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cover Town Book 1638
2 1 1 Winnacunnet granted, 1638; privilege to be a town, 1639
3 2 2-3 House lot to Mr. Stephen Bachilor; account of town due Lt. William Howard
3 3 4 March 21, 1649 selectmen’s regulations on jury selection
4 4 5 March 21, 1649 selectmen’s regulations on jury selection
5 5 6 Men selected to layout highways – mostly illegible. (Probably refers to connecting town with the settlement on the Falls side, south side of Taylor’s River with Salisbury, to lay out a road to that town.)
5 6 7 1651 – to lay out the salt marsh; regulations on the ox common. (A committee reported on March 31, 1649 that the common should belong to early inhabitants and their heirs. William Eastow and John Sanborn to layout all saltmarsh in that common – shares were not then (1649) severally assigned nor divided into shares.)
6 7 8 Bounds set of Abraham Perkins’ share in ox common, May, 1650.
6 8 9 May 15, 1650 – Fines to be imposed – at Town Meeting – on any who do not do their share to maintain the quote “casy” (causeway) in ye marsh. (Constable and Abraham Perkins to collect the fines.) (Godfrey Dearborn and Thomas Chase to oversee.)
7 9 10 March 10, 1655 – Town Meeting – Regulations on the felling of timber on town commons. (May 1655 – all persons forbidden to fell any trees on the Commons for bolts or staves without authorization of the selectmen.)
7 10 11 December 23, 1645 – Town releases 200 acres for lots; other lands to be held in common. March 1654 – Town Meeting – Petition signed to vindicate Mr. Wheelwright; suit of Morris Hobbs against the town.
7 10 11 September 25 – house lots granted (1654) to Henry Ambrose, William Calcott, Walter Roper, John Sanborn.
8 11 12 October 2, 1650 House lots to Thos. Wood; 7 acres of Upland to Godfrey Dearborn on left of Exeter Way; Richard Swayne, fresh meadow in exchange for saltmarsh. Ordered that a Highway be laid out by the mill way.
8 12 13 October 1650 – Robert Page and Jeffrey Mingay to collect ministerial tax; Isaac Perkins to have meadow land; also Robert Sowers; John Sanborn, and others.
9 13 14 Swamp to Philomon Dalton
9 13 14 January 1651 – additional adjustments on grants – Edward Tuck and others
9 13 14 February 14, 1651 – Swamp to Philomon Dalton in exchange; 100 acres to Timothy Dalton; House lot and 1 share of common of Stephen Sanborn (formerly belonging to Sanborn) to Jonathan Thyng; Lot to Abraham Drake provided he build on time. To John Huggins; Daniel Hendrick
9 14 15 November 21, 1651 – Swamp granted to Huggins and others. Land granted to Thos. Cutt, Emanuel Hilliard (sic), Philomon Dalton, Thos. Ward, Abraham Perkins
9 14 15 November 26, 1651 – Town Meeting – Town’s “agreement” with Mr. Dalton
10 15 16 January 13, 1656 Town Meeting – not clear – deals with land.
10 15 16 March 1, 1656 – Town Meeting – officials appointed and their duties.
10 16 17 March 21 - Assignment of lot numbers in number of shares to each in Hampton inhabitant on the [ox common at Great Boar’s Head.
11 17 18 nearly surrounded by River and ocean, beginning 100 rods north of Great Boar’s Head along shore to mouth of Hampton river, up to junction with Brown’s river, and along Brown’s river up to the “causeway” and to the beginning]
11 18 19 March 27, 1652 – a highway to be laid out by Shaw, Eastow, and Mingay from the millbrook – order of selectmen.
11 18 19 ?- 16-1653? Grant to (?) Richard Swain. John Sanborn to represent the town at the next Quarterly Court in suit Morris Hobbs.1-16-1653/4 re 10 acres of upland on both sides of falls river near William Fifield land
12 19 20 March 29,1653 (10-29-1653) Town Meeting – Land adjustments; New town clerk elected. (Samuel Dalton)
12 20 21 11-21-? Land granted adjoining Wm. Cole’s; Maintaining the Country Rd. (11-26-1651)
12 20 21 January 31, 1653 – Regulations concerning cow and ox commons (1-17-1653)
13 21 22 November 20, 1653 – Lot surveyor –? Rest is illegible.
13 22 23 1649 Record of land grants – Wm. Fuller, John Cross, etc. Grant to Abraham Perkins and others to build a mill, lying between Gourgas Wigwam lot and the falls (in Hampton Falls).
14 23 24 Additional land awarded to John Redman; Mr. Wheelwright.
14 23 25 January 6, 1651 - 7 men to review old grants. Also ordered at public meeting to do so, March 6, 1652 –; also to increase 147 shares of Cow Common to 157; Wm. Swain given liberty to take timber from common land to make oars with his own hand but none of timber to be cut within 1 ½ miles of the meeting house
15 25 26 1653 – assignment of additional parcels of land
15 26 27 1650 – assignment of additional parcels of land
16 27 28 January 4, 1650 – Renovations of the meeting house; seating of the meeting - and all the men to sit at the west end; women on the east; the division to be at
16 28 29 the great post between two windows. At the table (communion table) – Roger Shaw, Christopher Hussey, John Moulton, Philomon Dalton, Robert Page, William Eastow, William Fuller, Robert Tuck.
17 29 30 illegible
17 30 31 February 15, 1647 – Voted taxes for the support of Rev. Wheelwright
18 -19 31-33 32-34 List of 63 Hampton taxpayers and table of valuations
19 34 35 illegible
20 35-36 36-37 Agreement with Rev. Wheelwright, 1647
21 37-38 38-39 1639 – Acts of several meetings regarding house lots, the Commons , appointment of officials
21 39 40 November 27, 1639 – Wm. Sanborn appointed to ring meeting house bell.
21-23 39-41 40-42 Large grants in acreage (farms) to Mr. Bachiler, Mr. Timothy Dalton, Christopher Hussey, John Cross, John Moulton, Wm. Palmer, Philomon Dalton, Wm. Eastow, William Eastow-
23 42 43 (cont’d) Thomas Moulton, William Wakefield – February 13, 1640 – grants – Richard Swain, Robert Tuck, Robert Saunderson, Thomas Jones (All of the above, with the exception of the Daltons, were original grantees.) James Davis (80 acres), Abraham Perkins (received his in 1640 also. The next list is for house-lots only) – William Sayward, Robert Page, T. Dalton, Jr.,
24 43 44 Jeffrey Mingay, Thos. Ward, Francis Peabody, Arthur Clarke, Samuel Greenfield, Edmund Johnson, widow (?) Hussey, --? illegible, Wm. Fuller, John Huggins, Wm. Marston, John Sanborn, William Sanborn, William Gould, William Sargeant
24 44 45 Wm. English, Barnabas Gorton, John Brown,?__ Cass, Thos. Chase, Francis Aston, Thos. King, Anthony Taylor, Henry Dow, if he come, John Ward, William Fifield, Stephen Sanborn, Wm. Sanborn (spelled Samborne), Henry Moulton, Edward Palmer, Daniel ____?, James Davis, John Wedgewood, Robt. Marston, John Wedgewood, Jr., Giles Fuller, John Philbrick, Tho. Smith, Timothy Dwight, Auila Chase, Daniel ___?, John Brabooke, Robert Sawyer, John Eldward.
25 45 46 May 20, 1640, Reassignment and adjustment of grants from those who left the settlement ends the first grants were made three months before.
25 46 47 June 4, 1640 – new meetinghouse to be 40 ft. long by 22 ft. wide; studs 13 ft. high, 18 __? only betwixt stud, noth (?) gert windows? A and a place for the bell. Richard Knight to build. Meeting house to be paid one-half in money. Layout highway towards Salisbury.

46 47 June 25, 1640 – Wm. Palmer appointed to grand jury at court in Boston.
26 47 48 July 1, 1640 – John Cross and 5 others are to set out to Edmund Johnson a little ground about his house, not to interfere with beasts going to drink in the run.
26 47 48 July 14, 1640 – Cross voted in writing to the Deputies, eating in Boston, August 7, if he gets over his infirmity in time.
26 47 48 Mr. Bachiler, Mr. Hussey, Thos. Jones, William Eastow, Wm. Palmer, John Moulton, Thomas Moulton, Wm. Wakefield shall have 4 acres of planting ground in what is already appointed them in the East Field and what formerly was granted; Cass, Richard Swain, Robert Tuck, Robert Saunderson shall have 4 acres etc., in the South Field. Richard Knight shall have his 5, 20 – 23 part of his hundred. Wm. Sayward, Wm. Fuller to have 4 acres added to their 15.
26 48 49 September 6, 1640 – (Right side of page badly tattered with some missing) Can not read this section of page. A way laid out from meeting house green to the falls through Swain’s home lot.
26 48 49 November 29, 1640 – a pound to be erected 30 ft. sq. by Mr. T. Dalton’s fence. Meeting house work appointed to ____(missing – is it night Knight?) til another may be gotten. Cattle keeping from next first day in Jan. to end of Oct. from Great Boar’s Head road southward to the river, surrounded by river (rest illegible)
27 49 50 January 23, 1640/41 – Logat (Legat) - given a lot in wigwam row. Richard Knight granted a lot next beyond Saunders. Abraham Perkins made constable.
27 50 51 January 29, 1641 – Robt. Tuck fined for absenting himself from meeting – “contrary to an order made Jan. 23 of last year. Thos. Jones and Moses Copp – (Cox) to keep cows common.
27 50 51 February 14, 1641 – To layout of road from Robt. Tuck’s lot to Ed. Johnson’s meadow. Men chosen to measure. A fence to be built about the ring. The gate tobe made for the Pound by Richard Knight.
28 51 52 February 19, 1641 – Grant made to William Swain. John H(?) Cagor? granted 5th lot in Row to build a dwelling upon it. Mr. Hussey, John Moulton, Mr. Dalton to see about a “ferri- place” (at the Merrimack) between Salisbury and Newbury.
28 51 52 March 5, 1641 – Robert talk, are slain, and Jeffrey Ming gate to pay 12 shilling fine for absent ting themselves from Town Meeting. The stiffer Palmer appointed to care for the Cavs. Our.Swain and Jay Cross to measure for a Highway to Salisbury. Jay Cross appointed assessor “the latter to made on March 22”.
28 52 53 April 16, 1641 – Robert Tuck, R. Sanderson, and J. Mingay fined 12d (shillings?) for being absent from meeting (Meetings were held at noon and fines began if absent for over an hour.)
28 52 53 May 7, 1641- Saunderson, T. Jones, and Sayward fined for being absent from meeting.
28 52 53 May 28, 1641 –Order to attend meetings, called every three weeks to begin at 12 noon and anyone late beyond one hour to forfeit 12d – order made January 23, 1640.
29 53 54 54 – A freeman wishing to speak must stand, remove his hat and not speak more than twice or thrice nor speak while another is speaking on forfeiture of a fine.* (A series of regulation on one's conduct passed that this meeting including that no one was to speak on any other matter while the topic on hand was being discussed (p 61))
29-32 54-60 55-61 55 to 61 - May 13, 1642 – GRANTS Marsh, swamp, Meadows – additional acres to inhabitants
33 61 62 November 11, 1644 Wm. Eastow and Wm. Fuller have power to gather lumber to be delivered to Sayward. 1190 ft. pine boards now lying in Fuller’s lot; be paid part in reparation and money, 53s (shillings): fived. Further changes in land ownership listed
33 61 62 March 23,1644 – Abraham Perkins and Jeffrey Mingay to see about finishing the meeting house.
33-37 62-69 63-70 March 18, 1644 and May 8, 1644 – additional parcels granted to October 29. Again in December 1644, 1645 – through the latter year although some seem to be from 1644.
37 70 71 Assorted grants 1648 to 1653. A meeting called for 1648 but illegible.
38 71 72 Mostly illegible – but on January 15, 1647, Mr. Dalton appears to sell a parcel.
38 72 73 May 10, 1648 – Abraham Perkins and Henry Green given right to build a water mill at the falls.
39-40 73-76 74-77 Grants of parcels listed for 1642 to 1649
41 77 78 December 6, 1649 – Following young men given liberty to build the gallery at the west end of the meeting house (at their expense) and may have foremost seats as their own home Wm. Marston, –____ Thyng, Christopher Palmer, Samuel Dalton, Wm. Swain, John Marston, Stephen Hussey, A Page, Benj?____? Shaw – if they wish.
41 78 79 Town accounts of individuals who are to be paid by others for damage to their property. Charges set the small offences.
47 79 80 January 25, 1650 – 10 acres of saltmarsh by the ox-common to Thos. chased. Rest illegible
42 80 81 December 27, 1653 – Sgt. Eastow and Thos. Coleman to see to the extent of our north line (survey area) to Strawbery Banke. April 16, 1653 – Sgt. Eastow and John Sanborn, on behalf of the town, to check the bounds of Redman’s house lot. November 26, 1653 – Eastow and Sanborn to survey John Wedgewood’s lot
43 81 82 November 16, 1653 – John Sanborn and William Fifield to take the lumber that is forfeited to the town. December 16, 1653 – Eastow and J. Sanborn again ordered to survey the areas in question. Nov. 20, 1653 – Regulations on cutting timber. December 16 – Agreement between town and Mingay that he should maintain a highway from his land towards Exeter
43 82 83 January 23, 1654 – Richard Swain, Wm. Marston, Sr., and Thos. Ward to make an estimate of the lands of inhabitants as basis for more equal way of setting rates (taxes.)
43 82 83 September 25, 1654 – Thos. Downds? (sic Downs), shoemaker, admitted to town. Regulations on the felling of timber. To those to whom privileges granted (by the Selectman), shall pay 2s: 6d for every 1000 ft.; not for boarding within 2 miles of the meeting house. Town will give liberty to inhabitants to make 500 ft. of boards for every share in the common until June 24th next.
44 83 84 December 16, 1653 Wm. Eastow, Wm. Godfrey, and John Sanborn to see what land may be taken out of the north field for Anthony Taylor. Also to view the highway between Taylor’s lot and Swain’s to consider what may be taken ( for Taylor). Also to view small tract granted to John Cass at northeast end of north field – end of his land.
44 83 84 cont’d - December 20, 1653 – same men to examine east end of John Cass’s land in north field.
44 83 84 January 6, 1654 – John Redman demands satisfaction for the remainder of this house lot. Wm. Fifields and William ------ to attend to it.
44 83 84 January 16, 1653/54 – warning of town meetings to be posted on meeting house door.
44 84 85 Same meeting cont’d: Suit of Morris Hobbs against the town. Mr. Stanyan, J. Mingay, and Wm. Fifield to examine matter to represent town.
44 84 85 January 23, 1654 – Suit of Morris Hobbs for Wm. Eastow (his father-in-law) concerns the question over Eastow’s land. (1) marsh (2) fresh meadow (3) swamp at south end that lay in the east field. Henry Sayward of Strawbery Banke admitted to town.
45 85 86 March 1, 1654 – J. Mingay and Thomas Marston to examine both ends of lots in the north field. Laying out a Highway to _____?.
45 85 86 June 22, 1654 – Anthony Taylor to lease ordinary for one yr.
45 86 87 February 28, 1659 – Abraham Perkins, Jr., Robert Page, Thos. Marston, Wm. Fifield, M. Hobbs to ___?___? affairs of town __ among appointments. T. Sleeper – inhabitant.
45 86 87 April 9, 1659 – Some married men to be seated in the gallery of meeting house.
46 87 88 March 16, 1655 – Question over bounds between Hampton Salisbury. General Court orders bounds from Merrimack River to Haverhill.
46 88 89 September 30, 1657 – Orders to surveyors of highways for a common way from No. Hill
46 88 89 October 24, 1657 – Committee to speak with Rev. Dalton about securing another minister; also arrangements for a house for Mr. Cotton – and land
47 89 90 July 28,1658 – Call given to the Rev. Seaborn Cotton. To have use of the teacher’s (T. Dalton) dwelling. The town will pay to transport his goods and books. Thos. Marston, Thos. Ward, John Sanborn, and Wm. Moulton appt’d. to repair the house
47 90 91 March 2, 1657 Dispute over boundaries between Hampton and Salisbury continues. Town selects Henry Dow as its attorney.
47 90 91 April 5, 1657 – Adjustment made on John Brown’s house lot.
47 90 91 July 11, 1657 – Selectman select committee to see if it is possible for a way for Mr. Stanyan’s bridge to the Falls.
47 90 91 November 22, 1657 – illegible about Robert top and Mark?
48 91 92 92 – December 26, 1657 – Robert Tuck, by act of town, pointed to keep the ordinary for the time following – February 2, 30, October 15 – Dispute with Salisbury continues
48 92 93 93 – December 26, 1657 cont’d – A contract made between town and Robert Page, confirming his right to build a sawmill in exchange of furnishing lumber for the town.
49 93 94 94 – April 8, 1657 – Anyone disorderly at a public meeting shall pay a fine.
49 93 94 July 17, 1657 – John Sanborn to fill Wm. Swain’s place in refitting the minister’s house
49 94 95 95 – February 29, 1658 – Selection of town officials. John Sanborn, Thos. Ward, and Thos. Marston, on behalf of town, are finishing Mr. Dalton’s house for parsonage.
49 94 95 December 9, 1658 – Regulations on felling timber; committee chosen for bounding of lands and giving fresh grants. September 26, committee to review all grants and to be recorded.
50 95 96 96 – November 1657 – The town agrees to build an addition to the house Mr. Dalton bought from Thos. Moulton. The addition to be equal in breadth with old house and 36 ft. in length. It is to have 2 fires (fireplaces), finished with doors, glazed windows, second floors laid – all at expense of town. Abraham Perkins, Jos. Merry, and Wm. Marston to make addition – carpentering on Mr. Dalton’s house. (Wm. Marston pulled off job helping Robert Page to build the sawmill for one yr.)
50 96 97 97 – November 17, 1655 – Regulations on the ox common. Samuel Flagg granted ¼ acre next his house on meetinghouse green me: to build stages – fishing from Sergeants Island. September 27, 1656 and October 19, 1656 deals with (First) 1st Division.
51 97 98 98 – October 19, 1656 – Selectman order a review of Dalton’s land (part of parsonage land) – a run from John Marrian’s pasture to great swamp brook –
51 97 98 September 7, 1657 – and to John Moulton’s saltmarsh.
51 97 98 September 26, 1658 –; November 22, 1658 – Henry Smith who lives with Rev. Cotton, town appoints him to ring bell on meetinghouse every evening at 9 and for Sabbath services, and lecture days for 1 year at 50 shillings. In charge of key. September 26 – Committee to review all grants – Roger Shaw, Henry Dow, Sr., John Sanborn with Town Clerk, Samuel Dalton.
51 97 98 October 23, 1658 – Wm. Moulton granted privilege of making 1000 hogs – heads and taking timber from stands on the commons. James Brown, shoemaker, permission to build house on The Ring.
51 97 98 December 19, 1658 – to lay out a way from the school house to Isaac Perkins’ meadow.
51 98 99 99 – February 2, 1652 Selection of a few town officials
51 98 99 June 2, 1650 – Regulations concerning milk cows. Cow keeper to be paid in goods, butter, hay, etc.
52 99 100 100 – List of baptism of children, 1638, at Newbury; Peter Johnson, son of Edmund and Mary, bpt. Winnacunnet (no date – but he is claimed as first born here – though Abraham Perkins, Jr. holds same claim.) List is from 1638 to 1641. Mary, dau. of Robt. and Lydia Sanderson, bpt. Aug. 29, 1639. Susannah, dau. of Thomas and Abigail Jones, bpt. same day as Mary Sanderson. Thos. Moulton, son of Thos. and Martha Moulton, bpt. Sept. 24, 1639. Others listed to 1641.
52 100 101 101 – Feb. 16, 1650 – Jeffrey Mingay and Godfrey Dearborn ordered to bring cows from west end of town to commons. Regulations concerning same and on oxen.
53 101 102 102 – illegible
53 102 103 103 – October 20, 1660 – Sitting of the meeting. Committee of Deacons Page and Godfrey, and Henry Roby to arrange seating with assistance of minister; make a way from the meeting house to the landing through William Fuller’s land, by his house. Fuller votes against it.
54 103-104 104-105 104 & 105 – November 1, 1660 – Committee to “treat” with Rev. Cotton confirming house and lands. Plaster roof of teachers house; January 14, 1660 – Appointments made. March 16, 1661 – Reference made to old law (1645) that there will be no discharging the guns in the meeting house or in anyone’s house without consent of owner, nor shall any person ride or lead a horse into the meeting house, under penalty of a 5 shilling fine.
54 104 105 105 – May 16, 1661 – Thos. Marston, Wm. Moulton, and John Sanborn to hire the present school master for another yr. provided they do not exceed 26 ? for his annual wage.
54 104 105 November 1661 – James Philbrick given right to have a way through common land between his lot and John Huggins, sufficient for a highway to the landing place. Other adjustments.
55 105 106 106 – March 11, 1662 – Adjustments in East fields and meadows. Owners given permission to erect gates over the causeway so that no cattle could feed or trample fields beyond gates from April 1 to October 1. Nathaniel Boulter dissented.
55-56 106-108 107-109 107 – 108 – 109 – Pages badly tattered besides being illegible*
57 109 110 110 – June 3, 1663 – Deals with examination of new grants in the 1st and 2nd Western Division – page fragment. Sometimes called New Plantation – Kingston.
57 110 111 111 July 28, 1663 – Drawing lots for land laid out by town in Western Division (Kingston)
57 110 111 August 12 – to lay out away from Hampton to Great Pond. To fence Great Ox Common.
58 111 112 112 – October 29, 1663 – Agreements made by town with John Knowles and others with lands about Great Pond.
58 112 113 113 – Dec.4, 1663 and Feb. 1664 – Order that 2 male inhabitants of the town to sit in the gallery to keep the boys in order during the services. Thos. Sleeper and John Redman assigned for first Sabbath; John Brown and Wm. Fifield to serve second and to inform next pair until all men of town take turns successively. Notices to be given to those profaning the Sabbath to be held court at Hampton.
58 112 113 *illegible pages from above – Perhaps they contain a record of the March 9, 1663 meeting in which Thos. Marston and Nathaniell Batchelder were to see that no mares or colts get onto the cow commons. John Sanborn and ____ with the town clerk (Samuel Dalton) to review all the claims of shares in the cow common to conform to rights of original shareholders. July 25 – Cotton’s salary set.
59 113 114 114 – July 14, 1664 An order from the General Court charging the town delinquention paying Mr. Salter, the jailer of Goody Cole. Town responsible for paying sum of her care and needs. Salter had Thos. Marston, selectman, arrested. Town took Cole estate plus fines to pay.
59 114 115 115 – September 14 and 21, 1664 – Some duties of officials appointed outlined.
60 115 116 116 – January 16, 1664 – All authority left to town in granting timber on the commons.
60 115 116 116 – January 16, 1664 meeting cont’d. Committee appointed to examine the constable’s account and to audit all others who collect money; Regulations on bounties for the killing of wolves.
60 116 117 117 – July 26, 1664 – Re-examine the bounds of Dalton’s land; September 21 – Adjustment to Thomas Sleeper’s lot. October 5, 1664 – side of Great Boar’s Head commonly known as the ox common, after much agitation agreed ____ (missing). It had already been decided fence it. Perhaps the question came up here, “what is a sufficient fence?” That question came up again in 1666 – note page 120.
61 117 118 118 – March 27, 1665 – Mr. Deering of Salisbury, to keep the ordinary – formerly of Robert Tuck who died in 1664. (He kept it for two years) June 20 – Town gives right for a house to be built by the old Pound. Abraham Drake, Mr. Cotton, Ensign John Sanborn, Samuel Dalton to review old grants made by the General Court and the town.
61 118 119 119 – July 18, 1665 – Selectman’s regulations for felling timber on the commons.
61 118 119 October 12, 1665 – Meeting house roof to be repaired – to daube up the gable ends and do what needs to make the meeting house comfortable; regulations on dry cattle within bounds of Great Pond; in north field of Taylor’s River
62 119 120 120 – Restrictions continued on dry cattle n. of Taylor’s River if milk cows found here, owner forfeits fivd.
62 119 120 May 12, 1666 – Amended limits of “sufficient” fencing of Great Ox Common. Determined that main River and its branch, Brown’s River should be considered as sufficient fence about the common – up the branch on n. and n.e. side of common to fence that goes over fence near Beach Pond on n. side of Great Boar’s Head.
62 120 121 121 – Continuation of May 12 – Committees to check bounds continues.
62 120 121 July 26, 1666 – Court to be held at Hampton. Selection of jurors.
62 120 121 March 7, 1667 – Officials of town appointed. Agreed to layout 200 acres of land formerly granted to Mr. Cotton. Committee to make its report to the town.
63 121 122 122 – May 22, 1667 – Daniel Tilton admitted to the town as a smith. Land to be laid out or him near Joseph Shaw’s, on Falls hill.
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122 July 12, 1667 – Mr. Stanyan chosen keep an ordinary for the town.
63-65 122-126 123-127 123 – 127 1670 – Preliminary measures to lay out lots in the First North Division (North Hampton. February 9, 1671 – line drawn. February 12, 1669 – line drawn from n. tree to Exeter line to bound thee standing where road crosses Ass Brook.
66 127 128 128 – March 3, 1670 – Regulation on lots at the New Plantation; Nov. 18 – taxes set for the support of the schoolmaster; January 12, 1670 – anyone who resides with a family must work by age 16.
66 128 129 129 – Difficult to read - part of page missing along edge. Has to do with regulations on cattle. Complaint made to the town of _____ (missing)
67 129 130 130 – May 12, 1670 – Mr. Anthony and Wm. Sanborn appointed by town of Kingston to run line from Hampton to Ass Brook; December 9, 1670 – Selectman prohibited from disposing of lands, Commons, or lumber, or receiving new inhabitants. Such matters to be left to the town
67 130 131 131 – December 8, 1671 – Complaint made to town on felling timber. (Abount ¼ of page missing)
68 131 132 132 – December 17, 1671 – Agreed to maintain 200 acres that had been Rev. Seaborn Cotton’s. John Johnson given right to build a grist mill and a fulling mill at Little River.
68 131 132 May 10, 1672 – Henry Roby appointed attorney for the town in the case of John Gilman versus John Garland.
68-69 132-134 133-135 133 – 135 – most of each page is missing
70 135 136 136 – May 10, 1708 – Deals with laying out the Second Division in the North Division – eventually the town of North Hampton. Lots from Bramble Hill to Exeter line.
70-71 136-137 137-138 137 – 138 February 3, 1725 to 1732 – Lists of descriptions of marks – (each peculiar to the owner) of stray animals.
71 138 139 139 – most of page missing
72 139 140 140 – taxes received October 12 from? Joseph? Chase part of his load.
72 140 141 141 – May 22, 1639 – General Court at Boston allowed Winnacunnet to change its name to Hampton; Allowed to become a town and choose its own officials.
72 140 141 October 3, 1702 To Shaw, on account for the sloop Dolphin.
73 141 142-143 July 22, 1702

142 143 Town lines

143 144 torn note