INCORPORATION AND EARLY SETTLEMENT
Information is taken from the book A History of Barrington, NH by Morton H. Wiggin. (LDS Fam Hist Library # US/CAN 974.25/B1 H2W) transcribed by Karen Penman (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) June 2000
PAGE 19, Chapter 3
"In the Journal of the General Assembly of the Province of New Hampshire for May 10, 1722, is the following record of the incorporation of the towns of Chester, Nottingham, Barrington, and Rochester: 'Several charters being prepared by order of His Excellency the Governor and Council for granting sundry tracts of land in this Province and incorporating the Grantees was this day laid before me, and being read were signed and sealed: (Namely):
1st. Chester, charter dated ye 8th inst.
2. Nottingham, dated on this day.
3. Barrington, dated on this day.
4. Rochester, dated on this day." (END QUOTE of book)