Early settlers in Henniker come up with an efficient way to reduce a predator population.
Category Archives: 1700-1799
Snow-shoes (Weare, 1762)
The only way to travel in those 18th century snows…
Elder Hovey’s Sabbath (Weare)
Even religious law can have loopholes…
Winter of 1761-1762 (Weare)
One settler family receives a surprise visitor during a particularly harsh winter in early Weare…
Milk of War (Keene)
The fort’s surrounded, but the babies need milk… What’s to be done?!
John Colony (Keene)
John Colony leaves his native Ireland to fight Indians (& French) in the New England…
Pension Application of Elisha Haynes (Epsom)
Haynes served from 1779-1782 in the Revolutionary War. Â 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 http://www.EpsomHistory.com …The following year, in 1832, Haynes added another declaration that clarifies his family situation and health status. “Skumsborough”Continue reading “Pension Application of Elisha Haynes (Epsom)”
Moses Trussell (New London)
Wounded at Bunker Hill, and everything after…
Revolutionary Soldier from Dublin
Mr. Belknap at war …
Woman of the Revolution (Dublin, 1779)
Dublin neighbors rally to support each other in time of war…
Welcome to New Hampshire (Hopkinton, 1781)
Mr. Peabody just wants to drive his oxen from Maine to his new home in Henniker, NH…
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)
Live Free and Draw 