A Brief Early History Hollis, New Hampshire Founded by Peter Powers ca 1730. The prominent families included the Colburns, Cumings, Flaggs, Farley,s, Worcesters, Eastman�s, Boyntons, Bloods, Jewetts, Proctors as well as the Emersons and Powers. These were the families that were to dominate town history for at least a century. <A HREF="http://www.hollis-history.org/early-history.htm">A Brief Early History of Our Town Hollis, NH</A> *more at site