their fathers, and they quickly be-
came a terror to their enemies,
and the settlers did not suffer near
as much as many towns, that were
far less exposed.

In June, 1746, Joseph Heard,
John Wentworth, Joseph Rich-
ards, and Gershom Downs, were
killed, and John Richards wound-
ed and captured. A boy by the
name of Jonathan Door was also ta-
ken captive and carried to Canada.
One Sunday morning in May, 1748,
the wife of Jonathan Hodgdon was
killed by the Indians for not willing-
ly consenting to accompany them to
Canada. Her husband married
again, and was the father of twen-
ty-one children in all. He died
in 1815, aged ninety years.

In the Revolutionary struggle,
many of the inhabitants took an
active part. The deeds of Cap-
tain John Brewer and David
Place, Colonel John McDuffee and
others will live in the memory of
the people of Rochester for many
years to come. Twenty-one men
from this town were killed or died
in that great contest for liberty.
Many men who have held distin-
guished positions, both in the State
and nation, were natives or resi-
dents of this town.

First Ministers. Rev. Amos
Main, Congregational, settled in
1737, died in 1760. Rev. Samuel
Hill, ordained in 1760, died in 1764.
Rev. Avery Hall, settled in 1766,
and dismissed in 1775. Rev. Jo-
seph Haven, settled in 1775, and
dismissed in 1825.

Boundaries North-east by Ber-
wick, Maine, south-east by Som-
ersworth and Dover, south-west
by Barrington, and north-west by
Farmington. Area of improved
land, 11,368 acres.

Distances. Forty miles east
from Concord, and ten north from
Dover.

ROLLINSFOUD.

Strafford County. Rollins-
ford is a very small township, ta-
ken from Somersworth, and incor-
porated July 3, 1849. The soil is
of the best quality, and produces
excellent crops of various kinds of
grain, grass, etc. With one ex-
ception, the orchard productions,
are more valuable than those of
any town in the county. The farm-
ers find a good market for their
surplus products at Salmon Falls,
Dover, or Great Falls. At Sal-
mon Falls, in this town, is a large
manufacturing village. In this
village are three churches, two
banks, ten or fifteen stores, of va-
rious kinds, the Salmon Falls
Manufacturing Works, and two or
three hundred dwellings.

Rivers. The Salmon Falls Riv-
er washes the eastern border of
the town, and affords excellent
water privileges.

Employments. Manufacturing
and mercantile trade are the prin-
cipal employments of the people,
although in proportion to its terri-
tory, there is not a better farming
district, in the State. The Salmon
Falls Manufacturing Company,
have a capital of $ 600,000. They
employ about 150 males, and 430
females, who annually receive for
their labor, over $ 160,000. They
manufacture about 6,000,000 yards
of cotton cloth, valued at $ 768,337.
There are several other small
manufactories.

Resources. Productions of the
soil, $60,500; mechanical labor,
$186,359; stocks etc., $25,000;
money at interest, $ 16,507; pro-