NEWS
AND NOTES 2016
WEB
CONTENT ADDITIONS FOR OCTOBER
Added
32 color slides to the Oscar
Hendricksen album.
260
NEW PHOTOS
Two
hundred and sixty photos have been added
in a new online album. The items were loaned
to the Historical Association by the heirs
of Dick and Joan Fowler - The Fowler Estate
Album. The collection included two framed
photos, two old albums, photos of classmates
of the Pembroke Academy class of 1946, and
numerous loose photos. Among the collection
were about a dozen tintypes. The first of
the albums contains primarily photos of
members of the Tripp and Fowler families;
the second includes some family photos as
well as members of the Grange and other
town residents. As with many old albums,
many of the individuals remain unidentified.
The items have been scanned and added to
the electronic archives and placed online.
The Epsom Historical Association cannot
thank enough the family of Dick and Joan,
both whom were strong supporters of the
Historical Association. [view
album]
NH
State Library adds Epsom History Books
The
New Hampshire State Library has recently
ordered a complete set of the Historical
Association's books on town history. The
list includes books on the one rooms schools,
taverns and stores, the meetinghouse, McClary
Cemetery, and East Street. Also included
are the 12 books on the various sections
of the town - Center Hill, Marden's corner,
Short Falls, Fowler District, Sanborn Hill,
North Road, New Orchard Road, Mountain District,
Slab City, New Rye, Gossville and Goboro
Road, and finally, Black Hall Road. The
collection also includes 5 cemetery books
- Gossville, Short Falls, McClary, New Rye
and a book on the old town family cemeteries.
The State Library also purchased the book
'Towle Roads', the 'Kitchen Memories' cook
book, and 'Compliments, 1776' which documents
the local staging of the musical "1776."
The
collection was first purchased and is available
at the Epsom Library.
WEB
CONTENT ADDITIONS FOR MARCH
Added
Congregational
Church Records - Meetings 1761-1774
of Rev. Tucke
NEW
FEBRUARY WEB CONTENT
Added
images and transcription of the Epsom
Town Charter 1727
Added
Congregational Church death
records 1815-1824, 1831
Updated
and extended Capt. John Ham genealogy &
Dea. Nathan Marden genealogy, Col
Samuel Osgood
Updated
locations in genealogy database to make
them uniform & uploaded to Rootsweb
world connect. 2/13/2016
Added
Will of Reuben
Sanborn, 1794
Epsom
Early Settlers Genealogy database broke
50,000 individuals 2/12/2016
Added
genealogy to Sanborn and Libbey lines. (Abigail,
dau Lt Reuben Sanborn)
Transcribed
wills of Col. Samuel
Osgood, his son Abraham
and his son David.
Updated
genealogy of family of Moses Osgood, dau.
Deborah and Samuel Seavey
Updated
genealogy of familes of Joseph and Joseph
Seavey Jr.
Centennial
Address on the Baptist Church 1961.
Dr. Emmet Russell, had retired and returned
to Epsom and remained a member of the church.
His article on the history of the building
was part of the centennial celebration.
Two
love letters from 1821 - James Babb of Epsom
to Susan Mead of Northwood, his eventual
wife. Transcriptions
and original
images.
NEW
YEAR, NEW CONTENT
The
year 2015 saw the completion of a series
of twelve photo books highlighting the history
of various parts of the town of Epsom. The
historical content of the books are now
available online so they become part of
the search on Epsomhistory.com. The main
difference of the information online and
the books is that the online versions do
not include all the photos offered in the
print versions. The online historical information
is in two formats, standard webpage and
pdf files and can be found on the history
pages, the titles include:
Black
Hall Road History:
Based on memoirs of Benjamin M. Towle,
comes this history of Black Hall Road,
focusing on its settling families
and homes.
Gossville
and Goboro Road:
History of Gossville from the work
of the Gossville Historic District;
Goboro Road on memoirs of Benjamin
M. Towle..
New
Rye's Early History:
History of the New Rye District of
Epsom including homes and families
and the early proprietors.
Slab
City:
Also known as Epsom Center, follows
the Little Suncook River and the site
of Epsom's early mills next to the
later First NH Turnpike.
Mountain
Road and New Portsmouth:
From the entrance on Center Hill Road
to New Rye, the homes and families
of what was Mountain Road and the
area once known as New Portsmouth
are highlighted.
New
Orchard Road:
Based on the memoirs of George H.
Yeaton and inhabitants on the 1858
and 1892 maps.
North
Road to 107:
Families and homes from the Pittsfield
line to the town of Deerfield.
Sanborn
Hill :
First settled by the Charles McCoy
family, and by 1761, the Sanborns,
the road went from Center Hill to
New Rye.
Short
Falls:
Described as a small community unto
itself, it covers the Four Corners
to the Suncook Valley Highway and
River Road.
Marden's
Corner :
The area of the Traffic Circle and
the roads leading into it, originally
the crossroads comprising the Marden
District.
Center
Hill :
The area of the Traffic Circle and
the roads leading into it, originally
the crossroads comprising the Marden
District.
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