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


LANDMARKS:Campin's Rocks	


NAMES: SANDERS, Joseph; HEARD, John; HANSON, Tobias; GARLAND, Jabez; 
HANSON, Timothy; GARLAND, Dorcas; HANSON, Thomas; SCAMMON, Richard; 
HANSON, James; SEVER, Rev. Mr.; ALLEY, Samuel; CLEMENT, Job; CHAMPION, 
Robert; CAMPION, Clement; PAYNE, William; ESTES, Joseph;	

	Campin's Rocks.  This name is given to a well-known ledge that 
projects from the right bank of the Cochecho, at the Narrows.  It is 
mentioned in a grant to Joseph Sanders in 1660,¹  and again Oct. 25, 1669,
when he sold John Heard 30 acres "on Dover Neck, near Cochecho, right up
from Campin's Rock," joining Tobias Hanson's land.  Jabez Garland and 
wife Dorcas, July 7, 1694, conveyed to Timothy Hanson 30 acres of land 
"upon Dover Neck, near Campon's Rocks," laid out to Joseph Sanders, and 
sold by him to John Heard, and given by John Heard, deceased, to his daugh-
ter Dorcas, wife of said Jabez.  This tract was adjacent to the lands of 
Timothy, Thomas, and Tobias Hanson.  Richard Scammon conveyed to Joseph 
Estes, March 23, 1738-9, 4 acres and 32 rods of land on "ye southerly side 
of ye road from Cochecho down to ye landing at Campain's Rocks," adjoining 
the land that was James Hanson's.  The name of these Rocks is otherwise 
written.  They are called Camping rocks in a grant to the Rev. Mr. Sever 
in 1711, and Champion's rocks in a deed from Samuel Alley to Job Clement, 
March 28, 1758.                   
	Campin's Rocks	Campin is no doubt a corruption of Campion or 
Champion.  A Robert Champion of Dover is mentioned in 1657, when a jury 
of twelve men, "sworn to inquire into his death," declared that he had 
been drowned by accident.  (County Records, Exeter.)  This may be a key 
to the popular tradition that Campin's rocks were so called from a man 
who,  pursued hither by the Indians, was forced to jump into the river 
in order to escape.  A Clement Campion is mentioned as early as 1644, 
when he brought a suit against Wm. Payne for carrying pine staves and masts
into the Bay, for which Payne was fined 20 shillings and costs.  
(County Records, Exeter.)  He seems to have lived in Portsmouth.  "Master" 
Clement Campione's house is spoken of, Jan 12, 1652, as opposite Furson's 
island, now Noble's, which is on the right side of the Pascataqua river, a 
little below Cutt's cove.  It stood no doubt on Campion's Neck, mentioned 
July 10, 1655, which comprised the land from the North burying-ground to 
Raine's shipyard in Portsmouth.					

¹Joseph Sanders was killed by the Indians June 28, 1689.	

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