Landmarks in Ancient Dover, New Hampshire by Mary P. Thompson, 
Durham, N.H. ©1892, Printed by the Republican Press Association, 
Concord, N.H. 


LANDMARK: Beard's Creek, Woodman's creek	

NAMES:  BEARD, Wm.; MATHEWS, Francis; WOODMAN, John; MATHES, Benjamin; 
	Beard's Creek.  this is the first inlet on the north side of Oyster 
river below Durham Falls.  The name is derived from Wm. Beard, who was living
at Oyster River, June 16, 1640, when he conveyed to Francis Mathews his house
and land, "situate, lying, and being in Oyster river, next adjoining ye land
of Darbey field."                     
	This creek is mentioned in 1660, when John Woodman had a grant of 
twenty acres "at the head of William Beard's creek." (See Stony Brook.)  
And again in 1663, when Benjamin Mathes conveyed land to John Woodman on 
"the west side of Wm. Beard's creek."                    
	There was a public landing place at the head of Beard's creek as 
early as 1689, in which year a road was laid out from it extending to 
Newtown.  The town of Durham conveyed this landing place to Jonathan Woodman
in 1779.  (See Brown's Hill.)  This creek is often called "Woodman's creek"
in the Durham records, being partly bordered by the land attached to Woodman's
garrison.  (See Beard's Garrison.)                    
	The bridge on the turnpike road across Beard's creek, near the mouth,
is called in the town records by various names, according to the owner of the 
adjacent land, such as Steele's bridge, Kingman's bridge, and now Coe's 
bridge.										

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