Hampton church, tax & parsonage records

Four views of a small folded tax record, with lists of inhabitants, amounts, payment marks and a constable’s warrant. The warrant names Henry Moulton and describes collecting the rates and paying them to the provincial treasurer.

A manuscript copy of an ecclesiastical council’s result, with successive text views and its docket. The council met at Hampton on October 1, 1794, to consider divisions in the church and offer advice toward peace and reconciliation. The closing names John Thompson as moderator and Samuel Macclintock as scribe.

A small receipt acknowledging twenty acres of upland near Jonathan Robson, referring to land formerly associated with Mr. King. Jonathan Thing’s mark and John Moulton’s name remain visible.

A docket and two written sides recording Hampton town-meeting proceedings in April and May 1766. The votes concern a call to Mr. John Marsh to settle in the gospel ministry, the recorded meeting business, and a list of names.

A surviving deed fragment naming Morris Hobbs and Jonathan Marston of Hampton. The text describes a dwelling house, a lot associated with Morris Hobbs’s father and grandfather, and interests in cow commons, swamp ground and commonage.

A damaged sheet of working notes referring to Revolutionary rolls, Captain Ezekiel Gile’s company, Daniel Dow, John Moulton, Daniel Tilton and service dates, followed by additional family notes.

A manuscript list of numbered trees and landmarks, including oaks, birches, maples, corners and lot references. The photograph preserves the irregular edges and the full surviving list.

A docket, two account views and a reverse memorandum concerning Hampton parsonage receipts and expenses for 1754. Entries include rates, loans, parsonage income, the minister’s salary, care of the meetinghouse, work, materials and other town charges. The reverse notes an adjustment to the stated balance.