Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Mason is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,448 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] Mason, together with Wilton , is home to Russell-Abbott State Forest.
Captain John Mason (1586–1635) was an English sailor and colonist who was instrumental to the establishment of various settlements in colonial America and is considered to be the 'Founder of New Hampshire'. Mason was born in 1586 at King's Lynn, Norfolk, and educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge. [1]
Mason took the territory between the Piscataqua and Merrimack, and called it "New Hampshire", after the English county of Hampshire. [ 2 ] Conflicts between holders of grants issued by Mason and Gorges concerning their boundaries eventually led to a need for more active management.
Mason took the territory between the Piscataqua and Merrimack, and called it "New Hampshire", after the English county of Hampshire. [ 4 ] Conflicts between holders of grants issued by Mason and Gorges concerning their boundaries eventually led to a need for more active management.
A mature frontier: the New Hampshire economy 1790–1850 Historical New Hampshire 24#1 (1969) 3–19. Squires, J. Duane. The Granite State of the United States: A History of New Hampshire from 1623 to the Present (1956) vol 1; Stackpole, Everett S. History of New Hampshire (4 vol 1916–1922) vol 4 online covers Civil War and late 19th century
Featuring Mason the Moose — named for John Mason, credited with giving New Hampshire its name 400 years ago — the program helps students in grades 3 to 6 navigate the history of the state from ...
Marcus Mason Maronn, Founder, President of the Mason Family Memorial Association Inc. Jeremiah Mason, was a United States senator from New Hampshire. John Sanford Mason, (August 21, 1824 – November 29, 1897) was a career officer in the United States Army who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
"New Hampshire, as granted by authority of the English Crown to Captain John Mason in 1629, was bounded on the west and north by a curved line 60 miles distant from the sea. The course of this proprietary boundary, called the 'Masonian Curve', coincides with the nearby town line between Wilmot and Springfield ."