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��judge of court of common pleas for Hillsborough county from 1803 to 1813; councillor from 1788 to 1789, and from 171)0 to 1803. He died in January, 1815, aged 66.

John Duncan, of Antrim, a native of Londonderry, settled in Antrim in 1773. He was a prominent citizen, serving as town-clerk, representative, selectman, and senator. He died in March, 1823, aged 89.

John Underhill, of Chester, bora June 20, 1745; was thrice elected to the General Court. He died in Plain- field, in 1816.

John Cram, Esq., of Pittsfield, was first town-clerk of Chichester when the town was organized in 1773, and was reelected every year until after 1780. He also served the town as selectman several terms ; was deputy in the Provincial Congress at Exeter in 1775 ; a member of the convention of 1779 ; justice of the peace ; and was one of the chief men in organizing the town of Pittsfield out of old Chi- chester in 1781. He was a native of Hampton, and came to the locality in 1768. He took an active interest in the new settlement which he started above the falls, and for nearly forty years was in public office, and did most of the town business. He was fiftv vears of age when the war broke out, but was chosen captain of the company immediately formed, which included every man in the town. During his forty years' service he made no charge to the town save for expenses. He rose to the rank of colonel of militia.

Capt. Jeremiah Clough, of Canter- bury, was son of Capt. Jeremiah Clough, the leader in the first settle- ment of the town : was a veteran of

��Bunker Hill, and was an active and influential citizen.

Major Nathan Bachelder, of Lou- don, was one of the most active and influential citizens of that town from its organization in 1773 (the first town- meeting being held at his house) until the close of the century. He was born October 25, 1734; was justice of the peace, and selectman, repre- sentative, and moderator many years. He was known as the Squire.

Samuel Daniell, Esq., of Pembroke, was a leading citizen of that town ; moderator as early as 1776; one of the Committee of Safety for the town ; was chairman of the board of select- men, and held other offices in the town, including that of town-clerk. He was an assessor as late as 1799, and during the Revolution had the title of Lieutenant.

Col. Nathaniel Emerson, of Candia, son of Samuel Emerson, Esq., one of the first settlers of the town, was born May 2, 1742, and was "called to public stations perhaps more than any other individual who ever lived in Candia." He was a militia officer from 1763 to 1775 ; lieutenant-colonel of 17th regiment of New Hampshire militia in 1776 ; lieutenant-colonel in the Continental army in 1778 ; was at battle of Bennington with Stark, and was colonel of the 17th regiment some ten years after the war. He was a "member of the first Constitutional convention, and served the town al- most continuously as representative until 1798. He was a justice of the peace for twenty-five years. For many years he was a land surveyor. He died April 30, 1824, aged 83.

Jeremiah Eastman, Esq., of Deer- » field, was born December 9, 1732, in

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