When a person is listed as ?of (a town name)? that means he/she was living there at whatever date or event was mentioned; i.e. Tamsin married John Jaques, of Kingston, New Hampshire 21 February 1743. Meaning he was living in Kingston, New Hampshire at the time of his marriage.

Association Test was the (United States) oath of loyalty to the new country.

Yeoman is a farmer who cultivates his own land: a freeholder below the gentry who cultivates his own land.

Husbandman is a ?farmer? who raises meat, i.e. cattle, swine, goats or chickens.

A rod being 16 ? linear feet or 30-? square yard

British money ?= pound i.e. ?2:4:0 = 2 pounds, 4 Shillings and 0 denaris.
2 farthings = 1/2 penny 4 farthings = 1 penny
12 pennies = 1 shilling 5 shillings = 1 crown
4 crowns = 1 pound sterling (silver) and 21 shillings = 1 guinea

An epidemic swept through the ?colonies? in 1735 of what was called throat distemper (Cynanche maligna) and had a high mortality rate among the young. According to records over one thousand persons died of this disease that year and the preceding year in New Hampshire alone. It appeared again in 1754-1755 and one last time ca 1784.