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Genealogical and Historical Resources       

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The Tuck Museum contains many resources for those wishing to research the history of Hampton and neighboring towns, and the families who lived here. Below is a sample of what is available to museum visitors. Special research with the assistance of the museum staff is welcomed by apppointment (see General Info).

Genealogy Bookcase

Genealogy Books

  • "Genealogical Dictionary of New England" - Savage
  • "NH Genealogy Record", Vol.1-7
  • "Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England"
  • "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and NH" - Noyes, Libby, Davis
  • "Piscataqua Pioneers, Selected Biographies of Early Settlers in Northern New England"
  • "Hampton Vital Records"
  • "History of Hampton, NH, 1638-1892" - Joseph Dow

Books on Early Hampton Families

  • Babb
  • Batchelder (and variations)
  • Blake - Jasper
  • Brown - Thomas, Caleb, and John
  • Chase - Jonathan
  • Cole - Goody
  • Dearborn -Godfrey
  • Dow
  • Dow, Ball Eaton
  • Drake
  • Haines
  • James - Edmund
  • Godfrey - Oliver Hobbs, Jonty's Lane
  • Hayward
  • Knowles
  • Lane, Samuel
  • Moulton
  • Shaw
  • Page - John
  • Palmer -William
  • Perkins -Abraham
  • Pierce-Aiken
  • Schwartztrauber, Stewart
  • Sanborn
  • Taylor - Anthony
  • Tappan, Toppan
  • Tuck - Amos, Edward, Jeremiah
  • Webster

Specialty Books

  • Notebook of founding families and early settlers
  • Cemetery Records
  • Hampton Revolutionary War Soldiers
  • Bible Records
  • Hampton Deaths
  • Daughter Town Information
  • Cultural Migration Theses - Barbara McCallum

Town Histories Bookcase

  • Local NH histories - Most towns that have a published history
  • Massachusetts - Andover, Newbury
  • Photocopies of photographs by subject
  • Children's books

Specific to Hampton

  • Town Reports - 1874 to present
  • Post Card Collections - 4 volumes
  • Specialty Notebook (23 subjects relating to Hampton)
  • Town Directories - 1907-08, 1935-37, 1937-40, 1949-51, 1952-54, 1960, 1966
  • Valuations - 1911, 1916, 1922, 1929, 1939, 1953, 1956, 1971, 1979, 1989

Miscellaneous

  • Maps - 1806, 1841, 1938
  • CDs - Piscataqua Pioneers; Atlantic News; Military Records
  • Videos - Amos Tuck; 1938 Parade; 1988 Celebration; Seacoast, NH