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Subject: [CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L] Croydon, Nh
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 21:02:06 -0400
Croydon, NH Centennial 1866, Edmund Wheeler, Claremont, NH 1867
The following is a list of Town Clerks, from 1768 to 1866, inclusive:
1768, Moses Whipple 1801, Reuben Carroll1834, Jacob Haven
1769, " 1802, "1835, "
1770" 1803, "1836,"
1771" 1804"1837, Benjamin
Skinner
1772 John Cooper 1805 Benjamin Barton1838
"
1773 " 1806 Reuben Carroll1839"
1774" 1807 Jacob Haven1840"
1775 Moses Whipple 1808"1841 Daniel R. Hall
1776" 1809 "1842"
1777" 1810"1843"
1778" 1811"1844"
1779" 1812"1845"
1780" 1813"1846"
1781 no town records 1814"1847"
1782 no town records 1815 Stephen Eastman 1848"
1783 Stephen Powers 1816 Jacob Haven1849"
1784" 1817"1850 Nathan Hall
1785" 1818"1851"
1786" 1819"1852"
1787" 1820"1853"
1788" 1821"1854"
1789 Jesse Green 1822"1855"
1790" 1823"1856"
1791" 1824"1857"
1792" 1825"1858"
1793" 1826"1859"
1794" 1827"1860"
1795 Jacob Haven 1828"1861 Daniel R.
Hall
1796" 1829"1862 Dellavan D.
Marsh
1797" 1830"1863"
1798 Reuben Carroll 1831"1864 Nathan Hall
1799" 1832"1865 Dellavan D.
Marsh
1800" 1833"1866 Alonzo Allen
Justices of Quorum
Benjamin Barton, Jr.John CooperPaul Jacobs
Lemuel P. CooperDaniel R. HallAbijah Powers
Justices of the Peace
Benjamin BartonStephen EastmanJohn W. Putnam
John BartonJoseph EastmanSherburne B. Rowell
Martin A. BartonLyman HallBenjamin Skinner
Solomon ClementNathan HallHiram Smart
Isaac CooperWorthen HallAllen Town
Otis CooperHenry HurdMoses Whipple
John CraginSamuel MorseNathaniel Wheeler, Jr.
Ruel DurkeeDellavan D. MarshPaul J. Wheeler
Paine DurkeeStephen PowersWm. M. Whipple
William DodgeElias Powers
Military
Croydon has furnished to the militia the following Officers: Major
General Nathan Emery. Colonels--Jarvis Adams, Otis Cooper, Freeman
Dunbar, Daniel R. Hall, Calvin Kempton, Samuel Powers, Nathaniel Wheeler,
Jr., and Moses Whipple. Majors--Abijah Powers, Peter Stow, Lemuel P.
Cooper.
Remarks: The first birth in Croydon occurred May 13, 1767. It was of
Catherine, daughter of Moses Whipple, Esq. The second was of Joshua, son
of Seth Chase, born Oct. 29, 1767. The probable number of births, from
1790 to 1851, inclusive, is nearly twenty-five hundred, of which more
than half were males.
Longevity--An incomplete list of the names of those who have attained to
ninety years and over:
Widow Marsh90Widow Giles94 Thomas Blanchard
98
Mrs. Benjamin Cutting 90Samuel Marsh 94 Widow Rumble
100
Widow Clement93Widow A. Stockwell 95 Samuel
Goldthwait 93
Mrs. Jotham Ryder94Capt. Nathan Clark 90 Lydia
Leland Powers 92
Samuel Metcalf93
Education--Early, the wife of Moses Whipple, an intelligent and worthy
lady, called the children of the first settlers to her house, and for
years taught them without charge. The first school-house, a small
structure twenty feet square, was built in 1772, and eight pounds was
raised for purposes of education. The second district was formed in
1780, and one hundred and fifty dollars assessed for school purposes.
>From the beginning, Croydon has paid due attention to mental culture.
Library--The "Croydon Social Library" was established in 1806. It
contained many standard works of great merit. They were mainly selected
by the Rev. Jacob Haven, who was, for a long time, librarian. This
library has had a decided influence in moulding the character of the
young men of the town. The inhabitants of Croydon have been a reading
people.
Casualties--In 1770, Caleb, son of Seth Chase, the first settler in town,
wandered into the forest and was lost. The mother, rendered frantic by
the loss of her son, had she not been prevented, would have rushed into
the trackless forest and been lost. On the morrow all the inhabitants
turned out and searched the woods through and through, but no trace of
the darling boy could ever be found.
Isaac Sanger and one of the other early settlers of the town, perished
while attempting to cross Croydon Mountain.
Alexander Metcalf, son of Alexander Metcalf, senior, was killed by the
falling of a tree. He was to have been married the next day to a lady in
Franklin.
Abijah Hall was drowned at the "Glidden Bridge" in 1812. A son of Thomas
Whipple and a son of Giles Stockwell, senior, were drowned in Spectacle
Pond.
On the 19th of April, 1828, the dwelling of Mr. Charles Carroll was
consumed by fire and two children perished in the flames.
Dr. Reuben Carroll was thrown from a gig, in 1840, while going down the
hill between Four Corners and the East Village, and was killed.
Son of Nathaniel W. Brown was killed near the Bridge at the East Village
in 1863, by the horse stumbling and falling upon him.
In 1846, the wife of Paul J. Wheeler, met a terrible death by
burning--her clothes taking fire as she stood warming herself before the
stove.
Mr. Cummings, an old gentleman, went out from the Flat towards Coit
Mountain, and the next day was found dead.
A son of Simeon Ames fell from a load of hay upon the handle of a
pitchfork which penetrated his body, from which accident he soon after
died a most painful death.
Son of Ira Bragg fell from the cart-tongue while riding, and the wheel
running over him killed him instantly. Another son was supposed to be
murdered. He went West with money to buy a farm, a man went out with him
to show him his land, and neither of them ever returned.
Ziba, son of John Cooper, was killed by the kick of a horse which he was
driving to tread out clover seed.
A daughter of Foster Hall fell into the river, at the East Village, and
was drowned.
A child of Rev. Jacob Haven was scalded to death by falling backwards
into a pail of hot water.
Asa Kelsey, residing on the south-east corner of the town, fell from a
building and was killed.
A son of Leonard N. Kempton was drowned in the mill-pond at the Flat.
Son of John Melendy was killed by the falling of the stone chimney of his
father's dwelling.
A daughter of Robert Osburn, in the north-east corner of the town, fell
into a brook, was carried under the causeway and drowned.
A son of James Perkins was drowned by falling into the brook near his
father's dwelling at the Flat.
A son of Ezekiel Powers was caught between two logs, while peeling bark
and crushed to death.
Willard, son of Urias Powers, fell from the "Glidden Bridge" while on his
way from school and was drowned.
A son of Jotham Ryder was killed by a cart-body blowing over and falling
upon him.
Wife of David Rowell killed by lightening. Her infant sleeping on her
arm escaped uninjured and lived to manhood.
Joseph Smart went out to catch his horse one Sabbath morning, was soon
after found dead.
Griswould, son of Aaron Whipple, killed by running under an axe which was
thrown from the frame of the house, at the raising.
In 1861, Edwin, son of Moses Whipple, while returning from the
Post-0ffice, at the Flat, one dark, rainy night, the string-piece being
jarred in toward the middle of the bridge, walked off and met a sad death
amid the rocks and angry waves below.
Epidemics--In 1795, the "Canker Rash" prevailed to an alarming extent
among the children. Of twenty-four deaths that year, twenty were under
fourteen years of age. In 1813, the "Spotted Fever" made its appearance
in a most malignant form, defying all remedies and cutting down the
strong men almost without warning. Of thirty deaths in town that year,
eighteen were from that disease.
Four Corners--Being in the center of the town and on the Croydon Turnpike
the great thoroughfare, and having a church, tavern, store, and offices
and shops, the Four Corners was once the center of trade; but railroads
diverting the long travel, and the want of water power, has caused its
decline.
Marilyn Labbe
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