Hampton dates its founding from October 14,1638, when Reverend Stephen Bachiler and other English colonists came by shallop from Newbury, Massachusetts to settle a "reasonable meet place" called Winnacunnet, granted to them by the Massachusetts General Court. Named Hampton in 1639, the town remained part of Massachusetts until 1680, when by royal decree it became part of the Province of New Hampshire. Using replicas of original records from 1636 to 1641, this exhibit presents the timeline of Hampton's beginning.

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	1635-1636	1637	June, 1638	Sept, 1638
	Oct, 1638	1639	1640	1641