Rockingham County did not exist in 1762 in the state of New Hampshire. It was not founded until 1769.
Mr. Proctor came from Salisbury, Mass., to East Andover about 1796. In 1805 he moved to Andover Center. He was a blacksmith and was accounted a skillful and ingenious workman. Like most country mechanics of that day he was a farmer, an arrangement which, in the simple life of that period, added materially to the family income. He was a captain and major in the 21st Regiment of state militia ; held many town offices and was a man of excellent judgment and high character. He was a staunch Democrat and an earnest Methodist, and his house was always a home for all Methodist ministers and also for most other clergymen. When the agitation for the abolition of negro slavery was receiving much attention, he did not sympathize with the abolitionists, and posted the following notice at his gate : " This house is- a home for all ministers of the gospel, but no home for an abolitionist." After moving to Andover Center Mr. Proctor, became prominent in Masonic circles. Much of his mechanical skill was inherited, apparently, by his children and grandchildren.
History of the Town of Andover, New Hampshire, 1751-1906: 1751-1906 By John Robie Eastman, George Edwin Emery Published 1910 Printed by the Rumford Print. Co. Andover (N.H.) 450 pages Page 427
Mr. Proctor came from Salisbury, Mass., to East Andover about 1796. In 1805 he moved to Andover Center. He was a blacksmith and was accounted a skillful and ingenious workman. Like most country mechanics of that day he was a farmer, an arrangement which, in the simple life of that period, added materially to the family income. He was a captain and major in the 21st Regiment of state militia ; held many town offices and was a man of excellent judgment and high character. He was a staunch Democrat and an earnest Methodist, and his house was always a home for all Methodist ministers and also for most other clergymen. When the agitation for the abolition of negro slavery was receiving much attention, he did not sympathize with the abolitionists, and posted the following notice at his gate : " This house is- a home for all ministers of the gospel, but no home for an abolitionist." After moving to Andover Center Mr. Proctor, became prominent in Masonic circles. Much of his mechanical skill was inherited, apparently, by his children and grandchildren.
History of the Town of Andover, New Hampshire, 1751-1906: 1751-1906 By John Robie Eastman, George Edwin Emery Published 1910 Printed by the Rumford Print. Co. Andover (N.H.) 450 pages Page 427
Rockingham County did not exist in 1762 in the state of New Hampshire. It was not founded until 1769.
Mr. Proctor came from Salisbury, Mass., to East Andover about 1796. In 1805 he moved to Andover Center. He was a blacksmith and was accounted a skillful and ingenious workman. Like most country mechanics of that day he was a farmer, an arrangement which, in the simple life of that period, added materially to the family income. He was a captain and major in the 21st Regiment of state militia ; held many town offices and was a man of excellent judgment and high character. He was a staunch Democrat and an earnest Methodist, and his house was always a home for all Methodist ministers and also for most other clergymen. When the agitation for the abolition of negro slavery was receiving much attention, he did not sympathize with the abolitionists, and posted the following notice at his gate : " This house is- a home for all ministers of the gospel, but no home for an abolitionist." After moving to Andover Center Mr. Proctor, became prominent in Masonic circles. Much of his mechanical skill was inherited, apparently, by his children and grandchildren.
History of the Town of Andover, New Hampshire, 1751-1906: 1751-1906 By John Robie Eastman, George Edwin Emery Published 1910 Printed by the Rumford Print. Co. Andover (N.H.) 450 pages Page 427
Mr. Proctor came from Salisbury, Mass., to East Andover about 1796. In 1805 he moved to Andover Center. He was a blacksmith and was accounted a skillful and ingenious workman. Like most country mechanics of that day he was a farmer, an arrangement which, in the simple life of that period, added materially to the family income. He was a captain and major in the 21st Regiment of state militia ; held many town offices and was a man of excellent judgment and high character. He was a staunch Democrat and an earnest Methodist, and his house was always a home for all Methodist ministers and also for most other clergymen. When the agitation for the abolition of negro slavery was receiving much attention, he did not sympathize with the abolitionists, and posted the following notice at his gate : " This house is- a home for all ministers of the gospel, but no home for an abolitionist." After moving to Andover Center Mr. Proctor, became prominent in Masonic circles. Much of his mechanical skill was inherited, apparently, by his children and grandchildren.
History of the Town of Andover, New Hampshire, 1751-1906: 1751-1906 By John Robie Eastman, George Edwin Emery Published 1910 Printed by the Rumford Print. Co. Andover (N.H.) 450 pages Page 427
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