Book 3 Index

PDF 2-up	PAGE noted by clerk	DATE	LAND - MEETINGS - OTHER	SUBJECTS
1			Cover
2-5	A-G		Strays found and damage done
6	H & I			Index
7	1	2-13-1707/8	True and perfect list of shares of cow commons that have been alienated from one to another and now extend to the right owners. Examination of returns	Marston, Hobbs, Tilton, Shaw, Fellows, Sanborn, Hilliard, Clifford, Taylor, Marston, Bachilder.
8	2		Examinaton of returns	Godfrey, Johnson, Bachilder, Moulton, Fogg, Ward, Dow, Shaw, Pierce?, Fifield, Godfrey, Dearborn, Perkins?,Marston, Perkins, Sanborn.
8	2		Examinaton of returns	Johnson, Moulton, Green, Weare, Dalton, Smith, Dearborn, Dow, Blake, Hobbs, Marston, Drake, Marson, Prescott, Swett.
9	3	1-10-1722/3	Examinaton of returns & land laid out.	Page, Chapman, Moulton, Page & Samuel Nudd.
9	3	1722	Examinaton of returns & land laid out.	John Tuck, Ed. Sanborn, Caleb Marston.
10	4	1722	Examination of returns & land laid out (ref book 2nd , p 179)	Thomas Cram, Samuel Marston.
10	4	1722	Examinaton of returns & land laid out.	Jeremiah Dow, Timothy Dalton, Benjamin Brown & Isaac Green, Joshua Lane.
11	5	1722	Examinaton of returns & land laid out.	John Cram, Ebenzer Dearborn , Elisha Smith
11	5	1722	Examinaton of returns & land laid out.	Jonathan Taylor - No.Div, Robert Moulton, Jr. -1st N.Div, Lt. Jonathan Sherburn - 2nd N. Div, near mill pond/gristmill, Deacon John Tuck - 3rd W.Div, Joseph Taylor.
12	6	1722	Examinaton of returns & land laid out.	Seth Fogg, John Dearborn, Samuel Marston - 2nd N. Div, Widow Sarah Swett, John Swaine, Seth Fogg, Jonathan Mason, Jon. Fifield.
12	6	1722	Examinaton of returns & land laid out.	Samuel Palmer, James Moulton, Lt, Jno Sherburn- 2nd N. Div near mill called Garland's mill, Daniel Dow exchange for New Plantation lot, J & D? Daniel Dow.
13	7	1722	Examinaton of returns & land laid out.	Capt. Jabez Dow (New Plantation), Daniel? Dow - 2nd N. Div, Jacob Freeze - near North Hill brook, great spring, Dr. Nath'l Sargent
13	7	1723/4	Examinaton of returns & land laid out.	Elisha Purrington - 2nd W. Div, Zachariah Eastman - 3rd W. Div. Voted by proprietors of 1st? Div
14	8	1722	Examinaton of returns & land laid out.	E. Thomas re complaint, land to satisfy him , & Thomas Marston and Joseph Dearborn satisfaction for what Winnacut meadow took out of N. Div shares.
14	8	1722-		VITALS - MARRIAGE
15	9	1727-		VITALS - MARRIAGE
15	9	1728, 1722, 1723	Meeting of proprietors of 2nd Division	1st N. Div. adjts. #2, 3rd N. Div adjts. Joseph Moulton, Widow Wall (New Plantation), Morris Hobbs, Jr. re (Quarter mile =QM, part of 2nd Div).
16	10	1722	Satisfaction for 1st N. Div land, list of number of lots each.	Seth Fogg, Jno Dearborn, Sam'l Palmer, Jno Jennis, Daniel? Dow, Jno Mason, Jos. Palmer, Jacob Freeze, Jos. Taylor, Sam'l Marson Jno Sherburn, J. Brown, Tho. Brown, Sam'l Palmer, Jno Fifield, No Swaine, Caleb Marston, No Tucke, James Moulton, /Edw. Shaw?
16	10	1722	1st No. Div lots exchanged	Jno Moulton (QM),
16	10	1722	1st No. Div lots exchanged	Nathan Longfellow
17-19	11-13	1700s-		VITALS - MARRIAGE
20	14	1730s-40s	Constable pays rate to Ministers
20	14	1761	Bonds & Notes for $ let out for town re parsonage land.
21	15	1737-63	Minister salaries
22	16	4-28-1734	Obituary of Rev. Nathaniel Gookin age 47/48
22	16	3-22-1726	Rev. Ward Cotton 1st year salary	120 pounds-0 sterling-0 pence
23	17	1722 &1723	Returns	Laid out to Benj. Fuller, sold to Wm.Godfrey, sold to Caleb Towle, Sold to John Sanborn
23	17	1723 & 1722	Returns	Laid out to Jno Elkins in right of Abr. Perkins, Jr. land in New Plantation and Winnicut Meadow; To Seth Fogg & Christ. Page for satisfaction re land in 2nd No. Div.; To Thom. Marston & Jos. Dearborn for satisfaction land in Winnicut Meadow 3rd No. Div.
24	18	5-30-1751 & 6-4-1731	Petition from Jos. Towle, Jr.	Alder meadows road access & return for Jos. Towle, Jr.
25	19	4-1-1752	Agreement - support of Francis Ireland, a poor person.	Reuben & Eliphaleb Sanborn and their heirs are holden and bound for the sum of 1,000 pounds to physician John Weeks, Joshua Lane cordwainer, Robert Moulton, James Towle & John Lamprey yeoman, selectmen of the town, for Ireland's care. The town held harmless from all cost of trouble & damage on account of the support & relief. Receipt of 200 pounds recorded.
25-48	19-142		Note pages of originals change from 41 to 142	VITALS- BIRTHS
48-51	142-145	1722	Land - shares drawn for 1st Div. Whereas proprietors of cow commons land agreed to divide commons into 5 parts or divisions, persons must now appear with notes bearing date 10-1722 to settle the original rights unto as many parts as there are claimers, listing names of those first granted.	Names and shares listed in left column claim their right from those to whom land was first settled that are listed in right column. Those Five Divisions of the cow commons now become the town's 1st Division (NOT of the five divisions)
52	146	1-1722/3	Mistake in return re Divisions.	Batchelder original claim now by Chapman to be made up in 2nd Div. Also original claim of Roper now owned by James Marston heirs.
52	146	1-11-1722/3	meeting of Proprietors of 2nd Div. Also 1727 meetings re Caleb Marston.	QM & Ring Swamp to be laid out for proprietors of 2nd Div. , Wm. Moulton, Benj. Moulton, Jos. Moulton, Tho. Leavit & John Marston to draw for their shares on Feb. 1st.
53	147	12-20-1727	Proprietors of 2nd Div. claims in QM & Ring Swamp returns.
54	148	2-20-1723	Meeting	5th Div. commoners agree to sell al lots which were ordered to 5th Div. Committee to make similar demand of 2nd Div. Agreement to set up gates between Deacon Weare's and Shapley line.
55	149	8-16-1732	Meeting of 5th Div. proprietors	5h Div., to sell land not yet disposed of. Mary Longfellow dissent.
55	149	10-10-1733	meeting	5th Div., to dispose of land between Peter Weare's orchard and Exeter Rd. & land formerly Deacon Shaw's.
55	149	10-15-1733	meeting	5th Div., sale of Shawl land and laying of hwy 4 rods wide.
55	149	6-20-1734	Meeting at Hampton Falls to be discussed at next meeting	settlement of commons in to 5 divisions
55	149	7-1-1734	Meeting Return of 5th Division	Buyer: Francis Batchelder (profits to Benj. Sweet for loss in case w/ Longfellow and to pay for legal case.)
56	150	8-9-1754	Complaint about way from saw mill on Little River to Goff's not yet laid out, as per ancient grant of the town.	Property now owned by Shubal Page & Jeremiah Marston and laying in 2nd N. Div. Land laid out.
56-57	150-151			EARMARKINGS
57	151			VITALS - DEATHS
58	152			VITALS - MARRIAGES
59-62	153-156			VITALS - BIRTHS
63	157	1766	Meetings re paying minister, hard to read; Bill from Rev. Cotton 11-29-1760 and other ministers thru 1797?
63	157	1768-1788		VITALS - BIRTHS
64	158	1771-1810		VITALS - BIRTHS
64	158	10-1-1730	Agreement re Edmund Raind/Rand lot in Ring Swamp-2nd Div. lot adjustment
65	159	3-20-1722	Meeting re hwys. Return 11-5-1722	1st Div. 2,233 acres; 2nd Div. 404 acres, 3rd Div. 781 acres across QM; 4th Div. 689 acres; 5th Div. 1,722 acres;
65-66	159-160			VITALS - MARRIAGES
66	160	12-22-1722	Meeting & agreement that the division, except QM, be divided into 3 parts, etc.	Returns of the 4th Div.
66-67	160-161	12-17-1722	Meeting - return 2-26-1722 accepted that 4th Div. be divided into 3 ranges.1st rangle owners listed	Fogg/Deaborn/ QM
68-73	162-167		Returns - 5th Div. lately laid out	last discussed in meeting of 12-3-1722
74	168	7-12-1678	meeting	Hwy laid out from Salisbury
74	168	2-13-1722	meeting	2nd Div. road layout
74	168	3-13-1723	meeting	5th Div. - lot sales to pay surveyors charges
75-77	169-171	12-18-1722 & 1-7-1723 &1-31-1723	Meetings re 3rd Div. layout and returns (parts of page missing before item 17 on 76-170 right page?)	3rd Div. layout, begin in QM by Portsmouth Rd.
78	172	4-22-1723	Meeting of 5th Div. proprietors, adjustments to lot layout shall not abate original record.
78	172	4-29-1723	Meeting of proprietors of 2nd Div.	Agree with "falls" to setting off their part of 5th Div. and how laid out, acreage agreement concerning land of Benj. & Joseph Moulton.
78	172	5-23-1723	Meeting re disputes between 2 divisions resolved, 60 acres of 2nd Div goes to 5th Div, etc. Land laid out.
78	172	12-3-1723	Meeting of proprietors of 5th Div.according to settlement of commons into 5 divisions.	Judgement to be made to give every man his proportion of land and with respect original rights. Perhaps laying more to any particular man in QM.
79	173	2-7-1723	Meeting	Controversy between Johnson, Redman, Jr., Godfrey, & Knowles and proprietors of 3rd.Div re bounds.
79	173	3-13-1723	Meeting re selling tracts in 5th Div. to pay for laying out same.	Part of lot sold in 3rd W. Div. to Samuel Dow of Salisbury.
79	173	11-12-1723	Meeting re sale to Tilton, defraying costs of surveying of common lands
80	174	6-8-1724	Meeting re sale to Johnson and sale to Prescott in 1715. (details and date of Prescott return 3-2-1727 crossed out)	Following commoners meeting of 3-17-1715 land sold to Edmund Johnson near hogpen farms laid out. Inhabitants had liberty to dig and carry off rocks and stone for stoning cellars and underpinning houses or building backs for chimneys from these 7 acres. Johnson paid 13 pounds. Meeting of same day voted lots sold to James Prescott, Jr. regarding return of this laying out but return was lost, thus this return made as witnesses. Weare, Wingate & Tucke.
81	175	1-17-1743	According to lay re preambulation	New Plantation, preambulation, lot #27 to Green, grant of 1669
81	175	4-7-1725	Shares granted Isaac Perkins, conveyed to Henry Robey, conveyed to Samuel Fogg and deeds cannot be found. Resolution? 2-9-1723
82	176	3-13-1723	Meeting re sale to Benj. Brown & Samuel French of Salisbury	sale of 2nd W. Div lot #14
82	176	10-14-1730	Meeting	town lines Stratham/Portsm/Hampton
83	177	10-4-1765	Meeting	Difficulty re Rev. Ward Cotton and the people, and decision made at Church meeting that there be a council called.
83	177	10-8-1765	Meeting	Committee chosen of Anthony Emery, esq., Christopher Toppan, Esq., & __ Cotton Ward to make provisions for committee selected of Edward Shaw, J. Towle, Daniel Philbrick to join church committee to examine reports about Mr. Cotton and try to find the truth of them.
84	178	10-11-1765	Whereas there has lately arison a dispute and difference between Rev. Ward Cotton & the Church of Christ in Hampton . . .	10-22-1765 notice of vote to be taken by freeholders and other inhabitations of Hampton qualified to vote. All are to meet at the Meeting House. Request attendance of Abigail Johnson & Sarah Connor? by evidences before the council. Adjourned to 10-25-1765.
84	178	1810-1883		EARMARKINGS
85	179			blank
86	180	12-21-1722	meeting of 1st Div proprietors	1st Div. pasture north side of Little River " shall lay as a pasture for all cattle or creatures that belong the the owners of said land. Agreed that as long as Capt. Jabez Dow's land is unforrested for creatures to feed, 12 acres shall be ___ half a share in cow common; fencing, tree cutting, payment for surveying.
86-87	180-181	1-7-1723	Lots drawn for1st Div	Land lately surveyed, lots drawn; ranges listed 1,2,3,4 & ring
88	182	1-12-1723	Meeting re land to Philbrick & Jennes.	1st Div., fences, gates, lots adjustments laid out.
88	182	1-21-1723 & 1-29?-1723	Meeting re accepting return of 1st Div. adjustments; 2nd Div. fencing to be done; Jennis return (land formerly cow common). 1st range laid out & cont'd.	Jos. Philbrick return & Richard Jennes return, John Jennes Return. Committee chosen to lay out part of 1st Div. north of Little River in little boarshead woods, ranges 1 (48 lots) and 2 (45 lots). First range begins at Little River where a sawmill formerly stood.
89	183	1723	1st Div.'s 1st first range cont'd. Second, third and fourth ranges laid out. Meetings 2-20-1722/3, 5-7-1723. Lot layers voted 12-3-1722 by the proprietors of the 5th Div to lay out and make return of 1st Div. in Februrary 1723 according to each right.	Range 1=48 lots; 2=45 lots;3=22 lots;4=44 or 45 lots;#46,47,48.
89-90	183-184		Returns 1st Div., according to each right	1st Div. laid out according to vote of 12.3.1722, list, names in right of others.
91	185	12-2-1723	Land near ye Great Hill, cont'd 1st Div., laid out according to each right.
92	186	9-30-1708	Meeting re West & North Div, shares and lots not yet drawn are to be sold; 2nd N. Div. 137 shares/lots	Daniel Moulton satisfies comoners and is forever acquitted re 20 acres in 2nd N. Div., 137th share between Elkins and Brown.
92	186	1708	Acknowledgement	Daniel Moulton assigns over rights of land granted him. Tracts assigned in 1/12ths, 1/8ths, 1/16ths.
93	187	11-3-1708	Agreement between Jacob Brown & others listed re Little River Sawmill, dam, and raising and flowing water.	It shall be lawful from time to time for above named persons to flow any part of my land lying near the said river which leads down to saw mill without any mollestation or distubrance of me, said Jacob Brown.
93	187	1-25-1727	Surveyor's return.	Laid out a passable a way two rods wide through land of James & Richard Sanborn and John Jones, around a great rock & ridge, through land of Towle & Weare. Dividing their land for public benefit.
94	188	1-30-1669 & 4-20-1724	Committee chosen to run line as return declared between Hampton/Salisbury dated 4-20-1667	ref 3-18-1689. Laid out from corner of Batchelder farm, formerly so called, by a mark made by Shapley, near Powwas River pond, tree marked S H, etc.
94-96	188-190	1-1-1722/3	Meeting of proprieters of 2nd Div to lay out QM & Ring Swamp, to cut lots into equal quality and quantity.	Claims in rights of others.Cont'd to p 189. Meeting adjourned to 2-1-1723.
96	190	10-11-1727	Meeting proprietors of 2nd Div. to lay out particular lots/shares, one bad lot & one good lot to a right and not be above 6 ac of bad to a whole lot.	Meeting to agree on lot layer. Many entries of meeting on the same day; adjourned to 28th, then to 29th of November at house of widow Mary Leavitt.
96-97	190-191	1727	Meeting at widow Mary Leavitt's to draw for rights in 2nd Div and Great Lots	LIST of names and numbered lots
97	191	1727	Meeting at house of Jerome Marston, more meetings same date listed.	2nd Div., rights sold, QM laid into 30 shares, bounds and lot #s. Sold to Caleb Marston, James Perkins, John Wedgewood to put votes and returns in town records concerning drafts in 2nd Div..
97	191	11-29-1727	Ring Swamp divided into two parts, described. 18 lots, south part 12 lots, total 30 lots.	Last five lots of the 30 are to the easward of the raod that goeth by the upper mill to Libbi's… John Moulton lot not yet laid out.
97-99	191-193	11-28-1728?	Return of 2nd Div. & remainder	QM to be layed out into 30 shares, first and second parts described. at end of old North Div, #23,24,25., bad lands in QM
100	194	3-25-?	Date referenced in Cotton's letter as compliance with his proposals re salary.
100	194	1-28-1731 & 3-9-1731	Meeting ord'd by warrant of to select jurors for general assembly & Rev. Gookin salary issues.
100	194	12-6-1731	Meeting	Invoices for new proportion of Province leaving out pastureland
100-101	194-195	3-14-1732	Meeting	Additional money to be added to Rev.Gookin salary.
101	195	7-17-1732	Meeting	employe of Rev. Gookin
101	195	8-28-1732	Meeting	appt. 2 men to gen'l assembly (repeated at meetings)
101	195	11-21-1732	Meeting	employe of Rev. Gookin, town to hire a man to preach for Rev.Gookin at annual town meeting next March.
101	195	3-13-1733	Meeting	Rev. Gookin re raise in salary; Solomon Page considered.
102	196	6-14-1733	Meeting	S. Page selected assist Rev. Gookin for three months, men chosen to see if he will take up the invitation
102	196	9-26-1733	Meeting	Ward Cotton to assist Rev. Gookin
102	196	12-31-1733	Meeting	To select jurors for general assembly; Dow ,Smith, Palmer to "treat" with Mr. Cotton. Committee to "advise" with Rev. Gookin, see if it be expedient to settle some parson in the ministry here.
102	196	3-12-1734	meeting	Ward Cotton correspondence. A minister should have a house and few acres of land, and other accomodations to settle himself or also sufficient money to purchase same. As to salary .. so he can live up to the dignity of his office.
103	197	3-25-1734	Meeting	Gookin and Ward Cotton salaries
103	197	4-22-1734	Meeting adj'd, illness of moderator N. Sargent.
103	197	8-26-1734	meeting	funeral plans and costs for Rev. Gookin, widow & children.
103	197	9-16-1734	meeting re: Parsonage lands, fencing,, sales and exchanging of lots	1st W. Div., 2nd N. Div., 3rd W. Div. and laying out hwy to Kingston
104	198	10-7-1734	meeting
104	198	11-261734	meeting
104	198	12-23-1734	meeting	to build Mrs. Gookin residence
104	198	3-11-1735	meeting
105	199	4-28-1735	meeting
105	199	3-9-1736	meeting	to fence yard for Mrs. Gookin
105	199	4-19-1736	meeting	to build barn for Mrs. Gookin
105	199	3-7-1737	meeting
105	199	3-8-1737	meeting	to build school house same "bigness" as old one that burnt, and be set on most convenient place of school houe acre, and town to pay 25 pounds.
106	200	3-14-1737	meeting
106	200	4-3-1738	meeting
106	200	6-19-1738	meeting	North Hill inhabitants request they be cleared from paying to Rev. Mr. Cotton while they have preaching at North Hill meeting house. Vote negative.
106	200	11-13-1738	meeting	re Act in General Court last year for a line between Hampton and Rye, and selectmen shall prosecute so the affair is finally determined.
107	201	3-13-1739	meeting: selectment to take care that all the roads in town be kept at usual breadth and to prosecute all those who intrude on them.	Voted to give Rev. Ward Cotton twenty pound money in bills of credit the present year, in consideration of the value of ye paper money being fallen.
107	201	10-22-1739	meeting
107	201	11-19-1739	meeting; adj'd until 1-7-1740	Wingate & Dow to examine accounts of leased out parsonage lands and prepare report for next meeting.
107	201	1-7-1740	Meeting. Towle, Palmer, Dow committee to look after parsonage lands and marshes and give leases that do not exceed 5 years from 12-3-1739. They have power to prosecute tresspasers and eject any who have already done so. Previous committee still has power to make demands on same issues.
108	202	3-11-1740	meeting	Cotton to receive twenty pounds on the account of low value of paper money this year. His hay to be considered part of the profit.
108	202	7-21-1740	meeting
108	202	2-9-1741	meeting
108	202	3-10-1741	meeting	Surveyors of roads and bridges chosen: Dalton, Garland, Smith, Towle, Griffeths, Hobbs and Drake.
109	203	5-7-1741	meeting
109	203	1-11-1742	meeting
109	203	3-1-1742	meeting
109	203	3-9-1742	meeting	Surveyors chosen: Marston, Hobbs and Fogg. Thomas Lane shall have privilage of 2 rods square of land during the town pleasure.
109	203	9-3-1742	meeting and North Hill Parish	Voted that we are willing that those persons & petitioners which are desiros to belong to the parish at north hill should with their estaes belong there.
110	204	3-8-1743	meeting	Surveyors for highways and bridges chosen: Sanborn, Moulton, Dearborn and Rand.Voted to exchange a little lot at Candlewood swamp and 5 acre lot in North Div, and little lot on the grate Boarshead belonging to parsonage for salt marsh.
110	204	3-13-1745	meeting	Surveyors of ways chosen: Drake, Nudd, Smith and Smith.
111	205	1-21-1745	meeting
111	205	3-12-1745	meeting and adj'd to 4-9.	Surveyors of highways and bridges chosen: Rand, Moulton, Drake and Towle. Committee to receive propositions of North Hampton Committee relating to the parsonage.
111	205	4-9-1745	meeting cont'd and ajd'd to 5-6.
111	205	5-6-1745	meeting	North Hampton parish will be allowed three north division shares provided they will quit all right to remainder of the parsonage. Belonging to Hampton, and their right to house, barn and land adjoining that was built or provided for Madem Gookin. The town obliging themselves to find her a house and barn.
111-112	205-206	5-20-1745	meeting	Note dated 5-17-1745 regarding parish of North Hampton and accept terms of three shares in full in the old or 1st N. Div shares. .
112	206	6-3-1745	meeting
112	206	6-24-1745	meeting	need to pursue riotors at meeting 6-24 (topic for months)
112	206	9-16-1745	meeting	riotors
112	206	3-7-1746	meeting; voted Towle & Leavitt empowered to hire agents to prosecute & defend any action/s for or against the freeholders and pursue to final judgement.	Surveyors of highways and bridges chosen: Taylor, Moulton, Sanborn, Page and Shaw.
113	207	8-24-1746	meeting	Re raise money to carry on charge at law with Kensington.
113	207	9-29-1746	meeting	Ram pasture, gates to preserve beach between Great & Little Boar's Head. Voted there shall be 50 pounds old tenor raised to improve towards the care of the lad (Francis Ireland) and what we don't expend that way shall be for the use of the town.
113	207	11-18-1746	meeting	Kensington land, NOT to get 4 half shares they have been "at law" about.
113	207	12-1-1746	meeting	lawsuit w/ Kensington
113	207	3-10-1747	meeting (cont'd-p.208 Voted that the present selectmen shall take what care is needfull for the lad that is at Doctor Hales at Nubury. (Francis Ireland?)	Surveyors chosen: Moulton, Naye, Page, Elkins and Towle.
114	208	3-25-1747	meeting	to sell house & barn and 1 acre of Mrs. Gookin's
114	208	6-22-1747	meeting	Continued care of poor, Francis Ireland, under the care of Dr. Hale. Steeple on meeting house should be pulled down.
114	208	3-8-1748	meeting: Surveyors for highways and bridges chosen: Towle, Stanford, Moulton, James.	Rev. Cotton salary and needs. Ram pasture short 2 acres.
114	208	8-1-1748	meeting	sale of Gookin Property to Rand, funeral charges for Madem Gookin.
115	209	1-2-1749	meeting
115	209	3-14-1749	meeting: Surveyors for highways chosen: Griffiths, Sherborn, Leavitt, Page and Moulton.	Mr. Cotton's salary raised 280 pounds. Prosecution of those trespassing on parsonage land.
115	209	3-28-1749	meeting	Men chosen to see that the law is complied with concerning yoking and ringing of swine.
115	209	5-1-1749	meeting	Re those assigned pews in meeting house. Re portions of money from North Hampton for Madem Dorothy Gookin.
116	210	3-13-1751	meeting: Surveyors for highways chosen: Smith, Smith, Moulton and Page.	to sell some parsonage land; 4 half shares in 1st W. Div, 10 acre lots in 3rd Div. near Salisbury line; sell 6 shares mentioned above, 2 shares in Alder meadow.Ward Cotton wages
116	210	6-11-1750	meeting re ditch around parsonage, Rev. Cotton wages.
117	211	3-12-1751	meeting: Surveyors for highways and bridges chosen: Griffiths, Moulton, Page and Dearborn.	Voted selectmen to take care of Francis Ireland.. Voted to give Jeremiah Fifield 30 pounds old tenor for Doctor Anthony Emery in part of acc---? he has against Fifield.
117	211	8-19-1751	meeting: adj'd to 8-27-1751
117	211	8-27-1751	meeting cont'd. Rev. Cotton wages.	Francis Ireland care, selectmen to give 200 pounds old tenor to any person that will clear the town of him according to the vote of the town.
117	211	11-22-1751	notice of meeting to be 12-2-1751: re hiring agent to prosecute and defend actions against inhabitants.
118	212	12-2-1751	Meeting re: agent appointed Mr. John Smith to defend any action commenced against said inhabitants by Benjamin & Abigail Brown of South Hampton
118	212	3-10-1752	meeting: Surveyors of highways chosen: Moulton, Page, Rand and Elkins.
118	212	9-1752	meeting: Juror selections for General Assembly
118	212	1-29-1753	meeting	re: A method to be pursued relating to claims made on tract of land called New Plantation formerly in Hampton. Also request of John Smith for assistant in Brown action. Benj. Shaw deceased, but inhabitants in his right claim damages for not laying out a tract of land alledged to be granted him in New Plantation. Cont'd p 213
119	213	1-29-1753	meeting cont'd.	Men chosen re action against the town: Samuel Palmer, Esq., Dr. John Weeks, and Capt. Ephraim Marston; any two to be committee for the end of aforesaid.
119	213	1-29-1753	meeting cont'd.	John Nay be agent and join Jonathan Shaw to prosecute and defend actions. Letter to selectmen of Hampton Falls regarding the claim on supposed right of land in New Plantation dated 2-8-1753.
119	213	2-7-1753 & 2-12-1753	notice of meeting 2-12-1753	Ordered by precept from Speaker of the House of Representatives to chose one man qualified by law to represent the town in general assemby room of Richard Waldron, Esq. Jonathan Tucke chosen.
120	214	3-13-1753	meeting: Surveyors of highways and bridges chosen: Moulton, Page, Brown, Marston and Shaw.	Rev. Cotton salary, his hay and contribution to Sacrament Day in April and 1st Sabath Day in June to help relieve him under the grate charge he met with the last year in his family.Voted the annual town meeting be third Tuesday in March.
120-121	215-216	3-19-1754	meeting and adj'd to April 4th. And that adj'd to April 9.	Surveyors for highways and bridges chosen: Smith, Marston, Leavitt, Towle and Page.
121-122	217-218	3-18-1755	meeting: Surveyors chosen: Garland, Moulton, Moulton, Shaw and Drake	Hauling wood, rate payable in wood. Meeting adj'd to 4-1-1755.
122	219	4-29-1755	meeting: re salary and interest to ministry; decenting voters listed..	Exeter-Hampton line left to selectmen.
123	220	7-7-1755	meeting: Cattle and horses found on beach to be impounded.Those leaving open gates or throwing down fences that save the beach shall pay fine.
123	220-221	10-20-1755	meeting: Juror selections for General Assembly
123	221	2-16-1756	meeting	Nehemiah Brown of Kensington vs town agent in suit to be heard at Portsmouth Court of Common Pleas the first Tuesday of March next.
124	222	3-16-1756	meeting & adj'd to 3-23-1756	Surveyors chosen: Moulton, Page, Rand, Moulton and Weare
124	223	3-23-1756	meeting: re rent for parsonage lands in default, selectment to hire common reading and writing schools master, and in case a gramma school is needed, they shall provide one in the town that both schools shall cost the town no more than one constant gramma school.
125	224-225	5-22-1756 & 5-31-1756	notice and meeting	Nehemiah & Anna Brown suit to be heard in Inferior Court of Common Please at Portsmouth first Tuesday of June. Either Colonel John Weeks or Mr. Philip Towle is chosen agent to defend and pursue this suit.
125	225	11-23-1756	meeting re Cotton salary.
126	226	3-15-1757	meeting: Surveyors chosen: Bachelder, Brown, Tucke, Pearson, Brown and Leavitt.
126	227		page skipped
126	228	3-15-1757	meeting	Jonathan Longfellow suit, no one to take seaweed
127	229	11-17-1757	meeting
127	230	11-16-1757	Notice to freeholders of Hampton	Nathaniel Gookin of North Hampton commenced action of ejectment to those which are in possesion of land called parsonage land belonging to Hampton, one half of which said Gookin demands as his property.
127-128	230-231	11-22-1757	Meeting: agents selected to defend inhabitants re leased parsonage lots.	No. Hampton parish posses parsonage land of Hampton, Gookin demands half, to be tried in Dec.
128-129	232-233	3-21-1758	notice and meeting	Surveyors chosen: Ward, Towle, Brown, Page and Towle.
129	234	5-1-1758	meeting: selection of jurors.
130	235	8-16-1758	meeting: selection of jurors.	Town willing to pay all charges that Dr. Emery's family has lost. In case Emery family do not agree, agent to be chosen to finalize judgement. Town voted in negative to pay charges which arose from Small pox in Dr. Emery's family. Choice of agents for this situation also voted negative.
130	236	8-13-1758	Notice of next meeting	to consider and determine method to be pursued relating to case of Dr. Emery.
131	237	8-21-1758	meeting: Poll vote in favor	Discents listed, and Capt. Jonathan Moulton to prosecute the affair regarding recovery of cost of removing Emery family to separate house when first infected with small pox and providing for them.
131-132	238-239	9-4-1758	meeting regarding Emery issue. Cont'd
132	239	10-14-1758	meeting: selection of jurors.
132	240	10-23-1758	meeting
132-133	240-241	11-13-1758	meeting
133	241	12-18-1758	meeting (notice provided)
133	242	2-12-1759	meeting (notice provided)
133	242	3-18-1759	Meeting called by 2 of His Majesties Justices of the Peace	Dr. Anthony Emery charges re: small pox, selectmen's audit re parsonage, negative vote
134	243	3-8-1759	meeting: inquiry into Emery issue, whether to discharge agents, and settle with Parsonage committee.
134	244	3-15-1759	meeting
135	245-246	3-20-1759	meeting (notice provided): Surveyors chosen: Drake, Moulton, Tucke, Bachelder, Dow.	To vote if money allowed to Bride Hill and Drakeside for schooling, whether to let out parsonage lands, Cotton salary..

135-136	246-247	5-7-1759	meeting (notice provided); selection of jurors.	Meeting records not present
136	247		meeting notice daed 5-19 re upcoming selection of jurors for said court dates.
136	247	5-19-1759	notice of meeting
136	247	5-25-1759	meeting: selection of jurors	scheduled for August and Sept
136	247	8-20-1759	meeting: selection of jurors
136	248	10-27-1759	meeting not recorded; (notice provided)
136	248	11-5-1759	meeting: selection of jurors
136	248	2-9-1760	meeting not recorded (notice provided)
136	248	2-18-1760	meeting: selection of jurors
137	249-250	3-18-1760	meeting (notice provided) Surveyors chosen: Tayler, Towle, Moulton, Moulton and Page.	Vote negative on selling any part of ten rod road round the ring, voted to dismiss that affair and never to act upon it more. Voted to leave affair of the school house acres, to let out 2/3 of it for 8-10 years.Voted to settle the affair of Rev. Cotton salary. Stone wall on parsonage matter. To allow something to Drakeside and Bride Hill area for schooling this year
138	251	3-24-1760	meeting: Committee to see that hwy not intruded upon. That no person shall keep sheep, horses or cattle in hwy from May to Sept.
138	252	4-26-1760	meeting notice provided, no record
138	252	5-5-1760	meeting: selection of jurors
138	252	5-17-1760	meeting notice provided, no record
138	252	5-26-1760	meeting: selection of jurors
139	253	8-25-1760	meeting (notice provided) selection of jurors
139	254	10-4-1760	meeting notice, no record of exact date.
139	254	10-6-1760	meeting: selection of jurors	In deference to requstion...Hampton & Kensington re parsonage lands; negative vote
140	255	11-19-1760	meeting (notice provided) selection of jurors
140	256	12-1760	meeting (notice provided) selection of jurors
140	256	2-23-1761	meeting (notice provided) selection of jurors
141	257	3-17-1761	(annual) meeting (notice provided) Voted a committee to run the lines of the parsonage land.	Surveyors chosen: Towle, Moulton, Rand, Drake, Garland and Sanborn
141	258	3-19-1761	meeting
142	259	3-31-1761	meeting (notice of exact date not provided)
142	260	5-11-1761	meeting (notice provided) selection of jurors	Vote in negative re steeple on meeting house and selling of pew privileges
142-143	260-261	5-25-1761	meeting (notice provided) selection of jurors	Purchase of pews on women's side for various purposes, etc. Return of votes
143	261	6-9-1761	meeting
143	262	5-25-1761	meeting
143	262	8-10-1761	meeting
143	262	10-26-1761	meeting
143	262	12-8-1761	meeting
144	263	1-18-1762	meeting: selection of jurors
144	263	1-19-1762	meeting: re pews, steeple, sale of ground.
144	264	2-22-1762	meeting
145	265-266	3-16-1762	meeting: Surveyors chosen: Dearborn, Towle, Tuck, Marston, Taylor, Batchelder, Moulton. Meeting adj'd to 3-22.	Ward Cotton issues, cutting of wood on parsonage land, seaweed
145	266	3-22-1762	meeting cont'd. To run the line of parsonage lands on Bridehill and 2nd range over Little River	Meeting adjourned for 6 weeks.
146	268	4-19-1762	meeting
146	268	5-24-1762	meeting
146	268	6-30-1762	meeting
146	268	8-25-1762	meeting
146	268	11-1-1762	meeting
146	268	11-26-1762	meeting
146	268	2-11-1763	meeting
146	268	5-9-1763	meeting
147	269	7-7-1763	meeting
147	269	8-29-1763	meeting
147	269	9-19-1763	meeting
147	269	10-31-1763	meeting
147	269	11-14-1763	meeting
147	269	11-25-1763	meeting
147	269	2-13-1764	meeting
147	270-271	1774-1800		VITALS - BIRTHS
148	271	2-8-1703	meeting
148	272	2-28-1763	meeting
149	273	3-7-1763	meeting
149	273	3-10-1763	meeting
149-150	274-275	3-15-1763	meeting: Ward Cotton
150-151	276-277	3-20-1764	meeting: Surveyors chosen: Page, Moulton, Moulton, Moulton, Weare.
151	277	1-21-1765	meeting
151-152	278-279	3-19-1765	meeting
152	279	4-9-1765	meeting
152	280	11-12-1765	meeting
153	281	12-23-1765	meeting
154	283	2-24-1766	meeting
154	284	3-17-1785	Memorandom of Agreement deed	Francis Page & Samuel Moulton of North Hampton, to James Batrchelder, Josiah Batchelder, John Lamprey (share of sawmill?)
154	284		unreadable notation
		1764	missing year