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==Online Records==
''Many records from the colonial era in New England were kept at the town or county level. Search the catalog at the town or county level to locate those records.''<br>
'''''Court Records'''''
*{{FSC|310825|item|disp='''1623-1772''' Index cards of New Hampshire Province deeds and probate records from 1623-1772}}- images only.
*{{FSC|312877|item|disp='''1638-1772 approx.''' Colonial court records}}- images only.+++
*{{FSC|9030|item|disp='''1659-1696'''- Court papers}}- images only.
*{{FSC|129555|item|disp='''1692-1771'''- Court records}}- images only.
*{{FSC|228788|item|disp='''1695-1771'''- Court minutes}}- images only.
*{{FSC|228788|item|disp='''1696-1771'''- Court minutes}}- images only.
*{{FSC|129551|item|disp='''1699-1771'''- Court minutes}}- images only.
*{{FSC|374532|item|disp='''1699-1773'''- Court minutes}}- images only. Includes probate minutes, 1707-1726.
*{{FSC|374498|item|disp='''1714-1774'''- Court records}}- images only.
*{{FSC|7867|item|disp='''1729-1770'''- Court records}}- images only.
*{{FSC|7230|item|disp='''1730-1770'''- Records}}- images only. Includes Inferior Court of Common Pleas records from 1730 and 1741.
'''''Land and Tax Records'''''
*{{FSC|5428|item|disp='''1748-1846'''- Proprietors' records}}- images only.
*{{FSC|7291|item|disp='''1727-1788'''- Tax records}}- images only.
*{{FSC|7850|item|disp=Maps of the Masonian propriety : volumes 1-5 with index}}- images only.
'''''Vital Records'''''
*{{FSC|123319|item|disp='''1640-1900''' Index to brides}}- images only.
*'''Early to 1900''' {{RecordSearch|1542861|Index to births, early to 1900}} at FamilySearch - [[New Hampshire, Birth Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*{{FSC|312206|item|disp=Card file index to publishments of marriage intention prior to 1900}}- images only.
*{{FSC|310806|item|disp=Index to divorces and annulments prior to 1938}}- images only.
'''''Other'''''
*{{FSC|7304|item|disp='''1641-1800'''- Miscellaneous province and state papers}}- images only.
*{{FSC|5404|item|disp='''1867 & 1775'''- Census of New Hampshire, for the years 1767 and 1775}}- images only.
*{{FSC|9034|item|disp=Public loan of 1743}}-images only.
*{{FSC|312172|item|disp=Card index to genealogies, published and manuscript}}- images only
*{{FSC|7252|item|disp=Indian and French wars and revolutionary papers : collection of 1880}}- images only.


==History==
==History==
The first European settlement in New Hampshire was built in 1623 along the Piscataqua River by merchants who came from the Plymouth Colony. Initially included in the province of Maine, Captain John Mason was granted land between the Merrimack and Piscataqua rivers which he named New Hampshire. In 1641, the jurisdiction of New Hampshire came under the Massachusetts Bay Colony and it became part of the county of Norfolk in 1643. Although New Hampshire continued to share a governor with Massachusetts until 1741, it became a royal province in 1679. <ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 289 [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|822639|item|disp=FS Catalog book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>
The first European settlement in New Hampshire was built in 1623 along the Piscataqua River by merchants who came from the Plymouth Colony. Initially included in the province of Maine, Captain John Mason was granted land between the Merrimack and Piscataqua rivers which he named New Hampshire. In 1641, the jurisdiction of New Hampshire came under the Massachusetts Bay Colony and it became part of the county of Norfolk in 1643. Although New Hampshire continued to share a governor with Massachusetts until 1741, it became a royal province in 1679. <ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 289 [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>
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<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 183, 192. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|822639|item|disp=FS Catalog book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>
<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 183, 192. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>
 
==Resources==
 
=== Church Records ===
 
* [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/510780-redirection ''Guide to Church Vital Statistics Records in New Hampshire''] by Historical Records Survey. (Manchester, NH: The Survey, 1942).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/298950-redirection ''The New Hampshire Churches: Comprising Histories of the Congregational and Presbyterian Churches in the State, with Notices of Other Denominations; Also Containing Many Interesting Incidents Connected with the First Settlement of Towns''] by Robert F. Lawrence. (Claremont, NH: Claremont Manufacturing Co., 1856).
 
=== Early New Hampshire Families and Histories ===
 
* {{FSC|12940|item|disp=''Colonial New Hampshire: A History'' by Jere R. Daniell}}. (Millwood, NY: KTO Press, 1981).
* {{FSC|673903|item|disp=''Directory of Repositories of Family History in New Hampshire''}} by Scott E. Green. (Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1993).
* {{FSC|89553|item|disp=''The Eastern Frontier: The Settlement of Northern New England, 1610-1763''}} by Charles E. Clark. (1970. Reprint. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1983).
*''Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire''.  By Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis. Portland, Maine : Southworth Press, 1928-1939.  '''Online at:''' {{FSC|84933|item|disp=FamilySearch Digital Library}}, [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48566/ Ancestry] ($).
* {{FSC|163759|item|disp=''Guide to Early Documents (1680-1900) at the New Hampshire Records Management and Archives Center''}} by Frank C. Mevers. (Concord: The Archives, 1981).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/20625-redirection ''History of New Hampshire, from its First Discovery to the Year 1830: With Dissertations upon the Rise of Opinions and Institutions, the Growth of Agriculture and Manufactures, and the Influence of leading Families and Distinguished Men, to the year 1874''] by Edwin D. Sanborn. (Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1875).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/81398-redirection ''Index to Genealogies in New Hampshire Town Histories''] by William N. Copeley. (Concord: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1988).
* {{FSC|2086683|item|disp=''New Hampshire Genealogical Research Guide''}} by Laird C. Towle. (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1983).
* {{FSC|378660|item|disp=''New Hampshire: Its History, Settlement, and Provincial Periods''}} by Ella Shannon Bowles. (1938. Reprint. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1989).
*''The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660''. 1908. By Charles Henry Pope. Boston: n.p. Reprint: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1965. '''Online at:''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/230129 FamilySearch Digital Library], [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48125/ Ancestry] ($).
* {{FSC|133667|item|disp=''New Hampshire Residents, 1633-1699''}} by Jay Mack Holbrook. (1979. Reprint. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1996).
* {{FSC|2041556|item|disp=''Passages to Family History: A Guide to Genealogical Research in the Dartmouth College Library''}} by Robert D. Jaccaud. (Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Library, 1994).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/524448-redirection ''Town Government in New Hampshire''] by Historical Records Survey. (Manchester, NH: The Survey, n.d.).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/578934-redirection ''Transcripts of Original Documents in the English Archives Relating to the Early History of New Hampshire''] by John S. Jennes. (New York, 1876).
 
=== Other ===
 
* {{FSC|123124|item|disp=''Military History of the State of New Hampshire, 1623-1861''}} by Chandler E. Potter. (1866. reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1972).
* {{FSC|230642|item|disp=''Notices from the New Hampshire Gazette, 1765-1800''}} by Otis G. Hammond. (Lambertville, NJ: Hunterdon House, 1970).


*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/?navigation=default&perpage=10&page=1&search=provincial+and+State+Papers+Published+by+Authority+of+the+Legislature+of+New+Hampshire&fulltext=1&bookmarks=0&sort=_score#title ''Provincial and State Papers Published by Authority of the Legislature of New Hampshire'']. 40 Vols. (Concord: State Printer, 1867-1943).
==Statewide Records and Resources==
*[https://archive.org/details/rollnewhampshire00bretrich/page/n6/mode/2up ''Roll of New Hampshire Men at Louisbourg, Cape Breton, 1745''] by George C. Gilmore. (Concord: Edward N. Pearson, 1896).
===Court Records===
*{{FSC|19153|item|disp=''State of the Evidence and Argument in Support of the Territorial Rights and Jurisdiction of New York Against the Government of New Hampshire and the Claimants under it and Against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts''}} by James Duane. (New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1871).
'''Superior Court of Judicature (1699-1771)'''<br>
*''Trelawney Papers'' by J. P. Baxter. (Portland, ME: n.p., 1884).
:*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/129551?availability=Family%20History%20Library 1699-1771, Court minutes] (film 0980830). Digitized but not indexed.
:*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/374532?availability=Family%20History%20Library 1699-1773, Court minutes] (0984104). Digitized but not indexed. Includes probate minutes, 1707-1726.
'''Court of General Quarter Sessions (1695-1771)<br>
:*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/228788?availability=Family%20History%20Library 1695-1771, Court minutes] (film 0980829). Digitized but not indexed.
:*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/7230?availability=Family%20History%20Library 1730-1770, Records] (film 0980937). Digitized but not indexed. Includes Inferior Court of Common Pleas records from 1730 and 1741.


==References==
== References ==


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History[edit | edit source]

The first European settlement in New Hampshire was built in 1623 along the Piscataqua River by merchants who came from the Plymouth Colony. Initially included in the province of Maine, Captain John Mason was granted land between the Merrimack and Piscataqua rivers which he named New Hampshire. In 1641, the jurisdiction of New Hampshire came under the Massachusetts Bay Colony and it became part of the county of Norfolk in 1643. Although New Hampshire continued to share a governor with Massachusetts until 1741, it became a royal province in 1679. [1]

Earliest Church Records Earliest Land Records Earliest Court Records Earliest Newspapers
1634 1623 1629 1756

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Statewide Records and Resources[edit | edit source]

Court Records[edit | edit source]

Superior Court of Judicature (1699-1771)

Court of General Quarter Sessions (1695-1771)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Christina K. Schaefer, Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 289 WorldCat (Other Libraries); FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998
  2. Christina K. Schaefer, Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 183, 192. WorldCat (Other Libraries); FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998