If your family traces back to this place and time, you may be interested in this book.
In the 1690s, the outermost settlements in New England were along the Merrimack, Nashua, and Connecticut rivers and the coasts of New Hampshire and Maine (see early map).
When natives threatened, families gathered in garrison houses for protection.
Click on links, below, to learn more about:
Families in frontier garrisons
Garrison houses (photos + drawings)
If you are interested in genealogy and local history, this site has links and information on the following towns - in the time of the Indian Wars:
Marlborough, Lancaster, Chelmsford, Dunstable, Andover, Haverhill, Billerica, Amesbury, Salisbury, Hampton, Exeter, Dover, Portsmouth, Kittery, York, Wells.