Selectmen, Rochester, New Hampshire, 1763-1841

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From 1727 to 1751 selectmen were chosen by the proprietors. Afterwards their meetings were called by their clerk "per order of committee", or on petition of proprietors. The town first chose selectmen in 1737. The following is a partial list of the selectmen of Rochester from the incorporation of the town to the present time. In 1740, '44, '62 there were five chosen. The names are missing for the years 1782, '84, '96, '1800, '01, '03, '04, '07, '08, '09, '24, '26, '27, '29, '36 and '44.

Proprietors' Selectmen

• Francis Matthews, 1727 to '29.
• John Knight, 1727 to '29.
• Paul Gerrish, 1727 to '31.
• John Downing, 1730, '31.
• Joseph Jones, 1730, '31.
• Timothy Roberts, 1732.
• Benjamin Foss, 1732.
• John Bickford, 1732, '42 to '50.
• Paul Wentworth, 1733 to '41.
• Thomas Millet, 1733 to '41, '51.
• John Wingate, 1733 to '41, '51.
• John Gage, 1742 to '50.
• Joseph Adams, 1742 to '50.
• John Laighton, 1751.

Town Selectmen

• Timothy Roberts, 1737, '40 to '42, '44, '45, '54.
• Stephen Berry, 1737, '64, '68, '69.
• John Bickford, 1737, '39, '43, '45, '50, '52, '53, '55, '59.
• John Jenness, 1738, '39, '41, '43, '46, '47, '49.
• Benjamin Hayes, 1738.
• John Allen, 1738.
• Paul Tebbets, 1739, '40.
• Edward Tebbets, 1740, '41, '44, '46, '47, '50, '52 to '54.
• James Place, 1740, '59, '60.
• Richard Wentworth, 1740, '46, '51, '55, '62.
• William Chamberlain, 1742, '44, '48, '50, '56 to '58, '72.
• John Downing, 1742.
• Joseph Tebbets, 1743, '44, '60.
• Benjamin Forst, 1744.
• William Jenness, 1745.
• Isaac Libbey, 1747 to '49, '51, '53 to '55, '61, '65.
• John Laighton, 1748, '49.
• Jonathan Dame, 1751, '62, '63, '66 to '71.
• William Allen, 1752, '53, '62, '63, '68, '69, '72, '75 to '77.
• Charles Rogers, 1753, '61.
• Daniel Wingate, 1756 to '58. '65.
• James Rogers, Jr., 1756 to '58.
• John Trickey, 1759.
• John Plumer, 1760 to '63, '66, '67, '70, '79.
• Jonathan Ham, 1762.
• John McDuffee, 1764, '66, '74, '75.
• Moses Hayes, 1764.
• James Knowles, 1765, '67, '71.
• Jabez Dame, 1770, '71, '75, '76, '78, '79, '83, '85 to '87, '90, '91.
• John Cook, 1771, '72, '78.
• Samuel Twombly, 1771.
• Ebenezer Tebbets, 1773, '74, '77, '78, '81.
• Samuel Leighton, 1773, '85.
• Ebenezer Tebbets, 1773, '74, '77, '78, '81.
• Samuel Leighton, 1773, '85.
• Paul Libbey, 1773, '74.
• Barnabas Palmer, 1775*, '76, '77, '80.
• Richard Place, 1779.
• James Adams, 1780, '86 to '89.
• Samuel Nute, 1780.
• Jacob Hanson, 1781, '85, '88, '89.
• Ebenezer Wentworth, 1781.
• Aaron Wingate, 1783.
• John Brewster, 1783.
• John Cloutman, 1786, '87.
• Ichabod Hayes, 1788.
• Simon Torr, 1789, '90, '92 to '94.
• Edward Rollins, 1790 to '92.
• William Palmer, 1791 to '95.
• Richard Furber, 1793 to '95, '97.
• Richard Dame, 1795, '97 to '99, 1802, '05, '14, '20.
• Beard Plumer, 1797 to '99.
• Jonas C. March, 1798.
• Joshua Allen, 1799, 1802.
• John Odiorne, 1802, '10.
• John Adisone, 180?.
• John Allen, 1805.
• Jacob McDuffee, 1806, '10, '11, '13.
• James Tebbets, 1806, '13 to '16.
• Moses Roberts, Jr., 1806, '11, '12.
• Joseph Sherburne, 1810.
• Moses Hale, 1811 to '13.
• Lemuel Meader, 1812.
• Hatevil Knight, 1814, '20.
• David C. Page, 1815.
• Thomas McDuffee, 1815 to '21, '23, '25, '28, '32.
• John Smith, 1816, '17.
• Jonathan Dame, 2^d, 1817, '18, '21, '22.
• John Plumer, 3^d, 1818, '19.
• Harvey Morey, 1819.
• Samuel Rogers, 1821 to '23, '38.
• Charles Dennett, 1822, '25, '28.
• William Hurd, 1823, '25.
• Jonathan Hussey, 1828, '33, '37.
• Daniel Waldron, 1830.
• William S. Ricker, 1830, '31, '33 to '35, '42.
• Otis Stackpole, 1830 to '32.
• Henry Stackpole, 1830 to '32.
• John Hanson, 1833, '34.
• Edward Tebbets, 2^d, 1834, '35.
• John Meader, 1835, '37, '43, '50.
• John F. McDuffee, 1837, '43, '47, '50, '61, '62, '70, '71.
• John Witham, 1838, '39, '41, '42.
• William Twombly, 1838, '39.
• Moses Page, 1839, '40.
• Aaron Flagg, 1840, '41.
• Daniel Lothrop, 1840, '41.
• Asa Roberts, 1842, '45, '64, '65.
• Benjamin Horne, 1843, '56.
• Daniel Rogers, 1845.
• Ezra Hayes, 1845.
• James Brown, 1846.
• A. S. Howard, 1846.
• Noah S. Stackpole, 1846.
• Jabez Dame, Jr., 1847 to '49.
• Gershom Horne, 1847, '48.
• Richard T. Rogers, 1848, '49, '51, '52, '64, '65, '75, '76.
• Charles B. Kimball, 1849.
• James Hurd, 1850.
• Daniel W. Dame, 1851, '52.
• John Legro, 1851, '52, '54, '55.
• John Bickford, 2^d, 1853.
• Lyman Locke, 1853.
• Samuel Tebbets, 1853.
• Jesse Meader, 1854, '55.
• James Tebbetts, 2^d, 1854, '55.
• Jacob H. Ela, 1856.
• Nathaniel Hayes, 1856, '57.
• James M. Fessenden, 1857, '58.
• Joshua Vickery, 1857, '58.
• George Robinson, 1858, '59.
• Samuel Roberts, Jr., 1859, '60.
• Richard McDuffee, Jr., 1859, '60.
• Franklin McDuffee, 1860.
• Simon Wentworth, 1861, '62.
• Walter B. K. Hodgdon, 1861 to '63.
• William J. Roberts, 1863.
• Stephen E. Hayes, 1863.
• Jeremiah D. Evans, 1864 to '67.
• Solomon Evans, 1866, '67.
• Samuel Bickford, 1866, '67.
• Stephen D. Wentworth, 1868, '69, '72.
• John F. Torr, 1868, '69.
• Hanson Evans, 1868, '69.
• Samuel S. Hart, 1870.
• John H. Osborne, 1870, '71.
• Nathaniel Dorman, 1871.
• Samuel F. Page, 1872, '73.
• John S. Calef, 1872.
• Augustine S. Parshley, 1873 to '81, '83, '84, '90.
• James Corson, 1873, '74.
• Harrison Hale, 1874 to '76.
• Charles W. Dame, 1877, '78.
• John Greenfield, 1877, '78, '84, '85.
• Herman W. Roberts, 1879, '80.
• Joseph O. Hayes, 1879 to '81.
• Simon L. Horne, 1881, '83.
• William Rand, 1882.
• Dudley B. Waldron, 1882.
• William H. Babb, 1882.
• Charles Estes, 1883, '84.
• John L. Copp, 1885, '86.
• Edward E. Evans, 1886, '90.
• Charles W. Evans, 1886 to '88.
• John W. Meserve, 1886.
• John D. Parshley, 1887, '88.
• Eben Hilton, 1887.
• George L. Hayes, 1888, '89.
• Henry M. Kelley, 1889.
• Daniel F. Jenness, 1889.
• John W. Tebbetts, 1890.

* To fill out term of John McDuffee, he having gone to the army.

Prior to 1878 the selectmen had charge of the check-list, with full power to regulate the same according to their own judgment under the law. Under the revised Constitution special supervisors of the check-list are required to be appointed representing both parties. These have been chosen as follows:--

• Noah A. Jenness, 1878.
• Walter S. Stanley, 1878.
• Charles Blazo, 1878.
• George B. Roberts, 1880, '82, '84.
• John S. Parsons, 1880, '82.
• William Tobin, 1880, '82.
• Henry F. Walker, 1884.
• Peter Cassidy, 1884.
• William Blake, 1886, '88.
• Riley H. Parker, 1886, '88.
• Richard Cross, 1886, '88.