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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Site No. 1 – 28 Beech Street Extension
Site No. 2 – NH Route152 – RR Bridge – Railroad Station Freight Sheds
Site No. 3 – Corner of South Main and Maple Streets
Site No. 4 – 203 South Main Street – Leavitt House
Site No. 5 – The Cheswill Cemetery
Site No. 6 – 204 South Main Street – Site Of Cheswill’s Mansion House
The Nellie Palmer George Connection
Site No. 7 – 198 South Main Street – Deacon Paul Chapmans House – The Oldest House In The Village
The Guardianship of Moses Gill
Site No. 8 – South Main Street – Caswell Mansion- 1885 Death In The Dining Room – Gypsies In The Backyard – Mary Moonshine
Managing the Mansion, Mary Moonshine (the Face of Poverty) & Other Tenants
Site No. 9 – 184-186 Main Street – Kittredge Square
Site No.10 – 178 Main Street – South Primary School
Who was J.F.C. listed in so many articles of Newmarket’s Early History?
Site No. 11 – 177 Main Street – Cheswell’s Store
Site No. 12 – Engine House Across From 177 Main Street
The Old Tiger No.1 Fire Station
Major Town Fires and Fatalities Since 1840
Site No. 13 – Across From 171 Main Street – G.A.R. Monument -1920 Commemorates Newmarket’s Civil War Veterans
Two Battles that engaged Newmarket soldiers
Homefront Years —
Site No. 14 – 165-169 Main Street – Griffin Hardware
James Bartlett Griffin
Site No. 15 – 170 Main Street – Tenney Square 1835
The Tenney Children
Site No. 16 – 1 Exeter St. – Mathes Tenement Building
The Mathes Family
Site No. 17 – 164 Main Street – Mathes Commercial Building
Site No. 18 – 164 Main Street – Doe House – Bouras Ice Cream Parlor
The Folsom Family in Newmarket
Site No. 19 – 151 Main Street – American Legion – Brick Creighton Block
Site No. 20 – 141 Main Street
Site No. 21 – Main Street – Waterfront Landing & Shanda Park
New Market Ship Building and the Lamprey River Village Shipyard
Shipbuilders of Newmarket
General James Hill, Newmarket’s most famous ship builder
Site No. 22 – Water Street – Frank Lang Blacksmith Shop
The Colonial Blacksmith
Other Town Blacksmiths 1668- post WW II
Site No. 23 – Newmarket Community Church
Newmarket’s Keeper of the Clock in the Church Steeple
Site No. 24 – Arbor Park – Newmarket House – Old Town Hall
Old Town Hall (1848-1987)
Newmarket House, “The Grand Dame” of Main Street (1848-1944)
Let’s Go Out Back for Roller Skating !
Site No. 34 – 82 Main St. – Branscombs Tavern
Patrick Haley and his Colorful Irish family
Site No. 25 – Post Office
Doctor Charles A. Morse
First Permanent Post Office Building
Site No. 26 – 116 Main Street – Old Bank Building – National – Savings
ALANSON C. HAINES (1843 – 1927)
Site No. 27 – 108 Main Street – Durgin Block
Site No. 28 – 108 Main St. – Barnard Building
Site No. 29 – 100 Main St. – Hotel Willey
Fire Chief Silver Saves the day
Site No. 30 – 98 Main St. – Edward Smith Building – Narrowest In The State
Site No.41 Bay Road Mill Entrance Bryant Rock
Site No. 31 – Newmarket Memorial Bandstand
Site No.42 3 Penstock Way Nmco Mill 1 Dam
Site No. 32 – Central Street
Site No. 43 – 1 Elm Street – John Webster Hall – Town Library
Site No. 33 – 86 Main St. – Kingman Building
The Rising Star Mason Lodge Connection to The Kingman Building
Worshipful Masters of the Rising Star Lodge Part 1 (1826 – 1904 )
Worshipful Masters of the Rising Star Lodge Part 2 ( 1904 – 1955 )
Worshipful Masters of the Rising Star Lodge Part 3 ( 1955 – 1999 +)
Tom & Lavinia Thumb
Site No. 44 – 2 Elm Street – Brick Agents House 1824
Site No. 38 – Bay Rd. – North Main St. – Robert White Memorial
Site No. 45 – Elm Spring Streets Nichols Avenue
Response to the 1903 Smallpox Epidemic
Amy Brousseau: 1950-1967
Site No. 35 – 72 Main St. – Brooks Building
Site No. 46 – Spring & Chapel Street – Houses Of Dr Leech Turcotte Green Towle Rev. White
Site No. 39 – 48 North Main St. – North Side AKA “Durham Side” Primary School
Site No. 36 – Mill Overlook – Site Of Old Wiggin Doe House
Site No. 47 – Chapel, Granite Streets – Old Methodist Church Houses Of Deacon David Murray Israel Beauchesne
Site No. 48 – 3 Granite St. Stone School – New Market Historical Society Museum
The 1st New Market Militia organized in 1970 in time for the town’s 250th Anniversary Celebration
Site No. 40 – 51 North Main St. – Benjamin Smith Farm
Site No. 41 – Bay Road – Mill Entrance – Bryant Rock
Site No. 49 – Stone Church – Built 1834
Site No. 50 – 9 Granite St Newmarket House – Old High School Built 1874
Site No. 37 – Lamprey River Bridge – Lamprey River Bridge Earliest Town Boundary
Site No. 42 – 3 Penstock Way – Newmarket Manufacturing Company (Nmco) Mill 1 – Dam
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Dedication
Michael A. Provost 1952 – 2025
Forbes & Sylvia Getchell
Contact
Mailing List
Get Involved
Membership and Admissions
Sponsors & Partners
Wentworth Cheswill Sculpture Project
Military
Revolution
Civil War
Names On the Grand Army of the Republic “G.A.R.” Memorial – Townsmen who served
Names Not On the G.A.R. Monument, But Who Served Nonetheless
1st NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
2nd NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
3rd NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
6th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
8th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
10th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
13th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
14th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
15th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
1st NH Calvary, Newmarket Soldiers & the Shenandoah Valley campaigns
Bounties and Town Debt
Civil War Uniforms and the Haley Building
Strafford Guards
United States Colored Troops – USCT
Early Preparations and Costs of a Regiment
War Department Orders
A Soldier’s Pay
The Soldier Votes in the Elections of 1864 – 1865
US Navy, Newmarket Sailors
A Soldier’s Burial
Gifts From Home
WW I
Killed In Action
Two Guardsmen Meet Death
Militia
Early Indian War Narrative
Gilman Boys Captured by Indians
Newmarket Settlers Taken Captive by Indians
Colonel Winthrop Hilton Killed by Indians 1710
Heritage
Vital Statistics
Biographies
William Ernest Cheswell
Boston Post Cane – Origin
Boston Post Cane and Town Recipients 1909 to 2023
Jean Jennings, Boston Post Cane and Town Recipients 2024 >
Karl Gilbert, and the Town Seal
Bodhipaksa, and the Buddhist Center
Cilley, Bob & family’s Newmarket Sugar Shack
Hilton Family Farm
The Truck Stop, Barb & ‘Sarge” Reilly
Bucky Bailey, 2005 Citizen of the year
Ron Weitzel retires 2001
Richard Schanda (AKA Joe Dixx)
Channing Folsom, Pioneer in NH Education
Leon Camarie, 1st Franco American to serve as Town Selectman
Joseph Pinkham
George Joy, The Singing Accountant
LaFayette Hall – from great wealth to greater despair
The Medium, The Man and His Medals
Bert Lavoie and his Emails Home
Father LaBonte, First Ordination in St. Mary’s
Remembering Richard Fisher
John and Rose Carpenter – Ye Olde Yankee Greenhouse – over 50 yrs
Newspapers
Genealogy & Families
William Bryent Family
The Filion Family – Businessmen and Civic Leaders
French Family
The Gazda Family
Perkins Family
Pinkam Family
Medical terms in Genealogical reports
Golden Moments
Documents
Profiles & Studies
Profiles
Gay, George A. – Lieutenant, promoted on the battlefield, KIA at Antietam
Greene, Charles W. – Captain of Company E, 25th US Colored Troops
Haines, Alanson – first man in Newmarket to volunteer
Hanson, Albert J. – Captain, & Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse
Hanson, Sergeant John J. – Battle of Port Hudson, and served as 1st Commander of Newmarket’s G.A.R.
Henaghan, Patrick H. – KIA – Battle of Oak Grove; letter home to Enoch Adams
James, George R. – a Wagoner who never saw battle, from Private to Lieutenant
James, Henry – US Marines, KIA on board USS Cumberland
Leach, Thomas Walter – Naval Surgeon
Lees, Thomas – 2nd Lt., wounded at Gettysburg, POW and Belle Isle Prison
Littlefield, William W. – Corporal – KIA – Deep Bottom Run, VA, 16 Aug. 1864
Lord, George – Stolen with a fake promotion and a fake resignation
Murray, Henry H. – 1st Lt., 2nd Battle of Fair Oaks; POW
O’Brien, John – cut the chains across the Mississippi
Beaumont, John C. – Rear Admiral, US Navy
Rand, Cyrus – US Navy and the USS Agawam
Bracketts – Father and Sons, & The Martin Guards at Fort Constitution
Reynolds, Charles W. – POW at Cold Harbor; Color Bearer at Gettysburg
Brooks, James P. – fought for two states; “Minie Ball” hit led to his death
Richardson, Edward – Musician and Merchant
Bryant brothers – Hosea and William and ship disasters
Sanborn, Austin L. and the 17th US Infantry
Caswell, James M. – 13th NH Infantry musician – notes from the trenches
Sanborn, Warren G. – Received the Medal of Honor & Had It Taken Away
Clay, David – “Only A Soldier”
Severance, Albert T. – Wounded 10 Times
Davis & Furber – accomplished Musicians & Business Partners
Smith, George – US Navy, Capt., served aboard 4 ships
Soesman, Flavius A. – Died of Wounds, Battle of Cold Harbor
Davis Family – Five enlisted, only one returned
Davis, David O., and the Battle of Hatcher’s Run
Tebbetts, George – KIA at the Battle of White Oak Swamp
Towle, Benjamin – Surgeon
DeSchuyler, Augustus – A foreign substitute enlisted for quick money
Tuttle, Woodbridge – POW
Dow, Orrin, Sergeant – the Bravery of a Color Bearer
Durell, James M. – Captain, Recruiter
Durell, Woodbridge – POW
Edgerly, Charles and “John Brown’s Body”
Ellison & Quimby – KIA; Saunders & Caswell – MIA; Chapman – POW at 2nd Battle of Bull Run
Ferrin, Levin – anything but desertion
Foster, Robert E. – Discharged “Disabled”, re-enlisted in “Invalid Corps”
Four Men, One Company, Four Battles, Four Deaths
French, John O. – left home at 16, engaged in 32 battles
Frost, George W. – Lt. Colonel
Histories
The Town Clock & Keeper of the Clock
Village Churches
Groups – The Eagles
Groups – The Grange
Groups – Catholic Order of Foresters, Joliet Court #634
Groups – The Grand Army of The Republic G.A.R.
Groups – The Knights of Phythias
The Town Pounds
The Last Stage Coach to Leave Town
Rockingham Ballroom 1934 – 2011
Bandstand History
Colonial Silversmiths, Carios Father and Son
St. Mary Church
Rockingham Junction
WALTER BRYENT’S WINNEPESAUKEE JOURNAL, 1747.
Train Fatality Investigations 1891 – 1914
Diptheria Epidemic 1885 -1886 by Dr. Charles Morse
1891 Leading Business Men of Newmarket and South Newmarket
1927 June 23rd – Grande Soiree de Famille, Club LaFayette program
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Wentworth Cheswill Sculpture Project
Home
Events
USA 250 (2026) & Newmarket 300 (2027)
Casino Fundraiser 2026
The Walking Tour
Bibliography
James Caswell Brothers and Sister
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Site No 1 – 28 Beech Street Extension
Site No 2 – Nh 152 Rr Bridge Railroad Station Freight Sheds
Site No 3 – Corner of South Main and Maple Streets
Site No 4 – 203 South Main Street Leavitt House
Site No 5 – The Cheswill Cemetery
Site No 6 – 204 So Main St Site Of Cheswills Mansion House
The Nellie Palmer George Connection
Site No 7 – Deacon Paul Chapmans House The Oldest House In The Village
The Guardianship of Moses Gill
Site No 8 – Caswell Mansion 1885 Death In The Dining Room Gypsies In The Backyard Mary Moonshine
Managing the Mansion, Mary Moonshine (the Face of Poverty) & Other Tenants
Site No 9 – 184 86 Main St Kittredge Square
Site No 10 – 178 Main St South Primary School
Who was J.F.C. listed in so many articles of Newmarket’s Early History?
Site No 11 – 177 Main St Cheswells Store
Site No 12 – Engine House Across From 177 Main St
The Old Tiger No.1 Fire Station
Major Town Fires and Fatalities Since 1840
Site No 13 – Across From 171 Main St G.a.r Monument 1920 Commemorates Newmarkets Civil War Veterans
Two Battles that engaged Newmarket soldiers
Homefront Years —
Site No 14 Griffin Hardware 165 169 Main Street
James Bartlett Griffin
Site No 15 – 170 Main St Tenney Square 1835
The Tenney Children
Site No 16 – 1 Exeter St Mathes Tenement Building
The Mathes Family
Site No 17 – 164 Main St Mathes Commerical Building
Site No 18 – 164 Main St Doe House Bouras Ice Cream Parlor
The Folsom Family in Newmarket
Site No 19 – 151 Main St American Legion Brick Creighton Block
Site No 20 – 141 Main Street
Site No.21 Main St Waterfront Landing Shanda Park
New Market Ship Building and the Lamprey River Village Shipyard
Shipbuilders of Newmarket
General James Hill, Newmarket’s most famous ship builder
Site No.22 Water St Frank Lang Blacksmith Shop
The Colonial Blacksmith
Other Town Blacksmiths 1668- post WW II
Site No 23 Newmarket Community Church
Newmarket’s Keeper of the Clock in the Church Steeple
Site No 24 Arbor Park Newmarket House Old Town Hall
Old Town Hall (1848-1987)
Newmarket House, “The Grand Dame” of Main Street (1848-1944)
Let’s Go Out Back for Roller Skating !
Site No.34 – 82 Main St Branscombs Tavern
Patrick Haley and his Colorful Irish family
Site No.25 Post Office
Doctor Charles A. Morse
First Permanent Post Office Building
Site No.26 – 116 Main St Old Bank Building Savings National
ALANSON C. HAINES (1843 – 1927)
Site No.27 108 Main St Durgin Block
Site No 28 108 Main St Barnard Building
Site No.29 – 100 Main St Hotel Willey
Fire Chief Silver Saves the day
Site No 30 98 Main St Edward Smith Building Narrowest In The State
Site No.41 Bay Road Mill Entrance Bryant Rock
Site No.31 Memorial Bandstand
Site No.42 3 Penstock Way Nmco Mill 1 Dam
Site No.32 Central Street
Site No.43 1 Elm St John Webster Hall Town Library
Site No.33 – 86 Main St Kingman Building
The Rising Star Mason Lodge Connection to The Kingman Building
Worshipful Masters of the Rising Star Lodge Part 1 (1826 – 1904 )
Worshipful Masters of the Rising Star Lodge Part 2 ( 1904 – 1955 )
Worshipful Masters of the Rising Star Lodge Part 3 ( 1955 – 1999 +)
Tom & Lavinia Thumb
Site No.44 2 Elm St Brick Agents House 1824
Site No.38 Bay Rd No Main St Robert White Memorial
Site No.45 – Elm Spring Streets Nichols Avenue
Response to the 1903 Smallpox Epidemic
Amy Brousseau: 1950-1967
Site No.35 72 Main St Brooks Building
Site No.46 Spring Chapel Streest Houses Of Dr Leech Turcotte Green Towle Rev White
Site No.39 48 No Main St Northside Primary School
Site No.36 Mill Overlook Site Of Old Wiggin Doe House
Site No 47 Chapel Granite Streets Old Methodist Church Houses Of Deacon David Murray Isreal Beauchesne
Site No.48 – 3 Granite St Stone School New Market Historical Society Museum
The 1st New Market Militia organized in 1970 in time for the town’s 250th Anniversary Celebration
Site No.40 51 No Main St Benjamin Smith Farm
Site No.41 Bay Road Mill Entrance Bryant Rock
Site No.49 Stone Church Built 1834
Site No 50 9 Granite St Newmarket House Old High School Built 1874
Site No.37 Lamprey River Bridge Lamprey River Bridge Earliest Town Boundry
Site No.42 3 Penstock Way Nmco Mill 1 Dam
Dedication
Forbes & Sylvia Getchell
Michael A. Provost 1952 – 2025
Forbes & Sylvia Getchell
Contact
Mailing List
Get Involved
Membership and Admissions
Sponsors
Wentworth Cheswill Sculpture Project
Military
Revolution
Civil War
Names On the G.A.R. Memorial – Townsmen who served
Names Not On the Monument, But Who Served Nonetheless
1st NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
2nd NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
3rd NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
6th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
8th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
10th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
13th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
14th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
15th NH Infantry, History and Newmarket Soldiers
1st NH Calvary, Newmarket Soldiers & the Shenandoah Valley campaigns
Bounties and Town Debt
Civil War Uniforms and the Haley Building
Strafford Guards
United States Colored Troops – USCT
Early Preparations and Costs of a Regiment
War Department Orders
A Soldier’s Pay
The Soldier Votes in the Elections of 1864 – 1865
US Navy, Newmarket sailors
A Soldier’s Burial
Gifts From Home
WW I
Killed In Action
Two Guardsmen Meet Death
Militia
Early Indian War Narrative
Gilman Boys Captured by Indians
Newmarket Settlers Taken Captive by Indians
Colonel Winthrop Hilton Killed by Indians 1710
Heritage
Vital Statistics
Biographies
William Ernest Cheswell
Boston Post Cane – Origin
Boston Post Cane and Town Recipients 1909 to 2023
Jean Jennings, Boston Post Cane and Town Recipients 2024 >
Karl Gilbert, and the Town Seal
Bodhipaksa, and the Buddhist Center
Cilley, Bob & family’s Newmarket Sugar Shack
Hilton Family Farm
The Truck Stop, Barb & ‘Sarge” Reilly
Bucky Bailey, 2005 Citizen of the year
Ron Weitzel retires 2001
Richard Schanda (AKA Joe Dixx)
Channing Folsom, Pioneer in NH Education
Leon Camarie, 1st Franco American to serve as Town Selectman
Joseph Pinkham
George Joy, The Singing Accountant
LaFayette Hall – from great wealth to greater despair
The Medium, The Man and His Medals
Bert Lavoie and his Emails Home
Father LaBonte, First Ordination in St. Mary’s
Remembering Richard Fisher
John and Rose Carpenter – Ye Olde Yankee Greenhouse – over 50 yrs
Newspapers
Genealogy & Families
William Bryent Family
The Filion Family – Businessmen and Civic Leaders
French Family
The Gazda Family
Perkins Family
Pinkam Family
Medical terms in Genealogical reports
Golden Moments
Documents
Profiles & Studies
Profiles
Gay, George A. – Lieutenant, promoted on the battlefield, KIA at Antietam
Greene, Charles W. – Captain of Company E, 25th US Colored Troops
Haines, Alanson – first man in Newmarket to volunteer
Hanson, Albert J. – Captain, & Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse
Hanson, Sergeant John J. – Battle of Port Hudson, and served as 1st Commander of Newmarket’s G.A.R.
Henaghan, Patrick H. – KIA – Battle of Oak Grove; letter home to Enoch Adams
James, George R. – a Wagoner who never saw battle, from Private to Lieutenant
James, Henry – US Marines, KIA on board USS Cumberland
Leach, Thomas Walter – Naval Surgeon
Lees, Thomas – 2nd Lt., wounded at Gettysburg, POW and Belle Isle Prison
Littlefield, William W. – Corporal – KIA – Deep Bottom Run, VA, 16 Aug. 1864
Lord, George – Stolen with a fake promotion and a fake resignation
Murray, Henry H. – 1st Lt., 2nd Battle of Fair Oaks; POW
O’Brien, John – cut the chains across the Mississippi
Beaumont, John C. – Rear Admiral, US Navy
Rand, Cyrus – US Navy and the USS Agawam
Bracketts – Father and Sons, & The Martin Guards at Fort Constitution
Reynolds, Charles W. – POW at Cold Harbor; Color Bearer at Gettysburg
Brooks, James P. – fought for two states; “Minie Ball” hit led to his death
Richardson, Edward – Musician and Merchant
Bryant brothers – Hosea and William and ship disasters
Sanborn, Austin L. and the 17th US Infantry
Caswell, James M. – 13th NH Infantry musician – notes from the trenches
Sanborn, Warren G. – Received the Medal of Honor & Had It Taken Away
Clay, David – “Only A Soldier”
Severance, Albert T. – Wounded 10 Times
Davis & Furber – accomplished Musicians & Business Partners
Smith, George – US Navy, Capt., served aboard 4 ships
Soesman, Flavius A. – Died of Wounds, Battle of Cold Harbor
Davis Family – Five enlisted, only one returned
Davis, David O., and the Battle of Hatcher’s Run
Tebbetts, George – KIA at the Battle of White Oak Swamp
Towle, Benjamin – Surgeon
DeSchuyler, Augustus – A foreign substitute enlisted for quick money
Tuttle, Woodbridge – POW
Dow, Orrin, Sergeant – the Bravery of a Color Bearer
Durell, James M. – Captain, Recruiter
Durell, Woodbridge – POW
Edgerly, Charles and “John Brown’s Body”
Ellison & Quimby – KIA; Saunders & Caswell – MIA; Chapman – POW at 2nd Battle of Bull Run
Ferrin, Levin – anything but desertion
Foster, Robert E. – Discharged “Disabled”, re-enlisted in “Invalid Corps”
Four Men, One Company, Four Battles, Four Deaths
French, John O. – left home at 16, engaged in 32 battles
Frost, George W. – Lt. Colonel
Histories
The Town Clock & Keeper of the Clock
Village Churches
Groups – The Eagles
Groups – The Grange
Groups – Catholic Order of Foresters, Joliet Court #634
Groups – The Grand Army of The Republic G.A.R.
Groups – The Knights of Phythias
The Town Pounds
The Last Stage Coach to Leave Town
Rockingham Ballroom 1934 – 2011
Bandstand History
Colonial Silversmiths, Carios Father and Son
St. Mary Church
Rockingham Junction
WALTER BRYENT’S WINNEPESAUKEE JOURNAL, 1747.
Train Fatality Investigations 1891 – 1914
Diptheria Epidemic 1885 -1886 by Dr. Charles Morse
1891 Leading Business Men of Newmarket and South Newmarket
1927 June 23rd – Grande Soiree de Famille, Club LaFayette program
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