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Category Archives: 1700-1799

Wolves Around a Fire (Henniker)

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

Posted byMarek12 December, 201213 December, 2012Posted in1770s, colonial, Henniker, hunting, SOURCE=Cogswell, wolvesTags:Ammi Brook, David Connor, Henniker, Jacob Whitcomb, wolfLeave a comment on Wolves Around a Fire (Henniker)

Snow-shoes (Weare, 1762)

The only way to travel in those 18th century snows…

Posted byMarek10 December, 201210 December, 2012Posted in1760s, colonial, encounter & exploration, hiking, SOURCE=Little, WeareTags:snowshoesLeave a comment on Snow-shoes (Weare, 1762)

Elder Hovey’s Sabbath (Weare)

Even religious law can have loopholes…

Posted byMarek9 December, 201212 December, 2012Posted in1760s, colonial, firewood, religion, sabbath, WeareTags:Levi Hovey, Samuel Hovey, Simeon Hovey, weareLeave a comment on Elder Hovey’s Sabbath (Weare)

Winter of 1761-1762 (Weare)

One settler family receives a surprise visitor during a particularly harsh winter in early Weare…

Posted byMarek7 December, 201210 February, 2013Posted in1760s, colonial, deer, hunting, moose, pigs, SOURCE=Little, Weare, weatherTags:snow, winterLeave a comment on Winter of 1761-1762 (Weare)

Milk of War (Keene)

The fort’s surrounded, but the babies need milk… What’s to be done?!

Posted byMarek5 December, 201212 December, 2012Posted in1750s, cows, death, dogs, French + Indian Wars, Keene, milk, SOURCE=GriffinTags:John Colony, Keene, milk1 Comment on Milk of War (Keene)

John Colony (Keene)

John Colony leaves his native Ireland to fight Indians (& French) in the New England…

Posted byMarek1 December, 201221 December, 2014Posted in1730s, 1740s, 1750s, 1760s, French + Indian Wars, Keene, Maine, marriage, Massachusetts, Robert Rogers, SOURCE=Griffin, VermontTags:Fort Edward, Ichabod Fisher, Ireland, Israel Putnam, John Colony, Keene, Kilkenny, MA, ME, Melatiah Colony, Robert Rogers, Saxton's River, VT, WrenthamLeave a comment on John Colony (Keene)

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…

Posted byMarek11 November, 201219 November, 2012Posted in1770s, 1780s, 1830s, Epsom, Greenland, pigs, revolutionary eraLeave a comment on Pension Application of Elisha Haynes (Epsom)

Moses Trussell (New London)

Wounded at Bunker Hill, and everything after…

Posted byMarek10 November, 201212 December, 2013Posted in1770s, 1840s, education, forestry, graves & memorials, Hopkinton, John Stark, Massachusetts, New London, Plaistow, revolutionary era, SOURCE=roadside markers1 Comment on Moses Trussell (New London)

Revolutionary Soldier from Dublin

Mr. Belknap at war …

Posted byMarek9 November, 201210 December, 2012Posted in1770s, 1780s, Dublin, revolutionary era, Rhode Island, SOURCE=Leonard+Seward, weather1 Comment on Revolutionary Soldier from Dublin

Woman of the Revolution (Dublin, 1779)

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

Posted byMarek8 November, 201210 December, 2012Posted in1770s, corn, cottage industries, cows, Dublin, potatoes, revolutionary era, SOURCE=Leonard+SewardLeave a comment on Woman of the Revolution (Dublin, 1779)

Welcome to New Hampshire (Hopkinton, 1781)

Mr. Peabody just wants to drive his oxen from Maine to his new home in Henniker, NH…

Posted byMarek4 November, 20129 December, 2012Posted in1780s, animals, cows, Henniker, Hopkinton, Maine, religion, sabbath1 Comment on Welcome to New Hampshire (Hopkinton, 1781)

A Very Singular Circumstance (Henniker, 1775)

Out of the firing line, into the forest.

Posted byMarek3 November, 20123 November, 2012Posted in1770s, death, forestry, Henniker, Massachusetts, revolutionary era, SOURCE=Cogswell1 Comment on A Very Singular Circumstance (Henniker, 1775)

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