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Brentwood, Rockingham, NH
The first non-native settlers came in 1652 to start a sawmill powered by a waterfall on the Exeter River.
The town was once a part of Exeter known as Brentwood (or Brintwood) Parish. It was named after Brentwood, Essex, originally called "Burnt Wood", where, in 1177, King Henry II granted permission for 40 acres (160,000 m2) of the king's forest to be cut, burned and cultivated.
Beginning in 1738, residents living in the southwestern portion of Exeter, now Brentwood and Fremont, petitioned to be set off, but were denied. They cited difficulty of getting to the Exeter church/ meetinghouse, where weekly attendance was obligatory, and the requirement to pay Exeter taxes... On 26 June 1742, Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth set Brentwood off from Exeter and incorporated it.
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On 26 June 1742, Brentwood, New Hampshire was incorporated.
Brentwood was formerly a part of Exeter, and was disannexed from it and formed a separate town on the aforesaid date.
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1752 - Brentwood - First minister was Rev. Nathaniel Trask, of the Congregational denomination
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1839 - Brentwood
Brentwood, New Hampshire
Rockingham county. Brentwood is bounded E. by Exeter, N. by Epping, W. by Poplin, and S. by Kingston. The soil is better... Read MORE...
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1854 - Brentwood
Brentwood, a post-township of Rockingham county, New Hampshire, 30 miles S. E. from Concord. Population, 923.
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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Ephraim Flanders built a store in Brentwood in 1865.
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1895 - Brentwood
Brentwood, a post-township of Rockingham co., N.H., about 15 miles W.S.W. of Portsmouth. Pop. 895.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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