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Kingston, Rockingham, NH
Kingston was the fifth town to be established in New Hampshire. Originally, it was a part of Hampton, New Hampshire. After King Philip's War, the establishment of new settlements was made possible by peace treaties with the local Indian tribes and, in 1692, by geographical and jurisdictional agreements between the provinces of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Consequently, certain residents of Hampton, New Hampshire petitioned for a grant of a separate township to be created from the western part of Hampton. And so, in 1694, King William III of England granted a royal charter establishing the town of "Kingstown", so named in honor of the King. Use of the title rather than the King's name was common at the time. The original charter still exists to this day...
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- August 6, 1694 - Kingston incorporated
http://www.kingstonnh.org/ - Kingstown settlers, in 1705, voted a plot of 100 acres on Little River to anyone who would build and operate a mill.
http://www.kingstonnh.org/ - The first known tavern in Kingston was licensed to Captain Jonathan Sanbourne in 1706
http://www.kingstonnh.org/ - Kingston Plains Cemetery was laid out in 1725
http://www.kingstonnh.org/ - The Great 1735 Throat Distemper began in Kingston in 1735 and spread to all the northern New England communities killing some 5,000.
Many infected children died within 12 hours, and other while sitting up and even playing would fall and expire with their playthings in their hands....Read MORE... - 1737 - Kingston - A grist mill was built on Little River
http://www.kingstonnh.org/ - 1819 - Kingston Academy founded
http://www.kingstonnh.org/ - KINGSTON GENERAL STORE - Constructed by Luther D. Peaslee in 1840
http://www.kingstonnh.org/ - 1854 - Kingston
Kingston, a post-township of Rockingham co., New Hampshire, about 35 miles S. E. from Concord. Population, 1102.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1866 - Kingston - The first meeting of Gideon Lodge of Freemasonry was held in the Kingston Town Hall on August 25, 1866
http://www.kingstonnh.org/ - 1895 - Kingston - a two story fire house was built by local townspeople behind the Town Hall and facing Depot Road.
http://www.kingstonnh.org/ - 1895 - Kingston
Kingston, a post-village of Rockingham co., N.H., in Kingston township, about 30 miles S.E. of Concord, and 6 miles S.W. of Exeter. It has 3...Read MORE... - 1895 - Library opens in Kingston
In 1895 the library trustees reported "A total of 420 volumes, 276 cards given out, and an average of 100 books given out each week."
It was not...Read MORE... 
The Narrows, Great Pond
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Kingston Plains looking Northeast
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Sanborn Academy
Postcard- In 1941 the Bakie School was built in Kingston
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Kingston, New Hampshire, USA
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The Narrows, Great Pond
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Kingston Plains looking Northeast
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Sanborn Academy
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August 6, 1694 - Kingston incorporated
http://www.kingstonnh.org/
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Kingstown settlers, in 1705, voted a plot of 100 acres on Little River to anyone who would build and operate a mill.
http://www.kingstonnh.org/
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The first known tavern in Kingston was licensed to Captain Jonathan Sanbourne in 1706
http://www.kingstonnh.org/
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Kingston Plains Cemetery was laid out in 1725
http://www.kingstonnh.org/
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The Great 1735 Throat Distemper began in Kingston in 1735 and spread to all the northern New England communities killing some 5,000.
Many infected children died within 12 hours, and other while sitting up and even playing would fall and expire with their playthings in their hands.... Read MORE...
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1737 - Kingston - A grist mill was built on Little River
http://www.kingstonnh.org/
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1819 - Kingston Academy founded
http://www.kingstonnh.org/
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KINGSTON GENERAL STORE - Constructed by Luther D. Peaslee in 1840
http://www.kingstonnh.org/
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1854 - Kingston
Kingston, a post-township of Rockingham co., New Hampshire, about 35 miles S. E. from Concord. Population, 1102.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1866 - Kingston - The first meeting of Gideon Lodge of Freemasonry was held in the Kingston Town Hall on August 25, 1866
http://www.kingstonnh.org/
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1895 - Kingston - a two story fire house was built by local townspeople behind the Town Hall and facing Depot Road.
http://www.kingstonnh.org/
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1895 - Library opens in Kingston
In 1895 the library trustees reported "A total of 420 volumes, 276 cards given out, and an average of 100 books given out each week."
It was not... Read MORE...
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1895 - Kingston
Kingston, a post-village of Rockingham co., N.H., in Kingston township, about 30 miles S.E. of Concord, and 6 miles S.W. of Exeter. It has 3... Read MORE...
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In 1941 the Bakie School was built in Kingston
http://www.kingstonnh.org/
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