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


LANDMARKS:  Jocelyn’s Cove.

NAMES:	HENDERSON, William, Sr.; COURSON, Cornelius; JOCELYN, Henry; 
		MASON, Capt. John; JOSSELYN, Thomas; GORGES, Fernando; 

	Jocelyn’s Cove.  Mentioned Dec. 12, 1701, when 30 acres of land were laid out to 
Wm. Henderson, Sr. (granted March 19, 1693-4), beginning at a small white pine near 
Cornelius Courson’s fence, on the south side of Josling’s Coue [sic].  This cove is on the 
western shore of the Newichawannock, just above the bridge to Eliot.  The name was no 
doubt derived from Henry Jocelyn, who was appointed Capt. John Mason’s agent in New 
Hampshire in 1634.  He was the son of Sir Thomas Josselyn, whom Sir Ferdinando 
Gorges appointed Deputy Governor of Main in 1639.  A list of the goods left with "Mr. 
Joslyn" in the house at Newichawannock, Aug., 1634, is given in the N.H. Prov. Pap., 1 : 
93 - 94.  He seems to have written his name "Jocelyn."  Henry Jocelyn afterwards went to 
Black Point, Scarborough, Me., where he built a garrison, which, in spite of the vigilance 
implied in Whittier’s line, 
	"Grey Jocelyn’s eye is never sleeping,"
was captured by Mogg Megone or Hegone Oct. 12, 1677.

PG 115



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