1775 Born 30 March, 1719. Speaker of the House of Assembly, Judge of Probate for the Province, Judge of the Superior Court, and for six years Counsellor under the Revolutionary government. Died 18 May, 1781. Member of the Continental Congress in '76, 77, and '79. Counsellor for three years under the Revolutionary government. Died 21 June, 1796, aged 76. Member of the House and of the Committee of Safety in the Revolution. Died 27 Oct. 1801, aged 75 Born Nov. 1715. Was a practising Physician more than sixty years in Somersworth. Died 30 March, 1800. 1787 Is supposed to have been a native of Epping or Exeter. Was an early settler in Meredith. A Representative, President of the Senate, and Judge of Probate. Died 22 Aug. 1807, aged 73. 1810 Son of Nathaniel Cogswell, who was a merchant at Haverhill, Ms. and spent the last of his days at Atkinson, N. H. Born 4 Aug. 1746. Was a Colonel in the Revolution. Died 3 Sept. 1810, aged 64 years. Moses Carr 1795 A Physician, Member of Provincial Assembly, and of the Committee of Safety, and five years Counsellor during the time of the Revolution, Judge of the Superior Court, and Secretary of State. Died 15 Aug. 1802, aged 65. 1794 Member of House of Representatives and of Congress. Died 1812, aged 64. Member of House and Senate. Died 28 April, 1838, aged 70. 1799 Born 21 July, 1729. Representative. Moved to Sandwich in 1767. Died 7 April, An Officer in the Revolution. Member of the House and Senate. Died 6 Jan. 1820. 1819 Representative, Senator and Counsellor, 1809-1811. Died 19 Sept. 1828, aged 72. Has been Representative from Durham. SHERIFFS. Theophilus Dame All appointments after 18 Dec. 1799 were for five years. 1773 1800 Was an Officer in the British service. Moved to Dover about 1768. Died 10 Jan. 1800, aged 73. Major in the Revolution. Representative. Died 13 March, 1829. 1820 Representative from Rochester. Dover Canada Somersworth Stratham 1800 1810 1810 William Badger Gilmanton Gilmanton John Chadwick Dover Benning Wentworth Jenness Strafford Deerfield Deerfield 1835 1820 1830 See under head of Justices of Court. 1830 1835 Representative from Middleton where he now lives. Senator. Representative from Strafford. SOLICITORS. The Act authorizing the appointment of Solicitors in each County passed 19 June, 1789. All appointments since 18 Dec. 1799 have been for five years. In the absence of the Attorney William King Atkinson Dover Portsmouth 1789 1803 Graduated at Harvard College 1783. Register of Probate, Attorney General of the The Judges of the Courts (those of Probate excepted) appoint and remove their Clerks at will. There was but one Clerk of Superior Court in the State until after the passage of the Act of 27 June, 1816, which directed the Judges George King His name was changed to Atkinson. Counsellor under the Revolutionary government four years. Died 13 Jan. 1805, aged 66. His name was changed to John Samuel Sherburne. Graduated at Dartmouth College 1776. Member of Congress. U. S. Attorney and U. S. Judge for the District of New Hampshire. Died 2 Aug. 1830, aged 73. Graduated at Dartmouth 1775. Clerk of the Superior Court throughout the State until 1817, and in Rockingham County until his death, 5 Aug. 1829, aged 73. 1817 1821 Born 9 Nov. 1776. Died 29 Jan. 1821. Member of the Senate. Speaker of the House, and Counsellor. Son of Dr. William Cogswell. Born Dec. 21, 1800. Graduated at Dartmouth 1822. In the practice of Law at Tuftonborough and Ossipee. Names. Residence. Place of Birth. Com. End. CLERKS OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. GENERAL REMARKS. 1788 See Ebenezer Thompson under head of Justices of Court. 1814 Died 21 Jan. 1838, aged 72. Dover Dover 1814 1818 See Daniel Waldron above. Dover Dover 1818 1833 See A. Peirce above. Dover Atkinson 1833 See F. Cogswell above. Born 22 Jan. 1727, O. S. Moved to Wolfboro' 1771. Died 17 March, 1807. Born 1727. Counsellor in 1789. Died 31 Jan. 1800. Joseph Badger Gilmanton Haverhill, Ms. 1784 1797 Son of Joseph Badger, a merchant at Haverhill, Ms. Born Jan. 11, 1722. An early settler in Gilmanton. Representative. General in the Militia. Member of the Provincial Congress, and a Member of the Convention which adopted the Constitution. Counsellor. Died 4 April 1803, aged 81. 1805 See under head of Justices of Court. 1824 Representative. Senator. Died 8 Oct. 1826, aged 64. 1839 Graduated at Dartmouth 1806. A Lawyer, Senator, and Counsellor in 1823 and 4. See under head of Solicitors. Born 14 July, 1745. Graduated at Harvard College 1768. Graduated at Dartmouth 1829. Lawyer in Troy, N. Y. and Gilmanton. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Member of Congress. COUNTY TREASURERS. 1785 The County Treasurer was appointed by the Court of Sessions until the adoption of the Constitution of 1776; since which time, that officer has been elected by the people. Thomas Westbrooke Waldron 1773 1785 |Born 26 July, 1721, O. S. Captain at the Louisburg expedition. Commissioner at 1788 Born 29 Nov. 1741. Died 17 Dec. 1788. Albany, and Provincial Counselor. Died 3 April, 1785. 1798 Born 28 Sept. 1752. Died 30 Aug. 1804. Rochester Stratham 1823 1829 Representative from Rochester. Now lives in Stratham. Henry Harvey Orne Meredith Wolfborough 1829 Rochester Barnstead 1831 Thomas Cogswell Gilmanton Atkinson 1833 1831 Graduated at Dartmouth 1812. Lawyer. Lives in Wolfborough. 1836 Son of Dr. William Cogswell, born 7 Dec. 1798. Representative from Gilmanton. RECORDERS OF DEEDS. Recorders or Registers of Deeds were elected annually by the Governor, Council and Assembly, until the adoption of the Constitution of 1776; since which time that officer has been elected by the people. Thomas Westbrooke Waldron Portsmouth 1785 See under head of County Treasurers. Ten years Representative, Member of Committee of Safety. Born 24 Dec. 1736. Born 21 July, 1769. Died at Havanna, Aug. 1812. 1803 Died 21 March, 1815, aged 49. 1811 Representative and Senator. Died some years since at Rochester. John Smith, 3d Dover 1773 Durham 1785 1791 1816 Born 19 Dec. 1760. Died some years since at Dover. 1829 Graduated at Harvard College 1785. Lawyer at Rochester, Clerk of House of 1833 Representative from Rochester. Died 16 May, 1833, aged 44. 1839 Representative from Farmington. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. A general meeting of the members of the Bar in New Hampshire was holden at Concord, on the third Wednesday of June, 1788. There were present the most distinguished lawyers in the State. Hon. John Prentice, then Attorney General, was President. Oliver Peabody, Esq. was Secretary. They formed a Society entitled, "An Association of the Bar throughout the State of New Hampshire." This Association established certain General Rules, and, among others, in substance, that the gentlemen of the Bar, in their respective Counties, should, at their first meeting after the adoption of said rules, form themselves into a Society, and proceed to the election of a President and Secretary, and that such officers be forever after chosen annually by the major vote of said Society, and that the Secretary should keep a fair record of their proceedings. It was also Voted, "That it be considered as an indispensable requisite, for the admission of any candidate for the Bar, who has received a degree at any college, that he has regularly studied three years, after having received such degree, in the office of some practising attorney of a Superior Court-and that no candidate, not having received such degree, be recommended for admission, without having studied five years as aforesaid.' No person was to be admitted to study as a candidate, without the previous consent of the Bar in the county. The above regulations substantially have been continued in force ever since. Agreeably to the recommendation of the State Association, the members of the Bar in Strafford County met, on the third Wednesday of August, A. D. 1788, and formed themselves into a Society by the name of the "Bar Association for the County of Strafford," chose their officers, and approved of the Rules adopted by the General Bar Association, held at Concord in the preceding June. At this meeting certain rules were adopted, intended to regulate the practice between the Attorney and his client; to produce a liberality of feeling and proper courtesy and respect towards each other, and towards the Court; and to "promote and establish the dignity and respectability of the profession.' Previous to January, 1805, there appears to have been no standing Examining Committee. At that time a Committee of three persons was chosen, agreeably to the General Regulations then adopted. This regulation has continued in force and a similar Committee has been chosen annually ever since. An Act of the Legislature, passed 29 June, 1838, provides, "That any citizen of this State, of the age of twenty-one years, and of good moral character may, on the recommendation of any Attorney within this State, petition the Superior Court to be examined for admission as an Attorney in the said Superior Court," and if upon examination the Court shall be satisfied with his qualifications, "he shall be admitted to practice as an Attorney" in all the Courts in the State. The following is a list of the Officers of "The Bar Association for the County of Strafford," from its first organization in 1788 to the present time. |