I feel that this is important enough to share with ALL of my lists so if you get more than one of this message...sorry. --------- Those who are doing search in 1640-1679/80... will be interested in this ---------------- Info taken from "The Essex Antiquarian, Vol.1, #2; Salem,Mass, 1897 ---------- The territory of old Norfolk County was included in the grant of August 10,1622 to Capt John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges by the Plymouth Council in England. I have a map of this old Norfolk Count drawn in 1643.......... and it shows that the OLD Norfolk County was from the Merrimack River all the way north to the Piscataqua River ! 1. Dover was called Cocheco and now includes present day Durham and Stratham, and the city of Dover. [today all in NH] 2. Portsmouth was called Strawberry Banke included the present towns of Greenland, New Castle, Newington, Portsmouth and part of Rye. [today all in NH] 3. Exeter then included present day towns of Brentwood, Epping, Exeter,Fremont, Newmarker, and South Newmarket. [today all in NH] 4.Hampton included Danville, Hampton, East Kingston, Kingston, North Hampton, and parts of Rye and Seabrook. [ today all in NH] 5. Salisbury was called Colchester and included what is now Amesbury, Merrimac, and Salisbury. [ today in Mass] Also included: Newton, South Hampton, and parts of Seabrook [now in NH] 6. Haverhill included what is now : Haverhill, Methuen, lawrence. [all of Mass] Same area also included Atkinson,Hampsted, Plaistow, and Salem.[All in NH] ---------- Jan 22,1679-80: New Hampshire became a royal province . The border of Mass and NH was settled in 1741 ------------------- TODAY'S Norfolk County you can find on an offical map ....very different..<G> ------------ Cynthia Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com MANorfol-L@rootsweb.com Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb sponsor