From The Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire (in three parts), compiled from the best authorities, by Eliphalet Merrill and the Late Phinehas Merrill, Esq., Printed by C. Norris & Co., Exeter, NH, �1817. pg 216
Part Two of Gazetteer:
WILTON - a township in Hillsborough county, was incorporated in 1762, and contains 1,017 inhabitants; bounded N. by Lyndeborough, E. by Milford, S. by Mason, and W. by Temple; its area is 15,820 acres. This town is watered by several branches of Sowhegan river, which unite near its eastern extremity.
There is here 1 meeting house and 1 society of Congregationalists, over which Rev. J. Livermore was ordained in 1763, and removed in 1777. Rev. A. Fisk was ordained in 1778, and Rev. T Bedee, the present pastor, in 1803. There are here 4 grain mills, 4 sawmills, 2 carding machines, and 2 trading stores.
Submitted by T.C. Parziale 5/30/00
Wilton