History of the property – 103 North Main Street – Wolfeboro, NH
Extracted from undated handwritten notes signed by Harrison D. Moore – Wolfeboro, NH
A meeting was held on November 14, 1759, at the house of John Starers (sp), in Portsmouth NH., by and with the 24 proprietors present. David Pierce was appointed moderator, and David Sewell clerk.
It was voted "that the township, in honor of the late renowned and illustrious General James Wolfe, be called Wolfeborough".
On February 19, 1766, the proprietors met at the Inn of Captain Zachariah Foss, in Portsmouth, for the purpose of drawing their respective lots of land.
David Sewell had drawn lot number 16. It was situated on both sides of Smith River, and embraced much of the land on which now stands downtown Wolfeboro. Within its limits was Sewell Point, and contained 440 acres of land.
William Rogers was born in Rochester NH, February 8, 1756. He came to Wolfeboro in 1776, as a settler, at the age of twenty years old. In 1779, he purchased a 100 acre lot from David Sewell for 4 pounds of Spring Beaver Fur. This 100 acre lot was situated on the northwesterly side of Back Bay, or better known as Smith’s River. The Northwesterly boundary was Friend Street and a straight line to the big lake beyond Sewell’s point. Its easterly boundary was the shore line of Wolfeboro Bay and around Sewell’s Point.
The oldest son of William Rogers (1759-1810) was Nathaniel Rogers (1786-1848), who built the Wolfeboro Inn in 1812. At a later date, some of this land was passed to Nathanial’s son, David C. Rogers. It was during the ownership years of David C. Roger that most of the present house lots on Pleasant Street and North Main Street, as far as Friend Street and Oak Street, were sold.
David C. Rogers lived in the present parsonage of the Christian Church.
In 1849, David C. Rogers sold a house lot, to a John Fox, on North Main Street. The following is a part of its history:
It is possible that the house was built by the late 1849.
· March 3, 1865 – John Fox (1804-1888) - to his son William C. Fox (1827-1897) for $1,500 land and buildings
After the death of their father, William C. Fox, the property went to his older children, Charles B. Fox and Elizabeth A. Fox. Upon the death of the older sister Elizabeth A. Fox, the property went to sister Ellen Carter Fox in 1948. Elizabeth A. Fox died intestate on December 10, 1948.
· December 30, 1954 – Ellen Carter Stokes (1881-1957) to Herbert & Iva Mae Hobbs – Quick claim Deed, land and buildings, and at the same date, a support agreement was signed between Ellen Carter Stokes and Herbert & Iva Mae Hobbs, to support Ellen during her natural life.
· September 27, 1966 – Herbert & wife Jacqueline Hobbs (formally Iva Mae Hobbs) – to Donald Davis Mitchell, Jr.
· December 27, 1974 – Donald D. Mitchell Jr. to William D. & Barbara K. Fraser
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August 15, 1988 – William D Fraser & Wife to Erwin & Viola Gabler
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August 17, 1993
– Erwin & Viola Gabler to M. Glen Bennett and Della G. Bennett
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August 22, 2003 – M. Glenn Bennett to present owners
