A brief History of Early Goshen

Taken from The Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire, and compiled by Eliphalet Merrill and Phinehas Merrill, Esq.,   1837   GOSHEN - a township in Cheshire county, incorporated in 1791, and in 1810, containing 563 inhabitants. It is bounded N. by Newport and Wendell, E. by the county of Hillsborough, S. by Washington, and W. by Lempster and Unity, and contains 12,023  acres. Little Sugar river waters the north part of the town. Sunapee mountain lies between Goshen and Fishersfield. Croydon turnpike passes through the west part of the town to Connecticut river. There is here 1 grain mill, 2 sawmills, 1 clothing mill and 1 distillery.     Submitted by T.C. Parziale 5/30/00

Goshen Information:  Can be obtained at: Olive G. Pettis Library - P.O. Box 742 - Goshen 03752-0251 Telephone: (603) 863-6921

Goshen Board of Selectmen P.O. Box 68 - Goshen, NH 03752 PH: (603) 863-5655

Goshen Resources and Lookup Volunteers

If  you have any information about Goshen or its early settlers and ancestors, and would be willing to share it with others. Please get in touch with me and we will list you are a lookup volunteer.    Clifford L. Coy

  History of Goshen - second edition by Nelson, lots of genealogical data, would be glad to do lookups. [Arthur]

Goshen Cemeteries: Mill Village, Goshen Corners, and North Goshen.
At the Town Clerk's office is a listing of persons buried in each cemetery.

Goshen Links

If you know of a Goshen link that would be appropriate to add to this page,
please e-mail Clifford L. Coy

 

Updated 7/07/06