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Nov 8, 2020 · New Hampshire was one of the 13 original colonies of the United States and was founded in 1623. The land in the New World was granted to Captain John Mason , who named the new settlement after his homeland in Hampshire County, England.
Feb 9, 2024 · Important People in Colonial New Hampshire. John Mason — Mason is considered the Founder of New Hampshire. He invested a significant amount of his own money in the colony, trying to make it a profitable fishing operation. Unfortunately, Mason never had the opportunity to see New Hampshire.
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The colony that became the state of New Hampshire was founded on the division in 1629 of a land grant given in 1622 by the Council for New England to Captain John Mason (former governor of Newfoundland) and Sir Ferdinando Gorges (who founded Maine).
Captain John Mason (1586–1635) was an English sailor and colonist who was instrumental to the establishment of various settlements in colonial America and is considered to be the 'Founder of New Hampshire'. Mason was born in 1586 at King's Lynn, Norfolk, and educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
New Hampshire formed its own state government in January 1776, and in June 1776 it instructed its delegates attending the Continental Congress in Philadelphia to vote for independence. New Hampshire’s vote was the ninth and decisive vote in ratifying the Constitution of the United States in 1788.
John Mason was famous as the founder of the New Hampshire Colony.
David Thompson or David Thomson (1588 – disappeared 1628) was an early Scot settler of the New England area, considered the founder and first non-native settler of New Hampshire. He was granted a land patent for Thompson Island in Boston Harbor, which continues to bear his name.
