Town history
•chartered 1761 by NH Gov. Benning Wentworth
•to Samuel Brown of Stockbridge, MA
•charter sold to individuals in Salisbury, CT
•first explored 1767 by Amos Bird, Noah Lee, and a third man (Who? Why do we not know his name? He was an African-American servant.)
•first 3 families arrive in 1770
•by 1775, 30 families, etc.—the rest is history!