new hampshire was founded as a colony in the 17th century.
new hampshire was founded as a colony in the 17th century.
when was new hampshire founded as a colony?
17th century
section::::background of founding the new hampshire colony.









































the colony that became the state of new hampshire was founded on the division in 1629 of a land grant given in 1622 by the council for new england to captain john mason (former governor of newfoundland) and sir ferdinando gorges (who founded maine). the colony was named "new hampshire" by mason after the english county of hampshire, one of the first saxon shires. john mason sent david thompson to set up the first settlement.
david thompson (new hampshire settler)
in 1970, he and kit became co-directors of the world fellowship center, a conference and retreat center located in albany, new hampshire founded by and for peace and social justice activists in 1941. they retained this position for 32 years, retiring after the 2000 season. afterwards, the schmauch couple lived in nearby conway, new hampshire, but as of 2019, they reside in kit's native ohio.
christoph schmauch