Category: 1770s

• Bridge Up, Money Down (Henniker)

  

  1780: How much rum does it take to build a bridge during a Revolution?

  Marek

  5 March, 2013

  1770s, 1780s, construction, Contoocook, government, Henniker, revolutionary era, SOURCE=Cogswell

  bridge, Henniker, money, revolution, rum

• Mrs. Peters Shoots a Bear (Henniker)

  

  GUN SAFETY IN THE 1770s: If you come to visit, DON’T take that shortcut through the cornfield…

  Marek

  23 January, 2013

  1770s, bear, colonial, corn, Henniker, hunting, SOURCE=Cogswell

  bear, guns, Henniker, Sarah Peters, William Peters

• Moose Chase (Weare)

  

  If I’ve learned one thing from reading old hunting stories, it’s this: These guys were HUNGRY.

  Marek

  13 December, 2012

  1770s, colonial, Henniker, hunting, moose, Piscataquog, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  John Chase, moose, weare

• Wolves Around a Fire (Henniker)

  

  Early settlers in Henniker come up with an efficient way to reduce a predator population.

  Marek

  12 December, 2012

  1770s, colonial, Henniker, hunting, SOURCE=Cogswell, wolves

  Ammi Brook, David Connor, Henniker, Jacob Whitcomb, wolf

• Pension Application of Elisha Haynes (Epsom)

  

  Haynes served from 1779-1782 in the Revolutionary War.  In 1831, when he finally applied for a veteran’s pension at age 70, he included an inventory of all his property… SOURCE: View Elisha Haynes’ pension application at www.EpsomHistory.com …The following year, in 1832, Haynes added another declaration that clarifies his family situation and health status. “Skumsborough” […]

  Marek

  11 November, 2012

  1770s, 1780s, 1830s, Epsom, Greenland, pigs, revolutionary era

• Moses Trussell (New London)

  

  Wounded at Bunker Hill, and everything after…

  Marek

  10 November, 2012

  1770s, 1840s, education, forestry, graves & memorials, Hopkinton, John Stark, Massachusetts, New London, Plaistow, revolutionary era, SOURCE=roadside markers

• Revolutionary Soldier from Dublin

  

  Mr. Belknap at war …

  Marek

  9 November, 2012

  1770s, 1780s, Dublin, revolutionary era, Rhode Island, SOURCE=Leonard+Seward, weather

• Woman of the Revolution (Dublin, 1779)

  

  Dublin neighbors rally to support each other in time of war…

  Marek

  8 November, 2012

  1770s, corn, cottage industries, cows, Dublin, potatoes, revolutionary era, SOURCE=Leonard+Seward

• A Very Singular Circumstance (Henniker, 1775)

  

  Out of the firing line, into the forest. 19 April 1775 SOURCE: Cogswell’s History of Henniker (p.262)

  Marek

  3 November, 2012

  1770s, death, forestry, Henniker, Massachusetts, revolutionary era, SOURCE=Cogswell

• Ward’s Arrival (Henniker, 1763)

  

  Some of Henniker’s earliest settler families arrive in town…

  Marek

  1 November, 2012

  1760s, 1770s, Amherst, colonial, construction, death, food, forestry, graves & memorials, Henniker, milk, Nashua, SOURCE=Cogswell

  butter, cabin, construction, farm, settlers, stumo, table, tree

• The Hessian (Weare)

  

  What a wild place was Weare; here we meet a fellow who (A) fought on BOTH sides of the Revolution, and (B) really knew how to party! …

  Marek

  23 October, 2012

  1770s, 1800-1899, entertainment, revolutionary era, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  alcohol, drinking, german, hessian, pension, revolution, rum, work