, Esq. • Ed Caylor • Janet Caylor • Rachael Caylor • Myrtle Chadbourne • Mrs. Arthur Chase • Blake Chichester • Ruth Chilton • Gertrude Clifford • Helen Clifford • Priscilla Clough • Nancy Coes • Hazel Coffin • Anna May Cole • Caroline Cole • Kermit Collins • Mike Compos • Natalie Connor • Alexander Corbett • Paul Corbett (24) • Sue Corbett • Lori Cotter • Tom Craven • Marge Crean • Jamie Cronin • Dorothy Cummings • Leslie Cummings (15) • Priscilla Cunninghan • Tom Cunninghan • Rene Cushing • Bud Coutu • Christine Dargie • Esther Davis • Sheila Davis • Bill Darrigan • Janice Diebert • John Diebert • Dave DeGagne • Linda DeGagne • Eleanor Dennett • Helen Dennett • Robert Dennett • Ryan Dennett • Margaret Dennett • Vernon Dennett • John Dennis • Bud Desrochers • Lois Desrochers • Rev. Arthur Dewey • Jean Dezarn • Gregory Diharce • Louis Datilio • Russell Dover • Alice Downing • Alta Dubois • Judy Dubois • Louis Dubois • Barbara Durant • Arthur Durant • Kathy Durkee • Tom Dwyer • Biff Eaton • Bill Elliot • Katie Ells • Stephen Ells • Dawn Emerick • Tracy Emerick • John Emery • Lena Emery • Mary Ertl • Susan Erwin • Andrew Falzone • Meredith Falzone • Susanne Falzone (22) • Stephen Falzone • Harold Fernald (10) • Chief R.W. Fitz • Catherine Fletcher • James Fones • Marion Freeman • Mr. Freeman • Bea Friedman • Maurice Friedman • Gerald French • Bob Fuller • Ethel Garland • Helen Garland • Raymond Garland • Roger Garland (14) • Mark Gilcrest • Bob Gilligen • Maggie Ginieris • Raymond Goding • Rev. Bob Golledge • Ruth Goodwin • Elliot Grodon • Hunter Grant • Katrin Grant • Zak Grant • Howard Grao • Betsy Greene • Ed Green • Jesse Green • Marilyn Green • Rick Griffin • Kim Grondin • Bonnie Groves • Valerie Giannusa • Betty Hammond • Jack Hall • Amy Hansen • Ann Hansen • Bill Hansen • Dick Hansen • Whit Hansen • Ken Hanson • Rex Hanson • George Hardardt • Fran Harvey • J. Leavitt Harvey • Mary Jo Haskell • Helen Hayden • Jack Hayden • Barbara Haynes • Royal Haynes • Marilyn Dubois Henderson • Marjorie Henderson • Grace Hickley • Caroline Higgins • Gratia Hill • Major William Halliday • Mrs. Halliday • Chris Heath • Helen Hobbs • Oliver Hobbs • Stillman Hobbs • Beverly Hollingworth • Connie Holman • Dorothy Holman • John Holman • Mrs. Hoyt • Samuel Hoyt • Edith Hoxie • Wilbar Hoxie (8) • Ginny Hunt • James K. Hunt (19) • Douglass E. Hunter, Jr. • Steve Hurley • Rich Hureau • Thelma Hutton • Edward Hutchinson • Marion Hutchinson • Jim Inglis • Arthur Irwin (or Erwin) • Grace Jackson • Brad Jacobson • Colin Jacobson • Karin Jacobson • Donna Janetos • Peter Janetos • Bertram Janvrin • Mrs. Bertram Janvrin • Mrs. Harold Janvrin • Arthur Johnson • Annie Johnson • Betty Jubb • Bill Keating • Carol Keating • Dennis Kepner • Susan Kepner • Linda Kilju • Rev. F. Kingsley • Rev. Deborah Knowlton • Masa Koizumi • Doris Kopanski • Allen Knight • Mrs. Allen Knight • Marion Knight • Brian Lamers • Leonard Lamprey • Diana LaMontagne (18) • Mary LaMontagne • Alice Langley • Guy Larivee • Lassie • Cheryl Lassiter • Sue Launi • Betty Ann Lavallee • Margaret Lawrence • Marion Leach • Agnes Leavitt • Nicki LeClair • Laurel Lent • Pat Liddy • Sarah Little • Jenna Lobdell • Ken Lobdell • Margaret Lovett • Aggie Lylis • Vanessa Lyons • John Madnqis • Maynard MacLean • Joan Mackel • Dave Margarita • Jim Margarita • Edith Marsden • Dyana Martin • Larry Marsolais • John Mason • Marion Mason • Jesse Mason • Marie Matthews • Doug Maughan • Peg Maughan • Allen "Chip" Maxwell • Cindy Maxwell • Jim McAden • MaryAnn McAden • Jerry McConnell • Nan McDermott • Ian McFarlin • Jody McFarlin • Mark McFarlin • Tom McGuirk • Kathryn McLaughlin • Alan McLean • Hanna McLean • Kelley McLean • Sara McLean • Crystal McKenzie • Bonnie McMahon • Frances McMahon • Ada Merrill • Dean Merrill • Norman Merrill • Russell Merrill • Rose Messina • Jim Metcalf • Linda Metcalf • Gerald Miller • Dick Millette • Jodie Millette • Judy Mills • Kevin Mills • Loring Mills • Laura Milsovic • Byron Moe • Caroline Moe • Sammi Moe (26) • Sarah Moe • Richard Montgomery • Art Moody • Ken Mooney • Ben Moore (25)Betty Moore (21) • Gregory Moore • Jason Moore • Pat Morgenstern • Catherine Morrissey • Hilda Morse • Ann Morton • Don Morton • Peg Mouhan • Chris Muns • Cora Munsey • Grace Murningham • Donald Murphy • Dorothy Murphy • Ken Nelson • Mrs. Nelson • Jason Nevens • Chris Nevins • Howie Noyes • Sheila Nudd • Dina Oliver • Patty O'Keefe • Mike O'Neil • Faith Page • Nathan Page • Roland W. Paige (17) • Bill Paine • Ty Paine • Ansell Palmer (20) • Bernice Palmer • Irene Palmer • Gertrude Palmer • Maureen Palmer • Sue Papanic • Yvonne Pappargeris • Dorothy Parker • Edna Pearl Parr • Frances Paul • Gail Paul • Donna Pelletier • Frances Perkins • Grace Perkins • Judge John Wilder Perkins (9) • Mary Frances Perkins • Ruth Perkins • Warren Perkins • Minnie Philbrook (13) • Mr. Philbrick • Mary Ann Poland • Kate Portrie • Mike Portrle • Luke Powell • Paul Powell • Beverly Pracop • Neil Pracop • Charlotte Preston • Cliff Pratt • Kate Pratt • Ruth Pratt • Liz Premo • Karen Raynes • Catherine Redden • Christina Reusch • Fred Rice • Joan Rice • Gertrude Richardson • Chet Riley • Diane Riley • Donald Ring • Marilyn Rishkofski • Gloria Robinson • Sam Robinson • Dot Rogers • Eileen Rogers • Ken Ross • Theresa Ryan • Richard Sanborn • Doris Sanders • Irene Saunders • Richard Sawyer • Rev. Roland Sawyer • Jean Scammon • Georgia Scott • Mrs. Peggy Seavey • Beth Seaverns • Ingrid Sevlgny • Alan Shapiro • Pat Shapiro • Dann Shaw • Elroy Shaw • Jean Shaw • Bill Shea • Ken Sheffert • Gertrude Sherburne • Joshua Silveira • Chris Silver • Glenn Simmons • Gerda Small • Evelyn Squires • Leigh Smith • Vera Smith • Sheila Snow • Geneva Southwick • Vicki St. Germaine • Candice Stellmach (27) • Jim Stellmach • Nancy Stiles • Ruth Stimson • Pauline Stenstream • Mrs. Jonathan Story • K.C. Symonds • Wayne Symonds • Alice Taylor • Virginia Taylor • Sandy Taube • Beatrix Thomson • Bob Thimble • Bonnie Thimble • Allen Towle • Etta Towle • Samuel Towle (12) • Catherine Tomiczek • Don Trefethen • Pat Trefethen • Roland Tremblay • Sue Tremblay • Pat Triggs • Robert (Bob) Trumbull • Baron William Frary von Blomberg • Lottie Walker • Daryll Wall • Bob Wallace • Lou Waltz • Sparky Waltz • Ken Wanzer • Peg Wanzer • Brian Warburton • Kim Warburton • Mickey Wardle • Elizabeth Webb • Skip Webb • Dave Weber • Liz Webster • Gary Webster • Chuck Weinhold • Karen Weinhold • Charles White • Mr. and Mrs. William Whitehouse • Catherine Whitney • Lee Whitney • John Williams • Martha Williams • Ed Winslow • Marjorie Wood • Jean Woodburn • Maureen Workman • Elinor Yeaton • Abbott Young • Emma Young • Eleanor Young • Kali Zirkle

Thanks to the Hampton Union, the Town of Hampton, and Peter Randall for providing, through their various publications, the historical information on the Town and Beach; to John Holman, Bill Teschek, and the Lane Memorial Library for making so much of it available online; and to Harold Fernald for giving us access to his personal collection of local history. Thanks to the many persons, organizations, and businesses who over the years have given generously of their time, money, expertise, and historical items. Special thanks to our dedicated Board of Trustees, Officers, and Director.

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