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HAMPTON AND PORTSMOUTH BOUNDS
In the Records of the General Court of Massachusetts, is found the following entry, dated May 15, 1672: “In answer to the motion of the Deputy of Portsmouth, the Court judgeth it meet to order that the Bounds between Portsmouth and Hampton as to their Townships be determined & settled; & that Mr. Elias Stileman [of Portsmouth], John Gilman, of Exeter, & that Mr. Elias Stileman [of Portsmouth], John Gilman, of Exeter, & Mr. Samuel Dalton, of Hampton attend this service, & make Return of what they shall determine, to this Court.”
THE FIRST INDIAN WAR
The first general war with the Indians, in New England,–usually styled “King Phillip’s War,”–began in 1675, and continued about three years–an account of which may be found in Chapter 13.
A new Meeting-house was built this year–the third in order, about which more will be stated in its appropriate place [Chapter 19].
June 30, John Smith, the cooper, was chosen to fill a vacancy in the boardman of selectmen, occasioned by the sudden death of John Cass, a few weeks before. At the same time, Lieut. Benjamin Swett was chosen as a commissioner, to add to the selectmen for making the country rate.