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Apr 12, 2023 · New Hampshire’s first European settlers stepped ashore somewhere between what is now the playground and the boat launch at Odiorne Point State Park in the town of Rye. Unlike the Mayflower Pilgrims who, three years earlier, were headed to the Hudson River but ended up settling in Massachusetts, Thompson was not lost.
5 days ago · As far as we know, David Thomson [also Thompson], his wife Amias, and a party of perhaps seven to 10 indentured servants landed their ship Jonathan at what is now Odiorne Point in Rye in April of 1623.
David Thomson (also Thompson) and a small party of fishermen landed their ship Jonathan near what is now Odiorne Point in Rye in early spring of 1623. His wife of 10 years, Amias Cole Thomson, may have arrived with him, or soon after the first fortified house was built on a promontory overlooking the sea.
The historic piece of land at Odiorne Point was used by native peoples for centuries, as well as by early fishermen, before permanent European settlement in 1623.
Apr 14, 2023 · While we acknowledge the lengthy Indigenous presence at what is now Odiorne Point State Park, it is David Thomson’s arrival in 1623 that frames the 400 years of European settlement that is being commemorated this year.
Feb 9, 2024 · New Hampshire Colony was established in 1623 when the expedition started two settlements along the Piscataqua River. The first settlement was started by David Thomson at Odiorne’s Point, near present-day Rye.
In June 1623, David Thomson, his family and a few others landed at the mouth of the Piscataqua River, which empties seven rivers and the Great Bay estuary into the ocean. The landing place today is called Little Harbor at Odiorne Point.
