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After New Hampshire became an separate colony again in 1679, Provincial Governor John Cutt reorganized the militia on March 16, 1680, with one foot-company apiece for the four major settlements in Portsmouth, Dover, Exeter, and Hampton, and an artillery and cavalry company in Portsmouth. [1]
In 1638 Exeter was founded by John Wheelwright. In 1631, Captain Thomas Wiggin served as the first governor of the Upper Plantation (comprising modern-day Dover, Durham and Stratham). All the towns agreed to unite in 1639, but meanwhile, Massachusetts had claimed the territory.
1068: The Battle of Exeter – the Cornish attacked the Saxon stronghold of Exeter but were eventually driven back by an Anglo-Norman army sent to mop up pockets of resistance. 1069: Brian of Brittany, lord of Cornwall, defeats the sons of Harold near the River Taw; 1070: (ca.) Robert, Count of Mortain made Earl of Cornwall.
Exeter is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. Its population was 16,049 at the 2020 census, [2] up from 14,306 at the 2010 census. Exeter was the county seat until 1997, when county offices were moved to neighboring Brentwood.
This area was where the early settlement of Exeter took place in 1638, and soon developed as a shipbuilding center. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] It was enlarged in 1986 to include the mill complex of the Exeter Manufacturing Company on Chestnut Street. [2]
Oldest church building in New Hampshire James House Hampton 1723 First period house, dated by dendrochronology [6] Jaquith House (Farley Garrison House) Gilmanton: c.1725 [7] Building was moved to NH from Billerica, Massachusetts, in 2010. Once thought to date from 1665; architectural survey estimates c.1725 Newington Old Parsonage: Newington
The owner of Colby's Breakfast & Lunch in downtown Portsmouth announced its permanent closure Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, after almost 20 years in business.
Buildings and structures in Exeter, New Hampshire (14 P) P. People from Exeter, New Hampshire (89 P) Phillips Exeter Academy (2 C, 21 P, 2 F)