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

LANDMARK: Beaver Dam, Great Beaver Dam

NAMES: WIGGIN, Thomas; EDGERLY, Thomas Jr.,; TASKER, Will; DERRY, John; 
	
	The most noted beaver dam in ancient Dover was at Bellamy Hook, a 
little above the mouth of the Mallego.  It is mentioned in 1659, when Thomas
Wiggin's grant of 200 acres was laid out on a branch of Bellamy river, "neare
ye Great Beaver Dam."                    
	Thomas Edgerly, Jr., March 19, 1693-4, had a grant of five acres of 
fresh marsh "on the north side of ye marsh Will Tasker and John Derry hath 
cleared above ye great beaver dam," which was confirmed to him Ap. 2, 1694.
	Twenty acres of fresh marsh were granted John Derry and William Tasker,
July 14, 1703, above the great beaver dam on the south side of said river. 
											

PG 16-17




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