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

LANDMARKS:Bickford's Ferry	Bickford's Point

NAMES: BICKFORD, John; FFOLLETT, Nicholas; DOWNING, John; MATHES, 
	Benjamin; LANGLEY, Jeremiah Esq.	

	Bickford's Point, Mention is made of "the poynt whearon John Bickford 
now dweleth," the 7th, 4 mo., 1675.  The road from Oyster river falls to 
Bickford's Poynt is mentioned in a grant to Nicholas Ffollett, laid out Ap. 
11, 1694.  This road is spoken of in a deed from John Downing to Benjamin 
Mathes,Sept. 7, 1738, as "ye highway yt leads from ye falls to ye ferry call-
ed Bickford's Ferry."  The Durham records, Aug 15, 1754, mention " the high-
way from Bickford's point to Durham falls."     
	Bickford's Point was on the shore of Little Bay, near the mouth of 
Oyster river, where the Bickford garrison once stood.  It is now owned by 
Jeremiah Langley, Esq.								

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