Dennis Partridge

Croydon, New Hampshire Genealogy and History

One Room Schoolhouse Croydon New Hampshire

Croydon, Sullivan county, is situated on the highlands between the Connecticut and Merrimack rivers, and is forty four miles from Concord, in a northwesterly direction. It was incorporated May 31, 1763, and was granted to Samuel Chase, and sixty-four others, under the usual conditions. The settlement was commenced, in 1766, by Moses Whipple, Seth Chase, David Warren, Ezekiel Powers, and perhaps some others, from Grafton, Mass. Seth Chase’s family was the first to settle in Croydon. Privations and hardships endured by the first settlers, but Indian depredations were unknown; in fact, it is believed that no permanent Indian settlement was … Read more

1850 Croydon, NH Census – Page 118

Schedule 1 – Free Inhabitants of Croydon in the County of Sullivan State of New Hampshire enumerated by me, on the 4th day of September 1850. Pliny Hall Ass’t Marshal. Roll M432_441; Page: 117A; Image: 236. 167 172 Nathan Hall 35 m Landlord NH Martha S. Hall 36 f NH William D. Brown 14 m Canada W. Pliny Hall 32 m Clerk NH 168 173 Lemuel P. Cooper 46 m Farmer NH Laura Cooper 41 f NH Sherman Cooper 17 m Farmer NH Mary P. Cooper 15 f NH Ellen Cooper 9 f NH Sherman Cooper 89 m Farmer MA … Read more

1850 Croydon, NH Census – Page 116

Schedule 1 – Free Inhabitants of Croydon in the County of Sullivan State of New Hampshire enumerated by me, on the 4th day of September 1850. Pliny Hall Ass’t Marshal. Roll M432_441; Page: 116A; Image: 234.  135 140 Carlton Hall 53 m   Farmer VT     Catharine Hall 58 f     MA     Laura Hall 20 f     NH     Harriet C. Pillsbury 27 f     NH     Bub Pillsbury 3/12 m     MA 136 141 Piam Humphrey 50 m   Farmer NH     Elvira A. Humphrey 40 f     … Read more

1850 Croydon, NH Census – Page 115

Schedule 1 – Free Inhabitants of Croydon in the County of Sullivan State of New Hampshire enumerated by me, on the 2nd day of September 1850. Pliny Hall Ass’t Marshal. Roll M432_441; Page: 115A; Image: 232. Elias B. Bascom 17 m Joiner NH Peter Barton 28 m Joiner NH 120 124 Levi Richard 52 m Farmer NH Lucy Richard 38 f NH Almira Allen 35 f NH 125 William Allen 68 m None NH Betsey Allen 68 f VT 121 126 Zebediah Dow 69 m Farmer NH Asenith Dow 59 f NH Lucinda Dow 19 f NH Alphonzo Dow 14 … Read more

1850 Page 114

Schedule 1 – Free Inhabitants of Croydon in the County of Sullivan State of New Hampshire enumerated by me, on the 2nd day of September 1850. Pliny Hall Ass’t Marshal. Roll M432_441; Page: 114A; Image: 230.  106 109 Salmon W. Heath 28 m   Cutlery Maker VT     Roseline Heath 23 f     VT     Francis Heath 6 m     VT     Wesley E. Heath 1 m     VT     Charles Caldwell 24 m   Cutlery Maker MA     Albert Fiske 18 m   Cutlery Maker MA 107 110 Jeremiah Crosby 39 … Read more

1850 Croydon, NH Census – Page 113

Schedule 1 – Free Inhabitants of Croydon in the County of Sullivan State of New Hampshire enumerated by me, on the 31st day of August 1850. Pliny Hall Ass’t Marshal. Roll M432_441; Page: 113A; Image: 228.  89 92 Wells H. Davis 26 m   Farmer NH     Sarah A. Davis 20 f     VT     Hilliard R. Davis 1/12 m     NH 90 93 Edwin P. Stickney 30 m   Farmer NH     Harriet Stickney 25 f     NH 91 94 Adam Rand 50 m   Farmer NH 92 95 Moses Eastman 47 m … Read more

1850 Croydon, NH Census – Page 112

Schedule 1 – Free Inhabitants of Croydon in the County of Sullivan State of New Hampshire enumerated by me, on the 30th day of August 1850. Pliny Hall Ass’t Marshal. Roll M432_441; Page: 112A; Image: 226. 71 73 Orren Perry 43 m   Shoe Maker NH     Susan Perry 41 f     NH     Betsey Ann Perry 18 f     NH     Lucy L. Perry 14 f     NH     Mary J. Perry 12 f     NH     Martha A. Perry 9 f     NH     Helen L. Perry … Read more

1850 Croydon, NH Census – Page 117

Schedule 1 – Free Inhabitants of Croydon in the County of Sullivan State of New Hampshire enumerated by me, on the 5th day of September 1850. Pliny Hall Ass’t Marshal. Roll M432_441; Page: 117A; Image: 236.  151 156 Edward W. Collins 36 m   Shoe Maker France     Delilah Collins 31 f     NH     Edward W. Collins Jr. 11 m     NH     Helen L. Collins 8 f     NH     Ella F. Collins 3 f     NH     Roxanna Forehand 15 f     NH     Sullivan Forehand … Read more

1850 Page 111

Schedule 1 – Free Inhabitants of Croydon in the County of Sullivan State of New Hampshire enumerated by me, on the 29th day of August 1850. Pliny Hall Ass’t Marshal. Roll M432_441; Page: 111A; Image: 224. 53 55 Edward H. Brown 32 m   Farmer NH     Lorinda Brown 28 f     NH     Henry W. Brown 3 m     NH     Lois L. Brown 9/12 f     NH 54 56 Ezekiel Powers Jr. 36 m   Farmer NH     Hannah Powers 37 f     NH     Nancy Ann Powers 12 … Read more

1850 Croydon, NH Census – Page 110

Schedule 1 – Free Inhabitants of Croydon in the County of Sullivan State of New Hampshire enumerated by me, on the 29th day of August 1850. Pliny Hall Ass’t Marshal. Roll M432_441; Page: 110A; Image: 222. 37 39 Ephraim Nelson 43 m   Farmer NH     Lydia Nelson 30 f     NH     Mira Ann Nelson 5 f     NH     Maryetta Nelson 3 f     NH     Hial F. Nelson 2 m     NH     John S. Nelson 4/12 m     NH     Hannah Nelson 71 f   … Read more