Trustees of Hampton Academy
The following lists of trustees and teachers of the school have been carefully compiled from such meager data as could be obtained, no register having been kept; and in some cases, only approximate correctness is claimed.
[* The first permanent board.]
| RESIDENCE | TIME OF OFFICE | |
| *Rev. Jonathan French, D.D. | North Hampton | 1811-1856 |
| Rev. Jacob Abbott | Hampton Falls | 1811-1820 |
| *James Leavitt, Esq. | Hampton | 1811-1813, 1820-1837 |
| Edmund Toppan, Esq. | Hampton | 1811 |
| Dr. John Fogg | North Hampton | 1811-1812 |
| *Rev. Josiah Webster | Hampton | 1811-1819, 1821-1837 |
| Richard Pike | Newburyport | 1811-1812 |
| Capt. Thomas Ward | Hampton | 1811-1812 |
| Hon. Christopher Toppan | Hampton | 1812-1819 |
| Capt. Samuel James | Hampton | 1812-1819 |
| *Capt. Edmund James | Hampton | 1813-1834 |
| David Garland | Hampton | 1813-1819 |
| Dea. John Weeks | Greenland | 1820 |
| *Maj. John Lovering | Hampton | 1820-1836 |
| *Dr. Ebenezer Lawrence | Hampton | 1820-1852 |
| *Josiah Page | Hampton | 1821-1831 |
| *Moody Stockman | Hampton | 1821-1829 |
| *Rev. Ephraim Abbott | Greenland | 1821-1826 |
| *Col. George Weeks | Greenland | 1821-1827 |
| *Rev. Luther F. Dimmick, D.D. | Newburyport | 1821-1860 |
| *Judge Timothy Farrar | Portsmouth | 1821-1822, 1833-1851 |
| *Francis Vose, ex officio | Hampton | 1821-1822 |
| Rev. Charles Burroughs, D.D. | Portsmouth | 1824-1868 |
| Rev. Jacob Cummings | Hampton and Stratham | 1825-1836 |
| Nathan Crosby, Esq. | Amesbury | 1828-1839 |
| Dea. John Wingate | Stratham | 1826; died before 1833 |
| Dr. Archelaus F. Putnam | Portsmouth | 1832-1837 |
| Rev. Bezaleel Smith | Rye | 1836-1840 |
| Hon. Amos Tuck | Hampton and Exeter | 1836-1870 |
| Thomas Ward | Hampton | 1836-1861 |
| Rev. Sereno T. Abbott | Hampton Falls | 1837-1855 |
| Simeon B. Shaw | Hampton | 1837-1871 |
| Rev. Erasmus D. Eldridge | Hampton | 1838-1851 |
| Col. Josiah Dow | Hampton | 1838-1882 |
| Matthew Merriam, Esq. | Seabrook and Newburyport | 1842-1865 |
| Rev. Solomon P. Fay | Hampton | 1849-1854 |
| Timothy O. Norris, A.M. | Hampton | 1851-1854 |
| John F. French | North Hampton | 1851-1860 |
| Rev. John Colby | Hampton | 1855-1868 |
| Rev. Samuel J. Spalding, D.D. | Newburyport | 1855-1892 |
| John Dearborn | Hampton | 1860-1881 |
| Hon. Christopher S. Toppan | Portsmouth | 1860-1862 |
| Joseph Johnson | Hampton | 1861 |
| Dr. William T. Merrill | Hampton | 1861 |
| Dr. Charles H. Sanborn | Hampton Falls | 1861-1882 |
| Rev. John O. Barrows | North Hampton | 1864-1868 |
| Rev. John W. Dodge | Hampton | 1865-1869 |
| George W. Lane | Hampton | 1870-1891 |
| Rev. James McLean | Hampton | 1870-1873 |
| Rev. Thomas V. Haines | North Hampton | 1873 |
| Christopher G. Toppan | Hampton | 1879 |
| John H. Fogg | Hampton | 1881 |
| John W. F. Hobbs | North Hampton | 1887 |
| Rev. Walcott Fay | Hampton (now of Westboro, Mass.) | 1886 |
| Joseph O.Hobbs | North Hampton | 1887 |
| Jacob T. Brown | Hampton | 1891 |
| Horace M. Lane | Hampton | 1891 |
| Jack Sanborn | Hampton Falls | 1891 |
Rev. Samuel J. Spalding, D.D., was elected president of the board of trustees, March 25, 1868, succeeding Rev. Dr. Burroughs in that office and holding the position till his death, April 10, 1892. No member of the board has taken greater interest in the academy than hs Dr. Spalding — on no one have the others leaned more heavily. Since the death of Mr. Tuck, long the judicious treasurer, Dr. Spalding has looked well to the financial interests of the institution. In attendance on the board meetings and school examinations, he has been constant, never omitting to send a letter of regret if necessarily absent. Failing health induced him to resign in 1891. Instead of accepting his resignation, the board voted him president for life.
[Photo left: Portrait contributed, as a testimonial of respect,
by the Schools and the Knights of Temperance.]
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