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Brief Early Milford History
| Milford was not incorporated until
1794, although settlements in the territory out of which the town was made began as early
as 1738. The old township of Dunstable, which includes the larger part of the present town
of Milford, was chartered by the general court of Massachuetts, Oct 16, 1673, O.S. In 1746 the western part of Dunstable in New Hampshire was divided by an easterly and westerly line into nearly equal parts, and the towns of Hollis and Monson incorporated by the legislature of New Hampshire. Monson had a corporate existence of twenty-four years, when it was dismembered in 1770, and one half annexed by an east and west line to Amherst , and the remainder to Hollis. In 1782 the inhabitants of the southwest part of Amherst, as then constituted, were set off as a parish, for the purpose of maintaining religious worship. In 1792 the parish was regularly incorporated and boundaries established. In 1794 the town of Miford was incorporated. Amherst making the largest contribution of territory, the Mile Slip the next, Hollis the third, and the Duxbury school fram closing up the lines with five hundred acres. So well has the town guarded its domain, that no portion of its territory has been surrendered to the demands of ambitions neighbors. (The History of Milford, NH (1901)) |
It appears that all of Milford's territory south of the river (except the Mile Slip) was know as Dunstable prior to the year 1746; from 1746 to 1770 as Monson; from 1770 to 1794 as Amherst, and on the north side of river pior to 1794, as Narragansit No. 3, Souhegan West, or Amherst, with the exception of a small part of the Mile Slip and the five hundred acres known as the Duxbury school farm. We must remember this when researching our Milford families. |
Milford Town Records
Milford Town Clerk
1 Union Sq
Milford, NH 03055-4230
(603) 673-3403
Taxpayers of Monson (now Milford) 1753 & 1770
Resident Taxpayers in Milford, April 1, 1794
Milford Census Records -- Records of State and Federal Census.
Biographical Sketches -- Of our Ancestors - Individual Narratives.
Soldiers in the Revolution War from Monson (now Milford)
Men of Milford in the 1812 War
George A. Ramsdell (1834-1900) Born Milford; Peterborough lawyer, then Nashua political figure and businessman. In state politics from 1861. Governor 1897/9.
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Milford Lookup Volunteers
If you have any reference material on Milford and would like to volunteer to do lookup's, please let me know. Fred Kunchick
A Few Rules Before you request a Lookup from a book.
Lookups request should be limited to one name, or perhaps two if it is a married couple.
Information given will be limited. For example if it is a cemetery lookup, the information will be name of the cemetery and the information on the headstone.
Please do not ask for "everybody with X surname" or an entire family group, or for hard copies to be mailed; the volunteers have been asked not to comply with such requests.
Please make your request as specific as possible (first name, last name, known dates, etc.).
Include the name of the book or CD and county in your request.
In the subject line enter, the Town and County Name (Some of volunteers do more than one town or county.).
Volunteers have been advised to comply with U.S. copyright laws
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The USGenWeb Info for Volunteers - Copyright Information
We need local volunteers who are willing to do record and library look ups. Can you help us?
After you get a rely to a Lookup request:
1. Please send a Thank You Note.
2. Send a follow up message if the information was significant - let
the Volunteer who provided the Lookup share that feeling of finding important
information.
3. Pass the favor on to other -- Volunteer to do Lookups in your
Reference Material.
The people listed below have Volunteered to do some Milford look ups.
Volunteer Need |
"The History of Milford with Family Registers", by George A. Ramsdell & William P. Colburn, (1901). |
Milford Links
If you know of a Milford
link that would be appropriate to add to this page,
please e-mail Fred
Kunchick
- Milford Historical Society
has an online Picture Tour of Downtown
Milford.
6 Union Street - Milford, NH 03055 PH: (603) 673-3385 - Wadleigh Memorial Public Library
49 Nashua Street - Milford, NH 03055 PH: (603) 673-2408
New Hampshire Historical Society -- 40,000 titles - New Hampshire and New England local history and genealogy.
New England Connections -- Only New England Families and Locations
New Hampshire Civil War and Genealogy
Other Links
American Baptist Historical Society
Allen County Public Library Fort Wayne, Indiana
USGenWeb Archive "Census-On-Line" Project
Newsletters,
Journals and Mailing List Information
Hillsboro County NH Mailing list
Northeast-Roots -- Mailing List for the New England States
Milford Queries
Please feel free to post a short query for your surname in Milford on the
Hillsborough County Query Page
however, if your lines are not in Hillsborough County, please do not enter a query here. View Current Queries along with information on how to Post your own query.
Hillsborough Co. Towns - New Hampshire USGenWeb Page
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