Landmarks in Ancient Dover, New Hampshire by Mary P. Thompson, Durham, N.H. ©1892, Printed by the Republican Press Association, Concord, N.H. LANDMARK: Alley Point, Stony Brook, Champion's Rock NAMES: ALLEY, Samuel; ELLIS, Edward; MAC ELROY, John; GARLAND, Jabez; THOMPSON, Wm.; ALLEY, Elizabeth; CLEMENT, Job; HOWARD,Amos; HARTFORD, Paul Alley Point. This name is given on Whitehouse's map of 1834 to a point on the eastern shore of the Cochecho, above the Narrows. the name was derived from Samuel Alley, whose land here is mentioned Dec. 30, 1734, when Edward Ellis conveyed to John MacElroy 30 acres of land, "beginning at ye lower end of a brook called Stony brook, and running up to ye road yt leads from Jabez Garland's, and so by ye road to ye parting fence between Samuel Alley's land and said lot, and from sd Alley's land to Wm. Thompson's, thence as sd Thompson's fence runs to Cochecho salt river, and along sd river to ye lower end of ye sd Stony brook." Samuel Alley and wife Elizabeth conveyed to Job Clement, March 28, 1758, fifty acres of land where they then dwelt, bounded N. by said Clement's land, E. by Amos Howard's W. by Garland's and Paul Harford's to Cochecho river, running down said river till it comes to Howard's land, near Champion's rocks. Pg 7-8 - Submitted by C. Parziale **************************************************************************** * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter informa- tion is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.