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��in Portsmouth in 1739 ; was a mer- chant ; a member of the old congress, 1779-'80 ; judge of the supreme court, 1782. A firm patriot, devoted to the cause of his country. His house was burned in 1781, and he built the Rockingliam House (old). He died January 13, 1805, aged 66.

Hon. Timothy Walker, of Concord, only son of Rev. Timothy Walker, of Concord, was born June 27, 1737; graduated at Harvard college, 1756; justice of court of common pleas from 1777 to 1809 ; chief-justice last five 3'ears ; often a delegate ; candidate for governor in 1798. Died May 5, 1822, aged 85. He filled all the town and state offices to which he was elected with fidelity and honor.

Hon. John Langdou, of Portsmouth, one of New Hampshire's most distin- guished citizens, was born in Ports- mouth in 1740 ; was one of the party which seized Fort William and Mary in 1774; delegate to Continental Congress in 1775 and 1776; speaker N. H. house of representatives in 1776 and 1777 ; judge of court of common pleas ; delegate to congress in 1783 ; president of New Hampshire in 1785 ; member of first U. S. senate ; presi- dent pro tern, of that body, served two terms ; governor of New Hamp- shire from 1805 to 1808 and 1810 and 1811. He was eminent for his per- sonal dignity, his patriotism, his capacity for offices of high honor and trust, and for his religious reverence and devotion. He died September 18, 1819, aged 78.

Hon. John Wentworth, of Dover, born at Salmon Falls, July 17, 1745 ; graduated at Harvard college in 1768 ; was admitted to the bar, and lived in Dover ; was moderator many years ;

��representative through the war ; one of the executive council of the state ; on the Committee of Safety ; a delegate to the Continental congress in 1778. He was an able lawyer, as a man be- nevolent, of a good-natured address, and a statesman of superior abilities. He died January 10, 1787.

Ebenezer Smith, born in Exeter in

1734 ; was a Proprietor of Gilmanton, but settled in Meredith in 1768, and was a " father of the town" for many years. He was judge of probate ; lieutenant-colonel of 10th regiment militia ; president of the senate two years. He died August 27, 1807, aged 73.

Hon. Matthew Thornton, born in Ireland in 1714; came as a lad to America ; studied medicine ; was sur- geon on Louisbourg expedition ; mem- ber of congress from 1776 to 1778; chief-justice of Hillsborough count}' ; judge of the supreme court ; member of the council in 1785. Soon after- wards he moved to Massachusetts, and died in Newburyport, June 24, 1804, in his 91st year.

Simeon Olcott, of Charlestown, was born in Bolton, Conn., October 1,

1735 ; graduated at Yale college in 1761, and settled some three years later in Charlestown as a lawyer ; he was judge of probate in 1773 ; chief- justice of court of common pleas in 1784; associate justice of superior court in 1790 ; chief-justice from 1795 to 1801 ; IT. S. Senator to 1805. He died February 22, 1815, aged 79.

Enoch Hale, of Rindge, came from Hampstead in 1760; was justice of the peace in 1768. He was born in Rowley, Mass., November 28, 1733 ; was a leading citizen of the town till he removed to Walpole in 1784, He

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