Landmarks in Ancient Dover, New Hampshire by Mary P. Thompson, Durham, N.H. ©1892, Printed by the Republican Press Association, Concord, N.H. LANDMARKS:Dirty Gut NAMES: BRAUN, George; DOWNING, Capt. John; HILL, Joseph; HODSODON, John; RAWLINS, Jos; RICHARDS, Jos; BENSON, Samuel; PLACE, James; VAUGHAN, William; HUNTRESS, George, Sr.; Dirty Gut. Mentioned Ap. 11, 1694, when George Braun had a grant of 20 acres " at the durty gutt." Geo. Brawn, March 10, 1703, conveyed to John Downing a tract of land near Bloody Point, on the westerly side of Pascataqua river, "on ye place called the dirty gutt," granted him by the town of Dover in 1694. This land was laid out to John Downing with 140 acres he bought of Joseph Hill. James Place of Newington, Ap. 26, 1736, conveyed to John Hodsdon one acre on the south side of Capt. Downing's land, formerly Jos. Rawlin's, beginning at a place called the durty gut, joining on the north easterly side land at sd gut that formerly belonged to Jos. Richards, and running up towards the Pitch-Pine plains, which said acre James Place bought of Samuel Benson, and Benson of Jos. Rawlins. Wm. Vaughan conveyed to Geo. Huntress, Sr., Feb 5, 1708, a tract of land in the Long Reach, beginning at ye river's side at Canney's cove, and running W.S.W. to a certain place called the Durty Gutt in the way that goes from Rawlin's to the Pitch-Pine plains, etc. (see the Gore.) PG 59 LANDMARKS: Dirty Gut NAMES: CLARK, Abraham; Dirty Gut. The name of Dirty Gut has not been perpetuated, but it is apparently the brook, or a branch of it, which empties into Pickering's cove near Birch Point. this brook has two branches, both of which rise in the old Pitch-Pine plains of Newington. One rises in the so-called "Langdon pasture," in the lower plains; and the other above, east of the parsonage land, but is fed chiefly by Coleman's spring. They both cross the road from Fox Point to Portsmouth, one a little below Stony hill, now Pine hill, and the other further down. They afterwards unite in one brook which finally empties into Pickering's Cove. Another dirty Gut is mentioned Ap. 9, 1703, when a highway was laid out "from the Oyster bed at Oyster river to the country road at the durty gutt by Abraham Clark's." Abraham Clark lived near the dividing line between the Oyster River precinct and Dover proper, as appears from a vote at the town-meeting of Ap. 22, 1706, that the inhabitants of Dover Neck should keep in repair the road from Hilton'sPoint to Abraham Clark's; and the inhabitants on the north side of Oyster river should keep the road in repair from said Clark's to Oyster River falls. PG 59-60 - 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.