GENEALOGY - History and Genealogy of Peterborough - Hillsborough County

GENEALOGY LOOK-UPS (FROM THE PETERBOROUGH TOWN HISTORY)

I own a copy of "History of the Town of Peterborough, Hillsborough County,New Hampshire" by Albert Smith, M.D., LL.D, 1876 and am willing to do look-ups for a specific name in this book. Send me an email to request same. [NOTE: Those family genealogies with hyperlinks below, is the actual text from the town history, so there is no need to ask me to look those up, simply click on the link to view same].

Surnames included in this history are: Abbot, Adams, Alexander, Alld, Allison, Ames, Annan, Bailey, Baker, Barber, Blair, Blanchard, Bowers, Boynton, Brackett, Brennan, Bruce, Bullard, Buss, Caldwell, Carey, Carley, Carter, Chapman, Chase, Cheney, Childs, Clark, Cogswell, Converse, Cragin, Cram, Crane, Cuningham, Cutler, Cutter, Davis, Davison, Day, Diamond, Dodge, Dunbar, Duncan, Dustan, Edes, Evans, Fairbanks, Farnsworth, Farnum, Farwell, Faxon, Felt, Ferguson, Ferry, Field, Finch, Follansbee, Forbush, French, Frost, Gates, Gibbs, Goodridge, Gordon, Gowing, Gray, Gregg, Grimes, Hadley, Haggett, Hammill, Hannaford, Hill, Holmes, Holt, Hovey, Howe, Howden, Hunt, Ingalls, Jewett, Kimball, Laws, Leathers, Little, Livingston, Longley, Loring, McAlister, McCoy, McCloud, McClourge, McKean, Maynard, Mears, Melvin, Miller, Mitchell, Moore, Morison, Mussey, Nahor, Nay / McNee, Nelson, Osgood, Parker, Payson, Ritchardson, Ritchie, Robbe, Sawyer, Scott, Senter, Shedd, Smiley, Smith, Spalding, Spofford, Spring, Steele, Stevens, Stuart, Swan, Taggart, Taylor, Templeton, Thayer, Todd, Treadwell, Turner, Tubbs, Twiss, Upton, Vose, Varnum, Walker, Wallace, Washburn, Weston, White, Whittemore, Wilder, Wilson, Young, and Youngman.

What does a lookup entail? Answer: At my discretion, I will review the above mentioned book for your ancestor and reply by email whether it is contained in the book. If the ancestor IS located, and you do not have access to this book, you can determine whether you would like copies of the pages. If that is the case then I can forward the pages to you by email in a PDF file format. Your email box must be able to accomodate large file attachments.

ONLINE BOOKS (Free)

A Topographical and Historical Account of Peterborough, New Hampshire, by Rev. Elijah Dunbar, published August 1, 1822 in "Historical Collections." (includes info on early settlers).

An Address Delivered at the Centennial Celebration in Peterborough NH, by John Hopkins Morison, published in 1839

History of the Morrison-Steele Families of Peterborough NH (and elsewhere), by Leonard Allison Morrison, published 1880

Proceedings of the Sesqui-centennial Celebration Held at Peterborough NH, 1890 (Google Books, free, searchable)

Thomas Treadwell of Ipswich MA and some of his descendants, by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register (some descendants settled in NH, including Peterborough), published 1906.

OTHER SOURCES

Peterborough Historical Society

Mail: Michelle M. Stahl, Executive Director
Peterborough Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, 19 Grove Street
Peterborough, NH 03458
(603) 924-3235
email: director@peterboroughhistory.org

According to recent correspondence with the
Peterborough Historical Society any inquiries for information and research request can be sent to the above address

Their resources include:

1) History of Peterborough New Hampshire. George Abbot Morison and Etta M. Smith. Richard R. Smith Publishers Inc., Rindge NH, 1954. This is a two volume set that is no longer in print. Book one is a narrative and history of town. Book two is the genealogy. This history covers from settlement to the late 1940's including the MacDowell Colony, Military history through to the Korean war, a section on old houses and farms in the area, the fire, flood and hurricane of 1926 and 1938 and the depression area. The genealogy covers from the early 1800's to the 1950's.

2) Our Changing Town Peterborough 1939-1989. Peter Randal Publisher, Portsmouth, NH 1996.This is a two volume set, narrative and genealogy, that covers the recent town history from 1939-1989.The genealogy covers the late 1800's to 1989. This book is still in print and available.

3) Inscriptions on Gravestones in the Two Old Cemeteries on the East Hill in Peterborough, N.H. Peterborough Historical Society, 1979.This book list all the grave stone inscriptions from the two cemeteries on Old Street Road.

4) The Early Roads of Peterborough: Transcripts of the early roads from 1760 to 1860 with explanatory notes. Richard H. Sanderson, 2000

If you visit the Historical Society in person, you can obtain a free brochure "A Walking Tour of Peterborough NH" which you will greatly enjoy.