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Marilla Ricker (1840–1920), suffragist, first woman to run for governor of New Hampshire [16] Charles H. Sawyer (1840–1908), manufacturer and Governor of New Hampshire [17] Richard Waldron (1615–1689), businessman and the second President of New Hampshire [18] John Wentworth (1719–1781), judge, colonial leader [19]
Major Richard Waldron (or Richard Waldern, Richard Walderne; 6 January 1615 – 27 June 1689) was an English-born merchant, soldier, and government official who rose to prominence in early colonial Dover, New Hampshire. His presence spread to greater New Hampshire and neighboring Massachusetts.
from New Hampshire's at-large district; In office March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817: Preceded by: Obed Hall: Succeeded by: Clifton Clagett: Member of the New Hampshire Senate; In office 1796–1800: Personal details; Born August 6, 1765 Portsmouth, Province of New Hampshire, British America: Died: November 8, 1848 (aged 83) Dover, New Hampshire, U.S.
William Wentworth (1616–1696/7) was a follower of John Wheelwright, and an early settler of New Hampshire.Coming from Alford in Lincolnshire, he likely came to New England with Wheelwright in 1636, but no records are found of him in Boston.
In July of 2023, the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire unveiled a historical marker at the entrance to the Pine Hill Cemetery in Dover, NH, highlighting Mitchell's contributions. [18] The marker unveiling was part of a larger effort, Mapping Untold Stories, by the Black Heritage Trail of NH to highlight the history of Black people in New ...
Thomas Wiggin first appears in colonial records as a signatory to the Wheelwright Deed in May 1629. This document, which some historians, in response to the American Civil War, have claimed is a forgery, lays out an alliance with the sagamores of the Algonquins for mutual defense and to transfer land along the seacoast of present-day New Hampshire from the local Indians to a group of English ...
He served in the Dover city council before becoming a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Sawyer served in the State House from 1869–1871, and from 1876–1878. [ 1 ] He served as aide-de-camp to Governor Charles H. Bell in 1881, [ 3 ] and was a delegate to the 1884 Republican National Conventions .
Historical Memoranda Concerning Persons and Places in Old Dover, New Hampshire. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-4382-4. OCLC 179483796. Sanborn, Frederick (1904). New Hampshire: an Epitome of Popular Government. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin. p. 109. OCLC 1225004. Tuttle, Charles Wesley (1880).