Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire History

Last Updated on May 1, 2021 by Dennis

Jaffrey lies in the southeastern part of the county, in lat. 42º 50′, and long. 4º 59′, bounded, north, 113 rods by Marlboro and 2,408 rods by Dublin; east, 730 rods by Peterboro and 988 rods by Sharon; south, 1,898 rods by Rindge and 603 rods by Fitzwilliam; and west, 349 rods by Fitzwilliam, 806 rods by Troy, and 501 rods by Marlboro, thus having an area of about 22,000 acres, 1,000 of which are covered with water, and 3,200 rendered uninhabitable from its mountainous character. It was granted by the Masonian proprietors, under the name of Middle Monadnock. No. 2, November 30, 1749, to Jonathan Hubbard and thirty-nine others, residents of Hollis, Lunenburg, and Dunstable. On August 17, 1773, the town was legally incorporated, receiving on that date a confirmatory charter from New Hampshire, signed by Gov. John Wentworth.

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 Jaffrey, New Hampshire
  • General History of Jaffrey, New Hampshire
  • Early Settlement of Jaffrey, New Hampshire
  • History of Industry in Jaffrey, NH
  • Village of East Jaffrey, NH
  • Village of Jaffrey, New Hampshire
• Church History of Jaffrey, New Hampshire
  • Jaffrey East Congregational Church, NH
  • The Congregational Church of Jaffrey, NH
  • The First Universalist Society of East Jaffrey, NH
• Military History of Jaffrey, New Hampshire
  • Revolutionary War Soldiers and Military History of Jaffrey, NH
• Biographies, Genealogy, and Sketches of Jaffrey, NH
  • Adams, Daniel P.
  • Adams, Marshall H.
  • Adams, Stephen
  • Bascom, Shubael
  • Bemis, Timothy
  • Bradley, Oscar H., Dr.
  • Buckwold, Jacob
  • Carter, Jonah
  • Cutter, Benjamin
  • Cutter, Gustavus
  • Cutter, Joel
  • Cutter, John
  • Cutter, Joseph
  • Fox, Jonathan
  • French, Thomas
  • Frost, Joseph
  • Garfield, John
  • Gibbs, Jonathan D.
  • Gilmore, Roger, Esq.
  • Goff, Thomas
  • Heath, Eleazer W.
  • Jaqueth, Thomas
  • Jewell, Jacob
  • Lacy, David
  • Lacy, David W.
  • Lawrence, Benjamin
  • Lawrence, J. S.
  • Morse, Harlon F.
  • Morse, Henry F.
  • Pierce, Asa
  • Pierce, Benjamin
  • Pierce, Jonas
  • Pierce, Samuel
  • Prescott, Eldad, Capt.
  • Proctor, I. B., Capt.
  • Ryan, Daniel, Dr.
  • Sawyer, Cummings
  • Sawyer, Leonard F.
  • Scott, Joseph
  • Spaulding, Oliver L.
  • Stephens, James
  • Stevens, Nathaniel F.
  • Towne, Green
  • Upton, Peter
  • Woodruff, Louis