Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 1,2 & 3 :covers 1635-1749

Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 1,2 & 3: covers 1635-1749

Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol 1: 1635-1717 (State Papers Series, Vol 31)

by Albert Stillman Batchellor, Otis Grant Hammond, and Ezra S. Stearns.

Heritage Books 1989. Trade paperback Starts page 417 to 874. Facsimile Reprint

Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Volume 2, 1718-1740 (State Papers Series, Vol 32)

Henry Harrison Metcalf, Otis Grant Hammond

Heritage Books 1989. Trade paperback 410 pages Facsimile Reprint

Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol 3: 1741-1749 (State Papers Series, Vol 33)

Heritage Books 1989. Trade paperback 398 pages Facsimile Reprint

The search for material for these works extended far beyond the state archives. Between the period of 1623, the date of the first settlement of the colony at Little Harbor, and 1641, when the first union of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire was consummated, no material for the work has been recovered except Capt. John Mason's will, and it is probable that none was recorded. Careful investigation has been extended to the records of the neighboring counties of Maine and Massachusetts, to the records and files of England, and to other collections of ancient documents in which it might be expected that anything relating to wills and probates in New Hamp shire might be discovered. This method has been pursued with the utmost industry and discrimination that was practicable in such an undertaking for the entire period covered by the documents presented in these volumes.

These records were first published as Vols. 31-33 of the State Papers. The editors searched the files of York County, Maine, and Old Norfolk, Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex Counties, Massachusetts in search of stray estates, and have included them in the present volume. The wills are transcribed in full, while all other documents are given in abstract form. A list of estates, an index of place names, and a…