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5 days ago · The Colonial Era. For 150 years the New Hampshire colony was happily British. During that era the seacoast was the capital region and focus of the state. A region very unlike Puritan Massachusetts, NH was later run by the powerful Wentworth family. New Hampshire's complex colonial history defies an easy telling.
May 31, 2024 · 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. The claim is arguably correct. Rye and other surrounding towns were once part of the New Hampshire settlement officially named Portsmouth in 1653.
May 30, 2024 · But one curious fact is clear. New Hampshire’s seaport, Portsmouth, was founded by mistake. Captain John Mason, the primary English investor in the colony at Strawbery Banke, pinned his hopes on bad information. Mason was looking for a shortcut to an imaginary place called "The Lake of the Iroquois."
4 days ago · Join us as we delve into one of America's oldest mysteries—the Lost Colony of Roanoke. In 1587, English settlers led by Governor John White attempted to esta...
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May 25, 2024 · Join Kelli as she goes over the difficulties of the early years of the first successful English settlement in North America - Jamestown. From the bloody flux...
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- A Popular History of Unpopular Things
May 28, 2024 · John Mason founded New Hampshire along with a group of settlers in 1635. They came to the New World to establish a fishing colony and make money from the fish in the waters off the coast. The land was named after Mason’s home county in England, Hampshire.
May 22, 2024 · 2. New Hampshire Colony (1622 CE): The New Hampshire Colony was established by Captain John Mason in 1622. It flourished as a trading outpost and was known for its timber and fishing industries. 3. Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630 CE): The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by the Puritans in 1630.
