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20-619: Nathaniel Thayer was born in Hampton, New Hampshire to Ebenezer Thayer and Martha Olivia Cotton. His father was a pastor in Hampton for many years. His maternal grandfather was John Cotton of Newton, Massachusetts , who was the great-grandson of John Cotton . Thayer graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy , then Harvard College in 1789 and was ordained junior pastor of a Congregational meeting house in Lancaster, Massachusetts on October 9, 1793. In 1789

40-461: A female householder with no husband present, and 40.6% were non-families. 33.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.2% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16, and the average family size was 2.77. In the town, 17.5% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.0% were from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 35.1% from 45 to 64, and 18.2% were 65 years of age or older. The median age

60-462: Is defined as the Hampton census-designated place (CDP) and centers on the intersection of U.S. 1 and NH 27 . First called the "Plantation of Winnacunnet", Hampton was one of four original New Hampshire townships chartered by the General Court of Massachusetts , which then held authority over the colony. Winnacunnet is an Algonquian Abenaki word meaning "pleasant pines" and is the name of

80-498: Is home to the headquarters of Planet Fitness . Shallop Shallop is a name used for several types of boats and small ships (French chaloupe ) used for coastal navigation from the seventeenth century. Originally smaller boats based on the chalupa , the watercraft named this ranged from small boats a little larger than a banks dory to gunboats . Smaller shallops could maneuver far up narrow creeks to take on cargo because they could reverse their sails, oars and rudder for

100-551: The 1837 election for the position of Secretary of the just-established Massachusetts Board of Education , the first state board of education in the United States. On October 22, 1795, Thayer married Sarah Parker Toppan, daughter of Christopher Toppan and Sarah Parker, by whom he had eight children. Thayer died June 30, 1840, in Rochester, New York at the age of 71, "while journeying for pleasure & improvement of his health, to

120-566: The 1850s, as well as the Exeter and Hampton Trolley line, made Hampton's oceanfront a popular resort. Hampton Beach remains a tourist destination, offering shops, restaurants, beaches, and summer seasonal housing. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 14.6 square miles (37.9 km ), of which 12.9 square miles (33.4 km ) are land and 1.7 square miles (4.5 km ) are water, comprising 11.76% of

140-547: The Acts of Privy Council records that Stephen Bachiler's son-in-law, " Christopher Hussey of Hampton, Esquire", was appointed by King Charles II to "govern the provence of New Hampshire" as a member of the newly established council of seven men. Also among Hampton's earliest settlers was Thomas Leavitt , who previously had been among the first settlers at Exeter . His descendant Thomas Leavitt, Esq., lived in Hampton Falls, and

160-437: The establishment of an instructional academy that failed to materialise. Thayer publicly denounced Carter's actions and called on him to reimburse donors of the failed project. Carter, however, refused and was eventually removed from his position as the church's Deacon . Messerli (1965) argues that Carter's alienation of Thayer (and, by extension, most of the state's clergy) significantly contributed to his loss to Horace Mann in

180-515: The falls at Niagara on a trip for health reasons." Hampton, New Hampshire Hampton is a town in Rockingham County , New Hampshire , United States. The population was 16,214 at the 2020 census . On the Atlantic coast, Hampton is home to Hampton Beach , a summer tourist destination. The densely populated central part of the town, where 9,597 people resided at the 2020 census,

200-402: The population and 4.7% of families were below the poverty line. 5.9% of the population under the age of 18 and 2.5% of those 65 or older were living in poverty. Hampton is part of School Administrative Unit 90, which covers the elementary and middle schools, and SAU 21 which includes Winnacunnet High School , a regional high school serving Hampton and several surrounding communities. Hampton

220-521: The return trip and so did not need to turn around. The shallops used by English explorers were about 30 feet (9.1 m) long and equipped with oars and a mast with one or two sails. These larger English shallops could take over a dozen people and usually had a shallow draft of about 2 feet (0.6 m). The larger vessels of this design could carry a substantial load and be armed with cannon. Captain John Smith used shallops to explore Chesapeake Bay in

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240-566: The section and plan a plantation here. The Massachusetts General Court of March 3, 1636, ordered that Dummer and Spencer be given power to "To presse men to build there a Bound house." The town was settled in 1638 by a group of parishioners led by Oxford University graduate Reverend Stephen Bachiler , who had formerly preached at the settlement's namesake: Hampton , England . The town, incorporated in 1639, once included Seabrook, Kensington , Danville , Kingston , East Kingston , Sandown , North Hampton and Hampton Falls. On September 18, 1679,

260-463: The state of Massachusetts. As a result, in his 47 years as a minister, he served on more than 150 church councils, and he frequently drew up the decisions. For a number of years, Thayer was involved in a dispute with James G. Carter , then- Deacon of Thayer's congregation and later a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives , over the latter's refusal to return funds donated toward

280-675: The summer of 1608. The boats were disassembled and stowed aboard the Susan Constant , being reassembled when the colonists arrived in North America. The Danes armed large boats called shallops for use as gunboats, particularly in the Gunboat War (1807–1814) between Denmark–Norway and the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars . This article about a specific civilian ship or boat

300-448: The town of Lancaster gave him land on Main street, just south of the church, to build a permanent residence. There he built a twelve-room home. He received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Harvard in 1817. The Lancaster congregation's fifth meeting house designed by Charles Bulfinch in 1816, was built during his tenure. Respected for his "tact and sagacity", Thayer's involvement was often sought to settle ecclesiastical disputes across

320-527: The town's high school , serving students from Hampton and the surrounding towns of Seabrook , North Hampton , and Hampton Falls . In March 1635, Richard Dummer and John Spencer of the Byfield section of Newbury, Massachusetts , came round in their shallop , coming ashore at the landing, and were much impressed by the location. Dummer, who was a member of the General Court, got that body to lay its claim to

340-529: The town. Hampton is drained by the Hampton and Drakes rivers. The town lies fully within the New Hampshire Coastal watershed . The highest point in Hampton is Bride Hill (approximately 150 feet (46 m) above sea level ), near the town line with Exeter . As of the census of 2010, there were 14,976 people, 6,868 households, and 4,079 families residing in the town. There were 9,921 housing units, of which 3,053, or 30.8%, were vacant. 2,221 of

360-481: The vacant units were for seasonal or recreational uses. The racial makeup of the town was 96.1% White , 0.6% African American , 0.2% Native American , 1.2% Asian , 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.5% some other race, and 1.3% from two or more races. 1.7% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of the 6,868 households, 23.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were headed by married couples living together, 8.3% had

380-404: Was 47.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.0 males. For the period 2011–2015, the estimated median annual income for a household was $ 76,836, and the median income for a family was $ 98,642. Male full-time workers had a median income of $ 65,519 versus $ 51,009 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 45,189. 5.9% of

400-404: Was the leading Democratic politician in southern New Hampshire for many years. He made a noted early survey and plan of the town of Hampton in 1806. James Leavitt, of the same family, occupied the home which had previously belonged to Gen. Jonathan Moulton . Later members of the family ran Leavitts' Hampton Beach Hotel, a fixture in the area for generations. Construction of the railroad in

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