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6 days ago · By 1760, the four original Seacoast plantations had become 61 New Hampshire towns, most named nostalgically after British homelands. By the Revolution in 1775, 86 more New Hampshire towns had been chartered. John Mason's little Seacoast company was on the verge of a hostile takeover.
1 day ago · Historians too are uncertain about exactly who landed where, when and why. 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.
May 31, 2024 · Still, the Plymouth Colony, by itself, wrought no nobler or better work for mankind than the unnoticed, almost unnamed colonists who founded New Hampshire. Massachusetts Bay settlers, the Puritans, eclipsed the humbler efforts of the Pilgrims at Plymouth.
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.
2 days ago · The Making of the 50 States: New Hampshire. The place that we now call New Hampshire was originally populated by Native Americans, among them the Amoskeag, Abenaki, Pennacook and the Sokoki. They lived in sprawling villages and grew corn, in addition to trading furs and fish.
May 15, 2024 · Josiah Bartlett (born November 21, 1729, Amesbury, Massachusetts—died May 19, 1795, Kingston, New Hampshire, U.S.) was an American physician and statesman who earned a reputation as a competent doctor and a respected politician.
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.
