Fitzwilliam, one of the southern tier of townships in the county, lies in lat. 42º 45 and long. 4º 54′, bounded north by Troy and Jaffrey, east by Jaffrey and Rindge, south by the state line, and west by Richmond. The town was originally granted by the Masonion proprietors, as Monadnock No. 4, January 15, 1752, to Roland Cotton and forty-one others. These grantees, however, failed to comply with the requirements of the charter and thus forfeited their right to the territory, and it was subsequently, early in 1765, re-granted to Samson Stoddard and twenty-three associates. On May 19, 1773, upon petition of the inhabitants, a New Hampshire charter was obtained of Governor Wentworth, and the town was incorporated under its present name, given in honor of the Earl of Fitzwilliam.
This history entails tax records, sketches of early industry, churches, military, and benevolent societies, as well as biographies, genealogies and sketches of the early settlers.
- History of Fitzwilliam
- Biographies, Genealogies and Sketches
- Adams, Jonathan S., Captain
- Baker, Barzaliel
- Bowker, Bartlett
- Brooks, Oren
- Carter, Josiah
- Chaplain, Milton, Dea.
- Cummings, Silas, Dr.
- Davis, Isaac
- Dudley, Samuel S., Rev.
- Dunton, William
- Ellis, Timothy
- Fife, Silas
- Fisher, John E.
- Forristall, David
- Gleason, Anson R., Dr.
- Harkness, John
- Hayden, Ezra
- Morse, Silas
- Parker, Amos Andrew
- Parker, John M., Hon.
- Platts, Hosea
- Reed, Edward C.
- Reed, James, General
- Reed, Phinehas
- Richardson, Abijah
- Shirley, John
- Smith, Royal
- Spaulding, Daniel
- Stone, Hezekiah
- Streeter, John A.
- Whitcomb, Oliver
- Whittemore, Dexter