. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . e passenger station in Penacook nowstands. He was the great-grandson of Henry Rolfe of Newbury(Mass.), who was one of the original proprietors of Pennycook, CAPT. HENRY ROLFE. 297 now Concord. The house in which he was born was built in1774, and is now standing a little south of its first location. It isin fair condition, is occupied by a tenant, and still in possessionof Mr. Rolfes descendants. Mr. Rolfe inherited from his fathernearly all of the land between the Boscawen town line and thesandbanks, so called, and
. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . e passenger station in Penacook nowstands. He was the great-grandson of Henry Rolfe of Newbury(Mass.), who was one of the original proprietors of Pennycook, CAPT. HENRY ROLFE. 297 now Concord. The house in which he was born was built in1774, and is now standing a little south of its first location. It isin fair condition, is occupied by a tenant, and still in possessionof Mr. Rolfes descendants. Mr. Rolfe inherited from his fathernearly all of the land between the Boscawen town line and thesandbanks, so called, and from the Merrimack river west to whatis now Main street. This property came into possession of the fam-ily by allotment and purchase between the years 1726 and 1800,and as it included so large a part of what is now the village ofPenacook, he was necessarily prominent in its early history andenterprises. He was largely interested in farming and manufac-turing until his death, which occurred May 29, 1859. He re-ceived his military title as captain in the famous Eleventh regi-. Capt. Henry Rolfe. 298 HISTORY OF PENACOOK. merit of the New Hampshire militia. He always took an activepart in religious and educational matters, and in everything per-taining to the welfare of the village. CHARLES P. SHEPARD. Charles Pearson Shepard, son of Jonathan C. and Almeda(Pearson) Shepard, was born in Grafton, N. H., February 26,1842. His maternal grandfather was Phineas B. Pearson, a longtime resident of the village, and a manufacturer of wagons,sleighs, etc., whose wife was a daughter of Dr. Sayles of Grafton,N. H. On his fathers side, his grandfather was Israel Shepard ;great-grandfather, Daniel Shepard, a soldier under Stark at Ben-nington, who also marched with other Boscawen soldiers toLexington, Mass., at the outbreak of the Revolution, and waswounded in action; his great-great-grandfather, Israel Shepard,was a soldier in the French and Indian War of 1757—1759, so itseems that Mr. Shepar
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