From The Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire (in three parts), 
compiled from the best authorities, by Eliphalet Merrill and the Late 
Phinehas Merrill, Esq.,
Printed by C. Norris & Co. , Exeter, NH, ©1817, pg 51

Part I - General View- History

1634 - By this time Mason and Georges had become, either by purchase or common 
consent, the principal, if not the sole proprietors of this territory.  These gentlemen, 
perceiving that as yet only five or six houses had been erected in both plantations, renewed 
their exertions and sent over a fresh supply of labourers and materials for carrying on the 
settlement.  They appointed Francis Williams the First Governor.  He was a gentleman of 
sound sense and discretion, and so acceptable to the people, that when they afterwards 
united in a body politic, they unanimously continued him their ruler.  A meeting house was 
this year erected at Dover Neck, which was the first edifice of the kind in New Hampshire.


Submitted by T.C. Parziale 5/30/00
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