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Derry, New Hampshire Civil War Memorial

The Derry Civil War Memorial is located in front of the First Parish Church in East Derry. The other war memorials to Derry soldiers are all located at MacGregor Park, next to the public library on Broadway.

According to T.J. Cullinane of the "Friends of the Forest Hill Cemetery" group, there are about another 100 missing names that should be on the Civil War monument. He is working on identifying all the Civil War tombstones in the Forest Hill Cemetery, which is located right…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on June 13, 2013 at 8:09am — No Comments

First Church, Nashua, New Hampshire

When we first moved to Londonderry, New Hampshire I was surprised to find there was no Congregational church.  Nearly every town in Massachusetts has one!  Almost every New Hampshire town has one, too, but since Nutfield was founded by the Presbyterians, the churches remained Presbyterian for a long time.  The First Church in Derry changed to Congregational in the 1800s, and I tried a few services there.  My husband was working in Nashua, and he said several co-workers attended the First…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on February 24, 2011 at 11:28am — No Comments

American Descendants of the Ulster Scots Irish

Born Fighting: How the Scots Irish Shaped America, is a new television documentary based on a book by Senator James Webb of Viriginia, who is a direct descendant of Ulster Scots who immigrated to America. However, this two part program was first broadcast in the United Kingdom yesterday on 1 February 2011 on STV. It is produced by Scottish and Ulster Television and the Smithsonian Channel.



Before the siege of Derry in 1689, Scots Presbyterians flooded Northern… Continue

Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on February 7, 2011 at 11:56am — No Comments

Deadline Approaching for 2011 NH Mayflower Society Memorial Scholarships

Deadline February 15, 2011

The 2010 New Hampshire Mayflower Society Memorial Scholarships are available to any college student (undergraduate or graduate) or high school senior. You don’t need to be a member of the Mayflower Society, but members and relatives of members will receive preference (defined as members, junior members, siblings, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren). Applicants with no affiliation to the NH Mayflower Society are also invited to apply.

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on January 28, 2011 at 3:07pm — No Comments

Matthew Taylor Descendants Reunion in Derry, August 2011

Matthew Taylor and his wife Janet Wilson came from Northern Ireland in 1721 and settled in Nutfield, now Derry, New Hampshire.   Matthew was one of the original proprietors of the settlement.  He was born in 1690 and he died 26 January 1770 near Beaver Lake.  They had ten children and many descendants who lived in New Hampshire and Nova Scotia.  Matthew and his sons, Adam and Samuel Taylor, are buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Derry.

The descendants are planning a reunion for August…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on January 17, 2011 at 6:59pm — No Comments

Baseball and Genealogy Research



Red Sox outfielder, Dom DiMaggio (brother to the more famous Joe DiMaggio), and current San Francisco Giant closer Brian Wilson both resided in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Brian Wilson, “The Bearded One” is well known recently for his popularity…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on December 4, 2010 at 9:54pm — No Comments

Mr. Wilkinson’s Automobile



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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on November 13, 2010 at 9:25pm — No Comments

James Wilson- America’s first Globe Maker



James Wilson was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire on March 15, 1765. His father was a farmer, and James was an apprentice to a blacksmith. He had little formal education. In 1796 he…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on October 25, 2010 at 7:25am — No Comments

James Wilson- America’s first Globe Maker



James Wilson was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire on March 15, 1765. His father was a farmer, and James was an apprentice to a blacksmith. He had little formal education. In 1796 he removed to Bradford, Vermont and taught…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on August 30, 2010 at 2:09pm — No Comments

New Hampshire State Papers in the Archives

If your ancestors lived in Colonial New England, or if you suspect that your ancestors lived in New England any time up until 1800, then you must have used the New Hampshire State Papers for your genealogical research. I first came across this wonderful resource years ago (before the internet) at the Portsmouth Atheneum library. Now, when I run across a new name in the family tree, I can go to the NH…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on August 16, 2010 at 8:22am — No Comments

Matthew Thornton- Signer of the Declaration of Independence

A story for the Fourth of July!

Fifteen or twenty years ago, when my daughter was in elementary school, we visited Philadelphia Pennsylvania. We toured the city, saw the Liberty Bell and Ben Franklin’s house, and ate some cheese steak sandwiches. Of course we didn’t miss Independence Hall, either. The tour was guided, and when we came to the room where the Continental Congress…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on July 3, 2010 at 9:55pm — No Comments

Lane Family Tombstone, Hampton, New Hampshire

Pine Grove Cemetery, Winnacunnet Road, Hampton, New Hampshire.

William Lane, junior. and his wife Sarah…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on June 28, 2010 at 12:03pm — No Comments

Juneteenth- Ona Judge Staines, A Slave Runs away to New Hampshire

A story to celebrate the 145th Juneteenth

How did a runaway slave from Philadelphia come to New Hampshire? And why was she instantly recognized? Well, she belonged to George Washington, and he had served the last part of his presidency in Philadelphia. Elizabeth, daughter of Senator John Langdon, had seen this slave woman…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on June 21, 2010 at 12:05pm — No Comments

Horace Greeley remembers Londonderry

My regular blog is Nutfield Genealogy at www.nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com where I blog about Londonderry and Derry, New Hampshire local history and genealogy in general for our our part of New England. This was one of my most popular blogs last month, not just for local people,…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on June 12, 2010 at 3:40pm — No Comments

New England Town Meetings

Often I am asked about town meetings and other terms pertaining to New England town government by people researching their roots from outside of New England. They see the annual reports in the archives, and have questions about the terminology, and the form of government. If you have ever seen Norman Rockwell’s paintings of the “Four Freedoms,” I think the painting of the young farmer standing up to…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on May 27, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Immigrants to Nutfield, New Hampshire

It is well known that Nutfield was founded by a group of Ulster refugees, Scots Irish Presbyterians fleeing the violence of Northern Ireland for New England. They were not welcome to settle in Boston, so in 1719 a group came to settle in New Hampshire. They called their new home “Nutfield” after the abundance of nut bearing trees in the…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on April 13, 2010 at 9:27am — No Comments

First Parish Church, Derry, New Hampshire

On Wednesday 28 October 2009, the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance announced the state’s annual “Seven to Save” campaign and the First Parish Church in East Derry earned a spot on the list. The First Parish congregation has been in Derry since the original Scots Irish settlers held a religious meeting of thanksgiving under a tree in…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on April 7, 2010 at 4:04pm — No Comments

The Mystery of Jonathan Batchelder, Chichester, New Hampshire

The Batchelder name is liberally sprinkled over New Hampshire. There are eight Batchelder/Bacheller families listed in the white pages for the Londonderry area. There are Batchelder Roads in towns from Hampton, to Strafford, to Raymond, to Nashua. The first Batchelder immigrant to the New World was…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on March 31, 2010 at 11:34am — 1 Comment

Londonderry's Royal Connection

The Duchess of Alba, the grandest grandee in Spain, is said to be able to cross the country from north to south without leaving her estates, and to possess more titles than the Queen of England. She is one of the wealthiest women in the entire world. She has 44 noble titles and 150 hereditary…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on March 25, 2010 at 9:24am — No Comments

My Taylor line is descended from Matthew and Janet Taylor who came from Ireland and settled in Londonderry (now Derry) New Hampshire

Looking for others who descend from this line to share information. My direct lineage is as follows:

My dad, Robert Charles Taylor, b. Cedar Rapids, IA, d. Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN

Elmer Robert Taylor, b. ATlantic, IA, d. Rochester, MN

Charles R. Edward Taylor, b. Derby, Lucas County, IA, d. Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Robert Calvin Taylor, b. Wapello, IA, d. Omaha, NE

John M. Taylor, b. Lucas Co, IA, d. Humeston, IA

Robert Taylor, b.…

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Added by Pat Taylor Jennings on March 22, 2010 at 4:07pm — 5 Comments

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