Landmarks in Ancient Dover, New Hampshire by Mary P. Thompson, Durham, N.H. ©1892, Printed by the Republican Press Association, Concord, N.H. LANDMARKS: The Gore NAMES: VAUGHAN, William; PENDLETON, Capt. Brian; HUNTRIS, George; JOSE, Christopher; GERRISH, Capt. Richard; KING, William; KING, Abigail; DOWNING, John, Jr.; GERRISH, Capt. Nathaniel; VAUGHAN, Margaret; FFOYE, Margaret; SHANNON, Abigail; VAUGHAN, Elizabeth; FFOYE, Capt. John; SHANNON, Nathaniel; VINCENT, John; JOHNSON, Jos.; HODGDEN, Alex; DERING, Capt. Henry; WENTWORTH, Lt. Gov.; BABB, Samson; STEVENS, John; DENNET, Ephraim; CHAMBERS, Charles; WALKER, Capt. George; The Gore. This was a section of land on the borders of Portsmouth and the Bloody Point district that remained ungranted till 1693. It did not form part of Ancient Dover, but it is often mentioned in the conveyances of the Dover lands adjoining, and now belongs for the most part, if not wholly, to Newington. The selectmen of Portsmouth, March 22, 1693, conveyed to Wm. Vaughan "a gore of land between the land formerly granted Capt. Bryan Pendleton and the line yt is ye bounds betwene the towns of Portsmouth and Dover yt runs from Cannyes Cove to Hoogsty Cove, and runs from Cannyes Cove to (the) Bloody point roode waye that leads to Greenland." William Vaughan of Portsmouth, Feb. 1, 1708, conveyed to George Huntris of Dover, a tract of 40 acres "in Portsmouth, adjoining to Cannyes Cove, near said George Huntris' house in Piscataqua river, in that part which is called the Long Retch, beginning at the river's side, at said cove, and running W.S.W. from the river by a tract of land which was formerly given and laid out to Capt. Pendleton by the town of Portsmouth, which said Pendleton sold to Christopher Jose, and now belongs to Capt. Richard Gerrish, to run on a W.S.W. line by said Gerrish's land to a certain place called the Durty Gutt, in the way that goes from Rawlins' to the pitch-pine plains, and from said Durty Gutt in said way to run N.W. by ye edge of the swamp to the line that bounds Portsmouth and Dover, and thence upon said Portsmouth and Dover line to ye first bounds, being a gore, and is part of that gore which the said Wm. Vaughan bought of the town of Portsmouth, which lott contains about 40 acres, reserving unto said Wm. Vaughan, his heirs and assigns, a cartway down to Canney's cove, and 40 feet at the foot of the hill at said cove." William and Abigail King of Portsmouth, Feb. 14, 1723-4, conveyed to John Downing, Jr., of Newington, his part of the gore in the pitch-pine plains in Newington, which land lay in equal partnership between Capt. Nathaniel Gerrish, Mrs. Margret Vaughan (then Mrs. Margret ffoye), Mrs. Abigail Shannon, Mrs. Elizabeth Vaughan, and the said Wm. King¹. Bridget Gerrish of Berwick, widow of Nathaniel Gerrish, March 25, 1730, conveyed to Margaret, "ye now wife of John ffoye of Charlestown, Mrs. Abigail Shannon, widow², Mrs. Elizabeth Vaughan, single woman, and Wm. King, mariner, all of Portsmouth, her fifth part of the Gore of land which her father Wm. Vaughan had of the town of Portsmouth -- which fifth part was 52 acres. The whole tract was bounded S.E. on the land of Wm. Vaughan, then in possession of John Vincent; W. by Jos. Johnson and Alexr Hodgden; S. by land of Capt. Henry Dering and Lt. Gov. Wentworth, then in possession of Samson Babb and John Stevens; N.W. on Mad. Grafford's common right, Mr. Ephraim Dennet and others; and "on ye east, northerly, on ye road that leads from Islington to Newington ferry. ¹Wm. King was the son of Mary Vaughan, who married Daniel King of Salem. ²Capt. Nathaniel Gerrish of Berwick married Bridget Vaughan. Abigail Vaughan married, 1st Nathaniel Shannon, and secondly, Capt. George Walker. Margaret Vaughan married, 1st Capt. John foye, and 2dly, the Hon. Charles Chambers, both of Charlestown, Mass. PG 86-87 - 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.