Rockingham County History
The traditional county seat is Exeter, although there is a County Courthouse in both Exeter and the adjacent town
of Brentwood.
First settled by Europeans moving north from the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts as early as 1623. The government
was linked with Massachusetts until New Hampshire became a separate colony in 1679, but counties weren't introduced
until 1769.
Rockingham was identified in 1769 as one of five original counties for the colony. It is named for Charles Watson-Wentworth,
2nd Marquess of Rockingham, who had been Prime Minister in 1765-1766. The county was organized in 1771, with its
County Seat at Exeter. In 1844 its area was reduced by the formation of Belknap County to the northwest. In 1997
the county court facilities were moved to the current county seat at Brentwood.
[source: wikipedia.org]
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Website Updates:
Nov 2009: Fire News Item
Aug 2009: ADAMS obit; marriage notice of BADGER-GALPIN
May 2009: HUSSEY death notice
Aug 2008: COLCORD obit
9 Apr 2008: Marriage announcement for COGSWELL; MCKEEN death notice; Laighton death notice
17 Mar 2008: ABBOTT, SOMERBY, STICKNEY death notices; Isle of Shoals
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9 Nov 2007: ANSART obit added
11 Apr 2007: FOSS obit added
28 Jan 2007: Website Started
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