Paul Dustin

Paul Dustin settled in 1762. He was from Chester. His grandmother was the celebrated Hannah Dustin. His father, Timothy Dustin, married Sarah Johnson and Paul was their second son. Mr Dustin, November 28 1761, bought part of Lot 44, range one, of Joshua Corliss. In 1762 he sold 50 acres of Lots 43 and 44, range one, to John Mudgett for 500 pounds old tenor. He soon after moved to North Weare and was the earliest settler of that section. He cleared his first acre and set up his log house either on Lot 43 or 44, range 6, on the left bank of the Piscataquoq, just west of Dustin brook at the place where Edwin Gove now (1888) lives. In time he built a framed house in place of his log hut, boarded and shingled, a very fine house for those days; it would be considered a poor one now. It is still standing but has been moved a short distance to the east side of the road from North Weare to Henniker. He served in the French and Indian war and for several years in the Army of the Revolution. Chevey Chase said he was the poorest man in flesh he ever saw, simply skin and bones. His legs were seemingly nothing but bones with skin drawn tight on them. He came of a lean race.

From The History of Weare by William Little (1888)

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