Landmarks in Ancient Dover, New Hampshire by Mary P. Thompson, Durham, N.H. ©1892, Printed by the Republican Press Association, Concord, N.H. LANDMARKS: Canney's Creek or Cove NAMES: CANNEY, Thomas; RAWLINS, James; KING, Richard; PENDLETON, Capt. Bryan; RAWLINS, James; NELSON, Matthew; PICKERING, John; VAUGHAN, William; HUNTRESS, George; RAWLINS, Benjamin;HUNTRESS, Samuel; HUNTRESS, Jonathan; RAWLINS, Samuel; VAUGHN, Mary; WALKER, Gideon; BROWN, William; STOODLY, William; STOODLY, James; FOLSOM, Nathaniel; PICKERING, WINTHROP; DOW, Amos; HILL, Samuel; PAUL, Stephen; FRINK BROTHERS Canney's Creek or Cove, otherwise Kenney's.¹ This is an inlet from the Pascataqua river, on the eastern shore of Newington, and one of the bounds of ancient Dover. It derived its name from Thomas Canney, or Canning, of the Dover Combination of 1640, who, as early as 1652, had a grant of land on the upper side of this creek, which was afterwards acquir- ed by James Rawlins. It is mentioned in 1657, when the lower bounds of Dover were defined as running "from Kenney's creek to Hogsty Cove, with all the marsh from that place round about the bay up to Cotterill's Delight, with four hundred acres of upland adjoining." The lower boundary of Dover, as recorded in 1701, ran from the middle of Quamphegan falls down the river to Hilton's Point; thence to Kenney's creek, and thence in a direct line to Hogsty Cove, and from this cove to the mouth of Lamprey river. A tract of 240 acres was laid out to Capt. Bryan Pendleton next to James Rawlins, Dec. 5, 1661, beginning at Kenney's Cove, and running down by the river 80 rods to pyne cove, etc. (See Pine Cove.) James Rawlins, Aug. 25, 1662, mortgaged to Bryan Pendleton 100 acres of land "lying in the long reach, from Canney's cove upward nyntie od pole by ye water side, and so up into the woods, together with the land in tillage, with ye corn upon it, and his then dwelling house, with two cows." This mortgage seems to have been redeemed, for James Rawlins sold the Canney land to Matthew Nelson Sept. 12, 1679. Nelson sold it to George Huntress. "George Huntris," in his will of June 8, 1715, gives his sons Samuel and John, his farm where they then dwelt, lying by the side of the Long Reach, part of which he bought of Matthew Nelson, part of John Pickering, and part of Wm. Vaughan, the whole containing 150 acres, part of which lay "in the township of Portsmouth, and part in Newington, which was Dover."² Samuel and Jonathan Huntress, Ap. 3, 1758, made a division of their farm of 71 acres, held in common, bounded north by the land of Saml Rawlins' heirs, east by the Pascataqua river, south by the land of Samuel Brown of Salem, and westerly by the road leading to Portsmouth. With the record of this division, in the County Registry, is a plan of said farm, including Kenney's creek or cove. Jonathan's portion extended to the mouth of this cove. Samuel's part was above, 'with the right of a road two roads wide to a watering place near Kenny's cove." Samuel Huntress died shortly after this division was made, and was buried near the "Upper Huntress," on land now owned by Miss Mary Huntress. His gravestone bears the following inscription: "Here lies the body of Samuel Huntress, died April 28, in the yr 1758, aged 71 ys." The above-mentioned Huntress land, as shown, extended south to the land of Samuel Browne of Salem. And Jonathan Huntress, in the conveyances of his portion to Gideon Walker at a later day, describes it as bounded south by Wm. Browne of Salem. The Brown land was the old Baughan land, originally granted to Brian Pendleton, extending from Kenney's creek to pine cove. It was acquired by Wm. King of Salem, son of Mary (Vaughan) King, , who conveyed it to Samuel Brown Ap. 20, 1738. The deed describes it as bounded north by the Huntess land. This land, amounting to 400 acres, extended into the pitch-pine plains of Newington. It was conveyed by Wm. Browne of Salem to James Stoodly Feb 21, 1770. Wm. Stoodly, son of James, sold this land to Nathaniel Folsom, March 26, 1790, and confirmed the sale by another deed of Aug. 7, 1792, after which it became known as Folsom farm. Over 54 acres of this farm were afterwards acquired by the Frink brothers, who sold this tract to Winthrop Pickering May 12, 1856. The deed describes it as bounded north by the land of Amos Dow (previously Walker's or the Huntress land) and extending south along the river to land formerly owned by Samuel Hill, deceased. Winthrop Pickering conveyed this land to Stephen Paul, Ap. 29 1862. Whence it is evident that the Kenney or Canney's creek of early times, which in part separated the Huntress land from the Pendleton land--afterwards Browne's, then Stoodly's, and then Folsom's land--was the one now known as Paul's creek. It has been obstructed and greatly disfigured by the railway, but its former dimensions can still be traced. PG 36-37 ¹Canney's Creek is called King's creek in the Mass. records May 22, 1656 (See N.H. Prov. Pap., I : 222.) The latter name may have been given it by the settlers at Strawberry Bank, from Richard King, who, as early as 1649, owned Clampering island, now Leach's, further down the river. ²The Pickering land, above mentioned was, in part a tract of 35 acres con- veyed to John Pickering, Jr., by Benjamin Rawlins Sept 13, 1689, bounded by ye land formerly bought by Matthew Nelson, beginning at ye river side, by ye edge of ye bank, and running along Nelson's land 129 rods, then north 43 rods, with the same breadth down straight to the river, and so to the first bound, keeping said breadth of river at the other end: and, in part a grant of six acres from the town of Dover to John Pickering Ap. 16, 1694, and laid out to George Huntress, Sr., June 16, 1699. 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