This page provides the last 62 of 261 biographical sketches found in the Croydon History by Edmund Wheeler, Croydon, N.H., 1866: Proceedings at the centennial celebration, June 13, 1866. These biographical sketches are for those surnames starting with the letter R-W.
This page provides 69 of 261 biographical sketches found in the Croydon History by Edmund Wheeler, Croydon, N.H., 1866: Proceedings at the centennial celebration, June 13, 1866. These biographical sketches are for those surnames starting with the letter J-P.
This page provides 71 of 261 biographical sketches found in the Croydon History by Edmund Wheeler, Croydon, N.H., 1866: Proceedings at the centennial celebration, June 13, 1866. These biographical sketches are for those surnames starting with the letter D-I.
This page provides the first 59 of 261 biographical sketches found in the Croydon History by Edmund Wheeler, Croydon, N.H., 1866: Proceedings at the centennial celebration, June 13, 1866. These biographical sketches are for those surnames starting with the letter A-C.
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
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
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
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
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
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