Landmarks in Ancient Dover, New Hampshire by Mary P. Thompson, Durham, N.H. ©1892, Printed by the Republican Press Association, Concord, N.H. LANDMARKS: Blackwater Brook and Marsh NAMES: TWOMBLY, Isaac; TWOMBLY, Allen; HEARD, TRISTRAM; WENTWORTH, Paul; Blackwater Brook and Marsh. Blackwater brook rises in the southern part of Rochester, flows through the north-western part of Somersworth into Dover, and empties into the river Cochecho above Hussey's falls. There have been two saw-mills on this brook in the course of the present century. The first one was owned and operated by Isaac Twombly, and the other by his son Allen, but neither of them is now standing. Blackwater bridge, otherwise called Mast bridge because on the Mast road to Whitehall is mentioned June 23, 1701, in a grant of 30 acres to Tristram Heard. That same day Paul Wentworth had a grant of 15 acres of marsh " on the west side of Black water marsh." A petition was made to the town of Dover, May 3, 1739, for a road to be laid out "from Scatterwitt, so called, through Blackwater woods near Long hill to the Rochester line." Blackwater,as a locality, is often mentioned in the early records, and this name is still given to one of the school districts in Dover. PG 25-26 - 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.