Landmarks in Ancient Dover, New Hampshire by Mary P. Thompson, Durham, N.H. ©1892, Printed by the Republican Press Association, Concord, N.H. LANDMARKS:Greenland Garrisons NAMES: KENISTON, John; NELE, (NEALE), Capt. Walter; CHAMPERNOUNE, Capt; WEEKS, Leonard; HAYINS, Goodman; Greenland Garrisons. It is one of the boasts of Greenland that it never had any garrison, or any need of one, the land having been peaceably acquired from the Indians. The house of John Keniston at Greenland, however, was burned by the Indians, and he killed, Ap. 16, 1677. And there appears to have been one garrison at least, no doubt Neale's Garrison. In the Portsmouth records of 1692, among the accounts of ammunition furnished the various garrisons that year, mention is made of "17 lbs. of powder and 18lbs. of bullets to Capt. Nele, for Greenland." His house was on Heard's Neck, near the mouth of Winnicot river, on the upper side. The Portsmouth authorities ordered July 22, 1665, that Walter Neale's home lot should extend "from Goodman Hayins his house due north and by east unto Winicont River, leaving a way for Capt. Champernoune between his houses." (Ports. Records.) Brewster's Rambles says the Weeks house in Greenland, one of the oldest houses in the state, "was evidently built as a sort of garrison." It was erected by Leonard Weeks, "over against" whose house a road was laid out in 1663.(Ports Records.) PG 92 - 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.