Charles Glidden

  • English

Charles Glidden was an English innholder, planter, husbandman, and blacksmith who became the progenitor of the Glidden family in New England. Born in Devon and immigrating to Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony around 1660, he established himself across several early settlements — including Strawbery Banke, Kittery, and the Lamprey River region — where he farmed, practiced blacksmithing, and later operated a licensed public house. His life traces the movement of an early colonial family through emerging towns of New Hampshire and Maine, marking him as a foundational figure in the Glidden lineage. - AsNotedIn

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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1632/00/00 Dorothy Glidden, wife of Richard Glidden, gives birth to a son, Charles Glidden in the parish of Buckland-Brewer (probably) Devon, England. Born
1658/04/07 Eunice Shore, daughter of Sampson Shore and Euenice Prowte Shore, marries Charles Glidden in Bideford, Devon, England. Groom Bideford Devon
1660/00/00 Eunice and Charles Glidden immigrate to Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Life
1661/00/00 A blacksmith, Charles Glidden, and his family move to Marcy Street, Strawbery Banke, New Hampshire. Glidden will later sell his homestall in Portsmouth to Richard Martyn. Life Strawberry Banke Portsmouth, NH
1662/00/00 The Glidden family moves to Kittery in Yorkshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (now Maine). Life Kittery, ME Maine
1668/09/00 Shortly before September 29th, Charles Glidden receives a grant of land along Lamprey River (north of Wadleigh Falls) in the eastern part of Exeter and homesteads in what will later become New Market. Life Newmarket New Hampshire
1673/04/08 Seven men living at Lamprey River are found guilty at the Salisbury Court "for not frequenting the public worship of God on the Lord's Day." Life Salisbury New Hampshire
1686/00/00 Charles Glidden of Exeter (now Newmarket, NH) receives a license to "Keepe a Publick house". Work
1696/08/31 Soldier Charles Glidden begins servering in the Exeter garrison. Glidden will be discharged from his duties 28 September 1696. Military
1697/02/21 The town of Exeter grants Charles Glidden 100 acres of land. Owner
1707/06/06 Charles Glidden dies at age 75 in Exeter (now Newmarket), Province of New Hampshire. Mr Glidden's burial place is unknown. Died
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