Chapter 21 - Chester from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire From: Patricia Cooper - pcooper@peaknet.net Source: History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 Page 245 CHAPTER XXI CHESTER Geographical-Proprietors-Early Votes-Petition for Grant of the Town- The Royal Charter-Names of Original Grantees-Pioneer Mills- Pioneer Schools-Civil and Military-Public Library-Eccleciastical History. Chester lies in the western part of tbe county and is bounded as follows : On the north by Candia and Raymond, on the east by Fremont and Sandown. on the south by Sandown and Derry, and on the west by Auburn. Population in 191O, 818. This town was granted to a number of residents of the towns of Ports- mouth and Hampton. They were known as "The Society for Settling the Chestnut Country," as this section was then called. At a meeting of the proprietors, held October 15, 1819, the following votes were passed : "1St, Voted, That Capt. Henry Sherburne be Moderator. "2dly, Voted, That Joseph Tilton be Clerk of the Society. "3dly, Voted, That Capt. Henry Sherbume be Receiver. "4thly, Voted, That Joseph Tilton, Ichabod Robie, Caleb Tole, Clement Hughes, Capt. Henry Sherburne, Eph. Dennet and Jacob Stanyon, be a Com- mittee to manage the affairs of the Society; And That the sd Committee Shall have power ~o Call meetings of the Society as often as they Shall Think Necessary, and to act in all other matters that they Shall Think proper for the good of the whole Society. "5thly, Voted, That Ichabod Robie, Jacob Stanyan, Caleb Tole & Michael Whidden be a Committee to Layout the Lotts. "'6thly, V oted, That all priviledges of Streams shall be Reserved for ye Use of the Society. . "7thly, Voted, That the Number of the Society for the settling Shall not Exceed ninety persons. "8thly, Voted, That the Committee shall have power to admit Such as they Shall Think proper till the aforeSd number of ninety be Completed. "9thly, Voted, That Three men Shall be kept upon the spot at the charge of the Society ." At a meeting of the Society for Settling the Chestnut Country, held at Hampton, the 2Oth of December, 1719. "Voted, That in case of a warr with the Indians before the Three years Limited for the Settling of the Chestnut Country be Expired, the Same Time of Three years shall be allowed after a conclusion of a Peace with the Indians for the sd settlement." Page 246 "At the Same Time the Proprirs drew their home Lotts." Petition for the Grant.-The petition for the grant for a township in "ye Chestnutt Country" was presented "to his Excellency Samuel Shute,. Esq., Cap. Genll & Commandr in Chief in and over His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire, &c., and the Honble the Council, now sitting in Council at Ports- mouth," September 24, 1719, and was signed by the following persons: Thomas Phipps, Henry Sherburne, Joseph Pierce, Benjamin Gambling, Thomas Packer, Joseph Sherburne, Joseph Tilton, Clement Hughes, Nathaniel Batchelder, Jr., Samuel Plaisted, John Cram, Eleazer Russell, Philemon Blake, Samuel Hart, Jacob Stanyan, Ephraim Dennett, Robert Row, Sr., John Preston, David Tilton, Benjamin Sanborn, Reuben Sanborn, Joseph Sanborn, John Morrison, James Prescott, Samuel Blake, Jr., Jonathan Pres- cott, Jr., Nathaniel Healey, Richard Sanborn, Nathaniel Sanborn, Richard Clifford, Joseph Batchelder, George Veazi, Jr., John Sealy, Jonathan San- born, Jethro Tilton, Nathan Long fellow, Ichabod Robie, Samuel Sanborn, Edward Sanborn, Jacob Green, John Prescott, Jr., Henry Dyea, Zachariah Clifford, Benjamin Field, Joseph Batchelder, Jr., Sherburne Tilton, Samuel Blake, Sr., Benjamin Fogg, Edward Gilman, Joseph Love, John Searll, Jacob Gilman, William Godfree, joseph Young, Nehemiah Leavitt, Ephraim Hoit, John Morrison, Abraham Sanborn, Samuel Elkins, Israel Blake, Robert Wade, Jr., William Healey, Jeremiah Sanborn, Charles Stuart, .Daniel Tilton, Enoch Sanborn, Thomas Veazi, Daniel Lovering, Joshua Prescott, Ebenezer Lover- ing, John Cass, Jonathan Robinson, Daniel Ladd, Reuben Smith, Abner Herriman, Thomas Veazi, Jr., Samuel Prescott, Nathaniel Stevens, jr., Nathaniel Bachelder, Sr., James Leavit, John Ladd, William Stevens, Porchth., Oliver Smith, Jonatban Plummer; Edward Fifield, John Smith, John Gilman, Jr., Benjamin Tole, John Knowles, Caleb Tole, Samuel Veazi, Abraham Drake, Benjamin Veazi, Samuel Smith, Thomas Veazi, Jr., Thomas Garton, Nicholas Norris, James Purckins, John Norris, Jacob Moulton, Nicholas Seavy, Jonathan Nason, Thomas Rollins, Elisha Smith, Joseph Lorrane, Jonathan Dearborn, John Roberts, Thomas Leavitt, Moses Norrls, Sr., James Fogg. The RoyalCharter-The charter of the town was dated May 8, '1722, as follows: [PROVINCE SEAL.] "GEORGE by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defendr of the Faith, etc. "To all People to whom these presents Shall come, Greeting. Know ye That we of our Especial. Knowledge and meer motion, for the due en- couragement of Settling a new plantation, by and with the advice of our Council, have given and granted and by these prsents as farr as in us lies do give and Grant, in Equall Shares unto Sundry of our beloved Subjects, whose names are Entered in a Schedule hereunto annexed, That Inhabit or Shall Inhabit within the said Grant within our Province of New Hamps, all That Tract of Land within the following bounds: (Viz. to begin at Exeter South- erly Corner bounds and from thence run upon a West and by North point two miles along Kingston northerly Line to Kingston North Corner bounds, then upon a South point three miles along Kingston head Line to Kingston Page 247 South Corner bounds, then upon a West Northwest point Ten miles into the country, Then to begin again at the aforesaid Exeter Southwardly Corner bounds and run seven miles upon Exeter head Line upon a Northeast point half a point more Northerly , Then fourteen miles into the Country upon a west Northwest point to the river Merrimack, and from thence upon a Straight Line to the End of the aforesd Ten-Mile line; and that the same be a Town Corphrated by the name of Chester to the persons aforesd, for ever To have and to hold the said Land, to the Grantees and their Heirs and assigns forever , and to Such associates as they Shall admit upon the Following Conditions : " I. That Every proprietor build a Dwelling House within Three years and Settle a Familley Therein, breack up Three acrcs of Ground and plant or Sow ye same within four years, and pay his proportion of the Town Charge when and so often as Occasion shall require the same. "2. That a meeting House be built for the Public worship of God within the said Term of four years. "3. That upon default of any particular Proprietor in Complying with the Conditions of this Charter upon his part, Such Delinquent proprietor Shall forfeit his share to the other Proprietors, which Shall be Disposed accordmg to ye major vote of the Said Commoners at a Legall meeting. " 4thly That a Proprietor's Share be reserved for a Parsonage; another for the first minister of the Gospell; another for the Benefit of a School. "PROVIDED nevertheless that the Peace with the Indians Continue during the aforesaid Term of Three years; but if it should so happen a warr with the Indians Should commence before the Expiration of the aforesd Term of Three years, the aforesaid Term of three years Shall be allowed to the Proprietors after the Expiration of the warr for the performance of the aforesaid Conditions, Rendering and paying therefor to us, our Heirs and Successors, or Such other officer or officers as shall be appointed to receive the same, The annual quit rent of acknowledgemt of one pound of Good merchble Hemp in the said Town on the Twentieth of December yearly for- ever; reserving also unto us, our Heirs and Successors, all mast Trees grow- ing on said Land-according to acts of Parliament in that behalf made and provided, and for the better order, Rule, and Government of the said Town we do by these prsents Grant for us, our Heirs, and Successors, unto the said men & Inhabitants, or those that shall Inhabit the Said Town, That yearly & every year upon the last Thursday in march forever, they shall meet to Elect and Chuse by the major part of them Constables, Selectmen, and all other Town officers, according to the Laws and usage of. our aforsd Province, for the year ensuing, with Such Power', priviledges and authority as other Town officers within our aforesaid Province have and Enjoy. "In Wittness whereof we have Caused the seal of our Said Province to be" hereunto annexed. Wittness, Samll Shute, Esqr, our Govemour & Com- mandr-in-Chief of our Said Province, at our Town of Portsmouth the 8th day of may in the Eighth year of our reign, annoq. Domini 1722. "By His Excellency's Comand "with advice of the Council. "SAMLL SHUTE. "R. W ALDRON, Cler. Con.' "PROVINCE N. HAMPE.. May loth, 1722. Page 248 "His Excellency the Governr and the Honble Lieut. Governr and Council If Entered associate with the within persons, (viz.)- "His Excellency a Fann of five Hundred acres and a home Lott. "The Lieut Governr the same. "Samll Penhallow, Esqr, a proprietor's Share; Mark Hunking, Esqr, a proprietor's Share; George Jaffrey, Esqr, a proprietor's Share; Shada Wal- ton, Esqr, a proprietor's Share; Richd Wibird, Esqr, a proprietor's Share; Thos Packer, Esqr, a proprietor's Share; Thos Westbrook, Esqr, a proprie- tor's Share. " A True Copy of Chester Charter and the Schedule annexed to it. "Compared Pr Richd Waldron, Cler. Con." THE ORIGINAL GRANTEES OF CHESTER Philemon Blake, James Boyd, Abraham Brown, George Brownell, Nathaniel Bachelder, Sr., Jonathan Brown, Moses Blake, Samuel Blake, Josiah Batchelder, Nathaniel Bachelder, Jr., Joseph Batchelder, Jacob Bas- ford, John Calfe, Amos Cass, Richard Clifford, Zachariah Clifford, Jonathan Clough, Rev. Theophilus Cotton, John Cram, William Crosswait, Cutts and Akerman, William Daniels, Thomas Dean, Jonathan Dearborn, Ebenezer Dearborn, Ephraim Dennet, Abraham Drake, Nathaniel Drake, Ebenezer Eastman, Edward Emerson, Jonathan Emerson, James Failes, Rev. Ebenezer Flagg, James Fogg, Benoni Fogg, Robert Ford, Benjamin Gambling, Esq., Jacob Garland, Jacob Gilman, Maj. John Gilman, Edward Gilman, William Godfrey, Ephraim Guile, Richard Haseltine, William Healey, Rev. Moses Hale, Clement Hughes, Col. Mark Hunking, Samuel Ingalls, George Jaffrey, Esq., John Jaquish, Richard Jaquish, Stephen Johnson, Capt. Richard Kent, Jonathan Kimball, Thomas Leavitt, John Littlehale, Ebenezer Loverdl, Samuel Marston, Capt. Archibald McPbedris, Clement Messervy, Luther Morgan, Col. Thomas Packer, Samuel Page, John Packer, Parsonage lots, Samuel Penhallow, Esq., James Perkins, Thomas Phipps, Esq., Capt. Joshua Pierce, Capt. Thomas Pierce, George Pierce, Jonathan Plummer, John Pres- cutt, John Prescutt, Jr:, James Prescutt, Samuel Prescutt, Ichahbod Roby, Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, Robert Row, Eleazer Russell, Capt. W1ll1am Rymes, Joseph Sanborn, Nathaniel Sanborn Benjamin Sanborn, Reuben Sanborn, John Sanborn, Enoch Sanborn, Edward Sanborn, Capt. Jonathan Sanborn, Jerry Sanborn, School lots, John Shackford, Samuel Shackford, Capt. Henry Sherburne, Samuel Sherburne, Capt. Joseph Sherburne, Dea. Samuel Shaw, John Silly, Rev. Thomas. Simms, Thomas Silver, Susannah Small, Thomas Smith, Benjamin Smith, Elisha Smith, Samuel Smith, Capt. Henry Sloper, Jacob Stanian, Stephen Sweat, Capt. Joseph Tilton, David Tilton, Jethro Tilton, Samuel Thompson, Philip Towle, Benjamin Towle, Caleb Towle, Col. Shadrack Walton, Cot. Peter Weare, Nathan Webster, Stephen Webster, Capt. Ebenezer Wentworth, Benning Wentworth, John Wentworth, Esq., Michael Whidden, Thomas Whiting, William White, Capt. Richard Wibird. Capt. Joshua Wingate, Col. Thomas Westbrook, Henry Works, Joseph Young. Page 249 Pioneer Mills.-The first reference to mills found on the proprietors' records is under date January 11, 1720-21, viz. : At a general meeting of the proprietors of "Checher ," held at Hampton the IIth day of January, 1720-21, "Voted,' To Collo Packer, Collo Wiar, Caleb Towle, and Samll Ingalls, the whole Priviledge upon the upper Falls of the great Brook forever, to build a Saw mill or mills on, and also ten acres of Land Gratis, on Each Side sd falls for the sd mills Conveniency, with Condition That the sd mills shall be fitt to Cutt boards in a Twelvemonth from this Time; and that they Shall Saw at halves the Proprs, Loggs, So much as they shall have occasion for Building, And those props. that Shall have Occasion to buy boards shall be Supplyed with So many as they Shall have occasion for, at the Rate of thirty shillings per Thousand at the mill. And if the making a pond or ponds for sd mill damnifies any of the proprs" the society shall make good the damages." At a meeting at Hampton, March 16, 1720-21, "Voted, That the four persons to whom the Stream is granted, Shall give each a bond of Fifty pounds to the Committee, to perform the Conditions of sd Grant, and if any of them Refuse to do it, the Committee is Impowered to admitt others." At a meeting of the committee, September 29, 1721, "Voted, That the proprietors of the upper Falls on the great Brook have the priviledge of the Lower falls also, for their further Incouragent, to build a mill according to a vote of the Society, at a publick meeting held Jan, 11 th, 1720-21, and in consideration of which Additional" Privilege they are to build a Grist mill as Soon as the Town will need it," James Basford at one time owned most of the mill, In 1731 he sold Ebenezer Dearborn one-fourth of the "old saw-mill." In 1732 he sold to William Wilson one-eighth of the "old saw-mill." In 1734 he had some difficulty with the proprietors about the mill, and they voted to have a reference. In 1735 Ebenezer Dearborn deeded to his sons, Ebenezer, Jr" Benjamin, Thomas, and Michael, one-fourth of the "old saw-mill." In 1743, in consideration of twenty-two pounds, bills of credit, Ebenezer Dearborn, Ebenezer Dearborn, Jr" Thomas Dearborn, and Michael Dear- born convey to Thomas Wells four-sixths of the "old saw-mill," We know little more about the mill or its owners until about 1780, when Hugh Tolford, Jacob Wells, Captain Clough, Moses Haselton, John Haselton, Benjamin Haselton rebuilt it. It was rebuilt once after that, and again in 1848. Jonathan Blunt had a saw-mill previous to 1730. At a meeting March 7, 1730, it was "Voted, That there be encouragement given for building a Grist mill on the middle falls of the Grate Brook, that is to John Aiken's, and fourteen or fifteen acres of land to the Eastward of sd falls, as convenient as can be had of common land, provided sd Aiken build a sufficient Grist mill by this time twelvemonth, and keep sd mill in good Repair from time to time, and at all times hereafter. Page 250 This was probably the first grist-mill in the town. Pioneer: Schools.- The first reference to schools is under date January 25, 1720-21, VIZ. : At a meeting of the committee, January 25, 1720-21. viz. : "Voted. That whereas the number of proprietors is Con. .and no provision made for a School Master. That the next proprietor that Shall Forfeit his Lott, the Same Shall be appropriated for a School." "This provision was made after the first grant of the land. but before the charter. and there was hardly a permanent settler there." The next we find on the records is at an adjourned meeting. April 7, 1737 : "Voted, To Rais thirty Pounds to Hier a Schoolmaster this present year." . "Voted, That the Selectmen shall Remove the said schoolmaster to the several Parts of the town as shall be Conveniant." Though there is no evidence that anything had been done by the town It Is hardly to be supposed that nothing had been done to educate the children for about eighteen years. The schools were held at private houses, and al- though removed to different parts, all the children in town might follow the master into the several quarters. At an adjourned meeting, November 2. 1738t "Voted, That their shall be twenty Pounds Raised to Support a School in this town." At an adjourned meeting April 8, 1740, "Voted, That their Shall be a School maintained in the town this year throughout; Partly by School masters. and Partly by School dames, as the Selectment Shall Judge best for the town." In the warning, March 9, 1721, is an article "To act what may appear needful about building a School house or houses." "Put to Vote, Whether to build a School house in the Senter of the town or no, Passed in the negative. At the annual meeting, March 25, 1742, "Voted, That there shall be a school Keept in this town the year through out, and that the Select men Shall Remove the Said School into the Severall Quarters of said town, so that they Shall have their Equal Proportion of the Same, according to what Rates they Pay.- They probably refused to build a school house in the Centre, because the school might be kept there all of the time. In the warning for a meeting, March 29, 1744, is an article "To see if the town will build a School house or housen, or to act and do any thing about Keeping a School, or Schools. or building a house or hottsen, as Shall appear mose for the benefit and advantage of the town. "Voted to Build School Housen. "Voted, That a Committee shall be Chosen to Divide the town into Sev- erall Parts, in order to acomodate School Hottsen. "Voted, That Capt. Samll Ingalls, Benjamin Rills, Insin Jacob Sargent, william Haley and andrew Crage, Shall be the Comitte. In the warning for the annual meeting, March 28, 1745, is an article Page 251 "To See if the town will Except of the return of the Committee that was chosen to Divide the town into parts for the Conveniancy of building School housen ; or act and do anything that shall be thought needful and nessecery about a school or schools, and a school-house or housen." At an adjurnment of the meeting, April 4, "Voted, that the Committee's. Return that was Chosen to Divide the town into parts, In order to accomedate School housen, be Excepted. "The Persons under named Decents against the foregoing Vote, John Robie, Samll Bartlet, Jonathan Blunt, Jonathan Moulton, Robert Runells, Enoch Colby, David Crage, Isaac Foss, Page Bachelder, Benjamin Bachelder, Samll Powell, Francis Towl, Ebenezer Dearborn, Junr., Benjamin Hills." "We have no means of knowing to a certainty into how many parts the town was divided, or their boundaries, but there probably were but three; for if there had been one at the Centre, John Robie, Jonathan Blunt, and Ebenezer Dearborn, Jr-, who lived near the Centre, and Benjamin Bachelder and Robert Runnels, who lived within about half a mile up the street, and others-Jonathan Moulton, Enoch Colby, and Samuel Bartlett-within a mile below, would not have dissented. I have conversed with people who remembered the three. One stood on John Sanborn's, opposite Moses Web. ster's home lot, NO.21, one at Walnut Hill, not far from Robert Shirley's, and the third at the Long Meadows, between Samuel Aiken's ( Charles C. Grant's) and David Witherspoon's (the Hardy place). Mrs. Whittier, daughter of Samuel Aiken, recollects this house, or of hearing her parents tell about it."-Chase. In 1746 the selectmen charge: f. s. d. Paid unto master Wood 66 0 0 Paid unto Decn Ebenezer Derbon, for boarding 19 9 0 Paid unto Insd Jacob Sargent, for bording ye master 41 0 0 Paid unto Abel Morse, for bording ye master. 5 12 0 Paid unto John Haiseltine, for bording the master , 81 1 0 Paid unto Andrew Crag, for bording the master 8 2 0 Paid to Capt. Morse, for three days, horse and man, for going after a Coolmaster. 1 15 0 1847. Master Wood is paid 80 0 0 and Dea. Dearborn, John Haseltine, and An- drew Craige, for boarding. 80 0 0 1748. Master Wood is hired again at. 44 0 0 and Capt. Blunt, Joseph Calf and Dea. Dear- born boarded. John Robie is paid for bringing up the master, time and expenses 2 00 Master Wood, it seems, lived somewhere down country, and is probably the one who was afterwards Doctor George Wood. Page 252 £ $. d. 1749. Paid Doctor Samuel Moores, for schooling. . 108 0 0 Paid to the Long meadow Quarter for Schooling. 31 0 0 The Long Meadows had one-quarter of the money paid to them. Doctor Moores is said by Eaton ( "History of Candia," page 91) to have come from Hampstead. He settled at Candia Corner . £ $. d. 1750. Paid to mr Henry Herring, for Schooling 112 0 0 Paid to mr J ohn Hickey, for Schooling. 88 0 0 Paid to mr Samuel Moores, for Schooling. 40 0 0 for a journey to newbury after a Schoolmaster. ...2 0 0 for time and expence hireing Schoolmaster. 3 0 0 1751. Paid to mr John Hickey, for Schooling 104 0 0 Paid to mr James Dresler, for Schooling. 27 10 0 Paid to mr nehemiah mc neal, for schooling. 32 0 0 Paid to Nathaniel Blaisdell, for bording the masters. ..15 0 0 for three Days, man and horse, after a Schoolmaster. . 4 10 0 for one day of a man and two horses, bringing up the master from Bradford; 2 00 for time and Expense hireing Schoolmasters. , 1 10 0 for time and expense making up with Schoolmasters. .1 0 0 In 1752, Master McNeil is paid £154. Deacon Haselton, Andrew Craig, Enoch Colby, Peter Dearborn, Mr. Carr, Deacon Dearborn, Mr. Knowles, and Mr. Basford are paid for boarding. It seems that this year, though they had no school house, they had a school in the north part. In 1753, Mr. Haselton and Mr. McNeale were the masters, and Deacon Dearborn, Mr. Craige; Jacob Chase, and J ohn Knowles bt>arded, In 1754, "master Heseltine, master mcfarson, and master mcneal, at the Longmeadows," were masters, and Deacon Dearborn, Jacob Chase, and Thomas Haseltine boarded. In 1755, "Paid to mr. Hessard, for teaching school, £132; To mr. Boies, for teaching school, £28." The Presbyterian Church.-In most of the towns of New England the congregation of the church was co-existent with the settlement of the town. So it was in Chester, but, unlike most other towns, the church here was of the Presbyterian order instead of the Congregational, which in the province history of this country might have been truly styled the "State" church. The first pastor was Rev. Marks Hall, from 1730-34. Subsequent pastors were as follows: John Wilson, from 1734-79; Rev. Mr. Clark, supply; T. Howe, A. S. Stickney, Hutchinson, Pickle, James Davis, D. Aman, David McGregore, Z. Colby, William Harlow, Clement Parker, Abel Manning, Benjamin Sargent, and Rev. Samuel Ordway. In 1843, Mr. Ordway organ- ized the Second Congregational Church of Chester ( now Auburn ) , and the Presbyterian Church of Chester dissolved and passed into history. In 1728 the following votes were passed by the town concerning the building of a church, etc.: "Voted, That there shall be a meeting house built according to these Page 255 Dimensions: Imprs, fifty foot in length, and thirty-five foot wide & twenty foot post, and finish it completely, both inside & outside, to ye turning of ye key, and set upon ye place appointed and before voted. "Voted, That a Committee be chosen to agree wth ye Carpenter or car- penters to build a Meeting house according to ye Dimensions before men- tioned, and that Dr. Edmond Toppin, & Saml lngalls & Nathaniel Heally, be ye Committee to agree wth ye Carpenters in ye behalf of ye proprs of Chester. "Voted, That there shall be Raised forty shillings in Money on Every full proprs share in Chester to be paid unto ye town treasurer (Jacob Sar- gent is chosen), at ye next proprs meeting towards ye building of a meet- ing house in Chester to be drawn out by the Committee as there shall be Occasion; viz., Dr. Edmond Toppin and Samll lngalls & Nathaniel Haley, a Committee. "Voted, That there shall be Raised twenty Shillings in moneyon Every full proprs lott in Chester for ye paying the town Debts, to be paid unto ye Constable for ye town's use at ye next proprs Meeting in Chester." The Congregational Church.-The meeting which called Rev. Ebenezer Flagg, the first pastor of this church, was held June 23, 1736. He accepted the call, and remained pastor until 1793. His successors in the pastoral office have been as follows: Rev. Mr. Bradstreet, Leonard, Jewett, Joel R. Arnold, . Jonathan Clement, L. Armsby, H. 0. Howland, J. L. Tomlinson, and Rev. Charles Tenney. Mr. Tenney's pastorate closed in October, 1888. His successor is Rev. J. G. Robertson who was installed July 30, 1889, having graduated from Williams College in 1886 and Yale Divinity School in 1889. On July I, 1914, he will complete his 25th year of service. The Baptist Church.-Although there were individuals who were Bap- tists in Chester, and might have been occasional preaching, there was no organized church until 1819, when a church was organized by the Rev. Wil- liam Taylor, of Concord, consisting of sixteen members, of whom Capt. Pearson RichardSon, Walter Morse, Jacob Green, and Timothy Smith, of Sandown, were prominent. Col. Stephen Clay and Josiah Chase united after- wards, and were active members. Walter Morse and Josiah Chase were the deacons. They worshiped in Captain Richardson's hall until 1823, when a meeting-house was built on the west side of the Haverhill road. They had for preachers, besides Mr. Taylor, Rev. Josiah Davis, of Methuen, and the Rev. Duncan Dunbar, a Scotchman, afterwards of New York City. Gibbon Williams was installed; George Kallock and Jobn Upton were ordained pastors. A difficulty arose about a preacher, a part of the society believing him to be corrupt and a part adhering to him, which for a time disorganized the church and society, and they had no preaching, and their early records were lost and the meeting-house went to decay. At a meeting of the Portsmouth Association, held at Newton, 1845, a committee, consisting of Brethren Ayres, of Dover; Gilbert, of Northwood; Wheeler, of Plaistow; and Swain, of Brentwood, were appointed to visit the church in Chester and attempt to settle their difficulties. The committee met the church January 13, 1846, and recowmended to disband the existing chur Page 256 and organize a new one, which was acordingly done, and a church of fifteen members was formed and William Bell chosen deacon and clerk. The old church was sold and a new building was erected near the town-house and dedicated August 29, 1861. Among the ministers who have officiated for this church are mentioned the names of H. W. Day, Andrew Mitchel, Horace Eaton, Joshua Clement; J. W. Merrill, and Daniel Gage. The present pastor is Rev. Thomas J. Cate. The Methodist Episcopal Church.-There was a church organized in 1851 by Rev. Eltsha Adams, the presiding elder for Dover District, and Rev. James M. Young, a member of the New Hampshire Conference, supplying. The same summer a church edifice was erected near the south line of No. 36, 2d P., 2d D., on the road from Chester to Candia. It was built under the direction of Joseph Smith, Amos Southwick, Samuel M. Edwards, John Maynard, Isaac L. Seavey, and Simon Haselton, and dedicated in October. It cost about one thousand dollars. The following are the names of the preachers who have administered to the church and society: James M. Young, Charles U. Dunning, George M. Hamlin, Jesse Brown, Henry Nutter, C. Henry Newell, Edwin S. Chase, Charles W. Harkins, Joseph T. Hand, John Keogan, True Whittier, Ezekiel Stickney, Abraham Folsom, Silas Higgin, James Stedman, James G. Price Josiah Higgin, William H. Stewart and Edward May. Rev. J. W. Presby has been assigned for 1914 for Chester and Aubnrn. Chester was incorporated May 8., 1722, under the name of Chester, and included within its bounds, in addition to its present territory, the present towns of Candia, Raymond, Auburn, and portions of Derry and Hooksett. Town Officers chosen at the first meeting under the charter of the Town of Chester,held the 28th day of March, 1723 : Thomas Phipps, Esq., moderator: Clement Huges, clerk; Samuel Ingalls, Clement Hughes, Caleb Tole, selectmen; Zaccheus Clifford, c9nstable; Capt. Thomas Phipps, Maj. John Gilman, Col. Peter Wiar, or any two of them be a committee to receive and allow the accounts; Benjam0in Smith, Clement Messarvy, Samuel Inga1ls, surveyors 0f highways. At Exeter, March 31, 1726.-Clement Hughes, moderator; -Clement Hughes, clerk; John Sanborn, Clement Hughes, Robert Smith, selectmen; James Whiting, constable; Samuel Ingalls., Thomas Smith, James Whiting, lot-layers; Samuel Ingalls, surveyor. of hlghways. 1727.- This and all future meetings were held at Chester. MILITARY HISTORY "The first military law passed in New Hampshire was in 1718. All the means of knowing about the military organization in Chester is the titles prefixed to the names of the inhabitants. The first found on our records ,was in 1731. Samuel Ingalls has the title of captain, Ebenezer Dearborn of leu- tenant, and Jacob Sargent of ensign, whtch is probably nearly as early as there was any military organization. Thomas Smith is lieutenant In 1732 ; John Talford is captain, and Thomas Wells lieutenant In 1744;.Abel Morse is captain in 1746, and Thomas Wells In 1748; Thomas Craige is lieutenant Page 257 James Varnum is ensign, and Robert Calfe" sergeant in 1749; Enoch Colby is also ensign, and Eben Dearborn, Jr., sergeant, in 1749; Silvanus Smith, lieutenant In 1752, Samuel Robie in 1753, and Benaiah Colby in" 1756, and Jonathan Blunt captain the same year. John Lane was appointed cornet of the Ninth Troop of the First Regiment of cavalry, commanded by Col. John Downing, September 17, 1754, by Benning Wentworth; John Tolford is major, and Andrew Jack lieutenant in 1757; James Shirley is captain, and James Quentan ensign in 1759. Henry Hall is 'ensign in 1761, Samuel Robie captain in 1764, Robert Wilson lieutenant in 1765, Captain Underhill, Lieut. Joseph Basford and Ensign Joseph True In 1765; Oliver Morse and Henry Moore lieutenants, and Samuel Hazelton cornet in 1766; Richard Emery major in 1769; Andrew Jack captain in 1770; Joseph True captain, Lieutenant Witherspoon in 1775; Major French (Jabez), 1774; Hugh Shirley, 1775; David Witherspoon captain, and James DunlAp lieutenant in 1766. Stephen Dearborn had a commission of captain under the king, May 3, 1767, and under Congress, September 5, 1775; major, March 25, 1785; lieu- tenant-colonel, April 5, 1793; resigned September 18, 1800. "A militia law was passed September 19, 1776, enrolling in train-bands all able-bodied men from sixteen to fifty years of age; exempting nearly all officers, ministers, Quakers, negroes, Indians, and mulattoes; each company to be mustered eight times a year . "Then there was to be an 'alarm list,' composed of all male persons from sixteen to sixty-five years of age not included in the train-band, with some exceptions, if of sufficient ability, to be inspected twice a year. The captains of the 'alarm list' by custom had a brevet title of colonel. There was to be a military. watch kept by those belonging to the train-band and alarm list, under the direction of the commissioned officers of the town. "In looking over the rolls of the men in the French and Indian wars £rom 1745 to 1760, in the 'Adjutant-General's Report' (vol. ii.), 1866, I find the following Chester names, although it is not certain that they were all Chester men, and some Chester men may have been overlooked : "In the winter of 1745-46, Capt. John Goffe had a company of thirty- seven men scouting the woods on snow-shoes, of which Samuel Brown was a sergeant; under Jeremiah Clough, Henry Irvine; under Andrew Todd scouting at Canterbury, 1746, Archibald Miller, Adam Wilson, William McMaster, John Grimes, and James Wilson. Adam Wilson and Archibald Miller afterwards lived in Chester, but probably went from Londonderry. "Capt. Daniel Ladd's company, at Canterbury, 1746: Enoch Rowel, Zebedee Berry, Paul Healey, Samuel Moore, and John Nutt ; William Presson and Henry Ervine, July to December, 1746; Samuel Moore again in 1747. Daniel Foster (lived near Martin's Ferry) was in Eastman's company. Under Moses Foster at Suncock, John Moore, John Carr. John Webster was lieutenant in John Goffe's scouting party in 1748; he might have been Colonel Webster, of Chester. He was afterwards captain, and raised a scout of twenty men, and none of them Chester men; it is probable that he was not the man. In what way these men were raised, whether by voluntary enlist- ment or impressment, or both, I do not know. "It has been seen that in 1747 the town voted to petition the governor Page 258 and council 'to stop, and save any more men being sent out of the town into the service, and to have a suitable number of men kept in the service in our own town.' In 1748 there were petitions sent from different parts of the town to the captains, and by John Tolford and Thomas Wells to the governor and council for men; but probably Chester never had any direct aid. "In the expedition against the French forts, Du Quesne, Niagara, and Crown Point, in the winter of 1755, New Hampshire furnished a regiment of 600 men, under Col. Joseph Blanchard, in which '(he following Chester names appear: Joseph Morril, Daniel Martin, Caleb Dalton, Robert Gordon, John Shackford, Nathan Morse, Samuel Towle, Samuel Emerson (son of Samuel Emerson, Esq., died at Albany, November 17, 1755), Robert Ken- , nedy, John Rowe, John Craig, Samuel Dudley, James Eaton, John Hall, clerk (might have been the first town clerk of Derryfield), Ithiel Gordon, James Fulerton, Samuel Dalton, Reuben Towl, Curtis Bean, John Dalton, Jonas Clay, William Aiken, Robert Witherspoon, William Wilson, Daniel Wilson, James Aiken, John Gage, Nathaniel Etherage. For the expedition against Crown Point in 1756, New Hampshire raised a regIment of 700 men, under the command of Col. Nathamel Meserve of Portsmouth, in the roll of which the following Chester names appear: Jesse McFarland, William McMaster, John Nutt, Robert Gordon, Francis Towle, Joseph Dudley, John McClellan, Benj. Fuller, William Baker, Gideon Rowel, Benj. Bachelder, James Shirley. "In 1757 New Hampshire furnished a regiment of 500 men for the Crown Point expedition. Chester names: Robert Kennedy, Hugh Quinton, John Carr, Samuel Towle (sergeant), Paul Healey ( corporal), Benjamin Bach- elder, Edmund Elliott, Ebenezer Eaton, Samuel Hazelton, Amos Merril, Jonathan Towle, Stephen Dearborn. "The Sixth Company was commanded by Richard Emery: Richard Emery, of Chester, married Mary Blunt, 1765, and is styled major in Chester records in 1767. The Kennedys might have been Goffstown men, and the Chester Daltons did not spell their names Daulton. . "In August, 1757, a reinforcement was sent to Charleston No.4, which served until November. Timothy Foss, David Webster, David Hill, Samuel Dalton, Isaiah Rowe, Benj. Fuller and Samuel Brown are Chester names. "There was a company sent in 1757 to garrison Fort William and Henry. Chester names: Benjamin Libley, Stephen Marden and Nathaniel Rand. "In 1758 another regiment was sent to Crown Point, in which Samuel Towle is second lieutenant, and several Chester names before mentioned, and James Clay, Benj. Currier, Nathaniel Wood, Hugh Quinton, Thomas Wason, John Mills, Joseph Linn, Matthew Templeton, Hugh Shirley, Robert McKin- ley, Oliver Morse, second lieutenant of the Eighth Company, Joshua Pres- cott, Ezekiel Morse and John Quimby. "In I In 1760 a regiment was raised to invade Canada. John Goffee was colonel, and Richard Emory, probably of Chester, major. Hugh Quinton, David Weatherspoon, James Graham, Archibald McDuffee, Robert McKinley, James Quinton, Hugh Shirley, Robert Wasson, James Weatherspoon, Samuel Haseltine, David Webster , Jacob Basford ( died) , Ebenezer Basford, Jonas Clay, David Craige, Jonathan Emerson (son of Samuel Emerson, Esq., died Page 259 at Crown Point, November 7, 1760), John Gage, Samuel Ingalls, John Karr, John Seavey, Titus Wells, Jacob Griffin, Stephen Webster, John Mills, Jacob Quimby, Nathaniel Maxfield, and Nathaniel Rand were from Chester. "Besides the foregoing found on the rolls, it is said that Matthew, son of Samuel Gault, was an officer, and died at Cape Breton, 1759. His wiill was proved August, 1759. William Otterson, the grandfather of the Hook- sett Ottersons, is said to have been in the army and drowned in crossing Lake Champlain in 1760. It has also been said that Abraham Morse was in the French war, and that Elijah Pillsbury was before Quebec when Wolfe was killed. He probably enlisted at Newbury. Wells Chase went from New- bury a campaign under Governor Shirley to Norridgewock in 1754, and was in the battle of Ticonderoga in 1758. Archibald McDuffee was in the French war. The king issued a proclamation, dated February 19, 1754, offering certain bounties in land to such officers and soldiers as should enter his service against the French; and another proclamation, dated October 7, 1763, ordering the land for the New England States to be laid off in the State of Virginia, about one hundred miles above the mouth of the Ohio River. In 1816, James Miltimore, of Windham, came along and procured powers of attorney from the Chester soldiers, among whom were Wells Chase, Robert McKinley, Matthew Templeton, and Archibald McDuffee, empowering him to recover and sell the lands, and gave bonds back to pay them one-half of an that he should receive. I think nothing further was heard about it. "The news of the battle of Lexington spread with amazing rapidity. Nathaniel Emerson received the news at midnight at Candia, and aroused the people, and drummer David Hill beat up for recruits, and Moses Dustin is said to have been the first to fall in, and he served through the war. They soon raised a squad, which soon started for the scene of the war. Probably more than half the able-bodied men started, with such arms as they had and with such conveyance as was at hand, and went to Cambridge, the head- quarters of the army. A portion of the men enlisted, and the rest returned home. So far as the action of the Town of Chester is concerned, by votes in town-meeting, it has been given in the history of those years. The army rolls, and other papers relating to the war, are contained in eleven large volumes in the adjutant-general's office. The matter is very voluminous and difficult to arrange, and I know of no better way than to give the rolls containing Chester men, always including Candia and Raymond, designating the respective towns, Chester A. Candia B, and Raymond C, so far as prac- ticable. I will also supply any seeming deficiencies by documents or tradi- on-Chase "'According to the report of the adjutant-general, 1866, vol. ii., New Hampshire had three regiments in 1775, the first commanded by John Stark: the second by Enoch Poor, the third by James Reid. Stark's and Reid's were stationed at Medford, and were at Bunker Hill ; and Colonel Poor re- mained on duty at home. The Tenth Company of the Third Regiment was commanded by Hezekiah Hutchins, and Amos Emerson, of Chester, was lieu- tenant; and the names of David Currier, Josiah Morse, Peter Severance, Thomas Wilson, and Samuel Moore appear on the roll. Capt. David Shaw says that William Gross, his mother's half-brother, was in the Bunker Hill Page 260 battle, under Emerson. There were two other men known to be in the battle Iwhose names I have not found,-Caleb Hall, who went down at the time of Lexington battle and enlisted, and Dea. John Hills, of Candia who, while lying behind,the rail fence stuffed with hay, had a ball strike his foot, which he picked up, and not fitting his gun, he brought it home. There is a letter from Parker Morse to Deacon Hills extant, directed to him as belonging to Hutchins' company at Mystic. Some of the men who went down at that time and stayed might have enlisted in Massachusetts regiments before the New Hampshire ones were organized. (Chester-Hezekiah Hutchins' Company.-Simon Merril, A. William Shannon; Joseph Smith, A; Saml. Brown, A; James Gross, A; Peter Sever- ance, A; Saml. Morse; Reuben Sanborn, A; Josiah Morse, Jr., A; Joseph Spillad, A; David Currier, A; Thomas Wilson, 13; John Latie, Jr.,A; John Tucker, C; John Lane, 3d, C; Simon Norton, A; James Randal, C; William Randal, C. 'Those from Chester are marked A, Candia B, and Raymond C, and the uncertain are left unmarked. "In the selectmen's accounts for the year 1776 there are the following Iitems charged: , "Paid Joseph Linn, Hugh Cromby, Andrew Aiken, John Vance, Alex- ander Wetherspoon, Timothy Lunt, Jeams Craft their wages for service done at Medford. "Paid Joseph Louge, Samuel Webster, and Benj. Long for service done at Medford. In 1775 there is a charge for pork sent to Cambridge, £6 7S. Sd. . "Paid to Maj. Jabez French money that we hired to support the dele- gates that went to Philadelphia, £9 8s. 6d. "There are also charges for blankets, and for numbering the people. Philip Tilton, captain; Jacob Webster, lieutenant, both of Raymond, and John Tilton, second lieutenant, of Sandown, were the officers of the Third Company, Second Regiment, June 12,.1775, and Caleb Richardson's name is on the roll. "There is a pay-roll of Capt. Nathan Brown's company, David Gilman's regiment, April 10, 1776, in which are Chester names: Nathaniel Blasdel, James McFarland, John Shannon, John Lane, Reuben Hall, Zachariah Butter- field, Jacob Lane, William Shannon, Theophilus Lovereign, of Raymond, Hugh Crombie, James Aiken. "July, 1776. A roll of Capt. Joseph Dearborn's company, No.6, in Colonel Wyman's regiment, in the Continental service against Canada, as mustered and paid by John Dudley, Esq., muster-master and paymaster of said company: "Joseph Dearborn, captain, A; David Wetherspoon, lieutenant, A; Mat- thias Haines, private, C; William'Leatch, A; Samuel Webster , A; Jeremiah Richardson, A; Jeremiah Towle, A; Thomas Wells, A; Samuel Dinsmore, A, died; Anthony Towle, A; Gideon Currier, A; John Knowles, .A; Richard Payne; Joseph Knowles, Jr., A; Josiah Wells, A; John Roberts, C; Thomas Wason .B; John Wason; Nathan Larie, C, died September 26; Israel Griffin; Benjamin Cass, B; John Prescott: Moses Hills, A; Peter Moores,B; Joshua Page 261 Moores; B; Enoch Colby; B; Jacob Clifford, B; Obadiah Hall, A; Benjamin Hall, A or B; James Aiken, A; James Bell; Joseph Linn; A; Hugh McDuffee, A; Moses McFarland, A; John Mc.Clellan, A; David Taylor; Joseph Hills, Jr., A; Ezekiel Morse, C; John Batchelder; John Leavitt, C; Ezekiel Knowles, B; James Wilson, A; James McFarland, A; John Vance, A; Ebenezer Collins; Asa Dearborn, A. "Each private received ten pounds, four shillings, and nine pence; sum total, six hundred and twenty pounds, nineteen shillings, and three pence. Extra wages: paid four sergeants, viz., William Leatch, Enoch Rowel, B, Caleb Morril, and Moses Sanborn, A, eight shillings ; four corporals, viz., Anthony Towle, A, Benaiah Colby, A, Ezekiel Knowles, B, and Asa Heath, at four shillings each; David Hill, B, drummer, four shillings. "Muster and pay-rool of men in Capt. Samuel McConnel's company, Col. David Gilman's regiment, raised out of the regiment commanded by Col. Johr Webster to reinforce the Continental army at New York, and mustered and paid by Col. John Webster, December, 1776: "Ezekiel Worthen, lieutenant, A ; Ichabod Robie, sergeant, B ; John Clark, corporal, B; Timothy Jewel, private; Abraham Brown; Josiah Forsaith. A; Paul Eaton, B; Amos Knowles, B; John Clay, B; David Underhill, A; Isaac Blasdel, A; Nathaniel Blasdel, A; Eliphalet Gordon, C; Peter Sever- ance, A; Daniel Moody, C; Dearborn Heath, A. "Muster and pay-roll of men raised in Colonel Thornton's and Colonel Webster's regiment, to serve in Captain Runnels' company, Col. Thomas Tasker's regiment, Sept~ber 26, 1776. This company was raised from the Londonderry and Chester regiments. Men from Londonderry marked L, as far as known : "Daniel Runnels, captain, L; Samuel Haselton, lieutenant, A; Samuel Buswell, ensign, B ; Ichabod Robie, B; James Sharley, A; Jeremiah Conner , A; Caleb Smith, C; Gilman Dudley, C; John Berry, A; Jonathan Dearborn, A; Nicholas Gilman, C; Derbon Heth, A; William Anderson, B; Moses Turner, H; William Wilson, B; William Moore, A; Samuel Pierce, A; Joseph Presby, A; William Wilson, A; Simon Towle, A; Jonathan,Underhill, A; Jacob Hills, A; Henry Campbell, L; James Mooreland, L; John Morrison, L ; John Cochran, L; Thomas Wilson, L; George Orr, L; Joseph Caldwell, L; David Morrison, B; John Ferguson, L; William Moore, A; John Clifford, C; John Sargent, C; Peter Haselton, A; Alexander; Shirley, A; Daniel Whitcher, C; Thomas Archibald, L; Thomas Wallace, L; James Cambel, L; Samuel Hart; Benjamin Haseltine, A; John Colby, C; James Richardson; Robert Wason, B; Bracket Towle, A; John Shirley, A; David Mills, A; Samuel Morse. L; James Hazard, A; Samuel Dunlap; Josiah Dearborn, A; Samue1 Thompson, L; Pierce Gage, L; Richard Hall; Zibah Kimball, L; John Wil- liams, I.: John McGown, L; John Tarbox, L; James Sprague, L; Abiel Cross, L; Arthur Darrah, L : Peter Robinson; Samuel Spear; Robert Morrisson, L; John Hughes, L: William Eayers, L; Jonathan Holmes, L; John Stuart, I.; James Ferguson. L; Joseph Hobbs, L; Andrew Robertson, L; John Turner; Humphrey Holt, L; Nathan Plummer, L; Samuel Tasker, L; Robert Wilson, B; Robert Boid, L; Mathew Dickey, L; Elijah Town, L; Stephen Donald, L.-September 26, 1776, by John Webster. Page 262 "Chester and Londonderry probably belonged to one regiment up to 1775. In Raymond records, June 15, 1775. "Voted. To impower John Dudley. Esq" with some other persons, to nominate suitable persons for field officers for the regiment that did belong to Colonel Thornton's regiment. "Voted, unanimously, That they are willing that the said regiment should be divided into two regiments. "Pay-roll of Capt. Stephen Dearborn's company, Thomas Stickney's regi- ment, in General Stark's brigade, which company marched from Chester, in the state of New Hampshire, and joined the Northern Continental army, 1777, from July 19th to September 18th : "Stephen Dearborn, captain, A; Ezekiel Lane, lieutenant. C. killed; John Lane, Jr., 2d lieutenant, A, advanced to 1st lieutenant, August 16; Robert Wilson, ensign. A, advanced to 2d lieutenant, August 16; Andrew Aiken, sergeant, A, advanced to ensign August 16; Nathaniel Maxfield, B; Ichabod Robie, B; Ebenezer Dearborn, A; David Currier, A; Joseph Brown. A; Josiah Gordon, A; Sherburne Dearborn, A; Robert Dinsmore, A; Joseph Cass, ser- geant, B; Bracket Towie, sergeant, A; Thomas Dearborn. sergeant, B ; John Underhill, sergeant, A; advanced to sergeant August 16; Benjamin Fellows. corporal; Levi Swain, corporal, C; David Underhill, corporal, A; Robert Rowe, private, A; advanced to corporal August 16; Israel Clifford. private, B; Nathaniel Griffin, A; Joseph Peavey; John Gammet. B; Daniel Allen, A; John Blake; Moses Leavit, C; Moses Webster, Jr., A; Josiah Hall. A; David Perkins; Benjamin Smith, B; Enoch Osgood, C; Samuel Robie, A ; Simon Towie, A; Anthony Clifford. B; John Fatten, A; James McFarland, A; James Presby, A; Joseph White, A; Stephen Fogg, C; Jacob Chase, A~ Samuel Hills, A; William Towle; Jacob Elliot, A; James Richardson, A; David Patten, A; Moses Webster , A; Benjamin Haseltine, A; Isaac Blasdel. A; Sinkler Fox; William Pattredge Fox; Jonathan Bachelor; Daniel Todd, C; Amos Kimball. A; Joseph Rollins; Samuel Fogg, C; Samuel Moore, B; Samuel Dearborn, B; Amos Knowles, B; James Libbey, B; Benjamin Eaton. B; Benjamin Wodley, B; Philip Morse. C; Robert Wilson, Jr: ; Oliver Smith, B; Elisha Thomas; Enoch Colby, B; John Bagley, B; John Clay, B; Moses Emerson. B; Benjamin Fuller, A; John Knowles. A; William Brown, A; Wilkes West, A; Thomas Wilson, B; Benjamin Packard; John Moore, B. died August 21; John Elliott, drummer, A; David Hall, A. "This regiment served in the battle of Bennington, August 16th. "Pay-roll of Capt. Moses Baker's company of volunteers, who marched from Candia, in the State of New Hampshire, and joined the Northern Conti- nental army at Saratoga, September, 1777. "Entered September 27th, discharged November 3d. "Moses Baker. captain, B; Abraham Fitts, lieutenant, B; Jonathan Bagley, ensign, B; Isaiah Row, sergeant, B; Joseph Clifford, sergeant, .B; Sewall Brown, private, B; Jonathan Ring, B; John Sargent. B; Nathaniel Burpee, B; Jacob Clifford, B; Benjamin Hubbart, B; Richard Clough, B; Stephen Palmer, B; Enoch Rowell, B; James Hazard, A ; Silas Canunet, B; Samuel Bagley, B; John Hills, B; Jesse Eaton, B; Benjamin Whitcher, C; Nathan Page 263 Fitts, A; Samuel Haselton, A; John Dearborn, A; Josiah Flagg, A; Edward Robie, A ; Moses Haselton, A; Stephen Hill, A. "Pay-roll of Capt. Joseph Dearborn's company, in Col. Moses Nichols' regIment; marched to Rhode Island; entered August 5th, discharged 28th plus 2 days' travel home.' "Joseph Darbon, captain, A; Benj. Cass, lieutenant, B; Jacob Worthen, ensign, B ; Jabesh Hoit, sergeant, A; Benj Bachelder sergeant, B ; Samuel Runel, sergeant; Ephraim Fitts, corporal, A; Zebulon Winslow, corporal, B ; Aaron Brown, corporal, B; Benj. True, private, A; Benj. Currier, A; John Lane, A; James Whitten, C; William Mills, A ; Asa Dearborn, A ; John Emer- son, A; Benj, Haselton, A; Joseph Knowles, A; James Pierce, A; Robert Runnels, A; Wilks West, A; John Wilson, A; Caleb Hall, B; Philip Morse, C; Obed Edom Hall, B; Jonathan Camet, B; Silas Camet, B; Walter Clay, B; Henry Clark, B ; Joseph Bean, B; Amos Knowles, B; Enoch Colby, B ; Caleb Brown, B; Thomas Wilson, B ; Oliver Smith, B; Burleigh Smith, B ; WIlliam Shannon, B; Sewel Brown, B; Jonathan Pilsbury, B, "Allowance for forty horses at £10 each. "In the summer of 1778 a brigade was sent from New Hampshire to Rhode Island. "There was a company attached to Colonel Peabody's regiment, of which Daniel Reynols, of Londonderry, was captain, Bracket Towle first lieutenant, and Jacob Elliott second lieutenant, a portion of which was from Chester. Entered service June I, 1778, discharged January I, 1779: "William Moore, corporal, A; James Hazzard, corporal, A; Jacob Lane, corporal, C; Samuel Robie, drummer, A; Dearborn Heath, A; Isaac Blasdel, A; Samuel Robie, Jr., A; Moses Webster; Samuel Shannon, A; Paul Healey, A; Jethro Colby, ; Thomas Shannon, B; John Shannon, B ; Nath. Griffin, A; Isaac Colby, killed August 27 ; Thomas Morse, C. "In James Aiken's company for Rhode Island, 1778, Thomas Shirley, James Otterson, Samuel Davis, and Benj. True went to Rhode Island in , Captain Marston's company, 1777. "In the early part of the war the soldiers were mainly citizens, and enlisted for short terms, and many of them appear on several rolls, and with a degree of accuracy can be assigned to their respective towns, but later many strangers were enlisted, who, when their names appear on a roll, cannot be assigned to any town with any certainty. There are recruits credited to the towns, some without any mention of what companies they were assigned to or what service engaged in. "Credited to Chester, I777.-Michael Lamey, Captain Richard's company; James Russ (killed), Isaac Farewell's company; Barthow Stevens and Saml Dolten, Ebenzr Fry's company; Stephen Lovekin, Jonathn Forsaith (died) . and John Lane. Blodgett's company; Josiah Hills (died), Saml Hoyt, Reuben Hall, John Berry (killed), Ebenezr Berry, James Akin, John McClennen, Jeremh Towle. James Akin, Jr., and Wilm White, Emerson's company; Enos Jewell, Robertson's company; Thos Wells, Carr's company; Wilm Furnell, McCIary's company; Benjin Akin, Emerson's company; Saml Wells and Peter Wells, Morrill's company; Wilm Moore, Robertson's company; Jonathn Page 264 Karr, Fry's company; Daniel Shirly, Henry True and Saml Akin, Emerson's company; John Vance, Fry's company. "Recruits Sent by Colonel Webster} July 13, I779.-Thomas Whittaker, residence, Chester; went for Chester; Reuben Sticknee, residence, Raymond ; went for Chester; Timothy Clay, residence, Candia; went for Chester; Samuel Nay, residence, R; went for Chester; Timothy Ingalls, residence, Chester; went for Chester; Jacob Elliott, residence, Chester; went for Chester; Phineas Bean, residence, Candia; went for Candia; Joseph Marston, residence, Deer- field; went for Candia; Josiah Tucker, residence, Nottingham; went for Raymond. "Recruits Sent by Chester.-Thomas Wells, Saml Hoit, George Cooper. Enos Jewell, Samuel Wells, Jeremiah Griffin, enlisted for war. Given up to Meredith: Peter Wells; enlisted for war; Wm Garrison and Richd Flood, enlisted for three years. Lived in Raymond: Stephen Keyes, enlisted for three years. Lived in Plymouth : Valentine Sargent, enlisted for three years. Lived in Londonderry: Joseph Davis, Samuel Richardson and George Mans- field, enlisted for three years; Saml Houston, enlisted for six months. Lived : in Bedford: Moses Webster, Saml Robie, Reuben Tole and Danl Parker, enlisted for six months. "Troops Raised in 1769 for Service in Rhode Island.-Thomas Whittaker, Reuben Stickney (Raymond, enlisted for Chester), Timothy Oay, Samuel Nay (Raymond, for Chester), Timothy Ingalls, Jacob Elliott, Hardy (July 28, 1779, two months), Dearborn Heath (July 28, 1779, two months) . "July I, I780.-Jonathan Wilson, William Moore, Benjamin True, Sam1 Walker, John Knowles, John Brown, Robert Runnels, Isaac Blasdell, Moses Webster, John Aiken, James Russ, Jona. Burrow (sergeant), Chas Hanson, Jedediah Knock, Saml Akens, Bamard Merrill, Jona Rankin, Phineas Stevens (Tamworth hired him first), Daniel Shirley, Samuel Wells, Samuel Holt, William Moore, Stephen Lufk1n, Robert Hastins, Reuben Hall, Geo. Cooper, James Aken (died), Jeremiah Towle, Henry True, John McClennen, Jona. Knock. Abiel Stevens (Tamworth hired him first). "Captain Livermore's Co.} Third Regiment.-Thos. Shronder (died), James Thompson, Josiah Wells (died), Thomas Wells, W111iam White (died), John Barry, Ebenr Barry, John Lane, William Furnal, Saml Dalton, Jona. Forsyth, John Vance and Bartho Stevens. "July I, 178I,-Parker Morse (sergeant), Robert Sharle, Daniel Sharle, William Moer, Joseph Brown, John Spiller, Benj, True, Jr., Caleb Richard- son, Gilbord Morse, Theoder Morse, Wm Garrison (mustered, but claimed by Massachusetts), Richd Flood, Stephen. Keyes, Valentine Sergent; Jos. Davis, Saml Richardson, Saml Houston (SIX months), Moses Webster (six months) , Saml Robie (six months) , Reuben Tole (six months) , Danl Parker (six months) , Geo. Mansfield (three years) , Thomas Wells, Saml Bolt, Geo. Cooper, Enos Jewell (Southampton), Peter Wells, Joseph Davis, Valentine Sargent (Londonderry). . August 25, 178I.-Thomas Wells (war), Samuel Holt (war), Joseph Davis Saml Richardson, George Cooper (war), Enos Jewell (war), Jere. Griffin (war, given up to Meredith) , Peter Mills {three years), William Gar Page 265 rison ( three years) , Richard Flood ( Raymond) , Stephen Keyes ( Ports- mouth), Valentine Sargent (Londonderry), Geo. Mansfield, Saml Houston (Bedford, six months) , Moses Webster , Saml Robie, Reuben Tole, Daniel Parker, Charles Mann and Jonathan Conant. "April 12, I782.-John Worth, Reuben Stickney, Joseph Tucker, Daniel Clay, Abraham Brown, Edw Hamilton, Moses Basford, Thomas Dollof, Ebenr Currier, William Batchelder, William Hall, Daniel Doyne, Robt H. Hill and Andrew Nelson. "There is a history of the First New Hampshire Regiment, by Frederic Kidder, 1868, containing a roll of the enlisted men who served between January, 1777, and January, 1782, which contains the names of John Knook and David Shirley, of Chester, and of Thomas Capron, of Candia, not on the , foregoing list. "The foregoing is a list of the soldiers furnished by Chester, as correct as can be conveniently made from the army rolls; but those cover so much ground, and so many strange names occur, which are not assigned to any particular town, that it is probably very incomplete. There are names of men on the town accounts to whom bounties were paid, and the names of others to whom notes were paid, probably for bounties, without being so designated, which mostly, if not all, are included in the foregoing rolls, so that it was not thought best to spend the time in collecting and space in the history to print it. "Great exertion had to be used to raise men. The town was divided into classes, according to the number of men to be raised, and one or more men assigned to each class, which they were required to raise. The town was also classed to raise beef and corn for the army, and also to support the soldiers' families. . "The following specimen of the requisitions was found among the papers of Col. Stephen Dearborn : " To CAPT. STEPHEN DEARBORN AND ROBERT ROWE: Agreeably to an act of the General Court and a vote of the town, the following persons who are named, with the amount of their ratable estate, are to procure an able- bodied, effective man for the Continetal service three years, or during the war, to be ready to be mustered in on or before the l0th day of May next, or pay the fine agreeable to law and the vote of the town. You are desired to notify each one in this list to meet and prescribe such method as they shall think proper in order to procure sd man. " 'CHESTER, April 29, 178~. " 'JABEZ HoIT, " 'STEPHEN MORSE, " 'JOSEPH BLANCHARD, " 'Selectmen of Chester. £ s. d. " 'David Richardson. ..I 9 I Lieut. John Lane. 2 17 7 Joseph Carr 3 6 10 Jona.Norton 2 1O II EzekielH.Kelley 10 0 Simon Norton 12 0 Widow Ann Carr 9 3 Joseph Norton. 2 18 8 266 HISTORY OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY £ $. d. Jona.Berry: 2 14 5 Caleb Hall 1 12 I Jeremiah Gnffin I 6 0 Jona. Emery. I 14 4 : Robert Rowe I 16 2 Samuel White. 16 6 Samuel Murray I 13 6 Stickney 3 0 Barnard Bricket 2 10 I Moody Chase I 18 S JohnClark I 7 o Wells 2 2 8 Abraham Morse . 12 O Jere. Underhill I 17 2 Capt. Stephen Dearborn .2 14 0 Nathl Wood I 14 2 "The following are recruits furnished by Candia, as found on various. muster-rolls, and as found in the adjutant-general's office : "1777. John Magoon, Stevens Bailey, Jonathan Green, Isaac Morse, John Colby, Eleazer Quimby, John Taylor. "1778. Nehemiah Leavitt, John Kent, Asa Pierce, John Mitchell, Ebenr Williams, William Wilkins, Henry Gotham, Nat. Wadley, David Bagley, Wm Patten, Daniel Libbie, John Caldwell, John Loveren, John Kent, James Tiel, Thomas Capron, James Jeel, James Bragdon, David Hill, Robt Holland, Jonas Perry, Henry Kimball, Joseph Gilman, Humphrey Hunt. . "1779. David Libbie, John Caldwell, Michael Poor, John Anderson, John Loverin, John Kent, Phineas Bean, Joseph Marston, John Grattan ( two months). "1780. Benjamin Eaton, Samuel Clay, Edward Currier, Samuel Shan- non, John Eaton, Alexr Eaton. "1781. Col. John Webster certifies that he sent forward the following four men for Candia, when there ought to have been five: John Wasson, Jonathan Davis, Nathaniel Underhill, Thomas Anderson. "1782. Jona. Morris, Peter Cammet, Ebenr Eaton, Moses Norris, John Moore, Benja. Sanborn, Jason Hazard. "Recruits Furnished by Raymond.-Captain Mark's Company, Colonel Long's Regiment.-Benj. Fox, James Fullington, Ezekiel Holman. "Col. Nathan Hale's Regiment.-Wm Tole, David Batchelder, Jona Ful- lonton, Jos Fullongton, Theor Lovering, Ithiel Gorden. "Captain Wait's Company, Colonel Stark's Regiment.-Richard Robinson. "Captain Rowell's Company, Coi. Nathan Hale's Regiment.-William Towle, Joseph Fullington, Ithiel Gordon, junr., Eliphalet Gorden, Amos D. Leavitt, Aaron Sanborn, James Hersey, John Lane,. Galeb Gilman, Thomas Taylor, Joseph Jewel. "1779. Hezekiah Pollard, John Moore, James Libbey, James Mack, James Delap, Josiah Tucker, from Nottingham, enlisted for Raymond; Jona- than Fullerton, Rowell's Co. ; John Fox, for two months; Benj. Whittier, enlisted for Kingston; Thomas Dolloff, enlisted for Kingston; Jos. Dolloff Leavitt, enlisted for Kingston. "1780. Wm Pat. Prescott, Timothy Jewell, Smith Cram, Richard Flood. "1781. Elipht Gordon, James Libbey, of Candia, Theor Loverin, Elijah Pollard, Ezekl Pollard, Barton Pollard, Hezekh Pollard, Richd Robinson, Capt. Boston's Company; Nat. Richardson, Wm. Towle, James Wells, John Page 267 Moore, of Chester; James Dunlap, of Massachusetts State; Ithiel Gordon, Elipht Gordon, Theor Lovrin, Joseph Fullerton, William Towle. "The following is a list of soldiers who enlisted in the army from Chester in the war of 1812, furnished by Josiah Forsaith : "Josiah Forsaith, died August 18, 1868; Jonathan Currier, died at Sack- ett's Harbor; David Dolbier, of Raymond; Josiah Sanborn, discharged at Concord; Bradbury Moody Carr, died at Concord; John Colby, died at French Mills; Abner Blasdel, said to have deserted; Ebenezer Blasdel, died at Acworth; Samuel Davis, died at Concord; Joseph Neal; John Crawford, died at Nottingham in 1866, aged eighty; Josiah Moore, died in 1821 ; Henry Moore, killed in battle; Moses Underhill, Jr. ; Benjamin Currier, Jr. ; Nathan Webster; John Dunlap, died in 1867; Nath'l Griffin; William Griffin, died in the army. From Raymond.-Amos Davies, killed at French Mills; Theophilus Stephens, died. Drafted Men.-There was a draft made of men to defend Portsmouth Harbor. The following is the roll of a company which served from May 24 to July 4, 1814, and were from the Seventeenth Regiment. Those from Chester are marked A; Candia, B; Raymond, C; Allentown, D : "George Evans, captain, D; Samuel Aiken, Jr., lieutenant, A; Noah Week, ensign, A; William Stanwood, sergeant, A; Jonathan Morrill, sergeant, A ; Samuel W. Evans, sergeant, D; Reuben Bean, sergeant, B; True C. Graves, corporal; John Dinsmore, corporal, A; Moses Dudley, corporal, B; James Wilcomb, corporal, A ; Moses Crichet, musician, B; Moses Chase, musician, A. "Privates.-Josiah Anderson, B; Andrew Buntin, A; John Brown, 3d; David Brown, 3d, Jona. S. Brown, Ebenezer Brown, Jonathan Ball, A; Joseph Calfe, A; Zacheus Colby, A; Jonathan Cass, B; Jeremiah Chandler, Samuel Clark, Joseph Cressy, A; James Dinsmoor, A; Benjamin Edgerly, Nathan French, David Glidden, C; William Greenough, A; Phineas Haley, C; Henry Ball, A; John Johnson, A; Amos Kimball, A; John Lane, C; Thomas Leonard, John Mars, Charles Marston, A; Moses C. Magoon, C; Richard Morse, Supply Morse, Nath. Martin, Thomas Montgomery, A; Peter Niel, A; Nathan Poor, C; Jacob Randall, A; Richard Robie, B; Wadley Richard- son, B; John P. Rowell, A; Orlando Spofford, A; John Seavey, A; Richard Straw, Jona. H. Shaw, Henry Thatcher, C; Elisha Towle, C; Samuel Thomp- son, Daniel Towle, C; Enoch Worthen, B; John Wilson, 3d, A; Stephen Worthen, Jr., A; Abram. Smith, Edmund Richardson. "The following is a roll of the company of Capt. Sanluel Collins. of Deerfield, which served three months from September 12, 1814 : "Moses Hezelton, 3d, lieutenant, A; Henry Osgood, ensign, C; Jonathan Cass,sergeant, B; James Severance, sergeant, A; Josiah Whicher, corporal, B;John Brown, Jr., corporal, C; James C. Rand, corporal, A. "Privates.-Squires Bachelder, B; Ebenezer Brown, C; John Brown, A; Joseph Clifford, B; Nehemiah Clay, A; Joseph Chase, Jr., A; Daniel Carr, A; Henry Clifford, C; Richard Currier, B; Gilman D. Cass, B; Jonathan Emer- son, B; David Emerson, A; James P. French, B; Reuben Gale, B; Phineas Healey, B; Peter M. Mills, A; Henry Morse, C Samuel Roberts, C; Darnel Robey, C; John Towle, B; Haly True, C; Daniel McDuffee, A. Page 268 "The following is a roll of the company of Capt. Samuel Aiken, Jr., of Chester, which served sixty days from September 26, 1814: "Samuel Aiken, Jr., captain, A; Joseph Hubbard, first lieutenant, B; W m. Stanwood, ensign, A; Jabez Crooker, sergeant and clerk, A ; William Turner, sergeant, B ; Jonathan Morrill, sergeant, A; Abel Read, sergeant, B ; Jeremiah Chandler, sergeant, C ; William Aiken, sergeant, A; Samuel Lane, corporal, A; Francis Folsom, corporal, C; Benjamin Rowe, corporal, B; James Wilcomb, corporal, A; Nathan Brown, musician, C; Richard Eaton, B; Gilman Lovering, C. "Privates.-Orlando Spofford, A; John Hall, A; Benjamin Mills, A; William Greenough, A; John Davis, A; Ebenezer Wilcomb, A; David Mor- rill, A; David Murry, A; John Shirley, A; Samuel Lane, Jr., A; Josiah Turner, B; Daniel Taylor, B; Gilman Richardson, B; Isaiah Lane, B; John Clark, B; Willis Patten, B; Moses Patten, B; John Colby, B; John Butler, A; Benjamin Preston, A; Daniel Bail, A; John Dolby, A; Robert Wilson, A; William Dearborn, A; Jeremiah Rand, Jr., A; L. H. Seavy, A; Jonathan Norton, A; Theodore Jewett, A; Robert Mills, A; Nathan Webster, A; John Seavey, A; John Wilson, A; Henry West, A; David Leach, A; James Calfe, A; Israel Blake, A; Reuben Dinsmore, A; Stephen J. Worthen, Jr., A; Mead R. Underhill, A; John Chase, A; Matthew Dickey, A; Jonathan Wil- liams; Samuel Thompson, A ; John Hosden, A ; Joseph Brown, A ; John A. Otterson, A; Joshua Martin, Jr., A; Jeremiah Brown, B; Parker Hills B Benjamin Eaton, B; Moses Stephens, B; Sewall Brown, B; John Moore, B; Moses Critchet, B; Riley Smith, B; Sargent French, B; James Wilson, B; Aaron Rowe, B; William Baton, B; Jonathan Robey; Nathan Thorne, B; Joseph Rand, B; Samuel Moody, C; David Clifford, C; David Gill, C; David Brown, Jr., C.; Supply Morse, C; Moses Healey, C; Daniel Scribner, C; James Dudley, Jr., C; Jonathan Holman, C; Isaiah Cram, C; Nathaniel Towle, C; David Robie, C; John Smith, C." A ROLL OF MEN SENT INTO THE ARMY FROM CHESTER DURING THE REBELLION, 1861-65 Second Regiment mustered into U. S. service June 10, 1861--Three Years.-Company C, Andrew Nichols, wounded at Gettysburg; died in An- dersonville June 1864. Company C, Charles J. Rand, discharged for dis- ability. Company E, Arthur T. Leonard, corporal, discharged for disability. Company E, George S. Brown, promoted to corporal. Company E, Aaron Everet, discharged for disability. Company E, Joseph Everet, discharged for disability. . Recurits.-Company I, William Broard, transferred to navy; Company I, Frank Donaghue; Company K, James Farrel; Company I; James McGuire, , wounded June 3, 1864; Company I, Frank Strickland; Company A, John E. Hartwell, enlisted September, 1865, mustered out December, 1865. Third Regiment-Three Years-Company B, Converse B. Weymouth, wounded severely; discharged for disability January, 1865. Company D, John S. Blasdel, re-enlisted veteran; discharged for disability 1865. Fourth Regiment-Three Years.-Company C, Orrin T. Dodge,re-en- Page 269 listed February, 1864. Company I, Franklin A. Brown, corporal, discharged for disability July, 1862; Company I, Charles M. Ordway, re-enlisted Feb- mary, 1864. Company K, Stickney S. Gale, sergeant, re-enlisted February, 1864. Fifth Regiment-Three Years.-Company K, Joseph Bronilland, received December, 1863; killed at Petersburg June, 1864. Company H, Jacob Poi- latscheck, received December, 1863. Company C, James Rogers, received August, 1863. Company C, Joseph Trickey, received December, 1863; wounded June, 1864; died August, 1864, at Alexandria, Va. Sixth Regiment-THREE YEARS.-Company D, James Farrel, received November, 1863 ;.deserted Camp Nelson, Ky., December, 1863. Company C, Henry Scott, received May, 1864. Company E, Thomas J. Wilson, received November, 1863. Company C, William M. Locke, re-enlisted December, 1863; promoted to corporal; discharged for disability August, 1864. Com- pany C, William Smith, received May, 1864; discharged for disability Sep- tember, 1864. Seventh Regiment-Three Years.-Company A, Henry 0. Davis, re- enlisted February, 1864; promoted to corporal; wounded severely October, 1864; discharged for disability December, 1864. Eighth Regiment-Three Years.-Company A, James M. M. Elliott, Mustered November, 1861; discharged May, 1862. Company F, Joseph Everett, corporal, December, 1861; promoted to first sergeant; killed Port Hudson, May, 1863. Company F, Charles H. Kent, mustered in December, 1861; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps May, 1864. Company F, Sam- uel c. McDuffee, mustered in December, 1861 ; discharged for disability December, 1863. Company F, John Robinson, mustered in December, 1861 ; discharged for disability February, 1863. Ninth Regiment-Three Years.-Company A, James A. Cole, mustered in July 3, 1862. Company B, Charles F. Shaw, mustered in July 3, 1862 ; discharged for disability Fredericksburg, January, 1863- Eleventh regiment-Three Years.-Company I, John Underhill, ser- geant, September, 1862; wounded December, 1862 ; discharged March, 1863, Company I, Daniel S. West, corporal, September, 1862 ; wounded severely May, 1864. Company I, William E. C, Cooledge, September, 1862. Com- panyI, James M. M. Elliott, September, 1862. CompanyI, Warren J. Hills, September, 1862; missing in action July, 1864. Company I, Dudley J, Mar- ton, September, 1862; wounded December, 1862, Company I, Cyrus E. Roberts, September, 1862; transferred to I. C. September, 1863. Com- panyI, Edmund T, Roby, September, 1862; deserted June, '1864. Company I, Thomas 0, Reynolds, September, 1862; wounded December, 1862. Com- pany I, Sewell W. Tenney,. September, 1862; wounded December, 1862; discharged April, 1863. Company I, Nathaniel West, Jr., September, 1862" Forteenth Regiment-Three Years.-Franklin C. Weeks, assistant sur- geon, September, 1862; discharged for disability March, 1864. Company F, Charles A. Clark, received January, 1864. , Fifteenth Regiment-.Nine months (October, 1862).-Company K, Wal- lace T.Larkin, second lieutenant, November, 1862; discharged to accept, promoton August, 1863. Company K, Luther C. Stevens, sergeant. Com- Page 270 pany K, Alfred F. B. Edwards, corporal. Company K, John A. Hazleton, corporal. Company K, Marston L. Brown. Company K, Milton S. Brown, discharged for disability July, 1863. Company K, Henry N. Brown. Com- pany K, Emerson Childs. Company K, David F. Clay. Company K, John S. Currier, discharged for disability July, 1863. Company K, David C. French. Company K, Matthew Forsaith. Company K, George M. D. Mead. Company K, Samuel V. Osgood. Company K, Benjamin F. Spofford. .Com- pany K, John W. West, 2d. Eighteenth Regiment-Three Years.-Silas F. Leamard, major, July, L 1865; not mustered; mustered out as captain July, 1865. Company D, I William S. Greenough, captain, commissioned September, 1864. Company. D, John Underhill, second lieutenant, commissioned September, 1864. Com- pany D, Albert F. B. Edwards, corp., September, 1864; promoted to sergeant. Company D, Perley C. Ingalls, wagoner, September, 1864. Company D, Richard H. Currier. Company D, Samuel V. Osgood, promoted to corporal. Company D, George S. Smith, promoted to corporal. Company D, Francis Savoie. Company D, Aaron D. Sergent, discharged for disability. Com- pany D, Isaac F. Underhill, promoted to corporal. Company D, Albert Ha- son, discharged for disability at City Point, October, 1864. Company H, Silas F. Learnard, captain, commissioned February, 1865; promoted to major July,I865. Company H, Cyrus.S. Dolloff, sergeant. Company H, Augustus P. Greenough, sergeant. Company H, John T. Lovitt, corporal. Company H, Joseph R. Morse, musician. Company H, Ephraim Nichols, wagoner. Company H, Samuel S. Adams, promoted to corporal. Company H, Willard E. Coburn. Company H; Albert B. Goldsmith, discharged for disability at Concord, N. H., February, 1865. Company H, Henry H. Hook, discharged for disability at Concord, N. H., February, 1865. Company H, Richard C. Lawrence, promoted to corporal. Company H, Fred. D. Morse. Company H, William B. Robie. Company H, William H. Underhill. Company H, Benjamin F. Underhill. Heavy Arlillery.-James P. Batchelder, mustered August, 1863; dis- charged for disability March, 1864. Company C, Joseph W. Chase, mustered September, 1864. Company K, Charles P. Abbott, appointed artificer, Sep- tember, 1864. Company K, Jacob J. Elliott, September, 1864. Company K, John W. Hazeltine, September, 1864. Company K, George H. McDuffee, September, 1864. Company K, Charles F. True, September, 1864. Com- pany K, George F. Tebbetts. Company K, Elbridge Wason. Company K, Clement A. West. Company K, George W. Wilcomb. Company K, Charles ~ H. West. Company K, John W. West, 2d. Sharpshooter.-Silas W. Tenney, mustered November, 1861. "The foregoing list is made from the report of the adjutant-general. There has been a list made by Miss Noyes, of Chester, which she calls the Roll of Honor,' which does not contain the names of a number of foreign recruits credited to Chester, and contains the following names not in the foregoing list : Louis Bell, John Bell, Henry Beals, William Brown; Mark Carr, Perley Chase, Joseph Dane, Charles A. Dearborn, David J. Dearborn, Lloyd G. Gale, James Gerah, Nelson Gillingham, Jesse Hall, Joseph W. Hazelton, Page 271 Kinniston, Cyrus F. Marston, Benjamin F. Morse, Frank Morse, Daniel Osgood, Samuel S. Parker, Curtis B. Robinson, Charles B. Robie, Edward J. Robie, Joseph S. Rowell, D. Leroy Sanborn, Page R. Smith, " Alphonso P. R. Smith, John P. Spofford, Frederick Spollett, Charles L. Seavey, Daniel A. Webster, Robert Wason, Frank C. Wood, Charles C. Willey, Charles S. Wells, Charles H. Weymouth. The Chester Free Public Library was founded in 1894. In 1895 a build- ing was purchased and remodeled for the purpose of containing the books, which were then housed in a grocery store. When completed the Ladies' Social Library Association of Chester turned over to the town 900 volumes and closed their circulating library. The number of volumes at present in the Public Library exceed eleven hundred. Miss Elizabeth M. Fitts is the librarian. The societies are: Chester Grange, P. of H. ; Bell Post, G. A. R. ; Woman's Relief Corps; Jr. 0. U. A. M. J. So Roberts is the physician. See chapter "Bench and Bar," for biographies of John Porter, Arthur Livermore, Samuel D. Bell, David Pillsbury and Samuel Bell. Gen. Louis Bell, of the Fourth New Hampshire Regiment, was born in Chester March 8, 1837. 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