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The establishment of the New Hampshire Colony started in 1622 when the Council for New England gave a grant to Captain John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges for the territory between the Merrimack River and Kennebec River. Mason and Gorges sponsored an expedition to their territory for the purpose of establishing a colony with fishing operations and...
The history of New Hampshire is complex. The formation of the colony started with land grants that gave property rights to John Mason, Ferdinando Gorges, and the Laconia Company. The purpose of those grants was to allow the company to establish fishing operations on their property, not necessarily to create settlements that needed government and re...
Geography — New Hampshire Colony was located in New England. New Hampshire was bordered by Quebec (North), Maine and the Atlantic Ocean (East), Massachusetts (South), and New Netherland, later New York (West). Most of the eastern side of New Hampshire was bordered by Maine, which was part of Massachusetts. However, the southeast corner of the colon...
Religion — Like Massachusetts, Plymouth, and Connecticut, religion in New Hampshire was dominated by Puritan Congregationalism. However, since the colony was not founded for religious purposes, there was some level of religious tolerance. As the colony expanded, so did the religious denominations. Quakers were found in both the Piscataqua River Val...
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. He died in 1635. David Thomson— Thomson and his wife Amias, along with a group of around 18 others — bui...
Robert Rogers — America’s First Ranger
Robert Rogers was born in northeastern Massachusetts in 1731. When he was 8, his family moved to New Hampshire and lived on the frontier. His father called the settlement “Munterloney,” and it is present-day Dunbarton, New Hampshire. In 1746 and 1747, Rogers served in the New Hampshire Militia during King George’s War and helped defend the New Hampshire frontier. After the French and Indian War broke out in 1754, Rogers joined the Connecticut militia, which is where he first met Israel Putnam...
Eunice Cole — The Supposed Witch of Hampton, New Hampshire
Eunice Cole — or “Goody Cole” — emigrated from England with her husband William Cole. They eventually settled in Hampton, New Hampshire. While living in Hampton from 1656 to 1680, Goody Cole was accused of witchcraft three times. In 1656, she was charged with afflicting people she knew, and was found guilty by the court in Boston. However, instead of being put to death, in accordance with the law, the court ordered her to be whipped and imprisoned. She was released from prison and her husband...
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Nov 8, 2020 · Facts and events of the New Hampshire colony, one of the original 13 colonies and the first colony to declare its independence from England.
Aug 29, 2011 · Learn more facts about New Hampshire Colony history and government in this brief overview of the colony.
Old Man of the Mountain. The state motto of New Hampshire is "Live Free or Die." This bold statement of independence springs from the New Hampshire Colony's long struggle to set its borders, prosper, and move out from under the political and cultural shadow of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
