Esquire our Governor & Commander in Chief aforesaid the First day of May in the Twelfth year of our Reign, and in the Year of our Lord Christ 1772. Asahel Clark Otis Little Eleazar House John Marsh William Welch Henry Sherburne Richard Cutt Shannon Joseph Pattinson John Nelson Esq' John Pingrey Williams William Gardner John Sparhawk Thomas Daverson John Wentworth Esq' Judge Gideon Rudd William Simpson Esq Joshua Brackett George Marshall Jun' One Right, for the Incorporated society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. One Right, for a Glebe for the Church of England as by Law established. One Right, for the first settled Minister of ye Gospel in s town. One Right, for the benefit of a School in said Town for Ever. Province of New Hampshire Portsmouth 2a May 1772. These may Certify that the above plan Contains near Twenty three thousand & forty Acres of Land. J' Attest. Is. Rindge S. G1 Province of New Hampshire. Recorded according to the Original Grant, under the Province Seal this 4th day of May 1772. Attest: Theodore Atkinson Secry DOVER. [Formerly known as Cocheco and Northam. The town was never formally incorporated, but early assumed a municipal organization. Submitted to the Massachusetts government in 1641. The name of Dover was taken from an English town. Newington was set off as a parish in 1713, and was given town privileges in 1764. Somersworth, including Rollinsford, was set off as a parish Dec. 19, 1729, and incorporated April 22, 1754. Durham, including Lee and a part of Madbury, was set off and incorporated May 15, 1732. Madbury, made up partly from Dover and partly from Durham, was set off as a parish May 31, 1755, and was given town privileges May 26, 1768. Dover was incorporated as a city June 29, 1855, and the charter was amended the following year. See Massachusetts charters preceding; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 153; XI, Hammond Town Papers, 506; Index to Laws, 152; Farmer's Belknap's History of N. H., chapters 1 and 2, et seq.; Historical Memoranda, comprising 450 articles in the Dover Enquirer, 1850-1890, principally by Alonzo H. Quint, a few being contributed by John Wentworth, Ballard Smith, Charles Wesley Tuttle, and Mary P. Thompson; sketch, by Alonzo H. Quint, Hurd's History of Strafford County, 1882, p. 758; The First Parish, 1633-1883, by Alonzo H. Quint, 1884, pp. 148; Wentworth Genealogy, by John Wentworth, 1878, three volumes; Landmarks in Ancient Dover, by Mary P. Thompson, 1888, pp. 85, 2d ed., 1892, pp. 284; II, Granite Monthly, 169 to 339; special papers relating to the early history of the town in appendix of this volume; Stewart's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 375; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 20; History of the Catholic Church in the United States, by John G. Shea, 1890, vol. 3, 144; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 317; Manual of First Church, No. 1, 1876, No. 2, 1893; Historical Sketch of M. E. Church, by Rev. James Thurston, 1879, pp. 30; Sermon, at opening of new Universalist church, 1837, by Moses Ballou, 1838, pp. 15; Extracts relating to Dover and Hampton, from Capt. Johnson's History of New England, 1, Farmer and Moore's Historical Collections, 255, 261; Bi-Centennial Sermon on 200th Anniversary of Formation of First Congregational Church, 1838, by David Root, 1839, pp. 31; consult authorities cited under titles, Exeter, Hampton, Isles of Shoals, New Castle, and Portsmouth; also the several histories of New England and the citations in Bibliography of Dover, by John R. Ham, 1892, in Report of the State Librarian, 1892, pp. 193 to 266, also pamphlet, pp. 74; Dover in the U. S. Navy, 1861-1865, by John R. Ham, 1892; Localities in Ancient Dover, by John R. Ham, 1887; Granite Monthly, vol. 9, p. 362, to vol. 10, p. 112; Acts of the Anti-Slavery Apostles, by Parker Pillsbury, 1883, p. 173; Assault on Barefoot and Mason, 1683, 2, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 195; Physicians, by John R. Ham, 1879; Baptisms, 1717-1787, by John R. Ham, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, vol. 29, p. 261, to vol. 41, p. 278; Bellamy River Mill Suit, by F. W. Hackett, 5, Granite Monthly, 89; The Dover Settlement and the Hiltons, by J. T. Hassam, 36, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 40; Extracts from Town Records by A. H. Quint, 4, id., 246; Town Officers, by A. H. Quint; Account of Dover Cotton Factory; First Church in, by A. H. Quint. I, Granite Monthly, 193; Journal, 1678-1709, by J. Pike, 3, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 40; same, with introduction by A. H. Quint, 14, Mass. Historical Society Proceedings, 117; Landgrabbers in, 1729, by W. F. Goodwin, Dawson's Historical Magazine, 2d. series, vol. 8, p. 84; Marriages, 1767–76, by John R. Ham, 28, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 155; Dr. Belknap's List of Marriages, 25, id., 294; Marriages, 1776–87, by F. Tuttle, 25, id., 56; Marriages, 23, id., 179; Massacre at Dover, June 27, 1689, by C. E. Potter, 8, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 403; Notes on Dover Combination of 1640, by A. H. Quint, 33, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 91; Old Town Records, 1642–44, by G. T. Wentworth, 4, id., 30; Petition of Dover and Newbury for Land at Penacook, 1659, 3, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 212; Petition of Inhabitants for Restoration of Garrison, 1748, 4, id., 253; The Squamscott Patent, a Puritanical Humbug, Dawson's Historical Magazine, 2d series, vol. 4, p. 187; The Squamscott or Hilton's Patent, 24, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 264; Genealogical Items Relating to Early Settlers, by A. H. Quint, id., vol. 5, p. 449, to vol. 9, p. 364; Hopewood Point, 20, id., 373; Hope Hood's Point, 28, id., 203; First Book Printed, 30, id., 468; Historical Memoranda, 33, id., 108; Notes on Rev. Dr. Quint's Article on the Dover Combination, 33, id., 242; Capt. John Gerrish's Account Book, preserving names of citizens, 36, id., 73; discourse, 250th anniversary, by G. B. Spaulding, 1873, pp. 29; Pulpit during the Revolutionary War, discourse by G. B. Spaulding, 1876, pp. 31; History, 1795, repub. 1804; Cochecho in 1689, 8, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 404; Statistics for 1886; Roll of Methodist Pastors; Laying of Corner Stone of City Hall, 1890.] |