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1666-1668

Residents of Andover and Haverhill settled in southern sections of Methuen.

Leading inhabitants: Asie Swan, James Howe (Howe School), Stephen Barker (Barker School)

Late 1600's

400 acres bought by John Crosse (from Merrimack Street to the river) for 9 bolts of cloth.

1698

Jonathan Haynes and Samuel Ladd were killed by Penacook Indians.
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