ANTIQUE 1809 Handwritten 2 page New Hampshire Estate Land Sale From The Estate Of Amos Campbell Approximately 12 1/2 Inches High X 7 1/2 Inches Wide. It is signed by Thomas Page who directs "Elizabeth Campbell, executrix to said estate (Amos Campbell) to give them (buyers Stephen Webster & William Plummer) a deed of sale on my behalf.
Thomas Page had been high bidder on the 44 acres described on the 1st sheet of the document. This is attested to in a hand written paragraph signed by Jacob Webster as "Venture Master". Then in a second hand written paragraph signed by Thomas Page County of Rockingham, New Hampshire conveys his interest in the land to Stephen Webster & William Plummer.
Usual folds/heavy handling wear/usual ink smears/weakness at folds/short closed tears. Even with all faults, all the writing can be read. Overall Condition Acceptable.
An interesting look into the estate land sales & their manner of execution in early America.
THOMAS PAGE (1743-1829) born in Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Some sources claim he was born in Danville, New Hampshire. On June 7, 1776 at age 33 he signed the New Hampshire agreement to resist the British. About 1777, he served as a Quarter Master Sargent in Colonel Gale's New Hampshire Regiment in the Continental Army. He married Mary Elkins in July 1763 & they had 6 sons & 1 child of unknown gender. He died June 26, 1829. .
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COLONEL JACB B GALE (1736-1784) was a noted American Revolutionary War soldier. Jacob was born on June 20, 1736 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the son of Jacob & Susannah Gale. He married Abigail Tappen in October 1735. Gale organized his New Hampshire Regiment in 1778 & served with the New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution. He died on Jan. 22, 1784 in East Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
JACOB WEBSTER (1745-1836) was born on February 15 1745 in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire. On February 13, 1767, Jacob married Elizabeth George. Based on available records, Elizabeth could be the daughter of Richard and Jerusha (Hancock) George. They had 9 children. Jacob served in the Revolutionary War and attained the rank of Captain with the Continental Army in 1775. On August 9, 1832, Jacob Webster of Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, Eighty-seven years of age, deposed: "that he enlisted June 18, 1775 as a First Lieutenant, under Capt. Philip Tilton & Col. Enoch Poor. He marched to Winter Hill and served there till about Sept. 20, 1775 when, on account of sickness he was discharged. Then in October, 1775 he enlisted as First Lieutenant under Capt. David Quimby, marched to Portsmouth where he remained a month building a fort & that he then enlisted as Captain in the last of November; marched to Portsmouth where he had orders to re-enlist his men for three months, which he did and served out the term at Cambridge, Mass where he built a fort under the command of General Putnam, but was not attached to any regiment In June, 1776 he again enlisted as Lieutenant under Capt. David Quimby, Col. Wingate, New Hampshire Militia & marched through Vermont to Ticonderoga and continued in service four months and was then discharged on account of sickness, In August 1778 he enlisted as Orderly Sergeant under Capt. David Quimby of Col. John Calef's regiment marched through Massachusetts to Rhode Island where he remained until his time expired when he was discharged. Finally that on Sept. 22, 1781 he enlisted again as Captain of New Hampshire Militia, Col. Reynolds had orders to march to West Point, started to do so but was ordered back to Charlestown, New Hampshire. After reaching that place he was ordered to Castleton, Vt., and there, after a short halt were ordered to again march to Charlestown, N. H. Where on Nov. 22, 1781 he received his final discharge. He lived in Kingston, N. H. when he entered the service and has lived there ever since. He passed away in 1836 at the age of 91 years having lived in and around Kingston, New Hampshire, his whole life.
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