Probate Records Of The Province Of New Hampshire Vol2 1718 1740 State Papers 1914

Author : New Hampshire. Probate Court
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781527790131
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 2 written by New Hampshire. Probate Court and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 2: 1718-1740 From 1699 to 1703, inclusive, lieutenant-governor William Partridge exercised the function of Probate Judge for the province, but in October of the latter year Joseph Smith, who had been commissioned as Judge, assumed the duties of the position-and continued therein through 1708. Judge Smith was born about 1653, either in Exeter or Hampton, in which latter town he spent most of his life, serving as selectman seven years in all, and as a Representative in the Assembly in 1692, 1708, 1709 and 1716. He was Colonel in the militia; treasurer of the Province in 1696 Councilor in 1698-9; an Assistant Justice of the Superior Court from 1693 to 1696 and Chief Justice till 1699. He was three times married, his first wife being Dorothy, eldest daughter of the Rev. Seaborn Cotton, the noted minister of Hampton. He died Nov ember 9, 1717. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.