. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. .He was also for a time a member and otlicer of Brad-ford Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. LUCIEN THOMPSON, Thompson family has ever been conspicuous inthe town of Durham, and prominent in the history of thestate. The first of the name in New Hampshire was Wil-liam Thompson, who was a resident of Dover as early as1647. His son, John, established himself in Durham,then known as the Oyster River settlement, where hehad received a grant of land in 1694, which embraced apart of the present Thompson estate. He marriedSarah, daughter o
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. .He was also for a time a member and otlicer of Brad-ford Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. LUCIEN THOMPSON, Thompson family has ever been conspicuous inthe town of Durham, and prominent in the history of thestate. The first of the name in New Hampshire was Wil-liam Thompson, who was a resident of Dover as early as1647. His son, John, established himself in Durham,then known as the Oyster River settlement, where hehad received a grant of land in 1694, which embraced apart of the present Thompson estate. He marriedSarah, daughter of Capt. John Woodman, proprietor ofthe famous Woodman garrison. His son, Robert,. LuciEN Thompson. PERSONAL AND FARM SKETCHES. 373 located on the present Thompson farm, and built a houseupon the same site occupied by the present Thompson was the father of Ebenezer, familiarlyknown as Judge Thompson, who took a most con-spicuous part in the Revolutionary history of the state,beino- a member of the Committee of Safety, one ofthe party which captured Fort William and Mary atNewcastle, Dec. 14, 1774, a leading member of the pro-vincial congress, and the first secretary of state underthe state government, serving in that capacity duringthe entire war period. Subsequently he was for fifteenyears a judge of the Supreme Court and of the Court ofCommon Pleas for Straflbrd County. Judge Thompsonbuilt the maifn portion of the present residence on theThompson farm. His son, Benjamin, succeeded to theestate, and was followed by his son, Ebenezer, a brotherof Benjamin, who made the munificent donation to thestate for the endowment of the Agricultural
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