The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . *ih*£^l„ W, pr|!H ^ 2^ * < 4 ;^ FARMINGTQN. 26 Leighton, Meder, Pearl, Peavey,Thompson, Yarney, Whitehouse, and others familiar to present resi-dents, for the homes of the fathersare still largely in possession of theirdescendants in and around the vil- Settlement of the vicinity had beenmade long before the incorporation ofthe town, the Furbers, Samuel Jones,Benjamin Chesley, Paul Demeritt,and a few more, having located nearMerrills Corner, the Leightons on. Atiai** \ {/>„,; ^^ ^J^ yj/.. Capt. C. H.
The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . *ih*£^l„ W, pr|!H ^ 2^ * < 4 ;^ FARMINGTQN. 26 Leighton, Meder, Pearl, Peavey,Thompson, Yarney, Whitehouse, and others familiar to present resi-dents, for the homes of the fathersare still largely in possession of theirdescendants in and around the vil- Settlement of the vicinity had beenmade long before the incorporation ofthe town, the Furbers, Samuel Jones,Benjamin Chesley, Paul Demeritt,and a few more, having located nearMerrills Corner, the Leightons on. Atiai** \ {/>„,; ^^ ^J^ yj/.. Capt. C. H. H. Barker. James Bartlett EdgerlyJudge Jonn Tuttle. Anrvasa W. E. Hayes. lages which are included in the town-ship. The largest number of votes cast atthe first town meeting was 141, andwhile the polls numbered only 971 inthe elections of 1895, over a thousandnames have been counted on thecheck-list in other years. the Ten Rod road, Moses Home,Caleb Varney, and Aaron Wingateon Chestnut Hill, and Mr. WilliamTibbetts of England, who died in1788, having erected the first framehouse on the Xew Durham Ridgeroad, near the site of the fine resi-dence of his descendant, George A. 26S FARMINGTON. Davis, who inherited the farm thus Roberts, who came from Dover Neck, made a homestead. Ancient poplar and moved into his new home in 1782, trees, still standing like sentinels upon his marriage. between the Davis and Pearl-Roberts The second frame was erected by places, were brought there by Mr. Tibbetts. One Berry built a log
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